Maidstone Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 812 verdicts at Maidstone Crown Court (Maidstone). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Zubair Butt

Possession with intent to supply cocaine and possession with intent to supply cannabis *

Sentence

six years and three months imprisonment

On 4 April 2023, constables conducted a search warrant at a residential property in Gillingham where Zubair Butt, aged 27, was located in an outbuilding. Officers recovered one kilogram of cocaine, one kilogram of cannabis, five mobile phones, and £1,270 cash.

Pleaded guilty to both charges. The judge also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the mobile phones and seizure of the cash.

1 Jan 0001

Walter Ripley

Attempting to groom a child *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Walter Ripley, a delivery driver from Orchard View, Teynham, Sittingbourne, Kent, believed he was sharing sex messages with a 14-year-old schoolgirl called 'Poppy' on WhatsApp. He was actually talking to a decoy from the 'Undercover and Expose' group. He sent graphic messages describing what he wanted to do to her, a disgusting image and videos of himself, and voicemails of a sexual nature, disguising his identity as 'Donald'. He made no attempts to meet. Group members confronted him at his work address, leading to police involvement. Caught in February 2019.

Admitted four charges of attempting to groom someone he thought was a child with a view to having sex and sharing images. Placed on the Sex Offender Register indefinitely and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years. Judge criticised three-year delay in bringing case to justice.

1 Jan 0001

Warren Roache

Conspiring to commit fraud by false representation *

Sentence

3 years and 2 months imprisonment

Aaron Leacock, Warren Roache and Sean Lee conspired to commit fraud by false representation, targeting 47 elderly victims (aged 70 or over) across Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Hampshire, south London and Northamptonshire. Victims were phoned from burner phones by someone pretending to be from their bank, asked security questions, and told a courier would collect their card due to an issue. Cards were collected and used by Roache and Lee to withdraw cash or buy goods near victims' homes. Leacock made the calls from an office in Purley High Street, South Croydon. Total stolen: £60,000.

Responsible for 37 offences in the conspiracy. Pleaded guilty.

1 Jan 0001

Vilmantus Jocius

Possessing cocaine with intent to supply *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

Vilmantus Jocius exchanged a gas canister containing 13 kilograms of cocaine, a class A drug, at a car park in Thomsett Way, Queenborough, at around 7.40pm on 15 September 2020. The canister was covered in a bath towel and handed to a man in a red Mercedes Sprinter, which was later stopped by police. X-rays revealed 13 one-kilogram blocks of cocaine inside, with a street value of up to £1.3 million. Jocius was detained near Dartford Crossing nine days later.

Denied possessing cocaine with intent to supply but found guilty following a trial. Also disqualified from driving for a further five years and eight months on release from prison.

1 Jan 0001

Tommy Dunn

Causing grievous bodily harm and engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour *

Sentence

two years and eight months’ imprisonment

Tommy Dunn subjected a woman to repeated violent and mental abuse over several months from May 2021 to January 2022, including controlling her clothing, isolating her from friends and family, and banning her from having a mobile phone. On 13 January 2022, he carried out an unprovoked brutal assault at a private address where he punched and elbowed her in the head, fetched a tree branch to strike her arms and legs, pinned her down, and choked her, leaving her with a broken nose, broken toe, and widespread bruising.

Pleaded guilty. Made the subject of a five-year restraining order.

1 Jan 0001

Toby Able

Supply of class A drugs *

Sentence

three years and two months' imprisonment

Toby Able, 22, used mass text messages to market heroin and crack cocaine to users in Medway for four months. Police identified him after seizing a phone from a woman arrested for class A drug offences on 4 March 2023. The phone belonged to a number sending promotional messages. On 6 July 2023, police searched his home and found two phones used to send the messages. He was arrested and charged.

Admitted to being involved in the supply of both drugs. Pleaded guilty in August. From Chatham.

1 Jan 0001

Tony Jackson

Burglary *

Sentence

three years' imprisonment

In the early hours of 23 August 2023, Tony Jackson went to a small business park constructed from shipping containers within the Medway City Estate. He targeted seven businesses by forcing open their main doors and windows, stealing cash, a laptop computer, mobile phone and other portable items valued at more than £1,800. He disguised himself with a blue face mask and woollen hat, and removed security cameras from one premises. CCTV images circulated on social media led to his recognition by a member of the public and a local police officer, resulting in his arrest on 2 September 2023.

Pleaded guilty to seven burglaries. Targeted small businesses in Medway City Estate.

1 Jan 0001

Tony Mezzone

Wounding with intent *

Sentence

8 years' imprisonment with 5 years on extended licence

Tony Mezzone carried out an unprovoked assault shortly after 3.40pm on Saturday 30 May 2020 in Chatham High Street, approaching a group of men from behind and slicing the neck of a man in his 30s with a knife, causing a deep cut requiring stitches. He threw the knife onto a rooftop before being apprehended by Kent Police officers. The attack occurred while he was on bail for earlier assaults on 7 May 2020 at Medway Maritime Hospital, where he threw a bed pan full of urine at a paramedic and two British Transport Police officers.

Admitted wounding with intent, possessing a knife in a public place and three counts of assaulting an emergency services worker. Committed the knife offence while on bail awaiting court appearance for the assaults.

1 Jan 0001

Tony Saunders

Fraud by false representation *

Sentence

four years and ten months’ imprisonment

Tony Saunders, aged 23, of Spade Lane, Hartlip, tricked and coerced several pensioners in areas including Romney Marsh, Swale, Medway, Faversham, Istead Rise, Gravesend, Chatham, Sittingbourne and New Romney into paying for unnecessary roof and chimney repairs between February and April 2021. He and an accomplice cold-called victims, posed as legitimate traders from ‘ATS Paving and Building Ltd’, provided fake assurances, carried out substandard or unfinished work, and escalated quotes with demands for cash payments totalling thousands of pounds, including threats. In one case, a 76-year-old man in Faversham was demanded £25,000 after agreeing to £7,000. He was arrested on 7 April 2021. Separately, in 2019, he scammed an elderly woman in Chatham out of almost £30,000 by posing as Trading Standards offering fake compensation.

Pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court to six counts of fraud by false representation with a further two counts taken into consideration, and four counts linked to money laundering. Also admitted a further, unrelated, charge of affray linked to a fight in Herne Bay in July 2020.

1 Jan 0001

Tyresse Johnson

Aggravated burglary *

Sentence

nine years imprisonment

Tyresse Johnson, 24, of Challenger Close, Rainham, among masked intruders in violent house raid in Coxheath near Maidstone two days before Christmas. Armed with machete and crowbar, forced entry, savagely beat brothers Dean and Ben Sharp. Baby and partner present. Stole 2-3kg cannabis and Tissot watch.

Pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary. Credit for early plea.

1 Jan 0001

Tyler Lucock

Attempted murder *

Sentence

18 years and three months imprisonment

Tyler Lucock, from Gravesend, and a 16-year-old boy pounced on the victim, a homeless man in his 40s, in an alleyway near Grange Road in the early hours of Friday 27 January 2023. Together they stabbed him twice using a knife and a metal weapon, and left him with several cuts. Lucock arranged with Luke Samuel to ensure the victim was in the area.

Found guilty by a jury of attempted murder following a trial. Will serve sentence at a Young Offenders’ Institute. Investigating officer stated he set out that night intent on seriously injuring the victim, believed related to drug dealing.

1 Jan 0001

Tyler Mitchell

Arson *

Sentence

1 year and 8 months imprisonment

During the evening of 19 May 2020, Tyler Mitchell drove to the Fant area intent on setting fire to a car belonging to a person he had argued with previously. He brought with him a bottle of white spirit, some tissue paper and a lighter. Having parked his car, he walked to the victim’s address where a Volkswagen was parked on a driveway alongside two other cars. Mitchell poured some white spirit onto the ground next to one of the tyres and set light to it using the tissue paper, before running from the scene. The bottle of white spirit was discarded in a bin and Mitchell left the fire to spread to the three cars on the driveway, a tree and two rubbish bins. The blaze was extinguished by fire crews and a subsequent investigation by Kent Police identified Mitchell’s car and CCTV footage. He was arrested the following day and admitted responsibility.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of arson.

1 Jan 0001

Tristan Goodwin

Raping a child *

Sentence

eight and a half years imprisonment with four years on extended licence

Tristan Goodwin from Chatham conspired with Angel Fuller over a two-year period to target young children for sexual abuse. Between May 2021 and January 2022, he committed sex offences with a child on at least three occasions after Fuller arranged meetings. Later that year, Fuller took another child to meet him and he raped them. Goodwin had groomed two children in 2020 via social media, persuading them to send indecent images before meeting and sexually assaulting them. He paid Fuller to introduce him to child victims. Charged with raping a child, two counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence, two counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, two counts of paying for the sexual services of a child and possession of indecent images.

Pleaded guilty. Aged 24. Made subject of a sexual harm prevention order and added to the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Tristan Sotange

Possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin *

Sentence

2 years and 5 months imprisonment

On 13 December 2017, police visited a flat in Boundary Road, Chatham, during a routine check and found Caleb Umeniyora and Tristan Sotange acting suspiciously. They were arrested on drug charges. Police discovered 43 wraps of heroin and 35 wraps of crack cocaine with a street value of £780 to £1,560. Videos on their phones captured them packing the drugs for sale and rapping about their drug dealing.

Admitted to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin. Videos from phones showed him packing drugs and rapping about dealing. Targeted vulnerable resident to use flat as drug base.

1 Jan 0001

Tyler Booth

Burglary *

Sentence

3 years and 4 months imprisonment

On 8 June 2022, Tyler Booth and Jasmine Wilson targeted a rural property in Sutton Valence near Maidstone, forcing their way into a utility room at a house in Chartway Street while the occupant was away. They stole a chainsaw, lawn mower, hedge trimmer from a shed and a quantity of fuel. Identified from CCTV footage near the scene by Kent Crime Squad. Arrested on 4 July 2022 and charged with burglary.

Pleaded guilty. Aged 25, of no fixed address. Additionally sentenced for driving offences committed in Devon in July 2022.

1 Jan 0001

Vasilios Ofogeli

Murder *

Sentence

Life imprisonment

Vasilios Ofogeli fatally stabbed 21-year-old Andre Bent during a street disturbance involving punching, kicking, and hitting with belts in Maidstone in the early hours of 25 August 2019. He also stabbed three other men during the same incident.

Found guilty of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of wounding with intent following a trial.

1 Jan 0001

Valentin Ciobotaru

Burglary *

Sentence

five years and three months in prison

Valentin Ciobotaru, along with Gheorghe Ciobotaru and Gabriel Zaharia, targeted jewellery at addresses in north and west Kent and Essex. On 5 February 2022, they travelled to Sevenoaks in a silver Mercedes, forced a window open at a house in Hillydeal Road, and targeted further addresses in Shoreham Lane Sevenoaks, Leyton Cross Road Dartford, and Summerhouse Drive Bexley. They ransacked the premises and stole jewellery. They were also responsible for two burglaries in Loughton, Essex on 4 February 2022. Arrested on 9 February 2022 in the Mercedes in Ilford, Greater London.

Pleaded guilty to six burglaries. Of no fixed address.

1 Jan 0001

Wesley Odjoma

Being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin *

Sentence

3 years and 2 months imprisonment

On 11 June 2020, plain clothes officers from Kent Police’s County Line and Gang Team saw two known drug users counting cash in an alleyway in St Phillips Avenue, Maidstone. They were met by Wesley Odjoma. Officers detained Odjoma, seized a mobile phone containing texts relating to drug supply, identified as a county line phone marketing cocaine and heroin. A search of his home address found electronic scales and a razor blade with cocaine residue.

Pleaded guilty. Aged 23, from Croydon, Greater London.

1 Jan 0001

West Higgins

Robbery *

Sentence

six years imprisonment

West Higgins made an unsolicited offer to carry out gardening work at the elderly victim's Rochester home and received a small advance payment. On 6 November 2020, despite completing no work, he attended the address to collect further payment. He convinced the victim to provide food, then as she retrieved items from the freezer, he pushed her against kitchen cupboards, placed one hand around her neck, and removed two gold rings from her finger, attempting to remove others. The victim suffered significant bruising and a cut to her finger but reported the offence to Kent Police immediately after he fled. Higgins was arrested the following day.

Admitted robbery. Remanded in custody since arrest.

1 Jan 0001

Wilfred Grant

Burglary *

Sentence

2 years and 5 months imprisonment

Wilfred Grant and Gary Parks ransacked a property in Brook Street, Snodland, entering a caravan contained within a gated area on 16 September 2020. They stole cash, jewellery, personal items including a wedding ring and cufflinks, push bikes, a motorcycle, and possessions belonging to the victim’s children. They were identified on CCTV and arrested the following month. Grant also committed a separate offence of vehicle interference by trying to steal from a car parked in Rochester High Street on 21 July 2020.

Pleaded guilty to burglary, theft, and a separate offence of vehicle interference on 21 July 2020 in Rochester High Street.

1 Jan 0001

William Adams

Dangerous driving *

Sentence

2 years and 4 months imprisonment

William Adams absconded from a prison in Sussex on 14 July 2021. On Tuesday 23 November 2021, he was seen driving a van suspiciously on the A249 near the Stockbury roundabout. Officers requested him to stop at 11.55pm believing he was using false number plates, but he led them on a 10-minute police pursuit. During the pursuit, three police cars were damaged by his van, with one knocked off the road into a collision with a tree where it caught fire. Officers brought the van to a controlled stop on the Key Street roundabout, and Adams attempted to run but was apprehended and arrested.

Admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without a licence, driving without insurance, and being unlawfully at large. Disqualified from driving for 4 years and 8 months.

1 Jan 0001

William Burton

Conspiracy to commit burglary *

Sentence

three years and ten months' imprisonment

William Burton was part of a prolific gang of burglars who targeted homes across Kent and London between 21 November 2019 and 2 April 2020, breaking in during hours of darkness to steal car keys and vehicles from driveways, including four addresses in Larkfield and Maidstone with Ryan Hull, and a further 29 break-ins in areas including Whitstable, Canterbury, Tonbridge, Borough Green, Medway towns, Sevenoaks.

Aged 28 from Dartford. Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. Stolen designer jacket seized from address.

1 Jan 0001

William French

Conspiracy to steal *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Between October 2022 and April 2023, Michael McTigue and William French stole property including golf equipment, tools and an antique violin valued at more than £10,000 from vehicles left in car parks in areas including Hildenborough and Sevenoaks in west Kent. They targeted multi-story car parks or private complexes, smashing windows to steal high value items. French contacted a specialist musical instrument shop in Oxford shortly after the violin theft and sold it there on 18 April. Arrested on 12 May during investigation by West Kent Victim Based Crime Team.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal and four counts of theft. Sold stolen violin at a shop in Oxford. Extensive criminal history for similar offences.

1 Jan 0001

William O’Brien

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent *

Sentence

11 years imprisonment

Charlie Saunter, William O’Brien, and Kai Haruna subjected their victim to a prolonged and barbaric assault lasting over six hours in a Gravesend flat on London Road on the evening of 5 July 2020. The victim was repeatedly cut with knives, burned with boiling salt water and a home-made flame thrower, subjected to dog bites and genital mutilation. Haruna jumped on the victim’s chest until he passed out. The attack was linked to a grievance involving money and/or drug supply. The victim could not escape due to threats, duration, and the dog.

Initially denied but changed plea to guilty during trial to causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Sentences also dealt with two separate cases involving thefts and acts of violence. Must serve at least two thirds before parole and subject to extended licence of four years on release.

1 Jan 0001

William Reader

Stalking involving fear of violence *

Sentence

three years and six months’ imprisonment

William Reader, previously of Nursey Grove, Gravesend, aged 26, was arrested on 10 February 2022 for repeated violence and threats towards a woman and her family between December 2021 and January 2022. Offences included throwing bricks through windows, slashing car tyres, making repeated threats to harm and kill, punching two female victims and a witness who intervened. During a remand hearing at Medway Magistrates’ Court on 12 February 2022, he assaulted a detention officer, stole keys and escaped. He was recaptured two days later in Stockton-on-Tees.

Pleaded guilty to stalking involving fear of violence, escaping from lawful custody, three counts of criminal damage, three counts of assault, and assault by beating of an emergency worker. Made subject of restraining orders against two women.

1 Jan 0001

William Saunders

Robbery *

Sentence

five years and three months' imprisonment with an extended licence period of three years

William Saunders, a 35-year-old man from Maidstone, carried out a violent robbery on three young men who were socialising in Mangravet Recreation Ground near his home in Camp Way at around 10.30pm on 25 July 2020. He approached them appearing friendly, then returned and assaulted them by kicking in the face, punching, beating with a heavy torch, demanding money, alcohol and phones, shining torch in eyes, threatening further harm and to kill. He marched one victim home demanding money from relatives, stole £24 from a wallet, left others with an associate under threat. Further struggle with kicks and beating. Fled scene; arrested at home next morning.

Pleaded guilty to all offences.

1 Jan 0001

Williams Jean-Michel Andres

Burglary *

Sentence

1 year and 8 months imprisonment

Williams Jean-Michel Andres, along with Jorge Bravo and Jorge Espinoza, travelled from London to Kent in a Ford Focus on 8 November 2022. They smashed windows to enter two houses near Maidstone Road, Borough Green and Field Mill Road, Egerton near Ashford, stealing expensive watches, rings, tablets, cameras and bank cards. The gang also targeted a third house in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, stealing more items. Total value stolen exceeded £37,000. They were stopped by Surrey police near Hammersmith, arrested, and stolen property recovered from the vehicle.

Pleaded guilty to burglary charges.

1 Jan 0001

Xhojs Bilali

Supplying class A drugs *

Sentence

two years and four months’ imprisonment

On 23 May 2023, Xhojs Bilali travelled to Southborough in a Volvo S40 intending to supply class A drugs (cocaine) to local users. He was spotted parked in Victoria Road by proactive officers, who detained him due to his behaviour and searched the vehicle, locating 27 cocaine deals in a drawstring bag, £70 in cash and a mobile phone.

Pleaded guilty. 27-year-old of no fixed address.

1 Jan 0001

Ylber Perhati

Conspiring to supply cannabis *

Sentence

5 years' imprisonment

Part of a conspiracy to produce and supply cannabis on a large scale, estimated value over £1 million, operating farms in Ashford, Canvey Island and Hertfordshire between August 2019 and August 2020. Completed building work to convert a disused warehouse in rural Hertfordshire into a cannabis factory.

39, from East London. Found guilty of conspiring to supply cannabis following a trial.

1 Jan 0001

Younis Farjani

Supplying Class A drugs *

Sentence

3 years and 3 months imprisonment

On 29 October 2019, officers spotted a known drug user approaching a Range Rover in Pagitt Street, Gillingham. The car sped off but was stopped. Younis, the front-seat passenger, was searched along with driver Imaan Farjani. Found cocaine wrap, cash and phones showing drug deals. Home search revealed more cash, phones, SIMs, drug price list and packing paraphernalia.

Pleaded guilty. Involved in coordinating drug deals supplying heroin and cocaine across Gillingham.

1 Jan 0001

Terence Standage

Making indecent images of a child *

Sentence

two years and four months’ imprisonment

Terence Standage, a registered sex offender from Maidstone, secretly accessed almost 12,000 illegal images and videos of children, including more than 300 in the most serious category, using a neighbour’s Wi-Fi signal over a period of more than six years. Police investigated suspicious internet activity and attended his property on 16 January 2019, seizing devices including a memory stick and hard drive. Further offences identified included upskirting involving unknown females on a train and a bus.

Pleaded guilty to four counts of making indecent images of a child and three counts of outraging public decency. Made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Recalled to prison for breaching licence terms from previous sex offences.

1 Jan 0001

Terry Agombar

Conspiracy to supply cocaine *

Sentence

seven years and eight months’ imprisonment

Between April and June 2020, Terry Agombar, from Dartford, arranged to buy and sell a minimum of 10 kilograms of cocaine using the pseudonym ‘serialcod’ on a secret messaging service he believed was encrypted. Messages were recovered by international law enforcement and passed to Kent Police, who identified and arrested him on 30 November 2020.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine. Used pseudonym ‘serialcod’ on a secret messaging service to arrange deals for at least 10kg of cocaine between April and June 2020.

1 Jan 0001

Stephen Burrows

Sexual activity with a child *

Sentence

eight months imprisonment

Stephen Burrows, a former English teacher at Tonbridge Grammar School, engaged in sexual touching with an infatuated teenage girl around 2013. She sent him indecent images via WhatsApp and email, including one naked from the rear, two topless, and two in underwear, which he retained. Incidents included hugging, kissing, stroking escalating to sexual touching, three coffee meetings, text messages expressing love, and Skype communications indicating other sexual acts. The offences came to light in September 2013.

Pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child and making indecent photographs. Judge Michael Carroll noted he should have stopped due to her infatuation and his position of power; aggravated by retaining indecent photos and internet searches showing unhealthy interest. Suffers from impotency due to type 2 diabetes. Sexual harm prevention order for seven years and required to sign sex offenders' register.

1 Jan 0001

Steven Scott

Sexual activity with a child *

Sentence

4 years imprisonment

Steven Scott, aged 46, of Pudding Lane, Maidstone, abused a child in Sheerness in September 2020 while left in a position of trust and alone with the victim. The abuse was reported to Kent Police on 5 December 2020 and he was arrested the following day.

Pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child, but denied a separate charge of rape and was found not guilty after trial. Added to the sex offenders register indefinitely and made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order.

1 Jan 0001

Steven Smith

Sexual communication with a child *

Sentence

two years and seven months imprisonment

Steven Smith was convicted of sexual communication with a child, causing or inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and making indecent photographs of children.

Convicted of multiple sexual offences. Release subject to strict sex offender notification requirements (SONR) and a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) allowing access to devices and installation of monitoring software.

1 Jan 0001

Stuart Powell

Causing death by dangerous driving *

Sentence

five years and 10 months' imprisonment

On 12 May 2021, Stuart Powell, 34, from Kemsley near Sittingbourne, who only held a provisional driving licence, was using his mobile phone while driving his wife’s car. He pulled out in front of a motorcyclist on the B2005 Swale Way, Kemsley, near the Milton Creek fishing lake, causing fatal injuries to the motorcyclist and serious injuries to the pillion passenger. He fled the scene despite being told to remain by Police Community Support Officers, contacted his partner, and handed himself in the next day, initially lying about his phone which he had factory reset.

Admitted causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and two counts of perverting the course of justice. Ordered to serve half the sentence. Disqualified from driving for seven years after release.

1 Jan 0001

Timothy Smith

Child sex offences *

Sentence

14 years imprisonment with a minimum term of 10 years

Timothy Smith, a 42-year-old from Burslem Road, Sherwood estate, Tunbridge Wells, admitted in November 2017 to 16 child sex offences. These included possession of 37,000 images of child abuse and almost two-and-a-half days worth of video footage. He also sexually assaulted a child under the age of five while in the Philippines in 2015. He worked as a security guard at Tesco on Grosvenor Road and led a ghost-hunting group called Supernatural and Paranormal Investigation Team (SPIT).

Admitted to 16 child sex offences including possession of 37,000 indecent images and almost two-and-a-half days of video footage. Sexually assaulted a child under the age of five in the Philippines in 2015. Put on the sex offenders' register for life.

1 Jan 0001

Titoo Tahir

Inciting a boy aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity *

Sentence

six and a half years imprisonment with four years on licence

Titoo Tahir from London groomed a teenage boy via social media, pretending to be aged 15-17. On 11 September 2021, the 38-year-old met the victim at Strood Train Station and took him to a disused warehouse where he sexually abused the boy and threatened to hurt his family if he did not comply. The following day, he made the boy return to the building for further sexual offences and gave him cash to keep quiet. The victim disclosed the abuse on 16 September 2021, leading to a Kent Police investigation using DNA, mobile phone, and CCTV evidence.

Admitted all seven sexual charges. Indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Added to Sex Offenders’ Register for life. Sentences to run concurrently with prior sentence.

1 Jan 0001

Thuan Dinh

Attempted murder *

Sentence

28 years imprisonment with an extended licence period of four years

On the morning of 11 March 2020, Thuan Dinh, of Rowan Mews, Tonbridge, entered a nail bar on Tonbridge High Street before it opened and lay in wait for his former partner, who worked there. When she arrived at around 9am, he attempted to strangle her with a rope, gouged her eyes with his fingers, and stabbed her in the neck with a knife kept in the premises. He had also brought accelerants intending to set fire to the shop. Members of the public intervened, restraining him until police arrived. The victim suffered critical neck injuries, head trauma, and eye injuries.

Pleaded not guilty to attempted murder but was convicted after a trial. Admitted breaching a court restraining order.

1 Jan 0001

Terry Green

Fraud *

Sentence

six years imprisonment

Terry Green deliberately ripped off customers with overpriced repairs. Kent Police became aware in April 2022 when a resident of Westgate, Thanet, reported paying £1,650 for uncompleted repairs after an initial £45 quote for a roof tile; Green left after she insisted on a second opinion. Two months later, he revisited an elderly couple in Sandwich, initially quoting £350 for chimney repair but later claiming the entire roof needed replacing at £20,000, settling on around £7,000; they paid £3,090 before their bank intervened. Green was arrested in Minster, Thanet, on 13 June 2022.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud. A further nine offences were ordered to lie on file.

1 Jan 0001

Thami Ngqobongwana

Robbery *

Sentence

7 years imprisonment

During the evening of 4 February 2021, David Akande along with Mahei Ahmad, Mohammed Maow and Thami Ngqobongwana travelled to an address near Shorts Way, Borstal with a number of other unidentified men. Once there, the group forcibly entered a house and one of them punched a man inside whilst demanding money. After the victim surrendered his wallet, his mother was also threatened before the gang left the premises.

Pleaded not guilty and convicted after a trial. From Gillingham.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Allen

Murder *

Sentence

Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 27 years

Thomas Allen stabbed Samantha Murphy through a hole he had kicked in the front door of a neighbour's property in Elfrida Close, Margate, on Saturday 16 July 2022. Ms Murphy, 37, suffered a catastrophic wound to her leg and died at the scene despite paramedics' efforts. Police identified and arrested Allen shortly after. Witnesses stated they had been socialising before an argument led Allen to assault Ms Murphy at their home; she fled to the neighbour's, where Allen followed and inflicted the fatal injury.

Convicted of murder following an investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Ambler

Conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs *

Sentence

11 years and three months imprisonment

Thomas Ambler operated a criminal network across Kent, using encrypted communication devices to facilitate the distribution of drugs believed to weigh in excess of 60 kilograms with an estimated street value of £1.5million. Between January and September 2020, he used the devices to access a secret phone network and contact other criminals, requesting photographs of drugs in kilogram quantities and forwarding them at an increased price. Arrested on 15 September 2020 after police stopped his van on the M20 and discovered almost eight kilograms of cannabis.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (cocaine) and conspiracy to supply Class B drugs (cannabis and amphetamine). Aged 28 from Barming.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Arnold

Burglary, criminal damage and harassment *

Sentence

two years and four months’ imprisonment

On 11 December 2021, Thomas Arnold went to a house in Sevenoaks owned by a woman he knew, and damaged several windows. The police were alerted after Arnold had left, and were with the victim when he phoned and made threats to harm her. The following day he sent a series of phone messages to the victim that indicated he was stalking her. Arnold then revisited the victim’s house while she was out and caused further damage, after which he entered through a broken window. Once inside Arnold slashed sofas and chairs multiple times and stole a quantity of cash before leaving on foot. Kent Police arrested him near the address.

Pleaded guilty to burglary, criminal damage and harassment causing a victim to fear harm would be used against her. Subject to a restraining order for five years.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Blant

Making indecent images of children *

Sentence

12 month jail term suspended for two years

Thomas Blant accessed a website hosting child sexual abuse material via TOR from his house in Wye, Ashford. Arrested in January 2020. Officers seized phone and laptop; 17 indecent images of children (categories A and C) recovered from laptop despite deletion attempts, plus 4 from an old mobile phone. TOR and a computer cleaning app were found on the laptop.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of making IIOC. Five year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years. Former Kent Police constable, suspended upon arrest and dismissed from force.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Caudell

Making indecent photos of a child *

Sentence

12 months imprisonment suspended for two years and 180 hours unpaid work

Thomas Caudell, of Little Footway, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, downloaded hundreds of child sex abuse images including 59 in the highest category of seriousness, 45 in the next highest and 686 in the least serious category, over a substantial period of time for his own sexual gratification. Police also discovered an extreme image of a woman having sex with an animal.

Admitted three offences of making indecent photos of a child, one of possessing images and one of possessing extreme pornography. Name on sex offenders register for five years. Sexual harm prevention order for five years. Barred from working with children and vulnerable adults. Judge noted realistic prospect of rehabilitation.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Coulton

Evasion of excise duty *

Sentence

30 months imprisonment

Thomas Coulton, 42, from Morecambe, was stopped in his lorry by Border Force officers at the Port of Dover’s Eastern Docks on 27 February 2019 after arriving on a ferry from France. Officers found two million counterfeit Mayfair cigarettes in the trailer. The duty evaded was £615,805. Investigations revealed the men travelled to Brittany in France to collect house move contents but detoured to Tamines, Belgium to pick up the cigarettes. Dashcam footage captured panicked conversation.

Pleaded guilty to evasion of excise duty. Owns Tommy’s Removals and Storage company.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Mcraye

Attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent *

Sentence

three years and four months in prison

On Saturday 12 November 2022, Thomas McRaye and his brother George entered a gambling outlet in Week Street, Maidstone, drinking alcohol purchased elsewhere despite no alcohol licence. They refused to leave when asked by staff. A security guard intervened; they became abusive, pushed the guard. George pulled a large kitchen knife from his waistband and passed it to Thomas, who advanced slashing at the victim multiple times while George threw a bar stool. An associate intervened; they left towards King Street. Police arrested them near a taxi rank; knife recovered from rubbish bin. Thomas also charged with criminal damage for throwing a phone against a camera in his cell.

Pleaded guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and criminal damage. Aged 38, of no fixed address.

1 Jan 0001

Sidrit Musallari

Being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis *

Sentence

eight years and nine months’ imprisonment

Part of an organised crime group using a specific phone number to target drug users in Maidstone with cocaine and cannabis. On 30 March 2022, arrested during a search at an address in Enfield where 33 wraps and 222 grams of cocaine (total street value with cannabis £34,380), 1.8 kg cannabis bud, cutting agent, scales, phones, £9,495 cash and two Mercedes vehicles were seized.

Aged 37, from Enfield. Pleaded not guilty and was convicted of both counts on 30 September.

1 Jan 0001

Simeon Koroma

Being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine *

Sentence

5 years and 9 months imprisonment

Simeon Koroma was running the 'MJ' county line drug network in Medway, instructing middleman Justin Duyile who passed orders to runners Curtis Davies and Natalie Riley to carry out drug deals. Officers executed a drug warrant at a property in Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, on 22 August 2022, finding Koroma in a bedroom with several mobile phones used in the network and £15,000 hidden in a shoebox under his bed. CCTV showed him buying credit for the phones.

Admitted charges of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. Ran the 'MJ' county line drug network in Medway.

1 Jan 0001

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