Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Danny Crawley, 44, of Godstow Road, Abbey Wood, London, smashed his way into Puddings, an independent coffee shop in Week Street, Maidstone, at around 2.45am on December 3, 2025. He stole an iPad, a till drawer, and more than £150 in cash. He had previously attended the premises hours earlier and stolen additional items. Officers caught him at the scene with some stolen goods, and the till drawer was later found near the Hazlitt Theatre.

Billy Bird, 27, of Everland Lane, Ospringe, carried out a two-week spree of thefts across Faversham and Ashford from August 19 to September 4, 2025. He stole alcohol and groceries worth hundreds of pounds from Tesco in Faversham, Sainsbury’s in Bysing Wood Road, Co-op in Hunters Avenue, Ashford, and committed theft at Thanet Way services by driving off without paying for fuel. He was arrested on September 5, 2025, hiding under a bed in Whiting Crescent.

David Makuyana was removed from a train at Tonbridge station on July 1, where he shouted, swore, and urinated into a plastic bottle. He became aggressive towards staff members, verbally abusing them, squaring up to one, raising his fists, exposing himself, and attempting to urinate on a staff member. Despite efforts by passengers to calm him, he continued to shout abuse and tried to board another train before being arrested by British Transport Police.

Esther Evans, 55, of Westhaven in Cosheston, was driving a Kia Soul in Llanteg on May 3, 2023, when the vehicle tax had expired on February 29, 2023.

Nicola Jayes stole alcohol and other items worth more than £160 from a BP garage in Westcliff between March 17 and April 7, 2024.