South East

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  Teenager Jailed for Knife Attack

  19 May 2016, 14:48pm

  A teenager has been jailed for more than three years for a vicious knife attack that left a man fighting for his life. Johnny Jacob Brazil, 19, of Barrow Grove, Sittingbourne, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm on a 25-year-old man and common assault...

   
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  Rapist Jailed for 13 Years for Dover Attack

  9 May 2016, 12:23pm

  A second man has been jailed for raping a woman on Christmas Day 2014 in Dover. Georgel Cornel Hirjanu, 25 of no fixed address admitted one charge of rape when he appeared at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday 5 May. He was sentenced on Friday 6 May to...

   

• Witnesses Sought Following Death in Canterbury

  4 May 2016, 2:44am

  Detectives investigating a body found in a river in Canterbury are appealing for anyone who might have seen the man prior to his death to come forward. Kent Police was called at 6.32am on Friday 29 April to the River Stour near North Lane, Canterbury. The man was declared dead at the scene. He has been formally identified as 27-year-old Roman Mol, originally...

   
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  CCTV Image Released Following Theft of Dog in Claygate Burglary

  27 Apr 2016, 9:20am

  Surrey Police is appealing for the publics help in identifying the man in this CCTV image. Officers would like to speak to the man in connection with a burglary at an address in Claygate on 19 December 2015. Maximus, a 22-week-old Cocker Spaniel puppy,...

   
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  Police Appeal After Man Attempts to Murder 17yo Girl With Hammer

  27 Apr 2016, 2:39am

  Following the release of CCTV images and an appeal directly to the community with a £5,000 reward on offer for information, police are now looking to other forces, which are connected to Hampshire Constabulary because of good transport links. Hampshire...

   

• Child Robbed in Hove Park

  27 Apr 2016, 2:06am

  Police are investigating an incident on the grassed area just south of the tennis courts at St Ann’s Well Gardens, Hove, in which a 13-year-old boy was attacked and robbed. It happened at around 6.30pm on Friday 15 April. Two other boys pushed and punched the victim, who was also kicked in the head and ribs and later required hospital treatment. His...

   

• Stuart Lay Admits Manslaughter of His ‘Nan’

  26 Apr 2016, 16:16pm

  A man has been detained in hospital indefinitely after admitting the manslaughter of his own grandmother while visiting her in Sittingbourne. Stuart Lay, aged 44, of Homewood Avenue, Sittingbourne, had been charged with the murder of 85-year-old Jean Robertson, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter when he appeared at Maidstone Crown Court on Monday 25...

   

• Gillingham Man Charged in Trafficking and Slavery Investigation

  25 Apr 2016, 14:29pm

  Officers investigating a report of human trafficking and modern day slavery have charged a 53-year-old man from Gillingham with three offences. Dusan Sabo, of Corporation Road in Gillingham, has been charged with trafficking a person into the United Kingdom for exploitation, knowingly holding another person in slavery and theft. He has been bailed to...

   

• Man Held on Remand Cleared of Attempting to Kidnap Schoolgirl

  22 Apr 2016, 17:07pm

  A man has been cleared of attempting to kidnap a Medway schoolgirl with the intention of committing a sexual offence. Nicholas Bennett, 26, of Association Walk, Rochester, was arrested in connection with an alleged incident in Salisbury Avenue, Rainham, on Thursday 21 January 2016. He was charged and remanded after being identified by the alleged victim...

   
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  Police Keen to Speak to Man Pictured About a Burglary in Ashtead

  22 Apr 2016, 16:25pm

  Police in East Surrey are keen to speak to the man in this CCTV still in connection with a burglary at a house in Ashtead where a number of antiques were stolen. The incident happened sometime between 2pm and 9.30pm on Saturday 12 March at an address...