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2nd April 2020COURT: Maidstone sub-postmaster's 'fraud nightmare'
CUSTOMERS and friends of popular Tovil sub-postmaster for seven years Kanagasundaram Prince were shocked when he was suddenly removed by the Post Office and then faced a charge of false accounting at ...
1st April 2020CORONAVIRUS: Retired officers urged to return to police force
RETIRED police officers are being urged to return to Kent Police to keep the county safe during the Covid-19 emergency. Everyone from former Kent Police officers, staff and volunteers are being ...
JAILED: Bogus taxi driver raped woman after night out in Maidstone
A BOGUS taxi driver who lured a woman into his car before raping her in her own home has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Idris Ibra (20) admitted targeting his victim as she was making her ...
CHARGED: 'Rogue trader Paddy Dorin scammed pensioners' in Maidstone
A SUSPECTED rogue trader has been charged in connection with a roofing scam in Maidstone. It is reported that between March 20 and 25 a man repeatedly visited a property in Woolley Road, advising ...
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY: Thieves target butcher's shop near Maidstone
THIEVES tried to break into a butcher's shop in Coxheath but left empty-handed. Shop staff at Woods Fresh Foods found someone had tried to smash a window overnight on March 21. Nothing was ...
CORONAVIRUS SCAM: Kent Police issue warning to Maidstone residents
A CORONAVIRUS scam is circulating across Kenttelling people they have been fined. The text says to click on a link to pay but police have warned thatfraudsters are spoofing the ...
WARNING: Doorstep fraudsters target Maidstone pensioners
MAIDSTONE pensioners are being targeted by doorstep fraudsters. On Monday, March 16, 2020, two men are reported to have visited a pensioner's house in Tovil where they offered to do some ...
JAILED: Prolific drug dealer Ashley Nation spent drug money on handbags and TVs
A PROLIFIC Maidstone drug dealer has been jailed for nearly five years after spending the money on designer handbags and TVs. Ashley Nation (35) of Tonbridge Road purchased the luxury goods which ...
CHARGED: Maidstone man 'stole power tools and letters' and 'assaulted policeman'
A SUSPECTED burglar has been charged following a Maidstone break-in. At around 10am on Sunday, March 22, 2020, patrols were called to a reported intruder at a property in Lushington Road, ...
CCTV APPEAL: Tesco security staff racially abused near Maidstone
A CCTV image has been released of a person police would like to speak to following allegations security staff at a Larkfield supermarket were racially abused. On February 8 2020 a group of three ...