A Welsh resident has been jailed for six years after travelling to the county to have sex with a child.Timothy Boorman, 60, had been speaking to the victim online before…
Library image: SCOPIX – A child predator has been sentenced to prison after attempting to meet a teenage boy for sex. Stephen Sussams, 62, travelled from his home with the…
A Faversham man has been jailed after drugs and weapons were discovered in the playroom of a home in the Town. Officers were first alerted to Ellis Priest, pictured left,…
Multiple child sex offenders have been jailed for a combined total of 100 years. The prison sentences were secured following the latest investigations by specialist officers to protect children and…
Kent Police swiftly implemented dispersal powers over the Halloween weekend to combat a surge in antisocial behaviour (ASB) in Broadstairs town centre. Police were alerted to a number of nuisance…
Awaab’s Law, which took effect on October 27, 2025, now mandates that social housing landlords in England take swift and decisive action to fix serious health and safety hazards, such…
Canterbury hotel staff successfully identified potential child exploitation risks during a recent undercover operation designed to test their safeguarding training. On Friday, October 17, 2025, Kent Police officers and cadets,…
A sex offender used dating and social media apps in an attempt to abuse a boy in Maidstone. Between 28 March and 24 April 2025, Kevin Scarnell repeatedly messaged a…
A sex offender from Gillingham who targeted three vulnerable children has been jailed for 22 years. Roy Humphreys initially abused two young boys in the 1970s through his association with…
Maidstone Crown Court Library image A man from East Malling has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the horrific rape and abuse of a child, a campaign that…
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