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'Call Kent's judges many things – just not soft'

07 December 2022
'Call Kent's judges many things – just not soft'

You can call judges many things, writes court reporter Sean Axtell, just not soft.

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Trucker stabbed drivers in frenzy after football match

07 December 2022
Trucker stabbed drivers in frenzy after football match

A “sick” knife-wielding trucker repeatedly stabbed fellow drivers after a football match in a terrifying ordeal at a lorry park.

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Dad-of-five kept sawn-off shotgun, crossbows and tinned food hidden in home

06 December 2022
Dad-of-five kept sawn-off shotgun, crossbows and tinned food hidden in home

A pest controller kept a huge arsenal of weapons - and tinned food - in his home in preparation for an "impending catastrophe".

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Death crash driver 'did not know' he mowed down family

05 December 2022
Death crash driver 'did not know' he mowed down family

A driver who mowed down a father and daughter in a horror crash claims he fled the scene not knowing he struck anybody.

Masked mugger who robbed three women fled after one fought back

05 December 2022
Masked mugger who robbed three women fled after one fought back

A 25-year-old mugged three lone women before robbing a man at knifepoint - because he wanted to buy a McDonald's.

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Husband recalls horrifying moment he saw wife trapped under car

29 November 2022
Husband recalls horrifying moment he saw wife trapped under car

A man hit by a car in a horror crash that killed his wife and father-in-law feared he would also die, a court has heard.

Death crash driver 'climbed back in car to get drugs'

28 November 2022
Death crash driver 'climbed back in car to get drugs'

A pregnant mum killed with her dad when a car hit a family was still trapped underneath when the driver got back in to retrieve drugs, a court heard.

Gaslighting bully smashed woman's head into wall after night at Spoons

25 November 2022
Gaslighting bully smashed woman's head into wall after night at Spoons

A "terrifying" bully punched and strangled a woman before slamming her head into a wall - while bizarrely declaring she was injuring herself.

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Shot dead in pub with his own gun - but who pulled the trigger?

22 November 2022
Shot dead in pub with his own gun - but who pulled the trigger?

As police appeal for new information into one of Kent's most notorious cold cases, we revisit the pub where tragedy struck five years ago.

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Hero saves screaming woman from late-night prowler

21 November 2022
Hero saves screaming woman from late-night prowler

A Good Samaritan has told a court how her intervention stopped a man from sexually assaulting his terrified victim.

Driver admits causing crash deaths of father and daughter

18 November 2022
Driver admits causing crash deaths of father and daughter

A driver has admitted knocking down and killing a mum and her elderly father and then failing to take a drugs test.

'Pyschopathic' serial rapist jailed

18 November 2022
'Pyschopathic' serial rapist jailed

A former plumber - who tied one woman up and attacked another at a festival - has been given a lengthy spell behind bars.

Thug attacked defenceless OAP just months after being spared jail

18 November 2022
Thug attacked defenceless OAP just months after being spared jail

A drunk thug has been jailed for punching a street pastor in the face just six months after he was spared prison for another booze-fuelled attack.

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Trio on trial for face slashing miss verdicts while in Spoons

16 November 2022
Trio on trial for face slashing miss verdicts while in Spoons

Three people on trial accused of knifing a man in the face in a pub doorway missed the verdicts - as they were having lunch in Wetherspoon's.

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Chef cleared of attempted murder over delivery driver stabbing

14 November 2022
Chef cleared of attempted murder over delivery driver stabbing

A chef who repeatedly stabbed a takeaway deliver driver with a sharpened metal pole has been cleared of attempting to murder him.

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'She checked we were asleep before starting the fire'

12 November 2022
'She checked we were asleep before starting the fire'

A 23-year-old woman checked her housemates were asleep before dousing her bedroom with petrol and sending it up in flames.

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Pair point finger at each other after man knifed in face

09 November 2022
Pair point finger at each other after man knifed in face

Two men accused of knifing another man’s face in a pub doorway have blamed each other for the attack - with one labelling the other a “psycho”.

Track-side fire halts trains

06 November 2022
Track-side fire halts trains

There are delays to a busy train service due to a fire next to a railway track.

Historic Georgian home gutted in bonfire night blaze

06 November 2022
Historic Georgian home gutted in bonfire night blaze

Video footage has captured the moment a Georgian home went up 'in rumbling flames and explosions' on bonfire night.

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World-famous star with 27m followers 'heartbroken' to leave Whitstable

06 November 2022
World-famous star with 27m followers 'heartbroken' to leave Whitstable

A star followed by almost 30 million people on Instagram says she is devastated to leave a coastal town where she enjoyed trips to the beach.

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