A county lines dealer has been handed a jail sentence after being caught getting into a cab with a sheathed knife and class A drugs.

A van driver has been sentenced after admitting causing a crash that left him and his victim with serious injuries.

A woman who stabbed her ex brother-in-law to death in an "irrational but intentional" attack outside his pub has today been convicted of murder.

Three people have been arrested after a man was reportedly bundled into a car, robbed and assaulted.

A Kent woman has been jailed after a young man was stabbed to death with her help.

A couple jailed for smuggling thousands of pounds of drugs into prisons were caught after flying a drone over a Kent site.

The head of a sham investment fund who duped four victims out of more than £150,000 which he used to fund his lifestyle has been jailed.

A 45-year-old woman has appeared in court after police were called to a hospital after reports people were threatened with a knife.

Several men have been arrested on suspicion of drug offences following raids by police.

A social worker has been “vindicated” after being wrongly suspended from her job for promoting her views on transgender issues on social media.

A “compulsive spender” swindled her employer out of a huge sum, leaving it considering redundancies while she “flaunted” designer goods.

Here are just some of the criminals including burglars, fraudsters, rapists and sex offenders who committed crimes and were locked up in April.

A 19-year-old who stabbed his mum’s boyfriend with a machete eight times has been given a 10-year sentence

An architect who designed and built his “dream home” on the Kent coast says it no longer feels safe following an attempted armed raid at the property.

An innocent bystander was left with permanent scars after he bravely stepped in to save a stranger from a pub toilet beating.

An erratic driver caused a major pile-up and fled the scene without checking on the wellbeing of his injured victims.

A paedophile pensioner who abducted a boy off the street and molested him in a Currys car park has been jailed.

A bully who subjected a woman to physical and psychological abuse has been jailed after breaching a court order banning him from a town.

The victim of a “brutal and unprovoked” attack needed 18 stitches and is still recovering months later, a court heard.

A man alleged to have been found jumping up and down on the bonnet of an out of action police car has appeared in court.