A suspect has appeared in court after a woman suffered facial injuries in a serious assault.

A 14-year-old boy and and 41-year-old man are due to appear in court after they were charged with offences relating to a riot in Whitehall.

A heartless carer who teamed up with a colleague to steal more than £12,000 from an elderly couple with dementia has been spared jail.

A prison guard who smuggled mobile phones and related paraphernalia into a jail hidden inside a DVD player has been warned he faces being locked up.

A woman flashed an eight-inch kitchen knife at a stranger and told him she had it for protection while travelling alone at night.

Masked burglars bound the hands and feet of an 89-year-old woman before beating her and threatening to make her drink laundry detergent.

A police officer has been found not guilty of misconduct in a public office, after it was alleged he shared flirty messages with a witness.

A 37-year-old man has become the first person in Kent to be jailed following the recent spate of national disorder.

A crook who pocketed almost £1million from supplying cocaine and cannabis has been ordered to repay a fraction of his ill-gotten gains.

A suspended councillor has been remanded in custody after he was charged with allegedly encouraging violent disorder while addressing a London crowd.

A suspected burglar has been charged after driving “dangerously” in a stolen car during a police pursuit.

A council is attempting to evict a group of travellers after 12 caravans set up on a playing field used for children’s football.

A sex offender previously convicted of sexual activity with a child could be jailed again after breaching a court order.

A “predatory” former police officer posed as a girl to have sexually explicit chats with children he believed to be as young as eight.

A 21-year-old who stabbed his victim in the chest and continued to intimidate him after his arrest has been jailed.

Since the start of the year police have recovered more than £2million worth of suspected stolen property from rural areas in Kent.

A man who lost his job after causing a nasty head-on crash by driving the wrong way down a slip road has told of his remorse.

The complainant in a trial where an officer is accused of misconduct in a public office alleged he wanted to have ‘no strings’ sex.

A former young offenders institution is expected to reopen early for adults as the prison system braces itself for an inmate influx.

A second suspect has been charged in connection with the death of man found in a block of flats.