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Trial of Kent Police officer Mark Sloane, accused of driving dangerously during Beast from the East, to be heard outside county

By: Paul Hooper phooper@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 14:41, 10 April 2019

Updated: 16:05, 10 April 2019

A serving Kent police officer will go on trial for allegedly driving dangerously at a court outside the county.

Mark Sloane, 29, had denied he was driving his police vehicle dangerously during the ‘Beast from the East’ storm last year

His Vauxhall Astra crashed while he was responding to a theft from a car in March last year.

Mark Sloane denies driving dangerously during the Beast from the East

Sloane was travelling in Courtenay Road, Maidstone, in March 2018 when his car was involved in a four vehicle accident.

Two people were injured including a police officer.

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Kuman Hussan suffered a broken collar bone in the crash while a PC Perkins suffered a broken finger.

Now Judge Tony Baumgartner, sitting at Maidstone Crown Court, has ruled his trial should be heard in a court outside of Kent.

Sloane's defence solicitor has previously said holding the trial in the county could "attract some undue attention".

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