A man found guilty of five fly-tipping offences has been ordered to do 160 hours of unpaid work and pay over £3,000 in costs.

The quick-thinking dad-of-five whose mobile phone photo helped track down Julia James’ murderer says he was in 'the right place at the right time'.

A woman and three men have been charged with causing GBH with intent after a town centre attack saw two people rushed to hospital.

A man who subjected a young girl to a years-long campaign of sexual abuse beginning when she was just six has been jailed for more than a decade.

A faulty court alarm system meant three of the teenagers charged over the death of a 42-year-old man who fell to his death were unable to attend.

An inmate at a Kent prison threw hot water over a guard before beating him with a kettle because he was upset at prison conditions.

Julia James' son has said she told him she saw a "weird man" loitering near where she was killed while her daughter says her death has saved others.

Jurors have heard Callum Wheeler - accused of murdering PCSO Julia James - was 'highly sexualised' and had rape 'plainly' on his mind.

A traumatised woman's life spiralled out of control after a paedophile raped her and her mother told her off when she told her what happened.

A court has heard how a 22-year-old on trial for murder told custody staff he would return to a woods 'to rape and kill women' if released.

A lorry driver who watched England smash Germany in the Euros, celebrated by leading police on a booze-fuelled police chase.

Two women accused of attacking another in a town centre car park denied the charge when they appeared in court.

A pathologist has told a murder trial the head injuries suffered by PCSO Julia James were 'the worst I've seen' and 'completely unsurvivable'.

A gang of balaclava-clad copper thieves nearly shutdown a Kent business after causing £30,000 worth of damage during a raid.

Two men have appeared in court charged with conspiring to steal cash machines in ram raids across Kent.

A man suspected of stealing numerous items - including tools, a TV, copper piping and a camera - has appeared in court on burglary charges.

A suspicious gamekeeper photographed and filmed the man who killed PCSO Julia James in the local area the day after she was allegedly murdered.

The county's biggest probation service has been hauled over the coals in a damning report which highlights serious shortcomings.

A man has been charged with burglary and theft of a motor vehicle after a woman was attacked at her home.

A jury has today retraced the final steps taken by a PCSO who was allegedly "ambushed and chased down” before being bludgeoned to death.