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Gravesend man charged after suspected ten minute burglary spree in Wrotham Road and Essex Road

By: Sean Delaney sdelaney@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 16:08, 31 December 2020

Updated: 16:22, 31 December 2020

A suspected burglar has been charged after he is believed have engaged in a 10-minute spree of violent offences in Gravesend.

Officers were called to a home in Wrotham Road at around 7.47pm on Christmas Eve following reports a man with a knife had forced his way inside and assaulted someone.

A man has been charged following a spree of suspected offences in Gravesend

Nine minutes later, a similar offence took place in Essex Road.

In between the two burglaries, the same offender is alleged to have assaulted a different man in Wrotham Road before damaging a nearby garden gate and summer house.

Officers investigating the four incidents detained a suspect by 8.05pm and no victims reported sustaining serious injuries.

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Jacek Gralak, of Kent Road, Gravesend, was later charged with two counts of aggravated burglary, affray, actual bodily harm, criminal damage and assaulting an emergency worker.

The 24-year-old appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, December 26.

He was remanded in custody to appear before Maidstone Crown Court on January 25, 2021.

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