Katie Boyden
Crime
Prison officer jailed after exchanging explicit messages with inmate
Rachel Martin admitted having an ’emotional or intimate’ relationship with Raymond Abraham, a prisoner at HMP Guys Marsh.
By Katie Boyden
28 Feb 2023
Politics
Migrants moved out of Manston amid overcrowding concerns
Lucy Moreton of the Union for Borders, Immigration and Customs says the Home Office has ‘not replied’ to their requests for support.
By Katie Boyden
1 Nov 2022
Politics
Police name suspect in Dover immigration centre firebombing
Andrew Leak, 66, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire is suspected of carrying out the attack
By Katie Boyden
1 Nov 2022
Politics
Dover immigration centre firebombing suspect lived 120 miles away
Kent Police confirmed the suspect was a 66-year-old man from the High Wycombe area.
By Katie Boyden
31 Oct 2022
Politics
Residents near migrant facility urge councils across UK to ‘take their share’
There are growing concerns over conditions at the migrant processing centre in Manston, Kent, which opened in January this year.
By Katie Boyden
31 Oct 2022
Crime
Leah Ware’s phone off network when shut in shipping container, murder trial told
Miss Ware told friends and family that Mark Brown occasionally locked her in a shipping container, where her phone lost signal.
By Katie Boyden
27 Oct 2022
Crime
Murder accused’s type was ‘drop dead girls with mental health issues’, court told
Mark Brown also admitted in messages to a friend that he had done ‘monstrous things’.
By Katie Boyden
26 Oct 2022
Crime
Murder accused called ‘controlling’ by girlfriend, court told
Tamsin Gregory, a friend of Leah Ware, said she had ‘concerns’ about how she was treated by her partner, Mark Brown.
By Katie Boyden
26 Oct 2022
Crime
Convicted drug dealer denies killing Leah Ware
Jack Tyler, who sold drugs to Leah Ware, denied killing her or hurting her in any way.
By Katie Boyden
25 Oct 2022
Crime
Further investigation needed after death of teenage boy at funfair, coroner says
Area coroner Katrina Hepburn adjourned the inquest into the death of 14-year-old Mackenzie Croxford-Cook.
By Katie Boyden
24 Oct 2022
Crime
Woman ‘did not want her alleged killer to know she was pregnant’
The double-murder trial of Alexandra Morgan and Leah Ware entered its third full day on Thursday
By Katie Boyden
20 Oct 2022
Health
East Kent maternity services ‘still failing’ eight years after traumatic birth
Danielle Clark had a traumatic birth with first son in 2013 and was disappointed to experience more issues when giving birth to her third son.
By Katie Boyden
19 Oct 2022
Crime
Double murder accused called himself ‘psychopath with a conscience’, court hears
Mark Brown, 41, is accused of murdering two women at a site he rented in Sussex in 2021.
By Katie Boyden
18 Oct 2022
Crime
Former female prison officer sentenced after having a baby with inmate
Kathryn Trevor, 29, had a sexual relationship with a prisoner at HMP Maidstone which led to her having a child with him.
By Katie Boyden
17 Oct 2022
Crime
Trial of Sussex man accused of killing two women set to begin
Mark Brown, 41, is accused of murdering Alexandra Morgan and Leah Ware in 2021.
By Katie Boyden
17 Oct 2022
Health
Charity supporting parents grieving for lost babies debuts new film
Abigail’s Footsteps trains midwives, supports bereaved parents and raises funds to create bereavement suites and provide cold cots in hospitals.
By Katie Boyden
10 Oct 2022
Politics
Staff concerns over safety of immigration holding facility in Kent
The POA trade union, which represents some staff at the facility in Manston, Kent, says staff have likened the situation to a ‘pressure cooker’.
By Katie Boyden
6 Oct 2022
UK
Dog run over and killed after men try to steal owner’s phone
Cockapoo Milo died at the scene.
By Katie Boyden
6 Oct 2022
Crime
Mortuary abuser David Fuller enters no plea to 16 further charges
Fuller appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court via video link on Thursday
By Katie Boyden
6 Oct 2022
UK
Charity Commission probes Brighton Mosque after trustee’s terrorism conviction
The mosque was issued with an official warning earlier this year after former trustee Abubaker Deghayes was convicted of encouraging terrorism.
By Katie Boyden
5 Oct 2022
Crime
Baby accidentally drowned in family friend’s hot tub, inquest hears
The death of Jetson Maffia-Kerbey was described as a “tragic accident” by the coroner
By Katie Boyden
3 Oct 2022