Kent staff lead local government rich list


PUBLIC sector workers in Kent, Tonbridge and Malling, and Maidstone, are among leaders in the Town Hall Rich List – a “Who’s Who” of local govern- ment top earners. A record 3,097 staff nationally earned over £100,000 in 2010/11, up 13% on the previous year. The largest remuneration pack-


age in England in 2010-11 was received by Peter Gilroy, chief executive ofKCC,with £439,071, although this includes a redun-


child sex case FORMER owner of the Today newspaper, Eddie Shah, and Anthony Pallant, of West Malling, have been charged with raping a child. The pair were arrested with a


dancy payment. Other top earners included


Tonbridge andMalling’s chief ex- ecutive David Hughes, £130,000 (salary £108,000, benefits in kind £4,000, pension contributions £18,000); Sharon Shelton, direc- tor of finance, £101,000 (salary £85,000, benefits in kind £3,000, pension contributions, £13,000); John Batty, director of health and housing £103,000 (salary £85,000, benefits in kind, £4,000, pension contributions £14,000;


Steve Humphrey, director of planning, transport and leisure £103,000 (salary £85,000, bene- fits in kind £5,000, pension con- tributions £13,000); Julie Beilby, central services director £102,000 (salary £84,000, bene- fits in kind £5,000, pension con- tributions £13,000). Maidstone’s top officers were higher up the list. Chief execu- tive Alison Broome, £136,000 (salary £102,000; benefits in kind £5,000; pension contributions


£29,000), David Edwards, direc- tor of change, planning and envi- ronment, £126,000 (salary £94,000; benefits in kind £5,000; Pension contributions £27,000), Zena Cooke, director of regenera- tion and communities, £123,000 (salary £93,000; benefits in kind £4,000; pension contributions £26,000). Kent had 34 employees earn-


ing above £100,000 – putting it joint fifth in the league of top earning local authorities.


Tycoon Shah in Town ban for Asbo twins


Kentwoman(52), who could not be named for legal reasons. Shah (68), from Chippenham,


Wilts, and Pallant (52) are ac- cused of raping a girl under the age of 16 over a period of two years. Shah faces seven counts, with thewoman accused of aid- ing and abetting him, and Pal- lant faces two counts. The alleged assaults happened be- tween 1993 and 1995. The trio were bailed to ap-


pear atWestminster Magistrates Court on June 14.


TWIN girls have been banned from West Malling town centre after a three-year crime wave, which included assault on po- lice and theft. Eighteen-year-olds Chelsea Shannon Scott and Leonie Vicky Scott, of Eccles, have been given a two-year anti-so- cial behaviour order after caus- ing a repeated nuisance and committing numerous public order offences in the West Malling and Aylesford areas. After hearing a litany of of- fences, including assault on po- lice, criminal damage, shoplifting and harassment, Sevenoaks mag- istrates granted the Asbo from May 9, 2012, to May 8, 2014. The order bans the twins from


twins realise the consequences of their actions. “Such offences are a blight on


Chelsea and Leonie Scott


West Malling town centre, Eaton Place in Larkfield and Tesco in Lunsford Park. It also prohibits the pair from


being a passenger in a car driven by their friend Amee Keller-Bond, except on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, be- tween 6am and 9pm. Chief Insp Jon Kirby said: “Hopefully, by granting this Asbo, it will make the Scott


the town of West Malling and I and my colleagues are commit- ted to clamping down on such nuisance behaviour, wherever it occurs. We want to enforce ac- ceptable levels of behaviour and take action against the minority of people who are intent on in- timidating or harassing others. “This order should deal with


the pattern of behaviour they have displayed and hopefully break this cycle of offending. “We are keen to ensure that it


is properly enforced. I would call on anyone who witnesses the twins breaching their Asbo to call police on 101.”


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A GARDEN shed to the rear of a property in Stirling Road, KingsHill, was broken into and golfing equipment stolen. A man’s bicycle was taken


from the communal area of a property in The Lakes, Larkfield. Three bikes and a


boxed CCTV sys- tem were stolen from a garage at a property in Stir- ling Road, Kings Hill.


The front garden


gate andpostofa property in Station Road, Aylesford,has been damaged, consistent with being kicked. The number plates were


stolen from a vehicle parked in Heron Road, Larkfield. A window was smashed and


a door lock damaged on a van parked in Townsend Road, Snodland. Nothing was taken. A car parked on the driveway


of a property in Bow Road, Wa- teringbury, had a window smashed and the ignition barrel forced. An outbuilding in the garden of a home in Offham Road, West


Malling, was broken into and two hedge trimmers and two power drills taken. The spare wheel was taken


from under a vehicle parked at commercial premises off Wood Close, Aylesford. A quantity of cop- per cable has been taken from the yard of a commer- cial premises in Trottiscliffe Road, Addington. A Royal Mail


post box was taken from Wateringbury Road, East Malling.


An acer tree was taken


from a pot in the front garden of a property in Howard Road, East Malling.


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