Boys hit by car TWO boys were hit by a car while crossing Sutton Road, Maidstone with friends. A 10-year-old was taken to a London hospital with serious injuries and a second boy, also 10, was taken to a local hospi- tal with minor injuries. Three other boys were not hurt. The boys were crossing Sut-
ton Road fromWallisAvenue at ParkWood when they were hit by a silver Suzuki Swift travel- ling towards Sutton Valence. Witnesses to the crash can
call the Serious Collision Inves- tigation Unit on 01622 798538.
Handling charge HENRY Boswell (19), of Grove Road, Maidstone, was given a suspended jail sentence by Mid Kent Magistrates after he ad- mitted handling eight stolen gold sovereign coins worth £1,760 on July 30 last year. On September 5, he had 9.6g
of cannabis in his possession. He was sentenced to 60 days
in prison, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to pay £1,760 in compensation and an £80 victim surcharge.
Cable theft arrests TWO 19-year-olds were ar- rested on suspicion of theft after they were seen acting sus- piciously in College Road, Maidstone. A quantity of cable was recovered and the men were bailed.
Awards for local safety heroes
KCC COMMUNITY warden Liz Lovatt was honoured at Kent Police’s first Kent Community Safety Awards. Ms Lovatt, the community warden for Boughton Monchelsea, Chart Sutton and Loose, picked up the commu- nity safety award for working with the young and old in a range of capacities including providing safety advice, pro- moting inclusion for all ages, and keeping her communities free from fly-tipping and litter. Last year she obtained fund-
ing to pilot the Socket and See programme, which allowed her to buy a device to carry out safety checks on sockets and electrical equipment in peo- ple’s homes as well as fund some electrical works for the elderly or vulnerable. Paul Alcock, chairman of MaidSafe and the Town Centre Management team and general manager of The Mall shopping centre, was given the lifetime achievement award. The retired Premier League referee set up both the Town Centre Manage- ment team and MaidSafe, the town centre crime reduction partnership. Three years ago, after lots of hard work and lob- bying, Mr Alcock founded Urban Blue, a community bus operating in the town centre to
Paul Alcock receives the lifetime achievement award from Ann Barnes and Ian Learmoth, and below, community warden Liz Lovatt, winner of the community safety award
offer support to clubbers and people on nights out. During the week the bus, op- erated by Town Centre Man- agement in partnership with the Primary Care Trust, police andMaidstone Council, travels around schools and organisa- tions showing videos and edu- cating on subjects from teenage pregnancy to drug awareness. The Urban Blue bus team
was also the audience’s choice on the night for the special recognition award, in honour of the support it gives to people visitingMaidstone at night.
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