JCB raiders grab cash machine
cash Clearing up the debris and protecting the bank premises shortly after the ram raid on Lloyds Bank
RAM raiders used a stolen JCB to smash into a bank wall at Loose Road, Maidstone, and steal a cash machine. The machine was loaded onto a blue pick-up
truck which drove off along Cripple Street to- wards Farley Hill. The vehicle was later found dumped at Lon-
gend Road, Claygate, near Marden, while the ex- cavator, which had been stolen from a nearby building site, was left at the scene. The gang struck shortly before 3.40am on Sat-
urday, November 13, demolishing part of the side wall at the Lloyds TSB branch. No-one was hurt in the incident and no weapons were used. The area was sealed off the following day for forensic investigations. Det Sgt Shelley Chantler said: “Members of the public may have been in the area when the theft happened and witnessed the incident or the
events leading to it. “We would like to speak to anyone who wit-
nessed the incident or who may have seen or heard anything in the early hours of this morning, in particular if vehicles were seen arriving in or leaving the area.” Police are also appealing for witnesses in the Claygate area where the pick-up was abandoned. Call Kent Police on 01622 604283 or Crimestop- pers on 0800 555111.
THE recruitment process to appoint a new local coroner has begun, but the suc- cessful candidate may be given a much heavier workload. Mid-Kent and Medway coroner Roger
Sykes is to retire on April 30 after 25 years in the role. KCC has advertised the
Charity benefits
from parking CHRISTMAS shoppers in Maidstone will find extra week- end parking spaces thanks to the Rotary Club of Maidstone. Town centre businesses are allowing parking in lower Earl Street (opposite the car en- trance to Fremlin Walk), Mote Road (with a pedestrian exit to Romney Place opposite Mall/ Chequers) and solicitors Kenn- edys (opposite Ford main deal- ers Haynes in Ashford Road). These parks are available on
the three Saturdays before Christmas from 8.30am to 7pm and on Sunday December 10 (9.30am to 5pm). Rotarians will be helped by
Scouts and members of the Inner Wheel Club. Parkers are requested to make a donation to local charities.
Christmas carols A CHRISTMAS “Songs of Praise” takes place at the Vestry Hall, High Street, Marden on Sunday, December 5, from 3pm. Enquiries to Rev James Robertson: 01622 831379.
Search begins for the new £90,000 coroner
role as offering an annual salary of £90,291, but says that the incumbent may also become the office holder of one ormore of the three other jurisdictions in the county. Mr Sykes’ successor will begin on April 1, shadowing him for a month.
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