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admits fraud FORMER Age Concern Malling boss Keith Austin has admitted de- frauding the charity. Austin was accused of stealing £217,553 between March 2009 and September 2011 while heworked as chief officer of the charity, based in Norman Road,West Malling. But, Maidstone Crown Court
heard, when the 63-year-old entered his plea he disputed the amount. Sentencing was adjourned until
after June 12 to hear evidence about the sum of money involved. The judgewas told that Austin, of
Tovil Green Court, Tovil, who was appointed to the Age Concern role in 2002, had recently suffered the tragic and unexpected loss of his wife. He had also received treat- ment for cancer.
Scheme for flats
PLANNING permission has been granted for a former therapeutic centre for vulnerable adults at 12 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, to be converted into nine flats. Maidstone Council’s planning committee allowed Accommoda- tion Yes Ltd to build a single-storey extension to help provide six one- bedroom flats and three bedsits for the private market. The building was vacated in October 2012.
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MP‘poking nose in’ overwarehouse plan
MP HELEN Grant has been ac- cused of “poking her nose in our constituency” over the proposed Waterside Park development at M20 Junction 8. Mrs Grant had lobbied for Gal-
lagher’s warehousing proposal on land south of the A20 to be ap- proved, despite it being outside her Maidstone andWeald constituency. Maidstone Council’s planning committee later refused the devel- opment, taking into account oppo- sition from local MP Hugh
Concert donation
A CHEQUE for almost £3,000 was presented to Heart of Kent Hospice after a choir concert organised by the Maidstone Riverside Rotary Club. Caroline Brinkman, head of com-
munity engagement for the hospice, is pictured receiving a cheque from the concert organising committee after the 100 Voices Choir Concert at All Saints’ Church, Maidstone, which raised a total of £6,500.
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Robertson, Leeds Castle, and Bearsted, Thurnham, Leeds and Hollingbourne parish councils, and the three Bearstedward members. Cllr Michael Stark, of Bearsted
Parish Council, said: “I wrote to Helen Grant saying Iwas unhappy shewas poking her nose in our con- stituency, but she wrote a letter back saying that as I do not live in her constituency she could not com- ment on it!” Mrs Grantwanted the proposal to go ahead because it would have
safeguarded up to 450 jobs in her constituency. ADLand Scarab Sweepers, based
in Marden, could both leave the area if they are unable to relocate to Waterside Park. Bearsted parish councillor Dennis Spooner said: “By commenting on an issue outside the constituency she is in breach of parliamentary protocol. It is ironic that she refused to deal with Cllr Stark’s complaint to her because he does not live in her constituency.”
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