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News Five-year term for child abuser
A MAN who travelled from Sus- sex to Maidstone to commit sexual offences against children has begun a five-year prison sentence. Wayne Booker (53), from Lanc-
ing, travelled to Maidstone in De- cember to meet two children aged 7 and 11 years old with the intention of committing sexual offences. He had made the arrangement
online while exchanging indecent images of children with an adult. The images ranged from levels one to five. However, Bookerwas met by de- tectives from the Kent Police child
exploitation investigation teamwho had been investigating him and were aware of the arrange- ment.
Booker was charged with two counts of arranging the commission of a child sex of- fence, seven
counts of distributing indecent im- ages and one count of arranging child pornography. He was re- manded in custody having pleaded
guilty to all the offences. Further offences were uncovered
while Booker was on remand. He was eventually charged, and admit- ted a total of 24 offences. He was sentenced by Maidstone Crown Court to five years in prison for arranging the commission of a child sex offence, with an extended licence period of four years. He also received sentences of two
and a half years for distributing in- decent images of children and 18 months for possessing and making indecent images, which both will run concurrently with his five-year
prison term. The judge also granted a sexual offences prevention order and banned Booker from working with children. Detective Sergeant David Shipley
said: “I am delighted that someone whowas so determined to sexually abuse very young children has been prevented from doing so and brought to justice. “From the items Booker had in
his possession when he was ar- rested it was apparent that he had every intention of committing sex- ual offences against children.“
Man jailed for string of thes Retailers’pop-up shop prize
A 31-YEAR-OLD Maidstone man was sent to prison for a total of 120 days after admitting 14 counts of stealing meat and other goods cost- ing nearly £800 from several shops in the town. Mid Kent magistrates heard that
Phillip Weeks, of Westmorland Close, Shepway stole meatworth £6 from a shop in Willington Street, Maidstone on February 15, followed by meat valued at £30 on February 16, £100 on February 17, £30 on Feb- ruary 20, £45 on February 21, £50 on March 1 and meat and butterworth
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£79 on March 7, all from a shop in Egremont Road, Bearsted. OnFebruary 10, he stole meat and toiletries worth £50 and the same day stole washing up liquid valued at £6.OnFebruary 13, he stolewash- ing powder worth £67.29 and on March 12, he stole detergent worth £85.20, all from a store in Northum- berland Road, Shepway. On March 3, Weeks took fragrances worth £78.98 from a shop in Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, and stole goods valued at £227 during the next two days from the same shop.
MAIDSTONE has welcomed its first pop-up shop, at The Mall. The town’s mayor, Cllr Clive English, opened the three-in-one retail outlet (formerly Thorntons) near The Mall’s main entrance. The new pop-up shop com-
prises retailers Just Dipity, the Plain Clothing Company and Glamair Occasions, which had been operating online. The accessories, clothing, and balloon businesses were one of 16 retailers to apply for the vacant unit. They won their three-week
stay in the first round of The Mall’s Retail Factor competition. LorraineWilding, of Just Dipity, Naadir Akhtar, from the Plain Clothing Company and Yanti Clark, from Glamair Occasions, now compete for a £1,000 prize in the finals of a national competi- tion run by The Mall’s six loca- tions across the country. The Mall’s marketing manager
in Maidstone, Suzie Brindle, said: “We plan to keep the shop going because it is such a great platform for those starting out in retail.”
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