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Vagrant gets life for murder of his friend
A HOMELESS man has been sen- tenced to life imprisonment fol- lowing the brutal murder of his friend in the porch of Headcorn church. Ruslan Piktorov (40), killed Trevor Hillman during a ferocious attack in the porch of St Peter and St Paul parish church in October last year. Piktorov, of no fixed abode, had previously denied murdering the 57- year-old local man but changed his plea during the hearing at Maid- stone Crown Court. Mr Hillman was well known in the local community and often slept
THE Marden Fruit Show Society hosted its 82nd annual meeting at Hadlow College.
Society president, Rt Hon Michael Jack CBE, welcomed more than 50 growers and industry representa- tives to the meeting and conference. He thanked sponsors, Agrovista, BASF, Norman Collett and ICA, and said: “The National Fruit Show last year, in the new Maidstone Ex-
victim during a horrific 50-minute attack. Much of the attack was recorded onCCTVaswas Piktorov’s disposal of bloodstained clothing in a bin at Headcorn station. The court heard that the assault on
Ruslan Piktorov and Trevor Hillman
in the church porch. He died after a sustained assault
from Piktorov, the court heard. The pair had been talking and eat-
ing together before Piktorov repeat- edly punched and stamped on his
hibition Hall, was a quantum leap forward. The building reflects our forward-thinking industry and al- lows us to put the competition fruit at the heart of the show.” He said the government was now taking the fruit industry seriously with Elizabeth Truss, environment, food and rural affairs secretary, being a key supporter. “Politicians want the UK to be-
Mr Hillmanwas so fierce that every one of his ribswas broken. Mr Hillman’s body was discov-
ered the following morning. On the same day Piktorov took a train to London, where he approached po- lice officers and stated that he “may have killed someone”. Hewas sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 18 years.
Fruit show society looks forward to a new era
come a world leader in agricultural technology, innovation and sustain- ability; exploit opportunities to de- velop and adopt new and existing technologies, products and services to increase productivity; and con- tribute to global food security and international development,” said Mr Jack.
The 2015 National Fruit Show will take place on October 21 and 22.
downsmail.co.uk Cycling club
off to Provence THE Chequers Racers are saddling up again this month ahead of their annual tour of some far-flung Eu- ropean lands. The team, based at the Chequers
pub, Laddingford, are this year cy- cling through some of the finest wine-producing regions in south- ern France, having previously vis- ited Spain, Italy, Majorca and the Cote d’Azur. The first tour took place in 2011,
to raise money for the Kent Cancer Trust, when the gang cycled from Laddingford to Paris. While consuming fabulous food
and wine from Lyon to Aix-en- Provence in this, their fifth tour, the bikers will be cycling 300 kilome- tres and taking in the formidable MontVentoux – allegedly the hard- est of all the climbs on the Tour de France route – and which claimed the life of British cyclist Tom Simp- son in 1967. The mountain, which boasts the world’s highest lighthouse, has been nicknamed Mt Vimto by the racers, who have dubbed the tour “Vines and Vimto”.
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