News Jazz night
A MUSICAL evening will be held at the St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Boxley, on Saturday, Sep- tember 17. Dr Jazz and singer Lyn Falvey
are set to make their debut with a lively evening of jazz standards and favourites. Doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets, which include first
drinks and nibbles, cost £8 for adults and £2 for children. For more details please contact Gill on 01622 630231 or Jackie on 01622 677121.
Musical hits
THERE was standing room only for a concert by The Detling Singers at Thurnham Church. The Dawn Chorus provided an-
other opportunity to enjoy the church, socialise and share tea in the grounds on June 26. The concert included songs from Mozart to Coldplay in aid of the NSPCC.
Flower date
A FLOWER Festival is set to take place at the Boxley Church, on the weekend ofAugust 27, 28 and 29 to celebrate “Food Glorious Food” and marvel at the beautiful dis- plays. Theweekend also includes a Songs of Praise evening on the Sat- urday. Doors open at 6pm.
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Horse dealers and vet jailed for drug scheme
THREE greedy fraudsters have been jailed for a total of more than seven years for selling sick and dangerous horses to unsus- pecting buyers. They were each sentenced to two-and-a-half-years in prison when they appeared before Maid- stone Crown Court. Despite denying the multiple
fraud charges, Aniela Jurecka (28), of Prospect Place, Collier Street, Tonbridge, Charlotte Johnson (28), of Tollgate Way, Sandling and 66- year-old David Smith, of Fingle- sham, Deal, were all convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation. The court heard how Jurecka and Johnson advertised horses for sale in equestrian publications. When text messageswere down- loaded by detectives, they sug- gested the pair were drugging horses to cover up poor behaviour and lameness. Jurecka and Johnson would also
advise that buyers used their rec- ommended vet, David Smith, to save money. Smith would then give the horses a clean bill of health
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Charlotte Johnson and Aniela Jurecka drugged horses to cover up sickness and behaviour problems, before selling them on to unsuspecting customers
and the victim would buy a sub- standard horse. In many cases, the paperwork for the horses was al- tered.
Prices for horses ranged from
£1,950 to £5,700. The horseswere sold from farms
in Staplehurst and Marden and the certificates of the animals’ good health and suitability for purpose were provided by Smith, of the Lakeview Veterinary Centre in Capel Le Ferne, near Folkestone. Jurecka and Johnson advertised
the horses under the business names of SE Horses and Mid Kent
Horses. Throughout the course of the investigation, officers identi- fied 17 victims of fraud. In some cases, the buyers were looking for animals suitable for children. Police said due to the number of victims coming forward, the inves- tigation was complex. In January 2015, the trio were charged with fraud. The trio were arrested following
a large-scale operation involving officers from Kent Police, Trading Standards and The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
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