News Rail open day
THE Headcorn Railway Modellers open day is to be held at the Baptist Church on September 10 from 10am to 4pm. There will be four exhibition lay
outs and mlight refreshments will be available. Admission on the door is £2 for adults, £1 for under 12s and free to children under the age of five. If you want to know more, call Yvonne or Brian on 01622 891178. Alternatively, they are con- tactable at the email address: yvon- nechapman1954@
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Prayer meet
APRAYER meeting will be held on August 15 at 7.30pm at St Nicholas’ church in Otham. The September meetings will be
held on the 5th and 19th of that month. For further details, contact Mandy Hughes on 01622 862793 0r 07791 532461.
Basket ‘sorry’
HEADCORN Parish Council has apologised to residents for having to remove the village’s hanging flower baskets. The council said the floral dis-
plays had become too dry and un- sightly following a broken water bowser and a delay in the repair.
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Jail for horse fraudsters who sold sick animals
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
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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