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Gillet’s fillets A MAN who shoplifted a large amount of meat from shops has es- caped being sent to jail. Matthew John Gillett (34) was sentenced on January 5 2017 at Medway Magistrates’ Court. He admitted seven counts of shoplifting. The court heard how Gillett, of Cambridge Crescent, Maidstone, stole meat from the same super- market in Sutton Road, Maidstone on seven occasions between De- cember 28 and January 4. Magistrates sentenced Gillett to
90 days in prison, suspended for 12 months. He must also pay £274 compensation, £85 costs and a £115 victim surcharge.
Girl injured POLICE investigating an accident in Maidstone in which a 14-year- old girl suffered a broken ankle are appealing for witnesses. The collision on the Loose Road, involving a grey BMW car, hap- pened at just after 4.30pm on Mon- day, January 9, as the girl was on a pedestrian crossing. The driver stopped at the scene and the girl was taken to hospital. Anyone who saw the accident shoudl call Sergeant Hannah Brown on 01622 798538.
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M20 bridge collapse: man, 63, is charged
A MAN has been charged in con- nection with the collapse of the M20 footbridge last summer. The crossing broke up on the Lon- don-bound carriageway after being hit by a lorry carrying a digger. Police, who have been investigat-
ing since the incident onAugust 27, have charged a 63-year-old man from the north of England. The Darlington man was issued
with a summons to appear before Maidstone Magistrates’ Court on February 17 charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and three counts of criminal dam- age, which relate to vehicles and the bridge. The incident happened on a bank holiday weekend when the motor- way would have been used by hun- dreds of thousands of motorists. More than 150 tonnes of concrete structure and debris crashed onto the carriageway near junction 4 for Leybourne. No one was killed in the incident
but a 73-year-old motorcyclist, Jim Shaw,was left with broken ribs after
throwing himself clear the collpase. A major incident response swung
into place immediately after the al- leged collision and the section of mo- torwaywas closed for some days. Little evidence of the incident re-
mains after a massive clear-up and dismantling operation, but itmaybe some time before it is rebuilt. AKent Police spokesman said: "A
man will appear before court fol- lowing the collapse of a pedestrian bridge over the M20 motorway in August 2016.
"Kent Police were called at 12.07pm on Saturday, August 27, 2016, to a report that a bridge had collapsed between junctions 4 and 3 on the London bound carriageway of the M20. "On January 13, a 63 year-old man
from Darlington was issued with a summons to appear before Maid- stone Magistrates’ Court on 17 Feb- ruary 2017, charged with dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and three counts of criminal damage."
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