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Police assaulted bymumof five
ABINGE-drinking mother-of-five on a night out with her daughter in Maidstone went into a rage after seeing her thrown out of a bar. Fiona Brown, 36, of Sheals Court, Old Tovil Road (pictured), is now banned from every pub in the town and was given a suspended jail sen- tence for racial abuse and assault- ing police officers.
She had drunk four to five glasses
of wine at a pub in Tovil on Boxing Dayandwas headinghomewith her daughter Sarah Drinkwater (20), from Cheshire. But Miss Drinkwater wanted to
carry on partying and ‘reluctantly’ Brownwent with her to Bar Choco- late in Market Buildings. There she had beer and shots and
tried to intervene when her daugh- terwas thrown out of the bar. Prosecuting, Andrew Jones, said:
“Miss Drinkwaterwas restrained by the manager and Miss Brown grabbed him and pulled his hair.”
Police officers arrested her and she
kicked and bit them as she was led to their van. Inside the vehicle, she abused PC
AurangzebRehmansaying:“Doyou live here? You are taking someone else’s job. Keep touching me with your foreign a***. Do you send money back to your family because you are poor?” She admitted using racially aggra-
vated abusive words and assaulting him and PCs Daniel Barker and Michael O’Leary. Magistrates ordered her to pay
them each £50 compensation. Prosecuting, Russell Morling, said
Brown “came off rather worse” after suffering bruises on her arms during the fight with the officers. “She apologises to the officers and
for her behaviour. She has an issue with binge-drinking and has been banned from pubs in Maidstone under the MaidSafe scheme.” Magistrates gave her a jail term suspended for a year, ordered her to do 20 rehabilitation activity days and pay £85 costs aswell as the £150 compensation.
High Sheriff’s boost to Trust
THE mental health charity Blackthorn Trust, which is based in Barming, has been awarded a High Sheriff Award for the charity’s valuable contribution to the community of Kent and a £500 grant fromthe High Sheriff of Kent’s Award Fund. The High Sheriff of Kent’s last duty is to present the annual High
Sheriff Awards. The outgoing sheriff is Kathrin Smallwood, pictured here in the centre
with Cllr Malcolm Greer and trust manager Emma Halpin. The aim of The High Sheriff of Kent’s Award Fund, which was set up in
2009, is to recognise outstanding acts by public servants relating to the judiciary and by individual volunteers, organisations and young people whose selfless acts have been of benefit to communities across the county. The High Sheriff visited the Blackthorn Trust last November, where
she was hugely impressed by the range of support on offer to those with mental, physical health difficulties or learning disabilities.
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