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downsmail.co.uk Child sex offender sent to jail


A MAIDSTONE man has been jailed after trying to show inde- cent images to children. Barry Powell (54), ofTufton Street,


was sentenced to three years and eightmonths in prison after actions described by police as “entirely un- acceptable”. He was already on bail, having


been arrestedin June on suspicion of downloading indecent images of children, aswell as being subject to a sexual offences prevention order is- sued byMedwayMagistrates inOc- tober 2011. The latest incident happened in


Julywhen he travelled to Tonbridge by train with indecent images of children and adults on his mobile phone. He approached two 12-year-old girls standing at a bus stop in the


High Street and showed theman in- decent image of a child, asking them if they liked it. One of the girls shouted at him and then followed himas hewalked


away, telling her friends to call the police. A 13-year-old boy who had seenthe incident joinedher andgave police a running commentary of Powell’smovements. They alertedmembers of the pub-


lic, and as Powell walked away he swore at the children and told passers-by that the girl was his daughter, before throwing the phone in the river in a bid to destroy evidence. He was detained by security staff


and two off-duty officers at the rail- way station, and subsequently ar- rested. He then admitted he had shown


the girls the images for sexual grati- fication, and it later transpired he had also shown images to two 11- year-olds atTonbridgeCastle earlier the same day.


Jail terms a warning to London drug dealers


POLICE inMaidstone have issued a stark warning to Londoners coming to the town to deal drugs after twomore dealers were sent to prison. Akeem Harris (26), from South Norwood was sen-


tenced to three years and ninemonths in prison, and a 16-year-old from Catford received 18 months in a Youth Offender Institution. The pair were arrested on June 14 when plain clothes officers went to a flat in The Farrows where


they found them in possession of crack cocaine and heroin with a street value between £375 and £750, severalmobile phones and £2,000 in cash. Theywere both arrested on suspicion of possessing


class A drugswith intent to supply and officers seized an Audi parked nearby that they suspected had been used by the suspects to travel to Kent. Bothwere later charged and pleaded guilty when they appeared at Maidstone Crown Court on November 13.


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Hewas charged and remanded in


custody, and pleaded guilty tomak- ing indecent images of children, causing a child towatch a sexual act and three breaches of his sexual of- fencesprevention orderwhen he ap- peared at Maidstone Crown Court onAugust 18. Itwas at the same courtwhere he


was sentenced late last year. As well as his 44-month jail term,


hewill be the subject of an extended three-year licence on release and a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. He will also be placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. Investigator Jane Gibson of Kent


Police’s Public Protection Unit said: “Powell’s actions are entirely unac- ceptable and have caused consider- abledistress to a number of children. “He has also shown a blatant dis-


regardfor the criminal justice system by committing offenceswhile onbail and being subject to a sexual of- fences prevention order. “I would like to commend the


children who helped the investiga- tion and in particular the two who followedPowell andensuredhewas brought to justice. They were praised highly by the judge when Powell was sentenced and were re- cently presentedwith a certificate of merit by Kent Police.”


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