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Water ban after


sewer damage EMERGENCYrepairs to adamaged sewage pipe have kept park-users out of thewater atMaidstone’sMote Park for a secondweek. Repairs to the collapsed sewer


near themain entrance could,warns Maidstone Council, take another three to fourweeks. The damage was revealed when


flooding led Maidstone Council to close the main entrance to the park inMoteAvenue onApril 30. SouthernWater says the pipe col-


Anotherincursion at Larkfield park


TRAVELLERS have moved back onto a popular park in Larkfield for the second time in six months. The families - in five caravans -


lapsed due to the volume of water, insufficient capacity anda blockage. Atemporary pipe has been laid. Chris Perkins, Southern Water’s


operations manager for Kent, said: “Pumps have been installedtoman- age flows and the damage to the temporary car park has been re- paired to allow visitors access until thework is complete.” In spite of receiving clear water


analysis results, the council put a stop to all water sports and dogs swimming in the lake. Council leader FranWilson said: “We felt itwas better to be safe than sorry.We are hopeful thatwewill be athousands of pounds The last inci-


ble to reinstate water activities sdent, in early summer, costing the


ellers for hortly.”


parish council £1,200, with the trav-


pulled on to Gighill Green in Lunsford Lane on Sunday October ,, releasing dogs on the popular public open space and setting up washing lines within hours. It is un- derstood the fami- lies in- volv ed have been offering tree felling services to residents in the area. Parish council chairman David Thornewell says more has to be done to stop the travelling com- munity running circles around the police and local councils. He says the job ofmoving on trav- second time will run into


‘Unfit’ Jimmy Buckley is detainedover killing


AMAN deemed mentally unfit to standtrialbut connectedto thebru- tal murder in Tovil of homeless man Razvan Sirbu (pictured) has been detained by a judge. Jimmy Buckley has nowbeen put


under a hospital order, after hewas found to be mentally unfit to plead to themurder of Razvan Sirbu,who was killed last year. Using powers under the Mental


HealthAct, Judge JeremyCarey im- posed the order indefinitely onMay 3, citing itwas necessary for the pro- tection of the public. The victim, who was 21, suffered


ellers simply moving on to take up temporary residence elsewhere in the area. He said: “They just seem to be


multiple injuries to his head and body after being subjected to a sus- tainedandunprovokedassaultwith weapons including ameat cleaver. The Romanian’s body was found


by dogwalkers in an area ofwood- land, off Cave Hill, on the morning of May 7, 2017. He was discovered near a tent he had been sleeping in. A post mortem examination re-


doing the rounds. These incidents have affectedWest Malling, forcing the closure of the village hall, and Leybourne, and now they are back in Larkfield. The police told resi- dents that this was a civil trespass when they reported it and that they couldn’t do anything and obviously the council offices were closed be- cause it was the weekend. These travellers know and play the sys- tem.” The council’s legal team served an eviction notice but it took aweek to enforce. Cllr Thornewell held talks with Laddingford Engineering in an effort to increase security further on the public land, near the M20. Valdemar Kalinin (pictured), of


vealed blunt force trauma to the headandbody.Thereweremultiple


the National Gypsy-Traveller-Roma Council said recently that local councils must provide designated traveller sites or “tolerated zone” which gypsy convoys can move onto. He said: “It comes down to racial prejudice against this com- munity.”


‘Spooktacular’ at the farm


skull fractures, facial bone fractures aswell as significant injuries includ- ing several fractured ribs. An investigation by the Kent and


Essex Serious CrimeDirectorate led to the arrests of CharlieWhite,Alex Macdonald and James Buckley, all on suspicion ofmurder. On January 16, 2018,White aged


19 and formerly of Quarry Road, Maidstone andMacdonald, aged 19 and formerly of Regency Place,


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Maidstone, were imprisoned for a minimum of 16 years and a mini- mumof 18 years, respectively. Both had deniedmurder, butwere found guilty by a jury. Buckley (20), formerly of Capell


Close, Coxheath, was deemed unfit to plead, but was found by the jury to be involvedinthe act of killingMr Sirbu. He was sentenced at Maid- stone Crown Court on Thursday, May 3. Detective Sergeant Matt Banks


discover who – or what – is lurking behind them from October 21-31. The award-winning attraction at Sandling, near Maidstone, has a few


other tricks up its sleeve to turn its usual exhibits into frightening farmhouses and horrifying homes. Youngsters can try pumpkin carving, dressing up and the Ugly Bug Ball. On October 25, there will be more spooky goings-on with Kent Life


5-6pm and, for older visitors, from 7-8pm. If you would like to know more about any of the above, call 01622 763936.


said: “It has been almost a year since Razvan Sirbuwas killed in themost appalling and cowardly way, sub- jected to a brutal and sustained at- tack which left him suffering devastating injuries to both his head and body. “This murder robbed a young


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man of his life and also devastated the lives of his loved ones. I hope nowthat Buckley has also been sen- tencedthatMr Sirbu’s familywill be able to get some closure, fromwhat has undoubtedly been a harrowing ordeal.”


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