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Two jailed for violent aack over drug debt


TWOmenfromLondonhavebeen jailed for a total of seven and a half years after violent assault and rob- bery nearMaidstone. Sanchez Banton and Anton Asu-


taitis attackedaman andboundhim with duct tape in a dispute over a drug debt. The victim was contacted by the


pair on April 15, 2015 and asked to help them recover heroin from an- other man. He decided not to help, but visited an address in Bull Lane, Eccles, as he was concerned for the welfare of theman’s partner. When he got there, he discovered


Banton, Asutaitis and a third unidentifiedmanthere, andtheyde- manded that he helped them find the person theywere looking for. They ushered him into a Ford


Focus, locked the doors and drove himto a number of locations,. As the cardrove towardsBurham,


Asutaitis slammed on the brakes and the other twomen attacked the victim, threateningwith a knife and wrapping duct tape around his arms andmouth.Cash andamobile


Sanchez Banton


phone were also stolen before he was dropped off in the Eccles area, where he raised the alarm. Kent Police recovered the vehicle,


where Banton’s DNA wasmatched to the front passenger seat. Duct tape fibres found in the car con- tained blood from the victim. Fur- ther DNA also placed Banton and Asutaitis at the house in Eccles. Asutaitis (24) and Banton (25)


Anton Asutaitis


pleaded guilty to robbery and in- flicting grievous bodily harm. They were sentencedatMaidstoneCrown Court on Friday June 29, withAsu- taitis sentencedto four years andsix months and Banton three years. DCTonyHatcher said: “Aswell as


the serious injuries they inflicted upon their victim, they also sub- jected himto a prolonged period of psychological abuse.”


Rotary roles


COUNCILLOR Martin Cox (above right), just -elected leader ofMaid- stone Borough Council, has been installed as new President of the Rotary Club of Maidstone for 2018/19 and promised the club a very active year. The new presi- dent-elect is John Goodsell (above left), head of the long-standing Maidstone building business.


Bar up for sale


THE leasehold of a premises in Maidstone is up for sale after the owners decided to concentrate on other business interests. The three-storey Bottega Bar - a


food and cocktail venue - is in the heart of Maidstone's Earl Street night-time economy. The property also has a decked


garden area to the rearwith seating for 12 guests and seating for 20 more at the front. The asking price is £145,000.


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