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Crashmotorist seen drinking
A DRIVER has been jailed after leaving another motorist wheel- chair-boundfollowing a collision. Paul Jones (34), of Alex Hughes
Close, Snodland, was seen swig- ging from a bottle of Baileys on September 9, 2018, following a three-vehicle smash at 12.45amon the A228 Snodland by-pass at the junction of Sortmill Road. Jones appeared before Maid-
stoneCrownCourt on Friday, June 28 charged with causing a serious injury by dangerous driving, fail- ing to stop at the scene of an acci- dent, and driving under the influence of drink and drugs. Jones was driving his Audi S4
with a passenger in the vehicle when the incident happened. He joined the A228 heading
south, ahead of a Peugeot 307. He crossed into the opposite carriage- way and hit a tanker. The tanker driver lost control and hit the Peu- geot head on.
Jones left the scene and returned
a short while later, drinking from a bottle ofBaileys.He faileda road- side breath test and drugs test be- fore being arrested and taken to hospital. A blood test showed ex- cess alcohol, aswell as ametabolite of cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis. The driver of the Peugeot suf-
fered life-threatening injuries and requires 24-hour care. Jones was sentenced to three
years in prison and banned from driving for four and a half years.
A PAEDOPHILE from Larkfield has been jailed after police found a lap- top containing over 1,000 indecent images of children stashed behind a toilet cistern. RussellHogg (58), of no fixed ad-
dress, hid the computer behind a wooden panel so he could search for illegalmaterial on the internet. On March 2, officers went to an
address in Larkfield where Hogg had been staying, after a report the device had been discovered by peo- ple trying to fix a
toilet.Checks con- firmed it belonged toHogg. Hoggwasarrestedandwas found
tohavebreachedthe termsofasex- ual harmprevention order imposed for previous offences, which re- strictedhisuseof electronicdevices. He told police the laptop be- longed to a deceased uncle. He de-
nied searching for indecent images. Hewas chargedwith breaching a
sexual harmprevention order and a further offence ofmaking indecent photographs of children. On Tuesday, July 2, atMaidstone
Crown Court, he was jailed for two years and six months, and will re- main on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
Crash victimcut fromhis car Aspokesman forKent Fire and
AMANwas cut free fromhis car after a collision on theM20. Fire crewswere calledto a crash
onJune 7 involving one car onthe M20 London-bound between J5 for Blue Bell Hill and J4 for Ley- bourne.
Rescue said: “Three fire engines attended and crews used hy- draulic equipment to remove the car roof andrelease amantrapped inside. He was passed into the care of SECAmb paramedics.”
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