Sean Axtell

6 days ago | kentonline.co.uk | Sean Axtell

A pensioner has denied attempting to murder a man in a residential cul-de-sac. Fehbi Boyzel, 50s, is said to have been attacked at a property in Firs Lane, Folkestone, just before 10.45am on Friday, April 4. He sustained serious injuries, including one consistent with a stab wound, Kent Police said at the time. Abdul Gunes, 73, and Necdet Gunes, 45, both from Folkestone, were arrested the same day and held in police custody.

2 weeks ago | kentonline.co.uk | Sean Axtell

This is the moment before a drunk baseball bat-wielding thug unleashed a ferocious attack on strangers in a high street. Zak Clarke suddenly brandished the weapon before repeatedly raining blows on his victims during a prolonged assault in Ramsgate. The 25-year-old broke John Dunlop’s arm as he tried shielding himself from the force of the assault, while Timothy Hancock suffered abrasions to his head.

3 weeks ago | kentonline.co.uk | Sean Axtell

An alcoholic mother who passed out on a sofa and almost suffocated her baby has been told she must “rid herself of this terrible addiction”. When police were alerted amid welfare concerns, officers entered a Kent property to discover the mum unresponsive and the child “squashed in the corner” of the settee. The details emerged on Wednesday at Canterbury Crown Court, where it was described how a “particularly distressed” officer believed he thought the baby was dead.

1 month ago | kentonline.co.uk | Sean Axtell

Two men accused of murdering another by stabbing him through the heart in a Kent high street have gone on trial. Mohammed Hgar and Kemal Ibrahim are alleged to have killed Samare Gerezgihir in a late-night attack in Canterbury on October 10 last year. Mr Gerezgihir, 23, suffered “massive blood loss” and was pronounced dead at the scene in a courtyard by the Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial, next to the former Nasons department store.

2 months ago | kentonline.co.uk | Sean Axtell

A vicious daughter repeatedly kicked and punched her mum's head for so long during a terrifying ordeal she was forced to pause for breath. Howa Ramadam, 36, brutally knocked her mother to the floor inside her Margate home before raining blows for what felt like "10 - 15 minutes". Such was the duration of the beating, Ramadam, whose behaviour was described as "like an animal", even took a rest before continuing the abuse.