Sean Axtell

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

With the right gear and nous, cooking a proper pizza shouldn’t be too tricky. A good dough is kneaded, knocked back, rolled out, topped modestly with tomato sauce, cheese and herbs, then popped into an oven hotter than the sun. When the base begins to char and cheese becomes stringy, it’s time to eat - simple, right? Well, evidently not, because freshly cooked iterations of the Naples staple are notoriously elusive over here, especially at reasonable prices, and even more so served outside.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

2 months 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.