![]() His wife, 60-year-old Doris Stainer, had appeared charged with the same crimes but was found not guilty. Michael Stainer was found guilty of fraud during his time running The Grand in Folkestone. The swindle was said to total £473,097.07. Michael Stainer committed the massive fraud over a four-year period while running The Grand on Folkestone seafront and a number of other companies.Ī jury at Southwark Crown Court found the 74-year-old guilty of two counts of cheating the public revenue and one of fraud by false representation.ĭuring the trial the court heard how money taken from staff pay packets and meant for HMRC was scooped up by Mr Stainer. He pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court and was jailed for four years and seven months.Ī crooked businessman who cheated the taxman out of almost £500,000 by pocketing deductions from employee wages was jailed for three years. Williams, of Napier Road, Gillingham was identified by local officers who viewed the footage, and was arrested on 1 June.Ī camcorder that had been stolen in the break-in was recovered at the rear of his home and he was charged with burglary and fraud. He also unsuccessfully tried to withdraw £250 from a cash machine using one of the stolen bank cards. He was seen to place the stolen handbag in a bin and also returning home in possession of the victims’ phone and a laptop computer. Officers examined CCTV footage and recovered images of Williams in the area after the break-in. The 44-year-old also stole wallets, bank cards and a handbag before leaving the scene in the early hours of May 31. Michael Williams targeted an address near Watling Street in Gillingham. The 32-year-old of Coombe Road, Maidstone, pleaded guilty to the burglary and was jailed for 12 months.Ī burglar who stole computer tablets, phones and a bank card from a home while the occupants were sleeping was locked up. Stewart-Day was caught after his DNA was discovered inside the building and when police raided his home they found parts of a stolen hedgetrimmer. ![]() The raid caused more than £9,000 damage before and saw the raiders fleeing with nearly £3,000 of gardening equipment. Maidstone Crown Court heard how he was in one of two cars spotted on CCTV when raiders smashed their way inside the brick building.īarham Court is where Reginald Fitz Urze resided more than 900 years ago before he fled to Ireland after the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Bafi, 20, was jailed for three years and four months.Ī burglar was locked up after raiding the property which once housed a knight killer of martyr Thomas Becket.īarham Court at Teston was broken into by thief Luke Stewart-Day and a judge heard how a building in the grounds of the Georgian Grade II listed property was targeted by him. Mathurin, of Maysoule Road, Battersea was later charged with possessing cocaine with intent to supply, possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply, being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, possessing heroin with intent to supply, being concerned in the supply of heroin, possessing criminal property (namely the seized cash) and possessing cannabis.īafi, of The Chase, Clapham was charged with being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, being concerned in the supply of heroin, possessing a knife in a public place and possessing criminal property.īoth men pleaded guilty and, at Maidstone Crown Court, Mathurin was sentenced to four years and three months in prison. He was arrested nearby in possession of two mobile phones and more than £900 in cash. Picture: Kent PoliceĪaron Bafi ran from the second address as the officers entered, discarding a large knife as he fled. ![]() Reece Mathurin of Maysoule Road, Battersea and Aaron Bafi of The Chase, Clapham were jailed in July.
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