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  • Woman shot to dead after being ‘held captive’ in house

    Woman shot to dead after being ‘held captive’ in house

    A 36-year-old lady was shot during a possible hostage situation in Kent, and she later passed away in the hospital.

    At 12:40 PM on Saturday, Priory Road in Dartford received a call from the police reporting a disturbance in a home there.

    Officers and a professional mediator were dispatched to the location, and they made an effort to talk to the 29-year-old guy inside.

    The woman sustained injuries while they were on the scene, which are thought to have been brought on by a firearm.

    She was taken to a hospital in London, but died yesterday afternoon.

    The man also suffered a firearms injury, and remains in a critical condition in hospital.

    Kent Police said he was being treated as the suspect.

    Investigators from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are now treating the firearms incident as murder following the woman’s death.

    The police said in a statement: ‘Anyone with information which may assist the investigation should call Kent Police on 01474 366149, quoting reference 46/80922/23.

    ‘You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 5551111 or by using the online form on their website.’

    Witnesses on Saturday afternoon described how police cordoned off the road and ordered people to stay inside their homes, before officers broke through the front door.

    One woman, who did not wish to be named, said: ‘I was in the house and my husband and two girls were out – they couldn’t get back home.

    ‘I went out and was told “get back – you must stay indoors”.

    ‘I went to the garden where I could see more.’

    About an hour after police entered the property, she said she heard gunshots before a person was carried out on a stretcher.

    She said: ‘It was pandemonium, I heard five gunshots – a pause and then another five.’

  • Nightclub spiking: Police apologise after a five-month wait by victim for a test result

    After reporting the attack to police, a woman who had been injected with morphine in a nightclub had to wait five months for test results.

    Becca Collins, 20, stated she was spiked on 30 October 2021 during a night out in Maidstone, Kent.

    She didn’t find out until she followed up on her report at the end of March.

    Kent Police has apologised for the delay and stated that it intends to learn from the incident.

    Ms Collins was assaulted while visiting a club.

    Ms Collins was attacked during a visit to a club.

    “After 12 o’clock I don’t remember any of the night,” she said, “the next thing I remember is waking up in my brother’s apartment the next morning.

    “I felt really unwell, more than just a hangover.

    “I thought this has to be more than just alcohol, and I went to have a bath and noticed the mark on my leg that would indicate a needle.”

    She reported the incident to Kent Police two days later.

    Needle mark on leg
    IMAGE SOURCE,BECCA COLLINS Image caption, Becca Collins discovered a needle mark on her thigh after a night out

    After hearing nothing, she contacted officers in March and discovered the test results, which showed she had traces of morphine in her system, had been sent to the police on 18 January.

    The results had not been passed on to her or to the officer investigating her case.

    “Initially the police were helpful,” she said, “they passed it over to their team in Tonbridge allocated to deal with spikings, but I think after they realised they wouldn’t be able to put any evidence on someone they did give up on the case.”

    The force said it was not unusual for samples to take a number of months to be processed, adding they acknowledged there was some delay in notifying Ms Collins.

    Kent Police said it would review the circumstances to identify any opportunities to learn and improve.