Longer prison term for cash machine raider
Diggers were used to remove cash machines
A member of a gang who carried out a series of cash machine thefts, at petrol stations and supermarkets around Kent, has been given a longer prison sentence.
The case related to six incidents, where diggers were used to remove cash machines from the walls of businesses.
46-year-old Anthony Pemberthy was jailed for eight years and nine months in November 2022.
Further work by police financial investigators saw him ordered to pay back £108,000 of illegally obtained funds at a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing in October 2024.
The period for repaying the money has since passed and, after failing to do so, Pemberthy, formerly of Calder Road, Maidstone, was brought back before a court and had a further 18 months added to his sentence.
His co-defendant Stephen Davenport, 63, formerly of Ashford Road, Maidstone, has repaid the more than £14,300 he was ordered to hand back and so avoided any extension to his seven-year, five-month sentence.
Kent Police financial investigator Stewart Ross-Cumming said: 'Criminals should know that our work doesn't end when they are jailed. We will continue to look into their finances and recoup the money they made from their offences. If they fail to repay these sums, further jail time awaits them.
'This work is part of the actions Kent Police takes every day to crack down on organised crime and get justice for victims.'