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Country

England & Wales

Hearing Date

15 August 2014

Court Location

Maidstone Crown Court

Judge

Judge Jeremy Carey DL

Case Number

T20147028

Name

Jake Austin

Gender

Male

Age

25

Co-Defendant/s

No

Bail Position

In Custody

Offence/s

Sentencing Details

Public Protection Sentence

Minimum to Serve - Years: 18

Total Sentence

18 Years - Life

Parole Eligibility Date (PED)

10/8/2032

Sentenced Upon

Conviction After Trial

Distinguishing Features / Details

He was found guilty of the murder of his 33-year-old victim in Gillingham, Kent, on 23 January 2014. He had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, manslaughter and having possession of a Class A (cocaine) drug with intent to supply. He deliberately drove a (Ford Mondeo estate) vehicle at his victim following an argument. The court heard that he attacked his victim after his victim and a friend paid for Class A drugs (crack cocaine and heroin) but included paper among the cash. His victim suffered multiple fractures to his head after he hit the vehicles windscreen and he died later in hospital.

The judge said: "I have no doubt that all those involved were to a greater or lesser extent in a state of excitement and there were the beginnings of anger on your part that you had, as you put it, been ripped off... Your intention from the point where you had been made to look a fool as a drug dealer not getting money for drugs was to get your revenge... You mowed him down... you deliberately drove at him at a speed of some 35mph... His head broke the windscreen of the car and he was effectively fatally injured. You crashed through the fence taking his body with your car... I have no doubt you are an extremely dangerous man who loses his temper easily... You were grossly out of control. In my judgement that renders you likely to be a danger for a considerable period of time"

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Defence Team

Chambers

Garden Court Chambers

Barrister

Ali Naseem Bajwa KC

Prosecuting Team

Authority

CPS Kent

Chambers

Five St Andrew's Hill

Barrister

Dominic Regan Connolly

Police Area

Kent Police