Three teenagers charged following Ramsgate assault

Police searched the alley by Dame Janet primary Photo Dave Stevens

Three teenagers have been charged following an investigation into an assault in Ramsgate.

Kent Police was called to Princess Margaret Avenue at around 9pm on Tuesday, February 25 to a report a man in his 40s had been assaulted. The man suffered a hand injury which required treatment at a hospital.

Damage to a car was also reported during the incident.

Officers arrested four people the following day as part of their investigation into the assault and also in relation to the theft of a motorbike from the motorcycle parking bays in Westwood Cross at around 2.45pm on February 25.

The investigation included officers cordoning off and searching the alleyway by Dame Janet Infant School.

Daniel Tolhurst, 18, of Sturry Road, Canterbury, was charged on Friday (February 28) with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of a knife in a public place, robbery, threatening a person with a knife, threatening a person with an offensive weapon (a bicycle lock), theft of a motorcycle and causing criminal damage to a car.

He was also charged with causing actual bodily harm relating to an incident in Canterbury on February 13.

He appeared via virtual link at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday and was remanded in custody. He will next appear at Canterbury Crown Court on March 30.

A 15-year-old boy from London was charged with the theft of a motorcycle and bailed to appear at Margate Magistrates’ Court on April 2.

A 15-year-old girl from Ramsgate was charged with assisting an offender and will appear at Margate Magistrates’ Court on April 2.

A 19-year-old man of no fixed address who was arrested on suspicion of assault and theft of a motor vehicle was released on bail until March 13 for further enquiries.