Built in 1616, Chilham Castle near Canterbury, Kent, boasts a swimming pool, its own shooting grounds, tennis courts and 16 bedrooms. It sits on a 300-acre plot of land.
Vince McMahan at Canterbury gay bar The Limes. (Facebook/ The Limes)
A couple who tortured late magistrate Vince McMahan in a violent homophobic attack have been jailed for a total of nearly six years.
Stuart Holland and his partner Joanna Bath were both found guilty of actual bodily harm and theft after beating McMahan, a former city councillor, to the ground in his Canterbury, Kent, residence in March 2019.
After 25 years in the closet, McMahan had recently come out in a heartfelt newspaper interview with the
Kentish Gazette, explaining how suffering a heart attack in a queer bar made him realise he “couldn’t live a lie anymore” in June 2018.
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Couple Plead Guilty to Heinous Homophobic Attack on Older Gay Man
The pair admitted to shoving a fire-poker down the 58-year-old s throat not long after the ex-magistrate had come out in an emotional newspaper article. April 08 2021 1:20 PM EDT
Two assailants pleaded guilty in a United Kingdom court to torturing an elderly former magistrate who had recently come out as gay in a local newspaper. Stuart Holland, 45, and his partner Joanna Bath, 46, admitted to shoving a fire-poker down the throat of Vince McMahon and more during the March 2019 assault. According to a report in
Kent Online, the couple claimed the incident was the result of a billing dispute, but prosecutors presented evidence the pair were motivated by their own homophobia. McMahan passed away last year from natural causes, but prosecution of the heinous crime continued. Holland and Bath were remanded to custody following their pleadings, and will be sentenced Monday.
Canterbury s lost pubs and what s there now
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Is there anywhere better in Kent to go out for a few beers than Canterbury?
The city is famous for its wealth of pubs, bars and clubs - but there used to be even more dotted around its historic streets.
Castle Inn licensees, William & Ethel Lack, not looking very happy in December 1962, faced with the imminent demolition of their pub. Picture: dover-kent.com
Here, with the help of dover-kent,com, we look back at some of the popular inns which have sadly shut their doors over the years - and what s there now.