Gravesend man charged for stalking offences

A suspected stalker has been charged and remanded in custody for offences in north Kent.

It follows an investigation into reports that between August 2022 and August 2023, two teenage girls were each repeatedly approached by a man, in and around the areas of Chatham and Greenhithe.

Mark Budd, of Lower Higham Road, Gravesend, has since been charged with two counts of stalking. The 53-year-old appeared before Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday 15 September 2023 and has been remanded in custody pending a further hearing at the same court on Thursday 21 September.

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