Podcast: Off-duty police officer caught on camera 'smiling' while grabbing woman's hair at Cuban nightclub in Canterbury
KentOnline
Wednesday, 22 July 2026 - 19 minutes
Footage has revealed the moment an off-duty police officer pulled a woman's head towards the ground by her hair at a nightclub in Canterbury.
PC Thomas Odell, 30, from Allhallows Road in Lower Stoke, lost his job following the assault outside the Cuban in February.
Also in today's episode, the KentOnline Podcast has been told as many as 150 children in Swale could be without a secondary school place by September next year.
Kent's assistant director of education has made the admission at a meeting of councillors and residents on Sheppey.
It comes after more than 50 families on the Island were told last year their children would have to travel more than 20 miles to school in Faversham. Hear from a mum whose daughter has missed the whole of year 7.
We've got a a special report on the website today from reporter Elli Hodgson who's spent a night with police to see how they tackle antisocial behaviour in Maidstone.
She headed out with officers during the England versus Norway game at the World Cup.
Football, and Gillingham have beaten Millwall in a pre-season friendly.
They secured a 1-0 victory at Priestfield, thanks to a goal from new striker Will Goodwin. Hear from manager Gareth Ainsworth and defender Logan Dobbs.
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