Podcast: Gravesend son who killed dad speaks for first time as he calls for more support for ex-offenders
KentOnline
Tuesday, 1 April 2025 - 23 minutes
A son who murdered his alcoholic father with a knife in a fit of rage as a teenager after being belittled and goaded by him has spoken out for the first time.
Luke Onyett was locked up in 2004 for fatally stabbing body-building champion Michael Onyett after an argument broke out between the “binge drinking” pair – he’s told us about life on the outside.
Also in today’s podcast, a water company has admitted its network is in “poor condition” in a village where streams of raw sewage running down the streets are a regular occurrence.
Southern Water has acknowledged the system cannot handle the hundreds of new homes which have already been given planning permission.
A Chinese takeaway has been slapped with a one-star food hygiene rating after inspectors found mice droppings and gnawed food containers.
Thanet District Council officials made a series of filthy discoveries when visiting the business in Margate.
A dad has branded a town’s “flagship” sporting venue, which hosts national and international events, a “disgrace” over the “dirty” state of the changing rooms.
John Williams, a member of the council-run Medway Park, said he’s been complaining about the run-down facilities for the past year.
And it’s sixty years to the day a chunk of Kent was officially lost to London.
But do people living in Bexley and Bromley really consider themselves to part of the capital or the county?
