What happened to Kent PCSO Julia James?

Man charged with murder of 53-year-old who was found dead in April

PCSO Julia James
Julia James
(Image credit: Kent Police)

A 21-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of police community support officer Julia James, who was found dead near her home in Kent last month.

The 53-year-old mother of two was walking her dog when she is believed to have been attacked on a footpath on the edge of Ackholt Wood, in the village of Snowdown, near Dover.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.