Candidates have been revealed for an upcoming by-election following the removal of a councillor. Polls will open next month for Murston residents in Sittingbourne. It comes after James Hall, who had been on the council for nine years, failed to attend meetings in the last six months. As previously reported, he pleaded not guilty after being charged with six offences of rape, nine of indecency with a child, 12 of indecent assault, one of sexual assault and three of cruelty between July 1986 and December 2005. A four-week hearing has been set for October 26, 2026, with the delay said to be due t…