Brick thrown through school bus in Grays
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a brick was thrown through the window of a school bus at Grays. The incident happened at Buxton Road at about 8am on Wednesday February 6. A nearside window...
View ArticleHigh profile Met cop set to be new boss of Essex Police
A HIGH profile Metropolitan Police officer, who was involved in policing the London riots of 2011 and the phone hacking inquiry, has been selected as the new Essex Police chief constable. Police and...
View ArticleMen wanted after thefts from PC World at Lakeside
POLICE have released CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to in connection with a number of thefts in Grays. Between Saturday December 22, 2012 and Saturday January 5, 2012, at PC World,...
View ArticleMan charged over crash at Tesco Express in Grays
POLICE in Grays have charged a man with driving without due care and attention and he will appear at Magistrates Court next month. The collision involved two cars, a motorcycle, and a London taxi on...
View ArticleTrial date set for end of season over Grays boss and soccer violence charge
A FOOTBALL club boss today denied attempting to organise a pre-match brawl between rival fans. Andrew Swallow, 52, chief executive of non-league Grays Athletic, was allegedly part of a group who...
View ArticlePhoto released of armed robber in Tilbury
POLICE have issued a CCTV photo of a man they want to question about an armed robbery at bookmakers on Monday, February 4. Details were previously released regarding the two men who entered the...
View ArticleCard thieves wanted after snatch in Corringham
POLICE would like to hear from anyone who recognises three people who were caught on CCTV at the time a woman had her bank card stolen in Morrisons supermarket at St Johns Way, in Corringham. The theft...
View ArticleMotorcyclist charged over Tesco Express collision
THE rider of a motorcycle involved in a collision in Grays in September 2012 has been reported for motoring offences. The man, from Tilbury, has been reported to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)...
View ArticleWoman sought after possible assault on girl at Lakeside
ESSEX Police is currently investigating an isolated incident in which a woman has approached a child, who was with her family, and is reported to have stroked the girl’s head and pinched her cheek....
View ArticleSickening attack in London Road, Grays
DETECTIVES have appealed for information after a man received serious facial injuries in a robbery at Grays. The 51-year-old victim suffered a broken jaw and broken left eye socket in the attack on...
View ArticleCheat sentenced to prison after massive benefit fraud
A WOMAN was sentenced to two years in prison after admitted 17 counts of fraud. Elizabeth Anyele Tetteh appeared for sentence at Basildon Crown Court on 18 February where the court heard Thurrock...
View ArticleOckendon Rec wrecked by vandals
A SPORTS pavilion opened by Thurrock MP, Jackie Doyle-Price last year and which cost £275,000, has been vandalised . Located on the South Ockendon Recreation Ground, near South Road, the new build has...
View ArticleProbe into future of PCSOs
THURROCK Council is to investigate the future of the Police Community Support Officers it match-funds at the moment. The formation of a councillor team to look at the situation was suggested by Council...
View ArticleMan loses sight in one eye after serious assault in Grays
DETECTIVES have issued a renewed appeal for information about a serious assault in Grays after doctors confirmed that the victim has lost the sight in one eye. The 51-year-old man suffered a broken jaw...
View ArticleMen fined for shipping waste out of Tilbury
A FIRM has been ordered to pay £85,000 over the illegal export of tonnes of waste from Britain to Brazil in 2009, the Old Bailey has heard. Edwards Waste Paper director Simon Edwards, 47, and former...
View ArticleMurder investigation in Grays
POLICE are investigating the death of a man in Grays this morning as murder and appealing for information and witnesses. A 35 year old man was out with friends at the Euro Lounge in Grays last night,...
View ArticleGrays murder: Male arrested
POLICE investigating the death of a man in Grays in the early hours of Sunday 10 March have today (Monday 11 March) arrested a 21-year-old man from Grays on suspicion of murder. The man is currently in...
View ArticleFilm: Operation Yali launched at the Port of Tilbury
A MULTI-agency strategy to tackle tackle organised crime and the threat of terrorism was launched at the port of Tilbury. Working with Crimestoppers,Port of Tilbury, UK Border Force and Counter...
View ArticleVictim of Grays murder formally identified
THE formal identity of a man who died after being attacked outside a nightclub in Grays in the early hours of Sunday 10 March has been confirmed as Liam Holden, aged 35, from Grays. A post-mortem has...
View ArticleMother jailed from benefit fraud charges
A MOTHER was jailed at Basildon Crown Court on Monday (11 March) after admitting a series of benefit fraud charges. Anuoluwapa Oloyede-Samuel, of Aveley, was sentenced to 15 months in prison of which...
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