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Fears of a gangland culture in Chafford Hundred
FEARS of a gangland culture growing in Chafford Hundred should be nipped in the bud by prompt police action says a local councillor. The growing problem came to the fore at the weekend when a...
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Grays murder: Renewed appeal for information
DETECTIVES are continuing to appeal for information about the murder of Liam Holden at Grays. Mr Holden, 35, died after being attacked outside a nightclub in the early hours of Sunday March 10. A...
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Lee Balkwell case: Body to be exhumed
THE BODY of the man who died in a cement mixer more than a decade ago is to be exhumed. Lee Balkwell was found dead in July 2002 at Baldwin’s Farm near to South Ockendon. Officers from the Kent and...
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Second arrest in Grays murder investigation
A SECOND man has been arrested today in connection with the murder of Liam Holden at Grays. The arrested man, who is aged 23 and from the Grays area, was detained by police in Humberside and will be...
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Grays murder: Man charged
A MAN has been charged with the murder of Liam Holden. Owen Wood, 23, of Godman Road, Grays is charged with murdering the 35-year-old in Grays in the early hours of Sunday, March 10, 2013. He has been...
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Police urge car owners to be vigilant as theft epidemic hits Thurrock
POLICE have urged drivers in Thurrock to be vigilant with vehicle security following an increase in thefts of vans and cars. Sixty vehicles have been stolen since the start of March and various overt...
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Man in court over Liam Holden murder charge
OWEN Wood who was charged with the murder of 35-year-old Liam Holden appeared at Magistrates Court on Monday and then attended a bail hearing on Tuesday at Crown Court. Bail was declined. The 23 year...
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Tilbury man: Jimmy Gray arrested
A Tilbury man who was wanted in connection with offences including theft and assault has now been arrested. James Gray, also known as Jimmy and now aged 23, was arrested in Grays on Thursday March 21....
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Exhumation takes place in case of Lee Balkwell
THE Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate has this evening (Monday) carried out the exhumation of the body of Lee Balkwell. His body has now been taken to a hospital for a new post-mortem to be...
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Thurrock drug gang face decades in jail after £300,000 cocaine operation exposed
A THURROCK drug gang including a one-time West Ham prodigy face decades in jail after police exposed their £300,000 cocaine dealing operation. Tilbury-based Tony Macklin, 42, was a teenage prodigy with...
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Knife wielding thieves attack man and threaten family in Stanford
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an aggravated burglary which occurred at a house in The Sorrells, at Stanford-le-Hope, on Monday 25 March. The offenders forced their way into a house just before...
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Man attacked in front of children at Grays railway station
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) officers are appealing for witnesses after a father was beaten by two men in front of his son and daughter at Grays station. The incident took place on Friday, 8 March as...
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Police appeal after daylight attack on 60-year-old man
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Grays. At around 1.35pm on Saturday February 2, 2013 in Grays Town Centre, at the junction of Clarence Road and Derby Street Bridge, a...
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Update on fatal M25: A lorry driver still in custody as police launch appeal
Update: Road policing officers are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding a fatal road crash on the M25 in Essex which closed the clockwise carriageway for nearly nine hours. The...
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Teenage victim sought after assault in Grays library
POLICE are looking to trace a girl believed to have been the victim of an assault in Grays. Officers have been investigating the assault of a girl, believed to be of teenage years, which happened...
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Pint sized thief wanted after two burglaries in Grays
DETECTIVES are hoping the release of an efit of a man suspected of committing two burglaries in Grays will lead to his swift arrest. The first break-in happened when the man forced open the front door...
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Govt rank Essex Police bottom of league for tackling anti-social behaviour
ESSEX POLICE HAS been ranked at the bottom of the league in tackling anti-social behaviour according to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. Essex police was named as the worst performer in...
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Absolute Beginners? Thieves make off with David Bowie t-shirts as well as...
An £800 reward is being offered for the safe return of a unique African painting stolen in south-west Essex in which thieves also stole a number of limited-edition designer T-shirts which commemorated...
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Still fighting for justice for Glen
PARENTS of a much-loved Chadwell man killed in a crash in Crete say they will never give up in their pursuit of justice for their son. Glen Daly, 24, of Chadwell St Mary, died when his motorcycle was...
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Grays man sentenced after bringing drugs in a balloon into prison
A GRAYS man was fined after attempting to bring drugs into a Suffolk prison in a balloon reports the Bury Free Press. Conor Hughes, 21, hid a quantity of cannabis inside a balloon as he visited a...
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