Drive by assault takes place in Stanford-le-Hope
ESSEX Police would like to speak to anyone who may have seen an assault take place on The Green in Stanford-le-Hope. Two men in their 30s were walking close to The Inn on The Green when a car mounted...
View ArticleMen with knives target flat in South Ockendon
POLICE Officers are appealing for witnesses after an attempted aggravated burglary in South Ockendon. Two men with knives tried to gain access to a flat on Afton Drive just after 11pm on Friday, May...
View ArticleDenver Clift has been arrested
ESSEX Police are no longer looking for 31-year-old Denver Clift who was wanted on a recall to prison. A spokesperson said: “We arrested a man in Tilbury at 10.20am today, Monday, May 14, on suspicion...
View ArticleDenver Clift jailed for four months following burglary at Betfred in Grays
DENVER Clift, 31, of Brennan Road, Tilbury, was charged with a burglary at Betfred in Lodge Lane, Grays, on April 26, in which a handbag was stolen. He was also charged with criminal damage in Tilbury...
View ArticleWoman and child seriously injured, driver arrested after car collides with...
A MAN has been arrested in connection with a road traffic collision in which a woman and a child were injured. The pedestrians, a 65-year-old woman and a ten-year-old girl, were in collision with a...
View ArticleEssex Police make further appeal over East Tilbury horror crash
ESSEX Police is continuing to appeal for witnesses after a woman and child were injured during collision in East Tilbury yesterday, Wednesday, May 16. A 65-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl were...
View ArticleTilbury man jailed for three months after assaulting a woman
A TILBURY man has been jailed for three months after an assault on a woman. Zach McCarthy, aged 22, of Tennyson Walk, Tilury was found guilty of the following at trial Basildon magistrates court. On...
View ArticleEast Tilbury crash: Man charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving
A MAN has been charged in connection with a road traffic collision in which two pedestrians were injured. A 65-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl were taken to hospital following the collision in...
View ArticleBurglar grabs 75-year-old woman by throat in attack in Stanford-le-Hope
ESSEX Police are investigating an aggravated burglary in which a woman was assaulted. A man forced entry to a home in Corringham Road, Stanford-le-Hope, at 10.45am on Thursday, May 17. He grabbed the...
View ArticleAppeal after woman robbed in Grays
ESSEX Police are appealing for information to identify two men after a woman was robbed in Grays. Two men approached the 47-year-old victim from behind in the stairwell of a block of flats in...
View ArticleStanford-le-Hope off licence staff robbed of booze and their own car
ESSEX Police is appealing for information after two men robbed a shop and stole a staff member’s car. The 52-year-old victim had closed Budz off-licence in King Street, Stanford-le-Hope at about...
View ArticleChadwell St Mary driver banned after drink-driving at Christmas
TWO more drivers have been convicted following the police Christmas anti-drink and drug driving campaign. In total, 148 people were arrested during the campaign which ran between December 1, 2017 and...
View ArticleWoman charged as drugs worth £22 million uncovered after raid at London...
A WOMAN has been charged with importing drugs with a street value of £22m into the UK from Mexico inside an industrial fruit-processing machine. Olivia Anton-Altamirano, 32, allegedly smuggled 250kg...
View ArticleMan jailed for three years after shooting at a car in Tilbury
A MAN has been jailed for three years and four months after shooting a car with a shotgun in Tilbury before attempting to set it alight. Curtis Lodge, 30, of Buckles Lane, South Ockendon, received...
View ArticleMan attacked with iron bar in Aveley
ESSEX Police are investigating following an incident in Aveley where a man was assaulted with an object, believed to have been a metal pole. The victim, a man in his 60s, was walking his dogs in the...
View ArticleTop investigative journalist lifts lid on drug gangs in Grays and Tilbury
A NEWS article by a top investigative journalist has lifted the lid on drug dealing and gangs in Thurrock. Award winning Max Daly has worked in the UK and abroad but on this occasion has focussed his...
View ArticleAppeal after Bata artefacts rescued from fire are stolen
STAFF at the Bata Centre in East Tilbury have made an appeal after a number of their items placed in temporary storage have been stolen. Readers will recall that there was a fire at the Bata...
View ArticleVicious race attack in Purfleet
ESSEX Police would like to talk to these people in connection with hate related assaults in Purfleet. Two men, aged 18, were shopping on Garrison Parade when they were approached by a group of up to...
View ArticlePolice officers commended for bravery in Thurrock
AN officer who stared down the barrel of a gun four days into the job, an officer who got stung fifty times by hornets during a treetop rescue and an officer who assisted paramedics with keyhole...
View ArticleCommunity anger after elderly man attacked with acid in Chadwell
A THURROCK community has expressed its outrage after a man in his seventies was attacked with acid and suffered a broken hip. To add to local anger, after the victim was prepped and ready for an...
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