Police looks for driver who came to aid of woman
ESSEX Police are looking for a driver who came to the aid of a woman on the A127 in West Horndon. The 33-year-old woman had been a passenger in a white Ford Fiesta and reported the driver had assaulted...
View ArticleDrug dealer snared in Grays jailed thanks to Operation Raptor
A WANTED man, who jumped through a glass window to avoid arrest, has been jailed for 30-months for dealing Class A drugs. Basildon Crown Court heard how 25-year-old Bobby Stowers was wanted in...
View ArticleMan receives life sentence for murder of Daniel Adger
A MAN has received a life sentence for murder following the death of a man in South Ockendon back in 2017. Daniel Boakye, 32, of Western Green, Dagenham, receive life with a minimum tariff of 11 years...
View ArticleA prolific shoplifter has been jailed and banned from Grays town centre.
A prolific shoplifter has been jailed and banned from Grays town centre. Darren Tubby, 46, was convicted of seven thefts, two attempted thefts, and a public order offence when he appeared at Basildon...
View ArticleGrays drug dealer caught with cannabis and cocaine haul
A DRUG dealer caught with 23 bags of cannabis and 16 wraps of the Class A drug cocaine has been jailed for three years. Basildon Crown Court heard how officers from the West Operation Raptor team were...
View ArticleMurder inquiry after 39 people found dead inside lorry in Grays
ESSEX Police has launched a murder investigation after the bodies of 39 people were found inside a lorry container in Grays. We were called by colleagues from the ambulance service shortly before...
View ArticleGrays murder investigation: Police now believe trailer travelled from...
ESSEX Police detectives are continuing their investigation into the events in Grays this morning, Wednesday 23 October. A spokesperson said: “We were called shortly after 1.40am by our colleagues in...
View ArticleInvestigation into death of 39 people in Grays enters second day
THE criminal investigation into the death of 39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in Purfleet enters its second day. Police are continuing to question a lorry driver over 39 people found dead...
View ArticlePolice apply for more time to question man from Northern Ireland
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of 39 people in Grays have secured a warrant of further detention from local magistrates at Basildon for a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland. The man, a lorry...
View ArticleEssex Chief Constable issues statement on death of 39 people found dead in Grays
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View ArticleGrays murder investigation: First eleven victims moved from Port of Tilbury
THE first 11 victims are being transported under police escort by private ambulance from the Port of Tilbury to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford having left the port at 7.41pm. The process of victim...
View ArticleGrays lorry deaths: Two arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and trafficking
ESSEX Police have carried out warrants in Cheshire as part of the investigation into 39 bodies being discovered in a lorry trailer in Grays. As a result, a 38-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman from...
View ArticleGrays lorry deaths: Vietnamese families fear relatives among dead
AT least three of the 39 people found dead in a lorry trailer in West Thurrock may have been from Vietnam reports the BBC. The BBC knows of three Vietnamese people whose relatives are worried they may...
View ArticleGrays lorry deaths: Appeal to Vietnamese over victims’ identities
EFFORTS to identify 39 bodies found inside a lorry are focusing on the Vietnamese community, police have said, as officers seek to establish whether a “wider conspiracy” was involved. Eight women and...
View ArticleGrays lorry deaths: Man charged with 39 counts of manslaughter
THE Crown Prosecution service has authorised Essex Police to charge a man in connection with the investigating the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in Grays on Wednesday. Maurice Robinson,...
View ArticleGrays lorry deaths: Police examine over 500 articles from lorry
ALL of the 39 people found in the lorry have now been moved from Tilbury Docks to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. The process to identify them and where they are from is continuing. This process...
View ArticleGrays lorry deaths: Three released on bail
THREE people arrested in connection with the investigation into the deaths of the 39 people whose bodies were found in Grays on Wednesday have been released on bail. A 38 year-old man and a 38...
View ArticleGrays lorry deaths: Man arrested in Dublin is “person of interest”
ESSEX Police can confirm that a man arrested by the Garda at Dublin Port on Saturday 26 October is a person of interest in their murder investigation regarding the 39 people found dead in a lorry in...
View ArticleLorry driver appears in court over 39 people found dead in Grays
A LORRY driver has appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in West Thurrock. The bodies were found in the container in the early hours of...
View ArticlePM Boris Johnson visits Thurrock Council offices to sign Book Of Condolences
THE PRIME Minister, Boris Johnson visited Thurrock Council offices this morning to sign the Book of Condolences for the 39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in West Thurrock. He was joined by...
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