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Van seized for suspected fly-tipping
THURROCK Council has issued a warning to fly-tippers that the net is closing after the council’s Civil Enforcement officers confiscated a vehicle suspected of being involved in fly-tipping in a joint...
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Two men jailed for total of sixteen years after shocking attack on dad in...
TWO men who admitted stabbing a man in his own home while two young children were upstairs have been jailed for a total of nearly 16 years. Archimede Kintadi and Alex King went to an address in...
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Police investigation after Purfleet woman dies in Suffolk pub
POLICE have named a 45-year-old woman who died during a party at The Magpie Pub in Little Stonham, Suffolk. Officers were called to the pub, on the A140 between Norwich and Ipswich, in the early hours...
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Thurrock gang member jailed for wearing a hoodie
A GANG member who breached an injunction by wearing a hoodie has been jailed for 12-weeks. Talliq Mwalim, 19, is a member of the so-called C17 gang in Thurrock who were made the subject of a tough gang...
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Tilbury man ordered to pay £6k in compensation
A TILBURY man has been ordered to pay £6000 in compensation and given a two year prison sentence, suspended for 24 months after pleading guilty to burglary and theft. Tony Burgess, 37, of Southey Walk...
View ArticleLorry driver arrested after chaos on Lakeside roundabout
A LORRY driver was arrested after he collided with a vehicle near Lakeside on Saturday night. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called at around 9.50pm last night, Saturday 16 November, with...
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Four stowaways guilty of making threats to kill and affray on board ship off...
FOUR men who stowed away on an international container ship before crew members were threatened while it sailed within UK territorial waters have been convicted. At Central Criminal Court today,...
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Man from Northern Ireland arrested as part of investigation into deaths of 39...
A 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland was arrested by officers from Thames Valley Police on behalf of Essex Police in the early hours of this morning on the M40 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, in...
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Grays man set to stand trial accused of causing death of his brother by...
A GRAYS man is set to stand trial charged with causing the death of his brother by dangerous driving. Joe Benton, aged 20, of Ashley Gardens, Grays has been charged with the following. On 12/04/2016...
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Grays lorry deaths: Teenager escaped Dutch asylum centre
ONE of the teenagers among 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex had gone missing from an asylum centre in the Netherlands, it has emerged reports the BBC. Ten teenagers, including two...
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Grays lorry deaths: Man charged with human trafficking
A MAN has been charged with human trafficking offences. Christopher Kennedy, 23, was arrested on Friday 22 November in connection with a police enquiry in to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in a...
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Man in court over selling hundreds of illegally packaged cigarettes in Grays
A MAN faces trial on thirteen counts in connection with unlawfully packaged cigarettes. Ismael Kadri, aged 22, of 40 Ibscott Close, Dagenham has been charged as follows. On 13/04/2018 at Grays...
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Lorry driver Mo Robinson admits plot after 39 migrant deaths in Grays
A LORRY driver who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in Grays has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration reports the BBC. Maurice Robinson pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to...
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“Megaphone man” Jack Barnes charged with harassing politician Jackie Doyle-Price
A SOUTH Ockendon man has been arrested and charged with harassing the Conservative politician, Jackie Doyle-Price. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Jack Barnes, 45, of Colne Close, South Ockendon,...
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Grays lorry deaths: Purfleet man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter
A 36-year-old man from Purfleet was arrested this morning, Monday 25 November, at a property in Dalston, east London, on suspicion of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people and conspiracy to...
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Man charged with harassing Jackie Doyle Price appears in court
A SOUTH Ockendon man arrested and charged with harassing Conservative politician Jackie Doyle-Price has appeared in court. Jack Barnes, aged 45, of Colne Close, South Ockendon appeared at Basildon...
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Appeal after attempted robbery on Lodge Lane in Grays
ESSEX Police is appealing for information following an attempted robbery in Grays. It was reported man in his 30s was stopped by a group of men on his moped outside The Oak in Lodge Lane at around...
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Driver sentenced to further five years after pedestrian dies
A DRIVER convicted of dangerous driving in June 2018, has been sentenced to an additional five years in prison after a pedestrian he collided with died. On 16 May 2018, a driver was in collision with...
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Police issue report on “success” of town centre teams in Thurrock
ESSEX Police new Town Centre Teams in the west of the county will be continuing to keep our towns welcoming places as they prepare for one of the busiest times of year in the run up to Christmas. The...
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Teenager jailed for four years after stabbing a man in South Ockendon
A MAN who admitted stabbing another man in South Ockendon has been sentenced to four and-a-half years in a young offenders institute. The victim, who is in his 20s, was stabbed following an argument...
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