Great Braxted pensioner made homeless after drawing knife on...

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A PENSIONER who pulled a knife to "scare" a neighbour after a long-running dispute has been evicted from his home of 65 years – despite a campaign by fellow villagers to let him stay.Keith Frost, 70, has been forced to move in with his older brother Malcolm and his wife Jean in Wickham Bishops after being kicked out of his Great Braxted semi.The part-time gardener was handed a conditional discharge at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to possessing a knife...

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Ex-bellringer trial has been 'a traumatic ordeal for victims'...

November 5, 2015, 9:00 pm

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A "DOPEY and socially-awkward" ex-bellringer who groomed boys as young as eight into sex while playing Xbox is facing jail after being found guilty of abusing six children over eight years.Former factory worker Liam Cann, 22, was convicted after a three-and-a-half week trial and warned by the judge to expect a lengthy custodial sentence.At Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday, the jury returned guilty verdicts on all 23 counts, after Cann had earlier admitted a 24th charge of...

Chelmsford taxi boss Nasser Rezaie handed 18-year prison sentence...

November 9, 2015, 2:32 am

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A Chelmsford taxi driver described by a judge as a "bitter, twisted and dominating man" will serve a minimum of 18 years behind bars after he was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife's new partner last week.Following a four-week trial, Ali's Taxis boss Nasser Rezaie, 63, of Petersfield, Chelmsford, was found guilty of murdering cabbie and mechanic Allan Frampton by a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court.Rezaie was arrested after grandfather Mr Frampton was struck by a Silver...

Romford man Robert Gurling cleared at Chelmsford Crown Court of...

November 11, 2015, 10:00 pm

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AN OFFICE fitter who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after being accused of kidnapping a three-year-old boy walked free from court this week.Robert Gurling, 45, was cleared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday of kidnap after the prosecution decided it would be a waste of taxpayers' money to go ahead with a trial.Mr Gurling, of Linden Street in Romford, who was arrested for unlawfully taking the toddler from his Great Notley home on May 2, had pleaded not guilty to the offence with...

Maldon woman accused of smashing up Land Rover and carrying a...

November 12, 2015, 2:29 am

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A woman accused of two counts of criminal damage, as well as carrying a rounders bat, appeared in court earlier this week.Micaela Brunning, 37, of Tennyson Road, Maldon, appeared in Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, but entered no plea to the three allegations. It is alleged that on Sunday (November 8), Brunning caused £2,000 of damage to the car, as well as £300 to a house, while carrying the bat.Brunning was bailed and will next appear in Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday,...

Homeless drug addict James Hadley admits wrestling purse from...

November 13, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A HOMELESS drug addict has admitted "wrestling" a purse from a 69-year-old woman at a cash point leaving her "shaken" and "knocked for six".Gillian Moore had just withdrawn £300 from a cash point outside the post office in Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford, when she was targeted by 6ft 6in James Hadley on Friday October 16 at around 10am.The 30-year-old leaned over her shoulder, ripping the purse from her hands and fled towards St Nazaire Road, only to hand himself...

Two Essex brothers jailed for attacking family during private...

November 17, 2015, 7:37 am

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Two men who attacked a grieving father at a ceremony to mark the passing of his stillborn daughter have been jailed.Brothers Ross and Ben Barnham kicked and punched the man to the ground as he held a private ceremony with a woman and children at Highwoods Country Park, Colchester, on July 23 last year.The family had buried the baby girl earlier that day and had gone to the park in Turner Road to release balloons in her memory when they were set upon by the pair at about 6.30pm.Ross Barnham, 24,...

Heybridge teen who killed elderly man in head-on crash spared...

November 18, 2015, 7:00 am

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AN INEXPERIENCED driver who killed a father when he drifted on to the wrong side of the road while adjusting his radio has been spared prison.Lewis Cross, of Scraley Road, Heybridge, had been driving for just two months when he was involved in a head-on collision with a BMW driven by 67-year-old Michael Post in October last year.Mr Post died in Broomfield Hospital just hours after the accident on the A414 Maldon bypass.Eighteen-year-old Cross had previously admitted a single charge of causing...

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November 19, 2015, 7:54 pm

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HOMELESS people in Chelmsford could soon be fined up to £100 for sleeping rough under new council measures that also ban begging and drinking alcohol in public.Chelmsford City Council will start a consultation on whether to impose the Government's new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in the city centre on Monday before coming to a final decision in the New Year.But the idea has been slammed by homeless charities, who say rough sleepers are being victimised when they are in desperate...

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November 22, 2015, 8:04 pm

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PROPOSALS for a pub beer garden have left a bitter taste in the mouths of pensioners next door who wish to call time on an "unacceptable" planning application.Residents at Witham retirement home Moorfield Court, which is on land behind The Swan, in Newland Street, are opposed to plans that would see part of the pub demolished to make way for a bigger garden area.Witham town councillors also objected to Greene King's application at a planning meeting at the start of the month after a...

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November 23, 2015, 4:59 am

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A HOMELESS teenage thief who burnt his best friend's car and stole jewellery from people he knew across Essex has been spared jail.William Atkins, 19, admitted embarking on a relentless spree of thefts and burglaries dating back to the summer of 2014, including targeting a number of people who had "befriended him".Chelmsford Crown Court heard on Friday last week that the first offence took place when Atkins, who used to reside at a hostel in Braintree High Street, broke into the house...

Housing association reclaim Chelmsford home used by drug dealer...

November 23, 2015, 7:00 am

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A HOUSING association drug user has been evicted on suspicion of allowing a dealer to sell drugs from its property.The practice, known as cuckooing, was occurring at a city centre property which has not been identified by Chelmer Housing Partnership (CHP) to avoid stigma on the new owners, who moved in last week.Cuckooing is a technique used by drug dealers who target users then take over the property to sell drugs from through threats of violence or promises of money.Chief Inspector Alan Cook,...

Police hunt convicted Maldon robber who fled before appearance at...

November 25, 2015, 5:10 am

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Police are searching for a wanted man who was found guilty and given a five-year prison sentence in his absence after failing to turn up at court for trial.Daniel O'Hagan, who was last known to be living in Fambridge Road, Maldon, was found guilty of robbery at Chelmsford Crown Court on November 18.The 25-year-old was one of two men charged with robbery after suspects threatened and injured the occupant of a flat in Dryden Close, Maldon and stole a games console and jewellery on December 3,...

Teenage victim speaks out after abuse at the hands of prolific...

November 26, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A TEENAGER systematically subjected to a cycle of sexual violence said he felt "trapped" by a prolific child abuser, who targeted five other boys.After his ordeal at the hands of Liam Cann and having to face him in court, the boy approached the Chronicle to reveal further details about his harrowing experience."I can never remember exactly when I first met Liam, but I was in contact with him from when I was about 12," he said."It all started one day when he came round...

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November 27, 2015, 1:48 am

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AN ARSONIST who started a fire in a homeless shelter, which nearly cost a man his life after he leapt naked onto a double-decker bus to escape the blaze, has been jailed.Ben Wilson, 20, who had been living at the Braintree Emergency Night Shelter in High Street on February 11 when he started the inferno, was sentenced to to five years and four months at Chelmsford Crown Court today (November, 27).Wilson was due to be sentenced in August, but did not appear in the dock when a psychiatry report...

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Braintree car wash boss Kujtin Rexha, who repeatedly raped...

December 1, 2015, 2:50 am

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A car wash owner who raped a teenage immigrant on a daily basis and threatened to kill her with a knife hidden under his bed, has been jailed for 11 years.Kujtin Rexha, 43, of Jeffreys Road, Braintree, denied the charges during the six day trial, which was held at Chelmsford Crown Court. The jury reached a unanimous verdict after eight hours of deliberation.The court heard that Rexha was arrested in May following an investigation into offences at a car wash in Colchester Road, Little Bentley....

Braintree man Miley Byrne denies stealing more than £5,000...

December 1, 2015, 3:06 am

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A man has denied stealing more than £5,000 from a healthy living shop in Chelmsford.Miley Byrne, 28, of Challis Lane in Braintree, is charged with the theft of £5,295.70 from Ancient Purity in London Road between July 1 and August 15.Appearing at Chelmsford Crown Court yesterday, (November 30) Mr Byrne denied the accusation.He is set to stand trial on May 23 next year and has been released on unconditional bail.

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December 2, 2015, 7:00 pm

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A MARRIED music teacher accused of having sex with two teenage pupils in the grounds of a Chelmsford school bombarded one girl with 7,000 messages over eight months, a court heard.Former Sandon School teacher Kieran Hope faces three charges of sexual activity with a child, aged 13 to 15, and four counts of sexual activity with a child, aged 16 to 18, in a position of trust.The 33-year-old, of Keith Avenue, Wickford, denies all charges said to have happened from September 2011 to April 2014.At...

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December 2, 2015, 8:00 pm

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A WOMAN who survived being shot five times during the Tunisian beach terrorist attack hopes to fly the kitchen porter who saved her life to England for an emotional reunion.Kirsty Murray, 26, of Speckled Wood Court in Braintree, narrowly escaped being among the 38 murdered holidaymakers at the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse in June.The Busy Bees nursery nurse lost seven pints of blood after being shot by crazed jihadist Seifeddine Rezgui, but told the Chronicle she speaks to her saviour,...

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December 3, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A "DISGUSTED" mother of one of the six teenage boys targeted by convicted sex attacker Liam Cann has said she would be happy to see him spend the rest of his life behind bars.Cann, 22, was convicted of 24 counts relating to grooming and engaging in sexual activity with underage boys after a three-and-a-half-week trial which ended in late October.Ahead of his sentencing on Friday next week, the mother and son, now 17, spoke about their ordeal and the impact the former Plume School...