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Essex sex offence suspect Liam Cann sent nude photos to under-age...
ALLEGATIONS of "uncomfortable" meetings, nude photos and overhearing sex noises all emerged as the first witness gave evidence in the trial of a 22-year-old man accused of a string of sex offences.Liam...
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Chelmsford City Council under fire over taxi driver safety...
CHELMSFORD City Council could be putting the public at risk by not properly checking the criminal records of all taxi drivers.There is concern foreign nationals can work in the city on student visas...
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Chris Spivey, Essex man convicted of harassing the family of Lee...
A high-profile blogger who was found guilty of harassing the family of Woolwich murder victim Lee Rigby earlier this year has launched his appeal in Chelmsford Crown Court.Christopher Spivey, 52, from...
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Sex abuse suspect threatened to harm infant boy in exchange for...
A TEENAGER who claimed he had been sexually abused since the age of eight engaged in sexual activity with suspect Liam Cann because the defendant threatened to harm his infant brother, a court...
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Former Essex Police worker, Ian Black, avoids jail after being...
A DISGRACED former Boys' Brigade volunteer who downloaded child pornography for years has been spared jail by a judge who condemned his dark secret as "shameful and ghastly".Ian Black, 54, of Yare...
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'We are not closing' says Maldon's Blue Boar Hotel owner before...
THE owner of a popular Maldon pub and hotel has quashed rumours of closure, despite announcing a sale of more than 600 items from the hotel's weird and wonderful antiques collection.Fears had been...
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Heybridge teen admits to causing crash that claimed the life of a...
An 18-year-old has pleaded guilty to death by careless driving after a tragic crash in October 2014 that claimed the life of a 67-year-old father.Lewis Cross, of Scraley Road, Heybridge, admitted the...
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Fleurtations owner Yolande Turgoose says flower shop will not be...
A BRAINTREE florist whose business was torn apart by a teenage arsonist will not return to her former High Street base of 18 years despite impending restoration work. Yolande Turgoose, 55, who operated...
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Murder-accused Chelmsford taxi boss Nasser Rezaie 'ran over...
A BITTER taxi boss tracked his ex-wife's boyfriend down using GPS before running him over six times and murdering him in a culmination of jealous rage, a court heard.Nasser Rezaie, owner of Chelmsford...
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25-year-old man jailed after police find cocaine and heroin stash...
A 25-year-old man has been jailed after police recovered 256 wraps of class A drugs following a stop check on the M11, near Stansted Airport.Officers stopped Edvinas Masilionis and his 17-year-old...
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Construction boss Wayne Mixture's alleged Sandon cannabis factory...
The trial of a construction boss accused of taking part in the running of a cannabis factory has been postponed.Acorn Developments director Wayne Mixture, 45, of Hall Lane, Sandon, is charged, and...
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£100k Chelmsford drugs gang pair ordered to pay back just...
A convicted money launderer and cocaine dealer have been ordered to pay just £1,000 each in the fallout from a gang's failed drugs conspiracy.Rachel Croudace, 28, of Heycroft Way, Chelmsford, and...
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Teen claims he suffered sexual abuse from age eight at trial of...
A BOY submitted to sexual abuse from the age of eight because of threats made to his younger brother, the jury at the trial of Liam Cann heard last Thursday.Cann, aged 22 from Goldhanger, denies 24...
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Witham mother, 31, banned from going out at night or taking a...
AN ESSEX mum banned from going out at night or taking a holiday for a year as punishment for a £15,000 benefits con has failed to get the curfew lifted.Rossann Kimp, 31, was handed a four-month...
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'We were kindred spirits': Estranged wife Jane Rezaie speaks at...
A mother-of-three and her new boyfriend were like "kindred spirits" before her estranged husband ran him over six times and murdered him, a court heard.Jane Rezaie, 57, took to the stand today as the...
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Cabbie's murder trial hears of £70k debts and forgery at...
The estranged wife of the taxi boss who allegedly murdered her new boyfriend today admitted buying a car with their firm's credit card.Jane Rezaie, 57, was giving evidence in the trial where Nasser...
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Goldhanger sex offender Liam Cann should expect lengthy prison...
Convicted sex offender Liam Cann has been warned he should expect a lengthy custodial sentence, after being found guilty of 23 counts relating to the sexual abuse of boys as young as eight at...
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Shop of horrors: Dogs harmed on 'industrial scale'
A TEENAGER shipped dogs over from Hungary before keeping them in a "semi-industrial" pet shop that was ridden with faeces and urine.Tibor Baranyi, 19, of Rotten End, Wethersfield, near Braintree,...
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Hollywood treatment for Shire Hall plans
A CONSORTIUM in the running to turn Chelmsford's Shire Hall into a boutique cinema used a DeLorean car to remind residents of its bid for the grade II listed building.The car, complete with special...
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Birthday card cash stolen by long-serving Chelmsford postman
A POSTMAN stole up to £1,000 in birthday money, gift cards and DVDs by pocketing letters over nine months.Michael Redmond, 57, of Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, who worked at the Montrose Road Royal Mail...
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