Hatfield Peverel man waiting for surgery three months after his...
A COURT worker whose ear was sliced off when he was mowed down in a hit-and-run that almost killed him is still waiting for reconstructive surgery three months later.John Barker, 48, was left for dead...
View ArticleDrug dealer jailed at Chelmsford Crown Court after heroin and...
A drug dealer has been jailed for six and a half years after police found 79 wraps of class A drugs hidden under a bath in Chelmsford.Lekan Awosika of Central Park Road, East Ham, was sentenced at...
View ArticleFormer music teacher accused of having sex with pupils claims he...
TWO teenage girls who claim their former music teacher had sex with them on school grounds say he pressured them not to tell anyone.Kieran Hope, 33, denies three charges of sexual activity with a...
View ArticleMan admits attacking bouncer with pepper spray outside Chelmsford...
A man has admitted attacking a bouncer with pepper spray as he was being kicked out of a pub.Benjamin Dukes, 30, of Fonnereau Road, Ipswich, pleaded guilty to possessing a weapon that discharges...
View ArticleLorry driver faces 20 years after transporting over £6...
A Polish lorry driver delivering an HGV full of Gouda cheese now faces 20 years in prison after an National Crime Agency investigation linked him to the importation of cocaine and heroin through...
View ArticleJailed member of callous gang fails in appeal to cut sentence
A "DESPICABLE" con artist jailed for fleecing elderly victims out of more than £250,000 was lucky to only get an 11-and-a-half-year prison term, Court of Appeal judges have ruled.James Ward, 30, was...
View Article'Young women need to be protected from people such as you'
A FORMER music teacher wept as he was sentenced to 11-and-a-half years in jail for having sex with two pupils and sexually touching another in the grounds of a Chelmsford school.Kieran Hope, a former...
View ArticleAshley Woolley's family open their hearts about teenager's death...
A YEAR AGO Trevor Woolley was busy wrapping presents for his treasured son Ashley. Today, he and his family are facing Christmas without the boy whose smile could light up a room.Instead they are...
View ArticleBeloved Grandmother and junior school receptionist had heart...
A BELOVED grandmother and school receptionist had a heart attack at the wheel before mounting the kerb and hitting a lamppost.Gillian Edwards, 61, died in May when her Smart car struck the post and...
View ArticleCrazed Maldon mum attacks neighbour's house and Land Rover with...
A MOTHER-OF-TWO who attacked a Land Rover and smashed a house window with a rounders bat "lost control" after a neighbourly dispute spanning more than four years.Micaela Brunning had forgotten to take...
View ArticleEDL member from Felsted jailed for 18 months by court despite...
A LEADING member of the English Defence League is still on the run after he was jailed for 18 months in his absence.Dean Kenney, 41, from Bannister Green Villas, Felsted, had already admitted to...
View ArticleHomeless teenager given suspended sentence at Chelmsford Crown...
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...
View ArticleStuart Lubbock's father hopes for second inquest for son found dead at...
Mr Lubbock was found dead in Michael Barrymore's mansion in 2001
View ArticleBryn Chittenden trial: Judge's sentencing remarks for paedophile who 'took...
He had pleaded guilty to making indecent images and movies of children before the trial
View ArticleNSPCC slams paedophile Bryn Chittenden who groomed 'vulnerable' 14-year old girl
“Chittenden groomed a vulnerable child for his own sordid gratification and then forced her to relive her horrific ordeal by denying his crimes"
View ArticleParents of Harlow paedophile teacher's victim 'hope Edward Ryan dies in prison'
“People like that do not regret, he’ll only regret he got caught. We will never forgive him for what he has done, he is a vile pervert"
View ArticleThugs who attacked 'twerker' outside Harlow's Twenty One Bar jailed for 23 years
The victim suffered injuries including a displaced cheekbone, fractured nose and fluid on the brain
View ArticleHarlow gun brawl charges after armed police called to Post Office Walk
Three men are due at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court after onlookers reported an argument
View ArticleClacton woman denied compensation for PTSD after stepdad filmed her in the...
Bronwyn Watson's life was destroyed by Peeping Tom Nicholas Faux, who drilled a hole in a windowsill to watch her
View ArticleThis burglar stole from the elderly in Southend by pretending to be a carer
Over an 11-day period, she stole high-value jewellery, watches and cash from houses in Southend
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