Polish national found guilty of Westcliffe killing
A man who attacked and killed his friend in Westcliff has been convicted of his manslaughter following work by Essex specialist detectives who investigate the most serious offences.Wojciech Miecznikowski and Lucasz Kustra, both Polish nationals, were both homeless and spent their days drinking in the areas of Hamlet Court Road and Westcliff Library.In the six […]
Laurence Bourke jailed for life for murder of Scott Gilhooly
Detectives have ensured a man who admitted stabbing his landlord to death in “a cowardly, vicious and brutal attack” at the pub where they lived in Braintree has been put behind bars after he was jailed for life. Lawrence Bourke had been renting a spare room within the flat above the Swiss Bell in Mountbatten […]
Two teenagers convicted of the murder of Lee Chapman in Southend have been jailed for life
Lamar Davis and a 17 year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were found guilty of murder on 15 December. Twenty-six-year-old Lee was stabbed multiple times in what was described as a “frenzied attack” in Cromer Road on the night of Friday 6 March last year. One of the wounds punctured his heart […]
Four men have had their sentences increased following an intervention by the then Solicitor General, Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP
Four men have had their sentences increased following an intervention by the then Solicitor General, Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP. The four cases were unrelated but they each concerned a defendant who had attempted to commit sexual activity with a child online.
A pair of drug dealers were caught with heroin and crack cocaine worth more than £11,700 have been sentenced
Ben O’Leary and Jamie Drysdale were identified as running the Billy Boy drug line, which was selling drugs in the Thurrock area.
Two men who were caught 15 minutes after robbing a petrol station have been jailed
Jamie Wilson and Sam Chambers walked into Toomeys Service Station in Westmayne, Basildon, at about 12.55am on 3 January, and Wilson waved a knife towards two members of staff behind the tills. He grabbed one of them and pulled her to the floor. She was told to open the till and Chambers helped himself to […]
Two men have been arrested in connection with a burglary at an elderly woman’s home
The 82-year-old victim was at her home off Sycamore Close, Canvey, when the incident took place on 17 December last year.Two men were arrested on Saturday 20 March in connection with the investigation.Robert Sims, 28, of High Road, Fobbing, was subsequently charged with burglary and fraud by false representation.He appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on […]
A knife-wielding robber, who you helped bring to justice, has been jailed for 13 years following the hard work by detectives.
Marcus Piper, 27, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court
A knife-wielding robber, who you helped bring to justice, has been jailed for 13 years following the hard work by detectives.
Marcus Piper, 27, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court Piper had committed robberies, an attempted robbery and an aggravated burglary over the course of three months in 2020. Detectives worked tirelessly to identify Piper, and we issued an appeal for his whereabouts on social media and through the charity Crimestoppers […]
A man has been jailed for nine years for sexually abusing a boy over the course of nearly a decade
Joe Lloyd, now 29, assaulted the boy on several occasions between 2004 and 2012. Over the course of that eight-year period he subjected the boy to sexual assaults, including rapes, gradually becoming more serious over time. The offences came to light when they were reported to police in May 2017 and Lloyd was arrested […]
A convicted drug dealer has been jailed again after running a drugs line while out on licence
Thomas Warrick was arrested in Rochford on 1 December last year after drugs marketing messages were linked back to his phone number. He had £480 cash on him and the phone used by the Maxwell drugs line, which supplied cocaine and heroin in the Southend area. The 29-year-old admitted being concerned in supplying cocaine and […]
Three people have been charged with drugs offences following work by officers in Southend
On 11 January, they found a number of wraps of drugs at an address in Chichester Road and arrested two people.Luke Lackenby, 19, and Emma Kemp, 32, both of Chichester Road, Southend, were charged with possession with intent to supply cocaine and heroin. Lackenby was also charged with possession of cannabis.Both appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ […]
A woman who stabbed her partner five times has been jailed for four and-a-half years.
Ami-brie Dornan, 37, and the man, who is in his 50s, had arrived at their home in Pendle Drive, Basildon after leaving a nearby pub at around 11pm on 22 August last year.
A woman has been jailed after stabbing a man five times
The victim was attacked at an address in Pendle Drive, #basildon in Essex, on 23 August. Ami-brie Dornan, 37, of Pendle Drive, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent at Basildon Crown Court. She was sentenced to four years and six months in prison.
A man who admitted causing a fatal collision in Leigh-on-Sea has been sentenced
James Williams was riding his black Triumph Bonneville Street motorbike when he struck 90 year-old Maria Ansell as she crossed London Road at around 5pm on 2 April 2019. Williams had begun to slow his motorbike around 10 metres before coming into contact with Maria but the impact through her into 20 metres into the […]
A paedophile breached a court order just months after being released from prison
Paul Thompson is facing jail once again after he admitted a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order against him while he was living in Pitsea. The 27-year-old of Plumleys had previously been jailed in January 2018 after police found indecent images of children as young as seven, while they carried out a monitoring […]
Two men have been charged with drugs offences
Two men have been charged with drugs offences. It comes after warrants were executed at two addresses in Southwark Path, Basildon, and Knollys Road, Streatham, on Thursday 17 December. Shane Grant, 20, of Knollys Road, Streatham, and Shaidon Leuder-Salmon, 19, of Hopton Road, Streatham, were both charged with conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine. […]
A man has admitted causing a fatal collision in Orsett where a taxi driver died
Sixty-five year-old Norman Bullock from Grays died after a collision involving his red Peugeot 308 and a black BMW X5 on the A128 Brentwood Road at around 4am on 5 October. The driver of the BMW, 21 year-old Edvinas Pupkis, was arrested and later charged with causing death by careless driving, aggravated vehicle taking, driving […]
