Two men who conspired to steal agricultural global positioning systems and other technical equipment have been sentenced to a total of of…

Aidas Cesna, 28, and Gintaras Jankauskas, 30, both admitted conspiring to steal equipment valued at approximately £380,000 from agricultural vehicles at 13 farms and estates across Essex between 28 September and 27 October 2021. And today, Tuesday 15 November, Jankauskas was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court to three years and 10 months in prison. The […]
A man found guilty of murdering 29-year-old Kerrin Repman in a targeted hit and run has been given a life sentence

He will spend a minimum of 22 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole. Kerrin died after a BMW, driven by 42-year-old Keith McCarthy, hit the moped he was riding along Marine Parade, Dovercourt in April 2020. A pedestrian, a woman in her 70s at the time, was also left with life-changing injuries […]
Five men have been jailed for total of 50 years after officers from our serious and organised crime unit were able to link them unquestionably to the theft of an ATM

Police were called to the incident, at a Co-op in Panners Parade, in Great Notley, in the early hours of 7 January. Officers were quickly able to identify that a Ford Transit van had been used during the incident. It had reversed into the shop shutters and caused extensive damage to the front entrance. Five […]
Five men have been jailed for total of 50 years after officers from our serious and organised crime unit were able to link them unquestio…

Police were called to the incident, at a Co-op in Panners Parade, in Great Notley, in the early hours of 7 January. Officers were quickly able to identify that a Ford Transit van had been used during the incident. It had reversed into the shop shutters and caused extensive damage to the front entrance. Five […]
A woman who killed her husband has been told she must serve at least 17 years in prison

Rebecca Searing stabbed Paul, 57, in his bed at their home in Ryecroft, Harlow, shortly before 2.15 a.m. on February 12.
A Colchester man who admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility has been jailed.

Adam Butt, 23, of Laing Road, was sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter at Chelmsford Crown Court today, Friday 29 July, and ordered to serve a minimum of 12 years.
Arsonist imprisoned for harassment and abuse campaign

A man who set fire to a woman’s family home and harassed and abused her has been sentenced to four years in prison and given a ten-year restraining order against her and her family members.Harry Page, 24, of Hedgemans Road, Dagenham, was sentenced on Tuesday 26 July at Chelmsford Crown Court after pleading guilty to […]
Officers who brought down an organised crime ring have been praised after five members of the ring were convicted of supplying Class A dr…

Three men were sentenced to 18 years in prison, while two other men were convicted and given suspended sentences. Judge David Turner praised the operation led by officers from our serious and organised crime unit during the group’s sentencing on Tuesday at Chelmsford Crown Court, saying it is “impossible to do justice to the level […]
Officers who brought down an organised crime ring have been praised after five members of the ring were convicted of supplying Class A drugs on the streets of Essex

Three men were sentenced to 18 years in prison, while two other men were convicted and given suspended sentences. Judge David Turner praised the operation led by officers from our serious and organised crime unit during the group’s sentencing on Tuesday at Chelmsford Crown Court, saying it is “impossible to do justice to the level […]
Specialist detectives have ensured that two men will serve significant time in prison after being convicted of the murder of Cristian-Marin Patru in Harlow

Cristian was discovered injured at a residence in The Hides around 5.40 p.m. on November 8, last year.
Specialist detectives have ensured that two men will serve significant time in prison after being convicted of the murder of Cristian-Mar…

Cristian was discovered injured at a residence in The Hides around 5.40 p.m. on November 8, last year. Officers were dispatched to the address after reports of a disturbance. They had to force entry to get inside before discovering the 24-year-old collapsed on the floor with a significant amount of blood in […]
Specialist detectives have ensured that two men will serve significant time in prison after being convicted of the murder of Cristian-Marin Patru in Harlow

Cristian was discovered injured at a residence in The Hides around 5.40 p.m. on November 8, last year.
Ahmed Ozyoruk was running the ‘Ace’ line, which was supplying Class A drugs in Braintree

A dealer who had taken over the home of a vulnerable man and was using it as a base from which to sell drugs has been jailed thanks to the work of our specialist drug officers. Ahmed Ozyoruk was running the ‘Ace’ line, which was supplying Class A drugs in Braintree.
A man convicted of more than 40 child sex offences has been jailed for eight years following work by our specialist officers

Forty-three year-old Jon Gordon was arrested after officers from our Police Online Investigation Team (POLIT) carried out a warrant at his address in Gershwin Boulevard, Witham in December 2018.
A people smuggler who boasted he could get 50 people a week into England has been jailed for nine years and nine months in prison.

A people smuggler who boasted he could get 50 people a week into England has been jailed for nine years and nine months in prison. Arthuras Jusas, of Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, was part of a crime group which tried to smuggle 69 Albanian migrants into the UK on a decrepit fishing vessel.
A people smuggler who boasted he could get 50 people a week into England has been jailed for nine years and nine months in prison.

A people smuggler who boasted he could get 50 people a week into England has been jailed for nine years and nine months in prison. Arthuras Jusas, of Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, was part of a crime group which tried to smuggle 69 Albanian migrants into the UK on a decrepit fishing vessel.
A people smuggler who boasted he could get 50 people a week into England has been jailed for nine years and nine months in prison. – (ID …

A people smuggler who boasted he could get 50 people a week into England has been jailed for nine years and nine months in prison. Arthuras Jusas, of Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, was part of a crime group which tried to smuggle 69 Albanian migrants into the UK on a decrepit fishing vessel. They ran the […]
A London-based crime group which tried to smuggle 69 Albanian migrants into the UK on a decrepit fishing vessel – and planned to bring in 50 more every week – have been jailed

The crime group were involved in the smuggling attempt on 17 November last year when the 30-metre converted trawler ’Svanic’ was intercepted off the Norfolk coast. The boat – built nearly 60 years ago and with a lifeboat for just 20 people – had set sail from the Ostend area of Belgium and was heading […]