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…
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 […]
A former gymnastics coach has been found guilty of a serious of child sex offences thanks to work by some of our specialist officers
David Schadek, 62, assaulted children between 2004 and 2017. The offences came to light when we one of the incidents was reported to us in January 2018. Through their investigation, officers from our Child Abuse Investigation Team identified further incidents and other victims. Schadek, of Fenno Close, Colchester, was later charged and following a trial […]
Detectives’ diligence sees drunk Clacton man who deliberately set a fire in a communal hallway, endangering residents’ lives, jailed for …
Thomas McGinn, of Colne Road, was jailed when he appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday 3 December after he pleaded guilty to the charge of arson endangering life. Detectives investigating the fire in the communal hallway of a block of flats in Carnarvon Road, Clacton, in the early hours of 1 April, discovered […]
The family of a man who was stabbed to death outside his home has thanked dedicated Essex Police detectives for delivering justice as his teenage killer was sentenced to a minimum term of 13 years in detention
James Gibbons, known as ‘Gibbo’, was stabbed four times outside his home in Iris Mews, in Laindon, on Sunday 2 May. The teenager claimed he had brought a knife to the scene to protect himself against James after an earlier confrontation, but the prosecution discredited this defence and he was found guilty of murder at […]
The family of a man who was stabbed to death outside his home has thanked dedicated Essex Police detectives for delivering justice as his…
James Gibbons, known as ‘Gibbo’, was stabbed four times outside his home in Iris Mews, in Laindon, on Sunday 2 May. The teenager claimed he had brought a knife to the scene to protect himself against James after an earlier confrontation, but the prosecution discredited this defence and he was found guilty of murder at […]
A teenager has been convicted of murdering a man in Waltham Abbey earlier this year
A second teenager has also been convicted of manslaughter in connection with his death.Local man Neil Darnell, 50, was found seriously injured around 10am on Friday 16 April after being hit by a car on Farm Hill Road, Waltham Abbey.The driver of the vehicle failed to stop at the scene and the car was found […]
A teenager has been found guilty of the murder of a father who was attacked after giving food from his daughters’ birthday party to a homeless man
A teenager has been convicted of murdering dad-of-four James Gibbons in an attack outside his home in Laindon. James, 34, was stabbed four times in Iris Mews at around 9.30pm on Sunday 2 May. He had been holding a birthday party for his two young daughters. Sadly, despite the best efforts of medics and our […]
A teenager has been found guilty of the murder of a father who was attacked after giving food from his daughters’ birthday party to a hom…
A teenager has been convicted of murdering dad-of-four James Gibbons in an attack outside his home in Laindon. James, 34, was stabbed four times in Iris Mews at around 9.30pm on Sunday 2 May. He had been holding a birthday party for his two young daughters. Sadly, despite the best efforts of medics and our […]
Two men have been convicted of the murder of a man who was attacked in his own home in Colchester
Alinjavwa Siwale, 22, was found injured at the address in Affleck Road shortly after 12.15am on Friday 11 December last year. He was pronounced dead at the scene, having suffered multiple stab wounds. A second man at the address had also been stabbed and he jumped over a neighbouring fence to get help. He […]
A man from Clacton has appeared in court charged with 28 offences as part of an investigation by specialist officers who investigate sexual offences and support victims
Graham Carson, 66, was arrested in August last year as part of an investigation into allegations three children had been assaulted between 2013 and 2014.Today he has been charged with:10 counts of rape of a child;Two counts of attempted rape of a child;Five counts of assaulting a child by penetration;Five counts of causing or inciting […]
A man from Clacton has appeared in court charged with 28 offences as part of an investigation by specialist officers who investigate sexu…
Graham Carson, 66, was arrested in August last year as part of an investigation into allegations three children had been assaulted between 2013 and 2014.Today he has been charged with:10 counts of rape of a child;Two counts of attempted rape of a child;Five counts of assaulting a child by penetration;Five counts of causing or inciting […]
Grays Boy convicted of knife attack
A teenager has been convicted of stabbing another boy in Grays. The 15-year-old victim suffered a collapsed lung and a severed tendon in one hand after being stabbed through the upper arm and into his chest.
The family of a young man who was murdered while out with friends have described how they are haunted by his loss after two men were conv…
Liam Taylor, 19, and another 19-year-old friend had gone for a drink with friends at The Rose and Crown pub in The Green, Writtle, on 31 January last year. They were in a smoking area outside at the rear of the pub with other people when a black Subaru pulled up and a group […]
The family of a young man who was murdered while out with friends have described how they are haunted by his loss after two men were convicted of his murder
Liam Taylor, 19, and another 19-year-old friend had gone for a drink with friends at The Rose and Crown pub in The Green, Writtle, on 31 January last year.
Essex Police have identified the woman who died after sustaining a head injury in Jaywick on Friday 23rd April
The woman who died after sustaining a head injury in Jaywick on Friday 23 April as 40- year-old Michelle Cooper. Michelle, who was from Clacton, was reported to have been assaulted in Beach Way last Friday. She was admitted to hospital with a head injury but sadly died on Sunday 25 April.
A man has been jailed for 20 years after he deliberately drove a car at four people, seriously injuring two of them
Thanks to the tireless work of our detectives, Brett Hart, of Elmden Court, Clacton, was jailed yesterday after being found guilty of attempted murder in relation to one victim. He was also found guilty of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to two further victims and driving whilst disqualified and with no insurance. […]
The ringleader of a multi-million pound drugs ring, his girlfriend and two associates have been jailed after officers dismantled an organ…
Abdul Hamid – who is starting an 18 year jail term today – ran the Tariq drug line selling cocaine mainly in Chelmsford, Maldon, Heybridge and the Dengie Peninsula. During the investigation, officers worked out that the drugs line was prolific, and operated around 20 hours a day, every day, potentially making millions of […]
The ringleader of a multi-million pound drugs ring, his girlfriend and two associates have been jailed after officers dismantled an organised crime group
Abdul Hamid – who is starting an 18 year jail term today – ran the Tariq drug line selling cocaine mainly in Chelmsford, Maldon, Heybridge and the Dengie Peninsula.
