Essex Police End Search for Alfie Pollard After Leigh-on-Sea Murder – Four Arrested in Stabbing Probe

Police Halt Hunt for Alfie Pollard in Essex Murder Case

Essex cops have dropped the search for Alfie Pollard following a fatal stabbing in Leigh on Friday, 26 February.

Four Arrested Over Murder and Related Crimes

A 17-year-old from Leigh was nabbed last night on suspicion of murder.
A 20-year-old woman from Westcliff was arrested for assisting an offender.
A 20-year-old man from Southend also faces the same suspicion.
A 17-year-old boy from Kent was arrested for assisting an offender and vehicle theft.

All four suspects are still in custody this morning as investigations continue.

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