THE men knocked on the door of a house in Bryanston Road claiming they were from Thurrock Council and were doing a recycling survey.They showed identification and were wearing Thurrock Council lanyards.
A LOCAL man died in the arms of his girlfriend after being punched and kicked to death on a night out, a court heard. The trial into the murder of Liam Holden who died after being attacked in a car park near Morrisons on London Road, Grays on 10 March, began at Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday, 18 September.
A MAN was arrested in Corringham on Thursday evening after an alleged domestic disturbance in a house involving a firearm.
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DETECTIVES are investigating an aggravated burglary where two bogus council workers conned their way into a Tilbury home. The men knocked on the door of a house in Bryanston Road claiming they were from Thurrock Council and were doing a recycling survey.
TWO men will appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on September 18 for their trial for the murder of Liam Holden who was killed in Grays on March 10, 2013. Owen Wood, now aged 24, and Ryan Wood, 21, brothers both from Godman Road in Grays are charged with murder and the trial is expected to last at least three weeks.
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Tilbury where a car nearly collided with pedestrians on a crossing on September 3. A man has been arrested for motoring offences. It was around 5.30pm on September 3 when a car was reported driving dangerously along Feenan Highway in Tilbury. The car was driving near the pedestrian crossing opposite the Daisy Fields, Tilbury and narrowly missed colliding with parents and their children.
ESSEX POLICE has submitted a report to the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations that comments made by a Thurrock councillor incited racial hatred.
Councillor for Corringham and Fobbing, cllr Mark Coxshall, said a traveller site in Corringham could “become a cross between my big fat gipsy cesspit and Shameless”.
SWIFT work between residents, Thurrock Council’s CCTV team and local police led to thugs being caught on Monday (9 September) evening.
Local councillor, Angie Gaywood, had received complaints from older people living in the Crammavill Street area of Grays – some local youths were taunting older women.
RAIDS are taking place across Essex and other counties to find items stolen from auction houses and museums. A series of warrants are being executed by hundreds of officers from 26 police forces, led by the serious organised crime agency.
ESSEX police and crime commissioner Nick Alston spent more than £36,000 in the four weeks leading up to last November’s election.
Mr Alston, who won the seat for the Conservative Party, spent three times as much as second-placed Independent candidate Mick Thwaites, who spent £12,185.
A HOAX bomb led to the closure of the M25 Dartford Crossing between Kent and Essex for more than seven hours, police have said. The cylindrical device, with wires, was found on a Dover-bound coach after a man got off just after it had gone through the toll booths on Friday.
A THURROCK councillor has appeared in court on charges of fraud. Clare Baldwin (40), Byron Gardens, Tilbury appeared at Basildon magistrates court last month.Ms Baldwin was charged with making dishonest representations so as to obtain housing and council tax benefit. Ms Baldwin has pleaded not guilty and will appear at Basildon Crown Court at a later date.
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) officers are appealing for information after a cyclist was knocked to the ground by a vehicle jumping a level crossing in Purfleet. Investigators are urging anyone who witnessed the incident, which took place on Friday, 23 August, to come forward.
EIGHTY drivers have been summoned to a special court hearing for speeding offences connected to illegal street racing in Thurrock. A courtroom at Basildon Magistrates’ Court has been set aside to hear the cases on Monday September 30.
THE Thurrock Community Safety Partnership is seeking people’s views about crime and anti-social behaviour in the borough. An online consultation is running until October and can be viewed by clicking on the consultations link at Thurrock Council’s internet home page (www.thurrock.gov.uk).
