The assault happened at the taxi rank outside VUE at Lakeside Shopping Centre shortly after 1am on Saturday, May 5. A group of friends had left nearby Las Iguanas and were returning home after an enjoyable night out in the bar. As they queued for a car, a male passenger got out of a taxi and punched one of the group before returning to the vehicle. It was then driven off, leaving a 38-year-old man with serious facial injuries.
A MAN from east London is today (Saturday) beginning a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to seriously injuring a motorcyclist in a road crash in south Essex. The collision happened in Bulphan when a Ford Transit and a Suzuki GSXR 100 struck each other at the junction of Church Road and the A128 shortly after 8pm on Tuesday, July 24, 2012.
A DATE has been set for the trial of two brothers accused of murdering a man near to a Grays nightclub. Owen Wood, 23 and his younger brother, Ryan Wood, denied the murder charge when appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court.
MORE than 60 drivers are to be prosecuted for speeding and road racing offences after police intervened at an illegal cruiser event in south Essex. Officers from the Essex Police Casualty Reduction Section used unmarked cars fitted with video recording equipment as well as other tactics to identify offenders on a section of dual carriageway near Lakeside shopping centre.
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses to a stabbing in Purfleet in which a man from east London sustained leg injuries. The attack happened in Purfleet when a 24-year-old man from east London had been walking along Tank Hill Road shortly before 8:30pm on Sunday, May 5 and was approached by a group of young men. An altercation took place during which the London man was stabbed several times in a leg.
DETECTIVES are appealing for information following a street robbery in Tilbury. A 46-year-old local woman had been walking home along Cowper Avenue shortly after 5:30pm on Friday, April 26 when she was approached by a man who punched her in the face before stealing her handbag.
TWO men have been jailed in connection with theft of post in Surrey, Essex, Hertfordshire and Berkshire. Victor Odesola, 40, of Bradbourne Road in Grays and Olukayode Akinleye, 34, both admitted conspiracy to defraud at Guildford Crown Court.
THE NEW chief constable of Essex Police will receive a yearly salary of more than £190,000, it has been announced. Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston said Chf Con Stephen Kavanagh’s total remuneration package, including allowances, would be £192,153 per year. He is due to take over his new role next Tuesday (May 7). Mr Alston said: “Stephen Kavanagh is an exceptional police officer who currently holds an important position as Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service.
A 32-year-old man who seriously assaulted and neglected a four-month-old baby boy has been jailed for eight years. Darran Brown, of Long Lane, Grays, Essex, was found guilty following a trial at Guildford Crown Court. He was charged with child neglect and grievous bodily harm towards the child at a property in Leatherhead, Surrey.
A WOMAN has been racially abused by a group of six or seven men on a train between Rainham and Purfleet. It happened on the 10.35pm service from London Fenchurch Street to Grays on Saturday, April 20.
POLICE are stepping up patrols around south Essex to deal with illegal ‘road racing’ by drivers who are risking their lives and the lives of race spectators.
Officers from the Essex Police Casualty Reduction Section are taking tough action against rogue drivers who race and perform stunts at gatherings that attract hundreds of car enthusiasts. Sgt Simon Willsher, who is leading Operation Wagtail, the force's response to road racing, said: "We have no problems with the hundreds of enthusiasts who enjoy getting together at cruiser events to show off their pride and joy motors and talk about their passion for cars.
POLICE ACTED swiftly to stop a fight between four people in Grays High Street on Thursday afternoon.
The incident occurred on the main precinct opposite...
A 33-year-old man from South Ockendon has been charged with failing to stop a vehicle for police and failing to provide a specimen following a police pursuit. The incident happened in Ship Lane, Aveley, in the early hours of Friday April 19.
Liam Holden was out with friends at the Euro Lounge on Saturday, March 9 before he was assaulted in a car park near Morrisons on London Road at 2:30am on Sunday, March 10. The 35-year-old man from Brook Court in Grays was conveyed to Romford’s Queens Hospital but sadly died a short time later.
