DCI Lucy Robinson, who is leading the investigation, said: "It is unclear at this stage whether Mr Holden was involved in any sort of disagreement within the nightclub. However we do know there was an altercation outside the club at the car park entrance, during which Mr Holden was assaulted and sadly died of his injuries.
"We want to talk to anyone who was at the nightclub on Saturday night to Sunday morning who might have information about the circumstances that led to the altercation. We also want to hear from anyone who was in London Road, Grays and saw the events leading to the altercation or the assault, or may have overheard the incident.
FEARS of a gangland culture growing in Chafford Hundred should be nipped in the bud by prompt police action says a local councillor. The growing problem came to the fore at the weekend when a 19-year-old was stabbed after being confronted by a gang of five young men.
A MOTHER was jailed at Basildon Crown Court on Monday (11 March) after admitting a series of benefit fraud charges. Anuoluwapa Oloyede-Samuel, of Aveley, was sentenced to 15 months in prison of which she has to serve at least half.
THE formal identity of a man who died after being attacked outside a nightclub in Grays in the early hours of Sunday 10 March has been confirmed as Liam Holden, aged 35, from Grays. A post-mortem has been carried out on Mr Holden and the provisional cause of death is head injuries. A 21-year-old man from Grays remains in custody at this time having been arrested on Monday 11 March on suspicion of murder.
A MULTI-agency strategy to tackle tackle organised crime and the threat of terrorism was launched at the port of Tilbury.
Working with Crimestoppers,Port of Tilbury, UK Border Force and Counter Terrorism Unit, all the organisations will target the transport industry to find out about criminal activity that may be occurring at the region's ports.
POLICE investigating the death of a man in Grays in the early hours of Sunday 10 March have today (Monday 11 March) arrested a 21-year-old man from Grays on suspicion of murder. The man is currently in custody at a police station where he is due to be interviewed later today by detectives.
POLICE are investigating the death of a man in Grays this morning as murder and appealing for information and witnesses. A 35 year old man was out with friends at the Euro Lounge in Grays last night, Saturday. Police believe he was assaulted outside in the car park area near Morrisons supermarket on London Road in the early hours of this morning.
Edwards Waste Paper director Simon Edwards, 47, and former sales manager, Jonathan Coombe, 42, admitted responsibility for containers loaded at their site in Barking, east London reports the BBC. Both were ordered to pay costs. Coombe received a conditional discharge.
DETECTIVES have issued a renewed appeal for information about a serious assault in Grays after doctors confirmed that the victim has lost the sight in one eye.The 51-year-old man suffered a broken jaw and broken left eye socket in the attack on Sunday February 17.
THURROCK Council is to investigate the future of the Police Community Support Officers it match-funds at the moment. The formation of a councillor team to look at the situation was suggested by Council Leader, Cllr John Kent, at Wednesday (27 February) evening’s meeting of the council.
A SPORTS pavilion opened by Thurrock MP, Jackie Doyle-Price last year and which cost £275,000, has been vandalised. Located on the South Ockendon Recreation Ground, near South Road, the new build has new changing rooms, toilets, a kitchen and lounge.
A WOMAN was sentenced to two years in prison after admitted 17 counts of fraud.
Elizabeth Anyele Tetteh appeared for sentence at Basildon Crown Court on 18 February where the court heard Thurrock Council fraud staff uncovered offences going back well over a decade. The defendant used various aliases and is thought to have used the names of young children who died to make fraudulent claims for benefit.
DETECTIVES have appealed for information after a man received serious facial injuries in a robbery at Grays.
The 51-year-old victim suffered a broken jaw and broken left eye socket in the attack on Sunday February 17. The man was walking at London Road, Grays at about 10pm when he was attacked from behind and fell unconscious to the ground. He did not see or hear his attackers and £40 was stolen from his pocket as he lay on the pavement.
It is possible the woman was just being over-familiar but officers are treating the incident as an alleged common assault and would like to speak to the woman. An Efit image is being issued to help trace the woman concerned. She is described as being of Asian appearance, with long black hair, and aged between 20 and 40. She was wearing a beige coat and red scarf.
THE rider of a motorcycle involved in a collision in Grays in September 2012 has been reported for motoring offences. The man, from Tilbury, has been reported to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation in to the collision in Southend Road, which involved two cars, a motorcycle, and a London Taxi.
