Forensic evidence suggests that there was no evidence of a violent struggle at the Darnley Road murder scene as well as pin-pointing that the accused's phone was used in the area
One letter read: “To all my brothers....be good and don’t be like me and kill someone. Get jobs so that you can be good men.” Scamp told the police: "I was asking my brothers to not be angry with my ex-boyfriend for assaulting me. Both letters looked like I have killed someone but it is my grammar, I am dyslexic".
As the interviews entered the second day, the questioning became more intense. DS Morgan returned to the last day Scamp was alleged to have seen Daniel “Dave” Thomas. In quick fire, she was asked: “Did you argue? Did you inflict an injury? Did you stab him? Did you cut his throat? Did you stab him in the abdomen? Did you stab him in the chest? On each occasion, Scamp said “No”
“It really does take callous thieves to do this to someone, and I am urging anyone that was in the area that saw these three, or knows who did this, to come forward to police. Thankfully this type of robbery is quite rare in this area, and we have been carrying out house to house enquiries and reviewing CCTV to see if it will give us any clues.”
"When fire crews arrived at the incident they quickly extinguished the fire in the tattoo shop. A woman who lived in the flat above the shop managed to escape from her flat, she suffered from smoke inhalation as the smoke had entered her property. Fire crews gave oxygen therapy to the woman in her forties and she was left in the care of the Ambulance Service.
LETTERS detailing a violent confrontation were found underneath the bed in Maidstone where the teen accused of murdering Daniel "Dave Thomas was "being harboured", court heard today (Tuesday). The letters were read out to the jury at Chelmsford Crown Court on the fifth day of the trial of Priscilla Scamp, 18, Centurion Way, Purfleet, who is accused of murdering Daniel Thomas, 59, in a flat at 38a Darnley Road, Grays at or near to April 14th, last year.
Abiola Uju Kate Iwelu-Ogunkoya (also known as Thelma Adedipe), 24, and her 30-year-old husband Akintayo Rotimi Adedipe had between them admitted charges relating to housing and council tax benefit and dishonestly furnishing a false document at an earlier hearing in August 2010.
AS part of our on-going assessment of the state of the criminal justice system in Thurrock, we interviewed the Portfolio Holder for Public Protecton, cllr Gerard Rice. As Gerard says: "I am not the Chief Constable for Thurrock". Perhaps that is the expectation of the councillor who is charged with shaping the public protection agenda in the borough.
Many fans turning up to the Grays Ath v Maldon and Tiptree fixture on January 8th at Rookery Hill were surprised to see two van-loads full of riot-trained police officers plus strategically positioned vehicles around the Corringham area. The tactical deployment was repeated at Barrows Farm, Harlow yesterday (Saturday) for the Ryman Division One North fixture. Outside the ground a large police van was joined by a further two vehicles as a dozen officers patrolled outside the ground.
Mr Selen then informed the court that he would not repeat what else was in his written statement that he had given last year. Mr Selen was "encouraged" by Judge Gratwicke to continue stating that "Everyone in the court room are mature adults". However, Mr Selen became agitated and refused to go on. He said: "My life has been jeopardised. Someone came to my house last Friday."
Police have released CCTV images of men they wish to speak to in connection with a robbery at the Jet Service Station, Southend Road, Stanford le Hope about 11pm on Tuesday, December 7, 2010.
“I saw Priscilla near to the railway station. She had a scratch on her hand, she had lost a tooth and had blood all over her leggings. "I asked her what happened. She pulled her leggings down and showed me. She said Kevin did it to her (her ex-boyfriend). “All of a sudden, she smacked me in the face. I said to her: You're supposed to be my mate and you punch me of all things.
She said: "He would shout out rude things at young girls in Grays high street. He would make comments to me when I was wearing summer clothes.
"On both occasions I told him that I thought that was inappropriate."
A “TEENAGE PROSTITUTE” slit the throat of her client and then stabbed him over 20 times before trying to pin the murder on someone else, a jury at Chelmsford High Court heard today. Priscilla Scamp, 18 was accused of murdering Daniel “Dave” Thomas, 59, at 38a Darnley Road, Grays near to 13th April last year.
Hughes admitted seven counts of making indecent photographs of children and three counts of possessing indecent images of children when he appeared at Basildon Crown Court. An emergency meeting of the Stanford Scouts take place tonight (Tuesday) to discuss the situation.
