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Two more men appear in court after protest outside asylum-seeker hotel in Epping

Essex Police said the tally of people charged in connection with protests at The Bell Hotel in Epping now stands at 14.

The Independent UK

Ex-Arsenal Player Pleads Guilty to Drug Smuggling Plot

Former Arsenal player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has pleaded guilty to involvement in an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the UK from Thailand.

Sports Illustrated

Mark Cavendish watch raiders must pay back cash or face extra jail time

Balaclava-wearing intruders broke into the athlete’s home in Ongar, Essex, as he was asleep upstairs with his wife, an earlier trial was told.

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Motorcyclist jailed for causing death of young researcher by dangerous driving

Christopher Allen, 61, collided with Adeline Stuart-Watt, 33, as she was crossing a road in Essex on foot having dismounted her bicycle, police said.

Evening Standard

High-value watches stolen from home of Mark Cavendish still missing, court told

Two Richard Mille watches were among items stolen.

The Independent UK

Body of missing man found after 45-day landfill search

Cumali Turhan was last seen in The Globe pub in Rainsford Road, Chelmsford

The Independent UK

Body found after police search Essex landfill site for 45 days

Cumali Turhan, 46, was last seen in The Globe pub in Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, in the early hours of November 19.

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Burglars who ripped cash machine from Home Bargains shop with stolen JCB jailed

Shane Hadderton, 36, Marvin Usher, 33, and Deividas Fiodorovas, 36, were all sentenced on Thursday

The Independent UK

Burglars who ripped cash machine off Home Bargains shop with stolen JCB jailed

Shane Hadderton, 36, Marvin Usher, 33, and Deividas Fiodorovas, 36, were all sentenced on Thursday at Chelmsford Crown Court.

Evening Standard

Man faces trial accused of assisting in disposal of dead body

Officers have been trawling a landfill site in Essex for the body of Cumali Turhan, who was last seen in Chelmsford in the early hours of November 19.

The Independent UK

Musician who worked on Wallace and Gromit thought he was untouchable – detective

David Pickthall admitted to 29 child sex offences concerning 19 people.

Evening Standard

Cult members jailed for plot to kidnap coroner they accused of ‘necromancy’

‘Manipulative’ ringleader and three other members of group that conspired to close down court and ‘preys upon vulnerabilities of others’ jailed

The Independent UK

Footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas denies drug importation charge

He was arrested last month after an estimated £600,000 of cannabis was seized at Stansted Airport.

The Independent UK

Two men in court charged with murdering father in Chelmsford

Kieran Shepherd, 30, died in Meadgate Avenue in Chelmsford, Essex, on October 15.

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The Independent UK

‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says woman as she is arrested for murdering her parents

Virginia McCullough poisoned her father with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother shortly afterwards in 2019

Evening Standard

Watch: Chilling moment woman confesses to murdering her parents then living with corpses in Essex home for years

Virginia McCullough was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday

The Independent UK

Daughter murdered parents ‘in cold blood’ and lived with bodies for years after hiding them in makeshift tombs

Virginia McCullough poisoned father John and fatally stabbed mother Lois before lying about their whereabouts and spending their money

The Independent UK

Couple who had sex in front of child in online chatroom jailed

Nick Barrett and Summer Andrew used Omegle to ‘trade’ sex in turn for watching child abuse

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The Independent UK

Survivor tells how Holly Willoughby stalker Gavin Plumb tried to kidnap her off a train in an isolated village

Gavin Plumb told a court he had an ‘air stewardess fantasy’

The Independent UK

Moment topless guard says Holly Willoughby is ‘a fantasy of mine’ during arrest over alleged kidnap plot

Body-worn footage of Gavin Plumb’s arrest was played to a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court

The Independent UK

Undercover officer tells jury he feared Holly Willoughby faced ‘immediate danger’ from Gavin Plumb

The officer said a video of a kidnap kit was ‘alarming’ before he contacted the FBI about the alleged plot

The Independent UK

Security officer to face trial next year accused of Holly Willoughby kidnap plot

Gavin Plumb appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court to enter not guilty pleas on Friday.

Cycling News

Third man found guilty of Mark Cavendish knifepoint robbery

Jo Jobson found guilty of two counts of robbery, due to be sentenced on November 1

The Independent UK

Man found guilty of robbing Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish in knifepoint raid

The Olympian and his wife Peta were robbed of their high-value watches in a knifepoint raid at their home in November 2021.

The Independent UK

Man denies phone linked to Mark Cavendish robbery is his

Jo Jobson, 27, denies two counts of robbery and is on trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.

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