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Police go to media watchdog over 'false reports' on right-wing columnist hate probe

ESSEX Police have taken the exceptional decision to publish quotes from officers after “a large amount of false reporting” centred on an…

The National (Scotland)

Allison Pearson: Police investigating criminal offence after ‘dumbfounded’ columnist’s social media post

Allison Pearson is being probed by Essex Police over a social media post from one year ago

The Independent UK

Children as young as nine being probed by police for classroom ‘non-crime hate incidents’

Primary school pupil who called classmate a ‘retard’ among children investigated by police

Evening Standard

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OPINION - Essex Police have made Allison Pearson a free speech martyr instead of fighting actual crime

Allison Pearson, the highly respectable Daily Telegraph middlebrow columnist, was naturally startled when, on Remembrance Sunday morning, two police presented themselves at her door to tell her that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in connection with a social media post on X and invited her…

Evening Standard

Journalist ‘dumbfounded’ by police visit over social media post investigation

Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson said the police response to a year-old deleted post on X was ‘outrageous’.

The Independent UK

Halloween horror mask robber is jailed for terrifying raids at Co-op and Morrisons shops across Essex

Daniele Aldegheri, 49, was found by police cowering under a duvet at his home

Evening Standard

Moment police officers arrest man on suspicion of murder a decade after fatal Essex street attack

Stuart Coldicott, then 36, sustained serious head injuries in Colchester city centre

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Murder arrest over death of man 10 years after assault that left him paraplegic

Stuart Coldicott suffered a serious head injury in Colchester in February 2014 and died in March this year.

Evening Standard

Threatening calls to son ‘not linked’ to murder of Sir David Amess, say police

The veteran politician’s daughter, Katie Amess, has called for a full inquest into his death and said there are still unanswered questions.

Evening Standard

Group of four jailed for plot to kidnap and falsely imprison a coroner

The judge jailed all four, ordered each to pay a £228 surcharge and subjected each to a restraining order.

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

Murdered David Amess’ daughter says he was ‘catastrophically’ failed by Home Office

Katie Amess wants a full inquest into her father’s death

The Independent UK

Sir David Amess’s daughter says Prevent programme ‘catastrophically’ failed him

The veteran MP, 69, was knifed to death by Ali Harbi Ali in October 2021.

Evening Standard

Arrest as punch victim fights for life after hitting his head on pavement in Chelmsford city centre

Man, 18, held on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm

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Gang jailed over £1.4million lab making ecstasy pills on an ‘industrial scale’

Rolex-wearing Raymond Cooper ran a ‘highly sophisticated and organised operation’ near South Ockendon, Essex

The Independent UK

Virginia McCullough: The ‘intelligent manipulator’ who murdered her parents and said ‘I don’t seem 100% evil’

Virginua McCullough has been described as ‘deceitful, dangerous and intelligent’ by family and detectives

The Independent UK

British woman who killed her parents and lived with their bodies is sentenced to life

A British woman who murdered her parents and then lived for four years alongside their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home has been sentenced to life imprisonment and told she won’t be eligible for parole for 36 years

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Woman Killed Parents, Built 'Makeshift Tomb' And Hid The Bodies In Their Home For 4 Years

Virginia McCullough, 36, stashed her mother's body in a bedroom wardrobe

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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

Evening Standard

London travel news LIVE: M11 reopens after horror crash near Stansted Airport

The major motorway was shut following a ‘serious collision’ on Friday morning, Essex Police said

Evening Standard

Man charged with murder after serious assault near Essex school

Officers were called to an address on Ingrave Road shortly after 3.30pm on Thursday following reports of an assault.

The Independent UK

Man dies after serious assault in Brentwood as police arrest 38-year-old suspect

One man was pronounced dead at the scene and his family are aware, police say

The Independent UK

Footballer jailed and branded ‘violent coward’ by mother of girl, 2, who was left in a coma

‘He can only be described as a coward,’ police said after doctors identified 17 different injuries and put the girl in a coma for 14 days

Zenger

Moment Police Save Stranded Couple On Yacht During Storm Off Essex Coast

After the yacht became damaged it sent out a distress call requesting emergency assistance.

The Independent UK

Mother, 34, attacked by dog died after bite severed artery in arm

Michelle Hempstead, 34, died the day after she was bitten by dog in Essex, inquest told

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