Essex News & Investigations

JAILED: But street dealer Rahman Hassan could be out of prison in under two years A WOMAN who hid two bags of drugs in an intimate area...

JEALOUS: Joshua Berenger carried out daily checks on Elle Griffin's phone (Essex Police) A DOMESTIC abuser who put his girlfriend in...

HAUL: Huge packets of cocaine found hidden behind the driver's seat (NCA) TWO gangsters who tried to get £2.6 million worth of cocaine...

SOFT JUSTICE? Khan could be out in 18 months despite a year of organised crime (Met Police) A DRUG supply middleman from south-east...

WHODUNNIT? Intelligence has provided names to Essex Police but they still can't make arrests (Essex Police) DETECTIVES probing the murder of gangster John Palmer believe they may know who killed him but do not yet have enough evidence to make arrests. DS Stephen Jennings, who is leading the investigation for Essex Police, said the case now focussed on a few key suspects, but there is not yet enough evidence to arrest them. The National Crime Agency (NCA) has been drafted in t

THEORY: DCI Stephen Jennings Thinks the murder could have been linked to the trial (Essex Police) A FRAUD trial that was hoped to shed new light on the murder of gangster John "Goldfinger" Palmer has concluded with his right-hand man being jailed for 20 months. Richard Anthony Cashman, 52, originally from the north east was jailed by the Spanish National Court in Madrid on Friday for running Palmer's multi-million pound Tenerife timeshare scam while the kingpin was serving a

HIP: Images from the GW Global Instagram account which has 16,300 followers (GW Global/Instagram) A LUXURY online personal shopping...

THEORY: DCI Stephen Jennings thinks the fraud trial holds the key to the murder (Essex Police/YouTube) ESSEX Police is refusing to give any updates on its investigation into the murder of John "Goldfinger" Palmer until a Spanish judge reaches his verdict over a major timeshare fraud trial linked to the Brink's Mat gangster. In January the trial of ten associates of Palmer, facing fraud charges in connection with his notorious timeshare scam thought to have netted him up to £3

THEFT: Cook is accused of shoplifting from House of Fraser in Lakeside (Lakeside) A WOMAN has been charged with assaulting nine different...

TOP SECRET: The hearing took place in private at Westminster Magistrates Court (IG) IRELAND has dropped an extradition request to the UK for a suspected drug trafficker after it was shrouded in secrecy, prompting suggestions of a "supergrass deal." In a secret hearing in Chambers at Westminster Magistrates Court, the 29-year-old Irish man, whose name cannot be disclosed, was told the extradition request from his native country had been withdrawn. Referred to only as Mr AS in