Essex News & Investigations

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

RAID: NCA officers raid the home of Feng Xu in Birmingham on Tuesday (NCA) A STRING of properties across the country have been raided as...

KILLED: Gerald Corrigan was thought to be fixing a satellite dish (family picture) THE death of a man shot with a crossbow bolt by a...

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

DISCLOSURE: Police want phones from victims but can they always be trusted with the evidence? (Apple) POLICE have been accused of...

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

WANTED: Kevin Parle (left) and how he might look now (Merseyside Police) A FORMER undercover detective, who was vowed to track down...

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

GRISLY: The former East Coast Salvage scrapyard (Google) HUMAN bones have been dug up by workmen turning a former Essex scrapyard into a...

WANTED: Kevin Parle (left) and computer image showing how he might look now (Merseyside Police) BRITAIN'S most wanted fugitive - double...