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A MAN and his stepson have admitted strangling police officers who arrived at the scene of a reported assault in Colchester. The Essex Police officers were called to reports of Sam Minter, 38, and his stepson Taylor Oliver, 18, attacking a third man in North Station Road, Colchester, shortly after 10.30pm on Saturday, February 17 2024. After they arrived at the scene Police Sergeant Scott Lewis and Special Inspector Mark Barham were threatened and then each strangled by the p

A MAN was arrested after a woman was allegedly assaulted and strangled in a street. Video footage shows a suspect being arrested in Wanstead Lane, near The Drive in Ilford. An ambulance was also in attendance, although the alleged assault was said to have earlier taken place in Tomswood Hill. A Met Police spokesman said: "On Wednesday, 8 October 2025, at 2:22pm, police were called to reports of a fight between two people at Tomswood Hill, Ilford. "Officers found a 40-year-old

A MAN was arrested on suspicion of drug supply in Maldon High Street. Essex Police officers carried out a full search of a silver vehicle at the lower end of the high street, near the junction with Victoria Road, on Wednesday, October 15 2025. Onlookers reported seeing items pulled from the car, including a child seat, and the bonnet pulled up, while a young man was questioned, just before 3pm. An Essex Police spokesperson said: "Officers from the Chelmsford and Maldon Local

A MAN has been accused of a sex attack on a woman on a cruise ship in international waters. Arvie Oporto, 36, a Filipino national, was arrested on an international arrest warrant from Bermuda in the Hampshire area and brought before Westminster Magistrates' extradition court on October 10 2025. The warrant alleges that he sexually assaulted a woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, aboard a Bermuda ship, the Queen Anne (above), on August 13 this year. It is understood t

ARMED police swarmed an Rotherham street after reports that a woman had been assaulted at a property, we can reveal. Several police vehicles, some containing armed officers, were seen blocking the street in Swinton, on the morning of Thursday, October 8 2025. There was speculation online as to what had happened after South Yorkshire Police released no details of the incident. Activist Sammy Woodhouse posted on X with an image of police at the scene: "The situation in Swinton,

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COUNTER terror police have been granted warrants of further detention for four people arrested in connection with the Manchester...

Terrorist Jihad al-Shamie (above) had been arrested and bailed in connection with an alleged rape, had a criminal history and was in...