Essex News & Investigations

THE manager of a luxury watch shop killed himself the day after it was robbed of over £1m worth of stock a court heard today. Oliver White, 27, (above) was tied up and robbed at the 247 Kettles store in Kew Road, Richmond on May 25 2024, Woolwich Crown Court heard. Prosecuting, Edward Brown KC, said: "247 Kettles was a premises from which very high value watched were sold. The robbery was successful and a large number of very high value watches were taken. "The total value of

THE train employee left fighting for his life after tackling a knifeman accused of stabbing eleven people has today been named as Samir Zitouni. Mr Zitouni is "critically unwell" but stable in hospital, after being injured in the neck and face, British Transport Police has said. The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening, November 1 2025, were described as "nothing short of heroic", by the force. It is understood he has worke

A HERO rail worker continues to fight for his life after trying to stop the knife man who stabbed eleven people on a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train from Doncaster to King’s Cross yesterday. The man who works for LNER and was on the train at the time was stabbed as he tried to stop the attacker. Five other injured people have now been discharged from hospital with four others thought to be stable. This casualty is a member of LNER rail staff who was on the train at

​ A man who removed his court-issued tag to avoid being caught after burgling Damien Hirst's art studio in Hammersmith has been jailed. On Monday, 30 June 2025 Liam Middleton-Gomm (top right) broke into the premises on Rainville Road, Hammersmith and stole a number of high-value artworks including customised jackets designed by the renowned British artist, 60 (above left). After leaving the premises Middleton-Gomm travelled to and stayed at the home of his father, Leslie Gomm

A MAN is fighting extradition to Armenia after he was accused of having non consensual sex with a woman there. Armenia has failed in a number of previous attempts to extradite citizens from the UK, but Aleksandr Sahakyan, 37, is the latest person to face extradition there from this country after being accused of the offence in an international arrest warrant. There is no implication of guilt from such an arrest and it is understood that Mr Sahakyan is confident of clearing hi

A MAN who did a Tommy Robinson (above), by refusing to hand over his phone pin, has been hit with £785 of fines and costs. Kenneth Nyinying, 34, from Haden Hill, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court to one count of wilfully obstructing a search or examination under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 by failing to provide the pins to an Apple laptop and a Apple iPhone 11 when requested to on May 1 this year at Luton Airport. The com

Witnesses and information are sought by detectives investigating a rape in Tunbridge Wells. It is reported a teenager was sexually assaulted by an unknown man on Tunbridge Wells Common, close to Mount Ephraim and the junction for Molyneux Park Road. The incident happened between 8pm and 9pm on Saturday 18 October 2025. The man approached the girl as she was walking home along Victoria Road. They walked together towards Mount Ephraim, at which point it is alleged the man took

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