Essex News & Investigations

ADMISSIONS: Former cop Simon Pinchbeck admits previous involvement with crime gangs during sermons A FORMER cop suspected of being linked...

BRAWL: Men fight with knives and chairs in the McDonald's on January 12 (Zed 1/YouTube) THREE men were stabbed in a mass knife brawl in a...

TOP SECRET: No one can attend the 'in chambers' hearings concerning the suspect AN Extradition request from Ireland to the UK for a suspected drug trafficker is being shrouded in secrecy. The 29-year-old man, whose name cannot be disclosed, was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA), often referred to as the UK's FBI, following a European Arrest Warrant from the Irish Republic. Known only as Mr AS, his address has also been withheld by the court. A Westminster Magistrate

BRAWL: Masked gang members brawl inside McDonald's in Edmonton on Saturday SUBURBAN Enfield has become the worst London borough for...

WANTED: 'Dangerous' Ossama Hamed (left) and Nor Aden Hamada POLICE are seeking a convicted armed robber and another man in connection...

SELF DEFENCE: Ronnie Fuller (above) committed no crime when Darren Pearman died said CPS A BOUNCER who stabbed to death a man outside a...

REST OF THE GANG: (L-R) Michael, Patsy and Tommy Adams A PROBE into the finances of former gang boss Terry Adams has failed to take place for a second time in the space of two weeks. Adams, 64, was due in court on Tuesday for a hearing to determine his income and wealth after he failed to pay prosecution court costs of £46,258 from a 2007 money laundering trial. Adams and younger brother Michael Adams, 53, are facing separate financial probes into their assets. The pair could

SCAM: The ancient three cup scam is illegal in the UK TWO men have been convicted of carrying out an ancient street scam as part of a...

BANNED: Kenneth Cooper is banned from queuing at bust stop O on Oxford Street A MAN who is banned from waiting at an Oxford Street bus...

Adams GANG: (L-R) Michael, Patsy and Tommy Adams THOUGH shalt not grass. It's like the eleventh commandment. For those living in areas with high criminal quotas like the East End of London being outed as or labelled a grass would be second only to being branded a nonce in terms of undesirable outcomes. The phrases "you don't grass" and "nobody grasses" would be drummed into them from birth. It stems from criminals who are caught not snitching on fellow cons involved in the sa