Essex News & Investigations

THE national body of freemasons has threatened the Metropolitan Police with legal action over its plans to force officers to declare their membership of the organisation. Earlier this month, the Met said Freemasonry membership would be added to its declarable associations policy , following a consultation of officers. Two-thirds of around 2,000 respondents felt membership of such organisations affects perception of police impartiality and public trust, the force said. It fol

A MET Police detective, who spent four of his thirty years on the force in the Freemasons says that he was told to leave by a very senior officer. Retired detective Mick Randall (above), who now runs private investigation firm Fedora investigations, said the lodge he was in turned out to be, unbeknown to him, linked to "unbelieveable corruption." He posted on Linkedin after the Met Police announced on Thursday that all officers must now declare any past or current involvement

JOINING a gym places police officers at more risk of coming into contact with criminals and corruption than freemasonry, a source has claimed. The policing source spoke out after the Met Police announced this week that from Thursday, December 11, all of its officers would have to decalre past or current freemasonry membership, due to concerns over potential corruption. The source said: "Joining the gym is more of a risk of coming into contact with criminals in terms of what's

A 15-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Islington has been named as Adam John Henry (pictured above and below). Police were called to reports of a stabbing Westbourne Road, Islington at 13:02hrs on Tuesday, 9 December. Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance, who treated Adam for stab wounds. Despite their best efforts, he sadly later died in hospital. His next of kin are being supported by specialist officers. In a written sta

A SUSPECTED sex pest has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of two indecent exposures. He was arrested after being detained by security officers from private firm My Local Bobby. At approximately 10:25am on November 25 2025, while conducting a routine foot patrol on Tottenham Court Road, security officers saw a male suspected of being involved in an indecent exposure incident that occurred 18 days earlier at the rear of a restaurant, in which two female v

Met detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a woman at an address on Old Brompton Road, Earls Court. On Wednesday, 10 December at 11:15am police responded to a call raising concerns and conducted a welfare check at the address. Sadly, the body of a woman, aged 39, was found at the scene. Efforts are ongoing to identify her and inform her next of kin. Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Jolley, who is leading the investigation at Specialist Crime, sa

MET Police officers will have to declare any membership they have ever had of any freemasonry group from today, December 11 2025. A consultation was held with officers following concerns freemasonry membership was compromisig some investigations - with a third of officers who responded opposing the move. The Met has now said any "hierarchical organisations that require members to support and protect each other" have been added to its declarable associations policy. Freemasonr

POLICE found a stash of seven hunting knives and a host of suspected stolen items in a car after a dramatic foot and car pursuit - but only after private security guards insisted officers attend the scene. An officer for private security firm My Local Bobby (MLB) saw two vehicles parked suspiciously close to each other with all doors open at the Palms Hotel off the A127 at Hornchurch on Wednesday, November 5, at just after 2pm. The officer had seen the same vehicles driving v

A LANDMARK Met investigation involving the single largest confirmed cryptocurrency seizure in the world – affecting thousands of victims – has seen two more people sentenced for their crimes. It follows a seven-year investigation by the Met’s Economic Crime team into international money laundering. Zhimin Qian, 47 (04.09.78), (above) of no fixed address was sentenced to 11 years and eight months imprisonment for one charge of possessing and one charge of transferring criminal

BLACK cab serial rapist John Worboys could be considered for release again by the end of the year despite being subject to a new police investigation into an alleged sex attack in the 1990s. A minimum six year jail term he received for sex attacks on four of his victims is due to end next month<December>and the Parole Board confirmed that an initial assessment into whether Worboys can have a fresh parole hearing to assess if he can be released is underway. But, it comes as La