Essex News & Investigations

A MAN has been charged with escaping from custody while at an open prison. Connor McCarthy, 26, of no fixed abode, appeared at...

A PERFUME and booze thief will spend Christmas in the clink after he was caught stealing alcohol from Tesco while on a suspended...

A PRISON has gone into lockdown after coronavirus ripped through a wing. Wormwood Scrubs, known as The Scrubs, in Hammersmith, west...

A PRISONER is on the run after fleeing from custody through a hospital window. Andrew Waters, 45, from Wandsworth was at St George’s...

TWISTED serial murderer the Yorkshire Ripper ironically branded sick child killer Ian Brady a "psychopath" in a letter to a prison pen...

ONE of two men convicted over the notorious Essex Boys triple gangland murders has had his bid for freedom delayed due to coronavirus. ...

CONVICTED Essex Boys killer Michael Steele (pictured above) blamed alleged "police corruption" for him being "wrongly convicted" of the...

A FORMER detective has told how a dramatic car chase led to the downfall of drugs kingpin Brian 'The Milkman' Wright, who was released...

A FAR right extremeist who quickly converted to Islam after meeting Streatham terror attacker Sudesh Faraz Amman (pictured above) and...

PLEDGE: David Gauke says the technology will help find illegal phones in prisons (David Gauke/Twitter) HEAT-seeking mobile phone...