The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud against Peter Martin, of Havant, Hampshire, who died last year at the age of 91, totalling nearly 26,000, as well as a fifth charge against 81-year-old Peter Haynes, from Okehampton, Devon, of 7,927. Kasongo was charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine and being concerned in the supply of heroin, both between September 12, 2020 and 5 May 2021 in both counties. Several other people at the pub also suffered injuries during the accident. Subject: FOI 14458 - Current Officer Collar Numbers and Names Essex Police refer to your recent request logged under the above reference Alfie Butler, 27, from Colchester, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after attacking two police officers in September 2020 in Feering. Sammy Kimmence, of Rayleigh, Essex, took the money from two elderly men between 2016 and 2018 by claiming he would invest the money for them by placing horse-racing bets on their behalf. On Thursday, February 25 at the same court, he was sentenced to nine years in prison, and put on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. A man and woman ran a drugs operation inside an Essex home where two young children lived. Collet was given the lowest sentence with two years and Gustaitas was sentenced to two years and four months. Eddie Achunche, 45, attacked his neighbour with an electric drill in an argument over late night DIY on August 3 last year. James Avis was fatally punched by Radu Ciobanu earlier this year, who did not mean to kill him. Brinkley was arrested the day after the incident happened, and was charged with murder in August last year. It was told to the court that four to five men wearing dark clothing and balaclavas emerged from the vehicle wielding an array of weapons including baseball bats, metal poles and knives. News He crashed into cars belonging to two members of the public in an attempt to evade police and mounted a pavement where pedestrians were walking. On January 8, he appeared at Basildon Crown Court and admitted arranging or facilitating the commission of a sexual offence against a child, and distributing indecent photographs of a child. Blue for The New York Times. A second man at the address had also been stabbed and he jumped over a neighbouring fence to get help. Essex Blogs 17 November 2020. . Kasende Kasongo, 29, of Grosvenor Road in London, was found with contacts of known Class A drug users, plus stashes of the substance and thousands of messages linking him to the sale of drugs in Essex when police raided his home. In the hours after the murder, the teenager admitted to the stabbing in a message to a Snapchat group, adding: I dont care, Im a psychopath. Judge Charles Gratwicke said the killing was "callous and brutal" and jailed all three men for life. At the end of the relationship in September this year, Alden-Smith, 19, of Sutton Court Drive, Rochford, attended the Beehive in Basildon where he had threatened a man the victim was with. The following Friday, she told police what had happened and Reynolds was arrested the same day. The names of all 39 Vietnamese nationals who were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex have been released by police. Instead of stopping at the scene, Jankovic, of Hakewill Way, Colchester, Essex, drove off. In a trial at the Old Bailey, the court heard how Stanciu had purchased a four-litre jerry can and filled it with petrol from a Shell station before he and Deliu headed for the hut, ready to burn it down. 64-year-old Sydney Jupp of Betony Crescent, Billericay, was jailed following the discovery of indecent assaults against two children in the 1970s in Billericay, Essex. Brett Hart, 28, of Elmden Court, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, was jailed after he sped at four pedestrians in a VW Golf on August 25, 2020, seriously injuring two of them. He was the only onward driver to stand trial at the Old Bailey, as two others had previously entered guilty pleas. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. He was subsequently charged with causing death by dangerous driving and sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday, February 23. Callum Brankin had been driving his car along the A131 Mount Hill in Halstead, Essex, at around 11am on October 12, 2019, when he crashed into 87-year-old Barbara Bragg's vehicle. The profits were laundered through five businesses Hamid and Stevenson-Roberts ran in Maldon, including two restaurants and a tanning salon. 06:00, 25 DEC 2019. These types of people dont come with labels on. OBoyle was handed four years and six months in prison while Core, 26, of The Rylstone, Wellingborough, was 33 months. At Chelmsford Crown Court, it was heard how Butler jumped over the gate into the back garden and tried to climb over the fence. He was jailed for four years on December 3. Sparks' identity could not be reported during the trial due to his age, but following a challenge by EssexLive and other media after conviction, Mr Justice Charles Bourne chose to lift the restrictions. Kasongo was found by the Met Police to be running two county line drug dealing businesses one in Suffolk under the name of 'Bones' in the Bury St Edmunds area and one being the 'Ace' line in Basildon, Essex. Beginning in January; 82-year-old Essex grandfather Robert Lewis was told he was 'likely to die' in prison after brutally murdering his wife of more than 50 years. Hart was found guilty of attempted murder of one of the victims, and of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to two further victims and driving whilst disqualified and with no insurance. Basildon Crown Court heard on December 7 how Harry Pavitt, Alexander Searle and Jay Harvey had been out riding in the Southend area on July 31, 2018 and had gone to a pub for the evening. Chanting "Shame" and "Go home, Jacob, go home," demonstrators drove Mayor Jacob Frey out of a rally after he would not commit to abolishing the police. Daniel Moss admitted having a sexual relationship with a student who attended Lea Valley Academy where he was the director of a Football Education Programme. stop swearing in front of their children. Upon leaving the pub, they made the decision to rob people they came across in London Road, Westcliff before travelling back to Basildon. Three Basildon drug dealers have been jailed for a total of 28 years after copious amounts of heroin were discovered at Heathrow Airport, en-route to one of the men's homes. Signing up couldn't be simpler - press here, enter your email address, select 'Essex Court & Crime' and press save changes. That sentence will run consecutively to a nine-year-sentence which he is currently serving for an unrelated matter. Madel, of no fixed address, admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Basildon Crown Court last year, but denied possessing a class A drug with intent to supply. As we near the end of another eventful year in the county, EssexLive has pulled together a list of the criminals who have faced the most serious time behind bars for horrendous crimes, running from January through to December. Abdul Hamid, Danielle Stevenson-Roberts, Lloyd Bridge, Murshed Uddin and Andrew Lay. The victim, a man in his 60s, explained to officers that he had left a nightclub with a friend and while walking to the kebab shop, had been singing loudly. Alexander Searle was one of three robbers riding mopeds to target people as they walked the streets of Westcliff, Thomas McGinn started a fire in a Clacton flat block, endangering the lives of two families, Nathan Hasan was caught with class A drugs on three occasions within months in Basildon. He persuaded their victims, aged in their 70s to 80s, to withdraw large sums of money from their accounts. Officers gathered CCTV showing the pair forcing open the door where the victim, Alinjavwa Siwale, was stabbed to death. Searle rode the second moped and would stop people from confronting the other two after the robberies. Golding was given 12 years in jail, while Thurgood was handed eight for being Golding right-hand man in the criminal network. If you're looking for a way to stay up-to-date with the latest breaking news from around Essex, the EssexLive newsletter is a good place to start. He had 480 cash on him and the phone used by the Maxwell drugs line, which supplied cocaine and heroin in the Southend area. Detectives were able to track this journey, which led to the arrests of Davis and the 17-year-old. Prosecutors said Behn, from Essex, had flown to Myanmar in 2016 under the premise of attending a cycling tour. Officers visited the address, in Parsonage Leys, Harlow, in April 2019 to carry out a welfare check because she was at risk of being exploited by drugs gangs. Sparks always denied murder, claiming his actions were in self-defence, but this was rejected by a jury after a five-week trial and he was convicted on a majority verdict. We choose the most important stories of the day to include in the newsletter, including crime, court news, long reads, traffic and travel, food and drink articles and more. Essex police force has begun a campaign to "name and shame" convicted criminals on the grounds that it will act as a deterrent to juveniles. Lloyd, of Ullswater Road, London, was arrested in the same month, and convicted at Basildon Crown Court in Basildon, Essex, on Thursday, February 18. Rail replacement services will be in operation via Newbury Park. The terrible crime happened when Reynolds had been out on a night out in 2017 with a fellow student in the town centre. The 32-year-old of Dacres Gate, Ongar, not only set up the programme, but took part in the coaching of the football and mentoring of the students. Johnson, of Cluny Square, Southend-on-Sea, was arrested by British Transport Police (BTP) officers. Reilly, 53, of Fairmead Avenue, Westcliff and Archer from Dexter Close, Grays, were arrested and charged for the attack. Wilson, also 28, of no fixed abode, denied aggravated vehicle taking but was convicted following the trial. On October 2, 2020, officers from Essex Police's drug investigation team, Operation Raptor, were closing in on a suspect who was thought to be involved in the notorious Rico drug line between April and October 2020. Peter Graham Wells, 75, admitted offences against two teenage boys between 1977 and 1986. The impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on the University of Essex campus gives us all a chance to be authentic in sharing our . the killing was "callous and brutal" and jailed all three men for life. Their investigations led them to John Marshall, who on October 2 was in an Audi Q2 in Mardyke Road in Harlow, Essex. Janet was attacked by her then 80-year-old husband as she lay sleeping in her bed. Kelali then threatened to shoot the member of staff in the head. Walker repeatedly hit one of the men in the head with the hammer, whilst trying to attack the other simultaneously. The group had broken into the home to steal cannabis that was growing inside. Warwick, of Prospect Close, Southend, was jailed for five years and eight months today, Monday, January 25. Smith will serve six years for supplying controlled substances and three years for possession of criminal property at the same time. David Jankovic was jailed following a serious hit-and-run collision in Colchester last August. The girl's mum said that the incident has been "so damaging" to her family, and that she can "never understand" why he did it. He appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, January 8 after being charged for Harleys manslaughter, with a concurrent 10-year sentence for the counts of attempted murder. The disgraced former teacher worked at a school in Enfield when the offences took place. Essex Police - Online services for Essex Police; report crime, get help and advice, read latest news and appeals. On August 27, 2020, the 23-year-old failed to give way at the junction in Avon Way in Colchester; a junction of which he was approaching without care and at speed. OBoyle, 27, of Townsend Close, Wellingborough, was charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin, concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and possession of cannabis. Police were first alerted to Chapman's crimes after POLIT - Essex Police's team which investigates online child abuse - received intelligence that the internet at the address had been used to view indecent images of children. The offences Wells was sentenced for were reported to police in 2018 and 2019 after Wells had already been locked up. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Pavitt and Harvey were on the first moped, with Pavitt driving and Harvey snatching items from people's hands. Didzis Ozols, from Basildon, has been jailed for running a woman over whilst drunk at the wheel. signing up to EssexLive's weekly Court & Crime newsletter. Billy Johnson was spotted near Clacton-on-Sea Railway Station earlier this year making calls on a "burner" phone - an old-style mobile used by drug dealers. Leon Wright, Wesley Hendrickson, Durald Sokoli, Brian Kinloch, Scott Heaney, and Mitchell Harris. Walker was jailed for 12 years, with an extended licence period of five years. Brinkley, 26, confessed to the manslaughter of Philip Burr, 38, who was found lying unconscious at the side of the road in Potter Street, Harlow, by an officer on patrol. The dealership sells luxury cars such as Jaguars, Aston Martins, Bentleys, Lamborghinis and Land Rovers. At Chelmsford Crown Court on Thursday, November 4, he was jailed for seven years with a further three on licence. 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