Courts

Martin Peagram was a heavy cannabis smoker when he was involved in the theft of two Range Rovers worth £83,000 from the Sawbridgeworth area.

Matthew Hyam, 48, managed East Region Girls' Academy's winter programme in 2017-18, coaching talented players aged 14-17.

Matthew Hyam secretly filmed nine women and girls over a number of years and devices in his home had over 3,500 child abuse images and videos.

Police arrested a woman soon after the shoplifting incident and recovered two bottles of booze worth £84 from beneath a bush.

Emliano Hidershaj, 32, of no fixed address, appeared in court charged with production of a controlled drug (cannabis).

Mohammed Rahman, 24, of Lawrence Avenue, has been charged with offences including dangerous driving and assault of an emergency worker.

Jarvis Monk, from Takeley, and Xavier Palas-Caniah, of Church Langley, were driving their Audi A3 and Mercedes 200D close together.

District council facing estimated £2m bill after planning inquiry inspectors allowed MAG's application for up to 43m passengers a year.

As well as a four-week prison sentence for Nikhiles Chakraburtty, 42, magistrates reimposed the order for a further three years.

Andrea Flauto, 24, from Bishop's Stortford, sexually assaulted two women on the same day while out on his bicycle.

David Lloyd is one of only four PCCs in England and Wales to have continuously held the position since its introduction in 2012.

Joseph Lay, 46, of Sawbridgeworth, who has 17 previous convictions, was sentenced to two years at St Albans Crown Court.

Ryan Farthing, 25, who lost control of his BMW in heavy snow near junction 7 at Harlow, convicted of motoring and drug offences.

Officers chased prolific shoplifter through town centre after spotting him in Jackson Square shopping centre.

Harlow pair charged with being concerned in supply of crack cocaine, heroin, cocaine and cannabis in their home town.

Bradley Gill, 19, sentenced for 15 robberies and attempted robberies – including five in Stortford – in the space of five days.

Oliver Purvis, 25, jailed for four-and-a-half years for "frightening" assaults in the Great Dunmow area in the summer of 2020.

Probe to smash smuggling ring by specialist unit which tackles serious organised crime in Herts and Essex was subject of TV two-part special.

Villagers and East Herts Council took their fight to the High Court after a planning inspector permitted 20 mobile homes and caravans.

Jonathan Clarke's Toyota Avensis hit the kerb in Stansted Road in Stortford, rolling the car carrying two passengers at least twice.