Courts

Charlie Wilson, 27, of Colchester, admitted dangerous driving when he appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court.

Anaib Mohammad admitted four counts of fraud and was given a suspended 16-week prison sentence and was ordered to pay £8,512 costs.

A man, 43, and woman, 37, were jailed the day after stealing perfume, aftershave and cosmetics from World Duty Free.

Aman Gahuniya, from Henham, kept dropping £10 and £20 notes and a phone at Great Shelford station, having fallen off his bike and injured his head.

Gheorghe-Daniel Cristea, 34, narrowly avoided prison when he appeared for sentencing for dangerous driving and driving while four times the limit.

Essex Police was called to reports of a man in his 50s assaulted in a garden in Orchard Close, Thaxted, at about 12.35am on Monday (March 18).

The scheme was started by the county’s Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner to save police and courts time and money.

James Happer, 51, from Loughton, who is also charged with possessing a weapon for the discharge of a noxious substance, was remanded in custody.

Micheal Eccles, 51, banned from driving for a year and told to do 40 hours’ unpaid work and pay £199 in costs and victim surcharge.

A jury has unanimously convicted Lee Clarke, 56, of murdering Phillip Lewis and disposing of parts of his body in ponds across Harlow.

Investigation into Luke Berry, 35, who was a teacher at Joyce Frankland Academy in Newport, was launched in 2021 by Essex Police.

Met PC Jake Cummings remanded in custody after being charged by Herts police with rape, stalking and controlling and coercive behaviour.

A criminal behaviour order imposed by magistrates bans Logan Howe, 18, from Harlow’s Harvey Centre, adjoining buildings and car park for two years.

James How breached two suspended sentences imposed for stealing from shops in Bishop’s Stortford and Ware in November and December.

Josh Guilder was convicted of five counts of theft, three of common assault and a public order offence after four incidents in Harlow last year.

Jamaal Abid Warsame, 48, of Willesden, north-west London, had denied incidents two months apart in 2020 but was convicted by magistrates.

Lee Mitchell, 45, was arrested following an investigation by Herts police’s organised crime team, which showed he bought 750g of the class A drug.

Russell Hinkins, who pounded the beat in the north-west Essex district, was initially arrested in August 2022.

David Lloyd plans to take up a post as a senior research fellow at Birmingham University.

Police who were called with reports of concerns for the welfare of a man in Hull Grove arrived to find a man making threats while armed with a knife.