Courts

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.

David Keenan, 36, is accused of stealing two bikes from a property in Audley Road, Saffron Walden.

James Donovan and Ned Delaney agreed price to clean drive and roof of a Hadham Road house, then raised the fee to over £4,000 before they finished.

Camera in bedroom clock recorded Mark Cawthron stabbing mattress next to woman’s head and placing pillow over her face saying: “Just die and goodbye.”

Louis Bricknell, 22, of Trinity Street, has been remanded in custody to appear at St Albans Crown Court on January 2.

Andrew Thorne, 26, of Great Chesterford, started fires in wheelie bins, dog waste bins and at bus shelters around Saffron Walden.

Man in his 50s who was badly injured in incident in car park last Saturday evening died on Thursday – a day after three people appeared in court.

“The footage was horrific, so much so that during interview the rider admitted that even he was shocked by it and admitted he’d been foolish”