1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (667+ words) A woman has told jurors about the moment she believes she caught a man trying to sexually assault her incapacitated friend. The witness told Basildon Crown Court she found her friend leaning over a car in a Southend car park…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (310+ words) A Basildon man caught growing over £50,000 worth of cannabis has told a court his mum “gave me a right bollocking”. Jake Lazarus, 34, of Cheshunts, has pleaded guilty to a single charge of producing cannabis. Prosecutor Hollie Davies told Basildon Crown…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (404+ words) A woman accusing a former firefighter of a campaign of violent abuse previously attributed her injuries to unrelated accidents, a witness has claimed. Richard Blakebrough is accused of subjecting a woman to controlling or coercive behaviour and assaulting her on…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (574+ words) A protester called ex-home secretary Suella Braverman “Cruella Deville” in a speech outside Downing Street days after Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel, a court has heard. Urslaan Khan, 44, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of expressing…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (265+ words) Three people have been charged following a crash near Edinburgh Airport which led to the death of a 58-year-old woman, whose family have said they are “devastated”. Linda Patterson died in the four-car collision on the A8 near Newbridge, which took…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (459+ words) A woman is too traumatised to leave her home after a man followed her in a car in south Essex. The incident happened near Langdon Hills as she drove home from a late shift on Friday, September 4. Her husband, Beauford…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (266+ words) Jurors have been played an audio recording of a Southend firefighter repeatedly screaming the C-word at a woman. The recording was covertly made by a woman who alleges she was abused at the hands of Richard Blakebrough, a former watch…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (443+ words) A south Essex man has been convicted after officers rescued 15 German Shepherds from conditions described as among the worst they had encountered in three decades. Terence Snooks, 63, of Shepard Close, Eastwood, has been convicted of 15 offences under Section 9 of the…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (687+ words) A Basildon pensioner stole almost £30,000 from her mentally disabled brother and spent some of it on two cars, a court has heard. Sheila Hunt, 70, of Church Park Road, Pitsea, made “unexplained” transfers from her brother’s account to her own and…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (113+ words) Southend Echo Tilbury drink-driving sentence postponed at Basildon court A Lithuanian man buried his head in his hands after his sentencing was postponed because no interpreter was provided, despite his repeated requests to proceed in English. Matchday live: Reaction following…...