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Two arrested after major disturbance outside Essex Skipper in The Stow

Crime / Sun 1st Feb 2026 at 03:14pm


TWO people have been charged in connection with a disturbance in Harlow last night.

Officers were called to The Essex Skipper in The Stow shortly before 11.20pm and were on scene within five minutes.

During their attendance two officers reporting being assaulted.

Two people were arrested.

Abigail Suckling-Steele, 20, of Bullfields, Sawbridgeworth and 42 year-old Edward Steele, of High Street, Harlow, have been charged with assaulting an officer in the execution of their duty and being drunk and disorderly in a public place.

They’re both due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on 20 March.

If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

Please quote incident 1378 of 31 January.

You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week.

Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our online reporting services.

If you would like to make an anonymous report you can contact independent charity Crimestoppers, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111.

4 Comments for Two arrested after major disturbance outside Essex Skipper in The Stow:

AB
2026-02-01 16:49:05

Excellent prompt response Harlow Police.

BC
2026-02-01 17:16:48

Great response from the police and hats off to the staff of the establishment who had to deal with the issues following on from what I understand was a family event! Harlow all working as one 👏🏼

Mr harlow
2026-02-01 19:37:51

A massive thank you to Essex police for coming to assist myself and my staff at the Essex skipper. This was an unfortunate event that was a private family function and they kicked off amongst theirselves. Myself and the staff dealt with the initial incident and then it blew up outside and that’s when we required the police assistance. We apologise to anyone local who unfortunately heard or witnessed what happened.

Ted
2026-02-02 08:06:05

I thought the Essex Skipper had been closed down