1015 hrs Statement from Essex Police “A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an incident in Harlow. “We received a call at around 3.35am on Monday 26 August reporting a woman was being assaulted in Harefield. “We attended and arrested a 49…

Dear Editor, WHY is it, despite the public space protection order that was supposed to target anti social behaviour and alcohol consumption within the town centre, is a large group of homeless drunks and drug addicts allowed to occupy the old British heart foundation doorways?…

Update: From Essex Police He has been released on bail until September 17. A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of outraging public decency. The 57-year-old was arrested at Costa Coffee in the Water Gardens, Harlow, shortly before midday today, Friday 23 August. YH understands…

A CHURCH Langley man has been disqualified from driving after using his mobile phone. Leon Oxenham, aged 29, of Malkins Drive, Harlow pled guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On 03/01/2019 at Harlow drove a motor vehicle, on a road, namely Bowhill Way,…

ESSEX Police have charged two teenagers following a complaint of criminal damage and theft from a gravestone in Harlow. Harry Kings, 18, of Upper Mealines, Harlow, and Jack Tucker, 18, of Great Leylands, Harlow, have been charged with theft and criminal damage and they are…

A MAN is set to stand trial over an incident at the Poplar Kitten pub in Harlow. Joseph Butler-Abban, aged 39, of Templefields House Diageo River Way, Harlow has been charged with the following. On 18/06/2018 at Harlow without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, had…

ESSEX Police has arrested three males in relation to the vandalism of a teenagers grave in Harlow. On Monday, we reported that the grave of Marcel Jayden Bellairs-Honiss at Parndon Cemetery had been vandalised and had items stolen from it. Essex Police have now reported…

ESSEX Police has targeted parents of children involved in crime and anti-social behaviour as they attempt to stop problems in Prentice Place in Harlow. As YH reported last week, shopkeepers were in a state of siege as teenage yobs have used the building site as…

ESSEX Police want to speak to these four people in connection with an incident where a woman had a four-figure sum stolen from her bank account. The victim, a woman in her 50s, had been shopping at Asda at the Water Gardens shopping centre in…

A MAN from Milwards has been banned and fined for drug-driving. Steven Lewis, aged 39, of Milwards, Harlow pleaded guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On 28/03/2019 at Harlow drove a motor vehicle, namely BMW 3 series, on a road, namely Harberts Road,…

ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses after a report that dogs had been attacked in Harlow. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called yesterday, Thursday 15 August, at around 9.10pm to reports that two dogs had been attacked by another group of dogs. The…

LAST week, we reported that the owner of The Pink Cottage restaurant had been fined after a complaint by Harlow Council. Harlow Council has provided more details regarding the case. This case involves an unlicensed house in multiple occupation (HMO) at the Pink Cottage on…

TWO drug dealers have been jailed for two and-a-half years each after officers carried out a warrant in Harlow. The warrant was executed at an address in Dadswood on 19 January following intelligence that drug dealing may be taking place there. When inside officers found…

A MACHETE and a knife were recovered during a knife crime operation in Harlow. It was part of Operation Sceptre, our targeted crackdown on knife crime, which began in April and is funded by £1.76million from the Home Office. Our officers based at Stansted Airport…