Crime
1230 hrs Update: Statement from Essex Police We were called by ambulance staff to School Lane, Harlow at around 6.45am this morning (Sunday, October 8), with concerns for a man’s welfare. He was reported to be suffering from breathing difficulties and was taken to hospital.…
A HARLOW man has been fined over £500 after his dog injured a man. Jagdish Joshi, aged 69, of The Hides, Harlow pled guilty to the following. On 01/06/2017 at Harlow, were the owner of a dog, namely an Alsatian, which was dangerously out of…
A HARLOW man who committed two robberies and an assault involving a knife in East Herts, has been jailed for four years. Danny Williams, aged 23 from Potters Field in Harlow was arrested on September 2, 2016. On that day, Williams approached two 15 year…
ACTION to tackle anti-social behaviour in Harlow Town Centre will continue following the success of a dispersal order there. The dispersal order was in place between 10pm on Saturday, September 30 and 6am on Sunday, October 1. A 16 year-old boy was issued with a…
ESSEX Police want to talk to John Underwood, 39, in connection with an assault in Harlow. Underwood, who is a plumber and tiler by trader is 5ft 5ins tall, of a medium build and is bald with facial hair. He is known to frequent betting…
Roger Hirst takes on role as country’s first Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Mr Hirst, who was elected to become Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex in May 2016, took on his new role as the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex on the…
AN ELEVEN-year-old from Harlow has been charged with assault, robbery and possession of a flick knife. The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons has been charged with the following. 1. On 08/03/2017 at Harlow assaulted another by beating him. 2. On 08/03/2017 at…
A HARLOW man has been sent for trial over charges that he attempted to communicate with an eight-year-old child for sexual purposes. Thomas Hagger, aged 29, of Meadow Road, Epping was charged with the following. Between 12/09/2017 and 15/09/2017 at South Ockendon, being a person…
A man who committed two burglaries having been released on licence from prison has been jailed for three years. Steven Clark, 20, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court after pleading guilty to the offences on Friday, September 22. Police received a…
A HARLOW woman who breached her bail has been bailed again by the courts. Charmaine Poynter, aged 31, of Hull Grove, Sumners was arrested on September 14th for breaching her Bailey attending an address in the Sumners area. Poynter was on bail for an alleged…
A DRUG dealer from London who visited Harlow 14 times in just one month to ply his trade has been jailed for more than five years. Ryan Findlay, 25, was stopped by officers from the West Operation Raptor team on Tuesday August 15 in a…
POLICE are appealing for information about a distraction burglary in High Street, Old Harlow, on Monday, September 18. Two men have knocked at the home of a 77-year-old man at around 3.20pm and insisted that his garden fence needed painting. While one of the suspects…
ESSEX Police have charged three people following an incident in Harlow yesterday (Friday, September 22). Jamil Khan, 23, of Sorbus Road, Broxbourne, was charged with possession of firearms offences and Raymond Aylmer, 20, of Melbourne Court, Waltham Cross, and Kyle Gilbert, 18, of Burley Road,…
FIVE men have been jailed for a total of 23 years and eight months following a serious assault on a teenager in Harlow. < Luke Martin, 19, of Joyners Field, Harlow, and Craig Quennell, 22, of Long Banks, Harlow, Daniel Lockett, 21, of Little Brays,…
IN many ways, we are tying up the loose ends of the Arek Jozwik killing and in many ways, we feel it may be time not move on. However, when we were reporting on the trial in Chelmsford last month, we heard two witnesses testify…
A FORMER Harlow primary school teacher has been jailed for four years for a series of sex assaults on a pupil under the age of 13. Edward Ryan, aged 67. of Venmore Drive, Great Dunmow, assaulted one of his pupils at a Harlow primary school…





