SEX offender Leslie Richards has been sentenced to three years in prison after police identified him from a video he shared of a violent sexual assault on a mobile app. Richards, of Eastbrook Avenue in Dagenham, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault by…

OFFICERS from our Operational Support Group (OSG) made eight arrests yesterday, locating suspects across the county for high-harm offences like aggravated burglary and rape. The OSG supported officers across Essex Police with a number of operations yesterday, Friday 12 April, as well as carrying out…

A MAN has been sentenced to almost four years in jail after CAIT detectives were able to link him to the sexual assault of a young girl in Harlow.  Officers were alerted to an incident on Wednesday 15 June 2022 at Oakwood Pond off Fourth…

CAN you help find 28-year-old Lee Farrugia? Following West Mercia’s appeal on 25 March he still hasn’t been located. A spokesperson said: “We’re keen to speak to him as he may be able to help with our enquiries into two assaults.  The assaults took place…

A DRIVER who admitted driving the wrong way on the M11 to avoid traffic, has been disqualified and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service. Roads Policing officers were responding to a collision on northbound M11, between junctions 8 and 9, at around 8pm…

A HARLOW man has been charged and remanded for an allegedly racially aggravated public order offence. Jake Hamill, aged 24, from Longfield, Harlow was arrested by police following an incident in February. Hamill was charged and remanded following reports of harassment without violence and racially…

ESSEX Police has issued a statement after a man was found seriously assaulted in Harlow Town Centre. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called to Kitson Way in Harlow at around 1am on Tuesday, 26 March following reports of a man being seriously assaulted. The…

A MAN was stabbed with a machete after confronting another man who was scaring children near a playground, a court heard reports the BBC. Max Richardson, 35, died in an ambulance on the way to hospital after the altercation in Joyners Field in Harlow in…

ESSEX Police are appealing for the public’s help to find 27-year-old Jamie Callegari, who is missing from Harlow.  Jamie was last seen on April 2nd and we are concerned for his welfare.  He is described as a white man, of a medium build with short,…

CAN you help identify this man? Essex Police want to speak to him in connection with a theft at the BP Service Station in London Road, Harlow shortly after 7pm on Friday 15 March. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “If you can help us, then please…

AN investigation has been launched after a fire at a disused building on Bush Fair. YH understands the location of the fire was the disused building at the back of the Tye Green library. An Essex Fire Crew spokesperson said: “Firefighters were called to Bush…

Update: Essex Police We are no longer appealing for the public’s help to locate Jordan Reilly, 23 in connection with an ongoing investigation into violent disorder in Harlow.  A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article in a public…

A NEW podcast looking into the circumstances surrounding the violent murder of a woman from Old Harlow has just been published. May Chambers, (aged 63) of Watlington Road, was brutally murdered by her former son-in-law, Ian Sherlock (aged 33) in May 1980. Sherlock went on…

FOUR people have been convicted for their involvement in a dog fighting ring which saw organised fights take place across England, the Republic of Ireland and France. Three men and one woman were all convicted by a jury today [Wednesday 3 April] of a string…