Essexboys - Articles
The articles contained in this section concern events in Essex which took place during the late 1980's and the mid 1990's.Although the majority detail the Rettendon Range Rover murders and the death of Leah Betts, there are many others which focus on lesser known events.

'So this is Ecstasy?' the book in which O'Mahoney first told this story in 1997, was updated and re-released as 'Essex Boys' in 1999 to highlight the plight of Mick Steele and Jack Whomes. It's release also coincided with the release of the film of the same name.
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Magazines
??/06/00 - The end of the road - Hot Air
??/??/?? - Leah Betts is dead
??/??/96 - Hit and Mystery - GQ
??/??/?? - Essex Gangsters : The long road to murder - Later
??/01/96 - Too young to die - MixMag
Firm Magazine - Essex Boy Bill Frain-Bell interviews former gangster Bernard O'Mahoney
GQ ( November ) - HARD GRAFT
FHM ??/03/96 - MURDER INC.
Unknown Date
??/??/?? - Gangsters' Molls
??/??/?? - The murder of Ronald Fuller
??/??/?? - The murder of John Marshall
??/??/?? - New turn in murder trial
??/??/?? - Uropa still in the spotlight
??/??/?? - The lesson that was Leah
??/??/?? - Patient shot by hit man dressed as a clown
11/03/?? - Man in custody in kidnap charge
??/??/?? - Hit's a living
??/??/?? - Tv reconstructs Rettendon murders
??/??/?? - TV bid for gang killers
??/??/?? - Gangland killings driver hunt
??/??/?? - Las Vegas comes to Essex
??/??/?? - Film untrue
??/??/?? - Leah's message
??/??/?? - The strong arm of the lawless calls in its debts
??/??/?? - Gunman flees after shooting
??/??/?? - Night club shuts down
??/??/?? - Police threats alleged at trial
??/??/?? - Gunman's victim paralysed for life
??/??/?? - Leah Betts died of drinking water to counter drug's effect
??/??/?? - Man hurt in attack
??/??/?? - Leah drug monster's peddling death again
??/??/?? - My Tony was not villian they say he was
??/??/?? - Court hears detectives 'over-zealous'
??/??/?? - Facts which don't fit in with supergrass's tale
??/??/?? - Teenagers face drug trial
??/??/?? - Leah's death was due to ecstasy
??/??/?? - Decision time nears for club
??/??/?? - Leah Teenagers facing court trial
??/??/?? - Night club company boss resigns
??/??/?? - The Firm, the agony and the ecstasy
??/??/?? - Police still hunt killer
??/??/??- Raquels club to be relaunched
16/11/??- Leah Club in Ecstasy probe
??/??/?? - Raquels reopens - with a new name
??/??/?? - Doors close at Raquels
Rise of The Footsoldier Reviews
07/09/07 - Rise of the Footsoldier The Mirror
07/09/07 - Rise of the Footsoldier The Guardian
07/09/07 - Rise of the Footsoldier Telegraph
06/09/07 - Rise of the Footsoldier The Times
05/09/07 - Rise of the Footsoldier Time Out London
02/09/07 - Rise Of The Footsoldier Scotland on Sunday
02/09/07 - Rise of The Footsoldier (2007) BBC Review
2008
06/02/08 - Ex-gangster greets film with open arms
2007
07/12/07 - New evidence in 'Essex boys' case
06/12/07 - Family's fresh hopes for Essex Boys case
09/11/07 - New clues in gangland murder case
31/10/07 - New evidence in Essex boys murder
13/09/07 - Independent review of killers case welcomed
08/09/07 - 'Essex Boys' murder case may be reopened
08/09/07 - 'Essex boys' killers appeal hope
07/09/07 - Fresh hope in Range Rover murders
07/09/07 - Second review of gang murder
07/09/07 - Rettendon killer's conviction to be reviewed - again
07/09/07 - New Range Rover murder case review
06/09/07 - Triple murder conviction set for review
06/09/07 - 'Essex boys' conviction examined again
04/09/07 - Killer's brother never spoke to me, says Billy Murray
30/08/07 - Film’s two theories
30/08/07 - It’s not for the faint-hearted
30/08/07 - It’s lock shock!
30/08/07 - Essex killings feature in new film
12/08/07 - Last Man Standing
20/04/07 - Rettendon duo appeal
20/04/07 - Rettendon killers will be freed - lawyer
18/04/07 - Murder appeal lawyer petitions European court
18/04/07 - New evidence in Rettendon case?
17/04/07 - Fresh hope for 'Essex Boys' pair
17/04/07 - New hope for Essex Boys killer
17/04/07 - Rettendon murders: New legal fight
17/04/07 - Range Rover murder case goes to Europe
??/??/07 - New book to lift lid on Essex underworld
2006
21/11/06 - Time to lay Rettendon ghosts to rest finally
15/11/06 - Murder claims ‘all lies’ says accused
13/11/06 - Stupor-grass cost us £100,000
02/11/06 - Woman tells of gunman ordeal
01/11/06 - Murder suspect's anger at questions
25/10/06 - Threats to kill four-year-old girl, murder court case told
22/10/06 - Losing evidence for cash claims
20/10/06 - Detective 'offered to lose evidence for cash', court told
19/10/06 - Jury told evidence is 'web of lies'
16/10/06 - Star witness grilled by defence barrister
13/10/06 - Witness stands by shooting evidence
12/10/06 - Star witness denies lying
11/10/06 - ‘Offered £100,000 to take murder rap’
10/10/06 - Cop 'gave info to murder suspect'
06/10/06 - Jury hears of triple shooting hit-and-run
03/10/06 - Murder victim ‘was blackmailed’
02/10/06 - 'Gun victim was police informant'
14/09/06 - Rettendon killings to feature in film
20/08/06 - 'Will I ever prove I'm innocent?'
14/08/06 - I will never admit to Killings
14/08/06 - Education and a qualification preparing for life outside
02/08/06 - FORMER Basildon bouncer is to face trial
26/06/06 - Essex badlands strange musical fruit
19/06/06 - Man is alleged to have smuggled drugs in boat
19/06/06 - Man, 46, charged over drugs haul
13/03/06 - Is it ever safe to pay a witness?
27/02/06 - European help sought in murder appeal
23/02/06 - 'We'll fight on'
23/02/06 - We'll be back
23/02/06 - Prisoners lose media deal plea in 'Essex Boys' murders case
23/02/06 - Killers lose conviction appeals
22/02/06 - 'Essex boys' murderers lose appeal
22/02/06 - 'Essex Boys' killers lose appeal hearing
22/02/06 -"Essex boys" killers lose conviction appeals
22/02/06 -'Essex Boys' murder duo lose appeal
22/02/06 - 'Essex boys' murder appeal fails
22/02/06 - Essex Boys lose appeal
22/02/06 - Court of Appeal upholds murder convictions of Whomes & Steele
22/02/06 - Gangland killers lose appeal against conviction
22/02/06 - 'Essex Boys' killers lose appeal
22/02/06 - Gangland killers lose appeal
22/02/06 - Duo Lose Murder Appeal
22/02/06 - 'Essex boys' killers lose appeal
22/02/06 - Gangland murder appeal fails
25/01/06 - Decision on murder appeal in a month
25/01/06 - ‘Supergrass’ did book deal
25/01/06 - Murder appeal verdict delayed
24/01/06 - Crown witness ‘was scheming’
24/01/06 - 'Essex boys' murder hearing ends
24/01/06 - Murder appeal decision deferred
24/01/06 - Murder appeal verdict to be announced
23/01/06 - Police drinks binge with supergrass
21/01/06 - Gangland killing witness was obsessed with making money from case
20/01/06 - ‘I didn’t assist supergrass’
20/01/06 - Supergrass freed to make his book deals
20/01/06 - Police 'framed' the Essex Boys
20/01/06 - Policeman denies helping witness
19/01/06 - ‘Supergrass had deal before trial’
19/01/06 - Murder appeal told of signing
19/01/06 - Appeal told cops aided ‘supergrass’ book deal
19/01/06 - Supergrass "Was helped by police"
19/01/06 - 'Essex boys' jury kept in the dark
19/01/06 - Triple killings supergrass a 'fantasist'
19/01/06 - Gangland murders inquiry 'corrupted'
19/01/06 - Convicted killer appeals over supergrass 'deal'
18/01/06 - Witness paid by media, appeal court told
18/01/06 - Cops Helped "Sell Story"
18/01/06 - Triple-murder verdicts challenged
18/01/06 - Police 'aided witness media deal'
18/01/06 - Essex Boys - Bid for freedom
18/01/06 - Gangland murder case goes to appeal
18/01/06 - Appeal Over Gangland Essex Boys Murders
17/01/06 - Appeal lodged over Rettendon murders
15/01/06 - Drug murder pair appeal
01/01/06 - The witness, a book deal and the Epping murders
2005
05/12/05 - Ten years after Rettendon horror
05/12/05 - Pair return to court to fight for freedom
05/12/05 - Vital dates in investigation
16/11/05 - Cops hunt Leah bouncer
16/11/05 - Gangster gives police slip again
24/10/05 - POLICE IN HUNT FOR GANGSTER
17/10/05 - Christmas put on hold until appeal
10/10/05 - Men's appeal set for New Year
08/10/05 - 'Essex boys' killers get appeal date
07/10/05 - Essex drug deal killers to appeal
21/09/05 - Police hunt man after drugs haul
15/07/05 - Dealers' murderers refused bail
22/03/05 - Essex dealers' killer remanded
22/03/05 - Killer refused bail
22/03/05 - Essex Boys Murders: Bail Bid Fails
22/03/05 - Light at the end of the tunnel
22/03/05 - Jack Whomes may be granted bail
01/03/05 - Appeal date set for Suffolk murderer
2004
22/12/04 - Were the right men jailed?
22/12/04 - Wife's Christmas hope
22/12/04 - Police defend investigation
22/12/04 - Mum's joy at news of appeal
22/12/04 - My brother is innocent
22/12/04 - Hardman backs claim
22/12/04 - Solicitor's anger over conviction
22/12/04 - Sequence of events
22/12/04 - Murderer could be cleared in 2005
22/12/04 - Rettendon murders case goes to appeal
22/12/04 - Convicted murderer in fresh appeal bid
22/12/04 - Pair jailed for 'Essex Boys' murders win right to appeal
21/12/04 - 'ESSEX BOYS' APPEAL
21/12/04 - 'Essex Boys' case set for appeal
21/12/04 - 'Essex Boys' Murder Case Set for Appeal Court
21/12/04 - Appeal hope for 'Essex boys' pair
21/12/04 - Commission refers murder convictions of Michael Steele and Jack Whomes to court of appeal
19/11/04 - Killers Plea
??/11/04 - 37 Nicked with guns from web Cop, Doc, Journo held
21/10/04 - Man charged with three-year-old murder
20/10/04 - Man due in court on murder charge
27/07/04 - Family confident over appeal
26/07/04 - 'Heartless' jail move criticised
01/07/04 - Murder quiz man released on bail
30/06/04 - Shotgun murder - man held
2003
25/11/03 - Rettendon murders 'new' mobile evidence
10/11/03 - Family hope to secure release
04/11/03 - Range Rover murders - appeal date soon
19/08/03 - Specialist unit which deals with bent officers
21/04/03 - TONY Blair phoned John "Gaffer" Rollinson to discuss the Iraq war
01/03/03 - Apology from Blake Publishing Ltd and Gaffer in the Daily Sport
31/02/03 - Apology from Blake Publishing Ltd and Gaffer in the Basildon Evening Echo
24/02/03 - Ex-gangster feuding over book
31/01/03 - Second pathologist under scrutiny after Clark case
25/01/03 - Hopes grow for 'Rettendon Two'
08/01/03 - Triple murder man awaits appeal
06/01/03 - Dani expert hope for Rettendon duo
04/01/03 - Three Essex hardmen died in the gruesome Range Rover Murders. But the two men found guilty will soon appeal - after a four-year investigation by a Mail writer. Here, for the first time, she tells the REAL story of a bloody gangland execution...
2002
10/12/02 - Forensic fiasco
21/09/02 - Murder cases face review over ‘mistakes’
03/09/02 - ECSTASY IS NOT DANGEROUS
02/09/02 - ECSTASY 'IS NO DANGER' FURY
02/09/02 - Ecstasy effects 'may be imaginary'
02/09/02 - Row over ecstasy effects
02/09/02 - Ecstasy 'Not Harmful'
02/09/02 - Row over ecstasy as experts 'deny dangers'
13/08/02 - Essex: County 'overrun with London drug dealers'
22/05/02 - Blair's drugs pledge to Leah's parents
28/04/02 - Whatever happened to the Essex Boys?
21/04/02 - Deadly cargo
11/04/02 - james blonde! Meet the English girl who went undercover to expose gangsters and call girls
04/04/02 - Murder pics taken off net
??/??/?? - PROBE INTO GRUESOME NET PICS OF DRUG KILLING
30/03/02 - Crime writer takes images off internet
29/03/02 - Drugs massacre in web photos storm
28/03/02 - Photographs of victims on the internet
28/03/02 - Bawdsey drug smuggler jailed
15/03/02 - Gangster horror photos on the net
13/03/02 - Murdered gangster pictures on-line
09/03/02 - Is this death of the essex girl?
08/03/02 - Drugs gang are put behind bars
08/03/02 - How Mental Mark's drugs ring was foiled
08/03/02 - The Colonel's search for an African Loch Ness monster
08/03/02 - Heroin tragedy hits home for Leah's parents
07/03/02 - Delay for appeal?
04/03/02 - The Shadowy world of 'The Colonel'
01/03/02 - 'Jet-away' bid of killer
01/03/02 - Leah Bett's parents back heroin photos
01/03/02 - Behind the Bawdsey smuggling plot
01/03/02 - Ipswich security at smugglers' courts
28/02/02 - The Suffolk sting!
28/02/02 - Drama echoed a blockbuster film
28/02/02 - How mastermind was shadowed
28/02/02 - Gang seized on beach as grandma sipped her morning tea
28/02/02 - The Bawdsey smuggling plot - The Players
28/02/02 - Seven jailed in Suffolk
28/02/02 - Beach drama over morning tea - Bawdsey
28/02/02 - Behind the Suffolk sting - Bawdsey trial
28/02/02 - Rettendon killer's prison escape plan
28/02/02 - RETTESCAPE
28/02/02 - Rettendon Release
27/02/02 - 'ESSEX BOYS' GUILTY - BAWDSEY QUAY DRUGS SMUGGLING ATTEMPT SCUPPERED BY CUSTOMS
26/02/02 - Who killed Dean?
2001
20/12/01 - Country club gets fitness centre go-ahead
07/12/01 - Murder victim's dad to hand back medals
07/12/01 - Shotgun killers may have retrial
03/12/01 - Return of ban cop
03/12/01 - Rettendon probe officer back at work
02/12/01 - Cop paid to stay home for 6 years
23/11/01 - Killer loses lap top appeal
23/11/01 - Rettendon killer praised by judge
23/11/01 - Murderer praised by judge
23/11/01 - Woman's terror at gun slaying
15/11/01 - Home Office move in detective probe
29/10/01 - Rumours of £1m policeman pay-off
28/10/01 - PAY ME £1M AND I'LL GO
17/10/01 - Cocaine cost 'to soar'
11/10/01 - 'We jailed the right men' say police
04/10/01 - Triple-murder appeal come one step closer
25/09/01 - Essex drug murders case may go to appeal
25/09/01 - Police appeal for murder evidence
22/09/01 - Murder pair could have appeals heard
21/09/01 - My dad's killers may be innocent
21/09/01 - Gangland murderers bid to clear names
21/09/01 - Doubt cast on murder evidence
02/09/01 - Dean murder suspect released
24/08/01 - Cash reward offered one year on from shooting
23/08/01 - Councillor's fury at police payout
15/08/01 - Payout as detective quits
14/08/01 - Suspended Essex detective quits
14/08/01 - £5m bill for gangster inquiry
14/08/01 - COPS PAID TO STAY HOME 5yrs
20/07/01 - Tears from woman as drugs case dropped
28/06/01 - Notorious club gets facelift
23/06/01 - Thompson and Venables Constant worry that blights life in hiding
28/05/01 - Murder case cops still suspended
27/05/01 - Five years and £2.3m later
20/05/01 - Marshall murder mystery reviewed
05/05/01 - Drugs swoop - 10 in court
04/05/01 - TEN CHARGED BY CUSTOMS IN EAST COAST DRUG OPERATION
04/05/01 - The truth will out
03/05/01- Allotment body - police quiz man
25/04/01 - Post mortem blunders case falls into limbo
25/04/01 - Inquiry into 'blundering' pathologist in disarray
25/04/01 - Pathologist disciplinary case collapses
25/04/01 - PATHOLOGIST DR PAULA LANNAS WHO FACED A DISCIPLINARY HEARING ALLEGATIONS OF ERRORS IN HER WORK GOVERNMENT
12/04/01 - a letter posted in Evening Echo in relation to rumors that Bernard O'Mahoney is dead.
20/03/01 - Expert witness's work 'deficient' Cloud over work of expert witness
20/03/01 - Doc faces sack call
05/03/01 - Who shot Dean?
28/02/01 - Nightclubs to be closed
22/02/01 - Killer's mum backs test case
02/02/01 - Triple stabbing at country club
09/01/01 - Knife attacks at club
04/01/01 - Two stabbed in club attack
2000
18/12/00 - Judge slams bid to seize money
14/12/00 - I'M NOT ALRIGHT JACK!
05/12/00 - Fury at gangland TV slur
24/11/00 - Appeal in doorstep killing
06/11/00 - Police probe killings link
06/11/00 - Gangland link to gun deaths
27/10/00 - Rettendon Two could go free.
12/10/00 - Bullets hit home in a quiet road
03/10/00 - One in three young criminals is armed
08/09/00 - Police seek new witnesses to shooting
08/09/00 - This is not a gangster haunt, says owner
07/09/00 - MURDERER'S BROTHER STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST CONVICTION
06/09/00 - Roadside bid to find clues to father's murder
02/09/00 - Police rule out country club shooting link
02/09/00 - Gunman at club 'linked to carnival'
02/09/00 - Gunman's motorbike escape
01/09/00 - Murder's possible link to stab case
31/08/00 - Stabbing may have sparked revenge shooting
31/08/00 - Killer’s brother in protest
30/08/00 - Slaying linked to double Nightclub shooting
29/08/00 - Murder hunt launched after man shot dead
29/08/00 - Gangster ... 'I cheated death'
29/08/00 - TWO BOUNCERS SHOT IN NIGHTCLUB BRAWL
29/08/00 - Seven held after shooting
09/08/00 - Don't worry Mr Betts, there's no real glamour to these Essex Boys
27/07/00 - Leah's Ecstasy death: Don't blame me
23/07/00 - Leah: War of words over Essex Boys
19/07/00 - Ex-gangster slams film on killings
17/07/00 - EX-GANGSTER HITS BACK AT TV REPORT
17/07/00 - Boycott film for Leah
16/07/00 - Why must these trendy films glamorise drugs, guns and now my daughter's death?
14/07/00 - Not prepared to go quietly
12/07/00 - Essex Boys book author attacks 'gratuitous' nature of film
11/07/00 - Town gets gangster glitz!
04/07/00 - TV Sean is film's premier attraction
23/05/00 - Police arrest two in gantry protest

25/05/00 - Whomes M25 chains protest
23/05/00 - M25 brought to halt in jail protest
23/05/00 - Protest of innocence brings M25 to a standstill
19/05/00 - Family hope new evidence will clear Jack Whomes of murder
10/05/00 - Tell us truth says grieving mum

30/04/00 - Jailed for life on the word of a liar
30/04/00 - Mr Big behind trail of blood
30/04/00 - How a small time gangster with a shooter became a top international crook with a taste for gold...and murder
20/04/00 - Essex Boy ungagged
18/04/00 - Wife's freedom hope for murderer
17/04/00 - Road rage fiancée fears Noye revenge
17/04/00 - Noye linked to dealer's death
16/04/00 - How many more did he kill?
16/04/00 - Noye to be quizzed on two more murders
15/04/00 - £26m heist 'was a fluke'
14/04/00 - Kenneth Noye - the full story

14/04/00 - MURDER,LIES AND BETRAYAL
14/04/00 - Drugs gang behind murders
13/04/00 - Essex Boys film hits West End
03/03/00 - When you've lived a life of crime, the past can be hard to shake off
03/03/00 - Going straight for sake of family
02/03/00 - In the seedy drugs underworld, friends soon become enemies.
02/03/00 - Hollywood image hides greed and evil
01/03/00 - It's time to free Reg Kray - he wouldn't be a harm to anyone
01/03/00 - Home Office will not take chance - expert
29/02/00 - Father still blames The Firm for girls tragic end
29/02/00 - Leah Betts, ecstasy and how i took cash from dealers in death
28/02/00 - In and out of trouble all his adult life
28/02/00 - 'Gunned down in cold blood and it could have been me'
17/02/00 - DRUGS POLICY CONDEMNED
17/02/00 - Fuss over Leah Betts 'because she was pretty'
10/02/00 - Supergrass has no regrets
10/02/00 - Book blows lid on triple drugs killing
1999
29/10/99 - Killer's family stage court demo
??/09/99 - Former bouncer cleared
26/08/99 - murderer ordered to hand over £2,000
25/08/99 - Killer hit by cannabis deals fine
18/08/99 - Essex murders prompt guidelines on release of bodies
09/08/99 - Supergrass: 'My anguish'
08/08/99 - The real inside snory
06/08/99 - Murder, drugs and Mr X
03/08/99 - New suspects in Rettendon murders
02/08/99 - Bloody revenge and a cosseted supergrass
01/08/99 - British `spy' escapes in Congo prisoners breakout
11/07/99 - Prisoner Cell Bomb H
28/05/99 - Betts hit back
27/05/99 - Leah's parents back drugs plans
17/05/99 - Anger at brother's murder
14/05/99 - Clear my murdered brother
27/04/99 - Wife of convicted Rettendon killer speaks out
27/04/99 - My husband did not kill drug barons
07/03/99 - Prison in the age of the informant
23/02/99 - Supergrass plea over TV documentary ruling
19/02/99 - Supergrass is TV loser
19/02/99 - Supergrass show given provisional green light
19/02/99 - BBC's Rettendon supergrass court victory
18/02/99 - BBC documentary ban lifted
18/02/99 - BBC court plea over supergrass
04/02/99 - Court halts supergrass TV broadcast
03/02/99 - Supergrass living in fear
31/01/99 - I'm the supergrass who doesn't exist ...
26/01/99 - Murders appeal refused
18/01/99 - Escaped ‘spy’ prisoner may be Baddow bouncer
15/01/99 - Man on the run
10/01/99 - Bouncer, criminal, aid worker ... spy?
09/01/99 - Escaped 'spy' was Essex gangster
08/01/99 - British aid worker flees from Congo cell
08/01/99 - 'Aid worker' flees Congo jail shoot-out
08/01/99 - Riddle of Essex man in Congo
1998
09/11/98 - Clown gunman in car snatch drama
31/10/98 - Easy money of drugs costs friends 30 months
30/10/98 - Couple face long jail sentences for their part in cannabis smuggling racket
20/10/98 - Go-ahead for Essex Boys film inspired by Rettendon killings
18/10/98 - STAR TALKS HIS WAY INTO HITMAN MOVIE
28/09/98 - Police award for triple murder probe
23/09/98 - Man dealt with his brother's killer, court told
29/08/98 - Police narrow stabbing suspects down to 2,400
18/07/98 - Gangland killing lifers in new freedom bid
17/07/98 - Family devastated by drugs deaths ruling
17/07/98 - SHOCK FOR RETTENDON MURDERERS
02/04/98 - Acid attack pair jailed
02/04/98 - Bank scam ended as thieves fell out
02/04/98 - Friends became enemies
02/04/98 - Old Bailey jury gets underworld threats
??/??/98 - Acid victim 'was tortured in his car'
05/03/98 - Drug plot assassins get extra 14 years
30/01/98 - 'Hate factory' prison forged crime frenzy
30/01/98 - Executioners jailed for life
30/01/98 - Drugs and the grim graveyards of Essex
25/01/98 - Executed drug baron's jail cell romps
25/01/98 - I'm a dead man
24/01/98 - A horrific murder case this week highlighted
23/01/98 - Smears force club to close
23/01/98 - Triple killings link to £500,000 cannabis find
21/01/98 - The Executioners: Drugs war assassins get life for triple killing
21/01/98 - Life for men who killed dealers in Essex drug sting
21/01/98 - Gangland gunmen get life for farm murders
21/01/98 - Jury put trust in word of criminal
21/01/98 - The lonely lane where death stalked
21/01/98 - Verdict breaks tension
21/01/98 - 'Animals don't deserve to die like Pat did'
21/01/98 - Medium foretold court case
21/01/98 - Dealers warned: Think twice...
21/01/98 - How menace of evil Essex drug barons was wiped out
21/01/98 - Dedicated detectives got 'very good result'
21/01/98 - Murders 'horrify' non-criminal mind
21/01/98 - Mum has no hate for killers
21/01/98 - Trial lays bear murky and ruthless world of the dealers in death
21/01/98 - Life for the hitmen in drugs double cross
21/01/98 - Brinks-Mat robber Tate's pal
21/01/98 - Basildon's other connections with the drug underworld
21/01/98 - Drug barons are laid to rest
21/01/98 - Drug deals that lead to death
28/01/98 - Family devastated by killer's life sentences
21/01/98 - How i caught the killers
21/01/98 - Key witness i'm a liar
21/01/98 - Leah parents were quizzed on murders
21/01/98 - Marshall murder link?
21/01/98 - TV bid to find the truth
21/01/98 - Cold slaughter in the snow
21/01/98 - Three ruthless men who ruled by fear and violence
21/01/98 - Rolfe started life in prison
21/01/98 - Former soldier Tucker lived like a mafia don
21/01/98 - Tate used size to intimidate
21/01/98 - Pizza manager tasted his temper
21/01/98 - Gunman shot him in his bathroom
21/01/98 - Was suicide a gangland drug-fuelled murder?
21/01/98 - Women defend the drug barons
21/01/98 - Tucker's link to boxing champ
21/01/98 - The mobile rang..there was no reply
21/01/98 - Tragic Leah's parents were prime suspects
21/01/98 - Shot drug barons all lived in luxury
21/01/98 - Paul Betts: Give killers a medal
21/01/98 - Lured to their doom
21/01/98 - 'I couldn't kill a sparrow', jurors told
21/01/98 - Bloody end for drugs gang
21/01/98 - The Assassins
21/01/98 - ESSEXDRUG GANG SLAYINGS : THE FIRM - 3-PAGE PULLOUT
20/01/98 - Drug baron and Angel of Death get life for ruthless triple killing
15/01/98 - Jury out in triple murder trial
14/01/98 - Leah club closes
09/01/98 - Treat evidence of supergrass with caution, murder jury told
08/01/98 - Supergrass was duped into being getaway driver
07/01/98 - Warning over informant evidence
05/01/98 - Triple murder trial
??/01/98 - GANGLAND KILLERS JAILED FOR LIFE
1997
17/12/97 - Supergrass lied in court
16/12/97 - 'Syndicate gunman' executed car trio
12/12/97 - Frost and snow put trio in the clear
05/12/97 - Anniversary of murders
05/12/97 - Getaway man's death threat
03/12/97 - Murder trial jury break
02/12/97 - Suspect's tears in the dock
28/11/97 - Suspect was upset
26/11/97 - Murder trial hears of alibi
21/11/97 - Four people quizzed in jury investigation
20/11/97 - Maldon teacher says I saw victims
17/11/97 - Teacher tells court of mystery Sierra
14/11/97 - Jury hears of petrol receipt alibi
14/11/97 - Champagne alibi in Rettendon murder trial
11/11/97 - Tempers flare in triple murder trial
10/11/97 - Fuel bill provides vital defence alibi
08/11/97 - Survival of a superclub
07/11/97 - I was just the go-between, says witness
07/11/97 - Triple murder trial hears of drugs dispute
07/11/97 - Man accused of murdering drug barons gives his side
06/11/97 - Supergrass always on my doorstep
23/10/97 - Solicitor quizzed over evidence
23/10/97 - Solicitor faces trial quiz
22/10/97 - 'Nothing bad about Jack'