| 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 |
| 2009 |
| 29/11/09 - BIG MONEY, COCAINE. . AND DEATH |
| 29/11/09 - THE SUPER GRASS |
| 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' |
| 22/10/97
- Ex-boss's praise for
murder suspect |
| 21/10/97
- Pat blamed me for
attempt on his life |
| 21/10/97
- Drug baron had blamed
witness for shooting |
| 17/10/97
- Tears of drugs baron's
mistress |
| 13/10/97
- Triple murder trial
told of IRA terror |
| 10/10/97
- Victim's lover unable
to appear |
| 09/10/97
- Witness in murder
trial can't go to court |
| 07/10/97
- Supergrass played cards
with detectives, court told |
| 07/10/97
- Drink and computer
games in cell claim |
| 06/10/97
- Police tactics are questioned
in court |
| 03/10/97
- Girlfriend tells of
threatening telephone calls |
| 26/09/97
- Supergrass i was duped |
| 26/09/97
- Officer was bribed by
supergrass |
| 22/09/97
- Court story of a gang
love-cheat |
| 19/09/97
- Star witness was drugs
mastermind |
| 19/09/97
- Supergrass denies murder
involvement |
| 18/09/97
- Officers posed as cheated
drug gang |
| 17/09/97
- Star witness confused |
| 17/09/97
- I've fired shotgun
in past, 'grass' tells murder trial |
| 17/09/97
- Main witness admits
being 'very confused' |
| 16/09/97
- Star witness is a
persistent liar |
| 15/09/97
- Tables are turned on
police supergrass |
| 12/09/97
- 'I did illicit deals
with corrupt cop' |
| 11/09/97
- Chance meeting lead
to murders - jury told |
| 11/09/97
- Timetable to the shootings |
| 11/09/97
- The moment i knew someone
was dead |
| 11/09/97
- Grass' tells of shootings |
| 10/09/97
- Alleged assassin seething
over bad drugs con |
| 10/09/97
- Jail meeting lead to
drug gang shooting |
| 09/09/97
- Forensic scientist
describes how trio were killed |
| 09/09/97
- Barons horrific gunshot
injuries |
| 08/09/97
- Lawyers seize on police
discrepancies |
| 05/09/97
- Farm hand tells of
finding trio shot dead |
| 05/09/97
- Men executed in cold
blood |
| 05/09/97
- Farmer's shock over
gun blast bodies |
| 04/09/97
- Getaway driver told
police of killings |
| 04/09/97
- Murder trial told of
angel of death |
| 04/09/97
- Drug barons were
lured to their death, jury told |
| 04/09/97
- Bricklayer's horror
at gun-blasted bodies |
| 03/09/97
- Slain drug kings 'tricked' |
| 03/09/97
- Men killed in drug trap |
| 03/09/97
- Jury told that drug
barons were executed |
| 03/09/97
- Drug row trio 'rubbed
out' |
| 03/09/97
- The deadly sting |
| 09/08/97
- Baron's horrific gunshot
injuries |
| 19/05/97
- 'Leah dealer' booted
off holiday isle |
| 18/04/97
- Leah's stepmum writes
book |
| 17/04/97
- Insight into Leah tragedy |
| 17/04/97
- Stepmother gives her
account of Leah tragedy |
| 17/04/97
- My pals paid the ultimate
price for dealing in drugs |
| 16/04/97
- Exposing this evil |
| 16/04/97
- Are your children safe
tonight |
| 11/04/97
- Dad protests as book
uses Leah's Photo |
| 11/04/97
- Regrets of doorman who
barred Leah |
| 10/04/97
- Ecstasy and Leah Betts
: the bouncer's tale |
| 10/04/97
- Bouncer tells of his
regrets over teenager's ecstasy death |
| 08/04/97
- Leah book cover change |
| 08/04/97
- Picture of Leah must
be taken off book |
| 07/04/97
- Row over new book and
picture |
| 07/04/97
- Father's fury as Leah's
photo is used on bouncer's book |
| 05/04/97
- Leah dad's anger at
drug book |
| 04/03/97
- Close all rave clubs
says Leah bouncer |
| 01/03/97
- The deadly facts that
nail the Ecstasy lie |
| 01/03/97
- Youth freed again
in Leah Betts Ecstasy trial |
| 01/03/97
- I'm no drug fiend |
| 01/03/97
- Friend cleared of
supplying Leah Betts with Ecstasy |
| 01/03/97
- Who really killed Leah
Betts? |
| 01/03/97
- Teenager cleared in
Leah Betts drug trial |
| 28/02/97
- Second trial for teenager |
| 28/02/97
- Leah tragedy threw
spotlight on drug peril |
| 27/02/97
- Man denies part in
getting Leah drugs |
| 27/02/97
- Leah drug trial sees
club video |
| 26/02/97
- No drugs problem says
club boss |
| 25/02/97
- Friendship network gave
Ecstasy to Leah |
| 07/01/97
- Range Rover murder
case: Pair denying killing men |
| 06/01/97
- Triple murder informant
branded a 'Judas' |
| 1996 |
| 20/12/96
- Club shares guilt |
| 18/12/96
- Evil Mr Big whose ecstasy
killed Leah |
| 18/12/96
- Jury fails to agree
on Leah death |
| 18/12/96
- When will it all be
over? |
| 18/12/96
- The chain of death
that led to a teenager called Leah |
| 18/12/96
- Leah Betts case jury
is discharged |
| 15/12/96
- Drug dealers back
in business as Leah death club re-opens |
| 14/12/96
- Victim attacked pizza
manager |
| 14/12/96
- Tate had been targeted
before |
| 14/12/96
- Drugs turned car dealer
into a villain |
| 13/12/96
- I name Leah drug dealer |
| 13/12/96
- Ecstasy re-trial ordered |
| 12/12/96
- Murder link in Leah case |
| 12/12/96
- Leah's killer named |
| 11/12/96
- Leah 'ignored warning
over ecstasy tablets' |
| 11/12/96
- Web of death |
| 05/12/96
- Murdered doing his job |
| 05/12/96
- Tears and tributes
for a gentle giant |
| 09/11/96
- Close drugs clubs urge
Leah parents |
| 25/08/96
- News of the world
solves poison jab murder riddle |
| 12/08/96
- Customs blunder sets
trio free |
| 29/05/96
- Doorman dies in pub stabbing |
| 24/05/96
- Copycat gang killing
of dad, 34 |
| 24/05/96
- Rettendon killings two
men charged |
| 24/05/96
- Drug murders two charged |
| 24/05/96
- Killer left £5,000
in victim's vehicle |
| 23/05/96
- Body in car link to
road rage killer |
| 23/05/96
- Police probe 'GANG KILLING' |
| 20/05/96
- Two charged over killings |
| 20/05/96
- Six face court accused
of conspiracy to import drugs |
| 20/05/96
- Rettendon murders :
2 charged |
| 20/05/96
- Armed guard as men accused
of murdering drug dealers |
| 20/05/96
- Detectives on drugs
charges facing another accusation |
| 19/05/96
- Jail guard for accused
cops |
| 19/05/96
- Basildon Badlands |
| 17/05/96
- Dragnet |
| 16/05/96
- Three held over drugs
shooting |
| 16/05/96
- Six accused men are
remanded in custody |
| 15/05/96
- Cops quizzed after swoop |
| 15/05/96
- Six men held on drug
charges |
| 15/05/96
- Drugs raid police hold
Tate's brother |
| 15/05/96
- Police arrest two officers |
| 10/03/96
- The Informer |
| 07/03/96
- THE HIT |
| 05/03/96
- Scandal of Leah's liver
swap |
| 04/03/96
- My tears for best pal
Leah |
| 01/03/96
- Drug war alert |
| 01/03/96
- Crime smear on town |
| 29/02/96
- Tragedies and cases
of horrific torture continue to make the headlines |
| 29/02/96
- Don't brand Essex the
drug capital |
| 29/02/96
- 'Jealous drugs boss
shot his own pal' |
| 23/02/96
- The crazed drugs giant
who had to die |
| 22/02/96
- This is Leah's life |
| 16/02/96
- Cops seize man and a
machine gun in ecstasy wipeout swoop |
| 08/02/96
- Club denies boss resigned
over Leah |
| 07/02/96
- My son and his ecstasy
mates were massacred in revenge for poison jab murder |
| 05/02/96
- Leah's photo hijacked
to back Ecstasy |
| 02/02/96
- Leah took drug before |
| 01/02/96
- Leah had taken ecstasy
before, inquest told |
| 01/02/96
- Mum tells inquest
of ecstasy girl's dying moments |
| ??/02/96
- The Leah Betts Story |
| 19/01/96
- Window leap to escape
vicious beating |
| 19/01/96
- Evil young 'TSAR'S' terror
reign |
| 15/01/96
- My son was no drugs
baron |
| 12/01/96
- Stop this evil drug |
| 11/01/96
- Will drug barons carry
on dealing? |
| 11/01/96
- Drug gang court told
of tortures |
| 10/01/96
- Drug tsar goes down |
| 08/01/96
- Two to appear in court |
| 1995 |
| ??/??/95
- Behind the peace
and love of rave culture is big money and big crime |
| 28/12/95
- Last journey for murder
victims |
| 26/12/95
- Ecstasy girl Leah's
gift for 6 |
| 15/12/95
- Drug War |
| 14/12/95
- Fears of reprisal on
drug killings |
| 13/12/95
- How do you want to die
a single shot, or piece by piece with an axe |
| 12/12/95
- Hunt for triple killer
goes on |
| 11/12/95
- Killings maybe just
a start |
| 11/12/95
- Tates mad attack over
pizza put man in hospital |
| 11/12/95
- Another victim of gang
gunman |
| 11/12/95
- Police warn of gang
war after drug murders |
| 09/12/95
- Murdered by a hitman |
| 09/12/95
- Teenagers charged with
drug offences |
| 09/12/95
- Gun Deaths: No Leah link |
| 09/12/95
- High life of flashy Tony |
| 09/12/95
- Crook's dodgy motors |
| 09/12/95
- Monster beat up diner
boss over a pizza |
| 09/12/95
- Only their mums will
miss these evil beasts |
| 09/12/95
- Murder of mister muscles |
| 09/12/95
- 'E' gang made £1m |
| 09/12/95
- Lover's tears for murdered
drugs baron |
| 08/12/95
- Drugs link in gangland
executions |
| 08/12/95
- 3 shot dead in Leah
E wars |
| 08/12/95
- Ecstasy barons are executed
in lane |
| 08/12/95
- My shock, by gun victim's
ex-partner |
| 08/12/95
- 3 shot dead in drug
trap BLOWN AWAY! |
| 08/12/95
- Murdered drugs men
linked to Leah death |
| 08/12/95
- Gangland clue to men
shot dead in Range Rover |
| 08/12/95
- Horror on farm track
as three men are shot in Range Rover |
| 08/12/95
- Trio lured to their
deaths |
| 08/12/95
- Villagers shattered
by triple shootings on thier doorstep |
| 08/12/95
- They looked so
peaceful, then i saw they'd all been shot |
| 08/12/95
- Hitman swaps sides |
| 08/12/95
- 3 Ecstasy barons blasted
to death |
| 02/12/95
- We are all to blame |
| 02/12/95
- Rose strangled by a weed |
| 01/12/95
- Drugs seized in dawn
raids |
| 27/11/95
- Bouncer quits club in
Ecstacy tragedy |
| 22/11/95
- LEAH BETTS DIED OF
DRINKING WATER TO COUNTER DRUG'S EFFECT |
| 20/11/95
- Taxis snub stab victim |
| 20/11/95
- Hunt on for the Ecstasy
pusher |
| 19/11/95
- News of the World
tape may trap Leah's killer |
| 17/11/95
- Our tears for pal Leah |
| 17/11/95
- Photo plea over Leah |
| 17/11/95
- Leah is dead but
it is bearable because she can help others |
| 16/11/95
- Leah is dead |
| 15/11/95
- Drug that put girl
in coma was pure |
| 15/11/95
- Doctors baffled by Leah
drug collapse |
| 14/11/95
- Beware.. a poignant
plea to all |
| 14/11/95
- She was nothing
special but she was special to us.. we have to stamp this
evil out |
| 14/11/95
- I love her and i'm
going to lose her |
| 14/11/95
- Greedy drugs bosses
who put kids in danger |
| 14/11/95
- Waltz with dad.. minutes
later she collapsed |
| 14/11/95
- We're going to lose her |
| 14/11/95
- I dealt kids pure poison |
| 13/11/95
- Poison ecstasy put
copper's girl in a coma |
| 13/11/95
- One £10
tablet could end leah's life.. what sort of buzz is that
for god's sake |
| 13/11/95
- LOOK WHAT DRUGS DO |
| 13/11/95
- Contaminated drugs girl
critically ill |
| 13/11/95
- SO THIS IS ECSTASY? |
| 03/11/95
- £500,000 drugs
were 'dropped from aircraft' |
| 06/10/95
- Clown was set to kill |
| 12/04/95
- At the court of Reg Kray |
| 09/04/95
- Ghouls snorted coke
off Ronnies Kray's coffin |
| 06/04/95
- Club man is bailed after
arrest |
| 30/03/95
- Wanted man takes taxi
to police station |
| 23/02/95
- Leah's parents launch
drugs action charity |
| 30/01/95
- My son was murdered |
| ??/01/95
- Disco attack youth may
lose eye |
| ??/??/95
- Bouncer blasted in
the back outside pub |
| 1994 |
| 04/12/94
- Prison fear that drove
Buster to hang himself |
| 01/12/94
- Odd behaviour pair sought |
| 22/11/94
- Police in death plea |
| 17/11/94
- Car dealer cleared in
drugs case |
| 13/11/94
- It's Reg E Kray! |
| ??/11/94
- Early bed for violent
town |
| 24/01/94
- Man shot down in front
of wife |
| 1993 |
| 16/09/93
- Attacker hunted after
man punched to ground |
| 20/01/93
- Court refuses 'binding'
order |
| 1992 |
| 21/10/92
- Nightclub bouncers to
take exams |
| 15/10/92
- Prisons do not deter |
| 25/05/92
- Builder accused of
murder bid |
| 25/05/92
- Shooting drama for bouncer |
| 24/05/92
- DISCO MEN ESCAPE IN
GUN TERROR |
| 20/01/92
- Police injured as youths
fight |
| 1991 |
| 22/12/91
- Chippendales punch-up |
| 01/11/91
- Gun-in-mouth torture
of Krays pal |
| 22/10/91
- ‘Gang abduction’
victim found at Glasgow hospital |
| 18/10/91
- Kray friend missing
after street attack |
| 26/09/91
- Q. Who is the prettiest
girl in Essex? A. Not Tracey |
| ??/02/91
- Look what happens
when you go to llford! |
| 1990 |
| ??/??/90
- Kray twins lend a
high-tech hand |
| 1989 |
| ??/??/89
- Headless body: Killer
jailed for ten years |
| 04/11/89
- The Firm |
| 04/11/89
- Beasts hacked off his
head and hands |
| 1988 |
| 30/12/88
- Dangerous prisoner escapes
courthouse |
| 22/12/88
- Robbery Charges |
| 1969 |
| 20/03/69
- Murder trial for lovers |
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