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by Rob Mellett

THE mother of convicted killer Jack Whomes has blasted new gangster film EssexBoys for obscuring the truth behind the Rettendon Range Rover murders. Angry Pam Whomes slammed the movie after attending the premiere at Southend Odeon on Monday.

Essex Boys is loosely based around the 1995 gangland execution of local drugs barons Pat Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony Tucker. Whomes, 39, is currently serving three life sentences in Whitemoor prison after being convicted by the evidence of supergrass Darren Nicholls.

Mum-of-six Pam, from Suffolk, condemned the film for creating a fictional account of the events leading up to the Rettendon killings. "It bore no resemblance to the true story whatsoever. I didn't enjoy it, they should have stuck to the facts.

"Although Essex Boys didn't do our campaign to free Jack that much harm it was an awful film, full of violence." She had hoped the film would make people closely associated with the Rettendon murders break their silence and tell police who really murdered Tate, Rolfe and Tucker, but now she isn't so sure.

"I would be amazed if anybody actually paid to go and see Essex Boys because all it does is make villains out to be heroes." Pam also met up with Essex Boys author Bernard O'Mahoney, who claims his book is the true life account of what really happened at Rettendon.

She added: "It was nice to meet Bernie. He was a real gentleman and I must thank him for all the support he has given us over the last few years." Last week Jack Whomes' brother John, 38, and friend Peter Ager, 33, were both charged under Section 22a of the Road Traffic Act for causing a danger to road users.

The charges follow their M25 motorway protest in which they lashed themselves to a gantry straddling the London orbital early last month. They will appear at Basildon magistrates court on July 27.