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A COMMON thread runs through the three Colchester murder trials heard in 2021.

A murder trial is nearing its conclusion after Murdoch Brown was fatally stabbed in Greenstead, Colchester, in May 2019 A BARRISTER in a murder trial sarcastically referred to her client as notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar as she summed up her case to a jury. Murdoch Brown, 31, was stabbed in the leg in Buffett Way, Greenstead, Colchester, in May 2019 before he died. The prosecution alleges Toyn Williams was the “organiser” – the man at the top of the JR county drug line who ordere...

Murdoch Brown who died after being stabbed A DRUG dealing line which controlled with “an iron fist” had a man stabbed as part of an attempt to “teach a lesson” to users who build up a debt, a court heard. Murdoch Brown, 31, died after being stabbed multiple times in the leg in Buffett Way, Colchester, in May 2019. A murder trial at Chelmsford Crown Court is entering its final stages. In her closing speech, prosecutor Tracy Ayling said the workings of a county line operation had ...

Murder accused describes life or death struggle with knife A DRUG runner lashed out with a knife in self defence in a life or death struggle with a man who would later die of stab wounds, a court heard. Reece McHutcherson, 20, said he feared he was going to die during a confrontation with Murdoch Brown in Greenstead, Colchester, in May 2019. Taking to the witness box during the fourth week of a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, McHutcherson described how he had agreed to take up a job for ...

Much missed: Murdoch Brown was stabbed three times in Buffett Way, Greenstead, in May 2019 THE brother of stabbing victim Murdoch Brown told a jury he was approached and warned not to give evidence in court. Murdoch Brown died after he was stabbed three times in Buffett Way, Colchester, on May 7, 2019. Three people were charged with murdering Mr Brown, 31, and are standing trial. Toyn Williams, 29, of Winchester Road, Hale End, in East London, Jay Dice, 23, of Mayville, Leyonstone, and ...

A COURT heard how a father who was fatally stabbed had been trying to help his brother who owned money to drug dealers.

He said he made a phone call to JR and a meeting was arranged on the estate.  The two brothers walked to Greenstead and waited in Avon Way, at the junction with Buffett Way. Mr Brown said “two lads” appeared around the corner. He identified one of the individuals as a male he knew only as “Jack”, and the other as a young, black male he did not know, aged around 17. “Jack said ‘come on, let’s go’, and gestured for us to come down Buffett Way,” he said. Mr Brown sa...

A COURT heard how a father who was fatally stabbed had been trying to help his brother who owned money to drug dealers.

He said he made a phone call to JR and a meeting was arranged on the estate.  The two brothers walked to Greenstead and waited in Avon Way, at the junction with Buffett Way. Mr Brown said “two lads” appeared around the corner. He identified one of the individuals as a male he knew only as “Jack”, and the other as a young, black male he did not know, aged around 17. “Jack said ‘come on, let’s go’, and gestured for us to come down Buffett Way,” he said. Mr Brown sa...

A FATHER screamed “that’s enough” as he was fatally stabbed, a court has heard.