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A KNIFE was held to a man’s throat after he was thrown to the ground as he walked home in a terrifying robbery.

Took on a gruelling challenge - Llyam Curtis A teenager walked the equivalent of Pitsea to Liverpool in a month-long charity challenge. Llyam Curtis, from Woodlands School, raised £500 for Prostate Cancer UK as he took on the March the Month virtual walking challenge. The 15-year-old set himself a target of walking the distance from his home in Great Ranton, Pitsea, to Anfield, the home of his beloved Liverpool Football Club. The Woodlands School pupil pledged to record 11,000 steps each day in March and, in doing so, smashed his initial goal. Llyam’s mother, Susana Delgado-Curti...

A PAEDOPHILE hunting group has told how it confronted and detained a man who threatened to stab and rape a girl’s carer.

A PAEDOPHILE hunting group has told how it confronted and detained a man who threatened to stab and rape a girl’s carer. Broken Dreams Awareness has been exposing child sex abusers for a number of years, but they see their confrontation of Karl Henry in Pitsea as a particular success. Henry, 33, of Great Ranton, was jailed on Thursday for five years for sending vile messages to various child profiles run by the group last year, all while serving a community order for previous offences. The group had been planning to pass Henry’s details to the police, but felt they were left with ...

ANOTHER week has gone by and a whole host of vile criminals have been put behind bars. Basildon Crown Court has heard more shocking cases this week, from a man imprisoning his own father, a paedophile threatening rape and two men who robbed a taxi driver. Here is a rundown of the most serious cases heard this week. Kevin Hutchinson and Roy O'Donoghue Kevin Hutchinson, 25, of Appleton Way Wickford and Roy O’Donoghue, 34, of Finchley Road, Westcliff targeted the driver in Appletree Way, Wickford at 2.45am on September 12. The driver was left with bruising and swelling to his face an...