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Ranging from paedophiles to robbers, the cases heard this week have been wide ranging. Here is a rundown of the key cases heard this week. Sean Stifman Stifman, 31, previously of Norwich Avenue, Southend, has been jailed for four years and must serve six years on licence. Basildon Crown Court was told he was speaking to an undercover police officer, posing as a child. However, he had only been released from prison three weeks before. He had a mobile phone and was using social media, despite being ordered not to. During the hearing at Basildon Crown Court, Stifman admitted the c...

THE son of a war hero was robbed of his father’s medals and hundreds of pounds at gun point by an armed gang. The victim, who lived in a shared house in Basildon, was robbed by Faye Ardley, 35, Michael Hayes, 36, and another woman in May last year. The trio ambushed the victim, luring him outside his home before forcing their way inside with a “pistol” and threatening him. Prosecuting, Marc Brown said: “At about 5pm on May 5 the victim’s housemate told him there was a girl outside to see him. When he went to the door Ardley and other woman and Hayes were there.

A POLICE inspector has slammed a "callous" robber who preyed on elderly people for drug money. Det Insp Stewart Eastbrook said the ten year prison sentence for Carly Clough showed "how serious her crimes were" in Basildon. The 26-year-old of Town Square, Basildon carried out two robberies and four thefts, the most serious of which saw her hold a weapon to a 98-year-old woman's throat and scream for money. Det Insp Eastbrook said: “Clough callously targeted her elderly victims by claiming to need help, and then took advantage of their kindness to rob and steal from them. “She pu...