An organised group have orchestrated several ‘distraction thefts’ to steal money straight from people's pockets in Braintree and Chelmsford.

A PROLIFIC Basildon shoplifter has been jailed after being caught stealing by plain-clothed police officers in a city centre store. Jennifer Clough, 40, has been jailed for four weeks after a ...

A prolific Basildon shoplifter has been jailed after being caught stealing by plain-clothed police officers in a Chelmsford city centre store ...

The court heard that the pair were spotted by a TCT officer in Boots in the High Chelmer shopping centre picking up several items before leaving the store without paying. They were immediately ...

3 Cornhill, High Chelmer Shopping Centre, CHELMSFORD, Essex. CM1 1XE ...