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 and lost two teeth in the attack while the pair stole his phone.
A TAXI driver was strangled with a phone charger while being branded a paedophile by two thugs who threatened to kill him. 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. At Basildon Crown Court yesterday, Hutchinson was sentenced to 10 years in prison while O’Donoghue was handed an 11 year and four month sentence. The driver was left with bruising and swelling to his face and lost two teeth in the attack while the pair stole his phone. Within hours of the report, both men were in police custody after officers were able to identify Hutchinson as one of the men seen carrying out the attack, which was caught on the taxi driver’s internal camera.