A WOMAN threatened a shopkeeper with a knife after having her card decline to buy booze . before he fought her off with a chair. Justine Roberts has been jailed after she threw a knife at the shopkeeper during the botched robbery at Benfleet Wines, in Kiln Road, Thundersley. During the attack, the shopkeeper was cornered behind a perspex screen in place as part of Covid restrictions, before fighting her off with a chair. Roberts, 46, of Abbotswood, Hadleigh, tried to buy the cider at 8.45pm on February 3, but her card was declined twice. Half an hour later she returned to the store, wearing a hat and face mask, and threatened the shopkeeper with a large kitchen knife, demanding he take cash from the till.
Wickford Harry Hennessy: Family s heartache after care home murder trial clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Paul Wallington (inset) died days after being hit outside the Vine Bar in Brentwood A DATE has been set for a retrial of a bouncer accused of killing a man with a single punch. The trial of Leslie Wiseman, 31, of Whitehouse Meadows, Eastwood, collapsed last week after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Wiseman is accused of the manslaughter of Paul Wallington who was hit outside the Vine Bar in Brentwood High Street on Christmas Day 2018. Mr Wallington died from serious head injuries after his head struck the pavement. Wiseman denies manslaughter, claiming he acted in self-defence when the altercation took place.
Paul Wallington (inset) died from head injuries after being struck outside the Vine Bar in Brentwood High Street in 2018 THE trial of a bouncer charged with killing a man with a single punch has collapsed after a jury failed to reach a verdict. The 11-person jury could not decide whether Leslie Wiseman was guilty of the manslaughter of Paul Wallington, who died shortly after Christmas in 2018. Wiseman, 31, of Whitehouse Meadows, Eastwood, claims he acted in self-defence when he struck Mr Wallington outside the Vine bar in Brentwood High Street shortly after midnight on Christmas Day. Mr Wallington died from serious head injuries several days after the incident.