Essex Police say the triple murder of Patrick Tate, Tony Tucker and Craig Rolfe in 1995 has been 'exhaustively examined' over the years. But private investigators believe the two men convicted did not carry out the gangland shooting - and have met others who claim they were involved.
L-R: Patrick Tate, Tony Tucker and Craig Rolfe died in the 1995 triple gangland killing which came to be known as the Essex Boys murderIt has been almost 30 years since one of the UK's most notorious murder cases - the gangland shooting of three drug dealers whose bodies were found in a Range Rover parked up on farmland in a small village in Essex.
Now, private investigators from the firm TM Eye, who began looking into the case in 2020, have told Sky News they have uncovered evidence that casts doubt on the convictions. They believe the real killer has walked free. But they believe the case against Whomes and Steele rested largely on the testimony of a man called Darren Nicholls.In May 1996, the man then known as Darren Nicholls was arrested on suspicion of possessing a large amount of cannabis that had been imported into Clacton from the Netherlands.
Albert Patrick, another former detective who worked on the private investigation, says:"You have got to be ultra careful when you're dealing with the evidence of another criminal against a criminal, as simple as that." This man was interviewed by Essex Police shortly after the deaths, the TM Eye investigators say, but his account was not taken any further.
Towards the end of their investigation, they spoke to another anonymous witness who tells them he organised the hit.
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