In Essex, the convictions of the two individuals known as the Essex Boys murderers are currently under review once again, according to the BBC. Jack Whomes and Michael Steele were sentenced to life in prison in 1998 for the murders of Craig Rolfe, Tony Tucker, and Pat Tate in a Range Rover near Chelmsford. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has confirmed that they have received appeal applications and are conducting a thorough review of the case.
The Parole Board recently approved the release of 82-year-old Michael Steele from prison, four years after Jack Whomes was freed. A CCRC spokesperson stated that no further comments would be made while the applications are being reviewed. The triple gangland executions on a farm track in Rettendon served as inspiration for the 2000 film Essex Boys and various other documentaries and books exploring its connections to the 1990s rave scene.
David McKelvey, a retired Met Police detective chief inspector involved in the original investigations, expressed his firm belief that the wrong men had been convicted. McKelvey, now a private investigator, claimed to be in constant receipt of new evidence in the case. He emphasized the presence of crucial evidence within Essex Police’s systems at the time that could definitively identify the real perpetrators of the crime. Despite arresting Darren Nicholls, the individual turned supergrass, McKelvey condemned Nicholls’s witness testimony as containing blatant falsehoods. A spokesperson for Essex Police confirmed that they will collaborate with the CCRC and remain open to reviewing any new information in the case that has spanned 27 years
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