Essex Boys murderer Michael Steele’s release is blocked | Global News Avenue

Attorney General Shabana Mahmood tried to stop the release of a convicted killer who committed the alleged murder of Essex boys gangsters.

Michael Steele, 82, was sentenced in 1998 to sentence drug dealers Craig Rolfe, Tony Tucker and Pat Tate were shot dead in a Range Rover in Rettendon near Chelmsford three years ago.

In February, the parole board announced Steele (never admitted to the murder) – Can be released.

But Mahmood asked it to rethink. Steele’s release will be blocked when the decision is reviewed.

The case was called the “Essex Boy Murder” and has become the subject of numerous TV series, movies, documentaries and books that study its links to other high-profile homicides and 1990s carnivals.

Mahmood and Lord Chancellor hope that Steele’s release was again a reason for the parole board’s decision to be “legally unreasonable”.

“Our idea is still the family of Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe,” a spokesperson for the Justice Department said.

“Public protection is our top priority.

“After careful consideration, the Prime Minister asked the parole board to reconsider its decision to release Michael Steele from prison.”

Jack Whoes, who previously lived in Brockford near Stowmarket in Suffolk, was also sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, but his prison term was reduced in 2018 and he was released in 2021.

Steele heard how the three victims were in a row on December 6, 1995 at the 1998 trial.

At the time, he was 55 years old, convicted of murder from Great Bentley near Colchester and conspired to import drugs into the UK.

His minimum prison term is set at 23 years, which expires in 2019, but the parole board has been concerned about the risk of his re-offending.