In today's Gazette: Dad jailed for aiding killer son

In today's Gazette: A shotgun killer's dad has been jailed for three and a half years for helping his son evade police.

Michael Bulat, 61, moved a van which his son Darren Jewell had used in the murder of Anthony Prickett and lied to police.

* Colchester United has backed the Gazette's anti-knife campaign.

U's players Karl Duguid and Michael Rose met Caroline Shearer, the mother of murdered teenager Jay Whiston, to back her call for a clampdown on knife crime.

* The family of a man found dead in a churchyard say mental health services let him down. A coroner ruled a cocktail of prescription drugs caused Bruce Moorcroft's death.

* A cabbie took his disabled passenger to her destination - despite being told his house was on fire.

 

For more on these and other great stories, see today's Gazette. There is always more in the paper than there is online.

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