Shabana Mahmood is calling on the Parole Board to reconsider releasing Michael Steele, who was given a life sentence in 1998 ...

Michael Steele was jailed for life in 1998 for the gangland murders of Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe, which he denied ...

Steele and Jack Whomes, 63, were convicted in 1998 of shooting dead drug dealers Pat Tate, 37, Tony Tucker, 38, and Craig Rolfe, 26, in a row over a drugs deal in December 1995. But Steele's ...

Michael Steele, 82, and Jack Whomes, 63, were convicted of killing three drug dealers with a shotgun 30 years ago. Steele was finally cleared for release this month while Whomes has been out of ...

It is believed they were blasted with shotguns by Steele and Jack Whomes, 63, the night before in a row over a drugs deal. The discovery of the gangster’s bodies was less than three weeks after ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood wants the Parole Board to reconsider the release of the convicted triple killer.

Michael Steele, 82, was jailed for life alongside Jack Whomes, of Brockford, in January 1998 for his role in the triple shooting of of Patrick Tate, Anthony Tucker and Craig Rolfe in Rettendon ...

Jack Whomes, left, and Michael Steele were jailed in 1998, and Steele is now due to be released from prison The convictions of the two so-called Essex Boys murderers are being reviewed again ...

Michael Steele (left), pictured with Jack Whomes, is to be freed (Essex Police/PA) A man convicted of the “Essex Boys” gangland murders can be released from prison, the Parole Board has said.

Jack Whomes (left) and Michael Steele were jailed in 1998 The key witness in convicting the suspects - Jack Whomes and Michael Steele - was police informer and so-called supergrass Darren Nicholls ...