ESSEX Boys triple killer Michael ‘Angel of Death’ Steele is set to be released from prison within weeks. The 81-year-old, convicted of murdering three drug dealers found shot dead inside a Range

A man convicted of the so-called Essex Boys murders will be released from prison on licence, the Parole Board has said. Michael Steele was given a life sentence in 1998 after drug dealers Craig Rolfe, Tony Tucker and Pat Tate were found shot dead in a Range Rover near Chelmsford three years earlier.

A man convicted of the “Essex Boys” gangland murders can be released from prison, the Parole Board has said. Michael Steele was jailed for life in 1998 for the killings of Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe, which he denied, alongside co-defendant Jack Whomes.

Michael Steele was jailed for life in 1998 after three men were shot dead at point blank range in a row over a drug deal.