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A man convicted of the “Essex Boys” gangland murders can be released from prison, the Parole Board has said. Michael Steele ...

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.

Patrick Tate, Anthony Tucker and Craig Rolfe all died in a 1995 gangland killing (Essex Police/PA) PA Archive A Parole Board panel decided to free Steele, now in his 80s, as his imprisonment was ...

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 ...