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.

Michael Steele, 81, is set to be released from prison within weeks, despite continuing to claim he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice over the 1995 murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, E

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.

The convictions of the two so-called Essex Boys murderers are being reviewed again, the BBC can reveal. Jack Whomes and Michael Steele were given life sentences in 1998 for shooting dead Craig Rolfe,

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,