Loughton: Family pay tribute to "beautiful and kind-hearted soul"
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Update: Monday 8 July, 11am:
The family of a man who died after suffering serious injuries in an incident in Loughton have paid tribute to a “beautiful and kind-hearted soul”.
We are continuing to investigate reports of a serious assault in Willingale Road on Wednesday 3 July.
Following a call to us at around 10.20pm, officers attended an address and found a man had suffered serious injuries.
He was taken on to hospital, but sadly later died on Thursday 4 July.
Although formal identification has yet to take place, we are now in a position to name him as 60-year-old John Bain.
His family continue to be supported by specialist officers.
"sadly missed by us all"
In a statement, his family said:
“Our brother, John, will be remembered by us all as a beautiful and kind-hearted soul.
"He was known as Johnny to his friends and family.
"He will be sadly missed by us all.
"Fly high Johnny, we love you.”
Georgia Wildman, 30, of Mornington Road, Loughton, is charged with murdering John and is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court today (Monday 8 July).
Our enquiries are ongoing and we would continue to appeal for anyone with information on this incident to get in touch.
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Please cite incident 1243 of 3 July.
UPDATE: Sunday 7 July, 12.40pm:
A woman has been charged with murder as part of an ongoing investigation into the death of a man.
Our Serious Crime Directorate has been continuing its enquiries into reports of a serious assault in Willingale Road, Loughton, at around 10.20pm on Wednesday 3 July.
A man, aged in his 60s, was taken on to hospital with serious injuries.
He sadly died on Thursday 4 July.
Specialist officers are supporting the man’s family.
Following this work, a charge of murder was secured against Georgia Wildman, 30, of Mornington Road, Loughton.
She is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Monday 8 July.
Our enquiries are ongoing and we would continue to appeal for anyone with information on this incident to get in touch.
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Friday 5 July:
Detectives from our Serious Crime Directorate have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man.
We were called to reports of a serious assault in Willingale Road, Loughton, at around 10.20pm on Wednesday 3 July.
A man in his 60s was taken to hospital with serious injuries. He sadly died on Thursday 4 July.
We are supporting the man’s family.
A 30-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody.
Our enquiries our ongoing.
Anyone with information on this incident should contact us as soon as possible.
You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week.
It can be found at the bottom right of our homepage at www.essex.police.uk.
Please cite incident 1243 of 3 July.
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