\n Aryan Noor Ali (left) and Junead Ahmed (right) (Image: Essex Police)\n<\/p>\n
\n East Londoners Aryan Noor Ali and Junead Ahmed were jailed over a \u201csophisticated\u201d plan to break Ahmed and two other crooks out of Chelmsford Prison.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ahmed, 36, of Warley Road, Brentwood, was convicted of fraud in 2023 after admitting to posing as a doctor to rent a property he could not afford and buy a home worth more than \u00a32 million.\n<\/p>\n
\n In June of that year, Ahmed was awaiting sentence for those offences and was on remand at HMP Chelmsford.\n<\/p>\n
\n On June 21, the prison received an email that purported to be from the Royal Courts of Justice, stating that Ahmed was to be released on bail.\n<\/p>\n
\n The order appeared to be genuine, with a number of identifying marks, and the process for release was begun. Later that day, Ahmed was released from prison custody.\n<\/p>\n
\n A day later, the prison received two further emails from the same email address that also included apparent orders for the release of two other prisoners, Adam Mohamed and Charlie Whittaker.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, suspicions were raised and a member of prison staff carried out further checks with the Royal Courts of Justice and found out no release orders had been made for the two men.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ahmed had been incorrectly released and police found out he had contact with his wife Nazash Akhtar, and Whittaker’s mum, Charlotte Whittaker.\n<\/p>\n
\n On June 23, Essex Police officers attended an address in Greenway, Shenfield, to arrest 38-year-old Akhtar.\n<\/p>\n
\n While there, officers had heard suspicious activity in the property, which led them to believe someone may have been finding a hiding place.\n<\/p>\n
\n When officers searched the home, they found Ahmed in the loft, and he was arrested on suspicion of escaping from lawful custody.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ali, 20, of Monteagle Avenue in Barking, was described as the “tech man” behind the scenes throughout the plot.\n<\/p>\n
\n He was sentenced to two years and two months in prison.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ahmed was sentenced to three years and three months in prison.\n<\/p>\n
High street shoplifter<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \n Bradley Barber, 37, of Princes Road, Romford, stole from shops in Upminster, Elm Park and Brentwood.\n<\/p>\n \n The offences took place in Elm Park between September 11 and 17, along with thefts in Upminster on October 27, and at the BP garage in Rayleigh Road in Brentwood.\n<\/p>\n \n Estimated losses from the thefts totalled more than \u00a31,000.\n<\/p>\n \n He was sentenced to 22 weeks in prison and handed a five-year criminal behaviour order (CBO) banning him from the following areas:\n<\/p>\nBradley Barber (Image: BTP)\n<\/p>\n
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