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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Father of man found dead in cement mixer loses High Court challenge against Essex Police

Tanya Balkwell/PA

The father of a man whose body was found in a cement mixer has lost a High Court challenge against Essex Police over the investigation into his death.

Lee Balkwell, a 33-year-old lorry driver, was found dead on 18 July 2002 on Baldwins Farm in South Ockendon, with his head and shoulders wedged between the chassis and the drum of a cement mixer, inside which he had supposedly been working in the small hours of the morning.

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