Man appears in court after violent Grays High Street incident. Victim is out of hospital

By Nub News Reporter 14th Mar 2026

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A MAN has appeared in court following an incident in Grays.

Police were called shortly after 10.30am on Friday, 13 March to High Street, Grays, following reports of a fight involving a group of people.

It was reported that several items were used as weapons during the incident, including a glass bottle and a guitar.

Thurrock officers responded quickly and located an injured man who had sustained a head injury. He was taken to hospital for treatment but has since been released.

Aaron Keenan, 29, of no fixed abode in Norfolk was arrested on Friday in connection with the investigation and charged with criminal damage at a business premises on High Street.

He was remanded into police custody to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court today (Saturday, 14 March) where he pleaded guilty to urinating inside the premises, causing a health hazard. He was fined £250.

Two men, 33 and 36, who were arrested on suspicion of GBH with intent have both been bailed to return on 20 May.

A 32-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of GBH with intent has been released without charge.

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Grays really is going downhill fast. I can't walk thru Grays Town Centre without being acosted by someone trying to get me to move energy supplier (I just tell them food & drink works for me) or subscribe to some charity (same people every week, but the charity changes). Then at weekends I'm blasted by happy clappy churches on their megaphones telling me to repent. Perhaps the council should declare the town centre a 'no chugging quiet zone' and let shoppers go about their business unmollested for a change!