A SECOND person has been arrested in connection with the investigation into the murder of Grays man Robert Powell.

Mr Powell, 50, died after he was shot multiple times from a car on Water Lane in Roydon near Harlow on Saturday, 13 June.

A 30-year-old man from Epping was arrested yesterday (Wednesday, 15 July) on suspicion of assisting an offender. He remains in police custody.

He is the second person to be arrested in connection with the murder investigation.

A 33-year-old woman from London was arrested last week, Wednesday 8 July, on suspicion of assisting an offender and has since been released under investigation.

If you have information about Mr Powell's death, police ask you go pass it on via this linkor alternatively you contact independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.