Don't miss today's Echo for an exclusive report about police failings during an investigation into the death of a man found dead on a cement mixer.
During the inquiry into the death of Lee Balkwell on a south Essex industrial estate in 2002, evidence was destroyed before forensic tests, statements were not obtained from witnesses and there was poor interviewing of a suspect, according to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Full story in Thursday's Echo.
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