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offers Rebekah Vardy

WAGs to flog

posh gear in

charity sale

PREMIER League WAGs
are selling designer gear
and children’s clothes to
raise cash for charity.
Jamie Vardy’s wife
Rebekah, 37, is among the
partners donating to the
online jumble sale.
The mum-of-five is
offering more than 100 of
their kids’ items – includ-
ing Dolce & Gabbana
dungarees for £65 and
Fendi sandals at £75.
It is hoped that the
sale, on April 24, will raise
more than £500,000.
The idea is the
brainchild of former
Chelsea goalie’s partner
Anoeskcka Gianotto.
She said: “This can be
the new luxury.”
Leicester striker Vardy is
also among stars donating
memorabilia for charity
Footballers4Change.

By rUKI sAYID
Consumer Editor

P roUD Graham & his house

DIY dad uses

YouTube vids

to build home

A DIY novice built his
dream home for £140,000
using YouTube videos.
Graham Harley, 51, who
taught himself roofing
and plastering, spent 10
years constructing a
five-bedroom bungalow
in Ringwood, Hants.
The IT worker lived with
partner Mandie, 48, and
her two sons in a caravan
during the build – and they
even had a baby in the
middle of the project.
Graham, who eventually
quit his job to concentrate
on the home, said: “I’d
work as long as the light
allowed. Everything took
longer because I was
learning. I looked stuff up
online and in books.”
The family moved into
the home in 2017 and work
was finished in 2018.
The average house price
in their area is £450,000.

By JoNATHAN CoLes

ESSEX BOYS KILLER

IS SET TO BE FREED

to have his conviction overturned.

His application is thought to include

details of a Scotland Yard bugging

operation which recorded a gangster

offering to “take out” the dealers

who supplied Leah Betts.

Tucker, Tate and Rolfe controlled

the supply of ecstasy in the Basildon

club where the tablet was bought.

Pictures of Leah in a coma

sparked a national outcry.

Steele and Whomes

were convicted on

evidence from

convicted fraudster

Darren Nicholls, who

claimed to have been

their getaway driver.

Detectives spent

30 hours questioning

Nicholls, but with the

tape recorder turned off,

and Steele and Whomes’

lawyers claimed he had

fabricated the story.

London villain Billy

Jasper had already

admitted being the

real driver, telling

police he was paid

£5,000 to take a hitman

to the murder scene.

Jasper was never charged.

A spokeswoman for

the Parole Board said:

“We can confirm the parole review

of Jack Whomes has been referred to

the Parole Board.” Steele, whose case

has not been referred, is a category

A prisoner in HMP Full Sutton.

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By Tom PeTTIfor

Crime Editor

He denies 1995 drugs gang hit

A MAN convicted of the “Essex

Boys” murders is set to be freed

from prison this spring while still

battling to clear his name.

Jack Whomes, 57, is in an open

prison and his case has been

referred to the parole

board for a hearing in

the next few months.

He and his friend

Michael Steele, now

76, got life with a

minimum of 25 years

for shooting Tony

Tucker, 38, Pat Tate, 37

and Craig Rolfe, 26,

whose bodies were

found in a Range Rover

on a farm track in

Rettendon, Essex, in 1995.

The drug dealers

were thought to have

supplied the ecstasy

taken by Leah Betts,

18, who had died

three weeks earlier.

Whomes has had his

jail sentence reduced to

22 years for his “exemplary

behaviour”. Doubts

remain on the safety of

the convictions and both men still

deny involvement in the executions,

which became known as the “Essex

Boys” murders after a 2000 film of

the same name starring Sean Bean.

Whomes applied last year to the

Criminal Cases Review Commission

bo DIes Found in vehicle

TrAgIC leah Betts died

Jock Whomes at appeal in 2006

s ean Bean starring in 2000 film

From left, dealers Patrick Tate,

Michael steele Anthony Tucker and craig Rolfe

murderer

the movie

the victims

jailed

greATs Marvin and stevie

Motown icons’ lost recordings unearthed

LOST recordings by Stevie Wonder

and Marvin Gaye may be heard for

the first time after a rare back-

catalogue was put up for sale.

The privately owned vinyl

collection has been stored in the

temperature-controlled vault of a

major music label for more than 60

years. Now the records, including

original tracks by Marvin and

Stevie, are being sold at auction.

It means some of the songs

could be heard for the first time if

the buyer releases them publicly.

The Temptations, Diana Ross

and The Supremes are also among

the artists on the recordings of

soul, reggae, funk and Motown

icons from the 1950s and 60s.

Three previously unheard tracks

by Marvin and one by Stevie are

said to be particularly rare.

Experts estimate that bidding

for the collection could top

£100,000 at the sale on Friday

held by Wessex Auction Rooms in

Chippenham, Wilts. The firm’s

auctioneer Martin Hughes said:

“This is without question the most

rarities I’ve ever sold in one

collection. Until now they have

stayed in a controlled music vault.

“The thing with this collection

is that every single time I pulled

a record out it seemed to be

another star lot.”