Mark Donovan is on trial charged with murdering Elise Mason in Great Baddow, near Chelmsford, in April 2023. The 39-year-old, of Rothmans Avenue, Great Baddow, has suggested he is innocent on the ...

Mark Donovan, 40, had been on trial for the murder of Elise Mason, in Great Baddow, near Chelmsford, Essex, on 25 April 2023. Ms Mason was wearing her coat and shoes when her body was found by ...

He drank at the pub and concealed his victim's phone in the pub's toilets.

Picture this just for a minute: you're the victim of a serious crime and the culprit is damaging your day of justice by shouting and disrupting proceedings from the dock. Unfortunately that's an ...

The family of a 'fantastic' Essex mum has paid tribute to her after her death in 2023. Elise Mason died after sustaining 70 separate injuries in an attack by ex-partner Mark Donovan, 39, at his home ...

Elise Mason's body was found with more than 70 injuries at Mark Donovan's home in Great Baddow near Chelmsford in April 2023. Donovan had a drink at his local pub after killing the 37-year-old ...

A man who strangled and beat his estranged wife to death has been handed a life sentence. Elise Mason's body was found with more than 70 injuries at Mark Donovan's home in Great Baddow near Chelmsford ...

Mark Donovan, 39, inflicted 70 separate injuries on mum-of-two Elise Mason, 37, in a sustained attack at his home in Great Baddow in Essex on 25 April 2023. He then went for a drink at a local pub ...