Five people have been arrested in connection with the death of Lee Balkwell who was found dead trapped in a cement mixer ten years ago.
Mr Balkwell, 33-year-old Essex county junior golfer, died when he apparently became trapped between the drum and chassis while cleaning out a cement mixer in the early hours of July 18, 2002, at Baldwin's Farm in Upminster.
Officers from the Essex and Kent Police serious crime directorate this morning, Wednesday, arrested a 43 year-old man from Upminster on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, perverting the course of justice and perjury while a 66-year-old man, a 63-year-old woman and another woman aged 49 from Upminster were also arrested for perverting the course of justice and perjury as was another man aged 38 from Southend.
The arrests were made by officers working under the direction of Det Chief Supt Lee Catling from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate (SCD) who has been investigating the circumstances leading up to Mr Balkwell 's death since August 2010.
In January this year a report from the IPCC said police made crucial mistakes in a "seriously flawed" investigation into the death of Mr Balkwell.
An inquest in 2008 returned a verdict of unlawful killing through gross negligence.
