Nationwide appeal after death at Essex music festival

Paul Wickerson who died after leaving last year's Brownstock Music Festival in Essex Credit: Essex Police

Detectives in Essex have issued a nationwide appeal for information about the death of a man who had attended the Brownstock music festival near South Woodham Ferrers in August last year.

Paul Wickerson, died after he was struck by a car twenty minutes after leaving the festival site on Saturday, August 31.

Investigations have established that Mr Wickerson, who lived in Australia, left the festival site at Woodham Road at about 10.21pm. He died at about 10.45pm when he was in collision with several cars at Lower Burnham Road, Cold Norton, near the junction with Fambridge Road.

Investigating officer DC Keith Sloggett, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: