Entertainer Robin Maughan charged with 18 child sex offences

March 21, 2017, 12:09 am

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A singer and entertainer has been charged with several counts of indecent assaults against children.Robin Maughan, formerly of Western Avenue, Market Harborough, is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, April 12.Maughan is well known in the Harborough area for his tribute act to Four Seasons' lead singer, Frankie Valli.In December 2014, he performed at the town's Christmas lights ceremony.Leicestershire Police gave details of the charges today.The force said the 35-year-old...

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March 21, 2017, 12:17 am

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A security guard who was attacked while delivering cash to a village bank last week was hit with a crowbar, police have revealed.The G4S employee was jumped by two men outside the Barclays branch in Broad Street, Enderby, at 11.20am on Friday.The two attackers escaped with the cash box the guard was carrying to the branch.The guard suffered a minor injury to his arm and did not require medical attention, Leicestershire Police said.In a statement issued today, Leicestershire Police said: "He...

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March 21, 2017, 12:52 am

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Thieves using a JCB have ripped out a cash machine at the Co-op supermarket opposite Packe Terrace on Main Road in Great Glen. The JCB remains with its lights on abandoned outside the supermarket. Read more: Thieves dropped cash machine after JCB raid in county village There is a pile of rubble lying in the pavement and a 20 yard section of the road near the junction with Church Street is cordoned off. Police are stopping pedestrians and motorists crossing the cordon on the end of...

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March 21, 2017, 2:14 am

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The first video footage from the scene at Great Glen today - where a JCB was used by thieves to rip out a cash machine – shows the destruction caused by the raid.A JCB remains abandoned with its lights on outside the Co-op supermarket in Main Street.The footage shows a pile of rubble lying outside the store and a hole in the building where a cash machine once was.Updates: Thieves use JCB in cash machine raid in Main Street Great GlenMachinery in the Co-op is repeating the message you have...

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March 21, 2017, 2:47 am

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Thieves dropped a cash machine they had just ripped out of the wall with a JCB when trying to load it onto a pick-up truck, an eyewitness has told the Leicester Mercury.Resident Paul Exon who lives 50 yards away from the Co-op, said he was woken up by a massive noise at about 2.30am.He said: "I had no idea what was going on so I put my dressing gown on and went outside.Related: Thieves use JCB in cash machine raid in Main Street Great Glen - live updates"I saw about six or seven men...

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March 21, 2017, 3:30 am

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Two guards delivering money to a store in a Leicestershire village were threatened with weapons by three masked men who got away with an unknown quantity of cash.The raid on Loomis cash delivery vehicle took place near a Tesco Express store in High Street, Measham, shortly after 6.20am when cash was being delivered to a store.Three men approached the two guards and threatened them with weapons before making off with" a quantity of money", said Leicestershire Police.The victims...

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March 21, 2017, 4:00 am

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Witnesses saw four people at the scene where a JCB was used to remove a cash machine from the wall, Leicestershire Police said. Officers were called to Main Street, in Great Glen, at around 3.05am this morning after an alarm was activated at the Co-op. Updates: Thieves use JCB in cash machine raid in Main Street Great Glen The thieves attempted to load the ATM onto a pick-up truck but dropped it onto the floor, an eyewitness told the Mercury. The cash machine was found in the same...

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March 21, 2017, 5:38 am

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A woman has been found guilty of attempted murder after pouring sulphuric acid over her partner, leaving him seriously burned and disfigured. Katie Leong was unanimously found guilty of attempted murder by the jury and will be sentenced this afternoon. Her former boyfriend Mark Cummings, who was also accused of attempted murder, was found not guilty by the jury. Mr Justice Haddon-Cave thanked the six men and six women of the jury after the verdicts were read out. He said: "I know...

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March 21, 2017, 8:15 am

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A man caught with more than 13,000 child porn images has been spared prison.Over four months Gilbert Green downloaded the images at a rate of more than 130 per day onto his numerous hard drives at his home in Westcotes Drive, West End, Leicester.The 59-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images in categories A, B and C, in which A is the most explicit variety of child pornography.'134 downloaded a day'Jonathan Dunne, prosecuting at Leicester Crown Court on Friday, said:...

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March 21, 2017, 8:37 am

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Thieves made off with a "large amount" of jewellery worth thousands of pounds, as well as a car, following a raid on a village home.Up to 50 high value items were stolen during the burglary at a house in Hathern, near Loughborough.Police said the stolen pieces included a "distinct" gold-plated medal, a gold necklace and an Emporio Armani designer watch engraved with the words 'To Dad, love Karen and Dave'.A blue Peugeot 208 car, registration GF14 MWY, was stolen from outside...

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March 21, 2017, 11:20 am

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A man who suffered severe disfigurement and lost his sight when his girlfriend poured sulphuric acid on his face and body has shown "strength and resilience which is truly humbling".Detective Chief Inspector Rich Ward, who led the investigation, made the comment today, after Katie Leong was found guilty of Daniel Rotariu's attempted murder and given a life sentence.Mr Ward said after the case: "The attack on Daniel was utterly wicked and it is quite astonishing that he...

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March 22, 2017, 5:13 am

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A father-of-two appeared in court today to deny murdering his ex-wife, whose body was found in a suitcase.Ashwin Daudia, 50, pleaded not guilty to murdering Kiran Daudia, 46, on Monday January 16.The defendant, of Lyme Road, Evington, appeared on a screen at Leicester Crown Court, via a live video link from the city's Welford Road prison.The 25-minute hearing was translated by a Gujarati interpreter and attended by dozens of people, who filled the public gallery.The defendant wore a grey...

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March 22, 2017, 7:20 am

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A "troubled young man" was spared jail after firing on his girlfriend and her mother with a BB gun during a fit of jealous rage, a court heard. Filipe Smith, aged 22, wounded the two women during a confrontation outside the mother's home in Thringstone, near Coalville, on December 19, last year. Smith, of Buckthorn Road, Ravenstone, was handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, at Leicester Crown Court. He had pleaded guilty to one of charge of ABH against...

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March 22, 2017, 7:34 am

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Ram raiders targeted an electric bike shop in the city causing more than £10,000 damage.CCTV footage films what appears to be a silver BMW arrive outside the E Bike shop in Hinckley Road, Leicester.Three men get out of the car.The car is then seen to attempt to ram the shop's front a few times before the vehicle gets stuck in the window.Four hooded men are then seen fleeing the scene and leaving the car behind.The incident happened at around 2.45am on Sunday.Police were called by worried...

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March 22, 2017, 7:47 am

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Fifteen people are due to be sentenced for their part in peddling over £1 million worth of crack cocaine, cocaine and cannabis to users in Leicester, London and other parts of the country. Twelve of the 15 defendants pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply Class A and Class B drugs. The remainder stood trial at Leicester Crown Court, where they have been convicted by majority verdicts following a five-week trial. Read more: 'Troubled man' shot at girlfriend and her mum with BB gun...

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March 22, 2017, 9:47 am

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Police have released CCTV images of a man officers want to trace after a bus driver was allegedly spat at.Leicestershire Police said the driver was assaulted during a 'disagreement' on an Arriva bus in Leicester last month.In a statement issued today, Leicestershire Police said: "The incident took place around 7pm on Friday, February 24 on the number 58 Arriva bus, which was travelling along Havencrest Drive, off Colchester Road, Leicester.Read more: Named: The 15 men who conspired to...

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March 22, 2017, 10:37 am

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A group of A'Level students narrowly missed this afternoon's terrorist incident at the Houses of Parliament. The young people, who are studying history, politics and law at Loughborough College, were guests of Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan. However, the college confirmed this afternoon that the students were already on their way home when the drama began. Read more: Updates - UK Parliament in lock-down following reports a policeman has been stabbed in terror attack Great to welcome...

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March 22, 2017, 11:11 am

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A Leicestershire MP has described the moment the Prime Minister was whisked away by security services as the terror attack on Parliament unfolded.Andrew Bridgen, the Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, was seated just behind Theresa May in the House of Commons at the time of the incident this afternoon when a driver mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, leaving at least four people dead.A police officer was also stabbed to death near parliament before his attacker was shot...

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March 22, 2017, 12:13 pm

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A Leicestershire MP has described the moment police shouted at him 'get down, get down, get down' as the terror attack in Westminster was unfolding.Harborough MP Sir Edward Garnier was walking towards parliament to cast a vote when the attack happened.He said: "I heard police saying 'get down, get down, get down' then a pop, pop, pop."Related: Updates from the Westminster attackThe Conservative continued and cast his vote before he and around a thousand other people were secured in...

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March 22, 2017, 2:12 pm

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A bogus spiritual healer conned a family out of £30,000 after he claimed he could 'cure' a relative's schizophrenia.Karamba Tunkara – who used the alias Sheikh Saleem – made a series of promises to the family which he could not possibly keep.In the course of 16 months, the 35-year-old talked the family into handing him £30,000.Police have previously urged members of the public, particularly within some faith groups, to steer clear of con artists who promise to have cures...