Missing 81-year-old Ashton Baines found 'safe and well'

August 6, 2015, 9:56 am

≫ Next: Cases heard at Leicester Magistrates' Court

≪ Previous: Taxi company fined for refusing to carry blind passenger with...

$

0

0

An 81-year-old man who went missing from a residential home on Tuesday has been found safe and well.Ashton Baines was found this evening, 48 hours after he was reported missing from the home, in Manton, near Oakham.Police had been extremely concerned for Mr Baines' welfare because he has Alzheimer's disease and other medical conditions.Rutland Police announced on Twitter last night that Mr Baines was safe and well and being checked by paramedics.Looking for a new job? Visit our Jobs Channel to...

---

Cases heard at Leicester Magistrates' Court

August 6, 2015, 10:00 pm

≫ Next: Greville Janner due in court to face sexual abuse allegations

≪ Previous: Missing 81-year-old Ashton Baines found 'safe and well'

$

0

0

Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Christopher Churchill (36), of Goldhill Gardens, Stoneygate, admitted assault by beating on April 6 2014. He received a community order including participating in a Building Better Relationships programme and 180 hours' unpaid work. He was also ordered to pay £200 compensation, £500 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.Sajeeda Mulla (45), of Stanley Street, Leicester, was proven guilty in absence of exceeding...

Greville Janner due in court to face sexual abuse allegations

August 6, 2015, 10:00 pm

≫ Next: Greville Janner must appear at sexual abuse allegations court

≪ Previous: Cases heard at Leicester Magistrates' Court

$

0

0

Lord Greville Janner is due to make his first court appearance later today to face multiple child sexual abuse allegations.The 86-year-old is listed to appear in courtroom one at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London.However, it was unclear this morning whether the Labour peer would attend.Previously, he had been deemed too ill to stand trial on allegations dating back more than 40 years.His family has repeatedly denied he is connected to any wrongdoing.Leicestershire Police revealed in April...

Greville Janner must appear at sexual abuse allegations court

August 7, 2015, 3:40 am

≫ Next: Woman jailed for forging work permit and obtaining £1,000...

≪ Previous: Greville Janner due in court to face sexual abuse allegations

$

0

0

Greville Janner must appear in court to face allegations of abusing nine boys during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, a magistrates' court ruled today.The 87-year-old former Labour MP for Leicester West was due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court today charged with 22 sexual offences against boys and men, between 1963 and 1988.However, he did not attend the hearing as, according to his legal team, he is suffering from advanced, severe dementia. However, the court ordered he should be at a...

Woman jailed for forging work permit and obtaining £1,000...

August 7, 2015, 3:44 am

≫ Next: Woman confessed that boyfriend strangled and cut her uncle's...

≪ Previous: Greville Janner must appear at sexual abuse allegations court

$

0

0

A woman who forged a work permit and fraudulently obtained more than £1,000 worth of clothes and shoes using a stolen credit card was jailed for nine months.Bridget Mathanda, who is nine weeks pregnant, also unsuccessfully tried to obtain £5,500 more items using the card, in nine attempted transactions.She pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court to possessing a false identity document, possessing an article, a bank card, in connection with fraud, and two counts of fraudulently using...

Woman confessed that boyfriend strangled and cut her uncle's...

August 7, 2015, 10:39 am

≫ Next: 'Gun wounds, rowdy fights and all-night drinks at pub'

≪ Previous: Woman jailed for forging work permit and obtaining £1,000...

$

0

0

A woman confessed to a friend that her boyfriend had strangled her uncle before sawing through his neck with a bread knife, a murder trial jury heard.Emma Tomlinson also told Laurie Taylor that victim William Tomlinson's body was dumped in a wheelie bin and an attempt was made to set it alight, Leicester Crown Court heard.Tomlinson (24) and her boyfriend, Nathan Kearney (33), deny murdering Mr William "Bill" Tomlinson, at the flat they all shared at St Stephen's Road, Highfields, early...

'Gun wounds, rowdy fights and all-night drinks at pub'

August 7, 2015, 10:00 pm

≫ Next: Counterfeit clothes raid on Leicester factory

≪ Previous: Woman confessed that boyfriend strangled and cut her uncle's...

$

0

0

Police say a pub boss should be removed because his bar has been the scene of fights, rowdy after-hours drinking and an alleged gun assault.Leicestershire Police have told Leicester City Council they believe the Lancaster Arms, in East Park Road, North Evington, Leicester is poorly managed and cannot continue to operate safely under the current management.Officers say its has been the scene of a number of violent incidents and after-hours drinking since it was taken over by a new owner, Kamaljit...

Counterfeit clothes raid on Leicester factory

August 8, 2015, 12:58 am

≫ Next: Benefit fraudster failed to tell council his wife had two jobs

≪ Previous: 'Gun wounds, rowdy fights and all-night drinks at pub'

$

0

0

Trading standards officials have seized a large amount of alleged counterfeit clothing from a factory in Leicester.The men's and children's clothing included brand names such as Adidas, Nike, Superdry, Fred Perry and Ralph Lauren. Leicester City Council's trading standards team, supported by Leicestershire Police, raided the unnamed firm in the Forest Road area of the city this week.Officials also seized a number of cloth and cardboard labels bearing the top-selling brand names.One person has...

---

Benefit fraudster failed to tell council his wife had two jobs

August 8, 2015, 7:09 am

≫ Next: Carjacker's jail term extended after he attacks prison officer

≪ Previous: Counterfeit clothes raid on Leicester factory

$

0

0

A man was overpaid more than £9,600 in housing and council tax benefits when he failed to tell Leicester City Council his wife had two jobs.Isaac Fungai Chiza (68) of Upper Temple Walk, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, pleaded guilty at the city's magistrates' court to dishonestly making a false statement on July 2 and 5 2012 to obtain benefits.Hannah Price, for the council, said: "The claim was fraudulent from the outset."When an application for benefit was made he declared his wife...

Carjacker's jail term extended after he attacks prison officer

August 9, 2015, 5:32 am

≫ Next: Police tackle growing begging problem in Narborough Road,...

≪ Previous: Benefit fraudster failed to tell council his wife had two jobs

$

0

0

A carjacker has had his jail sentence extended after attacking a prison officer and fracturing his eye socket.William Swepson repeatedly punched the officer and two of his colleagues, after having his tobacco confiscated, Leicester Crown Court was told.The 22-year-old prisoner, formerly of Melton Road, Thurmaston, was serving a five year and three month sentence for offences including robbery and having a blade.He was jailed last December for holding a knife to a woman's throat and threatening...

Police tackle growing begging problem in Narborough Road,...

August 9, 2015, 10:00 pm

≫ Next: Pub boss stands down as police investigate assaults and...

≪ Previous: Carjacker's jail term extended after he attacks prison officer

$

0

0

Police are tackling a growing number of beggars in Leicester's Narborough Road – including some who go into restaurants and hassle diners.Officers say in some cases groups of up to three men, who are often drunk, are an intimidating presence.Pc Matt Eld, of Hinckley Road police station, said officers have been advising people where they can get help if they are genuinely in need – through homelessness, alcoholism, drug addiction or mental illness.However, police have established they...

Pub boss stands down as police investigate assaults and...

August 10, 2015, 9:34 am

≫ Next: Drink driver who ran over and killed her mum faces jail

≪ Previous: Police tackle growing begging problem in Narborough Road,...

$

0

0

A pub boss has agreed to step down from the day-to-day running of his business after police highlighted problems including fights and after-hours drinking sessions.Kamaljit Dhillon will no longer manage the Lancaster Arms, in Green Lane Road, North Evington, Leicester but will remain as its owner.Mr Dhillon appeared at a licensing hearing at City Hall today after police called for a review of the way the pub has been run since he took over in October last year.Officers said they have been called...

Drink driver who ran over and killed her mum faces jail

August 10, 2015, 10:01 pm

≫ Next: Greville Janner's lawyers' human rights bid to keep him out of...

≪ Previous: Pub boss stands down as police investigate assaults and...

$

0

0

A woman who ran over and killed her mother while being more than twice the legal drink drive limit has been told she could go to prison.Debra Jenkins (57) reversed into her 89-year-old mother Joan Donisthorpe while in The Green in Syston.Mrs Donisthorpe, who lived in Syston, was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre, in Nottingham, where she later died from her injuries.Jenkins, of Herrick Close, Sileby, pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court to causing the death of Mrs Donisthorpe by careless...

Greville Janner's lawyers' human rights bid to keep him out of...

August 11, 2015, 4:51 am

≫ Next: Man found injured in road by Leicester's Southgates underpass

≪ Previous: Drink driver who ran over and killed her mum faces jail

$

0

0

Lawyers acting for Greville Janner are to challenge a judge's ruling he should appear in court to face allegations of child sex abuse on the grounds it would breach his human rights.The former Labour MP, 87, is accused of 22 sexual offences against nine boys and men between 1963 and 1988.Greville Janner, who was MP for Leicester West for 27 years from 1970, denies any wrongdoing and his family say he 'is entirely innocent'.His lawyers said his severe dementia meant he was not fit to attend...

Man found injured in road by Leicester's Southgates underpass

August 11, 2015, 5:10 am

≫ Next: Convicted paedophile who accessed indecent images of children...

≪ Previous: Greville Janner's lawyers' human rights bid to keep him out of...

$

0

0

A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was found injured in the middle of a major city road.The man was found in the city-bound carriageway of Southgates at 12.18pm.Police were called to the scene, near the Magazine, after motorists said the man was lying in the road.He was taken by air ambulance to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre.The incident necessitated a number of road closures, which have just been lifted,The man's condition and the nature of his injuries have not been released.A...

---

Convicted paedophile who accessed indecent images of children...

August 11, 2015, 5:31 am

≫ Next: Police issue photo in search for missing man Aaron Dunn

≪ Previous: Man found injured in road by Leicester's Southgates underpass

$

0

0

A convicted paedophile who accessed child pornography on the internet was jailed for three years.Mark Andrew Clark (47) was found to have a collection of indecent images, mainly of young boys, when the police examined his laptop computer, in June last year.Leicester Crown Court was told in 2001 Clark was jailed for eight years for indecently assaulting boys under 14 and downloading child pornography.Alan Murphy, prosecuting, said: "His sex offender manager received information that the...

Police issue photo in search for missing man Aaron Dunn

August 11, 2015, 9:30 am

≫ Next: Drunk pensioner racially abused bank worker and hit another...

≪ Previous: Convicted paedophile who accessed indecent images of children...

$

0

0

Police have released a photograph of a young man who has not been seen for more than two weeks.Aaron Dunn, 26, was last seen on Saturday, July 25 in Dunster Street, Westcotes, Leicester.However, he was not officially reported missing five days later.Police are concerned for his welfare and have urged members of the public to report any possible sightings.In a statement, Leicestershire Police said yesterday: "Extensive inquiries have been carried out since Aaron was reported missing in an...

Drunk pensioner racially abused bank worker and hit another...

August 12, 2015, 1:00 am

≫ Next: Man who exchanged extreme porn with friends for 'misguided...

≪ Previous: Police issue photo in search for missing man Aaron Dunn

$

0

0

A drunken pensioner who racially insulted a bank employee because of a credit card application problem has been given a 12-month community order with £490 costs and compensation.Leicester magistrates heard Leonard William Warner (69), of Moor Lane, Loughborough, went into the town's Market Street branch of Santander after drinking a litre-and-a-half of vodka and 10 cans of lager the previous night.He pleaded guilty to causing racially-aggravated harassment by words or behaviour to...

Man who exchanged extreme porn with friends for 'misguided...

August 12, 2015, 3:08 am

≫ Next: Second man appears in court over Bateman Road stabbing

≪ Previous: Drunk pensioner racially abused bank worker and hit another...

$

0

0

A man who exchanged extreme pornography with friends for "misguided amusement" landed himself in the dock of a crown court.Restaurant co-owner and manager, Roberto Isella, was arrested after he was caught with the illegal movies, featuring bestiality, on his mobile phone.Leicester Crown Court was told he was unaware he had broken the law.Prosecutor, James Varley, said that possessing such material, involving sexual activity between adults and animals, became a criminal offence in...

Second man appears in court over Bateman Road stabbing

August 12, 2015, 3:20 am

≫ Next: Inquest opened into death of paramedic who died in hospital after...

≪ Previous: Man who exchanged extreme porn with friends for 'misguided...

$

0

0

A second man has appeared in court in connection with a street stabbing which left two men critically ill in hospital.Michael Burns, 24, of no fixed address, appeared before Leicester Magistrates' Court this morning after he was charged with violent disorder. He was remanded in custody.The charge relates to an incident in Bateman Road, New Parks, Leicester on Sunday, August 2 during which two men, aged 18 and 19, suffered stab wounds.Both men remain in hospital where they are said to be in a...