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May 31, 2017, 8:20 am

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Sanvey Gate and Soar Lane have been reopened following a stabbing that left one man in a critical condition. An extensive police search - covering more than 200 metres of city centre roads - has now concluded. TODAY'S EVENTSPolice cordoned off more than 200 metres (656 feet) of Soar Lane as they investigated a 'serious stabbing' in the early hours of Wednesday morning.The full length of Soar Lane stretching from Highcross Street to the Grand Union Canal was under investigation. Read: 'There...

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Greville Janner: Lawyers says alleged victims want truth not...

May 31, 2017, 11:24 am

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Lawyers acting for Greville Janner's alleged victims have rejected a claim by his family that the men were motivated by a desire for compensation.Law firm Slater and Gordon spoke out in response to comments made by the Janner family in a Sunday newspaper.The family, who insist the former Labour MP for Leicester West was innocent of any wrongdoing, were reacting to a decision by law firms acting for nine complainants to drop a civil action against the peer's estate.The death of the veteran Labour...

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May 31, 2017, 12:07 pm

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A BBC radio presenter said she felt attractive "for the first time" when she and a teenage boy touched each other in her home.Julie Wadsworth, 60, told how after meeting the teenager in the woods a similar encounter happened shortly after.Then, three years later, after bumping into the same boy in a garden centre, Mrs Wadsworth and husband Tony, 69, invited him to their house to do some gardening.The boy and Mrs Wadsworth touched each other while her husband was out, jurors were...

Police officer arrests man for having stun gun, accidentally...

May 31, 2017, 10:00 pm

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A police officer accidentally shocked himself with a stun gun when arresting a suspect for having the weapon, which was disguised as a torch.Dawid Wisniewski admitted possessing the prohibited weapon on December 1. The 25-year-old claimed to have found it an hour earlier and had no idea it was against the law.The judge told him possession carried a mandatory five-year jail sentence, but that there were "exceptional circumstances".He gave Wisniewski, of Burder Street, Loughborough, an...

Hinckley 'sex pest' who molested disabled woman is jailed

May 31, 2017, 9:51 am

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A "sex pest" who molested four women in Leicestershire has been jailed. Leicester Crown Court heard that Alan Renwick "violated women on a regular basis in ways that for them have been immensely distressing". Two of the women were touched sexually by Renwick after he brazenly went, uninvited, into their homes in the Barwell area of Leicestershire. The hearing was told that while making advances to a married school teacher, Renwick had rubbed his groin against a glass...

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May 31, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Taxi drivers in Leicester have been receiving Islamophobic abuse following the Manchester bombings, a cab firm boss has said.Satbir Gill, who runs Hansom Taxis in London Road, says two of his staff have been sworn at and blamed for the terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena on May 22 while driving round the city in the following days.The incidents involved other motorists launching a volley of abuse in road rage-style incidents.Mr Gill said a female employee was targeted when she was driving...

Stolen car torched in Western Park in Leicester

June 1, 2017, 12:25 am

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Arsonists are being blamed for torching a stolen car in Leicester's Western Park.A crew from the city's Western fire station attended the incident, in Hinckley Road, shortly after 5am today.Read more: Pictures - Leicester City fan creates stunning collage celebrating Foxes supportersA fire service spokesman said: "The vehicle involved is believed to have been stolen."Crews used breathing gear and one hose reel to tackle the fire."The vehicle was completely destroyed in the blaze,...

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June 1, 2017, 3:00 am

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Police have issued pictures of a man they want to speak to after money was stolen from a Leicester church. An undisclosed quantity of cash was stolen from Holy Cross Parish Church in Wellington Street and New Walk, Leicester. The incident happened around 3.40pm on Tuesday, May 23. Read more: Police officer arrests man for having stun gun, accidentally shoots himself A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: "We would like to identify this man as he may have vital information...

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Garage fire in Market Harborough the work of arsonists

June 1, 2017, 5:25 am

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A garage behind a house was gutted in a blaze fire investigators believe was started deliberately. Crews from Market Harborough fire station attended the incident, in the town's Maurice Road, at about 2.30pm on Wednesday. A fire service spokeswoman said: "We received several calls to a domestic garage involved in fire, however, the building was not attacked to the property." Read more: Front of house destroyed in Wigston van crash Firefighters used breathing gear and a...

Teenagers robbed by knife thugs in Leicester city centre street

June 1, 2017, 5:40 am

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Thugs armed with a knife threatened two teenagers with a knife before snatching a phone from one of them. The victims, a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy, were targeted in King Richards Road, near Leicester city centre at 11pm on Tuesday. Police said two young men approached the victims from behind. They assaulted their young victims but did not use the knife, police said. The boy and girl suffered what police described as 'minor injuries'. In a statement issued today,...

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June 1, 2017, 6:54 am

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A fraud gang which tricks people into handing over large sums of money in exchange for a worthless 'winning' lottery ticket has struck in Leicester. The con artists targeted two people in the past few weeks with a story that they had a won a large sum on the lottery but could not claim their winnings because they did not have the required identification. Leicestershire Police have said the two victims were taken in by the story and handed over cash for worthless tickets. The force...

Knife crime in Leicestershire: Are we facing a crisis?

June 1, 2017, 9:00 am

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So far this year in Leicestershire eight lives have been lost to alleged knife crime. The shocking statistic compares with seven knife fatalities in the county in the whole of 2016. There appears to be no geographical trend with fatal and serious injury incidents recorded in rural and urban locations. The majority of incidents have taken place during low-light hours, but a number of attacks have also occurred in the glare of full daylight. FATAL STABBINGS IN 2017 NAME: Lauric...

Mum of Leicester knife crime victim Tyler Thompson speaks out...

June 1, 2017, 9:29 am

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Amy Morgan is a "nervous wreck" every time she hears there has been another stabbing in Leicester.Until she knows otherwise, she fears one of her children is the latest victim of the "epidemic" of knife crime hitting the city and county.Amy spoke out as the Mercury publishes an open letter from a senior Leicestershire Police officer, who has called for the public's support in the wake of an "unprecedented" number of suspicious deaths so far this year.Assistant Chief...

Leicestershire Police chief vows county is a safe place in letter...

June 1, 2017, 10:49 am

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Dear reader,As you will have gathered from recent media reports, we have seen an unprecedented number of major incidents in the first five months of this year.Crime naturally fluctuates and there are incidents that we just can't anticipate or predict, such is the nature of policing. The death of anyone in suspicious circumstances has a devastating impact on the families of victims and we recognise that any number of murder investigations, no matter how small or big, will concern residents,...

Julie Wadsworth's nude calendar photoshoot evidence in court case

June 1, 2017, 11:22 am

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Former BBC Radio Leicester presenter Julie Wadsworth posed nearly naked for a "Naughty but Nice" charity calendar, a court has heard.Julie, who denies child sex offences in public woodland and has claimed she was body-conscious, did the photoshoot for Children in Need. One image showed her visible from the shoulders up in an over-sized golf bag and another portrayed her as Lady Godiva.Mrs Wadsworth is on trial at Warwick Crown Court alongside spouse and former co-presenter Tony...

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June 1, 2017, 12:50 pm

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A driver who crashed into and killed a motorcyclist because he was distracted by a phone call has been jailed.Garry Allen was travelling to a business meeting in his car along the A52, in Leicestershire on the morning of the tragedy.The 33-year-old was overtaking shortly after 8.30am on Wednesday, May 25 when he took a phone call via his car's Bluetooth system, Leicestershire Police said.Temporarily taking his eyes off the road, he failed to see Christopher Williams heading toward him on his...

Tony and Julie Wadsworth trial: Sexual encounter with stranger...

June 2, 2017, 5:44 am

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A former BBC Radio Leicester presenter has told a jury that he "stepped to one side" and allowed a young stranger to engage in public sex with his wife because it "empowered" her. Tony Wadsworth called his wife Julie a "very special human being" who had found the encounter with the stranger in woodland in the 1990s "exhilarating and exciting". He told Warwick Crown Court: "It was a positive, because she felt empowered as a woman."That it's...

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June 2, 2017, 6:01 am

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A masseur from Loughborough who sexually assaulted some clients and filmed them using a secret camera hidden in a clock has been jailed. Iraq War veteran Matthew Yates, of Laburnum Way, Loughborough, was told by a judge at Nottingham Crown Court that he made his victims feel "foolish, naïve and shocked". Recorder Paul Mann QC said he deceived his victims into thinking he was a bona fide masseur. He said: "I take into account the impact your behaviour has had on your...

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June 2, 2017, 6:58 am

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Detectives are continuing their investigation into events which led to a man being found with stab wounds in a city street this week, Leicestershire Police said today. The victim, who was found at the junction of Sanvey Gate and Soar Lane by a passing police car, continues to make progress in hospital and is now said to be in a stable condition. He was found injured around 12.50am on Wednesday and was taken to hospital for treatment to a stab wound. Read more:Leicestershire Police chief...

Million pound drugs gang and its Leicester members jailed for...

June 2, 2017, 7:14 am

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Fifteen people who were involved in a £1 million drug dealing operation have been jailed for more than 100 years today. The gang, several of whom are from Leicester or Leicestershire, were nailed by detectives from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit. Leicestershire Police has released the basic details of the case this afternoon following sentencing at Leicester Crown Court this morning. Also, it released photographs of 12 members of the gang. Read more: Police seize more than...