Missing boy Chay Bowskill has been found, say police

November 26, 2015, 2:23 am

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A 14-year-old boy who was reported missing from home 10 days ago has been found, police said this morning. Chay Bowskill, from Syston, was located last night. He was last seen in the Moat Street area of Wigston at around 1pm on Tuesday, November 17 – and was reported missing shortly afterwards. Officers had been concerned for his welfare. The police appeal was widely shared on social media. In a statement, Leicestershire Police said: "Thank you for your help and support in...

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November 26, 2015, 6:27 am

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A man who killed a father-of-one by punching him twice, causing him to suffer a fatal injury, has been jailed for four years.The victim, 26-year-old Clarke Allred (pictured below), fell to the ground after the second blow, banging his head and rupturing a vertebral artery.The incident happened in Market Street, Leicester city centre, on Friday, June 5.The attacker, Sanchez Zampaladus (34), pleaded guilty to manslaughter.Luke Blackburn, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court Zampaladus was out...

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November 26, 2015, 7:04 am

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Leicester City's supporters received some of the fewest banning orders in the Premier League last season, according to statistics revealed today.City's fans who travel the country in their numbers to follow the table-topping Foxes have received three banning orders, with only Southampton (one) receiving fewer.Between September 4 last year and September 8 this year, there were 2,181 active orders in England and Wales, meaning the amount issued had fallen for the fourth year in a row – a...

Two carers looking after disabled teen were seen 'having sex in...

November 26, 2015, 10:08 pm

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Two carers looking after a disabled teenager were seen having sex in the car park of a branch of McDonald's, a jury was told. A customer at the fast food restaurant, in Thurmaston, was "shocked" to see Daniel German (32) with his trousers down to his knees, pressed against Nikki Hollingworth (26), it was claimed. Kasia Stepien, who had just collected food from the Barkby Thorpe Lane restaurant to eat in her car, told Leicester Crown Court: "I saw a lady laying against the...

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November 26, 2015, 10:40 pm

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A teenager from Leicester has been charged with murder following the death of a 16-year-old.Pravdit Sian, 18, from Litelmede, Leicester, has been remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court this morning.The charge relates to an incident that took place in Freeman Road North at around 7.50pm on Tuesday 24 November.Two men aged 35 and 34, have been bailed pending further enquiries. A third man aged 35, has been released no further action.Tributes have been paid...

Police issue photo of missing 15-year-old Laura Vernon

November 27, 2015, 2:27 am

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Police have issued a photograph of a 15-year-old girl who has been reported missing from home. Laura Vernon was last seen outside her home in the Sidings Walk area of Loughborough at 7pm yesterday. She was reported missing three hours later. Police released a photograph of Laura this morning and said they believed she may have travelled to Birmingham. Laura is white, 5ft 8ins, slim and has long, straight, brown hair. She wears glasses and was last seen multi-coloured leggings, a black...

Police launch Christmas drink/drug driving campaign

November 27, 2015, 2:40 am

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Police have launched their annual Christmas campaign to catch drunk or drugged-up drivers today. Officers will stage extra patrols across the city and county over the next four weeks. It is the first festive campaign to see officers using the new roadside testing kits which enable them to identify motorists who have taken to the road under the influence of drugs such as cocaine and cannabis. A number of officers began using the kits, which analyse a suspect's saliva for traces of drugs,...

Drunk man assaulted landlord and threatened to blow pub up

November 27, 2015, 2:55 am

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A drunken man kicked a door, breaking a pub landlord's fingers, after being ejected from the premises.Matthew Nicholls also threatened to stab everyone in the Royal Duke pub, West Road, Oakham, and blow the place up.The landlord, Ian Saddington, was closing the pub door, and was about to lock him out, when Nicholls took a running jump and kicked it.The door slammed onto Mr Saddington's hand causing fractures to his middle and ring fingers, with tendon damage that has affected his everyday life,...

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November 27, 2015, 3:29 am

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A teenager man has appeared in court charged with the murder of 16-year-old Tyler Thompson.Pravdit Sian (18), of Litelmede, Humberstone, Leicester, did not enter a plea during the short hearing at Leicester Magistrates' Court this morning. He is charged with the murder of teenager Tyler, who died at Leicester Royal Infirmary on Tuesday, after an incident in Freeman Road North, Humberstone.The case was transferred to Leicester Crown Court for a bail hearing and Sian was remanded into custody.A...

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November 27, 2015, 7:30 am

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A lorry driver was kidnapped at knifepoint by a gang of thieves who stole his vehicle and its load of beauty products. The driver was sleeping in his cab during an overnight stop in Enderby when the thieves broke in and threatened him with a knife, before forcing him into a waiting van. Other members of the gang jumped into the lorry, which was carrying thousands of GHD-branded hairdryers and sets of straighteners and curlers, and drove it from the scene in Leicester Lane. The driver was...

Charity shop reeling after fourth break-in in four years

November 27, 2015, 8:25 am

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A charity shop is reeling after it was burgled for the fourth time in four years. Intruders smashed their way in to the RSPCA shop in Sibson Road, Birstall late or Tuesday or in the early hours of Wednesday. They wrenched open the till and took the £75 float and then stole 3ft Labrador dog-shaped collection box, which contained several hundred pounds in coins donated by customers and well-wishers. Some stock, including books and clothes, were damaged when the raiders searched the...

Carers found not guilty of having sex in McDonald's car park

November 27, 2015, 8:53 am

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Two carers have been cleared by a jury of having sex in the car park of a McDonald's outlet.Daniel German, 32, and his colleague, Nikki Hollingworth, 26, always insisted they were innocently having a friendly hug and nothing more than that.A jury of five men and seven women took just 20 minutes of deliberations to agree with their version of events.They unanimously acquitted the two work colleagues of outraging public decency.The defendants were on duty at the time, caring for a disabled...

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November 27, 2015, 11:15 am

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Six men who say they were sexually abused by former Leicester MP Greville Janner are expected to submit a claim for up to £2.5 million in damages. Lawyers acting for the men, who claim the 87-year-old committed the offences against them decades ago, indicated the scale of their potential damages claim at the High Court in London on Tuesday. Details of the claim are to be formally served on Lord Janner's legal team, which must happen before the end of November. Lord Janner, who was MP...

'Remorseless' paedophile Jason Kinning jailed

November 29, 2015, 8:37 am

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A "remorseless" paedophile who sexually abused and raped one boy, and molested another, has been jailed for 15 years.Jason Kinning, 44, was convicted by a jury of 13 sex offences against the victims.He denied the charges claiming both young men were telling lies and nothing sexually untoward ever happened.Sentencing him at Leicester Crown Court, Judge Robert Brown said: "The offences happened between 1999 and 2004."I'm told you've committed no offences since 2004 and have led...

Cyclist appeals for public's help after new bike was stolen from...

November 29, 2015, 10:55 am

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A cyclist is appealing for help tracing his bicycle after it was stolen in the city centre on Saturday afternoon. Gregory Ellison, of Hamilton, locked up his white hybrid Boardman Comp bicycle using a 'D' lock on rails outside The Works in Gallowtree Gate, Leicester, at about 1pm. When he returned at 4pm, it was gone. Gregory said he was very distressed to find the bike had been stolen, having saved for a year to buy it in September. Gregory, 25, said: "I use it every day to get to...

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November 29, 2015, 4:01 pm

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A father whose son was "chopped up" after he took a meat cleaver to the scene of a fight says the man who used the weapon on him should be brought to justice. Graham Harding's son, Aron Harding, 27, suffered two, 8cm-long gashes on his back and head, which needed a total of 25 stitches, in the incident. He also underwent surgery to repair a deep wound, with nerve damage, to his thumb. Aron had taken the meat cleaver to the scene of a fight in Gloucester Crescent, Wigston. But...

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November 29, 2015, 10:00 pm

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Loan sharks will try to exploit people's financial difficulties in the run-up to Christmas, officials and anti-poverty campaigners have warned. People have been urged to shun illegal money-lenders, who charge notoriously high levels of interest and often resort to violence to reclaim their money. Clockwise, a credit union which works across the city and county to help people avoid crushing financial debt, believes loan sharks will go step up their door-to-door calls in the coming...

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November 29, 2015, 10:39 pm

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A judge has commended a man who tackled an out-of-control dog which clamped its jaws on to the face of a little girl. Courageous Andrei Ghitoaica grabbed the Staffordshire bull terrier's jaw and released its vice-like grip from the four-year-old youngster's severely gashed cheek. He heard the cries of distressed mother Amina Hajat who was holding her daughter, Umainah, in her arms as the fierce dog attacked, outside their home in Tomlin Road, Northfields. The dog, Bullet, which escaped from...

Man who downloaded indecent images of children jailed for two...

November 30, 2015, 2:37 am

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A man who downloaded indecent images of children has been jailed for two years.Jamie Crowie, 23, was found to have the illegal images of youngsters on his mobile phone.He pleaded guilty to seven offences of possessing indecent photographs, between December 2013 and November last year.Leicester Crown Court was told that Crowie, of Belton Road, Loughborough, was arrested after the police received a tip off via a Canadian website that he had been chatting on-line about children sexually.He was...

Man due in court charged with killing a Leicester man

November 30, 2015, 3:27 am

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A man was due to appear in court today charged with manslaughter following a death in Leicester.On Saturday Alexandra (c) Morrison (39), of no fixed address, was charged with manslaughter and was due to appear before Leicester Magistrates' Court today.Police were called to Severn Street, in Highfields on Friday, November 6 after concerns were raised for the welfare of a man. Douglas Guildford, 49, was found dead at the address.A police spokeswoman said a post-mortem examination had taken place...