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January 6, 2016, 4:14 am

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A trader who threatened and harassed residents while demanding money over the monitoring of their alarm systems has been ordered to pay more than £20,000 by a court.Rapide Security Ltd director John Hare, (55) was found guilty by magistrates of two counts of engaging in aggressive commercial practices.His company was also found guilty of the same offences, under consumer protection from unfair trading regulations, at Leicester Magistrates Court last month.The victims were two residents...

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Police plea to Good Samaritans who broke up street attack

January 6, 2016, 8:32 am

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Police hope to trace three men who bravely came to the aid of a man who was being attacked in the street. The trio intervened when they saw the 36-year-old victim being assaulted in Loughborough town centre last month. Police said the men pulled the attacker away from the victim and saved him from further injury. The attack happened in a pedestrian area between High Street and Market Place shortly before 3pm on Sunday, December 27. Police said the victim was walking toward Baxtergate...

Two arrested after police drugs search uncovers a knife

January 6, 2016, 9:46 am

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Two men have been arrested for possession of a knife after they were stopped and searched by police. Police stopped the two men, both 23, on suspicion of carrying drugs at the junction of Andover Street and Conduit Street, near Leicester railway station, at midday today. During the search, one of the men reportedly dropped a knife on the ground. He was detained at the scene. The second man, according to police, picked up the weapon and ran away. He was chased and arrested in nearby...

Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri fined by magistrates for...

January 6, 2016, 4:01 pm

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Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has been used to picking up points on his travels this season - and he picked up another five in Peterborough today. Italian Ranieri was given five penalty points on his driving licence after pleading guilty to speeding on the A14 near Huntingdon on October 13 last year. The 64-year-old manager had been caught driving his Mercedes Benz at 96mph on the 70mph road. Ranieri did not attend the hearing, but entered a plea by post. The court was told he...

Entertainer Robin Maughan due in Leicester Crown Court charged...

January 6, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A singer and entertainer is due to appear in court today charged with sexual activity with children.Robin Maughan (34) of Western Avenue, Market Harborough, was refused bail when he appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court last week.He is due to appear at Leicester Crown Court today for a plea hearing.He is accused of two charges of sexually touching a 15-year-old girl in Market Harborough between October 1, 2014 and March 16, 2015.He is also charged with two similar offences against a...

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

January 7, 2016, 3:54 am

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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Ramanpal Singh Rai (24), of Pleasant Close, Leicester Forest East, pleaded guilty to assault by beating on August 28 last year. He was given a community order including attending a 26-day thinking skills programme and a rehabilitation activity requirement to attend appointments or take part in activities when required for up to 20 days. Rai was ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge and £150 criminal courts charge. The...

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January 7, 2016, 5:08 am

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A teenager confessed to being a drug dealer when the police raided his home, saying: "It's my way of life; it's how I make my living." Officers recovered £440 worth of cannabis and seized £150 in cash. Leicester Crown Court was told that a warrant was executed at a house in Wilberforce Road, in the Narborough Road area of the city, at midday on June 4. Alan Murphy, prosecuting, said: "The defendant, Benjamin Haberfield, said he would show them where the drugs...

Police warning to rowdy street drinkers

January 7, 2016, 8:27 am

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Police are taking action against a group of rowdy street drinkers who are gathering outside shops and businesses in Leicester city centre from early morning. The group has been reported by businesses near the junction of Charles Street and Humberstone Gate for the past few months. The men and women are frequently to be found drinking alcohol when businesses are preparing to open in the morning. Their behaviour deteriorates as they get more drunk as the day goes on, police...

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Kayleigh Haywood: Date set for tragic teenager's funeral

January 7, 2016, 8:57 am

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The funeral of tragic schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood will be held on Monday, January 18, it has been announced. The service will take place at St Laurence church in the 15-year-old's family's home village of Measham. The Ashby School pupil was found dead in a field in north west Leicestershire on Wednesday, November 18 – five days after she was last seen having being dropped off outside Ibstock Community College. Her mother Stephanie Haywood, 36, revealed the funeral date in a message...

Police security warning to hair salons after two are burgled

January 7, 2016, 9:37 am

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Hair salons in Leicester city centre are being urged to take basic security precautions after two businesses were burgled within 24 hours. Intruders smashed their way into Cutting Room, in Belvoir Street, and Barrie Stephen Hair, in King Street, in the early hours of Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Once inside they stole GHD hair straighteners and other products. Police believe the break-ins, which were reportedly over in seconds, may have been carried out by the same person or...

'Speed kills' say police as driver is jailed for motorcyclist's...

January 7, 2016, 10:16 am

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Police have warned drivers to learn the lessons of a tragedy in which a speeding motorist lost control of his car and hit a motorcyclist head-on. Leicestershire Police spoke out after Habib Khaliq was jailed for three years and four months for causing the fatal crash in Leicester last March. Khaliq, 29, reached speeds of at least 85mph in his BMW when he caused the crash, in the 40mph St Margaret's Way, Leicester. The BMW veered into the path of Jeffrey Howell, trapping the 50-year-old...

Police warning to students after spate of burglaries

January 7, 2016, 11:04 am

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Police have urged students to take basic home security precautions, following a series of burglaries. Officers issued the warning in Loughborough, a town with a large student population. They have urged students and other residents to ensure their homes – including gates leading to communal alleys – are locked when they are out. They are also asking people to be on the lookout for suspicious behaviour and to contact police immediately if they believe someone is attempting to...

Man petrol-bombed police car outside General Election polling...

January 7, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A drunken builder who petrol-bombed a police car, outside a polling station on the night of the General Election has been jailed for nine months.Philip Cooper's actions caused the £9,000 patrol car to explode in a ball of flames jettisoning glass and debris 60 feet, near to Hinckley Leisure Centre, where the Bosworth election count was taking place.The potentially lethal 2.30am blast in Coventry Road on May 8 last year also caused £3,000 damage to a nearby restaurant.Those inside the...

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

January 8, 2016, 3:08 am

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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Lawrence Elliott Green (23), of Lime Tree Road, Enderby, pleaded guilty to possessing a quantity of cocaine in Leicester on November 28. He was fined £25 with a £25 victim surcharge, £85 costs and £180 criminal courts charge. Samia Abdoola (34), of Tailby Avenue, Northfields, Leicester, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a red traffic light signal on the A47 Uppingham Road/A6030 The Portwey, Leicester, on...

Police hunt man who exposed himself to teenage girls

January 8, 2016, 4:37 am

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Police are searching for a man who indecently exposed himself to two 16-year-old girls. The man, who is thought to be in his 40s, pulled his car alongside the girls in Marstown Avenue, Wigston and exposed himself to them. Police have circulated a description of the man and the car he was travelling in. They have urged anyone who thinks they know his identity to contact officers immediately. The incident happened near the junction with Cornwall Road at 4pm on Saturday, December 19....

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January 8, 2016, 6:09 am

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Magistrates have bailed a 22-year-old man charged with 21 serious sexual offences against young boys to appear in Leicester Crown Court next month.Craig Hamilton, of Welland Park Road, Market Harborough, attended court to confirm his name, age and address.The offences are alleged to have been committed between 2003 and 2011.Hamilton was granted bail on condition that he has no contact with any of the prosecution witnesses or intentionally come into contact with anyone aged under 16 unless it is...

Family of suspected illegal immigrants detained after jumping off...

January 8, 2016, 7:06 am

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Police detained a family of suspected illegal immigrants who jumped out of a timber lorry when it arrived at a wood yard.The parents and two small children ran off at about 11.30am today when the curtain-sided trailer was about to be unloaded in Market Harborough.They fled from the yard of Glenmere Timber where the lorry was delivering a consignment of hardwood from the continent.A man and woman, a six year old girl and four year old boy, were later found on the Riverside industrial estate by...

Women cleared of involvement in kidnap plot

January 8, 2016, 10:12 am

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Two women have been cleared of involvement in a plot to kidnap a man who was held hostage overnight.Four men have already pleaded guilty to the offence, but Keisha Makanjuola (28) and Alisha Campbell (31) denied taking part.Both women were found not guilty of kidnapping Melton Mowbray man Daniel Tillson, on the judge's direction, at Leicester Crown Court today.Judge Simon Hammond had earlier ruled in favour of a defence submission that there was insufficient evidence to proceed, half way through...

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January 8, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A man who attacked the terrified mother of his child and tried to strangle her has been jailed for 15 months.Eric Hands, 35, assaulted his partner of four years Julie Gaydon after she asked him if he could give her a lift to work and look after their daughter while she was out.John Hallissey, prosecuting at Leicester Crown Court said: "It irritated him being woken up and asked to help."He began shouting at her and kicked her shin."He threatened her saying 'I'm going to strangle...

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

January 9, 2016, 1:03 am

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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Penny Flavill (35), of Collingwood Drive, Sileby, pleaded guilty to exceeding 30mph in Ratcliffe Road, Sileby, on September 2. She was fined £200 with a £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs, £150 criminal courts charge and given six penalty points. Wayne Hill (40), of Glen Park Avenue, Glenfield, pleaded guilty to exceeding 30mph on the A4304 Lutterworth Road, Walcote, on August 17. He was fined £400 with a...