Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

May 20, 2016, 1:14 am

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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Hinal Agheda (30), of Stoughton Road, Oadby, pleaded guilty to intentionally causing £100 damage to a car window at the junction of Narborough Road and Tudor Road, Leicester, on December 11 2015. He was committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. He also pleaded guilty to assault at the same place and time, for which he was committed to prison for 16 weeks and ordered to pay £350 compensation with £500 costs.Phillip...

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May 20, 2016, 4:27 am

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Police have released mobile phone footage of two men emerging from a branch of Nationwide they had just tried to rob. The footage was recorded by an onlooker as the two men fled the building and got into a car. The two men, who were wearing motorcycle helmets, pulled a knife on staff at the Nationwide in Leicester Road, Wigston at 11.15am on Wednesday last week. They left empty-handed in a dark silver grey Ford MPV-type vehicle. Nobody was injured. ...

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May 20, 2016, 6:55 am

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Police have released CCTV images of two men officers want to trace in connection with as assault which left the victim with a fractured jaw. The two men are wanted for questioning about the attack on a 22-year-old man on the Newarke bridge, near the Soar Point pub, off Western Boulevard, in Leicester's West End. The incident happened at 1am on Saturday, April 30. Police said the victim was approached and assaulted. The assault continued on to Western Boulevard, before the attackers left...

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May 20, 2016, 8:58 am

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Inmates could be allowed out of jail to work during the week under wide-ranging prison system reforms announced in the Queen's speech. The area covered by Leicestershire Police – the city, county and Rutland – has been chosen for one of eight pilot projects. It would see "low risk" offenders fitted with electronic tags and their movements tracked using GPS satellite technology. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "It is expected that the pilots will pave the...

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May 20, 2016, 9:16 am

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A man is due in court tomorrow to face a series of charges following collisions in Nanpanatan Road, on the outskirts of Loughborough. Kyle Gary Page, 21, of no fixed address has been charged with burglary, aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and failure to stop for police. The charges follow a collision in Nanpantan Road yesterday afternoon, involving a VW Golf and a Lamborghini, and a separate collision between two police vehicles which occurred...

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May 20, 2016, 11:03 am

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A mentally ill attacker bit part of a man's ear off and spat it out on the floor during a daytime assault in Leicester city centre, a court heard. Aldermuoy Romeo, 23, was unfit to enter a plea or to stand trial in the usual way - but a jury concluded he committed "the act" of wounding with intent. The victim, Damminie Powell, who knew Romeo, had to have his ear lobe surgically stitched back on. Mr Powell did not give evidence in court but his statement, which was unchallenged by...

Shocked mother caught paedophile indecently assaulting her son

May 21, 2016, 5:09 am

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A paedophile who groomed and sexually abused a school boy has been given a nine year extended prison sentence.Benjamin James Moreton, 25, was discovered when the victim's shocked mother caught him indecently assaulting her son.The boy confided to her the following day that the defendant had been abusing him from the age of eight-years-old.Moreton, of Kings Walk, Leicester Forest East, admitted four counts of indecently assaulting a child under 13.Sentencing him at Leicester Crown Court via a...

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May 21, 2016, 5:45 am

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A man has appeared in court charged with a series of offences following collisions in Nanpantan Road on the outskirts of Loughborough.Kyle Gary Page, 21, of no fixed address, appeared before Leicester Magistrates this morning.He faced charges of burglary, aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and failure to stop for police.The charges follow a collision in Nanpantan Road on Thursday afternoon involving a VW Golf and a Lamborghini, and a separate collision...

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May 22, 2016, 4:00 am

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Nine men have been convicted of sex offences against a boy who was pimped out in Birmingham's gay red light district after running away from a Leicestershire children's home.Pimp Stephen Kelly had befriended the boy at New Street station when the youngster was just 14, and had sold him for sex with other men, a jury heard.He appeared in the dock at Warwick Crown Court with 11 other men who between them were accused of more than 50 sex offences against the boy in 2009 and 2010.At the end of a...

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May 22, 2016, 6:23 am

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A father who drunkenly assaulted his wife in front of their three children has been jailed.Jonathan Skinner shouted and swore, making the youngsters cry and shoved her against a chest of drawers.He swung her against a wall so forcefully that pictures came off the wall and she ended up curling into a ball to protect herself, Leicester Crown Court was told.Skinner called her a "bitch," said she was "useless" and that if she left the house she could not come back because...

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May 22, 2016, 6:30 am

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A "high achieving" student with a university place was caught with more than £13,000 worth of cocaine.Alex Singh, 19, was found to have various amounts of cocaine, totalling 121.5 grams, with a purity of between 61 and 84 per cent.He was sentenced to two years and four months detention.Leicester Crown Court was told that the police searched his family home in Bridge Road, Spinney Hill, Leicester, and recovered the class A drug form his bedroom.They also seized £2,160 of...

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May 22, 2016, 8:20 am

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Children as young as 12 have been victims of revenge pornography – the practice of posting indecent images of people online without their consent. Leicestershire Police has investigated 30 cases in the year since a new law was introduced to outlaw the sharing of people's intimate pictures on social media sites such as Facebook, Youtube, Snapchat and Instagram without the victims' consent. The youngest victims were a boy and a girl aged 12, however 17 cases involved boys and girls under...

Man in hospital with serious head injuries after pub incident

May 23, 2016, 3:55 am

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A man is in hospital with serious head injuries suffered in a city centre pub. Police were alerted after the 52-year-old man arrived at Leicester Royal Infirmary's accident and emergency department in the early hours of Sunday. He was later transferred to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre. Police believe he had been injured during an incident at city centre pub. In a statement, Leicestershire Police said: "Initial inquiries lead officers to believe they were sustained during an...

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May 23, 2016, 4:35 am

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Sir Peter Soulsby has said he was pleased 'the good people of Leicester' challenged Britain First activists who campaigned in the city centre at the weekend. The police have said members of the far right party were escorted back to their vehicles to assure their safety after a confrontation at the city's Clock Tower on Saturday. Britain First leader Paul Golding and around a dozen supporters were campaigning in the city for the UK to leave the European Union when they came face to face with...

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

May 23, 2016, 5:57 am

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Recent cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include stealing from the House of Fraser, failing to stop after an accident and possessing a Stanley knife blade without good reason.Kylie Marie Walker (27), of Glenfield Road, Leicester, pleaded guilty to stealing jumpers worth £350 from House of Fraser, in Leicester, on May 4.She was sent to prison for 14 days and an order was made depriving her of ownership rights to a bag.Matthew Harrold (39) of Overpark Avenue, Braunstone, pleaded guilty...

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May 23, 2016, 6:00 am

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Teenagers in Countesthorpe could be banned from gathering in groups of more than four.Big leaps in complaints about anti-social behaviour in the area have led to plans for a crackdown on badly-behaved youths in the village and now consultation is being held to ask people what they think.In the past seven months there have been 133 reports made to Blaby District Council about anti-social behaviour. Previously there were about 110 reports per year.The council now wants to set up a Public Spaces...

Man and woman knocked out by street robber

May 23, 2016, 6:13 am

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Police are searching for a thug who punched and knocked out two people to steal their phones and cash. The victims, a man and a woman, were targeted in the Narborough Road area of Leicester in the early hours of yesterday. The woman was attacked on a path between Narborough Road and King Richards Road at 1am. Police said the man punched the woman in the face, causing her to lose consciousness. He took her phone and her handbag. She was treated in hospital. Read more: Man in hospital with...

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May 24, 2016, 2:34 am

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Police carried out a drugs raid thanks to a tip-off from a member of the public. Officers executed a search warrant at a property in Barkby Road, Rushey Mead, Leicester yesterday. Sgt Rich Lane. who leads the Rushey Mead beat team, said officers seized a small quantity of an unknown substance, which has been sent for analysis. A man was arrested at the scene. Sgt Lane said: "It was intelligence which came from the community."If people have any concerns or information they...

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

May 24, 2016, 3:19 am

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Recent cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include drink driving offences, producing cannabis and stealing a belt.Jacek Skibinsky (34), of Tudor Road, Leicester, pleaded guilty to driving in Tudor Road, Leicester, on April 17 with 68mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The limit is 35mcg. He was fined £166 with a £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs and given 10 penalty points.Elaine Sleath (61), of Macaulay Road, Rothley, pleaded guilty to driving in Carlton Avenue, Narborough, on...

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May 24, 2016, 5:48 am

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A man carrying a knife in the city centre hid the weapon in a nearby public house after the police were alerted, a court heard.A CCTV operator tracked Scott Brookes, 35, from Granby Street - where he had been seen with a knife - to the Parcel Yard next to the train station at about 8pm on Boxing Day.Brookes came out of the bar when the police arrived and claimed that some "Eastern European men" had earlier fired a cross-bow at him in the street - and showed them a bolt which he said...