Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

June 21, 2016, 8:02 am

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Recent cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include a thief stealing 12 cans of Lynx deodorant.Evana Johnson (50), of Dairy Way, Kibworth Harcourt, pleaded guilty to dishonestly making a statement to the Department for Work and Pensions in an application for Employment and Support Allowance on April 18, 2011, not giving the full extent of her capital.She was given a community order including 150 hours of unpaid work to be carried out within the next 12 months and three months'...

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Woman, 25, is 10th victim of West End robber, police confirm

June 21, 2016, 10:02 am

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A woman was the latest victim in a series of muggings in Leicester's West End, police have revealed. The 25-year-old was the 10th person to be attacked since the middle of May. She was targeted in Western Road between 2am and 4am on Saturday and suffered an injury to her mouth, Leicestershire Police said today. Some of the victims have been knocked unconscious and unable to provide a description of their attacker as they were attacked them from behind. Police have increased patrols in...

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June 21, 2016, 10:06 am

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A perverted peeping Tom used a spy pen camera to film his teenage step-daughter naked in the shower, a court heard.The devastated victim accidentally stumbled across numerous indecent videos and images of herself when she borrowed his laptop.The man, in his late 40s, from the Barwell area, was jailed for two years.He admitted two counts of voyeurism and one of making 87 indecent images of the girl, when she was aged between 17 and 18.Leicester Crown Court was told the step-dad had also...

Four times over alcohol limit driver is arrested in flooded road

June 21, 2016, 10:20 am

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A motorist was allegedly four times the legal alcohol limit and in a flooded country road when he was arrested during Leicestershire Police's ongoing drink driving operation. The man, who was detained in the Melton area, was one of 17 motorists who gave positive roadside tests for alcohol in the first two weeks of the police's annual summer campaign. Police released details of the arrest today and said the man would be put before the courts. The total of 17 is two more than the same stage...

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June 21, 2016, 10:47 am

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Police are reviewing hundreds of hours of CCTV footage in an effort to trace the Russian "Ultras" who left Leicester City fan Stewart Gray in a coma in Marseille. Mr Gray, 47 was seriously injured in violence reportedly led by organised gangs as he walked to England's opening game of the Euro 2016 tournament against Russia. Mr Gray, who is from the Hinckley area, is still in hospital in Marseille. Members of his family are at his bedside. Friends say he suffered serious head...

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June 22, 2016, 1:26 am

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A police officer was glassed in the face by a mentally ill man who had earlier burst into an elderly couple's home and attacked them.Shaun Toach, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, also kicked a second constable on the leg causing a ligament injury.Leicester Crown Court was told the incident began in the early hours of the morning on June 28 last year.Toach (24) knocked at the door of a home in Samson Road, New Parks, Leicester, where a married couple in their 80s were living.Read more:...

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June 22, 2016, 2:29 am

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Stephen Beadman has gone on trial for the false imprisonment of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood of Measham. The 29-year-old defendant, of George Avenue, Ibstock, has already admitted raping and murdering the teenager. His next-door neighbour Luke Harlow, (27) has also pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning Kayleigh in the hours before her murder in November last year. He has admitted grooming Kayleigh online and two counts of sexual activity with her. Kayleigh's body was found on farmland...

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June 22, 2016, 6:04 am

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A building surveyor lied about being the driver of a car that was crashed by a friend of his son, a court heard.Mark Anthony Fixter, 62, falsely claimed to have been at the wheel of his son's BMW when it collided with a gate outside council offices on Desford Road, Narborough, on March 1 last year.He made the false statement on a notice of intended prosecution and initially repeated the untruth in a police interview, to spare the real driver from getting into trouble.But his lie backfired...

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June 22, 2016, 6:10 am

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Barristers for the men accused of holding Kayleigh Haywood against her will have urged to jury to find them not guilty.Antony Metzer, representing Stephen Beadman, conceded his client had committed "terrible crimes" while Gary Bell, representing Luke Harlow, described his client as a "pathetic social misfit" and a "serial groomer of young girls".But at Nottingham Crown Court today both lawyers said the jurors needed to believe there was no reasonable doubt before...

Man who sexually abused boy, 15, in 1990s jailed for four years

June 22, 2016, 6:22 am

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A man who sexually abused a 15-year-old schoolboy more than 20 years ago has been jailed for four years.Paul Clarke, 45, admitted two counts of indecency with a child and two of indecent assault, between 1994 and 1995.Leicester Crown Court was told there was an eight year age gap between the defendant and his victim.Gregor Purcell, prosecuting, said the complainant reported the matter to the police, which involved sexual activity on two occasions, in April 2014.He said: "It's had an effect...

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June 22, 2016, 8:47 am

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A bad-tempered man barged into a 76-year-old Christmas shopper, causing her to fall and fracture a bone in her back, a court heard.Christopher Fowler, pleaded guilty to causing the pensioner grievous bodily harm, in Granby Street, Leicester city centre, on December 17, 2014.The victim who was waiting to cross the road fell backwards when Fowler barged into, or pushed, her.She suffered a fractured vertebrae in her lower back. Fowler also admitted common assault upon a younger woman, by pushing...

Police seize replica gun following village street brawl

June 22, 2016, 10:34 am

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Police seized a gun from a man who was arrested after he was involved in a clash with other people in a village street. The gun, which turned out to be a replica, was confiscated following a confrontation between a group in Kibworth Beauchamp last night. Police were called to an address in Hillcrest Avenue at 10pm by a member of the public who said the fight was taking place outside a house. The 44-year-old man – who is understood to live in the neighbourhood – was arrested and...

Search goes on for hiker David Oldman 66, who is missing in Spain

June 22, 2016, 11:08 am

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Searches are continuing in southern Spain for an experienced hiker who was reported missing two weeks ago tomorrow. David Oldman, 66, who is originally from Leicester, disappeared during a trek from London to Gibraltar. Spanish search teams took to the skies again today to search the area of remote, rugged countryside in Almeria which Mr Oldman, a former Leicester city councillor, was thought to be passing through. The last confirmed sighting was on Thursday, June 9, when Mr Oldman left...

Police issue CCTV in hunt for axe-wielding shop robber

June 22, 2016, 11:22 am

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Police searching for a robber who threatened shop staff with an axe before grabbing the till have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace. The robber, who had covered his face with a hood, threatened to kill staff and customers at McColls, in Belgrave Boulevard, Mowmacre, Leicester at 10pm on Friday, June 3. He then grabbed the till and ran away. James Cooke, 41, of Syston, was in the shop at the time and said the man seemed crazy and acted like "an absolute...

Kayleigh Haywood - Thursday's LIVE trial updates

June 23, 2016, 3:00 am

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Stephen Beadman has gone on trial for the false imprisonment of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood of Measham. The 29-year-old defendant, of George Avenue, Ibstock, has already admitted raping and murdering the teenager. His next-door neighbour Luke Harlow, (27) has also pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning Kayleigh in the hours before her murder in November last year. He has admitted grooming Kayleigh online and two counts of sexual activity with her. Kayleigh's body was found on farmland...

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Woman injured in A607 three-car crash last month dies in hospital

June 23, 2016, 5:12 am

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A woman who was seriously injured in a road collision last month has died in hospital. The woman was driving a silver Renault Clio which was involved in a collision with two other vehicles on the A607 near Croxton Kerrial, north of Melton. The collision occurred at 6.50pm on Tuesday May, 31 and involved two other vehicles – a Mercedes C220 and a blue Audi A6. Today, Leicestershire Police said the woman died in hospital on Thursday, June 16. The driver of the Mercedes was not...

Jury begins considering verdict in Kayleigh Haywood trial

June 23, 2016, 8:30 am

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The members of the jury in the Kayleigh Haywood trial have begun considering their verdict.For nearly two weeks they have been listening to evidence alleging Luke Harlow and Stephen Beadman held the 15-year-old Measham schoolgirl against her will at Harlow's house in George Avenue, Ibstock.Harlow (27) has admitted grooming Kayleigh and sexual activity with her, while Beadman (29), who lives next door to Harlow, has admitted raping and murdering Kayleigh. But they both deny false imprisonment.The...

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June 23, 2016, 9:02 am

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A Leicester City fan who was left in a coma after he was attacked by Russian thugs at the Euro 2016 tournament has opened his eyes for the first time. The Press Association reported the apparent improvement in Stewart Gray's condition today as police appealed for help tracing the thug who carried out the attack in Marseille. Mr Gray, 47, and thought to be from the Hinckley area, was attacked by a Russian 'ultra' armed with a metal bar or a hammer in the build-up to the England match against...

CCTV appeal after thug snatches necklace from woman, 73.

June 23, 2016, 9:20 am

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A 73-year-old woman was injured when a thug on a bike snatched her gold necklace as he rode past her. The woman suffered bruising when she fell to the ground as the thief pulled the chain from her neck. Today, Leicestershire Police released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace in connection with the theft, which happened in Burfield Street, off Catherine Street, Belgrave, Leicester, at 9pm on Sunday, June 5. The thief rode Allington Road. In a statement, Leicestershire Police said:...

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June 23, 2016, 10:00 am

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Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of car theft, drug dealing and possession of a weapon after a police pursuit early today. The young men, aged 17, were stopped by officers in Lyon Close, off Aylestone Lane, Wigston shortly after 12.30am. Officers from the force's roads and armed policing team began a "controlled pursuit" of the teenagers' vehicle in Wigston town centre five minutes earlier. A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said the pair were detained on suspicion of...