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A 76-year-old woman harassed her neighbours by spraying weedkiller into their garden, starting smokey bonfires and even trespassing on their property.Over a long period of time Kathleen Neal also made a number of nuisance phone calls to her next door neighbours, using an anonymous pay-as-you-go mobile phone to ring them.When they picked up their home phone she stayed silently on the line. The harassment went on for a number of years.Her neighbours in Park Lane, Castle Donington, eventually...

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July 11, 2016, 8:34 am

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Four young men who went on a stealing "spree" targetting unlocked cars have narrowly escaped going to prison.Recorder Nicholas Syfret QC warned them they could have "easily been locked" up for what they did. But he decided to give the quartet a chance to "take responsibility for their lives".Abdirabi Noor, Ahmed Mahmood, Jordan Chambers and Rashid Ali all pleaded guilty to breaking into four cars.Their haul, totalling more than £2,800, included two brass...

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July 11, 2016, 9:18 am

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A married couple left their seven-year-old daughter at home alone to look after two younger children, a court heard.A neighbour called the police, having seen a distressed three-year-old child hanging out of an upstairs window.During a routine check the next day officers saw a two-year-old hanging out of a bedroom window – with the father downstairs oblivious to what was happening.Both parents jointly admitted three counts of cruelty, by neglecting the youngsters in a manner likely to...

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July 11, 2016, 9:58 am

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An irate man punched his girlfriend and threatened to gouge her eyes out with scissors, a court heard.Robert Edward Brooks "flipped" and attacked the woman when he discovered she had cheated on him, by working on the streets, when he was recalled to custody for two weeks.Philip Gibbs, prosecuting, said the victim was "effectively destitute" when he was in custody and felt she had no choice.When, after his release, she admitted the infidelity, he grabbed her and called her a...

Police issue CCTV in search for bike thief

July 11, 2016, 10:57 am

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Police investigating the theft of a bicycle have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace. The Carrera Valour bike was stolen from outside Leicester railway station at 9pm on Tuesday, June 14. It had been secured to railings. Pc Chris Potter, of British Transport Police, said: "We would like to hear from anyone who recognises the man or who has been offered a bike in suspicious circumstances." Read more: Site manager on trial for death of window fitter 'told police...

Site manager on trial for death of window fitter 'told police...

July 11, 2016, 11:14 am

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A man on trial for causing the death of a window fitter working for him on a building site told police the deceased "only had himself to blame" for what happened, a court has heard.Faruk Patel (39), of Frederick Road, Spinney Hills, Leicester, is accused of unlawfully killing father-of-two Tasadaq Ur-Rehman through gross negligence.Mr Ur-Rehman suffered severe brain injuries when he fell through a hole in the roof of a house under construction in St Saviours Hill, Spinney Hills, on...

Duke of Rutland banned from driving for speeding after amassing...

July 12, 2016, 2:43 am

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The Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest aristocrats in Britain, has been banned from driving for speeding in his Land Rover.He was disqualified for a year after pleading guilty to four separate offences.He was also ordered to pay £3,025 after amassing 24 penalty points, double the amount needed to be banned from the roads.Magistrates were told the Duke, whose name was given as David Charles Rutland of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, had driven a Land Rover Discovery through a 50mph...

Police issue CCTV in hunt for Haymarket clothes shop burglar

July 12, 2016, 4:40 am

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Police investigating a break-in at a clothes shop have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace. An intruder stole a number of items from the shop, in Leicester city centre's Haymarket Centre. Leicestershire Police, which has not named the business, said the burglary happened at 12.40am on Tuesday, June 21. In a statement, the force said: "A number of items of clothing were stolen from the shop."We would like to speak to the man in this image, as he could have...

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Two men charged with Brendon Mason murder appear before judge

July 12, 2016, 6:29 am

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Two men charged with the murder of Brendon Mason have appeared before a judge.Joshua Hack and Keith Lowe appeared at Leicester Crown Court via a live video link from the city's prison in Welford Road, where they are in custody.No pleas were entered.Hack, 21, of St Helen's Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, made no application for bail.Read more: Men appear in court charged with Brendon Mason murderLowe, also aged 21, of Rockingham Close, Crown Hills, Leicester, had his application for bail...

Conman who scammed £93k out of dating site woman given...

July 13, 2016, 8:01 am

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A heartless conman who scammed £93,000 out of a single woman he met on a Muslim dating site has been handed extra time behind bars for wasting top judges' time.Tariq Haq, 31, exploited the "older woman" after making contact on dating site SingleMuslim.com, London's Appeal Court heard."Persuasive, manipulative and relentless" Haq, of Twycross Street, Highfields, Leicester, was convicted of fraud at Peterbrough Crown Court and jailed for five years in May last...

Countesthorpe youth ban comes into force tomorrow

July 14, 2016, 1:10 am

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A ban on youngsters gathering in Countesthorpe comes into force tomorrow after 95 per cent of villagers supported the move.The Public Space Protection Order bans anyone aged 10 to 17 from gathering in groups of more than four people, except when waiting for buses or while in any of five specified green spaces.Blaby District Council and Leicestershire Police will run the trial for six months with a review after three months to see if it's succeeding in tackling the big rise in complaints about...

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

July 14, 2016, 1:24 am

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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Paul Reece Jameson (34), of Trinity Lane, Hinckley, pleaded guilty to stealing Galaxy chocolate worth £20 from Tesco, London Road, Leicester, on February 8. He was fined £90 and ordered to pay £20 compensation, a £20 victim surcharge and £40 costs.Kieran Alexander O'Sullivan (20), of Roper Close, Blaby, pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing...

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July 14, 2016, 2:04 am

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A family of six were terrified when two booze-fuelled robbers burst in demanding car keys in the early hours of the morning.Jason Slevin, who was jailed for four-and-a-half years, also pushed over a grandfather during the ordeal.Leicester Crown Court was told the householder, his parents, wife and two children, aged three and six, were all asleep in the detached property on Uppingham Road, in the city, when the intruders broke in at 4.30 am on Sunday June 26.The husband heard his wife at the top...

Beggars problem needs sorting out

July 14, 2016, 4:31 am

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One of the reasons I avoid coming into Leicester in the early evening is the number of beggars operating around the city centre.July 9 was no exception. I arrived by train at about 7pm and walked to St Margaret's bus station.During my journey down Granby Street there must have been at least six beggars sitting in the street, some calling out to passers by.When I got to the bus station things got even worse. Read more: Family terrified when booze-fuelled robbers burst into home at 4.30amA girl in...

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July 14, 2016, 6:46 am

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Leicestershire's Beat Bobby of the Year 2016 is Pc Gary Bailey, who has won the honour for his work with the young and disadvantaged in Loughborough. Pc Bailey, who has been with the force for 14 years, topped a strong shortlist of officers who had been nominated by members of the public. A panel of judges, led by Chief Constable Simon Cole, was impressed by the scale of Pc Bailey's involvement with a range of community groups on his patch. As well as tackling crime, they said, he had a...

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July 14, 2016, 7:00 am

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A burglar with more than 50 convictions has been jailed for breaking into two pizza takeaways.Stephen Watkins (31) was sentenced to 24 weeks in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing cash from two Loughborough restaurants.Watkins of ,City Height, Loughborough, pleaded guilty to breaking into to two pizza shops in the town and stealing cash on July 3.Kwok Wan, prosecuting, told Leicester Magistrates, Watkins was caught on CCTV cameras smashing his way into Sliced in Market Street and...

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July 14, 2016, 7:37 am

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A woman is on trial accused of sexually assaulting a little girl and distributing three indecent images of her.Sadie Annette Morris (24) of Fiswell Close, Barwell, denies the allegations, claiming she is not responsible for child pornography found on the mobile phone of a man she was allegedly in contact with.Ian Way, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court: "It's alleged the defendant took a number of photographs of a three-year-old. Three of those were indecent."She sent them via a...

Building site boss defended as manslaughter jury retires

July 14, 2016, 11:03 am

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A jury has retired to consider its verdict on a building site manager accused of unlawfully killing a window fitter who died in a fall. Faruk Patel (40), of Frederick Road, Spinney Hills, Leicester, is on trial for the manslaughter of Tasadaq Ur-Rehman by gross negligence. The 40-year-old father-of two suffered a severe head injury when he fell through a hole in a roof at a house under construction in St Saviours Hill, Spinney Hills, Leicester, on January 24 last year. He died four days later...

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July 15, 2016, 3:19 am

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Faruk Patel has been found guilty of manslaughter following the death of a man working on his building site.Father-of-two Tasadaq Ur-Rehman suffered severe brain injuries after he fell three metres through a skylight in a house he was helping to construct and afterwards Patel told police Mr Ur-Rehman "only had himself to blame" for what happened.However, the jury spent less than two hours deliberating before returning the guilty verdict. The judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Saunders,...

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July 15, 2016, 3:59 am

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A conman car dealer duped unwitting customers into buying potentially dangerous vehicles with forged service histories in an eBay scam.Sanjay Raja, 49, who was jailed for 12 months, even kept a supply of bogus rubber stamps from non-existent garages to falsify entries for maintenance and repairs – to add credence to his lies.Six of the vehicles sold, with the mileage clocks turned back, became faulty or broke down on the day, or shortly after, being purchased. Raja posed as a private...