Man charged in connection with bus driver attack on Evington Road...

September 8, 2016, 8:14 am

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​A man charged in connection with an attack on a bus driver has appeared in court.Harley Kidd (19), of London Road, Leicester, appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court today.Kidd is charged with grievous bodily harm, assault by beating, possession of a knife in a public place and making threats of serious physical harm. He did not enter any pleas.Read more: Woman charged after body found in Leicester Forest East houseThe offences are alleged to have been committed in Evington Road,...

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September 8, 2016, 12:07 pm

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Prison officers monitoring a teenager at risk of self harm, who was later found unconscious in his cell, failed to make detailed enough notes about his care, an inquest has heard. Jake Foxall, 19, was found unconscious in his prison cell at Glen Parva Young Offenders Institution on November 7, 2015.He died at Leicester Royal Infirmary on November 12, having never regained consciousness.Mr Foxall was on remand at Glen Parva having been charged with the offence of robbery. He was not serving a...

Men jailed for violence in Hotel Street, Leicester

September 9, 2016, 6:37 am

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Two young men have been jailed for their roles in drunken attacks in the city centre.The first unprovoked attack happened when Jamie Dobson, 26, got jealous about his girlfriend talking to another man in the city centre street on Friday, November 20, last year.Describing the incident during a sentencing hearing at Leicester Crown Court prosecutor Lynsey Knott said Dobson's victim had been drinking in the Market Tavern before going outside at about 8pm and striking up a conversation with the...

Police found crack cocaine and heroin in man's home

September 9, 2016, 7:25 am

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A drug addict who turned to dealing crack and heroin after his relationship collapsed has been jailed for 18 months.Bradley Dunn, 22, was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court yesterday(WED), having previously pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply on the basis that he was dealing to fellow addicts to pay off a drug debt.Dunn's his barrister, Mary Prior, asked Judge Nicholas Dean to consider sparing him an immediate jail sentence.She said: "He got into...

Girl, 14, dragged into alley and robbed of shoes, jacket and...

September 9, 2016, 8:19 am

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Police are searching for two youths who forced a teenager into an alleyway and stole her shoes, jacket and jewellery. The girl, 14, was targeted in Church Lane, Quorn at 8.30pm on Wednesday, August 31. She has told police she was approached by a group of youths. Two of the youths pulled her into an alleyway stole her trainers, jacket, bracelet and a ring. The suspects then ran off towards Deep End Activity Centre. The victim wasn't injured during the incident, police said. The two...

'Walter Mitty' conman stole £20,000 from woman and 'four...

September 9, 2016, 10:03 am

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A conman who stole nearly £20,000 of a woman's money and "four years of her life" has been jailed. Stephen Medd pretended he was a veteran of the Falklands War when he became the lodger of Margaret Barrett, now 68, of Coalville. The pair began a relationship which went on for four years but he lied to her about many aspects of his life. Between December 2013 and March 2015 Medd, who was described by Ms Barrett as a "Walter Mitty" fantasist, from her to pay meals...

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September 11, 2016, 1:43 am

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Police have today issued a renewed appeal for information about a serious sexual assault on a teenage girl in Market Harborough.The 17-year-old was attacked in Green Lane, shortly after midnight on Monday, August 22.The attacker approached from behind and dragged her to a nearby footpath where he sexually assaulted her.Police have issued images of three people they want to speak to about the incident.Two of the people have come forward, but officers are still trying to trace the third.A...

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September 11, 2016, 5:02 am

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Seven gangsters who tried to smuggle nearly £5 million worth of heroin into Britain hidden in huge hydraulic rams have been jailed.The crooks were caught trying to bring in 44kg of heroin from Pakistan to Birmingham, via Leicestershire, concealed inside two nine tonne presses normally used to flatten sheet metal.Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Border Force seized the drugs after searching a shipment at the port of Felixstowe, Suffolk, in August 2014.Over four days,...

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September 11, 2016, 7:59 am

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A father has been spared prison after he set up an insurance policy the day after his cellar flooded with sewage.Former chef Sandeep Patel found the extensive flood when he arrived home on July 28, 2013, to the house in Turner Road, Humberstone, Leicester, that he shares with his young daughter.Patel, 44, rang up Severn Trent Water to report what had happened and the company said they would go round to investigate.The next day, just before the water engineers arrived, Direct Line insurance got a...

Two people arrested after teenager stabbed in city centre

September 11, 2016, 11:12 pm

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Two people have been arrested after a teenager was found with stab wounds in the city on Friday. Police were called to Yeoman Lane after a 17-year-old boy was found injured following a fight. The initial incident involved a group of people around 5.15pm, one member of the group then stabbed the victim to the torso. The victim was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition. Yesterday a man and woman, both 19, were arrested in connection with the incident. They remain in...

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September 12, 2016, 2:28 am

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A former inmate at Glen Parva who had been caught with two mobile phones in his cell has been told he will not have to go back to the young offenders institution.Reis Bilal had been an architecture student at Lincoln University when he got involved in dealing ecstasy.In 2014, he and two others were arrested and later jailed after 19-year-old Ashley Hughes died after taking one of their class A pills.During his time at the Leicestershire prison, Bilal (21), of Hulse Orchard, Wilmington, Dartford,...

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September 12, 2016, 3:28 am

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A woman who had nearly £20,000 stolen from her by the man she loved has spoken of her mental stress and financial problems that he caused.Conman Stephen Medd was jailed for nine months last week after stealing money from Margaret Barrett during their four-year relationship.He was convicted of fraud for using her credit cards between December 2013 and March 2015.Divorced grandmother Ms Barrett, 68, of Coalville, who works as a research facilitator at Leicester Royal Infirmary, was told by...

Jail for woman who molested a three-year-old girl and sent the...

September 12, 2016, 8:15 am

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A woman who took photographs of herself molesting a three-year-old girl has been jailed for five years.Sadie Annette Morris sent the illegal mobile phone images to a paedophile in North Wales, along with sexual images of herself.The 24-year-old now accepts her wrongdoing and is remorseful, Leicester Crown Court was told.Morris was convicted by a jury in July of a sex offence against a girl under 13, and distributing three indecent images of the child, in each of the three categories of...

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September 12, 2016, 8:24 am

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Police investigating the death of a five-year-old after an incident at Bosworth Water Park are appealing for visitors to send them pictures or mobile phone footage taken on the day.Officers are hoping the images will help them piece together what happened to Charlie Dunn.Charlie died following an incident at the water park, in Market Bosworth, on Saturday, July 23.Detectives investigating the incident say only a very small number of people who were in the park have so far come forward with...

Man charged with attempted murder over city centre stabbing

September 12, 2016, 11:16 pm

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A 19-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a 17-year-old was stabbed in the city centre on Friday.Tejuan Allen of Helmsley Road, Leicester also faces a charge of possession of an offensive weapon. He is due to appear before Leicester Magistrates' Court this morning. The charge relates to an assault in Yeoman Lane on Friday which resulted in a 17-year-old boy sustaining stab wounds to his torso. The victim is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.A second person, a...

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September 13, 2016, 3:29 am

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A 19-year-old man appeared in court today accused of attempting to murder a 17-year-old boy.Tejuan Allen, of Helmsley Road, Saffron Lane, Leicester, appeared before Leicester Magistrates' Court facing two charges.Allen was accused of attempting to murder the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in Yeoman Lane , Leicester city centre, last Friday.Allen was also charged with the possession of a offensive weapon, namely a knife, in Yoeman Lane on the same date.Allen did not enter a...

Illegal worker used sham marriage to get nurse job

September 13, 2016, 5:29 am

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A woman who was working illegally at Leicester's hospitals has been given jail sentence.Rose Nguku was arrested and imprisoned four months ago after it emerged she was not entitled to work in the UK and had entered into a sham marriage to stay here and work in the city's hospitals.At Leicester Crown Court on Thursday she admitted committing fraud to obtain financial benefit through her work, as well as charges of bigamy and using false documents.Although Nguku (40) of Branting Hill Avenue,...

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September 13, 2016, 7:24 am

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A pensioner was hit with a hammer when he called for help while a burglar was ransacking his bedroom.The traumatic incident happened when David Sullivan woke from a short nap after taking his pet Beagle, Bobby, for a walk near his Newlands Road, Barwell home on Tuesday last week.The 66-year-old retired courier, who is awaiting a second hip operation, woke with a start to find the hooded man at the foot of his bed at around 11.30am.The burglar threw something, possibly a jumper, over Mr...

Witness tells of second serious stabbing incident in city centre...

September 13, 2016, 8:57 am

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A teenager was stabbed after a fight broke out in Leicester city centre.The 17-year-old was injured - apparently while trying to break up a fight - in Granby Street in the early hours of Sunday morning.Police are investigating and said the victim remains in hospital in a stable condition.It was the second stabbing in the city centre within 36 hours, after a 17-year-old boy was hurt in Yeoman Lane on Friday night.An eyewitness, who asked not to be named, said he saw a group of people outside the...

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September 13, 2016, 9:17 am

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An armed robber has been found guilty of manslaughter after taking part in a warehouse raid in which a granddad was shot dead.Suraj Mistry was acquitted of murder but found guilty of the lesser charge after three days of deliberation by the jury at Birmingham Crown Court.The prosecution said Mistry and Tahir Zarif entered a catering supplies business in Digbeth, Birmingham, and took six men hostage before trying to get the 56-year-old business owner Akhtar Javeed to open the safe at Direct...