Woman with 178 offences on her record attacked Leicester Crown...

October 1, 2016, 9:36 am

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A woman with a long history of damaging property attacked the front door of Leicester Crown Court purely on "impulse."Susan Bosworth, with 178 previous offences, had drunk 11 cans of alcohol when she armed herself with a hammer and smashed the windows.She was seen by a neighbour take repeated and deliberate strokes to break the panes in the door area in the early hours of September 15.Yesterday Bosworth (51) pleaded guilty to causing £1,650 damage at the court building in...

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Woman denies attempted abduction of baby girl

October 1, 2016, 9:41 am

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A woman has denied attempting to abduct a baby girl from a flat in Leicester. Rukibai Lakhman Karavadra was remanded into custody after a short hearing at Leicester Magistrates Court on Saturday morning. The 62-year-old defendant, of Weymouth Street, in Belgrave, Leicester, pleaded not guilty to the charge of "attempting to take a child so as to remove him or her from a person having lawful control." She is accused of trying to take seven-month old Amelia Demorais from her mother...

Police officers face 'rising level of violence from public'

October 2, 2016, 5:40 am

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Police officers are facing a rising level of violence from the public, according to their representatives. A total of 330 Leicestershire Police officers and civilian staff were assaulted in the line of duty in Leicestershire last year. In previous years, official records showed approximately 100 assaults on officers and staff per year. The figures, which cover the 12 months between April 2015 and March this year, were released by Leicestershire Police Federation, which represents rank and...

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October 2, 2016, 6:25 am

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There were emotional scenes as a man appeared in court charged with murder. Christopher Pendery has been charged with the murder of Carl Pask, whose body was discovered in his Kimberley Road flat in Evington, Leicester, on March 10 this year. The 39 year old, of Woodland Drive, Braunstone, Leicester, appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Saturday. A group of up to 10 people had gathered in the public gallery to follow the hearing. Proceedings were halted momentarily when one woman...

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October 2, 2016, 9:18 am

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A "career criminal" involved in an armed robbery, when a shopkeeper was beaten with a bat, was jailed for a total of nine years and eleven months.Thomas Law (28) was one of three masked and hooded raiders who burst into a mobile phone shop on Leicester's Narborough Road, on October 23, 2014.The shopkeeper was attacked by one of the unknown accomplices wielding a baseball bat, causing arm injuries.The robbers made off in a stolen BMW taking more than £3,000 worth of mobile phones...

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October 3, 2016, 10:22 am

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Police have released a new picture of a man who went missing from hospital last week. Anthony 'Mitch' Mee was last seen at Leicester Royal Infirmary at 7am on Wednesday last week. Police issued a photograph of Mr Mee last week and urged people to contact the force if they knew his whereabouts. Today, the force released a CCTV image which shows the 43-year-old was wearing at the time of his disappearance. Officers said Mr Mee has never gone missing before. He has links to the...

Greville Janner: officials reject claim abuse inquiry is to be...

October 3, 2016, 10:51 am

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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has denied a claim it is to end its examination of allegations against Greville Janner. The claim was made by the late Leicester politician's son, Daniel Janner, in a national newspaper at the weekend, citing a "wholly reliable source". However, the claim in the Sunday Telegraph by Mr Janner, a barrister, was rejected by the IICSA. His father, a veteran Labour politician – who was accused of 22 sexual offences...

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October 4, 2016, 3:39 am

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A "persistent nuisance" who stole a £21,000 motorbike was linked to the crime by his fingerprints, a court heard.The Agusta motorbike, stolen on June 16, had a tracking device fitted which led to its recovery.Witnesses had earlier reported seeing three men pushing it into the back of a van.The defendant, Jack Nethercott, was linked to the crime because of his fingerprints.Priya Bakshi, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court that a stolen Nissan van was located by the police in...

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Man, 19, attacked and robbed in Leicester Market

October 4, 2016, 5:22 am

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A man was pinned against a doorway, assaulted and robbed as he walked through Leicester Market. The 19-year-old victim was approached by a group of four men in Market Place South. One of the men held him against a doorway before taking his wallet and assaulting him. The victim sustained a minor injury, Leicestershire Police said. In a statement, the force said: "A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident and released on police bail pending further...

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October 4, 2016, 6:33 am

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The watchdog that holds Leicestershire's police and crime commissioner Lord Willy Bach to account has endorsed his choice of deputy. The police and crime panel says it backs Lord Bach's choice of Labour Leicester assistant mayor councillor Kirk Master as his number two. However in a letter to the Labour PCC, panel chairman Joe Orson has expressed concern that Coun Master will keep his city council portfolio for neighbourhood services. The letter follows a session last month where panel...

Missing man Anthony 'Mitch' Mee found 'safe and well'

October 4, 2016, 8:06 am

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A man who was reported missing last week has been found safe and well. Anthony 'Mitch' Mee, who had last been seen at Leicester Royal Infirmary on Wednesday last week, was located in Nottingham this afternoon. Leicestershire Police said the 43-year-old was "safe and well". In a statement, the force said: "We'd like to thank everyone who assisted with our inquiries and shared our appeal."

Leicester cyclists want plain-clothed police bike patrols to...

October 4, 2016, 9:01 am

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Cyclists are calling for Leicestershire Police to follow the lead of their West Midlands colleagues and deploy plain-clothed officers on bikes to crack down on dangerous drivers. Last month the West Midlands force became the first in the UK to adopt a tactic to catch motorists who 'close pass' cyclists by failing to give sufficient space when overtaking them. The rules of the road stipulate drivers should give cyclists at least the same space as vehicles when overtaking. Anyone encroaching...

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October 5, 2016, 7:40 am

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Police are to patrol multi-storey car parks to investigate reports of drug-taking and drinking. Officers in Leicester city centre say members of the public have reported seeing users injecting heroin in stairwells. People have also told officers they have encountered groups of street-drinkers and rough sleepers in a number of car parks. The reports indicate the illicit activities are taking place late at night or in the early hours of the morning, when the car parks are not so busy. Sgt...

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October 5, 2016, 7:42 am

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A man who was found safe and well after being reported missing last week, has today appeared in court.Anthony 'Mitch' Mee's photograph was published in the Leicester Mercury as part of a police appeal regarding his whereabouts. He was reported to have last been seen at Leicester Royal Infirmary on Wednesday of last week.Officers located the 43-year-old "safe and well" in Nottingham yesterday.He appeared at Leicester Crown Court to face an alleged bail offence this morning (Wednesday...

'Sex addict' teacher who asked girl, 13, to send topless pictures...

October 5, 2016, 9:30 am

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A "sex addict" teacher's career is in ruins after he was caught with child pornography on his home computer.James Luff, who was head of biology at Lutterworth College, also asked a 13-year-old girl on the internet to send him revealing and topless photos.None of the children involved were pupils at the college, either past or present.The 32-year-old, of Leicester Road, Mountsorrel, was given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, with a requirement to undergo a sex offender...

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October 6, 2016, 12:44 am

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No Lutterworth College pupils past or present at were among former teacher James Luff's victims, bosses have confirmed. They issued a statement about the case after Luff was given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.He admitted downloading 79 indecent images of children in category A, the most serious range, 59 in category B and 417 in category C, between September 2007 and June 2014.Luff also pleaded guilty to possessing 128 extreme pornographic images, and attempting to incite a...

Facebook user's photos of him with gun leads to armed police raid

October 6, 2016, 3:59 am

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A Facebook user was busted for drugs after posting photos of himself holding a gun alongside threats to "get them" and it was "game over."Leicester Crown Court was told that armed police raided Carl Svarc's then home in Bloomfield Road, Saffron Lane, in the city, and found his cannabis stash, in May last year.They also seized two air guns that he was banned from owning - because he had recently served a jail term.Svarc (39), now of Copinger Road, Saffron Lane, pleaded guilty...

Two charged after assault left man with serious head injuries

October 6, 2016, 7:33 am

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Two men have been charged in connection with an assault last month which left a man in hospital with serious head injuries. Taseer Kazi, 22, and 25-year-old Tauqeer Ahmed Kazi, both of St Peters Road, Leicester, have been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent. The charges follow an incident in Berners Street, St Peters, Highfields, Leicester in the early hours of Saturday, September 3. A man who suffered serious head injuries remains in hospital undergoing treatment,...

Police investigate alleged attack by hunt member on saboteur

October 6, 2016, 7:45 am

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Police are investigating an allegation that a member of a fox hunt assaulted a campaigner who was filming him and his colleagues. The incident, footage of which was released online this week, appears to show the rider with the Atherstone Hunt confront a member of the West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs. The activist was filming the hunt in Sheepy Parva on Monday this week when he spotted a fox and told the rider and his hounds they should turn back to avoid it and any potential breach of the...

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October 6, 2016, 9:30 am

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A teenager has admitted stabbing a bus driver during a daytime assault in a busy city street. Harley Kidd (19) carried out the knife attack in Evington Road, near the junction with St Stephens's Road, Leicester, on Tuesday September 6. He pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court yesterday to wounding with intent as well as common assault upon a schoolboy at the scene. Judge Ebraham Mooncey, remanded Kidd, of London Road, Leicester, back into custody to await sentencing next month. The...