Five drink drivers caught after crashing their cars

December 6, 2016, 9:58 am

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Five people were arrested for drink-driving after crashing their cars in the first few days of Leicestershire Police's annual Christmas crackdown. Road safety campaigners said the collisions – which are not thought to have caused serious injuries – demonstrated the potentially catastrophic consequences of drink and drug-impaired driving. In total, nine people – five under the age of 24 – have been arrested for drinking and driving since the annual four-week...

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December 6, 2016, 10:00 pm

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An 81-year-old burglary victim has thanked Leicester Mercury readers for their support after her open letter to the intruder who raided her home captured their hearts. Sheila Weston, who learned she has inoperable cancer two days before the break-in last month, spoke as an online appeal to replace her stolen Christmas savings edged toward £1,600. You can make a donation here Mrs Weston was moved to pen the letter, which was published in the Mercury last week alongside her story,...

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December 6, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A benefit fraudster failed to declare tens of thousands of pounds in his bank account, whilst pocketing £39,000 in state hand-outs, a court heard.Mohammed Mohomed (29) pleaded guilty to four counts of benefit fraud, by failing to notify the authorities of the extent of his capital, which was in excess of the prohibited limit, between 2009 and 2014.He has been told if he pays all the money back by January he will escape an immediate jail sentence.The charges related to job seekers allowance...

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December 7, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A dangerous driver led the police on a two-and-a-half mile chase through city streets before crashing into a lamppost.Ismail Mohammed Iqbal (28) who had not passed a driving test, travelled at up to 65 mph in 30 mph areas at night.Leicester Crown Court was told that on arrest he was found to be in possession of a small amount of cocaine.He was on-licence from a six year sentence for robbery at the time.Iqbal, of Sorrel Road, Hamilton, Leicester, was jailed for nine months and banned from driving...

Police treat people with 'fairness and respect', says watchdog

December 7, 2016, 10:00 pm

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Police officers in Leicestershire treat people with fairness and respect, according to an official inspection report. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, (HMIC), assessed Leicestershire Police's legitimacy – meaning, the way its officers treat the public and its handling of the welfare of its staff. The inspectorate gave the force a grade of 'good' for the second year in a row. Issuing her report today, HM Inspector of Constabulary Zoë Billingham said: "Leicestershire Police...

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December 8, 2016, 5:02 am

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A doctor convicted of the manslaughter by gross negligence of a six-year-old boy in her care has failed in an Appeal Court bid to clear her name.Hadiza Bawa-Garba was found guilty, along with agency nurse Isabel Amaro, last year following the death of Jack Adcock.Jack, who had Down's syndrome and a heart condition, died at Leicester Royal Infirmary in February 2011, hours after being admitted with sickness and vomiting.Bawa-Garba argued before three senior judges in London that her trial was...

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December 8, 2016, 5:05 am

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Trading standards officers have issued a warning to households across the county about rogue traders selling potentially dangerous mattresses they falsely claim to be new. Officials at Leicestershire County Council are urging people not to buy mattresses from the "back of vans". It follows several reports of residents in Birstall, Glenfield and Loughborough being approached and asked if they wanted to buy a mattress. A spokesman for the trading standards team based at County Hall...

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December 8, 2016, 5:34 am

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A callous thief who stole a Poppy Appeal collection tin from a newsagents has been jailed for more than six months. Jamie Orchard made off with the tin containing cash after pretending to donate money. The incident took place at Radhas Newsagents, on the corner of Russell Street and Moor Lane in Loughborough, at around 8.30pm on Friday, October 28, this year. Orchard, of William Lyon Court in Bridge Street, Loughborough, was sentenced at Leicester Magistrates Court on Saturday, November...

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Leicester City link to football child abuse inquiry

December 8, 2016, 7:05 am

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Leicester City are assisting an official inquiry into a former club talent scout who sexually abused young players in the 1970s and 1980s. Edward, also known as Ted, Langford assaulted four boys while working as a talent-spotter for Aston Villa, managing a Birmingham-based youth team and during a later, brief spell as a scout for City in the 1980s. Langford, who has since died, was jailed in 2007 after he admitted a series of crimes against the aspiring professional footballers, who were all...

Woman, 89, dies in hospital after crash in Ravenstone, near...

December 8, 2016, 7:47 am

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An 89-year-old woman who was seriously injured in a car crash has died in hospital. The woman, whose name has not been released, was a passenger in a car which collided with a van in Ravenstone, near Coalville, yesterday. She was taken to hospital following the crash on the A447 Wash Lane, but later died, Leicestershire Police said. The collision between the grey Ford Fiesta and a silver Ford Transit van happened at 3.20pm. In a statement, Leicestershire Police said: "If you...

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December 8, 2016, 9:48 am

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A student working part-time at a Wilko store was left paralysed after a heavily-laden metal cage full of paint tins fell on top of her. Leicester Crown Court was told Corisande Collins suffered severe spinal injuries in the tragic incident at the Wilko in Beaumont Leys in August 2013 and now uses a wheelchair. Wilco Retail Ltd appeared at the court after previously pleading guilty to four offences under the Health and Safety Act. They face being fined a significant sum of money along with...

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December 8, 2016, 10:23 am

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Wilko Retail Ltd faces a huge fine after a student working part-time at its Beaumont Leys store was left paralysed after a heavily-laden metal cage full of paint tins fell on top of her.Corisande Collins, of Glenfield, suffered severe spinal injuries in the tragic incident in August 2013 and now uses a wheelchair, Leicester Crown Court was told.The retail company has pleaded guilty to four offences under the Health and Safety Act - and will be sentenced next year.Following today's court hearing,...

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December 8, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A drunk man repeatedly punched his former partner's sister, fracturing her nose, because he blamed her for his relationship break-up, a court heard.Joseph Patrick Donoghue (34) was still hitting her in the stomach and holding her in a head-lock outside her house when the police arrived.As well as a broken nose, the victim suffered two black eyes, bruising, swelling and had a tooth knocked out.Leicester Crown Court was told that when Donoghue turned up at the sister's house in Stonesby Avenue, in...

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December 9, 2016, 12:00 am

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A far-right internet 'troll' who once caused a Leicester pub to face fire-bomb threats has been jailed for a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment of an MP. Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed for two years after he was convicted of posting a string of vile rants about Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger. His harassment of the Liverpool MP came months before her fellow Labour MP Jo Cox, 41, was murdered by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair. The jury at the Old Bailey found Bonehill-Paine guilty of...

Aldi supermarket in Meridian Way badly damaged during attempted...

December 9, 2016, 3:22 am

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Thieves have caused 'significant' damage to an Aldi supermarket in Leicester as they tried to steal a cash machine.Leicestershire Police said up to five men targeted the store in Meridian Way, at about 9.15pm yesterday.Detectives said the group left empty handed but caused significant damage to the front of the storeThe supermarket remains cordoned off while police investigations are carried out at the scene.Witnesses have reported seeing the suspects arrive and leaving in two vehicles – a...

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December 9, 2016, 5:38 am

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Two Club Brugge fans have been convicted of racially-aggravated offences during the Belgian side's Champions League game against Leicester City.Leandro Marnik Doebbles, 18, and Tommie Lee Smits, 20, both admitted using racially-aggravated threatening words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.Doebbles, of Kapellveld, Dadizel, also pleaded guilty to possessing five packets of fireworks while trying to enter the King Power Stadium when the match was taking place.An order was...

Glider pilot's inquest opens

December 9, 2016, 9:10 am

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Further forensic tests are to be carried after a glider pilot died in a crash.Former RAF Group Captain John Christopher Armstrong, 70, who lived in Huntingdon, was pronounced dead at the scene after his aircraft crashed into a field between the villages of Mowsley and Lubenham, near Market Harborough, on December 4.Read more: Glider pilot killed 'after mid-air crash with light aircraft'At an inquest opening today, Coroner Martin Gotheridge said a postmortem had been carried out, but no cause of...

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December 9, 2016, 9:44 am

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A bogus 999 caller who made hundreds of nuisance calls to the emergency services has been jailed. Dominic Thomas was sent to prison for 19-weeks for continuing to pester ambulance service call handlers – just weeks after being given a suspended sentence. The 45-year-old, of Westfield Avenue, Ashby, appeared before Leicester magistrates, today, where he admitted to ringing up East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) without proper cause on 17 occasions. Sally Bedford, prosecuting, said:...

Man, 49, arrested after foxes killed by hunt hounds

December 9, 2016, 10:50 am

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of illegal hunting following the deaths of two foxes in Leicestershire last weekend.The 49-year-old was taken into custody for questioning about the animals' deaths while the Belvoir Hunt was riding in the Scalford area, near Melton.Police said on Friday night that he had been released on bail pending further enquiries.Leicestershire's Police and Crime Commissioner Lord Willy Bach was present and monitoring officers' policing of the event when two foxes were...

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December 9, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A woman cheated the benefits system out of nearly £46,000 by falsely claiming to be a single mother.Ann Marie Strong (27) pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to notify the authorities of a change in her circumstances, when she began living with her employed partner, Simon Anthony Howe, between October 2010 and April 2015.The offences related to income support, child tax credits as well as housing and council tax benefits, totalling £45,920.Strong, of Upper Temple Walk, Beaumont...