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January 23, 2017, 7:59 am

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Officers investigating a nightclub assault which left the victim with serious injuries have released CCTV images of six men they want to trace.The man was injured in a club in Belgrave Gate, Leicester city centre at 2.40am on Saturday, December 3.Leicestershire Police, which has not released the name of the venue, said the victim sustained injuries to his spleen, lungs and ribs which required hospital treatment.Read more: Revealed: Big international brand set to replace House of Fraser in...

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January 23, 2017, 8:07 am

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Two thugs threatened a van driver with a knife before stealing his vehicle.The driver, aged 30, was targeted in Kendal Road, Ellistown, near Coalville at 11am last Wednesday, Leicestershire Police said.Two men, whose faces were covered, approached the driver and told him to hand over the keys to his vehicle, a white Volkswagen Transporter.When he refused, one of the men threatened him with a knife.He gave up the keys and the men drove off in the direction of Ibstock Road.Police said the victim...

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January 24, 2017, 2:00 am

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Five men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to bring heroin worth up to £280,000 into Leicester.The men worked together to bring consignments totalling 3.5kg of the class A drug from Sheffield to the city.However, they were tracked down by detectives from Leicestershire Police and the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (Emsou).All five – four from Leicester and one, Habeeb Yaqoob, from Sheffield – appeared at court at various times last year to plead guilty to...

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January 24, 2017, 3:08 am

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Residents living in a Leicester street woke up this morning to find a number of car windows smashed with broken glass shattered along the road. About seven vehicles were damaged in the early hours of the morning in Stuart Street, off Narborough Road. They all had one side window smashed - in all cases the windows damaged were the ones nearest the road. The Mercury has so far spoken to three people whose vehicles have been damaged and they all said nothing has been stolen. A man who didn't...

Jailed: The drug dealer twice caught with stashes of cannabis

January 24, 2017, 6:35 am

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A drug dealer who was twice caught with stashes of cannabis has been jailed for three years.Thomas Whittle carried on supplying the class B drug after being caught the first time and was labelled a "top of the tree" organiser by the judge.The 24-year-old's accomplice Kieran Keeves (21) was given a suspended jail term.Leicester Crown Court heard a search warrant was executed at Whittle's home in Hinckley Road, Stoney Stanton, in March 2015 when both defendants were present.Officers...

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January 24, 2017, 8:11 am

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A new weapon has been unveiled in the battle against speeding drivers – infra-red lights which help roadside speed cameras work in the dark.The lights will enable the teams to catch drivers who break the speed limit on poorly or unlit roads, according to the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership.Until now, a number of motorists have evaded detection because the partnership's mobile speed vans' cameras could not pick out registration plates in the dark.The new...

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January 24, 2017, 8:30 am

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A Leicester couple murdered in an Islamist terrorist attack while on holiday in Tunisia would have become grandparents this month.Raymond Fisher and his wife Angela were among 38 victims gunned down by Seifeddine Rezgui in the Mediterranean resort of Sousse on June 26, 2015.Hearings into the deaths of the 30 British holidaymakers killed at the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel opened at London's Royal Courts of Justice on January 16.And the couple's daughter, Donna Bradley, giving evidence to...

'Baby shake' death trial jury considering verdict

January 24, 2017, 11:30 am

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The jury in the manslaughter trial of an auntie accused of fatally shaking her baby niece is still considering the verdict.The jurors resumed deliberating this morning, after a day's break yesterday, when two women members of the panel were unwell.One of them returned today and the jury continued considering the evidence as a panel of 11.Having not reached a decision, after a total of five hours and 46 minutes in retirement, the jury went home this evening (January 24).The defendant, Chuanfang...

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January 24, 2017, 11:45 am

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Residents in a city street woke up to find their car windows smashed and a trail of glass shattered over the road. At least seven vehicles were damaged in the early hours of Tuesday as thugs went on a wrecking spree in Stuart Street, off Narborough Road. Police said their investigation is still in its early stages, but it is understood nothing was stolen from the cars. This trail of destruction follows a similar incident overnight on Christmas Eve, where more than a dozen vehicles had...

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January 25, 2017, 7:14 am

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A taxi driver who refused to take a couple with a guide dog on religious grounds has been ordered to pay a total of £590 by a court. Abandi Jamal Kassim (43), of Fountains Avenue, Eyres Monsell, Leicester, was sentenced at Leicester Magistrates Court, today. In a prosecution brought by Leicester City Council under the Equality Act 2010, he pleaded guilty to the offence. As reported by the Leicester Mercury at the time, the incident happened on July 1, last year. John Moss,...

Girl in hospital after crash in Marlborough Square, Coalville

January 25, 2017, 11:22 am

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A young teenager has been taken to hospital after she was knocked down in Coalville town centre this evening.The child, who is thought to be 13 or 14, was injured in Marlborough Square.The child, who is said to be a student at the town's Newbridge High School, was taken from the scene to hospital.The extent of her injuries is not known at this stage. Leicestershire Police has confirmed the casualty was taken to hospital.Read more: Leicester taxi driver fined for refusing to pick up blind couple...

Police car is smashed up by vandals in Belgrave, Leicester

January 25, 2017, 12:12 pm

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Police are searching for vandals who smashed a window and the wing mirror of one of the force's patrol cars.The vehicle was targeted in Rothley Street, Belgrave where the area's beat team is based.The beat team tweeted a photograph of the damaged vehicle today and appealed for help tracing the culprits.Read more: Cabbie in Leicester fined for refusing to pick up couple with guide dogEarlier this week, the Leicester Mercury reported that a 24-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage...

Police issue photo of man after dog bites woman in Wigston

January 26, 2017, 8:35 am

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Police have released a photograph of a man officers want to speak to after a woman was bitten by a dog.The woman has told officers she was walking with her daughter in Frederick Street, Wigston at around 11am on Saturday, December 26 when she noticed two dogs tied to a lamppost.In a statement today, Leicestershire Police said: "As she passed the dogs, one of them bit her on the leg, leaving a small puncture wound.Read more: Police car is smashed up by vandals in Belgrave, Leicester"The...

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January 26, 2017, 8:58 am

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Two inmates who took part in a prison riot last summer have been sentenced for their roles in the disorder.The pair are the latest men to be brought before the courts following an outbreak of mob violence at HMP Stocken, in Rutland, in the afternoon of Sunday, June 14.Extensive damage was done to K-wing at the prison as inmates barricaded themselves in, set fire to furniture and smashed lights and CCTV equipment.A number of them broke into a restricted area to steal medication.The disorder...

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January 27, 2017, 3:15 am

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A violent offender who hijacked a taxi at 'gunpoint' before leading firearms officers on a high-speed chase through Leicester has been jailed for more than six years. James Blockley (32), of Champion Close, Crown Hills, Leicester, forced the "petrified" driver into handing over his vehicle on the A50 Groby Road, on August 14, last year. He then sped off with police in pursuit. Blockley had earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear...

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January 27, 2017, 4:05 am

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A jury has found a 31-year-old mother-of-three guilty of killing her baby niece by shaking her. The panel of 11 reached the unanimous guilty verdict at 11.58am. Chuanfang Zheng, 31, had denied the manslaughter of seven-month-old Phoebe Guo, who died from catastrophic brain injuries, in March 2015. But Leicester Crown Court heard that Zheng, who was also caring for her own three children– aged five, three and eight months – lost control while babysitting Phoebe and vigorously...

'One weekend of madness' - timeline of James Blockley's crimes

January 27, 2017, 9:23 am

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Here is a timeline of terror over one weekend that resulted in a six-year jail term for James Blockley.The 32-year-old from Crown Hills, Leicester, breached a restraining order and threatened several people with a replica gun before hijacking a taxi and leading the police on a high-speed chase through the city.His lawyer described the crime spree as "one weekend of madness".Here is how the two days unfolded...Breaching restraining orderOn Saturday, August 13, 2016, Blockley breaches a...

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January 27, 2017, 10:30 am

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A teenager who groomed six girls, aged between 13 and 15, online, before sexually assaulting two of them in a flat he had locked them inside, has been jailed for four years.Dale Wycherley, of HMP Nottingham, encouraged his teenage victims to send him indecent photographs, exchange inappropriate messages and subjected them to sexual assaults.Today, at Leicester Crown Court, the 19-year-old was sentenced to four years imprisonment and was also ordered to spend an extended three years on licence...

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January 27, 2017, 10:30 am

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A man who was jailed for abusing a teenage boy has had his four-year term reduced - partly because he is having a difficult time in jail.Paul Clarke, 45, of Wolsey Close, Fleckney, subjected the 15-year-old to two indecent assaults more than 20 years ago.Read more: Man who sexually abused boy, 15, in 1990s jailed for four yearsBut the crimes did not come to light immediately, and it was 2014 before they were reported and June last year before he was finally jailed.At the Criminal Appeal Court,...

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January 27, 2017, 11:28 am

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An inmate who escaped a jail term after taking part in a two-hour protest provoked by the death of his hamster, is back behind bars.Kyle Blackie, 24, was given a chance to turn his life around after admitting affray and criminal damage at HMP Stocken in Rutland last April.The protest, which involved three other prisoners, caused £12,000 of damage.Leicester Crown Court heard that Blackie's "distress" at the death of his pet was one reason he gave for taking part.Read more: Prison...