Watch armed robbers raid jewellery shop in Leicester's Golden...
This video shows the moment robbers armed with an axe raided a jeweller's shop in Leicester's Golden Mile.They entered G Naran Jewellers in Belgrave Road on the afternoon of 14 November, 2015 and stole...
View ArticleWatch man stop to take phone call - as he uses hammer to break...
This is the moment a man casually takes a phone call while breaking into a city centre parking machine - in full view of daytime passers-by.The man, who was with another male at the time, was spotted...
View ArticleMan and woman 'stable' in hospital after Dominion Road, New Parks...
A man and a woman are in hospital after a serious assault at an address in New Parks, Leicester. Emergency services were called to a house in Dominion Road shortly before 5pm on Friday. Both casualties...
View ArticleBelgrave Road jewellery shop robbers labelled 'amateurish' as...
Three jewellery shop robbers involved in a terrifying armed raid in Leicester's Golden Mile have been jailed for a total of 21 years.They were among a group of five, who travelled from Birmingham, to...
View ArticleLeicestershire Police officer dismissed for falsely claiming...
A Leicestershire Police officer has been dismissed after he admitted fraudulently claiming petrol expenses of £23.Matthew Hartshorn, a member of the voluntary Special Constabulary, made two inflated...
View ArticleInvestigation launched into Hinckley flat arson
Firefighters had to force their way into a flat to deal with a suspected arson. Crews from Hinckley fire station were called to a property in Lawnswood, Hinckley, shortly before 3.30pm today. A fire...
View ArticleAlbion Street murder: Detectives appeal to taxi drivers and...
Detectives investigating the murder of a man in Leicester city centre in the early hours of Saturday morning have issued an urgent appeal to taxi drivers and businesses for information. The victim...
View ArticleAttempted murder charge as man and woman remain 'stable' in...
A 27-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder following an attack which left a man and woman in hospital with serious injuries. Troyde Godfrey Dixon, of no fixed address, is charged with...
View ArticleMarket Street in Ashby incident: Victim 'critical' in hospital...
The town centre of Ashby has been cordoned of after a "serious incident". Market Street, the town's main thoroughfare – full of shops and bars – was closed to traffic by police on Sunday morning. It...
View ArticleMarket Street in Ashby assault: Victim in critical condition in...
A person has been taken to hospital with head injuries and is in a critical condition following a street fight in Ashby.Police were called to Market Street at 2.41am on Sunday morning to a report of a...
View ArticleAlbion Street murder: 22-year-old victim was at student party...
A man was stabbed to death in the street after attending a party in a city centre block of flats. The 22-year-old victim suffered fatal injuries in the assault, in Albion Street, off Belvoir Street,...
View ArticleHalal meat trial: Accused 'would have made at least £250,00...
A meat wholesaler accused of dishonestly selling turkey as halal lamb in a profitable scam told the police that he ran a legitimate company, a court has heard.Mahmudur Rohman (46) claimed he did not...
View ArticleMarket Street in Ashby assault: 3 men arrested after fight that...
A man was in a critical condition yesterday following a fight in Market Street, Ashby. Police were called at 2.41am on Sunday to reports of an assault. The victim was taken to hospital with head...
View ArticleAlbion Street stabbing death: Victim named by police
A man who was stabbed in Leicester during the early hours of Saturday morning has been named by police as Lemou Lebato.The 22-year-old from Hackney, London, was known to family and friends as Lauric...
View ArticleWorker at Market Harborough Poundstretcher threatened with knife...
A shop worker was threatened by a man wielding a knife during an attempted robbery in Market Harborough.The suspect entered the Poundstretcher discount store, off Springfield Street, at about 5.30pm on...
View ArticleLazarus the goldfish back in a pond in Leicester after being...
A goldfish saved by a junior doctor after it was left bleeding and flapping on a hallway floor by a pet cat has been returned to a pond.Olivia Gould claimed the fish, nicknamed Lazarus following its...
View ArticleAlbion Street murder inquiry: Father of stabbing victim Lauric...
The father of the 22-year-old stabbed to death in the street in Leicester city centre has made a heartfelt plea for people with information about what happened to call the police. Lauric Lebato, an...
View ArticleNew Parks stabbing: Man in court charged with attempted murder
A 27-year-old man appeared in court today charged with attempted murder after a stabbing incident in New Parks on Friday evening.Troyde Godfrey Dixon, of no fixed address, is accused of stabbing a...
View Article'Secret' 14th Century seal unearthed in Leicestershire declared...
A silver seal matrix from the 14th Century has been found in Leicestershire.Coroner Dr Christina Swann declared the medieval seal matrix, used to seal documents, as treasure.The Leicester inquest heard...
View ArticleAshby assault: Fourth man bailed as victim remains critically ill
A man who was assaulted in Ashby town centre at the weekend remains critically ill in hospital. The man, whose details have not been released, suffered serious head injuries when he was attacked in...
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