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London Road murder inquiry: Victim was stabbed to death, say...
A man whose body was found in London Road, Leicester yesterday died of a stab wound, a post-mortem examination has concluded.The man was discovered near the railway station shortly after midnight...
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Burglar who targeted blind 80-year-old woman absconds from prison
A distraction burglar who was jailed for almost six years just 18 months ago for targeting an 80-year-old woman in her home has gone on the run from an open prison.Matthew Rooney absconded from Ranby...
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Halal meat trial: Leicestershire father and son cleared in...
A father and son were celebrating clearing their names after being found not guilty in the turkey-sold-as-halal-lamb meat scandal.Mohammed Anwarul Hoque (56) wept with relief after a jury acquitted him...
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Police discover cannabis 'factory' above Leicestershire fish and...
Police have uncovered a cannabis 'factory' in a flat above a village chip shop.The plants were found in the flat above the Crispy Chip, in Uppingham Road, Houghton on the Hill, earlier today.A...
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Police find child, badly hurt woman and dead man at home in Ashby
Police were called to a home in Ashby where they found a seriously injured woman and a dead man.The incident was reported at 3.20pm today and police said they found the woman with "extensive injuries"...
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Ashby incident: Residents' shock after man's body, injured woman...
Ashby residents have reacted with shock after a man's body, a seriously injured woman and an unharmed girl were found in a bungalow by police yesterday.A house in a pathway off Holland Crescent, in...
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Ashby incident: Woman found with serious injuries in bungalow is...
A woman who was found with serious injuries in an Ashby bungalow yesterday afternoon is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, Leicestershire Police said.She was found by police in a house in...
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Body found in Ashby: Forensics team arrives at property where...
Forensics officers have arrived at the Ashby bungalow where a man's body, a seriously injured woman and an unharmed girl were found by police. The property - and a pathway off Holland Crescent - has...
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New Parks incident: Residents say man is armed with gun in...
A man is armed with a gun inside a New Parks flat which is surrounded by police, residents in the area have told the Leicester Mercury. Leicestershire Police were called to Keightley Road at 7am this...
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Watch: Dramatic footage shows armed police in New Parks during...
Dramatic footage has emerged of armed police in New Parks surrounding a flat. Residents in the area claim that there is a man armed with a gun in the Keightley Road property. The footage, filmed by...
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Money and safe stolen from charity shop in Queen's Road,...
Money and a safe which was bolted to concrete have been stolen from a charity shop in Leicester after thieves entered through the back door and left the office ransacked.It is one of a number of...
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London Road murder inquiry: Police name deceased as Dilovan Fazil...
Police have named a man who died of a stab wound in London Road, Leicester city centre this week.Dilovan Fazil Mohammed, 30, of no fixed address, was discovered near the railway station shortly after...
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New Parks siege: Police believe there is a second person in flat
Police believe a second person is inside a flat which is at the centre of an ongoing siege. Trained negotiators are speaking to a man who is apparently refusing to leave a house in Keightley Road, New...
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New Parks armed siege: Police issue statement after man arrested...
The 10-hour stand-off between police and a man who refused to come out of his home has ended 'peacefully' and 'without injury', police have confirmed. A handcuffed man has been led from the property in...
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Man charged with murder following death in London Road, Leicester
A man is due to appear in court tomorrow charged with murdering a man who died in London Road, Leicester city centre this week.Rajesh Chhagan Khunti, was charged this evening with murdering Dilovan...
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1,800 cannabis plants found in flat above chippy and nearby house
An apparently routine inquiry into an unpaid electricity bill led police to a pair of cannabis 'factories' housing almost 2,000 plants, police revealed today.The apparently mature plants were...
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Banned from teaching: Leicester teacher who took drugs and had...
A teacher who took drugs with pupils and allowed them to stay overnight at his home has been barred from the profession for life.Robert Roskelly was working as a science teacher at Winstanley Community...
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London Road stabbing death: Man in court
A man charged with the murder of a man in London Road, in the city earlier this week, has appeared before magistrates.Rajesh Chhagan Khunti, 30, of Kinley Road, Stocking Farm, Leicester, is charged...
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Gartree prison worker jailed for relationship with convicted...
A 24-year-old prison instructor who kissed and exchanged love letters with a convicted murderer has been jailed.Sian Doherty was given a six-month sentence for misconduct in a public office.Leicester...
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Fake designer goods worth £1m seized at airport in just...
Officials at East Midlands Airport seized counterfeit goods – ranging from designer handbags to Nike trainers – worth more than £1 million on the streets in just three days.Border Force officers staged...
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