Drug dealer crashed into Leicester corner shop after 70mph police...
A dangerous driver who crashed into a shop front during a high-speed police chase has been jailed.Joshua Hawkins admitted driving a hired Mercedes dangerously and possessing criminal property, £2,760...
View Article'Pedro had a heart of gold' - Friends raise cash for stabbing...
More than £2,000 has been raised for the family of a young man who died from a stab wound at the weekend.Pedro Godinho, 22, was found injured in a car park in Canonsleigh Road, Mowmacre, Leicester,...
View ArticleJudge slammed for sparing wife-beating cricketer jail over false...
The head of a charity supporting domestic violence victims has slammed a judge for showing "shocking ignorance" in sparing a man who attacked his wife with a cricket bat a jail term.Mustafa Bashir hit...
View ArticlePolice inspector: We didn't clear homelessness protest just to...
A police inspector has denied an operation to remove a camp of 11 homelessness protestors from Jubilee Square was aimed at making the city look tidier.Inspector Simon Preston was giving evidence at the...
View ArticleNew police warning after 16 drivers are caught on mobile phones
Police have issued their latest warning to drivers who use mobile phones while at the wheel.Officers spoke out after 16 motorists were caught committing the offence during a week-long operation which...
View Article'I don't agree with the law': Lutterworth pervert's shocking...
A pervert who sexually assaulted a baby girl and tried to have a threesome with a 14-year-old told police "I don't agree with the law".In an astonishing interview with officers investigating a series...
View ArticleLutterworth pervert who called himself the 'Pied Piper of drugs'...
A lawless sexual predator, who became the "Pied Piper" of drugs to befriend young people, has been jailed for 10 years.Malcolm Jackson also sexually touched a one-and-a-half year old girl and took an...
View ArticleFamily of car park stab victim Pedro Godinho say he had...
The family of Pedro Godinho, who died after being found with stab wounds in Canonsleigh Road, Stocking Farm, Leicester, have released a statement.The 22-year-old murder victim's cousin, Rafael Godinho,...
View ArticleWoman and teenager charged in connection with death of Pedro...
A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of Pedro Godinho.Read More: Family pay tribute to Pedro Godinho - he had a "promising life ahead"The 22-year-old was found with...
View ArticleAxe robbers steal cash from BP garage in Groby Road, Leicester...
Police are hunting two men after an armed robbery at a city garage early this morning.The men, who were armed with an axe, went into the BP garage in Groby Road, Leicester, shortly before 4am and got...
View ArticlePolice investigate report of man following a child outside...
Police are investigating a report of a man seen following a child outside a primary school.The incident happened sometime between 8am and 8.30am today near Desford Primary School, in Kirkby Road, as...
View Article'I believe she wasn't unconscious' - Download Festival sex...
A man accused of sexually touching a woman who was asleep in her tent at the Download Festival has insisted she was awake when he felt her body.Edward Bater told Leicester Crown Court yesterday that he...
View ArticlePolice hunting Leicester lottery ticket fraudster issue picture...
Detectives hunting a fraudster who gets people to hand over cash or jewellery for a worthless 'winning' lottery ticket have issued a photograph of a man they want to trace.Police want to speak to...
View ArticleTeenager charged with murder of Pedro Godinho appears in court
A 19-year-old charged with the murder of a young man, found injured in Leicester's Canonsleigh Road, has appeared before a judge Ezekiel Braithwaite spoke to acknowledge his name during the six minute...
View ArticleJubilee Square homeless protesters win court case after...
A police inspector failed to gather enough evidence before clearing a protest camp in Jubilee Square last summer, a court has ruled. James McLean and 10 others had been living in the square for about a...
View ArticleWhat can you LEGALLY do when an intruder enters your home? Your...
One of our greatest fears is to come home to an open door or window, and find valuable items taken from the family home.Burglars are unfortunately still at large in Leicester, with two men recently...
View ArticleNot guilty: Student weeps with relief as he is cleared of...
A student wept with relief as he was cleared by a jury of indecently assaulting two women in a tent during the Download Festival.Gregory Elsom (22) denied sexually touching one woman over her clothing,...
View ArticleLoughborough street cordoned off by police after reports of...
Police have sealed off an area of Loughborough town centre after a reported stabbing this evening.An area of The Coneries, near Nottingham Road, was cordoned off shortly after 5pm after the emergency...
View ArticleLoughborough 'stabbing': two injured men arrested for affray, say...
Two men who were found injured, possibly stabbed, on a garage forecourt tonight have been arrested on suspicion of causing an affray.The men were taken to hospital shortly after 5pm after police were...
View ArticleDrunken Loughborough woman scarred barmaid in glass attack when...
A drunken woman who threw a glass at a bar worker, causing a permanent facial scar, was given a chance by a judge because she was mentally unwell, a court heard.Georgia Micciche (21) received a...
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