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Woman hit by ex-husband Mustafa Bashir with cricket bat says...
The ex-wife of a man who beat her with a cricket bat and forced her to drink bleach has spoken out after he avoided jail.Cricketer Mustafa Bashir, 34, was given a suspended sentence on Monday after...
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Leicester taxi driver Zahid Shah who grabbed breast of female...
A taxi driver who grabbed the breast of a young woman passenger has been jailed for six months.Married father, Zahid Shah, denied sexually assaulting the 22-year-old in the early hours of the morning,...
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Sex offender, 75, jailed for 'wicked' abuse of hundreds of girls
A 75-year-old man secretly sprayed hundreds of children with a solution which contained his own bodily fluid and then photographed them.David Long, formerly of Forest Road, Loughborough, committed the...
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Man charged with attempted murder after car wash incident
A 29-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after an incident at a car wash in The Coneries, Loughborough.Shamal Osmani, of Lymehurst Avenue, Loughborough, has also been charged with...
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Two men jailed for attack outside city centre nightclub
Two drunken men involved in street attacks, which left two victims injured in Leicester city centre, have been jailed.The violence erupted outside Onyx nightclub, Church Gate, in the early hours of...
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Flares let off in city centre pub ahead of LCFC v Stoke match
Two flares were set off by fans in a city centre pub in the lead up to today's match between Leicester City and Stoke. It's believed Stoke fans were responsible for the incident in Yates, which set off...
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Police raid 1,400 plant cannabis farm in city home
Police have closed down a 1,400 plant cannabis 'factory' which could have generated hundreds of thousand of pounds in profit for its operators.Officers raided the house in Glenfield Road, Leicester and...
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Two men in hospital after Braunstone Gate brawl
Two men are recovering in hospital after being hurt in a brawl outside a popular city bar.The incident happened in Braunstone Gate, Leicester, shortly after 11pm on Saturday.The trouble, involving...
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Arsonists blamed for hay bale fire in Bradgate Heights, Leicester
Arsonists are being blamed for setting fire to hay bales on the edge of a city estate.Firefighters were called to a field off Elder Close, in Bradgate Heights, near Glenfield Hospital, at 2.39pm...
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Police tackle rise in online 'groomers' meeting their young...
Police are tackling a growing number of cases of abusers meeting children they have groomed online. Leicestershire Police recorded 27 such offences between April 2015 and March 2016, according to...
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Drug dealer jailed for selling cocaine and MCat kicked out of his...
A drug dealer has been had his three-bedroom council house repossessed after being jailed for selling cocaine and MCat.Housing officials have successfully applied for an eviction order against Shane...
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Ex-soldier appears in court charged with series of shop robberies
A former soldier charged with a spate of robberies in Melton Mowbray has today appeared before a judge, via a live video link from prison.Neil Gordon (41) did not enter any pleas during the brief...
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Summerfield Butchers in Coalville closed down after droppings and...
A butchers has been shut after a decomposing rat and droppings were found inside. The discoveries, along with other health breaches, were made by environmental health officers when they visited...
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Virgin Media fraudsters took part in scam that allowed people to...
Two men have been sentenced for their roles in a multi-million pound scam which enabled thousands of people to watch paid-for cable TV for free.Manish Javahar and Bobby Bhairon appeared at Leicester...
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Woman refused to take back her ex - so he hired two Leicestershir...
An angry businessman hired two men from Leicestershire to firebomb his ex-partner's car and attack her home when she refused to get back with him.Robert McNaughton enlisted Matthew Barker, 42, and...
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Police: Investigation into Belvior Street incident continuing as...
An 18-year-old man arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm has been released from custody pending further inquiries. The man was arrested following an incident in Belvoir Street, in Leicester in...
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'I was going to smoke it myself' - Barwell man caught with...
A man caught with a six-kilo stash of cannabis worth £75,000 told the police he was going to smoke it himself.Edward Buchan initially said he paid £1,000 for the haul, which was stowed inside a...
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Violent burglar carried out 'nasty attack' on elderly man in his...
An intruder who assaulted an elderly man who caught him in his home has been jailed for nine years.Joe Maccuish, 29, pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court.Leicestershire...
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Thug attacks 87-year-old in Hinckley street attack leaving her...
An 87-year-old woman suffered a broken rib and wrist when a thug pushed her to the ground and snatched her handbag.The woman was targeted as she walked along Westfield Road, Hinckley, with her...
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Sentence of cricketer Mustafa Bashir who said he had a contract...
The sentence of a wife-beating cricketer who claimed he had job lined up with Leicestershire County Cricket Club is to be reviewed this week.Mustafa Bashir, 34, attacked his then wife Fakhara Karim...
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