Man held as 'security' was killed when dodgy deal collapsed,...
A man was killed and his body dumped in a Leicester city centre car park after a dodgy land deal went badly wrong, a court heard.Promise Ndlovu was killed after five men from Leicester became involved...
View ArticleScreams of man 'killed when dodgy deal went wrong' played to...
The screams of Promise Ndlovu filled the courtroom as a recording of a 999 call he made was played to a manslaughter jury.The jurors looked visibly shocked as the eight-minute call to the police was...
View ArticleChild-killer Colin Pitchfork who murdered Leicestershire...
Double child killer Colin Pitchfork has tasted freedom for the first time in 30 years after he was allowed to take a day trip from prison. Pitchfork, who raped and murdered Leicestershire schoolgirls...
View ArticleJury still considering verdicts in trial of ex-BBC presenters...
A jury in the trial of two former BBC radio presenters facing charges of indecent assault will continue its deliberations today.Prosecutors allege Julie Wadsworth, 60, and her 69-year-old husband Tony...
View ArticleRecap: Updates from 'dodgy deal' body in Leicester car park...
The manslaughter trial of five men charged in connection with the death of Promise Ndlovu, who was body was found in a car park in Leicester, continued today. The case began at Nottingham Crown Court...
View ArticleLeicester road rage attack: Leicestershire Police need your help...
Police are yet to make an arrest after they were handed shocking dashcam footage of a road rage attack in Leicester.The footage, which shows a driver overtaking another motorist before blocking the...
View ArticleJulie and Tony Wadsworth found guilty of indecently assaulting...
Former BBC radio hosts Tony and Julie Wadsworth have been found guilty at Warwick Crown Court of indecently assaulting under-age boys in woodland in the 1990s.The court has previously heard that the...
View ArticleTony and Julie Wadsworth: Former golden couple of BBC Radio...
Former BBC Radio Leicester hosts Tony and Julie Wadsworth will be sentenced later today, after being found guilty at Warwick Crown Court of indecently assaulting under-age boys in the 1990s and...
View ArticleEx-BBC Leicester presenters Tony and Julie Wadsworth jailed after...
Former BBC presenter Julie Wadsworth has been jailed for five years at Warwick Crown Court for indecently assaulting young boys in woodland.Her husband Tony Wadsworth, who acted as a look-out during...
View ArticleWhat judge told ex-BBC presenters Tony and Julie Wadsworth as he...
Two former BBC radio presenters have both been jailed for five years for indecently assaulting a string of under-age boys and outraging public decency by having sex in woodland.Husband-and-wife Tony...
View ArticlePromise Ndlovu 'sounded worried' on phone shortly before he died,...
A friend of a man whose body was found in a Leicester car park has told a jury his pal sounded "worried" on the phone shortly before he died.Elvis Kheswa was the first witness to give evidence at...
View ArticleMan arrested after Audi crash in city centre
Police have arrested a man who they believe was in the white Audi involved in a major crash in the city centre on Thursday night.Police were pursuing a white Audi at the of the collision. The white...
View ArticleJulie and Tony Wadsworth: NSPCC condemns ex-BBC pair's 'child...
The NSPCC has reacted to the jailing of disgraced ex-Radio Leicester presenters Tony and Julie Wadsworth, describing the pair's crimes as 'child abuse'.The child welfare charity spoke out after the...
View ArticleChief urges MPs to fight for fair funding for Leicestershire...
Leicestershire's chief constable is to urge the area's newly elected MPs to fight for fairer funding for his force.Simon Cole is to write to the 10 new Parliamentary representatives to warn he expects...
View ArticleRoad closures and traffic restrictions for Download festival 2017
Leicestershire County Council has announced a series measures introduced to ensure traffic flows as smoothly as possible during this weekend's Download festival. The highlight of the rock calendar –...
View ArticleInvestigation launched after man found hanged from tree
An investigation was launched this morning after a man was found hanged from a tree in a town cemetery.The man was discovered in Loughborough Cemetery, in Leicester Road, on the outskirts of the town,...
View ArticleDiners and staff push violent attacker out of Nando's in city...
A victim was repeatedly punched and kicked on the ground by his girlfriend's ex-partner, in a busy city centre restaurant, a court heard.Shalao Faraj was restrained by diners and staff, who pushed him...
View ArticleHeartless thieves raid playgroup building taking cash, valuables...
Heartless thieves smashed their way into a playgroup building, damaging doors and windows and taking cash, valuables and even the children's sweets.The break-in happened at Thurnby and Bushby...
View ArticleTyler Thompson: 35,000 sign mum's petition for tougher action on...
More than 35,000 people have backed a stab victim's mum's campaign for the introduction of harsher penalties for people convicted of knife crimes.Amy Morgan launched the online petition only a month...
View ArticlePolice issue photographs of two knives seized in two days
Police have released photographs of two fearsome looking knives seized by officers in the space of a couple of days.One was taken from a man who was arrested in Leicester city centre on Saturday last...
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