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Police issue update after man's body is found in New Parks,...
Police are continuing to question two people tonight after a man's body was found inside a house in New Parks, Leicester.The man and woman were arrested yesterday following the discovery in a property...
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Man found dead in property on Glazebrook Road in New Parks named...
A man who was found dead in a New Parks property earlier this week has been named. Peter West, 60, was found dead in a house in Glazebrook Road on Tuesday 20 June. Leicestershire Police are treating...
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'Winning' lottery ticket scam nets gang £200,000, say...
A fraud gang which tricks people into handing over large sums of money in exchange for worthless "winning" lottery tickets might have conned people out of up to £200,000, police believe.Since April...
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Jury considers verdict over death of four-month-old baby girl
The jury in the case of a mother and her ex-boyfriend, accused of inflicting brain damage on a four-month-old baby girl, by shaking her, has retired to consider the verdict.The woman and the man, who...
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Crimewatch to highlight these two unsolved Leicestershire crimes
Two unsolved Leicestershire crimes were due to be featured on television this morning.Investigators hope the appeals on BBC One's Crimewatch Roadshow, which is broadcast at 9.15am, will lead to...
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Jury considers verdict over injured four-month-old baby girl
The jury in the case of a mother and her ex-boyfriend, accused of inflicting brain damage on a four-month-old baby girl, by shaking her, has retired to consider the verdict.The woman and the man, who...
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Undercover police to to target Leicester drivers who put...
Undercover officers are to take to the road next month to track down motorists who put cyclists' lives at risk, Leicestershire Police has confirmed. Officers equipped with body-worn cameras will film...
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Police issue charging update over following discovery of body in...
Two people have been charged in connection with the discovery of a dead man in a house in Leicester. The pair were due to appear in court today in connection with the discovery of the body of...
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Woman stole £150k from vulnerable pensioner and spent it on...
A fraudster left a vulnerable pensioner penniless after fleecing her out of more than £150,000 which she blew on gambling, holidays and jewellery.Heartless Lynn Minrath befriended the woman and then...
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Police warning after drink and drug-driving arrests rise again
Police have arrested 46 drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs so far this month.Figures released by the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership show 44 people have been...
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Paedophile imported sickening 'child sex-doll' into East Midlands...
Officials at East Midlands Airport intercepted a 'sickening' child sex doll which a paedophile had attempted to import from Hong Kong.Border Force staff made the shocking discovery in September last...
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Mum's TV plea to trace hit and run driver who put her in a coma
A hit and run driver left Kayley Hicken, 26, critically injured at the roadside in Thurmaston in the early hours of Saturday, December 17 last year.Kayley, a mother-of-one, had just stepped out of a...
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Pair who inflicted terrible injuries on four-month-old baby face...
A mother and her ex-boyfriend are facing jail sentences after being convicted by a jury of inflicting brain injuries on a four-month-old baby girl.They were found guilty of causing or allowing the...
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Raiders attack elderly couple in their home and take cash and...
Two raiders forced their way into an elderly couple's home to steal their cash and jewellery.The pair targeted the victims in their home in Barnstaple Road, near Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester on...
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Robbery victim relives terrifying knife attack for Crimewatch...
Ami Disdale was subjected to a terrifying ordeal when a man armed with a knife dragged her along a Leicester city centre street and ordered her to withdraw cash from her bank.The man attacked the...
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Building society cashier stole £10,000 from his great...
A building society cashier stole more than £10,000 from his great-grandma's account, including taking out £400 on the day she died, a court heard.Alex Thornley withdrew the 95-year-old victim's...
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Drug-dealing granny weeps as judge spares her and grandson from...
A drug-dealing granny wept as a judge spared her, and her cannabis-peddling grandson, from immediate jail sentences.Leicester Crown Court was told that police officers found nearly half-a-kilo of the...
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Hooded thieves steal £4,500 of plants in raid on nursery in...
Raiders have stolen £4,500 worth of plants from a family-run nursery in Leicestershire. The thieves removed the gate at Derry's Nursery in Cossington then loaded up a car trailer with high value plants...
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Teenager caught with cocaine in Leicester city centre thanks to...
A teenager was caught with 14 wraps of cocaine after a police drugs sniffer dog showed an interest in him in Leicester city centre, a court heard. Joshua Vickers (19) dropped a cigarette packet,...
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Markfield kickboxing instructor 'used charisma to molest girls',...
A kickboxing instructor used his "charisma" to sexually molest four girls he was coaching, a jury has been told.Danny Ryland allegedly made inappropriate remarks, asked them intimate questions and...
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