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Licensing hearing is told of more trouble at city bar
A bar police want to close because of violence is at the centre of further allegations, a court has heard.The Grapevine, in Belvoir Street, had its licence revoked in April by a city council licensing...
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Campaign urges smokers: don't buy cheap smuggled cigarettes
Smokers have been urged to shun people who sell cheap, illegally imported cigarettes and rolling tobacco.Trading standards officials warned that buying cheap, smuggled tobacco products – sometimes sold...
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Man received £20k of wedding accessories bought with stolen...
A man who received more than £20,000 worth of wedding event accessories, fraudulently obtained with stolen bank cards, was given a suspended jail sentence.Snehal Lakhani, 43, received five deliveries...
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Gambling addict stole £61k from his employers
A gambling addict who stole £61,098 from his employers was jailed for 18 months.Dharmesh Mukesh Kumar Patel, 24, was already on bail for a similar offence with a different company, when he joined...
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Serial child abuser, 76, jailed for five-and-a-half years as...
A predatory paedophile who sexually abused two little girls four decades ago has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.John York (76), who has a history of similar offences, preyed on the two...
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'Violent bully' punched ex-girlfriend in the face knocking her...
A "violent bully" twice punched a former girlfriend in the face, knocking out a tooth and destroying another, a court heard.Jamie Boughton, 32, had previously sent a volley of menacing text messages,...
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ISIS terrorist, whose family moved to Leicester, killed in drone...
A British Islamic State fighters, who moved with his family moved to Leicester, has been killed in an air strike carried out by the RAF in Syria.Ruhul Amin, also known as Abdul Rakib Amin, was killed...
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Thieves strip parts from police anti-theft bike
Thieves have stolen a wheel and the saddle from a brightly coloured bike which police had placed in the street as part of a campaign to reduce cycle thefts.The bike, which was painted bright pink, was...
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Leicester's Grapevine bar loses licensing appeal over violence...
A late night bar at the centre of allegations of violence involving door staff will close for good after magistrates upheld a city council decision to revoke its licence.The Grapevine bar, in Leicester...
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Man who claimed to be ISIS fighter arrested for being drunk and...
A man was arrested for being drunk and disorderly this morning after he was reportedly claiming to be an ISIS fighter and was threatening to harm people.The man was detained shortly after 8am in...
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Jail for man who helped murderers after young mum is shot dead
A man has been convicted today of assisting two killers who shot mother-of-two Hayley Pointon dead in her Leicestershire home.Dylan Whitty, 30, was found guilty of the offence of assisting an offender...
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Loughborough University students at lowest risk of crime
Students at Loughborough University are at the lowest risk of crime of any undergraduates in the region.A study published by The Complete University Guide, using police data, looked at the crime rate...
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Police give up hunt for allotment arsonists by text in under an...
Allotment holders are angry that police closed an arson investigation by text after less than an hour saying they could not find the culprits.The attack overnight on Friday destroyed a new shed and its...
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More than 60 sexual offences have been reported in schools in...
More than 60 sexual offences have been reported at schools in Leicestershire and Rutland over the past three years.Offences in both primary and secondary schools include rape, indecent exposure,...
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Drug dealer caught with £18,000 stash of MCat hidden in a...
A drug dealer caught with an £18,000 stash of MCat, hidden in a hole in a wall, was jailed for two years and eight months.Norman Buckby was also found to have up to £44,907 of unexplained cash...
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Man sentenced for threatening cousin's boyfriend after he...
A man concerned for the safety of his female cousin went to her boyfriend's house and smashed the window of a door, whilst trying to get in, a court heard.Ryan Beniston went to the house in Hugglestone...
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Man in court charged with being the owner of a dog that attacked...
A man appeared in court charged with being the owner of an out of control dog that attacked two children in Leicester.Sean Ivers, 40, of Peake Road, Northfields, Leicester, appeared before Leicester...
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Two men appeared in court today charged with conspiracy to...
Two men appeared in court today charged with conspiracy to murder a person in Leicester.Eric Manunebo and Shem Thomas appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court yesterday (WED) to face the...
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Police issue photo of missing man Alfani Mohammed
Police have issued a photograph of a man who was reported missing from home on Monday evening.Alfani Mohammed, 41, was last seen in the Humberstone Drive area of Leicester by a friend at 3.30am on...
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Stripper stole colleague's car then blackmailed her
A stripper stole a fellow dancer's new car from outside a lap-dancing club and blackmailed her for its safe return.Charlene Allegrini-Scott took the keys from a colleague's bag in the changing rooms of...
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