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Hunt for man who punched woman unconscious in street
A man punched a woman unconscious in a busy city centre street in broad daylight today. The woman was assaulted in Charles Street, near the junction with Rutland Street, in Leicester, shortly before...
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Shoppers watch as police restrain and arrest suspect
City centre shoppers watched as police restrained and arrested a suspected thief. The man was detained near the Clock Tower in Leicester this afternoon. A police spokeswoman said officers on patrol had...
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Man due in court charged with city stabbing
A man is to appear in court tomorrow charged with stabbing a man in the street last week. Mukhtar Abdillahi, (20), of Uppingham Road, Leicester, has been charged with Section 18 Grievous Bodily Harm...
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Urgent appeal in search for missing 73-year-old woman
Police are increasingly concerned for a 73-year-old woman who went missing from home earlier today. Patricia Ludden, who suffers from dementia, was last seen 1.30pm at an address in South Wigston....
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Tara Read (38) of Berridge Lane, Belgrave, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis when required on September 6 2015. She...
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Student appears in court accused of causing grievous bodily harm...
A student appeared has appeared in court accused of stabbing a man in a Leicester street.Mukhtar Abdillahi (20) is charged with wounding the man with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.The...
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Man accused of biting off part of another man's ear in Leicester...
A man accused of biting off part of another man's ear has appearing in court.Aldermuoy (c) Romeo (23) is accused of causing the man grievous bodily harm in an incident in East Street, Leicester city...
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Former boxing champion delivered a kilo of cocaine to Leicester...
A former boxing champion was under police surveillance as he delivered a kilo of cocaine to a Leicester drug dealer's home. Undercover officers stopped James Mulhern, a former ABA light-flyweight...
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Jack Adcock's mum: "I want to rip the heads off the doctor...
Grieving mum Nicola Adcock has said she wants to "rip the heads off" the doctor and nurse responsible for the death of her six-year-old son, Jack.She was speaking after the conviction of doctor Hadiza...
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Two young people treated in hospital after taking powerful...
Two young people have been treated in hospital after taking the so called legal high Black Mamba. They were taken ill in the Market Harborough area of the county in the past two weeks. The drug, sold...
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Driver who caused horrific motorway crash was insane, court hears
A motorist who caused a horrific pile-up on the M25 which killed a trucker from Leicester was "insane" and believed he was in a disaster film, a court heard. Adam Olkusz, 25, was suffering from...
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Drunken man head-butted woman and punched her boyfriend in pub...
A drunken man who head-butted a woman and punched her boyfriend in a pub altercation was given a suspended jail sentence. Victim, Michelle Holden, had a lump on her head, and her partner, Alistair...
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Police found cocaine at home of man they were investigating over...
Police officers found cocaine at the home of a man they were investigating for the illegal sale of television set top boxes, a court heard. When they executed a warrant, detectives found eight illicit...
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Police warn of rising death toll on our roads
The death toll on the county's roads so far this year has passed the total for the whole of 2014, police have warned. The latest figures from Leicestershire Police show 41 people have died in road...
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Man armed himself with knife to chase assailant who hit him over...
A young man armed himself with a knife to chase an assailant who hit him on the head with a hammer, a court heard. Aldermuoy Romeo (23) was seen carrying the weapon by alarmed passers-by including a...
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Police release shocking CCTV footage of attempted robbery
Police have released shocking CCTV footage of a thug kicking and stamping on a 66-year-old woman while trying to snatch her bag. The hooded man attacked the woman shortly after she had withdrawn cash...
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Man arrested after hospital security guard and nurse attacked
A security guard was wounded and a nurse attacked while they were on duty at Leicester Royal Infirmary's urgent care centre.The male guard was wounded on the arm with a "sharp instrument", police...
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Teen wearing Texas Chainsaw Massacre mask tried to rob Tesco...
A teenager wearing a Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie-style mask was wielding a "huge saw" as he tried to rob a shop assistant, a court heard. Harley Kidd was high on a mixture of cocaine and alcohol when...
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Driver pronounced dead at scene of country road crash
A motorist was declared dead at the scene of a crash on a country road this morning. A member of the public called police to the scene of the crash at 11.30am in Manton Road, between Manton and Edith...
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What will policing in Leicestershire look like in 2020?
Leicestershire faces a future of fewer police officers, closed and sold-off stations and victims offered the option of reporting minor crime online.Today, a senior officer set out the vision of how the...
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