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Kayleigh Haywood: Police launch murder investigation
Detectives searching for missing teenager Kayleigh Haywood have launched a murder investigation. Police investigating the disappearance of the 15-year-old Leicestershire schoolgirl are now treating her...
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Kayleigh Haywood: Police investigating disappearance discover...
Detectives investigating the disappearance of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood have discovered a body in a field in Ibstock.The body was found shortly before 10pm last night and the teenager's family have...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Rajubhai Mistry (48), of Kirkland Road, Braunstone Town, pleaded guilty to assault by beating at Leicester Royal Infirmary on June 13.He was...
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Kayleigh Haywood: Police believe body found in Ibstock field is...
Detectives investigating the disappearance of Kayleigh Haywood believe the body found in a field in Ibstock is that of the missing teenager. However, Leicestershire Police added that formal...
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Petition launched for tougher sentence for teenager who escaped...
A petition has been launched to try to get a tougher sentence for a teenager who escaped jail after raping a five-year-old girl.Friends of the child's family, from Burbage, have taken the action after...
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Rapist jailed for attacking vulnerable women - police believe...
A rapist who attacked vulnerable women he found on line has been jailed for 19 years.Albert Newton (32) of Woodgate, Loughborough was sent to prison for five offences which took place between April...
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Kayleigh Haywood: 'We are heartbroken, grief stricken and utterly...
The family of Kayleigh Haywood have said they are "heartbroken, grief stricken and utterly devastated".In a statement issued this evening, they also thanked the local communities in Leicestershire for...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Thomas McArthy (18), of Saffron Lane, Leicester, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place, Saffron Lane, on September 23....
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Persistent drug dealer caught with cocaine jailed
A persistent drug dealer caught with cocaine has been jailed for five years and seven months. Jason Bott (33) was stopped in a BMW car on Leicester Road, Blaby, at just after midnight on August 13 last...
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Married woman dishonestly claimed £40,000 in benefits by...
A married woman who dishonestly obtained £40,000 in benefits, by falsely claiming to be a single parent, was given a suspended jail sentence. Lynette Rowlett, a mum of four, (32) failed to notify the...
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Kayleigh Haywood killing: Two men Stephen Beadman and Luke Harlow...
Two men accused in connection with the sexual assault and killing of teenager Kayleigh Haywood appeared in court in Leicester today.Stephen Beadman (28) of George Avenue, Ibstock appeared on his own in...
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'Monster' given 30 year prison sentence for sex crimes against...
A "monster" who committed a catalogue of degrading sex crimes against two schoolgirls and a baby girl was given a 30 year jail sentence.Paedophile, Alan Peter Wormleighton, 60, filmed himself abusing...
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Police officer knocked unconscious and suffered broken bones...
A police officer was knocked unconscious and suffered broken bones while chasing suspects in the city.The constable was responding to a report of anti-social behaviour in the Bedale Drive area of...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Charlie Darren Stephen Hirst (20), of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the assault of police officer in the execution of his business in...
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Time to stop to police cutbacks
The Mercury received this letter from a reader. Do you agree? Have your say in the comments section below.What planet does Home Secretary Teresa May live on?Having slashed spending on the police year...
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'Irresponsible' father who caused crash which killed 12-year-old...
An 'irresponsible' father who lost control of a tipper truck and killed his 12-year-old son on his birthday has been jailed.Tony Aitken was driving a Ford Transit truck at an industrial estate with...
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Picture Gallery : Flowers and messages for Kayleigh Haywood
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Charlie Darren Stephen Hirst (20), of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the assault of police officer in the execution of his business in...
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Obsessed man terrified woman with threats and harrassment for...
A man obsessed with a virtual stranger has blighted her life with harassment and threats for eight years. Roberto Halka encountered the female travel agent in 2007 at her workplace – and has been...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Darren Vallance (42), of Maple Road, Loughborough, pleaded guilty to a series of thefts in Quorn and Loughborough.They were: October 4, entry...
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