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See how easy you're making life for thieves, police warn
Police tweeted pictures of valuables they found on view in people's cars to show how motorists make life easy for thieves. Officers shared a series of photographs yesterday morning of valuables they...
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Give money to charity, not to street beggars, say police
Police are urging people to donate money to homelessness charities instead of putting cash in the hands of beggars. Research by police and Leicester City Council's homelessness outreach team has...
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Emergency services to save £7 million by teaming up to buy...
Leicestershire Police says it will save more than £350,000 by teaming up with forces and fire services across the UK to buy new vehicles. The force announced today it is one of 34 services which have...
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Rail police launch campaign to tackle thieves and drunks
Transport police have launched a campaign to track down thieves who they expect will target Christmas shoppers and revellers. Extra British Transport Police, (BTP), officers – including a number...
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Fake faith-healer told to declare cash or serve another five...
A bogus faith-healer serving nine years in prison for cheating victims out of £650,000 has been warned his sentence could be extended by five years if he does not admit where he has "hidden" the cash....
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Adam Joseph Wright (26), of Thame Way, Hinckley, pleaded guilty to stealing meat worth £36 from the Co-Op, Wood Street, Earl Shilton, on October...
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Knifeman who caused life-threatening injury in unprovoked attack...
A knifeman who caused a life-threatening injury in an unprovoked street attack has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years detention.Devante McGregor, 20, ran up to the victim and called him a...
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Murder investigation launched after woman's body found in...
Three people have been arrested following the death of a woman in Leicester. Police were called to a property in Holmfield Avenue, Stoneygate, at about 9.30am today by the ambulance service. Officers...
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Family's Christmas ruined by burglars who "took everything&q...
A pregnant mum said her family's Christmas had been ruined after burglars ransacked her house and stole their presents.Thousands of pounds worth of items were taken from Alexandra Mahjouri's new home,...
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Man who sexually abused two schoolgirls jailed
A man who sexually abused two schoolgirls has been jailed for two years and three months.Scott Branson (46), admitted two counts of gross indecency with one victim, when she was aged between seven and...
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Undercover operation finds illegal cigarettes on sale in...
Undercover investigators have revealed how easy it is to buy illegal cigarettes in shops in Leicester. A team led by ex-Metropolitan Police officer Will O'Reilly visited a number of off-licences and...
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Neighbours in shock after woman's death sparks murder probe
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman's body was in a house in Leicester. Three people have been arrested in connection with the death, after police were called to a property in...
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Police misconduct hearing to be held in public for the first time
A hearing this week to determine whether a Leicestershire Police officer is guilty of gross misconduct will be open to the public for the first time. Members of the public and the media will be allowed...
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Burglars raid woman's home while she was at her mum's funeral
Burglars raided a woman's home while she was at her mother's funeral. Intruders broke into Lisa Kemp's home in Beaumont Leys Lane, Leicester on Thursday while the wake for her mum, Lynne Braker, was...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Sarah Johnson (41), of Windmill Gardens, Kibworth Beauchamp, pleaded guilty to stealing meat worth £96 from Marks & Spencer, Leicester, on...
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Man who accessed over 2,000 indecent images of children jailed...
A man who accessed more than 2,000 indecent images of children on the internet has been was jailed for 12 months. David King, 34, pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing child pornography, between...
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Jack Adcock: Mum will 'never forgive herself' for taking son to...
The mother of Jack Adcock says she will never forgive herself for taking her poorly son to the hospital where he died just hours later.In a victim impact statement, Nicky Adcock told Nottingham Crown...
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Leicester body: Dead woman recovered from lake at Watermead Park...
The body of a woman has been recovered from a lake north of Leicester city centre.She was spotted at the Watermead Park near the Alderton Close entrance this afternoon.Officers were called to the scene...
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Doctor and nurse given suspended jail sentences for manslaughter...
A doctor and nurse have been given suspended jail sentences for the manslaughter of a six-year-old patient at Leicester Royal Infirmary.Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba and agency nurse Isabel Amaro were found...
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Police granted more time to question Stoneygate murder suspects
Detectives have been granted more time to question three people on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was found in a house at the weekend. The three, whose details, including their ages and...
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