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Popular cleaner at sheltered housing complex stole thousands from...
A popular cleaner at a sheltered housing complex stole more than £4,100 pounds from elderly residents in their 90's, a court heard. Elishar Jenkins helped herself to 10 cheques belonging to three...
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Kayleigh Haywood: Trial date set as two men appear in court
A trial date has been set for two men charged in relation to the murder of teenager Kayleigh Haywood.Stephen Beadman, 28, from Ibstock and Luke Harlow, 27, also from the town, will face trial on June 7...
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Man stabbed housemate after row over what food they should eat
A drunken man who stabbed a friend after an argument about what food to eat was jailed for four years and eight months. Amartbhal Patel (66) plunged the knife, which had a 20cm blade, into the side of...
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Man on trial for raping prostitute in 1994 - after his DNA came...
A man is on trial for raping a prostitute at gunpoint more than 20 years ago, after his DNA came up as a match on a national database.John Townsend (45) denies raping and sexually assaulting the woman,...
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Police arrest 38 suspects in five-day crime crackdown
Police arrested 38 suspects during a five-day operation to track down people wanted on warrants issued by courts. The suspects – who were wanted in connection with offences such as theft, assault,...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Connor Reece Kyle Kenney (22), of Vicarage Lane, Humberstone, Leicester, pleaded guilty to assault by beating on October 31.He was jailed for 18...
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Leicester City fan banned from matches after racially abusing...
A middle-aged Leicester City fan has been banned from matches for three years after 'behaving like some 18-year-old yobbo' when he racially abused a supporter of a rival team at an away game. Robert...
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Stoneygate murder probe: Woman found dead at house named
A woman whose body was discovered in a house in Leicester last weekend has been named as Mumtaz Member.Mrs Member, aged 56, was found dead in the property in Holmfield Avenue, Stoneygate, last Saturday...
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Police chief: are you happy to pay more for our services?
Council tax payers are to be asked how much they are prepared to contribute to Leicestershire Police's running costs. Police and crime commissioner Sir Clive Loader has urged residents to take part in...
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Drugs couriers caught with stash of cannabis in car
Two drugs couriers were caught with a stash of cannabis in a car parked on a city housing estate, a court heard. Mahad Mohammed, 19, and Ahmed Hussein, 20, were in a grey Astra car in Kashmir Road, St...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Connor Reece Kyle Kenney (22), of Vicarage Lane, Humberstone, Leicester, pleaded guilty to assault by beating on October 31. He was jailed for...
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Man who reversed van into former partner ordered to pay...
A man who reversed his van into his former partner, causing a suspected dislocated knee, has been ordered to pay her £1,600 in compensation. Craig Phillips had pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to...
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Greville Janner: CPS to decide next move in the new year
A decision on how prosecutors will respond to the death of child abuse suspect Greville Janner will be announced in the new year. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it needed time to considering...
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Police chiefs abandon talks over role for private firm G4S
Police chiefs have backed away from handing management of the force's control room to private security firm G4S. The Leicestershire force announced last month it and Nottinghamshire and...
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'Flasher' in skirt and knee-length boots exposes himself to 11...
Police are hunting a man who dresses in skirts and knee-length boots to indecently expose himself to women. Officers have received 11 reports since the end of October of a man approaching women in...
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Woman cries in dock after jury finds her guilty of violently...
A woman broke down in tears when a jury convicted her of violently causing a friend's baby to suffer bleeding on the brain.Carmen Roberts was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm upon the...
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Stoneygate murder inquiry: businesses in shock at death of Mumtaz...
Figures in Leicester's business community have reacted with shock to the death of Mumtaz Member, whose body was found in a house in the city earlier this month. Mrs Member's two sons and one of their...
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Man found guilty of raping woman at gunpoint in Leicester 21...
A man has been found guilty by a jury of raping a woman at gunpoint in Leicester 21 years ago.John Townsend (45) was told that he now faces a jail term in "double figures."He was arrested in 2014 after...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Lee Kyron John (28) of Clarence Road, Normanton, was found guilty in his absence of running a red traffic light on the A563 Lubbesthorpe Way,...
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Couple confronted in their home by masked burglars
A couple returned to their home to be confronted by masked burglars who had stolen a "high value" haul of jewellery. The victims came face to face with two men in their home in the Ridgeway, Rothley...
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