City fan attacked at Euro 2016 flown home but has no memory of...
A Leicester City fan who was left in a coma after he was attacked by a Russian thug at Euro 2016 has lost his memory of his heroes' historic Premier League victory, according to his family. Stewart...
View ArticleRetired school teacher on trial for 14 counts of indecently...
A retired school teacher is on trial accused of molesting an eight-year-old former pupil in class, and sexually abusing two teenage boys, more than 30 years ago.The former pupil, who died last year,...
View ArticlePolice name driver who died two weeks after three-car crash
Police have named a driver who died two weeks after her car was involved in a collision with two other vehicles on a county road. Katie Sharpe, 27, of Grantham, was taken to hospital following the...
View ArticlePolice constable jailed for stealing £60 while on duty
A police constable's reputation is in ruins after he was jailed for stealing £60 from a garage while on duty.Divorced father-of-two Neville Thompson had an unblemished 12-year record as a policeman...
View ArticleRetired school teacher tells jury he did not sexually abuse three...
A retired school teacher told a jury he had not sexually abused three under-aged boys more than 30 years ago.Graham Butterworth, 70, denies 14 counts of indecent assault, between 1977 and 1983.Four of...
View ArticleKayleigh Haywood: people weep at screening of film of her story
People wept as a film telling the story of Kayleigh Haywood's final days before she was raped and murdered was screened in her home village. Kayleigh's Love Story was released by police last week after...
View ArticleTwo men charged after man dies in assault outside city centre pub
Two men have been charged after a man died following a serious assault outside a city centre pub two months ago.Christopher Shields, 55, of Hockley Farm Road, Braunstone, Leicester, has been charged...
View ArticleLeicester's Abbey Park closed to public after man's death
Leicester's Abbey Park has been closed to the public after a man died in hospital a short time after he had been found lying injured near the boating lake. Police have launched an investigation into...
View ArticlePrisoner who used mobile phone to arrange cocaine delivery on the...
A serving prisoner who arranged a drugs transaction, for almost a kilo of cocaine to be delivered on the outside, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.Mark Wimpress, a father-of-four, was already...
View ArticleMan raped woman in her home when she was drunk, jury told
A man twice raped a woman in her home, when she was drunk on a scale of "10 out of 10," a jury was told.The alleged victim claims she awoke to find herself naked, apart from her socks, on her knees on...
View ArticlePolice launch murder inquiry after man's body found in Abbey...
Police have launched a murder inquiry after the discovery of a man's body in a city park. Officers were called to Abbey Park at 8.10am yesterday and found a man injured near the boating lake. The...
View ArticleCases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Lianne Ridgway (33), of Wash Lane, Ravenstone, was found guilty in absence of failing to give information relating to the identity of a driver...
View ArticleAbbey Park murder inquiry victim named as Brendon Mason
Abbey Park remains closed today as police continue their efforts to determine how a 23-year-old man – named as Brendon Mason – suffered fatal head injuries.Officers were called to the park shortly...
View ArticleCases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Muhammad Asad Ullah Umar (32), of Uppingham Road, Leicester, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a red traffic light signal at the A5460...
View ArticleCases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Jordan Luke Marshall (22), of Beacon Road, Loughborough, pleaded guilty to assault by beating in Loughborough on November 18, 2015. He was jailed...
View ArticleElderly couple duped out of £6,300 savings by caller...
An elderly couple were duped out of £6,300 by a conman who cold-called them masquerading as a technician from TalkTalk. The husband and wife – aged 82 and 75 and from Syston, who did not want to be...
View ArticleUpdate: Abbey Park re-opens as murder victim's final hours...
Murder inquiry detectives are trying to piece together the movements of Brendon Mason in the hours leading up to when he was found seriously injured at Abbey Park. Officers were called to the park...
View Article'Delays in cases coming to court is denying people justice,' says...
Popular judge Simon Hammond has hung up his wig and robes after 23 years on the Bench – with a warning that increasing delays in cases coming to court is denying people justice.He said in his...
View ArticleSexual abuse of vulnerable boy is 'example of how children have...
Members of a paedophile ring who sexually abused a boy who turned to prostitution after running away from care in Leicestershire have been jailed.They were handed prison sentences ranging from three...
View ArticleBrendon Mason murder police search Abbey Park pond as tributes...
Police have searched a pond in Leicester's Abbey Park as part of the Brendon Mason murder inquiry. A small section of the park remained cordoned off yesterday as officers continued the investigation...
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