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​Building site manager jailed after father-of-two working on site...
A building site manager has been jailed for 30 months today after a father-of-two working on the site plunged through a ceiling onto hard concrete and died.Faruk Patel was in charge of safety on the...
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Woman driver jailed for five years for causing death of a...
A woman has been jailed for five years after her using a phone caused a fatal collision on the M1 motorway.Christy George (38) was found guilty last month of causing death by dangerous driving, causing...
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Braunstone Gate, New Park Street, Duns Lane in West End,...
Update at 12.30pm: Police confirm incident is a stabbing, and that one person has died. Braunstone Gate, New Park Street, Duns Lane and Foxon Street, in Leicester's West End, are shut this morning,...
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Murder investigation launched after man stabbed to death in...
A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a man in the Braunstone Gate area of Leicester. Officers were called at 3.50am yesterday by the ambulance service to a report of a man...
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Road deaths look set to be high in Leicestershire again this...
Twenty-six people have been killed on the roads of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland so far this year.The death toll is in line with that of last year, during which a total of 50 drivers,...
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Peeping Tom ordered to pay compensation to female student he...
A peeping Tom cleaner has been ordered to pay compensation to the university student he videoed in a toilet.Oswald Allen was caught on the video himself, fitting the device, the size of a small...
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Men jailed for McDonald's CS gas cannister attack which left...
Two men involved in setting off a suspected S gas canister inside a McDonald's have been jailed.Spencer Benham, 23, of Leicester, passed the cannister to Christopher Wardle, 25, who then let the...
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Teenager caught having sex with horse by women enjoying country...
Two young women enjoying a walk in a beauty spot were horrified to find a teenager having sex with a horse, a court heard.The 16-year-old youth had hold of the female foal by its tail as he performed...
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Police name man who died after being stabbed in Leicester's West...
Police have named a man who died after being stabbed during an altercation in the Braunstone Gate area of Leicester.Adam Bent, 31, from the Abbey Lane area of the city, sustained a fatal stab wound...
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Men deny Download Festival sex assault charges
Two young men have appeared in court accused of sexually assaulting two women during last year's Download Festival at Donington Park in Leicestershire.Gregory Elsom (22) and Edward Bater (21) pleaded...
View ArticleSt Margaret's Way, Leicester closed due to 'police incident'
Police have closed a major route into Leicester city centre this morning. Click here for the latest updates from the St Margaret's Way police incident St Margaret's Way was closed in both directions...
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Scooter club members raise £4,000 in memory of fallen...
Scooter enthusiasts have raised more than £4,000 in memory of a fellow rider killed in an attack outside a city pub last summer. Leicester Phoenix Scooter Club member Steve "Scouse" McKinnon, from...
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Two due in court today over acid attack
Two people have been charged in connection with an incident in the city which left a man with life-threatening burn injuries.Emergency services were called to Turner Road, off Uppingham Road, Leicester...
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Man charged over St Margaret's Way bridge stand off
A 40-year-old man has been charged with causing a public nuisance after a five-hour stand-off with police on a bridge in St. Margaret's Way, Leicester, which brought the city centre to a...
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M1 man jailed for two years for bringing motorway to standstill...
A man who brought the M1 to a standstill for 28 hours after he climbed on to a gantry on the motorway has been jailed for two years for causing a public nuisance. Nicholas Muton (45) pleaded guilty at...
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Catastrophic impact of M1 28-hour protest revealed in court
The "catastrophic impact" of the 28-hour closure of part of the M1, caused by a one-man protest, has been revealed as the culprit was jailed for two years. Nicholas Muton (45) climbed onto a southbound...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Paul Anthony Alexander (41). of Woodthorpe Avenue, Loughborough, pleaded guilty to entering the station master's office and porters' room at the...
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Dangerous driver led police on five mile chase through Leicester
A dangerous driver was under the influence of cannabis when he led the police on a five-and-a-half mile pursuit.Gage Robinson, who was sentenced to 15 months detention, continued driving after the tyre...
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Memories of Colin Pitchfork's second murder - 30 years on
Thirty years ago today, a passerby found the body of Colin Pitchfork's second victim, Dawn Ashworth. Ciaran Fagan speaks to the people who remember the impact the discovery had on a community still...
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Police arrest three suspected dealers of former 'legal highs'
Police have arrested three people for allegedly dealing in the recently outlawed so-called 'legal highs'. The two men and woman were detained in the weeks after the drugs, which are also known as...
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