Man charged in connection with bus driver attack on Evington Road...
​A man charged in connection with an attack on a bus driver has appeared in court.Harley Kidd (19), of London Road, Leicester, appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court today.Kidd is charged with...
View ArticleTeenage inmate found hanging in his cell at Glen Parva Young...
Prison officers monitoring a teenager at risk of self harm, who was later found unconscious in his cell, failed to make detailed enough notes about his care, an inquest has heard. Jake Foxall, 19, was...
View ArticleMen jailed for violence in Hotel Street, Leicester
Two young men have been jailed for their roles in drunken attacks in the city centre.The first unprovoked attack happened when Jamie Dobson, 26, got jealous about his girlfriend talking to another man...
View ArticlePolice found crack cocaine and heroin in man's home
A drug addict who turned to dealing crack and heroin after his relationship collapsed has been jailed for 18 months.Bradley Dunn, 22, was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court yesterday(WED), having...
View ArticleGirl, 14, dragged into alley and robbed of shoes, jacket and...
Police are searching for two youths who forced a teenager into an alleyway and stole her shoes, jacket and jewellery. The girl, 14, was targeted in Church Lane, Quorn at 8.30pm on Wednesday, August 31....
View Article'Walter Mitty' conman stole £20,000 from woman and 'four...
A conman who stole nearly £20,000 of a woman's money and "four years of her life" has been jailed. Stephen Medd pretended he was a veteran of the Falklands War when he became the lodger of Margaret...
View ArticleSex attack detectives want your help to find this man
Police have today issued a renewed appeal for information about a serious sexual assault on a teenage girl in Market Harborough.The 17-year-old was attacked in Green Lane, shortly after midnight on...
View ArticleGangsters who tried to smuggle £5m of heroin into Britain...
Seven gangsters who tried to smuggle nearly £5 million worth of heroin into Britain hidden in huge hydraulic rams have been jailed.The crooks were caught trying to bring in 44kg of heroin from Pakistan...
View ArticleDishonest dad set up insurance policy the day after his home...
A father has been spared prison after he set up an insurance policy the day after his cellar flooded with sewage.Former chef Sandeep Patel found the extensive flood when he arrived home on July 28,...
View ArticleTwo people arrested after teenager stabbed in city centre
Two people have been arrested after a teenager was found with stab wounds in the city on Friday. Police were called to Yeoman Lane after a 17-year-old boy was found injured following a fight. The...
View ArticleBullied former inmate won't be sent back to jail after holding...
A former inmate at Glen Parva who had been caught with two mobile phones in his cell has been told he will not have to go back to the young offenders institution.Reis Bilal had been an architecture...
View ArticleConman victim "cried so much" over Walter Mitty...
A woman who had nearly £20,000 stolen from her by the man she loved has spoken of her mental stress and financial problems that he caused.Conman Stephen Medd was jailed for nine months last week after...
View ArticleJail for woman who molested a three-year-old girl and sent the...
A woman who took photographs of herself molesting a three-year-old girl has been jailed for five years.Sadie Annette Morris sent the illegal mobile phone images to a paedophile in North Wales, along...
View ArticleDo you have pictures of tragic Charlie Dunn who died during day...
Police investigating the death of a five-year-old after an incident at Bosworth Water Park are appealing for visitors to send them pictures or mobile phone footage taken on the day.Officers are hoping...
View ArticleMan charged with attempted murder over city centre stabbing
A 19-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a 17-year-old was stabbed in the city centre on Friday.Tejuan Allen of Helmsley Road, Leicester also faces a charge of possession of an...
View Article19-year-old in court accused of attempting to murder a 17-year-ol...
A 19-year-old man appeared in court today accused of attempting to murder a 17-year-old boy.Tejuan Allen, of Helmsley Road, Saffron Lane, Leicester, appeared before Leicester Magistrates' Court facing...
View ArticleIllegal worker used sham marriage to get nurse job
A woman who was working illegally at Leicester's hospitals has been given jail sentence.Rose Nguku was arrested and imprisoned four months ago after it emerged she was not entitled to work in the UK...
View ArticlePensioner hit with hammer after pulling alarm cord as burglar...
A pensioner was hit with a hammer when he called for help while a burglar was ransacking his bedroom.The traumatic incident happened when David Sullivan woke from a short nap after taking his pet...
View ArticleWitness tells of second serious stabbing incident in city centre...
A teenager was stabbed after a fight broke out in Leicester city centre.The 17-year-old was injured - apparently while trying to break up a fight - in Granby Street in the early hours of Sunday...
View ArticleArmed robber Suraj Mistry guilty of manslaughter over botched...
An armed robber has been found guilty of manslaughter after taking part in a warehouse raid in which a granddad was shot dead.Suraj Mistry was acquitted of murder but found guilty of the lesser charge...
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