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Student drug dealer with cannabis in his car smashed into police...
A student drug dealer with £3,800 worth of cannabis in his car, smashed into a police vehicle to try to evade capture.Brian Okidi's Ford Focus was boxed in by an unmarked police car as officers swooped...
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Teenager arrested following alleged sexual assault in Leicester
Police have arrested a 16-year-old youth in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Leicester.The incident is alleged to have occurred at around 1.45am on Thursday, July 2 in the Stuart Road area...
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Train driver narrowly misses being badly injured by brick thrown...
A train driver narrowly missed being seriously injured when a brick was thrown through the windscreen of his cab.The brick, hurled from a bridge in the Whetstone area, hit a CrossCountry Trains service...
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Four in court to face murder charges over Steven McKinnon death...
Four men have appeared in court in connection with the alleged murder of father-of-five Steven McKinnon.Mr McKinnon, 44, of Uppingham Road, Leicester, died in hospital after suffering injuries in...
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Man charged with attempted murder and rape at city centre...
A man charged with attempted murder, rape and robbery at a business, has appeared at Leicester Crown Court.Vijay Singh (43), of De Montfort House, Oxford Street, in the city centre, is accused of...
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Leicester police use special powers to search gangs suspected of...
Police have twice used special powers to break up gangs of men suspected of fighting in Leicester.They also used the orders stop and search people suspected of carrying weapons.The incidents occurred...
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House burglar who stole thousands of pounds worth of goods jailed
A house burglar who stole thousands of pounds worth of property was jailed for four-and-a-half years.Carl David Gray admitted three daytime break-ins, and an attempted burglary, all in...
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'Devious' fraudster fleeced dementia suffering aunt out of...
An 83-year-old dementia sufferer was fleeced out of £250,000 by a "devious" nephew, who left her too poor to even buy a cup of coffee.Simon Joseph Tipper (54) blew most of it gambling online, but also...
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Teenage boy due before magistrates on rape charge following...
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of rape following an incident in Glen Parva.The incident happened at around 1.45am on Thursday 2 July in the Stuart Road area. The 16-year-old was due...
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Businessman loses 10-year pay out battle after mystery £700...
A businessman has lost a 10-year battle to get an insurance company to pay out after a mystery £700,000 arson attack on his Ashby furniture warehouse.Michael Hyams' furniture hire business Milton...
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"3,000 hours in ejection seats" caused police ...
Leicestershire police and crime commissioner Sir Clive Loader says he hopes to return to work as early as next week.At the end of last month the Conservative commissioner said he would be taking an...
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Mother 'branded baby girl's cheek using lighter', court told
A mother deliberately branded her baby girl's cheek with a "smiley" burn mark, using the hot metal end of a cigarette lighter, a jury has been told.It is also claimed that the woman's partner fractured...
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Drug user who supplied heroin to fund own addiction avoids prison...
A drug user who supplied heroin to fund his addiction has escaped an immediate prison sentence.James Anthony Smythe (48) was caught with 8.82 grams of heroin, as well as a cutting agent, which could...
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Judge tells 'mean' burglar: 'I wish I could order someone to...
A judge told a thief who stole from two kind-hearted friends: "If I could, I'd order someone to burgle you and take your possessions."Judge Nicholas Dean QC said to Liam Turner: "Then you'd realise how...
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Petty parking row led to drunken man slashing his neighbour with...
A petty row over parking led to a man drunkenly slashing his neighbour's hand with a kitchen knife, a court heard.Neil Evans, 41, lunged six times towards the victim's neck, saying: "I'll have you,...
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Man arrested for trespassing on railway line in Loughborough
A 44-year-old man has been arrested for trespassing on the Midland Mainline.East Midlands Trains services between Leicester and Nottingham and Derby were delayed after someone was spotted on the tracks...
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Gareth Carnall: Motorist who killed popular Clarendon Park cafe...
A motorist who drove on the wrong side of the road causing a fatal head on crash, which killed a popular café owner, has been jailed for three years.The family of the victim, Gareth Carnall, were in...
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Gareth Carnall: Sister's moving tribute to 'kind and generous'...
Jessica Jones's moving tribute to her brother, Gareth Carnall, was read out in court, as the motorist who killed him by dangerous driving was jailed.It included: "To explain the impact that Gareth's...
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Drunk driver knocked down policeman as he tried to stop her...
A drunk driver knocked down a policeman who tried to stop her making off from a fast-food outlet.Leanne Seddon was so intoxicated that staff at the McDonald's drive-thru in Thurmaston could not...
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Police name driver who was killed in A5 crash
Police have named a driver who was killed in a two-vehicle crash on the A5 in Leicestershire last week.Arthur Wilson, 77, died when his Ford Fiesta was involved in a collision with a white Mercedes...
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