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Woman with 178 offences on her record attacked Leicester Crown...
A woman with a long history of damaging property attacked the front door of Leicester Crown Court purely on "impulse."Susan Bosworth, with 178 previous offences, had drunk 11 cans of alcohol when she...
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Woman denies attempted abduction of baby girl
A woman has denied attempting to abduct a baby girl from a flat in Leicester. Rukibai Lakhman Karavadra was remanded into custody after a short hearing at Leicester Magistrates Court on Saturday...
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Police officers face 'rising level of violence from public'
Police officers are facing a rising level of violence from the public, according to their representatives. A total of 330 Leicestershire Police officers and civilian staff were assaulted in the line of...
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Emotional scenes as man appears in court charged with murder of...
There were emotional scenes as a man appeared in court charged with murder. Christopher Pendery has been charged with the murder of Carl Pask, whose body was discovered in his Kimberley Road flat in...
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'Career criminal' involved in armed robbery at Narborough Road...
A "career criminal" involved in an armed robbery, when a shopkeeper was beaten with a bat, was jailed for a total of nine years and eleven months.Thomas Law (28) was one of three masked and hooded...
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Missing man Anthony 'Mitch' Mee: police issue new photo and...
Police have released a new picture of a man who went missing from hospital last week. Anthony 'Mitch' Mee was last seen at Leicester Royal Infirmary at 7am on Wednesday last week. Police issued a...
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Greville Janner: officials reject claim abuse inquiry is to be...
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has denied a claim it is to end its examination of allegations against Greville Janner. The claim was made by the late Leicester politician's...
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Judge tells crook, 20, 'you're wasting your life' after...
A "persistent nuisance" who stole a £21,000 motorbike was linked to the crime by his fingerprints, a court heard.The Agusta motorbike, stolen on June 16, had a tracking device fitted which led to its...
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Man, 19, attacked and robbed in Leicester Market
A man was pinned against a doorway, assaulted and robbed as he walked through Leicester Market. The 19-year-old victim was approached by a group of four men in Market Place South. One of the men held...
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Watchdog endorses choice of 1st deputy police commissioner but...
The watchdog that holds Leicestershire's police and crime commissioner Lord Willy Bach to account has endorsed his choice of deputy. The police and crime panel says it backs Lord Bach's choice of...
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Missing man Anthony 'Mitch' Mee found 'safe and well'
A man who was reported missing last week has been found safe and well. Anthony 'Mitch' Mee, who had last been seen at Leicester Royal Infirmary on Wednesday last week, was located in Nottingham this...
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Leicester cyclists want plain-clothed police bike patrols to...
Cyclists are calling for Leicestershire Police to follow the lead of their West Midlands colleagues and deploy plain-clothed officers on bikes to crack down on dangerous drivers. Last month the West...
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Police investigate reports of addicts taking drugs in city car...
Police are to patrol multi-storey car parks to investigate reports of drug-taking and drinking. Officers in Leicester city centre say members of the public have reported seeing users injecting heroin...
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'Missing' Anthony 'Mitch' Mee appears in court - a day after...
A man who was found safe and well after being reported missing last week, has today appeared in court.Anthony 'Mitch' Mee's photograph was published in the Leicester Mercury as part of a police appeal...
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'Sex addict' teacher who asked girl, 13, to send topless pictures...
A "sex addict" teacher's career is in ruins after he was caught with child pornography on his home computer.James Luff, who was head of biology at Lutterworth College, also asked a 13-year-old girl on...
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'Sex-addict' teacher James Luff - here is the full Lutterworth...
No Lutterworth College pupils past or present at were among former teacher James Luff's victims, bosses have confirmed. They issued a statement about the case after Luff was given a 12-month jail...
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Facebook user's photos of him with gun leads to armed police raid
A Facebook user was busted for drugs after posting photos of himself holding a gun alongside threats to "get them" and it was "game over."Leicester Crown Court was told that armed police raided Carl...
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Two charged after assault left man with serious head injuries
Two men have been charged in connection with an assault last month which left a man in hospital with serious head injuries. Taseer Kazi, 22, and 25-year-old Tauqeer Ahmed Kazi, both of St Peters Road,...
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Police investigate alleged attack by hunt member on saboteur
Police are investigating an allegation that a member of a fox hunt assaulted a campaigner who was filming him and his colleagues. The incident, footage of which was released online this week, appears...
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Teenager admits stabbing 'hero' bus driver during daytime assault...
A teenager has admitted stabbing a bus driver during a daytime assault in a busy city street. Harley Kidd (19) carried out the knife attack in Evington Road, near the junction with St Stephens's Road,...
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