Drunk dad breached restraining order by trying to visit daughter,...
A roofer who got drunk and tried to visit his three-year-old daughter at 2.45am has been jailed for breaching a restraining order.Jake Read (23) of Aneford Road, Northfields, Leicester, had been given...
View ArticleInmate who took part in prison protest after death of hamster...
A distressed inmate who was mourning the loss of his pet hamster when he took part in a jail protest has avoided being sent back to prison.Kyle Blackie (23) was one of four prisoners at HMP Stocken in...
View ArticleBusinessmen invented 300 'ghost students' to defraud government...
Two businessmen who invented up to 300 "ghost students" to defraud the government out of £168,000 have been jailed.Frederick Wilson and Philip Hyams forced their staff at Focus Four Ltd offices in...
View Article'It will stay with me forever': Mum relives her son's fatal...
A mother whose son was stabbed to death says she relives the tragedy every single day. Amy Morgan, whose 16-year-old son Tyler Thompson was killed last year, is the second victim's mum to speak out...
View ArticleBronze statues stolen in garden centre raid
Police have appealed to the public for information to help trace thieves responsible for stealing more than 30 bronze statues from a garden centre. The statues were taken in a raid on Rutland Garden...
View ArticleWoman stabbed boyfriend during struggle in kitchen to defend...
A woman on trial for the murder of her boyfriend told the police she stabbed him during a struggle in her kitchen to defend herself, a jury was told.Emma-Jayne Magson is claiming that when she fatally...
View ArticleCouple having romantic tryst in back seat of their car robbed by...
A man who robbed a couple having a romantic tryst in the back seat of their car has been jailed.Richard Hefford (29) and an accomplice, both wearing balaclavas, used a hammer to smash some of the car...
View ArticleMan arrested on suspicion of assault after Wigston incident
A 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a suspected assault in Wigston. Officers were called to the Blaby Road area on the town shortly after 10.30am today. A police spokeswoman said:...
View ArticleWoman had 'no care in the world' after fatal stabbing, victim's...
A witness told a murder trial that he had no idea his brother had been fatally stabbed in the heart when he helped carry him into a house.Kevin Knight said that Emma-Jayne Magson convinced him that...
View ArticleDrunk man stabs pregnant partner and beats her with a rolling pin
A drunk man stabbed his pregnant partner in the back, punched her in the face and beat her with a rolling pin before falling asleep on the sofa.Saman Karim (42) attacked the woman after drinking a...
View ArticleWatch shocking moment woman steals money from elderly neighbour...
This is the shocking moment a woman steals cash from an elderly neighbour suffering from dementia.Amanda Donnelly was filmed rifling through 76-year-old Patricia Bent's handbag as her unsuspecting...
View ArticleHarrowing 999 call made during battle to save stabbing victim's...
A murder trial jury heard a harrowing 999 recording of desperate attempts to save the life of a stabbing victim.As James Knight, 26, lay dying on the lounge floor of his girlfriend's home, shouts of...
View ArticlePolice investigating Wojciech Wojciechowski death want to trace...
Officers investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Leicester's Grand Union Canal last month have released images of two people they believe may have known him. Officers hope to trace the...
View ArticlePolice release images of men they want to trace in connection...
Detectives searching for conmen who have raked in at least £100,000 by selling a bogus 'winning' lottery ticket to elderly or vulnerable people have released images of two men they want to trace. The...
View ArticleThieves slice hole in van's roof to steal tools
Thieves sliced a hole in a van's roof and dropped through the gap to steal the owner's tools. Leicestershire Police released a photograph of the damaged vehicle today and urged van owners to be...
View ArticleDo you know these men? Police issue photos after JCB digger is...
Police investigating the daylight theft of a JCB mini-digger have released images of two men they want to trace. The vehicle was stolen from a site in Moira, near Ashby, on the morning of Wednesday,...
View ArticleInnocent car buyer held in police cell for 8 hours - after seller...
An innocent car buyer was held in police cells for eight hours after the seller falsely reported the vehicle had been stolen.The deceit led to the culprit, Andrew Deverick, being given an eight month...
View ArticlePolice want to trace this man in connection with train passenger...
Police investigating three incidents of a train passenger indecently exposing himself have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace. British Transport Police, (BTP), said it was investigating...
View ArticleTeenager, 13, sexually assaulted girl with learning difficulties...
A 13-year-old boy sexually assaulted a girl with learning difficulties while four other boys watched and filmed the incident.But the youngster was spared jail after a judge heard he had been exposed to...
View ArticleWoman told stepfather 'I've done something really bad' after...
A woman confessed to her stepfather "I've done something really bad," after she stabbed her boyfriend in the heart, a murder trial heard.Emma-Jayne Magson (23) also sobbed and said she "loved" James...
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