Body found in Charter Street, Leicester - recap
Three men have been arrested after a man's body was found in a car park in Charter Street, off Belgrave Gate, Leicester this morning. The man was found dead at about 8am today by a passer-by on his...
View ArticleBede Park partially closed as police investigate incident
Parts of Bede Park were cordoned off today following an incident.Police have not yet commented on what they are investigating but officers were at the park from about 7.30am this morning redirecting...
View ArticleMan's body found: Three men arrested on suspicion of murder
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead in Charter Street, off Belgrave Gate, Leicester. The body was discovered this morning by a passer-by on his way to work.A...
View ArticlePolice investigate serious sexual assault in Bede Park, Leicester
Police are investigating a report of a serious sexual assault in Bede Park, Leicester A woman was walking through Bede Park at about 7.15am this morning when she was approached by a man and...
View ArticleThief stole handbag after tricking his way into 88-year-old...
A thief tricked his way into an elderly woman's home by telling her he needed to borrow a pen to leave a note for a neighbour.The 88-year-old allowed the man into her home and, while she looked for a...
View ArticleBede Park sex attack - "I urge people to be cautious"
People are being urged not to walk through secluded parts of Bede Park alone after a man sexually assaulted a woman yesterday.The incident, which left the woman injured, happened at 7.15am on Saturday...
View ArticleEx-soldier wore army medals as judge jailed him for violent and...
An obsessively jealous ex-soldier who subjected his girlfriend to violent, degrading and humiliating ordeals, was wearing his army medals as he was jailed for seven years and two months.The...
View ArticleMan found dead in Leicester named by police
A man whose body was found in Charter Street, Leicester, has been named by police.Promise Ndlovu, 40, from Leicester, was found at 8.25am yesterday morning.Read more: Man's body found: 'It's extremely...
View ArticleCan you help police find missing teenager Carole Hardacre, 19?
Police have issued a photograph of a young woman who has been reported missing from home. Carole Hardacre, 19, was last seen around 6.15pm yesterday at her home in Hathern, near Loughborough. In a...
View ArticlePolice want to speak to this man over poppy tin collection theft...
Police are hunting a man who stole a poppy collection tin containing about £35.CCTV images show a man walking into Radhas News in Russell Street, Loughborough, and approaching the Royal British Legion...
View ArticleMan found dead in Charter Street: Post-mortem examination held
The cause of the death of Promise Ndlovu whose body was found in a car park in Charter Street at the weekend is still unknown.A post-mortem examination has proven inconclusive and further tests are...
View ArticleDante Francis trial: Jury sent out to decide whether man, 21, is...
A jury has been sent out to decide whether a 21-year-old man is guilty of the murder of a Leicester teenager outside a nightclub.Dominic Halliday-Fox admitted inflicting the fatal stab that killed...
View ArticleDante Francis trial: Man found guilty of stabbing teenager...
A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a Leicester teenager after stabbing him outside a nightclub.Dominic Halliday-Fox had admitted inflicting the fatal stab wound that killed Dante...
View ArticlePolice 'increasingly concerned' over missing man Stefan Kirk
Police are growing increasingly concerned for a man who was reported missing from home last week. Stefan Kirk, 43, was last seen in Aikman Avenue, New Parks, Leicester last Friday. He is white, 5ft...
View Article'Manipulative' woman stabbed boyfriend and delayed getting help...
A "manipulative" killer who stabbed her boyfriend in the heart, delayed getting medical help to "silence his voice" and save herself, a jury heard.Emma-Jayne Magson, 23, denies murdering James Knight,...
View ArticleDante Francis trial: Murderer Dominic Halliday-Fox sentenced to...
A man has been sentenced to life for murdering a 17-year-old Leicester teenager outside a nightclub.Dominic Halliday-Fox, 21, of no fixed abode, will serve a minimum of 23 years in prison.Halliday-Fox...
View ArticleWatch the moment bike gang 'smash taxi window and steal money'
A gang of thieves on bicycles smashed the window of a taxi and made off with £150 in cash.The trio were caught on a CCTV camera positioned outside a shop in Western Park, Leicester.The footage shows...
View Article'Prevent' anti-radicalisation work is saving lives, says chief...
Leicestershire's chief constable has defended the Government's Prevent anti-radicalisation programme.Simon Cole, who has national responsibility for the programme as a member of the National Police...
View ArticleAppeal judges refuse to overturn 13 'joint enterprise' murder...
Senior judges have refused to overturn the 'joint enterprise' murder convictions of 13 men in appeals brought in the wake of a landmark legal ruling on a Leicester case. Three judges at London's Court...
View ArticleMan in court today over Loughborough incident
A man is due to appear before magistrates today facing charges in connection with an incident in Loughborough yesterday.Armed police were involved in a three-hour standoff after reports of a man seen...
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