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Melody Cassan: Heartbreaking tale of how the caring teen fought...
The prosecution accepted Melody Cassan's plea to manslaughter instead of murder because there was no evidence to contradict her account.All the evidence against Cassan was by her own voluntary...
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Melody Cassan: Teen mum who killed her baby kept tragic truth...
A schoolgirl mum harboured a terrible secret for more than 50 years - that she smothered her baby son to death with a cushion.Melody Cassan, now 67, was so wracked with guilt and torment about...
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Melody Cassan: 'Her grief and self-loathing will stay with her...
As Melody Cassan nurtured her three children as they grew up, she was distressed by the secret knowledge they had been deprived of an older brother.Her barrister, Rachel Brand QC, said in mitigation:...
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Drunk driver jailed for six years after deadly 100mph race with...
A drunk driver who took part in a high-speed race with a stranger, who died when their cars collided, has been jailed for six years.Shahid Abdul Kadir Omar became involved in the spontaneous race –...
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Abbey Park Road Crash: Man, 37, arrested as woman critical in...
A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and causing serious injury as a female passenger fights for her life in hospital.It comes as police accident investigators continue to...
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Student tells of carnage in Abbey Park Road crash aftermath
A student has described the horrific aftermath of a crash which has left a woman fighting for her life in hospital and two more seriously injured.Umar Siddique was the first person on the scene in...
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Police drug-busting team hits 100 arrests in less than six months
A police team created to target drug dealers and other 'street criminals' has chalked up 100 arrests since it was formed earlier this year.The team of eight officers has recovered drugs and cash in a...
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Businessman spared jail for £200,000 electronics shipping...
A businessman who shipped nearly £200,000 of military-grade electronics used in missile guidance and radar jamming to China has been spared a prison sentence.Christopher Perkins (40) pretended the...
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Family's new plea on petition to keep Colin Pitchfork locked up...
More than 15,000 people have signed an online petition which calls for double child killer Colin Pitchfork to be kept in prison for the rest of his life.However, the total could rise to 25,000 once all...
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Police team seizes 20 knives in less than six months
Police have taken 20 knives and a number of other weapons out of circulation as a result of a series of raids and officers' use of stop-and-search powers.A team of officers working from Leicester's...
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Former foster carer Alan Ramsay guilty of 'most depraved case of...
A judge jailed a pensioner for downloading more than 9,000 indecent images of youngsters in the "worst case of child pornography" he has dealt with.Alan Ramsay, 68, a former foster carer, became...
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Drunken middle-aged man jailed for sexually molesting girl, 17,...
A drunken middle-aged man who sexually molested a 17-year-old girl in his flat was jailed for 10 months.Rangzeb Khan, 55, who was known to have "open house" for young people to visit, lied to the...
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Carer took bank card from vulnerable resident and gave it to...
A carer sneakily took a bank card from a vulnerable resident's house and gave it to an acquaintance to fraudulently buy electrical goods, a court heard.Charly Ngampiep, 28, and Dontien Wouafo, 42,...
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Children injured as freak hailstorm rips bouncy slide out of...
People were injured when an inflatable slide at a major Scouting event was ripped from the ground during a freak hailstorm.Several children were flung from the attraction, with one eight-year-old boy...
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Drunken man armed with knife jailed after terrifying family by...
A drunken man who terrified a neighbour's family by shouting threats through their kitchen window, when armed with a knife, was jailed for 12 months.Alan Stephen Dear, 33, earlier exchanged words with...
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Man caught with haul of cannabis worth over £50,000 jailed...
A young man caught with a four kilo haul of cannabis worth more than £50,000 on the streets was jailed for 18 months.Stefan Simpraga, 21, was looking after the stash on behalf of his supplier, and was...
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Meet the Pride of Leicestershire - the winners of our new annual...
They are the Pride of Leicestershire – the inspirational people who look out for friends, family and strangers alike.We launched our search for nominees earlier this year to celebrate the efforts of...
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Man cleared of being part of Leicester sham marriage gang
A Pakistani man convicted of being part of a Leicester sham marriage gang has been cleared of any wrongdoing by top judges.Syed Mehtab always maintained he did not know his ex-wife, Kubrah Saiyed, was...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Terry Mcarthy (34), of Clover Way, Syston, pleaded guilty to fishing or taking fish in the River Soar, Sileby, on February 2 otherwise than in accordance with a licence. He was fined £130, with a £20...
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Police investigate stabbing after injured man walks into...
Police are investigating a stabbing after an injured man walked into a city centre hotel.Officers were called to Charles Street just after 7am today when the 46-year-old victim went into the Ramada...
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