Police want to speak to these men in connection with Belgrave...
Officers investigating a nightclub assault which left the victim with serious injuries have released CCTV images of six men they want to trace.The man was injured in a club in Belgrave Gate, Leicester...
View ArticleThugs pull knife on terrified driver in Kendal Road near...
Two thugs threatened a van driver with a knife before stealing his vehicle.The driver, aged 30, was targeted in Kendal Road, Ellistown, near Coalville at 11am last Wednesday, Leicestershire Police...
View ArticleDrug gang jailed for plot to smuggle huge heroin haul into...
Five men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to bring heroin worth up to £280,000 into Leicester.The men worked together to bring consignments totalling 3.5kg of the class A drug from...
View ArticleVandals target Leicester street by smashing car windows in the...
Residents living in a Leicester street woke up this morning to find a number of car windows smashed with broken glass shattered along the road. About seven vehicles were damaged in the early hours of...
View ArticleJailed: The drug dealer twice caught with stashes of cannabis
A drug dealer who was twice caught with stashes of cannabis has been jailed for three years.Thomas Whittle carried on supplying the class B drug after being caught the first time and was labelled a...
View ArticleSpeeding drivers in Leicestershire beware - there's a new camera...
A new weapon has been unveiled in the battle against speeding drivers – infra-red lights which help roadside speed cameras work in the dark.The lights will enable the teams to catch drivers who break...
View ArticleTunisia terrorist attack victims would have become grandparents...
A Leicester couple murdered in an Islamist terrorist attack while on holiday in Tunisia would have become grandparents this month.Raymond Fisher and his wife Angela were among 38 victims gunned down by...
View Article'Baby shake' death trial jury considering verdict
The jury in the manslaughter trial of an auntie accused of fatally shaking her baby niece is still considering the verdict.The jurors resumed deliberating this morning, after a day's break yesterday,...
View ArticleStuart Street off Narborough Road is latest Leicester area...
Residents in a city street woke up to find their car windows smashed and a trail of glass shattered over the road. At least seven vehicles were damaged in the early hours of Tuesday as thugs went on a...
View ArticleLeicester taxi driver fined for refusing to pick up blind couple...
A taxi driver who refused to take a couple with a guide dog on religious grounds has been ordered to pay a total of £590 by a court. Abandi Jamal Kassim (43), of Fountains Avenue, Eyres Monsell,...
View ArticleGirl in hospital after crash in Marlborough Square, Coalville
A young teenager has been taken to hospital after she was knocked down in Coalville town centre this evening.The child, who is thought to be 13 or 14, was injured in Marlborough Square.The child, who...
View ArticlePolice car is smashed up by vandals in Belgrave, Leicester
Police are searching for vandals who smashed a window and the wing mirror of one of the force's patrol cars.The vehicle was targeted in Rothley Street, Belgrave where the area's beat team is based.The...
View ArticlePolice issue photo of man after dog bites woman in Wigston
Police have released a photograph of a man officers want to speak to after a woman was bitten by a dog.The woman has told officers she was walking with her daughter in Frederick Street, Wigston at...
View ArticlePrison riot pair given extra time behind bars
Two inmates who took part in a prison riot last summer have been sentenced for their roles in the disorder.The pair are the latest men to be brought before the courts following an outbreak of mob...
View ArticleMan jailed for hijacking taxi at 'gunpoint' before leading...
A violent offender who hijacked a taxi at 'gunpoint' before leading firearms officers on a high-speed chase through Leicester has been jailed for more than six years. James Blockley (32), of Champion...
View ArticleBaby manslaughter: Aunt found guilty of killing her niece by...
A jury has found a 31-year-old mother-of-three guilty of killing her baby niece by shaking her. The panel of 11 reached the unanimous guilty verdict at 11.58am. Chuanfang Zheng, 31, had denied the...
View Article'One weekend of madness' - timeline of James Blockley's crimes
Here is a timeline of terror over one weekend that resulted in a six-year jail term for James Blockley.The 32-year-old from Crown Hills, Leicester, breached a restraining order and threatened several...
View ArticleTeenager sexually assaulted two girls after locking them inside...
A teenager who groomed six girls, aged between 13 and 15, online, before sexually assaulting two of them in a flat he had locked them inside, has been jailed for four years.Dale Wycherley, of HMP...
View ArticleChild abuser's prison term reduced - because he is having...
A man who was jailed for abusing a teenage boy has had his four-year term reduced - partly because he is having a difficult time in jail.Paul Clarke, 45, of Wolsey Close, Fleckney, subjected the...
View ArticleInmate who took part in prison protest after his hamster's death...
An inmate who escaped a jail term after taking part in a two-hour protest provoked by the death of his hamster, is back behind bars.Kyle Blackie, 24, was given a chance to turn his life around after...
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