Leicester sales rep defrauded elderly couple out of £74,000
A Leicester sales representative who defrauded an elderly couple out of more than £74,000 has avoided a prison sentence.Barbara Stone, of Taunton Close, Wigston, who misled and pressurised John and...
View ArticleDrug addict jailed after he stole three bottles of perfume from Boots at...
Magistrates sent a drug addict to jail for 16 weeks after he stole three bottles of perfume from Boots at Fosse Park.Nitesh Vara (46) was sent to prison after he pleaded guilty at Leicester...
View ArticleLauric Lebato inquiry : man in court charged with murder
A man appeared in court today charged with murder after an incident in Leicester city centre last Saturday.Sulaiman Sillah appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court accused of the murder of Lauric...
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Lauric Lebato inquiry: Second man in court charged with violent disorder
A man has appeared in court charged in connection with an incident surrounding the death of Lauric Lebato in Leicester city centre.Jason Danquah, 19, of Tudor Road, Leicester, appeared at the city's...
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Boy, 14, appears in court accused of attempted murder in Aylestone attack
A 14-year-old boy appeared in court today charged with attempted murder.The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged in connection with an incident in Middleton Street, Aylestone,...
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Leicester magistrate locks up teen and tells him: 'We don't want knives in...
A magistrate who locked up a teenager for 10 months after he robbed a 16-year-old boy of his bike at knifepoint told him: "We do not want knives in our city."Jennifer Joannou told the 17-year-old, who...
View ArticleTwo Leicester men charged in connection with 30 burglaries over 6 counties
Two men from Leicester have been charged in connection with more than 30 burglaries across six counties.Matthew Bryan, aged 25, of Glenhills Boulevard, Eyres Monsell, and Lee Heane, aged 26, of Radford...
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Burglar punches elderly woman in the face during broad daylight attack in...
A 77-year-old woman was taken to hospital after being punched in the face by a man who forced his way into her home.The intruder left the house in Richmond Road, Aylestone, empty-handed after demanding...
View ArticlePolice find cannabis factory in house in Thorpe Astley
Police have discovered a cannabis factory at a house in Leicester.Officers from the Hinckley and Blaby neighbourhood priority team executed a warrant under the misuse of drugs act at a property in...
View ArticleFive people arrested in relation to attempted robbery at Leicester Aldi
Police raided five addresses in the West Leicester area today in relation to an attempted robbery at Aldi in the city.Four men aged 19, 25, 30 and 42 years old have been arrested on suspicion of...
View ArticleMan, 18, hospitalised after being knocked out in Leicester city centre
A teenager was taken to hospital after being knocked out in Leicester city centre.An 18-year-old man needed hospital treatment for an injury to his face when he was knocked unconscious outside a...
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Leicester Cycling Campaign Group want tougher penalties for 'dooring'...
A Leicester cycling group has backed a call to introduce new offences after a woman was fined £80 when a cyclist died after she knocked him into the path of a van.The Leicester Cycling Campaign Group...
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London Road murder inquiry: Detectives continue questioning man after body...
Murder squad detectives were today still questioning a man after a body was found lying in the road outside Leicester train station.Police were still talking to a 30-year-old man who was arrested on...
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Watch as man tries car doors in early hours CCTV - before walking off with...
A homeowner has posted CCTV footage online of a man appearing to try car doors on his driveway in the early hours. John Gillespie posted onto Facebook his short video of the man on his drive in...
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Burglar smashes into Leicester city centre sandwich shop La Baguette
A burglar has broken into sandwich shop in Leicester city centre.An intruder smashed in through a front window and entered La Baguette in Granby Street.Bernadette Holmes, who has run the business since...
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Man and teen appear in court charged with murdering Timothy Smith in Shepshed
Two people appeared in court today charged with murdering a man who was found with a fatal stab wound in a car in Shepshed.Mark Law, 20, of Sandringham Rise, Shepshed, appeared at Leicester...
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Cameraphone video shows gang using JCB to ram-raid Leicestershire cash machine
This is the moment a gang of raiders used a JCB to rip a cash machine out of supermarket wall.An eyewitness filmed the raiders as they used the vehicle to tear out the ATM at the Co-op in Main Street,...
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Child sex offences up by more than a third in Leicestershire according to...
Charity bosses have revealed that the number of child sex offences recorded by Leicestershire Police has risen by more than a third. NSPCC chiefs said that figures they obtained from the police show...
View ArticleWestminster terror attack: Prayer service to be held at Leicester Cathedral...
A special prayer service for the victims of the London terrorist attack is being held in Leicester Cathedral today. The Bishop of Leicester, the Right Reverend Martyn Snow is to lead the service at...
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See inside Leicester fake clothing factory where counterfeit Adidas and...
A man and woman have been given suspended prison sentences after running a fake designer clothing factory in Leicester. Trading standards officers found hundreds of items of clothing, for brands such...
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