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Doctor's surgery employee forged GPs' signatures to feed...

December 18, 2016, 7:23 am
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A doctors' surgery employee secretly printed off prescriptions and forged GPs' signatures to dishonestly obtain co-codamol pain killers that she was addicted to, a court heard.Kirsty Taylor-Jaine, 34, of Ashby Road, Coalville, abused her position of trust at Ibstock Surgery, High Street, in the village of Ibstock, near Coalville, for three years.Leicester Crown Court was told she accessed the surgery's computer to find patients with that particular prescription on their records to generate a new...

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Lessons halted as school computer technician pawns £23k of...

December 28, 2016, 8:00 am
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A city school had to stop teaching some classes after a computer technician pawned £23,557 worth of its electrical equipment to fund her £90-a-day codeine addiction.Margaret Redjeb, who worked at Belgrave St Peter's C Of E Primary, in Thurcaston Road, pawned 83 IT devices including laptops, computer tablets, games consoles and cameras, for £5,177.Leicester Crown Court was told Redjeb, whose job included keeping an inventory of school equipment, took the electrical items to four...

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Baby died from head injuries after being shaken by aunt,...

January 4, 2017, 9:49 am
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A seven-month-old baby died from catastrophic head injuries after being shaken violently by her auntie, a jury has been told.Seven-month-old Phoebe Guo's aunt, Chuanfang Zheng, allegedly "lost control" while looking after the tot, who might have been crying and refusing to eat.The 30-year-old, who has three children of her own, denies committing the manslaughter of Phoebe in March 2015.Adrian Langdale, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court today that the infant sustained...

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Baby shake death trial: Aunt denies killing niece Phoebe Guo...

January 5, 2017, 5:01 am
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A 30-year-old woman is on trial charged with the manslaughter of her baby niece by shaking. Chuanfang Zheng denies unlawfully killing seven-month-old Phoebe Guo, between March 22 and 26, 2015.Our reporter, Suzy Gibson, is covering the case live. Her updates will appear below. The youngster died three days after being taken to hospital from an address in Linden Drive, Lutterworth. Zheng, of Morlock Close, Southwark, London, is on trial at Leicester Crown Court. Judge Nicholas Dean QC is...

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'Baby shake' death trial: Family made frantic attempts to revive...

January 5, 2017, 11:46 am
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A manslaughter trial has been hearing about the frantic attempts to revive a seven-month-old unconscious baby by her family, after she suffered catastrophic brain damage.The prosecution allege the child's aunt, Chuanfang Zheng, 30, "lost control" and fatally shook Phoebe Guo, who died in hospital 65 hours later.Zheng denies committing manslaughter, whilst looking after the tot at her flat in Linden Drive, Lutterworth, in March 2015.Leicester Crown Court was told that the defendant's...

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Burglar gets caught stealing from 91-year-old woman's flat after...

January 6, 2017, 11:44 am
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A 91-year-old woman was awoken by a night-time burglar who told her not to be concerned because "I'm a carer, I'm all right."Leicester Crown Court was told the courageous pensioner, who lived alone, put on her dressing gown and told the intruder: "I didn't know we had carers here."The burglar, Peter Harty, requested a drink of water and after swilling out his cup walked out of the front door – covertly taking her purse containing £50.He did not wash up the cup...

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Teenager stabbed wrong man in revenge attack outside Lamp...

January 8, 2017, 8:20 am
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A teenager stabbed the wrong man in a revenge attack outside the city centre Lamp Lighters pub, before it closed.Charley Daley, 18, was given a detention sentence after admitting he wounded the victim, who suffered a deep gash into the muscle of his arm, requiring surgery.Leicester Crown Court was told the incident happened during a skirmish between several men outside the pub in Silver Street, on October 17, 2015, before the premises closed down.Jonathan Eley, prosecuting, said the victim...

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'Baby shake' death trial: Mother of Phoebe Guo denies holding...

January 9, 2017, 5:10 am
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The mother of a baby who died from brain damage denied a defence barrister's suggestion that she held the unconscious youngster upside down and shook her during resuscitation.Ling Ling Wang - whose seven-month-old daughter suffered fatal head injuries - was giving evidence for the prosecution against her sister -in-law, Chuanfang Zheng, who is accused of manslaughter.Ms Wang told Leicester Crown Court that that she was "one hundred per cent" sure she had not shaken her daughter or held...

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Wilko fined £2.2m after student left paralysed in Beaumont...

January 11, 2017, 2:34 am
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Wilko has been fined £2.2 million after a student working part-time in a Leicester store was left paralysed when a metal cage full of paint tins fell on top of her. Judge Ebraham Mooncey said the penalty should have an "economic impact" for the health and safety breaches that led to 20-year-old Corisande Collins, suffering life-altering injuries leaving her permanently in a wheelchair, with just a one per cent chance of ever walking again.Wilko, which was founded in Leicester in...

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Paralysed Wilko worker recent victim to a 'mindless wicked arson...

January 11, 2017, 5:02 am
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The Wilko worker who was left paralysed after a metal cage full of paint tins tumbled on top of her was also recently a victim of a "mindless wicked arson attack".Corisande Collins, 23, of Glenfield, was in Leicester Crown Court today when Wilko were fined £2.2 million for the health and safety breaches that led to the former worker suffering life-altering injuries.The incident, which happened in the store in Beaumont Shopping Centre, left Miss Collins permanently in a...

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Prison visitor 'forgot' he was carrying flick-knife

January 15, 2017, 4:54 am
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A visitor "forgot" he was carrying a flick-knife when he went to see an inmate at a young offenders' institution, a court heard.Calvin Morgan, 24, claimed he suddenly remembered the blade was in his pocket when he was going through security checks at Glen Parva on September 21 last year and was arrested.Morgan pleaded guilty to conveying a knife into prison and was given an eight month jail sentence, suspended for two years, with 120 hours of unpaid work.Sentencing at Leicester Crown...

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Drug user took £1.5k using stolen bank card

January 15, 2017, 7:10 am
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A drug user who obtained £1,500 using a stolen bank card was caught after a police appeal with his picture was circulated. Henry Smith (33), who was jailed for 16 months, pleaded guilty to handling the card on October 9, after it was stolen during a house burglary in Leicester. Siward James-Moore, prosecuting, told the city's crown court that the Bank of Ireland debit card was used three times. On each occasion, £500 was withdrawn. Although CCTV footage was not shown in court,...

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£1m Next Directory scam: Gang jailed for selling and using...

January 15, 2017, 9:00 pm
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Five fraudsters have been jailed for using and selling the details of hacked accounts belonging to hundreds of genuine Next Directory customers.The information, obtained from the part of the internet which is hidden from search engines, netted the users tens of thousands of pounds worth of goods from the Leicestershire clothing and homewares giant.People who bought goods using the illegally obtained information were then encouraged to post pictures of their "spoils" online to...

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'Next systems secure': Reassurance for customers after £1m...

January 15, 2017, 9:00 pm
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Next has reassured its customers that its systems are secure after a gang was jailed for a £1m Next Directory scam.The company issued the reassurance after five people were jailed for using and selling the details of accounts belonging to hundreds of genuine Next Directory customers.Leicester Crown Court heard that customers' log-in information had been gained via various methods of online fraud, then made available on the part of the internet which is not visible to 'normal' web...

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Password warning for all internet users after £1m Next scam...

January 15, 2017, 9:00 pm
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Internet users have been warned to use a different password for every online account after a gang of fraudsters were jailed for their part in a £1 million Next Directory scam.The warning came after five people were jailed for using and selling the details of accounts belonging to hundreds of genuine Next Directory customers.Leicester Crown Court heard that customers' log-in information had been gained via various methods of online fraud, then made available on the part of the internet...

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'Baby shake' death trial: Aunt accused of causing tot's death...

January 16, 2017, 6:00 am
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A woman on trial for causing the death of her baby niece by violently shaking her is due to give evidence in her own defence today. Seven-month-old Phoebe Guo's aunt, Chuanfang Zheng, allegedly "lost control" while looking after the tot, who might have been crying and refusing to eat. Zheng is expected to take the stand at Leicester Crown Court this afternoon. The Mercury is in court for the case, and will be providing up-to-the-minute coverage. Zheng, 30, who has three...

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'I did not shake her' - aunt accused of killing her baby niece...

January 16, 2017, 9:00 pm
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An aunt accused of causing fatal head injuries to her baby niece by violently shaking her has told a jury the infant became unwell during feeding, and she did not harm her.Chuanfang Zheng (30), who denies the manslaughter of seven-month-old Phoebe Guo, told the police in her interview: "I didn't do it. I did not shake her."Zheng was babysitting the tot at the time of the alleged offence.Giving evidence in her defence at Leicester Crown Court, she described how the tot was crying before...

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'Baby shake' death trial: Aunt accused of causing death of niece...

January 17, 2017, 1:45 am
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A woman on trial for causing the death of her baby niece by violently shaking her is giving evidence in her own defence.Seven-month-old Phoebe Guo's aunt, Chuanfang Zheng, allegedly "lost control" while looking after the tot, who might have been crying and refusing to eat. Zheng took the stand at Leicester Crown Court for the first time yesterday. Here is what happened when Zheng gave evidence yesterday.She is due to continue giving evidence, and face cross-examination, this...

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'Baby shake' death trial: Aunt accused of killing niece said she...

January 17, 2017, 6:43 am
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A mother-of-three accused of killing her seven-month-old niece told a jury she treated the baby "like my own child."Chuanfang Zheng, 31, denies the manslaughter of Phoebe Guo, who suffered catastrophic brain damage after allegedly being shaken.During cross-examination at Leicester Crown Court, the prosecutor, Adrian Langdale, accused Zheng of telling lies to "cover up" what she had allegedly done.Zheng earlier told the court that she was looking after Phoebe, whose mother was...

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Leicester textile merchant admits to defrauding creditors

January 18, 2017, 6:49 am
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A textile merchant has admit defrauding creditors and false accounting.Azizuddin Malek (49), formerly a director of Leicester firm Fabrico Textiles Limited, pleaded guilty to fraudulent trading, with intent to defraud creditors, between March 2012 and July 2013.He also admitted managing the company after being made an undischarged bankrupt on April 11, 2013, until July of the same year.Malek, of Swannington Road, Leicester, further pleaded guilty to an offence of failing to keep accounting...

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