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A shameless pensioner claimed £168,593 in benefits she was not entitled to over a 10-year period of lies and deception, a court heard. Khirunissa Daud (73), of Marfitt Street, Belgrave, Leicester, fraudulently claimed a host of social security benefits and disability allowances for a granddaughter who, it transpired, lived overseas. Her lies finally caught up with her when she was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court. James Bide-Thomas, prosecuting, said: "Between 2005 and 2015...

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January 30, 2017, 7:42 am

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A jealous woman punched, kicked and terrorised a suspected love rival after leaving a voicemail message threatening to slash her face and body, a court heard.Gemma Wallace (32) went to the victim's home in Ashby and subjected her to a terrifying 45-minute ordeal – before accompanying her to collect her children from school.The distressed woman silently mouthed "help me," to other mothers, and a teacher intervened to help, Leicester Crown Court was told.The victim suffered a cut face,...

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February 2, 2017, 6:12 am

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A drunken reveller who punched a stranger in the street causing "devastating" head injuries has been jailed for 10 months.Reece Lewin (23) was also ordered to pay his victim, who suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, £1,000 compensation.Lewin, an aerospace technician, of Burbage Close, Loughborough, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm last June.Leicester Crown Court was told the unprovoked attack upon a 32-year-old electrician happened outside the Revolution club,...

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February 2, 2017, 11:00 pm

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A speeding driver who caused the death of a "fiercely independent" 94-year-old man on a mobility scooter has avoided being sent to jail.Nailesh Patel, 35, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Leslie Ivins by driving carelessly in Sandringham Drive, Loughborough, at just before midday on Tuesday April 26 last year.Leicester Crown Court was told that Patel, of Althorpe Drive, Loughborough, was travelling at 41mph in the 30mph area, despite signs warning of elderly people crossing.Mr...

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February 3, 2017, 5:17 am

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A woman set fire to her husband's 12th-storey flat in Leicester's tallest tower block.Charlotte Woolnough-Steers lit items and pushed them through the letterbox while he was out, James Varley, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court.He said: "The door caught light. The whole of the front door was very badly charred and there was some smoke damage inside."The incident happened at Goscote House, in St Peter's, Highfields. It is a 22-storey block housing 138 council flats, and has been a...

Man who sexually abused schoolgirl jailed for nine years

February 3, 2017, 8:12 am

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A man who sexually abused a 10-year-old schoolgirl has been jailed for nine years.Mark David Wilson (49) was convicted by a jury of eight counts of sexually assaulting the girl, between January and September in 2015.He was acquitted of a ninth similar allegation upon the same child, following a trial at Leicester Crown Court.Wilson, formerly of Unitt Road, Quorn, denied all the offences, claiming that he had not touched the girl in an indecent manner.In addition to the nine year sentence, Judge...

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February 5, 2017, 5:10 am

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A man snared after arranging to meet a 13-year-old to whom he had sent naked pictures of himself has been spared prison.Samuel Clarke, then 21, also had explicit conversations with the girl, an online persona called Lucy, over three days.It was only after he agreed to meet up with Lucy that he found out he had been conversing with a man from Letzgo Hunting - a group dedicated to bringing paedophiles to justice.Read more: Double-decker bus cafe to pull out of Bradgate Park after vandals strike -...

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February 5, 2017, 9:00 pm

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A student who led the police on a dangerous car chase told them: "You wouldn't have caught me if I hadn't run out of fuel."Said Jama, 19, had a provisional licence and was uninsured when he borrowed a friend's Audi A3 at 12.30am on December 19.Patrolling officers spotted the vehicle in London Road, Leicester, which accelerated "at considerable speed in excess of the 30 mph limit," said Priya Bakshi, prosecuting, at Leicester Crown Court.She said: "The officer activated...

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February 6, 2017, 6:43 am

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Six men have appeared in court in connection with a mass brawl that left a 21-year-old man with a stab wound.Police have charged a total of 23 men in connection with the fight in Bede Park, West End, Leicester, which happened on the evening of April 30, 2015.Some of them are also charged in relation to a fight earlier in the day at the Highcross shopping centre.At Leicester Magistrates' Court today six of the accused appeared.None of them entered pleas. All of their cases were sent to Leicester...

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February 6, 2017, 10:00 pm

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A husband who attempted to murder his wife, after looting her bank account and pawning her jewellery, was spared jail after a judge was told she did not want him locked up.Retired dentist, Christopher Shipp had secretly lost more than £200,000 pension savings, after being conned in an investment scam, and thought killing them both was the only option.When his wife, Shirlianne, confronted him about £17,686 missing from her personal account, Shipp grabbed her around the waist, put a...

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February 8, 2017, 10:02 pm

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A meat company's lucrative scam led to countless consumers being duped into eating what they thought was halal lamb – when it was neither lamb nor halal, a court heard.Owners of restaurants, takeaways and shops across Leicestershire and beyond unwittingly bought tonnes of low-cost turkey that was being passed off to them as more expensive lamb off the bone, it was claimed.The alleged con-trick was said to have netted meat wholesaler Dutch Bangla Direct Ltd at least a quarter of a million...

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February 9, 2017, 8:22 am

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A 20-year-old man who groomed tragic schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood, a few days before she was raped and murdered by someone else, has been given a three year and seven month detention sentence. Bruce Cordwell, 20, was aware Kayleigh was 15 years old when he sent her a series of sexual text messages, and two indecent pictures of himself, when trying to meet her via Facebook and WhatsApp. Kayleigh's mother, Stephanie Haywood, sat in the public gallery today at Leicester Crown Court to hear the...

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February 10, 2017, 1:29 am

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A man raped a woman he knew after calling at her home to return a borrowed top, threatening to smother her with a cushion if she screamed.David Dayman (43) claimed the sex was consensual, saying the woman was attracted to him, had flirted with him and had "ripped" her own shirt off in passion when he visited her home.But his account of what happened was swiftly rejected by the jury, which took less than an hour to find him guilty.He was jailed for eight years.The victim, a 30-year-old...

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February 10, 2017, 1:30 am

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Sentencing rapist David Dayman, Judge Ebraham Mooncey told him the victim was not interested him - despite his claims otherwise.Dayman (43) was jailed for eight years after being found guilty by a jury which took less than an hour to throw out his claim the sex was consensual.He had claimed the victim was attracted to him, had flirted with him and "ripped" her own shirt off in passion when he visited her home.The judge told him: "There was no flirtation by her towards you, there...

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February 11, 2017, 8:14 am

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Three jewellery shop robbers involved in a terrifying armed raid in Leicester's Golden Mile have been jailed for a total of 21 years.They were among a group of five, who travelled from Birmingham, to target G Naran Jewellers, in Belgrave Road, on the afternoon of Saturday November 14, 2015.The robbers used axes to smash cabinets in the shop – which activated deterrent smoke from a security system - as they stole £20,000 worth of Asian gold bracelets and rings.Sentencing them at...

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February 12, 2017, 8:20 am

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A meat wholesaler accused of dishonestly selling turkey as halal lamb in a profitable scam told the police that he ran a legitimate company, a court has heard.Mahmudur Rohman (46) claimed he did not mislead his customers, when running the now defunct Peterborough-based Dutch Bangla Direct Ltd which supplied dozens of restaurants, takeaways and shops in Leicestershire. Leicester Crown Court heard the alleged fraud led to countless diners unknowingly consuming non-halal turkey, believing it to be...

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February 14, 2017, 11:08 am

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A man whimpered in pain as he suffered a fatal beating – that one of the attackers recorded on his mobile phone. A court heard Joshua Hack took a close-up of victim Brendan Mason's face during the fatal attacking in Abbey Park, Leicester, saying "smile". He told his alleged accomplice, Keith Lowe, to "Shut him up". Hack (21), of St Helen's Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, has pleaded guilty to murdering 23-year-old Mr Mason, who suffered 99 separate injuries on...

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February 14, 2017, 11:12 am

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A thief who drove his van into a police officer while fleeing the scene of a crime has been jailed for four years.Mark Courtney Johnson, 34, revved the engine of his van and knocked down the officer as he left a building site in Loughborough with stolen goods last summer.Police were called to the site, in Allendale Road, on Sunday, August 14 after Johnson was seen behaving suspiciously.He drove out of the site in a Transit flatbed van, ramming the fencing as he left and collided with a parked...

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February 15, 2017, 5:51 am

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A pathologist told a murder trial jury that a young man found fatally injured in Abbey Park had suffered extensive brain damage. Consultant pathologist, Dr Stuart Hamilton, said he examined the body of 23-year-old Brendan Mason, of Glenfield, who died on July 5. He said the multiple injuries on his head and body were consistent with him having been kicked, stamped upon and punched. One of the alleged attackers, Keith Lowe (22), of Rockingham Close, Crown Hills, Leicester, is on trial...

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February 15, 2017, 9:57 am

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Two men boasted to friends about how they kicked, punched and stamped on someone they knew, before leaving him for dead in Leicester's Abbey Park, a murder trial was told. Brendan Mason was found fatally injured and stripped, lying face down, in the park by groundsman at 7.40am on Tuesday, July 5. Mr Mason, an avid Leicester City fan, from Glenfield, died in hospital shortly afterwards. Keith Lowe (22), of Rockingham Close, Crown Hills, Leicester, is on trial at the city's crown court charged...