Leicestershire Police special constable in court over possession...

May 26, 2017, 1:10 am

≫ Next: Friend of stab victim Isaac Williams, 20, sets up fund to help...

≪ Previous: Drugs and child porn councillor avoids jail

$

0

0

A Special Police Constable from Leicester is due to appear in court today accused of possession of a weapon and harassment. SPC Shahib Asan has been charged with criminal damage, harassment, two counts of intent to pervert the course of justice and possession of a weapon for the discharge of a noxious gas. Read more: Masked armed men rob Stoke Golding post office after threatening staff The offences are alleged to have happened between August 2016 and April this year. The 21-year-old is...

---

Friend of stab victim Isaac Williams, 20, sets up fund to help...

May 29, 2017, 5:15 am

≫ Next: Dangerous driver high on cocaine and alcohol deliberately ploughs...

≪ Previous: Leicestershire Police special constable in court over possession...

$

0

0

A close friend of a 20-year-old amateur boxer who died after being stabbed is appealing for people to help pay for his funeral.Sam Russell's pal Isaac Williams was found injured in Cropthorne Avenue, Evington, Leicester, on Friday, April 21.He was taken to hospital, but died two days later.Sam, 20, who shared many happy childhood memories with Isaac, said he was devastated by the popular young man's death.He is hoping to raise £5,000 to give Isaac's family enough money to help pay for his...

Dangerous driver high on cocaine and alcohol deliberately ploughs...

May 29, 2017, 11:35 pm

≫ Next: Leicester man was 'heavily involved' in supply of heroin to...

≪ Previous: Friend of stab victim Isaac Williams, 20, sets up fund to help...

$

0

0

A dangerous driver high on cocaine and alcohol deliberately ploughed a car into a former neighbour. Martin McCarthy (24) had earlier tussled with the middle-aged victim. The victim had intervened when McCarthy called at a block of flats where he used to live, and the victim still resides. McCarthy, described in court as a nuisance in the neighbourhood, was visiting another tenant, and the two got into a row. The victim intervened in the row, pushing McCarthy out of the flats complex in...

Leicester man was 'heavily involved' in supply of heroin to...

May 30, 2017, 10:31 am

≫ Next: Hinckley 'sex pest' who molested disabled woman is jailed

≪ Previous: Dangerous driver high on cocaine and alcohol deliberately ploughs...

$

0

0

The judge who today sentenced four men for their parts in a large-scale heroin dealing operation described the operation as "wholesale team activity".The four were arrested following an investigation by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, which leads the fight against organised crime across the region.The main player was Keith Garner, a 41-year-old fitness expert and personal trainer from Leicester. He was jailed for 10 years.Garner was on licence from a 16-year sentence,...

Hinckley 'sex pest' who molested disabled woman is jailed

May 31, 2017, 9:51 am

≫ Next: Police officer arrests man for having stun gun, accidentally...

≪ Previous: Leicester man was 'heavily involved' in supply of heroin to...

$

0

0

A "sex pest" who molested four women in Leicestershire has been jailed. Leicester Crown Court heard that Alan Renwick "violated women on a regular basis in ways that for them have been immensely distressing". Two of the women were touched sexually by Renwick after he brazenly went, uninvited, into their homes in the Barwell area of Leicestershire. The hearing was told that while making advances to a married school teacher, Renwick had rubbed his groin against a glass...

Police officer arrests man for having stun gun, accidentally...

May 31, 2017, 10:00 pm

≫ Next: Million pound drugs gang and its Leicester members jailed for...

≪ Previous: Hinckley 'sex pest' who molested disabled woman is jailed

$

0

0

A police officer accidentally shocked himself with a stun gun when arresting a suspect for having the weapon, which was disguised as a torch.Dawid Wisniewski admitted possessing the prohibited weapon on December 1. The 25-year-old claimed to have found it an hour earlier and had no idea it was against the law.The judge told him possession carried a mandatory five-year jail sentence, but that there were "exceptional circumstances".He gave Wisniewski, of Burder Street, Loughborough, an...

Million pound drugs gang and its Leicester members jailed for...

June 2, 2017, 7:14 am

≫ Next: Dangerous driver ended up in middle of field after 'absolutely...

≪ Previous: Police officer arrests man for having stun gun, accidentally...

$

0

0

Fifteen people who were involved in a £1 million drug dealing operation have been jailed for more than 100 years today. The gang, several of whom are from Leicester or Leicestershire, were nailed by detectives from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit. Leicestershire Police has released the basic details of the case this afternoon following sentencing at Leicester Crown Court this morning. Also, it released photographs of 12 members of the gang. Read more: Police seize more than...

Dangerous driver ended up in middle of field after 'absolutely...

June 3, 2017, 6:33 am

≫ Next: Drug addict burgles Leicester University student's room - but is...

≪ Previous: Million pound drugs gang and its Leicester members jailed for...

$

0

0

A dangerous driver ended up in the middle of a field after "absolutely hammering" his BMW at more than 100 mph, a court heard. Jamie Williamson, who had been out drinking with friends, lost control on a bend on the A606 Stamford Road, near Tinwell, in Rutland, on the night of August 16. Leicester Crown Court was told that one of his two passengers - who had been telling him to slow down - suffered two fractured vertebrae in his neck. He was 'slurring his words' Williamson made off...

---

Drug addict burgles Leicester University student's room - but is...

June 6, 2017, 7:26 am

≫ Next: ​​Sex tape blackmailer threatened to post footage on Facebook -...

≪ Previous: Dangerous driver ended up in middle of field after 'absolutely...

$

0

0

A drug addict who burgled a Leicester University student's room in a hall of residence has been jailed for 18 months. Deputy Judge Michael Stokes QC said the victim's laptop computer, among items taken, would have been as "important as gold dust" and likely to contain valuable course work. Glyn Anthony White (39) pleaded guilty to burglary at Digby Hall, Stoughton Drive South, Oadby, when an Apple Mac laptop was stolen, along with disc jockey equipment and a watch, worth a total of...

​​Sex tape blackmailer threatened to post footage on Facebook -...

June 7, 2017, 3:00 am

≫ Next: Man appears in court to deny murdering his 84-year-old neighbour

≪ Previous: Drug addict burgles Leicester University student's room - but is...

$

0

0

A blackmailer who filmed himself having sex with a married woman threatened to post the footage on Facebook unless she handed over £4,000. The traumatised victim went to the police, who arrested Yancho Dimitrov, of Long Lane, Billesdon. Jailing him for 16 months, Judge Robert Brown said: "It was like revenge porn."People who blackmail others in this way go to prison." The victim felt "sick, foolish and terrified" by the threat to expose her adultery to...

Man appears in court to deny murdering his 84-year-old neighbour

June 7, 2017, 10:46 am

≫ Next: Recap: Updates from 'dodgy deal' body in Leicester car park...

≪ Previous: ​​Sex tape blackmailer threatened to post footage on Facebook -...

$

0

0

A man has appeared in court to deny murdering his elderly next door neighbour earlier this year.Peter Bunyan, (53), of Brooklands Road, Cosby, pleaded not guilty to the murder of 84-year-old Brian Robson, on Thursday February 23.Bunyan appeared at Leicester Crown Court via a live video link from HMP Woodhill today, where he is being held on remand.Read more: Sex tape blackmailer threatened to post footage on Facebook - unless victim paid him £4,000Judge Nicholas Dean QC adjourned the...

Recap: Updates from 'dodgy deal' body in Leicester car park...

June 9, 2017, 1:33 am

≫ Next: Diners and staff push violent attacker out of Nando's in city...

≪ Previous: Man appears in court to deny murdering his 84-year-old neighbour

$

0

0

The manslaughter trial of five men charged in connection with the death of Promise Ndlovu, who was body was found in a car park in Leicester, continued today. The case began at Nottingham Crown Court this morning at about 11am. Mr Ndlovu, 40, was found dead in a car park off Charter Street, near Burleys Way Flyover, at 8.25am on October 29. The court was yesterday played a recording of his screams as he made a 999 call pleading with police to rescue him.Kehar Hayer, 55, of Spencefield Lane,...

Diners and staff push violent attacker out of Nando's in city...

June 11, 2017, 5:46 am

≫ Next: Tyler Thompson: 35,000 sign mum's petition for tougher action on...

≪ Previous: Recap: Updates from 'dodgy deal' body in Leicester car park...

$

0

0

A victim was repeatedly punched and kicked on the ground by his girlfriend's ex-partner, in a busy city centre restaurant, a court heard.Shalao Faraj was restrained by diners and staff, who pushed him out of Nando's, in Granby Street, and locked the doors.Even then, Faraj made "a gun gesture" through the window and told his rival "You're a dead man walking, I'm going to kill you."Joey Kwong, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court that Faraj (24) had turned to violence after...

Tyler Thompson: 35,000 sign mum's petition for tougher action on...

June 11, 2017, 10:23 am

≫ Next: Employee stole £200,000 from Leicestershire lingerie firm

≪ Previous: Diners and staff push violent attacker out of Nando's in city...

$

0

0

More than 35,000 people have backed a stab victim's mum's campaign for the introduction of harsher penalties for people convicted of knife crimes.Amy Morgan launched the online petition only a month ago in order to highlight the UK's knife crime death toll – including the loss of her 16-year-old son, Tyler Thompson.As of last night, more than 35,440 people had added their names to her call for tougher sentences for those found guilty of using a knife to assault another person or for the...

Employee stole £200,000 from Leicestershire lingerie firm

June 12, 2017, 6:18 am

≫ Next: Jailed: Gang who smashed up 86 cars across Leicestershire in...

≪ Previous: Tyler Thompson: 35,000 sign mum's petition for tougher action on...

$

0

0

A woman who stole more than £200,000 from her employers was today warned by a judge to expect a jail sentence. Deborah Gray (47) appeared at Leicester Crown Court to plead guilty to theft from GJ Waller & Co, a lingerie business, based in Church Langton, near Market Harborough, between January 2007 and June 2015. She also admitted false accounting between the same dates. Gray's barrister, James Bide-Thomas, asked permission for her solicitor to sit next to her in the dock...

---

Jailed: Gang who smashed up 86 cars across Leicestershire in...

June 12, 2017, 9:17 am

≫ Next: What judge told Leicestershire wrecking gang who smashed up 86...

≪ Previous: Employee stole £200,000 from Leicestershire lingerie firm

$

0

0

Four vandals who went on an all-night spree, smashing up 86 cars in 21 Leicestershire villages and towns have been locked up. The rampage of damage, totalling more than £21,000, began in Thurmaston and ended in Melton. Knives, a crowbar and a screwdriver were used to slash tyres and smash vehicle windows, Leicester Crown Court was told. Tyron Cotterill (20) of Butterwick Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, and three Melton men, Lewis Watts (22), of Nottingham Road, Adam Guy (23), of...

What judge told Leicestershire wrecking gang who smashed up 86...

June 12, 2017, 11:01 pm

≫ Next: Schoolgirl warns of grooming dangers after being targeted by...

≪ Previous: Jailed: Gang who smashed up 86 cars across Leicestershire in...

$

0

0

Four vandals who went on an all-night spree, smashing up 86 cars in 21 Leicestershire villages and towns, have been locked up. The rampage of destruction, totalling more than £21,000, began in Thurmaston and ended in Melton. Knives, a crowbar and a screwdriver were used to slash tyres, smash vehicle windows and dent bodywork, Leicester Crown Court was told. Tyron Cotterill (20) of Butterwick Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, and three Melton men, Lewis Watts (22), of Nottingham...

Schoolgirl warns of grooming dangers after being targeted by...

June 13, 2017, 10:47 am

≫ Next: Violent Leicester crook told police he had knuckleduster to crush...

≪ Previous: What judge told Leicestershire wrecking gang who smashed up 86...

$

0

0

A schoolgirl targeted by a drug dealing sexual predator has warned others of the dangers of grooming. The young victim boldly spurned Ricky Bennett's (43) offers of cash, alcohol, drugs and free taxi rides to visit his home. She told him: "I'm underage, I'm 15."You're too old." Read more: Driver mounted pavement and drove at group in terrifying revenge attackHow long sexual predator was jailed forAfter seeing Bennett (43) jailed for two years and eight months, at Leicester...

Violent Leicester crook told police he had knuckleduster to crush...

June 15, 2017, 9:00 pm

≫ Next: 'You're an unpleasant violent bully' - Judge blasts thug who...

≪ Previous: Schoolgirl warns of grooming dangers after being targeted by...

$

0

0

A violent crook who was caught with a knuckleduster told police he bought it to crush ice for Mother's Day drinks. Kyron Hickon was caught with the weapon while he was being spoken to by officers about a shoplifting incident. He tried to pass the weapon to a female companion but was spotted by officers. Hickon, aged 30, was being questioned about an attack in Asda in Abbey Lane, Leicester. During that attack he pulled a car door onto a security guard's head and threatened him with a...

'You're an unpleasant violent bully' - Judge blasts thug who...

June 16, 2017, 9:00 am

≫ Next: Lorry driver who tried to meet 13-year-old for sex in Beaumont...

≪ Previous: Violent Leicester crook told police he had knuckleduster to crush...

$

0

0

A "violent bully" left a PhD student with a fractured jaw in an unprovoked street attack. Joseph Samuel Thomas – who is six feet four inches tall – launched the vicious attack in Rutland Street in Leicester on May 15 after tripping his victim. The student had to have a plate and six screws inserted in his jaw after the attack – but incredibly asked the judge to not send Thomas to prison. The 47-year-old, of Scalpay Close, Beaumont Leys, was jailed for two and a...