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A trusted accounts manager repaid her employers' kindness by raiding their bank account of more than £170,000.Cindy Ann Price diverted funds from Shepshed-based welding and cutting equipment firm, Foster Industrial Limited, into her own account.She also helped herself to money instead of paying bills and invented bogus invoices to fraudulently account for some of the funds she stole.Price, 47, who has since moved to a Spanish farmhouse with a swimming pool in Poligono, Parcela, Mora d'Ebre...

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August 3, 2015, 2:29 am

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A property developer set up a lucrative cannabis factory in an industrial unit, to help pay off debts when his business folded, a court heard.Livio Salvador-Aylott (42) was cultivating 71 illegal plants, in four stages of growth, which could have produced four kilos of the class B drug, with a wholesale value of £25,000.Jonathon Dee, prosecuting, said: "There was a production line with various stages for continuous crops virtually every month, with the potential for 12 kilos a year,...

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August 3, 2015, 10:43 am

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A motorist has appeared in court to admit causing the death of a 79-year-old pedestrian, by careless driving, when impaired through drugs.Godfread Housen, 41, a mechanic, consumed cannabis prior to the incident, Leicester Crown Court was told.Pensioner, Brian Sheldon, of Bishop Street, Melton, died after being in a collision with Housen's car on Saxby Road, in the town, on November 15, 2013.Mr Sheldon later died in hospital.The Leicester Crown Court case was adjourned for the prosecution to...

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August 4, 2015, 3:16 am

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A 16-year-old heroin and cocaine dealer who continued pedalling drugs after being caught was sentenced to two years detention and training.The juvenile was first spotted plying his trade in Roslyn Street, Highfields, Leicester, on February 27.Victoria Rose, prosecuting, said he was seen loitering in the area on a pedal cycle.Officers found he was carrying 18 wraps of cocaine and 17 deals of heroin, worth £910.When his city centre home was searched a small amount of cannabis was found.Text...

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August 4, 2015, 10:40 pm

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A "peacemaker" suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain after being felled in the street by a single blow, a court heard.The victim Jason Fitzjohn, 42, was trying to stop a fight between Samuel Branson and a friend, outside the Lamplighter's pub, in Silver Street, in the city centre.Branson, 22, was ordered to pay £3,000 compensation to his victim.Leicester Crown Court heard how he drunkenly punched Mr Fitzjohn causing him to fall unconscious to the ground, at 4am on...

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August 5, 2015, 3:39 am

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A dangerous BMW driver involved in a police chase on residential streets was given a suspended detention sentence.Jack Crane, 19, who had no driving licence or insurance, failed to give way at several junctions and twice mounted the kerb during the almost two-mile pursuit.Alan Murphy, prosecuting, said: "PC Daniel Hudson was on mobile patrol at 2.15pm on April 25 when he noticed a young-looking male at the wheel of a BMW parked in Warden's Walk and decided to speak to him."He turned...

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August 5, 2015, 3:54 am

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A drug dealer was caught trying to flush a stash of crack-cocaine down the toilet when the police burst in, a court heard.Justin Edam Render, who was jailed for two years and 11 months, was trying to dispose of the drugs when officers executed a search warrant at his then partner's home in Clifton Road, Aylestone.Kate Plummer, prosecuting, said: "On gaining entry they found the defendant in the bathroom upstairs."She said a plastic bag was recovered from the toilet bowl, containing 11...

Man's body was dumped on street in wheelie bin, murder jury told

August 5, 2015, 10:14 am

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A man's body was dumped on the street in a wheelie bin, after he was brutally murdered in his home.William Tomlinson, known as Bill, 64, was strangled and his throat severed with a kitchen knife.His niece, Emma Tomlinson, 24, and her boyfriend, Nathan Kearney, 33, are on trial at Leicester Crown Court.Both deny murdering Mr Tomlinson, of St Stephen's Road, Highfields, on February 18.But they admit perverting the course of justice by destroying or concealing evidence.Nic Lobbenberg QC,...

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August 6, 2015, 4:32 am

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A motorist was caught in a Land Rover towing a caravan, within hours of them being stolen, a court heard.The owner of the £16,000 caravan had just packed it up with clothes and food ready to go on holiday when it was taken, in Thurlaston village, between Enderby and Earl Shilton.The Land Rover was separately stolen from outside a smallholding in Earl Shilton.Leicester Crown Court was told that Thomas Hames, 29, was caught red-handed when police stopped him on the A46 near Birstall, at...

Leicester sham marriage nurse loses sentence appeal

August 6, 2015, 5:01 am

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A Leicester nurse jailed after entering into a sham marriage for money had her tough sentence backed by top judges - despite the crushing effect of jail on her young daughter.Ana De Jesus Pereira-Goncalves was handed a 12-month jail term at Leicester Crown Court in April after she admitted assisting unlawful immigration.The 33-year-old, who has a glowing record as a nurse, got sucked into the immigration scam before going through the marriage ceremony 15 years ago.London's Appeal Court heard how...

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August 7, 2015, 3:44 am

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A woman who forged a work permit and fraudulently obtained more than £1,000 worth of clothes and shoes using a stolen credit card was jailed for nine months.Bridget Mathanda, who is nine weeks pregnant, also unsuccessfully tried to obtain £5,500 more items using the card, in nine attempted transactions.She pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court to possessing a false identity document, possessing an article, a bank card, in connection with fraud, and two counts of fraudulently using...

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August 7, 2015, 10:39 am

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A woman confessed to a friend that her boyfriend had strangled her uncle before sawing through his neck with a bread knife, a murder trial jury heard.Emma Tomlinson also told Laurie Taylor that victim William Tomlinson's body was dumped in a wheelie bin and an attempt was made to set it alight, Leicester Crown Court heard.Tomlinson (24) and her boyfriend, Nathan Kearney (33), deny murdering Mr William "Bill" Tomlinson, at the flat they all shared at St Stephen's Road, Highfields, early...

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August 10, 2015, 10:01 pm

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A woman who ran over and killed her mother while being more than twice the legal drink drive limit has been told she could go to prison.Debra Jenkins (57) reversed into her 89-year-old mother Joan Donisthorpe while in The Green in Syston.Mrs Donisthorpe, who lived in Syston, was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre, in Nottingham, where she later died from her injuries.Jenkins, of Herrick Close, Sileby, pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court to causing the death of Mrs Donisthorpe by careless...

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August 11, 2015, 5:31 am

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A convicted paedophile who accessed child pornography on the internet was jailed for three years.Mark Andrew Clark (47) was found to have a collection of indecent images, mainly of young boys, when the police examined his laptop computer, in June last year.Leicester Crown Court was told in 2001 Clark was jailed for eight years for indecently assaulting boys under 14 and downloading child pornography.Alan Murphy, prosecuting, said: "His sex offender manager received information that the...

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August 12, 2015, 3:08 am

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A man who exchanged extreme pornography with friends for "misguided amusement" landed himself in the dock of a crown court.Restaurant co-owner and manager, Roberto Isella, was arrested after he was caught with the illegal movies, featuring bestiality, on his mobile phone.Leicester Crown Court was told he was unaware he had broken the law.Prosecutor, James Varley, said that possessing such material, involving sexual activity between adults and animals, became a criminal offence in...

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August 12, 2015, 4:14 am

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A drunken yob attacked a father in front of his 10-year-old daughter, after announcing: "She's too young for you."Paul Luke Kavanagh, 20, had been cycling past the dad, who was out walking the family's pet dog with his daughter, on the evening of January 16.He stopped and accosted the victim in an alleyway near Hockley Farm Road, Braunstone, Leicester, the city's crown court was told.The man explained the girl was in fact his daughter.Kavanagh then hit him on the head with a bag...

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August 13, 2015, 4:45 am

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A house burglar who re-offended within two weeks of being released from jail was given a two-and-a-half year sentence.Raymond Abbott-Moore, 27, admitted breaking into a family home in Withcote Avenue, Goodwood, Leicester, during the day on May 19.When the owner returned with her children she discovered the break-in. Earrings, a watch, a games console with games, and £100 in cash, worth a total value of £910 were missing.Leicester Crown Court was told that the householder's children...

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August 14, 2015, 2:37 am

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A retired police officer suffered four fractures to his shoulder after being attacked by a drunken pub customer.Jack Boyd, 21, rugby tackled the victim, Paul Topham, who had kindly gone to assist him when he fell off a scooter, outside the Horse and Jockey pub, in Manton, Rutland.Mr Topham in a victim impact statement later described how he spent 30 years on the frontline fighting crime, with the Metropolitan Police, without serious injury. He said "the irony is not lost on me," that...

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August 14, 2015, 3:25 am

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A "remorseless" 86-year-old man, who sexually abused three little girls, was jailed for eight years.Peter Wilson was convicted by a jury of nine sex offences committed between 20 and 30 years ago.The youngsters were aged between three and nine years old.The pensioner, a retired engineer, of Birkenshaw Road, New Parks, Leicester, denied the charges, claiming nothing untoward ever happened and at least two of the girls had conspired against him to get him into trouble.The indecency...

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August 14, 2015, 6:14 am

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A mother has been jailed for four years for branding the face of her 16 month old daughter with a smiley image.Leicester Crown Court heard she held the baby's head firm while she inflicted the burn on her cheek with a heated cigarette lighter.Judge Head told the defendant: "You branded your child in a deliberate and premeditated act. It was wicked."He said the clarity of the burn showed "she was held with some force."The judge added the mother was unconcerned if she hurt her...