***
***
*** RSSing Note: Article removed by member request. ***
***
***
*** RSSing Note: Article removed by member request. ***
***
↧
--- Article Removed ---
↧
Leicester cash and carry bosses admit safety breach after...
Partners in a Leicester cash and carry store have admitted breaching safety laws after a man had his leg amputated following a collision in their car park.Ashvin and Yogesh Patel both pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws when they appeared in court on Friday.They have been accused of failing to prevent risk to people using the car park at the Falcon Cash and Carry in Dysart Way Leicester.Kate Roger, prosecuting for the Leicester City Council, said the case was brought following an...
↧
↧
Murder trial: Former soldier from Leicester accused of buying...
A former soldier from Leicester, accused of murdering a cash and carry marketing manager, bought chloroform on the internet a fortnight before she died, a jury was told.David Cooper (39) is accused of helping his brother Roger Cooper (41) kill Sameena Imam last December.Prosecutor Timothy Spencer QC claimed Roger conspired with his brother to murder Ms Imam who he was having an affair with against company rules.Birmingham Crown Court heard a murder investigation found Miss Imam's body in a...
↧
Leicester man accused of murdering his brother's lover seen...
A Leicester man accused of helping to kill his brother's lover was seen digging a large hole on his allotment weeks before she died, a court was told.David Cooper and Roger Cooper are accused of murdering Sameena Imam in December.Prosecutor Timothy Spencer QC told a jury that David Cooper (39) had an allotment in Groby Road in Leicester.He said that on December 14 Ms Imam had complained to a friend about the state of her relationship with Roger Cooper.Mr Spencer added: "That day a witness...
↧
Judge directs Leicester jury to convict autistic man of...
An autistic man who killed his girlfriend's uncle, and dumped him in a wheelie bin, has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.Nathan Kearney, 33, was on trial at Leicester Crown Court accused of murdering William 'Bill' Tomlinson, 64, on February 18.The trial was halted after the prosecution's psychiatrist gave evidence which co-incided with two defence psychiatrists about there being some evidence of diminished responsibility in Kearney's case.Judge Nicholas Dean QC...
↧
↧
Methodist minister David Cooper found not guilty of sexually...
A Methodist minister was found not guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting a teenager during piano lessons and in his car.David Cooper, who served as the minister of Burbage Methodist Church between 1979 and 1986, denied any wrongdoing towards the girl, claiming she was an "attention seeker."He was acquitted of six counts of indecently assaulting her.Mr Cooper, who has no previous convictions, thanked the jury as he left the dock at Leicester Crown Court.The complainant earlier told...
↧
Leicestershire Police employee accused of stealing gold bars and...
A police employee accused of stealing gold bars and more than £188,000 in cash from the force he worked for is to face a trial.Mujibur Ibrahim, 25, pleaded not guilty to two counts of theft relating to two gold bars, £5,050 of money and an "unknown quantity of cash" from a police station, on April 20.He also denied theft of £183,550 cash belonging to Leicestershire Police, between February 23 and April 3.Ibrahim, of Westcotes Drive, Westcotes, Leicester, is suspended...
↧
Acupuncturist who sexually assaulted woman in Leicester clinic...
An acupuncturist who touched a female client's breasts during a treatment has been given a suspended jail sentence.Qi Ming Hu (61) pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the 21-year-old woman.The offence was committed at the Chinese, Acupuncture and Herbal Clinic, in Granby Street, Leicester city centre.Victoria Rose, prosecuting, said the victim went to the clinic seeking treatment for stress and anxiety, on April 30 last year.During an initial consultation, Hu said the acupuncture treatment...
↧
HIV-positive man jailed for 12 years for attempting to rape...
A former care worker who is HIV-positive has been jailed for 12 years for attempting to rape a disabled woman in her home.Bonface Marova went uninvited into the victim's Leicester home after she had taken pain relief medication and was drowsy.He had befriended her through a mutual friend but turned up unannounced, entering via an unlocked door and asking to use the toilet.Leicester Crown Court was told he said to the woman, in her late 50s: "Has anyone ever told you you're...
↧
↧
Two men jailed for series of planned house burglaries
Two men involved in a series of planned house burglaries, netting tens of thousands of pounds worth of valuables, have been locked up.Luke Holford, 23, of Luther Street, West End, Leicester, was sentenced to five years imprisonment.Stefan Rainer, 27, of River View, Barrow on Soar, was jailed for four years and four months.Sentencing, Judge Lynn Tayton QC said: "These were sophisticated planned burglaries designed to obtain the maximum amount of goods."It was the cynical acquisition of...
↧
Benefits cheat pocketed thousands in state hand-outs after...
A benefits cheat pocketed almost £12,500 in state hand-outs she was not entitled to, after failing to declare she had got married, a court heard.Kimberley Simmonds, 32, initially made a legitimate claim as a single mother of a child.But when she married Lee Simmonds in May 2011, she continued claiming council tax until March 2013 and income support until February 2014.Noel Filo, prosecuting, said that when Simmonds, of Stuart Road, Glen Parva, was questioned by the authorities she claimed...
↧
Persistent burglar jailed after breaking into house while owner...
A persistent burglar who broke into a house while the owner was out walking his dog was jailed for two years and five months.George Ellul, 47, has more than 100 offences on his criminal record, of which 50 are for commercial burglary and half-a-dozen for entering dwellings.He pleaded guilty to breaking into the dog owner's property, in King Richard's Hill, Whitwick, on June 2.Balraj Bhatia, prosecuting, said the householder returned to find a side gate damaged and his kitchen window smashed.He...
↧
Two men caught red-handed with almost half a kilo of heroin worth...
Two men were caught red-handed after collecting almost half a kilo of heroin worth more than £30,000.Hussan Akhtar was found to have the stash of class A drug in the glove compartment of an Audi A5 convertible he was driving.He was in convoy with previously convicted drug dealer, Eric Manunebo, in another car.Leicester Crown Court was told the pair were under police surveillance on the day they both drove from Leicester to Coventry to collect the heroin.Sarah Knight, prosecuting, said they...
↧
↧
Drunk driver who ran over and killed her mother, 86, jailed for...
A drunken driver who ran over and killed her 86-year-old mother has been jailed for three years.Alcoholic, Debra Jenkins, 57, was collecting the pensioner from the hairdressers at lunchtime when she tragically reversed into her.Joan Donisthorpe fell and banged her head on the ground, at the junction of Syston's High Street and The Green.Jenkins, who was about two-and-a-half times over the drink drive limit, continued reversing her green convertible Peugeot 306.She admitted causing the death of...
↧
Unlicensed driver ended up in police chase after hearing siren...
An unlicensed driver with cannabis in his car ended up in a police chase, after driving off in panic because he heard a patrol car siren behind him.The officer, Pc Adam Sparrow, was in fact answering a different call – until Zakir Girach sped off instead of pulling over to let him pass.Girach, who had not passed his driving test and had no insurance for his Peugeot 106, went through four sets of red traffic lights during a pursuit at up to 60 mph on residential streets, from Oadby to...
↧
Cannabis addict went berserk in street wrecking cars with wheel...
A cannabis addict went berserk in the street, wrecking cars with a wheel brace, a court heard.Mark Anthony Smith, 19, went on the rampage in Carnoustie Road, New Parks, Leicester, while neighbours looked on in shock.Smith pleaded guilty to four counts of criminal damage to vehicles and theft of items from one if the cars, in March.He was sentenced to 12 months detention, but released because of the time he has already spent on remand in custody.Sentencing at Leicester Crown Court, Recorder...
↧
Assailant accused of murdering man who died 11 years after he was...
An assailant is on trial accused of murdering a man in an attack that took place 11 years before the alleged victim died.Paul Albert Smith was 16 when he repeatedly stamped on the head of 34-year-old Ivan Barrs, causing him major brain damage.Mr Barrs was left in a persistent vegetative state after the attack, in the early hours of May 13, 2003, and needed round-the-clock care.But on March 28, 2014, Mr Barrs died, after suffering bronchial pneumonia.Smith, who has already served a jail sentence...
↧
↧
Man in court charged with attempting to murder woman
A 22-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries.Taylor Lopez-Kerr, (22), of Pitchens Close, Beaumont Leys, Leicester appeared at the city's magistrates' today.He is accused of attempting to murder the woman in Pitchens Close on Sunday evening.Today, Leicestershire Police said the woman remained in hospital in a stable condition.Lopez-Kerr was remanded into custody and is due to appear at Leicester Crown Court on...
↧
DWP employee dishonestly transferred £6,000 of public money...
A Department of Work and Pensions employee dishonestly transferred almost £6,000 of public money into a former colleagues bank account.Yahya Raje abused his position of trust while working at the Job Centre in Leicester's Charles Street.He and a former DWP employee, Waseem Hussain, then split the cash between them, the city's crown court was told.Raje (31), of Cardinals Walk, Leicester, and Hussain (36), of Cordery Road, in the city, both admitted conspiracy to defraud the DWP out of...
↧
What price for justice? Criminal courts charges criticised after...
A judge has criticised the recently introduced criminal courts charges, saying he does not think they have "any merit".Recorder Timothy Raggatt QC made the comments when jailing a jobless man for 10 weeks for possessing a knife.His criticism was echoed by Leicester barristers, who said the punitive mandatory court charges of up to £1,200 are "outrageous" and "unfair".Having been told defendant Moz Johnson "does not have any money," Mr Raggatt said he...
↧