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October 12, 2015, 10:04 pm

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The son of a former Lord Mayor of Leicester who broke a rival footballer's jaw in three places has escaped an immediate jail sentence.Karl Wann, 30, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to Sean Astill, who underwent surgery in hospital.Wann was playing in a Sunday league match for Ponte FC against Hinckley Knight FC when violence broke out on Britannia Playing Fields, in Burbage, on October 20, 2013.He punched Mr Astill a forceful blow during the game, after an earlier violent exchange...

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October 14, 2015, 4:01 pm

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A convicted sex offender caught blowing kisses to two boys playing in a park was jailed for 22 months.Michael Burns, 50, of Illingworth Road, Crown Hills, Leicester, pleaded guilty to breaching a sexual offences prevention order, which banned him from having contact with children under 18.At Leicester Crown Court, Judge Simon Hammond said: "This case goes back to June 2010 when a sexual offences prevention order was made." "On May 23 this year he was in Humberstone Park in...

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October 15, 2015, 8:39 am

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A doctor accused of causing the death of a six-year-old boy by gross negligence told police she had "sleepless nights" over why she did not ask for fuller details about his condition.The child, Jack Adcock, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest 11 hours after being admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary with severe diarrhoea, vomiting and breathing difficulties.The prosecution alleges registrar Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba (38), senior sister Theresa Taylor (55) and agency nurse Isabel Amaro (47)...

'Greedy' hotel worker stole colleagues' reward vouchers

October 18, 2015, 6:01 am

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A master's degree graduate stole almost £3,000 of staff reward vouchers from the hotel where she worked, a court heard.Sookshuen Tan gave them to her partner, Sonny Wong, who went on a spending spree for luxury items for them both.Wong went to stores in Leicester and Nuneaton, but filled out the vouchers using his genuine name and address – which led to his arrest.Tan, 27, who abused her position of trust as a marketing employee at the Hinckley Island Hotel, in Hinckley, pleaded...

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October 18, 2015, 6:06 am

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A teenage drug dealer ended up in court after advertising cannabis for sale on his Facebook page.The police received a tip off and went to Reece Burton's home and found four sets of scales, a small amount of the class B drug and a dealer's list.Burton (19) pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis, with intent to supply it, on February 27.He was given a six month detention sentence, suspended for two years, and was ordered to perform 50 sessions of a probation-service activity requirement...

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October 18, 2015, 7:30 am

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Three students attacked a teenager who was repeatedly head-butted, kicked and throttled during a violent robbery at their college.The victim, a fellow student at Leicester's Gateway College, was forced to give up his rucksack containing £100 and two mobile phones.The culprits Duale Barre, 18, Yassine Mouelhi, 18, and a 17-year-old juvenile, who cannot be named because of a court order, all received custodial sentences at Leicester Crown Court.All three pleaded guilty to robbing the student...

Drunk son pinched his mother's Mercedes while she was at work

October 19, 2015, 2:10 am

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A drunken son pinched his mother's Mercedes car while she was at work, Leicester crown court heard.Ricken Chapaneri, 31, was caught three days later when the car was found parked outside the Premier Inn, in Braunstone, Leicester, where he was staying.When the police checked his room they found a small amount of cannabis.Chapaneri, formerly of Wolverton Road, off Narborough Road, Leicester, pleaded guilty to taking the Mercedes without consent and driving without insurance, on August 21.He also...

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October 19, 2015, 9:35 am

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The jury has gone out to consider its verdicts in the murder trial of Sameena Imam.Brothers David and Roger Cooper deny killing the 34 year old and burying her body in a Leicester allotment.Yesterday Judge Thomas finished his summing up in the trial at Birmingham Crown Court.The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday morning.During the trial, which has lasted since mid August, the jury has been told the brothers conspired to murder Ms Imam because Roger's affair with her was against the rules at...

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Crown court jury watch footage of car crashing into a tree on...

October 20, 2015, 10:47 am

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A jury watched footage of a car crashing into a tree, while racing at high speed with another vehicle in the city centre.The front seat passenger, Jonilal Manjhu, (39), a married father-of-three, died after a Ford Focus, driven by a friend, Gurdip Rai, spun off Leicester's Welford Road in the early hours of Sunday June 15 last year.Leicester Crown Court was told Rai was driving at around 80 mph along the 30 mph stretch and was one-and-a-half times over the drink drive limit.He was allegedly...

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October 21, 2015, 10:30 am

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A BMW driver told a jury he was not racing with another car before it crashed into a tree, killing a passenger.Kulwant Singh said he drove at up to 92 mph along Welford Road after seeing a car approaching fast from behind, not realising it was his nephew, Gurdip Singh Rai, at the wheel of a Ford Focus.He had earlier met Rai by chance in Leicester city centre. Rai was out with a friend, 39-year-old Jonilal Manjhu, to watch a World Cup football match.Singh said he joined them for the rest of the...

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October 22, 2015, 9:59 am

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A thief left a father and his two young sons stranded at a leisure centre, after stealing their clothes, money and even their £20,000 car. Leicester Crown Court was told Charles Morrell targeted their locker while they were swimming – leaving behind only their shoes. Morrell (40), of Markfield Road, Ratby, was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for three years. He pleaded guilty to damaging a locker at Hinckley Leisure Centre, theft of clothing, a wallet containing...

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October 22, 2015, 10:26 am

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A father-of-nine mistook an innocent grandfather for a paedophile and punched him, breaking his eye socket and cheekbone in three places. Leicester Crown Court was told the victim was out looking for his eight-year-old granddaughter to fetch her home, at 7pm on May 27. He stopped to look over a garden fence, where youngsters were playing on a trampoline, and was confronted by householder Dean Orchard and another man. The 61-year-old grandfather, who is Romanian and spoke little English,...

Welford Road death by dangerous driving trial: jury discharged

October 23, 2015, 6:55 am

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The jury in the trial of a BMW driver accused of racing with another car, which crashed into a tree killing a passenger, has been discharged.Kulwant Singh (48), of Northdene Road, Knighton, denied causing the death of Jonilal Manjhu (39), by driving his BMW dangerously on Leicester's Welford Road, at 3am on Sunday June 15 last year.The jury of six men and six women were unable to agree on a verdict after seven-and-a-half hours of deliberations, at Leicester Crown Court.Judge Robert Brown...

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October 24, 2015, 6:14 am

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A man who raped a 15-year-old girl and also gave her alcohol and drugs was jailed for eight-and-a-half years. Dalton Beardmore, 25, was convicted by a jury of rape and three counts of sexual activity with a child. He was also found guilty of witness intimidation, by trying to persuade her to drop the case against him after he was arrested. Beardmore, of Ashfield Drive, Anstey, was acquitted of one count of sexual activity with a child and an allegation of causing the girl actual bodily...

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October 26, 2015, 8:48 am

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A Formula 1 technician has been forced to give up his career after suffering a brain injury and multiple broken bones when a car crashed into his motorbike.Joe Revill was riding along the B5324 in Osgathorpe, near Loughborough, with his girlfriend Kirsty Jarram as a pillion passenger, when a car driving on the wrong side of the road collided with them.Mr Revill, 27, from Loughborough, was taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham by air ambulance, and diagnosed with a severe brain injury,...

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Leicestershire Police employee admits stealing gold bars and cash...

October 26, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A police employee has admitted stealing two gold bars and cash totalling £153,000 belonging to the force he worked for. Mujibur Ibrahim (25) took the stash of cash and gold from Leicestershire Police's archive store safe earlier this year. It was the proceeds of crime seized by the police during various criminal investigations. The prosecution alleges the amount taken was in the region of £300,000 – but Ibrahim, of Westcotes Drive, Westcotes, Leicester, only accepts half...

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October 27, 2015, 5:00 am

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Two burglars broke into a man's home at night and then drove away in his car and work's van, a court heard. Max Riddle, 25, and Cade Dady, 23, raided the premises in Hollands Way, Kegworth, as the occupant slept in bed. They took a £500 television set, a wallet and £180 in cash. Leicester Crown Court was told the vehicles, an Alfa Romeo and a van, were found abandoned a short distance away. Gary Short, prosecuting, said that the defendants were later seen acting suspiciously...

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October 27, 2015, 5:34 am

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A burglar who helped steal more than £50,000 worth of valuables in a series of house break-ins was jailed for three years. Ross Brown, 27, committed the offences with a team of unknown others. In one raid alone, at The Fairway, Oadby, a family lost of £47,000 worth of gold jewellery of great sentimental value and other items. The householders were preparing for their son's wedding with guests expected from overseas, in June. Mark Van der Zwart said: "It couldn't have...

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October 27, 2015, 7:05 am

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A man who put a gun into his mouth and threatened to pull the trigger has been jailed for five years.Adam McCarthy was arrested by police after people became concerned about his behaviour.Officers searched a Transit van at his home and found a BB gun modified to fire live rounds in the glove boxThe barrel had also been shortened to take a silencer.Gary Short prosecuting told Leicester Crown Court on Tuesday that police recovered the "lethal weapon" when they were called to McCarthy's...

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June 19, 2016, 6:34 am

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A drugs courier caught with £200,000 worth of cocaine in his van was jailed for eight years.Sean Nolan, 26, was stopped by the police in Sturdee Road, Eyres Monsell, Leicester, on May 18.Officers searched his Fiat van and found one kilo of 69 per cent pure cocaine concealed under the front passenger seat.He pleaded guilty to possessing the cocaine haul, with intent to supply it, on the basis he was acting as a drugs courier.Lynsey Knott, prosecuting, said it was the third time Nolan, of...