Brendan Mason murder trial recap: 'They hung him from a tree with...
A witness told a murder trial jury how two men described forcefully beating up Brendan Mason in Leicester's Abbey Park. The 16-year-old girl's video-recorded police interview was shown at Leicester...
View ArticleDrunken man punches relative and leaves him unconscious in...
A drunken assailant punched his cousin's husband unconscious in the street, causing a broken ankle, a court heard.Rickvinder Singh Johal then ran off leaving the victim injured on the ground, despite...
View ArticleMan punched unconscious by wife's cousin
A drunken assailant punched his cousin's husband unconscious in the street, causing a broken ankle, a court heard.Rickvinder Singh Johal then ran off, leaving the victim injured on the ground, despite...
View ArticleLauric Lebato inquiry : man in court charged with murder
A man appeared in court today charged with murder after an incident in Leicester city centre last Saturday.Sulaiman Sillah appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court accused of the murder of Lauric...
View ArticleBrendan Mason trial: Keith Lowe changes murder plea to guilty...
A murder trial was dramatically halted when new video evidence emerged at the last minute of two men continuing a cold-blooded attack.It meant that Keith Lowe (22), who denied murdering vulnerable...
View ArticleBrendan Mason murder trial: Two men admit killing
Brendan Mason died after being subjected to a horrific and prolonged attack, the court heard. Two men, Keith Lowe and Joshua Hack, have pleaded guilty to the vulnerable 23-year-old's murder. Lowe had...
View ArticleRemorseless killers of vunerable young man caught on CCTV...
This is the moment two remorseless killers casually walked into McDonald's after savagely punching, kicking and stamping on a man who considered them his friends. Joshua Hack and Keith Lowe lured...
View ArticleLauric Lebato inquiry: Second man in court charged with violent...
A man has appeared in court charged in connection with an incident surrounding the death of Lauric Lebato in Leicester city centre.Jason Danquah, 19, of Tudor Road, Leicester, appeared at the city's...
View ArticleBoy, 14, appears in court accused of attempted murder in...
A 14-year-old boy appeared in court today charged with attempted murder.The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged in connection with an incident in Middleton Street, Aylestone,...
View ArticleWigston Elvis impersonator stole mother in law's funeral...
An Elvis impersonator has gone on trial charged with the theft of his late mother-in-law's funeral fund. Christopher Martin Burrows (55), of Whitehead Crescent, Wigston, is known for his renditions of...
View ArticleElvis impersonator tells court he did not steal charity...
An Elvis impersonator accused of stealing a collection held at his late mother-in-law's funeral, has helped raise up to £90,000 for charity over several decades, a court has heard. The jury in the...
View ArticleElvis impersonator cleared of stealing charity collection at his...
An Elvis impersonator has been cleared by a jury of stealing a charity collection held at his late mother-in-law's funeral.Christopher Martin Burrows denied theft of £290 donated by mourners, for...
View ArticleAdam Bent murder: Cameron Fields jailed for fatal knife attack in...
A killer who stabbed a victim to death in Leicester's Braunstone Gate had been jailed.Cameron Fields, 21, of Gresley Close, Beaumont Leys, will have to serve a minimum term of 23 years.He pleaded...
View ArticleWoman who killed her niece by shaking her to death jailed for six...
A mother-of-three who killed her baby niece by shaking her has been jailed for six years, after the child's parents urged the judge to be lenient. Chuanfang Zheng was found guilty at a recent trial of...
View ArticleAcid attack trial: Woman's besotted ex-lover carried out...
A woman recruited a besotted ex-lover to carry out a "cruel and sadistic" acid attack upon her boyfriend, who was left blinded and disfigured, a jury heard.Daniel Rotariu (31) was sleeping in bed when...
View ArticleAcid attack trial: Woman 'organised horror attack after being...
A woman accused of organising an acid attack on her boyfriend gave the impression of being a distraught, concerned girlfriend when the police arrived, a jury heard.As officers tried to discover what...
View ArticleAcid attack trial: Man's injuries 'most horrific thing I've ever...
One of the first officers on the scene of an alleged acid attack has told a jury the scene "was like something out of a horror movie".Describing the injuries, Pc Julie Woods said: "(They were) the most...
View ArticleAcid attack trial: Jury shown moment man with 'horror' injuries ...
A jury has been shown police video footage of the moments after a man was allegedly targeted in an acid attack which left him severely injured.The 20 minute video, filmed by Pc James Boyall-Love while...
View ArticleTurkey 'sold as halal lamb' scam: Community leader accused says...
A businessman and community leader accused of involvement in a turkey-sold-as-lamb scam, told a jury he did not act dishonestly.Kamal Rahman, who is chairman of Peterborough's Bangladeshi Welfare...
View ArticleAcid attack trial: 'Ex poured half litre of nearly pure sulphuric...
A man told police his ex-girlfriend was a "fantasist" who had wrongly accused him of throwing acid over her boyfriend's face and body, a court heard.Mark Cummings claimed former lover Katie Leong had...
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