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Former boss of children's charity Mighty Creatives avoids jail...
The former boss of a children's charity, who downloaded child pornography and tried to persuade a 15-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity, has avoided a jail sentence.Richard Clark, who helped...
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Pair who 'betrayed all Muslims' by selling turkey as halal lamb...
Two "greedy" businessmen who ran a scam to sell turkey as halal lamb meat have each been jailed for five years.Meat importer, Mahmudar Rohman, and his friend, Kamal Rahman, were responsible for 160,000...
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'Selling non-halal meat is like murdering someone' - Butcher's...
A butcher who has been left traumatised by scammers who sold turkey as halal meat said in a victim impact statement: "When I thought I may have supplied non-halal meat to my customers it was very...
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Four men admit roles in conspiracy to supply heroin in Leicesters...
Four men have pleaded guilty to roles in a conspiracy to supply heroin in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.The men, one from Leicester and three from Lincolnshire, were arrested last year following an...
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Man in court to deny murdering Lauric Lebtao in Albion Street,...
A man has appeared in court to deny a murder charge following an incident in Leicester city centre.Sulaiman Sillah (20) pleaded not guilty to murdering Lauric Lebato (20), who was fatally injured in...
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Woman died after being attacked because she burst child's...
A vulnerable woman died 10 days after she was attacked during a row with her neighbours over a punctured football, a court has been told.The body of Kelly Machin was discovered on the sofa of her...
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'Naive' drug dealer spared jail
A "naive" drug dealer caught with £11,500 worth of cocaine and MCat has been given a suspended jail sentence.Benjamin Bladon (29) was found in possession of the drugs after his car was stopped by...
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Child laughed after stabbing fellow pupil with knife on school...
A schoolboy laughed after stabbing a fellow pupil in the thigh with one of three knives he had with him on a school bus, a court heard.The 16-year-old produced a 10cm lock knife in front of several...
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Woman who died after burst football row was not originally...
A woman who died days after being attacked during a dispute over a punctured football was not originally thought to have been severely injured, a jury was told.Kelly Machin's condition deteriorated and...
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Alice Ruggles murder trial: Trimaan Dhillon found guilty of...
A soldier been found guilty of murdering former Leicestershire woman Alice Ruggles.Alice, 24, formerly of Tur Langton, near Market Harborough, was found with fatal injuries at her flat on Rawling Road,...
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Alice Ruggles murder trial: Trimaan Dhillon sentenced to at least...
A soldier been found guilty of murdering former Leicestershire woman Alice Ruggles. Alice, 24, formerly of Tur Langton, near Market Harborough, was found with fatal stab wounds at her flat on Rawling...
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Prolific thief jailed after stealing valuables worth thousands in...
A prolific thief who stole thousands of pounds worth of valuables in a series of Pure Gym locker raids in Leicester and London was jailed for two years.Jonathon Mensah, 44, who has 156 offences on his...
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Man who sexually assaulted sleeping woman on coach jailed
A man who sexually assaulted a woman as she slept on a coach has been sentenced to four years in prison.Admir Senaj (29) sat next to the victim as they were travelling on a coach from London to...
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Men jailed for taking sexual photos of drunk woman at party and...
Two young men who took degrading sexual photographs of a drunken woman at a house party , that were circulated on social media have each been jailed for four years.Leicester Crown Court was told the...
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Man in court charged with murder of Isaac Williams
A man has appeared before Leicester Magistrates charged with the murder of 20-year-old Isaac Williams in Leicester.Isaac was found injured in the street in Cropthorne Avenue, Crown Hills, last...
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Second man charged with murdering Isaac Williams in Cropthorne...
A second man has been charged with murder following the death last week of 20-year-old Isaac Williams.Reuben Stretton, 20, of no fixed address was charged this afternoon and is due to appear at...
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Man on trial for manslaughter denies deliberately pushing or...
A man on trial for manslaughter told a jury he did not assault a woman who suffered broken ribs and later died.William "Gary" Jelly (48) said the fractures sustained by Kelly Machin (34) could have...
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Man denies attempted murder in Leicester's Abbey Park Road
A 24-year-old man has appeared in court to deny a charge of attempted murder.David Glen-Meade, of Rowlett Road, Corby, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, in relation to an alleged incident in...
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Kelly Machin: Father and daughter guilty of manslaughter of woman...
A father and daughter are facing jail after being found guilty of the manslaughter of a vulnerable woman who they attacked after she burst a football which landed in her garden.William Gary Jelly (48)...
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Leicestershire Police employee appears in court to deny theft...
A Leicestershire Police employee has appeared in court charged with theft.Julie Treen (52), of Countesthorpe, faces 25 counts of theft of money.The offences are alleged to have taken place between...
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