Dunelm finance manager stole £170k to fund gambling addiction
Thomas Eaton abused his position of trust to cheat the popular home furnishing giant in a series of frauds, including fiddling his expenses claims
View ArticleKiller admits manslaughter of a friend's dad
Jentilal Deugi, 50, suffered a heart attack after being pushed over during an altercation and died in hospital two days later.
View Article'Naive' dealer stupidly offered drugs to nightclub's bar manager
Hamza Malik claimed to have found the ecstasy and cocaine in the club's toilets before trying to sell them to the first person he saw
View ArticleThis is the face of biker jailed for running over schoolboy
Ashley Smith, who has never passed his driving test, had been fleeing the scene of a crash
View ArticleWarehouse manager shot dead at point-blank range, court told
A jury must decide if Tahir Zarif, 30, carried out the killing of businessman Akhtar Javeed after he was found unfit to stand trial
View ArticleMan died in freak golf buggy accident during round with pals
The three players were all long-time friends
View ArticleWoman raped in her own bed as her boyfriend sleeps on sofa
"She awoke to find a naked man in bed behind her and, realising it wasn't her boyfriend, screamed at him to 'get out.'"
View ArticleDrugs suspects thrown out of flats in city street
It is the latest police action to tackle reports of drug crime in the neighbourhood
View Article20 recent evil crimes that have shocked Leicestershire
There have been some shocking crimes committed in our county
View ArticleBanned: Drink driver who moved his car '200 or 300 yards'
He was told he could not leave it in the pub car park, so decided to move it
View ArticleTeen in court after first driving lesson goes badly wrong
His step-dad was teaching him and all seemed fine
View ArticleThief asks to go to prison to beat his drug problems
Mark Baker and an accomplice were caught stealing tools in their victim's back garden
View ArticlePub customer 'spoiling for a fight' had a blade, court told
Staff confiscated the weapon, threw him out and called police
View ArticleTeenage drug driver apologises to family after arrest
He was more than twice the legal limit at the time
View ArticleBrazen daytime burglars walk in through unlocked door
Lee Scott and Lee Mason walked in through an unlocked side door and helped themselves to valuables - but the police swiftly tracked them down
View ArticleInquiry to ask if ex-MP accused of child abuse was protected
Allegations against the late Greville Janner first surfaced when he was a Leicester MP
View ArticleMan raped and abused 2 girls over 15-year period
The youngest victim was 8 years old when the abuse began
View Article'Politician was protected against abuse claims' inquiry hears
One child was told he would not be listened to because he was 'just a brat in care'
View ArticleWife feared for life in attack by drunk uni lecturer husband
The judge said it was a 'spectacular fall from grace' for Ben Archer, who turned to booze 'for solace' during the Covid-19 lockdown
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