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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include the following.Samantha Fugill (31) of Glen Rise, Leicester, was proven guilty in absence of exceeding 40 miles per hour on the B4115 King Edward Avenue, Narborough, on December 30 2014. She was fined £200 with £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs and three penalty points on her driving licence.Amit Gadhvi (43) of Archer Close, off Troon Way, Leicester, was proven guilty in absence of driving without third-party insurance on Garendon...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include the following.Cameron Errol Blacker (22) of Sparkenhoe Street, Leicester, pleaded guilty to having a bladed article, a knife, in a public place, Loughborough, on May 30 2015 while in drink and without lawful authority or good reason. He was committed to prison for 14 weeks suspended for 12 months and given a three-month electronically-monitored curfew to remain indoors at home between 8pm and 6am. Blacker was ordered to pay £80 victim surcharge...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include the following.Mustafa Suleman Giza (28) of Gipsy Lane, Leicester, was proven guilty in absence of exceeding 30 miles per hour on the A47 King Richards Road, Leicester, on January 2 2015. He was fined £200 with £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs and three penalty points on his driving licence.Emilia Golanska (29) of Newport Street, Newfoundpool, pleaded guilty to exceeding 30 miles per hour on the A594 Tigers Way, Leicester, on January...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Stephen Tempro (35) of Balderstone Close, Rowlatts Hill, was proven guilty in absence of exceeding 30 miles per hour on the A5199 Leicester Road, Wigston, on January 9 2015. He was fined £200 with £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs and three penalty points on his driving licence.Janet Kathleen Thompson (63) of Medbourne Road, Hallaton, Market Harborough, pleaded guilty top exceeding 30 miles per hour on the A563 Asquith Way, Leicester, on January 8 2015. She was fined £380...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include the following.Kieron Derek Maddison (32) of Helmsley Road, Aylestone, pleaded guilty to stealing toiletries worth £16.17 from Sainsburys, Leicester, on July 4 2015. He was ordered to pay £16.15 compensation, £150 criminal courts charge and ordered to remain in the courthouse until the end of business.Sudhager Singh Atwal (38) of Beechwood Close, Leicester, was committed to prison for seven weeks suspended for 12 months for driving...
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Illegally-parked motorist rolled his car into police officers...
An illegally-parked motorist let his car roll into two police officers when they tried make him move it, a court heard.Shamin Miah's car was parked on double yellow lines in Evington Road, Leicester, when the two officers saw him, Leicester Magistrates' Court heard.They asked Miah, who was in the driving seat, to move the vehicle.Prosecutor Chris Trotter said: "He stuck his middle finger up to them, locked the door and started the car motor."He said the two officers were in front of...
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Women burgled friend's home and stole treasured £37,000...
Two women betrayed their friend's trust by burgling her home and stealing her treasured Steiff teddy bear collection worth up to £37,000.About 100 of the sought-after collectors' toys were sold on eBay for a fraction of their real value.Rachel Reynolds, 45, and Claire Cunningham, 48, admitted their dishonesty in a series of four break-ins using the victim's door key to enter her home in Saxelbye Road, Asfordby, near Melton - while she was out visiting her dying mother in hospital.Mother of...
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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...
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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...
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Man who killed girlfriend's uncle and dumped his body in wheelie...
An autistic man who "brutally" killed his girlfriend's uncle and then dumped the body in a wheelie bin has been sentenced to life imprisonment.Nathan Kearney, 33, will have to serve a minimum of six years and nine months in jail.He admitted the manslaughter of William 'Bill' Tomlinson, 64, who was manually strangled and had his throat cut through to the spine with a bread knife, on February 18.He also admitted, along with his then girlfriend, Emma Tomlinson, 24, perverting the course...
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Woman felt 'fear, shock and sick' at seeing teenager stamping on...
A woman told a murder trial she felt "fear, shock and sick" at seeing a teenager repeatedly stamping on a man's head as he lay on the floor.Lindsey Powell claimed Paul Smith, then aged 16, used such force upon alleged victim, Ivan Barrs, she could hear the impact making thudding sounds.Ms Powell told Leicester Crown Court: "He lifted his leg up to waist height and repeatedly stamped upon his head."Christopher Hotton QC, prosecuting, asked her: "How did you feel as you...
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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...
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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...
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Ivan Barrs murder trial: Defendant Paul Smith says he has no...
A man on trial for murder told a jury he has no memory of kicking or stamping on a victim's head during an altercation.Paul Smith (29) said that despite not being able to remember, he felt "terrible" and was "really sorry" for injuring Ivan Barrs.Mr Barrs, 34, was left severely brain damaged in the attack, in the early hours of May 13, 2003.He was in a persistent vegetative state needing24-hour care in a residential home until his death in March last year, aged 45.The...
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Breastfeeding mum could be sent to jail after admitting Primark...
A mother who falsely accused a Primark security guard of pulling her baby from her, while breastfeeding in the store, was warned she could be sent to jail.Caroline Starmer, 28, pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court today to intending to pervert the course of justice, by making a false accusation against an unnamed member of staff at the clothing outlet in Humberstone Gate, Leicester, on July 14.Her claim that a security guard forcibly removed her nine-month-old daughter from her breast, after...
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Burglar caught red-handed at elderly man's home jailed
A burglar caught red-handed in the home of an elderly man who was in hospital was jailed for 12 months.Shaun McManus, 29, acquired a key to the property from an unknown person, in what the judge said was a planned break-in.A vigilant next door neighbour in Kingsway North, Braunstone, Leicester, heard a noise and went to investigate.On seeing a light switched on and a shadowy figure moving around inside, he alerted the police, Leicester Crown Court was told.James Armstrong-Holmes, prosecuting,...
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Primark reacts to Caroline Starmer's guilty plea over breast...
Primark today reacted to the news that Caroline Starmer had admitted she made a false accusation of assault against one of its employees.A spokesperson said: "Primark notes that Caroline Starmer has pleaded guilty to charges of perverting the course of public justice and is due to be sentenced at a later date."The charges had been laid in connection with an alleged incident at Primark's Leicester store on 13 July 2015. Caroline Starmer alleged to police and the press that she was...
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Dangerous driver who crashed into wall after 90mph police chase...
A dangerous driver who crashed into a wall after a 90 mph police chase has been jailed.Reiss Comrie tried to flee the scene on foot, but ended up being bitten by a police dog which tracked him down.The pursuit began on the A511 Bardon Road in Coalville when the police became suspicious about the driver of a Vauxhall Insignia, who initially seemed reluctant to pass the patrol car when it slowed down, at 1am on December 15.Comrie then failed to stop and ignored blue flashing lights and sirens as...
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Paul Smith found guilty of murdering Ivan Barrs who died 11 years...
A thug has been found guilty of murdering a man who died 11 years after suffering brain damage in a "brutal" attack.Paul Smith, now 29, was just 16 when he drunkenly punched Ivan Barrs to the ground and repeatedly stamped on his head, in 2003.He served a seven-year detention sentence for inflicting the catastrophic injury.But last year, 11 years after the attack, Mr Barrs died, and Smith was tried for his murder.The defendant, now a 29-year-old father-of-two, wept in the dock at...
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