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October 9, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A footballer attacked a rival player on the pitch during a match, leaving him with a triple jaw fracture.Karl Wann was playing in a Sunday league match for Ponte FC against Hinckley Knight FC when violence broke out.He punched Sean Astill with such a forceful blow during the game that the victim's jaw was badly broken and he needed surgery to insert a metal plate and screws.Wann - the son of former Lord Mayor and police authority chairman, Robert Wann - pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily...

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Former Lord Mayor's son escapes immediate jail term for breaking...

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 13, 2015, 4:01 pm

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A city couple have appeared in court after breaching an order preventing them from running an unauthorised car repair business from their house.Vincent and Jennifer Powdrill, of Marwood Road, Stocking Farm, appeared before Leicester County Court on Friday, in connection with breaching an injunction handed down by the same court two years earlier, ordering them not to run a commercial car repair business from their family home.The couple admitted 24 separate breaches over an 18-month period of...

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

October 13, 2015, 11:48 pm

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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Laurie Louise Somers (27), of Iona Close, Beaumont Leys, pleaded guilty to stealing food and alcohol worth £393.54 from Waitrose, Leicester, on September 5. She was jailed for eight weeks and ordered to pay a £180 criminal courts charge.Somers also pleaded guilty to stealing the following items: meat worth £40 from Marks & Spencer, Oadby, on September 5 (jailed for eight weeks concurrent); food and alcohol worth...

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October 14, 2015, 4:03 am

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A trickster who fraudulently used other people's bank card numbers to pay for £1,357 repairs to his car has been given a chance by a judge.Judge Simon Hammond said he was "very impressed" by Neal Patel's efforts to turn his life around for the better and was persuaded to impose a non-custodial sentence.Patel, 24, pleaded guilty to fraudulently using two bank card numbers, at VW Leicester, where he had his car repaired in April 2013.He also admitted fraudulently using another...

A convicted sex offender caught blowing kisses to two boys jailed...

October 14, 2015, 8:45 am

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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, 12:03 am

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Staff at a bakery were taken to hospital after they breathed in noxious carbon monoxide fumes from a gas-fuelled pitta bread oven, a court heard.They needed treatment in an oxygen chamber after they became dizzy after inhaling the toxic gas.Following the incident, a Leicester man was charged with breaching health and safety at work regulations.Suraj Pankania, of Lakeview Chase, West Hamilton, is accused of failing to ensure workers were not exposed to health and safety risks at Michael's Pitta...

'Moment of stupidity' leaves fly-tipper with £1,600 bill

October 15, 2015, 2:06 am

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A "moment of stupidity" has left a fly-tipper with a court bill of more than £1,600.Charnwood Borough Council prosecuted Manish Chauhan, 35, after he dumped four bin bags in a lay-by in Newtown Linford. The bags were spotted by the council's environmental crime officers who traced the waste back to Chauhan, of Wentworth Road, Coalville. At Leicester Magistrates' Court he admitted fly-tipping and was fined £1,060 and ordered to pay costs of £332, a £106 victim...

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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)...

Jack Adcock manslaughter trial: senior nurse claims her 'actions...

October 16, 2015, 10:02 am

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A senior nurse accused of the manslaughter of a six-year-old boy told police her actions did not contribute to his death.Theresa Taylor (55), of Henley Road, Western Park, Leicester, is one of three medics on trial at Nottingham Crown Court.They are charged with causing the death of Jack Adcock, from Glen Parva.He died on February 18, 2011 – 11 hours after being admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary with severe diarrhoea, vomiting and breathing difficulties.The prosecution alleges that...

'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...

Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court

October 19, 2015, 1:33 am

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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Rupinder Singh Gill (31), of Gipsy Lane, Leicester, pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without the owner's consent in Hastings Road, Leicester, on May 28.He was given a community order including 60 hours of unpaid work and disqualified from driving for six months. The order also covered an offence of possessing crack cocaine on the same date.Martin James Marchant (28), of Swannington Road, Coalville, pleaded guilty to jointly...

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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Tanzanian man faces jail after killing his friend

October 19, 2015, 6:43 am

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A Tanzanian man who killed his friend during a play fight because he had been called a 'Somalian' is facing jail.Mustafa Abdalah, 24, of Vancouver Road, St Matthews, Leicester, landed a knockout blow on his pal Mahad Abdi Abshir after flying into a rage over the perceived slur.The two men had downed vodka and were seen amicably wrestling in the street in Camden, north London, prior to the attack.Mr Abshir, 28, collapsed with bleeding on the brain and died after two days in a coma.Abdalah was...

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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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October 19, 2015, 11:06 am

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A doctor on trial for the manslaughter of a little boy at Leicester Royal Infirmary has defended her actions in court.Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba (38), is one of three medics accused of "gross negligence" in the death of Jack Adcock on February 18. 2011.The six-year-old, from Glen Parva, who had Down's syndrome and a related heart condition, died 11 hours after being admitted to hospital with severe vomiting, diarrhoea and breathing difficulties.Dr Bawa-Garba, who is on trial alongside...

Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court

October 20, 2015, 12:12 am

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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Aaron Brian Baxter (33), of Kirkland Road, Braunstone Town, pleaded guilty to driving in Western Road, Leicester, on September 3 with 60mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The limit is 35mcg. He was fined £150 with a £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs, £150 criminal courts charge and disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a year.Candice Jordan Young (24), of Hillsborough Road, Glen Parva,...

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October 20, 2015, 9:03 am

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A doctor on trial for the manslaughter of a six-year-old boy should have immediately recognised the potential seriousness of his condition, a jury has heard.Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba (38) wrongly diagnosed Jack Adcock, from Glen Parva, with a "tummy bug" after examining him on his arrival at Leicester Royal Infirmary on February 18, 2011.But he died only 11 hours later following a heart attack brought on by "septic shock" due to a virulent form of pneumonia.The prosecution claim...