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October 20, 2015, 10:47 am

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A jury watched footage of a car crashing into a tree, while racing at high speed with another vehicle in the city centre.The front seat passenger, Jonilal Manjhu, (39), a married father-of-three, died after a Ford Focus, driven by a friend, Gurdip Rai, spun off Leicester's Welford Road in the early hours of Sunday June 15 last year.Leicester Crown Court was told Rai was driving at around 80 mph along the 30 mph stretch and was one-and-a-half times over the drink drive limit.He was allegedly...

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October 21, 2015, 3:03 am

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A peace campaigning grandmother from Leicester has been found guilty of criminal damage after she entered an RAF base during a protest against drones.Penny Walker, 64, of Gotham Street, Highfields, was one of four people accused of cutting a wire and entering RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.The End The Drone Wars protesters were arrested at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire in January during a demonstration over the use of armed drones.They were found guilty at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Monday...

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October 21, 2015, 10:30 am

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A BMW driver told a jury he was not racing with another car before it crashed into a tree, killing a passenger.Kulwant Singh said he drove at up to 92 mph along Welford Road after seeing a car approaching fast from behind, not realising it was his nephew, Gurdip Singh Rai, at the wheel of a Ford Focus.He had earlier met Rai by chance in Leicester city centre. Rai was out with a friend, 39-year-old Jonilal Manjhu, to watch a World Cup football match.Singh said he joined them for the rest of the...

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October 22, 2015, 9:59 am

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A thief left a father and his two young sons stranded at a leisure centre, after stealing their clothes, money and even their £20,000 car. Leicester Crown Court was told Charles Morrell targeted their locker while they were swimming – leaving behind only their shoes. Morrell (40), of Markfield Road, Ratby, was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for three years. He pleaded guilty to damaging a locker at Hinckley Leisure Centre, theft of clothing, a wallet containing...

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October 22, 2015, 10:26 am

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A father-of-nine mistook an innocent grandfather for a paedophile and punched him, breaking his eye socket and cheekbone in three places. Leicester Crown Court was told the victim was out looking for his eight-year-old granddaughter to fetch her home, at 7pm on May 27. He stopped to look over a garden fence, where youngsters were playing on a trampoline, and was confronted by householder Dean Orchard and another man. The 61-year-old grandfather, who is Romanian and spoke little English,...

Welford Road death by dangerous driving trial: jury discharged

October 23, 2015, 6:55 am

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The jury in the trial of a BMW driver accused of racing with another car, which crashed into a tree killing a passenger, has been discharged.Kulwant Singh (48), of Northdene Road, Knighton, denied causing the death of Jonilal Manjhu (39), by driving his BMW dangerously on Leicester's Welford Road, at 3am on Sunday June 15 last year.The jury of six men and six women were unable to agree on a verdict after seven-and-a-half hours of deliberations, at Leicester Crown Court.Judge Robert Brown...

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October 23, 2015, 8:45 am

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A ward sister accused of the manslaughter of a six-year-old patient today told a jury she acted appropriately during the child's care in hospital.Theresa Taylor (55) said she had realised Jack Adcock was seriously ill when he was admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary.Jack, from Glen Parva, who had Down's syndrome and a related heart condition, died 11 hours after being admitted to the hospital on February 18, 2011, with severe vomiting, diarrhoea and breathing difficulties. Ms Taylor, of Henley...

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October 24, 2015, 6:14 am

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A man who raped a 15-year-old girl and also gave her alcohol and drugs was jailed for eight-and-a-half years. Dalton Beardmore, 25, was convicted by a jury of rape and three counts of sexual activity with a child. He was also found guilty of witness intimidation, by trying to persuade her to drop the case against him after he was arrested. Beardmore, of Ashfield Drive, Anstey, was acquitted of one count of sexual activity with a child and an allegation of causing the girl actual bodily...

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October 25, 2015, 3:00 am

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A man who is serving a life sentence for murdering a former police officer will launch his latest appeal to have his conviction overturned this week. Ameen Jogee was convicted of murdering Paul Fyfe in 2012 even though a second man delivered the blow with a knife which killed Mr Fyfe, a 47-year-old veteran of the first Gulf War. Jogee, 26, was found guilty of murder under the Joint Enterprise rule because a jury accepted he knew his co-defendant's intention to kill and had encouraged...

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October 26, 2015, 5:01 pm

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A Formula 1 technician has been forced to give up his career after suffering a brain injury and multiple broken bones when a car crashed into his motorbike.Joe Revill was riding along the B5324 in Osgathorpe, near Loughborough, with his girlfriend Kirsty Jarram as a pillion passenger, when a car driving on the wrong side of the road collided with them.Mr Revill, 27, from Loughborough, was taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham by air ambulance, and diagnosed with a severe brain injury,...

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October 26, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A police employee has admitted stealing two gold bars and cash totalling £153,000 belonging to the force he worked for. Mujibur Ibrahim (25) took the stash of cash and gold from Leicestershire Police's archive store safe earlier this year. It was the proceeds of crime seized by the police during various criminal investigations. The prosecution alleges the amount taken was in the region of £300,000 – but Ibrahim, of Westcotes Drive, Westcotes, Leicester, only accepts half...

Teenager high on cocktail of drugs robbed friend at knifepoint

October 27, 2015, 4:54 am

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A young man who was high on a cocktail of drugs when he robbed a friend at knifepoint in his victim's own home has been jailed for three years. Kai Mayfield-Meek (19), of no fixed address but formerly of London Road, Leicester, had earlier pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to the robbery. Prosecutor Alison Scott-Jones said that on May 15, Mayfield-Meek and another young man went to the home of a friend of his in Nuneaton. They listened to music and smoked cannabis until around 4.30 in...

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October 27, 2015, 5:00 am

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Two burglars broke into a man's home at night and then drove away in his car and work's van, a court heard. Max Riddle, 25, and Cade Dady, 23, raided the premises in Hollands Way, Kegworth, as the occupant slept in bed. They took a £500 television set, a wallet and £180 in cash. Leicester Crown Court was told the vehicles, an Alfa Romeo and a van, were found abandoned a short distance away. Gary Short, prosecuting, said that the defendants were later seen acting suspiciously...

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October 27, 2015, 5:34 am

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A burglar who helped steal more than £50,000 worth of valuables in a series of house break-ins was jailed for three years. Ross Brown, 27, committed the offences with a team of unknown others. In one raid alone, at The Fairway, Oadby, a family lost of £47,000 worth of gold jewellery of great sentimental value and other items. The householders were preparing for their son's wedding with guests expected from overseas, in June. Mark Van der Zwart said: "It couldn't have...

Court examines Leicester 'joint enterprise' murder conviction

October 27, 2015, 11:14 am

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A legal appeal which could affect the life sentence imposed on a Leicester man found guilty of murdering a former police officer began today. The hearing in the Supreme Court, in London, is examining the court's use of the joint enterprise rule. A panel of senior legal figures is examining a number of cases, including that of Ameen Jogee. He was convicted of murdering former police officer Paul Fyfe in 2012 even though a second man delivered the blow with a knife which killed Mr Fyfe, a...

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October 27, 2015, 5:01 pm

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An amateur rugby player has been jailed for punching an opposition player on the pitch in an "unprovoked attack" which broke his jaw in two places. Jason Hadley (28) who was playing for Old Newtonians RFC, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on Harry Neal, who was with Oadby Wyggs. Leicester Crown Court was told that onlookers heard a "cracking sound" as Hadley delivered the blow. James Varley, prosecuting, said: "A spectator who saw it, said it was...

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October 28, 2015, 12:44 am

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Two men armed with a hammer threatened convenience store staff before escaping with cash and alcohol. The men, whose faces were masked, targeted the Nisa shop, in Walnut Road, Shelthorpe, Loughborough, on Saturday afternoon. Police said the pair escaped in a car driven by an accomplice. No members of staff or customers were injured during the raid, which happened at 1.30pm. The shop opened in the former Hunters Moon pub in April. Local councillor Robert Sharp said: "It's very sad...

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October 27, 2015, 7:05 am

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A man who put a gun into his mouth and threatened to pull the trigger has been jailed for five years.Adam McCarthy was arrested by police after people became concerned about his behaviour.Officers searched a Transit van at his home and found a BB gun modified to fire live rounds in the glove boxThe barrel had also been shortened to take a silencer.Gary Short prosecuting told Leicester Crown Court on Tuesday that police recovered the "lethal weapon" when they were called to McCarthy's...

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October 28, 2015, 9:10 am

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A daughter has won thousands of pounds compensation over the death of her elderly father who died after undergoing pioneering heart surgery. William Ewan, 86, bled to death after complications arose during the key-hole procedure to replace a heart valve at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital in 2007. The High Court in London was told that since his death, the Second World War veteran's daughter, Gabriele Shaw, had fought to prove that the tragedy was avoidable. Her QC, David Berkley, said Mr...

OAP killed after pulling out in front of van at A5 junction

October 28, 2015, 9:32 am

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A pensioner died from severe chest injuries after pulling out into the path ofoncoming van, an inquest heard.Arthur Wilson, who lived at the Aston Firs travellers' site, near Sapcote, had been trying to turn on to the A5 at Highcross, south of Burbage, on July 15, this year.An inquest at Leicester Town Hall yesterday heard that the 77-year-old retired salesman would have died "almost instantaneously" due to the force of the impact.The collision involved a Ford Fiesta driven by Mr...