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Ex-nurse who committed sex crimes against child has jail term...

November 6, 2015, 9:11 am
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A 'well-regarded' former nurse who committed sex crimes against a child in the 1980s has had her jail term slashed by top judges on appeal. Judith Reid, 61, of Grocot Road, Leicester, was jailed for four years at the city's Crown Court on January 13. She was convicted of three counts of indecency with a child and one of attempted indecency with a child. Her crimes took place in the 1980s when she was married to Robert Reid - they are now separated. The victim, who was aged under 13, was...

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Burglar left families homeless after setting fire to two homes to...

November 6, 2015, 10:37 am
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A burglar set two houses on fire to cover his tracks, leaving two families homeless and without possessions. Jamie Dean Liggett (29) posed as a hero-figure after the first blaze, at his next door neighbour's house. He falsely claimed to have risked his safety checking for occupants in the terraced property, in Ratcliffe Road, Loughborough, on January 18, and even received a bottle of wine in gratitude. When he appeared for sentencing at Leicester Crown Court, Liggett learnt first-hand...

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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

November 6, 2015, 10:30 pm
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Tara Read (38) of Berridge Lane, Belgrave, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis when required on September 6 2015. She was fined £250 with £25 victim surcharge, £85 costs, £150 criminal courts charge and disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 16 months. Shyaib Sidik (30) of Kingsgate Avenue, Birstall, pleaded guilty to driving at Oxford Street, Leicester, on...

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Student appears in court accused of causing grievous bodily harm...

November 7, 2015, 4:19 am
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A student appeared has appeared in court accused of stabbing a man in a Leicester street.Mukhtar Abdillahi (20) is charged with wounding the man with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.The incident occurred in the Uppingham Road area of Leicester on the evening of Friday October 30.Prosecutor Julie Facer told the hearing at Leicester Magistrate's Court on Saturday that the 33-year-old victim who lives in Leicester was stabbed twice in the back. She said he suffered an injury to a kidney...

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Man accused of biting off part of another man's ear in Leicester...

November 7, 2015, 6:39 am
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A man accused of biting off part of another man's ear has appearing in court.Aldermuoy (c) Romeo (23) is accused of causing the man grievous bodily harm in an incident in East Street, Leicester city centre on November 4.Romeo, a forklift truck driver, of Clevedon Crescent, Humberstone, Leicester was remanded in custody to appear at Leicester Crown Court at a later date.

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Former boxing champion delivered a kilo of cocaine to Leicester...

November 7, 2015, 10:00 pm
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A former boxing champion was under police surveillance as he delivered a kilo of cocaine to a Leicester drug dealer's home. Undercover officers stopped James Mulhern, a former ABA light-flyweight winner, after the drop and found he had £37,531 in his car. The police then raided the delivery address, the home of Jake McGoldrick, in Guthridge Crescent, Braunstone, and recovered the stash of 85 per cent pure cocaine. McGoldrick (27) was jailed for six years after admitting possessing...

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Jack Adcock's mum: "I want to rip the heads off the doctor...

November 8, 2015, 7:58 am
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Grieving mum Nicola Adcock has said she wants to "rip the heads off" the doctor and nurse responsible for the death of her six-year-old son, Jack.She was speaking after the conviction of doctor Hadiza Bawa-Garba and agency nurse Isabel Amaro for the manslaughter through gross negligence of her "one in a million" child.Jack, from Glen Parva, died of a heart attack on February 18, 2011, 11 hours after being taken to hospital by his parents.Nicola, 41, said that initially after...

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Driver who caused horrific motorway crash was insane, court hears

November 9, 2015, 2:41 am
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A motorist who caused a horrific pile-up on the M25 which killed a trucker from Leicester was "insane" and believed he was in a disaster film, a court heard. Adam Olkusz, 25, was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed lorries "were out to get him" when he drove into the path of an HGV, triggering a collision which involved three other trucks. Leicester man Bhagwant Singh, 39, a passenger in one of the four lorries, was killed in the collision, which closed the...

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Drunken man head-butted woman and punched her boyfriend in pub...

November 9, 2015, 3:49 am
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A drunken man who head-butted a woman and punched her boyfriend in a pub altercation was given a suspended jail sentence. Victim, Michelle Holden, had a lump on her head, and her partner, Alistair Watson, suffered cuts, bruising and a chipped tooth. Both have been left shocked following the assaults by Ashley Petch, and curtailed their socialising. The incident happened in the Bulls Head, Countesthorpe, when they were out with family and friends on Boxing Day night. Victoria Rose,...

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Police found cocaine at home of man they were investigating over...

November 9, 2015, 4:29 am
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Police officers found cocaine at the home of a man they were investigating for the illegal sale of television set top boxes, a court heard. When they executed a warrant, detectives found eight illicit digital boxes capable of accessing Virgin Media services. Then they chanced upon 12.47 grams of cocaine, worth £640. Steven Brighty (38), of Green Walk, Western Park, Leicester, was jailed for two years and eight months. He pleaded guilty to supplying articles for use in frauds,...

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Man armed himself with knife to chase assailant who hit him over...

November 9, 2015, 5:58 am
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A young man armed himself with a knife to chase an assailant who hit him on the head with a hammer, a court heard. Aldermuoy Romeo (23) was seen carrying the weapon by alarmed passers-by including a child on a bicycle. Leicester Crown Court was told that the man who attacked him with the hammer, causing a wound, has not been prosecuted. Judge Ebraham Mooncey said: "Where's the man with the hammer?"They should both be in the dock." Kate Plummer, prosecuting, said she was...

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​Teen wearing Texas Chainsaw Massacre mask tried to rob Tesco...

November 9, 2015, 10:30 pm
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A teenager wearing a Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie-style mask was wielding a "huge saw" as he tried to rob a shop assistant, a court heard. Harley Kidd was high on a mixture of cocaine and alcohol when he went into a Tesco store, on Leicester's Lutterworth Road, at 10.30pm. At first shop staff and customers thought it was a prank. But when the would-be raider went behind the counter and made a chopping motion with the blade, the assistant leapt backwards in fear, realising it was...

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Couple conned man out of £43,000 by fooling him into...

November 10, 2015, 10:41 pm
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A couple involved in conning a man out of more than £43,000 in a £1.5 million competition scam have been jailed. Osamudianmen Amayo (27) and Maureen Omhenaka (28), both of Empire Road, Leicester, pleaded guilty to converting criminal property, namely £43,425 and 1,500 euros, fraudulently obtained, between April 13 and November 29, 2014. James Bide-Thomas, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court: "This was a confidence fraud upon a Swiss national."The victim...

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Victim left needing 32 stitches after man glassed him in the face...

November 11, 2015, 5:45 am
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A man who twice glassed a victim in the face causing wounds needing 32 stitches has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years' detention. Thomas Amos (20) claimed the "red mist" descended and he lashed out instinctively after mistakenly thinking his mother had been assaulted. At Leicester Crown Court, he admitted wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, on May 3 last year. Philip Gibbs, prosecuting, said the attack happened at the Broadway public house, off Abbey Lane,...

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Cowboy builder tricked man in £2,700 driveway scam

November 11, 2015, 8:25 am
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A cowboy builder who conned a customer into forking out £2,700 for a "substandard" driveway has been sentenced. Christopher Collins (19), of Colne Park Caravan Site, Middlesex, tricked his victim into believing he was a reputable builder, a court was told. He appeared before Leicester magistrates,changed his plea to guilty ahead of a trial scheduled for the end of last month. In a case brought by Leicestershire County Council Trading Standards, Collins admitted one count of...

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'Irresponsible' father who caused crash which killed 12-year-old...

November 21, 2015, 2:09 am
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An 'irresponsible' father who lost control of a tipper truck and killed his 12-year-old son on his birthday has been jailed.Tony Aitken was driving a Ford Transit truck at an industrial estate with three children, including his son Luke Bayes Aitken, of Melton, in the front seat.The seat was designed for two passengers and the children did not have seatbelts on.Aitken, formerly of Melton, was doing long skids and a power slide in the lorry.Luke was thrown from the truck when his father lost...

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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

November 21, 2015, 3:04 am
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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Charlie Darren Stephen Hirst (20), of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to the assault of police officer in the execution of his business in Leicester on May 30. He was given a community order including rehabilitation activity to attend appointments or participate in activities for up to 10 days. He was ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge, £300 costs and a £150 criminal courts charge.Marc Rolan Powell (35), of Cromwell...

Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

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Grocer's shop closed after mouse droppings found throughout store

November 22, 2015, 3:58 am
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A grocer's shop was closed after environmental health officers found mouse droppings throughout the shop - and a bag of chillies which had been gnawed on by rodents. Seven Star Grocers, in Hartington Road, Highfields, was shut after officers decided it posed a risk to public health. Leicester Magistrates' Court heard the shop had been open for at least four years, but had not registered with the city council. City council health inspectors Laura Cowlishaw and Andrew Woods carried out a...

Grocer's shop closed after mouse droppings found throughout store

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Obsessed man terrified woman with threats and harrassment for...

November 22, 2015, 10:00 pm
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A man obsessed with a virtual stranger has blighted her life with harassment and threats for eight years. Roberto Halka encountered the female travel agent in 2007 at her workplace – and has been plaguing her ever since, despite receiving increasingly lengthy jail sentences. He has now been back in court, for breaching a restraining order banning any contact with her; by writing to her from prison. Halka (53) has vowed to continue communicating with the woman, as he feels it is part...

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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court

November 22, 2015, 11:46 pm
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Cases heard before Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Darren Vallance (42), of Maple Road, Loughborough, pleaded guilty to a series of thefts in Quorn and Loughborough.They were: October 4, entry with intent to steal from Quorn Lodge Hotel, sentenced to six weeks in prison forthwith; October 8, Meeting Street, Quorn, a Toshiba laptop, case and quantity of miscellaneous items, value unknown, 12 weeks consecutive; October 8, Quorn Country Hotel, entry with intent to steal, six weeks...

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