Convicted paedophile who accessed indecent images of children...

August 11, 2015, 5:31 am

≫ Next: Man who exchanged extreme porn with friends for 'misguided...

≪ Previous: Greville Janner's lawyers' human rights bid to keep him out of...

$

0

0

A convicted paedophile who accessed child pornography on the internet was jailed for three years.Mark Andrew Clark (47) was found to have a collection of indecent images, mainly of young boys, when the police examined his laptop computer, in June last year.Leicester Crown Court was told in 2001 Clark was jailed for eight years for indecently assaulting boys under 14 and downloading child pornography.Alan Murphy, prosecuting, said: "His sex offender manager received information that the...

---

Man who exchanged extreme porn with friends for 'misguided...

August 12, 2015, 3:08 am

≫ Next: Second man appears in court over Bateman Road stabbing

≪ Previous: Convicted paedophile who accessed indecent images of children...

$

0

0

A man who exchanged extreme pornography with friends for "misguided amusement" landed himself in the dock of a crown court.Restaurant co-owner and manager, Roberto Isella, was arrested after he was caught with the illegal movies, featuring bestiality, on his mobile phone.Leicester Crown Court was told he was unaware he had broken the law.Prosecutor, James Varley, said that possessing such material, involving sexual activity between adults and animals, became a criminal offence in...

Second man appears in court over Bateman Road stabbing

August 12, 2015, 3:20 am

≫ Next: Drunken yob attacked father in front of his daughter, 10, after...

≪ Previous: Man who exchanged extreme porn with friends for 'misguided...

$

0

0

A second man has appeared in court in connection with a street stabbing which left two men critically ill in hospital.Michael Burns, 24, of no fixed address, appeared before Leicester Magistrates' Court this morning after he was charged with violent disorder. He was remanded in custody.The charge relates to an incident in Bateman Road, New Parks, Leicester on Sunday, August 2 during which two men, aged 18 and 19, suffered stab wounds.Both men remain in hospital where they are said to be in a...

Drunken yob attacked father in front of his daughter, 10, after...

August 12, 2015, 4:14 am

≫ Next: Seventh suspect arrested after double street-stabbing

≪ Previous: Second man appears in court over Bateman Road stabbing

$

0

0

A drunken yob attacked a father in front of his 10-year-old daughter, after announcing: "She's too young for you."Paul Luke Kavanagh, 20, had been cycling past the dad, who was out walking the family's pet dog with his daughter, on the evening of January 16.He stopped and accosted the victim in an alleyway near Hockley Farm Road, Braunstone, Leicester, the city's crown court was told.The man explained the girl was in fact his daughter.Kavanagh then hit him on the head with a bag...

Seventh suspect arrested after double street-stabbing

August 13, 2015, 2:42 am

≫ Next: ​House burglar who re-offended within fortnight of jail release...

≪ Previous: Drunken yob attacked father in front of his daughter, 10, after...

$

0

0

Detectives investigating a stabbing which left two men in hospital have arrested a seventh suspect.The 22-year-old man is in custody and is being questioned on suspicion of violent disorder related to an incident in Bateman Road, New Parks, Leicester on Sunday 2 August.A 21-year-old man arrested last night on suspicion of attempted murder remains in police custody.Three other men, aged 23, 21 and 18, who were previously arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, have since been released on...

​House burglar who re-offended within fortnight of jail release...

August 13, 2015, 4:45 am

≫ Next: ​A body found in a Leicestershire wood has been identified as...

≪ Previous: Seventh suspect arrested after double street-stabbing

$

0

0

A house burglar who re-offended within two weeks of being released from jail was given a two-and-a-half year sentence.Raymond Abbott-Moore, 27, admitted breaking into a family home in Withcote Avenue, Goodwood, Leicester, during the day on May 19.When the owner returned with her children she discovered the break-in. Earrings, a watch, a games console with games, and £100 in cash, worth a total value of £910 were missing.Leicester Crown Court was told that the householder's children...

​A body found in a Leicestershire wood has been identified as...

August 14, 2015, 1:17 am

≫ Next: Retired police officer suffered four fractures to shoulder after...

≪ Previous: ​House burglar who re-offended within fortnight of jail release...

$

0

0

A body found in a Leicestershire wood has been identified as that of a teenage girl.An inquest opening in Leicester heard that the body of 19-year-old Victoria Halliday was found in woodlands in Broughton Astley on Thursday July 30.The cause of death is yet to be ascertained by the Leicester City and South Leicestershire Coroner's Service.On July 30, police searching for a missing person found the body in a woodland off Frolesworth Road in Broughton Astley at 7.50pm.The inquest was adjourned and...

Retired police officer suffered four fractures to shoulder after...

August 14, 2015, 2:37 am

≫ Next: Greville Janner to appear in court "one way or another"...

≪ Previous: ​A body found in a Leicestershire wood has been identified as...

$

0

0

A retired police officer suffered four fractures to his shoulder after being attacked by a drunken pub customer.Jack Boyd, 21, rugby tackled the victim, Paul Topham, who had kindly gone to assist him when he fell off a scooter, outside the Horse and Jockey pub, in Manton, Rutland.Mr Topham in a victim impact statement later described how he spent 30 years on the frontline fighting crime, with the Metropolitan Police, without serious injury. He said "the irony is not lost on me," that...

---

Greville Janner to appear in court "one way or another"...

August 14, 2015, 2:48 am

≫ Next: 'Remorseless' pensioner, 86, who sexually abused three little...

≪ Previous: Retired police officer suffered four fractures to shoulder after...

$

0

0

Greville Janner did not appear in court this morning to face allegations of child sex abuse – but his lawyers said he will be produced "one way or another" later today.Despite suffering from severe dementia the peer, 87, was ordered to attend a brief hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court after his lawyers failed to prove he was too ill and that his attendance would breach his human rights.Janner, who was the Labour MP for Leicester West for 27 years from 1970, is accused of...

'Remorseless' pensioner, 86, who sexually abused three little...

August 14, 2015, 3:25 am

≫ Next: Greville Janner will appear in person in court to face abuse...

≪ Previous: Greville Janner to appear in court "one way or another"...

$

0

0

A "remorseless" 86-year-old man, who sexually abused three little girls, was jailed for eight years.Peter Wilson was convicted by a jury of nine sex offences committed between 20 and 30 years ago.The youngsters were aged between three and nine years old.The pensioner, a retired engineer, of Birkenshaw Road, New Parks, Leicester, denied the charges, claiming nothing untoward ever happened and at least two of the girls had conspired against him to get him into trouble.The indecency...

Greville Janner will appear in person in court to face abuse...

August 14, 2015, 5:09 am

≫ Next: Mother jailed for branding a smiley face on her daughter's face...

≪ Previous: 'Remorseless' pensioner, 86, who sexually abused three little...

$

0

0

Greville Janner will appear in person at Westminster Magistrates' Court today to face allegations of child sexual abuse. The 87-year-old, who suffers from severe dementia, will come through the vulnerable persons' entrance and through the side door into court. The appearance, which is scheduled for 2pm, follows a morning of legal argument over whether the peer was too ill to attend a hearing.However, his barrister Paul Ozin told the court a short time ago: "I can confirm that Lord Janner...

Mother jailed for branding a smiley face on her daughter's face...

August 14, 2015, 6:14 am

≫ Next: Teenager jailed after young man robbed at knifepoint in hostel

≪ Previous: Greville Janner will appear in person in court to face abuse...

$

0

0

A mother has been jailed for four years for branding the face of her 16 month old daughter with a smiley image.Leicester Crown Court heard she held the baby's head firm while she inflicted the burn on her cheek with a heated cigarette lighter.Judge Head told the defendant: "You branded your child in a deliberate and premeditated act. It was wicked."He said the clarity of the burn showed "she was held with some force."The judge added the mother was unconcerned if she hurt her...

Teenager jailed after young man robbed at knifepoint in hostel

August 15, 2015, 3:55 am

≫ Next: Father of three jailed after man hit on head with metal wheel...

≪ Previous: Mother jailed for branding a smiley face on her daughter's face...

$

0

0

A teenager who robbed a young man at knifepoint in a hostel where they were both staying was jailed for 12 months.The 17-year-old barged into the victim's bedroom and produced a knife, described as similar to a cut-throat razor.He demanded the complainant hand over his bank card and PIN, said Richard Thatcher, prosecuting, at Leicester Crown Court.The frightened victim, also 17, was also made to hand over his mobile phone.The juvenile offender, who cannot be named because of a court order, left...

Father of three jailed after man hit on head with metal wheel...

August 15, 2015, 5:00 am

≫ Next: Burglar left blood-stained handprints in house he broke into...

≪ Previous: Teenager jailed after young man robbed at knifepoint in hostel

$

0

0

A father of three has been jailed for 16 months for an attack in which a man was hit on the head with a metal wheel brace.Peter McEvoy (33) had pleaded guilty to assault and possessing an offensive weapon in a pub car park on July 13 last year.Although he did not wield the bar himself he was considered jointly responsible for the injury caused.Victoria Rose, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court that McEvoy and another man had gone looking for a man in a dispute over a debt.They spotted the...

Burglar left blood-stained handprints in house he broke into...

August 16, 2015, 4:33 am

≫ Next: Man sets fire to home as revenge against council seeking to evict...

≪ Previous: Father of three jailed after man hit on head with metal wheel...

$

0

0

A burglar left blood-stained handprints in the kitchen of a house he broke into whilst a family slept upstairs, a court heard.Jordan Holland, 22, entered the property in Upperton Road, Leicester, and tipped out the contents of handbags he found.He then came to his senses and left without stealing anything.Leicester Crown Court was told the incident left the family, with four children under the age of six, traumatised.Their mother barricaded the back door with boxes following the...

---

Man sets fire to home as revenge against council seeking to evict...

August 16, 2015, 7:34 am

≫ Next: Leicester cash and carry bosses admit safety breach after...

≪ Previous: Burglar left blood-stained handprints in house he broke into...

$

0

0

A householder deliberately torched his home in revenge against the council that was seeking to evict him.Ian Roberts (60) had refused offers of assistance from a housing support officer to help save his tenancy at a two-bedroom semi-detached property in Netherhall Road, Leicester, where he had lived for 19 years.Roberts, who was jailed for three years, bought five litres of petrol from a garage, which he used to ignite the fire upstairs. He caused more than £13,000 of damageJudge Robert...

Leicester cash and carry bosses admit safety breach after...

August 14, 2015, 7:01 am

≫ Next: Leicester City concludes disciplinary process against Danny...

≪ Previous: Man sets fire to home as revenge against council seeking to evict...

$

0

0

Partners in a Leicester cash and carry store have admitted breaching safety laws after a man had his leg amputated following a collision in their car park.Ashvin and Yogesh Patel both pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws when they appeared in court on Friday.They have been accused of failing to prevent risk to people using the car park at the Falcon Cash and Carry in Dysart Way Leicester.Kate Roger, prosecuting for the Leicester City Council, said the case was brought following an...

Leicester City concludes disciplinary process against Danny...

August 17, 2015, 9:17 am

≫ Next: ​A Leicester man in court accused of helping his older brother...

≪ Previous: Leicester cash and carry bosses admit safety breach after...

$

0

0

Leicester City has completed internal disciplinary proceedings against Danny Simpson after he was convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend.However, the club has not revealed what, if any, action it has taken against the 28-year-old right-back.It said it could not disclose the outcome because the player is due to appeal against his conviction.The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed to the Leicester Mercury that the appeal hearing is scheduled to take place at Manchester's Crown Square Crown...

​A Leicester man in court accused of helping his older brother...

August 17, 2015, 10:37 am

≫ Next: Murder trial: Former soldier from Leicester accused of buying...

≪ Previous: Leicester City concludes disciplinary process against Danny...

$

0

0

A Leicester man has appeared in court accused of helping his older brother murder his lover.David Cooper, 39, from Aylestone, and his brother Roger Cooper, 41, stood side by side in the dock charged with killing Sameena Imam.The two brothers murdered Ms Imam on Christmas Eve last year because she threatened to reveal the affair she was having with Roger, a Birmingham Crown Court heard yesterday. (Mon)Prosecutor Timothy Spencer QC told the court how Roger was having an affair with Ms Imam and...

Murder trial: Former soldier from Leicester accused of buying...

August 18, 2015, 10:26 am

≫ Next: Leicester man accused of murdering his brother's lover seen...

≪ Previous: ​A Leicester man in court accused of helping his older brother...

$

0

0

A former soldier from Leicester, accused of murdering a cash and carry marketing manager, bought chloroform on the internet a fortnight before she died, a jury was told.David Cooper (39) is accused of helping his brother Roger Cooper (41) kill Sameena Imam last December.Prosecutor Timothy Spencer QC claimed Roger conspired with his brother to murder Ms Imam who he was having an affair with against company rules.Birmingham Crown Court heard a murder investigation found Miss Imam's body in a...