Burglar confronted woman in her Leicester home

September 18, 2016, 3:08 am

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A burglar who was confronted by a woman householder during a break-in has been jailed for 18 months.Jamaal Sharei, 22, was caught leaving the property in Shanklin Drive, South Knighton, Leicester, in the early hours of August 16.Leicester Crown Court was told that he was carrying the occupant's manicure set, which she took off him, before he left.She then realised he had taken her iPhone, said Lynsey Knott, prosecuting.Sharei, of Lincoln Street, Highfields, in the city, admitted burglary and...

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September 18, 2016, 3:37 am

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A 78-year-old father who raped his young daughter almost five decades ago has been jailed for nine years.The victim was made to have unprotected sex with her father in her own bed when she was 12 years old.It happened on five occasions, after he spent months grooming her, Leicester Crown Court was told.The Leicester man, then in his early 30s, used "emotional blackmail" to buy his daughter's silence, saying he would go to jail if she told anyone.Mary Prior, prosecuting, said:...

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September 29, 2016, 4:15 am

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A homeless persistent offender with "no stake in society" went on a crime spree a few weeks after being released from custody.Christopher Simon Stevens smashed his way into four cars and four Leicester city centre buildings, including an accountancy firm where almost £5,000 worth of items were stolen, between June 29 and August 16 this year.He pleaded guilty to burglary at MNE Accounting, Upper Brown Street, when office equipment was taken, burglary with intent to steal at the...

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October 6, 2016, 10:06 am

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Two teaching assistants have appeared in court charged with willful neglect of a person without mental capacity. Leicester Magistrates' Court was told Sam Sebastian, a pupil at West Gate School, in New Parks, Leicester, was involved in an incident in January this year. Sam, who has Angelman Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and epilepsy, has severe developmental delay and is unable to speak. He also needs assistance to walk and the court was told he required one-to-one assistance in the pool. It...

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October 7, 2016, 3:40 am

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A heroin and cocaine street dealer was arrested after a member of the public saw him smoking cannabis and called the police.A passerby noticed Adisa Richards (21) in a group of five or six males, smoking cannabis at 2.40pm, in Oxendon Walk, Highfields, in Leicester.Richards was arrested at the scene and found to have £374 in cash on him, said Jonathan Dunne, prosecuting at Leicester Crown Court.The defendant, of Sparkenhoe Street, Highfields, Leicester, was taken to a police station and...

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October 7, 2016, 6:30 am

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Prison inmate Reece Raven headbutted a prison warden - after saying: "I'll take your jaws off."The 33-year-old was serving a sentence at Nottingham Prison when he attacked the member of staff.Anna Pierrepont, prosecuting, said prison officers approached Raven who was "behaving in an aggressive manner and trying to goad them into responding in a violent manner."She told Nottingham Magistrates' Court: "He told the officers he would take their jaws off. They tried to ignore...

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October 7, 2016, 8:56 am

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Two people have appeared in court accused of the manslaughter of a woman who was found dead in her home.The body of Kelly Machin was discovered at the property in Waldwick Close, Leicester Forest East, at around 4.15pm on September 5.A post-mortem examination revealed the 34-year-old had died as a result of significant blood loss.William Gary Jelly (47) and Natalie Amanda Bollen (28) pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Ms Machin, between August 22 and September 5.Judge Nicholas Dean QC...

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October 11, 2016, 12:00 pm

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A 59-year-old Leicester man has been charged with attempted arson after a bag was left on a pavement in Kirby Muxloe.Michael Brooks of Chester Road, Blaby, has been bailed to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Monday November 14.The charge relates to a bag containing an ignitable device left in Castle Road on Tuesday August 11 2015.

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October 14, 2016, 10:00 am

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A 20-year-old with an "extraordinary" criminal record 50 pages long has been jailed for leading police on a chase through city streets.Brandon Marshall, of Fosse Road South, Leicester, was in and out of court throughout his youth.When he was 18 police put up posters of him throughout the city centre after he was banned from entering large areas of central Leicester because of his offending.Now he has been jailed for nine months for his latest crime, in which he sped around south...

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October 18, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A woman stabbed her boyfriend in the heart with a steak knife and then "sacrificed" him by delaying medical help, a murder trial has been told.Emma-Jayne Magson (23) killed James Knight following a drunken row in the early hours of Sunday, March 27.She denies murder, claiming she acted in self-defence.The prosecution claims Magson stabbed Mr Knight, 26, on the doorstep of her home in Sylvan Street, Newfoundpool, Leicester.Mr Knight's dying last breaths could be heard on a...

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October 23, 2016, 10:01 am

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A desperate man set fire to his home in a suicide attempt after failing to get help for depression, a court heard.Former civil servant Stephen Kenning, 62, started the blaze in a bedroom of the semi-detached house in Belvoir Drive East, Leicester on May 26, causing extensive damage.He was jailed for two years and four months after pleading guilty to arson which recklessly endangered lives.Leicester Crown Court was told that having set fire to various papers upstairs at 12.30am, the fire quickly...

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November 16, 2016, 10:00 am

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A drink and drugs gathering ended in bloodshed when two men attacked a friend who had won £6,500 at the bookies.The victim was slashed so badly with a kitchen knife that five tendons were severed on his wrist, Leicester Crown Court was told.A short time earlier he had been punched in the face, breaking his nose and causing a bleed on his brain.He was robbed of his bank card.Shaun Astill, 40, a married father-of-six, was jailed for five years and four months.Read more: Hundreds of A426...

Teenager who stabbed 'brave' city bus driver in stomach jailed

November 17, 2016, 9:31 am

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A judge told a teenager he was fortunate he was not facing a murder charge, after a bus driver he stabbed in the stomach nearly died.Harley Kidd carried out the drunken knife attack five days after being released from a two year sentence for robbery.The heroic 52-year-old bus driver, who underwent a three hour life-saving operation after tackling knife-wielding Kidd, was commended for his bravery by Judge Nicholas Dean QC.Leicester Crown Court was told that after being wounded, the First bus...

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December 4, 2016, 2:35 am

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A former drug user said sharing his crack-cocaine with friends was like "going to the pub and buying a round of drinks".Rfakat Ali (41) was caught with the Class A drug by chance when the police went to a house in Loughborough looking for someone else.Jonathan Dunne, prosecuting at Leicester Crown Court, said Ali and two others were present when the officers found five wraps of crack-cocaine on a table.Read more: Embers from coal burner thought to have started a blaze in wooden shisha...

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December 8, 2016, 10:05 am

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A woman left who lost the use of her legs after an accident at a Wilko store has said the injuries will not stop her from achieving what she wants from life. Corisande Collins has returned to university and aims to complete her degree next year.Leicester Crown Court was told today that the 23-year-old suffered severe spinal injuries in the incident in August 2013 and now uses a wheelchair.The court heard that she was paralysed from the hips down after a heavily-laden metal cage full of paint...

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December 12, 2016, 10:00 am

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A rapist who subjected a woman to a horrific sex attack had been released months earlier from a sentence for killing someone.Michal Cezary Podlaszczyk was released from a 15 year jail sentence in Poland last year for either murder or manslaughter.He travelled to England and wound up in Leicester, where, at 7.15am on Saturday, October 29, he pounced on a lone woman as she walked to work through Bede Park, off Western Boulevard.Podlaszczyk (32) subjected the victim to a violent ordeal, causing her...

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December 12, 2016, 10:10 am

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Two men who orchestrated a sham marriage scam have been jailed.Wilson Odume (45), a Cameroonian national, and Martin Okoko (31), a Nigerian national, organised bogus weddings in an attempt to by-pass immigrations rules.The marriages between Hungarians, Nigerians and Cameroonians took place in Gretna and Leicester between 2007 and 2012.Odume also took part in a fake marriage of his own in order to gain residency in the UK.Sarah Knight, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court the pair were caught...

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January 5, 2017, 5:01 am

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A 30-year-old woman is on trial charged with the manslaughter of her baby niece by shaking. Chuanfang Zheng denies unlawfully killing seven-month-old Phoebe Guo, between March 22 and 26, 2015.Our reporter, Suzy Gibson, is covering the case live. Her updates will appear below. The youngster died three days after being taken to hospital from an address in Linden Drive, Lutterworth. Zheng, of Morlock Close, Southwark, London, is on trial at Leicester Crown Court. Judge Nicholas Dean QC is...

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January 9, 2017, 5:10 am

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The mother of a baby who died from brain damage denied a defence barrister's suggestion that she held the unconscious youngster upside down and shook her during resuscitation.Ling Ling Wang - whose seven-month-old daughter suffered fatal head injuries - was giving evidence for the prosecution against her sister -in-law, Chuanfang Zheng, who is accused of manslaughter.Ms Wang told Leicester Crown Court that that she was "one hundred per cent" sure she had not shaken her daughter or held...

Prison visitor 'forgot' he was carrying flick-knife

January 15, 2017, 4:54 am

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A visitor "forgot" he was carrying a flick-knife when he went to see an inmate at a young offenders' institution, a court heard.Calvin Morgan, 24, claimed he suddenly remembered the blade was in his pocket when he was going through security checks at Glen Parva on September 21 last year and was arrested.Morgan pleaded guilty to conveying a knife into prison and was given an eight month jail sentence, suspended for two years, with 120 hours of unpaid work.Sentencing at Leicester Crown...