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The Latest Breaking News from Leicestershire Police

Cannabis-user who stamped mother-of-two to death jailed for life

Chukwuemeka Ahanonu, 24, has been sentenced for murdering Nila Patel near the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Evening Standard

Cannabis-user who stamped passer-by to death found guilty of murder

Chukwuemeka Ahanonu, 24, murdered Nila Patel after his car overturned near a Leicester hospital.

Evening Standard

Police failed to arrest triple killer on warrant months before attacks – inquiry

Valdo Calocane killed two university students and a caretaker in Nottingham in June 2023.

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Rugby player, 20, killed in crash with lorry while heading to training as tributes paid & police launch probe

Jacob Hardwick, 20, died on Tuesday, February 17, while heading to a training session

Evening Standard

Police dig at property as multiple people arrested in murder probe

As part of the investigation, a detailed search is being carried out at an address in Broad Avenue in Evington

The Independent UK

Police order evacuations in UK town centre after potentially hazardous substance found

Road closures are in place due to an ongoing incident at a Leicester high street

The Independent UK

Urgent search for missing schoolboy, 13, last seen in West Midlands

Kelvin Momodu was last seen wearing a black Nike tracksuit with a grey line down the legs

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Police officers investigated over response to summer camp abuse

Jon Ruben, 76, was jailed on Friday after admitting to sexually assaulting young boys at a summer camp in Leicestershire.

Evening Standard

Police officers investigated for gross misconduct over Jon Ruben summer camp abuse

Jon Ruben, 76, was jailed after admitting to sexually assaulting young boys last summer

The Independent UK

Camp leader who abused boys after lacing sweets is ‘sadistic, monstrous paedophile’, wife says as he is jailed

Jon Ruben leaned forward in the dock with his head in his hands as graphic details of how he abused the boys were read out to the court

The Independent UK

De Montfort University student stabbed to death is named after teenager arrested

Khaleed Oladipo, 20, died after being stabbed once in the chest in Leicester city centre

The Independent UK

De Montfort University ‘devastated’ after fatal stabbing of student

The victim, in his 20s, died in hospital after the incident near the campus in Leicester on Tuesday evening.

The Independent UK

Leicester latest LIVE: Murder probe launched after student stabbed as police arrest teenager

Leicestershire Police said the incident happened around 5pm on Tuesday in Oxford Street, close to the city centre

Evening Standard

Simon Geary: Ex-Army Man Found Murdered Days Before Christmas as Family Describe 'Kind Caring Soul'

Simon Geary, 49, was found dead in his Syston flat on Tuesday. His family described the ex-Army veteran as a 'kind, caring soul' who served his country.

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Ex-Army man discovered dead in flat as police arrest 49-year-old in murder probe

Simon Geary has been described as a ‘much-loved son and brother’ by his family

Evening Standard

Girl, 6, ‘unable to live normal life’ as wheelchair stolen days before Christmas

Emily Riley-Dolan’s mother said the specialist wheelchair was in the boot of the family’s grey Peugeot 5008 when it was stolen from outside their home

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NHS manager who raped girl, 12, after Snapchat grooming jailed for 28 years

Self-professed ‘monster’ Paul Lipscombe sexually abused and incited six girls while employed by an NHS trust in Coventry.

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Police watchdog staff comments on Nottingham stabbings inquiry ‘inhumane’

Emma Webber, Barnaby Webber’s mother, said ‘I don’t trust anyone, I don’t trust the IOPC’.

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Police watchdog staff face probe over comments on Nottingham stabbings inquiry

A judge-led public inquiry into the decisions made prior to the attacks was announced in February.

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Tories call for suspension of Reform UK councillor over ice cream van inquiry

Former Leicestershire County Council deputy leader Joseph Boam, 22, is facing claims so-called ‘treating’ took place near a polling station.

The Independent UK

Reform councillor investigated by police after ‘handing out ice creams to voters outside polling station’

Former Leicestershire County Council deputy leader Joseph Boam, 22, is facing claims so-called ‘treating’ took place near a polling station

Evening Standard

Trial date set for man accused over ‘sweets laced with sedatives’ at summer camp

The court heard that Jon Ruben’s trial is expected to last four weeks.

Evening Standard

Man, 76, to appear in court over summer camp ‘poisoning’

Leicestershire Police said it received a report on Sunday that children at a summer camp at Stathern Lodge had become unwell.

Evening Standard

Man, 76, charged with child cruelty offences over summer camp ‘poisoning’

A report was received on Sunday by Leicestershire Police that children became unwell at a summer camp.

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Adult was also taken to hospital after summer camp ‘poisoning’, police say

A 76-year-old man was arrested after eight children needed hospital treatment following the incident in Stathern, Leicestershire.

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