![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Luke PorterĪ drug dealer linked with cocaine worth over £200,000 has failed to persuade top judges that his jail term was too long. She was given a 16-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, during which she will have to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and take part in 20 days of rehabilitation with the probation service. The 54-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud. When Weeks, formerly of Northdene Road, West Knighton, Leicester, turned up again two days later she was arrested and admitted taking the money. When confronted, in May 2017, Weeks ran away from home and was reported missing to the police. She left the current account more than £41 in debit. Within just 11 months, Weeks had emptied the savings account of all but £2.17. The trio were also found guilty of plotting to fraudulently claim an £300,000 insurance pay-out by starting the fire which blew up the shop.ĭawn Weeks outside Leicester Crown Court (Image: Leicester Mercury)īut Weeks fraudulently obtained access to a separate TSB savings account, which included a large amount of money from the sale of her mum's bungalow. Shop owner, Aram Kurd, and his friends, Arkan Ali and Hawkar Hassan, were convicted by a jury last month of the murders. Three callous killers convicted of murdering five people in a catastrophic shop blast have been sentenced. Judge Shaun Smith QC said: "It is a sad day to see you in court at the age of 50 and having never been in trouble before." Aram Kurd, Arkan Ali and Hawkar Hassan Morley was initially charged with dangerous driving but the prosecution accepted a guilty plea to a lesser charge of assault. Immediately afterwards, a second car collided with the steward who suffered injuries to his shoulder, back and legs. (Image: Derby Telegraph)Īt Derby Crown Court, Sarah Allen, prosecuting, said the man Morley hit was "picked up onto the bonnet" of the vehicle being driven by the 50-year-old. Ian Morley, aged 50, who drove into a steward while trying to leave the Bearded Theory festival in May 2018. Ezekiel BraithwaiteĪ killer who murdered a young dad in a knife attack in a car park has lost a Court of Appeal bid to clear his name.Įzekiel Braithwaite, 21, killed Pedro Godhino after confronting him after a party in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, in March 2017. ![]() Souter, formerly of Leicester but latterly of Beacon Road, Trimingham, Norfolk, pleaded guilty to six counts of indecently assaulting the latest complainant, who sat in the public gallery at Leicester Crown Court to see him sentenced.Īlthough she had made her complaint known to the police during the original investigation, Soutar was not prosecuted in relation to her case, which resulted in a follow-up complaint being lodged with the authorities and the charges being brought. He also touched girls on the legs as they were sitting at their desks in class. One girl was kissed and indecently touched after going for a walk in the woods with him. The assaults, for which he was earlier sentenced, took place in the school stockroom, the playground, during a gym club and in his car. The crimes took place from 1976 until 2000, when the matters came to light and he was dismissed, prompting an investigation. The 71-year-old was jailed for three years in 2001 for 15 indecent assaults, on seven girls of a similar age at Dovelands Primary. Robert Soutar leaving Leicester Magistrates' Court in 2001 Other crimes hitting the headlines include a woman whose repeated calls to 999 put lives at risk, a fraudster who stole cash donated for the family of murdered soldier Fusilier Lee Rigby, and two pranksters who drove off with a Skylink bus and filmed it on Facebook. Hannah Cobley, the woman who murdered her newborn baby, was also sentenced after jurors saw through her lies and found her guilty in less than two hours. Heathan Hall, Wayne Smith, and Swaley Price were part of a ruthless masked gang that tried to ram the police vehicles and a metal pole was also thrown at a police car in a bid to evade capture. Our courts were kept busy dealing with cases ranging from paedophiles and murderers to dangerous drivers and career burglars in 2019.Īmong them are the trio who shocked the city last year when their plot to blow up a shop in Leicester's Hinckley Road left five dead.Īram Kurd, Arkan Ali and Hawkar Hassan were all handed life sentences for their crimes.Ī gang that brazenly targeted ATMs across the region using stolen telehandlers and high performance getaway cars have been jailed. ![]()
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