Crime

A 20-year-old Syston man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman and a police officer in an incident at Leicester.

A 30-year-old Melton man has admitted breaching a restraining order which prevented him from contacting a woman.

Hundreds of new police officers are being sought to bolster the ranks across Leicestershire in a major recruitment drive, with a starting salary of £24,000.

Around one hundred people ran 25km in Melton Country Park on Saturday in a bid to raise awareness of those suffering from being involved in modern slavery.

A Melton shop assistant has decribed the actions of a group of young teenagers who ran into his premises yesterday morning (Sunday) and stole more than £30 of food, crisps and chocolate before brazenly eating it all in the town centre as ‘disgusting’.

Police arrested a 24-year-old man this morning (Thursday) in connection with a burglary in Syston.

Staff hope to reopen Twinlakes Family Theme Park tomorrow (Thursday) following the robbery and fire at the site early yesterday morning.

Families are being turned away from Twinlakes Theme Park this morning (Tuesday) after reports of a robbery and a fire breaking out on the site.

The owner of a rural Asfordby Hlll building who has twice tried unsuccessfully to get planning permission to use it as a home has been left ‘devastated’ after it was destroyed in an arson attack on Friday night.

Police are investigating after robbers armed with a knife, a claw hammer and a screwdriver raided the village store at Knipton.

Thieves have stolen lead from the roof of Little Dalby’s church for the fourth time in recent years.

The Belvoir Hunt has agreed to pay £50,000 compensation to two men who were viciously assaulted by members while they were monitoring a meeting near Stathern.

Two robbers who stole a valuable watch from a holidaymaker on the Spanish island of Mallorca were stopped by a dramatic intervention by a Melton couple who are well known for their fighting skills.

Some street lights in Melton will continue to be switched-off from midnight despite concerns voiced by residents that dark streets lead to an increase in crime.

Police are hunting a robber who was armed with a knife when he raided a post office at East Goscote on Saturday morning.

Parents of youths who were observed riding scooters and a pushbike along the platform of Melton Railway Station have been urged by police to warn them about the dangers they face doing it.

Two men, including a former police officer, are suing the Belvoir Hunt for £100,000 after two members were last year convicted of seriously assaulting them.

Owners of unwanted illegal guns in the Melton borough are being urged to hand them in to police as part of a two-week campaign.