East Midlands News: Top Stories
22 September 2014, 19:36 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50
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Leicestershire Man Jailed For 12 Years For Child Sex Offences
A Leicestershire man's been given 12 years in prison for giving underage girls drugs and having sex with them.
35 year old Saquib Hamid from Enderby was found guilty of 25 counts of supplying drugs, engaging in sexual activity with a child, and attempting to involve a child in prostitution.
Detectives have described him as a sexual predator.
Brothers Jailed For Shooting In Nottingham
Half brothers from Nottingham face more than a decade each behind bars after they were involved in a shooting in Huthwaite.
Tristan Caunt who's 32 and Daniel Butler who is 30 were found guilty of posessing a firearm and intent to endager life.
The victim, a dad of 4, was shot in the leg through his letterbox as his children slept upstairs.
Three Charged After Teenager Suffers Severe Head Injuries In Leicester
Police have charged three people after an 18 year old was attacked in Leicester.
He's still in a critical condition in at Nottingham's QMC - after being found in Rowlatts Hill Road in Leicester on Thursday.
Two 17 year old's and a 22 year old will go before Magistrates on tomorrow (Monday 22nd Sep).
Pilot Project Starts To Breathalyse Clubbers In Loughborough
Police in Loughborough have told Capital giving clubbers breath tests to see how much they've had to drink on the door will help cut booze-related crime.
Five bars started using them last night (Saturday 20th Sep)
It's hoped it'll cut the number of assaults and injuries caused by alcohol.
School crossing patrols getting abused by angry drivers
Leicester's Assistant Mayor has told Capital it's totally unacceptable that drivers are swearing at school crossing patrols.
Councillor Vi Dempster says some drivers, who are normally really calm, get wound up by the stop signs and start abusing crossing staff.
You can get fined £1,000 pounds for not stopping.
Vi Dempster: School Crossing Patrol Abuse
King Richard III bone scans
Scientists reckon King Richard the III, who was found buried under a car park in Leicester, died from almost a dozen injuries after losing his helmet in battle.
Uni of Leicester professors think he would've been in quite a lot of pain in the end - with evidence that he was hit with weapons like swords and metal poles.
Professor Guy Rutty, from the University of Leicester, said:
'The most likely injuries to have caused the King's death are the two to the inferior aspect of the skull, a large sharp force trauma possibly from a sword or staff weapon, such as a halberd or bill, and a penetrating injury from the tip of an edged weapon.
'Richard's head injuries are consistent with some near-contemporary accounts of the battle, which suggest that Richard abandoned his horse after it became stuck in a mire and was killed while fighting his enemies.'
