A rapist who shattered a woman's skull and left her "for dead" in a children's play park in Leicester has been jailed for life. Zakarya Etarghi 24 was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court today (Monday 25 March) to life imprisonment. He will serve a minimum of 18 years before he is eligible for parole. He has also been ordered to be on the sex offenders register for life. He attacked his victim in a play park in Cedar Road, Leicester during the early hours of 3 August 2018. She

Pictures by Leicester Media Police have confirmed that a 17-year-old man was stabbed last night. In a Serious assault on the corner of Evington Road and Rowsley Street (Sunday 24th March 2019) around 9pm A Grey silver car which was parked in Rowsley street just been recovered for forensics testing, a pool of blood could be seen on the road just in front of the drivers door. Two Knife incidents within 20 minutes and on the same road. Are they related ? 20 minutes earlier a Ca

A Teenager was Stabbed in the city tonight. Picture by Leicester Media Parts of Charles Street at the corner of Humberstone Gate is currently closed to the public. Early reports are saying a man was taken to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, with injuries unknown. A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said: “We were called at 5.50pm to a report of a stabbing in Humberstone Gate. “A 19-year-old man was injured and has been taken to Queen’s Medical Centre for treatment to a st

Leicestershire Fire & Rescue service offers a Free Biker Down training course, we filmed this video at Birstall Fire Station on Tuesday 19th March 2019. The course was hosted by MCA Motorcycles and was one of the first evening time courses on offer. I (Russell Thorpe) being a keen biker and part of a local Biker Group attended this free course to learn about Accident Scene Management, Motorcycle First Aid and the Science of Being Seen. The course was extremely informative, wi

The force’s CSE (Child Sexual Exploitation) hub is supporting National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day to increase awareness...

Firefighters confirm suspected cause was unattended candles. House Fire on Peverel Road in Braunstone. The fire was reported just after...