A second man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Loughborough. The body of a man was found on the evening on Monday 6 July in a caravan parked in a layby on the A6 Derby Road, Loughborough. East Midlands Ambulance Service attended, and the man was pronounced deceased at the scene. Subsequent enquiries found that the deceased man – who was in his 40s – reported being involved in an altercation in the days leading up to being found. As a result, a murder

A murder investigation is under way after a man's body was found in a caravan in a lay-by in Loughborough. Leicestershire Police have released the following statement. A murder investigation has commenced following the discovery of a man's body in a caravan located in a lay-by in Loughborough. Enquires are being carried out following the death, which was initially reported to police on Monday (6 July) at around 11.40pm. East Midlands Ambulance Service attended and was pronoun

Ansreen Bukhari, the mother of a TikTok influencer implicated in a high-speed car chase resulting in the deaths of two men, will not have her jail sentence reduced, as ruled by the Court of Appeal judges. The 49-year-old was in the vehicle with her daughter, Mahek Bukhari, as they, along with others, chased Saqib Hussain and his friend, Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, on the A46 in Leicester in February 2022. The incident concluded with the two men perishing in a collision, and th

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the death of Bhim Kohli. Mr Kohli, 80, died on Monday 2 September following an incident in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, the previous evening (Sunday 1 September). The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been remanded into custody and is due to appear at Leicester Youth Court sitting at Leicester Magistrates' Court tomorrow (Thursday 5 September). **A person has been charged with an offence and will be

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Three men have been charged with murder following the death of Raju Modhwadia. Tameer Mitha, 35, of Hamilton Street, Leicester; Issakiah Davis-Simon, 26, of Chandos Street, Leicester; and Daniel Spencer, 32, of Westmeath Avenue, Leicester have all been charged with murder following the death of 41-year-old Raju Modhwadia in December last year. All three have also been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Mr Modhwadia, who was also known as Kara Muru, died

Two men today (Tuesday 15 March) have been found guilty of murdering a man who was found seriously injured in the boot of a car. Renaldo Baptiste, 35 and Jeffrey Carew, 22 were both convicted following a trial at Leicester Crown Court spanning several weeks. A third man, 25-year-old Jurrat Khan, was found guilty of manslaughter. In the early hours of 12 April last year, patrol officers, who were attending a different incident, saw a red Vauxhall Astra being driven at speed an

Connor Black (Family photo) A man who died following an incident in Syston has been named as 24-year-old Connor Black. Police were called by East Midlands Ambulance Service at 11.06pm yesterday (Saturday) following a report that a man had been stabbed. Officers attended and Connor was found inside a property in St Columba Way. He had suffered stab wounds to his chest. Connor was taken to the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, by ambulance where he sadly died during the early

Hassan Jama Following the sentencing of Ishaq Hassanjee this afternoon, Hassan Jama’s family have released this statement: “Hassan was both a son and a kind, loving brother who always looked out for both his siblings and other people. “He always put others before himself and those who knew him will remember him as a kind-hearted soul. He was always happy and appreciated everything life had to offer. His future was bright. He was studying accounting and finance at university a