Joshua Davey has been convicted of the murder of Danny Parekh, and jailed for life. Davey showed no emotion as he was given a mandatory life term for the 'frenzied' stabbing of 21-year-old Mr Parekh in a children's play area in Oakleigh Street, Old Basford at around 1am on Sunday July 8, 2012. Davey, 21, of Deptford Crescent, Bulwell, was unanimously convicted just after 2pm at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday. His cousin, Liam Gleeson, 17, of the same address, was cleared of murder and an...
Reported by Nottingham Post 1 hour ago.
Joshua Davey has been convicted of the murder of Danny Parekh, and jailed for life. Davey showed no emotion as he was given a mandatory life term for the 'frenzied' stabbing of 21-year-old Mr Parekh in a children's play area in Oakleigh Street, Old Basford at around 1am on Sunday July 8, 2012. Davey, 21, of Deptford Crescent, Bulwell, was unanimously convicted just after 2pm at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday. His cousin, Liam Gleeson, 17, of the same address, was cleared of murder and an...
Reported by Nottingham Post 1 hour ago.
Easter Friday and Saturday are forecast to bring the best weather in Leicestershire this weekend. Tomorrow and Saturday will be dry and bright although there will be a few showers around on Saturday. But the weather will change on Easter Sunday and become unsettled. There'll be some heavy rain with showers lasting into Monday. Here's the forecast for the Easter weekend: THURSDAY High pressure is moving eastwards allowing a weather front to move southwards. This will allow the cloud...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 22 minutes ago.
The number of potentially life-threatening C-diff infections at Leicester's hospitals has fallen to an all time low. There were 66 cases of C-diff (Clostridium difficile) across the city's three hospitals - Leicester Royal Infirmary, the General and Glenfield - between April 1, 2013 and March 31 this year. In 2007, bosses at Leicester's hospitals had to open a special isolation ward to try and combat the spread of infection after numbers rocketed to 1,920 the previous year. The number of...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 22 minutes ago.
A decision on whether the University of Leicester's Richard III exhumation licence is valid or not is expected to be made soon after Easter.The university, Leicester City Council and Leicester Cathedral are all waiting to hear whether the High Court will uphold or quash the Ministry of Justice licence.The legal document says that the former king's remains should be reinterred at St Martin's cathedral.However, the Plantaganet Alliance – a group of 15 people claiming to be related to the...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 8 hours ago.
Leicester Lions will be looking for an improved performance tonight when they visit Elite League rivals Coventry Bees for the first part of their historic Easter double-header.In the first clashes between the two sides since 1983, the Rapid Solicitors Lions make the trip to the Brandon Stadium this evening before playing host to the Bees at the Jordan Road Surfacing Stadium tomorrow night (both 7.30).Lions have suffered three defeats on the road so far this season, and were well below par when...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
Leicester Tigers forward Jordan Crane says that he and his team-mates have to hit the heights at Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership this evening.Tigers banked a bonus point with a 27-15 win over Wasps at Welford Road last Saturday to make it seven straight league victories and consolidate their place in the play-offs.However, by their own admission, Tigers were not at their best – though that was always likely to be the case following the exertions of their previous two matches, the...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
A company has repainted metal bollards made to look like children outside a school.Workers painted the tops of all the bollard children outside Whitehall Primary, in Evington, red, to match the colour of the school uniform.A Leicester City Council spokesman said: "The school ordered the bollards in the school colour of red but they were delivered in other colours."The company, Marshalls Street Furniture, from Elland, West Yorkshire, is funding the repainting process."It is...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 7 hours ago.
Leicester City's return to the Premier League has come after a decade of ups and downs, and youngster Jeff Schlupp has experienced them all.The 21-year-old joined the City academy aged 11, travelling up from Milton Keynes, and he admits at times it was tough to see the club struggle, especially during relegation to League One.But now City are back among English football's elite and Schlupp said it is great to see the club back in the big time – and even better that he has played his...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
A cannabis grower caught with £15,000 worth of the drug has been jailed for 12 months.Riaz Wood (26) claimed the cannabis was mostly for his own use, but he was planning to supply to a few friends.Wood, of Osmaston Road, Highfields, Leicester, admitted producing the class B drug.He was not charged in relation to dealing.Leicester Crown Court was told police officers were called to his home on July 29 by someone who had allegedly heard a domestic dispute.However, when they got...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 7 hours ago.
An amateur footballer punched a rival player during a match, causing a fractured jaw and eye socket.Carl Baker, who admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm, was given a suspended jail sentence, ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work and pay his victim £1,000 compensation.Baker, a married father-of-four, was playing for Desford FC against visiting Cottesmore Amateurs FC on April 13 last year.Trouble flared in the 88th minute, Leicester Crown Court heard.James Bide-Thomas, prosecuting,...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 9 hours ago.
Leicester Tigers will not be afraid to fight fire with fire when they face Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership tonight.The home side are known for a brand of rugby that involves a will to off-load and throw the ball around the park.Even so, despite Leicester's stodgy start to the season, Tigers have already ran in 47 tries to Harlequins' 36.Previous visits to The Stoop have produced some high-scoring contests too, with Tigers' 43-33 win in 2012 fresh in the mind.Centre Anthony Allen believes...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
Fly-half Toby Flood has been recalled to Leicester Tigers' starting line-up for tonight's Aviva Premiership game at Harlequins (7.45).He replaces 22-year-old Owen Williams, who has started the last six games.It is one of five changes to the starting line-up from the side that beat Wasps 27-15 last weekend.Marcos Ayerza and Logovi'i Mulipola come into the front-row for Fraser Balmain and Boris Stankovich.Neil Briggs starts at hooker, replacing Tom Youngs.In the backs, Anthony Allen replaces Matt...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
Nigel Pearson has said media speculation linking Leicester City with a host of supposed transfer targets 'is laughable'.The season still has four games to go but City have been linked with moves for a host of players as they prepare for life in the Premier League.Pearson said none of the names he has been made aware of are on his radar."It makes me smile the way the speculation starts again and you are linked to players who are nowhere near our radar," he said. "It really is...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
Getaway fever is expected across Leicestershire from today, as thousands of people escape for the bank holiday.However, those not heading to warmer climes will need to make sure they are armed with jumpers and brollies.Weather experts have said this year's Easter weekend will see temperatures ranging between a chilly 10C and a mild 16C.Meteorologists are also warning people to expect showers and strong winds on Sunday.Leicester Mercury weatherman Dave Mutton said: "Today and tomorrow will...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
Thieves removed four protective covers from a weir. The metal grids, which are approximately 2ft square, were stolen from Braunstone Park, Leicester between 12pm on Friday, April 4 and 10.30am the following Tuesday. Pc Patricia Lutz said: "Without these metal grids in place the area is dangerous to the public as if they fall into the water they are directly on to the weir. "The grids are fairly large and it would not of been a quick job to remove them. "I would appeal to anyone who saw anything...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 7 hours ago.
What is the score going to be when Leicester City look to take one step closer to the Championship title against QPR at the King Power Stadium tomorrow? That's the question we are asking Leicester Mercury sports writer James Sharpe who gives us his prediction for the game as well as casting his eye of the rest of the weekend's action. Don't agree? Think you can do better? Have a go yourself. Put your predictions in the comments section and see if you can beat him. It's 3pts for a correct score...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
AN 11-YEAR-OLD Tamworth girl found herself rubbing shoulders with the stars when she won first prize in a writing competition.Lucy Batchelor of Amington is a keen writer and writes on the website Movellas – a creative writing site aimed at teenagers.And after entering one of their online competitions, Lucy was invited to the Odeon, Leicester Square for the European premiere of Divergent.Florendine School pupil Lucy walked the red carpet just after Kate Winslet and the other stars and had...
Reported by Tamworth Herald 8 hours ago.
Michelle Swift, 48, of Ladybrook Place, Mansfield, denied the murder of a man in Mansfield. She entered her plea at Leicester Crown Court at a short plea and directions hearing. Judge Michael Stokes QC remanded her in custody until her trial on June 9, with a time estimate of ten days. She has denied killing Emiel Blankert, 48, of Mansfield, who died after he had been admitted to hospital four days earlier. A Home Office postmortem examination confirmed Mr Blankert suffered injuries as a result...
Reported by Nottingham Post 8 hours ago.
Thousands of people are expected to attend today's Leicester@the Cross event in the city centre. Churches of Leicester will be remembering the events of Good Friday with the gathering in Humberstone Gate at 11am. A multimedia presentation of music, dance, narration and mime will tell the story of the death of Jesus on the cross, and many people will sing traditional Easter hymns and join together in prayer. All parts of the Christian Church in Leicester are involved in creating the event,...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 7 hours ago.
