A MANSFIELD man has been jailed for eight weeks for causing criminal damage during English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism protests in the Leicester. John Kavanagh, 22, of Fritchley Court, pleaded guilty at Leicester Magistrates’ Court to two charges of criminal damage. The incidents happened on October 9 last [...]
Police have advised a BNP councillor to apologise over a posting on his website which has been condemned as racist. Wayne McDermott, a parish councillor in North West Leicestershire, posted a comment supposedly said by a Scottish councillor on a radio talk show. The comment, which has now been removed [...]
Police and city council bosses are investigating measures to ban the controversial English Defence League from marching in Leicester. Senior officers at Leicestershire police and Leicester City Council are considering asking Home Secretary Theresa May to prohibit a march it is believed the group is aiming to stage next month. [...]
A man was racially assaulted outside a nightclub in Corby. The victim was approached by a man outside Rockafella’s nightclub in Princewood Road, between 2am and 3am on Sunday March 28, said Northamptonshire Police. The attacker, who was said to have been racially verbally abusive towards him, punched him and [...]
A Muslim man attacked on a train to Nottingham said he was disappointed other passengers failed to intervene while racist insults were made. A gang of about 20 men were involved in the attack in which Asif Ahmed, who was travelling with wife Abida Malik, was put in a headlock. [...]
Five Nottinghamshire police officers could face criminal charges over the death of a promising young footballer in custody, the force’s watchdog said. Former Nottingham Forest academy player Reece Staples, 19, was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage. He collapsed in his cell and was pronounced dead at hospital in [...]
A PASSENGER who carried out a racist attack on a mini-cab driver has been jailed after the assault was captured by an in-car CCTV camera. Ashley Marlow was sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting the assault on a DG Cars driver in Carlton Road, Sneinton, in November. The [...]
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