The Latest Breaking News from Leicester Crown Court

Callum Parslow told jurors he intended to injure his victim as a ‘protest’

Parslow tried unsuccefully to persuade jurors that he did not intend to kill asylum seeker Nahom Hagos.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024

Foster carer jailed for murdering young girl she was trying to adopt

Katie Tidmarsh was convicted at Leicester Crown Court of killing one-year-old Ruby Thompson in 2012.

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023

Woman found guilty of murdering toddler she was adopting decade ago

Katie Tidmarsh, 39, was convicted at Leicester Crown court of killing Ruby Thompson more than a decade ago

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023

Woman tells sister's evil murderer 'I hope she haunts you' as she confronts him in court

The sister of murdered 23-year-old Megan Newborough described killer Ross McCullam as the very 'definition' of a 'monster', as he was sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years

Daily Mirror · Dec 16, 2022

Megan Newborough: Lab worker ‘strangled colleague then sent her love message as cover-up’

Ross McCullum denies the murder of Megan Newborough after using the 23-year-old’s own car to dispose of her body

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

A46 crash murder trial hears of 'threat' made by TikTok star Mahek Bukhari moments before collision

The trial continues at Leicester Crown Court

Nottingham Post · Oct 28, 2022

Extreme hoarder who left immobile sister to die on bedroom floor jailed

Philip Burdett, 59, to spend three years behind bars for gross negligence manslaughter, while his father Ralph, 93, handed suspended prison term

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022

'Extreme hoarder' who left skeletal 4-stone sister to die in abject squalor jailed

Julie Burdett, 61, was found dead after paramedics were called to the home in Leicester in January 2021 by her father 91-year-old Cecil Burdett

Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2022

Brother of vulnerable woman jailed for gross negligence manslaughter

Leicester Crown Court heard that Julie Burdett weighed just 4st 10lb at the time of her death.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022

Conman and ex-Army captain jailed after trying to leave country through East Midlands Airport

He was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court

Nottingham Post · Jun 9, 2022