Leicester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 123 verdicts at Leicester Crown Court (Leicester). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Farishta Jami
Engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism
April 10, 2025

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years

Farishta Jami, a 36-year-old woman from Stratford-upon-Avon, pledged allegiance to Islamic State, researched one-way flights to Afghanistan, and saved £1,200 to fund her travel. She shared graphic and violent extremist material on social media between September 2022 and January 2024, including videos of children engaging in terrorist activity, and administered pro-IS groups with hundreds of members. She obtained and shared instructions on explosive devices, firearms, and chemical explosives, and promoted Jihad and martyrdom. Her plan involved relocating to Afghanistan to commit a terrorist act, such as a suicide bombing, but she was arrested in January 2024 before purchasing tickets or visas.
Reece Beattie
Causing criminal damage
March 1, 2025

Sentence: 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work and £500 costs

In March 2023, while employed as a police officer with Derbyshire police, Reece Beattie engaged in a sustained period of aggression towards his partner while under the influence of alcohol. This included banging his head on a wall, punching a hole in the wall of his partner's home, throwing his phone which damaged blinds, damaging a light switch, and breaking the door of a cabinet containing a boiler, causing substantial distress to his partner.
Daniel Jackson
Misconduct in public office
February 25, 2025

Sentence: six months imprisonment

Daniel Jackson, a former Leicestershire Police constable aged 38, sent flirtatious messages to a woman and engaged in a sexual relationship with her while leading an investigation in May 2022. He knew she was vulnerable and continued the relationship despite multiple opportunities to end it. The Independent Office for Police Conduct investigated after a referral from Leicestershire Police.
Olegs Arklins
Attempted murder
January 27, 2025

Sentence: 27 years imprisonment

On January 27, 2024, at about 1.20am, Olegs Arklins, 45, of no fixed address, stabbed his girlfriend in the chest with a knife at her home in Leicester after becoming jealous over her friendship with a male colleague. The blade missed her heart by 3cm and aorta by 2cm. He had been drinking, slapped her, smashed her phone two days prior, taunted her with the knife, threatened to kill her while she called police, then thrust it into her chest up to the hilt. After the stabbing, he advised her not to remove the blade and smoked a cigarette by the window while taunting her. Her two young children entered the room hearing her cries for help.
Raj Sidpara
Murder
November 29, 2024

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years

Raj Sidpara murdered his partner, Tarnjeet Riaz, in the early hours of May 6, 2024, at his property in Tarbat Road, Thurnby Lodge, near Leicester. The attack involved beating, kicking, and stamping on her in his bedroom, resulting in 64 injuries including bruising, a brain injury, and 20 rib fractures. The couple had been out drinking earlier that evening, and Sidpara claimed the injuries were from her falling while drunk, but evidence showed he acted with intent. After the attack, he removed his bloody shoes, went to bed next to her, and fell asleep before calling emergency services the next day, where CPR was unsuccessful as she was already deceased.
Sanaf Gulamustafa
Manslaughter
October 18, 2024

Sentence: 15 years imprisonment

Sanaf Gulamustafa was involved in the February 2022 ambush on the M40, where vehicles rammed the victims' car off the road, causing the fatal crash that killed Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin.
Rekhan Karwan
Murder
October 18, 2024

Sentence: 27 years imprisonment

Rekhan Karwan participated in the ambush on the M40 motorway in February 2022, driving one of the vehicles that forced Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin's car off the road, leading to their deaths by burning.
Raees Jamal
Murder
October 18, 2024

Sentence: 36 years imprisonment

Raees Jamal was involved in the fatal ambush on the M40 motorway in February 2022, where he helped force the victims' car off the road, resulting in the deaths of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin.
Natasha Akhtar
Manslaughter
October 18, 2024

Sentence: 12 years imprisonment

Natasha Akhtar took part in the group that ambushed and rammed the victims' car off the M40 motorway in February 2022, contributing to the deaths of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin in the ensuing fire.
Ameer Jamal
Manslaughter
October 18, 2024

Sentence: 15 years imprisonment

Ameer Jamal participated in the motorway ambush in February 2022 that led to the car crash and deaths of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, convicted of manslaughter.
13-Year-Old Girl
Manslaughter
September 5, 2024

Sentence: three-year rehabilitation order

The girl, along with a 15-year-old boy, attacked Bhim Kohli, 80, in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, on September 1, 2023. She filmed the incident where Mr. Kohli was racially abused, slapped with a slider shoe, kicked, and punched, and she laughed during the event. This was part of a series of incidents involving local youths.
15-Year-Old Boy
Manslaughter
September 5, 2024

Sentence: seven years’ detention

The boy, along with a 13-year-old girl, attacked Bhim Kohli, 80, in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, on September 1, 2023. Mr. Kohli was kicked and punched while walking his dog, after being racially abused and slapped with a slider shoe. The incident was filmed by the girl, and it was the last of several attacks on Mr. Kohli by local youths.
Unnamed 13-Year-Old Girl
Encouraging Manslaughter
June 1, 2024

Sentence: 3-year youth rehabilitation order

The 13-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, encouraged the attack on 80-year-old Bhim Kohli in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, near Leicester, on September 1, 2024, by filming parts of it while laughing. Video clips showed the balaclava-clad boy hitting Mr Kohli with a shoe. Mr Kohli died the following day from the assault.
Unnamed Girl
Encouraging Manslaughter
June 1, 2024

Sentence: 3-year youth rehabilitation order

On September 1, 2023, in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, near Leicester, the 13-year-old girl encouraged the attack on 80-year-old Bhim Kohli by filming parts of it while laughing, including clips of the boy hitting Mr Kohli with a shoe and Mr Kohli lying motionless on the ground. She had taken a photograph of Mr Kohli the week before but denied targeting him. Police recovered another video from her phone showing her laughing during a separate racial assault on an unknown man.
Unnamed Teenage Boy
Manslaughter
June 1, 2024

Sentence: 7 years custody

The teenage boy attacked 80-year-old Bhim Kohli in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, near Leicester, on September 1, 2024, punching and kicking him, slapping him in the face with a shoe, and racially abusing him. Mr Kohli died the following day. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claimed it was a tussle over his shoe and denied kicking or punching. He expressed regret in a letter, stating he hated what he did and had flashbacks.
Unnamed Teenage Girl
Encouraging Manslaughter
June 1, 2024

Sentence: 3-year youth rehabilitation order

The 13-year-old girl encouraged the attack on 80-year-old Bhim Kohli in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, near Leicester, on September 1, 2024, by filming parts of it while laughing. Video clips showed the balaclava-clad boy hitting Mr Kohli with a shoe. She was convicted alongside the boy following a six-week trial.
Rekan Karwan
Murder
September 27, 2023

Sentence: life imprisonment with a minimum term of 31 years and 8 months

Rekan Karwan, aged 29, was part of the group assembled by Mahek Bukhari to ambush Saqib Hussain and retrieve his phone containing blackmail material against Ansreen Bukhari. On February 11, 2022, he participated in luring the victims to a Tesco car park in Leicester, followed by a high-speed pursuit on the A46, where the victims' vehicle was rammed, crashed, and exploded, resulting in the deaths of Saqib Hussain and Hashim Ijazuddin.
Tarmac Aggregates Limited
Breach of Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
September 27, 2023

Sentence: £1,275,000 fine and £200,000 in costs

Luke Branston, a 26-year-old contractor for Branston Site Services Limited, was crushed to death on June 21, 2017, while performing maintenance work at Mountsorrel Quarry in Leicestershire, operated by Tarmac Aggregates. He became trapped between a conveyor and a feed hopper that was not properly isolated, leading to the conveyor being accidentally switched on. The Health and Safety Executive's investigation revealed that the conveyor’s test button was inoperative due to long-standing defects, and there was no visual or audible pre-start alarm.
Ansreen Bukhari
Murder
September 1, 2023

Sentence: life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years

Ansreen Bukhari orchestrated the murders of Saqib Hussain, her lover, and his friend Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin in February 2022 after Hussain threatened to expose their affair by releasing sexually explicit material unless she paid £3,000. With her daughter Mahek and accomplices, she lured the victims to a Tesco car park in Leicester pretending to return the money, then chased their Skoda along the A46, ramming it off the road at high speeds up to 100mph, resulting in their deaths.
Mahek Bukhari
Murder
September 1, 2023

Sentence: life imprisonment with a minimum term of 31 years

Mahek Bukhari, a TikTok influencer, was involved in the murders of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin in February 2022. The murders followed her mother Ansreen Bukhari's affair with Hussain, who threatened to release sexually explicit material unless paid £3,000. The victims were lured to a Tesco car park in Leicester under the pretence of returning the cash, then ambushed and chased along the A46 by the Bukharis and accomplices in two vehicles. The assailants rammed the victims' Skoda off the road at speeds up to 100mph, causing their deaths. Hussain made a 999 call reporting the chase before dying.
Raess Jamal
Murder
January 1, 2023

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Raess Jamal was part of the group that ambushed Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin on February 11, 2022, in Leicester. Involved in the pursuit from the Tesco car park in Hamilton up the A46, where the victims' Skoda was forced off the road into the central reservation and burst into flames, killing both 21-year-old men from Banbury, Oxfordshire. The ambush was planned by Mahek and Ansreen Bukhari to confront Hussain over an affair.
Christian Taylor
Causing death by dangerous driving
October 14, 2022

Sentence: 10 years and 6 months imprisonment

Christian Taylor, of Preston-on-Stour, near Stratford-upon-Avon, drove the wrong way on the M6 near Lutterworth, Leicestershire, causing a crash that resulted in a man's death and serious injuries to three others after an argument with his wife and a night of drinking.
Ian Leivers
Breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act
June 1, 2022

Sentence: 20 months imprisonment

Ian Leivers, managing director of Greenfeeds Limited, was sentenced for health and safety failures that led to the deaths of two workers, Nathan Walker and Gavin Rawson, on December 22, 2016. The workers entered a tanker with semi-liquid pig feed, where carbon dioxide accumulation caused them to lose consciousness and drown, due to the lack of adequate safety procedures.
Gillian Leivers
Gross negligence manslaughter
June 1, 2022

Sentence: 13 years imprisonment

Gillian Leivers, as accounts manager at Greenfeeds Limited, was involved in a case where two workers, Nathan Walker and Gavin Rawson, died on December 22, 2016, while cleaning a tanker containing semi-liquid pig feed. Due to inadequate health and safety procedures, carbon dioxide built up in the unventilated tanker, causing the workers to lose consciousness and drown.
Martin Casey
Manslaughter
May 1, 2022

Sentence: 3 years and 4 months imprisonment

Martin Casey admitted to manslaughter after an incident where he caused head injuries to William Harty. The victim was taken to hospital from Bedale Drive in Leicester on October 25, 2021, and died the following day.
Lawrence Gilheaney
Burglary
September 10, 2019

Sentence: Three years imprisonment

Lawrence Gilheaney broke into a house in Newtown Linford, stealing sentimental jewellery and other items. He was also caught driving while disqualified and without insurance on the same day.
Hawkar Hassan
Murder
February 25, 2019

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 33 years

Hawkar Hassan, along with Aram Kurd and Arkan Ali, ignited a fire at the Zabka Supermarket in Leicester's Hinckley Road, leading to five fatalities. They were convicted of murder and insurance fraud.
Aram Kurd
Murder
February 25, 2019

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 38 years

Aram Kurd, along with Arkan Ali and Hawkar Hassan, caused a fatal blast at the Zabka Supermarket in Leicester's Hinckley Road by starting a petrol-fuelled fire, killing five people. They were convicted of murder and fraud after plotting to claim a £300,000 insurance payout.
Arkan Ali
Murder
February 25, 2019

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 38 years

Arkan Ali, with Aram Kurd and Hawkar Hassan, started a fire at the Zabka Supermarket in Leicester's Hinckley Road, resulting in five deaths. They were found guilty of murder and attempting to fraudulently claim insurance.
Ashwin Daudia
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: 18 years imprisonment

Ashwin Daudia murdered his 46-year-old former wife in their family home in Lyme Road, North Evington, Leicester in January 2017. He attacked her in a fit of anger, convinced she was cheating on him, while their two daughters slept in another room. He was found guilty of murder in 2018.
Baldeep Singh
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Baldeep Singh, aged 39, murdered his wife Amandeep Kaur with a ceremonial sword in their home in Dovedale Road, Thurmaston, Leicester. The crime occurred due to his jealousy over her work and social life, while their two daughters slept in another room.
Cameron Fields
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum of 23 years

Cameron Fields stabbed 31-year-old Adam Bent in an unprovoked attack on July 16, 2016, in Braunstone Gate, Leicester. Mr Bent staggered to a taxi office but died from a single stab wound to the chest.
Charles Mcauley
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Charles McAuley, aged 20, murdered 74-year-old jeweller Ramniklal Jogiya in January 2018. He was in the van during the kidnapping from Mr Jogiya's store on Belgrave Road and participated in the events that led to his death.
Devan Garner
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Devan Garner, aged 20, and Reuben Stretton murdered Isaac Williams in a revenge attack in Cropthorne Avenue in April 2017. They drove past Mr Williams, turned around, forced him into their car, stabbed him, and abandoned him.
Harry Matthews
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: 27 years imprisonment

Harry Matthews, aged 22, murdered 38-year-old Mark Swinhoe in January 2018 near Moira Street in Loughborough. He stabbed Mr Swinhoe 28 times and beat him with his prosthetic leg in a drug-related attack.
Joshua Hack
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum of 20 years and 6 months

Joshua Hack and Keith Lowe murdered 23-year-old Brendan Mason in Abbey Park on July 5, 2016. They hung him from a tree, stripped him, and inflicted 99 injuries, leaving him face down near a pond. Hack was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Mark Law
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Mark Law lured 45-year-old Tim Smith to an industrial estate in Shepshed, where he was stabbed to death in 2017. Law arranged the meeting online and was with Mason Casey during the attack.
Keith Lowe
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum of 21 years

Keith Lowe and Joshua Hack murdered 23-year-old Brendan Mason in Abbey Park on July 5, 2016. They hung him from a tree, stripped him, and inflicted 99 injuries, leaving him face down near a pond. Lowe was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Mason Casey
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Mason Casey assisted Mark Law in murdering 45-year-old Tim Smith at an industrial estate in Shepshed in 2017. They lured Mr Smith after online chats and stabbed him in the heart.
Mucaad Ali Farah
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Mucaad Ali Farah, aged 17 at the time, murdered 22-year-old Abdirahman Adam in an unprovoked attack in St Matthews Way, Leicester in April 2017. He stabbed Mr Adam once in the chest and later handed himself in to the police.
Sero Hemmings
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Sero Hemmings and his brother Roman murdered 24-year-old Ashley Johnson in Dannett Street, Leicester on February 24, 2018. The attack followed a comment about their driving, resulting in Mr Johnson being stabbed once.
Sulaiman Sillah
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Sulaiman Sillah, aged 20, murdered 22-year-old Lauric Lebato in Albion Street, Leicester in February 2017. He attacked Mr Lebato with a large knife, causing fatal injuries. Mr Lebato was an aspiring fashion designer.
Thomas Jervis
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Thomas Jervis, aged 24, murdered 74-year-old jeweller Ramniklal Jogiya in January 2018. He planned the kidnapping outside Mr Jogiya's store on Belgrave Road, bundled him into a van, and was involved in the events that led to his death during the crime.
Reuben Stretton
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Reuben Stretton, aged 21, and Devan Garner murdered Isaac Williams in a revenge attack in Cropthorne Avenue in April 2017. They drove past Mr Williams, turned around, forced him into their car, stabbed him, and abandoned him.
Roman Hemmings
Murder
December 29, 2018

Sentence: Life imprisonment

Roman Hemmings and his brother Sero murdered 24-year-old Ashley Johnson in Dannett Street, Leicester on February 24, 2018. The attack followed a comment about their driving, resulting in Mr Johnson being stabbed once.
Paul Anthony Williams
Supplying Class A drugs
July 19, 2018

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Paul Anthony Williams was involved in supplying Class A drugs related to the incident where Mark Swinhoe was killed during a drugs deal that went wrong on January 14, 2018, in a garage block near Moira Street, Loughborough.
Jamie Wileman
Manslaughter
July 19, 2018

Sentence: 12 years imprisonment

Jamie Wileman was involved in the attack on Mark Swinhoe, who was beaten over the head with his prosthetic leg and stabbed to death during a drugs deal that went wrong on January 14, 2018, in a garage block near Moira Street, Loughborough. Swinhoe had intended to rob the defendants of drugs.
Christopher Cunningham-Pithouse
Assisting an offender
July 19, 2018

Sentence: 12 years imprisonment

Christopher Cunningham-Pithouse assisted the offenders after the murder of Mark Swinhoe and was involved in supplying Class A drugs related to the incident that occurred during a drugs deal gone wrong on January 14, 2018, in a garage block near Moira Street, Loughborough.
Unknown Defendants
Burglary
July 1, 2018

Sentence: jailed

The defendants committed burglaries in villages. Hearings took place in the last year, with sentencing following guilty pleas.
Nico Romans
Actual Bodily Harm
May 14, 2018

Sentence: Two years and three months imprisonment

On August 1, 2017, at an address in South Street, Loughborough, Nico Romans attempted to evade arrest by becoming violent, kicking and head-butting doors, punching DC Parsons in the face, biting his hand, and fleeing into Loughborough town centre. Cannabis was found on him during the struggle, and he was later arrested for other offences.

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