Leicester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 163 verdicts at Leicester Crown Court (Leicester). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Samuel James Griffiths
Child sex offences
May 11, 2018

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Samuel James Griffiths, 35, of Tyler Court, met his victim when she was 12 years old in 2014. Over several months, he made personal comments to her, which progressed to engaging in sexual activity when she was 13. He manipulated her by instructing her not to disclose the activity, making her feel guilty. He was reported to police in February 2017 after the victim confided in a relative. Throughout the investigation, support was provided by social care colleagues as part of the child sexual exploitation team.
Varanjot Singh-Kandola
Causing death by careless driving
March 22, 2018

Sentence: 7.5 years imprisonment and a 3 year driving ban

Varanjot Singh-Kandola was driving a Mercedes 220 on Loughborough Road, Coleorton, on January 13, 2018, when he overtook another vehicle on a bend, collided with the kerb, and crashed into a lamppost. This led to the death of 25-year-old Tanvi Makwana, who was a passenger in the vehicle. Emergency services attended the scene, and Singh-Kandola was treated at the hospital.
Nigel Bristowe
Indecent assault
February 5, 2018

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment

Nigel Bristowe, a former maths teacher aged 45 at the time, groomed, seduced, and indecently assaulted a vulnerable 15-year-old girl between 1999 and 2000. The girl was on medication for depression, self-harming, and feeling isolated. Bristowe invited her to his home, complimented her, and engaged in hugging, kissing, and sexual activity, including meetings at an electrical sub-station and in his car. Despite being confronted and warned by the victim's father, he continued the relationship for about eight months until she ended it. The abuse exploited her vulnerability, leaving her with lasting feelings of worthlessness and shame.
Christopher Pendery
Manslaughter
February 2, 2018

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

Christopher Pendery was involved in the manslaughter of Carl Pask, a 47-year-old man found dead in his flat on Kimberley Road, Evington, on March 10, 2016, due to a head injury caused by an assault. An investigation followed a missing person report, and Pendery was sentenced for his part in the incident.
Christopher Crane
Manslaughter
February 2, 2018

Sentence: 13 years imprisonment with an additional 4 years on licence

Christopher Crane was involved in the manslaughter of Carl Pask, a 47-year-old man found dead in his flat on Kimberley Road, Evington, on March 10, 2016, due to a head injury caused by an assault. An investigation followed a missing person report, and Crane was sentenced for his part in the incident.
Martley Matthew
Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent
January 26, 2018

Sentence: 17 years imprisonment and an additional 5 years on licence

In the evening of Thursday, August 24, 2017, the 41-year-old victim became involved in an argument with Martley Matthew, who was known to him. The argument outside a shop in Green Lane Road, Leicester, soon became physical, and they started to fight. During the fight, Matthew stabbed the victim twice, once to the chest and once to the back, requiring the victim to be taken to hospital for life-saving surgery. The victim suffered severe brain injuries, leaving him with significant brain impairment, and he requires 24-hour care.
Nathan Betts
Fraudulent trading
January 19, 2018

Sentence: three years imprisonment

Nathan Betts operated a scam by posing as a Dyson service engineer through his companies, Nathan Dyson Services Limited and NDS Limited. He cold-called victims, including vulnerable pensioners in their 80s and 90s, falsely claiming their vacuum cleaners needed repairs. He deliberately damaged machines, charged for unnecessary services, and used aggressive tactics when victims hesitated. The fraud earned over £150,000 between January 2016 and September 2017, with much spent on gambling and alcohol.
Charley Gray
Transferring criminal property
January 19, 2018

Sentence: eight months imprisonment, suspended for one year

Charley Gray transferred £16,829 from the fraudulent company's account to her own personal account on the day of a raid by trading standards officers. She was involved in the scam run by her partner, which targeted vulnerable individuals with fake vacuum repair services, and benefited from the proceeds.
Oliver George Le Butt Seal
Driving While Disqualified and Handling Stolen Goods
January 4, 2018

Sentence: 2 years and 10 months imprisonment

Oliver George Le Butt Seal was involved in an incident where a Lamborghini was stolen from an address on Scraptoft Lane, Leicester, on July 11, 2017. He was seen on CCTV driving the stolen vehicle in and around Thurmaston on the same day. The vehicle was traced using tracking equipment and abandoned at Troon Industrial Estate. He has a history of prior offences.
Rishi Karir
Conspiracy to supply class A drugs (cocaine)
December 21, 2017

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

Rishi Karir was part of a large-scale drugs operation across Leicestershire and West Yorkshire, conspiring to supply class A drugs (cocaine). The investigation revealed deliveries of high-purity cocaine worth between £640,000 and £1.6 million, tracked via Automatic Number Plate Recognition and phone data.
Jonathon Lightbrown
Conspiracy to supply class A drugs (cocaine)
December 21, 2017

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

Jonathon Lightbrown was involved in a large-scale drugs operation across Leicestershire and West Yorkshire, conspiring to supply class A drugs (cocaine) between October and November 2016. He was arrested on November 22, 2016, with 2kg of cocaine in his car after an exchange observed in a car park at Meridian Leisure Park in Leicester. The operation involved high-purity cocaine worth between £640,000 and £1.6 million.

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