Leicester Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Christopher Gray, a former parish councillor, admitted breaching a restraining order imposed in December 2025 by sending a letter to the victim from HMP Leicester on April 9. The order prohibited him from directly or indirectly contacting the woman. The court heard the letter began with statements contesting his imprisonment and complaining about the court. Probation services told the court they had a very high level of concern about his ongoing behaviour toward the victim. Gray was handed a four-week jail term to run concurrently with the 30-week sentence he is currently serving and was ordered to pay a £154 victim surcharge.

Daniel Ward admitted driving while disqualified and driving without insurance in May this year. His representative said he had been rushing to see a friend who had tried to take her own life, but accepted that was not an excuse. Ward had lost his job as a Poundland manager due to his criminal behaviour and had been due to get his licence back in December this year.

Leicestershire Police were called to Regent Road, Leicester city centre at 4.15am on September 6, where they found Muzica slumped inside a car and visibly injured after crashing into a tree. He was treated in hospital and arrested. Six hours after the crash he blew 71 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath; the legal limit is 35. He had been going through a difficult divorce and had been out with friends.

Martins Putnins pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after being filmed at a car meet at the Hay Hill Industrial Estate in Barrow Upon Soar, near Loughborough, on April 29. He was seen doing wheel spins and doughnuts, and his representative said he was showing off in front of friends. He was ordered to take an extended retest if he wants to drive again.

Mahdy Hussein Fatah worked at International Supermarket in Loughborough. Trading Standards officers carried out test purchases between 3 March and 17 June 2026 and were sold illegal tobacco products. Fatah said the shop was routinely restocked overnight when he was not present and that he was not involved in ordering or sourcing tobacco products. He pleaded guilty to four offences relating to the sale of illegal tobacco products from the shop.

Kinga Piotrowska worked part-time at International Supermarket in Loughborough. Trading Standards officers carried out five test purchases between 3 March and 17 June 2026 and were sold counterfeit cigarettes, rolling tobacco and a vape product. A search of her Loughborough home on 17 June uncovered 2,070 packets of counterfeit cigarettes and 155 packets of rolling tobacco. She pleaded guilty to nine offences relating to the sale and possession for sale of counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes and tobacco between March and June 2026.

Innes Miller had sex with a woman he met at Download Festival on a Ferris wheel near Castle Donington in June 2026. The act was witnessed by dozens of people, including a mother and her son on the ride, and was filmed and shared widely online. Miller later pleaded guilty to outraging public decency.

Christopher Chapman was convicted of three counts of theft from shops. He appeared at Leicester Magistrates Court on 4 September 2026 and was handed a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from several named retail premises, along with a rehabilitation order and an order to pay compensation to the stores.

Christy Burgess, 51, of Ketton, was in an Audi on Easter Sunday (April 5) when it struck a stationary vehicle in High Street, Ketton. She was breathalysed and had 75 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath (legal limit 35).

Paul Burgess, 54, from Castle Close, Ketton, was in an Audi on Easter Sunday (April 5) when it struck a stationary vehicle in High Street, Ketton. He was breathalysed and had 85 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath (legal limit 35).

Hassan Sadaghat operated Gold Town on Swan Street, Loughborough, and repeatedly sold illegal tobacco and non-compliant vaping products despite multiple warnings from enforcement officers. Officers first visited on 15 April 2025, seizing illegal e-cigarettes, cigarettes and herbal tobacco. Further visits on 23 July 2025 revealed additional illicit products including items believed to contain THC. Another warning was issued in September 2025. Between late October and early December 2025, undercover test purchases confirmed ongoing sales of illegal and counterfeit tobacco products. A final inspection on 4 December 2025 uncovered a concealed storage compartment above a toilet door containing illegal cigarettes and rolling tobacco, with Sadaghat in possession of additional cigarette packets. In total, more than 150 illegal tobacco products were seized, none of which complied with UK packaging laws or carried the required health warnings.

Daniel Edwards, 39, from Burns Road, Loughborough, used torrent websites to download large quantities of adult pornography, which inadvertently included illegal child abuse images. Police raided his family home in October 2023, seizing his computer and hard drives, where they recovered 271 deleted child abuse images (some featuring children as young as three) and one extreme pornographic image. Edwards admitted the downloads upon arrest, stating he deleted the illegal files immediately and was not attracted to children. The images were discovered due to his IP address being reported, and he was charged about two years later.

Carl Kenny, 58, of Braunstone Town, near Leicester, waved a kitchen knife at his Sikh neighbours, damaged their fence, and shouted racist abuse at them following a dispute over driveway repaving work that encroached on his property. The incident occurred in July 2024 in the cul-de-sac off Brockenhurst Drive. The neighbours' young children witnessed the event, leading to significant fear and long-term impact on the family, including paranoia and sleep disturbances.

Ryan Barker committed four shoplifting offences while living on the streets after losing both parents within five months, turning to alcohol, and being kicked out of his home. On October 6, 2025, he stole two packs of Persil washing tablets (£14) from Co-op in Loughborough Road, Mountsorrel. On October 7, he stole two cans of Corona beer (£7) from the same store. A week later, he stole four cans of Stella Artois from the same shop. On November 6, he stole 12 packs of steaks (£108) from Co-op in Loughborough Road, Rothley. The thefts were captured on CCTV; he admitted them to police, stating he drank the beer, used the tablets to wash clothes, and sold the steaks for food and other necessities.

On October 5, 2025, Amardeep Singh was arrested following a domestic incident at his home in Rowlatts Hill, Leicester. While in the back of a police vehicle, he alternated between being calm and shouting, swearing at an officer and commenting on his nose ring by saying 'you have a piercing in your nose - you're gay, innit?'. The officer felt personally attacked and shocked.

On October 15, 2025, at 4pm in Hastings Road, Northfields, Leicester, Mary Hirrell was arguing in the street with a man, her ex-partner who had assaulted her earlier that day. She was with her five-year-old son who was crying. She threw a can of drink at a wall aggressively, was unsteady, slurring her speech, and smelled of alcohol. She shouted and swore at the man and became abusive towards police when searched. She was arrested for being drunk and disorderly. While in custody, she admitted owning a pitbull terrier named Lightning at her home. A police dog expert confirmed it was a banned pitbull breed. In interview, she claimed it was a Staffy and didn't recall her earlier statement. The incident occurred after she had drinks at her sister's, suspecting her drink was spiked.

On an unspecified date in June 2025, Sebastian Bone, 24, of Hamilton, Leicester, was driving in Epinal Way, Loughborough, when his vehicle hit the wing mirror of another car. He refused to stop despite the other driver flashing lights. The victim pursued Bone to a car park off Shelley Street, exited his vehicle, and began recording Bone with his iPhone 15. Bone swore at the victim, grabbed the phone, and threw it about 40ft into wasteland, causing scratches and smashed glass with repair costs of £199. The victim called Leicestershire Police. This incident breached Bone's ongoing suspended prison sentence for an earlier offence of possessing a knife in public.

Daniel Frost, 39, of no fixed address, admitted causing damage to a window of a property. At Leicester Magistrates Court he received a four-month prison sentence and a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order related to repeated thefts from town centre stores. The order prohibits him from entering any SMART radio scheme store in Melton Mowbray town centre and requires him to leave retail premises if asked by staff. Police said he had been offending in the area for a number of years.

On November 1, 2025, at about 1am, Cari Cadwallader, while intoxicated, crashed her car into another vehicle on Middleton Street, Aylestone, Leicester, before fleeing the scene. She was en route to collect her son from her ex-partner's house amid a toxic relationship breakdown. Police located her in Braunstone, where she admitted drinking and causing the crash. She resides on Milligan Road, Aylestone.

On October 11, 2025, at about 5.30am in Leicester city centre, Levi Orridge, 19, and his 17-year-old friend chased a man following a verbal exchange that escalated into a fracas. They knocked the man to the ground and both kicked and punched him while he was down, as captured on CCTV. Orridge later pushed his friend away and gestured to the victim to go home. Police were alerted by CCTV operators, spotted Orridge, chased and caught him after he fled.

Gregory Knowles, 46, of no fixed address, was found intoxicated in the driver's seat of a vehicle in St Mary's Way, Melton Mowbray, in the early hours of August 26, 2025, shortly before a court hearing for a prior similar offence. He refused to provide his details to police and declined a breathalyser test, citing mental health issues. Officers noted a strong smell of alcohol, glazed eyes, slurred speech, and argumentative behaviour. This was his second such incident; the first occurred in November 2024 when he was caught drunk in charge of a vehicle with a breathalyser reading twice the limit.

On June 7, 2024, Francis McGrane, 48, was outside a residential home in Leicester, where he lived. He pointed a homemade electroshock weapon (improvised viable firearm) at people, asking 'who wants to be tasered?', and jabbed at two dogs with it. The incident was captured on CCTV, leading to a 999 call and his arrest at the scene.

Mitul Patel, 44, of Northfields, Leicester, crashed a Fiat Doblo van head-on into an oncoming vehicle on Woodgreen Road, Northfields, Leicester, on the evening of Friday, August 15, 2025, while more than five times the legal alcohol limit. He had finished his shift as a postman, drank whiskey and Budweiser at home, then drove the van around the corner, still in uniform. Police observed signs of intoxication including unsteadiness, slurred speech, and strong alcohol smell. Breath test showed 187 microgrammes per 100ml breath (legal limit 35), evidential reading 148 microgrammes. He resigned from his job following the incident and is now unemployed.

On August 2, 2025, Charlotte Leitch crashed her car into another vehicle outside Enderby and District Social Club in Coleridge Drive, Enderby, while over three times the legal drink-driving limit with a breath reading of 124 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath. Guests at a wedding reception intervened by taking her car keys to prevent her from leaving the scene. She was arrested, has no previous convictions, and the incident involved a disorderly situation.

Hussain Adam, while driving a Mercedes Sprinter van on the A6006 in Leicestershire on March 17, attempted to overtake a tractor towing a trailer of hay bales on a 50mph road with double white lines and sharp bends. He pulled out near a right-hand bend, nearly causing a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle, which he avoided at the last minute. This dangerous manoeuvre was prompted by pressure from his employer after a customer complained about his lateness.

Christopher Ward, 41, was at the White Bear pub in Coventry Road, Hinckley, when a doorman made a remark about him being one death short of a serial killer, referencing his involvement in recent traffic collisions where two people died. Ward lunged at the doorman, leading to a fight, and tried to bite him as he was being removed from the pub. The incident was captured on CCTV and alarmed other patrons enjoying a peaceful drink.

Keshav Kumar was driving his Vauxhall Insignia at speed in a 20mph residential street off Belgrave's Melton Road on August 31. He was stopped by police due to the smell of alcohol and slurred speech, failed a roadside breath test, and later struggled to provide a proper sample at the police station, leading to his conviction.

Khaleem Mukrani was stopped by police in Billington Close, Beaumont Leys, Leicester on August 21, 2025, while driving a Ford Kuga without insurance and only holding a provisional licence. Officers detected the smell of cannabis, found a small amount of the Class B drug on him, and a roadside saliva test confirmed cannabis in his system. He was arrested and taken to a police station but refused to provide a blood sample for analysis.

Fabian Bell grabbed his girlfriend around the neck and throttled her for around 18 seconds during an argument at her home in Leicester in November 2024, after returning from a night out. He prevented her from calling 999, causing her to fear for her life and struggle to breathe. The incident occurred in a domestic setting, and he was arrested following the event.

Grant Jones, under the influence of crack cocaine, smashed the windscreens of his neighbours' cars with a brick in Measham, Leicestershire, and threatened to attack them. He abused and spat at police officers, made racist and homophobic remarks towards members of the public and a doctor at Leicester Royal Infirmary, and continued his abusive behaviour at the police station, including urinating in a cell and threatening to kill an officer. The incidents occurred on the morning of the crimes, involving multiple victims and emergency workers.

Luke Gittings was driving to a football match when he missed his turn and pulled into a layby on Leicester Road, Earl Shilton, near Hinckley, in July of the previous year. He then drove out without seeing an oncoming motorcyclist, who had slowed due to a Royal Mail van. The motorcyclist was thrown into the air, suffering a fractured hip, pelvis, and left forearm, requiring surgery and a two-week hospital stay, and was unable to care for himself afterwards.

Paul Fisher, from St Peters Path in Oadby, Leicestershire, made multiple hoax calls to various police forces, including the Metropolitan Police, Leicestershire Police, West Midlands Police, Lincolnshire Police, and Humberside Police. On May 5, he claimed to have planted bombs at locations such as Heathrow Airport, St Pancras station, Scotland Yard, the Ritz, Birmingham Airport, and pubs in Boston and Lincoln. He also made calls on April 13 and April 3 related to other threats. These actions led to wasteful deployment of resources and public disruption.