East Midlands - Crime in the News

• Rural drinkers targeted

  Lincolnshire Police are cracking down on rural motorists who ignore drink-driving laws. [1 October 2008]

• Appeal over stabbed 11-year old

  An appeal has been made for witnesses after a boy was stabbed 11 times in Leicestershire a year ago.[23 September 2008]

• Nine arrested over stabbed man

  Nine people have been arrested in connection with a 27-year old man found stabbed in his car. [15 September 2008]

• Seatbelt offender crackdown

  Drivers and passengers caught not wearing seatbelts in Nottinghamshire will face a £30 fine. [1 September 2008]

• Bowling to beat crime

  Throughout the month of July, Crimestoppers teamed up with the Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association (TBPA) to promote the charity through a ‘111' competition. [5 August 2008]

• Priest child abuser jailed

  A priest who admitted to seven sex offences against children was sent to prison this week [29 July 2008]

• Thanks a Million!

  Crimestoppers has received its one millionth actionable call at its 24:7 call centre. The call was about a knife crime. [29 July 2008]

• Nursing home murderer pleads guilty

  A man has admitted to murdering two women during a burglary in their nursing home. [14 July 2008]

• Operation Relentless in Derbyshire

  Investigators from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) and officers from Derbyshire Police checked door staff compliance in Derby's city centre pubs and clubs last weekend. [9 July 2008]

• Shadow CS anti-gun and knife week continues

  Following the recent high profile reports of gun and knife crime among young people in the media, Crimestoppers' youth website www.shadowcs.co.uk for 11-16 year olds is running an anti-gun and knife week this week. [1 July 2008]

• Reward offer over April attack

  A £6,000 reward has been offered for information about the attack on 25-year-old Stephen Wilson. [16 June 2008]

• Boys arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty

  Two boys, 11 and 13-years-old, were arrested after a dog was found dead on a railway line. [12 June 2008]

• Family believes son is innocent of murder

  The family of Neil Entwistle, a British man standing trial for killing his wife and baby, believe he is innocent. [4 June 2008]

• Motorcyclist jailed after causing deadly crash

  An 18-year-old motorcyclist must serve six-and-a-half years for causing the deaths of five people. [28 May 2008]

• New fingerprinting technology to be released

  Hundreds of cold cases could possibly be reopened because of a new fingerprinting technique. [19 May 2008]

• Attack of young man filmed and posted on the Internet

  Footage posted on the website YouTube on May 8 shows a gang of youths asking a young man for money and then beating him up. [13 May 2008]

• Chopped up money dumped

  Thousands of pounds in cash has been chopped up and dumped in bins in Lincoln city centre. [12th May 2008]

• Sword house siege ends

  A siege at a house in Nottinghamshire has ended after 33 hours, after a man believed to be armed with a sword held a family hostage. [29th April 2008]

• Derbyshire cable theft

  Train services in Derbyshire have been disrupted after thieves tried to steal trackside cable on a railway. [24th April 2008]

• Leicestershire runners' tribute to murdered friend

  Two friends ran the Flora London Marathon in memory of their friend who was murdered in her Rutland home in 2006. [15th April 2008]

• Unqualified internet child porn 'expert' sentenced

  A Leicestershire man who worked on cases involving internet child pornography has been sentenced for lying about his qualifications. [11th April 2008]

• Brothers jailed for parking row pensioner death

  Two brothers have been jailed after an argument about a parking space led to the death of a Derby pensioner, aged 79. [4th April 2008]

• Routine criminal drug testing in Loughborough

  Anyone aged over 18 who is arrested in Loughborough will be tested for heroin, crack and cocaine. [27th March 2008]

• Riskiest UK burglary hotspots listed

  A survey has revealed that households in Nottingham are at the highest risk in the UK for being burgled, where home theft levels are 63% above national average. [25th March 2008]