Man, 76, charged after children fell ill at summer camp

Leicestershire Police received reports of children feeling unwell on Sunday and eight boys – aged between eight and 11 – were taken to hospital, as was an adult. Jonathon Ruben is accused of three offences of “wilful ill treatment” relating to three boys. Police received a report of children feeling unwell at a camp being […]
Man arrested for poisoning kids at Leicestershire summer camp

A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison to children at a summer camp, which led to eight kids being hospitalized as a precaution, Leicestershire Police said. Police had reports concerning children feeling unwell at a summer camp on Sunday in Stathern, Canal Lane. The eight children were taken to hospital as a precaution […]
Boy’s sentence for killing man, 80, to be reviewed

The sentence given to a 15-year-old boy who racially abused and killed an 80-year-old man in Leicestershire will be reviewed. Bhim Kohli died in hospital a day after being attacked while walking his dog at Franklin Park in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, last September. The boy was sentenced to seven years in custody, while a 13-year-old […]
Two men sentenced for Prison murder that was caught on camera

Two men have been jailed for killing a fellow inmate at a prison in Leicestershire. Mahir Abdulrahman, also known as Mahir Mohamed, was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Fosse Way in Leicestershire on 20 August 2024 and were pronounced dead at the scene. Ashirie Smith, 19, was jailed for a minimum term of […]

