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06-11-2010, 12:02 PM
Litter bill added to parking fine
A motorist cautioned by police after a confrontation with a council traffic warden has also been fined for littering.
Coalville (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/coalville) magistrates heard that Peter Page, of Blackwood, Coalville, reacted angrily to a council civil enforcement officer giving him a ticket.
He had been parked illegally in Marlborough Square (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/marlboroughsquare), in the town, on November 21.
North West Leicestershire District Council (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/company/northwestleicestershiredistrictcouncil) said Page removed the notice and pushed it into the officer's face.
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After the officer re-affixed it to the vehicle, Page returned and threw the notice across the street.
The court also heard he snatched the officer's hand-held computer from him and later threw this on to the floor.
Page was cautioned by police and issued with a fixed-penalty notice for littering by the council.
The court heard the notice was not paid and the matter was brought before magistrates.
Page pleaded guilty by letter to littering and was ordered to pay a £140 fine, £500 towards the council's costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
After the hearing, Councillor Alison Smith (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/person/alisonsmith), the council's environment spokesman, said: "This was a particularly unpleasant incident for the officer involved and we are pleased it has been resolved."
A council spokesman said: "The fixed-penalty notice was recovered and sent by post to Mr Page."
Dog owner is fined again for not clearing up mess
A dog walker has appeared in court a second time for failing to clear up after his animal.
Peter Richardson (64), of Ashburton Road, Hugglescote, pleaded not guilty to the offence of failing to clear up after his dog had fouled in the street outside his home.
Coalville magistrates heard that the incident, on February 9, was spotted and reported by a member of the public, who cleared up the mess.
The witness later identified Richardson as the offender to an officer of North West Leicestershire District Council.
Richardson denied the offence when spoken to and declined to be interviewed about the matter but was summoned to appear in court, where magistrates heard the evidence given by witnesses.
Richardson said his dog suffered from a medical condition which prevented it from fouling and, therefore, he could not be guilty.
However, the court found him guilty. It was told Richardson had been found guilty of a similar offence in April.
He was fined £150 and ordered to pay another £150 towards the council's costs, plus a £15 victim surcharge.
Councillor Alison Smith, the council's environment spokesman, said: "Cleaning up after your dog is all part of being an owner.
"Not cleaning up after it is irresponsible, anti-social and unacceptable in public places."
Man may stay in UK after jail
An asylum seeker who doused his lover in boiling hot water scarring her upper body will be able to stay in Britain.
Luis Driggs-Gonzalez, 38, who came to Leicester from Cuba, poured a kettle over his 30-year-old girlfriend, stripping the skin from her neck, shoulders and chest.
Prosecutor Gareth Underhill told Snaresbrook Crown Court that the attack happened at the woman's east London home, in October.
A statement from Chelsea & Westminster Hospital's burns unit said she sustained nine per cent burns to her upper back, right shoulder and breasts, leaving her with permanent scars.
The court heard that Driggs-Gonzalez also attacked Miss Massara, on May 10, last year, pushing her in the face.
Judge Murray Shanks jailed Driggs-Gonzalez, from Jay House, in London Road, Leicester, for six years. He will not be expelled from Britain after jail, after claiming to be a "political activist" who faces torture if he returns to Cuba.
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Speeding driver penalty rockets
A motorist caught driving 10mph over the limit ignored his chance to pay a fixed penalty and was ordered to pay more in costs and a fine.
Rafiq Husfur, of The Broadway, Oadby, was clocked in Attlee Way, Leicester, on November 19 driving at 40mph in a 30mph zone.
Leicester magistrates heard that he ignored the offer by post of an £80 fixed penalty.
The magistrates dealt with the case in his absence, gave him three penalty points on his licence and fined him £175.
They also ordered him to pay a £15 victims-of-crime surcharge.
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Court order to stop travellers
A court has granted an order against the unauthorised spread of a travellers' site.
The ban prevents people moving caravans onto farmland next to the existing plots.
Harborough District Council took the action as it considers the site at Mere Farm at Ullesthorpe near Lutterworth "vulnerable" to illegal expansion. Since the order was granted on May 21 planning applications have been submitted by the landowners, seeking permission for existing unauthorised pitches and a new transit pitch on part of the site.
Harborough council enforcement spokesman Councillor Colin Golding said: "We shall now continue with regular scrutiny of the site to ensure that the injunction is being respected in its entirety, and if any contraventions do occur we can now act with the full strength of the courts behind us."
Nurse on 18 benefit charges
A trainee nurse claimed more than £23,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled over five years.
Leonard Jones, 49, of Fowler Close, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, admitted 18 charges of fraudulently claiming job seekers' allowance, incapacity, housing and council tax benefits dating from March 2004.
Leicester magistrates committed him for sentencing at Leicester Crown Court because their powers were not sufficient to deal with the case.
Sarah Khawaja, for Leicester City Council and the Department for Work and Pensions, said Jones had made 16 statements falsely claiming he was not working.
She said he also claimed his wife, a nurse, was not working and, in October 2005, made a hardship application because he was receiving no benefits.
Jones told the court he pleaded guilty to all the offences."I am not going to deny these issues and put myself on the court's mercy."
He said he had tried to turn his life around by improving his education and taking a midwifery and nursing course, being classed as a grade two carer.
"I have a broken-down marriage and am going through a divorce which is very stressful. I am now living a completely different life," he said.
During the five years Jones was overpaid £8,893.87 job-seekers' allowance, £2,981.09 incapacity benefit, £9,632 housing benefit and £2,185.77 council tax benefit. He is due to be sentenced on July 7.
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Mum-to-be hit
A pregnant woman had a football kicked into her stomach and was held in a headlock and slapped, a court heard.
Craig Anthony Wilson, 27, who was mentally unwell at the time, admitted affray in Leicester on December 16.
Wilson, formerly of Moor Lane, Loughborough, was ordered to complete an 18-month community order with supervision at Leicester Crown Court.
Steven Newcombe, in mitigation, said Wilson suffered from bi-polar disorder and had stopped taking his medication at the time.
A motorist cautioned by police after a confrontation with a council traffic warden has also been fined for littering.
Coalville (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/coalville) magistrates heard that Peter Page, of Blackwood, Coalville, reacted angrily to a council civil enforcement officer giving him a ticket.
He had been parked illegally in Marlborough Square (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/place/marlboroughsquare), in the town, on November 21.
North West Leicestershire District Council (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/company/northwestleicestershiredistrictcouncil) said Page removed the notice and pushed it into the officer's face.
http://iad.anm.co.uk/house/1x1.GIF
After the officer re-affixed it to the vehicle, Page returned and threw the notice across the street.
The court also heard he snatched the officer's hand-held computer from him and later threw this on to the floor.
Page was cautioned by police and issued with a fixed-penalty notice for littering by the council.
The court heard the notice was not paid and the matter was brought before magistrates.
Page pleaded guilty by letter to littering and was ordered to pay a £140 fine, £500 towards the council's costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
After the hearing, Councillor Alison Smith (http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/topics/person/alisonsmith), the council's environment spokesman, said: "This was a particularly unpleasant incident for the officer involved and we are pleased it has been resolved."
A council spokesman said: "The fixed-penalty notice was recovered and sent by post to Mr Page."
Dog owner is fined again for not clearing up mess
A dog walker has appeared in court a second time for failing to clear up after his animal.
Peter Richardson (64), of Ashburton Road, Hugglescote, pleaded not guilty to the offence of failing to clear up after his dog had fouled in the street outside his home.
Coalville magistrates heard that the incident, on February 9, was spotted and reported by a member of the public, who cleared up the mess.
The witness later identified Richardson as the offender to an officer of North West Leicestershire District Council.
Richardson denied the offence when spoken to and declined to be interviewed about the matter but was summoned to appear in court, where magistrates heard the evidence given by witnesses.
Richardson said his dog suffered from a medical condition which prevented it from fouling and, therefore, he could not be guilty.
However, the court found him guilty. It was told Richardson had been found guilty of a similar offence in April.
He was fined £150 and ordered to pay another £150 towards the council's costs, plus a £15 victim surcharge.
Councillor Alison Smith, the council's environment spokesman, said: "Cleaning up after your dog is all part of being an owner.
"Not cleaning up after it is irresponsible, anti-social and unacceptable in public places."
Man may stay in UK after jail
An asylum seeker who doused his lover in boiling hot water scarring her upper body will be able to stay in Britain.
Luis Driggs-Gonzalez, 38, who came to Leicester from Cuba, poured a kettle over his 30-year-old girlfriend, stripping the skin from her neck, shoulders and chest.
Prosecutor Gareth Underhill told Snaresbrook Crown Court that the attack happened at the woman's east London home, in October.
A statement from Chelsea & Westminster Hospital's burns unit said she sustained nine per cent burns to her upper back, right shoulder and breasts, leaving her with permanent scars.
The court heard that Driggs-Gonzalez also attacked Miss Massara, on May 10, last year, pushing her in the face.
Judge Murray Shanks jailed Driggs-Gonzalez, from Jay House, in London Road, Leicester, for six years. He will not be expelled from Britain after jail, after claiming to be a "political activist" who faces torture if he returns to Cuba.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010, 09:30Share Bookmark with (what is social media?)Facebook Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon
Speeding driver penalty rockets
A motorist caught driving 10mph over the limit ignored his chance to pay a fixed penalty and was ordered to pay more in costs and a fine.
Rafiq Husfur, of The Broadway, Oadby, was clocked in Attlee Way, Leicester, on November 19 driving at 40mph in a 30mph zone.
Leicester magistrates heard that he ignored the offer by post of an £80 fixed penalty.
The magistrates dealt with the case in his absence, gave him three penalty points on his licence and fined him £175.
They also ordered him to pay a £15 victims-of-crime surcharge.
Saturday, June 05, 2010, 09:30Share Bookmark with (what is social media?)Facebook Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon
Court order to stop travellers
A court has granted an order against the unauthorised spread of a travellers' site.
The ban prevents people moving caravans onto farmland next to the existing plots.
Harborough District Council took the action as it considers the site at Mere Farm at Ullesthorpe near Lutterworth "vulnerable" to illegal expansion. Since the order was granted on May 21 planning applications have been submitted by the landowners, seeking permission for existing unauthorised pitches and a new transit pitch on part of the site.
Harborough council enforcement spokesman Councillor Colin Golding said: "We shall now continue with regular scrutiny of the site to ensure that the injunction is being respected in its entirety, and if any contraventions do occur we can now act with the full strength of the courts behind us."
Nurse on 18 benefit charges
A trainee nurse claimed more than £23,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled over five years.
Leonard Jones, 49, of Fowler Close, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, admitted 18 charges of fraudulently claiming job seekers' allowance, incapacity, housing and council tax benefits dating from March 2004.
Leicester magistrates committed him for sentencing at Leicester Crown Court because their powers were not sufficient to deal with the case.
Sarah Khawaja, for Leicester City Council and the Department for Work and Pensions, said Jones had made 16 statements falsely claiming he was not working.
She said he also claimed his wife, a nurse, was not working and, in October 2005, made a hardship application because he was receiving no benefits.
Jones told the court he pleaded guilty to all the offences."I am not going to deny these issues and put myself on the court's mercy."
He said he had tried to turn his life around by improving his education and taking a midwifery and nursing course, being classed as a grade two carer.
"I have a broken-down marriage and am going through a divorce which is very stressful. I am now living a completely different life," he said.
During the five years Jones was overpaid £8,893.87 job-seekers' allowance, £2,981.09 incapacity benefit, £9,632 housing benefit and £2,185.77 council tax benefit. He is due to be sentenced on July 7.
Monday, May 31, 2010, 09:30Share Bookmark with (what is social media?)Facebook Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon
Mum-to-be hit
A pregnant woman had a football kicked into her stomach and was held in a headlock and slapped, a court heard.
Craig Anthony Wilson, 27, who was mentally unwell at the time, admitted affray in Leicester on December 16.
Wilson, formerly of Moor Lane, Loughborough, was ordered to complete an 18-month community order with supervision at Leicester Crown Court.
Steven Newcombe, in mitigation, said Wilson suffered from bi-polar disorder and had stopped taking his medication at the time.