A man from Leicester has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Natasha Morais in her own home in Leicester after being convicted by a jury. 

He also was sentenced for possessing a sawn off shotgun unconnected to the murder, which was recovered at the scene.  

Shannon Grant, 27, strangled Ms Morais whilst staying at her flat. Before her murder she had impaired mobility and had been involved in a serious car accident. The defendant had befriended her since the accident. 

An engineering graduate suffering from paranoid schizophrenia has been sentenced to a hospital order with restrictions (Thursday 25 January 2024) for the unlawful killings of three people and attempts to kill three others in June 2023.

A suspected drink driver caught in Leicester in possession of cannabis has been handed an uplifted sentence for homophobic behaviour while in police custody.

A TikTok influencer, her mother and a group of associates have been sentenced at Leicester Crown Court for their involvement in the killing of two men on the A46 in Leicestershire.

Saqib Hussain and Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, were killed when their car was forced off the road in a deliberate collision instigated by Ansreen Bukhari (46) and her daughter Mahek Bukhari (24).

A substance user from Derby has been jailed for life for the murder of his wife in February 2022 in their family home.

Conrad Iyayi (46) killed his wife Kathryn in the middle of the night in a sustained attack using three kitchen knives. The next morning, he left the house and called the police from a nearby telephone box to alert them to Kathryn’s death.