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Leicester & Leicestershire
Newsletter of CITY & COUNTY NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH –
(LEICESTER & LEICESTERSHIRE)
Working in SUPPORT of LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE.
Charity No. 1072275
Issue 16/2015
The City & County Neighbourhood Watch is here to represent the concerns of members and their families. We
operate entirely outside the police chain of command, so we can always promise an independent and
confidential service
Working in SUPPORT of LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE
LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE
Police warning over gold chain
snatches
• if you feel unsafe change direction or go into a
shop
• use well lit, busy streets and a route you are
familiar with
Issued on 1/5/15 at 11:26 a.m.
• photograph all items of jewellery and register
possessions for free on www.immobilise.com
With the warmer weather approaching we are
urging residents and visitors in the Belgrave area to
cover their gold chains up so they don’t become a
victim of crime.
and if you are a victim of this crime report it
immediately on 999.
LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE
Last summer there were a number of chain snatch
offences in the Belgrave area, with the offenders
mainly targeting women who were often carrying
shopping bags.
The victims were often approached by youths on
bikes who snatched the chains from around their
necks, before cycling off.
Neighbourhood officers are out on patrol in the area
and are offering advice to people on covering up
their chains and how to try and prevent themselves
becoming a target.
Sergeant Sarah Widdowson, from the local
neighbourhood team said: “Over the next few
weeks local officers will be speaking to as many
people as possible to raise the awareness of this
crime and to help stop people becoming victims.
“We will be approaching members of the public and
advising them that the best way they can protect
themselves is to leave their jewellery at home and if
they must wear it, keep it covered up.”
You are being advised to:
• be aware of your surroundings
Public invited to event to discuss
community concerns
Issued on 1/5/15 at 11:07 a.m.
An event for members of the public to discuss any
policing and community issues is taking place in
Market Bosworth this month.
On Monday May 18, the Chief Constable of
Leicestershire Police Simon Cole, the Police and
Crime Commissioner Sir Clive Loader and Bill
Cullen, Deputy Chief Executive for Community
Direction at Hinckley and Bosworth Council, will be
on hand to answer questions about issues of
concern for local people.
The event, which is taking place at Bosworth Hall
Hotel, is open for anyone from Leicester,
Leicestershire and Rutland to attend but particularly
for residents of Hinckley, Market Bosworth and the
surrounding villages.
It is part of the ‘What matters to you?’ public
engagement events which give members of the
public an opportunity to discuss issues with three
key figures.
Held every couple of months, this is the fifth event
of its kind. Previous ones have been held in the city
centre, Beaumont Leys, Coalville and Market
Harborough.
Police discovered large amounts of cash all over
the farm in mugs, under mattresses and in boxes
and the couple were arrested.
A licence is required in any cases where a person
breeds puppies and intends to sell them. The law
states that those breeding four or more litters in a
12 month period will be presumed to be operating a
breeding establishment, regardless of whether
there is an intention to sell.
The meeting will run from 6.30pm until 8.00pm, with
light refreshments and the opportunity to network
from 6.00pm.
NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE
The licensing process ensures the welfare of
puppies born and sold through breeding
establishments through rigorous checks from
veterinary practitioners.
Couple found guilty of unlicensed
dog breeding fined almost £2,500
and lose over £100,000
Financial investigator DC Laurie Benniston-Clarke
said: “This is an excellent example of good policing
work backed up by the powers we have under the
Proceeds of Crime Act.
Date of Release: Wed 29 April, 2015
A couple prosecuted for running a dog breeding
business without a licence have been fined £1,200
each and have now had more than £100,000 taken
from them by the courts.
“As a result of the family not owning a dog breeding
licence, which costs £125 a year, we were able to
take more than £100,000 in cash from them.
At a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing at Southern
Derbyshire Magistrate’s Court on Monday 20 April,
a forfeiture order of £101,340 was granted against
Keith (64) and Jeanette Sonia Lunn (60).
“This case is also a good example of how we work
with other agencies to bring offenders to justice.”
Elizabeth Warhurst, Head of Legal and Support
Services at North West Leicestershire District
Council, said: “Licenses are required for a reason –
to make sure businesses are operating legally and
safely. This case shows that, for the sake of a
relatively small amount of money, Mr and Mrs Lunn
could have avoided these fines and legal costs and
losing a substantial amount of money through the
Proceeds of Crime Act. My advice to anyone
unsure about the licensing process is to get advice
before it’s too late.”
This follows a joint investigation conducted by North
West Leicestershire District Council and Derbyshire
Police, which revealed that they did not hold a
licence to breed dogs.
The council prosecuted the couple for keeping a
breeding establishment without the correct licence.
They were found guilty at Leicester Magistrate’s
Court on April 1 under the Breeding of Dogs Act
1973 and were each fined £1,200 and ordered to
pay the council’s legal costs of £6,384.
Find out more information about licensing relating to
animals.
The successful prosecution meant any money
made as a result of the business was criminal
property under the Proceeds of Crime Act, which
means anyone who profits from crime can lose the
financial and lifestyle gains they have enjoyed.
Visit the Derbyshire Police website.
LEICESTER CITY
For example, people who may have earned money
by drug dealing or selling stolen property can have
this money taken from them.
Car seat safety check event
28/04/2015
The case against the couple began in November
2013 when Derbyshire police visited their farm in
Overseal and found more than 40 dogs at the site.
Officers were concerned about the condition of the
animals and that the breeding operation was not
being run legitimately.
AN EVENT is being held next Friday (May 8) to
raise awareness about the dangers of incorrectly
fitted or inappropriate child car seats.
The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road
Safety Partnership - which Leicester City Council is
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a part of - will be holding a car seat clinic at St
Georges Retail Park, between 10am and 2pm.
along with being to access a wide range of crime
prevention advice.
Parents will be able to have their child car seats
checked for free by experts and hear more about incar child safety from road safety officers.
“Our front enquiry staff are well trained and will be
very happy to help with whatever issue you may
have.”
Leicester City Council road safety officer Lyn Rowe,
said: “Drivers can face penalties for incorrectly fitted
car seats, but more importantly can also risk
injuring their child if an accident happens.
The front enquiry office is at Market Harborough
Police Station, Fairfield Road, Market Harborough,
LE16 9QJ.
CHARNWOOD BOROUGH
“So I’d encourage anyone using a car seat who isn’t
sure whether it’s suitable for their needs, or fitted
correctly, to come along to get a free safety check
and expert advice.”
No Place to Hide From New CCTV
Cameras
People using child car seats need to check that the
model fits both their child and their car, and should
avoid using a second hand one unless they are
sure of its history.
Charnwood Borough Council is putting the spotlight
on crime-fighting thanks to new CCTV cameras.
The council has installed two cameras fitted with
high-powered spotlights which can be activated at
night from the town’s CCTV control room.
Shoulder straps need to be adjusted to ensure
they’re the right height, and thick or padded jackets
should be removed first to ensure the straps fit the
child snugly.
It is believed they are the first cameras of their kind
to be used in the Midlands to monitor public areas.
Adults should be able to fit only two fingers between
the strap and child when fastened.
One of the cameras was used on its first night of
operation to disperse some youths suspected of
starting a fire in Southfields Park. Three arrests
were later made.
For further safety information
visit: www.childcarseats.org.uk or
www.leicester.gov.uk/carseats
Julie Robinson, Head of Neighbourhood Services,
said: “The CCTV network is a superb weapon in the
fight against crime and this new equipment makes it
even more effective.
LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE
Market Harborough Front Enquiry
Office
“Quite often people commit crime because they
think they are not being watched. At the flick of a
switch our CCTV operators can let someone know
the cameras are following them and can see their
every move, even at night. It will hopefully deter
them from committing a crime.
Issued on 28/4/15 at 3:36 p.m.
Harborough Police would like to advise members of
the public that the front enquiry office at the newly
refurbished station in now open. The office is open
between 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.
“It also means we can get better pictures to identify
people as their natural reaction to seeing the light is
to look directly towards it.
“This shows we are committed to working with
police and other agencies to make Charnwood a
safe place to live and work for residents.”
Sergeant Phil Durrant, Deputy Neighbourhood
Policing Area Commander for the Eastern Counties
said: “We reopened the front enquiry office at the
beginning of March and would like to encourage
residents to start reusing the service.
The new cameras cover Southfields Park and
Loughborough’s Market Place. The cameras each
have six LED lights which shine a powerful light in
the direction the camera is facing.
“A number of police services can be accessed via
the front enquiry office including the reporting of a
crime or a road traffic collision or lost/found
property. Members of the public can also pick up a
variety of police related forms from here such as
shotgun/firearms applications or bad driving reports,
They have been funded as part of the new ring road
in Loughborough and the Parkour Scheme on
Southfield Park.
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"My officers worked hard to achieve the results they
did in this case, and being able to make donations
to organisations within the local community is
particularly satisfying for us.”
Charnwood’s CCTV network now has 187 cameras.
The CCTV team usually deal with around 35,000
incidents a year.
Kevin Holdaway, senior technical instructor in fine
art printmaking at DMU, said the donations were a
great gesture from Leicester City Council.
LEICESTER CITY
Seized equipment donated to local
good causes
He said: “The screens are worth a lot of money and
will get a lot of use from our students. I’m very
happy the council’s trading standards department
thought of us when it came to recycling the
equipment and we are very grateful.
27/04/2015
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of screen printing
equipment seized from a counterfeit clothing
manufacturer has been handed over for use by
local organisations.
“I think the fact trading standards caught the
counterfeiters and then were able to help our
students is a great result all round.”
Over 370 pieces of equipment, worth over £10,000,
were seized by Leicester City Council Trading
Standards officers in 2011 during a raid on the
factory of Kully Screen Printing Ltd, in Galby Street,
Spinney Hills.
Leicester Print Workshop is currently raising funds
to refurbish a building in Leicester’s Cultural
Quarter, into which it plans to move later this year.
While it will put many of the screens to use in the
workshop, some will be sold to other organisations
to help raise money.
The equipment was being used to make illegal
transfer designs of trademarks such as Adidas,
Hugo Boss and G-Star Raw onto clothes which
were then sold as the real thing, in a operation
believed to have netted tens of thousands of
pounds.
Lucy Phillips, director of Leicester Print Workshop,
added: “We have a big fundraising target and are
organising all sorts of activities to get the money we
need to refurbish an empty warehouse into a fully
functioning, two-storey printmaking flagship.
Last year, three members of the same family –
Shinderpal Singh and his sons Kuldip and Sarbjit –
were jailed for their part in the operation and
ordered to pay back £85,000 they were calculated
to have made in the scam.
“The contribution of 100 screens, seized by Trading
Standards, has provided a more unusual
fundraising story.
Now the seized equipment has been donated to De
Montfort University, Leicester College and local
screen printing charity the Leicester Screen Printing
Workshop, to help train students and apprentices in
graphic design courses.
“Working with a team of volunteers we will clean all
100 screens, removing the counterfeit designs, and
while we will keep some for education and
outreach, we will sell the rest and hope to raise
£1,000.
The equipment includes screens used for printing
designs onto garments. The illegal trademarks will
be removed to allow the screens to be reused.
“We’re really grateful to Trading Standards for
giving us this opportunity and look forward to
putting the screens to good use.”
Leicester City Council's Trading Standards
investigations manager Ronald Ruddock, said:
“This is a very positive ending to a successful
enforcement operation, and it is great to see that
these seized goods and equipment can have a new
lease of life helping local students and a charity.
Information about the sale or production of
counterfeit goods can be reported to trading
standards officials via Citizens Advice consumer
helpline on 03454 04 05 06.
FEATURED LEICESTERSHIRE
POLICE
SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM
“Counterfeit clothing operations undermine genuine
manufacturers, but in this case, their equipment is
being used to help students and a charity which can
put them to good use.
CHARNWOOD NPA
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LOUGHBOROUGH SOUTH
The Loughborough South neighbourhood beat
covers a variety of urban and rural areas. The
residential areas of the beat are comprised of both
privately owned homes and local authority operated
housing.
PC Anna Lynn
There are a number of schools within the beat area
ranging from primary to secondary schools and
catering for both state and private pupils. The area
also has a number of sports grounds and a large
rural wooded area in the vicinity of Jubilee Woods.
Collar number: 4430
I joined Leicestershire Police in February 2003. I
have spent the majority of that time specialising in
neighbourhood policing. I am currently the beat
manager for Loughborough South and my priorities
are to support the community and respond to their
needs.
The area also has a number of small businesses
and a large supermarket that serves the residents
of the surrounding area.
Please feel free to contact me by email or voice
mail or stop me for a chat when you see me on
patrol.
Each safer neighbourhood team is supported by the
Special Constabulary.
Your safer neighbourhood team
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Send an email to your neighbourhood team
Leave a voicemail for PC Anna Lynn by
calling 101 and follow the instructions to
leave a message for an officer. When
prompted, key in the identification number
4430.
Sgt Martin Owen
Collar number: 1362
I have been a police officer for 23 years and have
been fortunate to have worked in a variety of roles
across the Leicestershire Police force area.
PC Danielle Mistretta
Collar number: 2217
In March 2010 I joined the neighbourhood team
supervising officers policing the Dishley, Gorse
Covert, Thorpe Acre, Outwoods, Forest Road,
Shelthorpe, Shepshed and Hathern beats. I believe
the neighbourhood teams together with our partner
agencies working with local communities can have
a positive impact tackling both crime and anti-social
behaviour issues. I intend to continue to promote
this partnership work in order to address the
concerns that directly affect the local communities
and residents who live there.
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I started work on this neighbourhood team in 2015
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by calling 101 and follow the instructions to
leave a message for an officer. When
prompted, key in the identification number
2217.
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calling 101 and follow the instructions to
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prompted, key in the identification number
1362.
PC Kimberley Clayfield
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Collar number: 99
I look forward to working with the rest of the team in
tackling community concerns.
I joined Leicestershire Police as a PCSO in 2012
and worked at Loughborough.
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In February 2013 i was appointed as a police
officer. In Februaury 2015 I joined the
Loughborough South neighourhood team and look
forward to working in the local community.
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Leave a voicemail for PCSO Dave Gilbody
by calling 101 and follow the instructions to
leave a message for an officer. When
prompted, key in the identification number
6102.
Send an email to your neighbourhood team
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Clayfield by calling 101 and follow the
instructions to leave a message for an
officer. When prompted, key in the
identification number 0099.
PCSO Rachel Davies
Collar number: 6025
I started work on this neighbourhood in 2014
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PCSO Craig Miller
Collar number: 6030
I joined Leicestershire Police in February 2013 and
began work on the Safer Neighbourhood Team in
May 2013. I look forward to working within and
engaging with the local community to improve the
area and to reduce crime. Any issues you may have
feel free to approach me when you see me around
and let me know your concerns.
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Leave a voicemail for PCSO Craig Miller by
calling 101 and follow the instructions to
leave a message for an officer. When
prompted, key in the identification number
6030.
PCSO Dave Gilbody
Collar number: 6102
I joined the Safer Neighbourhood Team in October
2013.
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Send an email to your neighbourhood team
Leave a voicemail for PCSO Rachel Davies
by calling 101 and follow the instructions to
leave a message for an officer. When
prompted, key in the identification number
6025.