Charged and in court: October 2026

October saw some significant sentences handed to criminals convicted in court.

There is a round-up of some of the cases we covered last month, including a number of people charged.

Niks Rogacs

A man who drove the wrong way along the A46 during a police pursuit has admitted seriously injuring another motorist.

At 4.10am on 29 June this year, officers from our Roads Policing Unit (RPU) attempted to stop a white Mercedes van which was reported to have been stolen.

The van was being driven by Niks Rogacs, who failed to stop when requested and made off from officers. They then saw the van a short time later and a pursuit was authorised.

At 4.40am, officers witnessed Rogacs driving onto the wrong side of the A46 at the Glenfield roundabout, off Kirby Road. It then collided with a blue BMW 1 Series.

Read the whole story: Driver admits causing serious injury following A46 pursuit | Leicestershire Police

 

Barry Grummett

A man who raped and sexually assaulted a teenage girl while working as a police officer in the 1970s has been jailed.

Barry Grummett was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court after being found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of indecent assault on 1 October following a trial.

The 86-year-old worked as an officer for Leicestershire Constabulary between September 1970 and October 1981.

In 1977, he attended the girl's address to check on her as she had not gone to school. While alone in her house in Leicestershire, he raped her. He visited her on further occasions over an 18-month period, when he touched her inappropriately.

Former officer jailed for sexual abuse nearly 50 years on | Leicestershire Police

 

Tadeusz Podlasinski

A van driver was found guilty of attempting to rape a woman near services on the M1 earlier this year.

On the evening of 25 April, Tadeusz Podlasinski attacked a woman in Baines Lane – which runs between Leicester’s Hinckley Road and the southbound services at Leicester Forest East – as she walked to catch a bus home.

Ordering her to remove her clothes, he made threats to kill her. However the victim fought back by pushing him in the face, which caused him to get up and make his way back towards the services. She reported the incident to police and provided a detailed description of her attacker.

An investigation led by officers from Signal – the force’s specialist rape and serious sexual assault team – began. As part of it, a lengthy trawl of CCTV footage was undertaken and detectives identified a man matching the description given by the victim. In the footage, he was seen entering the southbound services at 6.15pm and leaving a minute later. He was then seen walking towards Baines Lane and was linked to a red, curtain-sided Iveco van.

Van driver found guilty of trying to rape woman near M1 services | Leicestershire Police

 

Harmanjit Singh

We are pleased to report a man who admitted touching women inappropriately in public has been jailed.

Harmanjit Singh was arrested in December 2023 after several reports were received that a man had been sexually assaulting women and exposing himself in public across the city across a two-month period.

Victims provided a description of Singh and enquiries were undertaken to locate him, including sharing details with staff working for partner agencies. Having begun his offending in October that year, Singh was apprehended by security staff in December and subsequently arrested by our officers.

He was sentenced to 22 months' prison.

Serial sex offender jailed for raft of offences | Leicestershire Police

 

Cohen Barley

A man who stabbed two people through a car window in Quorn before fleeing the scene has been convicted following a trial.

Cohen Barley was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article following a trial at Leicester Crown Court.

Man found guilty of stabbing two people in Quorn | Leicestershire Police

 

Wai Mui Sin

A woman who was identified as being a member of an organised crime group trafficking women into the country for prostitution has been jailed for her part in the operation.

In January this year, a planned enforcement took place at an address in South Leicester where Wai Mui Sin was arrested and several mobile phones were recovered.

Woman who facilitated prostitution jailed | Leicestershire Police

 

Shoaib Mohammed

Police are urging other potential victims of a man who groomed and sexually abused a teenage girl to come forward after he was jailed for 11 years.

Shoaib Mohammed was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court for a string of offences against the girl when she was 15.

Police appeal for further victims after Snapchat groomer is jailed | Leicestershire Police

 

Pandeli Dervishi

A man wanted for a rape in Leicester has been jailed after he was arrested by officers in Surrey for driving through a red light.

Pandeli Dervishi was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months’ after being found guilty following a trial at Leicester Crown Court.

Rapist jailed after red-light offence led to arrest | Leicestershire Police

 

Charged

Serious assault charge

A man has been charged after a serious assault in the city centre.

Joshua Kinnear, 33, of Sedgefield Drive, Syston, Leicester, has been charged with Section 18 Grievous Bodily Harm with intent. 

Police attended Silver Street at 1.40am on Sunday 25 October following a call from the East Midlands Ambulance Service who were treating an injured man. A man in his 30s was treated at the scene and taken to hospital, where he remains in a in a critical condition.

 

Fatal collision on A52

A man has been charged after a fatal collision on the A52 in Bottesford in June 2024.

David Fox, 50, of Talbot Court, Radcliffe on Trent, Nottingham, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

The charge relates to a collision on 28 June 2024, involving two vehicles, a blue Citroen C4 Picasso and a purple Citroen C3 Picasso, close to the junction with Grantham Road.

The driver of the purple Picasso, Clinton Baker, 53, from Bestwood, Nottingham, sustained fatal injuries. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.

 

Fatal collision on A447

The driver of an HGV has been charged after a fatal collision in 2024 resulted in the death of a 53-year-old man.

William Roberts was driving a Volvo heavy tractor arctic lorry when it collided with a grey BMW car being driven by Edward Humphreys.

The collision happened on the A447 Hinckley Road, Cadeby, on Thursday 21 November 2024.

Mr Humphreys was pronounced dead at the scene.

Following an investigation, Roberts, 48, of Bag Lane, Atherton, Manchester, has been charged with one count of causing death by dangerous driving.