Police have named the eight men who have been charged so far in relation to a spate of violence and disorder in East Leicester.
Leicestershire Police have released the names of eight men who have been charged, so far all of whom are from Leicester, and between the ages of 20 and 31.
It has also shared details of all 47 arrests made since violence began in the city on Sunday, August 28, eight of which were from Birmingham. Two had travelled to Leicester from London.
The youngest man involved was a 15-year-old from Leicester, who was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, but later released on police bail.
Meanwhile the oldest was a 69-year-old man from Leicester, who was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to incite violent disorder. He has been released on police bail.
This weekend has seen East Leicester free of disorder, with high-visibility officers on patrol. They will continue this week, ahead of the start of Navratri, today (Monday, September 26).
An investigation team of 50 officers is working to review the vast number of incidents with more than 6,000 hours of body camera footage, CCTV and social media videos to review, the force revealed.
Temporary Chief Constable Rob Nixon said: “What happened in East Leicester last weekend is not what we want on our streets – and we won’t tolerate it. The tensions felt by the communities are very real and are multi-faceted in their origins, but one thing is clear and that is that violence is not the answer.”
The list of people who have been charged so far, is as follows:
Paresh Pravin, 25, of Langford Way, Leicester, was arrested on 6 September on suspicion of drink driving. He was subsequently charged to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court.
Akshay Jiva, 27, of Rotherby Avenue, Leicester, was arrested on 7 September on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. He was subsequently charged and has been released on bail to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court.
Aslan Ibrahim, 28, Canon Street, Leicester, was arrested on 7 September on suspicion of making threats to kill. He has been charged with this offence and released on bail to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court.
Rahul Manikane, 21, of Clevedon Crescent, Leicester, was arrested on 10 September on suspicion of drink driving. He was charged with his offence and has been released on police bail to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on 28 September.
Sanket Dansukh, 26, of Mornington Street, Leicester, was arrested on 11 September on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. He has been charged with this offence and released on police bail to attend Leicester Magistrates’ Court on 29 September.
Amos Noromh, 20, of Illingworth Road, Leicester, was arrested on 18 September on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. He appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Monday 19 September and was sentenced to serve 10 months in prison.
Lukman Patel, 31, of Homeway Road, Leicester, was arrested on 19 September, on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, a public order offence and a racially aggravated public order offence. He was charged with these offences and been remanded to appear at Leicester Crown Court.
Adam Yusuf, 21 of Bruin Street, Leicester, was arrested on 19 September on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. He was charged with the same offence and has been remanded into custody to appear at Leicester Crown Court.
