Latest updates: East Midlands Live Tuesday 23 October

Summary

Police strip search left woman 'with PTSD'
'Significant' delays on M1 after lorry crash
Huge fly-tipping pile finally cleared
Murder arrests after pedestrian killed in car park crash
Man in hospital after shot in leg
Leicester City: Frustration over penalty decision
Live updates on Tuesday 23 October

Live Reporting

Sonia Kataria and Nick Smith

City centre streets closed following stabbingpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Two streets have been closed because of a stabbing in the centre of Nottingham.
The police and air ambulance attended the scene.
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Tool return to the UK to headline Download 2019published at 15:37 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
The headliners for next year's Download Festival has been announced.
Tool will be making their first UK appearance since 2007, and their first at Donington since 2006, when they close out the Sunday of next June's festival.
Def Leppard will headline on Friday and Slipknot will take top spot on Saturday.
Image source, PA
Also featuring will be Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash ft. Myles Kennedy, Whitesnake, Trivium and Rob Zombie.
Police at Forest Park and Ride death scenepublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Investigators continue to comb Forest Park and Ride for evidence this afternoon, where a man died after he was hit by a car.
He taken to hospital in the early hours of this morning but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Woman killed boyfriend in hot tub rowpublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
The man's girlfriend had found him naked with two men and two women in a party at their home.
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Man with gunshot wounds in custodypublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
A man who was treated in hospital for gunshot wounds to his leg is now in police custody, Leicestershire Police has confirmed.
Image source, Tom Evers
The force said a 24-year-old man had fled the scene when officers attended a business premises on Equity Road in Leicester, last night
A spokesman said the man discharged a firearm in Beaconsfield Road.
The man, who has since been discharged from hospital, has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm.
The police added: "Due to police being in attendance at the time the man was injured a mandatory referral is due to be made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)."
Air ambulance at scene of stabbing in Nottinghampublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
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Fears for missing 16-year-oldpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police say they're concerned for the safety of a 16-year-old boy from Nottingham who's been missing for nearly 48 hours.
Connor Cooper, who disappeared from his home in the Lenton area at about 17:00 on Sunday, is known to have links to Newark and Doncaster.
Anyone who knows where is has been asked to contact Nottinghamshire Police urgently, external.
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Cops stop another 'keen baseball player'published at 14:09 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Derbyshire Police showing their jokey side earlier...
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Officers stopped the man at 00:40 when they saw an Audi A3 which had been reported as stolen driving down Lansdown Grove, Long Eaton.
Searching the car, they found a baseball bat and a small amount of drugs.
The man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of driving on a provisional licence and without insurance, theft, possession of an offensive weapon and drugs possession.
Mum falsely accused man of trying to abduct sonpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A mother who wrongly accused an innocent man of attempting to abduct her young son has been given a suspended sentence, external.
Leicestershire Police said Kerry Lount, 38, of Ford Rise, Leicester, told them a man had approached her child and tried to take him in Wigston town centre in October 2016.
She then circulated a photo of the man on social media along with details of the alleged incident.
However, a police investigation found there was no truth to the claims.
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Lount pleaded guilty to making a false statement at Leicester Crown Court yesterday and was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for a year.
A further charge of perverting the course of justice will lie on file.
Investigating officer Nick Robbins said: "[The accused man] had only been in the country for a matter of days when this incident occurred and was left extremely distressed by what happened."
Ed Farmer inquest: Students 'felt anxious and nervous'published at 13:13 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Megan Paterson
Reporter, BBC Look North
The inquest into the death of Ed Farmer has heard how students "felt anxious and nervous" at Newcastle University's Agriculture Society "initiation-style" event.
Mr Farmer, 20, from Leicester, died at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary in December 2016, after attending the night out where students were "strongly encouraged" to drink high volumes of alcohol in a short period of time.
Image source, Family Photo
Giving evidence, Guy Barker, a second year student at the time of the incident said some first year students "felt anxious and nervous" at the event but were not forced to attend and could leave at any time.
Mr Barker also described how some first year students had their head shaved at the event, were sprayed with paint used to mark stock and bobbed for apples in a mixture of urine and alcohol.
The hearing was also told that students were encouraged to drink in alleyways and first year students were passed between four and six double or treble vodkas.
Mr Barker said he understood initiation events were banned by the university because they were "dangerous and put a lot of pressure on people".
New-look school officially opened by MPpublished at 12:59 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A £15m building at Wilsthorpe Community School in Long Eaton has been officially opened by Erewash MP Maggie Throup.
The new-look school, which has about 800 pupils, welcomed students for the first time last month but a plaque has now been added to celebrate its completion.
Image source, Maggie Throup
Intu shopping centres continue to decline in valuepublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
BBC Business Live
Shopping centre owner Intu says it has seen the value of its properties drop in the wake of difficult retail conditions.
The group, which owns malls in Derby and Nottingham and is the target of a takeover by a consortium led by John Whittaker's Peel Group, said its net asset value fell 3% in the third quarter.
It "reflects current negative investor sentiment towards UK retail property", the company said.
It comes on top of a 5.6% fall in its property values in the first half of the year.
Neighbours 'scared' after man shot in housepublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
A neighbour living on a Leicester street where a man was shot in the leg at a house has said it has been "pretty scary".
The man, who is in hospital, was hurt as police arrived at the address on Equity Road at about 22:40 last night.
Resident Tom Evers said the police presence has been unnerving.
Image source, Tom Evers
Leicestershire Police said the road and the surrounding area, which were closed for several hours while an investigation was carried out, have re-opened.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences.
A60 reopens after motorbike crashpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A stretch has been closed since early this morning after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash.
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Woman guilty of killing boyfriend in hot tub rowpublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
A 21-year-old woman has been found guilty of manslaughter after she stabbed her boyfriend during a party at their Hucknall home.
Christopher Pearson, 39, died in hospital after he was stabbed several times in the abdomen on 18 February.
After a 16-day trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Demi Harris was cleared of his murder but convicted of manslaughter.
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Mr Pearson had been drinking with friends and was naked in a hot tub with two men and two women.
Harris had gone to bed at their house on Strathmore Close, but woke hours later to see them.
The jury was told the couple argued outside and their fight continued upstairs into the bedroom where Mr Pearson kept a machete and knife "for protection".
Harris told the jury she grabbed a knife from the bedside table because she was "scared" when he threatened to "beat her black and blue".
She has been bailed and is due to appear at the same court for sentencing in December.
Two teens stabbed in street fightpublished at 11:30 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Two teenagers have been treated for stab wounds after a fight broke out in a Leicester street.
Police were called on Friday afternoon to a report of six young men fighting on Hillsborough Road in Eyres Monsell.
When they arrived there were two teenagers being treated by paramedics for stab wounds.
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Both were taken to hospital - police have said one has since been discharged and the other remains in hospital in a stable condition.
Two boys, aged 14 and 17, have been arrested on suspicion of affray and have been released on bail.
Police would like to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time or has dashcam footage of the fight.
Alfreton to face Joey Barton's Fleetwood in FA Cuppublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Alfreton Town have been drawn against Joey Barton's Fleetwood Town side in the first round of the FA Cup.
The tie is due to take place at the Impact Arena on the weekend of 9-12 November.
In the draw, made last night, Mansfield were paired with Charlton at home, Notts County travel to Barnsley and Chesterfield will face either Billericay Town or Taunton Town at the Proact Stadium.
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Huge fly-tipping pile finally clearedpublished at 10:53 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A piece of land in Leicester that had become a magnet for fly-tippers has been cleared.
The city council said it had been working with land-owners since February to remove piles of discarded furniture, car parts and wood from the site, near a scrapyard in Barkby Road.
CCTV has now been installed at the location to deter fly-tippers in the future.
Image source, Leicester City Council
Image source, Leicester City Council
Image source, Leicester City Council
Murder arrests over park and ride deathpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was fatally injured at Forest Park and Ride.
The man was taken to hospital after he was hit by a car at 00:30, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Nottinghamshire Police said the men, aged 18, 23 and 25 are in custody.
It added that the park and ride will remain closed while investigations continue.
M1 reopens after spillage clean-uppublished at 09:51 British Summer Time 23 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Good news - it's business as usual on the M1 again.
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