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A Leicestershire man has been found guilty of attempted murder after he ran his car over his former partner twice.

Zack Coleman, 26, of Auburn Road, Blaby, knocked over his victim in Sturdee Road, Leicester, on 3 December 2019, before turning his car around and running over her again, police said.

Leicestershire Police said Coleman fled the scene in his Ford Kuga, but was later arrested at his home where they saw his damaged car parked outside.

Coleman, who denied the offence, was convicted following a trial at Leicester Crown Court earlier.

He is due to be sentenced at the same court on 8 March.

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The force added during the investigation, officers found Coleman had sent malicious messages to the victim, in which he made direct reference to running over an unknown person.

Coleman, who was also charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and breaching a restraining order, pleaded guilty to both offences at an earlier hearing.

Det Con Kerry Washington, from the force’s domestic abuse investigation unit, said: “Coleman sent messages in which he threatened to run someone over.

"When he was arrested, he asked the officer whether the victim was dead – he was fully aware of what he’d done.

"I’m in little doubt there had been an element of planning behind this horrific crime."

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in Braunstone.

Leicestershire Police said they were called to the scene at Gooding Avenue by East Midlands Ambulance Service shortly after 22:10 on Tuesday.

A 22-year-old man was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, and has since been discharged.

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Three men have been arrested after a cannabis grow with a street value of about £1.5m was uncovered at a house in Nottinghamshire.

Police officers on patrol went to the property in the Chapel Street area of Kirkby-in-Ashfield at about 14:00 on Thursday, having detected a strong smell of cannabis.

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About 1,500 cannabis plants and "sophisticated equipment" was found. Police said the grow had been destroyed.

The men were arrested at the scene on suspicion of production and cultivation of cannabis.

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Neighbourhood inspector Mark Dickson said: "Cannabis grows of this scale pose a huge fire risk, which can be extremely dangerous, and the circumstances around them tend to lead to other offences such as modern day slavery.

"The wider devastation caused by such criminality can be huge, with links to funding organised crime and offenders who prey on vulnerable people and children."

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