What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Georgia Myers was a young woman with her life ahead of her when she tragically took her own life two years ago, the day before her sixteenth birthday. As we reported at the time, the community was shocked and rallied round to fundraise in her memory. Yesterday (9 November 2020)
Michael Steven Paul Jenkins, 31, from Middleton, is due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on Friday (3 January 2020) to enter pleas against three charges under the Sexual Offences Act.
The trial of a group of men, many from Beeston, who sexually abused a girl of 13 has concluded with the judge handing out long sentences at Leeds Crown Court. Ten men have been found guilty of a range of offences relating to the grooming and systematic sexual abuse of
Twelve men, many of them from Beeston, appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday 3rd June 2014) following a protracted investigation by the Leeds District Safeguarding Unit. Chief Superintendent Paul Money, District Commander for Leeds, said: “The alleged offences relate to one, female juvenile victim from the local community