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Teen pleads guilty to trying to have sex with Shetland pony named Cheeky (opens the original)
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A teenager appeared in court and admitted attempting to have sex with a Shetland pony named Cheeky. Thomas Mikaelson, 19, from Huddersfield, appeared at Leeds Crown Court for the first time on Wednesday (September 30) facing charges of a sexual offence. He pleaded guilty to attempting to allow sexual penetration by a living animal. The court was told the charge relates to an incident on August 24 last year involving Shetland Pony, Cheeky, at Gledhill Farm in Almondbury, a village two miles south
Man, 19, admits trying to have sex with Shetland pony called Cheeky (opens the original)
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A man aged 19 has admitted trying to have sex with a Shetland pony named Cheeky. Thomas Mikaelson made his first appearance at Leeds Crown Court today, charged with a sexual offence. Dressed in a light-grey suit jacket paired with light-grey Hollister jeans, Mikaelson, of Hall Cross Grove, Lowerhouses, Huddersfield, pleaded guilty to attempting to allow sexual penetration by a living animal. The court heard the charge relates to an incident on August 24 last year against Cheeky, a Shetland Pont,
'Lifetime of grief' for family of driver's young victim (opens the original)
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It took a jury just 40 minutes to convict a man who drove onto a road not meant for vehicles and caused the death of a five-year-old boy. Colin Agyei was driving a Nissan Note on Back Camberley Street, Leeds, on July 7, 2022, when he hit Abdullah Ebrahim, 5. Agyei, 32, of Pear Tree Grove, Knottingley, drove past the no entry sign and hit Abdullah, who died in hospital a short time later. He was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday, September 24, and
The day he left prison he followed a little girl with his trousers undone (opens the original)
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A sexual predator followed a little girl inside her home with his trousers undone on the day he was released from prison. Mukisa Kubaya, 48, approached two young girls who were playing in their garden on July 23 this year. He had earlier been released from jail after serving a sentence for breaching a sexual harm prevention order. Leeds Crown Court heard that Kubaya, of no fixed abode, was high on cannabis at the time. Prosecutor Zanisha Herbert told the court: "He is subjected to a sexual harm
Andy Burnham targeted by Kneecap at Leeds Festival 2026 in expletive-laden chant (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been the subject of a expletive-laden chant by Irish rap trio Kneecap during their set at Leeds Festival on Friday night. The group previously found themselves embroiled in controversy over a pro-Palestinian chant at Glastonbury last year, which prompted an investigation by Avon and Somerset Police. The Belfast-born trio headlined The Gallery stage on Friday, August 28, where they reportedly incited the crowd into chanting: "Andy Burnham's a w*****", Yorkshire Liv
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