Courts Crack Down on Fraud and Drugs

Leicester News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 27, 2026 · 1m

Leicestershire courts handed down harsh sentences this month for crimes ranging from fake medical exams that endangered public safety to a violent drug ring and a former fighter who robbed a torture survivor. Andrew Eburne raked in nearly $700,000 by issuing fraudulent HGV licenses, while James Jones was jailed over three years for attacking a man who’d survived torture. Paul Dale was sentenced to 30 months for terrorizing his own parents. And in a major crackdown, seven members of a crack and heroin trafficking gang received prison terms from six to seven years—showing the justice system’s…