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Shops Closed Over Smuggler Ties | Leicester News
Two mini-marts in Leicestershire are shut down for three months after a court ruled that fears of community disorder—sparked by media attention and online hate—justified the closure. The shops, owned by a convicted French people smuggler, faced threats including arson, and new business registrations under a different director only heightened tensions. While the defense argued the owner had no control and was merely a distant relative, the court deemed a longer closure necessary to prevent violence, despite Jamal’s claims of innocence and his history of smuggling and illegal work in the UK…
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