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Weapons man is sentenced
Leicester Mercury
|January 07, 2026
A MAN has been sentenced after pleading guilty to two weapons offences following an incident in Market Harborough last year when armed police were deployed.
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Lee Ostler, 50, of Gladstone Street, in the town, appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court on January 2 on charges of possessing a knife and an air rifle in public on November 21, 2025.
This story is from the January 07, 2026 edition of Leicester Mercury.
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