Image caption,Rahul Manikane, one of the men named by police as being charged in connection with the recent disorder, pleaded guilty to drink driving at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
The court heard Manikane was pulled over in Humberstone Road on 10 September during the East Leicester policing operation, and that after cans of alcohol were found in his vehicle he was breathalysed.David Rhodes, representing Manikane, told the court his client was "ironically" only driving because he lived in the area "that's been having an awful lot of trouble".
His parents asked him to go to the shop, Mr Rhodes said, and he was "too scared to go on foot" because of the unrest close to his house. Manikane was fined £346 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £138 and costs of £85. He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.
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