A Bollywood superstar who was welcomed to the city by hundreds of adoring fans in 2010 has been sent to prison for buying weapons from Indian crime bosses.
In 2010, actor Sanjay Dutt was chauffeur driven through the streets of Belgrave to the sound of cheers and applause from hordes of star-struck fans.
He was in the city to support Leicester East MP Keith Vaz during his campaign seeking re-election.
Today, Sky News has reported that Dutt, 53, will be sent back to prison following a failed appeal against a 2006 conviction he received for buying weapons linked to terror attacks on Mumbai in 1993.
He was released in 2007, after serving 18 months in jail, pending an appeal.
Now India's Supreme Court has sentenced Dutt to five years for illegal possession of weapons linked to the attacks which killed 257 people.
The actor said he would no longer fight and would not seek a pardon.
"I respect the Supreme Court's verdict. I have not applied for any pardon," Dutt told reporters at a news conference held outside his home in Mumbai today.
"There are many other people who deserve pardon," he said.
Dutt said he and his family were devastated by the verdict.
Breaking down repeatedly, he said: "Right now I am a shattered man. My family is shattered."
The actor was the most high-profile of 100 people involved in the Mumbai bombings trial which ended with 12 people receiving the death penalty and 20 others given life sentences.
