Police cars guarded both ends of the alley, which is several hundred feet long, while a scientific support van was parked at the Hinckley Road end.

Nobody from Leicestershire Police was available for comment last night, but it is understood an incident - possibly an attack - may have occurred at around 11pm on Sunday.

Police are understood to have arrived at about 3.30pm yesterday.

Hinckley Road resident Jim Wiltshire lives a few doors along from where the police were stationed.

He said: "We went out early yesterday afternoon and they said there had been a serious incident at 11pm on Sunday and asked if we had heard anything.

"I think they turned up at about 3.30pm to 3.45pm, and the alleyway was blocked off both ends."

Source Leicester Mercury

--------------------------------UPDATE 21-10-07 ----------------

ASSAULT ALLEGED 24 October 2007

Police are investigating an allegation of a sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl.

Police said the incident was alleged to have happened at about 11pm on Sunday in an alleyway between Hinckley Road and Maytree Drive, in Leicester Forest East.

The incident was reported to police the following afternoon and the area was cordoned off for several hours

Source Leicester Mercury

--------------------------------UPDATE 06-11-07-----------------------

ASSAULT ALLEGED 24 October 2007

A teenager who told police she had been raped has been arrested on suspicion of a making the whole thing up.

The 16 year old told police she had been attacked in alley way between Hinckley Road and Maytree Drive, in Kirby Muxloe on Sunday 21st October.

The teenager approached police the following day and the area was cordoned off for several hours as officers conducted a forensic examination of the scene

A spokeswomen said "A 16 year old has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice (what about wasting the police time. admin!)