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Autistic man drowns after carer is distracted using mobile phone
An autistic man drowned in a reservoir because his carer was "distracted" using her mobile phone rather than watching him, a coroner has ruled.Majid Akhtar, of Sneinton Dale, died in "especially tragic...
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TV Workshop actor punched woman during city centre row
A young actor who drunkenly punched a woman on a city street has been ordered to pay her £50 compensation.TV Workshop member Benjamin Morgan, 20, was among friends in McDonald's who argued with a group...
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Bestwood mum grew drugs in loft after having 'man trouble'
A mother grew cannabis in her loft after facing depression caused by "man trouble", magistrates in Nottingham heard.Police raided her Carnwood Road house and found 11 cannabis plants had been watered...
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Getting angry cost you £200, magistrates tells jobless...
A jobless teenager who caused bother at probation offices has been warned by a Nottingham JP of the high cost of losing his temper.Kierran Broom, 19, of North Sherwood Street, was conditionally...
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Long Eaton drink-driver banned from the road for a year
A 28-year-old Long Eaton man has been banned from the road for 12 months after being caught drink-driving.Wayne Flint gave a reading of 85 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath after he...
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Drink driver fined £400
A Long Eaton driver has been banned from the roads after being caught more than double the legal drink-drive limit.Wayne Flint was stopped by police officers while behind the wheel of a van in School...
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Family in court over Langley Mill flat fire deaths
Langley Mill: A father and two sons are due in court today over the death of three people in a flat fire. Peter Eyre, 43, of Central Avenue, Sandiacre, his son Anthony, 21, of the same address and his...
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Langley Mill fire: Father and sons plead not guilty to murder
A father and two sons have pleaded not guilty to the murder of three people after a flat fire in Langley Mill. The fire broke out on North Street on June 21. Amy Smith, 17, her six-month-old daughter...
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Ex-landscape gardener grew cannabis in Newark
A former landscape gardener has been spared jail after he used his skills for illegal gain - growing cannabis at his own home.Jack Scaife admitted he was "stupid" to grow the drug after he had been...
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Sawn-off shotgun spotted in Nottingham street led police to drug...
Suspicious behaviour and a sawn-off shot gun spotted by a student in a city street led police to a drug dealer – who has now been jailed.The weapon was wrapped in plastic and an Aldi shopping bag,...
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Cannabis farmer told he was 'not very good at it' - because mites...
A cannabis farmer was told he was "not very good at it" after mites ate his plants. When police raided Javan Lindsay's Radford home they found his illegal crop had been decimated by pests, Nottingham...
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Door-to-door salesman conned elderly people out of cash
A door to door salesman who conned elderly people to buy goods at massively inflated prices has been branded "despicable" by a judge. Bestwood Park man Michael Harrison targeted elderly people in a...
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Robbers jailed over Meadows moped mugging
Two robbers have been locked up after a teenage scooter rider was forced to surrender his bike when one man threatened to "shank" him.Dane Ward and Regan Palmer were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court...
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Two glasses of wine that cost mum her job
A mum-of-two lost her job and driving licence yesterday – after nipping to a friend's home for a chat after a fall-out with her husband.Danielle Hobson had two large glasses of wine before heading back...
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Proceeds of crime investigation into gang assets from scam
A proceeds of crime investigation is looking into the assets of gang members who targeted pensioners in a scam.Some of the eight defendants pretended to be experts in wills and trusts law. They were...
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Man admits using threatening behaviour
Nottingham: Tristan Clayton, 36, of Belvoir Street, Hucknall, admitted using threatening behaviour on September 23. He was bailed to be sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on November 10 at...
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Resident kicked after filming 'trouble' with mobile phone
A resident was kicked after using a mobile phone to film trouble in a block of flats, magistrates in Nottingham heard yesterday. He dialled 999 when he heard "a verbal altercation" and then locked the...
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Grandad jailed over 'disgusting' child porn images
Grandfather Neil Amess has been jailed after he was found with more than 13,000 images and videos of child porn on his computer – some of which he shared online with other paedophiles.The 63-year-old,...
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Son vows to swap weed for the gym after seeing mum's distress
A courier told a court he has opted to tackle his depression by going to the gym instead of buying cannabis in bulk – after being caught with the drug by police.Daniel Walker-Phea changed his approach...
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Nottingham Forest v Derby County brawl: Three men to go on trial
Three men are due to go on trial this morning - accused of being part of a 80-strong group of football followers from Derbyshire and Nottingham who became involved in pre-arranged hooliganism.Derby...
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