Jack and coke drinker banned from driving for three years
A whisky-drinking session left a learner driver staggering around and waving his arms after crashing into two parked cars. Leon Goode, 29, had been treated to Jack Daniel's and cokes but did not know...
View ArticleJohn Parker murder trial: Jury retrace his footsteps
The scene of the killing of John Parker in St Ann's was shown to a jury as they retraced his footsteps in the minutes before through a sequence of colour photos and CCTV.Mr Parker, 43, of Birkin...
View ArticleMan accused of assaulting nine-year-old girl can't be prosecuted...
A man accused of assaulting a nine-year-old girl cannot be taken to court because police have lost vital evidence tapes .Prosecutors said that the man, from Clifton, told police he attacked the child –...
View ArticleMan to pay more than £600 for leaving dog excrement on...
Bestwood: A 39-year-old has been ordered by magistrates to pay more than £600 after he dropped dog excrement in the street. David Brian, of Wyton Close, was caught on April 24 depositing a bag of...
View ArticleWoman's dreadlocks ripped out over paedophile slur
A woman had her dreadlocks ripped from her head and took a battering when she stood up in defence of her partner when he was dubbed a paedophile, a court heardShe confronted neighbour Lee Harrell when...
View ArticleCustody for Eastwood pervert
A pervert was sent to youth custody for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl and performing a sexual act on an American school networking site. Daniel Woolis, 20, pleaded guilty to two offences of...
View ArticleNottingham Forest fan banned from football matches for three...
Nottingham: A 23-year-old Forest fan has been banned from football matches for three years. Dale Haywood, of Sherwood Court, Chilwell, admitted being drunk and disorderly and going on to the pitch at...
View ArticleMan fined for having drugs
A Clifton man pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis in Kilsby Road, in Clifton, on July 19.James Anderson, 21, of Colley Moor Leys Lane, was sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.He was fined £100...
View ArticleJudge calls for tougher sentences for burglars - after jailing...
A relentless burglar was jailed for six years yesterday as Nottingham's leading judge said tougher powers were needed to curb house raiders.Judge Michael Stokes spoke after it was revealed that Wayne...
View ArticleSenior Nottingham judge slams prosecution for delays in teenage...
Nottingham's senior judge yesterday slammed prosecution lawyers for delays in a rape case in which a 14-year-old girl allegedly became pregnant.Judge Michael Stokes said it was the fourth matter to be...
View ArticleLandlord's £600 bill for failing to carry out work on house
A landlord has been left with a £600 bill for failing to carry out work on a house she rented out in Stapleford. Suranjan Mohindra, of Edwalton, was meant to carry out works to "minimise disruption" to...
View ArticleEx-teacher to appear in court on historic sex charges
A former teacher charged with historic sex offences will appear in court this week.Christopher Metcalfe, 68, of Cross Lane, Blidworth, was due at Derby Crown Court yesterday but his case was...
View ArticleNottingham barrister charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine
A Nottingham barrister will spend Christmas behind bars after being charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine.Omar Khan appeared before Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Saturday and was remanded in...
View ArticleMan admits harassing a woman
Sutton-in-Ashfield: Mark Fenwick, 42, of Rhodes Walk, harassed a woman between October 10 and October 18.After Fenwick pleaded guilty at Mansfield Magistrates' Court, a community order was made and a...
View ArticleMan who fiddled firm lived like a 'millionaire'
A logistics worker who has been jailed for fiddling his firm 300 times was only caught when he took a break from the job.Jonathan Sherriff's stand-in checked his work and that led to auditors finding...
View ArticleJohn Parker murder trial: Killer 'tried to blame his...
A street attacker who plunged a knife into a man's neck tried to frame a friend because he dreaded life in jail, a murder trial heard yesterday.Jobless Jonathan Jones was one of two men arrested on...
View ArticleJohn Parker trial: Man found guilty of murder
Jonathan Jones has been found guilty of murder at Nottingham Crown Court.The jury returned a unanimous verdict over the stabbing of John Parker in St Ann's on Sunday, May 31.Jones admitted manslaughter...
View ArticleKnifeman on 'drugs bender' shocked with taser after threatening...
A man on a "drugs bender" had to be shocked with a taser after threatening to stab police when he blockaded himself into a block of flats. The officers had been called after Jack Arthurs suffered "a...
View ArticleMan 'fuelled cycle of abuse' on kids
A man who watched videos of children enduring sex acts was told by a judge yesterday that he "fuelled the cycle of abuse".Judge James Sampson made the point after hearing details of films and stills...
View ArticleJohn Parker murder trial: Life sentence for St Ann's attacker
Knife killer Jonathan Jones refused to attend court to hear of his 21-year life term and the grief he inflicted on his victim's family on Thursday. He killed 43-year-old John Parker by stabbing him...
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