A man who officers found pointing an air rifle at a car with passengers inside has been locked up for more than a year

Hannah Price

Blidworth response officers arrived in the Ricket Lane area and found Victor Staples armed with the weapon.

They challenged the 62-year-old, of Ricket Lane, to drop the rifle and had to negotiate with him for some time before he did so.

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