A suspect has appeared in court after police discovered a large cannabis grow inside a house during an early morning raid

Officers found around 200 plants and growing equipment after executing a search warrant at the home in Chesterfield Road North, Mansfield, on Monday (27 March) at around 7am. Plants were being grown in both upstairs and downstairs rooms at the property and police arrested a man who was found inside.
A burglar caught running down a street carrying a safe he’d stolen has been locked up

Joshua Deverill was seen entering a flat in Ogle Street, Hucknall, at around 3pm on 8 November 2022. Twenty minutes later he emerged with a black safe in his hands. As he ran down the street he was then seen throwing the safe over a fence before jumping over it and escaping.
A violent sexual predator who repeatedly raped a woman has been locked up for 12 years

Robert Taylor also threatened her at knifepoint and assaulted her, leaving her with severe injuries, during his attack at an address in Mansfield. The survivor, who managed to flee the scene, was taken to hospital. Her injuries included fractured ribs, a severely bruised face, and a bleed on the brain.
A violent offender who assaulted and threatened to kill a woman he met in the pub was arrested after punching and hitting another man with a baseball bat outside a hotel

Luke Hancock attacked the woman on 3 December 2022 – just days after meeting her. The 33-year-old went on to send her numerous threatening messages, between 3 December and 31 December, despite being told that she didn’t want to continue a relationship. These included threats to harm her and her children.
A violent offender who assaulted and threatened to kill a woman he met in the pub was arrested after punching and hitting another man wit…

Luke Hancock attacked the woman on 3 December 2022 – just days after meeting her. The 33-year-old went on to send her numerous threatening messages, between 3 December and 31 December, despite being told that she didn’t want to continue a relationship. These included threats to harm her and her children. Hancock, of Waldrom Road, […]
A violent offender who assaulted and threatened to kill a woman he met in the pub was arrested after punching and hitting another man with a baseball bat outside a hotel

Luke Hancock attacked the woman on 3 December 2022 – just days after meeting her. The 33-year-old went on to send her numerous threatening messages, between 3 December and 31 December, despite being told that she didn’t want to continue a relationship. These included threats to harm her and her children.
A violent offender who assaulted and threatened to kill a woman he met in the pub was arrested after punching and hitting another man wit…

Luke Hancock attacked the woman on 3 December 2022 – just days after meeting her. The 33-year-old went on to send her numerous threatening messages, between 3 December and 31 December, despite being told that she didn’t want to continue a relationship. These included threats to harm her and her children. Hancock, of Waldrom Road, […]
A violent offender who assaulted and threatened to kill a woman he met in the pub was arrested after punching and hitting another man with a baseball bat outside a hotel

Luke Hancock attacked the woman on 3 December 2022 – just days after meeting her. The 33-year-old went on to send her numerous threatening messages, between 3 December and 31 December, despite being told that she didn’t want to continue a relationship. These included threats to harm her and her children.
A burglar who broke into their victim’s home while they slept has been locked up

Robert Brammer was uncovered as the burglar after he was found crouching behind a hedge while trying people’s car doors. Officers received a report of a night-time burglary in which the victim was away, so alerted her that her car was missing from the drive and her front door had been damaged.
A drug dealer spotted by police after a large street fight in central Nottingham has been put behind bars

Twenty-year-old Olajiire Albert-Shoyombo tried to run away from the scene in Shakespeare Street but was chased by officers and tackled to the floor. He had also been arrested three months previously after being seen by officers dealing cocaine and heroin on the streets.
A bungling burglar has been jailed after cops found his fingerprints all over a window frame

The first report was made on 24 September 2022, after residents from an address in Furnival Street, Worksop, went upstairs to find they had been burgled. Hundreds of coins, a half sovereign, a quarter sovereign, sentimental jewellery, brooches and even the victim’s medication had all been stolen.
A dangerous driver was brought to a halt after taking cops on a high-speed chase through five villages

Ondrej Kralik, 30, reached speeds of 95mph during the pursuit, which lasted for ten minutes. The pursuit began when officers spotted him mount a grass verge as he recklessly overtook another vehicle on a roundabout along Old Rufford Road, Calverton.
Two men have been jailed after arming themselves with weapons and threatening someone in their home

Kaine Fearn and Cameron Thorn were both wearing balaclavas when they made their way inside the shared property. Armed with a machete and a hammer respectively, the duo then burst into the victim’s bedroom and confronted him.
Two men have been jailed after arming themselves with weapons and threatening someone in their home – (ID 555869)

Kaine Fearn and Cameron Thorn were both wearing balaclavas when they made their way inside the shared property. Armed with a machete and a hammer respectively, the duo then burst into the victim’s bedroom and confronted him. The victim suffered facial injuries in the resulting melee, which happened in Station Road, Carlton, at around midday […]
Two men have been jailed after arming themselves with weapons and threatening someone in their home

Kaine Fearn and Cameron Thorn were both wearing balaclavas when they made their way inside the shared property. Armed with a machete and a hammer respectively, the duo then burst into the victim’s bedroom and confronted him.
A convicted child rapist and sex offender has been jailed for a second time

Dean Gathercole, who is already serving a jail sentence for abusing teenagers in the late 1980s, was convicted in February this year of sexually assaulting another girl in his care. The case relates to his time as assistant manager of another children’s home in Carlton, when Gathercole, now aged 58, assaulted a girl during an […]
A career criminal who sped away from police before hitting a motorcyclist has been jailed

Jason Collins, aged 46, pulled out of a junction without looking and crashed into the motorcyclist, sending him hurtling into the air. Collins then sped away, leaving the victim for dead.
A suspect has been charged by police after a man’s car was allegedly stolen at knifepoint

Officers were called to Newmanley Road South in Eastwood after reports that the car had been stolen. The victim was parked on the side of the road when he was allegedly threatened with a knife and told to get out of his car. At around 12.30 a.m. on Saturday, his car was driven away in […]