Duo locked up after a 62-year-old man jumped into a freezing canal to escape two men who were threatening him with a knuckleduster
. This was part of a series of robbery attempts made by the duo in the space of less than an hour.
A man has been jailed after cops stopped a car and discovered a range of class A drugs
Police were driving along Mansfield Road, Nottingham city centre, when intelligence led them to pull over a Citroen C3. On getting out of the car, the driver was seen to drop a black cloth bag and officers continued to search him. The search led officers to find and recover a large quantity of suspected class […]
A man who danced around a busy city centre square before suddenly attacking someone with an axe has been jailed
Sirban Farj, 42, launched the seemingly random attack on another man after initially approaching him to pet his dog. After the man tried to bring the dog back to him, Farj appeared to get agitated. He then started to take some of his clothes off and began to shout and sing, while dancing around Old […]
An uninsured driver who attempted to fool police with fake documentation has been warned expect jail if he offends again
Eesa Ahmed, aged 21, was pulled over by officers in New Basford on 21 March 2020 and found to have no insurance. Ahmed, who had been driving a black BMW 5 Series registered to a member of his family, was issued with a standard traffic offence report and asked to provide proof of insurance. He […]
A couple have been jailed for four armed robberies where a handgun was used to demand cash, tobacco, and alcohol
Mark Hamlet, 37, and Rebecca Monk, 50, were arrested at their home in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, after a 14-hour stand-off with police in July 2019. Officers found the handgun used in the robberies hidden inside a cake box at the property, police said. The pair were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday. The […]
Justice for widow whose gold ring was stolen by a heartless thief
A cruel thief who took a ring off an 83-year-old widow’s finger was caught after police tracked her down using DNA evidence and automatic number plate recognition cameras. The thief also removed a chain from the woman’s neck while distracting her during the incident. The victim was walking along Charles Avenue at the junction with […]
A woman dying of cancer used her final words to speak of her anger and sadness after her great niece and nephew defrauded her out of thou…
A woman dying of cancer used her final words to speak of her anger and sadness after her great niece and nephew defrauded her out of thousands of pounds. Twins Jenna and Jon Dyer, 36, stole more than £14,000 from their 91-year-old great aunt over a three-month period – using her cards to steal […]
A woman dying of cancer used her final words to speak of her anger and sadness after her great niece and nephew defrauded her out of thousands of pounds
A woman dying of cancer used her final words to speak of her anger and sadness after her great niece and nephew defrauded her out of thousands of pounds. Twins Jenna and Jon Dyer, 36, stole more than £14,000 from their 91-year-old great aunt over a three-month period – using her cards to steal cash […]
Nottingham Plumber who installed spy camera is jailed
A plumber who installed a spy camera in a woman’s downstairs toilet was later found to have secretly filmed other customers as well. James Hulme had been employed to do some plumbing work at the woman’s house when he covertly set up a camera system in an attempt to spy on her. When the […]
A man has been jailed after harassing a woman and threatening to throw acid in her face after she refused to date him
Hamzah Shakeel, met his victim on an online dating app meeting up with her twice before being told that their relationship was going to be purely friendly. In retaliation at his victim’s request to just be friends things then turned sour with Shakeel began to contact her over 20 times a day and sending aggressive […]
Small-time drug dealer’ convicted of teen’s murder
A small-time drug dealer with a fondness for knives and a history of violence stabbed a teenage boy to death during an argument.
A “devious and manipulative” sex offender who abused a young girl has been jailed
Peter Hammond, now aged 62, was exposed when the girl found the courage to tell her parents what he had done to her over a number of years. Hammond later admitted to police that he had had sexualised contact with the girl when she was four or five years old but claimed it was […]
A teenager is today learning the harsh realities of using a knife after finding himself locked up for stabbing a man in the back after an argument
Eighteen-year-old Joshua Price argued and goaded his victim before chasing him through Mansfield town centre. Price then continued to argue with a 42-year-old man before a scuffle ensured as the victim started to back away.
A teenager is today learning the harsh realities of using a knife after finding himself locked up for stabbing a man in the back after an…
Eighteen-year-old Joshua Price argued and goaded his victim before chasing him through Mansfield town centre. Price then continued to argue with a 42-year-old man before a scuffle ensured as the victim started to back away. Trying to stop him from leaving Price punched his victim to the head, back and hand before producing a knife […]
Four men who were stopped by police while they dismantled a cannabis grow have been jailed
Officers were called to The Circle in Clipstone after the men were spotted carrying what appeared to be cannabis to a van. When police arrived they inspected a Ford Transit and found a heat lamp and fertiliser that could have been used to grow the class B drug. A strong smell of cannabis was […]
A ‘monstrous’ child rapist who handed himself in after committing a series of sexual offences has been jailed
Robson Thompson, 25, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a young boy in Nottinghamshire at a previous hearing. However, he denied additional charges of sexual abuse of the same child. After a thorough investigation by detectives at Nottinghamshire Police, evidence found he had committed further offences. Eventually Thompson pleaded guilty to […]
Two friends who engaged in a botched firearms conspiracy have been jailed – thanks to their own damning mobile phone exchanges
Umair Karim, aged 22, and Muhammed Hassan, aged 27, came to the attention of police during an investigation into an unrelated case.
A teenager was left scarred for life after being glassed by a thug who flew into a rage when topless photos of his girlfriend were leaked
Arron Kmiotek attacked the 19-year-old after it was claimed he was friends with the culprit. He walked over to the teenager – who he knew from school – and smashed an empty pint glass in his face, causing deep lacerations to his cheek, nose and right upper eyelid. He was treated by specialist surgeons for […]