A manager of a Nottinghamshire GP practice has been jailed after defrauding them of nearly £200,000
The court heard that, as part of his managerial role at the Rainworth Medical Practice, Leigh Nash was responsible for and the only person to have access to the surgery bank account. He was subsequently required to account for all spending from the surgery bank account as well as find temporary, or ‘locum’, […]
A dealer who tried to smuggle drugs worth £3,500 into a prison is starting her own prison sentence after being caught out in her folly
Kirstie Mitchell aroused the suspicions of officers as she visited a prisoner at HMP Lowdham Grange. Prison officers, working for Serco who manage the prison, observed the visit and became suspicious of their behaviour. They decided to search the prisoner at the end of the visit and found he had been given two […]
Three man have been jailed after a £1.25m cannabis factory was discovered after eagle-eyed officers noticed melted snow on their roof.
All surrounding rooftops were covered in snow following wintery conditions, but this one stood out and on closer inspection it was obvious that drugs were being grown inside due to the pungent smell. Once inside officers discovered a grow consisting of 1,482 plants across 13 rooms of the building – which also posed a […]
Student robbed of £300 scooter along footpath
A teenager who robbed a student of his e-scooter has been warned he will be locked up if he offends again in the next two years. The student, 18, was riding the £300 scooter along a footpath which runs next to the River Leen in Radford when he noticed two men walking towards him. The […]
Man charged after large fire at allotments
A suspect has been charged after emergency services quickly responded to a large fire and the sound of explosions at some allotments. Police were called to the site in Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, at around 9.30pm on Friday 14 May 2021 after a man was reported to have been seen starting a fire. Fire crews from […]
A drink-driver knocked over a Nottingham student and left him dying in the road callously claimed he drove off because he thought he would be ok
Manish Shah was locked up for six years, nine months at Nottingham Crown Court.
A drink-driver knocked over a Nottingham student and left him dying in the road callously claimed he drove off because he thought he woul…
Manish Shah was locked up for six years, nine months at Nottingham Crown Court. William Christmas, 19, a first-year student at the University of Nottingham, instead died at the scene of the collision in Derby Road during the early hours of 19 March 2020. The politics and international relations undergraduate had been on a […]
Man jailed after gun is found in sock
A man has been locked up after police found this gun hidden in a sock while carrying out a warrant in St Ann’s. The warrant, a proactive joint operation by the St Ann’s Neighbourhood Team and the City South Operation Reacher team, was executed on the morning of 21 January 2021.
Seized phone ordered to be disposed of following drugs offence
A drug dealer has been ordered by the court to have a phone seized disposed of after officers found text messages advertising cannabis. The device was seized by detectives following a raid at a house in Bestwood in 27 June 2019 which showed messages offering the drug to groups of people.
A man who repeatedly sexually abused a young girl over a period of more than six years has been jailed
Roger Ashcroft, 35, targeted the girl on multiple occasions at two addresses in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire. His offending was exposed when his victim revealed the abuse to a teacher at her school. Ashcroft was arrested by Nottinghamshire Police and was later charged with multiple offences. During his police interviews he denied all knowledge […]
A modern slavery victim was forced to live with little food and sleep in cramped conditions on a sofa after being given only a small percentage of his wages despite working long shifts at two local businesses
A modern slavery victim was forced to live with little food and sleep in cramped conditions on a sofa after being given only a small percentage of his wages despite working long shifts at two local businesses. His wages and credit card were controlled and taken by 35-year-old Elvis Scripcaru who told the victim that […]
A modern slavery victim was forced to live with little food and sleep in cramped conditions on a sofa after being given only a small perc…
A modern slavery victim was forced to live with little food and sleep in cramped conditions on a sofa after being given only a small percentage of his wages despite working long shifts at two local businesses. His wages and credit card were controlled and taken by 35-year-old Elvis Scripcaru who told the victim that […]
A teenager who stabbed another boy in the stomach after a confrontation in Forest Fields has been locked up
Jayvarn Salmon, 18, chased the victim into a shop before stabbing him once, causing serious injuries including damage to an internal organ. He needed surgery in hospital before he was later discharged.
A man who raped and murdered a 15-year-old schoolgirl has died in prison
Kayleigh Haywood, from Measham, Leicestershire, was killed and her body was dumped in a hedgerow in November 2015 after being groomed online. Stephen Beadman, 34, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years in 2016. The Prison Service said he died at HMP Wakefield and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman […]
A knife attacker who headbutted a man before stabbing him twice during an incident in Cinderhill was caught as he tried to leave the area in a taxi
The victim, who is aged in his 30s, had just got out of his van after finishing work when he heard a man and a woman arguing in Wareham Close.
A knife attacker who headbutted a man before stabbing him twice during an incident in Cinderhill was caught as he tried to leave the area…
The victim, who is aged in his 30s, had just got out of his van after finishing work when he heard a man and a woman arguing in Wareham Close. As he started to walk away from his van he heard smashing sound coming from the couple’s direction. He looked over and saw a […]
A violent thug who choked a woman and threatened to stab police officers been jailed
A violent thug who choked a woman and threatened to stab police officers been jailed. Zak Jackson, 23, assaulted the woman at an address in Mansfield on 14 October last year, placing both hands around her neck as he demanded to examine the contents of her phone.
A man who punched and kicked a woman in the face has been jailed
Daniel Bonser, 24, attacked the woman at an address in Mansfield as she was on the phone to the police about this aggressive and confrontational behaviour towards her. After grabbing her by the hair and punching her to the floor, Bonser then kicked her in the face as she lay on the ground.