A man who lives in Nottingham's Rifle Street has been recalled back to prison - for firearms offences.

Simeon Moffat, 28, who was out of prison on licence, has been sent back to jail after being charged with three offences.

Radford man Moffatt, was arrested on October 28 following a raid at an address in Cedar Grove, Nottingham.

Moffat appeared at court on Friday and was charged with possession of a firearm without a certificate, possession of firearm ammunition without a certificate and possession of Class A drugs.

He was remanded to appear again at court at a later date.

A series of burglaries in Mansfield - where thieves stole laptops and vehicles - are believed to be linked, police have said.

The first theft took place in Darleydale Close on September 29, while two other break-ins took place on October 24 in Abbeydale Drive and Johnson Drive.

Police said large amounts of property were stolen, including laptops and vehicles.

Anyone with information should contact police on 101, quoting incident numbers 179 of September 29, 32 of October 24, or 165 of October 24.

A door to door salesman who conned elderly people to buy goods at massively inflated prices has been branded "despicable" by a judge.

Bestwood Park man Michael Harrison targeted elderly people in a Lincolnshire village knocking on doors offering household goods for sale.

One woman was so frightened by him fearing he would not take 'no' for an answer that she agreed to pay £215 for items which were worth just £20.

Edna Leonard, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court that the victim believed the only was she get Harrison to leave was to give him the money for items which included handkerchiefs, dish cloths and scissors.

The elderly woman was so upset by the incident that it caused her to have an angina attack.

Three weeks later Harrison returned to the same village, Mareham-le-Fen, near Horncastle, and conned an elderly Alzheimer's sufferer into paying £30 for a pair of garden secateurs worth £2.79.

The court was told that the woman was left devastated by the incident and had to give up living independently and move into a care home.

Harrison was subsequently traced by police and arrested.

Michael Harrison, 33, of Rose Ash Lane, Bestwood Park, Nottingham, admitted two charges of fraud on 20 March and 11 April this year. He was jailed for two years.

Judge Michael Heath, passing sentence, told him "You targeted two elderly, vulnerable ladies. People who do that are despicable. There can only be a sentence of immediate imprisonment."

Raglan Ashton, defending, said that Harrison had previously been destitute but managed to turn his life around after forming a relationship.

Mr Ashton said "This woman came into his life and immeasurably improved it. He was in a long-standing relationship with her. He had stability and he had a settled home. His life was very much changed."

He told the court that Harrison's partner was diagnosed with terminal cancer and passed away in March 2014.

Mr Ashton said "He returned to being on the streets without any money. He developed a drug addiction for the first time . As a consequence he committed these offences.

"He was endeavouring to earn money and the only way he thought he could do so was by going door to door."

Grandfather Neil Amess has been jailed after he was found with more than 13,000 images and videos of child porn on his computer – some of which he shared online with other paedophiles.

The 63-year-old, from Clifton, started looking at the indecent images – which ranged from cartoons to the most serious types of abuse – after his second marriage broke down.

Yesterday, Nottingham Crown Court was told that as well as having the images on his hard drive, he was part of sharing networks to swap them online with other perverts.

Jailing him for three-and-a-half years, Judge Andrew Hamilton said Amess had been downloading the images for ten to 15 years.

He said: "They are all serious; one was of a two-year-old. There are photos of children that have often been abused. It is quite disgusting."

Police visited Amess's home in Haworth Court after they received a tip-off on September 25 last year.

They had been told that an iPad user had been downloading indecent images of children through peer-to-peer sharing networks/folders.

They searched his home on February 26 and took away his computer equipment. A total of 13,920 indecent images and videos of children were found – which ranged in seriousness.

Prosecutor Dawn Pritchard told the hearing: "Inquiries were made with the service provider, Virgin, which led the police to this defendant as the user of the iPad."

She said there was only one image of a girl – the rest were all of boys aged four to 16.

Amess was arrested and initially denied the offences but later pleaded guilty to taking an indecent photo, making indecent photos, making a pseudo-indecent photo and possessing indecent photographs.

The court heard Amess had attempted to take his own life while on police bail. He tried to poison himself with car exhaust fumes, but two people saw him and pulled him from the vehicle.

For Amess, Matthew Smith told the court that his second marriage had broken down – and from "time to time" he would view the images.

"He knows he is in a serious position," Mr Smith said.

"He has been concerned about his behaviour for a significant period of time. He has been downloading and viewing what he accepts are thoroughly appalling and disturbing images and he accepts he has got a problem.

"He became disgusted with himself and stopped viewing them. He stands in front of your honour thoroughly ashamed of what he's done. He hangs his head in shame. He has lost his family."

Amess had no previous convictions. He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders' Register for life and will be monitored on his release on a sexual harm prevention order.

Nottingham: Tristan Clayton, 36, of Belvoir Street, Hucknall, admitted using threatening behaviour on September 23. He was bailed to be sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on November 10 at 10am.

Nottingham: Patryk Gawina, 22, of Radford Road, has been ordered to attend Nottingham Magistrates' Court today at 10am. He is accused of drink-driving in Nuthall Road, on September 26. When tested by police, his reading was 45 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

The limit stands at 35.

Nottingham: Ramunas Gudauskas, 47, of Devon Road, has been bailed to attend Nottingham Magistrates' Court on December 15. Gudauskas faces two charges, which he denied, of assault in the city on September 24.

Bulwell: Lance Harvey, 30, of Belvoir Street, Hucknall, was conditionally discharged for six months after he stole a pair of £12 gloves from Tesco on September 21. After pleading guilty at Nottingham Magistrates' Court, he was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £15, costs of £40 and a courts charge of £150.

Nottingham: An 18-year-old man has been accused of possessing ecstasy and cocaine with intent to supply on June 7. Laurence Honeyman-Smith, 18, of Huntingdon Street, has been bailed to attend Nottingham Crown Court on November 10.

The Park: Tim Blades, 43, of Clumber Crescent South, was bailed after he denied assaulting a woman in Sainsburys, in Castle Bridge Road, Nottingham, on January 14. His trial has been listed at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on December 8 at 2pm.

A proceeds of crime investigation is looking into the assets of gang members who targeted pensioners in a scam.

Some of the eight defendants pretended to be experts in wills and trusts law. They were jailed for more than 12 years at Nottingham Crown Court in May after a prosecution by Nottinghamshire County Council's trading standards.

A POCA has been made to examine the finances of four of the eight defendants. Yesterday, the hearing was adjourned until January 15.

Those concerned are: Joseph Croft, 53, of Sleaford, Matthew Appleyard, 42, and his father Alan Appleyard, 71, both of Halifax, who ran the businesses, initially employing Joy Bell, 55, of Bracebridge Heath as their "head of legal".

All four admitted Fraudulent Trading and Legal Services Act offences.

A courier told a court he has opted to tackle his depression by going to the gym instead of buying cannabis in bulk – after being caught with the drug by police.

Daniel Walker-Phea changed his approach after officers found £450-worth of the drug in his Nottingham home, causing a major upset in his family.

Defence solicitor Omar Khan told Nottingham Magistrates' Court yesterday that the cannabis had been used by the 23-year-old, of Arleston Drive, Nottingham, to self-medicate.

"He used to buy in bulk to feed his habit, using cannabis to medicate and alleviate depression," he said.

"Now things have changed and his parents have got involved.

"He has been looking at his mother crying and the family has been very distressed.

"He is not medicating with cannabis any more and is doing something to help his depression because he goes to the gym and is active more.

"Look at this incident as a one-off, isolated occurrence. He is highly remorseful."

Although the amount of cannabis was a factor against him, there were no other details which aggravated the offence.

Walker-Phea admitted having cannabis at home on July 8. He was given a two-year conditional discharge with a £180 court charge, £85 prosecution costs and a £15 government surcharge.

Magistrates ordered the destruction of the drugs.

Presiding magistrate Daniel Junor told him: "Make this a one-off.

"If you commit another offence during the next 24 months, you can be punished for this and for further offences."

Mr Junor added: "It is very important that for the next two years, you do not appear in these courts again."

Prosecutor Margaret Martin said police searched Walker-Phea's home and found "a relatively large amount of cannabis," a total of five ounces worth £450.

"He admitted the cannabis was his. He said he purchased it at £90 an ounce and it was for his personal use," she said.

"He said it was cheaper to buy it like that and would have smoked it all himself."

Walker-Phea told police he smoked seven grammes a day.

The court heard that he earns between £850 and £1,000 a month as a courier driver.

Up to 80 Derby County and Nottingham Forest followers were involved in what a court was told was "unadulterated and pre-arranged football hooliganism".

A crowd of 50 Rams fans gathered in the car park of a pub in Trowell where they waiting for 30 Reds fans who travelled to meet them for a mass brawl, Nottingham Crown Court heard today.

When the two rival groups of fans clashed in the street residents were left "frightened and intimidated" with one woman confronting two men who told her "you've got to let us in or we'll get our heads kicked in".

A total of 14 men have already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit violent disorder but three others have denied the same charge and are currently on trial at Nottingham Crown Court.

They are Timothy Green, 23, and Samuel Chambers, 18, who both support Derby, and Forest fan Ian Litman, 48.

Sarah Knight, prosecuting, has this morning opened the case against the trio.

She said: "Although the level of violence meted out was not huge and the actual encounter itself was relatively short-lived, it could have been on a far more frightening and significant scale.

"There was a significant degree of planning to arrange the clash and this was done over a period of time before the football match and the encounter took place.

"We say that each of the three in the dock had their part to play."

Miss Knight said the fighting happened hours after Forest beat Derby 1-0 at the City Ground in September 2013.

She told the jury that CCTV seized will show them how a group of Derby County fans congregated in Ilkeston Market Place after the match and they travelled by bus to the Festival Inn, in Trowell.

Once there they did not enter the pub but "huddled together" outside trying to conceal their identities by wearing their hoods up.

Two hours later, taxis carrying Nottingham Forest followers arrived in Nottingham Road and the clash took place.

Miss Knight said: "Small groups of Derby fans started moving out of the car park of the Festival Inn, gathering momentum as more joined them.

"Within a minute of arriving in Nottingham Road, the Forest group were caught on CCTV running back from where they came from being pursued by the Derby contingent.

"Witnesses heard glasses smashing and a number of people called the police."

Miss Knight said a number of residents in Nottingham Road gave statements to the police after the clash had finished.

One of them said the atmosphere was "intimidating and starting to boil over" while another called the police after witnessing one man being "attacked and punched in the face" by a group.

Miss Knight said: "One woman was in her back garden when one of her daughters banged on the window to alert her to two men who had jumped over their fence.

"She said to them 'what are you doing?' and one of them said to her 'you have got to let us in or we are going to get our heads kicked in'.

"They then jumped back over the fence and they were gone."

Miss Knight said another Nottingham Road resident was in his car and was on his way to pick up his daughter from Nottingham when he saw a group of 15 to 20 men in the road.

She said: "He said they were zig-zagging across the road throwing punches at each other.

"He described them as 'acting like animals'."

The trial continues.

All three of the men on trial were arrested in February 2014, almost five months after the fight.

In interview Green told officers he had been at the Festival Inn and was there when the trouble flared.

But he denied being involved, telling them he had gone to the help of a man who was being beaten up, Miss Knight said.

However, she said social media evidence showed he had sent a number of Instant Messenger messages two days before the brawl. She said that in them Green made comments to them about how he had "spoken to the younger lot" who were "coming", references Miss Knight said showed he was part of the planning.

Chambers, who was 16 at the time, had not been at the scene of the fight but Miss Knight said he was part of the conspiracy to arrange it. She said he had been involved in a number of internet group chats in the days before it happened.

Miss Knight told the jury that one message read: "If they wanted it so much they would meet us, they are scared to leave Notts."

Litman, the court was told, was an older member of the Forest group who travelled by taxi to Trowell.

Statements were read out in court which were made by people who either work at or were customers at The Festival Inn on the afternoon of the brawl.

Robert Bown and partner Lisa Davies went to the pub to watch the match and stayed afterwards.

Mr Bown, in his statement, said: "The group of Derby fans walked out of the car park; they started shouting. An older man had five or 10 glasses thrown at him. It was clear they were there for violence."

Derby fans Timothy Green, 23, of Cavendish Street, Derby, and Samuel Chambers, 18, of Maple Avenue, Sandiacre, and Forest fan Ian Litman, 48, of Western Boulevard, Aspley, yesterday entered not guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit violent disorder.

Forest fan Mark McKendrick, 41, of North Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to the charge.

Loser Steven Bourne banned himself from the bookies – after taking out his anger on a gambling machine.

He poured hot tea over the £1,000 unit and was asked to leave the Betfred premises on the Market Square, the city's magistrates' court heard yesterday. But he returned and damaged it.

"He said he had lost money gambling and was angry. He was sorry and drunk," said Mrs Michele Macleod, prosecuting.

Bourne, 24, of Blue Bell Hill Road, St Ann's admitted criminal damage on June 4.

Alex Chapman, mitigating, said Bourne had sharply reduced his drinking.He added: "He has a gambling problem and is now barred from many premises. There are some where he has asked to be barred and other shops where he is not allowed."

Jobless Bourne was ordered to pay £400 towards repairs for the machine. He must pay a £180 court charge and a £60 government surcharge. He was put on probation for a year and must obey a curfew at home for a fortnight.

A serial bike thief was jailed for 50 weeks yesterday after a judge said he cared nothing for the owners of the expensive cycles he targeted.

Nottingham Magistrates Court heard that drug user Stephen Brecknock went into the city with bolt croppers, pliers, keys and a knife to help himself to people's bikes.

He struck at Nottingham Railway Station, around the city and in Beeston, before being arrested.

Deputy District Judge Kevin Grego told him: "You have problems from your drug misuse but I am also concerned about your behaviour, which shows no empathy, no thought, for the victims of your offending.

"People return to the railway station late at night in order to make their way home to find somebody has decided to help himself to their bicycle. That makes it an expensive night for them.

"You go for top end cycles for the reason that, if they are worth £1,000, you can get £100 and it can keep you going for a few days. I have no confidence whatsoever that your behaviour will change."

Brecknock, 31, of Lamcote Street, The Meadows, was also ordered to pay a £180 court charge and £120 government surcharge.

Michele Macleod, prosecuting, said a police patrol spotted Brecknock riding a black bike with electric blue lettering on August 18. They became suspicious because an officer recalled seeing him using a silver cycle earlier that day.

He was stopped on Station Street and said he had bought the bike off ebay.

It was identified as being stolen and returned to its owner. Brecknock was found with wire cutters in a pocket.

Brecknock admitted the following theft: a £550 cycle from Nottingham railway station on August 4; a £1,000 bike from the station on August 17; a £400 bike from Stanford Street on September 17; a £350 bike from Beeston on July 28, and an identical charge relating to a £200 bike from Carrington Street on August 7.

He pleaded guilty to going equipped for theft on Maid Marian Way on September 17; Station Street on August 18, and Carrington Street on August 7. He admitted receiving a stolen Kindle between July 11 and August 22 last year as well as two counts of having cannabis.

James Buckley, mitigating, urged the judge to impose a suspended prison sentence so Brecknock could get help to deal with his problems. A probation report had been compiled on Brecknock, who had several previous convictions and was in prison last year. Since then, tests showed he had avoided drugs.

Nottingham: A drink-driver was fined £300 when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. Martin Faulconbridge, 40, of Rosetta Road, Basford, pleaded guilty.

He had 79 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the limit is 35 – on September 30.

He was banned from driving for 17 months and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £30, a courts charge of £150 and costs of £85.

Nottingham: Richard Kirkwood, 30, of Mansfield Road, stole a tub of protein shake, alcohol and chocolate, and also damaged a shower cubicle.

Magistrates heard Kirkwood stole the £24.99 protein shake from Boots on September 29, damaged the shower cubicle in Hyson Green on August 2 and stole £10 worth of alcohol and chocolate from the Co-op, in Carrington, on August 24.

He was homeless at the time and subject to a community order. He pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay compensation and a courts charge of £150. He will be supervised by the probation service for 12 months. He was given six weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, to run concurrently on all charges.

A drink-driver was jailed for 18 weeks yesterday after getting caught on the school run with two children in his car.

Magistrates also imposed a four-year driving ban on Gavin Bonnar because it was his fifth similar offence in 12 years – and the second this year. He was already barred from driving when spotted on October 13 in Carlton.

JP Rhoda Coates told him: "You seem to have a complete disregard for court orders. You were disqualified but this did not stop you driving with two children in the car whilst under the influence of alcohol."

Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard that Bonnar was spotted driving in Prospect Road, with one child in the front passenger seat and another in the rear.

"His eyes were glazed and he smelt strongly of alcohol," said Margaret Martin, prosecuting. Bonnar admitted he had downed up to three cans of Fosters between noon and 1pm that day but had also been drinking while fishing during the night before.

Bonnar, 32, of Brookfield Road, Arnold, pleaded guilty to driving with 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – 26 over the legal limit – driving while disqualified and without insurance.

Ian Boddy, in mitigation, said Bonnar's partner had recently given birth to her third child. There were complications and she was unwell on the day of the offence, so asked him to collect the children from school. Bonnar had been drinking heavily since suffering depression, which had been brought on by the death of his father last year.

Mr Boddy said: "He didn't think straight because of the depression and the drink. Fortunately, no one was hurt but we all know the risks.''

He said Bonnar had received no help in coping with the death of his father, which hit him very hard because the two were close. He began "self-medicating through alcohol".

Mr Boddy added: "He was being dragged lower and that led to not working, so he was going down and down and down into depression.''

A probation report said Bonnar had tried to cut down on alcohol but was "still drinking 20 cans of cider a day. He accepts he needs intervention to cut the level of drinking.''

An armed police officer who accidentally injured a seven-year-old girl when an assault rifle went off will keep a job with the Nottinghamshire force.

An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission said there was "a case to answer for gross misconduct" after the incident.

The girl was hit in the lip by the casing of a bullet fired by mistake into the ground while on a trip to Sherwood Lodge, Nottinghamshire Police's headquarters, last October.

It was revealed yesterday that the force's head of professional standards said the officer had been dealt with through "internal proceedings" – rather than a misconduct hearing – and given a job in a different department.

Chief Constable Chris Eyre told the Post: "The officer showed immense integrity, stepping forward immediately, recognising their mistake.

"They are a good police officer who made a very serious mistake. They are now in other duties, performing services to the public.

"The person who it was up to to decide [the outcome for the officer] is qualified in making the decision and has looked at all the evidence."

Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping said the officer involved was "highly professional", did not want to return to firearms duty and would not be doing so.

It is only thanks to "good fortune" that someone was not seriously hurt on October 30, 2014, according to IPCC commissioner Derrick Campbell.

Schoolchildren who had won a colouring competition were enjoying their prize – touring Nottinghamshire Police's headquarters, Sherwood Lodge – when the unthinkable happened.

A decision to show the group weapons used by firearms officers led to a shot being fired into the ground from a Heckler and Koch G36C assault rifle. The bullet casing bounced back off the floor and hit a seven-year-old girl in the face, cutting her lip.

A statement from the officer, referred to only as "subject one" in the Independent Police Complaints Commission report into the incident, published yesterday, admitted they "made mistakes" while trying to make sure the weapon was safe.

"I feel utterly ashamed and embarrassed to have made such a mistake by not noticing and removing the magazine," the officer said. "I am deeply sorry and embarrassed."

The unnamed officer organising the trip – "subject three" – who asked for the demonstration, has apologised, saying: "My intention on being asked to organise this demonstration was to make it a fun and memorable day for all parties involved. At no point did I ever envisage anyone being hurt.''

No jobs have been lost, with subject one being redeployed elsewhere and subject three facing extra training.

Chief Constable Chris Eyre said it was the right decision. "The officer immediately surrendered their firearms permit, taser permit and specialist role in relation to it," he added. "The officer recognised the severity of the mistake they had made with this and it has been dealt with in that way. There has been a panel chaired by an assistant chief constable that has assessed the nature of the mistake that has been made and an appropriate outcome. The appropriate outcome is a redeployment."

Despite being told of his conclusion, the IPCC's report remained the same, saying there was "sufficient evidence" that the officer failed to make his weapon safe and breached local and national policies, amounting to a case for a gross misconduct hearing.

"I can't tell them to change their report," said Mr Eyre. He also stood by his decision not to tell the public about the incident, until the Post contacted them with the story.

Yesterday's report revealed Nottinghamshire Police's temporary head of communications drafted a statement to make the incident public by 3.15pm on the same day – October 30, 2014 – advising the force to be "proactive".

Instead, the decision was taken to have an "if asked" approach – meaning it only came to light after the Post got a tip-off and contacted the force on November 6.

Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping said the report confirmed there was no attempt to "cover up" the incident, with a report submitted to the IPCC on the same day. But he said he held a different view to the chief constable on taking proactive action.

"I think it would have been better to make a public statement and I said this at the time," he told the Post. "It would have been more appropriate."

The chief constable said he put "the privacy of the family first".

In the report, Mr Campbell stressed that the outcome could have been much worse.

"The seriousness of this matter cannot be underestimated," he said. "It is through good fortune that no one was more seriously injured. The officer's actions, while not deliberate, posed a genuine risk to those present. A number of sensible, logical recommendations have been made, which the force has accepted, including replacing live firearms with training weapons at future public events."

Nottinghamshire Police want to speak to the two people pictured in connection with a purse theft in Bulwell.

The theft took place at the Fultons Food store, in Main Street, on November 5.

If you recognise them or think you can help, call the police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 quoting incident number 469.

A landlord who put his tenants at risk has been told by magistrates to sell property he owns in London to pay his £16,000 legal bill.

Nadeem Hussain, of Sturan Road, Sheffield, was fined £16,237, including costs for not ensuring the tenants' safety and effectively maintaining three houses in Nottingham.

Hussain, 44, pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Wednesday to five offences under the Housing Act 2004 and management regulations, including failing to ensure that the fire detection and alarm systems were working.

Officers obtained warrants to enter two properties in Foxhall Road, Sherwood Rise and one in Elm Avenue, St Ann's.

All three were multiple occupations and officers found defective fire detection systems, with one whole system not working. They also found defective electrical installations, including live wires sticking out from walls.

Selston: A dad-of-four has been cleared of assaulting his partner – but has admitted stalking her. On Wednesday, a jury cleared 46-year-old Peter Phillis of assault, causing bodily harm to his partner at their home in Selston on July 24 last year. It emerged at his trial, at Nottingham Crown Court, that he had pleaded guilty to three charges of stalking his partner, her parents and brother. Phillis, of Hollyhill Road, continually attended the home of her parents. The woman had been staying there following the alleged assault at the family home in Selston.

Following the assault verdict, Phillis was bailed to be sentenced on the stalking charges on Thursday, December 10.

Nottingham: Mark Arden, 46, of Holly Street, Lincoln, pleaded guilty to stealing a £4.50 bottle of wine from Spar on June 15. Magistrates gave him a community order, an alcohol treatment requirement as a non-resident for 12 months and ordered he pay £4.50 compensation, a victim surcharge of £60 and courts charge of £150.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested following a two-car crash at a car park in Ilkeston.

Police and fire services were called to the Tesco car park in Rutland Street in the centre of the town shortly before 1am on Friday morning.

A spokeswoman for Derbyshire Police said: "We have arrested a 35-year-old man. He blew excess for alcohol at the scene and was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving."

Fire crews were called to the scene after one of the cars involved was smoking, but made the vehicles safe before leaving.

A paedophile who had almost one million indecent images of children on his computer has been jailed for 12 years.

Thomas Leonard, 23, was told by a judge that he represented a "significant risk of causing serious sexual harm" to underage girls after he admitted a string of crimes involving youngsters at Nottingham Crown Court.

He was sentenced on Monday after earlier pleading guilty to 20 offences, including sexual activity with a 14-year-old, producing indecent photographs, voyeurism and exposing himself to a mum and daughter in the woods.

One of the images he produced included a baby.

Judge Michael Stokes told Leonard, of Bracken Avenue, Newark, he was "obviously obsessed with sex".

"This is not the behaviour of a man who is simply immature," the judge said.

"This is the behaviour of someone who presents a significant risk of serious sexual harm."

Detective Inspector Pete Quinn, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "Leonard's crimes were some of the most disturbing we have dealt with when it comes to indecent images.

"His actions in filming and photographing those around him in the local community were despicable and mark him out as a profound danger to the community.

"We are pleased to see how seriously the court has taken these offences."

Seven e-cigarette retailers across Nottingham have been caught selling nicotine products to under-18s.

Nottingham City Council's community protection trading standards service carried out an operation at the end of October using child volunteers as shoppers.

The young volunteers visited 13 local retailers and asked to buy products, including e-liquids containing nicotine.

Seven of the stores visited sold the products to the teens, and have been given official warnings and further test purchases will be carried out in the future.

Councillor Nicola Heaton, portfolio holder for community services, said: "City retailers must ensure that they sell these products only to people who are old enough to buy them, or prepare to face the consequences."

Since October 1 it has been against the law to sell nicotine products to children under the age of 18.

Anyone found guilty of doing so can be fined up to £2,500.