Care home director admits manslaughter by gross negligence after pensioner's...
A director of a care home has admitted manslaughter by gross negligence following the death of a 83-year-old pensioner.Ivy Atkin died on November 22 2012, shortly after being moved from Autumn Grange...
View ArticleMan to pay more than £600 for leaving dog excrement on street
Bestwood: A 39-year-old has been ordered by magistrates to pay more than £600 after he dropped dog excrement in the street. David Brian, of Wyton Close, was caught on April 24 depositing a bag of...
View ArticleMan accused of assaulting nine-year-old girl can't be prosecuted - as police...
A man accused of assaulting a nine-year-old girl cannot be taken to court because police have lost vital evidence tapes .Prosecutors said that the man, from Clifton, told police he attacked the child –...
View ArticleMan arrested on suspicion of murder at Nottingham prison
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a prisoner at HMP Nottingham.The 80-year-old victim was pronounced dead at around 5pm on Thursday.Police were called to the...
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Pensioner has purse snatched by '10-year-old boy'
Residents are being warned to keep a closer eye on their belongings after a 91-year-old woman had her purse snatched by a young boy. The incident happened in Mona Road, West Bridgford, at around...
View ArticleMan fined for having drugs
A Clifton man pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis in Kilsby Road, in Clifton, on July 19.James Anderson, 21, of Colley Moor Leys Lane, was sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.He was fined £100...
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Crooks burgle home stealing laptop - but save the life of a goldfish after...
Burglars stole a laptop computer containing thousands of precious photographs – but saved the life of the family goldfish during the break-in. Monica and Lance McGill were devastated when an HP Compaq...
View ArticleNottingham Forest fan banned from football matches for three years
Nottingham: A 23-year-old Forest fan has been banned from football matches for three years. Dale Haywood, of Sherwood Court, Chilwell, admitted being drunk and disorderly and going on to the pitch at...
View ArticleMan who fiddled firm lived like a 'millionaire'
A logistics worker who has been jailed for fiddling his firm 300 times was only caught when he took a break from the job.Jonathan Sherriff's stand-in checked his work and that led to auditors finding...
View ArticleEx-teacher to appear in court on historic sex charges
A former teacher charged with historic sex offences will appear in court this week.Christopher Metcalfe, 68, of Cross Lane, Blidworth, was due at Derby Crown Court yesterday but his case was...
View ArticleSenior Nottingham judge slams prosecution for delays in teenage rape case
Nottingham's senior judge yesterday slammed prosecution lawyers for delays in a rape case in which a 14-year-old girl allegedly became pregnant.Judge Michael Stokes said it was the fourth matter to be...
View ArticleJudge calls for tougher sentences for burglars - after jailing repeat...
A relentless burglar was jailed for six years yesterday as Nottingham's leading judge said tougher powers were needed to curb house raiders.Judge Michael Stokes spoke after it was revealed that Wayne...
View ArticleNottingham barrister charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine
A Nottingham barrister will spend Christmas behind bars after being charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine.Omar Khan appeared before Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Saturday and was remanded in...
View ArticleMan 'kicks out' at mobility scooter in Worksop
A man "kicked out" at a mobility scooter as it was being driven down the street.The victim was driving his fully-enclosed scooter in High Hoe Road, Worksop, on November 28 at about 6pm when he...
View ArticleMan admits harassing a woman
Sutton-in-Ashfield: Mark Fenwick, 42, of Rhodes Walk, harassed a woman between October 10 and October 18.After Fenwick pleaded guilty at Mansfield Magistrates' Court, a community order was made and a...
View ArticleJohn Parker murder trial: Killer 'tried to blame his friend'
A street attacker who plunged a knife into a man's neck tried to frame a friend because he dreaded life in jail, a murder trial heard yesterday.Jobless Jonathan Jones was one of two men arrested on...
View ArticleDo you recognise these men? Police appeal after shop theft
Police have released CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to in connection with a theft from a Co-op store.The men were in the Edwinstowe store, in High Street, on October 15.If you...
View ArticleJohn Parker trial: Man found guilty of murder
Jonathan Jones has been found guilty of murder at Nottingham Crown Court.The jury returned a unanimous verdict over the stabbing of John Parker in St Ann's on Sunday, May 31.Jones admitted manslaughter...
View ArticlePrisoner charged with murder after pensioner found dead in cell at HMP...
A 24-year-old prisoner has been charged with the murder of an 80-year-old Derbyshire man.David Peter Gomersall has appeared in court charged with the murder of John Coxall.Mr Coxall, of William Street,...
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Knifeman on 'drugs bender' shocked with taser after threatening to stab police
A man on a "drugs bender" had to be shocked with a taser after threatening to stab police when he blockaded himself into a block of flats. The officers had been called after Jack Arthurs suffered "a...
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