Arrest after 26-year-old man dies in crash

August 26, 2016, 5:17 am

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A 26-year-old man has died following a crash in Ranby, near Retford, on Thursday night.Police were called to the scene of the crash on A620 on Babworth Road at 11.45pm on Thursday. The crash site is close to HMP Ranby, near Retford.Read more: Road closed for hours after serious crash in NottinghamshireInvestigating officers have been at the scene all morning attempting to find out what caused the collision, between a silver Hyundai and a blue MG Rover.The man was pronounced dead at the scene,...

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Window cleaner jailed for five years for sex attacks

August 26, 2016, 7:09 am

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A window cleaner has been jailed for five years after sexually assaulting a 78-year-old man and abusing a three-year-old girl.Mark Bacon, who turned 46 on Friday, was arrested after he touched the pensioner after cleaning his windows in Bulwell on January 11.Nottingham Crown Court heard Bacon, previously of Sneinton, was bailed, then confessed to another crime.He walked into Central Police Station in Nottingham on April 22 and owned up to sexually touching the three-year-old 13 years ago in...

Lifestyle trainer kicked man in head in West Bridgford

August 26, 2016, 8:41 am

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A lifestyle trainer has been ordered to pay £1,000 compensation to a man he attacked outside West Bridgford's Fire and Ice bar.Daniel Smith left the man with a swollen black eye after he kicked him twice when someone pushed the man over on December 19 last year.Sentencing Smith for assaulting the man and causing him bodily harm, Recorder James Smith said the victim had enjoyed an evening with his brother, son and wife and they had been waiting for a taxi to go home.There was "clearly...

Heart patient pocketed £15,000 of benefits he was not...

August 26, 2016, 8:49 am

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A heart patient got a suspended jail term for fiddling £15,750 state benefit by keeping quiet about a part-time job.Michael Crew, now 66, received pension credit and said he had no income, magistrates in Nottingham heard.But he later admitted "he did not read annual statements and did not make enquiries to see if the work affected his benefits," said Daniel Pietryka, prosecuting.The overpayments mounted up because the offence went on from August 2012 to September 2014, the court...

Dad stabbed in park is now friends with 'hero' who saved his life

August 26, 2016, 9:00 am

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A father who was stabbed five times and left to die in the Forest Recreation Ground has become good friends with the "hero" who saved his life. Aaron Lord, of Carlton Hill, said that if it wasn't for Marcin Kudyba – the 26-year-old hotel receptionist who found him – he wouldn't be alive today. Aaron, also 26, fought back tears as he told the Post: "The surgeon told me I wasn't meant to live. I lost five units of blood and after four units, your body shuts...

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August 26, 2016, 10:00 am

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Conmen speaking in foreign accents have been distracting shop keepers and bar staff, and snatching smart phones and cash. But the men have been caught on CCTV cameras and police are now appealing for the public to help track them down. Pubs and vaping shops in Eastwood are among the small businesses targeted by the thieves, who have been asking questions in Spanish and Italian to sidetrack their victims. In CCTV footage from Senior Vape, in Mansfield Rd, Eastwood, viewers can see a man...

Campaign to raise money after vandals target Stonebridge City...

August 27, 2016, 6:29 am

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A well-wisher has set up a fundraising page to raise money for a city farm which was targeted by vandals twice this week.A Star Wars shed was smashed and chicken houses overturned by raiders who broke into Stonebridge City Farm. Staff at the St Ann's attraction locked up at about 5pm on Wednesday and then arrived at 7.30am the following day to find birds running loose amidst the damage.It was the second time the farm was targeted as staff arrived on Monday morning to find a similar picture...

Extremist gang member talks to community group in Stapleford

August 27, 2016, 11:30 am

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A former member of a violent British extremist gang spoke to a group in Nottinghamshire about his journey and the potential for those that are lost to hate to turn their lives around.Chris Hardy was once a member of a paramilitary gang and perpetrator of hate crimes against minority groups in the country but turned his life around after discovering God. On Saturday, he gave an honest recollection of his violent past to a group at the Haven Centre in Stapleford and called for "hope and...

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August 28, 2016, 5:11 am

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Three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an alleged assault in Top Valley.Officers detained an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old on Sunday morning. Both men remain in police custody. A 22-year-old man was arrested on Saturday and was later bailed pending further enquiries.The arrests followed an alleged assault, which is believed to have taken place in Pedmore Valley at 4.30pm on Friday.The victim, a 34-year-old man, remains in hospital in a serious but stable...

Nottingham backpacker helps to bring justice to family of...

August 28, 2016, 8:22 am

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A Nottingham backpacker who was one of the first people to find the decomposing body of a massage therapist killed in Cambodia is helping the victim's family fight for justice. Katharine Powell was travelling across south-east Asia with a group of friends in 2013 when she heard a search party was being launched to track down a missing 55-year-old named Katherine Grgich. On September 29, six days after the hiker was reported missing, Miss Powell, of Mapperley, set off from her guesthouse on...

Neighbours frightened following attempted murder arrests

August 28, 2016, 10:00 am

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People living close to the scene where an alleged assault took place have said they are shocked and frightened - but that it won't stop them carrying on with life as usual. A 34 year-old man was left in a serious but stable condition after the incident on Friday August 26, in Bestwood Park. Police have since arrested three males on suspicion of attempted murder.Residents of Pedmore Valley, where the incident took place, have said they were shocked to discover the news. Beverley Rogers was caught...

Public join police on bank holiday stop and search operation

August 28, 2016, 1:36 pm

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Members of the public were given the chance to see a police stop and search operation in full flow this weekend as officers hit the busy bank holiday weekend with a sniffer dog. On Sunday evening, Nottinghamshire Police invited the public to join them on stop and search initiative, Operation Promote, aimed at picking up on revellers who may be in possession of drugs particularly class As. The Operation is part of an ongoing attempt by the police to help disrupt the relationship between drug...

Police appeal after fight near Theatre Royal

August 28, 2016, 1:56 pm

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Police are looking for witnesses after a fight broke out in Theatre Square at the start of the Bank Holiday weekend. The fight is alleged to have taken place around 6pm on Friday evening, August 26. Read more: Extremist gang member talks to community group in Stapleford A police investigation is now underway and officers are now trying to find any witnesses who saw the disturbance in the busy area of the city. It is thought the fight may have taken place between 10 and 20 people in the city...

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August 29, 2016, 10:00 am

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Young boxing champion Bryer Wheatley's life could have been so different with one more slash of a knife.The bantamweight fighter got involved with knife crime and watched his friend get stabbed – twice – during altercations on the streets of Nottingham.Now, the 18-year-old is warning youngsters in the city that they need not carry the deadly weapons, which only put you in more danger of being stabbed yourself.A talented boxer since the age of ten, Bryer lost his way in his early...

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August 30, 2016, 6:10 am

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A man was taken to hospital after an 'unprovoked' assault in a nightclub.The attack happened in Level 21 – formerly known as Illusions – in Clumber Street, Mansfield, in the early hours of Friday, August 19.The victim, who was kept in hospital overnight, needed stitches to his eye. Read more: Police appeal after fight near Theatre RoyalNottinghamshire Police officers are urging anyone who witnessed the assault or people who may have information to come forward.If you saw this assault...

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Man killed in A620 crash is named by police

August 30, 2016, 6:17 am

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A 26-year-old man who was killed in a crash in north Nottinghamshire last week has been named.Ryan Willis, of Swans Quay, Retford, died after his Hyundai Accent car collided with a blue MG Rover along the A620 at Ranby at about 11.45pm on Thursday.The crash site is close to HMP Ranby.Read more: Arrest after 26-year-old man dies in crashMr Willis was pronounced dead at the scene, and the road was closed for more than 12 hours. A 20-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by...

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August 30, 2016, 7:16 am

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KFC in Nottingham's Nuthall Road has been closed throughout today following an armed robbery.Detectives are appealing for information which could help identify three people who carried out the raid at the takeaway restaurant, in the Cinderhill area of Nottingham.Police say the suspects entered the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant at around 11.45pm on Bank Holiday Monday and threatened the manager with weapons before leaving the scene with a quantity of cash.No one was injured, but the manager...

Chutney curry house boss dodged paying £150k VAT

August 30, 2016, 12:10 pm

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The owner of a Nottingham city centre restaurant dodged paying £150,000 VAT while his wife was pocketing £53,000 in tax credits, a court heard. Mohammed Ibrahim, who runs Chutney in Friar Lane, and his wife "lived comfortably", spending £18,500 on a BMW, splashing out £81,000 on four more vehicles, owning a rented property and extending their home. Nottingham Crown Court heard chef Ibrahim had avoided paying VAT to HM Revenue and Customs over more than six...

Couple were told child's fingers would be 'chopped off'

August 30, 2016, 12:24 pm

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A couple who saw a cannabis crop in a garage were terrorised afterwards - with talk of a cat being put in a microwave and their child's fingers being cut off.Judge Stuart Rafferty QC jailed former hygiene manager Sean Huddart and Craig Dickman for affray in Bilsthorpe at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday.Huddart, 48, described putting a cat in a microwave to the lady in the couple after she apparently saw the drugs in a garage.Huddart then recruited Dickman to come along to act as the 'hard...

Prison staff levels reduced amid increase in self-harm

August 30, 2016, 1:09 pm

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The number of prison officers in Nottingham has dropped again, after the Government said it would recruit more officers to combat growing reports of drugs and violence.Prisons have now been dubbed a "toxic cocktail of violence, death and human misery" by a leading penal reform group.Staff numbers of frontline officers at HMP Nottingham have dropped from 200 to 166 in the past year, a 17 percent decrease.There had been 230 officers in 2013 but the number fell to 160 a year later before...