A man who bit two Nottinghamshire Police officers was left facing a £580 bill and the threat of jail.
Dylan Broadley, 19, sank his teeth into the pair because he thought they were wrong in arresting him in Victoria Road, Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard.
PC Daniel Weaver ended up with a bleeding right hand and was awarded £200 compensation from jobless Broadley, of Chandos Street, Netherfield.
The father-of-one must also pay £100 to PC Christopher Featonby, who was...
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Netherfield man must pay cops he bit during arrest for violence
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Shopkeeper jailed for selling illicit tobacco in Mansfield
A shopkeeper has been locked-up for 10 weeks for selling counterfeit tobacco in Mansfield.
Bistun Ali, the owner of the Sunstar Mini Market, in Church Street, admitted 14 different counts of possessing goods with a false trademark for sale or hire when he appeared before magistrates in the town on Thursday.
The 27-year-old, of Rosehill Street, Derby, had initially been visited by Nottinghamshire County Council's trading standards officers in March last year – just two weeks after he...
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Police believe prison absconders have been in the Nottingham area
Police have renewed their appeal to find two prison absconders who have been on the run for five days.
Darrel Bryce, 31, originally from Nottinghamshire, is believed to have run off from HMP Hatfield and Young Offenders Institution along with another offender, Jeremiah St.Phorose, 27, on March 28.
Both men were serving indefinite life sentences for separate offences, including robbery and possession of a firearm for Bryce, and burglary and wounding for St Phorose.
Bryce has connections in...
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Police want to speak to this man after assault on Nottingham City...
Police want to speak to the man pictured in connection with an assault which took place on a Nottingham bus.
The incident happened on a Nottingham City Transport bus on Wednesday, March 2.
The offence is alleged to have taken place while the vehicle was parked in Lower Parliament Street.
Read more: Police believe prison absconders have been in the Nottingham area
Anyone who recognises the man is asked to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 171 of 2 March 2016.
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Man jailed for assault and aggravated burglary absconds from...
A man jailed for eight years has absconded from HMP Sudbury.Jacob Dominic Carter, 26, absconded from the Category D men's prison on Friday, April 1.
He was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court in February 2014 to eight years and two months for aggravated burglary and assault.
He uses the alias Daniel Liam Hall and is white, 5ft 10ins tall and of average build.
He has blue eyes and brown hair.
Read more: Police want to speak to this man after assault on Nottingham City Transport bus
Carter...
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Trial starts after man is accused of sexually abusing and raping...
A jury has been sworn in at the trial of a man accused of multiple offences of sexually abusing and raping children.Paul Goldie has denied 16 allegations involving three girls in the Bobbers Mill and Hyson Green area.His trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard on Monday how the offences came to light when the youngest victim, who had been four or five years old, told her mum what had happened.Sarah Knight, prosecuting, said Goldie was 12 years older than this girl who is now in her twenties.She...
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Fake builders steal from old man and 5-year-old becomes Zoolander...
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Mystery surrounds discovery of unconscious man in Nottingham...
Police are looking for witnesses after a man was found unconscious with serious head injuries in a Hyson Green street.A 31-year-old man remains in hospital after he was found in Noel Street on Thursday, March 10, at around 5.40pm.He was taken to Queen's Medical Centre, where doctors determined he had suffered a serious head injury.Noel Street runs parallel to Radford Road and is largely residential. It connects Gregory Boulevard, by the Forest Recreation Ground, to Gladstone Street behind the...
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Three people to appear before a judge in Bulwell kidnap case
Three people are to appear at crown court next month following an alleged kidnapping in Bulwell.Alshauntia Robinson, 22, and Tafari Smith, 26, both of Shakespeare Street, Leicester, and Denell Baker, 23, of Upperton Road, also Leicester, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court charged with the offence, which is said to have happened in Broad Eadow Road, Bulwell, on March 30.
The offence is indictable-only, meaning magistrates' powers are not sufficient to deal with the case.
The proceedings...
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Distraction burglars claimed to be builders and stole cash from...
A group of men posed as builders to distract an elderly man before stealing cash from his Arnold home and driving off.Police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen the men approach the victim, who lives in Langford Road, on Saturday, April 2.The fake builders arrived and left in a van or car with ladders on top.Read more: Mystery surrounds discovery of unconscious man in Nottingham streetA police spokesman said: "A number of men visited the address of an elderly man in Langford Road,...
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Everything you need to know about Nottinghamshire's police and...
So the polling card has dropped through your door saying the elections for Nottinghamshire's next police and crime commissioner are coming up.But what does that mean? And why should you care? The turnout for the first vote, in 2012, was low, so here we answer some of your questions:Q: When is it?A: The elections are on Thursday, May 5, at your local polling station unless you've signed up for a postal vote.Q: Am I registered to vote?A: That's up to you. If you are registered for council...
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Widow of walker Roger Freeman receives 'significant damages'...
Lawyers acting on behalf of Glenis Freeman, who survived the tragedy in farmer Paul Waterfall's field in Stanford-on-Soar in 2013, have now reached an undisclosed out-of-court settlement.Mr Waterfall, of R&P Waterfall Ltd, walked free from court in May 2014 when he was cleared of gross negligence manslaughter.At the trial prosecutors had claimed it was his bull, Zac, that attacked Mr Freeman, charging at him and tossing him in the air, and stripping him of his walking clothing.Zac had...
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Thug jailed for frenzied attack on Good Samaritan with child's...
Mark Wood, of Mansfield, lashed out with a punch at Phillip Needham, flung him to the ground and swung and hit him on the back with the scooter.At Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday, Wood was jailed for 15 months for assaulting Mr Needham during his dad's 60th birthday bash.Wood received six months concurrently for assaulting Jacqueline Edwards, a woman he hit with the scooter when she put her arm out to stop the attack.The defendant, who pleaded guilty, struck the two victims, both strangers,...
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Man dies after being arrested for naked rampage
A man died in hospital after being arrested following a naked rampage in Bulwell.
Damage was caused to property and vehicles in the Holwood Court area on Tuesday morning.
Nottinghamshire Police have now referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission – which is normal procedure when a person dies following police contact.
One of the cars damaged during the spree at around 10.40am was an Audi Q7 which is worth more than £45,000.
Last night police cordons...
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Angry traveller broke glass and attacked worker at Nottingham...
When Mark Suffield arrived at Nottingham railway station with a ticket for the tram, he was on a brief but eventful journey which ended at the magistrates' court yesterday.An East Midland Trains official thought he "seemed a bit confused" in trying to get through the barriers and on to the rail platform, said Mrs Abigail Hill, prosecuting.After being put right, jobless Suffield responded by shattering a glass door with one kick, leaving a £1,375 repair bill before stalking out of...
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Drunken Remembrance Day couple attacked cheerleader
A drunk couple must pay £500 compensation to a cheerleader attacked on a tram as they headed home from a Remembrance Day service.Their victim complained when Benjamin Jackson put his feet on one of the tram seats and she asked him to remove them, Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard yesterday.Jackson's partner Nikki Brady made racist remarks including: "Go back to where you come from." At the next stop Jackson got off the tram but then got back on again, said Mrs Abigail Hill,...
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Nottingham's Central Police Station to close this Friday and new...
The front counter at Nottingham's current Central Police Station closes at the end of the week after more than 70 years.
The station, in North Church Street, will shut its doors for the last time this Friday.
The front counter at the new Central Police Station at Byron House, in Maid Marian Way, will open on Monday.
Nottinghamshire Police says its teams will be moving to their new city base over the next fortnight from where they will work more closely with colleagues in Nottingham City...
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Man arrested after fatal crash in Sneinton
Police investigating a fatal crash in Sneinton have made an arrest.
A man was in custody on Wednesday morning, after he was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The arrest comes after a man in his 50s was killed when his motorbike was involved in a collision on the A612 Daleside Road in
Sneinton, near the Lady Bay Retail Park.
The crash happened just after 6.30am on Wednesday.
Read more: Live updates from the scene at Daleside Road
The
Carlton-bound...
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Daleside Road has re-opened following fatal collision in which...
Daleside Road has re-opened following a fatal collision.
The A612 was closed for six-and-a-half hours after a motorcyclist, a man aged in his 50s, died when his bike was
involved in a collision.
A man is in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the incident, which happened just after 6.30am on Wednesday.
Read more: Man dies after crash on the A612 Daleside Road
The aftermath of the collision, near Lady Bay Retail Park, had...
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Hillsborough inquest jury retires to consider verdict
A jury is now deciding on the outcome of the inquest into the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.After a two year-long inquest into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, the jury has retired to consider its verdicts.The seven women and three men retired at 2.05pm on Wednesday to consider 14 key questions set out by the Coroner Sir John Goldring, in a 33 page questionnaire, including determining if match commander David Duckenfield is responsible for the unlawful killing...
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