Taxi driver jailed for eight years for raping a passenger
A jury found Shapoor Azimi guilty of attacking a 22-year-old student in the back of his cab after picking her up in Nottingham city centre.And sentencing the 37-year-old cabbie, Judge Timothy Spencer...
View ArticleAfrican mum stole someone else's identity to get job at Next
Church-going Millicent Amoah travelled from her homeland of Ghana to attend her niece's christening in November 2010.Her lawful visit had also reunited her with her daughter legally living in...
View ArticleFraudster ordered to give back the £30,000 she took from...
Former office manager Sandra Mayo has to pay back the money she took from William Lilley Infant School.On Monday, Judge Rosalind Coe made a compensation order for the school to be compensated with the...
View ArticleDangerous driver was speeding after his missing savings
Worried Nicholas Walton claimed he had raced through red traffic lights because he was belting back to Nottingham to find his missing money.The 39-year-old had been house hunting in the city, but when...
View ArticleDriver jailed for jumping red lights in Nottingham
Nicholas Walton, from Pinxton, was jailed for 12 weeks after racing through red traffic lights on a 30mph road in Nottingham. The 39-year-old had been house hunting in the city, but when he returned...
View ArticlePolice appeal after electric fencing equipment is stolen
Thieves who stole electric fencing equipment from a field have been slammed by farming union officials. Nottinghamshire Police are investigating after an energiser and batteries providing the supply to...
View ArticleTwo men left unconscious after fight outside city club
Two men were knocked out following a fight outside a city centre club. Police want to speak to the men in this CCTV footage following a brawl outside Baa Bar in Goosegate in March. The fight began at...
View ArticleMan who abused girls aged six to 10 jailed for nine years
A man who sexually abused three young girls has been jailed.Graham Dallison, 64, was sentenced to nine years in prison after admitting two counts of gross indecency with a girl under 14 years old and...
View ArticleJail death inmate always needed four officers unlocking his cell
Prisoner Shalane Blackwood missed healthcare visits because four prison officers had to be present when his cell door was opened due to his violent behaviour, an inquest into his death heard.Mr...
View ArticleMan charged with historic rape offence
A Nottinghamshire man has been charged with a rape committed almost 26 years ago. Mark Carnelley, 51, of Ambleside, Gamston, is charged with a single count of rape of a 25-year-old woman in Bluecoat...
View ArticleRobber locked up after targeting stranger who popped out to buy...
Broxtowe teenager Arron Maxwell was sent to youth custody for two-and-half years after holding his victim against his will for three hours. The drug user had approached a man in a street and claimed he...
View ArticleDriver jailed after jumping red lights and speeding in...
Nicholas Walton, from Pinxton, was jailed for 12 weeks after racing through red traffic lights on a 30mph road in Nottingham. The 39-year-old had been house hunting in the city, but when he returned...
View ArticleNottinghamshire councillor Jason Zadrozny denies 24 sex offence...
Nottinghamshire councillor Jason Zadrozny, who sits on both Ashfield District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council, appeared at Nottingham Crown Court to formally enter pleas to 24 sex offence...
View ArticleCan you help police find this man linked to a jewellery robbery?
Police are asking for the public's help to find a man linked to the robbery of a jewellers. The incident happened in Newark on January 6 at the Andrew Michaels shop.Matthew Porter, 35, of St Nicholas...
View ArticleCity cabbies want answers after rapist driver got a licence
Nottingham City Council knew Shapoor Azimi, of Bobbers Mill, had been cautioned for kerb-crawling in June 2006 – but he was still allowed to work as a taxi driver.On Monday, Azimi was jailed for eight...
View ArticleJail death prisoner was assessed by nurses through small hole in...
Nurses had to perform medical assessments on a Nottingham Prison inmate through a small panel in his cell door because not enough guards were on duty, a jury has heard.The inquest into the death of...
View ArticlePolice appeal after hit and run crash injures 19-year-old man
Police are trying to find witnesses after a car hit a pedestrian, leaving him in hospital with a head injury. The incident happened at around 11.15am on the A631 at Beckingham, and police believe the...
View ArticleOvernight snow in Nottinghamshire and Ed Balls day: live
Here you will find all the live breaking news from across Nottinghamshire. We will be with you until 10pm so keep checking back. You can also expect to find coverage from all of the day's main events...
View ArticleFraudulent Big Issue seller spared jail to go into rehab
Beggar Tristan Clayton was given the chance to sort out his life after trying to dupe passers-by by pretending he was still a Big Issue seller.Nottingham magistrates heard on Wednesday that 36-year-old...
View ArticleLandlord's fine slashed after he pleads ignorance to multiple...
Farzan Akhtar had his fine cut after claiming to be unaware that City Council officers were chasing him up over a rented home's licence.He had been fined £5,000 for failing to licence the property as a...
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