Derby Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 105 verdicts at Derby Crown Court (Derby, Derby). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Paul Solway

Date not specified

Damaging property reckless as to whether life endangered *

Sentence

11 years imprisonment

Paul Solway, 58, of no fixed address, disconnected a gas pipe and set fire to a chair in his partner’s home in Eden Street, Alvaston, Derby, on June 10, 2025, causing an explosion that blew out the front wall, damaged multiple properties, and left his partner homeless.

Admitted six counts of damaging property reckless as to whether life endangered.

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Source last checked 28 Aug 2026

Tommy Turner

Date not specified

Murder *

Sentence

Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years

Tommy Turner, a 64-year-old homeless man, stabbed the victim, 47, 11 times in the neck at the victim's home in Ashe Place, Normanton, Derby, around 6.30pm on June 4, 2025. He had been released from prison only days earlier. Turner stole cash from the victim's handbag and spent it on crack cocaine and alcohol, watching the victim die. The victim never met her first grandson. The victim's daughter described being in a loop of pain and shock.

Convicted of murder after a two-week trial. Judge James House KC highlighted the ferocity of the attack, targeting the neck, and described the killing as robbery.

derbytelegraph.co.uk

Source last checked 28 Aug 2026

Tony Marsden

Date not specified

Manslaughter *

Sentence

4 years and 3 months imprisonment

Tony Marsden was unanimously convicted of the 'single punch' manslaughter of a victim following a 7-day trial at Derby Crown Court. The jury rejected his claims that he had acted in self-defence. The case involved issues as to the causation of death and required expert forensic pathologist and neuropathologist evidence. He was jailed for 4 years and 3 months.

Convicted by a jury after a 7-day trial. The jury rejected his claim of self-defence. The case required expert forensic pathologist and neuropathologist evidence.

7br.co.uk

Verified against source 10 Sep 2026

Tameena Ali

Date not specified

Personation *

Sentence

8 months suspended for 18 months

Tameena Ali, aged 27 from St Chad’s Road, participated in personation during the May 2012 Derby election to fraudulently increase votes for a Labour council candidate, contributing to a majority win of just 14 votes.

Admitted personation. Niece of Nasreen Akhtar, involved in the same vote rigging operation.

markpack.org.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

William Zygmuntowski

Date not specified

Burglary *

Sentence

30 months imprisonment

William Zygmuntowski entered the One Stop store on Charlotte Street, Ilkeston, on 1 May with his face covered and carrying a knife. He went behind the counter, pushed a shop worker aside, and used the knife to separate the cash drawer from the till before leaving with it. Customers were present. The worker feared being stabbed and was unable to return to work for two days.

Pleaded guilty to burglary and possession of a knife. Released from prison three days before the offence. Victim surcharge of £228 imposed.

ilkestonnews.co.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

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About Derby Crown Court

Derby Crown Court, located in Derby, Derby, is a Crown Court that handles serious criminal cases including murder, rape, robbery, and other indictable offences. With 105 sentencing records in our database, it is one of the Crown Courts serving the Derby, Derby area. Crown Courts sit with a judge and jury, and have the power to impose the full range of sentences available under UK law.

The court can be found at Morledge, Derby DE1 2XE, DE1 2XE.

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