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Mansfield Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 22 verdicts at Mansfield Magistrates' Court (Mansfield). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Mansfield Magistrates' Court
October 2026 3 cases
Imogen Bray
6 Oct 2026
Drink driving *
Sentence
Fined £537, ordered to pay a £215 surcharge and £85 costs, and disqualified from driving for 20 months

Imogen Bray was stopped by police at about 1.10am on September 19 after officers saw her take a corner on the High Street in Warsop too fast, slow down, and veer toward the centre line. A breath test revealed 80 microgrammes of alcohol, while the legal limit is 35 microgrammes. She told officers she was wearing prescription sunglasses because they were the only glasses she had available, and said she had drunk two glasses of wine and eaten a full meal while visiting a friend. She represented herself and said she drove because of concerns about the whereabouts of a friend's partner.

No previous convictions; received full credit for early guilty plea. Breath test recorded 80 microgrammes of alcohol, above the legal limit of 35 microgrammes.
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Lloyd Cox
6 Oct 2026
Assaulting an emergency worker *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £200 compensation

Lloyd Cox, a patient at Rampton Secure Hospital, became hostile when asked to stop making inappropriate comments on December 9. While staff restrained him, he kneed a healthcare assistant in the side and kicked her so hard she was forced off the bed and onto the floor. The victim felt sick, vomited, and sustained a melon-sized bruise that lasted two to three weeks.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker. Suffers from complex and significant mental health issues including narcissistic personality disorder and has been subject to a hospital order since 2002. No relevant previous convictions; wrote a letter of apology.
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Louise Trow
6 Oct 2026
Racially-aggravated harassment and assaulting an emergency worker *
Sentence
12-month community order; fined £50; ordered to pay £114 surcharge and £50 compensation

Louise Trow became hostile when police officers tried to search her following reports she had threatened someone with a knife at a Worksop pub on May 2. She assaulted a police officer and was later taken to hospital, where she shouted racial abuse at security staff.

Admitted racially-aggravated harassment and assaulting an emergency worker. Had seven previous convictions for 12 offences, including assaults on police officers. Mitigation included PTSD, remorse, and engagement with a substance misuse charity and probation service.
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September 2026 1 case
Robert Winter
3 Sep 2026
Sexual assault *
Sentence
8 months imprisonment

Robert Winter approached the victim from behind and tried to engage her in conversation as she walked along Ratcliffe Gate, Mansfield, at about 11.30am on 1 May 2026. He touched her and attempted to kiss her without consent. He was found at Mansfield Library and arrested around 15 minutes after police were alerted. Winter told officers he thought he could 'get away with it' and that he was being 'boisterous and cheeky'.

Pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault. The sentence included activation of a previous suspended sentence order imposed in August 2025 for possessing a knife, criminal damage and a public order offence. Winter was also added to the sex offenders' register for seven years.
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March 2026 2 cases
Nathan Hopkinson
3 Mar 2026
Daytime trespassing in pursuit of game *
Sentence
Financial penalty of £111 and 12-month conditional discharge

Nathan Hopkinson, 36, of Hardwick Road West, Worksop, and Christopher Buck were found trespassing on private land near Worksop on November 30, 2025, armed with a catapult, ball bearings, and a thermal monocular, along with three lurcher dogs, intending to poach wildlife at a woodland near Osberton Grange, Retford Road. Their vehicle was spotted in a layby at around 2pm by Nottinghamshire Police. They initially denied offences but later pleaded guilty.

Pleaded guilty to daytime trespassing in pursuit of game. In possession of catapult, ball bearings, and thermal monocular.
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Christopher Buck
3 Mar 2026
Daytime trespassing in pursuit of game *
Sentence
Financial penalty of £111 and 12-month conditional discharge

Christopher Buck, 27, of Cheapside, Worksop, and Nathan Hopkinson were found trespassing on private land near Worksop on November 30, 2025, armed with a catapult, ball bearings, and a thermal monocular, along with three lurcher dogs, intending to poach wildlife at a woodland near Osberton Grange, Retford Road. Their vehicle was spotted in a layby at around 2pm by Nottinghamshire Police. They initially denied offences but later pleaded guilty.

Pleaded guilty to daytime trespassing in pursuit of game. In possession of catapult, ball bearings, and thermal monocular.
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December 2025 1 case
Leigh Burton
18 Dec 2025
Being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury *
Sentence
Fined £553, with a £221 surcharge, £85 costs, and £1,500 compensation

Leigh Burton's two-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier attacked a woman when she tried to protect her own dog on September 16. CCTV showed the dog make a beeline for the woman's dog and leap up at her while she had a five-month-old baby in a pushchair. The victim suffered multiple puncture wounds to her arms that required cleaning and stitching. Burton called an ambulance and later put extra safety precautions in place.

Admitted being the owner of a dog that was dangerously out of control causing injury. Previous good character; remorseful. A contingent destruction order was made requiring the dog to be muzzled and kept on a leash in public and neutered.
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September 2025 2 cases
Lee Hayes
18 Sep 2025
Animal welfare offences *
Sentence
12 months imprisonment; lifetime animal ban

Lee Hayes kept more than 450 animals at his Nottinghamshire farm in appalling conditions. When police and RSPCA officers executed a warrant on 1 November 2023, they found dogs living in faeces and urine, equines with thrush and overgrown hooves, goats with overgrown feet, cats with fleas and flu, and many other animals in filthy, overcrowded accommodation without veterinary care. Several animals had to be put to sleep. Hayes pleaded guilty to 25 animal welfare offences.

Pleaded guilty to 25 offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The district judge described his neglect as deliberate and sustained and awarded costs of £664,650 against him.
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Tammy Heath
18 Sep 2025
Animal welfare offences *
Sentence
13 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months; 200 hours unpaid work; banned from keeping canines for 5 years

Tammy Heath kept her two dogs in filthy pens containing faeces and urine; one of the dogs was pregnant at the time. She pleaded guilty to two animal welfare offences relating to failing to meet the dogs' needs.

Pleaded guilty to two animal welfare offences relating to failing to meet the needs of two dogs. Ordered to pay £2,000 costs and a £154 surcharge.
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May 2025 1 case
Stephen Joynes
29 May 2025
Burglary *
Sentence
18-month community order of 200 hours of unpaid work

Stephen Joynes, 32, of no fixed address, broke into Newark Antique Warehouse on Kelham Road in the early hours of March 29, 2025, at about 4am. Two individuals scoped out the store; Joynes used a garden spade to break in through a window, smashed display cases, and stole jewellery and antiques worth around £11,000, filling three bags for life. He left blood on the window, matched to him via the national database. Arrested on April 26, 2025, in Newark after acting suspiciously. The crime was financially motivated due to class A drug use, unemployment, and lack of benefits.

Ordered to pay £5,500 in compensation at £100 a month and attend 15 days of rehabilitation activity. Pleaded guilty. Plans to gain employment taken into account. One previous offence in 2014.
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January 2025 1 case
Darren Bennett
16 Jan 2025
Theft *
Sentence
12 month community order with 15 rehabilitation days and £218 compensation

Darren Bennett stole five joints of meat worth £76 from Asda in Bircotes at 6.50pm on July 13, returned three hours later to steal five more joints, and came back the following day to steal ten joints of meat. He also stole £18 of items from Farmfoods on December 1. He was passing the stolen meat to a drug dealer waiting outside on a bike to pay off a drug debt.

Admitted four thefts. Had 31 previous convictions for 76 offences, 42 of which were for theft. Stole meat to pay off a drug debt.
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Esther Doherty
Racially or religiously aggravated harassment/alarm/distress *
Sentence
Fined £72

Esther Doherty admitted racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress by words or writing. She was dealt with at Mansfield Magistrates Court, where she was fined and ordered to pay costs, a surcharge and compensation.

Admitted racially or religiously aggravated harassment/alarm/distress by words or writing. Ordered to pay £100 costs, £28 surcharge and £50 compensation.
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Gavin Causer
Theft from a shop *
Sentence
2 weeks imprisonment

Gavin Causer admitted theft from a shop. He was sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment and ordered to pay £272 in compensation.

Admitted theft from a shop. Ordered to pay £272 compensation.
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James Topham
Failure to surrender to bail and criminal damage *
Sentence
6-month conditional discharge

James Topham admitted failing to surrender to police or court bail at the appointed time and criminal damage. He was sentenced at Mansfield Magistrates Court to a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation.

Admitted failing to surrender to police/court bail and criminal damage. Ordered to pay £100 compensation.
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Jamie Corby
Assault by beating and attempted theft *
Sentence
16-week sentence suspended for 12 months with mental health treatment plan and 20 rehabilitation days; £75 compensation and £239 costs

Jamie Corby, aged 43, of Potter Street, Worksop, and a male accomplice used a staff fob to enter a bike shed at Greencore Sandwiches on Manton Wood Enterprise Park in the early hours of April 20. CCTV showed the male tampering with bikes before a security guard grabbed him. Corby picked up a bike seat and hit the guard over the head several times while he was in a headlock. The victim suffered a cut lip and lump on his head. Corby admitted assault by beating and attempted theft.

Guilty plea. Huge gap in offending history. Keen to work with probation service.
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Jesse Wright
Assault by beating of an emergency worker *
Sentence
16 weeks imprisonment

Jesse Wright admitted assault by beating of an emergency worker. He was sentenced at Mansfield Magistrates Court to 16 weeks' imprisonment and ordered to pay compensation.

Admitted assault by beating of an emergency worker. Ordered to pay £200 compensation.
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Callum Allison
Assault by beating of an emergency worker and threatening/abusive/insulting behaviour *
Sentence
12 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months

Callum Allison admitted assault by beating of an emergency worker and using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress. He was sentenced at Mansfield Magistrates Court to 12 weeks' imprisonment suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay compensation.

Admitted assault by beating of an emergency worker and threatening/abusive/insulting words or behaviour. Ordered to pay £50 compensation.
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Lewis Miller
Assault by beating and possession of a controlled drug of class B *
Sentence
Fined £240

Lewis Miller admitted assault by beating and possession of a class B controlled drug (amphetamine). He appeared at Mansfield Magistrates Court, where he was fined and ordered to pay costs and a surcharge.

Admitted assault by beating and possession of a class B drug (amphetamine). Ordered to pay £85 costs and £96 surcharge.
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Nathan Smith
Breach of a criminal behaviour order and theft from a shop *
Sentence
8 weeks imprisonment

Nathan Smith admitted breaching a criminal behaviour order and theft from a shop. He was sentenced at Mansfield Magistrates Court to eight weeks' imprisonment and ordered to pay compensation.

Admitted breach of a criminal behaviour order and theft from a shop. Ordered to pay £297 compensation.
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Malcolm Pleskauskas
Assault by beating *
Sentence
Fined £200 with £80 surcharge, £85 costs and £100 compensation

On October 21, Malcolm Pleskauskas, aged 44, of Langford Road, Mansfield, demanded entry to the Industria bar on Leeming Street, Mansfield, but was refused because he was clearly too intoxicated. He became aggressive, hurled threats and spat at the doorman, with some spit landing on the doorman's cheek. He was restrained until police arrived. He initially denied spitting but later admitted the offence.

Admitted assault by beating after being shown CCTV. Has 16 previous convictions for 27 offences but no trouble since June 2011. Represented himself.
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Wayne Finney
Assault by beating *
Sentence
Fined £392 with £50 compensation, £157 surcharge and £85 costs

Wayne Finney, aged 58, of Ramsden Crescent, Carlton-in-Lindrick, was asked to leave a courtyard party at the andwhynot bar on Leeming Street in Mansfield on August 3 after arguing with a couple on the dance floor. He initially left but returned, became abusive to door supervisors, forced his way back through a metal fence and wrestled with a bouncer, pushing or punching him four times and causing bruising to his head and damaging his ear-piece. He admitted assault by beating.

Admitted assault by beating. Has three previous convictions but nothing for violence and has stayed out of trouble for more than 20 years. Due to retire at the end of the year. Misjudged alcohol intake at a 90s rave-style event.
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Stacey Prosser
Failing to provide a specimen *
Sentence
6-month community order with 60-day alcohol abstinence and monitoring tag, 10 rehabilitation days, 30-month driving disqualification, and £199 court costs

Stacey Prosser collided with a parked van on Nottingham Road in Selston on 1 January 2025 and left the scene. Members of the public challenged her after hearing a loud bang; she denied hitting the vehicle, became distressed, and walked away swaying from side to side. Police later found she had changed her clothing but smelled of alcohol, and at the police station she failed to provide a full breath specimen. She admitted the offence on 28 January.

Pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen. Previous good character; defence described it as a series of errors of judgment.
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Rosemary St, Mansfield NG19 6AB, Mansfield, NG19 6AB, United Kingdom
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About Mansfield Magistrates' Court

Mansfield Magistrates' Court, located in Mansfield, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 22 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Mansfield area and surrounding communities. Magistrates' Courts handle the majority of criminal cases in England and Wales, with cases heard by a bench of magistrates or a district judge.

The court can be found at Rosemary St, Mansfield NG19 6AB, NG19 6AB.

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