Nottingham Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 294 verdicts at Nottingham Crown Court (Nottingham). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Fred Matthew

Controlling or coercive behaviour and intentional strangulation

January 15, 2026

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Fred Matthew, aged 49, of Chalfont Drive, Aspley, Nottingham, subjected his ex-partner to emotional and physical abuse for over eight years, including violence while she was pregnant. He treated her with absolute contempt, almost making her a prisoner in her own home by monitoring her movements via mobile tracking apps and CCTV. In August 2025, he strangled her with both hands after she received a call from her sister, shaking her by the neck and causing her to struggle to breathe. He threatened to 'chop up' her father and to pay someone to set fire to her sister's house. After the relationship ended, he bombarded her with messages, calls, and voice notes. Arrested in March 2025 after returning from Iraq via Heathrow Airport, he breached bail conditions by continuing contact and attempted further contact from custody.

Pleaded guilty to engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour and intentional strangulation. Judge Stuart Rafferty KC described him as a 'monster' created by refusing mental health medication and abusing drugs and alcohol. Subject to an indefinite restraining order prohibiting contact with the victim.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Paige Tomlinson

Assisting an offender

January 15, 2026

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

On May 6, 2025, Paige Tomlinson, a close friend of Simon McHugh, discussed and agreed to assist in a plan to rob, kidnap, and torture Adam Suleman. She booked an Uber for McHugh to travel to Suleman's address in Gedling. The plan culminated in McHugh's attempted murder of Suleman later that evening in Carlton. Tomlinson was involved in encouraging the offence but later contacted police, leading to McHugh's arrest outside his home.

Pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender to commit kidnap. Assisted McHugh by booking an Uber and discussing the plan, believing it involved robbery, kidnap, and torture of victim. Ultimately called police to report McHugh's location. Has four previous convictions for nine offences.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Simon Mchugh

Attempted murder

January 15, 2026

Sentence: 19 years imprisonment

On May 5, 2025, Simon McHugh tied up a woman and child at an address in Ripley, Derbyshire, using a dressing gown cord and tape, before leaving. On May 6, 2025, he travelled to Nottingham, where he stabbed driver Adam Suleman over 50 times in a frenzied attack inside and outside a moving car on Westdale Lane, Carlton, causing the vehicle to crash into a wall near the Co-op. McHugh told Suleman 'you know you’re going to die today' before the assault. He then fled, broke into a couple's home in Burton Joyce, and admitted to doing something bad. Suleman survived after multiple operations at QMC, suffering profound impacts including flashbacks and difficulty with daily tasks.

Pleaded guilty to attempted murder, burglary, and false imprisonment. Judge Mark Watson noted the frenzied and sustained attack with no apparent motive. Has 12 previous convictions for 25 offences. Described as a model prisoner since remand.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Tyrone Shand

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 6 years and 9 months imprisonment

Tyrone Shand, 38, of Linby Street, Bulwell, supplied kilo amounts of cocaine and heroin to gang member Aaron Miller as part of the operation from January 2023 to July 2024. Arrested in November 2023 after leaving a Bulwell address where drugs were found, with texts from September 2023 evidencing large-scale supply.

Career drug trafficker, supplied drugs to Aaron Miller, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs (heroin and cocaine) and class B drugs (cannabis).

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Sean Richardson

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Sean Richardson, 34, of Green Lane, Clifton, was responsible for distributing drugs to street dealers in Kirkby and Sutton as part of the gang's operation from January 2023 to July 2024. He was arrested alongside Fitzgerald in July 2024 near Newark.

Right-hand man to Fitzgerald, ensured daily drug supply to sellers, caught on CCTV purchasing a Nokia phone used in the operation, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine).

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Aaron Miller

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Aaron Miller, 35, of Vernon Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, helped procure and distribute large quantities of heroin and crack cocaine for the gang's cross-county operation between January 2023 and July 2024, with substantial drugs found at a stash house he frequented.

Played a leading role in buying and supplying drugs, seen leaving a stash house, has previous drug convictions, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine).

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Andrew Cox

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Andrew Cox, 41, of Glenside, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, stored and distributed heroin and crack cocaine to street dealers in Kirkby and Sutton, operating drug lines as part of the gang's activities from January 2023 to July 2024. Large amounts of drugs and weapons including an air pistol, knives, and a crossbow were seized from his home in July 2024.

Held significant amounts of drugs for reloading dealers, ran two drug line phones, attempted to dispose of phones in paint tins, weapons found at home, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine).

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Andrew Fitzgerald

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 12 years imprisonment

Andrew Fitzgerald, 35, of Leybourne Drive, Bestwood, led the huge drugs operation transporting hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of class A drugs across Nottinghamshire between January 2023 and July 2024, using stash houses in Bulwell and Bestwood to store drugs and weapons including knives and a crossbow. He was arrested in July 2024 while attempting to flee the county along the A617 near Newark.

Head of the operation, arranged purchase of at least 16 kilos of heroin and cocaine, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine).

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Callum Knott

Dangerous driving

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Callum Knott was the 'angry' driver responsible for a catastrophic head-on smash in Nottingham that left grandfather Stephen Kerry an amputee. The incident occurred while the victim was on his way home from seeing his wife in hospital.

Chadwyck Walton

Permitting use of premises for supply of class A and class B drugs

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 4 years and 6 months imprisonment

Chadwyck Walton, 31, of Merchant Street, Bulwell, allowed his home to be used for storing and supplying class A and B drugs during the gang's operation from January 2023 to July 2024. In Operation Drawbridge, police found 299.67g cocaine worth £28,000, 1.645kg cannabis worth £17,000, and 407g phenacetin cutting agent; he attempted to flee arrest.

Permitted use of premises for drug supply, home searched revealing cocaine, cannabis, and cutting agent, pleaded guilty to permitting the use of premises for the supply of class A and class B drugs (heroin and cannabis).

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Corey Graham

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 6 years imprisonment

Corey Graham, 24, of Hillington Rise, Bestwood, packaged heroin and crack cocaine worth £19,000 and resupplied couriers for Kirkby, Sutton, and Eastwood areas in the gang's operation from January 2023 to July 2024. Arrested in July 2024 with three ounces of crack cocaine, over £1,200 cash, and a drug phone; £20,000 cash also seized from his home.

Packaged and resupplied drugs, caught with drugs and cash, also sentenced for separate Lincolnshire case, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine).

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Craig Beeson

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs

January 14, 2026

Sentence: 8 years and 9 months imprisonment

Craig Beeson, 41, of Pear Tree Court, Nottingham, acted as a courier supplying drugs in Sutton and as an enforcer threatening others, involved in the gang's operation from January 2023 to July 2024. Found at a Bulwell property with drugs, his fingerprints on heroin and crack cocaine containers, and texts showing enforcement role; also admitted punching a man unconscious in November 2024 causing GBH.

Courier and enforcer, fingerprints on drug containers, also sentenced for Section 20 GBH, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs (heroin and crack cocaine).

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Nicoli Fruntasi

Theft from shops

January 13, 2026

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment

Nicoli Fruntasi, part of an organised crime group, stole more than £14,000 worth of perfume from Boots stores across the UK, including in Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield Meadowhall, Nottingham, Harrogate, Leeds, Kings Lynn, Boston, Worksop, and Cheltenham, during a seven-month crime spree starting on May 29, 2025. The group targeted high-value items, with at least 126 individual items of perfume taken, most not recovered. He was arrested at the scene of the final theft in Worksop on December 12, 2025. Police believe at least 10 others are involved.

Pleaded guilty to 16 counts of theft from shops. Judge Steven Coupland commented on involvement in serious crime with a gang targeting Boots stores, noting the impact on shop prices. First custodial sentence; one prior caution for shop theft.

Sources: stokesentinel.co.uk

David Coote

Making an indecent image of a child

January 8, 2026

Sentence: 9 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years

David Coote, a 43-year-old former Premier League referee from Woodhill Road in Collingham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, was found to have a category A indecent video of a 15-year-old schoolboy on his laptop. The video was recovered by police in February 2025 during a Football Association investigation that led to the seizure and analysis of his devices. He was arrested at his home. The offence involved making an indecent image of a child, referring to downloading, sharing, or saving abuse material.

Pleaded guilty in October. Placed on sex offender register for 10 years, 10-year sexual harm prevention order, barred from working with children, 150 hours unpaid work. Judge commented on his spectacular fall from grace. Mitigating factors included mental health struggles since 2017, cocaine use from 2019, remorse, and efforts to rebuild life.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Jerome Gibson

Grievous Bodily Harm without Intent

January 5, 2026

Sentence: 3 years and 8 months imprisonment

On June 3, 2025, officers spotted Jerome Gibson riding a high-powered electric bike while wearing ski goggles and a balaclava near a group of drug users in Radford, Nottingham. He fled on foot and shoulder barged a police officer on Hucknall Road, causing serious injury requiring surgery. Gibson, aged 22 and of no fixed abode, evaded capture by fleeing into a property and leaving the area, but was later tracked to Bilborough where he attempted to escape by jumping from a window before being detained. Additionally, on May 8, 2024, in Langwith Junction, Derbyshire, he threatened two people with a knife and vandalised their property.

Pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm without intent, threats with an offensive weapon, and two counts of criminal damage. Prior offences investigated by Derbyshire Constabulary.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Israr Iqbal

Dangerous driving

December 18, 2025

Sentence: banned from the roads

Israr Iqbal, driving a Mercedes in Nottingham, mowed down pedestrian Arfan Alyas, causing severe injuries including facial trauma necessitating surgical intervention.

Luke King

Theft

December 18, 2025

Sentence: 8 months imprisonment

Between March and October 2024, Luke King deliberately targeted high-value bicycles at the University of Nottingham campus, the QMC (Queen's Medical Centre), and outside Romo gym in Wilford Lane, West Bridgford. He arrived on CCTV with bolt croppers, selected specific bikes by riding up and down, snapped the locks, and rode off on the stolen bikes, leaving his own behind on at least one occasion. Victims included students, a professor, and a hospital worker. None of the bikes, valued at £2,980, were recovered.

Pleaded guilty to five counts of theft. 19 previous court appearances for 42 offences, many for similar bike thefts. Was on a suspended sentence and bail at the time. Judge noted he targeted expensive bikes over seven months, total value £2,980, and that he now has accommodation and has not offended in the past 14 months.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Mujeebullah Khan

Fraud

December 17, 2025

Sentence: 22 months imprisonment

Mujeebullah Khan dishonestly applied for and obtained a £50,000 Government Covid Bounce Back Loan on May 7, 2020, claiming his business Chunky Chicken had a turnover of £250,000 and intended to use the loan to support it. However, he had sold the business in 2019. The loan was approved on May 15, 2020, and on July 14, 2020, he transferred the funds to a relative to repay a prior loan used to start the business in 2016. He was interviewed on June 15, 2021, and initially denied dishonest intent.

Pleaded guilty to fraud. No previous convictions. Has repaid the full loan amount. Judge noted the scheme relied on trust and honesty, and the defendant's actions affected public confidence.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Jordan Bazuna

Possession of a bladed article and possession with intent to supply class A drugs

December 16, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment

Jordan Bazuna, 20, of Constance Street, New Basford, was caught with a 17-inch machete during a police chase in Hyson Green on May 8, 2025. He pulled the blade from his waistband and told the pursuing officer to 'get back' before discarding it. Wraps of heroin were found in a discarded man bag and seven more in his underwear during a strip-search. His home search revealed traces of heroin, cocaine, and cutting agents, along with drill lyrics linking to drug supply and gangs. He admitted the group made £1,000 per day dealing drugs. This followed a prior 16-month sentence in 2024 for participating in a city centre gang fight with machetes.

Pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article, possession with intent to supply class A drugs, and breaching licence conditions. Judge Steven Coupland commented on the glamourisation of drugs and knives in drill lyrics and noted the defendant's prior conviction and personal experience of being stabbed.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Thomas Dear

Manslaughter

December 15, 2025

Sentence: 3 years and 4 months imprisonment

Thomas Dear, 20, hurled a brick through his father Thomas Dear Senior's open van window in Newark, Nottinghamshire in June 2025, striking his head. The pair had been captured on CCTV in a prolonged argument, during which the son threw pieces of a broken plant pot at his father, and Dear Senior approached wielding a garden fork. Dear Senior drove away after the blow but suffered a cardiac arrest at the roadside and died at the scene. A post-mortem linked the head injury to the cardiac seizure.

Pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Claimed self-defence. Will serve sentence at a young offenders’ institution.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Paul Davis

Sexual assault of a girl

December 12, 2025

Sentence: 14 years imprisonment

Paul Davis sexually assaulted three girls on multiple occasions at locations across Nottinghamshire between 2017 and 2020. The victims bravely reported the abuse, leading to his arrest. He was charged with eight counts of sexual assault of a girl and two counts of inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity, denied all charges, but was found guilty by a jury following a week-long trial in October 2025.

Found guilty on all counts after denying allegations; described as 'disgusting' and 'cowardly' by police.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Kayne Zommers

Arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered

December 10, 2025

Sentence: 20-month jail term, suspended for 18 months with 35 rehabilitation sessions, 90-day alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement, four-month 7pm to 7am curfew and 100 hours unpaid work

On June 29, 2024, Kayne Zommers and Braydon Taggert, both drunk, deliberately set fire to a cafe/bedsit on Currie Road, Newark, by pushing lit cardboard through an open window. They were captured on CCTV, recognized by the victim's son and daughter who knew them from school. The victim, Donna Broadley, was on holiday abroad and received messages about the blaze. The fire caused burnt ash on the floor but went out quickly. The daughter messaged them on Facebook, and they apologized but offered no explanation. Zommers claimed he could not remember and was helped by Taggert to light the cardboard. The incident targeted a specific address with multiple bedsits, putting lives at risk, and retraumatized the owner who had previously lost her granddaughter in a caravan fire and her pet in another fire.

Pleaded guilty to arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. No previous convictions. Claimed he could not remember the incident but apologized. Capable of rehabilitation in the community.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Dawajan Ahmadzai

Sexual assault

December 10, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

Dawajan Ahmadzai targeted young boys in a Nottingham park and sexually assaulted them.

Braydon Taggert

Arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered

December 10, 2025

Sentence: 20-month jail term, suspended for 18 months with 20 rehabilitation sessions, 90-day alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement, four-month 7pm to 7am curfew and 150 hours of unpaid work

On June 29, 2024, Braydon Taggert and Kayne Zommers, both drunk, deliberately set fire to a cafe/bedsit on Currie Road, Newark, by pushing lit cardboard through an open window. They were captured on CCTV, recognized by the victim's son and daughter who knew them from school. The victim, Donna Broadley, was on holiday abroad and received messages about the blaze. The fire caused burnt ash on the floor but went out quickly. The daughter messaged them on Facebook, and they apologized but offered no explanation. Taggert blamed Zommers. The incident targeted a specific address with multiple bedsits, putting lives at risk, and retraumatized the owner who had previously lost her granddaughter in a caravan fire and her pet in another fire.

Pleaded guilty to arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered. No previous convictions. Has become a father to a six-month-old child and his partner is expecting their second child next year. Described as a reckless piece of idiocy with low damage and low risk to occupants.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Riley Dove

Possession with intent to supply cannabis

December 9, 2025

Sentence: 18-month community order with 20 rehabilitation sessions and 75 hours unpaid work

Riley Dove (aka Stanley), 19, of Ogle Street, Hucknall, was involved in supplying cannabis due to his habit at Charlotte Dove's address in Plumb Road, Hucknall. Police raided the home in September 2023, finding cannabis and paraphernalia. Seized phones showed messages indicating ongoing supply for months. He was not involved with cocaine.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cannabis. Offending occurred when he was 16 or 17; has had cannabis issues since age 13 or 14.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Sean Monk

Possession with intent to supply cocaine

December 9, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

Sean Monk, 35, of Ogle Street, Hucknall, was involved in possessing cocaine with intent to supply on a large scale at Charlotte Dove's address in Plumb Road, Hucknall. Police raided the home in September 2023, finding cocaine, scales, and paraphernalia in a bedroom used by Dove and Monk. Seized phones showed messages offering cocaine in small or big bags, with 130 larger bags sold and smaller ones totaling over £3,300; supply had been ongoing for months. Bank analysis showed £79,000 turnover in Dove's account from February 2023 to February 2024, despite her not working and claiming benefits.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine. Judge rejected claim that offending was solely to fund addiction. Personal circumstances include mother's death from cancer and friend's suicide leading to heavy drug use; has sought help and is ashamed.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Tyler Ackerley

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent

December 8, 2025

Sentence: 4 years and 3 months imprisonment

Tyler Ackerley, 26, of Burns Road, Worksop, turned up unannounced at his ex-girlfriend's home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, on July 2, 2025, after their split. In a jealous rage, he grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed the man who was with her in the shoulder, causing a single stab wound requiring hospital treatment. He then throttled his ex-girlfriend, leaving her with facial injuries, only releasing his grip and fleeing when he heard police sirens. The incident revealed a longstanding campaign of controlling and coercive behaviour from 2020 to 2025, including threats of violence, preventing her from seeing friends and family, and dictating her clothing choices, which left her fearing for her safety.

Admitted causing grievous bodily harm, intentional strangulation and engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour. Handed a 10-year restraining order.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Alexander Hayward

Assaults on emergency workers

December 4, 2025

Sentence: 21 months imprisonment

Alexander Hayward, a 32-year-old homeless man from Lincoln, committed multiple assaults on emergency workers. On July 29, 2022, at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court, he head-butted one detention officer and bit another on the arm while being taken to cells, causing the victim significant anxiety over potential Hepatitis C infection. On November 27, 2022, at Lincoln South Park Police Station, he punched a police officer in the face while in custody. On May 28, 2023, in Lincoln's Cornhill Quarter, he intervened in a woman's arrest by pulling her away and kicking at officers, then spat and urinated in his cell while detained. He appeared via video-link from Arnold Lodge medium secure unit in Leicester.

Pleaded guilty to assaults on emergency workers, ABH of an emergency worker and criminal damage. Has a long history of offending mainly against emergency workers. Personality disorder behind offending but no hospital order recommended. Served equivalent time on remand, likely to be released immediately.

Sources: lincolnshirelive.co.uk

Eileen Cash

Shop theft

December 3, 2025

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years

Eileen Cash, 32, of Shirebrook Close, Basford, Nottingham, targeted Homesense at Castle Marina Retail Park on three occasions between December 2023 and November 2024, stealing over £1,800 worth of goods including more than 30 towels, children's toys, food, two sideboards, and a vacuum cleaner, mostly not recovered. She entered with at least one unknown female each time. On August 28, 2024, she stole over £400 of towels and baby clothes from TK Maxx at Giltbrook Retail Park. On November 6, 2024, after failing to steal a £250 Shark vacuum cleaner from Homesense, she stole a toy box and £5.99 of chocolate from TK Maxx in Chilwell, with the chocolate consumed. The offences were planned rather than spontaneous.

Pleaded guilty to five counts of shop theft. Ordered to attend 20 rehabilitation sessions and a 12-month mental health treatment programme. Has seven prior convictions for nine offences, with a gap between 2018 and 2023. Judge warned that future offences would result in immediate custody.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

David Brown

Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent

November 28, 2025

Sentence: 4.5 years imprisonment

David Brown, 40, of Long Hill Rise, Hucknall, launched a cowardly attack on a disabled man in his 30s at a pub beer garden in South Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, around 8pm on December 29, 2023. The victim, who uses a mobility scooter due to a prior workplace incident, entered the premises when Brown immediately pushed a lit cigarette into his right eye, causing him to fall from the scooter. The pair scuffled on the floor until pubgoers intervened. The victim suffered significant and ongoing eye injuries requiring repeated hospital treatment, and he no longer feels safe in Hucknall, impacting his parents financially.

Denied the offence but was found guilty following a trial in October 2025. Attack believed to stem from a previous fallout over money. Judge noted the unprovoked nature of the assault.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Brian Wheeldon

Affray

November 27, 2025

Sentence: 9 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years with 100 hours unpaid work

On April 13, 2024, following a funeral at The Man of Iron pub in Stapleford, violence erupted in the beer garden. Brian Wheeldon's partner threw a glass at Mia Johnson, who reacted by throwing a bottle. Brian then punched Mia Johnson in the jaw during the melee.

Pleaded guilty to affray. Has 12 previous convictions for 26 offences, but none for a decade. Judge commented on disgraceful behaviour in a public place after staying out of trouble for 10 years.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Kane Wheeldon

Affray

November 27, 2025

Sentence: 12 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years with 200 hours unpaid work and 60-day alcohol abstinence program

On April 13, 2024, at The Man of Iron pub in Stapleford after a funeral, Kane Wheeldon punched a man who was with Mia Johnson in the car park, then returned later to attack him again, including kicking him while on the ground.

Pleaded guilty to affray. Has eight previous convictions for 14 offences, including ABH. Involved in two separate incidents of violence. Has children aged three and six.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Martin Suter

Murder

November 24, 2025

Sentence: life imprisonment

Martin Suter stabbed his ex-wife to death at their son's grave using her scissors. He had waited there for five hours. He claimed he had no idea what happened to his partner, but the terrible reality was much different.

Oliver Sapounov

Robbery

November 21, 2025

Sentence: 6 years imprisonment

On April 18, 2023, in the early hours in Nottingham city centre, Oliver Sapounov, along with Aqeel Hussain, Sefa Duzgun, and Adeel Din, all masked, targeted a student who had just received his student loan. They grabbed him from behind, put him in a choke hold, frogmarched him to a secluded alleyway in St Ann's, sealed it at both ends, went through his wallet and phone, and under threat forced him to provide bank details, laundering £1,500.36 from his account. The victim was held for 45 minutes and has since suffered significant trauma, affecting his studies and sense of safety in Nottingham. Additionally, Sapounov possessed 39 counterfeit £20 notes.

Found guilty after trial of robbery; pleaded guilty to possessing 39 counterfeit £20 notes seized on April 22, 2023. No previous convictions. Glowing references show a different side to him; first experience of prison.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Sefa Duzgun

Robbery

November 21, 2025

Sentence: 5 years and 3 months imprisonment

On April 18, 2023, in the early hours in Nottingham city centre, Sefa Duzgun, along with Aqeel Hussain, Adeel Din, and Oliver Sapounov, all masked, targeted a student who had just received his student loan. They grabbed him from behind, put him in a choke hold, frogmarched him to a secluded alleyway in St Ann's, sealed it at both ends, went through his wallet and phone, and under threat forced him to provide bank details, laundering £1,500.36 from his account. The victim was held for 45 minutes and has since suffered significant trauma, affecting his studies and sense of safety in Nottingham.

Pleaded guilty. No previous convictions. Has written a letter of real remorse. Acted as carer for his mother suffering from psychosis since age 15.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Aqeel Hussain

Robbery

November 21, 2025

Sentence: 5 years and 3 months imprisonment

On April 18, 2023, in the early hours in Nottingham city centre, Aqeel Hussain, along with Sefa Duzgun, Adeel Din, and Oliver Sapounov, all masked, targeted a student who had just received his student loan. They grabbed him from behind, put him in a choke hold, frogmarched him to a secluded alleyway in St Ann's, sealed it at both ends, went through his wallet and phone, and under threat forced him to provide bank details, laundering £1,500.36 from his account. The victim was held for 45 minutes and has since suffered significant trauma, affecting his studies and sense of safety in Nottingham.

Pleaded guilty on day two of the trial. No previous convictions. Has stepped in to run the family business following his father's ill health.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Adeel Din

Robbery

November 21, 2025

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

On April 18, 2023, in the early hours in Nottingham city centre, Adeel Din, along with Aqeel Hussain, Sefa Duzgun, and Oliver Sapounov, all masked, targeted a student who had just received his student loan. They grabbed him from behind, put him in a choke hold, frogmarched him to a secluded alleyway in St Ann's, sealed it at both ends, went through his wallet and phone, and under threat forced him to provide bank details, with the money laundered through Din's account (£1,500.36). The victim was held for 45 minutes and has since suffered significant trauma, affecting his studies and sense of safety in Nottingham.

Pleaded guilty. No previous convictions. Works for a car rental company at Luton Airport and engages in voluntary work. Family shocked by his behaviour.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Tracy Hercules

Controlling and coercive behaviour, intentional strangulation, false imprisonment

November 20, 2025

Sentence: 4.5 years imprisonment with 2 years extended licence

Tracy Hercules, 27, engaged in controlling and coercive behaviour, intentional strangulation, and false imprisonment against his ex-girlfriend between July 2023 and November 2024. He damaged her property, incessantly contacted her and her relatives threatening to reveal intimate images, threatened suicide blaming the victim, and on one occasion strangled her during an argument in her Radford, Nottingham home, refusing to let her leave, requiring hospital treatment.

Convicted by jurors following a trial in September. Highly manipulative, denied offences, showed no remorse. Detective Constable Martine Smith commended the victim's bravery.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Mark Tems

Burglary

November 20, 2025

Sentence: 20 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months; 150 hours unpaid work; surcharge

Mark Tems, 63, of Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, invited himself into the Ollerton home of an elderly man in his 80s using keys he had obtained to the property and two safes. He burgled the home between August 2023 and January 2024 while the victim was out, stealing over £25,000 in cash which he immediately used to pay off gambling debts. The victim discovered the theft at the start of last year and confronted Tems, who admitted to the crime. He was arrested in May 2024.

Pleaded guilty to burglary. Betrayed trust of elderly victim he knew. Spent stolen cash on gambling debts.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Mckenzie France

Conspiring to steal motor vehicles

November 18, 2025

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment

McKenzie France, 23, of Basford, was involved in a series of motorcycle thefts across Northumbria, Swindon, Chesterfield, Staffordshire, Sherwood, and Beeston, with bikes stolen after being listed for sale online. Evidence included fingerprints, CCTV, a distinctive jacket, a stolen bike in his garage, and map data on his accomplice's phone. On August 29, 2023, police found cocaine, ketamine, and MDMA hidden under his mattress. On November 26, 2024, while on bail, he dangerously drove through Bulwell, failing to stop, running red lights, and crashing into a car before being caught when his tracksuit bottoms fell down.

Pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal motor vehicles, two counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, and one count of possessing a Class B drug with intent to supply. Also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving while on bail.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Callum Arboine

Conspiring to steal motor vehicles

November 18, 2025

Sentence: 2 years imprisonment, suspended for 18 months

Callum Arboine, 27, of Ridgedale View, Ripley, conspired with McKenzie France in a series of motorcycle thefts across Northumbria, Swindon, Chesterfield, Staffordshire, Sherwood, and Beeston, with bikes stolen after being listed for sale online. Evidence included a distinctive jacket recovered from his address and map data on his phone showing research into the location of a stolen bike.

Rexy Reyes

Theft

November 17, 2025

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Rexy Reyes, a 52-year-old nurse at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, stole £6,500 from a dementia-suffering patient in her late 70s who was admitted to ward B47 on January 24, 2020. He accessed her bank card from a locked locker to which only staff had access, withdrew money over 22 consecutive days at an uncovered ATM in the hospital, using the PIN found in her wallet. The theft was discovered on February 22, 2020, by the victim's nephew, Mark Norman, who found multiple withdrawals on a bank statement. The victim has since died and was unaware of the crime due to her condition.

Pleaded not guilty; found guilty after a three-day trial by jury. Ordered to pay £6,450 compensation to victim's family and £4,380 prosecution costs. Judge James Sampson highlighted the breach of trust, lack of remorse, and impact on public confidence in the nursing profession.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Rebecca Thomas

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm and harassment

November 13, 2025

Sentence: 18-month jail term, suspended for two years, with six-month drug treatment requirement and up to 30 rehabilitation sessions

On September 16, 2022, at the Rose Inn in Moor Road, Bilborough, Rebecca Thomas and another woman assaulted the victim by striking her across the face with a mobile phone after an altercation that moved outside the pub. The following day, Thomas attended the victim's address in Broxtowe, sent messages, and attempted to climb through a ground-floor bathroom window, scaring the victim's children who were present.

Pleaded guilty at first opportunity. No offending since the incident. Judge commented on court delays tying his hands, otherwise up to three years immediate custody would have been imposed. Has three previous convictions for five unrelated offences.

Sources: nottinghampost.com

Vejay Samuels

Conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs

November 12, 2025

Sentence: 14 years imprisonment

Vejay Samuels, 30, from Top Valley, Nottingham, orchestrated a drug supply conspiracy flooding Nottingham with cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis sourced from Huddersfield and Bradford. He ran the operation remotely from Thailand for eight months, living luxuriously with proceeds laundered through associates' accounts. The gang used dedicated phone lines to distribute drugs across the city from August 2022 to November 2023.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. Ringleader who managed the operation from Thailand.

Sources: examinerlive.co.uk

Sophie Goodwin

Conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs

November 12, 2025

Sentence: 7 years imprisonment

Sophie Goodwin, from Bestwood, Nottingham, took part in a conspiracy to flood Nottingham with Class A and B drugs including cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis. The operation was run by Vejay Samuels from Thailand, sourcing supplies from Yorkshire counties between August 2022 and November 2023.

Joseph Gavin

Conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs

November 12, 2025

Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

Joseph Gavin, 30, from Radford, Nottingham, participated in a conspiracy to distribute Class A and B drugs including cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis across Nottingham. The operation, led by Vejay Samuels, sourced drugs from Yorkshire and used dedicated lines for sales from August 2022 to November 2023.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. A mobile phone linked to the operation was found at his home.

Sources: examinerlive.co.uk

Charlotte Franklyn

Money laundering

November 12, 2025

Sentence: 15 months suspended sentence and 80 hours unpaid work

Charlotte Franklyn, 30, from Bestwood, Nottingham, laundered money for her ex-boyfriend Vejay Samuels' drug supply conspiracy, which distributed cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis across Nottingham. Funds from the Yorkshire-sourced drugs were channelled through her bank account to Samuels in Thailand during the period from August 2022 to November 2023.

Dale Mitchell

Conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs

November 12, 2025

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment

Dale Mitchell, from Nottingham, was a member of a drug gang led by Vejay Samuels that supplied thousands of pounds worth of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis to Nottingham streets. Drugs were procured from Huddersfield and Bradford and distributed using dedicated phone lines from August 2022 to November 2023.

Damien Bohan

Conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs

November 12, 2025

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Damien Bohan, 44, from Top Valley, Nottingham, was convicted for his role in a conspiracy supplying large quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis to Nottingham. Under Vejay Samuels' direction from Thailand, the gang sourced drugs from Yorkshire and distributed them from August 2022 to November 2023.

Found guilty after trial in June to conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs.

Sources: examinerlive.co.uk

Andrew Mitchell

Conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs

November 12, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Andrew Mitchell, 54, from Top Valley, Nottingham, was part of a gang supplying cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis to Nottingham streets. He regularly travelled to Huddersfield and Bradford to procure large quantities of drugs for transport back to the city, operating from August 2022 to November 2023 under Vejay Samuels' leadership.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. Role involved collecting drugs from Huddersfield and Bradford.

Sources: examinerlive.co.uk

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