Nottingham Crown Court Sentencing Results

Ralph Fletcher sexually abused three children and was found guilty of 14 sexual offences against them. He was described by investigators as the ringleader of the abuse and a dangerous individual. He was sentenced in August 2026.

Raheeb Ibrahim, 25, subjected a young woman to a sustained three-month campaign of harassment and abuse. Demanding to know her location at all times, he bombarded her with text and social media messages and required video call check-ins, becoming aggressive if she failed to respond. On New Year’s Eve 2020, he flew into a rage, pushed her to the floor, and grabbed her neck. He later followed her in a hire car, yelling at her to get in, causing her to flee in panic. He was arrested on 18 January 2021 after being pulled over in his car and found in possession of cannabis. Ibrahim initially denied all allegations but later pleaded guilty.

Ronald Fletcher was found guilty of two counts of sexual touching against one of the children during the same trial and was sentenced in August 2026.

Ross Hedley, 18, of Arnold, was involved in a firearms incident on Flatts Lane, Calverton in March 2019. He was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on 26 September 2019.

Michael Rogers, 26, struck up an online conversation with an undercover police officer posing as a 12-year-old boy in July 2019. He engaged in sexualised conversations and asked for an explicit image. When arrested, officers found around 70 indecent images of children on his devices, including 10 Category A images. He admitted to attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child, making indecent images of children, and possessing a prohibited image of a child.

Umair Karim and Muhammed Hassan engaged in mobile phone exchanges discussing the procurement and use of a handgun. Hassan approached Karim to secure a firearm, using the nickname 'Doctor'. Karim bragged about access to firearms including a Mac 11 machine pistol and AK-47. Messages also discussed drug dealing. Discovered during unrelated police investigation; warrant led to phone evidence.

Neil Rose, 44, of Nottingham, was found guilty of conspiracy to produce cannabis as part of the same network headed by Dale Richmond. Cannabis grows were found at properties linked to the offenders, and Rose was arrested during the investigation.

Nicholas Smith, 44, of Hucknall, preyed upon a young girl and raped her up to six times over a five-month period between January and June 2022, warning her not to tell anyone or they would both go to prison. He also sexually assaulted the girl, forced her to watch sexual acts and send him indecent images of herself. The investigation began when the girl revealed what happened to friends and teachers.

On January 19, 2024, around 8pm in Sneinton, police heard Natma Mahnoor revving her Mercedes engine and followed the vehicle due to suspicion and smell of cannabis. At a red light, officers saw her mobile phone on her lap playing a video. When instructed to pull over and searched, she restarted the engine, reversed with an officer hanging out of the window trying to stop her, then drove forward while resisting. She refused a drugs swipe at the scene and later at the station, also refusing blood sample. Arrested and charged with driving without due care and attention and failing to provide a sample for analysis.

Over an 18-month period between 2013 and 2015, Marcin Kaminski and Meti Zielinski tampered with 17 vehicles, cutting the mileage on 13 of them by around half and reducing the total by 1,159,743 miles. They created fake MOT certificates, service histories, and false documents to sell the cars to victims across the country. Nottingham City Council Trading Standards made test purchases and searched their homes, finding cash, false service stamps, and paperwork for over 70 vehicles. Laptops and iPads seized contained the fake documents.

Mason Jeffrey, of Bilborough, updated his Facebook status on November 29, 2025, saying 'everyone is going to get crushed' in reference to his ex-partner whom he had previously assaulted. He sent a voice note and message to her friend threatening to 'chop up' her and her new partner, and to 'smack his head in'. This breached a two-year suspended sentence from February 2025 for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and a five-year restraining order.

On the evening of 24 November 2014, Mark Duffus assisted Lukasz Kielb in dragging the victim into a cellar in Rosetta Road, New Basford. Duffus helped tie up the victim, scald him with boiling water, beat him with a knuckleduster and metal pole, and slash his arms and legs with knives. The victim suffered serious injuries. Duffus was sentenced for false imprisonment and causing grievous bodily harm.

On 19 February 2017, Malgorzata Kobialka stabbed her partner at their home in Sherwood, Nottingham, causing serious, life-threatening injuries. She denied the stabbing from the outset of the investigation, alleging that an unknown man had attacked her partner on the doorstep. Instead of seeking immediate medical help, she delayed calling an ambulance for three hours, using the time to phone friends and family and to change her clothes in an effort to evade justice.

Marc Stephenson held a knife to a woman's throat and threatened to kill her during an incident in Ravenshead at 1:55am on March 23, 2019. When police arrived he was in the back garden, made swiping motions toward them, and threatened to stab them. Officers used CS spray and knocked the knife out of his hands with a baton before detaining him. Stephenson was charged with affray and threats to kill and later admitted the offences.

Over an 18-month period between 2013 and 2015, Marcin Kaminski and Meti Zielinski tampered with 17 vehicles, cutting the mileage on 13 of them by around half and reducing the total by 1,159,743 miles. They created fake MOT certificates, service histories, and false documents to sell the cars to victims across the country. Nottingham City Council Trading Standards made test purchases and searched their homes, finding cash, false service stamps, and paperwork for over 70 vehicles. Laptops and iPads seized contained the fake documents.

Adrian Vaduva stalked a woman from December 2024 to September 2025, following her from her home to work and bombarding her with calls and messages. He ignored a Domestic Violence Protection Order. A jury at Nottingham Crown Court found him guilty of stalking causing fear of violence and threatening to share intimate images.

Alexander Hitch, 32, downloaded close to 1,000 child sexual abuse images and videos. Police raided his home on 4 December 2019 and seized his devices after his IP address was used to access the material. He admitted having hundreds of files, and officers found 17 Category A, 216 Category B, and 660 Category C images and videos.

Alexia Kelly was an occupant of a stolen hearse that was taken from Nottinghamshire Funeral Service Ltd on Foxhill Road East, Carlton, and crashed into a car in Jessops Lane, Gedling on 27 October 2018. She was carried in the hearse and pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking.

A lone student was set upon outside Fusion Sports Bar on St James's Street, Nottingham, at around 4am on 5 May 2025 after all involved were ejected from the venue. The victim was pushed to the ground and repeatedly kicked, punched and stamped on by a group of four men, leaving him unconscious and bleeding in the street. CCTV showed a knife being passed between two defendants shortly before the assault, though it was not used. The victim was hospitalised with head injuries but did not suffer long-term brain damage. Alfie Seagrave, who was one of the four, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm and possession of a knife. In addition, he admitted an unrelated assault on a woman in Ilkeston and threatening behaviour in a separate incident. The judge described the group attack as a targeted act that could easily have been fatal.

On the evening of Saturday October 2, 2021, Alan Jackson was spotted driving a Ford Fiesta with suspected cloned numberplates. He was followed by police along the A60 towards Nottingham. The vehicle was targeted by a Stinger device, but Jackson continued driving on punctured tyres, going on the wrong side of the road and passing through red traffic lights. He was eventually boxed in by police cars but collided with a parked car in Daybrook. No one was injured. Jackson gave a false name upon arrest and falsely claimed his female passenger was driving.

Adam Kerley was made the subject of a sexual risk order in November 2022, forbidding contact with children under 16 and requiring disclosure of phones, computers, tablets, and social media accounts. In January 2023, he was found in possession of an undeclared mobile phone and undeclared social media accounts. Child sexual abuse images, including two category A, were found on his phone.

Adam White was the father of the 18-day-old baby, who died on 10 July 2020. White was a frequent user of cannabis and under the influence that night. He fell asleep while holding the baby in his arms. When he woke, the baby had slipped and was lying face down between himself and a chair, dying of positional asphyxia. White pleaded guilty to cruelty of a child by way of neglect.

Anthony Johns barricaded himself inside a bedroom at a relative's home in Little Eaton on 6 March following an unrelated police call. During an eight-hour armed stand-off he threatened to harm himself and made threats towards officers while claiming to be armed. Specialist negotiators attended overnight, and officers forced entry at about 7am. During his arrest one officer was bitten and CS spray was used. Police recovered a knife, a sword and a pair of scissors from the bedroom, and the court heard two bottles of spirits had been consumed. He pleaded guilty to affray and was given an 18-month community order including 15 rehabilitation activity sessions.

Anthony Kimberely, 59, attacked his 39-year-old son during an argument at an address in Forest Town, Nottinghamshire, on 2 August last year. He stabbed his son three times, including wounds to the chest and arm. The fight started inside the house before spilling out into the garden. The victim was found collapsed in the street, having suffered a blow to his chest that punctured the membrane around his heart, requiring treatment in intensive care.