Nottingham Crown Court Sentencing Results

Andre McGowan, 36, owned and serviced a drugs operation supplying heroin and crack cocaine in Nottingham, including areas like Woodthorpe, Bulwell, and Forest Fields. In February 2023, police executed warrants at his flat in Belconnen Road, Bestwood, where he climbed out of a first-floor window in boxer shorts and was chased and arrested. An Aldi carrier bag thrown into a garden contained heroin and crack cocaine worth up to £35,000. Additional seizures included controlled drugs, cash, a metal press for compressing drugs, £28,186 in cryptocurrency, and bank assets.

Shabezz Wheeler-Spink, 30, of Fenton Road, Basford, assisted in a Nottingham drugs operation by delivering heroin and crack cocaine to customers in areas like Woodthorpe, Bulwell, and Forest Fields, taking control when McGowan was abroad. In February 2023, during a police warrant at a house in Norton Street, Radford, where he was staying, he attempted to flush 104g of heroin worth £10,000 down a toilet, flooding the bathroom. Seizures included the heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth almost £12,000, two lock knives, a dagger, and a sheathed knife.

Ash Morningstar, a 32-year-old care worker employed by Ardent Care, stole £32,974.04 from a blind, bed-bound ex-marine in his late 70s living in St Ann’s, Nottingham, over a 10-month period starting in 2022. He transferred money from the victim's account to his own and withdrew cash, spending it on OnlyFans subscriptions, Greggs, McDonald's, Primark, jewellery (£625 on March 6, 2023), airsoft equipment (£467 on April 17, 2023), and an Italian holiday. Morningstar arranged for a solicitor to visit the victim to discuss his will, though no charges relate to this. The victim, who considered Morningstar a friend, had set up online banking with his help but did not authorize the transfers. The fraud was discovered in June 2023 by the victim's social worker due to unexplained payments. The victim died after the events, leaving his remaining money to animal charities, and suffered deep psychological impact, becoming angry and distrustful.

Daniel Comrie was stopped by police in Woodborough Road on 4 December after officers saw his Hyundai Kona being driven erratically. He tried to push past officers and was taken to the floor, where he discarded a bundle of Class A drug wraps under the car. Searches of his flat found around £10,000 in cash and cocaine hidden inside the rubber seal of a washing machine door.

Millee Munroe was involved in storing Class A and B drugs at a stash house and transporting them to different locations on the guidance of a leading figure in the operation.

Mohammed Waheed played a significant role in operating a drugs line, supplying heroin and crack cocaine to customers and lower-level dealers, and made regular trips to a stash house.

Lieran Dawes facilitated drug deals arranged by an imprisoned wholesale supplier, acting as his contact outside prison. He stored bulk quantities of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and other dangerous Class B synthetic substances, and collected cash for purchased drugs.

Angela Price was involved in the drug operation through her daughter and was paid £250 after receiving half a kilogram of cocaine hidden in biscuits, which was intercepted by Border Force officers at Gatwick Airport.

Nick Jones was a cannabis dealer who purchased cannabis from the drug operation. Officers witnessed him meet a leading figure and attend a stash house, and he was caught with a quarter kilogram of cannabis.

Shaun Lau was a leading figure in the drug operation who attempted to run it from prison using an illegally obtained mobile phone. He had spent much of the previous 20 years serving long prison sentences for drug dealing and continued to operate a drugs business after his release in December 2023, including managing a drugs line selling crack cocaine and heroin.

Shiero Marquis assisted a leading figure in setting up and managing a drugs line selling crack cocaine and heroin, and in supplying bulk quantities of cocaine and cannabis. When arrested in March 2025, his car contained nearly six kilograms of cannabis.

Daniel Yeboah was a wholesale supplier of Class A drugs to the drug operation and was behind various importations of drugs into the UK, including fentanyl. He used an illegally held phone in prison to direct drug collections and continued the operation on his release.

Hayley Price acted as a key organiser, ensuring drugs were collected and distributed. She sourced cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and cannabis from a wholesale supplier and sold them to local dealers. She also brought her daughter and mother into the operation and controlled a drone packed with drugs intended for a prison.

Kaci-leigh Stones assisted with a drone attempt to smuggle drugs into a prison. When the drone collided with a tree outside HMP Parc, she returned with another person and a torch to try to locate it. Police later found cling-filmed cannabis weighing more than 1.1 kilograms, mobile phones, SIM cards and drone parts in the vehicle.

Lynsay Law presented herself as a supplier with access to high-demand Pokémon trading cards and collectibles. In late 2020 and early 2021, after the victim's usual distributor stopped supplying stock, Law accepted more than £58,000 in payments for products that were never delivered. A single parcel arrived containing goods worth less than £600 and several empty tins. The victim was left facing significant financial loss, damage to her reputation, and the collapse of her small business. The matter was reported to Nottinghamshire Police, which declined to open a criminal investigation, and the victim subsequently pursued a private prosecution.

Keenan Williams was involved in a conspiracy to supply large quantities of Class A drugs (crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin) in the Kirkby, Sutton, Eastwood areas of Nottinghamshire and Skegness in Lincolnshire from stash houses in Bulwell and Bestwood between January 2023 and July 2024.

Claire Lidgett was involved in a conspiracy to supply large quantities of Class A drugs (crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin) in the Kirkby, Sutton, Eastwood areas of Nottinghamshire and Skegness in Lincolnshire from stash houses in Bulwell and Bestwood between January 2023 and July 2024.

Stacey Beeson was involved in a conspiracy to supply large quantities of Class A drugs (crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin) in the Kirkby, Sutton, Eastwood areas of Nottinghamshire and Skegness in Lincolnshire from stash houses in Bulwell and Bestwood between January 2023 and July 2024.

Nathan Sharp was involved in a conspiracy to supply large quantities of Class A drugs (crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin) in the Kirkby, Sutton, Eastwood areas of Nottinghamshire and Skegness in Lincolnshire from stash houses in Bulwell and Bestwood between January 2023 and July 2024.

Temika Morris permitted the use of premises for the supply of Class A and Class B drugs as part of an organised crime group operating in the Kirkby, Sutton, Eastwood areas of Nottinghamshire and Skegness in Lincolnshire from stash houses in Bulwell and Bestwood between January 2023 and July 2024.

Yvette Davis was involved in a conspiracy to supply large quantities of Class A drugs (crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin) in the Kirkby, Sutton, Eastwood areas of Nottinghamshire and Skegness in Lincolnshire from stash houses in Bulwell and Bestwood between January 2023 and July 2024.

Jaime Buxton was involved in a conspiracy to supply large quantities of Class A drugs (crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin) in the Kirkby, Sutton, Eastwood areas of Nottinghamshire and Skegness in Lincolnshire from stash houses in Bulwell and Bestwood between January 2023 and July 2024.

Nicoli Fruntasu was part of a gang that targeted Boots stores, including the one at the Victoria Retail Park in Netherfield, between May 29 and December 12, 2025. Working alongside other suspects, he hit Boots stores in Nottinghamshire, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Harrogate, Cheltenham, King’s Lynn, Boston, and Leeds, stealing thousands of pounds of fragrances.

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.

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.