Nottingham Crown Court Sentencing Results

Asa Ord sexually assaulted a young girl. Damning medical and forensic evidence gathered in September 2025 enabled officers to secure three charges. Ord originally denied any wrongdoing in his police interview, but eventually pleaded guilty during an appearance at Nottingham Crown Court on 12 February 2026. He was sentenced on 19 May 2026.

Neil Wilson, of Osmaston Walk, Mansfield, manipulated an extremely vulnerable 12-year-old autistic girl with learning difficulties, asking her for a 'special video' and to call him 'Daddy'. She did not comply but had sent indecent images to other sex offenders. He also engaged in sexual chat with an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl in December 2023, asking for naughty pictures. Police found 103 indecent images of children (pre-teen to young teenagers) and extreme pornography on his phones.

Between February and October 2025, Nigel Jackson, 57, subjected a woman to months of controlling and coercive behaviour in Nottingham, restricting her movements, finances, and access to her mobile phone. The abuse escalated to a knife attack in August 2025 in which he strangled her, causing serious injuries including loss of consciousness and deep defensive wounds. He was arrested after the attack, denied the allegations, and remained silent in police interviews. Following a trial in April 2026, he was sentenced on 7 May 2026.

Cherno Jagne, a 49-year-old accountancy graduate and taxi driver from Strelley, Nottingham, provided passport photos, payment and documentation to a serious organised crime group to facilitate the illegal entry of his cousin from Gambia into Manchester Airport. The offences occurred between late 2022 and early 2023. He initially believed it was legitimate but continued after realising it was illegal. He had been in custody on remand for six months prior to sentencing.

David Kent, aged 43, of Albert Avenue, Jacksdale, came to the attention of the Road Crime Team at around 7.40 pm on Christmas Eve when his VW Caddy van was flagged as a vehicle of interest. Officers attempted to stop him on Alfreton Road, but he led them on an eight-minute high-speed pursuit, driving at more than twice the speed limit, entering a 30 mph zone at around 90 mph, and recklessly overtaking vehicles. He lost control attempting a right-hand turn at the junction of Stoney Lane and Mansfield Road, crashing into a garden fence. He was arrested and later explained he was heading home from a darts competition.

Mason Raynor, 37, of Meadow Close, Edwinstowe, stalked a woman between 15 December 2025 and 16 January 2026, causing serious alarm or distress. Despite being subject to a restraining order and a non-molestation order, he continued to contact the victim through handwritten letters, Christmas and birthday cards, phone calls, and text messages, including one card sent while in custody. The victim had blocked phone numbers but still received unwanted contact. He also breached two suspended sentence orders imposed on 20 November 2025 and 7 January 2026.

Anthony Kimberley, 59, stabbed his 39-year-old son three times in the garden of his home on Garibaldi Road, Forest Town, Mansfield, at about 9.30pm on August 2, 2025, following an argument about his grandchildren. The victim suffered wounds to his chest and arm, with the chest injury puncturing the membrane around his heart; he collapsed in the street and required intensive care treatment.

Jamie Smith, a 31-year-old prisoner at HMP Lowdham Grange, attacked prison officers during a hospital visit to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham on 9 January 2025 for treatment to a hand injury. After an X-ray, he became agitated when officers attempted to handcuff him, threatened them, and lunged at one officer with an improvised weapon (a toothbrush with a blade attached), slashing him behind the ear. He then headbutted and bit a second officer before slashing him on the back of the neck. He was restrained with help from hospital security.

Jae Wynter Merrin, 27, of Isandula Road, Basford, Nottingham, engaged in a campaign of domestic abuse against a woman he had known for 15 years since school. In 2025, after a chance meeting in Nottingham city centre, they began a relationship and he moved into her home. He soon exhibited controlling behaviour, going through her phone and becoming physical most days, repeatedly strangling her to the point she could barely breathe, apologising, then repeating the abuse. On one occasion, after she returned from drinks with her mother while he was under the influence of drugs, he strangled her for around three hours. He forbade gifts from her family. After she became pregnant and ended the relationship, he stalked her, appearing on her dog walking route and on September 17, 2025, banging on her door. In an alleyway, he threatened to kill her, her friend inside, and the unborn baby, admitting he had two knives, stabbing a fence two inches from her, and placing a blade between her lips while reiterating the threats.

Christopher Clinton, of Edwalton, Nottinghamshire, operated under the guise of a middle-aged woman on social media from November 2024 to January 2025 to groom a profile he believed belonged to a mother, enticing her to engage in sexual activity with her six-year-old daughter. The profile was managed by undercover Nottinghamshire Police officers who intercepted the communications.

Rory Helps, 28, from Wycliffe Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire, was driving an Audi A3 after consuming five pints of alcohol and being a frequent cannabis user, with a small amount of the drug found in his car's glovebox. On June 6, 2025, just before 10.45pm, he was on the wrong side of Alfreton Road, Selston, causing a head-on collision with a Suzuki Swift driven by a 19-year-old woman. His breath test showed 100 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, almost three times the legal limit of 35 micrograms. The victim suffered a broken wrist and collar bone, impacting her studies and leaving her in pain for months. Helps was stumbling and slurring his words at the scene.

On January 28, 2026, at around 2.30am, police received a 999 call reporting a break-in at a house of multiple occupancy in Derbyshire Lane, Hucknall, where a room had been trashed and a man had been stabbed in the back. The stabbed man was taken to Queen's Medical Centre by ambulance. Ashden Middleton was arrested there, still in handcuffs, but he ran away from police, claiming 'I have not done anything'. Officers chased him to a nearby address but lost sight, and a police dog found him wedged between a shed and a fence on a driveway. He was then taken into custody.

On October 11, 2025, James Pedley arranged to meet the victim in Morvern Avenue, Sutton-in-Ashfield, but a fight broke out. Pedley repeatedly stabbed the victim in the torso and neck, also causing a fractured jaw and spine, leaving him bleeding on the ground near garages in Kensington Close. Pedley fled the scene in blood-soaked clothes, folding the knife and hiding it in his pocket. The victim required emergency surgery and survived. Pedley was found hiding in a loft at a house in Dalestorth Street two days later.

On January 4, 2025, shortly before 11pm, Mattias Webb, aged 25, of Boscombe Road, Gateford, angrily beeped his horn and flashed his lights while tailgating an unmarked police vehicle in Worksop. Instead of stopping when officers activated hidden emergency lights, he overtook the vehicle and led police on a 2.5-mile chase through Worksop and Gateford in heavy rain, starting in Shireoaks Road and finishing in Boscombe Road. During the pursuit, he turned off his lights, reached speeds of 60mph in a 30mph zone, passed hundreds of residential properties, and drove through a red traffic light, endangering other road users. He headed to his home address where he was arrested after attempting to evade responsibility by running into the house and claiming he hadn't been driving, though dash cam footage captured him fleeing the van.

Hawley took part in a sustained attack on a man in Eastwood on 2 June 2025 after going to a property to take drugs. She punched the victim with her fists, joined in the violence, and told him to enter his passcode to transfer money on his banking app. When he mis-typed, she or her co-defendant hit him. The victim suffered a fractured eye socket and nose, bruising, and swelling. Hawley later returned to apologise and admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Wright and an accomplice subjected a man to a prolonged attack in Eastwood on 2 June 2025 after going to a property to take drugs. Wright scalded the victim with boiling water from a kettle, struck him with a vase, a speaker and a wooden pole, and held a knife close to his eye while demanding £10,000 and trying to force him to transfer money using a banking app. The victim suffered a fractured eye socket and nose, a serious burn to his arm, and extensive bruising. Wright threatened to kill the victim's family if he reported the attack and took his mobile phone. He also committed thefts, including a £3,000 e-bike and clothing, and assaulted a shopkeeper.

On November 4, 2024, PC Aodan O'Neill, aged 27, was driving a marked police car along Broadgate, Lincoln, just before 1.45pm, with blue lights and sirens activated, en route to an emergency. The vehicle collided with a 16-year-old boy crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing. The boy was not seriously injured.

Radko Radev, 37, of Basford, engaged in stalking between March and October 2025. He sent a video of himself performing a sex act over social media, threatened to pay someone to rape the victim, her sister and her father, and sent a photograph of his genitals with a message saying he knew where she lived and would 'come and end you'. On September 9, 2025, he bombarded her with over 300 calls in 13 hours, followed by 100 calls the next day. After arrest and a no-contact order, he breached it twice by sending Facebook friend requests.

On 18 January 2025, Rhys Courtney was speeding on the A52 near Bramcote when his silver Seat collided with another vehicle, causing a three-car crash. The female passenger suffered a broken collarbone requiring surgery, the male driver sustained significant bruising, and a dog in the car needed veterinary treatment. Courtney initially claimed to be driving at 60–70 mph but mobile phone footage showed him rapidly closing on the car ahead and hitting it while swerving. He later admitted going 'a bit fast'. He was arrested nine days after the incident.