Nottingham Crown Court Sentencing Results

Joseph Dowling, 38, of Rainworth, had been drinking alcohol from around 11am on Friday 19 April 2024 before becoming involved in a verbal altercation with his former partner at The Lurcher pub in Rainworth. He became abusive, threw things around in an upstairs flat, ripped a CCTV screen off the wall, refused to leave, climbed onto the pub roof at around 11.30pm, smashed windows, ripped off roof tiles and threw them near officers during a near five-hour stand-off with police until 4.30am on Saturday 20 April 2024, causing over £8,000 damage. No-one was injured.

Alex Belfield, a former BBC presenter, was convicted of waging a relentless stalking campaign against broadcasters, including sending thousands of abusive emails and creating an 'avalanche of hatred' on social media. The offences were committed between 2012 and 2021, causing serious alarm or distress to his victims.

Shaquille Williams, 26, of Clifton, Nottingham, blackmailed one woman by threatening to send private sexual photographs of her to her family and friends unless she sent him more images which he tried to direct, between 10 January 2019 and 10 May 2019. He acquired some footage from Abdul Hasib Elahi's online postings. Williams also harassed three women and put them in fear of violence between 18 April 2019 and 21 May 2019, and sent grossly offensive messages to two other women. Using various social media accounts, he sent the women horrendous abuse including pictures of acid attack victims. One victim received messages including the name of her home town, a picture of hydrochloric acid and a message featuring her road name.

Ian Paterson, a rogue breast surgeon, carried out unnecessary and unapproved procedures on more than 1,000 breast cancer patients over 14 years between 1997 and 2011. He was employed by the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and practised in the independent sector at Spire Parkway and Spire Little Aston in Birmingham. He performed 'cleavage-sparing' mastectomies which left behind breast tissue and risked cancer recurrence. An independent inquiry ruled that he exaggerated or invented cancer risks, leading to hundreds of unnecessary operations.

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.

Andrew Tizzard, formerly of St Michael’s Avenue, Gedling, first assaulted the boy when he was eight years old and continued to abuse him into his early teens. The abuse occurred over several years in the 1990s, progressing from grooming to full sexual intercourse, taking place in various Nottinghamshire locations. The victim, now an adult, reported the offences in 2014.

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 the victim, who reacted by throwing a bottle. Brian then punched the victim in the jaw during the melee.

On 21 December 2014, Bartlomiej Wojciechowski took part in a revenge attack on the victim, who was dragged from his car and assaulted on wasteland off Alfreton Road, Nottingham. Bartlomiej was sentenced for his role in causing grievous bodily harm to the victim.

On November 4, 2024, PC Aodan O’Neill responded to an emergency call, driving a marked police car at speeds of up to 58 mph with blue lights and siren activated. He struck a pedestrian crossing Broadgate in Lincoln City Centre who was unaware of the approaching vehicle due to listening to music, causing minor injuries from which the pedestrian has fully recovered.

On 28 August, Anthony Riley, 32, from Forest Road, Clipstone, lost control of a stolen Volvo XC90 while driving at 89mph in a 30mph zone on Hawton Road, Newark. The crash killed his front-seat passenger, the 35-year-old victim from Mapperley, at the scene. Riley had been spotted by police pursuing the stolen vehicle and led them on a chase before crashing into a tree. He sustained broken ribs and a concussion. Riley has prior convictions including a suspended sentence and driving ban from 2021 for dangerous and drink-driving offences.