A phone repair shop boss has been fined over £1,300 after admitting his firm failed to make proper arrangements to dispose of commercial waste that was found dumped on an allotment. Community Protection Officers found fly-tipped items on land in Bobbersmill which included marked packaging, flyers, mail and customer till receipts that could be traced […]
Blocking a pavement with dumped household items including a sofa, mattresses and rugs before showing prospective tenants around a flat has resulted in a fine of over £2,200 for a Nottingham landlord. Mr Afzal Azad, of Bakersfield pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates court on Wednesday 26 April to one offence of fly-tipping in August last […]
A carpet shop owner has been landed with a £1,785 legal bill after Nottingham City Council prosecuted him for failing to dispose of business waste properly. The council acted on information it received that Gary Cooper, proprietor of the One Stop Carpet shop, Nuthall Road, Nottingham, was not disposing of the waste from his business […]
A man has been evicted from his home after growing cannabis there. Reece Frazer, 27, of Milverton Road, Bestwood Park, Nottingham, was evicted by Nottingham City Council and Nottingham City Homes on Wednesday 8 February . This followed a successful application to Nottingham County Court for possession of his property on 8 December. Mr Frazer had used […]
Modern, safe and customer-focused taxi services for Nottingham are the aim of a new strategy being launched by the City Council. Following millions of pounds of investment, Nottingham’s integrated transport system is among the best in the UK, with award-winning bus and tram services, quality cycle routes and cycle hire, pollution-busting vehicles and major investment […]
A persistent beggar has been jailed and banned from Nottingham city centre after he breached a Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order (CRASBO) fifteen times. Darren Walker, aged 42, no fixed abode, also received a ten-month custodial sentence, four months of which had already been served on remand, when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on January […]
A dodgy handyman who conned a bed-ridden pensioner into paying him thousands of pounds has been handed a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay back money to his victim. Willam Bower of Tolney Lane, Newark, was issued with a 15 month sentence which has been suspended for two years at Nottingham Crown Court on […]
A tenant has been evicted from a property in St Ann’s following repeated incidents of noise nuisance, threats to residents, racial abuse and criminal damage over a prolonged period of time. In September 2013 the tenant gave an Undertaking to the County Court to behave after allegations had been made concerning noise nuisance and verbal […]
Two brothers have been banned from the entire NET tram network after repeated incidents of fare evasion and anti-social behaviour towards staff and passengers on trams. On 7 December 2016, Lloyd Russell aged 25 and Jason Russell aged 34, of no fixed abode were both sentenced to 26 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months […]
A rogue odd-job man who conned an elderly, bed-ridden woman out of thousands of pounds has pleaded guilty to fraud following a Nottingham Trading Standards investigation. William Bower, aged 38, of Tolney Lane, Newark, weaselled his way into the life of the 76-year-old woman, who lives alone in Nottingham, falsely claiming that he had carried […]