Overview
- Durham Crown Court lost seven working days to drainage repairs before resuming on December 23, closing the year with banned driver Lee Hedge jailed for 18 months and given a lengthy driving ban.
- Nottingham’s December cases included Thomas Dear Jnr, jailed for 40 months after admitting manslaughter for fatally injuring his father by throwing part of a brick into his van.
- Two men who assaulted a bar patron in Long Eaton were each jailed for five years, while a separate gang who stabbed a man and stole his Rolex and cash received a combined 40 years.
- Courts imposed stringent measures in sexual offence cases, with Aspley park abuser Dawajan Ahmadzai jailed for three years with lifetime registration and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and Durham’s Taranvir Galsinh sentenced to 11 years and three months with lifelong safeguards.
- Economic and drug crime outcomes featured Nottingham takeaway owner Mujeebullah Khan jailed for 22 months over a fraudulent £50,000 Covid loan, while Hucknall dealer Sean Monk received three years as co-defendants faced community punishment and a future proceeds-of-crime hearing.