Every week the courts of Nottingham deal with a variety of offenders accused of different offences.
Because the cases are held in public we are legally allowed to cover them, and in some cases, pictures of the defendants are released.
Every day our court reporters are in Nottingham Crown Court and Nottingham Magistrates' Court to cover different cases.
These are the hearings they've been covering this week.
A man was locked up after his fiancée admitted to police officers that she was being abused by him days before her wedding day.
Adrian Jacks, of Swallow Grove in Worksop was arrested - and the spent his wedding day in police custody.
Now he has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court for assault and controlling and coercive behaviour. He was found guilty before Christmas.
The last incident happened in September 2019. The victim confessed to her mother that Jacks had been controlling and coercive throughout the relationship.
Officers attended on September 28 and a statement was made.
Assaults involving strangulation, being pinned to the wall and being punched in her home were also reported.
At court, he received an indefinite restraining order to not to contact the victim.
A shop owner was outraged with the courts after a dangerous driver was handed a suspended sentence after causing £28,000 of damage to his store.
Dave Pearson, owner of Crystal Blinds in Mapperley, said the offender "might as well have not gone to court" after he crashed into his store last June.
The incident led to a suspended prison sentence and an 18-month driving ban for Reece Burridge, who had been drinking and taking cocaine.
After crashing his girlfriend's car into the front of the shop, he fled the scene.
Tests later showed that 27-year-old Burridge had 110 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, 30 over the legal limit. He was also over the limit for cocaine.
He admitted dangerous driving and driving over the limit for alcohol and drugs.
A ten-month prison term, suspended for 18 months, was ordered for Burridge, of Park Road, Bestwood Village.
Mr Pearson told Nottinghamshire Live: "We needed new windows, new doors, it was £28,000 worth of damage and loss of business.
"All the glass went onto the blinds. I am really annoyed. He has got away with it. He might as well have not gone to court.
"The showroom was shut for four or five weeks. It has crippled us. It is hard enough anyway but there is not a lot we can do."
A body worn camera captured the horrifying moment that a man ran at a police officer with a knife.
The officer released his taser and zapped the man as he ran towards them shouting 'get out!'
The incident happened on Monday, February 24, at a home in Thorpe Close in Top Valley.
Glen Burton, 53, appeared calm when officers arrived to arrest him at the property.
He then entered the kitchen, grabbed hold of a blade from a drawer and ran at them.
In fear for their safety the officers retreated before withdrawing their tasers and discharging them at Burton.
They then managed to detain him and seized the weapon.
Burton appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, February 26, for sentencing having admitted a charge of affray over the confrontation.
He was sent to prison for 18 weeks.
Police released the footage after his conviction.
A builder must pay £1,000 compensation to a man after knocking out teeth with one punch in a "cowardly assault."
The description was used by a judge at Nottingham Crown Court after watching the incident on CCTV. The victim was left needing surgery and said it had disrupted family life and a holiday.
Craig Phair, 39, admitted wounding on April 21 last year and was ordered to pay the man at a rate of £100 monthly.
He was given an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and must do 100 hours unpaid community work.
Judge Stuart Rafferty QC told him: "For a long time, you were playing the role of peacemaker. What it was or what he said, I don't know. Your assault - cowardly - was from behind."
David Webster, prosecuting, said that the incident took place on Ilkeston Market Place after the injured man had been out.
Jasmine Kumar, mitigating, said that Phair had "ten pints of alcohol." He accepted that there was no provocation.
An illegal immigrant faces deportation after being caught drink driving in the city and flashing a false Latvian identity card.
Ndricim Bardhosi was really an Albanian who had previously been deported but managed to return to the UK, a court heard.
The 25-year-old alleged that he risked being killed as a result of a "blood feud" in Albania which began when his father was accused of murder.
But Judge Stuart Rafferty QC said there was no evidence to back that claim and jailed Bardhosi for a year, with an 18-month driving ban.
The judge said he expected Bardhosi would be held in detention until his deportation takes place, adding: "One hopes this time you do not return."
Nottingham Crown Court heard that police officers stopped a car going up Mansfield Road on March 10 last year.
The driver produced a Latvian identity card in the name of Antonio Begu. It included a photograph but officers could not trace him on their database.
Catherine Picardo, prosecuting, said: "They noticed the driver was slurring his speech and asked if he had any drinks. He said 'a few drinks.'"
Bardhosi failed a roadside breath test and was later found to have 79 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, just over double the legal limit. He had neither insurance nor a driving licence.
It was later found that he entered the UK as an asylum seeker in 2011 when he claimed to be aged 17. The Immigration Service said that he is an Albanian national.
His asylum request was refused and he was ordered to leave on March 2, 2014. But in two months he tried to get back into the UK via Belgium, giving the identity of Kevin Gerrard.
Later he managed to get back into Britain. Miss Picardo added: "He said he was in fear of returning to Albania because of a blood feud and was in danger."
Richard Gibbs, mitigating, told the court: "He instructs me his father has been accused of murder in that country and there is what he characterises as a blood feud on his family.
"He is frightened of returning to Albania. He says his life was threatened while there."
Bardosi acquired false documents so he was able to work in the UK. He had jobs in car washes and on building sites, added Mr Gibbs.
Bardosi pleaded guilty to being in the UK without leave; drink driving; having no licence or insurance; obstructing a police officer; using a false document.
A man thought he was talking to a teenage girl online when he asked: "What are you doing in a dirty chat room full of pervs?"
But Paul Jones' internet contact was with an undercover police officer posing as a girl aged 13, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
David Webster, prosecuting, said Jones, 56, asked personal details and described himself as "big, fat, old." The fictional girl's age was given early in the exchange.
Later he said: "You are going to be a heartbreaker, yes, no problem."
Police officers arrested Jones on January 3 last year and found he had used an iPhone for the internet contact.
Mr Webster said: "He saw no harm in it because it was online. He said there was no sexual gratification from the activity."
But Judge Stuart Rafferty QC told Jones: "This is sickening and sick.
"You have the hypocrisy to say you did this because you were bored and not working any more.
"It is hypocrisy to add that you had no sexual interest in children."
He ordered a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, for Jones, of Beacon View, Ollerton who must also take part in a probation course to tackle the crime.
Jones pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child and trying to cause a child to watch sexual activity.
A jealous husband walked weeping from the dock when jailed for controlling his wife's life and demanding cash to leave her.
Tomasz Rewers once made 50 calls when she went to church and later said "she didn't deserve to be alive," Nottingham Crown Court heard.
She finally alerted police officers when he came home with two bottles of vodka, said Catherine Picardo, prosecuting. The couple are now getting a divorce.
The court heard they had been married for eight years. Things turned bad when Rewers, 39, started drinking heavily after he set up a company buying and selling cars.
Miss Picardo told the court: "He returned to Poland and sought medical help and was given an implant so he would not abuse alcohol.
"Nevertheless this didn't affect the controlling behaviour. A friend described him as showing extreme jealousy."
The family friend told how the wife became "isolated and lost her confidence. She would not dress as smartly as she used to. He didn't allow her to wear make-up."
Later, Rewers told her he wanted more than £20,000 to leave their home because he had "contributed to the redecoration".
And on one occasion, he grabbed her jaw and was shouting: "You don't deserve to be alive," added Miss Picardo.
A 15-month prison sentence was imposed on Rewers, of Bidford Road, Nottingham. He had denied assault by beating and being engaged in controlling behaviour but was found guilty by magistrates. They decided he should be sentenced at the crown court.
A man must go on a probation course after police caught him trying to contact a boy aged 13 on the internet.
The child did not exist but was a profile created by officers who were checking the use of a chat room, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Andrew Mitchell, 52, admitted downloading images as well as attempting to make contact with a child.
When caught, full details were given by Mitchell, of Charnwood Lane, Arnold.
James Varley, prosecuting, said: "He was frank, incredibly frank, in his pre-sentence report.
"He said he had been talking to children for the thrill of it. He said that he needed help and was getting worse and wanted to stop."
Judge Stuart Rafferty QC said Mitchell's attitude made it "an unusual case, almost unique in my experience." Because of that, he felt the two-year probation course would prevent a repeat. It includes 35 one-on-one sessions.
The judge said similar offenders usually made excuses and told him: "I accept you are genuinely remorseful.
"It is all too easy for all of us, I am afraid, to look at a computer screen and pretend real life is not there.
"You are fortunate police caught you in a sting rather than being prosecuted for propositioning a real person. Had it been the latter, you would be looking at an immediate custodial sentence."
Miss sh*tal Maher, mitigating, said Mitchell accepted the terms of a sexual harm prevention order. This will last for five years.
A man who tried to throw socks stuffed with drugs into a prison was jailed.
John Bown attempted to get suspected Mamba and packets of tobacco into HMP Ranby, Retford, following an incident in February 2018.
The 43-year-old was seen by an officer who noticed the two thick green socks hanging out of Bown's jacket arms.
As Bown, of Tichborne Street, Leicester, walked back in the direction he'd come from the officer followed and detained him on a grass verge.
Police seized two packages and Bown's phone. Following a further search, two packets of tobacco were seized.
A small amount of suspected Mamba was also found.
Bown was charged with possession of drugs and attempting to throw prohibited items into the prison and has been jailed for 12 months.
He was locked up after pleading guilty at Nottingham Crown Court.
A drug dealer was badly hurt in an 80mph crash on a street riddled with potholes - weeks after a £100,000 stash was found at a holiday park.
After a police chase, Luke Evans was left with a fractured neck, elbow and knee injuries as well as nearly having his left ear severed, a court heard.
At the time, he was on bail while police officers investigated the discovery of the drugs and £12,743 cash at a holiday cabin at Sherwood.
It left Evans with a seven-year prison sentence. A three-year driving ban starts when he is freed halfway through the jail term.
Police officers were called to check the holiday cabin when someone noticed a car with different number plates on the front and back.
Jeremy Janes, prosecuting, said the haul included 600 grams of cocaine, over four kilos of amphetamines, heroin and cannabis. There was also the cash, two gold watches and what appeared to be a drug dealer's list.
Mr Janes said: "The drugs were worth a lot on the streets, over £100,000, if sold in one gram deals."
The discovery was made in March last year and police officers granted bail to Evans, of Moor Street, Mansfield .
Later a police patrol spotted a Ford Mondeo being driven without insurance and they began to follow. First it went at 40mph in a built-up area before ignoring red lights and going the wrong way round "keep left" bollards.
Mr Janes went on: "It went onto a potholed road at some considerable speed, 80mph. Officers did not follow at the same sort of speed.
"The defendant flipped the car, having hit a pothole undoubtedly, and was found with his head hanging out of the window."
Evans, 32, admitted having Class A drugs with intent to supply other people. He also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
Matthew Smith, mitigating, said that Evans got involved in the drugs offences because he "had a significant debt to those who supplied him previously."
As well as owing £2,000 for drugs, he had been blamed for an earlier crash in which a £28,000 car was written off.
"The sad reality is that he would have done whatever was required of him. There is a degree of coercion. He regrets his involvement and there is a genuine expression of remorse," added Mr Smith.
A homeless mamba user had his wish granted - a spell in jail to beat the drug.
The plea was made on Lee Richardson's behalf when he admitted a three shoplifting offences and the assault of a store manager.
Bill Soughton, mitigating, told a court: "His life is disastrous. He wants to go to prison.
"He has been on the streets and his drug habit has got worse, using mamba which he has never used before.
"It is having a really bad effect on him. He feels he could work round it better in custody than on the streets, where he could well commit further offences.
"He needs to detox," added Mr Soughton at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.
Richardson was jailed for 20 weeks and must pay £100 compensation to the store manager.
District Judge Leo Pyle told him: "He had every right to confront you. You were committing offences and he was the manager."
When freed halfway through the prison sentence, 43-year-old Richardson will start a year on probation.
Ben Payne, prosecuting , was granted a criminal behaviour order which bans Richardson from entering shops in Worksop town centre.
He said that stolen items included cans of Lynx aftershave, jars of coffee and Pot Noodles.
A shoplifter hopes to become an anti-drugs worker after being locked up for 20 raids and assaulting three people.
His plans were revealed when he was banned for three years from going into two shops in the intu Victoria Centre and another in Bulwell.
A court heard that two shop assistants were assaulted as he tried to escape from a clothes shop in Sherwood. Three council workers helped to detain him.
But Jamie Stevenson, 39, kept on committing the offences, taking a large amount of items from House of Fraser and Boots. On one occasion, a shopper was pushed over as she tried to halt him.
Stevenson was jailed for 19 months. He admitted theft, attempted theft, common assault and assault by beating.
Judge John Burgess said: "These were not thefts of Mars Bars, these were high value. Overall the value exceeded £6,000."
Sitting at Nottingham Crown Court, the judge said he was encouraged by the drug treatment being received by Stevenson in Leicester Prison. He recommended that it should continue when he is released and put on probation.
The judge added: "With your problem with drugs, you have started to get help and acted in a very positive way and helping cure others as well."
Emma Hodgson, mitigating, said: "A prison and pre-sentence report confirms that the defendant is now completely drug free.
"It speaks very positively about the treatment and addresses the root cause of his offending.
"He now wants to help other prisoners with their drug addiction.
"He has good qualities which may be put to good use. He wants to become a drug worker managing people in the community," she added on behalf of Stevenson. His address is Nottingham Road, Nottingham.
Lucy Jones, prosecuting, told the court: "He simply walks into stores and takes items."
Some thefts had netted goods worth a total of £600. Many of these were Christmas gift sets in the December offences.
Miss Jones added: "On December 2, a customer restrained him, shouting for staff to come and get him.
"He escaped from her grip and pushed another customer, causing her to fall to the floor."
Care workers were jailed after a judge said they put a dementia victim on trial and showed no remorse.
The pair claimed that Gloria Rowland, 77, had thrown toast, hit a female carer and called them liars when they visited her Mansfield home.
Hayley Burton, 25, had evaded the blow from Mrs Rowland but the carers kept questioning her, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Ricky Wheelhouse, 28, asked: "Did you hit her for the fun of it?"
When the OAP said she did not hit Burton, Wheelhouse went on: "You did. I saw you. Why did you hit her?"
He is then recorded as repeating 19 times: "What's your reason?"
After one inaudible reply, Burton says: "Well you shouldn't hit me then should you, Gloria?
Wheelhouse goes on: "She don't like people."
When Mrs Rowland denies hitting Burton, the reply is: "You saying I'm lying? Ricky were there when you bloody hit me so I'm not lying."
Wheelhouse, of Laxton Road, Newark, was jailed for six months. A four-month term was ordered for Burton, of Crookes Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse.
They admitted ill-treating an individual while care workers in June 2018. Both have left the care industry.
Lucy Jones, prosecuting, said that Mrs Rowland has died. At the time, she was receiving visits from care workers at her home in Mansfield.
Burton had managed to avoid a blow thrown by Mrs Rowland, Miss Jones told the court.
A tape recorder was set up by a care company after concern from Mrs Rowland's daughter when Wheelhouse made a coarse remark about the pensioner.
Judge Stuart Rafferty QC told the pair: "As that tape recording revealed, you treated that elderly lady no better than a dog.
"This is despicable behaviour. There are no excuses".
After the hearing, councillor Tony Harper, chair of Nottinghamshire County Council's Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee, said: "We welcome the custodial sentence of two care workers for the verbal abuse of an elderly victim in 2018.
"We acted on information from the home care company immediately and worked with the police to investigate the allegations as part of our safeguarding procedures."
