East Midlands

• Man Charged with 1986 Basford Rape

  20 Jun 2016, 14:23pm

  A 54-year-old man has been charged with the rape of a woman in Nottingham 30 years ago. John Bainbridge, of Beckett Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was arrested by officers from Nottinghamshire Police on Saturday morning 18 June 2016 and has been charged with one count of rape. The offence took place in Vernon Road, Basford, in May 1986. He...

   

• Two More Charged in Aqib Mazhar Murder Investigation

  8 Jun 2016, 15:22pm

  Two more men have been charged overnight with the murder of Aqib Mazhar on 1 June 2016. Qamran Ahmed, 21, and Mohammed Quasim, 24, both of Staindale Drive, Aspley, are due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates Court this morning 8 June, 2016. A third man, aged 24, who was also in police custody on suspicion of murder, has been bailed pending further enquiries. A...

   

• Man Dies After Assault in Forest Fields

  2 Jun 2016, 12:09pm

  Nottinghamshire Police were called at around 8.35pm on Wednesday 1 June 2016 to Russell Road in Forest Fields, Nottingham, following a report of a serious assault. Upon attendance a man in his twenties was found to have suffered a serious injury believed to have been caused by a knife. The man was subsequently taken to Queens Medical Centre where he...

   

• Appeal After Man Assaulted in Woodside Walk, Kings Heath

  30 May 2016, 18:17pm

  Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Woodside Walk, Kings Heath, Northampton, earlier this month. The man, who was in his thirties, left the shops on Park Drive and was followed along West Oval by a group of approximately six to seven men who were shouting verbal abuse at him. The man called at a friends house and they both...

   

• Men Jailed After Drugs Worth Millions Seized

  17 May 2016, 14:46pm

  Four men have been jailed for more than 30 years combined following a £5.5m drugs haul. Ninety-seven litres of liquid amphetamine was seized by officers from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) in June 2015. The find was a result of a vehicle interception at junction 27 of the M1, in Annesley, Nottinghamshire, where the drug was being...

   
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  Couple Who Preyed on Woman Jailed

  7 May 2016, 17:27pm

  A couple who targeted a vulnerable young woman, subjecting her to a sexual assault on a Nottingham street, have been jailed. Following a trial in January 2016, Joseph Penado, 52, of Woodborough Road, St Anns, was found guilty of sexual assault whilst...

   

• Police Appeal After Serious assault in Lincoln

  30 Apr 2016, 20:33pm

  We are investigating a serious assault that happened at a house in Drake Street, Lincoln. Officers were called to the property shortly after midnight on Saturday 30th April in response to reports of an altercation at the address. A 24 year-old man was taken to hospital with head injuries and later transferred to the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham...

   

• Police Appeal to Find Leaseholder of Warehouse Destroyed by Fire

  30 Apr 2016, 19:16pm

  Investigating officers believe the disused building, in Faraday Road, was targeted by burglars before it was set alight at just after midday on Wednesday 27 April 2016. While the owner of the building has been in touch, the current named leaseholder has yet to be traced and is now being sought as a victim of crime. The building was formerly operating...

   
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  Appeal After Man Assaulted in Boston Market Place

  27 Apr 2016, 17:02pm

  Police renewed their appeal for information and have released CCTV images. On Saturday 14 February 2016 at approximately 4:00am a 26-year-old local man was seriously assaulted outside Boots Store at the taxi rank in Boston. He suffered a serious injury...

   
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  Taxi Driver Shapoor Ahmad Azimi Jailed for Rape

  26 Apr 2016, 17:15pm

  A taxi driver, who raped his customer instead of taking her home, has been jailed. Shapoor Ahmad Azimi picked up his then 22-year-old victim from outside Propaganda nightclub, in Broadway, Nottingham city centre, at around 4am on Sunday 18 October 2015. But...