Courts

The jury has retired to consider the verdict in a surgeon’s attempted murder trial.

The suggestion a surgeon accused of attempted murder stabbed his colleague in self defence has been branded as “fantastical” by prosecutors.

Two suspects have appeared in court after police carried out a series of raids aiming to disrupt a drugs line operating in a village.

A man has been sentenced to two months in prison for breaching an injunction, causing disruption on an estate.

Evidence has concluded in the attempted murder trial of Dr Peter Brooks — with none being offered for the defence.

Stabbed surgeon Graeme Perks’ evidence was due to be heard in a disciplinary hearing against his attempted murder-accused colleague, a court heard.

The injury sustained by a retired surgeon when he was stabbed at his home was so serious he had a 95% chance of fatality, his doctor has told court.

Evidence that could place a man accused of attempted murder at the scene of the crime was presented in court.

Eleven suspects have been charged with drug offences after a series of warrants were executed.

A father and his two adult sons have been jailed after carrying out “vicious and sustained” assaults on the same man.

Four teenagers from the Newark area who have been charged with rape have today (March 19) appeared in court.

An uninsured motorist has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 — and banned from the roads due to his repeat offending.

A man who kissed a teenage girl after giving her money has escaped a prison sentence.

A man has been jailed after he was caught on camera beating and strangling his former partner.

A young man who rang the police and confessed to raping a 17-year-old girl at a house party was today jailed for four years.

A surgeon charged with attempted murder was found with a suspected opiate overdose hours after the stabbing of his former colleague.

A shop staff member was threatened with a hammer during a robbery earlier today.

A court has heard how a retired surgeon rushed from his bed feeling something “seriously untoward” was happening in his home, before being stabbed.

Two men have been handed suspended jail sentences for offences relating to cock-fighting and animal cruelty.

An trial has begun for a plastic surgeon accused of the attempted murder of his colleague, by stabbing and arson.