A TEENAGE boy found hanged had been missing school lessons for months before his death, an inquest heard.

Alan Krzymowski, 13, had missed classes at Djanogly City Academy regularly between September 2009 and his death in January 2010.

But his family weren't told about his absence record.

He was found hanged at his home in Denman Street, Radford, by his father Zbigniew on the evening of Wednesday, January 20, 2010.

Stephanie Haskey, assistant deputy coroner for Notts, said it seemed that Mr Krzymowski had not been contacted by the school's attendance officers about his son's absence.

She added: "What we are beginning to see is perhaps a very great division at the time of whose job is what.

"Sadly Alan seems to have gone through one of these gaps."

The court heard the problem had arisen because the attendance officer could not manage all the data. Another person was recruited to help in October 2009.

Vice-principal Christine Wroe, giving evidence at Nottingham Coroner's Court, said she had overhauled a variety of processes relating to vulnerable children since taking up the position in September that year.

She said: "Systems weren't the kind that I'd been used to. I realised that they needed to be changed and weren't supporting in the way I would like them to.

"It is very apparent that it should be picked up, but it wasn't. It should have been followed up with home visits and, prior to that, phone calls and letters."

Mrs Wroe has now implemented different systems at the school.

She said: "There has been a number of changes, particularly around attendance. It is a much more centralised system – there's an attendance officer at each site, well trained."

The court heard Alan was assaulted by another pupil on April 1, 2009. He was punched in the face and lost a tooth. His lip was split and his face bruised and swollen. Mr Krzymowski said: "He was assaulted by another student and I found out everything about it when the school called my brother. We went to school the following day to talk about the incident."

During the summer holiday of 2009, Alan and his father went home to Poland and Alan started dating a girl.

A month later, he returned to the UK.

Mr Krzymowski said: "He found this period very difficult and at the time he made some cuts in his left arm. They weren't deep and did not need medical attention. I tried to comfort him."

Mr Krzymowski, who said he works long hours, saw his son the night before his death.

He said: "He seemed to be his usual self. He appeared normal. I don't like to judge myself but I thought we had a normal, good relationship."

Detective Sergeant Andrew Buxton said it was clear that Alan hadn't been leaving his room to go to school.

The hearing continues.

IT IS easy to cast the eye back to games this season where, post match, there has been a simmering feeling of discontent.

Back at Grimsby on the August Bank Holiday Monday, after a 4-1 defeat, Cox was fuming.

At Cambridge United, after a defeat of the same scoreline, the frustration was obvious in the manager.

The biggest question was how was this happening?

A team so solid last season as they finished third in the Blue Square Premier was suddenly folding like a pack of cards when the heat was on.

As it kept happening following a summer of rebuilding his squad, Cox took action and stripped his squad back down to just over 20 players involved in first-team training.

Five games on, all without defeat, and the manager cuts a different figure as he speaks to the press after matches.

A draw with Luton on Sunday was a solid point but it could easily have been a victory as Stags put in another good performance.

But he wasn't upset by a point, he was just happy that under a big test, the new-found togetherness saw his side fightback.

The dressing room is getting back to what it was last season and, as they head to Macclesfield for their re-arranged game tonight, he hopes they can take another step in the right direction.

Cox said: "The team at the moment, we are getting that spirit and desire back which we had last season.

"There is a honesty with this bunch now and they come in the dressing room and we know we can perform and get consistent results.

"Over the last five games nobody can question our desire. What we are doing is looking like a cohesive unit and there is a hunger and desire there and the most impotant thing is that togetherness.

"The boys are running for each other, fighting for each other and when that starts happening in a group of players, it is a very hard formula to break down.

"There is a lot more to come from us. We are not shouting from the rooftops as we did not win against Luton but you can just feel there is something in us at the moment – a willingness to do all the horrible stuff.

"We just need that consistent end product."

Matt Green, last season's 30-goal top scorer, came off the bench to score the late equaliser for Mansfield – his first strike in ten weeks.

He might have to settle for the bench again this evening, alongside this season's top marksman Jake Speight, who has eight goals.

Ben Hutchinson and Nick Wright have taken their chance in recent games with Cox reluctant to make unforced changes.

But he knows the pair will soon be terrifying defences – whether that be off the bench or from the start.

The Stags boss said: "Speighty has come on and looked sharp, Greeny came on and looked sharp and that is a big positive.

"With Greeny it was a scenario where the harder he tried, the tougher it got. I maintained faith in him and we have two potential 25 goals a season strikers, with him and Speight, and what we need now is both to start hitting that bit of form.

"Wrighty has done well and Hutch has been playing out of his skin so I have to give them credit.

"We are looking to unleash them two at some point and if we can start scoring consistently, we are looking solid, so we will get consistent results.

"We are settling into a system now and we have a nice system that suits us. I have had a chat with Greeny and Speight and they are champing at the bit to get back in there.

"Greeny I have had to put my arm round his shoulder and love him a bit.

"At some point we will let them off their leash and when we do, I hope we score the goals."

But Cox believes they can build on that solid point against Luton, when they took the lead through Hutchinson before going behind until Green's late equaliser.

"It was nice for Greeny to get that monkey off his back," said Cox. "I actually thought we were going to score more goals at the end.

"We had to throw caution to the wind and ended up with three strikers.

"I thought we defended well, there were some good individual performances and more importantly, a good team performance. I thought the lads were unlucky not to get the three points.

"Shane (Redmond) is disappointed with the first goal but saying that, it is a scenario where he is getting his confidence back and getting a run of games in goal. It happens.

"I am not going to dig anybody out but the group win and lose together and there is something growing in the dressing room and that is a positive for me."

NOTTS County are trying to do some wheeling and dealing before the loan deadline on Thursday.

The Magpies are already looking strong in seventh place in League One ahead of facing Preston North End at Deepdale tonight (7.45pm).

But boss Keith Curle is still eager to strengthen his squad even more – and says players could also leave Meadow Lane as he juggles his budget.

It does not look like defender Ashley Eastham will be making a quick return to Notts from Blackpool, however.

"Everyone knows our search for players is ongoing," said Curle. "We're always on the lookout for any player we think we can bring into the club to improve us.

"But we might need to free up a little bit of space in the budget, so there might be some movement in the other direction as well, with players going out, if we get the right offer.

"We won't stand in anyone's way if they have got an opportunity to go and play on a regular basis if they're not getting that here."

Centre-back Eastham, 21, spent a month on loan with the Magpies, playing four league games.

Notts wanted to extend his stay but new Blackpool boss Michael Appleton wanted him back at Bloomfield Road to assess whether he is going to fit into his plans at the Championship club.

"He's vying for a place at Blackpool at the minute so it's something we'll have to keep our eyes on," added Curle.

"Squad-wise we're not bad, but we still need two, probably three, players."

THE widow and son of Nottingham author Alan Sillitoe were last night at the launch of a new edition of one of his novels.

The Open Door is a lesser known work of Sillitoe.

It is thought to be his most autobiographical and follows Brian Seaton, the older brother of Arthur Seaton, the protagonist of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

Nottingham publisher Five Leaves has reprinted the book in hardback.

It was launched last night at Bromley House Library, Angel Row, in the presence of Sillitoe's widow Ruth Fainlight and son David Sillitoe.

Ms Fainlight said: "I'm very pleased about the reprint.

"I think it's very important to keep his work out there and especially this one because it's directly connected to Nottingham."

Mr Sillitoe jnr, one of the people behind Alan Sillitoe Day and the push to get him a permanent memorial in the city, also believes the book is still very relevant.

"Any writer's book catalogue can drift into obscurity and it's really important to keep these books in the public eye because they are still as relevant, if not more so as they were when they were written," he said.

"There's a new generation of writers and artists and members of greater society that need to read these books.

"People think books date and some do and some don't, but the themes that run though this book are timeless."

The Open Door follows Brian Seaton as he returns, sick with tuberculosis, from Malaya and military service in 1949, a fate which befell Sillitoe himself.

Other fans were at last night's launch. For Neil Fulwood, 40, of Teviot Road, Bestwood Estate, it was the novel that made him connect with Sillitoe.

He is now a member of the Alan Sillitoe Committee and gave a reading from The Open Door at the launch.

"For me Alan has been the author of the most truthful and clearly sighted novels I have ever read," he said. "I think for a lot of people Alan is still defined by his first two books and I think there's a great deal who don't realise Saturday Night And Sunday Morning is the first book of four.

"It's brilliant that this one has been republished."

Another committee member, Mark Shotter, 52, of Albany Road, Sherwood Rise, had yet to read the book.

He said: "I've just bought it in this fantastic reprint.

"I've read quite a bit of Alan's work but there's some in his middle period which I haven't read and it's great that this one is getting a reprint and more attention."

For Nottingham-based Five Leaves, reprinting The Open Door was a twist on their long-running tradition of printing a hardback edition of a forgotten book by a Nottingham writer.

Publisher Ross Seaton added: "Although Alan Sillitoe is hardly a forgotten writer, that particular book seems to get a bit lost."

A TAXI driver tipped off a gang of men who then burgled his customers' homes while they were out.

Kasid Hussain and five other men have been jailed for nearly 19 years in total after admitting burglary or conspiracy to commit burglary offences.

Nottingham Crown Court heard more than ten properties, mainly around the Rushcliffe borough area, were targeted by Hussain's associates after he'd informed them the addresses were unoccupied.

After dropping off passengers Kasid Hussain would contact his friend Nabeel Hussain, passing on information about his customers' properties that would then be distributed to other men who committed the burglaries.

A number of cars were stolen using keys taken from the properties, along with handbags and electrical items.

Kasid Hussain, 27, of Wilford Crescent East, Wilford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary between August 5 and October 10 last year. He was jailed for 53 months.

Nabeel Hussain, 26, of Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, also admitted conspiracy to commit burglary and was sentenced to 36 months in prison.

Brothers Ian Barnes, 21, and Liam Barnes, 24, both of Hawton Crescent, Wollaton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary on the same dates and were jailed for 54 and 30 months respectively.

Two men also pleaded guilty to burglary.

Cornelius Duggan, 23, of Hartness Road, Clifton, was jailed for two years, while Gary Cooper, 26, of Stanley Road, Forest Fields, was given 876 days in prison.

A sixth man, James Ferebee, of Summerwood Lane, Clifton, pleaded guilty to burglary.

Ferebee, who is also known as James Footitt, was given a six month prison sentence, to be suspended for 18 months, and ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work.

Detective Sergeant Paul Cash, of Notts Police, led the investigation into the case.

It was part of Operation Cordoba, which was set up to investigate organised car key burglaries.

DS Cash said: "Kasid Hussain was instrumental in providing information about his customers which enabled others to burgle their homes.

"It was an abuse of a position of trust, with unsuspecting fares chatting to him about their plans, not realising they were setting themselves up to become a victim of crime.

"We became involved after a victim reported an attempted burglary after nipping home in Hussain's taxi to get money.

"The victim was convinced the taxi driver was involved and so we began an in-depth investigation which linked Hussain's journeys to a spate of burglaries. We were then able to identify his associates."

A DEVOTED mother risked her life to have her fourth child while battling kidney disease.

Rosie Bull's condition meant that if she tried to carry her daughter for a full nine months her kidneys could fail and she might die.

She and her architect husband Andrew had to consider a termination of the pregnancy, or have the baby delivered very prematurely.

Rosie, of First Avenue, Carlton, put her trust in the expertise of Nottingham City Hospital's neonatal unit.

Nottingham's hospitals are the best in the region for saving babies born prematurely.

"I had to decide whether or not I would risk my own life to create another," said Rosie.

"And in the end my husband and I thought there was just no way we could have lived with ourselves had we not had Lois."

Rosie's condition deteriorated so much she was forced to have baby Lois at 28 weeks.

Despite picking up infections and being admitted to the high dependency unit twice, the skill of the doctors and nurses kept Lois alive.

And she was allowed home for the first time last weekend after more than two months in hospital – just in time to celebrate Rosie's fortieth birthday on Thursday.

Rosie added: "We have been through a tough time with this pregnancy, it's been an emotional roller-coaster.

"I've risked a lot, but I'm so overjoyed that we're all here today I can't believe we've all made it.

"The consultants and nurses who looked after me were quite simply amazing."

Although in recent years there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of babies born prematurely at the QMC and City Hospital, the number of premature babies dying has fallen by 35 per cent, due to improvements in areas like scanning and ventilation, and increased staffing.

Dr Susan Wallace, consultant obstetrician, said: "Rosie is an incredibly brave woman, who risked a lot to have her child.

"I'm glad the whole family are now back together."

The neonatal departments at both the Queen's Medical Centre and the City Hospital are a centre for regional excellence .

DEXTER Blackstock today warned Nottingham Forest must not risk losing more key players for nothing.

The striker is one of seven Reds players who are out of contract in the summer and, while he has pledged to give his all throughout the rest of that deal, he hopes the club will take action to resolve the situation sooner rather than later.

Blackstock – along with Lee Camp, Lewis McGugan, Radi Majewski, Andy Reid, Brendan Moloney and Marcus Tudgay – can start to talk to other clubs about a summer move from January.

The striker says he is keen to stay at the City Ground and hopes he will be offered a new deal in the near future.

If not, he fears more players could follow in the footsteps of Luke Chambers, Garath McCleary, Joel Lynch, Kelvin Wilson, Kris Commons and Robert Earnshaw by walking away for nothing.

"Whether the club come forward and offer me a contract, I don't know. It is up to them," said Blackstock. "What can you do? I am fine, it is not an issue. If they want to wait until the end of the season, as has been the habit over the last few years, that is up to them.

"But if you do that, you run a risk. It is in the club's hands, but we have lost some very good players over the last few years. We are talking about players who, if they were still here, they would be in the team now.

"Let's not beat around the bush, we have lost good players and we do not want that to continue.

"Chris Cohen has had his contract sorted. I am under contract until the end of the season and I will play to the best of my ability throughout that deal.

"If they want to sit down and talk about a new contract, of course I am happy to do that."

Blackstock insists the situation is not a distraction on the pitch and says he will continue to be dedicated to the cause under boss Sean O'Driscoll.

"It is not a distraction, I am here and I am under contract until the end of the season. I am paid to play for Nottingham Forest until the end of the season and I will do that," he said.

"I am not out of contract right at this minute, I am still under contract and my contract is to play for Forest. Whether Forest offer me a new deal or not, we will see.

"I have always said that I have loved every moment here at the club. Forest have been very good to me.

"The fans took to me when I was on loan and it is a club that is close to my heart. That will never change."

Blackstock says the 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday changed the outlook at Forest, who had previously failed to win in three.

"The picture can change quite quickly. What the win against Wednesday does is make the point against Leicester look more important," he said.

"You need to pick up points away from home and win your home games, that is the recipe to get in the top six. We had to grind out a result against Wednesday, but that is fine. Every game is going to be different."

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Bilborough dad killed in a city shooting.

Germaine Edwards, 28, was found shot in Fairnley Road, Bilborough, at 5pm on Saturday.

He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre but later died.

Police yesterday confirmed it was Mr Edwards who had died.

Friend Gisella Sobarasua, of St Ann's Valley, St Ann's, said Mr Edwards was well-known as he worked at the Co-op in Robin Hood Chase.

She said: "He was there for quite a few years and was liked by all who went there.

"He was always friendly and ready to help. Round here you won't find a person with a bad thing to say about him.

"He was a great lad and will be missed by us all."

Flowers and cards were yesterday being left near to where the body was found and at the Co-op, which closed last week.

A tribute in Fairnley Road read: "Still can't believe it. I only saw you two days ago, so happy.

"You are a good lad and will be sadly missed. All I can say is 'why?'"

Martin Stout, of Wigman Road, tried to save Mr Edwards by talking to him until the emergency services arrived.

A post-mortem examination confirmed he died from a gunshot wound.

Mr Edwards is said to have had a baby with his partner only a few weeks ago.

Candles had also been left outside the Co-op yesterday and the words 'RIP JAM' had been painted on the shutters.

A local woman, who did not want to be named, said: "He'd go out of his way to help anybody. The whole of St Ann's is devastated.

"We see him as our 'Jam' – that was everyone's pet name for him."

Friend Lerose Brown, who lives in The Chase, said: "He had a heart of gold and was there for everyone in the community.

"He was a people person and there's not a bad word you could say about the boy."

Andrea Scott, who lives in St Ann's Well Road, said she felt a "big hole" had been left in the community.

She said: "He was lovely. We all send our sympathy to his family."

A spokeswoman from Co-operative Food said: "Germaine Edwards was a valued member of our St Ann's store team and his death has deeply saddened us all.

"Our sympathies are with Germaine's parents, family and friends."

People living near where Mr Edwards was found said they feared for their safety after the incident.

Mandy Hackett, 55, of Wigman Road, said: "I saw all the blue lights coming past and when I came out of my gate I saw him being taken into the ambulance. It was quite upsetting. I just can't believe it.

"I was very, very shocked. Things like this don't happen in this part of Bilborough. My heart goes out to his family. No-one deserves that."

A few doors down, restaurant worker Sayad Asin, 34, said: "It's so sad. My sister rang me and told me what happened.

"It makes you feel very unsafe. I've got three kids and we are totally scared."

Police were yesterday given extra time to question a 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder.

Detectives said yesterday they were still working to establish the movements of a silver Ford Fiesta, which they believe is linked to the murder investigation.

A car matching its description was later found burned out in Cossall Lane, near Trowell.

Detectives want to speak to anyone who saw the car being driven erratically or at speed in Bilborough, Wollaton or Trowell between 5pm and 6pm on Saturday.

Anyone with any information should contact the incident room at West Bridgford on 0115 844 6916 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

FOR many residents, recycling has now become second nature.

Dutifully separating their cardboard, paper, tins, plastic, glass and garden waste from their general rubbish, thousands of people have helped fuel a steady rise in recycling – and a reduction in landfill.

According to Government figures, recycling rates rose every year without fail in Nottingham, from 19.5 per cent in 2005-06 to 37.3 per cent 2010-11.

But last year, it fell to 33.2 per cent.

The sudden drop was mirrored by borough and district councils across Notts – except in Gedling, which managed a small increase.

The recession has been blamed for the fall, with funding cuts putting a squeeze on services offered by the council and residents having less money to buy packaged products.

But in response to the new figures published by Defra residents, campaigners and councils have all expressed a desire to turn around the decline.

Kaye Brennan, chairman of Netherfield Eco Action Team, said: "We would be keen to support an increase in resources for recycling.

"I think people are willing to pay for recycling schemes but I think it's something the council should be investing in."

Kaye, who lives in Colwick, added: "I also think that packaging is a real issue, and customers can't affect this.

"There is still a surprising amount of packaging which is not recycleable."

Nigel Lee, of Nottingham Friends of the Earth, said he believed the city council's decision to stop collecting food waste had an impact on the figures, and he would have preferred to see the scheme extended across the city.

"They were doing pilots in parts of the city, which they abandoned – and they abandoned it for cost reasons."

He said the campaign group believed kerbside sorting – where residents sort materials which can be collected in different compartments of a specialist recycling collection lorry – would greatly increase recycling rates.

Mr Lee said this would allow more materials to be collected, which would otherwise be put in with general waste, and better quality recyclable materials, allowing the council to get a better price for them.

Some residents think their council is already doing enough.

George Todd, 73, of Westleigh Road in Strelley, has one bin for general rubbish and two more – for garden waste and for recyclables such as glass, paper and tins.

He said: "I think the recycling is brilliant. I don't think there's much more that they could recycle.

"And if it's burnt at the incinerator, this helps to heat parts of Nottingham through the district heating scheme."

John Watson, 82, of Castle Close, Calverton, said: "I think the recycling schemes are pretty good. But there are lots of products where you don't know if they are recycleable or not, such as some types of plastic trays."

Councillor Alan Clark, portfolio holder for energy and sustainability, was optimistic about future recycling, despite the drop over the last year.

"We have plans in place now that we hope will increase recycling performance," he said.

"We are introducing the possibility for residents in flats to recycle waste in new orange bags designed to survive collection from communal bins and have their contents recycled.

"And we will run a campaign in the New Year to reinforce the message about what can and what can not be recycled."

In 2006-07, Rushcliffe Borough Council was the third best performing council in the country for recycling.

However, since then its performance has levelled out and it has been overtaken by dozens of other local authorities.

David Banks, head of environment and waste management at Rushcliffe Borough Council, said: "Rushcliffe continues to perform extremely well with a recycling and composting rate of over 51 per cent compared to the previous year's 54 per cent rate.

"Rushcliffe has seen a small reduction in the amount of waste recycled in the blue bin. This may be down to manufacturers producing less packaging and also to consumers' buying preferences in the current economic climate.

"Whilst the introduction of a chargeable green waste collection service has seen an inevitable small drop in overall recycling performance, the take up of the service has been extremely high with nearly 26,000 households signing up to have their green bin emptied for only £25 per year."

He added that the council would keep trying to see where it can improve recycling rates and keep contamination to a minimum.

In Gedling, the one place in the county where recycling increased, Councillor Seamus Creamer said: "We provide the service and facilities to encourage recycling and will continue to look at ways to reduce the amount sent for incineration or to landfill."

Nationally, the average recycling rate has continued to rise, although the rate has been slowing since its peak in 2005.

Lord de Mauley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Resource Management, the Local Environment and Environmental Science, said: "Across the country, people are cutting the amount of waste going to landfill by recycling more.

"More still needs to be done and we continue to push towards our aim of a zero waste economy."

THE wife of drugs baron John Dawes will lose her stake in the matrimonial home after a High Court judge ruled that she had "shut her eyes" to his crimes.

Helen Dawes insisted she retained a 50 per cent interest in the house in Tudor Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, and that it should not be sold without her consent.

Her claims came after the Crown secured a £355,000 confiscation order against Dawes after a judge found that he had benefited from his crimes to the tune of around £8.2 million.

Dawes, 43, was jailed for 24 years at Nottingham Crown Court in 2008 after he was convicted of conspiracy to supply drugs and money laundering.

A 32-YEAR-OLD man was today due in court over the murder of a Bilborough dad.

Detectives last night charged Damien Ivan Winston Simpson, of no fixed address, with killing Germaine Edwards, 28.

He was also charged with a firearms offence and a robbery offence.

He will remain in custody until his appearance before Nottingham magistrates today.

Mr Edwards was found with critical injuries in Fairnley Road, Bilborough, at just after 5pm on Saturday.

He was taken to Queen's Medical Centre, where he later died.

A Home Office post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of death to be a gunshot wound.

Since his death, tributes have flooded in both from Bilborough and St Ann's, where he worked in the Co-op store in Robin Hood Chase.

TEN thousand pounds was raised at a charity dinner hosted by Nottingham Forest footballer Billy Sharp.

The striker and his partner, Jade Fair, set up the Luey Jacob Sharp Foundation last year after son Luey died aged two.

The charity works to raise money for research into the disease gastroschisis, which Luey died from.

It is still not known what causes the disease, which is usually picked up by week 14 of pregnancy.

The dinner and auction, at Doncaster's Keepmoat Stadium on November 14, was attended by 290 people, including footballer James Beattie, ex-international Matt Le Tissier and Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher

A SCHOOL failed to properly safeguard a 13-year-old pupil who killed himself, an inquest heard.

Alan Krzymowski missed classes at the Djanogly City Academy for several months because he was being bullied. He eventually took his own life.

After a two-day inquest into his death, assistant deputy coroner for Notts, Stephanie Haskey yesterday recorded a verdict of suicide.

The inquest heard that Alan's attendance record hadn't been flagged up to his family by the academy as it should have been.

However, the coroner outlined that an overhaul of the school's anti-bullying and non-attendance systems since the tragedy – which included bringing in an extra member of staff – had been successful enough to not require further action.

Miss Haskey said: "I am clear that I have not seen evidence to show that Alan was being properly safeguarded. It is clear to me that at this time absenteeism was not being dealt with. Had I not been informed of the work and the changes done, I would have become very concerned."

She added: "I am however reassured by that evidence in particular that sufficient has been done not to have a formal requirement of action to be taken."

The teenager was found hanged at his home in Denman Street, Radford, by his father on the evening of January 20, 2010.

The court heard Alan was assaulted by another pupil on April 1, 2009. He was punched in the face and lost a tooth. His lip was split and his face bruised and swollen.

After comments from other pupils and being bullied during PE lessons, he started missing classes. Miss Haskey said that Alan had felt there was no way out when he and his father Zbigniew were looking to move house and needed to provide evidence of his attendance at school.

Miss Haskey said: "He hopes he can make his life better by getting a house but requires proof. Although he was on the roll, he has not been attending school.

"Mr Krzymowski, not knowing this, asked his son to get the evidence and Alan cannot do so."

Giora Burnham, principal of the academy from April 2009, told the court: "Alan was experiencing bullying, I accept that."

The school has since produced documents covering staff responsibilities, anti-bullying policy and attendance.

Mr Burnham said: "It was really important to get a consistent approach so that nothing went through the cracks."

Following the inquest, in a statement, current Djanogly head teacher Andrew Kilpatrick said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Alan Krzymowski at this difficult time. The loss of Alan was a huge tragedy.

"We have listened carefully to the evidence from the inquest and to the coroner's comments. The protection of our students is our utmost priority and the academy's new management will examine and review the implications of this verdict."

MAGISTRATES sent the case against Sam Hoang, 46, of no fixed address, to Nottingham Crown Court to be heard on December 7. He is accused of producing cannabis in Nottingham between July 1 and September 28. He is in custody.

IAN Radford, 63, of Poplar Close, Carlton, has been £370 for failing to provide police with information about the identity of the driver of a Ford Focus. Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard that the driver of was guilty of a traffic offence in Arnold on or about November 3 last year. He pleaded guilty by post. As well as the fine, he is required to pay a £15 victim surcharge and costs of £35. His licence will be endorsed with six penalty points.

CARA Reddish, 37, of Hillview Court, Pleasley, Mansfield, has been fined £600 at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. The case against her was proved in her absence. She was required by police to provide information about the identity of the driver of a Ford Mondeo who was guilty of a traffic offence in Arnold on or about November 4 last year. She must also pay a £15 victim surcharge and costs of £85. Her licence will be endorsed with six penalty points.

STUART Hunt, 52, of Bethel Gardens, Hucknall, is to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on December 3. A charge against him was proved in his absence on October 29. He failed to provide police with information about the identity of the driver of a Vauxhall Astra in Arnold on October 27 last year.

BARRY Starbuck, 39, of Victoria Street, Hucknall, had a case proved in his absence at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. He used a Ford Fiesta in Sandy Lane, Hucknall, without insurance on October 27 last year. His case has been listed at the magistrates' court again on November 28 to consider if there are mitigating circumstances for not banning him from driving.

YASER Ahmed, 29, of Wordsworth Road, Radford, was fined £60 for driving a Toyota Avensis when using a mobile phone. Magistrates in Nottingham heard that the offence happened in Nottingham on September 1. Ahmed pleaded guilty by post and was ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and costs of £40. Three penalty points will be added to Ahmed's licence.

TRACY Henson, 45, of Shepton Crescent, Aspley, has been fined £50 for using a mobile phone while driving in Nottingham on August 27. She admitted the offence by post and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £15 and costs of £40. Three penalty points will be added to her licence.

LUKE Pilkington, 19, of Sherwood Rise, Eastwood, is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on December 4. He is charged with assaulting a male, causing him actual bodily harm, on a footpath between Garden Road and Walker Street, Eastwood, on April 22 this year. He is on unconditional bail.

DOMINIC Cox, 26, of Naseby Drive, Long Eaton, has been disqualified from driving for 18 months. He pleaded guilty to driving a BMW 318 car in Derby Road, Lenton, on October 31 while he had 81 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms. Cox was also fined £250 and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £25 victim surcharge.

LUMKA Gqada, 38, of Acourt Street, Radford, pleaded guilty to stealing £23.30 worth of meat and rice from Tesco in Nottingham on October 30. She also admitted stealing £2.83 worth of toiletries and food from the store on the same day. Magistrates gave her a six-month conditional discharge.

TONY Kingham, 34, of New Vale Road, Colwick, has been jailed after stealing £24 worth of beef steaks from Sainsbury's, in Cotgrave, on October 11. He was sentenced to a week in prison after admitting the offence and a further 16 weeks in jail for breaching a suspended sentence order.

LEVI Pemberton, 23, of Osborne Street, Radford, has pleaded guilty to stealing two crates of Carlsberg lager, valued at £24, from the Co-op, in Radford, on November 1. Sentencing was adjourned until tomorrow for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.

DAVID Dunn, 36, of Wendover Drive, Aspley, has been fined £165 for using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards a man in Cinderhill on October 31. He was also ordered to pay £50 compensation to the victim, £50 prosecution costs and a £20 victim surcharge after pleading guilty to the offence. No further action was taken against Dunn after he admitted committing the offence while subject to a conditional discharge.

TERESA Lingham, 46, of Grange Road, Newark, pleaded guilty to drink-driving. She drove a Peugeot 107 car in Hawton Road, Newark, on November 2 while having 75 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. This limit is 35 micrograms limit. Lingham was banned from driving for 22 months, fined £100 and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £20 victim surcharge. She also admitted driving without a licence or insurance. No further penalties were given.

A WOMAN'S body was found in a reservoir.

Police were called to Butterley Reservoir in Butterley Hill, near Ripley, after a dog walker made the discovery at 7.45am on Monday.

The woman, who is still being identified, was in her mid-30s to early-40s.

She white, of a large build, approximately 5ft 6in with short to mid length dark brown hair which was wavy. She wore a red fleece and grey tracksuit bottoms. Call Amber Valley CID on 101 with information.

A FORMER University of Nottingham student was today starting a seven-year jail term after being convicted of the UK's biggest-ever banking fraud.

Kweku Adoboli gambled away £1.4 billion, nearly bringing Swiss bank UBS to its knees.

At one point the 32-year-old was on the verge of causing losses of $12 billion (£7.5 billion), and the hole he eventually left was the largest trading loss ever in British banking history.

Yesterday, jurors at Southwark Crown Court found him guilty of two counts of fraud, but cleared him of four counts of false accounting.

Sentencing, Mr Justice Keith told him: "Whatever the verdict of the jury you would forever have been known as the man responsible for the largest trading loss in British banking history."

Adoboli, Clark Street, Whitechapel, east London, wiped away tears as he sat in the dock, following his nine-week trial.

He admitted the enormous losses but claimed that he was pressured by staff to take risks, culminating in a catastrophe that wiped £2.8 billion off the bank's share value.

Mr Justice Keith said: "You are highly intelligent. You are plainly very articulate. And as I told the jury, you appear to have a considerable amount of charm. Your fall from grace as a result of these convictions is spectacular.

"There is a strong streak of the gambler in you. You were arrogant to think the bank's rules for traders did not apply to you."

But he was sceptical that his acquittal on the four charges of false accounting meant he was innocent, only that the jury had doubts over whether he planned to gain financially himself.

Adoboli received seven years for a charge of fraud by abuse of position relating to the £1.4 billion loss, and four years for a second count of the same offence, to run concurrently.

Speaking outside court, Andrew Penhale, deputy head of fraud at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "The amount of money involved was staggering, impacting hugely on the bank but also on their employees, shareholders and investors. This was not a victimless crime."

After the case, UBS said in a statement: "We are glad that the criminal proceedings have reached a conclusion and thank the police and the UK authorities for their professional handling of this case."

Giving evidence, Adoboli had claimed staff were encouraged to take risks until they got "a slap on the back of the wrist".

Charles Sherrard QC, for Adoboli, said the trader "gave his life to UBS" and had been "sorry from day one" for what had happened.

"Most significantly, he has not been found to be driven by greed, ego, reputation or any sinister motive," Mr Sherrard said.

POLICE are applying to have the licence of an Ilkeston pub taken away, saying they have "lost all confidence" in the people running it.

Officers have asked Erewash Borough Council for a licence review of the Charter, in South Street, amid worries about violent attacks.

The application comes after officers were called to the pub one night to find two men standing outside with blood on their faces.

Superintendent Garry Parkin says police have reviewed incidents linked to the pub since it opened as the Charter in 2007.

"Police have now lost all confidence in the premises licence holders and with the management running the premises on a day-to-day basis," he says in a report.

"The police are extremely concerned as to the level of recorded criminal incidents that have and continue to take place in and around these premises."

He says that police are particularly concerned about incidents resulting in serious injuries to people visiting the pub.

In the early hours of Friday, October 26, officers arrived to find two men standing outside with blood on their faces from cuts to their heads.

One claimed he had been hit over the head several times with a bottle in the pub toilet.

Both men went to hospital and one needed several stitches to a head wound.

The report says: "The police have made the decision to request to revoke the licence completely as no additional conditions, further action plans, or the removal of the designated premises supervisor could be imposed to give the police any confidence that the licensing objectives would be promoted."

The report also says the police and other authorities have given the licence holders and management "sufficient advice and support" over the past 18 months for the problems to be sorted but feel "positive action" need to be taken.

"The responsible authorities have a duty of care to people living, working and enjoying themselves in Ilkeston town centre to protect them where possible from being subjected to alcohol-fuelled violence and the fear of violence emanating from our night-time economy.

"The patience of the police has now reached its limits."

People have until Tuesday, December 4, to comment before a date is set for the council's licensing committee to meet to consider the application.

Staff at the Charter declined to comment.

ANDRE Boucaud is completely in the dark over his future – and says: "I want it sorted out!"

Notts County are trying to thrash out a deal with Luton Town to sign him permanently in January when his loan at Meadow Lane ends.

But it is being held up because they are demanding a fee from the Magpies.

Boucaud, 28, is frustrated it is dragging on – and has even had a pop at the Hatters for slapping a price tag on him when they didn't want him at the start of the season.

Luton forked out £25,000 to sign Boucaud from York City only 11 months ago, but he was frozen out by their boss Paul Buckle when he took charge in April.

After having a trial at Notts in the summer, he signed a short-term loan deal with them and has since established himself in midfield.

He started his 15th league game of the season at Preston North End last night as Notts drew 0-0, but admits the uncertainty over his future is playing on his mind.

"I'm going to be real, it does sometimes," he said. "I'm playing every week, I'm doing well and the team's doing well, but I don't know where my future is.

"They have the right to ask for a fee because I'm their player, but they didn't want me at the start of the season and I never asked to leave so I don't understand it.

"I want to stay here, like I've said all along.

"I just want it sorted out, but I haven't heard anything.

"It's getting a bit frustrating and I'd like to know if something is going to get sorted."