Hucknall: Aieron Thornhill, 22, of Laughton Crescent, pleaded guilty to having a hunting knife in the town on November 8. Magistrates in Nottingham heard he was drunk and had been assaulted. He went home and got a knife and was angry at what happened to him. JPs gave him a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, because the offence was so serious. Thornhill was also given an eight-week curfew, to stay at his address between 9pm and 6am, and will be electronically tagged. He must attend 19 days of a thinking skills programme and be supervised for 12 months. He was further ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £80 and costs of £85.
Hucknall: Fabion Wilson, 37, of Brickyard Drive, has been given a restraining order banning contact with a woman he twice assaulted in Snapewood on August 24. Magistrates in Nottingham made the order until December 19, 2016, after Wilson pleaded guilty to the attacks.
He was handed a community order with supervision from the probation service for 18 months. And he was ordered to pay compensation and a £60 victim surcharge.
Hucknall: Jason Wootton, 41, of Minerva Road, denied the theft of a tub of protein powder, valued at £34, from Tesco Extra, Ashgate Road, on August 8. His case has been listed for trial at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on April 17.
Beeston: Chang Xian Wu, 30, of Cowdray Close, Loughborough, was fined £220 for drink-driving. Wu was behind the wheel of an Audi A6 on the A52 Derby Road when he was stopped on November 25, 2014, Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard. Wu tested 55 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the limit of 35. After pleading guilty, he was banned from driving for three years and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £20 and costs of £85. Wu was fined £110 for using the Audi without insurance, but received no separate penalties for having no licence to drive the Audi or a test certificate. All charges were admitted.
Clifton: Lee Paul Thomas, 20, of Bournmoor Avenue, is due to appear at Nottingham Crown Court accused of wounding a man at the Winning Post pub on August 17. Thomas is on bail to attend a plea and case management hearing on April 14.
Gedling: Bradley Fowles, 26, of Brooklands Drive, pleaded guilty to a series of road traffic offences. Fowles had no insurance for a Renault, drove the vehicle without wearing a seatbelt and when disqualified on November 17. Magistrates in Nottingham bailed him to be sentenced on January 7 at 2pm.
Strelley: Dennis Edward Richard Walker, 34, of Moorgreen Drive, has been fined £73 at Nottingham Magistrates' Court. He pleaded guilty to failing to provide police with a specimen of breath for analysis when it was suspected he had been driving, in Nottingham on June 1, 2014. JPs decided Walker should have ten points added to his licence and ordered he pay £40 costs and a victim surcharge of £20.
Ruddington: Benjamin Armstrong, 30, of Ling Crescent, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman on August 28. Armstrong was bailed to be sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on January 22 at 2pm.
