Courts

A businessman who absconded after making a criminal benefit of more than £4million from illegally trading in catalytic converters is still at large.

A drinker who fractured a man’s skull with a single punch has escaped jail - but will be behind bars if he consumes alcohol in the next four months.

The sentencing of an 18 and 21-year-old who broke into somebody’s home, stole a watch and slept there overnight has been pushed back.

A persistent beggar has been handed a jail sentence after breaching an anti-social behaviour injunction.

A drink-driver who slammed a relative’s car into a garden wall has been banned from driving.

A man who was found driving with a child passenger while more than double the legal alcohol limit has been handed a ban.

A drink driver who was caught speeding has been banned from driving for more than three years.

Two men have been sentenced after stealing a car in Norfolk.

A man has been sentenced to 30 weeks in prison for theft and assault offences.

A HGV driver said that getting caught with cannabis has made him halt his drug habit.

A drink-driver decided to travel to a nearby corner shop in his car after having a couple of beers.

A man who denies sexual charges involving an underage girl is to go on trial next month.

A 19-year-old pub worker who doesn’t have a driving licence was seen driving dangerously before crashing into a ditch.

A 33-year-old accused of committing several outbuilding burglaries and stealing thousands of pounds worth of machinery will face trial.

A man who had sex with three under-age girls after targeting them on social media was today jailed for 16 years at Lincoln Crown Court.

Police are hoping to speak to three men in connection with an investigation of £1,000 worth of goods from a town supermarket.

A man will go to trial later this year after denying grievous bodily harm and possession of a knife following an incident last month.

A grieving mum says the probation service is not ‘fit for purpose’ after officers did not stop a disqualified driver from killing her daughter.

A 33-year-old who threatened to smash a bottle over pub workers when being escorted out of the premises apologised for his actions.

A man is due in court next month after being charged with drink-driving at nearly four times the limit.