The faces of criminals sent to prison in Notts in December
Here are the criminals who have been jailed in December at courts in Nottinghamshire.
By Tim Cunningham
Published 29th Dec 2020, 12:51 GMT
Their offences include murder, manslaughter, child abuse, possession of child porn, burglary, assault, and production of cannabis.
In these confusing and worrying times, local journalism is more vital than ever. Thanks to everyone who helps us ask the questions that matter by taking out a subscription or buying a paper. We stand together. Nancy Fielder, editor.
1. The six men found guilty of the murder of Ross Ball
The six men found guilty of the murder of Ross Ball: Shaun Buckley (top left), Garry Cooper (top centre), Anthony Daw (top right), Jake Honer (bottom left), Matthew Jones (bottom centre), John McDonald (bottom right)
A drugs gang who almost hacked off a man's foot in a gruesome street murder have been jailed for 173 years after they were caught on CCTV boasting about the killing.
Ringleader Garry Cooper, 34, of Kirkby, was jailed for 29 years.
Shaun Buckley, 29, of Solihull, Jake Honer, 21, Anthony Daw, 25, and Matthew Jones, 23, all of Birmingham, were each caged for 25 years.
John McDonald, 25, also of Birmingham, was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years.
Connor Sharman, 22, of no fixed address, was convicted of manslaughter and conspiracy to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 21 years.
Buckley, Honer, Daw, Jones, Cooper and Sharman had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A Drugs.
The court heard Cooper and his gang had forced Mr Ball into letting them use is flat to sell drugs in exchange for giving him crack cocaine, heroin and mamba.
Users would post cash through the letterbox of the flat in Sutton-in-Ashfield with the drugs being posted back from the inside.
Days before the murder, a rival gang had taken over the flat and Cooper ordered his men to attack Mr Ball.
The gang burst into the flat where Mr Ball and two other men were and they tried to escape by jumping out the window.
The six men fled the scene in two cars and set off automatic number plate recognition cameras along their journey, allowing detectives investigating the murder to build up apicture of their movements.
Police spent hours going through mobile phone records to prove the gang had been near the cameras at the times that they had picked up the suspect vehicles.
Three members of the group were captured on CCTV meeting with Cooper, who was not at the scene but ordered the killing, in Mansfield town centre after the attack. Photo: Mansfield Chad
John Kavanagh, 32, of no fixed abode, admitted charges of burglary, possession of a class B drug and assaulting a police officer. He was sentenced to a total of 11 months in prison and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £156. Photo: Mansfield Chad
An assault that left a man with life-altering injuries has resulted in a man being jailed.
On the evening of Monday 23 December 2019, a man and a woman visited Burger King in Upper Parliament Street after a few drinks with friends.
A minor dispute in the restaurant resulted in 35-year-old Damien Rhodes, of Stoke Lane, Gedling, punching a 42-year-old man. The final punch knocked him unconscious.
The man had been seriously injured and was taken to hospital for treatment, and was left in a coma for six days.
He had multiple bleeds to his brain and skull fractures that required extensive surgery to treat. He is still recovering from the wounds he suffered that evening and it is likely the rest of his life will be significantly altered as a result.
Rhodes was jailed for one year and four months at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, December 14, for the assault. Photo: Mansfield Chad
Ishmail Ruci, 22, of Wood View, Edwalton, pleaded guilty to a charge of cannabis production and was jailed for nine months at Nottingham Crown Court. Photo: Mansfield Chad