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Man who threw chair at wife in row over washing bed linen is spared jail

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

3 1/1 A Romanian man who has been married for nearly 40 years threw a chair at his wife after a row about washing bed linen, a court has heard. Fanel Costache, of St Peter's Road, Great Yarmouth, became angry with his wife about the noise she was making. Traditionally in Romania bed linen needs to be washed before Easter. Norwich Crown Court heard the 51-year-old "picked up a dining room chair" and "struck his wife with it" with "considerable force".
Norfolk drug dealer caught by police trying to jump out of window

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

2 1/1 A drug dealer was caught by police after he tried to jump out the window of a flat, a court has heard. Liam Whittle was arrested after attempting to leave the home in Great Yarmouth when police were called. Norwich Crown Court heard the 31-year-old was found with cocaine and cannabis following a raid.
Asylum seeker in Norwich hotel tried to get 14-year-old boy to send naked photos

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

4 1/1 An asylum seeker being housed in a Norwich hotel tried to persuade a 14-year-old boy to send naked images of himself, a court has heard. Rashid Al-Waeli, a Yemeni, was staying at the Brook Hotel, in Bowthorpe - one of two in the city used by the Home Office as temporary accommodation for immigrants - when he sent repeated online messages trying to obtain the intimate photos.
Quavers packet used to try and smuggle drugs into Norfolk prison

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

6 1/1 A woman used a packet of crisps to conceal a stash of cannabis she tried to smuggle into a Norfolk jail while visiting an inmate, a court has heard. Rahima Begom hid the drugs and tobacco under a packet of Quavers which she passed to HMP Wayland prisoner Kieron Nickels. But Norwich Crown Court heard officers at the prison near Thetford became suspicious and found the drugs after searching the pair.
Man to stand trial accused of assaults in Norwich brawl

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

Cameron Brown was charged with two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm as well as using a firearm (PAVA spray) to resist arrest. The 28-year-old was also charged with two counts of assault by beating on an emergency worker and an offence of common assault on an emergency worker. It was after a number of police units were deployed to reports a woman was being assaulted by three men in Rouen Road.
Man ordered to pay £8k in compensation after Norwich roundabout crash

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

5 1/1 A driver smashed into a woman's car and wrote it off after going the wrong way around a roundabout while trying to flee police, a court has heard. Jude Williams had been at the wheel of a stolen Skoda car when he ploughed into another vehicle as he tried to evade officers.
Self-styled lord found guilty of stalking... then says he doesn't recognise the court

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

8 1/1 Jurors took less than three hours to find a self-styled lord guilty of stalking his former partner. The jury has been hearing evidence in the trial of Peter Sorrell - a retired truck driver who has asked to be referred to by the court as Lord Peter Sorrelll. Norwich Crown Court had heard Sorrell had denied putting a person in fear of violence by stalking his ex-girlfriend after he could not accept the end of their four-year relationship.
Man charged with raft of offences after car crashed into Norwich property

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

2 1/1 A man will appear in court next month in connection with a series of offences after a crashed into a home in Norwich. Carley Nelson, 26, and another man, in his 20s, were arrested after a car crashed into a property in Mousehold Avenue. Nelson, of Lound Road, Norwich, will appear at Norwich Magistrates Court on July 10 having been charged with a raft of offences, following the crash which happened at about 3pm on May 17.
No further action to be taken after bollards felled in Norwich street

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

4 1/1 An investigation sparked by a car ploughing into and felling a line of bollards on a Norwich street has been closed, it has emerged. A police appeal was launched after a silver Mercedes-Benz estate crashed into and knocked down a number of bollards that line Fye Bridge Street between the Mischief and Ribs of Beef pubs but failed to stop.
Man who launched firework into crowd at popular event has charge withdrawn

2 weeks ago | edp24.co.uk | Peter Walsh

4 1/1 A man who launched a firework into a large crowd, causing panic and seriously injuring four people, has had a charge withdrawn. Aidas Berzinskas, 24, fired it into the Fawkes in the Walks event in King's Lynn from a nearby address. Norwich Crown Court heard he was caught after a member of the public spotted that the firework had come from a property on Silfield Terrace, next to the The Walks, where crowds had gathered for the display.