Derbyshire

A Deryshire man charged with two counts of death by dangerous driving following a collision is due to be sentenced.

A Kirk Hallam woman is waiting on standby for a complex operation to replace most of her digestive organs, hoping it will give her a new lease of life.

A thug is awaiting sentence behind bars after he grabbed his pregnant ex-partner during a row and struck her in the back with a hammer.

A drug-user who was caught with 18 cannabis plants at his home has been spared from jail.

Derbyshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a Crich pensioner was left looking on in horror as her Yorkshire terrier was killed by another dog.

A jealous thug smashed his wife’s collection of Royal Crown Derby ornaments before punching her in the nose.

A babysitter has been banned from keeping animals after he smashed and killed a pet ferret with a marble slab and threw another at a fence in front of horrified children.

Officers from Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit are to go undercover as part of the national campaign to crack down on drivers using mobile phones at the wheel.

Car wheels, road signs, a vacuum cleaner, hundreds of plastic bottles and a scooter were just some of the items pulled from one Derbyshire river during a huge clean-up.

A nuisance resident has been fined after he breached an injunction by continuing to abuse a neighbour.

A boozed-up thug who attacked his partner before arming himself with a machete has narrowly been spared from going to prison.

A drug-user who was caught with 18 cannabis plants at his home is due to be sentenced later this month.

Two thieves who were allegedly bullied into shoplifting in Chesterfield town centre are to be monitored by police to help protect them.

A motoring offender who attacked a witness after a road traffic collision has been put behind bars.

A thug who attacked another man and struck a woman outside a school has been given a community order and been ordered to pay £475.

The latest Derby magistrates’ court results including cases from Ripley, Heanor, Belper and Ilkeston are listed below.

A thief who wormed his way into his victim’s home and stole her purse has been jailed.

A man who was charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm following an alleged attack in Chesterfield town centre is due to be sentenced.