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Two teens released without charge after Norwich park knife attack

Two teens released without charge after Norwich park knife attack

Two teenage boys arrested over an attack during which a teenager was threatened with a knife in a city will have no further action taken against them,...

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Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Two teens released without charge after Norwich park knife attack

Two teens released without charge after Norwich park knife attack

Two teenage boys arrested over an attack during which a teenager was threatened with a knife in a city will have no further action taken against them,...

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Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Autistic teen made to kiss boys' shoes in 'degrading' attack on a Norfolk beach

Autistic teen made to kiss boys' shoes in 'degrading' attack on a Norfolk beach

An autistic teen was forced to kiss the feet of a group of boys who then repeatedly kicked him in the head in an appalling attack on a Norfolk beach.

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Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Police chase through city suburb ends as driver crashes into children's nursery

Police chase through city suburb ends as driver crashes into children's nursery

A driver led police on a terrifying chase through quiet suburban streets at double the speed limit, before bailing out of the still moving car and...

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Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Autistic teen made to kiss boys' shoes in 'degrading' attack on a Norfolk beach

Autistic teen made to kiss boys' shoes in 'degrading' attack on a Norfolk beach

An autistic teen was forced to kiss the feet of a group of boys who then repeatedly kicked him in the head in an appalling attack on a Norfolk beach.

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Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Police chase through city suburb ends as driver crashes into children's nursery

Police chase through city suburb ends as driver crashes into children's nursery

A driver led police on a terrifying chase through quiet suburban streets at double the speed limit, before bailing out of the still moving car and...

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Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Father and son admit offences in long-running row over remote Broads pub

Father and son admit offences in long-running row over remote Broads pub

A father and son who own one of Norfolk's most remote pubs have admitted offences related to two static caravans stored at the site.

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Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Father and son admit offences in long-running row over remote Broads pub

Father and son admit offences in long-running row over remote Broads pub

A father and son who own one of Norfolk's most remote pubs have admitted offences related to two static caravans stored at the site.

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Peter Walsh

Illegal immigrants caught running £3m cannabis farm in Norfolk countryside

Illegal immigrants caught running £3m cannabis farm in Norfolk countryside

Two Albanians who entered the country illegally were caught running an "industrial" cannabis farm in the Norfolk countryside which was producing £3m...

26.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Teaching assistant who abused girl was caught after text message was discovered

Teaching assistant who abused girl was caught after text message was discovered

A teaching assistant who groomed and sexually abused a young girl was caught after her mother found a text message in which he told her daughter he...

26.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Illegal immigrants caught running £3m cannabis farm in Norfolk countryside

Illegal immigrants caught running £3m cannabis farm in Norfolk countryside

Two Albanians who entered the country illegally were caught running an "industrial" cannabis farm in the Norfolk countryside which was producing £3m...

26.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Teaching assistant who abused girl was caught after text message was discovered

Teaching assistant who abused girl was caught after text message was discovered

A teaching assistant who groomed and sexually abused a young girl was caught after her mother found a text message in which he told her daughter he...

26.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

'Predator' jailed for five-year 'upskirting' campaign targeting 16 women and girls

'Predator' jailed for five-year 'upskirting' campaign targeting 16 women and girls

A sexual 'predator' used a mobile phone to taking intimate upskirting photos of unsuspecting women and girls in Norfolk pubs, a court has heard.

25.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

'Predator' jailed for five-year 'upskirting' campaign targeting 16 women and girls

'Predator' jailed for five-year 'upskirting' campaign targeting 16 women and girls

A sexual 'predator' used a mobile phone to taking intimate upskirting photos of unsuspecting women and girls in Norfolk pubs, a court has heard.

25.06.2025 8

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Peter Walsh

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

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

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.

21.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

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

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

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.

21.06.2025 9

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Norfolk drug dealer caught by police trying to jump out of window

Norfolk drug dealer caught by police trying to jump out of window

A drug dealer was caught by police after he tried to jump out the window of a flat, a court has heard.

20.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Asylum seeker in Norwich hotel tried to get 14-year-old boy to send naked photos

Asylum seeker in Norwich hotel tried to get 14-year-old boy to send naked photos

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.

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Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Norfolk drug dealer caught by police trying to jump out of window

Norfolk drug dealer caught by police trying to jump out of window

A drug dealer was caught by police after he tried to jump out the window of a flat, a court has heard.

20.06.2025 10

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Peter Walsh

Asylum seeker in Norwich hotel tried to get 14-year-old boy to send naked photos

Asylum seeker in Norwich hotel tried to get 14-year-old boy to send naked photos

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.

20.06.2025 10

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Peter Walsh

Quavers packet used to try and smuggle drugs into Norfolk prison

Quavers packet used to try and smuggle drugs into Norfolk prison

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.

18.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Man caught with £100k of drugs committed other offences while 'off his face'

Man caught with £100k of drugs committed other offences while 'off his face'

A Norfolk man was found with a block of cocaine with a street value of up to £100,000, a court has heard.

18.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Man denies assaults following large daylight brawl

Man denies assaults following large daylight brawl

A man is set to stand trial after he denied a number of offences following a large brawl involving police in Norwich city centre.

18.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Man ordered to pay £8k in compensation after Norwich roundabout crash

Man ordered to pay £8k in compensation after Norwich roundabout crash

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.

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Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Quavers packet used to try and smuggle drugs into Norfolk prison

Quavers packet used to try and smuggle drugs into Norfolk prison

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.

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Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Man caught with £100k of drugs committed other offences while 'off his face'

Man caught with £100k of drugs committed other offences while 'off his face'

A Norfolk man was found with a block of cocaine with a street value of up to £100,000, a court has heard.

18.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Man denies assaults following large daylight brawl

Man denies assaults following large daylight brawl

A man is set to stand trial after he denied a number of offences following a large brawl involving police in Norwich city centre.

18.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Man ordered to pay £8k in compensation after Norwich roundabout crash

Man ordered to pay £8k in compensation after Norwich roundabout crash

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.

18.06.2025 10

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Peter Walsh

Self-styled lord found guilty of stalking... then says he doesn't recognise the court

Self-styled lord found guilty of stalking... then says he doesn't recognise the court

Jurors took less than three hours to find a self-styled lord guilty of stalking his former partner.

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Peter Walsh

Man charged with raft of offences after car crashed into Norwich property

Man charged with raft of offences after car crashed into Norwich property

A man will appear in court next month in connection with a series of offences after a crashed into a home in Norwich.

16.06.2025 6

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

No further action to be taken after bollards felled in Norwich street

No further action to be taken after bollards felled in Norwich street

An investigation sparked by a car ploughing into and felling a line of bollards on a Norwich street has been closed, it has emerged.

16.06.2025 7

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Man charged with raft of offences after car crashed into Norwich property

Man charged with raft of offences after car crashed into Norwich property

A man will appear in court next month in connection with a series of offences after a crashed into a home in Norwich.

16.06.2025 3

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Peter Walsh

No further action to be taken after bollards felled in Norwich street

No further action to be taken after bollards felled in Norwich street

An investigation sparked by a car ploughing into and felling a line of bollards on a Norwich street has been closed, it has emerged.

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Peter Walsh

Man who launched firework into crowd at popular event has charge withdrawn

Man who launched firework into crowd at popular event has charge withdrawn

A man who launched a firework into a large crowd, causing panic and seriously injuring four people, has had a charge withdrawn.

15.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Four Norwich street fight suspects 'released without charge'

Four Norwich street fight suspects 'released without charge'

Four people arrested following a fight in Norwich city centre earlier this year have been released without charge.

15.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Man who launched firework into crowd at popular event has charge withdrawn

Man who launched firework into crowd at popular event has charge withdrawn

A man who launched a firework into a large crowd, causing panic and seriously injuring four people, has had a charge withdrawn.

15.06.2025 5

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Four Norwich street fight suspects 'released without charge'

Four Norwich street fight suspects 'released without charge'

Four people arrested following a fight in Norwich city centre earlier this year have been released without charge.

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'Lord' on trial for stalking accuses ex-wife of murder and barrister of treason

'Lord' on trial for stalking accuses ex-wife of murder and barrister of treason

A self-styled lord accused of stalking a former partner has accused his ex-wife of murder and a barrister of treason.

14.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Former truck driver and self-styled lord denies he was his ex-partner's stalker

Former truck driver and self-styled lord denies he was his ex-partner's stalker

A self-styled lord accused of stalking his ex-partner and sending her threatening and menacing messages has told a jury it was "nothing to do with...

14.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

'Lord' on trial for stalking accuses ex-wife of murder and barrister of treason

'Lord' on trial for stalking accuses ex-wife of murder and barrister of treason

A self-styled lord accused of stalking a former partner has accused his ex-wife of murder and a barrister of treason.

14.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Former truck driver and self-styled lord denies he was his ex-partner's stalker

Former truck driver and self-styled lord denies he was his ex-partner's stalker

A self-styled lord accused of stalking his ex-partner and sending her threatening and menacing messages has told a jury it was "nothing to do with...

14.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Illegal immigrants caught 'gardening' at remote Norfolk cannabis farm

Illegal immigrants caught 'gardening' at remote Norfolk cannabis farm

Two Albanian men who entered the country illegally were found working at a huge cannabis farm in a Norfolk village, a court has heard.

13.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Judge steps in as man accused of stalking cross-examines police officer

Judge steps in as man accused of stalking cross-examines police officer

A man accused of stalking an ex-partner and sending her menacing letters and messages told police his "bitter" ex-wife was the culprit, a court has...

13.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Police used tape measure to find 'stalker' sat in car boot was in breach of order

Police used tape measure to find 'stalker' sat in car boot was in breach of order

A man accused of stalking an ex-partner after they split up was arrested after a police officer used a tape measure to find he was within 50 metres...

13.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Norwich man facing sentence over 900 indecent images of children

Norwich man facing sentence over 900 indecent images of children

A man who admitted having more than 900 indecent images of children will be sentenced later this month.

13.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh

Illegal immigrants caught 'gardening' at remote Norfolk cannabis farm

Illegal immigrants caught 'gardening' at remote Norfolk cannabis farm

Two Albanian men who entered the country illegally were found working at a huge cannabis farm in a Norfolk village, a court has heard.

13.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Judge steps in as man accused of stalking cross-examines police officer

Judge steps in as man accused of stalking cross-examines police officer

A man accused of stalking an ex-partner and sending her menacing letters and messages told police his "bitter" ex-wife was the culprit, a court has...

13.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Police used tape measure to find 'stalker' sat in car boot was in breach of order

Police used tape measure to find 'stalker' sat in car boot was in breach of order

A man accused of stalking an ex-partner after they split up was arrested after a police officer used a tape measure to find he was within 50 metres...

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Norwich man facing sentence over 900 indecent images of children

Norwich man facing sentence over 900 indecent images of children

A man who admitted having more than 900 indecent images of children will be sentenced later this month.

13.06.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Peter Walsh

Man jailed for sexually assaulting two women on nightclub dancefloor

A drunk Romanian man sexually assaulted two women on the dancefloor of a Norfolk club after making lewd gestures to them, a court has heard.

12.06.2025 10

Norwich Evening News

Peter Walsh