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Police insist knife crime below average as Derby rocked by 3rd stabbing in days

Knife crime is worrying most Derby residents, but police say it is lower than the national average. Derby has been hit by its third stabbing in just 10 days after a mass brawl broke out in the early hours of Friday morning. Two men were stabbed...
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Huge street fight with knives – two stabbed, six arrested and three injured

Two men were stabbed and a third suffered a head injury during a huge street fight in Normanton, Derby — the third knife attack to hit the city in just 10 days. The violent clash broke out between two groups of men on Middleton Street,...
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Three jailed for 2024 burglary spree in Derbyshire Dales

Three men have been jailed for over 13 years after a burglary spree targeting homes in the Derbyshire Dales in April last year. Ronnie Coleman, 21, Rocco Carr, 20, and Brandon Hollingworth, 27, forced their way into homes in Monyash, Bakewell, and three properties in...
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Man tries to set fire to petrol pumps then beats up two other people

A Derby man attempted to set petrol pumps on fire at a Derby petrol station. Terry Mangan also beat up two people at Markeaton Island. The incident happened just after 5 pm on Wednesday, January 8. During the same spree, Terry Mangan also damaged property and...
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Murder victim named as two suspects remain in custody

A man found dead at a house in Derby has been formally identified as 47-year-old Anthony Tipper, known as Tony. Emergency services were called to an address on Witney Close, Allenton, Derby, at 1:45 pm on Thursday, January 9, following reports that a man had...
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Derby nonce Muftah Mohammed to be released from prison in days

Muftah Mohammed, a Derby nonce is set to walk out of prison in days after being sentenced to 15 months in prison for attacking schoolgirls. Muftah Mohammed, who cannot speak English and required a North Arabic translator was jailed for 15 months but has already...
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