This week a court watched shocking CCTV of robber Daniel Barker attacking some of his victims.
In one clip he punched a man to the right side of his head before taking his cash.
Barker was sentenced to 11 years in prison - plus 36 weeks from a suspended sentence he was on at the time for three burglaries.
His shocking crimes happened on Saturday, January 19, between 8.16pm and 10.40pm in Ilkeston Road and Radford Boulevard.
There were five victims.
Barker, 32, had been living at Stephanie Lodge, Nottingham, which the court heard was accommodation for people with mental health difficulties.
He was sentenced for four robberies, assault with intent to rob and two offences of having a knife.
Dog which injured girl after she stroked it will not be put down
In another case, Dalmatian dog Aquiles escaped the death penalty after scarring a girl's face and leaving her with psychological problems.
City magistrates ordered that prevention measures must remain in place and said the dog risked being put down if there is a repeat.
A £3,534 fine was imposed on owner Jens Mullak over the incident which happened inside his home on Albert Road, Mapperley, on February 2 last year. The businessman must also pay £625 prosecution costs and £170 government tax.
He denied being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control when it injured an 11-year-old girl. He was found guilty after a trial.
Stephen Flint, prosecuting, had said that the incident took place when a girl visited the house and went into a bedroom to watch TV. She stroked Aquiles because it "looked sad" and it bit her.
She lost part of her upper lip and right nostril.
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Burglar caught after he left prison discharge papers at the scene of the crime
And burglar Clay Swift fled a family home after he was disturbed - but was easily traced after he left his custody discharge papers at the scene of the crime.
A court heard he had recently been released from a youth sentence for house burglary when he went into the property where a mum and her children were on the first floor.
When they heard a noise downstairs, the mum, of Radford Road, Nottingham, shouted to her daughter someone was in the house on March 26 this year.
Swift used a key to make a sharp exit through the back door, leaving the key on a bin, and using a chair to vault over a wall.
The 19-year-old, of Dulwich Road, Radford, pleaded guilty to burglary, and received 16 months in custody, concurrent to the time he is serving after being recalled.
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Burglar jailed after he stole toys including an 'Ultimate Batmobile set'
Smash-and-grab burglar Shane Barthorpe was jailed after he stole toys including an 'Ultimate Batmobile set' from a toy shop.
He had been with another person during the raid at Toymaster, an independent specialist shop in Kirk Gate in Newark.
CCTV showed one of them carrying a drain grate used to smash a window on March 1 this year.
Staff found the shop had been broken into after an alarm was triggered.
Nottingham Crown Court heard the men, wearing gloves, were in the store for no more than a minute.
Items were selected worth more than £500.
Barthorpe, 31, of Vassey Close, Newark, pleaded guilty to burglary at Toymaster and theft, and failing to comply with a suspended sentence.
He asked for two more business burglary offences - at a garage and M&S - to be taken into consideration by Judge James Sampson, who gave him a total of 18 months in prison.
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Inmate had metal shank, mobile phones and a USB charger in HMP Nottingham
Inmate Sean Fitzgerald was saving a metal shank, mobile phones and a USB charger in HMP Nottingham for someone else over a drugs debt, a court heard.
The 27-year-old was agitated and threw himself on his bed when prison officers turned up to search his cell when some of the items were discovered.
The shank (an improvised weapon) was taken from him, then he asked if he could take a shower and was allowed to go, Nottingham Crown Court was told.
Fitzgerald volunteered he had a mobile phone hidden in a pair of socks.
And on the way to the shower, he changed direction to the toilets where a SIM card fell from his mouth into a toilet.
More items were found in his cell - another mobile phone, USB charger and a metal tube.
At court, he pleaded guilty to possessing restricted articles in prison and unauthorised possession of an offensive weapon.
Judge Stuart Rafferty QC gave him 15 months for the weapon offence and concurrent sentences on the items found.
He said the sentence would start now after hearing Fitzgerald is serving time for dangerous driving and various other offences.
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Dangerous driver is spared prison sentence
Dale Stewart was showing off to his passengers to give them the feeling of weightlessness when he crashed into a couple's home, a court heard.
He was giving a lift to friends, including two children, when he reached a railway crossing and increased the car's speed where there was a slight rise in the road.
Brian Outhwaite, prosecuting, said he accelerated the car to go over a level crossing "to give a feeling of weightlessness to those in the car".
But Stewart lost control in Thrumpton Lane, in the Thrumpton area of Retford.
The car spun, hit a kerb and smashed into the house on November 10 last year.
At the time, he had 46 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, over the limit of 35.
Judge Stuart Rafferty QC - who dealt with Stewart for drink-driving and dangerous driving - banned him from the roads two years, saying: "The time has come to grow up".
He gave Stewart, 36, a scaffolder, of West End Avenue, Doncaster, nine months in prison, suspended for two years, and a community order.
And he must complete 25 rehabilitation days, 120 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £450.
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