Police probe fatal shooting outside pub
Two men have been released without charge in connection with a fatal shooting outside a Nottingham pub.
Paul Thomas, 34, was shot outside the Wheeltappers pub on Craven Road at around 4.35pm on Thursday last week. He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham where he died.
The pub was sealed off for a number of hours for police forensic teams to examine the area.
Police are still looking for a man who was seen leaving at the time of the shooting. He is tall and slim, of mixed race, and was wearing a hooded top. He went down an alley near the pub.
Anyone with information is urged to call 0115 9670 999, extension 4539.
Teenager stabbed in 100-man brawl
A teenager needed hospital treatment for stab wounds following a 100-man brawl at a South Wales pub.
A police helicopter had to be dispatched to deal with the incident at the Cross Inn in Newport Road, Rumney, Cardiff, on Sunday evening, after customers spilled out onto the road.
The man who was stabbed was taken to the University Hospital of Wales, where his condition is described as serious. A man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Ex-doorman jailed for peddling drugs
A former pub doorman has been jailed for four years for supplying cocaine after he was caught in a police sting.
Amandip Singh Somal sold cocaine to two undercover policemen on three separate occasions in October and November last year, Shrewsbury Crown Court heard last week.
The 27-year-old was arrested after a raid on the Crown Inn in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, where he used to work, and five homes.
Somal, of Oldbury in the West Midlands, was given four years for supplying cocaine and six months for possessing cannabis. The two sentences will run concurrently.
Man jailed for slashing pub customer
A man who slashed a pub customer with a knife after being ejected has been jailed for 12 months.
Peter Rogers, 33, was usually a shy man but became "vulnerable and isolated" after he split from his partner and children, Worcester Crown Court heard last week.
The court was told that Rogers had been at the Miller's Arms in High Street, Pershore, for more than six hours before he was rude to bar worker Claire Corbishley.
Rogers was barred but returned carrying a 6in knife. On his way, he bumped into Philip Dorrell, Corbishley's boyfriend, as he went to buy cigarettes.
Rogers began waving the knife around, the court heard. Customers at the pub went outside to help but one of them, Ian Wildish, was cut and needed stitches. Rogers ran to an alley where another customer persuaded him to put down the knife.
The court heard that Rogers had told police that six people had assaulted him in the pub, and he found the knife on the ground.
Rogers, admitted wounding and possessing a weapon.
Andrew Tucker, mitigating, said Rogers suffered from depression after his relationship ended. He said Rogers was normally a shy man, and it was unlikely that he intended to stab anyone.
London Pubwatch gets radio link-up
Pubs involved in the Newham Pubwatch in Stratford, east London, are being sent hand-held radios to help alert each other to troublemakers.
The 23 pubs will also have a direct link to Newham Council's emergency control centre, where the CCTV network is located. This will allow police officers to be deployed to crime scenes more quickly.
Janet Dooner, licensee of the Railway Tavern in Stratford said: "Until now, we have only had a bleeper, which doesn't work very well, or we have to do a ring around on the phone.
"The trouble is that some places change hands a lot and the numbers change, and it's hard to keep track of them. With the radios we will be able to contact each other instantly."
