3 arrests over spate of violent disorder in Nottinghamshire town

A young man was treated in hospital after he was injured in an unprovoked attack in a town centre. The man in his 20s was walking through the market square in Newark when three people ran up behind him and punched him.

The attack happened at 4.50pm on Tuesday (November 5) and was one of a number of offences reported in the town centre that evening.

Police also received separate calls around the same time alleging that the group had been threatening other people in the vicinity with a weapon. One man reportedly had a knife pulled out on him in Carter Gate, while other people were allegedly confronted and threatened by the group.

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These incidents came around a week after a man in his late 60s was pushed over and kicked in the head during a daylight attack in near the market square in the town. The man in his 60s was allegedly knocked to the ground by a cyclist wearing a balaclava during the attack on Friday, October 25, before a woman trying to help was also reportedly pushed.

Police investigating each of these incidents have since detained three suspects.

A 17-year-old boy suspected of being involved in the October 25 and November 5 incidents was arrested on suspicion of assault, affray, and assaulting an emergency worker.

Two more people – another 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man – have both been arrested on suspicion of assault and affray. The man was additionally arrested on suspicion of threatening a person with a bladed article.

Two 17-year-old boys and an 18-year-old man have been arrested following a spate of violent disorder in Newark. On Tuesday, November 5, Nottinghamshire Police received numerous calls of offences that took place one after the other in the town centre.

At around 4.50pm a man in his twenties was walking through the market square when three people ran up behind him and punched him. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment as a result of the incident.

Inspector Charlotte Ellam, district commander for Newark and Sherwood, said: “There is absolutely no place in our communities for the violence, disorder and intimidating behaviour shown in these incidents.

“It really shouldn’t need me to tell people how unacceptable this is but anyone who does behave in this manner needs to know it won’t be tolerated by our neighbourhood policing team. Anyone who is found to have assaulted or threatened someone – especially while they are carrying a weapon – should expect to find themselves in a lot of trouble."