Arrests after ‘unprovoked attack’ on man in city centre

POLICE have arrested two suspects after a man was assaulted in Nottingham city centre.

A man was walking on Upper Parliament Street with a woman and child when he was approached by a group of people on Tuesday. He was punched in the face and had objects thrown at him during the incident, which took place at around 5.50pm. Another dispute then took place around an hour later on Minver Crescent, Aspley, where same group threatened the man before driving away in a car.

Once the incidents were reported to the police, number plate recognition cameras managed to zero in on the location of the car, which was found on Clarendon Street. A 20-year-old man was then arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray, and an 18-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of affray.

Detective Sergeant Al Roper, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a completely unprovoked attack on a man who was in the presence of a young child when this happened. As a force we condemn all forms of aggressive behaviour and don’t want to see this type of violent disorder taking place on our streets.

“We have since managed to arrest two suspects in connection with this assault, as well as a second incident that took place soon afterwards. Our investigation is still ongoing to fully establish what happened, so we’d ask anyone with information to call the police on 101, quoting incident 673 of 29 November 2022.