Three suspects charged after knives seized in city

Three suspected knife carriers have been charged following extra patrols by specialist officers in Nottingham.

The force’s knife crime team has been deployed in a combination of uniform and plain clothes in the city centre this week following three recent knife-crime related incidents.

On Saturday (1 March) the team spotted a teenager they believed to be a known knife carrier in Upper Parliament Street.

They found a knife and cannabis during searches and a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested and charged with possession of a knife in a public place, possession of a Class B drug and assault on an emergency worker.

He will appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 12 March 2025.

A further arrest took place when officers spotted a group of people they believed were behaving suspiciously in Wheeler Gate around 12.30pm on Wednesday (5 March).

When they searched Elias Baugh they found a knife in his waistband and cannabis.

Nineteen-year-old Baugh, of Beaconsfield Street, Nottingham, was charged with possession of a knife in a public place and possession of a Class B drug.

He appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (6 March) and pleaded guilty to both offences.

Baugh was jailed for 16 weeks, suspended for 12 months.

Later the same day, around 3.20pm, the team stopped a further teenager in Middle Hill and seized a knife.

A 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named, was charged with possession of a knife in a public place and will appear before magistrates on 19 March.

Police Constable Ken Tinley, of the knife crime team, said:

“Everything we do as a team is geared towards taking knives off the streets and arresting those who carry them.

“There is never any excuse for anyone to be carrying a blade in public. It puts themselves and anyone they come into contact with at risk of harm.

“Our deployments in the city centre are continuing in addition to the high-visibility police patrols put in place following recent knife-related incidents.”

The team seized a total of 73 weapons and made 163 arrests during 2024 and has now been directly responsible for round 900 knives and offensive weapons being seized since its formation eight years ago.