Criminals sentenced in Norfolk in week starting June 24

Kyran Downer

Kyran Downer was jailed for 50 months (Image: Norfolk Constabulary)

Kyran Downer, from London, supplied drugs to an undercover police officer in Norwich in 2018.

The 33-year-old supplied the officer with two wraps of crack cocaine on February 22 and crack cocaine and heroin on March 6.

He was arrested for drug supply in June 2019 after being caught not wearing a seatbelt.

He was bailed but remained "at large" until May this year after he failed to surrender to custody.

Downer appeared at court via videolink from Norwich Prison having admitted four counts of supplying Class A drugs as well as separate dangerous driving and drink driving offences and failing to surrender into police custody.

He was jailed for 50 months and handed a 42-month driving ban.

Teejay Collins

Teejay Collins fell over while drunk in her Thetford kitchen on February 16. 

Police attended in response to a discontinued 999 call from the Edinburgh Way address and paramedics were also called to the scene.

Norwich Magistrates' Court heard Collins, 29, became aggressive with the emergency service workers and started biting, kicking and spitting at them.

Collins, who has 59 previous offences including 12 for violence, pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay £100 compensation to each of the six victims.

She was also sentenced to a 12-month community order requiring rehabilitation days, 150 hours of unpaid work and an alcohol abstinence monitoring tag. 

Group of Birmingham City FC fans

Police released CCTV images as part of an appeal to trace fans involved in the violence (Image: Norfolk Constabulary)

Six men from the Midlands were sentenced after a violent outburst in Norwich on September 30, 2023.

The group had travelled to watch Birmingham City play Norwich City at Carrow Road.

Following the Canaries' 2-0 win, the fans started a brawl which spread into the Gem restaurant opposite Norwich rail station.

Restaurant owner Cemal Alby suffered injuries to his arm in an attempt to stop marauding fans from getting inside. 

Mark Parton, 63, from Walsall, was sentenced to eight weeks suspended for 12 months and banned from attending football matches for three years after admitting threatening behaviour.

Dean Sheppard, 54, a window cleaner and single father of three teenagers from Birmingham, was sentenced to 18 weeks suspended for 18 months after admitting criminal damage and threatening behaviour.

Andrew Parkes, 20, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, who admitted throwing a bottle outside the restaurant, and Craig Taylor, 32, from Sparkhill, Birmingham, were both handed 12 months community orders for threatening behaviour.

William Jordan, 41, from Birmingham, who threw a beer can during the confrontation, and Gary Kemp, 58, of Kings Norton, were also sentenced to 12-month community orders.

All four were made subject to three-year football banning orders.