A number of people spent the night in custody after being arrested on suspicion of affray following a fight in the city centre.
The incident happened at 2.41am on Friday 23 October in St James’ Street.
Nottingham City Council’s CCTV team alerted officers to the incident after a man was assaulted following an altercation outside a bar.
The victim was punched and kicked during the ordeal and was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre. His condition is currently not believed to be life-threatening, but he has sustained serious injuries to his head and nose. No weapons were used in the incident.
A number of people ran from the scene after the incident but were soon caught by our response officers.
Nine arrests have been made in total.
Four men aged 22, two men aged 19, one man aged 45, one man aged 17 and one woman aged 25 were arrested on suspicion of affray.
Chief Inspector Kylie Davies, who manages city centre policing, said:
“This was a nasty and sustained attack by a large group of people following an altercation outside a bar.
“We simply will not tolerate violence in the city centre, and that is why, working with our colleagues in the city council, we were able to apprehend nine suspects relatively quickly.
“If you come into the city centre to commit any sort of violence, then we will use all the powers at our disposal to make sure you won’t be allowed back in.
“The message couldn’t be clearer – our city centre CCTV is so good that you really don’t have anywhere to hide, as this incident clearly demonstrates.
“The fast response from our officers not only ensured the victim was taken to hospital immediately, but also meant we caught nine people in relation to this extremely serious offence.”
This is all part of Operation Reclaim, a partnership approach to tackling the major problems affecting the city centre, which include violent incidents associated with the night-time economy.
