Nottingham gang members who launched brutal attack on rival jailed
Their victim was held captive inside a house
Last updated 17th Jun 2024
Gang members who filmed their brutal attack on a rival they were holding captive have been jailed after detectives tracked them down.
Salvadore Hall, Nathan Rochester and Olivia Williams launched a violent assault on the victim with knives and metal poles after handcuffing him inside a Nottingham house.
He fled the scene and collapsed after stumbling into a shop at the Esso Petrol Station, in Nuthall Road, Whitemoor, Nottingham, on 2 April 2023.
The man, aged in his 20s, had suffered numerous stab wounds and broken bones which required urgent hospital treatment.
He was left with knife wounds to his face, head and all four limbs, as well as a broken ankle, hand and fingers.
Detectives launched an investigation which revealed he had been falsely imprisoned at the home in Keverne Close, Aspley, for 80 minutes in the early hours of that morning.
CCTV footage showed the victim meeting Williams after he had been taken to the address by taxi.
A short time after they went inside the property, figures can be seen climbing through a rear window into the address.
The victim was handcuffed, beaten and stabbed as well as having his dreadlocks cut from his head.
Parts of the assault were recorded on video by one of the attackers and posted onto social media to humiliate the victim.
The trio then made desperate attempts to hide what they had done at the property through extensive cleaning and ripping up the carpets.
Detectives quickly identified 32-year-old Hall as a suspect and he was spotted in a car by officers on patrol on 4 April.
The vehicle was pursued to Borrowash, Derbyshire, where Hall was seen by officers to throw a bag containing dreadlocks covered in the victim’s blood out of the window.
Hall also threw a handgun out of the car before the vehicle was pulled over and he was arrested.
Rochester, aged 32, was then arrested the following day at an address in Stretton, Derbyshire.
Evidence from his mobile phone revealed he had been in regular contact with Williams both before the incident and about the clean-up of the property afterwards.
He had also made threats to the victim and his family following the attack.
When Williams, aged 25, was arrested at Wolsey Avenue, Nottingham, on 7 April officers found further damning evidence which led them to search the property in Keverne Close.
Forensic evidence revealed the attack on the victim had taken place within the address.
All three attackers denied the offences but they were found guilty following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court.
Hall, of HMP Nottingham, Rochester, of HMP Ranby, and Williams, of Grange Road, Torquay, Devon, were all convicted of false imprisonment and committing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Hall had previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and possession of ammunition without a certificate.
At Nottingham Crown Court today, Hall was jailed for a total of 16 years.
Rochester received a sentence of 10 years behind bars and Williams was locked up for eight years.
Detective Constable Bethanie Foster, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:
“Thankfully incidents of this nature are extremely rare in Nottinghamshire and we believe this brutal attack was motivated by a gang feud.
“The level of violence displayed was shocking and the victim is fortunate not to have suffered even more serious or lasting injuries.
“The filming of the incident, seemingly to humiliate the victim, also showed another level of depravity so I am pleased the judge has seen fit to hand down such considerable sentences.
“Detectives who worked on the case were presented with an extremely challenging investigation to discover what had happened to this victim before he collapsed in the petrol station.
“They worked quickly and efficiently, and with the help of uniformed colleagues tracked down three offenders in the days following the attack before building a watertight case against them.
“Although the defendants continued to deny their involvement we remained confident a jury would find them guilty of these extremely serious offences.
“I hope the wider community is reassured that when confronted with violent incidents of this nature, and challenging, complex investigations to unravel, we leave no stone unturned to bring the perpetrators to justice.”