Eastwood man arrested after fight in Nottingham city centre

Officers were alerted to the incident in King Street off Old Market Square on June 16, just after 11.30pm, following reports of a fight involving a group of young people.

Fardeen Qadari, aged 27, of Webster Avenue, Eastwood, was arrested and charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of or provoke fear of violence.

Rafael McLeon, aged 25, of Park Road, Calverton, was also arrested and charged with using threatening, abusive and insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of or provoke fear of violence.

He was also found to be in possession of cannabis and so was also charged with possession of a class B drug.

The arrests were part of Operation Reclaim, a partnership approach to tackling the major issues affecting the city centre including drugs and anti-social behaviour.

City commander Superintendent Chris Pearson said: "Our Operation Reclaim officers are out in force across the city centre ensuring that incidents like this are dealt with quickly and robustly.

"We now have a number of dedicated officers on foot in Old Market Square, who will be feeding information back to our neighbourhood policing teams and the council's community protection officers.

"This incident saw two men quickly arrested and then charged.

"Hopefully this sends out a clear message to the public that we will do everything in our power to make sure the city streets are safe from criminality and associated anti-social behaviour."