DaveWhitfield published The longest sentences handed out to killers in Notts

The sentences given this week to the men who murdered Tony Fisher were some of the harshest handed down in Nottingham in the past decade. Simon Palmer, 43, and Marcus Barton, 42, were given life sentences and will have to serve 33 and 25 years respectively before even being considered for parole. They were part of a gang of four men who broke into Mr Fisher's home in Carlton, before torturing and then murdering him in order to steal jewellery and between £10,000 and £14,000 in...