Derbyshire Times news bulletin 10th November

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.

00:03 A Chesterfield police sergeant told an inquest he felt like a fool for classifying a bag of

00:08 weapons found near to where Gracie Spinks was killed as 'lost property'. Retired Sergeant

00:13 Lee Richards was on duty on May 6th 2021 when Dog Walker and a white find the brown Nike rucksack

00:20 on a farmer's track, just metres from a duckwinton stable where the 23-year-old was stabbed to death

00:25 six weeks later. Inside the bag were two large hunting knives, an axe, a water bottle with the

00:31 words 'nothing worth having comes easy' written on it, a blister pack of Viagra and a note reading

00:37 'don't lie'. The former officer, who left the force last year after 31 years service, said he

00:43 believed that the knives and axe discovered in the rucksack were intended for chopping wood.

00:47 However, this week he told a jury at an inquest into Gracie's death. He accepted it was clear as

00:53 day that he didn't give the bag's content enough attention. The inquest hearing continues.

00:59 A gifted Chesterfield artist who drew on her bedroom wall as a child has painted a stunning

01:04 mural on a Sheffield road. Ellie Kozupa has painted around 200 murals in the last two years,

01:10 with her most recent now up for a limited time on London Road in Sheffield. The 20-year-old,

01:16 in her third year as an apprentice artist, said despite doing many ones this had ticked off a

01:20 number of firsts. Elle, who is from Chesterfield and went to Brookfield Community School,

01:25 based the contemporary spray-painted portrait of Joan of Arc on her sister. If you want to see her

01:30 incredible work you'll have to hurry, as the artwork can only be seen for a limited time

01:34 on the side of the building at 66 London Road in Sheffield.

01:38 London Road in Sheffield.