Mother pleads guilty to abandoning new-born baby in Birmingham park
A mother has today (Wednesday 21 May) pleaded guilty to abandoning her new-born baby in undergrowth at a Birmingham park. The 26-year-old woman from the Kingshurst area, who cannot be named for legal...
View ArticlePolice Bid To Trace Shrewsbury Dog Walker
Police are seeking witnesses following a confrontation between two dog walkers in Shrewsbury. The two women, were both walking two dogs, in the Salters Lane/School Lane area of Longden Coleham at...
View ArticlePolice Seek Witnesses To Shrewsbury Nightclub Assault
Police today made a fresh appeal for witnesses of an assault at a Shrewsbury nightclub which left a man with a broken jaw and nose. The 30-year-old was repeatedly punched by a man inside “The Cellars”...
View ArticleInvestigation launched into arson at arts centre
Detectives have launched an investigation after a fire destroyed the Ulfah Arts Centre in Birmingham. Emergency services were called to the blaze just after 5am yesterday (20 May) in Highgate Square....
View ArticleInformation appeal following suspected arson attack at Belper flat
Police are appealing for information after a suspected arson attack at a flat in Belper. Emergency services were called to the ground floor flat on Hunter Road just before midnight on Monday, May 19....
View ArticleJail for man who stabbed his work mate
A man who was stabbed by his work colleague and neighbour with such ferocity that he is lucky to be alive has seen his attacker jailed today. Neville Duke, 34, was sentenced to 23 years after being...
View ArticlePolice charge two with murder after body of man found in Birmingham canal
Police investigating the murder of a man whose body was recovered from a Birmingham canal have charged two people with murder. Joshua Simon aged 33, unemployed from Oxford Road, Smethwick and Michelle...
View ArticleFCID In Focus: Boys in Blueprints!
Protecting the public starts on the drawing board. West Midlands Police’s Force CID has a team of Crime Prevention Design Advisors who work at the planning stage with architects and developers to...
View ArticlePolice release CCTV images of men who attacked a woman shopkeeper in Sparkhill
Police have released CCTV images of five men who they want to trace after a woman was knocked unconscious in a Sparkhill off-licence after she tried to eject them from the shop.The assault took place...
View ArticleDC Vince Jones the man to go to about drugs
What DC Vince Jones doesn’t know about illegal drugs isn’t worth knowing. One of six officers working in West Midlands Police’s Drug Expert Witness Team, the 56-year-old has seen it all. From low-level...
View ArticleLearner driver held on suspicion of car-jacking instructor
A learner driver has been arrested on suspicion of car-jacking his instructor in the middle of a lesson after a row broke out over payment. The 22-year-old was picked up by police from his home...
View ArticleRookie PSCO with 4 days in the job saves off duty cop from his own force
Just four days into his training and a rookie police community support officer (PCSO) has stepped in to help one of West Midlands Police’s top cops while making an off-duty arrest. Osman Mahmood raced...
View ArticleMan found stabbed in Handsworth street − one arrested
An investigation has been launched after a man was found this morning (May 29) collapsed in a Handsworth street with serious stab injuries. Police were called to an address in Heathfield Road,...
View ArticleA thief who said sorry sent to jail for 2yrs
An apologetic thief jailed for a string of burglaries across Solihull told police he wanted to spend time behind bars so he could learn lessons from his crime spree. Alex Humphries admitted overnight...
View ArticleMurder investigation launched after man dies in Handsworth
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man was fatally stabbed in Handsworth this morning (31 January). Emergency services were called to Thornhill Road just after 9.20am following reports of a...
View ArticleMan to appear in court charged with Handsworth murder of Leon Davis
A man will appear at Birmingham Crown court this morning (30 May) where he will stand accused of the murder of Leon Davis who died after being stabbed on a Handsworth street earlier this year. Police...
View ArticleStudent on attempted murder charge following Handsworth stabbing
A criminal psychology student is set to appear in court tomorrow (31 May) accused of repeatedly stabbing a teenager he’d met just hours earlier. Josh Welch, from Heathfield Road in Handsworth,...
View ArticleCrash scene recreated in Sutton-in-Ashfield
Hundreds of people had a lesson in road safety as emergency service workers dealt with a crash in Sutton town centre. In a staged incident a car swerved to avoid a pedestrian and crashed into a second...
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Three drunks who beat a man to death have today been jailed for life
Three drunks who beat a Beeston man to death have been found guilty of murder. Christopher Michael Royston, 23, of Whitelands, Cotgrave, Callum Dickinson, 24, of Villa Street, Beeston, and Karl...
View ArticleVideo: Hunt to find club attacker who left reveller with serious injuries
Footage of a Birmingham city centre assault has been released in a bid to trace a man who left a Staffordshire clubber with injuries needing 22 stitches. The 21-year-old from Cannock had been on a...
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