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Man Sentenced After He Was Found To Have Killed His Wife In Malvern

Francis Brian O’Neill, 78, of Eston Avenue, Malvern was sentenced on Monday 26th Jan  after being found to have killed his wife by a jury in November 2014. Judge Juckes imposed a hospital order under...

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CCTV clues to sexual assault at Dudley shopping centre

CCTV images of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a teenager in a Dudley shopping centre have been released by police. The 18-year-old was in a public toilet block at Cornbow shopping centre in...

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Motorist suffers head injury after being hit with a rake in a road rage attack

Police are urgently seeking the whereabouts of two men who assaulted a motorist after a road rage incident in Dudley yesterday morning (28 January). Two vehicles pulled up on Meadow Road just after 9am...

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Two bailed in Walsall drugs probe

A man and a woman have been bailed by police following a raid on a Leamore house earlier this week (27 January). Police seized drugs and over £30,000 cash during a search of a house on Harden Road...

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Lying cabbie passed speeding points to pal…a man deported from UK three years...

A cabbie has narrowly escaped prison for trying to palm off speeding points onto another driver − a man police discovered was not in the country at the time having been deported three years earlier!...

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Appeal after man exposes himself to Dudley teenager

The 17-year-old was walking on The Broadway near to a local area known as ‘The Ruins’ on Wednesday 28 January just before 11am when a man described as in his late 20s walked towards her and exposed...

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Birmingham mum left “distraught” after child’s wheelchair stolen in burglary

A mother of two disabled children has been left “distraught” after callous thieves burgled her Birmingham home and stole her car, containing one of her child’s wheelchairs. The West Heath mum has not...

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Teenagers to write letters of apology to Nottingham Forest chairman after...

Two teenagers who were arrested in connection with criminal damage to a car parked at the iPro Stadium will write letters of apology to its owner. The 19-year-olds were interviewed after a Mercedes...

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Gang Jailed For 58 Years For Cash In Transit Robberies

Four gang members have today been jailed for over 40 years at Preston Crown Court for conspiracy to rob cash in transit vans in the north of England, taking the total sentences for the six man gang to...

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Two firearms officers and a dog handler served with gross misconduct notices

An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation into the discharge of a police gun at a Nottinghamshire Police event is continuing. A seven-year-old girl was injured when a gun was...

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Brothers behind bars after police rumble car theft racket on “industrial scale”

Two Walsall brothers caught by West Midlands Police with parts cut from more than £500,000 worth of stolen cars have both been jailed for five years. Hamza and Eizam Riasat, both of Walstead Road in...

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91-year-old man found guilty of historic sexual assaults

A 91-year-old man has today been found guilty of historic sexual assaults which he committed over 60 years ago while he was a physical education teacher in the city.   A jury at Birmingham Crown Court...

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Former teacher and youth club leader convicted after WMP enquiry into...

Former teacher and youth club leader convicted after WMP enquiry into historic sex abuse. A former PE teacher from Birmingham has been found guilty of sexually abusing children at a school he taught at...

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Two Walsall women arrested for Syria-related offences

Two women from Walsall have been arrested on suspicion of Syria related terrorism offences. One, aged 23, is suspected of preparing for acts of terrorism and the other, aged 33, of failing to disclose...

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Police release CCTV after Birmingham bar brawl

Police are seeking the identity of a group of men thought to be involved in disorder in a Birmingham bar.   A large scale fight broke out at the Mono Bar in the Arcadian Centre in the early hours of...

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Alum Rock shop manger counts the cost of handling stolen goods

The manager of an Alum Rock mobile phone shop which officers labelled the “epicentre of the local stolen property economy” has been ordered to pay over £2,000 and carry out over 60 hours of unpaid...

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Car demolishes garden wall after 100mph chase

A man has been taken to hospital after ploughing into a garden wall while fleeing police in Darlaston this morning (12 Feb). The 40-year-old from Wolverhampton failed to stop for officers in Victoria...

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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after body found in Coventry flat

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man’s body was found in a flat in Coventry   Police attended an address in Langlodge Road, Holbrooks, just after 11.30pm on Thursday (12 February)...

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Birmingham career criminals caught by DNA

Two career criminals with over 100 previous convictions have been jailed after DNA left at the scene of burglaries proved their guilt.   Paul Gallagher, 39 of Hayes Croft, Birmingham, was jailed for...

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Stoke-on-Trent man arrested on suspicion of encouraging terrorism

A 29-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation. This relates to suspected online postings which reference the...

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