Two more men jailed over Birmingham gun and knife violence on Ward End church car park

Two more men have been jailed after gun and knife violence flared on a Birmingham church car park.

One man was stabbed with a machete and another was shot in the chest as two groups clashed on the car park of Christ Church on Burney Lane, Ward End.

West Midlands Police’s Major Crime Unit launched an investigation when the victims arrived at hospital.

More than 1,000 hours of CCTV footage was recovered and viewed, and detectives established that two men, Awais Ahmed and Antroye Coley had had a chance encounter on Alum Rock Road at around 11.50pm on 26 June last year.

Ahmed, aged 21, quickly left the scene in a Seat Leon, and detectives believe he fetched a gun from a car parked on nearby Clipston Road.

Antroye Coley, 19, of Blossom Grove, Hodge Hill, has admitted wounding and will be sentenced at a later date — Antroye Coley, 19, of Blossom Grove, Hodge Hill, has been jailed for three years for wounding with intent

Junior Losinho, 21, of Blossom Grove, Hodge Hill, has admitted wounding and will be sentenced at a later date — Junior Losinho, 21, of Blossom Grove, Hodge Hill, has been jailed for one year for wounding

Meanwhile, Coley also decided to arm himself, fetching a machete from his home on Blossom Grove, Hodge Hill.

Coley went looking for Ahmed around the Alum Rock area, before finding him in the Seat on the car park of Christ Church on Burney Lane, Ward End. The car park was a known hang out of Ahmed and his friends.

Coley and Junior Losinho, who had driven him there, were captured on CCTV getting out of their Citroen, with the glint of a machete visible in Coley’s hands. In the footage, the men are seen creeping up to Ahmed and his friend, Aman Baig, who were sitting in the Leon.

A flash is seen from the back of the car as Ahmed opens fire with a handgun, hitting Coley in the chest. Coley stabbed Ahmed with the machete in the melee, before stumbling away and fleeing with Losinho.

The injured men were driven to Heartlands Hospital by their friends. But as the injured men walked in separately, Ahmed’s friends spotted Coley and so drove him to City Hospital instead.

Reporting restrictions have meant that the details of the case can only be revealed for the first time today, confirmed police.

Awais Ahmed of Burney Lane, Ward End, was jailed for 24 years after being found guilty of wounding with intent

Aman Baig, 22, of Clipston Road in Alum Rock, was jailed for seven years for possession of a firearm

At Birmingham Crown Court earlier this year, Awais Ahmed of Burney Lane was jailed for 24 years after being found guilty of wounding with intent, and possession of a firearm with intent.

Baig, aged 22, of Clipston Road, was jailed for seven years for possession of a firearm.

Losinho, 21, and Coley, 19, both of Blossom Grove, Hodge Hill, admitted wounding Ahmed and were sentenced on Tuesday (3 September).

Coley was jailed for three years for wounding with intent, and Losinho was given one year for wounding.

Det Insp Francis Nock, from the force’s Major Crime Reactive Team, said: “This was appalling violence involving deadly weapons on the streets of Birmingham.

“We don’t know the motivation behind what happened. We believe Ahmed and Coley were previously friends but have fallen out to such a degree that they were willing to inflict serious harm on each other.

“When the men arrived at hospital, neither of them was prepared to say what had happened, so we had to work backwards, starting with CCTV from the hospital, to establish exactly what had happened and where.

“CCTV played a crucial role in building strong cases against all of those involved.

“The investigation started with very little information but became much clearer thanks to the recovery of painstaking examination of more than 1,000 hours of footage.”It meant those involved had no choice but to admit they were present when the violence erupted.”