Crime
Four men appear in court following arrests for Birmingham drugs line charges
Staff Reporter
September 7, 2024
Four men have appeared before court charged with offences relating to a drugs line that's been operating in Birmingham since 2020. Following a long and complex investigation, West Midlands Police…
Two more men jailed over Birmingham gun and knife violence on Ward End church car park
Staff Reporter
September 7, 2024
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…
Dale Francis, 36, charged with murder of Akashdeep Singh following fatal Wolverhampton house fire
Staff Reporter
September 7, 2024
A 36-year-old man has been charged with murder following a fatal house fire in Wolverhampton, police have confirmed. Dale Francis, aged 36, from Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, has been charged with murder,…
44-year-old man charged with five counts of attempted murder following Walsall disorder
Staff Reporter
September 6, 2024
West Midlands Police have charged a 44-year-old man with five counts of attempted murder following disorder in Walsall. Shazhad Mahmood was charged today (Friday 6 September) and was remanded into…
Gunman jailed for 24 years for shooting teenager in Ward End church car park
Staff Reporter
May 22, 2024
A gunman has been jailed for 24 years for shooting a teenager as violence flared on a church car park in Birmingham. Awais Ahmed was himself stabbed with a machete…
Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after two women die in Wolverhampton house fire
Staff Reporter
May 11, 2024
West Midlands Police have arrested two men on suspicion of murder after two women died following a house fire in Wolverhampton this morning. Police were called to Dunstall Hill, alongside other…
Birmingham man jailed for eight and a half years for firearms and drug offences
Staff Reporter
May 10, 2024
A Birmingham man has been jailed for eight and a half years for firearms and drugs offences. A firearms warrant was initially executed at the home address of Jelani Selassie…
Man charged after Birmingham woman in her 70s robbed and hospitalised
Staff Reporter
April 30, 2024
A man has been charged after a woman in her 70s was knocked to the ground and robbed in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, police have reported. A suspect was arrested shortly…
BREAKING: 13 people reportedly arrested outside Home Office centre in Solihull
Staff Reporter
April 29, 2024
We have news coming in this evening of 13 arrests being made outside an immigration centre in Solihull. According to reports from activists, the arrests were made outside Home Office…
Two men convicted after father-of-two Ali Salih Abdalaah beaten to death in Ladywood, Birmingham
Staff Reporter
April 27, 2024
Two men have been convicted after killing a father of two in Ladywood in October 2022. Ali Salih Abdalaah, aged 36, was killed after being beaten to death in a…