The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A 17-year-old former Royal Air Cadet from Rugby with links to neo-Nazi groups who wanted to “arm the British public” and trigger a “race war” was found guilty of terrorism offences by a jury on Friday. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons due to his age, said he wanted to build a…
Four members of an extremist neo-Nazi group described as a “racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic organisation” have been convicted at Birmingham Crown Court under the Terrorism Act. A jury at Birmingham Crown Court took less than nine hours to find three men and a woman guilty for being members of a banned violent right-wing group after a…
A 19-year-old teenager from Solihull appeared in court today (14th February) charged with terrorism offences. Samuel Newey, from Solihull, was arrested on Friday 7th February and charged on Thursday 13th February. According to police he is charged as follows: Between 1st November and 7th November 2019, within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, Samuel…
A Birmingham flat in Hagley Road was raided by anti-terrorism police last night in connection to the London attacks in Westminster yesterday, which left five dead and around 29 people injured. Following the murder of several pedestrians and a police officer around Parliament yesterday afternoon, reports of a Birmingham connection transpired as BBC Newsnight was one…
A Birmingham flat in Hagley Road was raided by anti-terrorism police last night in connection to the London attacks in Westminster yesterday, which left five dead and around 29 people injured. Following the murder of several pedestrians and a police officer around Parliament yesterday afternoon, reports of a Birmingham connection transpired as BBC Newsnight was one…