The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A violent teenage pervert who repeatedly raped and abused a young girl – and threatened to kill her – has been jailed after the police child abuse team uncovered a catalogue of sadistic attacks. Kyle Pugh subjected the girl to four years of terrifying torment which included coercive control, physical attacks – slapping, biting and…
A suspect who was arrested in connection with the murder of Muhammed Sohail in Saltley, Birmingham, has been charged. Jervais Boyaram, 35, from Guernsey Drive, Birmingham, has been charged with murder, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of ammunition.
Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of Muhammed Sohail in Saltley (19 February) have arrested a man and a woman over the tragic killing. Police detained a 35-year-old man on suspicion of murder last night (28 February) in the Chelmsley Wood area of Birmingham.
Police have launched an appeal after an officer was hit after a brick was thrown through the window of her car in Birmingham. The incident took place when two officers were sitting in a marked police car doing some paperwork in Maytree Close, Chemsley Wood at around 11.15pm on January 31.
A major police offensive on knife crime in Birmingham resulted in more than 50 arrests, which included teenagers, and a large cache of knives seized by officers during the operation. The week-long operation – codenamed Sceptre – ran from 9 to 15 November and saw police teams across the region targeting suspected knife crime offenders…
A paedophile from Chelmsley Wood who was jailed last year for abusing young girls has been convicted of further sexual offences after three more victims bravely came forward as a result of the publicity surrounding the case. Kenneth Light was jailed for more than eight years in September 2019 after being found guilty of indecently…
A carjacking gang who targeted lone female drivers − threatening them with knives, metal poles, hammers and guns − have been jailed for more than 60 years following a joint investigation between police in the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Ringleader of the gang Paul Doyle, aged 41, along with 22-year-olds Luke Mander and Joshua…
A domestic thug pushed his girlfriend’s head through the rear windscreen of his car − leaving her with multiple facial fractures − just hours after telling friends “I’d never hit a woman”. Leon Thompson viciously attacked girlfriend of two years Danielle Perry outside his home in Arden Road, Chelmsley Wood, in the early hours of…
West Midlands Police has applauded the bravery of two women after their evidence helped convict an 18-year-old man of rape and sexual assault. Thomas Hampson, from York Minster Drive, Chelmsley Wood, was jailed on Friday (31 August) for 12 years after raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in Chelmsley Wood last year.