The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A former West Midlands Police officer has been jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to improper use of police powers. Emerson Estridge, 45, has been locked up following charges of corruption, sexual assault and “predatory behaviour”.
Two young thugs have been found guilty of murder, after they viciously assaulted and robbed a Birmingham pensioner at his home in Birmingham. Robert Morrison tragically died after contracting pneumonia, six days after being robbed and assaulted by Ian Knowles and Ismaila Mohamed in December 2018.
A man and boy have today been jailed for life for the fatal drive-by shooting of a teenager – as identity of the child killer can be revealed for the first time. Riaz Ahmed was just 15 when, along with a 19-year-old man, he conspired to kill Abdul Wahid Xasan in Coventry last year.
Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish has been sentenced for “illegal and reckless” driving offences, after mounting his vehicle onto a pavement and crashing into stationary cars. The Aston Villa football star appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Tuesday (15 December) where he was sentenced for two separate incidents which resulted in the judge issuing a…
A fast food delivery driver has been convicted of raping a woman in Coventry after offering her a lift home. Naiem Malik Suleman, 52, offered the 22-year-old woman a lift in his car in the early hours of 19 January last year, after she had split up from her friends on a night out.
A violent thug has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the man he brutally assaulted in ‘a fit of jealous rage’ died of his injuries in Sandwell. The victim, Jagdev Lally, was rushed to hospital after he was found bleeding from a serious head wound by a passer-by in an alleyway near Tollgate shopping centre at…
Five men have been handed banning orders excluding them from bars and pubs in Solihull town centre. The orders were handed down after the five men pleaded guilty to a violent disorder that took place at the Walkabout bar in Solihull in 2018. On the 1 December 2018, Dylan Williams, 25, Drew Taylor, 23, James…
Three Birmingham men have been jailed for kidnapping a college student and forcing him to rob his own family home. Brothers Ibrahim and Hassan Rauf captured the 18-year-old student on 8 May last year after Ibrahim lured him into a shop in Balsall Heath on the pretence of feeling faint and needing help.
A serial sex attacker described by police as “a dangerous and manipulative sexual predator” has pleaded guilty to committing sexual offences against women, including taking indecent pictures of a child, over a period spanning three decades across three counties. Phillip Blackwell, 55, appeared in court today where previous restrictions on reporting court proceedings were lifted…
A delivery driver from Birmingham has been jailed for luring a 15-year-old runaway into his van and raping her. Mohammed Basharat spotted the vulnerable girl wandering the streets of Birmingham on 16 August 2017.