The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A teenager who brandished a gun on the streets of Birmingham has been jailed for five years. Kassam Akram was jailed at Birmingham Crown Court on 30 March after being found guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
A second man has been charged after a slam gun was recovered from a car in Handsworth, police have confirmed. West Midlands Police officers were on patrol near Robert Road when they spotted a suspicious vehicle on 17 February.
A gang member who carried out a number of shooting attacks on homes in Birmingham has been jailed for 14 years. Sameer Khan was present when three of the attacks took place and police later found the 26-year-old had hidden the gun used in the shootings in his cellar.
A man has been jailed for five years after cops found a loaded gun in his manbag – while he was going to see his probation officer. Jerome Powell was stopped on Bristol Road in Selly Oak on 16 February and arrested after firearms officers searched him and seized the weapon. He has now been…
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.
Detectives investigating the murder of a man found with fatal injuries in Birmingham have named him as Muhammed Sohail. The family of the 25-year-old murdered in Wright Road, Saltley, have paid tribute to him as West Midlands Police appeal for people to come forward with more information.
Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was fatally hurt while on a night out in Birmingham city centre. The 50-year-old, from Birmingham, was involved in a disorder in Brindley Place, off Broad Street, at around 1.30am yesterday (29 August) and was taken to hospital in a critical condition, but was sadly pronounced dead…
Police have charged a man with “wounding and threats to kill” following a tense stand-off in Erdington. Drama unfolded at a property in Hillaries Road, Erdington last week when a negotiator was called in to coax the man out of the home amid claims he had a “gun and a grenade”.
A suspected drug dealer got a rude awakening when police raided his flat on Thursday (10 December) where officers recovered a loaded gun and shotgun, and a carrier bag half-full with a white powder thought to be Class A drugs. Detectives executed a warrant at the flat in Green Road, Hall Green just after 2pm…