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The High Court in Birmingham has continued the interim injunction banning ‘street racing’, also known as ‘car cruising’, in the Black Country after several collisions and deaths. The interim injunction prohibits people from participating, as a driver, a rider or a passenger, in a gathering of two or more people at which some of those…
Professionals who handled the case of a West Midlands couple, who were brutally murdered, have come under scrutiny after a report exposed how early warning signs about the knife-obsessed killer were not followed up by authorities. Jasbir Kaur and Rupinder Singh Bassan – described by family members as “loving, generous and kind-hearted” – were both…
Two West Midlands teenagers, who were tragically killed after a car struck them at the weekend, have been named as their heartbroken families paid tribute to them. Liberty Charris, aged 16, and Ben Corfield, aged 19, were sadly pronounced dead at the scene on the A457 Oldbury Road on Sunday night.
West Midlands Police arrested more than 45,000 crime suspects during the course of the last year, the force have revealed. Between New Year’s Day and 30 December, a total of 45,719 detainees were booked by officers into their custody facilities.
A balaclava-wearing gang of armed robbers who “used extreme violence” to rob homes and shops with sawn-off shotguns and hunting knives are behind bars for a total of almost 100 years. The five-strong gang – led by father and son crooks Nicky and Corey Rothero – struck at homes, shops, pubs and a bingo hall…
A man has been charged with murdering his mother and step-father at their home in Oldbury, Birmingham, on Tuesday 25th February. Anmol Chana, 25, was arrested and charged with the murder of Jasbir Kaur, 52, and her husband Rupinder Singh Bassan, 51. The couple were found dead at their home in Moat Road, Oldbury, at…