The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A West Midlands Police officer who made inappropriate, discriminatory and racist comments towards a female colleague last December has been found guilty and fined for his disgraceful conduct. The matter was subject to a criminal investigation which resulted in PC Joe Courtney being charged with two counts of committing a racially aggravated public order offence.
A disgraced West Midlands Police officer was sacked yesterday (14th Oct) for abusing his position of trust after engaging in a sexual relationship with a domestic abuse victim during the course of his duties. James Ankrett, 40, admitted corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers after forming an inappropriate relationship with the vulnerable victim…
A West Midlands Police officer has been convicted and dismissed from the force for helping her boyfriend avoid arrest when he was wanted for a serious assault. Kelly Morris, an initial investigator with Force CID based at Lloyd House, admitted a charge of assisting an offender and at Worcester Crown Court on Friday (2 July) was…
Campaigners supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in Birmingham are demanding West Midlands Police release the name of an officer who has been sacked for making racist comments. Community activists from the region’s Black community have described the police force of “protecting racists” after it failed to disclose the personal details of the officer as has been done…
An officer from the West Midlands Police has been sacked after making racist and inappropriate comments about his colleagues, according to the force. The officer, whose identity has been withheld by police, appeared before an independent misconduct panel this week.
Rachel Riley – co-presenter on Channel 4 show Countdown – is facing calls to be sacked after she edited a photo of Jeremy Corbyn at an anti-apartheid protest to suggest the Labour leader was “racist”. The controversial TV personality is under fire from both supporters and critics of Corbyn after posting an image of herself wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the negatively photoshopped picture…
Steve Bruce has been sacked as manager of Aston Villa Football Club, after two years in charge. Is this the penalty miss by Glen Whelan that possibly cost Steve Bruce his job at Villa Park?