Crime
Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after two women die in Wolverhampton house fire
Staff Reporter
May 11, 2024
West Midlands Police have arrested two men on suspicion of murder after two women died following a house fire in Wolverhampton this morning. Police were called to Dunstall Hill, alongside other…
Birmingham man jailed for eight and a half years for firearms and drug offences
Staff Reporter
May 10, 2024
A Birmingham man has been jailed for eight and a half years for firearms and drugs offences. A firearms warrant was initially executed at the home address of Jelani Selassie…
Man charged after Birmingham woman in her 70s robbed and hospitalised
Staff Reporter
April 30, 2024
A man has been charged after a woman in her 70s was knocked to the ground and robbed in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, police have reported. A suspect was arrested shortly…
BREAKING: 13 people reportedly arrested outside Home Office centre in Solihull
Staff Reporter
April 29, 2024
We have news coming in this evening of 13 arrests being made outside an immigration centre in Solihull. According to reports from activists, the arrests were made outside Home Office…
Two men convicted after father-of-two Ali Salih Abdalaah beaten to death in Ladywood, Birmingham
Staff Reporter
April 27, 2024
Two men have been convicted after killing a father of two in Ladywood in October 2022. Ali Salih Abdalaah, aged 36, was killed after being beaten to death in a…
Two men, aged 37 and 51, charged with burglary in Coventry
Staff Reporter
April 27, 2024
West Midlands Police have charged two men with burglary after an address was broken into in Coventry. Officers were called to Browns Lane, Allesley just after yesterday (26 April). (more…)
Police arrest man in 40s and teenager with meat cleaver during suspected drugs bust in Washwood Heath
Staff Reporter
April 26, 2024
Two people have been arrested during West Midlands Police's Project Guardian patrols in Washwood Heath, Birmingham. Officers out on patrol this afternoon arrested two people, recovering suspected class A drugs and a…
Usman Khan and Amaan Ajaz : Birmingham men found guilty of Washwood Heath drive-by shooting
Staff Reporter
April 26, 2024
Two men have been convicted after the shooting of a man in Birmingham. Usman Khan and Amaan Ajaz were found guilty of attempted murder and assisting an offender after the…
Drunk driver Thomas O’Brien Wood jailed for killing passenger in crash caused by driving wrong way on M42
Staff Reporter
February 2, 2024
A drink-driver has been jailed for killing his passenger in a crash, after driving the wrong way on a motorway into oncoming traffic. Thomas O'Brien-Wood had "failed to stop for…
Three men found guilty after fatal stabbing of Hazim Al-Bajouri in Hockley, Birmingham
Staff Reporter
February 2, 2024
A man has been found guilty of manslaughter after a father-of-three was fatally stabbed in Hockley last year. Hazim Al-Bajouri, 43, died after being stabbed in the chest by Cyle…