An electrician has been jailed after he ran a red light and fatally collided with 90-year-old driver
A 25-year-old electrician has been jailed after he ran through a red light in his high-powered BMW and fatally collided with 90-year-old driver John Sassons Taylor in Solihull. Mr Taylor, who was driving his white Peugeot 208, was turning right from Warwick Road onto New Road, when he was struck by Russell Averis on Wednesday, […]
Man jailed after sawn-off shotgun and ammunition seized
Police seized a sawn-off shotgun and live cartridges after chasing down a criminal who tried to flee from officers. Tatendra Masawi initially came to our attention after he was spotted speeding in Birmingham city centre during April’s lockdown. The Peugeot was on cloned plates and as we began to follow the vehicle it […]
Bogus asylum charity bosses jailed for trafficking racket
A woman who set up a charity purporting to help asylum seekers was secretly smuggling illegal immigrants into the UK – and turning a blind eye as they worked in cannabis farms to pay for her ‘charitable’ services. Pranvera Smith established Freedom to Stay in 2014 and ran the Birmingham-based group with her partner Flamur […]
A man has been jailed after arranging to have a woman’s home burgled – while they were on their first date
Do you know where Leon Powles is? The 36-year-old from Birmingham, who also goes by the name of Leon Richardson – is wanted on suspicion two serious assaults. If you have any information, contact police call 101 anytime. Quote 20BW/178038H/20. We believe strongly this is the same individual… A man has been jailed after arranging […]
TV crime cop convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child
A serving Staffordshire Police officer has been convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and four counts of making an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child. PC Lee Tatton, 54, who was based in Staffordshire force’s Northern Resolution Centre, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court. Tatton was arrested on 10 December […]
An over-the-limit motorist who left a woman paralysed after a serious car crash has been jailed for 32 months
An over-the-limit motorist who left a woman paralysed after a serious car crash has been jailed for 32 months. Aaron Wood, 30, of Northfield, Birmingham, was driving at speeds of 53mph with three passengers on a 30mph road before crashing his car and leaving two of his passengers with severe injuries at midnight on 25 […]
Two women who viciously attacked another woman as she got off a bus in #Birmingham city centre, have been jailed.
Two women who viciously attacked another woman as she got off a bus in #Birmingham city centre, have been jailed. A 20-year-old woman was found collapsed in Bull Street, Birmingham just before 9.40pm on Wednesday 1 May last year and taken to hospital with serious head injuries.
Two men have pleaded guilty to drug offences following one of the largest land seizures of cocaine in the UK worth more than £20 million
Two men have pleaded guilty to drug offences following one of the largest land seizures of cocaine in the UK worth more than £20 million A team of the Met’s Specialist Crime officers, supported by West Midlands Police, carried out a stop of a vehicle on the A45 on 11 December 2019. A further search […]
Two men have pleaded guilty to drug offences following one of the largest land seizures of cocaine in the UK worth more than £20 million
Two men have pleaded guilty to drug offences following one of the largest land seizures of cocaine in the UK worth more than £20 million A team of the Met’s Specialist Crime officers, supported by West Midlands Police, carried out a stop of a vehicle on the A45 on 11 December 2019. A further search […]
Trio of fraudsters who used malware to steal tens of thousands of pounds from victims across the country have been jailed
Trio of fraudsters who used malware to steal tens of thousands of pounds from victims across the country have been jailed Three fraudsters who used malware to steal tens of thousands of pounds from victims across the country have been sentenced. The following were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, 29 November: Usman Khan, […]
Derby restaurant owner jailed over half million pound tax fraud
Derby restaurant owner jailed over half million pound tax fraud The owner of a Derbyshire restaurant has been jailed for three years for a £480,000 tax fraud that was discovered when investigators uncovered a hidden sales book dating back five years. Nazrul Islam, 52, from Birmingham, hid sales in a bid to evade nearly £480,000 […]
More charges over hospital cable theft
More charges over hospital cable theft A fifth man has been charged following the loss of power at a hospital in Margate. Thomas Kiely, 27, of Tower Hamlets, London was arrested on Wednesday 3 April 2019. He was charged by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate with conspiracy to steal and criminal […]
VAT fraudster fails to dodge justice with forged hospital report
VAT fraudster fails to dodge justice with forged hospital report A crooked accountant who tried to escape justice by forging a medical report from a Cypriot hospital has been jailed for a £400,000 VAT scam. Rakesh Sidhpara, of Wheatmoor Road, Sutton Coldfield, claimed more than 100 fraudulent repayments through hijacked businesses and fake firms, an […]
