Mother Found Guilty of Killing Baby Daughter in West Bromwich

A 31-year-old woman has been found guilty of murdering her two-month-old baby daughter in a shocking case that has rocked West Bromwich. Harleen’s Fatal Injuries Don’t Add Up Zara Arsalan, who pleaded not guilty, was convicted today at Coventry Crown Court of killing baby Harleen in 2020. On 23 July that year, emergency services were […]
Life Sentence for Asylum Seeker Who Brutally Murdered Hotel Worker

An asylum seeker has been handed a life sentence with a minimum of 29 years behind bars for the savage murder of a hotel worker at a West Midlands railway station. Shocking
Teenager Charged with Murder of 12-Year-Old Leo Ross
A 15-year-old boy is set to appear in court today, charged with the murder of 12-year-old Leo Ross in Hall Green, Birmingham, earlier this year. Plea Hearing at Birmingham Crown Court The
Gunman Jailed for 32 Years Over Coventry Park Shooting

Gunman Raydell Lennox has been jailed for 32 years after shooting a man in the face at Caludon Castle Park, Coventry. The victim suffered life-changing injuries.
Coventry Man Convicted of Indecent Exposure and Sexual Assault in War Memorial Park

A man has been convicted of indecent exposure and sexual assault following a disturbing incident in Coventry’s War Memorial Park that has sent shockwaves through the local community. Ranjit Sadra, 45, appeared before Coventry Magistrates’ Court on 24 April, where he pleaded guilty to both offences. The incident occurred in broad daylight in War Memorial […]
Parents Found Guilty of Causing Death of Their 3-Year-Old Son, Buried in Birmingham Garden

A couple has been convicted of causing or allowing the death of their three-year-old son, whose body was discovered buried in the back garden of a home in Handsworth, Birmingham. Tai Yasharahyalah, 42, and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 43, were found guilty at Coventry Crown Court of multiple charges, including child cruelty, for failing to provide adequate […]
Eleventh man sentenced for his part in the death of Fidel Glasgow

Another man has been jailed for his part in the violent disorder which led to the death of Fidel Glasgow in 2018. Idris Rahman, 26, was jailed for two years and two months at Coventry Crown Court on Monday. This is following his conviction earlier this year for violent disorder. The sentencing of Rahman, of […]
Four jailed for the murder of Joseph Riches in Stourbridge

Two men and two teenagers have today been given life sentences following the murder of 16-year-old Joseph Riches, who was murdered in Stourbridge town centre. Joseph, from Bartley Green, was in Stourbridge with friends on Saturday 15 July, but for reasons only known to themselves, were intent on causing trouble with another group of teens […]
Three convicted of killing a father as he left KFC with his son

Two teenagers and a man have been found guilty of killing a father with an array of machetes and zombie knives as he left a KFC drive-thru with his son. They were among four people who’d been trying to kill Kelvin Ward’s 19-year-old son, but who turned on his father when the teenager managed to […]
Gunman Found Guilty of Mistaken Identity Murder: Tragic Case Unfolds

In a harrowing case of mistaken identity, Jervais Boyaram has been found guilty of murdering Muhammed Sohail outside his home in a shocking incident that unfolded on February 18 last year. The tragic turn of events began at a petrol station on Washwood Heath Road when Boyaram, filling up his Smart car, engaged in a […]
Man Convicted of Brutal Murder of Partner in Coventry Home

A man has been found guilty of the horrific murder of his partner, Marlene Doyle, in a brutal and savage attack that occurred at their residence in Coventry. Patryk Skupinski, aged 37, was convicted of murder after a trial at Coventry Crown Court. Marlene Doyle, 32, was discovered with severe head injuries at a flat […]
A Coventry man has been jailed for three and a half years after he burgled a home in Warwick and attempted to burgle a home in Leamington.

Ryan Kean, 41, of Orton Road, Coventry, was sentenced on Thursday (5 January) at Coventry Crown Court after being found guilty of burglary and attempted burglary. Kean attempted to break into a house in Eaton Close, Warwick, with a garden fork in July 2020. The occupant bothered him, and he fled empty-handed. A month […]
The mother of a boy found dead in a freezing garden after an asthma attack has been jailed for 20 years – (ID 524396)

Seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain was found lifeless at the home in Birmingham in November 2017 A court heard Laura Heath had prioritised her drug addiction over caring for him. The 40-year-old was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence and had also admitted four counts of child cruelty at Coventry Crown Court. The trial heard Hakeem, […]
The mother of a boy found dead in a freezing garden after an asthma attack has been jailed for 20 years

Seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain was found lifeless at the home in Birmingham in November 2017 A court heard Laura Heath had prioritised her drug addiction over caring for him. The 40-year-old was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence and had also admitted four counts of child cruelty at Coventry Crown Court. The trial heard Hakeem, […]
The mother of a boy found dead in a freezing garden after an asthma attack has been jailed for 20 years

Seven-year-old Hakeem Hussain was found lifeless at the home in Birmingham in November 2017 A court heard Laura Heath had prioritised her drug addiction over caring for him. The 40-year-old was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence and had also admitted four counts of child cruelty at Coventry Crown Court. The trial heard Hakeem, […]
A “ruthless” double-killer has been jailed for a minimum of 38 years for the murder of two pensioners in Staffordshire

Amos Wilsher, 29, of Vicar Lane, Tibshelf, Derbyshire, was found guilty of the murders of 87-year-old Arthur ‘Bob’ Gumbley in 2017 and Josephine Kaye in 2020 at Coventry Crown Court on 21 February 2022. Today (Friday 25 March), he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 38 years. Jason Wilsher, 23, of the […]
Drugs offences see Rugby man jailed for more than three years

A Rugby man has been jailed after admitting possessing cocaine. While patrolling around the Lower Hillmorton Road area on 10 February officers from Rugby’s Proactive CID team witnessed a suspected drug deal take place in the cemetery. Pires Williams was identified as being involved so he was quickly arrested at the scene and a quantity […]
Drugs offences see Rugby man jailed for more than three years – (ID 522821)

A Rugby man has been jailed after admitting possessing cocaine. While patrolling around the Lower Hillmorton Road area on 10 February officers from Rugby’s Proactive CID team witnessed a suspected drug deal take place in the cemetery. Pires Williams was identified as being involved so he was quickly arrested at the scene and a […]