West Midlands Police Federation chair Rich Cooke has repeated his calls for a tougher approach to knife crime after the Government announced plans for a crackdown which would see more machetes and zombie knives banned in England and Wales
Rich said police forces should take a harder line on anyone caught carrying a weapon and urged the courts to use their maximum sentencing powers. He told TalkTV, he said: “We’ve got to cut the crap really. There’s been too much messing around with mantras like ‘let’s not criminalise young people and children’ for the […]
West Midlands Police Federation chair Rich Cooke has repeated his calls for a tougher approach to knife crime after the Government announ…
Rich said police forces should take a harder line on anyone caught carrying a weapon and urged the courts to use their maximum sentencing powers. He told TalkTV, he said: “We’ve got to cut the crap really. There’s been too much messing around with mantras like ‘let’s not criminalise young people and children’ for the […]
A man from Coventry who thought he had got away with historic child sex abuse offences has been jailed for nine years despite his best ef…
Jeyakumar Jeyarasa smashed the mobile phone belonging to his young victim where she had saved key evidence. She had recorded his voice and taken video to prove his guilt after he committed a sex act on multiple occasions in front of her while asking her for sex. Despite the challenges posed in recovering the evidence, […]
A man from Coventry who thought he had got away with historic child sex abuse offences has been jailed for nine years despite his best efforts to destroy evidence
Jeyakumar Jeyarasa smashed the mobile phone belonging to his young victim where she had saved key evidence. She had recorded his voice and taken video to prove his guilt after he committed a sex act on multiple occasions in front of her while asking her for sex.
A serving West Mercia Police officer has sadly died whilst on duty
PC Andy Boardman was taken ill and collapsed whilst on duty in Broseley, Shropshire, yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 11 April). He was just 43 years old. Chief Constable Pippa Mills said: “This is a terrible shock for everyone that knew Andy and my thoughts, and the thoughts of all of us at West Mercia Police, are with […]
Police want to speak to this man after another man was threatened and forced to transfer money in #Birmingham
A 20-year-old man was approached by three men and forced into an alleyway in Dartmouth Road, #SellyOak in the early hours of 2 April. He was forced to transfer over money via his phone.
A man has been charged with the murder of a 22-year-old man who was stabbed to death in the heart of Coventry.
According to West Midlands Police, the victim, now identified as Shou Zou, died after being discovered with serious injuries in Upper Well Street. He was discovered shortly before 2.40 a.m. on Thursday, April 6, according to police.
Worcester detectives secure prison sentences for County Lines drug dealers
An operation led by detectives from the South Worcestershire Proactive Team has led to the conviction and sentencing of four men for drugs offences. Following their trials, the four men, who were confirmed to be significant individuals from a County Line drug gang operating in Worcester, were sentenced at Worcester Crown Court in February and […]
Worcester detectives secure prison sentences for County Lines drug dealers
An operation led by detectives from the South Worcestershire Proactive Team has led to the conviction and sentencing of four men for drugs offences. Following their trials, the four men, who were confirmed to be significant individuals from a County Line drug gang operating in Worcester, were sentenced at Worcester Crown Court in February and […]
Worcester detectives secure prison sentences for County Lines drug dealers – (ID 558123)
An operation led by detectives from the South Worcestershire Proactive Team has led to the conviction and sentencing of four men for drugs offences. Following their trials, the four men, who were confirmed to be significant individuals from a County Line drug gang operating in Worcester, were sentenced at Worcester Crown Court in February and […]
A fire ripped through a Bloxwich home, killing two people
Both the man and the woman died at the scene on Croxdene Avenue. At around 2 a.m. on Monday, April 3, emergency personnel rushed to the scene. When medics arrived, both occupants were in critical condition, according to West Midlands Ambulance Service.
The man charged with setting fire to 2 old men attending mosques in London and Birmingham has allegedly been attacked in prison while he is awaiting trial
Video was taken showing the man being attacked by other prisoners in the jail that took place within a show block at Winston green Prison where Mohammed Abbkr, is being held is set to appear at Birmingham Crown Court in April Abbkr, 28, of Birmingham’s Edgbaston, is accused of spraying a substance on the two […]
The man charged with setting fire to 2 old men attending mosques in London and Birmingham has allegedly been attacked in prison while he …
Video was taken showing the man being attacked by other prisoners in the jail that took place within a show block at Winston green Prison where Mohammed Abbkr, is being held is set to appear at Birmingham Crown Court in April Abbkr, 28, of Birmingham’s Edgbaston, is accused of spraying a substance on the two […]
West Midlands Police appeal for information following a Solihull collision which resulted in a pregnant woman losing her baby
Officers are appealing for information following a collision in Solihull which resulted in a pregnant woman losing her baby. The collision happened between a BMW and a Toyota on Cooks Lane in Solihull last year.
West Midlands Police are still looking for Renee so if you’ve seen her or you think you might know her whereabouts
he 14-year-old was last seen at Snow Hill train station in #Birmingham. She is 5ft 4ins tall and was wearing a black coat, grey jumper, joggers, white Nike trainers and carrying a black bag.
Police in Redbridge are appealing for help from the public to trace a wanted man
Balasankar Narayanan absconded while on escorted leave with staff from a facility in Ilford on Monday, 20 March. The 35-year-old has links across London, notably Newham, Greenford, Hammersmith, Highgate and Ilford, as well as the West Midlands.
A man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder following incidents in Birmingham and London in the last month
Mohammed Abbkr, aged 28 from Edgbaston in Birmingham, was remanded to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning (23 March). Abbkr is alleged to have sprayed a substance on two men and set it alight in separate incidents in Ealing and Birmingham on 27 February and 20 March.
A man arrested in Birmingham has been linked to an incident where a man was set on fire in Ealing – (ID 555919)
On Tuesday, 21 March, officers from West Midlands Police arrested a man on suspicion of the attempted murder of a man in Birmingham. Following joint enquiries, the incident in Birmingham and an incident where a man was set on fire in Ealing have now been linked. The man has been arrested on suspicion of two […]
