Police have arrested a man wanted over a violent attack on two men in Birmingham’s Gay Village and are continuing efforts to find two more suspects
A 31-year-old man handed himself in to a police station yesterday after police issued an appeal for information on the whereabouts of three men. He’s been arrested on suspicion of wounding and remains in custody. Police are still searching for Birmingham men Sohail Khan (24) and 21-year-old Ishaaq Ayaz. It’s suspected they were involved […]
Police have arrested a man wanted over a violent attack on two men in Birmingham’s Gay Village and are continuing efforts to find two mor…
A 31-year-old man handed himself in to a police station yesterday after police issued an appeal for information on the whereabouts of three men. He’s been arrested on suspicion of wounding and remains in custody. Police are still searching for Birmingham men Sohail Khan (24) and 21-year-old Ishaaq Ayaz. It’s suspected they were involved […]
Sad news to report #PoliceFamily with the death overnight of West Midlands Police PC Musa Muhammed
He was 47 and was married with a young family. According to a ‘GoFundMe’ page set up to support his family, Musa was a West Midlands Police officer for more than 20 years. He worked as a response officer at Newtown Police Station for 11 years and was well known and respected by […]
Fifteen people have been sentenced to a total of 50 years’ imprisonment for drug supply offences in Aylesbury
[block_2] In July 2019, the Aylesbury Vale Stronghold team became aware of a county drugs line operating between Birmingham and Aylesbury, selling drugs on an almost daily basis. County drug line is a term used to describe an organised criminal network exporting illegal drugs from one area in the UK to another, often across […]
Self loading pistol and billets found in motorway stop
Officers from the Organised Crime Partnership – a joint NCA and Metropolitan Police Service unit – supported by West Midlands Police, stopped 22-year-old Klejdi Kazani between junctions 12 and 13 of the M1.OCP officers discovered a self-loading pistol with four rounds of ammunition in the magazine hidden under the front passenger seat of the car. […]
Life saving @stjohnambulance installed defibrillator has been stolen from #Brockmoor #Dudley
Life saving @stjohnambulance installed defibrillator has been stolen from #Brockmoor #Dudley [block_2] Any information please call West Midlands Police on 101
#MISSING: Have you seen 15-year-old Lola Stokes?
The teen left her home address in #Stechford yesterday and was last seen around 8pm last night walking up Coventry Road towards Swan Island. A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: “Lola has blonde hair, is 4ft 8ins tall and was dressed all in black. “If you can help us find her contact us via Live […]
West Midlands Police launch murder investigation
West Midlands Police launched a murder investigation after a man was found dead at a house in #Olton, #Solihull yesterday evening (7 June). The 26-year-old man was found by a relative with a significant head injury just before 6.30pm at his home in Scott Road.
It has been a privilege and an honour Retirement celebration for police dog Nala
Police Dog Nala has hung up her unique Northamptonshire Police collar after retiring from the Force after seven years’ dedicated policing service. It was an emotional farewell for the nine-year-old German Shepherd who received a special guard of honour from her fellow four-legged colleagues at Force Headquarters last week (Wednesday, May 12). At the event, […]
PC banned from policing for life after ‘disgusting’ attack on woman
A PC who launched a ‘disgusting’ attack on a woman has been banned from policing for life, as an accelerated misconduct panel today ruled he would have been sacked had he not already resigned. PC Oliver Banfield, who had been suspended from the force, was convicted of assault after an investigation by Warwickshire Police. Following […]
Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of Patrick Anzy in Hackney have made a further two arrests
A 33-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, 15 May on suspicion of murder. A woman aged 38 was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. [block_2] Both were arrested in the Birmingham area with the assistance of West Midlands Police. They remain in custody.
Detectives trying to find the mother of baby George have released an e-fit image of a woman they are keen to speak to
Detectives have been searching for the mother of little George for exactly three weeks today (13 May). George was found on The Mounds, off Shannon Road in Kings Norton at 5.40pm on Thursday 22 April. This image has been created by a specialist colleague at Thames Valley Police, after speaking to a key witness, […]
Man jailed for brutal attack on mother and child
[block_2] Aamer Araf repeatedly stabbed the 37-year-old woman with a kitchen knife until she lost consciousness in Mansion Drive in the early hours of 28 May, and as neighbours rushed to her aid, he took her seven-month-old son upstairs, swinging him by his legs and banging his head on the walls.
West Midlands Police have charged a 18-year-old man with murder after a fatal stabbing in Smethwick
The teenage victim is named as Derlarno Samuels Derlarno, who was aged 17, was found with stab injuries in a car that crashed in Heath Street, Smethwick, at around 4.10pm on Saturday (1 May).
Detectives investigating after a baby boy was found in Kings Norton last Thursday (22 April) have released a photo of him as efforts to find his mum continue
The baby boy was found on The Mounds, off Shannon Road in Kings Norton at around 5.40pm He was found the day before St. George’s Day and has been named George by the hospital staff looking after him. He was possibly only hours old when he was found, clothed and wrapped in a blanket, by […]
Detectives investigating after a baby boy was found in Kings Norton last Thursday (22 April) have released a photo of him as efforts to f…
The baby boy was found on The Mounds, off Shannon Road in Kings Norton at around 5.40pm He was found the day before St. George’s Day and has been named George by the hospital staff looking after him. He was possibly only hours old when he was found, clothed and wrapped in a blanket, by […]
A man has been charged with the murder of a baby boy who died in 2018
West Midlands Police said the three-month-old boy was found by paramedics in cardiac arrest at a home in Stoke, Coventry, on 29 June. He had suffered a “catastrophic” head injury and was pronounced dead two days later in hospital, the force added. James Scott – who police say knew the child – appeared at […]
Tributes have been paid to a grandfather and ‘friend to all’ who died following a hit-and-run collision in Stechford
William Burns suffered serious injuries after being struck by a BMW on Station Road at around 1.30pm on Sunday (18 April). [block_2] Despite the best efforts of emergency services the 63-year-old pedestrian was confirmed dead a short time later. In a statement, his family said: “William was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend to […]
