Man charged with murder and seven attempted murder after Birmingham knife rampage

The CPS has charged a man with murder and seven counts of attempted murder following stabbings in Birmingham city centre on Sunday. [block_2] Suzanne Llewellyn, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor of CPS West Midlands, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised West Midlands Police to charge Zephaniah McLeod, 27, with one count of murder and seven […]
Ambulance staff who were stabbed are ‘stable’ in hospital

Ambulance staff who were stabbed are ‘stable’ in hospital Earlier today, two of our staff were stabbed by a man who they had gone to help. Thankfully, our colleagues at West Midlands Police were able to taser the man and save the crew from more serious injury. The two, a man and a woman are receiving […]
Six members of an international organised immigration crime group have been ordered to pay back over £326,000

Six members of an international organised immigration crime group have been ordered to pay back over £326,000 Six members of an international organised immigration crime group have been ordered to pay back over £326,000 after a financial investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). Following their conviction for organised immigration crime offences, […]
Pair charged over Wolverhampton flat murder

Police have charged two people with the murder of a man who was found beaten to death in a Wolverhampton flat on Tuesday. [block_2] The body of Artura Busma was discovered by officers at an address in Tettenhall Road; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
#WANTED | Do you have any information on the whereabouts of Jayke Blackwell?

#WANTED | Do you have any information on the whereabouts of Jayke Blackwell? #WANTED | Do you have any information on the whereabouts of Jayke Blackwell? The 22-year-old from #Northfield, #Birmingham is wanted on suspicion of malicious wounding and a serious assault. Blackwell also has links to #WeoleyCastle. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police via […]
#WANTED | Have you seen Stuart Carless?

#WANTED | Have you seen Stuart Carless? #WANTED | Have you seen Stuart Carless? The 28-year-old from #Handsworth is wanted on suspicion of malicious wounding after a woman was punched and stamped on earlier this month (April). Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight or call 101 anytime, […]
Police in the West Midlands are hunting this man after a house was set on fire while a woman and two children were inside in #Northfield

Police in the West Midlands are hunting this man after a house was set on fire while a woman and two children were inside in #Northfield Police in the West Midlands are hunting this man after a house was set on fire while a woman and two children were inside in #Northfield on Monday morning (13 […]
Police in the West Midlands are hunting this man after a house was set on fire while a woman and two children were inside in #Northfield

Police in the West Midlands are hunting this man after a house was set on fire while a woman and two children were inside in #Northfield Police in the West Midlands are hunting this man after a house was set on fire while a woman and two children were inside in #Northfield on Monday morning (13 […]
Police investigate reports of gunshots in Cheapside
Police investigate reports of gunshots in Cheapside Police were called to Cheapside at 9pm last night (Friday) following reports of gun shots being fired from a vehicle at another moving car. West Midlands police say significant damage was caused to a car but fortunately there were no reported injuries.
A deceitful woman who pretended to be a young boy online so she could groom young teenage girls from Kent has been jailed
A deceitful woman who pretended to be a young boy online so she could groom young teenage girls from Kent has been jailed A deceitful woman who pretended to be a young boy online so she could groom young teenage girls from around the country has been jailed. Gemma Watts, 21 from Pembroke Avenue, Enfield […]
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 […]
Former West Midlands PC jailed for child sex offences

Former West Midlands PC jailed for child sex offences A former Walsall police officer was jailed last week (Wednesday 30 October) for child sex offences. Ross O‘Grady originally pleaded not guilty to eight charges of sexual assault against three victims between 2014 and 2016. The 47-year-old of High Street, Brownhills, Walsall later pleaded guilty to […]
Former West Midlands PC jailed for child sex offences
Former West Midlands PC jailed for child sex offences A former Walsall police officer was jailed last week (Wednesday 30 October) for child sex offences. Ross O‘Grady originally pleaded not guilty to eight charges of sexual assault against three victims between 2014 and 2016. The 47-year-old of High Street, Brownhills, Walsall later pleaded guilty to […]
Traffic cop “serious” after being run over by suspected car thief
Traffic cop “serious” after being run over by suspected car thief A West Midlands Police officer has been seriously injured after being run over by a suspected car thief in Birmingham today (10 August). The traffic cop was in Moorcroft Road, Moseley, at 4.45pm having traced a suspected stolen Range Rover Sport taken just minutes […]
Masked man wielding a machete, robs Pensioner

Masked man wielding a machete, robs Pensioner Someone must know who they are’: Woman, 71, in appeal to catch attacker Police continue to appeal for information following an attack on a couple in their 70s in Stourbridge in broad daylight. A 71-year-old woman was on her driveway at 3pm on Monday 11 February, when she […]
PCSO dies in fatal fail to stop collision

PCSO dies in fatal fail to stop collision A woman who died in a collision in Bearwood last night has been named as Holly Burke, a serving West Midlands Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who was off duty at the time. Holly, aged 28, was based at Nechells as part of the Washwood Heath neighbourhood […]
Man shot following armed Police operation in the West Midlands
Man shot following armed Police operation in the West Midlands Six arrested and gun seized in Birmingham dawn raid Six people have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and a man shot by armed officers after West Midlands Police executed a dawn raid in Birmingham today (Tues 2 Oct). Officers forced entry to the […]