Two men have been handed jail terms totalling over 20 years for carrying out a series of robberies
Peter Marsden and Stephen Beckley were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday 5 July for a number of robbery offences, which occurred in March 2022. Marsden, 58, and Beckley, 34, committed the first of their robberies at the Spar store, Bridgnorth Road, on 29th March. They then struck twice again the following day, 30th […]
Two brothers and an accomplice have been jailed for a total of 45 years after kidnapping a businessman in Wolverhampton city centre
Baljit Baghral and his brother David, along with Shanu Shanu, ambushed their victim as he walked to his car after work, on 10 November last year. They bundled him into a van and drove him, bound and blindfolded, to a shop in Coseley where they threatened him with violence and held a gun against his […]
A family who ran a drugs line supplying cocaine, heroin and cannabis have been jailed after we busted their illegal operation
Brothers Dylon and Reis Salhan worked alongside their cousin Gurvinder Dari to co-ordinate the trade of several kilograms of drugs a week. We found a haul of drugs with a bulk value of more than £150,000 – along with evidence of crack cocaine being produced – after raiding an address in Green Street, West Bromwich, […]
A man has appeared at court today where he admitted having two American bulldogs dangerously out of control causing injury and resulting in the death of an elderly woman
Lucille Downer, aged 85, died following injuries sustained from these dogs in her rear garden in Boundary Avenue, Rowley Regis on Friday 2 April 2021. Although a family member and neighbours rushed to her aid, she was sadly confirmed dead at the scene soon afterwards. Darren Pritchard, aged 44 from Smethwick, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown […]
A man has appeared at court today where he admitted having two American bulldogs dangerously out of control causing injury and resulting …
Lucille Downer, aged 85, died following injuries sustained from these dogs in her rear garden in Boundary Avenue, Rowley Regis on Friday 2 April 2021. Although a family member and neighbours rushed to her aid, she was sadly confirmed dead at the scene soon afterwards. Darren Pritchard, aged 44 from Smethwick, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown […]
A dangerous man who stockpiled guns he had converted and other weapons, including combat knives while he researched images of people being shot on the internet, has been jailed for more than six years
We discovered a weapons factory when we swooped on the home of Frankie Burton on the evening of 20 April last year to arrest him over a suspected arson attack. Inside his bedroom we found a suitcase with an arsenal of weapons including homemade guns, an ammunition box containing 17 bullets with a mix of […]
A dangerous man who stockpiled guns he had converted and other weapons, including combat knives while he researched images of people bein…
We discovered a weapons factory when we swooped on the home of Frankie Burton on the evening of 20 April last year to arrest him over a suspected arson attack. Inside his bedroom we found a suitcase with an arsenal of weapons including homemade guns, an ammunition box containing 17 bullets with a mix of […]
Another prisoner has absconded from HMP Sudbury bringing the total number of prisoners to have gone missing in the last 12 months to at least 7
Lewis Pinches absconded from the open prison at 8.45pm on 3 April. The 23-year-old was serving a six-year prison sentence after being convicted of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm at Wolverhampton Crown Court. He is described as being 5ft 9ins tall, and of a slim build with brown/blonde hair and blue eyes. Also known […]
Another prisoner has absconded from HMP Sudbury bringing the total number of prisoners to have gone missing in the last 12 months to at l…
Lewis Pinches absconded from the open prison at 8.45pm on 3 April. The 23-year-old was serving a six-year prison sentence after being convicted of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm at Wolverhampton Crown Court. He is described as being 5ft 9ins tall, and of a slim build with brown/blonde hair and blue eyes. Also known […]
A man from Smethwick has been charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into firearms supply in the West Midlands
It follows a seizure of legal blank firearms which are suspected to have been intended for conversion into viable lethal weapons. During the operation, NCA officers uncovered what they believe to be a workshop used for converting blank firers (below right), along with a converted gun live rounds of ammunition, ammunition casings and a stolen […]
A lorry driver who admitted causing the death of a loving mother from #oldbury has been jailed
Robert Ward was changing lanes at Junction 10 of the M6 on 27 July, 2020 when he collided with Victoria Kavanagh’s Citroen C1. Ward, 56, failed to give himself sufficient view to move safely across lanes and Ms Kavanagh, 41, suffered critical injuries, later being pronounced dead at the scene. He initially denied being responsible […]
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife in Sandwell
Legitte Reid, 55, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court today charged with the murder of Cynthia Turner. He was remanded into custody with a trial set to take place in September next year. Cynthia’s heartbroken family have today released a picture of the 55-year-old mother of two and issued a statement. The family said: “Cynthia was […]
Two men have been jailed after a string of violent attacks in Stourbridge and Dudley last year
Jardel Faure and Mark Harris assaulted several people on 21 October 2021. Faure, aged 24, and 20-year-old Harris both pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm and affray at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 22 November. The pair admitted 10 different offences, their spate of violence including hitting a woman over the head with a vodka bottle, […]
Two men have been jailed after a string of violent attacks in Stourbridge and Dudley last year – (ID 534370)
Jardel Faure and Mark Harris assaulted several people on 21 October 2021. Faure, aged 24, and 20-year-old Harris both pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm and affray at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 22 November. The pair admitted 10 different offences, their spate of violence including hitting a woman over the head with a vodka bottle, […]
Two men have been jailed after a string of violent attacks in Stourbridge and Dudley last year
Jardel Faure and Mark Harris assaulted several people on 21 October 2021. Faure, aged 24, and 20-year-old Harris both pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm and affray at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 22 November. The pair admitted 10 different offences, their spate of violence including hitting a woman over the head with a vodka bottle, […]
A man has been found guilty of killing his 73-year-old father in a drunken rage outside his home in Wolverhampton last year
Dawid Arent attacked his father, Marek Arent who was visiting from Poland, on 18 September, 2021, outside the property in Hordern Road. Witnesses told detectives they heard Dawid shouting in the street at about 22.30 and a front bay window at the home was smashed. About 50 minutes later, amid more raised voices, Dawid Arent […]
Two robbers who left victim in a coma for a phone and just £3 are jailed
PostTwo violent robbers who attacked a man with bricks and a paving slab, leaving him in a coma for days, have been jailed.Mohammed Ali and Umair Anys set on their victim, as he walked in Watery Lane in Caldmore, Walsall, at about 10.45pm on 18 June, 2020. They knocked him to the ground where they […]
A dangerous child sexual predator has been jailed for 13 years
Sam Collier, aged 28, of no fixed address, was found guilty of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and committing an offence with the intention of committing a relevant sexual offence at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday (13 October). The offences took place in 2019, he was later charged and remanded in custody […]
