News
Date
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21/03/2013
Man guilty of street murder
A 34 year old man has today been found guilty at Stafford Crown Court of the murder of Dalbagh Singh Malhi, 29, after he attacked him in the street with a knife on 13th May 2012.
20/03/2013
Man guilty of stabbing woman to death and sentenced to 12 years
A 67 year old man was yesterday found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of the murder of Gillian Rennie, aged 58, by inflicting multiple stab wounds and today sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
15/03/2013
West Midlands Proceeds of Crime Unit are hitting criminals where it hurts – their wallets
In January 2013 the West Midlands CPS Proceeds of Crime Unit (POCU), as part of a major initiative involving Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and West Mercia police forces, commenced a general review of historic Proceeds of Crime Act confiscation orders.
14/03/2013
Man guilty killing wife’s friend
A 50 year old man has today pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility at Warwick Crown Court and was sentenced to nine years imprisonment in respect of the killing of David Powell on 5th September 2012 in Jubilee Park, Tipton.
11/03/2013
Youths who assaulted cyclists are sentenced
Two youths, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have today been sentenced at Wolverhampton Youth Court for assaulting nine cyclists along a canal towpath.
08/03/2013
Man found guilty of murdering casino winner
A 25 year-old man has today been found guilty of stabbing an innocent man to death in Birmingham city centre in order to steal his casino winnings.
07/03/2013
Man guilty of sexual activity with care centre patient
A 57 year old care worker has today been found guilty at Stafford Crown Court of sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder by a care worker (contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003), with one of the patients in his care at centre in Burton-on-Trent which cares for mentally ill people.
01/03/2013
Two sentenced for sexually abusing young girl
Two men from Birmingham have today been sentenced for sexually abusing a 14 year-old girl.
01/03/2013
Man jailed for stealing over 200 drain covers
Graham Leith, 27, has been jailed to three-and-a-half years at Hereford Crown Court today after he admitted stealing 207 metal drain covers to the value of £52,000 from locations in Worcestershire and Solihull.
01/03/2013
Drugs gang jailed for 80 years
A criminal gang were today jailed for a total of 80 years at Stafford Crown Court for their part in supplying class A and B drugs in the Telford and Shropshire area.
28/02/2013
Man jailed for killing friend
Rahman Saidi, 47, who was found guilty of killing his friend and then stealing his life savings, which he would later gamble away in a casino, has been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court of his murder.
25/02/2013
Network Rail and signalman found guilty of Health and Safety violations
Network Rail and one of their signalmen, Adrian Maund, 42, have today been both found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of breaching the Health and Safety Act.
21/02/2013
Darren Aston jailed for five years for defrauding elderly couple
A man who financially exploited two frail pensioners and stole over £260,000 of their life savings, leaving them virtually penniless, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court today after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud. Two further counts of theft will lie on file.
20/02/2013
Community order for man who harassed Commons Clerk
A 61 year-old man has today been given an 18 month supervision order at Birmingham Crown Court for harassing a Commons Clerk.
14/02/2013
Man jailed for killing Birmingham student
Daniel Jones was today sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court to 10 years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of a Birmingham student who was found dead in his flat in Tipton, West Midlands on 8 April 2012.
12/02/2013
Coach driver sentenced to six years in jail for deaths on motorway
A coach driver who drove a single-decker coach which broke down on the M5 motorway causing a collision that resulted in the deaths of a passenger and a lorry driver, has today been sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to six years’ imprisonment and disqualified from driving for four years.
05/02/2013
Police officer pleads guilty to forgery
An officer from West Midlands Police has today pleaded guilty at Coventry Crown Court of forgery and has received a four month suspended prison sentence as well as ordered to pay £2,400 court costs.
01/02/2013
Parish Councillor jailed for child sex offences
Michael Allfrey, aged 70, has today been found guilty at Hereford Crown Court of 15 child sex offences and sentenced to four-and-a-half years.
28/01/2013
Teacher jailed for 32 months for child sex offences
A 41 year-old teacher has today been sentenced to 32 months imprisonment and barred for working with children for life at Shrewsbury Crown Court after he had previously pleaded guilty of sexual activity with a child at an earlier hearing.
25/01/2013
Two men found guilty of sexually abusing a girl
Two men from Birmingham have today been found guilty of sexual abusing a 14 year-old girl.
14/01/2013
Woman jailed for life for killing her partner
A 43 year-old woman was today sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 13 years, at Wolverhampton Crown Court after she pleaded guilty to the murder of her partner at their home address in Walsall.
04/01/2013
Who says crime pays?
Criminals have been hit in the pocket to the tune of over £1.4 million by Staffordshire Police so far in 2012/13.
21/12/2012
Men jailed for Burntwood gun murder
Two men were today jailed for life for the brutal murder of a Burntwood father who was shot dead in bed.
21/12/2012
Driver jailed for revenge attack on victim
A man who took revenge against a victim who gave evidence against him in court was today sentenced to 11 years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court for arson with intent to endanger the lives of seven adults and a six month-old baby boy last year.
19/12/2012
Railway metal theft gang jailed
A gang of thieves were today sentenced to a total of 23 years at Birmingham Crown Court for their part in stealing copper signalling cable and causing over half a million pounds worth of damage to network rail property.
17/12/2012
Catherine Pegg found guilty of dangerous driving
A woman, who caused serious injury to her boyfriend by running him over in her all-terrain vehicle on a road in Warwickshire, was today found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of dangerous driving and sentenced to 18 months custody with a five year driving ban.
17/12/2012
Man sentenced to life for killing friend
A 39 year-old man was today found guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court of the murder of his friend last November in Dudley and sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 17 years.
14/12/2012
Balbir Singh’s killers jailed for 39 years
Three men have today been sentenced to a total of 39 years for their part in the murder of Balbir Singh who was found dead in a house in Tvidale, West Midlands in March 2012.
07/12/2012
Care support worker to pay back money stolen from disabled man
A 24 year-old woman was today given a six month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months at Birmingham Crown Court for stealing £1,800 from a vulnerable adult who she was caring for.
06/12/2012
Brother and sister jailed for iPad thefts
Three people, including two members from the same family, were today sentenced to six years at Coventry Crown Court for their part in robbing victims of their iPads and then later trying to intimidate the victims as well as trying to pervert the course of justice.
01/12/2012
Trio jailed after firearms supply chain smashed
Three people have been jailed after officers from Greater Manchester and West Midlands Police smashed a firearms supply chain and recovered a military grade machine gun.
30/11/2012
16 year-old boy found guilty of manslaughter
A 16 year-old boy was today found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of killing a worshipper outside a mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham.
30/11/2012
Neighbour guilty of killing 92 year-old pensioner
Charlotte Frazier-Doody, aged 36, has today been found guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court of the murder of a pensioner in his home in Willenhall, West Midlands on 1 April 2012.
22/11/2012
Man found guilty of trying to kill a police officer
A 23 year-old man was today found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court with the attempted murder of a female police officer
19/11/2012
Increase in Hate Crime convictions in the West Midlands
The number of hate crime convictions in the West Midlands region has risen for a third year in a row to 87%, an increase of three percent on the previous year and four percent above the national average.
15/11/2012
Hunt Master guilty of racially abusing hunt protestor
The leader of the Ross Harriers Hunt, David Lee Peters, aged 33, has today been found guilty at Hereford Magistrates’ court of racially abusing and threatening a hunt protestor.
09/11/2012
Coventry man sentenced to life for the murder of student
A man who stabbed to death a Masters student outside an unoccupied address in Coventry has today been sentenced to life, to serve a minimum of 22 years, at Birmingham Crown Court.
05/11/2012
Michael Jackson jailed for kidnap and child sex assault
A man from Oldbury in the West Midlands has today been jailed indefinitely for public protection at Wolverhampton Crown Court after he had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing for kidnapping two children, in separate attacks.
05/11/2012
Bomb hoaxer found guilty of taking nurse hostage
A man who held a female nurse hostage at a Birmingham hospital, whilst claiming to have a bomb, was today given an hospital order at Birmingham Crown Court for false imprisonment and making a hoax bomb call.
01/11/2012
Former boxer jailed for manslaughter
A former boxer who attacked a man and beat him so severely that he died from his injuries has been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court to eight years’ imprisonment.
29/10/2012
Teacher sentenced for child abduction
Brian Knowles, a former deputy head teacher at a Coventry school, was today sentenced to nine months imprisonment suspended for two years concurrent on each of four counts of child abduction at Warwick Crown Court after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.
15/10/2012
Portuguese national sentenced for sex attacks
A Portuguese national has today been sentenced at Worcester Crown Court to two years imprisonment and ordered to go onto the sex offenders register for seven years in relation to three allegations of sexual assaults.
15/10/2012
Area wins national awards
West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collected three prestigious awards at this year’s National Staff Awards which were hosted in London on Wednesday 10 October 2012.
12/10/2012
Operation Nemesis:12 sentenced
Eleven people have been jailed for almost 40 years for their part in the supply of Class A drugs and money laundering in Stoke-on-Trent.
09/10/2012
Lengthy sentences handed to two men for riots shooting
Lenghty sentences have this afternoon been handed out to two men following their part in last year’s disorder in Birmingham where shots were fired at police officers and the force helicopter.
05/10/2012
Police sex assault campaign challenges offenders
Sex offenders, who delude themselves by thinking they have done absolutely nothing wrong, are the targets of a hard-hitting publicity campaign being launched by West Midlands Police.
02/10/2012
Nursery worker given 12 community order for assaulting toddlers
A 31 year-old nursery worker was today given a 12 month community order at Birmingham Crown Court after she was found guilty of assaulting four children who were in her care at the Small Talk Nurseries in Handsworth, Birmingham.
28/09/2012
Ex-Councillor given suspended sentence for racial abuse
A former Stoke-on-Trent councillor has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for 12months, after being found guilty at an earlier hearing of posting racial comments on a social media website. He was also ordered to do 240 hours unpaid work and pay costs of £3,500.
26/09/2012
Man pleads guilty of impersonating a doctor
A former asylum seeker from Afghanistan who embellished and lied about his medical qualification and his employment history has today been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court for pretending to be a qualified doctor.
21/09/2012
Three people jailed for stealing a hospital power cable
Thieves who stole a power cable from a Shropshire hospital, which was connected to a mobile MRI scanner, haven been sentenced to a total of 31 months at Shrewsbury Crown Court.
20/09/2012
Men will not face charges over allegations of Female Genital Mutilation
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that no charges will be brought against two men arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of offences contrary to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.
14/09/2012
Six men sentenced to 17 years for multi-million pound fraud
Six men who siphoned millions of pounds from a charity were today imprisoned for a total of 17 years and three months at Birmingham Crown Court for their part in the fraud
12/09/2012
Mother charged with attempting to murder her baby
West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have today authorised the police to charge a 24 year-old woman with the attempted murder of her 10 day-old baby in Wolverhampton.
20/08/2012
Two men jailed for £1million armed robbery
Two men who committed an armed robbery on a jewellery shop and stole nearly £1millon of gold jewellery were today sentenced to a total of 18 and half years years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court.
17/08/2012
Armed robbers sentenced to 16 years imprisonment
Two men have today been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment at Warwick Crown Court for their part in three armed post office robberies which were carried out across Warwickshire in December 2011.
13/08/2012
Son found guilty of the murder of his mother
Josef Cupori, aged 24, has today been found guilty at Stafford Crown Court of the murder of his 44 year-old mother, Anna Cuporiova, at an address in Stoke-on-Trent last year.
08/08/2012
Two brothers found guilty of sexual offences
Two men from the Wellington area of Telford, Adhel Ali and Mubarek Ali, were today found guilty at Stafford Crown Court for sexual offences against vulnerable young girls.
31/07/2012
Martin Stafford found guilty of murder
A man who was extradited from the Republic of Ireland in connection with the disappearance of Michelle Gunshon from the Dubliner Public House in Digbeth, Birmingham in December 2004 has today been found guilty of her murder and sentenced to 33 years imprisonment.
31/07/2012
Birmingham dentist found guilty of NHS fraud
A dentist has today been found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of one of the largest dental frauds ever committed where over £1million of taxpayers money was defrauded from the National Health Service (NHS).
25/07/2012
Man sentenced to life for murdering drinking partner
Derek Law, aged 29, has today been found guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court of the murder of Jagjit Singh Villhku, whose body was found in rough parkland in January this year.
19/07/2012
CPS Statement: Operation Pointer
Harry Ireland, Chief Crown Prosecutor for West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service, said: “When we looked at the case presented to us by the police against these men, we were satisfied that there was enough evidence to charge them murder.
18/07/2012
Man sentenced to life for murder at boxing event
Paul McAteer was today sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 20 years, at Birmingham Crown Court for the murder of an innocent bystander who was stabbed to death at a boxing competition which was being held in Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham last year.
13/07/2012
Man sentenced for daughter death
A father has been sentenced for killing his daughter ten years after he assaulted her at their Cheslyn Hay home.
09/07/2012
Family members found guilty of the murder of a pregnant woman
Four family members were today found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of the murder of 21 year-old Naila Mumtaz who they thought was possessed by evil spirits.
06/06/2012
Sixth person found guilty of shooting at police during summer disorder
A SIXTH person has been found guilty after shots were fired at police officers and the force helicopter in Newtown during last summer's disorder in Birmingham.
31/05/2012
Two men sentenced to 15 years for the manslaughter of pensioner
Danny Keeble and Peter Marston were today jailed for 15 years by His Honour Judge Tonking at Stafford Crown Court today for the manslaughter of 87 year-old Charles Green who died following a burglary at his home in Oswestry in May 2011.
31/05/2012
Criminals in the West Midlands forced to pay back £6.3million
The West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collected £6,376,721 from criminals in the region from proceeds of crime enforcement in 2011-2012, an increase of 14 percent on the year before.
24/05/2012
CPS Charging Statement - Craig Robinson
CPS Statement Charging - Craig Robinson
22/05/2012
More people charged in relation to Operation Active
Following the arrest and charge of 14 people earlier this month for a number of drugs offences in West Mercia, the West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has now charged another nine people with further drugs offences.
14/05/2012
14 people charged with large scale drugs offences
An organised crime gang consisted of 13 men and one woman all from West Mercia have been arrested and charged with a number of drugs offences and will be appearing before Birmingham Crown Court on Friday 18 May.
10/05/2012
Criminals hit in the pocket
Criminals were deprived of over £1.7 million through asset recovery work by Staffordshire Police in 2011/12. The force’s Economic Crime Unit again beat annual targets, gaining 158 confiscation orders totalling £1.638 million and forfeiting £90,327 in cash from offenders between April 2011 and March 2012.
10/05/2012
West Midlands to host Safeguarding and Disability Harassment Forum
Key players from the public and voluntary sectors as well as from the criminal justice system from across the region will be gathering together on Monday 14 May 2012 to discuss disability related harassment at an event which is being hosted by the West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) at their regional headquarters in Birmingham.
04/05/2012
Charging announcement - Michael Jackson
Emma Garnett, senior crown prosecutor with West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service, said: "We can confirm that Michael Jackson has now been charged with three further offences relating back to 2003. The offences are kidnap, false imprisonment and indecent assault.
02/05/2012
Romanian national found guilty of murdering Birmingham man
A 35 year-old Romanian man, Florin Baboi, was today convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court of the murder of David McArthur, a 63 year-old man from Northfield, Birmingham, in August last year and sentenced to 23 years imprisonment.
18/04/2012
Five men sentenced to 58 years imprisonment for the death of Jesse Richards
Five men were today sentenced to a total of 58 and a half years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court in connection to the death of Jesse Richards in July 2009.
06/04/2012
Charging Statement - Charlotte Frazier–Doody
Charlotte Frazier–Doody charged with murder of elderly man
05/04/2012
Charging Statement – Cedric Anthony Brown
Cedric Anthony Brown charged with robbery and kidnap
27/03/2012
Man charged with a multi-million pound fraud
A 48 year-old man is due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates’ court on Wednesday 28 March 2012, in connection to an alleged multi million pound fraud.
26/03/2012
Conman who stole £160,000 from a pensioner is jailed
A man today was sentenced to five year’s imprisonment following his guilty plea at Birmingham Crown Court to conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation after stealing nearly £160,000 from a pensioner
23/03/2012
Man found guilty of robbing a visually impaired woman
James Matthew Wilshaw, aged 25, was today found guilty at Stafford Crown Court of robbing a visually impaired lady of her handbag as she walked along an alleyway in Burton-upon-Trent.
23/03/2012
Couple sentenced to 19½ years for sex trafficking offences
A man and a woman were today sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to 19 and a half years after they were found guilt at an early hearing of sexual exploiting a young female Romanian national.
22/03/2012
Karl Burman sentenced to life for killing his partner and chopping up her body
Today at Birmingham Crown Court, Karl Burman, aged 24, from Coventry, was found guilty to the murder of his partner, Shauna Lee, aged 34, between November 2010 and May 2011 and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a tariff of 19 years.
16/03/2012
Failed kidnapper sentenced to three years
Andrew Kent, aged 32, was today sentenced to three years at Stoke-on-Trent- Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to kidnapping two women and attempting to kidnap a third at a bus station in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in November last year.
15/03/2012
A 20 year-old male found guilty of assaulting a disabled man
A man was today found guilty at Stafford Crown Court of targeting a disabled man, subjecting him to an assault and burgling his home in Blythe Bridge.
09/03/2012
Couple charged with the murder of four year-old boy
A couple from Coventry have today charged with the murder of a four year-old boy.
09/03/2012
Charging statement – Paul Slattery
David Rouse, Senior Crown Prosecutor from the West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service Complex Casework Unit, said:
09/03/2012
Drunk driver sentenced to six years for causing the death of elderly couple
A drunk driver was today sentenced to six years imprisonment at Warwick Crown Court following his conviction of causing death of an elderly couple by careless driving while unfit through drink. He was also disqualified from driving for six years.
08/03/2012
George Lord pleads guilty to further sexual abuse offences
At Birmingham Crown Court today a 79 year-old man pleaded guilty to three counts of historical indecent assaults.
27/02/2012
Burglar sentenced to life for the murder of pensioner
Cory Youlden, aged 23, was today sentenced at Worcester Crown Court to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 22 years, for the murder of Paul Cox at his home in Rednal, Worcestershire in June 2011.
24/02/2012
Man in court over excavator death
A man is due to appear before Birmingham magistrates on Monday 27 February, in connection with the death of a man on a Redditch building site.
23/02/2012
21 year-old female sentenced for stealing £1,000 from pensioner
Samantha Hadzic, aged 21, was today sentenced to 20 months imprisonment at Coventry Crown Court for her part in the targeting and theft of £1,000 from an 80 year-old woman in Coventry city centre last August.
21/02/2012
Care worker sentenced for assaulting 84 year-old nursing home resident
Charles Kent, aged 21, was today sentenced to a 12 months Community Order at Burton Magistrates’ court for assaulting an 84 year-old woman at the Fauld House Nursing Home where he worked as a care worker in July 2011.
20/02/2012
Three people sentenced to 76 years for the murder of Ricky Basra
Two men and a woman were today sentenced to a total of 76 years at Birmingham Crown Court for the murder of Ricky Basra who was shot dead in Edgbaston, Birmingham last June.
16/02/2012
Guilty verdict in Wolverhampton double murder trial
Ireneusz Bartnowski has today been found guilty after a three week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court of the murder of Guiseppe and Caterina Massaro at their home in Wolverhampton in April 2011.
14/02/2012
Man found guilty of unprovoked attack on 84 year-old pensioner
Darrell Morfett, aged, 51, was today found guilty at Coventry Magistrates court for assaulting an 84 year-old victim whilst he was riding his mobility scooter along Holbrook Lane in Coventry last September.
14/02/2012
Fall in hate crime across the West Midlands
The West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted a total of 1,417 cases of hate crime across the region in 2010 / 2011 compared to 1,567 cases the year before, a fall of ten per cent. However, the Area’s conviction rate increased from 83 per cent to 84 per cent during this period – the national average conviction rate was 82 per cent.
07/02/2012
Priest found guilty of abusing young children
A Catholic priest was today found guilty at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court of sexually abusing young children.
07/02/2012
Wolverhampton man ordered to pay back £500,000
A Wolverhampton man has been ordered to pay a £500,000.00 confiscation order yesterday at Birmingham Crown Court.
19/01/2012
CPS authorises charge of murder over death of Avtar and Carole Kolar
West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have today authorised police to charge Rimvydas Liorancas with the murder of Avtar and Carole Kolar.
18/01/2012
Three men charged with the murder of Richard Deakins
West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised Staffordshire Police to charge John Anslow, aged 31, Leigh Astbury, 31 and Andrew Hill, 49, with the murder of Richard Deakins in 2010.
