A man has been convicted of the murder of a pensioner who died of a heart attack after being tied to his chair during a break-in at his home last November.

Adris Mohammed, 44, of Icknield Port Road, Ladywood, was found guilty today (18 May 2022) of killing 78-year-old David Varlow following a three-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court.

Mohammed was also convicted of fraud and burglary, while his co-defendant, O’Shay Swan, 42, of Winson Green Road, Birmingham was convicted of burglary and fraud.

A Cumbrian woman has been found guilty of murdering a 13-month-old baby.

Leiland-James Corkill was placed with Laura Castle, 38, and her husband in August 2020 as they had applied to adopt him.

Some five months later, Leiland-James sadly died, aged 13 months. An ambulance was called by Laura Castle at 8:15am on the 6th January 2021. Paramedics attended the Castle’s home in Barrow-in-Furness within minutes to find Leiland-James in respiratory arrest, floppy and unresponsive. Laura told paramedics that he had fallen from the sofa.

A 32-year-old man has been jailed today (11 May 2022) for five years at Portsmouth Crown Court for attempting to shoplift alcohol and threatening a security guard with a Taser outside Asda in Waterlooville.

Sile Vaduva, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and attempted theft at an earlier hearing on 1 March 2022.

A man from Alton who fatally stabbed a woman in a brutal knife attack has been found guilty of manslaughter.

Matthew Reynolds, aged 32, was convicted by a jury at Winchester Crown Court today (6 May 2022) of stabbing Bonnie Harwood, aged 47, in the early hours of 10 October 2021.

Reynolds, a long-standing drug addict who needed money to fund his habit and to repay drug debts, arranged to meet with Bonnie Harwood who was herself a drug user and dealer to associates and friends.