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Four men have been jailed for their part in an organised crime spree of robberies and ram raids across the Midlands, many of which happened during coronavirus lockdown. Shops were destroyed in ram raids and staff were terrorised as the gang struck during the first half of 2020. But now they are beginning sentences of […]
A man is due in court today (Wednesday) after a cyclist died following a collision in Washwood Heath in 2020. Kashif Khan, aged 24, was arrested at Birmingham Airport yesterday evening (Tuesday) as he returned to the UK and he has now been charged. Khan was held in police custody overnight and is set to […]
A strong jet stream in the Atlantic will help maintain the changeable theme to our weather this week. Much of the UK will continue to be on the cooler side of the jet, meaning temperatures will be around or just below average. Where there is sunshine though, it will feel fairly warm, largely in the […]
Police are continuing our efforts against vehicle crime with stolen cars seized in Solihull. Officers from the Priorities team carried out a warrant at Bradnocks Marsh yesterday (1 July), where they found vehicle parts and five confirmed stolen cars. The cars included three Range Rovers, a Jaguar and a Land Rover Defender, with enquiries now […]
A prolific thief has admitted a one-man crimewave across Birmingham in just a month. Ashley Roden was arrested by officers as he tried to flee a burglary by climbing over rooftops in Sutton Coldfield last Thursday. The 32-year-old went on to admit 20 crimes ranging from burglary, theft and assault throughout June. Roden’s offending began early […]
Antoine Christopher Kolias (31), was sentenced on Friday 28 June to a total of three and a half years’ imprisonment. During the CEU investigation, Operation Bentley, Kolias was found to be acting as a distributor for an established unlicensed medicines dealer, as well as running his own unlicensed medicines business, selling quantities of sildenafil citrate […]
Police have charged seven people after three men were attacked on Rogers Road in Birmingham last month. The occupants of three vehicles attacked the men as they sat in another vehicle around midnight on 6 June. Two, aged 19 and 21, received stab and slash wounds and managed to escape. A third 20 year-old was […]
June was a month of contrasts for many, with a cool first half of the month offset by warmth later in the month, with rainfall also in relatively short supply, especially in the south. A drier than average month June was drier than average, with the UK recording 29% less rainfall than the long-term meteorological […]
A man who carried out a series of online sexual offences against children across the UK has been sent to prison. Matthew Reilly, from Halesowen, was sentenced to nine years at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday (27 June) after pleading guilty to a total of 34 sex offences in February. Police began an investigation into […]
A man has been arrested after pointing a suspected firearm at officers in Birmingham. At around 4.45pm yesterday afternoon (27 June) on Briddsland Road, a man pointed a suspected air weapon towards officers and members of the public on three occasions. On the third occasion, the man discharged the air weapon towards the street. Fortunately, no […]
