Birmingham Times
Birmingham Times
Police have charged a man with murder after a father was found dead at an address in Sutton Coldfield last year. Craig Moult was discovered at a flat in Boldmere Close on the evening of Sunday, 3 September. Leroy Lawrence aged 46 from Birmingham has been charged with murder. He has also been charged with […]
A driver has today (Fri 4 Aug) been jailed for killing a grandfather in a road rage attack in Oldbury, two weeks before Christmas. Arslan Farooq’s victim Simon West, died four days after being fatally punched just after 5.30pm, on 10 December last year. Farooq, aged 25, had confronted 51-year-old Mr West on in A4123 […]
Two men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing a 16-year-old on a moped in Birmingham last year. Liam Mooney was on the back of the moped on the evening of 22 March on Rocky Lane, Perry Barr. Two of his friends were on another moped and they had been riding around the area. Yesterday, […]
A fifth person has been charged and has appeared in court over the murder of a man police believe was deliberately knocked down and killed in Coventry earlier this summer. Father-of-one Andrew Flamson was walking with a friend and family in Grosvenor Road on the night of 12 July when they were struck by a […]
Birmingham City Council has reviewed its opening times for visitors across all burial sites and crematoria grounds throughout the city. Opening hours will be expanded with all grounds returning to their regular opening times over the weekend. The current pandemic has meant that the council has had to respond quickly to new guidance and changes […]
Farzana Kausar held a vulnerable woman in domestic servitude for seven years, taking control of her finances, cutting her off from her family and forcing her to cook, clean and care for her children. On Wednesday (December 21), she was jailed for six years and eight months having been convicted of keeping a person in […]
An international footballer who crashed his car into parked vehicles and mounted a pavement has received a driving ban. The collisions happened after Jack Grealish – who was also caught speeding in a separate incident while awaiting court – had disobeyed lockdown rules to meet friends in Dickens Heath, Solihull, in March. Police recovered CCTV […]
A woman who was stealing mobile phones from students on campus has been jailed after our dedicated team of city centre officers who combat pickpockets arrested and charged her with a series of thefts. Michaela Ghita, aged 35, of no fixed abode, was jailed for a year after appearing at Birmingham Magistrates Court where she […]
