Nohveed Ashgar and Mariam Yousaf are absolute heroes and the police have given them an award to prove it.
On 20 May 2020, Nohveed and Mariam heard a woman screaming inside a house in Tipton. They dialed 999 and walked up to the house to see what was happening.
They saw a man holding a baby while kicking a woman as she lay against the door.
The man continued to attack the woman and refused to listen as Nohveed and Mariam tried to get him to stop. They then saw him walk up the stairs carrying the baby by its leg.
While Nohveed and Mariam were at the front door, one of our officers entered the house by the back door.
He saw the man at the top of the stairs, dangling the baby by its ankle and swinging it against the wall. He stood between the woman and the man so other officers who had now arrived could safely remove the woman from the house. Once she was safe, officers saw that she had been repeatedly stabbed.
Two firearms officers went upstairs and found the man in a bedroom with the baby and a knife.
With the man arrested and first aid is given to the child who had a fractured skull, an investigation was started by our Public Protection unit.
Detective Constable Deborah Bullman was the lead investigator.
She spent months gathering evidence from the victims, the scene, family members, and medical professionals and had regular meetings with the prosecutors.
On 30 April this year, the man was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Deborah did a great job and was given a Chief Constable’s Award by Sir David Thompson. Nohveed and Mariam received Chief Constable’s Good Citizen Awards.