All news by author: Carl Jackson

Kelly Palmer, 40, from Birmingham, admitted she paid a tree surgeon to cut down the huge Ash outside her home despite knowing it was under a Preservation Order

Mohammed Qasim stabbed Richard Hopley inside a Volkswagen Passat near Selly Oak, Birmingham, was found guilty of murder and conspiracy to rob and was sentenced on Friday

Judge Avik Mukerjee said the perpetrators "humiliated" and "degraded" the victim who could not speak English and looked for help before her vulnerability was used against her

Jordan Carrie had violently shaken his young son, who was just a few weeks old, at his then partner Keeleigh Watts' home in Rednal on the morning of June 13, 2020

Connor Hudson, from Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, was found guilty of two animal welfare offences at a trial at Birmingham Magistrates' Court following the brutal attack

Lloyd Neels, 36, punched Sean Sadler in the head before he kicked the baby killer at least twice inside HMP Birmingham before he was dragged away by prison officers

Ashley Day hired out a flat in Digbeth for a gathering to celebrate finishing college. The 20 year old was due to start a physiotherapy course at Brunel University in London

Kadees Mohammed, 30, had 'neurological issues' but 'didn't really want to talk about it' in the days before the alleged murder of little Mohammed Ibrahim, Health visitor Melanie Clarke said

Chad Henderson, a United States national, stabbed to death security guard Nathan Burton, 27, who had been brought in to evict him from a flat in Moseley, Birmingham

It is alleged Mohammed Abbkr, who lives in Edgbaston, Birmingham, attempted to murder two elderly Muslim worshippers by dousing them in petrol in two different cities

Predator who groomed and attacked a vulnerable teenager while she was drunk at his flat was described as 'honest' in a court, but was still given a lengthy jail sentence by the judge

Jervais Boyaram murdered Muhammed Sohail outside his home in Saltley, Birmingham, in a "cold-blooded execution" which a court heard was a case of mistaken identity

Kallum Aish ploughed into Patricia Faulkner and her Staffordshire bull terrier Millie on Doe Bank Lane in Great Barr in July 2020 then fled the scene

West Midlands Police officer Anthony Ritchie and his ex-colleague Steven Walters had sexual relationships with a number of women, some of whom they met while responding to domestic abuse incidents, a court heard

Carla Scott is on trial at Coventry Crown court accused of child cruelty and murder of her nine-year-old son Alfie Steele, while her partner Dirk Howell faces a manslaughter charge

Caroline Fahy, 44, was told to pay more than £1,500 after officers found her almost four times the legal limit in her Nissan Juke after visiting the McDonald's branch in Birmingham

She changed the locks, blacked out her windows and even took to wearing wigs and disguises in the street in an attempt to avoid the older man