Jeremy McIntosh has been sentenced following a failed robbery at the Asda Express located on Stratford Road, Birmingham. McIntosh initially posed as a regular customer, lingering in the store before leaving and returning …
A Birmingham man who cares for his disabled wife has been fined after attempting to leave a Sainsbury’s supermarket with a trolley full of groceries without paying. Fakhreddine Abderaouf, 41, placed items totalling £278.65 …
John Herbert was handed an 18-month community order after he directed racial abuse at a police officer during his arrest at a McDonald’s branch in Birmingham. The incident occurred while Herbert was intoxicated. Authorities …
A Birmingham man has admitted to supplying drugs after being caught travelling on a train without a valid ticket, a court heard. Mohammed Ammar, aged 22, from Walnut Mews, Weoley Castle, was stopped at Selly Oak train station …
A Dudley woman, Rebecca Hinton, was recently fined after pleading guilty to theft and assault charges related to incidents at two local supermarkets. The offences took place on 25 April, when Hinton was involved in theft at …
Maciej Pelczar, 48, avoided a jail sentence following a frightening incident at a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) on Rutland Road in Smethwick. In October 2024, Pelczar became intoxicated and aggressive, threatening a …
A Birmingham man, Jordan Gayle, 45, has been sentenced after admitting to assaulting his girlfriend during a dispute over breakfast. The incident occurred at his Acocks Green home on October 21, 2025, where Gayle punched his …
A 20-year-old woman from Birmingham has admitted to strangling her boyfriend in a hotel room in what has been described as an unprovoked attack. Mikayla Gumbs appeared at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on July 23 for …
A Birmingham man was spared prison after being caught carrying a machete at a bus stop on Soho Road, Handsworth. Tariq Francis, 22, admitted to carrying the weapon, which he said was meant to deter attackers following …
A Birmingham man, Raymond Heaven, 44, was handed a driving ban and ordered to pay over £1,000 after being involved in a minor collision and refusing to provide a breath sample at the police station. The incident exposed the …
Andrew Pearsall, 61, has been sentenced to 63 months in prison for grooming a young boy and recording a sexual act during a WhatsApp call. The court heard how Pearsall exploited the boy, whom he met through an online truck …
A sorrowful twist of fate unfolded when Raymond Bastable, 78, who accidentally struck an elderly woman outside Tesco Express, lost his terminally ill wife on the very same day the victim, 85-year-old Joan Heaton, passed away …
Omari Thomas, a 19-year-old from Rowley Regis, has been sentenced to three weeks in jail following an incident involving his Uber driver. During a journey to McDonald’s, Thomas became abusive, calling the driver a racial slur …
Mitchell Berrisford, a 27-year-old man from Knypersley, has been handed a 14-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to intentionally strangling and battering his girlfriend. The court heard how …
A Smethwick tenant who threatened his housemate with two kitchen knives has narrowly avoided immediate imprisonment after a court heard he was struggling with paranoia and self-medicating with alcohol. Maciej Pelczar, 48, …