A 65-year-old Birmingham woman was found carrying multiple kitchen knives at the city’s German Christmas Market, subsequently telling police, “I’m going to murder someone,” a court heard. Moira Tuke had two knives on her …
Malcolm Ball, aged 73, who was serving a sentence for child sex offences, died at HMP Stafford on 30 January 2023 following a hunger strike. Ball was sentenced in 2017 to seven years and six months in prison for his crimes. …
Oliwier Gabis, a 20-year-old gangster with a notorious fascination for zombie knives, has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Birmingham Crown Court. Gabis was convicted for perverting the course of …
Patryk Jalocha, a 24-year-old Polish national previously held at HMP Birmingham on remand for attempted murder, was found dead in his cell at HMP Manchester on November 5, 2024. His death follows a disturbing incident where a …
Chad Lee, a Birmingham father, has been sentenced to 44 months in prison after authorities discovered £24,600 worth of cocaine in a storage unit linked to him. The sentence was handed down at Birmingham Crown Court following …
Three Birmingham men have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a drug operation that flooded Weston-Super-Mare with heroin and crack cocaine, a court has heard. The dealers operated what was known as the “Chase …
Dean Lack, an inmate at HMP Featherstone, located near Wolverhampton, engaged in a disturbing act of defiance during his time behind bars. While participating in a ‘dirty protest,’ Lack tricked prison officers into thinking …
Brian Lines, an 86-year-old convicted child sex offender from Leek, West Midlands, has died in prison after a long history of horrifying sexual crimes against children spanning nearly four decades. Sentenced to 30 years in …
A Crown Court judge has clarified why he chose not to impose a driving ban on Adam Rybicki, a 60-year-old motorist who repeatedly deceived West Midlands Police to evade prosecution. Rybicki was stopped by officers on two …
James Daly, a Birmingham father, attributes the reality TV prison show ‘Brits Behind Bars’ with transforming his troubled life and says he would “love to go back” if the programme still aired. Two decades ago, James was …
Georgina Vilella, the stepmother convicted of murdering her husband Carlos in a petrol-fueled arson attack at their Walsall residence in 2011, has died in prison. She was 60 years old and was serving a minimum sentence of 23 …
Georgina Vilella, a 60-year-old stepmother from Walsall, has died in prison while serving a sentence for one of the most harrowing arson murders in the Black Country. In March 2011, Vilella set fire to her family home on …
A Birmingham man who controlled a drug line responsible for distributing class A drugs in Tamworth has been arrested and sentenced following a major police investigation. Zain Alishan, 28, was detained at Birmingham Airport …
Katie Price has opened up about her husband Lee Andrews, describing him as the “most hated man in Britain” during a recent podcast episode. Lee, 43, is currently imprisoned in Dubai, facing espionage charges, with Katie, 48, …
Alan Lodge, 53, has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to sexually abusing a schoolgirl between 2022 and 2024. During his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court, Lodge shockingly claimed the abuse happened …