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, …
A Birmingham mother, Davina Frost, 28, sparked a major emergency response after threatening to blow up a local primary school, forcing nearly 400 children to be locked indoors for their safety. Frost, a cannabis user and …
A Midlands woman, Dawna Bird from Alvaston, has received a suspended prison sentence after admitting to defrauding over £14,000 in Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefits while living in Greece. Bird appeared at Derby …
In a distressing incident at an Erdington home, Leon Townsend attacked his housemate Sean Kieran with a baseball bat. The courtroom heard Townsend’s remorse as he told Kieran, “I thought we were friends,” highlighting the …
Steven Joyce, a soon-to-be father from Weoley Castle, narrowly escaped jail after being convicted of drink-driving during hazardous snowstorm conditions. At Birmingham Magistrates' Court, Joyce received a 16-week suspended …
A Weoley Castle man expecting his second child narrowly avoided prison this week after crashing into a barrier during a snowy night. Steven Joyce, 23, was banned from driving at the time but attempted to help a family member …
A former NHS locum paramedic and a recruitment consultant have each been handed suspended prison sentences after defrauding the NHS of more than £60,000, following an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA). …
Andrew Shephard, 59, has been handed a suspended prison sentence after admitting to causing unnecessary suffering to three of his daughter’s pet kittens. The distressing incident took place last November when Shephard, while …
At Birmingham New Street Station, a violent confrontation unfolded when two intoxicated women, Morgan Cox and Ellouise Parker, both aged 23, assaulted a couple on a train platform. The incident escalated after Cox and Parker …
A man who fell asleep in his car after ordering food at McDonald’s in Bentley Bridge found himself facing court after staff called the police out of concern. Leon Carter, 29, alerted employees when he pulled into the …
Omar Khider, a 24-year-old from Aston, Birmingham, narrowly avoided jail after pleading guilty to shoplifting a £180 North Face coat from Selfridges in the Bullring and possession of a class B drug. The offence occurred on …