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Refugees heard 'screaming for their lives' after being locked inside 'coffin' wardrobes

Romanian people smuggler Adrian Constantin, 36 - who acted as a "minder" to assist gang members - was jailed for over three years after being extradited back to the UK to face justice

Daily Mirror

Two hitmen plotted £100,000 contract killing of stranger on orders of 'Dubai's Mr Big'

Two hitmen have been sentenced to life in prison after they arranged for a hitman disguised as a Tesco delivery driver to carry out a botched £100,000 contract murder

Daily Mirror

Fork lift truck driver jailed after using 3D printer to create assault rifles

David Biddell-Portman found two potentially lethal weapons in his wardrobe

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Drugs gang used fake furniture removal firm as cover to smuggle £135m of cocaine, heroin and ketamine into UK

The gang shipped nearly two tons of drugs from Columbia and Europe

Manchester Evening News

Mum admits killing baby daughter, one, with 'smile enough to melt anyone’s heart'

Kelsey Harrison pleaded guilty to killing Elaina Roses Aziz while her and her partner Eddo Aziz also admitted child cruelty at Birmingham Crown court

Daily Mirror

Nottingham Twitter user who praised French teacher’s killer found guilty of terror offences

Ajmal Shahpal was found guilty on Monday at Birmingham Crown Court

Nottingham Post

Twitter user who praised French teacher’s killer found guilty of terror offences

Ajmal Shahpal was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court after claiming his tweets were an attempt to gain more social media followers.

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Robbers who ram-raided jewellers and stole £300k of gold are jailed for more than 72 years

Three of them burst into the shop and one used a sledgehammer to smash display cabinets before stuffing gold jewellery into bags

Wales Online

Police officer who struck former footballer Dalian Atkinson used "excessive force", hearing told

A police officer who hit former footballer Dalian Atkinson with her baton as he lay dying outside his father’s house, is facing a misconduct hearing that could see her face immediate dismissal

Daily Mirror

People-smuggling ‘lynchpin’ spent illicit cash on £1,000 Louboutin trainers

Hai Xuan Le helped to orchestrate a global criminal operation from his flat above a Birmingham nail bar.

The Independent UK

Woman stalked by pensioner searches Facebook to find creep committed MURDER in 1970s

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

Daily Mirror

Dad held in jail for almost three years despite being cleared of GBH charges

Ishuba Salmon's fight for freedom has sparked a campaign and petition, and has reignited the debate surrounding imprisonment for public protection sentences

Daily Mirror

Teenager appears in court charged with murder of footballer in Birmingham nightclub

Reegan Anderson is the third man to be charged with the murder of Cody Fisher

The Independent UK

Teenager appears in court charged with murder of Cody Fisher

Reegan Anderson, 18, is the third man charged with the 23-year-old’s murder.

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Man stole £900,000 from UK city council before fleeing to US to become a psychic medium

Tyler Evans committed his sophisticated fraud over a three-year period submitting 35 false refunds forms with money paid into 10 different bank accounts, including that of his business Called Paranormal Activities

Evening Standard

Cody Fisher: Men charged with nightclub murder of footballer in Birmingham appear in court

Two men have appeared in court charged with murdering footballer Cody Fisher at a Birmingham nightclub on Boxing Day.

The Independent UK

Police release footage of unarmed officers chasing man with loaded revolver

Johniel Barrett was jailed for five years at Birmingham Crown Court on December 19.

The Independent UK

Police worker who shared dead body image on WhatsApp jailed for two years

Joshua Tilt pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in public office last month.

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Twisted abuser stole ashes of ex-girlfriend's dad and made sick threat to 'scatter them'

Michael King has been described in Birmingham Crown Court as an "angry and bitter man" who gives "all decent men a bad name," for turning his ex-girlfriend's life 'upside-down'

Daily Mirror

Man accidentally shot girlfriend and dumped her in street instead of calling for help

Jowayne Kesto hit his shotgun with a hammer causing it to go off, blasting his girlfriend in the stomach but instead taking her to hospital he abandoned her in the street

Wales Online

Clubber 'whacked' woman over the head with her stiletto in birthday row

Second time in four months Olivia Mahon had attacked someone on a night out

The Independent UK

Five workers killed by ‘unsafe’ wall holding 263 tonnes of scrap, court told

Birmingham Crown Court was told the wall was ‘decidedly unsafe’ and no one should have been working anywhere near it.

The Independent UK

Police officer cleared of assaulting retired footballer Dalian Atkinson before he died

Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith struck Dalian Atkinson three times with a baton after he was tasered to the ground by another officer

Evening Standard

Dalian Atkinson: PC cleared of assaulting retired Aston Villa player prior to his death

Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith was acquitted after jurors rejected prosecution claims that she ‘lashed out’ in anger at Mr Atkinson before his death in Telford

Nottingham Post

Moment Colin Gunn told jury who convicted him 'thank you, you scumbags'

Journalist's account of the events which brought him to justice

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