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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

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

Wales Online

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

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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

Daily Mirror

Punter launched wine glass at woman's face after her 'distinctive accent' led to violent row

Marie-Christine Fleurie told her victim, "Watch it, I'm a police officer" before flicking a cigarette at her and claiming she acted in self defence

Daily Mirror

'Obsessed' killer jailed after teen who 'saw him as a brother' brutally stabbed to death

Halefom Weldeyohannes, 26, repeatedly knifed 19-year-old Yordanos Brhane at her home in Birmingham, on July 31 last year, before strangling her and attempting to burn her body

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Daily Mirror

Binge-drinking mum tried to frame 2 men for horrific abuse of her three-month-old

Julia Priadina, 32, tried to blame two complete strangers for abuse after she was caught inflicting more than 30 injuries on her three-month-old baby leaving the vulnerable child cut and bruised

Daily Record

'Binge-drinking' mum walks away from pram outside Asda leading to discovery of baby's tragic abuse

Julija Priadina, 32, abandoned her child for over a minute after going to Asda, where she was clocked swigging from a bottle of wine.

Daily Mirror

Baby's tragic abuse exposed after 'binge-drinking' mum walks away from pram outside ASDA

Julija Priadina, 32, left her child unattended for more than a minute after going to Asda, where security staff noticed that the mum had been swigging from a bottle of wine

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside's most devious fraudsters, con artists and scammers

The list includes Netflix fraudsters, a cancer con woman and a tax cheat

Liverpool Echo

Lego loving £1.3m fraudster spent thousands on trips to Disneyland

Lee Hickinbottom worked with his former partner Tabatha Knott to steal £1.3m of taxpayers cash

Manchester Evening News

Drug smuggler told 'remain tension free…God will be generous' before boarding flight with heroin worth £900k - he's now in jail

Mohammed Uzair Rashid claimed the bags were not his, then that packages had been planted inside

Daily Mirror

Dramatic moment violent man's nine-day criminal rampage came to a sudden end

Lee Martin, 42, sparked a police manhunt after kidnapping his former girlfriend before going on to commit a series of terrifying car-jackings after targeting lone female drivers

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