Crown Prosecution Service West Midlands
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Responsible for criminal prosecutions in West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia, and British Transport Police cases. Follow @CPSUK for CPS news
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The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Anthony Williams, 32, from Peterborough for attempted murder following an incident on an LNER train on Saturday. He will appear at Peterborough Magistrates' Court today, Monday 3 November. Read more: https://t.co/MB8TsQw88Q
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A husband has been convicted of murdering his wife after stabbing her to death at their home in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire. Mohamed Samak, 43, was convicted of the murder of 49-year-old Joanne Samak following a trial. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/3J0lc3fUpp
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Deng Chol Majek has been convicted of murdering 27-year-old Rhiannon Whyte who was waiting for a train at Bescot Stadium Railway station in Walsall when she was attacked. Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/ZXlYPylN89
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Ishmael Farquharson, 34, has been jailed for the manslaughter 16-year-old Sekou Doucoure in Birmingham in July 2022. He fled to Spain after the stabbing but was arrested in January 2025. Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/ik7fcDs8ah
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A killer has been jailed for murdering a 54-year-old man in a homophobic attack in his home. Matthew Jonathan was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 32 years for killing Jamie Gawler after previously pleading guilty. Read more here: https://t.co/teDOxId1FN
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A man who subjected a 94-year-old great-grandfather to a fatal beating during a burglary has been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Paul Topham was jailed for life for killing Harold Monk at his sheltered housing. Read more here: https://t.co/tpwLyrj9U6
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An American woman who disguised herself in a niqab before trying to shoot dead a Birmingham man has been convicted. Aimee Betro, 44, from Wisconsin, USA was found guilty after a trial. We worked with @WMPolice to secure these convictions. Read more: https://t.co/qb1JlTJRjP
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Kirsty Carless has been found guilty of stabbing Louis Price to death at his family home in Cannock, Staffordshire on Christmas Day. Read more here: https://t.co/jhyvtHiPj1
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Dangerous driver Mohammed Ibrahim has been jailed for 13 years and three months after his BMW careered into another vehicle killing Linda Phillips and her daughter Amanda Riley in Birmingham on Boxing Day. Read more here: https://t.co/M5WXaPv3mW
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A teenager has been sentenced for murdering 13-year-old Jahziah Coke who was stabbed to death at a house in Sandwell, West Midlands. Read more here about how we worked with @westmidlandspolice to prosecute this case: https://t.co/rbHHOhkySd
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Joanne Sharkey, 55, from Liverpool has admitted killing a baby boy who was found discarded in a black bin bag in Warrington near Gulliver’s World nearly 27 years ago. Read more ▶️ https://t.co/pXMqwsF3e9
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We have authorised @WMPolice to charge American national Aimee Betro, 45, from Wisconsin following an attempted shooting in Birmingham. She was extradited from Armenia today. She will appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court tomorrow. Read more here: https://t.co/VrYP9oHAUc
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⚖️The parents of a four-year-old boy whose skeletal remains were found buried in a garden in Handsworth have been convicted of causing his death. More: ➡️ https://t.co/a6cbbZuNCS
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A Derbyshire father and son have been jailed after plotting to kill the owner of a Birmingham shop after a dispute. An accomplice fired the shot – but the gun jammed, allowing an escape. Mohammed Aslam, 56 and Mohammed Nabil Nazir, 30, were sentenced today.
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US citizen Issac Calderon has been jailed for 32 months for causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Jennifer Winzor of the Crown Prosecution Service said: “Those who commit offences in the UK cannot simply expect to walk away without accountability.”
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Jia Xin Teo, 22, denied murdering her newborn daughter. A jury found her guilty today after hearing she lied to friends, doctors and police, so no one would find the baby.
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⚖️Simon Orr has been sentenced to six years and 17 weeks for his part in the summer disorder during which the Holiday Inn in Tamworth was targeted. MORE: ➡️ https://t.co/yQIejptkJD
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⚖️Former firefighter Cameron Hancel, who took and shared photos of a dead man while on duty, has been sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment. More: ➡️ https://t.co/HJF2LQ5bhN
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Two 13-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been sentenced for the murder of Shawn Seesahai in a #Wolverhampton park. Today, a court sentenced them to a minimum of eight years and six months in a young offenders' institute as part of a life sentence.
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⚖️Two 13-year-olds have been sentenced for the murder of Shawn Seesahai who they randomly attacked with a machete and stabbed to death in Wolverhampton last year. More: ➡️ https://t.co/LzMqptfxUt
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