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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

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.

Evening Standard

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

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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

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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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

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

Nottingham Post

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

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

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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

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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

Daily Mirror

Killer thug arrested while working at JD Sports after stabbing man to death with brother

Ridhwaan Farouk, 19, and his older brother Mohammed, 21, were found guilty of the murder of Amin Talea at Birmingham Crown Court today and will be sentenced on Friday

Daily Record

Child murder locked toddler in filthy flat as he screamed to be let out before horror death

Kermani Watson Darby was murdered by his mother’s then partner Nathaniel Pope, who will be sentenced next month.

The Independent UK

Kemarni Watson Darby murder: Toddler holds mother’s hand in McDonald’s hours before he’s beaten to death

Drug dealer Nathaniel Pope, 32, found unanimously guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s son

Daily Mirror

Kemarni Watson Darby: Chilling 999 call mum made after boyfriend murdered son in flat

West Midlands Police have released audio footage from Alicia Watson's 999 call after she found son Kemarni Watson Darby, three, "lifeless" in her flat in West Bromwich, after he was attack by her ex-boyfriend Nathaniel Pope

The Independent UK

Kemarni Watson Darby: Man convicted of murdering partner’s son, 3, after weeks of ‘horrendous cruelty’

Youngster died after being found lifeless at home in West Bromwich in June 2018

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