A Castle Vale man has pleaded not guilty to two charges of stealing cigarettes worth over £1,700.
Birmingham Magistrates Court
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Castle Vale Police Station is up for auction.
Page 18 of the Bigwood Auctioneers catalogue, sent out today (6th October 2016)
Front cover of today’s CP Bigwood catalogue
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A man who runs a mobile phone business in Erdington has admitted fly tipping his waste in the area.
Birmingham Magistrates Court
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A teenager has died in suspicious circumstances in Erdington last night (7th October).
Police were initially called to The Gardens, Erdington at around 8.50pm following reports of disorder and a man being bundled into a car before being driven away.
A few minutes later at around 8.55pm police were called to Hunton Road, Erdington to what was believed to be a hit-and-run collision involving a pedestrian.
The ambulance service was called and a 19-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives are linking the incidents and have launched a major investigation to locate those responsible.
Detective Inspector Warren Hines said: “At this stage we are treating the man’s death as suspicious.
“I believe there were two vehicles involved in this incident a blue Mercedes and a silver VW Passat and I would ask that anyone who saw these cars in the area around The Gardens and Hunton Road to contact me as a matter of urgency.
“The circumstances are still being investigated and I am keeping an open mind into what happened.
“The family of the teenager have been informed of his death and are being supported by specialist officers at this time.”
A 22-year-old man, who was also assaulted in the attack, was not seriously injured.
Anyone with information that could help the investigation is urged to call 101 urgently. Anyone who wants to provide information anonymously can call Crimestoppers the independent charity on 0800 555 111.
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Police have released a CCTV image of two women they want to trace after £130 was stolen from an elderly shopper at Sainsbury’s in Castle Vale last month.
Police have issued a cctv image of two women they would like to speak to after a pensioner was robbed in Sainsburys, Castle Vale
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A teenager who was found dead in Hunton Road on Friday had been bundled into a car at The Gardens, Erdington by a group of men five minutes previously, police have revealed.
Kaydel Williams
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A local resident has complained to Tyburn Mail about the noise from motorbikes on Farnborough Road.
She says that the noise occurs on Sunday evenings.
There are often two bikes, “with no lights, popping wheelies up and down the road, no concerns over other road users. It’s in the day time too; there is no police presence at all to put them off.”
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A teenager has admitted being in possession of an illegal ‘butterfly knife’ in a public place.
A butterfly knife
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A thief who has previously been described by magistrates as an aggressive shoplifter has avoided jail after another series of thefts.
Magistrates told the serial shoplifter that they would suspend his sentence because he tested negative for Class A drugs, and now has secured accommodation.
William Rickards, aged 37, of Stoneyhurst Road, stole perfumes worth almost £150 from TK Maxx last week. Six days before that, he had stolen a similar amount of fragrances from the same store. He pleaded guilty to both offences, and was given a four-week prison sentence, suspended for twelve months.
Rickards has previously served time in prison for thefts in 2013 and 2014.
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A man who damaged three cars in Castle Vale has been ordered to pay £500 in compensation, and to undergo mental health treatment.
Birmingham Magistrates Court
Christopher Lester Read, aged 52, of Edgbaston Road, damaged an S Type Jaguar, a Ford Ka and an Audi A3 on the same day in September.
Birmingham magistrates have ordered him to pay £250 each in compensation for damage to the Jaguar and to the Ford.
He must also undergo mental health treatment as directed by the Probation Service for a period of 12 months.
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Tyburn Mail’s October edition is out now.
All 24 pages are available online. Click here.
The newspaper will be delivered free to all homes in Tyburn between 19-23 October.
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A 36 year-old man from Rowley Regis has been sent for trial charged with sexual offences.
Birmingham Crown Court
He is accused of knowingly engaging in sexual activity in the presence of children under the age of 13, for the purposes of his own gratification. He has denied the charges and will appear in Crown Court later this month.
He has been ordered by Birmingham Magistrates to keep out of Castle Vale.
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A 20 year-old man has been sent for trial charged with threatening to kill, and with assault.
Birmingham Crown Court
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A 23 year-old man has admitted a charge of inflicting malicious and grievous bodily harm on a female victim.
Birmingham Magistrates Court
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A 40 year-old thief has admitted stealing coats from TK Maxx on three successive days this month.
Craig Ford of Tyburn Road pleaded guilty to stealing three coats worth £60 from the store on 6th October. He returned to the shop the following day and stole four coats worth almost £100, and then came back for a third visit on 8th October to steal a £99.99 Calvin Klein coat.
Magistrates ordered him to have treatment for drug dependency, and to pay compensation for the coats that were not recovered.
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A Castle Vale man has been sent for trial charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm to a victim in Aston and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
Birmingham Crown Court
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Two teenagers, a 16 year-old and a 17 year-old, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a schoolboy was stabbed at an Erdington school.
The stabbing happened at The Kings Centre, City of Birmingham School, Fentham Road, Erdington at around 1pm on Thursday.
Police had received reports that a group of people had entered the school and had stabbed a 15-year-old boy.
The teenager was treated by the ambulance service and taken to hospital with serious injuries where he remains in a stable condition.
The Kings Centre is a school for secondary pupils who have been excluded from mainstream school, or have serious behavioural or emotional difficulties. It is one of City of Birmingham School’s ten centres across the city.
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Three teenage boys will appear before Birmingham magistrates this morning (Saturday 12 November) charged with attempted murder.
Birmingham Magistrates Court
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A 73 year-old man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a three year-old child died in a collision in Erdington earlier this year.
Birmingham Magistrates Court
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