Nick McCarthy
Birmingham Mail
Birmingham, AL, United States
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Mum of murdered Dan Baird reveals heartache and said: 'I'm still waiting for him to return home'
Lynne Baird tells how police pulled up outside the family home in Yardley to break the devastating news → Read More
Evil mum who starved daughter Khyra Ishaq to death FREED after serving just seven years
Angela Gordon, 42, and stepdad Junaid Abuhamza admitted killing seven-year-old in 2008 → Read More
Nightclub where reveller died faces claim 15-year-old was filmed on Snapchat inside venue
Digbeth nightclub Rainbow Venues had its licence suspended after student Michael Trueman, 19, died after allegedly taking MDMA → Read More
Ex-Tory candidate Gulfram Khan admits five-month PFA harassment campaign
Get daily updates directly to your inboxA former Birmingham election candidate “bombarded” staff representing football’s biggest names with hundreds of phone calls in a five-month harassment campaign. Gulfram Khan “exclusively” occupied one of the Professional Footballer’s Association’s two phone lines at its London office with a string of complaints. He made ten calls within two minutes on one… → Read More
Joel Richards murder trial collapses because of 'insufficient evidence'
Joel, 20, died after arrived at Birmingham’s City Hospital with multiple stab wounds in the early hours of May 28 → Read More
OAP who sold weapons and bullets to criminal gangs was 'like Breaking Bad of the gun world'
Police who raided the pensioner's home found 100,000 rounds of ammunition while his bullets were found at 100 crime scenes nationwide → Read More
Ammo-obsessed OAP whose bullets were linked to two murders was 'like Breaking Bad of the gun world'
Get daily updates directly to your inboxA Breaking Bad-style pensioner who sold guns and hand-made bullets linked to two Birmingham murders turned to crime as he drowned in debts of £70,000. Ammunition produced by Paul Edmunds was linked to the 2015 shooting of Derek Junior Myers in Hockley and the killing of 18-year-old Kenichi Phillips in Ladywood last year. And police who raided his… → Read More
Pensioner GUILTY of selling guns and bullets linked to two Birmingham murders
Ammunition made by Paul Edmunds was recovered by detectives from 100 crime scenes across the country → Read More
Drivers targeted by 'organised crime gangs' in carjacking epidemic, top cop warns
Chief constable admits motorists face 'a lot of threat and risk' → Read More
Drivers targeted by 'organised crime gangs' in carjacking epidemic, top cop warns
Chief constable admits motorists face 'a lot of threat and risk' → Read More
Police are investigating graffiti attack inside Birmingham mosque
Officers were called after the shocking vandalism was found at around 5pm on Sunday → Read More
Teenage clubber dies at Rainbow Warehouse nightclub Halloween bash
Temporary closure order after second drug-related tragedy in two years → Read More
M5 CLOSED after man found dead near Junction 1 at West Bromwich
Get daily updates directly to your inboxThe M5 was closed in both directions after a body was found near the motorway. Both the north and southbound carriageways were shut near junction one, at West Bromwich , following the discovery just before 10pm on Thursday. Officers were called to land near the island at the junction and the death was being treated as unexplained. A spokesman for West… → Read More
Police appeal after theft and criminal damage at Northfield pawnbroker
The suspect entered the Abermale & Bond shop at around 4pm on October 7 and asked to try on a gold bracelet and necklace → Read More
Government to launch crackdown on antique weapons trade after Burger Bar Boys gun gang jailed
Plans to toughen up gun laws to tackle crime involving antique weapons → Read More
Four men arrested on suspicion of murder after Mekel Sterling killed in shooting
Mekel Sterling died after a drive-by shooting outside shops in Hockley’s Great Hampton Row, on September 13, just after 9.30pm → Read More
Boy, 15, charged with terrorism offence
The 15-year old, who cannot be named, has been charged with one count of preparing for terrorist acts under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006 after attempting to travel → Read More
Birmingham Prison bosses received 'indicators' of £6m riot BEFORE rampage began
Watchdog paints grim picture of inmates 'warehoused' in cells as officers fear drug-fuelled attacks → Read More
Ex-boss of Birmingham Dogs Home and wife charged with fraud after police probe into 'missing donations'
Simon Price, of Marston Green, charged with 11 offences of fraud by abuse of position and one money laundering offence → Read More
Shocking crime figures reveal how robbery has rocketed by nearly a quarter
New official figures, for the 12 months up to June 2016, reveal that overall crime has increased by 14 per cent across the West Midlands force area → Read More