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February 18, 2020

Armed driver jailed after smashing into cars, shops and scooter in Dudley

Crime|Feb 18, 2020

Son bites and beats up bedridden mother in horror attack

Crime|Feb 18, 2020

Father jailed over road rage attack with crowbar

Crime|Feb 18, 2020

February 15, 2020

'Upskirting' commuter caught in the act on Stourbridge train

Crime|Feb 15, 2020

February 14, 2020

Man jailed after driving at 30mph along pavement during chase

Crime|Feb 14, 2020

Yob locked up for attack on couple as car damaged

Crime|Feb 14, 2020

JAILED: Stalker terrorised ex's family with bricks, firework and arson attack

Crime|Feb 14, 2020

February 12, 2020

Ex-Wolverhampton gang member spared jail after stabbing host of all-night party

Crime|Feb 12, 2020

February 11, 2020

JAILED: Blackmailer demanded £10,000 from girlfriend and ordered her to grow drugs

Crime|Feb 11, 2020

Homecare fraudster facing jail after taking money from client's accounts

Crime|Feb 11, 2020

February 10, 2020

Panicking motorist fled after hitting pedestrian in Smethwick street

Crime|Feb 10, 2020

February 7, 2020

'Bored' teenage driver locked up after ramming police car in Black Country chase

West Bromwich|Feb 7, 2020

Black Country man admits having five banned firearms

Crime|Feb 7, 2020

February 6, 2020

Man jailed after £100k of drugs found in police raid

Crime|Feb 6, 2020

February 5, 2020

Courier who drove over a grandfather twice jailed

Crime|Feb 5, 2020

February 4, 2020

JAILED: Sledgehammer-wielding serial offender in frantic bid to escape police

Crime|Feb 4, 2020

January 31, 2020

Grandfather badly hurt after pub jape backfires, court told

Wednesbury|Jan 31, 2020

January 29, 2020

Prolific burglar back behind bars after rejecting police 'new life' offer

Crime|Jan 29, 2020

January 28, 2020

JAILED: Knife-wielding man in street attack over £50 debt row

Crime|Jan 28, 2020

January 26, 2020

Ex-addict who stole wedding presents spared jail after 'turning life around' in Walsall

Crime|Jan 26, 2020

January 25, 2020

GUILTY: Nursery boss facing jail over £25,000 funding fraud

Crime|Jan 25, 2020

January 23, 2020

Jewellery thief locked up over raid on flat above shop

Crime|Jan 23, 2020

January 21, 2020

Smoke, sprint, slump: Court told of 'Mamba Olympics' at Birmingham prison

Birmingham|Jan 21, 2020

Ex-Domino's worker facing deportation five years after entering UK on fake passport

Crime|Jan 21, 2020

January 20, 2020

JAILED: Thug punched former girlfriend 'like a boxer' in horrific attack

Crime|Jan 20, 2020

January 17, 2020

Driver cleared of causing death of six-year-old girl in Oldbury Road crash

Crime|Jan 17, 2020

January 16, 2020

Runaway shop owner jailed after £200k of smuggled cigarettes seized

Whitmore Reans|Jan 16, 2020

January 15, 2020

Oldbury Road death crash driver admits she could have been 'more careful'

Crime|Jan 15, 2020

January 14, 2020

Woman killed girl, 6, after 'going through red light,' jury told

Crime|Jan 14, 2020

Murder suspects battered 15-year-old before killing man, jury told

Crime|Jan 14, 2020

January 11, 2020

Murdered man's blood found on two suspects' trainers, jury told

Crime|Jan 11, 2020

Career criminal caught after dumping car and jumping in Wrens Nest lake

Crime|Jan 11, 2020

January 10, 2020

Victim Amjad Khan 'murdered after attempted handshake led to beating'

Crime|Jan 10, 2020

January 9, 2020

Driver linked to £17m cigarette smuggling gang jailed for three years

Crime|Jan 9, 2020

January 7, 2020

Teenage postcode gang member locked up for 15 years over shootout in Wolverhampton

Crime|Jan 7, 2020

January 4, 2020

Black Country nursery boss accused over '£25k funding scam'

Crime|Jan 4, 2020

December 26, 2019

Knifeman locked up after Smethwick supermarket stabbing

Crime|Dec 26, 2019

December 24, 2019

Cousins locked up after man stripped in attack at hairdressers

Crime|Dec 24, 2019

JAILED: Pair hurled insults and stones at each other in street clash

Crime|Dec 24, 2019

December 23, 2019

Jail for Christmas Day gate crasher who hit reveller with paving slab

Crime|Dec 23, 2019

December 22, 2019

Judge gives Walsall families chance to make peace after feud erupted into road wars

Crime|Dec 22, 2019

December 21, 2019

Paedophile, 73, jailed for 13 years over Black Country abuse

Crime|Dec 21, 2019

December 19, 2019

£170k fine after restaurant chef badly burnt by unsafe oven

Cradley Heath|Dec 19, 2019

Nurse who seriously injured teenager in crash 'fell asleep at wheel after night shift'

Crime|Dec 19, 2019

December 17, 2019

Tag but no jail for rogue builder who left couple with £15,000 repair bill

Crime|Dec 17, 2019

Town centre robber jailed after targeting elderly in Dudley

Dudley|Dec 17, 2019

Rogue Shropshire builder cost couple £15,000 to put blunders right

Crime|Dec 17, 2019

December 16, 2019

Woman who used hidden earpiece in driving theory test given suspended sentence

Crime|Dec 16, 2019

December 14, 2019

Jailed: Hammer-wielding man jailed for grudge attack in Dudley yard

Crime|Dec 14, 2019

December 13, 2019

Jailed: Father turned 'vigilante' in savage attack on man whose sons 'bullied' his teenage boy

Crime|Dec 13, 2019