A West Midlands Police officer is being investigated over alleged gross misconduct after claims a Sikh man’s head covering was “forcibly removed” while he was in custody in Birmingham. The force watchdog said six officers were also being examined over misconduct allegations for “failing to challenge the officer’s use of force and treatment of the […] […]
West Midlands Police has told the heartbroken families of David Spencer and Patrick Warren the force remains committed to helping them find closure. David and Patrick, better known as the Milk Carton Kids, were 13 and 11 when they went missing from Chelmsley Wood in 1996. The tragic pair were never found and today, December […] […]
An officer will face gross misconduct proceedings after a student he restrained alongside members of the public died on a Coventry driveway. Abdul Hamid, 26, was pronounced dead in Broad Lane after he was detained by passers-by and on-duty West Midlands Police officer, PC Harmesh Loi, on May 1 last year. The South & City […] […]
A West Midlands Police officer has been dismissed for abusing his position of trust after engaging in a relationship with a domestic abuse victim during the course of his duties. James Ankrett admitted corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 14 September after he formed an inappropriate relationship with […] […]
LAST April in Lancashire, an interaction was caught on camera between a police officer and a man called Adam. After asking the officer what he had done wrong to justify being threatened with arrest, the officer snapped back: “I’ll make something up. Public order, squaring up to a police officer. Shall I do that? Who […] […]
A Coventry policeman says he did not recognise a domestic abuse victim in a photograph he is alleged to have had sex, a jury was told. West Midlands Police officer Marc Forth replied “no” when asked point-blank by his barrister during a trial at Warwick Crown Court whether he had had sex with her. Forth, […] […]
A Coventry-based police officer had sex with two women whose cases he was investigating, and tried to persuade them to join a ‘threesome’ with him and his girlfriend, a jury has been told. PC Marc Forth is also alleged to have raped another woman and to have incited a 15-year-old babysitter to take part in […] […]
A district judge has branded videos of an unmasked officer attacking members of the public in two separate lockdown assaults ’embarrassing to watch’. PC Declan Jones was caught on camera punching a 15-year-old boy to the ground before kicking him in the ribs in Melbourne Avenue, Newtown. The 30-year-old officer, found guilty today, also punched […] […]
He has been suspended while criminal proceedings take place. The trial of a Coventry police officer charged with raping a young girl will begin today (Tuesday) at Warwick Crown Court. Marc Forth is also accused of intentionally touching a girl under the age of 13 in a sexual manner and inciting a… […]
A police officer has been found guilty of assaulting two members of the public on consecutive days during the first Covid lockdown – including an attack on a 15-year-old boy. Pc Declan Jones committed both offences while on duty in Birmingham, starting with an assault on a man in Aston on April 20 last year. […] […]
West Midlands Police has not disclosed how much it is to pay out to more than 600 people affected by the cover-up following the Hillsborough disaster. It emerged in June that the force, along with South Yorkshire Police, had agreed a settlement after a civil claim. But the two forces have not revealed how much […] […]
A man is fighting for his life after a crash which killed two others following a police chase. Two men were killed after a convertible Audi crashed on the A460 Cannock Road near the junction with Wood Hayes Road in Westcroft, at around 4am on Sunday. The convertible left the road and ended up in […] […]
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