A man accused of battering and stabbing an elderly couple to death is a convicted burglar who had started taking crack cocaine days before the double murder, a jury heard.

A double murder suspect was “desperate” to leave the country shortly after the elderly couple were battered and stabbed to death in their Wolverhampton home, a jury heard.

A television belonging to murdered elderly couple Giuseppe and Caterina Massaro was sold for £160 the day after their bodies were found inside their Wolverhampton home, a court heard.

A murder suspect made an unsuccessful bid to sell the car belonging to his elderly victims on the day their bodies were discovered, jurors have heard.

A murder suspect has admitted there were a dozen different sets of his fingerprints at the Wolverhampton house where an elderly couple were battered and stabbed to death.

A sham marriage racket was smashed when investigators foiled two fake weddings – and discovered the brides and grooms couldn’t understand a word each other was saying.

A grandaughter described how she found her grandparents battered to death in their Wolverhampton home.

A Polish man battered and stabbed to death the elderly next door neighbours of his sister eight days after moving to stay at her Midland home, a jury has heard.

New wheelie bins were being delivered to homes in Wolverhampton today – signalling the end of green boxes and unpopular white bags.

A Prince’s Trust award winner honoured for turning his life around was today behind bars for taking part in this summer’s notorious street riots.