Walsall criminal to spend Christmas in prison after defending himself and forgetting to fill out his own bail application
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Adam Smith
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Senior Reporter for the Express & Star.
Darlaston gunman still at large: None of the five men being sentenced for father's shotgun attack were the shooter
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Racist who threatened to stab Wednesbury security guard whilst transitioning between sexes before taking knife into court avoids jail
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Birmingham rapist arrested after victim phoned police pretending to order a pizza to give away his location
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Dudley friends jailed for drug dealing and knife crime after both crashing into cars during police chases through the Black Country
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Bescot Railway Station murderer Deng Majek sentencing pushed back to next year after failure to discover whether he is a teenager or adult
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Snoozing drug dealer caught with cannabis and cocaine after falling asleep waiting for food from Bentley Bridge McDonald's at 2am
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Three men found guilty over Wolverhampton scam selling millions of fake prescription drugs across the country
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Court Reporter Comment: The problem is not trial by jury, the backlog can only by solved by paying for justice which cannot be done on the cheap
'An absolute nuisance': A robber with more than 70 convictions who stole from Stourbridge shopkeepers and Birmingham students promises to change his ways after five year sentence
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Foul-mouthed West Midlands thief who has attacked 11 police officers in four years jailed after burgling man who cooked for her
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Love-struck prison officer now behind bars after inmate boyfriend convinced her to smuggle cannabis into HMP Birmingham
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Machete-wielding teenage Wolverhampton drug dealer who told victim 'snitches get stitches' is locked up
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Judge dismisses paedophile's 'shaggy dog story' that he was only downloading indecent images of children to gather evidence
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Moseley gets a new community pub after Kennedy's replaces The One Trick Pony
Birmingham company launches controversial Liverpool bogeyman Purple Aki presents ahead of Black Friday and Christmas
Wolverhampton company found guilty of not ensuring safety of employee who was hit by wagon and suffered serious injuries
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Walsall murder trial: Jury shown catalyst of violence which ended with Mohammed Khan left for dead on busy Walsall street
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West Bromwich pub murder: 'Horrific violence' deprived Matthew Adams' family and friends of 'the life and soul of the party'
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Guilty murder verdicts for Matthew Adams killers serve as a warning for all those 'who have drink and drugs fuelled fights at the weekend'
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Three men and boy found guilty of murdering Walsall father Matthew Adams after ten week trial
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Jury heads into fourth day of deliberations over Matthew Adams murder trial verdicts
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Walsall murder trial begins with jury shown numerous mobile phone videos of fatal beating
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Walsall rapist sent down for 30 years for almost stabbing woman to death with knife stolen from temple
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Trial of five men accused of stabbing 22-year-old man to death in Walsall set to start today
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Yard where employee was run over by wagon near Wolverhampton had risk assessments 'all the time' before and after horror 2017 accident
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Smethwick burglar 'hunted 15-year-old girl like prey' and lathered himself in lotion as victims locked themselves in bathroom during home invasion
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Asylum seeker who murdered Rhiannon Skye Whyte ordered to undergo CT scan to determine his real age ahead of sentencing
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Cradley Heath man pleads not guilty to sexually touching six-year-old girl over five months last year
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Wolverhampton cafe owner jailed for dealing cocaine given until January to prove his assets were not bought with ill-gotten gains
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Safety recommendations at Wolverhampton yard made a month before an employee was injured had not been implemented, court told
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Man pleads guilty to pretending to be police officer to swindle Wolverhampton residents out of cash
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Police want to speak to these people over theft of car and bank cards in New Oscott
In pictures: Eight days of ecstasy ahead for arrows fans as Grand Slam of Darts begins in Wolverhampton
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Watch: Poppy-wearing crowds flock to Stourbridge for military vehicle parade ahead of Armistice Sunday
Extra police powers extended in Birmingham city centre after 'appalling' disorder involving fireworks
