Crime Archive
'It took me a long time to admit, even to myself' - Cannock Chase MP tells colleagues he was raped as he calls for end to stigma around victims
'They have shown incredible courage' - Police pay tribute to victims of Rowley Regis rapist now 'rightly behind bars' for five years
Police seize over £200,000 of cash and large amounts of crack cocaine and heroin in Birmingham drugs bust
Officers in Staffordshire use VR headsets to promote anti-knife education for campaign
Five Birmingham and Black Country businesses named and shamed on HMRC 'deliberate tax defaulters' list
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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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CCTV appeal launched to trace witnesses after 70-year-old woman seriously injured after being struck by car in West Midlands
Inside West Midlands cannabis farm after more than 50 plants seized by police
Police probe launched after bank cards stolen vehicle in Dudley
Staffordshire commissioner’s decision to recruit temporary chief constable was ‘unlawful’ – judge
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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'As visible as Lord Lucan': Walsall Council leader's jibe at police and crime commissioner
Birmingham man and woman charged with murder after death of man in Staffordshire
Revealed: The face of the ‘callous’ murderer convicted of killing Anthony Sharma in Birmingham
Five people charged after man hunt in Sutton Coldfield shooting
Update issued on investigation into murder of father in Wolverhampton
'Irrational' police forces face axe or merger - Why Home Secretary's speech could herald end of West Midlands policing as we know it
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Man charged with multiple offences after police find machete in car in Erdington
Two men arrested as cannabis farm in Oldbury is shut down
‘Cannot deliver the truth’: MP urges the Government to reconsider plans to not hold a Birmingham Pub Bombings public inquiry
Jailed: Banned driver fled the scene after hitting wall at Wolverhampton property
Jailed: Cocaine dealer was stopped in his tracks in Stafford
Appeal for woman who suffered sexual assault at Birmingham New Street to come forward
Man jailed after cannabis worth £12k found in suitcases in Birmingham
Murder trial concerning death of Walsall father drawing to a close
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Employee run down by wagon in Wolverhampton suffers from PTSD after fractures to skull, cheekbone, collarbone, ribs and sternum, jury told
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Man admits fraud and theft charges in Wolverhampton and Dudley
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'Pointed kitchen knives can become a weapon' - Southport murder survivor's emotional plea for one simple change to protect lives
Police object to Oldbury restaurant’s late-night licence bid over noise concerns
'I’m not comfortable with the blurring of accountability' - Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner reflects on abolition of his role
Decision to be made on another new off-licence in Smethwick after residents complained of ‘health and safety risk'
Appeal launched after teenager robbed in Dudley
Man arrested and drugs and offensive weapon seized by Operation Skybridge officers in Birmingham
Man found with serious head injuries lying in Birmingham road
Fresh appeal to find suspect as officers make arrest in connection with Yassin Alama murder in Birmingham
Man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences in Birmingham
Man due in court over alleged thefts from pensioners in Dudley and Wolverhampton
Two arrests after stolen car spotted 40 miles away in Lichfield was then driven to Walsall
Staffordshire man denies repeatedly raping woman, shooting her with an air rifle and smashing glass over her head
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Bosses of a Staffordshire animal rescue centre to face ten day trial over cruelty charges - here's when
Woman left with 'life changing' physical and mental injuries after argument over £30
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First pictures of 'vicious machete attack' pair now behind bars for roles in violence in a Walsall town leaving victims severely disabled
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Jury sworn in for 10-day trial of Wolverhampton company charged after employee injured in 2017 industrial accident
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Handsworth murder: Police name suspect wanted over Birmingham killing as extra stop and search power executed
Jury being sworn in in Willenhall gun disorder case
