Jailed: 12 West Midlands criminals locked up for their crimes in February - including rapists and teen who murdered 12-year-old Leo Ross
February saw several violent and vicious offenders locked away for crimes committed in the West Midlands - here are 12 of the most serious.
Each and every month, dozens of criminals arrive in the West Midlands' courtrooms to face justice for their crimes.
In February our courts saw a number of high-profile cases, including the jailing of Leo Ross's killer, 15-year-old Kian Moulton.
See 12 of the criminals who were locked up in February:
1) Dago Williams
Dago Williams was jailed for nine years and six months for the attempted rape and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl at a park in Solihull.
Williams, 22, had begun chatting to a group of teenagers on a bus towards Chelmsley Wood, on June 6 last year, where he told them that he had "a lot of money".
Williams got off the bus and stole cans of alcoholic drinks from a supermarket, which he then offered to the group.
Shortly after, he and one of the girls, the 17-year-old, sat on a park bench, where he tried to kiss her. After refusing, the girl attempted to leave; he then sexually assaulted and attempted to rape her.
The girl managed to escape Williams, and after getting safely to a friend's house, she called the police, and Williams was arrested.
Williams, of Hampton Road, Erdington, admitted attempted rape, sexual assault, intentional strangulation, assault and shop theft, and was jailed for nine years and six months at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday, February 17.
2) Gurpreet Randhawa
Gurpreet Randhawa, aged 21, from Wellington Road, Wolverhampton, was jailed for 18 years at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday, February 12, after pleading guilty to four offences of rape, two of taking indecent images of a child and a further two offences of having indecent images and engaging in sexual communication.
Randhawa had sexually assaulted two 15-year-old girls and further threatened a 12-year-old girl into sharing indecent images in a series of vile sex attacks.
He raped one girl on three separate occasions between August and September last year.
On the last occasion, he drove her to a car park in Wolverhampton before raping her in the back of a vehicle. When she tried to resist his advances, he grabbed her by the throat.
West Midlands Police also established that Ranhawa had used other aliases, and contacted a 12-year-old girl through social media and engaged in sexualised conversations.
He sent inappropriate videos and pictures of himself, and threatened to harm the young girl if she didn't comply. He even encouraged her to ask friends to do the same.
In another incident, Randhawa shared with the 12-year-old footage of himself having sex with another girl, who he knew was aged just 15.
He pleaded guilty to all offences, all of which took place between July 2024 and September 2025. He was jailed for 18 years.
3) Mohammed Shay Khan and Akeam Khan
Mohammed Shay Khan and Akeam Khan, of Bramdean Walk, Wolverhampton, and Warstones Gardens, Wolverhampton, respectively, were both jailed for eight years for their involvement in a county lines drugs line.
The pair were arrested when the West Midlands Police's County Lines Taskforce acted on information about a drugs line that was reportedly supplying class A drugs to large groups of people between June 2024 and September 2025.
The drugs line, called the 'Kash Line', had been operating for more than a year, supplying crack cocaine and heroin in the Wolverhampton area.
After examining phone records, officers were able to link the brothers to multiple phone used to send out bulk text messages and receiving thousands of calls.
One phone was found to have sent out nearly 20,000 text messages and received more than 21,000 phone calls.
Each brother pleaded guilty, and both were jailed for eight years.
4) Kian Moulton
Kian Moulton, now aged 15, was jailed on February 10 for the murder of 12-year-old Leo Ross in Trittiford Mill Park in January 2025.
On the day of Leo's murder, Moulton was seen on CCTV footage riding a bike in the area around the park before encountering Leo and stabbing him.
After stabbing the young boy, Moulton discarded the knife in some nearby bushes, next to a stream.
West Midlands Police said there was no indication the boys knew each other, and there was no known motive for the attack.
Following the stabbing, Moulton stopped a passerby, asking them to call the police, claiming that he had found Leo. He even spoke to officers at the scene.
He lied to them about his involvement before riding home. Leo sadly died from his injuries later that same day.
Moulton was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 13 years.
5) Richard Beckles, Cleon Johnson, Khyle Gayle, Constantine Campbell
Four men were sentenced to more than 100 years in jail total after being convicted of attempting to murder a man they chased down a Wolverhampton street and shot in the back.
The 45-year-old victim survived the attack in Horseley Fields, which took place at around 11pm on September 18, 2024.
Forensic phone examination following the shooting linked all four defendants, Richard Beckles, Cleon Johnson, Constantine Campbell and Khyle Gayle, to each other, with numerous calls being made between each of them.
The four men were convicted at Wolverhampton Crown Court of attempted murder and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.
Beckles, aged 44, of Wavertree Close, Telford; Johnson, aged 39, of Sparrows Forge Drive, Walsall; and Gayle, aged 31, of Faulkners Farm Drive, Birmingham; were each jailed for 30 years.
Campbell, aged 52, of Puddlers Drive, Tipton, was sentenced to 27 years.
6) Callum James, Jack Bardini and Deche Luton-Howe
Callum James, Jack Bardini and Deche Luton-Howe were all sentenced on February 12 at Birmingham Crown Court for a total of more than 100 offences linked to car-key burglaries.
Following a lengthy and thorough investigation, it was found that the trio were working together to carry out burglaries across Birmingham between August 2024 and April 2025.
James and Bardini would target properties to gain entry by snapping locks, stealing car keys and subsequently taking the cars.
They specifically targeted cars of high value.
The group also posed for photos with the stolen vehicles and filmed footage of them driving erratically in the cars.
James pleaded guilty to 75 offences of conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to steal a motor vehicle, and conspiracy to conceal criminal property.
Bardini pleaded guilty to 31 offences of conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to steal a motor vehicle, and conspiracy to conceal criminal property.
And Luton-Howe pleaded guilty to possession and control of articles for use in fraud, and making and supplying articles for fraud. The offences were in relation to the making of number plates that were applied to stolen vehicles.
James, aged 24, of Quinton Road West, was jailed for nine years.
Bardini, aged 18, of Kelfield Avenue, was jailed for six years and nine months.
Luton-Howe, aged 25, of Clunbury Road, was jailed for two years and three months.