Eight men charged in case of man shot and three others stabbed in Walsall
Six men accused of conspiring to murder in relation to a man being shot and three others stabbed in Walsall have pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
At Wolverhampton Crown Court defendants Mohammed Sajid, aged 38, of Exeter Place, Alumwell; Amar Shazad, aged 37, of Victor Street, Caldmore; Hezar Tyaiz, aged 20, of Alumwell Road, Alumwell; Khurham Sajad, aged 23, of Hucker Road, Pleck; Shazad Mahmood, aged 45, of Drayton Street; and Waheed Ayub, aged 28, of Westbourne Street, Butts; all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder, together with others unknown in Reedswood Lane on July 31.
Iyaiz, Sajad and Ayub also pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, possessing a shotgun and possessing a blade.
Mahmood also pleaded not guilty to possessing a shotgun, possessing a blade and possessing an offensive weapon.
Kamron Moore, aged 22 and of Deepmore Avenue, Reedswood, also pleaded not guilty to possessing a shotgun and possessing an offensive weapon. Amar Shazhad also pleaded not guilty to possessing a shotgun.
Another defendant, Umar Siddique, aged 24, of Mount Street, Caldmore, was absent for the hearing and faces an offence each of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and assisting an offender.
The case relates to an incident where four men were taken to hospital following allegations of men armed with machetes, baseball and cricket bats and a shot being fired at a car in Reedswood Lane in the Birchills area of the town shortly before midnight on July 31 last year.
The matter was adjourned until April for the trial which is expected to last eight weeks at Wolverhampton.
Following the alleged disorder cul-de-sac Reedswood Lane off Bentley Lane was closed for several hours by Walsall Police which also invoked section 60 stop-and-search powers.