Two jailed in Pakistan kidnapping case
TWO men have been jailed for their part in the kidnapping of a man in Pakistan.
Masood Sarwar, 51, from London, and Rehmat Awan, 55, from Bradford, were convicted at Leeds Crown Court for their part in the gun-point...
Student raises awareness of gun dangers
A LONDON student is hoping to raise awareness of the dangers of guns after completing a short film on the subject.
19-year-old Anup Baria, a student at the Ealing and West London College, took to the streets armed with...
Asian families ‘missing out’ on disabled benefits
A LEADING charity which helps families of disabled children has claimed more than 60 per cent of Asian families are not claming benefits owed to them.
The charity estimates there are 470,000 families in the UK not claiming Disability...
Attacker faces justice after eight years
HIGH tech fingerprint technology has brought a man to justice – eight years after a pensioner was assaulted during a raid on a Lichfield petrol station.
Waheed Zaman, aged 26, of Erdington, Birmingham, was given 120 hours community service...
Rianna’s Race for Life
SIX-year-old Rianna Deol should be enjoying her childhood, getting dirty in the garden and generally causing the type of good-natured mayhem millions of little girls her age are accustomed to.
Instead Rianna has only four months to live, a reality...
Officers to face action over honour killing death
TWO Metropolitan Police Officers are to face a disciplinary panel following their failures over the murder of a 20-year-old woman killed by her father and uncle in an honour killing.
An Independent Police Complaints commission criticised the handling of...
Millionaire’s son guilty of dangerous driving
THE SON of a millionaire Midlands couple has been found guilty of dangerous driving at Birmingham Crown Court following a three car accident which left a baby fighting for her life.
Antonio Singh Boparan pleaded not guilty but was convicted...
Police hunt ‘Burqa’ jeweller robber
POLICE are hunting a group of men – one of which pretended to be a Muslim woman – who robbed an Asian jewellers in Birmingham.
The man, wearing a Burqa and pushing an empty pushchair, was part of a...
Postal voting fraud will threaten May elections
A TOP Judge has warned the May elections could fall victim to widespread fraud because of the “fatally flawed” system of postal ballots.
Richard Mawrey, QC, said postal voting was “lethal to the democratic process”.
His comments came as he...
Magistrate jailed in fraud case
A WOLVERHAMPTON Magistrate has been jailed for eighteen months for fraud.
Balbir Singh Sandhu, 62, told a businessman he had become aware of a “file” investigating his business and for £45,000 he would help make the case “disappear”, Birmingham...
