Report place online Sat 18/3/2023 - "Around 12:55am, somebody was trying to break into a white van parked on pavement on Goosemoor Lane at the top by Court Lane - police have been informed."

Car jacking on Jerrys Lane (outside the shop) on Saturday March 11 around 7pm.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/teenage-girl-kidnap-terror-thugs-26460833.amp

Goosemoor Lane bend (a notorious accident blackspot) - Monday 13/3/2023 at around 4pm.

Witnesses says the driver (a young Asian man) got out and ran off - he was the only one inside.

Street robbery attempts - Marsh Lane (the alley that comes out by Hailsham Close on Short Heath Rd).

A couple of males who target people who are alone and force the people using knives to come with them to the alleyway nearby and take their possessions.

More - www.fixmystreet.com/report/4201774

(Lots of muggings are going on there and in the adjacent Bleak Hill Park)

From an online forum on Christmas Eve - "My neighbour’s little cat was killed with an air gun last night, on chipstead road. It wasn’t witnessed. The vet X-rayed but the internal damage was too extensive, and she couldn’t be saved. Just wanted to warn cat owners in B23 area."

Man seriously injured in Erdington stabbing
Police and paramedics were called to Stanwell Grove (off Regan Crescent) at around 3.30pm on Thursday (19/8/2022) where they found a man with potentially serious injuries.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/man-seriously-injured-erdington-stabbing-24800503

Urgent police appeal to trace missing person last seen 'walking down alley with two men'

(The one that leads to Court Lane Allotments - that alleyway comes out in lots of different places - in fact offhand I couldn't say how many)

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/urgent-police-appeal-trace-missing-24149177

A memorial bench to the murdered James Teer is now in Short Heath Park - by the path which leads from Goosemoor Lane to the Topcroft Estate.

A close up of the inscription

Goosemoor Lane Neighbourhood Watch message;

"I am currently the Lead Coordinator for the Goosemoor Lane Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. Unfortunately, due to my workload, I have taken the decision to step away from this position with immediate effect. I live on Goosemoor Lane, but work for a business in Cheltenham and spend a lot of my work time travelling around the country, so I just don't have enough time to dedicate to the scheme in order to make it a success. Engagement from the residents on Goosemoor Lane has been very minimal but I feel that, with the right person who has more time to dedicate to the scheme, this could be turned around. If any of you would like to take over as the Scheme Coordinator please can you let me know?"

Thank you

Claire Dutton - claire.dutton@yahoo.co.uk

Neighbourhood Watch Week : 30th May - 5th June

More - www.ourwatch.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2022-05/Neighbourhood%20Watch%20Week%202022%20OUR%20NEWS.pdf

Erdington (Court Lane) ex-cop who assaulted his wife then hounded police officer who handled case is jailed.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-ex-cop-who-assaulted-23543359

'Jealous' Erdington (Norfolk Road) thug battered ex-girlfriend in hotel after night out in revenge attack

Breaking her ribs, splitting her lip, and giving her black eyes.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jealous-thug-battered-ex-girlfriend-23146150

Video - dramatic moment teen car theft suspect found hiding in Witton Lodge Rd garden after high-speed pursuit

Here - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/dramatic-moment-teen-birmingham-car-23159888

Manslaughter conviction in killing of Erdington moped boy Liam Mooney

(He lived on the Topcroft estate)

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/angry-driver-killed-liam-mooney-22655248

Phantom paper recycling pod nicker in Erdington?

On a recent Thursday morning as normal the recyclers came on Goosemoor Lane - however some of the full paper pods were later then found to be gone too not just the paper inside (taken by the recycler workers or stolen?) They were already damaged (so taken to be replaced later?) But other damaged ones were not taken. The actual big wheely containers for the cans etc were left (they were emptied).

It is seems a bit silly for the Council to remove damaged paper pods just before they'd be needed for all the Christmas paper wrappings, and it makes more sense that a thief nicked some emptied paper pods at this time of year for that reason.

Order a replacement bin if yours is damaged or missing - www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20009/waste_and_recycling/98/order_a_replacement_bin_if_yours_is_damaged_or_missing

Men with machetes wandering around Littlecote Drive
(I am trying to get the CCTV)

A load of (black) men with machetes or swords etc were wandering around Littlecote Drive B23 (off Kirkwood Avenue) on foot at night recently - might've been Saturday 20/11/2021 - they seemed to be hunting someone in that maze type area.

The CCTV etc is online (it has no date etc) - I am trying to download it for the website etc.

Police were called and arrived very quickly - but the men fled on motorbikes or scooters etc.

(There has been an allegation that they were "merely" trying to steal catalytic converters from underneath cars by using the machetes).

Erdington man (Tedbury Crescent) jailed for Handsworth meat cleaver attack

More - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-58591405

The Tasking Hub - Safer Streets Stockland Green

Tuesdays

2.30pm

Highcroft community centre

More - www.facebook.com/SaferStreetsStocklandGreen

Picture of suspect wanted over Erdington church burglary

The break-in took place at the Genuine Orthodox Christian Church in Station Road, Erdington, next to Osborne Nursery School, on Sunday, May 23 at around 7.45pm.

Here (report dated 24th July) - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-orthodox-church-burglar-hunted-21134379

Somerset Rd woman stole £650,000 from work - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/extravagant-purchases-woman-who-stole-20810261

Video - vandal scratching cars at night on Court Lane - Tues 29/6/2021

(It seems to be at the Jarvis Rd junction)

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-vandal-caught-cctv-scratching-20949431

Dea-John Reid: Man and boy in court over stab murder on College Rd
Dea-John was confirmed dead at the scene after the attack at about 7:30pm BST on Monday 31st May 2021. A 14-year-old boy and a 38-year-old man have appeared in court charged with the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death in a street. Dea-John Reid, 14, was killed in College Road (between the McDonalds and the British Legion).George Khan, of Newstead Road, and the boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, were remanded in custody. A second man, 35-year-old Michael Shields of Alvis Walk in Castle Bromwich, is also charged with Dea-John's murder.

Burglary - Goosemoor Lane

From police;

There has been a burglary which occurred on Goosemoor Lane on the 9th May 2021 at approximately 11:00 hours. Offenders had gained entry into the property rear garden and had forced entry into the conservatory, once inside the property they conducted a search stealing money, jewellery and car keys. Offenders had then made off in the vehicle making a good escape.

Clarification from police - These are the dates and times reported not necessarily the time committed.

Police find drugs and fake gun during raids at Perry Common homes (Lydget Grove and Cossington Rd) - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/armed-police-find-drugs-fake-20603596

Erdington man tried to groom 14-year-old girl online - Glendon Rd - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tesco-worker-dangerous-children-after-20572761

Urban Angels Birmingham - online community that promotes women's safety.

It is a space to:

Share safety tips
Share experiences
Post alerts of anything unsafe or suspicious in the area
Generate ideas of ways to make Birmingham safer for women
Look out for each other whether that be providing someone to call when walking alone, arrange to walk with another woman etc.

More - www.facebook.com/groups/urbanangelsbirmingham

Police probe after ‘young lad’ in Erdington ‘chased by man with machete’ on Jarvis Rd
A young man claimed he was being chased by a machete-wielding attacker in Birmingham with emergency services called to the scene. The incident took place in Erdington with emergency services called to the junction of Jarvis Road and Gravelly Lane at around 5.30pm on Sunday (March 28).

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/police-probe-after-young-lad-20278941

Suspected Gunfire - Baldmoor Lake Rd
Police are investigating an incident in Erdington after locals claim they heard gunfire during a late night attack. Officers were at a scene in Baldmoor Lake Rd, for several hours the next morning (April 6).

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/police-incident-erdington-street-after-20327753

Goosemoor Lane Neighbourhood Watch report
Anti-social behaviour - Due to the recent death of a 16 year old boy from the Topcroft Estate, there seems to have been an increase in anti-social behaviour on the Topcroft Estate, in Short Heath Park and the surrounding area.

Last night (27 March) around 11pm, a Range Rover/Land Rover was being driven at full speed in the park. There was also some kind of gathering, as there was a load of rubbish (food, wrappers, bottles etc.) in the park this morning. A friend who lives on The Topcroft also sent me this message today.

'Hiya. There was yet another gathering on Topcroft from early afternoon onwards yesterday l (that's every day now since the death of the 16yr old boy) probably a hundred or so teenagers!! Drinking, smoking, loud music from cars, fireworks and smoke bombs going off, joyriding and doing wheelies on mopeds, motorbikes and a quad bike around the estate plus cars speeding around! Absolute chaos ... and not a Bobby in sight!!

Then the police came just before 10pm to clear the unsociable gathering ... which didn't go down too well with the crowd.15 or so Police managed to disperse everyone eventually after much abuse from the crowd of mostly non-residents, which would explain why there was a large crowd in the park (plus that Land Rover). Unfortunately a few minutes after the old Bill had left, some of the crowds returned to the estate ... maybe 20/30 ... and stayed for an hour or so'

So, If everyone can just remain vigilant and report anything they are to the Police (and let your neighbours know) that would be really helpful, as it may continue for a few days.

Short Heath Park - A few of us have also been tacking the litter in Short Heath Park ..... there is A LOT!!! See the picture the attached from just one mornings work! Much of it has been there for years, so we're just trying to get on top of it to make the park better for everyone to use over the Summer. If any of you have a litter picker and can spare an hour or so on a Saturday morning, let me know. Many hands make light work and all that !!!

Website - www.ourwatch.org.uk/scheme/40046/goosemoor-lane

(Info from me Gary O'Brien - the death that caused the big gathering on Topcroft was this incident over in Perry Barr - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-56524679 - he may have been murdered actually - police are investigating - so they may have showed a little leeway over the grieving - see what happens in the coming days - it might get quieter).

Sarah Everard - list of useful websites re crimes against Women
The alleged abduction and murder of Sarah Everard down in London has prompted widespread discussion about women and their personal safety etc. I do routinely collect the websites concerning crimes against women, and the list is below.

The ongoing Covid 19 pandemic has disrupted both the existing community crime initiatives in the area (public meetings etc) and the planned initiatives (Streetwatch patrols etc) - I'm expecting things to pick up after the end of lockdown in June.

Let me know any of the weblinks that don't work - thanks.

Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid (domestic violence), www.bswaid.org
Birmingham Crisis Centre (refuge for domestic violence victims), www.birminghamcrisis.org.uk
Birmingham Rape and Sexual Violence Project, www.rsvporg.co.uk
Birmingham Violence Against Women Board, www.bvawb.org
Black Women's Rape Action Project/Women Against Rape, www.womenagainstrape.net
Circles of Support and Accountability (working to reduce sex-offending), www.circles-uk.org.uk
Doli Project (stopping forced-marriages), www.thedoliproject.net
Domestic Violence Intervention Project, www.dvip.org
End Violence Against Women, www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
FGM Awareness (anti female genital mutilation) - http://fgmawareness.wordpress.com
Freedom Programme (domestic violence), www.freedomprogramme.co.uk
In Memory Of Sophie (Sophie Lancaster website - murdered for being a Goth), www.sophielancasterfoundation.com
Justice For Women (women who murder violent partners), www.justiceforwomen.org.uk
Karma Nirvana (stopping forced-marriages), www.karmanirvana.org.uk
Mothers Against Guns, www.mothersagainstguns.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Mothers Against Knives, http://mothersagainstknives.tripod.com
Mothers Against Murder and Aggression (MAMAA), www.mamaa.org
Mothers Against Violence, www.mothersagainstviolence.org.uk
Mothers In Pain (supporting victims and families of gun, knife and gang crimes), www.mothersinpain.org.uk
National Centre for Domestic Violence, www.ncdv.org.uk
National Stalking Advocacy Service (Paladin), http://paladinservice.co.uk
Network for Surviving Stalking, www.nss.org.uk
Penny Beale Memorial Fund (domestic violence), www.pennybealememorialfund.org
Police Spies Out Of Lives (group for women tricked into bed by undercover police), http://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk
Protection Against Stalking, www.protectionagainststalking.org
Rape Crisis, www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Refuge (domestic violence), www.refuge.org.uk
Respect (domestic violence), www.respect.uk.net
Roofie Foundation (date-rape drug cases), www.roofie.com
Roshni (for Asian women who have suffered from domestic violence), www.roshnibirmingham.org.uk
Standing Together Against Domestic Violence, www.standingtogether.org.uk
Survive UK (rape), www.survive.org.uk
Suzy Lamplugh Trust, www.suzylamplugh.org
Taxi Wise (women getting into illegal taxis and being attacked), www.taxiwise.com
White Ribbon Campaign (domestic violence), www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk
Witness Confident (acts against a 'walk on by' culture which fuels violence and feeds fear etc), www.witnessconfident.org
Women In Law (women who work in the Justice System), www.womeninlaw.com
Women "Reclaim The Night" - Sandwell, www.myspace.com/reclaimthenightsandwell

Police hunt gang who held teen at knifepoint for his bike on Station Road
4.35pm on Saturday Feb 13.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/police-hunt-gang-who-held-19842474

(February 2021) The catalytic converters have been nicked from underneath 2 separate parked cars on Goosemoor Lane B23 in recent days - the thieves were believed to be operating at night.

Prowler on Kirkwood Avenue

from police;

There had been interference with motor vehicles which occurred on Kirkwood Avenue on the 18th January 2021 at approximately 20:00 hours. Offenders approached secure unattended vehicles attempted to gain entry.

Burglary on Kirkwood Avenue

from police - a delay for some reason;

There has been a burglary which occurred on Kirkwood Avenue at approximately 04:00 hours on the 11th October. Offenders has gained entry into the property via smashing the front door and stealing keys for a vehicle and made off with the vehicle.

Burglary on Somerset Road

from police;

There has been a burglary on Somerset Road which occurred on the 1st December. Offenders has enter a porch of the property and and stole items from within.

more - www.neighbourhoodalert.co.uk/da/353654

Vandalism on Goosemoor Lane

this came in;

"My parents have lived on the street for 33 years. Over the last few days their house has been targeted by vandals. A total of three windows have now been smashed and they are incredibly scared as to what they’ll do next. The first incident occurred on Sunday 20 Dec - 4 black youths, around 13 - 15 yrs of age ran past the house at approx 8.25pm and threw two bricks (which smashed two windows) before running into the park. He didn’t get a clear look at their faces.

The second incident occurred this evening (23/12/2020) at approx. 6.15pm. A youth (ethnicity unknown) arrived on a moped and parked outside a neighbours house and proceeded to throw a sizeable rock through the front room window where my dad was sitting. The rock shattered the pane of glass completely. My dad ran to the front door only to see the youth jumping on his moped and driving down Goosemoor Lane (towards Travis Perkins).

The police have said they are unable to help. We’ve approached houses on the street and the corner shop to ask if anyone has any CCTV footage, people have provided their names and details and we’ll give this to the police in the hope that a reg. plate can be obtained."

The local Neighbourhood Watch website - www.ourwatch.org.uk/scheme/40046/goosemoor-lane

Court Lane resident convicted over Solihull gang murder - www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2020/12/07/lichfield-man-jailed-for-manslaughter/

Burglary - Court Lane

From police;

There has been a burglary which occurred on the 4th December at around 00:00 hours on Court Lane. Offenders had somehow entered the rear garden and snapped the lock off of the shed stealing several items and making a good escape.

Prowler - Littlecote Drive - Nov 27

from a neighbour;

Person with face on bedroom window peering in last night. Hi everyone. First time posting and we’re still a little shook up so please mind my spelling/grammar. Last night in littlecote drive a white male was seen up against the window trying to peer into our bedroom at 10pm. We have film over the windows to block sight and had forgotten to close one of the curtains. This is however the second time he’s been caught only we saw him ourselves this time briefly. The police have been made aware and immediate neighbours and were installing security systems. We wanted to make everyone else aware of there being a 20+ white male, possibly average height, lurking around people’s homes late at night. We don’t know his agenda, he may be a harmless pervert or casing homes to steal from. Make sure windows and doors are locked and curtains closed! If there is a neighbourhood watch we’d greatly appreciate being given contact information. Stay safe everyone, thanks for reading.

Person 1. Hair: Unknown. Top: Unknown. Bottom: Unknown. Shoes: Unknown. Age: 25. Sex: Male. Ethnicity: White. Build: Slim/medium. Other: No facial hair

(I have told them about Sycamore Rd Neighbourhood Watch)

Burglary in Short Heath.

From an online forum - "A neighbour of ours (just off Turfpits) was burgled yesterday (8/12/2020) while she was out at work. They removed the kitchen window to gain access, have trashed her house and stolen a large flat screen TV."

From an online forum - "Milk thief has stuck again on Norfolk Road in the early hours of Friday morning (20/11/2020) at about 04:15. Anyone else having this problem? This is about the 5th time it has happened to us. I have reported this information to the police."

Cannabis farm found on Witton Lodge Rd - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/huge-kingstanding-cannabis-farm-worth-19159981

2 Recent (Attempted) Burglaries

From a neighbour;
A Goosemoor resident sent me some CCTV footage of a person entering their porch at 3.47am on the 9th October and looking to see if they could get into the house.

From police;
There has been a residential burglary which took place on Goosemoor Lane on the 18th October at approximately 03:00 hours. Offenders had forced entry into the front of the property and were interrupted by the occupants of the home and they made a good escape stealing the vehicle from the address.

Police break up lock-in at Greyhound pub (Court Lane) 2 hours after curfew - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-police-break-up-lock-19048672

2 separate burglaries in  Anstey Fields. From police;
There has been two separate burglary incidents which occurred on Anstey Fields. These burglaries occurred on the 6th October at approximately 23:00 hours. These incidents were very similar as they were car key burglaries. Offenders had gained entry into the properties and stole the keys of several cars and made a good escape taking two vehicles from the driveways of the properties

A gang member from Coventry jailed over a fight between rival gangs at a shopping centre has been told he will not be able to enter Erdington or Birmingham city centre when he is released from jail.
23 Drillas gang member Samba Faal, 21, was put behind bars along with four others. (I can't find in the article when he actually will be released)

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jailed-23-drillas-gangster-banned-18954592

September Update from Inspector Haroon Chughtai
Good afternoon, I hope you are all keeping well. I have to be honest when I wrote my last message and spoke about covid, a part of me hoped that it would be the last time I would need to go into as much detail however unfortunately in light of the changes to restrictions, both nationally and locally we will have to continue having conversations about it.

Crime Update: Like previous months I will use the same period each time for comparison, which is the year to date (YTD) figures, so for this month it will be April 1st 2020 to today (15/09/20).

Erdington is unfortunately showing a near 8% increase in overall crime, and that is an extra 421 victims of crime. Domestic Abuse sadly contributes a large part ti this increase with roughly over one quarter of the overall crime being domestic abuse offences. Robbery and burglary continue to show good reductions, with robbery showing a 19% reduction with 33 less victims of robbery, house burglaries show a 9% reduction with 28 less victims of burglary. Domestic abuse continues to show increases with a 38% rise, which is 345 extra victims. Under 25 violence shows a 15% reduction, with 23 less victims so far this year.

October Update from Inspector Haroon Chughtai
Erdington is showing a 10% increase in overall crime, that is around 600 extra victims of crime, like I said last month domestic abuse plays a large part in this increase with 450 extra victims of domestic abuse so far this year compared to the same period last year. Robbery and burglary continue to show good reductions, with robbery showing a 16% reduction with 33 less victims of robbery, house burglaries show a 5% reduction with18 less victims of burglary, like Sutton we have seen an increase in burglary offences recently which is taking away the good reductions made earlier in the year. Domestic abuse continues to show increases with a 40% rise, which is 450 extra victims – this remains my biggest concern and the one of the main priorities of my teams. Under 25 violence shows a 6% reduction, which has increased compared to last month – largely down to an increase is low level fights between school children and some robbery offences with young people being both victims and offenders. We are working very closely with the schools around this.

Survey from police - tell us what matters to you about policing in Erdington - https://assets.neighbourhoodalert.co.uk/images/site_images/64844_ERDINGTON_SURVEY_POSTER_21_8_20.pdf

2 cars stolen from Burton upon Trent - with 1 car dumped in Erdington and the other sighted here.

At approx. 02:30 on Friday 11th September 2 cars (Grey VW T-Roc reg num ET19 FHU and Grey Mercedes AMG A-Class Saloon reg num GD69 TDV) were stolen off a driveway.

The VW Troc was found in Dean Road, Erdington by police yesterday afternoon (Saturday 12th September), but the Mercedes A-Class Saloon is still missing, although was last sighted in Erdington at approx 2pm on Friday 11 September.

West Mids crime no. is 33021109 in case anyone can contact the police directly with information.

STOLEN CAR

Lots of daily anti social behaviour by the youth pod in short heath park;

Man stabbed and attacked with crowbar when trying to save woman from beating by several men - Johnson Rd (May 16)

(police are aware of ongoing issues on that road but it is unknown if this is related to that)

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/good-samaritan-stabbed-beaten-crowbar-18265195

Top Croft Rd/Goosemoor Lane corner shop was shut - but now open again.
Uunofficial reports from residents cite a machete attack on a staff member and a ram `raid' (or certainly a big van ramming into the front anyway) in recent days - check the mainstream media for more. It is unknown if the attacks are related to the current Covid 19 lockdown (raiding supplies etc) or are just lawlessness for some other reason - exact motives will emerge in coming days and probably the mainstream media will give those too.

(Apocalypse maybe not now)

Meanwhile it does mean the locals face a longer trek to a shop in the lockdown - others shops are at the Goosemoor Lane/Gravelly Lane junction, on Court Lane by the Greyhound pub (by the Fosseway Drive junction), and on Jerrys Lane just up from the Court Lane junction.

Shopworkers are one of the vital services still functioning in the country of course.

Goosemoor Lane shooting - 2 killers jailed for at least 32 years.

Sharn Miles, 20, and Ty Blake, 19, blasted aspiring firefighter James Teer in the face with a shotgun a week after a nightclub row. Judge Mr Justice Spencer likened the "cold-blooded" shooting of the "handsome and well-loved" 20-year-old to an execution. The pair were handed life sentences at Birmingham Crown Court. A trial heard Blake and Miles drove to Goosemoor Lane, Birmingham, in a BMW stolen hours before. They found Mr Teer playing football in the street and, when he walked to the driver's side window Blake pulled the trigger.

Prowlers In Back Gardens

from police;

We had an attempt break in on Top Croft Road Erdington on Sunday evening (8/3/2020) to the rear of the property. Three youths were seen in the rear garden and were scared off by the property owner. The same thing happened yesterday evening in the rear garden of a property on Goosemoor Lane which is in close proximity to the Top Croft address. There were also three youths seen in the garden between twelve and fifteen years of age which were again scared off by the house owner.

from police;

We had an attempt burglary last night (24/2/2020) at 10.45hrs on Sycamore Road, Erdington close to the junction of Goosemoor Lane. The burglary was attempted to the rear of the property via means of a lock snap. Luckily owners had a dog that scared of the offender and nothing was taken.

A black Suzuki motorcycle was stolen yesterday afternoon (21/2/2020) from the rear of a property on Gravelly Lane in Erdington. Luckily the motorcycle was found and recovered on Somerset Road in Erdington and returned to the owner.

(Also reports of a drunken intruder entering a house on Goosemoor Lane by the Kirkwood Avenue - is believed to have simply entered the wrong house)

Stabbing in Erdington
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in police custody on Tuesday morning, November 12 on suspicion of attempted murder. Another 15-year-old was stabbed at the junction of Beech Road and Sycamore Road in Erdington on Monday, November 11. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he remained in a stable condition on Tuesday morning.

Detectives appealed for information and urged anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward. Det Sgt Simon Hanlon, from force CID, said: “This is a shocking attack on a young boy who has sustained serious injuries. “We know a number of people were involved and that the attack may have taken place in a nearby park. “I am urging anyone with any information to contact us as soon as possible.”

West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called to reports of a stabbing at the junction of Sycamore Road and Beech Road, Erdington, at 7.54pm last night. "An ambulance and a paramedic officer attended. One teenage boy sustained serious injuries and was receiving first aid from police colleagues when ambulance staff arrived. "The boy was given trauma care on scene before being taken on blue lights to hospital for further treatment."

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police via Live Chat at www.west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight, or call 101 anytime. To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Quote crime reference number 20BE/267114U/19.

Murder verdict - happened on Church Road, the killer was from Norfolk Road - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-50424155

Boy Attacked In Perry Common
A 14-year-old was set upon by knife-wielding thugs at the junction of College Road and Witton Lodge Rd in Erdington. He was knocked to the ground and kicked at around 6.15pm on July 13 - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/schoolboy-14-attacked-knife-wielding-16758445

2017 Fatal Accident - Goosemoor Lane - Update

(Sorry for the delay with this one)

A nurse who killed a father of eight when she ploughed into him after falling asleep at the wheel has walked free from court. Gaynor Thomas was driving home from her 50th birthday party when she nodded off and smashed into Dahir Yasin Mohammed - crushing him between his parked car and a tree outside his own house.. The crash happened on July 9 in 2017 

The court was told that he and his childhood sweetheart wife had moved to Birmingham from their native Somalia more than 15 years ago for a “better life” in the UK.

Thomas, 51, of Court Lane, Erdington, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. Judge Philip Parker QC said he would not be sending Thomas to prison immediately, but gave her an eight month jail term suspended for a year. She was also banned from driving for three years.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/nurse-who-killed-erdington-dad-15317003

Burglary in the Gravelly Lane area - 13th August 2019. A bike was stolen - www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157250671611166&set=gm.10156432838853779&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Over the last four days we have received 8 counts of vehicle crime around the Erdington area. These have consisted of 2 theft from motor vehicles and 6 theft of motor vehicles. Areas that have been effected are listed below.

Church Road Erdington-Theft of motor vehicle

Bonsall Road Erdington-Theft of motor vehicle

Harrison Road Erdington-Theft of motor vehicle

Springthorpe Green Erdington-Theft from motor vehicle

Short Heath Road Erdington-Theft of motor vehicle

Osborne Road Erdington-Theft of motor vehicle

Jarvis Road Erdington-Theft of motor vehicle

Shipley Fields Erdington-Theft of motor vehicle

I would ask if you could be vigilant in and around these areas as there is currently a spate of vehicle crime activity. Remember to park vehicles, if possible, in a secure location with plenty of street lighting.

Please remember to remove all items of value from vehicles when parked overnight and make sure the vehicle is secured.

There are various crime prevention items on the market such as disclocks for the steering wheels and handbrake locks which are a good deterrent for thieves. Please report any suspicious activity to the police on 101 or 999 if its an emergency. Alternatively the web chat facility is another way of reporting any incident, fear or concern. Just log onto the west midlands police website to access this facility.

Have a good day.

Kind regards

Pcso Daniels 30463

Erdington NHT

(This was by The Beggar's Bush) - A middle-aged woman has been caught scratching 10 cars, including a Range Rover, a BMW and a Mini Cooper. The woman was seen walking down a road leaving a trail of damage in her wake.

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/26/police-hunt-middle-aged-woman-caught-scratching-cars-on-cctv-9325484/

Robbery With Knives In Short Heath Park
A pair of vicious masked thugs armed with a KNIFE threatened to kill a terrified autistic schoolboy unless he handed over his £60 iPhone 5S. The armed yobs ordered the frightened 15-year-old to hand over his phone, as they held the blade to his throat. The teen was set upon by the thieves as he made his way through Short Heath Park, on his way home from school on Wednesday 13 March.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/autistic-schoolboy-told-we-kill-15975239

Re those big bike rampages that were going on in the area - a load of them have been jailed - some with Erdington and Castle Vale etc addresses - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-47585023

A luxury £87,000 4 x 4 was set alight in Short Heath Park
The Range Rover Overfinch was found in flames in the park in Erdington. Firefighters were called at 10pm on Thursday March 14.

(This reports states `Thursday March 15' but that is wrong) - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/luxury-87000-range-rover-overfinch-15977850

Residents meeting - Stockland Green
Re all the havoc on Frances Rd (off Slade Rd) - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/erdington-street-full-p-heads-15709188

Meeting to map progress in Stockland Green. The next meeting is at Erdington Police Station on Wednesday 10th April 2019 at 1800hrs.

Woman sexually assaulted on train - Erdington
Police officers released CCTV images after a man sexually assaulted a woman on a train in Birmingham. The incident happened between 9.05am and 9.25am on Thursday 28 February as the train travelled from Birmingham New Street to Erdington. The man is reported to have inappropriately touched himself then sat next to the woman and touched her leg. He also made inappropriate comments. Officers believe the man in the images may have information that can help their investigation.

More - www.media.btp.police.uk/r/16359/woman_sexually_assaulted_on_train___birmingham

Erdington (and Sutton) carjackers jailed - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/teens-armed-stun-gun-knocked-15839886

Knifepoint robbery in Perry Common on Monday morning (Feb 18) around 8.30pm - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/teens-told-im-going-stab-15867005

Police hunt four as car overturns and careers into garden. It happened in Jarvis Road, Erdington, just after 9am on Monday February 18 - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/police-hunt-four-car-overturns-15846490

Attempted car-jacking, Jerrys Lane. A woman suffered a gashed hand after fighting off a knife-wielding gang in an attempted robbery. A group of four people stormed into the woman's home in Jerry's Lane, Erdington on Thursday February 21 - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/woman-slashed-after-fighting-knife-15876272

Wrecking Spree - Court Lane - night of Feb 19/20 - several cars attacked

Caught an incident on your dashcam or another device? Send the footage directly to your local police force - https://www.nextbase.com/en-gb/national-dash-cam-safety-portal/

Speedwatch Scheme Planned
If anyone wants a good reason to wave a gun around in the street for a change;

"As briefly discussed at the PACT meeting on Jarvis Road there are a couple of new initiatives in the pipeline in the coming few weeks that a few active citizens can get involved with. I have yet to have the new speed watch training but I believe this is something yourselves can get involved with in regards to using the speed gun and collating information resulting in fines being issued.

We have a lot of speeding activity around Goosemoor Lane, Short Heath Road and Somerset Road / Court Lane. These are all areas you have some sort of involvement with. Once I have had the training from the road harm reduction team I can then train yourselves as to what happens with this initiative. Don't worry there will be no confrontation with regards to your selves and motorists. Until I have received the training I can not really comment on what it fully entails as yet.

The street watch scheme is something your all doing at the moment but there may be scope for funding opportunities once Georgina Stone speaks to you all about how the scheme works. If any of you would be interested in the above then please email me and I can sort out meetings, locations and dates etc. I will be present for the meetings as and when they take place.

Looking forward to hearing from you all and thanks for the continued support."


Regards

PCSO Daniels 30463
Erdington NHT
Erdington Police Station
Tel 101 Ext 842 6010
p.daniels@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk

Noise from loud bikes - Abbeyfield Road - https://www.fixmystreet.com/report/1524908

Shooting (man injured) - Tedbury Crescent - Saturday night (5/1/2019) - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/man-receives-head-injury-following-15636782

Car-jacking on Highfield Drive - Monday December 3 at around 6.50pm
(Highfield Drive is a cul-de-sac off Chester Rd between the Gravelly Lane and Beech Rd junctions and opposite Firsholme Close) - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/violent-car-robbing-gang-kick-15558968

Police;

"Speeding operation Gravelly Lane results on 12/11/18 - 4 speeders, 1 arrest and 1 seized vehicle."

"Erdington Neighbourhood Team had carried out a knife operation at Erdington Train station this afternoon through to the evening, this was done to prevent any knife related crimes in the community. This was a great success as we had not recovered any knives or made any arrests suggesting people who are commuting into Erdington via trains are not entering the community with knives or sharply bladed articles. We will continue working towards making Erdington a safer place for all."

Machete Attack - Chester Road
Police are hunting a machete-wielding thug who attacked a man at around 9.15am on Friday morning October 19th (2018). The balaclava-wearing yob left the victim - aged in his 50s - needing hospital treatment after the suspected attempted mugging in Chester Road, Boldmere. close to the baptist church - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/horror-masked-machete-thug-attacks-15303976

Police Taser Man - Short Heath Road
Video - several officers surround the man and point the taser with the dot aimed at his chest. A police dog can be heard barking away. Flashing blue lights can be seen reflected off the cars and fences. An officer can be seen behind him and he was said to have been taken away. The shocking scenes were filmed on Short Heath Road around 8.30pm on Saturday 28 OCT 2018 -
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-moment-police-draw-taser-15339117

Attempted Murder - Abbeyfield Road
A man has been convicted in court of trying to kill his neighbour with a knife at a flat. Adrian Byrne, 54, was arrested in from his home in Abbeyfield Road in Erdington, at 9.30am on Friday (4/5/2018) after a man had presented at hospital with stab wounds to his neck - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/roofer-plunged-knife-neighbours-neck-15264170

Police Officers were called to reports of a carjacking in Gravelly Lane at 8pm on Wednesday October 3 - and it led them to a crooked garage in Nechells - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/police-bust-chop-shop-midnight-15239308

Masked attacker brandishes knife in daylight Chester Road 'car-jacking attempt'
A petrified young woman was left shaking behind her wheel - after claiming she was threatened at knifepoint during a violent car-jacking attempt. The 21-year-old reported how she was confronted in broad daylight while stuck in traffic along Chester Road, on the Sutton Coldfield/Erdington border.

Her balaclava-clad attacker was described as wearing a grey tracksuit and brandished a knife. It happened at a set of traffic lights on the box junction near Chester Road Baptist Church.

It happened between 5pm and 6pm on Wednesday August 22.

More - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/chester-road-carjacking-police-knife-15063546

Havoc on Hillaries Rd (which joins Slade Rd with Gravelly Hill North) - reported nationally - Friday 17/8/2018.

"Gang warfare explodes on quiet residential street as hit-and-run driver mows down balaclava-clad thug carrying MACHETE ... then his masked accomplices just leave him for dead."

Video - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6079575/Gang-warfare-quiet-street-hit-run-driver-mows-balaclava-clad-man-carrying-MACHETE.html

(The police have made arrests and charges over that incident)

Big Road Accident - Court Lane/Witton Lodge Rd junction. Saturday late night (21/7/2018) around 2am

(where the from city 7 and 65 buses stop at the terminus of course - the driver got out and ran off - that isn't him in the pic)

More - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=426106901241061&set=pcb.10155607777613779&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Kids Besieging Jarvis Rd Church And The Adjacent Rowangarth Centre - in what are often like scenes from the movie Assault On Precinct 13

(Sorry to go overboard a bit with this one - but the staff at the Rowangarth Centre are at their wits end and it may be forced to close - also the ongoing issue of anti-social behaviour has been a main raison d'etre of The Goosemoor Lane Website since it started in 2001)

Kids (some even in MASKS) of both Primary and Secondary school age have been constantly besieging the Jarvis Rd church and the adjacent Rowangarth Centre;

Robbing and stalking churchgoers

Burgling and vandalised the church

Barging their way into the Brownies meetings there in a completely unauthorised way (which are attended by young girls of course) and having to be forcibly ejected back outside by church staff.

And get this - INDECENTLY EXPOSING themselves to the service users at the adjacent Rowangarth Centre (and intimidating them in other ways too). That centre is for vulnerable adults with learning difficulties - www.rowangarthcare.co.uk

And throwing bricks at the gardeners in the nearby Court Lane Allotments about 200yds away, http://courtlaneallotments.com

And apparently causing havoc outside the shops at the nearby Gravelly Lane/Oliver Rd junction - who will probably have CCTV of stuff too.

The kids behaviour is of course an unfortunate consequence of The Human Rights Act, in that they act with deliberate impunity and openly assert that adults can do little or nothing to control them.

They also threaten any dissenters by saying they will get The Burger Bar Boys and The Johnson Crew (notorious gangsters in the city) to come to the church and Rowangarth Centre and cause even bigger trouble there if attempts are made to stop them.

(Now that of course would sound like a complete idle threat to most streetwise people - for a start The Burger Bar Boys and The Johnson Crew are far too busy shooting each other in Lozells etc - but remember that it is being said to church-goers and vulnerable adults with learning difficulties by a large band of thuggish kids - kids who are then robbing and stalking them).

The police are aware of ALL of it - but very little is being done though - they certainly aren't stopping it anyway.

In fact at the PACT meeting at the church (on Tuesday evening 10/7/2018 - for residents to report issues in the area) and so held ITSELF to deliberately hear of those issues, became the subject of such mass besieging intimidation by the kids - and had to be abandoned! And a marked police car had to stay parked outside the church to ensure residents could leave safely.

And even then being filmed by official West Midland Police equipment FAILED to force their dispersal! (And anyway masks had been deliberately brought along by some so obviously they were expecting to wear them in attempts to thwart the police from identifying them even when filmed and thereby furthering their impunity over their behaviour).

So obviously the police have that evidence on film for themselves now, along with CCTV from the church and Rowangarth Garth etc concerning the very many other incidents.

Unfortunately whereas the city councillors are usually at the PACT meetings, they weren't there on Tuesday to be more witnesses from officialdom - all the various films made by the police and the church (and the Rowangarth Centre) should speak for themselves though.

Burglary - Goosemoor Lane
(Received on 27/5/2018). Please be vigilant around the location of Goosemoore Lane Erdington. We have had an attempt and confirmed break in at the location last night. Please make sure garden sheds are secured overnight as well as your property doors and windows.

Kind Regards

Pcso Daniels 30463

Erdington NHT

(I think the only people in the city who spell Goosemoor Lane correctly are those of us who live there - and sometimes I'm not even sure about that!)

Attempt Burglary Johnson Road Erdington
(received 25/05/2018). Please be vigilant around the Johnson Road area of Erdington. There was an attempt break in over night. Please ensure doors and windows are locked and lights left on in your properties overnight if possible. Many thanks

Message Sent By Paul Daniels (Police, Pcso, Birmingham East Erdington Neighbourhood Team)

Erdington burglar (literally) caught with his trousers down
Look at a short video of this burglar in the Hunton Rd area of Erdington caught by an infra red camera on Monday 26th March - in the dark he gets his trousers caught on the wooden garden fence as he climbs over - and it pulls them down!

https://www.facebook.com/catherine.corbett.140/videos/1348138811953602/

If you don't recognise his face maybe somebody recognises that backside? (though I'm not that way inclined myself) - putting up some wanted posters around the gay village might yield a name.

Man shot and wounded in Brookvale Park Road, Erdington - 21/3/2018 - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/erdington-street-sealed-amid-gunshot-14439825

St Edmund Campion School - 3 pupils wounded in stabbings - 23/3/2018 - https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/st-edmund-campion-school-erdington-14447113

Stolen Van Hits House - Gravelly Lane

A resident luckily escaped injury after the driver of a stolen van allegedly rammed a police vehicle before crashing into a house. The van was driven into the front of a house on Gravelly Lane in Erdington at around 10pm on Thursday (18/1/2018).

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/van-driver-rammed-police-before-14175498

Erdington Paedophile Jailed
A former dance teacher who sexually abused his pupils over two decades has been jailed for five years. Neil Harris, 72, taught at a dance school in Erdington for more than 50 years - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42753316

Goosemoor Lane Community Speedwatch - Friday 26/1/2018 at 2.30pm. By the speed sign by Travis Perkins again.

Community Speedwatch - Thursday 21/12/2017 at 2pm. By the speed sign by Travis Perkins again.

Shed Break Ins - Goosemoor Lane - November 2017 - a couple of back garden sheds on the odd numbered side opposite Travis Perkins were burgled recently. It is believed the offenders entered the gardens from the back (adjacent to the Topcroft estate) - police and Council are aware and are looking at security measures.

2 men from Dovedale Road jailed for torturing a man in a `Nazi sex dungeon' in Cornwall (yes really - and no Max Mosley jokes please) - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-inside-nazi-sex-dungeon-13945628

Appeal for witnesses after police car is damaged during Remembrance parade in Brookvale Park
Police are appealing for witnesses after two police cars were damaged as officers took part in Remembrance parades (Sunday 12 November 2017).

More - www.west-midlands.police.uk/news/4465/appeal-witnesses-after-police-car-damaged-during-remembrance-parade

Sunnybank Road chancer back again

The pics are of the date and time indicated and in the Boldmere area (Sunnybank Road at 3.56am on 10.11.2017). A regular visitor - the perp makes his way from house to house trying car doors.

Speedwatch meeting - Saturday November 11th at 4pm - see below poster

Trouble At Witton Lodge Circle (The Ring)
Police sealed off Witton Lodge Road after officers were called to reports of a disorder outside a restaurant just after 9.15pm on Thursday night (2/5/2017). West Midlands Police said a group of youths "armed with weapons" launched a targeted attack as local residents reported seeing up to '30 men with machetes'. A West Midlands Police cordon was put in place near the shops on Witton Lodge Road, near the junction of Kingfisher Road in Perry Common.

More - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/updates-police-seal-witton-lodge-13852280

Double Stabbing On Edgeware Road
Two men were injured in a double stabbing in Erdington on Tuesday (7/11/2017). Police sealed off Edgware Road in Stockland Green following the incident at around 8pm. The incident is understood to have happened close to the junction with Streetly Road.

More - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/updates-man-injured-after-stabbing-13873655

Huts Burnt Down On Playing Fields
This occurred on Bonfire Night 2017 - an arson fire in one of those kids huts on the playing fields on College Rd by Perry Common British Legion - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/watch-bonfire-night-blaze-near-13862613

Attempted Car Theft On Sunnybank Road in Boldmere - Suspect
Old incident from 2016 which might be connect to theft of a VW Golf on Goosemoor Lane on 26/9/2016 (see further down)

The above CCTV images were taken at the date shown (7/10/2016) in nearby Sunnybank Rd, Boldmere. The offender was observed trying a car door and looking through a door into a porch. He was also carrying mole grips, which are often used to snap Euro cylinder locks. And only about 2 weeks after the VW Golf robbery!

(Not proof I know, but what odds would you give?)

(Also there’s a woman just off Court Lane who every night for the past 2 months someone has tried to steal a motorcycle from outside her house.)

Erdington former Playboy model and accomplice faked kidnap and demanded £8k ransom 'for a joke'
(This is a different incident from the Chloe Ayling case in Italy - some people have been mistaking them) - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/former-playboy-model-accomplice-faked-13671324

"Paedophile" caught - Erdington railway station
Some online vigilante group (who from their accents don't seem local) tracked down some `groomer' they had alleged (they pose as kids online to see who gets in touch etc) - anyway they caught up with him at Erdington railway station I think on Wednesday (13/9/2017) - he doesn't work there etc - was just on the to-city ramp. I think he has been charged now, he has been remanded in custody anyway - lives in Stockland Green it seems 

Story - www.facebook.com/silentjustice6/photos/a.334556933648897.1073741830.273668166404441/367488473689076/?type=3&theater

Video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y83MczoWJk

Update - police admit they may have to work with "paedophile hunters" after figures revealed a rise in their evidence being used in court. The vigilantes pose online as children then film the people they meet. Police have admitted that persuading them to stop is proving difficult - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41203273

Stabbing - Royal Oak Pub
A man was stabbed during a late-night mass brawl outside an Erdington pub. The 31-year-old man was knifed in the back after trouble flared outside the Royal Oak pub on Marsh Lane. A large police cordon was in place following the incident at around 11pm on Saturday (16/9/2017) which also left a 30-year-old woman with a laceration to her arm - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/man-knifed-back-trouble-flares-13632195

Man shot in leg in Dovedale Road
A POLICE investigation is underway after a man was shot in Perry Common. The 27-year-old victim was shot in the leg in Dovedale Road just after 7pm on Thursday (August 31st 2017).

Read more at - http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/man-shot-in-leg-in-dovedale-road-perry-common-near-witton-lodge-road-police-investigation-launched/story-30501432-detail/story.html

Fireworks In The Area
A big set of loud fireworks (I think about 4 or 5 at once or maybe just one very big firework) was set off on Goosemoor Lane at the Topcroft Road junction (blocking the junction for about a minute with massive smoke and a small fire which burnt the road surface) - Tuesday night 5/9/2017 at around 10.15pm

We'll probably have to put up with more of them in the area until November 5th (and beyond) - but try to keep me updated anyway.

Police appeal for help after bicycle gang causes mayhem in Erdington
POLICE are appealing for help in their "battle" to put the brakes on problem gangs of young cyclists following a spate of incidents in Erdington.

More - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/police-appeal-for-help-after-bicycle-gang-causes-mayhem-in-chester-road-erdington-near-mcdonald-s/story-30495521-detail/story.html

2 videos;

www.facebook.com/nova.kyle.9/videos/pcb.10154986909612449/10154986896707449/?type=3&theater

www.facebook.com/nova.kyle.9/videos/pcb.10154986909612449/10154991715957449/?type=3&theater

A MAN convicted for his part in a fight at an Erdington pub is wanted by police for a ‘recall to prison’.
Lemahl Innis-Thomas from Erdington has been wanted after he breached his licensing conditions following a conviction for affray last September following an incident at the Cross Keys pub in High Street.

Read more at - http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/cross-keys-pub-fight-convict-lemahl-innis-thomas-from-erdington-wanted-on-recall-to-prison/story-30440442-detail/story.html

Warning after schoolgirl approached by man by North Birmingham Academy
A 13-year-old schoolgirl was heading away from North Birmingham Academy in College Road on Tuesday (July 18) at around 3.15pm when she was approached by a man who beckoned her to get in his car (she didn't). The man is described as Asian, mid 20s, with short black hair and facial stubble and was wearing a black and white tracksuit. He was driving a brown car with a distinctive 'H' logo on the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was parked in Perry Common Road, between Dovedale Road and Wilson Stuart School, before moving down to the corner of Dovedale Road at Perry Common Road.

Read more at - http://www.greatbarrobserver.co.uk/warning-after-schoolgirl-approached-by-man-by-north-birmingham-academy-in-college-road-kingstanding/story-30447719-detail/story.html

Anecdotal reports of a wrecking spree against parked cars on Gravelly Lane - nothing certain received though

Public Meeting to discuss traffic issues on Goosemoor Lane after recent pedestrian death and ongoing issues.
The cllrs have agreed an action plan to approach the police and council with - the plan is to meet again in about3 months to discuss progress - the little church has kindly agreed to  that. I'll send out the date a couple of week before, and let me know if you are willing to leaflet the area for me.

From Erdington Conservatives;

Fatal Road Accident - Goosemoor Lane - 3 Arrested

Police statement;

"Our officers are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Erdington in the early hours of this morning (Sunday 9/7/2017). A red Mercedes B 220 Sport car was in collision with a stationary mini bus taxi parked in Goosemore Lane at the junction with Kirkwood Avenue. The car was also in collision with a male pedestrian, who was believed to be behind the mini bus at the time of the collision.

The man, aged in his forties, sadly died at the scene. We are investigating the circumstances of what happened and would like to appeal for anyone who saw the red Mercedes in Goosemore Road immediately before the collision took place to contact us. Specialist officers are currently supporting the man’s family.

Three people who were in the Mercedes car have been arrested in connection with the collision and are helping with enquiries."

(I have mentioned speeding cars on Goosemoor Lane before - a real problem)

Gravelly Lane - gunman opens fire from BMW car in terrifying drive-by shooting
Police cordoned off the area after the attack at 8.40pm (Wed 5/7/2017) when a number of shots were fired at two men. Witnesses said a BMW had driven down the street past shops with a man hanging out of the window shooting. Then the car turned around, came back, and the gunman opened fire again. No-one is believe to have been injured - but a car received bullet holes - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/gunman-opens-fire-bmw-car-13290276

Pub raiders jailed for stealing £30k from fruit machines in massive crime spree
Richard Palmer and Matthew Sadler caused £20,000-worth of damage and netted around £33,000 as they broke in to 56 premises across the Midlands.

The pubs and businesses targeted in this area and the dates they took place were:

October 2016

15 – The Village Green PH, Marsh Hill, Erdington

17 – Lad in the Lane PH, Bromford Lane, Erdington and Digby PH, Chester Road, Erdington

19 – Charlie Hall PH, Barnabus Road, Erdington and Armada, Slade Road, Erdington

20 – The Village Green, Marsh Hill, Erdington

22 – The Digby PH, Chester Road, Erdington

23 – The Charlie Hall PH, Barnabus Road, Erdington

29 – The New Inns, Summer Road, Erdington

November 2016

4 – The Cross Keys PH, High Street, Erdington

9 – The Village Green, Marsh Hill, Erdington

15 – The Armada, Slade Road, Erdington

17 – The Cross Keys PH, High Street, Erdington

20 – The Lad in the Lane PH, Bromford Lane, Erdington

December 2016

1 – Village Green, Marsh Hill, Erdington and Bagot Arms, Chester Road, Erdington

Read more at - http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/armed-robbers-who-raided-54-pubs-in-sutton-coldfield-erdington-and-nearby-in-six-weeks-are-jailed/story-30374385-detail/story.html

Boy racers doing timed laps in the area on Sundays?
It seems that on Sunday evenings that a car will speed along Gravelly Lane, onto Goosemoor Lane and go from one end to the other, then onto Witton Lodge Rd and down the hill - then about 10 minutes later another one does it - then another one 10 minutes later etc - again at high speed and in the same direction and following the same path

(So it isn't like that is just part of the overall normal traffic for the area on a Sunday evening)

Does that fit what others have seen - they are racing against the clock and are following some sort of wider timed route in the Erdington area on Sunday evenings?

Other comments on this topic;

"It happens on Moor End Lane and surrounding roads in the small hours often as well."

"It's not new, foot down after Six Ways!"

Burnt Out Car In Park
There was a Fiat car in the park that had been burnt out - the thieves took out the iron bollard in the small carpark to get it in there.

Vandalised phone box
Junction of Court Lane and Madehurst Road - reported.

Gang attacked 86-year-old man in wheelchair at New Oscott Village in Erdington
Police are appealing for information after an 86-year-old man in a wheelchair was attacked by a gang at an Erdington retirement village. The grandfather was out smoking his pipe at New Oscott Village, on the Chester Road side of the home, at around 10.30pm on Tuesday March 21, when four “lads” pulled up in a vehicle, got out and unsuccessfully tried to open the automated gates.

When the pensioner – who uses a wheelchair due to poor mobility – was asked by the crooks to open the gates but refused, the gang climbed over the railings. Three of the attackers then “pinned him down” while the fourth rifled through his pockets, stealing money and his wallet before escaping - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-oscott-village-erdington-pensioner--12842189

OAP John Place jailed for killing Poppy-Arabella Clarke in Chester Road collision, Sutton Coldfield

(This case has been reported nationally)

A PENSIONER with failing vision from Sutton Coldfield has been jailed after hitting a three-year-old as she was walking on a pedestrian crossing with her mum. John Place, 72, has been sentenced to four years in prison after knocking down and killing Poppy-Arabella Clarke as she walked over the light-controlled crossing in Chester Road in Boldmere last summer. The toddler was killed on Wednesday July 6th 2016.

Read more at - http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/oap-john-place-jailed-for-killing-poppy-arabella-clarke-3-in-collision-in-chester-road-sutton-coldfield/story-30215666-detail/story.html

Erdington Man Jailed For Domestic Violence

(This case has been reported nationally)

Shocking CCTV has been released showing the moment a drunken thug crippled his girlfriend by repeatedly throwing her down the stairs at his Birmingham home in Frances Road (off Slade Road). The footage has been released by police on the request of the victim - who wants people to she what she endured. She hopes that it might encourage other victims of domestic violence to break the cycle of abuse.Mark Power, 37, also kicked, punched and dragged the stricken victim by her hair during 10 minutes of sickening violence, which was caught on camera.

The thug threw his girlfriend down the stairs THREE times in a horror attack carried out just weeks after he was released from a prison sentence, for attacking the same victim. Power has now been jailed for 10 and a half years after he previously admitted a charge of wounding with intent.

More - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shocking-domestic-violence-footage-victim-12718068

Erdington Child Abduction Warning
Police are investigating reports a child was approached by a man in a car outside a Birmingham primary school. The alleged incident happened close to Marsh Hill Primary School in Erdington on Friday morning. It’s claimed a Year Six pupil was offered a lift by a man in a black Nissan Juke car - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/stranger-danger-alert-after-pupil-12453735

Erdington Man convicted of child sex charges
A 101-year-old paedophile has been jailed for 13 years. Ralph Clarke from Erdington committed a string of sex offences against three victims in the 1970's and early 1980's.

More - http://www.itv.com/news/central/2016-12-19/101-year-old-paedophile-jailed-for-13-years/

Theft From Playing Fields In Erdington - 19/11/2016
Bearwood Athletic, who play in Division One of the Birmingham AFA, were targeted during an away match against Parkfield. The gang waited until kick-off at Hollyfield Sports and Conference Centre in Woodacre Road, Erdington, and then pounced during the match - www.itv.com/news/central/2016-11-26/we-had-no-phones-no-money-and-most-of-the-transport-had-gone-and-even-the-babys-pram/

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 19-year-old who died from head and chest injuries in Birmingham
Kaydel Williams, from Tipton, was discovered in Hunton Road, Erdington, at around 8.55pm on October 7. The 19 year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and an investigation was launched into the circumstances after reports he had been bundled into a car at The Gardens, also in Erdington.

More - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/kaydel-williams-man-arrested-suspicion-12154254

Erdington woman Claire McKenzie killed in hit-run crash
Man arrested following suspected hit and run in Erdington. Claire McKenzie, 35, suffered fatal injuries after being hit by a vehicle on Sutton New Road during the early hours of Friday November 11. Following examination of CCTV, police arrested a 28-year-old man and recovered a vehicle.

More - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/claire-mckenzie-man-arrested-following-12178577

Anyone with information should call Sgt Alan Wood at West Midlands Police’s collision investigation unit on 101, or Crimestoppers, in confidence, on 0800 555 111.

2008 Unsolved Hare And Hounds Murder - Marsh Hill - Another Appeal
The police have made a fresh appeal over this local unsolved murder.

`THE family of a "loving and wonderful" man beaten to death outside a Birmingham pub renewed their appeal for help to finally bring his killers to justice.

An inquest jury ruled on 20/4/2011 that David Weaver was unlawfully killed following a function in memory of murder victim Lee Wellard, held at the Hare and Hounds pub in Marsh Hill, Stockland Green, on November 22, 2008.

The 45-year-old dad, from Erdington, was found with severe head injuries opposite the pub following a mass brawl. He underwent emergency brain surgery that night but never recovered and died in hospital five months later.

No-one has been brought to justice over the death of Mr Weaver. Police are still treating it as a potential murder investigation.

Det Chief Insp Nicholas Walton, from West Midlands Police, said:

"This was the right verdict, it is just unfortunate it was in the coroner’s court and not the crown court. There are people who know who is responsible and we again appeal for them to come forward."'

More - www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cctv-captures-moment-mass-brawl-9307481

West Midlands Police - www.west-midlands.police.uk

Crime Stoppers - www.crimestoppers-uk.org

Fly-tipping on Goosemoor Lane

I got this from a resident;

"Someone keeps fly-tipping mattresses on the pavement outside on the corner of Amber Court and Goosemoor Lane - I feel that it is someone that recently moved to the area/street as it has occurred at least 3 times in the last 3 months ..... I almost caught the individual red-handed on Friday 11 November 2016 - At a distance whilst walking home I saw a white male that appeared to be wearing a black cap throw something beside the tree. I was too far away to see whether the man went into a nearby house or awaiting vehicle. Can all occupants of Goosemoor Lane please keep their eyes open for these fly-tippers."

Stabbing - Station Road
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed in an altercation in Erdington (Friday October 7). Officers were alerted at 4.30pm to the assault in Station Road. An altercation took place between two men. One of them ran into a nearby shop, armed himself with a knife, and struck out at the victim.

Read more at - http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/8203-man-stabbed-in-erdington-assault-in-station-road/story-29789698-detail/story.html

Stabbing - Chester Road
A man was stabbed in a McDonalds restaurant. The victim was knifed in the fast food giant’s Chester Road branch, near the Yenton pub, at the Wylde Green/Erdington border, at around 8.15pm on Saturday (22/10/2016). The 20-year-old was rushed to hospital but his injuries were not said to be life-threatening.

More - http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/man-stabbed-horror-mcdonalds-attack-12073453

Please be aware that car thieves are entering homes to take car keys.

I got this- "My father-in-law's VW Golf was stolen from our driveway in Goosemoor Lane at 6.30am this morning (Mon 26/9/2016). Our front door was closed but unlocked - I was outside with our dog, my father-in-law was in the bathroom, my husband upstairs in the bedroom - when the car keys were taken from the dining room. The theft took literally seconds. Nothing else was taken (handbags, wallets, my car keys), they had targeted us specifically for his car."

That was down by Cookes and on that side of the road

Man stabbed in Orphanage Road, Erdington and ‘left for dead’ by teenage biker
A GOOD Samaritan was stabbed in Erdington and 'left for dead' by a member of a 'teenage' bike gang. The victim, aged 25, intervened after a teenage girl was slapped in the face before being stabbed in the leg and arm in Orphanage Road shortly after 5pm on Sunday (September 18).

Read more at - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/man-stabbed-in-orphanage-road-erdington-and-8216-left-for-dead-8217-by-teenage-biker/story-29730510-detail/story.html

Girl, 14, is dragged to the ground by her hair and STAMPED on - Short Heath Park, Erdington
Bank Holiday Monday 29th August 2016

Video - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3771705/Thugs-drag-girl-14-ground-hair-punching-kicking-shockingly-violent-video-uploaded-Facebook.html

Cross Keys pub stabbing: Station Road - Man convicted of attempted murder
A THUG who slashed a drinker's throat at an Erdington pub during a brawl leaving him fighting for his life has been jailed for 10 years. James Lee lashed out with a craft knife at The Cross Keys pub in High Street on June 3 severing his 41-year-old victim's carotid artery and leading to "catastrophic" blood loss.

More - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/the-cross-keys-knife-attacker-james-lee-who-left-erdington-pub-drinker-fighting-for-life-jailed/story-29610598-detail/story.html

Erdington drug addict jailed for trying to 'hang' former lover
AN evil Erdington thug has been jailed for one of the 'worst cases of domestic violence' police have ever seen – after he subjected his partner to a horrific THREE DAY attack. Twisted David Cookson, 47, poured boiling water over his 65-year-old lover and beat her with a hammer.

Read more at - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/erdington-drug-addict-jailed-for-trying-to-hang-former-lover/story-29628136-detail/story.html

‘Terrified’ Goosemoor Lane homeowner fears Erdington ‘shooting’ incident is part of spree
A 'TERRIFIED' homeowner in Erdington who believes her house was shot at has demanded more police action as she fears other homes are being targeted. The woman who lives in Goosemoor Lane believes her lounge window was shot at on Friday (July 29) at around 10.15pm by a hoodlum using a pellet gun.

Read more at - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/8216-terrified-8217-goosemoor-lane-homeowner-fears-erdington-8216-shooting-8217-incident-is-part-of-spree/story-29577436-detail/story.html

(I don't know which part of the road that occurred on)

Illegal Erdington ‘pet shop’ owner banned from selling animals
AN ERDINGTON woman has been disqualified from trading for two years after admitting to selling dogs from her home at Birmingham Magistrates Court (July 6). Jadwiga Ewa Grum, 37, of Johnson Road, Erdington, pleaded guilty to one offence under the Pet Animals Act 1951, keeping the premises as a pet shop without a licence.

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/illegal-erdington-8216-pet-shop-8217-owner-banned-from-selling-animals/story-29483114-detail/story.html

Thomas Gill from Erdington who sent his ex 184 abusive messages loses appeal
A THUG from Erdington who left his Sutton Coldfield ex "scared of her own shadow" after leaving bizarre objects at her home loses his breach appeal but has his jail sentence cut. Thomas Gill of Baldmoor Lake Road had been hounding his ex-partner relentlessly since they split in 2008, London's Civil Appeal Court heard. The fixated 28-year-old was hit with an anti-social behaviour injunction (ASBI) after Birmingham City Council took him to court in 2012.

Read more: http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/thug-thomas-gill-from-erdington-who-sent-sutton-coldfield-ex-184-abusive-messages-loses-appeal/story-29458039-detail/story.html

Arundel House tower block blaze in Jarvis Road was ‘started deliberately’

(Arundel House is the second block down from the Court Lane end of Jarvis Road)

A SEVERE fire at an Erdington tower block is being investigated as an arson incident. The blaze occurred at Arundel House in Jarvis Road in the early hours with fire crews receiving a 999 call at 3.18am (Monday morning June 13).

Read more: http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Arundel-House-tower-block-blaze-Jarvis-Road/story-29394619-detail/story.html

Erdington paedophiles Robert Bailey and Kevan Tudor convicted of multiple child sex offences
Bailey, 27, of Watt Road and Tudor, 55, of Springthorpe Road have been convicted of historical sexual offences against two young men who were exploited in their teens. One of the victims was aged 15 at the time of the offences in 2002 and 2003, the second was between 14 and 15 at the time of the offences in 2009 and 2010.

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Erdington-paedophiles-Robert-Bailey-Kevan-Tudor/story-29299239-detail/story.html

The Elizabeth Filkin report;

I've stuck this on since it hasn't been given wide publicity

THE ETHICAL ISSUES ARISING FROM THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND MEDIA - http://content.met.police.uk/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Type&blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobheadervalue2=inline%3B+filename%3D%22944%2F933%2FFINAL+REPORT+-+ALL.pdf%22&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1283540988465&ssbinary=true

Electricity Substation Broken Into Again - Goosemoor Lane
The inner door was ajar, Thursday 27/3/16 - was reported. That door is shut now.

Erdington Resident Convicted Over Murder Melee
Tobijah Thompson, of no fixed address, but previously of Blakesley Way, Bordesley Green killed teenager Daniel Kirkwood who was celebrating a pal’s birthday at Society nightclub, Tower Street, Coventry, on March 15th 2015

Three other men, Hasham Ali, of Amberley Green, Birmingham; Ezra Scott, of Hawkesyard Road, Erdington, and Ramez Murtaza, of Bordesley Green East, Bordesley Green, all pleaded guilty to being involved in the violent disorder that resulted in Daniel’s death.

Ezra Scott pleaded guilty to being involved in the violent disorder that resulted in Daniel Kirkwoods death

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/man-convicted-murder-after-brutal-11043888

Loutish behaviour in Erdington to be tackled as police granted new powers
NEW powers for police to crackdown on groups persistently causing anti-social behaviour in the busy Erdington High Street area have come in to force.

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/New-police-powers-tackle-Erdington-town-centre/story-28830152-detail/story.html#ixzz42FBNGGX1

Electricity Substation Broken Into Again - Goosemoor Lane
The inner door was ajar, Thursday 18/2/16 - was reported. That door is shut now.

CCTV appeal following assault on Erdington-bound bus

POLICE are appealing for help to trace this man following an assault on an Erdington-bound bus.

A 29-year-old woman was travelling on the number 905 bus on Wednesday, December 16 when an unknown man sat next to her and punched her arm at around 6.50pm.The man caught the bus from Corporation Street in Birmingham city centre and got off at Gravelly Lane in Erdington. Anyone with information is urged to contact PC Jennifer Groves at Bournville police

More - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/CCTV-appeal-following-assault-Erdington-bound-bus/story-28528588-detail/story.html

Puppy beaten in Witton Lakes - 31 December 2015
A puppy has been badly injured after being beaten by a gang of youths in Witton Lakes, in what the RSPCA has described as a "horrific" attack. The five-month-old Staffordshire bull terrier was rescued by a member of the public, who heard it yelping - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-35207258

Polish Shop On Station Road Selling Dodgy Cigarettes
A SHOP in Erdington has been banned from selling alcohol after a hoard of illicit cigarettes was found on its premises. A total of 238 packets of illegal cigarettes were found behind a concealed drawer, following a police raid on the Alisha Polski Sklep shop, in Station Road, Erdington.

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Illicit-cigarettes-seized-Erdington-shop-raid/story-28361561-detail/story.html

Street Life is reporting a local burglary - Ashley Road B23. Friday 18th December around 9pm

www.streetlife.com

THE DOPEY POLICE (yet again) - Bijan Ebrahimi: PC and PCSO guilty of misconduct - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-35130753
And if you THINK these types of cases are rare they are NOT - I know of HUNDREDS of such cases nationwide EVERY year (where police are summoned to deal with low-life and SIDE with the low-life and AGAINST the person who summoned them!!!!!!)

I may start a separate webpage listing the nationwide cases actually - there are HUNDREDS of them

At LEAST the balloon seems to have FINALLY gone up with many other agencies (Home Office/Crown Prosecution Service etc) re just HOW dopey the police sometimes are.

The jury is still out re where The Tories are on the issue - ISIS attacking a European capital city shouldn't shove them about on this separate policing issue - but clearly it does

(The last straw with many agencies being due to Phone Hacking I think - the police sent their CHIEF officer to The Guardian telling them it WASN'T occurring and so that newspaper should STOP investigating - when of course it WAS occurring AND on an industrial scale too. I think that really WAS it for police to a LOT of different agencies across the country. It was either him being UTTERLY stupid or UTTERLY crooked - one or the other)

Can Jeremy Kyle please ring the police to sort out his guests - so that the police then arrest HIM.

Erdington Rapist Jailed
A sex fiend from Erdington, who remained at large for more than 28 years, has been jailed for the ‘opportunist’ rape of a teenager after advances in DNA evidence helped to convict him. Steven Hearl, 63, of Hunters Walk (behind Oscott College), was sentenced to six years and four months in prison after admitting the rape of the 16-year-old girl in Alvechurch in 1987.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/rapist-finally-jailed-after-28-10494968

Shootings - Pype Hayes
THREE people have been injured in what is believed to be a targeted shooting in Birmingham. A man and a woman suffered gun shot wounds to their legs following the incident in Erdington in the early hours of Sunday (1/11/2015). A second man was left injured after being hit over the head during the “disorder” in Windfall Court (off Paget Road) at around 1.45am.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/three-injured-in-erdington-shooting-10367821

Another unconfirmed report from Street Life - I think for Friday 30/10/2015 - Garage Break ins - Chester Rd

Be aware a Ford Fiesta. Burgundy in colour ,1 Male, 1 possibly female & a CHILD (10 ish)

Broke into 2 garages on Chester Road backing onto Kirkwood at 0810 in the morning.

AGAIN caught on CCTV - But at this stage Police not bothered.

www.streetlife.com

Attempted Burglary - Kirkwood Avenue
This unconfirmed report was on Street Life about the alley on Chester Road at the back of Kirkwood Avenue;

Chester Road backing onto Kirkwood Avenue. Tuesday night 13th October at 21:20 hrs, a van drove down behind the houses on Chester Road, removed some step-ladders from the vehicle and it was highly likely that he was going to attempt to get over into the Kirkwood Avenue back gardens there, luckily parts of this were on CCTV and monitored as it happened - hence police and a police dog came and a police helicopter was hovering overhead, police recovered the van & steps but unfortunately not him, so please all be aware now it's dark and Christmas is coming.

www.streetlife.com

Increased Burglaries - Dwellings/Sheds
This has been reported in the area both on Street Life, and by the police themselves. Regan Crescent is one place cited.

More;

www.west-midlands.police.uk/your-local-police/birmingham-west-and-central/your-neighbourhood/index.aspx

www.streetlife.com

More than 100 weapons handed in at Erdington knife bin
Knife bins were dotted around Birmingham, including at New Testament Church of God in Erdington, in February 2014, and to date more than 400 weapons have been handed in and taken off the street, including fire arms. More than one quarter of the 406 weapons handed in were deposited in the Goosemoor Lane church in Erdington, which had 105 knives, and weapons including knuckledusters.

The bin can be found at the New Testament Church of God, Goosemoor Lane, Erdington.

It is easy to drop any weapons into it through the gap in the gate even when the church and its gates are closed.

Read more: http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Hundreds-weapons-placed-knife-bins/story-27862108-detail/story.html#ixzz3n3X3a0mL

Erdington New Testament Church Of God, Goosemoor Lane, www.newlife.org.uk

Warning issued to bikers after Erdington teen caught riding illegally
Officers from Birmingham North Police are now working to remind residents about the laws surrounding the use of off-road bikes.

The 16-year-old was spotted riding his off-road bike through Erdington's Topcroft Estate and then across Short Heath Park back in March 2015

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Teen-s-road-bike-crushed-ridden-illegally/story-27862854-detail/story.html#ixzz3n9WJ08f6

St Barnabas school head teacher suspended
A head teacher has been suspended as part of an inquiry into allegations of financial irregularities at a school. Heather Powell was suspended as head of St Barnabas Church of England (CofE) primary school in Erdington

More - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-34272350

"Husband From Hell" Anthony Foley

(This story has been reported nationally - you may know him better as Tony Foley - he was rather a prominent Erdington figure for many years. Stones Green is off Jarvis Road)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-34053565

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3209922/Benefits-cheat-bigamist-dumped-dying-wife-care-home-marry-new-bride-wedding-anniversary.html

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/600994/Anthony-Foley-bigamist-wife-Maxine-dead-five-years-wed-Russian-bride

Tony Foley pudding and pie
Dumped his wife for one from Russi-a
When the police then made him pay
Tony Foley was taken away

Drug dealing suspects in Erdington rammed police - Oliver Road
A SUSPECTED drugs deal in Erdington resulted in an unmarked police vehicle being rammed as its occupiers attempted to evade arrest. Officers were on patrol in Oliver Road when they spotted a suspected drug deal involving the occupants of a green Toyota Avensis just before midday on July 30.

The Toyota vehicle began to reverse and was driven in an ‘erratic manner’ and then accelerated forwards and collided with the front of the unmarked police vehicle. The front seat passenger made off on foot but was later detained. The remaining three occupants were also later brought to custody. All four males, were arrested on suspicion for drugs supply offences.

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Drug-dealing-suspects-Erdington-rammed-police/story-27585697-detail/story.html

Cars `keyed' (scratched) - Orphanage Road
An unconfirmed report on the Street Life website say that cars are often being damaged on Orphanage Road;

"I saw another car had been keyed down the one side. This is just another car added to a long list of cars keyed on Orphanage Road between Chester Road and Penns Lane."

www.streetlife.com

A CON ARTIST from Erdington who burgled a woman in her 90's on New Year’s Day and another in Great Barr - has been jailed for more than six years
Kelly Ford, aged 33 of Gravelly Lane, pretended to be a policewoman in order to get into the 95-year-old woman’s house in Castle Vale on January 1 this year. Nothing was stolen but Ford searched the rooms in the house – much to the pensioner’s distress

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Heartless-Erdington-distraction-burglar-jailed/story-26784633-detail/story.html

Erdington murder - Fentham Road - Conviction
A boyfriend has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his student girlfriend – whose body was found in a burning pink Audi in Erdington. Unemployed Damien Dinobewei, 34, had denied the murder of mum-of-one Tia Kounota, 27, and had been due to stand trial.

But he admitted the manslaughter of the social work university student before the trial could begin, a plea accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service. Dinobewei, of Pershore Road, Stirchley, will now be sentenced later this month at Birmingham Crown Court after further psychiatric reports.

Tragic Tia, of Rubery, was found in a burning pink Audi on Fentham Road, Erdington, on July 22 last year. Following her death Dinobewei was arrested and remanded into the care of The Spinney, a psychiatric hospital - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tia-kounota-pink-audi-damien-9369329

Erdington thug threatens terrified woman driver with gun in road rage attack
A gun-wielding thug threatened a terrified motorist in a shocking early-morning road rage attack. The 43-year-old woman was making her way to work along Jaffray Crescent, Erdington, at around 8.30am Friday 22/5/2015, when she was involved in a confrontation with the driver of an oncoming dark blue Astra over the right of way.

He refused to allow her through and gestured for the woman to let him to pass but she was blocked by cars behind her. The angry thug continued to shout abuse at the petrified woman and suddenly produced a black handgun from inside his car when she gesticulated that she could not move.

Fearing for her safety she quickly placed her car in reverse and pulled away as stunned drivers behind her also fled the scene.

The offender is described as a black man, around 6ft tall, of medium build, in his 20's, wearing a dark top.

People with information to assist the police investigation should call the violent crime team at Chelmsley Wood police station by dialling 101 or speak to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/birmingham-erdington-road-rage-gun-9311599

Jimmy Savile malarkey - I think this needs a wider audience, so I've stuck it on the Crime Page
Nudge and wink jokes about Jimmy Savile by people on TV and radio (made between 1978 - 2007) - see all the famous people who seemed to know, but didn't do anything about it;

"Jokes and references to Jimmy Savile's crimes and abuses on TV and radio prior to his death. It's interesting, I think, that the majority of people speaking publicly about what he was doing were comedians."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeB9ZxffQAE

(Remember that former BBC employee Philip Schofield famously tried to take the moral high ground against PM David Cameron on this issue - and unfortunately our slow-witted Prime Minister never thought to immediately ask Schofield on-air what HE therefore knew or had heard about Savile whilst working at the BBC with Gordon the Gopher etc)

Watch the "great" Ian Hislop here too on the topic, whose astonishing response is to attack The Daily Mail over a completely different issue - www.youtube.com/watch?v=H24mFoSWpsc

Jimmy Saville debate - Question Time 2012 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s6RxcNJKms

(See a potential cultural problem there which might explain why So-Vile got away with it for ages - Hislop from the media attacks The Daily Mail from the media in response, and Janet Street-Porter from the media openly states that it only ever occurred to her to report So-Vile to the BBC media. So the media culture seems to be to keep everything "in house" within the media itself - rather than running off to the police or social services etc like you or I probably would)

Logically, Hislop should've reported The Daily Mail to The PCC and So-Vile to the police - but he did neither of those things - which is telling I think.

Meanwhile has Diane Abbot been questioned about it re Jimmy So-vile? She is in the above HIGNFY clip if you notice.

(Obviously if taken straight, So-Vile is merely joking about being a weak wrestler - and being charitable Abbott might have seen the joke merely in that context at the time in the studio - but NO-ONE then explained the `in' joke to her later which even So-vile himself seemed to be making deliberate? That show gets about 6 million viewers and NO-ONE explained it to her afterwards? She needs to be asked).

As far as the police and what they knew about rumours etc, as a former officer I can only say that there were NO rumours at all widely circulating in the West Midlands Police about him when I served in the 1980's, I do know that. It seemed common knowledge in broadcasting at the time, but not within the police - and there were sometimes social sessions with Metropolitan Police officers from London before or after their regular business in the city (collecting prisoners to transfer to the capital etc) and they never said anything in conversations either. So the police denial of knowledge seems genuine to me.

Did rumours constantly circulate within the police about known childrens' homes and orphanages etc and how it was frustratingly difficult to prove or disprove on a case by case basis what was clearly going on in such places with some of the adults who worked there? Yes - that sort of talk WAS constant in the job when I served (such cases were called "a bag of rats" by police - meaning interminable - like watching ferrets in sack - you know something is going on inside but how to prove what?) There was nothing said about Jimmy Savile though - he was something of a hero of mine so I would have remembered - it was a shock when I found out when everyone else did.

Electricity Substation Broken Into Again - Goosemoor Lane
The door was ajar, reported.

Armed robbery at Aldi - College Road: Full story of the siege in which customers feared for their lives from raiders armed with a shot-gun and pistols - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/armed-robbery-aldi-kingstanding-full-9043075

BRAVE is the Birmingham Residents Anti-Social Behaviour Victim Empowerment project. It is specifically funded by the Lottery to support people living in Birmingham who experience persistent anti-social behaviour. The service is independent, free and confidential - http://birminghamcsp.org.uk/brave/

Council refuses Gravelly Hill bedsit block extension after police reveal appalling levels of violence

The converted detached homes in Gravelly Hill, Erdington

A bedsit block with an appalling record of violence has been refused permission to expand. A planning application to add four rooms to a pair of converted detached homes in Gravelly Hill, Erdington, was refused following police objections. In a report to the planning committee, police said they had been called to the property 20 times in the last five years - half of them to deal with assaults or fighting between residents.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/council-refuse-erdington-bedsit-block-8977188

Erdington Bus Fire: 15-year-old Boy Charged With Arson

 

 

 

 

 

 

(At the junction of Sutton Road and Station Road etc that is)

A teenager from Birmingham has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that gutted the top deck of a bus in the city - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/erdington-bus-fire-15-year-old-charged-8894104

Serious Assault (?) - Beech Road
The police were out knocking doors on Beech Road, Sycamore Road and Goosemoor Lane etc trying to find out more about a serious assault in Beech Road on Tuesday morning (10/2/2015) at 1.15am. The assailant's car apparently drove off into Sycamore Rd, and then onto Goosemoor Lane heading towards Gravelly Lane

There has been nothing in the local or on the police website about it though.

Drugs Found - Johnson Road
POLICE officers discovered a cannabis set up and a quantity of dried cannabis bud at a property in Erdington (on Tuesday February 10). The drugs were found in two bedrooms in Johnson Road

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Man-arrested-cannabis-set-quantity-dried-cannabis/story-26002722-detail/story.html#ixzz3RwBbDRnt

Erdington Burglaries
POLICE have issued a warning after two burglaries took place in Erdington in the last two weeks. On both occasions offenders gained entry through open windows. The burglaries took place at Jerrys Lane on January 18, and Court Farm Road on 31 January

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Warning-Erdington-burglaries-weeks/story-25965040-detail/story.html

The following local people were among 50 convicted over rioting at an EDL rally in the city centre on July 20th 2013;

Josh Norrey, aged 23, of Priors Way, Erdington - 25 months
Adam Beebee, aged 28, of Boundary Road, Erdington - 13 months
Rob Pay, aged 35, of Gypsy Lane, Erdington - 22 months
Joshua Wall, aged 21, of The Ridgeway, Erdington - 46 months

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/named-shamed-english-defence-league-8418971

Blind Erdington man traumatised after guide dog he relies on gets attacked - Station Road

The lady is believed to be the owner of the dog involved in the attack

A BLIND man from Erdington has said he is ‘shocked and angry’ after his guide dog was attacked and left with puncture wounds to her leg. Ricky Brennan, 32, was left saddened after his five-year-old German Shepherd Carla, who he relies on to help him carry out his daily daily routines, was attacked by what is believed to be a Staffie Cross in Station Road

There is CCTV coverage of the attack on Carla, which happened on Monday November 10 between 11am and 12 noon. Anyone who can help police with their enquirers are asked to contact WPC 1072 Nicola Williams at Sutton Coldfield Police Station Volume Crime Team on 0345 113 5000.

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Blind-Erdington-man-traumatised-attack-guide-dog/story-25146990-detail/story.html#ixzz3LKj7cZsJ

Facebook page for the campaign, led by cllr Robert Alden, to save the public front desks at Castle Vale, Erdington and Kingstanding Police Stations from closure - www.facebook.com/saveerdingtonpolicestations

Local Drug Dealers Jailed
Twenty nine people have been handed jail sentences totalling nearly 100 years following a major operation earlier this year to target drug dealing in Birmingham.

Local residents;

Faheem Ul-Islam, aged 36 and from Wheelwright Road, Erdington - three years and eight months.
Ryan Phipps, aged 25 from Fentham Road, Erdington − three years.
Orville Vendryes, aged 47 and from Orchard Road, Erdington - 18 months.
Shaquille Brown, aged 29 and from Station Road, Erdington - 18 months.
Anthony Harris, aged 54 and from Wood End Road, Erdington - 18 months.
Mark Phipps, aged 29 and from Kings Road, Erdington - 18 months.
Lee Puffett, aged 35 and from Faukners Farm Drive, Erdington - 16 months.
Craig Collins, aged 39 and from Avenue Road, Erdington - 18 months sentence suspended for 21 months.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/named-shamed-33-birmingham-dealers-8106070

Erdington Dispersal Order
TROUBLEMAKERS in Erdington are being targeted after police were granted new powers to clamp down on anti-social behaviour. Officers in the area (just the other side of the railway line) will be able to act after a dispersal order was granted and came in force this month covering the area bordered by Chester Road, Sutton New Road, Wood End Road, Kingsbury Road and Holly Lane.

Police will now be able to move groups of two or more people from the area if they are suspected of causing anti-social behaviour, and the power to return under 16s to their home between 9pm and 6am.

Read more at - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Intimidating-youths-Erdington-focus-new-police/story-22915702-detail/story.html

Burglaries on Kingsbury Road - "Within a space of 15 months 3 houses in a row including mine have been burgled we need cameras put up and more police presence the burglaries have taken place in broad daylight."

More - https://www.fixmystreet.com/report/517684

Erdington getaway driver jailed for possessing stun-gun disguised as mobile-phone
Police found the weapon in the foot well of a VW Golf belonging to Marvin Forbes when they stopped the vehicle on Queens Road, Aston, in March after it was suspected of being involved in the burglary a day before in Solihull.

They seized the Golf and found what they thought was a mobile phone as part of a routine search of the vehicle following his arrest. But on closer inspection they soon realised it was actually a stun gun - which Forbes, 25, of Streetly Road, Erdington, admitting buying for £20 off the Internet - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/erdington-getaway-driver-jailed-possessing-7647255

AN Erdington man on Mason Road has been arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply - The man was also arrested on suspicion of disqualified driving (Wednesday July 30th 2014).

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Erdington-man-arrested-suspicion-possession-drugs/story-22018695-detail/story.html#ixzz39SQVXuoo

Youngster Killed In Road Accident - Court Lane. Conviction For Causing Death By Dangerous Driving
A driver who killed a five-year-old boy when he hit him with his car in Birmingham has been jailed for five years. Cameron Marshall Ward was struck by a blue Vauxhall Vectra on Court Lane in Erdington shortly after 21:10 BST on Easter Monday, 1 April 2013.

Wayne Payne was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. The 31-year-old, of Somerset Road, Erdington, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court.

More - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-27871537

Update - Wayne Payne who fatally injured five-year-old Cameron Ward in a Court Lane accident receives fresh three-year prison sentence for possessing cocaine with intent to supply - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/killer-driver-wayne-payne-drug-7488711

Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones CBE dies suddenly
Bob Jones was elected the first West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner on 15 November 2012, after a long and distinguished career in public service - www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/news/2014-news/police-and-crime-commissioner-bob-jones-cbe-dies/

Pype Hayes Murder
A mum found dead at her Birmingham home died as a result of strangulation-type injuries, a post mortem has confirmed. Police were called to a house in Woodlands Farm Road, Pype Hayes, at 7.25am on Sunday (29/6/2014) by the ambulance service where Luan Leigh, 42, was pronounced dead. Police have been granted more time to question her estranged husband Andrew Leigh, 42, on suspicion of murder.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pype-hayes-murder-luan-leigh-7352122

Burglary warning after spate of Erdington break-ins
A WARNING has been issued to householders in Erdington after a number of burglaries in recent weeks. Police confirmed that in total there have been five house break-ins in Erdington, one on the Pitts Farm site which is undergoing development, another on a similar plot on the Lyndhurst Estate, two in the Holly Lane/Moor End Lane area and a final incident in Gravelly Lane.

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Burglary-warning-spate-break-ins-Erdington/story-21264258-detail/story.html#ixzz36EoY2dvT

Motorbike Havoc On Jarvis Road/Court Lane
Got this from a resident - "I saw three moped type motorbikes doing wheelies up Jarvis Road today (Sunday 15 June) between 6.30pm and 6.50pm, a lot of noise over the past two days of bikes speeding about on Jarvis Road and Court Lane so I presume it was the same, unable to catch reg plates as yet, but all have L plates. One of them had ginger hair."

MISSING/STOLEN

 

LOLA - Grey Blue Colour - Mainly With A White Patch Underneath. Female Staffordshire Bull Terrier (Age: Young Adult). Missing from Slade Road, Erdington on Sunday 18th May 2014

Stolen by 3 men in a Ford Fiesta. She was wearing a black collar (no details on the collar).

CONTACT: 07743 692 868

Man Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries Following Stabbing In Slade Road - Erdington - Charges

Slade Road stab victim Kurt Homer fights for life as teenager is charged with GBH.

AN investigation has been launched following a stabbing in Erdington last night (Monday April 14) which has left a man critically ill in hospital. Emergency services were called to a report of a disturbance in Slade Road, near the junction with St Thomas' Road, at around 10.50pm

Latest: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/erdington-stab-victim-kurt-homer-7011866

Drunken Vandal Jailed For Smashing Up Goosemoor Lane Cars
A ‘MINDLESS’ vandal from Erdington who went on a one-man drunken car-wrecking spree has been jailed. Ben O’Neill from Slade Road was charged with three attempted thefts from cars, vandalising nine cars with hammer and a vehicle interference offence, in relation to cars parked in Goosemoor Lane, Erdington.

The 24-year-old was arrested by officers shortly after 4am on Monday (March 31) as residents dialled 999 to report a man smashing the windows of parked cars. He appeared at court on Tuesday (April 1) and was sentenced to 16 weeks in custody, with a previous suspended sentence of six weeks to also be served consecutively.

Read more: http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Drunken-vandal-Erdington-jailed-smashing-cars/story-20913887-detail/story.html#ixzz2ysrOFyug

Attempted Child Abduction - Short Heath Road - Man Arrested
Wednesday afternoon 5/3/2014. There was an attempt to grab a child from a local nursery as they were walking home with mum. Detectives investigating suspicious activity near to a nursery in Erdington have arrested a man on suspicion of abduction, immigration offences and assault. Officers have been investigating reports of suspicious activity near to Osbourne Nursery School since March 5.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/erdington-osbourne-nursery-school-man-6858486

Short Heath School website has more about it since they too were alerted - www.oasisacademyshortheath.org/content/important-notice

Police Raids In The Area
Police in Birmingham have arrested 36 people following three days of dawn raids targeting suspected drug dealers following raids at 10 homes in Newtown, Erdington, Stockland Green, Witton and Handsworth - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/video-police-arrest-36-birmingham-6693630

Erdington Burglars Jailed
Two burglars who were snared after a 13-year-old girl rang 999 while cowering under her bed have been jailed. Marcus Speirs and Richard Ansah, 29, broke into the youngster's house in Erdington last May (2013).

More - www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/burglars-marcus-speirs-richard-ansah-2987623#ixzz2qIWujyyc

Bus Set On Fire - Perry Common Road
(A from-city Number 7 bus by the Witton Lodge Road junction)

Firefighters have extinguished a fire on a bus in Erdington. Firefighters from Perry Barr fire station were called to Perry Common Road at around 1:30pm (Saturday 7/12/2013) to reports of a fire on the top deck of the Number 7 bus. Police officers assisted with traffic as the fire was extinguished. No injuries reported. Watch Commander Ade Caulwell, said: “The incident was started deliberately”.

Call West Midlands Police on 101 if you have ANY information.

AN illegal weapons dealer from Erdington caught attempting to import firearms and offensive weapons has been jailed. Daruisz Jedrzjczyk from Edwards Road pleaded guilty to importing prohibited weapons, possessing a disguised firearm and two counts of fraudulent evasion of a restriction.

Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/years-importing-stun-guns-sell-car-boot-sales/story-20319107-detail/story.html#ixzz2nf3y0eGa

'Most Wanted' Criminal Who Stole Car With Two Children Jailed
A man who dragged a mother out of her car and drove off with her two children still inside the vehicle, has been jailed for five years. Cedric Brown, 46, threatened the woman with a knife and stole her Ford Focus while fleeing police in Birmingham on 3 April 2012.

After dumping his own getaway car, he pulled the 26-year-old mother out of her vehicle on Somerset Road in Erdington and threatened her with a knife. He sped off with the two toddlers strapped into their seats in the back, police said. He was cornered behind a block of flats off Short Heath Road a short time later and wrestled to the ground by officers.

More - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-25229921

Online Groomer Convicted - 12 Months - Wylde Green
A PERVERTED pensioner from Harman Road (Wylde Green) Sutton Coldfield turned up at a park expecting to meet a 15-year-old girl to take part in a sex act with him – only to be confronted by two men with a video camera, a court has heard. Maurice Ingram fled from the scene in his car, but was traced by the police and pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted sexual grooming - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/retired-lecturer-jailed-after-arranging-6297428

(Obviously that story was already widely carried both on that website and in hard-copy form in the Birmingham Mail newspaper)

In Case You Wonder Why "Don't Get Involved" Has Become A National Mantra
Some toe-rag Under Class rubbish were vandalising a man's plants, he called the (dopey) police - who arrested HIM. The toe-rag Under Class rubbish then murdered him!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-24724534

(No doubt the police detectives who `solved' the murder then got promoted - so were rewarded directly on the back of failures by the Uniform branch . I'd have a rule with the police - if Uniform screws up, the CID don't get promoted on the backs of any murders which directly result. Promoting CID officers in such circumstances risks heightening Uniform indifference to initial crime)

And the "great" Shadow Police Minister (our own Jack Dromey MP) on the topic? Tumble-weed.

Child Abuser Jailed - Turfpits Lane
A former Birmingham church deacon has been jailed for a second time for child abuse. Alfred Woodhall was sentenced to 12 years after a court was told he assaulted his victim, a young girl, in a van after choir practice. At Birmingham Crown Court, the 71-year-old, of Turfpits Lane in Erdington, admitted four charges of indecent assault and four of attempted rape.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/former-birmingham-deacon-alfred-woodhall-6290218

Attempted murder charge after Stockland Green double stabbing
Read more: www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Attempted-murder-charge-Stockland-Green-double/story-19984264-detail/story.html#ixzz2jnWqBJtN

Arson - a Birmingham military veterans group's former home has been destroyed in a blaze. The Sons of Rest building, in Brookvale Park, off George Road, Erdington, was engulfed by fire in the early hours of Wednesday October 30th - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/erdington-sons-rest-veterans-club-6254716

(I assume that somewhere it has been shown that arson increases during school-holidays?)

Missing/Stolen Dog BEBE - Black/White Female Jack Russell Cross (Age: Adult)
Missing from Erdington, Birmingham, B23 area, on Sunday 29th September 2013. Bebe was taken from outside the house. She was taken by 2 men driving a scrap van. It was a white cab, open backed but caged. It stopped outside the property, the passenger got out picked up Bebe and it drove off. She is 3 years old and was wearing a red leather collar and a tag.

PLEASE contact the owner with any info/sightings. Thank you.
CONTACT: 07874 688 141

www.doglost.co.uk/poster.php?dogId=58154

(There have already been reports of such scrap-vans being a noise nuisance and taking stuff from front gardens - but nicking dogs now - where will it end?)

From Erdington Conservatives - Tackling dumped cars on Short Heath Park - www.erdingtonconservatives.org.uk/news/tackling-dumped-cars-short-heath-park

Arson Attack On Car - Jarvis Road
There was an explosion at midnight on Wednesday night 16/10/2013, a car on fire on Jarvis Road, fire brigade were called - no reports of any injuries.

I think it may have been connected to a domestic disturbance at one of the nearby tower blocks as there did seem to be some sort of commotion after.

Nuisance Kids Whilst Playing Truant, During School Strikes - And Now With Half-Term Looming
We've a small number of children being a general nuisance whilst playing truant, during school strikes - and we've half-term looming too. For what it is worth I'll keep adding stuff to the Games Page.
I've asked local schools how often they raise the matter with police - maybe that doesn't happen enough.

One (idiot) local head teacher has been categoric with me in the past - kids from schools DON'T cause trouble outside of the catchment area of the school they attend! When challenged to then put that absurd assertion in writing for me to stick on here etc, obviously he didn't - we are sometimes up against that logic though it seems.

(As a bargaining chip with Teaching Unions in negotiations I'd threaten that Ofsted will now ask security guards in local shopping malls and local bus drivers what the kids are like - no amount of deliberately sending troublesome kids on holidays during the inspection etc would sort that one out)

"Neo Conservatives are just Liberals who got mugged" - US political proverb.

Actually though, 65 million years ago, giant reptiles - dinosaurs - DID roam this planet.

Our MP Jack Dromey becomes Shadow Police Minister in Ed Miliband reshuffle - www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/local-news/jack-dromey-shadow-police-minister-6154635

Burglar Carl Anderson jailed for crushing PC Peter McGinn in Erdington
A burglar who crushed a police officer as he tried to stop him driving off after a break-in has been jailed. PC Peter McGinn, 44, suffered leg and hip injuries and needed surgery after hitting a lamppost in Birmingham at about 35mph.

Carl Anderson, 50, of Aston, admitted wounding with intent and was jailed for 12 years at Birmingham Crown Court. Anderson also admitted 12 burglaries, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and without insurance. West Midlands Police said PC McGinn had been called to a shed break-in in Compton Road in Erdington in June 2013.

More - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-24302292

Alleged speeding on Jarvis Road. From a resident;

"On the 9th of September I had my car parked at Jarvis Rd, sometime in the evening a car crashed into my front wing and caused a lot of damage and drove off, I did not realise until the following day. I reported it to the Police but they did not really seem interested and did not take any information from me.

I have noticed cars speeding up and down Jarvis Rd a lot and I guess there must be others who have damaged cars on a regular basis. Only a matter of time before somebody gets hurt I guess."

Allegations Of Identity Theft Attempts In The Area Via Going Through Bin Bags
An allegation has come in of people going through pavement bin-bags on Sundays looking for Bank Statements and Gas Bills etc in order to commit Identity Theft. Put your bags out as late as possible and shred or pulp finance documents etc - www.west-midlands.police.uk/crime-reduction/theft-fraud/identity-theft.asp

ARMED police sent to Edwards Road in Erdington following a fracas - Sunday August 4th - www.suttoncoldfield-people.co.uk/Armed-police-called-street-fracas/story-19638747-detail/story.html

Gravelly Lane Arsonist Jailed
A woman who set fire to her home in Gravelly Lane and threatened to slit her ex-partner’s throat has been jailed for four and half years. Judge William Davis QC told Chanel Allen: “You are certainly somebody who presents a danger to the public for some time to come.” - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/woman-who-set-fire-erdington-5314325

Burnt Out Car In Short Heath Park - Gone
Turned upside down and left more or less in the centre of the park. Has now gone.

Murder In Gravelly Hill - Guilty Verdict - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Life-sentence-killer-Erdington-s-Steven-Downes/story-19509244-detail/story.html

Anthony Brown murder: Erdington man jailed for life - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23325655

Birmingham Community Safety Partnership Victims Commission Consultation - http://birminghamcsp.org.uk/victims-commission-consultation/

Police Release CCTV To Trace Marsh Lane Gun Attack Suspects

Monday 17/6/2013 - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23073698

Man Charged In Gravelly Hill Crash Remanded In Custody
Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen the incident between the Fiat Brava car and a transit van at around 1.30am to call the collision investigations unit on 101 - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Man-charged-Gravelly-Hill-crash-remanded-custody/story-19409572-detail/story.html

Gravelly Hill residents told the Sutton Observer that there had been plans in the past to widen the A5127, where the incident occurred. A spokesperson for Birmingham City Council confirmed that in 2010, residents had been consulted with over whether or not to widen a junction on the road. But the scheme was "withdrawn following the introduction of the current government's austerity measures", they claimed - www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Witness-appeal-fatal-late-night-crash/story-19419664-detail/story.html

(I myself have raised that issue before - and have suggested closing right-turns into Kingsbury Road to from-city traffic and opening up right-turns into Wheelwright Road instead which then leads to Kingsbury Road. That way drivers wouldn't be confused nor held up)

Thug Who Threw Cat Into Bleak Hill Recreation Ground Stream Hunted By RSPCA
A Good Samaritan rescued the cat after watching in horror as a man got out of his car and hurled it into the water in Bleak Hill Road, Erdington. The incident happened at about 9pm on June 19, and the RSPCA is appealing for help to trace the man who was driving a black Vauxhall Astra - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/rspca-search-man-who-threw-4729873

Newman Road sealed off by cops after dad staged rooftop protest over housing row (Thu 13/6/2013) - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-road-sealed-cops-after-4311456

Thugs smashed the back window of a Honda Civic parked on Wood End Road at 12.30am (morning of Thu 13/6/2013) and set it alight - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/arsonists-set-fire-erdington-car-4308058

Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of Police Officer Hit By Car In Erdington
The 44-year-old police officer injured in the incident is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after suffering multiple fractures in the collision in Oval Road, Erdington, on Friday (7/6/2013). Officers were originally called to Compton Road in Erdington at about 3pm on Friday, following a report of a shed break-in.

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/man-charged-attempted-murder-police-4281980

Cayton Grove Chase (Topcroft Estate)
Police with a dog were chasing suspects on foot into Short Heath Park, the Court Lane Allotments and nearby front and back gardens in a chase spotted going on in the cul-de-sac Cayton Grove around 2am on Tuesday morning 4/6/2013. Where the chase started from or if they caught them I've no idea, nor what it was about either I'm afraid.

Guthrum Close (Off Court Lane) Now Gated
I don't know of any current crime or anti-social behaviour etc there (the cul-de-sac by The Greyhound pub) but it is now gated.

65 Bus Attacked - Slade Road
A to-city 65 bus was parked by the railway bridge on Slade Road with 2 smashed windows - Saturday 18/5/2013 around 6.20pm. Looked like it had been vandalised rather than it had been involved in an accident. The passengers had all got off and were waiting for the next one. So if you were waiting somewhere along the route expecting that damaged one to arrive, that was the story.

Appeal For Witnesses After Pensioner Robbed - Wylde Green
The 73-year-old woman was targeted on Little Green Lanes in Wylde Green at around 10am on Monday 15 April. A man snatched her bag as she got into her car next to the Spar and Post Office car park, pulling so hard that the strap broke. He then ran off to a waiting car parked on Little Green Lanes, before driving off on to Birmingham Road, mounting the pavement to get away.

More - www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamnorth/news/newsitem.asp?id=13003

Letzgo Hunting - Paedophile Trackers
Letzgo Hunting is a new dedicated group of individuals who make it their business to flush out devious and unscrupulous individuals like paedophiles and child molesters, or anyone who may be a threat to children. They insist they work within the constraints of the law to expose and publicise such people and bring them to justice using the power of the Internet and video cameras.

Website - http://letzgohunting.com

I was deliberating about whether to place them here and on the Links etc, but Sky News and The Sutton Observer newspaper then prominently mentioned them anyway - making inclusion a moot point.

(Remember - actively creating temptation WILL be cited by the Defence barrister in Mitigation of any crime then committed - i.e. capturing them using THAT method will automatically result in a LESSER sentence in Court).

And stating arguments about forcing Westminster to do stuff to counter that situation in Court etc ignores the reality of wider power-machinations at Westminster which govern all sorts of things.

(e.g. David Blunkett saying that he'd categorically sort Date Rape knowing that saying that WOULD be widely reported when his subsequent inevitable failure would NOT be reported at all - and Jack Straw also saying he'd sort Death By Dangerous Driving again knowing that saying that WOULD again be widely reported when his subsequent inevitable failure would NOT be reported too - etc etc etc. Each reckoning that once Labour were dumped out you'll have forgotten those failed pledges after 5 years of Tory Cameron anyway - Cameron figuring the same the other way around when HE now makes pledges too of course)

Cannabis Raid - Baldmoor Lane Road
Cops sniff out cannabis plants during operation. Click the link for the details.

Man Found Guilty Of Murdering A Woman In Erdington In Frenzied Knife Attack
The mum-of-four died after being stabbed 37 times by crazed Brian Mason. Her body then lay undiscovered for four days at his home in Croydon Road, Erdington. Mason was charged with murder but the case was delayed due to mental health examinations. Psychiatrists concluded he was suffering from a disorder called schizotypal and that he was fit to stand trial.

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/pensioner-found-guilty-murdering-gillian-1763242

Two Arrested Following Drugs Raids In Erdington
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of cannabis has been seized after two warrants were executed in Erdington (Tuesday 19 March). Acting on information from the public, Birmingham Police’s Priorities Team raided the first house at just after 6am in Short Heath Road where 39 mature plants were discovered, along with a large quantity of cannabis in the process of drying out and almost ready for distribution.

A second warrant was executed by the team later in the afternoon in Welland Grove where eight plants were found.

More - www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamnorth/news/newsitem.asp?id=12491

Man Fought Off Cash Machine Attackers - Stockland Green
CCTV images of two men suspected of attacking a man in Erdington have been released by police. The 56-year-old man fought off two robbers as they attacked him after he had used a cash machine outside the post office in Slade Road on Monday, January 14.

More - www.suttoncoldfield-people.co.uk/Man-56-fought-cash-machine-attackers/story-18423269-detail/story.html

Drugs Raid - Jarvis Road
POLICE in Erdington have conducted two warrants as they launch a month long crackdown on drugs and drug dealing. The second drugs warrant was conducted at an address in Jarvis Road, Erdington - www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamnorth/news/newsitem.asp?id=11925

Children Dumped By Carjackers - Stockland Green - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21292358

Four Arrested In Copyright Piracy Crackdown - Perry Common Road - www.fact-uk.org.uk/four-arrested-in-uk-piracy-crackdown/

Glendon Road Teenager Jailed After Tamworth House Raid - www.thisistamworth.co.uk/Teenagers-jailed-Tamworth-house-raid/story-17959034-detail/story.html

An Armed Robbery Occurred In The Bookmakers On Station Road

TWO members of staff were assaulted and threatened with a "hand gun" during a terrifying armed robbery in Erdington on Sunday evening (January 13th 2013).

If you have any information about the incident which you think could help the police, they want to hear from you. Officers are appealing for witnesses to contact them using the non-emergency 101 number.

More - www.suttoncoldfield-people.co.uk/Raiders-attack-betting-shop-staff/story-17893254-detail/story.html

Erdington Resident Seriously Attacked In Wales "For Being English"
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/electrician-needs-metal-plate-in-skull-422471

Two Members Of Gun And Machete Gang Jailed For 15 Years
Four men burst into an address in Tyburn Road in Erdington, brandishing the weapons at adults and children before making off with a car worth £15,000 - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/two-members-of-erdington-gun-and-machete-804123

Thieves Steal BMX Bike Christmas Present On Christmas Day - Trident Close - Update
Heartless thieves have been branded ‘scumbags’ after stealing a seven-year-old boy’s new bike on Christmas Day. Ryan Rose had only ridden the BMX once before it was snatched from a communal area at his Trident Close home in Erdington (off Gravelly Lane).

More - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/thieves-steal-erdington-boys-new-389228

Update - After reading about the theft in the Birmingham Mail, several people came forward offering to pay for a new one - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/erdington-lad-who-had-bike-stolen-390828

St Edmund Campion School Teacher Sent Home For Brandishing A Knife In Class
Details - www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-school-teacher-sent-home-376163

Teenager Stabbed - Wood End Lane (By Six Ways) - Tuesday 4th December
POLICE have launched an investigation after a teenager was stabbed in the stomach in Erdington. A 14-year-old boy was stabbed just before 4pm on Wood End Lane, he was rushed to hospital and received treatment for the wound.

His condition is described as stable and he is expected to make a full recovery. Police are now appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or saw the argument before to come forward - www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamnorth/news/newsitem.asp?id=11092

Unsolved Hare And Hounds 2008 Murder - Marsh Hill - Yet Another Appeal
The police and relatives have made a fresh appeal over this local unsolved murder. From the Birmingham Mail website at www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/the-sister-of-erdington-murder-victim-david-321363

More Than 4,000 Homes Without A Phone-Line After Metal Thieves Strike In Erdington
BT engineers working flat out as vandals strip copper off four telephone cables at BT’s Erdington exchange - http://www.birminghammail.net/news/local-news/more-than-4000-homes-without-a-phoneline-283098

Park Incident - Man Hands Himself In To Police
From West Midlands Police;

"A MAN whose photo was issued by detectives investigating a suspicious incident in an Erdington park, has handed himself into police. The 42-year-old local man saw his photo in a local newspaper after officers appealed to the public for help identifying the man.

The appeal followed an allegation made by two 12-year-olds that a man had approached them while playing on Bleakhill Recreation Ground on Streetly Road and asked them inappropriate questions. Concerned by the nature of the conversation, one of the pair discreetly took the man’s photograph on his mobile phone.

Following the incident, patrols in the area were increased and significant work was undertaken to trace the man captured on camera. The suspicious incident is alleged to have happened at around 7.30pm on Monday 6 August.

The man, who was arrested on Tuesday 16 October, has since been released on police bail - with strict conditions attached - while enquiries continue."

www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamnorth/news/newsitem.asp?id=10442

Unconfirmed Report - We Had A Burglary On Goosemoor Lane Recently
At a house between the Kirkwood Avenue junction and the Bend and on that side. Burglars got in the back and out the same way.

Recent Spate Of Burglaries - Beech Road/Sycamore Road
I got this from a resident;

"I live on Beech Road and was burgled last Thursday (4/10/2012), 3pm-ish. Since then others from down Beech Road have told me how they and another person on Sycamore Rd have been burgled within last week or two. I don't know if you could warn anyone Goosemoor Lane way or in general on your website but with Sunday's chase I am assuming there may well be more in the near future.

They got into to my garden despite having a large German shepherd dog who is not entirely friendly with strangers! Being at that time when there are people on their way to pick up/bring children home it seems extremely blatant. Luckily for me due to a kindly neighbour seeing the burglar enter my property called the police, who were there very quickly but sadly not quick enough."

(If you live by Beech Road etc check any CCTV you have for that date and time - Sunday's chase refers to the below storryy).

Police Were All Over Hardintone Court - Sunday 7/10/2012
A police helicopter was hovering over the area and lots of police cars were in Hardintone Court (the half-built housing development on The Bend). Sunday 7/10/2012 around 5.20pm. I don't know if the place was being burgled or if a police chase ended there etc.

Bus Mugger Gouged Teenager's Eye In Erdington Attack

DETECTIVES are hunting a teenage bus mugger who gouged a 15-year-old’s eye when he refused to hand over his phone. The suspect is wanted for the vicious robbery, which happened on the 905 bus as it travelled from the city centre through Gravelly Hill in Erdington between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on September 9.

Read More - www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2012/09/25/bus-mugger-gouged-teenager-s-eye-in-erdington-attack-97319-31903082/#ixzz2848PF6x1

Goosemoor Lane Substation Burgled Yet Again
Once again the substation opposite Bowling Green Close has been raided for metal etc, I don't know if anything was taken from inside though.

As of last week (September 2012) the door was open again - is closed now though.

This is part of a national epidemic of course, demand in India and China rocketing the price.
 

Erdington Man Praised By Police
AN Erdington man who tracked down a violent robber has been hailed as "extremely brave and courageous" by a police superintendent.

Yasser Hussain, aged 30, witnessed a man violently grab a woman from behind, wrenching a handbag from her grip.

And when the crook ran away, brave Yasser took it upon himself to pursue him, which led to the robber dropping the bag and running away;

More - www.suttoncoldfield-people.co.uk/hero-chased-robber-earns-bravery-award/story-16999951-detail/story.html

Erdington Man In Appeal For Stolen Mini - Short Heath Road/Norfolk Road
DRIVER Mark Appleby’s Mini love affair turned into a major trauma – when thieves made off with his beloved car. The 22-year-old spent £2,000 transforming his 1989 motor into his dream set of wheels – only for crooks to steal it from outside his home in Short Heath Road, Erdington

More - www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/09/24/erdington-man-in-appeal-for-stolen-mini-97319-31892334/

Violent Pype Hayes Burglar Jailed
A FORMER Walsall footballer has been jailed for a violent burglary in which a mother and her two young children were threatened with a hammer.

Shylo Thomas was among three men who kicked their way into an Erdington home before smashing down a bedroom door behind which the young mum was hiding with her children, aged just four and six.

Read More - http://www.birminghammail.net/news/black-country/black-country-news/2012/09/04/former-walsall-fc-player-jailed-for-his-part-in-violent-raid-on-birmingham-home-97319-31763594/#ixzz265EmvMPJ

Stolen From New Oscott Cemetery - Sunday 19th August 2012
From a notice placed locally;

"Beige leather handbag. Containing HTC phone and items of sentimental value including engraved Rosary beads. If any items are found please call 07947 045 639 - no questions asked. We just want their safe return - thank you."

Court Farm Day Centre Burgled
The small hall on Tedbury Crescent next to the school, between Sunday afternoon 8/7/2012 and Monday morning 9/7/2012 the secure enclosed compound was entered and one of the wooden outer sheds had its wooden door broken down. Only odds and ends etc were in there, so little if anything was taken from inside. Police have been informed.

Goosemoor Lane Substation Burgled Again
Once again the substation opposite Bowling Green Close has been raided for metal etc, I don't know if anything was taken from inside though.

As of today (Thursday) the door is still open.

This is part of a national epidemic of course, demand in India and China rocketing the price.

(Sorry to sound like Chairman Mao - but if everyone in the country and Europe etc dug, turned, and raked our back gardens and recycled all the found metal would it dip the metal prices at least for a few months/years to deter thieves nicking it from elsewhere whilst any new measures were then brought in? I find enough old metal in my garden doing that and put it out for recycling. I believe the global price of copper dipped in early 2003 when all the copper phone-lines in Baghdad were looted!)

Two In Custody For Attempted Burglary - Witton Lodge Road
Red more - www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamnorth/news/newsitem.asp?id=8633

Tributes Paid To Erdington Mum-Of-Two Lynda Jackson Who Was Found Strangled At Her Home - Court Lane
From the Birmingham Mail at www.birminghammail.net;

A BIRMINGHAM head teacher has paid tribute to a member of staff who was strangled at her home in Erdington. Lynda Jackson, aged 56, was found at her house in Court Lane on Tuesday morning (8/5/2012) after police were called in by the ambulance service. The mum-of-two was pronounced dead at the scene and a 60-year-old man, who was found with injuries at the address, remains in a critical condition in hospital. A murder investigation has been launched, although police said they were not looking for anyone else at this stage.

A post mortem examination revealed that Mrs Jackson, who worked as a teaching assistant at Hodge Hill Sports and Enterprise College, died as a result of strangulation. Marie McMahon, head teacher at Hodge Hill Sports and Enterprise College, said: “Lynda was a talented and well respected colleague. She was loved by staff and pupils alike and she will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.”

Police forced down the door of the family home but nothing could be done to save Mrs Jackson. A friend, who did not want to be named, said: “Lynda was a lovely kind lady, whose eyes sparkled when she chatted to you.

“She always enjoyed a laugh and a joke. She was full of fun and very kind to others. She was adored by pupils at Hodge Hill School.”

A former neighbour, calling himself Stuart, posted a message to the Birmingham Mail website. He said:

“Shocking news. Stephen and Lynda were our next door neighbours for more 20 years before we moved to Devon. It’s very hard to believe what has happened. They were an ideal family with a son and daughter. Total shock.”

One neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: “I didn’t know her, but I did see her about. As a family they kept themselves to themselves.”

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said officers will remain in the vicinity for the foreseeable future and will be on hand to offer reassurance to any residents affected by the incident.

Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder After Erdington House Fire - Church Road (Off The High Street)
Read More - www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2012/05/05/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder-after-erdington-house-fire-97319-30904775/#ixzz1ur7Vq9jm

Dead Body Found In Burned-Out Car In Scrapyard - Gravelly Lane - Foul Play Ruled Out
(This has been found to be a suicide - more details to come - see the News Page)

Another Of The Barnett Clan Erstwhile Of Goosemoor Lane Jailed
This time for armed-robbery - www.itv.com/news/central/2012-03-30/seven-men-jailed-for-52-years-for-conspiracy-to-commit-armed-robbery/

Convicted Erdington Killer Released Early Is Back Behind Bars After Biting Face Of Baby
Read More - http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/01/28/convicted-killer-released-early-is-back-behind-bars-after-biting-face-of-baby-97319-30216794/#ixzz1qvIhoxdv

Man Sentenced To Six Years Following Goosemoor Lane Robbery
From West Midlands Police at www.west-midlands.police.uk

`A 32 year-old man has been sentenced to six years imprisonment after pleading guilty to robbery at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday 24 January). Wayne Weir, of no fixed abode, was arrested by officers investigating a street robbery which occurred in Erdington last year. On Tuesday 25 October 2011 an elderly man was attacked and had cash stolen from him on Goosemoor Lane shortly after 7pm.

The victim was repeatedly kicked to the head, face and chest, before having £300 in cash stolen, savings that he had withdrawn earlier that day. This unprovoked attack was committed with such ferocity that the victim was hospitalised for several days as a result of his injuries.

Investigating officers were able to secure CCTV footage that showed Weir leaving a pub behind the victim, and a short time later witnesses to the attack on Goosemoor Lane provided descriptions of a man fitting his appearance. Weir was arrested soon after and charged with robbery. On Tuesday 24 January 2012 he appeared at Birmingham Crown Court where he was sentenced to six years.

Detective Constable Emma Howes from the CID at Sutton Coldfield police station said:

"Thankfully the man has since made a full recovery and the six years handed to his attacker will hopefully come as some comfort to him. We'd like to thank the witnesses whose evidence helped us bring the offender for this crime to justice."'

Birmingham Man's Eight-Year Sentence For Hammer Attack On Friend - Johnson Road
From www.birminghammail.net

`A DRUG addict who carried out a “horrific” hammer attack against a friend at his Birmingham home has been sent to detention for eight years. Jake Bird repeatedly struck Terrance Dale with the weapon, leaving the victim with multiple injuries including a fractured skull. Judge Michael Cullum said the victim, who was hit 15 to 20 times, spent 12 days in hospital as a result of his injuries.

Bird, 20, of Johnson Road, Erdington, had previously admitted wounding with intent, possessing an offensive weapon, taking a vehicle without consent and two charges of burglary. He asked for six other burglaries to be taken into consideration.

Claire Harris, prosecuting at Birmingham Crown Court, said Mr Dale was attacked last August outside his home in Station Road, Erdington. While he was speaking with a neighbour three men including the defendant, who Mr Dale knew, “charged” towards him. One of the group demanded money and when Mr Dale refused Bird came at him with the hammer. The attack lasted for about two minutes. As well as the skull fracture the victim suffered fractures to his nose, eye socket and finger.

Jessica Clarke, defending, said of the attack on Mr Dale, that it was a toxic mixture of a slight personality disorder and use of drugs that had created a ‘perfect storm’.

Driver Jailed After Fatal Ridgeway Crash
A DISQUALIFIED driver who was behind the wheel in a fatal Erdington crash has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail. Levi Joseph Melbourne, aged 23 of Caversham Road, Kingstanding, was driving a white Subaru Impreza on The Ridgeway in February last year when he lost control and the vehicle overturned.

His passenger, Leon Williams, 27, from Kingstanding, was declared dead at the scene. Melbourne was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday (January 23) after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving with no insurance.

"Following his arrest Melbourne denied that he was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the accident," Sergeant David Lawrence, from Force Traffic said. "But with forensic evidence proving that he was driving he eventually pleaded guilty. We hope today's result comes as some comfort to the friends and family of Leon Williams who was killed in such tragic circumstances."

More Prowlers/Burglars At Night - Goosemoor Lane
We had this last January too in the same place (see further down the Crime Page). This time only attempts. Operating very late at night from the alleyway at the back of the houses on the even-side which stretch from the Top Croft junction up to about number 160 Goosemoor Lane. That rear alley is gated but is not absolutely secure.

Murder - Croydon Road
We've had a murder in Croydon Road in Erdington (by Wheelwright Road) with a charged suspect now remanded in custody;

www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2011/12/24/pensioner-in-court-charged-with-erdington-woman-s-murder-97319-30008108/

5 Days In August - The Riots In 2011
"Our remit was to listen to views of communities and victims about the riots. We launched a call for evidence on 16 September 2011. Since then, we have visited 21 areas and spoken with thousands of people who were affected by the riots and some who were not.

We have sought views via radio phone-ins, Twitter, newspaper articles, our website and blog and in public meetings in some of the worst affected areas."

www.5daysinaugust.co.uk

Four Erdington Men Jailed For Life - Murder Of Kingstanding Shopkeeper
Read More - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-16136111

Recent Goosemoor Lane Resident Guilty Of Armed Robberies - Long Sentences
From the West Midlands Police at www.west-midlands.police.uk

`Three men have today (Friday 2/12/2011) been sentenced to a total of 41 years following a series of robberies in Sutton Coldfield and Pheasey.

Larry Barnett, aged 25, of Goosemoor Lane; Ashley Atkins, aged 25, from Hastings Road; and 19-year-old Luke Dawes, of Blyth Grove; were convicted of conspiracy to commit armed robberies, possession of a shotgun, possession of a firearm, possession of a prohibited article, namely a Taser gun, and possession of a firearm with the intention of causing fear or alarm.

The decision followed a nine-day trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court which ended on October 7.

Atkins and Barnett were sentenced to 15 years and five years to run concurrently for possession of a firearm. Dawes was sentenced to 11 years and five years to run concurrently for possession of a firearm.

On 21 February the three had broken into a house in College Road, Sutton Coldfield, threatened the occupant with a Taser and made off with the car.

Half an hour later they committed a similar robbery at an address in Doe Bank Lane, Pheasey, this time stealing a BMW.

The following morning, officers traced one of the cars to where the group had left it in Kingstanding Road.

When the offenders returned around lunchtime on 22 February in a taxi, police pounced to stop them, following an operation involving firearm officers.

Dawes was immediately arrested in the vehicle whilst the other two fled. After a foot chase Barnett was arrested. Atkins was arrested later that week after being identified and having DNA linked to him.

The three had a sawn-off shotgun and were all wearing bullet-proof vests.

Acting Det Insp Steve Walters who has been investigating said:

"The three were clearly about to commit a crime of some description, but some really fast detective work allowed us not only stop them but arrest them and bring them to justice."'

(Note - various members of the Barnett family were forever mentioned on the Crime Page but the family is no longer resident in Goosemoor Lane).

Robbery - Hairy Lemon Pub - Erdington High Street
Detectives in north Birmingham have released CCTV images of a man they would like to trace as part of an investigation into a robbery.

On Monday 24 October 2011 a man had property stolen from him in the Hairy Lemon Public House on Erdington High Street - www.themissinglist.co.uk/police-appeal/man-robbed-in-the-hairy-lemon-cctv-issued-erdington

More Details Re A Recent Local Assault
A man and his partner were attacked by a group of youths in Short Heath Park - Wednesday 5/10/2011 around 7pm. Police were alerted.

(An unconfirmed report says police made several arrests).

The victims have preferred to remain anonymous but one has sent this in;

"I and my wife were criminally assaulted by a gang of youths on the park as we walked our two Staffordshire Bull terriers. My wife was punched in the face prompting me to approach the gang anxious for the safety of my partner. They then leapt on me, punching and kicking me about the body and face.

So badly was I hurt that I spend several hours until the early morning, at Good Hope Hospital having my face scanned. Both I and the duty doctor believed my jaw had been broken. Thankfully, it wasn't, just very severely bruised.

Both the police officers who attended the incident - whom I cannot praise enough for their quick response, true professionalism and empathy - and my friends have described the attack as totally unprovoked and an example of sheer mindless thuggery.

I apologise for not passing on my personal name and details but I feel publicizing such would increase pressure on both of us and make us more nervous about the repercussions.
 

With every best wish,

An anonymous reader."

Gravelly Lane Chef Jailed For Robbery
From the Birmingham Mail;

"AN OUT of work chef who robbed a woman of her handbag on the campus of Birmingham University has been jailed for three years.

Angus Knight, who had worked in three and four star hotels, lost his last job after falling out with his employer.

The 34-year-old attacked the woman on September 1 as his victim made her way across a car park in the middle of the day.

Knight, of Gravelly Lane, Erdington, admitted a charge of robbery.

Shenaz Muzaffer, prosecuting at Birmingham Crown Court, said Jill Gallivan had parked at the rear of the student's union, when she was pushed from behind.

She fell to her hands and knees and her bag was ripped from her.

She and a witness then chased after Knight but lost sight of him.

She reported the incident to security staff and one of them found Knight, who tried to escape by climbing over a wall, dropping a plastic bag containing the victim's purse.

Knight was later detained and Miss Gallivan's handbag was discovered in men's toilets."

Robbery - Tyburn Road
DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a robbery at a betting shop in Erdington last month. Two offenders entered Ladbrokes on Tyburn Road at around 8:50pm on Saturday 10 September - www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamsouth/news/newsitem.asp?id=5136

Recent But Unconfirmed Account Of A Local Assault
"Just to let you know a member of the public was assaulted at 4pm today (Friday 7 October 2011) on a northbound cross-city line train. The assailant ran off the train and turned right onto Station Road. The police are aware of the incident."

Two Quizzed Over Assault - Six Ways
From the Birmingham Mail;

`POLICE in Birmingham are continuing to investigate how a man suffered life-threatening head injuries at an address in Erdington yesterday morning (Sunday 2/10/2011).

Officers were called to Summer Road at 10.40am after the man was discovered on the pavement in a pool of blood.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of assault and continue to be questioned by police.

The casualty, who has not been named, was still critically ill in hospital last night after he was taken by paramedics to hospital with serious head injuries.

Officers placed a cordon around several homes in Summer Road, near to the junction with Sutton New Road, while they investigated and conducted door-to-door inquiries.

Inspector Jason Bonser said:

"We were called to an address in Summer Road where a man was found with a serious head injury described as life-threatening. Investigations are ongoing."

Witnesses are asked to call police on 0345 113 5000, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.'

Grass Burnt Between The Top Croft And Jarvis Road Estates
An annual problem, a patch of the tall dry grass covering that area has been set on fire again.

Rioting - Statement From Cllr Robert Alden (Erdington) - Deputy Leader Of Birmingham Conservative Group
"The trouble that started in London at the weekend and has spiralled out in copy-cat cases across the country is completely and utterly unacceptable. We must be clear that the people responsible for this have carried out quite deliberate and serious crimes against society and there must be brought to justice. The Police have now appealed for information and I strongly urge any resident of Birmingham who knows anything about the people involved to come forward to the Police on the details they have provided on their Website:-"

Anyone who recognises any of the individuals in the images is urged to ring free phone number 0800 096 0095 or local rate 0207 158 0125 alternatively, e-mail tellus@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk

Source:- www.west-midlands.police.uk/latest-news/majoroperations/operationview/

"We owe a debt of gratitude to every single Police officer who is out on our streets working to protect residents and Businesses while this trouble occurs. They are putting their safety on the line to protect us and we should never forget that. We should also be very thankful for the quick work done by the City Council staff through the night and this morning to get the city cleaned up and open for business.

It was and is vital that Birmingham stays open for business to protect residents jobs and livelihoods and to show these mindless thugs that this kind of behaviour cannot and will not win or bring this great city to its knees. Thanks should also go to the vast majority of Birmingham's residents who not only condemn the actions taken by this small minority, but also for all the work they have done helping clean up the mess left on Birmingham's Streets.

I have spoken with the Council Leader Mike Whitby and the Deputy Leader Cllr Paul Tilsley earlier today and they have agreed to arrange a meeting of all Councillors with the Police to ensure that the Council and the Police continue to do all that they can do to protect local residents and show that Birmingham is open for Business.

I urge all Councillors to be out in their Communities reassuring residents. I know many have I like I was today on Erdington High Street, been out talking to residents, Constituency Engineers and shop-keepers as well as Local Police ensuring that there is no panic.

Finally let me be clear the behaviour of these thugs in Birmingham and the Country as a whole is totally and utter unacceptable. When the dust settles I fully expect them to be caught and punished for their mindless acts of violence and theft".

email - Robert.Alden@birmingham.gov.uk

Perry Common Community Watch - linda.hines@wittonlodge.org.uk

Local Streetwatch schemes (Calthorpe, Cannon Hill, Highgate, Wake Green), www.kedgeweb.co.uk/streetwatch/schedules/westmidlands/

Street Pastors - www.streetpastors.org.uk

Relevant TV shows;

Tonight Special: Taking Back the Streets, ITV 1, 7.30pm, Wednesday - www.itv.com/news/tonight/

Why Are They Rioting? - Sky News, 8pm, Thursday - http://news.sky.com/home/topic-pages/uk-riots/live-debate

Question Time - BBC 1, 10.35pm, Thursday, - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/

Two Sentenced For Attempted Shop Robbery - Gravelly Lane
From West Midlands Police;

"TWO MEN were jailed for nine years at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday following a failed armed robbery in Erdington.

Fabian Edwards, 18 year-old and from Erdington, was sentenced to five and a half years for attempt robbery and possession of an imitation firearm.

Daniel Broderick, 17 years-old and also from Erdington, was handed a three and a half year sentence for his involvement in the attempted robbery.

Shortly after 1.30pm on Friday 1 April, the pair entered a shop on Gravelly Lane, Erdington with the intention of stealing money. Both had disguised their identity with scarves and hooded tops, and Edwards was carrying an imitation handgun.

While inside the shop Edwards threatened a female customer and hit the shopkeeper around the head with the handgun as he demanded cash from him. However the shopkeeper bravely fought back and the struggle spilled out onto the street.

At the same time PC Alan Reeves and PC Len Kelly from Sutton Coldfield police station were driving by the shop in an unmarked police car. On seeing the struggle the officers jumped out of the car and after a struggle PC Reeves arrested Broderick.

Edwards fled the scene in possession of the handgun. Despite knowing he was armed PC Kelly gave chase through nearby gardens as colleagues rushed to the scene to secure the area. Edwards was soon arrested.

Officers were able to recover the firearm and items of clothing he had tried to discard.

Both men pleaded guilty their involvement in the offence at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday 27 June.

Detective Constable Phil Caldwell from the force's CID department, who led the investigation, said: "The sentences handed out by the court today reflect the serious nature of this incident.

"These two men tried to use fear, violence and intimidation for financial gain. However what they had not taken into account that day was the bravery shown by the shopkeeper and the arresting officers."

Commenting on the sentences Acting Superintendent Richard Youds from Birmingham North local policing unit said:

"Putting the safety of a member of public before their own, PC Kelly and PC Reeves showed great bravery and determination to catch two violent individuals. Officers nearby assisted by containing a large area which not only led to an arrest but the recovery of vital evidence. Detectives were then able to use this evidence to secure today's result, concluding some great work by a number of police departments. I would also like to pay tribute to the actions of the shop keeper. His bravery matched that of our officers and I hope today's result comes as some comfort to him. The message following this result is simple. Officers and those living in or working in the area we police will not tolerate those individuals who try to engage in criminal activity. Those ignoring this message will be caught and can expect similar sentences."

Sex Attack - Erdington - Police Appeal For Witnesses
Police investigating a sexual-assault are appealing for a passer-by to come forward and help with the investigation. Whilst cycling along a canal towpath somewhere between Wood Lane and Holly Lane in Erdington at around 6.30pm on Tuesday 21 June, a 36 year-old woman was approached by a male cyclist.

Woman Jailed For Biting Hole In Victim's Cheek During Violent Attack - Cross Keys Pub - Station Road
From the Birmingham Mail at www.birminghammail.net

Edmund Campion School Rape Allegation - Erdington - Not Guilty Verdict
Erdington teacher Matthew Fludgate says life has been destroyed by rape claims. A BIRMINGHAM PE teacher cleared of raping a girl following a party has spoken of how the allegations have destroyed his life;

More Nicked Manhole Covers - Bowling Green Close
A national crime problem this of course, large iron man-hole covers etc being stolen for their scrap value (India and China gobbling it all up). 2 more large man-hole covers are missing in Bowling Green Close, near the Goosemoor Lane junction (to go with the two other nicked from the same location on the other side of that road recently). The Council will replaced them - with ones not made of metal!