Prison for ‘Casino’ money launderers
Four men jailed for total of 22 yearsFOUR men from the West Midlands who exploited the gaming industry to launder vast amounts of money have been jailed.
Harvinder Singh Batth, 33, Sukhjinder Singh Shergill, 33, Suckjit Singh Birring, 36,...
British Muslims welcome visa forgery conviction
Egyptian trio convicted for forging Hajj visasA BRITISH Muslim group has welcomed the conviction of three Egyptian men who were sentenced for forging Hajj visas.
The Association of British Hujjaj (ABH), a charity based in Birmingham, said the conviction...
IVF couple hit out at ‘untrue’ reports
‘We never rejected our girls’, say coupleTHE FAMILY of a Midlands couple who were accused in a newspaper story of dumping their newborn twin girls at a Birmingham hospital because they were not boys have hit out at the...
Guantanamo man pleads to PM
‘I feel betrayed by Britain’, says prisonerA BRITISH resident who is facing the death penalty in Guantanamo Bay has written a letter to Prime Minster Gordon Brown urging him for help.
Binyam Mohamed, the only Briton in the camp, has...
Amar Aslam’s Family: ‘We’re Heartbroken’
Four charged with teenagers’ murderTHE FAMILY of Amar Aslam paid tribute to the murdered teenager hours after four people appeared in court charged with his murder.
Seventeen-year-old Amar was savagely beaten and left for dead in Crow Nest Park...
Nisha Patel Nasri: Cheating Husband Guilty
We can never forgive him, says Nisha’s brotherTHE BROTHER of murdered special constable Nisha Patel Nasri has said the family would never be able to forgive her killer husband.
Fadi Nasri, 34, had Nisha killed so he could cash...
Heroin rug smugglers jailed
Trio sentenced to total of 22 yearsTWO men and a woman have been sentenced to a total of 22 years today for smuggling heroin into the UK which was carefully woven into rugs from Afghanistan.
Jhangheer Younas Ali and...
They must be Batty!
Cricket-mad Army recruiters in charity questTWO Midland Army recruiters are taking their love of cricket to the next level by attempting a feat like no other.
The cricket crazy duo will take part in a 24 hour ‘bat-a-thon’ testing...
City elects Asian woman major
Manjula Sood UK’s first female Asian Lord MayorBRITAIN’S first Asian woman Lord Mayor has taken up her office in Leicester.
Councillor Manjula Sood was sworn in at Leicester Town Hall on Thursday evening.
She has become the first Asian woman...
Brothers jailed for killing father-of-two
Life sentences for ‘career criminals’TWO brothers have been jailed for life for murdering a father-of-two after he tried to stop them stealing his car radio.
54-year-old Balbir Matharu was mown down by brothers Albert and Tommy Willet after he tried...
