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Teenager convicted of killing boy stabbed in Birmingham

A 15-year-old youth has been cleared of murdering another teenager but convicted of his manslaughter. Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court deliberated over three days before acquitting four other defendants of murdering 14-year-old Dea-John Reid, who ...

30 Mar 2022 at 20:55

Car driver who ploughed into dog walker, killing pet, injured in bike crash

A driver who ploughed into a dog walker, flinging his victim into the air and killing her pet, has had his sentencing delayed after he was knocked off his bicycle by a car. Kallum Aish, then 17, was at the wheel of a Renault Clio when he lost ...

07 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Death of grandmother, 79, in fatal gas blast was accidental, inquest jury finds

The death of a 79-year-old great-grandmother killed in a house blast triggered by a “decades-old” faulty copper gas pipe join was accidental, an inquest jury has concluded. Retired pub landlady Doreen Mace, originally from Erdington, ...

17 Jan 2023 at 14:25

‘Decades-old’ faulty gas pipe join thought to be source of deadly house blast

A 79-year-old great-grandmother died in a “very significant” house explosion, thought to have been caused by a “decades-old” faulty copper gas pipe join, an inquest has heard. Retired pub landlady Doreen Mace, originally from ...

16 Jan 2023 at 16:08

Men and youths ‘hunted down’ and murdered boy with kitchen knife, court told

A “pack” of two men and three youths chased a 14-year-old boy through a park before he was fatally stabbed after one shouted they were “going to get the black bastard”, a murder trial has heard. Birmingham Crown Court heard ...

23 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Fatal blast caused by ‘accidental’ gas leak in home, say investigators

Fatal gas blast caused by ‘accidental’ gas leak in home, say investigators

A gas explosion which destroyed a terraced house, killing a 79-year-old grandmother, was likely caused by an accidental gas leak in the home’s pipework, an investigation has found. The cause of the fatal blast in Dulwich ...

01 Jul 2022 at 09:15

Fatal house gas blast victim believed to be 79-year-old woman

A woman who died when a gas explosion destroyed a terraced house is believed to be a 79-year-old mother, with investigations into the cause continuing. The pensioner, understood to be Doreen Rees-Bibb, died after a ...

28 Jun 2022 at 12:52

Woman found dead at scene of house destroyed in gas explosion

A woman has been found dead at the scene of a house destroyed in a gas explosion in Birmingham, a fire service has confirmed. Emergency services have been at the site in Dulwich Road, Kingstanding, through the ...

27 Jun 2022 at 09:53

Woman dead and man fighting for life as locals describe heroic house rescue

A woman has been found dead after a house collapsed following a gas explosion which saw heroic neighbours pull one casualty to safety. A man is in a life-threatening condition after the blast at the terraced ...

27 Jun 2022 at 10:54

Kingstanding residents rescue trapped man from rubble following blast

Heroic residents have described how they clambered past flaming debris, through dust and rubble shortly after a suspected gas explosion to pull an injured man alive from the ruins of a house. The man is in ...

27 Jun 2022 at 07:59

Man fighting for life after gas explosion in Birmingham

Man fighting for life after suspected gas explosion in Birmingham

A man is in a life-threatening condition and a house has been destroyed after a gas explosion in Birmingham. West Midlands Police said they were called just after 8.30pm on Sunday to the incident on ...

27 Jun 2022 at 03:14

Witnesses relive fearless rescue from fireball house

Around a dozen fearless members of the public dug through rubble to rescue a seriously injured man from a burning building after a gas explosion caused the terraced house to collapse, witnesses ...

27 Jun 2022 at 16:41

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