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CPS West Midlands: Successful Hate Crime Cases July 2023

In July 2023, CPS West Midlands Magistrates' and Crown Court unit successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases.

Law graduate jailed over terrifying armed robberies

A law graduate has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for carrying out a string of terrifying armed robberies at supermarkets, petrol stations and a bank.

CPS statement on the sentencing of Arslan Farooq

A road rage driver who killed a man with a single punch has been jailed for eight years and three months.

Parents jailed for death of five-month-old baby

The parents of a five-month-old baby girl who died after sustaining traumatic injuries over a prolonged period have been jailed for a combined total of 19 years.

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Five jailed for murder of man at Coventry mosque

Five people have been jailed for more than 125 years in total after they were convicted of the murder of a man who was fatally stabbed as he left a Coventry mosque in October last year.

Adam Razaaq, 21, of Long Lane, Halesowen, and Jenaid Mahmood, 19, of Markby Road, Birmingham, were today sentenced to life imprisonment at Warwick Crown Court for the murder of Haji Choudhary Rab Nawaz and the attempted murder of his brother.

Man charged with causing death by driving while uninsured

Man charged with causing death by driving while uninsured.

Prosecutors in West Midlands seeing increased number of rape charges through closer working with police

Prosecutors in West Midlands are steadily increasing the number of rape cases that go to court as a result of working more closely with police forces.

CPS West Midlands: Successful Hate Crime Cases June 2023

In June 2023, CPS West Midlands Magistrates' unit successfully prosecuted various hate crime cases.

Man convicted of the murder of his partner

A man has been convicted of the murder of his partner who was found dead with horrific injuries in a ditch by a dogwalker.

CPS statement on the sentencing of Paris Mayo

A young mother has been sentenced to serve a minimum of 12 years detention for killing her newborn son.

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