Case Studies
Showing how material from crime scenes can be linked to criminal activity in different force areas.

Three men have been charged in connection with an aggravated burglary in Sible Hedingham, Essex, on February 6 in which a man was shot.
Charlie Simms, 22, of North Road in Great Yeldham, Kale...
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A 22 year-old man has been arrested by armed officers in Birmingham over the weekend.
The unemployed man from Hockley was arrested for possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence...
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A gun fanatic who shot a neighbour following a Valentine's Day fight - and was later found by West Midlands Police to have an arsenal of illegal firearms stashed at his home - has been jai...
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Nine people have been arrested in relation to a firearms incident at a house in Cheltenham earlier this week.
The incident happened at an address on Bouncers Lane in Prestbury at around 10.45pm on ...
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A 65-year-old man from Norfolk has been jailed after being found guilty of committing a number of firearms transaction offences. This follows an investigation into the discovery of a largest cache o...
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Police are currently serving a total of 18 interim gang injunctions against known criminals across Birmingham, following a successful application led by Birmingham City Council.
It means the me...
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A 50- year-old man will appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning (Thursday 18 February) charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.
Sander Van Aalten from Kyrwicks Lane, Sparkbrook wa...
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Police are appealing for help in identifying a man who fired a gun at a Birmingham house.
The man, carrying what is believed to a be pistol, fired the gun at a house in Prospect Road in Moseley...
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A police officer was head-butted during a routine operation in Birmingham yesterday evening by a man who was later found to have a loaded handgun inside his bag.
It happened at the Newtown Shopping...
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Detectives investigating the murder of businessman Akhtar Javeed have made a fourth arrest in connection with his death.
A 22-year-old man was arrested in the Derby area this morning (Tuesday 1...
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Two men will appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (Monday 15 February)charged with the murder of Akhtar Javeed.
Businessman Surjat Mistry, 26, of Laundon Way, Leicester and 18-year-old stud...
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Two men have been jailed after a man was shot after he tried to act as a peacemaker at a wake.
Michael Otshudi was sentenced to 18 months and Joseph Smith was sentenced to four years' impriso...
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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson has launched a Weapons Surrender to help remove dangerous items from the streets.
The launch took place at the Sports Hub Perry B...
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Annual crime statistics issued today (11 February) by the Office for National Statistics show a small increase in recorded firearms crime.
Between April 2014 and March 2015 there were 4912 offe...
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Detectives investigating an aggravated burglary in which a man was shot believe they have now identified the type of weapon that was used.
Officers were called to a house in Rectory Road in Sib...
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