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Blackberry’s . . . New WayTo Bully !Bonfire night has just gone, yet young people are still roaming the streets firing at inosent civilians. West Midlands Police has said that this will be put to a stop. It is ok to fire them on a specifc day and time, but if anyone is caught firing them not at these times will face one of many penalties.

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Thursday 1st November 2010 www.handsworthweekly.co.uk

FIREWORK CRACKDOWNStory By Reece Wickham

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A Driver’s Warning From FrostWEST MIDLANDS Police are warning all midland drivers not to leave cars warming up unattended on driveways while they de-ice. This is due to four cars were stolen this morning. Cars have been stolen from across the city including roads in Winson Green, Handsworth and Aston. At 7.40am this morning a driver was warming up his car just off Hamstead road, Handsworth when a man went to steal his Volkswagen Golf GTI. The man held onto the car as the thief tried to get away and he received a punch to the head with a metal pole. The victim has been

sent to hospital for treatment and tests. West Midlands Police are con-cerned that this sudden spell of frosty mornings may lead to other drivers leaving keys in vehicles while they warm up – making them an easy target for car thieves. Steven Wright from West Midlands Police said: “As the weather gets colder, some motorists become careless and leave keys in their ig-nitions as they warm their vehicles. Others leave the engine running in their parked vehicles as they go back inside the house and wait for their vehicle to de-ice.There are people who will steal

if the opportunity presents itself and others who deliberately go in search of such opportunities - please do not give anyone the chance to steal your property. Some victims nip inside to collect their bag or a last sip of coffee and that’s all the time a car thief needs. The message is simple - never leave your car unattended while the keys are in it.

PIZZAMAN ROBBEDPOLICE in Winson Green are investigating a robbery in which a pizza delivery man was knocked unconscious.On Friday 30 October at around 8.45pm, the 23-year-old victim had just made a delivery at an address near the junction off hansted road when he was attacked by two men who stole his wallet containing cash, bank cards and various member-ship cards. It is believed that the pair then ran-off towards park.Having regained consciousness and with a broken nose, cuts to his head and severe bruising to his face, the delivery man man-aged to get back onto his car and drive back to his pizza shop.

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THE 38 year-old man charged with the murder of appeared at Birming-ham Magistrates court today and was remanded in custody. Craig Johnson will appear again on Tuesday 19th November at Birmingham Crown Court. Grace Manning, a 34 year-old from Sutton Coldfield was found dead in Handsworth Park at around 12.45pm on Saturday 30 October. She was found just behind the back of the park near Leisure centre in a bush. Grace had gone missing from the 28th October and was reported missing by mom, Jane Manning. Post Mortem

Said she died as a result of strangula-tion.The below statement has been is-sued by Alice Manning, sister of Grace, on behalf of the family: As you are all aware a woman's body was found in Handsworth Park. That woman was my sister. She was a loving daughter to her mum, dad and loving sister to her brother and two sisters. The family are very distraught, devas-tated and going through a re ally tough time. We love and miss her dearly. She will always be in our hearts and never forgotten. We appeal for any witnesses to please come forward. Over 50 officers are currently working on the investigation, codenamed Op-eration Mineral, as police continue to piece together events leading up to the woman’s death.

Craig was caught trying to flee the country via plane towards a small island in Spain and taken immedi-ately to the nearest uestioning.. Later that day Craig was found guilty an has been given his court date for the 19th of November 2010. Craig could be looking at a 20 year sentence if he is found guilty. Craig’s mother is very distrot about the situation. she couldn’t bel;ieve that her son would do such a thing to a person.

MURDER IN HANDS-WORTH PARK

MISSING

Rhianna Richards was last saw on the 28th of Octboer 2010. it was near the shooping centre OneStop. If you have any information or have recenlty seen him call999 ass soon as pos-sible.

The Park Where The inci-dent happend

Thursday 1st November 2010 www.handsworthweekly.co.uk

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Lady Found Strangled To Death In Bush In Handsworth Park

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Frosty Cars Seem To Be The Target

Police in Birmingham Have Ob-tained A dispersal order In Con-sulation with the city Councial to tackle problems at an anti-social behaviour hotspot. The order will be put into placeafter residents complained that groiups of young men have been imtimidating shoppers along Soho Road, as well as selling and taking drugs. Under the order. Officers will have the power to move on any group of two or more people deemed to be acting anti-socially. Officers can also arrest anyone in branch of the order. PC Alex Denny, Froim Lozells and East Handsworth neighbourhood team, said; “Seeking the dispersal order was a direct result of listening to the community’s concerns”. Also , it has been recently happenoing in Solihul and Sutton Coldfeild. The police from over Sutton Coldfield have know started to do neighbour hood watch in the morning