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Teacher sex case teen speaks out

THE Birmingham schoolboy at the centre of the teacher sex trial has bragged about what he sees as his conquest in a national Sunday newspaper. Read

Disabled dad sends burglars fleeing

A DISABLED dad gave armed burglars more than they bargained for when they broke into his home and threatened his wife and three children. Read

Hunt for head of crime family

THE head of a crime family behind a multi-million pound tax fraud was today at the centre of an international manhunt. Read

Sex case teacher faces new inquiry

A FEMALE teacher cleared of performing a sex act on a 15-year-old pupil while he recorded it with his mobile phone today faced a fresh investigation. Read

Pay up - or stay in jail, dealers told

TWO convicted drug dealers have been ordered to cough-up a quarter of a million pounds between them or face longer in jail. Read

Police home in on cheats

BOGUS Big Issue sellers who con kind passers-by are the target of a new police crackdown. Read

Teacher is cleared of affair with pupil

A MARRIED woman teacher who was filmed performing a sex act on a 15-year-old pupil was this afternoon cleared of sexual activity with a child. Read

Victim's dad: No revenge

Meshack Tesfa Bernard-Brown was shot dead on his 20th birthday, an innocent victim of two nights of violence in inner-city Birmingham. Read

Man is charged with 2004 murder

A MAN has been charged with the murder of innocent passer-by Joseph Nwabuko who was gunned down in Birmingham more than two years ago. Read

'I feared for my wife at school' - husband tells court

Dacey Poole said he was aware his wife Rebecca had made a number of complaints about being groped by pupils and one occasion of being punched in the face. Read

Second night of gunfire in city

A gunman opened fire at the door of a house in Wheeler Street, Newtown, at 9.45pm last night. Read

Numbers up for us!

THE boys in blue have hit on a novel idea to prove they are the leader of the pack with a unique calling card. Read

Diggers search for boys' bodies

AN old haunt of child killer Brian Field was today being dug up as police began searching for the bodies of two Birmingham schoolboys who disappeared ten years ago. Read

Man dies in street shooting

A MAN has died after being gunned down in a residential street in Birmingham. Read

Sex case teacher denies making up attack

A FEMALE teacher has denied concocting claims she was sexually assaulted by a pupil to cover the fact she had been caught having an affair with him. Read

Driver faces Josh death charge

A MOTORIST has been charged with the harrowing hit-and-run death of a Birmingham toddler more than two years ago. Read

Teacher denies affair with student

A TEACHER accused of performing a sex attack on a pupil in a classroom as he filmed it on his mobile phone today denied ever having an affair. Read

Anger at 'let off' for teenage criminals

THOUSANDS of school-age crooks are escaping with a slap on the wrist for crimes including rape and conspiracy to murder. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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