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Mark Cowan

Mark Cowan

Boy 'boasted of affair with teacher'

A BOY who filmed a teacher performing a sex act on him boasted to a school assistant that he was seeing an older woman, a court heard. Read

Teacher gave 'lessons in lust'

A WOMAN teacher performed a sex act on one of her pupils in a Birmingham classroom as the teenager filmed it on his mobile phone, a court heard. Read

Boy 'filmed sex act by teacher' - court told

A FEMALE school teacher was caught performing a sex act on a pupil in school when the teenager filmed it on his mobile phone, a court heard today. Read

New clues in hunt for brick attacker

THE hunt for a crazed thug who batters women over the head with a housebrick was given a boost today after vital tip-offs from the public. Read

Fears flasher may striker again

DETECTIVES hunting a pervert who has exposed himself to teenage girls fear he may strike again - with more devastating consequences. Read

Police use shock tactic to halt car crooks

BOBBIES are becoming criminals in a shock tactic to warn motorists of the dangers of red light rush hour robbers. Read

Replica gun law wins support

AN ANTI-gun campaigner today welcomed new laws to crack down on the sale of replica guns. Read

I thought I'd lose my baby in attack

A PREGNANT woman battered over the head with a housebrick today spoke for the first time how she feared she might have lost her baby. Read

Hot dog starts kitchen fire

SANDY the rescue hound might have ended up in the doghouse after almost burning down her owner's home. Read

Pregnant woman attacked

A MAN being hunted by police after trying to rob a pregnant woman in a supermarket car park. Read

'Psychic' cops launch blitz on burglars

POLICE are using Minority Report-style detective work to beat the burglar. Read

Man admits swinging from railway cable

AN "IDIOT" diced with death by swinging from an overhead railway cable, a court heard. Read

Call for ban on hooligan DVDs

A BIRMINGHAM MP is calling for a ban on the sale of DVDs showing sickening scenes of football hooliganism over the internet. Read

Neighbour noise row ends in tragedy

A ROW over noise between two city neighbours ended with one man being stabbed to death and the other in police custody on suspicion of murder. The man who died had earlier confronted his neighbour at his home in Cotterills Lane, Ward End. Read

TV appeal over brick attack thug

THE hunt for a dangerous thug who pounced on two women and battered them with a brick is to go national. Read

Revealed - where 2,000 sex pests are living

ALMOST 2,000 registered sex offenders are living in the West Midlands under the close watch of police and probation experts, new figures show. Read

Hammond: I'm lucky to be alive

BRAVE TV star Richard Hammond today told how his incredible fight for survival has stunned doctors. Read

Teen charged over fast-food axe raid

A TEENAGER has been charged in connection with an axe attack that brought terror to a fast-food restaurant. Read

Police crackdown on abandoned cars

CLAPPED out cars dumped at the side of the road are being targeted in a new move to clean up the streets and slam the brakes on anti-social behaviour. Read

Cops cleared of beating up football fans

POLICE have been cleared of any wrongdoing following an inquiry into claims that baton-wielding riot cops assaulted fans when Birmingham's Euro 2004 soccer party exploded in violence. Read

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Mark Cowan is crime reporter for the Birmingham Mail.

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