Jailed in July 2024 – the latest criminals from Birmingham and beyond to be sent down
From the professional footballer whose career lies in tatters to a separate case of a sex worker’s killer bodyguards, these are the latest criminals from Birmingham and beyond to be sent to jail. This is our July 2024 roundup of offenders sentenced to immediate imprisonment.
The month had no shortage of class A drug dealers and paedophiles. Also look out for:
- The thug who told a judge to ‘hurry up’ so he could smoke a spliff in prison
- The thief who stole a 12-tonne gritter truck and goaded police he would set it on fire
- The notorious grime artist back behind bars again
- The ‘Benefits Street’ burglar who made a critical mistake
First up is a killer pair who murdered a 16-year-old boy in a crack den. Scroll through the full list below which includes the court cases we covered in Birmingham[1], Solihull[2], Sutton Coldfield[3], the Black Country[4], Staffordshire[5] and Worcestershire[6].
Mpho Obi and Omari Lauder
Mpho Obi and Omari Lauder (Image: WMP)
Mpho Obi and Omari Lauder[7] murdered 16-year-old Terrell Marshall-Williams in a ‘crack den’ in Merry Hill in September last year. The flat had been ‘cuckooed’, a term used for drug dealers occupying a vulnerable person’s home to use as a base.
Obi, aged 23, was a significant supplier in Wolverhampton and instigated the killing with a ‘zombie knife’ while Lauder, aged 24, was described as his ‘willing lieutenant’. Terrell suffered eight deep stab wounds but managed to slash Lauder in the thigh with his own knife as he tried to defend himself.
Obi, from Wolverhampton and Lauder, from Darlaston, were both found guilty of murder and possession of an offensive weapon. Obi, who was also convicted of drug dealing offences, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 28 years. Lauder was jailed for life with a minimum of 24 years.
Tariq Zeb
Tariq Zeb (Image: West Midlands Police)
Tariq Zeb[8] stabbed a police officer in the face at his home in Sparkhill. The 54-year-old reacted angrily to two constables attending his address due to reports of a domestic incident.
He yelled ‘get out of my f***ing house’ before attacking both officers, knocking one to the floor and stabbing the other below the eye. Zeb, of Yardley[9] Wood Road, admitted wounding with intent and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was sentenced to five years and five months.
Ian Bullock
Ian Bullock (Image: SWNS)
Ian Bullock[10] attacked four police officers then told his sentencing judge to ‘hurry up’ because he wanted to return to his prison cell and smoke a spliff. The 40-year-old had previously been jailed for sexually assaulting a woman in a ladies’ toilet, which he entered claiming he identified as a woman.
But upon his release he breached his sex offender notification requirements. Police tracked him down to Washington Court homeless hostel where he got into a row with staff over whether he had been served breakfast.
After being taken back to Perry Barr[11] custody suite Bullock spat at one officer, punched out at two others and bit a fourth on the knuckle. He was sentenced to 30 months for four offences of assault.
Mark Lake, Dean Isitt, Nicholas Collins and Darren Fitzpatrick
(Z order) Mark Lake, Dean Isitt, Nicholas Hodgetts and Darren Fitzpatrick
A violent and destructive gang[12] raided shops and businesses throughout the region to steal cash. They targeted 14 premises in ramraids, burglaries and robberies including Cannock[13] Hospital and a Subway.
Mark Lake, aged 43, from West Bromwich, was jailed for 18 years for conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to burgle. Dean Isitt, aged 45, of Cradley Heath received 16 years and Darren Fitzpatrick, aged 38, of Tividale received 13 years for the same offences.
Nicholas Collins, aged 31, from West Bromwich was jailed for six years and 20 months for conspiracy to burgle and driving offences. A fifth man involved was handed a suspended sentence.
Hardi Hamad and Dale Berry-Parkes
Hardi Hamad and Dale Berry-Parkes
A sex worker’s bodyguards Hardi Hamad and Dale Berry-Parkes[14] killed Ali Salih Abdalaah at Brecon Tower in Ladywood after she accused the deceased of raping her. The 36-year-old victim came at them first with a meat cleaver prompting Hamad to punch him in the face, place him in a fatal chokehold and kick him in the head while he was on the ground.
Berry-Parkes also delivered at least one punch and kick during the scuffle. Mr Abdalaah was killed at the scene while the two men left the tower block, stealing his car in the process. They were both convicted of manslaughter and theft.
Hamad, aged 35, from Perry Barr, was sentenced to 11 years custody while Berry Parkes, aged 31, received ten years.
Yasser Mahmood and Stevan Marston
Yasser Mahmood and Stevan Marston
Stevan Marston[15] sexually attacked a young girl while his friend Yasser Mahmood raped her. The pair, from Sparkbrook, attacked the victim at an address in Telford.
Marston had groomed her then he invited round Mahmood, who reached speeds of 111mph on the M54 to join him. Marston, aged 35, was found guilty of sexual activity with a child, sexual assault by penetration and possession of cocaine. He was sentenced to nine years.
Mahmood, also 35, was convicted of rape, sexual activity with a child and dangerous driving. He received nine years and six months.
Richard Haswell
Richard Haswell (Image: West Midlands Police)
Richard Haswell[16] paid someone in the Philippines to orchestrate live sexual abuse of children. When police raided the 62-year-old’s home in Wolverhampton they discovered more than 50,000 indecent images on his devices, including of babies as young as six months.
He was found guilty of possession of indecent images, possession of extreme pornography, six counts of making indecent images and two counts of arranging or facilitating a child sex offence. Haswell was jailed for six years.
Dylan Evans
Dylan Evans (Image: West Midlands Police)
Dylan Evans[17] attacked a shop worker twice after being caught trying to steal a vape. On the first occasion the 24-year-old slapped and punched the worker in the head seven times.
In the early hours of the following day he crashed his car into a stationary vehicle. He later returned to the shop to attack the same victim for a second time.
In the process he lashed out at a customer who tried to intervene and broke their cheekbone. Evans, from Solihull[18], admitted assault, theft and driving offences. He was sentenced to 32 months.
Bradley Burns
Bradley Burns (Image: West Midlands Police)
Bradley Burns[19] lorry-jacked a 12-tonne gritter truck in Harborne[20] then drove it recklessly around the streets of Bournville. The 25-year-old threatened the female driver at knife-point while she was parked up in Mindelsohn Way.
Burns rammed a police vehicle as he fled but he was pursued by a helicopter which captured him deliberately crash into a caravan. He taunted officers with a lighter as if he was going to set himself and the vehicle on fire before he was arrested.
Burns, of Abdon Avenue, admitted robbery and dangerous driving. He was sentenced to six years and six months.
Vilajet Karanxha
Vilajet Karanxha (Image: West Midlands Police)
Vilajet Karanxha[21] ran a cannabis factory in Birmingham hoping to bag an easy £4,000 payment. But the 27-year-old illegal immigrant from Albania was caught and now faces the prospect of deportation.
The address at Sladefield Road in Saltley was used to grow 136 cannabis plants worth between £11,400 and £52,000. Karanxha, of no fixed address, admitted production of cannabis and was sentenced to 32 months.
Harminder Singh
Harminder Singh (Image: West Midlands Police)
Harminder Singh[22] burgled his neighbours on Birmingham’s so-called ‘Benefits Street’. The 44-year-old broke into a home on James Turner Street in Winson Green while a family of seven were asleep.
He stole a PlayStation 5 and fled but realised he had left a Nokia phone at the address which he had used as a torch. Singh returned and told the family he had the mobile stolen from him moments before, but they realised he was the actual burglar and locked him inside until police arrived.
He admitted burglary and was sentenced to 27 months. Neither he nor the family he targeted featured on the 2014 Channel 4 show which was set on the road.
Justin Brook
Justin Brook (Image: West Midlands Police)
Violent shoplifter Justin Brook[23] raided a Co-op in Solihull multiple times in a ten-month spree. On some occasions the 38-year-old threatened staff with a knife and a needle.
He typically stole chocolate, alcohol and cigarettes. Brook admitted six thefts, possession of a bladed article, assault, burglary and four counts of making threats with a bladed article. He was sentenced to 34 months.
Jordan Cattell
Jordan Cattell (Image: WMP)
Jordan Cattell[24] attacked a baby leaving the ten-month old with lifelong brain damage. He claimed the tot had fallen over but a jury found that the 25-year-old had caused the baby’s injuries, which included multiple skull fractures and bleeding. Cattell, from Handsworth, was jailed for 14 years.
David Brown
David Brown (Image: WMP)
David Brown[25] used the internet to incite boys into engaging in sexual activity. The 59-year-old from Brownhills also had 175 indecent images on his computer.
His online conversations revealed he had instructed a man in Africa to carry out abuse in exchange for payment. Brown admitted three charges of making indecent images and one charge of distributing an indecent image.
Following a trial he was further found guilty of four charges of attempting to cause or incite a boy aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity and two counts of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence. Brown was sentenced to 15 years.
Daen Stevenson
Daen Stevenson
Daen Stevenson[26] was a banned driver when he broke into a home in Kidderminster and stole keys to a Mercedes which he fled in. The 23-year-old was convicted of burglary, theft and driving whilst disqualified.
He received sentences of 18 months, nine months and two months respectively. Stevenson was further banned from driving for 21 months.
Demehl Thomas
Demehl Thomas
Notorious grime artist Remtrex, real name Demehl Thomas[27], was involved in the supply of drugs from Birmingham to Huddersfield. The 34-year-old was found guilty following a trial and was handed a six-year, six-month sentence.
Thomas was previously jailed for seven years following an aggravated burglary. Whilst serving his punishment he filmed a rap video on a mobile phone in HMP Birmingham in 2015, for which he was handed an extra nine months.
Mohammed Musaid Ali
Mohammed Musaid Ali (Image: Cheshire Police)
Mohammed Musaid Ali[28] supplied drugs from Birmingham to Crewe. He was caught with nearly £14,000 in cash and a mobile phone linked to the County Lines operation.
Ali, from Benton Road, Sparkbrook was found guilty of supplying crack, cocaine, heroin and cannabis. He was sentenced to six years, six months.
Clint Hewitt
Clint Hewitt
Clint Hewitt[29] was caught parking a car around the corner from the home it had been stolen from a short time earlier. The owner of the £14,000 Volkswagen was able to locate the vehicle to police by using an app to track her iPad which had also been taken.
A dog unit was deployed and Hewitt was caught trying to escape from the back of a property in Kings Heath[30]. The 46-year-old drug addict admitted handling stolen goods as well as driving without a licence and insurance.
He was also in breach of a suspended sentence for burglary which he had failed to comply with. Hewitt was jailed for two years and nine months.
Paul Whitehouse
Paul Whitehouse (Image: WMP)
Paul Whitehouse[31] abused four children over a 15-year period. He sexually assaulted a victim as young as eight and attempted to rape another.
The non-recent offences came to light after the victims came forward, leading to his arrest in 2019. Whitehouse, aged 56, from Darlaston was convicted of nine sex offences and sentenced to 24 years with an extended four-year licence period.
Jabbar Nadeem, Zubair Mehmood, Rohail Ali and Fida Butt
Jabbar Nadeem, Zubair Mehmood, Rohail Ali and Fida Butt (Image: West Midlands Police)
Jabbar Nadeem, Zubair Mehmood, Rohail Ali and Fida Butt[32] supplied class A drugs across Walsall[33] between July 2022 and January last year. Police executed a number of warrants and seized phones linked to the operation.
They then managed to check shop CCTV to identify the people who had topped them up. Nadeem, aged 25, from Birmingham was jailed for seven years for supplying class A drugs, criminal damage and threats to kill.
Mehmood, 26, from Darlaston, Ali, aged 27, from Walsall and Butt, aged 18, were all convicted of dealing class A drugs. They were jailed for six years and six months, six years and four years respectively.
Ryan Carroll
Ryan Carroll (Image: WMP)
Ryan Carroll[34] fired a shotgun in Erdington[35] and then hid in bushes from police. Officers responded to an incident in Montague Road and deployed a sniffer dog which found the 28-year-old.
The shotgun was recovered nearby. Carroll, from Erdington, admitted possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. He was sentenced to nine years and two months.
Samuel Howl
Samuel Howl (Image: WMP)
Samuel Howl[36] sat next to lone women on buses then filmed as he touched himself. Three separate females reported the 27-year-old. Howl, from Wolverhampton, admitted three counts of outraging public decency and was sentenced to 21 months.
Mohammed Jamil, Mohammed Saadh and Idris Ahmed
Mohammed Jamil, Mohammed Saadh and Idris Ahmed (Image: West Midlands Police)
Mohammed Jamil, Mohammed Saadh and Idris Ahmed[37] kidnapped a man and subjected him to a ‘brutal attack’ over an alleged debt. They bundled the victim, in his 40s, into a Seat Leon and took him to a banqueting suite in Smethwick[38] where they burnt him with cigarettes and beat him with a metal pole before letting him go.
All three admitted kidnap. Jamil, aged 39 and of no fixed address and Saadh, 23, from Birmingham, were each jailed for five years and three months. Ahmed, aged 28, from Smethwick, was sentenced to four years and six months.
James Hurst
James Hurst (Image: West Midlands Police)
Professional footballer James Hurst[39] subjected his ex-partner to an ‘obsessive’ campaign of harassment in a row over the care arrangements for their child. The 32-year-old, who has played for West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City and represented England, called his former girlfriend up to 50 times a day as well as sent abusive texts and emails.
He even targeted her brother-in-law’s farm business with a false Tripadvisor review after he refused his offer of money to get involved to help him. Hurst also warned his ex’s mother ‘I’m watching you like a hawk’.
He admitted stalking without harm, two counts of harassment without violence, two offences of sending false communication with intent to cause harm and one charge of breaching a non-molestation order. Hurst, of Sutton Coldfield, was sentenced to two years.
References
- ^ Birmingham (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Solihull (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Sutton Coldfield (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Black Country (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Staffordshire (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Worcestershire (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Mpho Obi and Omari Lauder (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Tariq Zeb (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Yardley (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Ian Bullock (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Perry Barr (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ violent and destructive gang (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Cannock (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Hardi Hamad and Dale Berry-Parkes (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Stevan Marston (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Richard Haswell (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Dylan Evans (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Solihull (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Bradley Burns (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Harborne (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Vilajet Karanxha (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Harminder Singh (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Justin Brook (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Jordan Cattell (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ David Brown (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Daen Stevenson (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Demehl Thomas (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Mohammed Musaid Ali (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Clint Hewitt (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Kings Heath (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Paul Whitehouse (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Jabbar Nadeem, Zubair Mehmood, Rohail Ali and Fida Butt (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Walsall (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Ryan Carroll (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Erdington (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Samuel Howl (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Mohammed Jamil, Mohammed Saadh and Idris Ahmed (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ Smethwick (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ James Hurst (www.birminghammail.co.uk)