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| Murder and Sudden Death 2010 |
| This webpage contains information about homicide and sudden death reported in Birmingham in 2010. |
| Dead Body Discovered on Spring Hill |
| A man aged 20 was discovered dead in snow on Ellen Street in Ladywood at roughly 7am on Monday 27/12/10. His death is being treated as suspicious. |
| News Report 28/12/10 - Guide Ladywood |
| Stockland Green Murderer Jailed for Minimum 27 Years |
| A 43-year-old man has been jailed for the murder of his prospective mother-in-law whom he stabbed 60 times in a pre-meditated attack at her home on Mere Road in Stockland Green on Friday 7th May 2010. |
| News Report 16/12/10 - Guide Stockland Green |
| Dead Body on Birmingham-Walsall Railway |
| The body of a dead man was found on the Birmingham-Walsall Line in Perry Barr at roughly 7pm on Friday 10/12/10. |
| News Report 12/12/10 - Guide Perry Barr |
| Missing Man Found Dead in Perry Barr |
| A man who had been missing for several months was discovered dead at his home in Perry Barr on Monday 06/12/10 |
| News Report 09/12/10 - Guide Perry Barr |
| Body in Bath Murder in Balsall Heath |
| A woman aged 29 has been charged with the murder of another woman aged 49 who was found dead in a bath at an address on Lench's Green in Balsall Heath at 9pm on Wednesday 24th November 2010. |
| News Report 30/11/10 - Guide Balsall Heath |
| Shopkeeper Stabbed to Death in Kingstanding |
| A 48-year-old shopkeeper died after he was stabbed in the Select Convenience Store on College Road in Kingstanding on the evening of Saturday 27/11/10. |
| News Report 28/11/10 - Guide Kingstanding |
| Suspicious Death of Acocks Green Woman |
| A woman in her mid-thirties died in hospital on 14/11/10 after having sustained head injuries at her home on the Avenue in Acocks Green on 13/10/10. The police are treating her death as suspicious. |
| News Report 25/11/10 - Guide Acocks Green |
| Suicide in Selly Park |
| In November 2010, the Assistant Coroner heard evidence that a man aged 33 hanged himself from a loft catch at his home on Kitchener Road in Selly Park on the 8th June 2010 because he was worried about possible redundancy. |
| News Report 14/11/10 - Guide Selly Park |
| Corpse Floating in Birmingham and Worcester Canal |
| A dead man was discovered in the Birmingham and Worcester Canal by the Bath Row Bridge in the Attwood Green Quarter of central Birmingham on Sunday 7 November 2010 |
| News Report 10/11/10 - Guide Attwood Green |
| Corpse Found Outside Birmingham Airport |
| The corpse of a man in his fifties was discovered on the A45 Coventry Road outside Birmingham Airport on Sunday 7th November 2010. |
| News Report 08/11/10 - Airport |
| Dead Body in Birmingham and Fazeley Canal |
| The corpse of a dead man was found in the Tyburn area of Erdington, floating in the section of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal that runs parallel to the Tyburn Road, on Thursday 4th November 2010. |
| News Report 05/11/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Tyburn |
| Dead Woman Found in Sheldon Country Park |
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The body of a dead woman in her thirties was found beside
Westley Brook in Sheldon Country Park at around 1pm on Saturday
30/10/10
(News Report 01/11/10).
The cause of death appears to have been strangulation and the police have charged a 38-year-old suspect with her murder (News Report 06/11/10). |
| Crime/Sudden Death in Sheldon |
| Drunken Murder in Saltley |
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A man aged 46, who lived on Ellesmere Road in Saltley, stabbed his neighbour at home during a drink-fuelled brawl on 15/03/09; he was sentenced to life for murder in October 2010 and must serve a minimum of fourteen years. |
| News Archive 12/10/10 - Crime in Saltley |
| Corpse in Ward End Park |
| The body of an 18-year-old youth was found slumped against a tree in undergrowth at Ward End Park at around 1pm on Tuesday 5th October 2010. |
| News Archive 07/10/10 - Crime in Ward End |
| Inmate Found Hanging at Winson Green |
| A man aged 40 was discovered hanging in his cell in Winson Green Prison at roughly 2.30pm on Saturday 25th September 2010; he later died in City Hospital. |
| News Archive 26/09/10 |
| Suspicious Baby Death |
| In September 2010, the police charged a 24-year-old man from West Heath with the murder of a four month baby who died at Birmingham Children's Hospital on New Years Eve 2008. |
| News Archive 08/09/10 - Crime in West Heath |
| Knife Murder in Sparkbrook |
| A 35-year-old man stabbed and killed a 24-year-old man at a flat on Auckland Road in Sparkbrook on Friday 19th March 2010 after drinking at the Shakespeare on Stratford Road. He was convicted of murder and jailed for a minimum of 14 years in September 2010. |
| News Archive 07/09/10 - Crime in Sparkbrook |
| Inmate Death at Winson Green |
| A 52 year-old inmate, awaiting trial for murder at HMP Birmingham in Winson Green, appears to have committed suicide by cutting his throat during the night of 28/29th August 2010 |
| News Archive 01/09/10 |
| Suspected Suicide at Dale End Multi-Storey (Top) |
| A 48-year-old woman appears to have committed suicide by jumping from Dale End multi-storey car park in the Retail Quarter of central Birmingham at roughly 1:15pm on Sunday 22nd August 2010 |
| News Archive 23/08/10 - Guide Retail Quarter |
| Suspected Murder in Weoley Castle (Top) |
| A 57-year-old man died after sustaining severe head injuries at his home on Durham Court off Abdon Avenue in Weoley Castle during the early hours of Sunday 21/08/10. |
| News Archive 23/08/10 - Crime in Weoley |
| Body in Tame Valley Canal (Top) |
| A corpse was found in the Tame Valley Canal near the A4041 bridge on 30/07/10 |
| News Archive 30/07/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Hamstead |
| Fatal Stabbing in Birches Green (Top) |
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A 21-year-old man died after being stabbed in the heart on
Kingsbury Road in the Birches Green area of Tyburn during the
early morning of Saturday 17th July 2010. In February 2011, two 17-year-old youths were convicted of murdering this man who had been chased from a house party and cornered in an alleyway off the Kingsbury Road (News Archive 07/02/11). Both youths were jailed for life in March 2011; the youth who led the attack must serve a minimum of 14 years; his accomplice must serve at least 12 years (News Archive 02/03/11). |
| News Archive 21/07/10 - Crime in Tyburn |
| Fatal Stabbing in Stockland Green (Top) |
| A 21-year-old man died after he was stabbed in the heart on Marsh Lane in the Stockland Green area of Erdington at roughly 11.30pm on Friday 9th July 2010 |
| News Archive 10/07/10 - Crime in Stockland Green |
| Death at Sutton Coldfield Station (Top) |
| A 53-year-old man died after being hit by a train at Sutton Coldfield Railway Station on 31/10/09; an open verdict was returned in July 2010 |
| News Archive 09/07/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Sutton Coldfield |
| Fatal Punch on Hurst Street (Top) |
| A 29-year-old man died in City Hospital shortly after being punched on Hurst Street in Southside during the early hours of Sunday 4th July 2010. His attacker has been charged with manslaughter. |
| News Archive 08/07/10 - Crime in Southside |
| Suspected Murder in Bordesley Green (Top) |
| Police discovered the body of a dead woman on Norton Crescent in Bordesley Green on the morning of Saturday 3rd July 2010 (News Archive 05/07/10). A 40 year-old man was convicted of her murder at Birmingham Crown Court in January 2011; he was jailed for life and must serve at least seventeen years (News Archive 29/01/11). |
| Crime in Bordesley Green |
| Suspected Murder in West Heath (Top) |
| The body of an elderly woman was discovered at an address on Burford Park Road in West Heath on 29/06/10. Police arrested an 82-year-old man from Rednal on suspicion of murder |
| News Archive 30/06/10 - Crime in West Heath |
| Man Charged with Lozells Murder (Top) |
| A 28-year-old man, who returned from Pakistan on 25/06/10, has been arrested for the murder of a 23-year-old IT worker who died after being stabbed on Carlyle Road in the Lozells Riots of October 2005. |
| News Archive 28/06/10 - Crime in Lozells |
| Toddler Death in West Heath (Top) |
| A toddler tragically died of asphyxiation at his home on Staple Lodge Road in West Heath when his tie became caught in the steel frame of a trampoline on 13/07/09; the boy often wore his father's tie when he was playing. |
| News Archive 27/06/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in West Heath |
| Selly Oak Burglar Death (Top) |
| A 28-year-old man was acquitted of manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court in June 2010. He had punched a suspected 26-year-old burglar on Lottie Road in Selly Oak on 20th June 2009; the victim later died of a fractured skull |
| News Archive 19/06/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Selly Oak |
| Highgate Alcoholic Died of Brain Bleeds (Top) |
| A 42-year-old female alcoholic died of brain bleeds in her flat at Wellesbourne Tower in Highgate after she had fallen off her mobility scooter outside Cobs Bar in Digbeth. |
| News Archive 11/06/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Highgate |
| Suspected Murder in Stockland Green (Top) |
| Police arrested a 53-year-old man after a 75-year-old woman was found dead in her home on Milverton Road in Stockland Green at 9am on Monday 7th June 2010 |
| News Archive 07/06/10 - Crime in Stockland Green |
| Heroin Addict Dies in Aston (Top) |
| A drug addict aged 43 died of heroin abuse at an address on Selston Road in Aston on 23/12/09 |
| News Archive 05/06/10 - Crime in Aston |
| Student Death in Bournbrook (Top) |
| A 20-year-old student from Staffordshire University, who was visiting a former schoolmate at the University of Birmingham, died in his sleep at a student house on Dale Road in Bournbrook on 05/02/10 after apparently inhaling vomit. |
| News Archive 03/06/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Bournbrook |
| Body at House in Selly Oak (Top) |
| Firefighters found the body of an elderly man as they investigated a reported gas leak at an address on Widney Avenue in Selly Oak on Thursday 27th May 2010; police do not regard the death as suspicious. |
| News Archive 29/05/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Selly Oak |
| Rubery Man Jumped to His Death (Top) |
| A man aged 29 leapt to his death from his flat on the 5th floor of an apartment block on Bristol Road South at roughly 11.30pm on 22nd August 2009 |
| News Archive 28/05/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Rubery |
| Partygoer Jumped from A38 Bridge (Top) |
| A 30-year-old man who had been partying at Godskitchen in Digbeth, and was high on ecstasy and BZP, died at around 9am on Sunday 28th June 2009 after he jumped from a bridge on Lindridge Road onto the A38 Sutton Coldfield bypass |
| News Archive 23/05/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Rubery |
| Kings Norton Schoolboy Suicide (Top) |
| A 15-year-old schoolboy from Thackeray Road in Bournville is thought to have committed suicide by hanging himself; his body was discovered on Wednesday 19/05/10 |
| News Archive 21/05/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Bournville |
| Hanging in Hay Mills (Top) |
| The body of a hanging man was discovered in fields off Berkeley Road in Hay Mills on Friday 14th May 2010. |
| News Archive 17/05/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Hay Mills |
| Dead Woman in Stockland Green (Top) |
| Police arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of murder after the body of a woman, believed to be in her fifties, was discovered with stab wounds at an address on Mere Road in Stockland Green on 07/05/10 |
| News Archive 09/05/10 - Crime in Stockland Green |
| Man Acquitted of Handsworth Shooting (Top) |
| A jury at Birmingham Crown Court have acquitted the suspected killer of a 20-year student who was shot dead in Handsworth in April 2009. |
| News Archive 28/04/10 - Crime in Handsworth |
| Suspected Child Murder in Perry Barr (Top) |
| A 6-year-old girl died in a suspected fire bomb attack at her home on Bayswater Road in Perry Barr in March 2006; her suspected killer was arrested on returning to the UK in April 2010 |
| News Archive 16/04/10 - Crime in Perry Barr |
| Harborne Murderer Jailed (Top) |
| In April 2010, a 37-year-old man was jailed for life for strangling and burning a 48-year-old man at his home on Copperbeach Road in Harborne in March 2009. |
| News Archive 16/04/10 - Crime in Harborne |
| Suspected Murder in Stockfield (Top) |
| Police arrested a 19-year-old youth on suspicion of murder after a 40-year-old man died shortly after collapsing at a house on Cherry Tree Croft in the Stockfield area of Acocks Green on Saturday 10/04/10 |
| News Archive 11/04/10 - Crime in Stockfield |
| Dead Woman in Woodgate (Top) |
| The dead body of a 36-year-old woman was found at her home on Lye Close Lane in Woodgate on 7th April 2010. |
| News Archive 08/04/10 - Crime in Woodgate |
| Suspicious Death in Wychall (Top) |
| Police arrested a 46-year-old man after they discovered the body of a 45-year-old woman at her flat on Lakehouse Grove in Wychall at roughly 9am on Tuesday 06/04/10. |
| News Archive 07/04/10 - Crime in Wychall |
| Student Death in Edgbaston (Top) |
| A 19-year-old who was studying astrophysics at the University of Birmingham was discovered dead at his digs on Pershore Road in the Calthorpe area of Edgbaston on Sunday 21st March 2010 |
| News Archive 23/03/10 - Crime in Calthorpe |
| Road Rage Murder in New Oscott (Top) |
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In March 2010, a 33 year-old man was jailed for life at
Birmingham Crown Court after he was convicted of the murder of a
21-year-old man whom he killed when he deliberately drove into a
crowd outside the Place2B pub on the Chester Road in New Oscott
in July 2010. A second man, aged 30, who was a passenger in the car, was also convicted of murder and sentenced to life. Both must serve a minimum of 18 years. |
| News Archive 20/03/10 - Crime in New Oscott |
| Death on Quinton High Street (Top) |
| An 18-year-old man died two days after he was severely beaten on Quinton High Street on the afternoon of Thursday 18th March 2010. |
| News Archive 19/03/10 - Crime in Quinton |
| Screwdriver Death in Sparkbrook (Top) |
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A 24-year-old-man was found with head injuries, inflicted by a
screwdriver, on Long Street in Sparkbrook at around midnight on
Friday 12/03/10; he died shortly afterwards. A 16 year-old boy was acquitted of his murder in December 2010 (News Archive 24/12/10) |
| News Archive 17/03/10 - Crime in Sparkbrook |
| Fatal Stabbing in Small Heath (Top) |
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Police opened a murder investigation after a man was found dying
of stab wounds on Oldknow Road in Small Heath during the early
hours of Sunday 14th March 2010 (News Archive 15/03/10).
A 29-year-old man, who lived at the address where the body was found, was jailed for 9.5 years for manslaughter in December 2010; he had stabbed the victim after a heated argument about a missing camcorder (News Archive 30/12/10) |
| Guide Small Heath |
| Teen Found Hanging in Kings Norton (Top) |
| A 16-year-old youth was discovered hanging from a tree on Monyhull Hall Road in Kings Norton in March 2010. |
| News Archive 06/03/10 |
| Man Jumps from Dale End Multi-Storey (Top) |
| A man died after he apparently jumped from Dale End multi-storey car park in the Retail Quarter of central Birmingham at roughly 5pm on Thursday 25th February 2010 |
| News Archive 01/03/10 - Guide Retail Quarter |
| Girl Starved in Handsworth (Top) |
| A seven-year-old girl died of starvation at her home on Leyton Road in Handsworth in May 2008. Her mother and stepfather pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility at Birmingham Crown Court in February 2010 |
| News Archive 25/02/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in the Retail Quarter |
| Harborne Toddler Death (Top) |
| A two-year-old girl died in City Hospital on 15th February 2010, two weeks after she was scalded by hot water at her home in Harborne; her parents were arrested on suspicion of neglect. |
| News Archive 21/02/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Harborne |
| Child Death in Stockland Green (Top) |
| A woman was charged with the murder of her three-year-old daughter who was found dead at her home on Milverton Road in the Stockland Green area of Erdington at approximately 5pm on Sunday 14/02/10 |
| News Archive 16/02/10 - Crime in Stockland Green |
| Death in Short Heath (Top) |
| A 54-year-old woman was found dead in suspicious circumstances at an address on Court Lane in the Short Heath area of Erdington at roughly 9pm on Friday 12th February 2010. |
| News Archive 13/02/10 - Crime in Short Heath |
| Fatal Stabbing in Fox Hollies (Top) |
| Police opened a murder investigation after a 45-year-old man was stabbed on Gospel Lane in the Fox Hollies area of Acocks Green at around 1.30am on Wednesday 10/02/10. |
| News Archive 10/02/10 - Crime in Fox Hollies |
| Body in Brookvale Lake (Top) |
| A dead body was discovered at Brookvale Lake in Stockland Green on Tuesday 5/02/10 |
| News Archive 05/02/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Stockland Green |
| Burglary Witness Dies in Fox Hollies (Top) |
| The 66-year-old neighbour of a burglary victim died after witnessing a masked gang force their way into her neighbour's home on Liddon Road in the Fox Hollies area of Acocks Green on Thursday 28th January 2010 |
| News Archive 03/02/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Fox Hollies |
| Corpse in Newtown High Rise (Top) |
| The body of a 30-year-old man was discovered next to the bin shoot in the basement of Hodgson Tower in Newtown on Friday 28th August 2009. |
| News Archive 03/02/10 - Crime in Newtown |
| Subway Corpse in Ashted (Top) |
| A dead body was discovered in a subway at Ashted Circus in the Eastside area of central Birmingham at roughly 3pm on Sunday 24 January 2010 |
| News Archive 25/01/10 - Crime/Sudden Death in Eastside |
| Fatal Stabbing in Quinton (Top) |
| A man who stabbed and killed his neighbour on Ely Grove in Quinton on 15 July 2009 was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court |
| News Archive 21/01/10 - Crime in Quinton |
| Fatal Stabbing in Quinton (Top) |
| In January 2010, a 22 year-old man was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of the murder of a drug dealer who was beaten and stabbed at Finchley Park in Kingstanding at around midnight on 03/10/07. |
| News Archive 21/01/10 - Crime in Kingstanding |
| Dying Man in Jewellery Quarter (Top) |
| An injured man died shortly after he was found on Camden Street in the Jewellery Quarter at around 5pm on 12/01/10 |
| News Archive 14/01/10 - Crime in Jewellery Quarter |
| Man Shot Dead in Edgbaston (Top) |
| A 20 year-old man was shot dead on Gillot Road in the Rotton Park area of Edgbaston on 19/04/09. |
| News Archive 13/01/10 - Crime in Rotton Park |
| Body in St Laurence's Churchyard (Top) |
| The body of an elderly man was discovered in St Laurence's churchyard in Northfield at around 11am on Saturday 2nd January 2010. |
| News Archive 05/01/10 - Crime in Northfield Town |
| Body in Rowheath Pond (Top) |
| Police discovered a body in Rowheath Pond at Bournville on Tuesday 22/12/09. |
| News Archive 24/12/09 - Crime/Sudden Death in Bournville |
| Man Shot Dead in Newtown (Top) |
| A 24 year-old man was shot dead on Kensington Street in Newtown in August 2008. |
| News Archive 11/12/09 - Crime in Newtown |
| Death on Wychall Road (Top) |
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A 57-year-old man died of injuries after he was attacked by a
gang on Wychall Road in Northfield at around 1.30am on
Saturday 5 December 2009 (News Archive 06/12/09). A 23-year-old man, 20 year-old man and 17 year-old youth were jailed for life for his murder at Birmingham Crown Court in March 2011; a 20 year-old woman, who also participated in the attack, was jailed for 3.5 years (News Archive 10/03/11) |
| Guide Northfield |
| Body in Castle Vale Canal (Top) |
| A body was found in the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal at Castle Vale on 5th December 2009. |
| News Archive 05/12/09 |
| Death in West Heath Pub Brawl (Top) |
| A 46-year-old man died in a pub brawl involving up to 20 other men outside the Fordrough pub in West Heath on 20th March 2009 |
| News Archive 19/11/09 - Crime in West Heath |
| Sex Offender Dies After Battering (Top) |
| A registered sex offender died three weeks after being assaulted on Mansell Road in Small Heath on 25/01/09. |
| News Archive 19/11/09 - Crime in Small Heath |
| Woman Stabbed Boyfriend in Great Barr (Top) |
| A 30-year-old woman killed her boyfriend by stabbing him in the heart at their home on Tideswell Road in Perry Barr on 1st April 2009 |
| News Archive 19/11/09 - Crime in Perry Barr |
| Student Death in Bournbrook (Top) |
| A 19 year-old student died of a stab wound at a rented house on Alton Road in Bournbrook on Friday 13 November 2009. |
| News Archive 16/11/09 - Crime/Sudden Death in Bournbrook |
| Patricide in Bordesley Green (Top) |
| A man bludgeoned his father to death with a machete on Bordesley Green Road in December 2008 |
| News Archive 11/11/09 - Crime in Bordesley Green |
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