Joan Cummins

1 week ago | bbc.com | Joan Cummins

Joan CumminsBBC Midlands TodayGavin KermackBBC News, West Midlands"When you do come to realise that there's something wrong with your bike, it is going to be too late because we are talking about a very, very fast-developing fire that you will have not a chance to get past," says a sister in mourning. Ehsia Johnson-Mall still struggles to come to terms with the loss of her sister, Natasha, at the age of 27 in November.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Joan Cummins

Shooting inquest jury sees man's final secondsJoan CumminsTanya GuptaFamilyThe inquest heard Sean Fitzgerald had enjoyed serving in the ArmyAn inquest jury has been shown police footage of the final seconds of a man's life who was shot dead by West Midlands Police during a raid on a house in the city. Sean Fitzgerald, 31, died on 4 January 2019 in Burnaby Road in Coventry when officers from a regional task force were investigating the drug activities of a suspected organised crime gang.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Joan Cummins |Charlotte Benton

Image caption, The consensual, explicit pictures were taken in the basement of Leamington police station A police officer has been sacked after taking consensual explicit pictures of a female officer in a police station. The male officer from Warwickshire Police, who can only be referred to as PC Z, took the intimate pictures of the woman while she was on duty at Leamington police station, a misconduct hearing was informed.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Joan Cummins

Officer sacked over explicit pictures of colleagueJoan CumminsCharlotte BentonBBCThe consensual, explicit pictures were taken in the basement of Leamington police station in 2018A police officer has been sacked after taking consensual explicit pictures of a female officer in a police station. The male officer from Warwickshire Police, who can only be referred to as PC Z, took the intimate pictures of the woman while she was on duty at Leamington police station, a misconduct hearing was informed.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Joan Cummins

Suspected people smuggler awaits extraditionJoan CumminsCharlotte BentonBBCThe man was arrested in Coventry on Thursday morningA man has appeared in court accused of belonging to a people smuggling network operating in France. The man, who is in his 20s and is an Iraqi national, was originally arrested in France but illegally fled to UK and claimed asylum. He was apprehended in Coventry by officers from the National Crime Agency on Thursday morning.