April 2021

Paedophile destroyed 14-year-old girl’s life and left her with an STI

A paedophile “destroyed” a 14-year-old’s life after engaging in sexual activity with her in a country park.

Mohammed Jama, 47, lied to the victim claiming he was 25 and also left her with an STI. The girl’s mother said his vile acts have “destroyed the whole family”.

The victim and a friend met Jama on a bus and made their age clear to him

But Jama lied about his age, persuaded the girl to call him and arranged to meet her at an Asda store on October 4, 2019.

Two sexual acts took place at Kingfisher Country Park in Shard End, Birmingham, said Andrew Wallace, prosecuting, at Birmingham Crown Court.

Jama of Granville Street, Ladywood was jailed for seven years and two months after he admitted two charges of sexual activity with a child.

The teenager later sent to a text to her aunt, who would have known she had not gone to school that day, saying something “bad” had happened.

Mr Wallace said Jama, from Ladywood, Birmingham, later made several attempts to contact the girl.

After the matter was reported to the police, the 14-year-old was examined and found to have contracted an STI.

Jama was traced to a nearby hostel and he was linked to the incident through DNA.

In a statement, the victim’s mother said “Not only has it destroyed my daughter’s life, it has destroyed the whole family.

“My beautiful daughter was left feeling withdrawn and not wanting to leave the house. She has isolated herself in her room.”

April 2021

Serial flasher who terrorised students almost 30 times avoids jail

A serial flasher who terrorised students almost 30 times in a single month has avoided jail.

Riki Phillips targeted a string of undergraduates in the Selly Oak area of the city last March

The victims were left alarmed and distressed, although none were directly touched by him, West Midlands Police said.

Phillips, from Rubery Lane South, Rubery, was arrested on March 24 last year after a member of the public saw him acting strangely. He resisted arrest, injuring two officers.

Phillips was charged with 25 incidents of indecent exposure, two assaults on police officers and a public order offence.

He was given a hospital order after a two-day trial at Birmingham Crown Court.

April 2021

Man admits 12 counts of indecent exposure

A man has admitted a dozen counts of indecent exposure after police investigated reports of incidents at a popular park.

The search for a suspect began after officers were informed that a man had been indecently exposing himself in Babbs Mill Park, Solihull, in February.

They had been linked to other alleged incidents elsewhere in Birmingham.

West Midlands Police eventually arrested and charged Mehari Mathewos who last week pleaded guilty to a total of 12 counts of exposing himself when he appeared at Birmingham Crown Court.

The 46-year-old, of Hillcross Walk, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, will be sentenced next month and was remanded in custody.

April 2021

Quinton paedophile with sick images of children claimed he was downloading Kung Fu films

A paedophile who had sick pictures of children aged as young as three claimed he had been trying to download Kung Fu films.

Anh La attacked police officers who raided his home in Quinton in order to hide the images which had nearly 2,000 indecent images and videos he had amassed over ten years.

More than 200 were classed as the most serious – and depraved – category while the pictures were also sorted into folders with warped names such as ‘Siberian defloration’ and ‘Sweet and young’.

And yet despite the 65-year-old showing a ‘concerning’ lack of understanding about the seriousness of crime, in particular any awareness of the impact on the children in the material, La avoided an immediate prison sentence.

He pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing indecent images.

At Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday, March 24, La was sentenced to 15 months in prison suspended for two years. A ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) was also imposed including conditions to restrict his mobile phone and computer use.

Police raided his home in Chelsea Close on October 24, 2019 to investigate intelligence indecent images were being accessed from the address.

Prosecutor Tim Harrington said: “When police attended this defendant was uncooperative and assaulted two police officers to stop them gaining access, and then tried to escape.”

La was previously dealt with at magistrates court for offences relating to his actions towards the police. A number of devices were seized from his home and analysis showed his computer and mobile phone had been used to access child porn. Victims appearing in the material ranged from aged three to their mid-teens.

A total of 204 images were classed as category A, 88 were category B and 1,598 were category C.

La clammed up in interview with police and was even heading for a trial before belatedly pleading guilty.

Passing sentence Judge Inman stated it was not ‘realistic’ to expect the probation service to support La, due to his difficulty understanding English and the restrictions the Covid-19 pandemic has imposed on face-to-face contact.

He added it was in the ‘wider public interest’ to suspend the sentence stating the conditions in the SHPO would prevent La re-offending in the same way.