Forshaw Heath & Earlswood BoD in Warwickshire

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2010/10/29/gun-man-on-run-after-house-raid-near-solihull-92746-27566014/2/ A gunman stormed a house near Solihull before threatening and robbing a family. The masked robber burst in through an open patio door at a house in Earlswood at about 9.20pm on Tuesday. Police believe the thief walked down the railway line from the disused Earlswood Railway Station on the corner of Cloweswood Lane, before climbing over a 4ft fence and into the back garden of the house. Once inside, he threatened the homeowners with what police have described as either a real or replica small handgun. He stole a brown DKNY material handbag, two mobile phones – one a blackberry mobile phone and a Google Nexus HTC mobile – and cash. He also took a jewellery box, containing mostly costume jewellery. The gunman then fled the house through the front door. He jumped over a side fence into a neighbour’s garden and ran up Cloweswood Lane in the general direction of the...

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/10/28/birmingham-burglar-spotted-by-his-former-teacher-97319-27555326/ A BURGLAR was spotted by someone who knew him from being a school pupil after he removed his balaclava while fleeing from the scene of a break-in. Damien Scarlett and accomplice Benedict Russell were both jailed after they had pleaded guilty to attempted burglary at the house in Rumbush Lane near Earlswood, Solihull. Russell, aged 22, of Priory Road, Hall Green, who sat crying in the dock, was jailed for nine months concurrent to the 12-month sentence he is already serving. But Scarlett, 21, of Tustin Grove, Acocks Green, who had a worse record, was given a six-month sentence consecutive to the 18-month sentence he is serving. Prosecutor Anthony Johnston said the victim had lived at the ‘detached and isolated’ house in Rumbush Lane for 61 years. On a Sunday afternoon in April she was at home when she saw a man, Russell, in the back garden. She ran to the rear por...

I am not proud to admit I watch the X-Factor on a Saturday evening a bit of lite entertainment never did anybody any harm. As I quietly listened to the talented and the untalented with my windows closed on a chilly evening. I was somewhat confused as to where the thud thud thud was coming from. I ruled out the TV having turned it down. I opened the window and was greeted by someone who seemed to be speaking over a very loud microphone. Having sussed out who the culprits were I closed my window turned the TV up and hoped it would go away. I was still awake at 12 o'clock with the occasional thud thud thud disturbing me. Every time I went to stomp down the road to pull the plug the sound disappeared. I was only to pleased the following morning when our new neighbours asked us if we heard the noise. For once I wasn't by myself and didn't feel quite so isolated in thinking that the noise was of an unacceptable level. At least I managed to get some sleep which is more tha...