THREE men have been found guilty of murdering Redditch musician Colton Bryan. Mohammed Saddam Hussain, aged 24, from Oakfield Avenue, Birmingham, Adam Carpenter, aged 21, from Wharrington Hill, Redditch and Faisel Fiaz, aged 21, from Millsbro Road in Redditch were found guilty of murder and conspiring to commit robbery by a jury at Worcester Crown Court yesterday (Monday, February 15). Mohammed Saddam Hussain also pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice. They will all be sentenced on March 18. Colton Bryan, aged 22, was attacked in his flat in Guinness Close in July last year - he died at the scene from stab wounds. Detective Inspector Mark Walters said: This was a vicious and unprovoked attack on a young man whilst in his own home. I am pleased the jury have considered the role that each defendant undertook as part of the attack and rightly found each of them guilty for the murder of Colton.
COURT: Some of the cases being heard today at Worcester courts. Judge James Burbidge QC is presiding over the murder trial AN alleged racially aggravated assault case is due to be heard by Worcester magistrates today as a murder trial enters its final stages at the city s crown court. Tegan Downes, 23, of Sherrards Green Road, Malvern is due to appear at Worcester Magistrates Court today following what is said to be a racist attack in Worcester. She is charged with racially / religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm, the offence alleged to have taken place in the city on September 5 last year.
The abandoned dog, called Crackers, had been brutally attacked by a previous owner who had beaten him about the head with a metal pole. The dog carried out the attacks in Malvern just 12 hours after being adopted by the couple where it was hoped he would go on to live out a better, happier life. GUILTY: John Hiles and Laura Prangley. Photo: James Connell
GUILTY: John Hiles and Laura Prangley leave court in November Although the dog will not be destroyed, he will now have to spend the rest of his life in a rescue centre to protect the public and must be muzzled and kept on a lead at all times if he goes outdoors.