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Jailed in April - the latest Midlands criminals sent to prison
This month s roundup features multiple murderers handed life sentences
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From the B19 gangsters who conspired to murder a rival to the burglar who escaped from a sleepy police officer - this is our round-up of the latest criminals sent to prison.
This list is made up of crooks handed immediate jail sentences in April this year. Some may have received their punishments slightly earlier only for their cases to be publicised during the month.
Ben Markham has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Photo: West Mercia Police
Ben Markham, aged 28, of Worcester, was sentenced to seven years and six months in jail at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Tuesday after he entered a guilty plea.
The court heard how Markham had broken down the front door using a crowbar, to a home in Clee Hill on 10 November 2020, at around 4.00am, before going upstairs and threatening the victim in her bedroom.
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He forced the victim to open the safe in the property before taking a large sum of money and thousands of pounds worth of jewellery.
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