Halesowen Chronicle, January 25, 2018

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by  Midland News Association

Halesowen
Thursday,January25,2018 Readbymorethan46,000people Pricewhensold70p
Driver in serious condition at hospital after crash
COURT
Three men set to
LORRY CAREERS
face murder trial
THREEmenchargedwiththemurderof
24-year-old Jaskaran Kang are not ex-
pectedtoentertheirpleafortwomonths,
WolverhamptonCrownCourtheard.
Thevictimwasfoundfatallystabbedat
aflataboveaconveniencestoreinStour-
bridgeRoad,Dudley,onJanuary6.
INTO A HOUSE Reggie Salmon, aged 20 from Stour-
bridgeRoad,Dudley,anda17-year-old
youth from Newcastle-under-Lyme, who
cannot be identified, were remanded in
custodybyJamesBurbidgeQConFriday.
Dontay Ellis, 18, from Central Drive,
Lower Gornal was remanded by Judge
JohnWaitatthesamecourtonMonday.
ACCIDENT
Buscollisionkills
ReportbyJamieBrassington
WAR VETERAN, 100, SAW WAY TO STAY ACTIVE pensioner,aged93
A LORRY driver whose vehi-
cle smashed into the side of A93-year-oldwomanhasdiedafter
beinghitbyabusinBearwood.
a house in Halesowen was in Policehaveappealedforwitnesses
totheaccidentinPoplarRoadat5pm
a serious condition in a Bir- onMondaytocallthemon101.
mingham hospital yesterday The woman suffered severe head
injuriesandwaspronounceddeadat
(Wednesday). hospital.Policesaysheisnotbeing
Paramedicsfoundthedriverincar- identifiedatthisstagebutherfamily
havebeeninformedandarebeingsup-
diac arrest on arrival at the scene portedbyspecialistofficers.
nearthejunctionofCartersLaneand
RoyalOakRoadonMonday.
The driver was rushed to Birmingham’s FATALITY
QueenElizabethHospital.
WestMidlandsPolicesaidenquiriesarecon- Deathnotsuspicious
tinuingintothecauseofthecrash,whichtook
placearound9.45am.The afterbodyisfound
impact knocked down a
brickgardenwallbutno
one was injured in the
house. THEbodyofawomanfoundinHalesowen
Witnesses lastweekhasbeenidentifiedbuthername
hasnotyetbeenreleased.
Anairambulance,two Policesaytheyarenottreatingthedeath
land ambulances and a ofthewoman,whowasfoundinLeasowes
paramedic officer were Park,assuspicious.The42-year-oldhad
calledtothescenealong- beendiscoveredataround11.25amon
January17.Apolicespokesmansaidthe
sidepoliceandfirecrews. causeofdeathwasbeinginvestigated.
A police spokesman
Theaccidentscene said: “It is my under-
standing that the man INSIDE
remainsinhospital.Enquiriesarecontinuing
intohowthecrashhappened.” CHLOE’SCURLS
Witnessestoldcrewmembersthatitlooked
likethemanhadsufferedamedicalepisodeat
thewheeljustbeforehisvehicleploughedinto BYTOPSTYLIST
thefrontgardenofthehouse.
Anyoneforaslice?BernardColechinwithtutorJimAultandhisdaughterJeanetteColechinathiswoodworkclassinHalesowen
AWestMidlandsAmbulanceServicespokes-
mansaid:“Anoff-dutyfireofficerwasalready
HEmayhavejustturned100butBernard duringthewar,afterjoiningtheRoyalNaval distinguishedservice,thewholefamilywere
performingCPRwhichambulancestafftook Colechiniscarvingoutanewpathasakeen VolunteerReserves. andstillareveryproud.”
over as well as administering advanced life woodworker. HisdaughterJeanetteColechin,68,said: Afterthewarheworkedasamanagerat
support.” A former lieutenant commander during “HewasaminesweeperandalsosweptHong Unilever,whichbroughthimtotheMidlands
Furtheremergencytreatmentwasgivenas theSecondWorldWarnowMrColechinloves Kongharbourwhenthatwastakenfromthe inthe1950s.NowMrColechinisperfecting
hewasconveyedtotheQE. nothingbetterthanaspotofwhittlingathis Japanese,hemadeitsafeforourships. hisskillsinhiswoodworkclass,whichmeets
CartersLanefromBourneAvenuetothe woodworkclass.Hewasdelightedtoreceivea “Thejoboftheminesweeperswastosweep atLeasowesHighSchoolinHalesowen.He
KentRoadislandwasclosedforseveralhours cakeonhis100thdecoratedwithwoodwork- thecoastusingasortofdragsystemthat attendseveryweekwithhisdaughterandhas
aftertheaccidentasthefireservicemadethe ingtoolsalongwithhiscardfromtheQueen. pulledtheminesoff.Helostalotofhiscom- beengoingfor14years.
scenesafe. MrColechin,wholivesinKinver,helped rades. MrColechinsaid:“Itisaveryinteresting
WestMidlandsPoliceconfirmednoonein- keepthevitalportofDoverclearofmines “Hewasmentionedindispatchesforhis wayofpassingthetime.”
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d CONTACT US at the stadium. date fans who want to salute Cyrille, who died last continue to flood in from Albion fans and the wider POLICE have praised new CCTV cam-
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Th EDITORIAL: conducted from 11am by Pastor David Carr from Albion have also confirmed the impromptu service should email [email protected] Country in real time.
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o E-mail: [email protected] say he is ‘staggered’ anyone does any-
hr PHOTOGRAPHIC: Tel: [phone] thing wrong on a bus because the CCTV
C E-mail: [email protected] pictures are so clear.
n ADVERTISING: Nicola Cope Detective Inspector Warren Hines of
we TEe-ml: a0i1l:9 n0i2c [email protected] reports up by a fifth vWeesstitg Matiidolna ntedas mP oplricaei sCedID t hheo mquicailditey i nof-
o PROPERTY: Colin Bailey the CCTV footage used in the case of
s Tel: [phone] ext 3731 a fatal stabbing on the number 11 bus
e E-mail: [email protected] in January last year. Kieran Gillespie,
al MOTORING: Liz Barratt aged 26, from Wellesbourne Road, Hand-
H Tel: [phone] sworth, was jailed for life in July for the
E-mail: [email protected] murder of Leon Barrett-Hazle.
CLASSIFIED: Det Insp Hines said: “Without doubt,
Tel: [phone] the quality of the CCTV footage from
E-mail: [email protected] the bus solved this case for us. It left the
DISTRIBUTION: Paul Jones THE number of domestic abuse offender no option but to hand himself
TEe-ml: a0i1l:9 p0.2jo [email protected] crimes in the West Midlands Stylist Lee is a cut above the rest in once those pictures were published.”
National Express West Midlands has
rose by almost a fifth in one year,
multiple CCTV cameras – up to 12 – on
Halesowen according to a council report. every one of its 1,600 buses.
There were 1,236 domestic abuse All new buses since 2012 have been
crimes between April 1 and Septem- fitted with next-generation digital CCTV
51-53 Queen Street ber 30 last year – up from 1,061 in the units which give crystal-clear pictures.
Wolverhampton, WV1 1ES same period in 2016. West Midlands Safer Travel Partnership
A Dudley Council report said the 16 per has also installed 4G Vemotion CCTV.
Open Monday to Friday 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm cent increase in recorded domestic abuse Venues to remain
www.yourchronicle.com crimes should not ‘be viewed negatively’
as it means more people are reporting in-
cidents. closed until 2020
However, a Black Country campaigner
has disagreed, and said education is key to
tackling domestic abuse.
The report for the council’s scrutiny THE Civic Halls in Wolverhampton will
committee said: “From April 1, 2017 to stay closed for two years with the ma-
September 30, 2017 1,236 domestic abuse jor overhaul of the buildings to cost £23
crimes have been recorded by West Mid- million more than first thought.
lands Police. This compares to 1,061 for the It means events booked in for 2018,
same period in 2016, therefore an increase including the Grand Slam of Darts and
of 175 recorded crimes. top comedians such as Jason Manford
and Sarah Millican will not now be held
Awareness at the famous venues in Wolverhamp-
ton.
“An increase in recorded crimes is not But while some shows, across the Civic
viewed negatively as a number of cam- Hall and Wulfrun Hall, may be cancelled
paigns have taken place to increase to raise council bosses promised the Grand Slam
awareness in respect of domestic violence of Darts will be found another home in
and abuse, and to encourage reporting.” the city until at least 2020.
Samantha Billingham, who runs the City council bosses said people with
Survivors of Domestic Abuse campaign Celebrity hairdresse Lee Stafford works his magic on student Chloe Millard, 18, from Wordsley tickets would be contacted when the sit-
(SODA) in the Black Country, said: “I’m uation becomes clear.
not really sure why there is an increase – HAIR we go! Celebrity hairdress- chance to see advanced hairdress- students and passed on his skills Work to revamp the Civic Halls was
there are lots of different reasons why it er Lee Stafford visited a college to ing skills and ask Mr Stafford a and experience. was originally due to cost £14.4 million.
caeoanu“rdlIl yd Iw i bnoteh ul ihilnfdieg k.v h Iise.t o wims taehltalh tai nbaosg u nnte eegedadutsicv ateto id obenfie.” nditoenlye psctlaaussdss e. onnts hdius rsinkgil lsa tsop ehciaailr dmreassstienrg- YraenTaghre e – o ffao qnrumde esMrti eoHnn’ass.i rHdraeisrsderre sosfe rt hoef utipo“ nIh tpi swa stasism ovnee rtayol l g dhooios d tkh onef o dhweilmmed otgnoe s gtairnvade- Greyhounds need
Samantha, from Brierley Hill, was last Fifty students took part in the the Year – now has hair academies expertise to our students.” to find new homes
week named winner of the Fresh Start event at Halesowen College where in nine further education colleges Mr Stafford won the Men’s Brit-
award in the Express & Star’s Great Big Lee re-styled the hair of Chloe Mil- and products which sell in more ish Hairdresser of the Year award
Thank You Awards. lard, from Wordsley. than 40 countries worldwide. in 1998 and opened his second THE Greyhound Trust has rehomed
Scrutiny committee member Councillor Mr Stafford showed off the twist- Sharon Stanton, curriculum salon in Soho, London, two years eight dogs so far this month. Deb Wor-
Karen Jordan added: “I am pleased that ed-tong technique, which he said team manager for hair and beauty, later. ton, manager at the Dudley-based char-
people are coming forward and getting took long straight hair and gave it said: “We were delighted to wel- He was then voted into This ity, said: “It would certainly be wonder-
help, but on the other hand I am so disap- a ‘Kate Moss/Sienna Miller look’. come Lee to Halesowen College. Morning’s television show as one ful if our remaining hounds could find
pointed that domestic violence is still going The students then had the “During his visit he spoke with of their chosen elite stylists. a loving home before the end of the
on.” month.” Call 07594 474 272.
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Jam-buster Grove hosts match in mascot’s honour
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BAGGIE Bird Dave Challenor is or- died suddenly on Boxing Day, and There will also be a nine-a-side a
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fellow mascot Richard Eades. New Year’s Eve. game will take place before Johnson’s o
Mascots from all over the country Albion’s players donated money for All-Star side take on Boing FC in the w
2020 start will be at Halesowen Town’s ground his family in the immediate aftermath main event. AN OPEN day is being held at Hale- e
The Grove on April 29 to feature in of his death but Challenor wants to “I think it will be a fitting tribute sowen College on Saturday. n
the fun match. raise enough funds so his late col- for him really,” said Challenor. “It’s The college site in Whittingham C
There will then be a game between league’s children can enjoy a treat. been quite nice for me to find out how Road will be open from 10am to 2pm, h
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The LEP said a project review was THE 1920s gangster world of Peaky 8
currently being carried out and when Blinders is coming back to the Black
complete detailed designs for the Country Living Museum, following
project would follow. It said a ‘start sell-out nights celebrating the Bir-
on site date’ was ‘anticipated before mingham-based drama.
20B20o’a.r d members are set to approve COUNCIL officers have insisted Alex is to Fgarnabs otfh tehire flhaitt TcaVp s horo wfl awpiplle br ed arebsles
£150,000 to allow design work to pro- they are listening to residents con- to walk around the series’ film set, as
gress but substantial funding for the cerns over a review of green belt well as enjoying an evening of music
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much the scheme would cost before velopment on the borough’s rural fringe, Evacuation after
making a decision over whether to particularly near Halesowen.
back it. The green belt review follows a 10-week pub- blisters
lic consultation held by the council as part of chip shop blaze
Pub is for sale the Black Country Core Strategy to plan up to
2036 and aims to address a 22,000 shortfall of
homes across the region.
after incident But councillors branded the public consulta- A NURSE from Halesowen RESIDENTS were evacuated follow-
tion – which focused on the shortfall of brown- is training in preparation ing a fire at a fish and chip shop in
field sites needed to accommodate the 78,000 for a 100 kilometre (62 Rowley Regis. Three fire engines were
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beautiful old building. I know it has prior to approving any further work on the ity for blind and vision-im- Historic house reopens
had its problems. Hopefully whoever Black Country Core Strategy.” paired ex-service people.
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Dudley Council told bosses that se- Speaking at the meeting was Gary Mills, a better prepared and is de-
curity must be improved, after a man Halesowen resident, said he felt the process termined to finish. THE official opening of Lightwoods
was left nursing serious injuries fol- was going ahead ‘without listening to the pub- She said: “You really push House in Bearwood after its £5 million
lowing an attack in October. lic consultation’. your body to the limits. revamp has taken place.
But Alan Lunt, strategic director, said: “I Don’t even get me started on The Mayor of Sandwell Councillor
Museum’s road can absolutely assure you that your comments the blisters! The good thing Ahmadul Haque will open the Grade
and your observations during the consultation is that this year I’ll have II-listed building following a major
are not being ignored. a friend with me, and the restoration funded by Sandwell Coun-
PLANS to build a new 1940s to 60s “They will be taken into account along with a training is well underway.” cil, the Heritage Lottery Fund and
town at the Black Country Living great weight and wide range of evidence which The walk takes place in BIG Lottery.
Museum have moved a step forward we are obliged to collect and collate in order to July. To support Alexan- Chiefs said the late 18th Century
after an application was submitted to ensure that we have a sound local plan. If we Alexandra Newton-Cox, aged 33, says she will be better prepared for this dra’s big walk visit justgiv house is now a venue for weddings,
Dudley Council for a new access road do not undertake a green belt review then the year’s charity walk from London to Brighton but she is dreading the blisters ing.com/alex-newton-cox1 events and community groups.
at the Tipton Road site. green belt is at greater risk.”
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He has been jailed for life for mur- James Church of England Primary and then lay tributes to their lost children. 2
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sex had been rejected, wrote: “We of an eye,” recalled her mother. At the age of place to sit and reflect.”
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strangled her and she loved it so much August 2014. She left school the following year What neither he nor her adoptive parents realised, Officers also recovered Megan’s clothes and one
. . . but then as I released her, her eyes and went to Dudley College where she passed a was that she had broken into his former flat and was of his shirts with her blood on it which had been can enter road run
closed.” year-long hairdressing course in 2016 before be- squatting there. Megan had neither a mobile phone dumped in a bin outside the hostel.
But he repeatedly refused to say ginning training at Halesowen College. nor computer that worked which made it very diffi- Mrs Bills had no idea that Megan had started to
exactly how Megan met her death in Changed cult for her family to keep in touch. They last saw mix with people from the New Horizons hostel for
his room at the New Horizons hostel the teenager on April 11. Mrs Bills revealed: “We had ex-offenders in Highgate Road, Brierley Hill, where BUSINESS chiefs have backed a fun
for ex-offenders in Highgate Road, She moved into a housing project but spent made plans for her to move back in with us at the end 24-year-old Foster was given a room. run which is again being held in Hale-
Brierley Hill, on April 16 last year – increasing amounts of time at a bedsit in Hall- of the May Bank Holiday but she asked for time and He met Megan for the first time just hours before sowen later this year.
and declined to give evidence at his church Road, Dudley, where her boyfriend now space to sort herself out first.” As a result Mrs Bills she died on April 16, Easter Sunday. She arrived The Black Country Chamber of
Wolverhampton Crown Court trial. lived., breaking the terms of her tenancy Megan did not report her as missing until May 5 – the day at the hostel, where she had been several times Commerce supports The Black Coun-
He admitted preventing her burial moved in with him full time at the start of last after the body was found in the wardrobe. previously, around midday. She asked Foster for a try Road Run, which will be taking
but denied manslaughter and murder. year but he found her a changed person. Foster admitted preventing the lawful burial of the cigarette and quickly returned to his room to cadge place on July 1.
He hid the body in a wardrobe that Josh explained: “She was hanging around with teenager and a letter written by him to his mother another one. They left the hostel together soon af- The event is co-ordinated by Hale-
was wrapped in cling-film to speed up the wrong people which led to rows between us. gave police a vital breakthrough. The note, found in terwards to buy cannabis and bought cans of drink sowen and Rowley Regis Rotary Club
decomposition of the corpse. She would just leave and come back drunk. She a cupboard, confessed to strangling Megan during vi- from a shop.The pair spent a short time at the hostel and this year the event will also in-
Detective Inspector Caroline was mixing with a different set of friends who I olent sex but maintained it was an accident. between two shopping trips before Megan returned clude a corporate challenge.
Corfield said: “He never showed any did not know.” Analysis of his two mobile phones revealed that in with Foster for the final time around 1.50pm. Businesses can participate in either
remorse.” Megan’s adoptive parents The last of these was so bad that the police the days following Megan’s death he made numer- The hostel’s CCTV showed them going into his a 10km run or fun run with teams
of five, which can be a team building
Dawn and Martin Bills said: “To have were called and the couple made the decision ous searches of the internet for ‘snuff’ movies – por- room and captured Megan again in the doorway at
exercise or promoting fitness in the
lost Megan and had her body con- to break up. Josh returned the flat keys to the nographic films involving murder. 3.35pm. She was never seen alive again.
workplace.
cealed until it had rotted beyond rec- council and went back to live with his parents Detective Inspector Caroline Corfield, who led On May 3 staff at the hostel noticed a suspicious For more information go online to
ognition is painful beyond words, and on March 29. He last saw her on April 14 – the police inquiries, said: “What normal human being smell in Foster’s room. The following day staff made www.theblackcountryrun.com/corpo
demonstrates an evil cruelty beyond day after Ashley Foster was freed on licence from would start searching this kind of porn after doing the gruesome discovery. Foster was arrested the rate-challenge website.
any decent comprehension.” Winson Green prison. what he had done? It clearly turned him on.” same day after being spotted in Walsall town centre.
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“Leaders do not focus enough on gether and contributing to the local
pupils’ achievement and progress from economy and supporting the coun-
individual starting points.” try’s grass roots music culture,” he
Robust said.
A BRIDGE could be built over a mo-
Labour’s deputy leader Tom Wat-
torway in a multi-million pound bid Inspectors also said that the number son, the MP for West Bromwich East,
to cut congestion at a junction. of fixed-term exclusions was ‘above na- said: “It is great news that John
Transport bosses are drawing up tional averages,’ adding: “Leaders are Spellar’s campaign is being backed by
plans for the bridge over the rounda- aware of this and have robust action the Government. It is a huge victory
bout at Junction 1 of the M5 in West plans in place to reduce exclusions.” for venues, artists and music lovers.”
Bromwich, which would see A41 traf- The school’s strengths were also
fic continue over the motorway. highlighted in the report. It added: New boss taking
Drivers currently have to deal with “The headteacher, supported by a
queues on a daily basis at the busy is- restructured and capable leadership
land, which connects The Expressway team, has accelerated the pace of im- over at NHS trust
and Birmingham Road. provement. This has been supported Group chair Ernest Cruchley from Halesowen Global Justice Group with Mandy Dobie and Reverend Canon Dominic Melville
It comes as council chiefs continue by the successful recruitment of
to seek funding for a planned revamp high-quality teaching staff and lead- A DRIVE to help relieve the suffering Baptist Church in the High Street was over the globe. We want to help those A NEW chairman has been appointed
of the Birchley Island in Oldbury, fur- ers. The sixth form is good. Pupils are of political prisoners was attended by where people showed their concern. suffering from injustice. It’s clear that at Dudley and Walsall Mental Health
ther down the M5 at Junction 2. very well cared for at the school and almost 30 people in Halesowen. The group provided cards and ad- some of our cards do get through to Partnership NHS Trust. Harry Turn-
Bosses are desperate to find a solu- their behaviour is good.” Members of Halesowen Global Jus- dresses while visitors were invited to the people intended, as we’ve had a lot er, one of Dudley and Walsall NHS
tion to congestion problems faced Mr Shackleton said: “I am very tice Group invited people to write make donations towards postage. of replies over the years.” Trust’s current non-executive direc-
every day at the two junctions where proud of everything we have achieved a card to a prisoner of conscience at Member Chaz Stoll said: “It is a The event was organised by Ernest tors and vice-chair, will step up from
traffic regularly grinds to a halt. together since I became headteacher their annual Letter Writing For Jus- real positive start to the year. People Cruchley, aged 80, and attended by the February 1. Ben Reid is leaving to
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