Coventry Crown Court heard that Burton Albion star Williams Kokolo raped a university student at her halls of residence in Birmingham. The pair had met on a dating website prior to her inviting him to a student party where the attack allegedly took place.

Two teenagers stabbed a taxi driver and stole his car after boasting in a nightclub about "going to rob a taxi", a court heard. Luca de Fazio and Oliver Pugh are accused of murdering dad-of-five Mohammed Istakhar after luring him to a remote country lane.

A Lamborghini owner was left red faced after asking if he could use a police officer's phone to tax his supercar before revealing he couldn't afford to. Officers stopped an orange Huracan Spyder in Edgbaston for having no tax. The driver claimed his friend had taxed the vehicle, which turned out to be untrue.