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ALSO JAILED THIS MONTH WERE THE DRIVER WHO MURDERED A SHOWBOATING BIKER AND THE BUSINESSMAN WHO SOLD USELESS HAND SANITISER 04:16, 01 Jun 2025 From the murderous brother and sister to the

'greedy' fraudster mum living in a £1m home - these are the latest Birmingham criminals to be sent to jail. This is our roundup of high-profile cases we covered in May which

resulted in immediate imprisonment. Look out for: * The driver who murdered an e-biker for showboating * The businessman who sold useless hand sanitiser during the Covid-19 pandemic * The

burglar who targeted a Premier League footballer's home * The babyface TikTok weapons seller * The Range Rover menace who led anti-EDL protesters Scroll through the full list of cases

we have covered this month below. MERVYN BORELAND Speeding VW Golf driver Mervyn Boreland mowed down a 13-year-old girl and left her for dead in Holly Lane, Erdington. Article continues

below He was doing more than double the 30mph speed limit moments before the collision. The victim, who had been crossing the road, was flung up into the air before crashing against the

windscreen and landing on the ground. She was left with life-changing injuries. Boreland, aged 49, from Kings Norton admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He was sentenced to

three years and banned from driving for five years from the point of his release. ABDULLAH SAQLAIN Abdullah Saqlain carried out more than £250,000 worth of scams as he tried to financially

keep up with his wife's wealthy friends. He was already in jail for stealing more than £51,000 from Birmingham-based Jamia Al Furqan but confiscation proceedings revealed he had been up

to much more. The 47-year-old from Ilford, London, defrauded American Express out of nearly £100,000 in a cheque scam and fraudulently obtained a £50,000 Covid-19 bounce back loan. Saqlain

also received another £102,000 from a Belgium logistics company which had fallen victim to a bogus email. Finally, he played a small part in a telephone scam that resulted in an elderly

woman being conned out of her life-savings. Saqlain was handed a fresh four-year sentence after admitting two counts of fraud and three offences of money laundering. DANIEL HEANEY Daniel

Heaney was linked to the theft of a vehicle just days after being released from prison for stealing a van in Northfield. The 44-year-old admitted theft of a motor vehicle as well as driving

without a licence and insurance. He was sentenced to a further 12 weeks. DAMIEN GLOSTER Damien Gloster sexually attacked two boys in separate incidents on Birmingham's Cross City line.

The 40-year-old sexually assaulted one boy on a train between Barnt Green and Selly Oak. He targeted another at Northfield station and then lured him to a woodland area. Gloster was found

guilty of two counts of sexual assault and was jailed for seven years with an extended three-year licence. JEEWAN SAGU 'Greedy' businessman Jeewan Sagu supplied 'useless'

hand sanitiser during the Covid-19 pandemic. The 43-year-old was a director of Digbeth-based Big Living Ltd which put hundreds of containers of its Chemist Plus branded hand sanitiser on

the market. The product had significantly less alcohol than the 80 per cent which was advertised. In 2022 he was convicted of placing an unsafe product on the market, causing another trader

to engage in a commercial practice which was a misleading action, misleading advertising and a fourth offence related to failing to adopt measures under the General Product Safety

Regulations. Sagu, from Moseley, was sentenced to 15 months this year after seeing his appeal of the convictions rejected. BERNARD MCDONAGH 'Institutionalised' burglar Bernard

McDonagh carried out ten distraction burglaries in and around Birmingham after absconding from HMP Springhill. The 60-year-old typically targeted elderly women by posing as a plumber and

claiming they had leaks in their homes. McDonagh has committed burglaries for the last 45 years, more than half of which he has spent behind bars. He was sentenced to eight years and six

months after admitting ten counts of burglary and one offence of being a prisoner on temporary release remaining unlawfully at large. SULAIMAN KAMARA Sulaiman Kamara stole from shops in the

Bullring 12 times in six months. The 34-year-old also broke into DFS in Balsall Heath where he stole three lamps and The Botanist bar in the city centre, taking alcohol. He admitted 12

charges of theft and two counts of burglary. Kamara was jailed for nine months. MOHAMMED MUSTIQIM Mohammed Mustiqim sold 'zombie' and 'Rambo' knives on Telegram and

TikTok. The 20-year-old from Washwood Heath also advertised knuckledusters and Tasers. He claimed he was just trying to earn enough money to pay his £81 monthly phone bill but in reality he

made much more than that. Mustiqim was sentenced to 16 months detention after admitting offences of publishing material suggesting knives were suitable for combat, offering offensive weapons

for sale and possession of offensive weapons in a private place. ABDIRAHMAN IBRAHIM Abdirahman Ibrahim shunted Liam Jones from his e-Bike in Yardley causing him to fall and sustain fatal

injuries. While driving a Seat Leon he began a mindless pursuit of the 22-year-old victim and his friend, who he did not know. It is believed he decided to teach 'showboating' Mr

Jones a lesson for pulling a wheelie in front of him. Afterwards he fled the scene and dumped the Seat before going to a shop to buy a drink on the way home. Ibrahim, aged 21, from Yardley,

was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 22 years for murder. His brother Abdullahi Ibrahim, aged 22, had later returned to the Seat to move it. He was jailed for two years and ten

months for assisting an offender. ASRAR RAFIQ Asrar Rafiq boasted about supplying drugs and guns. The 35-year-old told people he could get hold of AK-47s and Uzis for them. He was busted

following the international law enforcement operation to bring down the EncroChat messaging service, which was preferred by organised criminals. Rafiq admitted encouraging or assisting with

the sourcing, advertising and sale of prohibited weapons and ammunition, and being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin. He was jailed for 18 years. WAYNE GEARY AND KARL LEWIN Wayne

Geary and Karl Lewin were involved in an attempt to sell a gun. Police arrested Lewin following reports of an armed man in Frederick Road, Stechford. They then searched a home in the street

linked to Geary, where they found a viable converted firearm. Officers later discovered incriminating messages between the two men on their phones. Both men, aged 41 and from Stechford,

admitted conspiracy to supply a firearm. Geary was sentenced to five years while Lewin received five years and six months. ADIL IQBAL Adil Iqbal was involved in the revenge killing of Bashir

Mohamed but evaded justice by fleeing to Pakistan for three years. Mr Mohamed, aged 26, was stabbed to death in Shylton's Croft, Ladywood in April 2021. He had been chased across

Birmingham after he was part of another group who attacked a home in Sparkbrook earlier that night, setting fire to the door and blasting it with a shotgun. Three men were jailed for Mr

Mohamed's manslaughter. Iqbal, aged 27, from Aston, became the fourth after flying back from Pakistan in 2024. He also admitted manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years. MYA MARSH

AND ISAIAH MARSH Siblings Mya and Isaiah Marsh murdered drug dealer Minister Enfrence in the street in Kings Norton. Lloyds Bank worker Mya, 23, got into a row with the victim, aged 21, and

brandished a knife at him after requesting to buy cannabis despite already owing £200. Isaiah arrived at the scene in Medway Grove shortly afterwards and started a fight with Mr Enfrence,

ultimately stabbing him more than 20 times. At one point Mya had handed her brother a knife. Both were sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years. SHAHID KHAN Shahid Khan groomed

young girls for sex after giving them drugs and alcohol at parties. He targeted three vulnerable victims aged between 13 and 15. Khan, aged 31, from Small Heath, admitted five charges

including sexual activity with the three girls, engaging in sexual communications with one of the girls when she was aged 13 and perverting the course of justice. He was sentenced to 13

years. HEMALATHA JAYAPRAKASH Hemalatha Jayaprakash stole more than £167,000 from Birmingham-based Northwood estate agents where she worked as accounts manager and personal assistant. The

44-year-old from Great Barr made nearly 160 illegal transactions to her own bank account in three years. A court heard 'greedy' Jayaprakash lived in a £1m house and came from an

affluent background. She admitted fraud by abuse of position and was jailed for two years and three months. VALENTINO NIKOLOV Valentino Nikolov and his relatives burgled Premier League

footballer Alexander Isak's home. The 32-year-old from Birmingham along with siblings Giacomo Nikolov, 28, and Jela Jovanovic, 43, as well as Jovanovic’s son Charlie Jovanovic, 23, from

Italy, were a family of 'professional travelling burglars'. They stole the Newcastle United star's sports car, £68,000 worth of jewellery and £10,000 in cash. They also

swiped more than a £1m worth of belongings in other raids. Nikolov admitted conspiracy to commit burglary and was sentenced to ten years, meaning he is likely to be deported upon release.

His relatives pleaded guilty to the same offence and received jail terms of varying lengths. ADAM SAID Adam Said caused havoc in his friend's Range Rover during the anti-EDL protest in

Bordesley Green last summer. The then-19-year-old played a 'key role' in leading people through the streets, with people hanging out of the vehicle waving Palestinian flags. He was

involved in three major flashpoints including reckless driving near a McDonald's, blocking in a Skoda which was attacked and dropping off passengers to join a crowd laying siege to The

Clumsy Swan pub. Said, now 20, from Washwood Heath, admitted violent disorder and was sentenced to two years and four months. YOUNES HAIRY Younes Hairy used a piece of metal to threaten a

passenger at Small Heath Railway Station. The 30-year-old grabbed the victim's bag and picked up his bank card which fell to the floor. Hairy, from Small Heath, admitted attempted

robbery and was sentenced to 20 months. NADER ABOU Nader Abou burgled homes and shops across Birmingham. The 26-year-old broke into properties in Moseley and Edgbaston stealing clothes, TVs,

laptops and wallets. He also stole an Audi from an address in Sparkhill, clothes from a shop in the city centre and £100 worth of chocolate from another shop in Shirley. Abou was convicted

of 15 burglaries, three counts of shoplifting, stealing a car and assaulting an emergency worker. He was sentenced to four years and six months. STEPHEN EVETTS Stephen Evetts hid two pistols

in a wooden toy chest and revolver in a bag. Article continues below The 51-year-old from Ladywood was convicted of possession of three firearms and ammunition. He was sentenced to eight

years.