:00:00. > :00:00.arrives on Friday. Can't wait! That's all
:00:07. > :00:15.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today. The headlines tonight:
:00:16. > :00:19.Wrongly imprisoned. A Redditch man jailed for 17 years for attempted
:00:20. > :00:29.rape, talks of his fight for justice. It has been an emotional
:00:30. > :00:33.roller`coaster. I am prepared to go on that journey because I need
:00:34. > :00:36.questions and served. After nine people are stabbed to
:00:37. > :00:40.death this year in the Midlands, harnessing the grief and energy of
:00:41. > :00:44.one victim's fan base to help with a knife surrender. It is about giving
:00:45. > :00:46.up knives. This might make people stop and think about not carrying
:00:47. > :00:49.them. Breaking the cycle of delays. The
:00:50. > :00:51.ambitious plans of one of our biggest hospital trusts for
:00:52. > :00:54.emergency departments. I'm at the Hawthorns where the
:00:55. > :00:57.search is underway for a new head coach to replace Steve Clarke.
:00:58. > :01:00.And thanks to Paul Hillcox from Great Barr for this stunning
:01:01. > :01:04.photograph of a sunset over West Bromwich. A far cry from today's
:01:05. > :01:15.weather but could be a sign of things to come? Find out later.
:01:16. > :01:18.Good evening. Police are to review a case of attempted rape, involving a
:01:19. > :01:23.former postman whose conviction's been overturned after he spent 17
:01:24. > :01:26.years in prison. Victor Nealon was arrested in August 1996, when a
:01:27. > :01:32.young woman was attacked after leaving a Redditch night spot. He
:01:33. > :01:35.was jailed for life. Twice, in 1998 and 2002, his legal team were
:01:36. > :01:38.refused leave to go to appeal. Then last Friday Victor Nealon walked
:01:39. > :01:43.free, after the Court of Appeal accepted new DNA evidence showing he
:01:44. > :01:57.wasn't responsible for the crime. He has been talking to our reporter.
:01:58. > :02:04.Three days ago, Victor Nealon from Redditch was sat in his prison cell.
:02:05. > :02:08.Today he was sitting in a BBC Hereford and Worcester studio being
:02:09. > :02:10.interviewed a free man. It has been an emotional roller`coaster. But I'm
:02:11. > :02:16.prepared to go on that journey because I need questions answered.
:02:17. > :02:22.More appropriately, the victim in this case needs questions answered.
:02:23. > :02:26.It has been a 17 year wait for freedom. His ordeal began in 1996
:02:27. > :02:30.when this gym in the town was a nightclub. A young woman who had
:02:31. > :02:33.been on a night out was sexually assaulted on her way home. Victor
:02:34. > :02:37.Nealon was questioned by police because he had a criminal record in
:02:38. > :02:40.Ireland. Victor Nealon told police he'd never even been to the
:02:41. > :02:43.nightclub. He'd been at home. But despite his repeated claims of
:02:44. > :02:47.innocence he was convicted at Hereford Crown Court and got a life
:02:48. > :02:53.term. It was big news in the local press at the time. The Court of
:02:54. > :02:56.Appeal quashed Mr Nealon's conviction for attempted rape after
:02:57. > :02:59.hearing crucial DNA samples from the victim's clothes weren't tested
:03:00. > :03:04.until more than a decade after he was jailed. And then, traces of a
:03:05. > :03:12.different man were found. I think there was a danger in the past of
:03:13. > :03:16.wanting to secure a conviction. As a result of that, mistakes were made.
:03:17. > :03:22.In this case, material which should have been sent for DNA testing for
:03:23. > :03:29.the original trial was not sent. You have a very calm exterior. On than
:03:30. > :03:35.that, are you bit here `` are you bitter or angry? Now, I am on a
:03:36. > :03:45.journey just now. I have been released. I hope that fate will take
:03:46. > :03:53.me in a positive direction. At Wakefield Prison Mr Nealon continued
:03:54. > :03:57.to claim his innocence. As a result, although he'd been sentenced to a
:03:58. > :04:02.minimum of seven years, he ended up serving ten more. I wonder how many
:04:03. > :04:09.more people there are in jail who will not admit guilt and actually
:04:10. > :04:17.turns out they are innocent. West Mercia Police have said they're
:04:18. > :04:24.reviewing the case. Do you want the case reopened? I am asking for it to
:04:25. > :04:29.be reopened. Not for my sake but for the victim. Victor Nealon is now
:04:30. > :04:34.hoping for answers and a chance to pick up the pieces of his life.
:04:35. > :04:41.And our reporter is here now. How did he come across to you? I think
:04:42. > :04:48.he was overwhelmed. Naturally he was tired. I met him at 9am and already
:04:49. > :04:54.he had done some radio interviews. He sat down for a TV interview with
:04:55. > :04:58.me. Until three days ago, he had been imprisoned for 17 years. You
:04:59. > :05:08.told me he thought he was lost in a concrete jungle. Think of the
:05:09. > :05:13.difference in technology over the last 17 years. His mother died when
:05:14. > :05:25.he was in prison and was not allowed to go to the funeral. He has won his
:05:26. > :05:32.innocence but he has a lot to get through. Will he get compensation?
:05:33. > :05:35.Well he had just ?46 when he left prison and at the moment is relying
:05:36. > :05:39.on state benefits and the goodwill of some supporters. I think there
:05:40. > :05:41.might be a tendency to think that compensation happens automatically
:05:42. > :05:45.but it doesn't. It's up to the discretion of the Justice Secretary.
:05:46. > :05:53.The MP John Hemming says he's certain Victor Nealon will qualify.
:05:54. > :05:57.Because he has spent more than ten years in prison he could be entitled
:05:58. > :06:01.to a maximum of ?1 million. But it's not a fast process. He's not going
:06:02. > :06:05.to get a cheque anytime soon. He says his immediate concern is what
:06:06. > :06:11.he's going to do for money and a place to live over Christmas.
:06:12. > :06:14.Coming up later in the programme: from boom shack a lack to giving
:06:15. > :06:22.something back. The pop star helping aspiring musicians from the part of
:06:23. > :06:26.Birmingham where he grew up. A knife amnesty in the West Midlands
:06:27. > :06:36.is to draw on the memory and music of a teenage rapper who was stabbed
:06:37. > :06:40.to death in September. Joshua Ribera, known as Depzman, was on the
:06:41. > :06:46.brink of becoming a music star, before he was killed outside a night
:06:47. > :06:50.club in Birmingham. It's hoped the grief and energy of his fans will
:06:51. > :06:54.help make a success of what's being called a knife surrender. Our
:06:55. > :06:57.special correspondent has this exclusive report.
:06:58. > :07:01.Joshua Ribera killed with a knife to his heart. One of nine people
:07:02. > :07:05.stabbed to death in the west midlands this year. He had been on a
:07:06. > :07:10.crest of a wave. His music career taking off. Known as Depzman, his
:07:11. > :07:19.album two Real had just become a number one on a download chart. His
:07:20. > :07:22.mother has met with the Police and Crime Commissioner. They both hope
:07:23. > :07:26.her son's legacy will help in the fight against knife crime. It is
:07:27. > :07:31.about giving up knives, but even if they don't carry knives, it might
:07:32. > :07:35.make them stop and think. They need support. Can't tell people to do
:07:36. > :07:38.things. We can advise them, guide them and give them alternatives.
:07:39. > :07:45.We've seen knife amnesty's before. But this will be a knife surrender.
:07:46. > :07:49.Using places of worship and youth centres. It'll be led not by the
:07:50. > :07:57.police but young people. With Joshua Ribera's fame playing a part. The
:07:58. > :08:02.immense potential Joshua had to become a real worldwide performer
:08:03. > :08:07.and the fact that that opportunity has been tragically snuffed out
:08:08. > :08:13.really went on to people the dangers of carrying knives and the dangers
:08:14. > :08:16.of youth violence. Joshua Ribera died after a attending
:08:17. > :08:19.a fund raiser for his friend Kyle Sheehan who was himself stabbed to
:08:20. > :08:23.death in Birmingham twelve months ago. I met one of Joshua's friends
:08:24. > :08:28.close to where he died and where graffiti messages have started to
:08:29. > :08:33.appear. I think people have started to realise it could happen to
:08:34. > :08:37.anyone. It could happen to your friend, your cousin, anyone. A
:08:38. > :08:50.stranger. It has broken many peoples hearts. Depzman was a role model.
:08:51. > :08:56.Some people might not have had fathers role models and they looked
:08:57. > :09:00.up to him. Although just 18, Joshua Ribera's lyrics have been an
:09:01. > :09:05.inspiration to many teenagers. Hundreds visit his home in Moseley
:09:06. > :09:08.every week. One idea is to have a knife surrender point at a memorial
:09:09. > :09:11.site for the teenage rapper. They need to make sure there is somewhere
:09:12. > :09:14.for these young people to go. Especially with Christmas coming up.
:09:15. > :09:21.They are grieving. Every single person that has been killed in
:09:22. > :09:30.Birmingham has a site. The only person who does not is Josh. Over
:09:31. > :09:35.the next few weeks, the slogan will be put down the knives. His mother
:09:36. > :09:48.says it is not only weapons that should be put away, it is also
:09:49. > :09:51.attitudes which need to be changed. A school in Birmingham has had all
:09:52. > :09:54.SATs test results cancelled for its 11`year`old pupils. Donnington
:09:55. > :09:57.Academy in Perry Barr was excluded from the national league table of
:09:58. > :10:00.primary school results which were published last week. The Department
:10:01. > :10:02.for Education says the results were scrapped because of
:10:03. > :10:05.maladministration. The school has declined to comment.
:10:06. > :10:07.All three of the helicopters used by the Midlands Air Ambulance are
:10:08. > :10:10.flying again following engineering checks. They were grounded at their
:10:11. > :10:16.bases in Staffordshire and Worcester on Thursday following concerns about
:10:17. > :10:20.the fuel gauges. A 22`year`old man has died in a hit
:10:21. > :10:23.and run accident in Broad Street in Birmingham. He was knocked down
:10:24. > :10:30.outside the Solomon Cutter pub on Sunday morning. A 21`year`old man
:10:31. > :10:36.has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
:10:37. > :10:40.Pubs and clubs in Cheltenham are going to be asked to pay a late
:10:41. > :10:45.night tax to help with the costs of policing the town. Councillors voted
:10:46. > :10:51.in favour of the levy, despite a petition signed by 1,000 people
:10:52. > :10:56.opposed to the scheme. It could cost individual businesses more than
:10:57. > :10:59.?4,000 a year. A hospital trust has started
:11:00. > :11:02.'flooding the wards with extra doctors, after struggling to cope
:11:03. > :11:08.with demands on its Accident and Emergency units. Heart of England
:11:09. > :11:12.NHS Trust has some of the worst A E response times in the country.
:11:13. > :11:15.Last week, it managed to see only 88% of patients within four hours,
:11:16. > :11:18.across its three sites. Here's our health correspondent.
:11:19. > :11:22.Roy Tufft is an example of how tough it is. The 77`year`old has been in
:11:23. > :11:25.three times in the last month with heart problems. The area that
:11:26. > :11:28.Heartlands Hospital covers has a lot of deprivation and is very busy. Roy
:11:29. > :11:35.is very positive about his experience. When I came on in the
:11:36. > :11:43.afternoon, it was pretty bad because I was stuck in the corridor for an
:11:44. > :11:50.hour or so. But this morning I was quickly dealt with. I have no
:11:51. > :12:04.complaints. Outside their were eight ambulances at lunch time. The
:12:05. > :12:08.Ambulance Service says that more than half its vehicles were stuck
:12:09. > :12:11.outside this A E for more than the statutory 30 minutes last month,
:12:12. > :12:13.compared to 19% at its busiest accident and emergency,
:12:14. > :12:15.Stoke`on`Trent. The Secretary of State for health has been calling
:12:16. > :12:21.Chief Executive directly to address this issue. In this hospital, they
:12:22. > :12:37.are bringing in a new system called breaking the cycle. There is a
:12:38. > :12:40.degree of pressure. It is an important performance standard and
:12:41. > :12:43.it reflects the whole health care system. It's not just patients
:12:44. > :12:53.coming through the emergency department, it is about long`term
:12:54. > :13:05.hospital bed and discharging into the community. I understand doctors
:13:06. > :13:08.held an extraordinary general meeting two weeks ago concerned
:13:09. > :13:11.about the direction the hospital was moving in. Patients in this waiting
:13:12. > :13:16.room knew all about waiting. I have waited for over an hour. My friend
:13:17. > :13:21.broke her arm and was here for three hours. Not having met its waiting
:13:22. > :13:24.targets since May, accident and emergency is being closely monitored
:13:25. > :13:30.this week. Doctors want the public to stay away unless they really need
:13:31. > :13:34.a hospital. And BBC News has set up a website
:13:35. > :13:40.dedicated to winter health with a particular focus on how A
:13:41. > :13:43.departments will cope. To find out how your local hospital is
:13:44. > :13:48.performing, visit the BBC website. Our top story tonight: Wrongly
:13:49. > :13:52.imprisoned. Police to review the case of a
:13:53. > :13:55.former postman jailed for 17 years for an attempted rape in Redditch.
:13:56. > :14:00.Your detailed weather forecast to come shortly from Shefali.
:14:01. > :14:16.Also in tonight's programme: Go West young man! Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the
:14:17. > :14:20.former Man United striker, now the top manager in Norway, is one of the
:14:21. > :14:22.favourites to land the big job at the Hawthorns.
:14:23. > :14:26.And brought together to help save the rare Sumatran tiger. But how are
:14:27. > :14:28.they getting on in the dating jungle?
:14:29. > :14:35.If you have a story you think we should be covering on Midlands
:14:36. > :14:38.Today, we'd like to hear from you. Stephen Kapur was the first Asian
:14:39. > :14:43.artist to achieve real chart success in the UK. He's better known by the
:14:44. > :14:46.stage name Apache Indian, with records that have gone platinum and
:14:47. > :14:54.a successful career stretching back 20 years. Now, the Birmingham born
:14:55. > :15:09.musician has opened a music academy in his home city to help others get
:15:10. > :15:16.into the business. In the early '90s Apache Indian took
:15:17. > :15:22.the UK charts by storm. His record Boom Shack`a`lac was a worldwide
:15:23. > :15:26.smash. Now, the Birmingham born artist is giving youngsters from the
:15:27. > :15:33.same area the chance to join his new AIM music academy. I work with lots
:15:34. > :15:41.of young people. It had to be in Handsworth in Birmingham. I'm doing
:15:42. > :15:46.this for the youth. We have been brought up listening to his music.
:15:47. > :15:56.Means a great deal. We have a couple of singers, musicians and producers
:15:57. > :16:00.here. He can help others. I would love people to look up to me. If I
:16:01. > :16:09.could walk in his footsteps, I would be very happy. The reggae legend has
:16:10. > :16:12.sold millions of records and next year celebrates 25 years in the
:16:13. > :16:16.industry. He's also toured the world several times and has seven UK top
:16:17. > :16:22.40 hits to his name. Recently he's won an award for his new TV show at
:16:23. > :16:26.the Asian Music Awards. We have already changed lives and made a
:16:27. > :16:32.difference. It is working. Music is a fun way of doing that. That is how
:16:33. > :16:37.we get people together. He will mentor of them not just about
:16:38. > :16:45.singing, but also about life skills. `` we will. There is a whole team of
:16:46. > :16:48.people here ready to support them. People from Handsworth have appeared
:16:49. > :16:52.as guests on his successful music chat show called Real Talk on a
:16:53. > :17:01.satellite channel. He hopes to use it as a platform to give other local
:17:02. > :17:09.musicians their big break. Now the sport. It seems to be the
:17:10. > :17:18.season for sacking managers in the Premier League. Steve Clarke from
:17:19. > :17:32.West Bromwich Albion has been given the sack. How much of a surprise of
:17:33. > :17:35.`` was this? The calendar year of 2013 has not
:17:36. > :17:41.matched up with the early promise. On Saturday evening, the board of
:17:42. > :17:49.directors said enough was enough and they sacked the head coach, Steve
:17:50. > :17:54.Clarke. Not long now. Only seven shopping
:17:55. > :17:58.days to Christmas. But patience is in very short supply in the Premier
:17:59. > :18:03.League. How times have changed since West Brom appointed Fred Everiss
:18:04. > :18:06.back in 1902. He must have done a good job, because Fred was still the
:18:07. > :18:11.Albion manager 46 years later. These days, you'd be lucky to last 46
:18:12. > :18:14.months. According the League Managers Association. The average
:18:15. > :18:18.shelf`life in the Premier League is just under two years. But Steve
:18:19. > :18:22.Clarke got the bullet after only 18 months in the Hawthorns hot seat.
:18:23. > :18:25.Saturday's 1`0 defeat at Cardiff was Albion's fourth in a row. And the
:18:26. > :18:32.board wasted no time in taking decisive action. I think it is very
:18:33. > :18:38.harsh. I think the over achieved last year. That puts pressure on
:18:39. > :18:41.you. So who'll be next on the throne? Former caretaker manager
:18:42. > :18:46.Michael Appleton is an outsider at 33/1. Baggies old boss Roberto di
:18:47. > :18:52.Matteo is 9/1. And Martin Jol, recently sacked by Fulham is 9/2.
:18:53. > :18:57.The former England manager Glenn Hoddle is 10/1. And the bookies
:18:58. > :19:08.favourite tonight at 4/1 is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Currently a huge
:19:09. > :19:16.success in Norway Albion fan Terry Wills watched his first game in
:19:17. > :19:35.1940. Hopefully he can translate his previous success as a player.
:19:36. > :19:43.It is not a decision that has been taken lightly, but any news when an
:19:44. > :19:46.appointment might be made? The club have said the important
:19:47. > :19:52.thing is not the timescale, it is getting the right person. At
:19:53. > :19:57.Christmas, there are lots of games very close together. The talk is
:19:58. > :20:05.about young people who have been linked with the club before. Roberto
:20:06. > :20:16.Di Matteo is one. Mike Phelan is has been linked to the job. In the last
:20:17. > :20:22.hour or so, Gianfranco Zola has resigned as head coach of Watford.
:20:23. > :20:55.He has walked away from that. His odds have changed from 50`1 to 9`1.
:20:56. > :20:57.Yesterday, Manchester United one 3`yl full they keep coming in their
:20:58. > :21:00.numbers. And Aston Villa fans were full of
:21:01. > :21:03.Christmas cheer before kick` off. That's despite their disappointing
:21:04. > :21:06.home form. And the visit of Manchester United meant more home
:21:07. > :21:13.discomforts. Danny Welbeck scored twice in the first 18 minutes. And
:21:14. > :21:16.Tom Cleverly made it 3`0 in the second half. United's recent record
:21:17. > :21:23.at Villa Park is better than Villa's! Have thought we started as
:21:24. > :21:31.well as we have done for several weeks. We looked very threatening.
:21:32. > :21:34.The first goal was poor. Like Villa Birmingham City have been struggling
:21:35. > :21:37.at home. But they've now won their last three Championships games away
:21:38. > :21:40.from St Andrew's. Andrew Shinnie opened the scoring a Bournemouth
:21:41. > :21:44.after three minutes. And Nikola Zigic helped the Blues to a 2`0 win.
:21:45. > :21:50.They're now unbeaten in six and upto 14th. The resilience of every single
:21:51. > :21:55.man was brilliant. Blocking shots, winning headers in the box, winning
:21:56. > :21:59.tackles and been committed to the cause. They helped us get a
:22:00. > :22:06.brilliant result against a tough opponent. The honours in the League
:22:07. > :22:10.One Midlands derby went to Walsall. Milan Lalkovic scored the game's
:22:11. > :22:13.only goal as Walsall move back to the fringes of the play`off places.
:22:14. > :22:17.All of our other league teams drew. But the team who were most grateful
:22:18. > :22:27.of a point were Port Vale. Tom Pope's 89th minute equaliser gave
:22:28. > :22:33.them a 2`2 draw with Stevenage. It is all about tiny margins. Steve
:22:34. > :22:36.Clarke has been sacked, but perhaps if a few more strikers had scored
:22:37. > :22:41.goals, they would have got some extra points and it could all have
:22:42. > :22:45.been very different. You may remember that last month we
:22:46. > :22:49.filmed the arrival from Germany of Joah, a rare Sumatran tiger. There
:22:50. > :22:52.are just a few hundred left in the wild. The hope is that he'll breed
:22:53. > :22:55.with Daseep, Dudley Zoo's female Sumatran tiger. The zoo has been
:22:56. > :22:59.taking things quite slowly, but it now appears the pair are getting
:23:00. > :23:07.along. After Joah was allowed a little time to get over the trip.
:23:08. > :23:13.He's one of the rarest creatures on the planet, 21`month`old Joah, a
:23:14. > :23:16.Sumatran tiger. Some estimate there are just 140 of this sub`species
:23:17. > :23:20.left in the wild. So they're hoping Joah will breed, and last week he
:23:21. > :23:24.was introduced to his new partner Daseep. It has taken time. But it is
:23:25. > :23:30.lovely to see them together. They're getting on well together. The young
:23:31. > :23:33.animals. They have been touching each other's noses which is
:23:34. > :23:43.fantastic. We hope that will continue and we get tiger cubs. Joah
:23:44. > :23:47.was born at a Zoo in Germany and arrived at Dudley last month after a
:23:48. > :23:51.long journey on the back of a lorry. He wasn't in the best of moods when
:23:52. > :23:54.we first saw him but now he's settling in well. At first, he was
:23:55. > :23:58.quite feisty. He was scared of his new surroundings. Now he has calmed
:23:59. > :24:06.down. He is very gentle to the other tiger. He accepts food from us very
:24:07. > :24:09.well. It is all going well. Daseep occasionally show's who's boss and
:24:10. > :24:17.this is apparently is just playful behaviour. The female tiger comes
:24:18. > :24:20.into season every six weeks. Aeronautics making any tiger cubs
:24:21. > :24:27.for a year or so because conceiving is a bit hit and miss. And both
:24:28. > :24:33.tigers are not quite fully mature, although they are growing fast and
:24:34. > :24:37.eating well. Joah will soon be on a diet of about 65 pounds of meat
:24:38. > :24:43.every week. He is very impressive already. He will bolt out even more
:24:44. > :24:47.when he grows. Today was the first time the public could see Joah and
:24:48. > :24:50.Daseep together, and Dudley Zoo hope they'll help build on an impressive
:24:51. > :24:54.year in which they've attracted more than a quarter of a million
:24:55. > :24:57.visitors. Some pretty hefty downpours today.
:24:58. > :25:04.Anything drier on the horizon, Shefali?
:25:05. > :25:07.There is indeed. But I'm afraid there is just a narrow window of
:25:08. > :25:11.opportunity for you to take advantage of that. We have quite
:25:12. > :25:15.unsettled conditions this week. Today is indicative of what we will
:25:16. > :25:21.get. Lots of wet and windy weather about. Tomorrow being the driest day
:25:22. > :25:25.of all. Temperatures will rise and fall as the rain ebbs and flows.
:25:26. > :25:30.This is the beast we have to watch out for. Heading in from the West on
:25:31. > :25:34.Wednesday. A deep area of low pressure with an occluded front
:25:35. > :25:42.which will bring wet and windy conditions. We have a lot of rain
:25:43. > :25:46.and strong winds around on Friday. It is not exactly dry just now. We
:25:47. > :25:50.have a lot of rain across southeastern parts of the country.
:25:51. > :25:54.Fairly heavy rain over the next few hours. This will clear way to the
:25:55. > :25:58.south`east to leave most of the region drivers clear spells later on
:25:59. > :26:10.tonight. Also some fairly dense patches of fog. Temperatures will
:26:11. > :26:21.drop to about one degree, just below freezing. The Frost will clear. It
:26:22. > :26:25.is looking drier with decent sunshine developing by the
:26:26. > :26:28.afternoon. This will take temperatures up to around seven
:26:29. > :26:35.Celsius in the south`west, but still fairly chilly in the north`west.
:26:36. > :26:40.Light winds. We are facing a similar sort of set of circumstances
:26:41. > :26:45.tomorrow night. It is looking really drive a clear spells. I came some
:26:46. > :26:54.mist and fog developing a touch of Frost in rural spots. Around
:26:55. > :27:01.freezing in the countryside. Turning wet and windy for Wednesday.
:27:02. > :27:04.Temperatures will be rising. Looking much drier for Thursday, but there
:27:05. > :27:13.will be some showers. Because it is called, they could be wintry over
:27:14. > :27:17.higher ground. Tonight's headlines from the BBC:
:27:18. > :27:19.The Prime Minister declares it will be mission accomplished in
:27:20. > :27:21.Afghanistan when troops leave next year.
:27:22. > :27:25.Wrongly imprisoned. Police to review the case of a former postman jailed
:27:26. > :27:27.for 17 years for an attempted rape in Redditch.
:27:28. > :27:31.And harnessing the grief and energy of a stabbing victim's fan base to
:27:32. > :27:40.help with a knife surrender. That was the Midlands Today. I'll be
:27:41. > :27:43.back toight when I'll be asking the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
:27:44. > :27:45.for the West Midlands about how the he intends to support the knife
:27:46. > :27:46.surrender in the region.