West Midlands Police update

10th August, 2011

By 3:00am this morning, Wednesday 10 August 2011, there had been another 163 arrests in the West Midlands bringing the overall total to around 300 since the disorder began.

The arrests were for a variety of offences including aggravated burglary, violent disorder and various other public order offences.

A total of six police officers have sustained minor injuries in the overnight disorder.

Nineteen people have been charged and remanded to appear in court today, Wednesday 10 August, following the disorder in Birmingham over the past two days.

The 19 have been charged for various offences including burglary, theft and violent disorder. They will be appearing at Birmingham Magistrates and Wolverhampton Magistrates Court.

A further four have been charged and bailed pending their appearance at court.