HERE are some notable cases to be heard at Worcester Crown Court this week.
A hooded thug who beat a man unconscious down a dark Worcester alley and stole his wallet when he was out cold is facing a long prison sentence for that gang assault and an even more serious attack.
Asfandyar Kiani appeared over videolink at Worcester Crown Court from HMP Brinsford following two different attacks, one a brutal gang attack in Worcester and the other a more violent attack in Malvern.
The 21-year-old of Ludstock Close, Worcester, has yet to be sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and theft of the wallet following the attack in Black Horse Walk in Lowesmoor on March 26, 2019.
A hospital worker allowed his bank account to be used to launder cash stolen from vulnerable elderly people, including in Worcestershire.
Barreto (Osvaldo) Da Costa admitted money laundering, allowing £7,800 stolen in a courier fraud to go through his bank account. The 39-year-old appeared at Worcester Crown Court today for links to a larger scam in which conmen posed as police officers investigating fraud to steal from vulnerable people, some in their 80s. The cash transferred into Da Costa's account in 2016 was stolen from two elderly victims, one from Pershore.
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