Three charged with Birmingham deaths

A 26-YEAR-OLD man, a 23-year-old man and a teenager were remanded in custody yesterday after appearing in court charged with the murders of three men who were struck by a car during last week’s riots.

Haroon Jahan, 21, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, suffered fatal injuries when they were hit by the car in the early hours of Wednesday morning while trying to protect shops in Winson Green, Birmingham, from looters. They were all pronounced dead in hospital.

During a brief hearing at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Joshua Donald, 26, from Kelsall Croft, Ladywood, appeared before magistrates charged with three counts of murder.