Police have been pushing warning letters through letterboxes after an increase in anti-social behaviour at a city tower block where a former councillor was murdered. Cranleigh House in Erdington has seen a rise in “unacceptable behaviour” according to local officers.
West Midlands Police said it was “affecting the community” and that officers would be working with partners to curb the problems. It comes after Wallis Webb, a former councillor, was stabbed to death in his flat at the Baldmoor Lake Road high-rise on January 31 last year.
The 65-year-old’s body wasn’t discovered until six days later. Sakander Hussain, 25, was found guilty of his murder at Birmingham Crown Court in September.
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Wallis Webb
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A jury heard how Mr Webb had left his flat at around 2.40am on January 31 and drove his blue Hyundai to Frederick Road in Gravelly Hill, where he picked up a man on the corner with Hunton Hill. The pair returned to Cranleigh House at 2.55am and gay porn searches were made on the TV.
A man – who the prosecution said was Hussain – was seen leaving at 3.58am, with a backpack and bag. Hussain used Mr Webb’s bank card at a Big John’s, Costcutter and Tesco the day after he killed him.
Sakander Hussain
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On February 2, he returned to Cranleigh House, and the day after that he called NewDay finance attempting to get a block on the victim’s card lifted. After being arrested, Hussain span a web of lies before admitting he was at the murder scene.
Hussain, of Ingleton Road, Washwood Heath, claimed he acted in self-defence after Mr Webb attacked him. But the jury disagreed with his version of events and convicted him of murder.
On the increase in anti-social behaviour at the tower block, West Midlands Police said: “Erdington officers have been dropping letters off at Cranleigh House. There has been an increase of ASB reported from local residents.
“This is unacceptable behaviour as its affecting the community. We will be working with our partners to try and decrease the ASB.”