Two charged after police seize firearm in Birmingham

Kieon Headley and Jade Slater appeared before magistrates yesterday.

Author: Molly HookingsPublished 17th Oct 2023

Two people have been charged after police seized a suspected firearm from a car in Quinton on Friday evening (13 October).

Officers stopped the vehicle in Rennie Grove at around 5.55pm and during a search a suspected viable firearm was recovered.

A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm.

On Sunday Kieon Headley, aged 18, and Jade Slater, 23, were charged with possession of a firearm and held in police custody to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday (Mon).

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