Man jailed after shots fired in Smethwick
City Computers on Bertram Road was attacked by a gang
A man has been jailed for more than nine years for firearms offences after shots were fired in Smethwick.
Jamal Hussain, 22, was part of a gang that targeted a business in Smethwick last year, injuring two men in their 40s.
At around midday on 12 January, a Ford Fiesta pulled up outside City Computers on Bertram Road and a group attacked the business.
Two of them held an axe and two of them had a shotgun.
Shots were fired at the business and the windows and doors were smashed.
One victim was hit in the arm by a gunshot and another victim suffered a neck injury.
Officers placed Jamal Hussain as the driver of the Ford Fiesta.
CCTV footage from the previous day, showed the gang scouting out the route from their Walsall addresses to Bertram Road and around the area.
There are also numerous calls between the gang during the morning of the attack.
Jamal Hussain fled the country soon after the incident.
However, he was arrested from the airport following his return to the UK in May this year.
Hussain, from Walsall admitted to charges brought against him at a previous hearing and was jailed for nine years and two months at Worcester Crown Court today (12 September).
Four men from Walsall have already been jailed for their part in the attack.
Azeem Hussain, aged 26, is due to be sentenced later this year.
Detective Inspector Francis Nock from our Major Crime Unit said: “All six men involved in this planned armed attack have been convicted.
“Jamal Hussain was a key player in this operation and has received a lengthy jail sentences to reflect this.
“This could have easily been a fatal attack but miraculously, the injuries of the two victims were not serious.
“Weapons have no place on our streets and we will continue to bring those to justice who think it’s acceptable to use them to bring violence into our communities."