Boys on gunpoint robbery charge.THREE Birmingham boys The Birmingham Boys was a street gang prominent in London's underworld during the 1920s, rivaling Sicilian mafiosi Darby Sabini for control of horse racing and other illegal gambling activities in southeastern England. aged 13, 14, and 16 were remanded in custody charged with committing a gunpoint robbery which was filmed on mobile phones. The teenagers, from the Newtown and Hockley areas, are alleged to have robbed a 16-year-old youth who was thrown into a skip in the centre of the city earlier this month. Magistrates sitting at Birmingham Youth Court yesterday ruled the case against the boys should be committed to the city's Crown Court for trial. The youths, who cannot be named for legal reasons, spoke only to con-firm their names, ages and addresses during an hourlong hearing and were not required to indicate any pleas. The youngest defendant is also charged with possessing an imitation handgun at the time of the alleged robbery in New Meeting Street, Birmingham, on October 17. His 14-year-old codefendant codefendant n. when more than one person or entity is sued in one lawsuit, each party sued is called a codefendant. is further charged with two counts of possessing an imitation firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. at the time of his arrest on Tuesday. Magistrates ordered all three boys to reappear reappear Verb to come back into view reappearance n Verb 1. reappear - appear again; "The sores reappeared on her body"; "Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago" at the Youth Court for committal com·mit·tal n. 1. The act of entrusting: committal of the property to an attorney. 2. The act or an instance of committing to confinement. 3. proceedings on December 10. |
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