Birmingham headlines 08 March: Human trafficker jailed after forcing woman into prostitution in Birmingham
A human trafficker who enslaved and forced a woman into prostitution has been jailed for a total of 22 years. Francisc Lazaroiu was sentenced after a re-trial of raping the 19 year old. He and his parents had already each been jailed for eight years for trafficking her for sexual exploitation.
Emma Barton was an English portrait photographer who lived and worked in Birmingham. She is being honoured by a blue plaque from the Birmingham Civic Society. The unveiling will take place on 14th March.
A Birmingham woman travelled more than 1,500 miles taking her pet hamster's ashes on a tour of his "favourite" places - including the Louvre and Buckingham Palace. Lisa Murray-Lang made models of the cities for Spud during Covid. So she decided to take his ashes along to famous locations.
Emma Barton was an English portrait photographer who lived and worked in Birmingham. She is being honoured by a blue plaque from the Birmingham Civic Society. The unveiling will take place on 14th March.
A Birmingham woman travelled more than 1,500 miles taking her pet hamster's ashes on a tour of his "favourite" places - including the Louvre and Buckingham Palace. Lisa Murray-Lang made models of the cities for Spud during Covid. So she decided to take his ashes along to famous locations.
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00:00 Now, your latest news update for Birmingham. A human trafficker who enslaved and forced
00:05 a woman into prostitution has been jailed for a total of 22 years. Francis Lazaru was
00:11 sentenced after a retrial of raping the 19-year-old. He and his parents had already each been jailed
00:17 for 8 years for trafficking her for sexual exploitation.
00:22 Emma Barton was an English portrait photographer who lived and worked in Birmingham. She is
00:27 being honoured by a blue plaque from the Birmingham Civic Society. The unveiling will take place
00:32 on the 14th of March.
00:34 A Birmingham woman travelled more than 1,500 miles taking her pet hamster's ashes on a
00:40 tour of his favourite places, including the Lube and Buckingham Palace. Lisa Murray-Lang
00:46 made models of the cities for Spud during Covid, so she decided to take his ashes along
00:52 to famous locations.
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