Birmingham Couple Murder

• Indian-origin man, wife killed for two cellphones

  Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his wife Carole Kolar were battered to death in a lump hammer attack in their Birmingham home earlier this month for just two mobile phones and two watches, a media report today said.

• Lithuanian man charged with murder of Indian-origin man, wife

  A 37-year-old Lithuanian national has been charged with the murders of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and and his wife Carole Kolar in Birmingham last week.

• Don't keep gold at home, UK police warns Indians

  Amidst a spate of robberies for gold items in homes belonging to people from the Indian subcontinent, the British police today issued specific crime prevention advice, asking members of the community not to keep articles made of the precious metal at home.

• Birmingham murders not driven by gold theft

  Detectives investigating last week's double murders of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his wife Carole Kolar in Birmingham have ruled out gold theft as a motive, while the police have been given more time to question one of the arrested suspects.

• Indian-origin man, wife killed in Birmingham home

  Children of a couple found murdered in their English home made a heartrending appeal on Thursday for help in finding their killers. Avtar Kolar and Michelle Kirwan sobbed throughout a police press conference on Thursday as they paid tribute to their parents, who also have eight grandchildren. "We are all hurting so much inside because they were so ...