Words by Ed King
An Erdington man has been convicted of the murder of Wallis Webb, after a four week trial found him guilty of the crime on Thursday 12 September.
Mr Webb was discovered dead at his home on Baldmoor Lake Road on 6 February this year, after emergency services were contact by the victims brother who was living overseas and had not heard form their sibling in five days.
After forcing entry to Mr Wallis’s home address, police found the deceased with multiple stab wounds and began a murder investigation.
Sakander Hussain, of Knights Close, Erdington, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court earlier today where a jury of his peers found him guilty of both the murder of Wallis Webb and fraud by false representation – after the victim’s bank cards were used to rack up over £400 of purchases after he was dead.
Hussain, who pleaded guilty to false representation but denied murdering Mr Webb, will be sentenced at a later date – with the Crown Prosecution Service sentencing guidelines outlining he could be facing up to 24 years behind bars.
A spokesperson from West Midlands Police told: “Following CCTV enquiries and searches into the records of Wallis [Webb], investigators found that he had picked an individual up just before midnight on 30 January, and that individual was seen leaving his property just before 4am, hours later.
“Later that morning and for multiple days following, Wallis’s bank cards were used at several shops across Birmingham and online for a shopping delivery.”
They continued: “On 7 February, we arrested Sakander Hussain, 25, at an address in Ingleton Road, Birmingham. We found that Hussain of Knights Close, Erdington, had used Wallis’s bank cards totalling over £400 in the days after fatally stabbing the 65-years-old.
“He was later charged with murder and fraud by false representation.”
Detective Inspector Nick Barnes, from the West Midlands Police Homicide Team, added: “As soon as the murder investigation was launched, our team worked tirelessly on this case and to bring justice to the family of Mr Webb.
“This was a heinous crime with an elderly victim who should have been safe within his own home.
“The fact that Hussain went on to use Mr Webb’s bank cards after he had left him dead demonstrates the callousness of the crime. He even had the presence of mind to set up an online shopping delivery to his home address within hours of the killing.
“He has not offered an ounce of remorse and deserves to spend a significant number of years behind bars.
“I am pleased we have been able to secure justice for the family.”
