A Tipton man threw a can of lager over his girlfriend, smashed up her family's home where she had fled to for safe refuge, choked a student female police officer and then punched her colleague whilst being Tasered, a court heard.
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Sandwell is comparatively young, having only been established in 1974, when it brought together the six towns of West Bromwich, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton and Wednesbury. Its picturesque parkland, Sandwell Valley, is one of its most loved landmarks.