{"id":16639,"date":"2020-02-20T10:08:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=16639"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:08:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:08:44","slug":"dudley-double-murder-men-stabbed-at-cannabis-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/02\/20\/dudley-double-murder-men-stabbed-at-cannabis-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Dudley double murder: Men stabbed at cannabis farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A double murder investigation has been launched after two men were stabbed during a robbery at a cannabis factory.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported windows of a house being broken and men running away carrying plants in Pensnett Road in Brierley Hill, Dudley, at 03:30 GMT.<\/p>\n<p>West Midlands Police said a fight spilled out on to the street, during which the men were stabbed, and a car was crashed into parked vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>One man was pronounced dead at the scene while the other died in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Another man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to rob and inquiries are ongoing to identify other men involved.<\/p>\n<p>Insp Nick Barnes said: &#8220;We believe this property was deliberately targeted by a group of men who knew it was being used to cultivate cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the ensuing disorder two men have suffered fatal knife wounds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The men who died have not been named.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service gave advanced life support and specialist trauma care to the men, one of whom was taken to Russell&#8217;s Hall Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>A collision investigation unit was at the scene on Thursday, with an officer seen marking out a set of tyre tracks running across grassland from a pedestrian crossing in Pensnett Road to nearby Wilson Road.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, investigators had put up a forensic tent in Wilson Road, close to a damaged section of wooden fencing and a car which had its passenger-side door open.<\/p>\n<p>Police are appealing for anyone with information or dashcam footage of the scene at the time to get in touch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/DAC7\/production\/_110970065_feb20-dudleyscenebbcimage.jpg\" alt=\"The scene\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Police are appealing for anyone with information or dashcam footage of the scene at the time to get in touch<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">At the scene<\/h2>\n<p><strong>By Bob Hockenhull, BBC Midlands Today<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A large cordon remains in place on Pensnett Road.<\/p>\n<p>Police have been covering the front of a house at the centre of their inquiries with a blue tarpaulin while they carry out forensic examinations.<\/p>\n<p>There are tyre tracks on an open patch of grass leading to a car, which has crashed through a fence and has now been covered up.<\/p>\n<p>A police tent has been put up near to the car.<\/p>\n<p>In another location nearby I have seen a blue BMW, with its rear window smashed, which is being guarded by officers.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-51572165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A double murder investigation has been launched after two men were stabbed during a robbery at a cannabis factory. 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