Serial handbag robber jailed 

A serial handbag robber who targeted lone women in Birmingham has been jailed.James Franklin,38, of Bartley Drive, Bartley Green, targeted women in three robberies in Weoley Castle and Bartley Green in May this year.His crime spree came to an end when eagle-eyed officers, recognised Franklin – who was walking along Weoley Castle Square -  from CCTV that they had just viewed in connection with one of the robberies.And at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday (27 June) Franklin admitted to t