'Worst hitman' accidentally shot by accomplice as Smethwick ambush goes disastrously wrong

Birmingham Mail 18 Sept 2026, 11:43 newsdesk@birminghamlive.co.uk (Annabal Bagdi)

Would-be hitman Asad Khan, 23, has now been jailed

If you want the whole piece, that’s at the paper. We only keep the nut graf.