BRAVE members of the public Nohveed Ashgar and Mariam Yousaf have been commended for their courage after they helped to save a woman and a baby from attack at a house in Tipton.

The pair dialled 999 after hearing a woman screaming inside the house on May 20, 2020.

As they approached to see what was happening they saw a man holding a baby while kicking a woman as she lay against the door.

The man continued to attack the woman and refused to listen as Nohveed and Mariam tried to get him to stop. They then saw him walk upstairs carrying the baby by its leg.

While Nohveed and Mariam were at the front door, an officer from West Midlands Police entered the house by the back door as the man dangled the baby by its ankle and swung it against the wall at the top of the stairs.

The brave officer stood between the woman and the man so other officers who had arrived could safely rescue the woman who had been repeatedly stabbed.

Two firearms officers went upstairs and found the man in a bedroom with the baby and a knife.

The man was arrested and first aid given to the child, who had a fractured skull.

After a police investigation was started by the force’s Public Protection unit, lead investigator Detective Constable Deborah Bullman spent months gathering evidence from the victims, the scene, family members and medical professionals, as well as having regular meetings with the prosecutors.

The painstaking investigation paid off and on April 30, the man was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Deborah has since been given a Chief Constable’s Award by Sir David Thompson and brave Nohveed and Mariam have been presented with Chief Constable's Good Citizen Awards for their heroic actions that day.