A policyholder who presented a claim for fire damage to his business has been convicted of fraud after pleading guilty to giving insurers a false statement about his involvement in the fire.

Following a fire at the fast-food restaurant chain on Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham on 1 April 2018, the business owner and our policyholder, Mr Mohammad Suleyman (now aged 34) who lived in Handsworth, Birmingham at the time of the incident alongside his brother Mr Mohammed Yusuf (now aged 33) who lived in Hockley, Birmingham at the time of the incident, both pleaded guilty to fraud and arson respectively after appearing at Birmingham Crown Court on 19 March 2024.