Two teenage boys are due in court charged with kidnap after a car was stolen in Birmingham with the owner's two children inside.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Officers were contacted on Saturday shortly before 17:00 GMT by the children's "distraught" father, said West Midlands Police.

He reported his car had been stolen with his sons aged two and four still inside.

Two boys, from Birmingham, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court also charged with aggravated theft of a motor vehicle.

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