Episode 2 The Wanted

-Police!

-What you doing?!

He's on the roof, he's on the roof.

He's on the roof, on the roof!

Yeah, we can see him, he's on the roof.

Yeah, we've got him now.

Walk that way now!

-Walk...

-Get off me!

-Right, walk this way.

-Your

-BLEEP

-camera!

Every day in the UK,

the police are on the hunt for known and suspected criminals.

Get back from the door!

They're armed with warrants and big red keys.

The Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire forces

have granted exclusive access to their raids.

Police!

Their officers are wearing special equipment

to give you a cop's eye view,

and bring you closer to the action than ever before.

Britain's streets are a battleground.

-Stay back!

-Get out the way.

-Stay back.

On one side are the men and women fighting to keep us safe,

and on the other are The Wanted.

West Yorkshire, home to 2.2 million people,

a minority of hardened criminals

and a dedicated police team known as Quartz.

Quartz was set up five years ago now.

We do a lot of work around drugs and drug supply

and dealing with people who

enforce drugs markets,

through the use, the criminal use, of firearms.

We need to be going that way. That way.

Today, officer Michael Herbert and his colleagues

are on their way to a raid in Leeds.

Yeah, we've got some live-time intelligence

about a guy who's operating in Harehills now,

a sort of well-known area for drug dealing,

and someone's down on the ground at the moment,

has observed him entering into transactions

with suspected drug users, which we believe is drug supply.

It looks like the drugs are stored in the house.

This lad's coming in and out and supplying users individually

at different locations in and around his house.

The team have already obtained a warrant to search the property.

It's the home of 21-year-old Anthony Armour,

wanted in connection with drugs offences.

Think we'll just grab him as soon as we can.

A surveillance officer keeps the Quartz team up-to-date

with Anthony Armour's movements.

Waiting for the order to strike,

they stay out of sight around the corner

and work out the best way to pounce.

We'll go into the gable end, he comes out,

Lofty'll give us the strike, we'll run round, get a grip of him,

they'll move in, do the address.

We need to get on our toes straightaway.

Cos if we walk round the corner and he gets on that bike,

we ain't going to catch him.

Well, yeah, but if we push him the other way at least...

After 16 minutes of waiting, they're told to prepare to move in.

He was seen by an officer coming out of the address,

and exchanging with people, so that's a good indication for us

that the drug-dealing network is live,

and by that I mean it's happening now.

But they're too late to catch him in the act of dealing on the street.

The team will now have to wait for another opportunity to strike

and get their wanted man.

THEY LAUGH

It's fluid, you know, these people that operate like this

can change as much and as often and as many times as they want.

And quite often they do, because then that keeps us guessing.

If they were, you know, they're not creatures of habit,

they change it all the time so we have to be fluid like that

and we have to adopt and change our plans to cater for that.

We're getting watched now which is not a good thing.

Greater Manchester, home to the UK's third largest police force.

Like all big city regions, it suffers from serious crime.

And when offences occur that pose a threat to life,

the suspects go on a critical Most Wanted list.

Right, Gareth, we've been allocated the man hunt for Neville Powell,

Operation Alum, as it's called.

I wonder if you could just give me

an update in relation to what he's wanted for

and then just an overview, a summary of him and what he's about.

The Force Critical Wanted Unit was set up to deal

with Greater Manchester's greatest threats and risk.

Those people who've either escaped from prison

or they're wanted for really serious offences,

So in essence, they're set up to make sure

that the community of Manchester is safe,

and they're a really unique team with specialist skills

at tracking down people who really don't want to be found.

DI Rob Cousen's latest task is to find a suspect wanted for assault.

46-year-old Neville Powell is from Jamaica.

He's known to be extremely violent.

The victim of the assault is a female.

He's tried on a number of occasions to initiate sexual contact with her.

And on all occasions, she's sort of declined and made it clear to him

that that's not what she wants.

He's taken exception to that,

and at some stage has started to repeatedly punch her

to the floor.

Whilst on the floor, he's then repeatedly kicked her.

Um, he's broken off from...that assault and gone into the kitchen

within the flat and boiled the kettle.

Um...come back into the room, having boiled the kettle,

and thrown boiling water over her.

The job of tracking Powell down

falls to Detective Sergeant Martin Ashurst.

We'll do everything we can, really, um -

the terminology is, like, "throwing the kitchen sink at something."

If somebody is wanted

and we know that they present a significant threat to the victim,

we'll do everything we can

to make sure that nobody suffers any more harm.

What else do we know about Powell at the minute?

Well, in relation to him, he's got, obviously, this assault,

against a woman, and when you look at his previous crimes,

he does clearly choose to target women.

There are a number of assaults featuring women,

some of whom he doesn't know,

some of whom he's been in relationships with.

-Right.

-He is currently wanted by the A Division in relation

-to an assault in June.

-Yeah.

He has said he's going to come back and finish the victim off.

Intelligence was saying that he wanted to come back and kill her,

so obviously, the risk assessment management of her, we'll deal with,

but in terms of the need to get him, it is very live.

He's a medium to high-risk, without a shadow of a doubt.

There's a Taser authority, which we will need to revisit...

We have three categories in which we rate our subjects

and that revolves around the risk that they pose.

We have a platinum category, which is really significant threat,

immediate threat to life, where it may be a kidnap situation.

'We have a gold category,

'which is a significant degree of risk around them being at large,

'and then we have silver.

'Neville Powell was a gold risk factor.'

He had committed quite a serious offence

against quite a vulnerable female

and there was a massive risk whilst he was at large.

The team has crucial information of Powell's whereabouts.

As he presents a threat to the life of others,

they need to act on it - immediately.

In the Harehills area of Leeds,

suspected criminal Anthony Armour

has been under surveillance for the last two hours.

He's been seen selling drugs,

and the specialist Quartz team are waiting to catch him in the act.

There's already been one false alarm, but now...

A surveillance officer gives the order to go in.

But as the team approach,

the suspect spots them and locks himself back in the house.

CHILDREN SCREAMING

Just compose yourself first, make sure you get it right.

Get someone to pull it, turn it.

Police!

What you doing?!

Police officers!

He's on the roof, he's on the roof, he's on the roof, he's on the roof.

Where you going?

-ON RADIO:

-'Can you hear me?

'I need you to speak to me.'

Yeah, we can see him, he's on the roof.

Yeah, we've got him now.

Who do you think?

You going to come off the roof?

When he went up there, he had a plastic bag on him.

People do fortify their houses,

especially if they know they've got a load of drugs in there.

We actually got into the house quite quickly,

but by this time, he'd run all the way up to the top floor.

It was quite surreal, really, cos we didn't see him,

or I didn't see him get on the roof, so we ran through to the top floor

and it was like, "He's not here!"

And then thankfully an officer who was outside had seen him get out

of the dormer window and onto the roof of the terraced houses.

End of here, do a right onto...

Stretford, so we're there. We're on Bonsall Street now.

In Manchester, Detective Sergeant Martin Ashurst is leading

a manhunt.

The team's target...

Wanted for a particularly vicious attack on a woman.

Shall we get our heads together now and formulate a plan

for attacking the address?

He's alleged to have violently assaulted a female

over the weekend, by pouring boiling water from a kettle on her

a couple of times.

And then he's attacked her with a bar

and following that, he had made reference to finishing her off

while he had a kitchen knife in his hand.

From that, he's... We believe he's really quite volatile,

owing to his lifestyle - high on drugs.

So the urgency to get in is mainly around the risk

that he presents to anybody that he comes across.

-RADIO:

-We're not going to delay you, but you never know...

Yes, yes, you can keep us updated, we're, erm...

shown as 2.4 miles away...

The team are waiting for confirmation that Powell is at the address

they're heading for...

Back at base, intelligence officers use phone-tracking technology

to gather the information they need.

We look at little pieces of the jigsaw that might give us some

clues as to where this person might be.

'We could look at people who he'd rang...

'They obviously had mutual friends who we could start looking at.

'And there was a number of different avenues

'that sprung to mind immediately to say where

Neville Powell was and those are the lines that we followed.

Go ahead, Martin.

'Same location as of two minutes ago.'

Yes, yes, on that basis are you happy for us to go straight to?

'Yes, yes. Obviously, if he's not there we can sort of

'mask it somehow without giving the game away.'

Yes, yes, won't give anything away.

Finally, Martin's team receive

the confirmation they've been waiting for.

It's time to go in.

Move, move, move...

Officers surround the house, to seal off all possible escape routes.

It's locked from the inside.

Police, open the door.

Police, open the door.

Police, open the door or we'll force entry!

Just be careful, now.

WOMAN SHOUTS

-There's definitely...

-There's a key in the lock.

There, top.

TV on.

Police, open the door. Female contact.

Hi... OK.

Can you just go and sit in... Who's in here at the minute?

-Me and my kids.

-Is there anybody else upstairs?

I've just got my kids.

When we turned up at that address, there was absolutely no doubt

in my mind that Neville Powell was inside that address.

And straightaway you start to go through that

risk-assessment process,

"What am I going to be faced with when I get inside here?

"How am I going to deal with it? Where's he going to be?"

And the priority is - just get him, get him detained,

make sure we're all safe.

-Is there anybody else in this address?

-No.

Despite the woman's denials, the officers' instincts are correct.

Powell has tried to conceal himself under a bed...

..unsuccessfully.

Come out, fella.

Stay exactly where you are, mate.

Don't even think about moving, do you understand?

Contact... The front bedroom.

OK, you move, you're going to get Tasered

with 50,000 volts - do you understand?

-Show me your hands.

-Do you understand?

Show me your hands.

HANDCUFFS CLICK

What we are going to slowly do...

We're going to lift this up, yeah?

I need you to fully understand, when we lift this up,

you stay exactly where you are, you do not move

-or you will get Tasered.

-I understand, officer.

You understand that?

-INDISTINCT

-Never mind, never mind.

He's up here, mate, Janet can come in. Ask Janet to come in.

-Do you understand me?

-I understand, man, you know...

-You understand me, yeah?

-Pass the other hand over now.

Pass the other hand over to me now.

Cuffs on.

SUSPECT MUTTERS

-You got him?

-Yeah, yeah.

What's your name, fella?

-What's your name?

-Definitely him.

So why are you breaking up our bed?

You just sit down there, mate, you just chill out.

OK... It's 18:35 and what I'm now going to say to you is...

You are under arrest on suspicion of a Section 18 - wounding.

You do not have to say anything...

Wounding...

But it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned,

something which you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

OK...

Come on, stand up, we need to search you.

Have you got anything in your pockets that's going to harm us?

-To Martin...

-You got anything on you now?

OK...

Yeah, we've got a male detained, can you coordinate a van for us?

'Will do, mate.'

He's got a knife in his pocket.

-He has?

-Yeah.

'I'd be inhuman if I wasn't nervous.'

And if I didn't go through the range of emotions that every human being

goes through, but we're provided with really sound training

and knowing that I'm going into an address with really experienced

colleagues that I can rely on and trust with my life,

and they me, helps you sort of

plan for a job and get through that situation.

The female occupant of the house will also be arrested,

on suspicion of harbouring a criminal.

What we really need to do is find someone suitable that can look after

those children tonight. Clearly, your next-door neighbour

isn't going to be able to look after them beyond maybe an hour or so.

I need her to come and get the kids from next door.

I've got to go to the police station.

In here...

Just stand there. All right, calm down, calm down.

-I'm calming down, man...

-Calm down.

Just calm down...

Just keep calm...

I know that, but I don't want you to do anything else, all right?

In Leeds, the Quartz team have raided a house

where suspected drug dealing's been taking place.

Police!

But they have a problem.

Their target, Anthony Armour,

has made his getaway by climbing onto the roof.

Why don't you come down and we'll talk to you about it?

We've got to consider the safety of him, I mean,

it's slippery up there, the roofs, you know,

they're covered in algae, it's damp,

quite easily slip and it's a long way down.

And after all, you know, we have caused him to do that.

Obviously, we haven't asked him to do that, we wish he hadn't,

but we caused that by our reactions,

so we've got a duty of care to ensure that he's safe.

With Armour now considered at risk,

the team call in a negotiator.

As they wait for his arrival,

a search of the house uncovers incriminating evidence.

Somewhere around there, about 0.2 grams of, er...of heroin,

obviously don't know what the purity is at this sort of stage.

It looks like, unfortunately, the guy has...

has managed to grab a quantity of wraps of drugs,

when he's got out onto the roof when he locked the door.

So I guess we think the bulk of it

is what he's got in his possession now

and he's obviously weighing up his options on the roof.

And then the rest of it, there was some surplus items which were

in the kitchen which is about 20 shots of heroin and crack cocaine.

So we think that's probably what he's got with him now as well.

There's electronic scales in there

with traces of brown powder on grease-proof paper

so I think he's probably got the larger quantities on him,

maybe further wraps, then there's other cut-up wraps,

ready to go, in the kitchen.

But we think he's probably got most of them with him, so...

The team close the road to make the area safe.

But one bystander is eager to offer them advice.

Unwanted advice.

That way. Walk that way, now.

-Walk...

-Get off me!

Walk this way, walk this way right now.

OK? Walk this way, do not come back onto this street, do you understand?

As more people gather,

it's important that officers resolve the stand-off quickly.

'It's quite hard to reason with people like that.'

So he was trying to, you know, be the local hero.

But, er...he wasn't in my eyes.

He was just a fool who climbed on a roof, who wouldn't come back down.

But it's trying to make people realise, or certainly in this case,

that the best option is just to get down off the roof.

It's not going to go away, we're not just going to all of a sudden say

"OK, pal, you're on the roof so that's it."

It doesn't work like that, so...

It was a case of trying to make him realise that

sooner rather than later.

Finally, the negotiator arrives

and talks to Armour through the roof window.

They were able to use their training and skills in the right manner.

Whatever they said had the desired effect because he came down.

It was either that or it was because it was getting cold and wet!

When he finally gave up his rooftop protest,

police charged Anthony Armour

with possession with intent to supply Class A drugs,

heroin and crack cocaine.

He was later convicted and sentenced to four years in prison.

Most names on the police wanted list are local, but not all.

On average, 27 foreign criminals are extradited

from the UK each week.

These are Europe's most wanted,

sought by police in their own countries

for everything from murder and rape to a breach of bail.

The European Arrest Warrant allows the police here to arrest them

and put them on planes back home, where justice awaits.

The European Arrest Warrant

is something that's issued throughout the EU.

Should somebody be, for example,

wanted in Poland and moved to the UK,

then Poland can issue a European Arrest Warrant for us to act on

here in the UK so we can arrest them and send them back to Poland.

For six years, PC Dave Lockwood and his partner Andy Milion

have been arresting wanted European criminals

who've made new lives in West Yorkshire.

Today brings a new case.

This is straightforward, simple.

I'm not saying that any more

because every time I've said straightforward and simple,

-we've ended up working over for hours and it's been loads of issues.

-Have we? I've not noticed(!)

So I'll say, on that paper, it doesn't look any aggravating factors

or any issues, so we'll just see what we find at the address.

Marcin, or Mark-in Osinski.

Mar-chin.

Their latest target is Marcin Osinski.

Like many of the foreign fugitives the officers have dealt with,

he's Polish.

Funnily enough, I actually got put on a...

Well, I looked into a Polish course, basic Polish,

about £300, about three months.

But just with working shifts, it's just a nightmare.

But I really could do with it with this job.

Osinski is 31 and wanted

for burglary in his home country.

Intelligence suggests he's now living in the Seacroft area of Leeds.

When I get a European Arrest Warrant allocated, I study it

and look into it as much as possible

to try and build a profile of that person

to work out a risk assessment,

so I know I've got the right arrest plan,

to minimise risk and minimise me getting hurt, basically.

KNOCKING

-Who is it?

-It's the police, love.

Hello, sorry to bother you. Is it your dog in the house?

Yes, I have... One second.

Do you want to put the dog somewhere safe so we can come and talk to you?

-Sorry?

-Can you put the dog somewhere safe so we can come and talk to you?

-Hello there, pal, all right?

-Hiya.

-Cool. Who else is in there with you?

-Sorry?

-Who else is in the house with you?

Yeah, my baby and my partner.

Hello, mate.

-OK if we come in for two minutes, have a word?

-Yes.

OK, where are we going, through here?

-OK, have we got a light?

-Yes.

-Right, what's your name, pal?

-Marcin Osinski.

OK, have you got some ID, please?

I know it's really worrying for you, we'll try and...

-I know it's really worrying you, you've got a baby.

-Yes.

We'll try and be as quiet as we can, OK?

-Marcin, you speak good English?

-No.

-Little?

-Very.

OK, we've got a little bit of bad news for you.

There's a warrant been issued for your arrest, OK?

What...what happens, so...

Shh, hang on, let's deal with Marcin. Just one minute, love.

You know about it, don't you?

Look, mate, I'll give you a minute for it to settle in,

I'll try and make it as easy as I can for you, all right?

I can see you've got a baby there.

You know why we're here, though, yeah?

OK. Right, just... don't start panicking.

I'll help you through with this and I'll talk you through it.

Right, don't just presume cos I'm here now, you're going to Poland.

-Poland?

-No, no, just calm down and let's do one step at a time, OK?

Right, first of all I've got to arrest you,

then I'll talk to you and tell you all about it, OK?

I'm arresting you on a European Arrest Warrant which has been issued

in Poland for an offence of burglary.

You do not have to say anything

but anything you do say may be given in evidence.

In Manchester, the Critical Wanted Team have tracked down their man.

Come out, fella.

Stay exactly where you are, mate.

Neville Powell is suspected of a vicious assault on a woman.

-Contact... The front bedroom.

-Officers have found him hiding

at another woman's house.

And they've arrested him with extreme caution.

You move, you are going to get Tasered with 50,000 volts,

do you understand? Yeah?

-Show me your hands.

-You understand?

Because of the risk factors surrounding this male,

he initially had a Taser trained on him,

and that was basically to reduce any risk that he might

present to us, but also the risk to himself.

It basically just stopped him from wanting to fight with us.

And he was subsequently handcuffed without any problems,

any risk to us or any injuries to him.

Powell will now be taken to the custody suite,

where he'll be formally charged.

'It's a good buzz when you find somebody,

'when you're looking for them,

'when you know that they're a risk to other people...'

It's a really good feeling for the team, it's a real good motivator

for the team, because you know

as well as doing your job, you're actually making other lives safer.

The female occupant of the house is also off to custody.

As it transpired, she hardly knew him -

she'd met him via a dating website, he'd rocked up with a bag.

She knew nothing about him and she'd inadvertently exposed her kids

to quite a significant threat from a male that she knew nothing about.

I'm not judging her, it's how these people tend to get on.

They sort of prey on females that are vulnerable,

for whatever reason. Take as much as they can out of them

and ruin their lives and move on.

Any investigation where you're looking for somebody,

you'll have the people who do know what they're doing...

And it's quite right that then they get brought to justice,

but then you get, as in this case, the innocent people

who don't know until you actually go knocking on their door,

and then they're in absolute shock. And you feel sorry for those people,

because she clearly didn't know the risks that she was

putting herself and her family under

by allowing him to go to her address.

Back in Leeds,

Dave Lockwood has executed a European Arrest Warrant

on Marcin Osinski.

You are now under arrest.

You're going to be coming with me to the police station, OK?

You're going to be going to court tomorrow.

He's wanted for a burglary committed back in his homeland.

It's bad news for a family

who thought they'd made a new start in the UK.

You obviously don't want to go back to Poland, that's clear, yeah?

So you can appeal to stay here.

While you appeal your extradition,

you will either have to wait in London,

or you can come back here and live a normal life here

with your family and child,

-BUT the Polish do want you to go back to Poland, OK?

-OK.

So calm down, it doesn't mean you're going anywhere.

If you're working and looking after them, providing,

I know what's going through your head.

You're worrying about your wife and kid, OK?

I will help you through it,

but I have a job to do to get you to the police station.

'I'm not there to judge them.'

I say that to some of them -

"Look, I'm not here to judge you, but I've got a job to do.

"You're going to have to go to court and come with me,

"you'll have to face the music for something that's happened."

But they all know.

I mean, if we're talking Poland in particular,

they know that Poland never forgets.

If they've committed a crime, they will have to go back,

they will have to deal with it.

'Unfortunately, when I walk through the door

'and see a lot of these people, it's always at the worst time.'

But I need to know you're not going to do owt silly

or panic, all right?

I'm being kind to you -

don't mistake that for weakness, OK?

If you start messing around,

then we'll have to deal with that, all right?

You knew about this warrant, yes?

You just didn't think it'd happen here? Yeah, OK.

You get the situation, as well,

where they want to cuddle the baby before they go.

But, then, you've got to judge that.

You don't want to say no,

but if they cuddle that baby and decide not to let go of that baby,

then you've got an issue, cos you can't force a baby off somebody.

It's more decisions to make because we've had that before,

where people use babies and kids as shields.

You sort of look at somebody's behaviour

when you meet them -

you look at how they're behaving,

and it's something I'd have wanted to do, so why not let him?

If he would've been aggressive - no chance.

He'd have had cuffs on him, and been straight out of there.

But he's worried about his family,

AND there's a good chance he's going to have a swift extradition,

so let him see his kid, let him give him that cuddle.

Cos if he's going back to prison for 18 months,

like the Polish want,

that cuddle might be the thing that he clings onto,

and gets him through that custodial sentence. So why not?

I'll look after him, OK?

COUPLE SPEAK POLISH

It's quite emotional for them.

They've got a really sort of small space.

So we're going to go search him outside here, cuff him outside here,

so they don't see. Just a bit of respect for him. Dignity.

SPEAKING POLISH

OK, come on, pal.

Right, listen, listen... Just wait on a minute.

Shut the door, please. OK, bye-bye. Shut the door, please.

We didn't want to handcuff you, or do anything in there,

out of respect for your missus, all right?

We didn't want her any more upset

but you need to be handcuffed, OK? You understand?

Have you got anything in your pockets?

She was emotional as it were.

He was being OK with us,

he'd had a cuddle with the kid, which is what he wanted,

and it's just a tactic we can do.

We don't have to handcuff people in front of their family.

It sort of...it builds trust between us, I think.

With that person, who I don't know, we've got to build a relationship.

And by saying to him, "Look, I'm going to show you a bit of respect

"and not handcuff you and shame you in front of your family,"

then he might think, "Do you know what, this guy's all right.

"He's doing his job, he's being all right with me.

"But he's being firm and he's doing his job," so...

..it sort of starts the trust process, I think.

You know, you feel sorry for the missus and, again, for the kid.

The kid's done nothing wrong, has it?

You don't want to take the dad away - kids need both parents -

but...what can I do?

I'm only...

I'm only a mere PC.

I'm only here to do what I can do, I can't change the world, can I?

Yeah, just try and reassure him and calm him down, mate.

It was quite upsetting, wasn't it?

In Polish, explaining.

It explains. That's for you, OK?

Are you working?

TNT Post.

-Driving?

-No.

-Packing?

-Packer.

-Big warehouse.

The officers take their prisoner to the Leeds custody suite.

Here he's processed before being sent to appear before a court in London.

Would you like to explain to me why he's been arrested?

-Um, we've been to...Marcin?

-"Mar-chin."

Er, Marcin's, er, home address in Leeds.

There is in existence a European Arrest Warrant

for what's best described as a burglary offence

that's happened in Poland.

He's been arrested under the warrant,

to appear before Westminster Court tomorrow

with regard his possible remand.

OK, Marcin, do you understand what the officer's just said?

-I don't speak English.

-You don't speak English?

-No.

-What language do you speak?

-Polish.

-Polish, OK.

We'll get a Polish interpreter on the telephone for you, OK?

Two thumbs on there, pal.

In the box. That's it.

Nice and still, don't move. Don't move.

MACHINE CLICKS

Right, mate. Nice and still.

MACHINE CLICKS

You're a good lad, then?

Stayed out of bother while you've been here in the UK?

You just work and look after your family?

You could say this is tough,

picking someone up from one country and taking them to another...

um, but it's burglary, innit?

Someone's had their house robbed

and is going to be upset walking around that house,

knowing that someone's been in there and taken their possessions.

I've just done a report for the judge tomorrow,

with the information, and,

I've let him know you're not a bad man, OK?

So you need to make sure you do your part of the bargain -

if you get bail, you don't disappear, OK?

Cos if you try running and disappearing,

and we do find you, then you will be going back to Poland.

You won't be seeing your kid again, OK?

Take a seat on there, pal.

OK, I'm going to pop you back in your cell, mate.

We can't do it. We haven't got cards to get down... Ah.

There we go, then. We can do it.

We went through the process, put him before the court

and, as expected, a really swift extradition - 17 days later.

Picked him up, put him on a plane back to Poland.

Gone within 17 days.

So that moment of grabbing his baby and cuddling his baby...

Yeah. I don't... I don't know

if he'll have got another chance to see his child.

Earlier, in Manchester,

the Critical Wanted Unit found their target suspect.

Come out, fella. Stay exactly where you are, mate.

Hiding under a bed, Neville Powell was wanted for a violent assault.

Contact up here, the front bedroom!

He was arrested with the help of a police Taser.

You move, you're going to get Tasered with 50,000 volts,

do you understand?

-Show me your hands.

-You understand?

Fantastic feeling, it's always good to know that we've taken

a dangerous individual off the streets.

On a number of levels, it's satisfying,

because you know that the personal sacrifice you personally have made

in not putting your kids to bed

or bathing your kids or getting home on time

or seeing your wife and family,

you know that hasn't been for nothing.

You know that you've done the right thing by the victim,

but also that you've done your job well

and you've all come out of that safe

and you've done it professionally.

Now in police custody, Neville Powell will be formally charged.

The assault that he was wanted for was a really nasty assault

and that's something where it's not a one-off.

This person had antecedents of being a violent criminal

and that's exactly what it was

and that's why it was really important that we arrested him

as soon as we possibly could do

to make the life of the victim a lot easier,

but the risk to the wider public,

there was a risk to them as well.

Time for the team to question the suspect about the violent attack.

You've been arrested on suspicion of a Section 18 assault,

which is a serious assault.

It's alleged that you have arrived at the address,

knocked on the door and asked if you could go in.

So after that, you've become more and more aggressive

and start pacing up and down.

She then felt a blow to her head...

..and being dragged to the floor by her hair.

She's then been stamped on, punched several times.

You've then got a knife from the kitchen.

She's scared to death.

You've come back in the room with a kettle full of boiling water,

thrown it at her...

Actually, you've had some disclosure through your solicitor...

-..what we believe has taken place at that address.

-Hmm.

Do you agree with that?

Is that a true account of what went on that morning?

What has this person done to you...

..to make you...

pour scalding water over her?

Punch, kick,

and God knows what else you were about to do?

LOUD YAWNING

You're yawning - are you tired?

Whenever you deal with any type of offence

where there's significant violence used to a person,

you think to yourself,

"How can somebody, one person, do that to another?"

It really does sort of...

It's quite distressing, but you've got to deal with it

with a level head and you've got to be subjective

when you're dealing with these kinds of things

and over time and experience,

you sort of learn to manage your emotions just to get the job done.

Enough evidence was eventually gathered in order for the team

to take the case to the Crown Prosecution Service

and Neville Powell was detained in police custody.

I just like arresting people,

arresting criminals.

I like outsmarting criminals in their own back garden

and taking the fight to them.

Yeah, they may be able to go out and commit crimes,

commit horrible things against decent people,

but, ultimately, there's a team out there

that are dedicated to bringing these people to justice

and sending them to jail and I'm one of that team.

When the case finally went to court,

the jury found Powell guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent.

He was sent to prison for 13 years.

A great result for the Critical Wanted Unit.

I'm just really proud to be head of that team

and to see the fantastic results that they keep achieving.

I'm just the person who sits in the background.

It's them that go out and do the real hard work.