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Good evening. for the news where you are. | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
A violent paedophile who made a "hidey hole" in his home | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
to conceal a girl he was abusing has been jailed for 27 years for | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
Michael Dunn, who's 57 and from Redcar, | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
knocked through the wall behind his fridge | :00:26. | :00:27. | |
to create a cavity which he used to hide the girl from the police. | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
Teesside Crown Court heard how Dunn preyed on four victims, | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
raping one aged just ten or 11, over decades. | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
The judge described Michael Dunn as a devious, manipulative | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
and controlling man with a strong urge to dominate. | :00:48. | :00:49. | |
and was violent to two women for several decades. | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
Today, he was jailed for 27 years for those crimes | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
and the rape and sexual assault of two other children. | :01:01. | :01:02. | |
I think that he deserved more than what he got. | :01:03. | :01:04. | |
I think the judge was very lenient, they've been very kind to him, | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
considering he's got away with what he was doing | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
They will serve the rest of their lives with it. | :01:11. | :01:18. | |
One of the victims was just 14 when Dunn began to groom her | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
at his home in Manchester in the early 1990s. | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
He offered her an escape from a sexually abusive home life, | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
but then he too began to rape and control her. | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
When the police came looking for her, she'd hide in this hole | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
created by Dunn at his house, covered by plasterboard | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
and guarded by his two German shepherd dogs. | :01:43. | :01:43. | |
The court heard she moved with Dunn and the other woman | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
eventually settling in a house in Redcar, | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
where he'd lock them in the bedrooms | :01:54. | :01:54. | |
and monitor them with CCTV cameras. | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
The abuse lasted until 2015, when Dunn's crimes were reported. | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
I would applaud the victims and witnesses | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
due to the strength and courage that they've displayed. | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
And equally I would just like to add that, eventually, | :02:06. | :02:07. | |
and more importantly they were all believed as well. | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
At his trial in January, Dunn, who's now 58, was also found guilty | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
of the rape of a ten or 11-year-old girl in the late '70s in Manchester | :02:18. | :02:27. | |
and the sexual abuse of another 14-year-old girl in 1993. | :02:28. | :02:29. | |
That sexual abuse was reported to Greater Manchester Police, | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
but they failed to take any further action, | :02:33. | :02:34. | |
and they're now being investigated | :02:35. | :02:35. | |
by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. | :02:36. | :02:36. | |
Passing sentence, the judge said that Dunn posed | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
380 jobs are under threat in County Durham, | :02:39. | :02:48. | |
following the announcement that the Walkers crisp factory | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
in Peterlee has been earmarked for closure. | :02:51. | :02:52. | |
The plant's likely to shut before the end of the year. | :02:53. | :02:54. | |
Our business correspondent Ian Reeve reports. | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
It's one of the most popular of our brands, | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
helped in part by adverts starring former footballer Gary Lineker. | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
But today, the maker of Walkers crisps had some unpopular news. | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
The Peterlee factory is slated for closure - 380 jobs could go. | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
We can make crisps now in three factories rather than four. | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
So that takes us to look at, around the UK, | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
which factory do we need to kind of...can we close? | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
And if you look at where we deliver our products, | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
then 80% of everything we make out of Peterlee is shipped south. | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
And the boss won't be immune - after five and a half years here, | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
her future is just as unclear as those of her workers. | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
Nobody wants to hear this news, but they took it really well. | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
They, I think, understand it, but it is still very shocking. | :03:46. | :03:47. | |
So the way people took the news, I couldn't have asked for better. | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
And I'm not surprised because they're a fabulous group of people. | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
is that an employment staging post in the town will be lost. | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
It was a stepping stone for a lot of people in education, | :04:04. | :04:05. | |
from college and school who are leaving, school leavers. | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
And it was a step in the door into employment. | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
And if this goes, it's going to be high unemployment. | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
The Peterlee factory has been here since 1960 | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
and once made a famous North Eastern brand. | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
Can I take a few bags of Tudor out my wages? | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
Nothing but the best for you, right, lad? | :04:30. | :04:31. | |
That's long gone, and now the factory could be | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
Two Teesside men have been jailed for four months | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
and banned from keeping animals for life, for what a magistrate | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
described as "a barbaric act which caused untold suffering". | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
59-year-old Michael Heathcock and Richard Finch, who's 60, | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
buried a dog alive after hammering a nail through its head. | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
The men said they killed the animal because it was ill | :05:03. | :05:04. | |
and they couldn't afford to have it put down by a vet. | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
You may find some of the images in Stuart Whincup's report upsetting. | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
They've received threats, had their properties damaged, | :05:14. | :05:15. | |
They arrived two hours before their sentencing was due | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
to avoid confrontations and before the crowd of protestors gathered. | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
I just can't believe it, and I've had nightmares about it, | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
to be honest, because you've got to actually hold that dog | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
and drive that nail through, six times through that dog's skull. | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
And to an animal that you love and you've had as part | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
I just don't know what sort of mentality these people have | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
There's something seriously wrong with these two. | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
That little dog must have suffered hell. | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
Michael Heathcock, here on the left, said his dog was ill | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
and he couldn't afford to have him put down by a vet. | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
So he and Richard Finch hammered a nail through his head | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
The vet who tried to save the terrier described it | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
as the worst case of animal cruelty he'd ever seen. | :06:06. | :06:07. | |
It is very emotive about a horrific act that's happened to an animal | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
and then subsequently hasn't died as a result of its injuries | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
and has been buried alive. As I say, it's terrible. | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
The dog was found in the woods by two walkers who heard grunting | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
and snoring and were distressed by what they discovered. | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
As both men were jailed for four months, | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
there were cheers and shouts of "Justice" inside the court room, | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
No, it was a harrowing thing to sit through, that. | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
It really was, at least it is some form of justice. | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
The chairman of the bench, Frances Linsley, said this | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
was a barbaric act which had caused untold suffering to the dog, Scamp. | :06:50. | :07:01. | |
Now, in the past he's run from Land's End to John O'Groats. | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
And he's also run all the way to the capital | :07:05. | :07:06. | |
from his home in Cumbria to take part in the London Marathon. | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
Now Gary McKee is going further, much further, | :07:11. | :07:12. | |
in his efforts to raise money for charity. | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
I'm running 100 marathons in 100 days for Macmillan Cancer Support. | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
My dad was diagnosed with cancer in 1997, | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
And he would have been 80 years old this year, | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
so 80 and 20, 100, so I decided to run 100 marathons. | :07:33. | :07:42. | |
In 100 days, Gary McKee will run more than 2620 miles. | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
It's like running to North Africa and back from his Cleator Moor home, | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
When I am running, if I haven't got anybody with me, | :07:53. | :08:00. | |
I think about what I'm doing, who I'm doing it for, | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
it's people who's been affected by cancer. | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
So although I was touched by my dad's story, | :08:10. | :08:11. | |
it's extended into everybody, because cancer does affect us all. | :08:12. | :08:13. | |
In his years of fundraising, Gary has raised more than ?150,000 - | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
priceless support for many Cumbrian families. | :08:19. | :08:21. | |
We give grants to people who are in financial difficulties | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
as a result of their cancer - the average grant is ?350. | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
So if you think back, with the money we use for grants, | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
how many local people has Gary helped over the years? | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
It is just phenomenal, he is number one for me every time. | :08:35. | :08:37. | |
Gary's final run will be the London Marathon in April. | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
when I get out of bed, my knees are a little bit stiff, | :08:43. | :08:59. | |
but after five minutes I'm fine and ready to go again. | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
Despite the gruelling nature of this challenge, | :09:04. | :09:04. | |
Gary hasn't ruled out further adventures in the future. | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
Mark McAlindon, BBC News, Cleator Moor. | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
Well, a beautiful day of sunshine for many of us, | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
and I noticed the gritters were out tonight. | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
Let's get the forecast for overnight and tomorrow now with Jen Bartram. | :09:19. | :09:27. | |
Many parts will have a dry night to come tonight, | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
and as we head into Thursday, we should see some fairly | :09:33. | :09:35. | |
sunny spells after quite a chilly start to the day. | :09:36. | :09:38. | |
Now, this is the picture through the night tonight, | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
we do have some rain pushing into southern part of Cumbria | :09:42. | :09:43. | |
and North Yorkshire, but through the night that's | :09:44. | :09:45. | |
gradually going to ebb away southwards, and I think many parts | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
And with those clear skies we will see a widespread frost, | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
the temperatures dropping down to around freezing or just above. | :09:53. | :09:54. | |
we are looking at a largely dry, frosty start. | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
We should see some good spells of sunshine through the day, | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
the best of the sunshine to be found in western parts. | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
I think, for Cumbria, we may just start to see some showers | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
but generally it's a dry, bright, breezy day tomorrow, | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
with temperatures up to around eight Celsius, that's 46 in Fahrenheit, | :10:17. | :10:19. | |
Then, as we head on into Friday, again, it's a cold, frosty start, | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
there will be some showers across the northern part | :10:25. | :10:26. | |
of Northumberland to start the day, and some further rain | :10:27. | :10:28. | |
pushing in from the south later on in the afternoon, | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
some uncertainty at the moment as to how far north this range | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
is going to get on Friday, but for most parts it looks | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
like a day which will start off dry and bright and then turn | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
a little bit damper later on in the afternoon. | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
Temperatures on Friday around 7-9 Celsius. | :10:45. | :10:46. | |
Then, as we head towards the weekend, there's going to be | :10:47. | :10:48. | |
some wet weather in the forecast for Saturday, | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
turning a little bit drier for Sunday. | :10:53. | :10:54. | |
Here is the outlook for tomorrow, then, | :10:55. | :10:55. | |
and with the national forecast I'll hand you to John Hammond. | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
outlook. A whole load of 11 is. What does that mean? Maybe John Hammond | :11:02. | :11:04. | |
will tell you. We're in for a bumpy ride. The | :11:05. | :11:13. | |
weather chopping and changing keeping us on our toes. Rain never | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
too far away from our crystal ball. There has been rain around today | :11:18. | :11:21. | |
across southern areas. This band of wet weather pushing through Wales | :11:22. | :11:23. | |
and the Midlands. A | :11:24. | :11:24. |