05/03/2012 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. I'm Rob Smith.

Tonight's top stories: She had her identity stolen by her best friend

who then went on to steal more than �100,000.

Under the chemical cosh - why a Kent NHS Trust is reviewing how

many elderly people are routinely prescribed anti-psychotic drugs.

Also in tonight's programme: Drugs in class - the father of Amy

Winehouse campaigns for pupils to be educated about addictive

substances in school. Mitch Winehouse tells us why he believes

it will save lives. Why feeding foxes may be leading to

giant animals as a four foot long, 35 pound animal is shot in Sussex.

Rediscovering her art - once honoured by the Royal Academy,

Marise Edlin is persuaded to paint again after arthritis ended her

Good evening. A woman who was arrested and held

in a police cell for six hours after her best friend used her

identity to steal more than �100,000 in a bank fraud says she

hopes she gets what she deserves. 34-year-old bank manager Lorna

Keary defrauded the HSBC in Tonbridge using the address of

Lynne Bungay's Kent hairdressing business to set up a fake account.

She will be sentenced next week. Jon Hunt reports.

Two and friendship shattered by an extraordinary breach of trust.

hit her for what she has done. I hate her for what she has put my

family, my friends, myself but most of all my children through. I hope

she gets what she deserves. Lorna Keary was the business manager at

this bank in Tonbridge, but one there she offered to do the

accounts for her best friends hairdressing business. She used the

address of my salon to open up this fraudulent accounts. That is where

she was siphoning money from other places, from the Bank, into this

fraudulent account. In all she defrauded more than �100,000, but

the police suspected Lynne Bungay. My door was not in the early

horrors of the morning and there were 13 police officers outside

wanting to Sir John property. It was just shocking. I was taken down

to the police station, had my fingerprints taken, my photo taken

and then put in a cell for six hours. I knew that I had not done

anything wrong. It was being taken away from my children, leaving my

children here that was the worst thing and not knowing why. Before

long police realised the truth. This week Lorna Keary is expected

to be sentenced after a jury found her guilty. One expert said that

this type of bank fraud could be on the increase. He have got more

disgruntled staff saying -- staying on the same salary, and more ex a

staff out there who are disgruntled with knowledge about the systems.

It is certainly a time to be wary. For Lynne Bungay, she is still

coming to terms with the betrayal. It is mortifying. It makes you

think, who can I trust? That was Jon Hunt reporting and he

joins us live now outside Mrs Bungay's salon in Southborough. Jon,

what was the effect of this fraud on her family? Yes, that's right.

Lorna Keary used her best friend's hairdressing salon to set up a fake

bank account into which she deposited money that she defrauded

from the HSBC Bank, which she withdrew from cash points. In

January she was found guilty of six counts of frogs, two counts of

false accounting and one count of converting criminal property. For

Lynne Bungay it was the moral crime that had so much, the fact that her

best friend had to Seta and also that committal of almost

unbelievable breach of trust. They have been described as a

chemical cosh, anti-psychotic drugs used to keep dementia patients

docile. Now the NHS in Medway is carrying out a review of all those

being prescribed the drugs to see how many would actually be better

off without them. Nationwide, more than 180,000 dementia patients have

been prescribed anti-psychotic drugs, used to control aggressive

tendencies. In Medway last year 160 patients were prescribed the drugs

and now all of them are under review. Sara Smith has this report.

It was when Barbara Walker first went into full-time care that she

was described anti-psychotic drugs. Her daughter and son-in-law were

told it would deal with the violent outbursts and mood swings that had

developed as part of the Alzheimer's disease. She became for

more subdued, introverted, arise very glace. Almost as if there

wasn't anybody there. She was still obviously alive, sitting in her

chair, but it was not my mum. Research has shown other drugs can

progress the speed of dementia as well as doubling the risk of

strokes and other life-threatening conditions. When we didn't know

enough about dementia we find that people were using these drugs as an

easy alternative, so they are a very dangerous chemical cosh that

have almost been used as a baby sitter in place of care. They know

that there are many simple things that we can be doing that don't

involve these dangerous drugs. Staff could not go against what

doctors had already prescribed for Barbara and her new home, until

this review of anti-psychotic drugs. Taking the residents of the drugs,

in some ways make the residents harder to deal with, but staff say

it is definitely worth it. It is as if they have come back to life.

There is laughter in their eyes and they understand what is being said

to them. They want to interact with the staff and family. It is amazing.

It is like a light has been switched on again. Although I

haven't got my mum back, I have got part of her. There may well still

be a place for some anti-psychotic drugs at the end of the review, but

so far it looks as though their use will be greatly reduced in the

future. We're joined now by the vice-

chairman of the all-party group on dementia, Chatham MP Tracey Crouch.

The Department of Health set targets for reduction of use of

anti-psychotic drugs in November 2010. Surely this should all have

been done before now? There are some occasions when anti-psychotic

drugs are very valuable. It is clear that there has been a massive

over prescription of these drugs and it is important that the

Department of Health has set these targets. They are ambitious targets

and they will not be met all at once, but it is clear that we have

to do something about it and that is what we are doing. You are on

this All Party Group on dementia. How are you driving this forward?

We do that a number of issues, this is just one of them. I am really

pleased that Medway is taking the lead on this. It is important a we

have regular reviews on anti- psychotic drugs and we will keep on

monitoring their prescription as time goes on. Is this a case that

the treatment for dementia is not keeping pace with the research on

the condition. A in many cases, yes. Anti-psychotic drugs can be

valuable, but there are other therapies that can be looked that,

therapies with music, therapies with dogs for example. Thank you.

Coming up on the programme: On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the

Zeebrugge disaster, when 193 people died, we talk to one of the first

people on the scene. A giant fox, more than twice the

size of a normal animal, has been shot dead in Sussex. The creature,

killed near East Grinstead, weighed in at 35 pounds and was four foot

long, as big as a seven-year-old child. Some believe that outsize

foxes are becoming more common because of people feeding them with

scraps and wildlife charities saving those that are injured and

would normally die, something denied by animal rights'

campaigners. This report from our news correspondent, Paul Siegert.

Some people may find some of these scenes upsetting.

Could foxes be getting bigger and bigger because of the ease that

they get food? Measuring 1.3 metres in length and weighing in at 35

pounds, it's twice the size of an average fox. This giant specimen

was shot in East Grinstead in January by Roy Lupton Roy blames

people feeding foxes and the rescue centres for the increasing size of

the current population. He if you came across a fox like that five or

six years ago it would have been incredibly shocking, but

increasingly over the last few years there are more individuals

that are obtaining the sizes. When you do see an animal like that, it

is quite shocking because you don't expect to see animals that size

roaming around our countryside. When we were looking at it before

we shot it, we realised it was big, but only when we went up to it that

you realise how Piggott was. I don't necessarily think it is all

individuals, but there are some individuals that are capitalising

on the fact that its food is more readily available and a general

interaction with people has become greater so they are being fed a lot

more by well-meaning but not necessarily well advised

individuals. This cub in Pembury is just two and a half-weeks-old and

currently weighs only a few ounces. This wildlife charity is very

sceptical about foxes getting bigger. I have never seen a giant

fox. I have never seen anything the you could call a giant fox. I am

entirely sceptical about it. Despite fears that these bigger

foxes could provide a threat to humans, animal rights campaigners

point out that most foxes live on insects and small mammals.

Princess Anne has been visiting the citizens advice bureau in Brighton

and Hove today, which last year helped nearly 7,000 people. The

visit is part of a new fundraising campaign to support the provision

of free advice. The Princess Royal, who is the patron of the National

association of CABs, has been meeting caseworkers and volunteers.

The father of singer Amy Winehouse, who died in July, is joining forces

with a mother from Sussex today in a new anti-drug campaign. Mitch

Winehouse, who lives near Dartford, is urging the Government to improve

its drug and alcohol education in schools. He is being supported by

Maryon Stewart, whose daughter, Hester, died after taking a so-

called legal high, GBL, in Brighton. In a moment we'll hear from Mitch

Winehouse, but first this from Lucinda Adam.

Her voice and talent give her the biggest-selling album so far this

century, but it was under only legacy. Her struggle with drugs and

alcohol became as well-known as a music. Her death in July last year

left her family and fans devastated. She was about one thing, and that

was love. Tonight her father will call on the Government to make

drugs education compulsory on the national curriculum. Less well-

known, but no less tragic. Medical student Hester Stuart died aged 21

after taking a so called legal high drug with alcohol. That substance

has been made illegal after a campaign by her mother. He was

ignorance that was her downfall, and I don't want that to happen to

any other families. Her two young successful women whose lives were

ruined by drugs, now it there to grieving parents are joining forces

to try to prevent it happening I asked Amy's father about why the

current policy in schools relating to drugs is insufficient. It is a

part of the curriculum which works out as an hour a year per student.

It is part of a policy which covers other subjects as well so for all

intents and purposes, there is no drug education on the curriculum at

all. What do you want to see? want drug education on the

curriculum. We talk about the future of our young people, we are

not talking about drug and alcohol prevention, but also crime

prevention. Amy, of course, very publicly battled her problems for a

while. Realistically, do you think like someone like her would have

listened to what a teacher had to say? We don't know. All that I

would say was that in the case of Amy and the others like her, if

they had had drug education and the choices that they would have made

would have been informed choices rather than on informed choices.

That is the problem we are facing today, young people do not know

what they are doing. Some people will say it that we should not be

piling more responsibility on to teachers and the school system to

educate our children about drugs, that it should be down to the

parents. But I am a parent and I know very little about this issue

was well. I am here today because of what happened to my daughter. We

have this public voice and a platform, but I know very little

about it. There isn't any better place to educate our children than

in school surely? We will have to leave it, but thank you very much

for joining us this evening. Our top story: A woman whose best

friend used her identity to steal more than �100,000 in bank fraud

says she hopes she gets what she deserved. 34-year-old bank manager

Lorna Keary defrauded the HSBC in Tonbridge using the address of

Lynne Bungay's Kent hairdressing business to set up a fake account.

Also in tonight's programme: How Marise, once honoured by the Royal

Academy, was persuaded to pick up her brushes again.

After a taste of summer last week, this went is a different story. At

the end of the programme, for Preparations are underway in Dover

to mark the 25th anniversary of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster tomorrow

which claimed the lives of 193 passengers and crew. The Herald of

Free Enterprise had just left Zeebrugge destined for Dover when

it capsized. Tomorrow a special service will be held in Dover. In a

moment, we'll be talking to one of the first people on the scene of

the disaster. But first, our reporter Simon Jones has been

speaking to one survivor who described what happened as a scene

of unbelievable terror. 25 years on, the images are no less

shocking. Simon Osborn was on a day trip with friends, two would not

make it home alive. It was a scene of unbelievable terror because if

you can imagine being in a big room on its side, there were people,

chairs, tables, litter bins, the contents of the perfume counter

just raining down on you. It was a situation that was so extraordinary,

so startling, that I did find myself rooted to the spot. You talk

about being petrified, but it felt like that to me. I was unable to

move in sheer terror and disbelief at what was happening. The ferry

had set sail to Dover with its bow doors open, allowing water to flow

into the car deck. This man has helped to set up the counselling

service in the aftermath. affected everyone. No one was

exempt from the feeling of sadness. Even those that were involved in

the tragedy, those who survived for example, they wished they could

have done something more. inquest found those who died had

been unlawfully killed. The coroner at the time says the hours after

the ferry capsized were particularly talent in. It was

absolute chaos for several days. We couldn't get any information. We

didn't know how we were going to get the bottle -- the bodies back.

Tomorrow, 25 years on, a special service will be held here in Dover

where survivors and relatives of those who died will come together

to remember. Joining us now is Malcolm Shakesby

who was Chief Officer on one of the first ships on the scene and who

ended up co-ordinating the rescue on the ferry. Captain Shakesby, how

did you first hear something had happened to the ferry? You were on

a freight ferry which took members on your ship. What greeted you when

you got to the ship? Chaos, as you can well imagine, but with people

trying to rescue people inside the ship. The ship was on its side and

full of water. At that stage, the survivors were still inside the

ship and it was a case of trying to get them out through the windows.

It must have been pitch black as well. All of the lights on the

ferry had gone out. The only lights were from a work botch alongside

and the rest of the light was using torches. In that situation, lots of

people would panic and freeze. What was your reaction? I just realised

that it was a major disaster and you just get stuck in. You roll

your sleeves up and basically it that is the merchant navy, that is

what we have been trading for -- training for. He co-ordinated the

rescue, didn't you? Yes. Which is a very brave thing to do. Well I

would not say it was brave, it is easy wandering around with a radio

and organising people. When it comes to bravery, I think everybody

who was involved in that rescue, regardless of whether they were

Royal Navy or merchant navy or whatever, and particularly people

should remember on this occasion that the crew of the enterprise,

some of them lost their lives rescuing people and some of them

did some very brave things. I could name a couple that got awards when

I went to Buckingham Palace. It is now 25 years since it happened. Is

it something that you think about regularly? Not readily, but on

these occasions when a 25 years on people keep coming back to it,

there are times when things happen and you can recall it. It doesn't

go away. It is alleged in your mind as a major issue. We will have to

leave it there. Thank you very much for being with us in the studio.

And on tomorrow's programme, we will be reporting on the

commemorations taking place in Kent and Belgium for the 25th

anniversary of the disaster. It wasn't exactly a goal bonanza

this weekend for the South East's top teams, indeed they only managed

three between them. Even so there were important wins for Charlton

and Gillingham and Brighton extended their unbeaten league run

to ten games, as Neil Bell reports. Brighton have yet to lose in the

lead in 2012 and got the best possible start at Doncaster when

these players combine for one of the snappiest goals of the season.

A silly handball allowed this man to equalise from the spot with a

very short penalty. Charlton are now 13 points clear at the top

despite a lacklustre performance at Bournemouth who dominated early on.

But late in stoppage time, this man got a header across the line to

give the team an invaluable away win. In League Two, Gillingham have

made it three wins in a row courtesy of this remarkable long-

range shot. Unfortunately for the team, Martin was then sent up

shortly afterwards, but despite that, they clapped a clean sheet. -

- they kept a clean sheet. We have been down to 10 men before against

Oxford and it was a different mentality coming together. To be

fair, the boys showed that on Saturday. The young ones who came

in were fantastic, along with everyone else. Crawley's promotion

suffered another setback with this be the -- defeat. But they could

get back on track with victory at Southend is evening.

Her painting "Beachcomber" was the Royal Academy's painting of 1969.

But when Marise Edlin developed arthritis four years ago, she

thought she'd never paint again. Now, with help from staff at her

carehome in Canterbury, Marise has once more picked up her paintbrush,

and an exhibition of her work will be held later this month. Katherine

Downes reports. A toddler picks up a bottle washed

up on a beach. This is Beachcomber, the Royal Academy's painting of

1969. I picked up a lot of debris. I thought, this could make an

interesting painting. That was the high spot of my painting Korea

forced up but Marise thought her career was over when she developed

arthritis and could not stand up to paint. The pain affected her

creativity. I said, I am painting such horrible things, I don't want

to paint any more. But after teaching Marise to paint sitting

down, therapists at her care home gradually encouraged her to stop

painting again. She had got to a point where she could hardly... It

started from a small beginnings. Each painting covers more detail,

which is fantastic. There is a research that shows that people can

be -- there pain level can be improved by creativity. Painkillers

can be reduced, certainly after surgery. There is evidence that

people can do this if they are given the opportunity to engage in

art activities. Marise has produced so many

paintings there is enough for an exhibition. I cannot live without

painting because I have done so much in my life. When I am in pain,

which I am quite a lot, I can feel it all fading into the background.

I get pleasure when I see something at the end of it. Marise's

exhibition will take place on 31st march at her care home.

It has been miserable and windy out there.

That's right. We had a taste of spring last week, but this week we

are getting the rain we have been waiting for. I probably don't need

to tell you that. A wet and windy picture, it is also called. There

has been a lot of cloud cover around and it has translated into a

lot of wet weather, but clearer skies for let the rest of the UK.

Through the night, there is still quite a bit of rain to come. We

could see a bit of sleet mixed in, particularly in the earlier part of

the night, but by the morning that will turn back to blame. The

temperatures will get down to two degrees. The row tomorrow, the wet

weather clears by about 10am. Still a lot of cloud cover around. There

should be a few breaks and we should get the odd glimmer of

sunshine. The temperatures will be up although down on today's

temperature. Wet weather heading our way tonight. Nothing to

substantial where we are. Light of rain around particularly in the

north. The temperatures will be chilly, similar to tonight's

figures. Through the next few days, the temperatures are starting to

pick up. There is a bit more wet weather to get through as well.

Come Wednesday, you can see these two fronts creeping across the UK.

They will bring a lot of rain, but at the same time, following on, the

temperatures will pick up and we will start to see some drier

weather. By later on on Wednesday, things should clear up. Over the

next few days, the temperatures are not fantastic, but they are picking

up slightly. Six is a bit of an improvement, but things will dry up

once again. Tomorrow, most of the rain, but after that a drier

picture by the end of the week, although the winds will build up

again. Tonight, Inside Out investigates

Tonight, Inside Out investigates Tonight, Inside Out investigates

how the roads in the south east are how the roads in the south east are

how the roads in the south east are becoming more and more dangerous

thanks to the use of smart phones. Using one while driving is more

risky than being over the limit. That's Inside Out tonight at 7.30pm

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