02/07/2014 South East Today

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Welcome to South East Today, with John Young and Natalie Graham.

He beat a man to a pulp ` but was unrepentant.

The jealous killer jailed for life for murdering a homeless man.

Another clear out in Calais ` armed police move 600 migrants

We're live in the French port with the latest.

Tributes are paid to the mother and her eight`year`old son killed

Thinking it through ` why a group of academics are analysing the

We meet Hannah Arterton, the Kent born star

A man who beat his homeless love rival to death

in a jealous rage has been given a life sentence ` and told he must

Brian Sharp, who's from Folkestone, murdered Tim Clayton in the Kent

The jury in Sharp's trial at Canterbury Crown Court hdard he

had become jealous about Mr Clayton's close friendshhp with

As Jon Hunt reports, his victim was asleep behind a building whdn Sharp

The confession of an obsessed and

calculating killer as Brian Sharp is booked in by police after hhs

The 55`year`old carried out a sustained attack on homeless former

salesman Tim Clayton in Novdmber last year. It's unbelievabld that

anybody could do that to ond person. He's left a great hole in otr lives.

He's left his children, he's left us. One keeps thinking, "oh, I'm

going to see him. Oh, no, hd's dead," and that is so hard to cope

with. When Sharp found Tim Clayton asleep in a street in Folkestone, he

put a dog lead around his ndck and dragged him from his sleeping bag.

He then struck him with repdated blows to the head. The whold

incident lasted around 15 mhnutes, during which Mr Clayton sustained 30

separate injuries, including a fractured skull. That's what caused

his death and the motive? Mr Sharp was consumed with jealousy, went out

and found Mr Clayton and absolutely beat him to a pulp. He just could

not put up with the fact th`t he was in a friendship only with hhs

partner. Mr Clayton's familx say being homeless was a lifestxle

choice for him. They say he was happy, although he had an alcohol

problem and suffered from ill`health. That's the worst bit.

He's had a brain haemorrhagd is a number of time, had four he`rt

attacks, but for some videos to take his life is what is the worst. ``

for somebody else. The Judgd Adele Williams said Brian Sharp showed not

one flicker of remorse and no mercy. Armed police in the French port

of Calais mounted a raid thhs morning to clear makeshift camps

that have been occupied by ligrants Batons and tear gas were usdd

to clear more than 600 people. 25 of them are now threatenhng to

burn themselves alive The police move in to move the

migrants and their supporters out. They are arrested,

they are separated. We were completely surrounddd by, I

would guess, 60 or 70 policdmen in full gear, who immediately started

to come in from all sides at once. The activists who had come hn tried

to stop them as best they could The migrants are put onto btses

and taken away to a secure Politicians on both sides

of the Channel argue the situation What we need to do is see the French

find the rest of the people who escaped so they can be repatriated

or their asylum claims assessed Despite the huge police acthvity

today, you don't have to look far in Calais to find many other

immigrants who have managed to avoid They say they will continue

to try and get to England. We are going to England

because France is a problem. Tonight,

this is what remains of the latest Some charity workers don't

think it will change things. They know a bit more that France

doesn't want them and they will try to get to another

country, which would be the UK. Shouldn't they just apply

for asylum in France? Yeah,

but the message that France gives And the rescue of two suspected

illegal immigrants from the Channel yesterday shows the desire to get to

England remains undiminished. Raiders of the lost wrecks `

how the action of two divers from Kent could have meant the loss

of historical items for ever. Tributes have been paid to

a mother and her eight`year`old son who were killed in a crash

on the Sheppey Crossing yesterday. Debbie Roberts and her son Larshall

died when the car they were Ms Robert's six`year`old son, who

was also in the car, was taken to a Well, let's cross live to

the crossing and speak to The police are looking for witnesses

to this terrible accident tonight. Yes, police are trying to phece

together exactly what happened here. They hope that the public can

help shed some fresh light on the circumstances surrounding this

crash, which happened here xesterday at around 1:15pm. A crash, of

course, which had terrible consequences. A lot of people

stopped immediately after the collision to help with our dnquiries

and help at the scene. We are grateful to those people. Btt we are

still appealing for witnessds, in particular anybody who saw ` red

vehicle or the white van prhor to the collision. We would likd them to

come forward, please. And, of course, this isn't the first serious

accident on the bridge, is ht? That's right. We only have to go

back to last September when there was a 150`vehicle pile`up on this

bridge. That led to calls for greater safety. There is currently

an online petition with mord than 2000 signatories calling for things

like speed cameras and improved lighting and there is littld doubt

that those voices will be even louder now, in the wake of this

latest terrible accident. Thank you very much.

Most of the infrastructure of Manston Airport has been put up

for auction ` with potential bidders being given

until the end of the month to take part in the online process.

Among the lots are aircraft boarding steps, fire tenders,

The airport was closed in M`y despite offers

Those campaigning to keep it as an airport say

the equipment is outdated and would be sold by any future operator.

The Green Party in Brighton has formally latnched

its disciplinary process today after one of their councillors

posted comments on Twitter calling armed forces hired killers.

Ben Duncan posted the comment on Armed Forces Day at the weekend,

as a parade was taking placd in the city.

The Green MP Caroline Lucas later demanded an apology,

A demonstration has been held to protest at plans to change

the roles of 200 workers at hospitals in East Sussex.

Managers at East Sussex health care NHS Trust, which runs the E`stbourne

District General Hospital and the Conquest in St Leonards, are

reviewing the administration roles but say no`one will lose thdir jobs.

They say it will create a more efficient and cost effective

The Metropolitan Police are tonight considering

whether to take any action against a senior police offhcer from

Sussex after an employment tribunal ruled a black female officer

in his care had been "singldd out and targeted" for almost a xear

PC Carol Howard claimed she had suffered discrimination frol

Acting Inspector Dave Kelly, while they worked together

Today, PC Howard's lawyer c`lled for a public inquiry into how the force

Our political reporter Ellid Price has this report.

He's the police officer frol Sussex at the centre of a major

discrimination case. A tribtnal found firearms officer Carol Howard

was victimised by her superhor, Dave Kelly, on the grounds of her sex and

race for nearly a year. Shown here in a promotional photo shoot, she

was one of only two black women out of 700 people working in thd Met's

diplomatic protection group. The findings of the tribunal were very

damning of the way the Met dealt with this case. Whilst Inspdctor

Kelly might have been acting on an individual basis with regard to her

being a black female, the f`ct that she then raised internal grhevances

and complaints... Those werd not resolved. The tribunal found panel

found that she had been singled out and targeted. It heard that within

weeks of becoming Miss Howard's line manager, Dave Kelly doubted her

honesty and even sent a car to her house when she called in sick. It

also heard he had asked abott her sex life and questioned her ability

to do the job. All allegations he denies and says he finds insulting

in the extreme. There is no doubt that there are lessons to bd learned

and we will certainly be taking it up with the police, to make sure

that all the comments of thd tribunal ` which, I agree, do raises

serious concerns ` are propdrly addressed. I think the Met needs to

take a long, hard look at their practices. In this particul`r case,

there are only two black wolen out of a section of 700 people. That in

itself should lead the people who run the Met to worry about the issue

of discrimination. The Met police said it was very disappointdd with

the findings but would revidw them. The force confirmed it is still

employed Dave Kelly and will consider whether to take anx action

against him. Lawyers for Carol Howard will now seek compensation.

Our political editor Louise Stewart is at Westminster for us now.

Louise, the tribunal concluded that Acting

Inspector Dave Kelly subjected Carol Howard to a course of conduct

How serious is this for Inspector Kelly

This is really damning for him and for the force. The force was dubbed

in 1999 institutionally rachst by the inquiry following the ddath of

black teenager Stephen Lawrdnce Today, the Commissioner has said he

is disappointed in the tribtnal s findings but has made it cldar to

staff that he will not tolerate discrimination in any form. But the

MP in charge of the home affairs select committee, Keith Vaz, has

told me he's concerned at the number of these incidents involving the

Metropolitan Police and has called for a full inquiry. Boris Johnson,

the Mayor of London, has now asked for a review to be carried out on 34

cases of race dissemination made by staff.

Two divers have been fined lore than ?60,000 after they admitted raiding

shipwrecks off the Kent coast and not declaring their find.

Their haul included eight bronze cannons and three propellers

from German submarines, valued at more than a ?250,000.

David Knight and Edward Huzzey, who are both from Sandgate

near Folkestone, admitted 18 offences between them in thd case.

As Ben Moore reports, it's the first of its kind brought by

Finders, maybe, but certainly not keepers. Friends David Knight and

Edward Huzzey had 25 years of diving experience each used it to plunder

and keep what they took frol the south coast's lost vessels. Have you

got anything to say? No, th`nk you. Have a nice day. What about you Are

you going to keep diving? When police searched their houses, they

found what they called an Aladdin is cave. The most valuable itels worth

lanterns. Everybody has to report their recoveries and if thex fail to

do so, we will be looking for them. This is the first time divers have

been prosecuted to this extdnt for failing to clear their hall. The

court heard it wasn't just the quality and quantity of the items

that were taken from Barack but in some cases, the size as well. Night

and Huzzey used explosives, heavy lifting gear and, in one case, even

a specialist underwater sought to remove a propeller from World I

U`boat. As the judge said, this was wrecked removal on an industrial

scale. The pair were caught after they saw a report on this programme

about the arrest of other dhvers for similar offences and decided to own

up. For some, their crime w`s not just a material one. The sites they

visited included a site of national importance wreck where therd was a

significant loss of life whdn the shipwreck went down. Their lortal

remains are still on site and when they have recovered propertx,

they've given no thought to the fact that it is the resting placd of

those victims. In total, thdy were ordered to ?4000 ?4000 in fhnes and

costs. An expensive way to dnd their treasure hunt. `` ordered to pay

?64,000. A jealous killer who beat

a homeless man to death has been Brian Sharp from Folkestone thought

Tim Clayton was having He walked into a police station

and admitted the murder ` Remembering the mods, the rockers,

the crowds and the scraps ` but what do academics make

of the film that celebrated it all? ??PREVSUB ??NEWSUB and it's

depressing news from Wimbledon but the good news is that tomorrow it is

going to be even hotter. If you have a story you think we

should be covering, we'd love to hear from you.

Family photos tend to be sttck in albums or, these days,

stored on camera phones ` btt one family has theirs in the Victoria

The pictures were taken by Lichael Bennett from Tonbridge in the 1 70s.

He was a professional photographer who specialised

Photomontage was made popul`r by the Victorians in the 1840s.

Back then, photographers wotld cut up the images, or use multiple

70 years later digital technology made things much easier

when editing software like Photoshop was designed in 1988.

Michael Bennett was 14 years old when he started combining ilages.

This photograph of his uncld Cyril arriving for tea is largely

unremarkable, until you realise the sky is a digestive bisctit.

I wanted to have a bit of fun with the images.

I wanted to just explore how you could combine more than one image.

Can you remember what he thought when he saw that picture?

The V has half a million prints in its collection but only show

Michael Bennett's prints ard part of today's exhibition.

Bennett became renowned for taking ordinary photographs of his family.

Uncle Cyril's image was bought by the Victoria and Albert Luseum

Michael's picture of Uncle Cyril was one of the very first images

from the V collection that I saw as a schoolgirl, in fact.

I was just fascinated by it, by its playfulness and

its wittiness and the sense in which it's actually a very small object

This is Bennett picturing his cousin Brenda at home

The final prints were displ`yed in a shopping centre to encourage

That's my mum on the left and the lady on the right is Aunt Rdnee

There's a picture of my uncle Jack who was a ticket collector

The image of him is superimposed on a ticket, a railway tickdt.

That was how he was and so ht would express something abott the

Today he does a lot of portrait work but the Kent

photographer will always be known for his family photos.

It's 50 years since the inf`mous mods and rockers clashes

along the South Coast ` and 35 years since the release of the film

The film was based on the f`mous Who album of the same name.

So, "who's" up for a celebration of modhshness?

The University of Sussex, believe it or not, has got together

a group of academics to discuss all things Quadrophrenic next wdek,

with the movie's director Franc Roddam guest of honour.

THEY CHANT: We are the mods We are the mods!

It's remembered for many re`sons ` for the music of the Who,

for Brighton and for the mods, of course.

But it was made when punk rock was in and the mods and rockers

and their infamous South Co`st fight were 15 years in the past

All challenging stuff for a new director on the block

I was more concerned about the the punks thinking it was

boring and old`fashioned th`n I was about the mods.

The mods had gone a little bit quiet.

I realises the story was not about the mods, really.

The actors were largely new kids on the block, too.

We saw about 1000 kids and I think all of them are

If they couldn't be the top eight, they could be the top 40 and

if they couldn't be in the top 0, they could be the extras.

I think that's why the film works really well, because it is ` clear,

single vision, and that vishon was influenced by the original lusic

It's a 35`year`old film that remains topical `

as a symposium at the University of Sussex will set out to dhscover.

It sums up Britain in a certain time ` mods,

It gives serious people plenty of serious things to talk about

Working`class teenagers wanting to break out of their class

and the idea that mods dressed better than the rockers.

The deep meanings and the context will be and picked over two days.

`` unpicked. Self`respecting mods would have hated it.

But I think eggheads like me are also fans.

I'm a fan of Henry James, I'm a fan of Pete Townshend.

I don't think there's that luch difference between the two.

Quadrophenia hits the campus next Thursday and Friday.

And you can see an extended interview with

the director of Quadropheni`, Franc Roddam, on our Facebook page.

It's being billed as the feel`good movie of the summer

Now, the fact that Hannah Arterton is a sister is relevant `

she's the younger sister of Gemma, the Bond girl, and

the film she's starring in hs all about two sisters' love riv`lry

# He's the one I dream of #.

It's a chick flick about two sisters who fall

But Taylor, played by Hannah Arterton, only re`lises

it when she returns to the resort where her holiday romance bdgan

Soaked in 1980s anthems, it's the debut film

Too young to live through the 1 80s herself, Hannah knows the songs from

We used to play in Gravesend a lot at the local pubs.

I was only 14 or 15 so it w`s a bit naughty that I was le`ving ``

We played at a pub in Northfleet called...

That was really where I first went on stage and started perforling

Hannah's big sister is actrdss Gemma Arterton and, before xou ask,

they've never fallen for the same guy.

Walking On Sunshine is a musical starring the comedian

I remember, I got told she was potentially doing

it just after I'd finished, cos we recorded all the songs in London.

I was told she was doing it just after I'd finished recording

Cos otherwise I would have freaked out.

I think she's one of the biggest talents of our generation.

If you're a fan of the 1980s, Hannah says this film is for you

If you like hot weather, we've got a feel`good forecast for you! We sent

Rachel outside because it's getting very warm. There was a bit of cloud

cover but even so, today in the South East we saw temperatures of

25. Earlier there was a bit more sunshine around. We have bedn seeing

this cloud cover feeding in from the west, so increasingly hazy sunshine

as we've ended the day, but, even so, it's been a warm and pldasant

afternoon for top temperatures reached highs of 25 but widdly, we

had 21 and 22 degrees with fairly light and variable winds. Into

tonight, where we see the clear skies because of lighter winds, we

will also see mist and fog forming. Tonight will be settled and quite

mild with temperatures only dropping to the mid teens and lows of 13 or

14. Really quite a close fedling night. We will start tomorrow in the

mid teens and by the afternoon, we expect to be just arise sevdral

degrees on today's values so it could be the warmest day of the year

so far. Highs of 26 or 27. Clear blue skies as we start Thursday

Through tomorrow night, mord of the same. Staying settled. Clearer skies

around and where you do see the clear skies, mist and fog. @ bit

more cloud cover feeding in. So on Friday it bit more of a clotdy start

but still pretty mild. Tempdratures start up Friday on 13 or 14 degrees

and it will stay warm and sdttled. The rain will not be coming until

the weekend. For Friday, we have fairly light south`westerly winds.

It is going to be staying f`irly warm. Highs of 26 or 27. Lots of

sunshine around for Thursdax but it won't last. As we head towards the

weekend, we expect a band of rain to come in from the west with ` very

different feel to the day and five millimetres to ten millimetres of

rainfall. It is going to fedl much cooler than the temperatures we

expect on Thursday and Frid`y. One or two showers on Sunday but the

main story is, very warm and sunny for Thursday and Friday. Make the

most of it! Major drugs companies say the cost

of creating new antibiotics is a deterrent to research full top David

Cameron has called for an effort to find new drugs.

A man from Folkestone who bdat a rough sleeper to death becatse he

was jealous of his French whth his goal friend has been given ` slight

sentence with a minimum of 08 years behind bars. `` his girlfridnd has

been given a life sentence. Armed police in Calais rounded up

more than 600 immigrants today, many of whom were demanding to bd allowed

into Britain via Dover. That's all from us for this evening.

I'll be back at 8pm and 10:30 p m.. Join us then.