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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham.

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A judge hits out at police for their failure to help Shana Grice -

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Michael Lane is jailed for a minimum of 25 years.

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The judge's comments were very clear, I think,

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That there may well be systemic failures within Sussex Police.

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CCTV is released of the shocking event a car crashes into account

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cafe, killing all on. The elderly driver has been spared prison. We

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are live at the Crown Court. More police officers

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on the streets of Kent - and raids in Sussex and Surrey

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following the terrorist It used to be the stuff

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of science fiction - we meet the Kent scientists

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harnessing the power of the brain. Like the old soldier,

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these trug craftsmen won't die. But trug makers tell us they're

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worried about the future Sussex Police have acknowledged

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there may have been "systemic failings" in the force -

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after a judge harshly criticised their behaviour

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in the months before Shana Grice was brutally murdered

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by her stalker. The 19-year-old had reported

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Michael Lane's disturbing behaviour to police

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on five separate occasions. But instead of taking

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action against him, they issued her with a fine

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for wasting police time. In sentencing Lane to a minimum

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of 25 years in jail, Mr Justice Green said the police had

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"jumped to conclusions" It was the final day of the trial

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that has appalled the south-east. And today it became clear that the

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police were being judged as well as the defendant. Tell me what

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happened. I don't know. This is just one reason. The tracker that Michael

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Lane put on his victim's car. One of several examples that scared Shana

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Grice so much she reported him more than five times to the police in the

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seven months before her death. The judge was clear.

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During the trial, the court had heard that the police did on

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separate occasions one caution and arrest Lane, but today no excuses.

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The judge's comments were clear for the quarter to hear. There may well

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be systemic failures within Sussex Police. There is a lot of work that

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has happened since then to address those shortcomings if that's what

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they are found to be. That is all I can say about that at this time. It

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emerged in court today just why the police would even have considered

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punishing Shana Grice for as they put it, "Wasting their time". Lane

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it seems had kept back some embarrassing texts that didn't

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reflect well on Shana Grice. He showed them to the police and said

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to them that she can't be trusted, but he could. The judge did

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acknowledge that the investigation into Shana Grice's death was

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efficient and professional, but too late according to this campaign.

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Victims of stalking me to be believed, particularly when a victim

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has entered a relationship, the most dangerous time -- need to be

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believed. And inspection must be done on Sussex Police on how they

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deal with stalking and harassment to make sure that processes change. One

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of the most poignant moments today came in the judge commented that

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Shana Grice's envoys in a phone call had been used as evidence... That

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clear tones, the judge said, overconfident, vibrant young woman

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who in the words of her mother loved life.

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An 87-year-old man has been spared jail after admitting his dangerous

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driving led to the death of a woman in Westerham.

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David Lord lost control of his Audi on Christmas Eve in 2015,

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crashing into the front of a Costa coffee shop.

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Valerie Deakin was in the caf with her daughter

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Her family say they believe the crash was entirely avoidable

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Mr Lord has written them a letter of apology.

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There were gasps in court as CCTV footage was shown

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of the moments leading up to Valerie Deakin's death.

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David Lord's car hit several cars before careering

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across the pavement into Costa coffee.

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Valerie Deakin, who was sitting by the window, was thrown

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across the coffee shop, striking the wall on the far side.

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She died almost instantly, leaving her family bereft.

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The worst time is turning the light off and getting into bed.

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It's just like climbing into a black hole.

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It's one of total loss, total rejection.

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David Lord had confused the accelerator pedal

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with the brake for 15 seconds, described by the judge

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Mum was killed by a driver who should have exercised better

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judgment regarding his capability to drive safely.

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This incident was entirely avoidable, and should

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But the court heard until the crash there had been no evidence

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to suggest he was unfit to drive, and that he'd suffered

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Not necessarily only in the elderly, but yes, it is very common.

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And as was rightly explained in court, as soon as a person

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put their foot on the accelerator, mistaking it for the brake pedal,

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it is exceptionally common that they then start to panic.

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At a previous hearing, David Lord offered this apology...

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I have written a letter to them to tell them that.

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Everyone's having a timely reminder of their own mortality, really.

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When you are going about your innocent business having a coffee,

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a car can just come from nowhere and change life forever.

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David Lord was given a 22 month sentence suspended for two years

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and banned from driving for five years.

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And Simon joins from Maidstone Crown Court,

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and Simon the driver David Lord has offered to meet Valerie Deakin's

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That letter he had written to the family to apologise was handed to

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them at the end of sentencing today. Outside court, the family told me

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they had taken a look at it, it had given them some comfort but they

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wanted more time to consider whether they wanted to meet him

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face-to-face. On sentencing, the judge said although he was driving

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dangerously, he hadn't set out to do it deliberately, and the judge said

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it was by the grace of God that we were not talking about multiple

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deaths here is the car went up the curb onto the pavement past

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pedestrian and into the coffee shop. Thank you, Simon.

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Concern about a rise in child abuse. On average, four abuses a day

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recorded in Kent and Sussex. Extra armed police officers have

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been patrolling busy areas in the South East as a direct

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response to the terrorist Kent Police says there is no

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specific threat to the county but it has increased its presence at places

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like the Bluewater Shopping centre The force is also urging members

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of the public to be vigilant and report anything specific

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to the authorities. In a moment we'll go live to Sussex

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where raids have been carried out by Met Police officers

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investigating yesterday's attack. First we can talk to our reporter

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Lauren Moss at Canterbury Cathedral. Lauren, additional officers have

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been there today too? Yes. They have been patrolling the

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streets and stationed outside popular tourist attractions like the

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cathedral behind me. This isn't the first time I have seen things like

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this in recent months. It is a similar response to that of the

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aftermath of the Belgium and France terror attacks last year, but this

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is much, much closer. The terrorist attack which took

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place just 55 miles away from here has led to an increase

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armed police presence As of yesterday, the Chief Constable

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authorised immediately be additional We kept staff on duty,

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both armed staff and unarmed staff. The patrols will be stepped up

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in busy areas like the Bluewater Here at Canterbury Cathedral

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and the key international gateway In Westminster today, parliament

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tried to get back to normal. The Prime Minister said

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that the country will never I'm really pleased that the police

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have played such a high There is a few evil people

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trying to undermine us, but the rest of society will be

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stronger together in combating them. The police are also asking

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the public to help be In busy areas and tourist

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spots like in Canterbury, they are asking anyone who sees

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anything suspicious or out of the ordinary

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to report it immediately. We see it quite a lot

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at the moment at Bluewater. It makes you feel,

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makes me feel safer. I don't see how Canterbury

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is directly related, so I'm not too sure if it's that

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necessary, the presence here. I like the idea that this isn't

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so much of an armed police state, but I do think at times like this,

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it's probably quite a good idea. The additional armed

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officers will be in place The man who carried out the attack

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was originally from Kent? He has been named by police as Khalid

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Masood. He was 52 and born in Kent, but believe to be living in the West

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Midlands recently. Details are still emerging, but we do know that he had

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a range of previous convictions, dating back to 1983. The latest in

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2003, for being in the possession of a knife. We do know as well that at

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the time of yesterday's tax, he wasn't the focus of any police

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investigation. The Sussex force said tonight that

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policing across the county is operating as usual

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and that there is no current But it has been revealed that

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as part of the wider operation into the attack in Westminster

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that there has been police activity Let's go live to Brighton

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and our correspondent Mark Norman. The Metropolitan Police have

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confirmed that one address in Brighton was such an earlier on

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today. There were no arrests at that address, we understand, and such has

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concluded. Other search is ongoing in the country, one in Wales, three

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in Birmingham, and in east London. The police crime at an event at the

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city. She didn't know about the event, because it was led by the Met

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police. She by what has been said today, no specific threat in the

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country and that the public should continue to be vigilant. One address

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searched in Brighton earlier today, that such now concluded. -- that

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search. A man who agreed to meet a fourteen

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year old girl for sex has been sentenced to eighteen months

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in prison, suspended for two years. Chris Hartfield, from Sharpthorne

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in West Sussex, agreed to meet He was caught by the self-styled

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paedophile hunting group 'The Hunted One' who pretended to be

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the child online. He was subsequently charged

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with grooming his victim and attempting to incite her

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in sexual activity. No further action will be taken

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against a man who murdered his Kent Sandie Bowen who was originally

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from Folkestone, was murdered by her husband Michael Bowen in 1997

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but he never revealed Last month however,

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her remains were discovered Her husband was jailed for life

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a year later but was recently There's been a sharp rise

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in the number of child sex offences recorded by police forces in Kent

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and Sussex, prompting fresh warnings According to figures from the child

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safety charity the NSPCC, crimes against children and young

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people rose in Sussex from 1200 in 2014 and 15,

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to almost 1500 a year later, In Kent there was an 18% rise

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over the same period. Both forces recorded an average

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of four child sex offences a day. Charlie Rose has been hearing

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from a 21-year-old victim My dad said it was a punishment

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for being naughty, and it was a type And that if anyone found

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out, the police would When I got older and I was like,

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I don't really care if they come and take me away, he said that he'd

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kill my mum and make me She says she didn't tell her mother

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what had been happening When I was 17, my dad

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was arrested for something else, and then they came to our door

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and my mum asked me And I confirmed it,

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because she was begging And then the next day,

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the police came and spoke to me. And because of what my dad

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said about the police, And I thought there were just trying

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to get me or my dad in trouble. And then the more I kind of trusted

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them, the more I learned it is actually wrong and it's

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actually a crime. Charity the NSPCC says the latest

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figures it is obtained from the police show the number

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of recorded crimes against children These include rape, sexual assault

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and sexual exploitation. There are a number of things

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that we think might be behind this. The first is that there is a good,

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but are of victims to come forward following things like high profile

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cases in the news. We're also seeing that police

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are better at recording, reporting and investigating sexual

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crimes against children. The third thing is also

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really quite worrying, Because we can't rule out that

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because of the online world and online grooming,

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that there isn't more opportunity and access for sexual abuse

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to happen through the online world. This victim's father was arrested

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just before her 18th birthday. She says she still blames

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herself for what happened. I had the chance to speak out

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when the friend broke At that time come he was doing

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it to other people. I'm angry at all the people

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that and protect me, Both Kent and Sussex Police say

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they've invested considerable resources in tackling crimes

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of this kind. And train all officers

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and staff in recognising those who are vulnerable

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to child sexual exploitation. Sussex Police acknowledge there may

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have been systemic failings in the force after harsh criticism from a

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judge over the treatment of Shana Grice in the weeks before she was

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murdered. In sentencing her stalker, Michael Lane, to years in jail, the

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judge said police had stereotyped his victim.

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The new technology using the power of the brain

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As the weekend approaches, we see the return of more dry and bright

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weather. Details for you in the forecast a little later in the

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programme. Could the electrical

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activity in our brains hold Scientists at the University of Kent

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are working on new technology which could enable you to open

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an online bank account Just like fingerprints, brainwaves -

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the way our brain reacts to certain words or tasks -

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are unique to individuals. And new technology means

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the activity can now be tracked and recorded by wearing earphones

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fitted with small electrodes. That means you could use your

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brainwaves to access secure information -

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such as a bank account - instead of physically

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entering a PIN or password. Chrissie Reidy has

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tonight's special report. It's the stuff of science fiction,

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but is the power of the brainy Scientists at the University

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of Canterbury brainwaves could be used to identify someone instead

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of passwords and PIN numbers. -- University of Kent think

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brainwaves. It's difficult to create fake

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brainwaves, because it's Fingerprints, once it's compromised

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that someone steals it, it's gone. Whereas with a brain waves,

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we can always ask subject So not only is it fraud resistant,

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but also updatable. The idea is technology

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would identify a person's wave form by corresponding

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to a thought or movement. If you think very strong,

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you can see the waves, the peaks coming over

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here in this part. And of course, the beauty

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of it is this is all unique. This pattern is different

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for me and for you. Biometric technology

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using fingerprints, voice or face recognition has become increasingly

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popular, but some security experts Always a cat and mouse

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situation, right. They're always trying to find

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new ways of defeating our systems and we always try to find new ways

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of making the system more secure. So it's always difficult to make

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a system that is both reliable in saying that you are who you are,

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but also distinguishing But for this new approach to work,

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the science needs to be robust. It's got a number of

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challenges to overcome. The natural plasticity of the brain

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causes things to change over time, Interference in the

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brainwaves itself. Technology is still a long way

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behind the research, but the idea that thought

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could open your bank account will no There are, I'm reliably informed,

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few things more quintessentially For nearly 200 years

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the shallow wooden baskets, ideal for carrying cut flowers,

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have been handmade by local In fact, Meryl Streep

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and Catherine Deneuve are among But the craft is in danger -

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in fact it's almost extinct, according to the Heritage Craft

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Association. But one Sussex trug

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maker is fighting back - In the Sussex Hills, there is much

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ado about trug making. This in traditional skills and local sweet

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chestnut have been used here for centuries. It takes just as long as

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ever to learn. I started making them when I was about 19. This is my

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seventh year, which is not long in a trade like this. 30, 40 years, we

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start to get good! We over Queen Victoria was a big fan of the Sussex

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trug. She picked them up as presents for the Royal family at the great

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exhibition of 1851. There have been recent celebrity endorsements, too,

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Hollywood stars and the French actress. We met her in Paris. Just

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south of Paris. She bought a couple of trugs there. She came back to

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Sears in the autumn again in Baltimore. And had one repaired. --

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and bought some more. But the business is in trouble. The

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recession and cheap Chinese imports to blame. He is fighting back,

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hoping to set up a heritage visitor centre and taking on more

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apprentices. This man began his two years ago out of deciding college

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wasn't for him. A likely history of it, made in the 1800, tradition and

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craft still being made today. You are actually learning a skill and

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seeing results. This use of machinery... It harks back to a

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slower, preindustrial age. This group of craftsmen are determined to

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keep that alive. It's good weather for some gardening

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this weekend, we're hoping? Lots of sunshine, it will be breezy. We saw

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lots of cloud earlier today, bitterly cold east Winter league --

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easterly wind. It brightens up by the afternoon as we look toward

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Saturday and Sunday, it will be dry, particularly in sheltered spots.

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Warm sunshine around, but quite chilly. Overnight temperatures

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dropping quite close to freezing. As we saw earlier, an area of rain,

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mostly to the west of us. A good deal of cloud, but with that brisk

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easterly wind we have been seeing clearer skies around. We'll see

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those as we had through tonight. Many of us will see temperatures

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drop to around three or four degrees in moral spots. Along the coast, one

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or two scattered showers, perhaps temperatures not dropping much below

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six or seven. Before Friday, breezy and initially there will be a good

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deal of cloud around. By the afternoon, it will be brightening

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up. This area of high pressure is therefore as, the brisk, cool

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easterly wind. 15 to 20 miles an hour, particularly strong along the

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coast. Lots of cloud first thing, we start to see sunshine by the

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afternoon. In more sheltered spots, we could see a maximum of ten or 11

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degrees, perhaps warmer than that. Particularly on the east coast,

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temperatures not getting much above seven or eight. From Friday into

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Saturday, overnight temperatures in moral spots getting close to

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freezing. Because of the strength of the wind, we should be staying at

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and four five -- in rural spots. Italy started Saturday, brisk winds.

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We'll see temperatures reached 12 or 13 degrees -- a brisk start to

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Saturday. The winners go back to a southerly direction by Tuesday, the

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chance that you can see some rain around. Over the next couple of

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days, and improving the story. For Friday, it start cloudy. By

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afternoon more sunshine around, and for Saturday and Sunday it is quite

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mild and bright. Chilly in the afternoons -- chilly in the morning.

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And improving story in the weather. Thank you, Rachel. I'll be back with

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the 8pm and 10:30pm News. Join me then. I will see tomorrow. Have a

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good night, good night.

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