:00:10. > :00:15.This morning on the Crimewatch Roadshow has. Can you help us catch
:00:15. > :00:25.this con woman using a stolen credit card to NT's somebody else's
:00:25. > :00:38.
:00:38. > :00:41.bank account of thousands of Welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow. The
:00:41. > :00:45.programme that offers you the chance to catch the crooks
:00:45. > :00:48.affecting all our lives. We're on the trail of the con artists this
:00:48. > :00:51.morning. The confidence tricksters who prey on the vulnerable and the
:00:51. > :00:55.naive. We'll hear from the vicar who
:00:55. > :01:00.handed over more than �1,000 to a trickster wanted by police all over
:01:00. > :01:06.the UK. We've got an update on our
:01:06. > :01:09.exclusive investigation into the gang targeting NHS staff.
:01:09. > :01:16.And, ever wondered just what those CSI white suits are up to? We've
:01:16. > :01:19.got the inside story. Today, we're working with
:01:19. > :01:29.Gloucestershire Constabulary, and we've moved on to the village of
:01:29. > :01:32.Frampton on Severn, Miriam, it It really is gorgeous here, Rav.
:01:32. > :01:36.Where I'm standing is reputed to be the longest village green in
:01:36. > :01:41.England. But, as we know by now, even somewhere as peaceful as this
:01:41. > :01:45.can be hit by some very distressing crime. We've got the story of how a
:01:45. > :01:49.local care home assistant was fleeced by a con man who took her
:01:49. > :01:53.bank details and emptied her account. With me again today is the
:01:53. > :01:58.BBC's man in Gloucestershire, Steve Knibbs. Steve.
:01:58. > :02:02.Thanks, Miriam. You might think this rural part of the world
:02:02. > :02:06.doesn't use high tech forensics as much as the big cities. But later
:02:06. > :02:14.in the programme, I will be showing you how this, and it looks like a
:02:14. > :02:17.strip of cellophane, can help lift Take a good look at this face. This
:02:17. > :02:21.is Robert Kerr. On last month's Crimewatch, I asked for your help
:02:21. > :02:27.to track him down. He's a con man who rips off Christians with a
:02:27. > :02:37.convincing sob story. Let's just remind you what I told you about
:02:37. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:51.On 10th November 2010, Reverend Alan Neil was preparing his church
:02:51. > :02:57.for an Armistice service. The next few days would be memorable, but
:02:57. > :03:05.for all the wrong reasons. I saw a man that was looking at our
:03:05. > :03:09.notice board on the church, and I Excuse me, are you all right?
:03:09. > :03:13.Not really, no, I've just lost my wallet and my ticket and everything,
:03:13. > :03:17.and I need to get back to my unit in Ireland, I've got to get up to
:03:17. > :03:18.Manchester, I've got no train ticket. I've got no money, I've got
:03:18. > :03:22.no food. Despite his dishevelled appearance,
:03:22. > :03:24.the man claimed to have a connection to the military in
:03:24. > :03:27.Northern Ireland. I've got to get back to my unit,
:03:27. > :03:30.otherwise I'm going to be on a charge.
:03:30. > :03:34.Oh you're a military man? Well, I would try and help in any
:03:35. > :03:39.situation when people come. My faith is very important to me, I've
:03:39. > :03:42.always been of that sort of nature. If I could help in any situation, I
:03:42. > :03:45.would try and help. And you've got to get from here?
:03:45. > :03:49.From here to Manchester, yes, then to Ireland.
:03:49. > :03:53.I decided I would give him the money for the fare.
:03:53. > :03:56.I think we can possibly help you. Come with me, I think I might be
:03:56. > :04:03.able to help you. To get him back to Northern Ireland,
:04:03. > :04:10.the reverend gave Kerr �40 for a train ticket to Manchester airport.
:04:10. > :04:16.But it was all part of an elaborate con that was only just beginning.
:04:16. > :04:20.Hello, is that the reverend there? At 8am in the morning, I had a
:04:20. > :04:26.phone call from a voice that said he was a Major in the Armed Forces
:04:26. > :04:31.in Ireland. I just wanted to thank you for
:04:31. > :04:34.helping our man there, Andrew. Andrew? Yes, that's right, Andrew,
:04:34. > :04:38.you helped him. Gave him money for the flight.
:04:38. > :04:42.yes. But the phone call was a ruse to
:04:42. > :04:46.make the next stage of Kerr's scam seem more believable. It was to
:04:46. > :04:49.unfold the next morning. As I came to the church, I saw this
:04:49. > :04:57.figure, and immediately I thought, that's the chap I helped yesterday
:04:57. > :05:01.that was supposed to be going to Andrew?
:05:01. > :05:04.How do you know my name? Someone from the Army phoned here
:05:04. > :05:08.last night. He explained to me he had a history
:05:08. > :05:16.of diabetes, and he had an attack last night, and he hadn't made the
:05:16. > :05:21.train. What are you doing here now?
:05:21. > :05:24.He subsequently told me he had been to a B&B in the town. And he only
:05:24. > :05:27.had �10 left. So it was back to the cash machine
:05:27. > :05:30.for a second time. With the kind hearted reverend believing he was
:05:30. > :05:33.helping Kerr back to Northern Ireland with another �40 train
:05:33. > :05:36.ticket. But that still wasn't the end of this con.
:05:36. > :05:42.I was at home, and I got this phone call.
:05:42. > :05:46.Hello, is that the reverend there? It was the voice he had heard the
:05:46. > :05:49.previous day, this time telling him that Kerr had missed his plane, and
:05:49. > :05:54.would need to catch a special military flight the next day.
:05:54. > :05:59.He said: Can you please go to the station and pick this Andrew up.
:05:59. > :06:05.I went to the station to pick him up. He was waiting at the station.
:06:05. > :06:09.I brought him back home. It was at this point, Kerr made his
:06:09. > :06:14.most audacious move. Asking the reverend to lend him �800 for this
:06:14. > :06:19.military flight home. As it happened, I had money in the
:06:19. > :06:29.house. So, with the money I had in the house, and I also had some
:06:29. > :06:34.
:06:34. > :06:37.church money, I was able to sort In the final stage of the scam,
:06:37. > :06:43.Kerr claimed he would ensure a courier would bring the reverend
:06:43. > :06:49.all the money he was owed. And provided him with a military
:06:49. > :06:53.security code to further reassure him. But, like every other part of
:06:53. > :07:00.this con, it was a complete fabrication.
:07:00. > :07:05.He said: "Write this down." Alpha, Victor, Charlie, one six nine.
:07:05. > :07:07.He said: "You have got a security number and name now." You'll need
:07:07. > :07:11.that, otherwise he won't give you the money.
:07:11. > :07:16.A courier would come and bring me this money, and I had to make sure
:07:16. > :07:21.I was in when the courier came. I waited three days, and the
:07:21. > :07:26.courier never came. With one final train ticket paid
:07:26. > :07:29.for, in total, the reverend gave more than �1,000 to Robert Kerr.
:07:29. > :07:39.But it wasn't long before this conman was targeting unsuspecting
:07:39. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:46.Christians in another part of the country.
:07:46. > :07:56.The story of Robert Kerr leads to Gloucestershire later in the
:07:56. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:13.programme. We almost got him last Time now for a quick look at our
:08:13. > :08:15.
:08:15. > :08:21.For this man seemed to be popping it into this pub in London's
:08:21. > :08:27.Victoria Station. Once inside it is clear it is not boos he is after as
:08:27. > :08:31.it picks up a customer's bag. The pub staff give chase. He end up
:08:31. > :08:41.dropping the bag on the concourse. Let us call time on this brief,
:08:41. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:45.tell us who hears. -- he is. The kick arise honest man
:08:46. > :08:51.in a green T-shirt. As he goes about his business
:08:51. > :08:56.withdrawing cash, he is surrounded by three men. 1 distracts the lady
:08:56. > :09:02.in line, while the others stand side-by-side. Before the cash pops
:09:02. > :09:10.out, one thief attacked him on the solder tells -- telling him he has
:09:10. > :09:14.dropped some money, while the other takes his cash. Give us their names.
:09:14. > :09:19.We have all heard of shoplifting, but making the shop fittings,
:09:19. > :09:23.that's a new one. These two had decided to take advantage of the
:09:23. > :09:30.Highways scrap prices by steering this fruit and veg stand from the
:09:31. > :09:37.back of this supermarket in Kent. They are going to the shop and
:09:37. > :09:41.steal some alcohol. Tell us who they are. Remember if you know any
:09:41. > :09:45.thing about any of those incidents. Do the right thing and get in touch.
:09:45. > :09:48.The numbers are on your screen. Just time for a quick update on our
:09:48. > :09:51.appeals so far. On yesterday's show, we featured an
:09:51. > :09:55.armed robbery of a shop in Coney Hill, Gloucester, in which the
:09:55. > :09:58.offenders threatened a member of staff with an axe and a gun. A
:09:58. > :10:02.couple of callers have put forward potential names for the violent
:10:02. > :10:05.pair. Keep the calls coming. We want to bring them to justice.
:10:05. > :10:09.Also yesterday, we featured an appeal to catch a violent robber
:10:09. > :10:12.who targeted a pensioner in his own home. One of our callers has
:10:12. > :10:14.provided us with information on a man who may fit the attacker's
:10:14. > :10:18.description, and we've passed this on to police.
:10:18. > :10:21.We have had more through on our Wanted Faces. Yesterday, we
:10:21. > :10:24.featured James Fielder, wanted for conspiracy to supply class A drugs
:10:24. > :10:26.and handling stolen property. A number of callers claim to have
:10:26. > :10:29.seen him. Also, Benjamin James Reeve, who
:10:29. > :10:38.failed to keep the conditions of his release from prison, may have
:10:38. > :10:41.been spotted by one of our viewers. Still to come on today's programme.
:10:41. > :10:47.Of the AA con man who fleeced care home staff and tried the same trick
:10:47. > :10:51.on a GP's surgery on the same day. Find out how I got on when we put
:10:51. > :10:57.the latest facial imagery technology to the test.
:10:57. > :11:02.And, the moment the con man Robert Kerr came calling and fleeced a
:11:02. > :11:08.couple out of hundreds of pounds. Before all that, here's Steve in
:11:08. > :11:11.Gloucestershire, with a touch of CSI in the States stands for Crime
:11:11. > :11:17.Scene Investigation. But we have SOCOs here, Scenes of Crime
:11:17. > :11:21.Officers. The work these guys do remains a mystery. So when I was
:11:21. > :11:31.offered a chance to take a closer look at the world of forensics, I
:11:31. > :11:34.
:11:34. > :11:38.couldn't resist the opportunity to Pieces of material, flakes of skin,
:11:38. > :11:42.a single strand of hair or a speck of blood. All of these are
:11:42. > :11:46.invaluable to the forensics team, and can be the key to solving
:11:46. > :11:56.crimes. But ever since it became a part of police work over 100 years
:11:56. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:08.ago, there is one element is just A lot of our time is spent at crime
:12:08. > :12:09.
:12:09. > :12:12.scenes trying to find evidence. And quite often, you'll see our scenes
:12:12. > :12:15.of crime officers involved actually looking at the evidence trying to
:12:15. > :12:22.find fingerprints, DNA, all sorts of trace evidence with which to
:12:22. > :12:24.link the person who committed the My day-to-day job involves
:12:24. > :12:31.attending crime scenes, burglaries, cars, trying to detect forensic
:12:31. > :12:35.evidence. But it's not as simple as it looks. Most officers carry four
:12:35. > :12:38.different types of powder with them. Which one to use depends on the
:12:38. > :12:43.surface. And there's a real art to the brushing, flicking the powder
:12:43. > :12:53.rather than smearing it. We've got a car you're going to demonstrate
:12:53. > :12:56.
:12:56. > :13:00.You can see just here. They're really clear. Absolutely. We'd
:13:00. > :13:03.always like to find results like that on a vehicle that's been
:13:03. > :13:05.broken into. But brushing and powder aren't the only ways to
:13:05. > :13:07.track down fingerprints. And today's high-tech methods even
:13:07. > :13:17.include using precious metals to lift those all-important
:13:17. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:25.This is a Vacuum Metal Deposition. How does that help? It gets
:13:25. > :13:35.fingerprints from plastic bags and other items. We insert into the
:13:35. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:47.Here, we've got little bits of zinc and gold. We evaporate the zinc and
:13:47. > :13:53.gold, and we get a raised film on top of the plastic bag, and we get
:13:53. > :13:56.a finger print from that. It may look like a giant tumble drier. But
:13:56. > :14:02.this equipment allows the team to lift prints from almost anything.
:14:03. > :14:06.This is the bag that's been through the VMD process. What can we see?
:14:06. > :14:16.They are quite fragile finger prints, and you can see areas of
:14:16. > :14:25.There are more than 20 million fingerprints in the national
:14:25. > :14:30.database. What police are after is This is a match we've just created
:14:30. > :14:34.today. On the left is the crime scene mark, and on the right is the
:14:34. > :14:42.file print. What I've done is mark the little deviations in the ridge.
:14:42. > :14:49.Every human fingerprint is completely unique. These red
:14:49. > :14:54.circles capture the tiniest detail. And this one's a match. We are more
:14:54. > :15:04.than happy to say this is absolutely the person.
:15:04. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:10.Julia Robertshaw. You work with the Forensics Unit. There is a lot more
:15:10. > :15:15.to it than that, we might look for fibres and decrying saying where a
:15:15. > :15:20.criminal has come into a premises. We can match that to clothing. If a
:15:20. > :15:24.window is smashed, you might have the last from that window you can
:15:25. > :15:34.compare and match up to the suspect, from their hair or clothing. And
:15:34. > :15:40.for its work is a big part of what We have a more Cup crime scene.
:15:40. > :15:44.What are we looking for? scenario is the cricket club has
:15:44. > :15:49.been broken into and this window has been left insecure which is a
:15:49. > :15:56.problem. The offender has come through and stepped onto the table.
:15:56. > :16:01.So we are going to try to look for a footprint with black plastic?
:16:01. > :16:08.That's right. Because it is a latent Mark and we can't see it
:16:08. > :16:12.with the naked eye, Simon is using a flake which will bring up the
:16:12. > :16:19.pattern features. That has come through really clearly. That is a
:16:19. > :16:28.good print, obviously. They are often not that good in the field.
:16:28. > :16:35.Now we put downbeat gel that we showed you earlier. -- we put down
:16:35. > :16:43.the daily. That looks fantastic. That is a good match? That is a
:16:43. > :16:49.good print. How unique are these that Prince though? The soul of the
:16:49. > :16:56.issue has pretty unique characteristics. They are cold
:16:56. > :17:02."class characteristics" but as you walk, you walk a certain way and
:17:02. > :17:08.those features are a unique. want to get a match. We have some
:17:08. > :17:14.suspect's from the crew. Tell us who you think this could be?
:17:14. > :17:21.have different types of shoes - bits and trainers. If we lift up
:17:21. > :17:31.the first sue I saw, you can see the marks on here match that Sue.
:17:31. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:37.Who is are suspect? It is Miriam. When we have anyone in custody, we
:17:37. > :17:43.can take their issue marks and put them on the database and match them
:17:43. > :17:47.with crime scene marks. You are getting good successes? Yes, just
:17:47. > :17:52.recently we had a conviction based solely on the third where from a
:17:52. > :17:58.scene of crime. Thank you for sharing as that. I am afraid CSI
:17:58. > :18:05.will never be the same again! Usually, we show you a collection
:18:05. > :18:09.of people the police are keen to track down. These faces are from
:18:09. > :18:14.the Serious Organised Crime Agency. You are in charge of the operation,
:18:14. > :18:18.tell us more. This is all about tracking British fugitives we think
:18:18. > :18:21.are in the Netherlands. The initiative is to focus on six faces.
:18:22. > :18:25.We think they are in the Netherlands and we are looking to
:18:25. > :18:30.launch an initiative with Crimestoppers and a Dutch
:18:31. > :18:37.colleagues. Why do thing they are targeting the Netherlands, as
:18:37. > :18:44.opposed to Spain? There is a beat expat community. We have big
:18:44. > :18:52.successes in Spain. Since 2008, we have arranged -- arrested over 200
:18:52. > :18:56.fugitives and we have displaced some fugitives to the Netherlands
:18:56. > :19:00.because now Spain is a hostile environment. We are trying to
:19:00. > :19:04.replicate that in the Netherlands and the - authorities are keen to
:19:04. > :19:10.try and emulate what we have succeeded in doing so far. How long
:19:10. > :19:12.has it been running? This initiative was launched last March
:19:12. > :19:17.but we have done a lot of preliminary work around this and
:19:17. > :19:22.the Dutch have changed the legislation to get these images in
:19:22. > :19:27.the media. The privacy laws did not allow it area. Briefly, a lot of
:19:27. > :19:32.these people are very dangerous so if people see them, what should
:19:32. > :19:38.they do? The important thing is to do it in partnership with
:19:38. > :19:41.Crimestoppers. People can phone in anonymously and not approach the
:19:41. > :19:45.individuals. Whether they are travelling or living in the
:19:45. > :19:52.community, it is a fantastic opportunity to try and help us find
:19:52. > :19:57.them. Let us look at them. First, we have the Albanian, Belino
:19:57. > :20:02.Gripshi, wanted for conspiracy to supply a class A drugs and money-
:20:02. > :20:10.laundering offences. He is believed to be part of the criminal network
:20:10. > :20:17.trafficking cocaine into the Netherlands. Have you seen him?
:20:17. > :20:22.Secondly, James Nicholas Tarrant who has been convicted of supplying
:20:22. > :20:26.cocaine and cannabis and possession of a firearm. Two years ago he was
:20:26. > :20:30.granted conditional bail but has gone on the run. It is believed he
:20:31. > :20:35.travels between the Netherlands and Spain.
:20:35. > :20:40.Do you know this man? Paul Christopher -- Christopher
:20:40. > :20:45.Finnighan who is believed to be in connection with a crime gang. He
:20:45. > :20:50.was bailed to report to police in Liverpool but went on the run. He
:20:50. > :20:57.has a Liverpudlian accent. It is believed he spent time in Amsterdam.
:20:57. > :21:03.Do you know where he is? This is Mark Anthony Fitzgibbon who
:21:03. > :21:07.was wanted by police since 2005 for supplying cannabis and amphetamines.
:21:07. > :21:11.He also has a Liverpudlian accent and police believe he is currently
:21:11. > :21:20.in the Netherlands. If you have seen any of this lot on your
:21:20. > :21:24.travels, please get in touch. Back to Miriam in Frampton.
:21:24. > :21:29.In our very first programme we brought to a special investigation
:21:29. > :21:34.into a gang stealing bank cards from NHS staff and conning them
:21:34. > :21:40.into revealing their pink numbers. Here in Frampton, we have come
:21:40. > :21:46.across a con targeting a care home which bears the same hallmarks.
:21:46. > :21:52.I don't know how they can do it to anybody. They obviously do not have
:21:52. > :21:57.a heart. From the job I do, all I want to do is help people and they
:21:57. > :22:07.have violated that. I was so devastated and I was angry at
:22:07. > :22:12.myself for giving over my pain. -- PIN number. Kelly spends her numbed
:22:12. > :22:18.-- life looking after elderly patients in a care home. I love my
:22:18. > :22:24.job. It is so rewarding helping the residents and going home knowing
:22:24. > :22:30.that the simple things of being clean and dressed properly are so
:22:30. > :22:36.rewarding. You think you have done your job. Last month, one phone
:22:36. > :22:42.call doing an ordinary day cost her thousands of pounds. I arrived at
:22:42. > :22:45.work, changed over from the morning shift to the afternoon Shift. I was
:22:45. > :22:53.bathing a resident and that is when a colleague said there was a phone
:22:53. > :22:58.call for me. I went to answer the phone call. I didn't know what it
:22:58. > :23:03.was at the time. The person on the other end of the friend said he was
:23:03. > :23:08.from Lloyds Bank and that someone was trying to use my card in
:23:08. > :23:14.Evesham. I looked and noticed my purse was gone so I started to
:23:14. > :23:21.panic. Kelly was unaware an hour earlier at a con man had visited
:23:21. > :23:26.her work place. The man went to it at the driveway to the nursing home.
:23:26. > :23:34.He Black his way in by claiming he was called an organisation selling
:23:34. > :23:42.books. He was always with a staff member. They took him to the staff
:23:42. > :23:48.room area where the books are normally kept. The staff personal
:23:48. > :23:55.equipment, handbags and coats are left in there. Quite a high value
:23:55. > :24:00.area. He was shown from the nursing home and seeing it through the
:24:00. > :24:03.front door. Unfortunately, it is unclear how he has then got back
:24:03. > :24:13.into the nursing home but he has obviously gone back into the
:24:13. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:22.He has then stolen to purses belonging to staff members. He then
:24:22. > :24:31.left the care home again and was seen by a member of staff walking
:24:31. > :24:38.down the driveway. But stealing purses was the beginning. Next, he
:24:38. > :24:43.called the victims. He started to Roelof transactions I had made in
:24:44. > :24:49.recent days which were all correct to my knowledge. He said that the
:24:49. > :24:54.police were on their way to arrest the Women as they confirmed it
:24:54. > :24:58.wasn't me in the branch. All my cards would need to be stopped
:24:58. > :25:07.straightaway. But he asked me if I knew the last three numbers of my
:25:07. > :25:12.cards. Obviously I said no. So he said the only way he would be able
:25:12. > :25:17.to stop my cards would be to use my PIN number. Unfortunately, I gave
:25:17. > :25:23.them over because I genuinely believed that he was going to help
:25:23. > :25:29.make and he would be able to stop my cards. Minutes after she handed
:25:29. > :25:39.over how PIN number, nearby, a woman was caught on CCTV using a
:25:39. > :25:39.
:25:39. > :25:44.stolen cards. -- the stolen cars. It wasn't until my manager said,
:25:44. > :25:54.something doesn't seem quite right, don't give though there any more
:25:54. > :25:59.
:25:59. > :26:07.information, I realised, "Bono" -- Bono. The account was empty of over
:26:07. > :26:12.�2,000. I'm getting married soon and I'm saving really hard for it.
:26:12. > :26:16.I thought I wouldn't be able to get married this year. I was just so
:26:16. > :26:26.devastated and I was angry at myself for giving over my PIN
:26:26. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:40.Being conned is never a nice thing. It is such a horrible crime. For
:26:40. > :26:43.someone to suffer and I can imagine they feel quite foolish. I knew I
:26:43. > :26:49.shouldn't give my PIN number over but you put yourself in the
:26:49. > :26:52.position I was in and knowing your purse was gone. You have somebody
:26:52. > :26:57.saying somebody is trying to use your card and they will be able to
:26:57. > :27:02.help you and stop it. You are in a panic anyway, you would do anything
:27:02. > :27:08.and give over anything for them to help you. They obviously do not
:27:08. > :27:17.have a heart at all. It makes me angry that they could go and do
:27:17. > :27:22.that. Sergeant Phillipa Rawlings is working on the case. This chap
:27:22. > :27:29.tried to carry out the same Kong somewhere else on the same day. --
:27:29. > :27:34.corner. Yes, he said he was a book man at the local surgery and was
:27:34. > :27:40.shown into the staff area where the books are kept. He had a look
:27:40. > :27:45.around the staff room, just gazing around. Asked the receptionist for
:27:45. > :27:51.a plastic bag but she said she didn't have one. He was not left
:27:51. > :27:57.alone so he picked up books and left with them. Was this after the
:27:57. > :28:05.care home? Yes, in the afternoon. He was hoping he would be
:28:05. > :28:13.successful again obviously? Yes. You have an E-fit. He is a white
:28:13. > :28:19.man, about five feet 11 inches tall. Medium build with a bald head,
:28:19. > :28:26.clean-shaven. He has a Westcountry accent, protruding ears and an
:28:26. > :28:32.earring in his left ear. That is quite distinctive. He had an
:28:32. > :28:37.accomplice at the bank, didn't he? Yes, there was a female who went
:28:37. > :28:44.into a bank later in the Stonehouse area. We believed she worked --
:28:44. > :28:49.they worked as a team. She was able to secured an overdraft and took
:28:49. > :28:52.out a large amount of money from the account. They must have been
:28:52. > :28:58.raised and to pass themselves off as someone else and get an
:28:58. > :29:04.overdraft? Yes, a brazen act and an awful thing to happen to someone.
:29:04. > :29:09.Thank you. If you have any information on this, please do get
:29:09. > :29:12.in touch. Now there is more information on possible
:29:12. > :29:19.similarities to this case and our own investigation.
:29:19. > :29:24.As Mary and said, the gang known as the Coventry Falcons took hundreds
:29:24. > :29:28.of thousands of pounds from NHS staff. They made their way into
:29:28. > :29:33.Secure areas where they stole wallets and purses be court --
:29:33. > :29:43.before calling bear witness -- victims and making them panic into
:29:43. > :29:46.
:29:46. > :29:54.revealing their PIN numbers. Tell It could involve theft. Theft,
:29:54. > :30:04.fraud, the whole range. You are keen to ask for help on this CCTV
:30:04. > :30:05.
:30:05. > :30:15.image. This fellow was in a clinic in at Lancaster or, in April 2010.
:30:15. > :30:18.
:30:18. > :30:22.He was there at the same time as a purse was stolen in similar
:30:22. > :30:32.circumstances This is the Frampton care home con man, we can see his
:30:32. > :30:35.e-fit now. I'm very interested in the e-fit for the con in
:30:35. > :30:38.Gloucestershire, because it is similar to some CCTV we have of a
:30:38. > :30:48.suspected member of the Coventry Falcons. He was captured on camera
:30:48. > :30:53.
:30:53. > :30:59.at a GP surgery in Lancashire. me about this man? Garry Francis
:30:59. > :31:03.O'Neill, who we appealed for last time. We still want to talk to him
:31:03. > :31:12.in connection with the theft of bank cards from hospitals in
:31:12. > :31:15.Cambridgeshire and Kent. And this man with the red tie? I'm very
:31:15. > :31:21.pleased to say the fantastic response from the public on this
:31:21. > :31:26.one in particular, in fact we got calls from two police officers
:31:26. > :31:30.giving a name for this man. And a full statement of identification.
:31:30. > :31:33.If anyone out there does know anything, or recognise any of these
:31:33. > :31:36.images, please get in touch. There's already been an arrest of
:31:37. > :31:40.one alleged gang member. Let's see how many more suspects we can track
:31:40. > :31:43.down. The numbers are on your screen. Now back to Steve.
:31:43. > :31:46.Earlier, we told you about a different con man called Robert
:31:46. > :31:55.Kerr targeting a church in Scarborough. His scam has extended
:31:55. > :31:58.to this part of the world as well. Robert Kerr is a merciless conman
:31:58. > :32:01.who targets Christians. He's wanted by forces across the UK. And in
:32:01. > :32:04.January this year, he struck again. Ripping off a couple in Gloucester,
:32:05. > :32:08.who were so distraught after what happened, they want to protect
:32:08. > :32:12.their identity. We thought we were doing a favour
:32:12. > :32:16.for another Christian. But as it turns out, I don't think we were.
:32:16. > :32:22.It started with a phone call from a gentleman who was phoning from the
:32:22. > :32:25.Ministry of Defence. Hello, I'm calling from the MOD. A member of
:32:25. > :32:29.the church has just been discharged this morning from the Royal
:32:29. > :32:33.Gloucester Hospital. He's gone to the station, and he doesn't really
:32:33. > :32:37.know. I was wondering whether you might be able to do me a favour.
:32:37. > :32:41.wanted us to make sure that he'd got on the correct train. Would you
:32:41. > :32:45.be able to go there just to greet him really. A friendly face would
:32:45. > :32:50.mean so much to him. We went up to the train station and met the chap,
:32:50. > :32:54.and it just all started from there. When Kerr met the couple, he asked
:32:55. > :33:02.for a small amount of money. He wanted a train fare. But his
:33:03. > :33:07.deception was only just beginning. His train ticket that he had was
:33:07. > :33:11.out of date, because he said he'd been in the hospital too long. And
:33:11. > :33:15.he wanted to go to a cash point to get some money out to get another
:33:16. > :33:19.one. My husband took him up to the bank. When he put his card in,
:33:19. > :33:23.there were no funds available. So he asked if he could borrow some
:33:23. > :33:26.money until the following day. claimed it was too late to catch
:33:26. > :33:30.his train. And back at their house, the couple lent him more money,
:33:30. > :33:34.completely unaware he was drawing them into another of his elaborate
:33:34. > :33:37.cons. Because he said there were no more trains, we gave him all that
:33:38. > :33:43.we had, and drove him to a Travelodge. He wanted something for
:33:43. > :33:48.an evening meal, and breakfast the next morning. So we gave him �120.
:33:48. > :33:53.That was all the cash I had. went inside the Travelodge, and
:33:53. > :33:58.came back out, said they haven't got any rooms. The couple drove him
:33:58. > :34:03.to another hotel in the area. They thought this was the end of it, but
:34:03. > :34:09.sadly, there was worse to come. About an hour later, there was a
:34:09. > :34:15.knock on the door. He was extremely distressed. I've had a bit of
:34:15. > :34:19.trouble again. And he needed some more money. As unbelievable as it
:34:19. > :34:25.sounds, Kerr claimed to have left the �160 they had given him in a
:34:25. > :34:29.taxi, and he was penniless again. So I turned round and said well I
:34:29. > :34:35.haven't got any more money. I've only got my credit card. He said,
:34:35. > :34:39.well, take me to your ATM and get some money out of there. So it was
:34:39. > :34:44.off to the cash machine where Kerr was given �200. And then to a
:34:44. > :34:54.supermarket to use cash back for even more money. It's during this
:34:54. > :34:57.
:34:57. > :35:04.part of his con, that Kerr was I turned round and said goodbye to
:35:04. > :35:08.him. And off I went and got back in the car and went home. Kerr
:35:08. > :35:11.promised to return at a later date, and reimburse the �460 he owed. But,
:35:11. > :35:18.like all his other victims, the couple would never hear from Kerr
:35:18. > :35:22.again. He said he was coming back. And we waited until then. As soon
:35:22. > :35:26.as the time passed, I then contacted the police. I was very
:35:26. > :35:31.cross when we realised what had happened, and that we'd been taken
:35:31. > :35:34.in. Robert Kerr is a despicable man. We believe Kerr travels the country
:35:34. > :35:38.committing these offences. He's targeting the vulnerable, and the
:35:38. > :35:45.people that need this money that he is taking off them. He needs
:35:45. > :35:49.stopping, and he needs stopping Leigh Bickerdyke. You're the
:35:49. > :35:57.officer trying to track down Kerr. What else can you tell us about how
:35:57. > :36:00.he operates? From the information we have received so far, we don't
:36:01. > :36:08.believe he has a permanent residence. He uses B&Bs and public
:36:08. > :36:13.transport, so he's hard to track down. He has made reference to
:36:13. > :36:18.money for train fares, so we think he may not have access to his own
:36:18. > :36:25.personal vehicle. We have seen he may be using somebody else as part
:36:25. > :36:31.of the scam. On the whole, we think he is a lone man. However, on some
:36:31. > :36:36.of the occasions, there has been a phone call for seed by the victims.
:36:36. > :36:44.From that, the voice is described diffin lay. It may be him
:36:44. > :36:49.disguising his voice. Or he may on occasion be acquiring an accomplice.
:36:49. > :36:53.You have expense of working on similar cases. His Robert Kerr
:36:53. > :36:57.preying on these people because they are naturally generous? That
:36:57. > :37:06.is a true. They are known to be open and generous with their
:37:06. > :37:11.hospitality. Also, their information is publicly available,
:37:11. > :37:14.appearing on noticeboards, and we're working with the churches to
:37:14. > :37:18.limit the amount of information available. A witness in
:37:18. > :37:22.Gloucestershire have reported seeing someone matching Roberts's
:37:22. > :37:26.description looking at a noticeboard, and later asking for
:37:26. > :37:32.directions to a particular parish members home. Do think there are
:37:32. > :37:37.more victims? I think a small amount has been reported. People
:37:37. > :37:40.may feel embarrassed that they have been conned, I urge them to come
:37:40. > :37:44.forward because the information they may have about where he has
:37:44. > :37:50.been committing crimes will help us identify the roots of trouble he
:37:50. > :37:55.has been taking. Dear thing he has been operating recently? We had a
:37:55. > :38:00.report two weeks ago from Lancashire police of a similar
:38:00. > :38:06.offence. We think that was Robert. You are working with forces all
:38:06. > :38:12.over the country. Yes, Avon and Somerset police, Lancashire police,
:38:12. > :38:16.and Northern Ireland are interested. If you know where Kerr is now, or
:38:16. > :38:24.if he's approached you, please give us a call. Con men like him have to
:38:24. > :38:27.be caught. The numbers are on your Yesterday, we set a test for Rav.
:38:28. > :38:34.We showed him this man, Paul, who's our totally innocent satellite
:38:34. > :38:37.engineer for just a few seconds. Rav then had to pass on a
:38:37. > :38:47.description to an expert working on a new system of facial imagery to
:38:47. > :38:48.
:38:48. > :38:54.help crack crime. Take a look at If you can explain the system to me
:38:54. > :38:58.and I will try my best to relay what I can remember. I will ask you
:38:58. > :39:08.described the person's face. Then we will use this system. I will
:39:08. > :39:11.
:39:11. > :39:19.show you screens of faces and ask Some are more distinctively rounder.
:39:19. > :39:24.I would say this one is about right for me. About there. At the moment,
:39:24. > :39:29.I think that is pretty good from what I can remember. That hair is
:39:29. > :39:39.definitely too long. It just needs to come forward a tiny bit. The
:39:39. > :39:44.
:39:44. > :39:48.We have a bold the face, worked on the hair, pulled all the elements
:39:48. > :39:58.together, what you think of the lightness? I think that is as close
:39:58. > :39:59.
:39:59. > :40:03.as I can get, I am happy with that. That was yesterday. This is the man
:40:04. > :40:06.I saw yesterday. How do you think we did? From what you gave me, it
:40:06. > :40:14.was quite hard, because he didn't have any distinguishing features.
:40:14. > :40:18.But I think the likeness isn't too bad. The hairline and the outside
:40:18. > :40:24.of the face has worked out quite well. The image has stretched out a
:40:24. > :40:29.bit more but overall a pretty good job. What I found difficult was I
:40:29. > :40:33.could not remember really well find details. That is way a system
:40:33. > :40:38.really helps. It was merging different faces together as opposed
:40:38. > :40:43.to an artist's impression way you would have to give details. Is that
:40:43. > :40:46.where this comes into its own? have trouble remembering the
:40:46. > :40:51.features, you can give me a description of the mouth, so we had
:40:51. > :40:56.to do it in a different way. I was showing you screens of faces and
:40:56. > :41:01.you worked with that. It is still relatively early days for this
:41:01. > :41:05.system, how is it going with his trial period? We have been selling
:41:05. > :41:11.the system for a couple of years. 14 police forces are using the
:41:11. > :41:15.system. The performance of the system is quite good. We find
:41:15. > :41:21.people produce composites other people recognise about 40% of the
:41:21. > :41:26.time. When we give this to the pleas for far more -- for formal
:41:26. > :41:32.field trials, we are getting an arrest rate of 40%. Briefly, the
:41:32. > :41:42.beauty about this system is it is on your laptop, you can go to a
:41:42. > :41:50.vulnerable person's home and do it there. Portable equipment. Just
:41:50. > :42:00.time for a quick update. We have had some calls already on
:42:00. > :42:04.one of today's cases, Robert Kerr, a possible sake -- sighting.
:42:04. > :42:10.Per these are following up strong leads on another Wanted Face, Pawel
:42:10. > :42:16.Jakub Koperski, wanting for drugs offences. Some possible sightings
:42:16. > :42:19.of him. He a distinctive looking chap. Miriam, what are you up to
:42:19. > :42:23.tomorrow? We're heading into Wales. For the
:42:23. > :42:28.rest of the week, we're with Gwent and South Wales Police. Tomorrow,
:42:28. > :42:33.we might get wet. The police diving team are joining us. Steve, it's
:42:33. > :42:37.your last day with us. It's been a busy two days. It's been great
:42:37. > :42:41.working with you here in my home patch. Let's just hope we get some
:42:42. > :42:45.good leads on the cases. We featured the attack on an 83-year-
:42:45. > :42:48.old man on the local news last night. Let's hope we catch somebody
:42:48. > :42:53.for that. That's it from us. For more details