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On today's Crimewatch Roadshow, the scam turning a visit to the

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supermarket into a nightmare. There are cases reported every week. Help

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us catch one of the gangs Welcome to this morning's programme.

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We have got a packed show for you, but we won't catch any crooks

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without your help. Coming up today: A school left in ashes. Police need

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to know who started the fire. Metal thieves are ripping community

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halls and churches to pieces. We are out with the police trying to

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crack down on one of the biggest crimes of our times.

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And who is looking over your shoulder when you use your PIN

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number? Can you really keep it safe?

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Today we have moved into a new country. We are heading into Wales

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where we are hooking up with Gwent and South Wales forces. We' are

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starting right on the border. Miriam O'Reilly is in Chepstow. So

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Miriam, are you actually in England or Wales there?

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You can see Chepstow Castle over there. That is in Wales. Behind me,

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the River Wye marks the border between these two countries. So,

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technically speaking we are in England. But for our last three

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days on-air, we are working alongside two Welsh police forces.

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Now, on to our first appeal. This crime happened here in Chepstow,

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but it is happening in supermarket car parks right across the UK.

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It was just the regular weekly shop when Maureen Trip became the latest

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victim of this scam plaguing the country. I had just finished work,

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went to my local Tesco's to do shopping. I walked round, bought

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all my bits and pieces, went to the checkout, paid, then went out to

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the car park, unloaded my trolley, put the trolley back in the trolley

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As I went back to the car, a chap approached me and asked me for

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directions. Excuse me, can you show me how to

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get to Leysester. He wanted Leicester. He pronounced

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it Leysester. Do you mean Leicester?

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Yes, Leysester. He got out a map and spread it over

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the back window. So we were looking and I was showing him the way. I am

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possibly the worst person to ask for directions. And I had to

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explain to him several times how to get there and I thought, he has got

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a map, why doesn't he use the map? Thank you, thank you. I drove out

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of the car park. As I was driving out of the car park, I noticed a

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black BMW a couple of cars in front of me turn left into the staff car

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park. I was aware that the chap in the back seat leaned forward and

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looked right at me. It was the man that asked me for directions. I

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thought they wanted to go to Leicester, what are they doing in

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the staff car park? Anyway, I didn't think any more of it. I went

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home. Later on that evening my husband was checking online our

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bank account. Did you draw �300 out of your

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account today at Tesco's? No, why would I?

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Well, somebody has. Better check your purse. My card has gone.

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My card had gone. But how does this scam work? How was Maureen's card

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and PIN number taken? While I was talking to the chap trying to

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explain directions to him, he looked over my shoulder a couple of

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times behind me and I thought, what's he looking at? I turned

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round once and looked and I was aware there was a lady. I did not

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think much of it at the time, then I thought afterwards maybe he

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distracted me and she was the one that actually went round the

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passenger side and got in the car. Because of the way I was stood, I

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couldn't see inside the car. I didn't hear anybody open the door.

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The criminals then used the card at the nearest cash machine to

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withdraw money. I have thought quite a lot about it since the

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episode and I can't understand how they managed to get my PIN number.

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I was in the queue on my own. There was nobody behind me. There was

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nobody at the checkout next to me. It has been suggested to me people

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could have used their mobile phone and taken a quick shot of me. It's

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not unusual these days for people to be carrying their mobile phones

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round supermarkets. We are naturally concerned about this

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emerging crime pattern. We would like to stress this isn't confined

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to Chepstow. It is actually a nationwide problem. We ask people

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to be guarded when using cash cards, chip and PIN devices and cashpoint

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machines, to make sure nobody is standing close by that could read

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their number. I was quite shocked afterwards. I felt a bit silly.

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They are obviously very clever people that worked it all out very

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well because I was totally unaware of what was going on, but I will be

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now. We would ask people, no matter how

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small or insignificant they think any information they have is, to

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contact us. By withdrawing cash and buying items online, the gang

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managed to fleece Maureen out of �500. But it could have been so

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much worse. Maureen Trip, the victim of that crime is with me.

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You felt uncomfortable when it was going on, it was only later when

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you check your account that he knew that money was gone. Why did you

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feel uncomfortable? Well, as he asked me for directions but he had

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a map, which seemed strange. He kept glancing over my shoulder, it

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seemed a bit odd. His behaviour was on. What was his description

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because you remember him clearly? would say he was Mediterranean,

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dart here, a fairly small and slim, 5 ft 8, jeans, white shirt and

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jacket. You're very careful with your PIN number. They got hold of

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it somehow. I do not know how, but I now have the PIN number all the

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time without fail. All of this week we are joined by Louise Elliott

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from BBC Wales. She is with the investigating officer. Thank you,

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Inspector Mike Boycott, the figures on these crimes are incredible. For

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every day of the year, �1 million is stolen in card fraud. What are

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you doing about it? Incidents of this right -- incidents of this

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nature are very rare in Gwent, but anyone who notices any and usual

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activity on their card should reported to the police.

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understand you have CCTV stills of the gang members? Yes, we're very

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keen to trace this individual, because we know he used the stolen

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car at the cash. To obtain money. If anyone knows where he is, we

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would ask you to contact us straightaway. How can we protect

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ourselves? Maureen made the point that she had no idea she was being

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watched when she was putting in her PIN number? It is very important

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that anyone who is using a card at a cashpoint or cash machine become

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aware of people around them. They should protect their PIN number by

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shielding it with their hands or their body and make sure that

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nobody sees the PIN number going in. If they see anything unusual, they

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should report it to the police straight away. Thank you, Inspector,

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the numbers are on our screens. Overnight to Rav with our Wanted

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Faces today. Let's take a look at who we have

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got for you today. Do you recognise this man, Ronald Brian Grimes? He

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was convicted of robbery and assault in May 2004 and jailed for

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seven and a half years. But when he was released early on licence he

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failed to keep to his conditions and is now wanted back in jail.

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Grimes has a Liverpudlian accent and scars on his left arm. He also

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has Chinese letter tattoos on both arms. Have you seen him recently?

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If so, please let us know. And take a look at this man. 67-

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year-old Peter Miveld is wanted by police in connection with a large

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scale money laundering operation, linked to the sale of controlled

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drugs. He has connections to Merseyside as well as Cyprus and

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Spain. He has tattoos on his arms of an eagle and a sacred heart with

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the words "mum and dad". Do you know where he is now? If so, give

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us a call. Do you know this man? Balkar Singh Dhesi. Police in

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Leicestershire want to talk to him about a money laundering case

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involving over �200,000. He is known to have connections to the

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London and Leicester areas and police want your help to track him

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down. And if you know where this man is, Terence McGinley, then

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please don't approach him. If he is believed to be violent. He is

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wanted on a European arrest warrant in connection with two charges of

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conspiracy to blackmail. McGinley is a member of the travelling

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community, and has a southern Irish accent. He sports a number of scars

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on the left side of his face, right eyebrow, nose and right wrist. Do

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you know where he is? If you recognise any of these faces, the

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number to call is 08000 468 999. Or text us on 63399. Text CW, space

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and then your message. Please leave the space or your message will not

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get through. Or email us. Do not forget, all the Wanted Faces from

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the series are on our website. Now, we are in the area covered by

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South Wales and Gwent forces for the rest of the week. Here's Louise

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with a look at the challenges local police face.

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Cross the Severn Bridges and you are into the busiest part of Wales.

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As you travel down the M4, Gwent and then South Wales Police are the

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forces keeping an eye on things. Between them, they cover around

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two-thirds of the entire population of Wales. So that means that they

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share resources, including this state-of-the-art helicopter. With

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its combination of cutting edge technology and highly-trained crew,

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the helicopter is invaluable when it comes to tracking down missing

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people, fugitives and drug runners. Listen up, listen up!

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The unique thing about Wales is we have a helicopter that we share

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with South Wales Police. The teams come from South Wales and Gwent

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Police so the officers that are on that team understand the policing

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dynamics of both force areas. South Wales has a strong history of

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industry and farming, and is made up of ex-mining towns, rural

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villages and coastal cities. The vast majority of the crime in the

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Gwent and South Wales areas happens in the big urban centres. That is

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Newport, Swansea and right here in Cardiff. Chief Constable Peter

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Vaughan is the man in charge of the challenges facing South Wales

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Police. Last year we dealt with almost an

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incident every minute of every day. We have got a proud tradition of

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driving crime down within the area, dealing with major events. We

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anticipate the demand for policing major events is going to go up with

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Swansea going into the Premiership. Apologies to anyone from Reading

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who is watching this! With 186 events to police last year,

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and over 12 million visitors to the capital, it is an ongoing challenge

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because not all these visitors are welcome. Organised crime groups are

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trying to get a foothold within Cardiff and Swansea. And the valley

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communities and other city centres and town centres. Go! Police!

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disruptive influence that drug misuse can have on our communities

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is all too apparent. Police! Anyone here? The officers

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have gone upstairs to see if the suspect they want is up there.

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In neighbouring Gwent, Chief Constable Carmel Napier has to

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constantly juggle which crimes to prioritise. We have seen more

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property-related crime. We have actually targeted our specialist

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resources working closely with neighbouring policing teams and

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local authority resources to both reduce them and to capture the

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baddies that are doing it. Well, we are now following the police

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support group to the first of two addresses where officers believe

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there could be suspects involved in metal theft. We will be asking for

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your help with these and other unsolved crimes. �10,000 has just

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vanished. We may never get these things back again. Let's bring the

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criminals to justice. I couldn't think straight. I was just scared

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The rest of the week will be very busy. Let's start by taking a look

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at this. An air rifle and in a few moments these people from the

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special search unit will have to find it from in there, the River

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Wye. Turnaround, we don't want you to see where we throw it. No

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cheating. Are you all said? Off you go, throw it in. There we are. In

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the River Wye. You might have noticed there was a wire attached.

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That is in case these get called away and we can retrieve the gun

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from the river. Get to work. Sergeant Peter Allan, you run this

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team. Tell us about the conditions the officers face.

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Primary problems are the flow of the outgoing tides. Three hours

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after high tide. Battling the flow. Poor visibility. Down to about one

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inch in front of their face. Thick sludge mud. I think we can get an

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idea from some pictures of the kind of conditions Basie. Literally they

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cannot see their hands in front of their face. Nothing. The mud, how

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deep would that be? It looks very sticky.

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It is between 6 ft and 10 ft deep. You would be engulfed. Explain

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about how the officers undertake research. The visit lability is bad,

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the tide is flowing, it sounds like searching for a needle in a

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haystack -- visibility. There are several sorts of search parties we

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can use. It involves weighted lines which we late in a grid system, a

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bit like an underwater archaeological search. What kind of

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things are they trained to a church -- search for? Stolen property,

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firearms, body recovery, counter- terrorist searches. Is there a risk

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to the officers in going into situations like this? Certainly

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there is a risk assessment which has to be done. Diving has it and

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problems. It is dangerous. Her one of your officers said if it is in

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there to be found, I will find it. Fingers crossed. I wish you and

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your team the best of luck. There are preparing to go in.

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I hope they find it. Still to come, when a building is wrecked as badly

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as this it means thieves are after only one thing, Merkel. And when

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fire gutted this primary school it ripped the heart out of a community.

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Bash metal. We need your help to catch those responsible.

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We have been getting some great called and information. We still

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need more help. Take a good look at this latest batch of CCTV.

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It is the early hours of March 6th in his Notting Hill nightclub in

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London. Most of the revellers are starting to call it a night that

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keep an eye on the guy in the light coloured shirt and tie. He is

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having a chat with the man in the suit jacket but things turn nasty

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and he decides to smash an ice bucket into the other man's face.

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The attacker is ushered out by his friends while his victim seeks

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medical treatment. Let's put his thuggery on ice. Let us know who he

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It is a quiet night for staff at this Bromwich bookmakers in January.

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But the peace is shattered when two men barge in brandishing a gun.

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They are wearing hoods and their faces are covered. They point the

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gun through the security screen and demand to be letting to the counter

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area. The quick thinking staff run into the bark of the shop forcing

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the robbers to give up and leave. Help the police probe the Booker

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them and tell us who they are. -- throw the book at them. It is

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February and these teenagers are having a chat in London. But the

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mood changes when the guy in the white jumper turned up. There seems

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to be an argument before he punches one of the youths so hard he is

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sent crashing to the ground smashing his head on a door. Help

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us stop this violent thud doing this to somebody else.

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A bonus if you know anything about If you want to be anonymous you can

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phone Crimestoppers. Back to marry him in Chepstow.

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The tension is building -- marry him. The police dive team are

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getting into the water to retrieve that gun. The conditions are really

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difficult. Lots of sticky mud. We will tell you more about how they

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get on later. As they are preparing let go over to Lee Rees because she

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has news of a crime that is costing the country �770 million every year

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-- Louise. The aftermath of a break-in. Chaos,

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heartbreak and despair. And here at the building has been ripped to

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pieces. But why? What were they after? At first it looks as if

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nothing had happened. He walked in the main room, noticed a copper

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piping had gone. We went from there to the second floor, all the

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radiators had been pulled off the wall and every carpet removed. The

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top Broomes, they had pulled the ceiling down and all they have

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taken his copper. All the devastation had been duped to this.

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Metal theft is a growing crime wave. The thieves don't care what effect

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their actions have on a community. Just ask the people of Fleur-De-Lys.

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The effect they made for groups that use the miners' Institute, it

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is devastating. It is something they have taken away. We set up a

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group, ex-miners and miners' wives and widows and it has proved to be

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popular. The venue is crucial to the group continuing and the ladies

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and meant that come here like the fact they meet in a mine as well,

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it is significant. A great shame. - - miners' hall. To combat medal

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that went police are staging special operations and they have

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got we criminals in their site -- Gwent police. 20 metal thefts

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An early-morning raid on a scrap metal dealers caused a result. A

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quantity of stolen lead. Two suspects are taken away. But that

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is not the end of it because police had new technology at their

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disposal which may prove where the metal it originated.

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More on that technology later. Throughout this series we have been

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showing you criminals caught on camera. It is estimated there are 2

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million CCTV cameras in the UK. DCM at Neville has not looked at all of

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those himself but he has looked at a lot of images -- Mick Neville.

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Are we making the best use of the footage? We are using images like

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fingerprint and DNA. We are looking at getting the images, making sure

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their protest, identified, making sure criminals are arrested. It is

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not a case of how many you have, it is what you do with them. Other

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criminals deterred by it? I more and more so. At first it was just

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putting the cameras up but now we have got the system so they fear

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not just the camera but the getting caught. Even academic research has

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shown that prisoners were frightened of the cameras because

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they were caught. We know the quality can vary from job to job.

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Is that frustrating? Sometimes. But you have to imagine even in a major

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crime blurry CCTV can read this to the point where a criminal was and

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lead us to taking fingerprints and DNA from that place a week

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identified the criminal. Sometimes fears might think it is blurred but

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it can still solve cases. What makes you unit special. The idea we

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treat it as forensic imagery, a proper circulation of images and,

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even to the media. And when it is identified we sent a senior

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reporter to make sure the criminals are arrested. That is the real

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difference. You have got to images you want to appeal for today.

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is a burglary of an art gallery in central London. He broke through a

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two-door cast box in April. Made off on a bicycle. We know that is

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serious enough. People are concerned about burglaries of homes.

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50% of people who burgle office blocks have convictions for

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burgling houses to getting these identified is important. Another

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one. This shows how we have developed not just CCTV but

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forensic images. He possibly has died in his own mugshot. This is a

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crime in Greenwich in January. A man was threatened, told if you

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don't hand over your life then you will be stabbed. -- iPhone. We

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believe he has taken his own mugshot. We are keen to get him

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identified. Cameras all around us. They can do their bit if you catch

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-- tackle crime. Yesterday we asked for information

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on this guy, Robert Kerr who picks on Christians and takes their money.

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We have had one of the biggest responses were 30 calls common

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texts, and the mouse. -- with over 30 calls, text messages, and e-

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mails. We told you that there guy he stole

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PIN numbers from NHS staff. More of you have called in believing you

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may have fallen victim to the same scam.

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Good information on a wanted face, Patrick Paul Hull,, who featured

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last week who breach the terms of his early release -- Patrick called

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Ocana. -- Patrick Paul O'Connor.

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At the beginning of the mind of fire ripped through a school in

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Chepstow causing devastation. Within hours of the fire starting

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Crimewatch Roadshow learnt it was a possible arson and our cameras were

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The noise, the smell, it was horrific. It was heartbreaking.

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Three weeks ago the community of Bullwork in Chepstow work to Friday

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scene of devastation. Large parts of Thorn will primary school had

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been burnt to the ground. I had a teller for current -- telephone

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call at 145 am which is quite alarming because you think

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something is wrong. It was my caretaker informing me he had had a

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call informing him the school was on fire. I was stunned. I do have -

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- drove here as quickly as I could to be greeted by flames, smoke, six

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fire tenders, and chaos. It was well established by the time we got

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here. Most people in the vicinity were asleep. It is basically the

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noise which goes with a fire, or waiting until people have woken up,

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The bricks and mortar can be replaced. What cannot be replaced

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on memories, history, and heritage. It took 45 officers more than four

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hours to get the flames under control. Were there arrived about

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30% of it was engulfed in flames and our priority was realising that

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that blog was written off, to be it the other buildings within the

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school complex to make sure they went damage. The blaze destroyed

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the entire nursery unit and infant school costing hundreds and

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thousands of pounds. Unfortunately the Playhouse has caught fire. It

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has caught fire to the wooden structure and hence to see the

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damage. You note youths congregate in that area. They also used tea

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lights. This may well have been a cause of the fire. According to the

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mud of recklessness involved we are treating it as arson. -- the amount.

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The impact on the community has been massive. It looked like a bomb

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had gone off. We were absolutely gutted. It was awful. I did break a

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tear. The children's work has gone and all the things. Not very nice.

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You have to explain to them all the staff has been bed and it is gone

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and they are not getting it back. It is not their fault but you

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cannot easily explain it to a There is one person in particular

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that officers are keen to track down. The description we have got

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is basically a male person, wearing a grey hooded top who was seen

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running from the area. It may well have been an accident, but somebody

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somewhere knows who is responsible and we need that person to come

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forward, or persons who are involved in it and I would urge you

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to come forward. The thought that perhaps it could be somebody within

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the community who possibly at some point in the past had attended this

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school makes what has happened even harder to come to terms with.

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Graeme Smith is from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Let's be

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clear right away, you believe that this fire was our son but you do

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not think it was started deliberately? The conclusion of our

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investigation team was a group of young people were using the Wendy

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house attached to the building as an illicit drinking den, and

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perhaps use some candles to eliminate that particular area.

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Then under the influence of alcohol they have not put the candlelight

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and it has spread to the Wendy house. Candles like this, most of

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us use them in the garden during the summer. The danger is when you

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leave them. But basically this was teenagers having a party? Yes, and

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something as innocuous as that candle can cause devastation.

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were two school fires in Wales yesterday. How many nationally

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every day across the UK? There were three yesterday. We had two last

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night so we have had our share of that ratio. How much does it cost?

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In the UK, the cost of our son is around the 6 billion mark. That is

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the overall economic cost, loss of production for businesses,

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disruption to schools, overall about 6 billion. Thank you very

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much. If you know anything about the fire at Thornwell School,

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please get in touch. Time for a quick look at some more criminals

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caught on CCTV. Take a look at this health-

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conscious shoplifter as he strolls into this London health food shop

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in July and has a look at the products on offer. But then he

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picks up a box from the top shelf. Then another, and places them on a

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different shelf. Then when he thinks the coast is clear, he picks

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the contents in his jacket before having to take a phone call and

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walking out. The cameras caught him in the act. Let's help the police

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catch him. Carlos with his name. -- it tell us his name. This is one

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determined bike thief. He sets about this bike near the Elephant

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and Castle in London last year. But the bike owners bought him and

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chases him off. Or does he, a few minutes later and he is back for

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another go. The owner sees him again and makes a desperate grab

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for him, but it is too late, the thief is on his bike. Let's put an

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end to his thieving ways. It will this year and it is a busy

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day at his central London pub but this man does not seem interested

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in the bar. He heads to the tables and settles down, but he is seen

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fidgeting. He does the old court over the chair Craik and while it

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looks like he is doing so -- looking for something in his own

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code, C is rifling through the pockets of the man behind him. Help

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us catch him. Give us a call if you know anything

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about those images. 08000 468 999. Or text us on 63399. Text CW, space

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and then your message. Please leave the space or your message will not

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get through. Or email us. [email protected]. Back to Louise.

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Earlier we set the South Wales diving team a challenge to find an

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air rifle I tossed into the river. How are you getting on? You have

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got it? Brilliant, let's see. They will ask one of the men now to

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surface. They it is. The air rifle with the diver. Magnificent work,

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very well done. They did say that if it was in there to find, they

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would find it. You were never in any doubt, were you? No. They are

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pretty good. You told us how challenging these waters are, it is

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tidal, we have discussed the mudflats, but what are conditions

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like under there and how do the officers carry out research? Most

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people will be familiar to the line search on land across the grass. It

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is similar down there, painstaking, along the bottom, inch by inch.

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Today they are using a very tight line, but they could use a weighted

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line. What about communication? Today they are using a buddy system.

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There is a transponder over the edge and they can speak a diver to

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diver and the surface. Here comes the rifle now. Thanks. It is a

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needle in a haystack, stuff like this. A lot of training must going

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to the officers? That is right, each diver does an eight-week

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training course. As you say, it is painstaking, low visibility, and

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the conditions make it a difficult job. He has done a grand job. He is

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just being hosed down. At any time you can be called out, you're quite

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busy? Yes, we look after four forces surrounding South Wales and

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we can be called out at any time of the day or night. Thank you,

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Sergeant. Now back to the story of metal

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theft we featured earlier, and how technology is helping track down

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stolen lead and copper. The results of a malicious break-in

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at a community centre in the Gwent Valleys. Thieves have ripped out

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copper. Scrap metal is worth a lot on the black market. Almost every

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day Gwent police are dealing with metal theft. Today they have

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launched an operation at a scrap yard near Pontypool where two

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suspected thieves are questioned as they try to pass on some stolen

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lead. There is a fair bit of lead and it looks like it has come off a

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roof. Both are taken into custody. Gwent police are aware of the

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effect metal theft has on local communities. It is a crime they

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take very seriously. Vans on the way now for those two. When we

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arrived here there were a couple of people delivering scrap metal that

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looks as though it has been stolen. So they have been arrested and

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obviously we have seized quite a large amount of scrap lead this

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morning. And in terms of the scrap metal dealer, what part does he

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play in your investigations now? are using a new sort of thing at

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the moment called SmartWater which shows up on the lead. The main

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concern is that he has been using that to check the metals delivered

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to him and he seems to be doing everything correctly. This

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technology is a significant breakthrough in the detection of

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stolen metal. It is a special liquid, detectable under

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ultraviolet light, that allows the metal to be traced to its original

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owner. There was lead found here today. Yes. And you've had a look

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at that. What have you found? have found samples, what appears to

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be SmartWater, that had been brushed onto lead which I suppose

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has probably come off a roof. that then link the lead that we

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find here to the exact roof that it would have come off? Yes, it can.

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Under ultraviolet, that is SmartWater. Each bottle has its own

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unique chemical combination registered to a particular owner.

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It can be used on any type of building, offering reassurance that

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if metal is stolen it could be identified and help secure a

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prosecution. The lead found on the police raid was traced back to

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Pontypool Market. We were told that some lead had been stolen and that

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it has been found at the back of a car. We lost about a third of a

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tonne of lead overnight which we later found the police have

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recovered and have now since given back to us. The technology is so

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good and so successful that we've now rolled it out across all the

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buildings in the authority. These are tough times for all of us and

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that includes the criminals but after what happened here today and

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with the rise of innovative technology like SmartWater, police

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hope that will send out a message to criminals, hat our homes, our

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community centres and our churches will no longer be soft targets for

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thieves. -- that our homes. Aron Craven is from SmartWater, the

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system used to track down some of the stolen metal we saw in that

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report. Stallone metal is not just a problem for companies but

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communities as well? -- stolen metal. Yes, there are known to

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target utility companies and they take a small amount of metal and

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did very little from it. But the impact on communities, you could

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lose your broadband or your power. If you had a SmartWater solution on

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the gun and that we saw it taken out of the River Wye there, would

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you be able to trace it even though it has been taken out of muddy

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water? Yes, we have successfully traced items taken from muddy

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streams. How do you do it? It is very simple to spot, it glows

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bright yellow under ultraviolet light. We send it to our

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laboratories and check the result against air database. We can tell

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where the need Bacher forensics solutions was registered to. The

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police can use it as evidence because it links a criminal to a

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specific crime scene. How can you make it so specific? We used a very

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clever chemical formal and we have over 1 billion of those at our

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disposal. There is an annual subscription for this technology,

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but will the criminals not get wise to it? Our clients actively

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publicise the fact that the use SmartWater on warning signs at the

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site. It raises the fear factor for the offender. Hopefully it will

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deter them from targeting our clients' premises. Have you any

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evidence that it is? Yes, our clients report significant

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reductions in metals that, but where they have been targeted, we

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have been able to provide valuable evidence for prosecutions. Just an

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update for today, we have had a great response from yesterday. We

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had back -- we have had a response on the care home conman who struck

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in Gloucestershire. The investigating officer is following

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up. We have had information up on a wanted face from yesterday, here he

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is. He is wanted it for conspiracy to supply drugs. We have also had

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information on this man, who is part of Operation Return. Thank you

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to everyone who got in touch. Miriam and Louise, what have you

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got lined up for tomorrow? Rav, our all-action last week of the series

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continues. We have had divers today and we're meeting up with the

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helicops tomorrow. I've been given exclusive access to

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the team and some of the footage it takes from hundreds of feet up.

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This is the helicopter that covers This is the main piece of equipment

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on the aircraft. This is the forward-looking infra red camera.

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Take it up, take it up. We have got this eye in the sky which is just

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fantastic for us. You get that find that you know no-one would have

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found without you. That is extremely rewarding.

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And tomorrow, the helicopter should be touching down live on the

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programme. That's at Kenfig Nature Reserve which over looks Swansea

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Bay. We will see you tomorrow. Thank you, both. For more details

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