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4th today, on Crimewatch Roadshow. We need your help to track down a | :00:14. | :00:19. | |
man who is wanted by police forces across the UK, preying on the old | :00:19. | :00:29. | |
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And Hello, and welcome to today's Crimewatch Roadshow. We're live, | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
and this is our third week on air, asking for your help to tackle | :00:47. | :00:56. | |
unsolved crimes. On the programme today: when the hero who ended up | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
in hospital, after he confronted a shoplifter. | :00:59. | :01:05. | |
Police need to track down the people who beat him up. | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
Wiltshire Police are clamping down on drugs, and we are in the thick | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
of the action, as they make sure nothing is left to chance. | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
And, police need to track down a man who pretended to be a stranger | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
in need, before stealing from the Good Samaritans who agreed to help | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
him out. For Our roadshow team are | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
travelling the country, investigating crime where you are. | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
Yesterday, we were in Salisbury. Today, we're still in Wiltshire. | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
Where exactly are you, Dave? Hi, Rav. We're in Devizes, at | :01:34. | :01:41. | |
Wiltshire Police's headquarters. Also the home of the Wiltshire | :01:41. | :01:49. | |
Police helicopter. A few moments ago, it was called off to a genuine | :01:49. | :01:54. | |
emergency, off she went. We are hoping she will return by the end | :01:54. | :02:04. | |
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of the programme. We have here, at a very brave dog, because she saved | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
the life of her handler when they were faced by a nice man. Find out | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
how she did it later. And BBC Points West's Alex Lovell joins us | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
again today. Thanks, Dave. Today, I'll be with | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
Swindon's Drug Enforcement Team. They're carrying out raids, in | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
their bid to put a stop to the activities of dealers who have | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
moved in to the area. Thanks, Alex. Time for our first | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
appeal today. Police need your help to find a prolific con man who's | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
wanted by police forces in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
Ireland. He preys on people's goodwill, before disappearing with | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
their money. We have featured him on Crimewatch Roadshow last year. | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
But, despite our appeals, he still hasn't been caught. And victims are | :02:48. | :02:58. | |
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still coming forward. Robert Kerr is wanted by 12 different police | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
forces across the country in direction with Curtly -- 30 cases | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
of burglary and fraud. Police believe he is a conman who has been | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
preying on Good Samaritans. Last year, we appealed for information | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
on Robert Kerr. A priest from North Yorkshire had been conned out of | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
�1,000. He said Robert Kerr promised the money would be | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
returned by career. For three years, the Korea never came. We also | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
featured a couple from Gloucester who want to remain anonymous. They | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
say they were duped by Robert Kerr. We thought we were doing a favour | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
for another Christian. They say it began when they offered to pay for | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
his train fare, but the deception spiralled until the couple had | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
handed over �460 for hotels and taxis. He disappeared with the | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
money, and never returned. I was very cross when we realised what | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
had happened and we had been taken in. Part of my role is to | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
investigate all forms of distraction burglary, where people | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
have been scammed within their own homes. The suspect it is playing on | :04:15. | :04:23. | |
people's faith. And their good will. And it does upset me. They were not | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
the only people to be targeted by the trickster with an agenda. The | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
appeals on Crimewatch Roadshow did not track down this slippery | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
character but they did prompt more victims to come forward. If look, | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
that Irish gentleman, who took the money. Christine and Terry had been | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
watching from the B&B they run in Warminster, and they recognised him. | :04:45. | :04:53. | |
It is him, give them a call. We saw it a year ago, it was death | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
and mayhem. I picked up the phone and spoke to one of the police | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
officers. Christine and Terry say they were visited in 2009 by the | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
man they had seen on the appeal. Robert Kerr. At the time, Christine | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
was home alone at their B&B when the doorbell rang. Hello. The man | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
at the door was very friendly and said he knew Christine's mother in | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
law. He called himself John, and asked if they had a room where he | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
could stay. He said he had been released from Salisbury District | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
Hospital. He had a red band on his wrist. What is your wrist band? | :05:31. | :05:38. | |
have been in hospital four days in Salisbury. He was really convincing. | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
This is my husband Terry. I could chat to him quite easily, but there | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
was something about him are wasn't sure. After convincing the couple | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
of his story, all seemed fine until the next morning when Terry went to | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
a hospital appointment at leaving Christine alone. I was washing up | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
in the kitchen. I need some money! He came in so quickly it took me by | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
surprise. He needed some money. He said he needed to go to Bristol | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
Airport. I went into the lounge to get some money. He stood so close | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
to me. I felt really threatened. I handed over the money. Then he said, | :06:21. | :06:27. | |
I want some more money. I handed more money to him to get him out, | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
because I felt really threatened. He wanted extra money to buy his | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
granddaughter's something for Christmas. In total, Christine | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
handed over �300. When I came back from hospital, my wife told me. She | :06:42. | :06:49. | |
was in quite an upset state. I said to her, calm down. You can replace | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
money but you can't replace a person. If he is watching or | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
anybody knows where he is, give yourself in, or phone the police. | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
Get him caught. He could do this, and he could do something really | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
drastic to older people. It is believed that is exactly what he | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
has done. Since we made that film, the | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
reverend alan neil has passed away. His death had nothing to do with | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
the case. Alan car meanwhile remains at large. Later, we'll be | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
finding out how Robert Kerr took hundreds of pounds from an 89-year- | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
old widow. Rav, back to you. Thanks, Dave. | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
Now, time to have a look at today's Wanted Faces. | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
Nine years ago today, this man, Peter Evered, was found guilty of | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
rape and indecent assault, but went on the run before he could be | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
sentenced. Detectives believe the 58 year old may now be using a new | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
name. At the time of his disappearance, he had long hair and | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
a beard, but his appearance may have changed. He's known to have | :07:50. | :07:52. | |
connections to the Maidenhead, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
areas. Come on, let's put him back before the courts. | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
Our next Wanted Face, Flamur Hasa, is also commonly known as Muli, and | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
apparently introduces himself as Barney the Greek. Detectives in the | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
West Mercia force want to speak to him in connection with wounding | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. He's originally from | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
Albania, but now has connections to the West Midlands and Telford areas. | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
Have you seen him recently? Next up is this man, Stephen Wesley | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
Blake. In September last year, he was sentenced in his absence to | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
eight years in prison, for possession of a shotgun, four years | :08:24. | :08:27. | |
for harassment, and one year for cultivating cannabis, with the | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
sentences to run concurrently. He's known to have connections to the | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
Redditch and Warwickshire areas, and has a Chinese symbol tattooed | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
on the left side of his neck, and his date of birth tattooed on the | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
right side. He also has a tattoo, with the name "Joanne", on the | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
inside of his left arm. Tell us if you know where he is. | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
Last up for today is Andrew Roper. He failed to appear before Preston | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
Crown Court back in April 2002, on a charge of rape, and a warrant was | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
issued for his arrest. He's known to have connections to the | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
Lancashire area and also to Gillingham in Kent. | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
If you recognise any of these Wanted Faces, then please give us a | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
call. Our number is 08000 468 999. Or you can text us on 63399. Text | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
CW, space, and then your message. And that space is really important, | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
if you don't put it in, your message won't get through to us. Of | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
course, you can e-mail us too. The address: [email protected]. Now, over | :09:18. | :09:25. | |
to Alex in Devizes. The impact illegal drugs have on | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
society is huge. Figures suggest that over half of all theft which | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
happens in the UK is drug-related. Wiltshire Police are cracking down | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
on those supplying drugs. I went out with officers in Swindon, who | :09:39. | :09:49. | |
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are our front line defence against this menace. | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
An all come to Operation Atlantic. This is the background, on its drug | :09:56. | :10:03. | |
use and violence in the county. Here, in Sweden -- Swindon, | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
briefing the team about today's raid. This is all about locking up | :10:07. | :10:13. | |
the people who cause most harm to us. As police officers prepare, I | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
joined the leaders as they give a brief on the low-down on what is | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
about to happen at one of the addresses to be raided today. | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
When we get there, they will move swiftly, break the door down. | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
Anyone inside will be put down as quickly as possible on to the | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
ground so it makes it is safe environment for the police officers | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
to start searching. They're looking for anything related to Class A | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
drugs. Police say canals are coming into | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
the county from Bristol and London, defending vulnerable people, using | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
their homes to deal drugs. They take their positions surrounding | :10:52. | :11:02. | |
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the target property before using Police! Empty, but I'm told it is | :11:06. | :11:10. | |
often because dealers keep their own homes separate from the address | :11:10. | :11:17. | |
they used to deal drugs. Nobody is here. That doesn't mean there are | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
no drugs here which is why we are searching the premises. They could | :11:22. | :11:28. | |
come back at any point. It is a small flat. The police officers | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
have had a look around, there's nobody here. They have happened -- | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
they have found Scales, and individual bags. The search is only | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
just beginning. Something we will have to seize | :11:44. | :11:52. | |
here, as you can see, it is a lot of white powder way you can hide | :11:52. | :12:00. | |
quite a bit in there. That will be coming with us for testing. Three | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
individual cellophane wraps, four. The way this is normally wrapped up, | :12:05. | :12:11. | |
it is in a tight bundle like that. And it is sold like that? | :12:11. | :12:19. | |
Apparently so. Good evidence for us. Kenya get fingerprints from that? | :12:19. | :12:26. | |
Yes? We will take that. -- can you get fingerprints. It is not just | :12:26. | :12:35. | |
drugs the team are looking for. That was in the kitchen, right next | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
to the weighing scales. They may use it to cut up as well. Then, the | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
police find something of interest. Cannabis. Tucked away in the top | :12:46. | :12:56. | |
kitchen drawer. The female logo, is that relevant? It can be to | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
particular people who deal with it. Their common logo. So others will | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
know what grade it is. Whether these sources a reliable one. | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
Criminals work hard to stay one step ahead, so sometimes it is a | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
challenge for the police to keep tabs on their movements. The issues | :13:14. | :13:21. | |
we have, if they have moved on, we try to get intelligence. This time, | :13:21. | :13:26. | |
we have got links to what we believe his drug dealing. | :13:26. | :13:36. | |
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dealing is going on, money will be changing hands. This is to test if | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
the money is real. At the end of the day, they don't even trust | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
themselves. They bring in one last member of the team to help to | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
complete the search. A one year-old sniffer dog, with an acute sense of | :13:51. | :14:01. | |
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smell to make sure every last This makes me think that something | :14:03. | :14:11. | |
has been stolen. And the residual smell would have been there. Then, | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
calling on the police walkie-talkie. The main suspect has turned up | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
outside. Based on previous intelligence combined with today's | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
findings, the man is detained. He is later arrested in connection | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
with the supply of Class A drugs. The that was a very positive | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
warrant and we have want under arrest for Class A drugs and we | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
have a lot of intelligence and we have a robust message to send out | :14:36. | :14:46. | |
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to the people about drugs in Swindon. An update on that film... | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
The man has been released on police bail until the end of the month. | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
Sergeant Scott Hargreave is one of the officers who was out on the | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
raid. This was all part of Operation Atlantic. A large number | :15:06. | :15:14. | |
of properties were targetted. the end, the result give us �23,000 | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
worth of Class A and Class B drugs, stolen property, laptops and | :15:19. | :15:25. | |
jewellery and it resulted in 26 arrests. You feel that you remove | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
one person at from the drugs ring and somebody else might move in. | :15:29. | :15:35. | |
Does this really make a difference? To it does. Previous experience has | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
shown that if we police this robustly, it cuts down on | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
reoffending and if we cut off at the supply, the addicts that are | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
committing the crimes will seek help elsewhere through self-help | :15:48. | :15:54. | |
groups for their doctor. It is ongoing. We have some of the things | :15:54. | :16:02. | |
that you use. This is a battering ram. The Red Key! As you can see, | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
it is very heavy. How justified is it to we used in the sun somebody's | :16:07. | :16:15. | |
front door? Fairly justified. �35 allows us to get into any property | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
fairly easily. To ensure that people do not get rid of their | :16:19. | :16:26. | |
drugs. The essence is surprise. And at the door opens outwards? Yes, | :16:26. | :16:32. | |
this is a hooligan bar. It is multi-purpose, for padlocks, four | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
doors that open outwards or inwards and we can also clear glass from | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
windows and doorways. I am glad you have got it because it is a very | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
menacing piece of equipment. Back to the studio... Thank you. Still | :16:46. | :16:53. | |
to come... Police want your help to catch the people who attacked a man | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
after he confronted a shoplifter. He might have been doing the right | :16:57. | :17:03. | |
thing, but they were certainly in the wrong. A web of deceit. How a | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
con man persuaded an 89 year-old woman to handover the money she had | :17:07. | :17:14. | |
saved to pay her bills. Police need your help to stop him. And this | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
woman is bravely speaking out to appeal for your help to catch the | :17:18. | :17:25. | |
man who attacked her as she walked home after a night out. But first, | :17:25. | :17:31. | |
time to look at some everyday crime conveniently caught on CCTV. | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
Wandsworth last November. Two men come into this telephone shop and | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
they are closely followed by another pair. They look at the | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
phones and start grabbing at the displays. 10 phones worth more than | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
�4,000 are stolen or damaged. The shop assistant attempts to stop | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
them as they leave but they all manage to pull out of the door. | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
Police would like to talk to all these men. If you know them, give | :17:56. | :18:06. | |
us a call. Next, a private home in water nouvelle in Hampshire. March, | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
this year, and two men skill the gates to get into the driveway. You | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
can see them on the left. Once in, they start smashing the windows of | :18:16. | :18:22. | |
the two cars in the driveway. Listen to the rack at their making. | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
This has happened before. And the family have put up a �1,000 reward | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
for information leading to a conviction. If you know who they | :18:31. | :18:39. | |
are, call us. March this year between 1:30am and 2:00am and this | :18:39. | :18:44. | |
Chancellor has broken into a bureau de change in central London. We are | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
actually inside. There is a lot of debris flying around because he is | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
making a right mess of getting inside. He was this? The Save | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
beggar has a friend who is ripping out the alarm system. These guys | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
are not in a hurry. They are in for more than four hours but still fail | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
to get into the safe. They leave but the damage is substantial. | :19:09. | :19:16. | |
Police need names. If you know who they are, you know who to call. And | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
if you've seen anyone or anything you recognise in those clips, do | :19:20. | :19:29. | |
get in touch. We need your help in finding the thugs who but a man in | :19:29. | :19:36. | |
hospital. This happened in the town of Melksham. A young man spoted | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
someone shoplifting, but when he challenged them, he was in for a | :19:39. | :19:47. | |
shock. I thought they were literally going to beat me to death. | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
If they're going to beat me up over ice-cream, you know they welcome | :19:51. | :19:57. | |
back for you, just for the hill of it. Are you saying I took | :19:57. | :20:05. | |
something? It was a cowardly attack. Five people stood around one person, | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
a totally innocent member of the public he was only trying to do the | :20:08. | :20:16. | |
right thing. On 15th May, 20 year- old Christopher Robinson went to | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
his local Blockbuster DVDs to work to collect a film and also made his | :20:20. | :20:29. | |
friend, who works there. It was at 8:30pm and I agreed that ended get | :20:29. | :20:35. | |
an DVD. I grab the DVD and went straight to the tell. It looked | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
quite busy. A as Christopher chatted, he noticed a group of | :20:39. | :20:43. | |
young people they were acting suspiciously. It was mainly their | :20:43. | :20:48. | |
body language that give it away. It was a mix of their face and their | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
body language which bought the whole suspicious this on, really. | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
There was a lady with black hair who put her back to me and she | :20:59. | :21:07. | |
blocked me and was almost touching me. I looked around. Another woman | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
reached into the fridge and took a tub of ice-cream and slipped it | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
into her bag. They all grouped together and headed for the exit | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
and because I saw this happening, I do not know what it was, it was | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
literally like, if I did not do anything, so selling over one ice- | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
cream, but that was my impulse. Acting on that in polls would have | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
dramatic consequences. It was immediately outside, so the exit | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
door is opened and the female lays carrying the ice-cream and the | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
victim approach has a female writer outside the store. In the High | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
Street. For some reason I just shouted as they were walking. And | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
she acknowledged but ignored me so I jumped over to her. I said, give | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
back what you have stolen and I put my hand out. She turned around and | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
said I didn't steal anything but I opened her handbag and she gave me | :22:04. | :22:11. | |
back which you still. That was quite odd. I went to head back when | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
the three guys heard what was going on. And they began to approach may | :22:16. | :22:22. | |
and they got quite close. Too close for comfort. They came on very | :22:22. | :22:29. | |
aggressively. He said, he is dealing? A dusty and nothing! | :22:29. | :22:35. | |
pointing out that lady. Who is stealing? At that point, he give me | :22:35. | :22:44. | |
three blows to the face. I staggered backwards. He punched me | :22:44. | :22:52. | |
again. Chris was dazed and confused and walked back to the shop, were | :22:52. | :22:58. | |
his friend was working. He said, oh my God! When his mother found out | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
about the attack, he was already in hospital. It was the early hours of | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
the morning and I received a text message from Christopher's friend. | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
I was shocked, what on earth had happened? I immediately went to the | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
accident and emergency and Christopher was waiting to be seen | :23:17. | :23:23. | |
by a doctor. Christopher sustained serious injuries, his I was heavily | :23:23. | :23:30. | |
bruised and swollen and he also received cuts to his mouth and face. | :23:30. | :23:35. | |
It is principle. People have strong principles and the theft occurs in | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
front of them, when they are just about to pay for their own goods | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
and they see somebody stealing, they think that isn't right so | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
approaching those men, that was based on his own morals and | :23:47. | :23:56. | |
principles. A brave thing to do. They committed to crimes on Monday. | :23:56. | :24:03. | |
Over one ice-cream, that is nothing. A vicious attack and over some ice- | :24:03. | :24:09. | |
cream. Andy Peach is the arresting officer. The best of motives, there. | :24:09. | :24:16. | |
But he paid a terrible price? was a brave act. A spirited member | :24:16. | :24:21. | |
of the community and he has gone to prevent this theft and he has been | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
viciously attacked. He was very brave but the best thing was to not | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
get involved and reported to police? We would advise the public | :24:31. | :24:37. | |
not to get involved and not tackle criminals. The report it and rain a | :24:37. | :24:45. | |
999. Let's look at this kind, they have to be caught. Three Asian | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
males, the main aggressor, the man who punched Christopher, he was 6 | :24:49. | :24:54. | |
ft tall and have a slim build and wearing a pink short-sleeved shirt. | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
He is described as having a local accent. And the girl who stole the | :24:59. | :25:06. | |
as can? White Female, 20 years old, blonde hair piled on her head, she | :25:06. | :25:12. | |
looked -- it looked like a pineapple. And the other man, dark | :25:12. | :25:20. | |
hair, slim build. You need people to come forward and give you help. | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
It was market place in action. Very busy? The I appeal to the community | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
to come forward and help us catch this individual and a spring him to | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
justice. Thank you very much indeed. The number is on the screen. You | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
know what to do. That was a very nasty attack. If you think you know | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
anything about that, contact us. The numbers are on your screen now. | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
Or you can also ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. | :25:46. | :25:48. | |
Earlier in the programme we appealed for information about a | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
con man who has appeared on Crimewatch Roadshow before but who | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
has still not been caught, even though he is wanted by 13 police | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
forces across the country, including Avon and Somerset. | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
They've asked us to appeal for information after Robert Kerr | :26:02. | :26:10. | |
deceived an 89-year-old widow in order to get his hands on her money. | :26:10. | :26:17. | |
Robert Kerr is a prolific conman. 89 year-old Doris was about to | :26:17. | :26:24. | |
become his latest victim. I would doubt anybody, now. Generally, I am | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
not afraid. It started around the corner from her house when Robert | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
Kerr born into her friend. stopped me and asked me if I knew | :26:35. | :26:39. | |
were the Roman Catholic Church was. He was organising the funeral and | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
wanted to look at it. While he was telling me those things that I did | :26:43. | :26:49. | |
not believe, he was very persuasive. A Ron suggested that he should | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
stick two daughters. He knew she was active at her local church. He | :26:53. | :26:59. | |
thought she might be able to help. -- he should speak to Doris. He | :27:00. | :27:06. | |
then turned up at her house. This man came to the door and said, a | :27:06. | :27:12. | |
friend had died and he wanted to do the funeral. He wanted to do it in | :27:12. | :27:18. | |
the church. And I said, I am very sorry but you would have to going | :27:18. | :27:24. | |
to Clevedon, Corpus Christie, and ask the people there. We did it | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
have funerals here. He claimed his car had broken down and he did not | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
know what to do. Corus believe 10 and as a Good Samaritan, she | :27:33. | :27:43. | |
invited him in. I thought he was a priest. I really did. I said to him, | :27:43. | :27:47. | |
I was see if I can give you something. I think maybe I can help | :27:47. | :27:57. | |
:27:57. | :27:57. | ||
you. But this is my heating money. He has no qualms about playing on | :27:57. | :28:05. | |
the elderly. And people have faith within the Church. He is using | :28:05. | :28:11. | |
those factors for his own games. can only give you �200. That would | :28:11. | :28:18. | |
probably be enough. He said he would be back with the money at 5pm. | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
I am aware that Taurus is heavily involved in the church and because | :28:23. | :28:29. | |
of their good nature and how plausible history was, Doris then | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
given �200 cash from her winter heating allowance. Having promised | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
to come back, he walked out of the house with the money that Dora's | :28:37. | :28:43. | |
had set aside to pay for heating through the winter. Ron had second | :28:43. | :28:47. | |
thoughts about handing over her address. Worried, he went to check | :28:47. | :28:53. | |
on her. By the time I got there he had been and gone. We sat there, | :28:53. | :28:58. | |
twiddling our fingers, for two hours. At 7pm we decided that he | :28:58. | :29:07. | |
was not coming. Deplorable, really. I cannot understand how anybody | :29:07. | :29:11. | |
could go around calling people out of their livelihood. He if anybody | :29:11. | :29:14. | |
has any information on what this particular individual is living or | :29:14. | :29:19. | |
staying at the moment, please call. We don't want to miss the | :29:19. | :29:23. | |
opportunity to catch him. It has been a long time, or one year and | :29:23. | :29:31. | |
it is time he was brought to DI Mark Wolfe is with me now, from | :29:31. | :29:34. | |
Avon and Somerset Police, which is overseeing the investigation for | :29:34. | :29:37. | |
all 12 forces across the country who want to talk to Robert Kerr. | :29:38. | :29:47. | |
:29:48. | :29:48. | ||
How similar are all the cases? is a confidence trickster, he uses | :29:48. | :29:54. | |
a down on his luck type of story to get money out of people for public | :29:54. | :29:59. | |
transport. Accommodation. Usually, he will focus on churches, the | :29:59. | :30:04. | |
Royal British Legion, he is an ex soldier. He comes across with a | :30:04. | :30:12. | |
plausible story. He is going for a similar type of | :30:12. | :30:17. | |
victim, have any been connected? None at all. | :30:17. | :30:23. | |
He has been on the run, why haven't you found him? He has none of the | :30:23. | :30:28. | |
normal references, no bank account, passport, driving licence. He lives | :30:28. | :30:36. | |
a transient lifestyle. Used as public transport, stays in B and Bs. | :30:36. | :30:43. | |
We are keen to locate him. Does he use different names? He does use | :30:43. | :30:49. | |
the name of Andrew Johnson. The best way of identifying him, he has | :30:49. | :30:59. | |
:30:59. | :30:59. | ||
his nickname on his right wrist, Skeeby. -- Scooby. | :31:00. | :31:04. | |
It can be difficult to turn somebody away who has a hard luck | :31:04. | :31:09. | |
stories. Do check people out, ask for identification, get someone | :31:09. | :31:19. | |
:31:19. | :31:20. | ||
else involved. Ring the police, that is what we are here for. | :31:20. | :31:26. | |
If you can help track Rober Kerr down, ring us now. Thanks, Mark. | :31:26. | :31:30. | |
Now, the fact that just about everyone now has a phone that can | :31:30. | :31:33. | |
take pictures or films has changed the way police can gather evidence. | :31:33. | :31:36. | |
And the Metropolitan Police hope you might be able to solve a | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
vicious attack that someone out there caught on camera. Detective | :31:39. | :31:41. | |
Constable George Allan is investigating this incident. This | :31:41. | :31:44. | |
attack happened in Piccadilly Circus in central London. This | :31:44. | :31:46. | |
happened earlier this year, on Friday 17th February. | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
It was around 9.45pm. The victim, who is a Hungarian national, was | :31:50. | :31:54. | |
visiting family in the UK. He was sat on the steps of the Eros statue | :31:54. | :31:57. | |
watching the street entertainers, when a dispute between himself and | :31:57. | :32:00. | |
the suspects started. The argument escalates to something pretty | :32:00. | :32:03. | |
drastic. The man is attacked by a group of unidentified males. It's | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
pretty nasty, let's take a look. So what's happening here? The man is | :32:07. | :32:11. | |
being chased, and the suspects trip him up. They proceed to beat him up, | :32:11. | :32:21. | |
:32:21. | :32:23. | ||
quite viciously. A brutal attack. Now they've finished attacking him, | :32:23. | :32:27. | |
and the victim tries to get up, but he collapses from his injuries. | :32:27. | :32:30. | |
That's just terrible. They even hit him over the head with a vodka | :32:30. | :32:34. | |
bottle. This guy was left with some really bad injuries. He had a | :32:34. | :32:37. | |
dislocated left hip, a fractured pelvis, a bleed to the brain, and | :32:37. | :32:40. | |
numerous cuts and bruises. He's still receiving medical treatment | :32:40. | :32:43. | |
now. This is a really serious incident. You'd really like to | :32:43. | :32:46. | |
catch these people. But with the CCTV, it's hard to recognise the | :32:46. | :32:49. | |
people attacking. But you hope there's another piece of evidence | :32:49. | :32:53. | |
out there that might be able to help you. We believe there could be | :32:53. | :32:57. | |
more evidence out there on mobile phones. There were a lot of people | :32:57. | :33:00. | |
around when this incident was happening. So we're keen to speak | :33:00. | :33:03. | |
to anyone who witnessed this. In particular, there is a male wearing | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
a body warmer who can be seen videoing the incident using his | :33:07. | :33:10. | |
mobile phone. We think this person might really be able to help us. | :33:10. | :33:14. | |
This is in the busiest part of London, 9:45pm. It's understandable | :33:14. | :33:18. | |
if onlookers don't want to get stuck in if there's an attack going | :33:18. | :33:22. | |
on. But if you happen to catch something like this on camera, it | :33:22. | :33:26. | |
can really help the police. We believe other people may have | :33:26. | :33:32. | |
filmed this incident. Evidence taken at the scene by an onlooker | :33:32. | :33:36. | |
can really aid an investigation. It can help us to identify suspects, | :33:36. | :33:39. | |
or even provides evidence of the incident taking place. If someone | :33:39. | :33:43. | |
came to you, or any police force, I imagine they could remain anonymous | :33:43. | :33:46. | |
if they wanted to? We're always grateful for the public's help with | :33:46. | :33:55. | |
investigations. But they don't have to be named. And it can make a real | :33:55. | :33:58. | |
difference. Let's hope they can make a difference with this case. | :33:58. | :34:01. | |
Thanks, George. Were you in Piccadilly Circus on | :34:01. | :34:05. | |
the night of this attack, or were you even the person filming it? You | :34:05. | :34:10. | |
could help put these thugs behind bars. Please get in touch. Alex. | :34:10. | :34:16. | |
Thanks, Rav. We're appealing for your help on a very serious crime. | :34:16. | :34:20. | |
A young woman, who was raped as she returned from a night out in | :34:20. | :34:24. | |
Swindon, has been brave enough to speak out, as she wants the man who | :34:24. | :34:28. | |
did this to be caught. We are not identifying the woman, and her | :34:28. | :34:37. | |
words are spoken by an actor. Before we talk to the officer in | :34:37. | :34:46. | |
charge, let's hear from the victim what happened. | :34:46. | :34:50. | |
IRA was with the same friends I'd go up with. We were having fun, | :34:50. | :35:00. | |
drinking. Dancing, having a laugh. I walked home on my own. Everything | :35:00. | :35:06. | |
was normal. I got halfway. I was grabbed from behind. Terrifying. | :35:06. | :35:10. | |
Detective Constable Gemma Vinton is investigating the case. This is a | :35:10. | :35:13. | |
very serious incident, and you want to talk to anyone who may have | :35:13. | :35:16. | |
witnessed anything on that night, Thursday May 3rd, or the early | :35:16. | :35:22. | |
hours of Friday May 4th. She had been out in the Kasbah nightclub | :35:22. | :35:26. | |
until the early hours of Thursday May 4th. She left at 2am, and | :35:26. | :35:33. | |
started walking home. If anybody saw anything that might | :35:33. | :35:42. | |
be relevant, they need to contact you. Where did it happen? You can | :35:42. | :35:47. | |
just hear the helicopter coming back. She walked down Regents | :35:47. | :35:57. | |
:35:57. | :35:59. | ||
Street, past the kebab shop. After that she walked up Eastcott Hill | :35:59. | :36:05. | |
towards Old Town in Swindon. Half way up Eastcott Hill, she cut down | :36:05. | :36:08. | |
an alleyway as a shortcut. As she entered the alleyway, she was | :36:09. | :36:12. | |
grabbed from behind, violently thrown to the floor, and raped. Do | :36:12. | :36:15. | |
we have any description of the man for anyone out there that may | :36:15. | :36:19. | |
recognise him? The victim has been able to give us a description. He | :36:19. | :36:23. | |
was a white man in his early twenties, and was wearing a hoody. | :36:23. | :36:26. | |
His face was covered by the hood. And the victim could only see his | :36:27. | :36:30. | |
chin, which identified him as white. Crimes of this nature are very rare. | :36:30. | :36:33. | |
But do take precautions, let somebody know when you're coming | :36:33. | :36:38. | |
home. Try not to be alone. Keep your mobile phone with you. | :36:38. | :36:41. | |
This attack has had a devastating effect on this young woman, and on | :36:41. | :36:45. | |
her family. She won't go out alone now. She told us how it's affected | :36:45. | :36:51. | |
her. IRA put on a brave face the | :36:52. | :36:56. | |
majority of the time, but it has had a big impact. It changes what | :36:56. | :37:06. | |
you do, how you feel about things, about people. I didn't even want to | :37:06. | :37:11. | |
see my Borrie mates because I didn't want to be near a guy. | :37:11. | :37:16. | |
Please contact us if you know anything about that attack. It's | :37:16. | :37:21. | |
really important that this man is found. What advice do you have to | :37:21. | :37:26. | |
people to stay safe late night? They should make sure they have | :37:26. | :37:29. | |
planned their route home. Don't walk alone if they can help it. Be | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
aware of their surroundings. And ideally, get a taxi home to the | :37:33. | :37:35. | |
front door. Thanks, Gemma. Hopefully the viewers can help to | :37:36. | :37:39. | |
catch this man. Over to you, Rav. A terrible ordeal. Let's see if | :37:39. | :37:43. | |
anyone out there can help the police. Now, time for some more | :37:43. | :37:49. | |
crimes caught on camera. This customer has come in to look | :37:49. | :37:53. | |
at the rings in his jewellery store in Uxbridge in Middlesex. He spends | :37:53. | :37:57. | |
time casually chatting to the assistant about what he is looking | :37:57. | :38:01. | |
for. The assistant puts the rings on the counter and to find out what | :38:01. | :38:07. | |
he really fancies, having them for nothing. He grabs two rings worth | :38:07. | :38:12. | |
five grand, and runs for it. Don't let this be run rings around anyone | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
else. If you recognise him, get in touch. | :38:17. | :38:22. | |
Two guys break into this newsagent in Hythe in Kent injury this year. | :38:22. | :38:26. | |
It looks like they might have forgotten to bring a back. They | :38:26. | :38:32. | |
come back with what looks like a duvet cover. And they manage to | :38:32. | :38:36. | |
fillet with �5,000 of cigarettes. We do not see their faces, but you | :38:36. | :38:45. | |
may recognise the Lennon. Come on, help us smoke out these thieves. | :38:45. | :38:51. | |
Last one for now. See if you can help us with this one. Lloyds TSB | :38:51. | :38:55. | |
in Greenwich in London, February this year. This man has his face | :38:55. | :39:00. | |
partially covered but that bobble hat is memorable enough. The gite | :39:00. | :39:06. | |
in the pink jumper passers, banking his takings of �10,000 all in that | :39:06. | :39:11. | |
bad. The thief goes outside and the camera picks him up pacing up and | :39:11. | :39:16. | |
down. He goes back in, made a grab for the bag before making a run for | :39:16. | :39:20. | |
it. With his distinctive hat and tracksuit, someone must know who he | :39:20. | :39:29. | |
is. Come on, let's hope the police catch him. -- let's help. If you | :39:29. | :39:32. | |
recognise anyone, you know what you need to do. Dave. | :39:32. | :39:42. | |
:39:42. | :39:44. | ||
Thanks. Here is our star guest, she is very brave. Tell us briefly how | :39:44. | :39:49. | |
she save your life? An incident in Swindon, a man with | :39:50. | :39:57. | |
a knife, he came out of the house. We challenged him, he came at us. | :39:57. | :40:02. | |
She was stabbed, defending it, because she wouldn't back off. | :40:02. | :40:07. | |
were stabbed seven times. The back of the neck, lead and face. And she | :40:07. | :40:12. | |
was stabbed because she would not let go. Remarkable, a young police | :40:12. | :40:17. | |
dog, her first operational deployment in a violent situation. | :40:17. | :40:22. | |
She kept hold of him and she saved my life. She saved the lives of the | :40:22. | :40:31. | |
other police officers because the man was so out of control. She won | :40:31. | :40:38. | |
a special award for bravery. PDSA gold medal, the highest order | :40:38. | :40:42. | |
for his million dog for bravery, which she richly deserves and I am | :40:42. | :40:48. | |
thoroughly proud of her. Not only your love but potentially saving | :40:48. | :40:58. | |
:40:58. | :40:58. | ||
the lives of other police officers. -- your life. For he was in a very | :40:58. | :41:02. | |
disturbed state of mind, armed with two knives, anything could have | :41:02. | :41:12. | |
:41:12. | :41:15. | ||
happened. Well done to you. A quick update, new details on the | :41:15. | :41:19. | |
conman Robert Kerr featured earlier. Please kick those calls coming in, | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
we need to catch him. A police officer has called in with | :41:23. | :41:29. | |
a good lead on the CCTV pictures of a mobile phone snatch in ones worth | :41:29. | :41:39. | |
:41:39. | :41:46. | ||
in London. And some calls with potential names. | :41:46. | :41:54. | |
The helicopter has landed. What were you doing? | :41:54. | :41:59. | |
We were called out to a patient with anaphylactic shock, a life- | :41:59. | :42:03. | |
threatening emergency. The aircraft got there in eight minutes. Five | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
minutes to hospital. How is the patient? Making a good recovery. | :42:08. | :42:12. | |
Critically ill to start with. That's to was getting there so | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
quickly it is likely they will make a full recovery. What you normally | :42:16. | :42:24. | |
do? I am trained as a police bare of server. My role is to sit next | :42:24. | :42:33. | |
to the pilot, the City with navigation,, treat in a -- and help | :42:33. | :42:43. | |
:42:43. | :42:46. | ||
with commentary. -- I am trained as a police air observer. That's just | :42:46. | :42:55. | |
about it from us. That's it for today. Remember, all | :42:55. | :42:58. | |
the Wanted Faces and CCTV are on our website. Head to: | :42:58. | :43:00. |