:00:16. > :00:26.On the programme today: We need your help to find the thugs who
:00:26. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:49.beat up a man just metres from his Hello and welcome to Crimewatch
:00:49. > :00:55.Roadshow, the programme that makes Britain safer by putting criminals
:00:55. > :01:00.behind bars. For that to happen, we do need your help. On today's
:01:00. > :01:04.programme: A woman is dragged down an alleyway in broad daylight in a
:01:04. > :01:07.terrifying attack. We are out on the road with Gwent
:01:07. > :01:12.Police, clamping down on the scrap trade.
:01:13. > :01:16.And a regular Friday night out that ended with a shocking attack on a
:01:16. > :01:20.pensioner just metres from his front door.
:01:20. > :01:24.We are live and our roadshow team is travelling the country reporting
:01:25. > :01:32.on crime which is happening where you are. Yesterday, they were in
:01:32. > :01:37.Newport today they are further down the M4. Where are you today? Good
:01:37. > :01:41.morning, we are in Swansea down at the waterfront at the SA1
:01:41. > :01:46.Waterfront Development. It looks more like CSI Swansea. These guys
:01:46. > :01:50.are part of a specialist forensic unit operated jointly by Gwent
:01:50. > :01:56.Police and South Wales police force. We are going to put them to the
:01:56. > :01:59.test. I am going to leave a carefully placed footprint here.
:01:59. > :02:04.They have then got to retrieve that and analyse it later in the
:02:04. > :02:09.programme. We will find out how they get on and a few moments. I am
:02:09. > :02:14.also joined by BBC Wales reporter Nicola Smith. Good morning. As well
:02:14. > :02:18.as putting the CSIs through their paces, we will be revealing some
:02:18. > :02:22.forensic tricks that amateurs like us can even try.
:02:22. > :02:26.It all sounds interesting. Our first appeal today. A pensioner
:02:26. > :02:29.went for his weekly Friday-night out. He took the precaution of
:02:29. > :02:36.getting a taxi back to his home in Swansea but that would not be
:02:36. > :02:42.enough to make sure he got there safely.
:02:42. > :02:46.There was a bang. Where is your money, mate? Is a cowardly attack
:02:46. > :02:51.and Robert had no chance of defending himself. It is the last
:02:51. > :03:01.thing you expect coming home from an evening out. I was literally
:03:01. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:10.It was the evening of Friday 4th May and 66-year-old Robert
:03:10. > :03:17.Mainwaring had gone to the Idlib in Swansea -- the social club in
:03:17. > :03:22.Swansea. We meet every Friday night. It is summer we have been going for
:03:22. > :03:31.the last 20 years. In the last 20 years Robert has been going to the
:03:31. > :03:37.Penlan Social Club, not once has he had any trouble. We go there for
:03:37. > :03:45.karaoke and then the entertainment is on until about 11:30pm. The new
:03:45. > :03:51.drinker pure beer and go. I have a taxi home normally. There were a
:03:51. > :03:58.few there but they were all booked so I phoned one. In all fairness,
:03:59. > :04:05.they were there in five minutes. The taxi could possibly be black in
:04:05. > :04:10.colour. It made a larger taxi. We are keen to speak to any taxi
:04:10. > :04:15.drivers who had any fares in this area at that time. The taxi-driver
:04:15. > :04:21.is important because he could have witnessed what happened next.
:04:21. > :04:28.Robert describes the taxi-driver as being 5 ft 10 tall, stocky build,
:04:28. > :04:33.short dark hair with a local accent. After dropping his friend Mark off,
:04:33. > :04:40.the taxi headed for Robert's Street and dropped him of yards from his
:04:40. > :04:47.front door. Robert was looking forward to getting home. �5 please.
:04:47. > :04:52.As I got out of the taxi, I put the 10 pound note in my back pocket. I
:04:52. > :04:55.was thinking when I get home, what will they be in the fridge to eat.
:04:55. > :05:02.After a couple of pints, I get the munchies and that is what I was
:05:02. > :05:07.thinking about! But as he walked to his front door, Robert noticed two
:05:07. > :05:12.men walking towards him. I did not think anything of it. I was only
:05:12. > :05:18.five doors from my house. But as the men approached Robert, they
:05:18. > :05:23.asked him for some money. Mate, give us a fiver. I was like, on
:05:23. > :05:33.your bike. They must have come behind me and elbowed me between
:05:33. > :05:36.
:05:36. > :05:41.the shoulder blades. You see stars. Ban. My nose hit the pavement. My
:05:41. > :05:46.cheeks were all grazed and bleeding. My nose was bleeding. I was knocked
:05:46. > :05:53.unconscious but I felt dazed. I felt them rifling through my
:05:53. > :05:57.pockets. All this for a tenner. are looking for two suspects aged
:05:57. > :06:03.in their early twenties. Both were white. They were of average build
:06:03. > :06:09.wearing dark clothing. I managed to get myself up eventually, pushed
:06:09. > :06:16.myself up with one hand and staggered into the house. My eight
:06:16. > :06:21.arm was really sore and bleeding heavily. It was a hell of a gash. I
:06:21. > :06:26.got some kitchen roll and started mopping the blood off me to stop it
:06:26. > :06:31.from dripping all over the house. He in a state of shock, Robert
:06:31. > :06:36.managed to climb the stairs to get help from his wife, Angela. He said,
:06:36. > :06:42.you have got to help me, I have been attacked. His face was
:06:42. > :06:47.scratched and his glasses were broken and he was shaking. It was
:06:47. > :06:52.my elbow that was helping -- hurting more than anything. Angela
:06:52. > :06:58.cleaned Robert up and they went to bed. After an unsettled night, they
:06:58. > :07:03.went to and E where Robert was told his elbow was broken. -- they went
:07:03. > :07:08.to accident and emergency. If it is a cowardly attack. Robert sustained
:07:08. > :07:12.injuries. All this has been carried out for �10 and Robert stood no
:07:12. > :07:15.chance of defending himself. It has made him a lot more nervous and he
:07:15. > :07:20.has been more quiet. Of it has shaken him up a lot and it shook me
:07:20. > :07:27.up as well. I would not feel safe walking somewhere at night on my
:07:27. > :07:36.own, not now anyway. I do not know if I'll ever get over it. Time will
:07:36. > :07:40.tell, I suppose. As it is now, they have changed my life.
:07:40. > :07:44.Detective Constable Gareth Phillips is investigating. The missing piece
:07:44. > :07:50.of the jigsaw is the taxi-driver, you really need to speak to him?
:07:50. > :07:54.Yes, we are extremely keen to speak to him as they witnessed. He is
:07:54. > :07:59.described as middle-aged, white in colour with a local accent. He has
:07:59. > :08:02.not done anything wrong, has he? That is correct. He may have seen
:08:02. > :08:07.the two suspects on the night and we need to speak to him in regard
:08:07. > :08:11.to that. He picked Robert and his friend up from Penlan Social Club
:08:11. > :08:16.around midnight. You think the taxi driver may have parked up to check
:08:16. > :08:21.his change after dropping him off so describe the taxi to us. Robert
:08:21. > :08:26.describes the taxi as being dark in colour but slightly larger than the
:08:26. > :08:32.usual car. Anyone around the area at that time, we are extremely keen
:08:33. > :08:36.to speak to them as well. If other members of the public have seen
:08:36. > :08:42.anything regarding the taxi or the two suspects, we are keen to speak
:08:42. > :08:47.to them. Howl is Robert now? obviously, it was a serious attack
:08:47. > :08:53.and he sustained serious injuries. It is a rare incident in that area.
:08:53. > :08:57.If anyone knows anything, please contact us. Thank you. If you know
:08:57. > :09:02.anything, the numbers are on the screen.
:09:02. > :09:07.Now time for today's wanted faces. The first one is Kevin Anthony
:09:07. > :09:11.Bates. He is wanted for questioning by offices in North Yorkshire in
:09:11. > :09:14.connection with a series of burglaries at Post Office and
:09:14. > :09:22.convenience stores. He is originally from the Sunderland area
:09:22. > :09:28.but he could be living anywhere in the UK. This is Paul Joseph Cabot.
:09:28. > :09:31.He is wanted in conspiracy to supply a Class A drugs. He speaks
:09:31. > :09:38.with a Liverpudlian accent and is believed to have access to a
:09:38. > :09:42.property in Thailand. 29-year-old Ismail Ismail has been
:09:42. > :09:46.on the run for the last nine years. He is known to have connections to
:09:46. > :09:51.the Leicester area but detectives believe he could be anywhere in the
:09:51. > :09:56.country. The last one today is this guide,
:09:56. > :09:59.Paul Fanon. Detectives in Merseyside want to speak to him. He
:09:59. > :10:05.speaks with a Liverpudlian accent and has connections to the
:10:05. > :10:15.Merseyside, will and Sussex areas. If you recognise any of these
:10:15. > :10:15.
:10:15. > :10:20.wanted faces, give us a call on 0 at 800468999. Or you can text us on
:10:20. > :10:26.63399. Text CW and then a space. If you do not put the space in the
:10:26. > :10:32.message will not get through to us. And you can e-mail us as well. Now
:10:32. > :10:36.back to Nicola. Thank you. As you can see we have
:10:36. > :10:41.gone all CSI here this morning. These guys are from a specialist
:10:41. > :10:44.forensic unit. They are working hard on Dave's footprint. I have
:10:45. > :10:48.been behind the scenes at their laboratory to see that they are
:10:48. > :10:58.making their mark on crime, catching criminals who literally
:10:58. > :10:59.
:10:59. > :11:03.This is the joint scientific investigation unit in Bridgend and
:11:03. > :11:07.we are here to see the cutting-edge work they are doing with shoe
:11:07. > :11:13.prints. Everyone knows that fingerprints and the night I unique
:11:13. > :11:18.but for the last few years, forces in Gwent have been using state-of-
:11:18. > :11:24.the-art technology to identify shoe prints. Suspects not only have
:11:24. > :11:34.their fingerprints and DNA reported -- recorded, but also their shoe
:11:34. > :11:34.
:11:34. > :11:38.prints. We are dressed in crime scene suits and we have our hands
:11:38. > :11:43.and feet covered, why are we dressed like this today? Are we are
:11:43. > :11:50.going to take you through the whole process of a mock seen to follow
:11:50. > :11:54.the path off ace that examination. Every individual walks stiffly and
:11:54. > :11:59.that has an impact on the tread of their shoes. With careful analysis
:11:59. > :12:04.of footprints, the police can match not only the brand of Sue and the
:12:04. > :12:09.size but also who has been wearing it. We are about to get a
:12:09. > :12:14.demonstration. We are in the crime scene. Straight away, what you see?
:12:14. > :12:21.We can see the heavily contaminated marked here. There is a faint mark
:12:21. > :12:25.here which we could use a special machine to enhance. The equipment
:12:25. > :12:32.uses static electricity to lift up even the faintest of marks on to a
:12:32. > :12:36.special metallic seat -- a special metallic sheet. The technology has
:12:36. > :12:40.enabled police to secure convictions. Last year, two men
:12:40. > :12:45.were convicted of murder after they kicked a 26-year-old man to death
:12:45. > :12:50.in a doorway in Swansea. Scientists were able to match a shoe print
:12:50. > :12:57.left at the scene to a print held on at the data base following a
:12:57. > :13:01.previous arrest. This is the electric status lifting operators.
:13:01. > :13:07.You can see it is starting to go onto the floor now. If you gently
:13:07. > :13:14.turn the dial all the way up you can see it start to come through.
:13:14. > :13:20.And with the roller you get the air bubbles and you can see it is
:13:20. > :13:24.sticking out onto the floor. Now lift it up. Then we can analyse
:13:24. > :13:29.this with a lighting source. the metallic sheet will be analysed
:13:29. > :13:34.later but even the shoe print on the floor which is not visible to
:13:34. > :13:41.the naked eye can be seen when Stewart signs her high-intensity
:13:41. > :13:46.light on to it. -- Stewart shrines a high-intensity light on to it.
:13:46. > :13:51.will see if there are any identifiable features.
:13:51. > :13:56.footprint is quite bright. There is a full impression on the floor. You
:13:56. > :14:06.can see the zigzags and also the latter's formation. Now the print
:14:06. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:12.collected on the metallic sheet can You can see that there is a double
:14:12. > :14:18.impression. So we use these features, put them on to the
:14:18. > :14:27.database to see if we can find a match. If you click on to the mains
:14:27. > :14:33.Seoul where for me, please. That looks pretty similar. It has a zig-
:14:33. > :14:39.zagged area in the heel. After the details are entered, the computer
:14:39. > :14:44.narrows down the results. From here, we look at every individual record
:14:44. > :14:49.and see if there is any parallel between the individual mark and the
:14:49. > :14:55.database. It still needs a carefully trained eye to meet the
:14:55. > :15:01.final match. If you go back to the first page, we will see if we have
:15:01. > :15:08.missed anything. You being kind and telling me that I have? I am, yes.
:15:08. > :15:13.This is the same pattern here. That Sue and that logo there indicates
:15:13. > :15:16.that manufacturer. When research is done for real, and a shoe print
:15:16. > :15:21.matches, it can be traced back to the wearer at the time of the
:15:21. > :15:27.previous arrest. More importantly, it can place that person at the
:15:27. > :15:32.scene of a crime. The work we have seen here today really can lead to
:15:32. > :15:38.convictions. From murderers to burglars, this new technology is
:15:38. > :15:41.making a difference in stamping out crime.
:15:41. > :15:47.Members of the forensic team have been kept busy over the past few
:15:47. > :15:54.days following a murder earlier in the week. It was on Tuesday that a
:15:54. > :16:00.20-year-old man was stabbed to death. It happened near Bridgend
:16:00. > :16:06.about 30 minutes from here. Dave Thomas is from the forensic unit.
:16:06. > :16:10.Presumably you have been working around the clock? Yes, indeed. We
:16:10. > :16:15.are fully supported by the Scientific Investigation Unit.
:16:15. > :16:20.you are basically on the scene trying to find tiny clues to lead
:16:20. > :16:25.to the person responsible? Yes, we use the arsenal of forensic
:16:25. > :16:31.evidence to assist in the detection. And time is of the essence in this
:16:31. > :16:35.case? You have to preserve evidence? The biggest challenge to
:16:35. > :16:40.any forensic investigation is the elements, the weather, especially
:16:40. > :16:46.in an outside investigation. Turning back to our mock crime,
:16:46. > :16:50.Nicola has seen that footprints are nearly as important as fingerprints.
:16:50. > :16:55.Footwear comes right behind fingerprints and DNA in terms of
:16:55. > :16:59.value. And you can gather them from all sorts of services including the
:16:59. > :17:06.bonnet of the car. We can see some fingerprints and palm prints. What
:17:06. > :17:11.have they done with this footprint? And they have used a black powder
:17:11. > :17:17.to develop the invisible foot print. They are looking for the individual
:17:17. > :17:22.characteristics within the print. Then we will lift it with a black
:17:22. > :17:28.Jell, and look for the unique characteristic. That is a very
:17:28. > :17:38.clear image. Doesn't always work like that? Sometimes you only get
:17:38. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:44.And a humble slice of bread with the trainer print gave you a clue,
:17:44. > :17:51.didn't it? Yes, the burglar had climbed through a window and
:17:51. > :17:57.stepped on the bread on the worktop. This identified him. He admitted 40
:17:57. > :18:02.other offences. 40 offences cleared up all thanks to one slice of
:18:02. > :18:10.bread! And if we look at this point, you have covered it with a plaster
:18:10. > :18:16.mixture, which is not quite dry yet. Working on live television, we
:18:16. > :18:22.prepared for this. So we did another one earlier. If I put my
:18:22. > :18:29.foot up, you can see that that is my trainer print. So what happens
:18:29. > :18:34.to that? To the naked eye, it is hard to see. We would clean it off
:18:34. > :18:39.and get soil samples. We are looking for the unique
:18:39. > :18:49.characteristics, the small detail, the where Patten that will tell us
:18:49. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:01.exactly who it was. -- read -- the wear pattern. We have a massive
:19:01. > :19:09.database, and we categorise things and code them so that we can find
:19:09. > :19:13.them on the database. We are back later, but it we will be looking at
:19:13. > :19:22.how we can turn a CSI ourselves. Back to Rav.
:19:22. > :19:29.A now, thieves who have a knife or a good painting. Iain Watson is
:19:29. > :19:39.investigating her a theft of a painting. Thieves smashed a window
:19:39. > :19:40.
:19:40. > :19:43.of the Stanley Spencer Gallery in a Cookham. There were a lot of high-
:19:43. > :19:49.value paintings there. Do think they specifically targeted this
:19:49. > :19:54.one? This painting was on display, so it is not clear why they wanted
:19:54. > :19:59.just this one or any others. But they only stole one, which although
:19:59. > :20:03.it wasn't as valuable as others, it is worth a lot. This artist does
:20:03. > :20:07.have some extremely valuable paintings, the most expensive being
:20:07. > :20:11.over �5 million? This painting isn't worth that much,
:20:11. > :20:16.but it is still worth a lot, and it has a great deal of sentimental
:20:16. > :20:20.value to the gallery and the owners of it. Let's go through a few
:20:20. > :20:26.details. It is called Cookham From Englefield, painted in 1948, and
:20:26. > :20:32.there are some details as to why it is called that. It shows the view
:20:32. > :20:36.of the cedar of Lebanon tree from a private garden in Cookham. It was
:20:36. > :20:42.commissioned by the grandfather of the current owners and has been in
:20:42. > :20:47.the family since that time. family who owned this lent it to
:20:47. > :20:51.the gallery, didn't they? It has been on a semi-permanent loan to
:20:51. > :20:58.the gallery, so it is on display for everyone to see - or at least
:20:58. > :21:05.it was. And someone has put up a reward? Yes, the reward for �10,000
:21:05. > :21:10.has been put up by anonymous donors. Any information that leads to the
:21:10. > :21:14.safe recovery of the painting. Hopefully someone will recognise
:21:14. > :21:22.this and have seen it around and can get it back to its rightful
:21:22. > :21:26.owner. If you do have any information, please do get in touch.
:21:26. > :21:33.Or alternatively you can call Crimestoppers on a 0800 555 111.
:21:33. > :21:36.Still to come: We are out with Gwent police on the trail of the
:21:36. > :21:41.scrap metal dealers. And she was dragged down an
:21:41. > :21:46.alleyway in broad daylight. Help us catch the men who did this to a
:21:46. > :21:49.Swansea woman. But before all that, they do say that in this country we
:21:49. > :21:53.have more CCTV cameras than anywhere in the world, so if you
:21:53. > :21:58.are a crook, there is no escaping them.
:21:58. > :22:02.KFC in the London borough of Newham, January this year. This guy had
:22:02. > :22:09.apparently complained about his food, and now he is back, and he is
:22:09. > :22:16.not happy. He jumps on the counter and kicks the tills. He caused �700
:22:16. > :22:21.of damage. Do you know this disgruntled diner? Be a good egg
:22:21. > :22:27.and let us know. March this year, and a private home
:22:27. > :22:31.in Mars grave. A thief wearing a furry hat and glasses takes his
:22:31. > :22:36.chances and enters the kitchen. Next he goes into the living room,
:22:36. > :22:40.puts on a Glover and grabs a handbag next to a lounge chair. He
:22:40. > :22:44.stuffs it in his top. You will notice that the telly is on. Police
:22:44. > :22:48.say his accomplice could have been chatting to the elderly owner at
:22:48. > :22:56.the front door. He checks the coast is clear before leaving. Someone
:22:56. > :23:01.must know him. Next, Richmond in Surrey. Just
:23:01. > :23:05.before Christmas last year and a high street chemist. It seems this
:23:05. > :23:10.man still had some prisons left to get. He goes for an expensive
:23:10. > :23:17.designer gift Set and hides it in his jacket. And another one.
:23:17. > :23:23.Christmas sorted. Police say he nicked �70 worth of goodies. He has
:23:23. > :23:26.distinctive logo on his jacket, so if you know him, name him.
:23:26. > :23:30.Now to our next appeal, and South Wales police need your help to
:23:30. > :23:35.catch a guy who has been exposing himself to a number of women at a
:23:35. > :23:41.bus-stop in Swansea. For obvious reasons, we weren't going to the
:23:41. > :23:46.sordid details, but I am joined by Anthony Evans who is investigating
:23:47. > :23:51.this. He has been approaching lone females at the bus-stop in the
:23:51. > :23:58.Carmarthen Road area of Swansea. have actually got some CCTV
:23:58. > :24:02.pictures, heavily pixilated to hide the identities of people around him.
:24:02. > :24:06.You can see that these pictures were taken before and after one of
:24:06. > :24:11.the January incident. He is wearing a dark jacket and trousers,
:24:11. > :24:16.trainers and a green hooded top. We get a good clear shot of his face
:24:16. > :24:24.as he turns around. All of the women have identified him as the
:24:24. > :24:30.man they saw. Does he say anything? No, he doesn't say anything, he
:24:30. > :24:36.exposes himself and then runs off. We believe he might know the area
:24:36. > :24:40.because all of the incidents are occurring in the same area. And you
:24:40. > :24:46.need to catch this guy before he moves on to something even more
:24:46. > :24:52.serious? Yes, that is of great concern to us. If you know this guy,
:24:52. > :24:56.you know what to do. The number is on the screen. Or you can call
:24:56. > :25:01.Crimestoppers anonymously on an 0800 555 111.
:25:01. > :25:05.Time for a progress report on our appeals. After we showed you a CCTV
:25:05. > :25:09.have someone shoplifting in Hampshire, a woman in her thirties
:25:10. > :25:13.has been arrested and charged with theft. It does work. And we
:25:13. > :25:18.appealed for information on the whereabouts of Lorraine Barnham,
:25:18. > :25:21.wanted in connection with more than 100 offences of fraud and theft.
:25:21. > :25:25.Somebody has contacted us with a promising sighting which police are
:25:25. > :25:29.following up. We will keep you posted. Now, we should all feel
:25:29. > :25:32.safe when we are out and about in broad daylight, but for one Swansea
:25:32. > :25:42.woman, the routine walk to the local shops became a terrible
:25:42. > :25:50.
:25:51. > :25:56.I was petrified. I thought they were going to kill me. It has
:25:56. > :26:01.changed her life for the worse. Thursday 10th May this year, Julie
:26:01. > :26:09.from Swansea had just been to the local supermarket. But she had to
:26:09. > :26:13.go out again to do so more shopping. Julie would have left her home, out
:26:13. > :26:18.of the back garden on to this lane which leads on to Mansel Road. At
:26:18. > :26:24.the end of this brick wall, she would have walked from that Lane on
:26:24. > :26:32.to Mansel Road. Then she would have turned left and gone down to the
:26:32. > :26:37.roundabout. Julie then crossed the main road and past the Colliers
:26:37. > :26:42.Arms towards the railway bridge. She would have walked along this
:26:42. > :26:47.road, under the railway bridge, and then on towards the lane. We
:26:47. > :26:52.believe it was at this point that the use saw her, because she
:26:52. > :27:01.certainly saw two of them. I saw two boys at the bottom of the road.
:27:01. > :27:06.I stopped, but I thought, it is nothing, carry on going. I went
:27:06. > :27:16.further on and looked again, and they had gone. But they were lying
:27:16. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:24.in wait, about to put Julie through a terrifying ordeal. The they
:27:24. > :27:28.grabbed me and slapped me in the face or punched me. They kept on
:27:28. > :27:36.dragging me up the lane, and I'd thought I was going to be raped,
:27:36. > :27:43.petrified. He was pulling on my back, pulled me and I landed on
:27:43. > :27:53.this big log. The boy said, leave your bag or we will keep you in the
:27:53. > :28:02.
:28:02. > :28:08.face. I let my bag go, and do just Initially she didn't know what the
:28:08. > :28:12.motives were, and she was terrified. She tried to scream, but on doing
:28:12. > :28:19.so, the Mail has with some force put his hand across her face, and
:28:19. > :28:25.this caused her nose to bleed. seemed like hours, but it was only
:28:25. > :28:34.about 10 minutes, 15 minutes. Then I just got up and ran to the edge
:28:34. > :28:39.of the lane. They stole her handbag and everything in it. I watch,
:28:39. > :28:45.cards, my purse with �130 in it, photos of my children and
:28:45. > :28:50.grandchildren. It is unusual for the area, and it was a vicious
:28:50. > :28:55.attack. Julie was alone and she was concerned that she was going to be
:28:55. > :29:00.raped. This attackers had a profound impact on Julie's life.
:29:00. > :29:07.Since it happened, she has been too afraid to go out alone. I never
:29:07. > :29:11.thought anything like that would happen. None at all. Never. Just
:29:11. > :29:18.walking, you wouldn't think it would happen to you. I thought oh
:29:18. > :29:23.was going to be raped or killed. I was thinking, what will my children
:29:23. > :29:28.think now they haven't got a mother? I don't know what they
:29:28. > :29:31.would have done. Detective Constable Anthony Jones is the
:29:31. > :29:37.investigating officer on this case. Thank you for joining us this
:29:38. > :29:43.morning. A horrific attack on Julie. Remind us again of the descriptions.
:29:43. > :29:50.Our first suspect is a white man in his early twenties, about 5 ft tall.
:29:50. > :29:54.He is of stocky build, short cropped ginger hair, freckles. He
:29:54. > :30:00.was wearing a white hooded top, blue denim jeans and white training
:30:00. > :30:04.shoes. The only description we have of the second suspect, he was again
:30:04. > :30:09.a white man in his mid-twenties, medium build, short dark hair and
:30:09. > :30:14.was wearing a blue hooded top with stripes on the sleeves, possibly
:30:14. > :30:21.Adidas. What is shocking about this is that it happened in broad
:30:21. > :30:24.daylight. That is pretty reckless behaviour. That is correct. It was
:30:24. > :30:29.a particularly shocking and cowardly attack by two men on a
:30:29. > :30:32.defenceless woman going about her daily business. It happened in
:30:32. > :30:35.broad daylight, and we are desperate to trace the people
:30:35. > :30:42.responsible, and we are looking for anybody with information to contact
:30:42. > :30:47.us. How is duly now? She was extremely distressed, and it is
:30:47. > :30:52.pure luck she didn't suffer more serious injuries. Thank you very
:30:52. > :31:02.much Updating us on that. You have heard the appeal there. Please get
:31:02. > :31:04.
:31:04. > :31:09.When something terrible happens as a result of crime, of course, the
:31:09. > :31:12.victim and their family have to deal with an awful lot of stuff.
:31:12. > :31:16.Sometimes it can be the trigger that drives them to campaign to
:31:17. > :31:22.make changes for the better. That was the case for Michael Brown. His
:31:22. > :31:26.daughter, Clare, was brutally murdered in 2009. It is something I
:31:26. > :31:30.remember well because I covered the story at the time for BBC North
:31:30. > :31:36.West tonight and it was a truly shocking case.
:31:36. > :31:40.Clare Wood was murdered in 2009. She had been strangled and set on
:31:40. > :31:45.fire by her ex-boyfriend George Appleton. The 36-year-old mother
:31:45. > :31:48.from Salford met him on the internet and did not know he had a
:31:48. > :31:52.history of domestic violence. He subjected her to months of abuse
:31:52. > :31:57.and death threats before killing her.
:31:57. > :32:04.We are joined now by Clare's father Michael Brown. Welcome. Tell us
:32:04. > :32:09.about your campaign. My campaign was for as much as my daughter met
:32:09. > :32:14.her end violently, George Appleton had a history of domestic violence
:32:14. > :32:24.and I could not understand why my daughter could not have been warned
:32:24. > :32:25.
:32:25. > :32:28.that he had this. I have campaigned to out domestic violence. If you
:32:28. > :32:31.are in a domestic violence situation, you should be able to
:32:31. > :32:36.ask the police and be told by the police that this man has done this
:32:36. > :32:40.in the past and may possibly do it again in the future. This has been
:32:40. > :32:44.trialled by a few police forces in the UK, how has it gone? I have
:32:45. > :32:50.been in touch with Greater Manchester Police and Gwent Police
:32:50. > :32:52.and I am very heartened by those. It is also being trialled in
:32:52. > :32:56.Wiltshire and Nottinghamshire for a year to see if it makes a
:32:56. > :33:01.difference to the crime figures. The crime figures you mention,
:33:01. > :33:06.there are some shocking statistics. Apparently two people a week are
:33:06. > :33:11.killed by their current or former partner in England and Wales. That
:33:11. > :33:16.is heady stuff. You are saying, if your daughter had known about her
:33:16. > :33:21.partner's violent past, she could still be with us today. Yes, she
:33:21. > :33:24.could have steered clear. It would have empowered her to make an
:33:24. > :33:31.educated decision whether to come or go. I believe she would have
:33:31. > :33:36.gone. Really, you feel that you could save other lives by doing
:33:36. > :33:41.this. If this is rolled out, other people could be saved? Most
:33:41. > :33:46.certainly. A lot of the women in the situation that they are in are
:33:46. > :33:51.screaming for help and not getting it. If this could save just one or
:33:51. > :34:00.two lives, my campaign would have been worth it. You are not going to
:34:00. > :34:06.stop this, are you? No, not -- I am not. I will trumpet it. And by and
:34:06. > :34:10.large it has been positive? Most certainly. Are a must thank the
:34:10. > :34:13.British media, the television and newspapers for the publicity I have
:34:13. > :34:22.had over the last year. It has been really heartening. Thank you for
:34:22. > :34:26.joining us today. Now let's go back to Swansea and Nicola.
:34:26. > :34:31.Just over a year ago, Gwent Police launched a campaign to enforce the
:34:31. > :34:37.rules that no scrapyard should accept metal from anyone without a
:34:37. > :34:43.valid form of ID. Since then, all councils in Gwent have adopted that,
:34:43. > :34:46.no yd, no cash scheme. We followed went police officers to see how
:34:46. > :34:51.they are playing their part in the crackdown.
:34:51. > :34:55.In an attempt to stamp out metal theft, Gwent Police are running
:34:55. > :34:59.Operation Ignite. Teams of officers are supported by several partner
:34:59. > :35:04.agencies, responsible for everything from vehicle safety to
:35:04. > :35:08.Revenue and Customs. Today's operation is targeting those who
:35:08. > :35:11.collect metal door to door and there are teams stationed at
:35:12. > :35:16.several scrapyards across the county. If people bringing it in
:35:16. > :35:22.have got to prove where they picked it up from and where they are
:35:22. > :35:27.taking it too. We stopped them prior to moving into the yard and
:35:27. > :35:31.then we check what they have got on board. Tracking stolen metal can be
:35:31. > :35:37.incredibly difficult so the Operation Ignite team use every
:35:37. > :35:41.tool available to stop suspicious vehicles. En route to the first
:35:41. > :35:45.sight and by chance, Sergeant Simon Clark spots a vehicle laden with
:35:45. > :35:50.scrap-metal. This is all from his unit but he has also said he has
:35:50. > :35:55.had it given to him. What the gentleman is saying is that he has
:35:55. > :36:00.got his own unit at the back of this House and the persons have
:36:00. > :36:05.just dropped this of. But it is a legal requirement for dealers to
:36:05. > :36:08.keep records of where the scrap they are carrying comes from. If
:36:08. > :36:13.they do not it is breaking the law. He should have records showing us
:36:13. > :36:17.where the stuff has come from. This is the type of stuff which is
:36:17. > :36:21.stolen from people's gardens. Although there is not any evidence
:36:21. > :36:26.that this is stolen, the dealer will not be taking a further.
:36:26. > :36:33.knows that he will be reporting for a summons and the metal will be
:36:33. > :36:37.seized. The seized metal is sold on and goes to fund the multi-agency
:36:38. > :36:43.operation. Police have set up four checkpoints in the Caerphilly area
:36:43. > :36:47.and are pulling over any vehicle carrying metal on board. The team
:36:47. > :36:51.have moved on to another checkpoint and on the way, officers stop
:36:51. > :36:55.another scrap metal collector. They are suspicious because of the
:36:55. > :37:00.number of bicycles on the back of the vehicles. You cannot just put
:37:00. > :37:04.10 bikes from an address, that could be anything. You have got to
:37:04. > :37:09.be specific. You have got so much on board today that I do not think
:37:09. > :37:14.you can account for probably. He is not counting for some of the goods
:37:14. > :37:17.on board say he is being reported for failing to keep records. We are
:37:17. > :37:23.going to seize the lead. The traffic officers say he is likely
:37:23. > :37:27.to be overweight. We are going to take him to a Weybridge. If an
:37:27. > :37:31.overweight vehicle can be unstable making it a real danger on the
:37:31. > :37:35.roads. Checks like these are used to make sure vehicles follow the
:37:35. > :37:41.letter of the law. This ban is within its weight limit but the
:37:41. > :37:46.Czechs do not end there -- this a van. Revenue and Customs staff
:37:46. > :37:53.check that the vehicle is not running on an untaxed fuel called a
:37:53. > :37:58.red diesel. They also make sure the van is roadworthy. We have done
:37:59. > :38:04.some checks on the vehicle. It is not roadworthy. People have served
:38:04. > :38:08.a prohibition notice on the vehicle. It basically means it cannot be
:38:08. > :38:12.used on the road until the defects have been put right. But the multi-
:38:12. > :38:18.agency approach to tackle metal theft is not popular with everyone.
:38:18. > :38:21.All we are trying to do is keep the environment clean and tidy. We get
:38:21. > :38:26.stopped for every little thing. I am not blaming the law, they have
:38:26. > :38:31.got to go by the law but I am only trying to make a living. It is
:38:31. > :38:35.idiots out their spoiling it for the rest of us. The it is not just
:38:35. > :38:39.small dealers who fall under the eye of the operation. Everybody has
:38:39. > :38:44.to comply to the same rules. Biscuit firm which owns this
:38:44. > :38:49.vehicle was cautioned as the driver was unable to prove where the goods
:38:49. > :38:55.on board had come from. It has been a successful day for the Operation
:38:55. > :38:59.Ignite team with six loads of scrap seized. Today we stopped in the
:38:59. > :39:04.region of 97 vehicles and persons. We were stopping them if they did
:39:04. > :39:10.not have proper records. We were seizing their loads. We were taking
:39:10. > :39:16.them to local scrapyards and those local scrapyards in turn will send
:39:16. > :39:20.the funds into Gwent Police to help fund the operation in future.
:39:20. > :39:25.Interesting stuff. It goes without saying that the vast majority of
:39:25. > :39:29.scrap dealers are honest people who do stick to the rules. Back to our
:39:29. > :39:35.mock crime scene here in Swansea. I guess the proliferation of CSI
:39:35. > :39:38.drama programmes on TV have turned us into armchair experts. We are
:39:38. > :39:42.not really but there are things you can do to preserve evidence if you
:39:42. > :39:47.stumble across the scene of a crime. Say you get home, worst-case
:39:47. > :39:53.scenario, the place has been turned over, what should you do? One of
:39:53. > :39:56.the key things is the golden hour principle of protect and preserve.
:39:56. > :40:00.That protect the evidence, preserves that for us and when we
:40:00. > :40:04.come to investigate it, we can fully utilise our resources. It the
:40:04. > :40:10.simple thing is shut the doors to the rooms which have been affected
:40:10. > :40:14.and don't think I must tidy this It is the simple things that matter,
:40:14. > :40:19.shutting doors, switching lights off. Those can be the things which
:40:19. > :40:23.are key to the case. He is the evidence is outside, say it is a
:40:23. > :40:27.footprint in the mud like we saw earlier and it is raining, of what
:40:27. > :40:31.can you do to preserve it? We would always that things preserved but
:40:31. > :40:36.sometimes it is not possible. If because of TV programmes awareness
:40:36. > :40:40.has been increased. If there is a footprint on the floor you can put
:40:40. > :40:46.a been laid over it. It is over rather than lying on it because
:40:46. > :40:51.that would destroy it. Absolutely. You might find something as
:40:51. > :41:00.innocent as a drinks bottle. know couplets often leave these
:41:00. > :41:07.things that -- culprits often leave this at crime scenes. There is
:41:07. > :41:12.evidence where they have drunk from it. If you see a cigarette butt and
:41:12. > :41:18.you do not smoke, you must be suspicious. Used a rubber glove to
:41:18. > :41:26.pick it up. It is protect and preserve. That is the key element.
:41:26. > :41:31.If we do that we can maximise the benefit of forensic evidence. If
:41:31. > :41:37.you protect and preserve, battered the way to do it. A-C and -- a
:41:37. > :41:43.cigarette but can be laden with DNA which pinpoints the criminal. After
:41:43. > :41:47.you have done the initial things, leave it to the experts to do the
:41:47. > :41:50.detailed investigation. Some of that information hopefully is
:41:50. > :41:56.useful to you. I will hand you back to Rav.
:41:56. > :42:00.Thank you, I have time to give you a quick update. Some good news to
:42:00. > :42:05.start with. Some potential names for the assault on Robert. The poor
:42:05. > :42:12.fellow who ended up with a broken elbow for no reason. Potential
:42:12. > :42:16.names have been passed forward to officers. We haps Sam -- we have
:42:16. > :42:21.received some potential sightings of his male Ismail, the robber who
:42:21. > :42:27.has been on the run for nine years. Dave and Nicola, what are you up to
:42:27. > :42:32.tomorrow? We are making our way to Mid Wales where we will be looking
:42:32. > :42:37.for your help to catch bank robbers. And we will be taking to the roads
:42:37. > :42:43.of rural Wales to see how police are keeping bikers in check.
:42:43. > :42:48.have kept the weather in check. It is starting to spit a little bit.
:42:48. > :42:55.We have a packed programme tomorrow, make sure you join us. Fingers
:42:55. > :42:59.crossed in Swansea for a nice, dry one. For more details had to our