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Welcome to Tuesday's Crimewatch Roadshow. This morning: He is fake,

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and he is cool. The bogus police officer who targeted an old woman

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in her own home. Can you help track Hello. Welcome to Tuesday's

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Crimewatch Roadshow. We're live and we want your help to crack crime

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again today. You've been getting some great results. Some news we

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just have got in, one of our wanted faces from yesterday was arrested

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last night as a direct result of a call from you. Do keep those calls

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coming. Coming up on the programme today: The search goes on for a

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woman who has been missing for almost nine years. Can you help?

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Going in hard on drugs. We follow a major raid by police in West

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Yorkshire in a push to get drugs off the streets. And conned by a

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fake police officer. We need your help to track down the man who lied

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to a pensioner in order to steal from her. It's the roadshow team's

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fourth week travelling the country investigating crime where you are.

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They're in West Yorkshire and today they've moved down from Leeds to

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Wakefield. At the helm as ever is Dave Guest. Where exactly are you

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today, Dave? Hi, Rav. We're at West Yorkshire Police's brand new

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scientific support unit in Wakefield. Here they're right at

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the cutting edge of forensics. And as well as the scientific work

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going on, they're pretty good at these e-fits, and we'll be setting

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this lot a challenge. How exactly do they put them together? We find

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out later, and we set them a challenge. We'll describe a member

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of the crew to them and see if the e-fit matches. And joining me again

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today is BBC Look North's Nicola Rees. Hello. Later in the programme

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we'll be showing you how you can protect your cars' number plates

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from being stolen. And all you need is something as simple as these

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Thanks Nicola, looks good. Now our first appeal today. Being conned in

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your own home is bad enough, but when the person knocking on your

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front door pretends to be a police officer, it strikes at the very

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heart of the trust we place in the The thing that really hurt made was

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that that man came to my home, a If you can't trust a policeman, who

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can you trust? Five got 50 5pm, and Jean was at home. -- 5:55pm. Jean

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has mobility issues and is not in good health. She is a very

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intelligent lady who knows exactly what happened. These crimes are

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despicable in nature. It is an imprisonable offence to impersonate

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a police officer. I haven't slept very well the night before. I sat

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on the chair and fell asleep. The next thing I knew, there was

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someone knocking at the front door. I had been in a deep sleep, and it

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would me up. I looked out through the curtains at the front, and

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noticed that there was a policeman standing at the front door. Jean

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was worried that the policeman had turned up at her home, so she

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gestured to him to come to the back door. Hello, madam. There have been

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reports of a burglary in the area. He showed me his card. Looking back,

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it looked like a passport. To all intents and purposes, he was a

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policeman. So I said, you had better come in. Letting him in

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wasn't the only mistake she made. The next one would cost hundreds of

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pounds, and destroy her trust in others. I went into the living room,

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sat down in my chair, and he stood in front of me. How have you seen

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anything suspicious? Then he asked me about money. Do you keep any

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money here? I should have been more weight to this, but I said, yes, I

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keep it right here. Elderly people have a tendency to keep money in

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their premises rather than banks. Because of my position that I am in,

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I needed money in the house. would definitely say she is very

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switched on, but with the person purporting to be a police officer,

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she has allowed that travel -- level of trust to occur. Jean was

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led to believe that she was in the presence of a real police officer,

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but the conversation about money was playing on her mind. I didn't

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feel comfortable when he mentioned money. Bells started to ring.

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I am not at all happy about you being here man. I would like you to

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leave. No worries. I asked him to leave. But the bogus policeman

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asked Jean to double-check them windows in her bedroom were locked.

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He asked me to check the bedroom window, so I made my way to the

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back door, and then I thought to, oh, No. So easing his opportunity,

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the intruder grabbed the money and made his getaway. I looked out of

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the front window, and outside of the next bungalow, there was a Ford

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Transit van. I went to check the money, and it had gone. He had seen

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it, followed me out and took the money. Jean realised immediately

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she had been conned, and the man was nothing but a crook. She called

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I tried to understand what makes a person's do so low. It's money. But

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he didn't hurt me physically, but he has heard me emotionally. Jean's

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recollection of the man is vivid, and she has been able to help

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police put together this e-fit of him. She described him with a side

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parting on the left, a smart appearance, athletic build, around

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five feet seven inches tall, and she is confident that this is a

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true likeness of the suspect we are seeking to arrest. I felt as though

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I had been duped and used. I don't feel that just at the moment I can

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trust anybody. And that is a horrible thing to say. What

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happened to Jean was so crawl. She obviously is a feisty lady, but

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this has taken its toll. She is saying that the only bit of

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independence she had is now gone because of what happened. This guy

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was posing as a police officer which in itself is a very serious

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offence? Yes, it carries a minimum sentence of six months in prison,

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and with the these life-savers going as well, this is very serious

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in nature. What help you need from the viewers? We have identified an

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e-fit picture. The police are seeking to identify this person as

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soon as possible. And obviously hear from anybody who may have seen

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him wandering around or seen the white van? Yes. We are linking this

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incident to one that happened about 40 minutes earlier in Allenby Drive

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in Beeston, a few miles from Jean's home. There was an attempted

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distraction by a man dressed as a policeman and an 83-year-old woman

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refused to let the suspect into her home. The incident happened at

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5.15pm. Jean says that this guy held summing up and she thought it

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was a police badge. What does a genuine badge look like? It would

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bear a crest belonging to the force, and identify their role within the

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force. And there would be no problem with you saying, wait on

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the doorstep, I will check it out. Absolutely not. We may not be able

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to get Jean's money back, but with your help, we may be able to The

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numbers are on the screen. And later in the programme we'll be

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finding out how the team here put together the e-fit picture of the

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suspect in this case. Rav. Well, we've got some real faces for you

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to look at now it's time for today's Wanted Faces. And the

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police need your help in tracking them down. First up today is this

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man, Thomas Luke Maughan. He's wanted for questioning by

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detectives in connection with an attack in Staffordshire in which a

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machete was used. It almost severed the arm of the victim. Maughan has

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an Irish accent and is known to have links to Stoke-on-Trent areas

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and also to the travelling community.

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Next today is this man, Ronald Brian Grimes. He was jailed for

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nine years in May 2004 for offences including armed robbery, but was

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released early on licence in April last year. He failed to keep to the

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conditions of that licence and has now been recalled to prison. He has

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a Liverpudlian accent and scarring on his left arm and knee. Grimes

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has tattoos of Chinese symbols on his arms and the name Emma on the

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left side of his chest. Next up is this man, Robin Thomas

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Brough. He's wanted by officers in Hampshire in connection with

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burglary offences and threats to kill. Brough has earrings in both

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ears and over 21 tattoos including the names Jack and Georgina on his

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left arm, a dragon covering the whole of his left arm and side of

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his chest and a bulldog on his chest and both forearms. He has

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connections to Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Oxford and North

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Wales. 50-year-old Vincent Toohey is our

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last Wanted Face today. Detectives from Devon and Cornwall police want

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to speak to him in connection with conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

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He speaks with a Liverpudlian accent and is known to have

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connections in the Merseyside, Dover and Devon and Cornwall areas.

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If you've seen him or any of today's Wanted Faces then please

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get in touch. The number to call is 08000 468 999. Or text us on 63399.

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Text CW, space and then your message. And please, leave the

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space or your message won't get through to us. Or e-mail us at

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Right. Earlier we saw the e-fit drawn up of the bogus police

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officer. The image was put together by the team in this room. Emma

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Rowbottom is what's known as a Facial Imaging Officer, and she put

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together that face. You're going to show us how the system works. Where

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do you start following a crime? get a request through from the

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investigating officer, and we go out to visit the witness, take down

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a description and put it together on the computer. This is the early

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stages, whittling it down. Here we are talking about face shape and

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hair. We would select a hairstyle, and I would show you nine computer-

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generated faces. I would then ask you to choose the nearest base to

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the person you have seen. Bit by bit the computer learns from the

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faces you select, and it should start to look more like the suspect.

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How accurate is it? It can be quite accurate. We have a good example

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here have one that led to the conviction of this man on your

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right. And it is an extraordinary lightness, and this was described

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to you by and 83-year-old man. Well, I have a challenge for you. I will

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describe Dave tu, and you haven't seen him. How far did we get?

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had chosen this particular hairstyle. I simply ask you to

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choose now the one that you think looks most like him. From those

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nine images. I will go with the this middle one,. We'll see how

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you've got on with that e-fit of Dave at the end of the programme.

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We'd better get out skates on here. Back to you, Rav.

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Now, we've already had some results from the the CCTV we've show you in

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this series. Let's see if we can get some more. Take a look at this.

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It is 11pm, December last year, just off Fenchurch Street station

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in London. These five men on a night out, and allegedly had a row

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with a cab driver. The man in the tie it is now arguing with a man

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who is out with his brother. Things get nasty, and both brothers end up

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in a fight with five Against 2. One of the brothers is knocked to the

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floor, and as he gets up, one of the group sticks the beauty in. --

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sticks the boot in. Then the group weighed in. Then they laid into his

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brother. Luckily a passing paramedic came to their aid. Police

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would like to talk to these men, who might hold the vital

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Check out this woman. It is a bank in Surrey, march many year. Using a

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stolen guard and PIN number she manages to bag a cool �4 500. But

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half an hour later, here she is again. In a different branch of the

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same bank. Canli, here she takes out �4 400. That is not enough.

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Next day, she is picked up again, this time she withdraws another

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�4100. All together, that is a massive �13,000. Police would like

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to speak to this brazen fraudster. Give us her name. Lincoln. April

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this year. A man leaves a nightclub, and trails behind this woman, who

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is making her way back home. There she is, walking through the town.

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There he is. In a quiet spot, he makes his move. He runs up behind

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her and launches an attack, grabbing her and putting his hand

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over her mouth. She manages to get away, and runs. Police have tracked

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CCTV back to earlier in the evening and would like to talk to this man,

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in connection with the incident. Know him? Let us know. You know

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what to do if you have spotted anyone or anything on those clips.

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Now let us go back to Nicola in Wakefield. Thank you. Well, police

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here say that tackling the drugs trade is a key priority for them in

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West Yorkshire, I have been out with operation grass lands. That is

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a scheme that asks the local community for information. They

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gather intelligence and use it to track down the dealers. West

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Yorkshire Police are clamping down on drug dealers.. What we are

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looking at is more influential dealers, people that affect

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communities. The villains know what we mean and we want them fob

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The intention is to locate drugs that have been dealt with. Officers

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are briefed a ahead of a major raid which is part of Operation

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Grassland. This operation targets suspected drug dealers, identified

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using information given to the police by members of the public.

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There are more than 20 officers involved, the culmination of months

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of planning. The main drugs we have got down there are cannabis and

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amphetamines, there is nothing to suggest that there won't be any

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other drugs down there, Class A drugs as well. With the briefing

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over it is time to hit the road we are travelling in convoy, today,

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police are targeting houses which are all on the same street.

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Maintaining an element of surprise, the officers hit all the target

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houses at the same time. Police! The teams are in. And so are some

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of their suspects. Evidence gathered before the raid gives them

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grounds to make some immediate arrests for suspected drug deals.

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Rarely are this many houses targeted at the same time on one

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street. Police officers have forced their way into five properties to

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arrest suspected drug dealers, they are carrying out detailed searches

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inside the houses, they are looking for drug, paraphernalia or cash or

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proceeds of crime. A lot of people keep drugs in the bedding. Look

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everywhere, everywhere you can think, that drugs can be concealed.

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With another suspect at home officers try to establish if he can

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be linked to drug dealing. It is not long before they make a

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discoverry In this bedroom what we have found is item that could be

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used to grow cannabis, the occupants agree for us to take the

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items from the property so that is what we will do. This suspect will

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not be arrested. Officers are confident there has been cannabis

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growing here in the past, but just not today. With so many houses to

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search, the sniffer dog is brought in to speed things up. The dog is

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continuing its search. It is having a look round this room to see if it

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can pick up any scents. The dog is now kept still, so it is indicating

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there is possibly something in here. So we have an envelope here, right.

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We have four wraps of tin foil, that looks to be some vegetable

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matter. I suspect that is the cannabis. So that is concealed in

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this envelope. Found by the dog. find from the dog. The the dog has

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done its job. It is satisfying for you today, that it has gone as you

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would have imagined? I am really pleased this morning, very pleased.

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We acted on the information we were given. We came and the main thrust

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of it was to put the fear back on the toes of the criminals, firmly

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on their toes, I feel we have achieved that today. With four

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people under arrest on suspicion of supplying drugs the message from

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the police is that the Wakefield district is a hostile place for

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dealers to do business.. It is about what are the priority, if

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your serious about policing, community problem, put your money

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where your mouth is and demonstrate it. Our communities we don't accept

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deal tong the streets, what we are saying is that is not happening we

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will take you out and go back to communities and tell them. Well, an

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update for you on the people arrested in that film, two have

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since been convicted of drugs related offence, one remains on

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bail, and the other was released without any further action being

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taken. Phil Wright is in charge of Operation Grassland. You are

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relying on local communitying tells you where you think there is drug

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use, how difficult is I it is to persuade them do that. It is for

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nem to remain anonymous. They are going to be frightened sometimes.

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That is the case, yeah. When these guys are put behind bars you can

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seize their ill-gotten gains through the crime row -- recovery

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act. Including their cars that you have put on display. The idea is we

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take their assets off them and we show the public what we have done.

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Showing them what they have done includes putting up posters like

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this. Why do you do that? We show the public that we have been pro

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active, we have recovered stuff and done what we said we would do. We

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sell the vehicles, and the proceeds of crime go back to local

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communitys for community project, such as football teams, or

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something useful in the community, to put it back where it has come

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from. Thank you for that. So the profits of crime going back-in to

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communities, can't be bad. Back to you Rav. Still to come on the

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programme today. Almost nine years ago, a young woman disappeared.

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Police are searching for clues to find out what happened. And the

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fuel thieves driving up the the crime rate. Is your car number

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plate being used by someone else to commit a crime? Now, time for a bit

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of CCTV action, in the last three months five armed robberies have

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taken place in Kidderminster in Worcestershire. Police believe they

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are link and we have footage of some of the incidents. Take a look

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at this. It is 8.30pm on the 5th April this year. This mini market

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is quiet until two men enter. They are about to wreak havoc. One jumps

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over the counter. He opens the the till, then almost drops it it. He

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steels cash and starts grabbing cigarettes by the handful. His

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accomplice, who has been threatened the owner with the machete you can

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see in his hand, targets the alcohol kept behind the counter.

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The brave shop owner confronts one of the men and there is a struggle.

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He manages to grab the weapon, before both offenders make a run

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for it. Kidderminster again, May 1st, at round 8pm. This time, there

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are three offenders. They make their way into a shop. One of them

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is brandishing a meat cleaver. The shop assistants are forced to stand

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behind the counter while the raiders steal cash and boxes of

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siingrerbgts having that weapon waived at them. The robbers exit

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the store with bags and armfuls of loot. A chicken shop early hours of

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the morning on May 12th. Two men enter, but Tay are not here to buy

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food. They are armed with knives and sticks. One of the men

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instructs the staff to kneel on the floor, while his stripey hooded

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mate empties the till. They leave with the night's takings. On June

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2nd, these three hooded gents bundle into a pizza shop. It isn't

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pizza on the menu for them, it is money from the till. One of them

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threatening staff with a knife but a pizza is thrown at them and they

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are chased out of the shop with a mop. And joining me is Detective

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Inspector Dean Jones. You and your team are investigating those, you

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think they are linked. What strikes me if you look at this is how close

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together they have occurred. Yes, within a two month time frame

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between April and June, we have had five offences of a very violent

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nature as you have seen. There are vast similarities between them and

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they are in close proximity, the level of violence, the the knives

:24:37.:24:43.

used, the description, so awful serious robberys in a close knit

:24:43.:24:46.

community. Very close together. What we can see here, this isn't

:24:46.:24:51.

one of the weapons that was used but is very similar to one of the

:24:51.:24:53.

ones. No-one has the right to walk round the streets with something

:24:53.:24:58.

like this, but on every single offence they have been armed,

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haven't they, with knives, a meat cleaver, the level of violence is

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so high. Yes, that is why it is so important that we appeal to your

:25:06.:25:10.

viewer, who have seen that awful seat, to get in touch with us, all

:25:10.:25:14.

these offences round the come on the hill area of Kidderminster so

:25:14.:25:18.

the people in the area, look at those image, look at the facial

:25:18.:25:23.

images you can see, look at that clothing. Some is distinctive. The

:25:23.:25:27.

weapons, these people must be known. They must be talking to each other.

:25:27.:25:31.

We need to know who they are so we can put them behind bars. Some of

:25:31.:25:36.

the images are clear. Take this example here. It is very

:25:36.:25:39.

distinctive what he is wearing, someone surely will recognise these

:25:39.:25:43.

people if nay see the image, and you want names. Absolutely. Any

:25:43.:25:47.

information, of course, we are grateful for, of course we would be

:25:47.:25:51.

delighted to identify them and get their names so we can get them

:25:51.:25:55.

arrested. What is important to point out for that first offence, a

:25:55.:26:01.

general store in Kidderminster, that is before the two very violent

:26:01.:26:06.

offenders entered, they were spoken by a young man, and a young couple,

:26:06.:26:09.

male and female walking together, who wouldn't necessarily understand

:26:09.:26:14.

the significance of what they had observed before they committed the

:26:14.:26:18.

offence. We need to speak to anybody who recognisess the image,

:26:18.:26:22.

the weapons, the clothing. That couple you want them as witness,

:26:22.:26:26.

they could could hold vital information. You want them to tell

:26:26.:26:33.

you what they say. Yes, ow I labour the point. Study the image, the

:26:33.:26:39.

mannerisms, the facial features. help out this will be on the

:26:40.:26:45.

website so it will be on there for people to have another look. If you

:26:45.:26:50.

have any information, then please let us know. Back to Nicola now.

:26:50.:26:54.

Thank you. Now, when someone goes missing for a long time, it can

:26:54.:26:57.

often be a desperate wait for the families to find out what has

:26:57.:27:01.

happened to them. They can worry about whether the person is leading

:27:01.:27:04.

a double life, even maybe if they have committed suicide, or worse

:27:04.:27:08.

still, if they could have been murdered. Well, almost nine years

:27:08.:27:14.

ago in hally fax a young mum disappeared but the case has

:27:14.:27:16.

remained open and officers now are determined to figure out what has

:27:16.:27:23.

happened to her. You think am I going to be the one that solves the

:27:23.:27:28.

case. It is like, it is not possible. The answer does lie in

:27:28.:27:33.

hall far, it lies with the community of Halifax and with those

:27:33.:27:41.

people that knew Lisa and associated with her. Almost nine

:27:41.:27:45.

years after Lisa went missing in Halifax, officers are still

:27:45.:27:48.

determined to find out what happened to her. They want the case

:27:48.:27:58.

solved and her family are desperate for answers. In 2003, Lisa was

:27:58.:28:02.

living rough with her then boyfriend Dale more son. She was 34

:28:02.:28:08.

and the mother of two children who were being cared for by their

:28:08.:28:10.

patternle grandparents. Lisa was leading a tough lifestyle at that

:28:11.:28:14.

time. She was living rough on the streets of Halifax, the normal

:28:14.:28:18.

pattern of movements they would get up here from the tent, go into the

:28:18.:28:21.

town centre, where they would look to get some food or a meal, and

:28:21.:28:26.

sometimes beg for money, or just use the benefits, she lived from

:28:26.:28:30.

day-to-day, she had no regular pattern of movements as such, and

:28:30.:28:34.

she was struggling. But even though times were tufrbgs Lisa kept in

:28:35.:28:41.

close contact with her family, many of whom lived close by in Halifax.

:28:41.:28:45.

She got on with everybody. A dead easy going person. Never wanted to

:28:45.:28:50.

push anyone the wrong way, never had a bad tword say about anybody,

:28:50.:28:58.

really. On or about 14th August 2003, Lisa vanished. Lisa

:28:58.:29:02.

disappeared off the face of the earth. Sping like that doesn't

:29:02.:29:05.

happen. Her boyfriend reported her missing round about the similar

:29:05.:29:09.

time and we speak to a key person who knew Lisa who said 14th was

:29:09.:29:14.

probably the last day she saw her alive. Recently this investigation

:29:14.:29:18.

was given new impetus when detective discovered she used to

:29:18.:29:22.

spend time at the arches under Halifax railway station. A decision

:29:22.:29:28.

was made to launch a new search, with the hi-tech equipment of the

:29:28.:29:32.

ground radar team which can scan for traces of human remains. People

:29:32.:29:37.

have come forward, after all this time, presented the inquiry team

:29:37.:29:47.
:29:47.:30:05.

with things that we thing we can A forensic archaeologist and dogs

:30:05.:30:12.

trained to locate human remains are also involved in the search. They

:30:12.:30:17.

are always open cases until they are solved. Somebody has to take

:30:17.:30:23.

ownership. My team has got this one. That is why we come to work. We

:30:23.:30:28.

have a responsibility to the public. Something like this costs of

:30:28.:30:33.

thousands of pounds to deploy specialist trained search teams.

:30:33.:30:39.

Lisa was a mum, and she was somebody's daughter. If there are

:30:39.:30:43.

any new lines of inquiry to be pursued or that can be pursued, and

:30:44.:30:47.

we feel that certainly the next course of activity we are

:30:47.:30:50.

undertaking here today is more than proportionate in those

:30:50.:30:57.

circumstances. To the team's disappointment, nothing was found.

:30:57.:31:03.

They turned their attention to the canal basin. There is no visibility

:31:03.:31:08.

at all. Everything is done by touch. The fact that the inquiry is nine

:31:09.:31:13.

years old, we are not looking for what you would expect to be a full

:31:13.:31:21.

body. It would be skeletal remains in March. Divers are having to sift

:31:21.:31:31.
:31:31.:31:32.

through the mud. We are having to go through treed debris and silt.

:31:32.:31:37.

All kinds of things down there. we are at the spot where the

:31:37.:31:42.

specialist teams will work. What have the searches brought in?

:31:42.:31:50.

great deal so far. There is a lot of work to be done down here.

:31:50.:31:54.

as the renewed investigation continues, emotions are still raw

:31:54.:32:04.
:32:04.:32:08.

for Lisa's family. There is nothing Lisa's Marmot died not known what

:32:08.:32:15.

had happened to her daughter. was really close to her mum. She

:32:15.:32:24.

just wanted some closure. Looking at all the factors involved in this

:32:24.:32:30.

investigation, the answer lies in Halifax without a doubt, and

:32:30.:32:34.

hopefully we will continue to look for Lisa and find out what happened.

:32:34.:32:40.

If anything, it is getting worse. Every time I go to Halifax,

:32:40.:32:46.

everybody I know asks me about her. I have been saying I don't know for

:32:46.:32:56.
:32:56.:32:59.

And de-ice Steve snow is the officer leading this section of the

:32:59.:33:06.

investigation. We have seen how stressful the last nine years have

:33:06.:33:10.

been. We have carried out some extensive searches and forensic

:33:10.:33:15.

search is a certain areas of Halifax. We are still continuing to

:33:15.:33:20.

look for Lisa. You are hoping that this national appeal might bring

:33:20.:33:27.

new information, because there have been Regional Appeals? Yes, I

:33:27.:33:30.

believe the answer lies of somebody who may have lived in Halifax at

:33:30.:33:36.

the time and has now moved on. I need to know something about where

:33:36.:33:40.

she may be now or what may have happened to her. We have to accept

:33:40.:33:45.

the fact that she could be dead, and we need to find some closure.

:33:45.:33:50.

It is vitally important. We have seen her brother there, and the

:33:50.:33:56.

family cannot move on. The family need closure. If you have got any

:33:56.:34:02.

information that might help, the numbers are on the screen. You can

:34:02.:34:10.

also call Crimestoppers anonymously If you have ever had your vehicle

:34:10.:34:16.

number plates stolen, you know what a hassle it is to sort it out. If

:34:16.:34:24.

you stop to think that the criminals use -- who stalk your

:34:24.:34:27.

plates may be using them to commit crime. And it is highly likely that

:34:28.:34:33.

they could be stealing petrol. Number plate theft is on the

:34:33.:34:39.

increase. Every day of the week we find number plates. People can

:34:39.:34:43.

steal number plates for all sorts of criminality. People are out

:34:43.:34:49.

there stealing numberplates. We are set up for catching you.

:34:49.:34:51.

Numberplate theft is a growing crime in West Yorkshire, and

:34:51.:34:55.

although it may seem a trivial crime, it is part of a much bigger

:34:55.:35:02.

problem. We began to see an increase in the amount of a number

:35:02.:35:06.

plates stolen from motor vehicles, and we realised that they were then

:35:06.:35:12.

being used what we call may cough without payment offences at petrol

:35:12.:35:18.

stations. This man was caught red- handed on CCTV, and later received

:35:18.:35:25.

a police caution. Police believe that one of the reasons there has

:35:25.:35:29.

been a rising number plate thefts is the record high in fuel prices.

:35:29.:35:34.

This has led to filling stations being plagued by thieves who fill

:35:34.:35:38.

their vehicles fitted with false plates and leave without paying.

:35:38.:35:42.

This man was caught on camera stealing fuel from a petrol station

:35:42.:35:46.

in Keighley. But because the number plate on his vehicle had been

:35:46.:35:49.

stolen from another car, police have not been able to track him

:35:49.:35:55.

down. However, there is one unlikely place that people have

:35:55.:36:01.

found evidence to help them identify the criminals responsible.

:36:01.:36:05.

Roadside drains. Criminals who don't want to be caught simply

:36:05.:36:13.

ditch them. We are in Bradford, and we are here to check the gullies

:36:13.:36:23.
:36:23.:36:24.

for any stolen property, possibly numberplates. It is a secluded spot

:36:24.:36:29.

where people have got time to dispatch things down drains.

:36:30.:36:35.

you'd be surprised at what they find. We have found it knives,

:36:35.:36:40.

drugs, chairs. Everything but the kitchen sink. Every week we find

:36:40.:36:46.

numberplates. Sometimes bundled together. And the team can be

:36:46.:36:51.

focused about their search areas, as certain streets are hotspots

:36:51.:36:55.

than dumping plates. We are about five minutes from the closest

:36:55.:37:02.

petrol station. If you are looking at motor vehicles that hold 100

:37:02.:37:06.

litres of fuel, you are looking at a lot of money to fill them, and a

:37:06.:37:13.

petrol station is losing that when it is being taken. We have not had

:37:13.:37:20.

any joy here. We found this set in Allerton this morning, about 9

:37:20.:37:25.

o'clock. We're expecting to find some more. I will take those and

:37:25.:37:30.

get them sorted. A huge 30% of all thefts from motor vehicles in

:37:31.:37:38.

Bradford this year when numberplate thefts. It has been -- become a

:37:38.:37:42.

priority for neighbourhood police teams, who are offering mode --

:37:43.:37:50.

motorists a simple solution. Anti- theft number plates cruise.

:37:50.:37:54.

replace the screw with a bolt that will make the number plate secure.

:37:54.:37:58.

The only way to get the number plate of is to repeat. If the

:37:58.:38:07.

number plate is broken, it cannot be used and another car. I don't

:38:07.:38:10.

want stolen number plates, and then somebody knocking on my daughter

:38:10.:38:14.

said that my car was involved in a crime. It stops them cloning your

:38:14.:38:20.

car. I think I feel more secure. This district has already seen a

:38:20.:38:25.

drop in numberplate thefts, but the police are certainly not complacent.

:38:25.:38:28.

If you think you can come to Bradford, steel numberplates and

:38:29.:38:32.

use them in criminality, we have systems and processes set up, and

:38:32.:38:38.

we will catch you. Well, last year the number of

:38:38.:38:42.

people deliberately driving away without paying for their fuel

:38:42.:38:47.

actually cost petrol stations �16 million, and you can solve the

:38:47.:38:51.

problem with these simple screws. Cheap to buy and easily available,

:38:51.:38:58.

and it stops the thieves from getting hold of your number plates.

:38:58.:39:03.

As we saw in the film, the number plates themselves can yield

:39:03.:39:12.

evidence. It is down to people like John to collect the evidence.

:39:12.:39:19.

people wear gloves, we can still get fingerprints. We can test Rees

:39:19.:39:26.

using powder. Let's have a look at this number plate. It looks plain.

:39:26.:39:36.
:39:36.:39:36.

We take some powder on a brush, and gently... And as if by magic, there

:39:36.:39:42.

are no fingerprints. We lift them with the this tape. It is heavy

:39:42.:39:50.

duty. You place it on carefully, so that you don't get any bubbles. And

:39:50.:39:57.

then lift that off. Can we see that on-camera? We have

:39:57.:40:01.

got the fingerprints there. So those are put on an evidence card

:40:01.:40:07.

to be checked against the database. And yes, we pass those to the

:40:07.:40:12.

bureau and they can be checked. And you have a little technique to

:40:12.:40:22.
:40:22.:40:24.

show us over here. We have got a set-up with adhesive pads. A lot of

:40:24.:40:27.

people who still numberplates will stick them on to an existing number

:40:27.:40:36.

plate with adhesive pads, and we can get some fingerprints off here.

:40:36.:40:46.
:40:46.:40:46.

This is messy but straightforward. It is more like a liquid. It is

:40:46.:40:51.

just a matter of applying it to the surface, rinsing off, and as it

:40:51.:41:00.

rinses away, there are other fingerprints appearing. Amazing.

:41:00.:41:08.

And then what? We leave them to drive. You cannot lift them off

:41:08.:41:11.

with tape because of the adhesive surface, but we can lift them

:41:11.:41:17.

electronically. Thank you very much, John. If you are tempted to Nick

:41:17.:41:21.

number plates, they will gather evidence against you. Nicola, how

:41:21.:41:27.

are we doing with this e-fit? The results are in, and this is

:41:27.:41:34.

today's prime suspect. I think that is a remarkable likeness.

:41:34.:41:37.

It is probably me on a fairly rough day.

:41:37.:41:40.

If I think she has taken years of you!

:41:40.:41:45.

I have had my fingerprints taken, I have had my footprints taken, I

:41:45.:41:50.

have had my face put on a poster saying am a shoplifter. Crimewatch

:41:50.:41:55.

Roadshow executives, you will be hearing from my lawyer's!

:41:55.:42:00.

Does time to give you a very quick update. The bogus policeman story

:42:00.:42:04.

we showed you earlier who stole �700 from a pensioner near Leeds,

:42:04.:42:07.

we have done some good sending information including a potential

:42:07.:42:12.

name. A lot of you have been so touched by this story, you have

:42:12.:42:17.

kindly offered money to Jean so that she gets her money back. Dave,

:42:17.:42:22.

what are you up to tomorrow? We are moving on, going to South

:42:22.:42:27.

Yorkshire, a new county, new police force. We are going to the city to

:42:27.:42:30.

made its name with steel to find out more about the problem of metal

:42:30.:42:33.

theft. We are going to Sheffield railway

:42:33.:42:37.

station and talking to passengers there about the impact that metal

:42:37.:42:39.

theft has on them. And we are looking at how they are

:42:39.:42:42.

catching up with those metal thieves.

:42:42.:42:50.

See you both tomorrow. Remember, are wanted faces and the CCTV clips

:42:50.:42:53.

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