:00:11. > :00:21.This morning on Crimewatch Roadshow. Knocked out. Do you know the man
:00:21. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:44.who left his victim with a broken Hello and welcome to Wednesday's
:00:44. > :00:47.Crimewatch Roadshow. Just three days left, for you to help police
:00:47. > :00:55.fight back against crime. Your calls really do make a difference,
:00:55. > :01:03.so keep watching. Coming up. Can you help identify the thug in the
:01:03. > :01:07.white hat, who attacked a man for his mobile phone. Getting heavy
:01:07. > :01:15.over metal. We are with the police cracking down on the multi-million
:01:15. > :01:18.pound trade in stolen metal. And the Doncaster DJ left so badly
:01:18. > :01:23.injured in an attack that his children were frightened to look at
:01:23. > :01:26.him. The rest of the Crimewatch Roadshow team are out on the road.
:01:26. > :01:30.They are covering every day crime that matters where you are. Today,
:01:30. > :01:36.they have moved to South Yorkshire and to Sheffield, and they are at
:01:36. > :01:41.the city's train station and Dave is at the 1918 to Leeds I can see
:01:41. > :01:45.in the background? Morning. Where ever the trains are heading we will
:01:45. > :01:51.stay put for the next 45 minutes. We are at the tail end of the rub
:01:51. > :01:54.hour which has run smoothly however, as we all I know metal thefts have
:01:54. > :01:59.caused disruption to tens of thousands of rail travellers, later
:01:59. > :02:04.in the programme we will be looking at what is being done to counter
:02:04. > :02:09.those. Also this morning I am join on the road by Nicola Rees: Good
:02:09. > :02:12.morning. It is not just a problem on the railways, theft of metal
:02:12. > :02:17.manhole covers is becoming so prolific they are being replaced
:02:17. > :02:21.with plastic ones like these. Interesting. Right. Let us get
:02:21. > :02:31.under way with this. It is a shocking attack on a man outside a
:02:31. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:39.Fight Club in Doncaster. And here is what happened. -- nightclub..
:02:39. > :02:48.my on the side of the jaw. That is as much as I remember. Taff I was
:02:48. > :02:53.done. The worst thing was my children not wanting to come near
:02:53. > :02:57.daddy. That hurt more than any punch. That really hurt. Doncaster
:02:57. > :03:04.town centre, it is the early hours of the morning on Sunday 19th June.
:03:04. > :03:08.Just over a year ago. Dean had been doing the job he loves. DJing and
:03:08. > :03:14.hosting a club night at which his brother had been a guest. At the
:03:14. > :03:19.end of the night, deens brother was ready to go home. I had been at
:03:19. > :03:23.work at the nightclub where I am a DJ, stroke manager, I had gone to
:03:23. > :03:30.walk my brother outside, end of the night, we had been cleaning up. I
:03:30. > :03:35.had gone to take him to the taxi rank. I got to the door and he said
:03:35. > :03:41."I'll be fine." This CCTV shows a cab pulling up. The driver told
:03:41. > :03:46.police the occupants wanted to use a cash machine. Stop here I need to
:03:46. > :03:51.get cash out. They asked to be taken to Rossington, which is quite
:03:51. > :03:56.a localised part of Doncaster, that is located out near the airport.
:03:56. > :04:01.Believing the the cab was free, Dean's brother tried to get in.
:04:01. > :04:09.There has been a misunderstanding at that point, that the taxi is
:04:09. > :04:13.available, and that is then led to a verbal altercation. The situation
:04:13. > :04:18.rapidly escalated. At that point one of the lads jump out. He punch
:04:18. > :04:23.mid brother. Dean came out of the club to check on his brother, and
:04:23. > :04:32.saw the fight. He rushed to try and break it up, banging on the windows
:04:32. > :04:37.to alert people inside the club. tried to jump in the middle of them
:04:37. > :04:44.and basically did just that. As he intervened the driver pulled away.
:04:44. > :04:52.A second man then jumped out of the cab, and ran towards the group. And
:04:52. > :04:56.through a vicious punch. At that point, I lost consciousness. It has
:04:56. > :05:01.been struck to the right side of his face very hard, from a male who
:05:01. > :05:05.has taken a run up, and then punched him while he has not been
:05:05. > :05:11.looking so, he is unguarded and he has suffered a basically a clean
:05:11. > :05:16.break to the right side of his jaw. He has been knocked out at that
:05:16. > :05:20.point. The nightmare continued as the man attacked his brother,
:05:20. > :05:27.knocking -- knocking him out too. couple of minutes later my brother
:05:27. > :05:31.was laid down, I knelt over him, and at that point, the worst bit
:05:32. > :05:37.for me, at that point, I, there was no movement from him. He had lost a
:05:37. > :05:43.bit of blood out the back of his head. All I could think was how do
:05:43. > :05:48.I tell my mum, how do I tell the children, I thought he was dead.
:05:48. > :05:52.His injuries wer only superficial and he soon recovered. Dean,
:05:52. > :05:58.however, had fractured his jaw and needed hospital treatment. He is
:05:58. > :06:03.still suffering from the effects of the attack. Worst thing for me, was
:06:03. > :06:09.the following morning, when my children saw my face. Looked at me
:06:09. > :06:14.and said "Mummy, why does daddy look like a monster?" they did want
:06:15. > :06:20.to be near me, that hurt me more. I could only think why would somebody
:06:20. > :06:24.do this to anybody. I have never hurt anybody in my life. All I try
:06:24. > :06:29.to do is make people laugh. For somebody to do that to me, it is
:06:29. > :06:35.out of order. This is not somebody who has got involved in a fight and
:06:35. > :06:45.come off second best. This is somebody has been assaulted for no
:06:45. > :06:45.
:06:45. > :06:50.good reason. That was a very nasty attack. I am joined by Paul
:06:50. > :06:54.Dickenson. It was a busy street even though it is four clock lots
:06:54. > :06:57.of people saw it. Yes silver street in Doncaster, it is four clock in
:06:57. > :07:00.the morning, June 2011. It would have been getting light and there
:07:00. > :07:04.would have been people round at this time. So anybody who saw this
:07:04. > :07:08.you need them to come forward. It is June last years you have to get
:07:08. > :07:13.it cleared up. Yes, there have been people who saw what happened,
:07:13. > :07:18.people who know what happened. taxi driver has come forward who
:07:18. > :07:22.has been able to give you useful information. Yes, he told us that
:07:22. > :07:27.the taxi that he was driving had been asked to be taken to
:07:27. > :07:31.Rossington, it is a distinct area between Doncaster and boar tree, it
:07:31. > :07:35.stands on its own. You believe the five young men who got into that
:07:35. > :07:38.cabin colluded the one who carried out this attack. We do, yes.
:07:38. > :07:42.Rossington is a small village, a small place, there is a good
:07:42. > :07:46.possibility this guy is going to have spoken to people about what he
:07:46. > :07:51.did. Yes, we have seen the description of him, a white male,
:07:51. > :07:56.in his early 20s, an athletic lad. He will have been out the next
:07:56. > :08:00.night, in his own village no doubt bragging about the fact he has
:08:00. > :08:03.knocked two people out. Not a thing for most to brag about. But he may
:08:03. > :08:08.have done that. Thank you. You have seen the the story, you know what
:08:08. > :08:11.happened, if you know this guy, please come forward now, he has to
:08:11. > :08:16.be turned in before something like this happens again. The numbers are
:08:17. > :08:22.on the screen. Thank you. Time now for today's wanted faces, can you
:08:22. > :08:25.help the police find out where they R first up is this man, Simon
:08:25. > :08:28.Ronald Kinney. Detectives have Devon and Cornwall Police want to
:08:28. > :08:33.speak to him in connection with conspiracy to supply Class A drug,
:08:33. > :08:37.he has a scar on the top of his right leg and is believed to be
:08:37. > :08:41.station at bed-and-breakfast accommodation. Next, is this man,
:08:41. > :08:45.Amro Mohamed Khalil, he failed to appear on court charges of indecent
:08:45. > :08:50.assault back in September 2004 and hasn't been seen since. He wears
:08:50. > :08:53.glasses and usually has a black moustache he has connections to the
:08:53. > :08:58.Blackpool area but could be anywhere. Let us know if you have
:08:58. > :09:02.seen him. Detectives in South Wales want your help to find this man
:09:02. > :09:06.Daniel Michael Colin, he was sentenced to ore four years for
:09:06. > :09:09.offences of conspiracy to defraud and released from prison early. He
:09:09. > :09:13.breached the conditions and is being recalled to prison. He has
:09:13. > :09:20.connections to the Hampshire and Cardiff area, and has a Welsh
:09:20. > :09:25.accent. This man Paul Anthony Alban, is our last wanted face today.
:09:25. > :09:29.Detectives many Merseyside want to interview him in connection with an
:09:29. > :09:34.aggravated burglary in which a knife was produced. He is said to
:09:34. > :09:44.have bad skin. If you recognise him or any of the wanted faces please
:09:44. > :09:49.
:09:49. > :09:55.get in touch. The numbers are on the screen. You can email us. Let
:09:55. > :09:57.us go back to Nicola. Thank you Rav. For the next three days we will be
:09:57. > :10:00.working with the South Yorkshire Police force, of course today we
:10:00. > :10:05.are in Sheffield, that is the only city in the patch, but it is an
:10:06. > :10:08.area that stretches far and wide, from the rural Peak Districts to
:10:08. > :10:13.the urban tonnes of Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster. Let us look
:10:13. > :10:21.at some of the work the police do here. For South Yorkshire Police it
:10:21. > :10:25.is all about keeping the community safe. I am very fortunate to have
:10:25. > :10:30.some smashing staff, who just love going out there and locking up the
:10:30. > :10:35.criminals. Like many forces, South Yorkshire faces a big challenge,
:10:35. > :10:40.one of the ways they are trying to cope with reduced budgets is to
:10:40. > :10:45.give new powers to Police Community Support Officers. PCSOs aren't paid
:10:45. > :10:48.as much, and they aren't usually involved with front line policing.
:10:48. > :10:53.But in South Yorkshire it could be they are about to see more of the
:10:53. > :10:58.action. Their role will be shared with the police officers in terms
:10:58. > :11:03.of delivering a local service. I don't see them taking over from the
:11:03. > :11:07.constable, I do see it very much as a team activity and something where
:11:07. > :11:11.they can complement each other. force believes in taking the
:11:11. > :11:17.community strategy direct to the people. This afternoon, we are
:11:17. > :11:19.going to tackle issues would burglary. At this centre in
:11:19. > :11:23.Rotherham pensioners are taught through role-play how to protect
:11:23. > :11:27.themselves against the growing me a nas of doorstep crime. You have
:11:27. > :11:31.seen us working up the road. We have a problem with the drains.
:11:31. > :11:37.South Yorkshire is all about modern networking, too, they didn't see
:11:37. > :11:41.any of last summer's riots and they partly put that down to the use of
:11:41. > :11:45.social media. The South Yorkshire force has brought itself right into
:11:45. > :11:51.the 21st century, in fact they use smartphones and Twitter to keep in
:11:51. > :11:56.touch with the public. This is the force's Twitterfeed. 10,000 new
:11:56. > :11:58.followers were added to its twitter accounts following the riots.
:11:58. > :12:03.kept up-to-date with current issue what the teams have been up to, so
:12:03. > :12:09.it is a good way of feeding back to members of the public what we are
:12:09. > :12:14.doing. With a major city and three large towns, vast rural areas and a
:12:14. > :12:19.population of 1.3 million, the force faces major challenges, which,
:12:19. > :12:23.they say, they are rising to. Fb Given some financial constraints
:12:23. > :12:29.there are real channels there, but I think we are up for it, and I
:12:29. > :12:35.think we can do it. -- real challenges there. Well, there is
:12:35. > :12:38.another police force that is kept busy here, that is the British
:12:38. > :12:42.Transport Police. One of the big challenges they face is combating
:12:42. > :12:52.metal theft. Not only does it cause disruption to services it has cost
:12:52. > :12:55.the industry about �43 million, over the past three year, Mick Daus
:12:55. > :12:59.is from the British Transport Police. You must have seen it all?
:12:59. > :13:02.Yes, seen since my time on the cable team, I have seen the
:13:02. > :13:07.detrimental effect those involves in stealing cable from the railway
:13:07. > :13:12.has on the network. It is cables we are talking about, that they are
:13:12. > :13:17.targeting. Yes. In taking this they are putting themselves at risk.
:13:17. > :13:21.they are not trained to be on the rail way there are is 650 volts
:13:21. > :13:26.going through some of them. It is dangerous. They don't know whether
:13:26. > :13:32.it has electricity going through it north. No, that is the dangers they
:13:32. > :13:37.are putting themselves in. talked briefly about the delay, how
:13:37. > :13:43.widespread are they? We have had, the Network Rail have had terrible
:13:43. > :13:48.problems dealing with the delays, once the the cable has been cut the
:13:48. > :13:54.trains can't run through certain sections. So what are you cog about
:13:54. > :13:57.this? I work as part of three teams on the North East area, one in Dahl
:13:57. > :14:02.torpbgs one in Doncaster and within in Leeds, we are here to deal with
:14:02. > :14:08.those involved in the cable theft and the issues related to that.
:14:08. > :14:11.can't patrol all the miles of track yourself, you rely on people
:14:11. > :14:18.reporting something suspicious to you. Yes, persons, if members of
:14:18. > :14:22.the public see the persons involved are, burning cable, or see people
:14:22. > :14:28.acting suspiciously to give us a call and we will deal with that.
:14:28. > :14:33.You would rather have a false alarm, than people say I will leave it.
:14:33. > :14:39.Absolutely, our job is to respond to any call, if it is innocent we
:14:39. > :14:42.can deal with that. Thank you. So, problem of metal theft causing
:14:42. > :14:52.major delays costing a fortune Burke the railways aren't the only
:14:52. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:02.ones suffering from this. Churches The value of scrap metal has
:15:02. > :15:08.rocketed. As a result, 300 tons of it is being stolen across the UK
:15:08. > :15:13.every week. South Yorkshire's links with the steel industry means that
:15:13. > :15:16.places like Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham have always
:15:16. > :15:21.had more than their fair share of scrap-metal yards, but it also
:15:21. > :15:25.means the county has become a hotbed for metal thieves. To try to
:15:25. > :15:32.hold this epidemic, South Yorkshire launched a voluntary scheme in
:15:32. > :15:40.April as part of the nationwide operation Tornado. Reputable yards
:15:40. > :15:46.now require photo ID before they are able to buy any scrapper. What
:15:46. > :15:49.is Operation Tornado? It is part of a national operation that looks at
:15:49. > :15:52.the requirement to produce identification at the point of sale.
:15:52. > :15:57.On the Weybridge now you will see that there is a vehicle presumably
:15:58. > :16:01.about to sell metal. If you look at the sign, when somebody now sells
:16:02. > :16:08.Mable, they have to produce identification, either a passport,
:16:08. > :16:11.driving licence, and supported by a utility bill. How much of the
:16:11. > :16:18.difference does this make? We think it is making a tremendous
:16:18. > :16:21.difference. It means that the criminals are put off selling metal
:16:21. > :16:25.at legitimate dealers. These yards are regularly checked by the police
:16:25. > :16:31.and that keeps them on their toes. They realise that they need to
:16:31. > :16:37.comply with the law. Otherwise, they get more regular visits by the
:16:37. > :16:42.police. Many of the utility and railway companies are targets of
:16:42. > :16:47.metal thieves. In these clips from Yorkshire Water, it is suspected
:16:47. > :16:52.that this digger was still then to be broken up for scrap. -- was
:16:52. > :17:00.stolen. And this British Transport police footage shows a cable fee
:17:00. > :17:05.former railway. -- cable FIFA or on the railway. Metal that has become
:17:05. > :17:09.such a priority that as soon as an ally in -- an alarm is sounded,
:17:09. > :17:16.helicopters are scrambled. Using thermal imaging, they assist
:17:16. > :17:21.officers on the ground to locate stress Busters. South Yorkshire is
:17:21. > :17:30.investing heavily in catching the metal thieves. Every night, a
:17:30. > :17:35.specialist team is sent out to patrol known crime zones. We are
:17:35. > :17:42.conducting patrols because of a recent spate of cable thefts. We
:17:42. > :17:48.are looking for any offenders. It is a big problem for the police in
:17:48. > :17:53.South Yorkshire and across the country. It is the early hours and
:17:53. > :17:57.the officers stop a flatbed truck. It is out so late it has aroused
:17:57. > :18:01.suspicion, but on this occasion there was no illicit metal being
:18:01. > :18:06.carried on board. We have seen this vehicle pass us on the opposite
:18:07. > :18:11.direction. It has a trailer and it is a typical vehicle used by
:18:11. > :18:17.offenders. On this occasion, it turns out that it is completely
:18:17. > :18:20.innocent. Later in the programme, we will be in the London borough of
:18:20. > :18:28.Newham or a joint police and council crackdown on traders who
:18:28. > :18:32.could be breaking the rules. You saw him in that report, Bill
:18:32. > :18:36.Hotchkiss is in charge of tackling scrap-metal theft in South
:18:36. > :18:44.Yorkshire. We have spoken about the voluntary theme of a law will get
:18:44. > :18:47.tougher? Yes. It is going to change in October. The cash-based nature
:18:47. > :18:52.of the industry will be removed. Anyone wanting to sell natal won
:18:52. > :18:58.the to be paid by cheque or electronic transfer. -- sell metal
:18:58. > :19:03.will need to be paid. So that is creating a paper trail? Yes. It
:19:03. > :19:08.allows us to support everything we have done, to trace the transaction,
:19:08. > :19:15.and it allows us to remove the cash-based nature of the industry
:19:16. > :19:20.which is an obvious attraction to criminals. Do you believe it will
:19:20. > :19:25.make it easier to catch these crooks? They are notorious, bending
:19:25. > :19:28.the rules, getting round the regulations. They are good at
:19:28. > :19:33.bending the rules but we have our own investigation techniques which
:19:33. > :19:38.we can amend accordingly. Our strategies will change accordingly.
:19:38. > :19:43.The very fact that the cash-based nature has been removed creates a
:19:43. > :19:47.paper trail for us in terms of the cash transfer. It seemed as -- it
:19:47. > :19:51.is seen as low level theft and it is difficult to prove. It is.
:19:51. > :19:56.People believe it is low level fat because of the value of the metal.
:19:56. > :20:03.Anyone who takes a length of cable that may or may be meant for -- and
:20:03. > :20:07.may only be worth �30, it may have had a massive impact. It could
:20:08. > :20:12.cause delays and damage and repair costs. We present that evidence to
:20:12. > :20:15.the court and by preventing the evidence in the way that we do, but
:20:15. > :20:20.allows the court to have a better picture of the impact of the crimes
:20:20. > :20:27.of that anyone found guilty can be sentenced accordingly. Back to the
:20:27. > :20:30.studio. Still to come: The unwelcome house
:20:30. > :20:36.guests. Do you know this pair who strips
:20:36. > :20:42.this Rotherham House? -- stripped. And a pilot scheme enforcing
:20:42. > :20:49.regulations on metal dealers. think we can go on now. Before that,
:20:50. > :20:53.keep your eyes peeled for our first lot of crooks cough on CCTV. --
:20:54. > :20:58.caught on CCTV. A garage in South Wales, Caerphilly,
:20:58. > :21:04.South -- March this year. Two men arrived to put fuel in their car.
:21:04. > :21:07.The guy in the cannot fly shorts does not blend in. He fills of the
:21:07. > :21:15.car with �66 of petrol but he is not paying for it like the rest of
:21:15. > :21:21.us. They just drive away. The registration plates are false so we
:21:21. > :21:30.need names for this pair of petrol will for us.
:21:30. > :21:33.-- pilfers. Cambridgeshire, September last year. This man
:21:33. > :21:38.wonders will local library. Some car keys have been reported missing.
:21:38. > :21:41.The camera picks him up walking down the street. Watch the car as
:21:41. > :21:47.the indicator lights flash on. That has caught his interest. He gets in
:21:47. > :21:52.the car and drives off. Later, the keys and the car were reported
:21:52. > :21:59.stolen by a disabled woman. Get the motor running on this case, by
:21:59. > :22:06.naming this man. Eight do-it-yourself store in
:22:06. > :22:11.Londonderry. Last year. October. This man has chosen a drill worth
:22:11. > :22:16.�200. Even though staff challenge him, he still walks out with the
:22:16. > :22:23.loot. He ends up dumping the droll, but police still want to talk to
:22:23. > :22:26.them. -- drill. If you know his name, tell us who he is.
:22:26. > :22:32.If you recognise anyone there or know anything about these incidents,
:22:32. > :22:38.you will know what to do. Give us a call. Dave has some interesting
:22:38. > :22:43.CCTV footage. Yes, we have indeed. All the way
:22:43. > :22:48.through the morning we have been talking about metal theft. We have
:22:48. > :22:53.CCTV pictures of an extreme example. They were captured as two men broke
:22:53. > :22:56.into a house in Rotherham. As they enter the property, the two scope
:22:56. > :23:02.out the joint and work out a plan of action before getting down to
:23:02. > :23:09.the job in hand. They take the radiators off walls before carrying
:23:09. > :23:13.them to the kitchen and stacking them up. Systematically, they go
:23:13. > :23:17.through the house, stripping the radiators from every room. It looks
:23:17. > :23:20.like they think they have got enough. It is time to get the
:23:20. > :23:26.looked out of the house. One of the man jumps on the kitchen surface
:23:26. > :23:32.and climbs out of the window. His accomplice starts handing in the
:23:32. > :23:36.radiators. -- handing him. The thieves have cost thousands of
:23:36. > :23:42.pounds of damage to the property for only a couple of hundred quid.
:23:42. > :23:49.Amazing. I am joined by the investigator on this. How come you
:23:49. > :23:53.had cameras and the house. -- cameras in the House? The thieves
:23:53. > :24:03.were targeting metal in the were targeting metal in the
:24:03. > :24:05.
:24:05. > :24:09.property, so we set of the cameras. Is it entrapment? It is not. We are
:24:09. > :24:15.trying to force policy. It is a legal requirement. In addition to
:24:15. > :24:20.CCTV, you had another weapon, some of the stuff. It is called
:24:20. > :24:25.Smartwater. How does it work? Smartwater is one of the number of
:24:25. > :24:34.products that uses a forensic DNA marking system. So if it is on a
:24:34. > :24:41.product... This allows us to individually identified any
:24:41. > :24:48.property. We can train it back to the owner. But putting it under
:24:48. > :24:53.ultraviolet light, you can see the colour. So you can market under
:24:54. > :24:57.these conditions. How long does it stay on? It can stay on skin for
:24:57. > :25:01.two weeks, depending on personal hygiene. But we cannot see nothing
:25:01. > :25:07.on this jacket until we put the light there. See that Karine? That
:25:08. > :25:15.has been there for six years. Quite amazing. When you get a suspect in
:25:15. > :25:19.after a crime, you can put them under an ultraviolet light. And we
:25:19. > :25:25.have them in every custody suite. have them in every custody suite.
:25:25. > :25:29.The first guy, the man in the red T-shirt. He is heavily tattooed on
:25:29. > :25:35.Paul Farnes. And the other guy? has a tattoo on one arm. He is
:25:35. > :25:41.wearing a T-shirt which is quite easily identifiable, which says
:25:41. > :25:45."Beer monster." It looks like he has a support bandage on his elbow.
:25:45. > :25:49.We have made inquiries with local plumbing firms and they have said
:25:49. > :25:50.it is an injury, and particularly it is an injury, and particularly
:25:50. > :25:53.to plumbers. Hopefully with these to plumbers. Hopefully with these
:25:53. > :25:53.to plumbers. Hopefully with these to plumbers. Hopefully with these
:25:53. > :26:01.clues, we will bring these two to clues, we will bring these two to
:26:01. > :26:05.book. Time for some updates. We saw you
:26:05. > :26:10.footage of a man who went into someone's house while they were in
:26:10. > :26:14.the back garden, taking money and jewellery and a handbag. As a
:26:14. > :26:18.direct result of one of your calls, the man was arrested and he has now
:26:18. > :26:22.been charged by Nottinghamshire police. An amazing result. It goes
:26:22. > :26:27.to show you that your calls do count. Yesterday, we featured the
:26:27. > :26:30.case of a pensioner from Leeds who had �700 stolen from her house by a
:26:30. > :26:34.man pretending to be a policeman. Many of you rang to tell us how
:26:34. > :26:37.moved to work by her plight. The officers have spoken to her and
:26:37. > :26:41.while she is touched by your kindness, she said she would rather
:26:41. > :26:44.the money went to charity. As a result of the information you gave
:26:44. > :26:49.us on the case, detectives are looking into a strong new lead
:26:49. > :26:55.including a potential nine. Also you may remember this woman
:26:55. > :27:00.from yesterday's programme. We showed a CCTV footage of her using
:27:00. > :27:03.someone else's credit cards to obtain �13,000 from various banks.
:27:03. > :27:06.Police described it as an excellent response. They are now looking at
:27:06. > :27:09.potential names and locations for the women.
:27:09. > :27:13.And Vincent Toohey, wanted for questioning in connection with
:27:13. > :27:17.conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, you have given the officers strong
:27:17. > :27:19.new information which they are looking into.
:27:19. > :27:24.Officers from the British Transport Police would like your help to
:27:24. > :27:33.catch a group of thugs who went to extreme lengths just to steal one
:27:33. > :27:35.mobile phone worth just �50. mobile phone worth just �50.
:27:35. > :27:39.It is July last year and this unsuspecting passenger is waiting
:27:39. > :27:45.for his train at Greenwich station. He is looking at his mobile phone
:27:45. > :27:52.when he is approached by a gang in a white flat cap. He grabs him by
:27:52. > :27:56.the throat and drags him around the platform. His mates surround the
:27:57. > :28:02.attack. To try and escape the fight, the victim jumps onto the track.
:28:02. > :28:08.This could have been deadly. The group leave the station, taking the
:28:08. > :28:08.victim's mobile phone with them. victim's mobile phone with them.
:28:08. > :28:11.victim's mobile phone with them. victim's mobile phone with them.
:28:11. > :28:14.property, so we set Who are they?
:28:14. > :28:16.British want
:28:16. > :28:21.want to identify these four in connection with this violent
:28:21. > :28:25.robbery. If you recognise any of them, please let us know. And we
:28:25. > :28:31.are joined by DCI Bob Mahoney from the National mobile phone crime
:28:31. > :28:36.unit. What we saw is pretty shocking but mobile phone theft and
:28:36. > :28:43.crime is on the rise. Phones these days are very attractive for
:28:43. > :28:48.thieves. There were a lot of money on the resale market. Especially
:28:48. > :28:54.smartphones, which go for several hundred pounds. Up to �1,000 on the
:28:54. > :29:00.black market. The figures say that 330,000 phones are stolen a year.
:29:00. > :29:10.Is it because of the value? What can people do to stop them being a
:29:10. > :29:10.
:29:10. > :29:16.. We recover thousands of phones every month, in order for us to
:29:16. > :29:22.give the phones back to the people who have lost them, it is easier if
:29:22. > :29:25.you have registered it on a website. You enter your phone details, or
:29:25. > :29:29.other personal property and the police in the UK can do a simple
:29:29. > :29:35.check and we can reunite you with your phone. What details would you
:29:35. > :29:42.need to put on it? Each phone has a specific identifier calls an IMEI
:29:43. > :29:48.number. This is contained in the phone, usually under the battery or
:29:48. > :29:53.sometimes if it's a smartphone you can get the number by entering a
:29:53. > :29:57.simple code. This code, it would make the phone unique, similar to a
:29:57. > :30:03.chassis number on a car? Yes, that's correct. We will take this
:30:04. > :30:13.phone here, so, with this one, so, I dial the number, so I dial, if we
:30:14. > :30:14.
:30:14. > :30:19.look on that camera, so star, hash, oh, no, star, hash, zero 6. Hash. I
:30:19. > :30:23.am doing it upside down. We have a number you can see. That long
:30:23. > :30:29.serial number, is unique to this phone. So if I was to put my
:30:29. > :30:32.similar card in this phone, would that stay? That number would stay.
:30:32. > :30:38.It is not reliant on the similar card. It is the registration number
:30:38. > :30:42.of the hand set. What else can people do? My pet hate is when you
:30:42. > :30:46.see people, they get off a train or bus, or sitting on the bus and they
:30:46. > :30:51.Ron the phone, texting, doing whatever, and they are leaving
:30:51. > :30:57.themselves wide-open to have this stolen. They might as well have a
:30:57. > :31:05.handful of 20 pound notes. What can people do? Just be aware of who is
:31:05. > :31:09.round you, quite often you can see somebody hanging about, if you have
:31:09. > :31:14.any suspicion, wait to use your phone somewhere safe. If you are in
:31:14. > :31:17.a pub or shop, people have handbags open and the phone is on the top.
:31:17. > :31:22.Zip your bag up, don't make your phone visible. That is something
:31:22. > :31:30.people do I have sat on trains, seeing people with their bag open
:31:30. > :31:37.and your phone popping out. Keep it on you all the time. I totally
:31:37. > :31:43.agree that. Now, let us go back to Nicola in Sheffield. Thank you Rav.
:31:43. > :31:46.Now, police would really like your help to track down and stop a man
:31:46. > :31:50.who has been exposing himself to young schoolgirl, the incidents
:31:50. > :31:55.have been happening up the road from here in Rotherham. There have
:31:55. > :31:58.been six in total since March last year, the most recent a month ago
:31:58. > :32:03.involved an 11-year-old gir. Her mother has agreed to speak to us,
:32:03. > :32:08.we have had to disguise her identity to protect her daughter.
:32:08. > :32:15.She went to school as normal, five minutes away, for or five minutes
:32:15. > :32:19.away. A man had been at the bus stop with her, and exposed himself,
:32:20. > :32:28.and done an action, to her, and that she was, she was frozen with
:32:28. > :32:32.fear, that was her own words, she asked him to stop, he just made, he
:32:32. > :32:39.was accusing like it was nothing. I think the hardest bit was she
:32:39. > :32:42.couldn't put it intoed words, she has tho do... Sort of an action, of
:32:42. > :32:47.what he had done, because she didn't understand it in words. That
:32:47. > :32:52.was really hard for me. Even still to this day, she can't walk
:32:52. > :33:02.anywhere near that area, we have to go with her, so yes, she is very
:33:02. > :33:07.distressed. Well, Claire Mann investigating these incidents. Tell
:33:07. > :33:11.us what you can about them? Yes, there has been six incidents, that
:33:11. > :33:15.have occurred, all have occurred at bus stops in the Rotherham area,
:33:15. > :33:22.the schoolgirls are in their uniform, at the time, when they
:33:22. > :33:27.have been approached by this male. They are aged between 10-15, when
:33:27. > :33:32.this man approached them, engaged them in conversation and exposed
:33:32. > :33:37.himself. You have drawn up some e- fits. Tell us what they say he
:33:37. > :33:43.looks like. As you can see they are fairly similar, all of the girls
:33:43. > :33:48.have described him as white, aged between 30-50. Five foot eight to
:33:48. > :33:52.six feet tall, slim with short grey hair. How concerned are you about
:33:52. > :33:56.the incidents? Obviously horrendous for the children involved. Is there
:33:56. > :34:01.a danger it could escalate further? Obviously, that is something we
:34:01. > :34:05.have in mind, however at this moment in time he has never
:34:05. > :34:10.physically harmed any of the children or tried to abduct them.
:34:10. > :34:16.Clearly he poses a potential risk, but at this moment in time there
:34:16. > :34:21.has not been any fiscal harm the children. There is DNA evidence so
:34:21. > :34:27.you could rule out suspects. Yes, so if any names are put forward
:34:27. > :34:30.people can be easily eliminated from our inquiry. So if you have
:34:30. > :34:34.your suspicion, get those names into us, they can be easily ruled
:34:34. > :34:43.out. The numbers are on the screen, please give us a call about this,
:34:43. > :34:50.Crimestoppers as well. It is really important that man is caught. Now
:34:50. > :34:54.time for some more CCTV. The riots in August last year. There are
:34:54. > :34:58.still outstanding suspects. It is the Woolwich area of London and
:34:58. > :35:03.this man in a distinctive jacket is about to have a busy night. First
:35:03. > :35:10.he throws objects at the police. Then, he enters a T-Mobile store
:35:10. > :35:16.where he helps himself to om phones. Next he is on JD sports to kit
:35:16. > :35:20.himself out. There he is, back on the street with all his loot. You
:35:20. > :35:27.got enough there? Now we have seen what he has been up to, we need to
:35:27. > :35:33.know who he is. Woolwich in London again, same day in August. This guy
:35:33. > :35:38.with a black scarf over his face leaves a game shop. But the scarf
:35:38. > :35:44.soon slip, gives us a great shot of him. This time having the destroyed
:35:44. > :35:49.shutters held up for him as he goes into Vodafone. Here he is again in
:35:49. > :35:56.JD Sports. And then helping himself through smashed shop windows. So
:35:56. > :36:00.now help us by telling us who he is. Still, the London riots. Still
:36:00. > :36:04.Woolwich. A wrecked police car is surrounded. The windows are already
:36:04. > :36:08.smashed in, but that is not enough for one bloke. He returns to have a
:36:08. > :36:14.go at the door as well. It is a shame he doesn't like police calfs,
:36:14. > :36:23.if you name him the police will send one round. So, did you spot
:36:23. > :36:27.anyone you know? If you did the number to call is: Nicola. Thank
:36:27. > :36:32.you Rav. Well, earlier in the programme we were looking at the
:36:32. > :36:36.problem of metal theft in this area, but it is a nationwide problem. One
:36:36. > :36:39.hotspot area is Newham in East London. Down there, the council
:36:39. > :36:42.have joined forces with the environment agency and the police,
:36:42. > :36:49.and we have been out with them on a day of action to enforce the
:36:49. > :36:53.regulations. It is 8.00am and Newham Council in East London are
:36:53. > :37:01.embarking on a day of enforcement action. They are doing spot checks
:37:01. > :37:04.on vehicles arriving at a scrapyard to sell metal. Metal theft has now
:37:04. > :37:08.become such a serious problem across the UK, that the authorities
:37:08. > :37:15.are going to greater lengths to try to crackdown on it. This is one of
:37:15. > :37:17.the most simple ways they are doing that. Under Environment Agency rule,
:37:17. > :37:24.every van delivering commercial scrap met toll the yards should
:37:24. > :37:28.have a waste carrier's license. As they arrive at the scrapyard, vans
:37:29. > :37:35.are stopped, searched and asked for their paperwork. The driver of one
:37:35. > :37:40.of the first vans they stop can't produce the waste carrier's license.
:37:40. > :37:50.The owner does have one, but as he doesn't have it with him he is
:37:50. > :37:54.
:37:54. > :37:59.After two hours of stopping and searching, the word is out. The
:37:59. > :38:02.number of arrivals slows down. The team news to my second location to
:38:03. > :38:12.carry on checking. Almost at once, they take an interest in another
:38:13. > :38:13.
:38:13. > :38:20.load. Do you speak more English than your friend? He speaks. It is
:38:20. > :38:26.going, it is going... Whereas the card? With this man, the lack of a
:38:26. > :38:31.waste carrier's licence is just the beginning of the problems. The law
:38:31. > :38:36.enforcement officer discovers that the driver has no tax or insurance.
:38:36. > :38:41.This vehicle has been stopped without tax. The driver has no
:38:41. > :38:47.insurance. He has no waste carrier's licence, so the vehicle
:38:47. > :38:51.is being seized. It will be reported to the DVLA. We will be
:38:52. > :38:57.giving him a fine for having no waste carrier's licence. This has
:38:57. > :39:01.been a costly trip to the yard for the striver. He is fine day �300
:39:01. > :39:06.fixed penalty notice for not having a waste carrier's Licence and �200
:39:06. > :39:10.for driving without insurance. And the van is impounded. The driver
:39:10. > :39:16.will be charged a storage fee until it is collected. And this is
:39:16. > :39:21.typical of the type of driver you stop? Yes. This is what we are
:39:21. > :39:26.normally coming across. A I'm not sure what they're going to do. I
:39:26. > :39:32.think they will be walking on. There was no way of knowing whether
:39:32. > :39:38.the metal was stolen or not. By the end of the day, nine fixed penalty
:39:38. > :39:48.notices have been issued at �300 each. As for that white van, it
:39:48. > :39:52.still has not been collected. A great example of what can be done
:39:52. > :39:57.to try and stop people from selling stolen metal in the first place.
:39:57. > :40:01.However, the trade in illicit metal continues to grow. Among the
:40:01. > :40:05.victims are the utility companies. Yorkshire Water has lost a small
:40:05. > :40:10.fortune. Matthew Thomson from the company joins me. Had bigger
:40:10. > :40:14.problem is it? It is a massive issue for Yorkshire Water. It
:40:14. > :40:19.ranges from opposition -- or opportunistic threat to more
:40:19. > :40:23.organised theft, hundreds of metres of copper cable. Even larger
:40:23. > :40:26.appliances like generators and lifting equipment. Presumably when
:40:27. > :40:31.this stuff is being stolen, the cost of replacing it falls back to
:40:31. > :40:37.the customers? It does. We tried to absorb as much as possible but it
:40:37. > :40:43.falls back on the customers. To put that in perspective, it cost us
:40:43. > :40:47.�20,000 last month alone. We spent �410,000 replacing metal stolen
:40:47. > :40:52.from sites in 2011. What effect does it have own water supplies
:40:52. > :40:57.when essential pieces of equipment are pinched? It is not just the
:40:57. > :41:04.cost. We have the issue of people injuring themselves, on open
:41:05. > :41:10.manhole covers. There is also the cost of treatment processes failing
:41:10. > :41:14.one important equipment is stolen. You mention manhole covers. This
:41:14. > :41:18.one is cast-iron, the typical thing they will be going for. But you
:41:18. > :41:24.have a cunning plan because you are replacing them with heavy-duty
:41:24. > :41:30.plastic. How does this compare? is actually cheaper than the metal
:41:31. > :41:40.equivalent. Is it as strong? It is more durable. This cover could take
:41:41. > :41:41.
:41:41. > :41:49.10 puns. -- 10 times. Most importantly, it has no scrap value.
:41:49. > :41:54.Hopefully you will replace a lot more of these.
:41:54. > :41:58.We just have time to give you update on what has been coming in.
:41:58. > :42:02.We have had some very strong information on things yesterday,
:42:02. > :42:06.about a young mother who went missing nine years ago. The police
:42:06. > :42:11.are following this up and there is an imagined -- massive emergency.
:42:11. > :42:15.But we have as an interview -- information in from Daniel Michael
:42:15. > :42:21.Collins, a possible sighting of him. Thank you to everyone that got in
:42:21. > :42:25.touch. Dave and Nicola, what are you up to tomorrow? We are
:42:25. > :42:31.literally going to the dogs. South Yorkshire is one of the few forces
:42:31. > :42:37.that breeds its own horses. staying with the animal theme, will
:42:37. > :42:41.be looking at a nasty spate of the sheep rustling in Sheffield.
:42:41. > :42:46.wants to see the sheep and make sure that you join us, you will see
:42:46. > :42:51.them too. From a drizzly Sheffield, back to the studio. See you both
:42:51. > :42:58.tomorrow. That is it for today. Remember our wanted faces are on