Episode 6 Crimewatch Roadshow

On Crimewatch roadshow today: Can you help us find the calloused

driver who left an expectant mother Hello and welcome to Crimewatch

Roadshow. We're live and kicking off our second week on air with an

action packed programme. We're going to be asking for your help to

solve everyday crime that affects us all. We have had our first

arrest. More on that later. On the Roadshow today: The phone scam

which left Roy thousands of pounds out of pocket. Finding evidence in

the fight against crime. The specialist team searching on land

and in water. Police want your help to find a driver who hit a pregnant

woman and then drove away. Last week we were in the North West of

England and today our team out on the road has travelled south to

Sussex, way down South. Our presenter, Dave Guest, is rearing

to go, aren't you? Where are you? We're in the very pretty village of

Alfriston, which is around 15 miles from Brighton, where Sussex Police

are pioneering a Community Policing Project. It is very busy here this

morning because we've got the specialist search unit from Sussex

Police here. And joining me on the team whilst we're in Sussex is

Colin Campbell, BBC South East's home affairs correspondent. He's

going to set these guys a challenge. Thanks, Dave. I have got my wedding

ring. I will see if this lot can find it later in the programme.

Right, let's get on with our first appeal of the week. Just down the

road from here is the seaside town of Eastbourne where, in February

this year, the actions of one careless driver put a life of an

unborn child in jeopardy. My son was screaming in the car. I was

shaking. I started to cry. I felt a sharp pain. On February 20th, the

driver of the Vauxhall Astra was about to put a pregnant women and

the life of her unborn baby at risk. It was an exciting time. Fatima was

35 weeks pregnant with her second child. It was an exciting time.

Harris was looking forward to having a baby brother or sister. He

was looking forward to it. He knew that mum was going to go to

hospital and come back with a baby. It was time to go home. Fatima put

her son in his car seat for the journey. I had been at a friend's

house. I had made my way home. I parked outside the house. She could

not begin to imagine what was about to happen. At a went to get my son

out of the car. It was on the roadside. I went to open the door

and take my son out. I've just heard a car screaming down the road.

Careering down the road, the driver of this ill that Astra slammed into

the open door. -- the silver Astra. It crashed me into the door frame.

I felt a sharp pain in my bump and I screamed out. The car sped off.

The driver screeched to a halt further up the road. But the driver

was not in the mood to stop. waited for a few moments and then

sped off down the road. The driver waited a few seconds, then he drove

off into the night, leaving a heavily pregnant woman hat and

distraught. He left a vital clue. He smashed his wing mirror. A Good

Samaritan walking his job rush to help. There was a man at the top of

the road walking his dog. He came running back down the road. Luckily

the double can notice the wing mirror had been smashed off.

moved me to the side of the road. He picked up the wing mirror and

put it on the pavement next to me. He was asking me, are you all

right? I was in complete shock. My son was screaming in the car. He

was frightened. I was shaking and I started to cry. Shall I call for an

ambulance? Do not worry. I am completely fine. I could not

believe I had been hit by a car and he had not come back of round to

see how I was. Fatima convinced that "she was fine and he headed

off. Very soon she realised everything was not OK. And went to

pick up my son. I felt a sharp pain. I thought, I am not OK. She called

her husband to come to her aid. Now all she could do was wait. Over the

next few hours, she would have to face the possibility that she might

lose her baby. And we'll find out what happened next later in the

programme. Now reporting on crime in this area is a major part of my

job as home affairs correspondent in the South East. And we've been

talking to Chief Constable Martin Richards about the challenges of

From the City of brighten up on the south coast come up all the way

along the A23, up to Gatwick International Airport, the county's

force have their hands full. -- Brighton place macro on the south

coast, are all the way along. 93 miles from east to west. Gatwick

Airport has 30 million visitors every year coming through the

airport. We have good, strong, local neighbourhood policing.

Specialist crime team still with more sophisticated, challenging

areas of crime. We want to achieve the servants Year of crime

reduction, against a backdrop of cuts and challenges we have never

faced before. -- 7th year. It has its work cut out. Policing the

county is more demanding than ever. A challenging time for forces

across the country. So let's give them a hand and help them out by

tracking down these Wanted Faces. First up this week is James Hannon.

He was charged with an offence of aggravated burglary involving a

firearm back in 2003 but failed to appear before Croydon Crown Court.

Detectives believe he may now be living in Ireland but he also has

connections to the Tonbridge Wells area in Kent. Have you seen him

recently? Please let us know where he is. This man, Jelenko Petkovic,

uses many different names, He was charged back in the year

2000 with violence and firearms offences but didn't turn up in

court. He's known to have connections to the Derbyshire,

Warwickshire and Staffordshire areas. Now this photo was taken a

few years ago, so his appearance may have changed. Do you know where

he is? Now let's take a look at this man, Steven Brown. He was

arrested in May 2010 on suspicion of breaching a Sexual Offences

Prevention Order and was released on police bail but then went

missing. He has a noticeable West Country accent and still has

connections in the Wiltshire and Bristol areas. And the last one for

today is Azwar Abdul Amin. Have you seen him recently? He was convicted

in December 2006 of attempted kidnap and actual bodily harm but

failed to turn up in court to be sentenced. He is originally from

Iraq but is known to have connections to the Blackburn area

and is described as being heavily built. Where is he? Please let us

know. If you recognise him or any of these faces, the number to call

Or text us. Text CW, space, and then your message. And please,

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

us. Don't forget, all the wanted Now there is nothing more annoying

than rushing to pick up the phone only to have someone trying to sell

you something, but much worse are those calls from the telephone

scammers who just want to steal your money. Here is what happened

Oh, it is you again. My dad does not deserve this. I do not know how

anybody can do this to someone like my father. You want �200 to release

my money? It is not until the victims are aware they are being

scanned that the scam has rarely show their true colours and start

to become nasty. Since the Roy Watkins retired, he has led a quiet

life in Chichester. In the year 11 Macro, his world was turned upside

down. -- in 2000 -- in 2011, his They wanted �200 from an account

from a cash voucher to get money released. Hello. I am calling from

the Ministry of Justice. The people on the phone claimed they had

�5,000 for Roy in overpaid bank charges. In order to get that money,

they were it -- he would have to pay �200 admin fee. I thought the

money would be very useful and I could help Elizabeth, who is going

through a rough patch. The man on the phone told him to pay the money

using Ukash vouchers. They are widely available in shops across

the UK. They can be cashed by anyone knowing the unique number

printed on each one. The beauty of them is they have virtually

untraceable. He rang to see if I had got the voucher. I told him I

had. He said, can you give me the number of it? That means giving the

money to him, doesn't it? Having got their money, they came back for

more. The following day he rang up a game. He wanted further money. It

amounted to �250. -- again. This time they asked him to pay through

Western Union. His local outlet was suspicious but he was keen to help

his daughter, so he took a taxi to the brunch in Bognor Regis. The �20

taxi ride was something a pensioner like Roy and hard. He tried to

cover up the extent of his spending from his own family. My dad was

hard-working and worked all his life. He had the biggest heart of

anyone I have ever met. He does not deserve this to happen to him at

all. It had a profound effect on him. He became a stranger. I did

not know him. By now, they had been calling Roy for every day for

months. Finally he realised he was never going to get his �5,000.

was desperate. I rang the police. They advised me not to hand over

any more money because it was a scam. I had realised it was by that

time. We carried out an investigation. After a few weeks,

we established the ministry of justice were not making these phone

calls and they were scanners who are contacting victims. I did say,

when he phoned again, there was no more money. If I had got any, I was

keeping it in my pocket and he could go away. He did not like that.

He got abusive and called me everything under the sun and I put

the phone turned on him in the end. I have not heard from him since.

simply do not know how much money Roy has lost. His family think, it

could be thousands. From the paperwork that Mr Watkins has given

us, we can see from just one month he has paid out �600 to them. This

is just the tip of the iceberg. He probably has paid out in the region

of �3,000. They do not realise what a profound effect - not that they

care - but they do not realise what effect it has on people, not only

food they are doing this crime against, but the fact they're

destroying families. -- who they Seeing somebody like Roy being

taken advantage of like that makes us all angry. I am now joined by

Tom Clack. You have a range of scam letters that have been sent to

people. This was sent by somebody who calls themselves Stella

Enginestone. -- Angelstone. They say that all you have to do to get

the money in the next few days is send and �40. This is typical of

what you see on a daily basis? much so. Unfortunately, the bank

charges can that Roy became a victim of his very common. And

payment protection scams that require Ukash vouchers for the

payments to be made. Tell us about these vouchers, because these are

legitimate, but it is just that some were using them as a scam?

Absolutely. A Ukash voucher is a totally legitimate way to make a

payment online. Unfortunately, criminals have been using them to

trick people into making payments to them. With Ukash, the clue is in

the name. People should treat it like cash. We saw in the film that

Roy's daughter did not know what was going on. It is there any

advice you could give to family members are worried that an elderly

relative or somebody vulnerable is being scammed? If it is difficult

because they will encourage their victims to keep things secret for

obvious reasons. But family members can be vigilant. Is that person

receiving a lot of phone calls from strangers? Are the receiving a lot

of junk mail? And if somebody is being uncharacteristically guarded

about their finances or telephone calls they are receiving. All of

this vital signs, and it is typical that these scammers do not send one

letter. So keep an eye out for your relatives. There is this term I

know you do not like and we call it the "sucker list". I don't like

that because of what it applies about the victims, but essentially

it is a target list. If you respond to a scam, you will be put on a

target list and that will be shared with like minded criminals. So that

victim could find themselves being repeatedly targeted. Says somebody

gets a letter they are not too sure about and it sounds too good to be

true. What should they do? I would encourage anybody who thinks they

have been a victim of a scammed or is not sure about something they

have received to contact their local Trading Standards department

we can help them from there. you can help them and they will not

get into trouble if they have not done anything wrong?

Next up, it is time for our first batch of crooks caught on CCTV.

A service station in Aldershot, Hampshire, in February this year.

They break in and head straight for the cigarettes. They managed to

take them quickly and put them in a sheet. Getting out proves more

challenging. They take more than �10,000 worth of cigarettes. Police

need to smoke these thieves out. If you recognise them, you know what

to do. A phone shop in Kilburn High Road,

London. This man wants a new mobile and checks out the new �300 Sony

Eriksson. He takes his time, checking that is the model he wants.

Hmm, he is not Shaw. Actually, what he has been doing is detaching the

phone. He takes it off that display and casually use the shop. If you

recognise him, don't be laid back about getting in touch.

The last one for now - it is 29th February this year and this bloke

is making the most of the extra leap year day. He drops into a shop

in Richmond, Surrey. He asks to see an expensive watch and goes away

without buying anything. But the next day he is back and wants to

see the �5,000 watch it again, and this time, he grabs it and runs. If

you recognise this crook, call time on him.

So, recognise anyone? If so, get in touch. Plenty more to come on the

programme. A pregnant woman fears for her

unborn child after a hit-and-run. And the tough police divers are

trained to search in the most challenging conditions.

Remember, I was going to hide my wedding ring and it is now well and

truly hidden in this area. Behind me you can see a fine fingertip

search is underway. These guys of from the Specialist Search Unit and

I have recently joined them on an underwater training session.

Despite research unit arrives at Shoreham Harbour, 10 miles west of

Brighton. It is a regular visit. For the unit, training here is

crucial. Today, the team is practising underwater search

techniques so when the real call comes in, they will be fully

prepared. The team is made up of eight divers who regularly search

for missing people and evidence. They are on call 247. The purpose

of these training exercises is to keep us on our toes and heighten

our skills. Most of the time, the team is asked to set rivers and

ponds but they trained here in the harbour so they can be ready for

the most difficult of dives. have got the depth, the lack of

visibility, you are along the bottom and you cannot feel because

you are wearing gloves, and she was kicking up or of the silt, so

visibility is reduced to zero. -- you are kicking up all the silt.

Let's see how long it takes them to find this. Here goes. Michelle will

be searching for the knife. A gun is thrown in, too, and Rick will

look for that. We are using one of the 12 diving techniques. Ago I

will go along the bottom with a line and search as he goes along

the line. -- a guy will go along the line. How difficult will it be?

Very difficult. He will not be able to see very much. Visibility is

around zero. The divers are able to keep in constant contact with the

surface. Have you spotted the knife It takes Michelle just 20 minutes

to find the knife. She is used to difficult conditions. Roger!

Sometimes we have to go out in snow wee, icy conditions, where it is

minus three outside. -- snowy conditions. Getting kitted out and

going to the river is horrendous enough. Torrential rain and quite

often I would prefer to be in the water because it is warmer! And a

few minutes later, which comes up to the surface with the gun. --

grip. That was obviously a training exercise. How does that compare to

the real thing? That training exercise, if we miss it, we go out

later on and maybe find it again. But on a live exercise, you have to

find it. That is why we are here. But all too often, the team face an

even more difficult challenge - searching for a body. In a case

when you have a body and it has gone missing and you have to go

into the water to retrieve the body, bringing the body back to the

family, that is extremely important. Very sensitive. With young children,

it is very tough. Everybody is very sober about it all. Normally that

means the family is quite close by. The idea is to bring a successful

conclusion to the case, either to bring closure to the family's or if

the case is an investigation, a criminal investigation, to provide

and recover evidence that cannot be recovered by any other means.

in 2008, the team's skills were tested to the limit by the

disappearance of this woman. We had to search places like the cesspit

of the House concerned. There was a number of deep wells on the forest

we had to make sure there was nothing in them. The search team

moved on to search by an's home and discovered two key pieces of

evidence. -- Diane's home. They found a bloodstained watch and ring.

The police they knew they were hunting the killer and the make-up

artist's husband was convicted of her murder. The work of the

Specialist Search Unit was integral and essential to this investigation.

The skills and expertise they bring to an investigation is very

reassuring -- are very reassuring to a senior officer. The evidence

they found on this occasion was significant in the arrest. It is

rewarded when you find something that is relevant to an

investigation. -- it is rewarding. It is a good feeling that you have

actually found the item they are looking for. Here on dry land, the

search for Colin's wedding ring continues. My camera manos where

the ring is and I know as well. We can show you here. But they don't.

They have got to find it. I am joined by Darren. Is what we are

seeing here typical? Yes. The officers are advancing forward on

their knees and using their fingers to search. It is what we call a

systematic fingertip search. cover all of the ground? Yes.

do the white markers signify? show the area the officers have

already searched, so we know that when we move on, an area has been

covered so we can move into a new area. It is painstaking work and if

we just go down here but now I will have a word with one of these

people. We saw your film in your diving gear and you are now on the

ground. How long would you carry out a search for? Typically 45

minutes to and hour. It is also dependent on the weather, if it is

too pot, cold. Does your mind sometimes become a haze? It can do,

and that is why it is essential to take breaks. It must take its toll

on your knees and back? Yes, you get sore unease at the end of the

day. I will refuse to it, because the search for the wedding -- I

will leave you to it because the search for the wedding ring

continues. And you have used this previously? Yes. We have to search

a rural area before after an incident that had taken place and

we were looking for an knife. During the search, as the officers

went forward, we found the knife. Hidden in the undergrowth? And then

they can get evidence from DNA, so your work is crucial? Absolutely.

Back-breaking but enjoyable? Yes. It is a lovely feeling when you

find something, especially when it is vital evidence to something that

has taken place. Thank you very much. Back to Colin.

Back to the shocking hit-and-run that left an expectant mother

frightened for her baby's life. On February 20th this year, the

driver of a silver Astra slammed into the side door of Fatimah's car,

crushing her and her unborn child. The driver sped off, leading

Fatimah in terrible pain. She phoned her husband for help. --

leaving Fatimah. I said, I have just been hit by a car, can you

come quickly? And I started to have a lot of pain. My son was screaming

and I was panicking and I was thinking, I have got to get to

hospital. Within minutes, her husband arrived. As soon as he came

and opened the door, I started crying again. Concerned for his

wife and unborn baby, he took them straight to hospital at Eastbourne.

I was sitting in the back of a car and my husband, I think he was

really worried. We are nearly there, hold on! Because I could not feel

any movement. I could feel pain and you wonder how much of that

impacted the baby. Did it hit the baby's head? Not knowing what might

be wrong and might happen now because of this. Her husband took

her straight up to the local hospital. She was in the maternity

department in Eastbourne and she was having some monitors placed on

her to make sure she was a crate and the baby was OK. -- she was OK.

But the doctors became increasingly concerned. They said the heartbeat

was fine but I was having contractions and they were coming

quite regularly. They gave me a steroid injection, which helps to

mature the baby's lungs in case it had difficulty breathing. And I was

panicking thinking, I am not ready to have this baby. Fatimah was in

and out of hospital for the next four Day is having tests, and when

she started having just pains, doctors were worried this could

indicate a blood clot. Police were trying to look for the silver Astra.

I think the driver of the other car involved would have known what

happened that day. In any situation, you think, who would hit somebody

and knowingly take off? There is no doubt they could not know they hit

This could have been more serious. There could have been a greater

injury to her or her unborn child. I could have been hit directly by

the car. I could have been holding my son and he could have been hurt.

Despite the trauma, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Layla was

born on 14th May. She was born completely normal delivery and

everything went really well. Bit of such a shame. I had had such a good

pregnancy and it was all remained at the last minute. The last period

was so stressful for me. Well, fortunately, this story does have a

happy ending and Fatimah joins us now with baby Layla. Is she always

back good? 13 weeks. All is well now but you must have had a real

worry in hospital after that incident. It was traumatic. I was

in and out of hospital. It was ready difficult. You're saying your

pregnancy had been an event full up until that point? Yes, really an

event full. What do you think about someone who could do that and drive

off? Shocking. I screamed out. It is appalling. What do you say to

anyone who might know who this person is? Please come forward and

give information. Describe your relief when she was born and all

was well. It was a massive relief and a lovely surprise because we

did not know we were having a girl. You're too year-old son was also in

the car. Has he been affected in any way? It was difficult at the

time. He is young enough not to have remembered anything. He is

still oblivious to everything. PC Richard Hobbs, we saw you in that

film. How can our beers helped to track down this driver? From the

wing mirror, we know we're looking for a silver box will Astra. There

will be a broken passenger side wing mirror. -- Foxall. When did it

happen? Around 6:00pm. description of the driver? We do

not have that. I will be looking at three offences. The first is

driving without due care and attention, per-second for failing

to stop and the third failing to report the crash to us. If you want

to remain anonymous, Buchan. Call us on: -- you can. Your calls on

Friday it led directly to an arrest. We showed you the photo of this man.

Within just two hours of the programme, Cambridgeshire Police

arrested and later charged him with three counts of fraud. He pleaded

guilty on Saturday and is being remanded in custody. He has been

arrested by another police force over similar offences. Thank you.

Your calls provided that vital piece of information. Police are

following up a strong line of inquiry after repeated a robbery in

Merseyside. Staff were threatened before the robbers escaped. We have

had lots of you giving as good information after week featured on

Friday the theft of diggers from a yard. -- we featured. Your calls

really do make a difference. Back to Colin. You must be a bit

nervous? I am now back with the specialist search unit who have

been searching for my wedding ring. Will I be in trouble with the wife

or not? It's have a word with PC Darren Middleton. Am I going to get

my ring back? I am not too sure. Have you found it? There you go.

The wedding ring. Back on my finger. How easy was it to find? It was

pretty easy to find that we had to go through our procedures. We

managed to locate the item. The sun is out. It is not always like this.

Tell us about some of the conditions? We do underwater search,

where visibility is widely produced. Research at heights and use robes.

You need to have a bit of a head for heights. Also in the confined

area and water-borne operations on boats. How do you cope with those

conditions? We train barony, like we are doing today. We where the

appropriate equipment was dubbed Ashes thoroughly. Is there

something special about you guys? - - equipment. -- barony. We all love

our job. To do this sort of work you need full concentration all the

time and need to be disciplined in what you're doing. You need to be

fit as well. Thank you very much. Thank you for finding mine ring.

Back to Rav. If there is a needle in a haystack, they would find it.

Take a look at this CCTV. November last year in Carphone Warehouse in

Wandsworth in London. A man walks in, takes a good look around, he

takes a fancy to an iPad, grabs it and makes for the door. Do not let

him get away with it! Boots in Cosham, Hampshire, February of this

year. This is man is only in the store for a minute. He takes some

high-end products off the shelf and puts them in his bag. He got away

with over �1,000 worth of cosmetics. Some beauty regime! If you know him,

let us know. Next, August last year, and these two picked up at the

Milton Keynes branch of Ikea. The store is closed. These two tried to

cover up while they pull the CCTV off the wall. They give us the

great look at one of them. Next day, up more than 77 Grand was missing

from the safe. Ikea is offering a reward of up to �5,000 for

information leading up to rape conviction. If you recognise them,

give us a call. -- a conviction. If you have any information, give us a

You can e-mail us: Back to comment in Sussex. -- Colin. What about the

low level crimes that annoy all of us? Here it is being tackled by an

innovative approach. You organise street meetings. How do you go

about it? We put letters through doors of residents. We get them to

come down and speak to us. What are they concerned about? Normally the

low-level stuff like speeding, also parking problems. You have made a

complaint. What is it? There is a bridleway at the top of our road

which is by way. It is used by horse-riders, cyclists and

pedestrians. There is an ever- increasing number of motorcycles

and 4x4 vehicles. How will you do with it? We make sure we turn up at

times when it is happening. Tony is a satisfied customer. What have the

police than for you? A camper van appeared on the cricket field. We

said, have we think we have travellers moving into the airier.

They had moved around to the south side of the cricket field. Kelly

came and sorted it out. Smoothed out the ruffled feathers, wiped

away the tears and everyone was happy. This will become a crucial

part of policing in Sussex. I am joined by Chief Inspector Dick

Coates, the commander. Is it actually succeeding in cutting

crime? It is. Over the last five years crime has been reduced to a

year on year. There has been a 77% reduction this year alone. It has

to be along the lines of putting out bobbies on the beat and having

a high-profile presence. It is about listening to community

concerns and doing something pretty to allay those fears and those

issues. Of course there are lots of people calling on your time. Could

you raise false hopes? We could get in touch and have the street

meeting. We have to prioritise what we do, that is correct. We have

time to speak to people and listen to their concerns and put things

impact is a make things better for communities. It is about keeping

them safe and secure art in their environment. We are listening to

our community and doing what they want. This is against the

background of cuts. A number of forces are cutting back on

community initiatives. The chief constable has been clear that

neighbourhood policing is the bedrock of everything we do. We

need to get into communities and do what they want us to do. It is

about being face-to-face and not just whizzing past in patrol cars?

Let's get back into communities and find out what is going on and do

something positive. Thank you very much indeed. He says this is the

way forward, may be for the rest of the country as well. Just the quick

update of what has been coming in on the phones, texts and e-mails.

Some good information on one face. He is wanted on suspicion breaching

the sexual offences order. We are getting a lot of calls from viewers

who think they have been victims of scam ors. That is about it from me

today. What are you have to tomorrow? We have loads in the

programme tomorrow. They are going to the police headquarters in

Sussex at Louis. I will be with the anti-terrorist police at Gatwick

Airport. -- Lewes. Tomorrow we are under cover for some of the day.

Back to you, Rav. For more details about the crimes on today's