:00:11. > :00:15.new series. Over the next four weeks, we shall join the police
:00:15. > :00:25.taking on the bad guys. Bashing down doors, tackling anti-social
:00:25. > :00:47.
:00:47. > :00:55.behaviour. And helping you stay great to be back. We shall
:00:55. > :01:00.crisscross the country and we shall need your help to solve everyday
:01:00. > :01:04.crimes that can be such a blight. Your calls could make all the
:01:04. > :01:09.difference and we are kicking off with some really important appeals
:01:09. > :01:18.and this is what we have today... Cassie McCord was killed by a driver
:01:18. > :01:21.who failed his roadside I test dies -- days earlier. This has led to a
:01:21. > :01:25.crackdown on Britain's short-sighted motorists. And this young thug
:01:25. > :01:31.fancies his chances robbing a 71-year-old. She was not going to
:01:31. > :01:37.let him get away without putting up a fight. And the beloved family pet
:01:37. > :01:42.stolen from her owner and abandoned on a busy motorway. And the Roadshow
:01:42. > :01:50.team are out and about, today in South Wales, Sian Lloyd is on Barry
:01:50. > :01:57.Island. I cannot think of the better place to be. The Sun is trying to
:01:57. > :02:01.come out and this is one of the most favourite beach resorts in Wales,
:02:01. > :02:06.home to be comedy series, Gavin and Stacey. Not all fun, because like
:02:06. > :02:11.other places, it has its fair share of anti-social behaviour. And when
:02:11. > :02:16.the sun comes out, it gets extremely busy and the police have to enlist
:02:16. > :02:22.the help of volunteers. We will find out later. And following the report
:02:22. > :02:27.on eyesight tests, police are going to test my eyesight and I have to
:02:27. > :02:34.say, I am feeling nervous! Why did you get to go to the seaside? ! We
:02:34. > :02:38.need to have a word. First, we need your help to track down two robbers
:02:39. > :02:44.who went on the rampage around Swansea earlier this year. They mate
:02:44. > :02:48.have been an aggressive terror, but that was not going to stop
:02:48. > :02:54.71-year-old Margaret Griffiths from giving as good as she got. -- might.
:02:54. > :03:00.Mount Pleasant and Swansea, Saturday in March. The day begins.
:03:00. > :03:07.71-year-old Margaret Griffiths is up early to open her corner shop.
:03:07. > :03:12.have worked here for 22 years. I think Mount Pleasant is a nice
:03:12. > :03:15.community and the shop is a happy place, I hope! What Margaret did not
:03:15. > :03:25.know was that she was about to be caught up in a frightening crime
:03:25. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:34.spree. One mile away, two men were stealing a 4x4 and hot wiring the
:03:34. > :03:40.engine. They were going to use a Mitsubushi Shogun to carry out a
:03:40. > :03:49.string of serious offences. The first of which would be that the
:03:49. > :03:56.builders Arms pub in Swansea city centre. At 6:15am, the car sped up
:03:56. > :04:03.Oxford Street. And smashed through the doors of the pub. At the Londis
:04:03. > :04:08.store, Margaret was totally unaware of the raid. The men have stolen
:04:08. > :04:13.some cash at the builders pub. But they wanted more. They were next
:04:13. > :04:20.seen at the nearby hotel, looking through the windows. But they soon
:04:21. > :04:29.moved on empty-handed. It was 7:35am. Margaret was about to become
:04:29. > :04:36.their next target. His body language is a -- body language was not good.
:04:36. > :04:44.The hooded man covered his place. -- face. Things were about to get
:04:44. > :04:50.really nasty. I realised what he was going to do. He lunged for me, I
:04:50. > :04:56.could tell. Margaret fought back, trying to wrestle the till away from
:04:56. > :05:01.him. My first reaction, just grab it on my side. Then we have this
:05:02. > :05:11.puzzle. He was grabbing and I was grabbing whatever I could, hopefully
:05:11. > :05:17.to keep it. We were no idea I, very close. It was quite... I thought he
:05:17. > :05:21.might just give up. Against the odds, Margaret won this tug-of-war.
:05:21. > :05:26.And the ended up on the floor behind the country. The hooded thief
:05:26. > :05:33.appeared to give up. I thought he was going to go because he turned.
:05:34. > :05:39.But he changed his mind. This thief was going nowhere. He packed up the
:05:39. > :05:45.till and jumped back cover the counter. -- pact. Then Margaret
:05:45. > :05:49.persisted and tried to stop him getting out. He gave me a little
:05:49. > :05:58.shove and off-balance and he managed to get through the door.
:05:58. > :06:04.followed the man outside but he sped off in his stolen car. I was able to
:06:04. > :06:09.get the number plate and memorise it. It was only then that they'd all
:06:09. > :06:16.sunk in. I came back into the shop, back through the doorway, and that
:06:16. > :06:24.was when I felt absolutely awful. She called 909 to report the
:06:24. > :06:30.robbery. I in Norfolk Street, Mount Pleasant, someone has stolen the
:06:30. > :06:36.till. I could not fight. Whether or not he expected Margaret to stand
:06:36. > :06:39.aside, I don't know, but I don't think anybody could have expected
:06:40. > :06:48.the wonderful efforts at Margaret made in an attempt to prevent him
:06:48. > :06:54.from stealing. She was extremely brave. And the thieves? They finally
:06:54. > :07:01.dumped their car in Mayhill. Police are pulling out all the stops to
:07:01. > :07:05.catch these villains. And they need your help. It is really important to
:07:05. > :07:11.bring these people to justice. not know what other crimes they have
:07:11. > :07:21.been involved in or other occurrences, but we need your help.
:07:21. > :07:29.Let's remind ourselves -- the car was stolen from Mayhill in Swansea.
:07:29. > :07:35.At 6:15am, it was used in a Rams reared -- ram raid in the city
:07:35. > :07:40.centre. At 7:25am, they were seen at the hotel in the north of the city.
:07:40. > :07:50.They then headed to the Londis store in Mount Pleasant, just after
:07:50. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :07:58.7:30am. And they finally ditched their car back in Mayhill. It was a
:07:58. > :08:05.very commonly attack, Margaret is 71 years old. She is very feisty but we
:08:05. > :08:10.would not encourage anybody to fight to the levels that Margaret did.
:08:10. > :08:14.Margaret 's family has been shaken by this experience. I have got
:08:14. > :08:19.children and grandchildren and they are horrified. They obviously don't
:08:19. > :08:25.want to think of me... Anything happening to me or me being involved
:08:25. > :08:34.in anything. But Margaret refuses to let this robbery change her life.
:08:34. > :08:44.has just may be more wary. Of people. I tend to be more suspicious
:08:44. > :08:44.
:08:44. > :08:51.and generally more on edge. But I went to work that same evening. I
:08:51. > :08:54.would not want things to change. Margaret is someone because not only
:08:54. > :09:00.did you stand up to that found but she went back to work the same
:09:00. > :09:07.night. We do have some clues. Particularly, this Mitsubushi
:09:07. > :09:11.Shogun, stolen from the mail area of Swansea on the 16th of March. That
:09:11. > :09:21.was the day of the rugby six Nations decider when Wales took go in
:09:21. > :09:23.
:09:23. > :09:29.that day, police want to hear from you. And DC David Welham is
:09:29. > :09:37.investigating. Quite a crime spree? They committed quite if you offences
:09:37. > :09:40.that morning. Throughout Swansea. And clothing is the key? From CCTV,
:09:40. > :09:45.we know one of the offenders was wearing this hooded jumper and also
:09:45. > :09:53.these shoes. Anybody who saw this vehicle, someone wearing this
:09:53. > :09:55.clothing, that is important. This is poor economy strong. We know that
:09:55. > :10:05.the perpetrator was wearing these shoes because of the tread the
:10:05. > :10:14.covered. -- recovered. How did police link this to the scene of the
:10:14. > :10:19.crime? Rive Wilding has one of the forensic team. -- Rav Wilding.
:10:20. > :10:26.Thomas heads up the forensic team for South Wales. This is exactly
:10:26. > :10:33.like the shoe that was left at the scene but how do we determine marks
:10:33. > :10:40.left by the offender or someone legitimately? We had a targeted area
:10:40. > :10:48.to work to so we made the job easier. This mark was taken from
:10:48. > :10:54.some paper? Yes, he steps on this piece of paper, which has been
:10:54. > :11:01.disturbed during the fight. We know from our specialist footwear unit,
:11:01. > :11:06.they have identified that as this Kickers boot. From this mark, you
:11:06. > :11:12.can identify the shoe? They have to eliminate people who normally work
:11:12. > :11:20.in that area and from that, they use their database of 30,000 shoe
:11:20. > :11:24.marks, 500 Manufacturer 's supply these. And they get categorisations
:11:24. > :11:30.and they can produce exactly the replica. So much information from
:11:30. > :11:34.just the shoe? I will put this to the test. I am wearing a pair of
:11:34. > :11:42.shoes with hardly any grip. I want to see if you can lift my foot
:11:42. > :11:47.rent. Bit of a challenge. But your right foot onto the yellow paper.
:11:47. > :11:55.Transfer this directly onto the paper. And we should see the result.
:11:55. > :12:04.Let's have a look. Quite impressive. What can you get from that? This is
:12:04. > :12:09.quite interesting because we have the brand name. You can see some
:12:09. > :12:16.were battering. This defining line. Good proportions, we could get your
:12:16. > :12:19.shoe size. No great difficulty in identifying that shoe. There is a
:12:19. > :12:25.lot of information just from that, which I thought would have been
:12:25. > :12:32.difficult. And those marks. If you were wearing my shoes are we had the
:12:32. > :12:38.same shoes, yours will be different? With the same height and weight,
:12:38. > :12:44.using for one month, we travelled differently and we can see different
:12:44. > :12:47.characteristics on the uniqueness of that shoe. What if there was a
:12:48. > :12:52.communal household and a pair of shoes was used and the owners said,
:12:52. > :13:02.somebody else must have worn them. Can you do anything? Confronted with
:13:02. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:08.that, in addition to the footwear evidence, we can do DNA work, and
:13:08. > :13:14.will look at the laces and the strap and additional stuff,
:13:15. > :13:21.ground-breaking stuff, the dietary work done on the shoes to show the
:13:21. > :13:26.impression left by somebody's foot. No hiding whatsoever. Thank you for
:13:26. > :13:34.joining us. Hopefully I am in the clear! Let's look at some criminals
:13:34. > :13:39.got on camera. Watch carefully. -- caught on camera. Ten days before
:13:39. > :13:46.Christmas in West London. It is past closing time but these men are
:13:46. > :13:50.casing the joint. And they are not after a cup of coffee. One of them
:13:50. > :13:55.breaks in and starts emptying the shelves and windowsills. But when he
:13:55. > :14:00.is heading for the till, he decides he needs to keep a very low profile.
:14:00. > :14:08.And he crawls across the floor. What is he doing? He gets to the Tilburg
:14:08. > :14:15.cannot open it. No problem, he takes the entire thing. Cash, two
:14:15. > :14:24.televisions and tobacco worth �1500 in total. Give us the lowdown on
:14:24. > :14:31.this man. It is the early hours of the morning, on the bus route
:14:31. > :14:36.between Turnpike Lane and West Green in London. This man checks out the
:14:36. > :14:43.top floor. He sits down, but he has spotted something on the seat in
:14:43. > :14:48.front of him and he moves in for a closer look. Eventually, he heads
:14:48. > :14:52.back downstairs again. But what is this? He picked up someone else's
:14:52. > :15:02.bag which has an expensive Saturn Avenue in it. He definitely did not
:15:02. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:09.have that when he got on. Do you A jewellery shop in Norwich,
:15:09. > :15:14.September last year. These two women have come in to look at gold
:15:14. > :15:19.bracelets. They are doing more than just looking. If you look closely,
:15:19. > :15:23.you'll see the woman on the left is distracting the sales assistant.
:15:23. > :15:33.Meanwhile, her accomplice takes one bracelet, hides it, before reaching
:15:33. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:43.These two women certainly have the Midas touch. We have got to see that
:15:43. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:50.again. That is so underhand. In just one spree, they made off with �9,000
:15:50. > :15:57.of gold. Do not let them get away with it. Let us catch these two
:15:57. > :16:05.Seamus gold grabbers. That was very slight indeed. If you
:16:05. > :16:13.know anything about those crimes, please call us, or e-mail us. All of
:16:13. > :16:18.the footage is also on the website. Still to come on today's programme.
:16:18. > :16:23.The callous thieves who stole a family pet dog and dumped her next
:16:23. > :16:27.to a motorway. Can you help police catch them? And this driver 's
:16:27. > :16:33.eyesight was so bad, police said he should not have been on the road.
:16:33. > :16:39.But would you pass a road side I test?
:16:39. > :16:44.This is one of Wales's busiest beaches, not that you would know it
:16:44. > :16:50.on a Monday morning. But when the sun is shining and school is out, it
:16:50. > :16:58.is a different story. Barry Island on a busy bank holiday
:16:58. > :17:03.weekend. Barry Island, on a sunny day and at
:17:03. > :17:08.this, we could have 20,000 visitors. A lot of visitors arrive at the same
:17:08. > :17:13.time, the car parks and train stations and roads are busy.
:17:13. > :17:16.There is so much to do, south Wales police have recruited a group of
:17:16. > :17:21.civilian volunteers. We want to ensure everyone feels
:17:21. > :17:25.safe to be here, and they do not have to deal with anyone messing
:17:25. > :17:31.around, being drunk and disorderly, and stopping anti-social behaviour
:17:31. > :17:36.is our main aim on the island. The volunteers do not get paid but they
:17:36. > :17:41.do get great experience if they want to become police officers.
:17:41. > :17:47.I have always had an interest in the police. I have finished a degree in
:17:47. > :17:53.police science at Glamorgan. This is a precursor.
:17:53. > :17:59.This isn't work experience, they are a real help to police officers,
:17:59. > :18:02.reminding daytrippers of the alcohol ban on the beach. With up to 70
:18:02. > :18:07.children going missing in crowds every year, they have a way of
:18:07. > :18:11.keeping families altogether. Hello, we are handing out these
:18:11. > :18:19.wristbands. The volunteers write the mobile phone number on the
:18:19. > :18:25.wristband. If your child gets separated, we can rewrite -- blue
:18:25. > :18:29.note reunite you with your child in by phoning.
:18:29. > :18:36.We explained to the older ones to go to someone for help. All for the
:18:36. > :18:40.younger ones, they have a wristband. Have a good day. Stay safe.
:18:41. > :18:46.Goodbye! Parents find it all very reassuring.
:18:46. > :18:51.It is a great idea, you can lose your child very easily on the beach.
:18:51. > :18:54.Even though she does it for free, Emma loves her job with the police.
:18:54. > :18:58.It is fantastic, every time a child is reunited.
:18:58. > :19:05.It makes it better for everyone coming to the island knowing their
:19:05. > :19:11.children is safe. They are here as an aid for us,
:19:11. > :19:17.which frees up time to deal with anti-social behaviour, any possible
:19:17. > :19:23.problems. What a difference a Bank Holiday
:19:23. > :19:28.makes. Emma, who we saw in the film, is with me now. You cannot caution
:19:28. > :19:35.or arrest people, what do you do if you spot trouble on the beach?
:19:35. > :19:40.Barry Island is a family resort. On a typical day, residents, public and
:19:40. > :19:45.the many visitors, it is about engaging with them, letting them
:19:45. > :19:49.feel comfortable here. We have been known to do things such as, no
:19:49. > :19:56.alcohol is allowed on Barry Island. If there is a large amount, we will
:19:56. > :20:02.bring up a lease officer who can confiscate it. Correction-macro a
:20:02. > :20:07.police officer. There is also a dog band between May and September.
:20:07. > :20:12.Everyone can enjoy the sun and the beach without dogs running around,
:20:12. > :20:18.and people drunk on beaches. And you don't wear a uniform, so you are
:20:18. > :20:22.quite approachable for people and children.
:20:22. > :20:28.Police forces around the country are asking for your help to find these
:20:28. > :20:34.men. Our first face is this man, Brian James Waite. He has been on
:20:34. > :20:39.the run for almost seven years. He escaped from prison in 2006 where he
:20:39. > :20:45.was serving 11 years for an armed robbery where �25,000 was stolen
:20:45. > :20:49.from a security van. He has connections to west Yorkshire, Spain
:20:49. > :20:55.and the Netherlands. He has a liver condition and detectives believe he
:20:55. > :21:00.may be receiving treatment in the UK. Have you seen him recently? Help
:21:00. > :21:06.put him back in prison. Next, Kevin Brown, jailed for five
:21:06. > :21:09.years in April 2008 for supplying heroin and crack cocaine. He was
:21:09. > :21:19.released early but failed to stick to his conditions and is now wanted
:21:19. > :21:23.back in jail. He speaks with a London accident -- absent. Police
:21:23. > :21:28.believe he has a goatee style beard. Number three is Alexsandro Guerra
:21:28. > :21:31.Sobrinho, wanted by police since May 2010.
:21:31. > :21:36.He was charged with grievous bodily harm after a man was stabbed in the
:21:36. > :21:40.shoulder but he failed to turn up in court. Originally from Italy, he has
:21:40. > :21:47.connections with north London but could be anywhere in the country.
:21:47. > :21:52.Finally today, take a close look at this man, 29-year-old Royston Joseph
:21:52. > :21:58.Parris. He stood trial at Cardiff Crown Court the drug dealing after
:21:58. > :22:02.police seized a large quantity of heroin and almost �16,000 in cash.
:22:02. > :22:08.He absconded and was found guilty in his absence. He has been on the run
:22:08. > :22:13.since March this year. He is six feet tall and is of large build. He
:22:13. > :22:16.has links with Bristol, and Bath, Cardiff and London. Please do not
:22:16. > :22:26.approach him but contact the police. If you recognise any of
:22:26. > :22:41.
:22:41. > :22:47.these men, please contact us. when you get in a car it is really
:22:47. > :22:50.important you can see where you are going but it is estimated 2 million
:22:50. > :22:56.drivers on Britain's roads are too short-sighted to pass the standard
:22:56. > :23:02.driver eyesight test. Police in South Wales are cracking
:23:02. > :23:07.down on drivers whose eyesight is not up to scratch. Morning, sir,
:23:07. > :23:16.sorry to bother you. Road side crackdown is happening because of
:23:16. > :23:22.one incident which caused the death of 16-year-old Cassie McCord.
:23:22. > :23:28.was a normal teenager. She loved to go shopping and spending money. She
:23:28. > :23:33.liked family outings, going to the beach for picnics. She was goodbye,
:23:33. > :23:38.always giggling. Just normal. In normal, teenage girl. Cathy was
:23:38. > :23:43.studying for her A-levels at Colchester sixth form college.
:23:43. > :23:46.was bright, she would have gone to university I am sure. There were
:23:46. > :23:52.lots of different things she was thinking about doing but she wanted
:23:52. > :23:57.to do law. She was doing law A-level. Cathy would never become a
:23:57. > :24:03.lawyer. On February seven, 2011, her mum had an urgent visit from the
:24:03. > :24:06.police. They wouldn't give me too much information, they said she had
:24:06. > :24:12.been involved in an accident and they were taking me to Colchester
:24:12. > :24:17.Hospital where she was. They kept saying it is serious. I said, I am
:24:17. > :24:24.not going to break down, I need to know on the scale of serious where
:24:24. > :24:29.we are talking. He said, you need to prepare for the worst.
:24:29. > :24:33.Cathy had been knocked down by a car while walking to school. This
:24:33. > :24:38.shocking CCTV footage shows the car mounted the pavement twice before
:24:38. > :24:46.hitting Cassie. She was left in a critical condition.
:24:46. > :24:56.We stayed with her. It was quite nice. You know... You can get to say
:24:56. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:13.But when police investigated the 87-year-old driver of the car, it
:25:13. > :25:19.emerged he had been involved in a minor crash at a petrol station just
:25:19. > :25:23.three days earlier and had failed a police eye test. The police were
:25:23. > :25:28.called at the time, because a couple of people at the petrol station
:25:28. > :25:33.said, my God, that man should not be driving. Anyway, the police did a
:25:33. > :25:39.roadside eye test when they were called. Which he failed. They did
:25:39. > :25:43.not have powers to do anything about it. Two hours they were with him. He
:25:43. > :25:49.kept saying, are you telling me I cannot drive? They said they could
:25:49. > :25:53.not, but they suggested it was not a good idea. The coroner found Cassie
:25:53. > :25:58.had been unlawfully killed and it is likely the driver had his foot on
:25:58. > :26:03.the accelerator instead of the brake. Jackie thought he should have
:26:03. > :26:06.been taken off the road before the accident. She launched a campaign to
:26:06. > :26:12.give police powers to revoke drivers licenses on the spot if they failed
:26:12. > :26:16.and eyesight test. I thought, I cannot let this happen to anybody
:26:16. > :26:22.else. It is wrong the police do not have the powers. We started the
:26:23. > :26:27.campaign for Cassie. Her campaign succeeded. Two years after Cassie
:26:27. > :26:32.died, police were given the right to revoke licences on the roadside. To
:26:32. > :26:38.get a licence back, drivers have to pass a medical. South Wales police
:26:38. > :26:43.are making the most of the new powers. Can I ask you to read the
:26:43. > :26:49.number plate on the police car in front of you. Sorry, no, I have just
:26:49. > :26:55.had my new glasses. Road safety officers are on the roads all over
:26:55. > :27:05.south Wales putting drivers eyesight to the test. Can you stand by the
:27:05. > :27:08.
:27:08. > :27:13.Ballard, madam. That is 20 metres. Keep your glasses on. Something...
:27:13. > :27:18.Oh, gosh. This driver is not able to read the number plate clearly from
:27:18. > :27:22.20 metres. As the result is borderline, her licence is not
:27:22. > :27:28.revoked but she is given a written warning and she agrees to take
:27:28. > :27:32.action. I have got reading glasses, but obviously I need a pair of
:27:32. > :27:37.driving glasses as well. Can I ask you to read the number plate on the
:27:37. > :27:47.police car in front of you. I can't, I haven't got my glasses.
:27:47. > :27:55.Oh, my goodness. The number plate on the police car? No, sorry. I am not
:27:55. > :27:59.doing well, am I? Make sure you wear your glasses. This woman couldn't
:27:59. > :28:03.read the whole of the registration either. She also got a written
:28:03. > :28:08.warning. They will keep a record and if it happens again they could take
:28:08. > :28:13.more serious action. If you were glasses, wear them. Like the police
:28:13. > :28:18.officer said, I can cause an asteroid which I totally agree with.
:28:18. > :28:23.So, I think it is a good thing. Correction-macro I can cause an
:28:23. > :28:32.accident. Anyone who does not take advice following the warning may be
:28:32. > :28:36.punished. We give advice. If they choose to ignore it, we have to do
:28:36. > :28:41.something such as giving a fixed penalty notice or we can revoke,
:28:41. > :28:46.which is something we do not want to do but we have the power to.
:28:46. > :28:50.there is something we can do to stop deaths on our roads, then we will.
:28:50. > :28:55.Jackie is still grieving for her daughter, Cassie. Her hope now is
:28:55. > :29:01.that police will be able to prevent a similar tragedy happening again.
:29:01. > :29:04.am just pleased that, if it stops another death, like Cassie, it is
:29:04. > :29:11.worth it. That accident should not have happened. It was totally,
:29:11. > :29:21.totally avoidable. Had this law been in place in that time, Cassie would
:29:21. > :29:24.
:29:24. > :29:30.important it is to better eyesight tested regularly. Over the next few
:29:30. > :29:35.weeks, I will cover a few miles and Nicola will put my eyesight to the
:29:35. > :29:41.test. It is quite a distance that it will have to see? 20 metres, people
:29:41. > :29:47.imagine that to be greater but 20 metres is far enough but you have to
:29:47. > :29:51.do that, as a requirement. It is a serious issue, the serious
:29:51. > :29:57.consequences we could see their from this. You put a lot into this, you
:29:57. > :30:01.have to find the right place to check? We have run numerous
:30:01. > :30:07.operations and we used layby is that our 20 metres long, safe entrances
:30:07. > :30:13.and exits, numerous operations and we shall continue with that. I will
:30:13. > :30:20.have my eyesight tested. Let us take a look. We have 20 metre markings.
:30:20. > :30:30.The police car has been brought along. The registration plate.
:30:30. > :30:30.
:30:30. > :30:34.Perfect! If I did not get that, my lessons would be revoked. What next?
:30:34. > :30:38.The optician would give you an eyesight test and perhaps glasses or
:30:38. > :30:42.contact lenses and you might need your licence revoked prominently.
:30:42. > :30:48.Then you cannot do anything about that. I am so grateful that I
:30:48. > :30:52.passed. Very relieved. Thank you. The sun is beginning to come out on
:30:52. > :30:56.Barry Island and it is always a dilemma on the beach, what about
:30:56. > :31:06.your body doubles? Police have been patrolling further up the coast,
:31:06. > :31:13.giving advice to surfers on where to stash their stuff. Porthcawl in
:31:13. > :31:17.South Wales, surfers are attracted here from all over the UK. But where
:31:17. > :31:27.do they keep their valuables? PC Chris Block regularly patrols the
:31:27. > :31:28.
:31:29. > :31:38.car park, talking to surfers. They have various secret hiding places.
:31:38. > :31:44.thought it was find you. I will not do that again. There are times when
:31:44. > :31:52.he puts it underneath the car, which is quite bad. I cannot imagine why
:31:52. > :31:54.that would be bad! On your wheel? ! Some guys from a Surf club in
:31:54. > :32:01.Cardiff had their cars stolen because they had it in their keys in
:32:01. > :32:06.the suspension. Things like that, you can see rocks, I would not let
:32:07. > :32:14.it pass them to leave their keys under there. You were talking about
:32:14. > :32:18.where to leave the key? Underneath a rock, somewhere. Police are so
:32:18. > :32:24.concerned about car theft, they have been handed out -- handing out
:32:24. > :32:28.pouches. We shall give you a free waterproof podge, and you can put
:32:28. > :32:33.your keys in their because I don't want to see you coming out and your
:32:33. > :32:43.car has been stolen. If I ask you, where was your key? On the wheel,
:32:43. > :32:44.
:32:44. > :32:49.officer! Are you happy with that? Did. Time to hit the surf. Safe in
:32:49. > :32:55.the knowledge that their cars will still be there when they get back.
:32:55. > :33:03.That is a very good campaign but it is not just surfers who have this
:33:03. > :33:06.problem and Sam, I have brought my things along, typical beach things.
:33:07. > :33:12.Flippers, and also my purse and mobile phone. People with stuff
:33:12. > :33:15.those down the bottom of the bag or wrap them up in their fault. If you
:33:15. > :33:22.really need to bring valuables to the beach, you must be responsible
:33:22. > :33:27.for them. If you, the group of friends, share the responsibility.
:33:27. > :33:35.Only take what is necessary, if you have come by car, keep things like
:33:35. > :33:40.soup -- securely in the boot. If sunbathing, keep your valuables
:33:40. > :33:48.under your pillow or your arms, so you will no when somebody tries to
:33:48. > :33:54.take them. Only take what is necessary, a sickly. Good advice.
:33:54. > :33:59.Thank you. Only take what is necessary. Having your stuff stolen
:33:59. > :34:03.can be very upsetting but at least most things can be replaced. If
:34:03. > :34:11.these steal something much more precious, like a family pet, it can
:34:11. > :34:19.cause terrible heartache. They say a dog is a man's best friend and with
:34:19. > :34:27.Alan, his faithful dog was part of the family. I had Nicky when she was
:34:27. > :34:35.three years old. She has never given me any trouble, always wanted to
:34:35. > :34:41.come with me, she hated if I was not around. One of the best dogs I have
:34:41. > :34:46.had. Landscaper Alan Thomas and his dog were inseparable, until it left
:34:46. > :34:53.in April which would change everything. -- until a theft. Alan
:34:53. > :35:00.had a job in the Morriston area of Swansea and Nicky was by his side.
:35:00. > :35:04.As Alan got on with his building, Nicky snoozed in the van, as always.
:35:04. > :35:10.Any job, everybody knew her, she would sit down by them, never any
:35:10. > :35:18.trouble, she just sat down. If she did not like the rain, she would sit
:35:18. > :35:23.in the car. But the sun was shining, she would sit with us. His keys in
:35:23. > :35:30.the truck, thinking it would be safe as they made frequent journeys back
:35:30. > :35:33.and forth. But it seems that Alan and his crew were being watched.
:35:33. > :35:38.Witnesses have told police that they had seen young men sitting in
:35:38. > :35:42.another white van parked nearby. Nobody knows exactly what happens
:35:42. > :35:49.next and the police believe one of those men could have approached Alan
:35:50. > :35:55.'s truck. Alan was at the back of the property working with noisy
:35:55. > :36:02.machinery. He did not hear his engine being started. His truck had
:36:02. > :36:09.been stolen. I went back down the driveway and my truck was gone. I
:36:09. > :36:14.never heard anything. Nothing at all. Alan was stunned, the truck
:36:14. > :36:24.represented his livelihood but, much worse, Nicky was in the back.
:36:24. > :36:24.
:36:25. > :36:29.Normally I am very calm but I was very concerned for my dog. And we
:36:29. > :36:33.immediately got into one of the fans, we went looking. But the
:36:33. > :36:39.manner the truck had already got away. And he was stuck with a dog he
:36:39. > :36:44.did not want. I was so frightened that they would put out somewhere or
:36:44. > :36:52.whatever. We knew this was a race against time. Alan was losing the
:36:52. > :36:56.race because the thief did not care what happened to Nicky. Get out!
:36:56. > :37:04.Nicky was dumped by the heartless thief, all alone and wandering
:37:04. > :37:07.around, looking for her owner. Getting desperate, Alan and his
:37:07. > :37:13.friends turned to a social networking site in an attempt to
:37:13. > :37:18.find her. We started to put this on to Facebook that day, after a couple
:37:18. > :37:28.of hours. We hired a large response from people that the dog was on the
:37:28. > :37:28.
:37:28. > :37:31.motorway. We raced to the motorway. At about 2pm. But it was too late.
:37:31. > :37:41.The emergency calls had come in, reporting there was a dog wandering
:37:41. > :37:45.
:37:45. > :37:50.on the motorway. I want to report a dog walking on the hard shoulder.
:37:50. > :37:59.was Nicky. And she had been dumped near the M4, the busiest road in
:37:59. > :38:07.Wales. It was only a matter of time. What happens next is too
:38:07. > :38:11.distressing to show. Nicky was hit by a truck. The dog warden rang me
:38:11. > :38:21.and said she had been killed and would I like to see her but I could
:38:21. > :38:28.not. Her death had a profound effect on Alan. Looking back, it was
:38:28. > :38:32.devastating. The first week she went, I put food down for her every
:38:32. > :38:39.night. It was very hard to get out of the way of things you normally
:38:39. > :38:45.do. To have somebody's vehicle stolen isn't Shelley bad enough but
:38:45. > :38:51.the vehicle and property can be replaced. However, the dog followed
:38:51. > :38:56.and went everywhere with Mr Thomas and it is quite an emotional crime
:38:56. > :39:06.as well. And obviously, the people responsible, we need to bring them
:39:06. > :39:06.
:39:06. > :39:13.to justice. I would challenge anyone not to feel better about the people
:39:13. > :39:16.that did that. You can get past that what you would like to stop them
:39:16. > :39:25.doing this to anyone else or make sure they do go to jail for what
:39:25. > :39:33.they do. If they had only tied my dog to a lamp post, that would have
:39:33. > :39:37.been two minutes. The truck was eventually find about on the Swansea
:39:37. > :39:41.enterprise Park on the 19th of April. If you leave people like that
:39:41. > :39:46.idea, they would just do it to somebody else. They will have
:39:46. > :39:52.heartache and loss. And the impact on their lives. I will never get
:39:52. > :40:00.Nicky back. I would pay to have her back. But she was gone before the
:40:00. > :40:03.day. It is a terribly sad story and police think those thieves were
:40:03. > :40:08.driving around in their truck for up to three days. Sgt Stuart Johnson
:40:08. > :40:17.joins me. People must have seen them? The vehicle was quite
:40:18. > :40:23.distinctive, it had a large carbon and also it had the logo of home and
:40:23. > :40:29.garden written on it. I'm sure somebody had seen that. And you want
:40:29. > :40:33.people to get in touch to help catch those thieves? Definitely. To jog
:40:33. > :40:37.your memory, this truck was taken one day before Lady Thatcher 's
:40:37. > :40:43.funeral so if you saw it driving around the Swansea area at that
:40:43. > :40:51.time, get in touch. There is some positive because Alan has had a lot
:40:51. > :40:56.of committees get in touch when they heard about that? Yes, people were
:40:56. > :41:04.crying on the phone, we had 5000 people on Facebook. All trying to
:41:04. > :41:09.locate my truck. That was very heartening for you. Particularly one
:41:09. > :41:15.person who heard about your plight and they brought Toby to you. This
:41:15. > :41:21.new dog. He is absolutely gorgeous. We saw him in the reconstruction. He
:41:21. > :41:29.was also found alongside a motorway. Thank fully, he was rescued and
:41:29. > :41:36.saved. And he is your new pet? He won't replace Nicky but it is
:41:36. > :41:40.good to have some company? I could not be without a dog, my dog within
:41:41. > :41:45.one week because I missed her so much. Toby is gorgeous. And very
:41:45. > :41:50.well-behaved! Thank you very much. And it is nice to end on a positive
:41:50. > :41:55.note. Just time to give you some updates on what has been coming in,
:41:55. > :41:58.calls on robbery in the store were 71-year-old Margaret Griffiths
:41:58. > :42:02.fought back against those blogs. Some of them suggested, police are
:42:02. > :42:07.looking about. And a call from a police officer with a very strong
:42:07. > :42:12.lead on one of these CCTV items, those women using that distraction
:42:12. > :42:17.technique. Hopefully that leads to something. Possible sightings of one
:42:17. > :42:25.of those wanted faces, number four, western Paris. Hopefully he will get
:42:25. > :42:32.fired very soon. -- he will get fired. Tomorrow, I will be up the
:42:32. > :42:36.road, meeting the longest serving police force in South Wales. He will
:42:36. > :42:42.be policing the Rhianna concert and we will find out about his training
:42:42. > :42:49.to cope with those very big crowds. All sounds very good, remember, you
:42:49. > :42:53.can see all of those CCTV clips on the website. Also online, those