Episode 5 Crimewatch Roadshow

up and robbed in their own home. Help bring these vicious thugs to

Roadshow. We're live every weekday morning, helping police tackle

everyday crime. On the programme woman as they pulled the rings off

her fingers. A husband and a father lost to cancer. Police want to find

the callous burglars who stole his ashes from his widow 's bedside

table. And it's almost the weekend, so we are out on the town with

Northamptonshire Police as they take a zero tolerance approach to drunken

louts. The team out on the road are with Northamptonshire Police again

and they're in Northampton town centre. Sian, have you got that

Friday feeling? Yes, definitely. Today we're right in the centre of

the town's party district. Tonight this place will be full of people,

most of just out to have a good time, but others will have too much

drink. If they cause trouble they could end up in here - the mobile

custody unit. Join me later when we'll see it in action. OK, lots to

come today. But first, a particularly harrowing attack on a

couple as they sat at home watching Debbie and Adrian Flowers used to

love living in a sleepy Northamptonshire village of

Collingtree. It's been their home for 18 months and it's where they

felt safe and comfortable. And, on New Year's Day this year, they were

enjoying what they thought would be a typical quiet evening in.

dambusters whereon, the old black and white war film. Debbie was in

the back room on her own. In the corner of my eye, I saw the handle

go down on the door, and as I turned around, I remember I smiled, but my

smile absolutely froze. A man holding a large hunting knife burst

through the unlocked back door. he came through, two Moore came

behind him and they just ran straight past me. He came towards me

and put the knife across my face. With a knife to her throat, she

couldn't even call out for help. Adrian was still watching this film

in the lounge oblivious to what was going on. As I looked up, two men

burst through the door which was open. Both carrying knives and both

wearing balaclavas. The first one post me onto the floor. But the

knife into the back of my neck. He said, "we know you have got a say.

Where is it and where is the cash? Debbie was brought into the lounge

at knifepoint. He lifted me up by my arms. He was just shouting and

bellowing at me, where is the safe? I said, we have not got a say.

put my wife on the floor next to me, she was absolutely hysterical.

Where is the money? They put the knife back into my neck. They told

Debbie, "we have asked him once, he hands. They pinned him down. They

got this knife again... I thought I'm going to watch my husband died

and there's nothing I can do about it. They bound their hands behind

their backs and then they finally found something of value worth

stealing. Debbie's jewellery. I was very worried because my wife's rings

on her fingers are very, very tight, and it looked, at one stage, they

were going to cut her fingers off to get the rings. He went down with the

knife. I was sobbing and said, please, they are my mothers. Please

don't take my mother 's rings. I kept saying sorry. But they still

took them. Whilst one man regarded the couple, the other two started

searching the house for other valuables and cash. The men took

jewellery, electrical items, and a small amount of cash. After around

20 minutes, they finally left. Adrian managed to wriggle free and

ran out after them. Debbie soon followed. I ran out of the garden

and was screaming, screaming. I didn't know which way Adrian had

gone. And then... And then I don't remember because I thought he was

dead. Adrian ran out to the end of the road only to see a car speeding

off into the distance. They were absolutely traumatised and when the

officers got there, they were beside themselves hysterical. These men are

very dangerous, and to take a knife to somebody's throat, to grab hold

of Debbie and put them both onto the floor and then tie them up, and to

threaten them, it's a heinous crime. These offenders, clearly, it meant

business. If these offenders have done this, they will do it again.

And they need to be caught and they need to go to prison. Months later,

the couple are still struggling to come to terms with what happened to

them. I think it affected my wife very badly. She has not set foot

back in this room sintered happened. I have to walk around town and be

able to go into shops, knowing that they would know me and I don't know

who they are. They could stand next to me in the queue in the

supermarket and I don't know them. I can't cope with that. That's what I

can't cope with. Somebody knows who these people are. Why would you do

this to people? We are just ordinary people. We work, we get on with our

ordeal they went through. Detective Sergeant Jo Fletcher is with me now.

We just can't imagine what these people went through in that ordeal,

can we? It's very difficult to imagine what it was for that lovely

couple to go through that horrendous experience in their own home.

of jewellery was taken in this raid. �10,000 worth in fact. We can

take a look at this pendant in particular because that was of great

sentimental value, wasn't it? It was given to Debbie by her mother before

she passed away. It's a white merano glass heart on a silver chain with a

heart clasp. It had two lockets, one of which had a photograph of

Debbie's mother. This isn't the bracelet which was taken but is very

similar in style and design and it had hinged areas, very yellow gold

from Cairo. And I watch was also taken? Yes, And finally, Adrian's

Omega watch. It's almost identical in style. These numbers are now

eroded away and there was two distinct scratchers between a first

and second hinge. I know that you want to catch these people. Thanks.

Now I should tell you there is a �10,000 Crimestoppers reward for

information leading to the arrest and conviction of these robbers.

urgent appeal from South Yorkshire Police. They need your help to find

14-year-old Lorna vicarage from Doncaster. Lorna was last seen on

Wednesday and is believed to have gone missing with this man,

35-year-old John Bush. Police say she is not in any danger but they

want to question Bush on child abduction. Detectives believe they

stayed in Leicestershire in a hotel last night and could today be

travelling by train. Please call us on the number on your screen if you

have any information. Now every Friday we'll be having another look

at four of the wanted faces we've already shown you. We are getting

good information, but just need that final vital clue. Our first wanted

face is this man Brian James Waite. He's been on the run for almost

seven years now. He escaped from prison in 2006 where was serving an

11-year sentence for an armed robbery during which �25,000 was

stolen from a security van. He has connections to the West Yorkshire

area and also to Spain and the Netherlands. Waite has a liver

condition and detectives believe he may well be receiving treatment here

in the UK. Have you seen him recently? Let us know and help put

him back in prison. This is Royston Josef Parris. He stood trial at

Cardiff Crown Court for drug dealing after police seized a large quantity

of heroin and almost �16,000 in cash. But Parris absconded and was

found guilty in his absence. He's been on the run since March this

year. He's six foot tall and of large build. He has links to

Cardiff, London, Leeds, Bristol and Bath. If you do see him don't

approach him. Contact the police. Take a close look at this man,

Andrew Stephenson Wilson. He may now be calling himself by another name

as he uses various alias including Anthony Stephenson Wilson and Lee

Anthony Wilson. He was handed a seven-year sentence in 2004 for a

series of robberies where large sums of money were stolen from

businesses. He was released early on licence but is now wanted back in

jail. He speaks with a northern accent and is known to have links to

Manchester and Spain. Finally for this week, we have 23-year-old

Mohammed Islam. He's wanted by officers in Hampshire in connection

with a number of sexual assaults on women. He speaks with a Bangladeshi

accent and often carries a satchel over his shoulder. He's known to

have connections in London and Southampton, although police believe

he could be anywhere in the country. If you recognise any of these, make

sure you pick up the phone. You can call us on 08000 468999. Or you can

text us on 63399. Text CW, space and then your message. And that space is

really important. If you don't put it in, your message won't get

through to us. Of course you can e-mail us too. The address

[email protected]. Now, we need you to have a good look at this lot who

have been caught on CCTV getting up to no good.

Here's a man with an eye an accessory. We are in London, TK

Maxx, in Fabbri, and this fashion conscious thief is browsing the

handbags. -- in February. He settles on two very pricey handbags, very

nice. But he has no intention of paying for them. He takes the bags,

with �600, and strolls out of the shop. Do you know this bag snatcher?

Let us know. Norwich, February this year. And these hooded men look like

they mean business. One of them is brandishing a gun. One has a metal

bar, and the other hammer. The guy with a metal bar shoves a member of

staff. One of them finally makes a grab for some sweets. Sugar craving

sorted, they turn their attention to getting money out of the till. But

it does not open and the shopkeeper is having none of it, so they make a

run for it grabbing some cigarettes on the way. If you have any

information, pick up that phone now. It's the early hours of the morning

on the bus to Hounslow. And this man joins his friends at the back of the

bus. Watch how the man in the CAP uses his feet to steal a sleeping

passenger's bag. That is so cheeky. The victim has no idea what's going

on. The thief and his accomplice search the bag and transfer a laptop

into the woman's handbag. But just when they think they are home and

dry, it looks like the victim is waking up. The quick thinking team

immediately pretend to be asleep. Let's catch these sneaky sleepers

before they do it again. Recognise anyone? If so, you know

what to do. Right, still to come today. A burglary that left a

grieving family heartbroken. Now, Sian, I hear you've been up to no

good in Northampton? You could say that, Rav. I'm being checked into

custody at this mobile police station. It's here because this is

going to be a very busy area of Northampton tonight. I'm with a desk

officer. If I was brought here tonight, what would happen to me?

Firstly, you need to understand why you were arrested and then I would

authorise your detention and go through a risk assessment process

with you to make sure you were safe while you were with us and go

through your rights and entitlements, take your property,

and then we would show you to the custody suite. I know my rights,

what would happen to me then? are eight rooms in here. These are

tiny. They are a lot smaller than you

would find in a police station but they are fit for purpose for what we

want tonight. This is a zero tolerance approach.

This is in response to drunkenness. We believe we have been overly

tolerant of recent, which encourages people to become to junk. They make

silly decisions, they become vulnerable.

Isn't it a bit heavy-handed. People are just out to have fun.

When people drink too much, they put themselves at risk may become a

victim of a crime, may become involved in crime. They are

generally vulnerable. Our role is to keep people safe.

Let us take a look inside one of these very small cells. It is

Northampton town centre. The main thing tonight is to make sure that

people have an enjoyable night. People have had something to drink,

on a Saturday night, but everyone so far seems quite happy and enjoying

their night. Which is what we want. As the drinks

go down, the risk of trouble goes So the police bring in their

brand-new mobile custody suite, part of a zero tolerance approach to

drunken yobs. Instead of going to the main custody

block in the town centre, we can deal people -- deal with people here

in the mobile custody unit. Serious offenders still get taken to

the police station. But this cell block means police can tackle people

who would not normally be arrested. Instead of being charged, they

usually agree to alcohol counselling.

Our main aim is to make sure we intervene before they start to cause

violence. Having that early intervention and we can get people

out of town before they cause harm to other people.

They are soon on their way to another incident, a man is behaving

aggressively outside a nightclub. Let go.

He is wielding a glass of beer bottle so the police get tough with

him. On the floor, do it now. Get on the

With an angry crowd around them, Aaron calls for back-up.

Get these goals back for me. -- girls.

Reinforcement arise and the man is led away. Minutes later, he is being

processed at the mobile custody He will be in the police cell for

about an hour until he sobered up. We can process him and get the

relevant paperwork and transfer him home.

The fact he has a glass bottle in his hand is unpredictable. You can

tell by his demeanour, he was I rate and aggressive.

They have stopped what could have become a violent incident, and the

police officers quickly back -- quickly get back on patrol. Aaron

deals with a man relieving himself. Another man barges into the camera

crew. Calm down or you will get yourself

arrested. Turnaround. Do not tense your arm.

He has been drinking and is being aggressive, so they decide to get

As he lives in the town centre, the special constables take him straight

home to sober up. He said he is going straight home.

My colleagues followed him to his flat around the corner. He has gone

It appears there is a chap in the doorway who is unconscious from too

much alcohol. You cannot remain here, you will

need to stand up. You can keep making no comment but I

needed to stand up. The man is drunk and clearly

vulnerable. You cannot walk home, you say you

live in Harrow? They arrest him for his own safety.

We don't want to ruin your night, we want to keep you safe.

The problem being if we had left him, he was very drunk, in a

doorway, someone could have taken his phone being violent to him. For

his safety we have brought him down to make sure his welfare is in

order. It has been a long first night for

the custody suite in Northampton and, at times, all of its cells have

been completely full. But police are comes -- are convinced this approach

is cutting crime in the town centre. This has been really great. Cutting

down incidences, stopping things happening before they escalate. Some

of the examples we have had tonight, had we let those people out and not

taken action, it could have escalated later in the day.

Aaron Griffiths and Anthony Rawson who you saw in the film are with me

now. Is it always that busy on a Saturday night in Northampton?

Friday is quieter, Saturday, people are coming to Northampton town

centre to have a good time. You are taking this zero tolerance

approach to any problems. One advantage is it means we can

take people who may cause problems later, intervene early and stop them

ruining the night of other people who want to have a good time.

You are both special constables, you do not get paid. How do you fit it

I don't know. I have a training company, training in first aid. It

takes up a lot of time but I have this commitment.

And, you work in a bank. There is a huge difference. Really enjoyable to

come out and do this. Luckily my team at Barclays bank are very

supportive and allow me the extra time to do this. Thank you very

much. Time for our final look this week at

August 2011, these two men are travelling from Redding towards

Twyford. They are no ordinary commuters. They are about to commit

a serious crime. Their prey is the man they eventually sit next to.

Here's a shop worker and carrying the days takings in his bag. The two

crooks threaten the man but when he refuses to hand over any money,

there is a struggle. Eventually, he is dragged from the train. Right

across the form. And our station. -- out of the station. After stealing

�4000 in cash, the thieves bring the victim back to the station and sit

with him for a while, before leaving. Police are treating this as

robbery and kidnapping. pub. This pair look like they are

about to leave, but they have spotted something in the corner.

What are they doing? Whilst the woman hides him from view, the man

goes through the bag and helps things to himself, he takes a

computer tablet and a mobile phone. But their night is not over yet and

they head into another room of the pub. This criminal duo spot another

bag. They hang about for quite a while, then, bold as brass, the man

uses his foot to move the bag closer to him. A little more hanging

around, then his companion picks it up. They got away with more than

�1000 worth of stuff. Police say they are wanted for a further eight

offences of a similar nature. Can you help us catch these brazen

bag snatchers? Call us on 08000 468999. Or text

63399 if you recognise anyone. Or you can ring Crimestoppers

anonymously on 0800 555 111. If you thought shoplifting was all

about teenagers nicking make-up on a Saturday afternoon, think again.

Take a look at this. Watch the man with a hooded top, he

is looking for a drink in Sainsbury's in Northampton on April

six this year. He has found his drink of choice, Jack Daniels

whiskey. He puts a bottle into his shopping bag, then another and

another. 30 bottles in total. He then tried to hide the whiskey worth

�600 with big multipacks of crisps and walks out of the store.

That was quite a haul of whiskey, let us take another really good look

at this man again. Do you know him? If you do, get in touch.

No messing about here. It is very organised, we are seeing more of

this organised crime, groups of men travelling around the country,

stealing property. Disguised, travelling around the region, one

particular individual targeting electrical and bicycle stores, we

can tie him to �20,000 worth of property. Where the public can come

in, this property had to go somewhere. If you are offered

something at a ridiculously low price, questioned why it is from. It

is probably stolen and we need your help to identify the suspects.

When burglars break into peoples' homes, they give no thought to the

sentimental value of the things they steal. And when burglars broke into

the Peach family home, the things they stole could not have been more

precious. Philip Peach was a family man who

had everything to live for. He was a very gentle man, very shy.

Until he got to know people. But he had a wicked sense of humour. He

could always make me laugh even when I was cross, which made me cross. He

loved his family. A doting father. Yes, he was just a lovely man.

18 months ago, Philip became ill. He had got kidney cancer, that

spread throughout his body. It kept getting worse and worse and every so

often he would have a seizure. He would be in and out of hospital. He

managed to stay out for Christmas and we had our last Christmas. By

January there was nothing more they could do for him. He died in

February. Just over a year later, as the

family struggled to come to terms with losing him, they became the

targets of a cruel burglary. Friday 17th of May, his daughter was

collecting Guinness from work to do the weekly shop. After picking her

up, she realised she had forgotten something. Ma'am, I forgot my purse,

can we go and get it? Yes.

She parked the car. I was just talking to her. She didn't answer

me. She was standing in the doorway of the living room, quite.

realised they had been burgled. first thing I noticed was the carpet

was covered in glass, there was a rock to the left. I noticed my

laptop had gone. They searched the house and were distressed by what

they had found. Looking at things which had been

moved, the drawers were open. Then, it becomes apparent what they have

taken. I realised, the jewellery box I had for my 21st birthday. They had

taken one of the family 's most treasured possessions, Philips

watch. He always wore that watch, I can see

it on his wrist. It is quite personal really. I would have

expected to be able to hand back down if I have grandchildren.

Somebody in the family. Not somebody had taken the laptop, mobile phone

and some jewellery. But they didn't stop there. After Philip's death,

they decided to keep his ashes in a set of miniature ins. The burglars

had stolen one of those ins. mum's has gone missing. And that

really hurt, because it is a part of my dad I might not ever get back.

That's just wrong, isn't it? It's wrong breaking into somebody's house

but to take something like that, it's just... I can't imagine anybody

would think that was right. I can't really stress how horrible it is

knowing that's gone. The family have been burgled before but this time,

it was very different. When we were burgled before, Philip was here and

you just felt safer with him here and of course, we haven't got that

now. It's really difficult because we had all that stuff with dad. Just

trying to get over that was hard enough, without having to feel like

we need to check our house every time we open the door and stuff like

that. It's being scared in your own house. It doesn't feel like home any

more. It was bad enough after Philip that. It's important we catch

whoever did that. DC Lee Meadows joins me now. This shows just what a

devastating effect a burglary can have on a family? Yes, of course it

does. This is a classic example of a burglary where people have had

things stolen they could never get back. Hopefully we can get it back.

As a common misconception that they are stealing something which the

insurance company will just replace and nobody will lose out but this is

not the case. To help them get their things back, we have some clues.

item we have got here is an example, a copy of the items stolen, very

similar to that. The original would have been in a blue box. That's

something she would very much like to get back. Of course, also a watch

was taken. A stainless steel Rotary watch, not much of value but

sentimental value and irreplaceable for her. Do you think these people

were lying in wait? It's possible they could have seen them leave.

These people often knock on the door, there's no answer, that the

house they will target. If someone answers the door, they will ask for

a random name and walk away. Let's hope someone gets in touch. DC Lee

Meadows, thank you. Next a face many of you may remember. We appealed for

anyone who may have witnessed a murder at a carnival in Leeds.

16 years she was part of the Crimestoppers team while still

serving in the police. It happened on one of the days leading up to

Christmas in Covent Garden. Please ring back. You are a vital witness

and we would very much like to speak to a game. Your call will be treated

in absolute confidence so please ring again. And here she is. Jacqui

Hames. Welcome back. It's really great to have you here. Thank you

very much. I think the last time we were together was in 2004. And, yes,

we've found a clip. We have six faces for you now, all wanted for

serious crimes throughout the UK. Tell us where they are. Now, for the

weeks, Jacqui's going to be updating you on some of the many results we

had on out appeals last year. So Jacqui, what have you got? So

Jacqui, what have you got? sinister burglary, in a mosque in

South Wales. Let's take a look at that. Everybody is welcome from all

different races. Something like this happening in a place of worship, is

unacceptable. When worshippers arrived at this mosque as usual to

prepare for evening prayers, they were joined by a stranger but little

did they know he was a criminal. There to take advantage of their

welcome. The mosque had an open door policy, so newcomers were not

unusual. But, as prey is started, the thief slipped away. Police

believe he made his way downstairs to open a back door. Before

returning to pray with the unsuspecting worshippers. I was

halfway through the prayers and the other person came in, carried on

praying as normal but was doing it very, very slowly. After worship,

the imam was the last to leave and locked the mosque as usual but the

back door had been left open. Just ten minutes later, CCTV picked up

the stranger in the alleyway behind the mosque. His clothes changed,

ready for action. We clearly caught him on our CCTV surveillance cameras

so we could see exactly what he did. He spent 18 minutes in the building

looking around, and then commits the burglary. Then, out of sight of the

cameras, the intruder broke into the mosque's office, stealing �200 and a

mobile phone. He also took with him the trust of a whole community. As a

result, the mosque was forced to review security and its open door

it? That footage is being watched by the friend of a detective constable

in Devon and Cornwall police and she rang him because she recognised a

very distinctive description, he was sixth at seven tall, and very

expensively dressed. As luck would have it, this DC had in custody a

man who was in custody for a burglary at a mosque. He viewed the

CCTV footage you have just seen there and made a positive

identification. Then what happened? The suspect said absolutely nothing,

so good detective work finally pinned him down and he was charged

and pleaded guilty to 12 burglaries, all in mosques, and received three

and a half years in prison. That's a brilliant result. He was a prolific

offender, as you can public gather, and lived a nomadic lifestyle, so it

was going to be difficult to pin him down. I know the mosque were really

happy with the result. They have something they want to say as well.

We would like to say a big thank you to Crimewatch Roadshow for taking on

this case. A big thank you to everybody who identified and phoned

in and everybody is delighted that led to a conviction and hopefully

this person won't be able to offend again in this manner. Great result

there. And you're coming back next week with another update for us,

aren't you? Yes. Looking forward to it. Sian, what have you got?

with the children of Hackleton Primary School. A village about six

miles from here. Thanks for coming, kids. I know it's a bit chilly at

the moment but thanks for coming along. Unfortunately these children

were the subject of a burglary. Their skill does have CCTV. So let's

have a look at exactly what happened. These two men arrived at

the school one evening. The CCTV camera caught them again a few

minutes later taking away a large window. But they weren't done yet.

They went back into the school. Half an hour after they arrived, they

finally left, this time carrying the school say. -- safe. An awful

feeling knowing someone was creeping around the school. Dawn is the

headmistress there. Everybody is very upset particular about the

safe. We were devastated. Last year, is part of a 21st-century

Legacy campaign, we invited Anna Turney, Paralympic skier into

school, and she inspired our skilled humility to be the best they can be

and to set themselves challenging girls and to do their best. When the

children's fundraising was taken, they fell to her chances of going to

the Olympics was virtually taken away from her. �300 was taken from

the safe. Anna Turney is with us now. Let's remind everybody at home

of why you are so in spry airing. We have some footage, some pictures of

you in action in the Europa Cup in January. Looks pretty amazing. You

forward this relationship with the school and they raised this money

for you. You must have been so disappointed? I think, for the

children, they had taken my story on board and were really trying to help

fund raise for my training because I'm not a funded athlete and I'm

trying to get the Paralympics next March. It's particularly sad for

them because they put in so much effort to try to get me to the

Paralympics. Hopefully, I still well but it's awful somebody could steal

from school. I know the police have been investigating. Richard, you

want to appeal to anybody who have seen these men hanging around?

That's right, two men removed the safe and then left it via the front

door -- window. We hope anybody who was around that evening and saw them

carrying a large safe away will phone in. They covered their faces,

didn't they? They used a bobble hat, to cover their head, with

scarves over their faces. And large winter jackets. Let's talk to the

children. What did you think when it was stolen? I was very disappointed

we had raced all that money for a good cause and that same day it got

taken. What would you say to anyone who might know something? If they do

know something, I would like them to contact the school or the police. We

put so much effort into it. A very good appeal there. They raised over

�3500, so have done really well. A positive note to end. We've had a

name given to us who might be responsible for this graffiti tag.

It's been put over buildings in Northamptonshire. The police say it

is a strong lead as well. Do you remember Derek who was conned out of

a slight savings by men who said he needed work done on his house. A

possible name there. And the engineers pretending to be from

Thiessen, good information coming in on that as well. It's been a great

week, right? And very memorable week. Three weeks to go. The whole

team will be heading to the north-west of England and we want

your help to track down the men who put a young woman through a

terrifying ordeal when they tried to abduct her. And we'll also be

meeting some of Britain's elite police dogs. Thanks, Sian. That's it

for today and this week. Remember all our CCTV clips are online.

Bbc.co.uk/crimewatchroadshow also has all of our wanted faces. We'll