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grandmother left severely injured on a dual carriageway. Who drove the

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are live and we are on air every weekday morning, tackling this sort

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of everyday crime that can affect us all. We are asking for your help to

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get criminals behind bars. On the programme today. Maureen was mown

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down in a hit-and-run. Her injuries were life changing. We need to find

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the man behind the wheel. The plucky shop assistant who held

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her nerve, in the face of two masked robbers.

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And the devastating consequences of using a mobile whilst driving. We

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are out with police as they crack down.

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Our roadshow team has travelled north West two Lancashire today they

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are in Preston market and it looks like they are getting ready to bag

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some bargains there! Oh, yes. The traders are busy setting out their

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stall is for the day. This market is right in the heart of Preston. The

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good news is that overall, crime has fallen by 17%. The bag news is that

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personal crime is on the up and 16% of that takes place right here in

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the city centre. We are going to look at petty crime and what you can

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do to avoid it. Stay tuned if you don't want to become a victim.

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you. First we need your help to find a reckless driver who left one

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blackball resident with life changing injuries. -- Blackpool

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resident. I have never had pain like it. It was as though my leg was off.

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The fear that must have been going through her... It was only a matter

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of luck that Maureen is not dead. Widowed mother of three, and nursing

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home care Maureen Langley has lived in Blackpool all her life. She is

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immensely strong, bringing up three children on her own. She is not one

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to get you to do anything for her. She never phones you needing you,

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she tries to do everything very independently. She is great, she is

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always there, she has always been there for me, always there for all

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of us. On March the 14th this year, Maureen was planning to visit her

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sister. I will come after I have been to the supermarket. Goodbye,

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see you later. We are very good friends, we have

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grown up together. She lost her husband, I lost my husband, we have

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got really close, we are very close people. On the way, Maureen stopped

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at the supermarket to pick up some shopping. She then headed off to her

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sister 's house. She went to cross a dual carriageway, a road with a 30

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mph speed limit. She came out of Morrisons and was crossing the dual

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carriageway, it is a quiet area, not many cars around. There is a safe

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central reservation in the middle. Maureen could see two cars

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approaching on the carriageway. She thought they were far enough away

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for her to cross safely. But the cars were travelling too fast, and

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before she could reach the other side, a white car ploughed into her.

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I have never had pain like it for the bid was as though my leg was

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off, as if I didn't have a leg. force of a car driving into the back

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of her leg ripped off her calf muscle and caused multiple

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fractures. She was frightened for her life, she didn't know if she was

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going to live when she got hit. thought, and my dead? -- am I dead?

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My husband is dead, and I am saying to him, don't come and get me add, I

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am not ready. The police are amazed that Maureen survived the accident.

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A second earlier and we may have been looking at a fatal collision.

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Witnesses say the cars were well over the speed limit. Two witnesses

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described loss vehicles racing along Squiresgate Lane -- described two

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vehicles racing. The car swerved either just before or after

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colliding with Maureen. That would indicate the driver realised there

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was something to avoid and he may well have collided with somebody.

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Despite this, the driver did not stop. The accident has had a

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devastating impact on Maureen's life. She is 64 and she is so frail

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and scared, and it is horrible to see, when she has always been the

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person who tells us not to be scared. I have to have people to

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help me all the time and I don't like that. I lived on my own, and I

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like to do things my own way. photos show the excruciating

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injuries that have left Maureen in a wheelchair. The person who did this

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needs to come forward. Maureen needs to know why the person left her and

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why they didn't stop at the scene. Her life has not changed forever

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from that accident. If they can come forward, maybe it can give us

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closure. My mum has been through an awful time, everything we have been

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through as a family has been awful. I just want to go to sleep and not

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wake up. But I know I can't do that. Because I have got a family, haven't

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I? Sometimes, that's how I feel. This has been a terrible time for

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Maureen and her whole family. Chief Inspector Laura Lawson joins me.

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Where and when did this take place? It was on Squiresgate Lane in

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Blackpool. It was Thursday evening on the 13th of March at about 750 in

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the evening. What can you tell us about the car involved? It was

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similar to this one, a new model white BMW. We believe it was with

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another vehicle which we can only describe as a dark car. We believe

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they were both travelling at speed up Squiresgate Lane at about 60 mph

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or 70 mph. Maureen is being supported by her daughters, how is

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she? She is slowly recovering, she is back home but the injuries to her

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right leg are still horrendous. She had a lot of skin taken off with the

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collision. It will take a lot of time to get back to full recovery.

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She is struggling to come to terms with that, I know. What information

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do you want from viewers and the public? The key thing is for the

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driver of the white vehicle to think about what his actions were, the

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impact it has had on Maureen and her family and to show some remorse.

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also need any sighting of the white BMW. And there was another car

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involved. Do you know where the white car went afterwards? We think

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it went left at the traffic lights on to Saint Anne 's Road and from

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there we don't know where it has gone. Any information we get into

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either vehicle, for people to come forward and let us know what has

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gone on. Thank you, and if you know anything, please get in touch.

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Cheshire police want us to make an urgent appeal for your help to find

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this man, 37-year-old Peter Watson. He was released on the 12th of June

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and detectives want to talk to him in connection with the rape of a

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woman ten days later. She was attacked in the hand Bridge area of

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Chester whilst jogging with her dog. He is considered a risk to the

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public and please call the police if you see him.

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Police forces around the country need your help to find these wanted

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faces. This is Shahid Mushtaq, he failed to appear before Preston

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Crown Court in March 2010 in connection with conspiring to supply

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cocaine, a class a drug. A warrant was issued for his arrest. He is

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known to be living in the Manchester area and also has possible

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connections to Spain. This is Alexander James Edward Dooley, knee

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was due to stand trial at the Old Bailey in April this year but failed

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to turn up. He was accused of setting up a website advertising

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bogus car insurance which conned 70 young drivers into paying almost

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�50,000 per worthless policies. He has connections to Manchester and

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Birmingham. This man is Hassan Emozozo. He is

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wanted by police for questioning since March last year. They want to

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talk to him about a sexual assault on a woman. He is known to have

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links to north London and is 37. Nyron Lea Daley has been on the run

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since October last year. He was on trial at Saint Albans Crown Court

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for drug dealing but when the jury returned their guilty verdict

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committee jumped from the dock escape. He has connections to Luton

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and greater Manchester, and large letters tattooed on his left

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forearm. If you recognise any of these, make a note of the reference

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numbers and give us a call. Or you Walton Park, just four miles from

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where I am now, is one of the most peaceful parts of Preston. Back in

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January, staff at the SPAR shop were taken by surprise when armed robbers

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burst in. Walton Park is a relatively crime free area, it is

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affluent, relatively expensive to live here. As a consequence, crime

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is low. Certainly in my experience, within the last five years, there

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has been no offence of this kind in this particular area. Walton Park is

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a small, quiet suburb on the outskirts of Preston and it is one

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of the safest postcodes in the UK. At its heart is the SPAR shop.

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have worked here for just over two years. It is a very friendly

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community, you know all the customers, everybody knows everybody

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else. On a January evening this year, the peace and quiet was

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shattered. Stay on the phone, we are getting some patrols en route.

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was the end of the police and Kirsty had just finished catching up. She

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was about to transfer the afternoon and evening's takings to the back

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room. I had cashed the till up, I had another one on the floor behind

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me, the morning float, which normally contains about �60. We were

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just about to close up at ten o'clock when one of the guys came

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in. Two young lads walked into the shop, one holding a knife both at

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the door. The guy at the door seemed quite nervous, maybe he could have

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heard some people coming and he kept shouting to his mate, hurry up,

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hurry up. The guy with the knife had a black and white hooded jacket with

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a red scarf pulled up to his eyes. He was a skinny build and had a

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local accent. The thief was well informed, shouting at Kirsty to get

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her colleague out of the back room. With both shop assistants in his

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sights, he demanded the cash from the till. Kirsty was quickwitted

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enough to deter him. I told him the till was empty so he asked me for

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the cigarettes. As I was doing that, he noticed I had the morning float

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on the floor. Down there!He asked me for the money out of that. I put

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the money in the bag, his friend for shouting hurry up. So he took the

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bag of me and they both ran out of the shop, we locked the door, we ran

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the police. -- rang the police. We have just been robbed at Walton Park

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SPAR. Two young guys have come in with a big knife and a bag. While

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the guy was standing in front of me with the knife, all I could think of

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was keep calm, give the guy what he wants and maybe he will go. But it

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was very terrifying. Kirsty was very brave in the face of somebody waving

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a large knife at her. She kept calm, which is exactly what she

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should have done, not to antagonise him. And I think she should be

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commended for that bravery. Officers have now been searching for the two

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robbers for several months. They hope the distinctive top worn by one

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of them could be an important clue. It is a two tone jacket, it has

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light colours over the shoulders and a light coloured food with a dark

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coloured body. He was also carrying a black drawstring bag. It has been

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described as the type of bag that a child would take to school, perhaps

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with sports clothing. There is a distinctive logo and we are very

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keen to know if anyone recognises this bag. Kirsty is still working

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behind the till but the events of that frightening January night have

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taken their toll. Even though they were only in the shop for a minute,

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it has an effect. Get very nervous and do not like being out on my own

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at night. It has impacted my life a lot.

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It was very frightening for them and I'm joined by Dave Johnson, who is

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investigating this case. What you know about these robbers?

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believe they are local? Yes, they were described as having local

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accents. Given that the store is near to Preston, it indicates that

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they are local. They are described as young males, young white males.

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They were described as being very nervous. There is a cashpoint

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outside, so why would be interested in hearing from -- you are

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interested in hearing from anyone who may have been using that?

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We think that they may have been people waiting in cars for people

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who had been using the cash machine, who may have seen someone enter the

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store. And some items that people may recognise. The bag, and this

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top. What can you tell us about those? The back is a drawstring bag,

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possibly one that a child would take to school, similar to this one. We

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are keen to hear from anyone who recognises the back, or knows

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someone who has used it back like that. Also, the jacket is

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distinctive. It might not be the same brand but the pattern is very

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similar to the one used by the offender. And what about the shop

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assistants? We saw Kirsty, but the other shop assistant was

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particularly traumatised. How are they? The other girl was terrified.

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She was very scared that night. They are both back at work now after a

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short time off, but they are both doing fine. Kirsty was amazingly

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brave. She stayed cool, and that was the right thing to do. She was

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brave. I think she has been brave since. To appear on camera in

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particular. If you recognise that bag or the top, please get in touch.

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Still to come, drivers caught in the act. Raking the law by using their

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mobiles. -- breaking the law. And can you help find the burglars who

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callously stall a young girl's Poppy? We feature a lot of different

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appeals on Crimewatch in an attempt to track down the bad guys but what

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is it like to be a witness picking out one of them from a line-up? I'm

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joined by an officer to debunk some myths. This is the scene that a lot

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of people think of when we mention ID parades. But this is not really

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the case, is it? It is all done on computers now. And it is done in a

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safe environment. They are not confronted with their attacker, not

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people who are the victims of violent crime, we do not want them

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to face their attacker. It is darn computer. If it is of honourable

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victim, we can move the equipments to the form so they can get the best

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chance to make the identification. -- to their home. Let us look at one

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of your officers in action. When a witness comes into the

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identification suite, they no longer see the ID parade, BC video

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identification. It is not how it used to be. The witness will be

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brought into a room like this, and they will be sat down and they will

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view on a monitor nine images, one of which is the suspect. They will

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see these images twice before they are asked to make an identification.

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The main surprise will be that the procedure is video identification,

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and that they do not stand behind a mirrored wall and see a line of

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people as in the movies. The other surprise is how quick the procedure

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is. Witness the rings may last ten or 15 minutes. I do not think that

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is particularly long. -- witnessed viewings. There is a number of

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people on the video, but where do you get those people from? They are

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stooges, as we call them, volunteers. If someone makes a

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mistake and picks out the wrong person, we do not arrest that

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person. We know where the suspect is, so if the person makes the

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correct identification, and this is done independently, it is an

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independent unit, and if they pick out the number, the right person,

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then a raid will take place. So no body will get into trouble if you

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pick the wrong person? Not at all. And you can take the IT suite to a

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victim of crime? So someone in hospital, you could go to them?

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Exactly. We could take the whole unit to a vulnerable person, or an

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injured person, so they have the best chance to make the right

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identification in a comfortable environment. We are going to show a

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mock crime in a moment and I'm going to have to pick out the defender.

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Let's look at the crime. Watch carefully. You are at an advantage,

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but we need you to look at the face. It is difficult to see the face

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because it is so quick. That is why get? Know you're going to show me

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some cases. Normally, we would have nine. We are going to show four.

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That is the first. Is this how you would do it normally? Both sides,

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but you would have more time. You could look through it twice and then

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again. So you're not pressured into doing it. We want to reassure

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victims that they have the best chance of giving the right evidence.

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I have the right answer. There is one more. They are also similar but,

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in reality, this is it. If it is a white male, you will see nine white

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males. It has to be fair to the suspect. Similar here, even Marx and

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scars? Yes. So who is it? It was very but I'd think it was number two

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Mac. You would make an excellent witness because that is the correct

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answer. It was really quick, but in reality you would have more time.

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And now we are away to make the arrest.

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He is innocent! Let's look at some criminals that have been caught on

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camera. It is well past closing time at this

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It is well past closing time at this point But this customer is not

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breaking down the door in search of a drink. He is having a good look

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around. What is he after? He eventually finds what he is looking

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for and leaves with �500 in cash. On his way out, the sports the CCTV and

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covers it up. Too late for that. We have already got you on camera. If

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you recognise this space, give us a call is. -- give us a call. We are

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in Teddington in Middlesex now. This man really loves beauty products. He

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visits this branch of boots not once but twice in the same week. The

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years on the 22nd of January stealing a variety of creams and

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cosmetics. They all disappeared on his jacket. It must have Magic

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pockets. Two Mac days later, he is back again, more confident, and even

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taking things while other customers are nearby. On this day alone he got

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away with more than �1000 worth of goods. Do you recognise them?

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-- do you recognise him. It is the middle of the night on a

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bus to Barnett and want passenger is fast asleep, holding a phone in his

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hand. This man spotted and just cannot resist. Watch now, as he

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painstakingly prices the phone out of the passenger's hand without

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waking him up. What a nerve! He slipped it into his pocket and waits

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for the bus to stop. The victim starts to wake up, but it is too

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late. The phone snatcher is getting away. Those glasses are quite

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distinctive. And does that had ring a bell? If it does, we need to know.

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a bell? If it does, we need to know. -- does that had. Recognise anyone?

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If you did, you know what to do. Or drop us a text. Or e-mail us, and

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remember, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously.

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Things have changed since the days of these. Most of us now have a

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mobile phone. But using your mobile while driving makes you four times

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more likely to have an accident. Despite that, many of us still do

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it. So we joined Lancashire Constabulary's campaign to crack

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down on this dangerous habit. It is early on Friday morning and

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Mark says and Ciaran Williams are hitting the road. Their task today,

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to track down drivers breaking the law by using their mobile phones. An

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unmarked car is parked of the disguise. Today, we are working on

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the rot away network. -- motorway network. We are looking for people

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using their mobile phone whilst driving. It is not all about

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prosecuting people, I would suggest our main role is to educate people,

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or re-educate them in the error of their ways. The number of people

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breaking the law is on the increase. In 2004, just 85 people in the North

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West were convicted of using a hand-held mobile phone whilst

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driving. In 2010, the figure reached almost 5000, and it is still

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growing. Soon, the team spot a driver using his mobile. He is still

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on his mobile phone. They pull them over. We need to chat to you about

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what you were doing at around about. Lancashire, offenders are issued

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with a traffic offence report and the report is used by several police

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forces, giving the driver a choice. They can pay a penalty, contest the

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charge or opt for a training course highlighting the risks of using a

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hand-held mobile in the car. We see its time and time again, not just

:26:14.:26:18.

having conversations on the phone but texting friends, using Facebook,

:26:18.:26:23.

checking their e-mails. There is so much available to them on the phones

:26:23.:26:31.

nowadays. It is a big problem. Out on the motorway, the team spot a

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van driver. He has clearly got his mobile phone to his ear. We will

:26:38.:26:44.

wait for him to pass us and then we will have a word. The driver is soon

:26:44.:26:49.

pulled over and his rights are explained to him. This piece of

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paper, I'm going to tell you that you have been reported for the above

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that sense, and consideration will be given to other offences. -- the

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above offence. This is a note of intended prosecution. Many of these

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seem minor offences but the police are too familiar with the

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consequences of accidents caused by drivers on their phones. One of my

:27:13.:27:16.

roles is to break news to the families that one of their loved

:27:16.:27:19.

ones has been killed in a road traffic collision. It is so

:27:20.:27:24.

important that we educate these motorists in the dangers of not

:27:24.:27:32.

using their mobile phones whilst driving, to avoid these outcomes.

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December 2010, Judy's husband was involved in such a collision.

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a larger-than-life character. He was very quickwitted, funny, he was a

:27:48.:27:54.

publican for 20 years, so everyone knew him. A family man and his

:27:54.:27:58.

grandchildren loved him to bits because he was unique. On the day of

:27:58.:28:03.

the crash, Mark had gone to visit a friend. -- Bob had gone to visit a

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friend but tragically he never made it back. These photos show the

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catastrophic damage done to his car when a lorry ploughed into them. He

:28:11.:28:18.

died at the scene. The police went to break the news to Judy. It was

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absolutely sickening. It was like being punched in the stomach but

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worse. Before the crash, the lorry driver had been speaking and texting

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on his mobile phone. He was convicted of causing death by

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dangerous driving and given a sentence of five and a half years.

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The judge described him as grossly distracted by his mobile phone in

:28:42.:28:52.
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the moments before the crash. Nobody deserves to end their life

:28:55.:29:02.

being catapulted across the dual carriageway. And he certainly did

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not deserve it. Back on the road, Kieran and Mark spot a man breaking

:29:10.:29:14.

the law blatantly. There is a car repaired, and we have seen him on

:29:14.:29:22.

his mobile phone. We're going to stop him and chat with the driver.

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As the police drive alongside the vehicle, the evidence is damning.

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The driver is pulled over to discuss what the officers have seen.

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need to speak to you about being on your phone. The reason we have

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stopped you, you are using your mobile phone whilst driving. I was

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just plugging it in and I was hands-free. What you mean? On the

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speakerphone. That is not hands-free. Hands-free is when you

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have a unit and you press a button to talk. You had it in your hand so

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it is not hands-free. Then there is another shock. Please checks reveal

:29:56.:30:00.

that this driver has been caught using a mobile phone before. We'll

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being caught a second time teacher may lessen? You are more likely to

:30:05.:30:15.
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have a crash. You are not constrained by things around you.

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use your phone when you are driving and to be text in when you are

:30:21.:30:26.

driving, you cannot believe people do it. There is nothing that is that

:30:26.:30:29.

important that involves you answering your phone or sending a

:30:29.:30:34.

text, nothing at all, and it is unbelievable, how many people have

:30:34.:30:42.

accidents these days because of mobile phone usage. To echo Judy's

:30:42.:30:47.

words, no phone call, text or e-mail is that important that it can't

:30:47.:30:51.

wait. It is an important lesson for all of us. Crime here is falling

:30:51.:30:58.

overall. But personal theft of items like laptops, purses and handbags is

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on the up. It has risen by 7% and it seems that the thieves are getting

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ever more clever in the way they are snatching peoples belongings from

:31:07.:31:12.

right under their noses. Earlier in the programme, a member of our team

:31:13.:31:18.

had their phones White, did you spot this? It is happening in the

:31:18.:31:22.

background, it is not a conman or a thief, he is very clever, he is very

:31:22.:31:29.

quick. He is a magician, Mike Keach. How did you do it? You didn't see it

:31:29.:31:35.

happen, really. I wasn't watching myself and that is what happens to

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the people who get their pockets picked. You cause a diversion. I got

:31:41.:31:45.

your research to look at the phone while my left hand was... Sorry, the

:31:45.:31:51.

book, taking the phone out of her pocket and I came away like that,

:31:51.:31:54.

she was unaware because she was focused on what I wanted her to

:31:54.:31:58.

focus on. Absolutely, they are automatically drawn towards it, you

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don't really think about it. There are other tricks and distractions.

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If people are working in gangs, a couple could cause a bit of a

:32:07.:32:10.

disturbance over there, we look at it. I have already spotted the phone

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or the keys or the purse and it is gone because you're looking over

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there. It is the stock in trade of a magician and a thief, we call it a

:32:20.:32:24.

misdirection, they just call it their way of earning a living.

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Sometimes they are working as a network? Absolutely. It is a

:32:29.:32:33.

commonly known thing. People will distract and the magician or the

:32:33.:32:37.

thief is there. Thank you for drawing our attention to it, some

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really good advice. PCSO Stephen Connelly is here, you can give us

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some tips. If somebody is common to this market later, what should they

:32:48.:32:53.

do? A big one is to make sure that valuables such as your purse or

:32:53.:32:57.

mobile at the bottom of your bag and making them difficult to got to.

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Make sure your bag is it all" times, preferably with the opening facing

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two wards your body -- open or closed at all times. It sounds

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simple but sometimes we forget to do that. You have been involved with a

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scheme that helps to make longings less attractive to thieves, how does

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it work? It is the national property register. You can register any

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valuable electronic item, bicycle, unit, for free on the website. In

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Lancashire we are giving out these property marking stickers which are

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visual deterrents to the sea. It was them that the property can be traced

:33:45.:33:52.

by the police -- deterrents to the thief. And these are not as Mr Grace

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and, let's look at these bells. What would you suggest you do -- these

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are not Christmas decorations. you attach them to your purse, if

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somebody tries to go and get your purse, it lets off a jingle. It is a

:34:08.:34:13.

really good idea! It is time to take a look at our

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second batch of CCTV. Watch carefully.

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We are on boat Lane in London on June evening last summer. -- Bow

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Lane. This man is using a cash machine and doesn't notice a group

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of men gathering around him. Working as a team, they start to distract

:34:37.:34:43.

him. One moves into tap him on the shoulder whilst another cancels the

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transaction and takes his card. Let's see that again. It is really

:34:49.:34:54.

say -- really sly. The card is used to steal �200 from another cash

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machine just minutes later. Call us if you know who these men are. It is

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kicking out time on the high street in Essex but this man doesn't want

:35:06.:35:11.

to go home. He appears to get into a row with another man, he hits his

:35:11.:35:15.

victim so hard in the face that he falls to the floor. Another man

:35:15.:35:20.

rushes over to help but our fighter lays into him as well. He seems to

:35:20.:35:25.

note how to handle himself and police believe he has martial arts

:35:25.:35:29.

or boxing experience. He is certainly not messing around with

:35:29.:35:35.

those punches. Do you know him? Give us a call.

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Figtree this year in the alcohol section of a shop in Middlesex, and

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these three women are working together. One of them chooses some

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bottles and puts them down on another shelf, so she can get them

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into her bag. Now it is her friend's turn. She has the bottles

:35:51.:35:57.

in a basket, and transfers them into her bag. Now the one in the grey top

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is at it again, moving a bottle onto a shelf so her friend, yes, you

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guessed it, can knit it. -- nick it. Altogether they take ten bottles

:36:09.:36:16.

worth more than �200. Do you know these alcohol thieves?

:36:16.:36:23.

Call us on the usual number. If you recognise anyone. Or you can text.

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Eight-year-old Izzy Duffy from Whitworth in Lancashire saved her

:36:36.:36:43.

pocket money for months to buy her perfect puffy. -- puppy. Getting

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Skittles was like a dream come true but one night, the unthinkable

:36:46.:36:51.

happened. It was the early hours of Tuesday

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morning and the Duffy family were in bed, fast asleep. Downstairs,

:36:55.:37:00.

thieves had broken in. They had forced open a window and stolen

:37:00.:37:04.

thousands of pounds worth of possessions. As well as cash, they

:37:04.:37:09.

stole electrical items including a laptop, cameras and mobile phones,

:37:09.:37:16.

along with the family's BMW. But it was the mean-spirited thieves'

:37:16.:37:21.

decision to steal the family's puppy, Skittles, that left

:37:21.:37:25.

eight-year-old easy and her brother Alister devastated. Alistair went to

:37:25.:37:32.

the kitchen and shouted out that Skittles had gone. By this time, my

:37:32.:37:36.

daughter was also getting, heard the scream and was distraught.

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wandered around, looking for where she was and I found she wasn't there

:37:39.:37:43.

at all. I burst into tears and ran upstairs and locked myself in my

:37:43.:37:49.

bedroom. I couldn't believe they did this. I felt like swearing at them

:37:49.:37:57.

but I knew not to. They still haven't found the thief. I just feel

:37:57.:38:06.

like kicking them or something. member of our family has been taken.

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Getting her back was the most important bit. The car was found

:38:11.:38:15.

abandoned nearby but there was still no sign of Skittles. The family

:38:15.:38:19.

launched an appeal on the internet, asking people to look out for her,

:38:19.:38:25.

and the response was amazing. 200,000 people viewed the Facebook

:38:25.:38:29.

site. The advice from the police was to try to make the puppies too hot

:38:29.:38:34.

to handle, so they would not be able to sell her on, so hopefully she

:38:34.:38:39.

would be abandoned and returned. tactic seemed to work because after

:38:39.:38:43.

four agonising days, family heard the news they had been waiting for.

:38:44.:38:48.

Skittles had been found, a few miles away in a Tesco car park. We got a

:38:48.:38:53.

phone call saying, I think I have found your dog. Fortunately, I was

:38:53.:38:57.

able to drive down and see, and Skittles came running towards me and

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I brought her home. I brought Izzy and Alistair -- I woke Izzy and

:39:09.:39:13.

Alistair and there were screams of delight. It was the best day of my

:39:13.:39:16.

life when I got her back, I couldn't believe it, the best day of my

:39:16.:39:26.
:39:26.:39:27.

entire life. I am joined by a very special guest, Skittles. Her owners,

:39:27.:39:34.

Izzy, Alister, her brother, and mum, Shona. Thanks for coming. Is she

:39:34.:39:41.

recovered now? Yes, she is a lot better but still her cheeky normal

:39:41.:39:49.

self. Stealing potatoes. She is cheeky, is she? She is a very fast

:39:49.:39:55.

runner, she begs us at the table to try to get some roast chicken.

:39:55.:40:00.

are glad to have her back? It must be a delight that Skittles is back

:40:00.:40:05.

and an awful time for you all. children were very upset when she

:40:05.:40:09.

was taken. They were worried about where she was, was she being looked

:40:09.:40:15.

after, fed and cared for? Luckily, she was. That is very good news and

:40:15.:40:21.

she is back safe and sound. Police believe that this burglary and the

:40:21.:40:25.

theft of Skittles was linked to an incident involving a stolen car. A

:40:25.:40:31.

red Citroen was stolen from Todmorden Road in Rochdale on Monday

:40:31.:40:36.

6th of May. When the family's house was burgled in Whitworth, the

:40:36.:40:40.

family's BMW was stolen and the red Citroen was found dumped nearby.

:40:40.:40:48.

Later on the same day, the BMW was found abandoned on David Street in

:40:48.:40:54.

Rochdale and the PC is here with me. It was a Citroen C one vehicle, a

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three door, a 2009 registration. you know about the thieves?

:41:02.:41:06.

believe they are from the Rochdale area based on where they can be

:41:06.:41:13.

stolen from. Skittles was left in a Tesco car park, you particularly

:41:13.:41:17.

want to appeal to anyone who may have seen her being abandoned, tell

:41:17.:41:22.

us about that. She was left on the car park so we are keen to note if

:41:22.:41:26.

anybody saw her being abandoned, all running around, or anybody in the

:41:26.:41:36.

area. She was stolen two days before she was found. A lot of items have

:41:36.:41:40.

been stolen in this burglary including credit cards and a laptop.

:41:41.:41:44.

Skittles is back and I know you're going to be keeping a very eye on

:41:44.:41:52.

her. She is not off the lead, apart from in the park. Back where she

:41:52.:41:56.

belongs. Some good sounding information has

:41:56.:42:00.

come in on the wanted face we showed you earlier, Alexander James Edward

:42:00.:42:05.

Dooley, accused of setting up a website advertising bogus car

:42:06.:42:10.

insurance. Hopefully that leads to him being caught. And calls on the

:42:10.:42:14.

robbery in the SPAR shop in Walton Park, I hope that leads to an

:42:14.:42:22.

arrest. Let's find out what shone is going to be up to tomorrow. --

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Sian. We will be in Blackburn and finding out how police and fire

:42:27.:42:32.

crews are working together to tackle drink driving, and we will be

:42:32.:42:36.

appealing for information about a vicious, unprovoked attack on a man

:42:36.:42:41.

who was out walking his dog. That's tomorrow. Thank you. For more

:42:41.:42:45.

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