Episode 9 Crimewatch Roadshow

attacked with a stun gun and bundled into his car, the kidnap of a

Hello, and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow. We're live, and we're here

every weekday morning looking at the crimes that can spoil your lives. On

the programme today: risking it all to get away.

A father forced to jump from a card to escape his abductors. We are out

with a special -- special squad on Moss Side clamping down on thieves.

And, the good neighbour savagely attacked while checking out a pair

of suspicious men. Good morning, I am at the

headquarters of Greater Manchester Police in Central Park. A massive

force area with plenty to keep the 8000 police officers on their toes.

Later, we take a close look at some weapons which appear harmless but

are really deadly. The 11th of March was an ordinary

day for this shopkeeper, or so he thought.

I thought, I am helpless here, what are they going to do to me? I opened

I went to school here, all my friends are here, most of my family

is here. I bought my own post office, I have had it seven years. I

know the community really well. The 11th of March was just another

ordinary day at this Oldham post office. I did my reports at 530,

like I normally do. Then I stopped up in the shop. That night, this

dedicated father was picking up his two young children from their

after-school club at the local mosque. At six pm. , he closed the

shop, and made his way to his car which was just around the corner.

looked at the car park and saw two men wearing hats and scarves on

their face. The only thing I could see was their eyes. At that moment,

I didn't think too much, I thought it was cold which was why they were

covering their faces. All of a sudden, they headed straight for

someone was playing a prank. I felt scared. No one was around, I was on

my own. I was helpless. What were they going to do to me? These

criminals overpowered him but as he struggled to get free, things took a

turn for the worse. He got something out of his pocket. A hand-held

device, I didn't know what it was. He was hit by a stun gun. A weapon

that can carry a charge of 1 million volts. I could feel the electric

shock going through me, my leg especially. Then a burning sensation

after the electric shock. It felt really painful. The unusual thing

about this case, we often find people are threatened with weapons,

but often they are not used. He was shot four times. Once would have

stunned him. Up to four times it would have momentary boat --

immobilisation. It must've caused a lot of pain. Snatching his keys,

they bundled him into his own car. Already shot and in pain, he was

terrified. I felt really, really frightened, helpless. I couldn't do

anything. Things were about to get even worse, as he was driven into

the night. Unbelievable. We will see what

happened next, later. We start now with a nasty fight

caught on camera. October last year, in the elephant and Castle area of

London. Watch the man at the top of the

screen picking a fight with someone. A second man follows shortly after.

Although it is only a cayenne, in front of commuters, they are

assaulting a man in broad daylight. Even after pushing him to the

ground, they continued punching and kicking him. Eventually, members of

the public get involved to pull the men away. The police need to

identify these violent men and their victim.

If you know anything, call us. A bookies in Hounslow, May this

year. It looks like this man is having a really bad day. After a few

minutes, he loses it completely, reaches for the machine, and pulls

it to the ground, and calmly steps of it on his way out. Do you know

this grumpy gambler? Give us a call. A bus from all switch to Sutton

Green at 4am. One of the passengers is asleep at the back of the bus.

This man looks like he is settling down for a casual nap as well. But,

no, it is a ruse to get him closer to the dosing passenger and his

phone. After a while, he settles down with a newspaper, not to catch

up with events, but as a decoy while he steals the phone. He even has the

cheek to check it out under his paper, before making a pretty

leisurely getaway. Take a good look at this laid-back thief, and call us

if you recognise his face. If you do recognise any of these

faces, pick up the phone. You can call us. You can also text us. Of

course, you can e-mail us as well. Sean?

Rav, we are encouraged to keep an eye out for intruders but when one

good they both became concerned about a potential break in next

door, he ended up as the victim. A savage attack on a 62-year-old man.

I didn't know what was happening. Pain flashed through me. Now, the

hunt to catch the two men responsible is on. Simon was

enjoying a quiet night at home. He has asked us not to use his real

name for fear of reprisal. He was about to go to bed after staying up

to record a TV programme. When I go to bed at night time, I always check

up everything is locked up. Everything is OK, secured, the

windows and back door locked. particular night, he noticed

something which made him suspicious. I had seen a torch light over the

next door at a house. I thought it was a flashing light coming on and

off in the kitchen. Then, I saw it again. Anxious about what he had

seen, Simon went outside to investigate. But something bad was

about to happen to this good neighbour.

I shouted, what is going on, who is it? And this person just came out of

nowhere. He noted me. -- nutted. I didn't know what was happening, pain

flashed through my head. Injured but desperate to see where his attacker

was going and doing, he followed. I went around the bend, I bumped

into a second man. I saw him lifting a hammer up. I thought, he is going

to hit me over the head. The second attacker then hit him repeatedly

with a hammer, in a savage and brutal attack. He hit me over the

arm, I could feel my bone crunching, the pain in my arm, I couldn't

believe that someone would do this to me. Someone so dangerous out

there with a hammer. Basically he was trying to kill me. The pair of

men ran off leaving Simon seriously injured on the street. His arm was

broken but it could have been much worse. We are treating it very

seriously, it is a section 18 assault which carries life

imprisonment. But for the presence of mind of the victim who protected

himself with his arm, we could be looking at more serious offences,

they could have murdered him. I think the force used has been

excessive. He could have run away, pushed him over and made escape.

They took the option to assault him and sustain the attack on him which

has resulted in severe injury. is desperate for anyone with

information to come forward. I feel haunted by this man who has done

this to me. And gutted what he has done. I need him to be caught,

because I think he tried to kill me. On the night. He is a dangerous

person. This man needs to be caught as soon as possible and put away.

Simon says, until that happens, he will feel unsafe in his own home.

I am joined now by one of the main leaders in the investigation of this

case. A savage attack on a 62-year-old gentleman who sustained

injuries to his arm, a fracture, still causing him problems to this

day. He has been badly affected, a horrendous, terrifying the deal --

ordeal. He was hit with a hammer several times. You are very keen to

track these bend down and you have pretty good description. The victim

has provided descriptions of the two people responsible. The first,

having in East European accents, five tall -- having an East European

accent. Wearing a leather jacket and gloves. The second, and East

European accent, 40 years of age, six feet tall, wearing dark

clothes. If anything knows anybody after saying that, please get in

touch. You want anyone who recognises these men to get in touch

straightaway? Yes, the key to this lies in the community. Anybody who

sees those voters will know the responsible person. Please make

contact with the police as soon as possible.

Please keep those calls coming in, it really makes a difference. After

yesterday, police are following up some really strong leads, the conman

especially who pretended to be fixing Mary's electricity but

stealing from her purse. Many people got in touch offering help. And help

wanted in connection with people involved in violent disorder at a

Millwall match, police officers now have a potential name of one

suspect. We showed you the CCTV of a man kicking a traffic warden in the

head. Again, a number of potential names the him which police are

looking into right now. It is time to have a look at today's

Wanted Faces and we start with this man.

This man is wanted for connection with two counts of GBH where one man

was attacked and another attacked with a baseball bat. Police have

been looking for him 30 years. He had connection with the Kingston

upon Thames area. Next is this man. He is wanted for

by detectives in London in connection with an attack on to

serving police officers. His hair is now more grey than this image taken

in 2004. He has a distinctive scar on his left cheek, and described as

dangerous. If you know where he is, do not approach him, just contact

the police. Our third face is this man. He has

been on the run for ten years. He was given temporary police from

prison but failed to return. He was in gel for beating a woman to death

with a poker. This is an old photo but please do not think his

appearance has changed much. He was born in Oldham but could be anywhere

in the UK. Finally, this man. He failed to

appear before Harrow Crown Court in March 2010 on a charge of grievous

bodily harm and a warrant issued. He is originally from Brazil, and has a

12 inch vertical scar on his upper thigh. Last known to be living

around north-west London. If you recognise any of these faces, pick

the phone and please call us. You can text us. Of course, you can

and had my folks and kidnapped in his own car that we find out. And

tackling the burglars targeting missing Persons bureau to try to

find the 300,000 people who go missing every year. Thankfully, they

find most safe and well but some work involves having to identify

bodies, and they are looking for a man found in the Manchester canal in

March. That is in that direction. Inspector Morris, you can tell us

about this man. He was found in Bridgewater Canal in

March, in white male, 20 to 40 years old, no tattoo is all scores and a

full set of teeth. He was found in his underwear, long johns and a

black T-shirt. This is the closing that was found a

month before the body, it is related that case -- clothing.

It was found in month before we found him on the canal bank, along

with books. And you want anybody to take a look

at this clothing. The book she referred to are pretty unusual. You

have got them here. -- books. We took them to a professor at

Manchester University who said it is extracts from various religions and

it looks as though it has been researched online, but a lot of work

has gone into these works, they are nicely bound.

So potentially the man made these books from his own research. There

is handwriting on some pages when notes have been taken, so a what put

into this. A lot of homeless shelters around

Manchester, we have tried to trace him to these, but unfortunately we

have not been able to. So it does seem a mystery because

you have been to the usual places and you have tried to follow up on

the books, but it remains a mystery, so viewers could be vital in this.

He is not known to the police and has never been arrested. We have

fingerprints and DNA but not on the database, so if viewers can phone

in, hopefully we can return him to his family.

Look at this clothing and if you recognise it all the books, please

get into it. I am joined by Sherry Latham from

the serious organised crime agency which has launched a website to help

with cases like the one you have just seen, tell me more.

The missing Persons bureau launched this website in November last year

to enlist the help of the public to identify these people who still

remain unknown. It contains details of deceased individuals found with

no identification and a life people who for a number of reasons cannot

identify themselves -- alive. So somebody with dementia, for example.

And we can see details here, you have photographs of distinctive

marks on somebody, so you have got tattoo is here. That would be very

distinctive and that is a great clue in identifying somebody. And you

also use artist impressions, tell me about those.

Where it is not appropriate to have an image of the unidentified people,

police enlist the help of a forensic artist to put together a likeness of

that person and these are effective tools in identifying somebody.

There are other details that you do put on this website. This is

closing. Again, it is so distinctive it is the sort of thing that would

jog somebody's memory. But this is a shield design, what does that mean?

We gave deep consideration before we developed the website about putting

images on it. The aim and the important thing is to identify them

and images is the best way to do that. We have tried to minimise

distress by obscuring those images, and people have to choose to view

them. We would not expect anybody to see images they do not expect to

see. And one not look at that now for

obvious reasons but if somebody wants to go on that, they can do. It

is a wee days but it is working, you have had a success story.

We recently had our first match through the site. We were contacted

not long after launch I somebody who had seen a case of a non-identified

female they thought could be an aunt of theirs. We had fingerprints of

the body and we worked retrospectively to find fingerprints

and we found it much. And it gives that family some form

of closure. It is about bringing resolution to

the family. Fascinating, thank you for

explaining it to was. What you to? I am reporting on a burglary

operation because that 28,000 reported burglaries in the Greater

Manchester area -- there were 28,020 12. The custody suites are getting

full and we went out on a burglary operation in the Mossside area of

the city. Burglary here is a chronic problem.

Most deaths are small-scale but for the victims, they are serious. This

sergeant and his team are running an operation to crack down on these.

Priority for the force is burglaries. Unfortunately, it has a

lasting effect for victims of crime in that when people are burgled,

they feel insecure in their own premises and their privacy is

violated, so we take it very seriously.

The property they are after is small, things like portables, your

tablets, gadgets they can carry. Most of what I say burglaries can

get down alleyways to shortcuts and if they are on bikes, they will

quickly disappear. As dusk settles, it is not long

before somebody catches the eye of the team, a male cyclist has been

seen repeatedly circling the area and they suspect he has his eye on

an unattended bike. They decided to check him out.

You are going to get searched. Hang on! Let go of me!

Keep your hands down. I will have to put you in handcuffs.

They suspect the man may be in position -- may be in possession of

bike is dealing equipment. With the man objecting to their search, they

do not take any chances. Why are you handcuffing me? !

Stop palling! You cannot keep pulling against us.

When we first saw him, he was paying attention to a bike. We have a lot

of pedal cycles stolen and he seemed to watch it slowly. We have seen him

a couple of times circling round. The officers find the man has done

nothing wrong and he is free to go. Have a pleasant evening.

We have got quite a few of these houses taken up by students.

Potential for five or six students having a laptop, a phone each, so if

a burglar is to commit a burglary in one house, it could be potentially

yielding, so it attracts burglars. Later, a group of men on bikes are

asked to stop. Most of the men escaped but one man is not quick

enough. Why are you running?

I am not running. Why have your friends run off? Stop

lying to me. You try to run away, why? Why are you riding around the

streets? I have got nothing to hide.

Where did you get the bike from. My mate.

Tell me his name. I do not know his second name. I met

him on the main road. What is his telephone number? How

are you getting the bike back to him?

An officer spots a phone that seem suspicious.

That is not his bone, look at the contacts and the photos.

His story just is not adding up. that is not his phone.

He is arrested on suspicion of theft and taken into custody.

When we found a phone, there is a list of contacts and one was for

parents. We work -- we rang them and they confirmed the owner is a

student from Manchester. We will go to the address to establish why this

man was riding around with this phone.

Police arrived at the student's phone and he tells them what has

just happened. I turned round was trying to get

away from him and he came after me and pushed me against the railings,

went through my pockets, threatened to stab me. I did not see a knife at

a was not going to muck around. The main thing is I was not stopped, so

no harm has come. He is reunited with his phone and

his bike and seems none the worse for his ordeal. But that is not

always the case. When you are threatened with

violence, a chat -- it changes the way people live their life. So they

will not use certain routes, they will always be looking over their

shoulder at who is about and who is watching, and it can do hate. People

sometimes will not go out for weeks after a robbery so it is really

satisfying when we get somebody in. 2:30am, the team are on high alert.

This is prime time for offending. Hello, boys, we know what you are up

A gang of suspected burglars hotfoot it into an estate, the police are on

their tails. The suspects vanish into a network

of gardens and alleys, and all-too-familiar tactic. A search

turns up nothing, and it seems this time, they have escaped. But in all,

tonight's operation has been a success.

What is important is that during the night, we have not stopped anybody,

we have been targeting people we believe are acting in crime and it

has been led by intelligence. We have had people make from us in

hotspot areas that we are satisfied that we have prevented a crime from

Busy night! And now back to the frightening incident we told you

about before, a shopkeeper who was ambushed after he left work to pick

up his children. Earlier, we saw how this father of

three and shopowner was ambushed on his way home.

I just felt scared. Nobody else was around and I was on my own. I

thought, I am helpless here. After shocking him with a stun gun,

these men put him in the back of a car and abducted him, they pushed a

cloth over his head that was so tight, he felt he was suffocating.

As soon as they put back of over my face, I could see nothing. I was

panicking and breathing heavily, I could not control my breathing, I

felt really help us. What happens next made his blood run

cold. They told him that they were

watching his family and that he would have to do what he was told if

he wanted to see them again. When they mentioned my family, my

children, it just really shocked me, I was really scared and I was

thinking, why are you involving my kids? If you want something from me,

get it from me. We cannot imagine how he must have

been feeling, to know his family were under threat must have been a

horrendous ordeal for him. I made my mind up, I am going to get

out of this situation. My only focus was my family and that is what made

me a stronger person from inside. The car kept moving, and by now he

was very distressed, blindfolded, upset, and with his family under

threat, he feared for his life but knew he had to act. What happens

next made him determined to escape. He said, give me your hands. And I

saw a piece of rope in his hands so I knew he would tie my hands up and

if he did that, I had no chance. My focus was to open the back door and

get out onto the road. He made the brave decision to open

the car door and jump out. I did not think of any consequences

of what was going to happen after that.

He obviously did not know what was going to happen next. He has been

through this terrifying ordeal and jumped from a moving vehicle, that

is how much threat he felt under of being abducted by these two men.

Wasim broke his wrist in the fall. I was really lucky to only have

broken my wrist and nothing else. I was thinking, if a car was coming

from the opposite direction, anything could have happened.

Wasim's car was found a few streets away, abandoned. Thankfully, his

family were safe and sound. I have got my life back and am with

my family again. I still feel scared going back to work. I am always

wary, looking around, I do not think it will be the same for a long

time. This is humour -- this is an

horrendous crime, they used a stun gun con and made threats against his

family, we need to catch them before they strike again because next time

the consequences could be even more serious attack but it is a mystery

what these men wanted? They never actually make clear what they

wanted, they've made demands for keys but not which keys. Anybody who

was in that area, the car park at the junction, on Monday 11th of

March 20 six pm. . You have some descriptions of these men. Two male

offenders. They spoke Punjabi. In particular, with a dialect which we

know is particular to the Oldham and Bradford areas. That could be key to

the investigation. And, the stun gun, it had a horrific impact. What

do you know about the gun which was used? This is not the stun gun which

was used. We do not know the make or model used. These are very dangerous

weapons, not readily available but not impossible to get. We have had a

warrant executed in greater Manchester, someone has ordered a

stun gun from the Internet and the delivery company has notified the

police. Somebody has been arrested for purchasing a stun gun. So you

have taken one of these off the streets correct. If you can help the

police with this investigation, it is vital you get in touch.

We heard earlier how the UK Missing Persons Bureau has launched a

website to publicise unidentified people and remains. Keith is here

now and needs our help, tell us about your appeal? Two weeks ago

today we discovered the body of a lady in a shallow grave. We are

taking her death as murder and are appealing to the public for help in

identifying how. What have you got to go on at the moment? We have

built a profile of this lady. was petite, five, middle-aged, with

blonde hair. She had a lot of cosmetic dentistry. And she was

wearing for very distinguishable rings. We can see those on the

screen, are unique. Two of them in particular you want to know more

about. This one with a black heart. That was worn in a certain fashion

which interested you. This ring has a history in Irish Catholics, it was

worn with the heart facing into the body which could suggest this lady

was in a relationship. This other one with a number of stones, one

stone is missing, there could be a reason for that. Maybe this jokes

somebody's memory? It is a combination of four rings, so

possibly unique to one individual. There is further information you

want to release about a vehicle. a result of enquiries, we have had

witnesses come forward saying they saw a Renault vehicle around the

entrance, at ten pm. , and seen on two separate occasions. There may be

an innocent explanation, but I would appeal to the owner or driver to

come forward. If anyone saw the vehicle in the area at that time, I

would appeal to them to come forward to progress this. This Renault, it

could be a new or older model, it may not be that exact colour but it

will help people. Remind us of the date and time? Mid April this year,

two separate occasions, ten pm. , a slightly unusual golden colour.

Hopefully we can help you. Take a look at these shocking at

first sight. Just a small number of the weapons which have been taken

off the streets by Greater Manchester Police over the past

years and months. A variety of weapons we are going to take a good

look at now. Rod is from the serious crime division. Shocking to see

these. You are very well aware of what they are. How big a problem is

gun crime here? We have had major successes over the last five years,

it is fallen by over 60% -- it has fallen.

I was surprised, these are cigarette lighters. Beast macro -- beast macro

guns? This is a fully functioning weapon whereas that is a ball

bearing gun which was up to a few years ago available at Army and Navy

's -- stores. They are now illegal. This is interesting, I didn't know

what this was, small but lethal. This is a key fob firearm, capable

of discharging two rounds, just by depressing a button. I have dealt

with a fatality when that weapon was used. This is a zip gun. Pulling the

lever back, it can fired two rounds. We talked about stun guns earlier in

the programme. One has been intercepted today. There is one here

which looks like a mobile phone. looks like an older mobile phone but

it does exactly the same as the other two. It is illegal in this

country. What is public is how on earth do people get hold of them?

One of the joys of the Internet. They are available online. People

import them into this country. You have heard we have had an

interception today. Knives, machete attacks. They are not that common.

These weapons are hard to conceal. There is a lot of media attention.

The most common article used is a cooking knife.

Watch closely, we need your help to name more criminals caught on

camera. We are at a bar and nightclub in

London's West End. It is not open yet but this beef obviously does not

think it is too early for a table. This bar is deserted so he goes

around to help himself. His pockets are not big enough so he puts one

bottle in his trousers. He is not finished, though, and decides to

check out the other room. In there, he raids the fridge and steal small

bottles and, you have guessed it, they also go down his trousers. He

goes behind the bar again for a final top up, before leaving through

a fire exit with �900 of champagne and vodka. Do you know this thirsty

thief? Get in touch if you do. A jewellery shop in Hemel Hempstead.

And this man is on a mission. He had a threatening note to the shop

assistant. In it, he claims to have a stun gun and says he will shoot

unless he's given jewellery. The man then goes behind the counter with a

plastic bag and starts stealing stuff. The shop assistant sees his

chance and makes a run for it, closely followed by the thief whose

bag is holding �20,000 of jewellery. He fumbles with the door before

making his getaway. Do you know this stun gun grabber? Give us a call if

you do. It is Christmas Day in Gloucester.

It should be a joyous occasion but not for the woman with the white

handbag over her arm. Here she is walking into church. She makes her

way down the aisle choosing herself a seat in plenty of time for the

service. A few other people seem to be doing the same, but keep an eye

on the man in a blue coat. She leaves her bag and walks off. It

will be safe in a church, right? Wrong. This man has other ideas and

picks up her bag, hides it in his jacket and walks out. So much for

goodwill to all men. Come on, tell us who this shameless thief is.

What a despicable crime on Christmas Day of all days. If you recognise

him or anyone else, do get in touch.

Please call. Or send us a text. Or drop us an e-mail. If you want to

remain anonymous, you can call Crimestoppers.

I am with the Northern division of the force. You have a brand new tool

which is proving effective. automatic resource location system

which tells us where officers are, compared with incidents is

happening. Before we get into detail, we want to set it a test

because we know you can track officers and their exact location.

Patrick, if you don't mind, going out there, we will follow your every

move on this map. How did you get this idea? It was something I

believe which appeared on TV, as a Hollywood dream. We have a system

now up and running. From the streets of Hollywood to Manchester. Let us

look at it now, what can we actually see? This is the greater Manchester

area. These are the police officers patrolling the streets. The triangle

shows the vehicles driving around. The square, incidences which are

ongoing where we send resources. How useful is it practically? Before, it

was just radios. For a major instance, we nearly had a gas

expansion in North Manchester, we could map our resources and set a

chord in. Where is Patrick now? about to lead the police station.

can follow him, the red Square. That will be Patrick going on patrol.

all works, thanks for explaining it to us.

Lots of calls coming in today. Some information already on one of our

faces, Teddy Simpson, wanted in connection with two attacks on

police officers. And another face, a possible lead, this man failed to

return to prison where he served time for beating a woman to death.

News just in, a possible name on the hammer attack in Manchester. That

horrendous attack. What are you doing tomorrow?

I will be down the road in Manchester city Centre, Friday

night, we will be out with the police and partygoers who flood into

the city centre over the weekend. will be looking at a common crime,

bike theft, and what you can do to avoid it. Thank you. For more

details, head to our website. Finally, we will leave you with