:00:12. > :00:15.need your help to hunt down the criminals who live near you. Today,
:00:16. > :00:20.the Olympic champion who inspired a nation, how could thieves steal her
:00:21. > :00:24.precious metal? It means a lot to me and my family,
:00:25. > :00:36.it means a lot to the whole of Britain. The Mountain rescue team on
:00:37. > :00:40.call 24 hours a day. And how could anyone steal bikes from servicemen
:00:41. > :00:42.fighting their way back from injury? You are watching Crimewatch
:00:43. > :01:06.Roadshow. Roadshow! We are live, and we need
:01:07. > :01:11.your help to catch crooks and get them behind bars. On today's show,
:01:12. > :01:14.the crime wave affecting anglers up and down the country.
:01:15. > :01:20.the crime wave affecting anglers up and A lot of gear, ?40,000 worth of
:01:21. > :01:24.stuff stolen. Your heart just sinks. And how hanging baskets are helping
:01:25. > :01:32.keep kids in Durham on the straight and narrow.
:01:33. > :01:36.Today Sian is by the sea in County Durham, beautiful Seaham Harbour
:01:37. > :01:40.Marina. Morning, Rav. Sport is the theme
:01:41. > :01:44.today, and we will be hearing from young footballers, anglers and the
:01:45. > :01:51.Help For Heroes triathletes, who have all been the victims of crime.
:01:52. > :01:54.First, though, we had to a small museum in Scotland where an
:01:55. > :01:57.exhibition meant to inspire visitors with mementos of sporting glory lead
:01:58. > :02:09.instead to a devastating there. Rhona Martin, one last delivery for
:02:10. > :02:12.Olympic gold. It needs to be absolutely perfect... Rhona Martin
:02:13. > :02:20.put curling on the map in the UK with a dramatic win at the 2002
:02:21. > :02:25.Winter Olympics. Thankfully it came off, the sweepers judged it well,
:02:26. > :02:32.and we won, it was a great feeling. It made her a national hero. The
:02:33. > :02:37.Olympic champions and gold medallists, Team Great Britain!
:02:38. > :02:41.She's still involved, coaching the Great Britain team. It gives me
:02:42. > :02:47.great satisfaction to think that my win in salt lake city and my team's
:02:48. > :02:54.win, with all of us visiting schools, that is what is important,
:02:55. > :03:01.inspiring the next generation. So when a small museum in Dumfries as
:03:02. > :03:04.Rhona if she could help with an exhibition they were planning, she
:03:05. > :03:08.agreed. They asked, have I got any Olympic memorabilia I could give
:03:09. > :03:14.them? I said, yes, and they said, could we borrow your medal? I said,
:03:15. > :03:18.yes, OK, they said, it would be in a reinforced glass case, don't worry.
:03:19. > :03:24.I gave them all the memorabilia and the medal. The exhibition opens to
:03:25. > :03:30.the public back in April. Everybody remembers when Rhona at that final
:03:31. > :03:34.curling stone, and for people to be able to come and see the medal that
:03:35. > :03:40.she won as a result was very special.
:03:41. > :03:49.Every day the museum closes its doors to the public at five o'clock.
:03:50. > :03:53.But on Wednesday the 30th of April, a gang of thieves were determined to
:03:54. > :04:00.pay and out of hours visits to the exhibition. -- visit. Jimmy on their
:04:01. > :04:06.way through the door, they broke into the museum. The heavy duty
:04:07. > :04:13.security shutter wasn't strong enough to deter the criminals. Once
:04:14. > :04:23.inside, they knew exactly where to go. They smashed their way through
:04:24. > :04:29.the heavily reinforced glass of the display Cabinets, grabbing valuable
:04:30. > :04:36.historical artefacts. Then they spotted an even bigger prize,
:04:37. > :04:43.Rhona's Olympic gold medal. The whole burglary took just one minute
:04:44. > :04:49.and 40 seconds. This really was a smash and grab. I walked into the
:04:50. > :04:53.gallery where the medal had been and all the other items that were
:04:54. > :04:56.stolen, and it was just appalling, I couldn't believe how much blast
:04:57. > :05:02.there was, how much damage had been done. -- glass. The staff were just
:05:03. > :05:06.devastated, I know one or two people were in tears. A colleague and I
:05:07. > :05:13.went home after we had done what we could that evening, and neither of
:05:14. > :05:18.us could sleep. Within hours, Rhona was informed of the break-in. Before
:05:19. > :05:23.they even said what had happened, I knew in my heart what they were
:05:24. > :05:27.going to tell me. So it was a disappointing blow, because curling
:05:28. > :05:31.has had a great year, the exhibition was fantastic to promote our great
:05:32. > :05:38.sport, and then all of a sudden I thought, oh no, I've just lost my
:05:39. > :05:43.medal. In total, ?34,000 worth of items were stolen. The loss of 2002
:05:44. > :05:50.medal has left the Rhona devastated. This theft of a medal, my medal, to
:05:51. > :05:57.me it means a lot, it means a lot to my family, to the whole of Britain.
:05:58. > :06:04.DI Bryan Lee from Police Scotland is leading this investigation, the
:06:05. > :06:11.value put on the items taken in all is some ?30,000, but Rhona's Olympic
:06:12. > :06:14.gold medal is priceless. Yes, the Olympic Committee destroys each
:06:15. > :06:19.mould after the games, so it is impossible to replace the medal. And
:06:20. > :06:24.this happens just 12 days after the exhibition opened, so Rhona's medal
:06:25. > :06:32.was taken but other items as well. Yes, other items, a Royal Caledonian
:06:33. > :06:36.curling medal which belonged to Hannah Fleming, a 1924 Olympic gold
:06:37. > :06:42.medal, a number of other medals, and also a Burgess casket and a
:06:43. > :06:48.provost's chain. Sewing number of very distinctive items taken. You do
:06:49. > :06:54.have some CCTV, what does that tell you? It two persons entering the
:06:55. > :07:01.premises at about 10:10. -- it shows. We are keen to establish what
:07:02. > :07:05.vehicles have been used to travel to and from the premises, so anybody
:07:06. > :07:09.who has been in the area at the time, we are keen to hear from them.
:07:10. > :07:16.What do think could have happened to the exabytes? They may have gone to
:07:17. > :07:25.collectors or scrap metal dealers. -- exhibits so they may have been
:07:26. > :07:30.melted down?! Yes, that is one aspect of it. Certain aspects of the
:07:31. > :07:31.medals contain some gold, and the value of gold is far less than
:07:32. > :07:36.medals contain some gold, and the value of a medal that has inspired
:07:37. > :07:45.the nation. Really important for Rhona to get this back. Thank you
:07:46. > :07:49.very much. Rhona is desperate to get that Olympic gold medal back and all
:07:50. > :07:54.those other important exhibits as well that the museum had on show. If
:07:55. > :07:56.you can help, get in touch as soon as you can.
:07:57. > :08:02.Time to have a look at the wanted faces, and we start with this man,
:08:03. > :08:06.Steve Marcel, who also cause himself Andre Marcel. South Wales police
:08:07. > :08:10.want to question him in connection with an incident in which a woman
:08:11. > :08:16.was assaulted. He has links to Cardiff, Bristol and Gloucester. He
:08:17. > :08:22.is considered dangerous, please don't approach, call 999. Next up,
:08:23. > :08:27.David Blood, although he also uses the name Stuart blood. He is wanted
:08:28. > :08:30.by police after he failed to return to Ford open prison in West Sussex
:08:31. > :08:34.where he was serving a life sentence for robbery and firearms offences.
:08:35. > :08:38.He is six foot one with a Midlands accent and a scar on his right
:08:39. > :08:43.eyebrow. He has links to staff reject, Warwickshire and
:08:44. > :08:49.Leicestershire. This is Tumennasan Badam, 29, wanted for questioning by
:08:50. > :08:55.detectives in Manchester in connection with a serious assault.
:08:56. > :08:59.He has links to Manchester and London. And finally, do you
:09:00. > :09:03.recognise this last phase? This is Jonathan Lewis Brown, jailed for six
:09:04. > :09:07.years for possession of a firearm, released early from prison last
:09:08. > :09:11.June. He has failed to stick to the conditions of his release and is
:09:12. > :09:16.wanted back in prison. He has links to the Lambeth and Thornton Heath
:09:17. > :09:18.areas of London. Can you tell us where any of these faces are? If so,
:09:19. > :09:39.make sure you pick up the phone. You can e-mail us, too. Now, when
:09:40. > :09:44.the police are called out to find a missing person, they can't always
:09:45. > :09:47.search everywhere themselves. In Durham, the people they turn to the
:09:48. > :09:55.mountain rescue volunteers whose work extends far beyond their job
:09:56. > :09:58.description. Meets the recruitment consultant,
:09:59. > :10:04.the tree surgeon, the retired fire officer, and a company director, all
:10:05. > :10:09.people with jobs that don't exactly risk life and death, but when they
:10:10. > :10:14.get the call, that is exactly what they will do. Meet the mountain
:10:15. > :10:21.rescue team. We are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year as a
:10:22. > :10:27.team. Our team does around about 40 calls per year. Steve and his team
:10:28. > :10:31.volunteer their time to provide a search and rescue service for the
:10:32. > :10:34.whole of County Durham, from the high fells in the West to the
:10:35. > :10:39.coastal communities of the North Sea. We also do an awful lot of
:10:40. > :10:43.calls in semi urban areas around towns, and the type of people we
:10:44. > :10:48.looking for is not just missing walkers. It could be missing
:10:49. > :10:54.children, it's called the elderly with dementia, or it could be we
:10:55. > :11:02.call despondents, people who want to commit suicide. -- it could be. With
:11:03. > :11:06.two major rivers and seven large reservoirs in the area, it is no
:11:07. > :11:09.surprise that many of the rescues are water related. When a student
:11:10. > :11:15.went missing in Durham centre last year, the team were called in by the
:11:16. > :11:20.police to assist in the search. When we got there, we discovered it was a
:11:21. > :11:24.search for a student who had gone missing in the early hours of
:11:25. > :11:30.Sunday. They had been missing ever since, and it was thought it was
:11:31. > :11:37.possible that they had gone into the river at that stage.
:11:38. > :11:45.It is for incidents like this that the team train regularly to keep
:11:46. > :11:53.their skills up to speed. Today's exercise is 25 miles outside Durham.
:11:54. > :11:56.Any sort of rescue on water is potentially very hazardous, so our
:11:57. > :12:01.people have got to be trained. In fact, we train the same way as water
:12:02. > :12:06.rescue teams in the Fire Service, we get the same qualification.
:12:07. > :12:13.The aim of the exercise is to find and recover one of their own team,
:12:14. > :12:19.posing as an injured walker who has fallen into a fast flowing river. To
:12:20. > :12:27.carry out an effective search, they have to scour every little bit of
:12:28. > :12:30.the river bank from every angle. What we are going to do in this case
:12:31. > :12:36.is we're going to send one of our medics across on a line, they will
:12:37. > :12:39.swim across, make the assessment. The noise from the rapids above is
:12:40. > :12:45.so loud that the team communicate with whistles and hand signals. The
:12:46. > :12:49.victim is trapped by steep rocks on the river bank, so the team needs to
:12:50. > :12:54.formulate a plan to get her out safely. They decide the safest way
:12:55. > :12:57.is to use an inflatable sled. We will put the casualty on to the
:12:58. > :13:02.sled, bring it across this way in a pendulum motion, then take the
:13:03. > :13:06.casualty out of the water, out of the sled, and her over to the
:13:07. > :13:11.ambulance service. It is a successful search and recovery, but
:13:12. > :13:15.these are drills that have to be practised frequently to maintain
:13:16. > :13:19.their effectiveness. For us, it is critical that we get
:13:20. > :13:22.time to do this, because we are all volunteers, so we often get called
:13:23. > :13:26.out when we are at work and weekends. So we train to practice
:13:27. > :13:36.for real incidents. In Durham, the search for the
:13:37. > :13:41.missing student was long and difficult. We were looking in the
:13:42. > :13:46.shallows, we had our canoe team out searching the river as well. And we
:13:47. > :13:57.spent all day, really, we were out all day looking, and no sign. The
:13:58. > :14:02.next day, a group of rowers made the discovery all rescue us dread - the
:14:03. > :14:11.body of Luke Beers, a first-year engineering student at Durham
:14:12. > :14:14.University was found. -- Pierce. You need to steal yourself, because you
:14:15. > :14:18.are not expecting to find a live person, but you know a family are
:14:19. > :14:21.waiting for the news, and what could be worse for them than waiting and
:14:22. > :14:26.not knowing what has happened? In the last year alone, eight young
:14:27. > :14:29.people have lost their lives in the region's rivers. The families are
:14:30. > :14:37.going to be extremely upset, and when we realise that, hopefully, by
:14:38. > :14:44.us finding their loved one, it does bring some sort of closure. As we
:14:45. > :14:47.head in the film there, the families of missing people desperately need
:14:48. > :14:51.closure to find out what has happened to their loved ones, and
:14:52. > :14:55.Detective Superintendent Jon Green joins me now. You have been
:14:56. > :15:00.investigating for three years the disappearance of a young father,
:15:01. > :15:06.what happened? Scott was last seen on the 11th May
:15:07. > :15:10.three years ago, he was seen in the Wingate area of County Durham. He
:15:11. > :15:14.was a family man, with two children, a wide array of friends in the
:15:15. > :15:20.Hartlepool and North East area. Very popular. So what have you been doing
:15:21. > :15:25.over the years to find him? In the subsequent time he was seen, we have
:15:26. > :15:28.spoken to over 300 people, clearly, appeals to the media are important,
:15:29. > :15:32.in terms of reaching out to people who might have information, in
:15:33. > :15:36.relation to where Scott may have been since that date. Very difficult
:15:37. > :15:40.for his family. We can hear from Scott's mum now.
:15:41. > :15:45.Totally out of character for Scott to leave his two children. So we are
:15:46. > :15:49.in a total quandary, there has not been any clues or information from
:15:50. > :15:54.the day he went missing. It as more time goes on the logic would say
:15:55. > :15:58.something has happened to him, he hasn't contacted us, but as a mother
:15:59. > :16:03.I think wouldn't I have known that, wouldn't I have felt that? We have
:16:04. > :16:08.cried that many tears for him. We need to know what has happened to
:16:09. > :16:12.him. He is other child, and we need to know -- our child.
:16:13. > :16:17.Julie Fletcher is worried that something has happened to Scott. Do
:16:18. > :16:21.you believe he has come to any harm? It certainly can't be ruled out.
:16:22. > :16:27.What we knew is Scott may have had some debt when he went missing, and
:16:28. > :16:30.some of his associates from the criminal fraternity, given the
:16:31. > :16:34.passage of time we can't rule it out. I am sure there is people with
:16:35. > :16:38.information that haven't shared that with us and I would appeal to those
:16:39. > :16:41.people to come forward and pass that information to us. What do you know
:16:42. > :16:46.about what he was doing on the day he did go missing? On the day he was
:16:47. > :16:53.missing he was with friends, he was dropped off in a lay-by in Wingate
:16:54. > :16:57.on the A181. His whereabouts from that point is a mystery. I would
:16:58. > :17:01.appeal to people who are, I am sure do have information in relation to
:17:02. > :17:04.his whereabouts, to come forward to allow his family to have closures in
:17:05. > :17:09.relation to what has happened to him. If you can help, bring some
:17:10. > :17:13.closure to Scott's family, get in touch with us.
:17:14. > :17:17.Now let us see if you can help us identify the Crookes who made the
:17:18. > :17:22.mistake of committing their crimes on camera.
:17:23. > :17:27.We are at a train station in south-east London last summer.
:17:28. > :17:31.This guy looks like he has been shopping, check out his pink spotty
:17:32. > :17:36.bag. But he is not here to catch a train. He has got another
:17:37. > :17:40.destination in mind. He waits for the booking clerk to leave her
:17:41. > :17:44.office. She collects two card reading machines and while she does
:17:45. > :17:50.that, the man appears to adjust what looks like a black wig. Suits you
:17:51. > :17:55.Sir. Then, as she returns to the office, he ambushes her. He forces
:17:56. > :18:01.his way inside, tells her to open the safe, and ties her hands
:18:02. > :18:05.together. Five minutes later, he leaves with cash worth more than six
:18:06. > :18:10.grand in two bag, including that pink spotty one. Do you I know how
:18:11. > :18:16.this great train station robber is? Call us if you do.
:18:17. > :18:19.It is a few minutes before opening time at this bank in the Peak
:18:20. > :18:23.It is a few minutes before opening District town of hath sang. But this
:18:24. > :18:26.isn't a typical morning. A robber can be seen lurking behind the count
:18:27. > :18:30.after he and another man broke in can be seen lurking behind the count
:18:31. > :18:31.hours earlier and laid in wait for the staff. Police say they
:18:32. > :18:38.threatened them with a handgun the staff. Police say they
:18:39. > :18:43.tied them up in a back room. During the raid the men seize 108,000 in
:18:44. > :18:44.cash and leave by the front door. Detectives say a security device
:18:45. > :18:51.covered some of the money Detectives say a security device
:18:52. > :18:56.when it was taken and want to contact anyone who has been given
:18:57. > :18:59.the cash with the dye on it. Officers want to talk to this person
:19:00. > :19:06.in the orange coat, Officers want to talk to this person
:19:07. > :19:11.15 grand reward for info leading to the arrest and
:19:12. > :19:16.offenders. If you have any information on those
:19:17. > :19:20.characters you know what to do. The contact details are on the screen
:19:21. > :19:24.and we are waiting to hear from you. Now every week millions of anglers
:19:25. > :19:28.take to the waters right across the UK, but now it seems it is the
:19:29. > :19:35.criminals who are getting away with the biggest catch.
:19:36. > :19:41.The piece and -- peace and tranquillity of a day out fishing by
:19:42. > :19:48.the water side. Casting the stresses and strains of every day life aside.
:19:49. > :19:52.Mike Davis is a keen angler. I have been a fisherman for, well, since I
:19:53. > :19:58.was a child. Started off, you know, as you do, you get a fishing rod for
:19:59. > :20:04.a birthday or Christmas, something like that, and I just got hooked.
:20:05. > :20:11.A motorbike accident in 1989 left Mike disabled. There is not a lot of
:20:12. > :20:17.sports that I suppose I can do, comfortably, and fishing is
:20:18. > :20:23.something that I've learned to adapt to. It has taken him years to build
:20:24. > :20:28.up his collection of tackle. You never stop collecting tackle.
:20:29. > :20:35.You are always open to something new. A fishing pole can range from
:20:36. > :20:38.?30-40, to ?5,000. So if you want to have the Ferrari of fishing tackle
:20:39. > :20:44.you have to pay the Preece. -- price.
:20:45. > :20:49.But last September, Mike's enjoyment of this tranquil sport was spoiled
:20:50. > :20:54.by thieves. Put all my equipment away, locked it
:20:55. > :21:00.up. A couple of padlock, a has on the box on the drive -- hasp. Nerve
:21:01. > :21:06.thought anything else of it. But the next morning, the chest had been
:21:07. > :21:10.broken into, and ?5,000 worth of fishing gear had been stolen.
:21:11. > :21:15.To start with I thought, well, what am I going to do? How will I replace
:21:16. > :21:23.that amount of equipment, and get it all back to where I was? Fishermen
:21:24. > :21:28.across the UK believe they are being targeted. Andrew, who runs his own
:21:29. > :21:35.angling business has been shocked by the rise in the number of thefts
:21:36. > :21:40.from his fellow fishermen There are stories of anglers being followed
:21:41. > :21:44.home and their sheds, garage, houses being broken into to steal their
:21:45. > :21:47.tackle. Anglers say up for a lot of years to get better and better
:21:48. > :21:52.tackle, spend a lot of money on it, work hard to get it and for it to be
:21:53. > :21:55.taken and they have the hassle of claiming through the insurance
:21:56. > :21:58.companies, which can be a problem in itself.
:21:59. > :22:04.Andrew knows only too well how upsetting it is to be a victim of
:22:05. > :22:07.theft. Last July, my warehouse was broken into on a Tuesday night and
:22:08. > :22:14.they more or less wiped out everything. There was a lot of gear,
:22:15. > :22:19.a lot of gear. There was ?40,000 odd worth stolen. Your heart sinks,
:22:20. > :22:30.because that represents 25 years of business in this trade.
:22:31. > :22:36.It has left me sick, and dismayed that you know, somebody would want
:22:37. > :22:41.to go and rob somebody, not of their tackle, but of their enjoyment as
:22:42. > :22:45.well. Well, with me now is Jan Porter who
:22:46. > :22:50.will people will know because you have been a successful an her, those
:22:51. > :22:54.in the angling fraternity will know your face and Dilip Sarkar from the
:22:55. > :23:00.angling trust. Tell us what happened to you, you have been a victim here?
:23:01. > :23:06.I have been targeted a few times over the year, van broken into but
:23:07. > :23:14.last September I got hit badly on a very secure garage, brick built
:23:15. > :23:17.garage. It had ?25,000 stolen, some of which I recovered through an
:23:18. > :23:22.auction site and another load of it was found at a local car pot sale, I
:23:23. > :23:25.was able to identify it very easily because a lot of it was prototype
:23:26. > :23:29.stuff. I was able to recover it. That is not always the case. My
:23:30. > :23:35.advice would be to make sure you get insurance right because mine wasn't,
:23:36. > :23:39.and make every effort to secure your equipment. People are targeting it
:23:40. > :23:45.more. You said other anglers are experiencing this, it is a growing
:23:46. > :23:49.problem. It is. It is easy to shift and move on. Especially when things
:23:50. > :23:53.are tough, people want bargains and there is nothing better than getting
:23:54. > :23:57.a cheap bit of kit at a local car pot sale, that is where it is going.
:23:58. > :24:01.That is a huge blow. You are fighting back though, tell us about
:24:02. > :24:05.what you are trying to do to really make sure the thieves can't pass it
:24:06. > :24:08.on. The problem is identifying the property, even if it is recovered,
:24:09. > :24:13.so what we are doing is working with a leading crime fighting company, to
:24:14. > :24:20.provide our members with a unique solution, I mean this is a forensic
:24:21. > :24:24.marker, which makes property traceable back to the owner. It has
:24:25. > :24:29.a 100 percent conviction rate in court. It is wonderful stuff. This
:24:30. > :24:36.is going to help and it is very easy to apply, you just put it on the
:24:37. > :24:44.product, on the property, and under UV light, it shows up perfectly. So
:24:45. > :24:48.the idea is that that is uniquely traceable to that owner, and that is
:24:49. > :24:53.just brilliant, you know, criminals need to get the message that fishing
:24:54. > :24:56.tackle is marked with this forensic marker and don't touch it, because
:24:57. > :24:59.if they do, they will be marked with it, the property is traceable back
:25:00. > :25:02.to the owner and you will get convicted. Thank you very much. I
:25:03. > :25:07.don't know if you could see there, but I could see in daylight there
:25:08. > :25:12.was a green light there, clearly showing up and if you are you are an
:25:13. > :25:15.angler and you are interested in finding out more you can get details
:25:16. > :25:21.on the website. Still to come on today's show:
:25:22. > :25:26.The kids football team targeted by vandals six times in just one
:25:27. > :25:30.season. It is like really upsetting because we get have to keep buying
:25:31. > :25:35.and all the money is going to waste. And we need your help to find the
:25:36. > :25:39.thoughtless thieves who stole bikes from these former soldiers during a
:25:40. > :25:44.charity ride. Now, we have heard the saying that
:25:45. > :25:48.prevention is better than cure, Durham Constabulary is putting that
:25:49. > :25:55.into practise, in the methods it is using to nurture local youngsters
:25:56. > :26:01.and root out youth crime. You might not think it, but these
:26:02. > :26:10.plants are helping to reduce crime in Durham.
:26:11. > :26:14.That is Thyme. Smell that. They are part of an operation which aims to
:26:15. > :26:19.prevent young people from becoming victims of crime or entering the
:26:20. > :26:23.criminal justice system themselves. Iain Robertson co-ordinates this
:26:24. > :26:28.gardening project. It was given to me to develop as a project. I was
:26:29. > :26:32.sceptical, thinking, I didn't think young people would like it. How
:26:33. > :26:36.wrong I was. I was amazed how much they liked it and how much they were
:26:37. > :26:43.engaged. I feel great, because I am really
:26:44. > :26:48.lucky to come here. It is like a really good opportunity for the
:26:49. > :26:54.future. One young person who has benefitted
:26:55. > :26:59.from the project is Keiron. I got excluded one time, and then
:27:00. > :27:03.this has got everything off my head. Kept us well behaved in school, to
:27:04. > :27:07.make sure I would come in. If I was bad behaved I wouldn't be able to
:27:08. > :27:14.come. A result of this project is the new
:27:15. > :27:19.relationship between the police and the young people. Before I got to
:27:20. > :27:23.know any of kids, they wouldn't speak to us, they saw the police as
:27:24. > :27:26.a barrier there, but because I had been involved with them doing
:27:27. > :27:32.something they enjoy and speaking to them, and asking them about what
:27:33. > :27:36.they doing, they would speak to me much more openly outside and I think
:27:37. > :27:45.it has reduced that barrier, and that has been pretty clear.
:27:46. > :27:48.I had bad history with the police, a few times, different things but
:27:49. > :27:54.since I come here I have got used to them, I have got to know them by
:27:55. > :28:00.personality and just become friends with them, really.
:28:01. > :28:06.Do not drop them. They are going to the children's centre, they want to
:28:07. > :28:10.go in one piece. The community can see young people transforming them
:28:11. > :28:15.bits of land that nobody is doing anything with, so it improves the
:28:16. > :28:19.perception of young people. In their own community where they live.
:28:20. > :28:32.But it is not just gardening where officers are using their skills to
:28:33. > :28:36.engage with young people. It is a fishing scheme that was
:28:37. > :28:41.developed over a period of 18 months to link in with the children and the
:28:42. > :28:44.youth of Seaham and the North East coastal area so we can break the
:28:45. > :28:48.barriers between the police and the youths, give them something to do,
:28:49. > :28:54.and keep them out of the judicial system.
:28:55. > :28:58.The area was hit badly when the mines closed down. There is a lot of
:28:59. > :29:02.unemployment, and basically there is not the money round to give the kids
:29:03. > :29:07.something to do. The sea is on the doorstep. It is free, and it just
:29:08. > :29:13.seemed get them out, get them fishing and give them a hobby, a
:29:14. > :29:18.purpose. And he has got a Hepple -- helping
:29:19. > :29:23.hand in the form of Niall who completed the course last year.
:29:24. > :29:28.I enjoy fishing and it is good to spend time with my mates and get to
:29:29. > :29:32.know the police better. The nine we have had on the course
:29:33. > :29:36.have been model student, children for the last five months. Kept their
:29:37. > :29:40.noses clean, not into trouble. They are doing well at school. They are
:29:41. > :29:55.better kids for coming on it I suppose. The kids have been busy in
:29:56. > :30:01.the community garden, and they are donating the fruits of their labour
:30:02. > :30:04.to a local nursery group. We've now got about eight projects running
:30:05. > :30:11.through County Durham, which is fantastic, to see the young children
:30:12. > :30:13.and people in the community, working together to create
:30:14. > :30:17.and people in the community, working can look back on and be proud of.
:30:18. > :30:24.Now, for injured servicemen and women, sport plays a vital part
:30:25. > :30:32.Now, for injured servicemen and now by some members of Team True
:30:33. > :30:37.Spirit, from Help For Heroes. Tell us about it. We set up to help the
:30:38. > :30:40.guys with physiological and psychological well-being, to help
:30:41. > :30:45.them on a recovery pathway. It is good for them to be part of a team
:30:46. > :30:50.and get back into a bit of order in our lives, to have something to
:30:51. > :30:55.train for. Unfortunately, your fight back to fitness has been affected by
:30:56. > :31:00.crime, what happened? We went down to do a warm up race in the
:31:01. > :31:05.Cotswolds or the Ironman in July, and we woke up on the morning, the
:31:06. > :31:09.guys were like a herd of elephants, screaming and crying that their
:31:10. > :31:14.bikes had been stolen, 12 of the 24th were stolen from the site. And
:31:15. > :31:20.that was actually Father's Day as well, wasn't it? It was as well. We
:31:21. > :31:24.have some similar bikes here, do you think that whoever took them will
:31:25. > :31:30.have known they were Help For Heroes bikes? They couldn't have not known,
:31:31. > :31:35.the wagon with the logos was right in the middle of the campsite, and
:31:36. > :31:40.the tent had the banners on them. Let's try to get them back, you have
:31:41. > :31:43.got a very poignant story, really, about why you got involved with Help
:31:44. > :31:51.For Heroes and your bike was stolen too! Like I said, it has given me a
:31:52. > :31:56.new lease of life. I never wanted to leave the army, but back in 2010 I
:31:57. > :32:01.got blown up and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I got a
:32:02. > :32:05.medical discharge because of it, but working for Help For Heroes, being
:32:06. > :32:08.able to give something back and help rehabilitate other soldiers, like
:32:09. > :32:14.myself, it has given me a new lease of life, especially Team True
:32:15. > :32:18.Spirit, going for the Ironman, it was a pipe dream before the injury.
:32:19. > :32:26.I could never swim, but with the team I have made it a possibility,
:32:27. > :32:30.but then my bike was stolen, and that has put a spanner in the works,
:32:31. > :32:35.so to speak. Really upsetting for everybody, I know, because you had
:32:36. > :32:41.only had the bike from Christmas. I only received my bike from Help For
:32:42. > :32:45.Heroes at Christmas. I was struggling, I was medically
:32:46. > :32:50.discharged from the army myself, struggling to be part of the team,
:32:51. > :32:54.and Mark got me involved with Team True Spirit, and I was training for
:32:55. > :32:59.this Ironman next month, and to wake up on the morning and the bikes were
:33:00. > :33:05.gone, it was absolutely gutting. All the potential going to waste. A last
:33:06. > :33:12.word to you, everyone is very upset, but they are not giving up.
:33:13. > :33:16.Absolutely not, Team True Spirit by name and by nature. Remember, this
:33:17. > :33:21.only happened a couple of weeks ago on Father's Day. Help get these
:33:22. > :33:25.bikes back for the Help For Heroes team.
:33:26. > :33:29.Now, let's take a look at a long-running investigation, the
:33:30. > :33:37.murder of Marcus Hall back in 2001. DI Tim Redfearn is with us, as well
:33:38. > :33:41.as his mum, Icelyn. I will be with you in a moment, Icelyn, but what
:33:42. > :33:46.happened all these years ago, Tim? Yes, 20th of March 2001, a Tuesday
:33:47. > :33:50.evening. Marcus and his friends drove up from where they lived in
:33:51. > :33:55.Peckham to a garage music night that was being held at the Atmosphere
:33:56. > :33:59.nightclub in Luton town centre. They got into the club quite late, some
:34:00. > :34:04.time around midnight, and at about 2am everyone was turned out onto the
:34:05. > :34:09.street. What started the fight that ensued, we do not know to this day,
:34:10. > :34:12.but a fight erupted outside with Marcus and his friends against
:34:13. > :34:16.another group, weapons were produced, and markers was fatally
:34:17. > :34:20.injured. You have been working very hard on this case for a number of
:34:21. > :34:30.years, and a number of people have been convicted of this, but still
:34:31. > :34:33.one person you want to trace. Yes, we have never stopped looking for
:34:34. > :34:38.Adebayo Ekun, who we are looking to convicted for his part in this
:34:39. > :34:41.crime. We can see some CCTV of the night, but circled is the person you
:34:42. > :34:48.want to trace, what is going on here? Yeah, this is Adebayo Ekun on
:34:49. > :34:52.the way to Park Street West in Luton, which is away from the
:34:53. > :34:58.nightclub. Marcus and his friends have run off in this direction, so
:34:59. > :35:03.Adebayo Ekun and the others are just about to catch up with him. It is a
:35:04. > :35:07.bit of a Blu-ray image, but this is a clearer picture taken several
:35:08. > :35:17.years ago. This is the man who wants to identify. -- a blurry image. This
:35:18. > :35:23.was about 17 years ago, so bear in mind that the is 37 years old now,
:35:24. > :35:28.so we will look considerably older, but the appeal is to people who know
:35:29. > :35:33.him. Yes. And knew him at the time and know his current whereabouts.
:35:34. > :35:37.Icelyn, I know this must be very difficult, but you wanted to be here
:35:38. > :35:43.so people at home would know how much it would mean to you to have
:35:44. > :35:48.some closure here. Marcus needs closure, I need closure, my family
:35:49. > :35:52.needs closure. I would appeal to anybody at there who knows where he
:35:53. > :35:59.is to get in touch with the police, get in touch with Crimewatch. It
:36:00. > :36:04.will never bring Marcus back, but it will be some sort of closure for us.
:36:05. > :36:08.It is so important for you, even though a number of people have been
:36:09. > :36:12.charged and convicted, this one outstanding person needs to be
:36:13. > :36:18.caught and brought to justice. Yeah, they do. It is so difficult for you
:36:19. > :36:24.to move on, isn't it? Christmas and birthdays, one person missing, it is
:36:25. > :36:31.not the same. Our family is not the same, it is a ripple effect, and...
:36:32. > :36:35.Tim, I know you are due to retire, you want to find this individual,
:36:36. > :36:41.but he will have the baton on to the rest of your team, the case will not
:36:42. > :36:46.close. Absolutely, we have got this case, and we will continue to pursue
:36:47. > :36:50.Adebayo Ekun if we are not able to capture him as a result of this
:36:51. > :36:56.appeal. But there is a ?5,000 reward on offer for information that leads
:36:57. > :37:00.to the arrest of Adebayo Ekun. OK, thank you for joining us. If you
:37:01. > :37:07.know where Adebayo Ekun is, please get in touch. As you heard, there is
:37:08. > :37:14.a reward that will be given for information leading to his arrest.
:37:15. > :37:18.We have got plenty of sport on the show today, haven't we? These are
:37:19. > :37:24.members of the Hardwick youth football team, these guys and gals
:37:25. > :37:28.are football crazy, but a series of break-ins has been cramping their
:37:29. > :37:32.style. For the kids of Hardwick youth
:37:33. > :37:36.football club in Stockton on Tees, there is only one place to be on a
:37:37. > :37:44.Saturday morning, and that is on the pitch. It has been here for 20
:37:45. > :37:48.years, we have 136 kids. The coaches and managers are all volunteers. We
:37:49. > :37:52.want to play football, and we want to coach them to play football.
:37:53. > :37:57.We are very close together as a team, we have a good laugh in
:37:58. > :38:05.training, a good time. We have been playing for half a year, I am a
:38:06. > :38:08.centre back, he is a left back. It means everything to me, because I
:38:09. > :38:14.really enjoy playing football at this club.
:38:15. > :38:21.Unfortunately, the club doesn't mean as much to the criminals who have
:38:22. > :38:26.repeatedly targeted the team's training ground and equipment. Three
:38:27. > :38:31.years ago, everything they owned was destroyed in a devastating arson
:38:32. > :38:36.attack. The fire brigade were called, the police came out, but
:38:37. > :38:39.there was just nothing left. When we had the arson attack, a lot of teams
:38:40. > :38:43.came forward, and if there was anything they could help us with,
:38:44. > :38:48.they were giving us anything they could spare. Although the club
:38:49. > :38:53.managed to get back on its feet, recent times have seen them knocked
:38:54. > :38:56.down again and again. The metal container they used to store
:38:57. > :39:03.equipment has proved to be an easy target for thieves and vandals. It
:39:04. > :39:07.has been broken into six times this season alone. The most recent attack
:39:08. > :39:13.occurred some time between 7pm on Thursday April the tenth and the
:39:14. > :39:18.morning of Saturday April the 12th. The club uses a steel container
:39:19. > :39:23.which is padlocked up, and it has got some chains, but they have been
:39:24. > :39:28.snapped off. They have decided that they will damage and burn the nets,
:39:29. > :39:31.burn all the equipment, and probably because of the cold weather they
:39:32. > :39:35.would have had a fire to warm themselves. The party over, the
:39:36. > :39:36.thieves left behind a trail of destruction to greet the children
:39:37. > :39:48.the next day. Came up to the field on a Saturday
:39:49. > :39:53.morning, and the big field behind there was just covered in debris
:39:54. > :39:57.what they had smashed. And we just see it all across all the field, it
:39:58. > :40:03.had all been stamped on and smashed up. We come here just to play
:40:04. > :40:11.football on a Saturday, and just we can't properly. It is hard to try
:40:12. > :40:17.and explain to the kids, because we don't know why. So sad that we don't
:40:18. > :40:22.have the stuff any more. Trying to replace the stolen and damaged
:40:23. > :40:29.equipment has already cost the club over ?5,000. It is a lot of money,
:40:30. > :40:35.we ended up having to do raffles, race nights, fun days, basically
:40:36. > :40:38.begging from all the public. It is really upsetting, because we keep
:40:39. > :40:43.buying and buying, and then all the money is going to waste. The club
:40:44. > :40:51.has also had to increase their security measures. That is going to
:40:52. > :40:53.be a bit of a deterrent for them. But also to let them know we are not
:40:54. > :41:00.going to be beaten. And Andie Ruddy and members of the
:41:01. > :41:08.team are with me now, And Andie Ruddy and members of the
:41:09. > :41:12.now? Fortunately for us, the break-ins have actually stopped. It
:41:13. > :41:16.is still a worry when we turn up for training, but
:41:17. > :41:23.is still a worry when we turn up for down. The youth think that is
:41:24. > :41:27.because of the added security? -- do you think? That is part of it, it
:41:28. > :41:32.was donated by a local company, so we are hoping it has deterred all
:41:33. > :41:36.the people doing it. You have got CCTV now. These kids are football
:41:37. > :41:42.crazy, so disappointing for them to see it in that state. Heartbreaking
:41:43. > :41:49.for the kids. How is training going? Mason, when you saw all that
:41:50. > :41:54.mess at the club, what did you think? I thought... I was really
:41:55. > :41:57.sad, because all of the money spent on equipment has gone to waste when
:41:58. > :42:02.it has been snapped, burned. The money could go to good use, like
:42:03. > :42:08.going to tournaments. The money that has to be spent on new nets and
:42:09. > :42:14.equipment could go two days out, couldn't it? Yes. What is the
:42:15. > :42:18.message you want to give to thieves? I think that was just about
:42:19. > :42:23.loud enough, hopefully they will get the message!
:42:24. > :42:27.Just time for a quick update that I can give you, a potential new lead
:42:28. > :42:31.on the attack on Gerard Williams in a Middlesbrough park. Some of you
:42:32. > :42:34.also suggesting where the distinctive boiler suit the attacker
:42:35. > :42:39.was wearing may have come from, so thank you to everyone who has got in
:42:40. > :42:45.touch. Where are you going to be tomorrow?
:42:46. > :42:48.Tomorrow, Rav, we will be at Stockton on Tees, and the tactical
:42:49. > :42:52.training centre for Cleveland police. We are going to be finding
:42:53. > :42:57.out how the community teams are tackling drugs, because cannabis
:42:58. > :43:01.farms spring up in the most unusual of places, and also how they are
:43:02. > :43:06.cracking down on the use of drugs in pubs.
:43:07. > :43:10.Thank you, Sian. If you would like to watch any of the CCTV featured in
:43:11. > :43:14.the programme, check out the website, and the wanted faces are
:43:15. > :43:18.online too. I will leave you with another look at them now, if you
:43:19. > :43:19.know where they are, call us. Thank you for watching. Until tomorrow,
:43:20. > :43:22.take care!