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need your help to hunt down the criminals who live near you. Today,

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the Olympic champion who inspired a nation, how could thieves steal her

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precious metal? It means a lot to me and my family,

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it means a lot to the whole of Britain. The Mountain rescue team on

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call 24 hours a day. And how could anyone steal bikes from servicemen

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fighting their way back from injury? You are watching Crimewatch

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Roadshow. Roadshow! We are live, and we need

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your help to catch crooks and get them behind bars. On today's show,

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the crime wave affecting anglers up and down the country.

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the crime wave affecting anglers up and A lot of gear, ?40,000 worth of

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stuff stolen. Your heart just sinks. And how hanging baskets are helping

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keep kids in Durham on the straight and narrow.

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Today Sian is by the sea in County Durham, beautiful Seaham Harbour

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Marina. Morning, Rav. Sport is the theme

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today, and we will be hearing from young footballers, anglers and the

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Help For Heroes triathletes, who have all been the victims of crime.

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First, though, we had to a small museum in Scotland where an

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exhibition meant to inspire visitors with mementos of sporting glory lead

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instead to a devastating there. Rhona Martin, one last delivery for

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Olympic gold. It needs to be absolutely perfect... Rhona Martin

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put curling on the map in the UK with a dramatic win at the 2002

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Winter Olympics. Thankfully it came off, the sweepers judged it well,

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and we won, it was a great feeling. It made her a national hero. The

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Olympic champions and gold medallists, Team Great Britain!

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She's still involved, coaching the Great Britain team. It gives me

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great satisfaction to think that my win in salt lake city and my team's

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win, with all of us visiting schools, that is what is important,

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inspiring the next generation. So when a small museum in Dumfries as

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Rhona if she could help with an exhibition they were planning, she

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agreed. They asked, have I got any Olympic memorabilia I could give

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them? I said, yes, and they said, could we borrow your medal? I said,

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yes, OK, they said, it would be in a reinforced glass case, don't worry.

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I gave them all the memorabilia and the medal. The exhibition opens to

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the public back in April. Everybody remembers when Rhona at that final

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curling stone, and for people to be able to come and see the medal that

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she won as a result was very special.

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Every day the museum closes its doors to the public at five o'clock.

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But on Wednesday the 30th of April, a gang of thieves were determined to

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pay and out of hours visits to the exhibition. -- visit. Jimmy on their

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way through the door, they broke into the museum. The heavy duty

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security shutter wasn't strong enough to deter the criminals. Once

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inside, they knew exactly where to go. They smashed their way through

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the heavily reinforced glass of the display Cabinets, grabbing valuable

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historical artefacts. Then they spotted an even bigger prize,

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Rhona's Olympic gold medal. The whole burglary took just one minute

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and 40 seconds. This really was a smash and grab. I walked into the

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gallery where the medal had been and all the other items that were

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stolen, and it was just appalling, I couldn't believe how much blast

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there was, how much damage had been done. -- glass. The staff were just

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devastated, I know one or two people were in tears. A colleague and I

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went home after we had done what we could that evening, and neither of

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us could sleep. Within hours, Rhona was informed of the break-in. Before

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they even said what had happened, I knew in my heart what they were

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going to tell me. So it was a disappointing blow, because curling

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has had a great year, the exhibition was fantastic to promote our great

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sport, and then all of a sudden I thought, oh no, I've just lost my

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medal. In total, ?34,000 worth of items were stolen. The loss of 2002

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medal has left the Rhona devastated. This theft of a medal, my medal, to

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me it means a lot, it means a lot to my family, to the whole of Britain.

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DI Bryan Lee from Police Scotland is leading this investigation, the

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value put on the items taken in all is some ?30,000, but Rhona's Olympic

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gold medal is priceless. Yes, the Olympic Committee destroys each

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mould after the games, so it is impossible to replace the medal. And

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this happens just 12 days after the exhibition opened, so Rhona's medal

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was taken but other items as well. Yes, other items, a Royal Caledonian

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curling medal which belonged to Hannah Fleming, a 1924 Olympic gold

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medal, a number of other medals, and also a Burgess casket and a

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provost's chain. Sewing number of very distinctive items taken. You do

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have some CCTV, what does that tell you? It two persons entering the

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premises at about 10:10. -- it shows. We are keen to establish what

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vehicles have been used to travel to and from the premises, so anybody

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who has been in the area at the time, we are keen to hear from them.

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What do think could have happened to the exabytes? They may have gone to

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collectors or scrap metal dealers. -- exhibits so they may have been

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melted down?! Yes, that is one aspect of it. Certain aspects of the

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medals contain some gold, and the value of gold is far less than

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medals contain some gold, and the value of a medal that has inspired

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the nation. Really important for Rhona to get this back. Thank you

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very much. Rhona is desperate to get that Olympic gold medal back and all

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those other important exhibits as well that the museum had on show. If

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you can help, get in touch as soon as you can.

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Time to have a look at the wanted faces, and we start with this man,

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Steve Marcel, who also cause himself Andre Marcel. South Wales police

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want to question him in connection with an incident in which a woman

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was assaulted. He has links to Cardiff, Bristol and Gloucester. He

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is considered dangerous, please don't approach, call 999. Next up,

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David Blood, although he also uses the name Stuart blood. He is wanted

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by police after he failed to return to Ford open prison in West Sussex

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where he was serving a life sentence for robbery and firearms offences.

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He is six foot one with a Midlands accent and a scar on his right

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eyebrow. He has links to staff reject, Warwickshire and

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Leicestershire. This is Tumennasan Badam, 29, wanted for questioning by

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detectives in Manchester in connection with a serious assault.

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He has links to Manchester and London. And finally, do you

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recognise this last phase? This is Jonathan Lewis Brown, jailed for six

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years for possession of a firearm, released early from prison last

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June. He has failed to stick to the conditions of his release and is

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wanted back in prison. He has links to the Lambeth and Thornton Heath

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areas of London. Can you tell us where any of these faces are? If so,

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make sure you pick up the phone. You can e-mail us, too. Now, when

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the police are called out to find a missing person, they can't always

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search everywhere themselves. In Durham, the people they turn to the

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mountain rescue volunteers whose work extends far beyond their job

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description. Meets the recruitment consultant,

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the tree surgeon, the retired fire officer, and a company director, all

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people with jobs that don't exactly risk life and death, but when they

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get the call, that is exactly what they will do. Meet the mountain

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rescue team. We are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year as a

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team. Our team does around about 40 calls per year. Steve and his team

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volunteer their time to provide a search and rescue service for the

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whole of County Durham, from the high fells in the West to the

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coastal communities of the North Sea. We also do an awful lot of

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calls in semi urban areas around towns, and the type of people we

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looking for is not just missing walkers. It could be missing

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children, it's called the elderly with dementia, or it could be we

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call despondents, people who want to commit suicide. -- it could be. With

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two major rivers and seven large reservoirs in the area, it is no

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surprise that many of the rescues are water related. When a student

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went missing in Durham centre last year, the team were called in by the

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police to assist in the search. When we got there, we discovered it was a

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search for a student who had gone missing in the early hours of

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Sunday. They had been missing ever since, and it was thought it was

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possible that they had gone into the river at that stage.

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It is for incidents like this that the team train regularly to keep

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their skills up to speed. Today's exercise is 25 miles outside Durham.

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Any sort of rescue on water is potentially very hazardous, so our

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people have got to be trained. In fact, we train the same way as water

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rescue teams in the Fire Service, we get the same qualification.

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The aim of the exercise is to find and recover one of their own team,

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posing as an injured walker who has fallen into a fast flowing river. To

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carry out an effective search, they have to scour every little bit of

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the river bank from every angle. What we are going to do in this case

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is we're going to send one of our medics across on a line, they will

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swim across, make the assessment. The noise from the rapids above is

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so loud that the team communicate with whistles and hand signals. The

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victim is trapped by steep rocks on the river bank, so the team needs to

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formulate a plan to get her out safely. They decide the safest way

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is to use an inflatable sled. We will put the casualty on to the

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sled, bring it across this way in a pendulum motion, then take the

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casualty out of the water, out of the sled, and her over to the

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ambulance service. It is a successful search and recovery, but

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these are drills that have to be practised frequently to maintain

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their effectiveness. For us, it is critical that we get

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time to do this, because we are all volunteers, so we often get called

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out when we are at work and weekends. So we train to practice

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for real incidents. In Durham, the search for the

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missing student was long and difficult. We were looking in the

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shallows, we had our canoe team out searching the river as well. And we

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spent all day, really, we were out all day looking, and no sign. The

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next day, a group of rowers made the discovery all rescue us dread - the

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body of Luke Beers, a first-year engineering student at Durham

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University was found. -- Pierce. You need to steal yourself, because you

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are not expecting to find a live person, but you know a family are

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waiting for the news, and what could be worse for them than waiting and

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not knowing what has happened? In the last year alone, eight young

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people have lost their lives in the region's rivers. The families are

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going to be extremely upset, and when we realise that, hopefully, by

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us finding their loved one, it does bring some sort of closure. As we

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head in the film there, the families of missing people desperately need

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closure to find out what has happened to their loved ones, and

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Detective Superintendent Jon Green joins me now. You have been

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investigating for three years the disappearance of a young father,

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what happened? Scott was last seen on the 11th May

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three years ago, he was seen in the Wingate area of County Durham. He

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was a family man, with two children, a wide array of friends in the

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Hartlepool and North East area. Very popular. So what have you been doing

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over the years to find him? In the subsequent time he was seen, we have

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spoken to over 300 people, clearly, appeals to the media are important,

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in terms of reaching out to people who might have information, in

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relation to where Scott may have been since that date. Very difficult

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for his family. We can hear from Scott's mum now.

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Totally out of character for Scott to leave his two children. So we are

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in a total quandary, there has not been any clues or information from

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the day he went missing. It as more time goes on the logic would say

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something has happened to him, he hasn't contacted us, but as a mother

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I think wouldn't I have known that, wouldn't I have felt that? We have

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cried that many tears for him. We need to know what has happened to

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him. He is other child, and we need to know -- our child.

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Julie Fletcher is worried that something has happened to Scott. Do

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you believe he has come to any harm? It certainly can't be ruled out.

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What we knew is Scott may have had some debt when he went missing, and

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some of his associates from the criminal fraternity, given the

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passage of time we can't rule it out. I am sure there is people with

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information that haven't shared that with us and I would appeal to those

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people to come forward and pass that information to us. What do you know

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about what he was doing on the day he did go missing? On the day he was

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missing he was with friends, he was dropped off in a lay-by in Wingate

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on the A181. His whereabouts from that point is a mystery. I would

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appeal to people who are, I am sure do have information in relation to

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his whereabouts, to come forward to allow his family to have closures in

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relation to what has happened to him. If you can help, bring some

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closure to Scott's family, get in touch with us.

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Now let us see if you can help us identify the Crookes who made the

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mistake of committing their crimes on camera.

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We are at a train station in south-east London last summer.

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This guy looks like he has been shopping, check out his pink spotty

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bag. But he is not here to catch a train. He has got another

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destination in mind. He waits for the booking clerk to leave her

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office. She collects two card reading machines and while she does

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that, the man appears to adjust what looks like a black wig. Suits you

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Sir. Then, as she returns to the office, he ambushes her. He forces

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his way inside, tells her to open the safe, and ties her hands

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together. Five minutes later, he leaves with cash worth more than six

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grand in two bag, including that pink spotty one. Do you I know how

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this great train station robber is? Call us if you do.

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It is a few minutes before opening time at this bank in the Peak

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It is a few minutes before opening District town of hath sang. But this

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isn't a typical morning. A robber can be seen lurking behind the count

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after he and another man broke in can be seen lurking behind the count

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hours earlier and laid in wait for the staff. Police say they

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threatened them with a handgun the staff. Police say they

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tied them up in a back room. During the raid the men seize 108,000 in

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cash and leave by the front door. Detectives say a security device

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covered some of the money Detectives say a security device

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when it was taken and want to contact anyone who has been given

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the cash with the dye on it. Officers want to talk to this person

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in the orange coat, Officers want to talk to this person

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15 grand reward for info leading to the arrest and

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offenders. If you have any information on those

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characters you know what to do. The contact details are on the screen

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and we are waiting to hear from you. Now every week millions of anglers

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take to the waters right across the UK, but now it seems it is the

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criminals who are getting away with the biggest catch.

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The piece and -- peace and tranquillity of a day out fishing by

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the water side. Casting the stresses and strains of every day life aside.

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Mike Davis is a keen angler. I have been a fisherman for, well, since I

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was a child. Started off, you know, as you do, you get a fishing rod for

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a birthday or Christmas, something like that, and I just got hooked.

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A motorbike accident in 1989 left Mike disabled. There is not a lot of

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sports that I suppose I can do, comfortably, and fishing is

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something that I've learned to adapt to. It has taken him years to build

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up his collection of tackle. You never stop collecting tackle.

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You are always open to something new. A fishing pole can range from

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?30-40, to ?5,000. So if you want to have the Ferrari of fishing tackle

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you have to pay the Preece. -- price.

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But last September, Mike's enjoyment of this tranquil sport was spoiled

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by thieves. Put all my equipment away, locked it

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up. A couple of padlock, a has on the box on the drive -- hasp. Nerve

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thought anything else of it. But the next morning, the chest had been

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broken into, and ?5,000 worth of fishing gear had been stolen.

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To start with I thought, well, what am I going to do? How will I replace

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that amount of equipment, and get it all back to where I was? Fishermen

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across the UK believe they are being targeted. Andrew, who runs his own

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angling business has been shocked by the rise in the number of thefts

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from his fellow fishermen There are stories of anglers being followed

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home and their sheds, garage, houses being broken into to steal their

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tackle. Anglers say up for a lot of years to get better and better

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tackle, spend a lot of money on it, work hard to get it and for it to be

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taken and they have the hassle of claiming through the insurance

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companies, which can be a problem in itself.

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Andrew knows only too well how upsetting it is to be a victim of

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theft. Last July, my warehouse was broken into on a Tuesday night and

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they more or less wiped out everything. There was a lot of gear,

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a lot of gear. There was ?40,000 odd worth stolen. Your heart sinks,

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because that represents 25 years of business in this trade.

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It has left me sick, and dismayed that you know, somebody would want

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to go and rob somebody, not of their tackle, but of their enjoyment as

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well. Well, with me now is Jan Porter who

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will people will know because you have been a successful an her, those

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in the angling fraternity will know your face and Dilip Sarkar from the

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angling trust. Tell us what happened to you, you have been a victim here?

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I have been targeted a few times over the year, van broken into but

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last September I got hit badly on a very secure garage, brick built

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garage. It had ?25,000 stolen, some of which I recovered through an

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auction site and another load of it was found at a local car pot sale, I

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was able to identify it very easily because a lot of it was prototype

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stuff. I was able to recover it. That is not always the case. My

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advice would be to make sure you get insurance right because mine wasn't,

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and make every effort to secure your equipment. People are targeting it

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more. You said other anglers are experiencing this, it is a growing

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problem. It is. It is easy to shift and move on. Especially when things

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are tough, people want bargains and there is nothing better than getting

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a cheap bit of kit at a local car pot sale, that is where it is going.

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That is a huge blow. You are fighting back though, tell us about

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what you are trying to do to really make sure the thieves can't pass it

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on. The problem is identifying the property, even if it is recovered,

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so what we are doing is working with a leading crime fighting company, to

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provide our members with a unique solution, I mean this is a forensic

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marker, which makes property traceable back to the owner. It has

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a 100 percent conviction rate in court. It is wonderful stuff. This

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is going to help and it is very easy to apply, you just put it on the

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product, on the property, and under UV light, it shows up perfectly. So

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the idea is that that is uniquely traceable to that owner, and that is

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just brilliant, you know, criminals need to get the message that fishing

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tackle is marked with this forensic marker and don't touch it, because

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if they do, they will be marked with it, the property is traceable back

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to the owner and you will get convicted. Thank you very much. I

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don't know if you could see there, but I could see in daylight there

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was a green light there, clearly showing up and if you are you are an

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angler and you are interested in finding out more you can get details

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on the website. Still to come on today's show:

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The kids football team targeted by vandals six times in just one

:25:22.:25:26.

season. It is like really upsetting because we get have to keep buying

:25:27.:25:30.

and all the money is going to waste. And we need your help to find the

:25:31.:25:35.

thoughtless thieves who stole bikes from these former soldiers during a

:25:36.:25:39.

charity ride. Now, we have heard the saying that

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prevention is better than cure, Durham Constabulary is putting that

:25:45.:25:48.

into practise, in the methods it is using to nurture local youngsters

:25:49.:25:55.

and root out youth crime. You might not think it, but these

:25:56.:26:01.

plants are helping to reduce crime in Durham.

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That is Thyme. Smell that. They are part of an operation which aims to

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prevent young people from becoming victims of crime or entering the

:26:15.:26:19.

criminal justice system themselves. Iain Robertson co-ordinates this

:26:20.:26:23.

gardening project. It was given to me to develop as a project. I was

:26:24.:26:28.

sceptical, thinking, I didn't think young people would like it. How

:26:29.:26:32.

wrong I was. I was amazed how much they liked it and how much they were

:26:33.:26:36.

engaged. I feel great, because I am really

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lucky to come here. It is like a really good opportunity for the

:26:44.:26:48.

future. One young person who has benefitted

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from the project is Keiron. I got excluded one time, and then

:26:55.:26:59.

this has got everything off my head. Kept us well behaved in school, to

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make sure I would come in. If I was bad behaved I wouldn't be able to

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come. A result of this project is the new

:27:08.:27:14.

relationship between the police and the young people. Before I got to

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know any of kids, they wouldn't speak to us, they saw the police as

:27:20.:27:23.

a barrier there, but because I had been involved with them doing

:27:24.:27:26.

something they enjoy and speaking to them, and asking them about what

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they doing, they would speak to me much more openly outside and I think

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it has reduced that barrier, and that has been pretty clear.

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I had bad history with the police, a few times, different things but

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since I come here I have got used to them, I have got to know them by

:27:49.:27:54.

personality and just become friends with them, really.

:27:55.:28:00.

Do not drop them. They are going to the children's centre, they want to

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go in one piece. The community can see young people transforming them

:28:07.:28:10.

bits of land that nobody is doing anything with, so it improves the

:28:11.:28:15.

perception of young people. In their own community where they live.

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But it is not just gardening where officers are using their skills to

:28:20.:28:32.

engage with young people. It is a fishing scheme that was

:28:33.:28:36.

developed over a period of 18 months to link in with the children and the

:28:37.:28:41.

youth of Seaham and the North East coastal area so we can break the

:28:42.:28:44.

barriers between the police and the youths, give them something to do,

:28:45.:28:48.

and keep them out of the judicial system.

:28:49.:28:54.

The area was hit badly when the mines closed down. There is a lot of

:28:55.:28:58.

unemployment, and basically there is not the money round to give the kids

:28:59.:29:02.

something to do. The sea is on the doorstep. It is free, and it just

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seemed get them out, get them fishing and give them a hobby, a

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purpose. And he has got a Hepple -- helping

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hand in the form of Niall who completed the course last year.

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I enjoy fishing and it is good to spend time with my mates and get to

:29:24.:29:28.

know the police better. The nine we have had on the course

:29:29.:29:32.

have been model student, children for the last five months. Kept their

:29:33.:29:36.

noses clean, not into trouble. They are doing well at school. They are

:29:37.:29:40.

better kids for coming on it I suppose. The kids have been busy in

:29:41.:29:55.

the community garden, and they are donating the fruits of their labour

:29:56.:30:01.

to a local nursery group. We've now got about eight projects running

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through County Durham, which is fantastic, to see the young children

:30:05.:30:11.

and people in the community, working together to create

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and people in the community, working can look back on and be proud of.

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Now, for injured servicemen and women, sport plays a vital part

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Now, for injured servicemen and now by some members of Team True

:30:25.:30:32.

Spirit, from Help For Heroes. Tell us about it. We set up to help the

:30:33.:30:37.

guys with physiological and psychological well-being, to help

:30:38.:30:40.

them on a recovery pathway. It is good for them to be part of a team

:30:41.:30:45.

and get back into a bit of order in our lives, to have something to

:30:46.:30:50.

train for. Unfortunately, your fight back to fitness has been affected by

:30:51.:30:55.

crime, what happened? We went down to do a warm up race in the

:30:56.:31:00.

Cotswolds or the Ironman in July, and we woke up on the morning, the

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guys were like a herd of elephants, screaming and crying that their

:31:06.:31:09.

bikes had been stolen, 12 of the 24th were stolen from the site. And

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that was actually Father's Day as well, wasn't it? It was as well. We

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have some similar bikes here, do you think that whoever took them will

:31:21.:31:24.

have known they were Help For Heroes bikes? They couldn't have not known,

:31:25.:31:30.

the wagon with the logos was right in the middle of the campsite, and

:31:31.:31:35.

the tent had the banners on them. Let's try to get them back, you have

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got a very poignant story, really, about why you got involved with Help

:31:41.:31:43.

For Heroes and your bike was stolen too! Like I said, it has given me a

:31:44.:31:51.

new lease of life. I never wanted to leave the army, but back in 2010 I

:31:52.:31:56.

got blown up and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I got a

:31:57.:32:01.

medical discharge because of it, but working for Help For Heroes, being

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able to give something back and help rehabilitate other soldiers, like

:32:06.:32:08.

myself, it has given me a new lease of life, especially Team True

:32:09.:32:14.

Spirit, going for the Ironman, it was a pipe dream before the injury.

:32:15.:32:18.

I could never swim, but with the team I have made it a possibility,

:32:19.:32:26.

but then my bike was stolen, and that has put a spanner in the works,

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so to speak. Really upsetting for everybody, I know, because you had

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only had the bike from Christmas. I only received my bike from Help For

:32:36.:32:41.

Heroes at Christmas. I was struggling, I was medically

:32:42.:32:45.

discharged from the army myself, struggling to be part of the team,

:32:46.:32:50.

and Mark got me involved with Team True Spirit, and I was training for

:32:51.:32:54.

this Ironman next month, and to wake up on the morning and the bikes were

:32:55.:32:59.

gone, it was absolutely gutting. All the potential going to waste. A last

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word to you, everyone is very upset, but they are not giving up.

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Absolutely not, Team True Spirit by name and by nature. Remember, this

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only happened a couple of weeks ago on Father's Day. Help get these

:33:17.:33:21.

bikes back for the Help For Heroes team.

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Now, let's take a look at a long-running investigation, the

:33:26.:33:29.

murder of Marcus Hall back in 2001. DI Tim Redfearn is with us, as well

:33:30.:33:37.

as his mum, Icelyn. I will be with you in a moment, Icelyn, but what

:33:38.:33:41.

happened all these years ago, Tim? Yes, 20th of March 2001, a Tuesday

:33:42.:33:46.

evening. Marcus and his friends drove up from where they lived in

:33:47.:33:50.

Peckham to a garage music night that was being held at the Atmosphere

:33:51.:33:55.

nightclub in Luton town centre. They got into the club quite late, some

:33:56.:33:59.

time around midnight, and at about 2am everyone was turned out onto the

:34:00.:34:04.

street. What started the fight that ensued, we do not know to this day,

:34:05.:34:09.

but a fight erupted outside with Marcus and his friends against

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another group, weapons were produced, and markers was fatally

:34:13.:34:16.

injured. You have been working very hard on this case for a number of

:34:17.:34:20.

years, and a number of people have been convicted of this, but still

:34:21.:34:30.

one person you want to trace. Yes, we have never stopped looking for

:34:31.:34:33.

Adebayo Ekun, who we are looking to convicted for his part in this

:34:34.:34:38.

crime. We can see some CCTV of the night, but circled is the person you

:34:39.:34:41.

want to trace, what is going on here? Yeah, this is Adebayo Ekun on

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the way to Park Street West in Luton, which is away from the

:34:49.:34:52.

nightclub. Marcus and his friends have run off in this direction, so

:34:53.:34:58.

Adebayo Ekun and the others are just about to catch up with him. It is a

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bit of a Blu-ray image, but this is a clearer picture taken several

:35:04.:35:07.

years ago. This is the man who wants to identify. -- a blurry image. This

:35:08.:35:17.

was about 17 years ago, so bear in mind that the is 37 years old now,

:35:18.:35:23.

so we will look considerably older, but the appeal is to people who know

:35:24.:35:28.

him. Yes. And knew him at the time and know his current whereabouts.

:35:29.:35:33.

Icelyn, I know this must be very difficult, but you wanted to be here

:35:34.:35:37.

so people at home would know how much it would mean to you to have

:35:38.:35:43.

some closure here. Marcus needs closure, I need closure, my family

:35:44.:35:48.

needs closure. I would appeal to anybody at there who knows where he

:35:49.:35:52.

is to get in touch with the police, get in touch with Crimewatch. It

:35:53.:35:59.

will never bring Marcus back, but it will be some sort of closure for us.

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It is so important for you, even though a number of people have been

:36:05.:36:08.

charged and convicted, this one outstanding person needs to be

:36:09.:36:12.

caught and brought to justice. Yeah, they do. It is so difficult for you

:36:13.:36:18.

to move on, isn't it? Christmas and birthdays, one person missing, it is

:36:19.:36:24.

not the same. Our family is not the same, it is a ripple effect, and...

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Tim, I know you are due to retire, you want to find this individual,

:36:32.:36:35.

but he will have the baton on to the rest of your team, the case will not

:36:36.:36:41.

close. Absolutely, we have got this case, and we will continue to pursue

:36:42.:36:46.

Adebayo Ekun if we are not able to capture him as a result of this

:36:47.:36:50.

appeal. But there is a ?5,000 reward on offer for information that leads

:36:51.:36:56.

to the arrest of Adebayo Ekun. OK, thank you for joining us. If you

:36:57.:37:00.

know where Adebayo Ekun is, please get in touch. As you heard, there is

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a reward that will be given for information leading to his arrest.

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We have got plenty of sport on the show today, haven't we? These are

:37:15.:37:18.

members of the Hardwick youth football team, these guys and gals

:37:19.:37:24.

are football crazy, but a series of break-ins has been cramping their

:37:25.:37:28.

style. For the kids of Hardwick youth

:37:29.:37:32.

football club in Stockton on Tees, there is only one place to be on a

:37:33.:37:36.

Saturday morning, and that is on the pitch. It has been here for 20

:37:37.:37:44.

years, we have 136 kids. The coaches and managers are all volunteers. We

:37:45.:37:48.

want to play football, and we want to coach them to play football.

:37:49.:37:52.

We are very close together as a team, we have a good laugh in

:37:53.:37:57.

training, a good time. We have been playing for half a year, I am a

:37:58.:38:05.

centre back, he is a left back. It means everything to me, because I

:38:06.:38:08.

really enjoy playing football at this club.

:38:09.:38:14.

Unfortunately, the club doesn't mean as much to the criminals who have

:38:15.:38:21.

repeatedly targeted the team's training ground and equipment. Three

:38:22.:38:26.

years ago, everything they owned was destroyed in a devastating arson

:38:27.:38:31.

attack. The fire brigade were called, the police came out, but

:38:32.:38:36.

there was just nothing left. When we had the arson attack, a lot of teams

:38:37.:38:39.

came forward, and if there was anything they could help us with,

:38:40.:38:43.

they were giving us anything they could spare. Although the club

:38:44.:38:48.

managed to get back on its feet, recent times have seen them knocked

:38:49.:38:53.

down again and again. The metal container they used to store

:38:54.:38:56.

equipment has proved to be an easy target for thieves and vandals. It

:38:57.:39:03.

has been broken into six times this season alone. The most recent attack

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occurred some time between 7pm on Thursday April the tenth and the

:39:08.:39:13.

morning of Saturday April the 12th. The club uses a steel container

:39:14.:39:18.

which is padlocked up, and it has got some chains, but they have been

:39:19.:39:23.

snapped off. They have decided that they will damage and burn the nets,

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burn all the equipment, and probably because of the cold weather they

:39:29.:39:31.

would have had a fire to warm themselves. The party over, the

:39:32.:39:35.

thieves left behind a trail of destruction to greet the children

:39:36.:39:36.

the next day. Came up to the field on a Saturday

:39:37.:39:48.

morning, and the big field behind there was just covered in debris

:39:49.:39:53.

what they had smashed. And we just see it all across all the field, it

:39:54.:39:57.

had all been stamped on and smashed up. We come here just to play

:39:58.:40:03.

football on a Saturday, and just we can't properly. It is hard to try

:40:04.:40:11.

and explain to the kids, because we don't know why. So sad that we don't

:40:12.:40:17.

have the stuff any more. Trying to replace the stolen and damaged

:40:18.:40:22.

equipment has already cost the club over ?5,000. It is a lot of money,

:40:23.:40:29.

we ended up having to do raffles, race nights, fun days, basically

:40:30.:40:35.

begging from all the public. It is really upsetting, because we keep

:40:36.:40:38.

buying and buying, and then all the money is going to waste. The club

:40:39.:40:43.

has also had to increase their security measures. That is going to

:40:44.:40:51.

be a bit of a deterrent for them. But also to let them know we are not

:40:52.:40:53.

going to be beaten. And Andie Ruddy and members of the

:40:54.:41:00.

team are with me now, And Andie Ruddy and members of the

:41:01.:41:08.

now? Fortunately for us, the break-ins have actually stopped. It

:41:09.:41:12.

is still a worry when we turn up for training, but

:41:13.:41:16.

is still a worry when we turn up for down. The youth think that is

:41:17.:41:23.

because of the added security? -- do you think? That is part of it, it

:41:24.:41:27.

was donated by a local company, so we are hoping it has deterred all

:41:28.:41:32.

the people doing it. You have got CCTV now. These kids are football

:41:33.:41:36.

crazy, so disappointing for them to see it in that state. Heartbreaking

:41:37.:41:42.

for the kids. How is training going? Mason, when you saw all that

:41:43.:41:49.

mess at the club, what did you think? I thought... I was really

:41:50.:41:54.

sad, because all of the money spent on equipment has gone to waste when

:41:55.:41:57.

it has been snapped, burned. The money could go to good use, like

:41:58.:42:02.

going to tournaments. The money that has to be spent on new nets and

:42:03.:42:08.

equipment could go two days out, couldn't it? Yes. What is the

:42:09.:42:14.

message you want to give to thieves? I think that was just about

:42:15.:42:18.

loud enough, hopefully they will get the message!

:42:19.:42:23.

Just time for a quick update that I can give you, a potential new lead

:42:24.:42:27.

on the attack on Gerard Williams in a Middlesbrough park. Some of you

:42:28.:42:31.

also suggesting where the distinctive boiler suit the attacker

:42:32.:42:34.

was wearing may have come from, so thank you to everyone who has got in

:42:35.:42:39.

touch. Where are you going to be tomorrow?

:42:40.:42:45.

Tomorrow, Rav, we will be at Stockton on Tees, and the tactical

:42:46.:42:48.

training centre for Cleveland police. We are going to be finding

:42:49.:42:52.

out how the community teams are tackling drugs, because cannabis

:42:53.:42:57.

farms spring up in the most unusual of places, and also how they are

:42:58.:43:01.

cracking down on the use of drugs in pubs.

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Thank you, Sian. If you would like to watch any of the CCTV featured in

:43:07.:43:10.

the programme, check out the website, and the wanted faces are

:43:11.:43:14.

online too. I will leave you with another look at them now, if you

:43:15.:43:18.

know where they are, call us. Thank you for watching. Until tomorrow,

:43:19.:43:19.

take care!

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