Episode 19 Crimewatch Roadshow

want your help to solve the crimes committed in your backyard. Today,

the fitness fanatic too polite to look a potential thief in the eye. I

did not look at him properly. Commuter belt criminals, we with

Surrey Police as they chase down offenders. Anything you say may be

given in evidence. You are watching Crimewatch Roadshow.

the end of the week and we still need your help to catch crooks. On

today's programme, the countdown to a robbery at an Indian restaurant.

He told me he would count from one to ten. And the hunt for a driver

assaulting girls. This man is a menace. We need to catch him and

stop him from doing this again. Today we have moved on to Surrey and

Sian is near Guildford at the village of West Horsley.

I am at the stables talking about rural crime and I will be meeting

the villagers fed up with speeding drivers. They are so fed up they are

using a speed gun like this. The first case is about a gym goer

who could have saved himself thousands if only he was less of a

gentleman. I really cannot believe I made it so

easy for him. He must have laughed all the way to my bank. It was a

cheese day morning in April and David was getting ready to start his

daily work at -- it was a choose day morning. I enjoy going to the gym. I

have been a member of the club for 35 years. It is a great way for me

to start my day, particularly having retired. I have now got the time.

That morning there was someone else in the changing room, but he was not

there to keep fit. I did notice somebody I had never seen before but

I did not look at him properly. He was a stranger. If you look at

someone, you will either get propositioned or punched. I put my

clothes into the locker and I close the door and I punched in the four

figure code to lock it. David had not noticed the stranger peering

over his shoulder. I did not give it a second thought, I got on with my

work-out. The man rifled through his locker and stole credit cards out of

his wallet and his watch making sure he put everything back just as he

had found it. When David opened the locker, he could not find his watch.

I thought I must have left it on the bench and that the person who had

been sitting next to me had taken it. It cost ?6,000 to replace it.

The thief had put David's wallet back in his jacket pocket. He did

not spot anything was missing until he got to the supermarket. When I

opened my wallet to pay, there were no cards. I instantly realised what

had happened. I realised that the man sitting next to me had seen me

put in my code, opened my locker, taken my goods and gone off on his

little frolic. Unfortunately, the PIN number he

used on his locker was the same number he used on all of his credit

cards. Clearly I feel stupid for using the same number. I did not put

two and two together that someone would be watching what I was doing.

This thief had hit the jackpot and was about to go on a huge spending

spree and David was picking up the bill. First, he headed to a local

jewellers where he bought a ?1000 diamond ring. Was he planning a

proposal? Next he headed to NatWest where he withdrew ?500 from the cash

machine outside. He then withdrew a further ?2300 over the counter. As

he leaves, the bank's CCTV gets this great image of him. Next he heads to

a travel agent and gets ?1800 in foreign countries they -- in foreign

currency. Finally, off to the bookies were his luck eventually ran

out. He tried to make a ?1800 bet but the card was refused. Having

discovered at the supermarket that my cards were missing, I started

calling the banks. The banks cancelled the remaining cards which

finally put a stop to his rather extravagant shopping trip. Clearly I

feel very stupid but using the same number for my locker as for my

cards. But I am an innocent abroad, normal guy, it had never occurred to

me that someone would be watching over my shoulder to see what I was

doing. I have learnt a lesson. It just goes to show that we should

never let our guard down when protecting our PIN number. DC Phil

Carter is investigating. Some pretty good CCTV. Yeah, this is the man we

want to speak to about the theft. The watch is important. It is. It is

a Breitling Navitimer watch. It was a retirement present and is valued

at ?6,000. If anyone has offered you that watch, please let us know.

Advice to people, they should never use the same PIN number for

everything. We can all fall into that. You should never use the same

PIN number for everything. If you find it easy to remember, so does a

criminal. Back to you. Now it is time to have a look at

wanted faces. First up is Karl Patrick Delaney or Paddy as he is

known. He is wanted for questioning for the theft of computer equipment

from the back of a lorry. He has 6ft tall and has an Irish accent. He is

older and broader than when this photo was taken. He has linked to

the Isle of Sheppey and Ireland. Next, three men all considered to be

dangerous and should not be approached. The first of them as

Michael McInerney. He uses almost 20 different names including Michael

Amer and John, Patrick or Lee Connor. The 33-year-old is wanted

for questioning in connection with the death of a man who was thrown

from a moving vehicle during an incident in Watford in May of last

year. He has an identical twin brother but Michael is distinguished

by a red dot on his eyelid and a scar on his forearm. He has an Irish

accent and has linked in the Home Counties. Next, a 20-year-old Milos

Cicak. Detectives from West Yorkshire want to question him about

a rape in Bradford in April in which a woman was attacked at knife-point.

He speaks with a Slovakian accent and has a tattoo of Jesus on his

right in a forum. Finally, have a close look at this man, William

Thomas Roberts Patterson -- on his forearm. He is wanted in connection

with the death of a man in a supermarket car park in Glasgow in

January, 2010. He has links across Scotland and southern Spain. He is

six foot 2. Call us on the usual number. Calls are free from most

landlines. Some mobile operators will charge. Or you can e-mail. If

you spot any of the last three faces, just call 999.

Now, can you help us catch a man who is cruising around country lanes

searching for young women to assault?

I could not believe someone would do that. The sooner he is caught, the

sooner I don't have to worry about anything anymore. This man is a

menace. We need to stop him from doing this again.

On the 12th of May, 17-year-old was on her way home from being out with

friends. We were having a good time. It was raining. We were trying to

hurry to go home and a car came down and we did not think anything of it.

The car came back. This time, very slowly. I thought it was quite

strange. It was turning around and coming back up again. We had to move

out of the way. The reason for his odd behaviour became clear. I heard

the cars slow right down. I thought he was going to ask for directions

or ask a question. The driver of the vehicle put his arm out and grabbed

my right breast. After groping Jane he drove away slowly. I was in

shock. I could not believe someone would do that. I thought it could

have been a friend or something doing it as a joke. I did not think

someone would do that seriously. A week later and three miles away,

15-year-old Amy was on her way home from school. RLI is that I left my

Oyster card at home so I could not get on the bus -- I realised. I had

to walk home. Before I came to my road, there is a small road. I

stopped there and a car turned in front of me. The person inside the

car looked at me before they drove off. I was walking in the road and

the car pulled up beside me. Again, she describes the car as being blue

and the driver had short ginger hair. The man stuck his arm out the

window and then put his hand up my skirt. The man did not hang around.

He drove off. It was in the space of about three seconds. It was really

fast and it was a big shock. Amy got straight on the phone and called her

mum. I knew there was something wrong. She was very emotional. Very

scared. It took me a few minutes to actually comprehend what was going

on. I was quite fretful myself because I was extremely worried

about her. Very shocking attack. She was very upset and the behaviour of

this man is very concerning. Less than half an hour after assaulting

the schoolgirl, he had gone back to his original spot in Waller Lane. He

approached a 20-year-old female walking on a road with no pavements.

He drove towards her and was able to reach out of the driver's window and

grab her breast before driving off at speed. Because of the similar

wave he has reached out and grab these girls and the similar vehicle,

we are linking all three incidents. For Amy, life still has not got back

to normal. My daughter has been very quiet since this happened. She has

locked herself away a little, but I think she has been very brave. I

just think what he has done is wrong. I don't understand why

somebody would do that. A very disturbing series of attacks. Very

upsetting for the victims. Karen, you have had a breakthrough with a

car. Yes, we have. The vehicle has been identified as a blue VW Bora.

This model was manufactured between 1999 and 2005. It helps that you

This model was manufactured between have had a consistent description

This model was manufactured between from three victims. He

This model was manufactured between described as quite young, early 20s

and pale skin and distinctive ginger hair. Wedded the attacks take place?

-- where did the attacks take place? Waller Lane in catering, a location

in Warlingham and the third was back at Waller Lane in Caterham. You are

really concerned. Yes, this has all of the hallmarks of a planned

assault. He is of the hallmarks of a planned

no pavements and targeting young females in their teens -- selecting

roads. If you can help, get in touch. Can you help identify these

villains caught on CCTV touch. Can you help identify these

country as to not -- around the country? These burglars are not

afraid of using elbow grease to get what they want. At this sports and

social club in south-east London is expensive electrical equipment.

First, they have got to get it down. Brute strength and a hammer should

do it. It takes them a few determined togs to remove the TV.

With his hands free, one of them wrenches more hardware off the wall.

But he almost dropped the loot. Tell us the names of these TV thieves.

This robber is trying to keep a low and file as he runs into a petrol

station in Tainan were, but he sticks out like a sore thumb -- time

on were. He goes to the back office where he threatened staff with a

handgun and he helped themselves to several hundred pounds from the tail

and under the counter. And he heads back the way he came. Did you see a

man running from the garage that morning wearing an Adidas hooded top

with white stripes? Call us if you did.

This looks like a job for Inspector Gadget. Two men raped into an

electronics shop in Croydon -- break into. They force the back door and

crawl into a wall. They carry out an untidy search of the place, wrapping

?12,000 worth of laptop computers and handsets. And they are nothing

if not resourceful. One uses a bin liner to -- the laptops. It looks

like his friend has the same idea -- to store. They escape with bags of

gadgets. If you can help us catch them, it was a call. -- give us a

call. If you recognise anyone from that

CCTV, please call the number Today, we're in the middle of the

Surrey countryside at a livery. One of the challenges of places like

this is security. It costs a fortune, so it's attractive to

thieves. PC Alice Bennett is with me. How

much of a problem is this? There has been an increase in the

number of deaths. -- thefts. Especially since the economic

downturn. But you have come up with a way of

combating this problem? Yes, we set up a free saddle-marking

scheme, where Surrey residents can bring along their saddles.

The saddle is stamped with a unique identification number and with the

Surrey Police logo. It goes on to a database weekend

news to return property. So you can track that unique number you are

stamping on to the saddles. We would like to be able to see that. It is a

sunny day today but I can see the number is on the saddle. Has it been

successful? Yes, and we will document that and return it to the

owner. It has been a very successful scheme. Really pleased to see that

and how you are working to protect important and expensive items.

Now, we're talking about crime that affects the countryside today and

one of the biggest problems that police in isolated areas can face is

actually getting the crime prevention word out to those living

in their areas. Well, I'm with an officer who has been pretty

successful in doing that by using a very 21st-century solution, not

PCSO Allan Mills, from Gwent Police, joins me now.

So, Allan, first, tell me about the area you police.

I deal with the rural areas in the Valleys above Newport,

It's a very beautiful area, but it can also be pretty

isolated. Many of the farms and homes are tucked away out of sight

and some miles away from their neighbours.

And that isolation can be a gift to criminals?

It is ideal, a 70% rural area and they can get in and out when they

want. It can mean time -- that forms can be targeted time and time again.

The first occasion was a 50 kilograms bag of fertiliser. What

you want, somebody else wants it. Why they cannot pitch set himself

angers a lot of people -- buy it themselves.

With an area as large as yours, the problem is getting out the word. How

do you do that? You have adopted a modern approach. We use a scheme

called OWL, Neighbourhood Watch online. If a farm reported a crime,

I could use a smartphone and send it out to 800 farmers.

So this is the website you use and this is the information that could

go to the farmers and you could get the word out to many people in

seconds. Richly, over 800 farmers, four her

family, they are extra eyes. -- ideally over 800 farmers and four in

each family. You have reduced crime in a short

space of time. I27.4% in rural areas in the first

month. And you were part of a case where an

offender was sentenced to 18 months in resin for stealing Tereza

Smitkova. ?9,000 was taken. -- for stealing

horse tack. It went out onto OWL and he was

recognised. And you have another appeal. Two

weeks ago, we had a red card bike stolen. This is not the bike itself

-- read Quad bike. The serial number is on the bottom. If somebody sees

this bike around, if as a ring. Great advice. -- give us a ring. If

you have advice, please get in touch.

Right, still to come on today's programme:

Catch the robber whose big year of a takeaway terrified staff.

-- whose idea. We would not expect this to happen in this area.

And we are with Surrey Police in hot pursuit.

We do not want people coming into sorry to commit crime.

In lovely country villages like this, there is one issue that drives

everyone mad. Speeding cars. Just down the road in East Horsley,

the community has decided to get together to do something about it.

Tony Samson and Donald McClane, who run the group, are with me now.

It is a typical Surrey village with narrow pavements and people are in a

hurry so speeding has increased and the volume of traffic. Donald, what

are you doing? With others in the Surrey area, we go out in teams of

two to check the speeding motorists in our villages.

With that gun? Show us how it works. It is recording the correct speed

with this tuning fork. This will read a distance of about half a mile

of any vehicle in excess of the speed limit in our villages. The

information is passed to the police who follow that up.

Tony, what do you do with that data? We record the registration number,

the speed of the vehicle, the make and the time. We enter that into the

Surrey Police system and they can tell every car.

We can talk to PC Matt Redford about that. This is the traditional kit

you use, tell us about that. This is what we use on patrol and we

need to do speed enforcement on foot and this is what we use from the

police van in more substantial areas.

So we are used to seeing that by the side of the road. How is this

helping, the work of the community group and the data they are

providing? The data is valuable and we can

assess whether we need more release resources in that area. All we can

concentrate on other areas. So would you visit some of the

drivers in the same car is coming up?

On the third occasion, the third cap coming to our retention, and was

personally deliver a letter -- the third vehicle. I would give words of

advice and education and the consequences if they are caught

again. We can see

again. group really getting results here.

Lots of busy roads in Surrey, as we've just seen,

but also handy for crooks.

So Surrey Police have come up with a solution

to clamp down on offenders on the move.

Surrey's affluent suburbs can be a magnet for criminals.

Sorry Borders London and because of the county it is, we do not want

criminals coming in to commit crime -- sorry.

Today, officers are out in force targeting criminals who use the road

network. As part of Operation Hyperion. The details of each driver

or checked on the police national computer -- they are checked. This

can throw up interesting questions. I have a gentleman. He has a polling

driving lies do she has a Polish driving licence but he has been here

12 years and he has English licence.

The driver gets the all clear, police are also working in

partnership with the driver and vehicle standards agency to keep

dodgy motors of the road and issuing fixed penalty notices to drivers who

breaking the law. It will explain what you need to do

and how you need to pay. To keep one step ahead, the

operation is dynamic, responding to changing circumstances and reacting

to the speed of modern communication.

Social media, people know we are here. We will change our tactics and

we will stand this location down and conduct a stop and search.

Roving patrols responds to hits generated from cameras on this

automatic number recognition van. Cameras detect a range of cameras --

offences relating to a vehicle, from out of date road tax to a stolen

car. Leatherhead town centre.

This PC is responding to an urgent call, and robbery has taken place on

the outskirts of London and suspects are trying to escape through Surrey.

-- a robbery. Officers are working with colleagues

from the Metropolitan and to locate the vehicle used in the robbery --

Metropolitan in. The boxes of cigarettes contain a tracking device

which helps Neal to pin down the location where the robbers have

abandoned the vehicle. This man fits the description of one of the men.

You are under arrest... This garden here.

Do you understand? John Stokes was arrested and charged for the robbery

of the cigarettes. On June 23 this year, he pleaded guilty and is

awaiting sentencing. The operation has been a success and it is hoped

it will be a deterrent to other commuting criminals.

If they come into our county, we will use all the technology to make

it as hard as possible for them. Police were able to catch the robber

on the run but now we need your help to find a pair of rubber is who

attacked a woman after a night out -- repair of robbers. What happened?

Had she been on a night out in London?

The victim had been at a function in London and she had gone on to a

nightclub. You have gone through the CCTV and

you have some spectacular findings that tell the story of the night.

We went through three days worth of CCTV and we discovered the victim

was followed after leaving the nightclub by a black vehicle.

She was in a taxi and she went to her own car.

We have CCTV footage. She was followed as she left in the black

taxi by the black vehicle which took her to a car park where you see she

is followed and it pulls in on the left-hand side of the footage. They

waited for her to get into her vehicle and they followed her back

to Surrey. What happened?

They followed her through a gated entrance and they attacked her

violently in front of her house. Removing her jewellery and taking

her watch, necklace and rings and threatening to cut her fingers.

That is shocking. You have worked out from CCTV what happens next.

They went back to London. It looks like they were not planning

to travel so far, they ran out of fuel and they went to a petrol

station where they are looking for change. They tried to pay on the

night counter and it was closed so they run through the shop throwing

the money over-the-counter erratic leave.

People might have noticed that. -- erratically. This is a man you want

to talk to. We have him on footage from the

nightclub. We would like to identify him to speak to him to help us with

our enquiries. him to speak to him

It was horrible and a lot of information on CCTV, we hope you can

help. Can you help us find the dangerous

criminal who barged into a restaurant before its customers had

even finished eating? ordeal. We would not expect this to

happen in such a quiet area. It is a popular restaurant. One Tuesday

night, the tranquillity was shattered. We were quite busy that

night. Around 9pm, all customers nearly were gone. The last two

customers finished their meals. The chefs got on with cleaning the

kitchen before closing up for the night. Suddenly, a man in a black

motorcycle helmet burst into the kitchen.

Diners were still eating and staff still working, having no idea that a

male had entered the restaurant with a weapon. Suddenly we were told by

the kitchen, very loudly. Within two minutes, everything completely

changed. He made his way through the kitchen with members of staff into

the main dining area. He had a gun like this. I thought, I am

finished. It was very scary. He demanded money whilst making threats

with the firearm. The robber demanded the evening's takings. He

told me he would count from one to ten. If you do not give me money, I

will shoot you. One. Two. He counted one up to seven and I told him, take

it. The the staff did the right thing. We would not anyone

challenging a person with a firearm. The robber calmly left the

restaurant with around ?600 in taking and staff wages. He then made

his escape but not on a motorbike as you might expect. The car was seen

to leave the scene. We believe it to be a small red car, possibly X

registration and it was believed to turn right as if driving towards the

Crawley direction. This is a shocking attack which has had a

terrible effect on all of those involved. It is a highly unusual

crime for the area and the man was very calm and knew the layout so we

believe him to be local. We believe someone will know who we are is. We

are appealing for witnesses who may have been there at about 9:20pm on

the 1st of April to come forward and contact police, especially if they

may have witnessed a red car driving erratically or a very tall man

wearing a motorcycle helmet. The incident has had a lasting effect on

the staff. It was very scary. Very scary. We always look who is

coming, is it a customer? Our mind is always thinking, this it is

something else like this. Really disturbing attack. If you know the

identity of the robber or recognise the Redcar, you know what to do,

pick up the phone. West Yorkshire Police need your help

to find five men wanted in connection with a major drugs

operation in Wakefield. Inspector Richard Close joins me. Good

morning. As far as Richard Close joins me. Good

this is pretty big. An extremely large operation within

this is pretty big. An extremely which is normally quiet. Listening

to community concerns and which is normally quiet. Listening

intelligence over the course of the year in 2011, we targeted 140 drug

dealers. We year in 2011, we targeted 140 drug

people. They are showing sentences of around 220 years. But we are

still outstanding five people. Hopefully your community can help us

with these five now. Let us start overheated, tell me about him.

Farman Mohammed Amin, was resident in Wakefield. He has a tiger tattoo

on his stomach. Moving along. in Wakefield. He has a tiger tattoo

Asfaq, 24 at the time. Around Wakefield, not sure where he

Asfaq, 24 at the time. Around the moment. Hopefully someone will

know. Moving on. Kamal Hassan Zadeh, 34. At the time of the offences, he

know. Moving on. Kamal Hassan Zadeh, distinctive. Moving down to the

know. Moving on. Kamal Hassan Zadeh, bottom. Sabir Saidi Zada, 23. He may

still be within West Yorkshire. OK. Last one. Ahmed Said, we think he

may be in Birmingham. We need to know where he is. You have had great

may be in Birmingham. We need to success so far. Just five more to

find. If you know where any of these men are, Richard and his team would

love to hear from you. Call us if you can help. Sian.

We are talking about countryside crime today and shockingly there has

been an increase in one of wild birds that are being tracked and

stolen. Dave Fox from the RSPCA. What type of birds are being

tracked? All of the British species. Goldfinches, greenfinches,

bullfinches. Any of the birds you traditionally see in your box --

your back garden. Why? For money. They track them and put illegal

rings on them and sell them abroad, mainly places like Belgium and

Malta. Sometimes ?50 -?100 will stop how are they doing it? Diesel

classic examples. They will have a deep -- these are classic examples.

They will have a decoy bird to attract the world birds. This is an

example of a trap. It works on the same principle. These are ones you

have confiscated. Yes. How do the birds react when they are trap? Once

they are in a trap, they will exhibit wild behaviour. They will be

throwing themselves around the cage which will normally result in damage

to the feathers and face or leg injuries. Very upsetting. Is there

any advice? Will people know they are buying a tracked bird? They

would not necessarily know. They need to satisfy themselves the

source they are buying from is legitimate. How do you catch them,

the trappers? We relied heavily on role communities and police. The

public are our eyes and ears. Thank you, Dave for opening our eyes to

the problem. More crooks caught on camera in

another of our CCTV round-ups. Can you help to catch this gang who

stole hundreds of pounds from ticket machines from rail way machines?

Here they come. Tooled up for the job. At this station, one man uses a

pickaxe to try to disable a security camera. Then they use an angle

grinder to get out the cash box. 25 miles away in Barnet, they are at it

again. The next day, the gang spend several minutes trying to get into

another machine in Enfield. A third man stands close by, appearing to

act as a lookout, until they busted open and take the cash. Police say

they stole a total of ?1600 and caused damage worth more than

?54,000. Can you name this going? -- this gang? It is early afternoon

in this Derbyshire town and an elderly woman is grocery shopping.

But she has got company. Shadowing her, to young women, one with a long

scarf and one with a bag. They follow her into the shop. They

pretend to browse. But watch as they take shifty glances at the

pensioner's coat pocket. She is carrying an envelope containing

?2000 which she has withdrawn from a bank around the corner. The thieves

play a sinister waiting game. Tracking the victim's move. Then one

stakes a hand through her scarf and grabs the envelope. The old lady is

none the wiser as the pickpockets leave the shop with her life

savings. Surely someone knows who these cowardly crooks are?

Now, earlier we saw how songbirds are being targeted by criminals, but

so too are other animals. Graham is a former police officer. You breed

and work these dogs. I do. You have been a victim of crime. I bred

puppies. I was going to keep one of them. We had them in a lot kennel

outside. The mother and five puppies were stolen. They left me with this

one. We had to keep her off to the others had been stolen. Really sad.

Why do you think the dogs are targeted? They are very obedient and

easy to train and well bred. Very popular at the moment I was working

dogs. People are very keen to get hold of them at a cheaper price than

we would be selling them for. Let us have a chat to Sergeant Mike

Simmonds about this. It seems to be quite a problem. Yes, it is. Dog

theft in terms of numbers, it is growing. For dogs like these,

working dogs, cocker spaniels, springer spaniel is, they are in

demand. They will very often be stolen just for breeding. Who is

stealing them? It can be opportunist thieves, right onto organised crime

where they are stealing just to get a puppy farm going. And they will be

making five and a pounds upwards. Those dogs there probably ?2000. A

huge amount of money -- they will be making ?500 upwards. You have had

some success reuniting dogs with owners. A happy ending. In the past

12 months, we have had five dogs stolen in the area I cover. All five

have been recovered. A huge part of that is the social media campaigns

linking in with Twitter, Facebook and the Surrey Police website. That

has proved invaluable. Reaching out to thousands of people and getting

information that enables us to go and knock on someone's door and

recover the dogs. Within two of those, we have got a conviction and

another is going to court at the moment. Good news. Great to see the

spaniels on the programme. Quick update for you. Good

information in on the man we showed you yesterday who posed as a buyer

of inexpensive red BMW but stole it during a test drive. Also, police

Scotland tell us they have a good lead on one of the wanted faces from

yesterday. And some good information on another wanted face, he was

wanted for questioning in connection with a serious sexual assault.

Detectives say it could be a vital league. Thank you for that. Sian,

where will you be tomorrow? -- vital lead.

Tomorrow is the last programme of the series. We will be in holiday

mood at a caravan park. Getting advice on how you can have the crime

free holiday. Hopefully we will have a deck chair and possibly even a

barbecue. Sounds lovely. For more details on

today's programme, head to the website. Finally, we will leave you

with another look at the wanted faces. Somebody knows where these

people are. If you do, call us. Thank you for watching. Until our

final show tomorrow, take care.