:00:11. > :00:14.standing by for your calls. All month, we are on the road with the
:00:15. > :00:21.police, and we are asking you to help them tackle crime. Today, the
:00:22. > :00:25.brave pensioner determined not to let an intruder get the better of
:00:26. > :00:30.him. I was not going to let him empty my bank account. He was only
:00:31. > :00:34.getting 60 quid. And they have got the bit between their teeth - the
:00:35. > :00:39.volunteers making a real difference to countryside crime. They are the
:00:40. > :00:42.eyes and ears of Leicestershire police when they are out on patrol.
:00:43. > :00:59.You are watching Crimewatch Roadshow.
:01:00. > :01:04.Hello and welcome to the programme that shows you life at the sharp end
:01:05. > :01:08.for today's police, and helps you fight back against the crooks and
:01:09. > :01:14.their cons. Later in today's programme, the robbers caught on
:01:15. > :01:18.camera attacking a terrified homeowner. The moment I was stood
:01:19. > :01:24.face-to-face with him, I did not know what he would do. And Tim not
:01:25. > :01:28.on the front line - the nurses and police keeping patients out of the
:01:29. > :01:32.cells. We might need some back-up with this lady. Today we are with
:01:33. > :01:35.Northamptonshire Police. Sian, where are you?
:01:36. > :01:40.Northamptonshire Police. Sian, I can't tell you exactly where we
:01:41. > :01:45.are in case any burglars are watching. All I can say is that we
:01:46. > :01:49.have all rode this house so that we can test its home security and give
:01:50. > :01:53.more advice on how they can make it a burglar proof. Lots of great
:01:54. > :01:58.advice coming up. Now to a pensioner who kept his wits
:01:59. > :02:07.about him, despite being badly hurt in a violent robbery in his own
:02:08. > :02:13.home. If he does the same thing again, he
:02:14. > :02:19.could kill somebody. Ian McCann is 83, and retired to Northampton to
:02:20. > :02:24.enjoy the quiet life. I have lived in Northampton for 14 years. I have
:02:25. > :02:32.retired here, and always take life easy. I have got one dog. I have had
:02:33. > :02:39.him since he was two, and he is a friendly little dog and gets on well
:02:40. > :02:44.with people. At five months ago, Ian's peaceful life was shattered. I
:02:45. > :02:52.was sitting on the settee, watching the television, catching up with a
:02:53. > :02:58.bit of news, and I heard a loud splintering sound. Ian went to his
:02:59. > :03:05.back door, and came face-to-face with a man holding a large hammer.
:03:06. > :03:12.He said, I have come to see your services. I said, rubbish, get out!
:03:13. > :03:18.The man barged his way into the house and shoved Ian into the living
:03:19. > :03:23.room. He was a lot stronger than I was, so I decided not to resist. The
:03:24. > :03:30.man ripped out the phone cable and used it to tie Ian's hands behind
:03:31. > :03:34.his back. I was in mobile -- in Mobile, dominated by him and there
:03:35. > :03:42.was no way I could resist. Ian's dog tried to come to his aid. The dog
:03:43. > :03:48.was barking and making a fuss. That was when he said, if that doesn't
:03:49. > :03:52.shut up, I will kill him. Taking out a poor, harmless little dog. After
:03:53. > :03:58.threatening the dog, the man turned on Ian. I want your money, he kept
:03:59. > :04:03.saying. I told him I was a pensioner and had no money. But the robber
:04:04. > :04:10.would not take no for an answer, and began to attack Ian. I was sitting
:04:11. > :04:18.down. And he just swung the hammer sideways at me. Quite hard. It hit
:04:19. > :04:27.my cheek just about here. It was very painful. He enjoyed hitting me,
:04:28. > :04:31.I think. Despite the pain, Ian was still refusing to tell the robber
:04:32. > :04:37.where his money was, so the man started searching him. He found
:04:38. > :04:43.Ian's wallet in his jacket pocket, with ?60 on it, along with his debit
:04:44. > :04:49.card. Then he asked me for the PIN number, so I told him a number which
:04:50. > :04:54.was not the PIN number. Then he asked again, and I told him the same
:04:55. > :05:00.number again. He wanted to empty my bank account. But he had 60 quid,
:05:01. > :05:04.and that was all he was getting. Ian's quick thinking seems to
:05:05. > :05:09.convince the burglar, who ran off with the debit card, leaving him
:05:10. > :05:13.still tied up. I stayed quietly for a few minutes to make sure he had
:05:14. > :05:21.disappeared, and I went next door to see my friend Ken. I had a cup of
:05:22. > :05:24.tea and was watching the news on TV when there was this tremendous
:05:25. > :05:28.banging on the front door. When I went and opened it, there was Ian,
:05:29. > :05:33.standing there, and he had been bound up with the telephone cord and
:05:34. > :05:39.he said he had been robbed and beaten with a hammer. I am a tough
:05:40. > :05:43.old bird, really. I was in the Army, so I have had a few
:05:44. > :05:49.rough-and-tumble is in the Army. I was not going to give in. Ian was
:05:50. > :05:53.interviewed by local news days after the attack. The bruises on his face
:05:54. > :06:02.were still fresh, and show how violent the attack had been. There
:06:03. > :06:06.was a very large lump there. It has broken all the capillaries in my
:06:07. > :06:11.face. It is bleeding all the way down my face, down my neck and onto
:06:12. > :06:13.my chest. Nobody should go through something like that, especially
:06:14. > :06:19.nobody as frail and vulnerable as Ian. They attack has left Ian
:06:20. > :06:24.feeling like a prisoner in his own home. I am much more keen on
:06:25. > :06:28.security, making sure everything is locked and bolted and barred. Police
:06:29. > :06:32.are still hunting for Ian's attacker. Unless this person is
:06:33. > :06:41.caught, it could happen to somebody else. And it will. It is a horrific
:06:42. > :06:46.attack. DI Ally White is with me now. What do you know about the
:06:47. > :06:51.attacker? We are looking for a mixed male, about five foot ten tall, aged
:06:52. > :06:55.about 25, but disguised his appearance with a scarf and a woolly
:06:56. > :07:04.hat. He had a dark blue waterproof jacket on and dark jeans. There is
:07:05. > :07:08.some CCTV footage. It is a good lead. After the attack, which
:07:09. > :07:12.happened around 8:30am, he moved from the St James area of
:07:13. > :07:17.Northampton today Kingsley Park Terrace. He is caught on CCTV at the
:07:18. > :07:22.Nationwide bank, trying to use the bank card. He was unsuccessful,
:07:23. > :07:26.because Ian used quick thinking and gave him the wrong PIN number. Then
:07:27. > :07:33.he seemed to discard the card into a drain and walk off. What is your
:07:34. > :07:41.appeal to the public 's we are asking anyone who might know him to
:07:42. > :07:44.contact us straightaway. I am keen to arrest him as soon as possible.
:07:45. > :07:49.Anyone who was in the area of either sing James or Kingsley Park Terrace
:07:50. > :07:52.who might have seen this person between eight and ten in the
:07:53. > :07:57.morning. We really hope someone can help.
:07:58. > :08:00.Now I look at today's wanted faces. First up is 27-year-old Elisa
:08:01. > :08:04.Cardoni. She was found guilty at the Old Bailey in October last year of
:08:05. > :08:07.drug dealing, but failed to attend court for the hearing. She was
:08:08. > :08:12.sentenced to two years in prison in her absence. She has connections to
:08:13. > :08:15.the Ealing, Haringey at no areas of London and speaks with an Italian
:08:16. > :08:20.accent. She has a tattoo of three stars on the left side of her neck.
:08:21. > :08:25.She was pregnant at the time of the offence and is now believed to have
:08:26. > :08:29.a one-year-old child. Next, Mustapha Jibril. He has been wanted since
:08:30. > :08:33.June 2008. He was originally jailed for three years for armed robbery,
:08:34. > :08:37.but released early on licence. He failed to stick to the conditions of
:08:38. > :08:41.his release and is now wanted back in prison. Originally from Somalia,
:08:42. > :08:47.24-year-old also has links to the Netherlands and Liverpool. And this
:08:48. > :08:51.is 35-year-old Jamie Magee. Police want to question him in connection
:08:52. > :08:56.with the 19 deaths of back cards from Jim lockers across the UK. He
:08:57. > :09:00.has connections to the Coventry area and speaks with a Midlands accent.
:09:01. > :09:06.He also has a tattoo of the sun on his right arm. Finally, may did
:09:07. > :09:10.Ali, who may be using a number of false names. He is wanted for
:09:11. > :09:13.questioning by forces across the country in connection with
:09:14. > :09:18.high-value theft from employers. This is another picture of him. He
:09:19. > :09:36.is originally from Pakistan. If you recognise any of these faces, pick
:09:37. > :09:46.up the phone. Or you can text us. Of course, you can e-mail us as well.
:09:47. > :09:50.Welcome back to Northamptonshire. Now, how would a thief see this
:09:51. > :09:53.property? Easy pickings or too risky? Run prevention officer Shawn
:09:54. > :09:59.Johnson is here. Give us some advice. What is wonderful about this
:10:00. > :10:03.property when you see it is the natural surveillance we have. By
:10:04. > :10:08.that, I mean we have neighbours who can look into the front garden. That
:10:09. > :10:13.deters the offender from coming, because he can be seen. But when we
:10:14. > :10:18.walked in, I also noticed that it was a nice sunny day and people are
:10:19. > :10:20.leaving their windows open. This is about simple things you can do, not
:10:21. > :10:25.spending money, but making your house more secure. Through that
:10:26. > :10:31.window, I can see a laptop, so despite wonderful surveillance, and
:10:32. > :10:37.offender can walk through, take the laptop and run away. So if an
:10:38. > :10:40.offender sees this laptop, would they be looking for something to use
:10:41. > :10:44.to get into the property? Absolutely. Offenders do not wander
:10:45. > :10:48.around with picking tools in their pocket. They look for what is there,
:10:49. > :10:51.and immediately we can see some masonry on the floor. That can be
:10:52. > :10:55.picked up and foreign straight through the window and the laptop
:10:56. > :10:57.could be stolen. So it is about keeping your property clear of
:10:58. > :11:05.anything like this. You don't want to spend too much money on this.
:11:06. > :11:09.Absolutely. Ask yourself, if you had locked yourself out, how would you
:11:10. > :11:15.get into the house? Immediately, I saw some wheelie bins lying around
:11:16. > :11:18.here. You could use it as a climbing frame. Just get onto the wheelie
:11:19. > :11:22.bin, onto the flat roof and then round the back. When we look at the
:11:23. > :11:28.back of the premises, we know where the weak spots are. And burglary is
:11:29. > :11:32.such a distressing crime and one that the police have to deal with a
:11:33. > :11:36.lot. Absolutely, I have dealt with a lot of burglaries and I know that
:11:37. > :11:42.victims often moved house because it is a violation of their personal
:11:43. > :11:44.space. So by just doing the simple things like locking your wheelie
:11:45. > :11:51.bins away, that is perfect crime prevention. Really good advice for
:11:52. > :11:56.the front of the house. Later, we will be in the back garden, check
:11:57. > :12:02.out the security there. If you have got CCTV cameras as
:12:03. > :12:08.well, you might actually catch the crooks in the act. Watch carefully.
:12:09. > :12:16.It is a dark January evening in south London. This corner is keen to
:12:17. > :12:19.get into a block of flats, but no one answered the buzzer. He doesn't
:12:20. > :12:23.want to draw attention to himself, so he gives the door a discreet
:12:24. > :12:28.shove. But then he puts his back into it. Inside, he has a good look
:12:29. > :12:33.around before heading upstairs, where police say he spends five
:12:34. > :12:38.minutes Bergin two flats. He steals a laptop in one and strolls out with
:12:39. > :12:45.it in a bag. I wonder what the letter P on his jacket stands for,
:12:46. > :12:49.Prowler? You know what to do. Tower Hamlets, London, in May last
:12:50. > :12:54.year. A woman goes to take out ?20 to pay for a taxi. Suddenly, she was
:12:55. > :13:00.distracted by two women, one either side of her, who thrust newspapers
:13:01. > :13:03.between her and the cash machine. The victim shoos them away, but
:13:04. > :13:08.almost immediately, their mate in the striped hoody steps in, and then
:13:09. > :13:12.another newspaper is deliberately placed in front of the ATM. During
:13:13. > :13:18.the confusion, the thieves managed to add a zero to the 20 she has
:13:19. > :13:23.already keyed in and take ?200, leaving her clearly upset. If you
:13:24. > :13:32.have any information about these cash machine crooks, we want to
:13:33. > :13:36.know. Now, what is up with this guy? He wants to buy a drink at this
:13:37. > :13:42.Essex newsagent, why is he looking so shifty? The shop assistant keys
:13:43. > :13:47.in the price, and he hands over the money. Nothing strange about that,
:13:48. > :13:52.but just as the tiller opens, he lunges over-the-counter and manages
:13:53. > :13:59.to grab ?220. This must be thirsty work, because he makes it with the
:14:00. > :14:03.can of pop. Can you name this fifth? -- this fifth? If you recognise any
:14:04. > :14:12.of them, pick up the phone or send us a text. Now, every year,
:14:13. > :14:17.thousands of distressed people with mental health problems are arrested
:14:18. > :14:19.by police and taken into custody for their own safety. In
:14:20. > :14:23.Northamptonshire, they are currently trialling a new way of working to
:14:24. > :14:30.make sure people get the care they need before things escalate.
:14:31. > :14:34.It is called strict triage amperes per police officer and a community
:14:35. > :14:39.psychiatric nurse on the mobile patrol together. Tonight, the nurses
:14:40. > :14:44.working with PC Paul Hollins on the Saturday night shift, from six to
:14:45. > :14:47.midnight. Police officers get sent to a lot of incidents where we have
:14:48. > :14:51.to deal with people with mental health issues. And we as the police
:14:52. > :14:57.are not the best people to deal with them. Almost as soon as Bhavna and
:14:58. > :15:02.poor start their shift, a case comes through of a distressed young woman
:15:03. > :15:07.living in a shared house. I am just trying to see if she is known on our
:15:08. > :15:14.system. I will go on to the GP system as well. Next, they speak to
:15:15. > :15:19.the person who called 999. What has been going on? I just want to know a
:15:20. > :15:24.few bits before we come out if that is OK. There has been verbal and
:15:25. > :15:27.threatening behaviour? It appears more serious than they had expected.
:15:28. > :15:33.We might need some back-up with this lady. Apparently, it has been going
:15:34. > :15:43.on for the last week. She is drinking a lot, talking to herself.
:15:44. > :15:46.Let's just go. Bhavna believes that because she will be on the spot to
:15:47. > :15:51.assess the woman, she can make sure she gets the right care
:15:52. > :15:56.straightaway. I can divert them directly to the services they need,
:15:57. > :15:59.instead of the police then having to pick her up. If they are really
:16:00. > :16:05.disturbed and mentally unwell, it can be a daunting place to be locked
:16:06. > :16:12.up in a cell. It can make them more aggressive. Bhavna and Paul speak to
:16:13. > :16:17.the woman's housemate. He tells them the woman has been shouting and
:16:18. > :16:32.behaving very oddly. They had upstairs to speak to her. The woman
:16:33. > :16:42.is distressed that they persuade her to go downstairs. She is very upset
:16:43. > :16:46.and desperate to speak to her mum. They are able to leave the house
:16:47. > :16:53.with the young woman knowing there is help and support for her. She has
:16:54. > :16:58.experienced a lot of trauma in her life. She has been drinking quite a
:16:59. > :17:03.lot and that is why it is important to get her the right help before
:17:04. > :17:10.things escalate even further. Back at the office, another call comes
:17:11. > :17:20.in. It is about someone whose behaviour has given the police cause
:17:21. > :17:22.for concern. They check his records. He had been recently discharged, but
:17:23. > :17:30.because he was doing so well. It might be worth going to see him and
:17:31. > :17:37.chatting to him. Let's rock'n'roll. The man is thought not to be
:17:38. > :17:41.dangerous so they head out to see if they can help him. It is just after
:17:42. > :17:47.ten o'clock at night and the team ring his doorbell and wait.
:17:48. > :17:52.Unfortunately he is not here so we will have to update the police and
:17:53. > :17:58.maybe get somebody else to come out tomorrow to catch up with him. Each
:17:59. > :18:05.call is time-consuming, but there is a simple measure of their success.
:18:06. > :18:10.Fewer people with mental health issues are ending up in police
:18:11. > :18:16.cells. We have reduced the amount of police arrests by 40% in
:18:17. > :18:22.Northampton, which has saved a lot of police time. It also saves a lot
:18:23. > :18:33.of distress for people who are genuinely unwell at the time. That
:18:34. > :18:40.pilot scheme could now be rolled out across the country. I am joined by
:18:41. > :18:46.Kerry Owen who campaigns on mental health issues. You were taken to a
:18:47. > :18:54.cell, not in Northamptonshire, why was it the wrong place to be? It was
:18:55. > :18:59.terrifying because I was dragged out of bed by the police by my ankles
:19:00. > :19:05.while I was asleep. They pretty much threw me into a van. I was held
:19:06. > :19:10.down, stripped naked. I was screaming with pain because they
:19:11. > :19:14.were twisting my arms and hurting me and I was held down with my face to
:19:15. > :19:23.the floor and people sitting on my back because I could not breathe
:19:24. > :19:28.properly. Lots of people die in police cells every year. You are
:19:29. > :19:35.talking about a personal experience you had. You are involved with the
:19:36. > :19:40.scheme and we did see you in the film helping vulnerable young woman.
:19:41. > :19:48.How does this scheme help people on both sides of the equation? Patients
:19:49. > :19:51.but also the police? We work in collaboration with Northamptonshire
:19:52. > :19:56.Police to raise more awareness of mental health issues in the
:19:57. > :20:00.community. We work together exchanging and responding
:20:01. > :20:06.appropriately. With the nurses involved, we are responding
:20:07. > :20:08.appropriately to the people who ring and have mental health problems. It
:20:09. > :20:17.is to avoid situations like Kerry was in. Give us some examples on how
:20:18. > :20:23.you have helped people. We have come across things like substance abuse.
:20:24. > :20:32.If someone is under the influence of the hole and don't need to be
:20:33. > :20:39.assessed under the Mental Health Act, we referred them to other
:20:40. > :20:43.services, the substance misuse service. If someone has dementia,
:20:44. > :20:48.Alzheimer's, and are getting forgetful then we refer them to the
:20:49. > :20:53.elderly services. There are also children and adolescents. It is
:20:54. > :20:55.using all of the resources appropriate for the needs of these
:20:56. > :20:59.people. Thanks to you both very much for talking to us.
:21:00. > :21:03.Sounds like a great scheme. Now today we've been looking
:21:04. > :21:05.at ways to secure your home and later we'll be checking out
:21:06. > :21:07.the newest techniques for gathering fingerprints.
:21:08. > :21:10.But you may not know that your garden can hold lots of clues too.
:21:11. > :21:11.Forensic Ecologist Botanist Dr Patricia Wiltshire and
:21:12. > :21:17.Mycologist Professor David Hawksworth are here to explain.
:21:18. > :21:30.You have both used plants, pollen and fun guy to crack cases, how do
:21:31. > :21:37.you do that? Lots of ways but one thing that is important to police is
:21:38. > :21:44.time. Plants can give you a lot of stories. If we look at a stinging
:21:45. > :21:52.nettle, you can see the tape has started to turn round. If we just
:21:53. > :22:03.hold that up. It ends round out the top? When it is on its side will
:22:04. > :22:11.stop we got a date on that of about two days. What you can do a lot of
:22:12. > :22:17.experiments to look at the abrasion of the angle. You can tell that has
:22:18. > :22:25.been made to do that by some force? Yes. If you look at this. It looks
:22:26. > :22:31.just like an old stinging nettle but you can get a lot of clues? Once
:22:32. > :22:40.upon a time it was growing straight up. Something trod on it. Someone
:22:41. > :22:42.then chopped the end of with a strimmer which disrupted the
:22:43. > :22:51.hormonal flow down the plant. That allowed these side shoots to grow
:22:52. > :22:59.and each one becomes an individual nettle. These were trodden on again.
:23:00. > :23:01.We have a lot of information there. If you can work out how long it
:23:02. > :23:07.takes to get those shoots coming off. It is interesting in the studio
:23:08. > :23:16.but you have used this for real high profile cases? Yes, used it in the
:23:17. > :23:20.Soham murders. I was able to tell the police the person who had done
:23:21. > :23:29.the job, Huntly in this case had been there about two weeks before. I
:23:30. > :23:35.stop experiment after 13.5 days and it was exactly 13 point days he had
:23:36. > :23:44.been there. And David, fun guy is your speciality, how does that help
:23:45. > :23:50.in cases? It is different ways. It is something, ranchers are broken
:23:51. > :23:57.down, normally they grow this wake up. If the twigs are the other way
:23:58. > :24:04.round because somebody has put them over something or broken them off,
:24:05. > :24:07.this yellow and orange one is particularly interesting because
:24:08. > :24:15.some objects have been placed on this. It was this coloured dark
:24:16. > :24:19.green and we did some experiments to see how long it took to change
:24:20. > :24:23.colour and that gave us an indication how that -- how long that
:24:24. > :24:30.object have been there. You can also use pollen? Yes, it is in the air
:24:31. > :24:35.because I have a runny nose today. It falls on the ground and if people
:24:36. > :24:42.pick up soil, picked up pollen from the plans in any way, it sticks to
:24:43. > :24:48.you. If you go outside and have a look, no place is the same. Plans
:24:49. > :24:54.are always different. There is always a different assemblage of
:24:55. > :24:59.plans which means there is a difference assemblage of pollen. You
:25:00. > :25:07.can match the assemblage pollen at the crime with the semblance of
:25:08. > :25:15.pollen on the criminal. That is brilliant, fascinating stuff. Now
:25:16. > :25:17.let's go over to Sian. Talking about pollen there are plans in this
:25:18. > :25:20.garden. Hawksworth are here to explain.
:25:21. > :25:23.Yes, Rav, we've moved to the back garden of our house.
:25:24. > :25:25.Crime prevention officer Shaun Johnson is with me again.
:25:26. > :25:33.Lovely garden, but what would a burglar see here?
:25:34. > :25:39.We were climbing onto the flat roof. We see a window open and the burglar
:25:40. > :25:46.will see this as an opportunity. His hand will go in through the window,
:25:47. > :25:50.undo the lock and then he will climb through the bigger window. If that
:25:51. > :25:56.window was closed, you would have to think of another way to get into the
:25:57. > :26:01.house. There is a natural larder here with this fence to climb into
:26:02. > :26:07.the garden. And this spade could be used as a lever to get the French
:26:08. > :26:13.doors open or indeed the kitchen windows and affect entry into the
:26:14. > :26:18.house. Windows, isn't that the main way people get in, 25%? 25% of
:26:19. > :26:22.burglaries in this county art through insecurities. If we could
:26:23. > :26:29.get that message through to the public, it would be fantastic. Lock
:26:30. > :26:36.up your houses. A cat flap is a natural thing to have, but what
:26:37. > :26:39.about for a burglar? They see an opportunity. People will leave the
:26:40. > :26:46.keys in the back door. It is about looking for items to help them
:26:47. > :26:51.commit the crime. A pair of barbecue tongs, leaning through the flap,
:26:52. > :26:57.getting picky and pulling it out. Very simple and effective. Don't
:26:58. > :27:03.leave your keys in the doors of your house. We saw that in our experiment
:27:04. > :27:06.with the flap. It has been illuminating, be advised you have
:27:07. > :27:14.given and hopefully some good tips for you at home as well.
:27:15. > :27:20.Still to come: Recognise anyone in this battered photo? The new clue to
:27:21. > :27:24.death years ago. Some of the burglars we have been talking about
:27:25. > :27:33.today would be put up by CCTV cameras and dogs. But this next pair
:27:34. > :27:37.could not care less. I have not been able to leave my
:27:38. > :27:43.home, the mental affect it has had on me is immense. Jackie and her
:27:44. > :27:48.family have lived in Kettering for 14 years, running a dental
:27:49. > :27:54.technician business from their home. It is a family run business and we
:27:55. > :28:01.all do our bit, as and when needed. Jackie has osteoarthritis, a
:28:02. > :28:05.condition which causes severe pain. To help her manage, she needs to
:28:06. > :28:10.rest for a while each day. I have two have a sleep in the afternoon to
:28:11. > :28:16.be able to cope with the rest of the day. As Jackie was resting on the
:28:17. > :28:23.14th of March, her home CCTV captured a man approaching the
:28:24. > :28:34.house. My daughter had just come back from doing deliveries and was
:28:35. > :28:42.having a shower. I heard that doorbell ring and because we have
:28:43. > :28:44.patients coming to the laboratory, I thought it was a patient. After a
:28:45. > :28:47.quick cigarette, the visitor left. But he wasn't gone for long,
:28:48. > :28:53.returning with a second man. This time, their intentions became clear
:28:54. > :28:56.as they tried to crowbar open the side door. Jackie's great Danes
:28:57. > :28:59.began barking. The loud barking of a big dog usually puts off most
:29:00. > :29:05.burglars. But these two were quite prepared to carry on even though
:29:06. > :29:09.there were two dogs there. I heard the dogs barking, but that is usual.
:29:10. > :29:15.I did not think any more. Giving up on the side door, the burglars tried
:29:16. > :29:19.another way into Jackie's home and they found the gate was open and the
:29:20. > :29:26.kitchen door was unlocked. Armed with their crowbars they prepared to
:29:27. > :29:29.go into the house where the dogs were barking. One picked up his
:29:30. > :29:34.crowbar and went into a position as if he was expecting the dogs to
:29:35. > :29:43.attack. When the dogs did not attack, they headed into the
:29:44. > :29:47.kitchen. By now, Jackie was wide awake. My daughter shouted to me
:29:48. > :29:49.that somebody was in the kitchen. I thought it might be an elderly
:29:50. > :29:57.patient. I went down because I did not want the dogs jumping up at
:29:58. > :30:01.them. The men grabbed Jackie's khakis and were in and out of the
:30:02. > :30:07.kitchen within seconds. They then began on bolting the double gates to
:30:08. > :30:14.steal her car. I expected to be greeted by an elderly patient. As I
:30:15. > :30:18.stepped out of the door behind me, I realised it was two men. The moment
:30:19. > :30:25.I was stood face to face with him, I did not know what he was going to
:30:26. > :30:30.do. Suddenly the man in the sunglasses lashed out at Jackie. A
:30:31. > :30:39.first punch he gave me was to my left jaw. I still have flashbacks to
:30:40. > :30:45.that one punch. In just over three seconds, the burglar hit Jackie five
:30:46. > :30:49.times. They both ran through the side gate and I ran after them. I
:30:50. > :30:54.saw them running down the adjacent road. Jackie's daughter heard her
:30:55. > :30:58.cries and came to help, picking up the khakis before chasing after the
:30:59. > :31:06.burglars. I collapsed. I wasn't sure what injuries I had but I knew I had
:31:07. > :31:24.some. I was very frightened. Jackie's daughter took her inside
:31:25. > :31:27.and called the police. The pain started almost immediately, and the
:31:28. > :31:34.pounding in my head lasted for a few days. It was like I had been in a
:31:35. > :31:39.boxing match. When Jackie later went to hospital, the full extent of the
:31:40. > :31:43.attack became clear. I had an x-ray, and I had a crack in my jaw. I have
:31:44. > :31:47.been having to eat soft food for eight weeks because of that. These
:31:48. > :31:50.offenders appear to be experienced burglars who are prepared to stop at
:31:51. > :31:54.nothing to commit their crimes. There was no need for them to
:31:55. > :32:00.assault Jackie, but they did so anyway. They are dangerous. It has
:32:01. > :32:05.changed everything we do. Every time I past the front door, I see them
:32:06. > :32:10.putting the crowbar in. When I come down the garden, I see the attack at
:32:11. > :32:15.the gates. I don't go out on my own, I don't stay here on my own. It is
:32:16. > :32:23.just a life changing experience that you never expect. And DS Dave Harley
:32:24. > :32:30.is here. What can you tell us about the attackers? The first man is
:32:31. > :32:34.described as white, five tall, aged in his early 20s. He is medium build
:32:35. > :32:39.and was wearing a dark jacket, a blue baseball cap, mirrored
:32:40. > :32:44.sunglasses and carrying a green bag. The second man was slightly
:32:45. > :32:49.shorter, also aged in his mid-20s. He was slim build and wearing a
:32:50. > :32:54.green overall type garment, with a hood. He was also wearing a baseball
:32:55. > :33:05.cap and was carrying a bag similar to this. With a distinctive logo. It
:33:06. > :33:10.is quite distinctive. And you have some new information? Yes, since we
:33:11. > :33:12.started the investigation, we have had a witness come forward who saw
:33:13. > :33:17.two men matching the description getting into a silver VW Passat, not
:33:18. > :33:24.far from the scene in Hallwood Road. Have a registration number for
:33:25. > :33:28.that vehicle, which was FY62 VYX. We know that is a cloned registration
:33:29. > :33:31.plate, so there is a proper car out there bearing those numbers, but
:33:32. > :33:37.they used a cloned plate on this one. We are anxious to trace those
:33:38. > :33:40.numberplates. If you recognise that car or the descriptions of these
:33:41. > :33:45.men, get in touch. Now, we urgently need to find this
:33:46. > :33:50.guy, who pulled a knife on supermarket staff in Bristol. Avon
:33:51. > :33:56.and Somerset Police need to find him after an incident at a Tesco express
:33:57. > :34:01.store on Westerns waitress before 5:30pm on Jews did the 14th of
:34:02. > :34:05.January. Staff challenged the shoplifter -- on Tuesday the 14th of
:34:06. > :34:08.January. He pulled out what looks like a kitchen knife and pointed it
:34:09. > :34:12.towards the staff member before running off. He is described as
:34:13. > :34:18.being white, mid-to-late 20s, medium build and five foot nine to ten
:34:19. > :34:23.tall. He had short brown hair and was clean-shaven. If you know who he
:34:24. > :34:33.is, call us now. Or you can speak to Crimestoppers anonymously. Now to
:34:34. > :34:41.the sad case of a man who died more than a decade ago, whose body was
:34:42. > :34:44.found in 2002 at a nature reserve, Lings Wood. There are no suspicious
:34:45. > :34:49.circumstances here, but no one has got in touch about this man. Neil
:34:50. > :34:53.McMahon is from the cold Case team. You look at unsolved crimes. What
:34:54. > :34:57.can you tell us about this man 's we know he had been in situ for
:34:58. > :35:03.possibly as long as 12 months. He was a mature male, would have been
:35:04. > :35:07.at least 25 years old. Possibly up to 50. And he was about five foot
:35:08. > :35:12.nine in height. He was decomposed when we found him, though some of
:35:13. > :35:19.the usual ways we identify people are unavailable. And destruction is
:35:20. > :35:24.important. Tell us about his appearance -- description. Yes, a
:35:25. > :35:28.clay model was put together which might indicate what he would have
:35:29. > :35:34.looked at. This was done with experts from another field. We did a
:35:35. > :35:40.media Expose on that at the time, and it has not brought us any fresh
:35:41. > :35:43.information. But there is a possession that might shed light on
:35:44. > :35:47.this and could help people watching at home? Yes, the indications are
:35:48. > :35:55.that this gentleman was living rough in the woods and had been for a
:35:56. > :35:57.while. And amongst those possessions were an old black-and-white
:35:58. > :36:05.photograph which appears to depict a social scene. That picture was
:36:06. > :36:07.poorly damaged. It seems to be from a different era as well. You can
:36:08. > :36:14.just about make out the clothes people were wearing at a black-tie
:36:15. > :36:17.dinner. How important is it that people help you after such a long
:36:18. > :36:22.time? Nearly 12 years since we found the deceased. I am anxious to
:36:23. > :36:28.identify who use. Someone out there will no. It is a sad case in that we
:36:29. > :36:32.have not yet been able to identify him using traditional ways. If it
:36:33. > :36:34.rings any bells or you recognise the photograph, we are waiting for your
:36:35. > :36:37.call. Now, we all know about neighbourhood
:36:38. > :36:42.watch schemes, but in Leicestershire, they have roped in
:36:43. > :36:47.some new recruits to help crack down on rural crime.
:36:48. > :36:51.One of the jewels in the crown of the Midlands, there is no doubt that
:36:52. > :36:55.Rutland water is home to some of England's most stunning scenery. But
:36:56. > :37:01.the countryside can cultivate a certain type of crime. There are
:37:02. > :37:07.lots of farms in this county and thefts of diesel or oil, theft from
:37:08. > :37:10.Barnes, which can often be remote. But putting bobbies on the beach to
:37:11. > :37:16.tackle such crimes is tricky in such a rural setting. The officers have a
:37:17. > :37:23.very large geographical area to cover, 152 square miles. So the
:37:24. > :37:25.reality is that it is a large area, with few officers. So Leicestershire
:37:26. > :37:29.police have thought of another way to increase their presence on the
:37:30. > :37:35.ground, and it involves four legs instead of two. I got the idea for
:37:36. > :37:38.the police volunteers on horseback. I am a writer myself, so I know that
:37:39. > :37:52.where I write, I know it really well and I know when something is out of
:37:53. > :37:56.place -- when I ride. To help our community in Rutland. We spend a lot
:37:57. > :38:02.of time on the roads, in fields. We. We thought we would be of great help
:38:03. > :38:06.to them. The volunteer riders all weapons are -- special police
:38:07. > :38:09.branded jackets. It is a bigger visual presence within the
:38:10. > :38:16.community, and it helps deter crime doing that we are out and about, and
:38:17. > :38:19.we are quite visual. And being on top of a horse definitely gives the
:38:20. > :38:24.volunteers a unique perspective on crime. We have the added benefit of
:38:25. > :38:28.being slightly higher up than any patrol cars or people walking, and
:38:29. > :38:34.we can see over hedges, over the valley. We can see anything
:38:35. > :38:38.suspicious or irregular. Despite only operating for a few months, the
:38:39. > :38:43.volunteers have already been able to aid the police in fighting crime.
:38:44. > :38:49.When we are out patrolling, we are looking for suspicious vehicles. If
:38:50. > :38:56.we see anything, we report it to the police. We have had reports from our
:38:57. > :39:02.riders about suspicious vehicle activity. When riders tell us about
:39:03. > :39:06.it we sent police officers to investigate. The volunteers' high
:39:07. > :39:10.visibility has also made the area safer in other ways full up the
:39:11. > :39:16.biggest benefit is people telling me that the traffic on the roads has
:39:17. > :39:20.slowed down. That is one of the biggest complaints I have as their
:39:21. > :39:25.commander for this area, so it is a huge benefit. The scheme has been
:39:26. > :39:28.more popular than the police could have imagined. We now have 49
:39:29. > :39:32.volunteers, who are all exercising their horses, and they are the eyes
:39:33. > :39:36.and ears of Leicestershire police when they are out on patrol. Seeing
:39:37. > :39:43.our volunteers on horseback makes people feel safer.
:39:44. > :39:47.Four legs definitely better than two there. Now, inside our house, we are
:39:48. > :39:52.imagining that the thieves have got in and escaped with some valuables.
:39:53. > :39:56.The question is, what clues would they leave behind? We are going to
:39:57. > :40:02.talk about fingerprints with Dr John Bond, an expert in forensic and also
:40:03. > :40:07.an inventor. You have come up with this invention that we want to know
:40:08. > :40:10.more about. We are going to do something different testing. I will
:40:11. > :40:15.do a quick thumbprint, and let's hope that reveal something. What do
:40:16. > :40:19.you do with that 's eye am being that into the machine, the
:40:20. > :40:24.commercial version of the invention. We pressed the button, and that will
:40:25. > :40:30.now develop your fingerprint by applying heat to that paper. It is
:40:31. > :40:35.special paper that you get from petrol stations and supermarkets and
:40:36. > :40:43.so on, till paper. It uses a dive rather than Inc. So really something
:40:44. > :40:47.the police could come across a lot when investigating a theft or
:40:48. > :40:51.burglary. And it could not be correctly tested in the same way. It
:40:52. > :40:57.was a blackspot for the police? Yes, it was difficult to get fingerprints
:40:58. > :41:02.from this paper chemical, because the chemicals react with the dye
:41:03. > :41:05.ascending the paper black and obliterating any finger prints.
:41:06. > :41:10.While that is cooking, you are also working on something else. Yes, this
:41:11. > :41:15.is a new idea to complement this. It is just a light source where you can
:41:16. > :41:20.see fingerprints that might be found on the paper. If you look at that
:41:21. > :41:23.till slip, you can see that the fingerprint becomes visible when you
:41:24. > :41:29.switch the light on and disappears when you switch it off. We can just
:41:30. > :41:37.see that thumbprint on the till receipt. So that will work alongside
:41:38. > :41:43.the current system. Ready to come out? Yes, it is finished. There we
:41:44. > :41:50.are, you can see your fingerprint. Let me show you that till paper.
:41:51. > :41:53.There is a blotchy fingerprint that I put on at the beginning of this
:41:54. > :42:00.conversation. How long did that take? No more than 45 seconds.
:42:01. > :42:06.Absolutely vital for police forces. Thanks for showing us that. Really
:42:07. > :42:10.interesting, and I know you are working on new stuff all the time.
:42:11. > :42:16.This latest element could soon be rolled out to police forces as well.
:42:17. > :42:18.A quick update now. Some interesting calls on our faces today,
:42:19. > :42:22.particularly Jamie McGhie, wanted for theft of bank cards from Jim
:42:23. > :42:28.lockers. And also Elisa Cardoni, wanted the drug dealing. Also names
:42:29. > :42:33.given for the young men wanted for a vicious attack in Cardiff that we
:42:34. > :42:37.showed you on CCTV yesterday. Lots of information on the man wanted for
:42:38. > :42:41.a series of burglaries in sports changing rooms. The police are
:42:42. > :42:45.following that up. Thank you to everyone who got in touch. Sian,
:42:46. > :42:48.where will you be tomorrow? I hope that you at home have had some good
:42:49. > :42:54.advice today on how to make your home more secure. Tomorrow, we will
:42:55. > :42:58.be in Northampton market, where we will be finding out about body worn
:42:59. > :43:04.cameras that the police use to gather evidence in their fight
:43:05. > :43:08.against crime. For more on today's programme, head to the website. The
:43:09. > :43:13.now, we leave you with a final look at our wanted faces. Someone
:43:14. > :43:17.watching knows where these people are. If you are that person, get in
:43:18. > :43:24.touch. Thank you for watching. Until tomorrow, take care.