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standing by for your calls. All month, we are on the road with the

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police, and we are asking you to help them tackle crime. Today, the

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brave pensioner determined not to let an intruder get the better of

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him. I was not going to let him empty my bank account. He was only

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getting 60 quid. And they have got the bit between their teeth - the

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volunteers making a real difference to countryside crime. They are the

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eyes and ears of Leicestershire police when they are out on patrol.

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You are watching Crimewatch Roadshow.

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Hello and welcome to the programme that shows you life at the sharp end

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for today's police, and helps you fight back against the crooks and

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their cons. Later in today's programme, the robbers caught on

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camera attacking a terrified homeowner. The moment I was stood

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face-to-face with him, I did not know what he would do. And Tim not

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on the front line - the nurses and police keeping patients out of the

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cells. We might need some back-up with this lady. Today we are with

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Northamptonshire Police. Sian, where are you?

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Northamptonshire Police. Sian, I can't tell you exactly where we

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are in case any burglars are watching. All I can say is that we

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have all rode this house so that we can test its home security and give

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more advice on how they can make it a burglar proof. Lots of great

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advice coming up. Now to a pensioner who kept his wits

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about him, despite being badly hurt in a violent robbery in his own

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home. If he does the same thing again, he

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could kill somebody. Ian McCann is 83, and retired to Northampton to

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enjoy the quiet life. I have lived in Northampton for 14 years. I have

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retired here, and always take life easy. I have got one dog. I have had

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him since he was two, and he is a friendly little dog and gets on well

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with people. At five months ago, Ian's peaceful life was shattered. I

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was sitting on the settee, watching the television, catching up with a

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bit of news, and I heard a loud splintering sound. Ian went to his

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back door, and came face-to-face with a man holding a large hammer.

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He said, I have come to see your services. I said, rubbish, get out!

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The man barged his way into the house and shoved Ian into the living

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room. He was a lot stronger than I was, so I decided not to resist. The

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man ripped out the phone cable and used it to tie Ian's hands behind

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his back. I was in mobile -- in Mobile, dominated by him and there

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was no way I could resist. Ian's dog tried to come to his aid. The dog

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was barking and making a fuss. That was when he said, if that doesn't

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shut up, I will kill him. Taking out a poor, harmless little dog. After

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threatening the dog, the man turned on Ian. I want your money, he kept

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saying. I told him I was a pensioner and had no money. But the robber

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would not take no for an answer, and began to attack Ian. I was sitting

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down. And he just swung the hammer sideways at me. Quite hard. It hit

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my cheek just about here. It was very painful. He enjoyed hitting me,

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I think. Despite the pain, Ian was still refusing to tell the robber

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where his money was, so the man started searching him. He found

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Ian's wallet in his jacket pocket, with ?60 on it, along with his debit

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card. Then he asked me for the PIN number, so I told him a number which

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was not the PIN number. Then he asked again, and I told him the same

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number again. He wanted to empty my bank account. But he had 60 quid,

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and that was all he was getting. Ian's quick thinking seems to

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convince the burglar, who ran off with the debit card, leaving him

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still tied up. I stayed quietly for a few minutes to make sure he had

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disappeared, and I went next door to see my friend Ken. I had a cup of

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tea and was watching the news on TV when there was this tremendous

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banging on the front door. When I went and opened it, there was Ian,

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standing there, and he had been bound up with the telephone cord and

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he said he had been robbed and beaten with a hammer. I am a tough

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old bird, really. I was in the Army, so I have had a few

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rough-and-tumble is in the Army. I was not going to give in. Ian was

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interviewed by local news days after the attack. The bruises on his face

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were still fresh, and show how violent the attack had been. There

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was a very large lump there. It has broken all the capillaries in my

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face. It is bleeding all the way down my face, down my neck and onto

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my chest. Nobody should go through something like that, especially

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nobody as frail and vulnerable as Ian. They attack has left Ian

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feeling like a prisoner in his own home. I am much more keen on

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security, making sure everything is locked and bolted and barred. Police

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are still hunting for Ian's attacker. Unless this person is

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caught, it could happen to somebody else. And it will. It is a horrific

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attack. DI Ally White is with me now. What do you know about the

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attacker? We are looking for a mixed male, about five foot ten tall, aged

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about 25, but disguised his appearance with a scarf and a woolly

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hat. He had a dark blue waterproof jacket on and dark jeans. There is

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some CCTV footage. It is a good lead. After the attack, which

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happened around 8:30am, he moved from the St James area of

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Northampton today Kingsley Park Terrace. He is caught on CCTV at the

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Nationwide bank, trying to use the bank card. He was unsuccessful,

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because Ian used quick thinking and gave him the wrong PIN number. Then

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he seemed to discard the card into a drain and walk off. What is your

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appeal to the public 's we are asking anyone who might know him to

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contact us straightaway. I am keen to arrest him as soon as possible.

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Anyone who was in the area of either sing James or Kingsley Park Terrace

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who might have seen this person between eight and ten in the

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morning. We really hope someone can help.

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Now I look at today's wanted faces. First up is 27-year-old Elisa

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Cardoni. She was found guilty at the Old Bailey in October last year of

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drug dealing, but failed to attend court for the hearing. She was

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sentenced to two years in prison in her absence. She has connections to

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the Ealing, Haringey at no areas of London and speaks with an Italian

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accent. She has a tattoo of three stars on the left side of her neck.

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She was pregnant at the time of the offence and is now believed to have

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a one-year-old child. Next, Mustapha Jibril. He has been wanted since

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June 2008. He was originally jailed for three years for armed robbery,

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but released early on licence. He failed to stick to the conditions of

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his release and is now wanted back in prison. Originally from Somalia,

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24-year-old also has links to the Netherlands and Liverpool. And this

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is 35-year-old Jamie Magee. Police want to question him in connection

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with the 19 deaths of back cards from Jim lockers across the UK. He

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has connections to the Coventry area and speaks with a Midlands accent.

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He also has a tattoo of the sun on his right arm. Finally, may did

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Ali, who may be using a number of false names. He is wanted for

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questioning by forces across the country in connection with

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high-value theft from employers. This is another picture of him. He

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is originally from Pakistan. If you recognise any of these faces, pick

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up the phone. Or you can text us. Of course, you can e-mail us as well.

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Welcome back to Northamptonshire. Now, how would a thief see this

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property? Easy pickings or too risky? Run prevention officer Shawn

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Johnson is here. Give us some advice. What is wonderful about this

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property when you see it is the natural surveillance we have. By

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that, I mean we have neighbours who can look into the front garden. That

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deters the offender from coming, because he can be seen. But when we

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walked in, I also noticed that it was a nice sunny day and people are

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leaving their windows open. This is about simple things you can do, not

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spending money, but making your house more secure. Through that

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window, I can see a laptop, so despite wonderful surveillance, and

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offender can walk through, take the laptop and run away. So if an

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offender sees this laptop, would they be looking for something to use

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to get into the property? Absolutely. Offenders do not wander

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around with picking tools in their pocket. They look for what is there,

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and immediately we can see some masonry on the floor. That can be

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picked up and foreign straight through the window and the laptop

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could be stolen. So it is about keeping your property clear of

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anything like this. You don't want to spend too much money on this.

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Absolutely. Ask yourself, if you had locked yourself out, how would you

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get into the house? Immediately, I saw some wheelie bins lying around

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here. You could use it as a climbing frame. Just get onto the wheelie

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bin, onto the flat roof and then round the back. When we look at the

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back of the premises, we know where the weak spots are. And burglary is

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such a distressing crime and one that the police have to deal with a

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lot. Absolutely, I have dealt with a lot of burglaries and I know that

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victims often moved house because it is a violation of their personal

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space. So by just doing the simple things like locking your wheelie

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bins away, that is perfect crime prevention. Really good advice for

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the front of the house. Later, we will be in the back garden, check

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out the security there. If you have got CCTV cameras as

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well, you might actually catch the crooks in the act. Watch carefully.

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It is a dark January evening in south London. This corner is keen to

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get into a block of flats, but no one answered the buzzer. He doesn't

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want to draw attention to himself, so he gives the door a discreet

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shove. But then he puts his back into it. Inside, he has a good look

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around before heading upstairs, where police say he spends five

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minutes Bergin two flats. He steals a laptop in one and strolls out with

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it in a bag. I wonder what the letter P on his jacket stands for,

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Prowler? You know what to do. Tower Hamlets, London, in May last

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year. A woman goes to take out ?20 to pay for a taxi. Suddenly, she was

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distracted by two women, one either side of her, who thrust newspapers

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between her and the cash machine. The victim shoos them away, but

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almost immediately, their mate in the striped hoody steps in, and then

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another newspaper is deliberately placed in front of the ATM. During

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the confusion, the thieves managed to add a zero to the 20 she has

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already keyed in and take ?200, leaving her clearly upset. If you

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have any information about these cash machine crooks, we want to

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know. Now, what is up with this guy? He wants to buy a drink at this

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Essex newsagent, why is he looking so shifty? The shop assistant keys

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in the price, and he hands over the money. Nothing strange about that,

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but just as the tiller opens, he lunges over-the-counter and manages

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to grab ?220. This must be thirsty work, because he makes it with the

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can of pop. Can you name this fifth? -- this fifth? If you recognise any

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of them, pick up the phone or send us a text. Now, every year,

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thousands of distressed people with mental health problems are arrested

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by police and taken into custody for their own safety. In

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Northamptonshire, they are currently trialling a new way of working to

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make sure people get the care they need before things escalate.

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It is called strict triage amperes per police officer and a community

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psychiatric nurse on the mobile patrol together. Tonight, the nurses

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working with PC Paul Hollins on the Saturday night shift, from six to

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midnight. Police officers get sent to a lot of incidents where we have

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to deal with people with mental health issues. And we as the police

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are not the best people to deal with them. Almost as soon as Bhavna and

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poor start their shift, a case comes through of a distressed young woman

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living in a shared house. I am just trying to see if she is known on our

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system. I will go on to the GP system as well. Next, they speak to

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the person who called 999. What has been going on? I just want to know a

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few bits before we come out if that is OK. There has been verbal and

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threatening behaviour? It appears more serious than they had expected.

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We might need some back-up with this lady. Apparently, it has been going

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on for the last week. She is drinking a lot, talking to herself.

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Let's just go. Bhavna believes that because she will be on the spot to

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assess the woman, she can make sure she gets the right care

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straightaway. I can divert them directly to the services they need,

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instead of the police then having to pick her up. If they are really

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disturbed and mentally unwell, it can be a daunting place to be locked

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up in a cell. It can make them more aggressive. Bhavna and Paul speak to

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the woman's housemate. He tells them the woman has been shouting and

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behaving very oddly. They had upstairs to speak to her. The woman

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is distressed that they persuade her to go downstairs. She is very upset

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and desperate to speak to her mum. They are able to leave the house

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with the young woman knowing there is help and support for her. She has

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experienced a lot of trauma in her life. She has been drinking quite a

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lot and that is why it is important to get her the right help before

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things escalate even further. Back at the office, another call comes

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in. It is about someone whose behaviour has given the police cause

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for concern. They check his records. He had been recently discharged, but

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because he was doing so well. It might be worth going to see him and

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chatting to him. Let's rock'n'roll. The man is thought not to be

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dangerous so they head out to see if they can help him. It is just after

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ten o'clock at night and the team ring his doorbell and wait.

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Unfortunately he is not here so we will have to update the police and

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maybe get somebody else to come out tomorrow to catch up with him. Each

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call is time-consuming, but there is a simple measure of their success.

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Fewer people with mental health issues are ending up in police

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cells. We have reduced the amount of police arrests by 40% in

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Northampton, which has saved a lot of police time. It also saves a lot

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of distress for people who are genuinely unwell at the time. That

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pilot scheme could now be rolled out across the country. I am joined by

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Kerry Owen who campaigns on mental health issues. You were taken to a

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cell, not in Northamptonshire, why was it the wrong place to be? It was

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terrifying because I was dragged out of bed by the police by my ankles

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while I was asleep. They pretty much threw me into a van. I was held

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down, stripped naked. I was screaming with pain because they

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were twisting my arms and hurting me and I was held down with my face to

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the floor and people sitting on my back because I could not breathe

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properly. Lots of people die in police cells every year. You are

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talking about a personal experience you had. You are involved with the

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scheme and we did see you in the film helping vulnerable young woman.

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How does this scheme help people on both sides of the equation? Patients

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but also the police? We work in collaboration with Northamptonshire

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Police to raise more awareness of mental health issues in the

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community. We work together exchanging and responding

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appropriately. With the nurses involved, we are responding

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appropriately to the people who ring and have mental health problems. It

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is to avoid situations like Kerry was in. Give us some examples on how

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you have helped people. We have come across things like substance abuse.

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If someone is under the influence of the hole and don't need to be

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assessed under the Mental Health Act, we referred them to other

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services, the substance misuse service. If someone has dementia,

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Alzheimer's, and are getting forgetful then we refer them to the

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elderly services. There are also children and adolescents. It is

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using all of the resources appropriate for the needs of these

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people. Thanks to you both very much for talking to us.

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Sounds like a great scheme. Now today we've been looking

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at ways to secure your home and later we'll be checking out

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the newest techniques for gathering fingerprints.

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But you may not know that your garden can hold lots of clues too.

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Forensic Ecologist Botanist Dr Patricia Wiltshire and

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Mycologist Professor David Hawksworth are here to explain.

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You have both used plants, pollen and fun guy to crack cases, how do

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you do that? Lots of ways but one thing that is important to police is

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time. Plants can give you a lot of stories. If we look at a stinging

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nettle, you can see the tape has started to turn round. If we just

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hold that up. It ends round out the top? When it is on its side will

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stop we got a date on that of about two days. What you can do a lot of

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experiments to look at the abrasion of the angle. You can tell that has

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been made to do that by some force? Yes. If you look at this. It looks

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just like an old stinging nettle but you can get a lot of clues? Once

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upon a time it was growing straight up. Something trod on it. Someone

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then chopped the end of with a strimmer which disrupted the

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hormonal flow down the plant. That allowed these side shoots to grow

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and each one becomes an individual nettle. These were trodden on again.

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We have a lot of information there. If you can work out how long it

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takes to get those shoots coming off. It is interesting in the studio

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but you have used this for real high profile cases? Yes, used it in the

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Soham murders. I was able to tell the police the person who had done

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the job, Huntly in this case had been there about two weeks before. I

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stop experiment after 13.5 days and it was exactly 13 point days he had

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been there. And David, fun guy is your speciality, how does that help

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in cases? It is different ways. It is something, ranchers are broken

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down, normally they grow this wake up. If the twigs are the other way

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round because somebody has put them over something or broken them off,

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this yellow and orange one is particularly interesting because

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some objects have been placed on this. It was this coloured dark

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green and we did some experiments to see how long it took to change

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colour and that gave us an indication how that -- how long that

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object have been there. You can also use pollen? Yes, it is in the air

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because I have a runny nose today. It falls on the ground and if people

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pick up soil, picked up pollen from the plans in any way, it sticks to

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you. If you go outside and have a look, no place is the same. Plans

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are always different. There is always a different assemblage of

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plans which means there is a difference assemblage of pollen. You

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can match the assemblage pollen at the crime with the semblance of

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pollen on the criminal. That is brilliant, fascinating stuff. Now

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let's go over to Sian. Talking about pollen there are plans in this

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garden. Hawksworth are here to explain.

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Yes, Rav, we've moved to the back garden of our house.

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Crime prevention officer Shaun Johnson is with me again.

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Lovely garden, but what would a burglar see here?

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We were climbing onto the flat roof. We see a window open and the burglar

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will see this as an opportunity. His hand will go in through the window,

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undo the lock and then he will climb through the bigger window. If that

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window was closed, you would have to think of another way to get into the

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house. There is a natural larder here with this fence to climb into

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the garden. And this spade could be used as a lever to get the French

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doors open or indeed the kitchen windows and affect entry into the

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house. Windows, isn't that the main way people get in, 25%? 25% of

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burglaries in this county art through insecurities. If we could

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get that message through to the public, it would be fantastic. Lock

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up your houses. A cat flap is a natural thing to have, but what

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about for a burglar? They see an opportunity. People will leave the

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keys in the back door. It is about looking for items to help them

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commit the crime. A pair of barbecue tongs, leaning through the flap,

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getting picky and pulling it out. Very simple and effective. Don't

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leave your keys in the doors of your house. We saw that in our experiment

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with the flap. It has been illuminating, be advised you have

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given and hopefully some good tips for you at home as well.

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Still to come: Recognise anyone in this battered photo? The new clue to

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death years ago. Some of the burglars we have been talking about

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today would be put up by CCTV cameras and dogs. But this next pair

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could not care less. I have not been able to leave my

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home, the mental affect it has had on me is immense. Jackie and her

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family have lived in Kettering for 14 years, running a dental

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technician business from their home. It is a family run business and we

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all do our bit, as and when needed. Jackie has osteoarthritis, a

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condition which causes severe pain. To help her manage, she needs to

:28:02.:28:05.

rest for a while each day. I have two have a sleep in the afternoon to

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be able to cope with the rest of the day. As Jackie was resting on the

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14th of March, her home CCTV captured a man approaching the

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house. My daughter had just come back from doing deliveries and was

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having a shower. I heard that doorbell ring and because we have

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patients coming to the laboratory, I thought it was a patient. After a

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quick cigarette, the visitor left. But he wasn't gone for long,

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returning with a second man. This time, their intentions became clear

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as they tried to crowbar open the side door. Jackie's great Danes

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began barking. The loud barking of a big dog usually puts off most

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burglars. But these two were quite prepared to carry on even though

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there were two dogs there. I heard the dogs barking, but that is usual.

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I did not think any more. Giving up on the side door, the burglars tried

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another way into Jackie's home and they found the gate was open and the

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kitchen door was unlocked. Armed with their crowbars they prepared to

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go into the house where the dogs were barking. One picked up his

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crowbar and went into a position as if he was expecting the dogs to

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attack. When the dogs did not attack, they headed into the

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kitchen. By now, Jackie was wide awake. My daughter shouted to me

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that somebody was in the kitchen. I thought it might be an elderly

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patient. I went down because I did not want the dogs jumping up at

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them. The men grabbed Jackie's khakis and were in and out of the

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kitchen within seconds. They then began on bolting the double gates to

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steal her car. I expected to be greeted by an elderly patient. As I

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stepped out of the door behind me, I realised it was two men. The moment

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I was stood face to face with him, I did not know what he was going to

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do. Suddenly the man in the sunglasses lashed out at Jackie. A

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first punch he gave me was to my left jaw. I still have flashbacks to

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that one punch. In just over three seconds, the burglar hit Jackie five

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times. They both ran through the side gate and I ran after them. I

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saw them running down the adjacent road. Jackie's daughter heard her

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cries and came to help, picking up the khakis before chasing after the

:30:55.:30:58.

burglars. I collapsed. I wasn't sure what injuries I had but I knew I had

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some. I was very frightened. Jackie's daughter took her inside

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and called the police. The pain started almost immediately, and the

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pounding in my head lasted for a few days. It was like I had been in a

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boxing match. When Jackie later went to hospital, the full extent of the

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attack became clear. I had an x-ray, and I had a crack in my jaw. I have

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been having to eat soft food for eight weeks because of that. These

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offenders appear to be experienced burglars who are prepared to stop at

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nothing to commit their crimes. There was no need for them to

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assault Jackie, but they did so anyway. They are dangerous. It has

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changed everything we do. Every time I past the front door, I see them

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putting the crowbar in. When I come down the garden, I see the attack at

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the gates. I don't go out on my own, I don't stay here on my own. It is

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just a life changing experience that you never expect. And DS Dave Harley

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is here. What can you tell us about the attackers? The first man is

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described as white, five tall, aged in his early 20s. He is medium build

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and was wearing a dark jacket, a blue baseball cap, mirrored

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sunglasses and carrying a green bag. The second man was slightly

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shorter, also aged in his mid-20s. He was slim build and wearing a

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green overall type garment, with a hood. He was also wearing a baseball

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cap and was carrying a bag similar to this. With a distinctive logo. It

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is quite distinctive. And you have some new information? Yes, since we

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started the investigation, we have had a witness come forward who saw

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two men matching the description getting into a silver VW Passat, not

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far from the scene in Hallwood Road. Have a registration number for

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that vehicle, which was FY62 VYX. We know that is a cloned registration

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plate, so there is a proper car out there bearing those numbers, but

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they used a cloned plate on this one. We are anxious to trace those

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numberplates. If you recognise that car or the descriptions of these

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men, get in touch. Now, we urgently need to find this

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guy, who pulled a knife on supermarket staff in Bristol. Avon

:33:46.:33:50.

and Somerset Police need to find him after an incident at a Tesco express

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store on Westerns waitress before 5:30pm on Jews did the 14th of

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January. Staff challenged the shoplifter -- on Tuesday the 14th of

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January. He pulled out what looks like a kitchen knife and pointed it

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towards the staff member before running off. He is described as

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being white, mid-to-late 20s, medium build and five foot nine to ten

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tall. He had short brown hair and was clean-shaven. If you know who he

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is, call us now. Or you can speak to Crimestoppers anonymously. Now to

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the sad case of a man who died more than a decade ago, whose body was

:34:34.:34:41.

found in 2002 at a nature reserve, Lings Wood. There are no suspicious

:34:42.:34:44.

circumstances here, but no one has got in touch about this man. Neil

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McMahon is from the cold Case team. You look at unsolved crimes. What

:34:50.:34:53.

can you tell us about this man 's we know he had been in situ for

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possibly as long as 12 months. He was a mature male, would have been

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at least 25 years old. Possibly up to 50. And he was about five foot

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nine in height. He was decomposed when we found him, though some of

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the usual ways we identify people are unavailable. And destruction is

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important. Tell us about his appearance -- description. Yes, a

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clay model was put together which might indicate what he would have

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looked at. This was done with experts from another field. We did a

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media Expose on that at the time, and it has not brought us any fresh

:35:35.:35:40.

information. But there is a possession that might shed light on

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this and could help people watching at home? Yes, the indications are

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that this gentleman was living rough in the woods and had been for a

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while. And amongst those possessions were an old black-and-white

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photograph which appears to depict a social scene. That picture was

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poorly damaged. It seems to be from a different era as well. You can

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just about make out the clothes people were wearing at a black-tie

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dinner. How important is it that people help you after such a long

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time? Nearly 12 years since we found the deceased. I am anxious to

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identify who use. Someone out there will no. It is a sad case in that we

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have not yet been able to identify him using traditional ways. If it

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rings any bells or you recognise the photograph, we are waiting for your

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call. Now, we all know about neighbourhood

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watch schemes, but in Leicestershire, they have roped in

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some new recruits to help crack down on rural crime.

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One of the jewels in the crown of the Midlands, there is no doubt that

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Rutland water is home to some of England's most stunning scenery. But

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the countryside can cultivate a certain type of crime. There are

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lots of farms in this county and thefts of diesel or oil, theft from

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Barnes, which can often be remote. But putting bobbies on the beach to

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tackle such crimes is tricky in such a rural setting. The officers have a

:37:11.:37:16.

very large geographical area to cover, 152 square miles. So the

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reality is that it is a large area, with few officers. So Leicestershire

:37:24.:37:25.

police have thought of another way to increase their presence on the

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ground, and it involves four legs instead of two. I got the idea for

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the police volunteers on horseback. I am a writer myself, so I know that

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where I write, I know it really well and I know when something is out of

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place -- when I ride. To help our community in Rutland. We spend a lot

:37:53.:37:56.

of time on the roads, in fields. We. We thought we would be of great help

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to them. The volunteer riders all weapons are -- special police

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branded jackets. It is a bigger visual presence within the

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community, and it helps deter crime doing that we are out and about, and

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we are quite visual. And being on top of a horse definitely gives the

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volunteers a unique perspective on crime. We have the added benefit of

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being slightly higher up than any patrol cars or people walking, and

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we can see over hedges, over the valley. We can see anything

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suspicious or irregular. Despite only operating for a few months, the

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volunteers have already been able to aid the police in fighting crime.

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When we are out patrolling, we are looking for suspicious vehicles. If

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we see anything, we report it to the police. We have had reports from our

:38:50.:38:56.

riders about suspicious vehicle activity. When riders tell us about

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it we sent police officers to investigate. The volunteers' high

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visibility has also made the area safer in other ways full up the

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biggest benefit is people telling me that the traffic on the roads has

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slowed down. That is one of the biggest complaints I have as their

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commander for this area, so it is a huge benefit. The scheme has been

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more popular than the police could have imagined. We now have 49

:39:26.:39:28.

volunteers, who are all exercising their horses, and they are the eyes

:39:29.:39:32.

and ears of Leicestershire police when they are out on patrol. Seeing

:39:33.:39:36.

our volunteers on horseback makes people feel safer.

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Four legs definitely better than two there. Now, inside our house, we are

:39:44.:39:47.

imagining that the thieves have got in and escaped with some valuables.

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The question is, what clues would they leave behind? We are going to

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talk about fingerprints with Dr John Bond, an expert in forensic and also

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an inventor. You have come up with this invention that we want to know

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more about. We are going to do something different testing. I will

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do a quick thumbprint, and let's hope that reveal something. What do

:40:11.:40:15.

you do with that 's eye am being that into the machine, the

:40:16.:40:19.

commercial version of the invention. We pressed the button, and that will

:40:20.:40:24.

now develop your fingerprint by applying heat to that paper. It is

:40:25.:40:30.

special paper that you get from petrol stations and supermarkets and

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so on, till paper. It uses a dive rather than Inc. So really something

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the police could come across a lot when investigating a theft or

:40:44.:40:47.

burglary. And it could not be correctly tested in the same way. It

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was a blackspot for the police? Yes, it was difficult to get fingerprints

:40:52.:40:57.

from this paper chemical, because the chemicals react with the dye

:40:58.:41:02.

ascending the paper black and obliterating any finger prints.

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While that is cooking, you are also working on something else. Yes, this

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is a new idea to complement this. It is just a light source where you can

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see fingerprints that might be found on the paper. If you look at that

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till slip, you can see that the fingerprint becomes visible when you

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switch the light on and disappears when you switch it off. We can just

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see that thumbprint on the till receipt. So that will work alongside

:41:30.:41:37.

the current system. Ready to come out? Yes, it is finished. There we

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are, you can see your fingerprint. Let me show you that till paper.

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There is a blotchy fingerprint that I put on at the beginning of this

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conversation. How long did that take? No more than 45 seconds.

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Absolutely vital for police forces. Thanks for showing us that. Really

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interesting, and I know you are working on new stuff all the time.

:42:07.:42:10.

This latest element could soon be rolled out to police forces as well.

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A quick update now. Some interesting calls on our faces today,

:42:17.:42:18.

particularly Jamie McGhie, wanted for theft of bank cards from Jim

:42:19.:42:22.

lockers. And also Elisa Cardoni, wanted the drug dealing. Also names

:42:23.:42:28.

given for the young men wanted for a vicious attack in Cardiff that we

:42:29.:42:33.

showed you on CCTV yesterday. Lots of information on the man wanted for

:42:34.:42:37.

a series of burglaries in sports changing rooms. The police are

:42:38.:42:41.

following that up. Thank you to everyone who got in touch. Sian,

:42:42.:42:45.

where will you be tomorrow? I hope that you at home have had some good

:42:46.:42:48.

advice today on how to make your home more secure. Tomorrow, we will

:42:49.:42:54.

be in Northampton market, where we will be finding out about body worn

:42:55.:42:58.

cameras that the police use to gather evidence in their fight

:42:59.:43:04.

against crime. For more on today's programme, head to the website. The

:43:05.:43:08.

now, we leave you with a final look at our wanted faces. Someone

:43:09.:43:13.

watching knows where these people are. If you are that person, get in

:43:14.:43:17.

touch. Thank you for watching. Until tomorrow, take care.

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