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for your call. We're on the road with the police and we're asking you

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to help them tackle crime. Today, the good is Samaritan who paid a

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heavy price for herselfless deed. It was very very scary. I wouldn't want

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anybody to go through that again. We're on patrol with a police dog

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wearing body worn police cameras to capture crimes as they happen.

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You're watching Crimewatch Roadshow. Hello and welcome to the show. We're

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out and across the country with the UK's police forces and we have the

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low down on the criminals and their cons. Later in today's programme:

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Taxi driver, Les Ross was murdered, but who was threatening him shortly

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before he was killed? Somebody has got information.

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Somebody knows who has done it and why they've done it and they've not

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said anything. And the father who fought back against the gunmen who

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burst into his home. My partner was there and she was really hysterical.

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I felt I had to do something. It's our second day with

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Northamptonshire Police and Sian is in Northampton's Market Square. Yes,

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Rav. The stalls are open. It is beginning to get busy with shoppers

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by day and of course, its revellers by night. Later, we will be finding

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out about these ankle tags designed to keep offenders off the drink. We

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will be with an undercover team as they find out which off licences are

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selling alcohol to children. First, if someone tried to flag down your

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car on a country road, what would you do? One woman thought she was

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doing the right thing, but it is a decision she now regrets. I'm

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scared. We will get there as soon as we are physically able to, OK?

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Linda is a care worker who looks after sick and elderly people. She

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travels dozens of miles every day to visit homes across Northamptonshire.

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My day really starts at 6.30am. Sometimes I can get home by 3pm and

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there is times I don't get home until 10pm. Yes, they are long

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hours. Tuesday, 7th January seemed like just another working day for

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Linda. At around 4.30pm, she was on her way from Corby to visit a

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patient in Oundle. I was driving along this dark country lane and it

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was all hedges. Linda spotted a man standing by the side of the road

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trying to flag her down. I didn't know if somebody was ill at the side

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of the road or if somebody or if he was hurt and he wanted help. So I

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slowed down to see what, if there was any help I could give him. The

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man moved towards the middle of the road waving as if desperate for her

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to stop. He came around to the side door of my car and before I stopped,

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he had opened it. He grabbed me by the back of my hair and tried to

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pull me out of the car and I just was terrified, I didn't know what he

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was going to do. I thought he was either going to rape me or he was

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going to sexually assault me or he wanted the car. I just didn't know

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what he wanted. Linda was petrified of what was going to happen if she

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was dragged out of the car. He was a large man, a big man. He was very

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strong. In desperation, she clung on to the handbrake. When he realised I

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was not going to let go and he could see that I had got nursing equipment

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on my passenger side of the car, and he saw my uniform, he asked if I had

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got any needles on me and I said I don't carry any, I'm a career. I

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said I just go around and help people. Because the man asked Linda

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for needles, it is possible that he was a drug user. He did clearly act

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in a very erratic manner, very unpredictable manner and that might

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back that theory up. Her attacker's next move was to try and open the

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boot, but that was locked so he began to search inside the car. He

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lent across me so I was hardly breathing. His body was over the top

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of mine and he was looking on the floor, on the passenger seat, he

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opened the glove compartment to see if there was any medical stuff

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around. Despite his attempts to hide his identity, Linda thinks see would

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recognise her attacker again. When he spoke, he spoke with a Caribbean

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accent. I deal with people of all races and I know the accent quite

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well. Then, the man grabbed Linda's satnav and ran. He ran like nobody's

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business across this field and I saw him for about 500 yards and then I

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didn't see him anymore. Police emergency. A man just stopped me in

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the middle of the road. He opened the door and asked if I had got any

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needles or anything. I was scared. I remember saying,

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"How long is it going to be? How long? I'm frightened. I'm having an

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asthma attack. Don't leave me, I'm scared." The police reached Linda

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within 20 minutes, the next day she was back at work. It took a lot to

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get back in the car the next day when it was dark, I was worried I

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was going down the country lanes. It was awful. I wouldn't wish it upon

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anybody. A frightening experience for Linda

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there and DC Rob Mannion is with me now. What description do you have of

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man who did this to Linda? The victim has described him as a black

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male aged 25 and 30 years old. About 5'9" inches tall and medium build.

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He was wearing a bright orange jacket with a stripe down. We think

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it might be a hi-visibility jacket and we would like people to consider

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that when she provide information. He was wearing dark jeans, dark

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trainers and a balaclava. Do you think Linda was specifically

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targeted? No, we think it was a purely random attack and Linda was

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unfortunate that she was in that place at that time. The wrong place

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at the wrong time. Now, there m been a sighting of him, we think, earlier

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that day? A witness came forward to say there was a male of a similar

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description seen at 9am in the village that morning. So we are

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appealing for anybody who may know this male to come forward and

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provide any information. If you have seen that man, please get in touch.

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Let's look at today's wanted faces. First up is this man there, is

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24-year-old, Sean Travis Graham, he was jailed for two-and-a-half years

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for burglary. He was released on licence, but failed to stick to the

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conditions of his release and is wanted back in prison. Graham is

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from the Liverpool area and has links to Costa Rica. Wanted face

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number 18 here is Mark Johnson or mark storer. He is wanted for

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questioning by officers in North Yorkshire in connection of unpaid

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hotel bills of over ?4,000. He is a keen train spotter. Do you recognise

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this man here? This is Carlos Oriel Rodrigues. The 36-year-old is wanted

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for questioning in connection with two burglaries at homes in London.

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He is a Portuguese speaking Columbian national has a tattoo on

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his left wrist with the name Danjelo and on the other with the name

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Bradley. Here is Adam Stewart Lea or Addie. He failed to stick to his

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terms and is wanted back inside. Lea has connections to the Liverpool,

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Crewe, chest a Carlisle -- Chester and Carlisle areas. He has a mole

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above his top lip. If you recognise any of them, pick up the phone. You

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can call us on: 08000 468999 Our you can text us on: 63399 Or you can

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e-mail us. The Metropolitan Police released

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what has been the largest world trial of technology called body worn

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video. Tiny cameras that are attached to the officer's uniform.

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They can film a crime as it is being committed, but also the police's

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reaction. For year, they have been using them for years, so we have

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been out with a team to find out how they work. It is a Friday night and

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PC Hughes and Spires are getting ready for a busy shift. They will be

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patrolling Northampton town centre armed with an essential piece of

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kit. Pull the front TV down and the green light indicates it is

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recording and at the end of what you want to be filming, push up and

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that's it. As simple as that. 50 miles away in Kettering, PC Steve

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Thorpe is a dog handler, the area he covers is rural, but he is using the

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technology. The body worn video that I'm using today is intrared and it

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will record in the dark. Tonight we're on patrol with the police dog

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and hopefully, we'll catch some baddies, won't we? Yeah. Back in

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central Northampton, the police had a call. Two women need their help.

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Hello. One of the women tells the officers that a drunk girl has hit

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her as she was walking along the street. Give us a couple of minutes.

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Dan checks in with colleagues who have spotted a couple of likely

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suspects. Our colleagues have got a couple of girls stopped at the bus

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station which may or not be based on the description. I would say they

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are about five nine. Dan and Bas head off to the bus station to see

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what is going on. In Kettering PC Thorpe is on his way to investigate

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a suspected burglary. This is a farm which is on the outskirts of the

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town. They have been a victim of crime a week or so were a generator

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was stolen. As he starts to search the area, Steve turns on his body

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worn video to record any potential evidence. A shouted warning and the

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search is on. Another criminal could soon be caught on camera. Since

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Northamptonshire Police began using body worn video back in 2007, they

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have recorded thousands of criminal incidents. But not only is the

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footage an important tool for the police, it could be saving us money.

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The police believe that the footage can persuade criminals caught on

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camera to plead guilty earlier. As the evidence is so damning. That

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could save on expensive and lengthy court cases. But will the camera

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help Steve and the police dog as they search the farm for an

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intruder? Go on. Find him. This is where it comes into its own. It

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records infrared. Even though it is dark, you can see the dog. The wind

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is coming that way. If there is any scent, he will pick up on the scent.

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The trail has gone cold. Nobody about, no mate. Unfortunately,

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whoever was here has gone. It is time for Steve to head back out to

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await another call. In Northampton, Bas and Dan found their drunk

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suspect. She has been arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour and

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the officers explain she is being record on their cameras. Be

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behaviour gets worse. She spits into an officer's face. Do not spit. I'm

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going to arrest you for assault. And that's for spitting in my face. Get

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off. You previously spot in my face and it is for our protection. And

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the officers space a spit hood over her head. The spitting woman can see

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through it, but it protects the officers from disease. The PC

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explained about the camera. It is evidence of her disorderly behaviour

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and her spitting on me is there too. Police believes that wearing the

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cameras offer them greater protection and reduces the number of

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confrontations that they have to deal with. During the last incident,

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one of the friends, of the female that was locked up, started accusing

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us of being excessive force. As soon as I mentioned she was being

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recorded, she turned away. There is nothing she can say and that's

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brilliant. All I have to use is my mouth, point to the camera and job

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done. The spitting woman was charged with being drunk and disorderly in a

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public place and assaulting a police officer. A busy Friday night winds

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down across the county. Officers return to base and recharge their

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cameras ready for the next shift. How easy are the cameras to use?

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Very simple. You just pick it up, slide the thing down at the front

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and it works straightaway. There are different types? A variety of

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cameras. Ones that our recording constantly, so even you put --

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forget to press the button, the first few seconds I captured. Give

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us some examples of when they have been useful? Police officers and

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police community support officers are capturing evidence of

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anti-social behaviour, evidence of crime, evidence of the start of an

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incident, and they are often useful for recording witnesses and how the

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crime is impacted on them immediately afterwards. Sometimes

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the police get complaints. Do these help in respect of that at all? They

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are very helpful, particularly dealing with malicious complaints.

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When the video is available, it can quickly resolve some of those

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complaints. Would you not be without these no? Guillemot cry certainly

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would not go out without one. Ayes little -- a vital piece of kit.

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Later we will find out how victims of crime and have their voices

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heard. Still ahead: The undercover operation sending teenagers to test

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whether off-licences sell booze to children. She has got her bag in her

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hand. Now to a brutal murder featured on Crimewatch last year.

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Unfortunately, it remains unsolved. Police have new information which

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they hope you can help with. The worst thing is that somebody

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knows something. Someone has information. Somebody knows who has

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done it and why they have done it. They are not saying anything. We

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have spoken to thousands of people and it has given us new lines of

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inquiry and potential motives for the attack on legs. Les Ross, known

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as David to his family, worked as a taxi driver in Corby. In December

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2012 he was murdered, seemingly for no reason. His brother and friend

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spoke to Crimewatch last February. David was one of the best brothers

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you could ever, ever think of. A very, very kind man. You could not

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help but like him. Lead also worked regularly as a doorman in corporate.

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-- layers also worked as a doorman in Corby. He enjoyed the banter. He

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enjoyed meeting people. In 2012 he took the opportunity to be part of

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of a new nightclub in Corby town centre. It opened on the 6th of

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December, and he was front of house. Being part of the nightclub scene

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was always part of his dream. The night was really busy. He must have

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shaken hands with several hundred people. Everybody wished him look.

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He was just chuffed. Nine days after the opening night, he returned from

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working at the club to discover an unwelcome surprise. I have just come

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home from work... The burglars had also left the taps

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running and flooded the house, damaging the electrics. While

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repairs were made, he moved into the express in Corby old village. The

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next evening, he worked in the club as usual and returned to the club

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around 2am on the Monday morning. We know that he received a phone call

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at quarter past seven on Monday morning. We also know that he

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replied to a text at 7:32am that morning. That was the last anybody

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heard of him. Somebody had got into his hotel room and attacked him. He

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had been repeatedly punched and kicked in the head, the blows

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causing him to lose consciousness and died. -- die. He was discovered

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by hotel staff a few hours later. More than a year has passed since an

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appeal was launched on carbon -- Crimewatch. Somebody was offering

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him a substantial amount of money and could be responsible for his

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murder. He had a ?5,000 stake in the nightclub. We believe he was offered

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?50,000 to hand over his share. We believe the people making that offer

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were intimidating him. They were visiting him on a regular basis. And

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they were causing him some concern. We believe those people are the

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people who were responsible for the fatal assault on the Monday morning.

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If we were aware that he was being intimidated, there is a high

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probability that we could have helped them. That is a regret we

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have got to live with. Police have scoured CCTV from around

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the hotel and now want to speak to the drivers of two cars, you may

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have vital information. The first, an old style red Volvo, was seen

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flashing its lights while parked outside the hotel early on the

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morning of Les's death. The second, a silver grey saloon vehicle, was

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seen a couple of hours later being driven by a male in a shirt and tie

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in a street near the hotel. The drivers were in the area at the time

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and may well hold crucial information. The worst thing is that

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somebody knows something, somebody has information, some of the worst

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thing is that somebody knows something, somebody has information,

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summary knows whodunnit unwise they've done it. And they are not

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saying anything. And that is really, really tough to take.

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Detective chief inspector Martin Kinch enjoins me. How much under

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pressure was layers to sell his share of the Pope? He was under

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immense pressure. We know he had received a visit at his home and at

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this places of work. Somebody was putting a lot of pressure on him. We

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saw in the film that there are a two drivers who would like to talk to.

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There are other potential witnesses? That's right. There was a man

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crossing the road and then he sees something that makes him change his

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mind. That could be very significant to the investigation. We are also

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keen to speak to a lady who has blonde hair and was wearing a black

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dress. She was with Les in the early hours of the morning and was

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probably the last person to have a significant conversation with him

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before he died. What if people are too frightened to come forward? Your

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safety is paramount to us. I have got experienced and trained officers

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who will speak to you confidentially wherever and whenever you feel

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safest. You could always call the Crimestoppers number anonymously.

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Thank you. If you do have any information, you can text or e-mail

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us. Now to the suburbs of Northampton,

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where a young father coming from the school run was subjected to a truly

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terrifying ordeal. They spoilt a home that we used to

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call a family home. We don't feel safe with the kids in the house.

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Businessman Dean, his partner Stephanie and their three children

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live in Little Billing just outside Northampton. I like being a dad, it

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is good. One is seven, one is five and one is four. I have been going

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out with Stephanie for seven years. We get married in July. She is as

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important to me as the kids are. I want to look after and protector as

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much as I do my kids. On a Friday morning in March, Stephanie was

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having a lie in. She had worked late the previous night. Team took the

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children to school and returned home to get ready for work. When I was

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driving into my street, approaching my drive, I saw two blokes. I did

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not think anything of it. I approached the front door. At that

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point they were right behind me. They pushed me against the door

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quite viciously and they said to me, we have got a gun, let us in. The

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men pushed him inside and locked the door behind them. They made a

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chilling threat. We have got your girlfriend. We have got your

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girlfriend. They said they had already found Stephanie. They

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started rifling through my pockets. They took my phone, my wallet,

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money, khakis. I gave them everything so they would leave

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straightaway and that they would not harm Stephanie. The thieves were not

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satisfied. Somehow they knew that Dean had a safe in the house. They

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were putting pressure on me with the gun to go upstairs and get the money

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out of the safe. The gunman waited while Dean fetched the safe. As he

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reached his bedroom he saw that Stephanie was still safely in bed. I

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saw Stephanie lying in bed, still sleeping, which was a sigh of

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relief, just to know she was OK. That was a good feeling in a bad

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situation. Being woke Stephanie and told her to call the police. I

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whispered to her to ring the police that they were two men in the house

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wife Stephanie Cole 999. -- called 999. But the gunman became

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suspicious and started to come up the stairs. He came up the stairs

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because he could hear something. That is when he saw my partner on

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the phone and started shouting at her to get off the phone. Dean

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stepped between the gunman and his girlfriend. At this point I was

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thinking they were going to shoot me anyway. The fact that my partner was

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there and she was really hysterical, I felt I had to do

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something. In desperation, Dean kicked out one of the banister

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spindles. I used that to try to defend myself and my partner. I

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started running at him and shouting back at him. I went chasing him down

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the stairs. Thankfully the threats worked. The robbers began backing

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off down the stairs. As I pushed them down the stairs, when I got to

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the bottom of the stairs I took the opportunity that McVeigh took the

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opportunity and ran out the door. At this point it was a relief, knowing

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how lucky we were that nobody got hurt. With the robbers out of the

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house Stephanie rang the police. DC Donna Fleming was on the scene

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soon after the robbery. When I interviewed Dean he was still in a

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state of shock. He was also angry about what had happened. They have

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spoilt a home that we used to call a family home. We do not feel safe

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with the kids in the house. It worries me that even now they could

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have taken Stephanie. That goes through my mind all the time. And DC

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Donna Fleming is with me now. A terrifying ordeal for this couple.

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What descriptions do you have of the two men? The first male is a white

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male. He is in his 40s and of a skinny build. He has stubble on his

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face and he was wearing a long jaofd grey hooded top and the second male,

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he was white and in his 40s and of a bigger build and wearing a grey long

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sleev hooded top. How were the males be having? Very aggressive. The

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first male was carrying the gun and appeared to be more in charge of the

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situation. The second male appeared to be more passive to the situation

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and a bit more nervous. And he was the first one to run off, wasn't he?

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He was, indeed. It was shocking when you think what happened to these

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people. Horrendous. What's your appeal to the public? Clearly, this

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was a terrifying ordeal for Dean and Stephanie in their own home. It is

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clear on the 999 call how frightened Stephanie was to have the males in

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her home and I would appeal to the public, if they think back to that

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time of day, between 9am and 9.30am, did they see these two males? Is

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there anything they can think of now, that they didn't think much of

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at the time, if they can give us a call and let us know what

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information we've got and it would be really helpful. Donna, thank you

:30:59.:31:02.

very much. Crimes like that have a big impact

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on the victims and the justice system can be a scary thing for

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them. A new code is helping change that. This is to make sure those

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people who are affected by crime are supported? We in Victim Support look

:31:21.:31:27.

after people who are affected. We give them the strength to recover

:31:28.:31:31.

from the crime. The Victim's Code is about making sure that those people

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who are affected by crime know how they will be treated by the system

:31:36.:31:38.

to ensure they have the confidence to report the crimes and give

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evidence in court and to ensure offenders are convicted. Tell me

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what a victim personal statement is? The victim personal statement let's

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the victim have their say and what's important about it is it let's them

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get across, not just the physical, but also the emotional impact that

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the crime has had on them. OK, we can see an example now. We can hear

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from a victim who did just that. This is 20-year-old Rhys Wilson from

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Cardiff. He was out in friends in March when he was attacked by a man

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carrying a knife. He cut my face and my ear with a knife. It happened so

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quick. It was just unreal. When the police asked me to do a victim

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impact statement, I wasn't sure about doing it, but I thought I

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might as well do it because then it gets my part of the story across and

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show how I was feeling and how my family and friends were feeling

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about it. It is like you are getting everything off your chest like how

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everything panned out in on the night and how stuff has gone since

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that night. We can see there the clear difference to a normal

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statement which is just where the offence happened and describing the

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offender perhaps, this is how it affected him, his life and his

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family as well. Yeah, no, it is really important that people feel

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that they have got the confidence to give evidence. Our Witness Service

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will look after those who are called on to give evidence in court. They

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can provide familiarisation visits to make them comfortable when they

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go to court and for the witnesses who are vulnerable or are

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intimidated, they can ask for special measures and these include

:33:20.:33:22.

having screens or giving their evidence by vie yo link. We --

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videolink. We provide support for those who need it, after they have

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been to court. If the court sees the impact. It must be benefital for the

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judges to see that as well? You can see from what Rhys said, the impact

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statement gives a sense of the emotional impact on them and their

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family. That's what really makes a difference and that's what makes the

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evidence really compelling for the judge. Absolutely. I remember we

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used them when I was in the police and very effective and a useful tool

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as well. Sian, oh, they are in Northampton.

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Well, later tonight this part of Northampton will be teeming with

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people drinking and going to the pubs and clubs. Most of them, of

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course, will be adducts, but how prevent shops and pubs selling to

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those who are under-age? Well, we have been out with one team designed

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to do just that. We're doing a test purchase op

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today. PC Rod McKenzie is leading the operation in Corby. Many of

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these officers regularly operate underdiscover and their identities

:34:37.:34:43.

have been -- undercover and their identities are hidden. We have seen

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an increase in anti-social behaviour. That's what we are trying

:34:48.:34:51.

to, just nip that in the bud. Selling alcohol to a minor is a

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criminal offence. Rod and the team are targeting specific shops. Well,

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it is not a fishing exercise, it is intelligence-led. We gather

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information and information from officers and that's how we've drawn

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up our top list of the premises we want to check today. Police cadets

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aged under 18 will be sent to try to buy alcohol in the off licences. The

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first premises that we're going to check, if we go back three or four

:35:21.:35:26.

weeks, on that occasion they sold to the test purchaser. They failed the

:35:27.:35:31.

test last time. A cadet goes and tries to buy alcohol, but comes out

:35:32.:35:36.

empty-handed. It looks like the test purchase is coming out and she

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hasn't got anything with her. That looks like it has been a refusal. So

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it looks like the job is done. It is a positive effort that they have

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refused. It looks like they have tightened up their procedures. The

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next two off licences refuse to sell to the cadets of the third which

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failed in a test purchase a few months ago, also says no. He's out.

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Nothing in his hand. He what had a refusal. A month earlier, a similar

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operation tested 12 premises. Three did sell alcohol to under-age

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children and were fined. These operations are not only about

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checking if off licences are following the law. Young people who

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get the alcohol and then become, they drink too much and are unsup

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viced, they are vulnerable to maybe being assaulted or worse. Their

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fifth visit of the day and the team are off to a Tesco's on the

:36:37.:36:42.

outskirts of town. Police say they are acting on intelligence. This

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location we have got information that they are using the self-service

:36:46.:36:50.

check-out and when they are purchasing their alcohol it is not

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being checked as well as it should. It looks like she has got something.

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Right, so we have possibly got a sale there. She has got a bag in her

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hand. The cadet and officers return and the alcohol is bagged as

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evidence. Chose alcohol. Went to the self-service till. The sale of

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alcohol needs to be authorised, that's being authorised by a member

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of staff. It looks like the check hasn't been done on this occasion.

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One of the undercover officers, Greg, heads in to speak to the

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manager. Is the manager about or assistant manager? Greg explains

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that the female member of staff who verified the sale will have to speak

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with his uniformed officer. There is going to be a certain amount of

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heartache involved in this, I can tell you that now. It is possible

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she is going to get some form of sanction. Greg calls in his team to

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speak with the staff member. He explains that she sold alcohol to a

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minor. The way that I propose to deal with this is by way of Fixed

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Penalty Notice. We will issue a Fixed Penalty Notice for the sum of

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?90. There is a few things I need to go through. If you have any

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questions then just please ask. Whilst the ticket is issued, the

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manager is warned that if another offence is committed within three

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months, the store's licence would have to be reviewed. She is a little

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bit upset as a result of, you know, the police presence and how we've

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dealt with the matter, but she understands the importance of that

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and the fact that we need to get that message out not to sell alcohol

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to young people. It doesn't matter how busy you are or what you are

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doing, if you have any doubt, you don't authorise that sale. Ought of

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the seven stores -- out of the seven stores test purchased, only one sold

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alcohol to the cadets and for the team, that's a successful day. Let's

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hope that in itself is enough because that will potentially stop

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one, two, maybe countless numbers of young people purchasing alcohol and

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putting themselves in a vulnerable position as a result of that. Tesco

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told us when it comes to selling alcohol they have a strict Think 25

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policy, that's where they ask for prove of age from anyone who looks

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under the age of 25. The firm says they are disappointed that this

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wasn't observed on this particular occasion. They have taken a number

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of steps in the store including retraining of the team there. The

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Northamptonshire Police take alcohol related incidents seriously and

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chief inspector Dave Spencer is here. We're run ago six month pilot

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with alcohol tags. You wear them on the ankle, there are there 24/7.

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Every half an hour, it will analyse the sweat from the person wearing it

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and it will detect how much alcohol is in the system. That gets

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transmitted back to a computer that logs this and we can see if people

:39:56.:39:59.

are complying with what they have agreed which is to be sober. Lisa is

:40:00.:40:02.

wearing this. What does it feel like? It does feel a bit unusual. Is

:40:03.:40:08.

that strange? Is it heavy? What's it like for somebody wearing it? Well,

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I wore one for ten days, it is light. It is five ounces. The first

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day, the first 36 hours, it can feel different. You are not used to

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wearing things on your leg, once you get through that, you hardly notice

:40:23.:40:27.

it is there. Well, who would end up wearing a tag? This pilot, we're

:40:28.:40:34.

targeting your binge drinker or the person who gets too much and that

:40:35.:40:39.

would cause them get involved in minor assaults, and scuffles. It is

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a condition that would keep them out of the court system and the

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condition would be to wear this for four weeks and not drink. Tell us

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about how it went? What was your experience. Wearing it was

:40:52.:40:55.

comfortable, you hardly noticed it after the first day. On the grass,

:40:56.:41:01.

that you can see, the black line is my alcohol -- on the graph that you

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can see, the black line is my alcohol consumption. The blue line,

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that's what we call the tamper line, I did try and break or disrupt the

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tag and you can see that with a high peak where I put silver foil between

:41:19.:41:23.

my leg and the tag. The red line measures the temperature around the

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tag, if someone cuts it and removes it, the temperature will alter so

:41:27.:41:31.

you will know they have removed it. You have put that into the graph. If

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somebody was wearing it for real, what would you be doing working with

:41:38.:41:41.

that person? If someone was drinking with the graph that I produced, if

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it was just the first peak on its own, the one drinking episode, we

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would speak them and give them advice and if it was the whole

:41:52.:41:55.

graph, we would bring them in, if they weren't taking it seriously, we

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would charge them with the offence which they were originally arrested

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for. Good luck with that project. Police are chasing up a potential

:42:02.:42:09.

new lead in the case we featured today of Linda, remember, the care

:42:10.:42:14.

worker robbed in her car. We have had a great sounding call through on

:42:15.:42:19.

wanted face number 17, that's Sean Travis Graham. We have had names

:42:20.:42:24.

given for the men seen on CCTV attacking a woman who runs a dental

:42:25.:42:28.

business from her home in Kettering. Thank you very much to everyone who

:42:29.:42:32.

got in touch. Sian, tell us where you are going to be on Monday. Well,

:42:33.:42:37.

Rav, at the start of our second week, I will be with one of the

:42:38.:42:41.

biggest UK police forces, that's West Midlands Police and I will be

:42:42.:42:46.

live from a fake cannabis farm where I'm going to be seeing the dangers

:42:47.:42:49.

that the officers go through when they are searching for drugs and

:42:50.:42:53.

we're with a potential new recruit. He is very cute. He is called

:42:54.:43:01.

Stavros. He will be put through his paces and before he can corks he has

:43:02.:43:08.

to be -- before he can, he has to get over his fear of the vacuum

:43:09.:43:11.

cleaner! We will leave you with our wanted

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faces. If you know where any of them are, please get in touch. Have a

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great weekend. We will see you on Monday.

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