Episode 6 Crimewatch Roadshow

We are live and waiting for you to get in touch. We are looking for you

to help the police catch the criminals in your neighbourhood. Rob

is stick a mother's only keepsakes from her son. -- robbers steal. I

hope they don't do to anyone else what they do to me. And staff Ross,

who will have to overcome his fear of vacuum cleaners if he is to make

the grade as a police dog. We will have to see. You are watching

Crimewatch Roadshow. your help to Kolasinac criminals.

Coming up. This was followed by the savage beating of a man on his way

home after a night out. I made a conscious decision to walk. With

hindsight, it is probably the worst decision I have made. A grandfather

left stranded when a robber attacked his grandson in broad daylight. As

soon as they get them off the streets, the better. We will be one

of the UK's biggest forces. The West Midlands Police and Sian is in

Smethwick. I am at a mark cannabis farm getting the inside track on the

challenges the emergency services are up against in the hunt for

illegal drugs. It is a dangerous pursuit. The police are hunting two

robbers who targeted the wrong house with devastating consequences for

the owner and her young daughter. Police emergency. Two men have just

come in and does. I have never been scared to sleep in the house on my

own. But now I am petrified. Saturday night, 26th of April.

Michaela and her 12-year-old daughter had spent the day with

friends and were getting ready for bed. Said good night to my daughter.

I always do that. I was on my way back into my room when I heard a

bang, what ever it was. The noise was the sound of the front door

being kicked in. Two robbers stormed into her home. Everything happened

that fast, I don't think I had time to think or do anything. I just

phoned the police. Before I had time to close the bedroom door, they were

in my room and that is when I realised there were two of them with

a machete. It felt like everything was in slow motion. The reason they

were in her house became very clear. They were after cannabis. They asked

where the weed was. Where was the weed. I said, you are in the wrong

house. They said, no we're not, we were told come here. The intruders

ransacked the house, but when they could not find what they came for,

they decided to raise the stakes. The smaller one went into my

daughter's room and brought her into my room. The taller one got a

machete to my daughter and said they were going to kill her. Then I

started to shake. Threatened at knife-point, Michaela told robbers

they had a say. They use the weapon to rip it from the floor and ran

from the house. We have noticed an increase in the number of burglaries

of cannabis plantations where criminals are raiding each other's

premises and stealing drugs. They clearly have the wrong address. We

have a lady and young daughter presents, yet they have carried on.

The daughter was dragged out of bed by her hair and the mother has

threatened she will be hurt with the machete if she does not give them

the information. It is a much higher level of violence I have seen and a

cause of great concern. My daughter just broke down and cried. Her blood

pressure was absolutely through the roof. At one point they thought they

were going to have to take her to the hospital. As the dust settled,

Michaela realised they had taken one piece of jewellery that could never

be replaced. The most important thing that they took was a gold,

oval locket. It had my son's her in. My son died when he was two years

old. They also Stowell my ring and a ring that was engraved with his name

on and my daughter's name. They are priceless pieces. They don't mean

anything to anyone else, but they do to me. In the aftermath, Michaela

and her daughter have struggled to come to terms with what happened

that night. I think anybody who is prepared to carry a machete and use

that level of Ireland's against a mother and her young 12-year-old

daughter are obviously dangerous and it is essential we find out who they

are. This was a terrifying experience and detectives are Rod

twist is with me. You think these two men had the wrong house? That is

correct, we believe they targeted the address believing the occupants

were dealing in cannabis. Two white men, in their early 20s, both

wearing blue hooded tops. One of the men had a distinctive pair of blue

denim jeans with white stitching in a patchwork design. That is about as

much as we have got. Both had their faces covered with what appeared to

be white tea search. You need people to think back to the 26th of April

in Coventry. You have managed to trace part of the route they took?

Yes, a police dog tracked onto Petitor Crescent, along Petherton

Crescent onto Deedmore Road. Then the dog track led onto monks would

present and then on to the junction with Roselands Avenue where the

track was lost. Anybody who will have seen them on foot in that area

to get in touch. The items taken, they had a particular value to

Michaela? Two items in particular. One she describes as a gold ring

with the names of her children described inside. And the other item

was a gold, oval shaped locket which contained a photograph of her son

and a lock of his hair. She would love to get those items back. If you

can help Michaela get those back, then get in touch.

Time to look at wanted faces. James Michael Redding. The 36-year-old did

not turn up in court to be sentence to nine years in prison for a number

of sex offences against girls under 16. He has links to Plymouth,

Exeter, and Dartmoor. He has an unusual birthmark on his temple.

Take a look at this man, he was granted bail at Isa worth Crown

Court in 2005 but failed to return and a warrant has been issued. He

was charged with importation of two kilos of a class a drug. He has

contacts in Ghana, but sometimes has a moustache.

This is Richard Burrows, has been wanted since 1997 after failing to

appear at 1990s -- Chester Crown Court. He has links to Cheshire and

an interest in canals. This is what he might look like now. Do you

recognise him? Finally we have this man. Detectives in Leicestershire

want to question him in connection with the importation of class a

drugs worth ?1.3 million. He wears a hearing aid in his right ear and has

links to Leicester, Birmingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Cyprus,

Qatar and the Ukraine. If you know where any of them are, pick up the

phone. You can call us on: You can e-mail us also. The daily

fight against drugs is one of the biggest challenges for the police.

In a two-year period, ?200 million worth of cannabis plants were found.

It is a huge problem and this little lots, let me show you that, was

found in a raid this morning. Mike Hall is involved with getting rid of

it, how big a problem is it in the West Midlands? A widespread problem,

we deal with about three cannabis farms a day. It is widespread across

the whole of the West Midlands. How do you find them? Our Police and

Crime Commissioner has consulted with members of the public and their

reaction is they don't want cannabis farms in their area. Many members of

the public talk to the police. They let us know they are in their area.

You also use the police helicopter? Yes we do. As a result used in the

cannabis factory, all the lighting is picked up by the helicopter

thermal imaging camera. I have got to work safety hat. This effectively

could be an area in somebody's house. This is a training area where

you train on how to deal with cannabis. But this could be in

someone's house, all of these plants being grown? Yes, all of the

equipment you see India has previous been taken away from cannabis farms.

It has been set up by firefighters and it typifies somebody's loft in a

residential house. There are hazards, overhanging lights. With

all of this paraphernalia around us, they are pretty low. If somebody

thinks they are living next door to one of these, how would they know? A

lot of tell-tale signs. It is a distinctive smell. Blacked out

windows, condensation on the windows, and mechanical humming

noise. Heat against the wall and strange comings and goings. There

isn't much room to move around. Something we do want to point out,

if people are not sure about the smell of cannabis, these have been

produced for some time. These cards open up and that will let people

know the smell. So many dangers in here, especially of the emergency

services when they go in for real and we will be showing you those

later in the programme. Interesting stuff. It is your chance

to turn detect it. Do you recognise any of these criminals caught in the

act? We are on a Route 94 bus in west

London in early November last year. A man climbs the stairs to the top

deck. He puts down a house plant and appears to shield his lap with his

bag. We cannot show you what happens next but in the presence of other

passengers he carries out a sexual act on himself. Minutes later he

leaves his seat and waits at the top of the stairs. Police said children

were aboard this bus. Can you name this man?

It is late and this shop in Sheffield is locked, but a service

hatch is open to customers. A man in a white baseball cap wants to come

in and persuades the shop assistant to open up. He pulls him to the

ground and two men run inside while another keeps watch at the door. One

falls over. They seized ?200 worth of cigarettes and then signal to

their accomplice to bring this shop assistant over. He opens a tail and

takes ?300. Suddenly the lookout sees a passing police car and be

fully. The one in the baseball cap takes the dorky as he leaves but

comes back in and tells the shop assistant to fill a back pack with

cigarettes. Calm as you like, he strolls out. They do not return. If

any of those images jog your memory, call or text the numbers on screen.

Now, ask the police dog has been through years of training to sniff

out drugs. What does it take for a new recruit? This is a 12-week-old

German shepherd who has just started what could be a long career with

West Midlands Police. He will be living with Lisa Phillips for the

next year, a volunteer puppy walker. I just have to remember he is not

mine. There are almost 1800 police dogs in the UK. The West Midlands

has 200 but there is with room for one more hopeful. Here's the ninth

puppy we have looked after. He is very well-behaved, quite chilled,

quite playful. My favourite so far, I think. The force breeds around 100

new recruits every year but not every dog will make it onto the

beach. You cannot not get attached to the dog. It is impossible. He is

with us for 12 months and then I have to give him back. Volunteer

puppy walkers put the dogs through their paces. The foster families

exposed them to everyday situations, testing their nerve and

resilience. They have to get used also is different people.

Wheelchairs, children, older people, people in uniform fancy dress!

Different things as well. Lifts. Anything we can, really. But to

stand any chance of joining the force, Stavros needs to overcome

some basic fears. He doesn't like noises like this at the minute. He

will get used to it, though. Stavros! He may be scared of the

vacuum cleaner for now, but Stavros certainly is not camera shy! 15% of

the puppies in the West Midlands will not make the grade. New

experiences like this should help Lisa see if Stavros has what it

takes. All of this is new to him. He likes a lot of fuss and attention so

I think he will be OK. He has met children before. He hasn't met

groups of children. They obviously get quite excited and score -- and

they squeal. He will be OK. What you think these dogs will do when they

get bigger? They smell so they can find the baddies well done! He is

pretty, isn't he? He has a lovely tummy. Stavros is a very friendly

dog. He is very cute and funny. When they also round him, I'm not sure

whether it is going to frighten him but he has taken it really well, so

I am very pleased with him. Stavros gets full marks in his test. He

copes well with the children's attention. I've had one dog that

didn't make it. And you do feel a bit let down, is it your fault. But

some people aren't cut out to do the role, like the dog. I think Stavros

will be a good police dog. He is showing good signs at the moment. I

hope he makes it. We will have to wait and see. Well, that is

Stavros' story so far. He has grown a bit since the film was made. Still

very cute. But will he make it to be a fully fledged police dog? Lisa,

what lies ahead? What is his next step? Unfortunately, she has growing

pains in his legs so we can't do his assessment yet. What will he have to

do to go through his paces? They will just check his confidence and

drive and make sure he has no environmental issues, and then he

can carry on with some more work. Thank you so much for coming this

morning, and we will let you get on. Good luck in the future. Oscar

has been doing training for a long time. You are going to put a test on

show. What is he going to do? He is trying to find a variety of

substances and drugs. You can see the dogs searched the car and when

he locates the substance, you should locate to the handler by staying

still and then he gets a ball as a reward. So for him, he is just

finding his tennis ball. That is what they do! You can spend a vast

amount of time searching open areas and things like that. Now you have

to retrieve the drugs and work out what exactly he has found. Exactly.

We have a number of officers who are trained in presumptive tests, so you

can see this is the test kit. It allows us to field test a substance

to see what we have recovered, so we will take a small amount of powder,

put it into the valve and that will cause a chemical reaction. This is

great to see this in action. And we are fine for time to see this as it

takes place. So he puts that in, gives it a shake to activate the

chemicals, and then he puts it on the plate on the floor and it will

give an indication as to what the substance is according to colour

coding and some lines will appear. In this case, we believe it to be

cocaine. Fantastic. A very small kit but it can bring immediate results.

The inquiry would mean the substance would have to go to a laboratory to

be tested properly by scientists. OK. You can see that in my hand. You

will see a change in the colour on the plate and eventually lines will

appear. Thank you for that. That is fascinating.

Thank you, Sian. And get well soon, Stavros! Next, an insider's guide to

how criminals are using new technology to hack into personal

information on your mobile. And also we meet the grandad left high and

dry after his grandson was assaulted. He attacked me like my

grandson, if he did that, I don't think I would get through that.

We have seen lots of devious criminals on the show but the method

used in this next case is a first, even for us.

Even making a cup of tea, I get dizzy. Getting out of bed, I get

dizzy. Turning around, I get dizzy. And I can't do the simple things.

It was just before Christmas last year and 53-year-old Tim Murphy had

been at a family function. I had decided to leave earlier due to the

fact that I was getting up early. To get some Christmas shopping. His

best friend Kevin did not know he had left the party. He usually tells

me. Whenever we are out, what time are you going? But he didn't that

night. He had ordered a couple of taxis home and had let family and

friends take them instead because they had further to go. I only live

about seven or eight minutes walk from the area where the function

was. So I decided to make a conscious decision to walk. With

hindsight, it is probably the worst decision I've ever made. I had

chosen to go up onto the main road. Because the back roads were not well

lit. That is the very last thing I can remember. Until I actually came

back to consciousness. This CCTV shows Tim minutes away from his

home. It captured the moment he is hit by a plate thrown at him from

the shadows. Distracted by the plate, Tim stops in his tracks. His

friend Kevin recalls seeing this footage for the first time. He

turned round and carried on walking, and as he went to a few

steps further, somebody came from nowhere and knocked him completely

out. The ferocity I was struck with, I'm not convinced other people would

have taken that blow and survived. But worse was to follow. While Tim

lies unconscious and defenceless, he is robbed and then attacked so

violently that we cannot show the CCTV. To see them using his head as

I football, which they did, is just beyond me. I think what is very

clear is that after that plate has struck him, their interventions are

obvious. They are intending to cause him serious injury. The levels of

violence used against him absolutely unjustified in every sense of the

word. If the motive was robbery, that have been achieved in 30

seconds. I struggle to try to then work out what was the point of the

aftermath and the violence inflicted on me. And the severity. While Tim

lay at the mercy of the two attackers, a steady stream of

traffic drove past without stopping. The cars driving past, that is

another thing. 12, 14 vehicles drove past. If they saw the violence being

inflicted on me, they would -- they would have been nothing wrong with

stopping and honking your warns. To attract attention. And phoned the

police. Eventually, somebody came to his aid. I remember waking up and

hearing a couple of voices, and I ran my hand over my face and tried

to look at my hand but I couldn't see anything but read. So I remember

saying to this gentleman, is the only thing I can remember, I'm in

trouble now, aren't I? And he said, you will be all right, I hope. So,

to that gent I would like to say a heartfelt thank you. Kevin was the

first to be told that Tim had been rushed to hospital with severe

injuries to his head and face. When we opened the curtain and I saw him

there... I nearly fell to -- my wife fell to the floor because she could

not believe the damage to his face. It was horrendous. Tim is still

recovering from his head injuries, which could permanently affect his

balance. It has been extremely emotional as a time, a traumatic

time. All I want to do is get back to some sort of normality. I'm not

there. And I don't know how long it is going to take me to get there.

But I'll get there. You can see there is traffic on the road, cars

passing by while the attack is taking place. We would appeal for

them to come forward, let us know if they saw the attack, provide us with

descriptions of the attackers. It has been six months and Tim has yet

to watch the CCTV footage from that night. I believe that these people

will do it again if they are not brought to justice. I wouldn't like

anybody else to have to go through it, put it that way. I wouldn't wish

it on my worst enemy. I wouldn't even wish it on the people who

inflicted this on me. This really is a horrendous attack

and very, very difficult to watch that CCTV footage. Dawn, have you

ever seen anything like this? As you rightly say, an absolutely

horrendous attack. In 22 years of police service is one of the worst

I've ever seen. The footage does show the plate being clearly thrown

there. An unusual method of distracting someone. What happened

there? Absolutely. I think in our inquiries the following day, we

found there was a skip in the side road and there were numerous items

of crockery in that skip, and I think it was just opportunistic that

they picked this plate up and threw it straight at him's head. Awful.

Tell us again what was stolen. Understand items. A Nokia mobile

phone, a gentleman's watch. You are desperate to find these men and cars

were passing in the film. So you are appealing for whoever was in the

cars to come forward? Absolutely. The first car was a London hackney

cab, then a Toyota and then a Ford Galaxy, and I would appeal to them

to come forward with any information. Then there was a

Nissan, a Volkswagen Passat and a Ford Brokers. They may not have had

any inclination of what they were seeing that night but now I would

appeal for them to come forward. It was the 15th of December at 1:15am

on Sunday morning. Thank you so much. If you have any information,

do get in touch. Cyber crime is thought to be one of

the biggest threats to national security and it is something that

can affect all of us. Even your mobile phone, just like this, can be

targeted and hacked. Jason is here to show us how not to get caught out

by the cyber criminals. Good morning. What are they doing and how

are they extracting information from us? The problem is today our mobile

devices have Wi-Fi and those devices are always looking to connect to

Wi-Fi, so what a bad guy can do is set up trick Wi-Fi and trick your

phone to connect to a trick Wi-Fi. You are going to demonstrate how

quickly you can set up this rogue Wi-Fi hotspot. I am going to tie

new, Jason, so no pressure! You are confident you can do this in a few

seconds! That was three seconds! We are not going to show this screen

but this is what a hacker would have. What are you seeing? There is

a list of many different things? This is a list of all the Wi-Fi

things in the studio. How close would you have to be? 500 metres,

half a mile. I am in a shopping centre and I fancy doing a bit of

work, I find the free Wi-Fi and think great. You think we should be

more cautious? It is not always public Wi-Fi, it could be a bad guy

posing as a trusted network. If they did, how could they get my

information? He can do a number of things. The main problem is

passwords so he can capture your username and passwords and use it

and the potential to get credit card information and banking details as

well. If I was in a copy shop and found some free Wi-Fi and was doing

a bit of shopping or a bit of banking, you would advise against

that? If you have got to do anything sensitive on a public Wi-Fi, wait

until you get home. They could get that information on their computer

rather than going to the bank? Very easily, yes. What advice have you

got? In a public space, switch off the Wi-Fi. Even I can do that. We

have a little tablet here. Just on here, we can slide it on and off.

That is easily done so you would suggest it would stop roaming and

picking up Wi-Fi? Yes. A lot of services on the Internet now they

have a service where you don't have to use a password. So they can

provide you with a one-time password meaning if you were compromised and

the bad guy was to get your password, it is only one time and

cannot be used again. Thank you very much for joining us.

Keeping your valuables safe is important, but at what cost. A

grandson who refused to hand over his belongings was left scarred for

life. I get flashbacks. Maybe twice or three times a week. I still get

them. He attacks me like he attacked my grandson, I don't think I would

get through it. Gareth, a 23-year-old youth worker from

Wolverhampton is his elderly grandfather's lifeline. He does

washing, cooking, whatever has got to be done. He needs quite a bit of

care and help around the house. I can go and pay his bills and collect

the shopping with him. Although there is two grandsons, I would be

lost. On a Monday morning in mid-April, Gareth was taking his

normal route to meet his grandad in town to help him home with his

shopping. Gareth was talking -- walking through the park on the 14th

of April. He was alone when he was approached by a man. Came out of

nowhere. He grabbed my wrist and demanded stuff off me. I pushed him

off me and ran. But the attacker chased after Gareth, determined to

get his watch. With a single click to his ankle, the robber sent Gareth

flying. Within seconds he had pulled out a knife. But Gareth still would

not give up his watch, a gift from his girlfriend. He grabbed hold of

Gareth, pinned him to the floor and slashed his face across his nose,

causing significant injuries. The attacker ran off with nothing more

than a pair of cheap headphones. I am not afraid to admit I cried,

shouted and screamed and did anything to get people's attention.

Gareth was rushed to hospital, leaving his grandad stranded in the

centre of Wolverhampton. I was devastated. He was coming to help me

and on the way, he got stabbed and his face slit open and. The level of

the force, the viciousness of the attack and the level of injuries

sustained by Gareth is almost unseen in Wolverhampton. It took almost two

and a half hours to treat his wounds. In total, 30 stitches. 25

across the main one and then five down the side. We are looking for

witnesses who might have seen somebody running away from the park

carrying a Stanley knife with blood on their hands and clothing. We

desperately need to progress this enquiry. I insisted non-of the the

family walks through that part. The sooner they have got him off the

streets, the better. I get flashbacks, three times a week, I

still get them. I don't think he is the same lad. I don't think he is

the same lad. As what he was before. Detective Inspector Mark Rushton is

leading the search for this attacker. An unusual time and place

for such a vicious attack in broad daylight? Very much so. Monday 14th

of April, Gareth walking through the park on his own, unusual time to be

attacked. And, Stanley knife used, is that unusual to a weapon like

that? It is normally only used by tradesmen, but capable of inflict

doing serious injuries. Gareth will be living with those effects for

years. What was stolen or headphones similar to these. Incredible he only

got away with these? He stole Bose headphones, worth about ?6. They are

likely to be in Wolverhampton some work covered in blood. Tell others

about the man you're looking for? Mixed race, export three tall,

mid-20s. Wearing a mask at the time, very distinctive. Tell us where he

is. We have been hearing about drugs and cannabis, but now we need your

help to catch a major drug dealer. Kerry, thanks for coming in. This is

a huge hall? It was, 40 kilos, 12 five Million Pounds St value. A lot

of drugs. How did this get into the country? It was loaded onto a truck

in the Netherlands on the 13th of November last year and was the liver

to an address in Spitalfields market. That is where normally

flowers would go? They were packaged as tiles. We can see them there. The

drugs were sandwiched in the middle. How big were those tiles? A tile

that would go in any kitchen. It was heroin as well? You have six kilos

of heroin in one packet of tiles. The driver came in but he was

suspicious? It is unusual for tiles to be delivered to a flower market.

He was asked to follow a car to another destination so the tiles

could be unloaded. You have a nickname for this person. He gave

his name as Tom and essentially gave the guide directions, our driver

directions. He was followed to a motorway service station and was

very suspicious. Even phoned his base back in the Netherlands.

Sometimes hated G B have a tracking device and he phoned his boss to ask

if he was safe. This is the man you want to speak to. We have just seen

the driver. He was suspicious and then drove off. An Asian male, 25 to

35, average build. He is wearing a distinctive top. That is the man you

want to find. There is a reward? The reward is offered by Crimestoppers,

?1000. We think this man has links to the West Midlands area. Any

names, you need those certainly. Let's go over to Sian. We are

finding out about the dangers the emergency services come up against

when they enter an illegal cannabis farm. Jim, when your team go in

there are loads of hazards, but quite often there is a fire?

Obviously apart from the heat and smoke we have electrical issues. We

cannot spray water because of the electricals and domains might have

been redirected. We have a lot of hammer calls and flammable is in

their potentially. We are staying outside the safety reasons. Lots of

fumes in there. Talk about some of the things the team would come

across, chemicals but the paraphernalia that issues? Some of

the issues with the hanging down chemicals which we can get trapped

in. The flaw could be damaged or actually from being watered on,

could be weak and at the weight of a few firemen, they could end up

through the floor. These plans are quite heavy. Of course, we are

seeing inside the room, but when they do find these cannabis lands

there can be a positive back comes out of it because your community

group have benefited? I am part of a group of projects in Wolverhampton

and we have received potting compost, water butts, hosepipes and

all kinds of stuff they seize which would have gone to landfill. What do

you grow with those things? Vegetables, flowers. But it is from

senior citizens to nursery school children all benefiting. We saw the

other side of the story and Edgbaston Cricket club are

benefiting from the lights. They have been using them because they

were donated to them. We had good information coming in.

Richard Burrows, wanted since 97 after failing to peer at court.

Police are chasing that up. Potential names of men wanted in

connection with the robbery of Michaela Fuller and her daughter at

home. We showed you CCTV footage of an

armed robbery of a supermarket in Bedfordshire. We have some lines

coming in on that. Sian, where will you be tomorrow? It

is the headquarters of the National list of intelligence service and we

will be finding out how they trace an exact wallet back to a particular

gun and how they are printing plastic guns at that scene. For more

details on today, ahead to the website. Stay with BBC One, in an

hour week are wanting to catch insurance fraudsters on camera. But

we will leave you with another lot at the wanted faces because somebody

must know where they are. But until tomorrow, take care.

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