:00:24. > :00:29.Criminals behind bars! I am travelling the length and breadth I
:00:30. > :00:33.am finding out how police forces are tackling crime where you live. I
:00:34. > :00:37.will be in the studio asking for your help to solve the everyday
:00:38. > :00:42.crimes which affect us all. Things to your calls, last year we helped
:00:43. > :00:47.catch serious criminals, people wanted for armed robbery, rape and
:00:48. > :00:52.fraud. Nearly 50 of them altogether. And I reckon we can do even better
:00:53. > :01:20.this year. It's time to catch some crooks. This is Crimewatch Roadshow.
:01:21. > :01:26.Hello and welcome to day one of this summer's Crimewatch Roadshow. We
:01:27. > :01:30.will be live every weekday morning investigating crimes across the UK.
:01:31. > :01:37.The phone lines are already open. Here is what is coming up. Lift the
:01:38. > :01:43.debt on Boxing Day. Was ageing the victim of a hit-and-run or a
:01:44. > :01:48.sickening beating? My oldest son Ashley went down and rang home to
:01:49. > :01:55.say, you had better come down, because it's quite serious. We meet
:01:56. > :02:00.the latest victims of Britain's most prolific cat burglar. Do you know
:02:01. > :02:04.the man wanted for stealing millions of pounds worth of cash and
:02:05. > :02:09.valuables during a 12 year crime spree? I talked to my friends and
:02:10. > :02:14.everybody knows somebody who knows a brief has been burgled. Over the
:02:15. > :02:17.next four weeks, Michelle Ackerley will be reporting live from across
:02:18. > :02:20.the UK with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to police
:02:21. > :02:28.operations and she is starting her road trip in East Mosley in Surrey.
:02:29. > :02:34.Great to have you on board. It's great to be back, and what a place I
:02:35. > :02:39.am at today. This is where the Met trade train their horses. This elite
:02:40. > :02:47.unit has got it all and they will be showing me what it takes to be part
:02:48. > :02:53.of the team. How's that for the start of the new series? Not bad!
:02:54. > :02:56.Lets get on with the first appeal of the series. Opening our doors to
:02:57. > :03:00.sign for deliveries is something we all do without thinking twice. But
:03:01. > :03:04.one woman is now petrified of hearing a knock on the door after
:03:05. > :03:14.two bogus careers came calling. Be warned, this is a particularly nasty
:03:15. > :03:16.case stop Comic Relief. You are thinking about everything when you
:03:17. > :03:25.were at home. You will easily distracted, permanently sticking
:03:26. > :03:28.your doors, your windows. -- permanently checking your doors.
:03:29. > :03:34.You're not the same after something like that happens life changing.
:03:35. > :03:38.Joanne and husband Steve have been happily married for 25 years. They
:03:39. > :03:42.live in Feltham with their two children and for John Laing, home
:03:43. > :03:47.and family is everything. She's just a lovely woman. She has always been
:03:48. > :03:57.a housewife said she has been with me. Brought up by the Tredwell, best
:03:58. > :04:03.wife in the world. -- put up my children well. In April this year,
:04:04. > :04:16.with the rest of my family out the day, John van that was home alone.
:04:17. > :04:24.Workup, made myself some breakfast, let the dogs out as usual. I was in
:04:25. > :04:31.the living room, messing around on the iPad. And there was a knock on
:04:32. > :04:39.the door. I went to the front window, peep through, and I saw a
:04:40. > :04:43.man in a yellow hi viz vest. I called out, who is it? He said
:04:44. > :04:48.delivery, so I stopped for a minute, he knocked again. I opened the door,
:04:49. > :05:08.and his foot went in. Big mistake. Once in the house, the men pushed
:05:09. > :05:13.Joanne to the floor. There was tape around my mouth, my hands. The first
:05:14. > :05:22.man put his hand around my neck and started to strangle me.
:05:23. > :05:31.And then as the second man went up the steps, saw a hammer in his
:05:32. > :05:40.hands, a hit me on the head. He hit me ahead on the other side of the
:05:41. > :05:45.head. He kicked me in the forehead. It quickly became clear what the men
:05:46. > :05:55.were after. I told him where the safe was. He couldn't open it so I
:05:56. > :06:00.had to go and open it. Once the safe was opened, the men took the ?27,000
:06:01. > :06:09.from inside, but things didn't end there. I said, I think I'm dying.
:06:10. > :06:17.They then put the tape around my ankles, and got what I thought was a
:06:18. > :06:21.gun, put it to my neck and said if I tell, they're coming back from me.
:06:22. > :06:33.And with that, they were gone. These two suspects have committed a
:06:34. > :06:40.truly awful crime against an innocent woman, she's her life
:06:41. > :06:48.changed forever. CCTV shows the men calmly walking down representative
:06:49. > :06:53.before the attack, one of them wearing a UPS uniform. We do not
:06:54. > :06:57.believe this was a legitimate UPS employee, the system and who had
:06:58. > :07:08.access to a common means the and are using it to the their way into
:07:09. > :07:11.houses. -- access to the U. If we don't catch them, it won't be the
:07:12. > :07:15.last time they commit offences like this so I appeal to anyone who knows
:07:16. > :07:23.these two to please get in touch with us. Just horrendous. Absolutely
:07:24. > :07:29.horrendous. Your worst nightmare. You can't leave it happening to you.
:07:30. > :07:35.Your mind is doing overtime, who could it be? You can't work it out.
:07:36. > :07:45.My life flashed before my eyes, and I know what it means now on people
:07:46. > :07:49.say that. It really is terrifying, DC James Dickson-Leach is leading
:07:50. > :07:54.the investigation into this case. Clearly a horrifying ordeal for
:07:55. > :07:59.Joanne, what were the extent of her injuries? She received several blows
:08:00. > :08:03.to the head with a hammer or a kick, anyone could have been fatal,
:08:04. > :08:06.fortunately she has escaped long-lasting physical injuries but
:08:07. > :08:09.this political effects have been life changing. Tell us more about
:08:10. > :08:15.the suspect, we can see them on CCTV. They had been in the area of
:08:16. > :08:22.referee from about 10:30am until just afternoon, -- the area of road
:08:23. > :08:27.macro. They were wearing distinctive clothing? One of them was wearing a
:08:28. > :08:32.high viz vest, the other woman wearing elliptical real UPS uniform,
:08:33. > :08:37.we don't believe they are real employee, they are using it to
:08:38. > :08:44.commit crime. We have traced them so far, they left the road on foot,
:08:45. > :08:55.before coming back and then heading north.
:08:56. > :09:00.Steve and Joanne don't keep any money in the house any more, tell us
:09:01. > :09:04.more about what was told? A large amount of cash were just under
:09:05. > :09:07.?30,000, the vast majority was in ?50 notes, we are appealing for
:09:08. > :09:12.anyone who may have coming into a large amount of money, ?50 note
:09:13. > :09:16.especially, at that time, or anybody who can trace these two getting into
:09:17. > :09:22.a vehicle or a house on the day of the offence. Thanks very much. Do
:09:23. > :09:26.take another look here. Because someone must know who these men are.
:09:27. > :09:31.If you do, please get in touch using the numbers on screen. Tennis fans
:09:32. > :09:34.will know the French Open finished yesterday, with a loss for Andy
:09:35. > :09:42.Murray. Hopefully he can do better at Wimbledon, but he might want to
:09:43. > :09:46.look up his silverware, because a notorious bug with the Wimbledon
:09:47. > :09:48.crown is still at large. We will reveal a surprising development but
:09:49. > :09:57.first, a close look at what this crook has been up to. The SWT
:09:58. > :10:01.postcode is famous for its tennis Championships. It's also home to the
:10:02. > :10:07.rich and famous and their multi-million pound properties. But
:10:08. > :10:13.in recent years, this affluent area has become famous for a different
:10:14. > :10:18.reason. It is the hunting ground of the country's most prolific cat
:10:19. > :10:23.burglar. He moves like a shadow, always works alone on strikes in the
:10:24. > :10:30.dead of night. The man nicknamed the Wimbledon prowler has been linked to
:10:31. > :10:36.over 240 burglaries, and police think he may actually have struck
:10:37. > :10:43.over 400 times. Only a handful of people have ever come face-to-face
:10:44. > :10:47.with him. First time I noticed was two years ago, I heard the kitchen
:10:48. > :10:54.door being opened so I got up and shouted, and he left. Didn't take
:10:55. > :10:58.anything apart from some cash. Then just before Christmas, my daughter
:10:59. > :11:03.noticed her ring had gone and I noticed all the Euros, the
:11:04. > :11:07.banknotes, had gone. Then we start looking, I opened my husband's draw,
:11:08. > :11:12.and the cuff links, which were given to him by his father and
:11:13. > :11:19.grandfather, had gone. The prowler first struck in 2004 and has evaded
:11:20. > :11:22.detection for over 12 years. He even out one former footballer Nicolas
:11:23. > :11:28.Anelka, who chased him from his Wimbledon home two years ago. He is
:11:29. > :11:31.meticulous, often visiting a property to stick it out before
:11:32. > :11:37.returning to steal a few small pieces which won't be missed --
:11:38. > :11:43.state it out. It was about half past two in the morning, and I was awake,
:11:44. > :11:49.so I came downstairs to get a drink of water, and as I got to the bottom
:11:50. > :11:55.of the stairs, noticed a flash of torchlight. There was this man
:11:56. > :12:01.standing in the lounge. I rode at him and he ran off out of the French
:12:02. > :12:07.windows, and on this occasion, I had left an envelope with cash on the
:12:08. > :12:12.desk, that was the thing that was missing. The prowler has targeted
:12:13. > :12:17.some high profile properties, including the family home of tennis
:12:18. > :12:21.legend Boris Becker. Not only do to switch on all the alarms, to leave
:12:22. > :12:25.lights on in the house, I can't enjoy my living room because it's
:12:26. > :12:29.connected to the garden, where he has jumped over a few times, our
:12:30. > :12:34.freedom has been taken away and I would do anything to protect my
:12:35. > :12:39.family but I am a skinny little woman, there's not a lot I can do!
:12:40. > :12:44.The prowler sometimes takes a few quid but here he throws a safer than
:12:45. > :12:47.what is thought to contain ?100,000 worth of cash and jewellery out of
:12:48. > :12:53.the window before he casually exit up off the lawn and leaves. It is
:12:54. > :12:56.thought that in total he has stolen over ?10 million worth of property
:12:57. > :13:00.from this small area of south-west London. I talked to my friends and
:13:01. > :13:07.everybody knows somebody who has been burgled, often more than once,
:13:08. > :13:11.two, three, four occasions, sometimes not being sure that they
:13:12. > :13:17.have been burgled or not, just having a sense that something is
:13:18. > :13:23.missing. As yet, not a single stolen item has ever been recovered.
:13:24. > :13:32.Could money, this burglar is clearly very prolific but you think you may
:13:33. > :13:38.have struck up a 400 times -- good morning. That is a staggering
:13:39. > :13:43.amount. He often lies low for months at a time, but he will commit up to
:13:44. > :13:46.three offences in a day. Over the last year there have been
:13:47. > :13:51.approximately 30 offences in a distinctive and tight geographic
:13:52. > :13:55.area. What do we know about him? Winner strikes in the Wimbledon
:13:56. > :13:58.area, this is all around the Wimbledon Village area, close
:13:59. > :14:04.together, but what do we know about the man himself? He's a white male,
:14:05. > :14:07.probably right-handed, a very competent person. He appears to get
:14:08. > :14:14.a thrill out of targeting the same properties up to half a dozen times.
:14:15. > :14:17.He's agile, very athletic. He often wears dark clothing and he can often
:14:18. > :14:22.be seen wearing this distinctive fisherman style hat. He has been
:14:23. > :14:28.seen wearing this a few times. This is similar, as you say it's safe
:14:29. > :14:34.fisherman style hat, distinctive. There is a new element to the case
:14:35. > :14:37.you can reveal? As well as the jewellery, we've designer dresses
:14:38. > :14:43.taken, some expensive jackets, one line of enquiry is could this be
:14:44. > :14:47.consistent with him being in a relationship, passing those items
:14:48. > :14:52.onto that person? There are going to be people that live in the area that
:14:53. > :14:55.are a bit concerned over 12 years, this person hasn't been caught as
:14:56. > :15:02.yet, you want to put their mind at rest that you are doing everything
:15:03. > :15:10.to catch this man. We went to the perceived as criminal, we have done
:15:11. > :15:15.some really thorough analysis, we have... It is a relatively low crime
:15:16. > :15:19.area. We just need the vital lead from a member of the public now to
:15:20. > :15:23.bring him to justice and he cannot be invisible, there is a lot of
:15:24. > :15:27.stolen property that has gone missing. Thank you.
:15:28. > :15:32.Please get in touch using the numbers on screen if you have any
:15:33. > :15:37.information about this elusive thief. Still to come this morning:
:15:38. > :15:41.Family's agony as their son is left for dead in the road, but how did
:15:42. > :15:46.Aidan get there? His devastated family need to know to talk speaking
:15:47. > :15:53.for my wife as well, we were just literally none.
:15:54. > :15:54.And I will be finding out how this gadget could help stop future terror
:15:55. > :16:04.attacks. But first, we're back with the Met's
:16:05. > :16:13.mounted unit here in Surrey. I've slipped away to the stables. This is
:16:14. > :16:17.Bielby. Officers and horses have been training his and 1920 and many
:16:18. > :16:21.of the crowd control tactics used by mounted units across the world today
:16:22. > :16:27.were first pioneered right here. Later, we're going to be putting
:16:28. > :16:29.them to the test in a staged riot but first, let's go behind the
:16:30. > :16:33.scenes and take a look at the type of work they do when they are fully
:16:34. > :16:36.trained. The mounted branch of the
:16:37. > :16:43.Metropolitan police has been riding high for years are doing their bit
:16:44. > :16:49.to keep the streets of London safe. My jaw handbags! I'm going to have
:16:50. > :16:56.to arrest you! Leave your bag! You are horse. How can you not be a fan?
:16:57. > :16:59.The unit is made above 150 officers and 120 horses and their role ranges
:17:00. > :17:06.from crowd control to ceremonial duties. Keep moving, please, ladies
:17:07. > :17:10.and gents. But no matter what they are doing, the bond between officer
:17:11. > :17:14.and horse is all-important. You become the best of mates, really. He
:17:15. > :17:21.looks after me and I look after him. We work as a team. Today, PCs
:17:22. > :17:26.Nesbitt and Wolf and Dell are off to the football, along with Horatio and
:17:27. > :17:34.Gladstone. While PCs Cornish and Jones are policing the changing of
:17:35. > :17:37.the guard at Buckingham Palace. Throughout the summer, this
:17:38. > :17:41.colourful ceremony attracts millions of visitors and it is down to
:17:42. > :17:46.officers from the mounted unit to make sure everyone is safe. We will
:17:47. > :17:49.go straight down to Buckingham Palace and just have a quick look at
:17:50. > :17:55.the crowd, just to make sure that everything looks OK, not anyone
:17:56. > :18:03.suspicious. An announcement over the radio soon put them on high alert.
:18:04. > :18:07.All units on guard change. Attention has been drawn to a pale skinned
:18:08. > :18:12.male walking down through Buckingham Palace taking pictures of guards,
:18:13. > :18:17.positions. I don't know what his intentions are so that is one thing
:18:18. > :18:20.we can look out for. The PCs quickly make their way to the palace but
:18:21. > :18:26.will they spot their target amongst the crowds? Keep moving, please,
:18:27. > :18:31.ladies and gents. You can't wait there. Keep moving, please. Across
:18:32. > :18:35.London, the unit are also on their guard at the football. It is the
:18:36. > :18:40.last game of the season at Loftus Road, where QPR are taking on
:18:41. > :18:43.Bristol is a did. This is quite an old school ground because it is
:18:44. > :18:47.still in the middle of a housing estate, really, so a bit of a
:18:48. > :18:51.challenge to police, sometimes. The officers are stationed outside a pub
:18:52. > :18:55.that's popular with fans and could potentially be a flash point for
:18:56. > :19:00.trouble. A lot of the way clubs come down to the ground and they attempt
:19:01. > :19:05.to what we call take the pub, so they will attempt to try and get
:19:06. > :19:08.into the pub and take over it. With kick-off approaching, a message
:19:09. > :19:12.comes through that large group of Bristol city supporters are on their
:19:13. > :19:17.way to the ground and will soon be passing the pub. All it will take
:19:18. > :19:20.will be one person to say one thing to somebody walking past and then
:19:21. > :19:25.that's the touch paper lit and that's it, it can just turn. Upon
:19:26. > :19:29.their horses, the officers have a much better view of what's going on
:19:30. > :19:36.in front of them. There is a giant banana coming our way! But they also
:19:37. > :19:42.rely on their horses to watch their backs. Sometimes we will feel the
:19:43. > :19:48.horse almost underneath us start to react to something that we may not
:19:49. > :19:51.be seeing. It could be a volatile crowd coming round the corner that
:19:52. > :19:55.we haven't seen. It might be behind us. So they are good indication to
:19:56. > :20:01.us sometimes that something is going on that we haven't actually picked
:20:02. > :20:04.on yet. Horatio and Gladstone seem calm for now but they won't be of
:20:05. > :20:15.duty until well after the final whistle has blamed. -- blown. Keep
:20:16. > :20:18.moving. You can't wait there. Back at Buckingham Palace, the officers
:20:19. > :20:22.are still on the hunt for the man who was seen acting suspiciously
:20:23. > :20:28.during the changing of the guard. Ladies and gents, keep moving along
:20:29. > :20:31.for me, please, thank you. As it is, he has been found. There has been
:20:32. > :20:34.nothing over the radio but it is something that we will bear in mind
:20:35. > :20:38.for guard changes for the next couple of weeks. The crowd is
:20:39. > :20:43.getting bigger by the minute, which gives the mounted unit other
:20:44. > :20:49.problems to deal with. There are thieves and pickpockets around here,
:20:50. > :20:54.so just be very careful, OK? Guys, that way. Command, please. I'm
:20:55. > :20:57.trying to be polite here. Can you move back please? That is not moving
:20:58. > :21:02.back, that's putting your head to the side. The most important job is
:21:03. > :21:08.safe to last, escorting the guards back to their barracks. The day has
:21:09. > :21:11.gone really well. No incidents, no missing kids. It is about learning
:21:12. > :21:15.the crowd dynamics because you got to know how the crowd moves and
:21:16. > :21:18.works to be able to control it, so not everyone here is here to be
:21:19. > :21:22.disruptive or be a pain, they are just having a nice day out. While
:21:23. > :21:25.the day is over for some of the unit, there is still work to do over
:21:26. > :21:32.at the football, whether final whistle has gone. -- where the final
:21:33. > :21:38.whistle for state got we got a message that some missiles were
:21:39. > :21:41.being thrown at the pitch. And from their saddles they can get a good
:21:42. > :21:47.look at the spectators leaving the ground. Hopefully they will disperse
:21:48. > :21:52.quickly, no problems, then we can get back. Thankfully, the fans seem
:21:53. > :21:57.in good spirits as they head home, which gives Horatio and Gladstone
:21:58. > :22:01.ideas. They know what we are doing and they know they've stood here for
:22:02. > :22:06.a while and the crowds have gone. Its home time. They're going, we
:22:07. > :22:12.want to get going, to. But before they clock off, there is one last
:22:13. > :22:20.bit of crowd control. Oh, no! We are going to give the Tiger a wide
:22:21. > :22:23.berth! Chief Inspector Helen O'Sullivan, who is in charge of the
:22:24. > :22:28.mounted branch, joins me now. We saw in the film a relatively quiet day
:22:29. > :22:33.for you guys, not too much trouble. But it isn't always the case, is a?
:22:34. > :22:37.Sadly, it isn't always the case. Generally it is but every now and
:22:38. > :22:40.again, a small minority of people come to our events intent on causing
:22:41. > :22:45.violence and destruction to our community and that's when you see
:22:46. > :22:49.our horses coming into their own. We got a training depot alongside us.
:22:50. > :22:52.Talk me through what happening. This is the remote session, the remotes
:22:53. > :22:59.are our young, baby horses in initial training. This is what they
:23:00. > :23:03.see in the street day-to-day. We are going to put them in a nice, fun
:23:04. > :23:06.environment and build it up so they are doing more news and build it up
:23:07. > :23:08.so they are doing more nuisance training. Balls being thrown at
:23:09. > :23:11.them, flags, and a lot of noise because this is what goes on
:23:12. > :23:18.day-to-day in London. Do they enjoy this? Absolutely. This is fun time
:23:19. > :23:22.for these horses. They are getting used to the flags. The mount is full
:23:23. > :23:27.of flags at the moment so all of our officers need to how to deal with
:23:28. > :23:31.flags. It is amazing to see. You have tennis balls flying, footballs,
:23:32. > :23:35.flags waving. It is a pretty intense situations these horses. It is, and
:23:36. > :23:38.that is what they content with day-to-day, people playing football,
:23:39. > :23:42.kicking footballs at them, so they need to get used to the sounds and
:23:43. > :23:47.this is a good environment for them to learn that. You saw them standing
:23:48. > :23:51.still. They need to do that in a training environment. Rav, if you
:23:52. > :23:55.thought that was impressive, Johnny later because I'll be showing you
:23:56. > :23:59.something even more special. -- joined me later.
:24:00. > :24:02.As we often see on this programme, the police are always using new
:24:03. > :24:06.tools and technologies to help in the fight against crime. After major
:24:07. > :24:10.attacks in Paris and Brussels, the fight against terror is at the
:24:11. > :24:15.forefront of British policing. One University team believes it has
:24:16. > :24:17.invented a device which could save lives by detecting explosive
:24:18. > :24:21.residue. Professor John Tyra is a member of the Loughborough
:24:22. > :24:27.University team at is here with this impressive bit of kit. Thank you for
:24:28. > :24:31.joining us. Great looking bit of kit but it wasn't easy or quick to make.
:24:32. > :24:37.It took 15 years to make. Tell me what it is and what it does. What we
:24:38. > :24:40.have as a development of a laser camera, a laser imaging system, that
:24:41. > :24:45.we've produced to actually see little specks of expose of residue
:24:46. > :24:50.on you, and your skin, and your clothing, on your baggage or on your
:24:51. > :24:56.vehicle. We are going to put it to the test so what are we going to do?
:24:57. > :25:00.I've got some Semtex here. That is a tiny, tiny amount that you got in
:25:01. > :25:06.between your fingers, probably the size of a little bit of a
:25:07. > :25:11.fingernail. These are some of the spaces that we use. These are real
:25:12. > :25:14.explosives. That is Semtex. These are real explosives and you got a
:25:15. > :25:19.very small amount that you just handed to us. I can confirm I cannot
:25:20. > :25:23.see a thing on your finger and you going to bring in your assistant now
:25:24. > :25:26.to test the machine. I'm going to warn you, there are some flashing
:25:27. > :25:32.lights on here so do be warned before we do it. What are we going
:25:33. > :25:36.to do now? Here is Daniel. He is wearing a T-shirt. If I show you
:25:37. > :25:43.that there is the explosives on my finger. We will get this up on the
:25:44. > :25:49.screen behind you. The green circle, John, what's that? The system is
:25:50. > :25:53.automatically detecting my fingerprint and explosives and as
:25:54. > :25:57.you can see, it's lit up the red box, which shows that the system has
:25:58. > :26:02.automatically detected that it has found some very small traces of
:26:03. > :26:07.explosives on my finger, so now if I touched Daniel's T-shirt in various
:26:08. > :26:10.places... And I cannot see a thing. That T-shirt looks crystal white to
:26:11. > :26:17.me but what is the machine doing now? Now what you can see is, the
:26:18. > :26:21.system is automatically finding the fingerprints of explosives actually
:26:22. > :26:25.on the T-shirt, live, and it is alerting, so we could be in forming
:26:26. > :26:29.an operator that he's got some contamination. And these things that
:26:30. > :26:35.are completely invisible the naked eye. How come the security and
:26:36. > :26:40.police teams use this? We could put them into the door frames as an
:26:41. > :26:45.entrance to a terminal or a sports arena of facility, so as people are
:26:46. > :26:48.coming in, we can scan them automatically and determine if
:26:49. > :26:52.they've got any explosives on them. That way, we stop the problem before
:26:53. > :26:56.they can cause problems. A brilliant bit of kit. I know you are trialling
:26:57. > :27:00.at the moment and it is all about prevention being better than cure.
:27:01. > :27:06.Thank you both for joining us. Next, we have the first of this series'
:27:07. > :27:09.round-ups of crimes caught on CCTV. Watch carefully and let us know if
:27:10. > :27:15.you recognise anyone but be warned, one of them is pretty nasty.
:27:16. > :27:20.An elderly lady is doing her weekly shop at a supermarket on London
:27:21. > :27:24.Road, Guildford. As she looks for something in the freezer section, a
:27:25. > :27:30.man in blue jeans and a black padded jacket notices something. He's
:27:31. > :27:33.spotted a purse in her coat pocket. There are lots of people close by
:27:34. > :27:39.but that doesn't stop him. It seems he's checking to see how much she
:27:40. > :27:45.will notice. She browses the other side of the aisle and he swoops in.
:27:46. > :27:51.This purse pincher managed to steal this woman's weekly pension. But
:27:52. > :27:58.this lowlife can't get away with it. Who is he?
:27:59. > :28:03.It is lunchtime in August 2014 and a shop owner is paying in the takings
:28:04. > :28:08.at this bank in Shepton Mallet. As she chats, a man walks in, armed
:28:09. > :28:11.with a knife. You can see it clearly here. He holds a knife to her
:28:12. > :28:18.throat, demanding the bank give him money. But this robber is in a rush,
:28:19. > :28:22.shouting at the cashier that it is taking too long. He flees the bank
:28:23. > :28:26.empty-handed. He may have failed to get his hands on any cash but he
:28:27. > :28:34.terrified the customer and staff. Who is he?
:28:35. > :28:40.A man in a hat and glasses enters a new Leroy Fer Bisht hotel in
:28:41. > :28:43.Watford. He bypasses reception and heads straight for the rooms. --
:28:44. > :28:47.newly refurbished hotel. It seems he can't find the right level. He
:28:48. > :28:52.starts on the third floor and goes down to second. What is he up to?
:28:53. > :28:57.The man creeps down the corridor. Maybe he's found what he's been
:28:58. > :29:03.searching for. If you look closely, you can see he's holding a bottle
:29:04. > :29:07.but it's not water in there. He starts a fire outside one of the
:29:08. > :29:12.rooms. He runs away but his sense of direction fails him again and he
:29:13. > :29:16.ends up in the basement. When all the guests head for the exit, low
:29:17. > :29:22.and behold, he has finally found his way out, but this time without his
:29:23. > :29:28.hat and glasses. This could have been really serious but thankfully,
:29:29. > :29:32.nobody was hurt. Take a good look at him again. Someone must know who he
:29:33. > :29:38.is. If you know any of that lot, get on
:29:39. > :29:46.the phone now. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones, or you
:29:47. > :29:53.can text us. Texts will be charged at your standard message rate. Plus
:29:54. > :30:00.there is e-mail, to. Let's go back to Michelle in Surrey. Thanks, Rav.
:30:01. > :30:04.Many of us like to let our hair down with family and friends during the
:30:05. > :30:07.festive season but Surrey Police are now asking for your help after
:30:08. > :30:19.Boxing Day drink in Farnham in tragedy.
:30:20. > :30:28.Aidan is 20, happy, confident, works hard, he will be up and out through
:30:29. > :30:35.six o'clock in the morning, possibly don't get home until six o'clock at
:30:36. > :30:40.night. On Boxing Day last year, Aidan was enjoying a festive drink
:30:41. > :30:44.with friends at Hale and Heath Working Men's Club in Farnham. He
:30:45. > :30:48.said he was going out for an hour or two. He text to me about five
:30:49. > :30:57.o'clock saying he was on his way home. Obviously, stayed out a bit
:30:58. > :31:03.longer. It was just after 7:20pm when Aidan said goodbye to his
:31:04. > :31:06.friends. Carrying a crate of beer, he left for home, where he was due
:31:07. > :31:13.to spend the evening with his family. But he never made it.
:31:14. > :31:22.Three minutes after he left the club, a man on his way to work found
:31:23. > :31:29.him lying in the road. Just metres from the club's entrance. Ambulance
:31:30. > :31:43.Service, where as they help required?
:31:44. > :32:00.My older son Ashley went down and run home to say, you had better come
:32:01. > :32:06.down, ... Because it's quite serious. Aidan had suffered massive
:32:07. > :32:13.head injuries and was rushed to hospital. His life hung in the
:32:14. > :32:23.balance. He had broken to all three vertebrae in his neck, and one of
:32:24. > :32:29.his brain stems had been stamped the progress snapped. He was in an
:32:30. > :32:39.induced coma, they kept him in for about 24 hours. He was in a natural
:32:40. > :32:45.coma, in the intensive care. Although people at the scene assumed
:32:46. > :32:48.Aidan had been hit by a car, how he actually sustained his injuries that
:32:49. > :32:51.night is a mystery. His family don't know if he was the victim of a
:32:52. > :32:56.hit-and-run or something even more sinister. I think of speaking for my
:32:57. > :33:03.wife as well, we were just literally number. I would find myself just
:33:04. > :33:16.standing at the window. Standing at the window, just staring
:33:17. > :33:30.into space. It's horrible. After spending three months in a
:33:31. > :33:34.coma, Aidan finally woke up. He spoke to me for the first time, 12
:33:35. > :33:43.weeks ago on a Friday, when his mum visited him. My phone rang, and when
:33:44. > :33:50.I picked it up and said hello, Aidan just said hello back. If I'm honest,
:33:51. > :33:57.I just stood and cried. Bearing in mind we were told, going back to the
:33:58. > :34:05.initial accident, that we were to prepare for the worst, but him to
:34:06. > :34:10.come back for was... Well, excellent, really. Although Aidan is
:34:11. > :34:14.doing better, his road to recovery will be a long one. He isn't due to
:34:15. > :34:18.leave hospital until at least Christmas this year and even then he
:34:19. > :34:23.will have a lot of rehabilitation ahead of him. He will never make a
:34:24. > :34:30.full recovery but we're just hoping that he will make the best recovery
:34:31. > :34:34.he can to try and live a normal life.
:34:35. > :34:44.Obviously somebody knows something, and I would really appeal to
:34:45. > :34:50.anybody, if they have got a conscience, that they would come
:34:51. > :34:57.forward and enlighten us as to what happened, really.
:34:58. > :35:03.DS Tim Hadfield is with me. This case isn't straightforward. There
:35:04. > :35:07.are couple of theories as to what could have happened with Aidan? This
:35:08. > :35:14.is a tragic incident when a popular young man has received life changing
:35:15. > :35:19.injuries. His injuries were the result of a high impact, that could
:35:20. > :35:22.be the result of them are or a road traffic collision. Three minutes
:35:23. > :35:27.passed from one Villa left club when he was found only in those three
:35:28. > :35:30.minutes, nine Beatles past him, how important is it to your
:35:31. > :35:35.investigation that he can speak to either the assiduous drivers? It is
:35:36. > :35:40.vitally important we trace the people inside those vehicles. We
:35:41. > :35:44.would like people to come forward and contact us because they can't
:35:45. > :35:48.help us with enquiries, we would like anybody who has information to
:35:49. > :35:53.help us find out how these injuries were caused. If you do have any
:35:54. > :36:00.answers for Aidan or his family, please do get in touch with us. Now
:36:01. > :36:03.it's time to look at our first batch of wanted faces.
:36:04. > :36:05.Police forces around the country are asking for your
:36:06. > :36:10.He was on trial for rape and sexual offences against children,
:36:11. > :36:12.but didn't turn up for the last court day.
:36:13. > :36:15.He was tried in his absence, though, found guilty and sentenced
:36:16. > :36:18.Fletcher is 56 and has links to Birmingham, Dublin,
:36:19. > :36:25.He has numerous tattoos, including two dots on his right wrist
:36:26. > :36:28.Next is Allcie Alkana Christopher Houlder.
:36:29. > :36:31.Detectives want to question him in connection with the murder,
:36:32. > :36:33.with others, of a teenager in Southend on Sea
:36:34. > :36:39.Houlder is 21 and has a London accent.
:36:40. > :36:43.He has a scar in the centre of his chin and a tattoo of the name
:36:44. > :36:45.Tarnia on the right side of his neck.
:36:46. > :36:47.He's known in East London, Essex and the West Indies,
:36:48. > :36:50.but is also believed to have recently been in Paris.
:36:51. > :36:53.Number three is Joseph Anthony Jenkins.
:36:54. > :36:56.He was given a 7?-year sentence for drug dealing
:36:57. > :37:00.He's failed to stick to the conditions of that release
:37:01. > :37:05.Jenkins is 29 and has a Liverpool accent.
:37:06. > :37:08.He has a pale white birth mark on his left arm
:37:09. > :37:15.The 29-year-old was on trial for people smuggling,
:37:16. > :37:17.after at least five people were brought into the country
:37:18. > :37:20.illegally and held against their will.
:37:21. > :37:22.Kamal didn't stick around to be found guilty, though,
:37:23. > :37:25.and was sentenced to 12 years in jail in his absence.
:37:26. > :37:26.Originally from Iran, he's known
:37:27. > :37:30.Walsall, Birmingham, Cardiff and Maidstone.
:37:31. > :37:34.If you recognise any of these faces, make
:37:35. > :37:37.sure you get in touch using the numbers on screen.
:37:38. > :37:39.Or, if you prefer, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously.
:37:40. > :37:55.Monday on this year's Crimewatch Roadshow government is to get the
:37:56. > :38:00.biggest fraud affecting people across the UK. And first up we are
:38:01. > :38:06.looking at so-called romance fraudsters. Last year alone, UK
:38:07. > :38:16.victims lost a massive ?27 million in total, around ten grand each. I'm
:38:17. > :38:20.pleased to welcome my guests here, Linda was targeted online and is
:38:21. > :38:26.hoping to share her story in the hope others don't become victims.
:38:27. > :38:30.Linda, what happened to you? I joined a dating agency online in
:38:31. > :38:34.2013 and I met this guy, he said he worked on an oil rig in the North
:38:35. > :38:42.Sea. After about a month he suggested that we invested in oil. I
:38:43. > :38:46.was a bit shocked and asked him if he was a scam, of course is that no
:38:47. > :38:53.and he persuaded me so I gave him the money. This carried on for
:38:54. > :38:57.various reasons, for a year. How did that make you feel when you realise
:38:58. > :39:04.what had happened? I was totally gutted, I felt sick and foolish. It
:39:05. > :39:12.was like he put a spell on me. And I just would love to look in the eye
:39:13. > :39:18.and tell him how I feel and how other feel as well. What are the
:39:19. > :39:23.common themes, what do people do and how do they come people out of their
:39:24. > :39:26.money? We see that these fraudsters often claimed to have successful
:39:27. > :39:33.careers so they may pose as a director at a bank or an investment
:39:34. > :39:35.firm or more commonly, posing to be in the military, based overseas.
:39:36. > :39:40.They will be really keen to take communication off-line as quickly as
:39:41. > :39:45.possible, the text and personal e-mails, that is when they will
:39:46. > :39:49.start asking for money, they may say they have lost their wallet and need
:39:50. > :39:52.urgent funds to cover a hotel bill or a flight or medical treatment for
:39:53. > :40:00.themselves or family member, or as have seen from Linda, to invest in
:40:01. > :40:04.what is effectively a scam. What advice can you give people to avoid
:40:05. > :40:08.being scammed? As soon as people start asking for money, those alarm
:40:09. > :40:12.bells need to start ringing. Also to think carefully about the financial
:40:13. > :40:16.and personal information you are putting out there, certainly never
:40:17. > :40:21.give your personal financial details. If you suspect anything
:40:22. > :40:24.untoward, break off that contact immediately, reported to the chat
:40:25. > :40:30.room operator, dating website, and the police. Thank you both for
:40:31. > :40:34.joining us today. Katie, you are back on Monday with news of the
:40:35. > :40:42.latest holiday scams to watch out for. For now, let's go back out to
:40:43. > :40:46.Michelle in Surrey. Thanks, you may have noticed we are standing roll
:40:47. > :40:51.back for this demonstration, I am joined again by Helen O'Sullivan of
:40:52. > :40:57.the mounted branch. What are we watching here? We are watching the
:40:58. > :41:02.display team, some new courses wanted to join the team, we are
:41:03. > :41:05.teaching them the paces to get them ready for an event. We have some
:41:06. > :41:09.established authors but some brand-new horses, the second to last
:41:10. > :41:16.it hasn't even made it onto the streets yet. They are going so fast,
:41:17. > :41:20.I can feel the wind! Why are they doing this display now? This is
:41:21. > :41:26.important, it demonstrates teamwork which is an essential part of
:41:27. > :41:30.policing, and shows crossover, inch perfect timing, it shows the bond
:41:31. > :41:34.between horses and rider, they have to get this right. How does this
:41:35. > :41:40.replicate what might be happening on the streets? They need to be able to
:41:41. > :41:44.work well as a team and get used to fire, we do sometimes see fire on
:41:45. > :41:52.the streets, wood burning buildings, cars, sometimes people throw things
:41:53. > :41:57.at us which are alight. Again, doing crossovers, so teamwork, the bond is
:41:58. > :42:01.essential, that they this right. They literally jumping through fire,
:42:02. > :42:06.is it safe? It's totally safe, that's why we practice it from such
:42:07. > :42:11.a young age. This is part of the training of all our young horses,
:42:12. > :42:14.here and at other centres, it's a good, fun environment. If they meet
:42:15. > :42:20.it on the street, they will think, school time, playtime, it's OK. And
:42:21. > :42:24.the pressure between the rider and horse is really important. How long
:42:25. > :42:28.do they spend with them generally? For a display like this, they come
:42:29. > :42:32.in two weeks before, do about an hour day, practising this and then
:42:33. > :42:37.the forces get turned out on the fields and the riders do as well.
:42:38. > :42:41.Generally a rider gets allocated a horse so most of these are on horses
:42:42. > :42:47.that are there issued horse they have that brand already. They get
:42:48. > :42:51.any chill time? They do, all about horses get up to four weeks proper
:42:52. > :42:57.break, proper turnout, they go out in a hard or single-A. You have seen
:42:58. > :43:05.there, the far right has gone off, it's something we have to practice.
:43:06. > :43:10.-- the fireworks. Incredibly special creatures, as you can see. Just
:43:11. > :43:15.before we go, quick update on what has been coming in on the phones,
:43:16. > :43:21.lots of you have said you have also sadly been victims of romance scams.
:43:22. > :43:28.To visit the Action Fraud website, remember. Keep the e-mails and calls
:43:29. > :43:35.coming in. Remember, all the appeals on our website. Where will you be
:43:36. > :43:41.tomorrow, Michelle? Tomorrow will have our life jacket at the ready as
:43:42. > :43:44.we take the water with the Met's Marine unit, on the banks of the
:43:45. > :43:51.River Thames, showing me some amazing skills, showing how they put
:43:52. > :43:54.other vessels on the water at high speed. I'm really hoping I don't get
:43:55. > :43:59.too wet but we will have to see what happens! I think you might! That's
:44:00. > :44:05.all for today. Another look at this morning's wanted aces, if anyone
:44:06. > :44:08.looks familiar, pick up the phone and tell us where they are.