Episode 14 Crimewatch Roadshow

and welcome to the programme where your calls help

Every parent's worst nightmare,

the young family attacked in their home.

I think about it every night, of how someone can brand knife

and a hammer in front of a two year old, it's disgusting.

And find out why getting waist high in water is all in a day's work

Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow.

The phone lines are open and we're asking for your help with appeals

Can you identify the man targeting girls

He's hurt my baby, he's hurt my child.

This man needs catching so he can't do it to other children.

And Michelle and the team have made their way to Stockton-on-Tees

where I think she's in danger of getting a bit of a soaking.

This is the Tees Barrage White Water Centre.

Fire teams from all over the north of England come here to practice

A bit later I'll be the one they're rescuing so,

Now any parent will tell you that there's nothing more terrifying

Which is why police desperately need your help with our next appeal.

In January last year three masked men burst into a home near York,

threatening the family inside, which included a two year old girl.

I saw the knife, really, I guess, that was the thing I was focusing

on. My next thought was, they are going to kill us. Show me where the

safe is. These kids, not men, kids, they have ruined my life and my

children's life. Ricky runs a busy pub in York, in the past he

collected his takings on a Monday afternoon, you would bring them

home, ready for banking the next day. In January last year, this made

him a target for thieves. I had spent two or three hours down there

in the bar. We had been away over Christmas and New Year. Collect the

takings, look at the cash, bring it back, put it in the safe. He lives

with his wife, Louise, and their three children, in Askham Richard

and that evening, all of them were at home. Normal, came home, put the

money in the save, settling in, watching television, as you do, the

daughter was playing. While they all cuddled up, there are other two

children, aged 12 and eight, were upstairs. Normal night, normal

routine, nice television time. Normal, normal night-time.

Outside, three men were lying in wait. It would not be unusual of an

evening, and it was no different on that Monday, I had Boris in and out,

I did not lock the door every time I let him out to go outside. The men

seized their opportunity and burst inside. Armed with a machete and

hammer, they also grabbed a knife. Three masked men stormed the living

room. They were screaming, where is the money? I saw the knife, really,

the machete was the thing I was focusing on. My next thought was,

they are going to kill us. My initial thing was to protect the

children. The intruders were not going to let anybody out of their

sight, one of them enforced Louise and two of her children a bathroom.

By the time we knew what was going on, I heard a lot of shouting. The

men were after one thing. Show me where that safe is! It's upstairs.

Ricky was pushed upstairs. He was ransacking through our bedroom,

looking for the key to the safe. How do I get into the save? The keys on

the bedside table! -- safe. The attackers took jewellery and ?20,000

in cash and ran downstairs. The family's ordeal was not finished. We

thought it was over but then the big guy came back out, they could not

work the remote control for the gates, they could not get out. The

family were led into the nursery, Ricky was forced to open the gate as

the attackers fled in their car. I was physically sick. I was scared.

So scared. For my daughter and my family. I was in a bit of a daze, it

was almost like slow motion. The children were terrified. What makes

it more shocking, the robbers were repaired to utilise the three

children to facilitate the parent corporation in this terrifying

ordeal. This was even more terrifying, because it happened in

the family home. More than one year on from the attack, the effects are

still being felt by the family. My eldest has anxiety attacks as a

result, he has been affected the most, you do not want children to

have that. I think about it every night, to brandish a knife and a

hammer and a kitchen knife like they did, in front of a two-year-old,

absolutely... Disgusting! 15 minutes of what these kids... I call them

kids, they are not men, they are kids, those 15 minutes, they have

ruined my life and the life of my children. They need to be caught.

Well a truly horrendous burglary there.

what descriptions do we have of these three men?

The first man is described as stocky, weighing approximately 16

stone, aged in his mid to late 20s, described as having bulging eyes.

The other two men are described as five foot eight, and six foot, both

of skinny build, aged in their early 20s. All three were wearing

balaclavas, and dark clothes. All three had a local Yorkshire accent.

They stole ?20,000 and the family's white The white was found abandoned

in Hagg Lane near the village of Colton half an hour later. We are

interested in anybody who may have seen the Mercedes, as it's journeyed

southbound in the direction of the A64. There is also another vehicle

you are interested in. We suspect that a silver Vauxhall Corsa was

used by the gang to get home,. And some jewellery was stolen. Yes, A

citrine pendant with pearls around it. Stored in a white Ogdens of

Harrogate jewellery box. There is a ?5,000 reward for information

leading to the arrest and conviction of these three men.

STUDIO: Now, we're half way through the European Championships

in France, and despite England, Wales and Northern Ireland doing

well so far, the tournament has been marred by some of the worst violence

Well, British police have been helping the French authorities

out there hunt down those behind the violence.

To find out more I'm joined by Detective Inspector

Frankie Westoby from the National Investigation Team.

You are going to show us some previously unseen footage. But you

want to stress that you are only looking to trace those committing

the violence. People who are just in the footage, who are innocent, the

majority of fans who have been out to France have not committed any

offence, we are interested only in a small minority. This is the first

clip. Thrown a bottle towards the Russian fans, to the right... Also

threw a chair earlier. This mail and that mail as well... That voice is

one of the spot is that we could hear there, talk me through what is

happening here and where this took place. -- male. This was on a Friday

night, in Marseilles, violence between English and Russian fans,

and as you can see, throwing chairs, tables at each other, at the police,

pyrotechnics being used... And to disperse it all, the police in

France put in tear gas to stop the fighting. We can see that, June ten.

Now, another clip. Talk me through this footage, when did this take

place. Marseille, again. On the Saturday before the match, the main

town square, fighting between the Russians and the English fans,

orchestrated attack on the English friends, we recognise that, and a

small minority of English fans have got involved, throwing bottles,

throwing chairs. Fighting with other fans, and throwing things at the

police. In a moment we will see some stills that you have managed to

retrieve. A number of arrests have been made but only a small man

origin relates to English fans. Over 500 arrests, only 41 are English

fans, the majority of those are for drug or drunkenness offences, not

for violence offences. It is a man origin. These stills that you have

been able to get, these are people that you want to identify, some very

clear images. -- it is a minority. And looking at the next page as

well, very clear images. Many viewers may have seen the tragic

case of the England supporter, Stuart Gray, from Leicestershire, we

can see him now, here he is, he's fighting for his life after being

attacked, what is the story? Stuart Gray was out in Marseilles, the

Saturday before the match, he has been attacked and left unconscious

in the street, we have some good news, yesterday, he opened his eyes.

This is in, in the blue T-shirt. And in the next image... Something has

obviously been hit against him, he ended up being in a coma. He was in

a coma, but yesterday he opened his eyes for the first time, fantastic.

Any footage, anybody who saw anything. For that offence we do not

yet have any suspect, so we would like to help the French police with

their investigation. People may be thinking that they recognise

somebody drinking in the bar, not involved in the violence, worried

about getting them into trouble, but you are not interested in anybody

who just happen to be there, not causing trouble. Just the

troublemakers, we are not interested in the fans who were there to watch

the football, they behaved very well. If you have any photographs of

footage, get in touch with the Central football unit at that e-mail

address. Well, here at the white water centre

in Stockton-on-Tees things have As you can see, there is quite a lot

of water coming up all around me, I'm hoping those guys over

there are going to rescue me! Take a look at the day that we spend

with another team who feel very at home in the water. This unassuming

lake is the training ground of the Yorkshire and Humber Marine unit.

This team of highly trained police officers covers a huge area, it

specialises in underwater searches, and looks after 180 miles of

coastline, that includes some of Britain's busiest ports. The unit is

led by Sergeant Stephen Burse. This training exercise involves the

recovery of a weapon, sawn off shotgun, used in crime, secreted in

this lake, that is our belief for this training operation, so we are

going to dive for its. Time to put them only operated mini submarine to

the test. -- put the remotely operated. The weapon is on a sunken

boat, somewhere in these waters, known as eight acre lake, it can get

as deep as 15 metres, they will really need this ROV to help them

track it down. Very sensitive, very difficult, especially if there is a

current. We are all trained on how to use it. Some people have more of

a knack for it than others. PC Edgar does have the knack, it is not long

before he finds the boat on the lake bed. And then... Bingo! Nice work,

time to send dive the lead down to recover the weapon. -- Diver Lee. I

have been here for two years, it is a close-knit team, ten of us here.

More like a family, a lot of trust involved, with diving, and safety,

when you are in the water, like Lee is right now, he knows that his

safety is in our care. You have got to have a love for the water and

diving but this is not diving in the Caribbean! No visibility, the

majority, through the muck and the grime, 80% of it, unfortunately,

looking for missing people. We've retrieved it, left it on this

surface and we would wait for CSI to come and video, that being made safe

and banked and taken away. A good training session all round. But the

day is not over yet. Lee is soon back in the water. Are you receiving

may? All received, thank you. The next

exercise is safety training. They are going to simulate a dive in

distress. This time, the remote sub is used to monitor the exercise. You

have a lot going on when you are dive, especially the umbilicals. If

anything was to go wrong, it could mean life or death. No response from

the diver. For every dive, that has to be a stand-by dive at the ready.

Although time is of the essence, the team still preps the stand-by diver

with the utmost care. Roger follows the umbilical. We do not know why he

is unconscious, why he is not breathing. We don't know if there is

a medical issue. Or if the air has a problem. Roger must work quickly to

do checks, and switch Lee's air supplied to the tanks on his back.

Most importantly, he needs to get him back to shore.

Lee's buoyancy vest is inflated, meaning Roger can quickly bring him

to the surface and over to the waiting medical team. Get the mask

off! Personally, I thought it went very well. Quite a distance to

travel, got to the injured driver, checked him out and brought him

back, all in under five minutes. Training is over for today.

Preparation for the real-life dangers the sea and rivers will

throw at them. Well, we're staying above

water now... The water is really

getting high now. With me on the car roof

is Greg Tucker from The first question is, why are we

doing this? The Fire Service are attending a lot more flooding

incidents. We attend incidents throughout the whole country so we

need to train regularly to make sure the Fire Service are able to carry

out the rescues and that very skilled rescues take place. So it is

really important for you guys to practice this scenario. The water is

coming thick and fast. How would you control these kind of situations?

The water is coming thick and fast. We cannot control it. We need to

think about securing the vehicle, as we have done there, to prevent it

moving any further, and then we can look at carrying out the rescue.

What we will do is secure the vehicle first of all before we

attempt to carry out the rescue. We can see the guys behind us now

starting to rescue us which is great. How will this work? I can see

them swimming over. It is important when we do perform the rescue that

we get someone across to assess the casualty. I am not injured, it is

all good. That the something we would be mindful of. If they're

worse to have us they would take the person who was injured first. -- if

there were two of us they would take the person who was injured first.

They have brought the sled across. We will transport you back to safety

on the sled. There are a number of lines on the sled so it makes its

appeal for you to get back across. I have got to get on there? Don't be

inclined to jump on it. That will be your instinct. Take your time. Then

will direct you. Listen to them and they will tell you what to do. OK, I

am on. Shuffle back. Right. So Ayr we will pull you back across the

river. Will you be OK, Greg?! I am fine, Michelle! You really get a

sense of the current here. Rav, as you can see, I have been safely

rescued but make sure you join me later because there is much more to

come! See you in a bit!

How to protect elderly loved ones from despicable thieves like this.

And who's looking over your shoulder?

The latest scam affecting people using cash machines.

I couldn't believe the cheek - the time

to take my card case out, pick five cards and leave the ones

But first, can you help with our latest selection

It is early in the morning. This bus has stopped that Cricklewood

Broadway in London. Three men go to the top deck. This guy slaps a

passenger around the back of his neck. When he asks why, they

retelling out. He is brutally assaulted without warning. The men

then get off the bus before it has even left the stop. The victim was

left with nasty swelling and bruises. We need your help to catch

these public transport nuisances. It is chucking out time for pubs and

clubs in Harrow. This guy chases after someone he has taken a dislike

into. What you are about to see is too graphic to show in full. The man

punches the victim in the back of the head who falls immediately. The

eye rate without continues to kick him while he is down. This man

caused a broken arm and nose. Let's catch him before his next night on

the town. Two men approach the outside of this

building in Mostyn Lane in Manchester. The first one

immediately starts graffiti in words across the door. Whilst he is

finishing up his painting, the other one pulls out a handgun. What are

they up to? Once the artwork is complete, man two fires several

rounds at the door. Man one also pulls out a gun and tries to fire.

When the gun doesn't work, he pulls another firearm from his pocket and

fires it at the door before running away. Police believe these men

planned this as a targeted attack, and would also like to trace a white

Ford focus, that the offenders are believed to have used to make their

getaway. We would like some names, please.

If you recognised any of that lot, please get in touch.

Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.

Text CW, space and then your message.

Texts will be charged at your standard message rate.

Now, to a rather cunning crime called shoulder-surfing.

If you see anyone lurking while you're using the cash

machine or at the tills, then beware.

I love shopping. I go shopping most days, now that I am retired.

466-year-old Mary Breslin, nothing beats a day at the shops. I like

going, even if it is just wandering around, trying not to spend too

much. Spend a bit, save a bit. But the shopping trip in March finished

without her spending a penny. I went into Tesco's because I needed an

Easter card. I popped in, I was not long. When it was time to pay, Mary

noticed a woman on her mobile phone. She was talking to someone on the

other checkout. She drew my attention that she was stood

sideways to me with her phone on her ear. Thinking nothing was unusual,

Mary finished paying and then left. I was about to get in my car and

this guy came rushing up. Can you tell me the way to the hospital,

please. He was quite in my face. He was asking for directions to your

hospital as if he was panicking. Wanting to be a good Samaritan, Mary

tried to help. He seemed to be in an urgent rush so I thought I have to

give what directions I can so he can get there quickly. But the man did

not seem to understand her simple directions. It would be far better

if you wrote it down for me. Draw me a map, I said, no, it would be

better to direct to you. I did notice he looked down by my pocket

on two occasions. The man began to get agitated. He seemed to then, all

of a sudden, lunge forward, grabbed my hands, shook it, kissed the back

of my hand, before he shot off. I became really suspicious. I thought,

something is very wrong here. As Mary was driving away, her

uneasiness groove. I got really suspicious, put my hand in my pocket

to see if my card wallet was there and discovered it was there, but the

class was broken. All of her bank cards had been stolen apart from one

store card. I was just shaking, really, really shaking. Within five

minutes, they had taken out ?1380 on my five cards. ?1300 is a vast

amount of money for me to lose. I just could not afford to lose that

type of money. So how was the money stolen? Mary was the victim of a

crime known as shoulder surfing. Shoulder surfing generally works by

a group of people working together, organised together. In very's case,

they have watched her in the supermarket, they have watched her

put her PIN into the chip and pin device or they have used a mobile

phone device to record her. They have led accosted her in the car

park and spoken to her and distracted her, and then they have

obtained Mary's cards from her and gone on to obtain cash from the

cards, having the PIN already. These people are able to empty bank

accounts. I could not believe the cheek, the cheek to have time to

take my card case out, go through it and pick out five cards, leave the

ones they didn't want and to put it back. It has had a very deep impact.

I never thought that I would be so shook up by what happened. It

really, really disturbed me for a long time, and still does. I lay

awake at night thinking about it. It is a horrible, horrible feeling to

think they can do that to you. Poor Mary, but sadly this kind

of crime is not that uncommon. With me is Paul Somerville

from North Yorkshire Police. Paul, you've got some

CCTV, haven't you? We have CCTV footage

of three men trying Mary's cards in Leeds city centre

just a few hours later How much money were they stealing?

We believe they have stolen up to ?1300 in very short notice. It is a

serious incident. What can people better do to protect themselves? If

you are using your debit card or a credit card, whether it is at an ATM

machine or a supermarket, cover your PIN and be extra vigilant of anyone

watching you. Be aware of the distraction techniques that people

will use. Poll, thank you. Shoulder surfing is a common incident. You

really Now, time for today's Wanted Faces

starting with this man Jake Whelan. Detectives want to

question him in connection with the murder of a man in Cardiff

earlier this month. Whelan is 23 and has links

to Kidderminster and Norwich He has a Kidderminster

accent and a tribal

tattoo on his left wrist. If you know where he is, don't

approach him, just dial 999. This slightly blurry

image is 33-year-old He was jailed for just

over three years for burglary offences

and released on licence. But he hasn't stuck to his

conditions Simpson also calls himself

Philip Jones, Gary Marshall, Detectives say he has a large nose

and bushy eyebrows He has links to Liverpool

and across Wales and Scotland. Detectives in Manchester

want to question him in connection with a burglary

at the home of an elderly lady Purcell is 24 and has

an Irish accent. He has links to Middlesex, Coventry,

Warwickshire, Bedfordshire, You may know him as John Radford

or James Bradford. He's also unsure of how old he is,

claiming to be 27, 28 and 29. Detectives in the Met

want to question him after a stolen car was involved in a serious crash

in which a woman suffered Radford has a London accent

and friends and family in the capital as well as

Essex and Manchester. and a tattoo of a dog

on his right calf. If you know where any of these men

are make sure you get in touch. Now, how a young teenager's routine

walk to school ended Help us catch the man

who tried to abduct her VOICEOVER: 13-year-old Louise Weston

from with her baby sister, she's like any other teenager. -- from

Hull. I like listening to music, going out with my friends, and I

love my family. She is happy-go-lucky, she always has a

smile on her face, she is away is happy to help people when she is out

and about, a really happy child. Two months ago, Louise was running late.

Louise was dashing about, trying to get ready for school, that morning,

I could not drop off like I normally did, so she started walking. She

left about ten, 15 minutes late for school that morning. I decided to

take the short cut route. It took her away from the main road, and

along the path behind a local golf course. I heard whistling noises,

from the bushes. I thought that it was the wind. I did not really think

that it was any thing, I carried on walking. Louise was being watched.

WHISTLING. How old are you? A man jumped out from the bushes and began

asking me questions. And then... Things took a frightening turn. He

tried to drag my coat off me, off my shoulder. He tried pulling at my

hair. I was really scared of what was going to happen next. He picked

me up, by my legs, and put me over the shoulder. I kicked him, I tried

walking away. For the man could do anything else, a dog walker appeared

in the distance. I was shouting, I was trying to make as much noise as

I could. He saw the dog walker, that is when he dropped me. The attacker

rode away, leaving behind a traumatised Louise, her first

thought was to run home to the safety of her mother. As she came

through the door, I could see that she had been crying, her hair was a

complete mess, completely shaken, I could not believe this kind of thing

happened. I was so angry, I still am so angry that somebody has done that

to my child. It is very concerning that the attacker was lying in wait,

for a potential victim. Obviously, preplanned, the patience to wait

there in the morning for the victim, Louise, who unfortunately was in the

wrong place at the wrong time. The attack was over in just a few

minutes but it has had a lasting effect on Louise. The first week or

so, the doors would be completely locked all of the time in the house,

every door, she would not even have a window open. It has affected my

schooling. I dare not go out on my own anymore. He has hurt my baby, he

has heard my child, he has got into her head. This man needs catching so

that he cannot do it to other children.

I am joined by Detective Inspector Nicholas Ram from Humberside Police.

We saw in the film that a dog walker was nearby

He was walking his dog near the Spring Head Golf Park

of Hull around 8:30 in the morning on 29th April.

We do not know how long the attacker had been laying in wait, people may

have even conversed with him. You don't think this is the first time

the attacker has struck. No, one week prior, 213-year-old girls were

approached by a very similar looking male, with a black mountain bike,

slim build, dark hair, dark stubble, tried to engage them in a sexualised

conversation, before making an indecent proposal to them. You have

a CCTV image of the man you wish to speak with. There was a burglary

early on that day, among other things, a green handled knife was

stolen, this footage is very similar to the description of the mail.

Thank you very much. If so, we'd very much

like to hear from you. Please get in touch

using the usual numbers. Now, the latest figures show that

theft and fraud cases against the vulnerable and elderly

in their homes have doubled The charity Action on Elder Abuse

estimates that ?18 million of money and goods was stolen,

and that's led to more families installing hidden cameras to help

catch the theives red-handed. of Action on Elder Abuse,

Gary Fitzgerald, and Simon Berlin, who caught his mother's

carer in the act after Simon, tells us what

happened to your mum? I discovered that money was going

missing from her purse regularly, I could not find out who of the many

visitors to her home were involved, she has many carers, and it was not

a decision that I took lightly but the only way that I could narrow

down who was responsible was by installing a hidden camera. Your

mother had a number of carers that visited her and looked after her in

her own home, you installed a hidden camera in a smoke alarm, nobody knew

it was there. This is brilliant footage. She removes the purse,

slips some money out of it. That is the carer. You can see how clean the

purse with a cloth, to try to remove fingerprints. I also caught on

camera her for the Finder logbook, you can see that above where she has

put it. Taking the contents of the purse... -- falls are fine --

falsifying the logbook. It is terrible what has happened, what

advice would you give to someone who has suspicions about this kind of

crime? These are opportunistic thieves, they do not necessarily

plan it in their head, reducing opportunities is important, don't

leave money around but if you do, make sure people know everyone is

watching. Go to the bank, cap and much money can be taken out at any

one time, that will give you time to find out what is going on. Bank

statements, get them sent to somebody that you trust. If you

don't have a shredder, throw important documents you want to get

rid of into a bowl of water, gets rid of them in a couple of days, we

have great leaflets on the website. You put the hidden camera into a

smoke alarm, we have some examples here of Eden cameras that we can all

buy these days, ten years ago they would have to be installed by a

specialist but this one, looks like an old copy cup, it is not, there is

a camera in there. You want people to be aware, we are not suggesting

that they put it in a commercial or public property, they could be

committing an offence, this was done in a private home. The majority of

people working as carers are brilliant people, we need is to say

that at the start, but only do this if you have real suspicions, that

there is a real issue to get to the bottom of, you cannot work it out

any otherwise. We do not want to see these in all older people's houses

all over the place, it has got to be targeted. Most carers are genuine

and want to look after people. Brilliant story with what you have

done for your mother. And you very much both of you. -- thank you very

much both of you. We're back with Humberside Fire

and Rescue Service as they practice Up there you'll see

some people about I'm down here in the rather safer

water, I've borrowed some

of their waterproof kit. Greg, what sort of real emergency

are you preparing for here? People go into the water and get

swept down towards us. To get them out, we have a couple of

firefighters stood by, to swim across and grabbed the casualties,

get them out of the water. The water is so fast flowing, I can see why

you need to train properly for this kind of thing. Very deceptive,

probably only six miles per hour, but the volume of the water, it

makes it incredibly hard to get out. What is happening? One of the

firefighters has swum across, to rescue the casualty, we are going to

bring the bank and yet into the water. It all has to happen very

quickly. It has to be very efficient and effective. We will put another

casualty into the water. We will throw the casualty a line... A rope,

essentially, he will catch that, then we will get him out. Any tips

for where I throw it? Throw it across his body. Shout to him, to

tell him that you are going to throw it and for him to hold onto that. I

am going to throw you a line! Grab it, bring him in... Gosh, it is

fast. Get him out of the water. Neil is bringing him out now, assess,

make sure he is fit and well. Check they are OK as soon as you come out

of the water. Administer first aid to anybody, if they have any

injuries. And down quite a lot of speed. Definitely, thank you so

much. Great to see you in action. -- coming down in quite a lot of speed.

I think these guys need a cup of tea, a bit of a rest.

Hot off the press, potential names for some of the men that people want

to speak about the disorder in France, but they also want to hear

from anybody with information about the serious assault on Stuart Gray,

he was the victim in the blue T-shirt who was left in a coma,

images are on the website, if you want to have a look. Some good

information about the horrific rape in Leeds city centre, the suspect

carried the victim off, detectives tell us they are following new

leads, as a direct result of the new leads. Where will you be tomorrow,

Michelle? We will be out with zero Yorkshire's rural task force as they

crackdown on wildlife crime in particular poaching from rivers at

night and also, in Gateshead, a state-of-the-art firearms training

centre where the police and the military train. -- we will be out

with North Yorkshire's rural task force.

For more details about the crimes on today's programme,

We will be back, on BBC Two, at a slightly earlier time, 9am.

Before we go, here's another look at this

If any of them look familiar, pick up the phone

but on BBC Two, at the slightly earlier time of 9 o'clock.

Can't you see we're both investigating the same thing?