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We're live and waiting for your calls to help us

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The musician driven out of his family home

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I've not spent a night here since the attack happened.

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I'm OK in the day but as soon as it starts to get dark,

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I'm looking through the windows and I'm thinking,

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Mountain rescue teams are used to working at heights and today,

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Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow.

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Once again, we need your help to bag the bad guys.

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How helping out a stranger can damage your bank balance.

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I was furious with myself for being scammed,

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because I have tried to be cautious, you know, and careful.

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And the cruel pet shop burglars who stole more

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Then I noticed the parrot was missing and I just burst out crying.

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Today, Michelle has crossed the border from England to Wales

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Although I can see more rocks than rolling hills behind you.

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Yes, I'm at Morlais quarry, where the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue

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Today's just a training exercise, but they never know when they'll be

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Just yesterday, they were involved in a major rescue operation, where

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26 teenagers and adults were missing in bad weather conditions.

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Thankfully, they were all found safe and sound but it goes to show how

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vital the services. Later, I will be finding out a bit more about the

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work they do. Now time for our first appeal. And a violent attack on an

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innocent man in Staffordshire and a terrible case of mistaken identity.

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If they can do that to me, are they going to do it to someone else? I

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just thought I am going to die. 49-year-old Ian Allcock is a

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full-time musician and front man of no fewer than five different tribute

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bands. Four tribute shows to oasis, the Stone Roses, Paul Weller and the

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jam, Sting and the police and then cover bands for weddings or parties.

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His work means he is often on the road but his home in Peacock Hay

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near Stoke-on-Trent has always been his ankle. I have lived here all my

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life, it is my parents house, but I came back when my mum died in 2012

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under been living here are my own ever since. One evening last August,

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Ian was relaxing at home. It was around about half past ten when I

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heard the news adds -- noise outside. I got up and walked into

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the kitchen and realised it was somebody at the door. Four men with

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mass, and I knew it was not good. -- masks. As Ian Poulter the inner door

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and tried to call the help, the men smashed their way in. Before I knew

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it, there were standing there in front of me. Where is the money? The

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gang launched a vicious attack. Obviously, my first instinct was to

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try and defend myself. Ian was quickly overwhelmed. And then I got

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knocked out. I don't remember a great deal much around that, apart

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from waking up by the fireplace. One lifted his balaclava up to his

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forehead and just said, "Where's the drugs? Where's the cash?" I said, "I

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don't know what you mean, just go." They said I was lying and just

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started hitting me again. I just thought, "I am going to die." They

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dragged Ian through to the front of the house. They said to lie on the

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floor and I just crouched down, blood everywhere. Whilst the gang

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ransacked the house, one towered over Ian with a brick. I heard one

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of them say, we will take in with the sun set fire to him and I

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thought, I need to get past this guy. If I don't, I don't know what

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is going to happen to me. Ian saw an opportunity and made a break for

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freedom. Got my breath together and just made a lunge for him. Got him

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on the floor outside, heard the others coming back shouting so I

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just thought, go, go. He ran to the main road looking for help. I

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managed to flag down somebody and I just said, "I've been attacked,

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please call the police." By the time police arrived, the gang had fled.

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The attack left Ian with serious injuries. I had lacerations all over

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my head, I had 50 odd stitches. My lip was hanging off here. They put

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stitches in that. All of my eye socket was crushed. I was just a

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mess. Ian has made a good recovery, but memories of the attack still

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haunt him. I don't live here any more. I have not spent a night here

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since the attack happened. I am OK in the day, but as soon as it starts

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to get dark, I am looking through the windows and thinking, "I can't

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live like this." They need to be caught. It would finish the

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nightmare I have been living through for the last eight months.

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Such a harrowing ordeal for Ian. Sergeant Liam Ryder joins bid to

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talk about the case. Ian's injuries were horrific, one day? They were,

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he sustained a fractured jaw and broken eye socket and he lost five

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teeth during the attack. It was an brutal attack inflicted by this

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gang. He is by trade a musician, a professional musician, and obviously

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that has stopped him performing with his band the sometime after, and he

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is still receiving treatment today. The injuries were shocking. The gang

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were asking Ian for drugs and money. What was that all about? We later

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found a building nearby that was used to how small-scale cannabis

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production, which Ian had no knowledge of whatsoever, so we

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believe he was wrongly targeted, the wrong address, by this gang, but

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whatever the motive, they clearly have a propensity to use serious

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levels of violence and as such they need to be arrested and brought to

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justice. He did manage to get a look at one of the attackers. He did, and

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his description was good enough for him to make this a bit.

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Unfortunately, the other males kept their face coverings on. However,

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Ian did say they spoke with accents that are local to the Stoke-on-Trent

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area. He just wants this gang caught, doesn't he? He does. It was

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a harrowing ordeal he was subjected to and it has affected him adversely

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to the point where he has had to move house, so for Ian, it would be

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closure if the offenders could be caught. Liam, thank you very much.

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Rav, back to you. Well, it's a really nasty case,

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so please do take another look If you know who he or any

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of the other gang members might be, please get in touch using

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the numbers on screen. Next, time for today's collection

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of crooks caught on CCTV. Just so you know, the first one is

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pretty nasty. This man in the Hibees jacket

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waiting at the side of the road in Croydon is a bus driver on his

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break. He is minding his own business when, out of the blue,

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another man comes up to him and head-butt him in the face. The

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driver tries to defend himself, but the man continues the attack. Police

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believe the same man was on the victim's bus route earlier that

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afternoon. He lost his temper when he stumbled as the bus pulled away.

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Can you help by naming this angry passenger?

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A man has just finished paying for his fuel on Christmas morning of

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last year. A stranger walks up to him and asks him for a lift. Of

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course, he declines. He walks over to his door and the man follows.

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Suddenly, he punches the car owner in the face. He eventually knocks

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the victim to the floor and manages to nab his car keys. The hooded man

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runs to the driver's side and starts the engine, but the car owner is not

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giving up yet. He tries to grab his keys back. The carjacker attempts to

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put the car in reverse and then finally makes his getaway, dragging

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the victim for a short distance behind him. Thankfully, the victims

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managed to get away with cuts and bruises but police are still looking

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for the black Volkswagen golf. It was worth three grand and this is

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the plate. If you have seen the car, or the bloke, call us now.

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A hooded man walks into betting shop on a Sunday lunchtime in February,

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with what witnesses described as a handgun wrapped tightly in a black

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bag. He is swearing and making threats and demanding employees open

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the till. According to police, some of the customers take a disliking to

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the feisty fella and start to give him an earful. The hooded bloke cut

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his losses and leaves empty-handed but not before giving us a very

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clear shot of his mug. Someone must recognise him. We are waiting for

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your call. Calls are free

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from landlines and mobile phones. Text CW, space,

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and then your message. Texts will be charged

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at your standard message rate. I'm standing on the edge

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of the Brecon Beacons National Park. You can see Pen-y-fan over there,

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the highest peak in south Wales. This area attracts more than four

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million visitors every year. I spent the day with the team

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who step in when things go wrong. The stunning Brecon Beacons in South

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Wales are a magnet for visitors, from climbers looking for adventure

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to families escaping for a day out in nature. And keeping them also is

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the job of the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue team. -- keeping

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them all safe. Sometimes the wrong footwear, wrong clothing or the

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weather changing, and it can change very fast, things can take a turn

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for the worst and that is when Mountain Rescue come in. We know

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this area like the back of our hands. I am going to spend the day

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with the team learning some of the skills they used to help hundreds of

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people every year. Many mountain accidents result in leg injuries.

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Trainer Mark is going to show me how to immobilise a broken ankle. The

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idea of this is we form it around the ankle and then we suck the air

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out of it and the whole thing becomes a rigid splint. Let's have a

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look, then. The splint holds the leg still,

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reducing the pain. As you can see, that has formed nice and hard around

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his leg. If you can lift the leg, that has gone to... It has formed a

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mould. But in a serious accident, the whole

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person might need to be immobilised. That is where a vacuum mattress

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comes in. What I want you to do is help the guys load him into the

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mattress. We will log roll him across to his right hand side. One,

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two, three, role. It is a delicate procedure to minimise the chances of

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further injury. So again, this is to keep him nice and secure, no

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movement. It is the same principle as the leg splint. We suck the air

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out. You can have a go at that as well. Go on. That's it. That is

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good. With the bag rigid, the casualty can be moved safely. It is

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all very impressive. And now it is time to put my new skills into

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practice. So now we have a scenario for you, a proper casualty out on

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the hill somewhere for us. OK, no pressure, then.

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I am told I need to locate and rescue a casualty from this area of

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the mountain. Hugh Jones is leading the operation. We split ourselves

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into two groups, myself and the initial search party and then the

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kit party to come behind. The other part of the scenario this afternoon

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is to build on Michelle's training from earlier on today and I will ask

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you to put on your Mountain Rescue jacket. It is real! It is. There you

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go. As the search parties head out onto the mountain, I have been

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paired with rescue leader Hugh. What we do is take advantage of the

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footpaths are we are not stumbling and tripping over the rough stuff,

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as long as we maintain a good view of the ravine, that will do us. It

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can often take time to locate a casual too. Hugh tells me more about

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the person we are looking for. A gentleman walking on his own, we

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don't know if he has kit with him but doing the walk he was doing, I

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would expect at least a backpack. In any rescue, time is of the essence.

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The longer casualty is out in the elements, the greater the chance

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their condition will deteriorate. As we carry on looking, I spot

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something which looks promising. I can see him. That bit of orange

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there? I think you are right. Now comes the tricky part, getting down

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into the ravine. I don't know if we are going to be able to cross the

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river as a straight line from here, so we may walk around the top if

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there is a crossing point. That may be the safest option.

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That rain is steep and uneven so we have to tread carefully. The rescue

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team radios back to base. Back to the location please, over. A

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follow-up party is dispatched with medical kit. We are catching up on

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the party on the other side of the ravine and you can see there is a

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man down for treatment and we will make a judgment on the injuries he

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has on the condition he is in. OK. Everyone has their part to play in

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the rescue. Do you want to pick up the rack there? And that includes

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me. Marvellous. Well done. We are going to lift up

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the back Matt and you can bring the stretcher in and slide it

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underneath. The precarious position makes getting the man out even more

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of a challenge. Ready, Brace, lift. It has been another successful

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rescue and my day with the team is at an end. Every day, these people

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are on call, giving up their time to save lives and often in treacherous

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conditions. They really are the heroes of the mountains.

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Well I'm here with one of those heroes, Penny Brockman, team leader

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of the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue.

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I had such a lovely debut and the team and it was great to see how you

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train and learn new skills but how long has the team existed? We have

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been going for over 50 years. We operate on 80 or 90 call-outs per

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year, sometimes even getting up to 100. It is a busy team, really busy

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for you guys yesterday. We were called out for the Mountain rescue

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teams to 26 young children and adults missing in the Brecon

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Beacons. The weather had closed in on them. It was pouring down with

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rain yesterday. We are lucky today, it is dry, but it shows it you have

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to cope in different types of conditions. Very much so. We train

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in many conditions, rain, snow, extreme heat. Be ready for that

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call-out. It's not just the mountain to operate in, is it? No, in

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different environments around rivers, waterfalls. We get called

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out to urban and rural areas to search for young and vulnerable

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people who go missing. Penny, you are one of three females who are

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mountain rescue team leaders, aren't you? Yes, I have been a mountain

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rescue 30 years this year. I'm very passionate about women being

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involved. I think they are very valuable members and make a real

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difference in the teams. That is fantastic, and with that in mind,

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you have a challenge for me. We have. You did so great on our

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training day we are taking you to the next level and you will do an

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abseil. Let's get started. You will talk me through it. You are all

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connected up and on. We have got you on the safety rope, so you are safe

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and well protected. If you have the rope in your right hand, if you keep

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your feet far apart and take the weight into the system and gradually

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work your way back. Not that quick. If you come over this direction a

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bit, you can stand on the edge and if you work your way to the edge a

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bit and keep your feet nice into the system. Take your time, slowly, work

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your toes back. Just step over. Just step over, and go on to the little

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ledge to make it easy. Bring your foot here. OK. That's it. Take my

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time. We will let you go. Move your foot slowly. Little bit at a time.

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OK. Rav, I will see when I get down to bottom. Keep moving your feet.

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OK, all good. The mysterious letter

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which could hold the answers And can you help track down

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the treasured pet stolen I don't care about the stock,

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I just want Silver back. It was Fathers' Day just

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a couple of weeks ago. But for one family in Hereford,

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the day marked the anniversary 30-year-old Christian Bagley had

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lived in Hereford all his life. He had one daughter, 18-month-old Lara,

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but he had separated from her mother and they shared custody. I had known

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Christian since I was a teenager. He was very quiet, kept himself to

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himself. He was a brilliant dad. She was his life. That was his world,

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when he had her. On Sunday the 21st of June 2015, Father's Day,

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Christian left the flat he shared with his brother and went to pick up

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his daughter. She was really happy. She gave him a great big smile, and

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she would say, daddy, daddy, and run over to him. Then he took her to

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McDonald's. They went back to Natasha's house to

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eat. We were all playing. And then it was

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getting a bit late. Time to go to bed. It was just a really nice day.

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The happiness in Christian and Lara, something you just don't forget.

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Shortly after 10:30 p.m., Christian left Natasha's house and began his

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15 minute walk home along the river. But during that journey, Christian

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was attacked. He was stabbed in the back and arm.

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He staggered to a friend's house nearby.

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But less than one hour after the attack, Christian died. I had a

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phone call to say that Christian had been stabbed and the feeling was

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just unbearable. I had long been with him, the cup was still on my

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table that he drank out of. It is like he has gone out, got lost and

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we cannot find him. I cannot believe he is gone. At the minute, that is

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how I cope, that he is coming back. I wish he would just walk back

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through the door. You just wanted so bad. -- you just want it. But

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somebody took him. That little girl has been robbed of a chance to know

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her father. He was so, so proud of her. It's so sad. He didn't deserve

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to die. He didn't. And one year on, police

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are urging anyone with Christian was stabbed in an area

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of Hereford known as 'The Lines' near to

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Hunderton Bridge. Police believe there

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are still people who were in that part of town on the night

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of the murder who have not They also want to identify

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an individual who was seen on Saturday 20th June, 2015,

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the day before Christian died. He was white and in his 20s,

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with an Eastern European accent and was seen on the river towpath,

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entering Costcutter on Belmont Road, He was wearing an Adidas cap,

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a dark jacket with a light coloured motif on the front left hand side,

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light tracksuit-style trousers Worth mentioning, West Mercia Police

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are offering a reward of up to ?10,000 for any information

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leading to the arrest and conviction Rav, I've got my feet back

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on the ground after my abseil, and I'll be back with

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Mountain Rescue a bit later. But first, to an upsetting

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experience for a pensioner who certainly wasn't rewarded

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for helping a stranger. Nestled in the Somerset countryside,

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Wells is a city steeped in history, dating back to Roman times. Wells,

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we think, is the perfect place to live. It's like living in a very

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large, charming village, really. There's always somebody to talk to.

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Such an idyllic place attracts thousands of tourists every year. We

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quite enjoy having them around. I'm very used to being stopped and

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asked, please wear areas... -- where is... And one tries to help them. On

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the 23rd of March, Pamela was on her way into town to do some shopping

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when she caught the eye of two visitors who were more interested in

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cash and culture. The day that it all happened was just before Easter,

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and it was cold. Pamela had no idea she was being followed. So I went

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down into the market and I took some money out from the cashpoint at the

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bank on the corner of the marketplace. While Pamela got her

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money, her every move was being watched. CCTV shows a man and a

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woman hovering nearby as Pamela stands at the cash machine. They

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lean in, peering over her shoulder as she types in her PIN number.

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I'd taken the money out and I was putting my purse back in the back of

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my shopping trolley. The pair had clearly seen where Pamela had put

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her purse. It was now a waiting game.

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I set off for home and I heard a voice calling, mad, mad. And this

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young woman came running up the street -- Madame, madam. She was

:25:59.:26:05.

waving paper at me. She got hold of me and took me through the entrance

:26:06.:26:10.

into the music school, between the wall and the notice board. And, of

:26:11.:26:14.

course, I had left my shopping trolley just behind me. She started

:26:15.:26:18.

asking me something and her English was not understandable. She kept on

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saying, museum. I said, there is the museum. She said, no, no. She was

:26:27.:26:34.

pointing at the leaflet. While Pamela was distracted, the woman's

:26:35.:26:37.

accomplice slipped her purse out of her trolley. Suddenly this man came

:26:38.:26:44.

forward and I thought this must be her husband or friend, so I smiled

:26:45.:26:49.

at him and he did not smile back at me at all. And he took her quite

:26:50.:26:51.

quickly and off they went. So I trundled my trolley back home.

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Thinking, this was all a bit odd. I really wondered if she was

:27:05.:27:10.

completely mentally stable, because it had been such a peculiar

:27:11.:27:16.

experience. After lunch, I got a phone call suddenly saying this is

:27:17.:27:20.

your bank security and we have been made aware that your card is being

:27:21.:27:26.

used irregularly. Have you just taken out ?240? Could you check and

:27:27.:27:31.

see you have got your card. And then, of course, I realised I had

:27:32.:27:35.

not got my card. The thieves had gone straight to a cash machine and

:27:36.:27:42.

also try to trade get -- take out a ?600 phone contract. And one suspect

:27:43.:27:47.

was caught on CCTV trying, but failing, to get cashback at a local

:27:48.:27:48.

bookies. I felt it was a sort of loss of

:27:49.:27:58.

innocence, somehow. You are so used to people being nice in Wells. They

:27:59.:28:02.

are nice, they are friendly, they are lovely. I was furious with

:28:03.:28:08.

myself for being scammed, because I have tried to be cautious and

:28:09.:28:12.

careful. You know, it's just horrid. DI Mark Coleman from Avon

:28:13.:28:15.

and Somerset Constabulary You don't think Pamela was the only

:28:16.:28:29.

person targeted that day, do you? Unfortunately not, Michelle. This is

:28:30.:28:33.

a linked series of three offences that occurred in Wells that day. The

:28:34.:28:38.

first offence, an elderly female victim on a mobility scooter was

:28:39.:28:42.

targeted and cash were stolen. On the second occasion, an elderly

:28:43.:28:45.

gentleman was subject to a pickpocket offence. Fortunately, on

:28:46.:28:49.

that occasion, he was lucky that he managed to contact his bank to

:28:50.:28:53.

prevent any money being stolen. Tell us about the methods these types of

:28:54.:28:57.

criminals are using. These types of criminals target the most elderly

:28:58.:29:00.

and vulnerable people in society. On this occasion they have used a

:29:01.:29:04.

technique called shoulder surfing, where they can look

:29:05.:29:16.

over the cash. These are the people you want to identify. Absolutely.

:29:17.:29:28.

Both male and female were described as being Mediterranean or Eastern

:29:29.:29:31.

European in origin. The female has long dark hair and is described as

:29:32.:29:35.

being smart and appearance. The man is described as being in his

:29:36.:29:40.

mid-30s. These dark skinned and stocky built. He has quite a

:29:41.:29:44.

distinctive beard. In the CCTV footage we obtained, on some

:29:45.:29:48.

occasions, he is seen wearing a baseball cap with a peak at the

:29:49.:29:54.

back. Mark, thank you very much. Next to one of Hampshire

:29:55.:29:56.

Constabulary's longest running unsolved cases.

:29:57.:30:01.

It's been almost a quarter of a century since Michael

:30:02.:30:04.

Schallamach disappeared from his home in Southampton.

:30:05.:30:05.

And this morning, police are unveiling a brand new piece

:30:06.:30:08.

of evidence which they hope may finally lead to a breakthrough.

:30:09.:30:10.

I'm joined by Detective Chief Superintendent Ben Snuggs

:30:11.:30:12.

and by retired Detective Sergeant Simon Casey.

:30:13.:30:14.

If we can start, what can you tell me about Michael? Michael

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Schallamach was a loving family man, father and grandfather, and in April

:30:24.:30:29.

1992, went missing. The circumstances of his going missing

:30:30.:30:32.

were really interesting, insofar as he was about to go on holiday with

:30:33.:30:36.

his wife, he took absolutely no clothing with him and since then he

:30:37.:30:39.

has not been seen and his body never been found. 24 years later, there is

:30:40.:30:45.

information you are going to reveal exclusively here. As a result of our

:30:46.:30:49.

enquiries, we suspect that two men, Kenneth Regan and William Horncy are

:30:50.:30:55.

involved in the murder of Michael Schallamach, and these two men are

:30:56.:30:58.

serving life sentences for the murder of a family of five, the

:30:59.:31:03.

Chohan family. They were convicted in 2003 and will never be eligible

:31:04.:31:08.

for parole. There are a number of similarities between the murder of

:31:09.:31:12.

the Chohans and the disappearance of Michael that have led us to suspect

:31:13.:31:16.

they are connected. Thank you. Simon, this is a case you have

:31:17.:31:20.

worked on for many years, before retirement and after. What can you

:31:21.:31:23.

tell me about the and the similarities? I picked the case up

:31:24.:31:28.

in 2010, when I was still serving and still involved today. But there

:31:29.:31:34.

are striking similarities between the two incidents. For instance, the

:31:35.:31:40.

last person to see Michael Schallamach alive, by his own

:31:41.:31:44.

admission, was Kenneth Regan. The last person to see Mr Chohan alive

:31:45.:31:50.

was Kenneth Regan. So that started the ball rolling. Then I brought the

:31:51.:31:54.

letter along. I am just going to show it. What is this? Very, very

:31:55.:32:01.

interesting. A couple of weeks after Michael went missing, Michael's wife

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Yvonne received that handwritten letter. The letter purports to be

:32:06.:32:13.

from a woman he has run off with. We believe that is completely untrue,

:32:14.:32:16.

the letter is a smoke screen, a ruse to try and give a reason why Michael

:32:17.:32:20.

has disappeared, to try and make people believe he has just run away.

:32:21.:32:25.

That has similarities with the Chohan case, because letters were

:32:26.:32:28.

sent to business partners and friends and family, explaining that

:32:29.:32:33.

Mr Chohan had in fact fled the country back to India. That was a

:32:34.:32:38.

smoke screen. So again, similarities there. And you are interested in the

:32:39.:32:43.

handwriting itself. We can see another image, just to see if anyone

:32:44.:32:48.

does recognise that writing. 24 years on, why is it so important to

:32:49.:32:52.

get the answers after all this time. I think it is partly because it is

:32:53.:32:57.

24 years and we believe this is our last opportunity to try and crack

:32:58.:33:01.

this case and we believe that letter holds the key. If anyone recognises

:33:02.:33:06.

the handwriting, voted themselves, knows who wrote it all was put up to

:33:07.:33:10.

writing it, allegiances change over time, please get in touch. Please do

:33:11.:33:15.

get in touch if you have any information that could help. Next to

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a devastating burglary in Wales pet shop.

:33:19.:33:23.

Silver Star Pets in the South Wales valleys opened its doors two years

:33:24.:33:28.

ago. Since then, the business has been growing and growing. I have

:33:29.:33:34.

loved animals and since I was a nipper. Starting the business was a

:33:35.:33:39.

big gamble. I had to take out two loans. I make myself skint to make

:33:40.:33:44.

sure the shop does well. What I like about the business is interacting

:33:45.:33:47.

with customers, finding out what animals they have got. Last year,

:33:48.:33:53.

the shop got its own live in pet, an African Grey parrot called Silver. A

:33:54.:33:58.

lot of customers used to come just to see Silver. African Greys, they

:33:59.:34:05.

can have only so many hours sleep, so that is where he would stay

:34:06.:34:09.

during the night. On the 15th of March this year, Helen had just

:34:10.:34:13.

taken delivery of hundreds of valuable tropical fish from

:34:14.:34:17.

Singapore. To acclimatise, the fish were left overnight in buckets of

:34:18.:34:23.

nutrient rich water. We left at eight o'clock, knocked up as normal,

:34:24.:34:27.

went home, went to bed. -- locked up. But just half an hour later, a

:34:28.:34:34.

white Ford Transit minibus was caught clearly on CCTV driving into

:34:35.:34:38.

the trading estate, with three people inside.

:34:39.:34:45.

They tried the front door of the shop before heading around the back,

:34:46.:34:50.

where they managed to remove the window.

:34:51.:34:58.

Once inside, the stock was theirs for the taking.

:34:59.:35:05.

The intruders spent the next few hours looting the shop and trashing

:35:06.:35:09.

what they didn't want. The thieves loaded up the minibus,

:35:10.:35:19.

but they still had one more target in their sights. Helen's below that

:35:20.:35:31.

parrot Silver. -- the beloved. They took him, along with ?35,000 worth

:35:32.:35:39.

of stock. The next morning, Helen was devastated by what she found. We

:35:40.:35:43.

noticed something was wrong because the front door was wide open and the

:35:44.:35:47.

side panels were kicked off. As I walked into the shop, I noticed the

:35:48.:35:51.

parrot was missing. I just burst out crying. In their rush to steal as

:35:52.:35:59.

much as possible, the thieves had grabbed the buckets of tropical fish

:36:00.:36:08.

and emptied them. All of the fish were dead on the floor. It was just

:36:09.:36:15.

really, really shocking. I just thought, that is it, business is

:36:16.:36:18.

over. They had basically taken everything we had. The local

:36:19.:36:23.

community has rallied around and with the help from suppliers, the

:36:24.:36:27.

business is slowly getting back on its feet. But Helen can't get the

:36:28.:36:31.

breaking out of her thoughts. Since the burglary has happened, I am

:36:32.:36:38.

probably having 2-4 hours sleep a night. I can't sleep because I'm

:36:39.:36:42.

thinking, what if the alarm goes off? And the loss of Silver is a

:36:43.:36:47.

constant source of pain. I don't care about the stock, I basically

:36:48.:36:51.

want silverback. The stock is replaceable, Silver is not. You will

:36:52.:36:59.

never get another one like him -- I want Silver back.

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BAE Amanda Thomas from Gwent Police is joining me now. What do you know

:37:02.:37:05.

about the burglary so far? The burglary took place on the trading

:37:06.:37:13.

estate in Pengam on the 16th of March this year. What we do know is

:37:14.:37:18.

CCTV footage shows a white Ford Transit Mark 7 minibus enter the

:37:19.:37:23.

state on the 15th of March. It stays for a number of hours and we know

:37:24.:37:28.

there are three occupants in the vehicle, targeting at least five

:37:29.:37:33.

units. What did they take from the pet shop? Around ?35,000 worth of

:37:34.:37:39.

stock, including dog lead, dog collars, dog food and aquarium

:37:40.:37:43.

products, which are quite distinctive, and they also took the

:37:44.:37:47.

pet parrot, who goes by the name of Silver, valued at ?900 but priceless

:37:48.:37:52.

to his owners. Tell us more about Silver. He is an African Grey parrot

:37:53.:37:59.

with a red ring on his tail, quite talkative parrot, talks a lot to the

:38:00.:38:05.

customers, so I would appeal to anybody who might have purchased

:38:06.:38:09.

this parrot knows the whereabouts and in particular the van, who has

:38:10.:38:13.

hired the van and is it in your area? If you do have any

:38:14.:38:16.

information, you know what to do. Rav.

:38:17.:38:18.

Time now for a look at today's Wanted Faces.

:38:19.:38:21.

We start with Francis Patrick Jordan, although he also uses

:38:22.:38:23.

He was jailed for two and half years for burglary

:38:24.:38:27.

But he's failed to stick to the conditions of his release

:38:28.:38:31.

Jordan is 23 and described as having pock marked skin.

:38:32.:38:35.

He has a surgical scar on his left hand.

:38:36.:38:37.

He was due to appear before Isleworth Crown court in connection

:38:38.:38:43.

with burglary and theft, but he didn't turn up.

:38:44.:38:45.

He also uses the names Steven Cortini and Donald First.

:38:46.:38:50.

Thurston has a tattoo of a red fox on his right arm

:38:51.:38:53.

and an injured knuckle on his right hand.

:38:54.:38:55.

He was jailed for two years and ten months for a violent robbery

:38:56.:39:04.

in Poland and released early on licence, but has failed to stick

:39:05.:39:07.

to his conditions and is now wanted back in jail.

:39:08.:39:09.

He has links to Wakefield and is described as dangerous

:39:10.:39:19.

so just dial 999 if you know where he is.

:39:20.:39:21.

He's wanted for questioning by detectives in Lancashire

:39:22.:39:25.

after two homes were broken into, car keys stolen

:39:26.:39:27.

Nee is 29 and has links to the Merseyside area.

:39:28.:39:33.

If you know where any of these faces are, please call and text

:39:34.:39:36.

the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue team

:39:37.:39:46.

the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue team are putting their abseiling

:39:47.:39:48.

Penny Brockman, the team leader is back with me.

:39:49.:39:52.

Talk me through the scenario we can see here. Today, we have got a

:39:53.:39:59.

training exercise for a casualty who has fallen down a rock face onto a

:40:00.:40:04.

ledge, is injured and we have a stretcher ready to Lower head down

:40:05.:40:09.

to the bottom so the ambulance and taken to hospital. When you're

:40:10.:40:14.

dealing with this situation, what are the priorities? Safety, safety

:40:15.:40:19.

of the team members, safety of a casualty. We just want to make sure

:40:20.:40:23.

we can get the casualties to hospital as quickly and safely as

:40:24.:40:28.

possible. Thank you very much. Also joining me is Richard. You are

:40:29.:40:33.

coordinating this rescue, what is your role? My role is to make sure

:40:34.:40:36.

that everybody is safe, the people on the stretcher is safe, the people

:40:37.:40:40.

on the top are safe, and the rescue runs smoothly between the people at

:40:41.:40:44.

the top and the people on the stretcher to effectively evacuated

:40:45.:40:48.

the casualty. We can see them coming down, safety is paramount. They are

:40:49.:40:53.

controlled by what we call the top rope system and we lower very

:40:54.:40:56.

gently, keeping the stretcher level, said a casualty is comfortable. We

:40:57.:41:01.

are in constant communication between myself, the people on the

:41:02.:41:05.

stretcher and the people at the top. We also keep communication to the

:41:06.:41:08.

control vehicle, so everyone knows what is going on and it is a nice,

:41:09.:41:13.

smooth rescue process. Teamwork, communication is key, isn't it? You

:41:14.:41:17.

have a lot of people all communicating very clearly with each

:41:18.:41:21.

other. Yes, it is something we practice when retrain, we train once

:41:22.:41:29.

a week in the evening and we are McAnally have an exercise once a

:41:30.:41:33.

month, and we go from this two more complex rock face and Cliff rescues.

:41:34.:41:43.

You are on call 24-7? Yes, even Christmas Day. I have been called

:41:44.:41:47.

out with my Christmas dinner sat on the table. That is sheer dedication.

:41:48.:41:53.

Thank you so much. Back to you in the studio.

:41:54.:41:57.

Just a quick update. Starting with news of another arrest on one of

:41:58.:42:01.

this week's Wanted Faces. Also, some good information on the shocking

:42:02.:42:06.

attack on musician Ian Allcock at his home in Staffordshire. Police

:42:07.:42:10.

wanted your help to find the four masked men and you have phoned in

:42:11.:42:15.

with a potential name already which detectives are looking into

:42:16.:42:18.

straightaway. Plus you may remember yesterday we asked for your help at

:42:19.:42:22.

the 23-year-old Daniel Garratt was knocked off his motorbike, suffering

:42:23.:42:26.

like changing leg injuries. Police tell us they now have some promising

:42:27.:42:29.

new leads on that case after your calls and information. And keep all

:42:30.:42:34.

of your calls. Michelle, tell us where you are going to be tomorrow

:42:35.:42:38.

for our last show? Well, can you believe it will be the

:42:39.:42:42.

last programme of the series? We are going to be heading to Cardiff, not

:42:43.:42:47.

far from you in the studio. I will be with the South Wales Fire and

:42:48.:42:51.

Rescue team finding out about arson investigation and seeing just how

:42:52.:42:55.

they tackle the problem of deliberate fires starting. It is

:42:56.:42:58.

going to be an action packed last programme, as always, but in the

:42:59.:43:01.

meantime, I think I am going to enjoy the view here.

:43:02.:43:05.

See you tomorrow. We will look forward to that. If you want to

:43:06.:43:09.

catch all of that, we are going to be on BBC Two tomorrow, at the usual

:43:10.:43:13.

time. For more details about the crimes on this programme and from

:43:14.:43:16.

the last four weeks, go to the website. Before we go, here is

:43:17.:43:20.

another look at today's Wanted Faces. If you know any of them, to

:43:21.:43:25.

pick up the phone. Join us for our last show of the summer tomorrow,

:43:26.:43:29.

BBC Two, remember. Take care. Goodbye.

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