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We're live and waiting for your calls to help us | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The musician driven out of his family home | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
I've not spent a night here since the attack happened. | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
I'm OK in the day but as soon as it starts to get dark, | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
I'm looking through the windows and I'm thinking, | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
Mountain rescue teams are used to working at heights and today, | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow. | :00:27. | :00:57. | |
Once again, we need your help to bag the bad guys. | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
How helping out a stranger can damage your bank balance. | :01:01. | :01:09. | |
I was furious with myself for being scammed, | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
because I have tried to be cautious, you know, and careful. | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
And the cruel pet shop burglars who stole more | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
Then I noticed the parrot was missing and I just burst out crying. | :01:21. | :01:31. | |
Today, Michelle has crossed the border from England to Wales | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
Although I can see more rocks than rolling hills behind you. | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
Yes, I'm at Morlais quarry, where the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
Today's just a training exercise, but they never know when they'll be | :01:43. | :01:51. | |
Just yesterday, they were involved in a major rescue operation, where | :01:52. | :02:02. | |
26 teenagers and adults were missing in bad weather conditions. | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
Thankfully, they were all found safe and sound but it goes to show how | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
vital the services. Later, I will be finding out a bit more about the | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
work they do. Now time for our first appeal. And a violent attack on an | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
innocent man in Staffordshire and a terrible case of mistaken identity. | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
If they can do that to me, are they going to do it to someone else? I | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
just thought I am going to die. 49-year-old Ian Allcock is a | :02:31. | :02:43. | |
full-time musician and front man of no fewer than five different tribute | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
bands. Four tribute shows to oasis, the Stone Roses, Paul Weller and the | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
jam, Sting and the police and then cover bands for weddings or parties. | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
His work means he is often on the road but his home in Peacock Hay | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
near Stoke-on-Trent has always been his ankle. I have lived here all my | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
life, it is my parents house, but I came back when my mum died in 2012 | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
under been living here are my own ever since. One evening last August, | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
Ian was relaxing at home. It was around about half past ten when I | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
heard the news adds -- noise outside. I got up and walked into | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
the kitchen and realised it was somebody at the door. Four men with | :03:28. | :03:37. | |
mass, and I knew it was not good. -- masks. As Ian Poulter the inner door | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
and tried to call the help, the men smashed their way in. Before I knew | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
it, there were standing there in front of me. Where is the money? The | :03:46. | :03:53. | |
gang launched a vicious attack. Obviously, my first instinct was to | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
try and defend myself. Ian was quickly overwhelmed. And then I got | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
knocked out. I don't remember a great deal much around that, apart | :04:04. | :04:13. | |
from waking up by the fireplace. One lifted his balaclava up to his | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
forehead and just said, "Where's the drugs? Where's the cash?" I said, "I | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
don't know what you mean, just go." They said I was lying and just | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
started hitting me again. I just thought, "I am going to die." They | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
dragged Ian through to the front of the house. They said to lie on the | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
floor and I just crouched down, blood everywhere. Whilst the gang | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
ransacked the house, one towered over Ian with a brick. I heard one | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
of them say, we will take in with the sun set fire to him and I | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
thought, I need to get past this guy. If I don't, I don't know what | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
is going to happen to me. Ian saw an opportunity and made a break for | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
freedom. Got my breath together and just made a lunge for him. Got him | :05:05. | :05:11. | |
on the floor outside, heard the others coming back shouting so I | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
just thought, go, go. He ran to the main road looking for help. I | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
managed to flag down somebody and I just said, "I've been attacked, | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
please call the police." By the time police arrived, the gang had fled. | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
The attack left Ian with serious injuries. I had lacerations all over | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
my head, I had 50 odd stitches. My lip was hanging off here. They put | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
stitches in that. All of my eye socket was crushed. I was just a | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
mess. Ian has made a good recovery, but memories of the attack still | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
haunt him. I don't live here any more. I have not spent a night here | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
since the attack happened. I am OK in the day, but as soon as it starts | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
to get dark, I am looking through the windows and thinking, "I can't | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
live like this." They need to be caught. It would finish the | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
nightmare I have been living through for the last eight months. | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
Such a harrowing ordeal for Ian. Sergeant Liam Ryder joins bid to | :06:22. | :06:29. | |
talk about the case. Ian's injuries were horrific, one day? They were, | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
he sustained a fractured jaw and broken eye socket and he lost five | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
teeth during the attack. It was an brutal attack inflicted by this | :06:39. | :06:46. | |
gang. He is by trade a musician, a professional musician, and obviously | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
that has stopped him performing with his band the sometime after, and he | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
is still receiving treatment today. The injuries were shocking. The gang | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
were asking Ian for drugs and money. What was that all about? We later | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
found a building nearby that was used to how small-scale cannabis | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
production, which Ian had no knowledge of whatsoever, so we | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
believe he was wrongly targeted, the wrong address, by this gang, but | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
whatever the motive, they clearly have a propensity to use serious | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
levels of violence and as such they need to be arrested and brought to | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
justice. He did manage to get a look at one of the attackers. He did, and | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
his description was good enough for him to make this a bit. | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
Unfortunately, the other males kept their face coverings on. However, | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
Ian did say they spoke with accents that are local to the Stoke-on-Trent | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
area. He just wants this gang caught, doesn't he? He does. It was | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
a harrowing ordeal he was subjected to and it has affected him adversely | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
to the point where he has had to move house, so for Ian, it would be | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
closure if the offenders could be caught. Liam, thank you very much. | :07:55. | :07:56. | |
Rav, back to you. Well, it's a really nasty case, | :07:57. | :07:57. | |
so please do take another look If you know who he or any | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
of the other gang members might be, please get in touch using | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
the numbers on screen. Next, time for today's collection | :08:07. | :08:08. | |
of crooks caught on CCTV. Just so you know, the first one is | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
pretty nasty. This man in the Hibees jacket | :08:13. | :08:22. | |
waiting at the side of the road in Croydon is a bus driver on his | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
break. He is minding his own business when, out of the blue, | :08:27. | :08:29. | |
another man comes up to him and head-butt him in the face. The | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
driver tries to defend himself, but the man continues the attack. Police | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
believe the same man was on the victim's bus route earlier that | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
afternoon. He lost his temper when he stumbled as the bus pulled away. | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
Can you help by naming this angry passenger? | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
A man has just finished paying for his fuel on Christmas morning of | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
last year. A stranger walks up to him and asks him for a lift. Of | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
course, he declines. He walks over to his door and the man follows. | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
Suddenly, he punches the car owner in the face. He eventually knocks | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
the victim to the floor and manages to nab his car keys. The hooded man | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
runs to the driver's side and starts the engine, but the car owner is not | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
giving up yet. He tries to grab his keys back. The carjacker attempts to | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
put the car in reverse and then finally makes his getaway, dragging | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
the victim for a short distance behind him. Thankfully, the victims | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
managed to get away with cuts and bruises but police are still looking | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
for the black Volkswagen golf. It was worth three grand and this is | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
the plate. If you have seen the car, or the bloke, call us now. | :09:50. | :10:00. | |
A hooded man walks into betting shop on a Sunday lunchtime in February, | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
with what witnesses described as a handgun wrapped tightly in a black | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
bag. He is swearing and making threats and demanding employees open | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
the till. According to police, some of the customers take a disliking to | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
the feisty fella and start to give him an earful. The hooded bloke cut | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
his losses and leaves empty-handed but not before giving us a very | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
clear shot of his mug. Someone must recognise him. We are waiting for | :10:26. | :10:27. | |
your call. Calls are free | :10:28. | :10:30. | |
from landlines and mobile phones. Text CW, space, | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
and then your message. Texts will be charged | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
at your standard message rate. I'm standing on the edge | :10:41. | :10:42. | |
of the Brecon Beacons National Park. You can see Pen-y-fan over there, | :10:43. | :10:54. | |
the highest peak in south Wales. This area attracts more than four | :10:55. | :10:57. | |
million visitors every year. I spent the day with the team | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
who step in when things go wrong. The stunning Brecon Beacons in South | :11:03. | :11:19. | |
Wales are a magnet for visitors, from climbers looking for adventure | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
to families escaping for a day out in nature. And keeping them also is | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
the job of the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue team. -- keeping | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
them all safe. Sometimes the wrong footwear, wrong clothing or the | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
weather changing, and it can change very fast, things can take a turn | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
for the worst and that is when Mountain Rescue come in. We know | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
this area like the back of our hands. I am going to spend the day | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
with the team learning some of the skills they used to help hundreds of | :11:50. | :11:53. | |
people every year. Many mountain accidents result in leg injuries. | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
Trainer Mark is going to show me how to immobilise a broken ankle. The | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
idea of this is we form it around the ankle and then we suck the air | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
out of it and the whole thing becomes a rigid splint. Let's have a | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
look, then. The splint holds the leg still, | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
reducing the pain. As you can see, that has formed nice and hard around | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
his leg. If you can lift the leg, that has gone to... It has formed a | :12:21. | :12:28. | |
mould. But in a serious accident, the whole | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
person might need to be immobilised. That is where a vacuum mattress | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
comes in. What I want you to do is help the guys load him into the | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
mattress. We will log roll him across to his right hand side. One, | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
two, three, role. It is a delicate procedure to minimise the chances of | :12:49. | :12:55. | |
further injury. So again, this is to keep him nice and secure, no | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
movement. It is the same principle as the leg splint. We suck the air | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
out. You can have a go at that as well. Go on. That's it. That is | :13:04. | :13:11. | |
good. With the bag rigid, the casualty can be moved safely. It is | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
all very impressive. And now it is time to put my new skills into | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
practice. So now we have a scenario for you, a proper casualty out on | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
the hill somewhere for us. OK, no pressure, then. | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
I am told I need to locate and rescue a casualty from this area of | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
the mountain. Hugh Jones is leading the operation. We split ourselves | :13:36. | :13:41. | |
into two groups, myself and the initial search party and then the | :13:42. | :13:45. | |
kit party to come behind. The other part of the scenario this afternoon | :13:46. | :13:48. | |
is to build on Michelle's training from earlier on today and I will ask | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
you to put on your Mountain Rescue jacket. It is real! It is. There you | :13:53. | :14:01. | |
go. As the search parties head out onto the mountain, I have been | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
paired with rescue leader Hugh. What we do is take advantage of the | :14:06. | :14:08. | |
footpaths are we are not stumbling and tripping over the rough stuff, | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
as long as we maintain a good view of the ravine, that will do us. It | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
can often take time to locate a casual too. Hugh tells me more about | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
the person we are looking for. A gentleman walking on his own, we | :14:24. | :14:26. | |
don't know if he has kit with him but doing the walk he was doing, I | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
would expect at least a backpack. In any rescue, time is of the essence. | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
The longer casualty is out in the elements, the greater the chance | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
their condition will deteriorate. As we carry on looking, I spot | :14:41. | :14:43. | |
something which looks promising. I can see him. That bit of orange | :14:44. | :14:52. | |
there? I think you are right. Now comes the tricky part, getting down | :14:53. | :14:55. | |
into the ravine. I don't know if we are going to be able to cross the | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
river as a straight line from here, so we may walk around the top if | :14:59. | :15:01. | |
there is a crossing point. That may be the safest option. | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
That rain is steep and uneven so we have to tread carefully. The rescue | :15:07. | :15:17. | |
team radios back to base. Back to the location please, over. A | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
follow-up party is dispatched with medical kit. We are catching up on | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
the party on the other side of the ravine and you can see there is a | :15:28. | :15:30. | |
man down for treatment and we will make a judgment on the injuries he | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
has on the condition he is in. OK. Everyone has their part to play in | :15:36. | :15:39. | |
the rescue. Do you want to pick up the rack there? And that includes | :15:40. | :15:41. | |
me. Marvellous. Well done. We are going to lift up | :15:42. | :15:55. | |
the back Matt and you can bring the stretcher in and slide it | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
underneath. The precarious position makes getting the man out even more | :15:59. | :16:07. | |
of a challenge. Ready, Brace, lift. It has been another successful | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
rescue and my day with the team is at an end. Every day, these people | :16:12. | :16:18. | |
are on call, giving up their time to save lives and often in treacherous | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
conditions. They really are the heroes of the mountains. | :16:23. | :16:25. | |
Well I'm here with one of those heroes, Penny Brockman, team leader | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
of the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue. | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
I had such a lovely debut and the team and it was great to see how you | :16:34. | :16:39. | |
train and learn new skills but how long has the team existed? We have | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
been going for over 50 years. We operate on 80 or 90 call-outs per | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
year, sometimes even getting up to 100. It is a busy team, really busy | :16:49. | :16:52. | |
for you guys yesterday. We were called out for the Mountain rescue | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
teams to 26 young children and adults missing in the Brecon | :16:59. | :17:01. | |
Beacons. The weather had closed in on them. It was pouring down with | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
rain yesterday. We are lucky today, it is dry, but it shows it you have | :17:07. | :17:09. | |
to cope in different types of conditions. Very much so. We train | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
in many conditions, rain, snow, extreme heat. Be ready for that | :17:16. | :17:21. | |
call-out. It's not just the mountain to operate in, is it? No, in | :17:22. | :17:26. | |
different environments around rivers, waterfalls. We get called | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
out to urban and rural areas to search for young and vulnerable | :17:31. | :17:33. | |
people who go missing. Penny, you are one of three females who are | :17:34. | :17:38. | |
mountain rescue team leaders, aren't you? Yes, I have been a mountain | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
rescue 30 years this year. I'm very passionate about women being | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
involved. I think they are very valuable members and make a real | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
difference in the teams. That is fantastic, and with that in mind, | :17:52. | :17:55. | |
you have a challenge for me. We have. You did so great on our | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
training day we are taking you to the next level and you will do an | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
abseil. Let's get started. You will talk me through it. You are all | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
connected up and on. We have got you on the safety rope, so you are safe | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
and well protected. If you have the rope in your right hand, if you keep | :18:15. | :18:18. | |
your feet far apart and take the weight into the system and gradually | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
work your way back. Not that quick. If you come over this direction a | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
bit, you can stand on the edge and if you work your way to the edge a | :18:29. | :18:36. | |
bit and keep your feet nice into the system. Take your time, slowly, work | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
your toes back. Just step over. Just step over, and go on to the little | :18:43. | :18:46. | |
ledge to make it easy. Bring your foot here. OK. That's it. Take my | :18:47. | :18:55. | |
time. We will let you go. Move your foot slowly. Little bit at a time. | :18:56. | :19:04. | |
OK. Rav, I will see when I get down to bottom. Keep moving your feet. | :19:05. | :19:07. | |
OK, all good. The mysterious letter | :19:08. | :19:10. | |
which could hold the answers And can you help track down | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
the treasured pet stolen I don't care about the stock, | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
I just want Silver back. It was Fathers' Day just | :19:22. | :19:30. | |
a couple of weeks ago. But for one family in Hereford, | :19:31. | :19:32. | |
the day marked the anniversary 30-year-old Christian Bagley had | :19:33. | :19:50. | |
lived in Hereford all his life. He had one daughter, 18-month-old Lara, | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
but he had separated from her mother and they shared custody. I had known | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
Christian since I was a teenager. He was very quiet, kept himself to | :20:01. | :20:09. | |
himself. He was a brilliant dad. She was his life. That was his world, | :20:10. | :20:17. | |
when he had her. On Sunday the 21st of June 2015, Father's Day, | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
Christian left the flat he shared with his brother and went to pick up | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
his daughter. She was really happy. She gave him a great big smile, and | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
she would say, daddy, daddy, and run over to him. Then he took her to | :20:32. | :20:34. | |
McDonald's. They went back to Natasha's house to | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
eat. We were all playing. And then it was | :20:41. | :20:56. | |
getting a bit late. Time to go to bed. It was just a really nice day. | :20:57. | :21:03. | |
The happiness in Christian and Lara, something you just don't forget. | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
Shortly after 10:30 p.m., Christian left Natasha's house and began his | :21:10. | :21:12. | |
15 minute walk home along the river. But during that journey, Christian | :21:13. | :21:26. | |
was attacked. He was stabbed in the back and arm. | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
He staggered to a friend's house nearby. | :21:32. | :21:37. | |
But less than one hour after the attack, Christian died. I had a | :21:38. | :21:47. | |
phone call to say that Christian had been stabbed and the feeling was | :21:48. | :21:57. | |
just unbearable. I had long been with him, the cup was still on my | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
table that he drank out of. It is like he has gone out, got lost and | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
we cannot find him. I cannot believe he is gone. At the minute, that is | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
how I cope, that he is coming back. I wish he would just walk back | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
through the door. You just wanted so bad. -- you just want it. But | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
somebody took him. That little girl has been robbed of a chance to know | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
her father. He was so, so proud of her. It's so sad. He didn't deserve | :22:32. | :22:36. | |
to die. He didn't. And one year on, police | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
are urging anyone with Christian was stabbed in an area | :22:43. | :22:45. | |
of Hereford known as 'The Lines' near to | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
Hunderton Bridge. Police believe there | :22:50. | :22:50. | |
are still people who were in that part of town on the night | :22:51. | :22:53. | |
of the murder who have not They also want to identify | :22:54. | :22:56. | |
an individual who was seen on Saturday 20th June, 2015, | :22:57. | :23:05. | |
the day before Christian died. He was white and in his 20s, | :23:06. | :23:14. | |
with an Eastern European accent and was seen on the river towpath, | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
entering Costcutter on Belmont Road, He was wearing an Adidas cap, | :23:18. | :23:20. | |
a dark jacket with a light coloured motif on the front left hand side, | :23:21. | :23:28. | |
light tracksuit-style trousers Worth mentioning, West Mercia Police | :23:29. | :23:30. | |
are offering a reward of up to ?10,000 for any information | :23:31. | :23:34. | |
leading to the arrest and conviction Rav, I've got my feet back | :23:35. | :23:37. | |
on the ground after my abseil, and I'll be back with | :23:38. | :23:45. | |
Mountain Rescue a bit later. But first, to an upsetting | :23:46. | :23:47. | |
experience for a pensioner who certainly wasn't rewarded | :23:48. | :23:49. | |
for helping a stranger. Nestled in the Somerset countryside, | :23:50. | :24:03. | |
Wells is a city steeped in history, dating back to Roman times. Wells, | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
we think, is the perfect place to live. It's like living in a very | :24:10. | :24:14. | |
large, charming village, really. There's always somebody to talk to. | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
Such an idyllic place attracts thousands of tourists every year. We | :24:19. | :24:25. | |
quite enjoy having them around. I'm very used to being stopped and | :24:26. | :24:32. | |
asked, please wear areas... -- where is... And one tries to help them. On | :24:33. | :24:40. | |
the 23rd of March, Pamela was on her way into town to do some shopping | :24:41. | :24:43. | |
when she caught the eye of two visitors who were more interested in | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
cash and culture. The day that it all happened was just before Easter, | :24:49. | :24:55. | |
and it was cold. Pamela had no idea she was being followed. So I went | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
down into the market and I took some money out from the cashpoint at the | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
bank on the corner of the marketplace. While Pamela got her | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
money, her every move was being watched. CCTV shows a man and a | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
woman hovering nearby as Pamela stands at the cash machine. They | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
lean in, peering over her shoulder as she types in her PIN number. | :25:23. | :25:29. | |
I'd taken the money out and I was putting my purse back in the back of | :25:30. | :25:37. | |
my shopping trolley. The pair had clearly seen where Pamela had put | :25:38. | :25:40. | |
her purse. It was now a waiting game. | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
I set off for home and I heard a voice calling, mad, mad. And this | :25:48. | :25:58. | |
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 | :26:19. | :26:26. | |
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. | :26:52. | :27:04. | |
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 | :30:15. | :30:23. | |
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 | :32:02. | :32:05. | |
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 | :33:16. | :33:18. | |
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. | :37:00. | :37:01. | |
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. | :43:30. | :43:32. |