:00:00. > :00:00.It's something everyone needs to see and be aware of.
:00:00. > :00:00.Well, let's hope you get plenty of help.
:00:00. > :00:18.On the show today... The men who cashed in when an innocent woman
:00:19. > :00:22.fell victim to an elaborate scam. I am thinking, oh, my God, I've lost
:00:23. > :00:28.all that money. This is awful, and it just... And I'm looking at crimes
:00:29. > :00:32.against our heritage and why beautiful buildings like this are
:00:33. > :00:58.under attack from criminals. You're watching Crimewatch Roadshow.
:00:59. > :01:03.Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow. We're live every weekday
:01:04. > :01:08.morning. The phone lines are already open so get dialling if you can
:01:09. > :01:14.help. Also wanted a's programme... -- on today's programme. The couple
:01:15. > :01:18.to rise in their own home for the collection of gems and Jules. They
:01:19. > :01:22.pushed us upstairs into the bathroom and we were both tied up and then he
:01:23. > :01:29.smashed the handle of the bathroom door. And who let the dogs out? We
:01:30. > :01:35.will put these canine officers to the test live. Our team are
:01:36. > :01:39.continuing their road trip around the UK. Today they've made it to St
:01:40. > :01:44.Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire. Michelle, what are you doing there?
:01:45. > :01:49.Well, St Albans has a historic past with traders to match, but would you
:01:50. > :01:54.do the right thing if you found artefacts like these hiding beneath
:01:55. > :01:56.your feet? First, though, imagine being
:01:57. > :02:01.watched, followed and then leased for two grand, all of it in broad
:02:02. > :02:13.daylight and without you suspecting nothing. -- fleeced for two grand. I
:02:14. > :02:21.always make sure I put my money away, my card away, before I leave
:02:22. > :02:26.the bank. Everything is zipped up. It's like breathing. You just do it,
:02:27. > :02:29.it's automatic. Because you got to protect yourself and you've got to
:02:30. > :02:35.be aware. You can't just wander around with your head in the clouds.
:02:36. > :02:40.I've lived in Hitchin all my life. Everybody knows me, I know
:02:41. > :02:45.everybody, and it's lovely. Nice neighbours, nice people, no
:02:46. > :02:53.problems. I'm very active. I go out every day, except Thursday. I have
:02:54. > :02:57.to do some housework sometimes! On the morning of February the 16th,
:02:58. > :03:04.Cynthia made her way into Hitchin town centre. I cook a lot for the
:03:05. > :03:10.family. I do cakes and pies and things and I wanted some cooking
:03:11. > :03:15.stuff and stuff like that. First trip was to the bank, because after
:03:16. > :03:20.the weekend I needed some cash. I just felt safe in the bank. You
:03:21. > :03:26.don't expect to have anything happen actually in the bank. Without
:03:27. > :03:31.realising, Cynthia had caught the attention of two other visitors to
:03:32. > :03:36.the bank. As she waited patiently for the cash machine, one man was
:03:37. > :03:44.watching her whilst the second moved in closer. As a Cynthia was at the
:03:45. > :03:53.machine, police believe the men were observing her entering her pin
:03:54. > :03:57.number. Cynthia left the bank under the watchful eye of one of the
:03:58. > :04:07.suspects, who was waiting in the street outside. He had her Pin but
:04:08. > :04:12.he still needed her bank card. Both men followed her every move as she
:04:13. > :04:19.continued her shopping. I went to the post office to pay my gas and
:04:20. > :04:24.electric. As I walked down I thought, I'll go and have a look in
:04:25. > :04:29.the help the aged charity shop. It was year police believe they took
:04:30. > :04:35.the opportunity to strike. Suddenly this guy was immediately in
:04:36. > :04:41.front of me. He said, "Excuse me, madam, I am French and I would like
:04:42. > :04:47.to buy my mother a coat". Thinking, what has this got to do with me? He
:04:48. > :04:53.said, "She's allergic to certain materials. Can you tell me what the
:04:54. > :05:03.lining is made of?" I said, OK, I'll have a look. I put my bag down
:05:04. > :05:09.between my uncles. -- ankles. It didn't register that he was doing
:05:10. > :05:14.any harm. It really didn't. The man left an Cynthia picked up the back.
:05:15. > :05:19.It was when she realised something was wrong. -- picked up her back. I
:05:20. > :05:26.realised my wallet was sticking out of my bag. I knew it should be in
:05:27. > :05:29.the zipper, I just knew. The man didn't hang about. By the time
:05:30. > :05:33.Cynthia realised what had happened, he was on the move and had walked
:05:34. > :05:38.across the market towards Barclays bank on the high street. I just
:05:39. > :05:43.couldn't believe it and what I did was run for Barclays. And I don't
:05:44. > :05:48.run. I don't run for a boss, never mind Barclays or anywhere, I really
:05:49. > :05:52.don't, but I did that dated top But the suspect was quicker and was
:05:53. > :05:58.already one step ahead of her. She arrived at the bank to get help from
:05:59. > :06:02.staff. What she didn't realise was the man slipped straight past,
:06:03. > :06:09.having already raided her account it took I am thinking, "Oh, my God,
:06:10. > :06:21.I've lost all that money. " it just... In total, ?2250 was stolen
:06:22. > :06:27.from her account that date. I was a target, definitely. I feel perfectly
:06:28. > :06:33.safe in my own town. It never occurred to me until afterwards. I
:06:34. > :06:40.thought, "Why would anybody follow me? I'm an ordinary lady" I just go
:06:41. > :06:44.shopping and do all them silly things". Police believe this was a
:06:45. > :06:48.well rehearsed crime. She thought that she was doing absolutely
:06:49. > :06:52.everything right with her own personal security. It was just
:06:53. > :06:55.really unfortunate, what happened to her, that there are team of
:06:56. > :07:00.professional criminals out there who are determined at any cost to target
:07:01. > :07:06.vulnerable people who don't even realise that they are vulnerable. I
:07:07. > :07:11.don't let anything affect me. I go where I want to go and nobody should
:07:12. > :07:19.be able to do that to me but what a cheek to go into my bank and take my
:07:20. > :07:25.money. What a net! What a net indeed. DI Lynda Coates from Pavic
:07:26. > :07:31.police joins me now. This happened in broad daylight in the middle of a
:07:32. > :07:36.town centre. What do we know about these men? What we know from CCTV is
:07:37. > :07:40.that they get out of a small dark-coloured car and make their way
:07:41. > :07:44.to Barclays bank and identify Mrs Parker as being their target. They
:07:45. > :07:48.follow her around the town for about half an hour before they find the
:07:49. > :07:51.opportunity, where they can distract her, steal her card. They've gone
:07:52. > :07:58.straight back to Barclays, where they have drawn out ?2000 using her
:07:59. > :08:02.card and her pin. They've got back into their car which, unfortunately,
:08:03. > :08:07.is quite obscured by another vehicle, so we can't identify
:08:08. > :08:10.exactly what it is, so we are asking for witnesses today. Do they
:08:11. > :08:15.recognise these men and if so, would they be able to call us so we can
:08:16. > :08:20.take this further forward. Where do I go afterwards? Do they carry on
:08:21. > :08:24.using the card? Yes, they did. They've driven away from the town
:08:25. > :08:29.centre to Stevenage, Grove Road, whether as a BP garage, where they
:08:30. > :08:35.have used the card to withdraw ?200 and then across the road in a small
:08:36. > :08:42.newsagent's, they've withdrawn a further ?50. How did they get the
:08:43. > :08:46.Pin? We think they have been able to look and Milik at the way people use
:08:47. > :08:49.their hands when they using their keypads. We know that these
:08:50. > :08:52.individuals were quite some distance away from Mrs Parker when she put
:08:53. > :08:55.her Pin number in seven wouldn't have been able to see it, so we
:08:56. > :09:00.think they've mimicked her hand movements. Thank you very much. It
:09:01. > :09:07.goes to show, you need to be extra careful at cash machines. Rav, back
:09:08. > :09:12.to you. Thanks. Those are great CCTV images so someone must know who they
:09:13. > :09:15.are. If you do, get on the phone. The South Wales Police dog team is
:09:16. > :09:19.one of the most called upon unit in the country. They have been involved
:09:20. > :09:22.in some of the biggest police investigations in the UK and abroad,
:09:23. > :09:26.from the disappearance of Madeleine McCann to the murder of Bristol
:09:27. > :09:31.teenager Becky Watts. So what makes these docs so special? I'm joined by
:09:32. > :09:38.Sgt Ian Roderick and PC Russ Jones with new recruit Jess and this cute
:09:39. > :09:42.but noisy puppy is Ruby. And I'm delighted to welcome schoolchildren
:09:43. > :09:49.from Cogan School, who have sponsored Jess. Ian, if I can start
:09:50. > :09:58.with yourself, what makes these docs so vital to police? They're canine
:09:59. > :10:03.cops, really. The dog and handler work as a team. We ask them to do
:10:04. > :10:12.jobs that are too dangerous or difficult for people to do. A vital
:10:13. > :10:16.part of crime-fighting, really, and they are a vital tool to Dock Russ,
:10:17. > :10:20.you are looking after Jess, one of the newest recruits. How those she
:10:21. > :10:24.adapted? She has adapted very well and we are now working as an
:10:25. > :10:27.effective team. She is very well-behaved. You are going to
:10:28. > :10:32.demonstrate now, Ian. One of your officers going to show us what the
:10:33. > :10:37.seven dogs can do. This is Ben, and eight-year-old springer spaniel and
:10:38. > :10:42.he is a drugs, cash and weapons recovery dog so he is trained to
:10:43. > :10:45.locate any of those substances. You have hidden something in the studio
:10:46. > :10:50.which the dog is going to look for. There is a stash of currency hidden
:10:51. > :10:57.about the premises and Ben logs onto the target odour and he will freeze
:10:58. > :11:01.in front of it. A passive response? Pass a vindication. We don't want
:11:02. > :11:04.him interfering with it so we lose any opportunities for forensic
:11:05. > :11:06.recovery. You don't normally think the cash has a strong scent but
:11:07. > :11:12.there was obvious we something there. What is he doing now? He
:11:13. > :11:18.froze on that article. And he has found it! You saw the handler
:11:19. > :11:22.throwing something at the dog. We give the dog his ball and that is
:11:23. > :11:27.his reward for finding the article. We are going to meet some of the
:11:28. > :11:31.schoolchildren from Cogan School. You've got a particular interest,
:11:32. > :11:35.thank you, James, in the dogs yourself, because you've met Jess
:11:36. > :11:40.before, the dog, and you raised the money, you sponsored the dog. What
:11:41. > :11:44.did you do? To help fund money for Jess, me and my little sister Emily,
:11:45. > :11:50.at home we have a reward system where if we do extra jobs and good
:11:51. > :11:54.work, we get a marble, so each marble is worth 20p and my little
:11:55. > :12:01.sister got 50 marbles equalling to ?10 and I got 100 marbles, equalling
:12:02. > :12:07.up to ?20, so in total... And you gave the money for Jess? Brilliant!
:12:08. > :12:15.Isabel, you met Jess before. What did you think? We had a cake sale.
:12:16. > :12:22.We raised ?233 and I brought some cupcakes and roles and stuff. And
:12:23. > :12:26.just give me a show of hands out all of you, who thinks you might fancy
:12:27. > :12:32.being a dog handler when you grow up? All of you? Yeah! Four!
:12:33. > :12:36.Brilliant. Well done for raising the money and love to meet you all.
:12:37. > :12:40.Later in the programme, we're going to see how these dogs react in a
:12:41. > :12:42.potentially life-threatening situation and you are not going to
:12:43. > :12:47.want to miss it. Michelle, back to you. Welcome back
:12:48. > :12:51.to the beautiful cathedral in St Albans, which has had its fair share
:12:52. > :12:55.of visitors over the centuries. It has been a place of pilgrimage for
:12:56. > :13:00.1700 years and the entire county of Hertfordshire is one for history
:13:01. > :13:04.buffs, with its Roman connections, but sadly, historical sites like
:13:05. > :13:08.this often fall victim to heritage crime. To explore this a little
:13:09. > :13:13.further, we've created our own heritage crime scene and to help me
:13:14. > :13:17.decipher the evidence, let me introduce Sergeant James Bartlett
:13:18. > :13:21.from Hertfordshire police and Mark Harrison, a former chief inspector
:13:22. > :13:26.and now you are crime and policing adviser with historical England. Let
:13:27. > :13:30.me start with you first. If we go over here, we've got some smashed
:13:31. > :13:34.glass in this evidence back. What is the relevance of this? Sadly,
:13:35. > :13:38.churches like the Cathedral and others in the area are victims of
:13:39. > :13:43.crime, anti-social behaviour, left etc and we have had here and at
:13:44. > :13:52.other locations stained glass windows smashed. -- theft etc. Let's
:13:53. > :13:58.move on here. We've got this large head. Talked me through this. This
:13:59. > :14:03.is a statute that stood in the town of Hartford for a couple of hundred
:14:04. > :14:09.years and sadly, it has been damaged and decapitated and, again, a big
:14:10. > :14:14.issue in Hartford, it was a focal point and lots of people are upset
:14:15. > :14:17.by what has occurred. It is a real shame for the community. Thank you.
:14:18. > :14:21.I will move over to Mark to talk what catches your eye about this
:14:22. > :14:25.evidence? Looking across here, I can see objects that may have been used
:14:26. > :14:29.in committing heritage crime. We've got a can of spray paint that has
:14:30. > :14:34.been used in graffiti, some matches that have been used to set fire to a
:14:35. > :14:39.historic site or building and often, these cases, the damage caused is
:14:40. > :14:49.irreversible and it is a lost not just to the owner but to the nation.
:14:50. > :14:57.What about the stone slabs overhear? Everyone at home will have heard
:14:58. > :15:04.about the theft of metal but the theft of stone is also an emerging
:15:05. > :15:09.problem, people are using it in landscape projects, for people to
:15:10. > :15:11.check that their builders and managers are using properly sourced
:15:12. > :15:17.material. Do you have a problem with stone theft in Hertfordshire? It is
:15:18. > :15:21.the problem all over, we have experienced it. A milestone was
:15:22. > :15:24.recently stolen from not far away from here, luckily through our
:15:25. > :15:28.Heritage Watch and volunteers we were able to recover that damaged.
:15:29. > :15:34.But what Mark has described this something that occurs. Thank you
:15:35. > :15:40.very much. They are going to be joining me later as we look at the
:15:41. > :15:43.growing issue of not talking and we will have an array of hidden
:15:44. > :15:48.treasures that might be of interest. -- night talking.
:15:49. > :15:59.Here is what is still to come. The brutal burglars who attacked a woman
:16:00. > :16:06.in her home. And all museums want visitors, but not ones who sneak
:16:07. > :16:10.around in the dead of night. Despite the fact it looked slightly comical,
:16:11. > :16:13.the way he was creeping around, it does put a major strain on our
:16:14. > :16:22.finances when things like this happen. First, we need you to look
:16:23. > :16:29.at today's suggestion of crooks caught on camera, some of these are
:16:30. > :16:33.nasty. -- today's selection. December of last year, these two men
:16:34. > :16:39.are wandering past the entrance of business Park in Oxfordshire. One of
:16:40. > :16:43.them is holding a bag and they walk up the path and out of sight. When
:16:44. > :16:47.they next appear, they have had a costume change and are wearing
:16:48. > :16:51.matching tracksuits and caps. It looks like they try to work out how
:16:52. > :16:57.to get into the office block. Moments later, they are in. And it's
:16:58. > :17:02.not a social visit. They make threats to the petrified staff
:17:03. > :17:08.members, one of them even snaps and expensive laptop in half stop the
:17:09. > :17:11.intimidating Jarreau caused ?3500 worth of damage. -- intimidating
:17:12. > :17:25.duel. Saturday evening at a bar in central
:17:26. > :17:31.London, and this guy is on his way to the toilet. A short while later,
:17:32. > :17:38.he's heading back to the bar, chatting to a couple of lads. Watch
:17:39. > :17:42.what he does next. He had but one of them straight in the face. The
:17:43. > :17:45.victim had to go to hospital and had his eyebrow stitched back together.
:17:46. > :17:58.Who is this.? It is a snowy day in March this
:17:59. > :18:05.year. This woman is dressed for the weather, and also armed for the job.
:18:06. > :18:10.As she waves her gun, detectives say she is demanding money from the
:18:11. > :18:15.till. The shopkeeper refuses to help her, so she sets to work out how to
:18:16. > :18:21.open the till herself. She takes off her gloves and managers to get the
:18:22. > :18:27.draw open. She collect around ?400 worth of takings and strolls out of
:18:28. > :18:29.the shop. Someone must know who is under the hood. We are awaiting your
:18:30. > :18:42.call. If you recognised anyone, get on the
:18:43. > :18:48.phone now. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones, or you
:18:49. > :18:54.can text us. Texts will be charged at your standard message rate.
:18:55. > :19:02.I am joined by DC Mandy Davies from Hertfordshire police who wants your
:19:03. > :19:08.help with a frightening burglary that happened six miles up the road.
:19:09. > :19:16.Tell us a bit more about it. It was just before 10pm on Saturday 14th of
:19:17. > :19:20.May, from the young lady in question was home alone, as her parents had
:19:21. > :19:26.gone out. She sat on the bench outside having a cigarette, when two
:19:27. > :19:29.men approached from behind, wearing balaclavas, and one had a hockey
:19:30. > :19:35.stick. They attacked her, the Quebec into the house where they were
:19:36. > :19:39.joined by a third person. -- took her back into the house. It was a
:19:40. > :19:46.horrible attack. They left with a safe and the victim's car. We can
:19:47. > :19:49.see on the CCTV, they approached the property on foot and then they leave
:19:50. > :19:55.with the car, how do they get the house? Unfortunately not, that's
:19:56. > :20:00.what I'm here for today, I just want someone to come forward and say, did
:20:01. > :20:03.you see them at 10pm that night, they all had balaclavas on, did you
:20:04. > :20:10.see them before that, getting dropped off? Harpenden Townsend is
:20:11. > :20:16.ten minutes away and we have Luton Road a couple of minutes away, they
:20:17. > :20:25.did speed of the award Annabel's Lane. The suspect escaped with a
:20:26. > :20:32.safe, has it been recovered? It's unfortunately not, it is a grey
:20:33. > :20:38.safe, it was built by Burton Safes. It was empty so you can only get
:20:39. > :20:41.into it with a cruel and an angle grinder, anyone who has seen the
:20:42. > :20:45.safes, I believe it would have been dumped someone, please get in touch
:20:46. > :20:50.with us. We have a similar car to the one that was stolen overhear,
:20:51. > :20:59.have you any more details about it? It had a unique and the plate. --
:21:00. > :21:08.numberplate. And quite a distinctive colour, it is dark brown, it is a
:21:09. > :21:14.4x4. They were only in the house for ten minutes and they sped off, they
:21:15. > :21:19.had gone towards Annabel's Lane, the last sighting was Hampstead Road.
:21:20. > :21:24.This was terrifying for her, how is she doing now? She is shocked,
:21:25. > :21:30.terrified and frightened to go out in the dark, but I will say it is a
:21:31. > :21:34.very rare crime and Hertfordshire is all a safe county to live in. If you
:21:35. > :21:42.do have any information, you know what to do. If you have lived
:21:43. > :21:46.happily in somewhere for over 50 years, you would surely feel safe
:21:47. > :21:50.walking to your local shops but the one pensioner from Kent, that sense
:21:51. > :21:57.of security has gone after she was the victim of a vicious robbery. The
:21:58. > :22:02.coastal town of Folkestone in Kent, home to retired librarian and mother
:22:03. > :22:08.of three, 80-year-old Joyce. Lived in Folkestone quite a while, since
:22:09. > :22:15.1961. It's a very nice place, actually. Photos: nothing beats a
:22:16. > :22:20.spot of shopping, and in the afternoon of Saturday 27th of
:22:21. > :22:23.February she headed out to get her groceries. She doesn't carry a
:22:24. > :22:29.handbag but puts her house keys and purse in a plastic bag. Joyce
:22:30. > :22:38.visited a few shops and it was about 7pm when she finished and began to
:22:39. > :22:45.walk to her son's house nearby. I crossed the crossing, past the
:22:46. > :22:54.Catholic church, it was a bit dark at that time. I was carrying a bit
:22:55. > :23:03.of heavy shopping, this chap appears from the front of me. I was carrying
:23:04. > :23:09.quite heavy bags, thought he was going to help me at first. But the
:23:10. > :23:17.man was only there to help himself, and began to grab her bags. I was
:23:18. > :23:22.saying, let go, let go! I was hanging on, he kept pulling and
:23:23. > :23:26.pulling hard and then my wrist went. Joyce fell to the floor, letting go
:23:27. > :23:32.of the bags. The robber fled, leaving her lying helplessly on the
:23:33. > :23:38.street. I might have hit him with my stick but I couldn't do that. Joyce
:23:39. > :23:44.had lost her money, her keys and had been left with a broken wrist. I had
:23:45. > :23:52.an x-ray and they said it was quite a nasty break, actually. In the
:23:53. > :23:57.beginning I couldn't pick things up. Her injuries meant she could no
:23:58. > :24:05.longer go on living alone. I had to move in with my son, who has kindly
:24:06. > :24:11.put me up. And put up with me! She has also had to say goodbye to her
:24:12. > :24:18.beloved cat Toby. My cat has come into the category, for about six
:24:19. > :24:25.weeks now. Joyce wants her attacker to be caught. Go to get him off the
:24:26. > :24:34.street, he is dangerous, I would say. So here he is. Please take a
:24:35. > :24:38.good look at do you recognise this man, last seen fleeing the scene in
:24:39. > :24:43.the direction of Copthorne Gardens? He's described as white or olive
:24:44. > :24:46.skinned, in his early 20s, quite tall, with stubble and wearing dark
:24:47. > :24:52.clothes including a great family hat. Kent Police are keen to find
:24:53. > :24:55.him. If his face rings a bell, you know what to do.
:24:56. > :24:59.Police forces from around the country are asking
:25:00. > :25:03.First up today are Peter Gifford and his partner Penelope Lawton.
:25:04. > :25:05.49-year-old Gifford and 52-year-old Lawton didn't turn up
:25:06. > :25:07.for their trial at Truro Crown Court for mortgage fraud.
:25:08. > :25:09.They were found guilty in their absence of applying
:25:10. > :25:11.fraudulently for mortgages to the sum of ?1.6 million.
:25:12. > :25:14.Gifford was also found guilty at a later trial
:25:15. > :25:18.They both have links to Falmouth, but could now be anywhere in Europe.
:25:19. > :25:23.Next is this man, Fred Butcher, although he also calls
:25:24. > :25:28.He was due to appear in court in connection with an attack
:25:29. > :25:31.in which four members of a family were injured in a pub
:25:32. > :25:33.in Banbury in Oxfordshire, but failed to turn up.
:25:34. > :25:36.Butcher is 46 and has an Irish accent and a large scar
:25:37. > :25:40.As well as Oxfordshire, he has links to North Hampshire
:25:41. > :25:44.Finally, this is Kerol Farquharson, although he also calls himself
:25:45. > :25:45.numerous other names including Christopher, Aaron,
:25:46. > :25:53.He's 59 and was jailed for three years for burglary
:25:54. > :25:58.He was released early on licence, but has failed to stick
:25:59. > :26:01.to the conditions of his release and is now wanted back in prison.
:26:02. > :26:03.He's 6'4" and of broad build and has a large scar
:26:04. > :26:07.He's known around London, especially the Lewisham
:26:08. > :26:10.If you recognise any of these faces, make sure you
:26:11. > :26:16.pick up the phone and dial the number on screen.
:26:17. > :26:25.We have been hearing all morning about heritage crime but even places
:26:26. > :26:29.where they keep a close eye on precious objects aren't safe from
:26:30. > :26:31.criminals. Luckily the night won the spent at the museum was captured on
:26:32. > :26:42.CCTV. -- one criminal. We are a Victorian waterworks, we
:26:43. > :26:49.has a unique collection of Victorian steam engines, they used to pump the
:26:50. > :26:55.water the West London. To keep the museum going, donations from
:26:56. > :26:58.visitors are vital. We don't have any external funding, we had to
:26:59. > :27:02.generate all our own money in order to keep our engines running and to
:27:03. > :27:08.run the museum, keep it open to the public. Donations are crucial to the
:27:09. > :27:10.survival of the museum. You are constantly concerned about where
:27:11. > :27:15.you're going to get the funding from, if you like to keep it going.
:27:16. > :27:23.The museum has at his splash out on security. We have had issues with
:27:24. > :27:27.small break-ins, we have two security systems, we have an
:27:28. > :27:33.external and internal alarm which we set every day, so generally, we are
:27:34. > :27:35.very good on security. But unfortunately their security wasn't
:27:36. > :27:42.enough to keep one determined intruder out. It was well after
:27:43. > :27:47.hours on 26th of March when two men decided to pay the museum visit. One
:27:48. > :27:50.waited outside whilst the other climbed in through the window and
:27:51. > :27:57.spent a lot of time wandering around. There was total of 20
:27:58. > :28:01.working inside the museum at the time, which is why the alarm hadn't
:28:02. > :28:08.gone off. -- there was still a volunteer. The burglar by this time
:28:09. > :28:13.had on himself with a knife. There was no money in the till so he used
:28:14. > :28:19.the knife to smash the donation box. Taking ?200 from it. He can be seen
:28:20. > :28:23.passing things to his mate, police believe the way he was able to gain
:28:24. > :28:29.access so easily suggests he may have been there before. Not content
:28:30. > :28:35.with the money he has talent, he also grabbed a 11 from the souvenir
:28:36. > :28:40.shop. And went to some lengths to tidy up after himself, very
:28:41. > :28:46.considerate. It meant it took the staff some time to realise they had
:28:47. > :28:50.been burgled. The morning after the break-in, when we came into work, it
:28:51. > :28:53.wasn't immediately evident that something had happened. It wasn't
:28:54. > :28:58.until we saw the donations box that we saw that it was cracked and that
:28:59. > :29:03.all the notes that were in the nation 's box the previous day were
:29:04. > :29:09.no longer in there. -- the donation box. Despite the small amount taken,
:29:10. > :29:14.police are taking it seriously. Aside from the theft, he has picked
:29:15. > :29:21.up a knife. Had someone come across that person, what could have
:29:22. > :29:25.happened? At best guess, looking place in between 20 and 30, maybe
:29:26. > :29:30.older but it doesn't appear to be a young person, not a teenager. Five
:29:31. > :29:34.to ten, quite slim, he has got through a window so fairly flexible.
:29:35. > :29:36.Love plans or friends will be able to tell from the way he walks, is
:29:37. > :29:46.that the first they know? Despite the fact that it looks
:29:47. > :29:51.slightly, call, the way he was creeping around, it is actually
:29:52. > :29:57.really hurtful and I think a lot of the volunteers and the staff felt
:29:58. > :30:01.that it is just so unfair because we work so hard and people are so kind
:30:02. > :30:05.and generous in terms of donating. For someone to just come in and take
:30:06. > :30:09.that, while it might not be the crime of the century, it really does
:30:10. > :30:14.put a major drain on our finances when things like this happen.
:30:15. > :30:21.Let's have one more look at that intruder. If you know this beef with
:30:22. > :30:27.a passion for history, burglary and even cleaning, please do get in
:30:28. > :30:31.touch with us. Thanks, Rav. Hertfordshire police
:30:32. > :30:35.need your help to catch the violent burglars who left a couple without
:30:36. > :30:36.their hard earned retirement pot. Please be warned, this is a really
:30:37. > :30:53.serious case. It was over ?50 and I bought a
:30:54. > :31:00.couple of gold chains 40 years ago and out of that 50 quid, I ended up
:31:01. > :31:07.at three Julys' shops. Peter and his wife Janet have worked together in
:31:08. > :31:10.the jewellery trade for 40 years. Together they built up a successful
:31:11. > :31:17.business specialising in customised jewellery. You make something for a
:31:18. > :31:25.customer and you give it to them and they go, "That's absolutely lovely".
:31:26. > :31:29.It's a real enjoyment. As they got older, and with Peter suffering from
:31:30. > :31:34.arthritis, they sold their shops and instead run a local market stall one
:31:35. > :31:42.day a week. This meant keeping their jewellery stock at home, making them
:31:43. > :31:47.a potential target for thieves. In July last year, Peter and Janet
:31:48. > :31:51.returned home from an evening out. We went to the pub, had a meal,
:31:52. > :31:59.listened to the Irish band and then at about 11 o'clock we came home.
:32:00. > :32:10.Janet just made a cup of tea. We sat down and we started hearing these
:32:11. > :32:14.thugs from upstairs. -- thuds. By the time I got out of my seat, the
:32:15. > :32:22.guy was standing in the doorway of the room. Get out! Get down. He had
:32:23. > :32:28.a machete, shouting, "Sit down, sit down". The man threatened the
:32:29. > :32:32.terrified couple with a Miss Betty -- machete and wasn't acting alone.
:32:33. > :32:38.He let in an accomplice who was armed with a shotgun. They began to
:32:39. > :32:41.rip necklaces, rings from the couple, before tying Janet upped it
:32:42. > :32:47.they turned their attention to Peter. They said, "We know you do
:32:48. > :32:53.the market, we know you do that. Where is the safe?" . Beta was
:32:54. > :32:58.forced to lead the attack as to his safe. Once opened, they grabbed all
:32:59. > :33:05.of the inside. But their ordeal still wasn't over. They pushed us
:33:06. > :33:12.both up the stairs into the bathroom and we were both tied up. He stuffed
:33:13. > :33:18.some socks in my mouth and put tape around my mouth and then he smashed
:33:19. > :33:24.the handle off the bathroom door, so that we couldn't open the door.
:33:25. > :33:34.Leaving the petrified couple tied up in the bathroom, the men fled. They
:33:35. > :33:38.try to actually attack your castle. Police are desperate to know who
:33:39. > :33:45.could have done this. This is the worst aggravated burglary I have
:33:46. > :33:50.ever dealt with. The level of violence they used an Janet and
:33:51. > :33:53.Peter was absolutely abhorrent and shopping. We believe that this
:33:54. > :33:56.offence had been planned for a long time and we believe that the
:33:57. > :34:00.offenders involved were professionals and they have done
:34:01. > :34:04.this before. However, one of the offenders appeared to be extremely
:34:05. > :34:09.nervous, to the extent that he was saying to the female victim, whilst
:34:10. > :34:16.he was shoving socks in her mouth, he was saying sorry. It may suggest
:34:17. > :34:20.that that offender has some sort of conscience for what he did on that
:34:21. > :34:24.day and we just appeal to anybody out there, if there is any bit of
:34:25. > :34:28.information you can give us, whether it is small, it really doesn't
:34:29. > :34:35.matter, just to help us catch these criminals and bring them to justice.
:34:36. > :34:39.Peter estimates the men made off with around ?80,000 worth of stock,
:34:40. > :34:42.everything the couple had, and, as a result, they have been forced to
:34:43. > :34:45.give up their business altogether. The stock that we had was our
:34:46. > :34:52.pension and that was to see us through our old age. Obviously,
:34:53. > :34:58.that's gone. But what stayed with the couple is the payment to stress
:34:59. > :35:04.the attackers caused. -- pain and stress. It was very traumatic. It
:35:05. > :35:07.still is, in a way, because you still get flashbacks to these things
:35:08. > :35:12.and it irritates me that I don't know who these people are. It makes
:35:13. > :35:18.you very nervous if you hear a bomb or anything, even though it will be
:35:19. > :35:26.a year in July. I'm not the same person that I was.
:35:27. > :35:29.A truly terrifying ordeal for Peter and Janet. DCI Katy Tucker is
:35:30. > :35:33.working on the case. What do we know about the men who did this? There
:35:34. > :35:40.are two men involved in this horrific incident. One was a white
:35:41. > :35:45.male, aged between 20 and 30 years old. He was brandishing a machete
:35:46. > :35:51.and was wearing a balaclava. The second man was a black male, who we
:35:52. > :35:55.believe was aged about 30 and had a thickset build. There is something
:35:56. > :35:59.extremely unusual in the blackmail's behaviour, in that when he was
:36:00. > :36:04.shoving socks into Janet's mouth, he was apologising to her, which may
:36:05. > :36:10.suggest that he has some sort of conscience. We have a replica of the
:36:11. > :36:15.weapon that was used. I mean, this is just so frightening. Totally
:36:16. > :36:21.horrific. As you can imagine, Janet and Peter had been out on a really
:36:22. > :36:24.nice evening and they come home to a male threatening them with this
:36:25. > :36:29.machete. They truly believed that they were going to be seriously
:36:30. > :36:33.injured or worse, killed. What about the jewellery that was taken? Have
:36:34. > :36:36.you any more details? There were several high-value items of
:36:37. > :36:42.jewellery stolen. One in particular was quite distinct and red. It was a
:36:43. > :36:47.Rolex watch with an 18 carat gold band with a diamond blue faced. So I
:36:48. > :36:55.appeal to anybody, if anybody has come across this jewellery, please
:36:56. > :36:58.phone in. Thank you so much. Obviously, the impact it has had an
:36:59. > :37:03.Peter and Janet and their business is massive so if you do have any
:37:04. > :37:07.information, get in touch with us. We've come out the back of the
:37:08. > :37:10.studio now onto an old soaps set for a special demonstration we promised
:37:11. > :37:15.you earlier. Welcome back to Ian and the rest of the team from South
:37:16. > :37:18.Wales Police dog unit, who are just round the corner. You are going to
:37:19. > :37:22.show us what one of the dogs can do in a potentially life-threatening
:37:23. > :37:35.situation. You got all ready, poised, so take it away. -- you got
:37:36. > :37:39.Orla. The dog has gone straight for the arm. We will let the dog get
:37:40. > :37:49.under control first. She doesn't want to let go! There we go. If we
:37:50. > :37:54.just come round here, Ian... Wow! That was pretty impressive. Talk me
:37:55. > :38:00.through what just happened. Before we carry on, are you all right? I'm
:38:01. > :38:05.fine! You are absolutely fine! The dog went straight for the arm - why
:38:06. > :38:13.was that? They go for the right arm of the person. The majority of the
:38:14. > :38:15.public all right handed and he would be carrying the weapon in that
:38:16. > :38:19.answer we want to mobilise the weapon. The guy that came out with a
:38:20. > :38:23.fake gun is one of your colleagues but he's not a small guy and he
:38:24. > :38:29.couldn't shake off the dog. They do pack a punch. That's why the we
:38:30. > :38:33.choose this breed of dog is. They pack a mean punch and they punch
:38:34. > :38:39.their weight. They are agile, they are fit and very fast. How long
:38:40. > :38:43.would it take to train a dog like Orla? This is a culmination of eight
:38:44. > :38:47.years of experience, so her initial training is 30 weeks of duration and
:38:48. > :38:50.then there is regular continuation training throughout the year. She is
:38:51. > :38:54.assessed once you to make sure she is safe under the control. The more
:38:55. > :39:05.experience they get and the more controlled, the better. Let's go
:39:06. > :39:10.over and meet Ieuan. How was that for you? How have you found Orla to
:39:11. > :39:14.train and work with? Very good. They pick at a very quick. Really
:39:15. > :39:21.responsive. She is a very good dog. In your hand you got a toy and to
:39:22. > :39:27.Orla, she is just doing it all to get a toy? It is just play for them!
:39:28. > :39:31.This isn't an easy thing for the dogs, just like the human groups, it
:39:32. > :39:35.is a selection process and not everyone of the dogs makes it
:39:36. > :39:38.through the training. We invest a lot of time and money in dogs so we
:39:39. > :39:44.want to make sure we've got the right package to start with. As you
:39:45. > :39:48.saw with Ruby... Ruby was the puppy. She's come from very strong
:39:49. > :39:51.bloodlines. Whilst it is nature and nurture, the nature has got to be
:39:52. > :39:55.right before we can develop that and harness the ability. This is the
:39:56. > :39:59.result, a fully trained recruited top thank you, everyone, for joining
:40:00. > :40:04.us. Now let's go back to Michelle in St Albans.
:40:05. > :40:07.Thanks, Rav. Welcome back to St Albans Cathedral and our heritage
:40:08. > :40:11.crime scene, which contains some new evidence. Early in the programme, we
:40:12. > :40:15.were talking about historic sites like this falling victim to heritage
:40:16. > :40:21.crime but there is also a growing problem with the rogue use of these,
:40:22. > :40:25.metal detectors. I'm joined by Mark Harrison, Sgt Jamie Bartlett and
:40:26. > :40:31.David, the creator of the Roman Verulamium Museum down the road.
:40:32. > :40:34.What is night hawking? Simply, people unlawfully removing objects
:40:35. > :40:38.from above or below the ground, using metal detecting devices. How
:40:39. > :40:43.are you going about tackling the problem? Working in partnership with
:40:44. > :40:47.the police, the British Museum and the metal detecting community
:40:48. > :40:51.themselves, we've launched Operation Chronos and this is to seek out that
:40:52. > :40:56.very small criminal minority that are not following the rules. Jamie,
:40:57. > :41:00.is this a problem for you in Hertfordshire? We do see night
:41:01. > :41:04.hawking a lot in Hertfordshire. Just down the road from here, we have the
:41:05. > :41:08.Roman theatre and the land that surrounds that is a magnet for
:41:09. > :41:13.people coming looking for artefacts. It causes a problem to landowners
:41:14. > :41:18.and farmers, people damaging their property to get onto the land,
:41:19. > :41:22.damaging crops. It is a big issue with confrontation etc. If people
:41:23. > :41:32.have been nighthawk, what do they need to look out for? What other"
:41:33. > :41:37.Bob Clews tend to be excavations, damaged offences, damage to crops.
:41:38. > :41:45.-- what art the Clews? We were heritage watch and we encourage
:41:46. > :41:49.people to report suspicious activity to stick top We've got quite a few
:41:50. > :41:53.artefacts and these are the type of things that I guess nighthawks would
:41:54. > :41:57.be looking for. These are some of the objects that have been reported
:41:58. > :42:01.to Roman Verulamium Museum by legitimate detectorists working
:42:02. > :42:04.within the Treasure Act. We have a medieval button, and eighth
:42:05. > :42:09.centuries suction disc mount and a Roman gold coin, early fifth
:42:10. > :42:15.century, one of 159 found in a horde. What about these? These are a
:42:16. > :42:19.couple of jokes and a Roman patter and these are from a burial which
:42:20. > :42:25.adds all the objects associated with them and they came in the terms of
:42:26. > :42:27.the Treasure Act. What is the impact of people find these things and
:42:28. > :42:31.don't bring them back to the museums? If they are not reported to
:42:32. > :42:35.us, the museum cannot purchase the object and put them on display in
:42:36. > :42:38.the first instance, so we don't see the artefacts, and secondly, we lose
:42:39. > :42:43.all the information associated with them. In the case of a gold coins,
:42:44. > :42:48.we found 159. One alone doesn't have much significance but 159, it's a
:42:49. > :42:51.lot of money in one area and shows that at a time when the Romans were
:42:52. > :42:56.leaving Britain, there was still a huge amount of wealth in this area.
:42:57. > :42:59.David, Jamie, Mark, thank you so much. It is given us much more of an
:43:00. > :43:03.understanding. Rav, back to you. Just time for an
:43:04. > :43:06.update on what has come in on the phone is. We've already had an
:43:07. > :43:09.arrest on one of the wanted faces we've shown you this week. He was
:43:10. > :43:13.arrested and was in custody within just a few hours of being shown so
:43:14. > :43:18.thank you for all your help. We've also had lots of calls on the
:43:19. > :43:21.Melanie Hall murder case we featured yesterday. Melanie disappeared 20
:43:22. > :43:25.years ago after leaving a nightclub in Bath. Officers are chasing all
:43:26. > :43:29.the information that is, in. So thank you to everyone that has got
:43:30. > :43:33.in touch. Michelle, where you going to be tomorrow?
:43:34. > :43:37.Well, we will be ending our first week in London, where we will be on
:43:38. > :43:42.patrol with the Met's oldest and longest serving special constable.
:43:43. > :43:46.It just goes to show that age is nothing but a number when it comes
:43:47. > :43:48.to catching criminals. We will see you bright and early tomorrow
:43:49. > :43:53.morning. Thanks, Michelle. For more details
:43:54. > :43:57.on the grounds on today's programme, go to our website but before we go,
:43:58. > :44:02.here is another look at this morning's wanted faces. If you know
:44:03. > :44:08.where they are, please pick up that phone. We will be back tomorrow but
:44:09. > :44:12.we will be on BBC Two at the slightly later time of 9:30am. Join
:44:13. > :44:53.us then. In the meantime, take care and goodbye.
:44:54. > :44:55.Join me, Kirsty Young... ..and me, Huw Edwards,
:44:56. > :44:59.as we accompany the Queen for a weekend of ceremonial splendour.
:45:00. > :45:01.On Friday, we're live from St Paul's.
:45:02. > :45:04.On Saturday, we'll be at Horse Guards Parade.
:45:05. > :45:08.And on Sunday, the celebrations end with the Patron's Lunch on the Mall.