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It's something everyone needs to see and be aware of.

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Well, let's hope you get plenty of help.

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On the show today... The men who cashed in when an innocent woman

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fell victim to an elaborate scam. I am thinking, oh, my God, I've lost

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all that money. This is awful, and it just... And I'm looking at crimes

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against our heritage and why beautiful buildings like this are

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under attack from criminals. You're watching Crimewatch Roadshow.

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Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow. We're live every weekday

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morning. The phone lines are already open so get dialling if you can

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help. Also wanted a's programme... -- on today's programme. The couple

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to rise in their own home for the collection of gems and Jules. They

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pushed us upstairs into the bathroom and we were both tied up and then he

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smashed the handle of the bathroom door. And who let the dogs out? We

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will put these canine officers to the test live. Our team are

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continuing their road trip around the UK. Today they've made it to St

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Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire. Michelle, what are you doing there?

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Well, St Albans has a historic past with traders to match, but would you

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do the right thing if you found artefacts like these hiding beneath

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your feet? First, though, imagine being

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watched, followed and then leased for two grand, all of it in broad

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daylight and without you suspecting nothing. -- fleeced for two grand. I

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always make sure I put my money away, my card away, before I leave

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the bank. Everything is zipped up. It's like breathing. You just do it,

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it's automatic. Because you got to protect yourself and you've got to

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be aware. You can't just wander around with your head in the clouds.

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I've lived in Hitchin all my life. Everybody knows me, I know

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everybody, and it's lovely. Nice neighbours, nice people, no

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problems. I'm very active. I go out every day, except Thursday. I have

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to do some housework sometimes! On the morning of February the 16th,

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Cynthia made her way into Hitchin town centre. I cook a lot for the

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family. I do cakes and pies and things and I wanted some cooking

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stuff and stuff like that. First trip was to the bank, because after

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the weekend I needed some cash. I just felt safe in the bank. You

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don't expect to have anything happen actually in the bank. Without

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realising, Cynthia had caught the attention of two other visitors to

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the bank. As she waited patiently for the cash machine, one man was

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watching her whilst the second moved in closer. As a Cynthia was at the

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machine, police believe the men were observing her entering her pin

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number. Cynthia left the bank under the watchful eye of one of the

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suspects, who was waiting in the street outside. He had her Pin but

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he still needed her bank card. Both men followed her every move as she

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continued her shopping. I went to the post office to pay my gas and

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electric. As I walked down I thought, I'll go and have a look in

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the help the aged charity shop. It was year police believe they took

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the opportunity to strike. Suddenly this guy was immediately in

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front of me. He said, "Excuse me, madam, I am French and I would like

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to buy my mother a coat". Thinking, what has this got to do with me? He

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said, "She's allergic to certain materials. Can you tell me what the

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lining is made of?" I said, OK, I'll have a look. I put my bag down

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between my uncles. -- ankles. It didn't register that he was doing

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any harm. It really didn't. The man left an Cynthia picked up the back.

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It was when she realised something was wrong. -- picked up her back. I

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realised my wallet was sticking out of my bag. I knew it should be in

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the zipper, I just knew. The man didn't hang about. By the time

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Cynthia realised what had happened, he was on the move and had walked

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across the market towards Barclays bank on the high street. I just

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couldn't believe it and what I did was run for Barclays. And I don't

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run. I don't run for a boss, never mind Barclays or anywhere, I really

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don't, but I did that dated top But the suspect was quicker and was

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already one step ahead of her. She arrived at the bank to get help from

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staff. What she didn't realise was the man slipped straight past,

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having already raided her account it took I am thinking, "Oh, my God,

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I've lost all that money. " it just... In total, ?2250 was stolen

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from her account that date. I was a target, definitely. I feel perfectly

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safe in my own town. It never occurred to me until afterwards. I

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thought, "Why would anybody follow me? I'm an ordinary lady" I just go

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shopping and do all them silly things". Police believe this was a

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well rehearsed crime. She thought that she was doing absolutely

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everything right with her own personal security. It was just

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really unfortunate, what happened to her, that there are team of

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professional criminals out there who are determined at any cost to target

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vulnerable people who don't even realise that they are vulnerable. I

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don't let anything affect me. I go where I want to go and nobody should

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be able to do that to me but what a cheek to go into my bank and take my

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money. What a net! What a net indeed. DI Lynda Coates from Pavic

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police joins me now. This happened in broad daylight in the middle of a

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town centre. What do we know about these men? What we know from CCTV is

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that they get out of a small dark-coloured car and make their way

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to Barclays bank and identify Mrs Parker as being their target. They

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follow her around the town for about half an hour before they find the

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opportunity, where they can distract her, steal her card. They've gone

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straight back to Barclays, where they have drawn out ?2000 using her

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card and her pin. They've got back into their car which, unfortunately,

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is quite obscured by another vehicle, so we can't identify

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exactly what it is, so we are asking for witnesses today. Do they

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recognise these men and if so, would they be able to call us so we can

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take this further forward. Where do I go afterwards? Do they carry on

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using the card? Yes, they did. They've driven away from the town

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centre to Stevenage, Grove Road, whether as a BP garage, where they

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have used the card to withdraw ?200 and then across the road in a small

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newsagent's, they've withdrawn a further ?50. How did they get the

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Pin? We think they have been able to look and Milik at the way people use

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their hands when they using their keypads. We know that these

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individuals were quite some distance away from Mrs Parker when she put

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her Pin number in seven wouldn't have been able to see it, so we

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think they've mimicked her hand movements. Thank you very much. It

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goes to show, you need to be extra careful at cash machines. Rav, back

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to you. Thanks. Those are great CCTV images so someone must know who they

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are. If you do, get on the phone. The South Wales Police dog team is

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one of the most called upon unit in the country. They have been involved

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in some of the biggest police investigations in the UK and abroad,

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from the disappearance of Madeleine McCann to the murder of Bristol

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teenager Becky Watts. So what makes these docs so special? I'm joined by

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Sgt Ian Roderick and PC Russ Jones with new recruit Jess and this cute

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but noisy puppy is Ruby. And I'm delighted to welcome schoolchildren

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from Cogan School, who have sponsored Jess. Ian, if I can start

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with yourself, what makes these docs so vital to police? They're canine

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cops, really. The dog and handler work as a team. We ask them to do

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jobs that are too dangerous or difficult for people to do. A vital

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part of crime-fighting, really, and they are a vital tool to Dock Russ,

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you are looking after Jess, one of the newest recruits. How those she

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adapted? She has adapted very well and we are now working as an

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effective team. She is very well-behaved. You are going to

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demonstrate now, Ian. One of your officers going to show us what the

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seven dogs can do. This is Ben, and eight-year-old springer spaniel and

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he is a drugs, cash and weapons recovery dog so he is trained to

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locate any of those substances. You have hidden something in the studio

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which the dog is going to look for. There is a stash of currency hidden

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about the premises and Ben logs onto the target odour and he will freeze

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in front of it. A passive response? Pass a vindication. We don't want

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him interfering with it so we lose any opportunities for forensic

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recovery. You don't normally think the cash has a strong scent but

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there was obvious we something there. What is he doing now? He

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froze on that article. And he has found it! You saw the handler

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throwing something at the dog. We give the dog his ball and that is

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his reward for finding the article. We are going to meet some of the

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schoolchildren from Cogan School. You've got a particular interest,

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thank you, James, in the dogs yourself, because you've met Jess

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before, the dog, and you raised the money, you sponsored the dog. What

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did you do? To help fund money for Jess, me and my little sister Emily,

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at home we have a reward system where if we do extra jobs and good

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work, we get a marble, so each marble is worth 20p and my little

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sister got 50 marbles equalling to ?10 and I got 100 marbles, equalling

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up to ?20, so in total... And you gave the money for Jess? Brilliant!

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Isabel, you met Jess before. What did you think? We had a cake sale.

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We raised ?233 and I brought some cupcakes and roles and stuff. And

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just give me a show of hands out all of you, who thinks you might fancy

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being a dog handler when you grow up? All of you? Yeah! Four!

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Brilliant. Well done for raising the money and love to meet you all.

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Later in the programme, we're going to see how these dogs react in a

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potentially life-threatening situation and you are not going to

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want to miss it. Michelle, back to you. Welcome back

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to the beautiful cathedral in St Albans, which has had its fair share

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of visitors over the centuries. It has been a place of pilgrimage for

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1700 years and the entire county of Hertfordshire is one for history

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buffs, with its Roman connections, but sadly, historical sites like

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this often fall victim to heritage crime. To explore this a little

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further, we've created our own heritage crime scene and to help me

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decipher the evidence, let me introduce Sergeant James Bartlett

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from Hertfordshire police and Mark Harrison, a former chief inspector

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and now you are crime and policing adviser with historical England. Let

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me start with you first. If we go over here, we've got some smashed

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glass in this evidence back. What is the relevance of this? Sadly,

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churches like the Cathedral and others in the area are victims of

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crime, anti-social behaviour, left etc and we have had here and at

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other locations stained glass windows smashed. -- theft etc. Let's

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move on here. We've got this large head. Talked me through this. This

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is a statute that stood in the town of Hartford for a couple of hundred

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years and sadly, it has been damaged and decapitated and, again, a big

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issue in Hartford, it was a focal point and lots of people are upset

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by what has occurred. It is a real shame for the community. Thank you.

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I will move over to Mark to talk what catches your eye about this

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evidence? Looking across here, I can see objects that may have been used

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in committing heritage crime. We've got a can of spray paint that has

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been used in graffiti, some matches that have been used to set fire to a

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historic site or building and often, these cases, the damage caused is

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irreversible and it is a lost not just to the owner but to the nation.

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What about the stone slabs overhear? Everyone at home will have heard

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about the theft of metal but the theft of stone is also an emerging

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problem, people are using it in landscape projects, for people to

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check that their builders and managers are using properly sourced

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material. Do you have a problem with stone theft in Hertfordshire? It is

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the problem all over, we have experienced it. A milestone was

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recently stolen from not far away from here, luckily through our

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Heritage Watch and volunteers we were able to recover that damaged.

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But what Mark has described this something that occurs. Thank you

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very much. They are going to be joining me later as we look at the

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growing issue of not talking and we will have an array of hidden

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treasures that might be of interest. -- night talking.

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Here is what is still to come. The brutal burglars who attacked a woman

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in her home. And all museums want visitors, but not ones who sneak

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around in the dead of night. Despite the fact it looked slightly comical,

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the way he was creeping around, it does put a major strain on our

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finances when things like this happen. First, we need you to look

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at today's suggestion of crooks caught on camera, some of these are

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nasty. -- today's selection. December of last year, these two men

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are wandering past the entrance of business Park in Oxfordshire. One of

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them is holding a bag and they walk up the path and out of sight. When

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they next appear, they have had a costume change and are wearing

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matching tracksuits and caps. It looks like they try to work out how

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to get into the office block. Moments later, they are in. And it's

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not a social visit. They make threats to the petrified staff

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members, one of them even snaps and expensive laptop in half stop the

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intimidating Jarreau caused ?3500 worth of damage. -- intimidating

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duel. Saturday evening at a bar in central

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London, and this guy is on his way to the toilet. A short while later,

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he's heading back to the bar, chatting to a couple of lads. Watch

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what he does next. He had but one of them straight in the face. The

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victim had to go to hospital and had his eyebrow stitched back together.

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Who is this.? It is a snowy day in March this

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year. This woman is dressed for the weather, and also armed for the job.

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As she waves her gun, detectives say she is demanding money from the

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till. The shopkeeper refuses to help her, so she sets to work out how to

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open the till herself. She takes off her gloves and managers to get the

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draw open. She collect around ?400 worth of takings and strolls out of

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the shop. Someone must know who is under the hood. We are awaiting your

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call. If you recognised anyone, get on the

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phone now. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones, or you

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can text us. Texts will be charged at your standard message rate.

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I am joined by DC Mandy Davies from Hertfordshire police who wants your

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help with a frightening burglary that happened six miles up the road.

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Tell us a bit more about it. It was just before 10pm on Saturday 14th of

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May, from the young lady in question was home alone, as her parents had

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gone out. She sat on the bench outside having a cigarette, when two

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men approached from behind, wearing balaclavas, and one had a hockey

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stick. They attacked her, the Quebec into the house where they were

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joined by a third person. -- took her back into the house. It was a

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horrible attack. They left with a safe and the victim's car. We can

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see on the CCTV, they approached the property on foot and then they leave

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with the car, how do they get the house? Unfortunately not, that's

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what I'm here for today, I just want someone to come forward and say, did

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you see them at 10pm that night, they all had balaclavas on, did you

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see them before that, getting dropped off? Harpenden Townsend is

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ten minutes away and we have Luton Road a couple of minutes away, they

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did speed of the award Annabel's Lane. The suspect escaped with a

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safe, has it been recovered? It's unfortunately not, it is a grey

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safe, it was built by Burton Safes. It was empty so you can only get

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into it with a cruel and an angle grinder, anyone who has seen the

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safes, I believe it would have been dumped someone, please get in touch

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with us. We have a similar car to the one that was stolen overhear,

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have you any more details about it? It had a unique and the plate. --

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numberplate. And quite a distinctive colour, it is dark brown, it is a

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4x4. They were only in the house for ten minutes and they sped off, they

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had gone towards Annabel's Lane, the last sighting was Hampstead Road.

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This was terrifying for her, how is she doing now? She is shocked,

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terrified and frightened to go out in the dark, but I will say it is a

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very rare crime and Hertfordshire is all a safe county to live in. If you

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do have any information, you know what to do. If you have lived

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happily in somewhere for over 50 years, you would surely feel safe

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walking to your local shops but the one pensioner from Kent, that sense

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of security has gone after she was the victim of a vicious robbery. The

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coastal town of Folkestone in Kent, home to retired librarian and mother

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of three, 80-year-old Joyce. Lived in Folkestone quite a while, since

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1961. It's a very nice place, actually. Photos: nothing beats a

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spot of shopping, and in the afternoon of Saturday 27th of

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February she headed out to get her groceries. She doesn't carry a

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handbag but puts her house keys and purse in a plastic bag. Joyce

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visited a few shops and it was about 7pm when she finished and began to

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walk to her son's house nearby. I crossed the crossing, past the

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Catholic church, it was a bit dark at that time. I was carrying a bit

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of heavy shopping, this chap appears from the front of me. I was carrying

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quite heavy bags, thought he was going to help me at first. But the

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man was only there to help himself, and began to grab her bags. I was

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saying, let go, let go! I was hanging on, he kept pulling and

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pulling hard and then my wrist went. Joyce fell to the floor, letting go

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of the bags. The robber fled, leaving her lying helplessly on the

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street. I might have hit him with my stick but I couldn't do that. Joyce

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had lost her money, her keys and had been left with a broken wrist. I had

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an x-ray and they said it was quite a nasty break, actually. In the

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beginning I couldn't pick things up. Her injuries meant she could no

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longer go on living alone. I had to move in with my son, who has kindly

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put me up. And put up with me! She has also had to say goodbye to her

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beloved cat Toby. My cat has come into the category, for about six

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weeks now. Joyce wants her attacker to be caught. Go to get him off the

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street, he is dangerous, I would say. So here he is. Please take a

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good look at do you recognise this man, last seen fleeing the scene in

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the direction of Copthorne Gardens? He's described as white or olive

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skinned, in his early 20s, quite tall, with stubble and wearing dark

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clothes including a great family hat. Kent Police are keen to find

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him. If his face rings a bell, you know what to do.

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Police forces from around the country are asking

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First up today are Peter Gifford and his partner Penelope Lawton.

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49-year-old Gifford and 52-year-old Lawton didn't turn up

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for their trial at Truro Crown Court for mortgage fraud.

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They were found guilty in their absence of applying

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fraudulently for mortgages to the sum of ?1.6 million.

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Gifford was also found guilty at a later trial

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They both have links to Falmouth, but could now be anywhere in Europe.

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Next is this man, Fred Butcher, although he also calls

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He was due to appear in court in connection with an attack

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in which four members of a family were injured in a pub

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in Banbury in Oxfordshire, but failed to turn up.

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Butcher is 46 and has an Irish accent and a large scar

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As well as Oxfordshire, he has links to North Hampshire

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Finally, this is Kerol Farquharson, although he also calls himself

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numerous other names including Christopher, Aaron,

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He's 59 and was jailed for three years for burglary

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He was released early on licence, but has failed to stick

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to the conditions of his release and is now wanted back in prison.

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He's 6'4" and of broad build and has a large scar

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He's known around London, especially the Lewisham

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If you recognise any of these faces, make sure you

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pick up the phone and dial the number on screen.

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We have been hearing all morning about heritage crime but even places

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where they keep a close eye on precious objects aren't safe from

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criminals. Luckily the night won the spent at the museum was captured on

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CCTV. -- one criminal. We are a Victorian waterworks, we

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has a unique collection of Victorian steam engines, they used to pump the

:26:43.:26:49.

water the West London. To keep the museum going, donations from

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visitors are vital. We don't have any external funding, we had to

:26:56.:26:58.

generate all our own money in order to keep our engines running and to

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run the museum, keep it open to the public. Donations are crucial to the

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survival of the museum. You are constantly concerned about where

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you're going to get the funding from, if you like to keep it going.

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The museum has at his splash out on security. We have had issues with

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small break-ins, we have two security systems, we have an

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external and internal alarm which we set every day, so generally, we are

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very good on security. But unfortunately their security wasn't

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enough to keep one determined intruder out. It was well after

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hours on 26th of March when two men decided to pay the museum visit. One

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waited outside whilst the other climbed in through the window and

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spent a lot of time wandering around. There was total of 20

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working inside the museum at the time, which is why the alarm hadn't

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gone off. -- there was still a volunteer. The burglar by this time

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had on himself with a knife. There was no money in the till so he used

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the knife to smash the donation box. Taking ?200 from it. He can be seen

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passing things to his mate, police believe the way he was able to gain

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access so easily suggests he may have been there before. Not content

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with the money he has talent, he also grabbed a 11 from the souvenir

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shop. And went to some lengths to tidy up after himself, very

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considerate. It meant it took the staff some time to realise they had

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been burgled. The morning after the break-in, when we came into work, it

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wasn't immediately evident that something had happened. It wasn't

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until we saw the donations box that we saw that it was cracked and that

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all the notes that were in the nation 's box the previous day were

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no longer in there. -- the donation box. Despite the small amount taken,

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police are taking it seriously. Aside from the theft, he has picked

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up a knife. Had someone come across that person, what could have

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happened? At best guess, looking place in between 20 and 30, maybe

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older but it doesn't appear to be a young person, not a teenager. Five

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to ten, quite slim, he has got through a window so fairly flexible.

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Love plans or friends will be able to tell from the way he walks, is

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that the first they know? Despite the fact that it looks

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slightly, call, the way he was creeping around, it is actually

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really hurtful and I think a lot of the volunteers and the staff felt

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that it is just so unfair because we work so hard and people are so kind

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and generous in terms of donating. For someone to just come in and take

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that, while it might not be the crime of the century, it really does

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put a major drain on our finances when things like this happen.

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Let's have one more look at that intruder. If you know this beef with

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a passion for history, burglary and even cleaning, please do get in

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touch with us. Thanks, Rav. Hertfordshire police

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need your help to catch the violent burglars who left a couple without

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their hard earned retirement pot. Please be warned, this is a really

:30:36.:30:36.

serious case. It was over ?50 and I bought a

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couple of gold chains 40 years ago and out of that 50 quid, I ended up

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at three Julys' shops. Peter and his wife Janet have worked together in

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the jewellery trade for 40 years. Together they built up a successful

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business specialising in customised jewellery. You make something for a

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customer and you give it to them and they go, "That's absolutely lovely".

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It's a real enjoyment. As they got older, and with Peter suffering from

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arthritis, they sold their shops and instead run a local market stall one

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day a week. This meant keeping their jewellery stock at home, making them

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a potential target for thieves. In July last year, Peter and Janet

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returned home from an evening out. We went to the pub, had a meal,

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listened to the Irish band and then at about 11 o'clock we came home.

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Janet just made a cup of tea. We sat down and we started hearing these

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thugs from upstairs. -- thuds. By the time I got out of my seat, the

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guy was standing in the doorway of the room. Get out! Get down. He had

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a machete, shouting, "Sit down, sit down". The man threatened the

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terrified couple with a Miss Betty -- machete and wasn't acting alone.

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He let in an accomplice who was armed with a shotgun. They began to

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rip necklaces, rings from the couple, before tying Janet upped it

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they turned their attention to Peter. They said, "We know you do

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the market, we know you do that. Where is the safe?" . Beta was

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forced to lead the attack as to his safe. Once opened, they grabbed all

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of the inside. But their ordeal still wasn't over. They pushed us

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both up the stairs into the bathroom and we were both tied up. He stuffed

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some socks in my mouth and put tape around my mouth and then he smashed

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the handle off the bathroom door, so that we couldn't open the door.

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Leaving the petrified couple tied up in the bathroom, the men fled. They

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try to actually attack your castle. Police are desperate to know who

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could have done this. This is the worst aggravated burglary I have

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ever dealt with. The level of violence they used an Janet and

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Peter was absolutely abhorrent and shopping. We believe that this

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offence had been planned for a long time and we believe that the

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offenders involved were professionals and they have done

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this before. However, one of the offenders appeared to be extremely

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nervous, to the extent that he was saying to the female victim, whilst

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he was shoving socks in her mouth, he was saying sorry. It may suggest

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that that offender has some sort of conscience for what he did on that

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day and we just appeal to anybody out there, if there is any bit of

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information you can give us, whether it is small, it really doesn't

:34:25.:34:28.

matter, just to help us catch these criminals and bring them to justice.

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Peter estimates the men made off with around ?80,000 worth of stock,

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everything the couple had, and, as a result, they have been forced to

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give up their business altogether. The stock that we had was our

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pension and that was to see us through our old age. Obviously,

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that's gone. But what stayed with the couple is the payment to stress

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the attackers caused. -- pain and stress. It was very traumatic. It

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still is, in a way, because you still get flashbacks to these things

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and it irritates me that I don't know who these people are. It makes

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you very nervous if you hear a bomb or anything, even though it will be

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a year in July. I'm not the same person that I was.

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A truly terrifying ordeal for Peter and Janet. DCI Katy Tucker is

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working on the case. What do we know about the men who did this? There

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are two men involved in this horrific incident. One was a white

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male, aged between 20 and 30 years old. He was brandishing a machete

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and was wearing a balaclava. The second man was a black male, who we

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believe was aged about 30 and had a thickset build. There is something

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extremely unusual in the blackmail's behaviour, in that when he was

:35:56.:35:59.

shoving socks into Janet's mouth, he was apologising to her, which may

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suggest that he has some sort of conscience. We have a replica of the

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weapon that was used. I mean, this is just so frightening. Totally

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horrific. As you can imagine, Janet and Peter had been out on a really

:36:16.:36:21.

nice evening and they come home to a male threatening them with this

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machete. They truly believed that they were going to be seriously

:36:25.:36:29.

injured or worse, killed. What about the jewellery that was taken? Have

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you any more details? There were several high-value items of

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jewellery stolen. One in particular was quite distinct and red. It was a

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Rolex watch with an 18 carat gold band with a diamond blue faced. So I

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appeal to anybody, if anybody has come across this jewellery, please

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phone in. Thank you so much. Obviously, the impact it has had an

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Peter and Janet and their business is massive so if you do have any

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information, get in touch with us. We've come out the back of the

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studio now onto an old soaps set for a special demonstration we promised

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you earlier. Welcome back to Ian and the rest of the team from South

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Wales Police dog unit, who are just round the corner. You are going to

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show us what one of the dogs can do in a potentially life-threatening

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situation. You got all ready, poised, so take it away. -- you got

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Orla. The dog has gone straight for the arm. We will let the dog get

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under control first. She doesn't want to let go! There we go. If we

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just come round here, Ian... Wow! That was pretty impressive. Talk me

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through what just happened. Before we carry on, are you all right? I'm

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fine! You are absolutely fine! The dog went straight for the arm - why

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was that? They go for the right arm of the person. The majority of the

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public all right handed and he would be carrying the weapon in that

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answer we want to mobilise the weapon. The guy that came out with a

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fake gun is one of your colleagues but he's not a small guy and he

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couldn't shake off the dog. They do pack a punch. That's why the we

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choose this breed of dog is. They pack a mean punch and they punch

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their weight. They are agile, they are fit and very fast. How long

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would it take to train a dog like Orla? This is a culmination of eight

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years of experience, so her initial training is 30 weeks of duration and

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then there is regular continuation training throughout the year. She is

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assessed once you to make sure she is safe under the control. The more

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experience they get and the more controlled, the better. Let's go

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over and meet Ieuan. How was that for you? How have you found Orla to

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train and work with? Very good. They pick at a very quick. Really

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responsive. She is a very good dog. In your hand you got a toy and to

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Orla, she is just doing it all to get a toy? It is just play for them!

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This isn't an easy thing for the dogs, just like the human groups, it

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is a selection process and not everyone of the dogs makes it

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through the training. We invest a lot of time and money in dogs so we

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want to make sure we've got the right package to start with. As you

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saw with Ruby... Ruby was the puppy. She's come from very strong

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bloodlines. Whilst it is nature and nurture, the nature has got to be

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right before we can develop that and harness the ability. This is the

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result, a fully trained recruited top thank you, everyone, for joining

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us. Now let's go back to Michelle in St Albans.

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Thanks, Rav. Welcome back to St Albans Cathedral and our heritage

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crime scene, which contains some new evidence. Early in the programme, we

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were talking about historic sites like this falling victim to heritage

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crime but there is also a growing problem with the rogue use of these,

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metal detectors. I'm joined by Mark Harrison, Sgt Jamie Bartlett and

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David, the creator of the Roman Verulamium Museum down the road.

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What is night hawking? Simply, people unlawfully removing objects

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from above or below the ground, using metal detecting devices. How

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are you going about tackling the problem? Working in partnership with

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the police, the British Museum and the metal detecting community

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themselves, we've launched Operation Chronos and this is to seek out that

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very small criminal minority that are not following the rules. Jamie,

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is this a problem for you in Hertfordshire? We do see night

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hawking a lot in Hertfordshire. Just down the road from here, we have the

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Roman theatre and the land that surrounds that is a magnet for

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people coming looking for artefacts. It causes a problem to landowners

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and farmers, people damaging their property to get onto the land,

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damaging crops. It is a big issue with confrontation etc. If people

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have been nighthawk, what do they need to look out for? What other"

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Bob Clews tend to be excavations, damaged offences, damage to crops.

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-- what art the Clews? We were heritage watch and we encourage

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people to report suspicious activity to stick top We've got quite a few

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artefacts and these are the type of things that I guess nighthawks would

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be looking for. These are some of the objects that have been reported

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to Roman Verulamium Museum by legitimate detectorists working

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within the Treasure Act. We have a medieval button, and eighth

:42:02.:42:04.

centuries suction disc mount and a Roman gold coin, early fifth

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century, one of 159 found in a horde. What about these? These are a

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couple of jokes and a Roman patter and these are from a burial which

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adds all the objects associated with them and they came in the terms of

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the Treasure Act. What is the impact of people find these things and

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don't bring them back to the museums? If they are not reported to

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us, the museum cannot purchase the object and put them on display in

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the first instance, so we don't see the artefacts, and secondly, we lose

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all the information associated with them. In the case of a gold coins,

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we found 159. One alone doesn't have much significance but 159, it's a

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lot of money in one area and shows that at a time when the Romans were

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leaving Britain, there was still a huge amount of wealth in this area.

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David, Jamie, Mark, thank you so much. It is given us much more of an

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understanding. Rav, back to you. Just time for an

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update on what has come in on the phone is. We've already had an

:43:04.:43:06.

arrest on one of the wanted faces we've shown you this week. He was

:43:07.:43:09.

arrested and was in custody within just a few hours of being shown so

:43:10.:43:13.

thank you for all your help. We've also had lots of calls on the

:43:14.:43:18.

Melanie Hall murder case we featured yesterday. Melanie disappeared 20

:43:19.:43:21.

years ago after leaving a nightclub in Bath. Officers are chasing all

:43:22.:43:25.

the information that is, in. So thank you to everyone that has got

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in touch. Michelle, where you going to be tomorrow?

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Well, we will be ending our first week in London, where we will be on

:43:34.:43:37.

patrol with the Met's oldest and longest serving special constable.

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It just goes to show that age is nothing but a number when it comes

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to catching criminals. We will see you bright and early tomorrow

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morning. Thanks, Michelle. For more details

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on the grounds on today's programme, go to our website but before we go,

:43:54.:43:57.

here is another look at this morning's wanted faces. If you know

:43:58.:44:02.

where they are, please pick up that phone. We will be back tomorrow but

:44:03.:44:08.

we will be on BBC Two at the slightly later time of 9:30am. Join

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us then. In the meantime, take care and goodbye.

:44:13.:44:53.

Join me, Kirsty Young... ..and me, Huw Edwards,

:44:54.:44:55.

as we accompany the Queen for a weekend of ceremonial splendour.

:44:56.:44:59.

On Friday, we're live from St Paul's.

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On Saturday, we'll be at Horse Guards Parade.

:45:02.:45:04.

And on Sunday, the celebrations end with the Patron's Lunch on the Mall.

:45:05.:45:08.

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