Episode 9 Crimewatch Roadshow

Can you help bring some bad guys to justice?

Eight years on, Halton's killers are still at large.

The worst phone call that any parent or anyone could actually receive.

We're out with police on the UK's biggest tram network.

Where they start giving it all this and checking all the pockets,

you know they're not gonna find a ticket

And I'll be finding out how a community torn apart by gang crime

Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow.

We're taking to the streets to tackle the crime

A terrifying attack on a lone female student.

When I saw the knife, I thought, I'm going to die.

And do you recognise the callous gang cashing

I think it's terrible what they're doing.

I have sometimes cried, it's horrible.

Today we're in Salford in Greater Manchester.

Michelle, have we interrupted your breakfast?

But this is no ordinary cafe I'm eating at.

This has been funded by money the police have seized from gangs

This area has been blighted by gang crime but police are trying

We'll be meeting some of the people who've benefitted a little later on.

But first, when 20-year-old Halton McCollin was murdered

in Manchester eight years ago it shook the whole community.

His killers have never been found but his family and friends

Generosity, it was a massive factor. He had a smile that I wish I had,

just a smile that children's ward. He had a beautiful aura and energy.

He was very honest. And he was a positive influence in general. If

you years ahead of people, maturity wise, people looked up to him in

school. In January 2008, 20-year-old Halton McCollin was gunned down in a

takeaway restaurant in Manchester. Detectives believe he was the

innocent victim of a tragic case of mistaken identity. Halton grew up in

the Charlton area of the city. He was a talented footballer who had

recently got a job, a new flat and a car. He loved football, watching and

playing even more so. He was a person everybody would pick first,

people wanted to be on his team because of the passion he brought

into football. And the passion he brought into life. On the evening of

the 19th of January 2008, Halton and friends were heading to a house

party. On the way they decided to get some food from a local takeaway.

On Chester Road, I'd the takeaway, each of them wanted food so they

went in and began to order. -- outside the takeaway.

One of the friends received a phone call from a friend of his who was

sat in a carcass by in the car park of the pub. She thought she had seen

a man getting out of the car with the Gaelic -- balaclava and she

thought he had a gun so she walked -- award the friends that there was

a serious situation about to develop and one of the friends of Halton

went outside and could see two masked men approaching with what

looked like deadly intent. They were very afraid. The group panicked and

jumped over the counter and in attempt to hide from the gunmen.

Seconds later, two masked men burst in, they fired three rounds, the

fourth fleeing the scene. The devastating reality became clear.

Not all of the friends had made it to safety. The worst phone call

anybody could receive. They basically said, the, you need to get

into Manchester, Halton has been shot. Halton had been hit in the

back of the head. There was close to triple figures of people at the

hospital, including family and friends. He looked at peace, like he

was sleeping. I just got his hand and said, I will see you again,

hopefully one day, friend. Thank you for all of the memories. Thank you

for being my friend. Thank you for being my friend. Halton was in a

coma for three days before the family had to make the heartbreaking

decision to turn off his life-support machine. It was

actually that that was keeping him. He donated his organs and he was

about giving, always has been. Halton was in no way involved with

any gang, he had no criminal convictions at all. This really was

a completely mistaken identity case. It has been eight years since the

death of Halton but we will not give up on this. His mum and dad

particularly want to see justice and we want to see that also. This case

will never be closed until his killers are brought to justice. What

happened needs to be remembered, an innocent person, who was so loved

and cared for by so many people, was taken away. I have pictures and Time

stands still. You can still see that 20-year-old. But I will never see

him hold. He will always have that beautiful smile. That loveliness

about him. The sad thing is, I buried my son. This case is tragic.

I am joined by Martin Bottomley - who is Greater Manchester Police's

Halton was a hardworking young man with a bright future ahead of him.

You truly believe this is a case of mistaken identity?

Halton worked hard, he had a job and his own car and apartment, and great

man looking forward to his life. Remind us of what

happened that night? Halton and his friends were going to

a party and they stopped off at the China Gardens takeaway on Chester

Road. Two men wearing balaclavas

approached the takeaway from the side road next

to the Gorse Hill Pub .They entered the takeaway,

fired three shots before leaving. One of these shots sadly

hit Halton in the head What do we know about

the people responsible? One man was armed and was

dressed all in black. He was approximately 5 foot 11

tall, of medium build. He was accompanied by another male

with a balaclava, wearing a dark The hood was over the coat,

with faded jeans and he was skinny. Somebody must know them, you might

have been frightened at the time but please come forward. There is a

reward? Yes, Greater Manchester Police

are offering ?50,000 for information If you have any answers, please get

in touch. Details are on the screen. Next, today's round-up

of crimes caught on CCTV. Watch carefully and let us know

if you recognise anyone. It's the early hours

of a Tuesday morning. February of this year. Three men

hanging around outside a supermarket in Surrey. The men start to move

pallets and objects in front of the shop window. The trio move out of

the way to make room for them gold Volvo. The car on fake numberplates

gets into position then suddenly smashes through the window. Three of

the masked men rush in and head for the counter. They know exactly what

they want. They start chucking baskets and bending the shelters.

They are here for the cigarettes. Once they have a bag full they go

back to the car and leave towards bank shot and the M3. They still

around three grams worth of smokes. Who are these nicotine stealing men?

Collars. This CCTV captures a visitor to a house in Oxford but

nobody is in and he has not invited. He still wants to get inside.

Picking up rock and smashing through the window. He reaches inside but

still cannot get in. He tries the door. That is not working. He leaves

and goes around the other side of the house. Later, the homeowners

return to find the house broken into and sentimental jewellery taken. But

is this unwanted house guest? -- who is. Castor mind back to the 30th of

October last year. It Halton in Ilford is about to get a couple of

unwelcome visitors. They are not coming in through the door, they are

dropping in through the roof. The pairs start exploring. What are they

up to? They are joined around one hour later by another intruder. The

next time they are spotted on camera, they are running away with a

handful of goodies. It was found that about ?20,000 worth of

donations and ceremonial items were missing.

Do you know who this trio of temple roof raiders are?

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I'm here in Salford, where there're lots of great things

But it is an area that's had its fair share of

Salford in Greater Manchester. An area of pride industrial heritage

and recent generation. It has also been hitting the headlines for the

wrong reasons. Like some other inner-city areas, Salford has had

problems with gun crime and gang crime. There has been a string of

serious incidents. Last July, Paul, once dubbed Mr big, was gunned down

and killed. And seven-year-old Christine Hickey and his mum were

shot in the legs outside their home. Police say they are cracking down,

seizing weapons and disrupting organised crime. Last year in

Salford, more than ?600,000 worth of drugs were seized, along with half

?1 million worth of cash. -- ?500,000.

Here with me now is Superintendent Mark Kenny.

It's been a tough time for Salford, hasn't it?

We have had a number of incidents involving firearms but we have been

doing everything we can to tackle that. But that is not

representative. That is a small number of people responsible for

Serie A 's crime. It does not represent the good things happening

here. It's not just about enforcement? We are working with our

partners to tackle the causes of crime and work with young people and

the community to get to the root of this and prevent it happening in the

longer term. Tell me more about the piggy bank scheme? We have been

taking money away from the drug dealers and those who cause harm,

taking that away through the proceeds of crime act and giving it

back to the community. We have taken ?38,000 from those criminals and we

have said to the community, in Ackles and Salford, where should we

spend this? The community have voted for these groups today and we have

given them money. Let's have a look. We have got Thai boxing going on.

It's something really positive for people to get involved with. They

can get equipment and they can travel around Europe and they have

won awards and on really well. What about the choir here? One of the

local schools, they have had money to use on equipment and microphones

and T-shirts and it has helped them travel around, and they've performed

in local hospitals and hospices. Good for the young people on the

community. Such a positive message. Finally, the bike club. Again,

really good, positive work with young people and this group have

worked on their bikes, and the money is being used to buy the equipment

and the bike stands and young people are being trained on how to build

bikes and refit them and positive activities. A real sense of

community spirit here. Make sure you join me later when I speak to more

people who have benefited from this. Here's what else is still

to come this morning. The nighttime attack on a student,

dragged into a park at knifepoint. His face looked really scary. I was

really afraid. And we spend the day with the travel

cops, keeping Manchester's tram But first, if you're a regular

viewer you'll know that distraction Elderly and vulnerable people

are often the targets, and this morning we're asking

for your help to track down a particularly heartless gang

which police believe is operating We'll hear from one

of their victims in a moment. But first, I'm joined by PC

Paul Rhys from Wiltshire Police. We have a team of three men -- three

women and one man, and they followed an old woman to a bank and saw her

put her number in the cash machine and followed her till they got the

opportunity to steal the cashpoint card and took ?1200. The victim in

this case was Doreen, and a real impact on her. As will see. It felt

horrible because sometimes I wake up in the morning and I feel very

nervous. I am reliving it. I do get nervous.

Not surprisingly, it's had a real impact on Doreen.

There is some clear CCTV of the women in this gang, isn't there?

We have the females either side of Doreen she uses the cash machine,

then walking away with the number. In the council offices in Swindon,

the female on the ground has dropped money around her feet. That is a

classic distraction. We see Doreen looking over and her bag unattended,

and this is part of the gang and she was going to use that as an

opportunity to steal the bag. They didn't get the contents of the bag

at that stage, it was just afterwards, but you did get an image

of the offender. We will see that now. This is one of the offenders

after they got the card and PIN number. She is just leaving the bank

in Regent Street in Swindon and she changed her appearance by wearing a

scarf. She has got the ?1200. That's unbelievable. This is a bus in

Derbyshire. The females are following the victim off the bus,

having watched the user card and subsequently they steal her

cashpoint card and get money again. A really good image of them here. We

have seen both of the images and you are confident that someone will know

who these people are. Absolutely. They are travelling around the

Midlands, London, the South West. Somebody lives next door to them

what they have been arrested and I'm sure we will get them. Please do

take a good look at those photos. Do you know who these people are? If

you do, please get in touch. Here in Greater Manchester

they have the biggest tram But unfortunately, it does suffer

from a fair amount of crime So we've been out with the police

teams doing their best to keep It is a Saturday afternoon, and

thousands of people are travelling around Manchester, enjoying their

weekend. The travel safe units are out in force helping to keep the

transport system a crime free zone. -- Travelsafe the unit. Today the

kit -- team are working on the Manchester Metro line, the largest

network in the UK. At Victoria Station, Stephen Delaney is

expecting a busy day. The plan for the day is to work alongside the

metro system as they check the tickets. Anyone that is obstructive

or refuses to give details, if they give false details, anything like

that, anyone who starts kicking off, we will get involved. Excuse me,

pal, comment and I see your ticket? I'm just looking. You can have a

chance to get him and get the ticket or you can have a standard fine.

There are people who are repeat offenders. All right, mate.

Straightaway they they do the shuffle, checking their pockets, and

they are not going to find a ticket because they have bought one. You

can spot them a mile. We have found is made. The -- we have found his

mate. The man and his friend were fined ?100 each. He was going to get

gay -- get away without travelling with a ticket. Some of those caught

are quick to admit they didn't buy a ticket. I just got fined ?100. I

can't see my girlfriend, so I will have to think of something.

Sometimes passengers without tickets refuse to co-operate with the staff

or do not have photo ID. That is when Stephen and his colleagues step

in and use a mobile fingerprint scanner. It is linked to the police

National computer and can verify somebody's identity if they are

already known to police. It's a really good bit of kit. It

identifies a lot of people who I wanted. And the fingerprint scanner

has helped solve far bigger crimes than fare dodging. Last August was

probably the best one and it sticks in my mind. At trap -- chap came up

with no ticket, and he was West Yorkshire's most wanted man at the

time and that was a good colour that day. The only reason we got him is

because he had bought a ticket -- a good collar. The metrolink covers

almost 60 miles of track and is used by 80,000 people per day. Ticket

evasion is the biggest problem for the Travelsafe unit. 10,000 fixed

penalties were issued last year but dealing with anti-social behaviour

also keeps the team busy. Take your bag off. Stephen has a word with

underage drinkers. How old are you? 15. You shouldn't be drinking. The

young girl is not charged but they confiscate a bottle. Anti-social

behaviour has been a big problem on the metrolink with youths causing

annoyance by shouting, drinking, smoking drugs. People find it

intimidating which is part of the reason we are coming round. All

right, lads. See you later. If you are vulnerable, old, even if you are

a young lad or girl and you go to a tram station and there are eight or

nine kids, the first thing you think is, are they going to do me over? It

does happen unfortunately from time to time. This is why we enjoy having

this presents, getting rid of the gangs and trying to make it safer

for everybody. Assaults and robbery on the trams in Manchester on the

rise. In response, Metrolink say they want to boost the number of

Travelsafe offices riding the rails. Would you like to wear it? There you

go. People get robbed on the tram. I have seen two fights, all kinds of

stuff. It's not good. It makes you feel so. I feel better, no one can

harass me, touch me or frighten me. So it's really good. Back at

Victoria Station, another fare dodger has caught Stephen's I, but

he senses he is hiding something else. Keep your hands up so I can

see them. Section 23, Michu some drugs act, I will search you because

you recovered cannabis -- the misuse of drugs act. Stephen's sense of

smell was spot on. Cannabis, ?10 worth, just a small bag for personal

use. If it all checks out, he will be issued with ACE treat warning. It

is a slap on the wrist -- a street warning. It has been the end of the

shift for Stephen and it has been a productive day. We had 86 people

issued with a standard fare and we have checked 2190 people and we have

conducted 13 checks in total, two cannabis warnings, one paid on the

spot. Not a bad day off work. Great work there.

Now it's time for a look at today's Wanted Faces.

Police forces around the country are asking for your

First up today is 55-year-old Jonathan Davies, although he also

Detectives in Manchester want to question him after bank

cards belonging to high-profile sportspeople were used to take more

Davies has links to Manchester, Cheshire and the West Midlands

Although he also uses the surname Nasirou.

He was jailed for two years and eight months in 2014

for burglary and released early on licence.

But he has failed to stick to the conditions of his early

release and is now wanted back in prison.

He's 27 and originally from Togo in West Africa but now has links

He was due to appear in court charged with possession with intent

to supply Class A drugs, but didn't turn up.

King also calls himself James Holt and has links across Merseyside.

He was arrested in connection with a fight outside a nightclub

in Bedford town centre in which two men were injured.

He was released on police bail but has failed to return to

Originally from Poland, Mozer is 23 and speaks

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

Now, as we heard earlier, there's a project going on here

in Salford where the police have taken money they've seized

from organised crime and put it right back into the communities.

One of the projects benefitting from the money is Dad's Shed.

We have been here about a year, and as you can see, I have spent most of

the time putting the floor down, getting things ready and making it

into a workable workshop. The money has been a great help and I've got a

very good local company who are very generous with donating their waste

material. What do you do here and what type of people come? It is an

old-fashioned woodworking shop. No agenda. If you are at a loss, you

come along here and within four -- short space of time you will be

making something you never dreamt you could make. It starts with

something simple like a bird house. But people do get ambitious quickly

and it gives them a lot of self-confidence. Tell me more about

the area and have a project benefits it. It's a deprived area with a lot

of broken marriages, that sort of thing. We get people referred to us

by the health service and doctors who have what they call mental

health problems but basically it is confidence. Especially for guys

coming here, amongst their peer group, and we have the cafe open so

they can get a hot meal. They tend to open up a bit so that is nice. To

take something away that might be for child as often as they would

like that bring something special to it. Allen, thank you. Anthony, tell

me more about your experience and what you get out of it. I started

off with the Salford Dad 's well-being group, and from there I

got involved with Dad's Shed. Just learning how to do things. My late

father-in-law, his bench you can see there, Michelle, it was crumbling,

so to give something back to his daughter that reminds her of her

dad, I brought that here and I've been able to do that and work on it.

This has really given new confidence as well. It has. It has stopped me

from going back into crime because I have had a chequered past, and

something like this has helped to give me a focus. Anthony, that is

great to hear. Thank you very much. Next, the police here

need your help to track down a man who attacked a student

back in December. Manchester, a bustling city with

four universities and around 100,000 students. Jenny had just finished

her first term. What are you doing after this? I had lots of friends in

Manchester and I really enjoyed the course. When I finish that

university I would normally meet friends, go to the gym, that sort of

thing. I had a fun time. in great before Christmas last year, Jenny

spent the evening with her front. We were just channelling that, watching

TV, that sort of thing. I stayed for around four hours. At around

midnight, Jenny decided to head home. I like working so I wanted to

walk home. -- walking. I did not think Salford was a violent place. I

used to walk around by myself a lot. I am not a person who is afraid of

strangers and things. When I was near a park, a man suddenly said,

hey... Then he took out a knife. I went into my pocket and got my

wallet and gave him all of my coins. The man began to drag her towards

the park. I was wearing a coat at the time. He was grabbing the code

so I was trying to take it off to run away. I took it off and just

ran. But she fell and the man caught up with her. After that, his eyes

changed. They were crazy, creepy eyes. He had changed and had become

very violent. I said, please... And no. In desperation, Jenny tried to

phone her friend. I took my phone out of my pocket. I did get through

to my friend but the man saw that I was calling someone so he took my

phone off me. I think he tried to say, are you trying to call someone?

But he did not speaking is properly. He was kissing me on the cheek and

kept -- I kept avoiding it and pushing him away. After that, he hit

me in the face, on my cheek, and slapped me. It really hurt. I was

trying to get him to come down but his objective, his aim was to rape

me. He was trying to drag me into another park which had lots of

trees. It was fenced off so others could not get in but I held the

fence so that I would not go. As you tried to fight off attacker, a car

pulled up next to them. He suddenly run away. The man in the car came

out and asked what had happened. I said he was going to rape me. I was

crying. It made me not go out alone for the first ten days. Sometimes my

heart flutters and beats really fast when I go outside. In the

night-time, when I see men walking along, I am afraid. I find it creepy

that he is still out there because he could do this to other girls. If

the police caught him, I would be so happy.

With me now is DI Kenneth Blain from the Greater Manchester Police.

Kenneth, what do you know about the attacker?

We've been able to put together an e-fit of the attacker.

He's described as a white male, 5'7 tall, skinny build, 28 -

30 years old, black short hair with a black moustache and had

a distinctive earring and ear piercing in the top of right ear,

which we have an example of here.

The victim was walking home via Salford Central Station,

Across Bloom Street. The attacker grabbed her. He pointed the knife at

her and dragged her into a small park of Lamb Lane and subjected her

to a vicious assault, monster in the face, before sexually assaulting her

and that only stopped when a motorist intervened. It is shocking

and you have more details on the knife? It is ascribed as very small

with a retractable blade of the blade was not showing during the

attack. And the phone was stolen? That was a white iPhone 5. We are

keen to know if anybody has had that type of phone offered to them in the

local area in the last couple of months or if anybody has find that

type of phone. And we're keen to see if anybody can feed as this

attacker. This has shaken the attacker, she was really scared

during this and has been badly affected. Thank you very much. You

know what to do if you have information. Please get in touch.

Now if you saw a crime unfolding in front of your eyes,

Many people, understandably, might run in the opposite direction.

But others decide to take action and even apprehend

It's known as a Citizens Arrest, but what does that really mean,

Well, someone who's actually performed

a Citizen's Arrest is postman Simon McCluskey, from Hinderwell

in North Yorkshire, and I'm also joined by barrister

Last August I was driving past the post office in my van and I could

see two men running out in balaclavas and I thought that was a

bit odd and I saw the postmaster, not for that was a robbery so I

followed one of them with another member of the public and we caught

him and with the help of a farmer who jumped out with his combine

harvester, we managed to taken to the ground and told him. We detained

him for the police? These men were arrested and charged and convicted

and it was Joseph Crosby and Andrew Waldron and collectively, they got

17 years in prison, a fantastic result for the attempted robbery.

That was brilliant. What you did, you didn't expect it would be that

serious. Rupert, from the legal standpoint... You did get a reward?

That busy at the back! Yes, we got awarded a commendation by the high

Sheriff. It was a good day out! Fantastic. I want to ask about the

legal point of view, where do we stand? What can we do in

circumstances like this? It does not always end as successfully as in

this case which is why the police did not encourage people to commit a

citizen's arrest. You can break the law if you unlawfully detain

somebody but if you consider a serious crime is being committed,

someone is running from a post office wearing a balaclava, you

could likely think it was serious and can use proportionate force to

detain someone for as long as is practical for the police to arrive.

If you see somebody throwing away a cigarette, you cannot beat them over

the head and lock them up in your bedroom. You must be careful. It is

the proportional element? Don't overstep the mark! Having held this

gentleman to the ground in his balaclava, Simon was right not to

beat him up until the police arrived. You have to be careful.

These alleged criminals could turn around and lie about what you were

doing so you have to be very careful not to put yourself into any

position of harm. You are not a vigilante, you cannot dish out

punishment. That is up to the police. In the case of Simon, he

could detain the criminals until the police arrived. That is it,

containing the situation and not using excessive force and only

acting when safe to do so. Well done, Simon. Fascinating stuff. Back

to Michelle. Next, it started as a casual

night out for a group of young friends in Preston,

but it ended in senseless violence. It has affected me, it is terrible.

It is scary to not remember something so dramatic. 19-year-old

Sam Sheridan is on a gap year before starting university. One evening in

April, he was enjoying a night out with friends in Preston. My birthday

was coming up so I thought I would go out. We talked about our

different lives, catching up. The friends spent the evening at a

nightclub. Then they decided to come. -- walk on. Taking a short cut

through an alleyway, they passed two men. We were just walking past. The

men approached Sam and his friends. Without warning, one of them became

aggressive. One of them chased me. And just punched me. He punched me

once on one side and once on the other side. Then I was on the floor.

The brutal attack was captured on CCTV. Sam suffered a broken

cheekbone and serious injuries to his eye. For no reason, he has

ruined my birthday, injured knee, done all these things and for what?

I just want to know why. Lancashire Constabulary,

Sam seems like such a nice lad. You think this attack

was completely unprovoked? Yes, it appears so. Just a nasty

assault that did not appear to have any routes. Remind us of what

happened. The victim was out for his birthday and left the net ties --

nightclub at 2:30am in the morning and went down the alleyway back

towards Church Street to get a taxi. They did not make the taxi. Whilst

working at the alleyway, two males encounter them and one of them

punched him twice on the head which caused fall unconscious and the

other males came back in the other direction. What else do we know?

We're looking for a white male, in his late teens/early twenties,

of chubby build and around 5ft 8in/ 5ft 9in tall.

He had dark brown wavy hair which was held back in a head band

He was clean-shaven and was wearing a long sleeved black shirt with dark

The second man is described as white, of slim build,

around 5ft 8in with short shaven hair.

He was wearing a T-shirt and jeans. Sam received bad injuries? Yes, a

fractured cheekbone, close to his eye, it required an operation and

was concerned that he might lose his sight but fortunately, that did not

happen on the does have a lack of sensation in his face. Thank you

very much. Back to you. Just time for an update

on what's come In on the phones and after was a

victim of a distraction burglary in Merseyside and officers are looking

at new leads as a result of your calls. And on Monday, we should you

the case of former pub landlady Carol Mitchell who was held at

gunpoint in her home and was promising information on that. Back

to Michelle in Salford. It looks like you're having a lovely time!

Yes Rav, there's very much a village fete

These are some more of the groups which have benefitted from the cash

pot which is really great to see.

How has it helped you? To buy equipment to allow the children to

complete the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, sleeping bags to complete

our own expeditions. Somebody from the Morris dancing group. It has

helped us get the outfits that we wear for the competitions and we

dance in Pontin 's against other dancing trips. And you all look

great. And Jeff? It will make a huge difference to the juniors of the

Thai boxing club to provide safety equipment and sparring equipment

that we need. Thank you all very much. That is it today. Tomorrow, we

will go into Manchester City centre and later today it is Wales taking

on England and the of tension at the tournament. We shall talk about

football and farm safety at the national foot in Manchester. Do join

us then. Tomorrow morning at 9:15am. For more details about

the crimes on today's programme, go to our website Before

we go, here's another look at this If any of them look familiar,

pick up the phone and tell We'll be back tomorrow morning,

until then, take care.