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That is it for now. Thanks to all of our guests.

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This is the programme where you can join the fight against crime. For

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the next four weeks, we are on a mission to put more criminals behind

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bars. I will be travelling the length of the country to find out

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how police forces are tackling crime where you live.

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And I will be in the studio, asking for your help to hold the everyday

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crimes. Last year, thanks to your calls,

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police made more than 60 arrests. Armed robbery, fraud, even murder.

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Incredible work, and I reckon we can do even better this year. It is time

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to catch some groups! This is Crimewatch Roadshow. -- crooks.

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It's the first day of this summer's Crimewatch Roadshow.

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Crimewatch Roadshow is all about asking for your help to tackle

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crime, and for the next month we'll be live every weekday morning

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We've got some really important appeals coming up,

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but of course we've all been particularly shocked and saddened

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by the terror attacks over the past months.

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As a former police officer, my heart goes out to

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all the victims and their families and, of course, the emergency

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So we're starting the series with a special programme broadcasting

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live from the new headquarters of the force which leads

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on counterterrorism in the UK - the Metropolitan Police.

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Michelle Ackerley is at New Scotland Yard.

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Yes, we're starting the new series from the nerve

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This is the newly refurbished New Scotland Yard,

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It's from here that much of the response to the recent

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It's also home to new Commissioner Cressida Dick,

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who's leading the police operations to tackle the terrorists.

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We will be speaking to her live on the programme later, she has taken

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some time out of her incredibly busy schedule.

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But now it's time for our first appeal.

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Sadly, it also involves a fatal stabbing.

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Knife crime is a particular problem in London, and this morning

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we need your help to bring about justice for one

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I am actually in his shoes, trying to find somebody to help them. I

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can't breathe. And then I lose it, just lose it. My child is lying on

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that road. 20-year-old Lewis Elwin lived in south London with his

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family. Lewis, a caring young man, wouldn't hurt a fly. Loved animals,

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loved playing games, loved drawing. Normal teenager. The was at the age

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where he didn't know what he wanted to do. I like to feel that he needed

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a role model, I am an electrician, my brother is a plumber, what better

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way to learn than from your brothers? You just wanted to find a

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job. He just wanted to work and be long. He loved his hair, he was into

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these loose plaits, and he didn't want me to do it, because he said I

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was too rough. When I come that, I counted, and boys don't like their

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head being combed. -- combed it. On a Monday afternoon in April last

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year, Lewis was out with his mum, she was dropping him off to see a

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friend. I was quite happy to drop him, because I was out and about. We

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went down to Tooting, talking to his big sister on the phone, he was

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giving me directions where he to be. He was in very good spirits, very

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good spirits, he was laughing, he was happy. CCTV shows Sandra's blue

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car pulling up on Moyser Road at the junction with Ribblesdale Road. When

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I dropped him to go where he needed to be, I'd beat the horn, because I

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noticed his trousers were a little low, and I don't like that. Cameras

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capture the moment when Sandra says goodbye to Lewis. I told him, pull

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up your trousers, he smiled and hopped along the road. I then turned

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the car around and went to the doctor's. As Lewis made his way down

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the quiet residential streets of Tooting, he called his friend to let

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him know he was on his way. But Lewis never made it.

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With one blow, Lewis was stabbed in the back. He stumbled down the

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street for a full minute before collapsing to the floor.

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Sandro got the call telling her what had happened. I felt shaken,

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driving, I was shaking. I couldn't breathe, I was cold. It was just

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disbelief that my child was lying down there, and I just dropped him

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off. Lewis died at the scene less than an hour after his mum dropped

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him off. To hear the words that he is dead, you know that is the

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hardest part, because you know you are going to come home with that. I

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never thought I would be burying my child be for me, nobody should have

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to do that. We wanted to do a march in memory of

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Lewis, with the placard and the leaflets and the T-shirts, it became

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more effective, we wanted people to know who was in the coffin and why,

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because he got stabbed. Justice will be served, we have got to let the

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youth understand that, this crime, and be -- this crime cannot be

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overlooked. We cannot stand by and see this happen to another mother,

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another youth. When is enough enough?

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Nothing justifies taking a person's life, and if it was Lewis that did

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it to someone else, I wouldn't have it, no. Somehow, I would turn him

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in, so I would like to know who did it to my child.

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Joining me now is Detective Inspector Will Reynolds,

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who is leading the investigation into this tragic case.

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What do we know about Lewis's final movements?

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We know he was with his mother that afternoon. She dropped him off in

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Moyser Road at about 3:30 in the afternoon. Once he got out of the

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car, he made a telephone call to a friend nearby. He made his way over

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to his friend's Howes, around Penwortham Road, but he did not make

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it, because he was attacked and stabbed in the back. Then he went

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back down Penwortham Road, where he unfortunately collapsed, and despite

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the best efforts of paramedics and members of the public, he tragically

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died at about 3:40. Not only was this in the middle of the afternoon,

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it was very close to a school, wasn't it? It was very close to

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Penwortham primary school, at a time when the school was closing, parents

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and carers would be picking up their children, and we are appealing to

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them to contact us if they saw anything that can help us solve this

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murder. What is the latest? We believe we have identified a

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suspect, a black male wearing a blue top and great jogging trousers. We

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have a car on CCTV which is circulating the area, a silver

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Peugeot, and we believe that car was involved in the murder, because it

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was subsequently found burned out very close to the scene. It is very

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significant. There is a reward for information leading to a conviction.

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Absolutely, a ?20,000 reward is available to try and solve this

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murder. People are motivated by different things, in terms of

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contacting us, but we hope this amount of money might be an

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incentive to someone who has seen something you may be scared or

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frightened to contact us please help us. Lewis's mum just wants justice,

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doesn't she? A painful time, it has been a very difficult year for them,

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so we are making every effort to bring them justice and find the

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killer of Lewis. Here's hoping someone

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watching can help. Time now for some crooks

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caught on camera And just to warn you -

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one of these is pretty nasty. Can you spot what happens here in

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plain sight? This gentleman is paying for his petrol, having placed

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his car keys next to him on the counter. The station has filled up,

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but keep your eye on a man wearing a baseball cap and carrying a scarf.

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Watch what he does closely. Lacing his scarf on top of the

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counter, the man waits for the gentleman to leave before snatching

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back his scarf, along with the car keys. He then follows him out the

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door. Unable to get into his car, the gentleman comes back to check if

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he has left the keys behind. While inside, police believe the man in

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the baseball cap drives off in the victim's pride and joy, a BMW M3. If

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you recognise this sneaky thief, call us now.

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It is nearing Halloween, but what you see next is no trick or treat. A

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woman is travelling home after a Fancy Bears party. She is minding

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her own business. For some reason, the man at the back of the carriage

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starts to verbally abuse, then comes over and confronts her. She is

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having none of it. What he does next is shocking. He head-butts her

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straight in the face, the victim suffers serious injuries to her

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teeth and is still receiving treatment. Police needs to catch

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this violent berg. Name, please! It is a busy Friday afternoon in this

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pharmacy, but in amongst the shoppers someone is up to no good.

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This woman looks like she is casually browsing the aisles, but

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she is not here to look at the products. She is here to lift them.

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She clears out entire shelves of goods, but she still is not

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satisfied. So she just carries on helping herself to even more. And

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then head off, cool as a cucumber. But minutes later, she is back

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again. Maybe she has remembered to pay... I don't think so, she is here

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to see how much more she can fit in a bag. No wonder it is big. Police

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believe this woman is responsible for multiple thefts in the area. On

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this visit alone, she nabbed ?900 worth of cosmetics. Can you help

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catch this greedy shoplifter? If you recognise any of that lot,

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get on the phone now. You can call for free

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on 08000 468999. Text CW, space and

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then your message. Texts will be charged

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at your standard message rate. Or send us an email,

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the address is [email protected]. I have just been speaking to the

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officer investigating the tragic murder of Lewis Elwin, the young man

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who lost his life in south London last year, and sadly this is not an

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isolated incident. Already this year, 37 people have died from

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stabbings in the capital alone, so I have been finding out what the Met

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are doing about it. Enough is enough, we need to do

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something about it now! A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on

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suspicion of murder. Enough is enough, enough is enough!

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The latest in a spate of stabbings in the capital...

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Sometimes it feels as though a day doesn't go by without news of more

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stabbings, nowhere more so than in the capital, where already this year

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there has been a shocking number of fatalities. London has seen a 24%

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increase in knife crime in the last year. For the Met, taking knives off

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the street is a priority. Operation sector is the strategy to

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combat knife crime and the latest phase with see an 80 strong task

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fast -- task force involved in community initiatives. The man

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leading the fight is Detective Superintendent Mick Gallagher. This

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is a machete, a sword, what looks like a bayonet. These lives are just

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part of the Hall of weapons taken from the streets last year by Mick

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and his team. Each one of these of itself is capable of causing fatal

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injury. There is an element of people carrying knives for their own

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protection and we want to say as a police service that this is

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absolutely the wrong decision to make and there is no excuse for it.

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On a personal level you know the impact that knife crime can have on

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someone's life. Sadly I do, I intervened to protect a friend of

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mine who was being assaulted and I ended up with my throat being cut as

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a consequence. Mick needed over 60 internal and external stitches and

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he underwent reconstructive surgery. The weapon that did the damage, a

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small blade similar to a carpet knife. The concern amongst Londoners

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is that this is reaching an unacceptable level, every single

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policeman in London is dedicated to having an enforcement impact on this

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issue at the moment. Operation sector is just one part of the

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strategy of the Met to tackle knife crime. Another is to support

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projects helping the community find alternatives to violence.

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The new Commissioner of the Met is paying a visit to this boxing club.

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Every week PC Gary Arthurton runs after-school workshops. Quite often

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they come in and say I will stopped and searched for no reason. He's a

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friendly face and role model for the young people training here. I want

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to make sure they feel comfortable around police and their first

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association is a positive one. That is the main thing. My own view is

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knife crime has been too high for a long time, possibly throughout my

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police service but for a long time in London and big cities. Among some

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of these young people there are those who could be drawn into a life

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of crime or tangled up with gangs or bullied. And coming here clearly

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gives them a purpose, a focus. Meeting other people, mostly young

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people. The grassroots community work helps to foster a sense of

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trust and friendship between local kids and the police. Something like

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this if it just saves one life or stops the few young people going

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into a life of serious crime then that is fantastic. Community

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policing initiatives here have played an invaluable role in

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reducing knife crime. But for police on the front line knives are still a

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threat that they have to face every single day. I have come to the

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London Borough of Hackney to meet a police officer who took down a knife

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wielding mugger on this very street. I was coming back from Tesco's and

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walking towards the police station. I heard a loud commotion and as I

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turned around and there was a young male coming towards me trying to get

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onto a bike. I gave chase and he came across this road into traffic.

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At that stage I was able to pin him to the window. And before I knew it

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I saw a knife coming towards me straight into my arm and down. Once

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more the offender tried to escape. I thought not having this, I gave

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chase again. You got up and carried on! Yes, carried on. Got further

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down the road down here. And a brave member of the Public have managed to

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get hold of him. I got the handcuffs and handcuffed him with the

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assistance of a member of the public. I asked why he had tried to

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stab me and he said because you let me get away. The attacker is now

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behind bars serving a four-year sentence. But for the Sergeant the

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day job and the fight against knife crime goes on. As an officer for me,

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am I going to come home, that is the part I feel guilty about because I

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am a working parent and if anything happened to me I could be leaving my

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family in the financial, social, all of those situations. So that is the

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ripple effect that a single action can have.

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I'm joined now live by the Met's new Commissioner, Cressida Dick.

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We'll talk about the latest on the terror attacks in a moment,

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but first in terms of day-to-day policing, knife crime is clearly

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Especially now we have reports of schoolchildren carrying knives. We

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are very concerned about knife crime. I think London remains one of

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the safest cities in the world. You heard earlier about the tragic

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murder of Lewis and 36 others this year and that deeply concerns us.

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Not to take away from but London has less murders than almost any other

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major city in the world but we think knife crime is going up and we are

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concerned. We're seizing more knives and arresting more people, having

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more people sentenced. But the big message is about prevention. We do

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not want to see young people and children thinking it is sensible to

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carry a knife. You are a strong supporter of the stop and search

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techniques some people see as quite controversial. But you think it

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works. Well that is just one thing we can do and as I said I think

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prevention is better than enforcement. But stop and search

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properly used I think is a powerful tool for my officers. Of course they

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must be courteous and use it lawfully. We use it with

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intelligence to stop those people winnow habitually carry a knife. I

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think the public would expect us to do that and I have had support for

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the current stance. Westminster Bridge is behind us, obviously the

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scene of the terrorist attacks in March and then just over a week ago

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the London Bridge and Borough attacks. We can hear from one of the

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first officers on the scene, Inspector Jim Cole. I think everyone

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acted instinctively, even the guys who were first on the scene with the

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casualties of the bridge. I think they would be quite badly affected

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by having seen them on the night and since then. A lot of people have

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seen pretty nasty things, the off-duty officer, Charlie, he

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responded fantastically. He was off duty and unarmed. He went to help

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the officer who was injured. So it was pretty amazing.

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What everyone went through, the officers, the emergency services, it

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was horrendous. How does that affect those officers? I pay tribute to

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them, members of the public as well. The courage that was shown and the

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professionalism and compassion, the quick thinking in an incredibly

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chaotic and confusing situation. I've spoken to many people amongst

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my first responders, the fire arms officers, and members of the public,

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and it is hard for those of us who were not there to even imagine what

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it would be like. So I pay tribute to them and part of my job is to try

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to look after my officers and staff as best I can. Of course something

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like that will have an impact on people. We have very good

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occupational health and well-being, welfare services. The most important

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thing I think is that their colleagues and supervisors and

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people like me get around them and allow them to talk about it and give

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their evidence to the very best of their ability. And take care of

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them. How would you say we best protect our children, how as a

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nation do we keep safe. I think even in the face of this threat that

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you're talking about, there are some basic things that we can and should

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all do. I know the BBC has a lot of resources for parents concerned

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about what to say to children. But really it is about being sensible.

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Being well informed. Being vigilant. And if you are concerned about

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anything contact the police. Thank you very much. There is an

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anti-terrorist hotline that you can contact if you notice anything

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suspicious. The number is on the screen. And you can also contact 909

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in an emergency. Next, an elderly woman,

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on her way back home from the shops who found herself targeted

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by a cowardly mugger, leaving her with nasty

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injuries and heartbroken. painful, really. It was just the

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shock. All I could see was the back of him, running.

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Jean Russell moved to West Dulwich in south London with her husband 24

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years ago. I got married when I was 19. It was quite enjoyable! He was

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the life and soul of the party, you know. He was a lovely man. Really

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nice. I was married for 50 years. And then in April he died about nine

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years ago. We had a good marriage. Since retiring gene has been trying

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to lead an active life. I used to take the dog out but a couple of

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weeks ago we had to have her put down, she was really old and a bit

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dodgy on her legs. I do jigsaw puzzles. I try to do a bit of

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gardening when I can. Last September Jean left the house

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to do her weekly shopping. I was coming from the main Street. And I

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was going towards Sainsbury's. The route took gene through a side lane.

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Not an alleyway as such, it is next door to the pub. A good few people

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walk their but just by chance I happened to be walking on my own.

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But Jean was not alone that day. I just happen to see someone coming

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towards me and you do not take much notice. Of course in that split

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second he rushed past me and pushed me to the ground. All I could see

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was the back of him running. He just sort of flu towards the main road.

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The arms went straight out in front, the left arm. And of course it

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dislocated the shoulder. So my arm was all floppy and I could not

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really move. Jean ended up being rushed to hospital and is now much

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more cautious. I just keep to the main roads now when I go out on my

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own. I do get a bit wary especially when someone is coming towards me. I

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just plod along but at times I really get upset. The CCTV shows the

:26:58.:27:08.

male walking in front of Jean, 20 seconds before her entrance into the

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alleyway. At which point he strikes her and she falls to the ground and

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he runs off. It is important to catch the suspect because he is

:27:19.:27:26.

targeting an elderly member of our community, 77-year-old lady. It

:27:27.:27:29.

could be your mother or grandmother and we do not want any further

:27:30.:27:32.

victims from this suspect. And while her shoulder will heal, Jean will

:27:33.:27:36.

not recover from the loss of necklace. I was quite upset because

:27:37.:27:43.

my husband bought it for me. I had it a few years and it had

:27:44.:27:45.

sentimental value. A really callous attack on a

:27:46.:27:57.

vulnerable and elderly woman. And it's really hit

:27:58.:27:59.

her hard, hasn't it? Yes, Michelle, she's been left

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with a dislocated shoulder which has yet to heal and,

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of course, is now afraid As you can see from the CCTV

:28:09.:28:11.

of the incident the man responsible for this attack sneaks up behind

:28:12.:28:23.

Jean and uses excessive force given How would you describe the man? This

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is a male, possibly Asian, aged 25 to 35 years of age. Of stocky build,

:28:42.:28:48.

around five feet ten. He is wearing a blue jacket with a hood. And

:28:49.:28:53.

distinctive red shorts with a white stripe. And white socks and sandals.

:28:54.:28:57.

And you're looking for someone who may have been sold the necklace.

:28:58.:29:01.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts the necklace or the

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identification of the mail, we are very interested. Thank you very

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much. If you know who he is,

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we'd love to hear from you. And it's worth knowing that

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victims of any crime can Right, lots more to come this

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morning, including the thieves who made off from a family home

:29:16.:29:23.

with valuables worth And the former snooker

:29:24.:29:25.

champion's match winning cue And the police officer on a mission

:29:26.:29:45.

to turn crime into aid for countries in need.

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But before all of that we've got our first batch of wanted faces.

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who you may know as Jason Johnson or by his nickname "Indian".

:29:51.:29:54.

Detectives want to question him after a man was kidnapped

:29:55.:29:56.

from an address in Nottingham, attacked and threatened

:29:57.:29:58.

He's 31 and has links to Leicester and Birmingham.

:29:59.:30:03.

He was jailed for eight years for robbery

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and allowed out early on licence, but he's failed to stick

:30:07.:30:09.

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

:30:10.:30:12.

Bell is 28 and has a Liverpudlian accent.

:30:13.:30:14.

This is another Christopher - this time Christopher Spelman.

:30:15.:30:16.

for 12 counts of indecent assault on a teenage girl.

:30:17.:30:20.

The 58-year-old has also failed to stick to the conditions

:30:21.:30:22.

of an early release from prison is wanted back inside.

:30:23.:30:25.

although he also uses the surname Mbuku.

:30:26.:30:33.

The 21-year-old was arrested in connection with a shooting incident

:30:34.:30:38.

in Wellingborough in Northamptonshire,

:30:39.:30:39.

but was given bail and has failed to return for further questioning.

:30:40.:30:43.

Sengua has links to Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes

:30:44.:30:45.

and has a number of tattoos, including one of his grandmother

:30:46.:30:49.

on his left arm and the words "Life goes on" on his right arm.

:30:50.:30:53.

If you know where any of these faces are,

:30:54.:30:55.

make sure you get in touch using the numbers on screen.

:30:56.:31:01.

Next up, the family home in an upmarket part of London

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targeted over Christmas by some not very festive visitors.

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London attracts more than 19 million tourists each year.

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But American-born Robin chose to settle here and call it home. 25

:31:18.:31:27.

years ago, I came with small children, very young, and New York

:31:28.:31:30.

City at that time, which is where we came from, was not a wonderful place

:31:31.:31:35.

to bring up children, and I didn't like the idea of them growing up

:31:36.:31:40.

there. Right here in this part of London, we have a wonderful high

:31:41.:31:46.

street, busy and buzzy, it is great. It is very evocative, I love the

:31:47.:31:51.

people, their history, the architecture, I love it all. Over

:31:52.:31:57.

Christmas, Robin and her family left upmarket Mali bone to visit

:31:58.:32:01.

relatives in New York. We always try to get over there to be with my

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parents, spend a lot of time is catching up with everybody, very

:32:07.:32:12.

important for us to visit. She thought she had left her house

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secure, but the family's absence had been noticed, and the night before

:32:18.:32:22.

New Year's Eve, three men managed to break in. The gang ransacked their

:32:23.:32:25.

way through the house, stealing relatives. Then, in the bedroom,

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they struck gold. Before leaving, Robin had stored her most precious

:32:36.:32:43.

items away in a safe. In a total, ?150,000 with a jury was stolen.

:32:44.:32:47.

Home CCTV shows the men trying to drag the heavy safe out of the

:32:48.:32:53.

house. This is an affluent area of London, they had gone into the

:32:54.:32:56.

property and found this safe and got out as quick as they good. I am sure

:32:57.:33:01.

someone at there will know who these people are, the CCTV is really good.

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At one point you can see one of the burglars looked straight about the

:33:07.:33:09.

camera and realises there is a camera. His instant reaction is to

:33:10.:33:17.

try and cover his face. Robin's daughter, who had returned to the UK

:33:18.:33:20.

earlier than their parents, was the first to find the house had been

:33:21.:33:25.

burgled. My daughter could have walked right in when it was going

:33:26.:33:33.

on, it is terribly no bragging. -- terribly no bragging. My family

:33:34.:33:38.

could have been hurt. I don't know who these people were, what they

:33:39.:33:42.

were capable of doing. This was a really traumatic burglary for the

:33:43.:33:45.

victims, it is horrible to think someone has been in your home, and

:33:46.:33:49.

to come back and find your property has been taken, it is distressing,

:33:50.:33:54.

and nothing would give me greater pleasure than figuring out who these

:33:55.:33:57.

three are and bringing them to justice. Along with the valuables,

:33:58.:34:03.

the thieves stole a lifetime of memories. The safe contained family

:34:04.:34:08.

heirlooms. My grandmother is gone, and I adored her, I will never have

:34:09.:34:13.

the things that I inherited from my grandmother. I had all my children's

:34:14.:34:18.

birth certificates, and in the United States, when your children

:34:19.:34:21.

are born, they stamped their little feet, and all those original inks,

:34:22.:34:26.

they are too precious, and they are gone. Now I feel much more

:34:27.:34:37.

vulnerable. How do you ever know what people, somebody who would

:34:38.:34:39.

invade your home, what they would do? Just an awful thing to come back

:34:40.:34:49.

to, especially after Christmas. What do we know about these these? We

:34:50.:34:54.

have got really good CCTV of the suspects, all white men aged 30-40.

:34:55.:35:00.

Our first suspect has a distinctive moustache, he is wearing a hat and a

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black top. The second gentleman is of a larger build, distinctive

:35:05.:35:08.

bobble hat. The last man is wearing a grey baseball cap, using a scarf

:35:09.:35:12.

to cover his base. They used a vehicle to transport the safe. It is

:35:13.:35:23.

believed they used a Renault Scenic. We see the vehicle coming into shot,

:35:24.:35:27.

it is manoeuvred around, we do not see the registration plate,

:35:28.:35:32.

unfortunately, the headlights of the car saturated camera, and we cannot

:35:33.:35:36.

see the plate. It goes on the then we see the s low the safe into the

:35:37.:35:44.

car. It would be really distinctive to anyone who was there. What about

:35:45.:35:52.

the contents of the safe? Some sentimental and precious heirlooms,

:35:53.:35:57.

over ?150,000 with jewellery, and things like birth certificates. It

:35:58.:36:00.

may be that a pawnbroker has seen these items, I would love to hear

:36:01.:36:05.

from those people. Any information, you know what to do. Have you ever

:36:06.:36:11.

wondered what police officers get up to when they are not on duty? Some

:36:12.:36:16.

of them volunteer for national police aid convoys, an organisation

:36:17.:36:19.

which takes good to war-torn areas in developing countries. David Scott

:36:20.:36:26.

is a chairman of the charity. How did it start? It started in the wars

:36:27.:36:33.

in the Balkans in the 1990s, of people wanted to help the refugees,

:36:34.:36:38.

similar to pictures from Syria today, we managed to get there using

:36:39.:36:42.

bluff and bluster and influence to get things there. It started small

:36:43.:36:47.

but has grown rapidly, where are you now? It is 25 years, but we put out

:36:48.:36:54.

30 sea containers every year, so that means generating that much,

:36:55.:36:57.

sorting and, loading it, and we go anywhere there is a disaster, the

:36:58.:37:03.

Pakistan floods, the Turkish earthquakes. When we are not doing

:37:04.:37:09.

that, we go to Africa and Pakistan with education and medical staff. Go

:37:10.:37:11.

ahead and use started with police officers, but other people involved?

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So why now, a lot of teachers and nurses, delivering the right thing

:37:18.:37:27.

to the right people. So what kind of things do you send? We can get so

:37:28.:37:33.

many hospital beds in a container, desks and chairs, but what do you

:37:34.:37:37.

put inside the filing cabinets, it is stuff like this. Where does this

:37:38.:37:43.

come from? Two major sources, label stuff that is lasted's designs that

:37:44.:37:50.

the owners don't want any more. It hasn't sold. It has not been sold,

:37:51.:37:57.

it is given to us as long as it goes to Africa. Some of these are

:37:58.:38:03.

counterfeit goods. Thatcherite, trading standards and police seize

:38:04.:38:08.

stolen goods and counterfeit goods. If it is safe to go to people, then

:38:09.:38:13.

we get it, and it goes in the filing cabinets and desks and goes across.

:38:14.:38:19.

Once it is safe, it cannot be sold here, but it could help youngsters.

:38:20.:38:23.

We have got some gorgeous images here, we can see some of the stuff

:38:24.:38:29.

you have sent out. This is an orphanage in Lusaka, the children

:38:30.:38:37.

are given these. We can see one of the lads getting a pair of shoes,

:38:38.:38:40.

makes such a difference. You are going away in a couple of days? We

:38:41.:38:48.

have got a team going to Malawi, one to Zambia, all self-funded. Please

:38:49.:38:52.

come back and see us when you come back, I would love to hear about

:38:53.:38:54.

your trip. Michelle. Now this new headquarters

:38:55.:38:59.

for the Metropolitan Police I've been finding out about

:39:00.:39:01.

the Yard's fascinating history. If you read detective stories, like

:39:02.:39:14.

most of us do, you will have heard of Scotland Yard... Scotland Yard

:39:15.:39:17.

has been home to the Metropolitan Police for nearly 200 years. The

:39:18.:39:25.

bobbies, or peelers as they were originally known, still pounds the

:39:26.:39:29.

pavements today. But their HQ has moved with the times over the years.

:39:30.:39:35.

Scotland Yard's detectives have always looked to be at the cutting

:39:36.:39:39.

edge of technology, from the development of fingerprint analysis

:39:40.:39:42.

to the latest in forensic techniques. Now New Scotland Yard is

:39:43.:39:48.

back where it was 50 years ago, right in the heart of Westminster.

:39:49.:39:53.

And out front, that familiar rotating triangle. It was designed

:39:54.:40:02.

in 1968 as a symbol of never-ending vigilance. The new New Scotland Yard

:40:03.:40:05.

wouldn't be the same without it. And with me now is Paul Bickley,

:40:06.:40:09.

curator of the Met's crime museum. Talk me through the uniform you are

:40:10.:40:20.

wearing. This dates back to 1870, you can see the difference from

:40:21.:40:25.

today, helmet, the original number and area that the officer works out.

:40:26.:40:30.

On the collar of the uniform, the division and the officer's number,

:40:31.:40:35.

very smart. Big difference, prior to this uniform, the officers only had

:40:36.:40:39.

this as a means of communication, they would stand and swing their

:40:40.:40:43.

rattle. The distance it would carry is about 400 yards, so not a great

:40:44.:40:48.

deal of help. With this uniform, I have got a whistle, if I need

:40:49.:40:52.

assistance, take out the whistle, it is going to carry about 900 yards,

:40:53.:40:56.

so much more effective, easier to carry. What about the truncheon?

:40:57.:41:01.

These are the truncheons of the time. That is beautiful for a

:41:02.:41:08.

weapon! It is very ornate, so not very practical as a weapon. It looks

:41:09.:41:14.

nice, though, as an ornament. Not very practical as a Trojan. You have

:41:15.:41:20.

roped in some officers to talk us through the years. This dates from

:41:21.:41:25.

the 1960s through to the 1980s, the Royal insignia on a helmet, lots of

:41:26.:41:29.

pockets on the uniform, slightly shorter truncheon. The big

:41:30.:41:32.

difference is the radio, no longer a need for a rattle or whistle. The

:41:33.:41:37.

radio puts him in instant communication with these colleagues

:41:38.:41:41.

at the station. For the first time ever, officers can be reassured they

:41:42.:41:44.

are in contact with their colleagues. Moving on to the modern

:41:45.:41:52.

Bobby. Much more professional, much better radio than the 1960s version,

:41:53.:41:56.

with this you can call the length of the country, use it as a mobile

:41:57.:42:00.

phone, and the quality is fantastic. We have got the body camera, recent

:42:01.:42:04.

introduction, very good at calming down city nations. When they see the

:42:05.:42:08.

camera, people know they are being recorded, they calm down. The stab

:42:09.:42:14.

vest is an important part of the modern uniform, officers need that

:42:15.:42:20.

protection. And this is a uniform that we will all recognise. Rav, I

:42:21.:42:26.

know you are not old enough to have worn this lovely uniform, but what

:42:27.:42:27.

with things like back in your day? Right just time before we go

:42:28.:42:32.

for a look at what's been coming in on the calls,

:42:33.:42:38.

texts and emails. A number of you have been calling in

:42:39.:42:44.

about the Lewis Elwin murder in Tooting, some with details about the

:42:45.:42:48.

burnt out car. Many of you passing on your admiration for Carol Weedon,

:42:49.:42:53.

who narrowly escaped serious injury when she brought down and armed

:42:54.:43:00.

rubber doll Michael Roberts in Stoke Newington. -- an armed robber in

:43:01.:43:05.

Stoke Newington. Tomorrow we are heading to the

:43:06.:43:09.

Metropolitan Police college where we will be finding out what it takes to

:43:10.:43:13.

become a detective. We will also be following a team of detectives as

:43:14.:43:15.

they chased down... Oh, it is going to be great, it

:43:16.:43:21.

sounds fascinating. Before we go, here's another look

:43:22.:43:26.

at this morning's wanted faces. pick up the phone and tell

:43:27.:43:29.

us where they are. We'll be back tomorrow morning

:43:30.:43:33.

at 9:15 after Breakfast,

:43:34.:43:36.

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