:00:00. > :00:09.And welcome to the programme that stops criminals in their tracks.
:00:10. > :00:10.Terror in the night, for the sleeping family
:00:11. > :00:16.Paul woke me up, and said, Anna, the car's on fire.
:00:17. > :00:24.And I was just in shock, like trying to wake up.
:00:25. > :00:27.And why dealing with planes, trams and cars is all in a day's
:00:28. > :00:54.Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow -
:00:55. > :00:56.as always, we need your help to solve the crimes
:00:57. > :01:05.Beaten and bound by a gang of masked men -
:01:06. > :01:08.the terrifying night-time raid on a North Wales pensioner.
:01:09. > :01:11.He started punching me and knocked two teeth out,
:01:12. > :01:17.I was absolutely out of it by this point.
:01:18. > :01:19.And the gentle giants helping police officers suffering
:01:20. > :01:28.I think I'm so used to being tense it's a hard habit to break.
:01:29. > :01:30.Today we're at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue
:01:31. > :01:38.Michelle - what's going on down there?
:01:39. > :01:40.Rav, this is a state-of-the-art centre, but it isn't just officer
:01:41. > :01:46.training that happens behind these shutters.
:01:47. > :01:49.This incredibly realistic street scene is used to educate school
:01:50. > :01:51.groups from across the area about the dangers of fire,
:01:52. > :01:55.how to protect themselves and what to do in an emergency.
:01:56. > :01:59.I'll also be seeing how fire crews deal with a crash scene like this -
:02:00. > :02:01.and finding out first hand how they free someone's who's
:02:02. > :02:07.Thanks Michelle, time for our first appeal of the day and it involves
:02:08. > :02:10.a serious fire outside a family home.
:02:11. > :02:36.Appallingly, the blaze was started deliberately.
:02:37. > :02:44.The Ponting family have lived in Ormskirk, Lancashire for 20 years.
:02:45. > :02:50.The kids were born and brought up in this area, and they would never want
:02:51. > :02:55.us to move. Daniel is 16 and Lydia is nearly 14, and they are both
:02:56. > :03:04.doing great at school, and happy kids. On March the 8th, the family
:03:05. > :03:09.were at home. It was a normal night, I had picked Lydia up from football
:03:10. > :03:15.training, parked the car on the drive. We generally sit around the
:03:16. > :03:22.table 30, and most nights we will sit in the back lounge and watch a
:03:23. > :03:29.bit of TV. The children went to bed, just a really normal night. By
:03:30. > :03:35.midnight, everyone was asleep except Paul. I have decided to have a read
:03:36. > :03:36.of an audio book, so I sat in the front room, at some point I nodded
:03:37. > :04:02.off. The dogs woke me up. They had
:04:03. > :04:05.obviously heard something, and they generally are quiet at night, so
:04:06. > :04:10.just the fact that the dogs barked, I had opened my eyes and noticed
:04:11. > :04:15.that the whole room was illuminated. I thought it was actually emergency
:04:16. > :04:19.workers outside, because it was bright orange and flashing.
:04:20. > :04:24.Confused, Paul went to the window. When I looked out the window, the
:04:25. > :04:31.car was on fire, and it was quite a big fire. It was total shock.
:04:32. > :04:35.Adrenaline kicked in, as Paul rushed to protect his family. The first
:04:36. > :04:39.thing was to make sure that the kids and that were safe just to get them
:04:40. > :04:45.out of the house. Paul Wood me up saying the car was on fire, I was
:04:46. > :04:51.just in shock, trying to wake up. He rang the Fire Brigade and the family
:04:52. > :04:56.rushed downstairs but soon realised there was no way past the wall of
:04:57. > :05:00.flames. The smell was discussed in, it was plastics burning. Trapped and
:05:01. > :05:06.fearing for their safety, the family had one last option. We had opened
:05:07. > :05:10.the back door so the kids could go out in the garden. I told them to
:05:11. > :05:16.stay in the back area of the garden to try and keep away in case the
:05:17. > :05:22.Kaus -- the house caught fire. My daughter was crying, saying he would
:05:23. > :05:27.do that to us? It was just shock. Meanwhile, the fire was getting
:05:28. > :05:34.closer. The Fire Brigade only took six minutes to come. If it reached
:05:35. > :05:38.the petrol tank, the car could have blown up. My daughter's room was
:05:39. > :05:43.just above it. They just doesn't bear thinking about what could have
:05:44. > :05:49.happened. CCTV from the night of the arson has led detectives to believe
:05:50. > :05:57.this was a targeted attack. An offender who can be seen running to
:05:58. > :06:08.the dress, he Pawel Wszolek celebrants to the front of the cars
:06:09. > :06:14.cause is. The family were very shaken up by you are keen to trace
:06:15. > :06:17.the people sponsor will. Seeing the fire marks outside you don't really
:06:18. > :06:22.get to forget about it. It is kind of always on your mind. And the
:06:23. > :06:28.thought that summary could do that knowing there are children in the
:06:29. > :06:34.house, I just can't understand it. It is frightening, very frightening.
:06:35. > :06:40.It has affected the kids, I think. Libya has asked some questions that
:06:41. > :06:44.makes you think it is on her mind. -- Olivia. They came into the room
:06:45. > :06:48.and told me to wake up because the car was on fire, I was so confused,
:06:49. > :06:53.who would do that? The main thing I was frightened about was if the fuel
:06:54. > :06:57.in the car got caught, because it was that close to the house that I
:06:58. > :07:03.was thinking if that goes up, the house could. I try and act normally
:07:04. > :07:11.for the kids, because I don't want them to think I'm frightened. Just
:07:12. > :07:17.not knowing who has done that. And the kids are saying, oh, is it going
:07:18. > :07:20.to happen again? I am like no, no, and we haven't got a clue who did it
:07:21. > :07:23.in the first place, so it could happen again.
:07:24. > :07:25.I'm joined now by DS Stephen Monk from Lancashire Constabulary.
:07:26. > :07:28.We heard how terrified the family are that this
:07:29. > :07:30.could happen again - just how dangerous could
:07:31. > :07:39.Yes, the car was parked in the driveway of the family home directly
:07:40. > :07:42.underneath the daughter's bedroom. The flames quickly spread to the
:07:43. > :07:47.surrounding bushes and could easily have spread to the house too. The
:07:48. > :07:54.CCTV indicates it might have been a targeted attack. That is right. The
:07:55. > :07:57.offender arrived in a vehicle, made directly to the driveway before
:07:58. > :08:01.setting fire to their core. You will see in the CCTV footage that the
:08:02. > :08:06.suspect has an unusual running style, and it may sound strange but
:08:07. > :08:08.I would urge any viewers who know of anyone who has a run like that to
:08:09. > :08:13.contact us. What else might people have noticed
:08:14. > :08:16.if they knew the offender. Well as you can see from this later
:08:17. > :08:19.piece of footage when the fire was lit it ignited extremely quickly
:08:20. > :08:22.and that means the offender most So if people recall any friends
:08:23. > :08:26.or family who had unexplained burn injuries particularly to their hands
:08:27. > :08:33.or faces at around that time, The family are offering a reward for
:08:34. > :08:35.any information. Yes, of up to ?5,000 for information that leads to
:08:36. > :08:38.the arrest and conviction of the suspect. We saw in the film, I
:08:39. > :08:42.mentioned earlier, this has really affected them and they just want
:08:43. > :08:46.some answers. Yes, very distressing and upsetting for the family and we
:08:47. > :08:48.urge viewers to help us catch the suspect involved.
:08:49. > :08:50.Take another look at this despicable arsonist.
:08:51. > :08:56.Now on to more incidents caught on camera in today's CCTV round-up.
:08:57. > :09:03.And just so you know - one of these is pretty nasty.
:09:04. > :09:10.It's a sunny day outside, but these two blokes decide to come in and
:09:11. > :09:14.pick up a few bits and bobs. I wonder what they are after? This
:09:15. > :09:19.book looks like he knows exactly what he wants, grabbing a box,
:09:20. > :09:22.before heading to the back of the aisle, he stealthily removes the
:09:23. > :09:28.security tag and sticks it back on the shelf. Then the product goes
:09:29. > :09:34.down his trousers. His mate comes to join him, and they teed tag nearly
:09:35. > :09:38.?400 worth of weight loss tablets. Police believe these two had been to
:09:39. > :09:41.another shop that same day and already stolen over ?1000 worth of
:09:42. > :09:46.slimming pills and other beauty products. Police want to know if you
:09:47. > :09:52.can help weigh in on who these thieves are.
:09:53. > :09:58.There has been a disagreement between two punters inside this club
:09:59. > :10:02.in new, East London. They decide to take it outside and continue to
:10:03. > :10:05.argue in the doorway until one guy lamps the other bloke to the floor.
:10:06. > :10:11.Once he has kicked him in the head, he runs off with a limp, as the
:10:12. > :10:13.victim staggers to his feet. Thankfully, he wasn't seriously
:10:14. > :10:19.injured and has since made a full recovery. It is not the best image,
:10:20. > :10:27.but if you know this guy, tell us who he is. --
:10:28. > :10:33.it is after hours in an antique centre in Shropshire but for someone
:10:34. > :10:38.it is about to turn into Aladdin's cave. Watch this hooded bloke with a
:10:39. > :10:43.little search and an empty a draw of cash but it is not enough, so he
:10:44. > :10:47.takes a good look around, eyeing up other valuables. Once he has picked
:10:48. > :10:51.out what he wants, he smashes the cabinet open before loading up his
:10:52. > :10:56.loot. But there is too much to ignore, so he goes for another glass
:10:57. > :11:01.case, and clears out even more shelves of trinkets. Police say this
:11:02. > :11:10.treasure hunter made off with around ?10,000 worth of antiques and over
:11:11. > :11:12.?8,000 in cash. -- ?800 in cash. If you recognises face, you know what
:11:13. > :11:14.to do. If you recognise anyone,
:11:15. > :11:17.now is the time to get in touch. Numbers are on the screen
:11:18. > :11:19.and it's free to call. Text CW, space and
:11:20. > :11:22.then your message. Texts will be charged
:11:23. > :11:24.at your standard message rate. Earlier, we saw a case of a terrible
:11:25. > :11:32.arson outside a family home. Luckily, the Fire Service got
:11:33. > :11:34.there before anyone was hurt. But their job doesn't end
:11:35. > :11:51.when the fire is out. The next stage is the fire
:11:52. > :11:54.investigation to try to determine how the fire started. The fire
:11:55. > :11:58.investigators have a number of tools they can use, one is the fire
:11:59. > :12:04.investigation dog. You have Eric, the search .com he has these very
:12:05. > :12:09.fetching little shoes on. These are his personal protection equipment to
:12:10. > :12:12.basically protect his feet. We wouldn't ask a human firefighter to
:12:13. > :12:15.go on with no protection in the future we don't ask the docks to
:12:16. > :12:22.either. And you have the harness as well. This is basically like a
:12:23. > :12:30.trigger, it just lets the dog now it is time to start working. As soon as
:12:31. > :12:34.it fits this on, he is into a work mode. So you will set him off
:12:35. > :12:41.looking for traces of Excel. Yes, we'll search for an area that the
:12:42. > :12:49.fire investigator has directed me to. Let's see him in action. And he
:12:50. > :13:01.is using his powerful sense of smell. Find, Goodlad. Mick, they can
:13:02. > :13:06.detect really small amounts of Excel rent, can't they? It is undetectable
:13:07. > :13:12.to the human nose. And there are various different types of
:13:13. > :13:18.accelerant. There are about 20 different types. And you are giving
:13:19. > :13:29.him commands. Yes, just where I want him to search. And it looks like he
:13:30. > :13:32.has detected, he is stationary. He is freezing, so that is where we
:13:33. > :13:39.will take out the accelerant detector. And it is a reward basis,
:13:40. > :13:45.isn't it? It is. Thank you Mick and Eric.
:13:46. > :13:48.I'll be back later with the team, learning how to free someone who's
:13:49. > :13:50.trapped in a vehicle after a road accident.
:13:51. > :13:53.But first, I've been mucking in, or perhaps I should say mucking out,
:13:54. > :13:59.Greater Manchester Police's mounted unit has been operating for over 100
:14:00. > :14:07.years, and, to this day, is still one of the UK's busiest. Everyone
:14:08. > :14:11.has an integral part to play in keeping the mounted unit running,
:14:12. > :14:15.from the grooms to the trainers to the police forces themselves, who
:14:16. > :14:21.work operationally. That the most important members of the unit are
:14:22. > :14:27.the horses. I have come to meet them at their modern-day base in Chawton,
:14:28. > :14:29.South Manchester. There is a tradition in Greater Manchester
:14:30. > :14:35.Police after naming the forces after the works of Charles Dickens. We
:14:36. > :14:38.have the artful dodger, Bullseye, Pickwick. I am discovering that
:14:39. > :14:48.these characters take a lot of looking after. Time to get my hands
:14:49. > :14:56.dirty! This is going to be the best looking horse in the stables. But it
:14:57. > :14:59.is not just about looking good. When the horses first arrive at the unit,
:15:00. > :15:05.they undergo a strict training programme. It is really important
:15:06. > :15:07.when we are training horses to maintain their confidence, and also
:15:08. > :15:12.to maintain the response to the rider.
:15:13. > :15:19.Each the officers readily put them through exercises which recreates
:15:20. > :15:26.some of the challenging environments the police are likely to work in.
:15:27. > :15:30.And just like the horses, the police officers undergo regular training at
:15:31. > :15:39.the unit. And now it is my turn. And sit. A very light tap with your
:15:40. > :15:43.heel. That's it. And now relax. This train is showing me the ropes. Just
:15:44. > :15:50.kind of mastering the turning manoeuvres. Being uptight has
:15:51. > :16:01.advantages. You can see a long way in front of you and behind you. They
:16:02. > :16:08.are amazing creatures. Tonight, four of the finest horses are policing a
:16:09. > :16:10.football match in East Manchester. It is Manchester City against West
:16:11. > :16:22.Brom in their pen ultimate match of the season. And for the unit is a
:16:23. > :16:25.good chance to test out two horses. This is my first football match with
:16:26. > :16:31.this horse and so we want to keep her nice and calm and reassure her
:16:32. > :16:36.that everything is fine. The policeman is looking out for a man
:16:37. > :16:41.who is wanted for common assault. If he is at the game, you will be
:16:42. > :16:44.arrested. Minutes into their patrol they encounter a boisterous band who
:16:45. > :16:53.is shouting obscenities in the street. -- boisterous support a full
:16:54. > :17:00.stop do me a favour. Enough. There are small children around here. You
:17:01. > :17:04.are spoiling it for everyone. It is just a matter of advising them,
:17:05. > :17:09.really. They are and chewing aground and they need to be quite calm and
:17:10. > :17:16.not so drunk -- they are entering a ground. Otherwise they might not get
:17:17. > :17:21.in. Thank you. I haven't seen this offender yet, have you? With the
:17:22. > :17:26.crowd safely inside the officers spotted the suspect they have been
:17:27. > :17:35.looking for. The team quickly arrest him. Why do I need to go to a police
:17:36. > :17:39.station? After a quick search it was a night in the lock-up for this
:17:40. > :17:46.suspect. He's been arrested for common assault and there has also
:17:47. > :17:48.been another arrest for a public order offence, after spitting at a
:17:49. > :18:00.member of the public inside the ground. It is 1-0, to us, really. It
:18:01. > :18:04.is also a victory for Manchester City and the fans now make their way
:18:05. > :18:09.home. When the fans are happy, we are happy. It is a job well done for
:18:10. > :18:13.this unit, time to go back to the stables for a well earned rest.
:18:14. > :18:16.STUDIO: Still to come on today's
:18:17. > :18:19.programme: A terrifying ordeal for a disabled pensioner,
:18:20. > :18:24.robbed in her home. The other one had
:18:25. > :18:26.come into the lounge, and said, "I'll kill the dog,
:18:27. > :18:29.I'm going to kill the dog", And Michelle will be back
:18:30. > :18:34.with the Mounted Unit finding out how horses are being used to provide
:18:35. > :18:39.therapy to traumatised officers. I don't know how she's feeling
:18:40. > :18:42.but certainly watching it's incredibly calming,
:18:43. > :18:44.and there is some kind For those of you who can,
:18:45. > :18:55.cast your mind back to 1975. It was the height of summer
:18:56. > :18:58.when eight year old Helen Bailey went out to play one afternoon,
:18:59. > :19:01.but she never returned. After a frantic search,
:19:02. > :19:03.her body was discovered the following morning in dense
:19:04. > :19:06.woodland near the M6 motorway in the Perry Barr
:19:07. > :19:08.area of Birmingham. It's been 42 years, and Helen's
:19:09. > :19:14.killer has yet to be caught. I'm joined in the studio
:19:15. > :19:16.by Detective Superintendent Caroline Marsh who is
:19:17. > :19:20.investigating this case. Caroline, talk us through
:19:21. > :19:26.the day Helen disappeared. It was a Sunday, 10th August,
:19:27. > :19:29.in the summer holidays, and it was really hot that day,
:19:30. > :19:32.Helen and her brother had been helping wash the car
:19:33. > :19:34.at the back of the house. She came back in at around 230 -
:19:35. > :19:41.3pm in a dirty state so her mum gave her a bath
:19:42. > :19:44.and some fresh clothes. Helen then went back out to play
:19:45. > :19:51.and went to a nearby park Many other children were playing
:19:52. > :19:55.with her. After then she did not come home? That is right. Her
:19:56. > :20:01.parents went to look for her and then they could not find and so they
:20:02. > :20:06.contacted the police. Search began, and then her body was found, very
:20:07. > :20:10.sadly, the following morning. And her throat had been cut. We can see
:20:11. > :20:14.some of the footage. Just the scale of it. Tragically her body was found
:20:15. > :20:21.the next morning. I know after all this time,
:20:22. > :20:31.her family are still suffering. She was very bubbly and chatty and
:20:32. > :20:37.she wanted to chat to everyone. She was always climbing up trees.
:20:38. > :20:41.Everybody loved her. She would have been 50 in May this year and we
:20:42. > :20:47.would have had a big party for her. I just wonder how she would have
:20:48. > :20:52.been, she would've had her 18th birthday and she have been engaged
:20:53. > :20:56.and had a family. We have been robbed of all that. It is still with
:20:57. > :21:02.me all the time. I just want closure. I would like to think I can
:21:03. > :21:11.finish my life and know that justice has been done. For Helan. -- Helen.
:21:12. > :21:17.We're asking people to cast their minds back to that day -
:21:18. > :21:19.the 10th of August, 1975, and need anyone who has any
:21:20. > :21:26.This is a direct appeal to the offender. We strongly believe the
:21:27. > :21:29.person responsible for her murder has confided in someone and spoken
:21:30. > :21:33.about what happened and we really need to hear from him. It is a long
:21:34. > :21:42.time to keep a secret. So if you know anything that
:21:43. > :21:44.could help solve this case, Now, if you work in the emergency
:21:45. > :21:48.services, whether it's fire, ambulance or police,
:21:49. > :21:50.it's almost inevitable that at some point you're going to encounter
:21:51. > :21:52.traumatic situations. But in GMP's Mounted Unit,
:21:53. > :22:01.they've come up with I've been spending time with Greater
:22:02. > :22:04.Manchester Police's mounted unit, getting hands-on experience with the
:22:05. > :22:10.amazing police horses. Meeting the terrific team who work with them.
:22:11. > :22:14.And even seeing them in action. The horses are invaluable, they form a
:22:15. > :22:21.variety of functions that could not be performed by traditional policing
:22:22. > :22:26.methods. They go through various policing operations. Most people
:22:27. > :22:29.think they are used in protests and riots and football matches but we
:22:30. > :22:33.want them to be used in a wide variety of policing functions. In a
:22:34. > :22:37.ground-breaking venture, these gentle giants are now being used to
:22:38. > :22:44.help please officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. --
:22:45. > :22:47.police officers. Policing is stressful, and you can't un-see
:22:48. > :22:53.certain things and so they are therapeutic and they help police
:22:54. > :22:55.officers who are suffering. Today, a crime scene investigator from
:22:56. > :23:02.Merseyside Police has come to Manchester to discover the benefits
:23:03. > :23:07.of equine therapy for herself. In 2001 she was diagnosed with PTSD
:23:08. > :23:12.following a psychotic episode caused by an unexpected viral infection. I
:23:13. > :23:18.woke up one morning and I didn't know who my husband was and I opened
:23:19. > :23:25.my eyes thinking that this person was going to kill me. Because of my
:23:26. > :23:28.job. I was terrified. The episode tapped into the traumatic scene she
:23:29. > :23:33.had experienced in her years working as a crime scene investigator. It
:23:34. > :23:40.was almost as if everything I had witnessed at work over a number of
:23:41. > :23:43.years played out that day. Since then she has had to learn to manage
:23:44. > :23:49.her PTSD alongside her already challenging job. We see the worst of
:23:50. > :23:57.human nature, really, on a daily basis. And although we are highly
:23:58. > :24:04.trained officers, you can't bury your feelings sometimes. Equine
:24:05. > :24:10.therapy has already helped several officers dealing with similar mental
:24:11. > :24:13.health issues. It's her first time with the GMP horses and it seems to
:24:14. > :24:26.be working. How are you feeling? Calm. Yes. I think it's diverted my
:24:27. > :24:31.attention to the horse. The peaceful nature of the horse is having a
:24:32. > :24:35.profound effect. I think I'm so used to being tense, it is a hard habit
:24:36. > :24:41.to break. Enjoying interacting with him. I don't know how she is
:24:42. > :24:51.feeling, but watching it, it is very calming and there is some kind of
:24:52. > :24:59.unspoken connection. In her time she has been able to open up. What is he
:25:00. > :25:06.trying to show you today? That I need to be in touch with my emotions
:25:07. > :25:22.are little bit more. And that it's OK to do that. Yes. How did you find
:25:23. > :25:31.that? It was really emotional. I didn't expect it to be. It was
:25:32. > :25:39.really quite calming. Like he really sort of wanted to know what was
:25:40. > :25:44.wrong. He was trying to tell me it was OK, in a strange way. The
:25:45. > :25:51.results of the trial have been so positive, the force is now hoping to
:25:52. > :25:57.roll out the scheme or -- more widely. I don't inveigh would have
:25:58. > :26:01.expected to be using the horses in such away but you have got to evolve
:26:02. > :26:06.and that is what we have done here -- I don't expect they would have
:26:07. > :26:13.imagined the horses would be used in such away. It is no -- it is another
:26:14. > :26:17.way which shows just what animals are capable of.
:26:18. > :26:22.And I'm joined now by Dan Farnworth and Richard Morton who are both
:26:23. > :26:24.paramedics and co-founders of Our Blue Light, an organisation
:26:25. > :26:26.based in the North-West, which raises mental health awareness
:26:27. > :26:30.Dan, police horses being used to offer therapy to officers -
:26:31. > :26:35.Really interesting. It struck a chord with Cassie and we are
:26:36. > :26:37.interested to see what happened, it is humbling to see they have
:26:38. > :26:41.invested so much time into trying to improve support for their colleagues
:26:42. > :26:48.and we will be following it closely. What kind of things they shall
:26:49. > :26:51.organisation do? -- does your. We bring all of the emergency services
:26:52. > :26:59.together, to improve their mental health. We can see this in action,
:27:00. > :27:04.what is going on? We have a very exciting trial going on around the
:27:05. > :27:10.North of England, this is a relay. The baton is being handed over? It
:27:11. > :27:17.is going from one location to another, from one emergency service
:27:18. > :27:20.to another to get those conversations started around mental
:27:21. > :27:26.health. It is about spreading the word. You know how important it is
:27:27. > :27:29.to spread the message. Yes, we have known there is a lot of stigma
:27:30. > :27:34.around mental health in the emergency services. In fact in all
:27:35. > :27:39.walks of life. We are at increased risk of suffering mental health
:27:40. > :27:43.problems and I have also suffered PTSD and it was a very difficult
:27:44. > :27:48.time a few years ago and we noticed there was a need for improved
:27:49. > :27:53.support. We are getting there and we are going to keep pushing for it.
:27:54. > :27:57.Absolutely. With recent events in Manchester and London, it has never
:27:58. > :28:04.been a more important time to let anyone in the emergency services
:28:05. > :28:07.know there is support out there. Those events have been awful and
:28:08. > :28:11.they do take a toll, and it is a fresh in that we have seen these
:28:12. > :28:15.senior figures saying that we need the support and to break down the
:28:16. > :28:20.stigma. You started in the north-west but you are going down to
:28:21. > :28:23.London, as well. Yes, we are going to keep talking to everybody, take
:28:24. > :28:28.it round the whole country and not let the message drop. That is a
:28:29. > :28:31.great thing you are doing. Thanks for joining us.
:28:32. > :28:33.Next up: can you help catch the violent sex attacker
:28:34. > :28:44.who targeted a woman from Trafford as she made her way home from work.
:28:45. > :28:51.Walking anywhere I'm constantly looking at every man in the area.
:28:52. > :29:02.Wondering if it is you. And I don't want to live like that. On Monday
:29:03. > :29:11.evening in February and I was making her way home after a busy day at
:29:12. > :29:20.work -- Hannah. She decided to take a short cut through a alleyway which
:29:21. > :29:25.runs near Trafford hospital. I was about to start walking down the way
:29:26. > :29:30.and I saw two figures. I moved to the side and waited for them. Once
:29:31. > :29:37.they passed I looked and checked no one else was coming and started to
:29:38. > :29:45.walk. Hannah thought she was alone but she was being followed. All I
:29:46. > :29:56.remember was a hard knock on the back of my head. The next thing, I
:29:57. > :29:58.woke up on the floor, on my back, Hannah was pinned to the floor and
:29:59. > :30:03.her attacker started going through her belongings. He was rummaging
:30:04. > :30:09.through my bag because it sounded like my keys. And then things
:30:10. > :30:17.escalated. The next thing, I felt my code being ripped. And I felt a
:30:18. > :30:21.knife on my neck. -- my coat. It was then that she was sexually
:30:22. > :30:26.assaulted. Only when someone shouted from a nearby car park did her
:30:27. > :30:33.attacker appeared to take fright. It must have spoke to him and he just
:30:34. > :30:39.stopped. -- spooked him. He stood up and then he ran. I watched him run
:30:40. > :30:43.and then I got up and I ran in the opposite direction, into the
:30:44. > :30:50.hospital. I knew there was blood on my face, my eye felt swollen. She
:30:51. > :30:59.was left with minor injuries, and the attack has changed her life for
:31:00. > :31:04.ever. I was brought up not to show my emotion, be tough, but inside I
:31:05. > :31:12.just wanted to scream and kick somebody. Walking anywhere, I'm
:31:13. > :31:15.constantly looking at every male in the area, wondering if it's you, and
:31:16. > :31:20.I don't want to live like that. I want to be about to walk to the shop
:31:21. > :31:24.around the corner not feel scared. I just want him caught. I just don't
:31:25. > :31:27.want him doing this to somebody else.
:31:28. > :31:29.I'm joined now by DS Stephen Warriner from
:31:30. > :31:36.Detective, a brazen attack in a busy area.
:31:37. > :31:39.Yes, the attack happened close to Trafford Hospital in an alleyway,
:31:40. > :31:42.or ginnel, as they call it locally, which runs between the hospital
:31:43. > :31:59.Vieri was busy, people coming to and from work. -- the area was busy.
:32:00. > :32:03.There were two dog walkers who exited the footpath at the time. We
:32:04. > :32:07.want people to think back to that time, people who frequent that area
:32:08. > :32:10.in a regular basis in case they remember anything that I care that
:32:11. > :32:14.evening and contact the police. Iyer what about the description of the
:32:15. > :32:19.suspect? He's described as a white male,
:32:20. > :32:22.tall with a heavy, but not fat He was wearing a dark grey hooded
:32:23. > :32:26.top and grey tracksuit bottoms. The victim said he also had a scar
:32:27. > :32:29.on his lip and very fair, And he had a small scar the top of
:32:30. > :32:33.his lip. During the attack he was wearing
:32:34. > :32:42.a pair of purple surgical gloves. And it's worth knowing that
:32:43. > :32:45.victims of any crime can Next to North Wales,
:32:46. > :32:50.where police are hunting a gang of violent masked robbers who broke
:32:51. > :33:07.into an elderly woman's home. 72-year-old Lis call Shaw has lived
:33:08. > :33:08.in the close-knit town of Griffin for more than a quarter of a
:33:09. > :33:15.century. It is a wonderful town, it really
:33:16. > :33:21.is, people are wonderful and I love it here. I have got a lot of
:33:22. > :33:27.friends. We all look out for one another. And Lis's popularity is
:33:28. > :33:32.second only to that of her faithful bulldog, George. I have had George
:33:33. > :33:38.from the age of 11 weeks. He is just gorgeous. He is three and a half
:33:39. > :33:49.now. I hope to have many more happy years with him. On the evening of
:33:50. > :33:58.the 2nd of December, Lis got ready for bed as usual at around 10:30pm.
:33:59. > :34:01.Come on, George. George has a bed of his own on the floor, but he doesn't
:34:02. > :34:14.seem to like that, he likes creature comforts. He usually nestles down on
:34:15. > :34:19.my bed halfway through the night. That night, Lis was woken, but not
:34:20. > :34:27.by George. I heard this crash against the front door.
:34:28. > :34:40.Next thing, this fellow was in my room with a knife in his hand, and
:34:41. > :34:46.he said where is your safe? I said, I haven't got a safe. And he said we
:34:47. > :34:55.think you have, so there will obviously two of them in the house.
:34:56. > :35:00.Lis frantically try to get to the phone but the intruders had cut the
:35:01. > :35:05.line. The other one had come into the lounge here, and said I am going
:35:06. > :35:13.to kill the dog. I was absolutely terrified. The attackers tied Lis's
:35:14. > :35:18.hands together while they searched the house. She managed to struggle
:35:19. > :35:24.free but then the attack escalated. Then they got a pair of pliers out.
:35:25. > :35:27.Having put this pair of pliers around this little finger, and they
:35:28. > :35:33.said I am going to cut your little finger. They applied pressure to the
:35:34. > :35:39.thing and I thought I am going to lose my finger. Then he started
:35:40. > :35:50.punching me and knocked two teeth out. Really battered my body. I was
:35:51. > :35:55.absolutely out of it by this point. I was always conscious. I couldn't
:35:56. > :36:05.move at all. The men left, taking more than ?1000 in cash, and Lis's
:36:06. > :36:11.prescription painkillers. As soon as they have gone, I struggle to get to
:36:12. > :36:16.my feet, and went outside, screaming for help. I don't know where George
:36:17. > :36:22.was at that stage, I was so frightened, I must have just left
:36:23. > :36:31.George in the house. But while George had escaped unscathed, Lis
:36:32. > :36:38.wasn't so lucky. I was very badly wounded, two teeth missing, I was
:36:39. > :36:46.bleeding. I am having counselling at the moment over the incident. The
:36:47. > :36:54.level of violence and thuggery they used against an old lady. I am
:36:55. > :36:58.partially disabled. I thought it was truthful, absolutely dreadful.
:36:59. > :37:02.Lis received severe bruising to her arms and even lost a couple
:37:03. > :37:05.of teeth in that attack and is now receiving counselling.
:37:06. > :37:08.North Wales Police say more than ?1,000 was stolen.
:37:09. > :37:10.Cash Lis had taken out in order to buy Christmas gifts.
:37:11. > :37:12.If you have any information about this awful crime,
:37:13. > :37:15.do give us a call - or you can speak to
:37:16. > :37:20.They're on 0800 555 111 Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.
:37:21. > :37:25.Time now for a look at today's Wanted Faces.
:37:26. > :37:32.Although he also calls himself Mikey or Cuzzy.
:37:33. > :37:34.Detectives investigating drug dealing in the Bracknell area
:37:35. > :37:36.of Berkshire believe he may have important information
:37:37. > :37:41.He has a tattoo of a flower on his left wrist and another
:37:42. > :37:49.He's known to stay in Bracknell, Hove and Reading, as well as
:37:50. > :37:52.This is Daniel Sasa, although he also calls
:37:53. > :37:55.The 23-year-old was arrested in connection with possession
:37:56. > :37:57.with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine.
:37:58. > :38:00.He was released on police bail but hasn't returned to officers
:38:01. > :38:03.Sasa has links to Bournemouth and Edmonton in London.
:38:04. > :38:09.He has a tattoo of Arabic writing on his left hand.
:38:10. > :38:12.Next is Saeed Tehrani although he also calls himself Salek.
:38:13. > :38:15.Detectives would like to question him after drugs and more
:38:16. > :38:18.than ?13,000 of cash were found at a house in Cardiff.
:38:19. > :38:23.Tehrani is 27 and has a Middle Eastern accent.
:38:24. > :38:26.He has numerous tattoos, including the words "respect" on his right
:38:27. > :38:32.Finally today, this is Dean Pritchard or you may
:38:33. > :38:39.He was arrested by detectives investigating the supply of class
:38:40. > :38:41.A drugs in Shrewsbury and released on police bail, but has failed
:38:42. > :38:45.Pritchard is 24 and has a Liverpudlian accent.
:38:46. > :38:48.He has links to the Speke area of the city and also to Shreswbury,
:38:49. > :38:55.If you know where any of these faces are, make sure you get in touch
:38:56. > :39:03.Every day emergency services deal with serious accidents
:39:04. > :39:07.And today I'm getting involved in the rescue.
:39:08. > :39:10.Damian O'Rourke is going to talk me through it.
:39:11. > :39:27.We have a training exercise that has been going on, a road traffic
:39:28. > :39:33.collision between two vehicles, we have one casual to. We are making as
:39:34. > :39:38.much space as we can to get them out safely and swiftly as we can. Even
:39:39. > :39:42.taking that roof off, first and foremost, is no mean feat, and you
:39:43. > :39:48.have to do it with time pressure. Yes, so Rick is in charge today and
:39:49. > :39:55.he two decided, based on medical evidence, how quickly he needs to
:39:56. > :40:00.get the casualty out safely and get them to hospital. I am going to get
:40:01. > :40:06.involved. What would you like me to do? At this phase of extrication it
:40:07. > :40:09.is all about the condition of the casualty. We have a trauma type
:40:10. > :40:17.issue with the eight die in the white hat. He is in charge of the
:40:18. > :40:20.casualties. What do I need to do to reassure them? Reassure and check
:40:21. > :40:26.the condition of the casualties. How are you feeling, any pains anywhere?
:40:27. > :40:29.So you are aware, alert, and lazing with the trauma technician. They
:40:30. > :40:34.will give us information and feedback towards the condition. What
:40:35. > :40:39.happens next? We lower the back of the seat down, so you have to come
:40:40. > :40:43.out in a neutral horizontal plane. Move up the board and we will have a
:40:44. > :40:48.receiving area for her where she will go. Said the casualties very
:40:49. > :40:53.slowly being lowered down. Is a trauma tech is maintaining a stable
:40:54. > :40:57.head because of spinal injuries. This is vital at this point.
:40:58. > :41:03.Casualty care, this is the reason we do this. On to the rigid long board,
:41:04. > :41:09.is what we call it. It amazes me how many people are involved to make
:41:10. > :41:11.sure this happens. Exactly, and it is constant monitoring of the
:41:12. > :41:16.casualty because we need to know if any of the conditions change the
:41:17. > :41:20.starts going downhill. Of course that could happen at any point.
:41:21. > :41:24.Exactly, that is why the trauma tech will assess everything and take
:41:25. > :41:28.charge. That is a specialist area. And you can see and hear that the
:41:29. > :41:32.team are constantly communicating between each other. It is all about
:41:33. > :41:36.teamwork, they all have to do what they do. The guy in the back will be
:41:37. > :41:40.in charge, you can hear Clive, he is the centre commander, telling all
:41:41. > :41:42.the guys what he requires. Working with Rodri on the medical side of
:41:43. > :41:52.it. Lifting the casualties. It highlights how important it is to
:41:53. > :41:57.have the roof off, because you need that space to make sure you can
:41:58. > :42:00.properly get in. Also if the casualties deteriorates you have all
:42:01. > :42:05.that space to get them out in a rapid extrication, as we call it. So
:42:06. > :42:09.we carry on with that. As soon as the casualty is on the board safely,
:42:10. > :42:14.they are taken off to hospital. It is really good to see. Thank you
:42:15. > :42:19.very much, Rick and Damian. Thank you. A really successful training
:42:20. > :42:26.exercise and it is vital that the crews know how to do it properly.
:42:27. > :42:29.Time now for a look at what's been coming
:42:30. > :42:39.You gave detectives vital information on this case, and as a
:42:40. > :42:42.result a man has been arrested and charged with the robbery and
:42:43. > :42:45.possession of an offensive weapon. Detectives tell us they have
:42:46. > :42:50.arrested another of the wanted faces as a direct result, he is currently
:42:51. > :42:51.on the mind for a very serious offence.
:42:52. > :42:53.Michelle, where will you be tomorrow?
:42:54. > :42:56.Rav, I'll be visiting the Museum of Transport in Manchester,
:42:57. > :42:59.where we'll be looking at crime on the move: from taxis to trams.
:43:00. > :43:02.Plus, we'll be out and about with the police as they take to two
:43:03. > :43:04.wheels themselves to catch the drivers putting
:43:05. > :43:12.For more details about the crimes on today's programme,
:43:13. > :43:17.Before we go, here's another look at this morning's wanted faces.
:43:18. > :43:21.If any of them look familiar, get in touch and tell us where they are.
:43:22. > :43:24.We'll be back tomorrow morning after Breakfast.