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We're on the road once again with police, as they bring

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who have ruined the retirement plans of 89-year-old Eric.

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The first thing I noticed was the gate was unlocked.

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I felt the fear then, I thought something is terribly wrong here.

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The graffiti-busting cleaners sprucing up the streets of Bristol.

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We get racist, offensive graffiti, so we tried to remove it before the

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public can see any of it. And it's a hot and sunny day

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down in Bristol harbour. But a dip would still

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be a very bad idea. when people who've had too many

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end up in the drink. Live for the next 45 minutes,

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this is Crimewatch Roadshow. Hello and welcome to

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Crimewatch Roadshow. to solve the crimes

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happening where you live. why police reckon they're up to

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no good - burgling rural homes. I couldn't believe

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the glass all over the floor, it was such a shock when you have

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lived here a long while, and you don't expect anything

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like that to happen. limbering up

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for a charity cycling marathon. This morning,

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the team's moved to Bristol, and the Baltic Wharf

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near the city centre. I can't complain, Rav,

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it's a lovely part of the world. Home to the SS Great Britain,

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Brunel's original steam ship. Today I'll be out on the water

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with the Fire Service and I'm going to set

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these divers a challenge - There it goes!

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See how they get on in a bit. Bur first, can you help catch

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the thieves who burgled Worst of all, they stole

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a very rare item that he hoped would

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help fund his retirement. In the centre of Bath, this

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weathered shop front will always hold special memories for

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89-year-old antique dealer Eric. We have run an antique shop in Bath for

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50 years. I've dealt with dealers from all over the world, America,

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Australia, they all used to come to my shop. But after a lifetime in the

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trade, in May this year, Eric decided it was finally time to close

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the business and retire. Oh, I was very emotional, yes, I thought, I am

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going to miss a lot of people coming in, you know, and I felt, well, at

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the end of the day, I am in my 80s, I have got to decide what I am going

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to do with the rest of my life, you know? Eric had held onto some

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valuable items for his shop which he plans to sell if he became short of

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money. I never had a pension plan, you know? All I have got is

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antiques. I can sell it as I go along. On the daily closed the shop

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for the final time, Eric moved his precious antiques collection into

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storage in an old chapel he owns five outside Bath. I would rather

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look at the antiques, money doesn't give me any pleasure, it is just

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paper, isn't it? I felt quite confident it was in a safe place.

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Unfortunately for Eric, thieves had other ideas. Some time between 5pm

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on the 7th of May and 11am on the 9th of May, the chapel was broken

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into. The chapel doors were reinforced,

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but the thieves came prepared - with heavy duty tools. CCTV footage

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captured people moving around inside the building. Once inside, they

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helped themselves to dozens of smaller antiques. They also took

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Eric's favourite, and most unusual item, an 18th century bronze wishing

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well, which he believes is worth up to ?500,000. The wishing well was my

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height, about five foot four. It was huge. There may be two in the world,

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but I don't think there would be any more than that. People that have

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seen it said, I can't believe I'm looking at it. It was such an

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impressive piece. In just 20 minutes, the collection, which had

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taken Eric a lifetime to build, was gone.

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The first thing I noticed was the date was unlocked, I felt the fear

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then, I thought, something is terribly wrong. I didn't want to

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look, I walked in, and then I saw it, you know, this gone, that gone,

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everything gone, gutted. That is how I felt.

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To steal the retirement fund of an 89-year-old man on the day that he

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retires is truly appalling. We believe it has been planned, because

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he was moving some very expensive, substantial pieces of artwork to a

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storage facility. Why is the burglary has had a devastating

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impact on Eric. Every day I wake up, I think all the years I have been in

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business, it is all gone. What have I done to deserve this? You never

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forget it, it is on your mind all the time. 24 hours a day, you cannot

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relax from it. And you feel, why me? Now, since that burglary,

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he's tightened up his security, but sadly, many of the antiques

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stolen were irreplaceable. Detective Sergeant

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Laura Miller joins me now. Some of these items

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were bulky and very heavy. They must have been really hard

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for the thieves to move. Yes, around 30 bronze sculptures,

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paintings, antique clocks. One particular item,

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the five foot bronze wishing well, so the offenders would have had

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a large vehicle with them. There was CCTV in the chapel, there

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were at least two, but we believe four people were involved in the

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theft. What information you looking for? These are unique pieces,

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especially the wishing well. We want to know how it is being stored,

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whether it has been sold, if you have that information, we would like

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to know. And because they are such unique items, someone must know

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where they are. It is one-of-a-kind, it is very dear to Eric, we would

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like to know where it is. We are are looking for 2-4 men with a van or a

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chat, possibly with a lifting mechanism in the Bath area.

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Call us if you know anything about Eric's stolen antiques.

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Hopefully, we'll get some answers today.

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It is a little too late at night for these two to be getting inked up at

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this tattoo parlour in Winterbourne. So what are they up to? While the

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woman is hanging around outside, she gives us a good look at her face.

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The man eventually comes back over with something in his hands and put

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it through the door. Suddenly, the parlour is up in flames. But this

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arsonist doesn't get away scot-free. He set himself alight too. Luckily,

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the fire didn't take hold, especially as there was a mum and

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baby in the flat above the shop. They weren't injured, but the

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property did suffer considerable smoke damage. Do you know who they

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might be? Did you see anyone in the area with burn injuries around that

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time? If so, you know what to do. Here you can see a burglar lurking

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about in the early hours of the morning, but strangely he doesn't

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take anything from the property - on this occasion. Incredibly, almost a

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year later, police believe they called him on camera again, but in

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someone else's home. He is scoping out this place but still doesn't

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steal anything. He does take some time to tamper with the door,

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though. Police believe his method is to break-in and recce what he wants,

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interfere with locks, doors and windows so next time he can gain

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easy access. If you recognise his face, then we need to hear from you.

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If you can name anyone you've just seen,

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It's free, and the number is 08000 468999.

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Text CW, space and then your message.

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Texts will be charged at your standard message rate.

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Or why not send us an email? The address is [email protected].

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I'm on the water in Bristol Harbour with Avon Fire and Rescue Service.

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Good morning, we are on the water this morning, and we have been

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called to a person who has off a boat into the water. It happens

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quite regularly in Bristol, we have got such a big harbour-side, and

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lots of people come to visit, and it does happen on a regular basis. May

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be people who have had too much to drink? On a day like today, people

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who might want to go for a swim, but it happens in the evenings when

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people have had a drink. Your job is to rescue them, someone is in the

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water, talk me through what is happening. We have identified

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someone in the water, the boat is launched. We have several methods,

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we can throw a rope, talk to the casualty, in this instance we are

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going to use the boat, because it is a lot quicker. So as we are

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approaching, we slow down, start talking to the casualty, get them to

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help themselves to help us gets them into the boat. It is a lovely summer

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day, what is the temperature like there? Surface temperature is 19,

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which is still quite cold, but below that is very cold, ten or 11

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degrees, so if you fall in the water, you cannot swim properly, it

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is difficult for your body to react to that. So dealing with cardiac

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problems and forced intake of water. If your body hits cold water, you

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might have a cardiac event. Also, a sharp intake of air, you could

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swallow a lot of water. The rescue is taking place, we are approaching

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the man in trouble. They are talking to him, he can hold self in the

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water and help us out. Telling him what to do, hold onto the boat, we

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will encourage him to hold onto the front and then we can pull him on.

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And that is called scoop? Yes, it makes life easier to pull the

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casualty on. Thankfully, a successful rescue this time, what

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advice would you have for people watching at home? If you are walking

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home from bars and clubs at night, walk with other people, body up, so

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if you get into trouble, you have got someone to help you. If someone

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goes in the water, dial 999 and ask for the Fire Service, give your

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location. Encourage the person to help themselves, to swim to safety

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and hold on. Thank you very much. In a few minutes, we will find out how

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the police divers are getting on finding the replica gun I threw in

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the water. Rav. Thanks, Tina -

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looking forward to that. Right, lots more to come this

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morning, including... The city which boasts amazing art

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and grotty graffiti. Now police in Bristol are getting

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tough on the taggers. Over the last 18 months,

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the graffiti unit has prosecuted 42 offenders,

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and three have gone to prison. And the Kent micropub targeted

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by thieves not once but twice. where they came

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through on the glass. are wheeling their way

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into studio this morning. These are all serving officers

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with South Wales Police, and they're training for a big bike

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marathon later this month. I'm also joined by Lilian Smith,

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who's involved in the event, Lilian, I'll chat to

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you in just a moment. But first, Deputy Chief

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Constable Matt Jukes, Were going to be doing the police

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Unity Ride for a fantastic charity, Care of Police Survivors, who look

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after the families of officers who have died on duty. 50 of us from

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Wales, we will be riding 200 miles and arriving at a national memorial

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service. How is training going? OK, could always be better! There is a

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memorial service at the end of the ride. This is last year. Lovely

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pictures. It is a really emotional moment for everybody. At the service

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of surviving families and they present the riders with medals. It

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is moving for everybody, there are 250 people from all over the UK

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taking part now. Talk me through the bracelet as well, very emotional

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attachment to that. It is. Every rider wears a bracelet to remember

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an officer who died on duty. Last year I wore this bracelet which

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remembers Trevor Smith who sadly Lillian lost. Sadly killed on duty

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in a road traffic accident. Must have been very difficult for you. It

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was because I had a 15-year-old son who had lost a father and 15 is not

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a very nice age to be left without a father. But we just got on with life

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because there was no Cops in those days. This is a picture of Trevor in

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his uniform. A very proud man. You must have been very proud of him.

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Yes. It must've been hard without a charity like Cops. Did you find that

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particularly difficult? It was very lonely. Are they helping you now?

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Yes I was so pleased to find them. Christine from Cops got in touch.

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She found out I was widowed from the police roll of honour and we have

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been in touch over the years. Nice to know there is someone you can

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speak to. You're not alone. Find you, you have not noticed this,

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Lillian, he has a surprise for you. We know you love to go to the

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memorial services to remember Trevor and you couldn't make it last year

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so here is a picture of us remembering Trevor, the memorial

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tree. Wales. His service insignia there and something to remind you

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you are not forgotten and he is not forgotten. Very nice. Thank you. We

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know you could not make it last year so they brought it to you. Lovely.

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Thank you. Any tips for the guys? I wish them all the best. That is from

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me as well. Good luck. Lovely gesture. Back to you, Tina.

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Now, this part of Bristol around the harbour is certainly

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very picturesque on a summer morning like this.

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But just up the road, parts of the city centre

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The city of Bristol is world-famous for its street art. Mysterious

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artist Banksy made his name here and others have followed his lead,

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creating hundreds of elaborate paintings. For locals and visitors,

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it is certainly a talking point. It adds colour and uniqueness. It

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definitely brings out the vibrancy. A good thing. I think it should

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continue. Graffiti is a massive benefit socially and financially the

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rundown areas. People want to come in droves, tourists, coming in packs

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to take photos of the art. But not all graffiti is so popular. Initials

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and logos, known as tags, are sprayed on thousands of walls across

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the city, including people's homes. Tagging, I disagree with it

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entirely. It is just scribbles. I get a lot of it on my properties and

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I am ever more painting over it. Tackling the tags is also a

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full-time job for Bristol's clean-up team. It is early morning and Mark

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is heading to the city's temple meets train station. We get a number

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of things happening in the night. We get racist offensive graffiti. We

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try and remove it before the public can see it. This morning, Mark has

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spotted some new tags at the front entrance of the station. This sign

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is a group of lads in Bristol, they all write this kind of thing just to

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show the group has been in that area and also to let the other crew know

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they have been here and on the wall. There are 100 active taggers in

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Bristol and it costs a lot to clean up the graffiti. Ten, 20 minutes to

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complete. It took that tagger or artist ten seconds max. Some taggers

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enjoy the challenge of making the marks in hard to reach places,

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sometimes with tragic consequences. This is quite a sad story. This type

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is a guy called Buzz and he is prolific and he was on a bridge and

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he tragically fell off. He paid the ultimate price and file of the

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building he was tagging and died. It is a persistent problem and police

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are now trying new ways to get tough on illegal with the T. Fixed penalty

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notices is the way we used to go until we began to realise the sheer

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volume of the damage. We take photographs of all of the damage and

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we start in the centre of the city and we go out, like a dart board and

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cover the whole city and photograph everything. The photos can be used

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to map a tagger's movements and help convict serial offenders. Over the

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last 18 months, the unit has prosecuted 42 offenders, three have

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gone to prison. For the mayor of Bristol, striking a balance between

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tagging and art presents a challenge. While we want to

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celebrate our street art and our graffiti artists, what we also have

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to do is take care of what we might call vandalism which comes across as

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tagging. The May has teamed up with the graffiti artists to try a new

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approach. Over the next few months, 15 walls will be set up across the

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city where artists can express themselves freely. We have got the

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walls around the city where people can go and do graffiti without fear

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of prosecution. We are encouraging it to happen here. It will be really

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interesting to see how that pans out.

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Well, here at Bristol's harbourside, I'm with Avon

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and Somerset Police's underwater search team.

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Earlier, I threw a replica firearm into the water

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Sergeant Nick Evans from the dive team joins me.

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Nick, talk me through what everyone's doing here on your team?

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At the moment we have got a diver in the water with the handler looking

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after him with a line constantly attached to him, delivering air. We

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have a stand-by diver here. If the diver in the water gets in trouble,

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we deploy the stand-by diver. I am in charge of communications and

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delivering the air to the diver in the water. How do you know how it is

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going? We communicate on this, from surface to the water. Can I talk to

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the diver? Certainly. If you say panel to diver. Panel to diver. How

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are things going? How is the visibility? How are things going?

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Visibility is no. Nil visibility. Negative as yet. Continuing with the

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search. Visibility, sounds like it is really bad. Understood.

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Understood. You can never see anything down there, diver's worst

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nightmare. Pretty treacherous. You can never see anything, shopping

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trolleys in there, worst nightmare to get caught up in that. Can we ask

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him if he has found the gun? Have you found the gun yet? No, negative,

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nothing yet. Understood. How long do you think it will take them? It can

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take two minutes, two hours, there is no visibility, done by touch.

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Hopefully they find it by the end of the programme. Rav, they are still

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searching. Thanks, Tina.

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

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Detectives would like to speak to him about the murder of a man

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who was repeatedly stabbed near Chelmsley Wood

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Chase has links to this area and also to Shard End in Birmingham.

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The 20-year-old also has numerous different hairstyles,

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He's 5ft 6 and described as dangerous, so if you know

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This is Jabar Ababakr, although he also calls himself

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He was arrested in connection with a rape allegation

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and released on police bail, but has failed to return

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Originally from Iraq, the 32-year-old now has links

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He was arrested in connection with a robbery in Southwark

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in London, in which a car was taken, and also an incident when the same

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He was also granted bail but has not returned to police.

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Giddings is 31 and has links to Lewisham in South East London.

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And finally today, this is 36-year-old Matthew John Porter.

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He was arrested by detectives investigating a robbery

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at a jeweller's where ?250,000 worth of jewellery and watches were taken.

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Again, he was given bail but hasn't been seen since.

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Porter has numerous tattoos, including female figures

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He has links to Lincolnshire and the West Midlands.

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If you know where any of these faces are, make sure you get in touch

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Next, to a particularly vicious assault which happened

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A 29-year-old father of two was on an evening out with his wife

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when a man attacked him, leaving him with life-changing injuries.

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Detective Sergeant Jon Williams from Gloucestershire Constabulary

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Liam Hopson suffered a serious head injury which has left him with life

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changing injuries. He is currently living at home with his mother

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receiving care. We can see a map of where the attack happened. He had

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been enjoying himself with friends. At Moo Moo's nightclub,

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on Regent Street, in Cheltenham, They left the nightclub

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around 3.30am and were walking along Rodney Road,

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where a male suspect, who was with three other males,

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made offensive remarks about Liam's wife, causing some heated

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words between them. Both groups moved on and went

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their separate ways. Further along Rodney Road,

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near to the junction of the A46, the suspect reappeared and shouted

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some more abuse. Liam shouted back, the suspect

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walked towards him and punched him once, causing him

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to fall to the floor. The suspect then walked

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off and disappeared Liam was taken to hospital

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where it was confirmed We can see some CCTV footage

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of a man you want to speak Yes, CCTV footage

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shows the man leaving This is the mail we believe to be

:26:36.:26:38.

the offender. If anyone recognises this man,

:26:39.:26:47.

please get in contact. There are also a number of other

:26:48.:26:49.

people you want to speak Yes, we are keen to speak to these

:26:50.:26:52.

three men who appear They are seen leaving with him,

:26:53.:26:56.

heading down Rodney Road. These men are key are to helping

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with our investigation. Let us hope someone can help. The

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numbers will be on the screen throughout the programme. Rav.

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If you have any idea who that man seen on CCTV in Cheltenham is,

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Now, burglars usually want to make a quick getaway

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But some prefer to let the train take the strain.

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The rural county of Somerset has many peaceful hamlets and quiet

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villages. One of them is Templecombe. It is a small village,

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the hairdressers, the church, school, and the main asset is the

:27:46.:27:50.

railway station. It is fairly quiet on the whole. But one Saturday

:27:51.:27:57.

morning back in April, the picturesque village had some very

:27:58.:28:02.

unwelcome visitors. Glass everywhere. Draws were open and the

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jewellery taken. It is such a shock when you have lived here a long

:28:10.:28:13.

while and you do not expect anything like that to happen. Mavis has lived

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in Templecombe for 30 years. That day, she had arranged to go on a

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shopping trip with a friend. Rita and I had agreed to go up to the

:28:31.:28:33.

market together. We were looking forward to a nice day in the morning

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seeing friends, chatting, having coffee. They headed off together,

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leaving Mavis's house empty. In the early afternoon, these two men

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arrived at Templecombe by train. CCTV captures one of the men walking

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towards Mavis's house. He crept into her back garden. Police believe he

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then smashed a French door. And then crawled into Mavis's home. Draws

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were ransacked and jewellery stretched Murray snatched from

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Mavis's bedroom and a laptop containing precious photos was

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stolen -- and jewellery snatched. Mavis returned from the market

:29:46.:29:51.

unaware of what had happened. We had a really nice time, the end of a

:29:52.:29:56.

good day. I walked into the lounge and looked around and I couldn't

:29:57.:30:00.

believe the glass all over the floor.

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My clothes were pulled out of the drawers, and the things out of the

:30:05.:30:11.

wardrobe, obviously looking to see if I had hidden anything. They had

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taken my laptop, which had all my photos. And I was absolutely

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shocked, really. And I phoned reader straightaway and said, I've been

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burgled. The jewellery were things that came from my grandmother, my

:30:29.:30:34.

mother, my sister, gifts - for example, a silver locket that had a

:30:35.:30:40.

photo of my grandmother on one side, my mother the other. You can't ever

:30:41.:30:44.

replace those. It's upsetting, very upsetting. After the burglary, CCTV

:30:45.:30:53.

captures the two men together, getting on a train back to London.

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This burglary is unusual. The offenders arrived by train, and they

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left by train. This is the first time that I've come across burglars

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in this part of Somerset using the rail network to commit crime. Police

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believe the same men carried out a similar burglary near another rural

:31:15.:31:19.

train station earlier that day. These two men, we believe, have come

:31:20.:31:24.

from London, and then they've targeted rural villages. They've

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been getting off the train, scoping these villages and towns, finding

:31:29.:31:32.

empty properties, forcing entry, stealing items. I think people

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should be more aware of how they hurt other people. It just seems

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completely wrong. Jim, this seems quite unusual,

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to use the rail network to carry out Yes, that is correct, I've

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investigated a number of burglaries over the years - this is the first

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incident of this kind I've come across. You believe the two men in

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the film had carried out a burglary earlier that day. Yes, they got off

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the train, broke into a property, stole items, before travelling to

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Templecombe, where one broke into Mavis's house. The CCTV is quite

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clear, how would you describe them? The two men are of Mediterranean

:32:28.:32:32.

appearance, late 20s, early 30s, one appears to be slimmer than the

:32:33.:32:36.

other, both have dark hair. And you believe they are from outside the

:32:37.:32:42.

area. That's right, they boarded a train at Basingstoke and travelled

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to Templecombe. We know they travelled back on the train, getting

:32:46.:32:50.

off at Clapham Junction. And the items stolen from Mavis really do

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mean a lot to, they are irreplaceable. They are, she had a

:32:55.:33:00.

laptop stolen, a significant amount of jewellery stolen, and she would

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be keen to get those items back. If you have any information on these

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two men, get in touch now. And remember, victims of any crime

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can also call Victim Support. This time, one who prefers to strike

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under cover of darkness. Heerenveen, a seaside town with an

:33:13.:33:34.

historic pier and a promenade dating back to Victorian times, but more

:33:35.:33:37.

recently it has become famous for something else, the birthplace of

:33:38.:33:43.

the micropub. They micropub is just one room, basically, so it can be a

:33:44.:33:54.

small shop, this one was a pet shop. Micropubs our community pubs, it is

:33:55.:33:57.

all about the conversation and nothing else to interfere with that.

:33:58.:34:04.

For the past few years, Gary and Gavin have run the pub together. It

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is just two of us, all the customers know it is me and Gary. There is a

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lot of Mickey taking. I wouldn't want to suggest I do more, but he is

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quite slow! It is about half and half. We do have rules, we don't

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have mobile phones, we don't have electronic cigarettes. We have a

:34:30.:34:34.

system where it is a ?1 fine if anybody's phone goes off. Most

:34:35.:34:40.

people have no objections to putting a pound in the charity box. For the

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two friends, business was going well, but success attracted and

:34:47.:34:51.

welcome attention. On the night of the 16th of February, Gavin blocked

:34:52.:34:55.

up as normal, but during the early hours, the pub had an unwanted

:34:56.:34:57.

visitor. The following morning, Gavin went to

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open up. As soon as I arrived, I saw a hole where they came through on

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the glass. The burglar had emptied the till and taken around ?250. We

:35:22.:35:27.

thought, don't worry, we've got CCTV. As well as the money, the

:35:28.:35:37.

burglar had also stolen the CCTV. So we knew there was no way we would

:35:38.:35:41.

going to catch them, lack of evidence. It is terrible, it is just

:35:42.:35:49.

an invasion. It was pretty devastating, to be honest. With the

:35:50.:35:55.

CCTV footage gone, all Gary and Gavin could do was repaired the

:35:56.:35:57.

damage and carry on with business as usual. But less than two months

:35:58.:36:07.

later, they were targeted again. I turned up, and there it was, the

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whole, I could see another hole, but this time on another window. What

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the burglar didn't know was that Gary and given had since gone to

:36:20.:36:24.

town and ramped up their new CCTV. Now every angle was covered, there

:36:25.:36:30.

was nowhere for the beef to hide. Bingo, we got him. Breaking into the

:36:31.:36:35.

front window, he could be seen rummaging around looking for loot.

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And wanting to have his cake and eat it, he stops to have a munch on some

:36:42.:36:48.

leftover birthday treats on the bar. But not satisfied, this greedy

:36:49.:36:51.

burglar did the unthinkable - and swiped the charity box.

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You just don't expect someone to steal from a charity. The money that

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is collected is for disabled children and adults. I just don't

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understand why they should just go for a charity. That is the lowest of

:37:12.:37:20.

the low. This is an individual who has been very callous with the

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crime. He has targeted a small, family run business. He has gone to

:37:25.:37:29.

the back office, where he has taken small amounts of money, and then,

:37:30.:37:33.

more pertinently, he has stolen a charity collection box which

:37:34.:37:38.

contained approximately ?200. Whilst it equates to a relatively small

:37:39.:37:43.

amount in monetary terms, it is the big emotional affect that it has on

:37:44.:37:47.

them. There is also an element of when they locked the doors at night,

:37:48.:37:53.

will there have been another break-in in the morning? Everybody

:37:54.:37:57.

says, you are insured, but we still have to pay an excess each time. We

:37:58.:38:02.

are going to definitely carry on with the charity, we raised ?3500

:38:03.:38:08.

now. We think it is important to support it. They could have trashed

:38:09.:38:13.

the place, torched it, and the worst thing is it was February, and then

:38:14.:38:20.

six weeks later again - how long is this going to happen? This is where

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we want to catch him. We absolutely do want to catch

:38:25.:38:27.

this fella, so take another look

:38:28.:38:30.

at the CCTV image. Do you recognise

:38:31.:38:31.

this light-fingered low-life? He's described as

:38:32.:38:34.

around 20 years old, with a thin build

:38:35.:38:36.

and white complexion. He was wearing a North Face jacket

:38:37.:38:38.

and tracksuit bottoms. Next, the Metropolitan Police

:38:39.:38:44.

urgently needs your help to catch a man who preyed on a vulnerable

:38:45.:38:47.

woman with learning difficulties and autism, stealing

:38:48.:38:50.

more than ?200 from her. On 10th April this year,

:38:51.:38:53.

the victim was walking around She's in her 50s

:38:54.:38:56.

and her vulnerability is visible. and tricked her into giving him ?25

:38:57.:39:02.

which she had in her wallet. About five minutes later,

:39:03.:39:08.

he approached her again, this time telling her that

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she owed him ?200 for work he claimed to have carried

:39:12.:39:13.

out on her mother's house, CCTV shows man walking

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the victim to a cash machine on Kew Bridge Road in Brentford,

:39:17.:39:21.

where she withdrew the money. He's wearing very

:39:22.:39:24.

distinctive clothing - bright yellow and black trousers,

:39:25.:39:29.

a blue checked shirt and beige cap. Three months on, the woman

:39:30.:39:32.

is still traumatised by the incident and is finding it hard to understand

:39:33.:39:35.

why she was targeted. If you have any information,

:39:36.:39:38.

please get in touch. Or you can speak to

:39:39.:39:41.

Crimestoppers anonymously. from Avon and Somerset Police's

:39:42.:39:44.

underwater search team. Nick, your diver

:39:45.:39:55.

is still down there. How is he getting on? It has been

:39:56.:40:04.

very difficult, but he has found the gun. He's coming up now! How

:40:05.:40:09.

difficult was it? Very little visibility, it is all down to touch,

:40:10.:40:15.

but it works. We should say that was just an exercise, so they knew

:40:16.:40:18.

roughly where to look, but much harder in real life. We are

:40:19.:40:23.

currently looking for a suitcase in relation to a murder which has been

:40:24.:40:26.

going on for three or four macro weeks, the conditions are the same,

:40:27.:40:31.

no visibility. You search these waters all the time, what have you

:40:32.:40:38.

found? We found a World War II helmets, a full life-size version of

:40:39.:40:43.

Russell Crowe, lots of weapons and guns. It is not just weapons, Nicola

:40:44.:40:50.

is here, what happened to you? Before we come to you, our diver has

:40:51.:40:53.

just arrived with the gun, proof that he has founded, brilliant! What

:40:54.:41:00.

did they find for you? These guys found my engagement ring. About a

:41:01.:41:03.

year ago, I was out rowing here early in the morning, and I put my

:41:04.:41:09.

engagement ring in my friend's bag, and it wasn't there when we came

:41:10.:41:15.

back. Two weeks of frantic panic searching, the harbour master got

:41:16.:41:19.

the word out that I had lost it, and these guys were on a training

:41:20.:41:21.

exercise and had a look while they were down there, and unbelievably,

:41:22.:41:29.

they founded for me. That is incredible, congratulations, you got

:41:30.:41:32.

married last autumn, we can see a photo of that now. Just how

:41:33.:41:36.

difficult was it? I think I described it as trying to find a

:41:37.:41:41.

pinhead in a football stadium while blindfolded. I am glad we got the

:41:42.:41:45.

ring back. How did you feel when they got it to the surface? I'm sure

:41:46.:41:50.

you thought you had lost it. I thought it was gone, but I just

:41:51.:41:55.

cried, I didn't have any words, I was just delighted, my husband was

:41:56.:41:59.

very happy as well! We should say this was a one-off, a happy ending,

:42:00.:42:04.

but the team generally don't do requests. Rav.

:42:05.:42:06.

Just time for a quick update now on your calls.

:42:07.:42:10.

You have helped police make yet another arrest. Two weeks ago, we

:42:11.:42:16.

showed you CCTV of an attack on a man in an off-licence in east

:42:17.:42:20.

London. Officers have arrested and charged a man with GBH, but they are

:42:21.:42:24.

still keen to identify this man in connection with the incident.

:42:25.:42:28.

Yesterday, we asked for your help after a scam in Dorset in which

:42:29.:42:32.

police believe a car for sale was tampered with in order to try to

:42:33.:42:37.

knock down the price. Police say you have given impossible names for the

:42:38.:42:41.

men which they are chasing up. It is our last show tomorrow, where are

:42:42.:42:42.

you going to be? Rav, I'll be ending our road trip

:42:43.:42:44.

in Cardiff, finding out what makes I might even end up

:42:45.:42:47.

behind bars myself! And we'll also be going along

:42:48.:42:53.

on an operation to seize counterfeit products and dangerous

:42:54.:42:56.

fake electrical goods. For more details about the crimes

:42:57.:43:00.

on today's programme, Before we go, here's another look

:43:01.:43:08.

at this morning's wanted faces. If any of them look familiar,

:43:09.:43:14.

get in touch. Join us tomorrow

:43:15.:43:19.

for our final programme at the usual time of 9:15am,

:43:20.:43:21.

straight after Breakfast.

:43:22.:43:24.

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