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The 85-year-old grandmother attacked and robbed in her home.

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I feel so sorry were not there for her.

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And I'll be finding out what it takes to be a real life detective.

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Hello and welcome to Crimewatch Roadshow.

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As always, we need your help to solve the crimes

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The crack team of detectives hunting for fugitives hiding out in London.

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They've got this ghost in the locker if you like,

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and they're waiting for someone to come and remind them

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of something they'd hoped they could put

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A boy with autism on his way home from school, attacked

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We don't know how dangerous he is, we don't know if the next child

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he picks on is going to be even younger or even more vulnerable.

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Today Michelle is at the Met's state-of-the-art police college

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I'll be finding out how the police train detectives to investigate

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crime scenes like this one and crack cases.

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Thanks Michelle, can't wait for that.

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First up, a terrifying ordeal for a partially

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sighted grandmother, robbed in her home.

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I can't believe that anyone would have wanted to hurt my mum. She's

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elderly, she is vulnerable. She felt safe in her home but not any more.

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Avtar has lived in Southall for the past 50 years. She is the head of

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her family and loved by all. My mum has got a larger than life

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personality and she is fun. Even all our friends or call her big mum. We

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came over from India on the 16th of January 1965 so mum has lived in

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that house for a good 40 years. My parents were known as the auntie and

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uncle that held hands. My dad worshipped my mum. Since Avtar's

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husband died in 2004, she has lived on her own. The family have done

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everything they can to protect her independence, even installing a

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complex CCTV systems throughout her home. In order for her to retain her

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independence, my brother got the camera installed so we can keep an

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eye on her. My mum can have the peace of mind, knowing that we can

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watch her. Unfortunately, on this horrible, horrible day, I was out. I

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mean, we just weren't watching the cameras.

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On a Wednesday afternoon, Avtar was at home alone when she heard a knock

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at the door. It was 2:30pm. She felt quite safe just opening the door.

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She just expected one of her children. She did not expect to be

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attacked in her own home. Avtar was confronted by two men. They forced

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their way in. They pushed her to the floor, frisked her, and ripped off

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her earrings, bracelets, rings and a necklace. They threatened her in

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Punjabi. Bay said a word in Punjabi which has double meanings, they said

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a word which could mean to hit or to kill. What they did next is truly

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horrific. They grabbed hold of her hands and legs and dragged her into

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the bedroom. She must have been so, so scared.

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And even thinking about it scares us. It is just horrible. We feel so

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helpless that we weren't there for her. Petrified of what they might

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do, Avtar managed to stand but could only look on as they ransacked house

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for a full ten minutes. -- ransacked her house. All they could find was a

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small amount of cash which Avtar had saved for the local temple. They

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then fled the house. Mum didn't have her long scarf

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around her neck or her head when she ran out of the house, and that would

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be something that she would never, ever do. To see her running outside

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the house like a scared animal and holding onto the door, and I've seen

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the footage, and just seeing my mum's face, she just... She just

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looks lost. The level of violence used in this crime is completely and

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utterly disproportionate to what was stolen. The jewellery had

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sentimental value but its financial value was of no great significance.

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But the long-term effects that this has had on Avtar and her family is

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incalculable. It is my feeling that they knew that she was alone at the

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time and I would urge the community in Southall on West London, to come

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forward and assist us. The guys that did what they did to my mum, they

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don't realise what they've done. It has impacted my mum's life in so

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many ways. She is not as confident as she used to be. She does not even

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open the back door now which cooking. Even with the chain on,

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she's reluctant to do that and in the summer, she won't sit in the

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garden and less money is her. She doesn't put clothes out on the

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washing line by herself. They didn't have to do what they did in order to

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get what they got. They didn't need to touch her. They didn't need to

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come you know, frisked or scare her and scare her in such a way. They

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could have just taken it. She is a little old lady.

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A terrifying ordeal for Avtar. I am with DC Nicholas Strachan, who is

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investigating this. There has been an arrest made in the case. Yes, in

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November 2015, I arrested one Ahsan Ali, at the time a 21-year-old

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Pakistani national. In February this year, he was sentenced to nine years

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in prison for this brutal robbery. He unfortunately has not cooperated

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in naming his accomplice. So it is the second man you are looking to

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identify today? Indeed, the second suspect I'm looking for, at the time

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of the events, I would estimate he was aged between 17-21. He is a

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Punjabi speaker. As you can see from the CC TV, he stands about five foot

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seven, to five foot ten, of slim build with a very large nose and

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pronounced dark eyebrows. This has had a real impact on Avtar and her

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family, hasn't it? It was tremendously traumatic for Avtar.

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She has bounced back to a degree but nevertheless, to this day, she still

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lives in terror, in her own home, feeling that this unidentified man

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will return. Hopefully someone will be able to name him. Thank you for

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joining us. Now it's time to take a look at some

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more criminals caught on CCTV. Just so you know, the first one

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of these is pretty nasty. It is closing time at this club on

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Croydon high Street. But keep your eyes peeled for what happens next. A

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woman and her friend make their way over to the parked up taxi they have

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booked. But this man, walking past them, take the chance and get in.

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The woman tells the cabbie that she's the one who has ordered the

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car, not the man sitting in the back. She is annoyed and tells him

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to get out. What happens next is shopping. Having punched the woman

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once, he goes for her again, until the door staff intervened. The

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victim needed specialist treatment on her eyes but luckily has now made

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a full recovery. Police need your help to catch this man. You know

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what to do. Look closely in the bottom left-hand

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corner. This bird's eye view shows a man smashing his way into an

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industrial unit in Buckinghamshire. As he sprints into the warehouse, we

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get a good look at his face. Do you recognise him? He squirts liquid

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from the bottle he is carrying all over the stock of newspapers and

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magazines. Then he likes it. But he's not finished yet. On his way

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out, he set the loading bay on fire, too. The warehouse quickly goes up

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in flames, totally gutting the building. Luckily on this occasion,

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no one was hurt. But around ?30,000 worth of stock was destroyed. This

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dangerous firestarter needs to be caught. Name him.

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This homeowner's CCTV catches a visitor to their house in Ashford,

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Kent, but no one is in and he's not invited. But he is still desperate

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to get inside. It looks like he's having a bit of trouble working the

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blinds, though. Especially when the alarm goes off. Police believe this

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man may be responsible for several burglaries in the area and want to

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know who he is. Can you tell us his name?

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If you recognise anyone, now is the time to call.

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Numbers are on the screen. Or you can text us on 63399.

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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 send us an email. The address is [email protected].

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Now this building is full of surprises.

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This may look like an unremarkable corridor.

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Behind every door is a potential crime scene.

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Who knows what may have happened in this post office or in a domestic

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situation, for example, what may have occurred in this flat?

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Detective Inspector Trevor Borley runs the investigation faculty here.

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Your offices can train for every different type of scenario, can't

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they? That's right, these rooms are set up to represent real-life crime

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scene officers may be faced with on the street. You have even got a bar.

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So, Trevor, set the scene. What is going on here? The scene we have

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created is an armed robbery, and one of the priorities for me is to try

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to find the suspect who committed the crime. When you arrive at a

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crime scene like this, obviously it's against the clock and times of

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the essence. How do you decide what to prioritise, what is important and

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what not? We have different word is, firstly, preservation of life,

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making sure no one is injured and requires medical treatment and after

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that, other fast time opportunities, like CCTV in the bar, useful to use

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that to see if we can identify anybody, and also I would have

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detected out making witness enquiries. You have a scenes of

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crime officer and a detective constable here. What are they doing

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and how do they work alongside Edu le? The senior detective, me on this

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occasion, would have a consultation with the scenes of crime officer and

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we would decide the priorities around evidential recovery, DNA,

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fingerprints. We would photograph the premises and as you can see on

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the floor, we have a baseball bat which appears to have blood on it.

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We would look for potential DNA evidence and fingerprints,

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potentially blood on the shirt that is also on the floor and also, we

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can see what appears to be a spent shell casing from a firearm. We

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would recover all the evidence. All very important so I might as will

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help you out. As we continue gathering all the evidence, make

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sure you join us later as the investigation continues. Who knows

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what clues we might find? I'm looking forward

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to finding out whodunnit! There's lots more to come this

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morning, including... The daughter who had the last

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memories of her mum stolen Of course, the first

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thing in my mind is, "Oh no, the memories,

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the photos, that were And the colourful police car helping

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in the fight against hate crime. We'll be speaking to actor

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and presenter Adam Pearson about why Christine Menzies was a happy

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16-year-old living with her family in north-west Germany,

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where her father was But 24 years ago today,

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her body was discovered in undergrowth approximately eight

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miles from the base. Her killer

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has never been found. To mark the anniversary

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of her death, officers re-investigating the case

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are making their first ever national UK television

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appeal for information. I am joined by Captain Alex Spanton

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from the Royal Military Police. Good morning. What do you know about

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the events leading up to her death? On the Saturday, Christine and her

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friend had been to the Rhine Army Summer Show, and in the evening went

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on to Club 47, which was a nightclub on RAF Gutersloh at the time. She

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made arrangements for her parents to pick her up at midnight and they had

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arrived earlier, at about 11:30pm, and seen her leaving the club. They

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spoke with her, Christine was allowed to go back into the club for

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the final half an hour. From there, we have the last sighting of her

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leaving the club at the back of the building about midnight. The next

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time we are aware of where she was was when her body was found at

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4:45pm on the Sunday afternoon in undergrowth, as you say, a distance

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away from the base. This is the area she was found, just a few miles from

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the military base. We have said this was 24 years ago and you have not

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given up on finding out who did this. Her parents are still

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desperate for answers and some kind of closure and we can hear from them

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now. She could be really funny without

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knowing she was being funny. Little things that she would do, they were

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really funny. I miss her every day. We are stranded. We've been stranded

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where we are for the last 24 years. Nothing has moved forward. If

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somebody comes forward with information, that would make us feel

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that maybe, at last, we will get justice. Desperate for

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answers, as you could understand. What leads do you have in this case?

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The original investigation had forensic evidence currently being

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reviewed with new technologies. But very little new information at the

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moment. That is the appeal for today. There was fibre evidence

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suggesting that Christine was wrapped in a union Jack duvet cover

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that was sold at the time by the NAAFI. That has never been found.

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And what about her shoes? They have never been found. These were not for

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actual shoes, but similar to what she was wearing at the time of her

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disappearance? Yes. It could trigger someone in -- trigger something in

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someone's mind? It could do. And it's worth saying that 24 years ago

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in a military base in Germany, many people may have finished their

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military service and be living in the UK? These are people you are

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appealing to? Absolutely, anyone who can help us out with Christine's

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movements when she was seen for it from midnight to when her body was

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found, anyone who can help us progress with this case.

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It's been 24 years of pain for Christine's family.

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Please, if you can help in any way do get in touch

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We've been delving into the work of detectives today. They actually have

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all sorts of different specialisms, from burglaries to fraud, armed

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robberies to murder. But there's one team in the Met

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who have a pretty unique job. They are the Extradition Unit,

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and we followed them as they tracked down the fugitives who cross borders

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to escape the law. London. Home to around 9 million

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people. Hidden amongst them? Fugitives. Wanted for crimes

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committed across the world... That if they think they are safe, they

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are wrong. It is the job of a specialist team of detectives to

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find them and bring them to justice. We are actively and routinely trying

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to find some of the most wanted criminals from across Europe and the

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world. It is 6am, and work starts early for the Met's extradition

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unit. With thousands of warrants issued for people wanted in other

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countries, this dedicated team are responsible for making more than 500

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arrests per year. Today, DSP trance and his team are on the hunt for a

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fugitive convicted of crimes. In Poland. This is the chap we are

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looking for this morning. He is wanted in Poland. The team arrive at

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what they believe to be the wanted man's address. The offences took

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place about ten years ago now but they are serious offences. An

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offence of robbery where he was involved in beating a man and

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causing him quite serious injuries over a protracted period of time.

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Also, in controlling the number of girls, a prostitute ring in Poland.

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Serious enough offences for us to warrant getting out of bed at 4:30am

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this morning and coming to try and arrest him. As Pete approaches the

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front of the house, the team cover other exits in case the fugitive

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decides to do a runner... Nobody is answering the door, but

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convinced someone is inside, the team stay put. Good morning. Sorry

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to trouble you, Detective Pete Rance from the police. Do you understand

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why we are here? OK, from the Metropolitan Police extradition

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unit, I'm Detective Sergeant Pete Rance. Can you tell me your full

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name? British? Polish? Sebastien, there is a European arrest warrant

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issued for you by Poland. I have to arrest you on that warrant, you do

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not have to say anything, anything you do say may be given in evidence.

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Do you understand? You are not in trouble in this country but there

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needs to be a court process to see whether a judge decides to send you

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back to Poland. We will take you to a local police station today and

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then take you to Westminster Magistrates' Court and the court

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process will begin. How is your English, do you understand what I am

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saying? Knowing he can no longer evade justice, he makes a desperate

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phone call to his lawyer. But there is no response. Bring the phone, and

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you can call him in the car, or when we get to the police station or when

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we leave the police station. We will stay with you now until we go to

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court, OK? This fugitive, who has been living with his wife and

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children in London for the last three years now faces a real

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prospect of being extradited back to Poland. OK? Yes. We will take him

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now to Belgravia police station. He knew that the writing was on the

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wall and that the time would come for him to have to say goodbye to

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his family. At the police station we will take into the custody officer

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and explain why he has been arrested. Pete discovers life on the

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run has taken its toll on Sebastien. How long have you been

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here? Three years. And you've been waiting everyday for this? I thought

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that was the case. It's now a race against time. By

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law, they have to get into court as soon as possible, within hours of

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his arrest. It will be up to the judge to decide whether he stays, or

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goes back to Poland to finish his sentence. He has said to us that he

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was waiting for the knock on the door for some three years. I've got

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this ghost in the locker, if you like. They are waiting for somebody

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to come and remind them of something that they had hoped they could

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forget. There is no time for reflection. For Pete and his team,

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is time to track down the next fugitive...

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I'm joined now by Detective Sergeant Pete Rance

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What is the latest on the man we saw in the film there? His case is next

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before the courts on June 16, we are awaiting a decision from the court

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now. There are some potentially dangerous fugitives here and you

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need the public's help tracking them down? Yes, the first case that we've

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asked for help with is Casius-Cley Bancuta and Stelu Banica, two

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Romanians accused of attempted murder last August, they beat a man

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with a shovel and night. We believe they are in London and if the public

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see them or know them, do not approach them but call us on this

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number. And another man? This historic case goes back to 1999.

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Veselyn Mateev Kavaldziev is wanted for murder. We believe again that he

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may be in London and we would ask the public not to approach them,

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give us a call on this number so that we can speak to them.

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If you recognise any of these men, please call now using

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And you can see more of Pete and his team in action

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in a new episode of Fugitives on Friday the 23rd of June

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Now, every parent wants to know their children are safe

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when they make their way to and from school.

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But for one mother that ended when her young son

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Willesden Green in north-west London. There are a number of

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schools in the vicinity, and it is a common sight to see children walking

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the streets on the way home in the afternoon. It is an area where there

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are luxe McCrickard lot 's of young kids and they have grown up together

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and go to school together. -- there are lots of kids.

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Growing up there are a lot of kids, and it feel safe at that time of

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day. For this mother it was crucial her son had the confidence to walk

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home alone, because routine is very important for children with autism.

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We spent a long time over the summer holidays teaching him the route, so

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that he would have the independence to be able to walk with his friends.

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It is important for him not to always be too cotton world. He needs

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to be like the other kids. Her son has a form of high functioning

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autism, which makes it hard for him to read the intentions of other

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people. He is very caring, he's a very good boy. But trusting. So if

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somebody has asked him for his help, he will always try to help them, no

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matter what. He's not really able to understand that somebody may be

:25:48.:25:51.

lying. On the 11th of January this year, her son was on his way home

:25:52.:25:55.

when a man pushing a bicycle came up and spoke to him. A man approached

:25:56.:26:01.

him, and asked him for help. He said he wanted my son to take a picture

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to send to his brother who was in Norway. He wanted him to take a

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picture at his house. He wanted his brother to see that he had a house.

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The man led the school boy off the main road, and towards a nearby

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housing estate on Griffin Close. He deliberately had taken him to quite

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a secluded spot, so he went along with the guy to take the photo. As

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he was concentrating on looking at the man's phone to take the photo,

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the man came up behind him and grabbed him. It was then that the

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man sexually assaulted the school boy. He said that he was grabbed,

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and he held him, and I think that was the most frightening thing for

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him. He felt he couldn't get away. The guy held him. He knew it wasn't

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right, and he felt very, very uncomfortable about it. I was at

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work, sitting on the computer. My phone went and it was my son ringing

:27:07.:27:12.

from home. He was quite upset. He something happened to him on the way

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home and he found it difficult to explain what it was. I rushed home,

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and on the way I called the police. Police investigating the crime have

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released an image of the man, taken from CCTV at the scene of the

:27:28.:27:31.

offence. In the hope that someone will recognise him. This is a very

:27:32.:27:36.

serious crime. It's a vulnerable school boy that suffers from autism.

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It is an assault which has happened in broad daylight while he walked

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home from school. It is particularly concerning for the local community

:27:45.:27:50.

and we would urge anyone with information to come forward. This

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crime is also particularly concerning because the boy in

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question is quite young in age, but looks somewhat younger than his

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years as well. So it's a concern that maybe this suspect is looking

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for children of a very young age. Even months later, this attack has

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left its mark on the boy, and his mother. It's a horrible feeling.

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It's a shadow cast over our lives. I just think that it is very sad that

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he found out in such a nasty way that people are not always kind. Not

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everyone is like him. I hope with the help of people watching this

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that we may be able to pertaining to the man who did this to him. Make

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sure he doesn't do it to anyone else. We don't know how dangerous

:28:38.:28:41.

years, we don't know if the next child he picks on is even younger or

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even more vulnerable. With me now is Detective

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Constable Charlie Guy This was a really worrying

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attack wasn't it? Yes. This was particularly worrying

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as the young boy suffers from autism, which makes him even more

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vulnerable. He was a schoolboy on his way home from school, and the

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attack happened in broad daylight. The suspect met him on Park Avenue

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and led him to Griffin Close, the estate nearby. There is some good

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CCTV footage of this man, isn't there? Yes, we got some from Griffin

:29:17.:29:21.

Close. It shows the suspect and young boy walking up towards the

:29:22.:29:25.

alleyway and they emerge about a minute or so later. The boy runs off

:29:26.:29:29.

towards his home address. The suspect we are looking for is Asian,

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possibly south-east Asian and in his 20s. Around 5'4". Slim build, he has

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a distinctive Green Park a jacket with an emblem on his sleeve and a

:29:41.:29:45.

grey beanie hat. The boy mentions that he had a push bike which we do

:29:46.:29:49.

not have a picture of, but he mentioned something about a brother

:29:50.:29:53.

in Norway. We do not know if this is true or not. He had a phone with him

:29:54.:29:59.

that was not an iPhone. The mother mentioned that she just wants a

:30:00.:30:03.

name, someone to recognise this man, doesn't she? Yes, we need closure on

:30:04.:30:07.

this case. Someone out there would know who this man is. We urge anyone

:30:08.:30:09.

who knows who it is come forward. If you recognise this man please

:30:10.:30:12.

pick up the phone and call now, Now, this doesn't look

:30:13.:30:16.

like your usual police vehicle but this Rainbow Car is actually

:30:17.:30:22.

helping in the fight And stepping out is PC Ian Ashton

:30:23.:30:24.

from Lancashire Constabulary. Good morning. Thank you for joining

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us. Tell us about your car. This is one of our new response vehicles, De

:30:36.:30:40.

Vreede up in the rainbow colours, specifically to raise awareness in

:30:41.:30:46.

the LGBT community on the need to report hate crime. How are you using

:30:47.:30:51.

it to do this? The vehicle is out 24 hours a day on a normal shift with

:30:52.:30:56.

response teams, responding to normal 999 incidents and other incident

:30:57.:30:59.

with the police. It is a focal point for people to see what it is, come

:31:00.:31:03.

up and speak to us and find out what it is about and it's about

:31:04.:31:05.

increasing confidence and trust. Breaking down the barriers are

:31:06.:31:10.

people can come and talk. Is it helping? Yes, it's really good,

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people see what it is about and it gives them confidence and trust to

:31:14.:31:16.

come forward. You are finding there is more hate crime at the moment?

:31:17.:31:23.

Yes, in places like London and Manchester, we tend to see a spike

:31:24.:31:26.

in hate crime but we want to encourage people to report. It is

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massively underreported nationally and locally. And things like this

:31:30.:31:34.

are helping. Thanks for joining us and good luck with it.

:31:35.:31:36.

As PC Ian Ashton was saying there, hate crime is a growing problem.

:31:37.:31:39.

According to recent Home Office figures the number

:31:40.:31:41.

of hate crime incidents rose 19% from 2015 to 2016.

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Disability hate crime has risen most and Adam Pearson is one of the

:31:46.:31:51.

people who knows why it is so important to deal with it. You have

:31:52.:31:55.

had some sickening abuse yourself. What kind of things have you

:31:56.:32:00.

encountered? There's a real spectrum. Abuse in the streets, I

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was just at a bus stop and there was a guy with a camera phone, getting

:32:07.:32:09.

in my face, asking if I was from this planet, taking photos. Then you

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get the good old keyboard warriors. People who are only brave and they

:32:15.:32:17.

are behind the keyboard and you find that a lot as well? Yes, everyone

:32:18.:32:22.

has an opinion and they are not afraid to give it. I have to say,

:32:23.:32:27.

some people think there is no point reporting to police but what would

:32:28.:32:31.

you say to those people question mark absolutely a point, hate crimes

:32:32.:32:34.

are real stigma that affects people in a real, long-term way. It is very

:32:35.:32:39.

easy to point and say it is harmless name-calling, boys will be boys and

:32:40.:32:42.

what have you but the only way we will ever bring those statistics

:32:43.:32:46.

down, and stop hate crime happening is to report it efficiently and

:32:47.:32:50.

effectively. How do you find something like the Rainbow Car

:32:51.:32:55.

question mark is it a good anything that brings down hate crime gets my

:32:56.:32:58.

vote. You don't mind saying that you are quite strong-willed, and you get

:32:59.:33:02.

some abuse and you can take it more than some people but I want to

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hammer the point home that no one should stand for this at all. It

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does not matter who you are, it is not acceptable, it is illegal and

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you want to make sure... As you say, it is criminal. It is criminal

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behaviour and you should treat it as such. Thank you for joining us. And

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I'm sorry that you have that awful abuse, but very important words you

:33:22.:33:28.

have just said, and let's hope the Rainbow Car helps others to come

:33:29.:33:31.

forward, as Adam says, and report hate crime. It is worth knowing that

:33:32.:33:33.

the victims of any crime can speak to victim support. The number is on

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your screen now. Next, a woman in Tottenham in north

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London, still grieving the recent loss of her mum, has been left

:33:40.:33:43.

devastated after the last memories of her were stolen

:33:44.:33:46.

by a heartless thief. As an only child to a single parent,

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Connie had always been very close to her mum. Said a household is a very

:34:00.:34:05.

small household, it has always been me and my mum so for me, family

:34:06.:34:10.

really is my mum. Originally from China, Connie came to London to

:34:11.:34:14.

study and stayed when she got a job in the city. Three years ago, her

:34:15.:34:21.

mother came to join her. She doesn't speak that much English. I was her

:34:22.:34:25.

eyes and ears. So yeah, we had a very close bond. But their reunion

:34:26.:34:30.

was overshadowed, as her mum had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

:34:31.:34:35.

She was quite young, she was not even 60. The type of cancer she had

:34:36.:34:42.

was very rare. In her last months, Connie's mum recorded her final

:34:43.:34:48.

memories on her phone. Photos of our last trip, photos of her in the

:34:49.:34:53.

hospital bed, in the hospice. Her last ever photo. Really, just the

:34:54.:34:58.

entire last year of her life. In the weeks after her death, Connie kept

:34:59.:35:02.

her mum's phone close to her in case any friends had not heard the news

:35:03.:35:07.

about her death. Thereof still a lot of phone calls and messages from her

:35:08.:35:12.

old friends, either in China or in the UK so I carry it with me, to let

:35:13.:35:20.

people know. Two months after her mother passed away, Connie was out

:35:21.:35:28.

shopping at Tottenham beat up. We were decorating the bathroom so I

:35:29.:35:32.

went to buy some tiles. As always, she had her mum's phone close at

:35:33.:35:37.

hand. At that time, I was at the peak of my grief, thinking about

:35:38.:35:40.

every day so I was constantly aware of where the phone is. She was

:35:41.:35:44.

leading her shopping into the boot of the car when a man her. He made

:35:45.:35:50.

some small talk and I was small talking back. I remember the last

:35:51.:35:56.

thing that he said to me was, "Don't worry, I'll keep the area safe". But

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keeping the area safe was the last thing on this brazen criminal's

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mind. I slammed the door closed, put the trolley away, returned to the

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car, which probably overall takes half a minute and immediately, I

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realised I can't see my bag any more. Worst of all, in the bag was

:36:16.:36:24.

her mum's phone. Of course, the first thing in my mind is," oh, no,

:36:25.:36:31.

the memories, the photos, mum's words that were saved on the phone".

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Desperate for its return, Connie used a member of staff's phone to

:36:36.:36:39.

text the thief in an attempt to appeal to his conscience. You have

:36:40.:36:44.

my dead mother 's phone. Please come back. I will pay you, no questions

:36:45.:36:51.

asked. She tried to use her phone tracking app to locate it. I

:36:52.:36:55.

realised he's on the move, away from me. That was the point when I lost

:36:56.:37:03.

hope. We did receive a phone call from him. It was silence. But

:37:04.:37:11.

afterwards, he hung up. Unfortunately, the phone is switched

:37:12.:37:16.

off on Stoke Newington high road. We understand we're not going to the

:37:17.:37:19.

property back but what we would hope is that someone would be able to

:37:20.:37:24.

identify this man because of the nature of what he has done. He

:37:25.:37:29.

clearly hasn't cared at all about the hurt that he was causing. To

:37:30.:37:34.

have that crucian removed, that her mother prepared for her, -- that

:37:35.:37:41.

cushion removed. I can't imagine how hard that would be to deal with. It

:37:42.:37:47.

was a shame from my part that I did not back up the phone in time.

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Partially because I felt I would never lose it. Partially because,

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you know, backing up the phone was the last thing I wanted to do every

:37:56.:38:01.

day and there was a lot going on back then. -- last thing on my to-do

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list every day. I'm worried about forgetting the moment that we spent

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together, yeah. So that is what impacts me the most.

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PC Hannah Woodfield is investigating.

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We know that Connie was able to track the phone for a short while

:38:17.:38:23.

afterwards. Yes, she was able to use the phone tracking app to track the

:38:24.:38:26.

phone from Tottenham to soak Newington. Wattimena but the

:38:27.:38:31.

suspect? He's approximately five foot eight, five or ten, Middle East

:38:32.:38:34.

and Turkish and appearance, dark black Haywood is greying, and the

:38:35.:38:38.

victim said he had a prominent nose. This case is really important to

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you, isn't it? It was the first case I was aside when I came to Haringey

:38:43.:38:46.

Borough and I would like some justice for the absolutely terrible

:38:47.:38:50.

situation she had with the phone being taken. This is the thing, the

:38:51.:38:55.

phone was really important to her, the sentimental value. Yes, the

:38:56.:38:59.

phone contained memories and messages from her dead mother and

:39:00.:39:02.

you can't put a price on that. It is definitely worth more than the value

:39:03.:39:07.

of the phone. If anyone recognises this man, please get in touch. You

:39:08.:39:13.

can e-mail or send a text, any information at all, get in touch.

:39:14.:39:15.

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

:39:16.:39:18.

Starting with 33-year-old Mitchell Harris.

:39:19.:39:19.

He was charged in connection with a violent disorder in Rugby

:39:20.:39:22.

town centre in which four local men were attacked.

:39:23.:39:24.

He was due in court, but didn't turn up.

:39:25.:39:26.

Originally from Sunderland, he may now be working

:39:27.:39:29.

Or do you recognise 26-year-old Paul Daniel Heaton?

:39:30.:39:36.

He was convicted at York Crown Court of supplying Class A drugs

:39:37.:39:39.

across Scarborough, but failed to turn up to be sentenced.

:39:40.:39:41.

Heaton has a Mancunian accent and links across the city,

:39:42.:39:44.

in particular to Failsworth, Moston and Cheetham Hill areas.

:39:45.:39:51.

Next is Gbenga Ajibade - although he calls himself all sorts

:39:52.:39:54.

of different names including Oluwagbenga Olanrewaju.

:39:55.:40:00.

He was arrested in connection with a series of high value fraud

:40:01.:40:03.

offences targeting bank and mobile phone customers.

:40:04.:40:06.

He was released on police bail but has hasn't returned

:40:07.:40:08.

Ajibade is five foot five inches tall, originally from Nigeria

:40:09.:40:12.

and has links to East London, Kent and Birmingham.

:40:13.:40:17.

Finally, we have Raja Majid Ali, although he too uses numerous

:40:18.:40:20.

different names including Malik Amir, Mitara Bayal,

:40:21.:40:24.

Detectives would like to question him in connection to a series

:40:25.:40:30.

of thefts from different employers at newsagents and convenience

:40:31.:40:32.

Ali is 35 and has friends in Essex, North Yorkshire and Hertfordshire.

:40:33.:40:41.

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

:40:42.:40:44.

I'm joined again by Detective Inspector Trevor Borley.

:40:45.:40:53.

Earlier, we were at the scene of an armed robbery

:40:54.:40:55.

Now detectives have found the next vital clue...

:40:56.:40:58.

Yes, potentially, we have the getaway car. What are we looking

:40:59.:41:09.

for? We are conducting a frantic investigation to try to link this

:41:10.:41:12.

vehicle to the crime scene and also the bar and potentially the suspects

:41:13.:41:17.

involved. Again, we have got the detectives and scenes of crime

:41:18.:41:20.

officers. What is the decision-making process they go

:41:21.:41:23.

through at the moment? I've already had a consultation with the scenes

:41:24.:41:27.

of crime officer here. We have photographed the vehicle and now we

:41:28.:41:30.

are systematically searching it for forensic evidence. We are looking

:41:31.:41:34.

for things like fingerprints, of course, DNA, tapings from peoples

:41:35.:41:39.

clothing which may link us to a suspect and back to the bar. We want

:41:40.:41:44.

to join ripping up. That is what they are swapping? Yes, looking at

:41:45.:41:49.

the passenger window, this appears to be blood-soaked DNA evidence

:41:50.:41:52.

being recovered at the moment. How important is it to link the evidence

:41:53.:41:57.

you find in this god what we found earlier in the bar? Absently crucial

:41:58.:42:00.

for a successful prosecution, we need to everything up to get it to

:42:01.:42:05.

the stage where we take it to court. A key piece of evidence we have

:42:06.:42:09.

found, one of the guys picking it up. It appears to be a firearm,

:42:10.:42:14.

which we hope to link to the shell casing we found in the bar earlier.

:42:15.:42:18.

We can send that after the Forensic Science Service, the laboratory, to

:42:19.:42:22.

establish if it is the same weapon that was used. A potentially

:42:23.:42:27.

successful investigation. Yes. I hear that the Met are looking for

:42:28.:42:32.

new detectives. We have an innovative new skin, asking people

:42:33.:42:35.

to join a Metropolitan Police directly as a detective. You can go

:42:36.:42:38.

onto the website and apply. We are looking for people with the right

:42:39.:42:43.

skills and abilities and particularly an investigative

:42:44.:42:46.

mindset to join a Metropolitan Police. Thank you for joining us.

:42:47.:42:49.

You never know, potentially a second career for me!

:42:50.:42:50.

You would be great! Time now for a look at what's been

:42:51.:42:54.

coming in on the calls, A number already coming in on the

:42:55.:43:00.

Christine Menzies case, the teenager who was found murdered in Germany 24

:43:01.:43:04.

years ago today. Keep those calls coming in. And you may remedy

:43:05.:43:08.

yesterday we appealed for your help after the mugging of 77-year-old

:43:09.:43:11.

steam rustling Crystal Palace, many of you phoning in with messages of

:43:12.:43:15.

support but police still need to identify the man caught on CCTV. If

:43:16.:43:19.

you recognise him, get in touch. Where will we be tomorrow?

:43:20.:43:25.

Rav, I'll be back in Gravesend where the Met train their riot police.

:43:26.:43:28.

I was there last year and you might remember it took my breath away!

:43:29.:43:33.

I've got between now and tomorrow morning to get prepared again. I

:43:34.:43:39.

will see you tomorrow! Good luck with that. I'm sure you

:43:40.:43:40.

will be brilliant. For more details about the crimes

:43:41.:43:43.

on today's programme, Finally, here's another look at this

:43:44.:43:46.

morning's Wanted Faces. If any of them look familiar,

:43:47.:43:50.

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

:43:51.:43:54.

but until then, take care.

:43:55.:43:57.

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