01/05/2012 Crimewatch

Tonight. Don't move, don't scream. The gang who burst into

neighbouring homes, terrorising two mothers and their children.

Sit down and shut up. There is to way to describe how scared you are

when you think somebody might do something to your kids. They bound

and threatened a heavily pregnant young mother before moving next

door, they attacked a 15-year-old with a machete as he tried to

defend his mum. Now it is your Hello, and welcome to Crimewatch.

We will have that unbelievable raid on a heavily pregnant woman and her

neighbours in just a moment. First a quick look at tonight's other

appeals. We are coming live from a studio packed with detectives, all

hoping that you can help solve their cases. Including the officer

leading the British review into the disappearance of Madeline McCann.

We will have the very latest on the hunt for Madeline, who on Thursday

will have been missing for five years.

Officers from Cambridgeshire are here too, they want to know who it

was that brutally murdered a retired farmer in an appalling

attack. It happened just a few days I think this is a burglary gone

wrong. This was a savage attack.

Hey, what are you doing in my house, this is my bedroom.

And Martin is back with more Wanted Faces.

Tonight we have people wanted for kidnap, rape and arson, as well as

incredible CCTV. This guy lost the plot because he didn't have the

right change for the bus. Officers also need your help to

track down the rapist who attacked a teenage girl in South-East London.

I just carried on walking, then I heard footsteps behind me.

J where are you going love? I felt scared and I had to do what he was

saying. Awful, and Matthew is here with the

chilling story of how the police caught a sadistic murderer. Sweeney

is thought to have murdered and dismembered at least two of his

girlfriends, hiding clues to crimes in his lurid art work. They

primarily depicted women being dismembered. There were references

to girlfriends of his. We ask ourself a simple question, what are

the chances of him having two girlfriend who is by accident are

killed by someone else. When you put together the art work and the

poetry we had, our conclusion was that he was obvious low the prime

suspect. And also tonight, the two raids on

museums in recent weeks, targeting incredibly rare and beautiful

Chinese art facts, they are worth millions. Can you name the suspects.

They were caught on CCTV. But we begin tonight with that

shocking raid on two neighbouring homes in the village of Wollerton

in Shropshire, it happened a month ago during the Easter holidays. I

should warn you that the gang responsible subjected the two

mothers and their children to truly appalling levels of violence.

Don't, I'm pregnant. We know you have a safe. Please don't hurt me.

Some nights when you close your eyes things come back.

Visions, images, mainly the knife. Nothing really feels real. This is

Wollerton, a small village in shrorpshire, and this country lane

leads to the secluded houses of two young families. But just before

Easter, their peaceful lives were shattered when a gang of armed men

burst into not just one, but both of their homes.

We moved into the house in 2009, six weeks after my first son was

born. We chose to move to this place it is nice and quiet and a

good place to bring up the kids. This is where we will bring the

second child up, who is due any day. For the family the morning of April

5th started like any other. husband got up and got ready and

went off to work as normal at 8.00am. Bye dad. But Victoria,

eight months pregnant, had no idea she was being watched.

I got myself and my son ready, we were going off round to my mother's,

we were just about ready to leave when the dog started barking. I

thought, maybe somebody at the door. Don't move! Don't scream. Please

don't hurt me, I'm pregnant. are they, mummy. It's all right, me

and mummy are playing a little game. Where is your money. I haven't got

any money. You have a safe, don't lie? They kept asking me for a safe.

And I haven't got a safe, but I was so scared that if they didn't find

a safe, they would hurt me, thinking there was one. It was

terrifying. You have got safe, don't lie. Tie her up. I was

thinking I'm carrying a baby and I have to keep calm, I could have

gone into labour. Sit down and shut up, hands behind your back, now,

closer! Have you got a phone? sat down and he actually put his

hands on my stomach to feel if there was anything in my pockets. I

have never felt so sick in all my life. There was actually a cheque

left on the side in the kitchen, when they looked at it they started

asking lots of questions about who I was. What's your name? Ratherham.

I I didn't understand why, it dawned on me that maybe they

weren't looking for Mo. We're out of here. But the men weren't going

far, having taken all of the phones, they left Victoria tied up in the

nursery and headed for the house next door.

Kathryn Burton's husband had already left for work. It was

school holidays, their teenage daughter and 11-month-old baby were

still in bed. Their 15-year-old son, Williamson, was in his room.

-- Will, was in his room. (knocking and banging on door) Open this door

now. I'm not joking. Get away. do it.

Police or ambulance. (screaming,) Get here now. Where's

the money. There's no money. I don't know what you are talking

about, there is no safe. There is no safe, don't lie. Terrified and

bleeding heavily, she was too dazed to take in what happened next, as

her son, Will, desperately tried to help her. Get back.

Get here. Get him. Where is the safe? I don't know.

Taking just mobile phones and two laptops, the gang drove off in the

family's Land Rover Discovery. Alerted by the attempts 999 call,

police arrived minutes after the attackers had fled. But it was too

late. The stolen Land Rover was found dumped 300ms down the road,

with its engine still running. Police think this is where the gang

swapped cars. This was a really vicious attack. Unusually, on two

families with very young children. It was a very nasty attack. As you

have seen, Kathryn was hit over the head with a machet year, her son

who came to her assistance was hit with the same machete, was sliced

down to the bone. You believe the premises were being watched?

have good grounds to believe. That on the night before and the morning.

We have witnesses coming forward talking of a silver saloon car in

the area, with up to four men in it, possibly a Volvo S40 model. We

believe that is the gettaway vehicle, it was the dumped 300ms

down the road. It is terrifying beyond belief, it is so scary you

don't realise what's happening until afterwards. It has clearly

had an effect on her, particularly for the first few days, she was

struggling to sleep, she's still quite anxious at home. Very jumpy

if she hears a noise. In my mind there is only one way to cope, that

is to not really believe it's happened F you think of it as a

nightmare, you wake up the next morning and you get on with your

life. And the only way I can deal, personally, with this situation, is

by making myself believe that it never really happened. You don't do

what they did to me and threaten a pregnant woman without having no

conscience at all. They didn't care. And then to think that they

actually went on to hurt a boy, and his mother. It is just horrendous.

There is just no way to describe how scared you are when you think

somebody might do something to one of your kids. Because you put your

life down to protect them, you really would.

Men with no conscience at all. DCI Alan Edwards from West Mercia

Police joins us now. You have some pretty good e-fits, take us through

them, would you? By releasing the e-fits tonight I'm making a strong

appeal to the criminal community to give these men up. The first two e

mits of of the same man. That is the person who has the -- e-fits is

of the same man, the person who has the machete, I believe he's in

charge of the group. The second one is the man with the bat during the

attack. They are pretty clear pictures. You are very interested

in this silver saloon car that we saw. Tell us more. The silver

saloon car was seen the night before and on the morning. I need

to find out where that car is. We are told it is possibly a Volvo S40,

maybe a 03 or 04 plated war. I need to know where that car is. You have

a map of the local area, point out the possibilities of where the

attackers went? They have gone out of the village and north towards

Ternhill. The main attacker had a Merseyside accent, I believe they

have gone towards Liverpool. saw that there, a truly harrowing

experience for these families, and their children. That gang clearly

needs to be caught before they do it again. If you can help I would

urge you to call us now. The number is below.

The first now of tonight's Wanted Faces. We start with 36-year-old

John Walker, he's wanted with conspiracy to supply cocaine and

the possession of two shotguns, he was convicted in his absence and

faces a sentence of 15 years. He also uses the name, James Head, has

a scar on his upper lip and his links to Spain and nor way.

Next is Jermaine Lewis, police want to speak to the 33-year-old over an

assault, during which a woman was pistol-whipped, he also uses the

name Quincey and Miller, and Brown, he has a gold tooth, scars on his

face and left hand. You can't see it on the photo, his left ear is

disfigured. He has connections across London and is thought to be

dangerous. If you see him or know where he is, call 999 immediately

This is Carl Ronald Brace, the 43- year-old is wanted after being

found with 10,000 ecstacy tablets in a car park, he failed to turn up

at court and was convicted in his absence, and sentenced to four

years in prison. He has links in London but detectives think he

could be in Spain. For now we have 29-year-old Wayne

Jackson. Police want to speak to him about a few things, including

absconding from prison and five burglaries. Jackson who has a

Liverpudlian accent and the name L- E-A-H tattooed on his arm, has

connectioned with Manchester. All of the faces are on the website.

Get in touch on the addresses and numbers below.

Just a few days before Christmas, the body of 76-year-old Llywelyn

Thomas was found at his home in Chittering in Cambridgeshire. The

retired farmer had suffered a sustained and brutal attack at the

hands of intruders. Tonight police need your help to find his killers.

I was approaching the house, and I saw lots of blue flashing lights.

As I got closer still I saw there was lots of tape around the house.

I knew something dreadful had Get off me, get off me.

Get out. What are you doing? No! 13 years

ago, 76-year-old Llywelyn Thomas moved from South Wales to

Chittering, here in rural Cambridgeshire. After a lifetime of

hard work, the retired farmer wanted to spend more time with his

son Richard, but on the 17th of December last year, Llywelyn was

brutally murdered in his own home, in what police believe was a

burglary gone horribly wrong. My father was always smiling. If

you met him in a room full of people, you wouldn't necessarily

mark him out as being excessively loud or chatty or anything, but the

extraordinary thing was, he was always someone that you remembered.

He was a happy man. Yes, he was my father, but I would

have chosen him as my friend. But we spent so much time and had so

many shared interests. Llywelyn spent the afternoon of

Saturday 17th of December at home, while his son, Richard, attempted

to repair his car. I got this last Christmas!

Later that evening, Llywelyn settled in front of the television,

Richard left the house at around 7.00pm. Right dad, I'm off now,

hope your numbers come up. See you tomorrow then.

At 7.50pm, Llywelyn received a telephone call from a friend.

it's you. The call ended at 9.24pm.

That was to be the last time anyone heard from him. We don't know

exactly what happened next, but police think the intruders arrived

at the property some time after that phone call ended. The house is

situated beside the A10 and is difficult to reach on foot, it is

likely the intruders arrived by car. Detectives which the robbers may

have knocked on the door before blagging their way into the house.

Can I help you? Sorry to bother you, our car has overheetd, we need

water for the radiator. It is a bit late. Where is the kitchen. It is

over there, don't take too long, all right.

Once in -- once inside one of the intruders might have distracted

Llywelyn while the other one went through the house. What is certain

is he suffered a vicious attack in his own bedroom. What are you doing

in here! Get off me you stupid old fool.

What are you doing in here. Ahhh, no.

He was kicked, punched and beaten round the head with a blunt object.

It was a grattuous violent a sault on a defenceless old man. --

assault on a defenceless old man. The killers then stole his car. He

couldn't have chosen a worse gettaway war. The car was stuck in

second gear and made a noise and couldn't go above 30 miles an hour.

They headed south along the A10 towards Milton. Traffic soon began

to build up behind the slow-moving car. At around 10.15pm, a witness

reported seeing at least two vehicles overtaking the Rover.

The car turned off at the A10 towards Milton, where it was

abandoned in Church Lane, some time between 10.15-1.30pm.

It wasn't until a neighbour noticed Llywelyn's door open that they

called the police and the body was discovered. Police believe the

killers may not have set out to commit murder. This is a burglary

that has gone wrong. I believe that Llywelyn probably disturbed the

burglars upstairs in his house, rumaging through his property, or

indeed he was dragged upstairs by the burglars to search his property.

This was the room where he was found. And the levels of violence

here were horrific, weren't they? This was a savage attack upon

Llywelyn. We think he would have been punched in the face, he would

have been struck around the back of the head with a poker or a crowbar,

causing a large fracture. It is almost beyond belief. It is

unbelievable that anybody would use this level of violence towards an

elderly gentleman. Whoever is close to these people

should see what their son, their daughter, their father, their

brother, their friend has done. Because they may have done it

before, they may do it again, and if neither of those is true then

they just need to see what they have done to one gentle old boy.

What a tragedy. DCI George Barr is with us. Mr Thomas was hit many

times, very violently you think with a blunt object, you think this

might be the very thing. We think Llywelyn was struck with a crowbar

or poke, similar to the one you have in your hand. It is missing

from the property and has not been recovered. What else was taken?

Three watches were taken, a Tag Heuer watch a reproduction

Breitling, and a Seiko Bellmatic watch. There is also a small coin

collection missing, I would be interested to hear from anybody who

has been offered those items for sale. Do you think in terms of

witnesses anyone might have seen the gang arrive or leave? That is

possible. We believe Mr Thomas was killed between 9.15 and 10.25pm on

the 17th of December. That was the week before Christmas, the road

would have been busy on that particular night. We think the

offenders would have arrived by car and left. If anyone saw a vehicle

at the property on that night arriving for leaving, please get in

touch with us. You could maybe do with more details on the Rover 75.

You have recovered it, but you need more information surrounding it?

The silver Rover 75, and had a mechanical problem, and couldn't

drive more than 30 miles an hour. The vehicle was seen going towards

Milton, cars were backed up by that vehicle. At least two vehicles

overtook that vehicle, I would be interested to hear from the

motorists driving that night. should tell people there is also a

substantial reward of �50,000 connected to this crime. A terrible

end for a man quietly enjoying his retirement. We urgently need your

help on this case, you saw the amount of violence used. Speak to

George and his colleagues here directly on the number below. Now

it is time for the latest news on some of our previous appeals.

We start with an excellent result in a case we featured in December

2010, 53-year-old Julian Gardner was killed after disturbing a gang

of thieves who had broken into his Sussex farm in October of that year.

Last month seven men from Kent were jailed for a total of 45 years,

after being found guilty of a number of offences in connection

with Mr Gardner's death. Four were convicted of his manslaughter, six

with conspiracy to commit burglary, all seven were found guilty of

conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Next news of a case we appealed about in November 2010, 63-year-old

former bookmaker, Don Banfield, went missing from his west London

home in 2001. Despite not finding a body, police were convinced he had

been murdered. Last month his wife, 64-year-old Shirley Banfield, and

his 40-year-old daughter, Lynette, were convicted of his murder. It

was revealed they continued to withdraw his pensions after he was

killed, both were sentenced to life in prison. You may remember this

face from our last programme, he's 26-year-old Kirk Bradley, one of

two men sprung from a prison van in Manchester last July, while on

trial for running a dangerous underworld gang in Liverpool. Days

after our appeal he was arrested by armed police in Amsterdam. Once

back in the UK he face as life sentence, having been convicted --

he faces a life sentence, having been convicted in his absence. An

update from the last programme, we had officers investigating a murder

in Northern Ireland. During the evening they received information

from viewers about a separate murder featured in 2006. That of

73-year-old Norman Moffat, stabbed as he returned from buying his

morning paper in Coleraine in January 2001. Subsequently a man

has been arrested and charged with Mr Mofatt's murder. We will keep

you updated. This is Barrie Williamson, a

prolific burglar, on the Wanted Faces board, after a call to the

police he was arrested and convicted of four burglaries, 39

other offences were taken into consideration. He was sentenced to

seven years in prison. All because that have single vital call.

Time now for new CCTV, starting with a nasty Valentine's Day attack,

there is no love lost here! It's about 1.45am, there is a man in a

white T-shirt and dark top walks across the Bath city centre, he

meets a man and the two appear to argue, the man in white jabbing the

other in a chest, the pair are joined by two other men, the

incident escalates, as the CCTV operator moves in, the man in white

grabs the victim, with his hands in his pockets, round the face, before

punching him. The blow knocked the victim out, and the fall caused a

serious wound to the back of his head. The attacker grabs his arm,

appearing to try to revive him. The man in white hangs around but runs

when security guards turn up. The police want to trace this man, who

was at a local night club. If you know this man, call us tonight.

We are inside a bookies during the early hours of the Monday morning

following the Grand National. The calm and glass is shattered when a

stolen car is reversed straight through the shop front. Three men,

one wielding a crowbar rush in and have a quick look around. They

clearly thought they were odds on for a big payout, but didn't bet on

the shop security system being so sophisticated. They left

emptyhanded. Take a look at the photo finish and become the

bookies' favourite, tell us who they are.

A Friday morning last October at this scrap metal dealers in

Aldershot. A dark green Vauxhall Vectra pulls into the yard behind a

van carrying a load of scrap. A man wearing a balaclava and carrying

what looks like a shotgun, jumps out and runs up to the office. He

shufs a gun into the face of the terrified female cash sheer, she's

forced to hand over the cash box with �25,000. She make as sharp get

away in the car. You can't see his face, but somebody knows who this

gun wielding robber is, use your metal and name him tonight.

More CCTV later, don't forget everything you have seen is on the

website. The teenager raped as she made her way to meet a friend in

the London suburb of Chislehurst is still to come. Knowing he's still

out there is quite scary. It doesn't -- it means he doesn't

think about consequences and how people feel. The fascinating story

of how a killer's art work revealed his obsession with extreme violence.

You draws he draws axes in his art work, the victim sees the act and

is terrorised by it. Those tremenduously rather Chinese

art facts stolen in museum raids. Can you help recover the items and

catch the thieves responsible. Before that, let's interrupt Alan,

hunting the gang that attacked a pregnant woman and neighbours. As

soon as the film stopped the calls are starting. One of the calls I'm

interested is linked offences, we have a police officer coming in

talking about similar offences in the north of England. I'm really

interested in that and moving along at this time. You have e-fits, the

car you were asking for information about, anything on that? We have

had sightings of similar cars, we are chasing those up at the moment.

Again, I must reiterate, I need the criminal community to come forward

and give me those names. This Thursday it will be five years

to the day since Madeline McCann went missing, as I'm sure you know.

She was nearly four when she disappeared from the Portuguese

parliamentary party where she was on holiday with her familiar --

apartment where she was on holiday with her family.

The Metropolitan Police began a review of the case that happened in

May last year. Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood is leading

the inquiry. I know your time is precious, you have a lot of work to

do. Can you remind us where the investigation is right now? We are

currently compiling information from three sources, Portuguese and

UK law enforcements and private investigations, some 4,000 parts.

My Portuguese counterparts and I agree that Madeline McCann was

taken as part of a criminal act, and there is hope she is still

alive. That picture of Madeline is seared into the public

consciousness, but you have done something significant, giving us an

indication of what Madeline would look like now, tell us more.

Carefully prepared collaberatively with the parents by a UK expert,

this is Madeline as nine years old. Look carefully at this image, if

you know where Madeline McCann is, or have information about what has

happened to her, make the call this evening. We have a lot of people

watching, anybody in particular you are appealing to tonight? Yes, if

you were in Praia da Luz, particularly around the area of the

Ocean Club Mark Warner facilities, in April and May 2007, in residence

or on holiday and you haven't spoken to the police before, or you

think you have any information you think will drive the review on,

please make the call. No matter how small that might be. Next week

Madeline should have been celebrating her ninth birthday, she

should have been doing that with her family. If you have any

information to help the team find out what has happened to Madeline,

call the number. You can call the special incident room or the normal

number. If you are abroad, and you need to call in, it is the number

below. Time now for more Wanted Faces.

First is Kurt Quinn, police want to speak to him in connection with an

arson attack on his former employer's farm last year. An

elderly woman was asleep inside the house when a barn attached to it

was set alight. 42-year-old Quinn has links to Stockport, but may

well have moved out of the area. Next is Rasol Zana Mohammed, but he

goes by a number of other names, including Hazem Abdullah and Daman

Ibrahimi. Detectives want to speak to the 28-

year-old about a rape which happened in Telford in December

2003. Mohammed has links to Wolverhampton, Kent and Yorkshire.

James William Mullane, police want to speak to the 50-year-old in

connection with the supply of cannabis, with a street value of

more than �200,000. Mullane, who is also known to use the first name

Simon, will go to great lengths to avoid being arrested and is known

to be violent. If you see him call 999 immediately, don't approach him.

Finally is Terrence James Cross, who also uses the name Terrence

Ugbomah. Officers want to speak to him about an incident which

happened in Manchester last April, during which a 16-year-old boy was

kidnapped and held against his will. 39-year-old Cross has links to

Salford but could be in Ireland. Call the numbers below.

We really need your help to catch the rapist who attacked a young

teenage girl in South-East London last July. She was on her way to

meet a friend. When she was grabbed by a stranger. You will hear the

victim and her mother describe what happened in this film. Their voices

have been changed to protect their I was just really scared and didn't

know what to do. It is always at the back of my mind

Late one night in July last year, two teenage girls arranged to meet

by this pond in the centre of the London suburb of Chislehurst, their

plan was to keep safe by walking home together. But in a terrible

turn of events, one of them would My mum took me shopping, bought me

a few tops and treated me to shoes and jeans, just felt like treating

me for the day. We had managed to spend lots of money. We had fun, we

had a God day, which actually tired me out -- a good day, which

actually tired me out. She had arranged to go to her friends, I

offered her a lift. She kissed me goodbye, and said she

would speak to me later. Have a great evening. Thank you very much

for earlier. Don't forget to text. She was looking forward to going

out and meeting up with her mates, she was specifically going to

babysit as well. After baby-sitting, I rang my other friend and decided

to go find them. I decided to take the quickest route, I was looking

around my surroundings, I saw a car parked.

I just carried on walking, I didn't think anything of it. I was walking

a bit further down the road, down the hill, and a man approached me

and asked me if I knew where Sundayridg e park, I told him I

didn't know where it was, exactly but I knew the 341 bus went there.

He said thanks, and he walked off the opposite direction. I carried

on walking towards Chislehurst. I just thought it was normal,

asking me for directions, just didn't think anything of it at the

time. My friend rang me to tell me she was by the pond in Chislehurst,

and that is where she wanted me to meet her. So I carried on walking,

I got quite far down, I looked to my left and saw the same car and

the same man looking in the boot, looking for something.

I just carried on walking, then I heard footsteps behind me. Where

are you going love. Going to meet my friends, see if her OK. Yeah,

get in the bushes. I felt quite scared and just that I

had to do what he was saying. He was quite like aggressive in how he

was saying things, then I just felt I had to go along with it.

attacker raped his young victim here, in this wooded area, just off

the main road. Afterwards, in a bizarre show of concern, he offered

to get money from his car, so she could have her clothes cleaned.

How old are you? 15. Look I'm sorry. Do you need some money. I've only

got a �50. I'll go and get some change for you. All right. I don't

need money. Shush. I didn't know what to do, I waited

there for a couple of minutes, I realised he didn't come back, so it

was my chance to go. And then I just ran down the road. There was a

car, because I saw it was women in there, I thought it would be OK,

then I found out it was my friend's mum, I felt really relieved, just

happy that she was there. If you have any idea who did this, you

need to pick up the phone. We have the offender's DNA profile, now we

need a name to match it to. Every day I think about it, 100-

times a day. I just broke my heart, because I

think this is no way to start her grown-up years. Shush. Knowing that

he's still out there is quite scary, and thinking about how it could

happen to other people. Because he's obvious low quite aggressive.

And doesn't really think about consequences, and how people feel.

DCI Wilkinson from the Met is with us. This young girl has been

through a lot. In spite of that she has given you an excellent

description of this man? We are looking for a male aged five foot 1

inches, in his 20s, hair blonde, medium length, and flicked at the

front and short at the sides. about what he was wearing, she gave

you a clear description on that? was wearing a dark-buttoned round-

neck top, beige chino trousers and beige shoes. He did this sort of

odd reaching out to her, offering her money to clean her clothes?

offered to give her �50, that is an unusual denomination of notes to

carry round. We think that could be a clue in finding out who this man

is, he offered to get change from his car. What about the car, I

think this is a pretty distinctive car she has given a description of.

She's sure it is a Chevrolet Cruz Saloon, she saw it at Woodknoll

Drive and then shortly before she was attacked in Prince Imperial

Road, in the junction between Wilderness Road. You said you have

the DNA? Yes, that means anybody will be eliminated from this

investigation. Come forward, a dreadful thing happened to this

young girl, you can help catch the man who did this. If you have been

a victim of crime call Victim Support on the line below.

More V-chip TV now We know how annoying it is not to

have the right change for the bus. This is taking things a bit too far.

It is a Friday morning in March, on board the number 29 bus in Camden

Road North London. A man in a red shirt and dark jacket gets on, but

he doesn't have the right fare. When he realises, the would-be

passenger becomes just a little angry. He starts a fight with the

safety screen and threatens the driver, before getting off. But

he's not done yet. He rips the bus's wing mirror off and gets back

on doord, slamming it against the screen, terrifying the driver. This

behaviour terminates here. Who is Mr Angry.

Inside a new agents in Buckinghamshire, on a Monday

afternoon last August. The shopkeeper is confronted by a man

with a stocking over his face, waving what looks like a handgun.

He might look the part, but this robber doesn't realise the tights

on his head are see through. He soon loses his nerve, fleeing

emptyhanded. Name this master of disguise tonight.

When it comes to sophisticated outfits, these bright sparks have

done a little better. They look like a gang of workmen going about

their normal business, but something's not right. This is the

Olympic site in Stratford in London last October, and it is the early

hours of the morning. And rather than working, these guys are

thieving. After using an angle grinder, they break into containers

full of valuable tools, and even nick a generator. Working together

to shift it, talk about Team GB. The cost of their early morning

crime spree totalled more than �14,000, make it a personal best

and name these Olympic meddlers tonight.

Remember all the CCTV stays on-line until they are caught.

Now to a case that we have featured several times on Crimewatch over

the years. Liverpudlian John Sweeney was a carpenter and artist,

working his way around Britain and Europe for decades. Take a closer

look at his paintings, which reveal a shocking truth, that he was also

a deranged killer, who murdered at least two of his girlfriends,

before dismembering their bodies. He likes to have power and control

over women. And the ultimate form of power and control is to take

their lives. All of the art works and poetry that he did, everything

seemed to centre around knives and axes. John Sweeney was a

controlling and violent man, who foreyears moved from one volatile

relation -- for years moved from one volatile relationship to

another. He murdered and mutilated women in more than one country,

dumping their bodies in canals. For years he got away with it. With

only his lurid art work providing a true picture of his terrible crimes.

In the 1980s, Sweeney was in a relationship with former American

model Melissa Halstead, they travelled all over Europe together

for many years. Melissa obviously loved Sweeney, it was reciprocated

by him. She was trying to establish herself as a fashion photographer,

because he lived some what a Bohemian lifestyle, a lot of women

would have been attracted to that, he was well travelled, you can see

why Melissa and other women would have been attracted to him.

Melissa soon fell in love with Sweeney, but it wasn't long before

his controlling and violent side was exposed.

There was certainly three occasions when he was convicted of assaulting

Melissa, and between 1987 and 1988, on each occasion that he was

actually convicted of assaulting Melissa, he would plead forgiveness

to her, she, unfortunately took him back.

Although she hardly spoke to her family in America, Melissa would

always call home on her mother's birthday. Hi mom, it is Melissa, I

called to wish you a happy birthday, have a great time and take care of

yourself. That answer phone message in 1989 would be the last time her

family ever heard from her. Then in 1990 a woman's body was

found in a canal in Rotterdam, the victim had been brutally killed,

and her head and feet removed. Making identification almost

impossible. The Dutch had obviously started an

investigation having found those remains in 1990, in Rotterdam. It

was as a result of inquiries that they did, trawling through missing

persons inquiries, their investigation came to a halt.

Within a couple of months of that investigation starting up, it was

wound down, and concluded, because they didn't have any lines of

inquiry. By then the one man who did know the identity of the victim

had moved back to London. Sweeney had begun a new

relationship with an Australian nurse, Delia Barma. And once again,

he soon became violent. Delia, yet again, I would have described her

as a vulnerable individual, he had actually attacked her in her home.

You women just lie all the time, I'm sick of it, do you hear me. I'm

sick of it. At the time he had actually threatened to kill her, it

was only through her screams that a neighbour heard and came to her

assistance. He's upstairs, he's trying to kill me.

Following the attack on Delia, they found a hold-all that contained

ropes and a knife and other items. Although Sweeney was arrested for

the attack on Delia, he was released on bail. Free again, he

hunted her down. You didn't expect to see me did you Delia.

The frenzied attack with an axe almost killed her, she was only

saved by a neighbour, who caught off Sweeney with a baseball bat,

knowing the game was up, he went on the run. He had inflicted that many

injuries on her, she had the tips of her fingers removed, and a

pubgtturd lung, and it is only luck she wasn't killed. I'm sure if she

was, she would have been another victim, for a better word. Delia

told us that he had confessed to her that he had killed an American

girlfriend of his by the name of Melissa. And that he had disposed

of the remains some time back in the early 1990s. Sweeney still

wanted for the brutal attack on Delia Barma, had, by 2001, been on

the run for eight years. But it was then, that two boys, fishing on the

Regent's Canal in London made a gruesome new discovery. It was

another body, just like the one in Rotterdam, had its head, arms and

legs se verd. The taurpaulen -- tarpaulin marks

the site where the police found human remains. The victim was Paula

Fields, a mother of three, originally from Liverpool. From an

early stage we thought we had the prime suspect for that prime, and

that suspect was John Sweeney. They both came from Liverpool and both

had a relationship. But they had different lifestyles and ultimately

Sweeney thought she was more of a nuisance than a help to him. Months

after the discovery of the body, Sweeney's eight years on the run

finally came to an end, he was arrested at a south London building

site and his violent and murderous past was soon unravelled by

detectives. When Sweeney was arrested, two loaded firearms were

recovered, along with a lot of artwork and poetry. They primarily

depicted women being dismembered. They were references to girlfriend

of his, in particular Delia and Melissa. There was one that

depicted that said "good night Vienna". We understand what that

means, there was another poem that said "poor Melissa, chopped her up

in bits, and feed to the fishes". The artwork is clearly

autobiograical, there are dates and places in the artwork, there are

weapons that he has used in the artwork as well as people he has

had a relationship with. I think some of the artwork also reveals

issues about other victim that is may be out there. Also look

particularly at the axe, he draws axes repeatedly in his artwork. It

is something about axes and knives, rather than guns, that he would

have access to. The victim would be touched by him holding the axe, the

victim would see it and be terrorised by it. At around this

time Dutch police re-opened the case of the body found in Rotterdam,

as part of a wider review of unsolved murders. When they tested

against Melissa's DNA, it was a perfect match. Officers were

convinced that Sweeney had to be responsible for killing both

Melissa and Paula. When you look at the circumstances

surrounding Melissa being found, and we are obviously then aware

that Paula Fields, who was also in a relationship with him, we ask

ourselves a simple question, what are the chances of him having two

girlfriends who are by accident killed by someone else. When you

put together the artwork and poetry we had, our conclusion was that he

was obviously the prime suspect. found torsos, but we have not found

the heads, the hands, the feet in some occasions. Clearly those body

parts held a greater psychological significance for Sweeney. He very

clearly disposed of those body parts, so they wouldn't be found.

It is a way of expressing his dominance, his control, his power

over those victims, even though they are dead.

Despite the circumstantial evidence of Sweeney having close

relationships with both women, and the lurid artwork, hinting at their

murders, Sweeney denied everything. No comment. During the trial, the

court was shown some of his macarbre artwork, the prosecution

were convinced it revealed Sweeney's true state of mind, and

disposed his demonic thirst for violence. It worked, the jury found

him guilty of killing Melissa and Paula. He will never be released.

It was a challenging investigation, when we didn't have the pro-verbal

smoking gun in terms of forensic issues. When you put together the

documentary artwork and poetry he had done, you could say in essence

that was a confession, and ultimately resulted in him being

convicted. He will never be released? No, he

was given a whole life sentence, the judge said the murders, the

mutilation, the fact that many of the body parts have never been

recovered, all added greatly to the distress of the families. He will

never get out, Sweeney will die in prison. I remember the night the

Dutch detectives came here to appeal. They came here, and the

next day Scotland Yard detectives went there to do an appeal. Despite

the murders being in different countries, they optd in the end for

one trial. That is unusual, prosecutors used a law from 1861,

from the Offences against the Persons Act, which allows the UK

national to be put on trial for murder anywhere in the world in

this country. That was crucial, they could say to the jury what are

the chances of a person's partner being murdered and dismeasured -

dismembered and that to happen him twice. They are searching for other

girlfriends and psychologists think it is highly likely as do the

police. Just over two weeks ago a gang

broke into Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum, they stole

incredibly valuable Chinese antiquity, some dating back to the

14th century. Tonight detectives are urgently asking for your help

to recover them. This sounds like it was a very

well-planned burglary? Yes, the Fitzwilliam university museum in

Cambridge houses several major collections, some of these items

were amongst the finest. It is 7.30pm on Friday 13th of April, a

gang managed to force its way into the museum. Once inside they stole

a number of items from the glass cabinets and left within minutes.

I'm confident that this was targeted as the offenders clearly

knew what they were looking for. Take us through briefly some of

these very, very beautiful as well as valuable items? There were 18

items in total stolen. It is impossible to put an absolute value

in them, it runs into the millions. Some of the items stolen were from

the mink dynasty, six of them -- ming dynasty, six of them from

there. You have a carved horse, a green and brown elephant and a Jade

buffalo, these items may have already been offered for sale

internationally or may be in the UK. Look's look at the CCTV, what are

we looking at? Four males approaching the back of the museum,

around the time of the burglary. I'm confident that somebody knows

these people. I would ask them to contact us to identify them. Also

the van, briefly? The van was captured on CCTV in the lane at the

back of the museum, 7.30pm, the vehicle was stolen from London. I

would ask anybody who knows where it is now to get in touch with us.

People can take a closer look on the website.

Astonishingly only a few weeks before that, another similar

burglary took place, this time it was at Durham University, where

round about �2 million worth of Chinese art facts were stolen. The

thieves cut a hole in the wall to get in. Thankfully the stolen items

have already been recovered. Durham Police are not linking the raid to

the one at the Fitzwilliam Museum, they have released an image of the

man they want to trace in connection with the Durham theft.

He's Justin Oliver Clarke, believed to be in the West Midlands area. If

you can help call on the number. Now it is last quick update on what

has come in on the phones. We have had some excellent

information come through, let's start with the violent attack in

Wollerton in Shropshire, 30 calls coming through, excellent

information on the silver Volvo, detectives want to pin things down

to the e-fits. In Bath the violent attack, we have names, we need the

man in the photograph to get in contact. That is all we have time

for, don't forget that awful tonight's reconstructions and

wanted faces and CCTV stay on-line until they are caught. The phone