:00:07. > :00:10.The attempted abduction of a British serviceman.
:00:11. > :00:14.I knew he was trying to drag me towards that open door and I knew
:00:15. > :00:24.There'll always be something missing, and that something
:00:25. > :00:45.I've been able to find their full name, more pictures of them,
:00:46. > :01:02.Live from RAF Marham, this is Crimewatch.
:01:03. > :01:07.Good evening and welcome to Crimewatch.
:01:08. > :01:09.For the first time, we're travelling the country broadcasting from major
:01:10. > :01:19.We're starting here at RAF Marham, in Norfolk,
:01:20. > :01:21.home to the Air Force's Tornado Squadrons and the location
:01:22. > :01:23.of the attempted abduction of a British airman
:01:24. > :01:27.We'll have a full reconstruction shortly.
:01:28. > :01:34.But first, a brief look at what else we have for you tonight.
:01:35. > :01:39.We're out on the road, but we still have police officers
:01:40. > :01:44.Can you help to find our latest batch of wanted faces and identify
:01:45. > :01:47.Plus, the inside story of how the murderer of 17-year-old
:01:48. > :01:50.Melanie Road was finally brought to justice after three decades,
:01:51. > :01:54.thanks to advances in forensic science
:01:55. > :02:01.When I first came into the investigation, it
:02:02. > :02:03.just gripped me and - like everyone who'd gone before me
:02:04. > :02:07.and who'd worked on it - I wanted to be part of the team
:02:08. > :02:16.This is one of the RAF's largest and busiest air bases.
:02:17. > :02:21.Marham is home to three squadrons of Tornado aircraft currently flying
:02:22. > :02:23.operations in the Middle East and almost 10,000 service personnel
:02:24. > :02:30.It was just a mile away from here, on the 20th of July,
:02:31. > :02:33.that one airman - out for a run along a country road -
:02:34. > :02:35.encountered something that, despite years of military service,
:02:36. > :02:59.I was like, what the hell is going on? I didn't see anyone around. I
:03:00. > :03:04.knew I was on my own. It is the what ifs, not being able to see my wife
:03:05. > :03:14.again and not being able to see my family again.
:03:15. > :03:27.The Norfolk village of Marham is the site of one of the RAF's largest
:03:28. > :03:38.bases. From here, they provide air support the British military
:03:39. > :03:44.operations across the world. It is also home to an airman with nearly
:03:45. > :03:50.12 years active service. To protect his identity, his words are spoken
:03:51. > :03:53.by an actor. Being in the services, it is a job that takes you all over
:03:54. > :03:59.the world. The best part is being at home. We deployed to different
:04:00. > :04:03.places and we get put in situations that your average civilian would not
:04:04. > :04:13.be putting. But when you come home, you think you are in relative
:04:14. > :04:18.safety. -- put in. I finished early from work and I came home and I went
:04:19. > :04:23.into the kitchen and I made myself some juice. I sat on the sofa and I
:04:24. > :04:28.put the TV on and I chilled for 20 minutes and I looked outside. I
:04:29. > :04:35.realised the weather was really nice so I had better drag my bomb of the
:04:36. > :04:41.sofa and go for a run. I have to do it because of my job, being in the
:04:42. > :04:46.military, you have to keep fit. The day in particular was about 20
:04:47. > :04:51.degrees, blue skies, no wind, a nice's day really. I was listening
:04:52. > :04:58.to heavy metal music, to get myself that bit extra motivation. It was
:04:59. > :05:02.14:55 p.m., remember looking at my watch. I like to know how quickly I
:05:03. > :05:13.am running to see how to improve run. This is the first time I run
:05:14. > :05:19.that route alone. Usually, I run with my wife or someone else. I like
:05:20. > :05:23.running with a partner because it pushes you more. But this time,
:05:24. > :05:30.there was no want to run with so I decided to go out on my own.
:05:31. > :05:40.National one. Sometimes I enjoy it, sometimes I don't. But yes, it is
:05:41. > :05:44.time to yourself, you know? The beginning of the run, you think
:05:45. > :05:49.about the end of it. That is probably what I was thinking about.
:05:50. > :05:52.Nothing out of the ordinary was happening. It was a completely
:05:53. > :06:07.normal day. I was running uphill and usually I
:06:08. > :06:11.increase my pace to put that last bit of effort into push myself to
:06:12. > :06:19.the maximum and I was really, really fatigued. It was a dark coloured
:06:20. > :06:28.people carrier on the opposite side of the road, did not really notice
:06:29. > :06:34.at first. And I saw this guy get out, a large stocky fellow, six foot
:06:35. > :06:39.two, six foot three. Maybe 16, 17 stone. He definitely went to the
:06:40. > :06:44.gym. I was like, what the hell is going on? I knew something was
:06:45. > :06:48.wrong, I could not tell what he was saying because my headphones were so
:06:49. > :06:52.loud. I knew that he was angry. I knew he was trying to drag me
:06:53. > :06:58.towards that open-door and I knew what I had to do to get away. I was
:06:59. > :07:02.fighting for my life. I managed to get my right arm across his chest,
:07:03. > :07:09.pushing him away, which gave me enough room to head-butt him. He
:07:10. > :07:17.still had hold of my left arm. I had enough room so I hit him. That is
:07:18. > :07:23.when I noticed the second guy around the back of the car. It was just
:07:24. > :07:27.adrenaline and when I saw the knife, I was like, here we go. I took up a
:07:28. > :07:34.defensive position because I thought he would come at me. We looked at
:07:35. > :07:40.each other. We looked at each other for about three seconds, I guess.
:07:41. > :07:44.That two, three seconds, I will never forget that. I didn't see
:07:45. > :07:49.anyone around, I knew I was on my own. He took a look at his
:07:50. > :07:57.unconscious friend on the floor and he looked at me and he was like, no.
:07:58. > :08:07.As soon as he dropped that is nice, I turned and ran. -- that's knife.
:08:08. > :08:13.It is the what ifs, it didn't happen and thank God, but it is the the
:08:14. > :08:18.what ifs, you know? Not being able to see my wife again. And not being
:08:19. > :08:24.able to see my family again. I am confident that if they did get me in
:08:25. > :08:31.that car, it would have been me. This entire event has turned my
:08:32. > :08:35.world upside down. I am not scared to go shopping or go for a run or
:08:36. > :08:41.anything like that, I won't let this stop me doing things I need to do,
:08:42. > :08:46.but it does affect you emotionally. I was phoning my wife, that is when
:08:47. > :08:51.the realisation sort of hit. The outcome could have been a lot more
:08:52. > :08:56.severe. It is important they are caught. They can't get away with it.
:08:57. > :08:57.They need to know that they are going to be brought to justice for
:08:58. > :09:02.it. And worrying case indeed. We'll take a look at how you can
:09:03. > :09:07.help in just a moment, but earlier, I went to look around the crime
:09:08. > :09:10.scene itself with the lead officer on the case, Detective
:09:11. > :09:14.Superintendent Paul Durham. The incident took place at the edge
:09:15. > :09:17.of Marham village, on Squires Hill, just a mile down the road
:09:18. > :09:23.from where we are now. This location, it's
:09:24. > :09:24.the perfect place for As you can see, the visibility
:09:25. > :09:29.here is very limited. Down there is a series of S-bends
:09:30. > :09:35.blocking the line of sight. And up ahead, the rise of the hill
:09:36. > :09:48.also blocks the view. He is running along the payment?
:09:49. > :09:53.Yes, he is running along the payment. There is a drain hole cover
:09:54. > :09:57.on the right-hand side. -- payment. As he approaches that, he first
:09:58. > :10:01.becomes aware of the vehicle and the men on the right-hand side. Their
:10:02. > :10:05.vehicle would have been parked on that side of the road, facing down
:10:06. > :10:10.the hill, so facing him as he ran towards them. And no cars yet, they
:10:11. > :10:16.were able to try and take him. Seemingly so. And once the attack
:10:17. > :10:23.had finished, the runner ran as fast as he could up the hill towards the
:10:24. > :10:26.camp. Paul is with me now. Incredibly brave of this airman to
:10:27. > :10:30.fight off the two attackers, it could have been a lot worse. Very
:10:31. > :10:34.brave indeed when you consider he would have been tired after his run
:10:35. > :10:38.and in a very isolated area, it could have been a lot worse if it
:10:39. > :10:43.had not been for his actions. Is this the kind of terrorist incident
:10:44. > :10:47.that claimed the life of drama Lee Rigby? We are treating it as an
:10:48. > :10:50.attempted abduction but we are working officers -- with officers
:10:51. > :10:59.from the Counter Terrorism Command and I am ruling nothing out. Two
:11:00. > :11:04.men, the first described as six tall, of heavy build, with a dark
:11:05. > :11:07.beard and how long this on top. Wearing a T-shirt with diagonal
:11:08. > :11:12.writing across the front of the T-shirt. We think he had some sort
:11:13. > :11:17.of visible injuries to the eye area as a result of being struck by the
:11:18. > :11:24.airman during the attack. The second man is described as being slimmer,
:11:25. > :11:29.five clean-shaven, with short hair on the sides. One of the men was
:11:30. > :11:34.armed with a knife, do you know what kind it was? We think it was
:11:35. > :11:40.something like this. Described as being a military type knife with a
:11:41. > :11:45.wide, short blade, black, about 2-3 inches. What is exciting is you
:11:46. > :11:52.think you have CCTV to help. We have got some CCTV from a store located
:11:53. > :11:56.not far away from the incident. It is not of the best quality but in
:11:57. > :12:00.the top left corner, there are a number of vehicles which passed
:12:01. > :12:04.through Squires Hill at the material time and I am keen to identify the
:12:05. > :12:08.occupiers and owners of those vehicles to find out what they saw
:12:09. > :12:12.immediately before and after the incident. Paul Durham, thank you
:12:13. > :12:16.very much indeed. Take another look at e-fits and if you think you can
:12:17. > :12:18.help the team identified these two men, we would very much like to hear
:12:19. > :12:22.from you. Calls are free from landlines
:12:23. > :12:27.and mobile phones. Thanks, Jeremy, and welcome
:12:28. > :12:31.inside our mobile incident studio. This is where the detectives working
:12:32. > :12:34.on tonight's cases They're already busy and we'll check
:12:35. > :12:37.in with them on how But first, time for tonight's CCTV
:12:38. > :12:59.roundup of crimes caught on camera. A petrol station in Birmingham in
:13:00. > :13:04.April. Some friends have paused for a stop to shop. They encounter a
:13:05. > :13:09.feisty group of males who talk to them. The man police are looking to
:13:10. > :13:15.trace is this and Greek guy in the blue T-shirt. Keep a close eye on
:13:16. > :13:20.him. -- angry man. A fight breaks out, one of the victims is quickly
:13:21. > :13:25.knocked unconscious, but not stop the angry man from giving him a
:13:26. > :13:29.kicking. And if that is not enough, while the other victim is sitting on
:13:30. > :13:34.the floor, the man runs over and starts kicking him as well. He then
:13:35. > :13:39.starts throwing punches. This Midlands police need a name for this
:13:40. > :13:47.violent man. Call us now. -- West Midlands police.
:13:48. > :13:53.It is a Friday evening at a fast-food restaurant in Reading. But
:13:54. > :14:01.this man with a rucksack seems to be after more than a quick bite to eat.
:14:02. > :14:09.He had straight for the men's but changes his mind and leaves the
:14:10. > :14:13.toilet area. -- he heads. Seconds later, he is back. And he tries to
:14:14. > :14:35.kick a stool holding a door open out of the way.
:14:36. > :14:56.Police would very much like to speak to him. If you know who he is, get
:14:57. > :15:01.in touch. A woman is making a visit to a presidential area of Notting
:15:02. > :15:06.Hill in West London when she is approached by two hooded men.
:15:07. > :15:10.Terrifyingly, they grab her in a chokehold. She tries to kick back.
:15:11. > :15:15.But look closely. One of the men Paul is a ring from her finger and
:15:16. > :15:21.puts it in his mouth. -- polls. The two men dump the now unconscious
:15:22. > :15:26.woman on the floor and they make. Thankfully, she made a full
:15:27. > :15:30.recovery. These men are dangerous. Police believe this wasn't their
:15:31. > :15:37.first ring robbery. Let's know if you can put names to these faces.
:15:38. > :15:47.A silver car pulls up of the man gets out and checks to see if anyone
:15:48. > :15:52.is home. He's in luck, no one is in. So he sets to work trying to break
:15:53. > :15:58.through the patio doors. Look carefully and you can see him in the
:15:59. > :16:02.reflection of the TV. He searches the house, but what is he after?
:16:03. > :16:09.According to police, he has managed to nab a white jewellery box, but as
:16:10. > :16:13.he leaves, he gives us quite a view. He drives away, but not for long.
:16:14. > :16:18.Two minutes later he speeds back-up the drive and jokes inside. Maybe
:16:19. > :16:23.he's looking for a belt for those trousers. He returns to the kitchen,
:16:24. > :16:33.this time with another hall in a pillow case. Once he's finally got
:16:34. > :16:38.enough, he heads out. He stole items and caused damage worth ?16,000. If
:16:39. > :16:41.you can help track this one, give us a bell.
:16:42. > :16:57.Texts will be charged at your standard message rate.
:16:58. > :17:00.Now, I can tell you that we've already had some interesting calls
:17:01. > :17:03.And throughout the programme and after we're off air,
:17:04. > :17:05.you can find all the latest developments as they happen
:17:06. > :17:12.Now, around seven million people in the UK look for love online.
:17:13. > :17:14.Most have honourable intentions and many end up enjoying successful
:17:15. > :17:25.But unfortunately, for some users of dating apps and websites,
:17:26. > :17:28.In this special Crimewatch investigation, Radio 1 Newsbeat
:17:29. > :17:30.presenter Steffan Powell looks at the potential dangers
:17:31. > :17:40.Online dating is part of everyday life.
:17:41. > :17:56.For millions of people in the UK. For most, it is a safe, helpful and
:17:57. > :18:01.fun way to start a new relationship. Lots of us are using apps on our
:18:02. > :18:07.phones to meet someone new. Last year I made a documentary looking at
:18:08. > :18:11.dating apps and how the technology has changed in the way we find sex
:18:12. > :18:17.and relationships. In the last few years there have been a number of
:18:18. > :18:21.disturbing cases, some including murder and rape, which have shown a
:18:22. > :18:25.darker side to online dating. I want to find out about the potential
:18:26. > :18:32.dangers and how to stay safe when meeting others online. In October
:18:33. > :18:38.last year, this 44-year-old lady was murdered by a man she had met on a
:18:39. > :18:44.dating site. Miles Donnelly admitted to killing the single mother after
:18:45. > :18:52.meeting first to face -- meeting face-to-face. This man was found
:18:53. > :19:01.guilty of raping five women and attacking others after meeting them
:19:02. > :19:04.on mtach.com. I want to explore how the technology can be exploited
:19:05. > :19:10.through those with sinister intentions. I'm setting up three
:19:11. > :19:15.fake profiles. I start off setting up a profile on match .com. One of
:19:16. > :19:19.the biggest sites in the UK. It's asking me for my relationship
:19:20. > :19:25.status. What you look like, where you're from. I can put pretty much
:19:26. > :19:32.anything I want to on here. I'm also trying to free site Oasis, and freak
:19:33. > :19:43.app tinder. And free app tinder. They could be
:19:44. > :19:46.anyone, they could be sending pictures of someone else. I imagine
:19:47. > :19:48.it could be quite easy to distort who you are. And makes periods
:19:49. > :20:04.people are nice but you have two -- in my experience, most people are
:20:05. > :20:08.nice. There has been a rise to 184, in 2014. Now they have revealed it
:20:09. > :20:13.has gone up again, to around 200 in the last year. There will be a small
:20:14. > :20:22.element of individuals that are going out with the predefined remit
:20:23. > :20:28.of rape. How do they perpetrate these offences? They perpetrate them
:20:29. > :20:33.by getting you to be in a place they want you to be in and for them to
:20:34. > :20:38.call the shots. The majority of the offences take place either at the
:20:39. > :20:45.Victor's home address or at the offender's, 71% plus, in fact. -- at
:20:46. > :20:49.the Victor's home address. With online dating, you develop a pseudo-
:20:50. > :20:58.intimacy that you wouldn't have done otherwise. Worryingly, the NCA
:20:59. > :21:02.suggests there may be a new type of offender utilising online dating
:21:03. > :21:08.platforms. Are we seeing overall more people being raped because this
:21:09. > :21:11.is a new capability that perhaps some offenders wouldn't have carried
:21:12. > :21:16.out rates until the point at which they have this ease of use? We just
:21:17. > :21:22.don't know the answer to that yet. But there is a strong possibility
:21:23. > :21:27.that that might be the case. So, the online accounts have been up and
:21:28. > :21:30.running for a few days now. And it is surprising just how much
:21:31. > :21:36.information I can get my hands on by using at other you -- looking at
:21:37. > :21:41.other users's profiles. There was one example of someone on Tinder, I
:21:42. > :21:45.got her first name, her age and where she worked on the site and
:21:46. > :21:50.then just by doing some basic digging online, I could get her full
:21:51. > :21:55.name, lots more photographs of her and also a possible address of where
:21:56. > :21:58.she lived as well. Are the risks said to be linked to dating online
:21:59. > :22:04.include fraud, stalking and harassment. The number of crimes are
:22:05. > :22:10.extremely low compared to the millions of users, but campaigners
:22:11. > :22:14.say we need to still be aware. The Internet doesn't create stalkers,
:22:15. > :22:19.we've had stalkers for hundreds and hundreds of years, the Internet just
:22:20. > :22:22.makes a stalker's life easier, it gives them access to a lot of
:22:23. > :22:27.information that they can gain without even leaving their own home.
:22:28. > :22:31.If you've disclosed your surname, it's very easy for someone to
:22:32. > :22:35.actually get your full postal address, to the point that you can
:22:36. > :22:40.get perpetrators turning up at your property. We all have a huge digital
:22:41. > :22:44.footprint and it's about managing that if we can, at also about
:22:45. > :22:51.bringing the perpetrators to book for this. It is thought that many of
:22:52. > :22:56.us hate differently online than when meeting people face-to-face. We see
:22:57. > :23:02.an escalation in building the relationship. We see self-disclosure
:23:03. > :23:07.happening quickly, trust happening quickly. Also specifically in terms
:23:08. > :23:11.of dating, you would see the exchanges of text which are more
:23:12. > :23:14.intimate all would have sexualised content more quickly than would
:23:15. > :23:19.happen in the real world. The offender will often use very
:23:20. > :23:25.persuasive techniques to get their date to move to a private location.
:23:26. > :23:31.Very often, the victim has agreed because they feel that they know
:23:32. > :23:35.this person. Now, Rachel, I've been on three different sites for just
:23:36. > :23:38.over a week and in that time I've had about 15 conversations with
:23:39. > :23:43.different people. Over half the people we've spoken to have given us
:23:44. > :23:48.information that have led us to phone numbers, addresses, where they
:23:49. > :23:53.work. What you make of the results? It doesn't surprise me at all. I
:23:54. > :23:56.expected that people would give information out almost without
:23:57. > :24:02.prompting. As individuals, we are quite trusting. We don't expect to
:24:03. > :24:06.be communicating with a stalker online. If you take a look at this
:24:07. > :24:11.conversation yesterday, you can see from this I've got that she's gone
:24:12. > :24:14.to a barbecue this weekend, I know where she lives and where she
:24:15. > :24:19.studies. I'm not saying she's done anything wrong by sharing this
:24:20. > :24:26.information but you can do a lot with it, can't you? The wrong person
:24:27. > :24:30.can do an awful lot with that information. The responsibility is
:24:31. > :24:35.the stalker's, isn't it? But you need to be aware of what someone can
:24:36. > :24:40.use that information to do. So what I found is concerning, but the NCA
:24:41. > :24:44.also highlight the risks of meeting privately on a first date will stop
:24:45. > :24:49.that I decided to meet six of those we've been speaking to to do just
:24:50. > :24:56.that. Despite very little online contact, two agreed. Neither of them
:24:57. > :25:02.knew my true identity. Two others agreed to meet but only in public.
:25:03. > :25:08.The others said no. Of course, incidents linked to online dating
:25:09. > :25:16.are never the victim's fault, but how Billy NCA suggest we minimise
:25:17. > :25:19.potential risks? I always guard how much personal information I give to
:25:20. > :25:26.an individual until I fully know who they are. First names, always meet
:25:27. > :25:32.in public, always make your own way to the date and try not to accept a
:25:33. > :25:37.lift home. There are many successful dates thanks to the Internet every
:25:38. > :25:41.day in the UK, but judging from what I've seen, we should also be aware
:25:42. > :25:49.that not everyone has the best intentions when it comes to finding
:25:50. > :25:56.romance. Following our investigation, match.com, who also
:25:57. > :26:00.owned Tinder, told us they are no more immune to people with bad
:26:01. > :26:04.intentions than society at large. They say they have a zero tolerance
:26:05. > :26:08.policy for the serious offences and encourage anyone who has felt
:26:09. > :26:18.exposed to unsafe behaviour to immediately contact the police.
:26:19. > :26:22.Oasis.com say it always urges people to be careful when meeting new
:26:23. > :26:26.people and they should exercise the same caution they would in other
:26:27. > :26:32.circumstances such as a bar or a party. The strongly urge users to
:26:33. > :26:42.follow the safety guidelines outlined on their website. You can
:26:43. > :26:45.find more on our website or at getsafeonline.org.
:26:46. > :26:49.A mother's search for justice for her daughter, murdered at 14.
:26:50. > :26:52.I looked out of the window and there was a police officer
:26:53. > :27:05.But we've our Wanted Faces first, starting with Isiah Wright-Young,
:27:06. > :27:09.He's wanted in relation to the murder of a man
:27:10. > :27:17.who was shot in the face in the Ladywood area of Birmingham.
:27:18. > :27:19.Wright-Young is 36, has links to the West Midlands and London,
:27:20. > :27:21.and has a half-inch scar above his left eyebrow.
:27:22. > :27:23.He's described as dangerous, so don't approach him.
:27:24. > :27:35.He was questioned by detectives in connection with the rape
:27:36. > :27:37.of a woman at the sheltered accommodation where he had worked.
:27:38. > :27:40.He was released on police bail, but has failed to return.
:27:41. > :27:42.Qureshi may now be clean-shaven, with longer hair.
:27:43. > :27:44.He has links to London and the West Midlands.
:27:45. > :27:46.Face number three is Michael Philip Leaberry,
:27:47. > :27:49.or you may know him as Stephen Bugman, or "Sonic".
:27:50. > :27:52.The 36 year old was arrested in connection with the alleged
:27:53. > :27:54.sexual assault of a young girl, and released on police bail.
:27:55. > :27:58.But he's failed to return for further questioning.
:27:59. > :28:00.Leaberry has links to Edinburgh, Suffolk, Norwich, Chester,
:28:01. > :28:09.And finally for now is Darren Clevous Cohen.
:28:10. > :28:12.Detectives in Gloucestershire want to speak to him in connection
:28:13. > :28:15.with an attack in a nightclub in which a man was slashed
:28:16. > :28:18.Cohen is 35, has a Birmingham accent and links to Gloucestershire
:28:19. > :28:22.If you know where any of tonight's faces might be,
:28:23. > :28:24.please do get in touch using the numbers on screen.
:28:25. > :28:27.We'll go through the rest of the line-up a little later.
:28:28. > :28:29.A fortnight ago marked 20 years since schoolgirl
:28:30. > :28:38.The 14-year-old, from Bonhill, just north of Dumbarton,
:28:39. > :28:41.was on her way to see her boyfriend in the early hours of
:28:42. > :28:43.the 25th of August 1996 when she was brutally attacked.
:28:44. > :28:46.Tonight, Caroline's mother speaks about the day life stood still,
:28:47. > :29:01.and appeals for your help for answers.
:29:02. > :29:09.In 1996, 14-year-old Caroline Glachan was brutally murdered. The
:29:10. > :29:12.schoolgirl from a Bonhill near Dumbarton suffered a sustained
:29:13. > :29:23.attack resulting in severe head injuries. Her body was found in a
:29:24. > :29:28.few yards from her home on the banks of the River Leven. Within days, her
:29:29. > :29:34.grieving mother Margaret made an emotional appeal to catch her
:29:35. > :29:39.killer. I am really just here to ask anybody that saw anything, that
:29:40. > :29:47.heard anything. She was my only child. Somebody must know something.
:29:48. > :29:56.The press conference was quite harrowing. I had to just totally
:29:57. > :30:05.concentrate on why I was there. But it was like looking in on somebody,
:30:06. > :30:12.it was me, but it wasn't me. It is much easier then to think, we will
:30:13. > :30:20.get somebody. 20 years down the line, to have that hope is harder. A
:30:21. > :30:26.huge police operation got under way. But despite extensive enquiries and
:30:27. > :30:39.a national public appeal, detectives drew a blank. Four months later,
:30:40. > :30:45.they turned the Crimewatch. The reconstruction started with
:30:46. > :30:50.Caroline's journey home along the River Leven on Saturday the 24th of
:30:51. > :30:55.August at nine p.m.. It was her mother Margaret's 40th birthday the
:30:56. > :30:58.next day and as she prepared to go out and celebrate, Caroline again
:30:59. > :31:05.left the house, this time to meet her best friend Joanne. When she was
:31:06. > :31:12.going, she said, I am going to get Joanne. I said, that is fine, mind
:31:13. > :31:18.your time, don't be back later. Yes, yes, yes. That was the last I saw
:31:19. > :31:26.her. For the next couple of hours, Caroline and Joanne drifted around
:31:27. > :31:31.the Bonhill estate, meeting friends. Joanne and two others went home to
:31:32. > :31:37.watch videos. Caroline walked alone to go to her boyfriend's house in
:31:38. > :31:50.Renton on the other side of the River Leven. It wasn't until 4pm the
:31:51. > :31:57.next day, Sunday the 25th of August, that the grim discovery was made.
:31:58. > :32:01.Caroline's body was in the water, she had been violently attacked and
:32:02. > :32:05.had been dead for some hours. An anxious Margaret, who had already
:32:06. > :32:10.reported her missing, received the worst news possible just a couple of
:32:11. > :32:14.hours later. I looked out of the window and this police officer with
:32:15. > :32:25.a policewoman, and I knew. I knew then. You just... I just knew. I got
:32:26. > :32:34.this unbelievable pain. Which I can still feel. Sorry. It is just a pain
:32:35. > :32:43.in my heart. I just knew it was her. They came up and they asked about
:32:44. > :32:47.her. I told them and they said then that they believed it was her but I
:32:48. > :32:52.would have to identify her. Of course, by this time, it is my
:32:53. > :33:03.birthday. So life did not begin at 40. For me, it basically ended.
:33:04. > :33:07.Joanne Menzies was Caroline's best friend. As a grief stricken
:33:08. > :33:15.14-year-old, she bravely took part in the reconstruction herself.
:33:16. > :33:21.It was important to me because me and Caroline were together that
:33:22. > :33:27.night and if it was an actress, people are not going to know the
:33:28. > :33:34.actress. I would do anything to help catch whodunnit.
:33:35. > :33:42.This is the area where me and Caroline parted. Caroline gave me a
:33:43. > :33:47.kiss and a cuddle and said, I will see you in a wee while and went down
:33:48. > :33:54.the stairs towards the Black Bridge to meet her boyfriend. 20 years
:33:55. > :34:01.later, she still cannot fully accept what happened that night. I felt
:34:02. > :34:07.guilty. Why didn't I go with her? I could maybe have helped her. The day
:34:08. > :34:14.they killed Caroline, they killed my only friend. I still to this day do
:34:15. > :34:19.not have a best friend. I am her mother. And I should have been there
:34:20. > :34:28.to protect her. I should make things right. So this is my way of trying
:34:29. > :34:32.to make things right. Trying to help to solve it. But I cannot do that on
:34:33. > :34:42.my own. I need people to come forward. This is a child killer,
:34:43. > :34:46.this is the worst of the worst. You cannot get worse than this. People
:34:47. > :34:53.killing children. Caroline was only a child, she was only 14. These
:34:54. > :35:01.people should now stand up and actually finally be counted. As a
:35:02. > :35:10.human being, and not hiding a sickening secret. The two men --
:35:11. > :35:18.main answers I need is who and why? Why is beyond me. I just don't know.
:35:19. > :35:24.What would make somebody want to kill a 14-year-old girl? There is
:35:25. > :35:26.always something missing. And there will always be something missing.
:35:27. > :35:34.And that something is my daughter. Detective Superintendent Jim Kerr,
:35:35. > :35:37.from Police Scotland, You still need to hear
:35:38. > :35:40.from witnesses from that Talk us through the route
:35:41. > :35:44.she would have taken. Just after midnight on Sunday
:35:45. > :35:47.the 25th of August 1996, Caroline was walking
:35:48. > :35:50.to her boyfriend's house in Renton along a towpath running
:35:51. > :36:05.along the river. She left the Bonhill shots. The
:36:06. > :36:07.Dillichip Loan Bridge last known as the Black Bridge.
:36:08. > :36:09.She'd have walked from the shopping area in Bonhill where
:36:10. > :36:11.she was last seen with Joanne past Dillichip Loan,
:36:12. > :36:14.and across Dillichip Bridge, commonly known as the Black Bridge.
:36:15. > :36:16.That bridge no longer exists, but was a well-known local landmark.
:36:17. > :36:19.Now, as well as new witnesses who may have seen Caroline that
:36:20. > :36:23.night, you have an e-fit of a man seen nearby you need to trace.
:36:24. > :36:25.Yes, at the time she was walking along Dillichip Loan, a witness
:36:26. > :36:27.reported seeing a man in a green hoody.
:36:28. > :36:41.We could do with tracing him tonight. Any other sightings? Around
:36:42. > :36:48.quarter to one, two men, one wearing a green or blue hooded top, running
:36:49. > :36:52.near to the Kippen Dairy, despite repeated appeals over 20 years,
:36:53. > :36:56.those men have not come forward and could be vital witnesses. I gather
:36:57. > :37:02.you believe in those communities of Bonhill and Renton, the answer lies.
:37:03. > :37:06.Undoubtedly. We are aware that allegiances change. We would appeal
:37:07. > :37:10.to anybody who had hesitation at the time to come forward and contact us
:37:11. > :37:13.tonight. There was a lot of speculation at the time that the
:37:14. > :37:17.community, some of which made up their minds as to what happened and
:37:18. > :37:22.decided not to contact us. The big issue here is there is a 14-year-old
:37:23. > :37:26.child murdered on the banks of the River Leven and we would urge people
:37:27. > :37:31.to get in touch. Thank you very much indeed.
:37:32. > :37:33.If you have any information which could help bring closure
:37:34. > :37:36.to this family of a murdered child, please do get in touch.
:37:37. > :37:41.Or, if you prefer, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously.
:37:42. > :37:45.Also, if you've been a victim of any crime,
:37:46. > :37:47.you may want to speak to Victim Support.
:37:48. > :37:54.All the contact details, including a dedicated email address
:37:55. > :38:00.for Jim and his team, are on the website.
:38:01. > :38:03.Let's just catch up now on new developments
:38:04. > :38:07.Of course, we're live from RAF Marham, appealing for information
:38:08. > :38:10.about the attempted abduction of a serviceman.
:38:11. > :38:12.Detective Superintendent Paul Durham is leading the case and has been
:38:13. > :38:26.A pleasing response so far. A number of calls reporting sightings of
:38:27. > :38:30.people they think matches the description of the e-fits and names
:38:31. > :38:35.but those images as well, which is very important at the moment. This
:38:36. > :38:39.e-fits are so important and those detailed descriptions.
:38:40. > :38:40.Thank you for now. Great to hear there could be some movement.
:38:41. > :38:49.The 30-year-quest to find 17-year-old Melanie Road's killer.
:38:50. > :38:51.The trail of blood, it's almost like something out
:38:52. > :38:53.of an Agatha Christie, isn't it, this trail
:38:54. > :39:08.He was on trial for 13 counts of money laundering and perverting
:39:09. > :39:10.the course of justice, after setting up a company
:39:11. > :39:14.selling energy drinks, despite not having any to sell!
:39:15. > :39:16.He didn't hang around to receive his seven-and-a-half year
:39:17. > :39:24.Hussain is 35 and has links to Bradford, Dubai and Pakistan.
:39:25. > :39:31.Detectives in Merseyside want to question him after firearms
:39:32. > :39:35.and a large quantity of drugs were discovered at his home.
:39:36. > :39:38.Wood has links to Liverpool and Dublin and has the name 'Ciara'
:39:39. > :39:41.This unhappy-looking man is Jonathon Yeo,
:39:42. > :39:44.although he may be using the surname Simmonds.
:39:45. > :39:48.Detectives want to question him in connection to the supply
:39:49. > :39:50.of heroin and crack cocaine in the Weston-super-Mare
:39:51. > :39:56.Yeo is 44 and has numerous tattoos, including the name Julie
:39:57. > :40:00.on his neck, and Jon on his left arm.
:40:01. > :40:03.He also has a bulldog and a panther's head on his right arm.
:40:04. > :40:06.He has friends and family in Weston, as well as Exeter.
:40:07. > :40:08.He's described as violent, so don't approach.
:40:09. > :40:13.Just dial 999 if you know where he is.
:40:14. > :40:15.And finally, we have Ashley Alan Dad, although
:40:16. > :40:18.police believe he may be using a different name.
:40:19. > :40:23.He was sentenced to five years in jail for his role in the theft
:40:24. > :40:25.of up to ?52 million-worth of artefacts from
:40:26. > :40:29.Dad didn't turn up to hear his sentence though and
:40:30. > :40:34.He is 35 and has a West Midlands accent.
:40:35. > :40:37.If you know where any of tonight's faces are, then get in touch
:40:38. > :40:47.Of course, you can take another look on the Crimewatch website.
:40:48. > :40:49.Time for some updates on previous cases now,
:40:50. > :40:51.and since our last programme, you've helped put dozens
:40:52. > :41:02.There are too many cases to list them all, so here's just a small
:41:03. > :41:05.selection, starting with the murder of 34-year-old Tipu Sultan.
:41:06. > :41:08.We featured his case in May 2015, after he was shot dead
:41:09. > :41:10.at the family's takeaway in South Shields.
:41:11. > :41:15.Well, your calls helped Northumbria detectives to arrest 47-year-old
:41:16. > :41:20.Michael McDougall and 24-year-old Michael Mullen for Tipu's murder.
:41:21. > :41:23.McDougall has now been sentenced to a minimum of 34 years,
:41:24. > :41:27.with Mullen receiving 12 years for manslaughter.
:41:28. > :41:32.Tipu's family wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped.
:41:33. > :41:45.We have got justice. And yes, it it is not going to bring him back. But
:41:46. > :41:48.it has given us a bit of a sense of relief. Facing those men that took
:41:49. > :41:50.somebody away from us is probably one of the hardest things I have
:41:51. > :41:55.come across in my life as well. Thank you so much
:41:56. > :41:57.for your crucial calls. A man who raped and murdered
:41:58. > :42:01.a 17-year-old girl in her home 34 The case of Yiannoulla Yianni
:42:02. > :42:05.featured twice on the programme after she was murdered whilst alone
:42:06. > :42:11.at the family home in Hampstead, Well, a DNA breakthrough led
:42:12. > :42:15.to the conviction in July this year He's now starting
:42:16. > :42:21.25 years behind bars. You've also helped detectives solve
:42:22. > :42:24.a number of the CCTV cases, including catching one of the men
:42:25. > :42:27.responsible for this callous theft An 88-year-old pensioner's home
:42:28. > :42:33.was broken into and thousands of pounds' worth of valuables,
:42:34. > :42:38.including his war medals, stolen. Well, you called in to name
:42:39. > :42:40.30-year-old Shaun Creddy Price. He pleaded guilty in August
:42:41. > :42:43.to the burglary and other offences and was jailed for five
:42:44. > :42:46.years and eight months. Plus, you've helped to put all
:42:47. > :42:53.of these Wanted Faces behind bars. Amongst them are people wanted
:42:54. > :42:59.for very serious offences - All in, they received sentences
:43:00. > :43:14.totalling almost 60 years. One of them was wanted for raping a
:43:15. > :43:17.vulnerable woman and he has now been jailed for ten years.
:43:18. > :43:20.We also have Haik Madoyan, 43, who's been jailed for 16 years
:43:21. > :43:22.for stealing more than ?80,000 in armed robberies at travel agents
:43:23. > :43:26.And 32-year-old Miles Phillips who handed himself into police
:43:27. > :43:28.after his mum saw him on Crimewatch in February.
:43:29. > :43:31.He pleaded guilty to drugs offences and was jailed for six
:43:32. > :43:35.Just a small selection of some of the amazing results we've had
:43:36. > :43:45.Melanie Road was just 17 when she was attacked
:43:46. > :43:50.as she made her way home from a nightclub in Bath in 1984.
:43:51. > :43:54.She was stabbed 26 times and died a short distance
:43:55. > :44:02.Melanie was discovered in the early hours of the morning by a milkman.
:44:03. > :44:04.It was the start of what would become one of the UK's
:44:05. > :44:13.longest running and most challenging police investigations.
:44:14. > :44:41.On Saturday nine June 1984, the body of a young woman was found in the
:44:42. > :44:48.Lansdowne area of Bath. She had been brutally murdered. The hunt for the
:44:49. > :44:57.killer would span decades, involving hundreds of police officers and
:44:58. > :45:00.multiple investigation teams. The whole city of Bath was affected. I
:45:01. > :45:05.don't think they could believe that such a thing had happened in their
:45:06. > :45:13.city. The task facing us was massive. I always had the feeling it
:45:14. > :45:16.was going to be a matter of time. It just gripped me. Everyone who had
:45:17. > :45:25.gone before me and everyone who I worked with at the time, I wanted to
:45:26. > :45:32.be part of the team that solved it. One of the first people on the scene
:45:33. > :45:38.was chief in the John Smith. I was in charge of the scenes of crime at
:45:39. > :45:43.their headquarters. I was in the office at the time and there was a
:45:44. > :45:47.call to the office that a serious crime had occurred in Bath. It was
:45:48. > :45:52.obvious that there had been a struggle. It was very sad because
:45:53. > :45:57.she was a young girl. No one wants to deal with that sort of crime, but
:45:58. > :46:07.that was what was there and that was what we had to deal with. Our job
:46:08. > :46:16.was to protect any evidence that was available and make sure that that
:46:17. > :46:22.evidence was treated properly. She had suffered multiple stab wounds
:46:23. > :46:26.and that was clear to see, when she was lying there on the ground. It
:46:27. > :46:32.was obviously a violent death and not something we experience very
:46:33. > :46:36.often, fortunately. The obvious question is, who is responsible? But
:46:37. > :46:40.it wasn't only the killer that needed -- who needed to be
:46:41. > :46:46.identified. The only clue that the lease had to the victim was a key
:46:47. > :46:56.ring found near her body with the name Melanie on it. Police started
:46:57. > :47:00.driving around the streets and they were basically just saying, does
:47:01. > :47:07.anyone know of a Melani Costa mark we're trying to find a Melanie. Her
:47:08. > :47:15.mum remembers it vividly, going out and saying we've got a Melanie,
:47:16. > :47:21.we've got a daughter called Melanie and she hasn't come home. Melanie's
:47:22. > :47:27.family have written about the impact their tragic loss has had on them.
:47:28. > :47:34.For her sister, even today the brief is very raw. I had always longed for
:47:35. > :47:39.a baby sister and when she was born I thought all my prayers had been
:47:40. > :47:44.answered. She was pretty, sweet and clever. We used to call her little
:47:45. > :47:49.duckling. With her NHS glasses and a patch over one eye, I knew she was
:47:50. > :47:56.going to turning to a beautiful swan one day. 17-year-old Melanie Road
:47:57. > :48:01.was the youngest of three. She lived with her parents in the Lansdowne
:48:02. > :48:07.area of Bath. She had dreams and wishes about being married, having
:48:08. > :48:14.children. Last morning -- that last morning she bathed and dressed her
:48:15. > :48:19.baby niece, a baby of just six weeks at the time. Heartbreakingly, her
:48:20. > :48:25.body was found just 200 metres from her home. She had been raped and
:48:26. > :48:30.stabbed 26 times. The last time I saw her was at 5pm, outside the
:48:31. > :48:39.trances hotel. I remember it perfectly. She kissed me on the
:48:40. > :48:43.cheek, to say goodbye. She was going off to play tennis with her friends
:48:44. > :48:49.and she was looking forward to going out that evening. She had her whole
:48:50. > :48:55.life ahead of her, the whole world was opening up for her. Police now
:48:56. > :49:03.knew the name of a victim, but who had so brutally cut her life short?
:49:04. > :49:09.Would the trail of blood left at the scene lead the police to her killer?
:49:10. > :49:11.In 1984 the principles are the same, it's about methodology and being
:49:12. > :49:18.absolutely specific around what you're doing. We started with
:49:19. > :49:23.Melanie herself in situ there and looked around. There's a blood Trail
:49:24. > :49:27.that seems to lead away from the body and goes out of Saint Stephen's
:49:28. > :49:35.court and out onto Saint Stephen's Road. Although the spots were very
:49:36. > :49:39.small, at the beginning at Saint Stephen's court, there were lots of
:49:40. > :49:43.them. It went all the way to the steps and then out onto Camden
:49:44. > :49:54.Crescent. My scene of crime officers were told to follow each Trail, Mark
:49:55. > :50:02.each spot and then it would be swapped. It was essential that it
:50:03. > :50:06.would be marked and preserved for future evidential use. It's almost
:50:07. > :50:14.like something out of an Agatha Christie, isn't it? This trail of
:50:15. > :50:17.blood leading away. All this blood was group A, and Melanie Wilson
:50:18. > :50:21.group A, but there is a special test they could do all to do with the
:50:22. > :50:26.proteins in the blood and from that they could distinguish that the
:50:27. > :50:32.blood came from two people, one was Melanie and one was the offender.
:50:33. > :50:35.Even in 1984, they established that only 3% of the population actually
:50:36. > :50:40.had that blood grouping, so the parameters were narrowed down, but
:50:41. > :50:47.of course not enough if you don't know who your suspect was. A
:50:48. > :50:50.full-scale manhunt began. In the first year of the investigation, 94
:50:51. > :50:57.people were arrested. But no one was charged. I think the crux of it is
:50:58. > :51:01.that they did so much work at the beginning there wasn't any more to
:51:02. > :51:06.be done. There wasn't any more to be dug out and found. If it was to be
:51:07. > :51:11.had, somebody had to bring it to us. There was a lot of publicity around
:51:12. > :51:14.the anniversary again in 1985, in order to see if anyone could
:51:15. > :51:22.generate any new information. At that point, they decided that that
:51:23. > :51:28.was it, they would scale it down. Police were desperate to find
:51:29. > :51:33.Melanie's killer, yet faced with nothing but dead ends. But with the
:51:34. > :51:41.passage of time, developments in science and technology offered
:51:42. > :51:47.investigators new hope. In 1988, DNA started being used in casework and
:51:48. > :51:51.by 1995, a national database was set up so that DNA evidence could be
:51:52. > :51:55.checked against offenders's profiles. Swabs and clothing from
:51:56. > :52:01.the crime scene had been meticulously stored for 11 years. As
:52:02. > :52:06.a result, scientists were still able to extract a partial DNA profile
:52:07. > :52:10.from them. They must have been quite exciting times then. I could imagine
:52:11. > :52:14.them sat there thinking, we will just wait a day or two and we will
:52:15. > :52:20.be told our man is on the database. The time came and they were told no
:52:21. > :52:27.DNA that matches your crime scene. Once again the investigator's hopes
:52:28. > :52:32.were dashed. Five years later, another development in technology
:52:33. > :52:37.would offer a possible answer. My main involvement directly with the
:52:38. > :52:41.case came about the year 2000, when I became a major crime specialist
:52:42. > :52:46.adviser and part of my role was to review old murder cases to see if
:52:47. > :52:53.there was anyway we could improve or get a better DNA profile. So I then
:52:54. > :52:58.had to review what we still had at the lab, what might be available
:52:59. > :53:02.with the police, to see if we could work on any semen stained that might
:53:03. > :53:08.be left behind, that had not been used up and try to get an improved
:53:09. > :53:12.profile using the up to date then DNA technique. Fortunately, I was
:53:13. > :53:17.able to find some semen staining left over from Melanie's trousers
:53:18. > :53:21.and we were able to get an up-to-date DNA profile at that
:53:22. > :53:26.point. We got very close. It wasn't a full profile but it was very
:53:27. > :53:31.nearly. An improved DNA profile was a good lead, but it still wasn't
:53:32. > :53:33.enough to point them to the killer. Would Melanie's murderer ever be
:53:34. > :53:50.brought to justice? We had an almost complete profile.
:53:51. > :53:58.We were thinking the offender injured himself and that is most
:53:59. > :54:04.useful to us it does what it is saying... Therefore this was the
:54:05. > :54:10.offender's DNA that we had and all we had to do was identify the right
:54:11. > :54:18.person to swab. Everyone was excited by the prospect. Detectives believed
:54:19. > :54:23.they were getting closer. Determined to crack the case, on the 25th
:54:24. > :54:32.anniversary of Melanie's murderer, police turned to Crimewatch. They
:54:33. > :54:37.didn't expect there is result they would get. Melanie's family have had
:54:38. > :54:41.to live with the knowledge that her killer has never been caught, for a
:54:42. > :54:44.quarter of a century. The reconstruction of what police
:54:45. > :54:49.believe to be Melanie's route home and the tragic events of that night
:54:50. > :54:56.sparked an influx of calls, providing the investigation with 18
:54:57. > :54:59.new names. One caller was of particular interest. He claimed to
:55:00. > :55:07.have actually spoken to the killer just moments after the attack.
:55:08. > :55:19.25 years on, he was a brand-new witness. But would his information
:55:20. > :55:25.provided the breakthrough that they had been waiting so long for? Next
:55:26. > :55:36.week, in the hunt for Melanie Road's killer... 97.5% sure it's going to
:55:37. > :55:39.be him... Known in the business as a screamer... I just knew that I was
:55:40. > :55:43.going to solve it. Such an awful case for
:55:44. > :55:45.Melanie's poor family. Do join us next week to see how
:55:46. > :55:47.the extraordinary OK, time for a last check
:55:48. > :55:58.on what sort of calls The phone lines very busy inside the
:55:59. > :56:03.mobile incident room. Let's grab a quick word with Detective
:56:04. > :56:10.Superintendent Paul Durham. We've been very busy. A lot of important
:56:11. > :56:17.calls coming through, and a lot of sightings, people putting fits to
:56:18. > :56:22.these faces. Jim, you have had calls but not the crucial when you need?
:56:23. > :56:29.It's been 20 years and we are still very interested in the identity of
:56:30. > :56:34.that e-fit. That is everything for now on BBC One.
:56:35. > :56:36.But you can follow all of the developments
:56:37. > :56:40.Head there for the very latest from the detectives,
:56:41. > :56:43.as they chase up all the calls still coming in behind me.
:56:44. > :56:45.The phone lines stay open until midnight tomorrow,
:56:46. > :56:49.Next week, we'll have exclusive new developments in one of Britain's
:56:50. > :56:52.Plus, a shocking investigation into the appalling
:56:53. > :57:01.As soon as I got on the tram and the doors had shut, announcements had
:57:02. > :57:10.finished, straightaway I could hear a lot of vulgar language. It
:57:11. > :57:18.instantly turned very nasty. On the days we were targeted, for about ten
:57:19. > :57:20.or 11 days we had to pull our phone lines out.
:57:21. > :57:26.But for now, thank you so much for all of your calls so far.
:57:27. > :58:15.From everyone here at RAF Marham, goodbye.
:58:16. > :58:19.It's carnival time here for Great Britain!