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Tonight: the disabled former boxer, carjacked.

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The family man fatally attacked in a fit of road rage.

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And, the attempted murder of a police officer.

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Everything slowed down. Thinking, that's it, you've got minutes to

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live. Live for the next hour,

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this is Crimewatch. Good evening, and welcome to

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Crimewatch. Tonight we are investigating crime on our roads.

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So we've brought our Mobile Incident Unit

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to the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.

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It's where vehicles are put through their paces and subjected

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to all manner of safety and capability checks on the 70

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It's also used as a location for film shoots, including

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the record-breaking Aston Martin car roll stunt in Casino Royale.

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But, no matter how safe our cars have become, over 90% of accidents

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Many of these crashes result in serious injury and death

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New legislation has just come in to force doubling the penalties

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for drivers using their phones at the wheel.

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So later, we'll be putting Jeremy to the test to show just how

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dangerous texting whilst driving is.

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But we begin with a crime which, though a serious problem in many

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countries, is still relatively rare in the UK.

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Carjacking is the violent theft of a vehicle from its owner.

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It's dangerous and terrifying for any victim.

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Hard to believe, then, that a couple of weeks ago someone

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would attempt to do this to disabled former boxer Michael Watson.

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Former boxer Michael Watson is no stranger to adversity.

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He made headlines in 1989 when, at the height of his career, he won

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by knockout against Commonwealth champion Nigel Benn.

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The underdog has won, and he's done it in style!

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But just two years later, a fight against Chris

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Michael sustained a serious brain injury, which required six

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operations and ended his boxing career.

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My biggest fight was the fight of survival.

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Over the following 26 years, Michael made an extraordinary recovery.

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Despite limited movement on his left side, he went on to become

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But, less than three weeks ago, Michael's safety was back

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in the balance, when he became the target of a terrifying attack.

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That day, Michael was with his lifelong friend

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I grew up with Michael from the age of about 14,

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and I've always been close friends with him.

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I regard him as more than just a friend to me.

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We went to a restaurant, had a little meal, took a light walk,

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As they were driving, a white Mercedes pulled up behind them.

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We were just waiting in the traffic, and I just felt a little bang

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The driver sprayed ammonia into Lennard's eyes.

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Then both men attacked him and beat him to the ground.

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I landed on my knees, and I was still swinging,

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and they were just squirting more at me, kicking at me.

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One attacker leapt into the car where Michael was waiting,

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That's when I tried to escape out the car.

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The seat belt was still tangled round my shoulders

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I couldn't believe this was actually happening.

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It felt like my skin was peeling off.

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Lennard watched, helpless, as Michael was dragged several

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hundred meters along the road, before the driver stopped and fled.

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We got a message back saying that he's in

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The relief that just run down me, and the happiness that

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run back up, you know, is, it was unbelievable.

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Amazingly, Michael escaped without major injury.

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No bones were broken, thank God, especially that my

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I just came through with bumps and grazes.

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Somebody that does something like this has no respect for humanity.

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Well, we can speak to the lead officer on this case now.

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Superintendent Paul Clements, thank you very much for joining us.

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It is a shocking attack, in broad daylight, on a busy road, in Waltham

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Forest, a safe borrow. Michael and Lennard are still shaken and they

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have significant physical injuries and emotional from the trauma as

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well, that will take time to heal. You have heard from some witnesses,

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I know. But you are appealing for more? That's right. I would like to

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hear from anybody who was in the area of the Ridgeway in Chingford on

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the 16th of February at around 5pm, that's just a couple of weeks ago.

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The men squirted Michael and Lennard in the face with what we believe is

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only. I am dismayed at this level of violence and cowardice -- is only. I

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would like to say thank you and paste a short tribute to Michael and

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Leonard, who are reliving this now for the purpose of this appeal --

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they were sprayed with ammonia. You can see this white Mercedes, which

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originally was in front of Michael's distinctive Golf, it is a blue Golf

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with silver wing mirrors. On this particular shot, it is behind

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Michael's Golf. We would like to hear from the occupants of that car.

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It's a White C or E Class Mercedes with tinted windows.

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If you can help in any way, I would really urge

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Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.

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Tonight's roundup of criminals caught on camera now beginning

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with the disturbing stabbing of a have-a-go hero.

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These two friends or in a shop in Bournemouth late on a Sunday night.

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An argument breaks out with the shopkeeper when they tried to buy

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alcohol. They are not happy, but eventually they leave. Once outside,

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though, things turned nasty. One produces a knife and threatens the

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shopkeeper. A passer-by steps in and tries to disarm the knifeman. The

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blade. The floor, and is picked up by the other friend, who, moments

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later, stabs the innocent have a go hero in the back. He has been

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sentenced to six years in prison, and the victim has made a full

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recovery. But he'll is his accomplice? Police need his name

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tonight. -- who is his accomplice. Look carefully at the top left of

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your screen. A motorbike is idling in the road in Peckham, south

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London. But what are they waiting for? Another camera reveals all. The

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robber in the high viz jacket calmly walks across the road. And then

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strikes. Rugby tackling a security guard as he leaves a post office

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with the takings. His friend on the bike is ready, and they ride off at

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speed with the cash box, leaving the security guard lying in the road.

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They fled with over three in cash, a stolen bike was later found

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abandoned. They may have hidden their identities, but somebody knows

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who these bandit bikers. A garage forecourt in Barnsley, and a lorry

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driver is making a delivery. But he is being watched very closely. As he

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goes inside, the thieves strike, taking cigarettes from the back of

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the lorry. Look at the top of your screen. The delivery driver spots

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them in their car and confronts them. And as he climbs into take

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back the loot, they speed off, leaving him hanging out of the door.

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They make their getaway with the petrified worker still hanging on.

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He finally escaped when the car stopped in a side street. But with

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him stranded, the thieves see another opportunity, returning to

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the garage and stealing yet more cigarettes. Who is the callous

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driver? Police need a name tonight. This man bought a district line

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train on the London underground on Wednesday evening. -- he boards the

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train. He takes a seat and talks to the people around him. Suddenly,

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without warning, he jumps up and punches and unsuspecting stranger in

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the face, breaking his jaw. Take a close look at him, who is he?

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It's well after last orders, and this pub in a small fishing village

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in Devon. So what are these men up to? As the landlord and his family

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sleep upstairs, the thieves make their way through the rooms

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downstairs. They don't seem to be in any rush, though. Going from room to

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room, before helping themselves. Police say almost ?4000 in cash was

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taken from the pub, and an adjoining small post office. It has left a

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family business devastated. Names please.

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Call on the usual Crimewatch number,

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08085 600 600, if you can name anyone we've just shown.

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Type CRIME, space, and then your message.

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Texts will be charged at your standard message rate.

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And remember, you can follow all of the developments

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during the programme on our live updates web page.

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Last week, new legislation came into force doubling the penalties

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for drivers caught using a phone at the wheel to six

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The new tougher punishments are aimed at reducing the numbers

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of fatalities and serious injuries caused by drivers

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So we've taken a look at the devastating impact this

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and other road crimes can have on people's lives.

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Cutting-edge technology means the cars we drive are now

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But it seems our behaviour behind the wheel hasn't kept up.

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In fact, road crime has gone up a gear.

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For the first time in years, parts of the UK have seen incidents

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Cases of hit-and-run involving casualties have risen.

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And CCTV and dashcams regularly capture the rage of road

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So, what's going on with Britain's drivers?

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One of the remarkable things about the psychology of driving

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is that law-abiding people, who would never consider breaking

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the law in any other area, will break the law

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In fact, a recent police crackdown caught almost 8000 of us

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Research shows that younger drivers are most likely

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to text while driving, so we spoke to some students

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I'm definitely not a danger on the road.

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What they don't realise is that watching them

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Last year, her life changed following a crash caused

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I've been in a vehicle where people are on their phone,

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maybe they are driving and they just quickly check a text.

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It's almost like it's not scary, because they are in control.

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I have Bluetooth, so I only really use it to change a song.

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Kate decides it's time to tell them what happened to her family.

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They were coming back from a holiday.

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This picture was taken on the way home.

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Kate's daughter Aimee was travelling with family members Tracey Houghton

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Whilst they were waiting in a line of traffic, a lorry driver,

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who was using his phone to play music as you were just saying,

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He was so focussed on his phone that he didn't see

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He was doing 50 mph, and they were killed instantly.

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Footage taken from the lorry caught the distracted driver

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People don't really think that skipping the next song can

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It can completely change someone's life.

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That's heartbreaking to hear, and you don't think about it

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You don't think you could injure or kill someone.

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Before this happened, I used my phone.

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Such a simple thing, just don't look at your phone.

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And the Government is listening to people like Kate,

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with new tougher penalties implemented just last week.

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Officers from the Road Crime Team at Staffordshire Police confront

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From the 1st of March this year, it's a ?200 fine and six

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And the option for an educational course is being removed.

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It shows that the Government is proactively targeting the offence

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and telling people how serious the offence is.

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It's not long before they catch someone in the act.

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I've come along and seen a phone in her left hand,

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and she's talking either talking to herself or somebody on the phone.

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Do you want to pull in somewhere safe for me?

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You need your phone on a handfree-type thing

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Maybe something that is linked into your speakers.

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There is no point just increasing the penalty, people have to

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understand why it has been increased and they have to want to change

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their behaviour. Dr Chapman uses a simulator

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at the University of Nottingham to study just how dangerous

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distractions at the wheel can be. The kind of thing you can spot

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really easily in the simulator is where people's attention

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is while they are driving. You can monitor their eye

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movements, you can measure You can see just how long

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they are doing something else, how hard their brain in is working

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on the other tasks they are doing The problem is if they look away

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and look back two seconds later, the whole road situation

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could have changed. In the real world, it's a constant

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issue for the police. People aren't concentrating

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on their driving - they're on their phones,

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updating Facebook, paying bills, It just becomes an extension

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of people now, mobile phones, and that's being transferred

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into the driving seat, They should be definitely

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kept separate. We followed you for

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quite a distance. You're holding the mobile phone

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in your hand, so would you have done But it isn't just distraction

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that can make people One of the surprises of being

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in a car is the degree of anonymity. You think you can do stuff

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you wouldn't do in normal life. One of the surprises from research

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is that normally mild-mannered people are prepared to be

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aggressive behind the wheel. Everyday issues can quickly

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become serious incidents. The driver of this car swerved

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to avoid these pedestrians as they crossed the road

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in Scunthorpe last year. A heated discussion followed

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but instead of driving off, he reversed and then purposely lined

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up his car to drive They were left with

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life-changing injuries. The driver, Mohammed Abdullah,

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has since been convicted of GBH and sentenced

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to six years imprisonment. In a road-rage situation,

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the perpetrator has got so involved in the driving situation that

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they've lost all perspective. Unfortunately, they are

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using two tonnes of metal But even when collisions

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are accidental, it seems that some Police believe that the driver

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of this dark car lost control before crashing into a 17-year-old girl,

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then drove off without stopping, leaving her

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with serious head injuries. The law requires you to stop

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if you've been involved in a road accident, however most people

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are not really aware of that. At the time of a road

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accident, that's not They're terrified, they want this

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not to have happened. They want to get away

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from the situation. Police are appealling for anyone

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with information to come forward. And unfortunately, such

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crimes aren't rare. In London alone, there were almost

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5000 hit-and-run casualties in 2015. Last year, Chanelle Higgins' life

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was changed beyond recognition when she headed home from a night

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out in South London. Shocking CCTV footage

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captured what happened. A grey BMW mounted the curb,

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sped along the pavement and knocked The last thing I remember

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was going in the ambulance and screaming about my legs hurting,

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my legs hurting, and trying to reach for my legs,

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and then blacking out, and waking up in a hospital bed

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with all tubes in my mouth, my neck, my nose, and they told me that

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I was paralysed and I had very If I'm honest, I just wanted

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to die there and then. I couldn't imagine myself

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without my legs and hands. And being confined to a wheelchair

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the rest of my life was just it was heartbreaking,

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especially as I have two kids. Police are still working to bring

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the driver to justice. If he had stopped and to check

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on me and my friend, a bit more respect for him,

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but as he didn't, There's a real paradox

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at the heart of modern driving. Cars are getting safer all the time,

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but we still have crashes at similar levels, and of course that's

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because of the driver. And with the human cost of road

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crimes so high, this is something Well, with me now is Kate Goldsmith,

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as we saw in our film. Along with the Assistant Chief

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Constable of the local Tri-Force Area - Simon Hawkins

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and the AA's Edmund King. Of course it must be

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incredibly difficult to talk about what happened to Aimee

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but you are determined to change this culture

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of using phones at the wheel? I am. It is just the heartbreak that

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my family are going through. There has to be some good that comes out

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of this, we have to change the way people behave in their cars. They're

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distracting paraphernalia around them. We mentioned increased

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penalties but you have to catch them and police are catching fewer than

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they did a few years ago. We have got our challenges but we have to

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protect the public and we will pursue people who use their phones

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on the road. Have you got the manpower to do that? We will look at

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things we can do, we encourage the public to use a dash cam and we will

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use every opportunity we can to make sure we stop people using their

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phones. The AA has put together an advert which compares the texting

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driver with the drunk driver and suggests the texting driver is maybe

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even more dangerous. It is quite shocking really but the facts show

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that if you are texting and driving you are twice as likely to have a

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crush as you are drink-driving, and the advert says you wouldn't

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drink-drive, don't text and drive so it's basically playing on those 20

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years or so of good drink-drive adverts that have changed attitudes

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and made drink-driving socially unacceptable. We need to do the same

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with texting and driving because it kills. So education is the thing for

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you? Combined with enforcement and the new penalties, I think the six

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penalty points, particularly for new drivers means they will lose their

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licence and have to retake their test so I think it's a combination.

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If you look at drink-driving and seat belts, all of the campaigns

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have had the real opponents and you need three elements to change

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attitudes. Kate, what is the answer? Quite frankly I think we should all

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be taking responsibility as drivers for our own actions, I don't think

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we should be relying on the police to stop us if we break the law, we

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need to stop doing it. Don't use your phone when you are driving a

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vehicle, simple as that. Simon, if a member of the public takes a picture

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of another driver on their phone, can you make use of that? Shouldn't

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they send it to you? Definitely. There are ways we can use that

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information and we can prosecute. So people should start taking pictures

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of each other? It is something we have done and we are starting to do

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now. It seems desperate, it is running away from you, isn't it? We

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are trying to re-educate people that mobile phone use is not acceptable

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and will take time but we will protect the public, that is what we

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are here for. Maybe the problem is people having phones in the car at

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all. Once you are in the car the best advice is to turn the phone

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off, put it into the glove compartment, and then you get rid of

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the risk, the temptation of the text or tweet. Thank you for joining us

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today. Now police, are appealing

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for witnesses to both of the hit and run cases we featured

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in our film. The first took place

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on 28th January at 6.30pm on Bromsgrove Street,

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Birmingham. They believe that the car

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is a BMW with a defective Officers are appealing

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for the driver to come forward and for anyone with information

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to call in. Detectives on the Chanelle Higgins

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case are with us tonight. They are looking for anyone

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with information on who was driving this grey BMW at 4.30am on Sunday

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29th May close to Scandals nightclub Please get in touch if you have any

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information on either case. Plus, it's worth knowing that

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victims of any crime can The urgent hunt for the gunmen

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who used an AK47 to try I felt something hit me, I looked

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down and saw the bone was hanging out of my arm. I didn't feel any

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pain but I ran for cover. Wanted faces first,

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starting with 35-year-old He was arrested by detectives

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investigating a robbery at a jewellers, where a quarter

:28:08.:28:16.

of a million pounds' worth He was released on police

:28:17.:28:19.

bail but didn't return Porter has numerous tattoos,

:28:20.:28:22.

including female figures He has friends and family in

:28:23.:28:25.

Lincolnshire and the West Midlands. This is Lisa Hauxwell, formerly

:28:26.:28:30.

known as Craig John Hauxwell. She was sentenced to 14 years

:28:31.:28:34.

for two counts of rape and seven charges of indecent assault

:28:35.:28:37.

against teenage girls, but didn't turn up in court

:28:38.:28:41.

for sentencing and is now The 48-year-old could possibly be

:28:42.:28:44.

living as a man as this She has links to County Durham,

:28:45.:28:49.

Leeds, Darlington and Dronfield in Derbyshire and speaks

:28:50.:28:54.

with a stutter. Face number three is

:28:55.:28:58.

David Kernaghan, although he also uses the surnames Burton,

:28:59.:29:00.

Connell, Leat, Lomax and Sackburn. He's wanted for questioning

:29:01.:29:05.

in connection to a robbery in which a 90-year-old woman

:29:06.:29:09.

was attacked in her home and The 50-year-old has friends

:29:10.:29:12.

and family in North London Finally for now is this

:29:13.:29:16.

man, Geoffrey Bonsu. Detectives in Essex think he may

:29:17.:29:23.

have vital information Bonsu is 34 years old and originally

:29:24.:29:25.

from Ghana but now has If you know where any of tonight's

:29:26.:29:30.

faces might be, please do get Calls are free from landlines

:29:31.:29:39.

and mobiles and we'll go through the rest of the line up

:29:40.:29:43.

a little later. The peace process in

:29:44.:29:51.

Northern Ireland has brought about a reduction in violence

:29:52.:29:53.

and the increasing normalisation Changes which make the cold blooded

:29:54.:29:55.

shooting of an officer in Belfast just a few weeks ago

:29:56.:30:02.

all the more disturbing. Incredibly, he survived,

:30:03.:30:08.

despite being hit several times Tonight, for the first time,

:30:09.:30:10.

we can show CCTV of the incident and hear exclusively

:30:11.:30:18.

from the injured officer. To protect his identity,

:30:19.:30:20.

his words are spoken by an actor. You go through a whole

:30:21.:30:28.

range of emotions. Thinking, that's it,

:30:29.:30:31.

you've got minutes to live. It sounds cliched, but it was just

:30:32.:30:52.

the thought of helping people. You build a rapport, and they do end

:30:53.:31:05.

up knowing you by name. That night, I'd been showing

:31:06.:31:11.

a new officer around, seeing where certain things

:31:12.:31:25.

were and just getting We'd been to a few calls,

:31:26.:31:27.

but they weren't anything While the officers patrolled,

:31:28.:31:31.

CCTV captured a red Audi A4 estate At around 7pm, it was seen

:31:32.:31:39.

again on Flax Street, We'd been out for a few hours,

:31:40.:31:47.

and we decided to get a cup The officers pulled up

:31:48.:32:07.

in an unmarked car. Across the street, in a disused car

:32:08.:32:16.

park, they were being watched. I realised that I didn't know

:32:17.:32:26.

how my colleague took his coffee. The gunman opened fire,

:32:27.:32:29.

spraying the petrol station I looked down, and saw the bone

:32:30.:32:45.

was hanging out of my arm. I didn't feel any pain,

:32:46.:32:53.

but I ran for cover. I thought I was going

:32:54.:32:59.

to die on that forecourt. The red Audi was later found

:33:00.:33:18.

abandoned in the Andersonstown I've kind of dealt with

:33:19.:33:21.

the physical side of things. The mental side

:33:22.:33:43.

of things haven't really hit me yet, There will be a time when it

:33:44.:33:46.

hits me, definitely. I'm joined by Detective

:33:47.:33:52.

Superintendent Kevin Geddes from the Police Service

:33:53.:34:02.

of Northern Ireland, who's Kevin, what do we know

:34:03.:34:04.

about who carried out this attack? That attack was carried out by a

:34:05.:34:16.

group who call themselves the New IRA. They are small in numbers, but

:34:17.:34:22.

they are dangerous. They have absolutely no community support, and

:34:23.:34:25.

in this particular attack there are at least as bike individuals

:34:26.:34:34.

involved. -- two individuals. The public are seeing this CCTV for the

:34:35.:34:39.

first time tonight. You can see the police officer running across the

:34:40.:34:43.

court as the bullets rein in. You can see from the CCTV and number of

:34:44.:34:47.

people filling up their cars with petrol, very reckless. It is

:34:48.:34:51.

incredible he survived and nobody is was hurt. A very powerful weapon was

:34:52.:34:56.

used. What can you tell us about the gun was yellow it was an AK-47 type

:34:57.:35:01.

of gun, similar to the one on the screen. We know this weapon has been

:35:02.:35:06.

used at least once previously to attack police in Belfast.

:35:07.:35:07.

Remind us of the timings, particularly of the red Audi?

:35:08.:35:10.

The Audi car was in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast at around about

:35:11.:35:22.

5:30pm on the Sunday. At 7pm and parks in Flax Street. After the

:35:23.:35:27.

shooting, it is used to drive the gunman away and is burned out in

:35:28.:35:31.

West well fast in Caldwell Gardens. We've got a picture of the burnt out

:35:32.:35:33.

Audi now. It is a red Audi estate car, 15

:35:34.:35:43.

years old. It only had one headlight at the time. Also in relation to

:35:44.:35:47.

this I can tell you there was a box of matches found behind the car.

:35:48.:35:51.

These matches are very unique, they are only sold in one garage,

:35:52.:35:56.

Maguires garage in the Falls Road. I believe that somebody bought those

:35:57.:35:59.

matches along with filling up a can of petrol. How was the offers are

:36:00.:36:04.

doing now? The officer is doing well. It's important to remember

:36:05.:36:11.

that this is not just an attack on a uniform, it is an attack on a

:36:12.:36:13.

person. Thank you, Kevin. Please do call now if you have any

:36:14.:36:15.

information which could help. The usual Crimewatch number

:36:16.:36:18.

again is 08-085 600 600. Or you can call Crimestoppers

:36:19.:36:20.

anonymously about any So, still to come tonight: The hunt

:36:21.:36:22.

for a road rage killer. Is he flashing you? What his

:36:23.:36:41.

problem? He's not going to get anywhere, is he?

:36:42.:36:51.

But first, we've more cases the police need your help to crack.

:36:52.:37:02.

Starting with an urgent appeal from detectives in Cleveland

:37:03.:37:10.

investigating the rape of woman on Friday. She was with her toddler on

:37:11.:37:16.

the seafront in Redcar when she was forced into a dark coloured saloon

:37:17.:37:20.

car. The mother and toddler were forced out of the car almost six

:37:21.:37:28.

hours later. Detectives say the first suspect who was driving the

:37:29.:37:33.

mail was a -- driving the car was a white male with short brown hair

:37:34.:37:38.

with the words love tattooed across his knuckles. The second suspect is

:37:39.:37:43.

also white, in his early 20s, around five foot five and had a local

:37:44.:37:47.

accent. If you have information, please get in touch using the

:37:48.:37:48.

numbers on the screen. Next, the murder of

:37:49.:37:53.

Ricardo Hunter, also known as Forty, at a pool party

:37:54.:37:55.

in Surrey last year. He was one of around 400

:37:56.:37:57.

guests at the house party in Headley near Epsom,

:37:58.:38:00.

overnight on the 24th of July. Detectives need your help to piece

:38:01.:38:02.

together exactly what happened to Ricardo that night,

:38:03.:38:04.

that resulted in him being shot That shot also injured a female

:38:05.:38:07.

party-goer in the leg. Tonight, detectives

:38:08.:38:15.

are releasing this CCTV It shows a man, who police

:38:16.:38:21.

believe to be Ricardo, Police want to stress they are just

:38:22.:38:30.

witnesses, but they'd like to speak to them,

:38:31.:38:38.

or anyone who knows There is a reward of up to ?10,000

:38:39.:38:41.

for information which leads directly to the arrest and conviction

:38:42.:38:45.

of those responsible remains were found dumped by the M54

:38:46.:38:47.

in Telford had suffered a blow They have released this information

:38:48.:38:52.

tonight as they try to piece together what happened

:38:53.:38:56.

to Surjit Takhar before his murder. Workmen found his body

:38:57.:39:00.

on an embankment next to junction four of the motorway on the 20th

:39:01.:39:02.

August 2015. DNA revealed Surjit's identity -

:39:03.:39:13.

he was a father of three who had been reported missing

:39:14.:39:16.

in October 2008. West Midlands Police can also reveal

:39:17.:39:17.

tonight that they've recovered Do you know anything

:39:18.:39:20.

about what happened to Surjit, and where he was between October

:39:21.:39:26.

2008 and when his body was found dumped by the motorway

:39:27.:39:29.

seven years later? want your help to identify these men

:39:30.:39:31.

caught on camera in a residential A multi-million-pound property

:39:32.:39:37.

was broken into on Christmas Eve The men are seen here

:39:38.:39:44.

a short while later, leaving the house and escaping

:39:45.:39:49.

with a large safe. It may seem comical, but jewellery,

:39:50.:39:56.

cash and watches, some of which are shown here,

:39:57.:39:59.

were taken, worth almost Do you recognise them,

:40:00.:40:02.

or any of the stolen items? In Leeds, officers Dave Lockwood and

:40:03.:40:19.

Tom Allen from West Yorkshire Police regularly search out foreign

:40:20.:40:23.

criminals wanted by police in their native country. Tonight, they are

:40:24.:40:28.

looking for a member of a serious organised crime gang involved in the

:40:29.:40:30.

manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs. The investigation has

:40:31.:40:36.

led them to this house. Where they found a Polish grandmother. She is

:40:37.:40:43.

wanted for some serious offences. There is nothing we are going to do

:40:44.:40:47.

bar arrest her and take Erin. If you were to see her out on the street or

:40:48.:40:51.

in the supermarket you wouldn't think of what we have been told she

:40:52.:40:53.

has done, I certainly wouldn't. Well, the woman featured

:40:54.:41:00.

there was Sylwia Anelia Sokolowska as she was being arrested

:41:01.:41:02.

in February last year. She was due to be deported to Poland

:41:03.:41:05.

to complete her prison sentence for producing and trafficking drugs,

:41:06.:41:08.

but was granted bail and has If you know where

:41:09.:41:10.

she is, get in touch. And you can see more

:41:11.:41:14.

on how police track down criminals home and abroad,

:41:15.:41:16.

in Fugitives, a new series which starts on BBC One at 11am

:41:17.:41:18.

on Monday 13th March. Now, I've come out onto

:41:19.:41:25.

this test-track area Proving Ground to see for myself

:41:26.:41:27.

just how distracting and how Simon Cook is a former traffic

:41:28.:41:32.

police officer and now a driving instructor, and he's kindly offered

:41:33.:41:40.

to test how texting at the wheel I'm going to get my seat belt on.

:41:41.:41:49.

How are you doing? Nice to see you. You are going to take me around this

:41:50.:41:56.

course. It is a circular track. We are heading round this way. You or a

:41:57.:42:01.

retired traffic officer as well. I was a traffic man for 19 years.

:42:02.:42:08.

Brilliant. I'm turning here left, is that right? Hard left. We are on the

:42:09.:42:13.

test track now. We have cones either side. Give me a little undistracted

:42:14.:42:20.

spin around first. Nice on gently, following to the right. You are

:42:21.:42:25.

paying complete attention to the job in hand. You can plan ahead because

:42:26.:42:29.

you are looking ahead. I can see your eyes are already working, that

:42:30.:42:34.

is a feature of good driving, your eyes working well ahead of the car.

:42:35.:42:38.

It gets harder because you have cardboard boxes on the corner. Now a

:42:39.:42:44.

little slalom chicane. We have a little cheeky right here. OK, I've

:42:45.:42:49.

got this covered. This bit isn't easy, but I've got it. Going right

:42:50.:42:55.

again. And then down the the final straight. Easily achievable when you

:42:56.:43:02.

are applying yourself. Yes. We're going to throw in some distractions

:43:03.:43:06.

this time. We are going to get you to respond to a text message or send

:43:07.:43:10.

a text message. Firmly enough, I dust heard it coming. The first

:43:11.:43:14.

thing is getting the actual phone out, I've got to do that. I've got

:43:15.:43:21.

to try and get a second gear. Hang on, Tina has just message me. Keep

:43:22.:43:29.

the car coming. Just hang on. First right here. Sorry, hang on, let me

:43:30.:43:38.

just... Sorry, sorry... I'm out of gear now. OK, really nice to hear

:43:39.:43:40.

from you. I took control just for a moment.

:43:41.:43:58.

OK, hang on... To hear... I'm just sending it now. Well, I sent the

:43:59.:44:05.

text successfully. Was that not very... Well, we saw what happened,

:44:06.:44:09.

it was a catastrophe really. You're not applying yourself, it's really

:44:10.:44:13.

simple stop white I'm quite used to existing ring will, but normally you

:44:14.:44:18.

wouldn't be there. I also operated the foot controls. It was my

:44:19.:44:22.

refocusing from the phone to be outside. Absolutely no problem. You

:44:23.:44:27.

have to keep your eyes in front of the vehicle. Looking further down

:44:28.:44:30.

the road is imperative. Simon Cook, thank you. Thank you.

:44:31.:44:36.

Away from those texting distractions, more wanted faces now.

:44:37.:44:42.

enabling those taking part to stay in the UK illegally.

:44:43.:44:48.

He didn't hang around to be sentenced to ten years in jail

:44:49.:44:51.

He uses the names Edwin Harry or Henry and also the nickname TJ.

:44:52.:44:56.

George is 44 and has a Nigerian accent and links

:44:57.:44:58.

to the West Midlands and across London.

:44:59.:45:00.

He also has the name "Rayella" tattooed on his right arm.

:45:01.:45:03.

Face number six tonight is Christy Dunn, although detectives

:45:04.:45:05.

believe this may be a false name as she also calls herself

:45:06.:45:08.

Avon and Somerset Police want to question her about a romance

:45:09.:45:19.

fraud in which a man lost over 180,000 pounds.

:45:20.:45:22.

Dunn speaks with an American accent and has links to the Bahamas,

:45:23.:45:24.

Do you recognise Kieran Bryan-Bartlett, who also calls

:45:25.:45:30.

Detectives investigating drug dealing in the Bracknell area

:45:31.:45:34.

of Berkshire believe he may have important information

:45:35.:45:36.

He has a tattoo of a flower on his left wrist and another

:45:37.:45:43.

He's known to stay in Bracknell, Hove, Reading and Brent.

:45:44.:45:49.

Finally we have Walikhan Sultan-Khal.

:45:50.:45:52.

Detectives in the West Midlands investigating the rape of a teenage

:45:53.:45:55.

girl, and trafficking offences would urgently like to speak to him.

:45:56.:45:59.

The 25-year-old has links to Coventry and across London.

:46:00.:46:04.

If you know where any of the faces are, then get in touch

:46:05.:46:07.

You can find all the details on our website alongside more people

:46:08.:46:14.

Updates on previous cases now and last week we showed a special

:46:15.:46:22.

programme on the national operation co-ordinating non-recent child

:46:23.:46:26.

abuse investigations across the UK. Well, the response was incredible.

:46:27.:46:32.

In fact there were more callers to the Crimewatch and specialist

:46:33.:46:42.

Over 1,000 calls were made, many from survivors who've

:46:43.:46:44.

And please remember that NSPCC number is open 24/7

:46:45.:46:52.

so if you still need help call in on 0808 800 5000.

:46:53.:46:58.

Calls are free from landlines and mobiles.

:46:59.:47:01.

Back in 2001 we featured the shocking kidnap

:47:02.:47:03.

She was taken from the village of Barton under-Needwood

:47:04.:47:08.

in Staffordshire and later found abandoned and extremely

:47:09.:47:13.

distressed two miles away. Well earlier this month,

:47:14.:47:15.

72-year-old Arnold Baxter from Rugby pleaded guilty to kidnap

:47:16.:47:17.

and indecent assault and was jailed for nine years.

:47:18.:47:22.

He was caught after a DNA sample taken when he was arrested

:47:23.:47:29.

for drink-driving, matched one found on the little girl's

:47:30.:47:31.

clothing 15 years earlier. And your info has helped

:47:32.:47:34.

to put a number of wanted faces behind bars.

:47:35.:47:36.

Including these two, Paul Silverthorn and Leila Kassam.

:47:37.:47:41.

We asked for your help to find them in September after they'd been

:47:42.:47:44.

convicted of child sex offences but went on the run.

:47:45.:47:48.

Well, a farm worker who met them in Ibiza checked

:47:49.:47:51.

the Crimewatch website, recognised them and

:47:52.:47:52.

Both were brought back to the UK and Silverthorn is now serving

:47:53.:47:56.

Kassam will spend the next four years behind bars.

:47:57.:48:02.

Tonight we've been looking at the devastating impact

:48:03.:48:09.

Our next case is an extreme example of road rage.

:48:10.:48:15.

All the more tragic because it ended with the murder

:48:16.:48:20.

A married father of four young children.

:48:21.:48:54.

He were a bit of a joker, liked to tell jokes all the time.

:48:55.:49:12.

Always, always talking and joking about with folk.

:49:13.:49:54.

He's not going to go anywhere, is he?

:49:55.:50:13.

Just pull over, let's see what he's doing.

:50:14.:50:15.

No, it's all right, just pull over here.

:50:16.:50:24.

You were swerving all over the place.

:50:25.:50:33.

I nearly hit you like three or four times!

:50:34.:50:44.

I really didn't understand what had happened.

:50:45.:51:22.

Were in hospital, and that he were poorly.

:51:23.:51:27.

And me dad were on a bed, he had a tube down his throat.

:51:28.:51:36.

I'll never forget that the machines beeped all the time.

:51:37.:51:39.

Like a beeping noise all the time, which just stayed with me forever.

:51:40.:51:44.

I think knowing that you've got to say goodbye to somebody,

:51:45.:51:48.

knowing that they were going to turn that machine off, and that

:51:49.:51:51.

you are never going to see that person again...

:51:52.:51:53.

Well, Linda is here now in the studio.

:51:54.:52:12.

I know the memories are very raw and very recent for you.

:52:13.:52:17.

It was a tragic end to what would have been an otherwise

:52:18.:52:19.

Bloke just came up to car window and smashed it.

:52:20.:52:26.

Our Peter were getting out of the car.

:52:27.:52:32.

And this bloke hit him over the head, twice.

:52:33.:52:37.

And when I got out, he were on the floor.

:52:38.:52:39.

And we managed to get him to Pinderfields Hospital.

:52:40.:52:43.

Linda, I know, and thank you very much for coming

:52:44.:52:46.

This is an undetected cold case murder.

:52:47.:53:03.

And our commitment to the family is that we will continue to resolve

:53:04.:53:06.

this matter for them, to give them the closure

:53:07.:53:08.

they need as a family, to understand what happened

:53:09.:53:10.

and to bring the offender to justice.

:53:11.:53:12.

This particular box contains documents in relation

:53:13.:53:14.

to the original investigation, such as photographs

:53:15.:53:17.

Er, drawings, details in relation to vehicles that were investigated.

:53:18.:53:28.

An Avia watch was recovered at the scene - we don't believe

:53:29.:53:31.

It may well have been the watch of the suspect.

:53:32.:53:36.

That could be the vital piece of evidence that

:53:37.:53:38.

Peter has lost his life, four children have grown

:53:39.:53:46.

They need to understand what happened.

:53:47.:53:54.

I feel for me children, they have never known their granddad.

:53:55.:53:57.

They are never going to know their granddad.

:53:58.:53:59.

They've never had chance to have a granddad.

:54:00.:54:02.

Everything has been taken away from us really.

:54:03.:54:05.

I could walk by this person every day.

:54:06.:54:07.

I'm joined by DCI Jim Dunkerley, who is leading the cold case review

:54:08.:54:23.

Dreadful to see the effect of the family. 21 years ago but you're

:54:24.:54:36.

hopeful? Yes, we have advances in forensic science, but after 20 years

:54:37.:54:40.

there are people out there who know who did this. 20 years down the

:54:41.:54:44.

line, loyalties have changed and people might be able to come forward

:54:45.:54:47.

and give the information that they felt they couldn't do in the past.

:54:48.:54:52.

We have seen how it has affected the family on the film. Let's talk about

:54:53.:54:56.

the area where it happened, fairly rural I gather. Yes, this is Garmil

:54:57.:55:05.

Lane near Fitzwilliam to the south of Wakefield. I believe the answer

:55:06.:55:12.

is in that community. What we know about the attacker? Described as a

:55:13.:55:24.

white male, 20 to 30 years old with a local accent. Using a small

:55:25.:55:28.

vehicle, possibly a Maestro and wearing the watch we saw. And you

:55:29.:55:33.

think you have an idea about the weapon that was used? Yes, it has

:55:34.:55:41.

been described as a wooden bat, possibly an Indian club, or rounders

:55:42.:55:48.

bat. The image on the screen gives an indication of what it might look

:55:49.:55:51.

like. Take another look at the e-fit.

:55:52.:55:57.

If you can name him or help in any way with this case

:55:58.:56:00.

I urge you to get in touch using the numbers on screen.

:56:01.:56:02.

Just time for a quick update on tonight's other cases.

:56:03.:56:05.

Paul, you have been taking calls on the carjacking of Michael Watson?

:56:06.:56:11.

Yes, we have had sightings of the white Mercedes. I would like to say

:56:12.:56:17.

we are looking for two black men, the suspect the eyewitness said, and

:56:18.:56:21.

it happened in Chingford, east London on the 16th of February at

:56:22.:56:28.

about 5pm. They are recovering from serious injury so we need to find

:56:29.:56:32.

out who was responsible. Yes, they both said what they want out of this

:56:33.:56:36.

is to get those people in prison so they cannot do this to anybody else.

:56:37.:56:41.

Thank you, and Kevin you have been taking calls on the attempted murder

:56:42.:56:45.

of the police officer in Northern Ireland. Yes, I still need more

:56:46.:56:50.

information. I need to know who was involved, in particular who was the

:56:51.:56:54.

gunman, where the gun is so we can get it off the street and help keep

:56:55.:56:59.

people safe, and I need to know the movements of the car, particularly

:57:00.:57:04.

in January. Before we mention taking pictures of other drivers, of course

:57:05.:57:08.

we meant pedestrians. Please keep your calls coming in.

:57:09.:57:09.

Well that's just about all we have for you on what looks to have been

:57:10.:57:13.

Yes, and remember you can head over right now to the Crimewatch website

:57:14.:57:18.

where we'll be streaming live with all the latest developments

:57:19.:57:20.

on tonight's appeals, wanted faces and CCTV.

:57:21.:57:22.

Our next programme investigates the threats posed by cybercrime.

:57:23.:57:32.

What we are seeing is an escalation in cyber crime activity. We have to

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think about the risks in our own home. Identity theft, cyber fraud,

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online solicitation, the general population can in fact be high risk

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victims all of the time. That's coming in a fortnight,

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as we're taking a break next week for the FA Cup.

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But for now, thank you so much They really do make a difference.

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From everyone here

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