:00:09. > :00:13.This programme contains some strong Tonight: Anger and frustration.
:00:13. > :00:20.just got a slap on the wrist, I am not having that, I want my day in
:00:20. > :00:27.court. The motorway cops as some difficult questions. He said this
:00:27. > :00:34.was your car. I just bought it! Using the evidence together.
:00:34. > :00:38.open purse in the driver's footwell exposing two rose on credit cards.
:00:38. > :00:44.And accusations from the accused. You are lying, you are the police
:00:44. > :00:54.and you are lying. Years ago, people would say, OK, it was me.
:00:54. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:19.They will always try to get off Catching criminals is never easy.
:01:19. > :01:28.Finding sufficient proof to put them before the courts is often
:01:28. > :01:33.even harder. It is mid-morning. Motorway cops PC Alan Colman and PC
:01:33. > :01:37.Dal Nijjar RN Aston, Birmingham. As they turn a corner, a Ford Mondeo
:01:37. > :01:47.heads towards them at speed, set in off there in car number plate
:01:47. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:57.Yeah, he has just gone the other way, mate. By the time they turn
:01:57. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:05.around, the driver is nowhere to be He has done one. When somebody
:02:05. > :02:09.makes off like that, you want to get him, because you do not know if
:02:09. > :02:14.they are wanted for murder, if they have stolen the car. You have got
:02:14. > :02:20.to go after them to find out what is going on. As it jams a set of
:02:20. > :02:30.red lights, their suspicions are confirmed. The cops and a chase on
:02:30. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:35.their hands, if they can find the The thought that they had gone
:02:35. > :02:40.straight on, but once we had committed through the junction, I
:02:40. > :02:44.could see the Mondeo. He has gone over there, mate! You need to be
:02:44. > :02:50.looking down all the streets, because they will duck and dive
:02:50. > :02:57.into the first street they can. It is a game of cat-and-mouse, really.
:02:57. > :03:07.Can you get out this way? No. has done one on us, Pete. We have
:03:07. > :03:09.
:03:09. > :03:17.lost it on the cuckoo wrote. We are He went down here, mate. Although
:03:17. > :03:22.Dal Nijjar saw it go down this road, the car could now be anywhere.
:03:22. > :03:26.going, he went down here. The trick is to find the driver before he
:03:27. > :03:36.dumps the car. I saw a man on his mobile phone walking towards us on
:03:36. > :03:39.the path. He just did not look right. When we got to the end of
:03:39. > :03:48.the street, the Mondeo was dumped right on the corner, and I knew it
:03:48. > :03:52.had got to be him. Bell can run faster than me. -- Dal. The one
:03:52. > :03:57.that is on his phone! I stayed in the car in case there was somebody
:03:57. > :04:07.else running down the road. There was no-one there, so I spun the car
:04:07. > :04:14.
:04:14. > :04:21.Where have you just come from? canal, made. Get in the car. What
:04:21. > :04:28.for? Just get in the car. You are under arrest at the moment. What
:04:28. > :04:35.for?! What for? I have just come off the canal from Erdington.
:04:35. > :04:39.you? The canal story is getting short shrift from the sea and a
:04:39. > :04:44.conman. -- Alan Colman. Did anybody see that blue Mondeo coming down
:04:44. > :04:52.here? And I had just come off the canal. If you have, you will be
:04:52. > :04:56.sorted. He claims to be in the dark about it all. What has happened?
:04:56. > :05:01.have just had a car make off from us, and you have just come from it.
:05:01. > :05:09.I have come from the Blue Monday oh, yes. His swift change of story does
:05:09. > :05:14.nothing to help his cause. Why did you make a off? I got caught by the
:05:14. > :05:22.traffic squad last week. It is him, he has just said. He is recent
:05:22. > :05:28.brush with the law does nothing to allay the cops' suspicions. Where
:05:28. > :05:33.is the key? I was not driving it. We are looking to place him as the
:05:33. > :05:40.driver of the vehicle. If you want to search me, I have got no keys.
:05:41. > :05:49.Andy is very sure about his story. There was actually three people in
:05:49. > :05:53.it. They have gone, haven't they? I was the passenger, yeah. Becomes
:05:54. > :05:58.off with all this story, there were three of us. Where are they?
:05:58. > :06:06.We came round pretty quick, there was no-one else. Everybody else was
:06:06. > :06:10.the workers. When we went into the industrial estate initially, there
:06:10. > :06:14.was nobody else about, just him and his mobile phone. There may be a
:06:14. > :06:20.way of proving it one way or the other. We can see what that shows
:06:20. > :06:25.us. I looked up and saw the CCTV camera, basically pointing right
:06:25. > :06:32.down onto the car. I thought my luck was in. There is a camera
:06:32. > :06:37.right and there, so we will see who was driving it. Go on, then. Go and
:06:37. > :06:42.check the camera. I was not driving that car. The CCTV could put him
:06:42. > :06:50.well and truly in the frame if they can access the footage. Just a few
:06:50. > :06:54.miles away from that area lies the M6 motorway, one of the busiest
:06:54. > :07:03.routes in Europe, but congestion often leads to delays, frustration
:07:03. > :07:10.and angry drivers. Near-panic, Kevin Clarke has received a report
:07:10. > :07:18.of road rage. Something has been thrown, or is it just verbal abuse?
:07:18. > :07:24.Yes, items thrown. Details are still sketchy, but the two cars are
:07:24. > :07:29.still nose-to-tail, travelling at speed. Soft items? We will see if
:07:29. > :07:34.there is any damage in a minute. We have had a phone call made to the
:07:34. > :07:39.control room that there has been an altercation between the occupants
:07:39. > :07:42.of two vehicles while they were moving, as I gather. It is alleged
:07:42. > :07:45.that there has been items thrown from one vehicle towards another,
:07:45. > :07:50.so we are going to see if there's anything in that, whether there is
:07:50. > :07:56.any damage caused. Road rage is an increasing problem on our streets,
:07:57. > :08:01.but cases on the motorway are few and far between. It is unusual, a
:08:01. > :08:07.little bit of antisocial behaviour! When they do occur, the motorway
:08:07. > :08:10.cops have a tough job finding the Incidence of road range are very
:08:10. > :08:15.often phoned through to the control room, and to be perfectly honest
:08:16. > :08:21.trying to locate another vehicle in a busy motorway is very, very
:08:21. > :08:26.difficult. The number of times we actually isolate, stop and deal
:08:26. > :08:30.with the incident is actually quite But this case is different. The
:08:30. > :08:35.driver who has complained about items being thrown at his car has
:08:35. > :08:45.stayed behind the man who upset him and the cars are heading their way.
:08:45. > :08:54.
:08:55. > :09:04.We're just going to sit tight and There it is! That is him blowing
:09:04. > :09:08.The victim of the road rage is travelling in a black Audi. And he
:09:08. > :09:17.has passed on details of the other car, a brave Ford Focus which the
:09:17. > :09:22.motorway cops are now pulling over. -- Ray. Something behind us as well.
:09:22. > :09:27.The one to have a word with the other driver? -- do you want to.
:09:27. > :09:32.Most cases of road rage are hard to prove, one driver's word against
:09:32. > :09:36.another, leaving the cops with a difficult search for the truth.
:09:36. > :09:44.have stopped you because it has been alleged that there has been
:09:44. > :09:50.some kind of altercation between yourself and another vehicle. No.
:09:50. > :09:56.Somebody overtook me inside, which was a bit annoying. True to form,
:09:56. > :09:59.the driver is claiming it is the other man who is to blame. He tried
:09:59. > :10:04.to have me believe that there was nothing really going on. I did not
:10:04. > :10:07.know what to believe at that time, I had an open mind. The other
:10:07. > :10:15.driver is travelling with his family and has given a different
:10:15. > :10:19.version of events. Lights on full beam, for about a quarter of a mile.
:10:19. > :10:26.I did not react to that, so he pulled on to the inside, hand on a
:10:26. > :10:31.horn constantly. He started laughing. We were laughing, trying
:10:31. > :10:37.to defuse it. I said to Jenny, a goal like that. That is when it
:10:37. > :10:41.really got to him. Everybody puts a little bit of spin on what they
:10:41. > :10:44.tell the police. You deal with it and listen to every aspect of it
:10:44. > :10:53.and try to understand what might have happened, picking out the
:10:53. > :10:58.truth. He had a can of drink, he was holding it, not Red Bull, the
:10:58. > :11:02.green and yellow version. The next thing I know, he has thrown it, it
:11:02. > :11:07.bounced off the roof of the car, landed in the outside lane. I know
:11:07. > :11:13.a lot of your job is common sense, but I cannot see how throwing a
:11:13. > :11:17.project that on a motorway is not an offence. The problem people have
:11:17. > :11:22.is that they do not understand the law. They seem to think that any
:11:23. > :11:29.offence, you arrest people for that. That is not necessarily the case.
:11:29. > :11:34.There are certain laws which we can be looking at, the Public Order Act.
:11:35. > :11:38.Driving without due care and attention? It cannot use a mobile
:11:38. > :11:44.phone but you can open a window and stick two fingers out, throw a can
:11:44. > :11:49.of drink. Is that not driving without due care? You would have to
:11:49. > :11:53.show that... I would have to prove it? Can you calm down a minute?
:11:53. > :11:56.have to accept the fact that a lot of people you speak to are upset.
:11:56. > :12:02.He has been involved in something which has frightened and upset him,
:12:02. > :12:08.and you make allowances for that. Another difficulty we are faced
:12:08. > :12:13.with... My word against his. He has denied any knowledge of any
:12:13. > :12:17.altercation at the moment. Really? When I spoke to him, I only had one
:12:17. > :12:21.side of the story. I am going to go and speak to him now and that a
:12:21. > :12:26.further chat and we will see where we go I will take some details from
:12:26. > :12:31.yourself. The least I would do is put him through a day in court, he
:12:31. > :12:35.has got to think about what he has done. You slapping his hand, the
:12:35. > :12:41.police come, they never nicked me, just a slap on the wrist. I am not
:12:41. > :12:51.having that. He's very calm now, isn't he? I think you should make
:12:51. > :13:01.him now. So why they tried to get a confession, five miles away,
:13:01. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:08.motorway cops Tracy and four have Many drivers resent being stopped
:13:08. > :13:13.for so-called minor traffic offences but the motorway cops
:13:13. > :13:23.treat this as a major issue because this can have tragic consequences.
:13:23. > :13:25.
:13:25. > :13:32.If I said to you, in 26 years, 99 % of all fatalities I've attended has
:13:32. > :13:36.been as a direct result of not wearing a seatbelt.
:13:36. > :13:42.Although he has suddenly slipped his belt on, it will not prevent
:13:42. > :13:48.him having a chat with PC Finn Leeson. In 2009, the fine for
:13:48. > :13:52.failing to wear a seatbelt doubled to �60. It is estimated that 95 %
:13:52. > :14:01.of drivers do comply with the law but there is a hard core who
:14:01. > :14:05.refused to build up. Hello, thank you for stopping. You did not have
:14:05. > :14:10.your seatbelt on as we originally came past. Can I ask you to join us
:14:10. > :14:20.in our vehicle with any identification. This should be an
:14:20. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:28.open and shut case. Jump in the back for me, sir. Thank you. We
:14:28. > :14:31.pass do as we came down, you did not have your seatbelt on. You put
:14:31. > :14:41.on as we pulled past. Is there any reason why you were not wearing
:14:41. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:49.your seat belt. We hear every excuse under the sun.
:14:49. > :14:59.I was coughing and I to go off for a split-second. It was not a split
:14:59. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:04.second. As we drove past you did not have it. I sleaze that time. I
:15:04. > :15:09.know reached in the glove compartment to get some tissue.
:15:09. > :15:14.a bad one but to be frank, he was lying. There are three ways we can
:15:14. > :15:19.deal with this. We can even send you directly to a court. We can
:15:19. > :15:26.give you a fixed penalty ticket of �60 or we can send you on a free
:15:27. > :15:30.course. A three-course. It is called a crash course. It is
:15:31. > :15:38.conducted at Keele University and you can elect to go on that course
:15:38. > :15:44.for free, rather than be issued with a fixed penalty of �60. Do you
:15:44. > :15:48.have any form of identification on the. You have got my name. I have
:15:48. > :15:53.got the name of the vehicle is registered to. I have never met you
:15:53. > :15:57.before and I do not know your history. Do you have any
:15:57. > :16:00.identification? Checking who people are who they say they are is an
:16:00. > :16:09.important part of this job but this man thinks they are wasting his
:16:09. > :16:13.time. This is a joke. It is a joke you but it is our job.
:16:13. > :16:19.Once he realised the excuse would not work, the insults started. To
:16:19. > :16:24.be honest, I will take so much. Road safety might not be an issue
:16:24. > :16:29.to but it is for us. We will deal with it positively where you take
:16:29. > :16:32.the mickey or not. We are catching criminals every day. Will also
:16:32. > :16:36.looking at road safety. You were not kneeling down to get a tissue.
:16:36. > :16:40.You're driving along with at your seat belt and now you have been
:16:40. > :16:44.prosecuted for it. Cut a hole go get your don't up thing, we are
:16:45. > :16:50.trying to save your life and save other people's lives so grow up a
:16:50. > :16:55.little bit and accept the fact that we are trying to do you a favour.
:16:55. > :16:58.Can you not just let me go and do my business? No, because we also
:16:58. > :17:02.have to deal with dead bodies because people do not put their
:17:02. > :17:06.seat belts on. What would happen if one of your kids was killed? You do
:17:06. > :17:09.not think about that. All you want to do is sit in the back and take
:17:09. > :17:13.the mickey out of police officers but we will deal with it positively
:17:13. > :17:21.again and again until you realise. Hopefully this course will wake you
:17:21. > :17:27.up a bit to that. Thank you, OK. Thank you. You do not have to like
:17:27. > :17:32.us. The motorway cops do not expect to be liked but PC Finlayson has a
:17:32. > :17:35.genuine reason to be annoyed. have been to a number of vitality
:17:35. > :17:43.is now where if people had bothered to put their seat belt on, they
:17:43. > :17:47.would not have been killed -- a number of fatalities. For the sake
:17:47. > :17:51.of two seconds, it really is ridiculous that some people are not
:17:51. > :18:01.bothering nowadays to put back seat belt on.
:18:01. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:15.Could buy. Build your speed up on He is obnoxious! He has got a
:18:15. > :18:20.severe attitude against the police. He will get dealt with whether he
:18:20. > :18:26.likes it or not. If we have got the wreck -- the evidence and then bang
:18:26. > :18:35.to rights, they will get done. Back in Birmingham, emotions are
:18:35. > :18:43.running high. He sees Coleman and Dal Nijjar are trying to prove the
:18:43. > :18:50.driver is the man they have. What have I been arrested for? Suspicion
:18:50. > :18:57.of theft of a car. You just asked us what you were arrested for.
:18:57. > :19:06.Making my own car? I got pulled in that car two weeks ago driving it.
:19:06. > :19:10.As soon as he said that is my car, my suspicion is through the roof.
:19:10. > :19:18.Why are you running off from your own car? They are hoping that that
:19:18. > :19:27.CCTV footage will prove he is the only one in the car. Is that your
:19:27. > :19:33.camera there? Does it work? I have got four cameras, it is the only
:19:33. > :19:36.one that doesn't work. I would have absolutely sorted it out. If the
:19:36. > :19:42.camera had been working we would have seen him get out of the car.
:19:42. > :19:50.With this CCTV joined the bank, the focus turns to the man and his
:19:50. > :19:54.story. I haven't got the keys because my mate was driving the car.
:19:54. > :20:00.PC Dal Nijjar has caught a whiff of something that might explain why he
:20:00. > :20:04.will not admit he has been at the wheel. Have you had a drink today?
:20:04. > :20:14.I was at my mate's funeral yesterday, he died. I have not had
:20:14. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:22.a drink today. Just watch your foot. That his car. He has had a drink,
:20:22. > :20:28.that is why he has done one. Have you had a drink, mate? I just said
:20:28. > :20:33.I wasn't driving. You check the camera first. I believe you were
:20:33. > :20:37.driving the car. I was not driving the car. I will give you a breath
:20:37. > :20:47.test. I will not give you a breath test. You're under arrest for
:20:47. > :20:49.
:20:49. > :20:59.We will search you. Shall we get a dog down here? Let's do another
:20:59. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:13.search. Bollocks, man. Just jump out of the car so we can search you.
:21:13. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:19.Is this another phone? Have you got any ID on you? My licence.
:21:19. > :21:23.provisional licence. That is why they took the car off me. If he was
:21:23. > :21:28.driving, this latest finding could explain why he was trying to escape,
:21:28. > :21:38.to avoid him having his car confiscated a second time. Who was
:21:38. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:52.driving it? Check the camera. If he was a law-abiding citizen,
:21:52. > :21:58.why could he not name the driver. Although I was relying on the CCTV
:21:58. > :22:08.camera I was -- I still had the camera in the car. I played it and
:22:08. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:14.I said I would show him. There is only one person in that. Whatever,
:22:14. > :22:19.mate. It is bullshit because there were two people in the car.
:22:20. > :22:28.there? Not the best video. It would need enhancing but initially it
:22:28. > :22:32.looked like there was only one. Arrest me, do what you have got to
:22:32. > :22:42.do. I was not driving that car. Take me to court, I was not driving
:22:42. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:53.I could see a driver and I could see through the passenger headdress
:22:53. > :22:59.and there were no heads there. That is not to say that someone wasn't
:22:59. > :23:02.lying down and the car. I wasn't expecting him to say. The guy came
:23:03. > :23:10.and picked me up this morning. I had been to a funeral yesterday and
:23:10. > :23:14.he had my car. You're a policeman and you are lying. Why would I lie?
:23:14. > :23:18.It can be frustrating when people accuse you of flying but I am a
:23:18. > :23:24.police officer at the end of the day and I came to this job with
:23:24. > :23:28.honesty and integrity -- they accuse you of lying. Unfortunately,
:23:28. > :23:33.none is of the public do not believe in those values and he was
:23:33. > :23:37.one of those people. You are lying. You are a liar. If I was driving
:23:37. > :23:41.that car I would say I was driving it because I could not give a shit
:23:41. > :23:47.about three points on my licence. I will not admit to something I have
:23:47. > :23:52.not done. If I was driving that car, kit, I would say I was driving it.
:23:52. > :23:56.Do I look like a kid? He was on the back foot and his
:23:56. > :24:06.only way of coming back at me was making accusations and getting
:24:06. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:15.excitable and shouting at me. it to court, mate. We are all liars.
:24:15. > :24:21.He said I am lying and we are lying. But PC Coleman knows his work is
:24:21. > :24:26.cut-out find in the Prix. It is down to me to find the evidence,
:24:26. > :24:33.the facts that he was in that car, driving that car. On that day, the
:24:33. > :24:38.CCTV camera above the vehicle would have been the best evidence.
:24:38. > :24:43.And there is a final twist to the tale. Yet another explanation.
:24:43. > :24:47.we took him to the station, he came up with the fact that he was
:24:47. > :24:53.selling his car, somebody came along and said they liked the look
:24:53. > :24:59.of it and could they take it for a test-drive. He let them have a test
:24:59. > :25:03.drive and managed to pass us in Birmingham. Then that this chap
:25:03. > :25:07.disappeared into thin air and he does not know who it was. That was
:25:07. > :25:12.a totally different story because he did not mention that at the
:25:12. > :25:19.roadside. We had got him on to his third or 4th story. While the man
:25:19. > :25:24.cools off, 20 miles north on the M6, PC Shale is questioning a driver
:25:24. > :25:32.accused of throwing objects after another car.
:25:32. > :25:38.Having spoken to the driver of the other vehicle, he said it over --
:25:38. > :25:43.it had overtaken. He was doing 80 or 90 in the inside lane. You did
:25:43. > :25:49.nothing in response? I flashed my lap sat him. The driver of the
:25:49. > :25:54.other vehicle is alleging that you have pulled alongside him and
:25:54. > :25:57.stuck-up two fingers at him, opened your driver's window and thrown at
:25:57. > :26:06.Cannes which hit his car and bounced off his car. Can you tell
:26:07. > :26:12.us more about that? -- thrown at the Cannes. Have you got any proof?
:26:12. > :26:15.So a as the cops know, it is one man's word against another.
:26:15. > :26:20.Sometimes there is a difference between what has happened and what
:26:20. > :26:26.you can prove. What it will end up coming down sieve, the physical
:26:26. > :26:32.evidence will be nil. But in the car the man under pressure is
:26:32. > :26:37.changing his story. I may have shook my hand at him. What did you
:26:37. > :26:44.throw at it his vehicle? He has given me a good description of what
:26:44. > :26:49.you through. Well, yes, I did open the window and I threw it can out
:26:49. > :26:55.of the window. And what do you think justifies that? I was just
:26:55. > :27:04.annoyed. At the end of the day, it has caused no damage to his vehicle.
:27:04. > :27:10.That response, your response is totally, a total over-reaction. And
:27:10. > :27:17.I would argue that it puts people's lives at risk.
:27:17. > :27:18.The driver of the focus was out of order in what he did. It was
:27:18. > :27:24.potentially dangerous and certainly idiotic.
:27:24. > :27:30.To throw anything at any other vehicle is a gross over-reaction.
:27:30. > :27:35.You have not got any proof. It is my word against his. You have
:27:35. > :27:41.admitted you have thrown the item. I thought he was being very stupid.
:27:41. > :27:45.He had made and an -- an admission to us after initial denials. You
:27:45. > :27:51.never win any friends when you lied to the police. I will apologise and
:27:51. > :27:56.shake his hand if you want. I will convey that. He is very irate at
:27:56. > :28:00.the moment and I do not think that would be a particularly good thing
:28:00. > :28:05.to bring you two face to face but I will convey your apologies. It is
:28:05. > :28:09.now clear who has done what to who but what is less clear is what the
:28:09. > :28:14.cops can do about it. It is not a straightforward case.
:28:14. > :28:20.There is no such thing as road rage as an offence in itself. We have to
:28:20. > :28:24.utilise other parts of the law to try and get the best result.
:28:24. > :28:28.Shale has decided on a course of action.
:28:28. > :28:32.With the information available to me, I have to make a decision. I
:28:32. > :28:38.will not be dealing with the Road Traffic Act, it will be the Public
:28:38. > :28:43.Order Act. He is not being arrested but he is being reported for his
:28:43. > :28:47.abusive and threatening behaviour. The other driver is given the news.
:28:47. > :28:57.He has accepted it now. He will be dealt with. If you are happy with
:28:57. > :29:02.
:29:02. > :29:05.that. Yes, I am. Can you sign that. Further up the M6, PC Tracey Cope
:29:05. > :29:14.and PC Paul Finlayson have been called to a crash on the M6 toll
:29:14. > :29:18.road. They already know that there The ambulance crew on the scene
:29:18. > :29:23.want to get the lady to hospital. We do not know her condition, so
:29:23. > :29:26.she is being taken to Stafford hospital. We need a patrol to go
:29:26. > :29:31.there to make sure their condition is OK. We will head to the scene to
:29:31. > :29:36.find out what is going on. The details are a bit sketchy. The M6
:29:36. > :29:40.toll road was opened in 2003 in a bid to relieve the motorway
:29:40. > :29:44.congestion around Birmingham. Although free-flowing traffic often
:29:44. > :29:50.brings higher speeds, it may not have been a factor in this crash,
:29:50. > :29:54.because it happened that one of the coal books. One car has rammed into
:29:54. > :30:04.the back of another. A Highways Agency officer is already at the
:30:04. > :30:11.scene. Female. Staffordshire. Female from that one? Chest
:30:11. > :30:15.injuries. She says brake failure. Brake failure? Nail in the
:30:15. > :30:23.ambulance now on his way to hospital. Right. I guess they are
:30:23. > :30:27.not going just yet. How is he? OK. I would get some details off you.
:30:27. > :30:32.Or though the driver of the car and fund is not badly injured, he has
:30:32. > :30:37.had a lucky escape. Can you see the damage BMW? It has impacted with
:30:37. > :30:40.the rear of this vehicle. We are told by the driver of this one that
:30:40. > :30:45.he was stationary at that both about to pay when he had the
:30:45. > :30:50.collision at the back. The poor guy was just paying for his toll. All
:30:50. > :30:54.of a sudden, he was smacked quite hard from behind. His Aldi probably
:30:54. > :30:58.weighs nearly two tons, and for that to be propelled forward that
:30:58. > :31:03.way, a hell of a bang has occurred. He can say that the vehicle has
:31:03. > :31:07.been moved a reasonable distance, having been hit at the rear.
:31:07. > :31:11.the indications are that the woman in the BMW was not paying any
:31:11. > :31:17.attention, but the cops need to prove that, and they need some
:31:17. > :31:21.evidence. Simon Street has arrived to lead the investigation. Than
:31:21. > :31:28.checking with our control room to see if it was caught on CCTV.
:31:28. > :31:32.has, it is always on. Brilliant. Thank you, Tracey. A CCTV camera
:31:32. > :31:37.that is working is great news for the cops, but the footage will take
:31:37. > :31:40.at least half an hour to download. Meanwhile, news is coming in from
:31:40. > :31:45.the hospital about the injuries to the woman. We will have to hold
:31:45. > :31:50.everyone here. She has got a cracked sternum, it is not going to
:31:50. > :31:55.get more serious. The CCTV evidence will be crucial in establishing
:31:56. > :32:00.whether the injured woman driver is at fault or not. A very nice car
:32:00. > :32:03.that no longer works! The motorway cops continue to look into their
:32:03. > :32:08.allegation that it was not her but they bowled with their car which
:32:08. > :32:12.was the cause. It is very rare that a modern car gets brake failure. It
:32:12. > :32:16.is not unheard of, but modern vehicles do not tend to have their
:32:17. > :32:20.brakes fail. I stand to be corrected but... These have been
:32:20. > :32:28.recalled, haven't they? Not recalled as such, but they happen
:32:28. > :32:33.and a safety check for the brakes. Five series. Yes, they have just
:32:33. > :32:36.been recalled, some of the three series and five series of great
:32:37. > :32:40.issues. This may be one of those, it will be looked at by the others
:32:40. > :32:45.are examining the vehicle. solution to this puzzle will lie in
:32:45. > :32:50.the video evidence from the tollbooth. There and nearly 2
:32:50. > :32:54.million CCTV cameras in the UK and over 10,000 of them cover the road
:32:54. > :33:00.network, providing vital evidence in helping the cops identify
:33:00. > :33:05.everything from traffic offences to travelling criminals. It is 1pm. PC
:33:05. > :33:08.Dal Nijjar is halfway through his 12 hour shift. A radio report is
:33:08. > :33:18.coming in that cameras have spotted a car linked to reports of
:33:18. > :33:23.
:33:23. > :33:28.shoplifting. M6 towards junction 1. Reports on the 24th of the 9th this
:33:28. > :33:33.year. This vehicle is believed to be involved in the theft of clothes
:33:33. > :33:38.from Next. Organised shoplifters often use the motorways to travel
:33:38. > :33:42.long distances, targeting stores up and down the country. It is a crime
:33:42. > :33:50.that costs the retail industry nearly �3 billion per year. And it
:33:50. > :33:54.is one that the motorway cops are dealing with more and more. 9-3, I
:33:54. > :33:58.am just joining at eight. Can you watch the cameras for me, please?
:33:58. > :34:02.Dal Nijjar is travelling to intercept the car. The sooner he
:34:02. > :34:07.can find it, the greater the chance of the rest. That is why he joined
:34:07. > :34:10.the force. I like locking up criminals, that is what I enjoy,
:34:10. > :34:15.teamwork, arresting these people that need to be arrested, bringing
:34:15. > :34:19.them to justice. The coverage of the cameras is extensive, but they
:34:19. > :34:24.cannot see everywhere, and with no sight of the car, his instinct and
:34:24. > :34:29.his local knowledge comes into play. 9-3, I'm going to see if he has
:34:29. > :34:35.gone to the retail park. Luckily for me, it was my patch, I know it
:34:35. > :34:39.like the back of my hand. There is next year. The car has been linked
:34:39. > :34:43.with thefts from a well-known clothing store, and Dal Nijjar
:34:43. > :34:53.thinks it is heading for another one nearby. He could be in luck. He
:34:53. > :35:02.
:35:02. > :35:10.Yeah, 9-3, confirmed the registration. Yes, yes. Yes, yes.
:35:10. > :35:14.guessed well, it is off at Oldbury, it is off, I have got it, received?
:35:14. > :35:21.There are two people in the car, not the one person mentioned in the
:35:21. > :35:26.shoplifting report. Still moving, is it? I have got it, stop, stop,
:35:26. > :35:32.stop, on Aldbury Ring way in front of the Arnold Clark. Two documents,
:35:32. > :35:37.received. The people inside are not as he expected. When I did stop the
:35:37. > :35:45.vehicle, a middle-aged woman appeared from the driver's side. Is
:35:45. > :35:50.this your vehicle? No, it is my friend. Right, OK. Let's just talk
:35:50. > :35:56.to your friend. Are you all right? Is this your vehicle? Well, yeah.
:35:56. > :36:01.How you got the documentation? The car has got a report to say it
:36:01. > :36:06.was involved in shoplifting. We are going to get some details. If you
:36:06. > :36:12.have got nothing to do with it, you can be on your way. Join me in my
:36:12. > :36:16.car. Me? Yes. There is a possibility the report is incorrect,
:36:16. > :36:26.but until he gets more details, he will not be sure of. There you go,
:36:26. > :36:31.
:36:31. > :36:38.Right, I Rogers takes some details quickly, all right? -- I will just
:36:38. > :36:42.take. I will be speaking to the lady as well. This female is a bit
:36:42. > :36:47.distressed, which I thought, you know, a middle-aged woman stopped
:36:47. > :36:53.by the police, she has probably never been stopped before. She is
:36:53. > :36:57.just a friend, just... She is only a friend. The reason we starter
:36:57. > :37:02.originally was for the shoplifting. But because of the insurance, that
:37:02. > :37:06.is something that I would like to clear up first. While the woman
:37:06. > :37:11.calms down, Dal Nijjar checks out the passenger, complains to own the
:37:11. > :37:17.car. So your first name is Michelle? I need to ascertain if
:37:17. > :37:21.you have got any insurance. You are joking! No A. Their body language
:37:21. > :37:25.was not normal, very fidgety, which would so someone that was
:37:25. > :37:29.uncomfortable with being checked out. Stay there, I need to fill out
:37:29. > :37:35.some details. The passenger's behaviour is giving cause for
:37:35. > :37:40.concern. Received, thank you. I'm trying to concentrate on two
:37:40. > :37:47.people here, and she was making my job much harder, because she was
:37:47. > :37:53.literally jumping around. Just running off and leaving me. Just
:37:53. > :37:58.come this way one minute. should not take the car. I am on
:37:58. > :38:08.the phone. A stay by the car. friend, the driver, is starting to
:38:08. > :38:10.
:38:10. > :38:18.worry. I mean, this is ridiculous. All I have done is drove. They will
:38:18. > :38:28.probably have me this time. I am not going with her no more, a year.
:38:28. > :38:29.
:38:29. > :38:33.And now he has got the passenger under control, down the jet notices
:38:33. > :38:39.something relevant to the shoplifting investigation. -- Dal
:38:39. > :38:45.Nijjar. Behind his seat, I could see a bag tucked into a passenger
:38:45. > :38:55.seat. Those are those bags? They are mine. Have you got receipts?
:38:55. > :39:00.
:39:00. > :39:05.is for washing. It is old clothes? At the moment, you will have to
:39:05. > :39:10.wait, all right? A cursory look in the bag at the old clothes reveals
:39:10. > :39:15.they are anything but. They have got hangers. They are old clothes.
:39:15. > :39:19.You will have to wait, all right. Yes, I just want to clarify what is
:39:19. > :39:29.going on. While he waits for the results of his cheques on the
:39:29. > :39:32.
:39:32. > :39:42.passenger, she grabs her chance for Van midge is about to have his
:39:42. > :39:42.
:39:42. > :39:46.earlier doubts about the passenger That is received. Did you say that
:39:46. > :39:51.someone was en route? Ideally a female. The evidence is starting to
:39:51. > :39:55.come together, but you'll have to find more than a bag of clothes to
:39:55. > :39:59.give him grounds for arrest. 50 miles away on the M6 toll road,
:39:59. > :40:03.Paul Finlayson and Tracey Cope are investigating the crash at the
:40:03. > :40:06.tollbooth. They need to find out if the injured the male driver was at
:40:06. > :40:14.fault, and they are looking for evidence that she did apply her
:40:14. > :40:22.brakes. -- female. You can see two Marques there, but to be honest
:40:22. > :40:29.that looks like it is a lorry. -- Marks. It may or might not be, but
:40:29. > :40:33.it is a fair distance from it, isn't it? Nice try. To be honest,
:40:33. > :40:38.we will know more when we see the video as to whether it should be
:40:38. > :40:43.attributed or not. The search for evidence returns to the woman's car.
:40:43. > :40:48.Is there anything readily available suggesting... There is a card.
:40:48. > :40:52.card on the passenger seat. American Express. Drivers often
:40:52. > :40:56.take their eyes of the road to look for cash or credit cards as they
:40:56. > :41:02.approach the tollbooth, and that could have happened here. I found
:41:02. > :41:06.an open purse in the driver's foot while exposing credit cards. We are
:41:06. > :41:09.in the credit card lane. It also seems that the seat belt Prix 10
:41:09. > :41:14.shares have not activated, which suggests she was not wearing a
:41:14. > :41:20.seatbelt. -- the seat belt retention device. My patience has
:41:20. > :41:25.worn thinner for people who do not wear seatbelts. You just get so fed
:41:25. > :41:30.up of dealing with the consequences, the aftermath, and it is just so
:41:30. > :41:33.avoidable. It is a two-second clip. After the roadside examination, the
:41:33. > :41:38.motorway cops believe the cause of the crash may well be the woman's
:41:38. > :41:43.lack of attention. It may be the driver was looking for their card.
:41:43. > :41:48.They may have been distracted by something else. Again, the fact
:41:48. > :41:52.that the driver is alleged to have had an easy with the brakes, once
:41:52. > :41:56.the vehicle is examined, it might put that into perspective, what has
:41:56. > :42:00.happened, whether she was distracted and thinks it was the
:42:00. > :42:10.brakes because she did not think to stem or realise to use them early
:42:10. > :42:10.
:42:10. > :42:15.enough. The video evidence backs of their theory. -- backs up. As the
:42:15. > :42:19.innocent driver of the front car repairs to pay, moments later the
:42:19. > :42:29.woman driving the second car appears, showing no signs of
:42:29. > :42:29.
:42:29. > :42:34.Having seen the video, I would estimate the speed to be around 45-
:42:34. > :42:37.50 mph as she approached. What is puzzling is how the woman has
:42:37. > :42:42.managed to successfully steered into the lane yet still failed to
:42:42. > :42:47.stop. I can only hazard a guess that she was distracted by
:42:47. > :42:50.something. She lined it up fine, and then obviously at some point
:42:50. > :42:54.she failed to recognise that she was approaching far too fast and
:42:54. > :42:59.deal with it. From this angle, her excuse that the brakes failed may
:42:59. > :43:02.be correct, but another camera covering the approach has also
:43:02. > :43:10.captured the accident, and it clearly shows her brake lights did
:43:10. > :43:13.not come on before she crashed. slammed into a parked car, and
:43:13. > :43:18.there is an awful lot of warning prior to that toll plaza to reduce
:43:18. > :43:23.your speed. If the circumstances had been different, I think we
:43:23. > :43:27.would have been looking at serious if not fatal consequences. The guy
:43:27. > :43:30.could have been killed. While the motorway cameras are an invaluable
:43:30. > :43:35.tool for cops in their fight against crime, they do not extend
:43:35. > :43:39.to the whole road network, so the cops' own eyes and ears are just as
:43:39. > :43:43.important. When you are driving around in a police car, you're
:43:44. > :43:53.always, in your mind, looking at things and calculating what looks
:43:54. > :43:57.
:43:57. > :44:02.right, should that be there? You're PC Alan Colman has now teamed up
:44:02. > :44:06.with PC Jess Rojek. They are in Erdington, north Birmingham. Up
:44:06. > :44:13.ahead there is a great Vauxhall Vectra turning into a petrol
:44:13. > :44:19.station. PC Coleman can see the rear numberplate is missing and he
:44:19. > :44:24.is concerned about the front one. can see it has an R reg number
:44:24. > :44:29.plate on it. PC Coleman is a self- confessed petrol head and he knows
:44:29. > :44:35.his car numbers. I knew it was not right because that model was
:44:35. > :44:41.released on AV plate. The cops decide to have a closer look.
:44:41. > :44:45.parked just behind the bus stop, trying to tug a big marked been
:44:45. > :44:49.doubly out of the way which is quite hard in itself. He saw a
:44:50. > :44:55.sitting there, I'm sure he did. I lost sight of him for a short
:44:55. > :45:01.period of time and he had gone. I knew he had not gone past us. I was
:45:01. > :45:06.sure he had not gone down the road. I could see he was reversed into
:45:06. > :45:16.the wash bay and he was not washing his car. As we came round towards
:45:16. > :45:21.him, he then drove off out of the wash bay and on to the main road.
:45:21. > :45:27.Very, very suspicious behaviour. is not just the suspicious
:45:27. > :45:33.behaviour which is bugging P C Coleman. He cannot get the front
:45:33. > :45:43.registration number out of his head. Can I have a code two PNC check
:45:43. > :45:50.
:45:50. > :45:55.please? So PC Jess Rojek is checking the police database. But
:45:55. > :46:01.the registration PC Coleman remembers does not exist. That is
:46:01. > :46:05.received. It is now echoed one on Slade Road. Perhaps he got it one
:46:05. > :46:08.but once they get the driver in his car they will have a chance to look
:46:08. > :46:14.at the front number plate while they find out what he has been up
:46:14. > :46:21.to. Hello. Are you all right? You have only got one number plight.
:46:21. > :46:27.know, it is in the back. Just have a seat in the car first. It is easy.
:46:27. > :46:33.You can get those in a minute. Where is it? It is in the back, I
:46:33. > :46:37.have got to get the screws for it. What was going on at the garage?
:46:37. > :46:42.You were acting a bit suspicious. was trying to see if I could get
:46:42. > :46:46.the screws in the car and then my phone rang and you're not allowed
:46:46. > :46:49.to use on the forecourt. The was that why you moved around the
:46:49. > :46:53.corner. I was thinking, this is not a major
:46:53. > :47:00.issue. The plates are in the back of the car, it is something I see
:47:00. > :47:05.quite a bit. Rates do fall of cars, it does happen. While Jess Rojek
:47:05. > :47:12.checks the front number plate, P C Coleman checks him out. Have you
:47:12. > :47:16.got any ID on you? It is probably in the car. Now PC Jess Rojek is
:47:16. > :47:23.back with details of the front numberplate. This does not tally
:47:23. > :47:28.with what PC Coleman remembers. front number plate was the plate.
:47:28. > :47:36.There was not an art on there. I started doubting myself in my head.
:47:36. > :47:43.I thought, have I been seeing things? I have got a copy of my
:47:43. > :47:46.insurance with me in the car. have a code one PNC check? The even
:47:46. > :47:54.though they have their suspicions about him, they have no reason to
:47:54. > :47:57.doubt his story. He was very co- operative. He was very calm. He was
:47:57. > :48:03.very willing to answer our questions.
:48:03. > :48:11.It is Victor 82 Mike hotel Delta, received. Everything seems to check
:48:11. > :48:17.out. We checked him out by the police computer. He gave us a
:48:17. > :48:21.plausible excuse that the plate had fallen off. He had got a licence,
:48:21. > :48:27.there was an insurance certificate in that name in the car. So
:48:27. > :48:32.everything, in effect check out for him.
:48:32. > :48:36.Get yourself home, get the number plate screwed on immediately.
:48:36. > :48:42.Rather than give you a 60 quid fine here and now which is what we can
:48:42. > :48:48.do, I will give you a bit of leeway. If I had the screws in the car...
:48:48. > :48:53.It needs doing straightaway. that front numberplate is still
:48:53. > :48:58.worrying P C Coleman. Either I am missing something more I need to go
:48:58. > :49:02.to Specsavers because I am sure it had an art on it. As we watched him
:49:02. > :49:12.drive off into the distance, I had a nagging doubt in my head about
:49:12. > :49:18.the number plate. It was ours 091 but I thought I saw but I was
:49:18. > :49:23.confusing myself and my own mind. His behaviour around the garage was
:49:23. > :49:28.not right either. Why did he move into that they are out of our way?
:49:28. > :49:32.Shall we go back and have a look, out of interest? While they return
:49:32. > :49:38.to the garage to try and find out if he was up to anything, 12 miles
:49:38. > :49:42.away near Dudley, PC Dal Nijjar is still dealing with the two women he
:49:42. > :49:48.stopped, following a report linking their car with shoplifting. But so
:49:48. > :49:55.far, he has not found the evidence he is looking for. Have you got the
:49:55. > :49:59.keys? Do you need any other keys? I will just take that off? This is
:49:59. > :50:05.ridiculous! He has discovered one of the women has previous
:50:05. > :50:10.shoplifting convictions and now he is searching her car. When I opened
:50:10. > :50:14.the boot, I thought I had hit the jackpot. Everything was going
:50:15. > :50:22.against at that point because she even had the pliers to rip open the
:50:22. > :50:27.tax. PC Dal Nijjar thinks these clothes have already been stolen as
:50:27. > :50:31.part of a scam. I think they will go back and say this does not fit,
:50:31. > :50:36.can I get a credit note. Even though they have not got tax, they
:50:36. > :50:41.will go back. Next we accept them and they will have a credit note
:50:41. > :50:44.which is legitimate so they can buy some real clothes. Also in here is
:50:44. > :50:53.a brand new dress and some tops. They will do the same thing for
:50:53. > :50:57.that as well. As you can clearly see, there are some brand new Next
:50:57. > :51:00.bags there. They will go to the shop and pretend they have just
:51:00. > :51:05.bought them and these are the pliers they will use to snap the
:51:05. > :51:12.tax off and put them in the bags. You need to come and have a look at
:51:12. > :51:18.this. You are saying this is your car. Have a look in there. That has
:51:18. > :51:25.got nothing to do with navel stud you just said it was your car. If -
:51:25. > :51:30.- that has nothing to do with me. I just bought it at the weekend. Just
:51:30. > :51:35.because I have got a record it does not mean anything. At the moment
:51:35. > :51:40.you are under arrest for shoplifting. And going equipped.
:51:40. > :51:45.It is enough to bring them in for going equipped. I believe they were
:51:45. > :51:50.going to a specific place to steal. This will be turned off. When I
:51:50. > :51:55.arrested her, this was my chance to confiscate her phone off her.
:51:55. > :52:00.Originally, I had no powers. She was not under arrest. I was mindful
:52:00. > :52:05.that she was making phone calls to someone. Now because she was under
:52:05. > :52:09.arrest she was in his police custody. Do you understand what you
:52:09. > :52:15.are arrested for. You have got loads of Next bags. They are not
:52:15. > :52:19.mine! Pass me your phone. You are telling me they are brand new.
:52:19. > :52:29.telling you that none of this belongs to naval stock say you have
:52:29. > :52:31.
:52:31. > :52:36.pliers, brand new bags and hangers They know where these stores are,
:52:36. > :52:40.they have come to the specific location. It must be easier to come
:52:40. > :52:44.here and still things. It is well planned, they know what they are
:52:44. > :52:51.doing. They are from Wolverhampton and they came here for a reason. I
:52:51. > :52:55.believe that reason is for shoplifting. P C Jam McNamara has
:52:55. > :53:00.arrived to do a more thorough search. Any additional evidence,
:53:00. > :53:06.however small, could be useful in proving a case against the women.
:53:06. > :53:09.There are some new hangers. Both of them are taken to West Bromwich
:53:09. > :53:17.police station where they will have some explaining to do about all the
:53:17. > :53:23.bags and clothes found in their possession. And there is more
:53:23. > :53:33.evidence in one woman's belongings, and extensive shopping left. --
:53:33. > :53:38.
:53:38. > :53:41.shopping list. She is having the You need to know why you're here.
:53:41. > :53:46.The officer said you have been arrested for going equipped for
:53:46. > :53:50.theft. It was like she had never been
:53:51. > :54:00.under arrest which was incorrect because previous records show she
:54:01. > :54:01.
:54:01. > :54:08.had been arrested and she broke I've only been in trouble once in
:54:08. > :54:11.my life. I do think she knows more than meets the eye but we will find
:54:11. > :54:15.out. She is very hysterical but I appreciate she is like that but she
:54:15. > :54:20.must understand we have a job to dig and we must investigate why she
:54:20. > :54:28.is in the car with the stolen property. The passenger is still
:54:28. > :54:32.maintaining her innocence. The more lively character even as they did
:54:32. > :54:37.when I stopped her but you only arrested me because of what I have
:54:37. > :54:43.done in the past. She has plenty of previous for shoplifting. Both
:54:43. > :54:48.women will be held for further questioning. Back in Erdington in
:54:48. > :54:53.Birmingham, PCS Coleman and Jess Rojek have returned to the garage
:54:53. > :54:58.where they saw the driver with the suspicious number plate. They are
:54:58. > :55:05.hoping to find out what he is up to but first they talk to the staff.
:55:05. > :55:11.We spoke to the Cashier's that they -- they informed us that they had a
:55:11. > :55:17.bill which came to �40 of fuel. They gave a description of the
:55:17. > :55:23.vehicle which was the one we just stopped. Did you observe the
:55:23. > :55:28.vehicle itself? I'd did not see it drive off because I thought it
:55:28. > :55:33.would go into the jet wash. they believe he left without paying
:55:33. > :55:37.but getting camera evidence is yet again proving frustrating. They
:55:37. > :55:42.could not get the video footage to show us what the car was so it
:55:42. > :55:48.could or could not have been him. I thought in my own head it was him.
:55:48. > :55:51.I went to the rear of the car wash to find the number plate.
:55:51. > :55:58.Coleman's doubts about the front numberplate are starting to make
:55:58. > :56:02.sense. He thinks the man has used a false number to conceal his car
:56:02. > :56:07.from the CCTV cameras but when he saw the cops he decided to ditch
:56:07. > :56:11.the false plate. I hope you have risk assessed that! Yes, very
:56:11. > :56:16.risky! It has been a long time since I
:56:16. > :56:21.climbed fences like that but I managed to get over. If PC Coleman
:56:22. > :56:29.finds the false plate, they will have evidence that the suspect did
:56:29. > :56:34.steal the fuel. That is the one. I was absolutely
:56:34. > :56:39.spot on, just got the numbers the wrong way round. I was a bit
:56:39. > :56:44.annoyed with myself. Clearly, when he had sat in the wash bay, he must
:56:44. > :56:53.have ripped that plate of rapid because it only had sticky things
:56:53. > :56:56.on it and he lobbed it over the rear of the car wash. I saw what I
:56:56. > :57:00.thought and it was not right for the model of the car. I did feel at
:57:00. > :57:04.the time maybe we should not have let him go but looking at the
:57:04. > :57:08.circumstances of the initial time we spoke to him, there was not
:57:08. > :57:13.anything else I could have done. It was a minor traffic offence,
:57:13. > :57:18.everything checked out. PC, knows that despite their best efforts,
:57:18. > :57:23.people do sometimes slip through their net. There was a bit of
:57:23. > :57:27.frustration initially but everyone comes another day. And he did.
:57:27. > :57:32.After his details were circulated, he was arrested. When I found that
:57:32. > :57:37.he had been stopped two or 3 days later and had been arrested, I was
:57:37. > :57:41.pretty happy because he thought he had got away with it. He turned out
:57:41. > :57:46.to be already well known to the police, had no insurance and was a
:57:46. > :57:50.disqualified driver. He received six points on his licence, was
:57:50. > :57:55.given 80 hours' unpaid community work and had to pay for the petrol
:57:55. > :57:59.he's dull. The hot-tempered driver who threatened another had to
:57:59. > :58:04.report a police station where he received a police caution and a
:58:04. > :58:09.police record. The man with no seatbelt maybe took his words to
:58:09. > :58:12.heart. He certainly attended his course. The grounds Prosecution
:58:12. > :58:16.Service decided not to prosecute the woman who crashed into a
:58:16. > :58:19.stationary car the motorway toll booth -- the Crown Prosecution
:58:20. > :58:23.Service. No further action was taken against the two women