0:00:02 > 0:00:05Thieves will steal our cars, our valuables,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09just about anything they can get their hands on.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11To cut down on crime and antisocial behaviour,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14police and other agencies are using new technology
0:00:14 > 0:00:19and tactics where the bad guys are actually getting caught in the act.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I can see the man actually commit the robbery. Lovely, thank you very much!
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Local councils, shops and businesses are laying some traps of their own.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Why should we feel frightened for the rest of our lives?
0:00:29 > 0:00:30And the general public, too,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33can help unsuspecting crooks get their comeuppance.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35No way are you getting away.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38We did it for everyone else as well that she might be stealing from.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39We will name and shame you.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43So, anyone who is up to no good had better think twice.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46They might just get caught red-handed.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Today, a shopkeeper bravely tries to lock in a knife-wielding robber.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02He was flustered, very panicky, and he's smashing away at the glass.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Also today, a cruel, illegal attack on protected birds of prey.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11What has been happening to birds of prey up here is despicable.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14The RSPB investigator's on a mission to save them.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And a bank hold-up that's like a scene from a film.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22But the hooded raider makes a schoolboy error
0:01:22 > 0:01:24and his mum finds him out.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39A winter's morning in St Neots, in Cambridgeshire.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43It's the end of the rush hour, and stores are opening up.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49After several small thefts, a CCTV camera system has been
0:01:49 > 0:01:51installed in this family-run jewellery shop.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Today, the owner's son, Jack, is working alone,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58taking the opportunity, before customers come in,
0:01:58 > 0:01:59to repair a gold ring.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01But just then, the door opens.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Jack looks up to see a man stepping the wrong side of the counter.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The man reaches into his pocket for something.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17The CCTV next shows Jack going into the shop with the masked
0:02:17 > 0:02:19figure following closely behind him.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21It's now clear what the man was
0:02:21 > 0:02:24reaching for - a huge knife.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27This customer is an armed robber.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30I don't have my children working in the family business, in a shop,
0:02:30 > 0:02:31to risk their lives.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36The young jeweller is being held at knife-point, a terrifying situation.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40But Jack is coolly planning how to turn the tables on his attacker.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42It was the most frightening moment of my life,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44seeing my brother chasing a man with a knife.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56The jewellery shop was set up by Paul Goldstraw in 1981.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I started the business as a young 21-year-old
0:02:59 > 0:03:03and hoped one day that my family might be involved in the business.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05And, obviously, that has happened.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Jack and Connie, two of Paul's children,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11joined the family firm seven years ago.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14My role in the jewellers is to serve the customers, to make sure
0:03:14 > 0:03:17that my dad and my brother are doing their jobs properly.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I'm acting manager when my sister isn't here.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22We kind of work in partnership, almost.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25So I do as I'm told, make the tea, empty the bins,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29but then also, you know, sell some jewellery and repair it.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Their father's work is well-known in the area.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33He's done some commission work
0:03:33 > 0:03:36for some quite high-profile people and companies.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Brooches for royalty,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39he has also done the chain of office for the mayor.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43And son Jack has also made a name for himself.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45When I was 15, I was fortunate enough to win a scholarship
0:03:45 > 0:03:48with BMW Motorsport, so I was a racing driver.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51That was something I'll never, ever forget.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Helping to run the shop may not seem as adrenaline-fuelled
0:03:56 > 0:03:58as driving powerful cars around the track,
0:03:58 > 0:04:03but even in this trade, there can be moments that get the pulse racing.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06We've had sleight of hand theft,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10and you kind of try and sharpen up your act when you do get duped.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11It has only happened a couple of times,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14but nevertheless, this is a whole new ball game.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I mean, this is scary.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Back to that winter's morning, just before the armed robber walks in.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Their father is on a day off,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26so Connie and Jack are opening up the shop.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29We've set up the shop, Jack and I together.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33I had gone over to the shop behind the Mews, which is where we work,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35to exchange some flowers I had received,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37because it was my birthday.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41While she's nipped out to change her flowers, I'm sitting
0:04:41 > 0:04:45behind my bench and I'm just doing a couple of minor repairs.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The man slips in. He's wearing a scarf wrapped around his face.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56I look up and I see what can only be described as a threat.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Then, as he approaches Jack, the man takes out the knife.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03He makes it quite clear that he's not here for a chat
0:05:03 > 0:05:07as he's got a massive knife with a big, long blade.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12The robber orders Jack to move to the front window.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16He is after one particular watch that's worth £10,000.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19My mind is going a million miles an hour, trying to think,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23"How can I, one, get out of this situation, and two, get him caught?"
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I thought, "Can I turn around and punch him hard enough
0:05:26 > 0:05:30"for him to fall on the floor?" Then I thought, "That's crazy."
0:05:30 > 0:05:34I've already at this point tried to go for the panic alarm once
0:05:34 > 0:05:36and he flicked his knife at my hands.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40So I thought, "I can't push my luck too much. There's only so many chances I'll get."
0:05:40 > 0:05:42So I ruled that one out and then I thought,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45"Well, I'm just a passenger now, he is in control.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47"I'm going to just have to do as he said."
0:05:47 > 0:05:52Jack does do what the man says, but only for a few seconds.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Because as he's unlocking the window to let the robber
0:05:55 > 0:05:59get access to the watch, Jack gets an idea.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02As I opened the window, it becomes a barrier between me and the knife.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05There's no way that the knife is going to come through the glass
0:06:05 > 0:06:11in the amount of time I have decided to vacate the shop and hold him in.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13As the robber takes the watch,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Jack takes a key out of his pocket and seizes his opportunity.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18I've opened the door and rushed out.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22He plans to lock the thief in the shop, but there's a problem.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It's the wrong key.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I have some keys, but they're for the window, not for the door.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Which leaves me in quite a sticky situation.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32So I hold the door shut and at this point, a gentleman,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35a passer-by, to all his credit, I mean, he didn't have to,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38but he came to my rescue and he helped hold the door shut with me.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's now the robber's turn to be desperate to escape.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45He gives up just trying to tug the door open.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Now he gets a hammer out of his bag.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53He was flustered, very panicky and he's smashing away at the glass,
0:06:53 > 0:06:54gone back to the knife...
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Now with the knife, he stabs at Jack's hand, forcing him
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- to let go of the handle. - He'd managed to catch me.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03No real blood was drawn, but he caught me on the finger.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06And now, when you're in the heat of the moment...
0:07:06 > 0:07:10That, for all I knew, could have been an artery. So I let go.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14The gentleman who was helping me, we kind of both took a step back.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16The armed robber makes a run for it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21I don't know what came over me, I really don't. But I gave chase.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28By now, Connie is returning to the shop.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32As I've come back, I see my brother chasing a man with a knife.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35So I called out to my brother to ask him to stop.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38When I realised that he wasn't going to stop, I ran back to the shop -
0:07:38 > 0:07:42realising that he might have left it open - and called the police.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Later, the armed thief is getting away from Jack.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I wish I wasn't flat-footed,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52cos I might have been a little quicker in catching him!
0:07:52 > 0:07:54But back at the shop, the robber has left a clue.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Although Jack's manoeuvre to lock the man in had failed,
0:07:58 > 0:08:02it did enough to panic him into a big mistake.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04He dropped some vital evidence for the police.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Next, to a covert operation, but not one to protect property this time -
0:08:15 > 0:08:18one to try and save a species.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Many of Britain's birds of prey are currently struggling
0:08:21 > 0:08:25for survival, and when a protected species is actually targeted, the
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the RSPB, will take action.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39The Peak District.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43A conservation area and haven for wildlife.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Or at least it should be.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50This video camera has been set up
0:08:50 > 0:08:52deep in the woods by the RSPB.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54The camera is aimed at a wire cage
0:08:54 > 0:08:56built for a sinister purpose.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Inside it, there is a white pigeon.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03It looks like some kind of aviary, but in actual fact,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05it's a deadly trap.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06To place a white pigeon in a trap
0:09:06 > 0:09:08like that means one thing -
0:09:08 > 0:09:10it is set to lure in birds of prey.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Those birds of prey will get themselves caught in the trap and then they will be killed.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19There has been a steep decline in the number of birds of prey in this area.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22What has been happening to birds of prey up here is despicable.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26The RSPB is outraged about this. Many people are outraged about this.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28This isn't an isolated problem.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31These protected birds are being illegally
0:09:31 > 0:09:33and cruelly targeted across the UK.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38The RSPB are now using cameras and other means to set traps
0:09:38 > 0:09:41of their own to catch the people responsible.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52The Peak District was the first area in the UK to be
0:09:52 > 0:09:55designated as a national park.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56A beautiful wilderness
0:09:56 > 0:10:00that gets an estimated ten million visitors a year.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06This is the Upper Derwent Valley, towards the north of the park,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09where the landscape is made up of heather moorland,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11forests and waterways.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14In the past, bird-watchers such as senior investigator
0:10:14 > 0:10:19Mark Thomas have come here to see aerial displays by birds of prey.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23People would travel from vast distances to come here, because it was THE place.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27It was THE place to stand on a March day when goshawks were displaying and
0:10:27 > 0:10:29peregrines would fly over, you know,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32providing the public great wildlife encounters.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37But sadly, these days, you'd be very lucky to spot a bird like a goshawk.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42The population here has decreased from six to zero breeding pairs.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Nothing has changed. Habitat is the same, prey availability is the same.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Goshawks should be thriving in habitats like this.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Goshawks are protected by the law.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56And yet, up here, they are being brought to the brink of extinction,
0:10:56 > 0:11:01and the RSPB say the culprits are a few rogue gamekeepers.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Gamekeepers are killing goshawks or committing
0:11:03 > 0:11:05crimes against goshawks because they believe
0:11:05 > 0:11:09they are impacting on numbers of grouse that are reared.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Part of a gamekeeper's job is to rear birds like grouse
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and pheasants for the shooting season.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The more birds there are, the more successful the shoot.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23Certain gamekeepers, it seems, take their duties to the extreme.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27They don't like the threat from wild predators to their stock,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29so see birds of prey as an enemy.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33It's not all gamekeepers, not by any stretch of the imagination,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37but sadly, it's ingrained in the belief that birds of prey
0:11:37 > 0:11:39need to be killed.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42The RSPB want to stop the killing, but they can't patrol
0:11:42 > 0:11:45hundreds of square miles of the British countryside.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49So they have had to come up with new covert methods to get the proof
0:11:49 > 0:11:52they need to stop the offenders.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55The first thing they do is send an investigator to the area
0:11:55 > 0:11:58where birds of prey numbers have fallen.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59We put a field worker on the ground,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01and he just wandered round these woodlands.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03And he was looking for cage traps.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Now, they are lawful, but we were looking for misuse of them.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Cage traps are allowed by law if used properly.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14They're normally designed to catch members of the crow family who can
0:12:14 > 0:12:19attack other nesting birds. They work a bit like a giant lobster pot.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Birds can get in but can't get out again.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24We came across a large cage trap,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26and in there was a gleaming white pigeon.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29And that's Christmas dinner for a bird of prey.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32A bird of prey would be really lured in to eat the pigeon.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35It's illegal to use a pigeon as bait in this way,
0:12:35 > 0:12:39and the position of a trap like this raises suspicion.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42The trap was set just on the fringe of where the woodland
0:12:42 > 0:12:46and moorland join, which is a classic hunting line for birds of prey,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49particularly things like goshawks that will stay low to the ground
0:12:49 > 0:12:51and hunt along the woodland edge.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55The next stage of the investigation is to set up a camera to find out
0:12:55 > 0:12:58who has set the suspicious trap.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01And they don't have to wait long.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04The very next day, a man walks into frame.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08He's carrying a rifle and checks to see if he has caught anything.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10This time, he hasn't
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and, with a frown of disappointment, he heads off.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20The clip only lasts for a few seconds, but is crucial evidence.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24The footage confirms that the man responsible is the local gamekeeper.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27So at that point, we'd got the evidence.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29We knew who was checking the trap, we knew it was the gamekeeper
0:13:29 > 0:13:32and, really, we knew the motives,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34because the motives of a gamekeeper checking a trap
0:13:34 > 0:13:37baited like this is to catch and kill birds of prey.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Mark sets up another camera to gather more evidence.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Just a matter of days later,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45the camera has captured a man coming to check it again.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Except this time, he had a full face balaclava.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51He's wearing the balaclava to mask who he is
0:13:51 > 0:13:53and he releases the white pigeon,
0:13:53 > 0:13:58oblivious to the fact that it is the bird that could give him away.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01What he didn't know is we had been in there and marked the pigeon
0:14:01 > 0:14:05in a unique way which meant we could identify that bird at a later stage.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07He then disarms the trap,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11and that's all done on a Saturday when this place is full of walkers.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15So he clearly wanted to make the trap look as though it wasn't in use.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Mark takes all the evidence to the police,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20who pay the gamekeeper a visit.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23It was an evening search, and thankfully the pigeon that he
0:14:23 > 0:14:27had released had then gone back to the dovecote on his land.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29And when we searched the dovecote with the police,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33we found the same pigeon that had been in the trap now in the dovecot.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35It had unique markings on its wings
0:14:35 > 0:14:38and it tied this person with this trap to catch birds of prey with.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44The guilty gamekeeper is given a 100-hour community order
0:14:44 > 0:14:46and has to pay £10,000 costs.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53He appeals unsuccessfully and ends up paying £17,000.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54He also loses his job.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02The result was an extremely good result.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Without these cameras and the use of camera technology,
0:15:05 > 0:15:06we would have never got this evidence.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Cameras are fantastic for this type of investigation.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Later, the cameras are put to work again
0:15:14 > 0:15:16in another part of the countryside.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19This time, it's buzzards that are being caught in a trap.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23A gamekeeper picks up a club and enters the cage,
0:15:23 > 0:15:28and as we'll see, the RSPB are outraged by what happens next.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Also coming up, what happens next at the jewellers in St Neots
0:15:34 > 0:15:39where an armed robber is on the run, closely followed by Jack.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42My mind was racing as to what had happened to my brother.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47And a bank hold-up. But hold on, is that gun for real?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49The young robber who terrorised the bank staff
0:15:49 > 0:15:51but couldn't fool his own mother.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03But first, some poached eggs.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Or rather, an attempt to poach some eggs.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09We're in Baildon, West Yorkshire.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11The owner of this property, Ian,
0:16:11 > 0:16:16decided to review the footage from his CCTV system after finding
0:16:16 > 0:16:19the gate to his front garden had been mysteriously left open.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25He's surprised to see a strange man with a child wander up his path.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31He's clearly up to no good and ducks down when a car drives past.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Turns out he's hatched a plan to steal eggs from Ian's
0:16:37 > 0:16:41pair of beloved chickens, called French and Saunders.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45But the man is about to get a surprise.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Upset at having their hen night disturbed,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50the chickens get in a bit of a flap and fight back.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55The child is scared and runs off.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01And the henpecked poacher himself finally...ahem, chickens out.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Ian is left wondering what sort of adult would set that
0:17:05 > 0:17:09sort of example to a child. Clearly, he was a bit of a bad egg.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12But thankfully, he has never come back.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15No eggs disappeared and those henpecked birds,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18French and Saunders, had had a "clucky" escape.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Sorry.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Earlier on, we saw the attempted armed robbery
0:17:31 > 0:17:35at a family-run jewellery shop at St Neots, Cambridge.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38The owner's son, Jack, tries to lock the man in,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41braving the threat from a massive knife blade.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46But the robber smashes his way out and Jack decides to chase after him.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48All fear that was in me had gone.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52That turned into adrenaline, and I was determined to get him.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57And the thought of my sister being here or my dad or mum being here,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00that's what was going through my mind.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04I don't know what I would have done if I had caught him, but I just didn't want to let him get away.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07The man eventually managed to disappear among houses
0:18:07 > 0:18:11on an estate, so Jack returns to the jewellery shop,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14where his worried sister, Connie, has been waiting for him.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17My mind was racing as to what had happened to my brother,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19but luckily, he was safe.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22It wasn't till about ten minutes later that he came back and I realised that.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25They let their father know what's happened.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28I got a phone call which...
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Oh, I mean, rocked my world, really.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35And when I found out a knife was involved in the robbery, oh...
0:18:35 > 0:18:39You know, I don't have my children working in the family business,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41in a shop, to risk their lives.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Jack's family had mixed feelings about what he did,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48putting himself in such a dangerous situation.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Business is business. Goods can be replaced. Your brother can't.
0:18:51 > 0:18:58He has behaved in a way that I hope any honourable citizen would behave.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01But then, of course, you think about him being harmed or,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04goodness knows, even fatally harmed.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I'm very, very proud of him, but also I've told him
0:19:07 > 0:19:10never to ever do that again if he was ever in that position.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12But that's not the end of things.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16It turns out that when Jack had the man trapped in his shop,
0:19:16 > 0:19:19he had obviously got him badly rattled,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23enough to panic the man into making a big mistake.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27When he was frantically hitting the door with a hammer,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29he then went for his knife and he dropped the hammer.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34The police arrive and take the hammer to be examined by a forensic team.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36The DNA was recovered from the hammer.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40The police successfully match the DNA evidence to a man
0:19:40 > 0:19:43they have on their database of known criminals.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45The police told me on the day they'd catch the person.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48If I'm being honest, I was sceptical.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51But, true to their word, they caught him.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58The armed robber was 23-year-old Leon Caine.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02In court, he was sentenced to four years in prison.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The watch he stole has never been found,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09but the insurance paid out to cover the loss.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Got the watch, but that's not all he got.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15He got a prison sentence as well.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19There are absolutely no winners in this situation.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22You know, he's in jail, erm...
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I don't think he's been to jail before,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27so it's not going to be a great experience at him.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29But hopefully, he'll come out of jail
0:20:29 > 0:20:32and he won't want to undertake anything like this again.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35In the immediate aftermath of the robbery,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Paul had considered shutting the shop for good.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40We were seriously thinking about that.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45Obviously, it was still very raw, but the local community were amazing.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Honestly, I cannot tell you.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49They came in their dozens.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I mean, over the next couple of months, probably
0:20:51 > 0:20:54a couple of hundred people came in and asked us please not to close.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57'And it made a massive difference to our decision.'
0:20:57 > 0:21:02So, the shop stayed open, and the family are back to happier times
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and a happier type of customer.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Jack was a bit of a have-a-go hero, but if he had been seriously hurt
0:21:16 > 0:21:19it might be a different story altogether.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Now it's unlikely we'll ever find ourselves in a situation like that.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25But what should we do if we ever did?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Property can be replaced, you can't.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29The best evidence from you that
0:21:29 > 0:21:31we can have is you being a good
0:21:31 > 0:21:35witness, so we need you to keep an eye on the detail whilst
0:21:35 > 0:21:39the crime is happening, but don't put yourself in danger's way.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Make sure that you have
0:21:40 > 0:21:41adequate insurance cover
0:21:41 > 0:21:43and make sure also that you invest
0:21:43 > 0:21:46in good quality security systems
0:21:46 > 0:21:49such as a portable panic alarm, CCTV,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52and make sure they are all in good working order.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00News of another armed robbery now,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04but of a very different sort and with a very surprising outcome,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08where some fast-thinking cashiers give the thief what he asks for
0:22:08 > 0:22:11but a little bit more than what he wants.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Liverpool, and it's approaching midday in this branch
0:22:20 > 0:22:22of a high-street bank.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26All is quiet. Staff are preparing for the lunchtime rush.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28So they are not expecting what happens next.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34The peace is shattered when a hooded figure bursts in,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36brandishing a firearm.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40He orders the tellers to hand over all the cash.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45He informs them that he's just got out after five years in prison
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and they shouldn't try anything stupid.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53He eventually leaves with notes worth about £2,000.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59But all is not as it seems. This is no hardened ex-con.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Hiding under the hood of that anorak is a 15-year-old boy,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05and the gun he's waving is a fake.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10What he doesn't know is that the canny bank staff
0:23:10 > 0:23:12have answered the fake with a fake.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16They have put a dummy note bundle into the bag and it's designed
0:23:16 > 0:23:20to detonate and spray dye over the cash when it leaves the building.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25He thinks he's got away from the bank security, from the police,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28but he hasn't reckoned with every teenager's ultimate deterrent -
0:23:28 > 0:23:30his mother.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Because later on, his mum finds the dye-stained cash
0:23:33 > 0:23:37and fake firearm in his bedroom, and she turns her son in.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41The judge sentences the teenager to serve 14 months in a young
0:23:41 > 0:23:46offenders institution to deter him from a life of crime in the future.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Earlier, we saw the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
0:23:59 > 0:24:02using covert cameras to trap a gamekeeper.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04He was illegally killing goshawks,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07one of Britain's protected birds of prey.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11He did it by adapting and abusing a crow trap, a type of cage
0:24:11 > 0:24:17normally used legally to help stop crows from attacking nesting birds.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19But this is not an isolated case.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23It's not just goshawks that are targeted, it's buzzards too.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Sometimes, buzzards get accidentally
0:24:25 > 0:24:27caught in traps because they're
0:24:27 > 0:24:29attracted by the same bait as crows.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32If a gamekeeper finds them in his trap,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35the law says they must be set free.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38They're a lovely bird, people like to see them.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42On a summer's day, the call of a buzzard circling overhead
0:24:42 > 0:24:44is one of nature's great sights.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46But sadly, in certain areas,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49they're being killed because they're coming into conflict with...
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Particularly about rearing time,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53when the pheasant poults are put out, you know,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56they're putting a massive amount of natural food out there.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00The buzzard's natural prey includes pheasants, which makes them
0:25:00 > 0:25:04unpopular with some gamekeepers who want to protect their stock.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07They see buzzards as a threat and a target, which is
0:25:07 > 0:25:11why the RSPB had mounted a special operation.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Alan is at home when his phone rings.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17A member of the public had contacted the RSPB to report
0:25:17 > 0:25:19a couple of buzzards in a cage trap.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Alan and a colleague find the cage trap in woods near Penrith, Cumbria.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27We found it fairly quickly. Had a couple of buzzards in the trap.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31We immediately set up a camera on it to monitor what was going to happen.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36The cage is legally baited and seems set correctly to catch crows.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38But inside it are two buzzards.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41The buzzards could have been an incidental by-catch,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and the chap isn't committing any offences at that point,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47as long as the birds are then released when he finds them.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Just as the investigators are leaving, a man approaches them.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54He is a local gamekeeper. He asks them what they're doing here.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57'We played a bit daft and said we couldn't understand why anybody'
0:25:57 > 0:26:00would keep buzzards in an aviary in the middle of woodland.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02And he was very obliging.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04He explained to us that it wasn't actually an aviary, it was
0:26:04 > 0:26:08a crow cage trap that was meant to catch crows, not catch buzzards.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11He gave us assurances that the birds would be released unharmed,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and we had no reason to disbelieve him, you know?
0:26:14 > 0:26:18The camera's already in and running, so we had to leave the camera there.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22They return several hours later to retrieve their kit.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25We got back to the trap, the trap was empty and we thought,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28"Good, he's been true to his word, he's let the birds go."
0:26:28 > 0:26:30It was only then when we went to the camera and checked
0:26:30 > 0:26:34the footage on the camera that we realised what had actually happened.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Just three minutes after they had met the man,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38he turns up again with a bucket.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43He then picks up a fence post and enters the cage.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46It's too disturbing to show what happens next.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50He coldly kills the buzzards with the fence post.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Those birds are quite difficult to handle.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Birds, you know, they have very sharp talons, and yet the efficiency
0:26:56 > 0:26:58with which he dispatches those birds is quite alarming.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02The RSPB alert the police, who arrest the gamekeeper.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05He admits the crime, but sadly, Alan is right -
0:27:05 > 0:27:09this gamekeeper has in fact killed many more buzzards.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12They find out where he has hidden all the dead bodies.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Show us where it is again.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- In here.- Right, OK. Under here? - Under those branches, I would think.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Made a search around where the trap was and recovered a further
0:27:24 > 0:27:29ten dead buzzards around that within 10, 15 metres of the trap.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32It's a start. It's only one area, but here at least
0:27:32 > 0:27:36the buzzards will not be killed by this man any more.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40He pleads guilty in court and is sentenced to 70 days in prison,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42which is suspended for a year.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48The RSPB hope that all this will act as a deterrent to stop other
0:27:48 > 0:27:50gamekeepers from breaking the law.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51It was a good conviction.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Everybody loves wildlife, everybody wants to see birds and animals.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59The animals that should be here, wild, in our countryside, should be there.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02The RSPB is planning to set a lot more
0:28:02 > 0:28:06cameras around the country in the battle to save birds of prey.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I think it's a battle we will ultimately win.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11It's important that we win it.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14If we lose this battle, we're losing wildlife for future generations,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16and that's not something we can allow to happen.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21That's it for today.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Join us next time when the police
0:28:22 > 0:28:25and the public catch more criminals red-handed.