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Thieves will steal our cars, our valuables, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
just about anything they can get their hands on. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
To cut down on crime and antisocial behaviour, | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
the police and other agencies are using new tactics | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
and technology so the bad guys get caught in the act. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
-The CCTV is gold dust. -Great evidence for the police. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
Got to have him stopped. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:23 | |
Local councils, shops and businesses are laying some traps of their own. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
The eureka moment when you get that evidence. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
And the general public, too, can help unsuspecting crooks | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
-get their comeuppance. -People won't stand by. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
-I couldn't sit back and do nothing. -Yes, we've got her! | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
So, anyone who's up to no good had better think twice. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
They might just get caught red-handed. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Today... | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
a gang of armed robbers embark on a month-long reign of terror. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:56 | |
-They're chaotic, these criminals. -They are desperate people. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
The guy with the shotgun, really loud, he said, "Don't turn. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
"If you do, I will shoot you." | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
But they haven't counted on victims who fight back. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
A large group chased them out of the shop. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
Also today, the depths to which some crooks will sink. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
They're just despicable, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:15 | |
they've got no consideration for how | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
people feel about their pets. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
When prized fish are stolen, | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
the family trawl through CCTV to land a catch. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
And thou shalt not steal. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
A higher power watches a church usher pocketing the collection money. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
Greater Manchester, and the police are on the hunt for an armed | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
-and dangerous gang. -They're running around the streets with a shotgun. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
Absolutely chaotic. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
They're targeting businesses and commit nine raids in a month, | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
leaving behind them terrified victims. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
She's got a gun in her face, she's got somebody else grabbing her from behind. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:06 | |
Her whole life must have just flashed in front of her. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
Then they try to rob Ali's restaurant. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
-OVER PHONE: -'We've got a robbery here, with guns.' | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
'Someone's just entered with a gun?' | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
-'Yes, shotgun.' -'A shotgun?' | 0:02:18 | 0:02:19 | |
But he bravely stands up to them. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
The guy with the shot gun, very loud, he said, "Don't turn. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
"If you do, I will shoot you." | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
I just want to protect my colleagues, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:28 | |
so that's why I just took a risk. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
With a population of nearly 3,000,000, Greater Manchester | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
is one of the largest metropolitan regions in the UK. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
So, it has its fair share of serious crime. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
To tackle it, Greater Manchester Police has a division called | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
the Serious and Organised Crime Group. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
Robert Cousen works as a detective inspector. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
And Richard Castley as a detective sergeant. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
We've got specialist skills to tackle professional criminals. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
That's where we are brought in. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:09 | |
So that's the most sophisticated criminals that you have, | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
really, in society. You never know what you're coming in to. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
You never know when you're going to be going home. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
But it is something that I'm passionate about, | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
and luckily I've got a team that are really passionate about it as well. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
I've been in the police 16 years. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
I've always wanted to be a police officer, since I was a small kid. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
And the team are about to be tested by a highly active | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
and violent gang of armed robbers. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
A May evening in Chorlton, Manchester. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
It's just after 9.00pm at this bookmaker's, when two men burst in. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
One's armed with a shotgun. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
He points the gun at the face of the cashier | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
and demands he opens the shop's safe. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
Deciding the cashier isn't moving fast enough, | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
the robber hits him over the head with the shotgun. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
Finding only a small amount of cash, the two masked men leave. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:07 | |
This isn't something that happens every day of the week, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
this is a really serious, violent crime. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:12 | |
You can see how close that shotgun is. Right at his head. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
He must have been absolutely petrified. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
The robbers are in and out in under four minutes, and there's not | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
much for the police to go on, as they were masked and wearing gloves. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
It was a really difficult investigation, | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
we didn't know who the people were who were responsible. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
There was no intelligence coming in from the public to say | 0:04:32 | 0:04:34 | |
who was responsible. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
Five days later, and 80 miles away in Derby, | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
there's a robbery at another bookmaker's. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
This time there are three raiders. Again, one of them carries a shotgun. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:48 | |
The police believe it is the work of the same gang. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
A shotgun is not the most common weapon to be used in an armed | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
robbery. Contrary to popular belief. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
You've then got the description of the males, | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
wearing face coverings, described as bandannas. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
Again, the gang commit the robbery in minutes, | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
but two of their faces are captured on CCTV as they escape. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
This is the gunman. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:09 | |
Unbeknown to him, there was a camera that caught him | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
just as he left, and as he pulled down his bandanna. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
It is like a picture you'd have on your mantelpiece at home, | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
it is that clear. You can see this person's face. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
It's a great lead, but it doesn't bring an immediate result. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
Basically, we searched our entire Greater Manchester Police system | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
to try and identify this male, and just couldn't find him anywhere. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
And that causes a great deal of frustration. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
But they're about to have more luck identifying the other robber | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
wearing the sunglasses. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
A witness comes forward with the number plate of the gang's | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
getaway car. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:44 | |
The vehicle was identified as being hired in Manchester, | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
so enquiries were conducted and the vehicle was stopped. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
One of the suspects was arrested. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
The man found driving the car is 25-year-old Omar Berryman, | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
and he has a distinctive pair of sunglasses with him. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
When we look at the CCTV, it is | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
clear to see that the sunglasses recovered in the car is the | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
same sunglasses as being worn by one of the offenders during the offence. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
Berryman is held in prison. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
While the police go after the rest of the gang. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
They're a man down, but they aren't about to stop. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
Their next target, a fast-food restaurant. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
Ali works here as a shift manager. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
He originally came to this country in 2000 as a refugee | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
-from Afghanistan. -15 years before, I moved here in the UK. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:35 | |
Started living here. Very happy here. Happy family, happy life. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
Then one Friday night, when the restaurant is about to close, | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
Ali is on duty, working in the back office. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
I was cashing up tills in the office around 10.55. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:53 | |
Ali has cash on the table, which he's just about to put into the open safe. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:58 | |
But then the assistant behind the counter is | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
confronted by a terrifying sight. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
A masked man with a shotgun bursts in, followed by two others. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
She ran in the office and screamed, "Guys with gun!" | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
Straight away, I checked the camera. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
And I saw the three guys with masks and gloves. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
Ali could, and really should, have stayed in the office. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
But he makes the decision to face the robbers, | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
to help his colleagues and customers get to safety. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
I had the option to do not go on front. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
But I thought maybe they come in the office, | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
or they might harm my colleagues. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
So, as I was shift manager, I think it is | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
my responsibility to protect my staff. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
Now Ali's at gunpoint. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
The raiders demand he open the tills. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
The guy with shotgun, he seems very angry. He was very loud. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
But Ali has lived through dangerous times in Pakistan | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
-and Afghanistan, so he doesn't scare easily. -I've seen guns before. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:56 | |
A couple of times. I just want to protect my colleagues. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
So that's why I just took a risk. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
Ali turns his back on the robbers and heads towards the office. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
The guy with shotgun, very loud, he said, "Don't turn. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
"If you do, I will shoot you." | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
I didn't give him chance to take any action, | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
I just turned away and then went into the office. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
It's a big risk. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
Once in the office, Ali shuts the open safe. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
The other staff have got away, so he locks the office door, | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
sealing himself off from the armed gang. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
Then he calls the police. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
-OVER PHONE: -'We've got a robbery here, with guns.' -'Someone has just entered with a gun?' | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
'Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.' | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
Realising they've been outsmarted, the gang leave empty-handed. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
-'Are you OK?' -'Yeah, I'm fine.' -'And all your staff are OK, yeah?' | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
'Yes. A little scared, but they're OK.' | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
Ali keeps a cool head and checks on some customers who witnessed | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
the raid but were ignored by the robbers. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
To these customers I said, | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
"Don't be scared. I just rang the police. They are coming." | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
One customer sitting over there. After that, this customer came | 0:09:00 | 0:09:05 | |
and said, "You are my hero." It makes me feel very proud. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:11 | |
When the police arrived, Ali gives them | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
the CCTV footage of the attempted robbery. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
There's never really a silver lining in these types of offences, | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
cos you've always got victims there. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
However, on this occasion, they were unsuccessful. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
Our concern is, are they going to continue committing these | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
offences, whilst were looking for them, | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
while we are trying to identify who they are? | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
The gang's crimes escalate. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
They become more desperate and aggressive. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
This must be the most frightening experience that these people | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
will have ever had and are ever likely to have. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
But when they attempt to rob a mobile phone shop, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
they get more than they bargained for. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
Throwing a chair, the staff fight back. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
The likelihood of anyone being caught up in an armed robbery | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
like this is, thankfully, extremely slim. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
But if we are unfortunate enough to come face-to-face with violent | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
criminals, there are steps we can take to help avoid getting hurt. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
Fighting back is an absolute last resort, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
when you're faced with an offender with a weapon. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
It can actually make the situation worse. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
This is not the movies, it hurts. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
So, your life is far too precious. Don't get involved. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
Never be ashamed to run away from the crime or to hide. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:32 | |
There is nothing more important than your life. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
The description of a weapon can prove absolutely vital to | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
a criminal investigation. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
Whether or not it's a long-barrelled weapon, | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
short-barrelled weapon, the type of knife, that will help us. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
In this situation, the offenders were masked, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
but it's surprising how much evidence you can still gather. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
What accent do the offenders have? How many are there? | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
Do they call each other by name or nickname? | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
All of this is absolutely essential. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
Thieves try to net a fortune from fish | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
by stealing valuable Koi Carp. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
The biggest fish that we had could have been worth up to about £30,000. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
The family check their cameras | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
and hook a couple of slippery crooks | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
out for some night-time fishing. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
Is nothing sacred any more? | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
When the church usher takes the collection at the end | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
of the service, the congregation don't expect him to help himself. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:35 | |
Now, only in America. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
These pictures, taken by a hidden camera, | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
show a man who's at a church service. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
But he's not worshipping with the congregation, | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
he's skulking in a corner of the back room. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
And the money he's rather inelegantly | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
stuffing into his trousers is from the church's collection baskets. | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
To make things worse, he's one of the church ushers. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:04 | |
And he's doing this while the service is still going on. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
Still, his sins are being watched from on high. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:12 | |
Well, certainly, by this secret camera. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
Suspecting someone is stealing from the collection fund, | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
church officials have informed the police, | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
who've set up a sting operation to catch the culprit. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
As well as the camera, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
there are plain clothes officers sitting amongst the congregation. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
Oblivious, the man continues to collect the church's | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
collection into his own pockets. Every last coin and cheque. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:38 | |
He then returns to join in the service. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
Found with nearly 350 on him, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
the uncharitable usher at first claims it's all his own money. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
May he be forgiven? Well, no. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
The police and the church don't turn the other cheek. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
He is ushered away and charged with theft. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
Thieves will take just about anything that's not bolted down. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
But here's a fishy tale for you. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:07 | |
When a couple of net themselves a bizarre catch. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
Sunderland. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
It's the early hours of the morning | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
and these men are about to commit an unusual sort of crime. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
They're going fishing, but for somebody else's fish. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
They're just despicable. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:26 | |
They've got no consideration for how people feel about their pets. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:31 | |
Andy's beloved Koi Carp have been stolen. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
The pond was completely empty, it was desolate. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
The family can't understand why anybody would steal their pet fish. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:41 | |
Until they find out exactly how much these carp are worth. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:45 | |
Anywhere from 1,000 to 30,000. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
Now, Andy and his family desperately hope the police | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
can hook these crooks. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:52 | |
Fish and fishing have been important to Sunderland over centuries. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:06 | |
And fish certainly play a major role in the life of | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
this Sunderland resident. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
These Japanese Koi Carp belong to Andy. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
Fish, to me, is comforting. It's very comforting. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
They're nice to watch, they're nice to see, | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
they're nice for the grandkids and they're tranquil. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:23 | |
It's something nice for you just to sit in the garden | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
and enjoy with your family. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
Koi Carp can live to over 50. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
The first two Andy bought are nearly 30 years old. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
Daughter Gemma has grown up with them. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
Dad got the pond when I was about 11 or 12 I think. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
It grew from there. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
Gradually, every fathers' day, birthdays, we'd buy him more | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
and more fish. Since then, the love has grown. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
When we've had children, we've passed that love on to them. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
Gemma lives down the road from her parents. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
She now has her own smaller pond of fish. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
But, for her and her children, including daughter Megan, | 0:14:56 | 0:15:00 | |
Grandad's pond is still the best. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
We'd just love to come down and feed them, | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
and watch them swim about and gobble up all the food. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:09 | |
"Oh, can we feed the fish? Can we feed the fish?" | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
It is, it's a lovely atmosphere for them. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
Everybody has a firm favourite. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
There was one silver fish and I'd named it Victoria Beckham, | 0:15:16 | 0:15:20 | |
because it just reminded me of her with the sparkles and everything. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
The family have never had any problem with crime, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
but Gemma's husband has installed security cameras | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
on the outside of their house. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
They're going to prove useful in a way they could never have expect it. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
Andy and his wife have gone away on holiday. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
As usual, while they are away, daughter Gemma looks after | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
her mum and dad's fish. But early on a Wednesday morning, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:47 | |
she immediately knows there's something wrong. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
Usually, when you go out to the pond, | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
the first thing you see is the fish jumping. They sense you | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
coming and they realise that they're going to get food | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
straightaway. And there was nothing. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
All of the big fish had gone. Just panicked, really. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
With a ladder leaning against the garage wall opposite the pond, | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
there's no doubt, somebody has deliberately fished out their fish. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
So, I quickly rang the police. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
Gemma then checks her own pond, to find that she | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
too is missing some of her fish. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
My husband actually suggested we checked the cameras, to see | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
if they'd picked anything. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
This is what the cameras revealed. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:25 | |
Nearly 1.30am, three men holding buckets | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
and a net walk around the side of Gemma's house. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
Moments later, in the dim light, the camera in Gemma's back garden | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
shows one of the buckets being placed on the ground. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:40 | |
Three shadowy figures move towards her pond. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
They stay for a few minutes, | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
before heading towards Gemma's dad's garden. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
They collect their bucket. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
What we think they've then done is climbed over next door's garden | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
and then down into my parents garden. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
Out of view of Gemma's cameras, they then clear Andy's pond. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:01 | |
They use his ladder to climb out over the garage. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
I think the most shocking thing was to know that somebody | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
was in that close proximity and, yet, we weren't aware of it. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
They've just been right outside of my daughter Meg's window. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
When my mum told me, | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
I'd realised that the noises that I thought were just the wind | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
wasn't, it was actually the men moving my fish out of the garden. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:21 | |
It took us a while to get her to calm down. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
And on a few nights she couldn't sleep. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
She was upset by the whole thing really. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
As thefts go, stealing a pond full of fish is fairly uncommon. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
The police were really surprised when we contacted them. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
I don't think they'd even ever heard of it. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
They were really good, really supportive. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:42 | |
Gemma gives the police CCTV footage and they begin their investigation. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
Then, with a heavy heart, Gemma makes a call abroad. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
So, then, I had to ring my dad. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
An awful phone call to have to make, | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
because I know how much Mum and Dad love the fish. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
Very upsetting, very annoyed, | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
couldn't do anything sitting in Tenerife. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
Obviously, it's bodged your holiday. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:03 | |
It's just despicable. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
They've got no consideration for how people feel about their pets. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:10 | |
When the police ask what the fish are worth, Andy has no idea. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:14 | |
I couldn't put a price on them, because you cannot value a pet, | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
because it's not something you would sell. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
But, when Andy does look up how much his Koi Carp could be worth, | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
he's stunned. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
Anywhere from 1,000 to 30,000. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
Quite astonished, really, that they were valued at that much. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
But the footage from Gemma's cameras means the net is about to | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
tighten on these fish thieves. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
After the images are circulated around Sunderland, | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
a local police officer recognises two of them. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
And the pair proved to be an easy catch. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
The police officer told us when he'd gone into their house, | 0:18:47 | 0:18:51 | |
he'd actually found some of the Koi Carp in the bathtub. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
There were some still in the plastic trug buckets | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
in the bathroom as well. And they were trying to hide them. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
The haul of exotic fish at the thieves' house | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
comes from a number of ponds. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
Amongst them, they find some of Andy and Gemma's carp. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
They shouldn't have done it because we'd looked after them for years. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:12 | |
They just took them and thought nothing of it. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
In court, a 21-year-old and a 25-year-old man | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
admit three counts of theft and criminal damage. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
They are both placed under curfew, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
electronically tagged for three months | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
and ordered to pay compensation and costs. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:31 | |
Come on, we'll feed the fish. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
Some of Andy's fish, including the eldest, were returned. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
He's now installed CCTV cameras and other security devices | 0:19:41 | 0:19:46 | |
in his garden, to help keep a better eye on his freshly restocked pond. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
Now, obviously, it's back to where it was, | 0:19:50 | 0:19:54 | |
which is quite satisfying. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:55 | |
I was just pleased that my mum and dad managed to get some back, | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
so they can enjoy some happiness again. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
We'll have the fish as long as I'm here. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
There'll always be fish in my family. Yeah. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
Now, these two men are out on a day trip. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
Or rather, a day's tip. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:16 | |
Salford Council, in Greater Manchester, | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
are cracking down on illegal rubbish dumping. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
One of those CCTV operators zooms in on this pair, | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
who have been throwing bin bags and boxes out of their car. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:35 | |
After watching this man with trouser trouble, and his buddy, kick | 0:20:35 | 0:20:39 | |
rubbish into the buddleia, the operator then sets the camera | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
into position ready to capture the number plate as they drive off. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:46 | |
The council are shocked to discover that the car belongs to | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
a man from Eastbourne, East Sussex. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
And that he has driven nearly 300 miles to fling | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
out his junk in Salford. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
But his far flung fling is going to prove very expensive. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
He's taken to court and ordered to pay fines and costs, | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
totalling £850. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
Throw in the petrol costs on top of that | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
and he really should have stayed at home. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
The Greater Manchester Police Serious And Organised Crime | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
Group are on the trail of an aggressive gang of armed robbers. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
They've already raided two businesses at gunpoint | 0:21:31 | 0:21:34 | |
and attempted to rob another, | 0:21:34 | 0:21:36 | |
until they were foiled by the selfless actions | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
of restaurant manager Ali. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:40 | |
I think it's my responsibility to protect my staff. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
The guy with the shotgun, very loud, he said, "Don't turn. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
"If you go, I will shoot you." | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
I didn't give him the chance to take any action. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
I just turned away and then went into the office. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
But now, the gang's crimes are starting to escalate. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
We then get hit with a double whammy and there's two offences in one day. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:02 | |
They hold up a bookmaker's in Stratford, Manchester. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
Then, 15 minutes later, they rob the shop a few miles away. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:09 | |
Over the next week, they hit more small businesses. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
This team were relentless. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
Offences were being committed, on average, every three days. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
We were playing catch up, trying to get clues that we needed to | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
put these people behind bars. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
It was difficult, because no sooner had | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
we made progression on one crime, and then there was another crime. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
But police are collecting evidence about these robbers. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
They wear similar clothes each time. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
Distinctive bandannas, | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
a grey hoodie and a blue hoodie with a yellow logo. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
Despite carrying out so many armed robberies, | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
the gang aren't getting away with large sums of money. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
They're committing offences at convenience stores, | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
which is really low value they're going to get from them. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:52 | |
Three offenders committing an offence, getting £300 or £400. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
It indicates that there is a degree of desperation, | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
in relation to these people. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
And, alarmingly the gang are getting more aggressive, too. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
When they realise they're not getting as much as perhaps | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
they want, they then target the female who is working there | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
and rip her chain off her. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:10 | |
She's got a gun in her face, she's got somebody else grabbing | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
her from behind, her whole life must have just flashed in front of her. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:17 | |
But the gang get a taste of their own medicine | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
when they try to rob this mobile phone shop. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
It's Monday lunchtime. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
As before three raiders burst in, but this time | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
they're in for a shock. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
A staff member throws a chair at the gunmen and there's another | 0:23:30 | 0:23:34 | |
surprise for the robbers, this shop has its own gang | 0:23:34 | 0:23:38 | |
of brave assistants. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
A large group of males in the back of the shop see what's going on | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
and then they start to chase them out of the shop. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:46 | |
Now, it's the robbers turn to be alarmed. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
They run out, empty-handed. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
So, you're quite chuffed that they've not got anything | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
and no-one's been harmed on this occasion. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
The concern from my perspective at that point is | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
they've not got away with anything, these are desperate people, | 0:23:58 | 0:24:01 | |
somebody else is going to be a victim of crime. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
And that's exactly what happens. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
Just four hours later, they launch a raid on this bookmaker's shop. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:11 | |
Their actions are becoming more desperate. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:13 | |
They're more ready to use force with staff | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
and members of the public. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
They're starting to rob customers, taking mobile phones, | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
taking jewellery from them, actually threatening them | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
with shotguns as they were leaving. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:24 | |
This must be the most frightening experience that these people | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
will have ever had and are ever likely to have. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
It just increases our fear of what they're going to do next. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
The police turn up the heat on the streets of Manchester | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
and flood the area with officers. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
It goes quiet. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:40 | |
For a short while there are no robberies. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:42 | |
But then, Robert's team get a surprise call | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
from Northamptonshire police. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
They have arrested three men after a couple are held hostage | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
and robbed in their own home. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
We were made aware, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
because the three people who were arrested were from Manchester | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
and, significantly, the fact that they had a sawn off shotgun. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
This could potentially be the same team. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
We then researched the people that were in custody. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
The men were stopped in a car, trying to escape. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:10 | |
They are 20-year-old Kayode Freeman and 23-year-old Romahn Richards, | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
from the Manchester area. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
And, importantly, the gunman, whose face was caught on camera, | 0:25:16 | 0:25:20 | |
23-year-old Jake Prempeh. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
Basically, he was from London, he'd come up to Manchester | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
and associated with people in Manchester. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
Could Prempeh and the other men be the gang | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
responsible for the entire recent series of robberies? | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
And that was really the start of where some really important | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
pieces of the jigsaw just started to fit in. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
They find a treasure trove of evidence inside the car. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:45 | |
Grey and blue hoodies that match those worn in the robberies, | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
as well as a bandanna and bright orange gloves. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
And then, there is the shotgun. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
We've compared that to the CCTV footage of the firearm | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
used in the offences. | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
You can see the shape is all the same. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
They also seize mobile phones. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
Robert and Richard can retrieve data from them | 0:26:04 | 0:26:06 | |
and they discover further evidence against the men. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
They were really important. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:10 | |
When we started to look where the phones had travelled to | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
and the times of the offences, we were able to quickly | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
ascertain that these people had been at the scenes of crime. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
And then some more proof. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
DNA from all three men is found on the clothes taken from the car. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:25 | |
It proves each of them committed some or all of the raids. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:29 | |
When you get the confirmation that it is our suspects, | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
we can match the clothing to the CCTV, that is a bingo-type moment. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
In total, the gang have committed nine armed or attempted armed | 0:26:36 | 0:26:41 | |
robberies. Despite their aggression, they have stolen just six grand. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:45 | |
The behaviour of that gang was absolutely disgusting. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
Clearly, they had no regard at all for any other person, | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
other than themselves. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
In court the robbers plead guilty. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
Jake Prempeh is jailed for 15 years, seven months. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
Omar Berryman and Kayode Freeman, who took part in some | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
of the robberies, are given six years and four months | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
and six years and eight months respectively. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
And Romahn Richards is sentenced to eight years | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
and four months in prison. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
We were really pleased with the convictions. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
A real feeling of success. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
And the fact that we put some dangerous criminals behind bars. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
And, hopefully, for the victims, | 0:27:30 | 0:27:31 | |
they can get on with their lives and they can move on. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
And restaurant manager Ali, | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
who outwitted the robbers the day they tried to rob him, | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
is glad no other victims will suffer at the hands of this gang. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
It's good they've been arrested | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
and at least they going to stop doing this. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
I was very happy. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:51 | |
That's it for today. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:56 | |
Join us next time, | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
when police and the public catch more criminals red-handed. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:02 |