0:00:02 > 0:00:04We're on the case of a crime that's committed once every 44 seconds -
0:00:04 > 0:00:06burglary.
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0:00:09 > 0:00:12I was shaking and crying.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14It's just shocking.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17We're with the police as they hunt down criminals.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20If you're a thief and you come to Hatton Gardens, you'll get caught.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24And if you handle stolen property from the proceeds of robberies and burglaries,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26we will come and find you.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28And we'll see the joy
0:00:28 > 0:00:32when what's been stolen has been returned to its rightful owner.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34So beautiful.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37I really appreciate your work, everybody.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- It's what we get paid to do. - Thank you. Thank you.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02In Shoeburyness in Essex,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06a woman has come home to find her house completely ransacked.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11I was so frightened, and it's shocking, you know.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I just can't believe what happened to me.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18All my things upside down, especially in my bedroom,
0:01:18 > 0:01:22and all my things been taken away.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27This woman was the latest victim in a series of large-scale burglaries,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31targeting Chinese and Southeast Asian families.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36But her burglary would be the one that gave the police
0:01:36 > 0:01:40the vital evidence needed to stop the crime spree.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45In a three-year stretch of offending, a team of two burglars
0:01:45 > 0:01:49stole hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of precious jewellery and cash.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54DS Rob Kirby of Essex Police was brought in to investigate.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00The victim had been out all day and didn't return home until
0:02:00 > 0:02:02about six o'clock in the evening.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05At which point, she contacted police.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09A significant amount of jewellery had been stolen.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11It eventually totalled over £90,000.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15It's the custom in many Chinese families
0:02:15 > 0:02:18to buy expensive jewellery for a newborn.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21It's also passed on to sons and daughters when they marry.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27For this woman, the jewellery was of huge sentimental value.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Many of the treasured possessions were presents from her parents.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34She was particularly distressed to have lost gold jewellery
0:02:34 > 0:02:37she'd wanted to give to her children when they married,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41and the precious earrings she wore for her wedding to her late husband.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I was very angry.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45How can somebody come to my house
0:02:45 > 0:02:48and steal all my stuff just like that?
0:02:48 > 0:02:52I think it is very...brutal, you know.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Nearly 150 miles away in Lincolnshire,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02DC Martin Ryder had been investigating
0:03:02 > 0:03:06a very similar spree of burglaries the year before.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08There was one weekend in October where we had
0:03:08 > 0:03:10five burglary offences in Lincoln
0:03:10 > 0:03:13where five Chinese families were targeted.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15That's too much of a coincidence.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22The distinctive thing about the offences was the nature of searches.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25They were ripping off bath panels.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30They were searching loft areas to houses, disturbing floorboards
0:03:30 > 0:03:33and absolutely turning rooms upside down.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37We had no forensic evidence, we had next to no witnesses.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40This is not common, this is not the norm.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44And for their victims coming home to that on that night,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47it would have been a horrendous scene.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50This had all the flavours, to me, of somebody coming into Lincolnshire
0:03:50 > 0:03:53from the outside, so we immediately started
0:03:53 > 0:03:55looking beyond Lincoln.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Martin soon realised these crimes had a lot in common
0:04:00 > 0:04:02with those in Essex.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05The officers alerted the Chinese communities in both places
0:04:05 > 0:04:10and reports came back of two white men with grey hair in smart suits,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12posing as businessmen.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17They would be friendly, but they'd ask unusual questions.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Then, a breakthrough came when a man was visited
0:04:20 > 0:04:22by one of the culprits.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25He became suspicious and he followed him to his car.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The gentleman took down the registration number
0:04:29 > 0:04:31and contacted Lincolnshire Police.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35The car was registered to a Paul White
0:04:35 > 0:04:37who lived in Merseyside.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40They raided his home, and although they didn't catch him,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44they found mobile phone records, bank statements and hotel receipts.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48All proved to be vital in making their case against him.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53We looked at where the phones had been.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57We looked at where financial transactions had taken place,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59where he'd withdrawn money from his account,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02where he'd deposited money from his account.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07That in itself, basically, gave us a dot-to-dot picture of movement.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11The hunt was now on to find Paul White.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Police automatic number plate recognition cameras
0:05:16 > 0:05:21and CCTV also helped plot his movements.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25His car was spotted more than 200 times as he travelled all over the country.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30At the time of this footage, he would have just committed
0:05:30 > 0:05:33the five burglary offences in Lincoln.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37We can see in the footage that he's smartly dressed, shirt and tie.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41He would have come across completely legitimately as a businessman.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46Martin's team made enquiries with people close to their suspect.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Paul White soon realised he wasn't going to shake the police
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and eventually came in for questioning.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56When I asked him what he did, he said painter and decorator.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59"I'm on the dole and I've just done little jobs, that's it.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00"Just enough to get by."
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I asked him, "How much do you think you've earned in the last six months?"
0:06:04 > 0:06:08His reply was, "A few grand, low thousands."
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I asked him when he came to Lincolnshire, who he came with.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15He replied, quite simply, "No-one."
0:06:15 > 0:06:20So the person in the passenger seat was obviously a fiction of his imagination.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24He was being proven to be more and more dishonest
0:06:24 > 0:06:25as we went through.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28The evidence was still circumstantial
0:06:28 > 0:06:30so Martin's team had to release Paul White,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33but they were now following his every move
0:06:33 > 0:06:35and also looking for his accomplice.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39We'd established that within Paul White's phone
0:06:39 > 0:06:41he'd got a contact called Uncle Peter.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46We looked at his relatives and we identified Uncle Peter, Peter White.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51Who, much to our surprise at that time, was on the run
0:06:51 > 0:06:54having failed to answer his bail at Crown Court
0:06:54 > 0:06:58for a series of Chinese-targeted house burglaries
0:06:58 > 0:07:00that Wiltshire Police had investigated.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04The picture just got bigger and bigger. Everything was fitting.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Things are starting to come together.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10But will Martin and Rob find enough evidence to charge
0:07:10 > 0:07:12both their suspects?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14We'll find out later.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Burglars will target jewellery whenever they find it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26It's easy to carry and sell for quick cash.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29So police are always interested in clamping down on shops
0:07:29 > 0:07:32willing to buy stolen valuables with no questions asked.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36After a spate of thefts of valuable watches,
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Detective Superintendent Raffaele D'Orsi from the Metropolitan Police
0:07:41 > 0:07:45is leading a raid to clamp down on the stolen goods market.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Raffaele joined the force 25 years ago
0:07:50 > 0:07:52to catch burglars and robbers.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54It's exactly what he wants to do today.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00OK, what we're going to do now is we're going to take control
0:08:00 > 0:08:01of the whole street,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04we'll take control of the locations, take control of the individuals
0:08:04 > 0:08:06who run the specific premises we're looking to search.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Then we'll progress our search once we're happy with control.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13He's sealing off Hatton Garden in London,
0:08:13 > 0:08:17the UK's centre for the jewellery, gold and watch trade.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23There are hundreds of legitimate businesses in this area,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26but amongst these honest dealers are a handful
0:08:26 > 0:08:29willing to take in stolen goods to turn a handsome profit.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33The reason why we've come down here and closed the road
0:08:33 > 0:08:36is to send a message to the whole of Hatton Gardens
0:08:36 > 0:08:40that the police are aware there are offences occurring here
0:08:40 > 0:08:43on a daily basis.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46What we're doing here, I'm looking for stolen items
0:08:46 > 0:08:48and I'm going to search you, OK?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51So make sure you don't have any items of property on you
0:08:51 > 0:08:53which might be stolen, OK?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56What property have you got on you? Can I see it, please?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Yeah, course you can.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00This is a bit bad because...
0:09:00 > 0:09:02But that's why you were drawn to our attention
0:09:02 > 0:09:04because of exactly that.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08This is actually really bad.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Police want to separate legitimate dealers
0:09:11 > 0:09:14from those who cannot account for what they're carrying.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19We've got an individual here who, from our own knowledge,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22doesn't fit what's going on in the street.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25We've spoken to him, he may be a legitimate worker.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28He's telling us he's bringing jewellery from one shop to this shop.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31He doesn't have any paperwork in relation to that jewellery.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Our difficulties with these sorts of operations is,
0:09:34 > 0:09:36quite often, individuals don't carry the paperwork,
0:09:36 > 0:09:41but officers are exercising those powers to identify if the property's stolen,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44or to identify if this could be a suspect who's bringing property
0:09:44 > 0:09:49that are proceeds from crime to Hatton Gardens to sell.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Without any paperwork for his jewellery,
0:09:51 > 0:09:55police arrest this man and take him in for more questioning.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59The offences are being committed across the Metropolitan Police area,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02across London, but also across the UK.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06In recent weeks, we've intercepted individuals who were intending
0:10:06 > 0:10:10to come down to Hatton Gardens to sell their stolen and robbed watches.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13It's great to be able to go through the doors of those individuals
0:10:13 > 0:10:16who have been purchasing the stolen goods
0:10:16 > 0:10:20and providing a market place for these individuals to go out and commit those offences.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25For seasoned burglars, these fences provide them with the means to
0:10:25 > 0:10:29continue their trade, making it easy to dispose of their stolen items.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Often they'll be family heirlooms, passed down in generations,
0:10:35 > 0:10:40or there'll be people who worked damned hard to be able to afford
0:10:40 > 0:10:42to buy the watches.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45They range from £1,000, £2,000, all the way up to £20,000.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Raffaele and his officers have now visited a number of premises
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and are starting to take away evidence.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58It's one building, but there's multiple jewellers and businesses in here.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01So the individuals seen behind us are innocent members of the public
0:11:01 > 0:11:05and lawful jewellers who are going about their business.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09There is a premises which has been specifically searched and targeted,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13because we believe them to be handling the proceeds of burglaries and robberies.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19If the owner has documentation for the watch, we'll leave it there.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22If they can't justify why they've got the watch and its history,
0:11:22 > 0:11:23we've taken it.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28What we'll do is we'll have a look, compare it to our database
0:11:28 > 0:11:31of stolen watches, and if it's stolen, we'll move on from there.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35The team have taken away property with a potential value
0:11:35 > 0:11:38of over £140,000.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42But DS Neil Johnstone wants everyone to know that this is not
0:11:42 > 0:11:46just about money, nor were these victimless crimes.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Some of the thefts have been horrific.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51There have been people attacked in the street
0:11:51 > 0:11:55and had watches ripped off their wrists.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Some of the offences have been people in their own homes,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00having people come through the door or through the windows
0:12:00 > 0:12:03and having them taken from them whilst they're in the house.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Really, really upsetting for them, and hopefully we can reunite
0:12:06 > 0:12:08the property with the owner.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12That's the main aim, and that will be as satisfying as arresting somebody.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16The maximum sentence for handling stolen property
0:12:16 > 0:12:20is actually the same as burglary itself - 14 years.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23The message has come quite clearly to everybody,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26if you're a thief and you come to Hatton Gardens, you'll get caught.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30If you handle stolen property from the proceeds of robberies or burglaries
0:12:30 > 0:12:32we will come and find you.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And the police in Essex and Lincolnshire
0:12:36 > 0:12:39are on the trail of jewellery thieves too.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43They're working on building a case against two members of the same family
0:12:43 > 0:12:46suspected of carrying out burglaries throughout the UK,
0:12:46 > 0:12:50targeting Chinese and Southeast Asian families.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54The men, Paul and Peter White, had a liking for luxury
0:12:54 > 0:12:59and kept up their burglary spree to finance a lavish lifestyle,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03staying in expensive hotels and buying designer clothes.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06And for Paul White, the spending didn't end there.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09We noticed the fact he was affording foreign holidays,
0:13:09 > 0:13:15that he was spending £1,100, £1,200, £1,300 a time on clothes.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18When somebody's a painter and decorator on £2-£3,000 a year,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20the sums don't add up.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25But the jewellery thieves weren't invincible.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Peter White was eventually caught by the police
0:13:27 > 0:13:30after being on the run for several months.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34They proved that he'd been carrying out burglaries since at least 2008,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36and he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail
0:13:36 > 0:13:39for six burglaries in three counties.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43His nephew, Paul White, was still a free man.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47But to keep up his life of luxury, he carried on offending.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49His greed will take over.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52He will want to continue with this lifestyle and unless he's prepared
0:13:52 > 0:13:55to work hard, he will need to commit more crime.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59All the investigating teams were on high alert and it wasn't long
0:13:59 > 0:14:03before Rob in Essex got a tip-off that Paul White was in his area.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07We established the hotel Paul White was staying at
0:14:07 > 0:14:11and we felt at that time there was a possibility that he may be in Essex
0:14:11 > 0:14:13to commit another burglary.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Rob was right, and it wasn't long before another burglary occurred,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21this time, the final one, in Shoeburyness.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Upstairs, everything was turned upside down.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29The drawers are out and there's such a mess.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35All my jewellery boxes were completely broken
0:14:35 > 0:14:37and all the things had been taken away.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46I instructed officers to go to the location we knew he was staying at
0:14:46 > 0:14:50in an attempt to try and locate any of the jewellery
0:14:50 > 0:14:52and arrest him for the offence.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Police officers!- Police!
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Unfortunately, Paul had already left.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07It was a blow, but Rob knew that Paul White was due to
0:15:07 > 0:15:09appear in court in Lincoln the very next morning,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13charged with stealing cash and jewellery from a former girlfriend.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15When he got to his hearing,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17White was promptly arrested for the burglaries as well.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20When he was in custody in Lincoln,
0:15:20 > 0:15:25they searched the suspect and they found one item of jewellery on him,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28and we were able to speak to the victim in Essex
0:15:28 > 0:15:34who positively identified that item of jewellery as being hers.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39So, really good, strong evidence that linked him to that burglary.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Paul White had finally slipped up.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46He'd forgotten all about that small, but important, piece of jewellery
0:15:46 > 0:15:48he'd hidden in his pocket.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51It was a gold pendant and was a cherished present
0:15:51 > 0:15:53from the owner's father.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Having finally caught up with their suspect,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Martin and Rob both took the opportunity to interview Paul White.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24It's just a shame these people don't realise what these items of jewellery
0:16:24 > 0:16:26mean to the victims.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29It isn't about being paid out by insurance companies.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33It would have helped his case if he'd have assisted the police
0:16:33 > 0:16:35in telling us where, what he'd done with the items.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38The police now had their suspect and could link him
0:16:38 > 0:16:42to at least one stolen item from Shoeburyness.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44All they wanted now was to prove that he was there
0:16:44 > 0:16:46at the scene of the crime as well.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51The suspect was very thorough in that he often used to wear gloves,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55so we struggled to find fingerprints at the address.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00What we did find was a footprint on a piece of glass that he'd broken.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03This was forensically looked at and a comparison was made
0:17:03 > 0:17:06to what footwear that could have come from.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09The police then searched the room where Paul White had recently been
0:17:09 > 0:17:13staying in Essex, and found exactly what they needed.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17We were able to positively identify the trainers found within the bedsit
0:17:17 > 0:17:21as being the trainers that left the footprint on the glass
0:17:21 > 0:17:22at the scene of the burglary.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27There was now strong evidence for the Shoeburyness burglary,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31but the police also suspected he was responsible for a number of others.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36He's travelled the entire length and breadth of the country,
0:17:36 > 0:17:40and it so happened that every time there was a burglary
0:17:40 > 0:17:44with a Chinese victim, the suspect was in that area.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48The following day, he paid some money into his account.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Every time he made a transaction, he was giving me more evidence.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54He was the master of his own undoing.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Discover later what happens to Paul White
0:17:57 > 0:18:01and if the victims are ever reunited with their precious jewellery.
0:18:05 > 0:18:0887% of people who've been burgled
0:18:08 > 0:18:11say they've been emotionally affected by what happened.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14It's common to feel angry and shocked
0:18:14 > 0:18:17and to be left feeling vulnerable in your own home.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21And that's something PCs Adam Broughton and Alex Dorlin
0:18:21 > 0:18:24of South Yorkshire Police know all about.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27They're part of the Burglary Unit and they've been called
0:18:27 > 0:18:30to an attempted break in just outside Rotherham.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Alex joined the force seven-and-a-half years ago
0:18:33 > 0:18:35after a career in the Royal Marines,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38and Adam's been an officer for nine years.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41He thinks hard-working people get a bad deal from criminals
0:18:41 > 0:18:44and particularly cares about the elderly victims of burglary.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Snow can be a hindrance to us,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51but sometimes it can help us with footprints,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54so we'll bear that in mind when we're approaching the door.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57It were the lock that gave it away!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Are these any of your footprints?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04They're mine, I've been to the gas meter, yeah.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Were there any there before?- No.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Unfortunately, the clear prints in the snow are not the burglar's,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13but belong to the homeowner's daughter.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Phillipa discovered the break in when she came to visit her mum, Jennifer.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19You only found it, didn't you?
0:19:19 > 0:19:22We were dashing to the doctor's this morning
0:19:22 > 0:19:27and me daughter went out to take the meter reading.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30And then she came back and I heard her say, "Oh, my God!"
0:19:30 > 0:19:35I said, "What's the matter?", and she said, "Somebody's tried to break in."
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- What time did you discover that? - Nine o'clock, yeah.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Nine o'clock this morning.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I mean, I have to admit, it's scared me stiff.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'm absolutely... I couldn't believe...
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I was just...shaking like a leaf.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52The thing that's worrying, like my daughter just said,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55they'll probably come back tonight to finish it off.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Which I shouldn't have said, it was a stupid thing to say in hindsight.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I mean, we can't say they definitely won't come back,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07but the chances are they won't because they know you'll find that,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11and generally people, when stuff like this happens,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14they phone the police and they're more vigilant
0:20:14 > 0:20:16and they get extra security.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21We've not had many burglaries in this area for a while, so...
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Haven't you?- No, so it's not a crime hotspot.- No.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28It's just a bit of reassurance for you, you know.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Burglars come through a door or window at the front
0:20:32 > 0:20:35of the house in just over half of all break ins.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Older-style PVC doors are not as secure as newer models.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Jennifer has been lucky because the thieves
0:20:42 > 0:20:44have not been able to completely break the lock.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47They've obviously removed the fascia here
0:20:47 > 0:20:50and that exposes this locking barrel.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53But for some reason they haven't managed to snap it.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56You can see the tool marks at the side of the locking barrel.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Once you've got a new lock on there,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01your door's going to be fairly secure.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06New anti-snap locks, they'll see the anti-snap locks
0:21:06 > 0:21:11and they'll think there are easier targets out there and move on.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15When you get to 73, you don't want shocks like this.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Of course you don't. - They're not very good for you!
0:21:18 > 0:21:20You don't want them at 23 or 73!
0:21:20 > 0:21:24My heart must be stronger than I thought it was.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27I'm sure once you've got the new lock on there
0:21:27 > 0:21:32and a new door, I'm sure that will be a bit of reassurance, won't it?
0:21:34 > 0:21:38A new lock will cost Jennifer about £20, but the attempted burglary
0:21:38 > 0:21:41is not an experience she's likely to forget.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46It's just completely knocked the wind out of my sails.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I just can't describe it.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I was shaking and crying.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Really, really, it's just, yeah, shocking.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00I am scared, but once I get the lock on,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02I shall be fine.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04I'm not sure. Got a good family.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08They'll all rally round.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- Thanks ever so much.- OK.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15We'll be in touch, Jennifer, all right?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17This chain, I suppose this is rubbish anyway?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- It's worth putting on. I'd keep it on all the time.- Would you?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23You'll get a good lock sorted, won't you?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- With that on as well, you'll be fine.- Thank you ever so much.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'd probably, you know this light here,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33might be worth getting a nice modern light just to shine.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35My son gave me hell the other week.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Very vintage that, in't it?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It looks as though it's even older than me, don't it?
0:22:40 > 0:22:44That saying, there aren't many things left older than me!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46It's a deterrent, in't it?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Adam is always keen to give crime prevention advice,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52even to his own family.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I'm always having a go at my parents and grandparents
0:22:55 > 0:22:59to take extra security measures, but a bit of common sense,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02a few lights, extra security on your doors, don't leave your doors open,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05don't leave things on show, shut your curtains.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Things like that, it's all basics.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09We just offer that simple advice to people, really.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13To do those little things, and you'll be surprised
0:23:13 > 0:23:16what these little things do to prevent people targeting your address.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Two prolific burglars, Paul White and his uncle, Peter,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26devastated families all over the UK when they stole
0:23:26 > 0:23:30thousands of pounds worth of precious jewellery.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Police nationwide worked together and tracked them down.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38In the burglaries that we were investigating,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41I would estimate about half a million pounds worth of property
0:23:41 > 0:23:44was stolen, and I can't say for certain what happened before that.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47But I'm fairly convinced these guys have been doing this
0:23:47 > 0:23:48for a matter of years.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51So, naturally, I think these people are responsible for
0:23:51 > 0:23:54multimillion pounds worth of burglaries across the UK.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Despite there being hundreds of pieces of jewellery still missing,
0:24:00 > 0:24:04and many pieces unclaimed, Martin has been able to recover
0:24:04 > 0:24:08a precious diamond pendant stolen from a house in Hampshire.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12He's on his way to reunite it with its rightful owner.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- Hello.- Hello.- DC Rider. Are you well?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Come in.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23The diamond pendant belongs to Deng Ji
0:24:23 > 0:24:26and was a present from her late mother.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28It's of huge sentimental value.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I've had it for about 23 years.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35So beautiful.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I'm happy to have got it back.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42I'm sad. Quite a lot of things that they took it from me.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I've got my two granddaughters,
0:24:44 > 0:24:49I've got nothing to give them because they took everything.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Deng Ji and her husband Myint were burgled five years ago,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57but the trauma the break in caused hasn't left them.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00After that burglary happened,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I'm so afraid.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07I check the door, front, back, every time.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- And now, of course, it's all right now.- Time heals.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Oh, yeah, yeah.- Thankfully.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16The first couple of months, I am so afraid.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I don't want to stay at home on my own.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20But thank you very much.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23I really appreciate your work, everybody.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It's what we get paid to do.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Thank you, thank you. I really appreciate it.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33And in Essex, DS Rob Kirby is also able to return some recovered
0:25:33 > 0:25:37jewellery to the victim of Paul White's Shoeburyness burglary.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Missed them for long time.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41It's two years now, isn't it, nearly?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Life has been tough since the burglary.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47She lost her only daughter in a car crash.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50And the treasured jewellery she intended to give her
0:25:50 > 0:25:52was stolen by Paul White.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54But at least the police can reunite her
0:25:54 > 0:25:57with one precious reminder of happier times -
0:25:57 > 0:26:01the earrings she wore on her wedding day to her late husband.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- These are my wedding earrings. - Oh, your wedding earrings?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Yeah, Chinese wear white in the Chinese tradition.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- So, you wore these on your wedding day?- Yeah.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13These are my wedding day earrings.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16And something else was returned because Paul White had forgotten
0:26:16 > 0:26:20all about a small piece of gold jewellery he'd stolen from her.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24He put it in his coat, so when he was arrested,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- we searched him and that was in his pocket.- Very good.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- So, erm...- I'm very pleased to know that lead to his arrest.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Yeah, yeah.- Very good. Very good.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39The owner could now be reunited with the precious gold pendant
0:26:39 > 0:26:41she'd been given by her father.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I feel really pleased.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47He has been arrested and put in jail.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51So, you know, I feel a bit comforted, you know.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55You know, and really good job, you know.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59I'm very pleased. Very good. Thank you so much.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03It's not often we're able to return some items to the victim,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06so it's been really nice to be able to do that.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10And just to see the look on her face is just priceless.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13It's moments like that why you join the police in the first place.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15It's been great.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20There's just time for an update on today's stories.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24After the attempted break in at her house near Rotherham,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Jennifer tightened her security and changed the locks on her front door.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31But she's been so deeply affected by what happened
0:27:31 > 0:27:33that she's decided to move.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36After the Hatton Garden police raid,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38a further four arrests have been made
0:27:38 > 0:27:40and the investigation is ongoing.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46And in the nationwide hunt for the prolific burglars Paul and Peter White,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49the police eventually got both their men.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51On the 28th November 2012,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Paul White was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison
0:27:55 > 0:27:58for a series of nine burglaries.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59His uncle, Peter White,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02who was already serving four-and-a-half years in prison,
0:28:02 > 0:28:07was given an additional six years for his part in four burglaries.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09We'll see you next time.
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