0:00:02 > 0:00:05Between now and the end of this programme, 40 homes will be burgled.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Coming up...
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Police get help from an unlikely source.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15I'm not happy with what I've done. I'm showing remorse.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18In Hertfordshire, a small business is being crippled
0:00:18 > 0:00:20by repeated burglaries.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22It's a family-run business, really.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Something like this has a knock-on effect to everything.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27And we see how powerful it is
0:00:27 > 0:00:30when stolen goods get returned to their rightful owners.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33It was like a little miracle, it was just amazing.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35It was like the return of old friends.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39ORCHESTRA MUSIC SWELLS
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Early morning in Hatfield, and DC Jim Miller is working
0:00:53 > 0:00:57on the case of three burglaries in a well-off part of the town.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Jim's managed to arrest two men.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Now, one of them has agreed to help the police,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05taking them on a tour of the homes he burgled.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07He's obviously part of a burglary team
0:01:07 > 0:01:10that's been committing burglaries over a period of months
0:01:10 > 0:01:13in Hertfordshire and the metropolitan areas.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Andrei has started to admit his involvement in these offences
0:01:17 > 0:01:21and, following legal advice, wishes to clear his criminality.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It helps Jim build a picture of how burglars operate,
0:01:24 > 0:01:28and in return, the man could get a reduced sentence.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Andrei's just guiding us to the first offence location.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Why was that premise targeted?
0:01:36 > 0:01:41I think my friend knows it's expensive houses.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Have expensive cars in the front of the house.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And that's why he took me here.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52That gives us a very good indication of how long he's been doing it,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55what times of the day he offends, what kinds of promises he goes for,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58the property he goes for.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01We then feed that into our analysts who paint a bigger picture
0:02:01 > 0:02:05of Andrei and look at the areas that he's targeting.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08What steps would you take, Andrei, in order not to get caught?
0:02:08 > 0:02:14- For example, would you wear gloves? - Yeah, wear gloves, hoodies
0:02:14 > 0:02:18and when the house have CCTV,
0:02:18 > 0:02:23we have a thingy...scarf,
0:02:23 > 0:02:24to hide the face.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31What kind of items would you target when you went into a premises?
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- Gold and cash, that's the first thing you look for.- Mm-hmm.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Gold and cash.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41If there's not...nothing, we'll take some electronics.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- When you say a electronics, you mean...- Laptop, iPad.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Although it's a routine for the thieves,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51it was a shock for one of Andrei's victims.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54This is the 999 call she made.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18- I was just parked here. - Where that Mercedes is?- Yeah.- OK.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I think that's the house here.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Yep.- Let's just establish the number.- This is the house.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27But Andrei and his friend were being watched.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30There's a witness several doors up from the burgled premise.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Their house is fitted with CCTV.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And subsequently when this offence happened on the day it happened,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39the occupant of that address was looking out the window
0:03:39 > 0:03:41and saw a vehicle pull up.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48They've got this CCTV as they were previous victims of burglary
0:03:48 > 0:03:51themselves so it's obviously made them more alert
0:03:51 > 0:03:54with regards to who is out and about, really.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57She wasn't generally happy about the two occupants
0:03:57 > 0:04:00and how they looked in the vehicle so made a note of the registration.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Following checks on that registration,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06that came back as someone who wasn't a local keeper. Further checks showed
0:04:06 > 0:04:08only one person's insured to drive that vehicle.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Was that your vehicle you parked up?- Yeah.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15- That was my vehicle.- And you were the driver?- I was the driver.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19She also noticed that the driver was smoking a cigarette
0:04:19 > 0:04:22and discarded that cigarette.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25You were mentioning that he was smoking. What do you smoke?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Kent HD, it's a Romanian made cigarette.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Police attended the scene, found that cigarette
0:04:31 > 0:04:35which wasn't a usual brand, it was like an Eastern European brand.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37That cigarette butt that has been recovered
0:04:37 > 0:04:39has been sent for forensic analysis.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42The DNA on that, the profile will be obtained
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and we'll see if that comes back as our defendant.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49This CCTV and the cigarette butt would give Jim
0:04:49 > 0:04:51the breakthrough he needed.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56Your friend left the vehicle initially to go to the premise.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57How did he get into that premise?
0:04:57 > 0:05:03Well, he had a kind of chisel from carpentry.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Jumped the gate.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09When I seen the marks on the door, it was looking pretty ugly.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16So if you clock the time there, 0258.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19The next time we see him is 0309.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22They're in that address for just over 10 minutes
0:05:22 > 0:05:24when they then returned to the vehicle.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25We found an iPad,
0:05:25 > 0:05:31and then we found some gold jewelleries, silver jewelleries.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36We took all of those stuff and then we got in the car and we drove off.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Two days after the first burglary,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Jim and his team carried out two raids,
0:05:44 > 0:05:50arresting Andrei and his accomplice and finding stolen property.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Jim is keen to learn from Andrei how thieves target homes.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Invaluable information to pass on to his Crime Prevention Officers
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and to the victims.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Based on the victim, we want to give the best possible service we can.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04For Andrei to take us to the scene of his crimes and tell us
0:06:04 > 0:06:06exactly how he's done it, what role he's played,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08what he's got out of it and why he did it
0:06:08 > 0:06:12are all important factors that we can then go and relay to the victim.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17A lot of property was recovered from your place of arrest.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Is some of that property going to belong to this burglary?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Just a little property, not too much.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27Some silver jewellery, couple of rings, couple of earrings, maybe.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30So you said that your friend sold the gold,
0:06:30 > 0:06:36- you kept some of the silver and you sold the electronics?- Yeah.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I'm not happy with what I've done.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I'm showing remorse, I'm admitting to all the stuff
0:06:42 > 0:06:46and I'll be showing you all the stuff that I've been doing.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49And I'm really sorry I've done this
0:06:49 > 0:06:53because not to get rich or anything, just to survive.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03The average insurance claim for a burglary is around £1,400,
0:07:03 > 0:07:05but as anyone who's been burgled will know,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09it's the sentimental value of the lost treasures that hurt the most.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Some things just can't be replaced.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And that's the case in our next story,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18about the Leeds Symphony Orchestra.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21APPLAUSE
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Founded in 1890, it's one of the oldest in the UK.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Back in December 2011,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35the orchestra were busy rehearsing for a concert.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40# Da da da da, da da da deee Ya da da daaaaa...
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Conductor Martin Binks and his orchestra had been rehearsing hard
0:07:45 > 0:07:47for over a month to get the repertoire ready
0:07:47 > 0:07:50for one of the ten performances they do every year.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56We were going to play the Berlioz overture, Les francs-juges,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59the Hungarian Rhapsody Number Two by Liszt,
0:07:59 > 0:08:04and the big work was the Beethoven Emperor Concerto
0:08:04 > 0:08:08with Duncan Glenday as soloist.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11As one of the best amateur orchestras in the country,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15they don't get paid and do the concerts for the love of performing.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:08:26 > 0:08:29It's getting the chance to play wonderful music
0:08:29 > 0:08:31and having an audience to appreciate it,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35and having to really do your best on the night so it's a challenge.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37You don't get a second chance in a performance.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40It does raise your game to perform like that.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I've played in the orchestra for just over 30 years
0:08:44 > 0:08:49and it's a great antidote to a man's working life.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51It's a great, friendly thing, isn't it?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58And the orchestra's man with a van, Ian Ward,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01had been looking forward to the concert, too.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03He'd been booked to deliver the instruments
0:09:03 > 0:09:06a couple of hours before the curtain was due to go up.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09The night before the big concert, Ian packed his van
0:09:09 > 0:09:12and locked it up securely in his yard.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19Generally what we pick up is kettle drums, the music,
0:09:19 > 0:09:24music stands, the stuff that's too heavy for people to take home
0:09:24 > 0:09:26in their car, basically
0:09:26 > 0:09:30and the stuff that is, sort of, just general use.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33But the following evening, when Ian came to collect
0:09:33 > 0:09:37the precious cargo, he made a devastating discovery.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41On the Saturday we turned up at about 5:30
0:09:41 > 0:09:46ready to just go through to Knaresborough for six o'clock
0:09:46 > 0:09:48and no truck.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51You just think, "I didn't park it in here for some reason."
0:09:51 > 0:09:55But then you think, "Well, of course you packed it in here. It's gone."
0:09:55 > 0:09:59You just don't want to believe that it's been stolen.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Ian's first thought was to break the news to conductor Martin.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Of course, he didn't answer his phone.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10So I had to drive over to Knaresborough to the concert venue,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14found him there and said to him,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17"I'm really sorry, the van's been stolen."
0:10:17 > 0:10:18"Oh yeah, right!"
0:10:18 > 0:10:20"No, honest, Martin, the van's been stolen."
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Of course, I thought he was joking, having me on.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27He said, "No, I wish I wasn't joking but it was."
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I just felt gutted about it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36I thought, well, I've let him down. I've let him down badly.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38It's not a feeling I like, at all.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43By this time in the evening, just an hour before the audience were
0:10:43 > 0:10:47due to arrive, some of the orchestra were beginning to show up for duty.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50But 12 of them wouldn't have an instrument to play.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Myself and Catherine who plays oboe, we always travel together in the car
0:10:54 > 0:10:59and try and get there early to help set up and we didn't know anything.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02We just got to the school in good time
0:11:02 > 0:11:06and saw people walking away and we thought,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10"What's happened? Maybe we got the time wrong. Whatever is happening?"
0:11:10 > 0:11:13People were saying, "It's off, the concert's off."
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Then there was all this milling about going on, people saying
0:11:16 > 0:11:19the instruments had been stolen and it was just a complete shock.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I said, "what's going on?"
0:11:21 > 0:11:25And they said, "The concert's been cancelled, the van's been stolen."
0:11:25 > 0:11:28So we were all incredulous, really.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Hard to believe that the van could be stolen.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36So we stood around speculating as to how this could've happened
0:11:36 > 0:11:37and in fact why.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Martin didn't have the answers and had no choice
0:11:42 > 0:11:45but to cancel the long-anticipated concert.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It wasn't a decision he took lightly.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51It's the first concert I've had to cancel with the orchestra
0:11:51 > 0:11:53since 1971,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56when we had to cancel one through the miners' strikes
0:11:56 > 0:12:00so I've run 40 years before this happened.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Everybody had travelled there
0:12:02 > 0:12:07and disappointed not to be able to give the concert, you know.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10We just had to turn around and go home.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13It's like having the rug pulled from under your feet. It was dreadful.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17You always get hyped up a little bit before a concert
0:12:17 > 0:12:21and so all that was taken away.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25So a huge sense of anti-climax and it felt like, well,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28how are we ever going to sort out getting our stuff back?
0:12:28 > 0:12:32It was dreadful and people were very, very disappointed
0:12:32 > 0:12:36but...I mean, what else could you do, actually?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39We couldn't do the concert because our instruments were in the van,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42al the music and all the stands, the lot.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45To me, it was a responsibility, you know.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49I have lost the instruments and there's nothing I can do about it.
0:12:49 > 0:12:55It just felt... I don't know, just terrible.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01People were very genuinely upset, yes. Upset, but most of all, annoyed
0:13:01 > 0:13:04at the sheer effrontery of it, really. That's what got us.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Because that time, we didn't know what had happened to the instruments.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11We were all convinced we would never see them again.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15With very few clues, would the members of Leeds Symphony Orchestra
0:13:15 > 0:13:18ever be reunited with their instruments?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26During a burglary, thieves often target small, valuable property
0:13:26 > 0:13:29such as jewellery or electrical items
0:13:29 > 0:13:31that are easy to carry and sell on.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Now, for a worrying and growing trend.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Burglaries that target small businesses and leave them crippled.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42There are over seven million incidents of crimes
0:13:42 > 0:13:45against businesses in England and Wales each year,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47and the rate is rising. In Hertfordshire,
0:13:47 > 0:13:52it's newly-qualified Intervention Officer PC Jodie Coyle's job
0:13:52 > 0:13:55to investigate these often lucrative crimes.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00It's still very exciting, still very new in my career,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03still learning stuff all the time.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Laws are always changing, there's lots and lots of laws to learn
0:14:06 > 0:14:09and know about. So, yeah.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Always learning from my more experienced colleagues.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16For her, one part of the battle is keeping up to date with
0:14:16 > 0:14:19the latest methods the criminals use to break into properties.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24As crime prevention ups its game, so do offenders
0:14:24 > 0:14:28and we're always having to think of new ways to prevent
0:14:28 > 0:14:33and deter offenders which means that we're always adapting as well.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Today, Jodie's been called to a burglary
0:14:36 > 0:14:39at a family landscaping business in Wymondley.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Like many other local firms in this area,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45they store their work equipment in a metal shipping container.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Hello, sir. You've arrived this morning
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- and you've got a big hole in your... - Yeah.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53The guys turned up this morning, it was quite dark
0:14:53 > 0:14:55so they let themselves in through the gates which were all locked,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57nothing had been disturbed there.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Didn't notice this because it was so dark.- Oh, right.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01As he's come back with his torch, he's thought,
0:15:01 > 0:15:06"What's that sticking out?" And realised that we've had a break-in.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10The thieves used a saw to cut through the metal container
0:15:10 > 0:15:14and helped themselves to the gardening equipment inside.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17It's a devastating loss for Sean and his colleagues.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20What sort of amount of property has been taken?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It's all petrol-operated machinery.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28They've taken four or five hedge cutters, three strimmers,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- four blowers. Decent bit of kit they've taken.- Yeah.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Is any of it marked at all?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36It will have ID on, we always put an identification number,
0:15:36 > 0:15:41we burn it onto it, make sure we've got all the serial numbers, etc.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43The company have taken all the right measures by labelling
0:15:43 > 0:15:48their work equipment clearly. It hasn't stopped them being burgled
0:15:48 > 0:15:50but if their machinery is ever found,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53they'll have no problem identifying it.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56But, as Jodie takes some details about the missing machinery,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58an interesting discovery is made.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00It now seems that the burglars came prepared
0:16:00 > 0:16:03with some pretty impressive equipment of their own.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Initially when we've arrived,, everything's been locked up.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09It seems that they've come in over the fence.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11However, it's just been noticed
0:16:11 > 0:16:16that one of the panels on the fence has also been cut.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18It would've taken a good piece of machinery to cut that
0:16:18 > 0:16:22and obviously the same with the hole in the container as well.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25The rising trend in small companies being burgled
0:16:25 > 0:16:28may stem from the culprits falsely believing
0:16:28 > 0:16:31that their victims aren't personally harmed.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33This simply isn't true.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36The company will be affected in a large way
0:16:36 > 0:16:38because it affects our insurance premium.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42The company isn't a huge company and obviously now,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45machines down, we've got five guys working out of this yard.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47As of tomorrow, they're going to need new tools.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Straight away, it'll cost us before we can put in an insurance claim.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- It's costing us now, isn't it? Two of us.- Yes.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54The two of us and the time we've spent this morning
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- dealing with it and then repairing. - It's a family-run business, really.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03Yeah. Up to...I think 30, 40 employees at the minute
0:17:03 > 0:17:07but we're still having to cut our cloth and make sure that
0:17:07 > 0:17:09we've got no seepage and spillage.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Something like this has a knock-on effect to everything.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I don't know if there's anything you can do about it because it's all...
0:17:14 > 0:17:18you know, people go around, they look, they know there's nobody here
0:17:18 > 0:17:21and they come in the evening, whatever.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25And in fact, this isn't the first time the landscaping company
0:17:25 > 0:17:26has been targeted.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29We've had a break-in here before and the last time, they pulled up,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33they'd actually winched to the bottom of the door
0:17:33 > 0:17:35and pulled it with a van so that the door curled up
0:17:35 > 0:17:38and they crawled underneath and took the tools out that way.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- How long ago were you targeted? - I think it was about a year ago.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Do you know if they got any of your property back,
0:17:44 > 0:17:45anybody into custody for it?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- No.- No?- No. We weren't made aware of that.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Because of the burglary,
0:17:50 > 0:17:55the owners will have to find £5,500 to buy new equipment.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Unfortunately, due to the nature of their work,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00they will have to replace them and offenders...
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Unfortunately, it makes them an easy target again
0:18:02 > 0:18:04because they know they'll be in there.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Scenes of crime officers have been here, hasn't been able to
0:18:07 > 0:18:10gather any evidence. What the analysts will do is take this crime
0:18:10 > 0:18:13into consideration along other similar ones.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16The way that the offenders have got in, they'll look to see
0:18:16 > 0:18:20if offenders have used that in similar crimes in the area
0:18:20 > 0:18:24or even outside the area and see if there's a pattern starting to emerge.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Unfortunately, the only thing businesses like this can do
0:18:28 > 0:18:30to protect themselves is upgrade their security.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37It's not long before Jodie is called to her second break-in
0:18:37 > 0:18:40of the day, just a few miles away in Letchworth.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Again, it's a small business that's been hit.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46And, tellingly, these criminals have used exactly the same method
0:18:46 > 0:18:48of entry as the last ones.
0:18:48 > 0:18:54They've attempted to get through a panel round the fencing with no luck.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Nothing's been taken,
0:18:56 > 0:19:01however there has been CCTV footage, I believe, taken.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06Like the last company, this firm have also been targeted before.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Just one month ago, they had another unwelcome visit.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13They always come in through this fence here.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- You can see there, we've had it welded up.- Is that from last time?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- No, that's this time.- This time?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21We had to have it welded up for security reasons.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24But it's the same place they came through last time.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27On that occasion, they've seen something worth stealing
0:19:27 > 0:19:30and then, from that point, they've cut the locks off with a saw
0:19:30 > 0:19:33or an angle grinder or something like that,
0:19:33 > 0:19:39then loaded up a truck with probably about £25,000 worth of cable
0:19:39 > 0:19:41and driven off with it.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Luckily, this time, the thieves were scared off.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47This company have upped their security
0:19:47 > 0:19:50and really think about what they store and where.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53They also have CCTV cameras in the right places.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- That's the fence at the back, is it? - Yeah, so there's the container,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59there's the skip. OK. There we go.
0:19:59 > 0:20:06- Oh, yeah, so 0415.- They've obviously come up...- Yep.- ..from the fence.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10OK. They mess around for a little while with whatever they're doing.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12They must have some sort of cutting tools.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15They appear to have a toolbox or something to get through the fence.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18He's carrying a tool, they've got a toolbox with them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21They've obviously come prepared, so they know what they're doing.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23The thieves had broken into the grounds
0:20:23 > 0:20:26and now seemed to be deciding which container to burgle.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28They climb up onto their toolbox
0:20:28 > 0:20:31because they can pull the doors slightly if they unlock the hinges
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- cos there's a bit of give when the padlock's on.- Mmm.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Gone into the top, get the torch out,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38see if they can see anything inside the container.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Then, they see the cameras.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- They were only on our premises for about five minutes.- Right.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Yeah, they spotted the cameras
0:20:44 > 0:20:49- and the minute they spotted the cameras, they bolt.- Yeah.- OK.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52As soon as they've spotted cameras up on the walls,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55they've done a runner. So a good deterrent, really
0:20:55 > 0:20:57and hopefully prevent those chaps from coming back
0:20:57 > 0:21:00and other offenders from targeting the property.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03There is a possibility that it could be the same offenders
0:21:03 > 0:21:06as the job we've just been to, same method of entry.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Most likely the same machinery used also to cut open
0:21:09 > 0:21:12the container on the previous job that we went to.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16So there's no conclusive proof, but from what she's seen,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Jodie now has some good evidence to go on
0:21:18 > 0:21:20when she starts looking for the culprits.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Having CCTV cameras in the right positions
0:21:23 > 0:21:28has meant that this company, at least this time, haven't lost out.
0:21:28 > 0:21:34From the CCTV, we can pinpoint when the offenders have actually
0:21:34 > 0:21:40been in that area. We will be conducting further CCTV enquiries,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44hopefully linking a vehicle to that through ANPR camera work as well.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Automated Number Plate Recognition, or ANPR, will be useful
0:21:49 > 0:21:51if the burglars' car shows up in footage
0:21:51 > 0:21:53near the scenes of both crimes.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57It just goes to show that having good crime prevention tools in place
0:21:57 > 0:22:02like CCTV does prevent and deter offenders from targeting properties.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07And for this firm, the cameras were an excellent investment.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11This time they've obviously seen the CCTV cameras up on the wall.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14As soon as they saw that, they turned round and legged it
0:22:14 > 0:22:15back the way they came.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18So, on this occasion, the cameras have paid for themselves.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Now, back to Yorkshire, where some selfish thieves hit a real bum note
0:22:29 > 0:22:32by stealing a van full of instruments and music
0:22:32 > 0:22:35belonging to members of the Leeds Symphony Orchestra.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38The culprits would've spent little time
0:22:38 > 0:22:41thinking about the consequences of stealing the van.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44To Ian, the removals business he began with his late father
0:22:44 > 0:22:4838 years ago was now in serious jeopardy.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52To me, they stole my livelihood.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56They didn't just steal my truck, they stole my livelihood.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58It's everything that goes with that.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Putting a roof over your head, feeding yourself and your family.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05That's what they stole. I was really down about it.
0:23:05 > 0:23:11And to be honest, I could've just walked away and packed in.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14I just did not feel like doing it any more.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Almost two weeks after the theft,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20conductor Martin Binks was fearing the worst,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24that the precious instruments would never be returned.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27With another scheduled concert coming up,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30the future of the whole orchestra looked uncertain.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33But then the police made a breakthrough.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35The stolen van was captured on camera
0:23:35 > 0:23:38just eight miles from the yard where it was taken.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42It then mysteriously slipped off the radar,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45but there was news of its contents.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47It was a Sunday morning.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50The police rang up and they said, "This is Lancashire Police.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52"Are you the conductor of Leeds Symphony Orchestra?"
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Immediately, I thought, yes, I knew what he was ringing about.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59They said they had found our instruments.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03"We've got your stuff, we found it dumped in a yard in Morecambe."
0:24:03 > 0:24:07And my heart fell. I thought they've literally taken
0:24:07 > 0:24:08these lovely kettledrums,
0:24:08 > 0:24:13these £15,000 kettledrums and just thrown them off.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17The musical instruments had been found on an industrial estate
0:24:17 > 0:24:1890 miles away.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23The thieves were looking for an empty van
0:24:23 > 0:24:25to use it for another crime.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28To steal copper piping that they could sell on.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Luckily, they'd unloaded the instruments without too much damage.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38There was not a scratch on anything.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42They must have unloaded the van very carefully.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44It was amazing that there was no damage.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48The next day at rehearsals,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Martin broke the good news to the rest of the orchestra.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55It was like a little miracle. It was just amazing.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Everybody was just, like, laughing with disbelief.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02I'm very fond of the drums - obviously and I've been playing them
0:25:02 > 0:25:08for quite some time and it was like the return of old friends.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09OK, one, two...
0:25:09 > 0:25:13'It was lovely to have them back again.'
0:25:13 > 0:25:14TIMPANI ROLL
0:25:16 > 0:25:19But the thieves had really missed a trick. They emptied the van
0:25:19 > 0:25:23so they could pack it with stolen copper piping.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26But what they tossed aside, fully intact,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30was a very valuable set of timpani drums - made of copper.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34There would've been raised eyebrows perhaps, in any scrapyard.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36"Where have these come from?"
0:25:36 > 0:25:38But nonetheless they'd be valuable, you see.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40So we were very fortunate in that way.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Ian wasn't so lucky.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47His van was still missing, and he had no choice but to rent a new one.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52It's hard to take. I've been in business for so long,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54it's all I've done, basically, all my life.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58And then for somebody to come along and just take it away like that,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01um...it's hard to take.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07But at least the precious instruments he'd been entrusted with
0:26:07 > 0:26:09had now been returned to their rightful owners.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Delighted to be reunited with their instruments,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19and in full working order,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22the orchestra could make their next concert on time.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28It just felt like, "Oh, the world's right now."
0:26:28 > 0:26:32'We're doing what we do with the instrument's that we play.'
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Yeah, it felt nice. Really nice.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42'We all like performing.'
0:26:42 > 0:26:44If we hadn't got those instruments back,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46we wouldn't have had a concert, would we?
0:26:52 > 0:26:53MUSIC STOPS
0:26:53 > 0:26:57APPLAUSE
0:27:04 > 0:27:07There's just time for an update on today's cases.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12In Leeds, removal man Ian Ward never had his van returned.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16But he has now got a new vehicle and has stepped up his security.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Musical instruments are now never left in his van
0:27:18 > 0:27:19at the yard overnight.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Unfortunately, no-one has been arrested yet
0:27:26 > 0:27:30for the break-ins at two businesses in Hertfordshire.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33But the landscaping firm that had £5,500 worth
0:27:33 > 0:27:37of gardening equipment stolen have now improved their security.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41The business have several CCTV cameras in operation.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46And Andrei, the man who helped the police by taking them
0:27:46 > 0:27:49round the houses he'd burgled, was sentenced to two years in prison.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52His accomplice was given three.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55That's all from us today. We'll see you next time.
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