0:00:02 > 0:00:05We're on the case of a crime that's committed once every 44 seconds.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06Burglary.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Coming up...
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Just a bit disgusted that he's broke into a dead man's house.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15..we're with the police in pursuit of justice
0:00:15 > 0:00:17as they carry out their raids.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Shut up!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23And we'll see how powerful it is
0:00:23 > 0:00:26when stolen goods get reunited to their rightful owners.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29I can't put it into words, really, how I feel.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Heart's going.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Really delighted.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44First up today, we're in Rotherham, Yorkshire.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The thieves have stolen treasured artefacts including
0:01:04 > 0:01:07a communion box and communion wine.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11They've even taken groceries meant for the community's soup kitchen.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15But the thieves have left a vital clue.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20A half-smoked cigarette was found on the scene
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and DNA evidence has now been linked to a known offender.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30Today, DC Andy Shaw and the team are bringing him in.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Part of the team have already gone out this morning
0:01:32 > 0:01:34to try and arrest this male.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We've gone to one address, been unsuccessful.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40They've gone to the second one where they believe
0:01:40 > 0:01:44he is in the address and he's not allowing access
0:01:44 > 0:01:49so we're going along with the door knocker to gain entry by force.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Andy has been with the police for 16 years and for him,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59the best part of the job is bringing criminals to justice.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Are we doing it?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04The team believe the suspect
0:02:04 > 0:02:08is at this second property but isn't opening the door.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10LOUD BANGING
0:02:20 > 0:02:22You've had your chance!
0:02:22 > 0:02:23LOUD BANG
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Shift from behind door!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Shut up!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Is the rest of the house secure?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45The man they are looking for is inside,
0:02:45 > 0:02:49and PC Phil Connell and DS John Dimberline waste no time getting the handcuffs on.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50You're under arrest.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned
0:02:54 > 0:02:55something you later rely on in court.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00But he doesn't want to come quietly.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06BLEEP!
0:03:06 > 0:03:09INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:03:09 > 0:03:11BLEEP!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Are you going to stop struggling? - Just get in the car!
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- I need you to stop struggling! - SUSPECT SHOUTS
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Stop struggling, then.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- I'm not struggling! - WOMAN: Why don't you ask him nicely?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- We have! - We've asked him nicely! Stay there!
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Just calm down and stop kicking out.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35In this potentially dangerous situation,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39it takes three men to detain the suspect, Michael Parker.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44He will now be taken to the station for questioning
0:03:44 > 0:03:46about the break-in at the church.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52One careless moment of throwing away a cigarette has led to this.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Back in the house, the team is going through everything,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01searching for any evidence which could link the suspect
0:04:01 > 0:04:03to the break-in at the church.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07With 23 years' experience on the job,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Phil knows suspects will go to any length
0:04:10 > 0:04:12to hide stolen items from police.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16You've got quite a lot of compartments in stuff like this
0:04:16 > 0:04:20and sometimes it can be looked over simply as a household appliance
0:04:20 > 0:04:24but it's a good place to be able to secrete stuff and hide stuff.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27There's nothing in there, though.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32During the raid on the first property,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35the team seized a box and DC Richard Howe thinks
0:04:35 > 0:04:37it might have come from the church.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Obviously, we're going to preserve the box for forensics.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42That's why I'm wearing the gloves.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44It's where they put the Communion bread
0:04:44 > 0:04:47when they do Holy Communion at the church.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50This will obviously get taken to the church later
0:04:50 > 0:04:52and hopefully identified.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55It's got a unique number on it so hopefully that church can say,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59"They have them at other churches but specifically it's stolen from ours."
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Once we've completed the search here and looked for further stolen property,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06then these inquiries will continue through the day
0:05:06 > 0:05:08and maybe late into this evening but hopefully,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10with all the forensics,
0:05:10 > 0:05:14it's a successful operation and we get him sent away.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Later, there's some good news for St Paul's Church.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24Now to a story that proves that you should never give up hope.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30West Mill Farm in Hertfordshire is a popular spot for trout fishing.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34John Sinclair is a keen angler
0:05:34 > 0:05:37and spends much of his spare time fly fishing.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Normal day. Bit cold but it was a nice day. Set my tackle up.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Started fishing.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52Working my way round the lake, trying different places, different depths.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I'd already caught a couple of fish.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57On about the third cast I got hooked up in something
0:05:57 > 0:06:01and I thought it was probably a branch or log or something.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I started pulling it in.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Had to use my hands to pull it in cos it was too heavy for the rod.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I pulled it out the water
0:06:10 > 0:06:14and as I pulled it out, I realised there was something wrapped up in it.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17So, I got it on the side,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19started unwrapping it
0:06:19 > 0:06:21and there was all these bits inside.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25It was clear John had landed something very unusual.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29I found that it was bits and pieces of jewellery
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and coins of some description.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Incredibly, John had recovered over 30 items,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40including brooches, a necklace, cufflinks and a ring.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44For John, this was a catch of a lifetime.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48That sort of thing doesn't happen very often. No.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Quite rare.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54John's remarkable haul was covered in mud and silt,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57so he headed home to work out exactly what he'd found
0:06:57 > 0:06:59and where it might have come from.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Put them in soapy water, washed them all off.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Then when I was sorting through it, I found a buckle.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10My wife works in a hospital and she said, "It's a nurse's buckle."
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Silver dollars from the 1800s
0:07:14 > 0:07:19and bits of jewellery and I realised that they must be from a robbery,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22so I got in touch with Hertfordshire Police.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27One morning just after Christmas,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30we received a telephone call here at Hertford
0:07:30 > 0:07:34from a gentleman who said that he'd dredged up some items
0:07:34 > 0:07:35from a fishing lake.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Now, initially, that raced my heart a little
0:07:37 > 0:07:41because I wondered what on earth he was going to say next.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Thankfully, he went on to explain that he'd pulled up
0:07:44 > 0:07:45some jewellery boxes.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47He discovered there were some jewellery items
0:07:47 > 0:07:50and some coins dating back to the late 1890s
0:07:50 > 0:07:54and some commemorating Churchill's time in office.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58So, they were clearly quite old and potentially quite valuable.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03Stephen, who's been with Hertfordshire Police since 2007,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06had to use all of his detective skills to try and track down
0:08:06 > 0:08:10the owners of this mysterious treasure and link it to a crime.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16The two names on the badges could be the vital clue needed
0:08:16 > 0:08:18to crack the case.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20We believe, looking back at the crime records
0:08:20 > 0:08:23and having matched the description of the items,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25that they may have come
0:08:25 > 0:08:28from a burglary in September, 2011, locally.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44In September, 2011, Alan Burns and his partner Angela Leslie
0:08:44 > 0:08:48returned home from an overnight business trip in Brighton.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54Coming through the door, there was no indication that we'd been burgled
0:08:54 > 0:08:57because the only thing that I noticed coming in
0:08:57 > 0:09:01was that the handle on the French doors was up.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03They came through here.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06They drilled this lock out
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and then this door just opened.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I would have come up the stairs with the bags.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14As soon as I got into here,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16we realised the drawers were out all over the place.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19All the small drawers were on the bed,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23all the contents of the drawers were taken.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26All these drawers were emptied.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29They had all this stuff out.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31They took one of the pillowcases off the pillow
0:09:31 > 0:09:36and then went away with the contents of what they'd taken.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40The thieves had made off with over £7,000 of their belongings.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45But for Angela, there was one item that was priceless...
0:09:45 > 0:09:49When I qualified as a nurse in 1961,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52my parents gave me, my mother in particular,
0:09:52 > 0:09:57a silver buckle that we used to put onto a belt
0:09:57 > 0:09:59and wear as then qualified nurses
0:09:59 > 0:10:02which meant an awful lot to me at the time,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05having passed my three-year exam.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I was very upset when I'd lost it.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Very, very upset. More upset with that, probably, than anything else.
0:10:16 > 0:10:2018 months later and Angela and Alan still had no news
0:10:20 > 0:10:23on their stolen possessions. Until now.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Stephen had successfully matched John's mysterious catch
0:10:33 > 0:10:35to Alan and Angela's burglary.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Their stolen possessions were dumped in the lake,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43amazingly a mere mile away from their house.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Stephen now has the enjoyable duty of returning these items
0:10:48 > 0:10:49to their rightful owners.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55This part of the job's really good because it brings closure
0:10:55 > 0:10:59to the victim, but also it allows us to see their reaction.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Hopefully, fingers crossed, it will actually be their property.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I'm pretty certain it is.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Hello, sir. Are you Mr Burns? - I am indeed.- Hello. It's PC Evans.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- We've been speaking on the phone. How are you?- OK.- Good. Lovely.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- Thank you very much.- Good morning. - Hello.- Angela.- Hi. Stephen.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26- Hello.- Stephen, would you like a cup of tea?- Very good. Thank you.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- Come in.- Thank you.- This is the exciting bit.- It is, yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Now, we've got the property.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36We're fairly certain it's yours.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39So it's all been bagged up, all secure.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42So we'll just open it and I'll hand it over to you
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and just confirm it's yours, really.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59OK. So, the main bulk of the items
0:11:59 > 0:12:00are in the jewellery box here.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Right. That's definitely ours.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09- That's definitely my buckle. That's so exciting.- Excellent.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Cos that's what you showed most interest in, wasn't it? - Yes, it goes back a long time.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- So if I just put them on here, is that all right?- Or this one.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- We've got the nurse's buckle... - For definite.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24..and then we have a great deal of coins here,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27commemorating Churchill
0:12:27 > 0:12:31and then the amber beads and then a few more items.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- My son bought me that one so that's great.- Your son bought you that one?
0:12:34 > 0:12:39- Yes.- Numerous pairs of cuff links. - They'll be yours.- Amazing.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- That's the vast bulk of the items. - Amazing, really, isn't it?
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- It's incredible that it's actually been found.- Very good.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Excellent.- Tremendous.- Wonderful. - It's extraordinary.- Super.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- Very pleased.- Really good to bring it back to you. All right.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- No worries. Thank you very much. - So kind.- Thank you.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Really nice to actually hear the story behind particularly
0:13:04 > 0:13:07the belt buckle which until actually meeting them in person
0:13:07 > 0:13:11I didn't quite realise how important it was to her.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16A gift that was given to her some years back by her mother.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18So it was really pleasing to see
0:13:18 > 0:13:21a genuine reaction to that piece at least.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Everybody has said, "What is it you want back most of all?"
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Angela would have said, "We'll have the buckle."
0:13:31 > 0:13:36I can't put it into words, really, how I feel. My heart's going.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Really delighted. Absolutely delighted.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Of all the things that we actually lost,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47that probably was the greatest sentimental value.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51There's a lot of time and effort put into targeting burglaries
0:13:51 > 0:13:53and burglars across Hertfordshire.
0:13:53 > 0:13:59Last year alone, there were 600 less burglaries across Hertfordshire
0:13:59 > 0:14:02so it just goes to show that we can help
0:14:02 > 0:14:04and bring back a little bit of closure
0:14:04 > 0:14:07and ultimately the property that is taken from these types of crimes.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13We've got nothing but praise for the police. They've been superb.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54In Aughton near Rotherham, Natalie Watson has discovered
0:14:54 > 0:14:58her stepgrandfather's house has been broken into.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00South Yorkshire's DI Phil Wyer
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- and PC Caroline Marsh arrive quickly to investigate. - Natalie?
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Break-ins are never pleasant but this one seems particularly callous.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Natalie's stepgrandfather Frank Gilberthorpe
0:15:13 > 0:15:15only recently passed away
0:15:15 > 0:15:18and the family have been trying to come to terms with their loss.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- You live here then?- No. We live three doors up.- Right.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24This has been empty.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- For how long? Just a few days? - A couple of months.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32The first time my dad goes away for a couple of days and this happens.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Natalie and her stepdad Michael live up the road.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39In the days since Frank's death,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Michael has spent a lot of time at the house
0:15:41 > 0:15:44sorting through his father's treasured photos and keepsakes.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46But he always leaves everything tidy.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49And you're not aware if anything's been stolen?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- No because I don't know what's been left or taken out or anything.- Right.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- There was no alarm on?- No.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Do you leave any lights on or anything like that?- No.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59We only live three doors up
0:15:59 > 0:16:02so we thought we'd be able to keep an eye on it anyway.
0:16:02 > 0:16:0884-year-old Frank Gilberthorpe sadly passed away in August, 2012.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11A Yorkshireman born and bred, the retired joiner was
0:16:11 > 0:16:14a popular character in the village where he lived.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18The whole community have joined together in mourning his loss
0:16:18 > 0:16:22and Natalie can't believe that just three months after Frank's death,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25some thieves have burgled his empty house.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29We're just a bit disgusted that they broke into a dead man's house, basically.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35- Yeah.- My dad's been through enough.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39I can tell you're very upset now but you were upset on the phone
0:16:39 > 0:16:41when I spoke to you earlier as well.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43It's more that, it's the sentimental aspect.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49You can't really broadcast what I think about the people
0:16:49 > 0:16:52that break into other people's houses because largely
0:16:52 > 0:16:54the people that do it are doing it for their own benefit.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57They're doing it for their own gain,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00regardless of other people's feelings and other people's rights
0:17:00 > 0:17:01and people's rights to privacy,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04rights to feel safe in their own home
0:17:04 > 0:17:08and rights to feel safe from people breaking in.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Fortunately and touch wood, I've never been burgled.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13But we see the effects it has on people all the time
0:17:13 > 0:17:15and it's a very unpleasant thing to suffer.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Can I request Scenes of Crime, please?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The police are calling in forensics to see if they can find
0:17:25 > 0:17:29any fingerprints or other evidence that might lead them to the culprits.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32The crime couldn't have come at a worse time.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Natalie's stepdad has decided to take a few days away
0:17:35 > 0:17:37whilst he's dealing with his grief.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Have you not spoken to your dad at all about it yet?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- I can't get in touch with him.- Right.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Well, it's clear that things have been disturbed, isn't it?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- Things have been looked through. - They wouldn't have left things out like this.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52How long is it since you were actually in here?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54It must have been about three weeks ago.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- Can't say for certain if anything's missing at this stage?- No.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Natalie now faces an agonising wait for her stepdad to come home
0:18:04 > 0:18:07so they can work out what exactly has been stolen.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12All the time my dad lived here, he's never been broken into
0:18:12 > 0:18:14or anything taken.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18He's got enough on his plate, as well as trying to sort this out.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Obviously, some drawers were pulled out
0:18:21 > 0:18:25and I don't know if they've taken anything because I don't know what was left here
0:18:25 > 0:18:28from when my father had been in.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- Natalie, have you shifted these keys out onto the side here?- Pardon?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34There's some keys on the side.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Are they... Do they relate to the back door?
0:18:37 > 0:18:41I don't know if they're the front door.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43If they're to find a criminal who broke in,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Phil and Caroline have to try to gather as much evidence as they can.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48And quickly.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51The Scenes of Crime officers will get impressions of the marks
0:18:51 > 0:18:54made by the tool used for the break in
0:18:54 > 0:18:58and hopefully match them with other crimes or burglaries on their system.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01There's clear tool marks on that second door as well.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03It's not just been bodily pressure.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07They've actually had some kind of instrument or tool with them
0:19:07 > 0:19:09like a screwdriver or something.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11They'll take a couple of photographs
0:19:11 > 0:19:13and examine the scene for fingerprints
0:19:13 > 0:19:16and they'll look at anything that may have been touched
0:19:16 > 0:19:20or has been touched amongst these things to see if there's
0:19:20 > 0:19:23any suitable surfaces that they might be able to get fingerprints from.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Although it may have been a random opportunist break in,
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Phil can't rule out that it's someone who knows Frank recently died.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Obviously, somebody knew the house was empty
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- and then just tried their luck. - It may be so. Possibly.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40When it's empty and there's no lights on or anything.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Whilst Phil gets as much information as he can from Natalie,
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Caroline checks what the neighbours have seen.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- CID. Your neighbour's been burgled. - I know.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- You found it, didn't you? - I did, yes.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Is there anything you can tell us about it?- Only that I found it this morning.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03I don't know what time. About ten minutes before she phoned you.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I nipped out this morning, came back and I saw the door.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08So I went and told Natalie.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Have you seen anything else suspicious?- No, not at all.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Anyone going down the backs? - No, not that I've noticed.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I only put security lights up last week
0:20:15 > 0:20:17and I didn't notice it go off last night at all.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Whether it was last night or this morning...
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- You've not heard anything?- Nothing, no. Normally don't. It's quiet.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- Close together?- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- Do many come down this back here? - Not many, no. That's the thing.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Because it's only to these properties?- It is, yes.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36- We all know each other and know the cars and everything.- Right. OK then.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Thanks for your help anyway. - No worries.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43It's good to know that the neighbours will be on the look-out for any intruders,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46but Phil's aware that a break in of this kind can leave
0:20:46 > 0:20:49the victim's family feeling very vulnerable.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52What will happen is you will get what's called a reassurance visit
0:20:52 > 0:20:55by a community support officer. They'll come round
0:20:55 > 0:20:59and they'll talk to you about crime prevention
0:20:59 > 0:21:02and what you can do to make the property more secure.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05The cheapest things that are most effective,
0:21:05 > 0:21:09other than putting extra locks and bolts on the door is lighting.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Security lighting is one of the best and most cost-effective things that you can do.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16All the other houses have got lighting.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18We've got lighting on his garage.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20The only thing that you need to bear in mind,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23if your dad or somebody else decides to do it, is the fact that
0:21:23 > 0:21:26it needs to be as high up as possible so that they can't interfere with it.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29If they can reach it or they can get a sweeping brush,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32they will and they'll move it and just carry on regardless
0:21:32 > 0:21:34because it won't affect them.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37But they'll not stand there, forcing doors open
0:21:37 > 0:21:41and trying to take beading out of windows whilst they're lit up like a Christmas tree.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Although the police can't immediately solve the crime,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Phil thinks it's important to offer Natalie some reassurance and advice
0:21:49 > 0:21:52on how to protect Frank's house.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53My dad's away at the minute
0:21:53 > 0:21:56so there's nobody for me to get help off.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00The police have been brilliant.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04The officers hope they can get enough evidence to lead them
0:22:04 > 0:22:08to the culprit's door, so Natalie and her family can rest assured
0:22:08 > 0:22:10that Frank's home and treasured memories
0:22:10 > 0:22:12will be left in peace again.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Following the morning raids in Rotherham, PC Phil Connell
0:22:23 > 0:22:25is on his way to visit St Paul's Church
0:22:25 > 0:22:27with what he hopes will be some good news.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32As a result of warrants this morning, we've arrested a suspect...
0:22:34 > 0:22:38..and within that premises we recovered
0:22:38 > 0:22:42a metal church Communion box
0:22:42 > 0:22:45so we're just on our way to meet up with the staff at the church
0:22:45 > 0:22:48in order to get it identified so that we can go and interview
0:22:48 > 0:22:51the suspect which has been arrested and put that to him.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00Phil and DC Katey West arrive to meet the church warden and treasurer, Ann Brown.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03What would be good to start with, if you could, please...
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Could you show us where the initial point of entry was
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- and where the sacristy, is where this has come from?- This is the sacristy.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14- Right. So this is where it's come from?- I think it came out of there.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- And it would have been in that cupboard?- Yes, it would.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Where would they have got in and which door did they force?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- You've got to appreciate we weren't the initial officers who came to it.- Of course.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26So, what we're wanting to do is just get an idea in our minds
0:23:26 > 0:23:28where they came in.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32St Paul's Church was built in 1902.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34The stained-glass window smashed by the burglars
0:23:34 > 0:23:36was an original feature.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- That was the point of entry. - Where the window's boarded?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- Yes, and the cigarette butt was found down here.- Down there.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50And of course, it doesn't belong to anyone in the church.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Obviously, there's a no smoking policy in a church.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Yes, that's right.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56We don't have a lot of things,
0:23:56 > 0:23:57we don't have a lot of money
0:23:57 > 0:24:03and it's very upsetting to know that someone hasn't got the respect
0:24:03 > 0:24:07for our respect for the church and worshipping God.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And I do find that really, really upsetting
0:24:10 > 0:24:13and a lot of the older members were really upset.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15They were really violated.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Every time they come in and they see the window, it does upset them.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27All Phil needs now is a positive identification of the Communion box.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30My colleague mentioned earlier, we've done a warrant this morning
0:24:30 > 0:24:34and we've got some property that we believe is from your burglary.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- I think it's a Communion box. - Yes, that's ours.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- Is that from this church? - It is from this church.- OK.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44It does have a postcode on the back which we checked is your postcode
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- that's engraved on it.- Yes.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49So you can positively identify that as being property
0:24:49 > 0:24:51stolen from the church in the burglary?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54That would have been in the sacristy where there's no public allowed.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55OK. That's great.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58What we'll do now is take a statement from you to that fact
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- because we've got someone in custody...- Oh, right.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03..for the burglary. So we're going to go back
0:25:03 > 0:25:08- and we can then put that fact to him. OK?- Yes, that's fine. - Lovely. Thank you.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Phil hopes this visit will go a long way towards reassuring
0:25:12 > 0:25:16the community that this type of burglary is very rare.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21We don't get a lot of these type of jobs, but when they do come in,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24they're quite hurtful, really,
0:25:24 > 0:25:28because most people would look on a church as being sacrosanct
0:25:28 > 0:25:32and just somewhere where people are going to get help or seek refuge
0:25:32 > 0:25:34and then this happens to them.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37It's really upsetting that it's an easy target.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42Very often I think these kind of people do pick on easy targets.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46It'll be nice to know the outcome.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49But when things like this happen, people see it in the community
0:25:49 > 0:25:51and I think it's important that we get people to task for it
0:25:51 > 0:25:54because then they can actually see a positive message
0:25:54 > 0:25:55coming back from the police.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Now for an update on today's stories.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04In the case of Alan and Angela's burglary,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07police believe the thieves had thrown the stolen items
0:26:07 > 0:26:10into the lake because they were too easy to identify
0:26:10 > 0:26:13and therefore hard to sell on.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15The items were found underwater
0:26:15 > 0:26:17and we suspect they've been there for some time,
0:26:17 > 0:26:22so there is very, very limited if any chance of any forensic opportunities
0:26:22 > 0:26:24or any fingerprinting or DNA.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28So at this stage, the crime will be closed off as undetected
0:26:28 > 0:26:30pending any further inquiries.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Angela and Alan revisited Millennium Lake
0:26:35 > 0:26:37where their treasured possessions were found
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and they met up with fisherman John and his wife Jill
0:26:40 > 0:26:42to thank them in person.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- Thank you very much.- All the best. - Nice to meet you.- Cheers.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Made her day, as they say.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53John was really pleased to see the items back with their rightful owners.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56When I found it, it was completely black.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59You couldn't even see the patterns at all
0:26:59 > 0:27:02because it was so manky.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04It's come up nice, hasn't it?
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- We're so pleased you got that back. - Yes.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Back in South Yorkshire, Frank Gilberthorpe's bereaved family
0:27:12 > 0:27:15were relieved to find out that nothing was taken in the break in.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19No-one's been charged, but the family have looked at their security
0:27:19 > 0:27:21and can rest more easily now
0:27:21 > 0:27:24knowing they've done what they can to protect Frank's home.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Following the two successful raids, and compelling DNA evidence,
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Michael Andrew Parker was charged with the St Paul's Church burglary.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39He was sentenced to 34 months in prison.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Police successfully recovered the Communion box
0:27:44 > 0:27:47and a glass dish the church use for Easter ceremonies.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Ann Brown was delighted the police caught the burglar.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Wonderful, really.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Yes, because hopefully it will teach him not to do it again
0:27:58 > 0:28:03and to respect the people's beliefs and leave churches alone.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07That's all from us today. We'll see you next time.
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