0:00:09 > 0:00:12- Good morning, it's Greater Manchester Police. Does Poppy Murray live here?- Yeah.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15All right, we've got a warrant to search the premises.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Who's that who's in the bed? Is that Arran Crossan?
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- Who are you?- Who are you? - Are you Arran Crossan?
0:00:20 > 0:00:22From the Serious Organised Crime Group,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25you're under arrest on suspicion of robbery at the Yorkshire Bank
0:00:25 > 0:00:27in Heywood on the 12th of June.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Every day in the UK,
0:00:31 > 0:00:35the police are on the hunt for known and suspected criminals.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Get back from the door!
0:00:36 > 0:00:39They're armed with warrants, and big red keys.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44The Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire forces
0:00:44 > 0:00:47have granted exclusive access to their raids.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Police!
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Their officers are wearing special equipment
0:00:51 > 0:00:53to give you a cop's-eye view,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56and bring you closer to the action than ever before.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59What's your name?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Britain's streets are a battleground.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07On one side are the men and women fighting to keep us safe.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And on the other are the wanted.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19OK, mate, let's go.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27The offence under investigation surrounds a bank robbery.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29One of the males shouted, "Get what you can."
0:01:29 > 0:01:30The males started grabbing the items,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33placed them in a holdall that they brought with them,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36took two safe deposit boxes that belong to customers at the bank
0:01:36 > 0:01:39and three tins containing cash from the cash customer tills at the bank.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Anthony Morrison is a violent bank robber and career criminal.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50He's just confessed to an armed robbery
0:01:50 > 0:01:52at a Yorkshire Bank in Manchester.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59But the rest of his gang remain at large.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Inside Morrison's home, the police discovered keys to a stolen sports car...
0:02:09 > 0:02:12..a balaclava mask...
0:02:12 > 0:02:14...thousands of pounds in banknotes,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17And a staff name badge.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27Police believe Morrison is part of a team for whom armed robbery is a way of life.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35In their latest job, they raided a Manchester bank, terrorising the staff.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40They were cutting bars upstairs on security windows,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43they was then getting entry to the premises by breaking a window,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46forcing entry, and once in the premises they were duressing staff.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51To obtain getaway vehicles for the crimes,
0:02:51 > 0:02:56it's suspected the gang have been targeting innocent people in their homes.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01They'll identify a car, usually a high-powered performance car,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03usually a German Audi or a BMW or suchlike.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07They would steal that by way of aggravated burglary -
0:03:07 > 0:03:12that's basically going into a dwelling armed with weapons, wearing balaclavas.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Quite a harrowing, quite a serious crime.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16You put false number plates on it,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19all in preparation for when they're ready to do the robbery.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23They're organised, they are prolific, they're not bothered
0:03:23 > 0:03:26about the violence they use to get cars off people.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28They're going into banks, they're threatening people.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30I have no doubt, if they would have continued,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33they would probably have started to hurt people.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37They want arresting, they want convicting and they want
0:03:37 > 0:03:40locking up for a long time, because they're dangerous people.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47The specialist team assigned to capturing the rest of the gang
0:03:47 > 0:03:50are known as the Serious Organised Crime Group.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56They regularly hunt down Greater Manchester's most dangerous criminals.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59In order to get evidence against these people,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01you have to go that extra mile.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03You have to look at it,
0:04:03 > 0:04:08have an area of expertise in certain areas such as phones, surveillance etc.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10And it's only by putting time,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12effort and resources into it that you will capture them.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15OK, morning. Thanks for turning up, everybody.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17This morning we're going to do two Section Eight pace warrants.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23One is in response to an investigation into a bank robbery in Haywood at the
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Yorkshire Bank on the 12th of June this year.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Detective Roy Storey is leading this morning's operation to arrest another
0:04:31 > 0:04:34suspected member of Anthony Morrison's gang.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Niall Kiernan is a close friend of Morrison's,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and he isn't afraid to use force to get what he wants.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47If they have to use violence, they will do.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50They don't give any thought to the safety and the wellbeing
0:04:50 > 0:04:53of the people that they are targeting.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55And they will use any amount of violence
0:04:55 > 0:04:57in order to achieve their objectives,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59and that is to steal other people's money,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01it's as simple as that.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Thanks, Roy.- Let's go get them.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16The team are heading to Kiernan's house in the Middleton area.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22They've managed to link him to the bank robbery from the evidence obtained
0:05:22 > 0:05:24in Anthony Morrison's flat.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30With regards to Kiernan, we had evidence of DNA on clothing,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32balaclavas and gloves,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36that was found in the attic with the stolen money from the bank robbery.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58With a potentially violent suspect, the team have to be prepared.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Niall Kiernan has a history of smashing into people's premises.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07KNOCKING AND BANGING
0:06:08 > 0:06:11This morning, officers are ready to smash into his.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Police, open the door!
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Police, open the door.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20The door is coming in.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26It's coming, it's coming, it's coming.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Open the door, quickly!
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Step back, police from Greater Manchester.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Who else is in the address? Who else is in the address?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- I've got a son upstairs.- Who else?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Niall's upstairs?- Niall's upstairs. Niall's upstairs.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Don't go upstairs, please. Come in here, love.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46All right, pal. Sit on the bed.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- What's your name? - Mine?- What's your name?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Niall.- Niall, you're under arrest on suspicion of robbery, OK?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56At the Yorkshire Bank on the 12th of June 2014.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
0:06:59 > 0:07:01if you do not mention, when questioned,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03something which you later rely on in court.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Anything that you do say may be given as evidence.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Do you understand? Right, mate,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08where's your clothes that you're putting on?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16When was the last time you were arrested?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18'Whilst we are there in the address,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21'he's insistent he wants to go to the toilet.'
0:07:21 > 0:07:23He were being co-operative, so we thought we'd let him use the toilet.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27However, when we do that, we have to be mindful of the fact
0:07:27 > 0:07:30he may try and dispose of property, drugs, etc.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Evidence in the case.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35So we always get someone to escort him to the toilet.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38And it's not a very pleasant thing, watching someone go to the toilet,
0:07:38 > 0:07:39but on this occasion we did.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Rick?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Do you want to... Somebody get a stick of some sort.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I know it's a bit of an odd request.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Yes, just so that I can... Hold on.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55The check of the lavatory before Kiernan's used it brings results.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Inside the toilet bowl, an unusual deposit.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03I don't know, I don't know.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Somebody throw us a bag and a tag.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20As stealing fast cars is an intrinsic part of Kiernan's criminal
0:08:20 > 0:08:25operation, this BMW key could prove to be vital evidence.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Niall Kiernan's in the address, he was currently arrested.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Once he's taken from the address
0:08:31 > 0:08:34we're going to conduct a search of the premises.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40As Kiernan goes off to custody,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44the team find even more evidence to suggest he is involved in a serious
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and organised crime gang.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49When we further searched the house,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52we found user manuals to tracking devices.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55And they were small tracking devices you get at spy shops,
0:08:55 > 0:08:58you're able to put into, I don't know, bags or on cars etc.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01And you're able to track the movement of those items.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04So it shows the sophisticated nature of this group.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06This wasn't just an ad hoc group of criminals
0:09:06 > 0:09:09who went out on the spur of the moment committing crime.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12These were people who were planned, organised.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16At Central Park Police Station,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Kiernan's curious to know what led the police to arrest him today.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25It's what we do, mate. Nothing about it particularly there.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Why? Should there be a reason why we've come today?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30He was taken by surprise.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33He was asking why we were there, what we were doing there, etc.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36And I asked him for various fake reasons.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38That's done firstly to say they're not guilty
0:09:38 > 0:09:39and they've done nothing wrong.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41And it's also to try and get information out of us,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43find out what evidence we've got.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Because sometimes officers will tell them what evidence we've got,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50and then that allows them to start planning what they're subsequently
0:09:50 > 0:09:51going to say in the interview.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57In custody, Kiernan is officially questioned
0:09:57 > 0:10:00regarding the evidence that's been found.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Why would one person have nine different mobile phone numbers
0:10:05 > 0:10:08in such a short period of time over a few months?
0:10:09 > 0:10:14You're arrested today now on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16That's what we're interviewing you about.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20So is that what these numbers are for?
0:10:20 > 0:10:24These are numbers that you used to speak to your co-conspirators
0:10:24 > 0:10:26to plan and arrange different crimes.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Tell me about that.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33We then start introducing evidence that we've got throughout it.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38So we introduce evidence of DNA on clothing, which is recovered from the address,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41which is the same as the ones that the offenders were worn.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45And then they start coming up with convoluted stories then.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48And he basically come up with an account where they basically said,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I've been round the address, this flat where Anthony Morrison lived
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and basically touched everything and there was nothing he didn't touch.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56So that's how he was trying to explain these items and explain
0:10:56 > 0:10:58the evidence what we was putting before him.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04The Crown Prosecution Service agreed that, like Morrison,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Kiernan should be remanded in prison
0:11:06 > 0:11:09while the team carry on with their investigation.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Their next step is to focus on the car used in the crime.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19The gang made their getaway from the bank robbery
0:11:19 > 0:11:21using a stolen Audi vehicle,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24the key for which was found during the raid
0:11:24 > 0:11:25at Anthony Morrison's address.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32When we took that key to an Audi garage and had it examined,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34they were able to tell us what time
0:11:34 > 0:11:37that vehicle was last started and that
0:11:37 > 0:11:41it was started some 20 minutes or so before the offence, I think it was.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44So therefore the indication was the engine was running
0:11:44 > 0:11:46whilst the robbery was taking place.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Now, it's unlikely that people would drive up to do a robbery in a
0:11:50 > 0:11:53£40,000 sports car, leave the car with the engine running
0:11:53 > 0:11:56whilst they did the robbery, because the chances are when they come out
0:11:56 > 0:11:57the vehicle wouldn't be there any more.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59So the indication was there was
0:11:59 > 0:12:00a third person waiting with the vehicle,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03waiting with the engine running whilst the robbery was taking place,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06and that's how we established there were three people involved.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Police believe that third person is 24-year-old Arran Crossan.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18He's a known associate of both Morrison and Kiernan,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22and officers strongly suspect he was driving their getaway car.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Detective Storey is on the way to an address
0:12:27 > 0:12:29where Crossman's believed to be staying.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34We do believe he's working in the Midlands and he commutes
0:12:34 > 0:12:38early hours of Monday morning and then stays down there the week
0:12:38 > 0:12:40and comes back on a Friday.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45So we're hoping to get him this morning before he sets off for work.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Yeah, it's up here on the left.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Police. Open the door, please.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Hello, police. How are you?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23- All right.- We've got a warrant, OK?
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- Who else is in the address, love?- What?- Who else is in the address?- Just me.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Where's your boyfriend?- He doesn't live here.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31'We executed the search warrant.'
0:13:31 > 0:13:33It would appear we've missed him. He's set off for work last night,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36so we're just going to search the address anyway.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40She says he does stay there infrequently, and we'll see what we can come up with.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Back at the Serious Organised Crime headquarters,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53the team meet to discuss the developments in the case
0:13:53 > 0:13:56and plan their next move in the operation to
0:13:56 > 0:13:58find Arran Crossan.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Arran Crossan wasn't at home,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04which was no great surprise, really, because we were aware that he's been
0:14:04 > 0:14:07working in the Birmingham area.
0:14:07 > 0:14:13We then went over with regards to... Myself, to travel down to Birmingham
0:14:13 > 0:14:17and we made contact with the company that employs him.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20To cut a long story short, we got halfway there,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23spoke to his foreman or his supervisor,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26who stated that he'd received a phone call from his mother,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28and as a result of that he'd set off back to Manchester,
0:14:28 > 0:14:32because he was aware the police had been round to his girlfriend's address.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34We think they're best mates, don't we,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37so he's going to want to find out what's happening to Kiernan first.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I can try and make contact with him, see if we can go see him.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41If he's going to answer his phone,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44see if he'll negotiate and hand himself in.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Then we can deal with him.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Well, let's crack on with that, then we'll regroup later.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- All right.- Thank you very much, everyone.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53PHONE DIALLING
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Detective Storey attempts to get hold of the wanted man by phone.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06No, his phone's switched off. The number we've got for him is switched off.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10The next step is, we'll keep trying the number and, I'm sure...
0:15:10 > 0:15:13We've left our number. I'm sure, perhaps not today,
0:15:13 > 0:15:17but he'll be wondering how his friend, Kiernan, is getting on in custody.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Once he's found out the information he requires,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25no doubt he'll make contact with us to arrange to come in and be interviewed.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Are they good friends?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Yeah, they're very close friends.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32There has been orders previously for them, court orders not to associate.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34But they are very close friends.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39With the hunt for Crossan on hold,
0:15:39 > 0:15:44the team move on to research the origin of the BMW keys found in the
0:15:44 > 0:15:48lavatory at his close friend Niall Kiernan's address.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Have both cars gone?- Possibly. - Just click "vehicle" there.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53...motor vehicle.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55It's been used in a job, that.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01The key we recovered from the toilet bowl at Kiernan's home address,
0:16:01 > 0:16:02some enquiries about the BMW,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05and that relates to a BMW 330, outstanding,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08stolen by way of a burglary,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12overnight 27th, 28th of July, just gone.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15There's two vehicles stolen. Two BMWs stolen.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17One's been recovered in the Reddish area.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The one that we've got a key for now is outstanding.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22So, as I mentioned earlier,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26it could well be that they're in the preparation of another offence and
0:16:26 > 0:16:28they require a vehicle for that.
0:16:37 > 0:16:43Further investigation eventually leads to the discovery of this stolen car.
0:16:44 > 0:16:50These are false plates, which were on the BMW, and I'll send them off for fingerprint treatments,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53see if there's any fingerprints on them.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Well, we're hoping to open it and see if there's anything else in the
0:16:56 > 0:17:00vehicle, but, yeah, these are just the false ones at the moment.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12It's crime scene investigator Louise Hark's job to look for fingerprints
0:17:12 > 0:17:17and additional evidence that might link the stolen vehicle
0:17:17 > 0:17:18back to the criminal gang.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Glove marks off the...
0:17:20 > 0:17:23On the inside of the window there.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Probably these type of gloves.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Them bits there. So they've probably been wearing gloves while they've
0:17:30 > 0:17:35been driving, or when they've stolen the vehicle.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38They steal cars because they can't be associated with that vehicle.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Quite often, they'll be high-powered cars
0:17:40 > 0:17:42in case they need to try and get away from police.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46And they can treat them as they wish.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47If they want to burn them out afterwards,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50they don't suffer any financial loss,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52and that's why they use these cars, stolen cars.
0:17:55 > 0:18:01Next, the team have to undertake some painstaking research on a large number of mobile phones.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07These were seized during the raids at Anthony Morrison and Niall Kiernan's homes.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10More than 18 months old.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13These are throwaway Samsungs, aren't they?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Try those three Samsungs first.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24We're trying to identify handsets that the...
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The numbers that we're interested in on the day of the robbery,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30that have since been dropped,
0:18:30 > 0:18:35sometimes we can identify from a handset or SIM card that's been in it.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39That's really where the hard work starts,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42once they're arrested and we have to start building a case against them.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Sometimes, it's great to have lots of evidence,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46lots of strands of evidence, but we've still got to prove it
0:18:46 > 0:18:49and obtain that evidence by way of witness testimony and suchlike,
0:18:49 > 0:18:53and then put that in a prosecution file and present it at court.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- So this is recovered after the other job at Oldham?- That's recovered on the 8th of May.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- And has that been forensically matched with the Oldham job, do we know?- Not as yet.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02As part of the investigation,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06officers also have to check out any alibis the suspects have provided.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Basically said that he's alibied insomuch as
0:19:10 > 0:19:13he took this vehicle to this breaker's yard
0:19:13 > 0:19:15where we're going doing this warrant.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20The premises is in Middleton.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Detective Sergeant Dave Eaves is en route to check out the account given by Niall Kiernan.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34They've used stolen cars.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36It's not beyond the realms of possibility
0:19:36 > 0:19:39that stolen cars may have been through a premises like this.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42And then there's the issue of the people in custody.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44He's using this place as an alibi.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49This is it. This is the place.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Kiernan has told officers that he was at this garage having his car
0:19:54 > 0:19:57repaired when the bank robbery took place.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04We are investigating some armed robberies and we're looking for evidence
0:20:04 > 0:20:07connected to those armed robberies.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10So, do you know a lad called Niall Kiernan?
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I do know him, yeah.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Yeah, we know him. He comes here
0:20:14 > 0:20:16just for his cars to be fixed.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Have you done any work on a vehicle for his girlfriend?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Yeah, we did a fan switch last week.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Last week, yeah.- Monday.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- Monday, yeah.- Last Monday?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Yeah.- Have you ever done any work on it previously?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Not that car, no.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Would either of you, if the push came to the shove,
0:20:32 > 0:20:33be willing to give me a statement
0:20:33 > 0:20:38regarding your recollection of doing the service on this vehicle?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Yeah.- Yeah. We've got no problems with doing that.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- Yeah?- At the end of the day, all we did was fix a car.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50They've been questioned, just as witnesses,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52about the person that's in custody,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55who says that on the day of the robbery, on the 12th of June,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57he brought a car here to be repaired.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01They're saying that that car was brought here last week.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06So it seems Kiernan has been at the garage,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08but not on the day of the robbery.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18And it later transpired that he went to extreme lengths to try to back up this alibi.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21As the investigation progressed,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25we became aware of some CCTV that was in existence,
0:21:25 > 0:21:30and this CCTV related to the 12th of June and, basically,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33provided the alibi for Niall Kiernan.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36We were quite confident that weren't true,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39so we investigated this part of the CCTV.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43And what we were able to show via the investigation is this CCTV hadn't
0:21:43 > 0:21:46been fitted till a month after the offence had been committed.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52And it's a point of discussion back at the office.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55So what they've done is altered the time on the CCTV?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Yeah, because what we know,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00the person who fitted the camera subsequently to these premises,
0:22:00 > 0:22:01fitted them three weeks later.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- Right.- On this occasion, he walks in nice and slowly.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Walks right over to the camera, to a degree,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11so you get a good profile of him.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Sits down. So he's taking his time.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Putting himself in the cameras all the time. Doing a little bit of acting.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19It's not often you get Kiernan wanting to be seen on CCTV somewhere, is it?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22No. No. So he's there, reading his paper again.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24He knows he's being filmed. He knows what he can show,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26he knows what he wants the cameras to give him.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29If it just dropped on us at court, you'd probably believe that,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- wouldn't you? You wouldn't be able to check it.- Yeah, yeah.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33So it would get him off with it,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35but the camera's been fitted late, a month afterwards.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39'In investigations, we're used to people lying,'
0:22:39 > 0:22:42but it's very rare you find someone going to such an extent where they
0:22:42 > 0:22:48would stage false CCTV for the time of an offence and produce that and,
0:22:48 > 0:22:53potentially, get off with an offence at court of a very serious nature.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57He's basically gone away and made a false alibi, which we can prove.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59And an innocent man's not going to do that.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04The only person who's going to go away and make a false alibi will be someone who is guilty.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17It's now several months since the start of the investigation.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22And it is an early-morning call for the Operation Rainforest team,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26who are still hunting down their third and final wanted suspect.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29That's the lad we are looking for.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31The objective of the exercise today
0:23:31 > 0:23:33is to try and arrest Arran Crossan
0:23:33 > 0:23:35on suspicion of the robbery at Yorkshire Bank.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37From the enquiries we've done,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39it would appear that Crossan is in contact
0:23:39 > 0:23:41at relevant times with Niall Kiernan.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44They are close associates, they are criminal associates.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48On the morning of the robbery at Yorkshire Bank,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52there's contact between Crossan and Kiernan and also Morrison,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55when they're clearly arranging to meet, etc.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02The data obtained from the seized mobile phones has strengthened the
0:24:02 > 0:24:06team's suspicions that Crossan was the gang's getaway driver.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12We've got the clothing from Morrison's address,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14of the two offenders that went into the bank,
0:24:14 > 0:24:21and we've got the DNA from Kiernan on some of that clothing
0:24:21 > 0:24:24so I think the indication is it's Morrison and Kiernan
0:24:24 > 0:24:27that went into the bank and Crossan, if he's involved,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29he would have been sat outside in the car waiting for them.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Potentially, he was involved in the theft of the vehicle, as well.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- 257.- 259.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Time for the team to find out if it is third time lucky
0:24:55 > 0:24:57in their attempt to capture Crossan.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03We identified phone numbers for him.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05We had a telecoms officer on the job.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08She looked at the phones and she managed to identify
0:25:08 > 0:25:10a girlfriend called Poppy Murray.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13She managed to identify an address for him.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16She looked at cell site evidence and it was obvious that his phone,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18at night and in the mornings, was being at this address and area,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20so there we decided to get a warrant
0:25:20 > 0:25:22and go and execute a warrant at this address.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Maybe down the back of that one.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29I'll be further on.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42The team are hoping to find their man here,
0:25:42 > 0:25:46at the address of his current girlfriend, Poppy Murray.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Good morning. Greater Manchester Police. Does Poppy Murray live here? - Yeah.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Oh, right. We've got a warrant to search the premises. How does your door open? I can't get in!
0:25:59 > 0:26:02We'll explain to you in a second.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- Who else is in the address? - Just me and my daughter and my son and my dog.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Oh, right.- What's it for?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Is it vicious, this? How do I turn lights on?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Who's that? Who's in the bed? Is that Arran?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Who's that? Is that Arran Crossan?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Are you Arran?- No.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Who are you? Why, who are you? You are Arran Crossan.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- Arran.- Put your hands up for me, fella.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27My colleague wants to speak to you.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29From the Serious Organised Crime Group.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31You are under arrest on suspicion of robbery at the Yorkshire Bank
0:26:31 > 0:26:33in Haywood on the 12th of June this year.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if
0:26:36 > 0:26:39you do not mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Poppy, you're under arrest for assisting an offender.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence...
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Are you for real?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- Arran. Put your top on.- Are you for real?- ..rely on in court.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52- POPPY:- No, no, no.- This is a...
0:26:52 > 0:26:54We're going to have to speak to you about it.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56We've already spoken to you on the phone, OK?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59When was the last time you were arrested, Arran?
0:26:59 > 0:27:00We'll go down to the police station.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- A while ago?- Start of the year.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Start of the year, OK. You know the script, don't you?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- Take you down there...- I can't believe you're arresting her.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- That's taking the... - POPPY:- Don't do this to me!
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Poppy, you'll be all right. Poppy, you'll be all right.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17He gets out of bed, he's not kicking off, he's not threatening,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19he's not being abusive. Sometimes, you can go to an address
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and they're kicking off, they're trying to hit you with things.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26You'd obviously change your approach to the way you're going to deal with these people.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29I'm going to cuff you at the front, because you've been cooperative.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32All right for you, then, yeah? Good man.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Next one.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41OK, I'll take you downstairs. Want to take that drink with you?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43We'll be waiting for a van for a short while.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- What is your dog called?- Missy.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Hello, Missy. Beautiful, you.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Beautiful.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57These people are bullies, at the end of the day,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01and they bully members of the public, people who work for a living,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03people who buy cars, work in banks.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05They bully them and terrify them.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07And people are traumatised by it.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09There are people who can never go back to work,
0:28:09 > 0:28:10people who are really upset.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15And it's one of those things that when you go in there and you lock them up
0:28:15 > 0:28:18and you put the handcuffs on, you take them to the police station,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21it's a great feeling, because it's us getting something back on these
0:28:21 > 0:28:24people and making them feel, to a degree, what it's like to be helpless.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Because they are helpless when we get there, aren't they?
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Will you stop filming, please? You've been asked to not film.
0:28:32 > 0:28:38Poppy Murray is also being arrested for knowingly hiding a wanted person.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44As the other members of the teams start their search for evidence at the address,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47they make a quick and unexpected discovery.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- That's amphetamine, that, isn't it? - It looks like it.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Is it paste? I haven't got my gloves on.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- Is it paste?- It's frozen, mate.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- Oh, is it?- That's how it stored. - Can you smell it?
0:29:00 > 0:29:01I can smell that smell.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- Yeah, yeah.- So what we're going to do now is get Soco to come and
0:29:04 > 0:29:06fingerprint this fridge.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09'It happens a lot when you go to addresses and you find other things,'
0:29:09 > 0:29:13because, predominately, if someone's involved in robberies,
0:29:13 > 0:29:15they'll be involved in drugs, they'll be involved in other crime.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Criminals don't get involved in just one set crime.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Everything they do will be crime. It could be benefits fraud,
0:29:22 > 0:29:27it could be other fraud, credit card fraud, stolen property, stolen cars.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29They're involved in all types of crime.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31So it's not a surprise, but it was a surprise to find such a large
0:29:31 > 0:29:35quantity of amphetamine, in a fridge, which, as you walked in,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37you just lift up a lid and it's all there.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39It wasn't even hidden, it was just in a fridge.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44The discovery of drugs in the house leads to further arrests.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Brilliant. It's a great result, mate.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53It's a bonus, isn't it? That's a lot of amphet, a lot of amphet.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- Yeah, you can't ignore that.- No.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58"I'm minding it for somebody.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- "I don't know who."- Is that what she said?
0:30:01 > 0:30:02- Have you recorded that?- Yeah.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05"I'm minding it for someone, I don't know who."
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- Yeah.- Oh, right, brilliant!
0:30:07 > 0:30:10He's got a debtors' list in there.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14It says sniff used, snow, and then money.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- To all these persons. So he's... - They're all in it, mate, they're all in it.
0:30:18 > 0:30:19- We're going to be some time. - A little lad.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Yeah. Electronic scales with cocaine on them.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25What a find. What a nice day.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Worth getting up at six o'clock.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Joel.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Joel Murray will have to answer questions in custody about the cocaine
0:30:34 > 0:30:36discovered by the officers in his bedroom.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42It's a cracking result and they're the type of results you like,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45when you find stuff, because it's a bit laborious searching a house.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Searching drawers, searching cupboards, searching all these rooms.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52And when you look at such a big house, we was at,
0:30:52 > 0:30:54you take a big deep breath and you think, "God."
0:30:54 > 0:30:58But then, when you find something like that, it makes it worthwhile.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03As well as the £800,000 worth of amphetamine,
0:31:03 > 0:31:08the team make other intriguing discoveries in the house.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I found this here.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12The handrail at the bottom of the stairs
0:31:12 > 0:31:15pulls out and they've got like a drawer with four compartments
0:31:15 > 0:31:18and there's some sort of electrical attachment to it.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20I don't know what that's all about.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23But you see, that's quite a good...
0:31:23 > 0:31:25potentially a good hiding place.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27As we go upstairs...
0:31:28 > 0:31:31..I'll show you the other one we found.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35What we found in this room was, the tiles were a bit loose in this area, here,
0:31:35 > 0:31:38so obviously we've smashed the tiles away,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41which revealed this compartment here.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44And it pulls out.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Clearly a purpose-built hiding place.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Whether it's for valuables, jewellery and cash,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54or whether it's for illicit substances, only they know.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57But it's quite a good find.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02That stage, we know nothing further about the address.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05It is only as we start to search the address and we start to speak to the
0:32:05 > 0:32:10occupant that we find out that the father of Poppy Murray is an
0:32:10 > 0:32:13ex-manager of the Happy Mondays band,
0:32:13 > 0:32:15that he'd just been sentenced to some importation of drugs.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17I think it was cannabis, at the time, I'm not sure.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21But he'd just recently been sent to prison for a criminal offence
0:32:21 > 0:32:22of importation of drugs.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Eventually, the officers find what they are really looking for,
0:32:27 > 0:32:31evidence linking Arran Crossan to the bank robberies.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Cracking find, that.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Stuffed under there.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37- Right under the drawers? - Right under.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40And all rolled up.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43That and that was in that sleeve.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44All in a ball.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- Right.- Probably his kit. - Brilliant, isn't it?
0:32:47 > 0:32:52It's a crucial breakthrough for the team, and one the bosses back at HQ
0:32:52 > 0:32:55need to hear about immediately.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Some good news for you.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00They find, underneath Poppy's wardrobe,
0:33:00 > 0:33:06the dark waterproofs, and inside the pocket of the waterproofs,
0:33:06 > 0:33:08balies and gloves. Beautiful, mate.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Beautiful. There's your charge.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12There's your charge and remand.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19And there's yet more good news for Operation Rainforest.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Next to where Crossan had been sleeping,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24another vital piece of evidence.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28There was a baseball cap. Inside the baseball cap
0:33:28 > 0:33:30there was a key, an Audi car.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Again, when we do some research into that,
0:33:32 > 0:33:36it comes back that's a stolen car that key we've got responds to.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39When officers do a search of the area, recover that stolen car,
0:33:39 > 0:33:43down the road, parked up, again, on false number plates.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50When the car was moved to a nearby garage for forensic investigation,
0:33:50 > 0:33:54officers tried the key found next to Arran Crossan's bed.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02It's obvious that this man is going to go out and go
0:34:02 > 0:34:05and commit a robbery, an aggravated burglary.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07He is going to commit serious criminality, again,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09because he's kitted up for it.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12He's got a stolen car on false plates, which he has the key to.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18The freezer full of amphetamine found in the Murray household was later
0:34:18 > 0:34:22destroyed with no-one forensically linked to it.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31However, Poppy Murray and her brother, Joel, were later found guilty of
0:34:31 > 0:34:33being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Poppy received a 12-month suspended sentence
0:34:40 > 0:34:44and Joel was sent to a youth offenders' institute for three years.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55It's been an excellent day for the Serious Organised Crime team,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58with the final suspected gang member, Arran Crossan,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01off the streets and in police custody.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Well, we've got the three we believe were involved in the robbery at the
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Yorkshire Bank in Hayward on the 12th of June.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12We've got quite significant evidence against them,
0:35:12 > 0:35:13and quite a strong case.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17We don't think this is the only robbery they've committed.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21We are looking at other similar robberies at banks in the Manchester area
0:35:21 > 0:35:26and the investigation will continue until we've exhausted all lines of inquiry.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Although their three suspects are now under lock and key,
0:35:36 > 0:35:38the team's work is far from over.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41They're hopeful that, like Kiernan and Morrison,
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Crossan will also be remanded in custody.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47The arrest is the simple part.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50The arrest is so easy, we arrest lots of people.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52You go and get them, you bring them in.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55The hard part is then interviewing them afterwards.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I'm saying you were
0:36:03 > 0:36:07in the Yorkshire Bank in Haywood, sat in a car waiting for your robber
0:36:07 > 0:36:09mates to come out of the bank with the money.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- Am I right in saying that? - No comment.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12OK.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Have you ever been to that Yorkshire Bank?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- No comment.- Have you ever been on Market Street?
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- No comment.- Would you have been on Market Street that week?
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- No comment.- Have you ever been in an Audi in that location?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- No comment.- And you didn't know it was stolen?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28No comment.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Do you know if Kiernan or Morrison have been in that area at that time?
0:36:31 > 0:36:32No comment.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Ha-ha-ha!
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Can you turn that light off, please? - Yeah, I will in a minute.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49With Arran Crossan's initial interview completed,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52the team meet to discuss the evidence gathered against him so far.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58They'll have to present their findings to the Crown Prosecution Service
0:36:58 > 0:37:01in the hope of bringing a charge against him.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05So that's good. Good evidence for Crossan.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07The fact he's found with the car key,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10identified to a stolen vehicle parked about half a mile away, Gary, isn't it?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- Yeah.- About half a mile from the address where he's locked up.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17It's on false plates. We've got the Kiernan, as well, didn't we?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19We had the car key with him and that recovered.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21- Yeah. Robber's kit.- We've got the robber's kit.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24And that, when you look at pictures, is a robber's kit.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Waterproof clothing, full face balaclava, leather gloves.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32It's a robber's kit. So good evidence there in relation to the robbery side for him.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34We just need a detailed summary doing, don't we?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37A detailed summary and we'll put the data together, put it all in,
0:37:37 > 0:37:38and we can give it to them and say,
0:37:38 > 0:37:40"This is what we're showing you now."
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- So that's going to be our new case summary, in effect?- Yeah.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45DIALLING
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Confident with their evidence,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51one of the detectives puts in a call to the Crown Prosecution Service.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55I'm calling from Nexus House in Ashton-under-Lyne,
0:37:55 > 0:37:59it's the Serious and Organised Crime building.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04I've been doing some telephony work in relation to the suspects and what
0:38:04 > 0:38:08he's done on the day of the robbery is he's in contact with Kiernan,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11there's a flurry of activity early in the morning from eight o'clock.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Then the phone's switched off.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Armed robbery is committed and the phone's switches back on just after four o'clock,
0:38:17 > 0:38:22which is the same as what happens with the other suspects' phones, as in Morrison and Kiernan.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Despite the initial optimism,
0:38:24 > 0:38:28the conversation doesn't go as the team expect.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29(NFA.)
0:38:31 > 0:38:35NFA means no further action.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37A devastating blow for the team who
0:38:37 > 0:38:40have worked so hard to put the case together.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45But what about in relation to conspiracy to commit robbery?
0:38:45 > 0:38:47It comes from the fact that he's got a robber's kit,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50which is the same kit that the other robbers have got,
0:38:50 > 0:38:54the fact they've changed the phones on the same date before the robbery.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Sergeant Castley doesn't agree with the CPS decision
0:39:04 > 0:39:08and asks his colleague to appeal against it.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Sometimes, I can look at a case,
0:39:12 > 0:39:14I can look at the decision the CPS have made.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15I may not agree with it,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18but I can understand where they're coming from.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20And you have to take it on the chin.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22We have to think, "Yeah, I'll go away and do more work on it.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24"I'll go away and do what they're asking me to do."
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Sometimes, you'll disagree with them, and that's just the job.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29We have different roles, to a degree.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31I'm an investigator, I investigate, put a case forward,
0:39:31 > 0:39:33which I become passionate about.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35The CPS decide who goes to court.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39On this occasion, I still can't understand why they initially
0:39:39 > 0:39:43said "NFA Arran Crossan," and then, secondly, they said bail him,
0:39:43 > 0:39:47considering the threat this man was to the public of Manchester.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50If I have someone who is as violent as Arran Crossan in custody,
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I don't want to put him on bail,
0:39:52 > 0:39:55where he can go round and go and rob other people and violently attack
0:39:55 > 0:39:57people and commit further crime.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59I want him in prison while I conduct my inquiries.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02So far, there's nothing more we can do.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03We have the CPS.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05They've made their decision
0:40:05 > 0:40:08and this person's going to walk out of the police station, which,
0:40:08 > 0:40:12when I talked earlier about the great finds of drugs in the address and
0:40:12 > 0:40:14the great finds of the key in the address, makes you feel great.
0:40:14 > 0:40:19Bailing this person who's an armed robber, who's going to commit further offences,
0:40:19 > 0:40:21is one of the most horrendous feelings you can get.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Following that legal advice, Crossan was released on bail,
0:40:35 > 0:40:38but soon ended up back in custody,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41because of his involvement in another violent offence.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Arran Crossan, to his wisdom, he went out and committed
0:40:45 > 0:40:48an aggravated burglary at someone's house.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53Five people entered an address, violently attacked the occupants,
0:40:53 > 0:40:55um, had weapons, etc.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57He was arrested and charged with that offence.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00It annoys you, it really does annoy you.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04On this occasion, we had easy enough evidence to support a charge to show
0:41:04 > 0:41:06he was involved in a conspiracy.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11But he got out, bail, and he went out and committed a further offence.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13A violent offence, at that.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20In all, it took the Serious Organised Crime Group almost three years
0:41:20 > 0:41:23to bring Operation Rainforest to a close.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29The case centred around violent bank robberies and house burglaries
0:41:29 > 0:41:34in which innocent victims were threatened and cash and cars were stolen.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Anthony Morrison pleaded guilty
0:41:39 > 0:41:41and was sentenced to eight years in prison
0:41:41 > 0:41:43for the robbery at the Yorkshire Bank.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Getaway driver Arran Crossan pleaded not guilty.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51At court, the jury found the evidence overwhelming.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55He was convicted and sent to prison for 17 years
0:41:55 > 0:41:57for conspiracy to commit robbery.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Niall Kiernan pleaded guilty to
0:42:03 > 0:42:05perverting the course of justice regarding
0:42:05 > 0:42:10the false creation of CCTV, which he presented as an alibi,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13but he pleaded not guilty to the bank robberies.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16However, the jury didn't agree.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20Kiernan's now in prison and is expected to be behind bars
0:42:20 > 0:42:22for a lengthy 22 years.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25They're not nice people,
0:42:25 > 0:42:27they're horrible people who bully people
0:42:27 > 0:42:29and bully the vulnerable people of society,
0:42:29 > 0:42:32people in their houses who have no weapons.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37It's always a good feeling when we put them in prison and we stop them from harming anyone else.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39They're career criminals. They're not going to change,
0:42:39 > 0:42:42they're not suddenly going to get a job like, you know, Joe Public gets.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45And it really is a good, satisfying feeling
0:42:45 > 0:42:48putting dangerous people where they belong.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Violent criminals, no matter what you do,
0:42:52 > 0:42:54they will commit violent crime and the only way
0:42:54 > 0:42:57you can stop them from doing that is by putting them in prison.