12/12/2011 Inside Out West Midlands

Tonight on Inside Out, a young life ruined or justice in action? For

the first time, a girl pictured in the riot speaks on-camera for.

scared... About going to prison. I am just worried.

The poignant story of a dog from Afghanistan, adopted by the family

of a servicemen killed in action, we follow his journey home to them

the means. -- to the Midlands. is the delivery of a promise to our

son to bring her back. On the 400th anniversary of the

King James Bible, we tell the epic story of how and why it was

translated into English. This is Welcome to Wolverhampton where a

little later on we will be meeting a 19-year-old and her mother

talking on camera for the first time about he -- about how she

joined in this summer's looting of shops. We begin tonight with a

story which is both heart-warming and tragic. It began in Afghanistan

and ended up in Warwickshire. This is the story of a young man's quest

to make a difference. A friendship with a feral dog in a foreign land.

And a family's fight to make sense of a terrible loss with the help of

For Sandy Lewis, it all began on a winter's day with the ominous sight

of a man in a suit waiting on the doorstep of her home in Claverdon.

Apparently, he had been their most of the day waiting for us to come

home. And he just... He said I have got something to tell you. And you

knew? He has. -- yes. Conrad was just 22 when he was killed while

fighting in Afghanistan. He'd always been an adventurous boy and

loved the army. Conrad was very active and always in the thick of

it. When he went, we were obviously nervous and fearful. And even more

so because we knew he would give it everything he had got and it cost

him everything in the end. To make life bearable in Afghanistan,

Conrad befriended a dog called Pegasus, named after the Parachute

Regiment's flying horse emblem, tattooed in biro on her side. Was

it unusual for guys out there to form relationships with dogs?

don't think it is unusual. I think they find it a little bit of

comfort being that faraway, maybe a little bit of reality and

compassion when, actually, you are fighting most days. There was a

bond, and he would bring pictures of her home. He took us through

those pictures of the dock. -- of the dock. Conrad had talked many

times about bringing Peg back home to England and now the family set

out to fulfil his wish. They discovered a charity called Nowzad,

named after a small town in Afghanistan. And with their help,

the hunt for Peg began. She'd disappeared after Conrad's death.

Those stocks out of Afghanistan, it is difficult to get them out of

Afghanistan. It might be a series of journeys we have to arrange,

with different transport. If they are in Helmand, they got to get a

Lashkar Gah, then Kandahar, then up to us in Northern Afghanistan.

Farthing, a former marine, set up the charity after battling to get

the dog he'd adopted flown home from Kabul to Cornwall. This guy

here is Nowzad. He started it all. There was a dog fight organised by

local Afghans, and these two dogs were fighting each other. I don't

think we would have seen the dogs again, but this one followed us

back to the compound. He adopted me and became my best buddy. From his

cramped cottage, which he shares with three other war-zone dogs, Pen

masterminds homecomings of dogs and cats. It can be fraught, dangerous

and complicated because, officially, the soldiers are forbidden to keep

pets. In Afghanistan, it is a matter of who you know, and who you

can bribe. The rescue of Peg, which involved a Humvee, the Afghan army

and furtive tactics, was co- ordinated from the Nowzad base in

Kabul by shelter manager Louise Hastie, who comes from Wednesbury.

I phoned the soldiers that helped us. We said, we have got her, she

is fine and healthy. It is the way to the world come off my shoulders.

This is where she was being kept. This was where she was vaccinated.

We then sorted out the paperwork to get her back to the UK. Peg, the

dog that survived bombs, bullets and a 3,500 mile journey to the UK

eventually arrived at quarantine kennels near Nuneaton. She first

came in. She was shell-shocked. It is a long journey from Afghanistan.

She was very thin. Sad. Within a matter of weeks, she has come on

leaps and bounds and I am really pleased with her. Her six-month

waiting quarantine is nearly over and for the family, well, that day

cannot come soon enough. The family visit two or three times a week,

always very special times. She was the only one that knows the true

tale of what happened with Conrad. And she meant so much to him and it

is nice to be able to look after something he cannot look after any

more. The wait for Peg's return weighs heavily on all the family.

Tony Lewis walks Fergie, the family's laid back and very relaxed

bulldog, to the memorial bench and tree established to honour Conrad.

I think she is our linked to Conrad's time in Afghanistan, a

promise to him to bring her back, and she is something we can put all

our affection that we had thought Conrad. We will never forget him

and never stop loving him and never stop miss him, but she is a

reminder. The story of Peg has led to a huge spike of interest in

Nowzad with many more dogs and cats being rescued and re-united. Now

the donations are flooding in. People are so generous, sending us

lots of things and here are some bank it's going back to Afghanistan,

dog food that has been donated, and one of the most important things is

who's on leave from the shelter in Kabul. This will be the first time

she's seen Peg since the rescue in Afghanistan. Oh, she is absolutely

fantastic. Every little bit as loving as the first day I met her.

Conrad was the 353 soldier killed in Afghanistan and the family have

launched a fund raising organisation called 353 to pay

tribute to their son and what he was doing. The day has arrived when

dog can move to her new home. There is a feeling of excitement and

anticipation and a lot of love for a little dog. It is nice to finally

be able to say she is home and safe Now, there's just the half-hour car

journey home. No problems for a dog that's been hidden in a bag,

smuggled in a taxi, ferried by helicopter and flown at 30,000 feet.

Just one question - how will Peg That didn't go too well. Actually,

she wasn't showing major signs of aggression, so it was OK. And it

wasn't long before they settled down. But getting along with the

cat, called China, may take a Your thoughts must be on Conrad,

today. Yes, absolutely. We have fulfilled a commitment to him.

There is nothing else we can do for the lad, really. I think he would

be very pleased with what we have achieved today. He would be smiling

today, I think. Yes, I think so. The lovely dog and her family. Ever

since the riots, people have been trying to work out why young people

with no previous criminal record did what they did in Birmingham.

One family has decided to speak on camera and we have been to meet

them. 19-year old Danielle Corns wants to look her best. It's a very

important day. Just getting my stuff. Make sure I don't forget

nothing. She is very nervous anyway. She's just trying to put on a brave

face for it, really. Danielle is getting ready to go to jail.

expecting to go to prison because most people to do with the riots

have gone to prison. Danielle was caught stealing from a shop during

the riots. In two hours, a judge will decide her fate. Are you

nervous? Yeah. I'm nervous for you. She knows she's got to do a bit of

punishment... But... I don't think she should go to prison, myself.

Tonight, we ask if those involved in the riots are getting what they

deserve. And we find out what lies For two days in August, in streets

across the West Midlands, rioters created chaos and fear. There was

violence in Birmingham and West Bromwich. And in Wolverhampton,

crowds looted shops in Queen Street, unaware a security camera was

recording everything. It picks out a blonde-haired girl. It's Danielle.

Can you tell me what you were doing at that point? I was just walking

around, looking, watching people. Shabeer Qureshi is Danielle's

lawyer. It's a week before her court appearance and he's taking

her through the video. It's the main evidence in the case. You are

holding something in your hand. What is it? A trainer. And you are

saying something to this person and then you just throw it away. Why?

Because it. That's fine. There is one obvious question Daniel cannot

answer. Or why? I went in there to be nosy. I didn't intend to steal

anything. So the moment when you grabbed those shoes... What was

going through your mind? I don't even know. I'm being honest, I

don't know. I just regret it. I just regret going in that shop.

There was no need for me to go in You know it was wrong? Yeah. When

Danielle's picture appeared in a local newspaper, she handed herself

in. She was charged with burglary and was remanded in custody. For a

girl who'd only just finished her A-levels, prison was a shock.

was horrible just to have your freedom took away so quickly. I

didn't expect it at all. After six days, Danielle was released on bail

on condition that she couldn't leave the house at night. With her

future uncertain her plans for a career in the Royal Air Force are

on hold. I'm scared that I'm going to prison. Just worried, really.

Danielle wasn't masked up, she had no intention of rioting that day.

She got caught up. She was being a nosey teenager and she's being

punished for that. And she will accept her punishment for that. But

I still don't think she should be sent to prison for that. But most

rioters have gone to prison. The average sentence for those involved

has been 12 months. And many believe jail is the answer. I think

it's important that a message does go out there and is sent out and

it's a strong and that it's a robust message as well about what

is right and what is wrong. In the West Midlands, one rioter was

jailed for three years. Danielle's lawyer has been shocked by the

severity of the sentences. sentences were far harsher than we

were expecting. People without previous convictions taking a small

item from a shop technically, yes, it's a burglary. But somebody in

those circumstances would ordinarily be getting a community

order. But the judges were obviously looking at the bigger

picture. And I'm sure they had an eye on what was being said... By

the powers that be as well about sending a clear message. And

therefore the rulebook really went out the window. So is this a better

option? Community payback. Instead of jail, these convicted criminals

in Birmingham, are clearing up their local community. None of

these men were involved in the roads. Community sentences have

been handed out to fewer than 1 in 10 and the country's biggest crime

reduction charity says it is a mistake. They are significantly

cheaper than prison sentences. They might be more effective than --

with crime being proven -- made in a future. You can see what is

happening. You can see offenders repairing the damage, you can see

offenders being punished by being restricted to their homes overnight

rather than pushing prisoners out of sight into expensive prison

places for short periods of time with an incredibly bleak her

reoffending rate which is just not working. But Wolverhampton's

Conservative MP believes the sentences have been fair. You can't

look at these individual cases in isolation. You have to look at it

in terms of the spectrum of what was happening at that time. And I

think it's important to go back and remember that there was a grip of

fear around not just the city but the whole country. And so I think

it was important that a message was sent out. And I certainly used to

find that from constituents and also shopkeepers when they'd speak

to me. They'd say to me, "Paul it's absolutely vital that we do send

out a message here that this is wrong and that this sort of

behaviour has to be nipped in the bud." So I think it was quite

important that a message was sent out.. How long were you in the shop

for? About 20 seconds. And for those 20 seconds... You're now

facing all this? Yeah. Do you think you deserve to go to prison?

really, no. Do you think you Danielle's day in court has arrived.

It takes just 20 minutes for the judge to make his decision. Moments

later Danielle's family and friends appear outside. She is not among

them. She got ten months in total. She'll serve half that time in

custody. The judge has allowed her back the week she spent in custody

at the start and half the time she spent on the tag. So she will serve

about three months inside. she's got to be punished for what

she did. Yeah, I agree with that. I still don't think she should be

sent to prison for it. I'm sorry, but I don't. But many believe

justice has been done. If you would like to comment on

that or any of our stories, and drop me an e-mail. Or post a

comment on the Facebook page. For our final story, we have the

epic tale of a book that changed the world for ever. It is a story

of extraordinary courage. It is about a man from Gloucestershire

whose work as a translator was punished by death. We reveal all.

The King James Bible is exactly 400 years old this year. Among the

anniversary celebrations is an online invitation for anyone to

read a chapter on YouTube. The idea is to present the whole King James

Bible in an up-to-date accessible format. Not given to wind... The

fact we have the Bible available to us in English in the first place is

thanks to one of the most courageous men in history. William

Tyndale from Gloucestershire. Who was killed for translating the

Bible into English. So, I'm setting off to find out what inspired a

young man to risk his life for an old book. And to try and grasp the

magnitude of the global effect of his work.

BIBLE READ IN LATIN. I got lost! OK, I will start again.

Doesn't make any sense at all! And it wouldn't have made much sense

500 years ago either. But in the early 16th century, the church only

allowed the Bible to be heard in Latin. And that's what Tyndale

considered to be so desperately unfair. He was greatly frustrated

particularly with the clergy who themselves that had little

knowledge of Latin. He was disturbed that the Lutton as they

read entrench they hardly knew themselves and it was that which

caused him on one occasion to say I am going to cause the plough boy

that pushes the power to know more of the scriptures than you do so he

set about translating the scriptures in a way that would be

ready familiar, domestic and readily understandable but Auden

rid people. -- ordinary people. an academic, I believe that

knowledge should be shared by everyone. Actually, Tyndale's very

much a man after my own heart. Which is actually one of the

expressions he invented for his translation of the Bible Along with

'signs of the times'... 'broken- hearted'... 'filthy lucre'... 'the

powers that be'... 'let there be light'... 'eat, drink and be

merry.' He studied languages to an extremely high level, working in

both Oxford and Cambridge. But he began the gargantuan task of

translating the Bible into everyday English whilst he was working as a

chaplain here in Little Sodbury. Unfortunately, the manor house

where he lived isn't ever opened to the public these days. And this

tiny place-of-worship in the grounds tumbled down years ago. So

visitors have to make do with this little chapel, which is reputed to

be a copy of the original church where Tyndale once served. They say

that the oldest stonework was brought here from the ruins, along

with the bell, which sadly has since been replaced. But an

archaeologist is never off-duty. Look what I've just found. This

could be the original clapper from the bell that Tyndale would've

As he continued in his task of translating the Bible, Tyndale

realised his life was now in danger. The church authorities had labelled

him a Heretic and in 1524 he fled to Germany so he could work in

hiding. Two years later, he completed his English New Testament

and the first copies were printed. To get these Bibles back to England,

they had to be smuggled illegally by Tyndale's supporters. To get an

insight into the risks taken by Tyndale's friends, we've filmed an

anonymous interview with a present day Bible smuggler about the

countries where it's still illegal to own a Bible in your own language.

Obviously, there are places in Asia, throughout the Middle East and

North Africa. To be more precise, we are taking things into the

country where the Bibles are illegal and the punishments can be

very severe. When any of Tyndale's Bibles that were discovered in

England, they were confiscated and burned. Very few survived. In fact,

there are now only three known copies anywhere in the world. And

until 1994, one of them was kept here in the lecture hall where I

teach every day. This building used to be the Bristol Baptist College.

And inside two secure safes, they stored Tyndale's Bible. It was

bought by the British Library for over �1 million, the most they've

ever paid for a single volume. This is a copy, of course. Look how

small it is. It was deliberately designed to be hidden, to be

smuggled, to be kept in a back pocket. But despite his attempts to

keep his work secret, in 1535 Tyndale was betrayed to the

authorities. A year later, in Belgium, he was strangled and burnt

at the stake. His dying words were reported to be, "Lord open the eyes

of the King." The painful irony is that within three years of his

death, Henry VIII ordered that a translated Bible be placed in every

parish church in England, largely based on Tyndale's original

translation. And just a generation later, the King James Bible, as we

know it toda, was published, using a huge proportion of Tyndale's work.

Scholars have debated this, but it seems clear that at least 70% and

possibly 90% of what he translated was carried over into the King

James Bible. So there is a very enduring quality about the way he

translated the scriptures. And the language? The cluster Trevor

Buchanan has become the English language? One would like to think

so. -- the Gloucestershire of the vernacular. There is this

delightful domesticity about his translation which appeals to the

ordinary man in the pew and the people, the boy driving the prowl,

as he said. They would have grasped what he was to have been about.

boy that driveth the plough" uses much more sophisticated equipment

these days. It's a tragedy that he never lived to see his vision

fulfilled. But eventually Tyndale's dream, that anyone should be able

to read and understand the Bible for themselves, came true. A sower

went out.... The fowls of the air devoured it. Some fell upon a

rock... I can't help feeling that Tyndale would approve of our 21st

century ploughboy using YouTube to spread his word. And others fell on

good ground and sprang up... Towering above the Cotswold Edge at

North Nibley is Tyndale's Monument. But this isn't the memorial that

affects most people. His real legacy was to lay the foundations

for a global language using his everyday Gloucestershire English in

this book. That is it for tonight. And for

this series. We will be back in January, when I will be bringing in