17/02/2014 Inside Out West Midlands

Tonight exclusive pictures of the serial killer Joanna Dennehy and the

full story from the man who witnessed her killing spree. Joe

walked in and pulled the knife out still covered in blood and skin and

said, I have oous killed three people and I want to do some more.

And the outlook on the flood waters in the west Midlands. This is Inside

Out. First den said she wanted to be famous like bonnie and Clyde. She

murdered three men and then went on the run looking for more victims.

Anthony Bartram tells the full story of the day a serial killer came to

town. You may find some of the scenes in the film upsetting. Triple

killer Joanna Dennehy's crimes were played out in court like the plot

from a horror film. The accomplice of a triple murderier `` murderer

has been found guilty... Joanna Dennehy's crimes were played out in

court like the plot from a horror film. Tonight we bring you the

inside story. Multiple murder don't happen here. So it you might think

it was a perfect place to lie low for den. But she had already

murdered three men in nine days in Peterborough and came here to kill

more. She wanted to kill nine. She said I have got to do nine. That is

the number of people bonnie and Clyde killed. She said she wanted to

go down like Bonnie Clyde. For the first time we hear from the man

Dennehy forced to go along for the ride as she stalked and stabbed two

more random victims and the police commander who had to stop her.

Dennehy wasn't alone. When you're in that situation you have your heart

in your mouth. You're worried. We have had two stapings ` how many

more will they be. Joanna Dennehy wasn't alone. Seven foot three Gary

Stretch was her driver and accomplice. Here they are, holding

hands at Strensham Services on the M5. It's just before 9 in the

morning on April 2 and the first sign the pair were heading West.

Stretch had contacts in the small Herefordshire town of Kington. For

local man Mark Lloyd it was a day he'll never forget. Gary is there by

the door staring at me. I thought, what the hell I'm I going to do now?

Then while I'm thinking that, Jo walked in, culled the `` pulled the

knife out covered in blood and skin and said, you must be Mark. Gary is

my driver. I have killed three people and I want to do some more.

Mark had never met Dennehy, but knew Stretch through a friend who had

asked him to call round. While he admits to a criminal past he insists

he had no idea the two fugitives were there and played no part in

their murderous plans. He says he was forced to go with them,

initially believing they wanted his help to turn the proceeds of a

burglary into ready cash. Gary's driving and Jo's by the door. I'm

thinking you could go now. I thought, no, this girl was highly

agitated. He was hopping up and down like a little dog. I think if I

don't get in that car, they're going to be extremely angry. These bizarre

photos were taken at the time. Dennehy flashes her bra, revealing

dozens of self`harming scars and a disturbed state of mind. Her

mimicking side`kick looks happy under her spell and command. Was he

under her control? You could say that. He did what she asked. But he

still had his free will. There was no threat to his life. She wasn't

holding a knife to his belly or anything. He just wanted to please

Jo. By 3.30 they were in Hereford, More CCTV pictures show Dennehy and

Mark Lloyd buying tobacco. Still armed she sticks close to him in the

shop. We walked into the shop, I think she is going to mug the girl.

The till is opened. She asked the girl to turned around and commented

on her backside. I felt we got through that one. I gave her the

money. Come back in the car. I had to conVIPs these two I was `

convince them I was on their side. But I thought how do I get them

caught. He was right to be scared. Retired local fireman Robin Bereza

had been walking his dog when Stretch spotted him a few hundred

yards down the road. The 68`year`old was no match for Dennehy. I have

seen a bloke walking with a dog. The second Gary said that, Jo is out the

door and is all over him. 10 to 20 stab wounds. I'm in the car

thinking, I'm screaming blue hell at Gary. He has turned around and

gripped me very hard. She haz got in the car, got the knife and kissed

Gary and said, thanks for that. But the next man's got to have a dog.

Initial reports to the police were sketchy, but for one crucial detail

about the attacker from the victim himself. What was key the was the

information that he was able to give us that Joanna Dennehy had this

tattoo on her cheek. Officers made the sewings between o' e `

association between the earlier request from Cambridgeshire. As

Superintendent Ivan Powell briefs his officers on the ground about the

suspects, trauma doctor Nick Crombie is already flying to the stabbing

scene in the air ambulance when a call comes through there has been

another one. To get multiple casualties over a short period, the

anxiety was that this would turn into a what we call a marauding

event where somebody is repeatedly attacking more and more people and

it starts to overwhelm the services available. The two attacks were nine

minutes and only a few streets apart. 56`year`old John Rogers had

been walking his dog and fitted the profile Dennehy wanted. Jo said, he

will do. Gary parked by the bus stop. She walked up to him. The

bloke has got his back to her and launched into him. I felt what I

thought was a heavy punch in the small of me back. When I turned

around, I saw this woman and she just kept stabbing me in the chest.

This man did try to fight back. But it was a frenzy. Could you hear what

she was saying? She was just saying, more, more, more. Got to do you some

more. She said oh look, you're bleeding, I'd better do some more. I

think I said, just leave me alone, please. Please leave me alope. But

she `` alone. But she didn't, she just carried on. Both MEP were left

for dead. Mr Rogers with almost 40 stab wounds. Dennehy even took Mr

Roger's dog as a trophy. They drove off from Golden Post and parked up

in an area of Hereford known as the Oval. By the time Dennehy, Stretch

and Lloyd reached here Supt Lloyd had every officer on the ground he

could muster. In the end she didn't make it that difficult for them. In

fact, she casually went for a walk with John Rogers' dog, giving both

Gary Stretch and Mark Lloyd the chance to bail out. At 4.10 armed

police found her sitting alone in the car. She was arrested without a

struggle, Mark Lloyd soon after. She got taken into the custody. I

remember Jo, they asked if you have something to say, she broke into a

tap dance and started singing, Singing in the Rain. That is the

last I saw of her. At 4.50, Stretch gave himself up to armed officers in

Almeley village 16 miles away. Dennehy's violent rampage was over

half an hour after it began, but it was several days before Mr Bereza

and Mr Rogers were out of danger. It's changed my outlook a bit in

that you know... I think you've got to make everything of every day,

because you don't know. You could wake up in the morning and get run

down by a bus. You don't know what's around the corner. So I try to make

the best of every day. Considering their horrific injuries both men

have made a remarkable recovery. Police are still working to calm the

fears Joanna Dennehy brought to Hereford. The sense that the

investigation team have is that had Joanna Dennehy not been arrested

when she was, she would have gone on to commit a further offence against

somebody in the street in Hereford. Mark Lloyd still has nightmares

about the serial killer. This whole episode sound like something out of

some movie. Yes. I don't sleep at night any more. I'm just glad Jo

pled guilty. I wasn't looking forward to seeing her in court.

Joanna Dennehy appeared calm in custody. She has been diagnosed with

a psychotic personality disorder. She admitted the murders. Stretch

denied being her accomplice. But the jury found him guilty of attempted

murder. Dennehy was due to be sentenced last Friday, but it was

adjourned until later this month at the Old Bailey. But as she was being

led from the dock she turned to the courtroom and said: "I'm sorry for

the attempted murders, but I'm not sorry for the murders." Our

colleagues on Midlands Today will keep you updated on the sentencing.

It's been the biggest news story of the week ` floods. All across the

Midlands people have prepared for the worst. And it's not over yet. So

we decided to head out with SARA ` the Severn Area Rescue Association

as they assist the emergency services and help flood victims this

weekend. It's been the wettest winters on record and still more

rain to come. Thousands of residents and business owners have been

stranded and their homes destroyed by floods. The water has been here

since Christmas Eve. It has to go somewhere and it goes here. It has

been a stressful few days. SARA has been helping people whose lives have

been turned upside down. The rescue teams are all volunteers and they've

been running 24 hour operations seven days a week. It can be

difficult at times. Early morning pagers and then you're in the water

somewhere. We are working hard in horrendous situations for free. We

are putting a lot of pressure on own families. My wife is pregnant and

I'm doing this. The other lads are in similar situations. We've joined

the team at Tewksbury over the weekend as they battle the water and

the weather to help people in need. They've got three boats out

patrolling flood plains. We're going over an area hauled The Ham. It is

common land. We are actually going across a field and we have got as

you can see... Well over the depth of this paddle. So we are going with

caution in case we hit any obstruction. Because there are posts

and manholes in the field. Today they're out delivering food parcels.

Some of the residents have been under water for two months ` Ivan

Counsell is one of them. I have got water and electricity, which is

good. Should the electricity go, then it is probably time to leave.

His wife has moved out, but he can't leave the property because he's

scared of looters and is trying desperately to stem the water

getting into the house. He's not sure how much longer he can last

though. We have got river silt in here. It is disgusting. You can't

live in this environment for long. There is nasty stuff in the water

and it's in your house. Seen you again soon. Take care. We have got

the first seven done. And it is the bottom three or four to go. But

there's one resident Station Commander Tom Keeling is worried

about. He's an elderly gentleman who's been stranded in his flooded

property for eight weeks. They haven't visited him for seven days

and want to check he's OK. Our crew saw him a week ago and reported he

was slightly confused and a bit uncertain about what is going on. He

is very isolated. He does have some health issues. And we believe he is

probably surrounded by flood for eight weeks.

Brian! Tom bumps into a neighbour, and he has got an update. He has

been there for two months, he came out, he is awkward. He does not want

to leave his house. Much to their relief, Karen, his daughter, she

says he has moved in with a friend and is safe. He was persuaded to

come out on Thursday. Fortunately, he is staying with neighbours.

Without them, I do not know he would go. Sometimes it is a relief on

their faces when they see that help is here. That is enough for you. It

makes your job worthwhile. The team cannot hang around, an emergency

call has come in, and the water levels in a nearby house arising and

the owners have made a desperate call to be rescued. We have been

invaded since the beginning of the year. I have got a pump system going

and we kept winning little battles, and I thought, I am determined to

win the war. But we lost it, we sort of realised about a week ago that it

was no good any more. He has given up the battle. He and his wife are

leaving. We were petrified, because when the pump went out for a few

minutes, we kept a water table in the house, and when the pump fails,

the water was rising. In five minutes, it rose seven inches in the

house. Local pub owner Sam is also losing the battle against the water.

Tom and the team are helping her to get back into town. Normally, this

is a five`minute drive, but life has been anything but normal. There has

got to be light at the end of the tunnel. The last few days, we have

had a lot of support, and Tewkesbury Council yesterday, they were on the

telephone to offer support, that is the first time that has happened. It

is much appreciated. Hopefully it will peak today and we can get back

with cleaning things up. They have offered us total support, they made

all of the links with everyone for us, and without them, initially, we

would not have any contact with any of the authorities at all. It has

been a busy weekend and the team haven't stopped. With a busy

weekend, and Arab busy weather forecast, there is more to come. We

are hoping that the welfare and routine aspects this week will

quieten down to allow the guys to get back to work and recharge their

batteries, just in case we are faced with further adverse weather in the

near future. All of our families are looking forward to seeing us all

back, especially on Sunday, there are a few that might get home for

Sunday dinner, you never know. But for the residents, another week of

misery and uncertainty, but one thing is for certain, the rescue

team will be on search 24/ seven, seven days a week.

Impressive work for the volunteers, and my heart goes out to those

people still struggling with the floodwaters.

Dave works with the Environment Agency, and we caught up with him to

find out the prediction for the rest of the week. I suppose, that thing

is, even if the forecast looks a bit better for the next week or so, it

is the after`effects from all of the rain? Yes, we call it a recovery, in

silver, and, we have spoken about it a lot. People will be stranded in

the flood plains, their houses may not be flooded, but they are cut off

by flood water. There are issues like debris to deal with, we have to

inspect the defensive, have they held up as well as they should have

done? There is probably one month worth of activity still to be done.

The chances of you getting a day of you getting a day off are what? IMed

you to finish tomorrow to go to London with the family, so I hope to

get a couple of days. Good luck with that! Thank you! You're watching

Inside Out for the West Midlands and last tonight a story which some of

you may find upsetting but an important story to tell. Female

genital mutilation or more commonly known as FGM is illegal in Britain.

It's also illegal to take British children abroad for the procedure,

but our investigation shows just how easy it can be to do exactly that.

It's half term at Birmingham Airport and hundreds of families are on the

move. The first time I went to the airport I was kind of excited, I

guess. Everything was just bright and dazzling and big. My name is

Nasim Ahmed My ethnic background is Somali. As a kid, I loved going on

holiday, but for some girls in my community, it's more like going to

hell. They're going to be cut. That's what people call FGM or

female genital mutilation. It's not talked about much, especially in

communities like mine where it still goes on. But that's exactly why I

want to talk about it. There's no need to sugar coat things I think

with a big topic like FGM. It's good to always say how it is and tell it

like as you see it, kind of thing. So let me start by telling you what

it is. It involves removing a girl's external genitals or part of them,

yeah, not nice, but what's that like? I'm on my way to meet someone

who knows. I'm feeling pretty nervous about meeting someone who's

actually had it done. But I'm kind of eager to find out what they went

through and how they actually felt. Safia was born in Somalia and when

she was ten went through the terrifying experience. The guy came

in the house and I remember... Holding me. My legs. And then the

guy came and do that thing. Cut it off. Safia's injuries made her own

children's birth more difficult but she still counts herself lucky. My

cousin, she had FGM like same time as me. And then she just passed

away. She was bleeding a lot, she lost it, yeah. How old was she? Nine

years old. What happened to Safia's cousin isn't just horrible, it's

against the law in Britain. It has been for almost 30 years. So what's

going on? Birmingham and Solihull Women's Aid Group works with the

communities still doing it. Here in Birmingham for instance we've got

Eritreans, Gambians, Sudanese, Nigerians, Egyptians, there's a

whole host of communities here that will be practicing FGM. It has

terrible health consequences, can lead to death, but it can also lead

to lifelong physical and emotional pain. What I don't understand is if

it's against the law why hasn't someone stopped it? Most girls are

taken abroad to get it done, but when they come back it's hospitals

like the Heartlands in Birmingham and midwives like Alison who deal

with the fall`out. Sometimes it might be the first time that this

lady's even thought about her own mutilation. When she's asked in

pregnancy, it might be the first time anyone's even mentioned those

words to her and it does bring back a lot of very unfortunate memories.

And this is sometimes where the psychological issues raise their

head there. In pregnancy. The midwives and myself at the clinic

have to deal with that. Education is really important, it's a paramount

part of being able to tackle this issue both with communities and with

professionals. So if education is what it's all about, how come most

schools don't teach it? The NSPCC says some teachers don't even know

what it is. But Sarah does. She used to be a teacher. Now she helps other

teachers on the NSPCC's FGM helpline. I think all my calls have

been from teachers who are concerned. Not sure whether it's

something to be worried about, but need to talk it through with someone

and as with all forms of abuse, the message is always don't wait until

you're certain. So if the teachers need teaching, who's teaching them?

I've come to a school in Bristol where people my age are doing the

teaching and teachers like Hazel are doing the listening. Yep, that's me

joining in on the stage. So how do you guys think today went? Amazing,

we were having a good discussion. What FGM was, how we can help these

girls if they're going through something like this. Talk about it

more often in schools in assemblies like. What the girls my age are

saying seems to make sense. That's why Hazel who runs a Birmingham

school came to listen, and she's got worries of her own. Recently in

school, we've been having some concerns around the time that some

children are having out of school, particularly the younger children

sort of aged six, seven, eight and talking to social services. But more

particularly, the police. We began to gather some information that

maybe children were having time out not just for holidays, maybe

something was happening in their lives that gave us great concern.

What Hazel says isn't just shocking, it's suddenly made FGM seem much

more real. But if girls from her school are having it done, where are

they going? In Singapore, a type of FGM called sunat is still legal.

Could British kids end up here? I'm calling some clinics there to find

out, pretending I've got my own daughter. Hello, I'm calling from

the UK, I was wondering if you provide sunat to girls? To girls,

yes we do. OK and my daughter is British is that all right? Yes, it's

all right. So, after just one call, I've found a clinic that'll do it

and it says it doesn't matter that I'm British. A second clinic gives

me a price. The cost will be 35 dollars That's just ?17. But it's

the third clinic that makes me really angry. It says it can remove

most of my daughter's genitals. Can. It's possible we can do, but you

need to come down to see the doctor, we can't spoke over the phone.

That's really shocked me. I've called six clinics. Three of them

say they'll do it. The woman didn't seem like she cared at all about

where I'm from, who I was what I wanted. She didn't even seem to care

that I was British. But I'm not the only one shocked by our calls. I

think it's really worrying. What I heard was a very serious child

protection concern. It's against the law for any child to be taken out of

the UK to have FGM carried out abroad so that's information that we

really would want to be sharing with the Met police for them to share

with law enforcement internationally. It's hard to listen

to. It's reckoned 20,000 British girls are at risk every year, so how

come no one's been done for it? Alison Saunders is the right person

to ask. She's the director of public prosecution. It is very difficult to

prosecute because people don't come forward so it normally happens to

young girls, they're in a family where they don't want to get the

family into trouble, they don't know that they can talk about it, they

don't know what's going to happen to them beforehand so it's really

difficult to get the evidence to prosecute. But I think that with the

awareness raising, with people talking about it, with education and

health specialists knowing they should report any concerns that they

have, I think that will help us get towards a prosecution. That makes me

think what these teenagers are doing is even more important and they want

every school in the Midlands to copy their idea. Fahma is a mate of mine

and part of the project. Two weeks ago, she set up a petition asking

the man in charge of schools Michael Gove to teach all kids about it.

Michael Gove cannot ignore us anymore, by seeing the signatures

and seeing how many people care about this. I'm glad its people my

age leading the fight because I think my generation can help stop

it. The future is in our hands and it's important that we kind of start

from the bottom and then build it up. Oh, and guess what? My mate

Fahma's petition has collected almost 200,000 signatures already.

Not bad in a fortnight. She hoped it would get Michael Gove to listen.

Now he's agreed to meet her. Result! A difficult story to hear, I know,

but maybe you've been affected by some of the issues in our film. If

so go to our website for more information. But that's it from me

from a flooded Worcester. Email me though if you've got a story I

should know about. I'll see you next time, thanks for watching.

Mary and the team are back next week when they will be investigating what

happens when tad too is go wrong. I want a Chinese writing, that is my

name with Chinese with the sun around it, but a Chinese friend said

it didn't say what I thought. That is 7:30pm on Monday on BBC One.

Hello, I'm Sam Naz with your 90 second update.

An independent Scotland can keep the pound. That's the message from First

Minister Alex Salmond who insists it's better for UK business. He

accused Westminster parties of bullying for ruling out a shared

currency. Full story at Ten. Ten million pounds is being promised

by the PM to help small business hit by recent storms. Severe flood

warnings on the Thames have been downgraded, but experts say water

levels could rise again. A co-pilot from Ethiopian Airlines

has hijacked his own plane. He took control when the other pilot went to

the toilet. He asked for asylum after landing in Switzerland.

He's set to become Italy's youngest-ever prime minister.

39-year-old Matteo Renzi is promising many reforms. He's mayor

of Florence - but has never been an MP.

We've got tablets, smartphones and laptops. But nine-out-of-ten of us

still prefer the TV. New figures suggest we watch nearly four hours a

day - slightly less than in 2012. Hello, I'm Shefali Oza with the

Midlands update. Flooding continues to cause problems