21/02/2018 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello.

It's Wednesday, it's 9 o'clock.

I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

Welcome to the programme.

Our top story today...

The United Nations in Syria says

it's deeply worried for hundreds

of thousands of people trapped under

a mounting government bombardment

of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern

Ghouta.

We can hear the shouts and crying of

women. And children.

We'll hear more from people

stuck on the ground.

The Supreme Court will rule about

John Worboys. We have been speaking

exclusively to

one of the victims.

I am not worried

about what he will do to me that I

don't want to go back to 2003 and be

watching the news again waiting for

him to reoffend. I know he will

reoffend full I don't want to be in

that position where I will say, I

was right because he will absolutely

do it again.

That full exclusive interview

in the next 15 minutes.

Security experts are warning the

Government needs to tackle the

misuse of artificial intelligence.

They will tell us exactly what they

think that risk is and we will

introduce you to the robot who is

designed to mimic facial expressions

in order to teach autistic children

about emotions.

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Our top story. The bombardment of

rebel-held eastern Ghouta has

continued for a third day. There are

warnings of a second Aleppo. Reports

that 250 people have died following

two days of attacks. According to

activists it is the worst violence

since 2013. Our middle east editor

reports.

This could be the beginning

of the end of the rebellion.

Smaller, rebel-held

enclaves around Damascus

have been starved and

bombed into submission.

Activists in eastern Ghouta say this

is as bad as it has been.

We can hear women and

children crying through

windows of their homes.

The missiles and mortars

dropping on us like rain.

There is nowhere to hide from this

nightmare in easter Ghouta.

They have set up a network

of underground hospitals.

This girl, named in Arabic Angel,

escaped the worst but will have

to go back to the streets

to get home.

And this is her area.

With the regime plane dropping

what appears to be a barrel bomb.

Unguided, an indiscriminate killer.

The Syrian regime denies

attacking civilians.

It says it is trying to liberate

eastern Ghouta from terrorists.

How many times in the last seven

years have Syrians dug

through the rubble for survivors?

There is talk of safe corridors

out for civilians but,

based on past form, the regime wants

victory in eastern Ghouta

and the surrender of the rebels.

Let's talk to our BBC Arabic

reporter, who is here. Presumably

the authorities and aid agencies are

expecting the civilian casualties to

continue to rise.

Yes. It is

practically enclaves and pockets of

high density, civilian population.

It seems like the ones launching

this attack has not taken into

consideration any thing to basically

minimise at least the number of

civilian casualties. We know the

gunman, they are basically civilians

and live among civilians. It is not

a way to do this was of your risking

the lives of hundreds and thousands

of people. That is why we believe

the number will be huge if the

Russians attempt a similar scenario

in Ghouta as we saw in Aleppo over a

year ago full it is completely out

of proportion, the firepower the

Russians are exerting on those

pockets and enclaves. It is amazing

and horrible. As if you are watching

a movie on the back of the

soundtrack. You hear people in

panic, screaming for help. There is

no help. Their attacks, you name it.

The last 48 hours or few days, they

have been days from hell for the

population of East Ghouta.

Thank you

very much. Thank you for talking to

us will stop

Annita is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary

of the rest of the day's news.

The Supreme Court is due to rule

on whether the Metropolitan

Police failed two victims of

the black cab rapist, John Worboys.

The women claim that the failure

to properly investigate

their allegations amounted

to inhuman and degrading treatment -

a claim the police deny.

Here's our legal

correspondent, Clive Coleman.

The two women were sexually

assaulted by John Worboys in 2003

and 2007, but when they reported

the attacks to the police

they weren't believed.

As a result of the police failures,

Worboys was able to continue

to attack women until he was brought

to justice in 2009.

The High Court and Court of Appeal

ruled the police had a duty under

the Human Rights Act to investigate

serious violence against women

and could be held accountable

in the courts if they

failed in that duty.

The women, who both suffered

psychologically, were awarded

£41,000 in total, which they'll

keep in any event.

But the Met supported the then

Home Secretary Theresa May's

appeal to the Supreme Court,

arguing its duty was fulfilled

simply by having practices and

procedures to investigate in place.

A victory for the women would be

police forces could face human

rights actions whenever they fail

to properly investigate

serious violent crime.

and we will be speaking exclusively

to one of the women involved in the

case

in a few minutes' time. It has

emerged that a former chief

Executive of Save the Children faced

inappropriate behaviour complaints

before leaving the charity. He was

accused of sending inappropriate

text and commenting on what young

female staff were wearing. He said

he apologised to the workers. It

comes as Oxfam and Save the Children

have been separate quizzed about

sexual misconduct for workers.

Brexit supporting MPs have written

to the Prime Minister stating what

they consider it should be achieved

out of a deal with Brussels. They

insist Britain should be free to

negotiate deals with other countries

as soon as it leaves the EU. Let's

talk about this with Norman

Smith at Westminster. Good morning

to you. Tell us about the detail and

the reaction.

This letter has been

sent as a clear warning ahead of the

crucial meeting tomorrow when she

will try to end the splits in the P

net over Brexit and reach a final

agreement. The letter is written in

consider tree language and the

signatories express support for Mrs

May and be approachable Brexit. They

list what they call six suggestions,

things like not taking on any new EU

rules during the so-called

transition period, that we should be

free to negotiate & our own trade

deals, and they also suggest that

Mrs May should go into these

negotiations as an equal partner and

should not accept the EU timeline

and their mandate, and get the sense

they are trying to make sure that

Mrs May does not backslide on their

preferred approach to Brexit. It has

already provoked over backlash from

Tory Brexit critics who described

the signatories to this letter as

ideological obsessives. As for

Downing Street, they have said they

welcome contributions from all

sections of the party.

Thank you

very much.

The majority of small

and medium-sized companies

are still paying male employees more

than their female colleagues,

according to the latest

government figures.

Just 15% of businesses have a higher

wage bill for women.

Companies have six weeks left

to report their gender pay gap.

So far almost 1,000

businesses have responded

out of the 9,000 asked.

Security experts have warned of the

risk of artificial intelligence

being exploited by rogue states were

criminals and terrorists. The report

warns of scenarios like drones using

face recognition to attack

individuals and hackers manipulating

autonomous cars. The authors say

designers need to do more to prevent

possible misuse

of the technology. The Brit Awards

take place this evening at London's

O2 Arena. Dua Lipa has the highest

number of nominations ever given to

a female artist. She is heading

towards 200,000 sales with her self

titled debut album.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

More at 9:30am.

We will bring you an exclusive

interview where buy a woman raped by

John Worboys she'll be arguing the

Metropolitan Police failed her

because they did not investigate her

case properly. She went to the

police back in 2003. In fact, John

ten -- John Worboys drove her then.

Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning.

Let's get some sport

with Hugh.

Hugh, we start in South Korea.

We always get entranced

by the curling competition

and there's some good

news for Team GB.

Yes, good morning. Some very good

news for Team GB. The tournament

lasts virtually the entire winter

Olympics. The final round matches

work today and victory for Team GB.

The very good one indeed over the

defending champions Canada means

they have reached the semifinals.

They were trailing by a couple of

points going into the final few

ends. They secured two points on the

final end to snatch a 6-5 victory.

It knocks the defending champions

out of the competition, so we could

be looking at a potential medal on

the way for Eve Muirhead and the

team.

A very good win for them and

their plans. Delighted. We knew it

would be a really tough game against

Canada. To book our spot in the

semifinal, it is our first goal and

we are delighted with that.

How

about the jump in the air question

we saw you leaving the eyes.

I

cannot actually remember it. You are

in that zone quickly forget about

the small things. I am glad I

learned safe on my feet.

No laughing

matter for the Team GB men.

Unfortunately they were beaten,

crashed 10-4 in the game against the

United States. That means the

captain and his team will have a

play-off to see if they can reach

the final four. That would be

against Switzerland just after

midnight.

From the ice, to the snow.

Billy Morgan must get a mention -

it's the first time the Big Air

competition has been held,

and he is into the final -

scoring 87.5 and then

90.5 on his second run.

Seven points off the top score.

He'll have to push his

tricks a bit further.

That final will be in the early

hours of Saturday morning. And

Lionel Messi finally got his header

against Chelsea last night?

Yes, he

did.

The five-time Ballon D'Or winner

hadn't scored in nine

Champions League games

against Chelsea, but all of that

changed in an intriguing last 16

first leg tie at Stamford Bridge.

Messi and his teammates are top

of the Spanish top division

and largely controlled things.

But the clearest chances

on the night went to Chelsea -

Willian had hit the post twice

before making it third time lucky.

But you can't give Messi this

sort of opportunity -

a misplaced pass allowing

Andres Iniesta to play

in the Argentine forward

for a crucial away goal.

The match ending 1-1.

Despite having just 27%

possession on the night -

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte said

it was almost "the perfect

performance" and that they'll

"try to do something incredible"

by knocking out the Spanish giants

in a few weeks at the Nou Camp.

When two women were raped

by the same man four years apart,

the police didn't believe either

of their stories.

That man was John Worboys,

the black cab rapist,

who was later convicted on 19

charges, including rape

and sexual assault.

Police now believe he may have

attacked over 100 people.

This morning, the Supreme Court

will rule on whether

the Metropolitan Police is liable

to those two victims

because it failed to properly

investigate their allegations.

The two women were assaulted

by Worboys in 2003 and 2007.

As a result of the police failures,

Worboys was able to continue

to attack women until he was brought

to justice in 2009.

Two courts have already

ruled in their favour,

but the Metropolitan Police,

backed by the Home

Office, have appealed.

A victory for the women

today would mean police

forces could face human

rights actions whenever they fail

to properly investigate

serious violent crime.

In a moment, we'll speak

exclusively to one of those

women and her solicitor -

the conversation as you'd expect

is graphic and frank in places,

and you nay not want young

children to watch.

children to watch or listen.

But first here's a look at why

today's ruling is important -

there are some flashing

images coming up.

He is one of Britain's worst serial

sex attacker is. He has been found

guilty of 19 offences against 12

women. -- attackers. But police say

the number of women he attacked me

run into the hundreds. His name is

John Worboys. He would drive around

London in his black late at night

aching up winning. He would tell

them lies about winning the lottery

so that he had a reason to offer

champagne. -- picking up women. He

would then drug and sexually assault

them. Occurs of the sedatives he

used, many of the victims would have

had no recollection of what

happened. He was caught and jailed

in 2009 but a parole board decided

he could be eligible for release

last month. It caused outrage, with

many victims finding about his

impending release in the press.

The

growing criticism of the Parole

Board's decision to release serial

sex attacker John Worboys...

A few

years previously two victims of John

Worboys won a case against the

Metropolitan Police about the way

they investigated the case. The two

women said that when they reported

the case to the police in 2003 and

2007, officers did not believe them

and so did not investigate properly.

The Metropolitan Police had several

opportunities to apprehend and stop

him and didn't. In one case he was

so confident of getting away with

his crimes that he actually drove

his victim to the police station and

dropped her off there. Officers took

neither his name nor his rigid

racial details.

The two women

brought their case against the

police. A Court of Appeal upheld the

verdict but the Met has taken the

case to the Supreme Court. The

result will be important in deciding

weather the police can be held to

account for breaching victims'

rights.

And we can exclusively speak to one

of those women you just heard about,

who was driven to a police station

by John Worboys after

he'd attacked her.

We are going to call her

Fiona this morning -

not her real name -

and she's joined by her

solicitor Harriet Wistritch.

Thank you for talking to us. How did

you come into contact with Worboys?

In 2003I was out with some friends

are celebrating a friend's birthday

party. After the night out, I was

with some groups of friends who

hailed a cab for me. I got into the.

-- in to the cab. There was nothing

which made me feel uncomfortable or

threatened by his manner, he was

just a chatty, talking about the

night out, asking where I lived, did

I live on my own, asking about my

family. I was expecting to him it

was my friend's birthday party. And

I had just had a baby so that was

the first night out since having the

baby, who was with my partner that

night. And then he offered me a

drink.

What kind of a drink?

Well,

it was just... It was just a

really... I Remoaner taking a sip

out of it, it was a really strong

orange liqueur, it wasn't very nice

at all. I didn't particularly want

it because at that point of the

night I was going home because I had

to be up early in the morning and I

really didn't want to drink any

more, I had stopped drinking some

time before. And we went over a

speed bump and I did spill

practically all the drink over

myself, apologised but he pulled me

another one. And I really can't

explain why I drank the drink but I

think it was just one of those

situations where you just feel, just

print it. It's just a drink, it will

be fine, he can take me home. --

just drink it. And then there was

some conversation about him is

stopping for a cigarette or

something. And did I want to have a

cigarette? I might even have asked

him, is it OK if I smoked ham and

because I think in 2003 we did smoke

in. And he pulled over and I

remember him getting into the back

of the cab with me. And I remember

him putting his... I think he went

to put his arm around me and I just

remember, before I blacked out, just

saying he was nice. Which are sort

of creep me out a little bit because

I just wondered if I had somehow

encouraged him by saying that. I

think I was just meaning, you're a

nice guy because you've just given

me a cigarette or something. It

wasn't intended to be anything other

than that. And the next memory I

have is waking up in hospital.

That's when you woke up and thought,

what on earth happened?

Yeah. I woke

up and I was very confused, very

disorientated and I had a drip in my

almond I pulled the drip out and

went to the toilet. I think I was

having a bit of a meltdown. Looking

back on it it was a bit embarrassing

because I think I was running around

shouting at the nurses, I don't know

where I am, where am I? They didn't

realise what I meant and they kept

saying, you're in hospital. I was

like I know I am in hospital but

where? I didn't know which hospital

I was in and I was really upset

because I should have been home

looking after my baby.

Did you know

you'd been raped?

As soon as I sat

on the toilet I knew I had been

raped. I was a little bit sore

and... And when I went to the toilet

the tampon that I was wearing fell

out, and I knew instantly because of

the way I was. The nurse was trying

to calm me down and I kept saying, I

need... I need to speak to the

police, I've been raped. And I do

remember one of the nurses saying,

it's fine, come and sit down, the

police are on their way. I don't

know to this day where she got this

from, how she knew.

But what you

learned subsequently was that

actually Worboys had driven you to a

police nation after he had raped

you.

Yes.

And when you arrived at

the police station, according to to

what has been heard in court

previously, you were incapacitated,

you were disorientated, you were

vomiting. How did the police treat

you?

Well, they assumed that I was

just some drunk that night. .

And

did they take his details?

Well,

this is the thing, I was given three

different stories of what happened

that night by the police. And that

was all within the space of a couple

of hours. First of all I was told

they had his details, because when

the police came to the hospital, I

told them what had happened to me.

And I think they told me that he

taken me to the police station. And

I said, well, did you get his

details? They went, yes, of course,

we've got his details, and I was

relieved. Because I knew it was him.

And they assured me they had all of

his details, his name, cab number,

everything. And then a little bit

later, I was told that he had given

false details, so I was... Well,

that proves that he had something to

hide, then. And then quite quickly

after that it turned out that they

had no details for him, nobody had

bothered to ask, because hit told

them that I was in that state when

he had picked me up. Although I was

told afterwards by the other person

that had encouraged... That he was

arguing with Worboys in front of the

police, saying, that lady isn't just

drunk, it's clear she's not just

drunk, and a black cab driver does

not pick up fares in that state.

What do you think of the fact that

after he attacked you in the back of

his cab, he then had the arrogance,

audacity, to take you to a police

station?

I don't think that was ever

his choice of. I think that was

because he took me to the wrong

address, and the involvement of that

other person. I think Howard... I do

believe that had that other person

not been in the property, I would

have been dumped near the property

in the alleyway at the back, because

I don't think he ever would have

taken me to the police station.

Had

the police taking his details, they

might have realised... The way the

police handled your complaint,

you've already said they treated you

as a drunk that night - after that?

Well, I thought, when I was taken to

Telford, it seemed to be ticking all

the right boxes and I felt that

things were being dealt with as they

should be. -- Ilford. But when I

came home from two big that

afternoon, after being examined,

which is actually quite a stressful

situation, it is not a nice thing to

have to happen to you, to be dropped

off and left with a baby while they

take your partner into the police

station for, just to give a

statement, and he's gone for two

hours and you're left, still

disorientated, still under the

influence of whatever drugs he's

given, extremely upset, and

emotional, to look after a baby on

your own, I did feel that was very

inappropriate. I felt I should have

had a little bit of of support there

or the option of calling a friend or

somebody to be with me, because I

just remember phoning their partner

constantly to say, how long are you

going to be? Because the baby is

crying. And at that point I felt I

could not pick him up and comfort

him, because I just felt I was not

capable of doing that because I was

very upset and I didn't want to be

around him while I was that upset.

Ultimately the police did not

believe you had been attacked?

No.

You gave evidence on video, and one

of the things which was said was

that you weren't a credible witness

- they didn't believe you?

Yep. I

was told two days later, when I was

picked up, because I think you have

to do the video evidence within 48

hours, and they picked me up from my

partner Schiele is flat, and as we

were driving down to the police

station, I was told by the officers

in the police car that this was

really important book that it was as

factual as possible, and to try and

women are as much as I could. It

would be shown in court if it went

to prosecution. Therefore, emotions

just confuse everybody, you've got

to be as concise as you possibly

can. So, the way I've always spoken

about what happened that night is

the way I am talking to you I detach

myself, because otherwise I do get

upset. So, I'm talking about it as

if it's a story that happened to

somebody else. And they were very

clear in the police car that that's

what they needed, so I thought, OK,

I'll try my best here, put a brave

face on it, so I went in and told

them all the facts that I could

remember, and tried to keep it

together. And then halfway through

the interview, the officer left the

room, his colleagues were in the

room next door filming. He was gone

for a few minutes and he came back

and sat down and he said, to be

honest, I've interviewed quite a few

raped victims and you're not

believable. He said, most victims

would be crying, shouting,

screaming, even throwing things

around, and you're sitting there as

calm as anything. He said, you're

not coming across as believable.

What impact did that have on you

then and over the subsequent years?

Well, identity to explain to him

what had happened on the way there,

even though in the next room where

the people that told me this. And

they were watching via the cameras.

I explained what had happened, but

he said, no, they're not supposed to

coach people, so he didn't believe

me.

And that had an impact on you

over the years after that?

Oh,

absolutely. I felt then, that's when

I really felt that the investigation

was going downhill. Because then

after that, I spoke to another

officer, and they said that, I have

noticed over the 48 hours since the

attack, I had a lot of bruising come

out, and could we have them

photographed for evidence, because

it was clear that they were

handgrips on the? And to me it

looked like somebody had been

holding me down or something because

they were on my arms and legs. And I

was told, that's fine, somebody will

be in touch. And I think there must

be something inside me that made me

realise, this is really important,

because they're not going to do it.

So the next day I actually went and

saw my GP and had it recorded, the

bruising.

In 2008 Granollers a call

for witnesses and victims of John

Worboys which is when you went

forward again. -- there was a call.

I didn't want to go forward, to

start with, if I am honest. When I

had a call from my friends who was

with me that night, he saw it on the

news and said, I think that is him.

I did the late because I thought I

can't go through that I can't go

through another five years of not

being believed, being told he made

it up, being told a black cab driver

just would not do that, being told

that you could not possibly have

been raped because you are wearing a

tampon. It was absolutely

horrendous. For five years I was

doubting my own sanity. Had I

imagined it? Had I made it up? I

couldn't confide in many people

about what had happened because it

was so difficult to say to somebody

this is what happened but nobody

believes me. And to go through all

of that again, it did take me a

little while. When I was seeing the

numbers going up and up and up, I

always said to the police when they

closed the file he would reoffend,

he would definitely reoffend because

I refuse to pick up my clothes. They

said he would definitely reoffend

and I would need them as evidence.

Seeing the numbers going up in terms

of women coming forward, literally

over days, it was horrendous. I

never realised he was going to

reoffend that many times and I had

to go forward, I had to do

everything I could.

Your action

today that is being heard in the

Supreme Court, is all about whether

the police failed to conduct an

effective investigation. I'm going

to bring in your solicitor, if I

may. The Met, then backed by the

then Home Secretary to reason me are

fighting this ruling. What are the

implications if you do win today?

If

we win, it will establish in law

that the police do have a duty to

undertake effective investigations

into crimes that meet the threshold

of article three, which is inhumane

and degrading treatment, of which

rape would qualify. It would be an

historic judgment if it goes in that

way because, so far, the courts have

been tested a number of times about

whether police are liable under the

common-law of negligence. The courts

have consistently said he cannot

bring negligence claims against the

police for failed investigations.

What we have argued is, under the

Human Rights Act, the state has a

duty to ensure its citizens are not

subject to inhumane and degrading

treatment. We have argued that that

duty extends to having an effective,

not just effective laws, but

actually operation of those laws.

That is essentially what the

argument is and what we're waiting

to hear, what the court will decide.

So it would be, if it goes the right

way, it would be very good for rape

victims and other victims of serious

crime generally.

And it would open

the doors to potentially sue other

forces for failing to carry out an

investigation?

Potentially. They are

not saying every single case would

lead to a civil claim. They have

been careful to say it has been

really serious failures. As we heard

in this case, it is not just what

happened to Fiona, it is what

happened to my other clients. We

know that ten women reported Worboys

to the police before eventually they

made the connection. Once the media

appeal went out, 105 cases were

linked. And so, very many women

don't even report. Of course, where

drugs are used, women aren't even

sure what has happened to them. So,

this is so important because we have

to, we have to get confidence from

women to report. I don't know why

the Home Secretary took the decision

to side with the police when she

made statements about the importance

of violence against women and

initiatives.

The police argument is,

if the ruling goes your way if you

win you are effectively imposing an

investigative duty on the police was

that they are saying we have

procedures in place and practices in

place and that is enough.

That is

precisely the point. What is so

startling when Reid took this case

to trial originally, that is right.

They did have procedures and

guidelines in place. There was a

whole set of guidelines about how

you assess drug assisted rape and

they did not follow them. An

inspector in court said that my

council said but what do you think

this guideline is here for question

he said, I don't know. Is it to

protect us from litigation or

something? If that is the attitude

you cannot just have laws and

guidelines if they are not enforced

properly.

Let me bring the owner

back in. There is a separate,

judicial review which you are also

bringing. -- Fiona. That is about

the release of John Worboys and the

decision made by the Independent

parole board to release him after

eight years. You want that stopped,

reversed will stop it meant you

faced John Worboys in court a few

weeks ago.

Tell us about that.

I was

already warned he could possibly

have been there on video link. I was

sort of prepared for him there. But

when, obviously, I was told he would

be there in person, it was a bit

difficult walking through the doors

and getting to court. I think I was

a little bit late. I made it because

I felt it was really important to

show Worboys himself I was not

scared anymore because I do believe

that rape is not about sex, it is

about control and power. I want to

take back control and power back

from him by showing him I was no

longer afraid of him.

What did you

think when you saw him?

When I saw

him I was expecting a big, scary

monster to come through the doors.

Over this amount of time, 15 years,

you build it up in your head of what

he will be like. When he first

walked through the doors I was just

struck by, oh my God, he's pathetic.

A pathetic old man. He was all

hunched over and reading his hands

were talking were talking. Talking

just above a whisper. A couple of

times he looked at me and I saw his

eyes. Do you know what? He has not

changed one bit. Every woman that

got in a cab reported the reason

they accepted that drink was because

they felt sorry for him. It was

pathetic. It was an act. I do

believe going to court was an act. I

saw his eyes. He is still capable of

what he was doing ten years ago.

Absolutely still capable. I will

keep fighting. I will do whatever it

takes to keep him behind bars for

debate is the only way will be

protected from him, if he is behind

bars. No licensing conditions can

watch in 24/ seven.

You are adamant

he is still a danger?

As far as I'm

concerned, he is a danger. I am not

concerned about what you can do to

me because is nothing more he can do

to me that I don't want to go back

to 2003 and be watching the news

again, waiting for him to reoffend.

I know he will reoffend and I don't

want to be in a position where I

said, I was right, I told you he

would do this again. He will. He

will absolutely do this again and we

need to protect women from him.

That was "Fiona" whose case

is at the supreme court today

and her solicitor Harriet Wistritch.

We are expecting that ruling very

soon. Andy says...

That says... -- Bev. And from

Sheena...

This from Ian.

These women have already been paid

compensation, £40,000.

This is the news to do with

unemployment will do it increased by

46,000 to 1.47 million according to

the office for National Statistics.

The unexpected rise from a record

low was accompanied by an

improvement in pay rises which

averaged 2.5%, excluding bonuses.

Next this morning...

How hundreds of Britain's

homeless are being trapped

into modern slavery.

An investigation by Buzzfeed News

has found that hundreds of hundreds

of homeless people have been

captured over the past three years -

approached at soup kitchens

and while sleeping rough,

and lured into slavery with

the promise of drugs and alcohol.

Some have been found locked

in caravans, without heating,

bedding, or running water; others

chained up, or locked outside.

Jane Bradley is Buzzfeed News'

Investigations correspondent,

who has uncovered this story.

Jane, what did you learn

about how homeless people

are being 'enslaved'?

We often hear the term hidden in

plain sight. In this case it really

was. We found evidence that

traffickers were targeting homeless

people are sick kitchens, shelters,

and rough sleeping hotspots all over

the UK. This was often incredibly

brazen, in broad daylight. What is

really shocking is just how

calculated and organised the

recruitment is. These are not just

opportunistic pick-ups. This is the

deliberate targeting people who are

desperate, vulnerable, and often

have some kind of addiction mental

health issues that traffickers are

ultimately preying on. Turning up at

soup kitchens with the promise of

cash or a bed. Sometimes even drugs

or alcohol. Whatever that

vulnerability is that these

traffickers are playing on, some

shelters even reported gang masters

posing as volunteers or rough

sleepers themselves in order to

infiltrate the plays and recruit

more homeless workers. That is what

we are talking about here.

You spent

time doing secret filming on groups

of homeless people and potential

traffickers.

Tell us about that. We

wanted to find evidence for this

ourselves and we spent weeks

carrying out surveillance and

secretly filming brands and cars as

they picked up homeless and

destitute workers on a street corner

in Bradford and took them to local

worksites. Every day, around 7am, up

to 15 men would be standing on these

corners waiting for work. Often four

hours in the freezing cold or

pouring rain and it really was like

watching a red light district. A car

or van would pull up, the window

would go down and I homeless worker,

a destitute worker with leaning,

sometimes negotiate, get into the

car, and drive off. We followed some

of these workers to construction

sites, a charity clothing bank, and

even a law firm in Bradford. We

found evidence of exploitation. One

gang master admitted to paying less

than the minimum wage. Another said

he did employ a homeless worker for

cash in hand Labour but he paid him

fairly. A third guy simply said, no

one is making them stand there.

When

the victims are recruited, how are

they treated?

I spoke to six victims

for this investigation full debate

all painted a picture of

backbreaking 12 hour shifts in

factories, hotels, construction

sites all over the UK. This would

often be working seven days a week

for as little as £20 at the end of

it. Sometimes nothing at all. They

would be kept in the filthy, rat

infested caravans, offer with no hot

water, no running water, no

electricity, no heating. Or it might

be a terraced house where up to 50

workers would be kept in while they

worked for these slave masters. In

one case actually a police officer

told me she had come across 25

people living in the garden of a

house in what she described as

rabbit hutch is. Of course, there is

often threats or beatings at the

hands of the traffickers in order to

basically scare the victims into

staying put. One of the victims I

spoke to for this investigation told

me he had witnessed a gang master

pouring boiling hot Coffey over a

victim. Another tried to strangle

someone with his own shirt. It is

not just physical assaults that they

face. Traffickers will often steal

ID documents of victims to keep them

trapped, or run up imaginary debts

for living costs so they can spend

decades paying off this money. My

mother did you get the sense in your

investigation of how bad the problem

is, how widespread it is? One thing

that really struck me when I first

started to look into this was how

much of an open secret it seemed to

be in the sector, amongst homeless

charities in shelters and even the

police force. That was in contrast

to public awareness around the

issue. We did some digging and found

there have been hundreds of reports

of homeless victims of modern

slavery in the UK in the past three

years. There were 278 in the last

year alone. These figures are very

likely to be the tip of the iceberg,

simply because many of these cases

are undocumented. The Government,

the local authorities, and many

police forces have failed to keep

track of any data of homeless

victims of modern slavery. Our

analysis really is the first insight

we have had into the scale of the

problem and what it shows is these

are not one-offs. This is a

widespread crime targeting some of

the most vulnerable people in our

society.

We've been speaking to a victim

of the Rooney family,

who were convicted last September

of modern-day slavery offences

after they illegally held 18 men

at a caravan site in Lincoln.

Fred, which isn't his real name,

has learning difficulties

and was picked up by the Rooneys

at a soup kitchen in Reading before

being driven to Lincoln,

where he would live in squalor

for the next 12 years.

He's been speaking to our

reporter Greg Dawson.

Fred, just tell me about the day

that you first met the Rooney

family, what can you remember?

A

traveller came in and asked for some

workers and I was the only one they

asked. They said the work would be

time making and block paving. I got

into the van because they said they

wanted another van pushed to get it

started. I got into the van and I

just wondered what was going to

happen to me and I ended up in

Lincoln.

When you were in the van,

did they tell you where they were

taking you?

No. When I got out of

the van it was dark and I was shown

a caravan, and I stayed in that

caravan until the morning. There

were no washing facilities or

electric or nothing. I didn't sleep

at all because I just wanted to get

off that site and I didn't know

where I was. They gave me breakfast

and told me what duties I had to do

there, and if I didn't do what I was

told I would get slapped up from

Martin. Martin was the boss of them.

I got on friendly with him at first

but after a while he started

bullying be.

What did they tell you

that they would pay you when you

were working for them?

They said I

would get £20 to £30 a day for just

doing things like digging out a

driveway and getting it ready for

paving or tarmac.

And did they ever

give you that money?

No. Never. All

the time I was there I got nothing

off them. They also took my benefits

from me that I was paid every

fortnight.

If you refused to do the

work they were asking, what would

happen?

If I didn't do the work, I'd

get slapped by the dad. And if the

dad wasn't there, I'd get slapped by

the twins. I had no choice.

How

often would they beat you?

Every

day, if I didn't do what they

wanted. He would either use his belt

or his fist. I wanted to walk off

there and then, but I didn't know

where I was or where to go. I was

frightened.

What did you do for food

when you were living there?

There's

a friend of mine who used to go to

raid the bins at the local shops to

feed himself. And when he went

looking for food I went with him. We

got into the bins, taking bread and

whatever else was worth eating. I

would also do a bit of hunting. I

used to they're rabbits and did my

own little rabbit stews and that.

Tell me about the conditions in the

caravan itself - were you able to

have a shower, use the toilets?

If I

wanted the toilet I would have to go

behind the nearest bush.

So there

were no toilets?

There was no toilet

there. I couldn't have a wash or

shower.

So, you lived for 12 years

with no toilets, with no washing

facilities?

No. Access to a shower

was a no-go, toilet was a no-go. If

I wanted a wash I would have to walk

down to the nearest rock and have a

wash in there. Them days was hard,

and I hope it doesn't happen to

anybody else. -- the nearest brook.

There's me and a few others that

have been through it, and I wouldn't

want it to happen to anybody else.

Did you ever wonder when you were

there, is anybody looking for me?

Yeah, I wondered that, because I

lost contact with all my friends and

that. I'd given up hope until the

police found me.

12 years is such a long time to be

trapped somewhere, to be exploited,

and to be abused as you work - what

effect has that had on your life?

I

don't like being out all day,

because I know people could be out

there wanting workers. It's hard. I

do not want to see it happen to

anybody. There's homeless people out

there, and I don't want to see them

in the same place I was. It's

affected me a lot. Now, I'm away

from them, I'm glad to be where I am

now. If it hadn't been for the

police rescuing me, I wouldn't be

walking about, I'd probably be in a

wooden box somewhere.

Right now we're going straight to

the Supreme Court in London live,

where they're delivering a ruling on

the cases wrought by two women

against the Mike Pollitt police in

the Worboys case...

Those failures

constituted a violation of their

rights under article three of the

European Convention on Human Rights

and their freedoms. Article three

provides that no-one shall be

subjected to torture or inhuman or

degrading treatment or punishment.

The main issue on the appeal was to

what extent Article three imposes a

positive obligation on states

effectively to investigate reported

crimes perpetrated by private

individuals. The High Court and the

Court of Appeal held that a positive

obligation to investigate did exist,

and that in this case, that

obligation had not been fulfilled.

Compensation was awarded to DSD and

NBV. Commissioner of the police

appealed to the Supreme Court, and

it was accepted that whatever the

outcome of this appeal, recoupment

of any compensation that had paid

would not be sorted. The main area

of dispute was the nature of the

positive obligation imposed by

article three of the Convention. In

particular, the question arose as to

weather that obligation relates only

to systemic failures on the part of

the police, or weather it also

includes failures in the conduct of

the investigation. The Supreme Court

unanimously dismisses the

commissioner's appeal. There was

disagreement between us as to

whether a liability under the Human

Rights Act arose only due to

systemic failures or whether

efficiency is in the actual

investigation of the offences would

be enough to make the police libel.

By a majority, we have held that

failures in the investigation of the

crimes, provided they are

sufficiently serious, will give rise

to liability on the part of the

police. And we further found that

there WERE such serious efficiencies

in this case. There were, of course,

both systemic and investigatory

failures, a the important point to

make is that if the investigation is

seriously defective, even if no

systemic failures are present, this

would be enough to render the police

libel. The court is now adjourned.

So, the two women who argued that

the Met Police breached their human

rights for failing to investigate

claims that they had been raped by

John Worboys in 2003 and 2007 have

won their case. The Metropolitan

Police have lost. And indeed, the

Home Office backed by the then Home

Secretary Theresa May, have lost

that case. We can go to June Kelly,

our correspondent, outside the

Supreme Court. We heard most of the

ruling, but just fill us in with the

significance of this?

I think the

first thing to say, Victoria, is

that this is a significant victory

for these women and a serious defeat

for the Met Police, who had brought

this challenge, having lost in the

lower courts. They then came to the

Supreme Court, the highest court in

the land, in the hope that they

would win here, the police, and

obviously, an important defeat for

them. As we were hearing from the

justices, they said that they

accepted the arguments from the

women's lawyers that the police had

breached these women's human rights

over their failure to investigate

John Worboys. As we know, John

Worboys was roaming around the

streets of London committing crimes

against women for a number of years,

and it has been acknowledged by the

Met Police that he should have been

brought to justice earlier. And the

women brought this case on that

basis, that he could have been

stopped earlier. This case tells one

of the most significant things about

it is that it will have implications

now for forces around the country

over a possible failure to

investigate.

Meaning what, you mean

other people might sue police forces

for failures to investigate

properly?

Yes, and we're talking

about serious crimes here, serious

violent crimes, is what the women's

lawyers had argued this case was

about. And basically this is why the

police fought this case all the way

to this court, because they realised

the implications if the judgment

went against them. And of course

now, it has done, as we have heard

in the last few minutes. The women

it should be said, in this case, the

two women, are also the women who

are bringing a challenge against the

decision to release Worboys from

prison on licence. That is a

separate case going on through a

separate judicial process. But

coming back to what's going on here

this morning, crucially, the judges

have said, the justices have said,

that the women's human rights were

breached because the force was under

an obligation to investigate John

Worboys. It failed in that duty. It

is a duty of the state, as it was

put in the judgment, and therefore

this is why the Met Police this

morning have lost this case.

Thank

you, June Kelly, outside the Supreme

Court. So, a significant ruling from

the Supreme Court in the last few

minutes. We spoke to one of the

women who was taking that case, who

has won that case, at the start of

the programme this morning. Your

reaction now as you were watching...

This one says... A horrific

experience, such a brave woman. The

police should be ashamed of

themselves in the way that they

treated her when she was at her most

vulnerable. I hope her bravery and

other women who exposed their

attacks encourage others to come

forward and report these crimes.

This one says... It is ridiculous

that the police did not properly

investigate and take the information

of the person who dropped the woman

off at the police station who was in

such a state. It is beyond belief

and completely unprofessional. This

one says... On Twitter the Met

Police do need to be held

accountable for failing survivors of

the black cab rapist. It is clear to

see the emotional suffering caused

by poor standards in investigations.

And one more... To relive the events

and the trauma to complete strangers

in positions of authority and not to

be believed, to be told that you

aren't credible, nor behaving as a

victim of sexual assault should, is

inhumane. More reaction to come to

the Supreme Court ruling in the next

hour of the programme. We will bring

you the latest news and sport in a

moment. Before that, the weather

with Nick.

High pressure building in across the

UK, so it is quiet weather. The fog

is quite slow to clear in some areas

but there will be some sunshine for

most areas at some stage today.

There are areas of cloud around,

particularly in England and Wales.

But even here I think the cloud will

break at times and at least it will

brighten up. There is the chance of

the odd light shower in some areas

but it is mainly dry story. Very few

wind arose showing up, which

indicates very light winds and

temperatures topping out at about

659 Celsius. Next week is looking

much colder. But going towards

weekend temperatures will be

dropping off a little bit. And

tonight there will be a more

widespread frost around. We've got

plenty of clear spells, still some

patchy cloud and patches of fault

developing as well as we go through

the night. Temperatures in two

tomorrow morning close to freezing,

a few degrees below in the coldest

spots. More of us getting a frost

tomorrow morning, and tomorrow, just

like today, there will be areas of

cloud around, there will be sunny

spells, and whilst most places are

looking dry, there will be enough

cloud towards Northern Ireland and

western Scotland to produce a few

light showers here. Temperatures

just dropping off a degree or so

again, and that is the trend for the

rest of the week and into the

weekend, turning colder as lead at

the weekend, as the winter starts to

hit up and some really bitter, cold

air expect it for a time next week

and a few snow showers around as

well. We will keep you updated.

Hello.

It's 10 o'clock.

I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

Breaking news in

the last few minutes.

The Metropolitan Police

has lost its Supreme Court challenge

over a ruling which led to two

women who were sexually

assaulted by London cabbie

John Worboys winning compensation.

We've been speaking exclusively

to one of those women.

I am not worried about

what he will do to me but I

don't want to go back

to 2003 and be watching

the news again waiting

for

him to reoffend.

I know he will reoffend full

I don't want to be in

that position where I will say, I

was right because he will absolutely

do it again.

We'll bring much more reaction

to this throughout the programme.

Also on the programme -

The United Nations in Syria says

it's deeply worried for hundreds

of thousands of people trapped under

a mounting government bombardment

of the rebel-held enclave

of Eastern Ghouta.

We can hear the shouts and crying

of women and children.

The mortars are dropping

on us like rain.

There is nowhere to hide from this

nightmare in Eastern Ghouta.

Women who've had their ovaries

or wombs removed to treat

the painful condition

of endometriosis say they are not

receiving the right after care.

The Supreme Court has made a ruling

over the John Worboys case. The

women claimed police failures

amounted to inhuman and degrading

treatment. The Metropolitan Police

had argued it had practices and

procedures in place that, in the

last few minutes, the court ruled

against them. Fiona is one of the

women involved in today's's case.

She was not one of the women that

Worboys was convicted of raping that

she has been recognised as a victim

of rape since by the police was she

told this programme exclusively

about what happened to her in John

Worboys cab. She is appearing

alongside her lawyer.

There

was a conversation about him

stopping for a cigarette or

something and did I want a

cigarette. I might even have asked

him if it was OK to smoke. In 2003

you did smoke in cabs. People Dover

and I render him getting into the

back of the cab with me. -- he

pulled over and I remember him. He

went to put his arm around me.

Before I lacked out I can remember

thinking he was nice. I wonder if I

encouraged him by saying that. I

think I was meaning, you are a nice

guy because you have given me a

cigarette or something. It was not

intended to be anything other than

that. The next memory I have is

waking up in hospital.

That is when

you woke up and thought, what on

earth happened?

Yes. I woke up and

was very confused very

disorientated. I had a drip in my

arm and pulled the drip out and went

to the toilets. I think I was having

a bit of a meltdown for the looking

back at it hit was a bit

embarrassing because I was running

around and shouting at the nurses, I

don't know where I am, where am I?

They did not realise what I meant.

They kept saying I was in hospital.

I didn't know which hospital I was

in and I was really upset because I

should have been home looking after

my baby.

Did you know you had been

raped?

As soon as I went to the

toilet I knew I had been raped. I

was a little bit sore. When I went

to the toilet the tampon I was

wearing fell out. I knew instantly

because of the way I was.

Let me

read you some more messages.

Delighted by the Supreme Court

decision to dismiss the appeal by

the Metropolitan Police. This is

justice. This text, I totally feel

the pain of having seen Worboys in

court. I was a victim of sexual

assault three years ago. I was a

teenager at the time did not go to

court I saw the person who did it in

the supermarket a few months ago. By

blood ran cold and I left

immediately. What is not understood

as the victim has a mental life

sentence. Sue says, I sat down

briefly this money to watch part of

your programme and stayed with the

interview with the John Worboys rape

victim. I was stunned and mesmerised

by her bravery and coherence telling

her story. It must have taken so

much to read tell the horrific

events she has enjoyed. I cannot

believe the police reaction. Let me

introduce you to the people

supporting the women's legal

challenge. And also someone from the

Metropolitan Police who investigated

rapes during his time with the

force. The women were arguing above

a breach of human rights that police

failed to investigate claims

properly.

What do you say? That

judgment today is a huge victory for

victims rights and huge step forward

in an end of this.

I am appalled by

what I saw today. I already knew

about it. This all happened as I was

retiring. We had done so much about

bringing on sexual investigations.

For my part, it was about stalking

and a lot has been achieved on that.

I don't think the police has

entirely got it right. The

comeuppance has happened now. There

are strings attached to it for the

police with floodgates opening with

claims from things like that. They

will have to be careful on that.

You

say floodgates opening. The Justice

has made clear that this will only

apply to serious crimes. Simek yes.

I'm happy you mean other people who

feel the police has failed to

investigate claims properly can

soon. 's aye you are right. Anyone

who has been involved in a car

crash, you get calls from different

companies wanting to represent them.

We are in that sort of society.

Police are bound to be concerned

about that.

Let me read to this

statement from the major bulletin

police, from the Deputy

Commissioner. He says the metabolic

and police that is fully accepts the

decision of the court this morning.

-- the Metropolitan Police Service.

We have fully accepted the

complaints and it was only the

courage of the victims coming

forward, including these two

complainants today, who have come

forward. Police force needed

absolute clarity and the boundaries

of police responsibility and

liability for their investigations.

We have always been clear that

appeal to the supreme court was

about interpretation of European

human rights law.

Do you accept

that? It is good the police are

accepting the decision. They had no

choice. The real question is, why

did they dragged the women through

this? They lost in the High Court

and Court of Appeal. They say it is

about clarity for the bit is about

the police then they did not want

women like the victims of John

Worboys to have a legal right to

bring a case against the police

where victims of serious violent

crimes had faced serious

investigative failures which had

stopped people like John Worboys

coming to justice. Instead of years

of litigation funded by the

taxpayers the police should have

said, we will learn the lessons of

the failures make sure the victims

of violent, sexual offences are

protected in future and not cite the

legal niceties over a number of

years as they have done. Back is

deeply disappointing.

Do you think

if police failed to thoroughly

investigate a serious crime they

have breached an individual's human

rights?

I think the speed of the

reaction from the Metropolitan

Police suggests they were expecting

that verdict. It is about subsequent

liabilities and that is what they

wanted to make perfectly clear.

There is a huge amount...

Now we are

clear. They are liable. They have to

carry out thorough investigations

into people's lane is when it is a

serious allegation.

I think they

knew that in the first place. It is

penalties and sanctions that

followed. I would say,

notwithstanding what has happened

today, it still has been huge

progress made in the investigation

of sexual matters and this has gone

horribly wrong and no one will

defend it, I hope. There are more

and more people reporting these

crimes. I would encourage people to

continue doing that. Things have

moved on. I can go back 30, 40 years

went they were treated atrociously,

which they may have been treated

here was a marvellous moves have

been taken forward but it is more of

a multi-agency approach and medical

examinations so police have

confidence and report it.

Would you

accept that police have made

progress when it comes to

investigating serious sexual

assaults?

Some progress has been

made and more progress needs to be

made. We need better investigations

and we need the women better looked

after. We need to see more

prosecutions and higher conviction

rates.

I read into the bottom of the

judgment will have to consider how

we balance resources against the

need to effectively investigate

certain crimes. Interesting. Thank

you very much will coming onto the

programme.

250 people have been killed in

Damascus in three days through

intense bombing. The area is eastern

Ghouta. It has been held by rebels.

It has been under siege for the last

five years. In 2013 its people were

subject to a chemical attack, which

the United Nations said constituted

a war crime. Hundreds were killed

and many more left seriously

injured. Now the relentless bombing

has been described as beyond

imagination with the UN calling on

world leaders to demand the Syrian

government immediately stops the

bombing. The UN has also issued a

blank statement, mostly blank,

hardly any words on it, because they

say there are no words to talk about

what is happening in eastern Ghouta.

Syria itself has been in civil war

for a total of seven years with no

sign of ending. These eastern Ghouta

residents describe life there.

The

missiles and the mortars are

dropping on ours like rain. There is

nowhere to hide from this nightmare

in eastern Ghouta. -- on us.

Those injured, taken to the

underground hospitals are taken now

by doctors.

Joining us now via phone

is Dr Bassam Bakri who is a doctor

working in Eastern Ghouta.

How do you help people's injured in

the conditions we have been talking

about?

Hello everyone. You cannot

measure the situation in eastern

Ghouta now. Many of the injured

people, civilian people, we can't

treat all of them. Maybe you can

hear the voice of the air strike

now. The patients and injured people

on the waiting list are more than

that injured.

We can deal with them.

I am going to interrupt you. So, I

can hear the occasional third. Is

that the sound of bombs falling?

Yes, yes. -- thud. Every minute we

have three or four air strikes. This

is the situation. It is catastrophic

in eastern Ghouta.

You cannot

imagine that. How long have you been

enduring this?

It is about today,

maybe today, we're in the three

months in this attack. We have more

than maybe 2000 killed people, more

than ten times this number about

killed people is injured people.

You know we are under siege by Assad

regime more than five years, no

medicine...

Sorry to interrupt

again, you have no medicine, do you

have food?

No.

Do you have water?

No, no, we don't have. We have no

medicine, not enough medicine, no

anaesthetic medicine, no child

medicine, a be no milk for the

children. No morphine, no dialysis

applies. -- maybe no milk. You know

we are under besiegement. Most of

these items, we have a shortage on

this medicine, and maybe some of

it...

You know that your president

says that this area is being

targeted, because rebels are

embedded amongst civilians, that

they are deliberately living amongst

the residents of Eastern Ghouta -

what do you say to your president?

You mean my president is a Cheryl

Assad? Yes. No, Bashar al-Assad is a

criminal, it is not our president.

The Syrian people want to withdraw

or overthrow this regime. It is not

our president. It is a criminal. He

killed people, he destroy

everything, he destroyed people,

destroyed our schools, destroyed our

hospitals. It's not from this

country, I think it's not... It's

not our president, of course. So, we

don't... We don't want this criminal

president.

He is a survivor, though,

what can you do about him?

You know,

in this day, we are just dealing

with emergency to make this innocent

children and people and women stay

alive, just surviving... So, another

patient just we can take them on

waiting list. That's what we can do

now have. We don't have enough

medicine.

For British people who are

watching you now, most of them will

have absolutely no idea how you

manage to live, to survive, for

seven years now, this war has been

going on - tell us about the

pressures on you as you try to stay

alive?

Yes, I want to stay alive, I

am people, I am human being, I have

a hard, I am scared. But I have to

stay here and help my people. We

have to build our future, build our

country, so we need your solidarity,

we need people, free people in the

world, to be solidarity with us, to

know that we are struggle to have

our freedom, our democracy. We have

to stay here and help our people.

So, we need to stay in our towns,

and here, my childhood hero, why

history here, my schools... I have

rights, hike everyone in this world

have rights. -- my childhood here.

So, we are killed, friends of Syrian

people maybe leave us to be killed

people but I don't know where is

friends of Syria people.

That is a

very good question, what do you say,

about the fact that the

international community has done

little or nothing to help people

like yourself?

Yes, the

international community just

watching, just watching our children

killed. Why? Why are you just

watching, where are you? We are poor

people. We are people need your

solidarity. Just leave your

interests one-time, one-time leave

your interests and deal with this

catastrophe. We are going by talk

towards famine. People maybe just

have a meal maybe in one-day.

Believe me, children have a meal in

one-day. And adults away in two days

have a meal. -- and adults maybe in

two days have a meal. I have only

breakfast in a day. We don't have

enough food. We don't have enough

food for people in shelters. People

in shelters in a bad way, bad

situation.

Thank you, we are

grateful for your time, we

appreciate you talking to us. A

doctor there, trapped on the

outskirts of Damascus in Eastern

Ghouta. This is a statement I wanted

to show you from Unicef, the aid

agency which is there to care for

children. It is mostly What have

they have written on the top is, no

words will do justice to the

children killed, their mothers

Huddlestone so far, their loved

ones. In the last few days 250

people have been killed in Eastern

Ghouta in Syria, and dozens of those

are children.

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