:00:16. > :00:19.from victims the offence such there'd that if that Good evening. A
:00:20. > :00:22.care worker has been jailed for 14 years after raping three vulnerable
:00:23. > :00:25.women he should have been looking after. Colin Stokes was branded
:00:26. > :00:28.dangerous by the judge todax after what were described as remorseless
:00:29. > :00:30.attacks. Our Gloucestershird reporter, Steve Knibbs, was in
:00:31. > :00:33.court. This bedroom should have bedn the
:00:34. > :00:37.safe haven for a vulnerable adult living in the home but inside here,
:00:38. > :00:43.Colin Stokes abused his ulthmate position of trust and raped her He
:00:44. > :00:46.also targetted two other wolen. None of the victims could communhcate
:00:47. > :00:49.properly. It was his ploy to keep his terrible secret safe. Today
:00:50. > :00:52.relatives of the victims sat in court to hear upsetting det`ils of
:00:53. > :00:57.the case read out, offences which were branded disability hatd crimes.
:00:58. > :01:02.It wasn't until he said "guhlty that it did hit me like a tonne of
:01:03. > :01:08.bricks. The emotion that ran through me was horrendous. No`one should
:01:09. > :01:12.have to feel that and to sit there and can hear your mum and d`d crying
:01:13. > :01:17.is not something that you should have to hear in your life. Ht was
:01:18. > :01:20.awful. Colin Stokes was arrdsted when a whistle`blower who worked at
:01:21. > :01:23.the home raised concerns with the police but the challenge for
:01:24. > :01:26.detectives was getting the victims to tell them what happened. The
:01:27. > :01:29.breakthrough came with the tse of intermediaries. They spent time with
:01:30. > :01:32.the victims, building up relationships and gaining their
:01:33. > :01:35.confidence, and for those who had no verbal communication skills, these
:01:36. > :01:40.special signboards were used to give police the evidence that thdy
:01:41. > :01:43.needed. And, in fact, the original boards that they had didn't deal
:01:44. > :01:46.with things of a sexual nattre or emotions, so the police, quhte
:01:47. > :01:50.rightly, realised this very early on and got a special intermedi`ry in
:01:51. > :01:53.who had a better board, who could ensure that the communication from
:01:54. > :01:56.the victim was such that both the physical aspects of the ass`ult
:01:57. > :02:07.could be described, but also, the emotional aspects of the assault
:02:08. > :02:10.could also be described. Stokes was arrested back in 2007 for sdxual
:02:11. > :02:14.activity with a mentally ill woman at the same home but the CPS decided
:02:15. > :02:24.there wasn't enough evidencd to prosecute and he was releasdd
:02:25. > :02:29.without charge. The police `nd the CPS didn't really understand how
:02:30. > :02:33.important and beneficial intermediaries could be in
:02:34. > :02:37.ascertaining evidence from victims of sexual assault. We did not
:02:38. > :02:42.consider the offence such at the time that we could bring it to court
:02:43. > :02:46.and there would be a realistic prospect of conviction. If that
:02:47. > :02:49.complaint was brought to us now we would look at it differentlx. So
:02:50. > :02:52.were opportunities missed to prevent him raping his three victims? The
:02:53. > :02:55.county council, who commisshoned care services at the home today
:02:56. > :03:06.launched a serious case revhew to find out. Are you convinced now that
:03:07. > :03:10.this case would never happen again? That is exactly the question we will
:03:11. > :03:16.ask the serious case review to answer. Could we be doing things
:03:17. > :03:22.differently? There is always this risk of a lone person with poor
:03:23. > :03:29.motivation and criminal intdnt of perpetrating these things, `ll you
:03:30. > :03:35.can do to minimise that risk. Relatives of the victims broke down
:03:36. > :03:39.in tears at court. The detahls are too upsetting to report but the
:03:40. > :03:42.judge told Stokes about what he did was crawl and depraved and he
:03:43. > :03:47.breached the trust of the three victims who were every bit `s
:03:48. > :03:53.vulnerable as little childrdn. As he was jailed, one of the relatives
:03:54. > :03:56.shouted, rot in hell! Two more people have been arrested
:03:57. > :03:59.by detectives investigating the killing of a Bristol teenagdr.
:04:00. > :04:03.19`year`old Nicholas Robinson was stabbed outside his flat earlier
:04:04. > :04:06.this month. A 43`year`old woman and 50`year`old man have been arrested
:04:07. > :04:11.in Bristol on suspicion of `ssisting an offender. Two other people,
:04:12. > :04:15.arrested on the same charge yesterday, have been releasdd on
:04:16. > :04:18.bail. The United Nations has accused the
:04:19. > :04:21.Government of "suspicious actions" over plans to develop a new nuclear
:04:22. > :04:25.power station at Hinkley Pohnt in Somerset. Environmental inspectors
:04:26. > :04:28.have warned there are concerns about a lack of talks with neighbouring
:04:29. > :04:45.countries, including Ireland, over potential risks posed by thd Hinkley
:04:46. > :04:49.C plant. Bristol Rovers hope to start work on
:04:50. > :04:52.their new ?40 million staditm this summer after a High Court jtdge
:04:53. > :04:56.ruled they can sell their ctrrent home to Sainsbury's. The judicial
:04:57. > :05:00.review dismissed claims by ` campaign group that the council had
:05:01. > :05:06.failed to fully consider thd impact on local shops. Here's Alistair
:05:07. > :05:11.Durden. A costly legal fight ending with
:05:12. > :05:14.their best result of the se`son a High Court judge today told Bristol
:05:15. > :05:19.Rovers they could sell their Memorial Stadium home to
:05:20. > :05:23.Sainsbury's. Absolutely delhghted. I think it vindicates our poshtion.
:05:24. > :05:28.We've always felt we had a strong case and the judges approve that.
:05:29. > :05:31.The judge disagreed with local campaigners who claimed Bristol City
:05:32. > :05:37.Council had played down the economic impact of the supermarket on local
:05:38. > :05:39.businesses. In a statement, the campaigners said they were
:05:40. > :05:42."profoundly disappointed" and would "review the details" of the
:05:43. > :05:48.judgement before deciding whether to appeal. One local MP, who b`cked the
:05:49. > :05:52.stadium and the supermarket, says today's decision is important for
:05:53. > :05:55.the city as a whole. If this hadn't gone through, people would have
:05:56. > :05:58.said, "Oh, don't go to Bristol. That's the place where nothhng ever
:05:59. > :06:03.happens!" We've shown the country and, indeed, the world that stuff
:06:04. > :06:06.can and does happen in Bristol. So what happens next? Bristol Rovers
:06:07. > :06:10.say contracts for the staditm should be signed within the next fdw weeks.
:06:11. > :06:14.The diggers would move in over the summer to start work in the first
:06:15. > :06:17.game at the UE stadium would be played in August 2015, when Rovers
:06:18. > :06:26.fans will finally be able to call this 21,000 seater stadium home
:06:27. > :06:31.There's more news on your local BBC Radio stations and online. We're
:06:32. > :06:34.back with you tomorrow in Breakfast. But now, let's leave with whth the
:06:35. > :06:44.latest weather with Georgin` Burnett.
:06:45. > :06:53.It's a decent night for star gazing but chilly nonetheless. Durhng the
:06:54. > :06:58.day, blustery showers around at times but a fair amount of
:06:59. > :07:05.sunshine, too. A largely drx night tonight. Play spells as well. The
:07:06. > :07:15.winds dropping a touch. Temperatures close to freezing in some p`rts
:07:16. > :07:21.Those south`westerly winds pick up again tomorrow so showers lhkely to
:07:22. > :07:29.be blustery. There should bd sunshine in between. Come the
:07:30. > :07:31.evening, more rain joining hn. Come the afternoon, though, tempdratures
:07:32. > :07:39.are reaching 10 Celsius. through and that's the theme. I will
:07:40. > :07:43.leave you with that summary. Good evening. The skies were clear for
:07:44. > :07:47.most parts of the UK and it will turn quite cold but we have to get
:07:48. > :07:51.rid of the band of rain slipping its way southwards through the day.
:07:52. > :07:57.Gusty wind. Also a temperature contrast. 16 degrees in Norwich
:07:58. > :08:01.Five degrees in Stornoway. It is the colder air which will win tonight.
:08:02. > :08:02.It will push down across all parts and be a cold