06/06/2014 East Midlands Today

This is East Midlands Today with Sarah Teale and Dominic Heale.

The pensioner who starved to death after being fleeced

Peter Rose responded to hundreds of letters demanding cash for prizes

and was left penniless. It affects health and the ability to

be alone at home. It can catse an early death. Also tonight, Hman

forcibly searched by five police officers planned legal action.

Plus, the Conservatives are back in business in Newark. And the sun is

out and a sell`out crowd is on its way to Derby. It is time for

cricket. First tonight,

the niece of a pensioner who paid out more than ?30,000 in response to

scam letters says she believes the relentless pressure frol the

fraudsters killed him.79`ye`r`old Peter Rose from Leicestershhre had

been a company managing dirdctor. But the last ten years of

his life were ruined by the hundreds of letters a week he receivdd,

claiming he had won big mondy. Now his niece says scam victims are

addicts, and would like to see psychological counselling for them,

similar to that for alcoholhcs It was in this block of flats in

Wigston, Leicestershire, last November, that the police found

Peter Rose collapsed, thin, wasted and surrounded by piles of scam

mail. He lived alone here for the last ten years of his life but

became obsessed with letters he received telling him he was a winner

if he paid a fee first. His niece told me how it affected thel. They

would be piles of mail and xou would have two push to get through it In

his lounge, there were piles everywhere, even in the washing

machine. He was brainwashed. He believed everything they were

telling him. Eventually, with his mailbox to small to take thd

letters, he had to drive to the sorting office to take them by the

sack load. They have some of the thousands of letters he recdived

will stop it is addressed to him. That is the psychology of it. They

want him to believe he is special and that is what they have

achieved. If you see a lot of this type of mail, it is likely they are

being scammed and you need to contact Trading Standards vha

Citizens Advice. I believe ht is like a drug or alcohol addiction. I

would like it to be recognised as an illness and to give support to

people suffering this abuse. Despite living within a short distance of

food shops, he collapsed from a lack of food and died shortly afterwards

in hospital. Do you think this killed them? I believe so. Hf this

had not happened, he would still be with us.

He says it was unjustified, undignified and over the top.

Wayne McKenzie is planning legal action after being forcibly strip

searched by five police offhcers at a station in Derby.

It's not the first time concerns havd been

raised about strip searches and the confiscation of clothes

An independent inspection has already raised concerns.

It was a little bit scary bdcause I was escorted to the cells, `s I

remember, by about five offhcers, although I was being cooper`tive.

Wayne McKenzie says he took off his top, but says what happened

They made the suggestion of me taking my trousers off and I

refused because I realised they had no jurisdiction to do this to me.

It was described by the polhce on record as minimum force.

It makes me feel, if that is minimum force, what is maximum forcd?

Police can carry out strip searches if they believe someone is hiding

a Class A drug or something that may harm them.

Clothes are confiscated if people are believed to be vulnerable and

Safety inspectors last year said it was happening too often

Wayne got the police footage to defend him

He was found not guilty of a public order offence.

I still have a recurring nightmare about the strip search itself.

I don't feel the same as I was before it.

Derbyshire Police wouldn't comment on the case in detail

as his complaint is currently being investigated.

What are the issues at the heart of this case?

The police have to make somd fine judgements when people have been

drinking. They have to weigh up the risks and use proportionate

responses, so look at what hs the right thing to do in each c`se.

There have been concerns in Derbyshire and this man is convinced

that things were done wrong in his case. We will have to wait to hear

Derbyshire Police's side of things when they have completed thd

investigation. Dozens of staff at Derby's @ssembly

Rooms have lost out on work, The car park was badly damaged

by a huge fire in March. The BBC's learned that more than 50

employees are on zero`hours contracts, whhch means

they aren't getting any work Opposition city councillors say

its own staff shouldn't be East Midlands fire fighters

are to go on strike again. Their on`going national dispute is

over pensions A 24`hour walk`out is planndd

from 9:00am on the 12th of June and a sdven`hour

strike on the 21st of June. Fire service bosses say thex will

continue to respond to emergencies. More than 100 football hoolhgans in

the East Midlands are being stopped from going to the World Cup because

they're serving banning orddrs. Most have had to hand

their passports to police. It's to prevent them getting to

Brazil for the games, Banning orders also mean thdy can't

travel to some towns, or go within a certain dist`nce of a

stadium when their team is playing. Anna's escaped the studio to

enjoy the sunshine in Derbyshire. I'm at the cricket in Derby and the

sparkling skies are perfect for the match. But this is the calm before

the storm. I don't think yot are like the forecast!

A court's heard how relativds of a Mansfield couple shot dead

and then buried in their back garden were dtped into

For years, they received Christmas cards from

But the court heard they'd `ctually been sent by the Wycherley's

She and her husband deny murdering her parents.

The niece who thought her uncle and aunt were alive even though they had

been allegedly murdered 15 xears before. This is where their remains

were found in October, the back garden of their home in Fordst Town

in Mansfield. William and P`tricia Wycherley were allegedly shot dead.

But relatives thought they were still alive and travelling hn

Ireland. In court, Mrs Stevdnson was handed a letter that she sahd she

was handed in 2007 from her uncle, William Wycherley. She was `lso

shown Christmas cards, thinking they were from him. It is claimed there

was a catalytic campaign by the Wycherley family's alleged killers.

Their daughter and son`in`l`w, who denied murder. It is alleged they

shot them to steal money and collected their pensions from

accounts opened using the n`me, eventually selling a house hn 2 05.

It is claimed it took a tot`l of ?245,000. This expert told ` more

about the gun fired. He said the weapon used was a World War II

revolver. He said the victils, each shot twice, would have been facing

the gun at the time. The case continues.

'Straight to work': That was the message from Newark's newly`elected

A few hours after winning the parliamentary

by`election, he was visiting flooding victims in Southwell.

There were no big surprises in the by`election count.

The Conservatives retained the Newark seat although

their majority was more than halved by the UK Independence Partx.

But there was bitter disappointment for others.

This report from our political editor John Hdss.

Little time for a breather or a pint. It was strictly busindss as

the Conservatives' Victor. His first duty was to cut the ribbon, would of

course. `` blue. I am delighted and honoured. It is a challenge. I have

11 months to prove myself. The Conservatives could be said to have

cleaned up in your work. `` in new work. This one here is for Robert

because he was the top one. UKIP's second place was more of a tremor.

We are still on the march. There was satisfaction but Conservatives are

still waiting to get into Westminster. Labour saw thehr vote

for by 5% as they slipped from second to third. 44th safest

Conservative seat was always going to be difficult but we met people

throughout who were turning to Labour. Paul came forth and had more

to smile about than the Libdral Democrats', who slipped to sixth.

One photo said it will be nhce to walk through the market without

tripping over a politician. In a year, they will be setting tp stall

again for the general electhon. How significant is this restlt

for the Conservatives? David Cameron said he wanted to

burst the UKIP double. Nigel Farage said at the outset that he was going

to throw the kitchen sink at this campaign. The reality is, the

Conservatives threw everythhng at the campaign in the prime Mhnister

will be satisfied. Little comfort for the Lib Dems. It is a coalition

party and yet it got barely over 1000 votes, less than 2%. The

Liberal Democrats are saying there was tactical voting going on in

traditional voters voted to stop UKIP. But it makes you wonddr where

UKIP go from here. Remember bus pass Elvis beat them? He only got 87

votes. And there's more reaction

and background to the Newark result in the Sunday Politics with

Marie Ashby and Andrew Neil. A man from Leicestershire h`s been

arrested as part of an investigation into ?10 million

of tobacco duty evasion Illegal tobacco was recoverdd

by officers. Nine arrests were made at dhfferent

places around the country, hncluding Chinese journalists are being given

tours of different film loc`tions One of

the places they went to was Haddon Hall, which appeared in the films

Pride And Prejudice and Jand Eyre. Tourism officials hope it whll

lead to more visitors coming to A Derbyshire woman whose cat died

from antifreeze poisoning h`s started an online petition to try to

remove a chemical from the product. Lucy Stevenson said it has to be

made safer. The RSPCA has b`cked her campaigns.

For Lucy Stevenson, her cats are world.

That's why when her first c`t, Harry, died at Christmas,

AM on Saturday morning and told me he had died and confirmed that

the blood test results showdd that it was antifreeze poisoning that

It is heartbreaking to think that substance is out there and

It smells sweet and so attracts cats to drink it.

Lucy, from Ilkeston, has now launched an online campaign

that she hopes will prevent deaths like Harry's in the future.

I would like to see the manufacturers made

to replace the main chemical content in antifreeze, which is currently

ethylene glycol, to propylene glycol which is far safer

It's an issue that the RSPCA is also concerned about.

The organisation says that pets are being poisoned with by accident

We had almost 600 calls last year, nationally, about poisoning in cats.

In this area, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestdrshire,

we saw about 40 calls last xear so it is a big issue we havd.

There is something that appdals to them about the taste.

It obviously doesn't taste bad to them, so it is

about being responsible and making sure it is kept away from them.

With her petition nearing almost 700 signatures already, Lucy's cause

A support service for bereaved women from ethnic minority

The Bereavement To Achievemdnt project is the first of its kind

Its aim is to overcome langtage and cultural barriers that often get in

the way of help. Rachida's mother died

three years ago. She had no support

and was left feeling isolatdd. I need someone to speak

my language and support me. The Shama Women's Centre saxs very

few women from ethnic minorhty communities access support when they

have lost a loved one because Many suffer in silence becatse

of the expectation that thex are Without appropriate support,

many suffer long`term mental health Doing our research,

we have had women burst into tears and ask why the service

wasn't there for them, why ht wasn't We have a list of women who already

want to receive counselling support. The two`year project has bedn given

a Lottery grant of over ?200,00 . The service will take a holhstic

approach and supporting womdn that will include one`to`one counselling,

group sessions, alternative therapy We are breaking taboos withhn

the Asian community regarding Therefore,

this project will enable wolen to open up and speak about thehr loss

and bereavement and get over it It is hoped this project can help

women who have suffered She says that having it back then

when she lost her mother wotld After the last few autumnal evenings

we've had, it's actually a perfect And lucky Colin is doing just that

at one of the biggest nights This is very much cricket wdather!

You are right to be jealous. Derbyshire are really pleasdd with

the weather. This is a big night. This is the visit of local rivals.

All around, cricket has penned an otter lot of hopes on the T20 last.

They are encouraging lively crowds to jazz the event up even more with

music and fireworks. We are a few weeks in so tonight we are going to

be asking the crowd about cricket's new look and talking to the

chairman. But, amid the hoopla,

it's still sport. Recently, Notts Outlaws havd

produced another one of those. At the age of 27,

great Outlaws performances have propelled the bowler into the heart

of the England One Day side. He's turning out here tonight and

Angela's been to catch up whth him. He is a cricketing success story

that nearly never happened. Released from his contract at Leicestershire

six years ago, he almost gave up for good. In the early years, you

constantly wonder if you're going to achieve what you have always wanted

to. There were times in that period where I did consider my othdr

options. Happily, I am here talking to you. Tonight I will be rtnning on

a cricket field rather than sitting on a train in London. He moved from

Leicestershire two knots saw him growing confidence. His performance

at Trent Bridge sink at the height of the England selectors. Hhs first

cap came against Scotland l`st month. He impressed enough for the

ten to game against Sri Lanka. To walk out with the three lions on

your chest is what you dreal about. To play the whole serious w`s

fantastic. It's a great thrhll for all of us but I am so pleasdd for

him. For now, a return to domestic action. My short`term aims hs to win

the next few games for Notthngham. I would be lying if I didn't say I had

my eye on some games to be selected for. He has done really well. He is

making his point here tonight. Leicester Tiger's Ben Youngs will

start for England in tomorrow's First choice scrum half Danny Care

is still injured. Nottingham tennis player Jocelyn

Raehas become the first loc`l competitor to make it to a final

of the Aegon event in the chty. Rae's into the women's doubles final

with partner Anna Smith after they beat the second seeds

in straight sets last night. And Nottingham is one

of three cities shortlisted to be It's all about innovative w`ys

of getting people playing the game. Nottingham's up against Manchester

and Portsmouth for ?1.6 million Back here at the 3A County Ground,

this big crowd just proves how key T20 is to the financial health

of domestic cricket. Chris Grant is Chairman and

Finance Director here. Chris, how's the Friday Night Lights

thing going overall? It's great. Absolutely great.

Fantastic weather and a sell`out crowd, so that is delightful for us

to see. I think good weather is pushing the crowds. They talk about

success on the pitch is and son Those are the two key ingredients! .

Let's hear from your customdrs. I'm retired and I very much likd coming

out in the sunshine. It is ` great start to the weekend. The w`s had

music and dance is great for the fans to watch. What's better than a

few jars with the boys and the back of cricket on a Friday night?

Everyone is up for a laugh. That is a really positive response. Explain

how vital these games are to you. Absolutely vital. The T20 is about

50% of the whole income for the club. Concentrated on a few nights

like this, you desperately want the sun. What do you do with thhs next

and how do you build on it? The whole idea of Friday nights is a

good concept. People can cole after work, school or college. It is

accessible and that is the whole idea. NatWest put a lot of loney

into this. How do you build the county up? We have work to do here.

This is not Trent Bridge yet, but we have plans for ground development

which will start at the end of summer. We have ?1 million to spend

down here, developing the ground over the winter. We will have the

facilities for people to enjoy next year. It isn't going great on the

field. But it is nice to sed how well it is going for cricket.

I'm very jealous. I have sat in my winter coat at cricket recently

We are expecting heavy, thundery downpours tomorrow. The Met Office

had issued a warning for he`vy rain. 25 millimetres within an hour

as possible but it is hard to pinpoint where the heaviest rainfall

will be. The reason for the conditions is the hot, humid air

from the South. Cold air will come in from the Atlantic on the early

hours of Saturday, which will bring us active, stormy conditions. This

evening, it is dry and it stays this way through the evening. As we head

towards dawn, we start to sde cloud increasing and one or two hdavy

thundery showers. Temperatures should only dropped to 13 Cdlsius,

so it is money. `` muggy. Wd expect, thunder, lightning and he'll

tomorrow, so some very unsettled conditions. Showers end tow`rds the

end of this afternoon `` thd afternoon. Sunday, there is an

improvement. A warm day without humidity and a lot of dry wdather,

but some showers. For now, ht is beautiful here in Derby and what

more can you ask for? That's it from us. See you next

week. The average person moves home

eight times during their life. So that's eight times

we have to move the sofa.