:00:09. > :00:11.This is East Midlands Today with Geeta Pendse and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:12. > :00:13.Tonight ` freed. A man who spent six years in jail
:00:14. > :00:28.for a murder he didn't commht. And today cleared of ordering the
:00:29. > :00:34.shooting of a teenager. She should never have been there in thd first
:00:35. > :00:41.place and someone has lost the life but it was not the fault of my son.
:00:42. > :00:50.He was saved by a bone marrow transplant, now he is recruhting new
:00:51. > :00:55.donors. I know how difficult it was to get the dawn, this is my way of
:00:56. > :01:00.giving something back and shgning up for life savers. And the chhldren's
:01:01. > :01:19.laureate pays a visit. Good evening.
:01:20. > :01:23.Welcome to Wednesday's programme. First.
:01:24. > :01:25.A man who was jailed for a lurder he didn't commit has been freed
:01:26. > :01:28.after almost six years behind bars. Michael Hamblett`Sewell was
:01:29. > :01:32.originally convicted of ordering the shooting of the
:01:33. > :01:35.Derby teenager, Kadeem Blackwood. The prosecution had used
:01:36. > :01:39.a controversial law known as "joint enterprise".
:01:40. > :01:43.But today, after a SECOND rd`trial, a jury decided that he WASN'T
:01:44. > :01:46.guilty. Our Social Affairs Correspondent,
:01:47. > :01:54.Jeremy Ball, was in court. An emotional day?
:01:55. > :01:57.Yes. There were gasps and tears
:01:58. > :02:02.from family who were sitting just behind me.
:02:03. > :02:06.I heard them shout "thank you jury," and then, "thank you judge".
:02:07. > :02:09.As that jury took barely a couple of hours to clear Michael H`mblett
:02:10. > :02:19.Sewell, of committing one of Derby's most notorious murders.
:02:20. > :02:29.Free for the first time in `lmost six years he left court tod`y numb
:02:30. > :02:34.with promotion. I am just pleased that justice has finally bedn done.
:02:35. > :02:41.We have suffered for the last six years with name`calling and I have
:02:42. > :02:46.even lost a job through it. He should never have been paid in the
:02:47. > :02:52.first place. At the end of the DA young man has lost his life but
:02:53. > :02:59.through no fault of my son. A 15`year`old was murdered in this
:03:00. > :03:05.part. He was a keen musician who recorded this track for his girl
:03:06. > :03:08.friend but a trivial row ovdr this respect led to this horrifyhng
:03:09. > :03:35.treble nine call. It is now almost six years since the
:03:36. > :03:38.shooting. Two men were jaildd for life for the murder. Michael
:03:39. > :03:50.Hamblett Sewell denied he h`d ordered the shooting. This secondary
:03:51. > :03:56.trial finally cleared his n`me. I am just proud that the name has been
:03:57. > :04:03.cleared and my sister can now get on with her life. He has practhcally
:04:04. > :04:10.grown up in prison. He was 09 when it happened and is 25 now. H hope
:04:11. > :04:18.nothing like this ever happdns again. He has lost six years of
:04:19. > :04:24.liberty and the murder will affect the rest of his life. Why h`s it
:04:25. > :04:30.taken so long for Michael H`mblett Sewell to clear his name? This was a
:04:31. > :04:37.really difficult case to prove either way. The prosecution used a
:04:38. > :04:43.controversial law known as joint enterprise. They simply had to prove
:04:44. > :04:44.he was involved in the markdr. Some evidence used that trial later
:04:45. > :04:59.proved to be unreliable. Let's speak to Paul Bacon,
:05:00. > :05:01.a local lawyer who's defenddd more than 60 murder suspects.
:05:02. > :05:05.Why's the "joint enterprise" law used?
:05:06. > :05:13.There are crimes involving groups of young men. It means different people
:05:14. > :05:17.can be charged with the samd offence even though they have played
:05:18. > :05:23.different roles in the crimd. You look at the reaction there has been
:05:24. > :05:27.to these charges and prosecttions, there are so many appeals which is
:05:28. > :05:32.an indication if there is an unsatisfactory area of the law. I
:05:33. > :05:38.suppose in a lot of these c`ses the person doing the killing is simply
:05:39. > :05:45.following orders, does this not make sure it is the person who is
:05:46. > :05:48.responsible? Before this cale fashionable you were charged with
:05:49. > :05:54.different offences, aiding `nd abetting, a free, if you were not
:05:55. > :05:58.the principal offender who had pulled the trigger knowinglx are
:05:59. > :06:11.just played in all together and it is left to the duty to try to tease
:06:12. > :06:18.out who is responsible. `` Julie. Michael Hamblett Sewell's f`mily say
:06:19. > :06:30.they are also concerned abott the joint enterprise system as well
:06:31. > :06:34.A Leicester care home at thd centre of allegations of ill treatlent had
:06:35. > :06:37.systematic failings, accordhng to a report by an independent regulator.
:06:38. > :06:40.Care Quality Commission inspectors visited Fosse Court in July.
:06:41. > :06:41.The home failed 4 out of 5 `reas of evaluation
:06:42. > :06:43.including safeguarding against abuse and managing medication.
:06:44. > :06:45.The home closed in July after four workers were arrdsted.
:06:46. > :06:48.Last week police confirmed no further action would be takdn.
:06:49. > :06:50.Today the family of one forler resident spoke of their concerns.
:06:51. > :07:02.Every time she said they do not give me food, they do not give md
:07:03. > :07:11.medicine properly, they do not come and clean, I am upset. My
:07:12. > :07:16.mother`in`law says she is a very clean lady. Every time I crhed. She
:07:17. > :07:24.is there and we cannot do anything. In a statement, Fosse Court Care
:07:25. > :07:27.home say they've produced ddtailed representations of what thex believe
:07:28. > :07:30.to be factual inaccuracies hn the report based on the July inspections
:07:31. > :07:33.and are taking advice from their legal team
:07:34. > :07:35.about challenging its contents. Six men have appeared
:07:36. > :07:37.before magistrates in connection with the death of a 30`year`old
:07:38. > :07:40.mother of two in Leicestershire Hayley Pointon died
:07:41. > :07:44.from a single gunshot wound at a house in Sunnydale Road
:07:45. > :07:48.in Hinckley last February. Two 24`year`old men have bedn
:07:49. > :07:51.charged with murder and four others with assisting an offender.
:07:52. > :07:57.They've all been remanded in custody and are due to appear
:07:58. > :07:59.at Leicester Crown Court on Friday. Coming up:
:08:00. > :08:03.A bit of a page turner. We'll be talking to the star guest
:08:04. > :08:13.of a week`long festival of reading that's taking place in Leicdster.
:08:14. > :08:17.Next tonight, one of the biggest ever resdarch
:08:18. > :08:19.studies into breast cancer. The Royal Derby Hospital
:08:20. > :08:23.is leading the way. And it could end up changing
:08:24. > :08:26.treatment around the world. Over the next ten years
:08:27. > :08:30.the investigation will focus on whether armpit surgery is really
:08:31. > :08:34.necessary when breast cancer has spread to the lymph glands.
:08:35. > :08:37.The surgery can leave some women with permanent side effects.
:08:38. > :08:56.Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons reports.
:08:57. > :09:06.It was a nightmare being in hospital. Ten years on she has been
:09:07. > :09:12.given the all clear from thd disease and is running a here salon. But for
:09:13. > :09:18.life she has been given a lymphoedema which is a swelling in
:09:19. > :09:25.her rest and is unable to lhft heavy things. I cannot lift pans or the
:09:26. > :09:36.Hoover. I have to district ly workload. Will the weather hn future
:09:37. > :09:42.it is possible to avoid lymph node surgery and use something else
:09:43. > :09:47.instead. To find out it will involve 2000 patients being monitordd. 0
:09:48. > :09:52.hospitals are getting involved in the project across the UK and it
:09:53. > :09:57.will take ten years to get the results. The surgeon behind the
:09:58. > :10:02.study says removing diseased lymph nodes will remain the usual
:10:03. > :10:07.treatment for now but with 00,0 0 procedures per year in the TK there
:10:08. > :10:14.is huge interest in finding alternatives. This trial, ddpending
:10:15. > :10:19.on the results, had the potdntial to change treatment. If the sttdy shows
:10:20. > :10:27.there is no added benefit of taking the lymph nodes out then we do not
:10:28. > :10:34.need to do it. Karen knows only too well how far cancer treatment has
:10:35. > :10:39.come. You have to look at it, yes, it is life`threatening but ht is not
:10:40. > :10:45.a death sentence any more. @ lot of people survive. There is life after
:10:46. > :10:51.that and I am living proof of that. A police officer from Leicestershire
:10:52. > :10:54.whose life was saved by a bone marrow transplant has inspired
:10:55. > :10:56.hundreds of people to sign ` register to become potential donors.
:10:57. > :11:02.Rik Basra was suffering from leukaemia and had only weeks to
:11:03. > :11:05.live when HIS donor was found. Today he and his wife held dvents
:11:06. > :11:09.across Leicester to try to recruit one thousand donors in just one day.
:11:10. > :11:28.Helen Astle reports. It has been a busy day at the
:11:29. > :11:39.University. 100 students have signed up for those who need a bond marrow
:11:40. > :11:43.transplant. I had the dreaddd conversation with the surgeon when I
:11:44. > :11:49.was told to start making arrangements. I know what it feels
:11:50. > :11:53.like to be at the darkest. Ht is very frightening and there hs
:11:54. > :11:58.nothing you can do, you are relying on a stranger. You look arotnd at
:11:59. > :12:04.all the people you see in everyday life and you think you could help,
:12:05. > :12:08.you could be the one to savd my husband's life. They are trxing to
:12:09. > :12:14.encourage as many people as hospital to sign up to become a donor. Among
:12:15. > :12:21.those lending the support this footballer, the aim was to get 000
:12:22. > :12:28.new donors signed up in just one day. I know a lot of people in my
:12:29. > :12:35.family who have got illnessds and it is a good cause to donate. Xou are
:12:36. > :12:39.helping somebody. We all have a right to live so if we can help each
:12:40. > :12:45.other out in some way that hs what I am here for. It is really e`sy to
:12:46. > :12:53.register, all you need to do is fill in this form, spit in this tube and
:12:54. > :12:58.wait to see if you are needdd. To give somebody the chance of life is
:12:59. > :13:03.all the thanks I need, it is such a wonderful feeling. It is so humbling
:13:04. > :13:10.to see so many people helping out to try to get to that vision. Hn the
:13:11. > :13:15.last few minutes we have he`rd they have reached their target, hn fact,
:13:16. > :13:17.just over 1000 people have signed up to become donors and there `re still
:13:18. > :13:23.students queueing to registdr. An airline which hasn't flown
:13:24. > :13:26.from East Midlands Airport for 18 years is returning.
:13:27. > :13:29.Aer Lingus Regional, which hs operated by Stobart Air, is starting
:13:30. > :13:32.a new direct route to Dublin. 70,000 passengers are expected to
:13:33. > :13:43.use the service in the first year. It will start in February 2015.
:13:44. > :13:45.The Conservative Party confdrence has wrapped up in Birminghal,
:13:46. > :13:48.with the Prime Minister tempting voters with tax cuts, an enhanced
:13:49. > :13:50.NHS and a tough stance on Etrope. There was also a pledge
:13:51. > :13:54.on building new homes for first time buyers and a curb
:13:55. > :13:57.on welfare benefits for migrants. So what's the likely impact of his
:13:58. > :13:59.conference speech on the political landscape of the East Midlands?
:14:00. > :14:00.From Birmingham's International Convention Centre, here's
:14:01. > :14:13.our Political Editor John Hdss. With eight months to go to the next
:14:14. > :14:20.general election the prime linister outlined his policies and pledges
:14:21. > :14:27.which he hopes will appeal to the porters, especially on tax. On
:14:28. > :14:33.minimum wage you will pay no income tax at all, nothing, zero, zilch.
:14:34. > :14:40.The conference speeches abott rallying the troops. But David
:14:41. > :14:46.Cameron's tax pledge was for ?2 billion in the first two ye`rs of
:14:47. > :14:53.the next Parliament. How will that political language go down hn the
:14:54. > :15:00.Tory held seats that are under threat from UKIP and labour. It is a
:15:01. > :15:09.straight fight between myself and labour. David Cameron was w`nting to
:15:10. > :15:14.appeal to voters who might not normally consider voting
:15:15. > :15:20.Conservative. One local lawxer thinks he might have pulled that
:15:21. > :15:27.off. He has given us a double dose of oxygen. We can knock on doors and
:15:28. > :15:31.ask people to give us anothdr term. Labour, UKIP and the Lib Dels whose
:15:32. > :15:33.conference gets underway thhs weekend will be asking if those
:15:34. > :15:39.pledges add up. The former Children's Laure`te,
:15:40. > :15:42.Michael Rosen, has described as criminal
:15:43. > :15:44.the axing of most of Derbyshire s fleet of mobile libraries.
:15:45. > :15:48.He was speaking during a visit to Leicester, where he was
:15:49. > :15:50.one of the star names in a week`long festival to promote reading.
:15:51. > :15:53.Mr Rosen, who's well`known for his outspoken
:15:54. > :15:59.views, also told us he's in favour of making a library a statutory
:16:00. > :16:00.requirement in every school. Mike O'Sullivan's been
:16:01. > :16:14.along to meet him. The teacher will come along and
:16:15. > :16:20.pressed me on the top of thd head. The former children's Lordy it on
:16:21. > :16:25.the Saint Matthews estate in Leicester at a primary school. He
:16:26. > :16:30.was there as part of the Re`ding festival. I asked him about a story
:16:31. > :16:36.yesterday when we reported that most of the mobile library fleet in
:16:37. > :16:39.Leicestershire is to be axed. It is criminal because the council is
:16:40. > :16:45.doing it and it is criminal because we do not need to. Libraries were
:16:46. > :16:50.fought for in the 19th centtry because people said everybody should
:16:51. > :16:55.have books. It is in books we find out about the world. To then take
:16:56. > :17:02.that away on the ludicrous pretext that somehow we cannot afford it is
:17:03. > :17:07.the nonsense and it is crimhnal The city aims to promote a love of
:17:08. > :17:14.reading in every Child. I lhke to read fantasy books because they
:17:15. > :17:18.build your imagination. It hs important for everyone becatse it
:17:19. > :17:23.helps in your stats and your writing. It helps you with xour
:17:24. > :17:32.speaking. It helps you with your writing. He is passionate about his
:17:33. > :17:38.need for a library in every school. It is compulsory and statutory to
:17:39. > :17:42.have libraries in prisons, ht is compulsory for local authorhties to
:17:43. > :17:46.provide one kind of library service but the one place it is not
:17:47. > :17:55.compulsory is schools. How crazy is that? They expect more star authors
:17:56. > :17:58.next year as the reputation of this festival grows.
:17:59. > :18:01.Still to come this evening ` is our weather on the turn?
:18:02. > :18:11.Anna will be here with the forecast. And the taste of the tropics in
:18:12. > :18:20.Derby, I'll be meeting the lan who has known this. `` grown thhs. Very
:18:21. > :18:33.exotic, just like Kirsty! Thank you! Action from Nottingham Forest
:18:34. > :18:36.and Notts County and some fhghting talk from the Leicester Tigdrs.
:18:37. > :18:37.But first to Derby County. A sending off.
:18:38. > :18:39.A disallowed goal. Two frustrated managers.
:18:40. > :18:41.But in the end Steve McClardn celebrated the anniversary
:18:42. > :18:43.of his appointment as Derby's boss with another win.
:18:44. > :18:47.Mark Shardlow was at the I Pro Stadium.
:18:48. > :18:56.It was a game that turned on this incident. The ball going in the net
:18:57. > :19:02.four Derby after frustrating defending over an hour. The effort
:19:03. > :19:05.they had other thoughts, he disallowed the goal, sent off the
:19:06. > :19:12.keeper and awarded Derby a free kick. The left decided and handball
:19:13. > :19:21.outside the area meant a dismissal and not a goat. In doing so, he
:19:22. > :19:27.upset the fans and both man`gers. I did not see a handball. It was very
:19:28. > :19:32.close. To disallow it, I do not know. What great guys that referee
:19:33. > :19:37.has got! know. What great guys that referee
:19:38. > :19:44.has got! Derby made the most of the one`man advantage. This beattifully
:19:45. > :19:47.taken goal. There was an occasional skier but the victory was m`de
:19:48. > :19:55.certain with this from Chris Martin just before the end. The progression
:19:56. > :20:02.that the team have made is phenomenal. You only have to look at
:20:03. > :20:06.the results. A much better team more organised, absolutely
:20:07. > :20:11.fantastic. I was one of his worst critics but we had in a good
:20:12. > :20:20.position. He has made it like you want to come again. What do you
:20:21. > :20:21.think of Steve? I think he hs a really good manager,
:20:22. > :20:26.think of Steve? I think he hs a really good manager, one of the best
:20:27. > :20:28.we have ever had. It ended hn success with the promise of more to
:20:29. > :20:37.come by his second annivers`ry. Nottingham Forest missed out on
:20:38. > :20:39.returning to the top of the table after a goalless draw at Wigan. It's
:20:40. > :20:50.their third 0`0 in a row. Stuart Pearce is team are still
:20:51. > :20:55.claiming points, they might well have won this one. This could so
:20:56. > :21:00.easily have given them the lead at Wigan. As the other end there were
:21:01. > :21:04.skiers as Wigan produced ond of the best performances of the se`son
:21:05. > :21:13.There was nothing candid about this since awaiting effort. Then they
:21:14. > :21:27.find the keeper rather than the net. Well, with league leaders Norwich
:21:28. > :21:30.losing last night, a win would have put Forest back
:21:31. > :21:32.on top of the Championship table. It is incredbily tight.
:21:33. > :21:34.Forest are second on goal difference.
:21:35. > :21:36.Derby County are in 4th. Just a point behind.
:21:37. > :21:39.But Wolves will go top if they win tonight.
:21:40. > :21:41.In League One, Notts County have now gone six games unbeaten.
:21:42. > :21:43.They had their biggest win of the season at bottom club Crewe
:21:44. > :21:56.last night. Notts County waited patiently for
:21:57. > :22:03.the opening goal which eventually came a minute from half`timd. The
:22:04. > :22:08.striker was on target again just six minutes into the second half. This
:22:09. > :22:14.time the celebration was nohsy and flamboyant as he doubled his tally
:22:15. > :22:18.for the season. Notts were well in command against the wiki is to
:22:19. > :22:22.defence in the league and they wrapped it up with this.
:22:23. > :22:25.Rugby and the Leicester Tigdrs head coach Richard Cockerill
:22:26. > :22:28.has hit back at his critics. The Tigers have lost back to back
:22:29. > :22:31.games in their worst start to the season since Cockerill was
:22:32. > :22:34.appointed five years ago. A thrashing at Bath was followed by
:22:35. > :22:38.a home defeat as the Tigers battle on without 20 injured players.
:22:39. > :22:49.And some critics have questhoned Leicester's training methods.
:22:50. > :22:55.Honestly, they can do what they want. I cannot control the
:22:56. > :23:00.irrational thoughts of people outside this environment but I can
:23:01. > :23:04.control this environment and we have good coaches, good people, we will
:23:05. > :23:08.battle away and when it goes well I want the people who are getting the
:23:09. > :23:13.stick now to see I was wrong and well done. Fighting talk indeed
:23:14. > :23:22.That is of the sport. In a moment we'll have the latest
:23:23. > :23:25.on this balmy weather, but first we meet a man who, come rain or shine,
:23:26. > :23:28.brings a taste of the tropics to his back garden in Derby.
:23:29. > :23:29.We sent Jo Healey to meet Mike Whittaker who can't resist
:23:30. > :23:39.growing exotic fruits. In the past we have shown ndw home
:23:40. > :23:45.prom whoppers and show stoppers Today it is fruit surprising the
:23:46. > :23:52.neighbours in Derby. They could not believe you have grown a pineapple
:23:53. > :23:58.in Derby. It is a challenge. It is the seat you know it must do
:23:59. > :24:09.something. When it gets too big the botanical art and have taken on one
:24:10. > :24:20.of my yucca plants. The seat of his obsession was planted three decades
:24:21. > :24:32.ago when he planted a stone. How do I grew a pineapple? First you get
:24:33. > :24:47.one in season. You cut it lhke that. Take some leaves off. You mtst keep
:24:48. > :24:53.the soil damp and I'm it like this. Here's one I made earlier. Dight
:24:54. > :24:55.years earlier! A lot of trotble to go to but it is beautiful. @nd I am
:24:56. > :25:11.sure very tasty! It has been doing nicely for the
:25:12. > :25:15.first day in October. Temperatures of 19 Celsius, really good for
:25:16. > :25:22.October. Similar tomorrow, lostly dry with some fine sunny spdlls but
:25:23. > :25:26.all change at the weekend. There will be a few clear spells `s we go
:25:27. > :25:31.through the night but also ` few showers in the north of the region.
:25:32. > :25:37.It could be a touch of grass frost in the north but for most of us the
:25:38. > :25:47.cloud will persist. There could be a few isolated spells of mist or fog.
:25:48. > :25:51.The risk of an isolated shower but on the poll largely dry. Clogher
:25:52. > :25:58.will break to give some bright or sunny spells. Temperatures peaking
:25:59. > :26:06.at 18 or 19 Celsius. From Friday things start to change slowly. It
:26:07. > :26:11.will be dry, bright and warl but the winds will increase on Frid`y. Look
:26:12. > :26:16.to the north and we see this band of rain, it is the weather front and it
:26:17. > :26:21.will make its way south eastwards as we go through Friday night hnto
:26:22. > :26:27.Saturday. It is a wet and whndy night on Friday and a wet and windy
:26:28. > :26:31.start to Saturday. Once it clears there will be there will be the
:26:32. > :26:43.reduction of much cold the `rea weather on Saturday. I am all talked
:26:44. > :26:47.up by the weather! She is almost no! `` all emotional.
:26:48. > :27:23.Families left without a pay packet at the end of the month.
:27:24. > :27:27.Government borrowing on a scale not seen since the war.