:00:00. > :00:00.general and as it is World Book Day we have the writer and illustrator,
:00:00. > :00:18.Raymond Good evening.
:00:19. > :00:20.I'm Asad Ahmad. A criminal who BBC London exposed
:00:21. > :00:22.for being behind what's described as "the largest job scam in London"
:00:23. > :00:27.to date - is still defrauding Londoners out
:00:28. > :00:31.of thousands of pounds. John Phillips promises job-seekers
:00:32. > :00:34.and the unemployed well-paid jobs - Several months ago,
:00:35. > :00:38.we uncovered his scam. But he's managed to escape justice,
:00:39. > :00:41.and continues to make This exclusive report
:00:42. > :00:48.is from Guy Lynn. I don't know what
:00:49. > :00:54.you're talking about. This was a criminal we
:00:55. > :00:56.tracked down last October, Now we have discovered
:00:57. > :01:00.he is still up to Welcome.
:01:01. > :01:04.I am John Phillips. John Phillips, fraudster and thief,
:01:05. > :01:06.who we exposed conning job-seekers like these
:01:07. > :01:12.with fake jobs for a fee. I got scammed really,
:01:13. > :01:14.really badly, Four months ago, we went undercover
:01:15. > :01:23.posing as a job-seeker to see how Phillips preyed on those
:01:24. > :01:27.who posted CVs on job websites. He told us he was the
:01:28. > :01:30.manager of a large HR To start work,
:01:31. > :01:42.applicants had to pay him upfront fees of hundreds
:01:43. > :01:45.of pounds for bogus jobs. Part of them doing the work
:01:46. > :01:48.for him involved bringing in others who were also
:01:49. > :01:50.looking for jobs. They ended up falling victim
:01:51. > :01:53.to the scam as well. We want to find a way
:01:54. > :01:55.to make money... We secretly recorded
:01:56. > :02:00.him masterminding the scam outside and collecting any
:02:01. > :02:05.cash that was handed over. I don't know what
:02:06. > :02:07.you're talking about. You don't know what
:02:08. > :02:09.we're talking about? We have been recording you over
:02:10. > :02:11.the last few months. Phillips was exposed
:02:12. > :02:14.on the BBC in October but we can tonight reveal he then carried
:02:15. > :02:17.on as if nothing had happened, ripping off
:02:18. > :02:21.many more Londoners. In October, he told
:02:22. > :02:23.applicants is name was Or Nathan Phillips.
:02:24. > :02:29.Sometimes, Bill Barnett. Now we can reveal he
:02:30. > :02:31.has metamorphosized And if you want to
:02:32. > :02:37.know what it feels like to be ripped off by him,
:02:38. > :02:41.ask these two, who do not want to be Both have been conned
:02:42. > :02:44.in the last few weeks. It was just horrible
:02:45. > :02:47.to deal with it and you just feel like everything comes
:02:48. > :02:49.crashing down around you. I was crying because
:02:50. > :02:53.it is kind of hard when you think you have finally
:02:54. > :02:56.found a job and then it Scores of people have now
:02:57. > :03:00.reported this scam to the Metropolitan Police
:03:01. > :03:08.and Action Fraud. This former Met Detective Chief
:03:09. > :03:14.Inspector is appalled I would say that Mr
:03:15. > :03:21.Phillips is probably one of the more serious
:03:22. > :03:23.and persistent offenders I have seen
:03:24. > :03:27.operating in this field. To be going for so long,
:03:28. > :03:29.to have so many victims, there is no reason
:03:30. > :03:32.why he should not be We have had a tip-off
:03:33. > :03:42.that Mr Phillips is doing some job interviews
:03:43. > :03:45.here in Covent Garden, potentially to scam more people
:03:46. > :03:47.of hundreds of pounds. What we're going to do is give him
:03:48. > :03:49.a bit of a surprise. You have now changed
:03:50. > :03:52.your name, I believe, You changed your name
:03:53. > :03:59.to another name, have you? You're continuing
:04:00. > :04:02.to defraud Londoners, Mr Phillips' scam has
:04:03. > :04:07.been described as Why is it you seem
:04:08. > :04:11.to think it is OK to keep defrauding
:04:12. > :04:13.Londoners in this way? I do not know what
:04:14. > :04:16.you're talking about. Unfortunately, the BBC cannot
:04:17. > :04:18.physically stop him. Goodbye to you.
:04:19. > :04:20.Goodbye. We are warning the authorities
:04:21. > :04:35.and London's job-seekers An 80-year-old woman has been found
:04:36. > :04:37.murdered in a garage, in an allotment where she worked
:04:38. > :04:41.in north west London. Leah Adri-Soejoko was discovered
:04:42. > :04:45.in a lock-up on Tuesday. She was known as everyone's
:04:46. > :04:53.grandmother and a pillar Today, friends were in shock
:04:54. > :04:59.at the news of the murder. When you needed something,
:05:00. > :05:07.you'd go to her. Just after 2am on Tuesday,
:05:08. > :05:16.Leah's body was found at Colindale The popular grandmother
:05:17. > :05:23.was secretary of the Barnet Police say she was a very active
:05:24. > :05:29.80-year-old who loved She is a really active for 80 years
:05:30. > :05:34.old, in and around the allotments, There are 90 allotment
:05:35. > :05:39.plots at Colindale. Today, police have been searching
:05:40. > :05:42.the site for clues and carrying out Police say they do not have any
:05:43. > :05:47.clues yet about who murdered Leah. They are investigating reports rough
:05:48. > :05:49.sleepers got onto allotments through this hole in the fence
:05:50. > :05:52.and are trying to find out who was responsible
:05:53. > :05:55.for a spate of thefts We're appealing to anyone who saw
:05:56. > :06:01.Leah here, particularly on Monday. She wore black boots
:06:02. > :06:04.with white spots, pink piping Her friends spoke to her
:06:05. > :06:17.on the phone at 2.30pm on Monday. Were you are on the
:06:18. > :06:28.allotments on Monday? Police say they are not saying
:06:29. > :06:53.exactly how Leah was murdered for operational reasons,
:06:54. > :06:56.but they say the much loved 80 year old lost her life in the most tragic
:06:57. > :07:05.way possible and the killer A number of residents
:07:06. > :07:10.in Brondesbury Park are spending tonight away from their homes,
:07:11. > :07:14.after a suspected World War II bomb Louisa Preston is there for us
:07:15. > :07:22.now with the latest. The building site is just behind the
:07:23. > :07:26.houses behind me. The army trucks are here tonight. They are on site
:07:27. > :07:32.now, trying to make that bomb safe. This is an extremely residential
:07:33. > :07:35.area and all of the homes have been evacuated today. Many people have
:07:36. > :07:39.been asked to leave their homes. Some were allowed back in to collect
:07:40. > :07:46.belongings, but most of them are spending the evening in hotels and B
:07:47. > :07:49.and Bs. There is a refuge centre for some residence. I spoke to some of
:07:50. > :07:52.them. They are dealing with it safely, it's just inconvenient. It's
:07:53. > :07:57.for security purposes but it's annoying. I've just come off a
:07:58. > :08:03.flight from New Zealand so I was keen to sleep in my own bed. This is
:08:04. > :08:08.a World War II bomb. What else do we know about the device? Yes, it's a
:08:09. > :08:15.World War II bomb and it's believed to be about 500lb. It's a big bomb.
:08:16. > :08:21.London Fire Brigade sent out these pictures which give an illustration
:08:22. > :08:28.of how big the bomb is. There's a spade and it gives you an idea how
:08:29. > :08:35.big that bomb is in relation to what the size of the spade is. The army
:08:36. > :08:41.has released a picture tonight. Another illustration of what they
:08:42. > :08:45.are dealing with tonight. Some schools in the area will possibly be
:08:46. > :08:52.shut tomorrow, but the council is saying all parents will be contacted
:08:53. > :08:59.if schools are evacuated. We are being told this problem won't be
:09:00. > :09:03.solved until by tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. People will be out
:09:04. > :09:07.if they have evacuated their homes, until tomorrow.
:09:08. > :09:12.Inspectors have criticised the Metropolitan Police for "failing
:09:13. > :09:14.vulnerable people" - particularly children
:09:15. > :09:20.Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary published a scathing
:09:21. > :09:24.report into policing in England and Wales - and it told the Met it
:09:25. > :09:30.The force is short of 700 detectives, but today,
:09:31. > :09:34.senior officers said the assessment was unfair.
:09:35. > :09:38.But I think today's report, looking at the breadth of policing, misses
:09:39. > :09:40.some of the challenges we are facing today.
:09:41. > :09:42.It doesn't pick up on the fact that we are putting many more
:09:43. > :09:44.resources into counterterrorism, particularly firearms officers.
:09:45. > :09:46.We have spoken about that regularly, the
:09:47. > :09:48.600 extra officers to help protect Londoners.
:09:49. > :09:50.And it doesn't really talk about those difficult choices
:09:51. > :09:56.We're squeezing resources, making sure we put
:09:57. > :09:59.our officers in the best place possible to protect Londoners from
:10:00. > :10:03.That's it for now from me, but let's find out what
:10:04. > :10:21.Tomorrow morning, it will get off took a wet start. It's dry now.
:10:22. > :10:24.Rainfall will push up as we go through the night. Temperatures are
:10:25. > :10:30.not going down much further from where they are at the moment. 4-6dC.
:10:31. > :10:35.Breezy as we start the day tomorrow. Not as windy as today. This is the
:10:36. > :10:41.morning rain. It will be a wet commute. Into the afternoon, turning
:10:42. > :10:48.drier and brighter. It may get warmer than this. We may see 13, or
:10:49. > :10:53.14 Celsius. This is the start of the weekend. There's no guarantee of a
:10:54. > :10:59.spell of rain on Saturday morning, but it's a possibility, clearing to
:11:00. > :11:06.a few showers. Part two of the weekend, we have more rain in the
:11:07. > :11:07.forecast. Rain at times this weekend, not all the