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Here on BBC One, it's time
for the news where you are. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:01 | |
Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
There's concern that
hundreds of cases | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
in the criminal justice system -
including rapes and murders - | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
could be in jeopardy,
after the collapse of | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
a private forensics firm. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
It handles samples of DNA
for the Metropolitan Police | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
and other forces,
which have now stepped in | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
to bail the company out. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
They say they've used public
money to avoid potential | 0:00:31 | 0:00:36 | |
miscarriages of justice.
Here's Alpa Patel. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
An 18-year-old boy has been stabbed
to death in what police have | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
described as a senseless
racial attack. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
Stephen Lawrence was killed... | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
Advances in forensics
techniques finally led to the | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
convictions of Stephen
Lawrence's killers. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
It's one example of how the work
of forensic scientists is | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
crucial in catching criminals. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
But some we have spoken to say
the industry is in crisis. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:05 | |
It is after the collapse
of this company, Key | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
Forensic Services Limited. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:10 | |
It is one of just three
companies of its kind | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
in England and Wales, processing
samples for dozens of police forces. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
The collapse affects these seven
forces in the south-east, including | 0:01:16 | 0:01:21 | |
the Metropolitan police. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
Combined, these forces
have more than 510 | 0:01:24 | 0:01:31 | |
samples and cases
waiting to be processed. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
And that is why the police say
they have stepped in, | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
pumping in public money
in order to keep the company | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
going for at least two months. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:40 | |
We don't know how much money
has been spent, despite | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
requests for that information. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
But it is reported
to be in the millions. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
With only three commercial companies
doing most of the work, if | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
one of them is going to actually
collapse, that is going to put | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
a massive strain on the other two. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
We need to ensure that standards
are kept high throughout | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
all the processing of these cases,
which means it's impossible | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
to quickly ramp up
all of those cases. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
Invariably that means that evidence
items will be delayed and | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
that will have a knock-on
effect on various cases | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
that are at the moment
going through the criminal | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
justice system. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:15 | |
All of this is raising questions
about the government's | 0:02:15 | 0:02:20 | |
decision to privatise the forensic
science services in 2012. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
Most forensic work
is now outsourced. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
Critics have raised concerns
about the quality of that work. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
The senior detective
in the Stephen Lawrence case says | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
there is an argument to look again
at how the industry responded. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:44 | |
-- is funded. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
I don't think I could be
that ungracious to say | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
their only concern would be to make
a profit, but my common sense tells | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
me they would want to make a profit. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
So maybe if we took that
burden away from them, | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
that it wasn't a profit-making
industry, then maybe | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
that would be better
for the criminal justice system. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
Yesterday, the forensic
science regulator | 0:03:03 | 0:03:04 | |
called for a review
into the involvement of private | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
companies and raised concerns
about the industry. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:14 | |
We did approach Key Forensic
Services Limited about our story but | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
they declined to comment. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:18 | |
The police watchdog is examining
a video which appears to show | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
a Metropolitan Police Officer
punching a demonstrator | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
in North London. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:26 | |
The incident took place
during a march at the weekend. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
Chris Rogers is here now. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:29 | |
You've looked at this
footage closely. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:35 | |
Yeah. The video was posted on social
media by a Kurdish campaign group. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:40 | |
It was filmed by an eyewitness on
Sunday in Haringey at a march | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
against Turkish military attacks on
Kurdish territories inside Syria. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:50 | |
According to eyewitnesses,
protestors clashed with | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
demonstrators supporting the Turkish
military action. The footage shows | 0:03:53 | 0:03:57 | |
two police officers, one a medical
officer, we know that because of the | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
Green Cross on his shoulder, pinning
the protest to the ground and the | 0:04:01 | 0:04:06 | |
medical officer, it appears,
pointing him. We don't know where he | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
punched him. That is what it appears
to show. Now that video is being | 0:04:10 | 0:04:16 | |
referred by Scotland Yard to the
Independent police watchdog. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
So what happens now? | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
They will study the footage and
speak to the officers involved. Some | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
experts have suggested that could be
a police tactic. It is not for us to | 0:04:24 | 0:04:30 | |
decide. It is down to the police
watchdog. They could come back with | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
a decision as early as this Friday.
That decision will be to launch a | 0:04:34 | 0:04:39 | |
formal investigation into exactly
what happened. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
Chris, thank you. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
The illegal practice
of Female Genital Mutilation | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
in London, was brought up
by politicians today. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
And the question they were asking,
was why, after the police had | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
logged hundreds of complaints
and the NHS had identified | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
thousands of victims,
was there not a single prosecution | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
in London last year? | 0:04:57 | 0:05:03 | |
Tim Donovan has been
hearing from a survivor. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
I was cut at the age of 11. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
I was cut together with my
cousins and sisters. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
We were 15 in number.
I remember everything today. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
It's like it just
happened yesterday. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
Imagine it has been 20 odd years. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
This woman suffered FGM. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:23 | |
Now an outreach worker in Southwark,
she campaigns against it. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:28 | |
They believe that women
who are not cut are unclean. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:35 | |
And the chances of them getting
married is very slim. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
According to officials figures last
year, there were more than 2500 | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
cases of FGM identified
by the NHS in London. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
Conservatives on the London Assembly
questioning why then | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
there were only 199 reports of FGM
logged by the police, and why there | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
were no prosecutions. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
Police have got to start
working closer with the | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
NHS, or the other way round. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
I feel for the police because it is
such a difficult thing. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
In France, I think, in quite
a few years they have had | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
at least 100 prosecutions.
In this country we haven't. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:12 | |
Police say it is misleading
to compare recorded Met | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
figures with anonymous NHS data. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
The vast majority
of those referred to | 0:06:17 | 0:06:24 | |
in the NHS data set are adult women
were subject to FGM prior to | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
arriving in the UK. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
A statement says there would be
no requirement on any | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
health professional to share this
information with police. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
We have a lot of cases
were professionals, | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
social workers in particular,
who have suspected FGM | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
and make a referral. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:48 | |
If police think it's
complex they do here, too. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
A training session for health
and social workers in Sutton | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
on how to detect
and how to intervene. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
It's not just about prosecution
but about prior action | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
through FGM prevention orders. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
These are orders you get
from the court are quite specific. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
They will say a child
or an adult woman cannot go to | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
their country because they have
suspected FGM takes place. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
So in some ways it has prevented
FGM from taking place. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
So we have had over 200 of those
go through the family | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
courts where applications have been
made, similar to an injunction. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:15 | |
Some say too much
negative review over | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
prosecutions could further undermine
confidence, making it less | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
likely people reported. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:22 | |
But campaigners say that frankly
every opportunity needs | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
to be seized to raise awareness. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:31 | |
So it's a hundred years since women
were allowed to vote - | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
and for the first time,
all men over the age of 21. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
To mark the centenary,
tonight we meet Mary Ellis. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
She's the last surviving female
pilot from the Second World War - | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
and she's been speaking
to Sarah Harris about | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
her magnificent work. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:51 | |
She was born before women first
got the vote and became | 0:07:51 | 0:07:55 | |
an aviation pioneer. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:56 | |
Even at 101 years old,
Mary likes to visit Biggin Hill | 0:07:56 | 0:08:01 | |
to see the planes she flew solo
during the Second World War. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:06 | |
Much to the shock of the male ground
crew who initially refused | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
to take her to check-in. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
"We can't go, we're
waiting for the pilot." | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
I said, "I am the pilot." | 0:08:15 | 0:08:20 | |
There is little me in my navy blue
and gold blazer, you know. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:25 | |
They wouldn't believe me. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:31 | |
They sent two men in to search
the aeroplane to make sure. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
ARCHIVE. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:34 | |
The daily delivery of operational
aircraft is only a man's job. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
Training machines and other
less powerful planes | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
are piloted by the women,
and it's a job they're | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
doing exceedingly well. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
In fact, Mary was flying
bombers solo where men | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
would have a team of seven crew. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
There were other dangers too. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
Along came another
aeroplane beside me, | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
with German markings on it. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
I thought - oh, my goodness. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:02 | |
Oh, I haven't seen
any of those before. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
I waved him away like that,
and he waved to me like that. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:11 | |
I was so frightened. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:16 | |
Now Mary encourages other young
women to take up flying in a world | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
still dominated by men. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
She says there's
nothing quite like it. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:28 | |
Up in the air on your own
and you can do whatever you like. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:33 | |
You know, I flew 400 Spitfires
and occasionally I would take one up | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
and go and play with the clouds,
which was so delightful and lovely. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:42 | |
Oh, I can't tell you
how wonderful it was. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
Sarah Harris, BBC London News. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:54 | |
A great example for both men and
women. Now the weather. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
A great example for both men and
women. Now the weather. Very cold | 0:09:57 | 0:10:02 | |
indeed today. But bright. We had
sunny skies overhead. This picture | 0:10:02 | 0:10:07 | |
sums elope perfectly. One of our
Weather Watchers in Waterloo. Blue | 0:10:07 | 0:10:13 | |
skies overhead. I can't promised
that would be the case tomorrow. We | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
will start the day with clear skies.
Starry skies at the moment in most | 0:10:17 | 0:10:23 | |
places. Underneath the clear skies
it will turn into a very cold night. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
Even -3 in town. -6 in the
countryside. Tomorrow morning, where | 0:10:27 | 0:10:34 | |
you see the Green map, that shows
bright skies and sunshine. The grey | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
shading is cloud. A fair amount of
cloud as we go into the afternoon. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:46 | |
Most places staying dry. Patchy rain
in the west later. A touch milder | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
than it has been. Six or 7 degrees.
Here is your Outlook for the next | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
few days. Temperatures dipping away.
The weekend milder. Rain on | 0:10:56 | 0:11:02 | |
Saturday, | 0:11:02 | 0:11:02 |