:00:04. > :00:07.Look North. Tonight, the unanswered question in the Raoul Moat affair.
:00:07. > :00:12.Why was he released from jail and allowed to kill after making a
:00:12. > :00:15.series of threats? An exclusive report coming up.
:00:15. > :00:19.Three die, including a baby, in a horrific head-on crash involving a
:00:19. > :00:24.car and a lorry. Also tonight, "it's murder", say
:00:24. > :00:28.police investigating the death of an 81-year-old man.
:00:28. > :00:33.A �30,000 insult - why the family of a woman killed in a terrorist
:00:33. > :00:36.attack believe their compensation payout isn't enough.
:00:36. > :00:40.And help around the house for heroes from the British Legion when
:00:40. > :00:43.you can no longer do it yourself. In sport, a couple of our local
:00:43. > :00:47.heroes tell us what they think about the top-class Olympic
:00:47. > :00:50.football that's heading north. But a row over access to a planned
:00:50. > :01:00.new stadium means we won't be playing host to the Rugby League
:01:00. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:13.We start tonight with a Look North exclusive. The one question about
:01:13. > :01:16.the Raoul Moat affair that's never been answered, until now. While he
:01:16. > :01:19.was in Durham Prison, Moat made a series of threats against his
:01:19. > :01:23.former girlfriend and her new boyfriend. So why was Moat then
:01:23. > :01:27.released and allowed to go on to kill in Gateshead that night in
:01:27. > :01:34.July 2010? Our investigation into this story's final missing link has
:01:34. > :01:36.That a warning passed on by a prison officer bounced around
:01:36. > :01:45.various in-trays after Moat was released and had already begun
:01:45. > :01:48.And that when an urgent email was finally sent, it went unread
:01:48. > :01:53.because it arrived at 4.15pm on a Friday afternoon, when the police
:01:53. > :02:03.officers it was sent to had already Our chief reporter, Chris Stewart,
:02:03. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:09.joins us. Month and month and we have always known that when prison
:02:09. > :02:13.officers did speak to police officers around the time of Moat's
:02:13. > :02:17.release, but until tonight, we have not been able to tell you what was
:02:17. > :02:23.said and when. And what exactly happened from the moment the
:02:23. > :02:27.authorities knew that Moat posed a possible danger.
:02:28. > :02:31.Durham prison, where Raoul Moat was serving a sentence for assault and
:02:31. > :02:36.where he sat plotting his murderous revenge after being told his
:02:36. > :02:40.girlfriend had dumped him for a new man. He shed those plans with a
:02:40. > :02:43.fellow prisoner. Moat made a specific threat that he would shoot
:02:43. > :02:48.the woman who had dumped him, Samantha Stobbart, and also the man
:02:48. > :02:53.she had dumped him for, Christopher Brown. He also said he had access
:02:53. > :02:57.to firearms. In made past the admission on to a prison officer
:02:57. > :03:02.but watered down the nature of the threat, so when the prison officer
:03:02. > :03:07.completed bodies called a Security Information Report, he wrote that
:03:07. > :03:10.Moat intended to serious it has sold his partner, but he also wrote
:03:10. > :03:16.the inmate had said whatever the outcome, he would not be returning
:03:16. > :03:21.to prison. That day was Thursday, 1st July. Moat had been released
:03:21. > :03:25.earlier that day. We have now established that over the next 24
:03:25. > :03:30.hours, that Security Information Report bounced around the prison
:03:30. > :03:35.from in-tray to in-tray. It was seen and signed by at least three
:03:35. > :03:40.officers. Moat, remember, was now on his way to collect the gun and
:03:40. > :03:44.ammunition he needed to carry out his threat. It was not until mid-
:03:44. > :03:48.afternoon on July 2nd, more than a day after Moat had been released,
:03:48. > :03:53.that the report was seen by a fourth person, a probation officer,
:03:53. > :03:57.has realised something had to be done straight away. So she
:03:58. > :04:01.immediately contacted Northumbria Police Public Protection Unit. She
:04:01. > :04:05.told them about the security of report and the threat it contained.
:04:05. > :04:10.But the police say it was not presented to them as high risk and
:04:10. > :04:16.they did not have Samantha Stobbart on their files as Moat's partner.
:04:16. > :04:18.The probation officer then cocked - - contacted a prison intelligence
:04:18. > :04:24.officer, who sent an email to the police, and the report was now
:04:24. > :04:31.marked as urgent. The man arrived with the Northumbria Police Force
:04:31. > :04:37.Information Bureau at 4:15pm. Moat, by now, was busy on the streets of
:04:37. > :04:39.Tyneside finalising his plan. But guess what? Email arrived when
:04:39. > :04:45.staff at the Police Information Bureau had gone home for the
:04:45. > :04:49.weekend. They have knocked off just a quarter of an hour earlier. 10
:04:49. > :04:53.hours later, Christopher Brown lay dead. Moat had shot him at close
:04:53. > :04:58.range with a shotgun, just as he had said he would. Samantha
:04:58. > :05:03.Stobbart suffered such -- horrendous injuries when she, too,
:05:03. > :05:08.was shot. Police officer David Rathband was blinded by a shotgun
:05:08. > :05:12.blast and would later take his own life. The IPCC was called in
:05:12. > :05:16.immediately after the shootings. Its report is yet to be published
:05:16. > :05:21.and it is closely guarded by we have managed to obtain a copy. In
:05:21. > :05:24.it, the police are criticised but the report says their failings were
:05:25. > :05:30.a performance issue rather than a disciplinary matter for the
:05:31. > :05:35.officers involved. Christopher Brown was later arrested -- laid to
:05:35. > :05:39.rest in his hometown of Slough. Nobody can know whether you would
:05:39. > :05:44.have lived had things not gone wrong. The report does not
:05:44. > :05:47.speculate on that. But it concludes by stating Northumbria Police have
:05:47. > :05:53.recognised the need for improvement and have already identified how
:05:53. > :06:00.this can be achieved. So, Chris, presumably the police
:06:00. > :06:04.and the Prison Service are aware of these apparent failings? Yes. It is
:06:04. > :06:07.fair to say the authorities aren't exactly happy we now have this
:06:07. > :06:12.information and there have been attempts to stop us telling this
:06:12. > :06:17.story. However, the senior police officer did speak to me this
:06:17. > :06:22.afternoon and many will recognise him from the original hunt for Moat
:06:22. > :06:24.with his accomplices. He has been telling me that the intelligence
:06:24. > :06:31.from the Prison Service simply was not specific enough for the police
:06:31. > :06:38.to raise the alarm. I asked him if he was disappointed about that.
:06:38. > :06:42.It's not for me to comment on what Durham prison did with intelligence.
:06:42. > :06:48.We can only deal with what was sent to us and what was actually
:06:49. > :06:53.presented to us. The issue around what Durham prison did with the
:06:53. > :06:57.intelligence, how they have a debt, the time they took to deal with it,
:06:57. > :07:02.-- how they handled it, the information and prioritising and
:07:02. > :07:08.how what was passed on, is a matter for them. But it does seem clear to
:07:08. > :07:14.me from your answer there that you think you, as an organisation, are
:07:14. > :07:19.less culpable than the Prison Service? Again, I don't want to get
:07:19. > :07:25.into blaming any organisation. I can only speak for the actions of
:07:25. > :07:28.our officers within the police and the organisation itself. I repeat
:07:28. > :07:32.again, based on the circumstances, what was known at the time and,
:07:33. > :07:37.more importantly, what was not known, when it was passed on to us,
:07:37. > :07:43.our officers do with it anyway that they deal with information on a
:07:43. > :07:51.regular basis. But what I want to make clear is, the investigation
:07:51. > :07:58.and the prosecution's of the culprits clearly showed how focused
:07:58. > :08:02.and absolutely fixated Raoul Moat was on causing this devastation and
:08:02. > :08:11.destruction, and to try to suggest we could have prevented that is a
:08:11. > :08:14.step too far. If so that is Detective Superinendent Neil
:08:14. > :08:17.Adamson from the police. Him intelligence was passed to
:08:17. > :08:21.police but the spokesman said to comment further would be
:08:21. > :08:25.inappropriate. It has not the impetus -- yet been decided whether
:08:25. > :08:30.there is to be an inquest into the death of Christopher Brown. If that
:08:30. > :08:33.happens, it will happen in public, and we could see officers,
:08:33. > :08:41.including prison officers, having to answer questions which they
:08:41. > :08:48.Three people have been killed this afternoon in a head-on crash
:08:48. > :08:51.involving a car and a lorry in County Durham. For the latest on
:08:51. > :09:01.that story, let's join Stephanie Lloyd on our news camera. What more
:09:01. > :09:06.
:09:06. > :09:10.do we know? We know the crash happened on the eve be 104 -- B
:09:10. > :09:14.1044. The collision of Dame Renault Megane and a Volvo truck. All of
:09:14. > :09:20.those who died were travelling in the car and in the last half-hour,
:09:20. > :09:25.we have learned they were all from the same family. A one-year-old
:09:25. > :09:31.baby girl was on the back seat, one of the victims. The other victims
:09:31. > :09:35.were a 75-year-old man, an 80-year- old woman, who was the rear
:09:35. > :09:39.passenger, and another woman, a front seat passenger, is being
:09:39. > :09:43.treated for serious injuries. The force of the crash resulted in the
:09:43. > :09:48.lorry going through a fence and into hedges and coming up an
:09:48. > :09:51.embankment before coming to a rest on a golf course. The 42-year-old
:09:51. > :09:56.lorry-driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by
:09:56. > :09:58.dangerous driving. We will have more on this in the late news.
:09:58. > :10:02.A murder investigation has been launched after a pensioner was
:10:02. > :10:04.found dead at his home in Middlesbrough. The 81-year-old man,
:10:04. > :10:08.who's been named locally as Colin Dunford, died from serious head
:10:08. > :10:11.injuries. He was discovered inside his house in the Gresham area of
:10:11. > :10:14.town on Monday night. Today neighbours have been paying tribute
:10:14. > :10:20.to someone they described as kind, gentle and without an enemy in the
:10:20. > :10:25.world, as Stuart Whincup reports. As forensic officers continue to
:10:25. > :10:27.search the property, neighbours speak of their shock and sadness.
:10:27. > :10:33.The 81-year-old man, named locally as Colin Dunford, was well-known
:10:33. > :10:40.and well-liked. One described him as a real gentleman without an
:10:40. > :10:43.enemy in the world. He was a regular in the local working-men's
:10:43. > :10:52.club, and would go everyday at the same time. When he didn't turn up,
:10:52. > :10:56.his friends called the police. was just a lovely fellow. He would
:10:57. > :11:02.come down and liked to crack jokes with us, having a laugh with us.
:11:02. > :11:09.Basically, that is it. That is the type of guy peoples. No harm to
:11:09. > :11:12.anybody. A lot of people here are feeling the same way. People here
:11:12. > :11:15.say they've been shocked to see their ordinary street turned into a
:11:15. > :11:19.crime scene. Patrols in the area have been steeped up in an attempt
:11:19. > :11:24.to reassure residents. All ask the same question - why would anyone
:11:24. > :11:31.attack a popular and gentle old man? He was a very quiet fellow. A
:11:31. > :11:36.very nice man, yes. It is a big shock, I must say. You read so many
:11:36. > :11:43.things... When it is four, five doors away from you, that is
:11:43. > :11:48.another thing. It is just scary. It is bad and sad. Very sad. When you
:11:48. > :11:51.get to that age and you're on your own. You don't know what is
:11:51. > :11:54.happening nowadays, do you? This evening, the police are appealing
:11:55. > :11:57.for anyone with information to come forward but so far there has been
:11:57. > :12:02.no arrest. Stuart joins us live now from our
:12:02. > :12:06.Teesside newsroom. Stuart, what are the police saying this evening?
:12:06. > :12:10.Initially, this was treated as a suspicious death but detectives say
:12:10. > :12:13.that changed when they saw the results of the postmortem, which
:12:13. > :12:18.showed Colin Dunford had suffered serious head injuries after a
:12:18. > :12:23.brutal attack. We saw the forensics search and house-to-house inquiries
:12:24. > :12:27.and we have also been told officers are trawling through CCTV footage.
:12:27. > :12:32.There are a number of cameras in the area and we are told the
:12:32. > :12:36.pensioner had a set routine, going to his club every day. Hopefully
:12:36. > :12:39.the footed will show us what he was doing in the hours before his death.
:12:39. > :12:42.-- the footage. A County Durham family caught up in
:12:42. > :12:45.a terrorist attack in Turkey have spoken of their shock at the
:12:45. > :12:49.reduced compensation they're being offered. Helyn Bennett, from
:12:49. > :12:52.Spennymoor, was killed in a bomb explosion in 2005. Five of her
:12:52. > :12:55.relatives were injured and still suffer to this day. They were
:12:55. > :12:57.initially awarded �1.1 million, but that's now been reduced to less
:12:57. > :13:01.than �30,000 after the Turkish government rejected their claim, as
:13:02. > :13:04.Damian O'Neil reports. The minibus bomb that killed Helyn
:13:04. > :13:09.Bennett during her summer holiday in Turkey also took the lives of
:13:09. > :13:19.four other people and injured five members of Helyn's family. Their
:13:19. > :13:24.lives have never been the same. remember all of it when I woke up.
:13:24. > :13:29.I had to shout at somebody to get me up because I thought they might
:13:29. > :13:35.incur was dead. I was hanging on the side. I now can't hear properly
:13:35. > :13:40.and I have got 10 it has all the time. They damaged my eyes. I have
:13:40. > :13:44.got nerve damage to my left leg, which will be continuous for the
:13:44. > :13:47.rest of my life. I have just got to manage it. The man who planted the
:13:47. > :13:50.bomb was given six life sentences, and a Turkish judge initially
:13:50. > :13:53.awarded the family �1.1 million in compensation. But the Turkish
:13:53. > :13:57.government appealed against the award, and now the family are being
:13:57. > :14:04.offered less than 30,000 between them. Helyn's uncle, who was badly
:14:04. > :14:09.injured in the blast, says there are double standards at play.
:14:09. > :14:13.are saying it had nothing to do with Turkey because we were blown
:14:13. > :14:18.up in their country, so they are giving us the least amount possible.
:14:18. > :14:22.It seems a shame because the London bombings, there were Turkish
:14:22. > :14:26.nationals involved and they receive compensation directly from our
:14:27. > :14:29.government. No arguments or nothing. The family is now hoping the
:14:29. > :14:33.British Government will step in and offer compensation, but that's
:14:33. > :14:37.still some way off. The money we eventually get from Turkey will be
:14:37. > :14:43.taken off the compensation they get from our government and then it is
:14:43. > :14:47.all of the forms they have got to sign but the doctors' report. And
:14:47. > :14:49.still no guarantee they will get anything. If compensation is
:14:50. > :14:53.eventually paid out, it will undoubtedly help. Michael has been
:14:53. > :14:58.unable to work since the attack, but as the family members all say,
:14:58. > :15:02.all the money in the world won't bring Helyn back.
:15:02. > :15:04.Still to come, Dawn's here with Wednesday's sports desk.
:15:04. > :15:07.Plus, Poppy Calls - the mobile service from the Royal British
:15:07. > :15:17.Legion which helps veterans across the North with their jobs around
:15:17. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:22.Well, today's news that the UK economy has returned to recession
:15:23. > :15:25.will be of no comfort if you're looking for a job. But it seems
:15:26. > :15:29.determination can still pay off for those unfortunate enough to be out
:15:29. > :15:33.of work. 23-year-old James Collingwood, from Wheatley Hill in
:15:33. > :15:38.County Durham, was jobless for nearly three years. He trained as a
:15:38. > :15:41.bricklayer and sent around 200 CVs to local companies. But his luck
:15:41. > :15:46.changed last month when he agreed to appear on Look North's economy
:15:46. > :15:50.debate programme, as Andy Smythe reports.
:15:50. > :15:54.He was a bricklayer without a job for three years. He is the chief
:15:54. > :15:58.executive of a national car sales company. Their paths wouldn't
:15:58. > :16:01.normally cross, but last month fate brought them together. Both were
:16:01. > :16:11.invited on Our Economy, the Look North Debate programme, to tell
:16:11. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:27.To have you ever had an interview? No. I was in an interview room and
:16:27. > :16:31.I was sat next to a gentleman called Robert Forrester. We just
:16:31. > :16:35.generally talked about how we were finding it hard to get employment
:16:35. > :16:40.in the area. It struck me as quite surprising that the individual sat
:16:40. > :16:50.next to me, who was well-spoken and well-presented, could be in a
:16:50. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:00.situation where he was unemployed for three years. James is very
:17:01. > :17:09.personable and finds it easy to talk to people. I think he has got
:17:09. > :17:12.the skills that can sell cars. There is only one problem.
:17:12. > :17:18.driver's licence! They said they would fund my driving lessons, so
:17:18. > :17:24.that is amazing how they are going to do that for us. It is probable
:17:24. > :17:27.James' prolific CD-sending would never have landed him a job. If it
:17:27. > :17:30.had landed on my desk, it would have gone into a dealership.
:17:30. > :17:35.Whether they would have taken a risk on a long-term unemployed
:17:35. > :17:40.person and given them an interview, I think it is questionable. I catch
:17:40. > :17:46.myself the willy, ready lucky how Lycett net -- sat next to Robert
:17:46. > :17:52.and got talking to him. So, fate, luck or just determination?
:17:52. > :17:58.Whatever, life is looking a lot less bleak for James now.
:17:58. > :18:02.Well done, James! Great news! Imagine you have spent your career
:18:02. > :18:05.in the forces. What can you do afterwards that gives you the same
:18:05. > :18:08.sense of public service while maintaining links with the
:18:08. > :18:12.military? Of Royal British Legion runs a mobile scheme which helps
:18:12. > :18:17.veterans with simple jobs around the house. And who better to carry
:18:17. > :18:20.out the work than a slightly younger ex-servicemen?
:18:20. > :18:26.He spent 22 years serving his country. Now he sends people who
:18:26. > :18:32.did the same many years before him. Just giving a bit back, really.
:18:32. > :18:37.More than anything. I enjoyed my time in the RAF and it is just nice
:18:37. > :18:41.to be able to help people out in this sort of way when they have
:18:42. > :18:47.served. The Poppy Calls service is open to all of us service veterans
:18:47. > :18:54.or their spouses or stop its aim - to keep them in independent lives.
:18:54. > :18:57.Today, Kevin is doing some work for Alf. He was a Fleet Air veteran.
:18:58. > :19:03.Kevin prides himself on being able to turn his hand to almost anything
:19:03. > :19:07.but in his job, he has to be more than just a handyman. It is
:19:07. > :19:11.certainly a bigger role than I thought it was going to be. We have
:19:11. > :19:14.trained case workers are we have to look for the signs, frailty or
:19:14. > :19:19.whatever, and there we have to report back. Then they can do
:19:19. > :19:23.something about it. Kevin and his colleagues, the whole region. Most
:19:23. > :19:28.of the work is free and it is a service there Legion is keen to
:19:28. > :19:32.publicise. For Kevin, no two days are ever the same and there is a
:19:32. > :19:37.lot of job satisfaction. I went over to a lady last week just to
:19:37. > :19:42.change a lightbulb. I was reading and she started crying. I said,
:19:42. > :19:48.whatever is the matter? She said, will I be able to sleep in my own
:19:48. > :19:52.bed? I can't sleep in the dock. I said, where have you been sleeping?
:19:53. > :19:57.She said, in my armchair. And you can find out what others
:19:57. > :20:01.are saying about that story on our Facebook page.
:20:01. > :20:04.Now time for the sport and some not so great sports news from West
:20:05. > :20:07.Cumbria. An ongoing row about access to a
:20:07. > :20:12.new sports stadium has cost Whitehaven the chance to host
:20:12. > :20:16.matches in next year's Rugby League World Cup. The town was to host
:20:16. > :20:20.games featuring Scotland, Tonga and Italy. Supporters say they are
:20:20. > :20:25.bitterly disappointed the new ground will not now be ready.
:20:25. > :20:29.The news last November that Whitehaven would host matches in
:20:29. > :20:32.the 2013 World Cup was greeted with much celebration. But last night,
:20:32. > :20:36.those backing the plans pulled the plug, claimed a deal over access
:20:36. > :20:40.land could not be done. Now they say the priority is a new stadium
:20:41. > :20:44.for the town itself. The World Cup was fantastic news for the area and
:20:44. > :20:49.we were all fully behind it. But it is greater the Rugby League and the
:20:49. > :20:52.World Cup. It is about a community stadium for the future with a wide
:20:53. > :20:58.range of different activities to take place there for the wider
:20:58. > :21:02.community, not just Rugby League. There is no doubt many supporters
:21:02. > :21:06.will be disappointed about this news. It would give supporters the
:21:07. > :21:13.chance to see international matches on their doorstep. But the owners
:21:13. > :21:17.of the land say it is emphatically not to blame. We hear another
:21:17. > :21:20.council have informed us they no longer want to negotiate with us
:21:20. > :21:26.regarding the access to the stadium. Do you think it is unfair for
:21:26. > :21:30.people to point the finger at you? Certainly. We have done everything
:21:30. > :21:35.in line, everything we should have done at the time. The international
:21:35. > :21:41.spotlight of the World Cup may now no longer be possible. But the hope
:21:41. > :21:44.is a new stadium can still be built. As we know, some of the best
:21:44. > :21:49.football teams and the world are coming to Newcastle for the
:21:49. > :21:53.Olympics. Brazil, Spain and Mexico will play at St James' Park and
:21:53. > :21:58.looking forward to the competition, two of the city's biggest sporting
:21:58. > :22:00.stars, who were at the ground this morning. It is it once-in-a-
:22:00. > :22:08.lifetime opportunity, not only for players coming to play here but
:22:08. > :22:13.also for fans to come and watch. came here to try to become an
:22:13. > :22:16.Olympic athlete and my first event was at St James' Park. Said to be
:22:16. > :22:21.here today and celebrating the likes of Brazil and Spain coming
:22:21. > :22:26.over his amazing. If I am a little jealous of these guys in the
:22:26. > :22:30.tournament. Stuart Pearce has some great young talent to pick from.
:22:30. > :22:36.Some over-rich players also! It is a shame I am one of age because I
:22:36. > :22:40.cannot make it. But how will be taking a keen interest, absolutely.
:22:41. > :22:48.And on a sad note, our condolences go to the Carlisle player of the
:22:48. > :22:52.year, Lee Miller, who scored 14 goals this season. The mother of
:22:52. > :22:57.their two boys and his wife has died. The cause of death has not
:22:57. > :22:59.yet been released but the player said it is the saddest day of his
:22:59. > :23:07.life. Sad news indeed. Now for the
:23:07. > :23:11.More cloudy weather right through this week and over the weekend as
:23:11. > :23:16.well. More rain coming out of it and the wind is picking up as well,
:23:16. > :23:20.so you don't have to be paddling at the seaside to get pretty wet! You
:23:20. > :23:24.will lead your umbrella is out and about. Here is confirmation for
:23:24. > :23:31.tomorrow, looking very wet and windy for tomorrow. This is the
:23:31. > :23:37.corporate bringing the weather our way - this low pressure. It brings
:23:37. > :23:42.in a heavy rain. -- the culprit. More in the way of rain and then
:23:42. > :23:45.hefty showers as well. The original weather front it snakes back around
:23:45. > :23:50.on Friday and continues the deluge right through to the end of the
:23:50. > :23:55.week. It is looking very, very softly through the next few days.
:23:55. > :23:59.Soggy out there already this evening. This is the original band
:23:59. > :24:02.of rain, pushing up through the evening and overnight. It will
:24:02. > :24:06.become entrenched through the region and through the early hours
:24:06. > :24:11.of tomorrow morning, it will still be in place right along this line,
:24:11. > :24:15.anywhere north of Durham and Kirby, still with that rain by dawn. But
:24:15. > :24:20.to the south, you could see it beginning to break up a bit towards
:24:20. > :24:26.the end of the night. With cloud everywhere, temperatures will be
:24:26. > :24:31.staying well up at five to 8 degrees Celsius. A bit of a
:24:31. > :24:35.surprise to see we have a warning out for heavy rain on and off right
:24:35. > :24:39.the way through Thursday. It will get going straight away. We left it
:24:39. > :24:43.in the North and there it will stay through the morning. Heavy showers
:24:43. > :24:53.but getting going and they are quite volatile. Some very hefty
:24:53. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:10.downpours with thunder and hail. Really quite turbulent. for the