:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham.
:00:07. > :00:11.A judge hits out at police for their failure to help Shana Grice -
:00:12. > :00:20.Michael Lane is jailed for a minimum of 25 years.
:00:21. > :00:22.The judge's comments were very clear, I think,
:00:23. > :00:29.That there may well be systemic failures within Sussex Police.
:00:30. > :00:37.CCTV is released of the shocking event a car crashes into account
:00:38. > :00:39.cafe, killing all on. The elderly driver has been spared prison. We
:00:40. > :00:42.are live at the Crown Court. More police officers
:00:43. > :00:45.on the streets of Kent - and raids in Sussex and Surrey
:00:46. > :00:48.following the terrorist It used to be the stuff
:00:49. > :00:51.of science fiction - we meet the Kent scientists
:00:52. > :00:54.harnessing the power of the brain. Like the old soldier,
:00:55. > :00:57.these trug craftsmen won't die. But trug makers tell us they're
:00:58. > :01:02.worried about the future Sussex Police have acknowledged
:01:03. > :01:17.there may have been "systemic failings" in the force -
:01:18. > :01:21.after a judge harshly criticised their behaviour
:01:22. > :01:23.in the months before Shana Grice was brutally murdered
:01:24. > :01:26.by her stalker. The 19-year-old had reported
:01:27. > :01:29.Michael Lane's disturbing behaviour to police
:01:30. > :01:32.on five separate occasions. But instead of taking
:01:33. > :01:35.action against him, they issued her with a fine
:01:36. > :01:38.for wasting police time. In sentencing Lane to a minimum
:01:39. > :01:41.of 25 years in jail, Mr Justice Green said the police had
:01:42. > :01:55."jumped to conclusions" It was the final day of the trial
:01:56. > :02:00.that has appalled the south-east. And today it became clear that the
:02:01. > :02:05.police were being judged as well as the defendant. Tell me what
:02:06. > :02:10.happened. I don't know. This is just one reason. The tracker that Michael
:02:11. > :02:16.Lane put on his victim's car. One of several examples that scared Shana
:02:17. > :02:19.Grice so much she reported him more than five times to the police in the
:02:20. > :02:35.seven months before her death. The judge was clear.
:02:36. > :02:39.During the trial, the court had heard that the police did on
:02:40. > :02:44.separate occasions one caution and arrest Lane, but today no excuses.
:02:45. > :02:49.The judge's comments were clear for the quarter to hear. There may well
:02:50. > :02:54.be systemic failures within Sussex Police. There is a lot of work that
:02:55. > :02:59.has happened since then to address those shortcomings if that's what
:03:00. > :03:03.they are found to be. That is all I can say about that at this time. It
:03:04. > :03:07.emerged in court today just why the police would even have considered
:03:08. > :03:13.punishing Shana Grice for as they put it, "Wasting their time". Lane
:03:14. > :03:16.it seems had kept back some embarrassing texts that didn't
:03:17. > :03:21.reflect well on Shana Grice. He showed them to the police and said
:03:22. > :03:26.to them that she can't be trusted, but he could. The judge did
:03:27. > :03:31.acknowledge that the investigation into Shana Grice's death was
:03:32. > :03:35.efficient and professional, but too late according to this campaign.
:03:36. > :03:39.Victims of stalking me to be believed, particularly when a victim
:03:40. > :03:46.has entered a relationship, the most dangerous time -- need to be
:03:47. > :03:49.believed. And inspection must be done on Sussex Police on how they
:03:50. > :03:53.deal with stalking and harassment to make sure that processes change. One
:03:54. > :03:57.of the most poignant moments today came in the judge commented that
:03:58. > :04:06.Shana Grice's envoys in a phone call had been used as evidence... That
:04:07. > :04:11.clear tones, the judge said, overconfident, vibrant young woman
:04:12. > :04:15.who in the words of her mother loved life.
:04:16. > :04:17.An 87-year-old man has been spared jail after admitting his dangerous
:04:18. > :04:20.driving led to the death of a woman in Westerham.
:04:21. > :04:25.David Lord lost control of his Audi on Christmas Eve in 2015,
:04:26. > :04:27.crashing into the front of a Costa coffee shop.
:04:28. > :04:29.Valerie Deakin was in the caf with her daughter
:04:30. > :04:33.Her family say they believe the crash was entirely avoidable
:04:34. > :04:37.Mr Lord has written them a letter of apology.
:04:38. > :04:41.There were gasps in court as CCTV footage was shown
:04:42. > :04:45.of the moments leading up to Valerie Deakin's death.
:04:46. > :04:47.David Lord's car hit several cars before careering
:04:48. > :04:50.across the pavement into Costa coffee.
:04:51. > :04:55.Valerie Deakin, who was sitting by the window, was thrown
:04:56. > :04:58.across the coffee shop, striking the wall on the far side.
:04:59. > :05:08.She died almost instantly, leaving her family bereft.
:05:09. > :05:11.The worst time is turning the light off and getting into bed.
:05:12. > :05:13.It's just like climbing into a black hole.
:05:14. > :05:17.It's one of total loss, total rejection.
:05:18. > :05:25.David Lord had confused the accelerator pedal
:05:26. > :05:28.with the brake for 15 seconds, described by the judge
:05:29. > :05:32.Mum was killed by a driver who should have exercised better
:05:33. > :05:33.judgment regarding his capability to drive safely.
:05:34. > :05:35.This incident was entirely avoidable, and should
:05:36. > :05:44.But the court heard until the crash there had been no evidence
:05:45. > :05:46.to suggest he was unfit to drive, and that he'd suffered
:05:47. > :05:57.Not necessarily only in the elderly, but yes, it is very common.
:05:58. > :06:00.And as was rightly explained in court, as soon as a person
:06:01. > :06:04.put their foot on the accelerator, mistaking it for the brake pedal,
:06:05. > :06:09.it is exceptionally common that they then start to panic.
:06:10. > :06:12.At a previous hearing, David Lord offered this apology...
:06:13. > :06:18.I have written a letter to them to tell them that.
:06:19. > :06:26.Everyone's having a timely reminder of their own mortality, really.
:06:27. > :06:29.When you are going about your innocent business having a coffee,
:06:30. > :06:31.a car can just come from nowhere and change life forever.
:06:32. > :06:34.David Lord was given a 22 month sentence suspended for two years
:06:35. > :06:39.and banned from driving for five years.
:06:40. > :06:43.And Simon joins from Maidstone Crown Court,
:06:44. > :06:45.and Simon the driver David Lord has offered to meet Valerie Deakin's
:06:46. > :07:01.That letter he had written to the family to apologise was handed to
:07:02. > :07:05.them at the end of sentencing today. Outside court, the family told me
:07:06. > :07:07.they had taken a look at it, it had given them some comfort but they
:07:08. > :07:11.wanted more time to consider whether they wanted to meet him
:07:12. > :07:16.face-to-face. On sentencing, the judge said although he was driving
:07:17. > :07:19.dangerously, he hadn't set out to do it deliberately, and the judge said
:07:20. > :07:23.it was by the grace of God that we were not talking about multiple
:07:24. > :07:26.deaths here is the car went up the curb onto the pavement past
:07:27. > :07:28.pedestrian and into the coffee shop. Thank you, Simon.
:07:29. > :07:36.Concern about a rise in child abuse. On average, four abuses a day
:07:37. > :07:40.recorded in Kent and Sussex. Extra armed police officers have
:07:41. > :07:42.been patrolling busy areas in the South East as a direct
:07:43. > :07:45.response to the terrorist Kent Police says there is no
:07:46. > :07:51.specific threat to the county but it has increased its presence at places
:07:52. > :07:54.like the Bluewater Shopping centre The force is also urging members
:07:55. > :07:59.of the public to be vigilant and report anything specific
:08:00. > :08:02.to the authorities. In a moment we'll go live to Sussex
:08:03. > :08:08.where raids have been carried out by Met Police officers
:08:09. > :08:10.investigating yesterday's attack. First we can talk to our reporter
:08:11. > :08:13.Lauren Moss at Canterbury Cathedral. Lauren, additional officers have
:08:14. > :08:24.been there today too? Yes. They have been patrolling the
:08:25. > :08:28.streets and stationed outside popular tourist attractions like the
:08:29. > :08:32.cathedral behind me. This isn't the first time I have seen things like
:08:33. > :08:35.this in recent months. It is a similar response to that of the
:08:36. > :08:37.aftermath of the Belgium and France terror attacks last year, but this
:08:38. > :08:39.is much, much closer. The terrorist attack which took
:08:40. > :08:42.place just 55 miles away from here has led to an increase
:08:43. > :08:44.armed police presence As of yesterday, the Chief Constable
:08:45. > :08:49.authorised immediately be additional We kept staff on duty,
:08:50. > :08:56.both armed staff and unarmed staff. The patrols will be stepped up
:08:57. > :08:59.in busy areas like the Bluewater Here at Canterbury Cathedral
:09:00. > :09:05.and the key international gateway In Westminster today, parliament
:09:06. > :09:09.tried to get back to normal. The Prime Minister said
:09:10. > :09:11.that the country will never I'm really pleased that the police
:09:12. > :09:18.have played such a high There is a few evil people
:09:19. > :09:25.trying to undermine us, but the rest of society will be
:09:26. > :09:28.stronger together in combating them. The police are also asking
:09:29. > :09:30.the public to help be In busy areas and tourist
:09:31. > :09:34.spots like in Canterbury, they are asking anyone who sees
:09:35. > :09:36.anything suspicious or out of the ordinary
:09:37. > :09:41.to report it immediately. We see it quite a lot
:09:42. > :09:44.at the moment at Bluewater. It makes you feel,
:09:45. > :09:48.makes me feel safer. I don't see how Canterbury
:09:49. > :09:58.is directly related, so I'm not too sure if it's that
:09:59. > :10:01.necessary, the presence here. I like the idea that this isn't
:10:02. > :10:04.so much of an armed police state, but I do think at times like this,
:10:05. > :10:08.it's probably quite a good idea. The additional armed
:10:09. > :10:24.officers will be in place The man who carried out the attack
:10:25. > :10:29.was originally from Kent? He has been named by police as Khalid
:10:30. > :10:34.Masood. He was 52 and born in Kent, but believe to be living in the West
:10:35. > :10:39.Midlands recently. Details are still emerging, but we do know that he had
:10:40. > :10:44.a range of previous convictions, dating back to 1983. The latest in
:10:45. > :10:48.2003, for being in the possession of a knife. We do know as well that at
:10:49. > :10:51.the time of yesterday's tax, he wasn't the focus of any police
:10:52. > :10:53.investigation. The Sussex force said tonight that
:10:54. > :10:56.policing across the county is operating as usual
:10:57. > :10:58.and that there is no current But it has been revealed that
:10:59. > :11:04.as part of the wider operation into the attack in Westminster
:11:05. > :11:07.that there has been police activity Let's go live to Brighton
:11:08. > :11:21.and our correspondent Mark Norman. The Metropolitan Police have
:11:22. > :11:25.confirmed that one address in Brighton was such an earlier on
:11:26. > :11:31.today. There were no arrests at that address, we understand, and such has
:11:32. > :11:38.concluded. Other search is ongoing in the country, one in Wales, three
:11:39. > :11:42.in Birmingham, and in east London. The police crime at an event at the
:11:43. > :11:48.city. She didn't know about the event, because it was led by the Met
:11:49. > :11:51.police. She by what has been said today, no specific threat in the
:11:52. > :11:55.country and that the public should continue to be vigilant. One address
:11:56. > :11:58.searched in Brighton earlier today, that such now concluded. -- that
:11:59. > :12:02.search. A man who agreed to meet a fourteen
:12:03. > :12:06.year old girl for sex has been sentenced to eighteen months
:12:07. > :12:08.in prison, suspended for two years. Chris Hartfield, from Sharpthorne
:12:09. > :12:11.in West Sussex, agreed to meet He was caught by the self-styled
:12:12. > :12:14.paedophile hunting group 'The Hunted One' who pretended to be
:12:15. > :12:17.the child online. He was subsequently charged
:12:18. > :12:19.with grooming his victim and attempting to incite her
:12:20. > :12:23.in sexual activity. No further action will be taken
:12:24. > :12:27.against a man who murdered his Kent Sandie Bowen who was originally
:12:28. > :12:30.from Folkestone, was murdered by her husband Michael Bowen in 1997
:12:31. > :12:32.but he never revealed Last month however,
:12:33. > :12:38.her remains were discovered Her husband was jailed for life
:12:39. > :12:43.a year later but was recently There's been a sharp rise
:12:44. > :12:48.in the number of child sex offences recorded by police forces in Kent
:12:49. > :12:51.and Sussex, prompting fresh warnings According to figures from the child
:12:52. > :12:56.safety charity the NSPCC, crimes against children and young
:12:57. > :12:59.people rose in Sussex from 1200 in 2014 and 15,
:13:00. > :13:04.to almost 1500 a year later, In Kent there was an 18% rise
:13:05. > :13:12.over the same period. Both forces recorded an average
:13:13. > :13:18.of four child sex offences a day. Charlie Rose has been hearing
:13:19. > :13:20.from a 21-year-old victim My dad said it was a punishment
:13:21. > :13:28.for being naughty, and it was a type And that if anyone found
:13:29. > :13:34.out, the police would When I got older and I was like,
:13:35. > :13:39.I don't really care if they come and take me away, he said that he'd
:13:40. > :13:42.kill my mum and make me She says she didn't tell her mother
:13:43. > :13:46.what had been happening When I was 17, my dad
:13:47. > :13:50.was arrested for something else, and then they came to our door
:13:51. > :13:53.and my mum asked me And I confirmed it,
:13:54. > :13:58.because she was begging And then the next day,
:13:59. > :14:02.the police came and spoke to me. And because of what my dad
:14:03. > :14:04.said about the police, And I thought there were just trying
:14:05. > :14:09.to get me or my dad in trouble. And then the more I kind of trusted
:14:10. > :14:12.them, the more I learned it is actually wrong and it's
:14:13. > :14:14.actually a crime. Charity the NSPCC says the latest
:14:15. > :14:16.figures it is obtained from the police show the number
:14:17. > :14:19.of recorded crimes against children These include rape, sexual assault
:14:20. > :14:25.and sexual exploitation. There are a number of things
:14:26. > :14:28.that we think might be behind this. The first is that there is a good,
:14:29. > :14:32.but are of victims to come forward following things like high profile
:14:33. > :14:43.cases in the news. We're also seeing that police
:14:44. > :14:46.are better at recording, reporting and investigating sexual
:14:47. > :14:48.crimes against children. The third thing is also
:14:49. > :14:50.really quite worrying, Because we can't rule out that
:14:51. > :14:53.because of the online world and online grooming,
:14:54. > :14:55.that there isn't more opportunity and access for sexual abuse
:14:56. > :14:58.to happen through the online world. This victim's father was arrested
:14:59. > :15:00.just before her 18th birthday. She says she still blames
:15:01. > :15:03.herself for what happened. I had the chance to speak out
:15:04. > :15:05.when the friend broke At that time come he was doing
:15:06. > :15:09.it to other people. I'm angry at all the people
:15:10. > :15:13.that and protect me, Both Kent and Sussex Police say
:15:14. > :15:30.they've invested considerable resources in tackling crimes
:15:31. > :15:31.of this kind. And train all officers
:15:32. > :15:33.and staff in recognising those who are vulnerable
:15:34. > :15:43.to child sexual exploitation. Sussex Police acknowledge there may
:15:44. > :15:50.have been systemic failings in the force after harsh criticism from a
:15:51. > :15:54.judge over the treatment of Shana Grice in the weeks before she was
:15:55. > :16:00.murdered. In sentencing her stalker, Michael Lane, to years in jail, the
:16:01. > :16:04.judge said police had stereotyped his victim.
:16:05. > :16:08.The new technology using the power of the brain
:16:09. > :16:20.As the weekend approaches, we see the return of more dry and bright
:16:21. > :16:21.weather. Details for you in the forecast a little later in the
:16:22. > :16:27.programme. Could the electrical
:16:28. > :16:29.activity in our brains hold Scientists at the University of Kent
:16:30. > :16:34.are working on new technology which could enable you to open
:16:35. > :16:36.an online bank account Just like fingerprints, brainwaves -
:16:37. > :16:41.the way our brain reacts to certain words or tasks -
:16:42. > :16:44.are unique to individuals. And new technology means
:16:45. > :16:47.the activity can now be tracked and recorded by wearing earphones
:16:48. > :16:50.fitted with small electrodes. That means you could use your
:16:51. > :16:53.brainwaves to access secure information -
:16:54. > :16:55.such as a bank account - instead of physically
:16:56. > :16:58.entering a PIN or password. Chrissie Reidy has
:16:59. > :17:04.tonight's special report. It's the stuff of science fiction,
:17:05. > :17:07.but is the power of the brainy Scientists at the University
:17:08. > :17:11.of Canterbury brainwaves could be used to identify someone instead
:17:12. > :17:17.of passwords and PIN numbers. -- University of Kent think
:17:18. > :17:20.brainwaves. It's difficult to create fake
:17:21. > :17:22.brainwaves, because it's Fingerprints, once it's compromised
:17:23. > :17:32.that someone steals it, it's gone. Whereas with a brain waves,
:17:33. > :17:35.we can always ask subject So not only is it fraud resistant,
:17:36. > :17:38.but also updatable. The idea is technology
:17:39. > :17:40.would identify a person's wave form by corresponding
:17:41. > :17:43.to a thought or movement. If you think very strong,
:17:44. > :17:47.you can see the waves, the peaks coming over
:17:48. > :17:49.here in this part. And of course, the beauty
:17:50. > :17:53.of it is this is all unique. This pattern is different
:17:54. > :17:58.for me and for you. Biometric technology
:17:59. > :18:00.using fingerprints, voice or face recognition has become increasingly
:18:01. > :18:02.popular, but some security experts Always a cat and mouse
:18:03. > :18:11.situation, right. They're always trying to find
:18:12. > :18:13.new ways of defeating our systems and we always try to find new ways
:18:14. > :18:17.of making the system more secure. So it's always difficult to make
:18:18. > :18:20.a system that is both reliable in saying that you are who you are,
:18:21. > :18:22.but also distinguishing But for this new approach to work,
:18:23. > :18:29.the science needs to be robust. It's got a number of
:18:30. > :18:32.challenges to overcome. The natural plasticity of the brain
:18:33. > :18:40.causes things to change over time, Interference in the
:18:41. > :18:46.brainwaves itself. Technology is still a long way
:18:47. > :18:49.behind the research, but the idea that thought
:18:50. > :18:52.could open your bank account will no There are, I'm reliably informed,
:18:53. > :19:00.few things more quintessentially For nearly 200 years
:19:01. > :19:03.the shallow wooden baskets, ideal for carrying cut flowers,
:19:04. > :19:06.have been handmade by local In fact, Meryl Streep
:19:07. > :19:11.and Catherine Deneuve are among But the craft is in danger -
:19:12. > :19:18.in fact it's almost extinct, according to the Heritage Craft
:19:19. > :19:19.Association. But one Sussex trug
:19:20. > :19:36.maker is fighting back - In the Sussex Hills, there is much
:19:37. > :19:40.ado about trug making. This in traditional skills and local sweet
:19:41. > :19:45.chestnut have been used here for centuries. It takes just as long as
:19:46. > :19:50.ever to learn. I started making them when I was about 19. This is my
:19:51. > :19:55.seventh year, which is not long in a trade like this. 30, 40 years, we
:19:56. > :20:00.start to get good! We over Queen Victoria was a big fan of the Sussex
:20:01. > :20:04.trug. She picked them up as presents for the Royal family at the great
:20:05. > :20:07.exhibition of 1851. There have been recent celebrity endorsements, too,
:20:08. > :20:16.Hollywood stars and the French actress. We met her in Paris. Just
:20:17. > :20:19.south of Paris. She bought a couple of trugs there. She came back to
:20:20. > :20:28.Sears in the autumn again in Baltimore. And had one repaired. --
:20:29. > :20:32.and bought some more. But the business is in trouble. The
:20:33. > :20:37.recession and cheap Chinese imports to blame. He is fighting back,
:20:38. > :20:41.hoping to set up a heritage visitor centre and taking on more
:20:42. > :20:47.apprentices. This man began his two years ago out of deciding college
:20:48. > :20:52.wasn't for him. A likely history of it, made in the 1800, tradition and
:20:53. > :20:59.craft still being made today. You are actually learning a skill and
:21:00. > :21:03.seeing results. This use of machinery... It harks back to a
:21:04. > :21:06.slower, preindustrial age. This group of craftsmen are determined to
:21:07. > :21:17.keep that alive. It's good weather for some gardening
:21:18. > :21:23.this weekend, we're hoping? Lots of sunshine, it will be breezy. We saw
:21:24. > :21:29.lots of cloud earlier today, bitterly cold east Winter league --
:21:30. > :21:33.easterly wind. It brightens up by the afternoon as we look toward
:21:34. > :21:37.Saturday and Sunday, it will be dry, particularly in sheltered spots.
:21:38. > :21:42.Warm sunshine around, but quite chilly. Overnight temperatures
:21:43. > :21:47.dropping quite close to freezing. As we saw earlier, an area of rain,
:21:48. > :21:51.mostly to the west of us. A good deal of cloud, but with that brisk
:21:52. > :21:55.easterly wind we have been seeing clearer skies around. We'll see
:21:56. > :21:59.those as we had through tonight. Many of us will see temperatures
:22:00. > :22:04.drop to around three or four degrees in moral spots. Along the coast, one
:22:05. > :22:09.or two scattered showers, perhaps temperatures not dropping much below
:22:10. > :22:14.six or seven. Before Friday, breezy and initially there will be a good
:22:15. > :22:18.deal of cloud around. By the afternoon, it will be brightening
:22:19. > :22:23.up. This area of high pressure is therefore as, the brisk, cool
:22:24. > :22:28.easterly wind. 15 to 20 miles an hour, particularly strong along the
:22:29. > :22:31.coast. Lots of cloud first thing, we start to see sunshine by the
:22:32. > :22:37.afternoon. In more sheltered spots, we could see a maximum of ten or 11
:22:38. > :22:41.degrees, perhaps warmer than that. Particularly on the east coast,
:22:42. > :22:45.temperatures not getting much above seven or eight. From Friday into
:22:46. > :22:49.Saturday, overnight temperatures in moral spots getting close to
:22:50. > :22:55.freezing. Because of the strength of the wind, we should be staying at
:22:56. > :23:04.and four five -- in rural spots. Italy started Saturday, brisk winds.
:23:05. > :23:09.We'll see temperatures reached 12 or 13 degrees -- a brisk start to
:23:10. > :23:14.Saturday. The winners go back to a southerly direction by Tuesday, the
:23:15. > :23:17.chance that you can see some rain around. Over the next couple of
:23:18. > :23:22.days, and improving the story. For Friday, it start cloudy. By
:23:23. > :23:27.afternoon more sunshine around, and for Saturday and Sunday it is quite
:23:28. > :23:31.mild and bright. Chilly in the afternoons -- chilly in the morning.
:23:32. > :23:40.And improving story in the weather. Thank you, Rachel. I'll be back with
:23:41. > :23:42.the 8pm and 10:30pm News. Join me then. I will see tomorrow. Have a
:23:43. > :23:47.good night, good night.