0:00:04 > 0:00:07Hello and welcome to South Today, I'm Anjana Gadgil.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Tonight's top stories: Sussex Police say it's "tragically unfortunate"
0:00:09 > 0:00:12they didn't catch this man before he beat someone to death over money
0:00:12 > 0:00:15And since when did a soft drink become synonymous with Christmas?
0:00:15 > 0:00:24Not everyone in Bournemouth is feeling the festive fizz.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Business is booming in Southampton but what's the cost for the
0:00:27 > 0:00:33environment. And since when did a soft drink become synonymous with
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Christmas. Not everyone is feeling it.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46Could Sussex Police have stopped a violent drunk from murdering a man
0:00:46 > 0:00:47in a row over £40?
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Duncan Hearsey was jailed for 21 years for beating Alan Creasey
0:00:50 > 0:00:51to death in Lancing last year.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54But it's emerged that not only had Mr Creasey called 999
0:00:54 > 0:00:58worried for his safety - but a pub and a kebab shop had also
0:00:58 > 0:01:03dialled 999 that night because of Hearsey's aggressive behaviour.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Sussex Police is reviewing its handling of the case and said
0:01:06 > 0:01:08it's "tragically unfortunate" they failed to catch him.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Piers Hopkirk reports.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Holding his jeans splattered in blood from the brutal
0:01:17 > 0:01:19assault on his victim, CCTV shows Duncan Hearsey walking
0:01:19 > 0:01:27around his neighbourhood in Shoreham, at one point
0:01:27 > 0:01:28shadow-boxing in the street.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Minutes before, he had attacked Alan Creasey,
0:01:30 > 0:01:31kicking him to death after apparently demanding £40
0:01:31 > 0:01:36for a gardening job.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39It's emerged police had received a series of calls that evening
0:01:39 > 0:01:45from two pubs and a kebab shop reporting Hearsey's hostility.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47On the night of the fatal attack on Alan Creasey,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50police were called on three separate occasions by people concerned over
0:01:50 > 0:01:55Duncan Hearsey's behaviour.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Then, at 8:15pm, Creasey himself called police
0:01:57 > 0:01:59after an altercation with Hearsey.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Police attended, but left at 8:30pm to pursue leads, advising
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Mr Creasey to lock his doors.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09They returned to Mr Creasey's home at 9:10pm to find
0:02:09 > 0:02:13him seriously injured.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15CCTV shows how Hearsey had returned to Mr Creasey's home
0:02:15 > 0:02:19after the police had left, and kicked him to death.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Sussex Police is now carrying out an internal
0:02:21 > 0:02:23investigation into what happened, and to examine whether
0:02:23 > 0:02:26lessons can be learned.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29We do need to investigate the matter to see if the police
0:02:29 > 0:02:37have erred in any way, and as you've mentioned,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40it is a local investigation so they will be looking to see
0:02:40 > 0:02:42whether we did everything we could and everything
0:02:42 > 0:02:43reasonable at the time.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Mr Creasey's neighbours described him as a troubled man.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48He has been a nuisance to the neighbourhood in general.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Everywhere he went, he created chaos.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52He wasn't a quiet man, he was a man looking
0:02:52 > 0:02:57for a fight all the time.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59I can't see the police have got any blame.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01They were trying to do their job.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03They were looking for Duncan.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06They did tell Alan to lock the doors.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09But Duncan got back in.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Sad.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14David Simmons is a councillor in Shoreham and a retired policeman.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18The nature of the call, the gravity of the call,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22if that was seen as a high priority, and it clearly was, they will look
0:03:22 > 0:03:25at a time it took police to respond, and whether the police could have
0:03:25 > 0:03:27done anything more effectively to prevent this crime
0:03:27 > 0:03:31in the first place.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Hearsey was jailed for 21 years for murder.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Detectives described it as tragically unfortunate
0:03:34 > 0:03:38that he wasn't arrested sooner.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39The force's professional standards department
0:03:39 > 0:03:40will make its own judgment.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Piers Hopkirk, BBC South Today.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Sangita Lal has been looking into this story
0:03:48 > 0:03:49and joins me now in the studio.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Sangita, why are Sussex Police carrying out
0:03:51 > 0:03:59their own investigation?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02If prior contact has been made between a victim and the police then
0:04:02 > 0:04:07a referral to the Independent Police Complaints Commission is mandatory.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11The IPCC have looked into this case and they don't believe it warrants a
0:04:11 > 0:04:16full investigation so they have reverted back to Sussex Police's
0:04:16 > 0:04:19professional standards department and ask them to carry out their own
0:04:19 > 0:04:20investigation into what happened.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22And what will the investigation entail?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25They'll examine the force's response to events on that day before coming
0:04:25 > 0:04:27back with conclusions - they'll be looking to see
0:04:27 > 0:04:29if anything could or should have been done differently
0:04:29 > 0:04:31and whether any lessons can be learned following
0:04:31 > 0:04:32what happened here back in May.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35The jury has been discharged in the trial of an Army sergeant
0:04:35 > 0:04:38who was accused of trying to murder his wife after it
0:04:38 > 0:04:39failing to reach a verdict.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Emile Cilliers was accused of tampering with his wife
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Victoria's parachute - charges which he denied.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45The court had been sitting for seven weeks.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49The Crown Prosecution Service says it will seek a retrial.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Ships are pouring out "filthy pollution" across Southampton
0:04:54 > 0:04:56and the Solent according to a leading Professor.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58The warning came during a Commons hearing on air quality today.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Professor Stephen Holgate told MPs there are currently "no solutions"
0:05:01 > 0:05:05in place to the problem.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Earlier this year the World Health Organisation called Southampton one
0:05:08 > 0:05:10of the most polluted cities in the UK.
0:05:10 > 0:05:20Lewis Coombes is live from Southampton Port this evening.
0:05:20 > 0:05:29Big business, isn't it? Cruise ships and container ships are to love
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Southampton's biggest businesses and both are expanding. Last year there
0:05:34 > 0:05:38were nearly nine times as many passengers compared to 20 years ago
0:05:38 > 0:05:42and 85% of them either left that ended their cruises you in
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Southampton but it comes at a cost.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46When a cruise ship or container ship docks here -
0:05:46 > 0:05:49they leave their engines running, burning heavy fuel oil,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51which is more polluting than the petrol in our cars,
0:05:51 > 0:05:52in particular it emits harmful sulphur.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54And today a highly respected Professor from Southampton
0:05:54 > 0:06:02University told MPs that's a problem.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Massive great ships are pouring out filthy smoke, blowing over the
0:06:06 > 0:06:11Solent over the city with the most toxic pollution. Our big problem is
0:06:11 > 0:06:15shipping and we have got no solution. We need to make sure that
0:06:15 > 0:06:18the local authorities take it sufficiently seriously to encourage
0:06:18 > 0:06:22the good health of its populace.How is the situation going to be
0:06:22 > 0:06:29improved? The government has set Southampton targets to clean a third
0:06:29 > 0:06:31by 2020. The council says it will meet with local businesses and tried
0:06:31 > 0:06:36to come with this clean their strategy before the end of the year.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Their own Air Quality Review found that the port accounts for nearly
0:06:38 > 0:06:41a quarter of Air Pollution in the city, so that's defintiely
0:06:41 > 0:06:42an area to focus on.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46The cruise industry will soon build its first ships powered
0:06:46 > 0:06:48by cleaner liquefied natural gas, but they're still a few
0:06:48 > 0:06:50years away and so far only two are on order.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Another option is to charge the ship from shore when it's docked -
0:06:53 > 0:06:56literally plugging it in - but there isn't the infrastructure
0:06:56 > 0:07:01here - as it stands if you took the power needed for a cruise ship
0:07:01 > 0:07:09from the national grid the lights in Southampton would all go out.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10That's not a great plan.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14ABP who own the port have told us in the past this is something
0:07:14 > 0:07:15they're going to look at.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18P&O cruises told us it is preparing a new study into its Environmental
0:07:18 > 0:07:21performance, which it will publish before Christmas.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Since when did a soft drink become synonymous with Christmas?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Every winter Coca-Cola's Santa truck rolls into town but this year,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31not everyone has been sharing the festive fizz.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33The coke team were in Bournemouth today handing out cans,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35but, alongside them, was another group handing
0:07:35 > 0:07:36out toothbrushes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Steve Humphrey was there too.
0:07:43 > 0:07:50It is a festive road show promoting a soft drink.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Those arriving for some fizz and photos were greeted
0:07:53 > 0:07:54by campaigners with toothbrushes, urging people to consider
0:07:54 > 0:07:59the impact on their dental health and waistlines.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01She doesn't have them, it is only me.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06We don't drink a lot of it ourselves, we agree.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Special occasions.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11You have chosen the zero sugar option.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17I would never give full sugar Coke.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20The sustainable food partnership says the message is clear.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24A lot more people are aware of the impact of what you eat and drink
0:08:24 > 0:08:25on your health and well-being.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29No one from Coca-Cola was available for interview.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31The company said in a statement this road show is pre-Christmas fun
0:08:31 > 0:08:34and it points out only small cans of drink are being given away
0:08:34 > 0:08:41and two of the three drinks choices are sugar free.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47We have a policy not to market our products to under
0:08:47 > 0:08:5012s and will not be providing drinks to under trials
0:08:50 > 0:08:54unless their parent or guardian is happy for us to do so.
0:08:54 > 0:09:02In a twist, Bournemouth council which backs the sustainable food
0:09:02 > 0:09:05city partnership told campaigners they couldn't give out toothbrushes
0:09:05 > 0:09:07as Coca-Cola had booked the space for its event.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12We are not actively being aggressive to Coca-Cola or anyone else,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14it is to get a message out there.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17It is disappointing.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19The council says the Coca-Cola truck is very popular but it
0:09:19 > 0:09:21says through sports, recreation and well-being services,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23it is encouraging everyone to maintain a balanced healthy
0:09:23 > 0:09:28lifestyle over the Christmas holidays.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42And of course other fizzy drinks are available to drink over the festive
0:09:42 > 0:09:43period.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47That's all from the South Today news team this evening.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56The weekend is looking very chilly but before that we have some rain.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00It is moving northwards across the region and behind that some fog
0:10:00 > 0:10:03patches may develop. Not everyone will see the rain with northernmost
0:10:03 > 0:10:09areas as keeping the rain. The temperature here are falling to 3-4
0:10:09 > 0:10:15and a low of 6-7. There may be some rain first thing and a lot of cloud
0:10:15 > 0:10:19but a few showers dotted along the south coast and for the Isle of
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Wight but an improving picture so by the afternoon many places will have
0:10:23 > 0:10:29lots of sunshine and the temperature reaching a high of 7-11 saw a cooler
0:10:29 > 0:10:36day than today, today we saw a high of 13 Celsius. With clearing skies
0:10:36 > 0:10:40the odd isolated when today show around a bit of hail and sleet and
0:10:40 > 0:10:45maybe a snow shower so don't be surprised if there is a dusting of
0:10:45 > 0:10:49snow. Elsewhere, it will fall as rain but under the clearing skies we
0:10:49 > 0:10:54are expecting a widespread frost first thing. The winds on Saturday
0:10:54 > 0:10:58coming in from the north-west feeling bitterly cold a high of just
0:10:58 > 0:11:026-7. A cloudy start and brightening up.