20/03/2017 Spotlight

Tanis Bhandari was killed in 2015, but his family say they still

haven't seen a full report on what happened.

The emotional feeling that they are keeping information from you that

should be out there for everybody to know.

Also on the programme tonight: Three years in jail for a Devon doctor.

This consultant paediatrician made and distributed indecent

images of children - a senior officer says

they were amongst some of the worst she'd ever seen.

A trail of illegal flytipping across the countryside -

now the man responsible has been sentenced to 20 months in prison

as young and old celebrate International Happiness Day.

There are calls tonight for urgent action from the government

by families of people murdered by offenders on probation.

A BBC investigation has found new evidence of relatives of such

crimes being kept in the dark over reports which they

The investigation by tonight's Inside Out programme follows

the murder of Tanis Bandhari from Plymouth.

He was stabbed to death on New Year's Day 2015.

One of his killers was, at the time, being supervised

His mother is fighting to obtain the full official

Now a similar case has emerged - also in Devon.

In 2015, Sarah's brother was beaten to death by an offender on parole.

The BBC has established an internal review was carried out

by the probation service, but that is news to Sarah.

It was only when I got a phone call from the BBC that it was the first

I had ever heard of the family having any access to the probation

report, or indeed that there was a probation report

It doesn't let us get on with our lives in the way that you need to.

It was a similar story for the family of Plymouth

He was murdered two years ago by knife obsessive Donald Pemberton.

A report was also carried out into the killing.

The family were only given a summary after more than a year

It's just totally, totally frustrating and upsetting.

The emotional feeling that they're keeping information from you that

should be out there for everybody to know, it's just totally unfair.

Mrs Sharpe has now asked the Justice Secretary to intervene

and help get the full report released into Pemberton's

The Minister has said she will review the matter.

You've just got this strong desire to know why it happened,

You know, that something so bad should happen.

In the south-west, most probation services are run

Working Links told us that they never withhold summary

reports and that it is the job of Devon and Cornwall Police

to liaise with families over that information.

However, in the case of Sarah's brother, the police told us they had

no record of being notified that a report existed.

Sarah says that lack of clarity has added to her suffering.

She remains determined to find out why her brother died.

And Inside Out is on tonight at 7.30 here on BBC One.

A consultant paediatrician from Devon is tonight beginning

a three-year jail term for viewing and sharing child sex images

which a senior police officer says are amongst the worst

47-year-old Jonathan Walsh, who'd worked at North

Devon District Hospital, admitted 17 charges of making

None of the charges relate to patients in his care.

The hospital says it was shaken when it learnt of the case

Not keen on being photographed as he went into court today,

but Dr Jonathan Walsh, in the red jacket, was very keen

to see indecent images of young children on his home computer.

When officers raided Walsh's family home in Barnstaple,

they found 27 computer files which showed the most serious types

Over a four-month period, 24 of them had been distributed

This was the equivalent of 18 hours of viewing.

Walsh had also tried to cover his tracks by using

These are our grade A images which are at the highest end

of the spectrum on indecent images and in fact the investigating

officer has said that they were some of the worst images she has ever

It is not a victimless crime, there are real children at the end

of this that are suffering every day to satisfy the desires of the people

The court was told Walsh's wife was standing by him and he now

In a statement, North Devon District Hospital said:

a senior national police protection officer said paedophiles who view

indecent images but go no further should not be jailed as forces can't

But a leading children's charity welcomed today's prosecution.

Clearly there needs to be something done to prevent people committing

these offences in the future and we would want to see far more

in terms of prevention to ensure children are not abused in this way

and these images are not available to be downloaded by anybody.

As he jailed Walsh for three years, the judge told him, "You went

to considerable lengths to disguise what you were doing.

To state that your sexual interest in children which underlies these

offences causes concern with regard to the position you held

Walsh has already had to move from North Devon due

Now a round up of some of the other news tonight.

Police have launched a murder investigation in Exeter.

A 47-year-old man, originally from Liverpool, died in hospital

on Friday after a disturbance last Thursday in Colleton Crescent.

Police are questioning a 19-year-old man.

It is thought Charlie told we may have travelled to Yorkshire. Police

are appealing for sightings. The only care home on the Isles

of Scilly is closing. The islands' council says recruiting

difficulties means it is unable to ensure a minimum safe level

of staffing at Park Relatives have two months

to move their loved ones. Cornwall Council is calling

for a minister or senior civil servant to be appointed

to champion the Cornish. It's made the call to the

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid. The Council of Europe has criticised

the way the government is meeting its obligations

to the Cornish as a newly The Queens Theatre in Barnstaple

and the Landmark Theatre in Ilfracombe have been returned

to the control of North Devon The council says it will now look

for a short-term caretaker operator before putting running

the theatres out to tender. Some schools say they are facing

cuts to the A-level curriculum, a reduction in the number

of teaching staff and bigger class sizes as they struggle

to balance the books. The leader of Devon County Council

says the situation has got so bad, he's launching a petition to get

the issue of school funding raised A government consultation

to change the way schools are funded ends on Wednesday,

but local authorities in Devon and Cornwall claim the new fairer

funding formula does not The government wants to change the

way schools are funded to make it fairer and to hold the most

disadvantaged children. For Devon, 62% of children in secondary and

primary schools will be worse off under the new fairer funding. We are

having to cover subjects, increase class sizes and we are not replacing

staff and the increasing workload on staff means we are losing staff. We

have an opportunity to sign and make a very large petition which we can

present to Parliament. The government gives schools in the

south-west less money than other parts in the country. Devon is

particularly badly hit. This might education really worth 50% less?

This is why a petition is being launched to get the issue debated

again in the Commons. Let us for once stand up and say to government,

enough is enough. We would like fair funding. Members of Parliament are

talking about it. Let's give them the support to talk further in

London. A move welcomed by teachers. I am pleased he doing it. I would

question why it was not done earlier because we have had to make cuts

already within the budget. The government says its new funding

formula will make the system fairer, but some schools are already running

on reserves whilst cutting staff, subjects and increasing class sizes.

I had to staff saying they are leaving the profession, they cannot

cope with the workload and we are talking about talented staff.

Despite widespread concern over funding pressures, there no extra

money earmarked for schools in the budget but that has not stopped

those like John Hart hoping that his petition will make a difference.

A double-decker bus is to be used as a new shelter

It follows a similar move on the Isle of Wight.

The Dorset bus will be based in Weymouth and volunteers have now

collected the vehicle which has been donated to the project.

It will sleep 20 and should be converted and ready for use

The idea is to give a group of people somewhere temporary

to stay while they find more permanent accommodation.

It is a really cheap solution to a bigger, growing problem and it

provides safety and shelter and food and support and will just tell

people back into society and into their own homes.

Natalie will be here in a moment with a full sports round up

and although Exeter Chiefs had a near miss...

There was major disappointment for the Plymouth Raiders

And creating crates of art - how graffiti is being being used

A man who cruised residential areas of Devon looking for items

to illegally flytip has been jailed for 20 months.

Martin McDonagh would approach homeowners uninvited and offer

to take away their waste for a cash sum.

Instead he left a trail of debris, including hazardous asbestos waste

in some of the most sensitive rural sites in the county.

McDonagh failed to turn up to Plymouth Crown Court

and a European Arrest Warrant has been issued to bring back

the offender from the Republic of Ireland, so that justice

It is now a familiar sight in our countryside.

The beauty spots were fly-tippers can illegally dump rubbish

But look at how much devastation one man can cause.

18 separate sites across three local authorities were used

by Martin McDonagh over more than a year.

One victim who was ripped off by the serial fly-tipper also faced

a fixed penalty notice served by the local authority

I was heavily pregnant, I was moving out of my dad's flat

and trying to start a new, fresh life, new home, new family

I wanted everything gone, sorted and I couldn't do that.

He knows how to work people to get what he wants. He can come across as

the most friendliest person in the world. He knows what he is doing.

In sentencing, the charge said Martin McDonagh would pester home

owners who were then charged money and then he was in a habit of coming

back and pestering for more money. He said his manner was persistent

and threatening. Tanis Bandhari Martin McDonagh showed their regard

for the customers. He showed no regard for the environment and he

showed no regard for the land owners, local authorities who have

had to clear up the massed. Martin McDonagh's van has been crushed and

recycled. If only he had taken this approach with his work.

It was a massive weekend of sport, but it's fair to say there weren't

Natalie's here with good news and bad news.

Shall we get the bad news out of the way?

The Exeter Chiefs just failed in their bid to win the first trophy

They lost 16-12 to Leicester Tigers in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

Charlie Price watched the game in London.

It was another big day for fans of the Exeter Chiefs.

More than a thousand of them travelled from Devon to London

We will win quite handsomely, probably by about 25 points.

I think we will play really well and if we have a good squad

performance, then we'll bring home the cup - brilliant.

At the Twickenham stoop, a young Chiefs side was aiming

to win the Anglo-Welsh Trophy for a second time and they enjoyed

the first try of the match, with James Short on the end

of a good passing move and his pace gave the Leicester defence no

But the Tigers responded and took control of the game.

Tom Brady intercepted another Exeter passing move and he scored.

It was converted and another two penalties from Freddie Burns saw

the Chiefs trail by 11 points at the break.

No points were scored in the second half until the 77th minute,

when after 39 phases of play, Sam Simmonds finally breached

the Tigers' defence, but there wasn't enough time

So it was defeat in the final of this competition

There was also disappointment for the Plymouth Raiders

as they lost in the BBL Trophy final to a slick Leicester Riders team.

A 1,000-mile round trip to and from Glasgow saw

The Raiders were always the underdogs and Leicester showed

why they were favourites with a strong start.

Of their 19 attempts in the first quarter,

Plymouth only managed to score three times, meaning the writing

Despite a valiant fightback by the Raiders in the second

quarter, when they tried to stay in touch with their opposition,

it soon became obvious that the Riders were too good

and they started to run away with it.

Plymouth did well to make it to the final,

their first in ten years, but yesterday just wasn't their day.

The Riders reigned supreme and it finished 91-58.

At the end of the day, it's a make or miss sport.

You miss the shots, you lose and we had, overall,

four more shots than them, and we lost by 30,

We're going to have to go back to the drawing board,

see where we're taking our shots from and why we're missing so many

shots, because that has hurt us over the last six or seven weeks.

The long trip back from Glasgow was a disappointing

Eight games left of the season and Plymouth Argyle maintained

their automatic promotion push with a win over Morecambe

It finished 1-0, which might not sound that exciting,

but by all accounts it was a humdinger of a game.

Graham Carey was the scorer with a superb effort.

Argyle were unlucky not have have had more.

Exeter City are still in the play-off zone in seventh place

The Grecians took the lead just before the hour mark

Luton, who are currently fifth, equalised a few minutes later.

Exeter are just one point ahead of eighth-placed Blackpool.

On Saturday they're against Yeovil, who also drew

They were hosting Accrington Stanley who had ten men

Francois Zoko scored Yeovil's equaliser.

The Glovers are 17th with their opponents one place

And if you're wondering where Torquay are, well,

They're in action tomorrow at home to Eastleigh.

Are you aware it is International Day of Happiness with that bulletin?

Sorry! But didn't they do well to get there? The top two teams. There

is always next year. A wooden crate may not be the first thing you think

of as a work of art but left it in the hands of a graffiti artist in

Exeter they have been transformed. The artists have used their skills

to turn the crates into colourful and eye-catching pieces which will

now be auctioned off for charity. The crates were truly,

truly extraordinary. People can be as wild

and as wacky as they want to be. The spare time of 22 graffiti

artists combined with a donation of 22 blank crates and this

is what you get. It really is extraordinary,

absolutely extraordinary. I know the work of all

of the artists involved because I was the one to approach

them, but it was so surprising that the depth and range

of results that we got. The struggle is now where to display

these pieces of art. Because the idea is we are going

to have an auction to make as much money as we can to give to a charity

cause and that charity cause is the homeless that I see

all the time in Exeter. I don't understand why somebody

is not ringing me up straightaway and saying,

"Martin, do you know what? "I will have your crates,

I will display them It is a cause really close

to my heart right now. I cannot ever be more amazed

of people's individual attention to things,

so a central location The search continues

for a place on the high street Working with you, just

think Peshmerga Justin! made you smile today,

because it's International Day of Happiness and one woman has been

on a mission to help spread Sally Crabtree enlisted the help

of school children to launch a postal service delivering

parcels of happiness. Johnny Rutherford joined

them as they stopped off to at a residential

home in Plymouth. Here is your parcel of happiness.

Packages containing happy poems and gets too warm the heart. It is all

about young people delivering a little cheer to the elderly. One of

the kids, I said to him, what is happiness? He said, happiness is a

rocket ship that won't stop flying. I am aiming to inspire them to have

the confidence to find their voice and understand that literacy can be

fun and once you get that going, you can create things that have a

genuine joy within them and then it is that thing of giving that to

somebody else. If you give to people, it makes you happy. Parkwood

residential home accepted the deliveries with open arms. Some gets

contained poems. The universe is one big door of love, here is your key

to open it. It makes I Pella our day to have them here singing. It was

lovely. That is what we need here. A bit of happiness. One of the ladies

got given a gold watch and instead of the time it said, now. That thing

about happiness is about living in the moment. With children they live

in the moment. What do you think of today? Smashing! Remember today is

International Day of Happiness so that means smiles.

We had loads of happy callers on the radio today as well saying that

things that made them happy work" that cheese sconce, the open road

and one person said talking to me made them happy. Let's see if the

weather will make us happy. The weather is not great but I will do

it with a smile. We have had a bit of a mixed bag today. Drive but

cloudy weather to begin with, and then we had a weather front moving

in so we had a spell of rain. That has cleared. Behind it is much

colder air. This week it will be cold particularly over the next few

days. Rather breezy all week and towards the end it should settle

down with more dry weather. You can see the extent of the cloud. Behind

this front we have a lot of clear skies. Initially tonight we will see

the clear skies and then shower was behind. It has been a breezy day and

we can expect a fairly breezy few days. Tomorrow we will see a mixture

of sunshine and heavy downpours. Some with the risk of hail and heavy

thunder. Much lighter winds on Wednesday. Thursday a mixture of

sunshine and showers. After Thursday it should settle down as we head

towards the weekend. We have a bit of cloud still left but tonight, a

lot of the cloud will lift and break. Initially clear skies, a few

showers. It is going to be breezy and that will stop us getting a

frost because it is very cold air that is starting to push across us.

Temperatures close to freezing even with that breeze. Down to one or 2

degrees. The potential of a frost roaringly tomorrow. Shower was

speeding in as he go through the day. Heavy with the risk of hail and

thunder, merging into longer spells of rain. With the strength of those

winds it will feel colder than today, highs of around ten or 11

degrees. For the Isles of Scilly we will see Sunny spells but then

showers will work their way in and they will be heavy with the risk of

hail and thunder. Winds will pick up as we go through the day. Here are

your times of high water. In terms of our surfing, fairly big waves

along the north coast. Slightly lesser waves along the south coast.

Our winds will start off south-westerly, gradually become

more westerly through the day. Many fair with some showers. Some fog

developing and the visibility moderate or good. A bit of a mixed

bag this week. Much colder air starting to push in. Tonight will be

a chilly night, that breeze keeping us mostly frost free. Tomorrow more

sunshine than today. In the afternoon clouds will clump

together, heavy with the risk of hail and Sunday. Wednesday will be

fairly cloudy, a spell of rain, drier in the afternoon. Jabba Riaz

we had towards the tail end of the week we will seek temperatures

climbing. A ridge of high pressure climbing. Friday into the weekend we

should see a lot more dry weather with spells of sunshine. Sarah on

Facebook says, see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.

Lovely! From all of us here, good night.

The 24-year-old man has been charged with murder.

You made sure an innocent man is charged!

What gives you the right to say that he's innocent?

If police wrongdoing is part of this, I want to know.