BBC CRIMEWATCH UK – FEBRUARY 2005

Broadcast on BBC One, 1st February 2005, broadcast live from Manchester.
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Courage faith and fears bbc1 follows British soldiers in Iraq Soldier husband daughter dad is at 10:45 now on BBC 1 you’re the eyes and ears of the police welcome to Prime watch we’re live from Manchester for the first time and as ever we’re waiting for your Call hello and as well as great Manchester detectives there are officers here from across the UK as always from Plymouth from Birmingham from Newcastle many other places to help us to help them crack crime first though think back to that huge Heist back in Belfast just before Christmas one of the biggest cash

Thefts ever over 26 million pounds with suspicions pointing at the IRA in fact 3 days before that happened there was an unconnected but strikingly similar Rock in rash home 4 miles from where I’m standing morning you all right oh you all right how it going yes think sorry late this

Morning you set for Christmas yeah thereabout not too bad done nothing I was not really bothered you it’s a long day it’s a long day that’s not D’s new car is it but Builders were there last week oh yeah well he’s not going to be happy if he can’t when he gets here

Bit tight for me that the back got as much room check me going back yeah keep going move don’t do what I and then we will finish you we move to the no sudden movements open the door you press the alarm you know what will happen to the

Girl you all right mate I’m just doing some building work in here at the moment I’ve left the charger for my drilling side is right for just pop in and get it um I’m afraid we’ll have to wait until we’ve contacted this morning to checks all right no problem

Don’t me okay where’s the money it’s in the safe give me the money life face what you going to do to me just quiet keep quiet give me hand give me your other hand put your hands together take this you have a phone right or you know what will happen

I’m trying I can’t remember the code get it I’m sorry was the money no sorry I’m trying I’m trying promise what are you trying to do I’m trying I’m trying it’s okay calm down all right do it properly and your colleague won’t get hurt okay hey put the money in the case quick

Quick don’t hurt me please don’t hurt we won’t hurt you stand up get out come over here stay there and you’ll be fine you be safe there don’t move yeah right pH Owen is in charge of the investigation big news this in Russia been in the papers again tonight word is

On the street this was an inside job what do you Reon yeah our inquiries and investigations today um indicate that the offenders May well be local to the Manchester area that’s supported by where the van was parked both at the back of the bank and the choice of their

Location behind the Flats on Dickinson road so we’re looking at the possibility could be local so anybody who is local could earn a lot of money on this because there’s a huge reward £50,000 £50,000 um the bank are very determined to assist the police in the investigations such as the gravity of

This event the £50,000 has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those people responsible okay well let’s see they look like them we showed one wearing this uh beard I’m not sure if it’s a false beard or or whatever tell us tell us about him his physical description

Yeah the the man who entered the bank we’ve had an EIT from from from the employee um he’s fair skinned possibly Eastern European mid3 is 5′ 10 um it’s been described as wearing a beard quite a thick beard however it may well be he’s done that to try and conceal his

Identity so clearly he may have a beard or he may not uh it turns out I think subsequent descriptions that the guy is probably slightly taller than the actor that that we cast but he stocky yeah 35 37 something about that okay what about the other guy the with the gun yeah the

Chat with a gun at the the at the van he’s a black man very dark complexion he again is about 30 years old again quite tall about 510 um what interestingly the witness describes him as having a very broad shoulders he’s very muscular so we’ll be Keen to put those two people

Together as as a compass absolutely I mean it doesn’t tell you who it is but it tells you who he’s not that Des put them together um other Witnesses I mean I didn’t know this is this is in wil Road in Rush yeah it’s half 9 on on a

Friday morning very very bu days it was eight christas Christmas um very busy we’re clean to speak to anyone in the area unfortunately we haven’t got any witnesses that see the individual leaving the bank or no one seeing the individuals walking away from a burning van on Dickinson road so we’re really ke

If any viewers were there at either of those locations could possibly help us that white van it said uh Ruban on the side where does that come from well we know that the white van was purchased the previous day from a commercial van dealers over in Liverpool the individual

Bought the van um and indeed a previous roofing company was called true Bond the seller simply took off the T and the D and you’ve got rhon so it’s fairly distinctive that particular van the buyer what do we know about the buyer well the buyer who went who traveled we

Believe um over to Liverpool is a mixed race in his early 20s 5 fo8 and he’s got um black wavy hair and the witness did describe the cell described him having a triangular face okay so if you can help with any of those descriptions if you can put them together if you’ve heard

Anything on the street on this there’s a £50,000 reward remember our numbers always on the screen and it’s free to call 0500 600 600 and there’s an Ur speaker here in the studio too if that’s better than your English there are more detectives waiting at the in room it’s

Not a free call but it’s a local Manchester number that’s 0161 85648 also on tonight’s program the child killer 20 years ago who thought he’d got away with it now it’s chance to catch him the handbag snatcher who’s being hunted as a killer we’re hunting for these wanted

Faces we know who they are all we need to know is where they are and who’d plan an armed robbery and make their Getaway on this the New Year’s got up to a great start with good progress on cases and convictions so thanks to everyone who’s called

In our last program in December we peeled about a rape in Harrow North London what am I doing I didn’t see him walking up towards me I just remember my phone being taken out of my hand listen I really need to go home now three viewers called into crime watch and gave

The same name and what’s more the man they named phoned the instant room straight after the program and arranged to go in for questioning forensic test are being carried out and meanwhile he’s continuing to help police with their inquiries also in December we showed the face of Peter Bastin who was wanted for

Failing to report as part of the terms of his release from prison a crime watch viewer called in with enough information to trace his address gone by the time the police got there but soon afterwards he handed himself in he’s now back in prison in November’s program we featured

The death of charita gates who was crushed as she tried to prevent thieves stealing a lorry from her Farm in North H Hal West London what’s that how they’ve broken the gates I’m not having this I’m waiting till they come back after the program a viewer called the

Studio and as a direct result a man’s been charged with theft police inquiries into terita’s death are continuing and they’re still seeking the driver of the Lorry some convictions now Peter Bellwood was one of stealing rare maps from the National Library of Wales in abber sorth about 15 minutes after

Reconstruction back in June a viewer rang with an address in Colchester in Essex Peter Bellwood wasn’t in but with the heat on he decided to hand himself in he’s been sentenced to four 4 and a half years back last April we appealed for information on a sex attack in

Edinburgh have you got the time uh um yeah it’s I’ve got a knife one of you was able to put all the clues together came up with the name of Colin disart he was arrested in August and pleaded guilty not just to this attack but to many others too and he’ll be sentenced

Later this month those are great results and thank you very very much indeed it’s what 10 9 now we’ve got 40 lines open here in Manchester dozens more in Glasgow here’s a chance then to bring some more people of Justice with DC RAV Wilding and DC Jackie Hayes time spot

Some faces now we’ six to show you all wanted for serious offenses in fact sain wanted by forces across the country detect his fear he may be working as a mini cab driver and raping his passengers sorry police are after him for inly assaulting a teenage girl 5

Years ago and my colleagues here in Manchester want him over the sex attack of a man in nearby Rochdale he may use different names like riasat Ali sabir Hussein is in his late 40s chubby with graying hair and sometimes has a beard don’t get into his car this is Duke

Oliver Von mlber schin well that’s what he’d like you to believe a member of the German royal family no less but he’s really Trak and he’s originally Belgian he works in the Antiques trade around London and Southeast and his wanted for a number of high value frauds snack is

Known to go to gay bars in SoHo often writing in advance to say that his Royal Highness will be attending he’s 30 smartly dressed and speaks English with a slight Flemish accent so if his Royal Highness has graced you with his presence recently please let us know Stanley Davis is wanted for sexual

Offenses against a child he’s been missing from his name in Brighton since October he’s 53 5′ 7 with Bolding gray hair and has several tattoos on his forearms including a swallow and a snake Stanley Davis is a heavy smoker so tobacconists look out for him and doctors and phes too as he has

Medication for sleep and heart problems Patrick Riley escaped last July while serving a 4-year sentence for burglary he 24 has an Irish accent and a barbed wire tattoo on the top of his left arm while uses aliases like Patrick Jones and John Ward and we think he may be in

The Bristol or the Irish Republic he’s known to be violent so keep away Nikki Nelson was charged with drugs and Firearms offenses but was given bail where is he now he’s 28 tall at 6’1 and when last seen has a goaty beard he claims to be a graphics designer running

His own company and likes to drive expensive cars do look out for him especially in Edmonton or elsewhere in North London Dwayne bra wanted for an attempted murder after shooting an oldrey in the West Midlands on the 6th of January 2004 he’s 26 5’9 and has a Birmingham accent Dwayne Bray has

Connections in smic West bromage and North Wales 0500 600 600 if you can help with any of these cases we tend to feature very serious crimes on this program sometimes where extreme violence is used but even a crime which may seem less serious such as a handbag snatch can have equally devastating

Consequences we used to go on Friday night Al the two of our friends were there before we arrived the conversation start off of whatever we’ve been doing during the week it was just general talk when we went on holiday and we used to take our cameras with us we’ take photographs

Each and every one of us used to bring the photographs in now have a look at that now who’s that oh Brenda how do I know you were at school with be talking after 12:00 or just before 12:00 Brenda and I used to leave the pub so we did walk slowly along that

Road so it took us about 10 minutes before we got to the end of the road where used to stand then and talk for about 20 minutes by the cages on the four course of the garage and then we just separate you’d go across the four course and i’ go down

Ke Bank Road home once she left be at the corner of the road my mom tended to always keep to the left hand side as she walked up and there was security lights there so she felt safer Brenda went to a friend’s house who took her home and then called the police joh

John John I was saying you know you’re okay and her elbow was caught and I think those cut to her arm as well um but it was a knee that was causing her the greatest amount of pain and trying to disguise it as best she could and she

Didn’t want the doctor to be called um but then really as the day really as the hour went on she um she was in a great deal of pain and discomfort and in the end she agreed to sister came around and um said you know we should really if we

Could call the locom out and just to make sure to be on the safe side 4 days after the attack we had made another appointment at the hospital to go on the Tuesday as we were leaving the hospital on the Tuesday um did give my mom a zoom

Frame to help get round on um which my mom said she didn’t need anymore that she would just be able to lean on me um as we come out at the hospital um we just on our way to the car and she said she didn’t feel very

Well and I just felt her like fall I thought she and fainted mom mom my mom’s absolutely fantastic she just meant the well to us and you would always go to we had a problem but doesn’t matter how big or how small he died in hospital because a blood clot traveled from her

Knee to her lungs her lives have changed really um every aspect of it um she was the biggest part of our family she was the rock um every day we just have to do as best we can for that day and take one day at

A time really and just hope that we do a proud really look after the children as best we can well it’s now two years since Brenda died but as you can see the emotions of her four daughters and her husband are still very raw and the community is

Still just as Keen to solve the crime there’s a 10,000 reward detective superintendent Brian McNeil determined to solve the case and Brian what chance is there two years on now that people will still have useful information for you I think there is a good chance now I mean since the actual in occurred

There’s a possibility that people may have talked we’ve got the reward as you said £5,000 fromo £5,000 from this Crime Stoppers and there’s also obviously the conscience of the two men involved it may be time for them not to come forward and explain what happened that night I

Guess it’s always possible that people’s allegiances have shifted their relationships have changed they may been involved with these people they are no longer and feel at last that they can to the police that’s correct yes and there’s obvious opportunity here for the second lot involved who appears from

What we’ve seen and from what told us not to being too much involved but it’s for him to come forward and tell us that and we can only assess that when he comes forward and speaks to us well I guess if if he if he was not involved in

The this if he was taken by surprise by this if he wants to exonerate himself now is the time to come forward and talk to you isn’t it that’s right and we are in a position to actually determine his level of involvement until he comes forward and tells us what about the man

Who who who took the bed we saw him grappling there with Brenda what do you know about him yeah well both men are described by Brenda herself because of course she gave us the statements on the night night as white Lads in their 20s slim build the lad that actually took

The bag from Brenda was wearing in like color trousers a blue bom style jackets and a lights CED Wallen hat and you’re pursuing a charge of manslaughter in this case I mean it is possible that the two men may not know that Brenda has died and and it’s also POS they you know

They wanted to take her back but they never intended to kill her that’s true I mean there is a possibility that they don’t know the actual result of what their actions of the way their actions puted on that but the reality desar of Investigation has established that the injuries that

Brand sustained that night led directly to the formation of the blood clot which ultimately led to her death three days later so irrespective fact they’re just trying to take her bag that’s what responsibility for their actions yes okay well help us to help Brenda’s family in all of this 0500 600 600 or

The instant room in liol on 0151 TR 745 68 Alfie blacker is 42 he’s from the governor area of Glasgow but he used to live in Gorton here in Manchester then 180 months ago he vanished just before he disappeared a young man called Shawn Edwards was stabbed to death what

Happened that day has shattered two fames Sha’s girlfriend and her children and Sha’s parents pamila and Norman on the morning that Sean got killed I found out I was pregnant with my little boy then I got a phone call at me that Sean had been stabbed and uh just come running home

And that was it really the rest is was in the house a matter of 20 minutes and Sean said I’ll take baby to the shop and he didn’t get there it’s only when actually hit the hospital Gates as in going in there that I really thought something was not

Right is I new away so it was serious the lady took me in the back and all happened from there you know it just wasn’t really it just didn’t seem real didn’t seem real the whole thing started as an argument between some of the local kids that argument developed into an

Argument between some adults and sha became involved in in arguing with another man showing that argument uh Shawn was stabbed and I would ask for anybody who knows where the person responsible for Sha’s death may be or where he may be hiding has to come forward and provide

That information to me it’s like he’s stuck in one big black hole and you can’t get out the kids still talk about him all the time I just wanted to tell him but it was too late that that you know I was having his brother or sister and I’d just seen him

Just before I got in the car to go to my sisters and he was with Vicki and the little it was such a happy happy moment and find out two hours later it it just tore my world apart so why did Alie blacker disappear so suddenly a lot of people in Gorton

Would like to know and so would the police so much so that there is a £5,000 reward just for picking up the phone and saying where he is especially if you’ve seen him tonight if he’s back in Glasgow well you might have seen him at a Celtic

Match and it’s possible he’s been in Dublin 0500 600 600 if you can help all the instant room in Manchester on 0161 856 4721 now I’ve seen some getaway vehicles in my time but nothing quite like this it was used in an armed near Newcastle

On the 24 4 of November last year at 400 p.m. a security cor guard was delivering money to an ATM at Tesco when a man produced a gun and told him to hand over the cash boox the gunman ran off into the car park and a witness heard him

Speaking on a mobile phone in a foreign language that they didn’t recognize it may have been East European earlier another man wearing a distinctive helmet was fiddling with a motad fixing its mirror shortly after the robbery the camera spotted two men one clearly had a

Cash box in the hand and here comes the other on the moped it was found just a mile away it’s a wedge ailia 50cc and it was D from ler at the end of October we think it would have been taken to Newcastle in a van and not ridden there

So where was it for that month it’s registration number is y 467 Dr as I said the rider’s helmet is unusual do you know where it’s from the image of the gunman is less clear but this is an EIT it’s around 6 ft tall and between 35

And 45 5 years old do call us if you can help 0500 600600 or you can try the incident room in Newcastle on 01 91221 855 a cold case now it’s a Gangland gun crime but the victim wasn’t in a gang they shot him by mistake 5 years ago

Gabriel agaba was just 17 and cycling to his mother’s house in longsight here in Manchester Dean is Gabriel’s mom Lee is his brother and detective superintendent John Kelly is leading the inquiry Jean tell us about the impact that this has had on you and the family it’s devastating just R everybody his lives

Really cuz he was just so young yet had far you know he just 17 just 17 tell us a little bit about him very happy lad you know we had a lot of friends and that and always outgoing used to like going training and stuff like that and having a laugh and be

Gabriel really yeah you know and it’s just not the same without him know it’s we have to live like that every day now without him and it’s like a piece of puzzle like take a piece away it’s missing you know what I mean it’s very hard it’s hard to explain unless you

It’s left a big hole in your family that’s it yeah very difficult for us all really all the family and Lee he was your your younger brother wasn’t he what was he like oh he um was um you know very very joyous joyous slide um just little the room you know with people

Around him and um just he like I say very strong in what he was always doing you know he liked various Sports he was a you know Kean on basketball um boxing used to do boxing together yeah yeah we did um um you know did did boxing for a

While as well so um like I say very very athletic person as well you know but like I say he’s um he’s always a person that always let up the room with a smile you know all his presence always you know always um of um made everyone happy

You know he a good brother to have oh most definitely yeah yeah you know he’s he’s been trly missed um you know some so s you know something you can’t you can’t believe that you know happening to someone so de to you and so young as

Well I mean he’s only 17 John tell us what happened that night it’s 12th of January 2000 just after the Millennium Gabriel was cycling to see Jee he was on way to see his mother along covered out Crescent in Long site him and a friend a

Dark night and uh he was overtaken by two men on on a motorbike sort of motorcycle and as the bike passed them the pan passenger started firing shots of Gabriel and his friends one of one of the shots hit Gabriel and killed him almost inst instantly at the scene and you think

This was a case of mistaken identity he was just in the in the wrong place at the wrong time absolutely that that that’s the conclusion that we’ve come to Gabriel was a perfectly innocent young lad who was doing nothing more than going to see his mother um he wasn’t

Involved in any type of criminal activity we fairly convinced now that um he was uh in the wrong place at the wrong time well it’s five years ago now what can you say to people to to make them come and talk to you now after time

Has passed well even five years ago he was satisfied that people knew what got on that night and people had information which would help us uh bring Gabriel’s kill to Justice we were satisfied about that then what we’re hoping now is that people’s allegiances have changed people’s um um people’s uh home

Circumstances have changed maybe they’ve move City maybe you know they’re in different relationships what we what we’re looking for for those people to come forward and talk to us now five years on and uh and phoners and and at least give Jean and Lee and the rest of

The family some closure to this John this is part of operation Excalibur isn’t it which is which is aiming at cutting gun crime here in Manchester what kind of success have you had with that well it’s aimed at in investigating gun crime properly in a coordin coordinated way and also reducing gun

Crime um so far we’ve had a 133% reduction year on year in uh in the incidents of gun crime in Manchester as a result of exala and that makes the street safer for everybody out there okay well if you’re listening to this and you’re hesitating about whether to

Call just listen to this message Gabriel left gene on New Year’s Eve just 12 days before he died hello Mom it’s me Gabe yeah happy ium I love you too much serious man love you L anyway have a good Millennium I know you’re out now

But I love you to bit man I’ll see you I’ll come around see you tomorrow I love you L see you later man bye s said hello for the Millennium good Millennium see you later man bye Jean what would you say to someone who perhaps does know something out

There knows something about what happened 5 years ago and is is hesitating about whether to call I think they should I think they should call cuz it’s never too late you know call just pick phone and make that call and what difference would it make to you if

Someone did that it make a lot difference you know we have to it’s of just bring some meaning to our you know at least to know what happened know yeah just can’t understand you know why did know like him to pick the phone up I said

It’s only a phone call away in it you know okay well please help bring this case to a close for Jean for Le and the rest of Gabriel’s family 0500 600 600 or the instant room here in Manchester on 0161 85648 and you can also call Crim

Stoppers in confidence on 0800 5 treble 1 and now here a ra and Jackie with the latest on tonight’s call so far we’ve had lots of information coming in about the bank robbery in rush home including two names for the gunman that was in the van what we really need is

More information about that van did you see it on the night of the 16th of December after it had been driven from Liverpool to Manchester as for the murder of sha Edwards in Gorton South Manchester earlier we showed you not only the photo of Shawn but that of Alfie

Blacker tell us where he is tonight Jackie well our faces as usual have produced lots of calls and the first one that we’re really interested in is sair Hussein we know that he’s driven mini cabs in the past and several people have rung in giving the names of firms they

Think he’s working at so that’s really promising and good leads there Oliver track he was um under lots of different names and part of the German Ro family so he was saying uh we’ve had several sightings of him in SoHo in London which is obviously the key area for where we

Think he he may be operating and also an old work colleague of his has rung in giving their details so we can get back to him and there should be some really promising leads there Studio numbers on the screen and if you’re watching in digital satellite TV you can email

Directly through your remote control just press the red button on your handset and choose Prime watch still to come the friends who split up one night and battered two women in the street who are they the Manchester cold case review team and the last chance may be to catch

A child killer 20 20 years after got away with it and who’s pinched the parrot now though a murder murder actually happened on Christmas Day 31-year-old Christopher Mason died following a random unprovoked attack in Watford it was in the early hours of Christmas morning he never regained

Consciousness he died a few days later as we were walking along there were some other people up ahead walking in the same direction once we crossed the traffic lights we seemed to catch up with these people again we weren’t paying a great deal of attention um because we were chatting away about our

Own things as we drew near to them the person stood at the back turned around in front of Chris and looked at me for a moment looked at Chris smiled looked like he was about to say happy Christmas and then punched Chris very hard in the

Face Chris hit the wall um and then hit the back of his head as he landed on the pavement as well he just got up to 30 years old and he’d got a lovely girlfriend and he was maturing and becoming a very caring person he was um a keen cyclist he never

Lost his interest in bikes there were always two very expensive bicycles in the hall we used to moan about these bikes being there every time we opened the door and somebody came in there was a bike in the way but I wish they were there now we were looking forward to a

Nice Christmas he’s our only child and he’s my mother’s only grandson we stayed with him to the end and we saw him after he died and he did look relieved that his ordeal was over but of course ours wasn’t yeah McAn is leading the investigation three men walking in front

Of Christopher and Sarah only one through the punch of course so the other two really are innocent provided they don’t cover up for him absolutely and and he himself might not know that he killed him that’s a potential yes um I mean it does appear to be a completely

Unprovoked attack that unfortunately had tragic consequences for Chris you’ve been trolling through CCTV got quite a lot that you’ve managed to to piece together from that night um we’ve got three men who are walking down uh Market Street shortly after the attack um and we’ve got close-ups of of two of those

Guys um there’s the man wearing a gold crown which looks like it came from a Christmas cracker and the man who ran across the road to join minutes before the attack um and that guy was in the company of the man wearing the Gold Crown till a few minutes before the

Attack that’s right then um they’re in Harlequin shopping center um that’s earlier this the same day this is earlier on in the day uh the gentleman shown in the shopping center was also with the uh persons that were in front of Christopher this is seconds before

The attack a girl with a mobile phone then Sarah and Christopher and here’s the girl on the mobile phone again and it’s likely she witnessed the attack presumably so it’s quite important that that she calls you absolutely now only one of them through the punch if the

Other two come forward what what will happen the other two come forward we’ll be treating those as Witnesses if they’ve had nothing to do with the assault I would urge them this is their opportunity to come forward the clothing was pretty distinct yes we’ve seen the uh the man in the

Gold hat we’ve also seen the man in the Harley Quin on in the day both of them had um track suits that on that were identical and this is a a a trackit that’s exactly the same anded they’ve got black stripes and you usually see white stripes on on those on

The CCTV it shows up as a one solid silver stripe down the arm um but it’s actually the usual Adidas three stripes that’s down the arm um so I’d urge anybody that knows people that were out Christmas Eve in a crowd together where two of them were dressed or at least two

People dressed wearing similar tracksuits to this to uh phone up and give us their details they’d spent several hours in Watford Town Center you can gather that from the CCT certainly from CCTV we know they’ve been there for the the duration of the evening yes now

If the guy who threw the punch himself comes forward and says hey it was Christmas Eve something got out of control I hit the guy I mean I had no intention of doing this obviously that’ be dealt with on its merits and we would urge him to come forward would if he has

Seen this program okay well if it was you for sake come forward yourself before somebody else chops you if you were the two with them get yourself out of trouble at least and For Heaven’s Sake put the family at rest for this horrible thing that’s happened remember

It was an only child it was a senseless murder help find who did it 0500 600 600 or you can call the instant room in Watford itself that’s on 01923 472 929 this is possibly one of the most remarkable stories we’ve ever told often we appeal about men who’ve committed

Violent assaults only once before have we come across this two men setting out together to find women to beat up or murder can’t stress too much the importance of finding them Tonight I’m W working and um two men was walking up the street how much does it cost 50 Quid I’m not doing it with the two of you see you later then turn the prices and we arranged business I’ll be about half an hour he kept going on about the police he was

Scared about the police took him to a place which is pretty secluded but it wasn’t secluded enough for him he wanted to go F on where it was right the way ups and steps I want to do it here all right I went on to our business have sex

Will you kiss me no I don’t do none of that you [ __ ] after a few minutes he just started punching me full fors in the face I try the screen but it won’t come out and I really thought he was going to be me unconscious cuz he just smashed my

Head off the floor this is what you deserve you [ __ ] go take it take it your money you leave me in in the end he just stopped just stopped for no reason leave me Alone the two men had last been seen together at about 9:30 I’m not doing it with the two of you see you later then there are cameras in George place where the second man walked off they’re infrared to see in the dark so the bag he’s carrying looks black he

Could color perhaps a takeaway at any rate he hadn’t got a bag when he was next scene in Stonehouse Street where he approached 22-year-old Harriet Truman are you working tonight yeah I am interested this was Harriet’s first time out on the street I want people to think

You’re my girlfriend so let me put my arm around you yeah okay well Harry it was um quite a a bubbly child very bright in fact her IQ levels amazing Harriet’s mother got killed in a car crash um 3 years ago that happened two days before Harriet’s 21st birthday the

Shock from it was just well devastating and that’s when it all started to go wrong for her unfortunately she got in with the wrong crowd um started experimenting with drugs and stuff and um one thing led to another and she was on the hard stuff another camera picked up walking

Down dford street just before 10 p.m. if you wait here I’ll just get some money off a mate all right then he tried going to his friend’s house see if he’d be in he wasn’t so he found him on his mobile the friend is absolutely critical to this

Inquiry there’s no answer I’ll have to make a call yeah still saying he was going to get some money he steered Harriet towards Devil’s point two girls came over to him and I think they name quite well cuz I was talking about the last time they got out

Together and at least one of them was blonde hi right the other night was a really good night it’s vital these two girls call in tonight then a car Drew up we don’t know it’s make but the driver handed over some cash and then drove off by 10:30 he’ taken haret to the

Public toour toet on Admiralty road than sir I want you to stand there here what are you doing get off me shut up shut up God it’s a girl officer I think she’s been attacked hi there can you hear me when Harriet was brought into hospital she was in a coma her condition

Was immediately life-threatening the combination of a serious head injury and a chest injury she had a punctured lung is a very serious combination that is often fatal she was on intensive care with us for nearly a week before then moving to our high dependency unit then

Harriet was in with us for about another 3 weeks in the acute Neurosurgical Ward before she started following commands the thing that haunts me most most of always when she she looked around at me and she said Dad she said when’s mom coming in to see me totally

Forgotten that her mother died in a car crash’s got physical problems and they include difficulties walking which is slow and labored and great difficulty using her left arm we anticipate recovery occurring over the next 18 months to two years but even at that stage she will probably be left with

Some degree of physical disability or it may psychological disability I’ve forgotten quite a lot and I used to play guitar I can’t remember how to now I’m 23 now and I can’t talk properly yet I’m slide down a lot my voice is a lot deeper than it used to

Be having a few problems with my memory I just hope the police catch him soon I’m just scared they’ll do it again next person might not be as lucky as me Dave hugget is leading the inquiry and Dave you see how terribly damaged Harry is by that attack she’s lucky to be

Alive I mean extraordinary that two men should do this to set out together to either beat up or murder two women yeah once we can’t say with an absolute certainty that the two men were together all the work and all the evidence that we have today draws us to that

Conclusion um and it does seem absolutely strange that two men would go out and do that one only speculate to what their motives could be what can you tell us about the man who attacked Harriet the man who attacked Harriet is a white man he’s 6′ tall um he’s aged

Between his late 20s to his early late 45 um he’s a medium to heavy build and he’s Bolding on top with thick hair around the sides and the back of his head on the evening in question he was wearing a sports type jacket with a logo

On either side of the chest and there’s a line of P runs down the back of the jacket and down the arms now it looks as if certainly reconstruction as if if he may be local certainly has local knowledge doesn’t he because there’s those two girls who walk past mostly

Knew him absolutely um the evidence that we we’ve gained from our Witnesses and the the areas that he’s taken Harriet to took the devil’s absolutely yeah demonstrates that he’s got a local knowledge this um confrontation or this meeting he’s had with two girls also demonstrates that he is a local man to

The area now they’re key Witnesses those two girls have they come forward those girls haven’t come forward and we’re absolutely really Keen to try and Trace them this evening I mean I suppose it’s possible is it that they they won’t know that they were they were witnesses to

Anything Sinister going on because he had his arm around her he wanted her to to appear as if she were his girlfriend so they made think nothing of what they saw I think that is absolutely the case they didn’t connect the fact that this chap that they appear to know um was

With Harriet on that occasion and has then actually gone on to do this horrible attack crucial they come forward and then what about the chap in the car who because of course our attack always appeared at any rate trying to be get trying to get money to pay har and

Then this man turns up and appears to have handed some money over yes it does this man the attacker on Harriet has clearly made a phone call um and as a result of that phone call a man has come down to Devil’s point in his car and has

Handed over money now that man May well not realize exactly what was going to go on and may not have connected you need to hear from him tonight as well absolutely yes what about the man who attacked who attacked Sarah the first case we saw there in reconstruction what

Can you tell us about him the man that attacked Sarah he is again he’s about 35 to 40 years old um he’s of medium build to stocky build um he has a pierced tongue which is something that’s quite quite unusual certainly so that’s a a brilliant clue so we need to put those

Two men together don’t we the man with a pierced tongue and the man who attacked har there I mean it’s not the easiest kind of environment to get people to come forward is it you’re talking about you know prostitutes working girls the men who use Prost I me what would you

Say to them come yeah i’ say to those people I can fully understand their reluctance to come forward um in particular the men that use um working girls however I can assure them that we would treat their cause with the strictest confidence and it’s vital that

Someone contacts us so that we can catch this man and prevent a further attack cuz you’re not interested in what they’re doing there you just want the information do you information to try and identify these keep men well help Dave and his colleagues to catch these human men they kill someone they nearly

Killed haret there was only one of them did call us here in the studio on 0500 600600 or the incident room in Plymouth on 01752 720 512 and if you’ve been the victim of crime you’d like to talk to someone call the victim support line that’s on 0845

33900 and now here’s DC Jackie haes now some villains caught in the act tell us their names and even better where we can lay our hands on them tonight first to Liverpool and armed robbery at a petrol station the security guard is collecting cash when two men attack him

One of them is armed with a sledgehammer the guard bravely puts up a fight and grabs the weapon but the men set off a fire extinguisher to disorientate him and get hold of the cash box after failing to open it on the for court they escape and handed their

Getaway car is a green Vox all Vectra with the registration T 958 bfv who are they North Umbria now and deception at the Lloyd’s TSB in ashington this woman is using two cloned credit cards and a stolen driving license to obtain cash from someone else’s account 3 days later

She’s at another branch of the bank in nearby pony land but this time she’s unsuccessful after watchful staff get suspicious who is she another deception this time in waybridge Sur this man is using a credit card stolen earlier that day to obtain cash he manages to withdraw one and a

Half th000 from someone else’s account can you name him finally to Oxford and a jewelry theft from a branch of H Samuel man and a woman go into the shop and and after much Milling about eventually managed to open a display cabinet and help themselves to a tray of

12 diamond rings worth a total of £14,000 tell us who they are don’t let them get away with it 0500 600 600 if you can help if you’re in a Soho area of London two weeks before Christmas you could help catch a sex attacker on Saturday

The 11th of December woman in her 20s visited so with a friend they went to the click Club in wardor Street and met a man who called himself Shawn in the early hours of Sunday morning the victim left the club with the man he took her

To a grassy area near wardor Street and sexually assaulted her the attacker was a lightskinned black man dressed in all white clothing white trousers a white sleeveless padded jacket a long sleeve t-shirt with a white short sleeve one underneath there were four or five men

In the club with him cool if you were one of them after the attack the victim stopped a black Cab in a nearby Road the driver was suspicious and drove off she then flagged down another vehicle directly behind the taxi which was driven by an Asian man he drove the

Woman to her hotel and stayed with her until she was able to get into her room this Good Samaritan was called Sam and he had a small black dog of him called Stitch we urgently need Sam and the taxi driver to get in touch if you were in

The wardor street area that weekend and any of these descriptions ring a bell please call 0500 600600 or the incident room in St John’s Wood on 0207 321 9709 as we’ve been saying tonight we’re coming live from Manchester and four months ago greater Manchester police set

Up a cold case review unit a team of detectives are going back over unsolved cases one of those cases is still really fresh in the minds of officers because they were on the case at the time 20 years ago it was the murder of a 14-year-old and only child from Lee and

It’s a crime they say that not only deserves to be reopened it demands it police have launched a murder inquiry after the body of 14-year-old Lisa hessan was found in an alley near her home in Lee near Manchester I think i’ been shopping came home we had an early

Tea I you know cuz she wanted to get ready for this party and she went out of here about would say about4 to 7 at night quite happy with mea just that little bit earlier so she went over with a smile on her face so Jeff Arnold is head of the cold case

Review team but this case never did go cold for him he worked on the original inquiry he was summoned here to this alley when Lisa was found she was coming home here she lives about 500 M just around the corner she arrived there and this is the position

That we think she was attacked she was attacked here and taken down this Alleyway she had to be in for 9:00 but on this particular night obviously I said yes she could stay that little bit longer so when she didn’t arrive home I got dressed and went out to loot for her so

I went right up to the top of Le bridge I couldn’t see her there I thought well she she must be on I must have missed her perhaps I’ve gone one way she’s come another when I got back and she still wasn’t here I waited another quarter

Hour and then I found the police this is pretty much how I remember 20 years ago as a young DC at the time um and not much has changed as you can see it’s a built up residential area this is the location that Lisa’s body was discovered um she was discovered by

A local man on the on the night as I recall it there was actually a recess here that gave access to a garage door I think one of the sad parts about the event is that Lisa’s mother Christine would have walked past this location at

The end o of the alleyway very close to where the body lay and she’d have done that a number of times on the night so that was one of the things that really hurt because I I well I don’t know whether I could have been any help or

Not but you never know do you it’s no saying if only because it doesn’t work like that life’s not like that is it did you live near Rugby Road some 20 years ago do you recall anyone behaving strangely that December weekend or has anyone ever said anything that aroused

Your suspicion it’s always there at the back of your mind knowing that nobody’s paying for what’s happened to your child they may be married or have children of their own and living a good life I don’t know but they’ve not paid for what they’ve done have

They and if no one comes forward they never will I’m pleased that they open in the investigation now a little bit apprehensive but hoping that something positive will come from it I mean I know it’s a long time and people do forget but I’m hoping that someone out there

Knows something more and they will come forward well could that be you Lisa as I said was Christine’s only child and she’s lived with the agony of not knowing for all this time help put this to rest please 0500 600600 or the incident ran 0161 856

5961 it’s 5 to 10 you got five more minutes to keep those calls coming in there the phones of course Ro till midnight now this is rude and he’s an African gray par is worth about £600 and dozens of these PS are stolen every year

If you have one as a pet though to say it’s not the money you care about it’s the loss of a much loved family member Terry M you know what’s that like your parrot Pepe was stolen tell us what happened that’s right we came home just before Christmas in November and on a

Sunday and the grandson was in the house before us and he noticed that the board had gone missing right and nothing else was taken whoever came for the board just walked in for the board took the board and knew where they were going and whatever right but uh that was it they

They wanted they came take him and he had some very distinctive things about him Pepe didn’t he used to imitate the sounds that his owner used to make his pre owner made previous owner uh his previous owner’s dad had emposia and uh when he used to fall asleep in the chair

He used to make rather funny noises with his chest whatever right we got the part first we thought he was very ill because he used to come out with these noises and coughing and spluttering whatever right and then we realized when we rang the owner that she said that was that is

Pee imitating her dad before just copying all those sounds pass everything cat dogs anything right and particular what were the particular distinctive words that that he uses if if if people can recognize that he used to call uh where’s Terry where’s Elane and he used

To call my dog Kaa and whistle L to come in for food and before he used to go to bed at night when you turn the Telly off as soon as that Telly went off he used to go good night pet bye-bye boo good night and he walk across the armchair

And go to his cage and that was it but he had loads and loads of words uh taking off car alarms smoke alarms anything at all wild boards anything he could take it off do it all but he had the whole rep right okay well do you think you can help call the

Instant r on 0208 24749 45 to focus on the distinctive things that t was saying that Pepe does and and the sounds that he imitates you know there are precautions you can take against the theft of your pet if you go to our website at bbc.co.uk crime you’ll find full contact

Details for the pirate society’s pet theft register and you can also see a reminder of some of tonight’s cases and crime prevention advice then well we really have had a number of very encouraging calls especially about that murder of Shawn Edwards now police need to speak to Alfie blacker lots of people

Have given us possible sightings and addresses for him but it really is a lot of information for us to get through tonight remember he’s a Celtic fan he could well be drinking in those Celtic supporters bars or going to the games keep your eyes out for him Nick well to

We’ve had some quite interesting calls on the Russ on Bank robbery and the kidnap happened about 8 days before Christmas and the the detectives behind me are really rather interested in calls that we’ve got there and they tell me they’ve got three good lines of inquiry I think they’re holding things close to

Their chest on there and on the murder of Gabriel egber long site here in Manchester that was a case of mistaken identity we think there was a chap remember who was shot by a guy going past the Pion passenger on a motorbike two people have rung in with the same

Name that’s being followed up right now all the instant room numbers are on cax on page 621 our phone lines they’re open until midnight tonight and they’re open again tomorrow from 7:30 a.m. until midnight there’s no crime watch in January so we’re making up for it this month because there’ll be another

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