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Crimewatch Roadshow - Season 22 Episode 8 -
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05:08A member of the public has said he's seen someone go in this shop.
05:11There's all stuff knocked down in the shop.
05:13Control to buy an errand.
05:14Can you just join me up here, please?
05:16I had a taser,
05:17so I believed Alfie probably thought it was best that I was with him,
05:20so that we have that tool in case we need it,
05:22especially dealing with someone that had carried out that violent offence.
05:28I had a quick peep inside the shop and I could see.
05:30It was obvious that something had happened in there.
05:32There was a till being smashed up.
05:34The chewing gum rack was over.
05:36There was food, bottles on the floor.
05:43It was very eerily quiet.
05:45It was like he was watching a horror movie
05:47and he was waiting for the jump scare.
05:49Hello?
05:53And then we heard a blood-curling scream coming from the back room.
05:56There was this curtain,
05:58and you could sort of see through the curtain,
06:00and I could see a very large man
06:02with a sledgehammer in his hands.
06:04Show me your hands now!
06:05Show me your hands now!
06:06The suspect was bear-hugging the victim.
06:09And had the stick of the sledgehammer towards their throat,
06:11pushing it down, strangling them.
06:17Get off him!
06:18Get off him!
06:19If we had got there seconds later,
06:26that victim would either be unconscious
06:29or he would have died.
06:31Control, just to let you know,
06:32we're coming to the shop and found him in the back room
06:34with the shop owner on the floor.
06:37The suspect's demeanor was very strange
06:39because having just violently attacked two people,
06:42he was eerily calm.
06:45It was apparent straight away
06:46that there was some mental health incident going on.
06:49He was in some state of crisis.
06:51Right, fella, right now you're under arrest, all right?
06:53For GTH, OK?
06:55I think most of our calls,
06:57there is an aspect of mental health there.
06:59I haven't been on response for 13 years,
07:01I've noticed the rise in mental health.
07:05Looking back on it, it could have gone a lot worse.
07:10It's scary when you think back,
07:11he could have swung for us with a sledgehammer,
07:13he could have been waiting for us,
07:15he could have killed the victim.
07:17You don't go to work for the thanks,
07:19but to have someone come up to you and say to you,
07:22thank you for saving my life,
07:24it did choke me up a little bit.
07:30The suspect was convicted at Snaresbrook Crown Court
07:33for attempted murder times two, robbery and burglary,
07:37and he was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.
07:41I've got the outcome that we all wanted,
07:43so it is very good to see.
07:46Whenever I'm in the area, I think back to this
07:48and how much of a close call it was.
07:52Any sort of traumatic call that police officers go to,
07:54they always stick in your mind.
07:58It's very important having someone you can trust on scene.
08:01You just know that they've got your back
08:03and you can deal with the incident properly.
08:06I was very lucky to be posted with Alfie that day.
08:08You know, you're making split-second decisions,
08:10life and death situations you're going into.
08:13It's always important to be with someone that you trust.
08:20Me and Alfie were given a commendation
08:22and then we found out that we were nominated
08:24for the London Bravery Awards, which was a surprise,
08:29but we won that.
08:30It was a very humbling experience.
08:33It's amazing, honestly.
08:34I really didn't expect to win.
08:35It's a privilege.
08:36I'm really happy about it.
08:39I'm very honoured and it's just a great way
08:40to show the good work that we do.
08:42Well, it is a dramatic watch, isn't it?
08:47And we're very pleased to say that we are joined now
08:50by PC Alfie Chalice and PC Aaron Prater from the Met Police.
08:54We're both in that film there.
08:56Welcome both.
08:57Thanks for coming in to speak to us today, Alfie.
08:59I'll start with you.
09:00Wow.
09:02What was going through your mind when you actually got that call?
09:05I mean, it's hard to put in words.
09:07I mean, you just don't have time to process it, think about it.
09:10You take the call and you've got to deal with the information
09:13as it comes in and you sort of think about it after.
09:16But on the way there, all you can think about is making sure
09:20everyone's safe and you get there safely.
09:21That's it, but it's difficult.
09:23Yeah, definitely scary stuff, but the right results are amazing to see.
09:27And it's obviously a very demanding role as well.
09:30I mean, what did you get from it personally?
09:32I think when I joined, I knew it was going to be a tough job.
09:35Yeah.
09:36I knew it was going to be a lot of responsibility.
09:38And I think obviously, like most police officers,
09:40they like to drive around blue lights and lock up the bad guys,
09:43which is a great aspect of the job.
09:45But I think for me, definitely like dealing with the victims.
09:47You know, we're dealing with people that are going through
09:49the most vulnerable, the worst moments of their life.
09:51And I think sometimes we forget as police officers,
09:54the impact that we have on people.
09:55And, you know, take for instance, the shopkeeper.
09:58You know, for us, we go back to work.
10:00We do, we go to another call.
10:02And for him, he will never forget the actions that we've done.
10:04So I think if I go home, knowing that it helps on, you know,
10:07just a little bit, that's what I take away from me.
10:09Yeah, the impact is huge.
10:10I mean, he literally saved his life.
10:12Yeah, massive impact.
10:13And Aaron, you actually, talking about the shopkeeper,
10:15you actually spoke to him after this had happened,
10:18after the court trial.
10:19Yes.
10:20What was that like?
10:21So for first responders, a lot of the time we don't get a chance
10:24to speak to the victim again because the case gets transferred
10:27to another unit or a specialist crime unit.
10:29And so we don't get to see them for another month or even years really
10:32at court.
10:33And even then we don't really get a chance to speak to them
10:35because, you know, we're kept in separate rooms.
10:37But it was just on the off chance that we were outside the court
10:39and he approached us and shook our hand and thanked us
10:42for saving his life again.
10:43And I think, yeah, it makes it worthwhile.
10:46Yeah, but it's obviously, it is tricky.
10:48It's a difficult job.
10:50There's a lot of pressure.
10:51How do you cope with that pressure?
10:53And how do your friends and family cope with that pressure?
10:55Yeah, it is difficult.
10:56But, you know, you've got to have a close-knit, you know,
10:58friend group and family.
11:00Just, I think, being open and talking about things is important,
11:03you know, and you've got to have a good team.
11:05Luckily, the team I'm on, E team, very good team.
11:08But we can talk and we all make sure, you know, we're together.
11:12And that's it, that's the important thing.
11:13I think it's good to talk to your colleagues because they know best,
11:15especially when you go through a traumatic instance,
11:17they know best.
11:18But also talking to friends and family,
11:20having a good support network outside of the job
11:22is also very important.
11:23Yeah, you can tell, though.
11:24You can really sense the bond, can't you, though?
11:26It's like, shout-outs to the team.
11:28They're there, they're important.
11:29They kind of become a bit like your family themselves.
11:31Yeah, absolutely.
11:32Yeah, and it's rare that you probably get a massive pat on the back
11:37for the work that you do day in, day out.
11:38But you certainly got that on this job, didn't you?
11:41Because you've got your commendation.
11:42We can actually see an image of that now.
11:44Let's have a look.
11:45What was that night like?
11:46Tell us what happened.
11:47It was fun, it was a good night.
11:48It was really enjoyable.
11:49We got to take our families with us.
11:50And it was just a really good way of showing people the good work that we do.
11:54You know, we don't get a lot of good press.
11:56So when we do get it, it is good.
11:58And it's great to show the reality of policing and what we have to deal with.
12:01It was a really good night, really enjoyable.
12:03Yeah.
12:04And I think I know the answer to what you're both going to say.
12:06But if you got that call again today or next day you're on duty, would you act exactly
12:10the same?
12:11Yeah, absolutely.
12:12Of course.
12:13Of course.
12:14Every single time.
12:15It's because they're E-Team.
12:16I was E-Team.
12:17It's a good team.
12:18It's always a good team on E-Team.
12:20Thank you both.
12:21Thank you.
12:22Thank you so much.
12:23No worries.
12:24Before we go to our first appeal, we wanted to bring you a quick update.
12:27In March this year, we asked for information about the murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Reimer,
12:32who went missing in November 1994.
12:35Well, on Monday this week, a man was arrested.
12:39We'll bring you more on that when we can.
12:41Well, these cold cases may feel hopeless, but they can genuinely get results.
12:46In April 1995, mum of three, Janet Brown, was brutally murdered at her home in Buckinghamshire
12:52with no clear motive, the case has puzzled detectives for 30 years.
12:59She was a loving mother of three, had a good job, lots of friends, and had no enemies.
13:08She was handcuffed, she was naked, she'd been gagged.
13:13We just cannot understand why she was murdered.
13:17The most horrendous thing happened to her.
13:21I remember my mum's murder.
13:23Without that being resolved and closed, it's really hard to sort of move on, you know,
13:30and remember her peacefully and privately.
13:32On the evening of Monday the 10th of April 1995, 51-year-old mother of three, Janet Brown,
13:47returned from work to her home in the isolated village of Radnage in Buckinghamshire.
13:53In 1995 my mum was working for the University of Oxford, she was working as a medical researcher.
14:02Her husband was working abroad at the time.
14:05Two of her children had moved out and she had one daughter, Roxanne, who still lived at home.
14:11We lived quite a simple life.
14:14Just my mum and I at home and so she'd go to work, I'd go to school, come back, you know, I'd prepare food for her and then we'd just sit and watch TV.
14:23You know, she was my best friend.
14:33On the 10th of April 1995, it was the first day of the Easter holiday, so I woke up, mum went off to work, said goodbye to her.
14:41I went for a run around the fields that backed onto our house.
14:46I hadn't planned to not be at home that night, but that plan changed at the last minute.
14:53Probably left the house about five o'clock in the evening.
14:57Deciding to stay at a friend's house, Roxanne called her mum to update her on her plans.
15:02I called mum just to check in with her when she got back.
15:07I think I'll be having an early night.
15:10And that was the last time we spoke.
15:12The next day, a local builder who was working at the home called round about eight o'clock.
15:24And upon arrival, we heard an internal alarm ringing.
15:27He looked through one of the windows and saw Janet's body at the bottom of the stairs.
15:36The police were then called.
15:39She'd been handcuffed, had a tape gag wrapped round her mouth and head, and had been bludgeoned to death.
15:51There was sort of police at the end of the drive of my friend's house.
16:04And then I was asked to come downstairs.
16:07And two policemen came in.
16:10And they said that she had died.
16:13And then I had to call my dad and let him know, which was obviously a really hard thing to have to do.
16:27When I got a call from the police and they told me what had happened, it was, it was so shocking.
16:41It was, you know, it was sort of incomprehensible.
16:44In my memories, it's kind of a blur.
16:48I never went back to our home after that.
16:51Police believed Janet had been killed by one or more unknown intruders.
17:10We know that around about 8 o'clock or just after, Janet was at home because she answered the phone to one of Roxanne's friends.
17:17Later that evening, around about 8.20, the builder, who subsequently found the body the next day, rang her.
17:24There was no answer.
17:25And then later that evening, around about 9 o'clock, Graham, her husband, rang.
17:29And again, there was no answer.
17:39Just before 10pm that night, a neighbour had noticed a car they didn't recognise, parked in a grassy area close to Janet's home.
17:48Another neighbour passed Janet's house at 10 past 10.
17:52And as she was doing so, she heard the outside alarm ringing.
17:57That alarm would only ring for 20 minutes on the outside.
18:02The way the intruders had broken into Janet's house was very unusual.
18:12There were some patio doors.
18:14They then used a glass cutter and tape to remove the outer pane of glass.
18:20And then the inner pane was smashed.
18:23Police called on the public to help with the investigation.
18:35Good evening. We start with the aftermath of a crime that last month became a major news item.
18:41In 1995, this investigation was subject of a Crimewatch programme.
18:46And after that, there were a number of calls, some of which were from people that admitted to being burglars themselves.
18:52They said that they wouldn't have committed a burglary using that method.
18:57It was very much easier to force a window with either a crowbar or a screwdriver.
19:06Police have never been able to find a motive for such a brutal attack.
19:12This doesn't sound like a burglary.
19:15Nothing appears to have been stolen.
19:17But also, Janet, although she was naked and handcuffed, there was no evidence that she'd been sexually assaulted.
19:26Police have one critical piece of evidence.
19:29A DNA profile.
19:32That DNA, I believe, belongs to the offender.
19:36But unfortunately, it doesn't match any of the six million-plus people that are on the national DNA database.
19:42We've also searched DNA databases in Europe and other countries throughout the world.
19:48But to date, we haven't got anywhere.
19:50Janet was a very private person. She had no enemies.
19:56There was nothing that would suggest that Janet could have been targeted for any reason whatsoever.
20:14We grew up really in a rural area with rolling hills.
20:17We had a nice large garden, playing on swings, going for walks in the woods, sledging in winter when we were lucky.
20:26Mum was a really fun-loving person and really was just a wonderful mum.
20:33I feel my mum with me all the time.
20:35She's the robin in the garden or the birds in the sky.
20:39I feel her with me.
20:42We don't know what's happened to her and there's never been any justice for her.
20:51It just makes it incredibly hard to move past.
20:53So, you know, I remember my mum, but then I remember my mum's murder.
20:59You know, without that being resolved and closed, it's really hard to sort of move on, you know, and remember her peacefully and privately.
21:09Well, I'm now with Pete Byrne from Thames Valley Police.
21:14You saw from the film there.
21:16Pete, thanks for coming in today.
21:17I mean, this is a long time ago.
21:18It's 30 years ago, but it's still no easier, clearly, for Janet's family, is it?
21:22Not at all.
21:23They were all young adults when their mother was murdered.
21:26They had to live with that.
21:28Obviously, they got married, had children, all without their own mum being there.
21:33And it's been incredibly difficult for them.
21:35Very, very hard indeed.
21:36As we say, it's a long time ago.
21:37So, 10th of April, 1995, this happened.
21:40Can you just remind us of the location?
21:41Because it was pretty remote, wasn't it?
21:43Yes.
21:44It's in a small hamlet in the Chiltern Hills.
21:47The nearest large town is High Wycombe.
21:50The actual house itself is off the beaten track.
21:55And there is a road close to the house, but it doesn't have much through traffic.
22:01And we can see just an aerial image of the house there.
22:03And as you say, it is incredibly isolated, it seems, and not through traffic there.
22:08What about the method of the break-in?
22:10Because that in itself was unusual, wasn't it?
22:13Very unusual inasmuch that, as shown on the film, the offender scoured the outer pane of the patio doors,
22:22with a glass cutter, and then removed part of that glass using tape.
22:26And then, for some reason, the inner pane was then smashed.
22:3030 years ago, when the investigation first started, it was on the Crimewatch at that time.
22:38And back then, burglars rang up and said, this isn't the method that we would use.
22:44Even they said that.
22:45Exactly, yeah.
22:46So, it is quite an unusual method of entry for them to do that.
22:50There is something, though, we've mentioned it on the film, and it's the DNA,
22:54because that could be crucial in this investigation in many different ways.
22:57Just tell us the significance of that.
22:59Incredibly significant, as much as we know it's a male profile.
23:03We know it doesn't belong to anybody with legitimate access to the house.
23:07So, if it's my belief, that belongs to the offender.
23:10So, what I'm asking for today is for people to look back 30 years,
23:15think about people they may have suspicions about, and please make contact.
23:19It's very, very easy for us to identify that person, see them if they're still alive,
23:24and ask for a mouth swab.
23:26And, in some ways, they can either be implicated or eliminated.
23:30And, if we do eliminate them, then the person that rang in that had the suspicions,
23:35we can then allay those suspicions.
23:37So, it's a double win, really.
23:39But, we are asking for the public pleas to ring in.
23:42As many names as possible.
23:43And, if anyone is still hesitant, there's also a financial reward that's been put up for this?
23:48Yes, indeed.
23:49So, there's a £20,000 reward being put up by Crimestoppers.
23:53I urge anybody, please, either make contact anonymously via Crimestoppers
23:58or ring 101 or email the Major Crime Review Team at Thames Valley Police.
24:02Just need that information there, that reward for information leading to arrest and conviction.
24:06Peter, thank you.
24:07If you have any information regarding this case, please do get in touch.
24:10All the usual ways to contact us are on the screen below.
24:13I'm now with Laura Stone, the co-founder of Shepherd Star, a charity dedicated to empowering adults facing hardship
24:21to ensure they have the support needed to stay on the right side of the law.
24:25And, one of their service users, Harrison.
24:27Thank you both so much for joining us.
24:29Lovely to see you.
24:30Laura, I'm going to come to you first.
24:31Can you tell us a wee bit about Shepherd Star and why it was all set up?
24:35Absolutely.
24:36So, our story actually began during the pandemic.
24:39So, there was about six of us local residents alongside the Angel & Crown Community Pub.
24:44And, we began volunteering our time during the crisis.
24:48And, when restrictions lifted, we took a moment just to reflect on the things that we'd noticed.
24:54One was the gaps in support.
24:56The other was the increasing impact of social isolation people were experiencing.
25:00And, the other was the encouragement from local businesses and residents and partners
25:06who really just said to us, please keep going.
25:08So, in November of 2021, Shepherd Star was formally registered as a charity.
25:13And, as you mentioned, our mission is really to support people who have experienced life challenges,
25:20grow their confidence, learn new skills, and step into new opportunities.
25:25And, we've been doing this for a number of years now.
25:28And, we've got about five projects that we do.
25:31Explore is our skills and training program.
25:33Shine is our barista training program, which is something Harrison has been doing with us.
25:38We run Table of Hope, which is our communal monthly meals.
25:42Good Friday is our weekly community space.
25:44And, last but not least, is the Christmas Box initiative we run with volunteers and Achieving for Children.
25:50That's amazing. It sounds like there's a lot going on.
25:53And, the power of localised community is quite fundamental to what you do as well, isn't it?
25:56It absolutely is.
25:57You know, we couldn't do what we do without working in collaboration and partnership with a lot of the fantastic organisations and agencies in our community.
26:04It's because of them that we're able to make the impact we do.
26:07Yeah, and you're clearly making a brilliant impact on people like Harrison, which is fantastic.
26:11Because, Harrison, how did you get involved with Shepherd Star?
26:14So, I struggled with addiction in the past and, yeah, I was in a bad place.
26:23And, I was with my mum, I went to this cafe in the Etna Centre and she spoke to one of her friends who introduced us to Desiree.
26:31And, since I've been volunteering at Shepherd Star, I never knew what I was good at.
26:40And, I started trying out all these different things and I've started finding what I like.
26:44So, what kind of things have you been doing then?
26:46So, I've been doing barista training.
26:50I've been making coffees for Shepherd Star.
26:55I've been at the furniture scheme, recycling furniture.
27:02So, I've made a few.
27:03Oh, I see you in action there as well in one of the photos.
27:06That's amazing.
27:07Yeah.
27:08Have you found a bit of a forte you enjoy doing the woodwork?
27:11Yeah, I really enjoy it.
27:12I like sanding, painting and filling and that's my grandma's mirror.
27:18Oh, is it?
27:19Yeah.
27:20So, I've done it up when I first started and I've just got it as a nice memory.
27:25So, inspiring to hear Harrison's story and the amazing work that he's done.
27:29If people are listening and they want to know more, where can they find out about Shepherd Star?
27:33You can find out more about us at our website, shepherdstar.org, but also across our social media channels.
27:38So, that's Shepherd Star Charity.
27:40Amazing.
27:41Thank you both so much for coming in and sharing your story.
27:43Great to see you.
27:44Thank you.
27:45Thank you.
27:46Now, we have an incredibly sad but important appeal from Greater Manchester Police.
27:51I'm with DI Louise Kelly from their major incident team.
27:55Louise, thank you for coming in today.
27:56This is a very hard story to talk about, but it's about the discovery of a baby that had died.
28:03What can you tell us?
28:04Morning, Rav.
28:05Yes.
28:06So, on Wednesday, the 20th of November, 2024, at 12.22pm, we received a call from a dog walker who had found what appeared to be human remains.
28:14Upon attending the scene, we sadly discovered a deceased baby girl.
28:18We understand how deeply distressing this case is, but we remain committed to finding answers.
28:23My team have given her the name Ava and we are hoping to find out more about her.
28:27The area where Ava was found, it was quite secluded.
28:30Yes.
28:31So, previously a colliery site, it's now an eight hectare green space with pathways and grasslands called Ashton's Fields.
28:37Ava was found just off the path, close to the entrance to the fields.
28:41The exact spot is close to a lay-by in an area of Salford called Little Halton.
28:47The lay-by is close to a main road, so we believe that they may have brought Ava to the location to leave her there,
28:53meaning they could have come from outside the geographical area.
28:56It borders both Bolton and Salford with the M61 motorway close by.
29:01OK, you can see those aerial shots now of where she was found.
29:05So, how long do you think Ava had been there?
29:08So, several forensic experts have been assisting us with our investigation,
29:11but due to the numerous variable factors involved, it remains difficult to draw definitive conclusions at this stage.
29:17Ava was found on top of a layer of snow, close to an area of ground that had been disturbed,
29:22potentially by animals, so we think that she may have been buried initially.
29:26OK, now I know you and your team have done a lot of work to try and establish who the mother and father are.
29:33Just give us an idea of the sorts of things that you've been involved in.
29:36Yes, so we've followed up on hundreds of public information that we've been passed.
29:41We've conducted thousands of hours of house-to-house inquiries, reviewed extensive CCTV footage in the surrounding area.
29:47We've worked with multiple community partners and we've trawled the National Missing Persons Database for females who were potentially pregnant and maybe missing,
29:56but unfortunately still no leads.
29:58You've also initiated a range of experts to determine more about Ava.
30:03Yeah, that's correct. So we've worked with anthropologists, archaeologists, botanists, entomologists and also experts in dental and bone analysis to try and establish Ava's age and ethnicity and that work is ongoing.
30:16What we can say is that Ava was around 38 to 39 weeks gestation.
30:21We suspect that mum may have concealed her pregnancy and there could be a multitude of reasons for this.
30:26OK, now there is a crucial piece of evidence that you wish to share with us today. We can see that now. Can you just talk us through this, Louise?
30:34Yes. So the significant development is the recovery of some underwear from the scene. So female, adult size, large, there is quite a distinct pattern of a cartoon donkey on them.
30:45Our inquiries have led us to believe that the underwear isn't manufactured in the UK, but it can be shipped in wholesale.
30:52We have secured a DNA profile from the underwear so we can determine if it's connected to Ava.
30:57So who are you appealing to today?
30:59So today I'm appealing to Ava's mum and dad. We urge you to contact us if you're watching this.
31:05Either contact us directly or reach out to a trusted person who can contact us on your behalf.
31:10If you think you may know who Ava's parents are or if you're a family member, please reach out to us.
31:15Or if you recognise the underwear and you think you may be able to help us with where these may be purchased, then please let us know.
31:22We understand that Ava's mum and dad, what they're going through is unimaginable and we don't know their personal circumstances or what they're dealing with.
31:30And we can't ignore the criminality in this case, but there will be help and support for them.
31:35Thank you. It really is terribly sad. If you know anything that can help detectives, please get in touch.
31:40And remember our QR code is on the screen below. We can find all the contact details you need.
31:46Now, how the meticulous work of detectives in South Wales stopped a dangerous man from acting out his crime fantasies against children.
31:55This film has some difficult themes around child abuse.
31:58He was using homemade games to find and locate children.
32:05And he's then approached them and then exposed himself.
32:11We've never seen a level of planning like it.
32:16On the 8th of December 2024,
32:27David Powys police received a disturbing report of an indecent exposure involving children under the age of 14 in a shop in Ustrid Gunlice, a small town in the Swansea Valley.
32:39The girls were there to get some Christmas decorations, get some snacks.
32:43And then they've gone down one of the aisles then to look at colouring books.
32:47And a male had approached them within the store and exposed his genitals and asked them to touch his genitals.
32:59I think there was a natural reaction that a male exposed themselves to children is shocking.
33:04It was quite unusual that it happened at 4pm on a Sunday afternoon in quite a public place.
33:12An adult told a staff member and the suspect was escorted out of the store.
33:25The police were alerted and officers swarmed the area to find him.
33:30We had an initial description of the male being in his 50s.
33:35We're wearing a dark blue coat carrying a dark coloured gym bag.
33:42We had to arrest them and to bring him in.
33:46The next morning, officers spot him and arrest him close to a different supermarket.
33:53You're under arrest, OK?
33:56On suspicion, inciting a child into engaging into sexual activity.
34:00He was identified as 60-year-old Stephen Loveridge.
34:05When he was arrested, he was quite calm and compliant and wasn't put in any protest.
34:11Given the nature of what he's been arrested for, you would expect maybe sometimes there to be some sort of reactional protest of innocence.
34:19But there was no reaction quite like that.
34:22And then they conduct a search of him.
34:25And they've located a mobile device, along with a pack of jungle book cards.
34:31Another pack which had various drawings and symbols and writings on them, referring to girls and drawings of genitals.
34:41And also they located, under possession, a multicoloured dice.
34:46The significance of these would become clear throughout the investigation.
34:50We weren't fully sure what they related to, why he had them on them, but it was something that was unusual.
34:56Meanwhile, the team had circulated the images and CCTV with their colleagues at South Wales Police, who sent them a crucial piece of evidence.
35:11There was an officer then from South Wales Police, who had an investigation on one of the week prior where, in a slivera, a male, matching the same description, had exposed his genitals to a very young girl in a supermarket.
35:28Comparing CCTV footage confirmed it was the same man.
35:35Police searched Loveridge's home and were stunned by what they found.
35:43Hello, police.
35:45Oh, looks like a maze.
35:46In terms of the house search, there was quite a lot of digital devices seized from his address. Laptops, computers, USB sticks.
36:04What's this been? More of these cards.
36:11Officers located handwritten notes and drawings about, you know, where girls were going, plans on where they needed to be at certain times in order to sort of create an interaction.
36:21In one case, it appeared to refer to the words hostage within it, which is something else that was extremely concerning.
36:32Among the notes, drawings and images scrawled in books, they found one sketch of a star with numbers at each point.
36:40These corresponded to notes about young girls.
36:44They charged Loveridge with indecent exposure and causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
37:00But that wasn't the end of their investigation.
37:03Why did he have coloured dice when he was arrested?
37:07What did the notes mean?
37:09They turned their attention to his devices.
37:12As a digital forensics investigator, my role is to analyse computer and mobile devices.
37:19I was given this case at the beginning of February.
37:24There were 15 devices altogether.
37:29Officers spent six weeks combing through Loveridge's devices.
37:35On one computer that I analysed, there were over 10,000 videos. Some of them were 30 minutes long. The length of each video was not anything that I'd seen before.
37:48I'd start off by grading the media to see if there is any illegal material on there. There are three categories that we have to look out for.
38:01In this case, the suspect had all three categories, which was category A, which is the worst, through to C.
38:09Police found evidence of indecent images dating back as far as 2007.
38:16And further investigation showed he carefully planned his offences.
38:21As I was going through the images, I'd came across the maps, which had the street names and local schools, any playing parks. It was very specific.
38:34There were annotated maps, with local schools and nursery groups marked as well as escape routes. He had also marked up houses where he had seen children's toys and detailed his planned encounters and fantasies with young children.
38:50There were over 100 notes, and 28 of these contained details of local children. I've never come across anything like this before.
39:07When the mobile device was manually reviewed, we came across the audio recordings.
39:16He was basically stating the crime that he had committed.
39:20It wasn't the weekend on a Sunday. I asked straight out with it, because it just felt like it was going to work.
39:27Then it all went patient. Or did it?
39:31It was obvious that he just didn't care about what he had just done.
39:37Crucially, the recordings also included references to the playing cards and dice that had been found on Loveridge when he was first arrested.
39:45I drew a blue dice and decided to say, tracked them around the store, decided to act in the stationary area.
39:56Detectives worked out that the dice and cards were part of a grim game that Loveridge had devised.
40:03The coloured dice related to the age of potential victims and the cards to the action he was going to take, such as follow, stop, pursue.
40:12As soon as we were listening to that, it was quite sort of chilling, really.
40:16The police are going to be that bothered.
40:18They're going to come looking for me. They don't know where I am.
40:23This all seemed like a big game to him.
40:32Further charges relating to the indecent images were added to those of indecent exposure.
40:38Loveridge pleaded guilty on all counts.
40:42And in May 2025 was sentenced to six years and seven months in prison, with a further six-year extended licence period due to the seriousness of his crimes.
40:53There would have been an impact on the victims in this case, being really anxious and now feeling around to look over their shoulders, really, that someone could be following them, which, you know, no child should feel like that or experience that.
41:05For me, it was really important that we got justice for all these kids.
41:12When I look at something, I don't bring my feelings into it at all.
41:20I think, at the end of the day, you're doing something good, putting somebody horrible away.
41:26When you're dealing with offenders relating to child sex offences, you can get quite angry that there's people like that out there.
41:35But, you know, it's why we do the job to make sure that people like him are safely behind bars, where they can't go on to hurt people.
41:43Well, it is a dark case, but details of organisations that can provide support with some of the issues raised there are available at bbc.co.uk slash action line.
41:57Now, though, it's time for Wanted Faces.
41:59First, have you seen Kai or Kia Hooper? He's been recalled to prison and police in Kent are looking to locate him.
42:09He's described as slim and has been known to frequent Medway towns, Dartford and Canterbury, all in Kent.
42:15This here is Kieran Nicholls, though he sometimes uses the name Tom Smith.
42:20He's absconded from prison and police are urgently looking for him.
42:23The 26-year-old has several tattoos of butterflies and animals on his upper arm.
42:28Police say he has connections to Romford in Essex and also East London.
42:33And police in the West Midlands have charged this man, Mark Anthony Williams, with threatening behaviour
42:38and want to question him about several other offences.
42:41He's 56 and has a one-inch scar on his right knuckle.
42:45Police say he has links to the city centre of Birmingham and is often seen near train stations, bus and tram stops.
42:52They also say he frequents Walsall city centre and also Sutton Coldfield town centre.
42:58So, if you recognise any of these men or know their whereabouts, please do get in touch.
43:03Thank you for watching today, tomorrow, how Thames Valley police caught a dangerous man who had attacked a lone female.
43:10When he described to me what that CCTV footage showed, I remember stopping in my tracks and knowing we wouldn't stop until we'd caught this person.
43:22And we've got time for one last positive update for you, don't we?
43:25Oh, it's an important one, isn't it?
43:26Yes.
43:27Michelle Ackley has had a baby daughter.
43:30Massive congratulations, Michelle and Ben, from all of us here.
43:34Huge congratulations, Michelle.
43:35We're delighted for you.
43:37We're going to see you back here at the same time tomorrow at 10.45am.
43:41Bye for now.
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