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00:00Hello, Maradar. Welcome to the programme.
00:04On the 15th anniversary of teenager Amir Siddiqui's murder,
00:09police are determined to find one man who's on the run.
00:13He was attacked by two men who howled as they stabbed him with daggers.
00:19There remains a third person who was wanted in connection with that murder,
00:22and that's Muhammad Ali Edge.
00:25Can you help track him down?
00:27This is Crimewatch Live.
00:30He's been jamming the switchboard both here and at the instant room.
00:34Just to remind you, this was the abduction and no-drop campaign and the handgun debate.
00:41Hello and welcome to Crimot 12 Eberlang and giving the safe of those fantastic results.
00:56Hello and welcome to the programme.
00:58And we are broadcasting live from our studios right here, smack bang, in the middle of Cardiff City.
01:04Now, last week we spoke to Sussex Police about an investigation into historical sexual abuse at a school.
01:11Well, the police say they have had a huge response since we ran that
01:15and have been contacted by a number of former students, so thank you for those calls.
01:20We'll update you on how that progresses when we can.
01:24Today, detectives are hunting for this man, wanted in connection with a shooting on a quiet street in Gloucester.
01:32And we're hearing how detectives in Leeds caught the culprit responsible for the needless death of delivery driver Claudio Carroll Condor.
01:42Claudio makes a dive into the passenger seat to stop the suspect from taking his livelihood.
01:48There's a collision that does knock Claudio off and that ultimately is where Claudio dies.
01:54It's a terrible case.
01:58We'll also be chatting to a charity harnessing the power of the beautiful game to keep kids engaged with education.
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02:58But first this morning, a tragic case of mistaken identity,
03:03which led to the brutal murder of a teenager
03:06and ripped apart the lives of a family in a quiet Cardiff suburb.
03:14Amir was just a joyful boy.
03:19Just happy, just peals of laughter.
03:26Amir was very close to mum and dad.
03:29He was 17, and I think as he matured,
03:32he just became a very sensitive, thoughtful young boy.
03:36Also with some teenage sensibilities.
03:42He was always doing something.
03:43It was always an after-school activity,
03:45or going to see sport, or doing sport.
03:48So he was very rarely at home.
03:50And he seemed incredibly popular.
03:51I had a very brief message saying that there's been an accident.
04:01Come home.
04:03So I arrived at the University Hospital of Wales.
04:08I went to the A&E, where my mum was actually being seen by one of the A&E doctors.
04:14And she was just a hysterical mess.
04:17She was crying, and she was screaming.
04:19She was saying, my son, this is what's happened to him.
04:22I later saw my dad, and he was the complete opposite,
04:24just sitting there completely silent in a chair,
04:27not speaking at all.
04:28Amir Siddiqui was stabbed to death.
04:36His violent death confounded all who knew him.
04:40His mother and father heard his screams and desperately tried to help him.
04:44He was attacked by two men, who howled as they stabbed him with daggers.
04:50It was Sunday afternoon, and he was expecting the Quran teacher to visit the home.
04:56There was a doorknock, and he opened the door,
04:59and two men came in with masks,
05:01and they started indiscriminately stabbing at him.
05:06The attack was extremely violent and brutal in nature,
05:11resulting in Amir sustaining several stab wounds.
05:14As did his parents, really, in trying to intervene and rescue his son.
05:19We couldn't understand what happened, why it happened.
05:24Why would anyone do this?
05:26This afternoon, united in grief and shock, his sisters made this appeal.
05:32We are worried, in our own grief,
05:37that the people who have committed this crime may do this again.
05:42South Wales Police made an appeal.
05:44For information.
05:46And we were just glued to the TV every single day,
05:49trying to find out what happened.
05:51It is clearly a hypothesis about us that
05:53Amir was mistakenly targeted.
05:57Amir was an upstanding member of the community,
05:59of total clean character.
06:01And I can't understand why he was targeted in this fashion.
06:03Within a very short period of time, two men were arrested for murder.
06:08His father, Iqbal, and mother, Parveen,
06:10have been in court to hear the details
06:12of how their son became the unintended victim
06:15of a blundered contract killing.
06:18The two defendants are accused of coming here to Amir's home in a leafy Cardiff suburb,
06:24having been promised cash to carry out a contract killing.
06:27But they got the wrong address.
06:29Two men were subsequently convicted for Amir's murder.
06:33And they continued to serve 40 years each,
06:36which I think represents the magnitude and severity of the incident.
06:40Jason Richards and Ben Hope were two small-scale criminals
06:48who were essentially drug addicts.
06:51And they broke the sanctity of our family home.
07:01For the police, Wellsworth is satisfying that two men
07:04have been convicted for Amir's murder.
07:06There remains a third person who's wanted in connection with that murder,
07:12and that's Muhammad Ali Edge.
07:14And our focus continues to be on tracing Muhammad Ali Edge
07:20and returning him to the UK.
07:23I think it'll be the final piece of the jigsaw.
07:26And we could just put this sorry saga and heartbreak to rest
07:33and finally move on as a family.
07:36Gosh, this really is a brutal case.
07:42And with me now is DCI Matt Powell of South Wales Police.
07:46I mean, this happened 15 years ago,
07:49but the impact of it is still very much being felt now, isn't it?
07:52It is, and rightly so.
07:53This was the brutal, horrific murder of a 17-year-old on his doorstep.
07:58A young man who had his whole life ahead of him,
08:00loved football, was learning the Koran,
08:02doing really well at school, studying for his A-levels.
08:04In fact, he was waiting for his Koran teacher to arrive to teach him that day
08:08and thought when the doorbell went, it was that teacher,
08:10but it was masked intruders who were going to brutally kill him.
08:14Yeah, so he had his whole life ahead of him
08:16and, understandably, his family absolutely devastated by this.
08:19And his mum in particular is pool-y now, isn't she?
08:23She is, yes.
08:23They were completely devastated at the time.
08:25Mum and dad lost a very much-loved son.
08:27Sisters loved a very cherished brother.
08:30And also, mum is ill now,
08:31and I just hope we can get some complete justice for them as a family
08:34as their lifetime goes on.
08:37Yeah, completely.
08:38And so, when you started this case,
08:40there were two arrests initially and convictions, weren't there?
08:42Tell us about that.
08:44Yes, there were.
08:45So, Benjamin Hope and Jason Richards were both arrested,
08:49convicted at trial and sentenced to life
08:51with 40 years minimum sentence.
08:55Yeah, but there is someone you are still trying to find.
08:58That's correct, yes.
08:59There's a third person outstanding,
09:00that person being Mohamed Ali-Edge.
09:02Yes, so tell us a bit about him
09:04because he is on the most wanted list, isn't he?
09:06So, he's someone you've been trying really hard to find.
09:09That's correct.
09:10We've been working with various law enforcement agencies
09:12and the NCO over the last 15 years to find him.
09:15He is Wales' most wanted man, and he remains at large.
09:19He was born in Dubai in 1977,
09:22came and settled in Cardiff with his family,
09:24but we haven't been able to find him since.
09:26He was arrested in 2011 in India,
09:29having fled Cardiff around 2010 after the murder.
09:33But unfortunately, in 2017,
09:35he escaped custody in India
09:37whilst waiting extradition to the UK.
09:38Oh, goodness, that's so tough, isn't it, of him as giving.
09:41How is he managing to get about then?
09:43How is he doing all the travelling?
09:44We believe that he's using false passports,
09:47false identification papers,
09:49and also possibly changing his identity and appearance.
09:52Yeah, and understandably,
09:54you know, we talked about Amir's family.
09:55They've not given up on this.
09:57They're part of a podcast trying to flush him out.
10:00There's leaflets now being distributed, aren't they?
10:03Absolutely.
10:03So, yeah, tell us about what's going on.
10:05Yeah, so they haven't given up, and nor have we.
10:08And you've mentioned Parveen, his mum, being very ill.
10:10That's just made us, I think, more steadfast and determined.
10:13And along with this appeal today,
10:14there's a leaflet drop being conducted
10:16in targeted areas of Cardiff,
10:18where we're appealing to our diverse communities
10:20to hopefully come forward with information.
10:22I really do believe answers to where he is lying in the community.
10:24Yeah, what kind of information are you looking for, then?
10:27We're looking for any information as to where he is currently,
10:30and that may be from the local community here,
10:31or officials or members of the public in other countries he may well be.
10:35And affiliations, allegiances can change over time.
10:38That may have happened over the last 15 years.
10:41So I would appeal to the morals and the values of people
10:43to please come forward.
10:44Yeah, and there was a Crimestoppers reward connected to this, wasn't there?
10:47That's correct, there was.
10:48That came to an end in April 2024.
10:50But I'm currently in conversation with Crimestoppers
10:53to renew that appeal with reward.
10:55Yeah, well, Matt, let's hope this helps.
10:57And thank you so much for coming in today to talk about this.
11:00Please do get in touch if you know anything at all
11:03about this heartbreaking appeal.
11:06Well, our next appeal is another awful case of mistaken identity.
11:11I'm joined now by Detective Inspector Paula Hanniford
11:14and Detective Sergeant John Uden, who need help with a shooting.
11:18Good morning to you both.
11:19It's an awful incident, Paula.
11:21What can you tell us about it?
11:22Well, on the 18th of January this year,
11:24between 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening,
11:26the three suspects travelled from Birmingham to Gloucester
11:28on two high-powered motorbikes.
11:30They pulled into a junction off of Coney Hill Road in Gloucester
11:33and then proceeded to Stanway Road,
11:36whereupon they went and shot an innocent family man
11:39and then left the Stanway Road address towards the M5.
11:43I mean, it's absolutely terrifying.
11:46I mean, shootings are rare anyway, but especially in an area like this,
11:49in a quiet town, incredibly rare.
11:52But it's had a huge impact on this man who was there with his family, John.
11:56It's just emotionally and physically as well.
11:59It's had a catastrophic effect on the family.
12:01His family were home at the time.
12:03His leg was shattered in eight places
12:05and he's still receiving significant medical intervention.
12:07Absolutely awful.
12:08So, Paulie, you want to talk us through some CCTV
12:10and just show us what's happening now,
12:13because this is literally at the time of the incident.
12:15The suspect gets off the back of the bike,
12:17ridden by Simeon Bernard.
12:18He goes to the victim's home address, front door.
12:21He puts a loaded handgun to his head
12:23and then the victim, who's ex-military, chases after him.
12:27There's a commotion where people are pushed over
12:29and the bike...
12:31So we can see that there.
12:33That is the victim that's actually charged out
12:35and pushed the bike over.
12:37But we can see now, we've stopped it there.
12:39That is actually a firearm.
12:40Yes.
12:41So the wanted suspect hands the handgun to Simeon Bernard,
12:45who then puts it to his head and fires, but misfires,
12:48and then shoots him in the leg.
12:51I mean, it's absolutely horrific.
12:53And we can see here, if they start the bike,
12:55they then make their getaway on those bikes once again.
12:59But clearly that we need to find who that outstanding suspect was.
13:02Because, John, we mentioned one of the names there.
13:05Two people have already been convicted,
13:07thanks to the work by yourselves and your team.
13:09You've got two convicted. Tell me about that.
13:11That's correct.
13:12Two men have been convicted,
13:13Simeon Bernard with the beard and Darren Atkins.
13:16They were both convicted of possessing a handgun
13:18with intent to endanger life.
13:20And Simeon Bernard on a separate indictment
13:22of the Section 18 wounding.
13:24Bernard received 16 years and Atkins received 12.
13:28We got to them by CCTV inquiries
13:31that took us northbound on the M5 up to Birmingham.
13:34We were able to use a CCTV and show both Suzuki and Yamaha UK
13:38who were able to identify both motorbikes to us.
13:41One of them was relatively rare.
13:43That was then found to be for sale,
13:45being sold by Mr Atkins in Birmingham.
13:48Further digital inquiries into Mr Atkins linked him
13:51to the crime scene and also linked him to Mr Bernard
13:54who became also can suspect.
13:56I mean, you did some brilliant work there.
13:57There was one bike, though,
13:58as yet you've not been able to trace.
14:00You know what it is.
14:01It's one that was similar to this.
14:02So this is a Suzuki GSX-R 1000.
14:06No plates at the time,
14:07but you've identified what it should be on.
14:09This is a bike ridden by Mr Simeon Bernard.
14:12It's got distinctive orange wheels
14:14other than the stock bike you see in the image there.
14:17It didn't have a plate on at the time,
14:19but it did have a registration plate
14:20of Kilopapa Zero to Lima X-Ray Golf,
14:23which does belong to that motorbike.
14:25OK, so obviously we need any information
14:26about anyone that may have seen that bike
14:28being used around the time of this offence.
14:31So you've done some brilliant work, as I say there,
14:33but there's still that one outstanding suspect, Paula,
14:35isn't there?
14:35You need to find who that is.
14:37We do.
14:37He had that firearm.
14:38He went to the door with a purpose
14:40of shooting somebody at an address.
14:43We obviously found him and the others
14:45at the petrol forecourt on Junction 2 of the M5.
14:49There he is, sat cool as a cucumber.
14:52This is just after the shooting, isn't it?
14:55In fact, we've got the footage of that
14:56at this petrol station
14:58after substantial CCTV inquiries
15:01that you and your team have done.
15:02You've managed to retrieve this.
15:03This was just after the shooting.
15:05They sat there, and as you say,
15:06it's like he's got not a care in the world.
15:08Just sat there on the bike, very, very calm.
15:10This is just after that shooting
15:13that could have easily been even worse
15:15than it already is.
15:18This also gives us a nice clear image, isn't it?
15:19A colour image of what he was wearing at the time.
15:23So we need to identify that individual there.
15:27So who are you appealing for today?
15:31We're looking for information
15:31to try and identify this man.
15:33He is a known associate of Simeon Bernard and Darren Atkins,
15:37so people moving in those circles may know who he is.
15:39We also know that on the night of the shooting,
15:42they all returned to Mr Atkins' address
15:43in Hastings Road in Birmingham.
15:45Atkins called a taxi,
15:46which we believe the pillion left in.
15:49That taxi went into the Walsall area,
15:51but it didn't reach its destination.
15:53The passenger told him to stop short of the destination,
15:56and he was dropped off at the junction
15:57of Churchill Road and Morris Avenue,
16:00so we believe that he's local to that area.
16:02So that's really significant, actually.
16:04So we need any information for that area,
16:06Walsall in the West Midlands.
16:07And, Paula, again,
16:09if anyone's got any information about this,
16:11you desperately need this information.
16:13If they need further incentive to come forward,
16:16then there is a Crimestoppers reward.
16:18There is.
16:19Crimestoppers, the independent charity,
16:20are offering an award of up to £20,000
16:22for information leading to the arrest
16:24and conviction of that pillion passenger
16:26on the back of that motorbike.
16:27Hopefully we can get some answers for you today.
16:29Thank you both for coming in.
16:31If you know anything at all
16:32that can help,
16:33all the ways to contact us
16:34are on the screen below.
16:37Yes, and hopefully your calls
16:38will help detectives
16:39to solve that investigation.
16:42Well, now on to another case,
16:43this time involving the senseless death
16:45of a delivery driver
16:47by a career criminal.
16:48I don't know how I will live without him.
16:59Everything seems so difficult to me.
17:02I'm still shocked and confused
17:05by everything that happened.
17:08And I miss him very much.
17:10Claudio and his partner
17:19had been in the country
17:20for about five years.
17:21They moved here
17:22to make a life for themselves.
17:24They lived in Sheffield,
17:26but his work as a delivery driver
17:27took him regularly
17:28into Leeds delivering parcels.
17:32On Tuesday the 20th of August,
17:34he was doing his normal route.
17:36Claudio phoned his partner
17:38that afternoon
17:38to say that he was going to be
17:40late away from work
17:41because of the volume of parcels
17:43that he still had to deliver.
17:45He'd stop, deliver a parcel,
17:47jump back in,
17:48in and out, in and out.
17:49Leaving the keys in the ignition,
17:50leaving the engine running
17:51isn't something
17:52that he would normally do,
17:54but he was rushing.
17:55He needed to get finished
17:56and he wanted to get home
17:57to his partner.
17:58But what Claudio didn't know
18:00was that he was being closely watched.
18:03The van was first noticed
18:05on Conference Road in Leeds.
18:08Claudio pulls from Conference Road
18:09onto Alliance Street
18:10where he pulls up.
18:13There was a little further to walk
18:15to get to the house
18:17that needed the parcel delivered.
18:19That gave just that fraction
18:20of a second more
18:21for the suspect
18:22to jump in the driver's seat
18:24of the van.
18:27Claudio turns,
18:29notices what's happened,
18:30makes a dive
18:33into the passenger seat
18:34to stop the suspect
18:35from taking his livelihood.
18:39The suspect sets off
18:40with Claudio
18:41hanging on to the passenger side.
18:45And it's about half a mile
18:47that the van is driven
18:49with Claudio
18:50clinging on to the passenger side.
18:53Claudio was desperately
18:54clinging for his life.
18:55He was shouting
18:56and screaming
18:57loud enough
18:59for people outside of the van
19:00to hear him.
19:03There's a collision
19:04with a parked vehicle.
19:06Claudio still hung on,
19:08being dragged along
19:09at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour.
19:12There's a second collision
19:14that does knock Claudio off.
19:17And that ultimately
19:18is where Claudio dies.
19:23Eyewitnesses were reporting
19:25a van driving off at speed.
19:27I need an ambulance
19:29and someone's been hit
19:30and the guy's driven off.
19:32Is he breathing?
19:33I can't feel the pulse.
19:3842-year-old Claudio
19:40Carol Condor
19:41had been killed.
19:45Detective Sergeant Adrian Bell
19:46and his team
19:47needed to urgently find
19:49this dangerous driver
19:50who'd left Claudio
19:51for dead.
19:52It was imperative, really,
19:55that the police
19:56deployed as many resources
19:57in the area
19:58to find out
19:59what had happened.
20:00The clock was ticking.
20:03We got multiple calls
20:05to service to the police.
20:06There was a van
20:07that had crashed
20:08into an unattended vehicle.
20:09And witnesses had said
20:11that they'd seen a driver
20:12and then there was a male
20:13hanging on for dear life
20:15in the front passenger side
20:16of the vehicle.
20:17Claudio's identified
20:21through personal possessions,
20:22including a phone.
20:24When they accessed the phone,
20:26police found an app
20:27which connected
20:28to a GPS tracker
20:29on Claudio's van.
20:31We quickly identified
20:32the location
20:33of where the van
20:34had parked up
20:35after the incident.
20:37So we deployed resources
20:39to that area
20:40to see
20:40if we could find
20:43who had dumped
20:44the vehicle
20:45on a cul-de-sac
20:46in Leeds.
20:48Once we'd established
20:50where that van was
20:51and established
20:52the van was empty,
20:53it became very clear
20:53this was a theft
20:54that had gone
20:55tragically wrong.
20:58We set in place
20:59some intensive
21:00house-to-house investigation
21:01to try and capture
21:02as many witnesses
21:03that may have seen
21:04that van
21:04and anyone connected to it.
21:06As part of that,
21:07we've made sure
21:07that everyone knows
21:08the seriousness
21:09of what's occurred.
21:11This is about
21:11the death of someone.
21:13The CCTV
21:16they're looking at
21:17is anything
21:17from ring doorbell footage
21:19to security cameras
21:20someone might have
21:21up on the side
21:21of a house
21:22to council footage
21:23to anything else
21:25that might be
21:25in that area.
21:27We ended up
21:28with 110 hours
21:30of CCTV.
21:32That CCTV
21:33started to tell us
21:35the story
21:35about what had happened
21:37and how Claudio
21:38had died.
21:39Police needed
21:40a name for the driver
21:41and they believed
21:42someone in that
21:43local area
21:43must recognise him.
21:45The cul-de-sac
21:46where the van
21:47was dumped
21:48overlooked quite a lot
21:49of residential properties
21:50so it was important
21:52that we dispatched
21:53our specialist detectives
21:55to that area
21:55as quickly as possible.
21:58That then span out
21:59a phone call
22:00into the incident room.
22:01That phone call
22:02from someone
22:03gave us a name
22:04of a possible offender.
22:05that name was
22:08Mark Ross.
22:11The clock was ticking.
22:13We had a named suspect
22:15for a murder investigation
22:16which was less
22:18than 24 hours old.
22:21The first thing we do
22:21is look and see
22:22who he is.
22:24He matches
22:24the description
22:25he matches the person
22:26shown on CCTV
22:28and he's well known
22:29for theft of
22:30and theft from
22:31motor vehicle
22:32within Leeds area.
22:33It was all starting
22:34to line up.
22:36Once Mark Ross
22:37was declared a suspect
22:38officers began building
22:39a detailed picture
22:40of him
22:41including his movements
22:42and any known associates
22:43and addresses.
22:46We identified
22:47an address
22:48we believed
22:49he was staying at.
22:51So we got
22:52some specialist
22:53officers
22:53and they were
22:55dispatched
22:56to this address.
22:58Mark.
23:00Hands please, mate.
23:01We hit our addresses
23:07and we arrested him
23:08on suspicion of murder.
23:12Ross was stunned
23:13when we went
23:14through the right door
23:15but to me
23:17he looks resigned.
23:19We've got him
23:20and the relief
23:22of the incident room
23:23of knowing
23:24that we'd caught
23:25the individual
23:26so quickly
23:26there's no greater
23:28feeling.
23:29With the suspect
23:30under arrest
23:31investigators combed
23:33through 110 hours
23:35of CCTV
23:35to determine
23:37how Ross
23:37had identified
23:38Claudio
23:39and his van.
23:41CCTV
23:41clearly showed
23:43our suspect
23:44Mark Ross
23:45following
23:46the victim
23:47to his next delivery
23:49and it's at that point
23:51that he has found
23:52the opportunity
23:53to jump in the driver's seat
23:54and take the vehicle.
23:56He wanted
23:56everyone to believe
23:58that this was
24:00a tragic accident
24:01and that he didn't know
24:03that Claudio
24:04was in the vehicle.
24:05I believed
24:06that we could show
24:07he knew full well
24:08Claudio was there
24:09and through his actions
24:10had intended him
24:11really serious harm.
24:12To help prove
24:16Ross's intent
24:17before a jury
24:18detectives enlisted
24:20the help
24:20of telematics expert
24:22Detective Constable
24:23Alex Smith.
24:25I provide
24:26strategic and tactical
24:27digital advice
24:28for the major crime teams
24:29here at West Yorkshire Police.
24:30It's a new technique
24:31and it's cutting edge.
24:33This was the second time
24:35that such
24:35telematics evidence
24:37was used in court.
24:38We were able
24:39to assess
24:39the speed of the vehicle
24:41leading up to
24:42and at the time
24:42of the collision
24:43and as well
24:44we could see
24:44the g-force
24:45that was being exerted
24:46on that vehicle
24:46at that time
24:47as well as how hard
24:49the driver
24:49was accelerating
24:50and braking
24:51which provided
24:51good analysis
24:52for showing his manner
24:53of driving
24:53alluding to his
24:54intentions at the time.
24:56The vehicle
24:57was doing
24:5856.5 miles an hour
25:00in the lead up
25:01to the collision
25:01which was far
25:02above the speed limit.
25:05What I was also
25:06able to explain
25:06was how harsh
25:07acceleration and braking
25:08indicated that
25:10potentially the defendant
25:11was trying to throw
25:12Mr Condor
25:13from the vehicle.
25:16That data
25:17showed
25:18that Mark Ross
25:19was driving dangerously
25:20from the very point
25:21that he stole that vehicle
25:23all the way
25:24until Claudio
25:25was tragically found
25:27dead at the side
25:28of the road.
25:29On the 21st of August
25:31just 24 hours
25:32after the incident
25:33Mark Ross
25:34was arrested
25:35and charged
25:36with the murder
25:37of Claudio
25:38Carol Condor
25:38and remanded
25:39in custody
25:40until his trial
25:41in the spring
25:42of 2025.
25:45Mark Ross
25:45entered
25:46an early guilty plea
25:47for manslaughter
25:48which was denied
25:49by the Crown
25:50because we felt
25:51that this was
25:52a clear case
25:53of murder.
25:55He showed
25:55no emotion at all
25:57with regard
25:58to the gravity
25:58of what he'd done.
26:00One thing
26:00that was quite clear
26:02from the start
26:02that the motive
26:04appeared to be
26:05his desire
26:06to steal a vehicle
26:08in order
26:09to pay off
26:09some of his debt.
26:11He wanted the jury
26:12to believe that.
26:15But they didn't
26:16and on the 14th
26:17of March
26:182025
26:18Mark Ross
26:20was found
26:20guilty of murder
26:21by a majority verdict
26:23and jailed for life
26:24to serve a minimum
26:26of 30 years
26:27in prison.
26:28He showed
26:29no remorse
26:30throughout.
26:31That shows
26:32the measure
26:32of the individual
26:33that we were
26:34dealing with.
26:35Although I cannot
26:36be sure
26:36you intended
26:37to kill
26:38Mr Condor,
26:39your actions
26:40must have terrified
26:41him in the last
26:43minute of his life.
26:45You ignored
26:45his pleas to stop
26:47and callously
26:48murdered him.
26:50No court
26:51can undo
26:52the harm
26:53you have caused.
26:54The right outcome
26:55has happened
26:56in this particular case.
26:57It was clearly
26:58a murder
26:58and not manslaughter
27:00as Mark Ross
27:01wanted people
27:02to believe.
27:04This has been
27:04heartbreaking
27:05for everyone involved
27:06but mostly
27:08for the family
27:09of Claudio.
27:11I lost the person
27:12with whom I'd planned
27:14my whole future.
27:16With the loss
27:16of Claudio,
27:18the dream
27:18of getting married,
27:19buying a house
27:20and living
27:21a quiet life
27:22died.
27:24This was a
27:25genuinely shocking case.
27:27The only crumb
27:27of comfort
27:28is that Claudio's
27:30killer
27:30is behind bars.
27:35Well,
27:36great detective work
27:37after a truly
27:38heartbreaking crime.
27:40Yeah,
27:40it really is.
27:41Now,
27:42black cabs
27:42are an iconic
27:44part of the London
27:45transport system.
27:46There are over
27:4714,000 of them
27:49on the streets
27:50and now some of them
27:51are being repurposed
27:52to help out
27:53with health care.
27:54The team at
27:55London Skies
27:56and St Thomas's
27:57NHS Trust
27:58have been turning
27:59them into
28:00taxi ambulances
28:01and you can see
28:02one of them here
28:03alongside John Brockbank
28:05who's head of
28:05non-emergency
28:06patient transport
28:08at the Trust.
28:09What a great idea.
28:11I mean,
28:11just tell us a bit
28:12about it.
28:12This is fabulous.
28:13We engaged with
28:14LEBC,
28:15the London Electric
28:15Vehicle Company,
28:17to introduce
28:1812 of these vehicles
28:19to our fleet
28:19as wheelchair
28:20accessible vehicles.
28:21We did a successful
28:22trial at the end
28:23of last year
28:23and they've been
28:24introduced since
28:24February this year.
28:26I mean,
28:26it is a brilliant idea
28:28but where did it
28:29all come about?
28:30It came about
28:30because we needed
28:31to replace our
28:31wheelchair accessible
28:32vehicles and we
28:33were looking at
28:33the market,
28:34engaged with suppliers,
28:35engaged with
28:35vehicle manufacturers
28:36to see what was
28:37on the market.
28:38There wasn't one
28:39that truly fitted
28:39what we wanted
28:40and we engaged
28:41with our drivers
28:41as well and it was
28:42at one of those
28:43workshops that we
28:44actually came up
28:45with the idea
28:45that these vehicles
28:46run around on our
28:47streets and could
28:48actually do what
28:49we needed.
28:50Yeah,
28:50what's the reaction
28:51been like from
28:52people then?
28:52Oh,
28:53it's been very
28:53positive.
28:54We've had people
28:55try to flag them
28:56down on the street.
28:57Have you had
28:57less taxis?
28:58Yes,
28:58yeah.
28:59We have had them
29:00branded so hopefully
29:01people don't make
29:01no mistake going
29:02forward but from
29:03patients there's been
29:04very positive feedback
29:05and also from the
29:06drivers as well.
29:07Yeah,
29:07and also great for
29:08the environment as
29:09well.
29:10Yes,
29:10yeah,
29:10they're brilliant
29:10for the environment
29:11so they're an
29:12electric drivetrain.
29:13They do have a
29:15petrol range extender
29:16if we need to use
29:17them but they are
29:18very beneficial to
29:19our net zero goals
29:20and the benefit
29:21as well is they
29:22have every single
29:22charge socket on
29:23the front so we
29:24can charge them up
29:24anywhere we need
29:25to.
29:25So that's all
29:26what's under the
29:27bonnet there but
29:27what's inside the
29:28cab?
29:28Tell me about
29:29some of that.
29:29So inside we
29:30haven't had to do
29:30any modifications
29:31here.
29:32The vehicle comes
29:33with a lot of
29:33accessible features.
29:35It has grab
29:35handles to help
29:36people in and out.
29:37There's a swivel
29:38seat that swivels out
29:39to help people get
29:39into the vehicle.
29:40We have wheelchair
29:41accessible tie down
29:42points as well as
29:43a wheelchair ramp to
29:44enable easy access.
29:46We have a lovely
29:46big door that enables
29:48us to move
29:48patients in and out
29:49very easily.
29:49Even just that is so
29:50helpful isn't it?
29:51Yes it is.
29:52And the ramps that
29:53can come down.
29:53It does help us move
29:54patients in and out.
29:55There isn't a huge
29:56drop to get patients
29:57in and also patients
29:58have full control of
30:00the heating system
30:00here as well and
30:02there's also a hearing
30:02loop that helps the
30:03driver and as well as
30:05they are cabs they're
30:06designed for drivers
30:07to be in for hours.
30:08They're very comfortable
30:08for our drivers as well.
30:10I mean it's such a
30:11good idea.
30:11It's the first time this
30:13has been done with a
30:13black cab isn't it?
30:14Yes.
30:15It's a real lifeline
30:16for patients but also
30:18saving money for the
30:19NHS.
30:19Yes it's done so far
30:21about 20,000 journeys
30:22covered about 91,000
30:24miles.
30:25Primarily used for
30:26renal dialysis patients
30:27that qualify for the
30:28patient transport.
30:30So it has been very
30:31beneficial to all our
30:32patients.
30:32Yeah and as Steph says
30:33that's a lifeline for
30:34those particular
30:35patients they rely on
30:36this don't they?
30:37They do and it's nice
30:38because it gives a
30:38level of comfort and
30:39there's been very
30:40positive feedback from
30:41the venues in the
30:41vehicle.
30:42Brilliant.
30:43John fantastic.
30:43Absolutely brilliant
30:44scheme.
30:45We'll buy it.
30:47Thank you very much
30:48John.
30:49Now we're off to
30:50Brighton to hear about
30:52another fantastic scheme
30:54using the power of
30:55sport to help kids who
30:56are struggling at school.
31:01I'm Paul Barber.
31:02I'm Chief Executive of
31:03Brighton Hove Albion
31:04Football Club and Chair
31:05of Football Beyond
31:06Borders.
31:08Football Beyond
31:09Borders is a charity
31:10that supports young
31:11people that are in
31:12danger of expulsion.
31:14There's a consequence of
31:15that perhaps not finding
31:16it so easy to get jobs
31:17but also some kids just
31:19come along for the
31:20connection, for the
31:21camaraderie, for the
31:23spirit of being involved
31:24in football.
31:26Football's a little bit
31:27like a Trojan horse.
31:29The programme's not
31:29about football.
31:30We use football as a way
31:31of capturing their
31:32attention.
31:33Young people do
31:34typically struggle to
31:36open up about their
31:37emotions.
31:38Football Beyond Borders
31:39practitioners provide a
31:41consistent ear and voice
31:42and then they're always
31:44there.
31:45All right, are we ready
31:46to get started boys?
31:47Who would like to read
31:47out on the board?
31:49Yes.
31:50We work with boys and
31:51girls from year 8 all
31:53the way up in year 11.
31:55You're going to look at
31:55the different images.
31:57Ask yourself, in these
31:57jobs, do you think that
31:58these people would need a
31:59lot of qualifications for
32:00these jobs?
32:01What type of
32:02qualifications?
32:03Yeah?
32:03What kind of experience?
32:05What kind of expertise?
32:05We have our own internal
32:08curriculum.
32:09We provide transferable
32:10skills for the young
32:12people that they can use
32:14within school, in the
32:15wider community and in
32:17life.
32:18So we have three
32:19different enrollment
32:19criterias.
32:20People who are at risk
32:21of being permanently
32:21excluded.
32:22The second would be
32:23passive learners.
32:24So young people who are
32:25maybe not integrated into
32:27the wider school community
32:28to help them feel a sense
32:30of belonging.
32:31And then the final one
32:31would be role models.
32:33Young people who are
32:33thriving in school.
32:34Are you ready to play
32:36football?
32:39So let's go.
32:41The football always
32:42mirrors the classroom.
32:43So the learnings never
32:44stop and we get the
32:45young people to play.
32:47But we also incentivize
32:49situations and scenarios
32:50that kind of allow them
32:53to really learn.
32:56Football Beyond Borders
32:57practitioners provide an
32:58intervention and provide
33:00some of these young people
33:01with the support they need
33:02and hopefully steering them
33:03back to a pathway that
33:05leads them to have a better
33:06life in the future.
33:09During summer of year 8,
33:10so I was 13 years old,
33:12I was held at knife
33:13point, they call it a
33:14Z case, a zombie knife.
33:17Obviously I was scared,
33:19frightened, I was 13,
33:20I was never involved in
33:23that life, never really
33:24saw that sort of side of
33:26things.
33:26and after it was guard up,
33:29everyone's out to get me
33:30sort of thing.
33:31School became a lot more
33:33challenging, I would get
33:34into a lot more arguments
33:36with my teachers because
33:37the slightest thing would
33:38trigger me and that led to
33:39getting excluded a couple
33:40of times and those
33:41punishments, if you get
33:42too many of them, you get
33:43permanently excluded and it
33:44was like leading towards
33:46the if I continued how I was
33:48going.
33:48When I first met Yassin,
33:51it was at a crossroads of
33:52making really life-defining
33:54decisions.
33:56He was on the verge of
33:57exclusion.
33:58Most teachers would describe
33:59him as challenging and the
34:01reality was that Yassin's
34:03disruptiveness was a form of
34:06communication and Yassin was
34:08just crying out for help.
34:11He went through the
34:12curriculum, we had a lot of
34:14one-to-one support, a lot of
34:15therapeutic intervention, he
34:17had that level of
34:17consistency, the congruence,
34:19but to a certain extent, he's
34:20just so intelligent, it is
34:22within him.
34:26I can't remember one single
34:28week where I did not see
34:30Pedro in.
34:31The level of consistency and
34:32care was like to the highest
34:35standard there is.
34:36Probably top three most
34:38important people in my life
34:40because he always showed me
34:41like the different paths there
34:43is.
34:45I can't speak on Yassin's
34:46future, I think that's the
34:47question for him, how is he
34:49doing?
34:50Exceptionally well, Yassin is
34:51thriving.
34:53I left secondary school and
34:55I've done electrical
34:56installations level two and
34:59level three the past two
35:00years now and I went on to
35:04work with football beyond
35:05borders one day a week.
35:07First, boys, before we get
35:09into the football, we're going
35:10to do a little team work based
35:11activity.
35:13Boz, we ready?
35:13Yeah.
35:14Three, two, one, go.
35:19I feel like a very proud uncle
35:20every time I see him.
35:22He just puts a smile on my face.
35:23I always smile ear to ear every
35:25time I just look at him.
35:27I feel blessed and privileged to
35:29be part of his journey.
35:31He has the mental fortitude and
35:32the capacity to just thrive in any
35:35area.
35:41Yassin's story shows that the
35:44education is vital.
35:48I'm very proud about, you know,
35:50the work that football beyond
35:51borders does because it's a
35:53necessary intervention for many,
35:56many young people across the
35:57country.
35:57What we can do is provide that
36:00additional level of support that
36:01maybe that young person hasn't
36:03had, isn't getting, can't find to
36:06get them through difficult stages
36:07in their life and hopefully
36:09provide them with the foundation
36:10for a better future.
36:13So even though Yassin's now in a
36:15much better place than he was in
36:17his past, Pedro is still there to
36:19support and guide if and when he
36:21needs it.
36:21And that's the beauty of this is
36:23that you can actually maintain these
36:25connections through a very long
36:26period of time.
36:28Football beyond borders, staff and
36:29practitioners are just incredible
36:31people.
36:32Yassin isn't an exception.
36:34He is proof of what happens when
36:36people feel safe enough to grow up on
36:38their own terms.
36:39If football beyond borders didn't
36:41come into my life at the moment, I
36:43did.
36:44God knows what I'd be today.
36:50Wow, what a great scheme.
36:52Well, when we think of hotels, we
36:54often picture comfort, relaxation,
36:56maybe time away with your loved ones.
36:59But behind the scenes, these
37:00everyday spaces can sometimes be
37:02misused in ways that put children
37:05and young people at risk.
37:07Well, to talk about this, I'm joined
37:08by Phil Ashford, the National
37:09Development Coordinator for the Child
37:12Sexual Exploitation Task Force and
37:14DI Tim Hudson from the Humberside CSE
37:18team.
37:18Thank you both for coming in.
37:20So, Phil, you were part of a team
37:22setting up Operation Make Safe, which
37:24is connected to tackling this.
37:26Tell us a bit about it.
37:28So, yeah.
37:28In 2011 in South Yorkshire, we set up
37:31Operation Make Safe to help prevent
37:33child sexual exploitation and abuse
37:35taking place in hotels.
37:37Came into work on a Monday morning to
37:38find a high-risk missing child had been
37:40located in a hotel over the weekend.
37:43Fortunately, that incident turned out to
37:44be less sinister than it could have been.
37:46But it alerted us to the risk that hotels
37:48were being unwittingly used by perpetrators
37:51to traffic and exploit children.
37:53So, we began to work with local hoteliers
37:56to support their staff to be able to
37:58better identify the signs of a vulnerable
38:00child and know how to respond to those
38:03concerns and making sure that the police
38:05response was appropriate as well.
38:06Yeah.
38:06So, this idea came from, as you say, this
38:08missing child that was found in a hotel.
38:11This is a national problem, though, isn't
38:13it?
38:13How do you even begin to tackle it?
38:14Absolutely. So, Operation Make Safe has
38:17now been adopted by the forces across
38:18England and Wales. We work really closely
38:20with the hospitality industry. I'm really
38:22grateful for their ongoing support around
38:24this, where we're able to uplift this
38:27intervention, make sure that staff are
38:30aware of potential risks and that the
38:32police forces respond appropriately, as I
38:35say. So, it's really important. It's a
38:37national initiative.
38:38Yeah, a national initiative. Tim, but you
38:40are part of the team in charge of the
38:43Humber side of this. Tell us about
38:44what you're doing in Humber side.
38:46So, at Humber side Police, we recognise the
38:48importance of the work that Operation Make
38:50Safe is doing and the impact that CSE
38:52has. So, we launched our own local
38:54initiative called Look Again in 2024.
38:57In the May of the same year, we appointed
38:59our Operation Make Safe dedicated lead.
39:03As part of that role, we engage with
39:04businesses across the hospitality sector.
39:06We engage with taxes, local councils,
39:09firstly to raise awareness of what CSE is,
39:12how to recognise those signs and deliver
39:13training within those organisations.
39:16And through that training, we build the
39:18confidence with those businesses to report
39:20into police.
39:22And one of the things that we always ask
39:23staff to be alert to is the signs of
39:25exploitation as people are coming into the
39:28hotel. So, typical signs such as an adult
39:31booking in with a child or a young person who
39:33doesn't appear to be a family member, if it's a
39:36cash booking, a last-minute booking, if they're
39:38asking for a room that's in an unusual location,
39:40such as an annex or near a fire exit.
39:44And then we train staff how to engage with
39:46those children, questions to ask and how to
39:48report it in as well.
39:49Yeah, really interesting.
39:50And I mean, you've both talked about what you're
39:52doing with businesses and other people connected
39:55to this.
39:56But what about if you're someone who's going to a
39:58hotel yourself to use it?
40:00Is there anything we can do as the public to watch
40:02out for this?
40:02Yeah, absolutely.
40:03I'd ask the public to always be alert to it.
40:05And if they've got any concerns, then please do
40:08report it.
40:08We'd rather know about something and it'd be nothing
40:10than not be told about something and there'd be a
40:13case of exploitation.
40:14Yeah.
40:14So, and to do that, who should you contact then?
40:17So, the easiest way to do is just ring into our
40:19force control room, which is 101 if you don't believe
40:22it's immediate, or 999 if you think that there's an
40:24immediate risk to that person.
40:25Yeah.
40:26I guess you have to be really sensitive with this
40:28though, don't you, when you're looking for the
40:30signs?
40:30Because it might be totally innocent.
40:33Yeah, we understand that it's a really difficult
40:35position that we're putting hotel staff in, as well
40:38as members of the public.
40:39I think what we both kind of ask the public to
40:41reflect on is that we do ask for a reason.
40:44Unfortunately, not every child goes to a hotel for a
40:46happy, memorable weekend away.
40:49So, in the instances where staff do ask you difficult,
40:53embarrassing questions, please understand there's a
40:55really good reason behind that.
40:56We would always expect the staff to use their training
40:59and approach this professionally.
41:02But just those couple of additional questions,
41:05hopefully that makes sure that everyone who stays in
41:07hotels has a good weekend.
41:08Yeah, it's a really good point.
41:10And so, in terms of the success of this, how's it going?
41:13How do you measure that as well?
41:15Well, we measure success by the number of businesses
41:17that are now engaging with us, which is over 70 across
41:20our region, which ranges from small local businesses
41:23through to national chains.
41:25We've delivered training to over 100 staff members,
41:28which is really key.
41:30We're starting to see some really great results where
41:31we're finding out about children in hotels as well,
41:33which allows my team to target and identify these
41:36perpetrators and, importantly, safeguard those
41:37children.
41:38And to also gauge the success of how the training is
41:41landing, we do safeguarding engagement exercises,
41:43which is where plainclothes officers will go out with a
41:47young person or a cadet.
41:48They'll exhibit the signs typically associated with
41:51exploitation.
41:52We give staff the chance to put that training to the test.
41:55And what we're starting to see now is that we're receiving
41:58more reports into our force control room, which I think
42:01speaks to the success.
42:01It really does speak to the success.
42:03But, yeah, thank you so much for coming in to talk about
42:05this.
42:05If you want to find out more about Operation
42:07MIRXIV, you can do that on their website.
42:09And we've just got time for today's Wanted Faces.
42:17First, Claire Kirk, officers from North Yorkshire.
42:20Police would like to speak to her in connection with a number
42:22of shoplifting offences.
42:24She's 43, has links to North and West Yorkshire, and is
42:27known to use taxis to travel.
42:29Next, Wayne Herrington.
42:30Though he also uses his middle name, Philip, as a first name,
42:33he's 46, and was due in court to be sentenced for attacking an
42:36emergency worker and sexual assault.
42:38He failed to turn up.
42:39He's got a number of scars on his legs, left arm and head,
42:42and names tattooed on his arm.
42:43He has links to North Yorkshire, in particular, Harrogate.
42:47Lastly, officers from Merseyside want to find this man.
42:49This is James Seagast, charged with drugs offences,
42:52didn't turn up to court in Liverpool.
42:53His 51 has links to heightened and roby areas of the city,
42:56but also the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and Australia.
43:00He's 5'7", described as heavy build, and also violent.
43:03So you know where he is, just call 999.
43:06If you spot either of the other two out and about, give us a call.
43:12You can catch any episodes you may have missed on iPlayer.
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43:19that can provide support with some of the issues raised today
43:22are available at bbc.co.uk slash action live.
43:25And we'll see you tomorrow.
43:26Have a lovely day.
43:27Bye-bye.
43:28We'll see you tomorrow.
43:58Bye-bye.
43:59Bye-bye.
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