Crimewatch Roadshow Season 22 Episode 15

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00:00Good morning, thank you for joining us.

00:03Today, the mystery of a man found floating in a reservoir in Powys in Wales.

00:09He didn't have anything that we could use to find who he is.

00:14It is one of the most unusual cases that I've worked on.

00:18So far, his identity remains unknown, but do you know who he could be?

00:22This is Crime Watch Live.

00:25He's been jamming the switchboard both here and at the instant room.

00:30To remind you, this was the abduction and rainbow drop campaign and the handgun debate.

00:36Hello and welcome to Crime Watch Live.

00:39You've been giving the same as fantastic as it looks.

00:50Hello and welcome to the final episode of this series.

00:54I can't believe it's come round so quickly.

00:56It really has gone quickly, hasn't it?

00:58And we've had so many calls, so thank you.

01:00We've got names for suspects and arrests, not to mention plenty of leads on the cases we've featured too.

01:06And we have even more today.

01:09Thames Valley Police need to find people in relation to a racially aggravated assault.

01:14Can you help track down the attacker?

01:16Also, we'll see how a determined team of officers from the Met caught a sexual predator whose convenient alibi was quickly unpicked.

01:27It is very bizarre for someone just to lie in an interview.

01:31He sold it to me at such a cheap price, even I thought it was dodgy.

01:36I've never had a defence anything like this.

01:38And we'll be hearing how police are smashing the organised crime rings involved in stealing, stripping and shipping cars.

01:47Our team, as always, are ready for your calls.

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02:11First, this morning, we're starting with some positive news.

02:16Sometimes it can take decades to solve a case.

02:19But the dedication of those determined to get to the truth can make all the difference.

02:27Una Crown and her husband, Ron, lived together in Wiss Beach, Cambridgeshire for 40 years until Ron passed away in 2009.

02:37They had a very happy life, I have to say.

02:40She really did enjoy life, as she did, well, right up to the end.

02:47On Friday, the 11th of January 2013, Una went out to do her weekly shop.

02:54It was like an outing.

02:56She would see people, it was company to her.

02:59Could I have £40 cash back?

03:02Yeah.

03:04Una returned home to Magazine Lane.

03:07It was the last time she was seen alive.

03:10Two days later, Una's nephew-in-law, John, visited her.

03:19When he didn't get a reply, a neighbour let him in.

03:24I opened the front door.

03:27When I pushed it open, there was Una lying face down on the floor.

03:33The neighbour called 999.

03:39She's had a fire. What's this?

03:41I don't know. There's something weird.

03:46At first, Una's death appeared to have been an accident, but a pathologist determined that she was murdered.

03:52Una was stabbed a number of times in the neck and in the chest area, and then also some defensive marks on the right hand, so it looks like she'd fought her attacker.

04:06DNA samples taken from the scene failed to identify any suspects, so police appealed to the public for help.

04:14Let's talk for a minute about the weapon.

04:19From her injuries, we're able to establish it's probably a long-bladed kitchen knife, and we need to find it.

04:26Detective Superintendent Ian Moore was part of the house-to-house inquiries.

04:31He lived around the corner from Una Crown, and was known for his disturbing behaviour, having been caught spying on another neighbour.

04:46Police interviewed him, but he denied any involvement in Una's murder.

04:51He said it was a largely unremarkable weekend, didn't really do anything.

04:55And with no compelling evidence against David Newton, police released him.

05:01For ten years, the case remained unsolved.

05:05But in 2023, Cambridge Shear Constabulary took a fresh look at the evidence.

05:11Where Una was lying in the hallway, her right hand was clenched in a fist beneath her body, so it was in effect preserved from any of the fire damage.

05:20We received the fingernail clippings of Mrs Crown that had been taken at the time of her original post-mortem.

05:29This showed, whilst there was a very high level of total DNA, most of which we assumed to be from Mrs Crown,

05:35there was also a smaller amount of male DNA within that sample.

05:38Thanks to advancements in forensic technology, scientists were able to re-examine samples with more precision.

05:47And, when they compared them with the sample from David Newton, this time, they matched.

05:54In January 2025, 12 years after Una Crown's murder, David Newton was found guilty and given a life sentence with a minimum of 21 years in prison.

06:05I'm just immensely proud of the outcome that we managed to achieve for the family.

06:11Una, by the actions she took on that night, solved her own case.

06:15She fought her attacker.

06:16And in doing so, that's ultimately what solved this case.

06:24Well, the murder of Una Crown is something we have followed closely over the years, and this is such a terrific result.

06:29We have the full story of how that case was cracked in our new series, Crime Watch Court, which starts on Monday next week.

06:36Yeah, and it just shows you, doesn't it, that although we cover so many awful cases, there are a lot of dedicated people who work so hard to solve them, and there can be brilliant results from it.

06:46Certainly can.

06:47Now, some of the appeals we've shown over the last 18 months have now had significant developments.

06:52You may remember Matthew Dalby, who was sadly murdered, but Thomas Durez has now been found guilty for his part in Matthew's death and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.

07:03Anita Rose's killer, Roy Barkley, has been sentenced to life in prison.

07:08And there has been a new arrest for the murder of Shona Stephens.

07:12So please do share our appeals far and wide, which are on our website and Facebook page, to spread the word.

07:19Your calls really do make a difference.

07:21Which brings us to our first appeal today.

07:25After a man's body is found washed up in a reservoir with no clues as to his identity, the police need your help to discover who he is.

07:40It is one of the most unusual cases that I've worked on.

07:43The body in the reservoir was located face down in the water.

07:59We have not been able to find out who he is.

08:03Dovid Powys is geographically the largest police force in England and Wales.

08:18It covers over 4,000 square miles, almost half of Wales, and is predominantly rural.

08:24On the 18th of October, 2024, officers were called to the Klyer Wen Reservoir in the Elan Valley, Mid-Wales.

08:34We have the call from ambulance service at 8.28 a.m.

08:39They had been contacted by a gentleman who was walking his dog around the reservoir.

08:50He'd seen the deceased in the water.

08:52When we get a call of this nature, it's trying to understand what could have happened.

09:07The body was found face down in the water in a secluded inlet of the remote reservoir.

09:13It became obvious that he had been in the water for a period of time, which meant we couldn't easily identify him.

09:34Normal circumstances, people might be discovered at an address where there are items which might assist you with trying to identify who they are.

09:43But he didn't have anything that we could use to find who he is.

09:50But he was wearing a wetsuit.

09:55It's an entry-level sort of wetsuit for those who might be taking part in triathlons.

10:01It was an XL size, which is linked to an approximate size of 6 foot to 6 foot 5, and a weight range of about 200 to 220 pounds.

10:13Other than that, he wasn't wearing a watch or any jewellery or any other identifying sort of property.

10:21We carried out a boat search along the reservoir.

10:30We then had a police search team walk the perimeter and have a look for any items that may be left behind.

10:37And we, so far, have not recovered any personal belongings.

10:43When the pathologist conducted a post-symultimate examination, he was able to determine that he was a white male, between 30 to 60 years of age.

10:55But despite searching fingerprint records from the UK and 20 other European countries, police have not been able to identify their victim.

11:06Neither can they find a DNA match or possible entry on the missing persons database.

11:11They can't even establish how or when he got into the water.

11:15We've been given an estimated time frame in the water of 3 to 12 weeks from the pathologist.

11:25Taking in that 3 to 12 week time frame, it would take us back to the beginning to the middle of July 2024.

11:31Police are keeping an open mind, believing the man may have gone missing up to two years before his body was found.

11:40The reservoir is in a secluded location, with signs warning people not to enter the water, and it's miles away from the nearest town.

11:49There are no direct public transport routes, so the access to the area is either on foot via a cycle, motorcycle or car.

12:01It takes some time to walk up there, even driving up there takes a period of time.

12:13We haven't been able to find any vehicles or modes of transport which may have taken them to the area.

12:31He could have travelled quite some distance to come to the area, he might not even be from the United Kingdom.

12:39We would like to return him to his family, he is somebody's son.

12:52He could be a partner or a husband, he may have children, and it's very important that if we can identify them, that we can return him to them.

13:02Well, with me now is D.I. Anthea Ponton from Diffid Powys Police, who you saw in the film.

13:11Anthea, thank you so much for coming in. This is such a mystery.

13:14Should we talk a bit more about the place where the discovery was made? Tell us about it.

13:19Yeah, the Elan Valley is an area of reservoirs north of the Elan Valley village in Powys.

13:29It's a very remote location and the reservoir has a massive dam.

13:34It's a very tourist area, but the area where the mail was discovered is not seen from the dam itself.

13:41It's very remote.

13:42And it takes a long time to get to it, doesn't it, if you're even in car or on foot?

13:47It does. It's approximately about three and a half hours on foot, about 20 to 25 minutes via a car.

13:53So it's quite a long way.

13:54Which makes it even more fascinating that nothing, you know, he didn't have any personal belongings or no vehicles were found.

14:00Should we talk about the post-mortem then? What did that reveal?

14:03Yeah, it revealed he was a white male, aged approximately between 30 to 60 years of age.

14:08It didn't identify any criminal activity involved in his death and it hasn't given anything else from us.

14:19He had no tattoos or scars or anything to assist us.

14:22And without any personal belongings either, it must make it really tricky to identify him.

14:27It is. We've carried out fingerprint searches, DNA searches, consultation with the National Crime Agency database.

14:35We've even gone outside of the UK to Europe on those databases.

14:40But to date, we haven't been able to identify him.

14:44And the only thing you really do have as well is the wetsuit.

14:47It is.

14:48Should we have a look at that?

14:49So tell us again about this wetsuit.

14:51What specifically is interesting about this?

14:53It's a Zone 3 wetsuit.

14:55It's an entry-level wetsuit for those who might be taking part in triathlons or duathlons.

15:00It's a size XL, which is for somebody who's 6 foot to 6 foot 5 and weighs about 200 to 220 pounds.

15:09Right. So this is, you know, someone who might have been into doing triathlons or things like that.

15:14Yes.

15:14Yeah. You've got no idea.

15:15I mean, it's such a mystery.

15:17Do you have any theories to go on here?

15:19Yes. I mean, you know, we have to be led by the available evidence to us.

15:24And at this time, it's suggestive that he's entered the water, maybe to do some swimming in the reservoir, may have been training for an event.

15:33But that's where we are at the moment in terms of the lead theory.

15:36Yeah. And you've got no idea if anyone else is involved or anything like that?

15:39No. None of the information available at the moment suggests the involvement of anyone else.

15:43But we do keep an open mind on that.

15:45Yeah. So what are you hoping to hear from today's appeal?

15:48What we're really trying to do is somebody out there must know who he is, maybe missing him, and really just to get in touch with any information to assist us identify him so we can return him to his family.

16:01Or if people were in the area around the time, so that they can give us what they know, and then we can try and work from there to identify him.

16:09And just to remind everyone about the time. So we're talking about kind of July 2024 up to October.

16:16That's right. Because he's been in there three to 12 weeks. We're working time frame is July till October 2024.

16:23But if somebody has got any information from slightly before that, then please get in touch. It's important for us to know.

16:29Yeah, really important. Let's hope we can solve this mystery. Thank you so much for coming in, Anthony. It's lovely to see you.

16:34Do please get in touch if you know anything at all that could help.

16:40Now, you may remember an appeal we ran last year about a distraction theft in Cheshire.

16:45A student had made a large withdrawal in a bank when his hard-earned cash was stolen from right under his nose.

16:52I noticed a woman came in and she was very stressed. I couldn't concentrate because she's making such a scene.

17:00Gary placed his envelope down on a nearby counter as he helped the woman use the cash machine.

17:06Immediately, the red coat lady starts to engage with him.

17:09She was speaking in a foreign language and his back's turned all over his point.

17:13His money is behind him, his phone's behind him.

17:15And the flat cap man has gone in and he's took the envelope and he's away.

17:20The thieves made off with £3,000, which was inside the envelope.

17:28Well, we're pleased to say that PC Graham Davies actually got back in touch with us this week to tell us that two men have now been sentenced for their part in this.

17:37First, we've got Gallardo Guillermo.

17:40He was sentenced to 12 months in prison and forced to pay £1,000 compensation.

17:45And last December, Jesu Martinez was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.

17:51Now, Cheshire Police do still want to identify this woman who wore a red coat.

17:57So if you do recognise her, call us on the number below.

18:02So that's certainly a great result, but we now have two other appeals that forces need your help with.

18:07Firstly, West Midlands Police are investigating the theft of some high-value jewellery.

18:13So on the 5th of July, around 1530, on Stratford Road in the city of Birmingham, a mum and daughter were jewellery shopping at Gold City Store, where they bought a necklace for £6,000.

18:24Now, as they walked down the road, a man runs up to them and literally snatches the bag that contained the jewellery.

18:31Now, we have this CCTV to share with you.

18:34So here you can see the victims.

18:35They're carrying the red bag that contains the necklace.

18:39The suspect watches from the bus stop.

18:41He then follows them.

18:42He actually follows them for around an hour.

18:44Now, we don't have the actual snatching on CCTV, but you can see him running with the bag just after the incident.

18:53He's actually chased by a cyclist, but sadly, he gets away.

18:58Now, he is described as being an Asian male between 20 and 30 years of age of slim build, wearing light grey bottoms, black trainers and a dark grey hoodie at the time.

19:08Police would like to speak to any witnesses in the area at the time.

19:11It was very busy.

19:12Who may have seen the offence or the suspect making his escape.

19:15They believe he made his way towards the Highgate area.

19:19Now, the second appeal is from Thames Valley Police, who are investigating a racially aggravated assault from this summer.

19:26It's around about 11.30pm on the 18th of July, where a male in his 50s got off a bus outside the Dial House guesthouse on London Road in the Headington area of Oxford.

19:38He had some sort of altercation with two people, and then a third person came along and actually assaulted him, causing head and eye injuries, both of which needed medical attention.

19:50Now, we can see this clip of the violent attack there on CCTV.

19:54Now, thankfully, the victim has now made a full physical recovery and has been discharged from hospital.

20:00But police would still like to speak to a number of people who might have further information about the incident.

20:05The first three are these males, so do take a good look at these images here.

20:12And the second set are these three women.

20:16Have a look at these.

20:18So, if you recognise any of the people featured in these appeals, then please do get in touch.

20:23The contact details are at the bottom of the screen.

20:27Now, I've come to the bowels of the BBC to learn a bit more about car cloning.

20:32So, this is a criminal activity where the identity of one car is taken and put on another.

20:39Well, I'm with Tom Chisholm from the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service and Sergeant James Harbour from West Midlands Police.

20:47You guys know loads about this.

20:48So, first of all, Tom, can you just explain what is car cloning?

20:51So, car cloning is changing the identity of a vehicle.

20:54They do it for a number of reasons.

20:55And it may just be as simple as changing the registration plates.

20:59But the main reason might be that they want to use it in crime, so it reduces the chances of them getting caught.

21:03But the second reason, and one that we spend most of our time investigating, will be that if they can put a new identity onto a stolen vehicle so it appears legitimate,

21:11they can then sell it on, normally to an unsuspecting member of the public.

21:14Right, and we've actually got some images of cars that you've found in container ships.

21:19So, these are being sent all over the place, aren't they, these stolen cars?

21:22Yeah, that's right.

21:23So, we regularly sort of pull stolen vehicles out of containers at the ports.

21:26These are the ones that have been stolen to order, part of a sort of wider organised crime group.

21:31And there are some key destinations across the world where we have these illicit vehicle markets that these cars clearly are stolen to meet the needs of the market overseas.

21:41And they don't just go straight from being stolen onto the container ship, do they? There's way more to it.

21:47Yeah, generally, so the thieves will steal them. There's usually a calling-off period where they'll park them somewhere.

21:52It might be in a yard or in a unit just to see if there's a tracker on it.

21:55Once they're satisfied that, you know, there's no tracker activation, I'll move them onto a container and then ship them overseas.

22:02So, it's way more sophisticated than someone just whipping off the number plates and, you know, sending it off.

22:07There's a lot more behind the scenes going on.

22:09Yeah, absolutely. So, we figured there's about 110,000 cars stolen in the UK last year.

22:15We recovered about 43% of those. So, the 57% are clearly going somewhere.

22:20We think the majority are going to chop shops where they'll have their identity clones, there'll be different vehicles, or they're stripped for parts.

22:26Yes, because, James, that's an interesting point. It might not just be the car, it's all of the bits that are really expensive inside the cars that they're after.

22:35Yeah, absolutely. What we find is the vehicle parts in and of themselves are actually quite valuable, which is why they are targeted.

22:43Usually, the front end parts are particularly targeted, such as the bonnet, the headlights, the car bumpers, and they will often get stripped from vehicles, even vehicles which are just parked by the roadside or on people's driveways.

22:58It can happen very quickly, usually within one to two minutes. We refer to that crime type as vehicle car cannibalism.

23:07Wow, yeah, there's so much that goes on. We were just seeing the pictures there as well of them in the kind of, the chop shops, is that where they get all of these things happen to them?

23:15But there's so many layers to this crime, Tom, aren't there?

23:18Yeah, so it's organised crime and it's highly lucrative. So, we tend to find there's three main tiers.

23:23We've got the thieves who go out and steal the car to order, and then get taken to the second tier, which is the chop shop, where they're either stripped or they have their identity clones.

23:30And then the higher tier, the third tier, is where the facilitators come in. So, these are the people that arrange the theft of order and the shipping overseas, or sometimes redistribution into the UK, on UK roads.

23:41Where are they going, then, when they go on these ships? Do you know?

23:44Yeah, so we have officers at the ports that regularly seize vehicles out of containers. So, we know the main areas are Central Africa, Middle East, and the Caribbean.

23:53And it depends on the market as to what the requirement is. Some of the destinations, because they're right-hand drive vehicles, other ones might be, as James has already articulated, just around the actual parts of the vehicle that they need to fill that market.

24:06If you are someone, though, who ends up with one of these cars innocently, you know, you buy one, James, how do you find out? Is there, you know, might you not find out until you get it serviced, for example?

24:18Yes. So, what we see is, in particular, with some of the more sophisticated clones, obviously, it's not just the registration plate or the VIN plates that's been changed.

24:30Sometimes the criminals are able to actually use a device to get into the ECU of the car, the engine control unit, which is like the brains of the vehicle, to actually override that and electronically change the identity of the vehicle.

24:45Wow. Which makes it really tricky, then, if you are someone who ends up with one of them. Have you got any tips, then, about how to spot it or how to stop yourself ending up with one of these, Tom?

24:55Yeah, I mean, the first one is, if the price is too low, it seems too good to be true. It usually is. It's going to usually be a stolen vehicle.

25:01We recommend that you don't buy vehicles in the sort of back of pub car parks or on lay-bys and things. If you're going to buy one privately, go to the address of the registered keeper and check the documents, make sure that they're genuine as well.

25:12There's also some online checks that you can do, which are widely available, if you put in a sort of open source search.

25:19And then, again, buy from a dealer that's established as well that you can trust.

25:22Yeah. It's like anything, when you're spending a lot of money, you've got to be suspicious, haven't you, and just do your due diligence on it all.

25:28Yeah. I mean, I would add, just very seriously consider, if you're buying a vehicle in a private sale, consider actually getting the vehicle inspected.

25:38You can do so by perhaps contacting a company like the AA or the RAC and paying a fee, usually in the region between £100 to £200, to get an independent vehicle examiner to look over that vehicle before you park with your money.

25:53Yes.

25:54Money well worth spent.

25:55Yeah, because if you get your car, if you end up with one of these cars, it's not necessarily covered by the insurance, and that could be a hell of a lot of money you're losing, couldn't it?

26:03Yeah. Absolutely, yeah.

26:04Yeah. Well, thank you so much for coming in to explain that, because it was absolutely fascinating.

26:09Pleasure. Thanks.

26:11Now, last year, a young woman who was making her way home at night was dragged off the road and attacked by an unknown man.

26:19She managed to escape and report the assault to the police, and thanks to that bravery of that woman, they were able to send a dangerous man to prison.

26:28This film has some distressing details.

26:30I don't ever walk home at that time of night, and never alone.

26:38I didn't have my phone on me, so I had no choice but to walk.

26:42I heard some footsteps, and when I was turning around to see who was behind me, I just saw this figure reaching out to grab me.

26:51It's a horrible attack.

26:54It is genuinely harrowing.

26:57This case will be with me forever.

26:59I won't ever forget it.

27:00On the 20th of July, 2024, in Enfield, North London, a young woman is walking home after a night out.

27:20I was out with my friends at a local pub.

27:25Then we all went to a friend's house afterwards.

27:31He had been following me down the main road for around 20 minutes, but not once did I feel like someone was following me until I went down the side road and heard footsteps in this figure running towards me.

27:42My name's Connor Cleary. I'm a detective constable within the Metropolitan Police.

28:03We had a call from a female to say that on her way home, she'd been attacked from behind, strangled and sexually assaulted.

28:11She had no idea that she was being followed.

28:14He runs up behind her, gets her in a chokehold, and drags her to the floor.

28:19The call came in at 2.30 in the morning. I joined the investigation at 7am.

28:25Stranger rapes, in terms of one stranger, attacks another person, totally unknown to each other. They're exceptionally rare.

28:32A lot of things go through your mind when you find out that this has happened.

28:37Firstly, the main priority is, is the victim okay?

28:40The second priority immediately is trying to find out who's done this.

28:45The first 24 hours in any investigation are crucial.

28:50We obtained DNA samples from the victim, but we didn't have any hits at that point.

28:56We sent teams out to do CCTV to try and obtain any sort of evidence to identify the person.

29:04There were residential cameras that we were able to obtain.

29:07Residential cameras gave us a rough idea as to precisely when the incident took place.

29:12That was really important. That was a key bit of footage.

29:16The CCTV was chilling.

29:19Officers could clearly see the suspect in a red jacket

29:22as he followed the victim for a staggering 20 minutes prior to the attack.

29:28He intentionally keeps his distance behind her to avoid being detected.

29:33As the victim turns onto a dimly lit street,

29:36he starts jogging to catch up with her.

29:40He grabs her from behind before violently attacking her.

29:45The assault lasted over five minutes

29:47and left the victim fearing for her life

29:50and with injuries to her neck where he tried to choke her.

29:57To have an imprint of anything on your neck requires significant violence.

30:03So it would have to be quite a violent and strong attack.

30:07The CCTV picks the suspect up as he flees the scene.

30:12So he goes up through one way, comes back out the other.

30:20You see him cross the road to the side

30:21and we sort of trace him up the road

30:23where he essentially ends up waiting for a bus.

30:31Cameras from the night bus pick him up,

30:33waiting to board and then entering the bus.

30:36We were able to get a detailed colour picture of the individual

30:43in which we can see the clothing in much better quality.

30:46Unfortunately, we don't see a face.

30:49So you can see that they're wearing that cap

30:51with the North Face jacket in red with the black panelling,

30:54the shorts and the trains with the socks.

30:58He may have been cautious hiding his face,

31:01but he'd made a crucial mistake.

31:03At that point, a key part of the investigation take place

31:07in which you can see the individual tap on to the bus

31:09with a travel pass.

31:12The tapping on of the travel pass is really important

31:14because we can also go to the bus company and say,

31:17at this precise time, this person tapped on to this bus.

31:20Can we please get the details for that?

31:24The CCTV shows him exiting the bus.

31:29We're able to work out that he lives somewhere

31:31in this geographical area.

31:33We then use the council CCTV cameras

31:36and residential cameras to follow him all the way back

31:39and we get him to a last known address.

31:41The details from where the travel card used by the suspect

31:45gives them an address

31:46and that address gives police a name.

31:50The suspect at this point is identified as Mohammed Ahmed.

31:53He is an individual that is 25 and lived very close to the incident.

32:02Whilst this was a major breakthrough,

32:05detectives needed to prove that Mohammed Ahmed was the one

32:08who used that bus pass at the time and committed that crime.

32:12We need to catch him in the act of using the travel pass

32:15because it's not linked to him exactly.

32:18We can't say for definite that it's registered to him.

32:21By getting him using the bus pass,

32:23we're able to say with confidence that he's not only used the pass,

32:27but he's frequently used it.

32:28Police decide to put surveillance on Mohammed Ahmed

32:31in the hope that they'll catch him using the travel pass.

32:35On the 26th of July,

32:38they see him leaving his house and boarding a train

32:40using the travel card.

32:43They move to arrest him.

32:48Arresting people on any type of transport is difficult,

32:51primarily because you might have other people around

32:53who might cause a fussball,

32:54so if that train is at a station for only a certain period of time,

32:58you've got to get on just as either as he does

33:01or with enough time so that you're both on the same train.

33:05All right.

33:07You're under arrest for non-fated strangulation,

33:11attempted rape, and assault by penetration.

33:14In terms of identifying him on the train,

33:16it was easier because he was wearing some of the clothes

33:18that we think he wore at the time of the assault.

33:20He's wearing the cap with the reflective sticker

33:22with the white New York Yankees logo on it.

33:27Once he's been arrested,

33:28we're able to then go and go to his home address.

33:31His home address is searched.

33:33We go up to his room, which is shared.

33:35Hold on.

33:38My colleague is able to look underneath the mattress of his bed.

33:43He finds really stuffed and secreted down the side of the bed

33:46the jacket.

33:47Here we go.

33:48The jacket is the key bit of evidence that links him to the incident.

34:00As he lifts up the mattress,

34:02pulls it out,

34:03and at that moment,

34:03it's like,

34:04bingo,

34:05we've got what we needed.

34:07During his interview,

34:09police ask him about the distinctive red coat

34:12and other clothing.

34:13You, today,

34:15the clothes that you were wearing were yours?

34:21Yes, I bought the clothes.

34:22Right, when did you buy them then?

34:25What's the reference to it?

34:26I bought them probably Sunday.

34:28In a bid to deflect attention away from him,

34:32he gives an unlikely account,

34:33saying he bought the red jacket from a stranger

34:36the day after the assault.

34:38He sold it to me

34:39at such a cheap price.

34:41Even I thought it was dodgy.

34:44I looked at the clothes.

34:45All of them,

34:45I was like,

34:46oh, these are nice clothes.

34:47You know,

34:47the shorts I'm wearing now,

34:49the top I'm wearing now,

34:52the shoes I'm wearing now,

34:55and then I took them off him.

34:56I looked at them.

34:57Oh, they're nice.

34:58I tried them on.

34:58They fit.

34:59They're nice.

35:00And I just took them.

35:01And now,

35:02I was trying to get on the train,

35:04first time wearing the clothes,

35:05and I'm arrested.

35:08For what?

35:10I've never had a defence,

35:11anything like this.

35:13It is very bizarre

35:14for someone just to lie

35:16in an interview,

35:18especially such an elaborate one.

35:20At this point,

35:21I look to my colleague and we go,

35:23I've heard enough, really.

35:25This is enough nonsense.

35:29As inventive as Ahmed's story was,

35:32detectives had an ace up their sleeve,

35:34incriminating footage of Ahmed

35:36in a stop and search

35:38from the previous year.

35:40Right, just get...

35:41Stay where you are, yeah?

35:43Right, right, right.

35:45In the stop and search,

35:46you can see that Mr Mohamed Ahmed

35:48is wearing the exact same clothing

35:50that the perpetrator

35:51in our incident was,

35:52that being the red windbreaker

35:54with black panelling.

35:57Literally bare-faced lying to us,

35:59thinking that we weren't going

36:00to have checked this

36:00or we weren't going to have

36:01done some sort of research.

36:03It was baffling, really.

36:04With Ahmed's lies blatantly exposed,

36:08officers revealed

36:08their damning evidence.

36:10Do you want to come clean?

36:11You didn't think

36:12we'd find that, did you?

36:16And now your whole wall

36:17has just come crashing down.

36:20I think for him,

36:21the penny drops.

36:25Can I have a break, please?

36:26And immediately after that,

36:31he starts to answer no comment

36:33and decides not to engage with us

36:34and by this point,

36:35we know that we've got it

36:37and we haven't even shown him

36:38CCTV evidence yet,

36:40but we know that

36:41he's going to be the one responsible.

36:44Mohamed Ahmed was charged

36:46with attempted rape,

36:48sexual assault by penetration

36:49and strangulation.

36:53He was sentenced

36:54to seven and a half years

36:55in prison.

36:59He's also going to be on

37:00the Sex Offenders Register

37:01for Life,

37:02which will enable us

37:03to monitor him

37:04and ensure that other victims

37:05don't fall foul

37:06of this incident again

37:07in the future.

37:10The conviction is huge

37:11for the team,

37:12but also it's more important

37:13for the victim.

37:14I felt relieved

37:16that he was caught

37:17and will be in prison

37:18for at least a few years.

37:20I'm very lucky

37:21in that I have

37:21a really supportive family.

37:24I'm trying the best I can

37:25and I hope therapy

37:27will give me the tools to use

37:28to help me

37:29with my severe anxiety

37:31over everything

37:32and I can get my independence,

37:34confidence

37:35and self-worth back

37:36and move forward

37:37with my life.

37:39Without victims

37:40coming forward,

37:40we don't have a chance

37:41of justice

37:42and the reason

37:43that we do this job

37:44and the reason

37:44that we put in

37:45all the hours

37:45is to make sure

37:46that victims

37:47of these sorts

37:48of heinous crimes

37:48get justice

37:49is more important

37:50than anything.

37:54Incredible bravery

37:55from the victim

37:56and brilliant detective

37:57work there.

37:58Just got time

37:58to tell you

37:58we've had a number

37:59of calls actually

38:00on the unknown diver

38:01that we brought to you

38:03at the start

38:03of the programme

38:03so thank you

38:04to everyone

38:05that's got in touch

38:06read that.

38:07Now though,

38:08it is time

38:08for today's

38:09Wanted Faces.

38:09First we've got

38:1421-year-old

38:15Daniel Iqbal

38:16but you may

38:17know him as Chico.

38:18He was charged

38:19in his absence

38:19with murder

38:20and has failed

38:21to turn up

38:21to court.

38:22He does have scars

38:23on his cheeks

38:24and links to

38:25Sheffield

38:25and Derbyshire

38:25but detectives

38:26believe he may

38:28now be overseas.

38:29Northamptonshire

38:30police are asking

38:31for help

38:31to find this man.

38:32This is Daniel

38:33Windle

38:33also known

38:34as Daniel

38:34Armsworth.

38:35He's been

38:36recalled to prison

38:36for breaching

38:37the conditions

38:38of his licence

38:38but he's lived

38:39previously in

38:40Northamptonshire

38:40but he also has

38:41links to the

38:42counties of

38:42Hampshire,

38:43Surrey and

38:43Wiltshire.

38:44Now he has a

38:44tattoo on a finger

38:46on his left hand

38:47of two wedding

38:48ban lines.

38:49Lastly for this

38:50series we've got

38:50Sean Clark.

38:51North Yorkshire

38:52police are looking

38:52for him in relation

38:54to a number of

38:54offences including

38:55burglary.

38:56He has links to

38:57Harrogate,

38:58Skipton and

38:58Ripon in Yorkshire

38:59and also Bramley

39:01in Leeds and

39:01Preston in Lancashire.

39:03So call us if you

39:04know where any

39:05of them are.

39:05Well now I'm

39:08with Susannah

39:08Thorpe from

39:09the Bobby

39:10Van Trust and

39:11as you'll see

39:11she's got a

39:12troop of

39:13teddies with

39:13her called

39:14the Trauma

39:14Teddies.

39:15We're going to

39:16tell you about

39:16them in a

39:16minute but

39:17first of all

39:17Susannah tell

39:18us a bit about

39:19what the

39:20Bobby Van

39:20Trust is

39:21because you're

39:21a key part

39:21of the

39:22Wiltshire

39:22community

39:23aren't you?

39:23We are.

39:24So we

39:24provide free

39:26home security

39:27service and

39:28stay safe

39:29online advice

39:30for those over

39:31the age of

39:3160, those

39:33with a registered

39:34disability from

39:3418 plus,

39:35and those

39:36who've been

39:36victims of

39:37domestic abuse

39:38throughout

39:38Wiltshire and

39:39Swindon.

39:40So free of

39:41charge these

39:41guys will go

39:42out and help

39:43secure people's

39:44homes?

39:45It is a free

39:45service yes.

39:46The charity

39:47funds three

39:47Bobby vans that

39:49go out to

39:49people's homes.

39:50They have a

39:51mobile workshop

39:51door and

39:52they're able to

39:53change locks and

39:56Doug is one of

39:57our team.

39:58We also have a

39:59team of 11

40:00stay safe online

40:01volunteers who

40:03provide advice on

40:05cyber crime and

40:07fraud protection

40:08which is rife.

40:09such a good help for

40:11people.

40:12So that was Doug.

40:13Who are these

40:14little guys?

40:15Well I haven't

40:15named them.

40:16But what do they

40:17do and the

40:18importance?

40:18Well the

40:18importance is that

40:19they give a bit

40:21of relief.

40:22so the Wiltshire

40:24Police, we have

40:25to thank

40:26Wiltshire Police's

40:27volunteer Hazel

40:27for over a year

40:28now has been

40:29hand knitting

40:30these wonderful

40:31trauma teddies and

40:33they are very

40:34colourful as you

40:35can see and they

40:37are actors,

40:38morale boosters

40:39but also the fact

40:41that they have

40:43been in officers

40:45cars when they've

40:46been dealing with

40:47a road traffic

40:47collision or a

40:49domestic violence

40:49case.

40:50It brings for a

40:51child,

40:52a bit of security.

40:52Yes, so they're

40:53given to some of

40:54the victims.

40:54Tell us about

40:55because you've got

40:56some incredible

40:56stories of where

40:58they've really

40:58helped for example

40:59kids.

41:00Exactly, well one

41:01of our operators

41:02went out to see

41:03a client in the

41:05summer and we

41:06received a fantastic

41:07testimonial.

41:09It was a

41:09domestic violence

41:10case and she

41:13had a three

41:13little, three

41:14year old little

41:15girl who was a

41:16bit scared of

41:17officers, police

41:18and so our

41:21fantastic operator

41:22went in, managed

41:25to converse with

41:26her and she

41:28helped him round

41:29the house whilst he

41:30changed the locks.

41:32Anyway, he gave

41:32her one of these

41:33teddies and we

41:35found out subsequently

41:36that she's named

41:37her teddy after him.

41:39After the officer?

41:39After the officer

41:40and, but it also

41:42I think for such a

41:44dark place that

41:45they were in, I

41:47think for her

41:47little girl to

41:48suddenly have a

41:49sort of ray of

41:50sunshine and felt

41:51safe and secure,

41:52that meant an awful

41:53lot to her.

41:54Yeah, I mean it's

41:55something simple but

41:56it's clearly, it

41:56clearly means so much

41:58to so many people

41:58and this is something

42:00that others can

42:00actually get involved

42:01in and help out,

42:02isn't it?

42:02Absolutely, so

42:03actually if you go

42:05onto our website

42:06and look for the

42:09volunteers for

42:10Bobby Van, you'll

42:11see a knitting

42:12pattern.

42:13Now I'm reliably

42:14told that the

42:15knitting pattern is

42:16quite easy but I'm

42:17not a knitter.

42:19But yes, so if

42:21you are wanting

42:22to knit and

42:23because it's not

42:24just the Bobby Van,

42:25it's not just

42:25Wiltshire Police,

42:26it's other support

42:27agencies and the

42:28fire and rescue

42:29services that also

42:30benefit from these

42:31trauma teddies.

42:32Good idea for

42:33other places.

42:34Can you knit?

42:35I'd like to learn.

42:36Well there we are.

42:37By the next series

42:38I want to see you

42:39knitting.

42:39I'll have a go.

42:40Thank you so much

42:41as I am.

42:42Cheers.

42:43Well I'm afraid to

42:44say that is all

42:45we've got time for

42:46this series.

42:47I know, I can't

42:48believe it's finished.

42:49I know, stay, stay,

42:50stay.

42:50Well remember, you

42:51can watch us on

42:52iPlayer, we're there

42:53for 30 days so do

42:54have a good look at

42:55any of the appeals that

42:56you may have missed

42:56already and if you do

42:57want to get in touch

42:58remember just email us

43:00at cwl at bbc.co.uk

43:04It's incredible how

43:05many calls and things

43:06we get on the show

43:07and it really does

43:08make a difference so

43:08we just want to say a

43:09big thank you to

43:10everyone who's taken

43:11the time to not only

43:12watch but also get in

43:13touch and be part of

43:14the show and it's been

43:15a delight so thanks for

43:15having me.

43:16Oh it's been absolutely

43:17wonderful having you

43:18here Steph.

43:19Remember you can watch

43:20our spin-off show

43:21Crime Watch Court

43:21BBC One at 10.45am

43:24next Monday onwards

43:25and we will be back

43:27here in March

43:28but for now

43:28goodbye.

43:29Goodbye.

43:30Do I get a hug?

43:31Yeah!

43:32Well done.

43:34Yay!

43:39Bye.

43:44Bye.

43:45Bye.

43:55Thanks.

43:59Bye.

44:01Bye.

44:02Bye.

44:03Bye.

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