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00:01Police emergency, go ahead, call her.
00:03Oh, God, it's the Renova.
00:05Please stop breathing.
00:06She ran at me, I had a knife in my hand.
00:07You had what in your hand?
00:08I had a knife in my hand.
00:09She's selling class Aatrox to underage kids.
00:13I'm standing there, shaking like a leaf.
00:15I could hear her shouting.
00:19In the UK, a 999 call is made to the police every three seconds.
00:25It's all right, don't panic.
00:27There's people on their way.
00:29Are we going to go to a murder scene?
00:31Because it's entirely possible at that point.
00:33But not every call is as it seems.
00:36The dagger that he had is designed
00:38that could even go through somebody's skull.
00:40Oi! What's going on?
00:42Oi! I'm going to need an ambulance.
00:44It's the investigating officers who must hunt for the truth.
00:48Keep your hands out of your pocket.
00:50Hey, listen.
00:518-6, we have a mobile phone in the bushes here.
00:54And prove it.
00:55I can't remember anything at all.
00:56My gut was saying that he was lying to me.
00:59Examining every angle.
01:01What measures are they prepared to take
01:03to try and throw us off the Senate?
01:04We don't know.
01:05To bring the guilty to justice.
01:06She needs to stop lying.
01:07The girl's deceased?
01:08Yeah.
01:09Ambulance, is the patient breathing?
01:11Is he breathing?
01:12Yes, he's breathing.
01:13Yes, he's breathing.
01:14Is the patient awake?
01:15No, he's not awake, no.
01:16He's not awake.
01:17No, he's not awake.
01:18No, he's not awake, no.
01:19You told me exactly what's happened.
01:32I think it's been run over.
01:36You told me exactly what's happened?
01:38I think he's been run over.
01:40Yeah, he's just a car.
01:41A car's just sitting.
01:48I was on duty on the motorway at that time.
01:50So I become aware of it at the same time
01:52as it was being sent out to all officers via police radio.
01:56Then I made my way directly to the scene.
01:59Oh, there's an ambulance here.
02:01You're on the bike.
02:03Is he breathing or not?
02:05He stopped breathing.
02:06He stopped breathing.
02:07Oh, God.
02:13A colleague of mine arrived pretty quick.
02:16Knowing colleagues well, you get a gist of how
02:18they are communicating.
02:20I knew at that point it was a serious collision.
02:25Not breathing, OK.
02:27You're doing really well, OK.
02:28OK, are they doing CPR?
02:31She's doing CPR.
02:32Right, OK.
02:34Stay with me, OK?
02:35Stay on the line.
02:37Yeah, I'm here.
02:38Yeah.
02:43Within minutes of the 999 call, police arrive on scene.
02:48Witnesses say a car drove through a red light
02:50and hit a man walking with his bike.
02:58It's the 867.
03:00All right.
03:02All right, all right.
03:03Keep getting there and checked out.
03:04Just have to talk to the 3-1 in.
03:07If we can request hard closures, please, at an early stage.
03:11Also, request forensic collision CPR still in progress.
03:15Just try and speak to the cop, the other cop that's here,
03:18and see if he's got these lads' details
03:19and see what they've actually seen.
03:21Is that all right?
03:23Apparently, all the car that has hit him
03:25has made off towards Todick roundabout.
03:31857 towards M1.
03:33Just stop, mate.
03:341535.
03:35All right.
03:37So, on, that's life pronounced extinct at 1535.
03:41That's confirmed by our ambulance doctor.
03:44As I was walking up, it was past that they had declared
03:47life extinct on the gentleman.
03:49Information we've got is, obviously,
03:50there's a fatality to take it and run.
03:52It's fine.
03:53It's fine.
03:54It's fine.
03:55It's fine.
03:56It's fine.
03:57It's fine.
03:58It's fine.
03:59It's fine.
04:00It's fine.
04:01It's fine.
04:02It's fine.
04:03It's fine.
04:04It's fine.
04:05It was at that part where we knew it was a fatal collision.
04:12The man was Graeme Slynn.
04:15He was 81 years old.
04:19The man was Graeme Slynn.
04:23He was 81 years old.
04:27The man was Graeme Slynn.
04:29He was 81 years old.
04:33I'd been to work and I could see that my mum was trying to call.
04:41She was persistently phoning.
04:43So, I phoned mum and she said, Nicola, the police are trying to contact me all day, but
04:50they won't tell me over the telephone what was wrong.
04:53She said, I've been trying to get in touch with your dad, but he's not picking up the
04:56phone.
04:57I know he went out on his bike.
04:59You just know that it's bad news.
05:02And I said, look, when they come to you, just phone me back straight away.
05:08She phoned back about 10 minutes later.
05:10She was distraught.
05:12Really distraught.
05:13And she just said, it's your dad.
05:15He's gone.
05:16He's gone out on his bike.
05:18He's gone out on his bike and a car's hit him and they've driven off and he's gone.
05:31I've just had my car stolen from me.
05:53I was sat in it and someone was test driving it.
05:55They pulled a knife from me.
05:56I managed to get away.
05:57Where was it stolen?
05:59It was stolen in Great Bridgeford.
06:01So you've just had your car stolen from you?
06:03Yeah.
06:04I was in the car with him.
06:05He was test driving it and then suddenly he pulled over, pulled the knife on me and
06:08I managed to escape out of the car.
06:13I mean, you hear carjacking and everyone wants to get there because it's what you join
06:18the job for really.
06:19Incredibly rare.
06:20It's pretty much unheard of really in Stafford.
06:23So the offender was test driving your car?
06:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:31They are driving my car now.
06:32Okay.
06:33What's the colour making model of the car?
06:35It's a Grey Skoda Octavia VRS.
06:43Police are immediately sent to the scene to try and catch the carjacker.
06:48The National Police Air Service is also dispatched.
06:51Can you describe the knife for me?
06:54It was a bit like, sort of like a kitchen knife.
06:57I don't know, 15 centimetres or something like that, maybe a bit longer.
07:00I didn't see the colour of the handle.
07:02Okay.
07:03If I was to guess, I would say red, but I'm not sure.
07:06The victim called us just as soon as he got bundled out of his own car.
07:11He's on the phone to us and you can hear the panic in his voice as he's calling us.
07:15Did you get a description of the offender at all?
07:19He was probably, I don't know, late 40s to 50s.
07:24Was he white now?
07:26Probably.
07:27No, not really.
07:28Slightly Asian.
07:29It's a mixed race.
07:31We're getting information about the car, about the location, where the suspect might have
07:36gone, what the suspect looked like, their description.
07:39A crime can happen for a whole plethora of reasons.
07:43We often have crime that happens in retaliation for something that's gone on before, something
07:47that's been pre-planned and accounted for before it happened and then sometimes just out of
07:52the blue, random.
07:54I'm with someone, you know, I've just got in with someone who was driving past.
08:01A member of the public has kindly picked you off, you say?
08:05The car owner is now in pursuit of his stolen vehicle.
08:10Yes, a member of the public, yes, I'm in their car now and we've driven towards that junction.
08:15We haven't seen him yet.
08:16Right, one second.
08:17I need to get this across immediately.
08:19He's got into this stranger's car to try and chase the suspect down.
08:28The risk just went from bad to worse because not only have you got the suspect armed with
08:33a knife, driving a stolen car and he could be anywhere.
08:38Chases and pursuits are dangerous anyway but when you've got that all happening and we're
08:45not even there yet, it's just a recipe for disaster to be honest.
08:49The thing is he hasn't got the keys, I've got the key.
08:52So is it a keyless car?
08:53Er, yeah.
08:54It's a keyless car, I'm not sure how long it'll run without the key then.
08:57Can I borrow your phone?
08:58I need to call my wife.
08:59I just thought I need to call my wife to tell her to lock the house because you might
09:01be headed back there to try and get the keys.
09:03I've just had my car stolen from me.
09:31Someone was test driving and they pulled a knife from me.
09:34Can you describe the knife for me?
09:36A bit like, sort of like a kitchen knife.
09:38I don't know, 15 centimetres, something like that, maybe a bit longer.
09:44Staffordshire police are in pursuit of a carjacker.
09:49The suspect is still driving the car but he doesn't have the keys.
09:54Even before the 999 call has ended, we're en route.
09:58We're just getting everyone there as fast as we can.
10:03Abandoning the chase for a stolen car, the victim is driven home by a helpful stranger.
10:08I just thought I need to call my wife to tell her to lock the house because he might be
10:12headed back there to try and get the keys.
10:15The suspect could be going back to his home address to wait for him to get the keys off
10:20him or could be following him.
10:21It would be absolutely terrifying for that victim.
10:24It's just an incredibly dangerous situation because we don't know what's going on in that
10:31suspect's mind.
10:32He's armed, he's on the motorway, he's not got the keys.
10:36So the danger level for us is just through the roof.
10:39Police put out an alert on the vehicle's registration using automatic number plate recognition technology,
10:49or ANPR.
10:54Fearing that the carjacker may return to his house in search of the key, the victim heads home.
11:00Officers meet him there to find out what happened before his car was stolen.
11:05Meanwhile, traffic police are on the hunt for an armed carjacker.
11:11The victim had decided to sell his Skoda Octavia VRS, and he decided to use social media
11:18as the avenue to do that.
11:19At the time, the victim valued it to be around £18,000.
11:24That's what the going rate was.
11:26It's a very high-value item, a car.
11:28It's a VRS, so it's the sport model.
11:31The victim advertised the car on social media and had interest from someone called Taylor Lewis.
11:37This is very much an offence that has a significant degree of planning to enable it to take place.
11:46It's not spontaneous at all.
11:47We've got that account.
11:48He's built it up.
11:49It's not just a skeleton account.
11:52He sets up the meeting.
11:55So there's all these elements that have to happen in order to get to the point where the offender takes the ultimate control.
12:04We knew straight away after speaking with the victim and interviewing him that this was a premeditated and planned meet specifically to steal that car.
12:14They never knew each other.
12:20Taylor Lewis then asks to view the car the next day and arrives at the victim's home address by taxi, just before 6.30pm on the Sunday.
12:33A neighbour's CCTV camera captures the initial meeting.
12:45While we were driving, we were having a general conversation about how his wife would love the car.
12:50When we got to Great Bridgeford, we turned onto the Newport Road, then Taylor turned first right again.
12:57I thought this was a bit strange.
12:59He pulled the car over suddenly and he pulled a knife from the side of his chest area.
13:05I immediately got my seatbelt off, opened the door and backed out the car.
13:09I looked into the car and he was sort of pointing the knife at me and said, give me the keys.
13:15I started to run. I was looking behind me. He was in the car.
13:20And at that point then, because there was quite a bit of traffic, he sort of panicked and just like sped off.
13:26With the victim having fled the crime scene, Taylor Lewis drives away with the stolen car.
13:33What the suspect didn't know and wasn't aware of was the one camera which just captured the whole incident which occurred just there.
13:39However, it didn't get where the suspect went.
13:42So within minutes, the suspect could have been onto any of the major road networks around Staffordshire or straight onto the M6.
13:53That's going to be a hot vehicle.
13:54That number plate is going to ping left, right and centre.
13:58So it was merely minutes after joining the motorway that we had our first hit on the M6.
14:04It's just an incredibly dangerous situation.
14:07He's armed, he's on the motorway, he's not got the keys.
14:11Without the keys, the car cannot be stopped and restarted.
14:15The suspect must keep driving, but police are in pursuit on the M6.
14:20So the danger level for us is just through the roof.
14:24It was about 30 miles before we caught up to the car on the motorway.
14:33He is aware of our presence. He is hugging a vehicle at the front.
14:37PM T's, please.
14:38Realising the police are closing in on him, the stolen car starts speeding.
14:44Speed is now 110 and increasing.
14:48The subject is just being so erratic during this pursuit.
14:54It's a late off, late off, late off.
14:57It just really showed his intent and the level of risk he was willing to put towards innocent members of the public.
15:03There's a failed stop, lights are on red.
15:05Let's do a red light.
15:07It's not one, not two.
15:10The level of danger involved in that pursuit is just so high.
15:15And the decisions that we have to make are life or death.
15:18High risk, high risk, high risk.
15:20Breaking heavy, breaking heavy.
15:21Get a closure on behind.
15:23Yeah, we need a closure on behind us because we have to go to the central reservation.
15:28And ultimately, it decides to go off the main carriageway towards the M42 services.
15:34We are late off, late off at the 4-4-1.
15:38Medium risk.
15:39Medium risk.
15:40It's going to .1.
15:42It's losing a little bit.
15:43He's into the services on the wrong side.
15:45And that's where the suspect crashed the Skoda.
15:48Yeah, we've got a deep camp.
15:49We've got a male.
15:50Black body warmer.
15:51Jeans.
15:52Baseball camp.
15:53Light running to the trees.
15:54Light running to the trees.
15:55It's fine.
15:56Light running to the trees.
15:57It's fine.
15:58Light running to the trees.
15:59It's fine.
16:00And when we get around to the vehicle a few seconds later, it's empty.
16:07The suspect is nowhere to be seen.
16:10It's just vanished into thin air.
16:17We know he must be on foot somewhere.
16:19And, you know, we've got this far, but there's absolutely no way we could lose a suspect at
16:24this point before we knew he was armed.
16:26You tell me exactly what happened?
16:27I can't just hit him.
16:28He stopped breathing.
16:29He stopped breathing.
16:30He stopped breathing.
16:31Oh, God.
16:3381-year-old Graham Slynn has been killed in a hit and run.
16:40A car sped through a red light as Graham was pushing his bike over the pedestrian crossing.
16:47Initial information that I had from my boss was that a gentleman called Graham was
16:54had been involved in a collision. Graham was just going about his daily business. He was
17:01waiting at the pedestrian crossing.
17:03He was waiting at the pedestrian crossing to cross the A57. He'd had his push bike with him. He waited to cross and he crossed exactly as he should have done.
17:10And a vehicle, appearing to have gone through a red light, collided with Graham, made off at speed and made no attempt to stop whatsoever.
17:17Category A plus row collision is the most serious of collisions in a collision in a collision. Graham Slynn had been involved in a collision. Graham was just going about his daily business.
17:24He was waiting at the pedestrian crossing to cross the A57. He'd had his push bike with him. He waited to cross and he crossed exactly as he should have done.
17:32And a vehicle, appearing to have gone through a red light, collided with Graham, made off at speed and made no attempt to stop whatsoever.
17:39Category A plus row collision is the most serious of collisions where there has sadly been a death and it requires the level and services of a senior investigating officer to oversee the inquiry.
17:55Another closure, please. Todick, roundabout, A57 towards M1.
18:02We had no idea who, what vehicle were, or all the dynamics of how it might have come about.
18:07Several witnesses on scene attempted to save Graham's life and saw the hit and run.
18:14What have you seen then?
18:18Basically, mate, we're coming up here. Next thing.
18:21This one, but we were coming to a stop because we were behind this one.
18:24Yeah. Next thing, I'd have seen him fly up in there and that golf shooter.
18:27He's witnessed everything. He's seen 80, 90 mile an hour at sitting.
18:31Yeah. Pointer impact. Carried on. He can see what direction I found about. Just the golf art.
18:35We appeared to have three or four key witnesses. They'd seen the car involved. They'd now identified it to be a VW Golf.
18:42Do you know what colour car it were?
18:45Dark. Dark blue. Dark blue.
18:47Dark blue. No form.
18:50That was key for us because now we've got at least an idea of the type of vehicle we're looking at.
18:56A vehicle involving a collision can provide so many forensic opportunities, particularly if the airbag has gone off.
19:01For example, it gives DNA opportunities or fingerprints around the driver's area, particularly around the wheel and dashboard, etc.
19:07to try and understand who may be in the vehicle and potentially who's going to be driving at that very moment when the car crashed with Graham.
19:22We knew there was going to be CCTV heavy, this investigation, to try and understand who was driving.
19:28In order to catch the driver, police need to search all CCTV before and after the hit and run.
19:35That particular stretch at road, it's a dual carriageway and they have a camera on that roundabout.
19:48Along with CCTV, a car has caught a VW Golf on its dash cam moments before the collision.
19:54So what we've just seen there is when the VW Golf travelled over the M1 roundabout at Aston, heading generally towards Todick, continues towards a pedestrian crossing.
20:04And then as we can see, a number of vehicles stopped because the collision has just occurred and a number of people getting out of their vehicles.
20:11A CCTV camera picks up the suspect's vehicle immediately after the collision, travelling at speed.
20:19There's no braking, there's no attempts to stop, they've continued at speed until they've reached the roundabout, forcing the way through traffic.
20:32It's clear they know what's happened and now they're doing their damned hardest to be able to fail to stop and to leave that area.
20:41We know from CCTV it's got occupancy inside it, but I can't identify a person in that driver's seat.
20:48There are two passengers in the car plus the driver, but the CCTV is not clear enough to identify anyone.
20:55But it does provide a vital clue.
20:58A crucial thing for us what showed on that CCTV, the front number plate of that Golf fell off as it's tried to push its way through traffic.
21:06That's clearly key because it provides us with some forensic opportunities.
21:11From the number plate itself we can look and identify who may or may not be connected with that number plate and therefore the car to help lead us in to try and identify the driver.
21:21We knew what vehicle it were because we knew it were a VW Golf, because witnesses told that.
21:25We now know it's registration.
21:27Ultimately that was two golden tickets.
21:29We knew what car, now we've got a number plate from it.
21:32Intelligence sharing with a neighbouring police force gives the team a crucial lead.
21:42We got information from our colleagues that that Volkswagen Golf displaying that number plate had been stopped within the last few weeks in Derbyshire.
21:50A bar of colleagues told me that the front number plate of that Golf was a clone number plate.
21:55So yeah, it's hard to describe how frustrating that actually is.
21:59A clone plate can be used to hide the true identity of a car.
22:04They're usually from the same make and model, so at first glance it appears there's nothing untoward.
22:09Only when you compare the clone plate to the vehicle identification number can you actually establish that it's a fake.
22:16The use of a clone plate is a tried and tested method in order to avoid detection by police.
22:25Checking the clone number plate details against police records reveals that it's been used before.
22:33Through the clone plate we were able to identify intelligence links with a person called Cain Byrne.
22:4020-year-old Cain Byrne is no stranger to the police.
22:44Cain is a really dangerous offender.
22:48He's got convicted of driving dangerously.
22:50I know he's on a licence from Crown Court.
22:53Cain has never passed a driving test and has been disqualified from driving.
22:59It's not just driving.
23:01He's a person who's committed so many different offences.
23:03We're talking drugs offences.
23:05We're talking violence against a person.
23:07We can quite happily say at that point that we suspect that Cain is the driver at the time.
23:19Police arrest Cain in the early hours of the morning to ensure he's at the location.
23:23Entry was forced to the address.
23:29I can't see. No.
23:32Police!
23:33Police!
23:34Police!
23:35Police!
23:36Police!
23:37I got notified that Cain was where we knew we were going to be.
23:41Offered no resistance to the officers.
23:43Certainly offered no remorse or any comment at all.
23:46Police!
23:47We were just at the moment at all.
23:49Police!
23:51Just for a minute.
23:53Put your clothes on you.
24:09Staffordshire Police are on the hunt for an armed carjacker.
24:13I've just had my car stolen from me
24:17I was sat in it and someone was test driving it
24:19They pulled a knife from me, I managed to get away
24:21After pursuing the carjacker for around 12 miles
24:26The police have secured the stolen car
24:28But the suspect is still at large
24:31The National Police Air Service has already been dispatched
24:39So the helicopter being there already was a huge advantage
24:51So wherever the suspect's gone
24:53He probably can't hide for long
24:55They've got no roads to think about
24:59They've got no other drivers to think about
25:01They're there in the air
25:02And they're able to feed back to us
25:03The exact movements of the driver
25:05The suspect at this time is feeling the pressure
25:10We've not aborted the pursuit
25:12And our helicopter is in the air
25:14He's abandoned his vehicle just in the entrance to the services
25:18He's run off towards the right
25:20As the minutes go by
25:22There's loads of assumptions that could be the case
25:25That we just haven't picked up on him
25:26That we've lost him or he's been able to make off
25:29Or that there was more planning to it
25:32And he decided to come off at the services
25:33And has gone into another vehicle
25:35These are all things we didn't know at the time
25:37The intensity remained from the very start of the incident
25:41We've still got this suspect at large
25:44With a knife
25:45Who's just committed this carjacking
25:47It's still all hands on debt
26:04We can't come away from this
26:05We've got to find him
26:06After an extensive search
26:10The thermal cameras capture something in the area nearby
26:13We've got to find him
26:14We've got to find him
26:14We've got to find him
26:15We've got to find him
26:15And, Paz, was there any description of your offender?
26:17We've just got somebody walking along Ash Lane
26:20In the direction of the Redditch Road
26:21Described a fixed racer in a body warmer and a cap
26:25Blue jean
26:26The operators inside of the helicopter were able to pick up on his heat signature coming out of the forested area
26:33Where we see a lone male matching the description of our suspect
26:36It's Ash Lane towards the Redditch Road
26:40Just going past the last houses before he hits the Redditch Road
26:43He has got a body warmer on
26:44From the second he comes out
26:46Our helicopter is seeing where he is
26:48And relaying the location on the ground to the officers
26:52Is that you towards the Redditch Road on Ash Lane?
26:54If so, it's on your left-hand side now
26:57Very quick, the arrest
26:59Mike Alfa, I think a police guard's just pulled up with the person who we've sighted
27:03He puts his hands up and he's very compliant, very calm and very collected
27:12The suspect is arrested close to the abandoned car
27:21He's brought into custody as police look for evidence that could identify him as the driver
27:26The suspect had some cuts and grazes to his face
27:32A couple on his body
27:33But it's these ones to the face that we were most interested in
27:37Especially as we later recovered blood inside of the vehicle
27:41The vehicle was its own crime scene
27:49Because the airbag is deployed
27:53And that provides us with excellent evidential possibilities
27:58That enables us to consider cellular contact
28:02So looking for skin cells from the facial area
28:05Any potential saliva evidence that could be there
28:09Potentially fibres and hairs and also blood evidence
28:13He's a very cool cucumber in custody
28:19He just told us his name is Leroy Simpson
28:22And his date of birth
28:23And that's all we need to start running our background checks on him
28:27He'd been committing crime all his life
28:31There were similar offences back in 1996
28:34Whilst waiting for the DNA evidence to be processed
28:39Police look for other evidence to enable the CPS to make a charge
28:43Leroy, he gave a no-comment interview
28:48We're still left in a position where the evidence to put to this individual
28:52Is still quite anecdotal
28:54We need to put Leroy Simpson in that car forensically
29:01We can't do it with his phone
29:03And we don't have witness evidence
29:05So we need to run an ID parade of the suspect
29:09And the forensics to say he was in that vehicle
29:12South Yorkshire police are investigating a hit-and-run incident
29:27That killed 81-year-old Graham Slynn
29:30They've arrested 20-year-old Kane Byrne
29:37We received a phone call to say that there'd been arrests
29:48They were pretty sure that they knew who the driver was
29:50They couldn't tell us very much at all
29:53Because they were gathering evidence
29:55And they didn't want to jeopardise
29:57Any case that they were going to bring
29:59Against a person that was driving the car
30:02I was really lucky
30:06I had a really good dad for 55 years
30:09He was a northern man, yeah
30:12Definitely a northern man
30:13He was 81
30:14He had a heart bypass
30:16He'd got a pacemaker fitted
30:18He'd walk every day with my mum
30:22Out with the sausage dogs
30:23And he enjoyed that, you know
30:26Mum and dad were devoted to each other
30:29They'd been married for almost 60 years
30:32They'd been married for almost 60 years when he was killed
30:33We grew up cycling
30:36So he'd met my mum through cycling
30:39And really fit and healthy
30:43Within the parameters of what he was allowed to do
30:46He was an ordinary man
30:49But a special person, you know
30:52We trusted that the police would do what they needed to do
30:58To gather enough evidence and secure a conviction
31:01While police have the CCTV footage around the accident
31:09And proof Kane had access to the vehicle
31:12They don't have the CCTV footage of the collision
31:15And so currently they can't prove that he was the driver in the hit and run
31:19Just due to insufficient evidence at that time
31:22Kane burnt was bailed for further inquiries
31:25With stringent conditions
31:26It's hugely frustrating to bail anybody from the police station
31:34When we're so close
31:36We needed to obtain more evidence
31:39So we really want to find a car
31:41It could be key to unlocking this case
31:43But despite all the efforts and boots on the ground
31:46We just couldn't locate it
31:47Until we received a phone call
31:49I had two missed calls
31:52From the traffic sergeant, sergeant Scott Riley
31:54And then I got a text from Scott going
31:57Ring me now
31:58So I very quickly stepped out of the conference room
32:03And that's when Scott told me that we found the car
32:06And also that the golf was on fire
32:08The call was from a Derbyshire police officer
32:12Who had located the car
32:13But it was burnt out
32:15From examining the burnt out vehicle
32:24It was clear that this vehicle was deliberately ignited
32:27The car clearly had some damage
32:30And we could compare that with the footage of the CCTV
32:33And do a side-by-side comparison
32:35That visually showed that this was the same car that collided with Graham
32:39So we knew we had the vehicle
32:40And that somebody's going to go to those kind of lengths to burn out a car
32:45Shows that they are quite forensically aware
32:47They clearly don't want us to prove who was the driver
32:50So the car being burnt out severely reduces our chances of getting anything forensically
32:55So it was a real frustration
32:57Despite the car being burnt
33:01The police still managed to retrieve evidence linked to the collision
33:04We found what are like nitrous oxide canisters within the vehicle
33:09Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas
33:13Is routinely used in medicine
33:15Sedation in childbirth or dentistry, for example
33:19It has anti-anxiety, pain-relieving and dissociative properties
33:23It essentially causes a loss of connection between mind and body
33:28It's generally consumed via balloons for convenience sake
33:32And as the effects are almost instantaneous and over quickly
33:36People tend to re-dose, taking multiple balloons in one session
33:40In fact, it may be one of the worst drugs to consume whilst driving a vehicle
33:46Finding nitrous oxide canisters in the burnt-out car
33:49May offer another level of understanding for why he failed to stop during the collision
33:53It might not just have been down to the manner of his driving
33:55More that cane burn would have been severely impaired
33:58We started reviewing CCTV and looking at some CCTV we already got
34:04We saw some blurs and colour
34:09Which we couldn't work out initially of what they were
34:12What we now suspected are in balloons being enailed by the occupants
34:16The driver and certainly front seat passenger
34:18So we were straight away working out that they'd been on nitrous oxide balloons
34:23Before and certainly after the collision
34:25We're six days into the inquiry
34:28I've lost the forensic opportunities in the car
34:31So I want to really double down and focus even more intensely on the CCTV
34:35We're just looking for that one little golden nugget
34:38And hoping that we would get lucky with some footage
34:41To pick out who the driver was at the time
34:43As police now know the location of the burnt-out car
34:51They focus on CCTV in the nearby area
34:54And find key evidence at another property
34:57What we can see now is a VW Golf parking up a takeaway in the Killer Marsh area
35:02We can see a male matching Cain Burns' description
35:04Just getting out of the driver's seat
35:06And this was captured only minutes before the collision itself
35:09And then we found the vehicle post the incident
35:13Getting parked up on someone's drive
35:15And you can clearly see Cain Burns getting out of the driver's seat
35:19Going round to check the damage of the car
35:21And appearing to wipe the top of the car
35:23Potentially blood away with his hand
35:25And this footage just goes to show
35:28That Cain Burns knew that he's collided with something
35:30More than just another car or a wing mirror
35:32So from the volume of CCTV that we've now got
35:36We are starting to see that Cain Burns was the driver
35:40Throughout the whole journey
35:42Not only that, he's holding what looks like a balloon
35:44An item that is used to help consume nitrous oxide
35:49So looking at this footage
35:50We can see, edging closer now to the time of the collision
35:53The VW Golf speeding across the road
35:56With what appears to be the driver holding a yellow balloon
35:58Presumably with nitrous oxide
36:00So again now, continuing towards Tonic Roundabout
36:06Goes round the roundabout
36:07And you can clearly see still a balloon in his hand there
36:10As it's rapidly cleared from the bloodstream
36:16Within minutes, nitrous oxide is practically impossible
36:20For a forensic laboratory to test for it
36:22As by the time a blood sample's been taken and tested
36:25It's already too late
36:26Having that footage of Cain Burns on balloons
36:36At the time of the collision
36:37Just after the collision
36:39Continuously throughout afterwards
36:40It really, really concerned me
36:43He never passed a driving test
36:45And coupled with the fact that he's on nitrous oxide
36:48It creates a real danger to the public
36:51Home security footage also provides vital evidence
36:55Before Cain got into the car that day
36:57So what we've just seen there
37:00Is some hours before the collision
37:02Cain Burns applying the false registration plate
37:04To the VW Golf
37:05Inevitably, after hitting Graham
37:09The registration plate fell off
37:10Moments after the collision
37:12Luckily, we were able to connect
37:14The clone plate to Cain Burns
37:16Which gives us that real breakthrough in the case
37:18We wanted to make sure that he was arrested
37:20And taken off the streets
37:21As soon as possible
37:22I've just had my car stolen from me
37:28They pulled a knife from me
37:29I managed to get away
37:31Staffordshire police have arrested a man for car death
37:37I've just had my car stolen from me
37:40I managed to get away
37:41Staffordshire police emergency
37:42Go ahead, call her
37:42I've just had my car stolen from me
37:44They pulled a knife from me
37:45I managed to get away
37:46I managed to get away
37:47It's gonna decamp, decamp
37:49There we go, a decamp
37:51Let that run into the trees, it's fine into the trees.
37:54Let that run into the trees, it's fine.
37:59Staffordshire police have arrested a man for carjacking.
38:02As they await the DNA results,
38:04they focus on the other evidence to support a charge against Leroy Simpson.
38:10These clips I'm viewing now are really important into the investigation
38:14because, firstly, they show us exactly what our suspect looks like.
38:18Secondly, this is the camera that had the audio also on to it.
38:32When I listened in closely at a later stage in the investigation,
38:37when we were at custody, I was able to pick up the accent that Leroy was speaking in
38:42and also agreement that it was him in the driver's seat at the time.
38:48So I'm now just pulling up the second video, which is from the cul-de-sac itself.
38:53It's filmed from quite afar.
38:54It's quite grainy, but it clearly shows the crucial moment that we needed.
38:59And this was the moment the knife was pulled on him at the victim.
39:02And this clip was so important because it just sort of really corroborated the victim's account
39:08when he said that he'd been lured into this cul-de-sac and had this knife pulled on him.
39:12And Leroy down the line could never have said that it was an innocent meeting.
39:18It was really, really helpful for us to have these smaller snippets, perhaps, of evidence,
39:24the CCTV, the positive ID.
39:27The victim was able to choose the suspect from a line-up successfully.
39:30And him being in the location was enough for us to secure our charges against Leroy.
39:37And ultimately, the court decided to remand him into custody.
39:44With Leroy now charged, police buy vital time for the DNA results to return.
39:50When they come back, it's irrefutable.
39:57We had Leroy's DNA evidence all over the airbag.
40:02There was blood on the gearstick as well.
40:04It was perfect for us to place him into the driver's seat.
40:08This offence was his most serious offence, really, when looking at his offending history.
40:14It carries a maximum term of life improvement.
40:16The case didn't go to trial.
40:19Once the forensic evidence came back, it was like the final nail in the coffin for him.
40:28Ultimately, at that point, Andy had no option but to plead guilty for his discounting sentence.
40:46We were really pleased to hear he'd been caught.
40:54It's one of those things you never think is going to happen to you.
40:58And not many people are genuinely threatened in their lives.
41:04I like to think that it's not going to affect me or my family in the future.
41:09But, yeah, you just don't know.
41:12South Yorkshire police are investigating a hit-and-run that has killed 81-year-old Graham Slynn.
41:37With all the evidence gathered, police are now ready to arrest their main suspect, Cain Byrne, for the second time.
41:48On this occasion, with the bail conditions, we knew where he would be at any one time.
41:54We managed to affect the arrest safely and Cain Byrne come compliantly.
41:58We wanted to search Cain Byrne's property because now we had the CCTV, we had a good understanding of what clothing he was wearing.
42:07We were able to locate the clothing worn by Cain Byrne as the same clothing he was wearing at the time of the collision,
42:13which further supported the evidence to suggest that Cain Byrne was the driver of the car.
42:17Once in custody, Cain Byrne is interviewed under caution.
42:26Can you just confirm for me your full name?
42:28Cain Julian Byrne.
42:29Thank you, Cain. And your date of birth, please?
42:311st August 2004.
42:33Thank you very much.
42:34Any suspect interview is really, really important.
42:36So through some careful planning, the interview took place later on that day.
42:40You were arrested early hours of this morning on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
42:46In as much detail as you can, please tell me about your involvement in the death of Graham Slyne.
42:53I'm welcome.
42:54Despite being in his early 20s, Cain Byrne's got a long history of criminal offending
42:58and him not answering the questions and being cold and quite callous.
43:04It just shows you exactly what kind of character Cain Byrne's all about.
43:07Are you responsible for the death of Graham Slyne?
43:10No comment.
43:11He showed no remorse.
43:13He acted very cold.
43:14Even when some key emotive questions were put to him on behalf of the family,
43:18what they thought, the impact that that's had on them.
43:22They describe Graham as a husband, a dad and a granddad,
43:26and his family describe him as a gentle, funny and kind to his core.
43:32How does it make you feel hearing that about Graham?
43:35No comment.
43:36In terms of the evidence, it didn't affect how we were perceived with things.
43:41We had strong evidence.
43:43We built a good case, a case that was sufficient to put to the CPS
43:46for a realistic prospect of a conviction.
43:48Death by danger driving now can carry up to life imprisonment.
43:58The same offences as murder.
44:01Someone's dead.
44:02Someone's being killed by the actions of another person.
44:04It's also quite nail-biting waiting for that final approval to charge.
44:11It was another 60, 90 minutes that the phone rang.
44:16And it was the Crown Prosecutor who said,
44:18Yeah, I'm happy.
44:33In court, his defence team explained to the judge
44:36that he actually thought that he clipped a wing mirror of a car
44:40rather than actually colliding with a person.
44:43However, when you check the CCTV just shortly after the collision,
44:47you could see him checking the vehicle on top for damage,
44:51wiping something off that could have been blood.
44:54So looking at that and knowing full well what he'd done,
44:57Cain Byrne pleaded guilty to all three charges.
45:01The evidence of Cain's dangerous and lethal attitude to driving
45:07was comprehensive.
45:09The manner of driving, the red light,
45:13disqualified from driving, he's got no insurance,
45:16they include number plates,
45:18and then evidence of impairment through this nitrous oxide.
45:21It doesn't ever take this balloon out of his mouth.
45:24The judge deemed that he was a dangerous offender.
45:31My dad always said when we went out on our bikes,
45:42if you're going over a junction,
45:44you look that driver in the eye,
45:46you see the whites of that eye,
45:47and you make sure that they've seen you
45:49before you take a step across that road.
45:52I want people to understand that a car in the wrong hands
45:56is a really dangerous weapon.
45:58I've lost my dad, I miss my dad,
46:03but my mum's lost somebody that she saw every day.
46:06Yeah, it is, it is hard.
46:08I think it's just sadness,
46:10it's absolute sort of desolation.
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