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00:01When shoplifters strike...
00:11The offending behaviour is getting out of control.
00:14When he was arrested, he was in possession of a lock knife.
00:18Can they be caught?
00:20I believe that you've been shoplifting this morning.
00:22Will you stand up for me?
00:25It's really shocking how Brazen did got him.
00:28From the lone wolves...
00:31to organised crime gangs.
00:33They still almost order high-value items
00:36to get the biggest bang for their buck.
00:38Anyone up here? Bingo!
00:41Cigarettes.
00:44These guys had extensive criminal histories across Europe.
00:48This series follows the police forces...
00:50Let's go and get some results.
00:52...on the hunt.
00:53Stop, plainclothes, please, plainclothes, please. Stop, stop.
00:56You're under arrest for that.
00:56Do you know why we have stopped you?
00:59...attempting to protect the victims...
01:01Jeff, Jeff, you all right, mate?
01:03What's the mask of an ETA-wise?
01:04It's all that's unacceptable.
01:07This is life-threatening.
01:08...and bring down the criminals.
01:10Shoplifting is a crime.
01:11We want to bring offence to justice, and that is not easy.
01:14One, two, three.
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01:59It is.
02:00The police emergency.
02:01Yeah, our security bar has just been stabbed in the leg.
02:03Is it possible to bleed in?
02:05Yeah, it is.
02:06It's been stabbed.
02:08OK, we're getting out of the room to you as well, OK.
02:11Have you got to try and stop the bleeding?
02:13We've just got some towels up the floor.
02:15We've just got some towels up the door and we're just putting some dust on it now.
02:18OK.
02:21There's a tourniquet twice and direct pressure is still bleeding badly.
02:25He's in a bad way, yeah.
02:28You don't put a tourniquet on unless it's arterial.
02:32And if it's arterial, you've got minutes to stop bleeding or someone's going to bleed out.
02:38Medically trained police officers are first on the scene.
02:43The amount of blood on the floor, he could die.
02:47The thief has fled with just £20 worth of bargain store goods.
02:53What's your name, mate?
02:54Jeff.
02:55Jeff.
02:55My name's Rod.
02:57I'm coming to get a pull socks on it for now.
02:59Yeah, yeah.
03:00If you've got pull socks on it.
03:01My bag should be inside there.
03:09Jeff, I'm just going to pop this on your finger, mate, just so he can keep a monitor of you.
03:12You all right, pal?
03:13I can keep it on best you can.
03:17We're no longer bleeding.
03:18We've got pressure on it.
03:19Can I help us make it?
03:20I hope so.
03:21As officers at the scene fight to save the security guard's life, armed police urgently launch a manhunt for his
03:28attacker.
03:30Security officers have been stopped at times.
03:34Yeah, the firearm's shot coming in, pal.
03:37As it flies straight to Brandon there.
03:39Looks like a large lacerated commando-type knife.
03:44So just be aware of that.
03:46It's a very ragged open wound.
03:51After several minutes, police are still battling to stem the bleeding.
03:55Just have a look at that wound there.
03:59Right, still going.
04:02Goal four.
04:02Another twist on that.
04:06It's going to work.
04:07It's going to work.
04:08You'll be okay.
04:09You'll be okay, champion.
04:115-4.
04:11What's M-Wat's given it, J-Wat?
04:17Rub an M-4.
04:18That's not acceptable.
04:19It's continuing.
04:21This is life-threatening.
04:30Firearms officers are deployed as the hunt widens.
04:37We're kitted up and we're in Preston.
04:39We're in the area.
04:41Just thinking of splitting the city in two.
04:45The bus station as a sort of axis through the middle.
04:48If you want to take everything to the west of that,
04:51we'll take everything to the east,
04:52just so we're not crossing over each other.
04:56I see a stretcher.
04:57It's not come up yet.
04:59Initial willing strategy is to minimise risk
05:02to unknown potential victims.
05:04Minimise risk to members of the public in the vicinity.
05:06And I believe he is out with intent to commit crime.
05:10We just hope that something crops up now on CCTV.
05:17Across the city, police officers are still trying to treat
05:21the security officer's potentially fatal stab wound.
05:25Nothing coming out anymore.
05:27We've got you nice and stable.
05:29All right, brother.
05:30I'm going to be all right, then.
05:32We've got it sorted, all right.
05:35Paramedics rush the security guard to hospital for emergency surgery.
05:40Jess, you going to be all right, brother?
05:42You going to be all right, mate?
05:45With an armed thief on the loose,
05:47the case is escalated to the major crimes team.
05:51Security staff are assaulted by shoplifters,
05:54but it's rare to be directly stabbed in that way by them.
06:02From the outset, we heard that the victim was seriously injured,
06:06potentially with life-threatening injuries.
06:09Because we know that we've got a suspect running around with a knife.
06:13He's already stabbed one person.
06:15We don't really know.
06:16He's prepared to go and stab someone else.
06:21We've got a really aggressive shot.
06:23It's just smashed up a load of things.
06:24It's smashed a bottle of gold in this gym.
06:27It's smashed a bottle of wine with aggressive.
06:53We've got a really aggressive shot.
06:54We've got a really aggressive shot.
06:55We're through.
06:55She's smashed up a load of things.
06:58He smashed a bottle of Gordon's gym.
07:01He smashed a bottle of wine.
07:02But he was throwing it, weren't he?
07:04He wasn't just dropping it and smashing it.
07:06He was aggressive.
07:08At a supermarket in Preston,
07:10staff are dealing with a violent thief.
07:13Joe is well known to police.
07:19Operation Vulture is Lancashire Police's
07:22dedicated shop theft task force,
07:24targeting the most serious offenders in the county.
07:29We've made you go.
07:31Of course, you don't send the amount of information.
07:33I'm not mentioning any questions.
07:33Something's really like.
07:34But you do send the amount of the amount of evidence.
07:35OK.
07:36Under that suspicion of theft,
07:38times five,
07:41criminal damage,
07:43and assault causing natural bodily harm.
07:45Really?
07:51Officers have 24 hours to charge their suspect.
07:54Otherwise, Joe will be released.
07:57Don't do that.
08:00Don't do that.
08:01Don't do that.
08:02Don't do that.
08:02Don't do that.
08:02Don't do that.
08:05Don't do that.
08:0525, 6, 7, 6.
08:07You got that.
08:08Come on, not go to the job.
08:09Yeah.
08:11He's well known in the Preston area.
08:14He's been a drug user for quite some time.
08:17A heroin user and a crack cocaine user.
08:21I believe he's been doing that for most of his life.
08:25He's now, I think he's in his 50s or 60s,
08:29something like that.
08:29So he's been doing it quite a long time.
08:31He's sort of entrenched in this life.
08:33He doesn't know any better.
08:38Analysis of the evidence begins.
08:43He's basically come in,
08:45stolen multiple items,
08:46and assaulted the victim by scratching her.
08:54Three of the shoplifters are from Sainsbury's in Pemberton,
08:58and then one of the thefts is from Boots in City Centre.
09:02This is the CCTV from the theft at Boots.
09:06So the make-up stands there.
09:08In a minute, you'll see him walk down here.
09:17What's up?
09:20He's ripped out the whole stand,
09:22like the bit of the stand that the make-ups were carrying.
09:24A total of 900 pounds.
09:27He's fit to be interviewed,
09:28so we need to get going with it, really.
09:31We've got all the evidence on the investigations,
09:34so we just need to get cracking.
09:37Joe's interview will take place in a few hours,
09:39once all evidence has been gathered.
09:41Yes!
10:05Let's see.
10:13a CCTV image of the armed shoplifter recorded just before the stabbing has
10:18been circulated to all firearms units it's like a decent picture especially
10:23for like a usual around Preston
10:35the knife-wielding thief
10:37has been on the run for nearly 30 minutes
10:40do you want to head to this possible target
10:44yes
10:55down down down right at Aquedook Street right at the end
11:11I reckon if he knows he stabbed someone I reckon he's gone to the ground
11:16depends how brazen he is he's either gone off because he knows what he's done
11:19or he's just gonna keep going shop to shop just look in the shops as we go past
11:27the hunt for the armed attacker is stepped up
11:32it was blue black hood there
11:34where?
11:35behind us
11:37white male?
11:39yeah
11:42sure knows
11:46it's not gonna be him is it?
11:52no
11:52grey pants
11:53grey pants
11:54grey pants on my trailers
11:56is it?
11:57yeah
12:05help
12:06stay there for a sec for us
12:08yeah
12:08you ain't got anything on you have you mate?
12:22been involved in anything earlier?
12:39no
12:39no
12:39no
12:39no
12:39no
12:39no
12:39no
12:39no
12:39town centre
12:42shoplifting
12:42no no
12:43I've come from
12:44right turn around for his pal
12:53he has got a bit of blood on his jacket as well I think
12:56make sense I done
12:57look at that blood
12:58blood
12:59I find
13:01his hands as well
13:02hair
13:05right
13:06do you know why I'm not stopping you
13:07no no
13:10Do you know why we're stopping you?
13:12Do you know why we have stopped you?
13:15I don't know. I come with my job.
13:17I can't... I can't...
13:18..full of items.
13:20So I... So I pick up...
13:22Put your hands down for it.
13:23Yeah, because... What are these marks?
13:25That one? What's all that?
13:27That one is from Job. Old one. You can check this door.
13:30My jacket's similar, that hood's similar.
13:32Same colour pants, same colour trainers.
13:34You know what I mean? Yeah.
13:35Until proven otherwise, I'm going to arrest you
13:38on suspicion of attempt murder.
13:40You don't say anything, mate?
13:41I just don't mention my question so much.
13:42I'm going to lie on the court. Attempt murder.
13:44I'm giving you evidence.
13:45You're just arrested on suspicion at the minute.
13:47What do you do, mate?
13:49We're stopping by now, Edward Street.
13:51Got him locked up.
13:52He patched the inscription, same jacket as on the court.
13:55So I'll patch the needle for all of them.
14:00I'm going to lie on top.
14:0345 minutes after the attack,
14:05the suspect is taken into custody.
14:08I'll just double check your search.
14:14Careful.
14:17This is all right.
14:20Great work.
14:21Of course.
14:22all right detectives now begin their investigation we've got a suspect and custody now we have to
14:30ensure that it is the right person
14:52on operation vulture police are preparing to interview joe the violent shop thief who
14:59smashed bottles in a preston supermarket his solicitor is being briefed so we've got
15:08three thefts from sainsbury's in penwood but within one of the thefts we've got a damage and
15:19an abh okay um few scratches the next job is the theft of boots uh in town official gate this
15:29is
15:29for 924 pound in one go he's took the whole shelf a whole shelf of what they've like beauty products
15:37like mascara lip liner stuff like that he was last released july beginning of july right okay so i think
15:45you might know which way this might go depending on what he says in his interview but i think he
15:48knows yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah right okay do you want me to stay in here yeah i'll get
15:54him and
16:14time by my watch is 18 33 just to let you know this interview has been visual and audio recording
16:21all right so the reason i'm here today is for new responses three thefts from sainsbury's in penwood
16:26uh part of one of them thefts there's a allegation of an assault uh there's also an allegation of a
16:34criminal damage and there's a theft from boots on fishergate which occurred on the 6th of august it's
16:40alleged that you entered boots the chemist on fishergate and stole beauty items totaled around
16:45924 pound did you quit that offense no problem did you have any consent to take these items did they
16:52belong to you did you have any means to pay no it's also alleged on the 8th of august you
16:58entered
16:59sainsbury's when you're in the store did you go to the till to try and buy a bottle of cider
17:05no comment when challenged did you try and take a basket of items no comment okay did you cause
17:15injury to the shop assistant's finger which caused scratching and reddening no comment did any of the
17:21items belong to you no did you have any other means to pay no comment all right okay i'm not
17:27gonna
17:27ask you any more questions if you'd like do you want to say anything further give the opportunity now
17:36no no no following the interview pc ryan ingram who knows joe's history of offending
17:46goes to speak with him he doesn't really take accountability for his actions regularly denies
17:53any of the offenses that he's committed in the past he might be asleep so we'll have to see
18:01how we doing all right yeah yeah you're doing okay yeah we've been interviewed yeah yeah did you
18:08want no comment yeah sure sure yeah did they put the cctv to you yeah well i've had a look
18:17this
18:18morning obviously it shows you're committing that offense well i don't think so it shows you're
18:25taking those bottles of alcohol off the shelves and when staff try and stop you yeah you assault them
18:31no no that's bullshit man it's not bullshit yeah absolutely bullshit secret like me just try and make
18:38me understand right what how it's led to that because at the moment you've had a period of about
18:43three or four months where there was no offending you were doing all right you look great i'm just
18:48trying to understand what what's what's led to that i'm not talking about it just speak to me for
18:55two seconds no i'm not talking about it no he didn't want to speak to me about it and that's
19:00sometimes how it goes um but um he's still under integrated offender management so we'll
19:06continue to work with him going forward and we'll just see what the outcome is at court
19:15joe is charged with three shop thefts criminal damage and assault
19:21his hearing will take place at preston magistrates court
19:29when the shopkeeper rejects it he pulls knife out of his pocket obviously quite a shocking thing to do
19:35just to get four beers
20:01joe the repeat offender who assaulted supermarket staff
20:05and stole more than 900 pounds worth of makeup has been found guilty at court
20:12so you've got a 12-month suspended sentence you can never predict what's going to happen with the
20:17courts at the moment because was it for the same thing is suspended yeah it was for the same offense
20:23so shot lifting obviously there was an assault on this occasion as well so uh i assumed that he was
20:29going
20:29to get a slow deal but didn't happen so because for me what's the deterrent next time potentially what is
20:39the deterrent because if he thinks he can just get a suspended sentence every time yeah then uh he's got
20:45he's got no real deterrent for going out and offending again so i can see if we can get some
20:51contact info for the victim so that's the number she rang off okay fab i'll just bring her
21:09hello it's beth calling from western police i just wanted to ring you and let you know um we've got
21:16an
21:16update about the uh case i am really sorry it isn't brilliant news so he isn't going to be serving
21:24any
21:24custodial time right now um but he has got a 12-month suspended sentence um so if he does
21:32break that per se um then he'll have to serve time um i know it's not exactly what we wanted
21:40um but it is a hopefully a step in the right direction
21:45sometimes especially when you're not happy with it you feel a little bit like it should have been
21:52better for them especially if you put yourselves in their shoes and you realize that you really did
21:58want a custodial sentence for them um but i think she was happy that she got the update and that
22:04we
22:05could do something about it at least six weeks later police are called to deal with shoplifter joe again
22:13this time caught stealing from a pet shop recognized his face today just saw him just put a load of
22:19stuff into his bag i approached him and he started getting all their roomy down there saying it's my
22:23stuff my stuff and got to the front doors and tried to get the bag off him and then that's
22:27when your
22:27colleague stepped in and said right we'll wrestle here and she went to arrest me
22:34hello you all right yeah oh hello i think i've met you before i think you have been um arrested
22:41multiple times for shoplifting already haven't you am i right in saying that you've not got anything
22:46else that you shouldn't have have you you've got no drugs on you or anything like that right
22:52right that's fine um we'll put all your stuff together and then obviously we'll be uh making
22:56our way to custody i'm going to place you in cusp yeah um because you've already had to be restrained
23:02once
23:04just cross your arms for me that's a comfortable position i mean yeah all right i'll just walk
23:10them so they don't get tired i'm looking forward to lying down i'm lacking will you just get cctv in
23:18staring i'll come back for you nice one you jump in there nice one
23:34joe was convicted of another two shop thefts and an attempted theft having breached his suspended
23:40sentence he was sent to prison for 50 weeks
24:03the bargain store thief accused of attempted murder
24:07preston cid are leading the investigation into andre mikulski the bargain store thief accused
24:17of attempted murder dc alex examines the movements of the suspect the day before the security guard was stabbed
24:25we believe that the same person potentially has been committing a number of um theft shopliftings
24:31and also more violent shopliftings and robberies so currently i'm just watching some cctv
24:40it appears that the the suspect has gone to a garage and nearly hours in the morning he goes to
24:46pay
24:53then as soon as the shopkeeper opened the doors that he tries to try and steal the money from the
24:58till
25:02the second instant this has occurred a few hours later see the suspect wearing the same clothing as before goes
25:08to till
25:10he's he's obviously playing around with something that's inside his pocket and he at this point he's attempted to pay
25:16with a scratch card that the shopkeeper has just put on there but there's not actually any money on it
25:22you can see again he's playing around with this face mask um pulling it now over his face
25:30then when the shopkeeper rejects it he pulls a knife out of his pocket
25:39obviously it's quite a shocking thing to do just to get to get four beers
25:46you see he's jumping around with his knife but the shopkeeper refuses to give in and so he runs off
25:55this next instant happens the the day after he he just walks into herring foods picks up some items
26:03um and then just walks straight out with them um clearly no attempt to to pay at all
26:11there's also cctv from just before the stabbing so about an hour and 15 minutes later and a male enters
26:20being in bargained it appears certainly from the footage that it's the exact same mail just goes
26:26around being in bargained picks up a number of items and places them in his basket really minor items
26:34such as deodorant cream eggs that sort of thing nothing worth more than 20 30 quid and he does
26:41actually start to queue to pay for those items so after queuing for about two or three minutes he then
26:49decides to not go through the till and just walk straight out hopping some sort of barrier
26:56um and goes out with the basket
27:00jeff the security guard comes out of his office and follows the suspect out of the shop
27:07so you can see the the suspect leaving the shop
27:15jeff the security guard runs over
27:21and then an incident occurs behind this bush with jeff falling down you can see jeff on on the floor
27:32and you can see the suspect
27:36it looks like he's dropped a number of items and then he's
27:39tempted to pick them up whilst jeff is he's kind of writhing around in pain
28:00the suspect's backpack
28:02a kitchen knife with a 19 centimeter blade
28:05it didn't appear to have blood on it it had potentially been um cleaned um because there
28:14was kind of scorch marks on it as if someone had burnt it with a lighter um however the
28:20the victim's blood and dna has been found on it detective alex attempts to retrace mikulski's
28:28movements across the city we've conducting cctv trolls to try and trace the suspect on cctv from the moment that
28:37he
28:38left the incident location to where he was arrested to ensure that it is the same person
28:44and we can prove evidentially it's the same person
28:49i've gone to the location where he was arrested
28:53and identified a spot where there was cctv covering that arrest and then from there it's about
29:01going to other locations with cctv and trying to trace back where the suspect has come from
29:10so he runs through the um suspect after he's done the stabbing runs through the bus station car park
29:19emerging at this point before crossing the road and then crossing this car park and at that point
29:26um we lose him on cctv for about half an hour well he's next seen walking up that street
29:37he doesn't have his have his jacket anymore he's just wearing his blue jacket
29:43he's then seen from a number of cameras seen crossing um into this street to before
29:53walking across the flag market here
30:00then walks down here then crosses through the um the new development
30:15this is the street on which um the defendant was spotted by the firearms officers who just
30:22have to be passing by having tracked mikulski's movements to place him at the scene the next step is
30:30to question him
30:41in burnley officers are working on another shoplifting case
30:46i've uploaded the cctv for shoplifting this morning well great shall we have a look let's hack in the log
30:59number
31:01a well-known shop thief has stolen two bottles of whiskey
31:06i've collected the statement from the security guard um who can id from this incident
31:12for wearing the same clothing and it's delvium for many years
31:16uh oh yeah i can see that yeah and the value of the shoplifting is 44 pounds yeah
31:25the team head to a hostel that the suspect is known to visit
31:40it's busy this morning what have you been doing this morning i've been showing the cctv still it just looks
31:47like that's all
31:48where um so can i just detain you for now just for a purpose of a search okay under section
31:54one of
31:55pace to look for stolen property okay believe that you've been shoplifting this morning okay so just
32:00stand up for me uh i am pc
32:07four four two eight control
32:09but he's currently on being um uh
32:14a car park
32:16the patrols helped me in my quality just chasing my foot
32:24what you on about
32:24what do you want to go please i can't not i can't leave you can i
32:33yeah he's currently i'm currently following him he's getting a bit aggressive we're just going
32:36through some woodlands though got nowhere it leads
32:44male's now picking up rocks and attempting to throw them at me
32:47well where are you currently in the back of the sales park
32:591740 i've lost an hill somewhere in the wood
33:11up here just jumped over a fence
33:16where's that come out
33:23railway
33:33unfortunately we can't follow onto train tracks due to them being on a live track so then we had to
33:37make british transport police aware to stop any trains in motion
33:40well he's on the train track so he didn't run that way yeah he's gone back down that way
33:56you've been identified by cctv you just look at this male's face do you think that could be you
34:03maybe my brother maybe cousin
34:08okay
34:31in burnley police are hunting for a suspected shop thief
34:36Look here, he's just jumped over the fence.
34:38..who's made off into woodland and is running across train tracks.
34:43Train tracks.
34:43He didn't run that way, hadn't he?
34:45Yeah, he's gone back down that way.
34:47The only way the train track comes out is onto the end of Clifton Street,
34:51so then firearms officers set up there,
34:53ready for him to come out of the exit.
34:57Oh, you proper brambled yourself, hadn't you?
34:59I can stay at that.
35:03You know, there's a suspicion of theft, that's when being told Paul, all right?
35:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:06Don't say anything wrong with the fence.
35:07Make sure we won't question something on the tent.
35:09What if you do say anything in it, wouldn't it?
35:16He's one of our repeat shoplifters.
35:19So he's committed a theft this morning in the town centre,
35:22so he's just been deterred after making off.
35:25I'm in trouble.
35:26I'm in trouble.
35:26I'm in trouble.
35:29They're just tricking eggs and filming them.
35:31They're just tricking eggs and filming them.
35:32They're just tricking eggs and the police car.
35:35The suspect is well known to local residents.
35:41Don't be far to fucking help me, man.
35:44I will do, but I'll get done for yourself if I'm not the fucking house.
35:50He didn't come out.
35:53Oh!
35:54Ready?
35:55Go on, Dave.
35:56Go on, Dave.
35:57Go to it.
35:58Go on, Dave.
35:59Go on, Dave.
36:00Now, the police assault.
36:01Go on, Dave.
36:01Go on, Dave.
36:01All right, it's not a caution. Sit down.
36:03Fuck!
36:04Fuck me.
36:07All right, it's not sure enough.
36:09The ball in.
36:17The suspect is taken in for questioning.
36:25He was a little bit aggressive when he was arrested.
36:28He kicked out.
36:28One of the officers who placed him in the van.
36:31There'll just be a few of us here.
36:32We'll just watch him.
36:33He is handcuffed and everything.
36:42What time was he arrested?
36:4410,000.
36:45I'll keep on.
36:46It's all set the puffs off.
36:48Are you going to be here?
36:49Yes.
36:49Right.
37:00Are you concerned about your alcohol or drug use?
37:03No, no.
37:03I'm concerned about my drug use, yeah.
37:06It depends on your crack.
37:07Yeah, well, it's mind all the matter, innit?
37:12Right.
37:16He's been running through brambles and stuff like that.
37:19There you go.
37:20Fucking out there.
37:21Fuck off.
37:22Get off, mate.
37:23Calm down.
37:24Move away.
37:24Calm down.
37:25Stop swearing.
37:26Calm down.
37:27Don't start threatening to go back and cut.
37:29Put me in cut.
37:30Calm down.
37:31Wait for me then, don't.
37:32I'm staying right here.
37:33Give him a fucking way before I'm off your head off.
37:37Are we back in the room?
37:39Are we all right?
37:40I'm great.
37:41Right.
37:44Right.
37:45Are you having a quick search now, please?
37:47Right.
37:47Just...
37:48Let's ask a second.
37:49Can you step back?
37:51Do you have any pastings or jewellery?
37:53No, I've got my plate in my arm there.
37:55Belt.
37:56Yeah.
37:58Right.
37:59Right.
37:59That's all right, sir.
38:01Nice.
38:02Turn the place that way.
38:05Nice.
38:06Charlie, too.
38:07If you've got plenty of jobs.
38:08That might be honest.
38:13Get your shoes off outside yourself, please.
38:17Can I go one bit?
38:18Yeah, we'll stop going.
38:20Can I go one bit, too?
38:21Yeah.
38:32Sergeant Paul Meads provides an update on the case.
38:36He did get convicted.
38:37He got convicted of assault police and assaults on an emergency worker, which was one of
38:43our PCSOs, and also for the theft of the two bottles of Jack Daniels.
38:49And for the shoplifting and the two police assaults, he's got 24 weeks custodial sentence.
38:55So, for us, that's great.
38:58Bye.
38:59I don't know.
39:24With CCTV and DNA evidence gathered, detectives in Preston question Andrei Mikulski about the two-day crime spree that culminated
39:34in the stabbing of a security guard.
39:39You've been identified by CCTV.
39:42If you just look at this male's face, do you think that could be you?
39:45No problem.
39:49No problem.
39:50I suggest that he's got a similar looking face to you. Would you agree with that?
39:54No problem.
39:55Maybe my brother, maybe cousin, maybe someone looks like someone has the same look like a different person.
40:01But I don't look at the police, and tell the devil that the people look like a different person.
40:07That people look similar to you.
40:09No problem.
40:09Do you have any rules of the rules, taking no impression?
40:13No problem.
40:14No problem.
40:14So just imagine now, you've got the rucksack on your back, you've got the basket in your hand with all
40:19the B&M stuff in.
40:21No problem.
40:22No problem.
40:22Where were you headed to?
40:24No problem.
40:26No problem.
40:26Tell me the first time that you were challenged by the security guard.
40:31No problem.
40:31Tell me exactly what happened.
40:34No problem.
40:35No problem.
40:35So at what point did you get the knife out?
40:37No problem.
40:41What caused you to stab him?
40:44No problem.
40:46Did you stab him?
40:47No problem.
40:48Did you see this security guard fall to the ground?
40:53No problem.
40:55Did you notice any blood?
40:56No problem.
40:58No problem.
40:59He needed two blood transfusions because of so much blood that he lost.
41:05He took virtually the rest of the day to stabilize him.
41:11And he only went to three hour operation because of him being stabbed.
41:14Since then he's had another operation because of further complications.
41:19And he currently remains in a critical care unit of all Preston Hospital.
41:23Who better hope that this guy pulls through?
41:25Because if he doesn't, then you would be arrested on suspicion of murder.
41:33The security guard, Jeff, survives.
41:36The suspect, Andre Mikulski, is charged with possession of a knife, robbery and theft.
41:48So today is the first day of a four day trial.
41:53We initially presented the case of the TPS as an attempted murder, which they knocked back.
41:59The defendant has pled guilty to a Section 20 assault.
42:06Essentially, a Section 20 is causing someone grievous bodily harm, but you've not intended to do that.
42:14I'm not sure how you can claim to stab someone, but not admit that you were trying to cause a
42:24serious injury.
42:26Detectives want to prove the suspect intended to cause harm and are pursuing a more serious charge.
42:33We're seeking conviction on a Section 18 assault.
42:37So there's a number of years difference that potentially he could be facing as a result of that.
42:45His defence haven't requested a mental health assessment.
42:49So that would suggest that they don't think he lacked capacity at the time of the event.
42:56After a four day trial, the jury found Andre Mikulski guilty of the more serious offence.
43:03Section 18 wounding with intent.
43:07He was also convicted of robbery, attempted robbery, having a knife in public and shop thefts.
43:16He was jailed for 22 years and six months.
43:21It's the right result for the public because he's clearly a dangerous individual who is prepared to use violence to
43:30obtain really minor things.
43:32It's also the right result for the victim who's gone through six months of hell and he's still suffering and
43:40will probably suffer for the rest of his life with mobility issues and mental health issues.
43:46Quick action by the initial attending officers almost certainly saved a victim's life.
43:53How are you doing?
43:54I'm not so glad.
43:55Good, all right.
43:56Yeah.
43:57Thanks very much.
43:58Hi.
43:59Hi, you're back.
43:59Yeah, thanks for the time.
44:01Oh, mate, you OK?
44:02Cheers.
44:03Yeah.
44:03I am, I've seen you.
44:08Last time I saw you, it was grabbing something, isn't it?
44:10You put a tourniquet round.
44:12OK.
44:13It's just, er, there isn't enough thanks.
44:16I feel an honour.
44:19Big enough for everything you did for me.
44:24You saved my life.
44:26Me and my family would like to thank you.
44:30That you've been there that day, I wouldn't have been here.
44:33Thank you very much and you're doing an amazing job.
44:38And the Interceptor's shoplifting takedown continues next Monday at nine.
44:43Ben Fogel's back tomorrow night with a really unique new life in the wild,
44:48joining one woman's perpetual walk across the state.
44:50That's new at nine.
44:52Drama next.
44:53And with men tagged and restricted, the curfew is a system that should keep women safe.
44:58Sarah Parrish and Alexandra Burke star in just a moment.
45:02Good night.
45:06I had to wake up a pasean where I go up and carry people on the internet.
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