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00:27Good morning, thank you for joining us
00:29for a brand new week of Crimewatch Live.
00:31We are coming to you from our studios right here
00:35in the heart of Cardiff.
00:37And we want to thank you for all your calls
00:39and your messages last week.
00:41We had some really good information about the shooting
00:43of the nine-year-old girl in Dalston, London.
00:46A motorbike rider pulled up and fired a weapon
00:49into a restaurant, leaving the girl with lifelong injuries.
00:53Now, police still want to hear from anyone
00:54who knows the identity of this motorbike rider.
00:57He was experienced on the bike, he was riding a Ducati
01:01and police believe he has links to the Barset Road
01:04Tappersfield Estate in Nunhead, Greater London.
01:07You can watch that full appeal on iPlayer.
01:09Today, can you help detectives investigating
01:12the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Jamie Mear?
01:16Police are still looking for three men
01:18wanted in connection to the incident.
01:21We have got a nail-biting film with two officers
01:24who fought against a rising tide to rescue a woman
01:27trapped in the rocks on the shoreline.
01:32I remember thinking to myself,
01:35if we don't do something now,
01:37then we're going to watch this woman die.
01:42It is edge of your seat stuff, that one, isn't it?
01:45Plus, Merseyside Police are reappealing for information
01:49about the murder of Diane Sindel,
01:51who was killed after a car broke down back in 1986.
01:54Can you help solve this cold case?
01:57We'll also be meeting Luke Newton
01:59to find out about his role within Wiltshire Police.
02:02I was pleased to get the job.
02:05I was literally only mean and lost for words.
02:09Working at Wiltshire Police,
02:11definitely a drink of my choice.
02:14That's heartwarming film, that one, isn't it?
02:16It is, it really is.
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02:44Now, what would you do if you were faced
02:46with a life and death situation
02:47unfolding before your very eyes?
02:50For PC's Molly Caner and Robert Morgan,
02:52there wasn't a second thought
02:53as they threw themselves into a rescue mission
02:56without hesitation.
03:00I remember thinking to myself,
03:03if we don't do something now,
03:05then, you know, we're going to watch this woman die.
03:15I am PC Molly Caner.
03:19I'm Police Constable Robert Morgan.
03:21Myself and Molly have worked together
03:23for about a year.
03:24We attend emergency 99 calls
03:27out of Port Albert Police Station
03:29in Swansea, South Wales.
03:34Rob and I attended a call
03:37on the 11th of December
03:38around 20 to 10 at night.
03:41The young lad that was fishing
03:43at the Naberavan seafront
03:44had called in to say
03:45that he'd seen a female
03:47going towards the pier
03:49and lost sight of her there.
03:55Conditions were treacherous on that evening.
03:57It was raining, slippery surface.
04:00The tide was in.
04:02The waves were crashing against the rocks.
04:05The speedy was really low.
04:06So I was wearing a torch.
04:08I was carrying a torch.
04:09I could still just about see my hand
04:11in front of my face.
04:14So I sort of run quite quickly
04:16then onto the pier with my torch
04:19searching every little nook and cranny
04:21to see if we could find this lady.
04:24I don't know how long we were there
04:25but Molly suddenly turned to me
04:26and said,
04:27did you hear somebody call it?
04:30At the same time
04:31I could see a torch
04:32in the distance coming towards us
04:34which turned out to be
04:35the son-in-law of the lady.
04:37I think the lady had messaged him
04:39to see she was down there.
04:44I can hear her!
04:46Where are you?
04:48We eventually located her
04:50at the very edge
04:51where she'd fallen forward.
04:55She wasn't within reaching distance.
04:57No, no, no, no, wait.
04:59Her head was upside down
05:01so her head was fully submerged
05:02in the water.
05:04Her ankle was caught in between the rocks
05:06so essentially her ankle
05:07was keeping her up.
05:08Covering her head.
05:10Oh my word, right, okay.
05:12She was intermittently drowning
05:13taking breaths in between the tide
05:16coming in and out.
05:17Seeker!
05:22It was pure disbelief
05:23that anyone could be in that position
05:25and be alive.
05:26Breathing between the tide, okay?
05:28I remember thinking
05:29could I get down to her
05:30and if I could, could I do anything?
05:33But there was just no way
05:34of putting my feet on anything safe
05:36that would have stopped me from falling.
05:38I think I went over the head
05:40at this point
05:40and called for the backup,
05:42the Coast Guard ambulance
05:43and anything.
05:44If we did a change
05:45of what of our hands...
05:46Two specials that were nearby
05:48were already en route
05:49with the rope.
05:51No more than a couple of minutes.
05:53It took for them to arrive.
06:01I tried to tie a knot
06:04and sort of dangle at them
06:06and a little bit
06:07like a lasso around her ankle.
06:11Lots of things
06:11going through my head
06:12at that time.
06:13If we don't think of something,
06:16you know,
06:16I'm going to watch this woman die.
06:22I'm going to try to put a rope
06:24on your leg, right?
06:26Pull the chain, everyone.
06:31Pull the chain, Rob,
06:32get in the front of you.
06:34Molly got everyone lined up
06:35with the rope
06:36and I've gone onto my knees
06:38and eventually onto my stomach
06:40so I put my hands down
06:41as close as I could
06:43to the lady.
06:44While they pulled,
06:45I was able to keep the rope
06:46straight and off the wall.
06:47One, two, three, go!
06:55I was concerned for her ankle
06:56because the rope had squeezed
06:58so tight around it
06:59or the rope might come undone.
07:03My thought process was
07:04if she goes back in the water
07:05or in that position,
07:06we're not going to get
07:07a second chance.
07:14We managed to get her
07:16onto the top of the pier
07:17and then I think that relief
07:20to see that she was breathing,
07:23I think everyone could
07:24sort of take a deep breath
07:25and they knew she was breathing.
07:27Okay, what's next?
07:29Is she breathing?
07:30Yes, she's breathing.
07:32All right.
07:33Are you okay?
07:35I zoned out a little bit.
07:37I just did not know
07:39if what we'd just done was real.
07:41It didn't seem real.
07:43Seeing the lady there lying there,
07:47yeah, I was in a bit of shock, yeah.
07:50I know, love.
07:50You've been through it, okay?
07:52Ambulance are coming now.
07:54We've got more stretchers.
07:55We've got more stretchers.
07:55We've got more stretchers.
07:56We've got more stretchers.
07:56We've got more stretchers.
07:57I assume she's definitely
07:58at risk of being hypothermic.
08:02She had ten broken ribs,
08:05a ruptured spleen,
08:07several fractures
08:09to different bones.
08:11She required a skin graft
08:13on her leg.
08:16She's very lucky to be alive.
08:21I certainly haven't been to a call
08:24like this before.
08:25Certainly not knowing
08:26what to do in those
08:28initial three seconds,
08:30I think that'll stay with me
08:31for a very long time.
08:33So both myself, Molly,
08:35and a few others
08:36were nominated for
08:37the Chief Superintendent's
08:39Commendation.
08:40I'm very proud
08:41that we've done it,
08:42that we're getting it.
08:44But, yeah,
08:45still in a little bit
08:46of disbelief here.
08:48We were just really glad
08:49that we got to her safely.
08:52All of her officers are safe
08:53and contributed
08:55to a successful rescue.
09:00Gosh, I mean,
09:01just such an act of bravery
09:03from Molly and Robert there.
09:04Absolutely.
09:05Real quick thinking.
09:06They knew what they had to do.
09:08Yeah.
09:08No hesitation.
09:09Fantastic, yeah.
09:10And nice to hear
09:10that they were nominated
09:11for the award and won.
09:12Yeah, not just nominated.
09:14Yeah, very well deserved.
09:14Congratulations to both of them.
09:16Molly's just got
09:17right to the front, though,
09:18isn't she?
09:19Now, to our first appeal
09:21this morning,
09:21a cold case from 1986.
09:23It's about the murder
09:24of Diane Sindel,
09:26who was killed
09:27after her car
09:28ran out of petrol.
09:29Can you finally
09:30help solve this case?
09:35Merseyside Police
09:36investigating the murder
09:38of 21-year-old Diane Sindel
09:39from Birkenhead
09:40say she was the victim
09:42of a very brutal attack.
09:45I've been a detective
09:46for almost 30 years
09:48and this is a horrendous murder
09:50of a young female
09:52on her own
09:53who just stepped out
09:54of a car
09:54to get petrol.
09:57Bird death
09:58has a significant impact
10:00on the community
10:01of Birkenhead.
10:02It is a tight-knit community.
10:05Lots of people
10:05know each other.
10:07Lots of families
10:08brought up,
10:09raised there.
10:11They want to know
10:12what's happened to Diane
10:13and who was responsible
10:14for her murder.
10:17Forty years on
10:18and Diane's killer
10:19is still unknown.
10:21However, now,
10:22armed with new DNA technology,
10:25Merseyside Police
10:26have reopened the case.
10:29Diane was working
10:30as a florist in the day
10:32and she helped
10:33her uncle out
10:34at a shop
10:35in Seacombe.
10:37At night time
10:38she worked
10:39in a pub part-time
10:40saving up
10:41to be married
10:41the following year.
10:44Diane was
10:45a young woman
10:46with everything
10:47to look forward to.
10:49On the evening
10:50of Friday the 1st of August
10:52Diane finished her shift
10:54at the Wellington
10:55Public House.
10:57We think she left work
10:58about quarter to midnight.
11:00Diane was wearing
11:01jeans
11:02and a very distinctive
11:03white top
11:04with big green spots on.
11:08She's got a blue
11:09quite distinctive van
11:11and it's gone up
11:13to Argyle Street
11:14onto Buller Road
11:15and just on the junction
11:16there at Buller Road
11:17Diane stops.
11:21We've got two witnesses
11:22who worked in the shop
11:23at the time
11:23who said
11:24they've seen Diane
11:25park the blue van up.
11:27We think that's because
11:28she went out of petrol.
11:32And then she's come out
11:33of the vehicle
11:35and they've seen her
11:36go up Buller Road.
11:40Back then
11:41Diane was probably thinking
11:42I've got a petrol can
11:43I'll walk up
11:44to the nearest petrol station.
11:53Diane is then seen
11:54by a bus driver
11:55around three minutes
11:57past midnight.
11:58He says
12:00he sees a female
12:02and he believes
12:03that was Diane.
12:06about ten past midnight
12:08a taxi driver
12:09is on Buller Road.
12:12As I passed
12:13the garage
12:14at the bottom
12:14of Argyle Street
12:15I saw a couple
12:17ahead of me
12:18when I passed them
12:19I noticed
12:19they were arguing
12:20the fella
12:21put his hand out
12:22towards the girl
12:22they were definitely
12:23arguing.
12:26A couple driving by
12:28also came forward
12:29having seen someone
12:30they thought
12:31could be Diane.
12:33They provide
12:34the description
12:35of a female
12:36wearing a white blouse
12:37with the big green spots.
12:40They actually
12:41make comments
12:41about a female
12:44being out
12:44at this time of night.
12:51The next morning
12:52Diane was found
12:54in an alleyway
12:55by a passerby.
12:58She had been
12:59sexually assaulted
13:00and murdered.
13:03Diane's jewellery
13:04is still on her
13:05so this isn't
13:06about a robbery
13:07of a young female.
13:09The motive
13:09of our offender
13:10is sexual assault
13:12and murder.
13:15and it's
13:15a brutal murder.
13:21It was a crime
13:22that left women
13:23feeling unsafe
13:24in the local area.
13:26It's such a
13:27normal thing
13:28to do isn't it?
13:29Your car breaks down
13:30you go and get petrol
13:32and Diane should have
13:33been safe
13:34when she's done that.
13:38I've got a daughter
13:39myself
13:39and I would want
13:40to know that
13:41she was safe
13:41if she was to
13:43have to leave the car.
13:50The taxi driver
13:52had given police
13:52a description
13:53of the man
13:54he'd seen
13:55arguing with
13:56the woman.
13:57This is a man
13:58who's white.
13:59He's about
14:005 foot 10.
14:01He is wearing
14:02a brown jacket
14:03hip length
14:04and he describes
14:05the jeans
14:06as being baggy
14:07potential like
14:07work jeans.
14:09Looks like
14:10in his 20s,
14:11looks like
14:12it's got
14:12dark brown
14:12hair,
14:13no facial hair.
14:15Now we need
14:16to establish
14:16is that Diane
14:17and our offender
14:18or is this
14:19another couple
14:20who have had
14:21some sort
14:21of arguments?
14:25From the timing
14:26and from the sighting
14:27I believe
14:27that is potentially
14:28going to be Diane
14:29with our offender
14:30but we need
14:31to eliminate
14:31either way.
14:33At the time
14:34police had discovered
14:35that Diane
14:36wasn't the only
14:37woman to be
14:38attacked that
14:38night.
14:40We think
14:41timing wise
14:42it's happened
14:42shortly before
14:44Diane's assault.
14:47The young
14:48female has been
14:49assaulted
14:50on the same
14:51side at
14:51Woodrow Road
14:53and she stopped
14:54and sat on a
14:55bench where
14:56she's been
14:56quite distressed.
14:58She's in
14:58distinctive
14:59yellow clothing,
15:00yellow top
15:01and yellow
15:01pants.
15:05Days later
15:06a couple
15:08walking their
15:08dog on
15:09Bidston Hill
15:10found Diane's
15:11clothes in
15:12a small fire.
15:16There's also
15:16a paying in
15:17bank slip
15:19which we have
15:20got the name
15:21Cinderlong.
15:22So someone
15:23has taken
15:23Diane's clothing
15:24from the
15:25murder scene
15:26up to
15:27Bidston Hill.
15:28It is quite
15:29a local
15:30point so I
15:30think it's
15:31someone with
15:31local knowledge
15:32of the
15:32world.
15:37Worried
15:37that another
15:38woman could
15:39be attacked
15:39police turned
15:41to the public
15:41for help.
15:42We are
15:43anxious to
15:44trace anybody
15:45who was on
15:45the Bidston
15:46Hill area
15:47that evening
15:47whether it
15:48be anybody
15:49who witnessed
15:49the fire
15:50whether they
15:51saw anybody
15:51acting
15:52suspiciously.
15:53There was
15:53another girl
15:54assaulted that
15:54very same
15:55night on
15:55Borough Road.
15:56I find it
15:57incredible in
15:58this busy
15:58well lit area
15:59that nobody
16:00has come
16:00forward.
16:00who has
16:01actually seen
16:02either of
16:02these
16:02results
16:03taking place.
16:06At the
16:07time of
16:07Diane's
16:08murder
16:08police had
16:10recovered
16:10forensic
16:11samples
16:11from the
16:12scene of
16:12the crime.
16:14Semen was
16:15left at the
16:16murder scene
16:17on Borough Road.
16:18That DNA
16:19profile is not
16:20on the
16:20national database.
16:23The main
16:24aim is to
16:25identify who
16:26that profile
16:27belongs to.
16:27with new
16:29DNA techniques
16:30that weren't
16:31available in
16:311986,
16:33police are
16:34now able to
16:35retest that
16:35semen sample
16:36to see if
16:37they can get
16:38a partial
16:38DNA match
16:39with potential
16:40family members
16:41of the
16:42suspect.
16:43So even
16:44if the man
16:45responsible is
16:46now passed
16:47away or
16:47emigrated,
16:48we can still
16:48do that DNA
16:49work around
16:50family members
16:51taking elimination
16:52samples from
16:53them.
17:05There is a
17:06memorial on
17:07Borough Road
17:09which today
17:10still got
17:10flowers and
17:11teddies.
17:12People pay
17:13their respects.
17:15Shows how
17:16impacted it
17:16was to the
17:17community and
17:18she's not
17:19forgotten.
17:20It's really
17:21poignant.
17:23Diane was
17:24murdered because
17:24she was a
17:25woman and
17:25it's just a
17:26reminder actually
17:27how important
17:28it is that
17:28women should
17:29be safe.
17:32There is
17:32someone who
17:33knows what's
17:33happened to
17:34Diane and
17:34who is
17:35responsible.
17:3740 years
17:38on, be that
17:39brave person
17:39now and
17:39speak up.
17:44well, Detective
17:45Superintendent
17:46Rachel Wilson
17:47from Merseyside
17:48Police is
17:49with me here
17:49in the studio.
17:50Thank you so
17:50much for
17:51joining us
17:52this morning.
17:52As we heard
17:52you say in
17:53the film there,
17:54Rachel, this
17:55is another
17:55woman that's
17:56been killed.
17:57This is a
17:57case that
17:58you're so
17:58keen to
17:59solve and
18:00we know
18:00that there
18:00were a
18:01number of
18:02sightings of
18:03Diane in
18:03the night
18:04in question.
18:05One sighting
18:06from a taxi
18:07driver that
18:07you're paying
18:08particular
18:08significance to.
18:09The taxi
18:10driver gave
18:10a statement
18:11in the
18:11original
18:11investigation
18:12and he
18:12describes
18:13how he
18:13sees a
18:13man and
18:14woman
18:14walking
18:15along
18:15Borough
18:15Road and
18:16he's
18:16convinced
18:17they were
18:17arguing.
18:18I believe
18:18that to be
18:19our last
18:20sighting of
18:20Diane with
18:21the offender.
18:22Tell us
18:23about the
18:23white male
18:24in his
18:2420s, the
18:25description
18:25that you
18:26have.
18:26He's got
18:27a leather
18:27jacket on,
18:28he's white,
18:29black hair and
18:30he's wearing
18:31what the taxi
18:32driver describes
18:33as blue
18:34baggy jeans.
18:35What can
18:35you tell us
18:36about that
18:36second report
18:38that came in
18:38from a
18:3917-year-old?
18:40So there's
18:41a 17-year-old
18:42female, she's
18:43been attacked
18:44and sexually
18:44assaulted as
18:45she's walked
18:46along Borough
18:46Road minutes
18:47before Diane's
18:48left her van
18:49and I believe
18:50that's going to
18:50be the same
18:50offender as
18:51that person
18:52responsible for
18:53killing Diane.
18:54You've also
18:55recovered some
18:55new forensic
18:56information which
18:57could be really
18:59significant.
19:00Yeah, we now
19:00have a full DNA
19:01profile of a man
19:02and I believe
19:03that potential
19:04link to our
19:04offender and
19:05that will also
19:06help us eliminate
19:06other individuals
19:08from the inquiry.
19:09Now there is
19:10a Crimestopper's
19:10reward in
19:11connection to
19:11this case,
19:12£20,000 in
19:13fact.
19:14Yeah, I'm
19:14hoping that will
19:15act as an
19:15incentive for
19:16someone to
19:16speak to us
19:17to give us
19:17that little
19:17piece of
19:18information that
19:19we need to
19:20help solve
19:20this murder.
19:21Diane was
19:2221 years old,
19:24part of a
19:25loving family,
19:26she was hard
19:26working, decent,
19:27honest and she
19:28was saving up to
19:29get married the
19:30following year.
19:31Yeah, as you
19:32said it's been
19:32over 40 years,
19:33we want some
19:33answers for this
19:35case, so for
19:35anybody that is
19:36watching today,
19:38how can they
19:38help, what are
19:39you hoping for
19:40from this
19:40appeal?
19:41So we've got
19:43the Crimestoppers
19:44Award which
19:45hopefully will
19:45give someone the
19:46drive to contact
19:47us, but any
19:48witnesses from
19:49Borough Road on
19:49that evening,
19:502nd of August,
19:52between midnight
19:52and 1am, did
19:54you see anything
19:54suspicious, do you
19:55know anything
19:56about Diane?
19:57It is likely the
19:58offender would
19:58have had blood on
19:59them if they'd
19:59left the scene on
20:00Borough Road,
20:02potentially carrying
20:03women's clothing and
20:04then on the 3rd of
20:06August on the
20:06Sunday, the
20:08clothing was found
20:09being burnt out on
20:10Bidston Hill which
20:11is about two and a
20:12half miles away.
20:13Yes.
20:13Did someone see
20:14anything suspicious
20:15on that Sunday with
20:17someone with the
20:17clothing of Diane and
20:18there's a bank book
20:20paper that we'd
20:21found, so anything
20:22at all, however
20:23small, please contact
20:24us.
20:25Rachel, thank you
20:26so much again for
20:27coming in this
20:28morning, if you do
20:29have any information
20:30that you think may
20:31help then please do
20:32call, you can text,
20:33you can message using
20:35the contact details at
20:36the bottom of the
20:37screen.
20:38Thanks Michelle.
20:40Well sadly we have
20:40another murder appeal
20:42for you now, this
20:42time a fatal stabbing
20:44in Leeds of 18
20:45year old Jamie
20:46Mear and with
20:47Detective
20:47Superintendent Damien
20:49Robach to tell us
20:50more.
20:50Damien, thank you
20:50for coming in today
20:52and tell us about
20:53this tragic appeal.
20:54So Friday the 31st
20:56of March 2023, it's
20:57four in the afternoon,
20:59it's in a Leeds
20:59suburb in Armly,
21:01Jamie's in the back
21:02of a taxi with a
21:0316 year old friend
21:04and they've gone to
21:05that area, the
21:0616 year old gets
21:07out, we believe he's
21:08gone to deal drugs to
21:09a member of the
21:10public on the street
21:11where he's then seen
21:12a group in another
21:13vehicle, now he's
21:14been worried because
21:15he's ran back to the
21:16vehicle, the taxi and
21:17that car has come and
21:18blocked them in.
21:19Four males get out of
21:20that car, they
21:21approach the back of
21:22the taxi and they
21:23stab Jamie and the
21:2416 year old who both
21:25then run from the
21:26taxi.
21:27Sadly about 100 yards,
21:28150 yards down the
21:29road, Jamie collapses
21:31and his injuries prove
21:32fatal.
21:34The four males get
21:35back in their car and
21:36they flee the scene.
21:37Absolutely horrific,
21:38you mentioned it's
21:39four o'clock, it's
21:40four o'clock in March,
21:41you know, it's a
21:41residential area, we
21:42can see that there's
21:43going to be people
21:44around at the time.
21:46What do you know
21:47about the suspects'
21:48movements then after
21:49this attack?
21:50So very shortly
21:51after, those four
21:51suspects leave Leeds
21:53and they go to
21:53Liverpool.
21:54They go to an
21:55apartment block in
21:55Liverpool where
21:56they spend there
21:57overnight and about
21:58ten o'clock the
21:58morning after they
21:59go to Ireland under
22:00false details.
22:02From Ireland they
22:03then take a plane to
22:05France and it's in
22:06France that we've
22:06lost track of them.
22:07We believe two of
22:08them are still
22:08together and one of
22:10the others is also
22:10outstanding and we
22:11believe all three are
22:12out of the country.
22:13Okay, well you've
22:14actually provided some
22:15CCTV that we can see
22:16now.
22:17This is just after, a
22:18few hours after that
22:20incident, just what can
22:21we see here?
22:21So those are the
22:22four males coming into
22:23the apartment block.
22:24If we've got it
22:25slower there, that's
22:26a Quaid Jeffers at
22:27the front.
22:28The gentleman in the
22:30grey top is Caleb
22:32Orr and next to him
22:33is Renai Wilkes.
22:34Now Renai Wilkes has
22:35actually been convicted
22:36of the manslaughter of
22:37Jamie last year and
22:39then at the back there
22:40we've got Enam Nishat.
22:42Okay, we can see him
22:43there and we can see
22:45here these are the
22:46three that you're yet
22:49to get a hold of.
22:51So as you say, one's
22:52already been convicted
22:53when he was trying to
22:54come back into the
22:55country.
22:55So these three, so we've
22:56got Jeffers, we've got
22:56Orr and Nishat.
22:58These three males are
22:59outstanding and these
23:00are the people, you need
23:01to know where they are.
23:02I need to know where
23:03they are.
23:03A Quaid Jeffers and
23:04Caleb Orr we think are
23:05together somewhere outside
23:06of England and so is
23:07Enam Nishat.
23:08We need to know where
23:09they are so we can make
23:10inquiries to get them
23:11back into this country.
23:12Okay, and I know that
23:13would mean so much to you
23:14and the police but of
23:15course that would mean so,
23:16so much to the family as
23:18well that have been
23:18devastated by this.
23:19They have actually given us
23:20this statement and they
23:22say, it will always be
23:23difficult to put into
23:25words the total
23:26devastation that hit our
23:28family on the day he
23:29died.
23:29This has been so painful
23:31to come to terms with and
23:32every day is a battle to
23:35get through.
23:36You can hear in the words
23:38there how much it means
23:39to them.
23:39I know it means so much
23:40to you.
23:41This was just a young
23:42lad.
23:42He might not have been
23:43perfect.
23:44He might have got involved
23:45in some scrapes along the
23:46ways but he is still an
23:4718 year old lad that has
23:49lost his life in this
23:50brutal fashion.
23:5018 years old, 21st
23:52birthday next week would
23:53have been.
23:54He was an expectant
23:55father, the son is now
23:57growing up without his
23:58dad.
23:59Please, the family can't
24:01start the grieving
24:02process until we've got
24:03to the bottom of what
24:04happened that day and
24:05we've spoken to those
24:06three outstanding
24:06suspects.
24:07You need to get them
24:08some answers, Damien.
24:09This was clearly a
24:10vicious attack so if you
24:12have any information that
24:13can bring some peace to
24:15Jamie's family then
24:16please do get in touch.
24:17Our contact details are
24:19at the bottom of the
24:20screen.
24:21Now we talk a lot on the
24:23programme about all sorts
24:24of ingenious schemes
24:25designed to help support
24:26those who find themselves
24:28faced with domestic
24:29violence.
24:30We're joined now by Dr
24:32Anna Hopkins and Rue
24:34Lees who are here to talk
24:35about nail domestic
24:37abuse.
24:37Thank you so much for
24:38coming in to tell us a
24:39bit more about this.
24:41Anna, tell us a bit more
24:42about the campaign and
24:44why you decided to set it
24:45up.
24:45Yeah, so it's called
24:47Nail Domestic Abuse and
24:49it's an online training
24:50programme that has been
24:52put together to assist
24:54professionals, hairdressers,
24:56nail technicians, general
24:57beauticians to understand a
24:59bit better what domestic
25:00abuse is, what the science
25:01could be, what the kind of
25:02different types of domestic
25:04abuse are.
25:05The online training package
25:05takes about an hour to
25:07complete.
25:07It takes you through those
25:09different stages, bit of a
25:10knowledge check and it also
25:12has three professionally
25:13produced film scenarios that
25:15we filmed in beauty salons.
25:17One nail around
25:18coercive and controlling
25:19behaviour, one as a
25:21hairdresser who finds a
25:22missing bit of hair and
25:24one a kind of reflective
25:25piece between the two
25:26professionals to kind of
25:27bring to life how to have
25:29those really difficult
25:30conversations.
25:31We've designed some
25:32posters that are placed
25:34within the salons.
25:36One is for victims where
25:37they scan the QR code.
25:39These will be placed in kind
25:39of toilets behind the
25:41toilet door.
25:41They can then access a
25:43range of support services
25:44from kind of therapy to
25:46different types of services
25:48including refuges.
25:50And the other one is for
25:51the professionals which can
25:51be placed behind the kind
25:52of staff door.
25:53That then takes them
25:54straight onto the QR code
25:56for the training package.
25:58At the end of doing that
25:59training they'll then
26:00receive a certificate which
26:01has gone down really well
26:02with some of the
26:03professionals.
26:04And this all came about
26:04really, I've been working
26:05in domestic abuse for about
26:0620 years.
26:07First as a police officer,
26:09then as an academic
26:09researcher and now as the
26:11chief executive of the
26:12police and crown
26:13commissioner's office in
26:14Lancashire and working
26:15for Clive Grunshaw,
26:17the PCC, his number one
26:18priority is violence
26:19against someone and
26:20girls.
26:20So together, having had
26:21this idea for quite a few
26:23years, that's kind of all
26:24come to fruition and my
26:25office has been great in
26:26getting it out there.
26:27Yeah, you certainly are.
26:28And one of the people
26:29that's seen this is
26:30yourself, Ru.
26:31You actually own a salon
26:32and you wanted to get
26:33involved in this and learn
26:35more about it.
26:35So how helpful has it been
26:37for you?
26:37So as a beautician, all my
26:40treatments is on a one-to-one
26:41basis.
26:42It was really important that
26:44I created the right
26:44environment within the
26:46salon, making it friendly,
26:48warm, welcoming and in
26:50return that then makes the
26:52client feel that they're in a
26:53safe space as well and they
26:55start to open up.
26:56So when Anna told me about
26:58her idea back in January
27:002025, I jumped on it.
27:02I thought it was an
27:03absolutely amazing thing to
27:05do and it's actually
27:07allowed me now to be able
27:09to signpost people and to
27:11have the right knowledge to
27:13support my clients safely.
27:15What kind of signs are you
27:17looking out for then?
27:18When people come into the
27:19salon, what are you trying
27:20to tune into?
27:21So there's quite a lot of
27:22different things that you do
27:24actually need to look out
27:26for.
27:26I, first of all, had to have
27:27a clear understanding of what
27:29coercive and controlling
27:31behaviour actually was.
27:33I had no idea beforehand.
27:35So you've got the visual.
27:36I think that's quite common
27:36as well, you know, for you
27:37to say that.
27:38I think a lot of people
27:38would agree.
27:40So you've got the visuals.
27:41So, you know, you may find
27:43that, you know, they've got
27:44bruised wrists for some
27:45reason.
27:46I do massages as well.
27:47So you'll be able to see
27:48bruises which are in very
27:50unusual places on the back.
27:51Old bruising, fresh bruising.
27:54And then from there, it's
27:57having a conversation.
27:59It can be on one treatment.
28:01It could be over an
28:02extended period of time.
28:03So they may just say, you
28:05know, I've had an argument
28:06with my partner and there
28:07were some abusive names that
28:09was, you know, said to me.
28:11And then from these different
28:13conversations, you're actually
28:14going to start hearing about
28:16they're checking their
28:16phones.
28:17They're checking their
28:18laptop.
28:19They are not seeing their
28:20friends or their family as
28:22much anymore.
28:24more.
28:24And so this is where I can
28:26come in and I can say, you
28:28know, this is a very safe
28:29place and listen to them and
28:32that there is actual help out
28:34there.
28:34So, you know, there's a lot of
28:36organisations and explain to
28:38them as well that they do it in
28:39their own time.
28:40So they're going to, you know,
28:41provide that emotional support,
28:43practical help, emergency
28:44accommodation and safety
28:46planning.
28:46And Rue, this is something
28:48that already you're seeing
28:49as being able to help both
28:50female and male.
28:52Yep.
28:53Yep.
28:53I've had, I've probably had
28:55roughly about four incidences
28:58now.
28:58So I've had a gentleman that
29:01has, he's a co-worker.
29:04So a client was in for
29:05treatment and I have the
29:06posters in the salon.
29:07And from there, the
29:10conversation has opened up.
29:11And so they've been able to
29:12take the QR code to pass it
29:14on to the co-worker.
29:15I've also had a lady who
29:17didn't understand the meaning
29:19of what controlling behaviour
29:21was.
29:21And so I actually went through
29:22it with her, showed her in
29:23black and white.
29:25And she's actually left that
29:26relationship.
29:27You know, things have actually
29:28gone tick, tick, tick in her
29:30brain.
29:31And she's gone, oh, my Lord,
29:32this is what I've been going
29:34through.
29:34It just shows you, it does,
29:36how valuable this is.
29:37And it's interesting with
29:39salons as well, isn't it,
29:40Anna?
29:40Because often that space can be
29:42the last place that victims
29:45of domestic abuse come into
29:46and feel safe.
29:48Yes, absolutely.
29:49And when you look at coercive
29:50and controlling behaviour,
29:51you know, a big part of that
29:53is isolating the victim from
29:54family and friends, making
29:56going to work difficult,
29:57making going to any sorts of
29:58appointments difficult.
29:59But a beauty salon is
30:01sometimes the last place that
30:02they're allowed to go to,
30:03having those very exacting
30:05beauty standards some abusers
30:06will insist upon.
30:08So that's, as Ruth said,
30:09it's a safe space.
30:10But it's also sometimes the
30:11only space that they'll go to
30:12and also by themselves.
30:14Even kind of GP appointments,
30:16some abusers will insist on
30:17coming in with them.
30:18So making those disclosures
30:19or having those conversations
30:20can be really difficult.
30:22And that's why I kind of
30:23thought with beauty salons,
30:24we've got this unique
30:25position and we've got
30:27professionals who are
30:28working closely in close
30:29proximity with potential
30:32domestic abuse victims,
30:33but also on that regular
30:34basis where they build up
30:36that sometimes a friendship,
30:37relationship, but a really
30:38good close working relationship
30:40where those confessions,
30:41those disclosures might
30:43come about and do come
30:44about.
30:44I've talked to quite a few
30:45beauticians who've said,
30:46actually, my clients tell me
30:47things that they haven't told
30:48family or friends.
30:50So in this way, just a little
30:52bit of upskilling on
30:52understanding domestic abuse
30:54will allow them to navigate
30:55those conversations better.
30:56Just finally, before we let
30:57you go, it's expanding,
30:59isn't it?
30:59Just give us an idea of how
31:01many people are involved
31:02already.
31:03Yeah, so we kind of
31:03officially launched it in
31:05February and it's really
31:07taken off.
31:07We had, I think we've now
31:09got about 3,900 people
31:11that have signed up to it,
31:12viewed the pages and
31:14shared the information.
31:16So, yeah, we're hoping it
31:17will go bigger.
31:19We're hoping it might go
31:20nationally, but first we
31:21need to really look at it
31:22within Lancashire in terms
31:23of training.
31:24I've been around to
31:25different colleges within
31:27Lancashire to train the
31:28apprentices as well to
31:29understand how this package
31:31will work for them.
31:32They're really, really
31:33enthusiastic.
31:33Also instilling their role
31:36in terms of how important
31:37it is to have this
31:38conversation with you.
31:39It's doing really, really
31:40well.
31:40Fantastic to get that
31:41conversation going.
31:42Thank you both.
31:45Now time for another
31:46clever initiative.
31:47We're off to meet Luke
31:49Newton, who is celebrating
31:50a decade of working with
31:52Wiltshire Police thanks to
31:53a scheme called WorkFit.
32:01My name is Luke Newton.
32:04I'm working at Wakeshire
32:05Police headquarters in the
32:08control room.
32:09I actually really enjoy it in
32:11there, to be honest, because I
32:13like hearing from the outside
32:15Ray Haffney, 999 calls come
32:19through.
32:19I actually do find it quite
32:22interesting.
32:23Hi, Luke.
32:24I've got some more books
32:25for you to scan if you don't
32:26mind.
32:26Yeah, that's completely
32:27all right.
32:27Thank you very much.
32:28Thank you, Nicola.
32:29All right?
32:30Yeah, thank you.
32:30Luke's an integral part of
32:32the team.
32:32He wants to be involved.
32:34He's really keen to learn and
32:36to add more skills to his
32:38arsenal.
32:39He spends a lot of time doing
32:40some of our admin work.
32:42So all of our operators, if
32:43they use notebooks, have to be
32:45kept for evidential purposes.
32:46And Luke scans them onto the
32:47system and records them for us.
32:50There was a police programme
32:52that I did use to watch a while
32:54back.
32:55And I thought, you know what,
32:57this is definitely a challenge.
32:58So we're giving the police
33:00this new chapter from me.
33:03There we go.
33:05Luke joined in 2016 as part of
33:08a project between the Down
33:11Syndrome Association WorkFit
33:13programme and Wiltshire Police.
33:15and he was a volunteer to begin
33:17with.
33:19When I first walked in, I felt
33:22only a little bit nervous, just
33:25a tiny bit.
33:26And then I wanted to try and
33:30pick it up with my confidence
33:32and show them what I can do and
33:35show off my skills.
33:37Morning, Mark.
33:37You all right?
33:38Yeah, you all right.
33:40Have a nice weekend?
33:41Yeah, I do, thank you.
33:42Yeah, not too bad, if I'm
33:43more honest.
33:44He was with us for a short
33:45time as a volunteer and then
33:46his skills were recognised.
33:48He applied for and was
33:49successful in a permanent role
33:50with us as an admin assistant.
33:52Right, OK.
33:54I was pleased to get the job.
33:57I was literally aiming the
33:58moon and lost for words.
34:01And then my grant left
34:02so proud of me.
34:04Where is that?
34:06That's just in my box.
34:08Oh, in the box.
34:09I'll get that in a minute,
34:10obviously.
34:11I've been Luke's mentor now
34:13for four or five years.
34:16Luke's been asked to talk at
34:18conferences and things like
34:20that.
34:20He can represent a great number
34:23of people and he's certainly
34:25received some great letters
34:27from people who have said to
34:28him how much his words have
34:30meant to them.
34:31They feel very well represented.
34:33In 2025, Luke was nominated for an
34:36award at the BASE Awards.
34:40The awards celebrate people with
34:41disabilities who inspire others
34:43through their work and their
34:44achievements.
34:49That was seriously a great day.
34:51I couldn't believe I was
34:53shortlisted.
34:53I was literally
34:55dunking the final two names.
34:57It was a stiff competition.
35:00I was at London
35:01at the massive
35:03Wembley Stadium.
35:04I cannot expect how big it was.
35:08He just made my night.
35:11When you get talking to Luke,
35:13you'll see his smile just lights
35:15up the entire room.
35:16And he's just really happy
35:18to be here and to be around
35:20and to know that he's making
35:22a difference.
35:23I'm very proud of Luke's
35:25achievements.
35:26Having Down Syndrome doesn't
35:27define him as a person.
35:29He's just himself and just part
35:31of the team like everyone else.
35:33He's proven that Down Syndrome
35:35isn't a barrier to being able
35:36to do what you want to do.
35:40I honestly have no words to say
35:43about my colleagues.
35:44They're just so down to earth.
35:48They treat me so well.
35:50There's just great people
35:52to be with.
35:53Yeah, you can't say that.
35:55Working at Wichita Police,
35:58definitely I think I'm true
35:59because I just like being around
36:02with all these people
36:04and I just love them all so much.
36:12Such an uplifting story
36:14isn't it?
36:14I mean Luke is a superb
36:15testament to the WorkFit
36:17programme.
36:17I'm pleased to say I'm joined
36:18now by Alison Thwaite
36:19who is Head of Employment
36:21Services at the Down
36:22Syndrome Association.
36:23Welcome to the programme
36:25Alison.
36:26First of all,
36:27how does WorkFit work then?
36:29OK.
36:29So WorkFit is the Down
36:30Syndrome Association's
36:32supported employment
36:33programme.
36:34What we aim to do is bring
36:35together adults who have
36:37Down syndrome who want to work
36:38with supportive and inclusive
36:40employers who want to offer
36:41an opportunity.
36:43We find it's incredibly
36:44rewarding and uplifting
36:45for everybody involved.
36:47Certainly for job seekers
36:48who have Down syndrome,
36:49we know that over two-thirds
36:51of them want to work.
36:52They're very keen to get out
36:53there and show what they can do.
36:55And employers we find
36:57have an understanding
36:58that a diverse workforce
37:00is a strong workforce.
37:02It's a very positive step
37:03for them to take.
37:04So we are there getting to know
37:06the job seekers before we place
37:08them, getting to know the
37:09employers and their business
37:10needs and looking for that
37:12suitable fit, which is where
37:14WorkFit comes from.
37:15And we saw Luke working with
37:16the police in that film there,
37:18but it's not just the police.
37:19There's a range of organisations
37:20and workspaces, aren't there?
37:22Absolutely.
37:23We're across all industry sectors.
37:24We've got people working in
37:26museums, in laboratories, on TV
37:28sets, across every different
37:31sector.
37:31And we have absolutely no
37:32limitations on what somebody
37:34can achieve.
37:35At the Down syndrome
37:36Association, it's very important
37:37to us that people have choice
37:38and control over their lives.
37:40We want them to be included
37:42in all aspects of life,
37:44fully, you know, to every extent.
37:46And employment is a huge part
37:47of that.
37:48So we've got, we have no
37:49limitations.
37:50As I say, we say to people,
37:51what would you really like to do?
37:52What motivates you?
37:53What interests you?
37:54We want to get to know them
37:56and find a suitable match for them.
37:57That's key, isn't it?
37:58And you've had a cracking
37:59success rate when it comes to
38:01matching the employees
38:02with the candidates, haven't you?
38:03Our retention rate is over 90%.
38:06So that's people going
38:07into permanent paid jobs.
38:08So it just demonstrates
38:09that people who have
38:10Down syndrome have great skills,
38:12talents and abilities
38:14and employers value
38:16what they can add
38:17to the organisation.
38:18Are there any challenges
38:19that people with Down syndrome
38:21can face when they're going
38:22out into the workforce?
38:24Often they haven't had
38:26a lot of work experience
38:27in school or college.
38:29So they come out of education
38:32often not knowing
38:33what might suit them,
38:34what would be good for them.
38:35So we try and broaden horizons.
38:38We talk about all the
38:39different industry sectors.
38:40And of course,
38:41we work in private sector,
38:42public sector and third sector
38:43as well.
38:44So somebody might want
38:45to start with volunteering
38:46before they take the step
38:47into paid work.
38:50For employers,
38:51the barriers tend to be
38:52that they want to be inclusive,
38:53they want to be supportive,
38:55but they don't always know
38:56who to talk to.
38:57They don't always know
38:58what reasonable adjustments
38:59can be applied.
39:00And that's where WorkFit
39:01comes in.
39:02We go into the business,
39:03we assess their business,
39:04we advise them on often
39:06very simple, cost-effective,
39:08reasonable adjustments
39:09that they can put into place.
39:11And if we put all of those
39:13pieces together of the jigsaw,
39:15then ideally things will
39:16work out really well.
39:17Yes.
39:17And just to end on, Alison,
39:20this is something that means
39:22a lot to you personally,
39:23doesn't it?
39:24It does.
39:24It really does.
39:25My niece was born just over
39:2719 years ago and she has
39:28Down syndrome.
39:29And when she was born,
39:31we didn't know until she was
39:33born that she had the condition.
39:34I then realised I wanted to
39:37understand as much as possible
39:38about the condition.
39:39I joined a local affiliated group
39:41at the Down Syndrome Association.
39:42We have over 70 affiliated groups
39:45across the country.
39:46So I joined the group
39:47and it was absolutely
39:49life-changing.
39:50Met the most wonderful people,
39:51had the most fabulous experiences.
39:54And then in 2015,
39:55a job opportunity came up
39:57at the Down Syndrome Association
39:58to work in the WorkFit programme.
39:59And I just thought,
40:00this is my dream job.
40:02This is what I really want to do.
40:04And it's just a wonderful organisation.
40:07You know, the Down Syndrome Association
40:08has been operating for 55 years.
40:10The knowledge and expertise
40:12within the charity
40:13is absolutely tremendous.
40:14So I'm just,
40:14I'm so proud to work
40:15for the DSC.
40:16And you can tell
40:17and it's been lovely
40:19to hear more about
40:19the incredible work
40:20that you're doing.
40:21So Alison,
40:21thank you so much
40:22for telling us more.
40:23Thank you, Michelle.
40:25Now it's time
40:26for today's Wanted Faces.
40:31And first,
40:32we've got Patrick Corley,
40:34though he sometimes
40:35uses the name Patrick Casey.
40:37He's been charged
40:38with fraud offences
40:39relating to misleading
40:40and overcharging customers
40:42for roof repair work.
40:44He's 27,
40:44slim with an Irish accent.
40:47He has links to Maystone in Kent,
40:48Potter's Bar in Hertfordshire
40:50and Wickford in Essex.
40:52Next today,
40:53we have Mahad Elmi.
40:54He absconded from prison
40:56on Christmas Day this year
40:57and has been on the run since.
40:58He's 38,
40:59with a beard
41:00and black shoal length hair.
41:02He's known to have connections
41:03in and around London.
41:05And lastly,
41:06for today anyway,
41:07if you've seen Arthur Salmon,
41:08though he sometimes
41:09uses the first name of Aaron,
41:11the 54-year-old
41:13was on day release
41:14from HMP Grendon
41:15and Spring Hill Prison
41:16near Bicester
41:17and failed to return.
41:18He has a tattoo
41:19of a crow on his torso
41:21and connections
41:22in St Albans,
41:23Hertfordshire
41:24and also to Ireland.
41:26So if you see
41:27any of these men
41:27out and about,
41:28please do pick up that phone
41:30and get in touch.
41:32We've just enough time
41:33for a quick update
41:34on an appeal
41:35we were on last series
41:36that you may have seen
41:36in the news today actually.
41:37David Powys police
41:38were trying to identify
41:40the body of a man
41:41which had been discovered
41:42in the Klayowin Reservoir
41:44in October 2024.
41:46A post-mortem
41:47had revealed
41:47that the man was aged
41:48between 30 to 60 years old
41:50of white European descent,
41:52around six foot tall
41:53and weighed between
41:54202 and 220 pounds.
41:56He had no personal belongings
41:58on him
41:58and his name remains
41:59a mystery.
42:00The only clue
42:01police have to work with
42:02is that he'd been found
42:03wearing a Zone 3
42:05agile wetsuit.
42:06Well, since then
42:07they've been working
42:08with FaceLab
42:09at Liverpool John Moores University
42:11to create this image
42:13of what this unknown man
42:15may have looked like.
42:16It was estimated
42:17that the man
42:17had been in the water
42:18in the reservoir
42:19which is in a remote,
42:21hard to access place
42:22for up to 12 weeks
42:24before his body
42:24was discovered.
42:25Police have searched DNA,
42:27fingerprint and dental records
42:29for potential matches
42:30but have so far
42:31been unable
42:32to identify him.
42:33They're now hoping
42:34that this facial reconstruction
42:36will help jog
42:37people's memories
42:37and give him back
42:39his identity.
42:40They particularly
42:40want to hear from people
42:42in the triathlon community
42:43so if you do recognise him,
42:45get in touch with us.
42:46The ways you can do that
42:47are on the screen below.
42:50That's it for today,
42:51I'm afraid.
42:51We're going to be back
42:52tomorrow though,
42:5310.45pm,
42:54but if you can't wait
42:54until then,
42:55you can watch all of the episodes
42:56from the series so far.
42:57They are all on iPlayer.
42:59Also, check out
43:00our official Facebook page.
43:02Some of our clips
43:02have already had
43:03hundreds of thousands
43:04of views so far.
43:06Coming up tomorrow,
43:07how some car-stealing criminals
43:09get stopped in their tracks.
43:11About £1.5 million
43:12worth of stolen vehicles
43:13were taken
43:14over a space
43:15for a couple of months.
43:16We had to get on top of this
43:17before it got
43:18completely out of hand.
43:22And we'll have plenty more
43:24appeals police need
43:24your help with.
43:25But that's it for now.
43:26See you tomorrow.
43:59Bye.
43:59Bye.