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00:01Today, the gang who smashed through the wall of an upmarket boutique to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds worth
00:07of handbags.
00:09You never expect something like this to happen to you.
00:12This is a heist. This is an actual heist.
00:17This was meticulously planned, but who's behind it?
00:21Plus, officers in Manchester need your help to find out who set this car on fire, leaving a young family
00:28terrified.
00:30Stay watching. This is Crimewatch Live.
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01:18So thank you for all of those.
01:19Thank you very much. We have another packed show for you today with exclusive stories from across the UK,
01:24including how a tip off led the National Crime Agency to uncover a haul of military grade weapons being supplied
01:32to criminals across the north of England.
01:36He was driven by greed. He didn't care who he hit and he had to be stopped.
01:43And we're joined by Claire Waxman, the victim's commissioner, to hear about her plans to ensure the justice system works
01:49for those who need it most.
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02:21But first today on an audacious raid on a shop in Cheshire, where a gang literally burrowed through a wall
02:27to steal a quarter of a million pounds worth of designer handbags.
02:38You never expect something like this to happen to you.
02:45This is a heist. This is an actual heist. And it sent a ripple through the whole village.
03:00On the 8th of June 2025, in the affluent area of Pressbury, Cheshire, what should have been a peaceful Sunday
03:09evening was turned upside down as burglars targeted a boutique designer shop selling expensive handbags.
03:26We'd probably been asleep a couple of hours and then all of a sudden the phones were ringing.
03:35And we heard the monitoring company say to us, your building is in alarm.
03:47My heart just sank.
03:51I jumped onto the CCTV and I could see the men all masked up, balaclavas, all dressed in black.
04:02This is my second burglary in 15 months.
04:06I said to my husband, how have they got in?
04:09Because I know the security I've got here.
04:11I know what we've got on the perimeter fences.
04:13I know the shutters and bars.
04:15And I was terrified.
04:20By the time we arrived, of course, they'd gone.
04:26We arrived here at the same time as the police.
04:29We opened the door.
04:31And I just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
04:36There was a huge hole in the wall.
04:41And could see straight through into the next door's building.
04:46I just could not believe my eyes.
04:49And I said, they have actually drilled through the building.
04:57I remembered that I had trackers in all of the bags.
05:01And I went onto my tracking app.
05:05You could see this bundle of trackers moving along.
05:09The bags were still in the outskirts of Presbury Village.
05:13And I said to the police that the bags are here.
05:18Officers were sent out to try and intercept the suspects
05:21and recover the bags at the last known location.
05:26On arrival, the suspects were nowhere to be found.
05:29The air tags were found in Withenshaw,
05:32an area of Manchester just over the border from Cheshire,
05:34in a field next to a residential area.
05:37We believe that the offenders have gone to this location
05:40and discarded the air tags
05:41and made good escape with the handbags.
05:45Unable to track the bags further
05:47and with no DNA recovered at the scene,
05:51detectives analysed the CCTV footage.
05:55With Christine being a previous victim of burglary,
05:57she has very good CCTV inside the shop.
06:03After 11.38 hours,
06:05the offenders have tunnelled through
06:06an unoccupied address next door into the shop.
06:11The four-year-old in the shop,
06:23the two-year-old in the shop,
06:28the two-year-old in-the-market
06:31in the shop.
06:36The 128 authorities have turned
06:38out to the microplastic
06:38The two-year-old in the shop,
06:39the one-room,
06:39the two-year-old in the shop,
06:39entering the premises male one immediately goes upstairs
06:48the two other males remain downstairs
06:55and quickly each room within the shop is searched
07:01it's well planned and prepared they knew exactly what they were doing and where they
07:05were going and what they wanted to steal
07:13literally the offense inside the shop for two minutes
07:19and leaving by the same means that they entered
07:28and they've stolen 260 000 pounds worth of handbags
07:37cctv at the back of the shop showed the burglars arriving
07:43and escaping this well-planned heist in a getaway car parked nearby we actually later found out that
07:52they'd been drilling a hole for about five nights before that
07:57when you knew that we went back through the cctv and you could hear
08:01the sounds of a pneumatic drill it was absolutely deafening on the cctv
08:09despite extensive cctv footage police still need the public's help in identifying those responsible
08:19i say the three people were males not that we can see the faces but we're going off the builds
08:24of
08:25each person clearly they or someone associated with them had been in the shop probably fairly
08:32recently to scope out the premises
08:36it's unlikely the offenders have stolen these handbags to sell in this country for a reduced price
08:42you know one of the handbags was worth 45 000 pounds you know i can't see why you would go
08:47to
08:47the lengths of stealing it to only sell it for low value when potentially you can take it abroad and
08:53get high value for it if you are buying a designer handbag for a reduced price and the likelihood is
09:00it will be stolen the handbags are very unique christine is an expert in the area of handbags and
09:07if these handbags were sold in this country i'm pretty sure christine would know about it
09:16this has been a very well-planned targeted attack and that's terrifying
09:26they knew i had the bags here which i don't anymore i can't i i've i can't risk a third
09:34burglary so
09:35what they want isn't here anymore which is which is devastating for our customers because we're a
09:43beautiful boutique we sell luxury handbags and there aren't actually any luxury handbags here to
09:47see now it's appointment only but it's the way i've had to change strategically and to protect myself
09:57this is my shop
10:00this is my business i've started this business from scratch
10:07and three men think they can just walk in and help themselves to everything that i've created
10:14my shop was closed in both occasions for a long time afterwards because you've got you've got a hole
10:21in the wall you've got smashed cabinets you've got devastation life just doesn't just carry on
10:28it stops and i'll never get over it
10:37goodness you can see how much this has hit christine not just the value of the bags but
10:41just the trauma of going through we've got a di dave jarvis from trisha police back
10:45i last spoke to you in october about this we obviously saw you pop up in the film as well
10:49what came of the last chat we had on this so following the appeal in october we were provided with
10:55the name of the possible suspect that individual was fully investigated and they've now been taken
11:00out of the investigation right okay so we're back on it again now we need to find who did this
11:04we saw from that footage and christine said it herself this was so well planned wasn't it it was
11:10it was a pre-planned and well executed burglary as we've seen from the cctv the offenders were only in
11:15a shop for a matter of minutes and they've stolen 45 handbags to the value of 260 000 pounds yeah
11:20and the
11:20area as well just remind us where it is so this is presby yeah presby in cheshire which is a
11:25very
11:25affluent area yeah so presby there you can see you can see where exactly the the dress shop is too
11:31um let's have a look at the cctv then i mean it's quite incredible this footage we've got but they've
11:36got their faces covered haven't they have yeah so all three males are wearing dark clothing they're
11:40wearing face coverings and wearing gloves the first male that enters the shop is wearing a head
11:45torch and he brings in a um a duvet cover uh which he places handbags in um yeah to remove
11:52them and
11:52the footwear is important as well it is yeah so cheshire police have a specialist footwear unit
11:57um and we've identified the footwear um worn by the offenders as being nike and new balance trainers
12:02yeah and also with this as you can see that hole that they're going through now this was dug from
12:09the the restaurant next door and we've got some footage of the car which they went off in can
12:14you tell us about what yeah so all we know about the car is a dark colored vehicle uh to
12:18date we've
12:18not been able to identify the make or model of the vehicle we do believe it's the same vehicle that
12:23the
12:23offenders have used on previous dates when they've come to the location right to check it out basically
12:28yeah um and let's talk about what they did take then you know we've mentioned the value of this haul
12:32and the hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of handbags so let's just have a look at yeah just
12:37remind us about yeah so a number of handbags were stolen including dior chanel um the most expensive
12:42handbag was a hermes birkin black crocodile handbag which was valued at 45 000 pounds wow so mega money
12:49there a lot for a small business to take a hit on as well as all the damage that christine
12:52had
12:53so so what is it you want to get from this appeal now ultimately we want to bring the offenders
12:57to
12:57justice and to do that we need the public's help um we you know we're keen for any information that
13:02could identify the males involved um identify the vehicle that they've used on the day of the burglary
13:08and leading up to the burglary and if anyone has any information about the handbags themselves
13:12uh the current location if they've been offered to buy one or you know anything that can assist inquiry
13:18you know we're really keen to hear yes because that's a really important point you might have been
13:22offered one of these bags on a really good deal yeah just keep your eyes out for that and let
13:26the
13:26police know if that's happened to and if you recognize those men they do get in twitch dav thanks lovely
13:31to see
13:32you again that's it from us thanks steph i'm now with dc melanie jeffrey from greater manchester police
13:38who needs your help with an arson attack that she is investigating and it could easily have had fatal
13:45consequences this is a nasty one melanie tell us the details of what you're investigating uh so we're
13:51currently investigating um an arson attack which occurred in littlebury in rochdale on the 6th of
13:56september 2025 uh it occurred on clegswood avenue uh a mum had put her young child to bed gone to
14:04bed
14:04no issues and was woken up by the car alarm sounding on a drive she had a quick look at
14:10a video doorbell
14:11could see there were people on the drive looked outside and her car was ablaze okay well we can
14:16actually see some footage now that you've provided us this is first responders turning up at the scene
14:21that blaze that we can see there this is her car that's on fire and that's just minutes after it
14:27was set ablaze deliberately isn't it yeah and thankfully the fire service and the police arrived
14:32quite quickly to the address um and in that time she'd managed to get her and a young child and
14:38the
14:38dogs out of the house um thankfully without any injury but obviously it was a really frightening and
14:44traumatizing experience for them both well we can see here now this is the vehicle that was set ablaze i
14:51mean it's absolutely destroyed but you want to draw our attention to the window above the car because
14:57that's where this young nine-year-old boy was asleep yeah um the the window above the the vehicle uh
15:03that
15:04was set on fire is where the young child was sleeping at the time um and as i say fast
15:09asleep mums had to
15:10go in wake him up and get him and the the family pets out of the address walking past the
15:16blaze as it was
15:17going up and then they basically stood and watched absolutely terrifying well we can also see some
15:22doorbell footage that you provided us now of the car actually being broken into and set ablaze talk us
15:29through this um so we have a vehicle which we believe is a peugeot 3008 from the 2008-2016 model
15:39it has quite distinctive wing mirrors with lights uh down the side um we've managed to uh see the
15:45vehicle quite clearly from cctv footage which is on the screen now um the vehicle pulls up two people
15:51get out we know that this driver still remains in as the vehicle continues to move um so we're after
15:57the public's help in order to try and identify the three people on that footage so this was taken from
16:01cctv this image is this image of that peugeot what do you know about where it went after that we
16:07know
16:07that the vehicle uh left the incident location went past hollingworth lake and up hollingworth road
16:14to the top where canal street is um we're then a bit stuck on as to whether or not it
16:20went up
16:21todmerden road or halifax road we know that it didn't travel through the little borough uh town
16:26centre so it's either traveled in the direction of lancashire or west yorkshire it's worth saying that
16:32there were a lot of people that came out um well after hearing what happened a lot of people we
16:37saw
16:37in that first clip there uh there's people that may have had uh may have had some dash cam footage
16:44of a vehicle driving erratically on this date perhaps at that time there's people out and about
16:49that might have some information about this yeah this occurred in like the early hours of saturday
16:53morning so there are obviously people still traveling around in taxis um going about the day-to-day
16:58business they might have seen something suspicious seeing the car being prepped perhaps to come to
17:03the scene or they might have heard something about it afterwards as well overheard a conversation
17:08people talking about something that took place anybody that might have taken a particular interest
17:13in this case that's a bit beyond what normally would be expected and we're after any information
17:18that the public can give us to help us find the people and bring them to justice and bring the
17:24family
17:24some justice and make them feel safe again in their own home because at the moment they don't no no
17:30which is so sad to hear arrest has been made so far one arrest uh but you're still looking for
17:37who
17:37actually deliberately set fire to the vehicle these are the people that were caught on camera and you
17:43still want as much information as possible as to who they could be yeah uh so we arrested one person
17:49they've been released under investigation but our primary focus at the moment is on the people that
17:54actually committed the attack at the address those that got out of the vehicle and deliberately set
17:59it on fire okay and as you say that that poor lad is is petrified being in his own home
18:05as a result
18:05of this completely understandably we need to find out who those people were yes it's an arson it's horrific
18:11it could have been so so much worse couldn't it melanie yes it could yeah absolutely melanie thank
18:17you if you do know anything about this arson attack please do get in touch all the usual ways to
18:21contact us are on your screen just down below now how a tip-off about grade air weapons led the
18:30national crime agency to uncover a man supplying guns to criminal gangs in the northwest
18:37he was making a living supplying military-grade weapons to people in the uk
18:42and tasking an enforcer to blind people with acid attacks
18:45he was driven by greed he didn't care who he hurt and he had to be stopped
18:55in early 2020 the national crime agency were given a tip-off that an ak-47 was being hidden in
19:02the
19:03warrington area of cheshire the agency launched an immediate hunt to locate the lethal weapon and uncover
19:12who would put it there when you get that first piece of information you you're kind of a little
19:19bit dubious an ak-47 in in warrington okay fully automatic rifles you would associate more with war zones
19:28than the streets of the uk through intelligence they discovered the ak-47 was being hidden in a suspended
19:39ceiling of an empty business premises but what we had then was confirmation that the ak-47 was real
19:46that there was a northwest-based organized crime group with the capabilities to obtain
19:52automatic firearms for the purposes of criminality which is massively significant in itself
20:00but now they needed to identify who would put it there a massive CCTV troll of that entire area identified
20:09a shop and location where we believe that these firearms handovers may have taken place
20:16we then identify that there is a male using a red van that arrives at the location and appears to
20:22conduct
20:23a handover to a black vehicle working back from that we see what we believe to be the same male
20:32attending other vehicles either on foot or in a push bike
20:40or we see the red van attend other locations suspicious the male was moving weapons they sought out the owner
20:49of the red van we identify a local male who is the register keeper and his home address is around
20:56the corner
20:56from the handover location and that male's identified as robert brazendale
21:04they established brazendale had been involved in handling other dangerous weapons
21:11we identified a series of other handovers of more military-grade weapons scorpions a machine gun uzi another ak-47
21:25suddenly you have got quite a significant criminal capability within the sort of northwest
21:30warrington merseyside region of people coming together to take possession of automatic weapons each weapon
21:37had a healthy market value the ak-47 offer for around about 11 000 pounds each with magazines and ammunition
21:45the using the scorpions were probably a similar amount around about 10 000 pounds each
21:54nca investigators immediately arrested robert brazendale
21:59when they searched his home they recovered clothes that matched those seen on cctv
22:06and their forensic report gave them further evidential links robert brazendale's dna was recovered
22:14from the bag used to carry the weapon there was dna recovered that was a billion to one
22:21and it was robert brazendale's dna on that bag that contained the ak-47 with the case against
22:27brazendale now watertight officers moved to re-arrest him but he had fled to spain
22:34we have to work really quickly to coordinate that with the spanish to try and locate robert brazendale
22:43in october 2020 he was located by spanish authorities and extradited back to the uk
22:51and in february 2022 he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for conspiring to transfer prohibited weapons
23:05the national crime agency knew that brazendale wasn't working alone but who was his co-conspirator
23:13unless we take out those people we don't completely disrupt the crime group it had to be stopped
23:25wow juicy yeah it is now you might have seen in the news this week how some victims of crimes
23:32are
23:32having to wait not just months but years to have their case heard before a jury well to talk about
23:38that we're joined by claire waxman who is the victims commissioner for england and wales claire thank you
23:43for coming in for a chat um you've not long been in the job of three months but can you
23:47just explain
23:48to people what does a victims commissioner do well it was a independent role that was created over 20
23:54years ago to be a champion really for victims survivors families bereaved by homicide and manslaughter
24:02to really try and promote their interests and listen to their experiences to help influence changes
24:08within our criminal justice system so working really closely with the police the crown prosecution
24:13service all the way through the criminal justice system and with government as well to ensure that
24:18victims have stronger rights when they're reporting to the police and accessing justice it's something
24:23that you are incredibly passionate about where did how did you get involved in this so i have been a
24:28victim over 20 years 23 actually of stalking so um i had experienced that criminal justice system
24:36really on a loop for so many years and it really was sort of eight years in that i felt
24:40something
24:41had to change because i was seeing you know on that front line just how many challenges victims were
24:46having to endure so i campaigned for a stalking legislation and then for a victim's law and and
24:53really it started from there using my experience and i work with so many other victims and survivors and
24:58families now to help give them a voice and help them campaign for meaningful change and it's so
25:03important that you understand what it is like to be in their shoes so can you just tell us a
25:08bit about
25:08what the barriers are then in the justice system for victims i mean there are a number of barriers
25:13and challenges that the victims have to face um one of the big ones is around the very long waits
25:18for
25:19justice from the moment you report to getting into court i have worked with some victims in particular
25:24rape victims where it's taken seven to eight years from the time reporting to coming into
25:29court they have to it's agonizing they have to endure these terrible long waits and it has a
25:35a real profound impact on their life it prolongs the trauma they can't move on from their lives so
25:40i would say the long waits for justice is a huge challenge along with really struggling to get their
25:47rights uh basic rights to dignity to information updates on their case to accessing support compensation
25:55all the things that victims in this country should be receiving they have to really fight to access
26:00it yeah it puts people off it does a lot of things put people off like the years to wait
26:06for a trial
26:06that you've mentioned that can put people off and one of the cases or one something like rape for
26:12example could take a long long time you've done a lot of work on that you really pushed for change
26:16and given victims a voice and you want them to be able to challenge a decision even with the cps
26:20that's
26:20one of the ones you pushed for yes absolutely i mean in particular around rape um before in this
26:25role before i was in this role i was the london victims commissioner and in 2017 i worked really
26:30closely with rapes victims and survivors and worked and pushed towards really changing the way that we
26:36investigate and prosecute rape in this country back in 2017 it was virtually decriminalized you know
26:42victims the moment they were reporting they were being asked to hand over their mobile phones
26:46at the point of reporting so intrusive really intrusive looking at all that personal material
26:51trawling through it making them feel like that they were on trial they were being scrutinized we have
26:56changed that we've seen a big shift over the years the focus now is very much on the suspect not
27:01the
27:02victims uh credibility and character so we have seen improvements not in the court we need to see much
27:07more improvement around the way victims are treated in court but also those long delays but yes they have
27:13an access now to reviewing that right to review it's a right under the victim's code which gives victims
27:19in this country 12 rights so many victims aren't aware of their rights it's so important that they know
27:24what they should be receiving and to push for it so there's a code which basically tells you what your
27:30rights are then yes there's a victim's code uh it's been in for many years i campaign to strengthen
27:36it in a victim's law so that victims have access to information support compensation uh the right to
27:44review a crown prosecution service decision if they decide not to charge a case so we've made great
27:49strides over the years i think what's missing is we're not we're not letting victims know yeah and
27:55talking about not letting them know do you think that's something that people don't even know
27:58about something like the victim's code there's a lot of people didn't even realize it was there
28:01i would think you know i would think a member of the public if you haven't been a victim you
28:05certainly wouldn't know about it but i meet victims who've even been through the process
28:09they've gone to court uh they finished that justice process and they didn't know about the
28:13victim's code and that's on police and that's on crown prosecution service there's a duty on them now
28:18to promote the code to victims and to deliver it yeah i mean you've got bold ambition haven't you this
28:24what's reform going to look like well reform for me in this role is one we have to reduce that
28:30backlog there is a a bill in parliament this week it is a controversial bill it's about reducing jury
28:36trials in certain cases but without taking some of those cases out of the crown court i really think
28:42we will struggle to speed up justice for victims so we do have to tackle that because otherwise we'll
28:47see victims coming out of the process and that's a big problem and i want to overhaul the way that
28:53victims are treated in our criminal justice system i think we can offer a much more seamless
28:58integrated service uh that will meet victims needs and help keep them supported and well engaged in
29:03the process and claire finally before we let you go uh last thing we've got to ask if someone is
29:08a
29:08victim of a crime what would you say to them it is so tough and i and i i know
29:14it is and you can
29:15feel very lonely and isolated but there is support out there um the police are on the whole are doing
29:21a wonderful job they really are pushing hard to help victims come forward report know your
29:27victims rights under the code and and get the support thank you yeah thanks claire it's really
29:32important stuff thank you now it's time for the second part of our exclusive film with the national
29:39crime agency so they've put one man in prison for trading guns now they need to identify who he's working
29:49with before 2020 criminal gangs relied on a notorious encryption network called encro chat to
29:57communicate it allowed modified smartphones to send encrypted messages to other users the service was
30:05so popular to criminals because it offered almost a guarantee of anonymity they aren't your
30:12you know typical off-the-shelf devices that normal people have so there was a veil of security to go
30:19about your daily criminal activity without the concern of being caught but in 2020 international law
30:28enforcement cracked it giving them unprecedented access to millions of messages sent from inside the world
30:36of organized crime it was unparalleled in terms of investigative opportunities to identify those
30:45people who are operating at the top of their game in terms of criminality this gave us that golden
30:51opportunity to really pursue the most significant criminality that is causing the most significant harm to the uk
31:01despite robert brazendale being behind bars the nca were no closer to finding who was supplying him
31:08with military-grade weapons up until this point we are working as a traditional
31:14reactive investigation into these firearms recoveries
31:20we get the encro chat messages that's when everything changes
31:25investigators found a string of messages between brazendale and another person using the handle
31:32ace prospect together they appeared to be running the gun smuggling operation
31:39we can see the arrangements being made for the firearms handovers pictures of the firearms being exchanged we
31:45can see that the firearms pictures have been taken
31:49and we can see the arrangements from to be taken to storage
31:54that paints the full picture of the criminality then at that point
32:01but they had no leads on who ace prospect was
32:06ace prospect is the source of those firearms robert brazendale is clearly his right-hand man in the uk
32:13his armorer um storing and distributing the firearms on his behalf
32:18unless we take out ace prospect we don't mitigate that ongoing criminality the initial messages we got from ace prospect
32:29was telling people to expect
32:32these firearms to come into the uk and that they would be for sale
32:36we see pictures of those firearms the ak-47s the users sent around as proof that they are in the
32:45uk and so
32:45people can see you know what they are buying or what they are wanting to buy effectively
32:51messages on encro chat gave police the location of two more weapons
32:56these seem to have been put aside for ace prospect's own personal use
33:01and were buried in brazendale's own backyard
33:06so we then search his garden and dig up two firearms that are buried in his garden one being a
33:11smith and wesson
33:13and one being a grand power nine millimeter
33:21then they intercepted a message from ace prospect which suggested he'd been arrested overseas
33:30there was an exchange of an image of a news article in that country about a british national who's
33:36arrested avoiding a cold roadblock in possession of cash and motorbikes and we then start to conduct
33:43inquiries with spanish police and law enforcement around who that british male is
33:49and that's when we identify that male is philip war
33:56ace prospect was philip war and supplying guns wasn't the only terrifying crime that he had committed
34:06ace prospect directs an asset attack against an individual in the the warrington area and it
34:12becomes clear from the message that that robert raisendale is storing the acid and that those
34:17that are tasked to do the attack come and collect the acid from robert to then go and
34:22try and carry out that attack war enlisted the help of a man called jonathan gordon
34:29who acted as his enforcer in the merseyside area ace prospect offers him six thousand pounds if
34:37he goes and conducts this acid attack he offers to up that to ten thousand pounds if he blinds him
34:42there were pictures of canisters that appeared to have acid in them and you would see conversations
34:48like give him a full face wash when talking about acid or stab him in the leg so he can't
34:54run away
34:54and you know at that point that you've got some quite significant threat and risk against another person
35:01but war had left spain for thailand it was very frustrating that he left spain we'd worked for
35:09three and a half years to get to this point
35:14but finally in september 2024 war's luck was about to run out we got alerts that he had traveled back
35:24to spain and at that point it was pull out all the stops and we were able to have him
35:29arrested within
35:29two weeks war was arrested and extradited back to the uk to get him arrested and finally in custody
35:40was the most significant moment of the whole investigation really
35:45in april 2025 war admitted to a range of firearm offenses and instructing the acid attack
35:53he was sentenced to 26 years and eight months in prison
35:59and jonathan gordon was sentenced to 24 years and eight months for charges including conspiracy to
36:06inflict grievous bodily harm robert brazen dale admitted to further firearms offenses
36:14and was given an additional sentence of 11 years and four months totaling 21 years and four months in prison
36:24it is absolutely one of the biggest investigations that i've had the pleasure to work on to get him
36:30arrested and cut that supply chain all the way down from each right-hand man to the people that are
36:35conducting his violence in the northwest region was a real success for us as an agency
36:45wow what a result there right let me tell you about this bus which you might have seen around lees
36:51now
36:51this is a mobile outreach service which basically offers a safe space for women and girls who might
36:57feel unsafe or unwell on a night out and the bris behind this operation is sreena gorby hello sreena
37:03hi it's great to see this tell us a bit about it then welcome to women's night safe space so
37:07this bus
37:08is parked by the corn exchange every saturday 10 pm until 3 a.m in leeds city center offering
37:15confidential emotional and practical help and support for anyone feeling unwell or concerned need any help
37:21we've got a brilliant team here to provide that help and women and girls in 2021 we did a survey
37:28um women and girls were concerned particularly about nighttime safety in and around going out because
37:33that's a great thing about leeds is a night out it's a fantastic thing about leeds it certainly kept me
37:38in the city for as long as i've lived there but it can be the time when those experiences happen
37:44around
37:45sexual harassment and worrying about that or feeling unwell and worrying about access to healthcare so this is
37:51what we're responding to from those voices from women and girls they said we want a women's night
37:56safe space and we've been running ever since so the things you've got in here i can see some of
38:00the
38:00stuff you've got all sorts haven't you like socks biscuits that's it so monday to friday this bus is
38:05a gp practice on wheels for homeless people run by bevan healthcare so there's all sorts of healthcare
38:10equipment we've got socks and like flip-flops heels come off we've got makeup wipes how come and have
38:15a brew phone charging condoms period products clean safe lou to be able to use so it's those practical
38:23items along with the emotional support from our team and access to long-term help and guidance so
38:31lots of signposting information about a range of topics yeah because you get people talking to you
38:36about all sorts don't you so things like domestic abuse it might be the first time they've ever talked
38:40about it yeah exactly there's lots of younger women we work with 10 to 15 women and girls every
38:45single week so we've worked with over a thousand over three thousand women and girls over the three
38:50years um 138 young women have spoke about domestic violence for the first time on women's night safe
38:57space and that's because they're here they can talk about it but they don't have to it is over a
39:02brew
39:03it is over you know a friendly conversation can i borrow a light it's approachable and that's what
39:10we need i always think those conversations end up happening in like smoking areas of pubs
39:14so i'm passionate about the space in and around women's night safe space replicating that environment
39:21where people feel safe to talk to one another yeah and seek help and guidance i mean you can see
39:28why
39:28it's so popular so what what's it like from your perspective then it's brilliant week in week out
39:33seeing the support for it and one of my favorite things about women's night safe space is when you
39:38hear both men and women of varying different ages walking past and saying you know that bus
39:44that's what this bus does and they're communicating that message because women and
39:48girls feel safer knowing that it's here so there's lots of people who might not have ever stepped foot
39:54on the bus but they feel safer going out in leeds because they know should it happen it's there
39:59parents feel safer my daughter's out on a night out remember if you need out there's that bus you know
40:05what i mean new students to the city have heard about it so um what that's one of the best
40:11things is
40:12we are quite well known but we do need everybody's support to help let people know about women's night
40:17safe space and support us and get involved in our wider women friendly leads movement yeah and there's an
40:23app as well isn't there yeah so again linked from the safety survey 58 of women and girls said that
40:29they would use a safety app so we worked in partnership with leeds city council to develop
40:35the walk safe app which is a national app it's free to download everyone can use it it's got location
40:40sharing tools that people quite often use to feel safe um but it's mainly got a safety map for
40:47local information so local signposting information showing you our aspirangela venues in leeds
40:52showing which venues are taking part in our stop the spike campaign and live tracking of support
40:57services like women's night safe space like our street marshals so you can kind of go there you're
41:03picking which venues you want to go to to feel safe you can also leave anonymous community reporting
41:09again women and girls asked for so all those tools have come from local voices in leeds gosh it's so
41:15important and it's brilliant that you're doing this thanks for bringing the bus in i tell you what i'd
41:18probably just come in here for a chat with you yeah yeah yeah yeah i think you can move mountains
41:23over a friendly conversation and a cup of tea and that's what i see women's night safe spaces doing
41:28week in week out yeah thanks strainer lovely to see you thank you a chat and a cup of tea
41:34that's all
41:34steph wants a great sounding initiative there though now it's time for today's wanted faces
41:43and first we have liam patrick weaver though you might know him as paddy police in lincolnshire
41:49want to talk to him about a burglary he's 36 with several tattoos including a dragon a sword the
41:55words paddy and england or maybe you recognize this man this is rubinder singh sometimes he uses
42:01the first name gurpinder police in south yorkshire want to speak to him about an allegation of rape
42:06he's 31 with a beard and dark hair and has known links to barnsley though police believe he has now
42:12left that particular area and northamptonshire police are asking for your help to find this
42:17man this is daniel windall also known as daniel armsworth he's wanted on recall for breaching
42:22his license conditions he's lived previously in northamptonshire and also has links with hampshire
42:28surrey and wiltshire he has a tattoo on his left ring finger of two wedding band lines as always
42:36if you know the whereabouts of any of those individuals please do call us on 08000 468 999
42:42i'm afraid and that is the end of the show today but you can still watch the series so far
42:47on iplayer
42:48and our sister series crime watch court which takes a deep dive into some of our solved cases
42:53is also on there too lovely tomorrow a crime that has all the makings of a tv drama it's the
43:00hunt for a
43:00wife and her lover after a plot to kill her husband is foiled yes keep going as you are
43:07i'll keep bearing to the left 10 yards in front of you put your hands on top of your head
43:14turn around and get on your knees do it now
43:18hey what a story that is you don't want to miss that
43:20no i don't we've got that and lots more tomorrow same time at 10 45. bye for now bye
43:26bye
43:26so