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00:11Police emergency, what's the location?
00:14Bar, train station, perry bar please.
00:18In a puppet phone box.
00:24There's blood everywhere.
00:26I've just been raped and attacked.
00:31Oh, put the shit out of me.
00:37I'm bleeding everywhere.
00:39Okay, stay on the line for me.
00:41I've got officers coming to you, please don't move.
00:43I've got officer over me.
00:59I'm bleeding everywhere.
01:02I've got my officers coming to you.
01:03I'm bleeding everywhere.
01:07I'm bleeding.
01:30In North Birmingham, a woman has reported being attacked and raped
01:34in a public phone box in the early hours of Saturday morning.
01:41While she's taken to hospital for treatment,
01:44a forensic investigation gets underway.
01:49This was a really, really brutal and vicious attack.
01:54You don't expect someone to be raped in a telephone box
01:57on a busy road in the early hours of the morning.
02:01She's gone out for a night out, and she's not safe to walk the streets.
02:07So the telephone box is where the actual incident happened, isn't it?
02:10Yeah. I mean, it's a real vicious attack. It's horrific, isn't it?
02:14At 1 o'clock-ish in the morning, how busy is the traffic
02:18and how well is it lit as well? You don't know, do you?
02:22So I think we've swapped the offence location.
02:25I'll have a look just to see if we can get any cellular material.
02:29It's very brazen to do it out of the open.
02:32I'm amazed that nobody saw or stopped.
02:39Crime scene coordinator Joe Ward directs a detailed examination
02:44of the phone box, looking for any evidence
02:47that may help police identify the attacker.
02:53There wasn't anything to do to do that right there.
02:59Any public telephone box can cause some issues.
03:04Members of the public use that phone box.
03:06There'll be their DNA,
03:09as well as obviously any fingerprints as well.
03:11And that's kind of contaminating the scene as such.
03:21The blood in the phone box is mainly contact marks.
03:25So someone that's bleeding or has got blood on them
03:27actually making contact with the surface.
03:29There's a bit there and there's a bit inside here,
03:32so on the side of that, you want to look in some more.
03:34Yeah.
03:35We know the victim is badly beaten.
03:37But there's the offender bled.
03:40There's the victim managed to fight back.
03:43Whose blood is it?
03:46We really need to identify quickly
03:49who is responsible for this offence.
04:04Where the phone box is, the bus is either side.
04:06The train station is here.
04:08It's that phone box just after.
04:13Detectives from the Specialist Rape and Sexual Assault Team
04:16gather for an urgent briefing.
04:19Right, morning, everyone.
04:20So what we know so far,
04:22we had a lone female leaving Wetherspoon's public house
04:25where she was brutally raped and attacked inside the phone box.
04:29So obviously what we know is when.
04:30We know where.
04:32The main focus of this this morning is who.
04:35Who the male is that has attacked her.
04:38This attack on our victim is what we call a stranger rape.
04:42There's no relationship.
04:43Don't know each other.
04:45It's just a straight grab off the street.
04:47I'd say that they're rare.
04:49What with all stranger rape, the biggest challenge
04:52is we've got to connect two people
04:54who seem to be not connected in any way
04:56and we've got to get those two people
04:58and we've got to put them in the same place at the same time.
05:01Adele, I know you've been with our victim.
05:04I understand she's got some horrendous injuries.
05:06Are you able just to give us a bit of brief on how she is?
05:09She's coming across so strong, but I think she is in shock.
05:13What are actually new injuries?
05:15So visually you can see all from the face.
05:18She's bled quite a lot, hasn't she?
05:19Under her eye there's a big cut.
05:21That's quite deep, that is.
05:24Your priority really is your high and low vaginal swabs
05:26as well as the pants as well.
05:30I mean, you can all appreciate
05:31anybody who's wandering around those streets
05:33capable of doing what he's done.
05:35We've got to focus everything on getting this guy in right now.
05:40He's committed a horrendous act.
05:42I can't predict what he's going to do next.
05:44Every day that goes by that he's not caught,
05:46the risk to the public is obviously increasing.
05:56After receiving hospital treatment,
05:58the victim is brought for a detailed forensic medical examination.
06:03The victim is so brave to come forward and report this incident.
06:09Are you OK?
06:10I'm just going to raise your gown a little bit.
06:13When dealing with the rape case,
06:14the victim themselves are actually classed as a scene.
06:20We advise, you know, not to wash, not to go to the toilet,
06:23because we can get forensic evidence from them.
06:26DNA from intimate swabs or from clothing.
06:31If you're uncomfortable at any point,
06:34tell me and I will stop, OK?
06:37You're doing really well.
06:39Understandably, the victim has gone through something so horrific
06:43and so traumatic, and we have to work at their speed.
06:47Now I'm just going to take the samples.
06:49It's just the tip of the swab.
06:51We have a forensic window to gather the best forensic evidence
06:54before DNA starts to degrade and can be contaminated.
06:58So time is of the essence.
07:02Once intimate samples have been collected...
07:04So I'm just going to take that underwear.
07:08...items of clothing are also taken
07:10to be forensically processed at a specialist lab.
07:14From the clothing, we may get semen, but also cellular DNA.
07:18As the offenders actually touch the victim's clothing,
07:21I'm hopeful, but there's never any guarantees.
07:28The next priority for detectives
07:30is to get a full account of the attack from the victim.
07:38Right.
07:40I am Police Staff Investigation Officer Powell
07:44that called me Adele, OK?
07:47I'm sorry to put you through all of this.
07:54We know how stressful these are.
07:56The victim's gone through a traumatic incident.
07:59We are asking somebody to sit down
08:02in front of a perfect stranger
08:04and talk about the most traumatic experience of their lives.
08:08But it's important for us to get their account
08:10from that victim really early on
08:12because there's bits that she can add
08:14that we can never get from anywhere else.
08:27I think I'm just trying to absorb what happened to myself.
08:31Yeah, of course.
08:35I wanted to give a gift to a friend
08:37whose birth date was at the pub in Petri Bar.
08:52I can see she can't open her eyes.
08:55They're all bruised.
08:57She's got a broken nose.
08:59When you're looking at her injuries,
09:01the level of violence used,
09:04reliving it and talking through it,
09:05you can just exacerbate their trauma.
09:07So you've got to guide the victim.
09:12I felt someone grab me.
09:14OK.
09:14Where?
09:16Sorry?
09:16Where did they grab you?
09:17They grabbed me from behind
09:18and pushed me in the phone box.
09:21He had his arms around me.
09:23He was pushing me as well.
09:30And with one hand,
09:31he took my skirt
09:33and my leggings down.
09:35And then I'm trying to move,
09:37but then he's continually, like,
09:41hitting me, hitting me
09:42on my head and my face.
09:45And he raped me.
09:49Have you felt any ejaculation?
09:52I don't know, to be honest.
09:55Everything just happened.
09:59During any of this,
10:01has he spoken to you?
10:03He did just say shut up
10:05or something like that.
10:07But he did have, like,
10:09a foreign accent.
10:11Like, Middle East,
10:13Kurdish, Romanian.
10:14Yeah.
10:17And what about his holt
10:18and his belt?
10:20He wasn't that big.
10:22I think, um,
10:24kind of five foot.
10:27Do you remember anything noticeable
10:29on him, tattoos, markings, anything?
10:31I didn't know,
10:32to be honest with you.
10:33But I did say to him,
10:35leave me alone.
10:36Leave me.
10:38I think she's done incredibly well.
10:39She was able to tell us
10:41his height.
10:43She gave us his accent
10:44of where she believed
10:45he was to originate from.
10:47This can sometimes be
10:48a bit subjective,
10:49but that's the only information
10:52about the suspect
10:53that we've got at this time.
10:56It was a really good starting point.
11:07There's a bit there
11:08and there's a bit here.
11:09There might be some more
11:10on the inside.
11:13After swabbing the blood
11:14in the phone box,
11:16the forensic team
11:17hunts for any fingerprints
11:18that may have been left
11:20by the rapist.
11:23The fact that the rapist
11:25happened in a confined space
11:26gives a small chance
11:27that the suspect
11:28may have touched
11:29the telephone box
11:29as he's committing
11:30that offence.
11:31What we'll be looking for
11:32is there any fingerprints
11:33in blood?
11:40There needs to be
11:41some more here,
11:42but it's not
11:43the best policy.
11:50To improve the visibility
11:52of any prints,
11:53investigators apply
11:55chemical dyes
11:56that react
11:56with proteins
11:57found in blood.
12:04I can definitely
12:05see a color change here.
12:12There's a few good ones
12:13there.
12:17And that one there.
12:18Then you switch
12:19detail on the inside.
12:21They identify
12:22a cluster of fingerprints
12:23on the outside
12:25of the frame.
12:26Originally,
12:26the fingerprints
12:27were very faint
12:28when we had taken
12:30them beforehand
12:30and appeared
12:31to be in blood,
12:32but with the diary agents
12:33to actually bring out
12:34the contrast,
12:35which should be
12:35better for identification
12:36purposes for the
12:37Fingerprint Bureau.
12:41Photos of the
12:42enhanced prints
12:43are fast-tracked
12:44to the Fingerprint Bureau
12:47to check against
12:48the Police National
12:49Computer.
12:51Is this the biggest
12:53mistake he's made?
12:54Because this could be
12:56what identifies him.
13:06CCTV, where are we
13:07in relation
13:08to the CCTV?
13:09AXON links
13:10have been sent
13:11for the actual
13:13camera footage
13:14from One Stop Shopping
13:15Centre security team
13:16themselves.
13:17The footage
13:19is actually going to go
13:19to 4am
13:20because their camera's
13:21pretty good
13:22and it gives a whole
13:23overview of the area.
13:26Birmingham is
13:27swamped in CCTV,
13:29but it comes
13:30with its own
13:30challenges.
13:31There are a lot
13:32of cameras
13:33around traffic,
13:35routes,
13:35buses,
13:36things like that.
13:37Potentially hundreds
13:38of hours of footage.
13:40You can never
13:41make any guarantees
13:42in terms of
13:42what you're going
13:43to find.
13:47Digital media
13:48investigator Rob
13:49McKinnon
13:50is tasked
13:51with scrutinising
13:52CCTV of the area
13:53around the crime scene.
13:56You do need
13:57to be patient,
13:58you need to have
13:58attention to detail
13:59because you may
14:00be looking for one
14:01thing but you need
14:02to record what else
14:03you see because
14:04anything could end
14:05up down the line
14:06being relevant.
14:09To narrow down
14:10the victim's
14:11movements on the
14:12night, detectives
14:13are dispatched
14:14to the pub she left
14:15moments before
14:17the attack.
14:20So at the minute
14:21we've just got
14:21an entrance
14:22for the camera
14:24in the middle
14:24area camera.
14:27Quite often
14:28cameras, especially
14:29older cameras,
14:30the night footage
14:31will be of much
14:32lower quality.
14:33It makes it much
14:34more difficult
14:35to do things
14:35like spatial
14:36recognition,
14:37makes it more
14:37difficult to get
14:38an image that
14:39would be suitable
14:40for release
14:40to the public.
14:41Is there a camera
14:42by the machine?
14:44It's not the
14:45greatest one,
14:46there's that one.
14:47Okay.
14:49You get
14:50differences in
14:51colours,
14:52so the way
14:52the pixels
14:53sometimes blur
14:54together
14:54during movement
14:56can make it
14:56difficult to
14:56identify what
14:57is actually
14:58happening.
14:59Do you reckon
15:00you probably
15:00have better
15:00footage of all
15:01best for clearing
15:02there?
15:02Uh, out of push.
15:12looking at multiple
15:14cameras, Rob
15:16focuses on a key
15:17time frame
15:18between midnight
15:19and 2am.
15:20and 2am.
15:23We're aware
15:23that the victim
15:24came from
15:25the pub
15:26before the
15:28offence.
15:29That gives us
15:30a starting point.
15:31So we can look
15:32at CCTV
15:33that covers
15:33that area
15:34to identify
15:35when it is
15:36the suspect
15:37and the victim
15:38are first
15:39to come aware
15:40of each other.
15:43Is this the
15:44side of the
15:44train station?
15:45Yeah.
15:45This is far away
15:46from the
15:47spoons,
15:47isn't it,
15:47really?
15:48No,
15:48it's just
15:48on the
15:49side of the
15:49road,
15:49yeah.
15:50We're looking
15:51for people
15:51that are
15:52acting the way
15:53that doesn't
15:53make a lot
15:53of sense,
15:54you know,
15:54people standing
15:56around by
15:56themselves,
15:58maybe watching.
16:00So this is
16:00at 1.26.
16:03He hangs around
16:04for a few more
16:04minutes.
16:06At this point,
16:07the victim is still
16:08in the
16:09Wetherspoon's.
16:11Rob homes
16:12in on a man.
16:13He wanders
16:15off up here.
16:16And tracks
16:17him loitering
16:19between the pub
16:19and the phone
16:20box.
16:21The victim
16:22comes out.
16:27Crosses the road
16:28towards the station.
16:32And at about
16:331.43,
16:34the same man
16:34walks up this
16:35way,
16:35which is the
16:36time of the
16:37victim,
16:37going towards
16:38the station.
16:41What she
16:42doesn't know
16:42is that he
16:43goes around
16:43the corner
16:43and waits.
16:52He walks
16:53away.
16:54This is our
16:55victim,
16:56you know,
16:56walking in
16:56the same
16:57direction.
17:00The next
17:01camera shows
17:02the attack
17:03taking place.
17:10I'm presuming
17:11he has been
17:12waiting around
17:13the head.
17:18It's the worst
17:19footage I've ever
17:20seen.
17:22It's the level of
17:23violence and the
17:24continuation of that
17:26violence.
17:27You can't get
17:28emotionally involved
17:29in every single
17:30piece of footage
17:32that you watch,
17:33but there's some
17:34that will stick with
17:35you and this is
17:36certainly one
17:36that will stick
17:36with me.
17:37I tend to try
17:39and channel it
17:40almost into
17:42that determination
17:43to find whoever
17:45it is that's done
17:45this.
17:47You see him run
17:49back past the
17:49same camera.
17:51After the attack,
17:52the offender runs
17:53out of range of the
17:54street cameras and
17:56disappears.
17:58I can honestly say
18:00that in 24 years
18:02of policing I've
18:03not watched a
18:04piece of footage
18:05that has impacted
18:06like this has.
18:08But as horrendous
18:10the defence was,
18:11we have to take
18:11positives from
18:12his brazenness
18:14and his violence
18:14because hopefully
18:16he's left the
18:17forensic evidence
18:18that he may not
18:20necessarily have
18:20left should it
18:21have been more
18:22of a thought out
18:22or controlled
18:23attack.
18:25Despite having
18:26CCTV of the
18:28attack, the
18:29image is not
18:30clear enough for
18:31police to identify
18:32the offender.
18:48With no
18:48identifiable CCTV,
18:51detectives are
18:52hoping the
18:52bloody fingerprints
18:53from the
18:54phone box may
18:55provide a lead.
18:58It's a digital
18:59photo of
18:59ridge detail
19:00associated with
19:02blood on the
19:03exterior of the
19:03phone box.
19:05But first,
19:07examiner Mick
19:08Killeen must
19:09compare the
19:09prints to those
19:10belonging to the
19:11victim to
19:13eliminate them
19:14from the
19:14inquiry.
19:21So the first
19:22distinctive
19:22characteristic we
19:23see is a ridge
19:24that's flowing
19:25and ends,
19:26what we call
19:27a ridge ending,
19:29and then
19:30the ridge ending
19:31appears in the
19:32same formation
19:33sequence in the
19:34victim's set of
19:34fingerprints.
19:38From that first
19:39characteristic,
19:40characteristic, there
19:41is one intervening
19:41ridge, then a
19:43further ridge
19:44ending, and then
19:45another intervening
19:46ridge, and then
19:48another ridge ending.
19:54There are eight
19:56ridge characteristics
19:57in the same
19:59formation and
20:00sequence appearing
20:01on the crime scene
20:02mark and on the
20:03fingerprint form,
20:04so I'm satisfied
20:05that this is an
20:06identification against
20:08the victim's set
20:10of elimination
20:10prints.
20:1924 hours after
20:20the attack, and
20:21with the rapist
20:22still at large,
20:24Joe and Emma
20:24meet for an
20:25urgent review
20:25of the case.
20:31So I just want
20:32a bit of a
20:32summary of what's
20:33happened since
20:34we last spoke.
20:36So the
20:37fingerprints from
20:38the telephone
20:38box have come
20:39back.
20:39A lot of
20:40them were
20:40insufficient
20:41detail, but
20:42one came back
20:43and was
20:44eliminated to
20:44a victim.
20:46Went and
20:47dried blood
20:47swabs from
20:48the actual
20:49phone box.
20:50The assumption
20:50is really all
20:51that blood is
20:52going to be
20:52hers.
20:53All the
20:54intimate
20:54samples have
20:55already been
20:55submitted, and
20:56we didn't get
20:57any positive
20:58DNA result from
20:59them.
21:00We're obviously
21:01waiting for the
21:02DNA to come
21:03back from the
21:04plants from
21:04the victim.
21:06I was really
21:07hopeful that
21:07we'd find some
21:09DNA or
21:10fingerprints, but
21:12the results are
21:13all negative so
21:13far.
21:14We're against
21:15the clock.
21:17I am feeling
21:18the pressure
21:19because this
21:20man is a
21:21danger to the
21:21public.
21:23He really is.
21:306.30, let's
21:31get the very
21:32latest local
21:33news for
21:33Birmingham now
21:34with Sean
21:35Moore.
21:37ERNB news,
21:37the police are
21:38investigating a
21:39rape and
21:39assault in
21:40Peribar.
21:41West Midlands
21:41police were
21:42called to
21:42Warsaw Road in
21:43the early hours of
21:44Saturday morning
21:45following reports
21:45that a woman
21:46had been raped.
21:47The man's
21:47described as
21:48having a slim
21:48build and
21:49wearing tracksuit
21:49bottoms and
21:50hoodie.
21:51Anyone with
21:51information is
21:52being urged to
21:52come forward.
21:59Detectives Emma
22:00and Adele have
22:01now received
22:02CCTV from the
22:03pub the victim
22:04was in before
22:05the attack.
22:07So this is the
22:08foyer looking out,
22:09so people entering
22:10into Wetherspoons
22:13so we can see
22:14faces.
22:16they need to scan
22:17through hours of
22:18that evening's
22:19footage to see
22:20if they can
22:21spot the man
22:21in a dark
22:22tracksuit seen
22:23committing the
22:24offence.
22:29I know that
22:31she's in the
22:31Wetherspoons pub.
22:33What I don't know
22:33and the questions I
22:34need to ask is
22:34where is he
22:35coming to all of
22:36this?
22:36Is he drinking
22:37in the pub?
22:38Has he seen
22:38her in there
22:38before?
22:39Has there been
22:39previous contact
22:40between them?
22:41We can see
22:42sort of what
22:43clothing he was
22:43wearing at the
22:44time.
22:44It gives us a
22:45starting point.
22:49There's some
22:49guys hovering
22:50around here.
22:56This guy looks
22:58like he could
22:59be our guy.
23:02Same
23:02tracksuit,
23:03same trainers.
23:06A man matching
23:07the description
23:08given by the
23:09victim enters
23:10the pub just
23:11after midnight.
23:13That's our guy
23:14who's come
23:14straight in.
23:16He's looked
23:17at the male
23:18toilet and then
23:19he's gone
23:20straight into
23:20the female
23:20toilet.
23:22So he's
23:22gone into
23:23the women's
23:23toilet?
23:24Yeah.
23:24Let's see
23:25how long
23:25he's in
23:25there for.
23:26Ten seconds.
23:29Fifteen
23:30seconds.
23:32He's coming
23:33back out.
23:33And he's
23:34gone into
23:34the men's?
23:35Yeah.
23:39He's just
23:40peering,
23:41watching the
23:41bar area.
23:42What's he
23:42looking for?
23:47Is his
23:47hand?
23:48His hand's
23:49on his
23:49crotch.
23:52I'd say
23:52masturbating
23:53now.
23:55It's really
23:56disturbing,
23:57isn't it?
23:58I think he's
23:59getting himself
24:00excited at the
24:01thought of
24:01attacking.
24:02That is
24:03predatory
24:04behaviour.
24:09Emma and
24:10Adele closely
24:11monitor the man's
24:12movements as he
24:13hangs around the
24:14toilet area.
24:18hold on, is
24:19that
24:19avict him?
24:26He's coming
24:26back in.
24:28He's not even
24:28looking or
24:28trying to go to
24:29the men's this
24:29time.
24:30He's gone
24:30straight into the
24:31women's pool.
24:31man's
24:38He's
24:38just
24:38exited the
24:39toilet.
24:43He doesn't know
24:44that.
24:44He still thinks
24:45she's in those
24:45toilets.
24:48I think he's
24:49followed away into
24:50the toilet.
24:55It's really
24:56terrifying to watch
24:57that.
25:00He's targeted her.
25:05At 1.20am, the
25:07man can be seen
25:08exiting the pub
25:09shortly before the
25:11victim leaves.
25:13So I'm happy from
25:14the footage that
25:14we've watched now.
25:15We've got some
25:16really good imagery
25:16that we can use for
25:17press release for
25:19public and also
25:20between the
25:20officers.
25:23The images of the
25:24man wanted in
25:25connection with the
25:26rape are circulated
25:27in a force-wide
25:28alert.
25:29Got an image.
25:31Yeah.
25:33I'm going to send
25:33this through to
25:34Yo.
25:36And urgently
25:37release to the
25:37public.
25:39If you've got it
25:40in you to rape
25:41somebody, my
25:42opinion is the
25:43chances are that
25:43that's just a
25:44one-off.
25:45So we have to
25:45catch that person
25:46before we're able
25:48to do it to
25:49anybody else.
25:58Rach, do you
25:59want to just come
26:00over and have a
26:00look at this
26:01CCTV?
26:04It shows our
26:05suspect actually
26:06punches the bus
26:08stop.
26:10While reviewing
26:11CCTV for any
26:13further forensic
26:14leads, Joe has
26:17spotted the suspect
26:18shortly before the
26:19attack.
26:21This actual
26:22telephone box here
26:23is where our
26:24victim was raped
26:25and he gives it a
26:26real hard punch.
26:28And he might have
26:29even cut the skin.
26:30Yeah.
26:31The offender,
26:32he's clearly got
26:32some anger issues,
26:33the way he was
26:34walking.
26:36And he's really
26:37punched this bus
26:38stop quite hard.
26:40He may have cut
26:41himself, so there
26:42may be blood on the
26:43bus stop itself.
26:45I'm thinking
26:46forensic opportunity
26:47straight away.
26:55So when you look at
26:56CCTV, you can see him
26:59punch around this
27:00area.
27:01So I'm going to kind of
27:02swab this area in the
27:04middle here.
27:06Coordinator Rachel Hughes
27:07is sent to swab the bus
27:09stop for any trace of skin
27:11cells left by the
27:13offender's punch.
27:17Unfortunately, there's
27:17no trace of any blood
27:18at all, so hopefully
27:20he gets some sort of
27:21cellular material from
27:22there.
27:24This bus stop is
27:25obviously open to the
27:26elements.
27:26With it raining, there's
27:27possibility they could
27:28wash away evidence.
27:30Time goes on, DNA
27:31deteriorates, so, you
27:33know, time is the
27:35essence, really.
27:46One of our own
27:47officers has
27:48recognised a potential
27:50suspect from his patch
27:52that he covers.
27:54A known offender who
27:56closely resembles the
27:57circulated CCTV image
27:59has been identified by a
28:01police officer.
28:03So we're just doing some
28:04intel checks on this
28:05person now.
28:07He was interviewed in
28:09relation to an assault
28:10with intent to cause
28:12serious harm.
28:12At the end of 2019,
28:15again then, a malicious
28:16wounding.
28:17At the end of 2017,
28:21interviewed again for
28:22another assault with
28:23intent to cause serious
28:24harm.
28:25So there's a history of
28:27violence from this
28:28person.
28:30And the victim states
28:32this was such a vicious
28:34attack, so that matches.
28:39He had me from behind and
28:43continually hit me with
28:46blows to my face and my
28:47head.
28:49So when he's hitting you,
28:51what's he using?
28:52His hands.
28:53Again, when he says
28:54hands, are we talking
28:56about arms or fists?
28:57Fists.
28:59It happened really fast.
29:01It's like my head is a bit
29:04fuzzled.
29:05Again, I'm sorry.
29:10We've got images of him on
29:12our systems.
29:14There is a striking
29:15resemblance in relation to
29:17the image.
29:19The hair on the top, the
29:21same, similar age.
29:22Everything is pointing that
29:24this is potentially our
29:25suspect, so I think it's
29:27really important that we get
29:27him straight in.
29:30We've got to act fast.
29:31We're not going home today
29:32until he's in custody,
29:34because we cannot have that
29:35man walking around these
29:36streets a second longer.
29:43An arrest team heads
29:45directly to the suspect's
29:47address.
29:59Police!
30:01What's going on?
30:01You're going to run
30:02under the rest of it.
30:03For what?
30:03For rape.
30:05For rape?
30:05Yeah, yeah.
30:06Are you being serious?
30:07What are you done for rape?
30:08Are you serious, bro?
30:11That's a big allegation,
30:12you know?
30:13He's trying to do it.
30:17Right.
30:17End the damn power, yeah?
30:19Rape, you know?
30:20Come on, boy.
30:23We're waiting for forensics.
30:24I think if we do a search
30:25of the premises, try and
30:26locate whatever we can find,
30:29in my opinion, he holds
30:30quite a likeness.
30:31Yeah, it's a strong likeness.
30:32It's a strong likeness.
30:43Two and a half days after
30:44the rape, police have
30:46a suspect in custody.
30:53This is mad.
30:56Is the proof of this?
30:57Have you got proof of this?
31:04Joe Ward, crime scene coordinator.
31:06Hi, Joe.
31:07It's Adalia from Rasa.
31:08So I'd like to speak to you
31:09in relation to the guy
31:10that we've got in custody already.
31:13So, yeah, we need to hopefully
31:14come up with a bit
31:15of a forensic strategy.
31:17Yeah.
31:18When we get a suspect
31:19in custody for a sexual offence,
31:21what we're looking for
31:22is any trace of DNA
31:24that belongs to the victim.
31:26She died.
31:26The offender is caught on CCTV,
31:29which is circumstantial.
31:30Because the picture may not be clear,
31:32or people view CCTV differently
31:35from person to person.
31:36So I'm really conscious
31:37of trying to get as much
31:38forensic evidence
31:39to provide that link
31:40between the suspect and victim.
31:43Obviously, because she was punched
31:45quite a few times,
31:46I'll get the exercise photograph
31:46of the palms
31:47and the backs of the hands
31:49will do, like,
31:51her fingernail clippings
31:52and also kind of scrapings as well.
31:54Her DNA under his nails
31:56underneath,
31:56and it may be that
31:57even though he's washed his hands,
31:58there still may be some kind of blood
32:00still underneath his nails.
32:01And I presume you're doing
32:03the sexual swabs, are you?
32:05Yes.
32:07They're going to be done all day.
32:09with the medical staff
32:11at the Custer Day.
32:11Brilliant.
32:18While the suspect
32:19is held in a dry cell
32:21to prevent him
32:22from washing away
32:22any evidence,
32:25tests are underway
32:26to forensically connect him
32:28to the attack.
32:32First, we're just going to photograph
32:33the underwear
32:34as they've been received.
32:40What we're looking for
32:42is any trace of semen
32:44because hopefully
32:45we would be able to get DNA
32:47from the actual semen
32:48or there may be
32:50some cellular DNA
32:50that's transferred
32:51from his hands
32:52where, you know,
32:53he's touched the underwear
32:54and pulled the underwear off.
32:58Forensic examiner
32:59Jamie Lee Knight
33:00starts by testing
33:02for skin cells
33:03that the suspect
33:04may have transferred
33:05from his hands
33:06to the underwear.
33:10We're going to mini-tape
33:12the outside waistband
33:13because the offender
33:15has grabbed the victim
33:17from behind
33:17and pulled their clothing down
33:18and we're just looking
33:20to target any areas
33:21that the suspect
33:22might have come
33:22into contact with.
33:28Now that the cellular
33:29has been taken,
33:31we've gone to screening
33:33for semen.
33:35So I'm just making sure
33:36that the item
33:37is wet enough
33:38for any semen staining
33:40that's present
33:40to be transferred
33:42to the blotting paper.
33:45Next,
33:46the blotting paper
33:47is tested
33:47for the presence
33:48of semen.
33:50If acid phosphatase
33:52is present,
33:53we'll get a purple reaction
33:55to come up
33:56on the blotting paper.
34:06This purple indicates
34:08the presence
34:08of semen.
34:09That's a very strong positive.
34:20While the underwear
34:22will undergo further testing
34:23to look for the offender's DNA,
34:29detectives are preparing
34:30to question the suspect.
34:35I've got a lot of questions
34:36that is going to be asked of him.
34:38Our suspicions are
34:38that it's him.
34:39It's on him
34:40to tell us where he was
34:41to prove to us
34:43that that's not him
34:44that's committed that attack.
34:50I would like to read out
34:52a prepared statement.
34:55I vehemently deny
34:56all of the allegations
34:57against me.
34:58I was not present
34:59at the scene
35:00of the alleged assault
35:01and rape.
35:01I'd never met
35:02this person in my life.
35:04Although I do not recall
35:05where I was on Saturday,
35:08I was not near
35:10Perry Bar train station.
35:11I will now be answering
35:13no comments
35:13or questions put to me.
35:18I appreciate that
35:19statement
35:19but obviously
35:20we've got some further
35:21questions that we need
35:22to answer you.
35:25I'll show you
35:25some CCTV captured
35:27from the Wetherspoons
35:28in One Stop
35:28in Perry Bar.
35:34Do you recognise
35:35the mail there?
35:37No comment.
35:37Is that you?
35:39No comment.
35:41Is there anybody
35:41that you were with
35:42that could verify
35:43where you were
35:44and that you
35:44weren't there?
35:45No comment.
35:48You say this
35:49is the case
35:50of mistaken identity.
35:52However,
35:52you can't tell me
35:53what you were doing.
35:54You can't offer me
35:55any names of anybody
35:58that will be able
35:59to verify your
35:59whereabouts.
36:01It's hard to believe.
36:03I don't know,
36:03it might just be my opinion,
36:04but it's hard to believe
36:05that you can't remember
36:05what you're doing
36:06on Friday night.
36:06it's the only reason
36:07why you wouldn't
36:08want to remember that.
36:10No comment.
36:15If someone goes
36:16no comment,
36:17I think
36:17what you're hiding,
36:19if you're innocent,
36:21why have you not
36:22given an account?
36:23Why have you not
36:24told the officers
36:24where you were
36:26so that they can
36:27then check that
36:27and this would
36:28all be over?
36:35I don't think
36:36at this point
36:36we've got enough
36:37to charge,
36:38so we're now
36:39relying on the
36:39forensics
36:40to take us
36:40further forward
36:41with him.
36:43With the suspect
36:44refusing to answer
36:45any questions,
36:48detectives have
36:4924 hours
36:50to charge
36:50or release him.
36:56So I'm just going
36:58to cut a strip
36:58out of this
37:00top layer.
37:01At Eurofin's
37:02laboratory,
37:04Jamie Lee
37:04concentrates
37:05on the section
37:06of underwear
37:06which tested
37:07positive for semen
37:09in a bid
37:10to find
37:10any sperm heads
37:11containing
37:12the suspect's
37:13DNA.
37:16We tease apart
37:18the fibres,
37:20so basically
37:21if there's
37:21any sperm heads
37:22trapped within
37:23them,
37:24just making sure
37:25that when we
37:26put our
37:28reagents onto
37:29them,
37:30it's the best
37:31possible chance
37:31of them being
37:32released.
37:33A centrifuge
37:35machine is used
37:36to separate
37:37the more dense
37:38sperm particles.
37:46next,
37:47Jamie Lee
37:48adds a dye
37:48to stain
37:49the sample.
37:50If any sperm
37:52heads are present,
37:53they will turn red.
37:58it's really faint.
38:03There's
38:0480 to 300 million
38:07sperm heads
38:08in an average
38:09ejaculation,
38:11but
38:12on this slide
38:13I can only see
38:15a single
38:15sperm head.
38:20forensic science
38:21has come on
38:22massively since
38:22I joined.
38:25From needing
38:26quite a large
38:26amount to
38:27obtain a DNA
38:28profile,
38:29you know,
38:30you need a pin
38:30head size.
38:32But in this
38:33case,
38:34we've got one
38:34sperm head
38:36and it's a
38:37difficult process,
38:39so I'm really
38:39hoping that
38:40the scientists
38:41can actually
38:41still work
38:42with that
38:42and be able
38:42to achieve
38:43a DNA
38:44profile that
38:45matches this
38:46person in
38:47custody.
38:51While the
38:52single sperm
38:52head is
38:53fast-tracked
38:53for DNA
38:54extraction and
38:55profiling,
38:57Joe reviews
38:58evidence from
38:59the suspect.
39:05This is the
39:06male that is
39:07currently in
39:08custody for
39:09the rape
39:09offence.
39:10Just looking
39:12through the
39:13photographs that
39:14were taken
39:15earlier today.
39:17The discovery
39:18of CCTV
39:19showing the
39:20offender punching
39:21a bus stop
39:22has prompted
39:22her to focus
39:23on his hands.
39:26When you're
39:27punching a hard
39:27surface with
39:28some force as
39:29well, which it
39:30was clear from
39:30the CCTV, he
39:32really did
39:33punch it at
39:33force.
39:35What I would
39:36expect to find
39:36is some visible
39:38injuries to the
39:39hand, and it
39:40was his right
39:40hand.
39:41He's also punched
39:42the victim
39:43several times,
39:44and again, I
39:46would expect to
39:46find some
39:47swelling or
39:48some bruising.
39:49On the left
39:50hand is what
39:51appears to be
39:52old scarring,
39:54but there really
39:56isn't any visible
39:57injuries whatsoever
39:58to the right
39:59hand at all.
40:01So that's a
40:02little bit
40:02concerning.
40:09Do you know there's
40:10some issues with
40:11lack of injuries?
40:12Yeah, we've
40:12obviously...
40:13From the level
40:14of injuries
40:14that she's got
40:16and how many
40:17times he's
40:17actually punched
40:18her, I would
40:19have expected
40:19some kind of
40:20injury to his
40:20hands.
40:21Certainly his
40:22right hand, which
40:22is used, and
40:23there's nothing at
40:24all.
40:26The victim
40:27states to me
40:29during her
40:29interview that
40:30it is definitely
40:31either Kurdish,
40:33Romanian, she
40:34said that type
40:34of accent.
40:35Having listened
40:36to the interview
40:36the guy they've
40:37just interviewed,
40:38unless he's put
40:38on an accent
40:39the whole way
40:39through it, he
40:40definitely does
40:40not have an
40:41easily put an
40:41accent.
40:42There's just a
40:43few things now
40:44that are just
40:44starting to give
40:44me concern about
40:45the guy in
40:46custody.
40:47So we've got
40:48someone in
40:48custody, and at
40:49this moment we
40:50haven't got
40:51anything but an
40:52identification to
40:53put him there.
40:54It's a really
40:55difficult position
40:56to be in.
40:56What we need
40:57is forensics to
40:58say, yep, we
40:59found some DNA,
41:01we've got the
41:01right person in
41:02custody, or say
41:04it's not him.
41:06With the 24-hour
41:08custody clock to
41:09charge the suspect
41:10running out,
41:12detectives are
41:12granted a 12-hour
41:14extension to carry
41:15out further
41:16inquiries.
41:28So the first
41:30footage we've got
41:30after the
41:31offence, he
41:32starts to walk
41:32up Birchfield
41:33Road.
41:37With the suspect
41:38giving no account
41:39of his movements,
41:40Rob is trying to
41:41further pinpoint
41:42where he went
41:43after the attack
41:44by widening the
41:45CCTV search radius
41:47to three miles
41:49from the phone
41:49box.
41:50It's a very
41:51manual, very
41:52time-consuming
41:53part of the
41:53job.
41:55We've recovered
41:55hundreds of hours
41:57of footage that
41:58needs to be
41:58reviewed using a
42:00track and trace
42:00principle where we
42:01identify where
42:02somebody goes off
42:03camera.
42:03And then he
42:04crosses over onto
42:07Harry away.
42:09We then try and
42:10find the next
42:10camera on that
42:12route.
42:13The next footage
42:14we've got, he
42:15appears on the
42:16left-hand side
42:16walking up
42:17towards the
42:18right.
42:23And then a few
42:25minutes later,
42:26a second male
42:26wearing a green
42:27jacket walks in the
42:28same direction.
42:30Rob has
42:31discovered footage
42:32of what appears to
42:33be the suspect
42:34with another man,
42:3515 minutes after
42:37the attack.
42:39We're not sure
42:40of the identity
42:40of the second
42:41male, but obviously
42:43we know that he
42:43wasn't involved in
42:44the actual fence
42:44because we've got
42:45the footage of that
42:45and that shows that
42:46this male was
42:47acting alone.
42:50You can see that
42:51there's some
42:51movement on the
42:52left-hand side.
42:54These two males are
42:55our males that
42:56we've been tracking.
42:57Now in the corner
42:58of this footage you
42:59can see there is a
43:00dark-coloured van.
43:01It looks potentially
43:02blue and the lights
43:05turn on and the
43:06doors seem to open
43:06and close.
43:08And at around
43:122.40 in the
43:13morning, the van
43:15lights turn on and
43:16it drives away.
43:19So we now know that
43:2055 minutes after the
43:22offence, the suspect
43:23has driven away.
43:25Right now we need
43:26that blue van.
43:26That's what we need
43:27to find because that
43:28is our main link
43:29now between the
43:30suspect and the
43:31offence.
43:33Using automatic
43:34number plate
43:35recognition, the van
43:37is tracked from the
43:37time the offender
43:38drives away until
43:40later that same
43:41morning.
43:43Have you got it?
43:45I've got the vehicle
43:46anywhere.
43:48Have a look.
43:52After identifying the
43:53van's number plate,
43:54detectives are able to
43:56link it to an
43:57address.
43:59I've picked on to
44:01this person, who is
44:03Cornel Gabriel
44:05Philly Patch.
44:08He matches the
44:09description.
44:11Do you not think
44:12his hair was a bit...
44:13No, I think when you
44:14look at the hairline
44:15on the moving footage,
44:17matches the hairline
44:18now, look.
44:23Right, so we've now
44:24got a name?
44:25Yeah.
44:28Police have now
44:29identified a second
44:30potential suspect,
44:3321-year-old Cornel
44:34Philly Patchy.
44:38We've got a name,
44:40we've got an address.
44:41He's driving that van
44:42straight after that
44:43attack.
44:44It's only
44:44circumstantial at this
44:45stage, so we need to
44:46get him in as soon as
44:47possible.
44:52Despite police already
44:54having a man in
44:55custody, an order is
44:57issued for Philly
44:57Patch's immediate
44:58arrest.
45:03Police!
45:03Police!
45:04Stop still.
45:05Police!
45:06Open the door!
45:08Open the door!
45:09We'll be put in!
45:17We've got the
45:17bathroom straight,
45:18What have we got?
45:19Is that a man?
45:20Yeah, yeah.
45:23Got you under arrest,
45:24un speech of rape.
45:25Stand up.
45:26Terry, man, sit down.
45:29What's your name?
45:30Pardon me, my guy.
45:31Huh?
45:31Pardon me.
45:32Mm-hm.
45:43Three and a half days after the attack,
45:46Cornel Filippacci is brought into custody to be questioned.
45:53What's your name, please?
45:58It was this. They gave me in the holding cell.
46:01Yeah. So, Cornel, yeah?
46:04And the offence is...?
46:05Right.
46:06OK. What language would you like to speak in?
46:09Romanian. Romanian. OK.
46:12What do you do for work?
46:18The arrest of a second suspect
46:20presents senior investigating officer Emma Watson
46:23with a unique dilemma.
46:26I've got two suspects in custody.
46:28Only one of them can have committed the offence.
46:31That first suspect...
46:33I don't want to release him
46:35because I'm still not confident that it isn't him.
46:39The fact that police officers identified him
46:41and I know he's a violent offender.
46:44And we need to protect the public from a potential rapist.
46:48What with Cornel Filippacci,
46:51I've got a name that's Eastern European
46:53and victim describes him as Eastern European.
46:56The accent, that fits.
46:59Face fits.
47:00The CCTV.
47:02But without that forensic evidence,
47:04I can't say that it is him.
47:07Let's go.
47:09Let's go.
47:13Police now need to capture any potential DNA evidence
47:16which may link Filippacci to the victim.
47:21Open your mouth. Thank you.
47:25Even though it's a few days after the offence,
47:28there are still opportunities to get forensic evidence from him.
47:33It may be that he's not washed his clothing since the offence.
47:36He may have not showered.
47:40Flip your hand over for me.
47:45Intimate swabs will also be analysed for any traces of the victim.
47:53Have a look at your hands, please, sir.
47:58These little marks here, can I photograph those, please?
48:01Sir, that's no...
48:02Yeah, I...
48:04I'm not stupid, you know.
48:08No, I'm not either, but...
48:09Take the picture and then see...
48:10Take the picture, then see the picture.
48:12Yeah.
48:12You can take a picture, no problem.
48:14Yeah.
48:14OK, let's do this.
48:19On the suspect's hands,
48:21there are visible injuries,
48:23which are encouraging.
48:25So he's got to explain those injuries.
48:31Just in that room, okay?
48:40Can I ask you to state your full name, please?
48:49You were arrested for the offence of Ray.
48:53Where were you the late night of 17th of January
48:56and early hours up to 7am the 18th of January?
49:00No comment.
49:02So, that evening, did you visit a Wetherspoons public house?
49:06No comment.
49:09So the footage there shows where I believe it is yourself...
49:13No comment.
49:13...hitting a female three times to the face and the head.
49:16Is that you in that footage?
49:18No comment.
49:20Did you drag her to her phone box?
49:22Did you pull her underwear down?
49:25Did you vaginally rape this female?
49:30No comment.
49:32Does this kind of thing excite you?
49:35Preying on vulnerable lone females on the street?
49:39No comment.
49:41I'm just so frustrated that the best evidence that we've got
49:45at this time is only circumstantial with the CCTV.
49:49Just can't get clearing off CCTV to identify which ones commit the offence.
49:57Unless forensic tests come back conclusively linking one man to the attack,
50:02detectives may have to release both suspects.
50:17A specialist laboratory has been attempting to extract DNA from the single sperm head found on the victim's underwear.
50:31Joe has been sent their report.
50:43I've just literally received the update from the lab with the results of the underwear.
50:50Yep.
50:52A single sperm head was observed.
50:54But that's come back inconclusive.
50:58The sample's too weak.
51:00Oh, God. Right, OK.
51:02It's quite disappointing, really.
51:06I was hoping for a positive result in a name.
51:10But fingers crossed they're further testing from the cellular DNA and get us a result.
51:15OK.
51:17This feels like a massive setback.
51:19The process of extracting sperm head from semen is tricky,
51:23and we're not getting the results through.
51:26You know, and that really worries me at this time.
51:30With police lacking a forensic link to either suspect,
51:34and an approaching deadline to release them,
51:38one last test remains.
51:49A full DNA profile has been extracted from skin cells on the underwear touched by the attacker.
51:58So we've had a clear major, which is matching the female,
52:03and then you've got these additional components which indicate only the presence of one more person.
52:10Senior reporter Charlotte Hargreaves now checks to see if the profile matches either suspect.
52:17So we can do a direct comparison to the DNA profile of the initial suspect.
52:25So here, he's a 21.2, 27.
52:29And coming to the crime stain result, there's no 21.2 and there's no 27.
52:36This area, he's a 14.2, 15 here.
52:41And then if I go onto the crime stain, there's no 14.2 or 15.
52:48This individual has not contributed DNA to this result.
52:54Charlotte is able to show that DNA from the first suspect is not present on the victim's underwear.
53:01Next, she moves on to examine DNA from the second suspect.
53:09So, you can see that this 16 does match Cornell-Silopacci.
53:16Again, we go to the next area, 13, 16.2.
53:21So you can see that those two DNA components are represented here.
53:26All the way through, you can see that all of his components are represented in these smaller ones.
53:35So, in my opinion, Cornell-Filopacci's DNA profile does match two DNA components present in the climb stone.
53:44Analysis of these findings shows that the DNA result is a billion times more likely to be from Cornell-Filopacci
53:52than not.
53:56Hello, Jill, you all right?
53:58Yeah, not too bad, thank you.
54:00I've got some really, really, really good news.
54:02Oh, really?
54:03The samples taken from the underwear, they've obviously been compared and it's actually matched Cornell-Filopacci.
54:11So, really, really pleased.
54:13Oh, that is brilliant. I should go brief everyone.
54:16No, brilliant. Thanks ever so much for letting me know and I'll just brief everyone, let them all know and
54:20then I'll get back in touch with you about what we do next.
54:22This is the forensic evidence that we were waiting for that has tied it all together to get the news
54:29in that you've got the right person in custody, it can't be anyone else.
54:33To be able to go tell the victim that we've got him, it's just such a relief.
54:41So, you're fitting us to be released, yeah?
54:43Oh, she's a veteran.
54:45So, give me a signature in that box, please.
54:49But the other side of it is that we were able to clear an innocent man.
54:53To be able to say, forensically, it wasn't him means that I can release him.
55:00Most important is we will be able to charge a dangerous offender because forensic evidence now, there's no denying it,
55:06there's no arguing with it.
55:07He cannot account for why his DNA is in her underwear other than he's committed the offence.
55:24Okay, so Cornell, you will be charged with the offences that have been authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service.
55:32So, the first offence is an offence of rape.
55:36The second charge is one of GBH with intent.
55:41You will be aware of how serious these charges are.
55:45Is there anything else that you want to say?
55:49No.
55:51There's lots of emotions that go through your head.
55:53I think the level of violence that was used really put an urgency on it.
55:59The officer will take you back to your cell now.
56:02I certainly didn't feel that he had any remorse or any regret about what had happened.
56:07The important thing now is the person that we believe has committed this offence is off the street.
56:25I'm as confident as I can be we've got a strong case and I'm hopeful we can get it across
56:31that line.
56:36Music
56:56Hi Jo. We're just out of course.
56:59all done and dusted um 15 years uh reduced to 10 on his his early guilty plea so great work
57:06all done
57:07really good evidence oh that's brilliant news really really pleased that um we've obviously got
57:13justice for the victim this case for me has been a bit of a roller coaster um you know i
57:19was quite
57:19concerned at one point that um we weren't going to be able to get any dna from the underwear
57:24um so it's a massive relief forensics was crucial in this investigation it put a violent and dangerous
57:35male behind bars the evidence was that strong that cornell has felt you know he had no alternative
57:42but to plead guilty of course we can't forget the most important person in all of this and that's
57:49our victim it's it can't be easy and i know you never get over something like this but i can
57:55just
57:55hope that this is the start of her rebuilding her life and her future
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