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00:10¡Gracias!
00:31And then he showed me the knife
00:36He was covering my mouth
00:42He said you better not tell anybody or else
00:44I will kill your family
01:24He said you better not tell anybody or else
01:30Police emergency
01:31It's always just come back from her dad's
01:34And she's basically told us
01:35Someone's broken into the house last night
01:39And has raped her
01:40She's 11 years old
01:43Between what times?
01:46She's saying early hours of the morning
01:48This morning
01:50Is she any idea who it could be?
01:53No, she said she'd never seen the man before
01:56Police officers on the way now
02:04Following the report of a serious sexual assault
02:08On an 11-year-old girl
02:09A forensic team led by investigator Rachel Hughes
02:13Is called to the house where the attack took place
02:18Sexual assaults on anyone
02:19They're always horrific
02:21But when you do hear about these things on children
02:24It's very shocking
02:26Their innocence is taken away from them
02:29The victim says she's been sexually assaulted
02:31While she's been asleep in bed
02:32By a stranger
02:34Someone who's not known at all to the victim
02:39These kind of cases are very rare
02:41But right now
02:43We don't know what we're looking at at this stage
02:48Whilst the victim is spoken to by officers
02:51A forensic search of the house begins
02:53Looking for any signs of an intruder
02:59The important areas within this crime scene
03:01Are the point of entry
03:05And the child's bedroom itself
03:09Any surfaces that might have had contact from the offender
03:14We're looking at the doors
03:15Door handles
03:17Looking at the door frames
03:19Doing swabs for DNA
03:21And fingerprinting those surfaces as well
03:24Obviously we just want to make sure we don't miss anything
03:29You've got someone who's really predatory
03:31They've got horrible sexual tendencies
03:34And they're very, very dangerous
03:36You don't know what their next step could be
03:41As Rachel's team continue their search for evidence
03:45The case is immediately assigned to a specialist unit
03:48Charged with solving the most serious crimes against children
03:55This is a briefing in relation to Op Tetra Green
03:58A serious sexual assault that's taken place on an 11-year-old child
04:02While she's at her father's address
04:06Just to put some context around that
04:07So our victim resides with her mum during the week
04:10But lives with her dad at the weekends
04:14So we're told that she went to bed around half past 10 on the evening
04:19And dad has stated that she woke him up during the night
04:23Stating that she'd had a nightmare
04:27Later on then she returned to her mum's address
04:30And it was at her mum's address that then she disclosed to her mum
04:33And her grandmother I believe
04:34Is what has happened to her
04:36She said that there was a man who broke into our house
04:39He woke me up and tried to make me do things
04:42He was trying to make me touch areas of him
04:45And trying to touch areas of me
04:47He was putting his fingers inside me
04:52So it's in fairly early stages
04:53But obviously we've got a serious sexual assault
04:56Of a very young child in her home
05:00Lots of things are going through my mind
05:01And I've got the worry
05:03Is this a targeted sexual attack?
05:05Have we got a stranger who's got into the house
05:07And sexually assaulted them?
05:10Really, really concerning
05:13I've got three children
05:14Two girls and a lad
05:17You've got it in the back of your mind
05:18I think you wouldn't be normal if you didn't
05:20That, you know, this could be your children
05:24We've got known witnesses at this point
05:27And no known suspects
05:29So we are having to play catch-up
05:31It's an awful offence
05:33So I think we'd all want to try and get this one
05:34As quick as we can
05:37It is a really unusual
05:38And very distressing incident
05:41The challenge that we have
05:42Is that it's happened in a private residence
05:44It happened in the middle of the night
05:46So there's no other witnesses
05:47Other than the victim
05:48This is a very dangerous offence
05:50And a very dangerous suspect
05:51That's committed this
05:55I think the million dollar question
05:56Is why that house?
05:58And why her?
06:01It was very obvious there's kids there, wasn't there?
06:03Yeah
06:03There's a football goal
06:05There's a rebounder thing
06:06So is it opportunistic that he has just been walking down there
06:10And he has seen the access?
06:12Because as soon as you come into that alleyway
06:13It's not far
06:14And is it opportunistic?
06:17We are up against the clock
06:18Certainly forensically
06:20If it's a targeted sexual attack
06:22It's chances are this could be a repeat offender
06:25Somebody who may have done it before
06:27So that forensic evidence could give me the breakthrough
06:29In this case
06:30That we need to identify him
06:47Before vital evidence is lost
06:49The child has agreed to an urgent forensic medical examination
06:53Accompanied by her family
06:55OK, so we have a female
06:5811 years old
06:59Sexual assault
07:00And she's attending within the hour
07:02The forensic medical examination of the victim
07:05Could be the only chance we've got
07:07Of getting the offender's DNA
07:09With the sexual assault
07:11The victim is actually classed as a crime scene themselves
07:14The reason being
07:16Is that there's elements of the offender
07:18That have been left behind
07:19On the victim themselves
07:25Hi lovely
07:25Will you just jump on this couch for me?
07:29Crucial samples from the child
07:30Will be collected by a specially trained nurse
07:35So I'm just going to show you this swab
07:37I'm opening up for you
07:38And you can have a look
07:39It's just like a normal cotton bud swab
07:43It must be so daunting for her
07:44To go through something like this
07:46We can't forget obviously the fact
07:47That she's an 11 year old girl
07:48But we've got specially trained staff there
07:51And they try and make the victim feel at ease
07:54As much as possible
07:56I'm just going to take some swabs
08:00OK
08:02DNA can remain on the victim for a period of time
08:05But there is a forensic window
08:07Of capturing those samples from the victim
08:09Because evidence can be lost
08:12The problem you've got is things like
08:14The victim having a wash
08:16The victim showering
08:18Sperm can only stay present for up to seven days
08:21So it's critical that this is done
08:23The sooner they're taken the better really
08:26OK, all done
08:27There you go
08:29You've done really well
08:37The swabs are sent for priority testing
08:39In the hope that they may reveal the attacker's DNA
08:53Detectives need to gather as much detail as possible from the child
08:56About what she can remember
09:01There you go
09:02So you can just take a seat over there
09:03Thank you
09:06The 11-year-old is interviewed by Stacey Reynolds
09:10Who is specially trained to speak to vulnerable children
09:13Your mum's next door
09:15And your nan's next door
09:17In the waiting room
09:19So you just want to go and see your mum and your nan
09:21Just let me know
09:21I'm guided by you
09:22OK
09:25So for an 11-year-old child
09:27It is very difficult to ask them to talk about a massive trauma
09:32Some children obviously only remember parts
09:35And don't know if it could be a dream
09:38Or if it's actually happened
09:39It's very difficult
09:42But her account is crucial
09:45She is the only person that knows what happened in that room
09:51So you're here today to tell me what's happened
09:56So when I woke up
10:00There was like a man
10:02And he was kneeling next to my bed
10:04And I felt like really panicked and scared
10:08Because I thought I was going to get kidnapped
10:15That's when he covered my mouth
10:17And he kept saying
10:20Don't say a word
10:22And he kept touching me in places
10:24And then he started licking me
10:28And then he got on my bed
10:30And then he
10:32He made me
10:35Touch his private area as well
10:39OK
10:40So can you remember which part of your body you touched first?
10:44My belly button
10:47I was really like frightened
10:49Because I didn't know like if I should tell somebody
10:55But this was before he threatened me
11:00I know that you said something about a knife
11:04He showed me the knife
11:05And it looked like it folded
11:08Like one of those knives that you like cut carpets with
11:11He said you better not tell anybody or else
11:15I will kill your parents and everyone that lives in this household
11:22This is horrific
11:24A stranger has entered her address
11:26He's sexually assaulted her
11:28In her own home when she should be safe sleeping
11:30This is your worst nightmare
11:32This is any parent's worst nightmare
11:34So can you describe this person in as much detail as possible?
11:39He was in black clothing
11:42He was a little bit like fat
11:44Like a little bit of a tummy
11:46And then he's like bald
11:50OK
11:51Do you know what happened with the knife after he threatened you?
11:54I think he put it like back in his pocket
11:58And that's when he took my bottle
12:04Can you tell me what the bottle is and how he's calculating it?
12:09So it's like a reusable bottle
12:12He said I'm going to need to take this
12:14He like opened his coat
12:16And then he like grabbed the bottle and put it inside
12:20Then he stood by my door
12:21And he was saying sorry a couple of times
12:23And then he left in the direction of the back door
12:26OK
12:28I'm like I was still really panicked and scared
12:30Because the man knows where I live
12:32And if he founds that I've told anybody
12:34He knows where to go and where to kill people
12:39But I know I needed to tell somebody
12:40Because it was like really serious
12:43So that's why I waited till I got to my mum's house
12:46OK
12:49She was amazingly brave
12:51I'm always mindful that trauma can affect memories
12:54And different ways
12:55But considering she's 11
12:57The detail that she went into was amazing
13:00So I believe the child
13:02But we do need corroborating evidence
13:04To show that it has actually happened
13:07How are you feeling now?
13:09Obviously a lot's happened
13:10I feel like a bit relieved
13:13Because it's like over now
13:15And I'm glad that I told somebody
13:17OK
13:18That's fine
13:19Thank you so much
13:29Armed with the victim's clear description of her attacker
13:33Detectives start a sweep for CCTV near her home
13:36Hoping to find a camera that captured him
13:41There's somebody out there that's dangerous
13:43Somebody who's doing the unthinkable thing to someone else
13:46So we really need to find them
13:48As a matter of urgency
13:52There's been an incident that took place in the early hours
13:55And I was just wondering firstly
13:57If your ring doorbell works
13:58We don't have a clue who this person is
14:01It can feel like a needle in a haystack
14:05We're trying to track him going to the offence location
14:08Yeah
14:10There's no cameras here
14:11Is there?
14:12Not really anything
14:14No
14:15What's that?
14:18Well this is a really good alleyway
14:19Because it's really long
14:20Yeah
14:21And there's no cameras that cover it
14:23So if he was trying to avoid CCTV
14:25Yeah
14:25This is a very good route to have taken
14:27Yeah
14:29I don't suppose you know if CCTV works at all
14:33There are no CCTV that capture that particular house
14:37So we're looking at the surrounding areas
14:39But ultimately we're trying to identify this person
14:42We want to get justice for the victim
14:48As detectives hunt for CCTV
14:53The forensic team searches for the items described by the child
14:58The knife she was threatened with
15:02And the water bottle the attacker took from her room
15:07The victim's account could be really crucial for us
15:10Now we can target those items
15:12That potentially have traces of the DNA from the offender on there
15:17Hi O'Neill
15:18It's Rachel Hughes from the crime scene coordinators
15:21Hello O'Neill
15:22With regards to this kind of scene
15:24We're very lucky actually
15:24That it's predominantly enclosed inside a house
15:27Therefore we haven't sort of lost much forensically
15:30OK
15:30We've got like a pair of French doors
15:33And there's also a kitchen door
15:35We've taken DNA swabs from the inside and outside surfaces of both those doors
15:42And we've also done the same on the victim's bedroom door
15:45The outside surface of that and the inside surface of that has been swabbed as well
15:50The problem you've got is
15:52When you have a family household that is actually the crime scene
15:55There can be a lot of footfall through there
15:57There can be a lot of traces of DNA
15:58That are actually innocent persons that we need to rule out
16:02Which makes it even more difficult
16:05There is a forensic window
16:06Obviously that we do stand a chance of losing evidence
16:08But thankfully this is still a very forensically rich scene
16:12So as soon as those samples are taken
16:14We'll submit those to the lab as a matter of urgency
16:17OK
16:18We've got to try and find a forensic link between the offender and the victim
16:23What they've done to that victim is so repulsive
16:25And so scary and dangerous
16:27That we've got to do everything we can to get him in as soon as possible
16:47So members of the public have uploaded up to 300 items
16:52The search for an image of the attacker remains vital
16:57Stuart has now collected over 200 hours of footage
17:01That he needs to scrutinise for any trace of the man
17:06Again, it was early hours
17:07The victim has described a white male with a bald head
17:13I'm looking at multiple cameras
17:14Different angles
17:16Did they use a car?
17:17Did they go via foot?
17:19Were they with somebody else?
17:21These are the sort of things that we need to look at
17:24When it is at night
17:25The images are not always as clear as what we'd hope
17:28When you look at it, it's bad CCTV
17:31It's blurry, it's grainy
17:33It can be very tricky because it doesn't actually show too much
17:39We're trying to identify a route that someone has taken
17:44Stuart focuses on finding anyone out in the early hours of the morning
17:48Who matches the description given by the 11-year-old child
17:55It's a black and white image, but that is a person of interest
18:00Bald in hair, white male
18:05Ian
18:05Oh, he's walking down there, which leads to the main road
18:11OK, there aren't many other opportunities there
18:18Narrowing his search, Stuart spots a man walk into range of a camera
18:23Closer to the victim's home
18:25So this is one of the petrol garages, not too far away
18:303.22 in the morning
18:32And there's a figure here
18:34And he's crossed the road
18:36Nobody else is walking the streets at this time
18:39At that location
18:41Just here
18:43Bald head
18:44Small in height
18:50I've got a different angle
18:51This one's from behind, he's in colour
18:55White male, bald head, that's it
18:59Nick
18:59I think I've found a person
19:07See him there, crossing the road
19:10That's the petrol garage
19:12It is, yeah
19:12So he's walking in the direction of a train station
19:17Ah, yeah, right, so these are the train steps
19:19Yeah
19:203.24am, that's the same person
19:24It is an unusual time for somebody to be walking the streets in those early hours
19:29We need to show the route
19:32To understand his movements before, during and after
19:39He's a person of great interest
19:41However, it's not an offence to be walking around late at night
19:44It doesn't show the act being carried out
19:47It's showing circumstantial evidence
19:50It's not the best picture
19:51It's quite difficult to make out the colour of the clothings
19:55It's black and white
19:56It's not clear enough
19:57It's from quite some distance
19:59And that's really frustrating
20:00Because we really want to get a good clear image of their face
20:04This person disappears moments after that
20:08We need to identify other footage very quickly
20:15While the quest for a clearer image continues
20:18Detectives are still hopeful the forensic evidence
20:22Gathered from the child's house
20:23Will reveal the identity of the attacker
20:27So, from the actual scene itself
20:29This is going into a victim's bedroom
20:32We don't think that he's actually come any further than the bedroom itself
20:36And nothing to imply that he's gone in there for a burglary
20:39Because nothing's been taken
20:40We haven't confirmed that yet
20:43We can't rule it out
20:44We can't rule it out, no
20:45Right, OK
20:46So, let me just show you
20:50OK, so we've got some items of clothing
20:52We think these are the silky pyjama bottoms
20:55That were put on by the victim post-incident
20:58Those silky pyjama bottoms
21:00Or any clothing that she was wearing
21:02During or post-incident
21:03Basically a priority as well
21:07We spoke to Dad
21:08Because obviously Dad's given us a statement
21:09So maybe halfway to 4am
21:11Is when we think the offenders come in
21:13And committed the offences
21:14There was mention on there as well
21:16That he produced a knife
21:18During the examination at the property
21:20We haven't found that knife
21:21But there's a water bottle
21:23A drinks water bottle
21:25It's been found in the rear garden
21:28So we've got the potential of fingerprints on that as well
21:30So we can get it into the fingerprint development lab
21:32Yep, sounds good
21:33Are we going to be limited with the drinks bottle
21:35Because it's been outside
21:36And obviously the weather's been awful
21:37It doesn't help
21:39But we always stand a chance
21:40Of still recovering fingerprint evidence from that
21:42Forensics is definitely the most crucial line of inquiry
21:46Yeah
21:46For us as an investigation team
21:48Definitely at this stage
21:49We are concerned
21:51Because of the nature of the offence
21:53You know, he's still out there
21:54We don't know who he is
21:57There's a lot of pressure on us at the moment
21:59Get the name of the offender
22:00Get as much evidence as we can
22:02To find out who this individual is
22:06Based on what the victim has told us
22:08We now know that the offender
22:10Has handled this water bottle
22:12So for us
22:13It's priority at the moment
22:14To get that examined
22:28The child's water bottle
22:30Which was found discarded in the garden
22:32Is fast-tracked to the fingerprint lab for screening
22:41What I'm doing initially
22:42Is light-sourcing the bottle
22:45And what I'm looking for
22:46Is latent finger marks
22:51A juice bottle
22:52A water bottle
22:53There's a lot of traffic
22:56So you would imagine
22:57That you'd get some sort of
22:59Finger marks on there
23:01Whether it be victim
23:02Or the suspect
23:05So this is the UV light
23:08It will fluoresce any finger marks
23:10That may be present
23:16The water bottles that you get
23:18The refillable ones
23:19That are plastic surfaces
23:20Although they generally look smooth
23:22The actual surfaces themselves
23:24Are kind of like a textured plastic
23:26So don't always yield
23:28The best fingerprint evidence for us
23:32Unfortunately
23:33It doesn't look like
23:35It's enhanced any further
23:37Finger marks
23:39Unable to visualise
23:40Any marks on the bottle
23:42Examiner Beverly Worrell
23:44Turns to a superglue chamber
23:45In an attempt to enhance it
23:49So the exhibit
23:50Will go in here
23:52And what the superglue
23:54Adheres to
23:55Is the amino acids
23:56In your fingerprints
23:57So any sweat components
24:01So the glue
24:02Will stick to those
24:03And then we'll be able
24:04To visualise those
24:05Under the white light
24:23So you can see
24:24You've got run marks
24:26Down the bottle
24:27That's where the superglue
24:29Is adhered to
24:30What may have been juice
24:32On the outside of the bottle
24:36It is disappointing
24:37When you don't enhance
24:39Any finger marks
24:46We're a bit of a crossroads really
24:49The water bottle
24:50Hasn't yielded anything
24:52So at the moment
24:53It's worrying
24:54That our offender
24:55Remains unknown
24:56So CCTV
24:58Could be key
25:05CCTV is like
25:07A puzzle
25:07You need to be persistent
25:11Sometimes I can drive past
25:12This particular area
25:13Where I've carried out
25:14CCTV
25:15And remember something
25:17That's happened
25:17You don't ever forget
25:20It can be difficult
25:22Knowing what someone's done
25:24Or even what they're about to do
25:29So I've come in this morning
25:30And there has been
25:31A development
25:37OK, I think I've got him
25:40Stuart has received CCTV
25:42From a different camera
25:43That reveals a new sighting
25:47And that there
25:48Is going to be our man
25:50And he's walking
25:51In the direction
25:53Of the offence location
25:56Zeroing in on the suspect
25:58He makes a significant discovery
26:01Strange
26:02He seems to come from
26:03A wooded area
26:04So what he's done there
26:05I don't know
26:09I don't know why
26:10He would go in those woods
26:11He's said to have a knife
26:13So we need to get some officers
26:14To have a look in that wooded area
26:21He could have dumped something
26:23He may have changed his clothing
26:25Is he waiting to pounce
26:26On someone right now?
26:28Is that what I'm looking at?
26:30Why is he going in this wooded area?
26:32That's what we need to find out
26:36Officers are sent
26:37To search the woods
26:38For any items
26:39That may have been
26:40Discarded by the suspect
26:41Before or after the attack
26:45The CCTV footage
26:47Of the suspect
26:48Coming out
26:49Has been taken
26:49From the camera
26:50Over there
26:50Which shows him
26:51Entering this woodland
26:53At 3.30am
26:56He's in here
26:57And then he's popped
26:58Back out
26:58At the same entrance
26:59At 3.38
27:00So he may be
27:02Coming in here
27:02Actually
27:03To leave things
27:04In here
27:08We haven't been able
27:09To recover the knife
27:10So my hypothesis
27:12For there
27:12Is that he's been taken
27:13With the offender
27:14When he's left
27:15Whether he's discarded
27:16Then I don't know
27:17I don't know
27:18What's that purple thing
27:20I'm not looking
27:21At a full forensic
27:22Examination
27:23Of the scene
27:24But I want to know
27:25What's there
27:27Just a bag
27:29Thank you
27:31Doesn't look like
27:32Anything obvious
27:33Like a bag or anything
27:34Does it?
27:36There is no trace
27:37Of a knife
27:37Or any further clues
27:39As to what the man
27:40Was doing there
27:56What I have
27:57Is
27:57Pajama shorts
28:00They are
28:01Child size
28:0311 to 12 years
28:06While detectives
28:08Are no closer
28:09To identifying
28:09The offender
28:10Clothing from the child
28:12Is tested
28:13For any bodily fluids
28:14Or cells
28:15Which may reveal
28:16His DNA
28:19We've got to
28:20Consider the possibility
28:21Of any sort of
28:22Touch DNA
28:23Any cellular DNA
28:24That's been transferred
28:25From him to her
28:26But DNA
28:27Is very sensitive
28:29It will degrade
28:29Over a period of time
28:31There are concerns
28:32That we could
28:33Lose forensic evidence
28:34So nothing's a guarantee
28:38There may be a chance
28:39Of finding the offender's saliva
28:41After the child reported
28:43Being licked
28:44During the assault
28:45For saliva
28:46What we're going to do
28:47Is we're going to
28:48Wet our amylase paper
28:50Infused with starch
28:53Now I'm going to
28:54Place it on the item
28:55And pat it
28:56So any saliva
28:58That is on the item
28:59Will be transferred
29:01On to the paper
29:03Saliva can actually
29:04Stay on clothing
29:05A lot longer
29:06Than actually being
29:07Present on skinfall
29:08And a lot of it's to do
29:09With the texture
29:10Of material and fabric
29:11So we're holding out hope
29:13That we can still find
29:13The offender's DNA there
29:14This is iodine working solution
29:18This reacts with the starch
29:19In the paper
29:23Okay so
29:24What we have here
29:26Is amylase positive areas
29:29Which you can see
29:31Here
29:35The area that has reacted positively
29:37Is then cut out
29:39And matched back
29:40To the pyjamas
29:41Okay
29:42I'm going to place this
29:44On the item
29:45Wall through the holes
29:47This shows
29:48That we have had
29:50A positive reaction
29:51For saliva
29:52In the crotch area
29:54Of the victim's pyjama bottoms
29:57The sample will now be sent
29:59To a specialist lab
30:00To try and extract DNA
30:02That can be checked
30:03Against known offenders
30:04On the police database
30:15Got all the CCTV footage
30:18From yesterday
30:20Stuart has been piecing together
30:22Further doorbell footage
30:24In a bid to track
30:25The suspicious man
30:26After the attack took place
30:31He's just walking past
30:37Okay so this is
30:384.41 in the morning
30:42And that there
30:44Is our suspect
30:46Still looking exactly the same
30:49New images
30:51Showing the suspect
30:52Coming from the direction
30:53Of the victim's house
30:55Could provide the missing link
30:57That's a cul-de-sac
30:59He's going to appear
31:00There he is
31:00And there's not many houses
31:02Up there so
31:03We now need to
31:04Try and work out
31:05Where that person lives
31:07And then all of a sudden
31:08All these
31:08Gipsaw pieces
31:09Come together
31:11Momentarily
31:12Split second
31:15And this I think
31:16Is the breakthrough
31:16That we need
31:17Because this street's
31:18A cul-de-sac
31:18So there's a chance
31:19Oh this person
31:20Lives in that street
31:23That there
31:25Is our suspect
31:26That was 3.23
31:28So that's definitely
31:29The same person
31:31Stuart checks
31:32Earlier footage
31:33And discovers the man
31:34Leaving a house
31:35Just half an hour
31:37Before the attack
31:44Officers immediately
31:45Head to the house
32:01They find a man
32:02Who resembles the person
32:04Seen on CCTV
32:06What was your name pal
32:08Stephen Jeffery
32:09Stephen
32:09You're under arrest
32:10On suspicion of sexual assault
32:13I'll caution you
32:14That you don't need
32:14To say anything
32:15But it may harm your offence
32:16If you do not mention
32:17One question
32:18To someone you may
32:19Later rely on in court
32:20I should have thought
32:20When I tried
32:21That it should have worked
32:22And if it had
32:26Alright
32:26Just do remind you
32:27You're under caution
32:27Stephen
32:28Alright
32:28I haven't got a mind
32:29Anymore
32:30And it's just
32:31Okay
32:34Hi
32:35That's one in custody
32:42Alright
32:43Out you pop pop
32:45Four days
32:46Since the sexual assault
32:47The 33 year old suspect
32:49Is brought into custody
32:57So I am authorising
32:58Your detention
32:59As being necessary
32:59To secure and preserve
33:00Evidence
33:01And to obtain evidence
33:02By question
33:04Yeah
33:06Do you just need
33:06To stay up here
33:07Then Stephen
33:09Do you need to sit down
33:19When we have a suspect
33:20That's brought into custody
33:21Forensically
33:22There's quite a few things
33:23That we can try
33:24And gain from that really
33:25For example
33:25The clothing
33:26That the actual offender
33:27Is wearing
33:28And also
33:28It's really important
33:29For intimate samples
33:30To be taken
33:31From the person
33:32In custody
33:35So I just need you
33:37To hold your penis
33:37Out as far as you can
33:39For me
33:39And I'm going to swab it
33:41There is possibly
33:42A chance
33:43That we could get
33:43Some sort of DNA
33:44Evidence from her
33:45On him
33:46Based on her account
33:51Hey that's all done
33:53You can pull your trousers
33:55Back up now
33:56It may have been
33:57Several days
33:58Since the incident
33:58Happened
33:59But even if
34:00They'd washed
34:01There could just be
34:02A small fragment
34:03Of evidence there
34:06Detectives now
34:06Have 24 hours
34:08To find evidence
34:08Linking the suspect
34:10To the attack
34:16A fingertip search
34:17Of his house
34:18Gets underway
34:20I'm just going to
34:21Brief you
34:21About what we're
34:22Searching for
34:23Clothing
34:24The path
34:25And the route
34:26That we believe
34:26The offender's taken
34:27Is through like
34:28A muddy alleyway
34:30And garden
34:31So it's probably
34:32Going to be caked up
34:33In mud
34:33Digital devices
34:35Phones
34:35Tablets
34:36Would be really
34:37Helpful to the
34:38Investigation
34:45We're almost
34:46Playing catch up
34:47And the suspect
34:48Has got
34:4924 hours plus
34:51On us
34:51And has had
34:52Opportunity
34:52To think about
34:53What they're going
34:54To do after
34:54They've committed
34:55The offence
34:55You know
34:56Are they going
34:56To be destroying
34:57Evidence
34:57Are they going
34:58To be hiding
34:58Things
35:01We have a pair
35:01Of black trainers
35:03With mud on
35:04Has any clothing
35:05Been seized
35:06Doesn't matter
35:07Okay
35:07So there's no
35:08Clothing that matched
35:09Any description
35:10I don't think
35:10We're after
35:11So
35:11It's a pity
35:12When we look
35:13At his circumstances
35:15He lives
35:15With his parents
35:16In a normal
35:17Family home
35:17Looking at him
35:19He could present
35:19As just being
35:20A normal member
35:22Of the public
35:23In the kitchen
35:24Officers also retrieve
35:26A small foldable knife
35:29Matches the description
35:30Of our victim
35:31Yeah
35:31We'll seize that
35:32And then that'll
35:33Probably be put
35:33To the suspect
35:34In interview
35:35So it's a great find
35:36Awesome
35:48I'll start by
35:49Thanking everyone
35:50For the hard work
35:51Today
35:51Our suspect is
35:52In custody now
35:53Will you just give us
35:55A little brief
35:55Of where we are
35:56With our victim
35:57Yeah
35:58So
35:59Victim
36:00And family
36:01Were updated
36:01Yesterday
36:02In relation to
36:03The arrest
36:04Of the suspect
36:05Obviously mum
36:06Was understandably
36:07Emotional
36:08Mum has stated
36:09That her daughter
36:11Isn't sleeping
36:12Mum has to sleep
36:13In the room
36:13With her
36:14Because she's
36:15Just petrified
36:15But hopefully
36:16With the suspect
36:18In custody
36:19It can offer
36:19Some sort of
36:20Comfort
36:22So
36:23Let's see
36:23What he's got to say
36:24If he's going to say
36:25Anything
36:25Yep
36:25Yep
36:34It's all counting
36:35On this interview
36:36Really
36:36To try and
36:37Get the suspect
36:38To prove
36:39Or disprove
36:40Their involvement
36:40In an offence
36:44We need to try
36:45And place him
36:46In that bedroom
36:49So he was arrested
36:50For sexual assault
36:52Of a child
36:52Under 13 years
36:54So firstly
36:55Are you guilty
36:56Of that offence
36:57So I've provided
36:58My client
36:58To answer
36:59No comment
36:59To all questions
37:00During the interview
37:01Stephen
37:02Obviously you've had
37:03Your advice
37:04Off your solicitor
37:05It is advice
37:06So it is
37:07Completely your choice
37:08So if you do
37:09Choose that
37:10You want to
37:10Answer the questions
37:11That is your choice
37:12Okay
37:13So I just need
37:14To ask you
37:15Just about
37:15Some significant
37:16Comments that were
37:17Made
37:17After you was
37:18Arrested
37:19So at 16.54
37:21Hours
37:21So after you
37:22Was cautioned
37:23And you said
37:23I should have died
37:25When I tried
37:26It should have worked
37:28I haven't got a mind
37:30Anymore
37:30Can you tell me
37:31About that please
37:33My advice
37:34Is no comment
37:39Well no comment
37:40To most
37:42It's just
37:46It's got nothing
37:47To do with any
37:48Allegations
37:49This is just
37:49In me
37:50I should have died
37:55My advice
37:56Is no comment
37:56To all questions
37:59That's my advice
38:10The victim
38:11Is 11 years old
38:12She has described
38:13In detail
38:14To Meg
38:14What's happened
38:15To her
38:17She states
38:18That she's woke
38:19Up to a man
38:20Kneeling
38:21Next to her
38:23She said
38:24That then you've
38:24Put your hand
38:25Over her mouth
38:26Tell me about that
38:31She's saying
38:31That she was
38:32Shown a knife
38:33And she describes
38:34It as
38:34It was like
38:35A pocket knife
38:36And she was told
38:37That she wasn't
38:38Allowed to tell
38:39Anybody
38:39Well this man
38:40Has said
38:41That he will
38:41Kill everyone
38:42In that house
38:43Tell me
38:44Tell me
38:44About that
38:49Is that fair
38:51That an 11 year old
38:52Child should be
38:52Scared in their
38:53Own home
38:55How does that
38:56Make you feel
38:59The suspect
39:00Is very agitated
39:04He's fidgeting
39:05A lot
39:06He
39:07Just looks like
39:09That he is
39:09Hiding something
39:12Did you use
39:12That knife
39:13To threaten her
39:16Was it a pocket knife
39:19Can you tell me
39:20The colour
39:20Of the pocket knife
39:22Was it blue
39:24Do you own
39:25A blue pocket knife
39:31Where did you
39:31Get the knife
39:32From Stephen
39:38Stephen
39:38Stephen
39:39Stephen
39:41You're going to
39:42Hurt your head
39:42Stephen
39:43No comment
39:44Please
39:44Okay
39:45Okay
39:45Stephen
39:46Would you like
39:47A break
39:49Stephen
39:49Stephen
39:50Stephen
39:51You're going to
39:51Have to start
39:52He wants the interview
39:58To end
39:58And he wants me
39:59To stop asking
40:00Him the questions
40:00So it can just
40:01Go away
40:03I do believe
40:04That it's incriminating
40:05So I will try
40:06And probe
40:07As much as possible
40:08To get the truth
40:12No comment
40:14He's probably done
40:15What we said
40:16He would do
40:16Admitted it all
40:17To his solicitor
40:19And then his solicitor
40:20Told him to go
40:20No comment
40:21Because all he's
40:22Going to do
40:22Is incriminate himself
40:23Further
40:23Isn't he
40:39With the suspect
40:40Refusing to talk
40:41And the custody
40:43Clock ticking
40:43The focus moves
40:45To searching his phone
40:46For anything
40:46That connects him
40:47To the crime
40:51We've got specialist
40:53Software that we
40:53Can use
40:54And we'll take
40:55The media
40:55From our extraction
40:56And place it
40:57Into it
40:58We can quickly
40:58Run through
40:59And see what's
41:00On the handset
41:02Digital investigator
41:03Jack McCowey
41:04Manages a full
41:05Download of data
41:06From the device
41:09I'm just going
41:09Through some
41:10Of the web
41:10History here
41:12And there is
41:1333,000 searches
41:15On here
41:17You get such
41:18An insight
41:19Into someone's
41:19Life
41:19Looking at
41:20Their mobile
41:21You don't
41:22Just see
41:23The crime
41:23That's happened
41:24In front of you
41:24You see the person
41:25You see their
41:26Personality develop
41:27And what they've
41:28Been searching for
41:28You can see
41:29Those silly questions
41:30That we all ask
41:31Or do some shopping
41:32Online
41:33Or whatever
41:35So I can see
41:36He's got
41:37Snapchat installed
41:39Instagram installed
41:39All of these apps
41:40You can communicate
41:41Across
41:42Was this a targeted
41:43Sort of crime
41:44Or was this
41:45Just by chance
41:47I want to have
41:48A look to see
41:48If there's any
41:49Link to that victim
41:51Does he have
41:52An interest in children
41:53Can I prove that
41:59So just going
42:01Through the media
42:01On the device
42:02There's images
42:03That are children
42:05At the beach
42:07No one would
42:08Look at this
42:08And go
42:09This is a
42:10Normal amount
42:11To have
42:11It's children
42:13That he doesn't
42:13Know
42:14It gives you
42:15A mindset
42:15Of that person
42:16Behind the scenes
42:17And that's
42:18Exactly what
42:18Your digital devices
42:19Do
42:20He's got them
42:21In such
42:21Quantity
42:28We found
42:29Screen recordings
42:30Which look to be
42:31Of webcam sessions
42:33For adult content
42:35Where the users
42:37Can chat
42:37To the model
42:39And there's a chat
42:40Here which is saying
42:41Hi it's Steve
42:43Can you please show me
42:44Your belly button
42:45Can you please show me
42:46Your belly button
42:46Up close
42:47Can you press your belly button
42:49And scream belly button
42:53We've got belly button searches
42:55Which then also relate to pornographic websites
42:58On the next search
43:00He's searching for children's belly buttons
43:02Pornography which includes belly buttons
43:04So he's been looking for these images
43:06Searching for these terms
43:08It's quite disturbing
43:10Searches for people
43:11Who are sleeping
43:12Passed out
43:13Defenseless
43:14Sort of
43:15Those vulnerable people
43:18The internet is generally just the wild west
43:20So people will try and hide their search history
43:22Part of forensics is going through
43:24The sort of
43:25The additional data
43:26The stuff that sits behind it all
43:28It's all logged
43:29It's all tracked in the back end
43:30And that's what we view
43:32We're not viewing it as the user sees it
43:35So I've just come across my first illegal image
43:38This is child sexual abuse material
43:40Or CSAM
43:41So we split the illegal material into different categories
43:44Currently found
43:45One cat B
43:46Which is sexual activity with a child
43:49And five cat C's
43:51Which is sexual posing as a child
43:55Age in between the ages of four to ten
43:59It's horrific
44:02But unfortunately
44:03In terms of this case
44:04There's nothing here that relates directly to the crime
44:07There's no evidence that he was there
44:09Or anything along those lines
44:11However
44:11There's illegal files
44:13There's searches that are starting to look indicative to the crime
44:16And we're painting this picture of his mindset
44:23Although there is now enough to charge the suspect
44:26With possession of illegal images
44:28If you just go in that room here to the left
44:32There is still no forensic proof that he committed the sexual assault
44:38Your mobile phone
44:39I believe that you had this when you was arrested
44:43Is this your mobile phone?
44:45Yes
44:46Okay
44:47So on this mobile phone
44:50There's been extensive sexualised search history around belly buttons
44:57Tell me about that
45:01Do you have a sexual infraction to people's belly buttons?
45:10There's also searches for sleep attack
45:14Pornography
45:15Yes
45:16And also there was searches for rape
45:20And is that something that you get sexual gratification from?
45:26Yes
45:28So we've got a map here
45:31We believe that you have entered and gained access to the back of these properties
45:36Can you tell me if that is the route you've took?
45:41Do you know that area well?
45:46We don't want this offender to be walking out from custody
45:49The whole job is riding on the forensic evidence
45:52To prove that he has actually entered that address
45:55And he is the person that's actually committed that crime
46:05In a specialist forensic lab
46:08The complex process of trying to extract DNA from saliva found
46:13On the child's pyjama shorts
46:15Is underway
46:20But this can take up to 48 hours to complete
46:32With no guarantee they can extract a full DNA profile from the shorts
46:37Rachel meets with Neil to plan their best next steps
46:44So it's pretty disturbing what's been found on his phone to be fair
46:49Many, many searches around paralysed or sleeping women
46:53So all pretty, pretty disturbing
46:55Pretty disturbing, pretty horrific
46:57So, you know, definitely we've got a sexual interest in children
47:02And belly button fetishes
47:03Obviously the swabs that were taken from our victim's stomach
47:06If he has sort of licked around or put his mouth on a stomach area
47:10That's obviously a priority submission
47:12So allowing for DNA profile, are you?
47:15Yeah, yeah, so hopefully we'll get a result as soon as possible
47:17We've established that the offender has a fetish about belly buttons
47:23Because of the sexual nature of the incident
47:25We're looking for any traces of either his saliva or his semen
47:30That could be present on the victim herself, on her stomach area
47:37We're holding out so much hope now
47:39That this is going to be the area that's going to give us the breakthrough
47:46I have got swabs to examine today
47:54Forensic samples taken from the victim's stomach area
47:57Are now prioritised for testing
48:01I'm going to be teasing the fibres apart of the swab heads
48:06To loosen up any of the cellular material that is in these swabs
48:10So next we're going to add the solution
48:19And then we're going to put this into the centrifuge
48:22And we're going to spin it down so that we get a pellet
48:27The centrifuge separates heavier particles
48:31Such as semen
48:32To make it easier to detect
48:36So this will contain themselves
48:40Now what we have to do is stain the stain that we've made
48:44We're going to use this using Christmas tree staining
48:47It stains any sperm heads present in the sample
48:50A pink colour
49:09So what we can see
49:12Down the microscope
49:15Is these little pink heads here
49:19Are the semen heads
49:22It's a very good result for us
49:25But we can't automatically assume
49:27That we're going to get a DNA hit from that
49:28It depends on the amount of sperm heads that are left behind
49:31So we won't know until we actually send off the samples from that
49:34To establish whether it gives us a full DNA profile or not
49:39The sample is urgently sent for DNA analysis
49:42To see if it matches the suspect in custody
49:55I just wanted to give you a phone call
49:57I'll email you over the timeline
49:58We're just looking for an extension
49:59His time is up in four hours
50:04So it will take us to half one in the morning
50:07With the custody clock running out
50:10Detectives request a 12-hour extension
50:12To keep the suspect behind bars
50:14While they wait for the forensic results
50:17He might come out with reasonable lines of inquiry
50:19That we need to do while he's in custody
50:21We are looking at going as a red case to CPS
50:26Yes
50:27Okay, that's fine
50:28I'll do that now
50:30Alright, thanks boss
50:31Bye
50:33There is always that risk
50:34That we are going to have to release our suspects from custody
50:38That we can't gather all the evidence
50:39Within the custody time limit that we have
50:42That is frustration if we have to release him
50:45So we need a real breakthrough
50:47Forensically as soon as possible
50:56The results of the DNA extraction process
50:59On both the saliva and semen samples
51:02Have come through
51:03And are fast-tracked for analysis
51:05By senior reporter Charlotte Hargreaves
51:09In effect a DNA profile is just a string of numbers
51:12But they are known to differ between individuals
51:15So we look at 16 areas
51:18And from that sample we obtained a full DNA profile
51:21What you can see is that the major DNA profile
51:25Which is all of the very large pieces of DNA
51:28That indicates that it's from a female
51:30And we know that this profile matches that of the injured party herself
51:35What we are interested in is these smaller bits of DNA here
51:41Charlotte compares the DNA profile
51:43To find out if it matches to that of the suspect
51:48These numbers basically comprise this individual's DNA profile
51:55So this is a number 14
51:57Which obviously when I go to the semen profile
52:01That matches that same number 14
52:03We've got some smaller areas here
52:0614, 15 and then a 17 and then a 12 over here
52:09We come back to this
52:10And you can see that these 14, 15, the 17
52:15They match the person whose profile we've obtained from the semen
52:19It being a billion times more likely that the DNA originated from that person
52:24Rather than some of the unrelated to them
52:29Hello, Rachel Hughes, crime scene coordinators
52:31Can I help?
52:32Hello
52:32So just to give you another update in relation to this case
52:36OK, yeah
52:36OK, so comparing it currently to the DNA profile that we've got from the semen on the stomach swabs
52:42OK, yeah
52:43And saliva
52:45And I can see that that profile, you know, does match
52:48So does the DNA match to the person that we have in custody?
52:53Yes
52:55We've had some really good news through
52:56His DNA's been found on the victim, on her clothing
53:00How can you explain that?
53:02There's no explanation for that
53:04It absolutely confirms that he was the offender in this case
53:08So your semen has been bound on the victim's stomach
53:12How can you account for that?
53:15I can't
53:17I believe that the fact may be due to you taking part in the commission of that offence
53:24I just want the truth
53:31I don't know what you've advised, but I have to say one thing
53:37This is exactly why my mind needs to be shut down
53:41And it's not just one age, one sexual
53:52It's a massive orbit
53:56I'm sorry, but
53:59So from what you're saying to me there was that
54:01It doesn't matter what it is, you get sexual gratification
54:08My mind seems to be a labyrinth
54:11And I haven't got the scheme
54:15Now I'm sorry, but can we stop the safety?
54:17I need to talk a letter and to be sick
54:19Yeah, interview paused at 14.34
54:28The final decision on whether to charge the suspect rests with the Crown Prosecution Service
54:34Yeah
54:35We've got his semen on her stomach
54:38There's no reasonable explanation for that
54:41Yeah, that's perfect
54:43Just get him charged, yeah
54:46Lovely, bye
54:48That's a really good result, that's a fantastic result
54:51We've got a really strong case now
54:53Because we've got our offender
54:55His DNA is confirmed, it's a match
54:58There's nothing better than being able to tell your family that we've caught him
55:02We've absolutely got him nailed on for this
55:05Because we've got the forensics, etc
55:07And we've got our victim on board and everything
55:10The victim throughout this has been so unbelievably brave
55:14She's shown immense strength in actually telling somebody about what happened
55:18Given the threats that the suspect made to her family
55:22It's a really great feeling to know that he's going to get charged with this horrific offence
55:26Against this really young girl
55:31Less than a week after the 11-year-old child awoke to find an intruder in her room
55:36Her suspected attacker is taken to be charged
55:41So you're charged with following offences
55:42Knowing or recklessly trespassed on premises
55:45With the intention of committing a relevant sexual offence on those premises
55:50Your second one
55:51Intentionally penetrated the vagina of a girl under the age of 13
55:55With a part of your body, namely fingers
55:57And that penetration was sexual
55:59Your next one
56:00Intentionally touched a girl under the age of 13
56:03And the touching was sexual
56:04And namely touching and masturbating your penis
56:06Contra section 8-1 and 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
56:12So those are the charges they've come back with
56:13Can I ask for you to sign on there to say I've read those charges out to you?
56:21I'm very pleased that we've successfully secured a charge
56:25I think it's an amazing result
56:27That we get a paedophile off the streets
56:31OK, Stephen
56:32Because of the nature of the offences
56:34You're not going to be getting bail
56:35You will be staying with us overnight
56:37To be collected in the morning
56:38To be taken to court
56:39All right?
56:40Is there any questions you need to ask me?
56:42No
56:43No
56:43OK
56:45There's no way I don't feel that we could have secured
56:47This kind of positive result
56:49Against such an individual
56:50Without the forensic evidence that we've got
56:52OK, Stephen, if you want to come with me
56:54OK
56:55So for us to get him off the streets
56:57A predator like that behind bars
56:59That's the result we're after
57:17As a mother
57:18This kind of job does stay with you, unfortunately
57:21But what it does do
57:23It kind of makes you more aware
57:24That we've made a difference here
57:27Let's not forget how crucial the victim's been
57:29In all of this
57:30She's been brave
57:31She's provided all those forensic samples for us
57:33She's been so strong in all of this
57:36Your heart just goes out to the victim
57:37And her family
57:38So for him to be behind bars
57:40Is a relief for everyone
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58:13And again, I'mтор arena
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58:37While Christian's婆
58:37I'm going to be with you
58:37Gracias por ver el video.
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