1 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:16,360 {\an8}This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find disturbing and deals with Sexual Abuse from the start 2 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,920 Following the report of 3 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,400 a serious sexual assault 4 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:09,960 on an 11-year-old girl, 5 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,120 a forensic team, led by investigator Rachel Hughes, 6 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,520 is called to the house where the attack took place. 7 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,160 Sexual assaults on anyone, they're always horrific, 8 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,360 but when you do hear about these things on children, 9 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,360 it's very shocking. Their innocence is taken away from them. 10 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,480 The victim says she'd been sexually assaulted 11 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,120 while she's been asleep in bed by a stranger. 12 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,480 Someone who's not known at all to the victim. 13 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,120 These kind of cases are very rare, 14 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,120 but right now, we don't know what we're looking at at this stage. 15 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,360 Whilst the victim is spoken to by officers, 16 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,000 a forensic search of the house begins, 17 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,840 looking for any signs of an intruder. 18 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,760 The important areas within this crime scene 19 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,520 are the point of entry... 20 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,040 ..and the child's bedroom itself. 21 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,040 Any surfaces that might have had contact from the offender. 22 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,400 We're looking at the doors, door handles, looking at 23 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,120 the door frames, doing swabs for DNA 24 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,920 and fingerprinting those surfaces as well. 25 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,400 Obviously, we just want to make sure we don't miss anything. 26 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,200 You've got someone who's really predatory. 27 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,600 They've got horrible sexual tendencies 28 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,720 and they're very, very dangerous. 29 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,400 You don't know what their next step could be. 30 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,880 As Rachel's team continue their search for evidence... 31 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,920 ..the case is immediately assigned to a specialist unit, 32 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,400 charged with solving the most serious crimes against children. 33 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,840 This is a briefing in relation to Op Tetra Green, 34 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,960 a serious sexual assault that's taken place on an 11-year-old child, 35 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,960 while she's at her father's address. 36 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,800 Just to put some context around that. 37 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,680 So our victim resides with her mum during the week, 38 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,080 but lives with her dad at the weekend. 39 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,920 So we're told that she went to bed around 10:30pm on the evening. 40 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:23,800 And dad has stated that she woke him up during the night, 41 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,720 stating that she'd had a nightmare. 42 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,200 Later on, she returned to her mum's address, 43 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,000 and it was at her mum's address that then she disclosed to her mum 44 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,200 and her grandmother, I believe, what has happened to her. 45 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,360 She said, "There was a man who broke into our house. 46 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,800 "He woke me up and tried to make me do things. 47 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,040 "He was trying to make me touch areas of him 48 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,040 "and trying to touch areas of me. 49 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,800 "He was putting his fingers inside me." 50 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,200 So it's very early stages, 51 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,440 but obviously, we've got a serious sexual assault 52 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,240 of a very young child in her home. 53 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:03,560 Lots of things are going through my mind. I've got the worry, 54 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,520 is this a targeted sexual attack? 55 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,240 Have we got a stranger who's got into the house 56 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,320 and sexually assaulted her? 57 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,800 Really, really concerning. 58 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:17,000 I've got three children. Two girls and a lad. 59 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,480 You've got it in the back of your mind - I think you wouldn't 60 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,760 be normal if you didn't - that, you know, this could be your children. 61 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,480 We've got no witnesses at this point and no known suspects. 62 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,680 So, we are having to play catch-up. 63 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,200 It's an awful offence, 64 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,880 so I think we'd all want to try and get this one as quick as we can. 65 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,960 It is a really unusual and very distressing incident. 66 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,400 The challenge that we have 67 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,320 is that it's happened in a private residence, 68 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,240 it happened in the middle of the night, so there's no other witnesses 69 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,360 other than the victim. This is a very dangerous offence 70 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,880 and a very dangerous suspect that's committed this. 71 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:59,680 I think the million-dollar question is, why that house and why her? 72 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,240 - It was very obvious there's kids there, wasn't it? - Yeah, definitely. 73 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:05,560 There's a football goal. 74 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,840 - There's a rebounder thing. So... - Is it opportunistic, that 75 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:12,000 he has just been walking down there and has seen the access? 76 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,640 Because as soon as you come into that alleyway, 77 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,120 it's not far, and is it opportunistic? 78 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,640 We are up against the clock. Certainly, forensically. 79 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,280 If it's a targeted sexual attack, chances are this could be 80 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:27,080 a repeat offender, somebody who may have done it before. 81 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,480 So that forensic evidence could give me the breakthrough in this case 82 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,520 that we need to identify him. 83 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,320 Before vital evidence is lost, 84 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,320 the child has agreed to an urgent forensic medical examination, 85 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,240 accompanied by her family. 86 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,600 OK, so we have a female, 11 years old, 87 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,960 sexual assault, and she's attending within the hour. 88 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,960 The forensic medical examination of the victim 89 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,280 could be the only chance we've got of getting the offender's DNA. 90 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:11,480 With a sexual assault, 91 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,280 the victim is actually classed as a crime scene themselves. 92 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,600 The reason being is that there's elements of the offender 93 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,240 that have been left behind on the victim themselves. 94 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:26,360 Hi, lovely. Will you just 95 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,560 jump on this couch for me? 96 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,840 Crucial samples from the child 97 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,520 will be collected by a specially-trained nurse. 98 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,560 So I'm just going to show you this swab. 99 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,000 I'm opening it up for you and you can have a look. 100 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,600 It's just like a normal cotton bud swab. 101 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,040 It must be so daunting for her to go through something like this. 102 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,080 We can't forget, obviously, the fact that she's an 11-year-old girl. 103 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,920 But we've got specially-trained staff there 104 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,920 and they try and make the victim feel at ease as much as possible. 105 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,400 I'm just going to take some swabs. 106 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,120 OK? 107 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,880 DNA can remain on the victim for a period of time, 108 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,360 but there is a forensic window 109 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,680 of capturing those samples from the victim 110 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,000 because evidence can be lost. 111 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,120 The problem you've got is things like the victim having a wash, 112 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,800 the victim showering. 113 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,840 Sperm can only stay present for up to seven days, 114 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,800 so it's critical that this is done. 115 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,000 The sooner they're taken, the better, really. 116 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,680 OK. All done. There you go. 117 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,120 You've done really well. 118 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,160 The swabs are sent for priority testing, 119 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,680 in the hope that they may reveal the attacker's DNA. 120 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,840 Detectives need to gather as much detail as possible from the child 121 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,880 about what she can remember. 122 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,080 The 11-year-old is interviewed by Stacey Reynolds, 123 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,520 who is specially trained to speak to vulnerable children. 124 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,880 So for an 11-year-old child, 125 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,680 it is very difficult to ask them to talk about a massive trauma. 126 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,080 {\an8}Some children obviously only remember part 127 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,280 {\an8}and don't know if it could be a dream 128 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,360 {\an8}or if it's actually happened. It's very difficult. 129 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,720 But her account is crucial. 130 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,040 She's the only person that knows what happened in that room. 131 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,240 This is horrific. 132 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,320 A stranger has entered her address. 133 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,000 He's sexually assaulted her 134 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,040 in her own home, when she should be safe, sleeping. 135 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,520 This is your worst nightmare. 136 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,400 This is any parent's worst nightmare. 137 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,600 She was amazingly brave. 138 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,880 I'm always mindful that trauma can affect memories in different ways, 139 00:12:55,880 --> 00:13:01,160 but considering she's 11, the detail that she went into was amazing. 140 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:05,080 So I believe the child, but we do need corroborating evidence 141 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,360 to show that it has actually happened. 142 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,440 Armed with the victim's clear description of her attacker, 143 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,840 detectives start a sweep for CCTV near her home, 144 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,040 hoping to find a camera that captured him. 145 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,920 There's somebody out there that's dangerous. 146 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,280 {\an8}Somebody who's doing the unthinkable thing to someone else. 147 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,600 {\an8}So we really need to find them, as a matter of urgency. 148 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,760 There's been an incident that took place in the early hours 149 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,240 and I was just wondering, firstly, if your Ring doorbell works? 150 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,080 We don't have a clue who this person is. 151 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,640 It can feel like a needle in a haystack. 152 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,080 - We're trying to track him going to the offence location. - Yeah. 153 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,720 There's no cameras here, is there? 154 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,640 - There's not really anything. - No. 155 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,040 - What's this? - What's that? 156 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,960 Oh, this is a really good alleyway because it's really long. 157 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,240 - Yeah. - And there's no cameras that cover it, 158 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,800 - so if he was trying to avoid CCTV... - Yeah. 159 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,240 - ..this is a very good route to have taken. - Yeah. 160 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:30,760 I don't suppose you know if 161 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,160 her CCTV works at all? 162 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:37,480 There are no CCTV that capture that particular house, 163 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,360 so we're looking at the surrounding areas. 164 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,080 But ultimately, we're trying to identify this person, 165 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,480 and we want to get justice for the victim. 166 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,680 As detectives hunt for CCTV... 167 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,640 ..the forensic team searches for the items described by the child. 168 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,000 The knife she was threatened with... 169 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,080 ..and the water bottle the attacker took from her room. 170 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,440 The victim's account could be really crucial for us. 171 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,240 Now we can target those items 172 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,080 that potentially have traces of the DNA from the offender on there. 173 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,920 Hi, Neil. It's Rachel Hughes, 174 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,040 - from the Crime Scene Coordinators. - Hello, Rachel. 175 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,960 With regards to this kind of a scene, we're very lucky, actually, 176 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,280 that it's predominantly enclosed inside a house, 177 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,000 - therefore, we haven't sort of lost much forensically. - OK. 178 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,000 We've got, like, a pair of French doors, 179 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,840 and there's also a kitchen door. 180 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,600 We've taken DNA swabs from the inside and outside surfaces 181 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,600 of both those doors. 182 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,000 We've also done the same on the victim's bedroom door. 183 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,400 The outside surface of that 184 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,840 and the inside surface of that has been swabbed as well. 185 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,720 The problem you've got is when you have a family household 186 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,640 that is actually the crime scene, there can be 187 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,160 a lot of footfall through there, 188 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:01,160 there can be a lot of traces of DNA that are actually innocent persons 189 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,200 that we need to rule out, which makes it even more difficult. 190 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,320 There is a forensic window, obviously, 191 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,080 that we do stand a chance of losing evidence, 192 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,400 but thankfully, this is still a very forensically rich scene. 193 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,480 So as soon as those samples are taken, 194 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,320 - we'll submit those to the lab, as a matter of urgency. - OK. 195 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,040 We've got to try and find a forensic link 196 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,240 between the offender and the victim. 197 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,560 What they've done to that victim is so repulsive 198 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,240 and so scary and dangerous that we've got to do everything 199 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:30,840 we can to get him in as soon as possible. 200 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:53,720 So members of the public have uploaded up to 300 items. 201 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,680 The search for an image of the attacker remains vital. 202 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,760 Stewart has now collected over 200 hours of footage 203 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,920 that he needs to scrutinise for any trace of the man. 204 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,800 Again, it was early hours. The victim has described 205 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,040 a white male, with a bald head. 206 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,240 I'm looking at multiple cameras, 207 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,560 different angles. 208 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,560 Did they use a car? Did they go by foot? 209 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,480 Were they with somebody else? 210 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,360 These are the sort of things that we need to look at. 211 00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:25,880 When it is at night, 212 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,840 the images are not always as clear as what we'd hope. 213 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,640 When you look at it, it's bad CCTV. 214 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,000 It's blurry, it's grainy. 215 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,800 It can be very tricky because it doesn't actually show too much. 216 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,960 We're trying to identify a route that someone has taken. 217 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,320 Stewart focuses on finding anyone out in the early hours 218 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,600 of the morning who matches the description given 219 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,280 by the 11-year-old child. 220 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,640 It's a black-and-white image, 221 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,160 but that is a person of interest. 222 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:02,080 Balding hair. White male. 223 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,720 Yeah. He's walking down there, 224 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,720 which leads to the main road. 225 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,120 OK. There aren't many 226 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:16,000 other opportunities there. 227 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,080 Narrowing his search, Stewart spots 228 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,520 a man walk into range of a camera 229 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,920 closer to the victim's home. 230 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,200 This is one of the petrol garages not too far away. 231 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,240 3:22 in the morning, 232 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,400 and there's a figure here. 233 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,080 He's crossed the road. 234 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:41,600 Nobody else is walking the streets at this time, at that location. 235 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,160 Just here. 236 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,560 Bald head, small in height. 237 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,400 Have I got a different angle? 238 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,160 This one's from behind. He's in colour. 239 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,080 White male, bald head. That's it. 240 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:00,600 Nick? 241 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,720 I think I've found a person. 242 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,720 - OK. - See him there, 243 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,880 - crossing the road? - Yeah. 244 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,160 - That's the petrol garage? - It is, yeah. 245 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,160 So he's walking in the direction of 246 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,120 the train station. 247 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:19,800 Ah, yeah, right. So these are the train steps... 248 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,000 {\an8}- Yeah. - ..at 3:24am. 249 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,120 {\an8}That's the same person. It is an unusual time for somebody 250 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:29,920 to be walking the streets, in those early hours. 251 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,760 We need to show the route 252 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,080 to understand his movements 253 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,880 before, during and after. 254 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,560 He's a person of great interest. 255 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,080 However, it's not an offence 256 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,360 to be walking round late at night. 257 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:47,760 It doesn't show the act being carried out. 258 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,800 It's showing circumstantial evidence. 259 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,600 It's not the best picture. 260 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,960 It's quite difficult to make out the colour of the clothing 261 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,560 because it's black and white. 262 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:57,760 It's not clear enough. 263 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,360 It's from quite some distance. 264 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:00,920 That's really frustrating, 265 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,960 because we really want to get a good clear image of their face. 266 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,480 This person disappears moments after that. 267 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,800 We need to identify other footage very quickly. 268 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,960 While the quest for a clearer image continues, 269 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,000 detectives are still hopeful 270 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,680 the forensic evidence gathered from the child's house 271 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,200 will reveal the identity of the attacker. 272 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,480 So, from the actual scene itself, 273 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,440 this is going into the victim's bedroom. 274 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,800 We don't think that he's actually come 275 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,040 any further than the bedroom itself, 276 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:38,840 and nothing to imply that he's gone in there 277 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:40,760 for a burglary because nothing's been taken. 278 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,240 - We haven't confirmed that yet... - No. We can't rule it out, 279 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,680 - can we, at the moment? - We can't rule it out, no. - Right, OK. 280 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,880 So let me just show you... 281 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,600 OK, so we've got some items of clothing. 282 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,000 We think these are the silky pyjama bottoms 283 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,800 that were put on by the victim post incident. 284 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,560 Those silky pyjama bottoms - 285 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,280 or any clothing that she was wearing during 286 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,120 or post incident, basically - are a priority as well. 287 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:09,440 We spoke to dad because, obviously, dad's given us a statement. 288 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,840 So maybe after 4am is when we think the offender's 289 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,240 come in and committed the offences. 290 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,680 There was mention on there as well that he produced a knife. 291 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,200 During the examination at the property, we haven't found 292 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,560 - that knife, but there's a water bottle. - Yeah. 293 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,280 It's been found in the rear garden. 294 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,840 So we've got the potential of fingerprints on that as well, 295 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,760 so we can get it into the fingerprint development lab. 296 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,680 - Yep. Sounds good. - Are we going to be limited with the drinks bottle 297 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,200 because it's been outside and the weather's been awful? 298 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,080 It doesn't help, but we always stand a chance 299 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,080 of still recovering fingerprint evidence from that. 300 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:46,360 Forensics is definitely the most crucial line of inquiry 301 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:49,440 - for us, as an investigation team, definitely, at this stage. - Yep. 302 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,360 - We are concerned, because of the nature of the offence. - Yes. 303 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:55,640 You know, he's still out there. We don't know who he is. 304 00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,720 There's a lot of pressure on us at the moment 305 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,480 to get the name of the offender. 306 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,680 To get as much evidence as we can to find out who this individual is. 307 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:08,760 Based on what the victim has told us, 308 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,240 we now know that the offender has handled this water bottle, 309 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,880 so for us, it's priority at the moment to get that examined. 310 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,280 The child's water bottle - which was found discarded in the garden - 311 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,040 is fast-tracked to the fingerprint lab for screening. 312 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:42,800 What I'm doing initially 313 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,280 is light-sourcing the bottle, 314 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:46,880 and what I'm looking for 315 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,280 is latent finger marks. 316 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,360 A juice bottle, a water bottle, 317 00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:56,200 there's a lot of traffic, 318 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,720 so you would imagine that you'd get 319 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,240 some sort of finger marks on there, 320 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,480 whether it be victim or the suspect. 321 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,280 So this is the UV light. 322 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,120 It will fluoresce any finger marks 323 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:11,760 that may be present. 324 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:17,920 The water bottles that you get, 325 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,280 the refillable ones that are plastic surfaces, 326 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,240 although they generally look smooth, 327 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,720 the actual surfaces themselves 328 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,920 are kind of like a textured plastic, 329 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,040 so don't always yield the best fingerprint evidence for us. 330 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,160 Unfortunately, 331 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,200 it doesn't look like it's enhanced 332 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,800 any further finger marks. 333 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,600 Unable to visualise any marks on the bottle, 334 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,760 examiner Beverley Worrell turns to a superglue chamber, 335 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,960 in an attempt to enhance it. 336 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,040 So the exhibit will go in here. 337 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,200 And what the superglue adheres to 338 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,040 is the amino acids in your fingerprints. 339 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,000 So any sweat components. 340 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,200 So the glue will stick to those, and then we'll be able to visualise 341 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,720 those under the white light. 342 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,440 So you can see you've got 343 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,760 run marks down the bottle. 344 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,400 That's where the superglue 345 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:30,760 has adhered to 346 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,880 what may have been juice on 347 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,400 the outside of the bottle. 348 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,640 It is disappointing when you don't 349 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,600 enhance any finger marks. 350 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,040 We're at a bit of a crossroads, really. 351 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,320 The water bottle hasn't yielded anything. 352 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:57,320 So at the moment, it's worrying that our offender remains unknown. 353 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,280 So the CCTV could be key. 354 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:07,880 CCTV is like a puzzle. 355 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,960 You need to be persistent. 356 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,520 Sometimes, I can drive past a particular area 357 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,240 where I've carried out CCTV 358 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,160 and remember something that's happened. 359 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:19,880 You don't ever forget. 360 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,480 It can be difficult, knowing what someone's done, 361 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,600 or even what they're about to do. 362 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,840 So I've come in this morning 363 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,240 and there has been a development. 364 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,400 OK, I think I've got him. 365 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,560 Stewart has received CCTV from a different camera 366 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,800 that reveals a new sighting. 367 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,560 That, there, is going to be our man. 368 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,000 And he's walking in the direction 369 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,880 of the offence location. 370 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,680 Zeroing in on the suspect, 371 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,680 he makes a significant discovery. 372 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,600 It's strange, he seems to come from a wooded area. 373 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,720 So what he's done there, I don't know. 374 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,600 I don't know why he would go in those woods. 375 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,680 He's said to have a knife, 376 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,200 so we need to get some officers 377 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,120 to have a look in that wooded area. 378 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,480 He could have dumped something. 379 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,240 He may have changed his clothing. 380 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,960 Is he waiting to pounce on 381 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,360 someone right now? Is that what I'm looking at? 382 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:33,360 Why is he going in this wooded area? That's what we need to find out. 383 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,120 Officers are sent to search 384 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:41,080 the woods for any items that may have been discarded by 385 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,440 the suspect before or after the attack. 386 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,880 The CCTV footage of the suspect coming out 387 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,640 has been taken from the camera over there, 388 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,680 which shows him entering 389 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,640 this woodland at 3:30am. 390 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:01,120 He's in here, then he's popped back out the same entrance at 3:38am. 391 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:05,160 So he may be coming in here, actually, to leave things in here. 392 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,120 We haven't been able to recover the knife, 393 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:14,440 so my hypothesis for there is that it's been taken with the offender 394 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,080 when he's left. Whether it's discarded then, I don't know. 395 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,440 What's that purple thing, there? 396 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,760 I'm not looking at a full forensic examination of the scene, 397 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,840 but I want to know what's there. 398 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,240 Just a bag. Thank you. 399 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,080 There doesn't look like anything obvious, like a bag or anything, 400 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,600 - does there? - No. 401 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,360 There is no trace of a knife, 402 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,680 or any further clues as to what the man was doing there. 403 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,160 What I have is pyjama shorts. 404 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:05,680 They are child size, 11 to 12 years. 405 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,080 While detectives are no closer 406 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,040 to identifying the offender, 407 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,000 clothing from the child is tested 408 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,440 for any bodily fluids or cells 409 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,240 which may reveal his DNA. 410 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,800 We've got to consider the possibility 411 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,800 of any sort of touch DNA, any cellular DNA, 412 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,960 that's been transferred from him to her. 413 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,000 But DNA is very sensitive. 414 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,600 It will degrade over a period of time. 415 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,520 There are concerns that we could lose forensic evidence, 416 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,640 so nothing's a guarantee. 417 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,240 There may be a chance of finding 418 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:41,840 the offender's saliva, 419 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,480 after the child reported being licked during the assault. 420 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,760 For saliva, what we're going to do 421 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,320 is we're going to wet our amylase paper, infused with starch. 422 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,040 Now I'm going to place it on the item and pat it, 423 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,560 so any saliva that is on the item 424 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,960 will be transferred onto the paper. 425 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,440 Saliva can actually stay on clothing 426 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,560 a lot longer than actually being present on skin for, 427 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,640 and a lot of it's to do with the texture of material and fabric. 428 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,800 So we're holding out hope that we can still find 429 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,000 the offender's DNA there. 430 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,160 This is iodine working solution. 431 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,400 This reacts with the starch in the paper. 432 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,040 OK, so what we have here 433 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,480 is amylase-positive areas, 434 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,360 {\an8}which you can see here. 435 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,960 The area that has reacted positively 436 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,480 is then cut out 437 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,720 and matched back to the pyjamas. 438 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,120 OK. 439 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,080 I'm going to place this on the item, 440 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,840 draw through the holes. 441 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,160 This shows that we have had 442 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,880 a positive reaction for saliva 443 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,480 in the crotch area 444 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,680 of the victim's pyjama bottoms. 445 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,160 The sample will now be sent to a specialist lab, 446 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,960 to try and extract DNA that can be checked against known offenders 447 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,920 on the police database. 448 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,320 I've got all the CCTV footage from yesterday. 449 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,600 Stewart has been piecing together further doorbell footage, 450 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,800 in a bid to track the suspicious man 451 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,920 after the attack took place. 452 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,080 He's just walking past. 453 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,440 OK, so this is 4:41 in the morning. 454 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:43,680 And that, there... 455 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:46,720 ..is our suspect, 456 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,040 still looking exactly the same. 457 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,400 New images, showing the suspect 458 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,480 coming from the direction of the victim's house, 459 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,480 could provide the missing link. 460 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,400 That's a cul-de-sac. 461 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:00,920 He's going to appear... There he is. 462 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,160 There's not many houses up there, 463 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,240 so we now need to try and work out 464 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,200 where that person lives. 465 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,360 And then, all of a sudden, all these jigsaw pieces 466 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,400 come together momentarily, 467 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,080 split second. 468 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,240 And this, I think, is the breakthrough that we need, 469 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:18,960 because this street's a cul-de-sac. 470 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,480 So the chances are, this person lives in that street. 471 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,880 That, there, is our suspect. 472 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,800 That was 3:23am, so 473 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,600 that's definitely the same person. 474 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,760 Stewart checks earlier footage 475 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,960 and discovers the man leaving a house 476 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,400 just half an hour before the attack. 477 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,640 Officers immediately head to the house. 478 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,880 SIRENS WAIL 479 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,600 They find a man who resembles 480 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,920 the person seen on CCTV. 481 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,480 {\an8}- What was your name, pal? - Stephen Jeffries. 482 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,560 {\an8}Stephen, you're under arrest on suspicion of sexual assault. 483 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,560 {\an8}I caution you that you do not need to say anything, 484 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,280 {\an8}but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, 485 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,000 {\an8}something you may later rely on in court. 486 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,760 {\an8}Just to remind you, you're under caution, Stephen, all right? 487 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,040 {\an8}OK. 488 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:36,320 All right, that's one in custody. 489 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,720 All right. Out you pop, pal. 490 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,000 Four days since the sexual assault, 491 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,840 the 33-year-old suspect 492 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:51,440 is brought into custody. 493 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,080 So I am authorising your detention as being necessary 494 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,600 to secure and preserve evidence and to obtain evidence by questioning. 495 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,120 {\an8}You just need to stay up here, Stephen. 496 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,000 {\an8}Do you need to sit down? 497 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,760 When we have a suspect that's brought into custody, 498 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,600 forensically, there's quite a few things that we can try and gain 499 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,320 from that, really. For example, the clothing 500 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,040 that the actual offender is wearing. 501 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,920 And also, it's really important for intimate samples 502 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,680 to be taken from the person in custody. 503 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,640 So I just need you to hold your penis out as far as you can for me, 504 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,280 and I'm going to swab it. 505 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,240 There is possibly a chance 506 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,400 that we could get some sort of DNA evidence from her on him, 507 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,360 based on her account. 508 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,480 OK, that's all done. 509 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,800 You can pull your trousers back up now. 510 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,520 It may have been several days since the incident happened, 511 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,240 but even if they've washed, 512 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,040 there could just be a small fragment of evidence there. 513 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,120 Detectives now have 24 hours 514 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,520 to find evidence linking the suspect to the attack. 515 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,400 A fingertip search of his house gets under way. 516 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:21,760 I'm just going to brief you 517 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,400 about what we're searching for. 518 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,160 Clothing. 519 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,960 The path and the route that we believe the offender's taken 520 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,920 is through, like, a muddy alleyway and garden, 521 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:33,920 so he's probably going to be caked up in mud. 522 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,400 Digital devices - phones, tablets - 523 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,080 would be really helpful to the investigation. 524 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,400 We're almost playing catch-up, and the suspect has got 525 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,840 24 hours, plus, on us, 526 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,760 and has had opportunity to think about what they're going to do 527 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,960 after they've committed the offence. You know, are they going to be 528 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,760 destroying evidence? Are they going to be hiding things? 529 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,240 We have a pair of black trainers, 530 00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:04,920 with mud on. 531 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,800 - Has any clothing been seized? - Nothing, no, no. - Doesn't... OK. 532 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,440 So there's no clothing that matches any description 533 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,840 - of anything we're after. - That's a pity. 534 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,320 When we look at his circumstances, 535 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,320 he lives with his parents, in a normal family home. 536 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,000 Looking at him, he could present as just being 537 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,960 a normal member of the public. 538 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:28,600 In the kitchen, officers also retrieve a small foldable knife. 539 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,680 It matches the description 540 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,120 of our victim, yeah. 541 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,040 We'll seize that, and then that will probably 542 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,080 be put to the suspect in interview. 543 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,800 So that's a great find. Awesome. 544 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,640 I'll start by thanking everyone for their hard work today. 545 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,120 Our suspect is in custody now. 546 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,920 Can you just give us a little brief of where we are with our victim? 547 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:02,680 Yeah. So, erm, victim and family were updated yesterday, 548 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,200 in relation to the arrest of the suspect. 549 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,280 Obviously, mum was understandably emotional. 550 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:12,560 Mum has stated that her daughter isn't sleeping. 551 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:16,040 Mum has to sleep in the room with her because she's just petrified. 552 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:19,000 But hopefully, with the suspect in custody, 553 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,240 it can offer some sort of comfort. 554 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:26,320 - So let's see what he's got to say, if he's going to say anything. - Yep. 555 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,920 It's all counting on this interview, really, 556 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,000 to try and get the suspect 557 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,080 to prove or disprove their involvement in an offence. 558 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,400 We need to try and place him in that bedroom. 559 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,400 So you were arrested for sexual assault of a child under 13 years. 560 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,280 So firstly, are you guilty of that offence? 561 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,600 Stephen, obviously, you've had your advice off your solicitor. 562 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,400 It is advice, so it is completely your choice. 563 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,360 So if you do choose that you want to answer the questions, 564 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,320 that is your choice, OK? 565 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:17,320 So I just need to ask you just about some significant comments 566 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,640 that were made after you were arrested. 567 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,920 So at 16:54 - so after you were cautioned - you said, 568 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:28,520 "I should have died when I tried. It should have worked. 569 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,000 "I haven't got a mind any more." 570 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,880 Can you tell me about that, please? 571 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,880 The victim is 11 years old. 572 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,560 She has described, in detail, to me what's happened to her. 573 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:23,440 She states that she's woke up to a man kneeling next to her. 574 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,400 She said that then you've put your hand over her mouth. 575 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:27,680 Tell me about that. 576 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,520 {\an8}She's saying that she was shown a knife, 577 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,400 and she describes it as it was like a pocket knife. 578 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,040 And she was told that she wasn't allowed to tell anybody, 579 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,040 or this man has said that he will kill everyone in that house. 580 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,600 {\an8}Tell me about that. 581 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,640 Is that fair, that an 11-year-old child 582 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,240 should be scared in their own home? 583 00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:57,200 How does that make you feel? 584 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,920 The suspect is very agitated. 585 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,400 He's fidgeting a lot. 586 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,080 He just looks like 587 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:10,920 that he is hiding something. 588 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,240 {\an8}Did you use that knife to threaten her? 589 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,080 {\an8}Was it a pocket knife? 590 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,080 Can you tell me the colour of the pocket knife? 591 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,160 Was it blue? 592 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,920 Do you own a blue pocket knife? 593 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,360 {\an8}Where did you get the knife from, Stephen? 594 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:39,840 {\an8}Stephen. Stephen. 595 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,160 {\an8}Stephen, you're going to hurt your head. 596 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:44,480 {\an8}Stephen. 597 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,560 {\an8}OK, OK, Stephen. 598 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,000 {\an8}Stephen, would you like a break? 599 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,200 Stephen. Stephen. Stephen, 600 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:52,640 you're going to have to stop. 601 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:58,080 He wants the interview 602 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,080 to end and he wants me to stop asking him the questions, 603 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,760 so it can just go away. 604 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,280 I do believe that it's incriminating, 605 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,280 so I will try and probe 606 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,680 as much as possible to get the truth. 607 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,080 - What's he said? - "No comment." 608 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,200 He's probably done what we said he would do. 609 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:20,320 Admitted it all to his solicitor, and then his solicitor has told him 610 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,360 to go "no comment", because all he's going to do 611 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:23,960 is incriminate himself further, isn't he? 612 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,400 With the suspect refusing to talk 613 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,080 and the custody clock ticking, 614 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,280 the focus moves to searching his phone 615 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,880 for anything that connects him to the crime. 616 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,360 We've got specialist software that we can use, 617 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,200 and we'll take the media from our extraction and place it into it. 618 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,040 We can quickly run through and see what's on the handset. 619 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,720 Digital investigator Jack McCowie 620 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:07,640 manages a full download of data from the device. 621 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,240 I'm just going through some of the web history here, 622 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:14,360 and there is 33,000 623 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:15,840 searches on here. 624 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,720 You get such an insight into someone's life, 625 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:21,680 looking at their mobile. 626 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,520 You don't just see the crime 627 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,360 {\an8}that's happened in front of you, you see the person, 628 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,280 {\an8}you see their personality develop 629 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:28,920 {\an8}and what they've been searching for. 630 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,640 You can see those silly questions 631 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:32,560 that we all ask, or do some shopping 632 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,320 online, or whatever. 633 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,080 So I can see he's got 634 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:38,920 Snapchat installed, 635 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,880 {\an8}Instagram installed. All of these apps, you can communicate across. 636 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,640 Was this a targeted sort of crime 637 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,360 or was this just by chance? 638 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,040 I want to have a look to see if 639 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,560 there's any link to that victim. 640 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,880 Does he have an interest in children? Can I prove that? 641 00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,040 Yeah. 642 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,760 So just going through the media on the device, 643 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,080 there's images 644 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,280 that are children at the beach. 645 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,400 No-one would look at this and go, 646 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,800 "This is a normal amount to have." 647 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,240 You know, it's children that he doesn't know. 648 00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:16,960 It gives you a mindset of that person behind 649 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:20,400 the scenes, and that's exactly what your digital devices do. 650 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,440 He's got them in such quantity. 651 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:30,600 We've found screen recordings, 652 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,520 which look to be of webcam sessions 653 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,200 for adult content, where 654 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,000 the users can chat to the model. 655 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,720 {\an8}And there's a chat here which is saying, 656 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:44,040 {\an8}"Hi, it's Steve, can you please 657 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,360 {\an8}"show me your belly button? Can you please show me 658 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:47,640 {\an8}"your belly button up close? 659 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,720 {\an8}"Can you press your belly button and screen belly button?" 660 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,640 We've got belly button searches, 661 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,000 which then also relate to pornographic websites. 662 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,680 On the next search, he's searching 663 00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,360 for children's belly buttons, 664 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:04,880 pornography which includes belly buttons. 665 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,000 {\an8}So he's been looking for these images, searching for these terms. 666 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:10,600 It's quite disturbing. 667 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,400 Searches for people who are 668 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,600 sleeping, passed out, defenceless, 669 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,440 sort of those vulnerable people. 670 00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:20,480 The internet is generally just the Wild West, 671 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,160 so people will try and hide their search history. 672 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:24,640 Part of forensics is going through 673 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,080 sort of the additional data, 674 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,200 the stuff that sits behind it all. 675 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,160 It's all logged. It's all tracked in the back end. 676 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:34,080 And that's what we view. We're not viewing it as the user sees it. 677 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,040 So I've just come across my first illegal image. 678 00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:41,960 {\an8}This is child sexual abuse material, or Csam. 679 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:43,360 So we split the illegal material 680 00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:44,840 into different categories. 681 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,200 Currently found one Cat B, which is 682 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:49,960 {\an8}sexual activity with a child, 683 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:54,640 {\an8}and five Cat Cs, which is sexual posing as a child. 684 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:58,400 Aged between the ages of four to ten. 685 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:01,040 It's horrific... 686 00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:05,040 ..but unfortunately, in terms of this case, 687 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,560 there's nothing here that relates directly to the crime. There's no 688 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,160 evidence that he was there, or anything along those lines. 689 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,240 However, there's illegal files, 690 00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:16,640 there's searches that are starting to look indicative to the crime, 691 00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:20,040 and we're painting this picture of his mindset. 692 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,720 Although there is now enough to charge the suspect 693 00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:28,560 with possession of illegal images... 694 00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,280 If you just go in that room here, to the left. 695 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:34,920 ..there is still no forensic proof 696 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,360 that he committed the sexual assault. 697 00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,120 Your mobile phone, 698 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:43,640 I believe that you had this when you were arrested. 699 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:45,360 Is this your mobile phone? 700 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:47,760 OK. 701 00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,440 So on this mobile phone, 702 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,960 there's been extensive 703 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:57,440 sexualised search history around belly buttons. 704 00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,000 Tell me about that. 705 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:06,360 Do you have a sexual attraction 706 00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:08,000 to people's belly buttons? 707 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:12,720 There's also searches for 708 00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:17,320 sleep-attack pornography. 709 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,600 And also, there were searches for rape. 710 00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,880 And is that something that you get sexual gratification from? 711 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:30,320 So we've got a map here. 712 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,880 We believe that you have entered 713 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,760 and gained access to the back of these properties. 714 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,120 Can you tell me if that is the route you took? 715 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,600 {\an8}Do you know that area well? 716 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,880 We don't want this offender to be walking out from custody. 717 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,720 The whole job is riding on the forensic evidence 718 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:55,960 to prove that he has actually entered that address 719 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,640 and he is the person that's actually committed that crime. 720 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,840 In a specialist forensic lab, 721 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:12,040 the complex process of trying to extract DNA 722 00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:14,480 from saliva found on the child's 723 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,520 pyjama shorts is under way... 724 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:22,600 ..but this can take up to 725 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,360 48 hours to complete. 726 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:34,960 With no guarantee they can extract 727 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,080 a full DNA profile from the shorts, 728 00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:39,120 Rachel meets with Neil 729 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,880 to plan their best next steps. 730 00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:48,880 So it's pretty disturbing, what's been found on his phone, to be fair. 731 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:53,120 Many, many searches around paralysed or sleeping women. 732 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:55,840 - Oh, my goodness. - So all pretty disturbing. - Horrific. 733 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:57,720 - Pretty disturbing, pretty horrific. - Yeah. 734 00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:02,120 So, you know, definitely, we've got a sexual interest in children 735 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:04,320 and belly button fetishes. 736 00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:06,720 Obviously, the swabs that were taken from our victim's stomach, 737 00:47:06,720 --> 00:47:11,080 if he has sort of licked around or put his mouth on her stomach area, 738 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:12,960 that's obviously a priority submission. 739 00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:15,520 - So allowing for DNA profiling... - Yeah. Yeah. 740 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:17,560 So hopefully, we'll get a result as soon as possible. 741 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:22,520 We've established that the offender has a fetish about belly buttons. 742 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,120 Because of the sexual nature of the incident, 743 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:30,120 we're looking for any traces of either his saliva or his semen 744 00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:34,200 that could be present on the victim herself, on her stomach area. 745 00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:39,680 We're holding out so much hope now 746 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,240 that this is going to be the area 747 00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:42,960 that's going to give us the breakthrough. 748 00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:50,720 I have got swabs to examine today. 749 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,120 Forensic samples taken from 750 00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:57,680 the victim's stomach area 751 00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:59,480 are now prioritised for testing. 752 00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:04,120 I'm going to be teasing 753 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,040 the fibres apart of the swab heads 754 00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:08,520 to loosen up any of the cellular 755 00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:10,880 material that is in these swabs. 756 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,440 So next, we're going to add 757 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:13,680 the solution. 758 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,440 And then we're going to put this 759 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:23,240 into the centrifuge. 760 00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:26,320 And we're going to spin it down, so that we get a pellet. 761 00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:32,360 The centrifuge separates heavier particles, such as semen, 762 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:34,320 to make it easier to detect. 763 00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:37,200 OK. 764 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,040 So this will contain the cells. 765 00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:43,040 Now what we have to do 766 00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:44,520 is stain the stain that we've made. 767 00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:47,640 We're going to use this using Christmas tree staining. 768 00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:49,760 It stains any sperm heads 769 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,960 present in the sample a pink colour. 770 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,880 So, what we can see... 771 00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,640 ..down the microscope is these 772 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,320 little pink heads here 773 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:20,920 are the semen heads. 774 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:24,960 It's a very good result for us, 775 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,320 but we can't automatically assume 776 00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,200 that we're going to get a DNA hit from that. 777 00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,560 It depends on the amount of sperm heads that are left behind. 778 00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:34,360 So we won't know until we actually send off the samples from that 779 00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:37,520 to establish whether it gives us a full DNA profile or not. 780 00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,600 The sample is urgently sent for DNA analysis 781 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,240 to see if it matches the suspect in custody. 782 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:56,800 I just wanted to give you a phone call. 783 00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:58,520 I'll email you over the timeline. 784 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:00,160 We're just looking for an extension. 785 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:03,280 His time is up in...four hours. 786 00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:06,760 So it would take us to half one in the morning. 787 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:09,960 With the custody clock running out, 788 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,760 detectives request a 12-hour extension 789 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:14,800 to keep the suspect behind bars, 790 00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:17,040 while they wait for the forensic results. 791 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,600 He might come out with reasonable lines of inquiry 792 00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:21,120 that we need to do while he's in custody. 793 00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,520 We are looking at going as a red case to CPS. 794 00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:27,760 Yes... 795 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:30,000 OK. That's fine. I'll do that now. 796 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,240 All right. Thanks, boss. Bye. 797 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,000 There is always that risk 798 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:36,320 that we are going to have to release 799 00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:38,680 our suspect from custody, 800 00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:40,680 that we can't gather all the evidence within 801 00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:43,000 the custody time limit that we have. 802 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,560 That is frustrating if we have to release him. 803 00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:47,360 So we need a real breakthrough 804 00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,120 forensically as soon as possible. 805 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,560 The results of the DNA extraction process 806 00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:04,160 on both the saliva and semen samples have come through 807 00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:06,000 and are fast-tracked for analysis 808 00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:09,000 by senior reporter Charlotte Hargreaves. 809 00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,920 In effect, a DNA profile is just a string of numbers, 810 00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:15,480 but they are known to differ between individuals. 811 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,200 So we look at 16 areas. 812 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:19,680 And from that sample, 813 00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,240 we obtained a full DNA profile. 814 00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:25,560 What you can see is that the major DNA profile, 815 00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,560 which is all of the very large pieces of DNA, 816 00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:31,000 that indicates that it's from a female. 817 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,080 And we know that this profile matches 818 00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:35,440 that of the injured party herself. 819 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:37,640 What we're interested in 820 00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:40,000 is these smaller bits of DNA here. 821 00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:43,720 Charlotte compares the DNA profile 822 00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:45,480 to find out if it matches 823 00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:47,040 to that of the suspect. 824 00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:51,720 These numbers basically comprise 825 00:51:51,720 --> 00:51:53,520 this individual's DNA profile. 826 00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:57,760 So this is a number 14 827 00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:01,880 which, obviously, when I go to the semen profile, 828 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:03,960 that matches that same number 14. 829 00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:06,120 We've got some smaller areas here. 830 00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:08,120 14, 15, and then a 17, 831 00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:09,480 and then a 12 over here. 832 00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:11,640 And come back to this, 833 00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:14,920 and you can see that these - 14, 15, the 17 - 834 00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:18,000 they match the person whose profile 835 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:19,960 we've obtained from the semen. 836 00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:23,600 It being a billion times more likely that the DNA originated 837 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:26,920 from that person, rather than somebody unrelated to them. 838 00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,920 Hello, Rachel Hughes. Crime Scene Coordinators. Can I help? 839 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:35,720 Hello. So just to give you another update in relation to this case. 840 00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:37,040 OK. Yeah. 841 00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:40,760 OK, so comparing it currently to the DNA profile that we've got 842 00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:43,040 from the semen on the stomach swabs... 843 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,560 - OK, yeah. - ..and saliva, 844 00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:48,960 and I can see that that profile, you know, does match. 845 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,920 So does the DNA match to the person that we have in custody? 846 00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:57,640 We've had some really good news through. 847 00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:01,000 His DNA has been found on the victim, on her clothing. 848 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,080 How can you explain that? There's no explanation for that. 849 00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:07,480 It absolutely confirms that he was the offender in this case. 850 00:53:09,240 --> 00:53:12,960 So your semen has been found on the victim's stomach. 851 00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:14,640 How can you account for that? 852 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:22,200 I believe that the fact may be due to you taking part 853 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,440 in the commission of that offence. 854 00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:26,160 I just want the truth. 855 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,400 {\an8}So from what you're saying to me there, 856 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,000 {\an8}it doesn't matter what it is, 857 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,080 {\an8}you get sexual gratification? 858 00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:23,720 Yes. Interview paused at 14:34. 859 00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:33,120 The final decision on whether to charge the suspect rests with 860 00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:35,080 the Crown Prosecution Service. 861 00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:36,440 Yeah. 862 00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:38,320 We've got his semen on her stomach. 863 00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,600 There's no reasonable explanation for that. 864 00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:43,800 Yeah, that's perfect. 865 00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:45,440 Just get him charged, yeah. 866 00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:46,720 OK. 867 00:54:46,720 --> 00:54:48,680 Lovely. Bye. 868 00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:51,480 That's a really good result. That's a fantastic result. 869 00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:53,600 We've got a really strong case now 870 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,440 because we've got our offender, his DNA, 871 00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:58,440 he's confirmed it's a match. 872 00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,120 There's nothing better than being able to tell the family 873 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:02,560 that we've caught him. 874 00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:05,320 We've absolutely got him nailed on for this 875 00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:07,640 because we've got the forensics, etc. 876 00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:10,480 And we've got our victim on board and everything. 877 00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:13,960 The victim, throughout this, has been so unbelievably brave. 878 00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:15,760 She's shown immense strength 879 00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:17,880 in actually telling somebody about what happened, 880 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,880 given the threats that the suspect made to her family. 881 00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:25,040 It's a really great feeling to know that he's going to get charged 882 00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:28,040 with this horrific offence against this really young girl. 883 00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:34,520 Less than a week after the 11-year-old child awoke 884 00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:37,240 to find an intruder in her room, 885 00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:39,880 her suspected attacker is taken to be charged. 886 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:43,520 So you're charged with the following offences. 887 00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:45,400 Knowing or recklessly trespassed on premises, 888 00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:47,440 with the intention of committing 889 00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,360 a relevant sexual offence on those premises. 890 00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:51,880 Your second one, 891 00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:54,960 intentionally penetrated the vagina of a girl under the age of 13 892 00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,560 with a part of your body - namely, fingers - 893 00:55:57,560 --> 00:55:59,560 and that penetration was sexual. 894 00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,440 Your next one, intentionally touched a girl under the age of 13, 895 00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:04,760 and the touching was sexual, 896 00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:07,320 and namely, touching and masturbating your penis. 897 00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:09,760 Contrary to Section Eight, One and Three of 898 00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:12,040 the Sexual Offences Act, 2003. 899 00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:13,720 So those are charges they've come back with. 900 00:56:13,720 --> 00:56:15,120 Can I ask you to sign on there, 901 00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:17,480 to say I've read those charges out to you? 902 00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:23,840 I'm very pleased that we've 903 00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:25,800 successfully secured a charge. 904 00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:27,720 I think it's an amazing result 905 00:56:27,720 --> 00:56:30,680 that we get a paedophile off the streets. 906 00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:34,280 OK, Stephen, because of the nature of the offences, 907 00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:35,880 you're not going to be getting bail. 908 00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:37,960 You will be staying with us overnight, to be collected 909 00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:39,400 in the morning to be taken to court. 910 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,720 All right? Is there any questions you need to ask me? 911 00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:45,080 No. OK. 912 00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:46,880 There's no way, I don't feel, 913 00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:49,840 that we could have secured this kind of positive result against 914 00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:52,160 such an individual without the forensic evidence that we've got. 915 00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:53,720 OK, Stephen, if you want to 916 00:56:53,720 --> 00:56:55,120 come with me, OK? 917 00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:57,400 So for us to get him off the streets, 918 00:56:57,400 --> 00:56:59,240 a predator like that behind bars, 919 00:56:59,240 --> 00:57:01,080 that's the result we're after. 920 00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:20,160 As a mother, this kind of job 921 00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:21,880 does stay with you, unfortunately. 922 00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:23,640 But what it does do, 923 00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:25,320 it kind of makes you more aware that 924 00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:26,680 we've made a difference here. 925 00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:30,200 Let's not forget how crucial the victim's been in all of this. 926 00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:34,200 She's been brave. She's provided all those forensic samples for us. 927 00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,200 She's been so strong in all of this. 928 00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:38,880 Your heart just goes out to the victim and her family. 929 00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:42,520 So for him to be behind bars is a relief for everyone. 930 00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:56,240 Every contact leaves a trace 931 00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:58,880 that forensic experts can follow. 932 00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:01,760 Explore it for yourself with the Open University's 933 00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:04,160 new interactive case simulator. 934 00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:06,800 Scan the QR code on-screen, 935 00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:11,640 or visit connect.open.ac.uk/realcsi.