1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:08,000 This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,720 from the start. 3 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,800 West Midlands Police have been alerted to the suspicious death 4 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,960 of an elderly man in Halesowen, south-west of Birmingham. 5 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,200 Crime Scene Coordinator Jo Ward 6 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,400 is in charge of the forensic investigation. 7 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,200 Our digital imagery and reconstruction team 8 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,480 has carried out 3D scanning at the scene 9 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,480 to get a geography of the actual house itself 10 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:29,600 and to see what may be important or relevant for the investigation. 11 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:35,880 So, our deceased is positioned face down on the floor. 12 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,640 There's...ligature marks, 13 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:44,840 quite deep indentations on the ankles and also on the wrists. 14 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:51,760 And it looks like he may have had his hands tied behind his back. 15 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:59,200 Elderly people pass away in their homes every day, 16 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,640 but clearly something violent has taken place. 17 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,360 We need to now find the forensic evidence 18 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,360 to tell us what exactly happened in that room. 19 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,160 There's a chair there that's got 20 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:20,120 what appears to be telephone cable tied around the legs. 21 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:23,640 And then you've got a pair of scissors 22 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:25,120 and then a knife on the floor. 23 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,840 It looks like there's blood on the carpet. 24 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,440 There's a lot of paperwork that has been kind of thrown around 25 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,079 on the floor - bank statements and things like that. 26 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:45,840 The scene itself suggests to me 27 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,880 it may have been a burglary that's gone wrong. 28 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,640 But what the poor gentleman must have gone through 29 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:56,720 prior to his death, it doesn't even bear thinking about. 30 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,440 We try and kind of detach ourselves, but sometimes it does upset you. 31 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,800 While the body of the victim is sent for postmortem, 32 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,279 Jo joins homicide detective Tom Lyons for a briefing 33 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,480 with the investigation team. 34 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,040 This is David Varlow. He's 78 years old, 35 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,600 and we found him deceased on the 15th of November 36 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,360 at Manor Lane in Halesowen. 37 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,560 As you can see here, there's an open window. 38 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,720 So the hypothesis at the moment is that our offender has essentially 39 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,200 scaled up this drainpipe and gone into David's house 40 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,040 through his first-floor window. 41 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,360 That's David's lounge on the ground floor, 42 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,200 and this is how he was found, 43 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,920 with his hands in an unusual position behind his back. 44 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:00,280 Found untied, but the indentations in his wrists and his ankles 45 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:02,720 seem to suggest he's been tied up for a long time. 46 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,240 It's horrific, what's happened to him. 47 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,320 It looks like a burglary, 48 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,360 but it appears as though he's been tied up and left to die. 49 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,760 So, from the off, we're investigating this as a murder. 50 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,040 We know that his brother spoke to him on the 30th of October, 51 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,200 so that's, you know, 15 days ago. 52 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,440 David was someone who kept himself to himself. 53 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,400 But he did have regular contact with his brother 54 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,120 that lives in the north-east. 55 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,640 When his brother couldn't get hold of him, 56 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,480 he contacted the neighbours, and when they couldn't get hold of him, 57 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,040 it was them that called the police. 58 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,360 So, we've got a really big timeline here 59 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,200 on where our offence could have happened. 60 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,880 So the timeline we've managed to establish at the moment is, 61 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,640 David's body was found on the 15th of November, 62 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,800 his brother spoke to him on the 30th of October, 63 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,440 so we've got a two-week period to identify 64 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,040 when David's death has occurred. 65 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,159 This is interesting. 66 00:05:59,159 --> 00:06:02,240 On the table, there's a half-drunk cup of tea, 67 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,920 there's a half a bowl of cereal, the milk's there that's out of date, 68 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:10,560 David's glasses and a half-eaten bit of breakfast, essentially. 69 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,120 And we've got a TV guide, 70 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,880 and the date on that TV guide is the 3rd of November. 71 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,440 So that might be a key date, around the 3rd of November. 72 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,680 Narrowing down the timeline is absolutely vital 73 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,480 in figuring out when David has been tied up, 74 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,360 when he's been left and when he was last seen alive. 75 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:30,520 There's his front door... 76 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,640 The two-week period does make it more problematic. 77 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:38,320 There's more enquiries we've got to do, more CCTV to view, 78 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,760 but the police's job ultimately is to protect the community. 79 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,800 And for me, what makes this such a horrific crime 80 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,760 is that David was attacked in his own home, 81 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,960 where he's got the absolute right to feel safe. 82 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,400 Thank you, everyone. 83 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,120 We need to catch this person who has done this to David, 84 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,440 so they won't be able to do this to anyone else. 85 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,240 With a murderer at large, 86 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,240 the forensic team focuses on finding any traces 87 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,960 the killer may have left at the scene. 88 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,600 We're concentrating on fingerprints where we think the offender 89 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,240 has climbed in. 90 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,440 So, there was a first-floor window that was open. 91 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:26,480 And then also items that have clearly been touched, 92 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:31,480 drawers that have been opened, paperwork has been strewn around. 93 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,800 One of the chairs was found in an unusual position, 94 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,360 so...possibly the perpetrator has left his fingerprints 95 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,200 on the chair itself. 96 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,800 With the forensic operation under way, 97 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,960 Tom Lyons searches police systems 98 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,200 and discovers David recently contacted the police. 99 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,880 DAVID: I came down earlier on when I heard something in here. 100 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:02,560 OFFICER: Mm-hm? OK. 101 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:07,960 The incident occurred three weeks before David's body was discovered. 102 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,240 So we've got hold of body-worn video 103 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,120 from the officer who attended David's address 104 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:17,120 when David reported to the police a burglary at his house 105 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,960 on the 24th of October. 106 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,000 I don't know. 107 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,640 David basically says that the window's smashed, 108 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,360 and he sees a hand coming through. 109 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,559 Looking at David just reminds me of my own grandparents' house, really. 110 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,680 I think that's... They've got to get to the locks, you know? 111 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:45,760 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 112 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,520 To see David alive and well on the bodycam 113 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,960 is just, you know, quite upsetting... 114 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,600 ..seeing, essentially, an elderly, vulnerable man 115 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,680 who's soon to be a victim of a horrific crime. 116 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:10,400 I...I seem to be not very good mentally, you know? 117 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,240 Knowing an offender has targeted David's house a week before 118 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,880 and then clearly someone has targeted him again, 119 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,960 you have to ask the question - 120 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:25,960 is that the same person who has gone back to a scene of a previous crime 121 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,440 and has essentially re-burgled David... 122 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,240 ..which has then turned into a murder? 123 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,680 Extensive checks at the crime scene 124 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:45,960 have only revealed fingerprints belonging to David. 125 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,800 But the chair which had the cable attached has been removed and sent 126 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,920 for further testing by Fingerprint Development Manager Mia Webb. 127 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:03,520 Areas of particular interest are where we would expect 128 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,920 the suspect to have handled the chair, 129 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,840 so we're probably looking up here, towards the top of the chair, 130 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,800 as if they've grabbed it like that, 131 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,520 or, again, at the sides of the chair, 132 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,640 as if they've held it along the side of the chair 133 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,920 to move the chair around the scene. 134 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:22,520 And we'll start by examining with ultraviolet, using a laser. 135 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,400 The lasers will fluoresce any constituents 136 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,920 or any contaminants to the fingerprint. 137 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:43,120 Leather itself...isn't very good to get fingerprints from, 138 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,000 just because of the textured nature of the surface. 139 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,280 There isn't any sign of any friction ridge detail. 140 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:09,400 A further process to help detect prints is known as superglue fuming. 141 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,120 The superglue will get heated to the point where it evaporates 142 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,680 and then it will be circulated around the chamber. 143 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,840 The superglue will adhere to any water 144 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,160 that's present in the sweat of a fingerprint. 145 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:33,040 Ultraviolet light creates a high-resolution image which enhances 146 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,800 any fingerprint marks developed by the superglue treatment. 147 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:44,720 Again, there are no marks. 148 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:50,480 It's really disappointing that we've not been able to identify anyone 149 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,960 through fingerprints. 150 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,080 This may possibly suggest that they're forensically aware. 151 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,280 So it may be that the perpetrator put gloves on. 152 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,360 Or if they don't particularly sweat a lot, 153 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,840 they're less likely to leave ridge detail. 154 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:16,320 In a bid to narrow down when the crime may have taken place, 155 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,120 Tom and CCTV specialist Glenn Manning 156 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,280 focus on enquiries near to the murder scene. 157 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,720 CCTV usually only lasts between 14 and 30 days, 158 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,720 so that really puts us up against it 159 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:37,680 in terms of time to retrieve that evidence, basically. 160 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:40,960 Right here? Yeah, it's right here for Manor Lane. 161 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,160 All CCTV is obviously timed and dated, 162 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,160 so if we can find proof of life of David on that CCTV, 163 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,280 then it will really narrow down when this crime has happened. 164 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,440 But we're also looking for suspicious people 165 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,720 going towards or away from David's address. 166 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,680 We'll have to take from the scene here 167 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:04,760 all the way back down the road because we don't know what 168 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,400 the final route in or route out was. 169 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,320 There's Ring flood cams, doorbell cameras. 170 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,520 Some of these are on motion, but a light will come on. 171 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,280 We have to look at every single opportunity we possibly can 172 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:18,720 and get those downloaded. 173 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,280 So, cameras over there and there. 174 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,560 Just up in the eves up there as well. Yep. 175 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,960 OK, Jo, can we go through the forensic search documents, 176 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,840 so we can just have a look what submissions you want to get in? 177 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,440 To decide on the next steps of the forensic investigation, 178 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,880 Jo meets with Tom and DI Ranj Sangha. 179 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,280 So, we've carried out fingerprint examination at the scene, 180 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,880 but nothing was found. 181 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,080 But the chair that was found nearby, 182 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,120 it had actually got, like, a telephone cable around it. 183 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,320 There's chances that there'd be some cellular DNA 184 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,760 from whoever has tied that around the legs. 185 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,800 Cellular DNA is what we refer to as touch DNA. 186 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,720 So, if you touch or handle anything, 187 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:26,080 then you kind of shed skin cells, which then stick to the item, 188 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,640 which then leave your DNA on that particular item. 189 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:34,880 And then there was found a knife and some scissors. 190 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:39,720 Now, again, has the offender or offenders used the knife 191 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,120 and the scissors to cut that cable? 192 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,160 Yeah. If they have, obviously they've had to have a firm grip. 193 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,600 You know, could we have cellular DNA on those items as well? 194 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,160 Even if the perpetrator was wearing gloves, 195 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,960 there's still an opportunity to get DNA. 196 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,200 A lot of people are not aware of that. 197 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,000 You know, you have to put the gloves on, 198 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,320 so you're still touching the outside of the gloves. 199 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,640 And you may touch your face or any bare skin. 200 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:10,120 Obviously, then the DNA testing may identify the perpetrator. 201 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,400 Forensic scientist Phil Field prepares to take DNA swabs 202 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,040 of several items from the crime scene. 203 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,000 It's quite possible that these scissors have been handled 204 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,640 by the offender at some point, 205 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:39,120 and so we're just considering surface areas which we might be able 206 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:45,280 to sample in an attempt to obtain some DNA material. 207 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,880 In the past, you needed quite a lot of blood to get 208 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,280 a DNA profile from it, so usually something in the realm 209 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,400 of the size of a 2p piece. 210 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,400 These days, thanks to the increased sensitivity 211 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,840 of DNA profiling techniques, we can obtain a DNA profile 212 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,520 from not much larger than a pinprick. 213 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:07,800 So, this cable has potentially been used by the offender 214 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:13,440 to tie up and restrain the victim. 215 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,400 If the defender has had quite forceful contact with the item, 216 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,720 they've gripped it and then pulled it in order to tie the victim up, 217 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,520 that could have the effect of increasing the quantity 218 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,280 of cellular DNA material that has actually been transferred 219 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,400 from them to the item. 220 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,600 While the swabs are sent to a specialist lab 221 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,480 for urgent processing... 222 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:41,400 ..CCTV specialist Glenn and Detective Helen Robbins... 223 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:42,520 Hi, Helen, are you all right? 224 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,760 ..start to forensically examine the hundreds of hours of footage 225 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,040 gathered from near David's house. 226 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,840 So what we're looking for, really, here is to see if we've got David, 227 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,480 to try and find last sign of life. Yep. 228 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,920 We know that David's property itself doesn't have CCTV footage 229 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:02,840 and we know that we've only got cameras either side of the property, 230 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,440 but not near to or that has sight of his property. 231 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:11,880 We'll start on the 15th of November, 232 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,720 the day that we discovered David's body, 233 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:19,280 and we'll work our way back from there towards the 30th of October. 234 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,640 We'll also be looking for someone acting suspicious. 235 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,960 We'll cover the night-time economy times, 236 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,920 because that's more than likely the time that you would have 237 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,360 somebody going out and committing this type of offence. 238 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:41,840 We're going to prioritise CCTV closest to the scene location. 239 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,600 This is what we call zone one. 240 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:45,920 But what we're looking at, really, 241 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,440 is whether there's any golden nuggets contained 242 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,840 within that footage. That may then lead us into another zone. 243 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,600 As well as searching for David's last proof of life, 244 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,080 the investigation team has been awaiting a postmortem result 245 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,520 to confirm his cause of death. 246 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,440 Jo has received the pathologist's report. 247 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,600 So, examination of his heart noticed significant disease 248 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,600 to his coronary arteries. 249 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:26,000 So he's obviously got the background of pre-existing cardiac disease. 250 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,600 So in the pathologist's opinion, the medical cause of death 251 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,120 is considered to be a stress-related cardiac event... 252 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:34,720 ..and that the ligature restraint may well have compounded 253 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,400 the heart disease on a psychological basis. 254 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,280 A cardiac event is basically a heart attack, 255 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:49,080 and a psychological episode is, you know... He's frightened to death. 256 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,600 For me personally, someone in your home is frightening enough, 257 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,960 but for an elderly gentleman, 258 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,680 he must have really been petrified and in fear of his life. 259 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:08,360 Someone tied him up and just basically left him there. 260 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:16,080 While the postmortem confirms David's cause of death, 261 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,280 exactly when he died is still unknown. 262 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:26,040 Forensic finance specialist Alex Backrath has been authorised 263 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:31,080 to access his bank records to track when David last used his account. 264 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:38,400 So the deceased gentleman was found on the 15th, 265 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:43,040 so going back five days' worth of transactions, 266 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:51,040 at present, I've got 212 individual transactions 267 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,680 over a five-day period. 268 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:59,440 £20, £20, £20, lower-limit transactions 269 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:04,040 where 12, 13 of these are at the same supermarket. 270 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,040 That raises concerns. 271 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,560 If you're doing a transaction, why wouldn't you just do it in one go? 272 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:13,280 There's a fee paid every time. 273 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,280 Would a reasonable person be doing that 274 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,840 with their own bank account and their own funds? 275 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,440 In my opinion, these aren't the spending habits 276 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,080 of a 78-year-old man. 277 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:30,440 They are very erratic - transaction after transaction, transaction, 278 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,080 seconds, minutes in between them. 279 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:39,000 At the crime scene, there is bank statements on the floor, 280 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,800 strewn about the place, so I think that over this period, 281 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,840 that card's been in the offender's hand and the offence itself 282 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:51,200 happened further back than we originally anticipated. 283 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:58,000 I'm going to need to go back to the bank and obtain further days', 284 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,520 maybe weeks' worth of transactions. 285 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,960 While Alex needs to look deeper into David's accounts, 286 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:10,120 it's become clear his bank card has been in the hands of someone else. 287 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,640 Glenn can now refocus the CCTV search. 288 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,720 We've received a number of financial transactions 289 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:24,440 from different places within Birmingham and also in Halesowen, 290 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,520 so the importance now is that we view the CCTV footage 291 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,640 from each and every one of those locations. 292 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,440 We need to start building up a picture of anybody 293 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,240 we may see on here in relation to those financials. 294 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:47,920 With David's bank account suggesting the crime took place several days 295 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,320 before the discovery of his body, 296 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,920 Jo and Tom have called in pathologist Brett Lockyer 297 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,920 to see if he can help narrow down when David died. 298 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,280 David was found deceased on the 15th of November. 299 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,440 Can we pinpoint the time of death? 300 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,520 So, he has been deceased for some period of time. 301 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,960 Yeah. There were signs of mummification. 302 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,400 And also when he's found, his hands are still in that unnatural position 303 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,840 behind his back. Yeah. That's because rigor mortis has developed 304 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,240 and his muscles have frozen into that position. 305 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:30,120 So whilst it's not possible to say exactly when he did die, 306 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:33,760 the postmortem would indicate that he had been dead for a week, 307 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,120 if not longer. 308 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,520 That's really helpful, thank you. 309 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,440 What I can say is that the act of tying him up 310 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,400 would have happened when he was alive. 311 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,960 The interesting thing, of course, is that had the ligature been removed 312 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,360 immediately after he died, 313 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:52,120 then you wouldn't necessarily see the blood settling, 314 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:54,760 which is otherwise known as hypostasis. 315 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,240 That only really occurs after the heart's stopped beating. 316 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,040 So they would indicate that the bindings had been removed 317 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,000 after he's been deceased for a period of time. Yeah. 318 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,000 But from the pathology, are you able to say a period of time 319 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,480 he was tied up for before he was untied? 320 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,320 Well, I can't say exactly when he has been untied, 321 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:22,480 but he certainly hasn't been untied within hours of being deceased. 322 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,200 That's most likely to have occurred at a later period. 323 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaking to the pathologist raises a few more questions. 324 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,240 When was he tied up and when was he untied? 325 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:38,360 And who's untied him? 326 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:44,560 Could it be the offender has been in there for some time and untied him? 327 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,800 Has the offender returned and untied him? 328 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,040 Or is there a third party who'd been in David's address, untied him, 329 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,760 but for whatever reason hasn't contacted the police? 330 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,080 Based on the financial analysis of David's bank card, 331 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,120 Glenn and Helen have been searching through multiple cameras 332 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:12,040 from shops and cashpoints. 333 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,440 Most locations that have an ATM, 334 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,040 or if a card is being used within a shop, for instance, 335 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,720 the till area is going to be covered by CCTV. 336 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,080 So now we've got the exact time 337 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:29,480 and the location of the suspicious transactions, we would hope to see 338 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,080 on that footage the person that has committed this horrendous crime. 339 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,400 So, in the early hours of the morning, 340 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,880 we had the use of the bank card on the Broadway. 341 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,240 Oh, there's two cameras - camera 14 and camera 28. 342 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,200 What angle does the other one give you? 343 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,640 Glenn moves on to a second suspicious transaction 344 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,640 identified by the financial analysis. 345 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,160 Hmm. Not sure that's the same person. 346 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,000 No, that looks like a woman, doesn't it? 347 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,720 It does look like a woman, exactly. 348 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:20,960 And the timing of that is perfect for that transaction. 349 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,800 Just appears that we're not just dealing with one person here. 350 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,920 10th of November, 12th, 14th, 351 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,960 and then we've got females using his bank card. 352 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,200 That is very surprising. 353 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,400 I was expecting one person, 354 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,320 but now there's multiple people using David's bank card. 355 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,560 We've got to keep an open mind as to how many people 356 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,400 now are involved in David's murder. 357 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,800 Officers start trying to identify the numerous people 358 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,720 caught on CCTV using the bank card. 359 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,280 It does make the investigation more difficult. 360 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,320 It gives us more lines of inquiry, because we've now got to identify 361 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,760 all these different people fraudulently using David's card. 362 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:29,720 While the search widens for David's killer, finance specialist Alex 363 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:34,920 has gained authorisation to look back further into his accounts. 364 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:41,960 So I've got transactions dating from the 14th of November going back. 365 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:50,080 If we can identify where the victim's normal account usage ends 366 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,920 and what we believe is the offender's usage starts, 367 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,040 it really narrows down that timeframe 368 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,000 for when the offence happened. 369 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,080 It looks like David's normal spending habits are 370 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:08,200 trips to his local Asda, presumably to do his weekly shopping. 371 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,280 And he does do ATM transactions, 372 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,720 but they are one-offs at a normal time in daylight hours. 373 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:22,760 It looks like I've found the final legitimate transaction 374 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,240 carried out by David. 375 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,120 It's a purchase at his local Asda on the 2nd. 376 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:34,280 Then from the early hours of the 3rd, 377 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:39,360 the transactions from his account radically change. 378 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,880 And I believe the first suspicious transaction 379 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:51,360 carried out by the offender and not by David is from the Co-op 380 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:55,880 at just after 6 o'clock in the morning on the 3rd of November. 381 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,120 I think those early transactions are the offenders that took control 382 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:06,120 of that card and committed this offence. 383 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:10,200 The first fraudulent transaction on David's card was committed 384 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,320 12 days before the discovery of his body. 385 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:20,880 In excess of £8,000 has been stolen fraudulently 386 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,120 in over 300 different transactions. 387 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:33,480 A CCTV check with Asda confirms Alex's theory. 388 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:45,720 It's really sad to know that David had gone about his normal day, 389 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:51,560 minding his own business, buying his groceries, 390 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,520 unaware as to what was to come. 391 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,640 With the financial analysis revealing the time and place 392 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,320 of the very first fraudulent usage of David's card, 393 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,760 detectives can now pinpoint CCTV footage 394 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,320 from the exact time of the transaction. 395 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,400 We're now watching the CCTV from the transaction on the 3rd of November 396 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,840 at about 5.30 in the morning. 397 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,440 And I can see a male at the cash machine. 398 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,760 And this male is not David Varlow. 399 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:30,960 He's hooded up. 400 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,040 He looks shorter. 401 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,840 He's moving more freely. 402 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:40,760 So, this is our burglar. 403 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:54,680 The cash machine is just two minutes' walk from David's house, 404 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,520 but the suspect is as yet unidentified. 405 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,520 To see if they can find a clearer image, 406 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:07,800 Tom and the team track the suspect as he crosses further CCTV cameras. 407 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,640 He's still got his hood up and he's still got a mask on. 408 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,800 This is the number 9 bus pulling up at a bus stop. 409 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,160 And it looks like there's a male who gets on. 410 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,880 There's no other people walking up Spies Lane at this time. 411 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,840 He's got distinct trainers 412 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,520 and he's got a distinct jacket with white markings on. 413 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,640 And he goes upstairs on the bus. 414 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,120 This is our first really good image. 415 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,720 He's still wearing a mask and his hood up, 416 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,040 but he's got really distinct eyes. 417 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,000 Jo has received the lab report on the items from the crime scene 418 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,760 submitted for DNA analysis. 419 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,400 OK, so a mixed result was obtained from the sample 420 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,200 taken from the knotted area of the cable 421 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,000 which was wrapped around the rear left leg of the chair. 422 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,560 They've examined the knife as well. 423 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:38,200 And...they sampled an area of the blade. 424 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:44,520 The DNA profile of David Varlow, the victim, was obtained from blood 425 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,120 that was taken from the blade of the knife. 426 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,280 And then a mixed profile was obtained 427 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:55,480 from the handle of the knife, which was enough in the partial profile 428 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,200 to then do a search on the national DNA database. 429 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,280 And a match was obtained. 430 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,720 A DNA match is really hard to dispute in court, 431 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,080 as it's incredibly accurate. 432 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,320 And in this particular case, it's one in a billion. 433 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,240 Hiya, Tom. It's Jo. 434 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,200 ON PHONE: I've just had the DNA results come through. 435 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,560 ON PHONE: Ah, excellent. Go on. 436 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,400 Good news. We've got a name. 437 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,120 Adris Mohammed. 438 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,080 Adris Mohammed? OK. Yeah. 439 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,360 So, really, really good news there. 440 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,040 I'll start researching him now. 441 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,760 His nickname on our systems, or his alias, is Eyes. 442 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,160 And his eyes are quite distinct on this CCTV. 443 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,360 And looking at his last custody photo, 444 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,840 comparing that to his image that we've got of him on the bus, 445 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,920 the first image that we've got, 446 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:09,200 he does have a similar hairline that you can see in our CCTV image. 447 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,080 And he's got the same skin tone. 448 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,560 He's been committing burglaries since he was a juvenile 449 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:20,320 and he's got 29 theft-related convictions. 450 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,720 And it looks like he's committing burglary 451 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,640 to fund his drug-related lifestyle. 452 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:30,640 I think it's him. 453 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,920 Officers are dispatched to central Birmingham... 454 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,560 ..where they arrest Adris Mohammed close to his home. 455 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,679 Ultimately, we want Adris to explain himself. 456 00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:44,719 We want him to tell us why his DNA is in that house, 457 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,120 what's he doing in the area in the early hours of the morning, 458 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,560 and if he is innocent of that crime but he knows who did do it 459 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,560 and break in and have the bank card, for him to tell us. 460 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:01,360 Detectives start by putting the CCTV evidence to Adris Mohammed. 461 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:42,240 One of the problems is that David's house is not caught on CCTV, 462 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:44,120 so we've had to identify the cameras that are nearest 463 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,480 to his house on Manor Lane. 464 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,600 So, this person goes past this camera on Manor Lane 465 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,120 towards David Varlow's house. 466 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:54,560 David's house is here. 467 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,280 This person doesn't go past this camera. 468 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,200 And then half an hour later, 469 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,360 we've got him passing the same camera again. 470 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,800 That is the only person that makes that movement. 471 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:57,440 When you do live in that world and you have that lifestyle, 472 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,560 it's not uncommon for people to sell stolen bank cards. 473 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,000 You know, he owes a debt, 474 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,280 and he's using that card to repay a drugs debt. 475 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:06,800 Another explanation might be, 476 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:10,200 did Adris hand that card off to kind of throw us off the scent somewhat, 477 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,080 try and put the blame on someone else? 478 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:19,200 Adris Mohammed had no phone on him when he was arrested, 479 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,280 but in a bid to link his movements to the CCTV evidence, 480 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:27,120 digital media investigator Mark Hilton has been searching 481 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,560 for any numbers that may be his. 482 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,600 Police systems and other systems accessible by the police has come up 483 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:41,480 with a number finishing in 377 that's linked to Adris Mohammed. 484 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:46,280 Some months prior to this incident, he actually used this phone number 485 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,600 to call police and report some antisocial behaviour, 486 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:53,840 giving his name and, obviously, that phone number. 487 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:58,400 When we identify a phone number, we can apply for phone data. 488 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:02,200 And what can sit within that data is where that phone number was 489 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,080 when it was making and receiving calls, 490 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,480 and incoming/outgoing SMS messages. 491 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,480 If the device is moving, 492 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,680 and therefore connecting to different cell masts 493 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,040 as it's on the move, 494 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:18,800 then we can successfully map where that A to B point is. 495 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:25,240 So I want to see the location around the 3rd of November. 496 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:27,800 And we can see immediately 497 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,120 activations on these cell masts in the early hours. 498 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,960 The blue marker there is Adris's home address. 499 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:43,000 5.19, there's a ping in Halesowen in the area of the deceased's address, 500 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,960 which is obviously the offence location 501 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,400 and a key time for our victim's murder. 502 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,840 And then from 6.16 onwards, 503 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,840 he slowly makes his way back towards Birmingham 504 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:02,800 on cell masts moving towards his home address. 505 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:07,240 So we can see straight away that the Halesowen ping at a significant time 506 00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:08,680 is really key. 507 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:14,040 Looking further back into Adris Mohammed's phone usage data, 508 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,240 Mark discovers something else. 509 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,640 An attempted break-in was also reported 510 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:25,760 at our victim's address on the evening of the 24th of October. 511 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,360 So if we look through the data 512 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,160 of the number that's attributed to Adris, 513 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,040 you can see from the activated cell site mast, 514 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:42,120 23.07, 23.09, there's clear movement to Manor Lane in Halesowen. 515 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:43,880 We know that that is around the time 516 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:48,240 of the alleged break-in at Manor Lane. 517 00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:52,080 But then after this time, we can see at 1.19, 518 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:57,840 the cell sites activated by that phone are moving away from Halesowen 519 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,000 and back towards the Birmingham area. 520 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,280 So, it's planned... 521 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:09,880 ..as it shows that there was a recce of that address on the 24th. 522 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,200 Then on the 3rd, 523 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:15,320 Adris Mohammed has gone with purpose, with intent on the 3rd. 524 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,200 He knows where he's going. 525 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:21,440 He's gone specifically straight to that address, to that location 526 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:25,680 and committed the crime he has on an elderly, vulnerable man. 527 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,400 With Adris Mohammed giving no account 528 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,160 of what happened in David's house in the early hours 529 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:17,200 of the 3rd of November, detectives turn to the DNA evidence. 530 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,560 He's restrained a vulnerable person 531 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,240 and caused him - you know, no doubt - pain and suffering. 532 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,480 However, whether he's committed murder or not 533 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,240 ultimately hinges on what Adris's intent was 534 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:10,120 when he tied up David Varlow and left him to die. 535 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:15,560 Did he know that that was a possible consequence of his actions? 536 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,120 For me, that's part of the intent to commit murder. 537 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:26,360 The CPS authorises Adris Mohammed to be charged 538 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:30,560 with the murder of David Varlow, and he is remanded in custody. 539 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:37,320 But there are still unanswered questions relating to 540 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:39,760 the timeline around David's death. 541 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:45,080 David was found on the 15th of November. 542 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,920 2nd of November, David was alive, 543 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:52,800 cos we've got him using his bank card in Asda in Halesowen. 544 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:56,880 However, by the 3rd of November, we know that bank card 545 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,600 was in the possession of this man. 546 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:05,160 From forensic work and phone work, we've identified Adris Mohammed. 547 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:09,640 I'm absolutely satisfied 548 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:13,400 that Adris Mohammed is responsible for David's murder, 549 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:17,680 but we've still got a really big unanswered question. 550 00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,160 The pathology indicates that David Varlow was tied up 551 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:25,000 for some time, but Adris was only in his house for 30 minutes. 552 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,080 So someone must have come back and untied him. 553 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,720 Has the offender returned? 554 00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:34,360 Or could it be different people using David's bank card 555 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,440 have gone to David's house and untied him? 556 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,680 We still don't know who untied him, when and why. 557 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,960 To interrogate Adris Mohammed's movements from the time 558 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,680 the crime was committed until the discovery of David's body, 559 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:58,080 Mark further analyses his phone data. 560 00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:02,600 We know that he's in and around his home address 561 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:06,040 from the 4th of November to the 5th of November, 562 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:11,800 where at 17.57, there's very fast movement from a cell mast 563 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:15,360 in Birmingham, up towards Wolverhampton, 564 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:19,560 which is much quicker than you would see on the conventional foot or bike 565 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:21,480 or even by car at that time. 566 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:30,000 Rail enquiries reveal CCTV at New Street train station in Birmingham. 567 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:35,720 And then we can also see 18.30, he arrives in the area of Stafford, 568 00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:37,920 where he continues to use his phone, 569 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:41,600 connecting to masts in and around his ex-partner's home address. 570 00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:46,280 And then on the 11th of November, 571 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:50,520 there's movement on cell masts back towards Birmingham. 572 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,480 And then we can see the Halesowen ping, 573 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,440 so there's a confirmed hit in the Halesowen area, 574 00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,840 which is the deceased's address. 575 00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,760 And the mapping now is overwhelming in terms of the fact 576 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:08,720 that it shows him moving by train on the 11th back down from Stafford 577 00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:11,600 to the offence location at Halesowen. 578 00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:21,160 There's a number of cameras here, 579 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,640 I'm just trying to find the right one. 580 00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:27,440 Confirmation that Adris Mohammed revisited the scene of the crime 581 00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:32,200 on the 11th of November, eight days after the initial burglary, 582 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:36,000 prompts Glenn to review CCTV footage from that day. 583 00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:47,520 Oh, this is interesting! 584 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:53,680 Well, I think Tom would like that. 585 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,120 I think this is Adris Mohammed. 586 00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:07,240 But there's two people at the cash machine. 587 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,600 This is a complete shock because I was only expecting one person. 588 00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,280 The one at the cash machine looks like the same height as Adris. 589 00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:18,440 But the one standing behind him, 590 00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:21,600 he looks a lot taller than who we think is Adris. 591 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:27,400 The fact there's two people, that means potentially, 592 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:29,720 you know, there was another person involved. 593 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:34,720 The team can now focus on the pair's movements. 594 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,400 So this is a few doors down from David Varlow's address, 595 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:45,200 and we can see two males walking away from David's address. 596 00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,600 And they haven't appeared in any of the footage 597 00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:49,520 the other side of David's. 598 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:52,760 So the hypothesis is that they've gone to David's address, 599 00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:54,520 they've come out half an hour later 600 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,360 and walked up the road towards the cash machine. 601 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,920 This means basically that a second person has gone to the address 602 00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:04,880 with Adris, so have they gone inside? 603 00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,720 Have they moved the body? Have they untied David? 604 00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:10,560 So we need to identify that person, 605 00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:13,480 cos potentially, you know, he's involved in this murder. 606 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:20,880 Not only does the CCTV reveal a second person at the cashpoint, 607 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:25,280 but further financial enquiries reveal that the card they were using 608 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:29,040 was different to the original one stolen from David. 609 00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:35,600 One of David's expired cards was used on the evening of the 11th, 610 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:37,720 going into the 12th of November. 611 00:49:38,720 --> 00:49:42,120 We know that card wasn't used before the night of the 11th 612 00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:44,160 and early morning of the 12th. 613 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:45,720 If it had been stolen in the initial burglary, 614 00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:47,560 then why didn't they use it earlier? 615 00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,040 The question for me is, 616 00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:52,240 has Adris confided in someone about this murder? 617 00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:55,960 And has someone returned to the scene with Adris to assist him? 618 00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,840 What I'm doing now is going through our intelligence systems, 619 00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,920 looking at Adris Mohammed's associates, 620 00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:10,520 to see if any of them match that person that we've got on CCTV. 621 00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:16,040 And we've identified this male, O'Shay Swan. 622 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:20,320 He's considerably taller than Adris Mohammed, 623 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:23,920 and looking at his facial features, his height, his broadness, 624 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:28,120 he matches the person on the CCTV at the cash machine. 625 00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,880 Looking at his associates and looking at Adris's associates, 626 00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,360 they kind of mix in the same circles 627 00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:39,120 of people with drug-related lifestyles. 628 00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,320 So we need to get O'Shay Swan in custody 629 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:42,960 to understand his involvement. 630 00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:49,600 O'Shay Swan is arrested and his home searched for any evidence 631 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:54,120 he accompanied Adris Mohammed on the night of the 11th of November. 632 00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:09,200 As well as being suspected of burglary and fraud, 633 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,800 Swan has also been arrested on the more serious crime 634 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,760 of assisting an offender in a murder case. 635 00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:15,120 Looking at all the evidence, 636 00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:18,320 O'Shay Swan has travelled all that way for a reason. 637 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:21,360 My view is he's travelled all that way to help Adris Mohammed. 638 00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:25,080 Help him do what? We don't know. 639 00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:31,880 But that's when we think either O'Shay or Adris has untied David. 640 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,320 If he died tied and attached to the chair, 641 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:41,800 one of them must have untied him and moved the chair. 642 00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:46,040 When we found that chair, there was banking documentation 643 00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:49,080 and a cheque book on top of the chair, 644 00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:53,200 so - shockingly - that means that someone must have been going through 645 00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:56,760 that paperwork in front of David's deceased body. 646 00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:02,080 For me, it's beyond horrific. 647 00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:18,080 Tom and Jo meet to decide on the evidence they'll put to the CPS 648 00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:21,520 for a charging decision against O'Shay Swan. 649 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,240 We haven't actually got any forensic evidence for O'Shay, 650 00:54:25,240 --> 00:54:28,360 like, to put him inside the premises. Yeah. 651 00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:33,680 But that's not to say that, you know, he's not been in there. 652 00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:36,400 We're never going to know what O'Shay knew 653 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:38,760 was going on inside that house. 654 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:42,080 And ultimately, because we can't place O'Shay in the house 655 00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:44,720 through forensics, witnesses or CCTV, 656 00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:50,240 we can't ask CPS to authorise a charge of assisting offender. 657 00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:52,120 So the plan with O'Shay is that we're going to go 658 00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:54,720 for a charge of burglary and then fraud, 659 00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:57,520 using David's bank card at the cash machine with Adris. 660 00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:06,840 The verdict turns on how the judge and the jury interpret the evidence. 661 00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:11,240 For Adris, was it intentional, a murder? 662 00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:16,320 Or was it manslaughter or a burglary that went wrong? 663 00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:20,680 It's just a real awful and such a sad case. 664 00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:29,120 PHONE RINGS 665 00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:32,760 Hi, Jo, I just wanted to give you the results. 666 00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:35,000 Yeah, I've been waiting for this call. 667 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:40,400 So, Adris has been sentenced to 33 years in prison minimum. 668 00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:42,080 So he's got a life sentence... 669 00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:44,600 Wow! ..but he's got to serve a minimum of 33 years. 670 00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:47,760 33 - that's a lengthy sentence, isn't it? 671 00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:49,080 It is. It's really good. 672 00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:51,360 It just shows the jury, you know, they... 673 00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:54,040 When they found him guilty, they, you know, believe 674 00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:56,080 that Adris did have intent. 675 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,680 The intent was there to murder David. 676 00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:03,000 There's obviously aggravating features in this case, 677 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,920 in terms of the fact that he's tied up a vulnerable male, 678 00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:11,480 he's left him to die, he's caused him a lot of pain and suffering, 679 00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:14,760 but ultimately Adris Mohammed is off the street for 33 years 680 00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:18,840 and he won't be able to do this to anyone else. 681 00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:22,200 Forensics played a huge part in identifying the offender 682 00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:25,280 in this case, with regards to DNA testing. 683 00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:28,960 And if he did try and put us off the scent by moving the body, 684 00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:32,760 untying him, distributing the bank cards, 685 00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:34,680 he did a real poor job. 686 00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:38,840 And as for Swan, Swan's got six years for burglary and fraud. 687 00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:40,600 We couldn't put him in the scene, could we? 688 00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:43,600 So... I mean, that's also a good sentence, isn't it? 689 00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:45,840 No, it's really good. 690 00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,560 Regarding O'Shay, the judge concluded that 691 00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:52,160 when he went with Adris Mohammed to burgle David's house, 692 00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:56,160 O'Shay knew that Adris had killed David Varlow. 693 00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:59,680 And that potentially will add weight to the severity of his sentence. 694 00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,000 This particular case has really highlighted to me 695 00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:10,200 that there are bad people out there that will do horrible things 696 00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:13,600 to elderly people. 697 00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:16,680 But the way I kind of think of it is, I can't change what's happened, 698 00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:19,640 but what I certainly can do is get justice for the victim 699 00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:21,280 and their families. 700 00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:24,720 That really kind of drives me on every job - 701 00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:26,480 to get justice for them.