I was assaulted at knife point in 1979… it was terrifying! I got free and hollered for help and two off duty fire fighters heard me and came to my rescue! They tackled the guy and held him until police arrived! I was taken to the hospital for the assault kit. I took him to court. I was successful and he was sent to prison! 😅
Good for you for putting him away. Many would not have wanted to go through even that again since sometimes they still don't get put away. I worked in the worst area (streetwalkers, druggies, street people, alcoholics, and probably everything else) in a big city when I was in my early 20s (1971). In the winter it was dark very early and I had to walk a few blocks to the bus stop past many dark alleyways. It often took a long time between busses and no one was around. I could easily have been accosted. The area was fairly secluded and I was too naive to feel terrified. For some reason, I felt a little protected because I worked in the medical field at a private clinic and was liked by many of those people who got help where I worked. Streetwalkers often brought me little gifts (oranges, cheap perfume, etc. in gratitude because I treated them with respect). Now I realize just how lucky I was to never be grabbed or mugged! It was my first real job and I wanted to be able to list that I stayed at least 1,5 years so my resume would look better. After that, I transferred ASAP to a better area and got a car. Working conditions were better and we always finished work before it got dark outside. I also took Judo and self-defense classes to be a little more prepared to protect myself. I only had one gross instance when I was walking beside parked cars in broad daylight on a very busy main street in the city with shops. I happened to glance over at a young man in his car 'pleasuring himself' without trying to cover or hide what he was doing. I'm in my 70s now and it still occasionally bothers me that I had to witness even that. I can't imagine what others have gone through that were actually attacked! It doesn't go away.
he was sentenced to 4 years for sexual assault last November after being paroled in 2018. He did more than 50 years and as you say, life should mean life
Most cases of murder are a momentary act of rage, often after some provocation. Those people deserve a second chance if their prison time shows they can control their temper. Another good reason to allow a second chance is because, if it is never possible then there is more chance they'll kill again to avoid capture. In the case of sexual offences, there is far less chance of reform. Where the offence is against women or children, there is little chance to gauge the risk of an offender when they're don't come into contact with women or children. They seem to be let out far too early with few restrictions and little oversight. In this case, the initial 11 years was far too little, but par for the course for a sexual murder of a woman at that time. Giving him a second chance after the initial Clifton convictions was an appalling judgment, luckily stopped by the forensics proving the other 2 rapes. After those initial Clifton convictions, given the previous murder and the time between, he should never have been eligible for release. Releasing him even after the convictions for two more rapes is appalling regardless of his age. People often perceive the elderly as not being a risk because they are frail, that makes it more likely that women will not see it as a risk to be alone with them.
@@nlwilson4892 Thank you for an unusually nuanced view of the subject of sentencing. There is nothing much that I can add, other than my generally held opinion (which, may I add, is held by many with far more expertise than I) is that pretty much every kind of crminial can be rerehabilitated by one technique or another, except sexual criminals. Quite literally there are countries which have so few prisoners who can't be rehabilitated that they have to import prisoners in order to justify they own prisons staying open. But the ones that remain stubbornly resistant to any rehabilitation are those convicted of sex crimes. Maybe, just maybe, at some point sex criminals will be capable of genetic re-engineering? Reprogramming? who TF knows? But right now, it seems abundantly clear that sex criminals can't be rehabilitated. BTW, the UK's own system, which treats men who have sexual contact with underage "girls" (even when that girl consented - but the parents didn't), should NEVER be included in these stats. After all, a 16 y.o. "boy" who has consensual sex with a 15 y.o. "girl", according to UK law, is still technically a rapist and thus a "Sex criminal". This is, iMO, absolutely ridiculous.
Michelle was so brave! Her post trauma counselling was (typically, under-) par for the time, and she deserves this recognition in the programme.. I know there's a large iceberg of post trauma effect on many emergency workers-hospital staff, ambulance, fire brigade, and police as well as on armed services, but this was exemplary as a caring human being. Thank you.
The male undercover officer says he made 36 arrests in the 3 months with an implication that these were for sexual offences. Yet they almost stopped the operation because it was costing too much and they hadn't caught the main offender. It seems like a good use of resources to me. How many of those arrested for lesser offences will have learnt how unacceptable their behaviour was and learnt to control themselves before they progressed to more serious stuff. How much safer did the streets become when lots of men were getting arrested for sexual offences.
You are an absolute heroine, Michelle Leonard. That took guts. I could not have done it. I would have called it off. We'll never know how many lives you have saved!
Jessie ... I believe sometimes the parole board should be in prison . Damian Bendall (Google him ) brought terrible evil to my village a while back .. a very evil story .. beware .
There are many parole boards who are entirely corrupted. It's complete moral insanity that parole boards can be influenced by social media and public pressure to release seriously dangerous offenders that have no business being released. I think people are starting to realize just how utterly incompetent and corrupt parole boards can be thanks to more media coverage, and the fact these scumbags on parole boards leave a social media comment trail revealing they are being influenced by factors that have nothing to do with public safety - which should be their absolute number one priority.
That is the purpose of life licence, to give people another chance. They should have much closer monitoring, they do these days (perhaps not close enough). He certainly shouldn't have been considered for release after the initial Clifton convictions.
@@kenlindsey4648 It isn't really the system itself, it is the people who are operating that system.The parole board could have kept him in prison far longer after the first murder, they could also have kept him in for life after the Clifton attacks. They chose not to and that is where the fault lies.
@@binlondon9685 the internet has brought to light what was done in dark when there wasn’t exposure and internet. People definitely can’t use excuse they weren’t taught right from wrong with all the education on internet and in todays society. There are the natural laws for human rights and life to always be upheld and they are established globally. Judges and courts needs to stand firmly on showing them the consequences of their actions of violating life and human rights they chose to commit onto others.
So they knew he drove a yellow Capri and it had plates that were on his name. He lived around Bristol. He was out on life license for similar charges. This heroic story does have a whiff of poor and inefficient policing around it no matter how great the superlatives and the endless repetition of how difficult it all was.
One of the female officers said something about "and that he could move without us knowing". That suggests that the police hadn't been informed that he had moved into the area and so he wasn't on their list. So that would be the fault of the Ministry of Justice rather than the police.
@@franciscopino5284 You clearly haven't travelled much, or seen some of the true crime documentaries from other countries. I'm no fan of the UK police, but there are a lot worse out there.
He should have got life indefinitely in the 1960s for the murder. Instead he only served about 9 years, attacked all the women in Bristol, was released a few years ago, became a volunteer at a women's drop in centre and attacked another woman and was jailed again. Once again the courts have a lot to answer for. If he had not been released for the murder the Bristol attacks would not have happened. If he had not been released a couple of years ago the woman wouldn't have been sexually assaulted by him. The centre he was a volunteer at have a lot to answer for as well for not checking him out when he applied to be a volunteer and the police do too for not monitoring him.
They obviously are about saving money, twice. Serious come? Murder? Send him away for minimal time because they are too expensive to keep inside. The impact cost on the street is not their problem. The first time he was out 8 attacks occurred. Who could have guessed? After very few years in prison he would not only do it again but they didn’t even bother tracking him after he disappeared
I can't believe that a rapist and murderer had been let out of jail after only eleven years. He was jailed for life, so why do the police and judges allow dangerous murders out to attack upteen more girls and women?
Yes I don’t understand life in England , it seams if you seam somewhat reformed his old life is gone now a new one ? But if he keeps it up they can keep him until death ?????
The police have nothing to do with deciding when people get released. In fact when they're on a life sentence the judges don't either. In those days judges didn't have the power to set a minimum tariff, now they do, but once that tariff is expired the parole board decides when they get released.
That repetition was incredibly annoying. Some is explained by the fact that this seemed to have been done originally as 4 short episodes as part of a longer programme (probably after the news) but even so, really annoying and not like they couldn't edit it out before posting.
Excellent policing very heroic ladies put their lives on the line true police officers.Remember a young policeman in Hastings who rescued my niece from a burning building incredible bravery he saved her life.Very sad to see the public attitude towards the police regarding the Southport riots I just don’t get it.
The amount of repetition in this documentary should also be form of crime. This could have been 20 minutes without losing a single aspect of detail or information.
Very true. Shamelessly bad really. Just as the policing btw (they knew he drove a yellow Capri that was in his name and he was out on life license, I mean come on. Just make the damn lists already and look ‘m all up).
@@brunetteXer doesn’t justify the repetition. There are recaps, memory refreshes et al. and then there is pure filibuster repetition. This is 200 miles east of the latter camp.
In England, even the police are mostly unarmed. Look at how long these grooming gangs have been at large……. The police simply stay out of those communities and leave them to it. But I believe my home country is finally waking up!
What is the point of calling it a life sentence? Is that supposed to be some kind of weird joke? How was committing rapes not a violation of parole which should have reinstated his life sentence for good? This makes no sense. None at all.
Sounds like the judge needs to think about how he'd feel if it happened to someone in his family or even him. The atrocities of the justice system is so mean and cruel. We have to protect ourselves and the police has it easy to just sit back and wait until it happens, again. What a cruel world innocent people live in.
If a police woman is still traumatised by a rapist she helped to catch , victims of 25 years described as more or less a longitudinal study on how rape impacts it’s victims for the rest of their lives - and he’s behind bars , please tell me then why it’s so different for a 13 year old child who’s perp as never caught, 17 years on still terrified to go anywhere alone , always afraid of his threats to kill her but the council think it’s perfectly safe and fine for her to be housed in a bedsit next to one , two or maybe more early release sex offenders ? This is happening in 2024 and the girl is beside herself with fear - that council is just across the water from Bristol !
A couple of years earlier there was a similar string of rapes and attacks in Cambridge. I was living there at the time and it was terrifying. Luckily a lot of male students stepped in to walk women home. As students they could prove who they were so we wonen knew we were safe.
_The investigation was carried out almost as badly as that of the Yorkshire Ripper. (Only place one reads about great British police work is in detective novels)_ _1. They knew the car used was a yellow Capri_ _2. The criminal was a local resident_ _3. The criminal's picture (based on victims' descriptions) was accurate_ _4. Long prison record and recently released on parole_ _And the 'justice' system is equally inept_ _1. Released after just 11 years for murder_ _2. Again released after multiple rapes_ _3. One more sexual assault, with just 4 years sentence_
@@sophiejameson4064every time you say that, every man who’s had done the right thing is forced to accept responsibility for things they haven’t done and have actively opposed in most instances. We have daughters. I expect you’d never say “Muslim violence” when a minority of them cause violence.
Loads of people from grooming gangs have been jailed. A big part of the initial problem was that the concept of grooming wasn't understood, it was seen as girls with lose morals going willingly with men. Another big part was most of the girls being from dysfunctional families, kids in foster care that had a bad relationship with the police. Yes, there was also an issue with the authorities being scared of being accused of racism and that is still very much a problem when tackling violence, forced marriage etc. in the Pakistani community. But white groomers have also historically been ignored by the police.
Our police force was being pro active against rapists in 1970’s. They had group showings of a movie titled “ How to say No to a rapist and live”. I watched it as I was a college student at the time. Little did I know that movie was to save my life in 1979!😅
This really highlights how often the rights of a person, conficted of a violent act, to have a second chance of freedom and resuming a normal life with no consideration that the victim never is free of the memory of the trauma suffered at that person's hands and never does get get a second chance to live a normal life. They may come to deal with it some ways, and learn to function even with those memories but they never get the chance of living out their lives without the memories. Its even more clear when up see the police woman who was the decoy who was attacked talking about still looking over her shoulder and seeing his face, and she had been at least a bit prepared, knew backup was close and thankfully the attack was stopped before she was greatly injured, but the emotional trauma was still with her even though she was able to function and continue her law enforcement career. This is why I think we do not do not consider the victim anywhere near enough. Its a failed premise that a victim gets justice when the perpetrator is convicted and us sentanced. We fail to consider that they always have to live with what happened even if the superficial scars fade and they get good emotionsl support, you cant undo what happened. We are very glib, I think, when we say, about a convict when they sre released, that they served their time and paid the price by losing freedom for any number of years because they do get to walk away from it and not have to deal with what they did anymore, while their victims always will. I really believe that violent crimes should be crimes a person pays for for lifetime and any parole consideration should take into account, very heavily, how the victims of that crime are doing. If they are not finding themselves free from what happened then the person responsible should not go free. And sentance length or allowing a parole or return to freedom gas to stop being based on the politics of costs of incarceration or room in facilities and so on as the only one that benefits from that thinking is the criminal.
Great subject and content. However, the problem with running a number of episodes into one presentation is the recaps. It became repetitive and killed the momentum of the whole thing so it needed some editing.
What kind of justice system, judge let's a wild animal out on license to do what he was on license for???!!!!!!!it's appalling!! And completely criminal for any judge, court to let this animal out!! This is the 70s I see no difference here in the UK there is no protection for women or our children now, from these wild animals!! They are free to hunt what they want! Homegrown or imported illegally!!! We as women do not feel safe in the UK!!! We can't even trust a policeman he may be the sage animal as the so called known criminal!! The police, CPS , courts , lawyers, judges!!! All of them have let women and children down over and over again!!!! The UK is a sesspit of this type now!! Thanks to all the above!!!! We are attacked in the street, nothing is done!! All these years and nothing as really changed.....
Mrs Michelle leonard is a heroine for sure. Think about it for a second this was in them days where she would have had hardly any protective gear like pepper spray etc. This was certainly very courageous of these women to step up to catch this monster and they remarkably succeeded in doing exactly that.
To me, the sketches looked very frightening and one photo of the real man seemed so average. I'd be looking for someone totally different. That's the problem though that some of these monsters look like the guy who lives on the block, and often did!
As usual, when there's an out-of-control man out on the streets at night, women expected to stay in. When do the MEN get asked to stay at home after dark?
He should have had a whole life tariff as he is a repeat and dangerous offender, even in his 80s he is still doing it just last year wtaf is wrong with the Judges and parole board? Smh 🤦🏻♂️
In 2024 he was imprisoned again after assaulting a woman he befriended whilst volunteering somewhere. Why he was allowed to volunteer in a place that helps vulnerable women is beyond me... but this man is 82 years old now and has been sentenced to another 4 years in prison. Let's hope that sentence only ends early for one reason...
Great documentary!!! Some people just can't be rehabilitated smh the law in this country is a joke!!!! He should be in jail for the rest of his life!!!😡😡😡🤬🤬
Released and reoffends at the age of 82. Sentenced to another 4 years in November 2023 for sexual assault and leaving a trail of more victims. At what point are the people who allowed this man to be released going to be held accountable for the consequences of their actions? They have facilitated his crimes. He has been allowed to impose a life sentence on his victims who have no possibility of parole.
There's a video on UA-cam "Britain's 50 Most Dangerous Prisoners" or something like that. What's worrying is almost all of the had already served life sentences, long sentences, or were out on parole. It's about time Parole Boards were held more accountable for their actions.
ITV is an actual thing? Until this moment I honestly thought it was just a joke that Chris Morris through in on The IT Crowd. Awesome to know it's a real channel. BRILLIANT!!!
rape aside the documentary quality is absolutely awful . you use same clips 10-12 x there is 10 minutes of content that you stretch out. come on ITV a 13 y old youtuber could do better. no wonder old media is dying
This hour long repeated statements is really annoying. Being as there are hours of commercials not being aired directly as prescribed by the original television broadcast that aired this program while still receiving this propagandatized programming unconditionally interupted by whatever else youtube was paid to air
Longer isnt always better…😮repeating the same things over and over and over and replaying the same clips makes it longer but it’s insufferable! GOOD GRIEF just tell the story!
These docu videos can get so frustrating. Repeating a story over and over with interview inserts that say the same thing from another perspective, only to repeat it again. Stretching out a 15 min video to an hour.
What troubles me is that not once does anyone suggest empowering women by offering free martial arts and weapons training and gear. Also, encourage women to watch The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and emulate the heroine, Lisbeth.
@@goldenrules3763 In the US women are now the largest group purchasing firearms. Police forces are so short of personnel that no one is really safe now. The response time has grown as well. Police are leaving in exasperation as they watch Liberal judges dismiss serious cases or District Attorneys plea bargain the charges down to misdemeanors with suspended sentences. They complain about felons possessing firearms yet the possession charge either is dismissed or plea bargained away. A felon is barred from owning a firearm for life. In a recent case three men were having a running gun battle from their automobiles on an interstate highway in Oakland, California. A stray bullet entered a car and killed a 23 month old baby in his car seat killing him. The District Attorney has not filed charges yet. Her excuse given was that she was trying to find a way to charge them without jail time. The justice system in the US has collapsed. In New York you will not be arrested for shoplifting unless you steal over $900 in merchandise. Even if arrested you will be released without bail. Cameras have caught the same three men committing 327 robberies. They have yet to be tried.
I was assaulted at knife point in 1979… it was terrifying! I got free and hollered for help and two off duty fire fighters heard me and came to my rescue! They tackled the guy and held him until police arrived! I was taken to the hospital for the assault kit. I took him to court. I was successful and he was sent to prison! 😅
Good for you for putting him away. Many would not have wanted to go through even that again since sometimes they still don't get put away. I worked in the worst area (streetwalkers, druggies, street people, alcoholics, and probably everything else) in a big city when I was in my early 20s (1971). In the winter it was dark very early and I had to walk a few blocks to the bus stop past many dark alleyways. It often took a long time between busses and no one was around. I could easily have been accosted. The area was fairly secluded and I was too naive to feel terrified.
For some reason, I felt a little protected because I worked in the medical field at a private clinic and was liked by many of those people who got help where I worked. Streetwalkers often brought me little gifts (oranges, cheap perfume, etc. in gratitude because I treated them with respect). Now I realize just how lucky I was to never be grabbed or mugged! It was my first real job and I wanted to be able to list that I stayed at least 1,5 years so my resume would look better.
After that, I transferred ASAP to a better area and got a car. Working conditions were better and we always finished work before it got dark outside. I also took Judo and self-defense classes to be a little more prepared to protect myself. I only had one gross instance when I was walking beside parked cars in broad daylight on a very busy main street in the city with shops. I happened to glance over at a young man in his car 'pleasuring himself' without trying to cover or hide what he was doing. I'm in my 70s now and it still occasionally bothers me that I had to witness even that. I can't imagine what others have gone through that were actually attacked! It doesn't go away.
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If this was in England, he probably got five years and was let out in two.
If it was in the US, he would be considered an Alpha male and would be elected president.
I'm so Sorry you had to endure that experience it's all so totally horrific and still it's rife woman assaulted night and day it's endless
proof that life should mean life
he was sentenced to 4 years for sexual assault last November after being paroled in 2018. He did more than 50 years and as you say, life should mean life
Most cases of murder are a momentary act of rage, often after some provocation. Those people deserve a second chance if their prison time shows they can control their temper. Another good reason to allow a second chance is because, if it is never possible then there is more chance they'll kill again to avoid capture.
In the case of sexual offences, there is far less chance of reform. Where the offence is against women or children, there is little chance to gauge the risk of an offender when they're don't come into contact with women or children. They seem to be let out far too early with few restrictions and little oversight.
In this case, the initial 11 years was far too little, but par for the course for a sexual murder of a woman at that time. Giving him a second chance after the initial Clifton convictions was an appalling judgment, luckily stopped by the forensics proving the other 2 rapes. After those initial Clifton convictions, given the previous murder and the time between, he should never have been eligible for release. Releasing him even after the convictions for two more rapes is appalling regardless of his age. People often perceive the elderly as not being a risk because they are frail, that makes it more likely that women will not see it as a risk to be alone with them.
@@nlwilson4892 Thank you for an unusually nuanced view of the subject of sentencing.
There is nothing much that I can add, other than my generally held opinion (which, may I add, is held by many with far more expertise than I) is that pretty much every kind of crminial can be rerehabilitated by one technique or another, except sexual criminals.
Quite literally there are countries which have so few prisoners who can't be rehabilitated that they have to import prisoners in order to justify they own prisons staying open. But the ones that remain stubbornly resistant to any rehabilitation are those convicted of sex crimes.
Maybe, just maybe, at some point sex criminals will be capable of genetic re-engineering? Reprogramming? who TF knows? But right now, it seems abundantly clear that sex criminals can't be rehabilitated.
BTW, the UK's own system, which treats men who have sexual contact with underage "girls" (even when that girl consented - but the parents didn't), should NEVER be included in these stats. After all, a 16 y.o. "boy" who has consensual sex with a 15 y.o. "girl", according to UK law, is still technically a rapist and thus a "Sex criminal". This is, iMO, absolutely ridiculous.
To see the bravery and professionalism of these female officers. Truly inspirational and inspiring. God bless them, and thank you.
"Inspirational and Inspiring...", !?
Similarly, Familiar Similarity, is Familiarly Similar to Familiarity....
Michelle was so brave!
Her post trauma counselling was (typically, under-) par for the time, and she deserves this recognition in the programme..
I know there's a large iceberg of post trauma effect on many emergency workers-hospital staff, ambulance, fire brigade, and police as well as on armed services, but this was exemplary as a caring human being. Thank you.
The male undercover officer says he made 36 arrests in the 3 months with an implication that these were for sexual offences. Yet they almost stopped the operation because it was costing too much and they hadn't caught the main offender. It seems like a good use of resources to me. How many of those arrested for lesser offences will have learnt how unacceptable their behaviour was and learnt to control themselves before they progressed to more serious stuff. How much safer did the streets become when lots of men were getting arrested for sexual offences.
Well said & not many people would have thought of that, including me.
Jailed again aged 82 in November 2023 for sexual assault!
You are an absolute heroine, Michelle Leonard. That took guts. I could not have done it. I would have called it off. We'll never know how many lives you have saved!
especially without a phone, or any kind of personal tracking device, or any safety gear! women in the 70s were actually strong, independent women.
Every time they are released, they revert to their previous crimes.....
You are so right!
He was arrested in November of 2023 at age 82 for assault to serve 4 another years.
The parole board should be ashamed they kept letting him out!
Jessie ... I believe sometimes the parole board should be in prison .
Damian Bendall (Google him ) brought terrible evil to my village
a while back .. a very evil story .. beware .
The parole board should not have the power to do so. Law needs to make it so that that man never had the chance of parole.
@@_letstartariot Agreed. It's about time that the parole board were not independent of the government, and therefore the voting public.
@@_letstartariotthey must tell them they have to release so many a year d/t overcrowding is all I can think of. Parole boards are terrible
There are many parole boards who are entirely corrupted. It's complete moral insanity that parole boards can be influenced by social media and public pressure to release seriously dangerous offenders that have no business being released. I think people are starting to realize just how utterly incompetent and corrupt parole boards can be thanks to more media coverage, and the fact these scumbags on parole boards leave a social media comment trail revealing they are being influenced by factors that have nothing to do with public safety - which should be their absolute number one priority.
I visited the U.K. in 1977 and we (2 other female friends) were told to be careful as we drove from London to Scotland. Thanks for making this video.
How on earth does a murderer get out of prison on life license.
That is the purpose of life licence, to give people another chance. They should have much closer monitoring, they do these days (perhaps not close enough). He certainly shouldn't have been considered for release after the initial Clifton convictions.
The judge releases him
@@ianmangham4570 Judges don't release anyone. Parole boards do.
Poor system in UK.
@@kenlindsey4648 It isn't really the system itself, it is the people who are operating that system.The parole board could have kept him in prison far longer after the first murder, they could also have kept him in for life after the Clifton attacks. They chose not to and that is where the fault lies.
Jfc, that drop to a 1.6% conviction rate is the single most chilling thing in this documentary
Released..... only to offend again....
Like most who are released for vile crimes against the vulnerable of society.
🤬🤦🏼♀️ guess it’s back to vigilante street Justice
@BamaSquirrel to be honest the Internet has created more and more vile people across the world, sadly.
@binlondon9685 Technology will destroy humanity
@@binlondon9685 the internet has brought to light what was done in dark when there wasn’t exposure and internet. People definitely can’t use excuse they weren’t taught right from wrong with all the education on internet and in todays society. There are the natural laws for human rights and life to always be upheld and they are established globally. Judges and courts needs to stand firmly on showing them the consequences of their actions of violating life and human rights they chose to commit onto others.
So they knew he drove a yellow Capri and it had plates that were on his name. He lived around Bristol. He was out on life license for similar charges. This heroic story does have a whiff of poor and inefficient policing around it no matter how great the superlatives and the endless repetition of how difficult it all was.
As always. Practically.
@Brewbug I've repeated so many times: UK police is one of the worse police around the world.
One of the female officers said something about "and that he could move without us knowing". That suggests that the police hadn't been informed that he had moved into the area and so he wasn't on their list. So that would be the fault of the Ministry of Justice rather than the police.
@@franciscopino5284 You clearly haven't travelled much, or seen some of the true crime documentaries from other countries. I'm no fan of the UK police, but there are a lot worse out there.
@nlwilson4892 OK, I might have exaggerated a little, I guess there are many countries in Africa and Asia with much worse police.
He should have got life indefinitely in the 1960s for the murder. Instead he only served about 9 years, attacked all the women in Bristol, was released a few years ago, became a volunteer at a women's drop in centre and attacked another woman and was jailed again. Once again the courts have a lot to answer for. If he had not been released for the murder the Bristol attacks would not have happened. If he had not been released a couple of years ago the woman wouldn't have been sexually assaulted by him. The centre he was a volunteer at have a lot to answer for as well for not checking him out when he applied to be a volunteer and the police do too for not monitoring him.
They obviously are about saving money, twice. Serious come? Murder? Send him away for minimal time because they are too expensive to keep inside. The impact cost on the street is not their problem. The first time he was out 8 attacks occurred. Who could have guessed? After very few years in prison he would not only do it again but they didn’t even bother tracking him after he disappeared
I can't believe that a rapist and murderer had been let out of jail after only eleven years. He was jailed for life, so why do the police and judges allow dangerous murders out to attack upteen more girls and women?
Because they are evil too 😮
It is more on the legislators
Yes I don’t understand life in England , it seams if you seam somewhat reformed his old life is gone now a new one ? But if he keeps it up they can keep him until death ?????
The police have nothing to do with deciding when people get released. In fact when they're on a life sentence the judges don't either. In those days judges didn't have the power to set a minimum tariff, now they do, but once that tariff is expired the parole board decides when they get released.
Woke culture
My heart goes out to the victims.
I would have enjoyed (if that's the right word) this episode more if they hadn't kept repeating themselves to make the episode longer
That repetition was incredibly annoying. Some is explained by the fact that this seemed to have been done originally as 4 short episodes as part of a longer programme (probably after the news) but even so, really annoying and not like they couldn't edit it out before posting.
Excellent policing very heroic ladies put their lives on the line true police officers.Remember a young policeman in Hastings who rescued my niece from a burning building incredible bravery he saved her life.Very sad to see the public attitude towards the police regarding the Southport riots I just don’t get it.
This was almost unwatchable with the amount of repetition in the first 20 mins.
The repetition was terrible from start to finish, it took an hour to watch 30 minutes of content🤬
Literally just that that same comment myself before seeing yours. Agree 100%
Surprised ITV let that air to be honest.. TERRIBLE production.
@@kiddey genuinely me too, thought I was regressing into the past at one point. 😂
Agree, ten minutes worth of details repeated six times... "Do not recommend channel" selected.
Can't believe they let him out to do it again. Unbelievable parole board decision.
The amount of repetition in this documentary should also be form of crime. This could have been 20 minutes without losing a single aspect of detail or information.
Very true. Shamelessly bad really. Just as the policing btw (they knew he drove a yellow Capri that was in his name and he was out on life license, I mean come on. Just make the damn lists already and look ‘m all up).
True. I was even resorting to fast forwarding at one point.
it's old school programming, for TV, and with spots for ads. the repetition is when you come back from the ad break.
@@brunetteXer doesn’t justify the repetition. There are recaps, memory refreshes et al. and then there is pure filibuster repetition. This is 200 miles east of the latter camp.
WOMEN : FIGHT for gun rights ...& training !!
In England, even the police are mostly unarmed. Look at how long these grooming gangs have been at large……. The police simply stay out of those communities and leave them to it. But I believe my home country is finally waking up!
What is the point of calling it a life sentence? Is that supposed to be some kind of weird joke? How was committing rapes not a violation of parole which should have reinstated his life sentence for good? This makes no sense. None at all.
Sounds like the judge needs to think about how he'd feel if it happened to someone in his family or even him. The atrocities of the justice system is so mean and cruel. We have to protect ourselves and the police has it easy to just sit back and wait until it happens, again. What a cruel world innocent people live in.
If a police woman is still traumatised by a rapist she helped to catch , victims of 25 years described as more or less a longitudinal study on how rape impacts it’s victims for the rest of their lives - and he’s behind bars , please tell me then why it’s so different for a 13 year old child who’s perp as never caught, 17 years on still terrified to go anywhere alone , always afraid of his threats to kill her but the council think it’s perfectly safe and fine for her to be housed in a bedsit next to one , two or maybe more early release sex offenders ? This is happening in 2024 and the girl is beside herself with fear - that council is just across the water from Bristol !
it's different for a 13 yr old because the child will have 33 yrs to learn the 666 ways to cope.
Very very brave women, respect Ladies.
A couple of years earlier there was a similar string of rapes and attacks in Cambridge. I was living there at the time and it was terrifying. Luckily a lot of male students stepped in to walk women home. As students they could prove who they were so we wonen knew we were safe.
This is not always the case as a friend’s daughter was raped by a fellow student in her uni program. He’s still there too.
@@sophiejameson4064 to be fair they sound like white knights. Opportunists under the guise of heroes.
MANY STUDENTS COMMIT RAPES & WORSE. BEING A STUDENT IS NO TOTAL PROTECTION.
People don't change.
Some people choose to change but some choose not to.
_The investigation was carried out almost as badly as that of the Yorkshire Ripper. (Only place one reads about great British police work is in detective novels)_
_1. They knew the car used was a yellow Capri_
_2. The criminal was a local resident_
_3. The criminal's picture (based on victims' descriptions) was accurate_
_4. Long prison record and recently released on parole_
_And the 'justice' system is equally inept_
_1. Released after just 11 years for murder_
_2. Again released after multiple rapes_
_3. One more sexual assault, with just 4 years sentence_
Policemen and women were so smart looking in them days
At eighty years old he is still a risk!
So many years later and women still can't walk home safely
Facts
Male violence is a scar on society.
Men can’t either in some parts , it’s a crime problem not a gender problem
@@sophiejameson4064as a male victim of female SA when I was 6, get down off your sexist horse please
@@sophiejameson4064every time you say that, every man who’s had done the right thing is forced to accept responsibility for things they haven’t done and have actively opposed in most instances. We have daughters.
I expect you’d never say “Muslim violence” when a minority of them cause violence.
Healing to the women..
And yet arrested at age 81 for sex crime at a old people center in London 😮 crazy
And how many in those previous years???
He walks among us.
he got 4 years last November for sexual assault
STOP LETTING THESE PEOPLE OUT OF PRISON!!!!!!!
Shame they have never made such an effort to get the grooming gangs!
20 members of a West Yorkshire grooming gang were jailed this week.
@sophiejameson4064 only 20, and over 20 years later after thousands of young girls lives ruined and still happening
Loads of people from grooming gangs have been jailed. A big part of the initial problem was that the concept of grooming wasn't understood, it was seen as girls with lose morals going willingly with men. Another big part was most of the girls being from dysfunctional families, kids in foster care that had a bad relationship with the police. Yes, there was also an issue with the authorities being scared of being accused of racism and that is still very much a problem when tackling violence, forced marriage etc. in the Pakistani community. But white groomers have also historically been ignored by the police.
like the royal family and 50% thatchers cabinet ?
Why does England release their life prisoners after just a few years? I believe it’s still this way. Life must mean life.
That's not justice, he's still a risk, and that is pure evil.
He was arrested in November 2023 for assault and was convicted to do another 4 years.
Fascinating story… so many brave and dedicated individuals.
He should never have been free. What a joke of a system.
Great job, Ladies and Gentlemen.
They should have taken the poor police woman to the hospital! She was assaulted! 😅
My attacker was 6 ft 3 inches tall… quite a bit bigger and taller than I was! Easily overpowered me. The only thing I had going for me was my wits! 😅
Our police force was being pro active against rapists in 1970’s. They had group showings of a movie titled “ How to say No to a rapist and live”. I watched it as I was a college student at the time. Little did I know that movie was to save my life in 1979!😅
I’m not a big fan of the police but these officers are first class knowingly endangering their lives. We salute you
Best policing work!!! Thank you!!!
Why was a killer allowed out?
This really highlights how often the rights of a person, conficted of a violent act, to have a second chance of freedom and resuming a normal life with no consideration that the victim never is free of the memory of the trauma suffered at that person's hands and never does get get a second chance to live a normal life. They may come to deal with it some ways, and learn to function even with those memories but they never get the chance of living out their lives without the memories. Its even more clear when up see the police woman who was the decoy who was attacked talking about still looking over her shoulder and seeing his face, and she had been at least a bit prepared, knew backup was close and thankfully the attack was stopped before she was greatly injured, but the emotional trauma was still with her even though she was able to function and continue her law enforcement career.
This is why I think we do not do not consider the victim anywhere near enough. Its a failed premise that a victim gets justice when the perpetrator is convicted and us sentanced. We fail to consider that they always have to live with what happened even if the superficial scars fade and they get good emotionsl support, you cant undo what happened. We are very glib, I think, when we say, about a convict when they sre released, that they served their time and paid the price by losing freedom for any number of years because they do get to walk away from it and not have to deal with what they did anymore, while their victims always will. I really believe that violent crimes should be crimes a person pays for for lifetime and any parole consideration should take into account, very heavily, how the victims of that crime are doing. If they are not finding themselves free from what happened then the person responsible should not go free. And sentance length or allowing a parole or return to freedom gas to stop being based on the politics of costs of incarceration or room in facilities and so on as the only one that benefits from that thinking is the criminal.
What a brave lady police woman! 👩 ❤❤❤
Great subject and content. However, the problem with running a number of episodes into one presentation is the recaps. It became repetitive and killed the momentum of the whole thing so it needed some editing.
Amazing the slight built police man going under cover! 😅
This could have been good but so much repetition. Almost unwatchable. You could hire an editor
Indeed it was almost unwatchable because of that.
Very brave women police officers! ❤❤❤❤
What kind of justice system, judge let's a wild animal out on license to do what he was on license for???!!!!!!!it's appalling!! And completely criminal for any judge, court to let this animal out!! This is the 70s I see no difference here in the UK there is no protection for women or our children now, from these wild animals!! They are free to hunt what they want! Homegrown or imported illegally!!! We as women do not feel safe in the UK!!! We can't even trust a policeman he may be the sage animal as the so called known criminal!! The police, CPS , courts , lawyers, judges!!! All of them have let women and children down over and over again!!!! The UK is a sesspit of this type now!! Thanks to all the above!!!! We are attacked in the street, nothing is done!! All these years and nothing as really changed.....
I don't understand. I mean, I'm a certified douche bag, but I've never attacked anyone in my life. What is it with these people?
Back then I guess the police department didn’t know how to handle this. It would be nice if the policewoman could receive help from therapist.
Mrs Michelle leonard is a heroine for sure.
Think about it for a second this was in them days where she would have had hardly any protective gear like pepper spray etc.
This was certainly very courageous of these women to step up to catch this monster and they remarkably succeeded in doing exactly that.
Terrible to be grabbed like that from behind! 😮
Very hard to believe these monsters walk among us! 😮
To me, the sketches looked very frightening and one photo of the real man seemed so average. I'd be looking for someone totally different. That's the problem though that some of these monsters look like the guy who lives on the block, and often did!
9!!!!!! Years?!!!!
The victim impact statement from me would still be strong at my advanced age I am still affected!
He did do it again google him 😮😮
I love the court artists! The way they capture the courtroom drama! 😮
Anyone else think the attacker sketch is a doppelgänger for Jake Gyllenhall??
As usual, when there's an out-of-control man out on the streets at night, women expected to stay in. When do the MEN get asked to stay at home after dark?
'Hearing from' is not 'listening to'-their choice of words is revealing.
Honestly, what were they thinking all these times!
He got let out again after 39 years and what did he do? Right..he attacked another woman. This is insanity when it comes to justice.
He should have had a whole life tariff as he is a repeat and dangerous offender, even in his 80s he is still doing it just last year wtaf is wrong with the Judges and parole board? Smh 🤦🏻♂️
Ron Evans.
Good job Robert, written, director, producer!
In 2024 he was imprisoned again after assaulting a woman he befriended whilst volunteering somewhere.
Why he was allowed to volunteer in a place that helps vulnerable women is beyond me... but this man is 82 years old now and has been sentenced to another 4 years in prison.
Let's hope that sentence only ends early for one reason...
Michelle is respectfully, a Tough Lady. Bless her and thanks to her for her service. Liberals released her attacker, even after he mur dered a woman!?
82 yr old and still at that's absolutely you'd he,ed give it up that guy got a disease in the heed a pure predator
GENIUS MINDS at work
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Great documentary!!! Some people just can't be rehabilitated smh the law in this country is a joke!!!! He should be in jail for the rest of his life!!!😡😡😡🤬🤬
JUDGES ARE ALWAYS ALWAYS SOFT ON SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN & CHILDREN. AND ALSO SERIAL MUDERERS. THIS TELLS YOU SOMETHING.
Misogyny! 😢
Sexism!
11:53 I remember the pale blue and white ‘panda cars.’ They just looked so ineffectual, especially when compared to today’s police liveries.
British police are so polite! 😅
... She Looks like "our Deirdre from Coronation Street" 3:30 😮
She did. She also reminds me of my late mum because she also looked like our Deirdre. ❤
@missmuffet3874 ... Greetings from West Yorkshire 🏴 And Don't Fall Off Your Tuffet...
10 mins documentary 50 mins keep repeating the same over and over
Released and reoffends at the age of 82. Sentenced to another 4 years in November 2023 for sexual assault and leaving a trail of more victims. At what point are the people who allowed this man to be released going to be held accountable for the consequences of their actions? They have facilitated his crimes. He has been allowed to impose a life sentence on his victims who have no possibility of parole.
Too many talking heads ...
There's a video on UA-cam "Britain's 50 Most Dangerous Prisoners" or something like that. What's worrying is almost all of the had already served life sentences, long sentences, or were out on parole. It's about time Parole Boards were held more accountable for their actions.
TO MUCH REPETITION.
ITV is an actual thing? Until this moment I honestly thought it was just a joke that Chris Morris through in on The IT Crowd. Awesome to know it's a real channel. BRILLIANT!!!
Why do English people call the ground the floor. The floor is inside a building like
rape aside the documentary quality is absolutely awful . you use same clips 10-12 x there is 10 minutes of content that you stretch out. come on ITV a 13 y old youtuber could do better. no wonder old media is dying
Him being locked up again since 2023 is exactly why he should’ve never been out! Keep him in prison until he leaves this earth . He’s a disgrace!
Women are still asking for the freedom to walk the streets at night without some creep attacking them. Nothing changes!
Men are still asking for the freedom to not be more likely to be a victim of assault or murder.
Glad we have cell phones now! 😅
This hour long repeated statements is really annoying. Being as there are hours of commercials not being aired directly as prescribed by the original television broadcast that aired this program while still receiving this propagandatized programming unconditionally interupted by whatever else youtube was paid to air
Longer isnt always better…😮repeating the same things over and over and over and replaying the same clips makes it longer but it’s insufferable! GOOD GRIEF just tell the story!
So true. Had to fast forward
These docu videos can get so frustrating. Repeating a story over and over with interview inserts that say the same thing from another perspective, only to repeat it again. Stretching out a 15 min video to an hour.
Evans was descent enough to plead guilty! 😮
HOW ON EARTH WASN'T HE ALREADY SUSPECTED?
What troubles me is that not once does anyone suggest empowering women by offering free martial arts and weapons training and gear. Also, encourage women to watch The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and emulate the heroine, Lisbeth.
Good point, but England outlawed guns. Stupid. Good guys with guns works. In America, the highest crime is in no-guns/restricted areas.
@@goldenrules3763 In the US women are now the largest group purchasing firearms. Police forces are so short of personnel that no one is really safe now. The response time has grown as well. Police are leaving in exasperation as they watch Liberal judges dismiss serious cases or District Attorneys plea bargain the charges down to misdemeanors with suspended sentences. They complain about felons possessing firearms yet the possession charge either is dismissed or plea bargained away. A felon is barred from owning a firearm for life.
In a recent case three men were having a running gun battle from their automobiles on an interstate highway in Oakland, California. A stray bullet entered a car and killed a 23 month old baby in his car seat killing him. The District Attorney has not filed charges yet. Her excuse given was that she was trying to find a way to charge them without jail time. The justice system in the US has collapsed.
In New York you will not be arrested for shoplifting unless you steal over $900 in merchandise. Even if arrested you will be released without bail.
Cameras have caught the same three men committing 327 robberies. They have yet to be tried.
Martial arts training isn't going to do anything.
Get busy on those cold cases and keep him in prison! 😮