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Royston Community Team Rural Watch
July 2006 |
Covering
Arbury, Ermine, Weston & Sandon Wards.
What should I do if I
witness a crime?
If you see a crime or
offence being committed report it - or ask someone else to report it if you
can't leave the scene. If the incident is very serious or someone is badly
injured and an immediate police response is required, call 999. In other
circumstances, phone 0845 33 00 222 and an operator will connect you to the
correct resources.
If the
incident involves violence, you should not intervene unless you are confident
you can do so safely. Instead, call the police immediately. If you are a
witness to an incident then you may need to describe to police who was involved
or explain in detail what actually happened. Pay attention to people's height,
build, hair colour and length and in particular their clothes. Write down what
you saw if you possibly can.
If the crime
occurs in Hertfordshire, please contact our main central switchboard number – 0845
33 00 222.
What will the police want to know?
The police
will normally want to know the following information:
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Your name and
address
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The telephone
number you are calling from
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A main contact
number (mobile or home number)
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The exact
location of the incident you are reporting
·
The nature of
the incident
·
Descriptions
of the people involved
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Whether you
are a witness to the incident or reporting it on behalf of someone else
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If you are
still watching the incident, you may be asked to stay on the line.
If you are reporting a road accident you may also be asked:
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The number and
type of any vehicles involved
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The number and
extent of injuries
·
Whether the
road is blocked
· Whether there is any debris in the roadway
This is a NHW
message for North Herts. A member of the public received a suspicious call
purportedly from the North Herts District Council Electoral Services. Please be
aware and pass this message onto your watches. The Electoral Services DO NOT
cold call residents and co-ordinators are urged to remind members NOT to give
out personal information over the phone. If you receive a call from a person
purporting to be from the Electoral Services please inform the police on 0845
33 00 222.
Reported in ‘Little Hadham’ the below vehicle was seen to attempt to steal two dogs –
Airforce blue/grey ford galaxy type car with red oxide repair filler on the front bumper
Please contact us if you see this vehicle I would the registration number.
On The 12th June we
received a report of two males turning up at an elderly residents address and
striking up a conversation with her.
The two males then spread manure in the residents’ garden without her
consent and charged he £50 for this. There is no other descriptions of the
males other than they were driving a white transit van. Please be aware of this
and warn any vulnerable residents you may know of in your area to be wary of
traders who operate in this manner.
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Village |
Location |
Date / Times Checked |
No Vehicles / Max / Av
Speed |
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Hinxworth |
High Street |
29/06/ 1050 - 1115 |
20 veh / 26 mph / 21.3
mph |
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Ashwell |
West’d/Newham way |
29/06/ 1005 - 1030 |
30 veh / 38 mph / 25.6
mph |
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Ashwell |
Station rd (40 limit) |
28/06/ 1125 - 1150 |
30 veh / 42 mph / 32.5
mph |
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Rushden |
Moon + Stars |
28/06/ 1435 - 1455 |
15 veh / 33 mph / 26.5
mph |
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Bygrave |
Upper Bygrave |
29/06/ 1125 - 1155 |
30 veh / 37 mph / 28 mph |
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Barley |
London Road |
28/06/ 1020 - 1040 |
40 veh / 42 mph / 28 mph |
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Barkway |
High Street |
15/06/ 0945 - 1015 |
27 veh / 34 mph / 28.2
mph |
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Therfield |
The Causeway |
15/06/ 1040 - 1105 |
17 veh / 27 mph / 20.1
mph |
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Therfield |
Kelshall Road |
29/06/ 1220 - 1245 |
16 veh / 28 mph / 22.9
mph |
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Weston |
Damask Green Road |
28/06/ 1510 - 1540 |
38 veh / 32 mph / 23.8
mph |
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Newham |
Ashwell Road |
15/06/ 1125 - 1150 |
20 veh / 31 mph / 25.2
mph |
THIS SUMMER DON’T NAVIGATE INTO THE WRONG
HANDS
The number of Satellite Navigation System thefts has fallen by a third after
seeing a peak in March this year.
Last month (May) there were 67 ‘sat navs’ reported stolen as opposed to 101
incidents in March so police would like to thank members of the public for
taking their crime prevention advice on board.
Detective Superintendent Jane Swinburne said: “These are positive results but
we do not want to become complacent. Satellite Navigation Systems are valuable
items and are a favourite with any opportunist thief. Every vehicle that is
stolen, broken into or damaged belongs to someone who will have to deal with
the consequences.”
Police Officers across the county have been taking part in on-going operations
to tackle the thefts of ‘sat navs’using a number of crime prevention
initiatives.
G4E; - Ashwell, Hinxworth, Hinxworth, Newnham &
Caldecote
At 8.20pm on Thursday 15th June, a distraction burglary occurred at the address of an elderly lady in Ashwell Street, Ashwell. A male attended the address claiming to be from the water board, he told the lady that a nearby house was flooding and that her water needed to be disconnected. The lady was instructed to take a seat in her living room whilst the man carried out his “work”. A short time later the lady noticed a second man in her kitchen and became suspicious, at this stage she asked the men to leave and sent them in the direction of a relative who lived nearby. Once the males had left, the lady discovered that the upstairs of her house had been ransacked and a quantity of money had been taken. The males responsible are described as being white males aged approximately 40 years old, one being stockier build than the other. (Crime no G4/06/635).
At 8pm on Friday 23rd June, a 14-year-old girl received bruising and grazes after she was punched in the face following a verbal altercation in Lucas Lane, Ashwell. The male responsible is described as a white male, aged 16 – 17 years, large muscular build, he was wearing a black hooded top and black trousers (Crime no. G4/06/664).
Overnight between 6.30pm on Wednesday 28th and 8am on Thursday 29th June, a summerhouse situated in the rear garden of a property in Radwell, was broken into. The person responsible broke a window and removed a shutter in order to gain access. The property owner happened to notice a male in the area the previous evening that he felt was acting suspiciously. The male is described as white, tall and slim, brown hair and at the time he was wearing a grey T-shirt with white writing on
(Crime no. G4/06/681).
G4D; - Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells,
Buckland, Chipping, Kelshall & Therfield
A distraction burglary occurred at the address of an elderly gentleman
in Haywood Lane, Therfield, just after 2pm on Tuesday 13th
June. A man knocked at the door of the
victims’ house and claimed to be from the water board and headed straight for
the kitchen. The man asked the victim
to run the taps and also boil the kettle as the pipes needed cleaning, he
continued to distract the elderly male for approximately 15 minutes before
leaving the address swiftly. Once the
male had left it was established that a further two males had been inside the
house searching the other rooms. It is
believed that the three males left the area in the direction of the A10 in a
gold or beige coloured Mercedes. It is
also believed that they left empty-handed.
(Crime no. G4/06/624).
On the evening of Friday 23rd June, a 20 year old male was
arrested at his home address in Barley following a serious assault on a member
of his family (Crime no. G4/06/662).
Sometime overnight between Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th
June, various components of a mini digger were stolen from the grounds of the
Reed Primary Sub Station. The thieves
removed fencing around the sub station in order to access the digger (Crime no.
G4/06/673).
G3C; - Sandon, Wallington, Rushden, Clothal & Weston
Between 10.45am and 11am on Wednesday 14th
June, a Sony Ericsson K750I mobile telephone was stolen from a bench near to
the duck pond in Maiden Street, Weston.
(Crime no. G3/06/495).
A 21-year-old male was arrested for public order
offences after Police were called a report of a disturbance at an address in
Clothall during the early hours of Tuesday 20th June. The male was later released and issued with
a fixed penalty notice
(Crime no. G4/06/509).
Two ornamental garden containers and their contents
were stolen from outside a house in Green Ed, Weston during the morning of
Friday 23rd June
(Crime no. G3/06/515).
MAN FOUND GUILTY OF DARREN’S MANSLAUGHTER
A MAN from Welwyn Garden City has been
found guilty at the Old Bailey today (June 27) of the manslaughter of
37-year-old Darren Knight in Royston last October.
46-year-old Graham Willis from Little Hardings, Welwyn Garden City was arrested
in Norfolk two days after Darren died of a severe head injury following an
altercation in Jeps Lane, Royston in the early hours of October 9, 2005.
Darren, from Reading, died a short time later at the Lister Hospital in
Stevenage.
Willis has been sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment.
Detective Chief Inspector Mick Hanlon, from the Constabulary’s Major Crime Task
Force said: “Darren was an innocent man who was out for the evening with his
girlfriend and friends when he was attacked by Willis. Willis totally
overreacted to a drunken phone call from his daughter, which led to Darren’s
assault which proved fatal. Willis knew what he had done and within hours disposed
of his car and was caught when he was fleeing the area.
Total for 2003 – 2004 = 80
Total for 2004 – 2005 = 26
Total for 2005 – 2006 = 6
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Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
April |
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03-04 |
3 |
13 |
28 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
9 |
3 |
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04-05 |
4 |
13 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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05-06 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
RUSHDEN
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01/02/06 |
SANDON
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08/02/06 |
THERFIELD
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12/04/06 |
REED |
24/05/06 |
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BARKWAY |
11/05/05 |
BARLEY |
06/06/05 |
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KELSHALL |
24/04/06 |
NUTHAMP |
03/05/06 |
ASHWELL
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06/04/05 |
BYGRAVE
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08/05/06 |
CALDECOTE
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21/04/05 |
WESTON |
08/06/06 |
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RADWELL |
26/04/05 |
WALLIGTON |
01/02/06 |
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HINXWORT |
07/06/05 |
CLOTHALL |
Please see the new pages below of people it will take you to couple of pages that displays a few people that we would like to speak to
New Link
http://www.herts.police.uk/CCTV/gallery.htm
http://www.bedfordhomewatch.co.uk
http://www.hertscrimestoppers.org.uk/
http://www.britishhorse.co.uk/
http://www.horsetackexchange.co.uk
http://www.stolenhorseregister.com/
My phone Number 01462425224
(mid to long term problems) 0845 33 00
222 (if you have suffered a crime or need Police within a couple of hours) 999 (for immediate response if you
have just suffered a crime and for Coursing) PC 431 Paul Marina. North Herts Rural.
Anti-social behaviour Officer's phone number 01462 474298
paul.marina@herts.pnn.police.uk
chris.brabrook@herts.pnn.police.uk