A surveillance camera recorded the suspect in the case of a Russian banker who was shot in broad daylight. German Gorbuntsov was shot several times with a pistol near his flat in London on 20 March 20.
Police are appealing for information after copper thieves stole scrap from a disused primary school.
A spokesman for the developer at a prominent skyscraper explained away a recent break-in.
Under a new initiative scrap dealers are partnering with police and other organisations to cap the rising tide of metal theft. The new code of practice will make tracing stolen metal much easier. The onus is on the dealer to do a number of things.
Seven top of the range digital cameras now surround a historic building because of repeated thefts. Lead downpiping is just some of the metal that has been stolen from the Roman Catholic cathedral in Norwich. Estates manager Rev Patrick Limacher said it was a “sad state of affairs” more cathedrals were being affected.
Police have released CCTV images of a robber who is believed to have carried out raids at a dozen businesses.
Another bizarre incident related to a Premiership footballer demonstrated the role of CCTV. Mario Balotelli was asked to exit Manchester’s Trafford Centre after refusing to pull down the hood of his top.
CCTV pictures showed a 24-year-old man terrorising a pub holding a chainsaw after he was thrown out of the establishment for flouting the smoking ban. Dean Dinnen had been ejected from the bar in Hull shortly beforehand.
A “pack of lies”: that is how a judge described in court a man’s made-up story about a mugging that was proved wrong by CCTV cameras. Teesside man Alex Jones was helping his wife, who was a cash collector, but lost a bag of money.
A CCTV security tap was stolen during a run of robberies committed on businesses over the past month. Cash and the tap were taken from a takeaway restaurant as similar premises were targeted in the Midlands.