Progress Report
A man had called in claiming to have changed the wheel of Janice Weston's car on the night of her murder. Police are urging him to call again.
A man who had robbed three building societies in Leeds and Yorkshire, was now believed to have struck three more times in Denton, Glossop and Manchester.
More items were claimed from the Aladdin's Cave and two people had been charged with burglary as a result.
Shropshire Battering Ram Raiders
Investigating Officer: Barry Mayne, West Mercia
An armed gang held up a Group4 security van on a country road in Shropshire and escaped with £454,000.
They had blocked the road using a purple lorry purchased in Chelmsford the day before by a slick-haired man with a West Midlands accent.
Status: Partially Solved
Shropshire Star, 25th July 1986
Vincent Bingham from Liverpool, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in June 1986. The other members of the gang remain at large.
They may have also been responsible for a £1million bank robbery in Nottingham in January 1987.
Shropshire Star, 10th January 1987
Aladdin's Cave
John Bly of the Antiques Roadshow goes giddy over stolen property recovered by Gloucestershire Police. Items include some penknives; a collection of coronation mugs; Japanese coffee set; laughing Buddha's; a Chinese tea set; a savonarola chair; some 19th century vases; a Victorian asparagus server and a £10,000 collection of silver.
Shelley Morgan Murder
Investigating Officer: Lew Clark, Avon & Somerset Constabulary
It was believed she was then going to head towards Leigh Woods to sketch and take photographs.
Police were called when she failed to collect her children from school later that day.
A man had called the police and told them that Morgan's body was in the Hanham river but after searching the river, police concluded the call to be a hoax.
Her body was found on 14th October 1984. It was badly decomposed but police were able to identify she had been stabbed 14 times and the attack was sexually motivated.
Status: Unsolved
Shelley Morgan's case was re-opened in June 2024 but no progress has been made.
Incident Desk
Brighton Bombing
12th October 1984, on the eve of the Conservative Party conference, a bomb went off at the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Many senior government members were staying in the hotel, including the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Five people were killed (including MP Sir Anthony Berry) and 30 more were injured.
Status: Solved
The assassination attempt was carried out by the IRA.
The man in charge was Patrick Magee, who had checked into the hotel under the false name of Roy Walsh. In 1985, he was planning a series of bomb attacks on British seaside resorts.
In June 1985, Magee was arrested along with fellow conspirators Gerry McDonnell, Martina Anderson and Ella O'Dwyer.
They were sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1986.
However, under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, they were released in 1999.
A rapist who would target unemployed women by offering them a job, luring him to his 'office' before sexually assaulting them.
Status: Unknown
Christchurch Securicor Robbery
A Securicor van in Christchurch, Dorset was attacked by three armed robbers who shot the security guard in the leg. However, the attackers left empty-handed.
Status: Unknown
Photocall
A feature where David Hatcher and Helen Phelps would present photos of people the police are on the lookout for. It would become a semi-regular feature, alternating with Aladdin's Cave.
Christopher Hague and Marek Raczynski
Two escaped prisoners wanted for robbery, on the run after escaping their cells at Harrow Police Station.
Status: Solved
Hague and Raczynski were re-arrested in January 1985. They were later tried and sentenced for the robbery of Abbey National Building Society in October 1984. Hague received 15 years and Raczynski received 10 years.
Eight people were also jailed for helping the pair evade capture.
Dundee Weekly News, 6th December 1986
John Goldie
Former policeman John Goldie was wanted in connection with theft of £52000 from a Securicor van in June 1984.
Status: Solved
Goldie was arrested in January 1987. He was sentenced in April that year to two years in prison for the robbery.
Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1st May 1987
Baker Street Building Society Robber
A man with a handgun robbed the Newcastle Building Society on Baker Street on 22nd August 1984.
Status: Unknown
Lloyd Simpson Murder
Investigating Officer: Bill Peters, Metropolitan Police
26 year old Lloyd Simpson was found dead in his East London flat by his father on 7th November 1983. He had been shot twice, in his face and stomach. Police believe he had been murdered on 5th November, possibly so the sounds of fireworks going off for Guy Fawkes night would mask the gunshots.
Status: Unsolved
It's theorised Lloyd Simpson may have been involved in gangland activity and possibly in an illegal dogfighting ring but nobody has ever been arrested for his murder.
(note: for the Crimewatch reconstruction, the part of Lloyd Simpson was played by actor Patrick Murray, best known for playing Mickey Pearce in Only Fools and Horses)
YOUTUBE CRIMEWATCH RE-WATCH LINK: https://www.youtube.com/live/ifCVl8rQDj4
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