Crimewatch UK May 2000

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Bus driver Michael Robinson, 30, will serve a minimum of 17 years behind bars for the murder and attempted rape of Sara Cameron, whose naked body was discovered on Good Friday in April 2000. Finnish-born Sara was killed the night before she was due to take up her dream job at the Sydney Olympics. Robinson, a former soldier, followed the 23-year-old off a late night Metro train from Newcastle, where she had been enjoying farewell drinks with friends. The former Household Cavalry private strangled her in a field 100 yards from her home in Earsdon, North Tyneside. He admitted murder and attempted rape at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday. Paul Worsley QC, prosecuting, told the hearing: "For four years, Michael Robinson lived with a guilty secret. "For four years, he showed no remorse. He breathed not a word of what he had done." Robinson confessed he harboured rape fantasies to a doctor after his arrest and admitted stalking two women before he attacked Sara. The court also heard how he was prone to drink-fuelled violence and, in the past, had killed family pets. Mr Justice Henriques branded the defendant exceptionally dangerous and said the last minutes of his victim's life "must have been terrifying, painful and humiliating". Speaking outside the court, where he fought to control his emotions, Sara's father, Roy, said: "It has been a long, long run, but we have crossed the finishing line." Detective Chief Superintendent Steve Bolam, who led the investigation, said: "Sara was bright, intelligent and had everything to look forward to. "We always said we were determined to catch her killer and always said it was only a matter of time." Robinson was caught by chance. He was cautioned by officers in North Shields early last year over his part in a dispute with a neighbour in Waterville Road. They took a routine DNA swab from his mouth and, almost a year later, it showed up on the national database as a match with semen found on Sara's body. By then, Robinson had moved to the South Coast, where he has relatives. Northumbria Police quickly traced him and he was arrested on February 13, and charged on St Valentine's Day. Fluent in five languages, Finnish-born Sara was a volunteer at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and also worked as a secretary in Brussels before deciding to study in Britain. She came to Newcastle in September 1998 to study European Sports management at Northumbria University. She took bar jobs and worked as a fitness instructor to pay her way. On Thursday, April 23, 2000, she went out for a parting drink with friends and colleagues on Newcastle's Quayside. The next day she was to take a coach to London, before flying to Sydney for her job at the Olympics. Detectives later traced her movements on security cameras. She took the last Metro train from the city centre to Shiremoor, North Tyneside. Robinson had been on a day off and was also drinking in Newcastle, with colleagues from Stagecoach. He took an earlier train back from the city centre than Sara, but for some reason got off before his usual stop. Grainy security camera footage, which was later enhanced, showed him running across the tracks at Longbenton Metro station, minutes before he boarded Sara's carriage. He followed her off the train and pursued her as she walked home the last mile to the terraced house in the village of Earsdon that she shared with a friend. He left her naked body in a field, attempted to burn some of her clothes and scattered the rest. In the months and years that followed Sara's murder, Robinson continued to live in North Shields and only moved to Newhaven, East Sussex, where he was arrested, late last year. Det Chief Supt Bolam said the killer showed no remorse throughout his police interviews - until the officers themselves brought it up. Robinson's incomplete version of events that night leaves many mysteries unsolved. Detectives are still baffled as to why there were no signs of Sara trying to fight off her attacker. "It would appear she was taken completely by surprise," said Det Chief Supt Bolam. "We spent four years investigating this and we want all the answers. But the reality of dealing with a case like this is that you don't get them all."

[@09weenic]

Is this beast still in prison?

[@tiptoe6214]

Maybe not...but he should never be released imo.

[@johnniethepom7545]

Thank you for the comprehensive update .

[@Excecutioner147]

Thank you very very much mate for these. I know its not nice for others to add them on the page and not give credit to you but these are such great and important shows CrimeWatch is an UK institution. Why on earth are these even being taken down surly if it helps even solve one case its good to allow them to stay online

[@Muttey2024]

Delroy Easton Grant Junior (born 3 September 1957) is a Jamaican-born British convicted serial rapist who carried out a series of offences of burglary, rape and sexual assault between October 1992 and May 2009 in the South East London area of England. Grant, also known as the Minstead Rapist and latterly the Night Stalker,[1] is thought to have been active since 1990. He had a distinctive modus operandi, preying primarily on elderly women who lived alone. He is suspected of over 100 offences from 1990 to 2009.[2]

[@melinaesposito3434]

What a vile POS, please tell me that he's been locked away from society for the rest of his useless, woeful life? What is the point of these people? Imagine how wonderful life would be without these deviants in it.

[@joelharris1335]

11 years after the programme, Delroy Grant was given 4 life sentences, with a minimum term of 27 years.

[@deathvalleybro9320]

2000 seems like a different world now. jeez.

[@CARLIN4737]

It was...A lifetime ago.

[@welshquizzer2599]

Thanks a lot for this upload. RedCard74 is a bit of an icon on here and I'm sure there's no malice involved, but it's a shame you won't be uploading more as it seems you may have the answer to where the missing editions are, unless agreement is made not to reupload. Has to be your choice foremost though. The 2001-2003 era are like the Holy Grail as it was these editions I felt the show was at its peak. The editions from the second half of 2002 are of a particular interest as that was when watching CW became a strict monthly tradition and always interested to revisit which cases were solved or not. Plus the nostalgia factor. Even if this is your sole upload, one is better than none so thanks again.

[@YJB8CCFC]

I’d say the peak was 87-99. From the new millennium onwards the show started to change and by the early 2010s it started to feel like an American crime show.

[@caeglas1]

I’d actually say the peak was 87-94 proper full reconstructions in a nice ordered format

[@stevemcelmy9354]

Thanks for the upload. Looks like redcard74 has removed your video. I've subscribed anyway. It would be greatly appreciated if you could upload some more.

[@trishg151]

How could redcard remove his video?

[@wearecity]

@@trishg151 They mean, Redcard had uploaded this video to their channel. But has now removed it

[@rupexo]

that second segment is awful - how creepy for that old lady to have been stalked around her own house in the pitch black by an unknown man in a balaclava knowing he wants to and could rape her at any moment. jesus

[@poplova]

I just can’t describe how depraved delroy grant must be. One of his victims went on a hunger strike afterwards and ended up dying

[@CARLIN4737]

Delroy Grant.

[@wearecity]

Thanks as ever for these uploads. Would be nice to have all the Crimewatch episodes on one channel. Redcard has by far the most, so makes sense with permission, all episodes are upped to their channel. Or a lot of work, but everything moved and collated onto a newly created channel.

[@elihouse1994]

Thank you so much for these uploads. I love watching old Crimewatch episodes and have been looking for these. Does anyone know if they managed to catch the creep who was terrorizing those elderly ladies?

[@ranstxx]

This poor girl, terrible

[@hatednyc]

14:12 oh my gosh… she sounds like the sweetest, most adorable woman. How can anyone not think of their own granny?

[@terryjohnson570]

New channel, hope i haven't already seen them, i hunt down new episodes 😂😂

[@reddahlia6583]

Jay's partner is so poised, so wise, so proud. I hate what happened to her family, but her children have a fantastic mother in her.

[@jeanettehinds4253]

Look at that dark place she's walking alone. This would never happen in my day.

[@mj3026]

How awful doing that to the elderly it’s sickening I hope he was caught

[@lesleywild8706]

The armed robbery seemed to have been handled very oddly by the police - rescuing the 'hostages' yet allowing bystanders to stand idly about - and running whilst shouting for armed men in a car to stop was futile???

[@habibrohman-cq1us]

Not justice bitting of a ear and got 2 years who the he'll was the judge.

[@deathvalleybro9320]

subbed.

[@ryanohara476]

Thank you! Do you have anymore please?

[@oldstuff620]

Yup got every missing episode but RedCard74 took this upload I made and put it on his own channel so wont be uploading anymore. Sorry.

[@TheWhiff12]

@@oldstuff620 That’s a shame but I understand the frustration. Why go to the effort of uploading for someone else to re-upload and take all the credit.

[@oldstuff620]

@@TheWhiff12 Yes thanks for understanding. Takes ages just to sort one episode out. Just not worth it if others are going to do things like that.

[@ggggAz]

@@oldstuff620He’s done similar with Fan Edits episodes and not given credit to him as the original uploader. But I’m sure everyone’s favourite TV journalist Andy Gibson will be along to praise him for helping the ‘true’ fans or something.

[@harryc8433]

​@@oldstuff620have you spoken to him about it ? I understood he's only reuploading whatever right now because someone is getting them taken down from other channels so he started uploading again to spite the guy getting them removed if that's not the case then I can understand why you wouldn't want to keep uploading the lost ones people are searching for, although it is a shame we can't get to see them, but you have no incentive to do so anyway so I again understand your anger