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The Met S04E03
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00:00Emergency ambulance, he's the patient.
00:07I mean, I can't find the pulse.
00:13Tell me exactly what's happened.
00:16I was just waiting to get a buzz, and I got asked why someone to leave a man behind the
00:21bush, and he looks beaten to death.
00:24I can't find the pulse, and he is very, very, very cold.
00:30We're at Brickson Hill, and it is across Brickson Hill with New Park Road.
00:41We're at Brickson Hill.
00:44We're bound to cross one.
00:47We're bound.
00:48We're bound.
00:49Oh, Christ.
00:55Jesus.
01:00A serving Metropolitan Police Officer has been charged with kidnap, rape, and murder.
01:08Damning report found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic, and homophobic.
01:18The Met Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has vowed to restore the public's trust and confidence in the police.
01:24Policing needs to be the best, and we've clearly failed in this regard.
01:31Hello, please.
01:32What's your budget, sir?
01:36There's burgers in the house, may be at my wife.
01:40He's very choking me.
01:42I'm from the Modern Slavery team.
01:43How's your English?
01:44Give her justice, and tell us where that poor girl's body is.
01:48Straight red, straight red.
01:51Please!
01:52Please!
01:53Please!
01:54Please!
01:55Please!
01:56Stand where you are!
02:00You are under arrest.
02:01On station murder.
02:04Leave him alone!
02:06What are you doing?
02:07What are you doing?
02:08What are you doing?
02:09What are you doing?
02:10What are you doing?
02:11Do you really think that this is an overkill?
02:12There's ten of you here for one 14-year-old.
02:14One 14-year-old.
02:15One 14-year-old.
02:16One 15-year-old.
02:17One 15-year-old.
02:18One 15-year-old.
02:19One 15-year-old.
02:20One 15-year-old.
02:21One 15-year-old.
02:22One 15-year-old.
02:23One 15-year-old.
02:24One 15-year-old.
02:25One 15-year-old.
02:26One 15-year-old.
02:27One 15-year-old.
02:28One 15-year-old.
02:29One 15-year-old.
02:30One 15-year-old.
02:31One 15-year-old.
02:32One 15-year-old.
02:33One 15-year-old.
02:34One 15-year-old.
02:35One 15-year-old.
02:36One 15-year-old.
02:37One 15-year-old.
02:38One 15-year-old.
02:39A murder investigation has been launched after a man's body was found in a park in South London.
02:49One wet and one dry swab.
02:53Leading the operation is Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Jolly.
02:59Behind these bushes here is where the victim's body was discovered.
03:04His head was out towards the main road.
03:07So feet in the bushes?
03:08Feet in the bushes, head out.
03:10Head this way?
03:11Yeah.
03:11Is that consistent with him being dragged?
03:14Yeah.
03:15We've got no CCTV covering the scene.
03:17But the area's used for rough sleeping.
03:21It's an area that's quite often busy with people just loitering around.
03:27It's a challenge for us that the scene is extremely large.
03:31And it's quite unusual in London today that the incident hasn't been covered by CCTV.
03:36So that makes it more difficult for us.
03:42There are lots of items around the body.
03:45So trying to identify the items that are most likely to glean DNA from potential suspects is going to be really difficult.
03:53The victim has been identified as 44-year-old Mauricio Nascimento, who is believed to have been homeless at the time of the murder.
04:11It's been described by the pathologist as one of the most vicious attacks he's ever seen.
04:19There's no indication that the victim put up any form of defence.
04:24There's no defensive injuries at all.
04:26So somebody's killed him in the most horrific of circumstances by just stamping, kicking and punching him.
04:34So this is clearly somebody who is a dangerous individual who we need to get off the streets as soon as possible.
04:42OK, morning, everybody. Thanks for coming this morning.
04:47We've picked up the investigation into the murder of Mauricio Nascimento.
04:52So what we know about Mauricio at this stage is that he is a Portuguese national.
04:58It would appear that he's been subjected to a frenzied and brutal attack.
05:05Yeah, and just to add to that, there's no suggestion of a weapon used.
05:09It seems to be consistent with kicking and stamping.
05:13So a very, very, very severe beating.
05:18Priority-wise, obviously witnesses, because I think they're going to be key to the timeline.
05:24And forensics, that's going to be also really key.
05:28I was understanding it was around this area or over here somewhere, folded up the clothing.
05:35This is the jacket, yeah.
05:38We've got this blanket as well.
05:39OK.
05:40It's a blanket.
05:41So someone's definitely using it somewhere to stay.
05:45The team examines a number of items found close to the victim's body
05:49to try to identify forensic opportunities.
05:53That's the trousers.
05:54This is a belt we found in this sort of undergrowth as well.
06:00These are some of the beer cans that we've got.
06:03Maybe DNA.
06:04Anyone who's had contact with these, you know, they might be the slightest hit.
06:08It's just such a busy scene with a lot of items around.
06:13So it's really hard to find any key exhibits that we can connect to our man.
06:23It's been 24 hours since Mauricio's murder.
06:27While a number of items found in the park are sent for DNA testing,
06:32detectives run intelligence checks on the victim for any potential leads.
06:35These are financial records which relate to Mauricio.
06:41What we are aware of is that he's in possession of a bank card.
06:47Mauricio's bank card was used on the 11th, was also used on the 12th of July.
06:53We know obviously by this time he'd been murdered.
06:57And so therefore that gives rise to the question of who was using his bank card.
07:00So somebody else has actually got his bank card prior to the murder and has still got it post-murder?
07:11There's a news agent on the junction here of Doverfield Road.
07:15Detectives request CCTV from the locations where the bank card was used.
07:19Footage from a shop reveals an unknown man using the card.
07:32That's the transaction the night before at 10.20.
07:38So I've just sent you through this second image.
07:42This image is from about 2.13 in the afternoon, the 12th.
07:48Right.
07:49So post-murder.
07:54So obviously wearing the same green bit, Game of Thrones top.
07:58Same rucksack trousers.
08:01My main focus is locating him and arresting him as soon as possible.
08:05The images of the man captured in the CCTV are circulated on police systems across the Met.
08:26Nice.
08:28Tell me what you have reported to the police.
08:31My colleague, she said, today's been shit, let's get a shot.
08:37So I said yes, and then we carried on drinking.
08:42In West London, a young woman has come to the police, reporting she was raped in the early hours of that day.
08:50So I must have left the building at 11.30pm, I guess, ish.
08:55I was very drunk because I'm an idiot.
08:57I walked to the house that I was staying in, but because I'd drunk too much, I couldn't open the door with the keys.
09:07And then I blacked out.
09:10I remember coming to, leaning against the front of the house, definitely vomited over myself and the floor.
09:17I was soaking wet because, for some reason, there was, like, torrential downpour.
09:23And then somebody was asking me if they should call an ambulance for me.
09:28It was a guy.
09:29And I remember saying, no.
09:31The next thing I remember was inside of his room.
09:37And I think I was standing there and he couldn't get my dungarees off.
09:42The rape part, um, he must have been having sex with me while I was coming in and out of consciousness
09:54because I don't remember all of it.
09:57I don't know if he managed to actually get his penis inside my vagina
10:01because I do remember saying, ow, it hurts.
10:05And no, because my, uh, the, so, so I've not had sex before.
10:13So, before that, um, so.
10:21I never had sex with someone.
10:26So you've never had a sexual encounter with any patrol?
10:29No. No. Full stop.
10:31Um.
10:33And how did it make you feel at that point?
10:38I didn't really feel like I had any power.
10:41I was just kind of just there in pain.
10:52If you could just give me a brief summary of what the victim said.
10:55Right.
10:55Um, basically she recalls a man's voice saying, do you need the ambulance?
11:01And she's saying no.
11:04The incident is referred to one of the Met's rape and serious sexual offences units.
11:11Yeah.
11:11It is led by Detective Inspector Souk Kamwa.
11:16And then the next recollection she has is she's in the bedroom.
11:21And then he's, um, forcing himself on her.
11:26She's saying no, it hurts.
11:28Because she's, um, stated that she's never had sex before.
11:32And he's grabbing her boobs and kissing her boobs.
11:35And she was, she didn't know, she didn't understand why he was doing that.
11:38Because she's never had any sexual encounters before.
11:41Okay.
11:41But she'd remember saying no to him.
11:43Yeah.
11:43Um.
11:44Okay.
11:44Thank you for that.
11:45No worries.
11:46One of my team's down there as well, boss.
11:48Rape is one word against another.
11:50And it's for us to find evidence that supports the victim's account.
11:55So supporting evidence could be anything from CCTV, forensics, eyewitnesses, usually very rare.
12:03So it really does make the investigation quite difficult.
12:06I think it's one of the hardest offences to prove.
12:11Stranger rape is a rape by somebody who is completely unknown to the victim.
12:16For us, they are a serious risk because they pose a risk to the entire public.
12:22Because you've technically got a predator out there who could be continuing that behaviour and it could escalate.
12:28Following the incident, the woman was examined by medics and forensic samples were taken.
12:33And then you'll see her in a sec.
12:37There she is.
12:38There she is.
12:40Officers analyse CCTV from the venue on the night of the attack where the victim was drinking with a friend.
12:48And then you'll see her start making her way.
12:51She's still got the drink in her hand, isn't she?
12:52Yeah, yeah.
12:54Nearly walks into the post, swings around it just to keep balance.
12:58Oh.
12:59There you go.
13:00So you'll see her making her way across this bridge here.
13:03There she is.
13:05And then that's the last we see of her, actually, once she makes it to the address,
13:10until she tells police about what happened the next day.
13:17Describe him to me.
13:18He was, I guess he was mixed race.
13:25Anything distinctive?
13:26Did he have tattoos or anything?
13:28No.
13:29Would you recognise him again if you saw him?
13:32I think so.
13:33What did you do after you left his house?
13:39Um, I was walking for a few seconds.
13:44I went left, so I wasn't thinking about where I was walking.
13:49I was just walking.
13:50At which point it occurred to me, I was like, oh, that's my vomit.
13:53Um, so then I turned around and I was like, ah, it was one of these doors.
13:59I remember there being a white door, but I don't know which door it was.
14:02I was just like, well, it was one of these,
14:04because I'd been walking for a few seconds.
14:08The woman was staying in a nearby house.
14:13She believes the attacker pulled her into a property just a few doors down.
14:22Here we go.
14:24Oh, come on.
14:25Got two white doors on the right, so it's probably one of those,
14:28um, especially because she said pretty much next door.
14:31Um, so we're not looking very far.
14:36Yeah, we need someone here just in case we get someone walking out of that address,
14:39matching that description.
14:40Um, and even if we don't, we can still go up there
14:43and just start knocking every single white door.
14:46So, they're the targets.
14:52With the search narrowed to two possible addresses with white doors,
14:57detectives travel to the scene to try to identify the property
15:00where the woman says she was raped.
15:06This is the scene of the incident,
15:08which is a little bit further down on our right-hand side.
15:12What we know at the moment is a, uh, mixed-race male
15:16who's apparently in a room at the back of the property on the ground floor.
15:19So, we're now going to need to go into these addresses if we can
15:22and rule out any potential persons of interest.
15:26Which flat's yours?
15:38Unfortunately, it's WC.
15:40Where's your flat? Upstairs or downstairs?
15:42Where do you live?
15:43Yeah, please, officers. Let's go inside.
15:53Thank you. Anyone else in here at all?
15:55What?
15:55Anyone else here at all?
15:58Listen to my colleague.
15:59Where were you on the night of the 28th?
16:01Pardon?
16:02Where were you a couple of nights ago?
16:03I'm speaking a little bit English.
16:05I don't understand English.
16:06Okay.
16:07There's been an allegation that you made
16:08that on the 28th, outside,
16:11the young lady was taken into this property.
16:14No, I helped the lady.
16:16I helped the...
16:17I gave the...
16:19I gave the...
16:21there is a vomiting.
16:24Oh, okay.
16:24I helped...
16:26I helped the lady.
16:28No worries.
16:29Okay, there's any more?
16:30Do you understand?
16:31You are under arrest
16:32and sufficient of causing rape.
16:34Hands out.
16:34No, no, I'm sorry.
16:35Hands out.
16:36Hands out, buddy.
16:37Hands out.
16:38Hands now.
16:38Listen, listen.
16:39Hands now.
16:40Put your hand in.
16:41I'll put you on the floor
16:42if you don't corroborate.
16:43My ID.
16:44My ID.
16:45I have the problem.
16:46I have the problem.
16:48I have the problem.
16:48I'm sorry.
16:50Please.
16:51Please.
16:52Listen, please.
16:53Please.
16:54Please.
16:55Listen to me.
16:57We're now going to be searching your room
16:58under section 32 of PACE.
17:00Eugenio Avlera is a 27-year-old construction worker.
17:06I'm in...
17:06I'm in English.
17:08We'll get you an interpreter.
17:09All right, Portuguese?
17:10Say Portuguese.
17:11Yeah, no, we'll get you an interpreter
17:12when we get there to explain everything to you.
17:14Yes, yes.
17:15Somebody just had 502...
17:16Avlera's hands are bagged to preserve DNA,
17:20while a member of the team who speaks Portuguese
17:22translates for him.
17:24Yes, sir.
17:24I'm sorry.
17:25I'm sorry.
17:25I'm sorry.
17:26I'm sorry.
17:27I'm sorry.
17:27I'm sorry.
17:27I'm sorry.
17:28Okay, so basically, yeah.
17:30Tell her to go.
17:31She's still coming inside.
17:32So, well, I'm falling asleep.
17:33I didn't do anything.
17:34He was too tired.
17:35Just want to go to the place.
17:36Actually, it was a bit...
17:37Yeah.
17:38I was forcing him to do whatever.
17:43It was her forcing him to do whatever.
17:46It's all about the truth,
17:47because I have a woman in Africa.
17:52He's married in Africa.
17:53We've got him inside the forensic window.
18:14He'll be taking swabs from his hands,
18:17and he'll take penile throbs as well to hopefully get some DNA proving his involvement.
18:24It's been 48 hours since detectives began investigating the murder of Mauricio Nascimento, and they now have a suspect.
18:39It's been 48 hours since detectives began investigating the murder of Mauricio Nascimento, and they now have a suspect.
18:53This chap was named Florin.
18:58The man has been captured on CCTV using the victim's bank card after his death.
19:06I've just spoken to a hostel in Clapham Road,
19:09and basically, they did have Florin staying with them.
19:13So, I'm just emailing them to just get those details.
19:17Okay, I'll see if I can get a local unit as well.
19:23So, you're under arrest and suspicion of murder.
19:47Time of arrest is at 14.31pm.
19:50So, for a prompting victim investigation and prevent disappearance.
19:57This way. This way.
20:02Over here, then.
20:14There you go.
20:15So, have you heard what happened to Mauricio Nascimento, and who killed him?
20:23I don't know.
20:24I don't know.
20:25I don't know.
20:26I don't know if it's true.
20:27I don't know if it's true.
20:28I don't know.
20:29I haven't seen anything.
20:31I don't know if any of this is true.
20:41Okay, Florin.
20:42What I want you to do now is tell me what happened over the weekend.
20:48And he told me, take the card.
21:17Because I trust him.
21:19He gave me his pin.
21:29I bought a pack of cigarettes and three beers.
21:31So, you left and went home?
21:41Did you go home?
21:42Did you go home?
21:43Direct home.
21:44Straight home.
21:45How did you get home?
21:46You're going home.
21:47Orc.
21:48Okay, the...
21:49So, we're all passed.
21:51So, we're all passed.
21:52Check the camera on all the streets.
21:54I'm sorry.
21:55I know Mauricio, three or four years ago.
22:00I knew it very well.
22:01I was very good.
22:02We didn't have any...
22:04We didn't have any good friends.
22:05We didn't have any good friends.
22:06We didn't have any good friends.
22:07We didn't have any good friends.
22:08We didn't have any good friends.
22:16Detectives now need to verify whether Florin's account of the night is accurate.
22:21They download data from his mobile phone to try to confirm his movements.
22:30Florin's account has been tested.
22:33And so, the phone work is proving consistent with his account.
22:38Certainly, up to event.
22:40And then the phone shows the last time he's up there at the crime scene.
22:46He's around the 12.34 mark.
22:49And then leaves.
22:50And then heads back to his home address for just after one.
22:54Which is sort of consistent with his timings.
22:58Okay.
23:07We're gonna release Florin.
23:11I think he's less and less likely that he's a suspect.
23:13And he's more likely to be a good friend of the victim.
23:22While the team has learnt more about what Mauricio was doing on the night he was killed.
23:26They still have no leads on a possible suspect.
23:31Starts again.
23:32Yeah, starts again.
23:33Great.
23:34Thanks.
23:43We are going to have a walk round the park.
23:56Have a chat with anyone who's about.
23:58Identify anyone who was here at a similar time when this happened.
24:02Seeking new information or possible witnesses, detectives return to the location of the murder.
24:12Hello, mate.
24:13How are you doing? You okay?
24:15I'm not.
24:16We're police officers.
24:17We are from the Homicide Command and we're investigating the murder of this chap called Mauricio, yeah?
24:22Were you around on the night?
24:23No.
24:24No?
24:25You remember the England game?
24:26If I was around, it wouldn't have happened.
24:28Yeah.
24:29No.
24:30All I heard was something to do with drugs.
24:33Apparently he's found around there was someone in the park.
24:37Apparently when he suffered that, if he gets arrested, he's going to come back and kill everyone.
24:44It's all word of mouth after it's happened that people are coming up with their own ideas
24:48or hearing the rumours, really, that go around.
24:50So we're just really struggling to try and find those witnesses that might have actually seen or heard something.
24:59Yes.
25:23So, I'm coming inside here.
25:24Right, chaps.
25:25under the right hand side.
25:2627-year-old Eugenio Avlera has been arrested on suspicion of rape and taken into police custody.
25:36Good afternoon, Sergeant.
25:37This gentleman's been arrested for rape.
25:39There's an allegation that's been made on the 28th of this month
25:43that he has vaginally and orally raped the victim.
25:48I authorise you to stay at the police station.
25:51You're going to be detained in up to 24 hours without charge.
25:54What's the time of arrest?
25:5516.25.
26:01Avlera's hands and genitals are swabbed for forensic traces.
26:05And samples of his DNA are also taken.
26:12The team has 24 hours to gather enough evidence to charge him or he will be released.
26:18The strategy for today, obviously, is to get this interview done and we know where we are afterwards.
26:27I don't think he's going to deny being in her presence because he's already admitted, basically, he was with her.
26:32It's whether or not he discusses the sexual side of it.
26:37This interview is being recorded.
26:48I am DC Kevin Flynn attached to the SAFIRE unit based out of Hounslow Police Station.
26:54Also present remotely, we have your solicitor as well as an interpreter today.
26:59So firstly, after being arrested, you said to officers, in the early hours of the morning, you saw a figure sitting outside.
27:09You've asked her if she needed an ambulance, but she's declined.
27:12And then you've stated to Tim that she was covered in vomit and so you've invited her into your address to get cleaned.
27:19You've said that what you did that night, you did so because you were a good Christian and you wanted to help the girl.
27:26Is that the case?
27:29No comments.
27:31I'm just going to ask you directly.
27:33Did you have sex with that drunk woman you took into your home on the 28th of June?
27:39No comments.
27:40If you did have sex, was the sex consensual?
27:44And did she want to have sex with you and you agreed to it?
27:48No comments.
27:50Would you think a reasonable person would find someone passing in and out of consciousness,
27:55being sick on herself, slumped in a doorway, in a torrential downpour,
27:59and think to themselves, they want to have sex with me?
28:04No comments.
28:10D.I. Kanwar re-watches the woman's statement to compare her account with that given by the suspect in interview.
28:17Unlike other offences, rape is one where it's happened normally in private premises,
28:25although there are no witnesses, whereas other offences you might have witnesses, you might have CCTV.
28:28And for rape to occur, you normally don't have those other lines of enquiries available,
28:35so it ultimately will come down to your victim's account and your suspect's account.
28:40The police officer asked me if he was wearing a condom.
28:46I don't think he was.
28:49Did at any point, did you tap on the victim's stomach and say,
28:54she's got your baby inside her?
28:56No comments.
28:59If there's anything else you want recorded,
29:03this is your opportunity right now.
29:06What happened was that she started to force me
29:10and force her to have a relationship with her.
29:12I said, no, because I have a woman.
29:15Alvira, how can I remind you of the advice I gave you?
29:19I'm sorry.
29:20Say no comments.
29:22So, what did he say to you?
29:24Er, he, was he saying much?
29:30He told me to write him.
29:35He also told me to suck his penis twice.
29:40What did you say?
29:42Nothing.
29:43Um, oh, except for when he was attempting to put his penis inside my vagina,
29:46because that hurt, and I was saying no.
29:49I think I was saying no.
29:51How long did that last?
29:52I don't know.
29:53Um, but he definitely tried multiple times,
29:55because I don't think he wasn't able to,
29:58at least the times that I remember being in pain.
30:02So, you've said there that she was forcing you, essentially.
30:07No comments.
30:09So, how exactly did she do that?
30:12No comments.
30:13If you're going to sit there and expect us to believe that a woman much smaller than you,
30:23completely drunk, has forced you to have sex with her, and yet you've got no injuries,
30:31it just doesn't add up.
30:32So, what, what, what really happened there?
30:34No comments.
30:35We also found, um, abrasions from, uh, within her.
30:41Did you cause those?
30:43No comments.
30:43Hello.
30:51Hello.
30:52Hello.
30:53So, in interview, it was a no comment interview, no prepared statement.
30:57However, he did blurt a few things out here and there which were quite significant.
31:02He's blurted out that she forced me to.
31:05She what?
31:06She forced him to.
31:08When you look at her, she's about five foot tall.
31:10Yeah.
31:10He's about six foot tall.
31:12Okay, so the only comments he's really made is that she forced me to.
31:17Yes.
31:20As the suspect refuses to give a clear account of the night,
31:23the team must now rely on forensic evidence.
31:29Since evidence suggests the woman was too drunk for the suspect to reasonably believe she could consent,
31:36detectives believe if they can prove sex took place,
31:39the CPS may agree to charge for rape.
31:42In terms of lab stuff, obviously, that's all ongoing at the moment.
31:47Um, Greg's been onto them for timings.
31:49The earliest we're going to start getting results is around midnight.
31:52It's around midnight?
31:53Yeah.
31:54So they're working throughout the night, right?
31:56They are, they are working throughout, yeah.
31:57Okay, that's, that's, that's positive.
31:59Um, but the pace clock now currently runs out at two minutes to six in the morning tomorrow.
32:06Five hours later, the team is still waiting for the DNA results due to a significant delay at the lab.
32:18Hello, CPS.
32:19Uh, my name's DC Flynn.
32:20I'm calling from West Area Sapphire in London.
32:23Um, we've got a rape threshold test, uh, sorry, it's been a long three days.
32:28A rape threshold test for a strange one rape.
32:32Detectives have no choice but to appeal to the CPS to charge the suspect based on expected future evidence.
32:40This is known as a threshold charge.
32:42Um, well, he was arrested at the scene, which is his home address.
32:51To get the threshold charge is hard.
32:54It's hard because we're, we're asking CPS to make a decision with some evidence still missing.
33:04No.
33:04And it's an important decision for the CPS to make.
33:12It's important they get that right.
33:19The CPS law is being quite negative, uh, at the moment.
33:24So, yeah, yeah.
33:25So, Kevin's fighting, uh, our corner in relation to, um, uh, the strength of the evidence and the continuity and integrity of the evidence.
33:33Um.
33:36I mean, he's, he's not even interested in reading it.
33:44What's your worst fear?
33:47He could leave the UK.
33:48And if he leaves the UK and goes to a country where we've got no, uh, agreement for any extradition,
33:57faced with that potential scenario, we will be faced with having a difficult conversation with our victim.
34:02It's a real strange one for me at the moment in order to try and determine what's happened.
34:20It's clearly somebody who's used extreme force.
34:26It's now five days since Mauricio Nascimento was violently murdered in Brixton.
34:32It's now five days since Mauricio Nascimento was murdered in Brixton.
34:35Detectives are still hunting for a lead on the killer.
34:40We continue to look into Mauricio, his background, looking to see whether, uh, he had any enemies.
34:47And actually, there's, there's nothing in, uh, the police, uh, uh, intelligence to suggest that, uh, that was the case.
34:56The unit has received further details from the pathologist relating to the marks left on Mauricio's body.
35:03This was light sourcing that was conducted at the, uh, the, uh, the public mortuary, Greenwich.
35:08Various lighting effects that can bring up bruising patterns and give us sort of a better indication of how, how these, uh, you know, how the death occurred, really.
35:17This is one of our best marks here. It's the left side of the chest. And there's some very clear lines. These patterns are the ones that we can see on shoes.
35:27They potentially are our murder weapon, really, at the end of the day, the shoes. Much like a knife is a murder weapon, this, this pair of shoes in this case is the, is the weapon.
35:35Mauricio was homeless, one of society's vulnerable individuals. So we need to try and find out why somebody would want to do this to an individual who is described by family and friends as quite a gentle person.
35:52Mauricio's family has come to the park where he was murdered. They hadn't seen him for six months.
36:05When I find that tomorrow is gone.
36:11You couldn't believe it.
36:16It's like someone stopped me in my heart.
36:22Because I always wanted my brother next to me.
36:27I always wanted my brother next to me.
36:37Mauricio came to London because he met this person online
36:42to live with this person,
36:44but things didn't work out as it should.
36:48So it's when the things changed in his life.
36:53These things it did affect him a lot.
36:57It made him very dumb and he lost hope in life.
37:03He stayed with me a few times.
37:06I didn't know that my brother was homeless.
37:07I thought when he left my house,
37:10he was in somebody else's house.
37:13I thought my brother was coming back.
37:16Why he never come back?
37:18What they did to my brother was completely heartless.
37:21Why? Why?
37:27All right. Lovely, Bruce. Appreciate it. Thank you.
37:34All right. Bye-bye.
37:36It is now one week into the investigation
37:39and Exhibit Officer Rob Newlands received significant forensic results
37:44from the items at the crime scene.
37:46It's a wearer's hit.
37:48I'll confirm where exactly on the bell.
37:50So there is potentially blood on that bell then as well.
37:52Yeah, that's what he seems to think.
37:54So another name in the in the mix then?
37:58Yeah.
37:59Right, ladies and gents, I've had some forensic results.
38:02The belt that was located near to the body at the scene by a search on the DNA database
38:11has come back with an individual by the name of Arturus Tycanas.
38:17He's a Lithuanian national but we don't know much more about him.
38:24At the moment the priority's got to be working up Arturus and finding out exactly how he fits
38:30into the inquiry.
38:31Right, I've got to go and make some phone calls.
38:34Hi, I wonder if you could help me. I'm calling from the Meta Police, Team 14 over at Putney.
38:53We're now having to research him, find out a lot more about him, try and identify with
39:00his movements over the last few days and see where he fits in in the investigation.
39:06I've spoken to the National Extradition Unit.
39:09They've said that evil orders hasn't shown him leaving the country, we've just got him
39:13coming into the country in 2016.
39:14Possibly he's still in the country.
39:15Further research into Arturus Petitianas reveals an international investigation.
39:20We're still in the country.
39:25So it looks like he was convicted of an assault and has skipped the country.
39:44It's an assault on a passer-by, a random attack at a bus stop whereby Arturus is believed to
39:50just start punching and kicking him.
39:54All of the traits on that assault are apparent here as well.
39:59It clearly shows a propensity for violence, so we need to locate him as a matter of urgency.
40:05PHONE RINGS
40:14Petitianas has been linked to a flat two miles south of the murder scene.
40:23Detectives, alongside the Met's Territorial Support Group, mount a dawn raid at the address.
40:28PHONE RINGS
40:37Mate, any time now has been forced to the door.
40:40Hello, fellow, you all out?
40:42Is it just yourself in here?
40:43Yeah, me.
40:44Yeah.
40:45Fellow, stay there.
40:46Keep your hands down.
40:47Keep your hands where I can see them.
40:48Hands on top of your head now.
40:50What's your name, sir?
40:57Arturus.
40:58Arturus.
40:59Arturus.
41:00Arturus.
41:01Yo, man, in this moment in time you're under arrest for murder.
41:03You do not have to say anything, but may I meet a defense?
41:05We do not mention one question.
41:06Some people should let it rely on the court.
41:08Harry, here you go, mate.
41:10Yeah, no worries.
41:11Come on, do you head?
41:12Come on, do you head?
41:13Come on, do you head?
41:14Come on, do you head?
41:15Come on, do you head?
41:16Come on, do you head?
41:23The flat is searched, and detective sees a number of items, including a pair of shoes that
41:30could match the markings on Mauricio's body.
41:33So you got chatting with him because he's from Lithuania, like you, and then afterwards
41:38what happened with your phone?
41:40Police question Petitianasa's flatmate about the suspect's movements on the night of the murder.
41:45Can you remember?
41:47Marco, like he said, I can't remember Marco, because I don't want to lie.
41:52You don't?
41:53No, no, that's fine.
41:54OK, if you don't remember, that's fine.
41:55OK.
41:56He's briefly known Arturus.
41:58They're both from the same part of Lithuania.
42:01He doesn't know much about him, but Arturus was working locally at the KFC.
42:06The witness was saying he was out watching football, but not with Arturus himself.
42:11He's just come back around about 2 o'clock in the morning, and Arturus was not here.
42:16What I'd like you to do, Arturus, is tell me, in your words, what your involvement is in the murder of Mauricio Nascimento.
42:33I'd like you to tell me, Arturus, about your involvement in the murder of Mauricio Nascimento.
42:45I don't know what to say about him. I don't know what to say about him.
42:50You haven't killed him.
42:59I don't remember.
43:03Where were you drinking, and who were you drinking with?
43:09The reason that you are here today is because of the forensic link.
43:14So, tell me, Arturus, what could possibly link you, forensically, to the scene of a murder?
43:22No, no, no.
43:24No, no.
43:25No, no.
43:40Officers now compare the soul of the trainers seized from Petitianas' address with the marks found on the victim's body.
43:46I don't think those are the ones.
43:47No, they're not.
43:48I think you're right.
43:49They're not consistent, I don't think.
43:50There's no lines on it at all, is there?
43:51Very straight lines.
43:52Not quite the pair we're looking for at the moment, I'm afraid.
43:57We're confident the particular person was at the crime scene.
44:00We don't know the circumstances and he's not giving us any information in regard to that.
44:07So this stage, we don't have a direct link with the victim and that's what we're missing.
44:13Without enough evidence to link the suspect to the victim's murder,
44:20the team are unable to charge Arturus Petitianas.
44:31She's been so drunk, in fact, that she has then passed out in the doorway,
44:35covered in vomit and she's absolutely soaked because it's a torrential downpour.
44:41The Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Unit are now 20 hours into a shift
44:46as they try to secure a rape charge against Eugenio Avlera before the custody clock runs out.
44:56Basically, we're missing some evidence.
44:59In this case, it's DNA evidence which is in the process of being examined by our forensic labs.
45:08With the victim deemed too drunk to reasonably consent,
45:13the team believes DNA evidence proving sex took place
45:17could be enough to convince the CPS to charge Avlera.
45:24But a delay at the lab means they don't have that evidence,
45:27with just four hours before the suspect must be released.
45:31It is hello Liv from the Vap.
45:49Match.
45:50Match! Get in! Get in!
45:52That changed it now to threshold.
45:54Yes!
45:56Oh my goodness!
45:57Yep, that's him.
45:59Yep.
46:03Match, Siemens...
46:04Sorry, we're on the phone with the DI at the moment and CPS.
46:08Is Siemens found from the endocervical swabs?
46:11Endocervical swabs.
46:12So, yes.
46:14They can't say no now.
46:16Wonderful, thank you so much.
46:19Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye.
46:21Well, that's the result, isn't it?
46:23We told you, you were in!
46:25What we've just been told by the lab is,
46:27from the endocervical swabs, which are the swabs that are quite high inside our victim,
46:32they found semen and the semen is a match for our man in custody
46:37and it's accurate up to one in a billion.
46:48Hello?
46:50You alright?
46:51I need you to come out of your cell, okay?
46:53Come up and speak to the sergeant.
46:55That's fine.
47:01This matter that we are investigating has been reviewed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
47:07and they have decided that he is to be charged.
47:13Eugenio Avlera will appear in court the next day
47:17and will be remanded in custody until his trial.
47:20It's one month since the murder of Mauricio in a park in South London.
47:37What have we got? We've got his DNA on a belt, a moveable object at the scene.
47:46Despite finding the DNA of Ettores Petitianas on a belt at the scene,
47:51he wasn't charged due to lack of evidence directly linking him to the victim.
47:55But Ettores remains the unit's chief suspect.
48:00We've got no witness accounts, so we want to know where was he on that evening.
48:08Officers analyse CCTV from the area around Petitianas' address
48:13to create a timeline of his movements on the night of the murder.
48:18This is a couple of days before our murder.
48:22That's him coming into the store.
48:25We've done enquiries with his bank.
48:27Yeah.
48:28And obviously what we've got here is a financial transaction in Tesco's Express West Norwood.
48:34We've got clear white trainers being one.
48:38And this is footage we've obtained for the night of our murder.
48:42We're going to see two individuals walk, going northbound just here.
48:47They then continue up Norwood High Street.
48:50You've got that jacket which I believe is obviously a similar appearance to Tesco's footage.
48:58But significantly here what we have is we've got different trainers being worn.
49:04They're not the same trainers that we have.
49:08So you've got dark upper tone of the trainers and we've obviously got a white sole.
49:13Up until now the only footwear we've had are white trainers.
49:21And we've now established that those weren't the trainers he was wearing on the night of the incident.
49:26So what we need to do is identify what those trainers are.
49:30Only entirely white shoes were found in Petitianas' home.
49:35But the team now receives a new lead on the suspect.
49:39Petitianas has actually been identified on a separate matter.
49:47A robbery that occurred at KFC in West Norwood High Street just close to the home address.
49:54Staff had actually identified him and it transpires that when we've looked into the burglary it was an inside job.
50:01Petitianas had actually started training there, had received uniform there.
50:06Staff recognised the trainers that the suspect was wearing because they're actually KFC issue uniform trainers.
50:17This could be Petitianas coming into the premises here.
50:22Officers examined CCTV of the burglary which occurred four days before Petitianas was arrested for the murder.
50:29These look just like the black shoes with the white rims that we see in the other council CCTV footage that we've had from the scene.
50:37It's a sample one.
50:38The team has been sent a copy of the standard issue KFC trainers, which they now compare with the tread of the shoes that left marks on Mauricio's body.
50:54There's this little, these three patterns here where you can see the squares that criss-cross on Mauricio and then you scroll down to the trainer and you can see that clearly the trainers have got this pattern of cubed squares.
51:17And from my eye clear that that trainer made them marks.
51:27But I need a scientist to tell me that.
51:30While detectives await expert confirmation that the shoes in question are the murder weapon,
51:36a tourist Petitianas is brought in for a second interview.
51:41I'd like you to watch the moving footage now.
51:46This was when you committed a burglary.
51:50So we're saying this is you wearing these shoes, shoes that you got from KFC when you started training with them.
51:59And we're going to show you some footage now, the night of the murder.
52:11So this is at 10 to 1 in the morning.
52:15There's two males and they're walking towards where the murder scene is.
52:20And we're saying the male that's closest to the shops, what the person is wearing on their feet.
52:32You will see that it's those trainers, the KFC trainers.
52:38And they're walking towards where they're walking.
52:43Was that you walking along at 10 to 1 in the morning on the 12th?
52:51What, what did you have to do with the murder of Mauricio Nascimento?
52:55We got off the press.
53:11Um, Bruce Taylor has sent through some, um, light source results.
53:15The results of the comparison between the shoes and the marks on the victim's body have arrived.
53:20That is a match.
53:29Good stuff.
53:30Yes.
53:32That result is amazing.
53:34It's fantastic.
53:37And there is another significant discovery.
53:41We've got our first DNA hit of an individual on the very victim himself,
53:45placed on the wrist.
53:47So the fact that the DNA is found on the victim himself really connects this individual with our victim.
53:59Three months after Mauricio was killed, Arturus Petichenas is charged with his murder.
54:07I've got one charge to read as follows.
54:10On the 12th of July, 2021, at Rush Common, Brixton Hill, South West 2.
54:16You murdered Mauricio Nascimento, contrary to common law.
54:25This was a senseless killing of a vulnerable homeless male.
54:30And Petichenas has set about him with gratuitous violence and subjected him to a brutal attack.
54:38And to this day, Petichenas has given us no explanation as to why he did this.
54:44And that's extremely difficult for the family.
54:53Whoever did this to Mauricio was a monster.
54:57He just saw somebody else.
54:59He was homeless, he was worthless.
55:01Let's beat him with our mercy.
55:04He was no human to do what they did to my brother.
55:10We heard he hung out.
55:11This is not for a Muslim to do it in our town.
55:13Seems like he got killed.
55:19Hold up, anteck.
55:21It was impossible.
55:22It would have stopped by Pete and take a break.
55:23ORGAN PLAYS
55:53FIVE OR SIX OF THEM JUST CAME RUNNING AND ALL I SEE WAS A BIG KNIFE COME TOWARDS ME
56:06YOU'LL SEE THE SUSPECT, HE'S GOT A MASSIVE KNIFE IN HIS RIGHT HAND
56:11THE FULL BLOCK DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE, DOES HE?
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