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Watch videos of the police raids on the traveller camps



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VIDEO footage of the dawn raids on the traveller sites which saw millions of pounds of property and cash seized by the police is once again available to view here on our website.
The raids uncovered nearly £1million in cash buried on the site and led to the court cases last year against the Biddle and Stretton families and their associates.

This week the courts ordered nearly £3million of assets to be seized from them under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

The first video shows police officers entering Justin Park travellers' site on April 1, 2005, and then the home of Joseph and Catherine Stretton. Click here to watch video 1.

It then shows police digging up metal containers – which are later revealed to contain almost £1 million in cash – at a site near Braybrooke.

In the second video, a police officer armed with a video camera carries out a tour of the Justin Park home owned by Heath and Sherry Stretton, showing their expensively decorated kitchen and bathroom as well as piles of designer perfume and handbags. Click here to watch video 2.

The Mail was given permission to show these videos on its website for a limited time following the sentencing of the Biddle family in November and has secured permission once again following Monday's confiscation hearings.

Follow these links to read other reports related to this case:
Record £2.8million seized from travellers.
See how much each traveller is having confiscated.
Traveller case investigators praised.
On the trail of traveller families' wealth.

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  • Last Updated: 14 August 2007 1:04 PM
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  • Location: Market Harborough
 
 

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