A single fingerprint recovered from a fish and chips wrapper tossed on the ground is enough to place a gunman in a rural location miles from his home.

When police on a stakeout witness the shooting of their target, they quickly have to gather as much evidence as they can to find the men responsible.

Plus, a fraudster uses a victim's credit details to buy gift cards worth thousands of pounds to spend at luxury shops, until police trace him and find a treasure trove of evidence on his laptop.

Fingerprints found at the scene of a burglary prove to be the missing piece of evidence detectives need to convict a man responsible for the murder of the flat's owner. After the man is found beaten to death in his own property, police use footprints found around his body to identify one assailant before putting together their case against his violent accomplice, whom they suspect of the killing.

Also today, a pair of crooks who burgled an old man's home and went on a spending spree with his card are caught on CCTV.