CCTV Crime Footage

James Bulger being abducted by Thompson (above Bulger) and Venables
(holding Bulger's hand) in an image recorded on shopping centre CCTV.

Criminal footage can be caught on CCTV which can really help the police identify the criminal in situations that often people in crowded places wouldn’t see the criminal.
James Bulger was one such case in which police used CCTV images to show the victim being taken by the criminal, the CCTV footage helped police identify the criminal and show the public what the victim and criminal looked like.This helped the police spread the image around through mass media and helped get anyone who might have information on the case to be able to phone in and help with the police inquiry.

Another Famous CCTV footage image are the final moments captured before Princess Diana died in a car accident. The images were shown on the news of Diana in the hotel she’d being staying in leaving the hotel and in the hotel lift. These images were shown as the last images of her alive.
Images like these are often released when someone famous dies to show the last moments of someone’s life may seem extreme but police used this footage to help their investigation to find out who had killed the Princess in the car accident.