Billy Billingham joins force with the police for his new show SAS Catching The Criminals
“Anti-social crimes are on the rise,” said Billy, who risked his life on dangerous and top secret missions for over 20 years.
"This is military style technology and hardware - using a tracking device to find stolen goods and foil thieves," he added.He also observed that the police use of highly trained sniffer dogs is just the same in the army. “I wanted to be right at the very front, but I had to bite my lip and go, ‘Okay, one, I'm too old for it now and two, it's not my place to be right at the front.’”
“I was getting into fights and trouble with the law. I didn’t get into the wrong crowd, I was the wrong crowd. My family was going through hell, my mum was working all the time to put bread on the table while I was wreaking havoc.Billy joined the Royal Marine cadets at 16, then went on to enlist with the Parachute Regiment, where he served as an expert sniper.
“It's about educating them,” said Billy. "When I'm there I take them out into the woods, the forest, the mountains. I advise them not to get too wrapped up into social media and other people's opinions, but to form their own.
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