Watching Stokesy “angered me” says reformed Dudley offender

"If it wasn’t for the police I’d either be dead or in prison." That's the view of former crook Dave Nolan (pictured) who said the attitude of Stokesy - 'star' of Channel 4's Cops & Robbers on Monday - left him feeling angry at his boasts of enjoying prison and refusal to take advantage of opportunities put his way by police. 

 

Dave Nolan, from Dudley where the show is filmed, is one of hundreds of offenders who’ve been helped out of a life of crime by the force’s ground-breaking