Blue Murder (2003–2009): Season 2, Episode 2 - Up in Smoke - full transcript
After a young wife hangs herself, an altercation ensues between two employees in the mortuary cremating her body. One is her presumptive lover and the other her grieving husband. Someone evidently has been murdered because computer records at the crematorium show the weight of two bodies in the ashes., but as both men are missing, DCI Lewis is at a loss as to which is the murderer and which is the victim.
[music playing]
[chatter]
Hey, ain't you lads
got homes to go to?
Go see your prayers, man.
Hey, come on, mates.
Chal, I'll see you there?
[inaudible]
[gentle music]
Hi, bud.
Oh, strangling the
flaming cat again.
[religious chanting in distance]
Yeah, well, I havenothing more to say to you.
[liquid pouring]
[flame whooshes]
[coughs]
[screams]
[phone ringing]
[beep]
Hello.
Yeah.
OK, I'm on my way.
[water running]
Do I know you?
I'm with Michael.
He said you were cool.
JANINE: Oh, right.
Can you tell him he's
going to have to help
Connie give the kids breakfast?
Because I've got-- [mumbles]
[camera shutters snapping]
RICHARD: Boss?
Richard, hi.
Thanks.
What's the damage?
We think the
victim is the tenant,
Ali Raffiq, 24, part-timemullah at the local mosque.
Also runs a youth groupfor the community center.
Right.
What makes you think it's arson?
Well, the fire began
right when they started
here in the front hallway.
Also, the bloke
talking to Butchers
saw somebody running downthe street about an hour ago
just before it started.
Right.
What's our witness up to
at 4:30 in the morning?
Early riser.
Likes to walk for his paper.
Not much left of him
to see up there either.
Didn't make it out
of the bedroom.
Window frame screwed together.
Security.
Oh.
Any forensics?
No, I guess not.
[liquid puddling]
We'll get ahouse-to-house going as soon
as we reach a reasonable hour.
Don't expect much
round here, though.
Now the wires in all the edgesis trust as much at the moment.
Let Shap run that.
You and Butchers concentrate onthe victim-- family, friends,
any associates, anyone who mighthave had a grudge against him.
- Our witness, boss--
- Yeah.
--reckons it was a blokehe saw wearing a black
balaclava and big gloves.
Right.
Let's find out all we canabout Ali Raffiq by 11 o'clock.
I'll see you in
the briefing room.
[knock on door]
Come in!
Yeah, thanks, Jeff.
Really appreciate it.
Right, got you 20 more uniforms.
Should help keep
the lid on things.
I need to visit
the Al Non Mosque,
and I'd like to cop an aidingofficer onto the squad,
stop me putting my foot in it.
Sounds like a good idea.
I'll just get hold
of community liaison.
The whole area is a tinderbox.
One Britain have been stirringthis lot up for months.
One Britain?
Why would they want a riot?
I thought they were
going mainstream.
Fear.
Whites fighting Asians meansmore votes for the far right.
Could have been one of thekids he was working with, boxx.
Mostly ex-offenders.
Ooh, nice bunch.
Problem kids.
Yeah, it's possible.
Right, what about our,
witness Mr. Hollis?
- 74, boss.
- Oh.
Hello.
Shaz Chowdhary, ma'am,
community liaison.
Right.
Yeah, nice to meet you.
PC Chowdhary is going
to be giving us a hand.
Shaz, Shaz.
You used to go out with
a Shaz, didn't you?
No wonder we never met her.
[laughter]- Yeah, all right, just booking.
Give as good as you get.
Mr. Hollis?
Like I said, boss, male,5' 10", balaclava and gloves.
How do you know it was male?
Well, apparently, he, uh,he didn't run like a girl.
[laughter]
Oh, right, reliable then.
Forensics?
Sweet FA.
OK, we're going to
keep knocking on doors
until we find someone
who saw something.
Richard, I want you toconcentrate on One Britain.
Shaz, you and me
down to the mosque.
Hey, mate.
Mate, mate.
Mind yourself.
She likes 'em young.
[music playing]
[car bleeps]
What does a mullah do exactly?
The same as a
Christian priest.
Lead prayers, teach
children the Koran,
visit the sick, weddings.
The women's entrance
is just along there.
As for Ali's office,
I'll meet you in there.
Oh, and no shoes inside.
Uh, ma'am, one more thing.
Don't forget to cover your--
If kids could see me now.
Was he born here?
Yeah.
He was a nice bloke.
Played football with
him a couple of times.
Barry Peters, One Britain.
Can't seem to get shut of him.
The One Britain party acceptsthat 6% of British subjects
are immigrants.
That's-- that's whywe're called One Britain.
We're just trying to find a wayof dealing with the situation
that's fair to everyone.
ALI RAFFIQ [ON TV]: What you'rearguing for is separation--
BARRY PETERS [ON TV]: No,all we're trying to say--
ALI RAFFIQ [ON TV]: --imposedby a white majority.
In South Africa, the wordfor "racial separation"
was "apartheid."
Yes, yes, and look
at the bloody mess
they're in without it.
[scoffs]
Ali got death
threats after that.
Logged three complaints.
Any suspects?
No, couldn't trace
the calls, apparently.
DCI Janine Lewis.
PC Shaz Chowdhary.
We're looking for
Mr. Barry Peters.
That's me.
We're making inquiriesinto the death of Ali Raffiq.
I don't know
anything about it.
All right, we've
had information that
says he had telephoned
death threats
after he did a televiseddebate with you last year?
No, nothing to do with me.
All right, but you
are the organizer
of the One Britain party?
Standing for election
to the council, yes.
Where were you last
night, Mr. Peters?
Had a couple of pints
down the Mason's Arms,
and then I went home.
83 Batly Road.
Anyone confirm that?
Your wife?
I live alone, so you'llhave to take my word for it.
Is that it?
Well, I'd appreciate itif you and your colleagues
would keep a low profile
for a couple of days.
Right.
And you saying the same
to the gangs of Asian
lads roaming the streets?
I'm just asking you
not to do anything
provocative for a while, andthat includes flier posting.
No.
I'm not provoking anyone,and I am not a racist.
All I'm arguing for is
the same as the Muslims.
Yeah, I've heard
your arguments.
How many Asian
members have you got?
How many white blokes theygot down at the mosque, hey?
Will I be welcomed down there?
Do us a favor, pal.
Thank you very
much, Mr. Peters.
Let's go.
Let's go.
What a dickhead.
Because you're
new to this, I'll
pretend I didn't hear that.
But in future, don't everlet your personal feelings
interfere when you're talkingto a member of the public.
Sorry, ma'am.
This is what, a
community center?
Yeah, a youth center.
How long had Ali worked here?
About five years.
Now, you've all heardabout Ali Raffiq's murder.
That's why we're here.
I know a lot of you have hadproblems with the police,
but if you know
anything at all, please,
I'm asking you to tell us.
Everyone knows it wasthose racists who killed him.
What are you in here
wasting your time for?
Why aren't you out
there nicking them?
[chatter]
What do you want?
[angry chatter]
You've got the bloody evidencestaring you in the face.
You've seen the posters
all down the street.
Don't you understand?
This is what the racists want.
We're not buying
all that shit!
They want to provoke you.
They want to force
you into violence.
You arrest those bastardsor we'll kill 'em, yeah?
[shouting]
Get off!
Get off!
I thought you'd
like to see this.
Social Services called
the incident room.
They've had two
anonymous complaints
in recent weeks
from Datz, who said
that Ali Raffiq was beatingtheir kids in Koran classes.
Why anonymous?
Probably scared of the mosque.You taking in washing?
Yeah, my-- my dryer's broke.
I need a new one.
Listen, I need to
deal with this.
I'll go down there
with you if you like.
No, that's all right.
I'll take Shaz.
The newer model.
Yeah, but you
don't speak Urdu.
Who we meeting here?
The imam.
He's the head of the mosque.
Big boss then.
Anything we need to know?
Might respect for not towear any perfume or makeup.
No makeup?
Blimey.
Let's hope the imam
doesn't scare easily.
This is Detective
Chief Inspector Lewis.
Mr. Jameel Khan, governorof the board of trustees.
Mr. Khalid Khan, his brother,treasurer, and Imam Farzad.
Pleased to meet you gentlemen.
And you.
Please take a seat.
Thank you.
We are the temporal leadersof the mosque, Chief Inspector.
Imam Farzad's responsibilitiesare spiritual.
We extend our sympathy.
It's a terrible tragedy.
Something like this
has been threatening
to happen for months.
Ali Raffiq was very dearto us all, Chief Inspector.
He had the rare gift
of communicating
with the young, which I do not.
That is why there
is so much anger.
Do you happen to know if hemade any enemies, Imam Farzad?
We know he'd had threats.
Yes, I believe he did.
He was not afraid to standup and speak the truth.
BARRY PETERS: We are not
a racist organization.
Now, people say this, butthey just don't get it.
To each his own.
Live and let live.
That's what we say.
But you can't
change human nature.
Oil and water don't mix.
[cheers]
Well, he was a
simple priest, madam.
His whole life was in themosque with the children.
I've, um, got some
record of complaints
that have come in recently.
Both the callers said that AliRaffiq had hit their young sons
repeatedly about the head.
Oh, that's ridiculous.
He would never strike a child.
We follow very
strict guidelines.
My two nephews still getsmacked at their mosque.
Not here.
Perhaps the caller was
trying to discredit him.
There were a lot of peoplewho thought he was too liberal.
No one has said that to me.
With respect, Imam Farzad,very few people would dare to.
With respect to
you, PC Chowdhary,
you do not attend our mosque,and you do not know me.
I really cannot believethat one of our members would
have set his house on fire.
They might have seen Ali asa turncoat, somebody harming
Islam, betraying it even.
Somebody might say thesame about you, PC Chowdhary.
I trust they would
be equally mistaken.
I thought I told you to keepyour opinions to yourself.
I know I went
a bit far, ma'am,
but you could see
what's happening.
They're closing ranks.
What are they afraid of?
This community, itworks on trust and respect
for the elders.
They like to sort
things out themselves.
I understand it but you
can't keep doing that.
What about your generation?
What do you think?
We want it both ways--
our own culture but
without all the rules.
Maybe we should havemore faith in Imam Farzad.
Maybe he's shrewder
than we think.
Or he's hiding something.
The last thing he wants
is outsiders asking
questions and interfering.
[angry chatter]
What's going on there?
Lads are getting
a bit restless.
You know what it's like.
[inaudible] are
always first in line.
Luckily might kick off tonight.
Yeah, that's all we need.
Right.
As the mosque
keeps reminding me,
this situation could get quiteugly, so let's keep focus.
It's a murder, it's ourjob to find out who did it.
So Richard.
I've done a bit of diggingon Barry Peters and friends.
They go on the internet alot, posing as Asian lads,
winding people up,spreading rumors, you know.
So why would they setfire to Ali Raffiq's house
if they're trying
to stay hidden?
Maybe Ali was on to him.
All right, Columbo,
you're not in CID yet.
JANINE: Anything else?
He wasn't exactly popular withthe local drug dealers either.
Apparently, he'd beenencouraging the local youth
to inform on them.
- Right.
So what have we got?
He'd been threatened by racists.
He was working with
teenage offenders.
He may have had enemieswithin his own community.
And he was taking on
local drug dealers.
Apart from that, he
kept himself to himself.
[laughter]
Yeah, right.
And he doubled the securityon his own house recently.
He must have told someonewhat he was frightened of.
I want us to find
out who it was.
Right, you and me off
on a mystery tour.
Yeah.
Any chance I can
go in plainclothes?
I feel a bit out
of place like this.
Yeah, all right.
As long as you keep your cap.
He tried to keep
this place looking
just like the normal playgroupfor mums and little kids.
Right.
But really, women can comesort out their problems,
you know, away from
their families.
They've even got
counselors and doctors.
[children playing]
Annie, this is DetectiveChief Inspector Lewis.
Ah, Janine's fine.
Hello.
I told Janine you were agood friend of Ali Raffiq's.
Yeah.
I still can't believe it.
I'd like her to know whathe did for the girls here.
He didn't judge people.
If a girl was pregnantor in trouble with drugs,
he'd help them out.
They could trust him not
to tell their families.
He knew doctors who'd see youngpeople in total confidence.
We're talking about
some parents who
would kick their girls
out onto the street
or even ship them back toPakistan if they found out.
Or worse.
Did any of the parents
ever find out what
he was doing for the girls?
I don't know.
If they did, it would have puthim in a difficult position,
with Ali being a mullah.
Did he tell you anything?
He never discussed
anyone else's business.
A lot of people's
secrets died with Ali.
Well, you can tell the womenhere that whatever they tell
me will be in the
strictest confidence.
I don't even want
to know their names.
I'll see what I can do.
Right.
I'll, uh, I'll see you outside.
Excuse me.
[beep]
Yeah.
Yeah, we've got a
bit of a lead, boss.
Stopped a lad on a road blockwho was a witness in court
with Ali last October.
Saw him being assaulted bya drug dealer, Mark Clayton.
Ali was encouraging the
kids to grass him up.
JANINE [ON PHONE]:
Where's Clayton now?
[chuckles] Yeah, doing18 months in Strangeways.
Got the assault on Ali, butit went down for possession.
Good alibi.
Yeah, I had a word with amate in a local crime squad.
Apparently, he was avery nasty piece of work.
JANINE [ON PHONE]: Oh,prison visiting, I love it.
Nothing to do with me.
I was tucked up in here.
I see you've got five previousconvictions for violence.
Two of them quite
serious attacks.
Shameful, isn't it?
Police report
says you attacked
Ali Raffiq with a baseball bat.
Not what the jury thought.
But he was encouraging kidsto inform on drug dealers,
yourself included.
He's probably the reason
why you're in here.
He was certainly
a busy bugger.
Mr. Clayton, you
do realize we're
going to check on every
visit, every phone call,
every piece of
correspondence you've
had since your conviction.
I didn't have him killed, butI'm not surprised someone did.
Any idea who that
might have been?
Well, what's in it for me?
[laughs] Yeah, I'm not
doing a deal with you.
Your choice.
Yeah, goodbye, Mr. Clayton.
Uh, Detective
Sargeant Butchers.
I'm investigating the
death of Mr. Ali Raffiq.
How can I help you?
BUTCHERS: Well, I believe you'reoperating a 24-hour site here.
All your morning logs
start about 4:30 AM?
Yes.
BUTCHERS: That's also about thetime Ali Raffiq's house went
up, and I was wondering if anyof your lads had seen anything?
Come into my office.
Yeah.
[knocking]
What's all this, theory?
That he was killed
by a drug dealer?
I need to tell the
chief constable.
Well, whatever evidence thereis, it's stacking up that way.
Be good for all
of us if it's true.
Why?
No politics then?
PR silver lining, Janine.
Boss, got a new
witness downstairs.
Young lad saw the lot.
Guess who?
Local businessman and
politician Barry Peters.
Oh yeah?
We'll see him now.
Don't anyone talk to himtill that tape's rolling.
Saw this white man quitting mydirection but on the other side
of the street.
Pulled some sort of hooddown over his face and then
stops outside of Ali's house.
I couldn't see
exactly he was doing,
but then he just ran off.
Did you see his face?
Yeah.
I knew who he was straight away.
That one Britain
man, Barry Peters.
How do you know him?
Lives round here, doesn't he?
He's in all those posters up.
[interposing voices]
JANINE: Rizwan, is thereanything about this incident
that you haven't told us?
You notice anythingelse about his appearance?
Why didn't you come
forward earlier?
I was scared.
Scared they were
going to kill me.
Why would Peters set fireto Ali's house himself?
Why not get one of hisheavies to do it for him?
Leading by example?
Pissed, more likely.
Bloke lives next door
to the Mason's, right,
and there was a
lock-in past midnight.
He did mention the gloves.
It's a clear recognition.
Let's put him in a lineup.
If the lad picks him
out, we've got him.
An angry crowd of supportersgathered outside Peters' house
some time before
police arrived, leading
to allegations that
he'd been tipped
off about his impending arrest.
But while the One Britain partyclaim their man is innocent
and has been set up as
a political scapegoat,
the police maintain that
the evidence against him
is overwhelm--
[nature sounds on tv]
[classical music playing]
[door slams]
Katie, Michael, how's
the revision going?
[sighs]
Sorry, Connie.
I've got to dash out
again in a minute.
Oh.
OK.
Oh, god, I'm sorry.
Uh, it's your evening
class, isn't it?
I can't let you miss it again.
I don't mind.
No, no, no, it's all right.
I'll phone Pete.
He owes me anyway.
That's rubbish, Aunt Ma.
Why can't you stay?
Because mum's got
to see a murderer.
His solicitor arrived yet?
Yeah.
And the result. They turnedup a plastic milk bottle
with petrol traces in it.
Peters' dabs all over it.
There you are.
The Chief Constable wantsto know who tipped him off.
The media already have usdown as harboring a racist.
Well, it's none of my lot.
This is a frame.
That's what this is.
This is a cynical abuse
of my human rights.
Interview commenced at 20:18.
Persons present--
DCI Janine Lewis,
DI Richard Mayne, suspect BarryPeters, and solicitor Mister?
Roy Kennedy.
L-- look, I know you'retrying to fit me up for this,
but I want this on video.
I had nothing to do with it.
Nothing.
JANINE: These were taken inthe alleyway behind your house
this evening.
The milk bottle contains
traces of petrol,
and it has your
fingerprints on it.
Oh, you're having
a laugh, aren't you?
What time did you leavethe Mason's Arms, Mr. Peters?
You're not going to
get away with this.
I'm not going to let this go.
I am going to sue
you to hell and back.
We also have an
eyewitness who saw
you approaching
Ali Raffiq's house
at 4:25 yesterday morning.
Now let me tell you something.
About half an hour
before you turned up,
I had a phone call from
an Asian gentleman.
"They're coming for
you, Barry," he said.
"They're going to fit youup for being a racist pig."
So don't tell me
about your evidence.
It's a lie!
I didn't kill the man.
I didn't kill him!
Ready?
Yeah.
OK.
Take your time.
The person that you
saw may be one of them,
or we may not be their own.
There.
I think that's him.
It's number five.
Well, he took
his time over it.
Got there any end?
Do you think we've
got enough, sir?
I mean, it's mostly
circumstantial.
If Peters gets offthrough lack of evidence,
we really will be panned.
We've got a decent eyewitness
and the murder weapon.
What more do we need?
Well, what about Peters'claim that he was called
shortly before his arrest?
Don't you think I should
rule it out at least?
We're charging him,
and you're taking
him to court in one hour.
Sir.
Did, um, Rizwan ID him?
Well, yeah.
More or less.
Listen, I need to
speak to Imam Farzad.
Sure.
Imam Farzad, Mr. Khan, thankyou very much for seeing us.
PC Chowdhary has told you thatRizwan Hussein has identified
Barry Peters as the arsonist.
MR. KHAN: Yes, he's
a courageous boy.
An allegation has beenmade that I want to clear up.
Barry Peters says thathe was telephoned shortly
before his arrest by an Asian
man who claimed that Mr.
Peters was being framed.
And you are taking thisseriously, Chief Inspector?
So even though the boy
has identified Peters,
you're trying to
prove his innocence?
Listen, all our interests--that the case against
Barry Peters is watertight.
Now, if Ali had any enemieswithin his own community,
I need to know.
Detective Chief
Inspector, our families
have lived and worked herepeacefully for 40 years,
but now we're seen
as the enemy within.
Why would we want to
harbor extremists?
We know they're out there.
Not in this mosque.
The fact that Mr. Peters hasbeen charged with this offense
is really quite astounding.
The only evidence against himis a questionable identification
by a boy who'd seen my client'sface on election posters.
I would argue strenuouslythat Mr. Peters
be granted bail immediately.
And what about this
plastic milk bottle?
[scoffs] One assumes
this has been retrieved
for my client's
dust bin and petrol
added at some later stage.
Sir, you've seen from
the interview transcript
that my client received
an anonymous phone
call before his arrest.
Yes, is the officer
in the case here?
Yes, sir.
And what is your primary
objection to bail?
A concern that
Mr. Peters would
cause a breach of
the peace, sir,
and might incite
others to do so.
You will be remanded
in custody, Mr. Peters--
[groans]
--for seven days.
But I will be
reviewing the situation
very carefully next time.
Sir, I will appeal this
decision immediately.
This is a stick job.
I'm innocent.
I'm innocent, I tell ya.
You don't even
believe I'm guilty.
I can see you don't.
You put me away, and therewill be a bloody riot!
[shouting]
Janine?
Janine, where are you?
Why haven't I seen
any statements yet?
I've got the CPS on the phoneevery 10 flamin' minutes.
I'm on my way, sir.
I-- I-- I can't here you.
You're breaking up.
I can't hear you at all.
Janine.
[door opens]
Can we help you,
Chief Inspector?
Uh, yes.
My company is
developing the site.
Oh, I-- I see.
Um, actually, I just wanted toask Mr. Saddiq if he could tell
me what time Rizwan Husseinarrived for work on Tuesday
morning?
Of course.
4:45 AM.
- Right.
Uh, only I, um, I thoughthis shift started at 4:30.
- He must have been late.- Yeah.
Yeah, no, he told us he wasin Harrington Street at 4:25,
and that's only, what,
five minutes from here?
Well, maybe he
was just mistaken.
Yeah.
Rizwan's a good worker.
He's my wife's nephew, madam.
I assure you he's a
very reliable young man.
[phone rings]
Yes, yes, I'm sure he is.
Excuse me.
[beep]
Richard?
RICHARD [ON PHONE]: Rizwan'shouse has been attacked.
They've made a right mess of it.
JANINE: Where's Rizwan now?
He was already at the safehouse with his mum and dad.
I thought we had
a uniform here.
There was until a gang turnedout and put him in hospital.
Any witnesses?
Well, for what
it's worth, there's
a bloke over there said thatthey all had London accents.
Barry Peters' lot probablybust him up, especially.
Oh, great.
That's all we need, aload of cockney head cases
up in the ante.
What's your digging turned up?
Apparently there's a coupleof things we can get Peters for,
but this isn't one of them.
Ah, the elusive DCI Lewis.
So it's up to our witness?- It's all right.
He's safe.
- Good.
Small mercies.
There's no danger of him
backing out, is there?
No, I think it's more
than his life's worth.
However, we have a problem.
It took him 20 minutes to walkthe 300 yards from Raffiq's
house to the building site.
We have to disclose
it to the defense.
It blows a huge hole
in his credibility.
I don't think we've
got enough, sir.
[sighs] [inaudible].
What are we going to do now?
I don't know.
Pray.
[SARCASTICALLY] Ah-ha!
I think I'll go talk to the CPS.
[music playing]
[knocking]
Yeah, come.
Statement from a local
at the Mason's Arms.
Says Barry Peters talks
a much tougher game
when he's had a few.
Why would a celibatemullah have a double bed?
Takes up half the room.
How many people
lived at this house?
Just him as far as I can see.
No sign of anyone else?
Nothing so far.
But you might want to
have a look at this.
Found it in his desk.
Cost you a bit to
translate that lot.
Hm.
And this.
It's certainly not his mum.
Yeah, Shaz, I'm in
the evidence room.
Could use your help.
"I can't bear to be awayfrom you, even for a minute.
I hate going to bed without you.
I lie awake for hours
just thinking of you,
wishing I was with you."
That's all I can make out.
I can't find a name on it.
I suppose sex
before a marriage is
a bit of a no-no for a mullah.
Yeah.
1 to 10?
25.
You don't recognize her.
No.
But it was definitely
taken here.
No girl would dress
like that in Pakistan.
Suppose Imam Farzad
might know her?
You really want
to do this to him?
Ali was not involved
with this girl.
He was a moral man.
Do you know who she is,
where we could find her?
She works for her father.
He is a good man.
They are a very
religious family.
Ali's death has nothing
to do with them.
Please, I implore you, donot blacken their name.
Who is she, Imam Farzad?
Her name is Anisa.
She is Khalid Khan's daughter.
Ma'am, this is Meena.
She's a friend of Anisa Khan's.
Annie knows her
through the play group.
Hello.
Meena, Annie.
Hi.
I've told Meena we're
trying to approach Anisa
without her family finding out.
But there's a bit of a problem.
I don't know where she is.
She's been gone for
about three days.
The last time
Meena saw her was
the afternoon before Ali died.
Tell them.
I went to her
dad's shop yesterday.
She usually works
there on Wednesdays.
But it was only a
brother, Wahid, there.
He said that she'd left tosee relatives in Pakistan
on Tuesday, but she nevertold me anything about it.
I've called all the airlines.
There was only one Manchesterflight to Karachi Tuesday.
She wasn't on it.
Where do you think she is?
No idea.
Shaz has told you about theletters and the photograph?
Yeah.
Do you recognize
the handwriting?
Yeah.
It's Anisa's.
What's happened to her?
If her dad knew about
this, he'd kill her.
Have you asked her
family if they knew?
Not yet.
I'm trying to act in the
girl's best interest.
We've got a choice, sir.
We either try and find
Anisa Khan ourselves
we disclose the documentsto Peter's solicitor,
let them find her.
I know which I'd prefer.
I'm going to apply for awarrant to search Khan's house.
Oh, the entire
Asian community's
going to be up in arms.
As far as they'reconcerned, the guilty man's
already behind bars.
We've got no option.
We may be damned if we
do, but we'll certainly
be damned if we don't.
[sighs]
Here we go, ma'am.
I'm sorry to bring you
out at work, Mr. Khan.
What is this?
What are you doing here?
We have a warrant
to search your address
for any evidence relatingto the death of Ali Raffiq.
What are you looking for?
Mr. Raffiq had a numberof letters written to him
from your daughter Anisa.
Anisa?
Is she staying at this
address at the moment?
No, uh, she's away.
She-- she's in Pakistan.
Can you provide
us with information
of where we might contact her?- What are you accusing me of?
I've done nothing!
Please, would you let
us in, please, Mr. Khan?
- Look, what about my mother?- It won't take long.
- She's very weak.
- Please, Mr. Khan.
Well, wherever she's gone,she's traveling light.
My type of woman.
You'd make do with a pairof a Speedos and a toothbrush,
I suppose.
And the odd T-shirt.
I've got to be careful.
Fair skin.
Oh-oh, she won't have
got far without this.
Where is she, Mr. Khan?
I don't know.
I don't know.
She just disappeared.
She hasn't been home
since the night that--
Since the night
Ali Raffiq died.
Why did you say she
was in Pakistan?
Did you know they were lovers?
No, no, that's not true.
Janine, I found something.
I think you might
want to have a look.
Balaclava and gloves.
It was stuffed down hereunder some blankets, boss.
They didn't get rid of them.
Packed?
Many official merchandise.
Maybe he didn't want
to get rid of them.
For all the good's worth.
Where's your son at
the moment, Mr. Khan?
Where were you
in the early hours
of Tuesday morning, Wahid?
WAHID KHAN: At home.
Can you tell us where yoursister Anisa is at the moment?
WAHID KHAN: I don't know.
Did you know she was havingan affair with Ali Raffiq?
You are in serious
trouble, Wahid.
MAN: We've got an independenteyewitness who saw a figure
wearing a balaclava andgloves just like yours running
away from the direction
of Ali Raffiq's house.
That person was you, wasn't it?
No.
MAN: One way or another, we'regoing to find out the truth.
Wahid?
JANINE: Did someone
tell you to do this?
No.
JANINE: It was your
dad, wasn't it?
No!
No!
JANINE: Tell me
the truth, Wahid.
I trusted her.
When she said she was out withgirlfriends in the evening,
I trusted her.
And you had no
idea she was having
an affair with Ali Raffiq.
A mullah?
No.
I can't believe they wouldboth betray me this way.
Mr. Khan, did you
ask your son to set
fire to Ali Raffiq's house?
This has nothing
to do with us.
Nothing.
I think you told yourson to kill your daughter's
lover, Mr. Khan.
No.
[sobs]
Preliminary test results--
traces of petrol on the gloves,a hair similar to Wahid's
on the balaclava.
Final DNA results should
be through tomorrow.
An honor killing.
No, sir, just the murder.
So cousin Rizwan hasbeen lying to protect them.
- Looks like it.
- And the girl?
Alive or dead?
Anybody's guess.
Can't believe [inaudible]Barry Peters go.
We've done nothing wrong, sir.
We've only acted on evidence.
And how are we going toconvince the Asian community
of that, Janine?
It does not matter how
much evidence we have.
Enough people are
going to believe
that we've set Khalid Khan up.
[angry chatter]
- Sir?
- Stand back, please.
Stand back.
- Stand back.
Stand back.
[loud chatter]
Imam Farzad sends
his apologies,
but he feels he has assistedyou as much as he can.
[sighs] But I only wantedto explain the situation,
stop any misunderstandingsgetting out of hand.
Misunderstandings?
As I understand it, you
have arrested my nephew
on suspicion of murder andare accusing my brother
of having incited him.
Well, as yet, neitherof them have been charged.
But the forensic
evidence against Wahid
is extremely strong.
And even you will agree,Madam Chief Inspector,
that the so-called evidenceis very convenient.
Actually, Mr. Khan, itcouldn't be more inconvenient.
I do sympathize with you,
but surely neither of us
wants a riot on our hands.
Well, neither Imam Farzad northe governors of this mosque
have anything more to say.
And if you have no
more business here,
I would request you
kindly to leave.
[loud chatter]
Yeah, take that
scarf off, you bitch.
Take that scarf off!
You can't wear
it, you traitor.
REPORTER [ON TV]: And
in an extraordinary turn
of events late this
afternoon, Barry Peters
was released on bail.
Detective SuperintendentLeonard Hackett had this to say.
As a result of information
uncovered this afternoon
by Detective Chief InspectorJanine Lewis and her team,
two more individuals arecurrently assisting us with--
[rock music playing loudly]
[knocking]
Michael, please.
What?
Connie can't look
after the children
with your music shaking
the house to bits.
This whole family
depends on her.
She was virtually
beating my door down.
I don't blame her.
I wanted to talk to you
about Katie as well.
I was hoping your dad
would be here too.
Shouldn't have kickedhim out then, should you?
Oh, grow up, Michael.
How old is she?
16.
Good.
Do her parents know?
Know what?
That you're sleeping together?
What do you mean?
I just want to
make sure that you're
careful if you do decide.
Mum, we're not having sex,if that's what you mean.
She doesn't want to.
It's not the '70s.
[phone ringing]
[beep]
Hello?
MAN [ON PHONE]: Chief
Inspector Lewis?
Yeah.
IMAM FARZAD [ON
PHONE]: Imam Farzad.
Yeah.
Mommy, I can't get to sleep.
Shh.
Mom!
Yeah?
IMAM FARZAD [ON PHONE]: --assureyou, as a matter of urgency--
Can I have a bedtime story?
IMAM FARZAD [ON PHONE]:
--35 Faber Street.
Yup.
I'll be right there.
Once upon a time, there was alittle boy whose mummy promised
that tomorrow she'd
read him the longest
story in the whole wide
world so long as he
went to sleep, like, right now.
Yeah.
JANINE: Hi.
MAN: Evening, ma'am.
IMAM FARZAD: I was contactedby a colleague in Leeds
this afternoon.
Ali and Anisa went to him twomonths ago and were married.
Married?
That is the
official certificate.
Ali asked him to tell no one.
I assure you this is the
first I've known of it.
Why are they so desperateto keep it a secret?
Where do you think she is?
That is something youwill have to ask her father.
JANINE: You had no
idea she was married.
MR. KHAN: No.
I can't believe it.
I don't know why she
would do this to me.
Because you wouldn't
have approved.
You told me she was engaged.
MR. KHAN: I thought that
was what she wanted.
Mr. Khan, you do accept thatthere's overwhelming forensic
evidence linking your son to thearson attack at Ali Raffiq's.
No, I don't accept that.
I cannot accept it.
Why would Wahid do such a thing?
JANINE: Because Ali wassleeping with your daughter,
because you were ashamed.
How many times do
I have to tell you?
Just because I'm a religiousman, an observant Muslim,
that doesn't make me a murderer.
MAN: When was the last
time you saw Anisa?
Where is she, Mr. Khan?
I don't know.
JANINE: We've got to find Anisa.
Her life could be in danger.
What about a televised appeal?
Could drive him
further to ground.
JANINE: Shap, do you happen toknow if any of your contacts
could trace Anisa Khan?
Don't we, boss?
Different world.
Maybe our friend here canruffle a few feathers.
Let me try Annie again.
I'll see you in a bit.
We're guessing that
Anisa either run away
or that family have taken hersomewhere against her will.
Or killed her.
Look, just say youwere going to leave home,
you didn't want to be found.
Where would you go?
Oh, come on, Annie.
There are people out therewho help girls like Anisa
disappear.
I know there are.
If Anisa chose to go, it's gotto be her choice to come back.
Yeah, but she may have
the evidence we need.
All we need you to do is useyour contacts to find out
whether she's alive or dead.
Whether she speaks to
us or not is up to her.
Please.
It's too soon, Shaz.
Everyone's still too scared.
That's crazy.
We'll protect them.
You can't.
I'm sorry, Shaz.
Annie, please.
Don't come see me again.
DNA test.
Wahid was wearing thegloves and the balaclava.
He's refusing to comment.
His dad denies all knowledge.
Rizwan's at the safe housestill sticking to his story
about Barry Peters.
And where's Khalid Khan now?
I had no evidence against him.
I had to release him on bail.
And the girl?
Still looking for her.
[sharp inhale]
Isn't there any way
that we could persuade Wahidto talk before we charge him?
Don't think it's very likely.
Well, he's going down anyway.
Forensics will do that.
It would just be
nice if he could tell
us who put him up to it first.
Mm.
Psh, he's just a kid.
Can't we appeal
to his conscience?
Leave it with me.
Wahid.
They-- they might
want to be alone.
No, there are no secrets here.
Do you know, Wahid,
above all else,
Allah wishes us to
be truthful to him.
For it is to Allah
that we must answer.
Ali Raffiq understood
this, which
is why he did the honorablething and married your sister.
You can keep secrets
from your fellow man,
but Allah knows all.
That judgment we cannot escape.
I love your father, but you dohim no service by telling lies.
Tell me the truth, Wahid.
The truth.
I don't think we
should be doing this.
Please.
This is for his soul,
not for the courts.
Tell me the truth
before Allah, Wahid.
It's nothing to
do with my father.
I thought Ali Raffiq
was a bad man.
He told me he had
abused Anisa, raped
her, that it was
my duty to protect
her for the sake of our family.
I didn't know they were married.
I didn't mean him to die.
I was frightened.
He made me do it.
I didn't have any choice.
Who, Wahid?
Who made you do it?
My uncle, Jameel.
[music playing]
Mr. Khan.
Mr. Khan.
MR. KHAN: This way, please.
I'm really very busy at the--
You're under
arrest for conspiracy
to murder Ali Raffiq.
You do not have
to say anything--
give me your left arm, please--but it may harm your defense
if you do not mention, whenquestioned, something which
you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may
be given in evidence.
Uh, I-- I'm dreadfully sorry.
There seems to have been somesort of misunderstanding.
Mr. Saddiq will
show you the rest.
You're going to regret this.
You sure you don't
a solicitor, Mr. Khan?
[laughs] Why do
I need a solicitor?
I've done nothing wrong.
- Fine.
Your nephew Wahid
Khan has accused you
of inciting him to setfire to Ali Raffiq's house.
[chuckles] Ridiculous.
Any idea why he would
make such a claim?
None at all.
Did you tell him
that Ali Raffiq
had dishonored his sister,Anisa, that he'd raped her?
[laughs] If this wasn't sotragic, it would be laughable.
[phone ringing]
Huh.
[beep]
Hello?
Hello?
ANISA [ON PHONE]: It's
Anisa, Anisa Khan.
Anisa.
Are you OK?
You have no evidence
against me, madame.
Nothing except the word
of a frightened boy
anxious to protect
his own father.
Your brother.
Well, what of it?
He's responsible
for his own actions.
[WHISPERING] That was Anisa.
[whispering]
JANINE: Thanks.
My colleague has just
been on the telephone
with your niece,
Mr. Khan, Anisa.
We're going to
meet with her now.
See you later, Mr. Khan.
Anything else you'd
like to add, Mr. Khan?
Anisa Khan?
Mrs. Raffiq?
You're free to
go, but I do think
you'll be safer coming with us.
All right.
JANINE: OK.
Anisa, why did you
keep your marriage
to Ali Raffiq a secret?
Was it because of your dad?
Partly.
Or was it because
of your Uncle Jameel?
He hasn't got a
daughter of his own,
right, so he arranged yourengagement, didn't he?
ANISA: Yeah.
To the son of a
business partner.
So it's Jameel
you were afraid of?
Ali told me he
was a dangerous man.
He was paying kids tomake trouble in the area,
to drive white people out, sohe could buy up their property.
Ali thought he was evengiving money to those racists
in One Britain.
All for his business.
And how did he know this?
When he was giving evidenceagainst Mark Clayton,
Barry Peters men
kept threatening him.
They boasted that the
chairman of the mosque
was their biggest supporter,and Ali didn't believe it.
But then he started hearingthings from the kids
at the community center.
Did Ali confront him?
I don't know.
He said he needed proofbefore he went to Imam Farzad.
But he was making
him angry, especially
the way we were living.
I went to see him
on Monday night.
He was in a black mood.
I had never seen him
like that before.
He told me it wasn't
safe for me to stay
and that I should just
go away for a few days.
Anisa, tell us about
your cousin Rizwan.
His family are poor.
Jameel has given
them everything.
That's how it works.
Jameel gives you money, andyou do whatever he says.
And everyone does
whatever he says.
It was probably
Jameel tipped off
Barry Peters about
his arrest, trying
to stir things up a bit more.
And planted the milk bottle.
[knocking]
Yeah.
I've got Anisa's dad, boss.
Are you OK?
Anisa.
Praise be to Allah.
Praise be to Allah.
Anisa!
So this isn't
about family at all
then, just some bentbusinessman protecting his turf.
Well, she's done with thePR, but it's still not going
to be easy to prove, though.
Don't suppose Barry
Peters could be
persuaded to make
a statement saying
that Jameel gave him the money?
[laughter]
What?
The man did try to
frame him for murder.
If Jameel was
giving Peters money,
knowing he'd use it toincite racial hatred, I mean,
they both stood
to gain by driving
their communities apart.
Peters got white
votes while Jameel
got to buy up cheap propertywhen the whites moved out.
I think we should try andnet them both, don't you?
Indisputably.
You can't believe a
word that girl says.
She's lying.
We don't force girls intomarriage in our family.
JANINE: Mr. Khan, you willbe charged with conspiracy
to murder Ali Raffiq.
Well, you can't
prove anything.
We'll go through every checkstub, every bank statement,
every phone bill until we canprove that you were funding
Barry Peters and
his thugs and you
were making money out of it.
You will then both be
charged with conspiracy
to incite racial hatred andprobably a number of offenses
of corruption as well.
Do you have anything
to say, Mr. Khan?
Do you know what's wrongwith this society, madam?
It's weak.
Your people are weak.
Your children have
been corrupted.
They're good for nothing.
They have no respect forlaw, for work, for religion,
or for themselves.
People respect me becauseI bring them wealth.
I bring them dignity.
I bring them honor.
This has nothing
to do with race.
It's nothing to
do with religion.
This is pure selfish greed.
You came up against
a man who couldn't
be threatened or bought,
so you had him killed.
Ali Raffiq wasbetraying his own people.
He's not going to be missed.
SHAZ: People looked
up to you, Mr. Khan.
They put their faith in you,because you were a success.
You had everything they wanted,but you bought their loyalty.
And look what you've done.
You've killed the
one man who was even
more respected than you were.
And he had nothing.
[laughter]
[interposing voices]
- Who's buying?
Oh, OK.
Got the first couple
of rounds on me.
Quit playing.
You're not looking outon us now, are you, boss?
Oh, you'll cope without me.
You're still coming
out, though, Shaz?
Yeah, I'll be down in a bit.
Ay-ay, they clearly
wish to be alone.
You can trust them, you know?
They're not going
to strip you naked
and leave you chained
to a lamppost.
Yeah, I know.
I thought I'd go
over to the mosque
first for evening prayers,you know, show some support.
What about you?
Oh, I'm off home.
Lots of overtime over there--
soothing troubled waters,and reading bedtime stories,
cooking, cleaning,homework, feeding the dryer,
fixing the baby, or
something like that.
Sounds like you need a wife.
Oh, you volunteering?
You know, we couldn't havedone this without you.
It's been, um, interesting.
[laughs] Do you
ever think about
becoming a detective full time?
I'll put word in for you.
[scoffs] I'd miss the uniform.
Oh, you'd keep the cap.
Think about it.
I will.
And thanks, boss.
[theme music]
[chatter]
Hey, ain't you lads
got homes to go to?
Go see your prayers, man.
Hey, come on, mates.
Chal, I'll see you there?
[inaudible]
[gentle music]
Hi, bud.
Oh, strangling the
flaming cat again.
[religious chanting in distance]
Yeah, well, I havenothing more to say to you.
[liquid pouring]
[flame whooshes]
[coughs]
[screams]
[phone ringing]
[beep]
Hello.
Yeah.
OK, I'm on my way.
[water running]
Do I know you?
I'm with Michael.
He said you were cool.
JANINE: Oh, right.
Can you tell him he's
going to have to help
Connie give the kids breakfast?
Because I've got-- [mumbles]
[camera shutters snapping]
RICHARD: Boss?
Richard, hi.
Thanks.
What's the damage?
We think the
victim is the tenant,
Ali Raffiq, 24, part-timemullah at the local mosque.
Also runs a youth groupfor the community center.
Right.
What makes you think it's arson?
Well, the fire began
right when they started
here in the front hallway.
Also, the bloke
talking to Butchers
saw somebody running downthe street about an hour ago
just before it started.
Right.
What's our witness up to
at 4:30 in the morning?
Early riser.
Likes to walk for his paper.
Not much left of him
to see up there either.
Didn't make it out
of the bedroom.
Window frame screwed together.
Security.
Oh.
Any forensics?
No, I guess not.
[liquid puddling]
We'll get ahouse-to-house going as soon
as we reach a reasonable hour.
Don't expect much
round here, though.
Now the wires in all the edgesis trust as much at the moment.
Let Shap run that.
You and Butchers concentrate onthe victim-- family, friends,
any associates, anyone who mighthave had a grudge against him.
- Our witness, boss--
- Yeah.
--reckons it was a blokehe saw wearing a black
balaclava and big gloves.
Right.
Let's find out all we canabout Ali Raffiq by 11 o'clock.
I'll see you in
the briefing room.
[knock on door]
Come in!
Yeah, thanks, Jeff.
Really appreciate it.
Right, got you 20 more uniforms.
Should help keep
the lid on things.
I need to visit
the Al Non Mosque,
and I'd like to cop an aidingofficer onto the squad,
stop me putting my foot in it.
Sounds like a good idea.
I'll just get hold
of community liaison.
The whole area is a tinderbox.
One Britain have been stirringthis lot up for months.
One Britain?
Why would they want a riot?
I thought they were
going mainstream.
Fear.
Whites fighting Asians meansmore votes for the far right.
Could have been one of thekids he was working with, boxx.
Mostly ex-offenders.
Ooh, nice bunch.
Problem kids.
Yeah, it's possible.
Right, what about our,
witness Mr. Hollis?
- 74, boss.
- Oh.
Hello.
Shaz Chowdhary, ma'am,
community liaison.
Right.
Yeah, nice to meet you.
PC Chowdhary is going
to be giving us a hand.
Shaz, Shaz.
You used to go out with
a Shaz, didn't you?
No wonder we never met her.
[laughter]- Yeah, all right, just booking.
Give as good as you get.
Mr. Hollis?
Like I said, boss, male,5' 10", balaclava and gloves.
How do you know it was male?
Well, apparently, he, uh,he didn't run like a girl.
[laughter]
Oh, right, reliable then.
Forensics?
Sweet FA.
OK, we're going to
keep knocking on doors
until we find someone
who saw something.
Richard, I want you toconcentrate on One Britain.
Shaz, you and me
down to the mosque.
Hey, mate.
Mate, mate.
Mind yourself.
She likes 'em young.
[music playing]
[car bleeps]
What does a mullah do exactly?
The same as a
Christian priest.
Lead prayers, teach
children the Koran,
visit the sick, weddings.
The women's entrance
is just along there.
As for Ali's office,
I'll meet you in there.
Oh, and no shoes inside.
Uh, ma'am, one more thing.
Don't forget to cover your--
If kids could see me now.
Was he born here?
Yeah.
He was a nice bloke.
Played football with
him a couple of times.
Barry Peters, One Britain.
Can't seem to get shut of him.
The One Britain party acceptsthat 6% of British subjects
are immigrants.
That's-- that's whywe're called One Britain.
We're just trying to find a wayof dealing with the situation
that's fair to everyone.
ALI RAFFIQ [ON TV]: What you'rearguing for is separation--
BARRY PETERS [ON TV]: No,all we're trying to say--
ALI RAFFIQ [ON TV]: --imposedby a white majority.
In South Africa, the wordfor "racial separation"
was "apartheid."
Yes, yes, and look
at the bloody mess
they're in without it.
[scoffs]
Ali got death
threats after that.
Logged three complaints.
Any suspects?
No, couldn't trace
the calls, apparently.
DCI Janine Lewis.
PC Shaz Chowdhary.
We're looking for
Mr. Barry Peters.
That's me.
We're making inquiriesinto the death of Ali Raffiq.
I don't know
anything about it.
All right, we've
had information that
says he had telephoned
death threats
after he did a televiseddebate with you last year?
No, nothing to do with me.
All right, but you
are the organizer
of the One Britain party?
Standing for election
to the council, yes.
Where were you last
night, Mr. Peters?
Had a couple of pints
down the Mason's Arms,
and then I went home.
83 Batly Road.
Anyone confirm that?
Your wife?
I live alone, so you'llhave to take my word for it.
Is that it?
Well, I'd appreciate itif you and your colleagues
would keep a low profile
for a couple of days.
Right.
And you saying the same
to the gangs of Asian
lads roaming the streets?
I'm just asking you
not to do anything
provocative for a while, andthat includes flier posting.
No.
I'm not provoking anyone,and I am not a racist.
All I'm arguing for is
the same as the Muslims.
Yeah, I've heard
your arguments.
How many Asian
members have you got?
How many white blokes theygot down at the mosque, hey?
Will I be welcomed down there?
Do us a favor, pal.
Thank you very
much, Mr. Peters.
Let's go.
Let's go.
What a dickhead.
Because you're
new to this, I'll
pretend I didn't hear that.
But in future, don't everlet your personal feelings
interfere when you're talkingto a member of the public.
Sorry, ma'am.
This is what, a
community center?
Yeah, a youth center.
How long had Ali worked here?
About five years.
Now, you've all heardabout Ali Raffiq's murder.
That's why we're here.
I know a lot of you have hadproblems with the police,
but if you know
anything at all, please,
I'm asking you to tell us.
Everyone knows it wasthose racists who killed him.
What are you in here
wasting your time for?
Why aren't you out
there nicking them?
[chatter]
What do you want?
[angry chatter]
You've got the bloody evidencestaring you in the face.
You've seen the posters
all down the street.
Don't you understand?
This is what the racists want.
We're not buying
all that shit!
They want to provoke you.
They want to force
you into violence.
You arrest those bastardsor we'll kill 'em, yeah?
[shouting]
Get off!
Get off!
I thought you'd
like to see this.
Social Services called
the incident room.
They've had two
anonymous complaints
in recent weeks
from Datz, who said
that Ali Raffiq was beatingtheir kids in Koran classes.
Why anonymous?
Probably scared of the mosque.You taking in washing?
Yeah, my-- my dryer's broke.
I need a new one.
Listen, I need to
deal with this.
I'll go down there
with you if you like.
No, that's all right.
I'll take Shaz.
The newer model.
Yeah, but you
don't speak Urdu.
Who we meeting here?
The imam.
He's the head of the mosque.
Big boss then.
Anything we need to know?
Might respect for not towear any perfume or makeup.
No makeup?
Blimey.
Let's hope the imam
doesn't scare easily.
This is Detective
Chief Inspector Lewis.
Mr. Jameel Khan, governorof the board of trustees.
Mr. Khalid Khan, his brother,treasurer, and Imam Farzad.
Pleased to meet you gentlemen.
And you.
Please take a seat.
Thank you.
We are the temporal leadersof the mosque, Chief Inspector.
Imam Farzad's responsibilitiesare spiritual.
We extend our sympathy.
It's a terrible tragedy.
Something like this
has been threatening
to happen for months.
Ali Raffiq was very dearto us all, Chief Inspector.
He had the rare gift
of communicating
with the young, which I do not.
That is why there
is so much anger.
Do you happen to know if hemade any enemies, Imam Farzad?
We know he'd had threats.
Yes, I believe he did.
He was not afraid to standup and speak the truth.
BARRY PETERS: We are not
a racist organization.
Now, people say this, butthey just don't get it.
To each his own.
Live and let live.
That's what we say.
But you can't
change human nature.
Oil and water don't mix.
[cheers]
Well, he was a
simple priest, madam.
His whole life was in themosque with the children.
I've, um, got some
record of complaints
that have come in recently.
Both the callers said that AliRaffiq had hit their young sons
repeatedly about the head.
Oh, that's ridiculous.
He would never strike a child.
We follow very
strict guidelines.
My two nephews still getsmacked at their mosque.
Not here.
Perhaps the caller was
trying to discredit him.
There were a lot of peoplewho thought he was too liberal.
No one has said that to me.
With respect, Imam Farzad,very few people would dare to.
With respect to
you, PC Chowdhary,
you do not attend our mosque,and you do not know me.
I really cannot believethat one of our members would
have set his house on fire.
They might have seen Ali asa turncoat, somebody harming
Islam, betraying it even.
Somebody might say thesame about you, PC Chowdhary.
I trust they would
be equally mistaken.
I thought I told you to keepyour opinions to yourself.
I know I went
a bit far, ma'am,
but you could see
what's happening.
They're closing ranks.
What are they afraid of?
This community, itworks on trust and respect
for the elders.
They like to sort
things out themselves.
I understand it but you
can't keep doing that.
What about your generation?
What do you think?
We want it both ways--
our own culture but
without all the rules.
Maybe we should havemore faith in Imam Farzad.
Maybe he's shrewder
than we think.
Or he's hiding something.
The last thing he wants
is outsiders asking
questions and interfering.
[angry chatter]
What's going on there?
Lads are getting
a bit restless.
You know what it's like.
[inaudible] are
always first in line.
Luckily might kick off tonight.
Yeah, that's all we need.
Right.
As the mosque
keeps reminding me,
this situation could get quiteugly, so let's keep focus.
It's a murder, it's ourjob to find out who did it.
So Richard.
I've done a bit of diggingon Barry Peters and friends.
They go on the internet alot, posing as Asian lads,
winding people up,spreading rumors, you know.
So why would they setfire to Ali Raffiq's house
if they're trying
to stay hidden?
Maybe Ali was on to him.
All right, Columbo,
you're not in CID yet.
JANINE: Anything else?
He wasn't exactly popular withthe local drug dealers either.
Apparently, he'd beenencouraging the local youth
to inform on them.
- Right.
So what have we got?
He'd been threatened by racists.
He was working with
teenage offenders.
He may have had enemieswithin his own community.
And he was taking on
local drug dealers.
Apart from that, he
kept himself to himself.
[laughter]
Yeah, right.
And he doubled the securityon his own house recently.
He must have told someonewhat he was frightened of.
I want us to find
out who it was.
Right, you and me off
on a mystery tour.
Yeah.
Any chance I can
go in plainclothes?
I feel a bit out
of place like this.
Yeah, all right.
As long as you keep your cap.
He tried to keep
this place looking
just like the normal playgroupfor mums and little kids.
Right.
But really, women can comesort out their problems,
you know, away from
their families.
They've even got
counselors and doctors.
[children playing]
Annie, this is DetectiveChief Inspector Lewis.
Ah, Janine's fine.
Hello.
I told Janine you were agood friend of Ali Raffiq's.
Yeah.
I still can't believe it.
I'd like her to know whathe did for the girls here.
He didn't judge people.
If a girl was pregnantor in trouble with drugs,
he'd help them out.
They could trust him not
to tell their families.
He knew doctors who'd see youngpeople in total confidence.
We're talking about
some parents who
would kick their girls
out onto the street
or even ship them back toPakistan if they found out.
Or worse.
Did any of the parents
ever find out what
he was doing for the girls?
I don't know.
If they did, it would have puthim in a difficult position,
with Ali being a mullah.
Did he tell you anything?
He never discussed
anyone else's business.
A lot of people's
secrets died with Ali.
Well, you can tell the womenhere that whatever they tell
me will be in the
strictest confidence.
I don't even want
to know their names.
I'll see what I can do.
Right.
I'll, uh, I'll see you outside.
Excuse me.
[beep]
Yeah.
Yeah, we've got a
bit of a lead, boss.
Stopped a lad on a road blockwho was a witness in court
with Ali last October.
Saw him being assaulted bya drug dealer, Mark Clayton.
Ali was encouraging the
kids to grass him up.
JANINE [ON PHONE]:
Where's Clayton now?
[chuckles] Yeah, doing18 months in Strangeways.
Got the assault on Ali, butit went down for possession.
Good alibi.
Yeah, I had a word with amate in a local crime squad.
Apparently, he was avery nasty piece of work.
JANINE [ON PHONE]: Oh,prison visiting, I love it.
Nothing to do with me.
I was tucked up in here.
I see you've got five previousconvictions for violence.
Two of them quite
serious attacks.
Shameful, isn't it?
Police report
says you attacked
Ali Raffiq with a baseball bat.
Not what the jury thought.
But he was encouraging kidsto inform on drug dealers,
yourself included.
He's probably the reason
why you're in here.
He was certainly
a busy bugger.
Mr. Clayton, you
do realize we're
going to check on every
visit, every phone call,
every piece of
correspondence you've
had since your conviction.
I didn't have him killed, butI'm not surprised someone did.
Any idea who that
might have been?
Well, what's in it for me?
[laughs] Yeah, I'm not
doing a deal with you.
Your choice.
Yeah, goodbye, Mr. Clayton.
Uh, Detective
Sargeant Butchers.
I'm investigating the
death of Mr. Ali Raffiq.
How can I help you?
BUTCHERS: Well, I believe you'reoperating a 24-hour site here.
All your morning logs
start about 4:30 AM?
Yes.
BUTCHERS: That's also about thetime Ali Raffiq's house went
up, and I was wondering if anyof your lads had seen anything?
Come into my office.
Yeah.
[knocking]
What's all this, theory?
That he was killed
by a drug dealer?
I need to tell the
chief constable.
Well, whatever evidence thereis, it's stacking up that way.
Be good for all
of us if it's true.
Why?
No politics then?
PR silver lining, Janine.
Boss, got a new
witness downstairs.
Young lad saw the lot.
Guess who?
Local businessman and
politician Barry Peters.
Oh yeah?
We'll see him now.
Don't anyone talk to himtill that tape's rolling.
Saw this white man quitting mydirection but on the other side
of the street.
Pulled some sort of hooddown over his face and then
stops outside of Ali's house.
I couldn't see
exactly he was doing,
but then he just ran off.
Did you see his face?
Yeah.
I knew who he was straight away.
That one Britain
man, Barry Peters.
How do you know him?
Lives round here, doesn't he?
He's in all those posters up.
[interposing voices]
JANINE: Rizwan, is thereanything about this incident
that you haven't told us?
You notice anythingelse about his appearance?
Why didn't you come
forward earlier?
I was scared.
Scared they were
going to kill me.
Why would Peters set fireto Ali's house himself?
Why not get one of hisheavies to do it for him?
Leading by example?
Pissed, more likely.
Bloke lives next door
to the Mason's, right,
and there was a
lock-in past midnight.
He did mention the gloves.
It's a clear recognition.
Let's put him in a lineup.
If the lad picks him
out, we've got him.
An angry crowd of supportersgathered outside Peters' house
some time before
police arrived, leading
to allegations that
he'd been tipped
off about his impending arrest.
But while the One Britain partyclaim their man is innocent
and has been set up as
a political scapegoat,
the police maintain that
the evidence against him
is overwhelm--
[nature sounds on tv]
[classical music playing]
[door slams]
Katie, Michael, how's
the revision going?
[sighs]
Sorry, Connie.
I've got to dash out
again in a minute.
Oh.
OK.
Oh, god, I'm sorry.
Uh, it's your evening
class, isn't it?
I can't let you miss it again.
I don't mind.
No, no, no, it's all right.
I'll phone Pete.
He owes me anyway.
That's rubbish, Aunt Ma.
Why can't you stay?
Because mum's got
to see a murderer.
His solicitor arrived yet?
Yeah.
And the result. They turnedup a plastic milk bottle
with petrol traces in it.
Peters' dabs all over it.
There you are.
The Chief Constable wantsto know who tipped him off.
The media already have usdown as harboring a racist.
Well, it's none of my lot.
This is a frame.
That's what this is.
This is a cynical abuse
of my human rights.
Interview commenced at 20:18.
Persons present--
DCI Janine Lewis,
DI Richard Mayne, suspect BarryPeters, and solicitor Mister?
Roy Kennedy.
L-- look, I know you'retrying to fit me up for this,
but I want this on video.
I had nothing to do with it.
Nothing.
JANINE: These were taken inthe alleyway behind your house
this evening.
The milk bottle contains
traces of petrol,
and it has your
fingerprints on it.
Oh, you're having
a laugh, aren't you?
What time did you leavethe Mason's Arms, Mr. Peters?
You're not going to
get away with this.
I'm not going to let this go.
I am going to sue
you to hell and back.
We also have an
eyewitness who saw
you approaching
Ali Raffiq's house
at 4:25 yesterday morning.
Now let me tell you something.
About half an hour
before you turned up,
I had a phone call from
an Asian gentleman.
"They're coming for
you, Barry," he said.
"They're going to fit youup for being a racist pig."
So don't tell me
about your evidence.
It's a lie!
I didn't kill the man.
I didn't kill him!
Ready?
Yeah.
OK.
Take your time.
The person that you
saw may be one of them,
or we may not be their own.
There.
I think that's him.
It's number five.
Well, he took
his time over it.
Got there any end?
Do you think we've
got enough, sir?
I mean, it's mostly
circumstantial.
If Peters gets offthrough lack of evidence,
we really will be panned.
We've got a decent eyewitness
and the murder weapon.
What more do we need?
Well, what about Peters'claim that he was called
shortly before his arrest?
Don't you think I should
rule it out at least?
We're charging him,
and you're taking
him to court in one hour.
Sir.
Did, um, Rizwan ID him?
Well, yeah.
More or less.
Listen, I need to
speak to Imam Farzad.
Sure.
Imam Farzad, Mr. Khan, thankyou very much for seeing us.
PC Chowdhary has told you thatRizwan Hussein has identified
Barry Peters as the arsonist.
MR. KHAN: Yes, he's
a courageous boy.
An allegation has beenmade that I want to clear up.
Barry Peters says thathe was telephoned shortly
before his arrest by an Asian
man who claimed that Mr.
Peters was being framed.
And you are taking thisseriously, Chief Inspector?
So even though the boy
has identified Peters,
you're trying to
prove his innocence?
Listen, all our interests--that the case against
Barry Peters is watertight.
Now, if Ali had any enemieswithin his own community,
I need to know.
Detective Chief
Inspector, our families
have lived and worked herepeacefully for 40 years,
but now we're seen
as the enemy within.
Why would we want to
harbor extremists?
We know they're out there.
Not in this mosque.
The fact that Mr. Peters hasbeen charged with this offense
is really quite astounding.
The only evidence against himis a questionable identification
by a boy who'd seen my client'sface on election posters.
I would argue strenuouslythat Mr. Peters
be granted bail immediately.
And what about this
plastic milk bottle?
[scoffs] One assumes
this has been retrieved
for my client's
dust bin and petrol
added at some later stage.
Sir, you've seen from
the interview transcript
that my client received
an anonymous phone
call before his arrest.
Yes, is the officer
in the case here?
Yes, sir.
And what is your primary
objection to bail?
A concern that
Mr. Peters would
cause a breach of
the peace, sir,
and might incite
others to do so.
You will be remanded
in custody, Mr. Peters--
[groans]
--for seven days.
But I will be
reviewing the situation
very carefully next time.
Sir, I will appeal this
decision immediately.
This is a stick job.
I'm innocent.
I'm innocent, I tell ya.
You don't even
believe I'm guilty.
I can see you don't.
You put me away, and therewill be a bloody riot!
[shouting]
Janine?
Janine, where are you?
Why haven't I seen
any statements yet?
I've got the CPS on the phoneevery 10 flamin' minutes.
I'm on my way, sir.
I-- I-- I can't here you.
You're breaking up.
I can't hear you at all.
Janine.
[door opens]
Can we help you,
Chief Inspector?
Uh, yes.
My company is
developing the site.
Oh, I-- I see.
Um, actually, I just wanted toask Mr. Saddiq if he could tell
me what time Rizwan Husseinarrived for work on Tuesday
morning?
Of course.
4:45 AM.
- Right.
Uh, only I, um, I thoughthis shift started at 4:30.
- He must have been late.- Yeah.
Yeah, no, he told us he wasin Harrington Street at 4:25,
and that's only, what,
five minutes from here?
Well, maybe he
was just mistaken.
Yeah.
Rizwan's a good worker.
He's my wife's nephew, madam.
I assure you he's a
very reliable young man.
[phone rings]
Yes, yes, I'm sure he is.
Excuse me.
[beep]
Richard?
RICHARD [ON PHONE]: Rizwan'shouse has been attacked.
They've made a right mess of it.
JANINE: Where's Rizwan now?
He was already at the safehouse with his mum and dad.
I thought we had
a uniform here.
There was until a gang turnedout and put him in hospital.
Any witnesses?
Well, for what
it's worth, there's
a bloke over there said thatthey all had London accents.
Barry Peters' lot probablybust him up, especially.
Oh, great.
That's all we need, aload of cockney head cases
up in the ante.
What's your digging turned up?
Apparently there's a coupleof things we can get Peters for,
but this isn't one of them.
Ah, the elusive DCI Lewis.
So it's up to our witness?- It's all right.
He's safe.
- Good.
Small mercies.
There's no danger of him
backing out, is there?
No, I think it's more
than his life's worth.
However, we have a problem.
It took him 20 minutes to walkthe 300 yards from Raffiq's
house to the building site.
We have to disclose
it to the defense.
It blows a huge hole
in his credibility.
I don't think we've
got enough, sir.
[sighs] [inaudible].
What are we going to do now?
I don't know.
Pray.
[SARCASTICALLY] Ah-ha!
I think I'll go talk to the CPS.
[music playing]
[knocking]
Yeah, come.
Statement from a local
at the Mason's Arms.
Says Barry Peters talks
a much tougher game
when he's had a few.
Why would a celibatemullah have a double bed?
Takes up half the room.
How many people
lived at this house?
Just him as far as I can see.
No sign of anyone else?
Nothing so far.
But you might want to
have a look at this.
Found it in his desk.
Cost you a bit to
translate that lot.
Hm.
And this.
It's certainly not his mum.
Yeah, Shaz, I'm in
the evidence room.
Could use your help.
"I can't bear to be awayfrom you, even for a minute.
I hate going to bed without you.
I lie awake for hours
just thinking of you,
wishing I was with you."
That's all I can make out.
I can't find a name on it.
I suppose sex
before a marriage is
a bit of a no-no for a mullah.
Yeah.
1 to 10?
25.
You don't recognize her.
No.
But it was definitely
taken here.
No girl would dress
like that in Pakistan.
Suppose Imam Farzad
might know her?
You really want
to do this to him?
Ali was not involved
with this girl.
He was a moral man.
Do you know who she is,
where we could find her?
She works for her father.
He is a good man.
They are a very
religious family.
Ali's death has nothing
to do with them.
Please, I implore you, donot blacken their name.
Who is she, Imam Farzad?
Her name is Anisa.
She is Khalid Khan's daughter.
Ma'am, this is Meena.
She's a friend of Anisa Khan's.
Annie knows her
through the play group.
Hello.
Meena, Annie.
Hi.
I've told Meena we're
trying to approach Anisa
without her family finding out.
But there's a bit of a problem.
I don't know where she is.
She's been gone for
about three days.
The last time
Meena saw her was
the afternoon before Ali died.
Tell them.
I went to her
dad's shop yesterday.
She usually works
there on Wednesdays.
But it was only a
brother, Wahid, there.
He said that she'd left tosee relatives in Pakistan
on Tuesday, but she nevertold me anything about it.
I've called all the airlines.
There was only one Manchesterflight to Karachi Tuesday.
She wasn't on it.
Where do you think she is?
No idea.
Shaz has told you about theletters and the photograph?
Yeah.
Do you recognize
the handwriting?
Yeah.
It's Anisa's.
What's happened to her?
If her dad knew about
this, he'd kill her.
Have you asked her
family if they knew?
Not yet.
I'm trying to act in the
girl's best interest.
We've got a choice, sir.
We either try and find
Anisa Khan ourselves
we disclose the documentsto Peter's solicitor,
let them find her.
I know which I'd prefer.
I'm going to apply for awarrant to search Khan's house.
Oh, the entire
Asian community's
going to be up in arms.
As far as they'reconcerned, the guilty man's
already behind bars.
We've got no option.
We may be damned if we
do, but we'll certainly
be damned if we don't.
[sighs]
Here we go, ma'am.
I'm sorry to bring you
out at work, Mr. Khan.
What is this?
What are you doing here?
We have a warrant
to search your address
for any evidence relatingto the death of Ali Raffiq.
What are you looking for?
Mr. Raffiq had a numberof letters written to him
from your daughter Anisa.
Anisa?
Is she staying at this
address at the moment?
No, uh, she's away.
She-- she's in Pakistan.
Can you provide
us with information
of where we might contact her?- What are you accusing me of?
I've done nothing!
Please, would you let
us in, please, Mr. Khan?
- Look, what about my mother?- It won't take long.
- She's very weak.
- Please, Mr. Khan.
Well, wherever she's gone,she's traveling light.
My type of woman.
You'd make do with a pairof a Speedos and a toothbrush,
I suppose.
And the odd T-shirt.
I've got to be careful.
Fair skin.
Oh-oh, she won't have
got far without this.
Where is she, Mr. Khan?
I don't know.
I don't know.
She just disappeared.
She hasn't been home
since the night that--
Since the night
Ali Raffiq died.
Why did you say she
was in Pakistan?
Did you know they were lovers?
No, no, that's not true.
Janine, I found something.
I think you might
want to have a look.
Balaclava and gloves.
It was stuffed down hereunder some blankets, boss.
They didn't get rid of them.
Packed?
Many official merchandise.
Maybe he didn't want
to get rid of them.
For all the good's worth.
Where's your son at
the moment, Mr. Khan?
Where were you
in the early hours
of Tuesday morning, Wahid?
WAHID KHAN: At home.
Can you tell us where yoursister Anisa is at the moment?
WAHID KHAN: I don't know.
Did you know she was havingan affair with Ali Raffiq?
You are in serious
trouble, Wahid.
MAN: We've got an independenteyewitness who saw a figure
wearing a balaclava andgloves just like yours running
away from the direction
of Ali Raffiq's house.
That person was you, wasn't it?
No.
MAN: One way or another, we'regoing to find out the truth.
Wahid?
JANINE: Did someone
tell you to do this?
No.
JANINE: It was your
dad, wasn't it?
No!
No!
JANINE: Tell me
the truth, Wahid.
I trusted her.
When she said she was out withgirlfriends in the evening,
I trusted her.
And you had no
idea she was having
an affair with Ali Raffiq.
A mullah?
No.
I can't believe they wouldboth betray me this way.
Mr. Khan, did you
ask your son to set
fire to Ali Raffiq's house?
This has nothing
to do with us.
Nothing.
I think you told yourson to kill your daughter's
lover, Mr. Khan.
No.
[sobs]
Preliminary test results--
traces of petrol on the gloves,a hair similar to Wahid's
on the balaclava.
Final DNA results should
be through tomorrow.
An honor killing.
No, sir, just the murder.
So cousin Rizwan hasbeen lying to protect them.
- Looks like it.
- And the girl?
Alive or dead?
Anybody's guess.
Can't believe [inaudible]Barry Peters go.
We've done nothing wrong, sir.
We've only acted on evidence.
And how are we going toconvince the Asian community
of that, Janine?
It does not matter how
much evidence we have.
Enough people are
going to believe
that we've set Khalid Khan up.
[angry chatter]
- Sir?
- Stand back, please.
Stand back.
- Stand back.
Stand back.
[loud chatter]
Imam Farzad sends
his apologies,
but he feels he has assistedyou as much as he can.
[sighs] But I only wantedto explain the situation,
stop any misunderstandingsgetting out of hand.
Misunderstandings?
As I understand it, you
have arrested my nephew
on suspicion of murder andare accusing my brother
of having incited him.
Well, as yet, neitherof them have been charged.
But the forensic
evidence against Wahid
is extremely strong.
And even you will agree,Madam Chief Inspector,
that the so-called evidenceis very convenient.
Actually, Mr. Khan, itcouldn't be more inconvenient.
I do sympathize with you,
but surely neither of us
wants a riot on our hands.
Well, neither Imam Farzad northe governors of this mosque
have anything more to say.
And if you have no
more business here,
I would request you
kindly to leave.
[loud chatter]
Yeah, take that
scarf off, you bitch.
Take that scarf off!
You can't wear
it, you traitor.
REPORTER [ON TV]: And
in an extraordinary turn
of events late this
afternoon, Barry Peters
was released on bail.
Detective SuperintendentLeonard Hackett had this to say.
As a result of information
uncovered this afternoon
by Detective Chief InspectorJanine Lewis and her team,
two more individuals arecurrently assisting us with--
[rock music playing loudly]
[knocking]
Michael, please.
What?
Connie can't look
after the children
with your music shaking
the house to bits.
This whole family
depends on her.
She was virtually
beating my door down.
I don't blame her.
I wanted to talk to you
about Katie as well.
I was hoping your dad
would be here too.
Shouldn't have kickedhim out then, should you?
Oh, grow up, Michael.
How old is she?
16.
Good.
Do her parents know?
Know what?
That you're sleeping together?
What do you mean?
I just want to
make sure that you're
careful if you do decide.
Mum, we're not having sex,if that's what you mean.
She doesn't want to.
It's not the '70s.
[phone ringing]
[beep]
Hello?
MAN [ON PHONE]: Chief
Inspector Lewis?
Yeah.
IMAM FARZAD [ON
PHONE]: Imam Farzad.
Yeah.
Mommy, I can't get to sleep.
Shh.
Mom!
Yeah?
IMAM FARZAD [ON PHONE]: --assureyou, as a matter of urgency--
Can I have a bedtime story?
IMAM FARZAD [ON PHONE]:
--35 Faber Street.
Yup.
I'll be right there.
Once upon a time, there was alittle boy whose mummy promised
that tomorrow she'd
read him the longest
story in the whole wide
world so long as he
went to sleep, like, right now.
Yeah.
JANINE: Hi.
MAN: Evening, ma'am.
IMAM FARZAD: I was contactedby a colleague in Leeds
this afternoon.
Ali and Anisa went to him twomonths ago and were married.
Married?
That is the
official certificate.
Ali asked him to tell no one.
I assure you this is the
first I've known of it.
Why are they so desperateto keep it a secret?
Where do you think she is?
That is something youwill have to ask her father.
JANINE: You had no
idea she was married.
MR. KHAN: No.
I can't believe it.
I don't know why she
would do this to me.
Because you wouldn't
have approved.
You told me she was engaged.
MR. KHAN: I thought that
was what she wanted.
Mr. Khan, you do accept thatthere's overwhelming forensic
evidence linking your son to thearson attack at Ali Raffiq's.
No, I don't accept that.
I cannot accept it.
Why would Wahid do such a thing?
JANINE: Because Ali wassleeping with your daughter,
because you were ashamed.
How many times do
I have to tell you?
Just because I'm a religiousman, an observant Muslim,
that doesn't make me a murderer.
MAN: When was the last
time you saw Anisa?
Where is she, Mr. Khan?
I don't know.
JANINE: We've got to find Anisa.
Her life could be in danger.
What about a televised appeal?
Could drive him
further to ground.
JANINE: Shap, do you happen toknow if any of your contacts
could trace Anisa Khan?
Don't we, boss?
Different world.
Maybe our friend here canruffle a few feathers.
Let me try Annie again.
I'll see you in a bit.
We're guessing that
Anisa either run away
or that family have taken hersomewhere against her will.
Or killed her.
Look, just say youwere going to leave home,
you didn't want to be found.
Where would you go?
Oh, come on, Annie.
There are people out therewho help girls like Anisa
disappear.
I know there are.
If Anisa chose to go, it's gotto be her choice to come back.
Yeah, but she may have
the evidence we need.
All we need you to do is useyour contacts to find out
whether she's alive or dead.
Whether she speaks to
us or not is up to her.
Please.
It's too soon, Shaz.
Everyone's still too scared.
That's crazy.
We'll protect them.
You can't.
I'm sorry, Shaz.
Annie, please.
Don't come see me again.
DNA test.
Wahid was wearing thegloves and the balaclava.
He's refusing to comment.
His dad denies all knowledge.
Rizwan's at the safe housestill sticking to his story
about Barry Peters.
And where's Khalid Khan now?
I had no evidence against him.
I had to release him on bail.
And the girl?
Still looking for her.
[sharp inhale]
Isn't there any way
that we could persuade Wahidto talk before we charge him?
Don't think it's very likely.
Well, he's going down anyway.
Forensics will do that.
It would just be
nice if he could tell
us who put him up to it first.
Mm.
Psh, he's just a kid.
Can't we appeal
to his conscience?
Leave it with me.
Wahid.
They-- they might
want to be alone.
No, there are no secrets here.
Do you know, Wahid,
above all else,
Allah wishes us to
be truthful to him.
For it is to Allah
that we must answer.
Ali Raffiq understood
this, which
is why he did the honorablething and married your sister.
You can keep secrets
from your fellow man,
but Allah knows all.
That judgment we cannot escape.
I love your father, but you dohim no service by telling lies.
Tell me the truth, Wahid.
The truth.
I don't think we
should be doing this.
Please.
This is for his soul,
not for the courts.
Tell me the truth
before Allah, Wahid.
It's nothing to
do with my father.
I thought Ali Raffiq
was a bad man.
He told me he had
abused Anisa, raped
her, that it was
my duty to protect
her for the sake of our family.
I didn't know they were married.
I didn't mean him to die.
I was frightened.
He made me do it.
I didn't have any choice.
Who, Wahid?
Who made you do it?
My uncle, Jameel.
[music playing]
Mr. Khan.
Mr. Khan.
MR. KHAN: This way, please.
I'm really very busy at the--
You're under
arrest for conspiracy
to murder Ali Raffiq.
You do not have
to say anything--
give me your left arm, please--but it may harm your defense
if you do not mention, whenquestioned, something which
you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may
be given in evidence.
Uh, I-- I'm dreadfully sorry.
There seems to have been somesort of misunderstanding.
Mr. Saddiq will
show you the rest.
You're going to regret this.
You sure you don't
a solicitor, Mr. Khan?
[laughs] Why do
I need a solicitor?
I've done nothing wrong.
- Fine.
Your nephew Wahid
Khan has accused you
of inciting him to setfire to Ali Raffiq's house.
[chuckles] Ridiculous.
Any idea why he would
make such a claim?
None at all.
Did you tell him
that Ali Raffiq
had dishonored his sister,Anisa, that he'd raped her?
[laughs] If this wasn't sotragic, it would be laughable.
[phone ringing]
Huh.
[beep]
Hello?
Hello?
ANISA [ON PHONE]: It's
Anisa, Anisa Khan.
Anisa.
Are you OK?
You have no evidence
against me, madame.
Nothing except the word
of a frightened boy
anxious to protect
his own father.
Your brother.
Well, what of it?
He's responsible
for his own actions.
[WHISPERING] That was Anisa.
[whispering]
JANINE: Thanks.
My colleague has just
been on the telephone
with your niece,
Mr. Khan, Anisa.
We're going to
meet with her now.
See you later, Mr. Khan.
Anything else you'd
like to add, Mr. Khan?
Anisa Khan?
Mrs. Raffiq?
You're free to
go, but I do think
you'll be safer coming with us.
All right.
JANINE: OK.
Anisa, why did you
keep your marriage
to Ali Raffiq a secret?
Was it because of your dad?
Partly.
Or was it because
of your Uncle Jameel?
He hasn't got a
daughter of his own,
right, so he arranged yourengagement, didn't he?
ANISA: Yeah.
To the son of a
business partner.
So it's Jameel
you were afraid of?
Ali told me he
was a dangerous man.
He was paying kids tomake trouble in the area,
to drive white people out, sohe could buy up their property.
Ali thought he was evengiving money to those racists
in One Britain.
All for his business.
And how did he know this?
When he was giving evidenceagainst Mark Clayton,
Barry Peters men
kept threatening him.
They boasted that the
chairman of the mosque
was their biggest supporter,and Ali didn't believe it.
But then he started hearingthings from the kids
at the community center.
Did Ali confront him?
I don't know.
He said he needed proofbefore he went to Imam Farzad.
But he was making
him angry, especially
the way we were living.
I went to see him
on Monday night.
He was in a black mood.
I had never seen him
like that before.
He told me it wasn't
safe for me to stay
and that I should just
go away for a few days.
Anisa, tell us about
your cousin Rizwan.
His family are poor.
Jameel has given
them everything.
That's how it works.
Jameel gives you money, andyou do whatever he says.
And everyone does
whatever he says.
It was probably
Jameel tipped off
Barry Peters about
his arrest, trying
to stir things up a bit more.
And planted the milk bottle.
[knocking]
Yeah.
I've got Anisa's dad, boss.
Are you OK?
Anisa.
Praise be to Allah.
Praise be to Allah.
Anisa!
So this isn't
about family at all
then, just some bentbusinessman protecting his turf.
Well, she's done with thePR, but it's still not going
to be easy to prove, though.
Don't suppose Barry
Peters could be
persuaded to make
a statement saying
that Jameel gave him the money?
[laughter]
What?
The man did try to
frame him for murder.
If Jameel was
giving Peters money,
knowing he'd use it toincite racial hatred, I mean,
they both stood
to gain by driving
their communities apart.
Peters got white
votes while Jameel
got to buy up cheap propertywhen the whites moved out.
I think we should try andnet them both, don't you?
Indisputably.
You can't believe a
word that girl says.
She's lying.
We don't force girls intomarriage in our family.
JANINE: Mr. Khan, you willbe charged with conspiracy
to murder Ali Raffiq.
Well, you can't
prove anything.
We'll go through every checkstub, every bank statement,
every phone bill until we canprove that you were funding
Barry Peters and
his thugs and you
were making money out of it.
You will then both be
charged with conspiracy
to incite racial hatred andprobably a number of offenses
of corruption as well.
Do you have anything
to say, Mr. Khan?
Do you know what's wrongwith this society, madam?
It's weak.
Your people are weak.
Your children have
been corrupted.
They're good for nothing.
They have no respect forlaw, for work, for religion,
or for themselves.
People respect me becauseI bring them wealth.
I bring them dignity.
I bring them honor.
This has nothing
to do with race.
It's nothing to
do with religion.
This is pure selfish greed.
You came up against
a man who couldn't
be threatened or bought,
so you had him killed.
Ali Raffiq wasbetraying his own people.
He's not going to be missed.
SHAZ: People looked
up to you, Mr. Khan.
They put their faith in you,because you were a success.
You had everything they wanted,but you bought their loyalty.
And look what you've done.
You've killed the
one man who was even
more respected than you were.
And he had nothing.
[laughter]
[interposing voices]
- Who's buying?
Oh, OK.
Got the first couple
of rounds on me.
Quit playing.
You're not looking outon us now, are you, boss?
Oh, you'll cope without me.
You're still coming
out, though, Shaz?
Yeah, I'll be down in a bit.
Ay-ay, they clearly
wish to be alone.
You can trust them, you know?
They're not going
to strip you naked
and leave you chained
to a lamppost.
Yeah, I know.
I thought I'd go
over to the mosque
first for evening prayers,you know, show some support.
What about you?
Oh, I'm off home.
Lots of overtime over there--
soothing troubled waters,and reading bedtime stories,
cooking, cleaning,homework, feeding the dryer,
fixing the baby, or
something like that.
Sounds like you need a wife.
Oh, you volunteering?
You know, we couldn't havedone this without you.
It's been, um, interesting.
[laughs] Do you
ever think about
becoming a detective full time?
I'll put word in for you.
[scoffs] I'd miss the uniform.
Oh, you'd keep the cap.
Think about it.
I will.
And thanks, boss.
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