Dark Heart AKA Wagstaffe (2016): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript
There's been a murder.
I wouldn't have rung normally,
but this one's unusual.
Fun and games in here. Ray Collins,
arrested two and a half years ago
on suspicion of sexual assault
of children under 13.
I struggled to cope
with the guilt of what he did.
It's a scar that never fades.
We're dealing with two accused
yet unconvicted paedophiles,
both attacked
with unusual brutality.
This could just be the start.
She's my daughter,
and we will all be scarred by this
for the rest of our lives.
She used the same words.
Mr Regis, it is my responsibility
to inform you, you are free to go.
Revenge diminishes us.
When you decide you have the right
to enact your own punishment,
where does it lead?
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Hi.
Oh, sorry, man.
Did I wake you up?
No, no. No, you're good.
I made some coffee.
You want some?
Er... Sure.
Do you want some milk?
Some sugar?
No, thanks.
So, how're you getting on with Hal?
Erm...
Harry.
Oh!
Great, man.
He's a really good boy.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's great.
They can be hard work, though,
sometimes, can't they, kids?
Yeah.
He comes to stay here quite a bit,
to give his mum break,
and, I mean,
he can be a right little sod.
The amount of times
that I have nearly...
You know?
But that's the deal, isn't it?
As a parent, or uncle, or anyone,
really, who's in charge of kids.
You've gotta be better than that.
Yeah.
So there's no obvious connection
in the three cases at the CPS,
and the lawyers handling the
Statham, Collins and Dawlish cases
were all different.
And?
And Statham
was attacked in early 2015.
Why would the assailant then wait
over two years
before attacking two more
in as many days? I don't know.
I just...
I just think it's significant
that all three were attacked in ways
that inflicted fairly uniquely
appalling violence.
I'm saying why does it necessarily
have to be one person
rather than one idea
done by several people?
You got any theories who?
Yeah. I think we have to keep
looking at family connections.
Friends of friends, maybe
an organised group of vigilantes.
Absolutely. I'm just...
saying, I see a very
distinct rage here.
See one or recognise one?
Sorry, that just...
Sorry.
If I'm right, we have a man in jail
in Nico Kashell
who can tell us who owns that rage.
Right, I have to go visit
my old governor.
I've got to be there
at three o'clock.
In the meantime, can you get me
or can someone get me
Kashell's home address, please?
Yeah. Do you want me to set up
an interview with his wife?
No. Just the address for now.
I could never have done such
horrible things to anyone, Lisa.
Let alone a child!
Which is why the case is collapsing,
because I've been
the victim of an injustice.
And all I'm asking now is if we
could just put the last six months
behind us and get on with
the rest of our lives!
You know what surprises me
more than anything, Mark?
More than you being out, even?
It's you thinking
I would ever want to spend
a moment more with you
than these few minutes now.
I sat in court.
I heard the charges.
I wept for that poor child
and her family.
I wished you could
go to prison for life.
I'm so ashamed of ever having had
any feelings for you.
And I want you to leave, now.
I only wanted a place to kip,
anyway.
I'll see you around, Lisa.
I promise you that.
Hm.
Bitch!
Hello, William.
All right, boss?
Hey!
Oh!
Yeah, yeah.
Good to see you.
All right. Don't overdo it.
In you go.
Oh, thank you.
Sorry about the, er... mess.
I was never one
for the old domesticity.
Sandra used to do all that.
Yeah. Sorry to hear about that.
Yeah, well...
They all piss off in the end,
don't they?
Can hardly blame them, really,
can we?
Coffee?
Er, no.
Tea?
No, I'm fine, honestly.
Little sharpener.
I have to be back in town at five,
so...
How are you?
Yeah, I'm-I'm good.
Two years clear now,
so fingers crossed.
It's great to hear that.
Sit.
So... fire away.
You wanted to hear about
the Statham case.
Yeah.
Yeah, I just want to see
if there's a link
between that and two new cases.
One GBH, one murder,
both known convicted paedophiles.
A link?
Yeah.
What, you mean...
It can't be the perpetrator.
Statham's man's doing
an eight-stretch, isn't he?
Nico Kashell, yeah.
Actually, if we can...
if we can come back to him.
First, I just want to ask you,
why do you think the CPS
didn't prosecute Statham
for the sexual assault?
Well, the evidence wasn't brilliant.
Why waste time trying to convict
a 30-70 case
when you can convict half a dozen
80-20 cases for the same money?
Oh, OK.
And in terms of Kashell...
do you think it was definitely him
who attacked Statham?
He confessed, Will.
Yeah, but, you know,
people confess for all sorts of
reasons, don't they?
It's not always cos they did it.
His car was photographed
half a mile from Statham's house
an hour before the attack.
We found carpet fibres
similar to the carpet
found in Statham's house
inside Kashell's car.
On the passenger side.
I'm not saying that he wasn't
involved in some way.
I just...
I don't buy him
being the actual assailant.
His little girl
had been raped by this man.
He destroyed their lives.
And the rage?
Well, the rage he felt
when they dropped the charges -
the rage we all felt...
I believe 100% he could have done
what he did.
Give it up, fella.
Eh?
Cos the shape,
the order you're looking for...
doesn't exist.
The world is random...
chaotic...
and cruel.
And you know that better than most.
'Guv, it's Josie.
'I've just texted you
the Kashell home address,
'but his wife's not back until six.'
'Let me know if you want me
to set up an interview.'
If Kashell's wife had known I was
coming, she could have wiped it.
Wiped what? You don't even know
there's anything on it.
If I'm right, and Kashell
is doing someone else's time,
then his wife must have known.
My guess is she would
have been in on it,
so emails, address books, contacts
are a good place to start.
Except anything you find
you won't be able to use
cos you got the information
illegally.
Josie, there are going to be more
deaths unless we catch the killer,
so does that really matter?
Yes.
Fine. I'll do it myself.
OK, fine. I'll do it.
I need to speak to the brief
from the CPS
who handled the Statham case.
Can you set up a meeting?
Yeah.
So I went through all her contacts,
and not surprisingly,
there was no number listed under
Debbie Collins or Gail Watkins.
I went back and tried
the initials DC and GW,
and that's when I found
a number for a Derek Collier.
Did you ring it?
And?
Debbie Collins answered.
Yes!
Ha!
Was there any Gail Watkins
connection?
Not that I've found yet.
So you think it was actually them
together, or...?
We'll have to run down
both their alibis,
but it seems unlikely, doesn't it?
I mean,
they're both small women physically.
I doubt even together they could
have overpowered any of those men.
It's not impossible, I guess.
Maybe they paid someone.
Maybe, but maybe
they didn't want money.
Maybe a sense of justice done
was enough.
Justice done for who?
For the families, yeah, but why
would someone else do that for them,
commit such brutal assaults?
Cos they could.
Cos they were unhinged.
Cos they understood that pain.
'It had nothing to do with
a lack of evidence.'
If we think any case stands
half a decent chance of success,
particularly one as serious
as Statham's, we take it to trial,
and in this instance,
we authorised charges.
So why didn't it go?
This is all in the files.
It was the parents.
They withdrew their cooperation.
What do you mean?
Sorry - they withdrew
their cooperation?
Yes, they didn't want
their daughter to testify
or to be examined by counsel.
Despite all the special measures
we put in place,
they thought it
would be too traumatic for her.
Might have still
secured a conviction
but it would have made it
extraordinarily difficult.
OK. OK. I need to talk to you
about couple of other cases.
Oh, no, I'm sorry,
I've got to go to a conference.
Or you could just come down
the station.
Which cases?
So, the parents in the Collins,
Dawlish and Statham cases
all caused them to collapse
themselves by withdrawing
the cooperation of their children
from the police and the CPS
within the same three-month period.
And why would anyone do that?
Exactly.
It's completely counterintuitive,
unless... you come at it from a
different angle and ask yourselves
if maybe they wanted to keep
the suspects out of prison.
Shit!
They thought prison was a let-off.
Exactly.
I think this group of parents
collectively decided on
a far worse punishment
for their children's abuser.
And how did they justify their
sudden non-cooperation to the CPS?
They just...
They just said it
would be to traumatic for the kids.
We need to speak to Debbie Collins
again.
Yes, and we need to get a warrant
for Nico Kashell's house.
It's time to pay his wife a visit.
So am I under arrest?
No.
Greta, you're not under arrest.
But I am gonna ask you
some questions
and I do have to caution you
and tell you that you don't have
to say anything,
but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention
when questioned something
you later rely on in court,
and anything you do say may be
used in evidence, OK?
Yes.
OK.
Why would you disguise Debbie's name
unless you didn't want people to
know that you were connected to her?
I don't know.
Maybe I was worried
when her husband got attacked.
Worried that we might think
you were involved?
Maybe.
Are you?
No.
So when did you last speak to her?
Er... I don't know,
maybe a year ago?
And how did you know her?
There was a group I went to
for families
who'd been affected by abuse.
Was it this one?
Yeah.
Did you meet Gall Watkins there?
Er... I only went a couple of times.
I really don't remember.
Who ran it?
Er...
It was a circle, you sat in a circle
of chairs and just talked.
I don't think anyone...
Someone must have booked
the hall, mustn't they?
I guess.
Well, whose number's this?
It was just an answering service
so that you could let them know
if you were going.
Where was it?
Some sort of old council building,
I think it was.
It was... behind Warren Street.
Greta, this file of phone contacts
was amended on the day
that Ray Collins was murdered.
In fact...
I mean, look at that,
it was only two hours after
our estimated time of his death.
I have a daughter
who was sexually abused
and a husband serving eight years
in a high security prison,
so perhaps you'll understand why
I don't weep for men like Collins,
but I didn't kill him.
Debbie did call me to tell me
what had happened, but when he died,
I was in church with my daughter.
Thanking God for giving us all
the strength we needed to survive.
She might have been telling
the truth about her alibi,
but she's lying about other stuff.
They all are.
We keep the pressure on.
'So, we just wanted to talk to you'
about something you said
last time we spoke.
You said, "I struggle to cope
with all the guilt at what he did,
"what his lawyer did,
what the CPS did to our family."
And I find that a bit odd.
Cos actually, it was you
who withdrew your cooperation
and caused the case to collapse,
wasn't it?
Who told you that?
I spoke with the CPS.
Did they tell you why
I withdrew cooperation?
Why don't you tell me?
Because your lot messed up.
You interviewed one of my girls
without a responsible adult.
Because my solicitor said
the defence would have made
mincemeat of her.
Well, why not just have her be
interviewed again?
I'm guessing you don't have kids.
So you don't know what it's like,
watching someone you love
more than anything else in the world
have to dredge it all up again
and again and again.
That's why.
Hm.
Tell me about your relationship
with Greta Kashell.
I don't have a relationship
with Greta Kashell.
Yeah, but you know she is,
don't you?
I met her a few times.
Where?
At a support group I went to
occasionally, but we're not friends.
I've met her... We've spoken
maybe twice in as many years.
And Gail Watkins?
Same.
At SCAR?
Yes.
Debbie, we have a warrant
to search your house.
When we do, we're going to go
through your phone records
and your computer and your diaries
and your address books.
You really think it was us?
Was it?
No.
Did you ask someone
to do it for you?
No.
Do you know who did it?
No.
Debbie, this is your chance,
this is your opportunity
to tell us your side of the story.
Because I think in your heart
you want to talk to me.
I think you are involved
in these events somehow,
and I think you regret it.
I think you regret it very much.
I think you wanna talk.
No.
I have nothing further to say.
The assault and murder last week
of as yet unnamed man.
It's been confirmed by local
residents that both men have been
arrested previously in connection
with allegations of child sex abuse.
Now, other news,
and in the City,
the FTSE 100 is up...
Staffe.
A result from the search
of Debbie Collins' house.
This was found in a kitchen drawer.
It's got Greta Kashell in there
and Gail Watkins
and a number of other names
which I'm guessing are other parents
that she met at the support group.
Can I...
OK, OK, we need to run this through
Intel, PNC, CMS,
Custody and Command And Control.
I want to know what
the crimes against their kids were,
whether the suspects
were prosecuted,
where all the suspects are now
and where all those parents were
when Statham, Collins
and Dawlish were attacked.
Ah, yeah, we're getting closer,
we're getting closer.
This is good work, Dave.
Oi.
Present.
We all clubbed together.
You shouldn't have.
That's what I said.
It's just man flu.
Er, so the answering service number,
did you get any joy from BT?
Yeah, name and an address.
Unfortunately, the name's
John Smith,
line and bills were registered
to a serviced office in the city.
What about how they paid?
I'm waiting to hear
back from the billing department.
They said it might take a couple
of days, so...
Jesus, all right!
Almost making me feel guilty.
Almost.
Right, I'm off to the SCAR
meeting hall.
Call me on the billing as soon as.
OK. Just to be clear, this isn't
what you give sick people.
It hasn't been for about 20 years.
It tastes nice, though, doesn't it?
I'll let you know, girls, all right?
Well, as I said, they always
paid in cash, I remember that.
So when was the last time they came?
What? The SCAR group,
when was the last time they met?
Oh, I don't know.
About 18 months ago.
Here's the paperwork.
I should have chucked this out.
In fact, I only saw it
was still there when you rang.
Do you think if we asked
you to take part in a video ID,
you'd be able to recognise
any of the people that were here?
Maybe the ones
that paid you the rent?
Oh, I don't know, really.
Long time ago.
Maybe.
OK. Well, we'll give you
a shout when we're done.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Give me that.
It's just a kid's drawing.
Will?
This is printed on a HOLMES page.
Our HOLMES?
Yeah.
Only a copper would be
able to print this out.
Yeah.
RINGING
Staffe.
Shit. When?
OK.
Nico Kashell just tried
to top himself.
Shit!
I'm beginning to have
a very unpleasant thought.
Kashell would have known
Bob Jessop pretty well.
He'd have had a lot of contact
with him through the investigation.
Whoa, that is quite a thing.
Do you seriously think Jessop
could be involved?
I dunno.
This way.
I dunno, I hope not, but...
I'm going to consider it
a possibility anyway.
I guess.
Just keep this between us, yeah?
Of course.
DI Jessop.
What about him?
Well...
you must have got to know him
through the investigation.
I met him twice.
Our relationship was with
the family liaison officer.
Hardly knew Jessop.
Who attacked Statham, Nico?
Cos it wasn't you, was it?
Did you pay someone?
Did Jessop introduce you to someone?
I mean, you're an accountant,
for Christ's sake!
How did you-how did you
get hold of chloroform, huh?
How did you get into his house?
Guv.
Just stop lying to us,
you little prick! Guv!
'We will all be scarred
by this for the rest of our lives.'
'I dreamed
about killing him a million times.
'I thought about what I'd do,
to make him suffer.
'The rage he felt
when they dropped the charges -
'the rage we all felt...'
He's not a happy bunny.
What?
I went through the list
and checked all the names.
Of the other victims' cases, they
all went to trial, no halted cases,
no parents pulling out...
OK. OK.
Except then, this morning,
I saw an update on HOLMES
relating to one of the surnames
in Debbie Collins' diary,
another parent whose daughter
was allegedly assaulted by a man
named Mark Regis.
This guy?
Yeah.
So it turns out that Regis
was released two days ago,
when the victim's family suddenly
withdrew their cooperation.
Do we have an address for him?
His bail address was his wife's,
but she just told me
she chucked him out.
Did she have any idea where he went?
No.
Well, we need to find him, now.
Yeah, can I have the number
for my local police station, please?
That's OK.
Hello?
And Harry's really loved spending
time with you, so thank you.
What time are you pushing off
tomorrow?
Paolo's got a job interview
about three o'clock,
then he'll come back here
and we'll probably push off then.
I mean... You can...
You could stay tomorrow night if
you want. I can cook you something.
He's got to meet a friend in town,
so...
Well, why don't the three of us
go out,
you, me and Harry, catch a film?
It's probably just best
that I go with him.
Well, I'm gonna miss you both.
He's asked me to marry him.
He wants to have more children,
a brother or sister for Harry...
a-and you know how much
I wanted a real family, Will.
And he's the loveliest person when
he doesn't drink, I promise you.
Dinner!
Well, if, um...
if that's
what'll make you happy...
I'm happy for you.
Mm, smells delicious.
Thank you.
What is this?
Risotto. Mushroom.
Hey.
You've been ignoring my calls.
Er, yeah, sorry.
Work's been insane.
Well, I was just calling to say
if you do need me tomorrow,
I'm still around.
How about if I need you now?
'We can certainly expect
some thunder and heavy rain,
'lasting well into the afternoon,
'with scattered showers
carrying on until the night...'
'Heavy showers
and high humidity levels.
'This will last
well into the evening...'
'It was the last attack.
'Police believe that further
assaults may be possible
'and have asked
members of the public...'
Fuck!
So is this the case?
Or tomorrow, or...?
Christ knows.
Hardly even know
my own name at the moment.
My latest wild theory
is that Bob Jessop did it.
How's old Bob?
Yeah, if you think
I'm in bad shape...
I heard Sandra left him.
How did you hear that?
You know.
She rang me after you and me split.
We stayed in touch.
I've always liked Sandra.
She didn't deserve what he did.
What did he do?
Had an affair.
What?
You're joking me?
Somebody actually let Bob Jessop
put his penis inside them.
I thought you knew.
Oh, my God!
Who was the unlucky lady?
Some woman from the CPS.
Yeah?
He met her on a case.
A Ruth...
Ruth... someone.
Boss, it's me.
It's Will.
I need to talk to you.
I know you were seeing Ruth
at the same time that she was
handling the Kashell case.
I can see your light
from the street, sir.
I know you're in there.
Open the door, sir!
Suppose you'd better come in, then.
Argh!
I told you to walk away, lad!
Yeah?
Boss?
Yeah?
You all right?
Yeah.
What's up?
Bob Jessop just sent us a note.
It's a confession to the attacks.
I'm on my way.
'It was dropped in by him
at two in the morning'
and it's a full confession
to Statham, Collins and Dawlish.
We've got a team
checking the airports and the ports,
but that was only opened at eight,
so he'll have a head start.
If you're gonna run...
why not just run?
And why all this?
Unless it's a distraction.
You said we've got people
searching the ports for Jessop,
searching the airports.
Have we got anyone looking for him?
Mark Regis? Oh, shit!
We've got an address for him now,
so...
I'm coming.
And, you know, I'm sure I'm wrong,
Jessop's our man and Regis is fine
but it's just best to check, OK?
What's that?
It's a list of SCAR attendees.
The one we found
at Debbie Collins' house.
Richard and Rebecca Allerton?
Yeah?
What was their story?
Er, their daughter
was raped three years ago.
There was a full investigation
but no-one was caught.
Er...
OK.
OK, um, you guys...
I'll meet you downstairs, all right,
I'm just going to make a call.
'Rick.'
Hello, Will.
'Hi. Where are you?'
Oh, just, er, out.
'Do we need to talk?'
What about?
'You and your missus.'
Why would we need to talk about
me and Becca?
I've just seen
a couple's name on a list.
Richard and Rebecca Allerton.
'That's a good spot.
'We never did get married
in the end.'
Er... Right, you got a pen
and I'll give you an address?
Poplar DLR...
You go on.
Something else has come up.
Is everything OK?
It's fine.
I'll meet you there.
Hello, sir.
You called our station.
Yeah, I did.
Thanks for coming, officer.
My pleasure entirely, Mark.
This one here.
Yeah.
Mr Regis?
Mr Regis, it's DI Pulford
and DC Chancellor from the police.
We just want to make sure you're OK.
Mr Regis?
Mr Regis, are you down here?
Rick?
Rick?
Hello, mate.
Do go through.
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Fun and games, eh?
MARK GROANS
Rick, what are you doing?
This is insane!
Do you know what Mark here
did to his victims, the details?
Yeah, I read the files.
He raped her, Will.
I didn't.
When she was 11 years old.
And then, he told her if she went
to the police he'd find out
where she lived and then
rape and kill her mother.
Been a bit of a star at school
up till then.
Six months later, she's
cutting herself, smoking weed.
Now, my little...
Siany...
chose pills.
Becca found her in time.
I'm so sorry, Rick.
I didn't know any of that
till today.
No, well, why should you?
Private matter.
Yeah, so, the thing is, it's not
enough, is it, just to lock them up?
Not even to kill them.
What they really need
to understand is the pain...
so then they can tell
the others like them
what it's like and then maybe,
maybe they'll stop.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm not gonna lie,
it's hard to get it right,
and one of the fuckers
went and died on me,
so I'm gonna go
easy on old Mark here.
Please, please don't.
Rick. Rick!
What do you reckon?
Both feet?
Foot and a hand?
What about Becca and Siany?
Huh? How are they gonna cope?
How are they gonna cope
with the pain
of you been taken away
for a life sentence?
Ah. Already lost me, I'm afraid.
You were wrong about the man flu.
Tumour.
Metastasised,
stage IV as of three weeks ago.
There is no stage V.
'Guv, it's Josie.'
Just wondering where you are.
Call me.
Did he say anything
about where he was going, Ray?
'No, but... Oh, hang on.
'Yeah, there's a post-it
on his desk.
'An address in Poplar.'
It was actually at the Marsden
where I met Bob Jessop,
and we got chatting, as you do.
Found out we were both old bill,
and then one day,
he started to tell me
about the Kashell case.
Course, then I told him all about...
Siany, and...
he suggested we try SCAR
cos Greta and Nico went there,
and then we did.
You know?
We all knew it wasn't enough.
And then...
well,
one day Bob had this idea...
for a rougher type of justice.
After I did what I did
to Statham, I was asked to stop,
but then last month I found out I
only had a few weeks and I thought,
"No, fuck it, let's have some fun."
And then when you rang just now,
well, I thought, "Yeah...
"this is my chance...
"to give something back."
Something back?
A chance for you to see what it
looks like, what it feels like,
proper revenge.
You think I could do
something like this?
If you had the people
who killed your parents
here in this room right now,
yes, mate, I do.
But, eh, there's no point
arguing the toss.
Let's just find out...
what it feels like.
No.
Gov?
Gov!
Sorry, sweetheart.
Will!
Arrgh...
Got it.
Cheers.
They've got Jessop.
Where?
Dover.
How much do you think
they did know? The other families?
Enough.
Bring 'em in.
All of them.
Listen, um... if you and Paolo
ever need any time to yourself,
I mean, then Harry can always
come and stay at mine.
I mean, I'll take leave, I'll do
whatever needs to be done
just to make sure that
his well-being
was our number one priority.
We'll be fine.
Thank you.
Bye, Uncle Will.
I wouldn't have rung normally,
but this one's unusual.
Fun and games in here. Ray Collins,
arrested two and a half years ago
on suspicion of sexual assault
of children under 13.
I struggled to cope
with the guilt of what he did.
It's a scar that never fades.
We're dealing with two accused
yet unconvicted paedophiles,
both attacked
with unusual brutality.
This could just be the start.
She's my daughter,
and we will all be scarred by this
for the rest of our lives.
She used the same words.
Mr Regis, it is my responsibility
to inform you, you are free to go.
Revenge diminishes us.
When you decide you have the right
to enact your own punishment,
where does it lead?
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== https://subscene.com ==
Hi.
Oh, sorry, man.
Did I wake you up?
No, no. No, you're good.
I made some coffee.
You want some?
Er... Sure.
Do you want some milk?
Some sugar?
No, thanks.
So, how're you getting on with Hal?
Erm...
Harry.
Oh!
Great, man.
He's a really good boy.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's great.
They can be hard work, though,
sometimes, can't they, kids?
Yeah.
He comes to stay here quite a bit,
to give his mum break,
and, I mean,
he can be a right little sod.
The amount of times
that I have nearly...
You know?
But that's the deal, isn't it?
As a parent, or uncle, or anyone,
really, who's in charge of kids.
You've gotta be better than that.
Yeah.
So there's no obvious connection
in the three cases at the CPS,
and the lawyers handling the
Statham, Collins and Dawlish cases
were all different.
And?
And Statham
was attacked in early 2015.
Why would the assailant then wait
over two years
before attacking two more
in as many days? I don't know.
I just...
I just think it's significant
that all three were attacked in ways
that inflicted fairly uniquely
appalling violence.
I'm saying why does it necessarily
have to be one person
rather than one idea
done by several people?
You got any theories who?
Yeah. I think we have to keep
looking at family connections.
Friends of friends, maybe
an organised group of vigilantes.
Absolutely. I'm just...
saying, I see a very
distinct rage here.
See one or recognise one?
Sorry, that just...
Sorry.
If I'm right, we have a man in jail
in Nico Kashell
who can tell us who owns that rage.
Right, I have to go visit
my old governor.
I've got to be there
at three o'clock.
In the meantime, can you get me
or can someone get me
Kashell's home address, please?
Yeah. Do you want me to set up
an interview with his wife?
No. Just the address for now.
I could never have done such
horrible things to anyone, Lisa.
Let alone a child!
Which is why the case is collapsing,
because I've been
the victim of an injustice.
And all I'm asking now is if we
could just put the last six months
behind us and get on with
the rest of our lives!
You know what surprises me
more than anything, Mark?
More than you being out, even?
It's you thinking
I would ever want to spend
a moment more with you
than these few minutes now.
I sat in court.
I heard the charges.
I wept for that poor child
and her family.
I wished you could
go to prison for life.
I'm so ashamed of ever having had
any feelings for you.
And I want you to leave, now.
I only wanted a place to kip,
anyway.
I'll see you around, Lisa.
I promise you that.
Hm.
Bitch!
Hello, William.
All right, boss?
Hey!
Oh!
Yeah, yeah.
Good to see you.
All right. Don't overdo it.
In you go.
Oh, thank you.
Sorry about the, er... mess.
I was never one
for the old domesticity.
Sandra used to do all that.
Yeah. Sorry to hear about that.
Yeah, well...
They all piss off in the end,
don't they?
Can hardly blame them, really,
can we?
Coffee?
Er, no.
Tea?
No, I'm fine, honestly.
Little sharpener.
I have to be back in town at five,
so...
How are you?
Yeah, I'm-I'm good.
Two years clear now,
so fingers crossed.
It's great to hear that.
Sit.
So... fire away.
You wanted to hear about
the Statham case.
Yeah.
Yeah, I just want to see
if there's a link
between that and two new cases.
One GBH, one murder,
both known convicted paedophiles.
A link?
Yeah.
What, you mean...
It can't be the perpetrator.
Statham's man's doing
an eight-stretch, isn't he?
Nico Kashell, yeah.
Actually, if we can...
if we can come back to him.
First, I just want to ask you,
why do you think the CPS
didn't prosecute Statham
for the sexual assault?
Well, the evidence wasn't brilliant.
Why waste time trying to convict
a 30-70 case
when you can convict half a dozen
80-20 cases for the same money?
Oh, OK.
And in terms of Kashell...
do you think it was definitely him
who attacked Statham?
He confessed, Will.
Yeah, but, you know,
people confess for all sorts of
reasons, don't they?
It's not always cos they did it.
His car was photographed
half a mile from Statham's house
an hour before the attack.
We found carpet fibres
similar to the carpet
found in Statham's house
inside Kashell's car.
On the passenger side.
I'm not saying that he wasn't
involved in some way.
I just...
I don't buy him
being the actual assailant.
His little girl
had been raped by this man.
He destroyed their lives.
And the rage?
Well, the rage he felt
when they dropped the charges -
the rage we all felt...
I believe 100% he could have done
what he did.
Give it up, fella.
Eh?
Cos the shape,
the order you're looking for...
doesn't exist.
The world is random...
chaotic...
and cruel.
And you know that better than most.
'Guv, it's Josie.
'I've just texted you
the Kashell home address,
'but his wife's not back until six.'
'Let me know if you want me
to set up an interview.'
If Kashell's wife had known I was
coming, she could have wiped it.
Wiped what? You don't even know
there's anything on it.
If I'm right, and Kashell
is doing someone else's time,
then his wife must have known.
My guess is she would
have been in on it,
so emails, address books, contacts
are a good place to start.
Except anything you find
you won't be able to use
cos you got the information
illegally.
Josie, there are going to be more
deaths unless we catch the killer,
so does that really matter?
Yes.
Fine. I'll do it myself.
OK, fine. I'll do it.
I need to speak to the brief
from the CPS
who handled the Statham case.
Can you set up a meeting?
Yeah.
So I went through all her contacts,
and not surprisingly,
there was no number listed under
Debbie Collins or Gail Watkins.
I went back and tried
the initials DC and GW,
and that's when I found
a number for a Derek Collier.
Did you ring it?
And?
Debbie Collins answered.
Yes!
Ha!
Was there any Gail Watkins
connection?
Not that I've found yet.
So you think it was actually them
together, or...?
We'll have to run down
both their alibis,
but it seems unlikely, doesn't it?
I mean,
they're both small women physically.
I doubt even together they could
have overpowered any of those men.
It's not impossible, I guess.
Maybe they paid someone.
Maybe, but maybe
they didn't want money.
Maybe a sense of justice done
was enough.
Justice done for who?
For the families, yeah, but why
would someone else do that for them,
commit such brutal assaults?
Cos they could.
Cos they were unhinged.
Cos they understood that pain.
'It had nothing to do with
a lack of evidence.'
If we think any case stands
half a decent chance of success,
particularly one as serious
as Statham's, we take it to trial,
and in this instance,
we authorised charges.
So why didn't it go?
This is all in the files.
It was the parents.
They withdrew their cooperation.
What do you mean?
Sorry - they withdrew
their cooperation?
Yes, they didn't want
their daughter to testify
or to be examined by counsel.
Despite all the special measures
we put in place,
they thought it
would be too traumatic for her.
Might have still
secured a conviction
but it would have made it
extraordinarily difficult.
OK. OK. I need to talk to you
about couple of other cases.
Oh, no, I'm sorry,
I've got to go to a conference.
Or you could just come down
the station.
Which cases?
So, the parents in the Collins,
Dawlish and Statham cases
all caused them to collapse
themselves by withdrawing
the cooperation of their children
from the police and the CPS
within the same three-month period.
And why would anyone do that?
Exactly.
It's completely counterintuitive,
unless... you come at it from a
different angle and ask yourselves
if maybe they wanted to keep
the suspects out of prison.
Shit!
They thought prison was a let-off.
Exactly.
I think this group of parents
collectively decided on
a far worse punishment
for their children's abuser.
And how did they justify their
sudden non-cooperation to the CPS?
They just...
They just said it
would be to traumatic for the kids.
We need to speak to Debbie Collins
again.
Yes, and we need to get a warrant
for Nico Kashell's house.
It's time to pay his wife a visit.
So am I under arrest?
No.
Greta, you're not under arrest.
But I am gonna ask you
some questions
and I do have to caution you
and tell you that you don't have
to say anything,
but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention
when questioned something
you later rely on in court,
and anything you do say may be
used in evidence, OK?
Yes.
OK.
Why would you disguise Debbie's name
unless you didn't want people to
know that you were connected to her?
I don't know.
Maybe I was worried
when her husband got attacked.
Worried that we might think
you were involved?
Maybe.
Are you?
No.
So when did you last speak to her?
Er... I don't know,
maybe a year ago?
And how did you know her?
There was a group I went to
for families
who'd been affected by abuse.
Was it this one?
Yeah.
Did you meet Gall Watkins there?
Er... I only went a couple of times.
I really don't remember.
Who ran it?
Er...
It was a circle, you sat in a circle
of chairs and just talked.
I don't think anyone...
Someone must have booked
the hall, mustn't they?
I guess.
Well, whose number's this?
It was just an answering service
so that you could let them know
if you were going.
Where was it?
Some sort of old council building,
I think it was.
It was... behind Warren Street.
Greta, this file of phone contacts
was amended on the day
that Ray Collins was murdered.
In fact...
I mean, look at that,
it was only two hours after
our estimated time of his death.
I have a daughter
who was sexually abused
and a husband serving eight years
in a high security prison,
so perhaps you'll understand why
I don't weep for men like Collins,
but I didn't kill him.
Debbie did call me to tell me
what had happened, but when he died,
I was in church with my daughter.
Thanking God for giving us all
the strength we needed to survive.
She might have been telling
the truth about her alibi,
but she's lying about other stuff.
They all are.
We keep the pressure on.
'So, we just wanted to talk to you'
about something you said
last time we spoke.
You said, "I struggle to cope
with all the guilt at what he did,
"what his lawyer did,
what the CPS did to our family."
And I find that a bit odd.
Cos actually, it was you
who withdrew your cooperation
and caused the case to collapse,
wasn't it?
Who told you that?
I spoke with the CPS.
Did they tell you why
I withdrew cooperation?
Why don't you tell me?
Because your lot messed up.
You interviewed one of my girls
without a responsible adult.
Because my solicitor said
the defence would have made
mincemeat of her.
Well, why not just have her be
interviewed again?
I'm guessing you don't have kids.
So you don't know what it's like,
watching someone you love
more than anything else in the world
have to dredge it all up again
and again and again.
That's why.
Hm.
Tell me about your relationship
with Greta Kashell.
I don't have a relationship
with Greta Kashell.
Yeah, but you know she is,
don't you?
I met her a few times.
Where?
At a support group I went to
occasionally, but we're not friends.
I've met her... We've spoken
maybe twice in as many years.
And Gail Watkins?
Same.
At SCAR?
Yes.
Debbie, we have a warrant
to search your house.
When we do, we're going to go
through your phone records
and your computer and your diaries
and your address books.
You really think it was us?
Was it?
No.
Did you ask someone
to do it for you?
No.
Do you know who did it?
No.
Debbie, this is your chance,
this is your opportunity
to tell us your side of the story.
Because I think in your heart
you want to talk to me.
I think you are involved
in these events somehow,
and I think you regret it.
I think you regret it very much.
I think you wanna talk.
No.
I have nothing further to say.
The assault and murder last week
of as yet unnamed man.
It's been confirmed by local
residents that both men have been
arrested previously in connection
with allegations of child sex abuse.
Now, other news,
and in the City,
the FTSE 100 is up...
Staffe.
A result from the search
of Debbie Collins' house.
This was found in a kitchen drawer.
It's got Greta Kashell in there
and Gail Watkins
and a number of other names
which I'm guessing are other parents
that she met at the support group.
Can I...
OK, OK, we need to run this through
Intel, PNC, CMS,
Custody and Command And Control.
I want to know what
the crimes against their kids were,
whether the suspects
were prosecuted,
where all the suspects are now
and where all those parents were
when Statham, Collins
and Dawlish were attacked.
Ah, yeah, we're getting closer,
we're getting closer.
This is good work, Dave.
Oi.
Present.
We all clubbed together.
You shouldn't have.
That's what I said.
It's just man flu.
Er, so the answering service number,
did you get any joy from BT?
Yeah, name and an address.
Unfortunately, the name's
John Smith,
line and bills were registered
to a serviced office in the city.
What about how they paid?
I'm waiting to hear
back from the billing department.
They said it might take a couple
of days, so...
Jesus, all right!
Almost making me feel guilty.
Almost.
Right, I'm off to the SCAR
meeting hall.
Call me on the billing as soon as.
OK. Just to be clear, this isn't
what you give sick people.
It hasn't been for about 20 years.
It tastes nice, though, doesn't it?
I'll let you know, girls, all right?
Well, as I said, they always
paid in cash, I remember that.
So when was the last time they came?
What? The SCAR group,
when was the last time they met?
Oh, I don't know.
About 18 months ago.
Here's the paperwork.
I should have chucked this out.
In fact, I only saw it
was still there when you rang.
Do you think if we asked
you to take part in a video ID,
you'd be able to recognise
any of the people that were here?
Maybe the ones
that paid you the rent?
Oh, I don't know, really.
Long time ago.
Maybe.
OK. Well, we'll give you
a shout when we're done.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Give me that.
It's just a kid's drawing.
Will?
This is printed on a HOLMES page.
Our HOLMES?
Yeah.
Only a copper would be
able to print this out.
Yeah.
RINGING
Staffe.
Shit. When?
OK.
Nico Kashell just tried
to top himself.
Shit!
I'm beginning to have
a very unpleasant thought.
Kashell would have known
Bob Jessop pretty well.
He'd have had a lot of contact
with him through the investigation.
Whoa, that is quite a thing.
Do you seriously think Jessop
could be involved?
I dunno.
This way.
I dunno, I hope not, but...
I'm going to consider it
a possibility anyway.
I guess.
Just keep this between us, yeah?
Of course.
DI Jessop.
What about him?
Well...
you must have got to know him
through the investigation.
I met him twice.
Our relationship was with
the family liaison officer.
Hardly knew Jessop.
Who attacked Statham, Nico?
Cos it wasn't you, was it?
Did you pay someone?
Did Jessop introduce you to someone?
I mean, you're an accountant,
for Christ's sake!
How did you-how did you
get hold of chloroform, huh?
How did you get into his house?
Guv.
Just stop lying to us,
you little prick! Guv!
'We will all be scarred
by this for the rest of our lives.'
'I dreamed
about killing him a million times.
'I thought about what I'd do,
to make him suffer.
'The rage he felt
when they dropped the charges -
'the rage we all felt...'
He's not a happy bunny.
What?
I went through the list
and checked all the names.
Of the other victims' cases, they
all went to trial, no halted cases,
no parents pulling out...
OK. OK.
Except then, this morning,
I saw an update on HOLMES
relating to one of the surnames
in Debbie Collins' diary,
another parent whose daughter
was allegedly assaulted by a man
named Mark Regis.
This guy?
Yeah.
So it turns out that Regis
was released two days ago,
when the victim's family suddenly
withdrew their cooperation.
Do we have an address for him?
His bail address was his wife's,
but she just told me
she chucked him out.
Did she have any idea where he went?
No.
Well, we need to find him, now.
Yeah, can I have the number
for my local police station, please?
That's OK.
Hello?
And Harry's really loved spending
time with you, so thank you.
What time are you pushing off
tomorrow?
Paolo's got a job interview
about three o'clock,
then he'll come back here
and we'll probably push off then.
I mean... You can...
You could stay tomorrow night if
you want. I can cook you something.
He's got to meet a friend in town,
so...
Well, why don't the three of us
go out,
you, me and Harry, catch a film?
It's probably just best
that I go with him.
Well, I'm gonna miss you both.
He's asked me to marry him.
He wants to have more children,
a brother or sister for Harry...
a-and you know how much
I wanted a real family, Will.
And he's the loveliest person when
he doesn't drink, I promise you.
Dinner!
Well, if, um...
if that's
what'll make you happy...
I'm happy for you.
Mm, smells delicious.
Thank you.
What is this?
Risotto. Mushroom.
Hey.
You've been ignoring my calls.
Er, yeah, sorry.
Work's been insane.
Well, I was just calling to say
if you do need me tomorrow,
I'm still around.
How about if I need you now?
'We can certainly expect
some thunder and heavy rain,
'lasting well into the afternoon,
'with scattered showers
carrying on until the night...'
'Heavy showers
and high humidity levels.
'This will last
well into the evening...'
'It was the last attack.
'Police believe that further
assaults may be possible
'and have asked
members of the public...'
Fuck!
So is this the case?
Or tomorrow, or...?
Christ knows.
Hardly even know
my own name at the moment.
My latest wild theory
is that Bob Jessop did it.
How's old Bob?
Yeah, if you think
I'm in bad shape...
I heard Sandra left him.
How did you hear that?
You know.
She rang me after you and me split.
We stayed in touch.
I've always liked Sandra.
She didn't deserve what he did.
What did he do?
Had an affair.
What?
You're joking me?
Somebody actually let Bob Jessop
put his penis inside them.
I thought you knew.
Oh, my God!
Who was the unlucky lady?
Some woman from the CPS.
Yeah?
He met her on a case.
A Ruth...
Ruth... someone.
Boss, it's me.
It's Will.
I need to talk to you.
I know you were seeing Ruth
at the same time that she was
handling the Kashell case.
I can see your light
from the street, sir.
I know you're in there.
Open the door, sir!
Suppose you'd better come in, then.
Argh!
I told you to walk away, lad!
Yeah?
Boss?
Yeah?
You all right?
Yeah.
What's up?
Bob Jessop just sent us a note.
It's a confession to the attacks.
I'm on my way.
'It was dropped in by him
at two in the morning'
and it's a full confession
to Statham, Collins and Dawlish.
We've got a team
checking the airports and the ports,
but that was only opened at eight,
so he'll have a head start.
If you're gonna run...
why not just run?
And why all this?
Unless it's a distraction.
You said we've got people
searching the ports for Jessop,
searching the airports.
Have we got anyone looking for him?
Mark Regis? Oh, shit!
We've got an address for him now,
so...
I'm coming.
And, you know, I'm sure I'm wrong,
Jessop's our man and Regis is fine
but it's just best to check, OK?
What's that?
It's a list of SCAR attendees.
The one we found
at Debbie Collins' house.
Richard and Rebecca Allerton?
Yeah?
What was their story?
Er, their daughter
was raped three years ago.
There was a full investigation
but no-one was caught.
Er...
OK.
OK, um, you guys...
I'll meet you downstairs, all right,
I'm just going to make a call.
'Rick.'
Hello, Will.
'Hi. Where are you?'
Oh, just, er, out.
'Do we need to talk?'
What about?
'You and your missus.'
Why would we need to talk about
me and Becca?
I've just seen
a couple's name on a list.
Richard and Rebecca Allerton.
'That's a good spot.
'We never did get married
in the end.'
Er... Right, you got a pen
and I'll give you an address?
Poplar DLR...
You go on.
Something else has come up.
Is everything OK?
It's fine.
I'll meet you there.
Hello, sir.
You called our station.
Yeah, I did.
Thanks for coming, officer.
My pleasure entirely, Mark.
This one here.
Yeah.
Mr Regis?
Mr Regis, it's DI Pulford
and DC Chancellor from the police.
We just want to make sure you're OK.
Mr Regis?
Mr Regis, are you down here?
Rick?
Rick?
Hello, mate.
Do go through.
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Fun and games, eh?
MARK GROANS
Rick, what are you doing?
This is insane!
Do you know what Mark here
did to his victims, the details?
Yeah, I read the files.
He raped her, Will.
I didn't.
When she was 11 years old.
And then, he told her if she went
to the police he'd find out
where she lived and then
rape and kill her mother.
Been a bit of a star at school
up till then.
Six months later, she's
cutting herself, smoking weed.
Now, my little...
Siany...
chose pills.
Becca found her in time.
I'm so sorry, Rick.
I didn't know any of that
till today.
No, well, why should you?
Private matter.
Yeah, so, the thing is, it's not
enough, is it, just to lock them up?
Not even to kill them.
What they really need
to understand is the pain...
so then they can tell
the others like them
what it's like and then maybe,
maybe they'll stop.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm not gonna lie,
it's hard to get it right,
and one of the fuckers
went and died on me,
so I'm gonna go
easy on old Mark here.
Please, please don't.
Rick. Rick!
What do you reckon?
Both feet?
Foot and a hand?
What about Becca and Siany?
Huh? How are they gonna cope?
How are they gonna cope
with the pain
of you been taken away
for a life sentence?
Ah. Already lost me, I'm afraid.
You were wrong about the man flu.
Tumour.
Metastasised,
stage IV as of three weeks ago.
There is no stage V.
'Guv, it's Josie.'
Just wondering where you are.
Call me.
Did he say anything
about where he was going, Ray?
'No, but... Oh, hang on.
'Yeah, there's a post-it
on his desk.
'An address in Poplar.'
It was actually at the Marsden
where I met Bob Jessop,
and we got chatting, as you do.
Found out we were both old bill,
and then one day,
he started to tell me
about the Kashell case.
Course, then I told him all about...
Siany, and...
he suggested we try SCAR
cos Greta and Nico went there,
and then we did.
You know?
We all knew it wasn't enough.
And then...
well,
one day Bob had this idea...
for a rougher type of justice.
After I did what I did
to Statham, I was asked to stop,
but then last month I found out I
only had a few weeks and I thought,
"No, fuck it, let's have some fun."
And then when you rang just now,
well, I thought, "Yeah...
"this is my chance...
"to give something back."
Something back?
A chance for you to see what it
looks like, what it feels like,
proper revenge.
You think I could do
something like this?
If you had the people
who killed your parents
here in this room right now,
yes, mate, I do.
But, eh, there's no point
arguing the toss.
Let's just find out...
what it feels like.
No.
Gov?
Gov!
Sorry, sweetheart.
Will!
Arrgh...
Got it.
Cheers.
They've got Jessop.
Where?
Dover.
How much do you think
they did know? The other families?
Enough.
Bring 'em in.
All of them.
Listen, um... if you and Paolo
ever need any time to yourself,
I mean, then Harry can always
come and stay at mine.
I mean, I'll take leave, I'll do
whatever needs to be done
just to make sure that
his well-being
was our number one priority.
We'll be fine.
Thank you.
Bye, Uncle Will.