Life of Crime (2013): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript

I need to talk to him.
We should wait for back-up.

No. She'll be dead by then.

Stay back!

Remember her?

Mike, look at her.

'There are many here today

who still bear the scars of injury
and bereavement inflicted last year

by terrorists, when they struck
in the hours of darkness.

It reminds us of the risks
we all take

and will continue to take
for freedom.'

You think he would have wanted this
for you?



I'm not getting into this now.

I'll be late for my graduation.

I just don't understand why you want
to do this with your life.

You coming or not?

OK.

Fine.

Three, two, one...

Yay!

Oh, c'mon. Another.
No, I'm done now.

Oh, Come on. Don't be such a girl.

I'm going. I've got to go.

Listen. One more.
And I'll walk you home, all right?

I can't. I'm going.
Really? Yeah.

What about a little kiss then,
instead? No.



Come on.
Are you a lesbian or something?

Come on, darling.

Get off me!

Let's have a little look.
Get off of me!

Enough! Gainham, put her down!

You, get out.

You, behave yourself.

Yeah.
Yeah?!

You all right?

Why are you still here?
All the other girls have gone.

I just wanted to...
You wanted to be one of the lads?

Yes, sir.

You're not one of the lads.

You never will be one of the lads.

You need to figure out why you want
to wear that uniform.

I -
No, I don't need to know.

You do...

Hm.

I knew your dad.
What?

I knew your dad.

He was a good copper.

I don't want any of this carry-on
at my station.

Sir?
L Division. Brixton.

I'll be keeping my eye on you.

Well, I can assure you I am.

Assure me nothin', please. All you
have to do is stamp the form for me.

I don't have the authority to stamp
that form.

Bullshit! Don't give me
"no authority." That's it. Out!

You're with me.
I need to borrow your Doris.

You can have her.

Woods, isn't it?
Yes, sarge.

I need you to deal with a female.

Fuck off! Back!
Just calm down!

Calm down, sir.

Take it easy.
I'll mash up your head!

All right! Sit down!
Sit down on the couch!

Bastard!

Woods? Shit.

Wrong cube. Sorry.

You OK?

Yeah. Who called the police?

No-one. I was just next door.

I was worried that somebody
might have hurt you.

No.

Nothing like that.

St Christopher kept you safe then.

Stupid.

My mum makes me wear it.

Hm. Me too.

So, what happened?

My dad...

He doesn't really like me being out.

Where were you?

Subotica.

You know it?

No. I mean, I know of it.

You should go.

It's good.
I don't think they'd let me in.

I'm not cool enough.

They let anybody in.

Why doesn't he like you going there?

The crowd.

Cos they let anybody in.

You know, black guys.

He hit you for that?

Well, he didn't mean it, I suppose.

No?

He came in and dragged me out.

But I stood up to him.

And what happens when you go home?

I...I don't want my dad to get in
any trouble with the police.

No, no, nothing like that.

I can have someone go around,
have a word.

Maybe.

Ms Woods?

I'll be back in a bit. Wait for me.

Yeah.
I'm Denise, by the way.

Amy.

Hi.
Hi.

I'm runnin' you home.

What's going on here then?

What have we got?
Young female, sarge.

Taxi driver found her
about 20 minutes ago. Oi.

Hey, wait here.

I met the victim at approximately
12am, but was called to X-ray.

And by the time that I returned
at 1.25am she was gone.

Sir.

What did you talk about?
She'd been beaten by her father.

Why?

Uh, he doesn't like her
being with black men.

Right, well, we really don't need
that in the mix.

We have a report of a missing child
come in this morning.

Uh, "Amy Elaine Reid. White.
Age 15. Dyed black hair."

Call came in from the mom... Beverly.

Fits the description.
What do you think?

I think it'll be interesting to
see the father's response

when we give him the death knock.
OK. Anything else?

I might have met him in the hospital.
Who, the father?

There was a man who appeared
to be looking for someone.

OK. Well, let's get him in
and let's do a formal ID.

Dismissed.

Thanks, sir.

Shall I set up a squad
on the third floor?

Why? It's obviously a domestic.

Just get the dad
and we'll close the case.

Might be a good idea
for me to take Woods along.

I think she'll be good
with the mother.

OK, just get it done. Yeah?
Yes, sir.

Ready?
Yeah.

Mrs Reid.
Yes.

Wonder if we might come in
and have a word, please.

Come on through.

Uh,
you reported your daughter missing.

Yes. Does she have any other
distinguishing features, Mrs Reid?

Maybe something you didn't mention
when you called in this morning.

Tattoo? Any scars?

Have you found her?

We found the body of a young girl.

It's a possibility
judging from the photographs.

I'm very, very sorry.

No.

We need someone to make
a formal identification.

Where's your husband?

Paul? He's out looking for Amy.

You know where we might find him?

I'll do it.
Did he say when he'll be back?

I'll do it.

I want to see her.

They're ready for us.

I can't... I can't stand up.

That's OK.
Um, just hold on to me.

Will you stay with me?

Yeah, of course.

You met her?

Last night in the hospital.

I told her to stay put,
but... she wouldn't listen.

She was in a fight.

Who with?

Uh, her dad.

I know my husband.

He has a temper,
but he wouldn't do that.

She, uh, she was with a friend.
Young girl?

Ellen Carver.

She needs a priest. The sacraments.

I'll look into it.

Paul Reid?
In Three.

Uh, uh, tea.
Three sugars, no milk.

Beverly told me to give it to you.

How's she holdin' up?

She's very brave.

And Amy?

I mean, is she being looked after?

Yeah. Yeah.

Thanks.

You're sure Paul Reid
is not the man you saw in A&E?

I'm sure, sir.
OK.

Would have been nice to place him
at the hospital.

Still, I think we've got enough
to hold him 'til we get
something solid.

She was with a friend.

Name?
Ellen Carver.

There was, um,
well, she went to the club with her

and then I think she was
at the hospital as well. Good.

I'll get someone on that.

Yeah. OK, five minutes.

Yeah, all right. Bye.

Post-mortem's ready.

You can report back
to Sergeant Hanratty.

Sarge?
Somebody waitin' for you.

WPC Woods, is it?
Yeah.

I got your message regarding Amy.

Her wind pipe is ruptured and
there's deep bruising here and here

caused by fingers round her neck.
He was strong.

And this deep mark here
is most likely from a ring.

She fought for her life, a lot of
defensive wounds on her arms

and her nails had skin under them.

Yeah, her father's got a scratch
mark on his face.

There's a number of people
coming forward from the club.

Witnesses to the first incident
assault.

Why...
What are you doing here?

Uh, the family priest is here, sir.

So what?
Um, to give her last rites.

Oh, right.

Well, it'll have to wait. Make
yourself useful. Do the inventory.

Uh, personal belongings.
You record them, bag 'em up

and then take 'em back
to the property room. OK.

Only other thing,
she had sexual intercourse

at some stage of the evening.
That's it.

This bruising on her legs.
Could the sex have been rape?

It's possible. We'll say she had
sex. We'll leave it at that.

Wait, no, sir -

Look, it's bad enough he's going
down for murdering his daughter.

I don't think we need to drag in the
black boyfriends for questioning.

I really don't want this
to turn into another race thing.

Right?
Yes, sir.

Right. Call CPS,
prepare the charges.

Paul Reid will be in court
first thing Monday morning.

Arthur, thank you.

You OK?

Her, um, St Christopher's medal
on a chain around her neck.

It's missing.

Well, she was strangled.
It probably snapped off.

Well, then why wasn't it found
with the body?

You absolutely sure she had it?
Positive.

I'm sorry you had to see her
that way.

Has anyone spoken to her friend,
Ellen Carver?

Yeah.
She says she wasn't at hospital.

Well, she's lying.

Ellen?

Can I come in?

How you getting on?

I saw you at the hospital.

My mom wants me to stay out of it.

Of course.
Do you believe in life after death?

Yeah.

Yeah, I do.

I hope she's not angry with me.

Why would she be angry with you?

We're mates.

We're supposed to stick together,
you know.

You waited for her
at the hospital, didn't you?

That's being a mate.
Yeah.

But I didn't go back with her
to Subotica.

Amy went back there
after the hospital?

She said some guy was giving her
a lift.

She can be a bit mental sometimes.

Did you see the guy that drove her
back to the club?

No.

Why did she want to go back there?

She met a guy there.

Do you know him?

Sort of.

He's one of the DJ's.

That's him.

What's his name?

Colin. I think.

I've charged Paul Reid
with the murder of his daughter

and you have run off without
permission to re-interview
witnesses?

Ellen Carver lied.
So, how does that change anything?!

We still haven't accounted for this
male at the nightclub. Yes, we have!

She was seen with a number of young
men, most of whom were witnesses

to her father violently assaulting
her. You see this?!

This is everything I know
that you don't!

Paul Reid has a GBH against him,
countless drunk and disorderly

arrests going back years
and four accounts

where police have been called
to intervene in domestic violence

against his wife
and his fucking daughter!

The man was a time bomb
who kills his daughter

because she likes to screw
black boys!

Have you any idea what happens
out there if he walks free?!

Yes, sir.

And you, Woods.
What are you doing here?

I don't know what's going on
in that head of yours

and, to be honest, I don't care.

But in case you're confused
about what your job is,

let me remind you you are not
a detective.

You're not even a constable.
You're a Doris. A plonk.

And from now on you will sit
at the desk where you belong!

And you will answer the phone
and you will make cups of tea.

- Do you understand me?
- Do you understand me?!

Yeah.

Get out!

'It's absolutely
wide open as we go into round four.

The contestants have to think
quickly on their feet to solve
a mind-teasing problem.

And all those points now go into the
master scoreboard with
just one round left.

And look at that.
Jumping into second place.'

You think that's going to help?

Not now.

'From Fyvie Aberdeenshire,
John MacAlistar!'

I had that with your father.
I don't want to go around the track
with another alcoholic.

Dad wasn't an alcoholic. Do you not
think you've gotten yourself

into enough trouble with the drink?

'Individual and then an open section
on the buzzer.'

Mrs Woods?
That's right.

Um, my name's Ray Deans.
I work with Denise. Is she here?

Ah, she is. Come on in.
She's in here.

Someone to see you.

Bad time?
No, no, fine. Thank you, Mum.

I just wanted to see how
you were doing. I'm fine.

You have to hang in there,
you know?

Look, I want to have a look
at this DJ. OK.

So, what do you think?

About what?

Going out for a dance.

To Subotica?
Yeah.

I think that Ferguson
will have your head.

Well, we're both off duty.

You look great.
Thanks.

That's him.

Give it a few minutes and, um, we'll
take him outside for a quiet chat.

OK.

We better dance.

Police. I didn't do anything.

I just wanna have a word
with you, Colin. Occupied.

You know this girl?

Well?
Yeah.

I got off with her, once.
Kissed her, but that was it.

That was it?
Yeah.

Uh, I heard she's only 14
and I freaked out.

And then her dad comes in,
goes mental,

pulls her out the club shouting.

We have a witness that says she came
back later that night to see you.

Yeah, I saw her.
And?

I don't know.
She was dancing with other guys.

Who?
Don't know.

And then later on I saw her crying.

I took her outside
to see if she was OK.

She said she wanted to be by
herself, so I left her to it.

Can anyone verify that?

Um, yeah, the doorman.
The doorman? Is he working tonight?

Yeah, back door.

OK.

Thanks.

What is it? That's him.
That's the guy from the hospital.

It looks like he's dealing.
Let's bring him in.

Well?

Looked through the files.
Malcolm Holland has no previous.

Nothing at all?
Clean as a whistle.

Bring him up from the cells,
would you?

Come on.

Where did you get that?

This? Friend gave it to me.

You were at the hospital,
weren't you?

No, I wasn't. But I get that a lot.

Walk.

I found those drugs
on the floor in the club.

Decided to sell them.

How did you get the marks
on your neck, Malcolm?

Throwing some drunk out.

Goes with the job.
Last night?

Yeah.
OK.

Do you know this girl?

Yeah, I've seen her.

One of them little tarts
from the club.

Her name's Amy Reid.

She was found dead
yesterday morning.

Sorry. She was at Subotica
the night before.

Colin Nash, the DJ, says you were
on the back door when he came back

into the club and left Amy out
in the back in the car park.

Yeah, I saw him go out with a bird
and he came back in on his own.

She was out there crying.

Alone. Vulnerable.
Surely it's part of your job

to go out and make sure
she's all right.

Car park's nothing to do with me.

How about the A&E?

We have a witness thinks she saw you
there the same time as Amy Reid.

For the record, I'd like to say
the same officer accused me of that
in the cells.

Yeah, outside of interview.

It wasn't me. I'm innocent.
I've been fitted up.

She has it in for me!
Shut up.

What did Ferguson say? Bail him
while the drugs go for analysis.

But -
But what? He's out. That's it.

Go back to the front desk.

I kept your name out of it.

A group of youth's
gathering on your road.

OK, well, I can have a car come...
Hello?

Yeah, one sec.

You being looked after?

Sorry, sir. Sorry. Um, he lied.

The fingerprints results. His name's
Mike Holland, not Malcolm.

Yeah, we know. Malcolm's a brother.
He lied to lessen the drugs charge.

And your involvement in this fiasco
is what exactly?

But, sir, it says here that he was
previously arrested for rape.

Yeah, but he wasn't charged.

When I saw him at the A&E...

Denise...

Well, he's got St Christopher's
just like the one that I saw...

Oh, it looks just like.

Listen to what you're telling me.
You were concussed at A&E.

The St Christopher,
that's circumstantial.

Holland's previous arrests do not
go into court with him.

We've got a case.
Very strong case with,

with witnesses
and the victim's own statement

given to you before she
was murdered.

And all the evidence points towards
one man, Paul Reid.

We, the police, follow the evidence

wherever it takes us.
Do you understand me?

Right. Here, file that.

Then go home.
You're suspended from duty.

Can I help you?
Um, Paula Merris?

Yeah?

WPC Woods. Can I have a quick chat?

Yeah.

Uh, be a few minutes.

Mike Holland.

He's done it again and this time
the girl didn't make it.

If you could give me anything.

How it happened.

No.

I don't want to talk about it.

I've put that behind me.

Well, we both know that's impossible.

It happened to you?

Yeah.

I was 17.

He was a friend of the family.

I was out with a mate.

"Electric Blu" in Brixton Hill.

I wasn't feeling very well,
so I went out for some...

air.

Grabbed me.

Choked me...

..until I passed out.

I woke up in the back of his van.

Pitch black.

With him.

I must have passed out
cos I woke up in an alleyway.

He uses his van.

He drags them into his van
and that's where he does it.

That's the crime scene.
'Denise...'

A woman was shot by an officer in a
raid this morning. It's kicking off.

We need to get around there before
he's got a chance to destroy -

'We haven't got the manpower.
Listen, you're suspended. Go home.'

I'm going round to his address.
I'm getting that van.

Oh, shit.

Oi, oi, open up. It's the police.
Open up.

Open up!

Hey, hey. Denise.
What the hell are you doing?

He's getting rid of the evidence.

Oi!

OK, come on. Open up.

Stop washing your van.
We need to impound it.

No worries. I'm all done.

Why don't you charge him?
With what?

But the MO from the victim -

Denise, listen to me, please.
I'm having SOCO give it a once over.

That's the best I can do.
He bleached it.

Yeah, and if it comes up clean
you have to walk away.

What, so he walks?
This could get you fired. Walk away.

So what the hell are we doing here?

We're doing our best.
Well, it's not good enough, is it?

We've Armageddon on the doorstep and
your presence would be appreciated.

I'm coming.

Van keys.

You're not supposed to be here.
Remember?

What about the next one?
What?

What do we tell the parents?
Sorry for your loss.

What the hell do you want me to do,
Denise?

We're doing our best.
That's all we can do.

If you can't live with that
you have to get out.

Look, maybe the SOCO boys
will find something.

Who knows?

'The police are
fighting to establish cordons...'

'There've been
disturbances spread in all
directions.'

You will be arrested!

Desist and return to your homes!

Desist and return to your homes!

'Fires are still
burning in Brixton in south London
after an evening of rioting.

It began as a demonstration
of anger after police had shot

and seriously wounded a woman
while searching her house.

Then a crowd attacked the police
station and gangs of youths began
burning and looting buildings.'

We're gonna charge Holland
with the murder of Amy Reid.

AB-negative blood. That's a match.

And some strands of hair
the same colour as Amy's found
in the back of the van.

With everything else we've got,
that's enough to go to court.

Well done.

Right. Well, I'll prepare
the charges then.

No.

The press have got wind of the fact
that our new WPC

was involved in nicking the suspect.

So, our betters at the Yard
have decided that they would like

to see her in front of this one.

What? You don't want it?

No. I want it.
Yeah.

Dismissed.
Sir.

I would like to read a statement
on behalf of the Reid family.

"We would like to thank
the metropolitan police
for all their hard work

and in particular WPC Woods
who's sympathetic approach

and steadfast dedication
brought our daughter's killer

swiftly to justice. Thank you."

I would also like to congratulate
WPC Woods on a job well done.

WPC Woods, would you
like to make a statement?

Denise, we can't thank you enough.

This is for you.
Thank you.

Thank you.

You OK?
Yeah.

Come on. Let's have a drink.
Celebrate.

Lauren Hines.
Cause of death, strangulation.

The DNA recovered from Amy's clothing
confuses things.

So, somebody else killed her?

DPS are looking into
the Holland case. Mm-hm.

I think you'll find they're looking
at you.

'This is BBC
television from London.'

Diana Princess of Wales has died
after a car crash in Paris.'

I promise before almighty God that
my evidence shall be the truth,

the whole truth and nothing but the
truth. They're tearing me apart, Ray.