Line of Duty (2012–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - Carly - full transcript

There's been
an attack on the police.

Three of our colleagues have lost
their lives in the line of duty.

The vehicles travelled along
Crown Avenue and then turned left

into Long Lane, almost immediately
after which the ambush took place.

Akers chose the route? Yeah.

The third victim's name is being
withheld from the public

because she was from Witness
Protection - DS Jayne Akers.

Do you think she ever knew?

CRASH!

Your vehicle was the only one
that wasn't shot at.

GUNSHOT



WOMAN SCREAMS

No firearms, no backup.

WATER SPLASHES

No firearms, no backup.

A breakthrough is imminent.

SIREN WAILS

Computer on the blink?

I'm an old-fashioned girl.

I'm heading up a newly-formed unit
that's taken over

the search for Carly.

That's my new DC, Kate Foster.

Hi.

Denton just made a call
to the hospital from a payphone.

Get over there, Steve.
Check on the witness.



MACHINE BLEEPS CONTINUOUSLY

SHE SCREAMS

BLEEPING FLATLINES

NEWS REPORT: 'The police officer
plunged five floors

'and is reported to have died
instantly.

'She has been named as Detective
Constable Georgia Trotman, aged 28.

'A police spokesperson refused to
disclose the precise

'circumstances surrounding
Detective Constable Trotman's death,

'however, a murder enquiry
has been opened and officers

'are seeking a suspect in connection
with the investigation.'

SIREN WAILS

The witness is dead. Jesus wept!

They've brought someone in -
copper.

PHONE RINGS

DOOR OPENS

DCS Hargreaves, DS Rogerson,
Major Violent Crime Unit.

I'm very sorry about DC Trotman.
Thank you.

We're interested in what you were
up to at the hospital.

There on a tip-off, weren't you?

If you speak
to Superintendent Hastings...

Where did that tip-off come from,
eh?

Who's got that
kind of inside information?

I do honestly want to help, sir,

but I'm really not at liberty
to answer that question.

Your partner fell five floors.

The pathologist had to spoon half
her brain back inside her skull.

Do you not want to help us
get the bastard that did it?

There were two of you, weren't there,
eh?

Two of you. One of him.

Sit down.

You're going nowhere till I've got
corroboration you were

there on lawful business.

You know a Lorna Barrett?

Of her.
She's my next-door neighbour, sir.

Professional Standards are serving
you a Reg 15.

Ms Barrett's c/o'd assault
occasioning ABH.

SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

You struck her with a bottle,
beat her head against the floor.

May I, sir?

DC Foster.

What are you playing at?

I'd just feel more comfortable
with a witness, sir.

Sir. Ma'am.

Would you mind repeating
what you just said, sir?

Lorna Barrett alleges you
struck her with a bottle

and alleges you beat
her head against the floor.

Ms Barrett is an alcoholic with
a long history of mental illness.

It's very sad.

You deny the charges?

An officer gets accused, falsely,
and the vultures start circling.

I'm just not going to take it, sir.

I'm going to clear my name, even if

it means dragging the lot of you
through the courts.

You're already under
investigation by AC-12.

If Standards have got any sense,
they'll make it their problem.

Steve, you're fine. Come on.

Could I have a word with you,
please?

Here...if you want to go
down that road.

Your treatment of my officer was
unsympathetic and provocative.

As a matter of policy,
Anti-Corruption cannot discuss

the details of any ongoing
investigation, as you well know.

Yeah, well, you have it your way,
eh?

Leave real policing to the experts.

Experts?

Would that be your guard
unit you're referring to, sir?

Are you all right? How's your head?
Do you need to see the doctor?

I'm fine.
What happened to the guards?

They got locked out on a disused
fire escape chasing an intruder -

thought they could make their way
back to their posts

before anybody noticed.

Pair of bloody idiots
got Georgia killed.

HE SIGHS

You can be very proud
of your daughter.

She was a dedicated young officer
who gave her life

trying to protect the public.

If there's anything I can do,
just call on me at any time.

Let me, let me.

I promise you,
we'll find the people who did it.

So...I'm here.

Thank you.

Well, why the mystery?

We lost Georgia.

The girl we had dinner with?

Oh, my God, Ted, I'm so sorry.

Is there anything I can do?

Don't.

Don't use the poor girl's
death to diminish what you did.

If you're sending flowers,
make them from me too.

CLOCK TICKS

POUNDING MUSIC NEXT DOOR

LOUD POUNDING MUSIC

You. I could sue your arse.

If we could try to get along like
grown-ups, maybe you could understand

that it would help if you didn't play
your music so loudly at night.

Well, if it helps you,
how about you help me?

Hundred.

I'm not giving you money.

A hundred and I keep it down.

Ten.

Fine.

MUSIC STOPS

Michelle? I'm DI Denton. Is there
somewhere quiet we can talk?

Carly's foster parents thought
she might've been with you

the night she disappeared.

In your original statement,
you referred to a boyfriend?

I don't know if he was.

She started hanging out less and
it was like maybe he was the reason.

In your statement, you said you
didn't remember his name.

I think it was Matt or something.

But the policewoman said
if I couldn't be sure,

not to put it in the statement.

And what else do you
remember about him?

Asian...

fit...

older.

How old?

Dunno, 30?

After Carly disappeared, did her
boyfriend ever come looking for her?

No.

Maybe he didn't come looking for her

because he was in on her
disappearance?

I want to go and see Carly's
foster parents again. OK.

What's the address again?

Erm, Queen Street.

FC1 4RC.

I've been trying to find
the right time,

but there never seems to be one.

I'd rather not talk about that.

People talk, that's all.
Round the station.

Well, they shouldn't.

Yes, ma'am.

Sorry, ma'am, I don't mean to
badger you, it's just...

well, you were the one who made
the point of calling me in

to witness the meeting
with Mallick. True.

In which case, it might help if you
gave me the gen on your neighbour.

She's lying.

If you're worried about a charge,
though, I could say I was there,

just to back up
your version of events.

I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE

Hi.

Hi, I'm Detective Sergeant Steve
Arnott. We spoke at the hospital.

Can I come in?

I know you had a very long
interview with my colleagues

on the Major Violent Crime Unit, so
I'll keep this as brief as possible.

I want to start with the two
firearms officers who were

assigned to protect the witness.

Why weren't they at their post?

Because of Joe - sorry,
that's the only name I've got.

How?

He was dressed in scrubs
and he told them

he thought he'd seen someone
out on the fire escape with a gun.

As soon as they stepped out to
check, he locked the door.

How'd he got onto
the intensive care unit

and passed himself off as a nurse?

I... I gave him access.

How do you know Joe?

Um, a couple of days earlier,

he bumped into my car
in the hospital car park.

He was very apologetic.

He offered to pay for the repairs
at his mate's garage,

so I wouldn't have to
wait for the insurance.

So, tell me how Joe involved you.

We took my car at his mate's garage,
and then he gave me a lift home.

Then the next morning,
he called round

so we could drop Nathan at nursery.

But instead of going to
collect my car,

Joe said we were going
to the hospital.

He said...

BOY SINGS TO HIMSELF

He said he knew people
who would kill Nathan

unless I did what
they needed me to do.

I know I should've told someone
so they could stop him,

but I was too scared.

Joe said they'd already
killed police,

so not even they could protect me.

It's all right.

Around the time of the killing,
there was a call to the hospital.

Do you know or have you ever had
any contact with a police officer

named Detective Inspector
Lindsay Denton?

No.

You're sure?
Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton.

Definite.

Was she the one?

The one?

Who got killed?

No.

ENGINE REVS

You OK? Fine.

What were Denton's movements
while we were at the hospital?

She made the call,
then visited her mum's nursing home.

I checked it out and she stayed with
her mum for exactly half an hour.

The exact time of the killing.

Perfect alibi -
plus using the phone box.

Yeah, well, I checked out the trace.
Now, the timing matches exactly

with an outside call that was
connected to the reception desk

on the intensive care unit -
a female voice, same time.

Had to be Denton.

The caller insisted they page
the nurse, but they wouldn't

because she wouldn't give a name.

I didn't know Georgia.
She seemed nice.

Yeah.

Mate, if you ever need to talk...
Cheers.

Same.

Right. 'Night.

'Night.

SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE

This is an e-fit of the suspect.

We put that together with
the nurse there.

Be great
if we could circulate to the press.

Absolutely.
I want those guards disciplined.

Sir.

This can't bloody get out.

The witness was close to
regaining consciousness!

It's very disappointing, sir.

Our best lead.

Sir.

So where are you with the vehicle?

The ambush vehicle?

Yes, the ambush vehicle.

There's no forensics to connect
it to the gunmen.

Since we can't trace them
via the vehicle,

we've been concentrating
on traffic cams,

trying to plot the route that it took
that night, but so far we've...

Nothing.

Right.

You all right to hang
around for a couple of secs, Les?

Jo's got an idea
she wants to go over with you.

All right, sir.

What idea?

From now on,
Les does the press conferences.

And this is my idea?

Obviously, if there are any
major breakthroughs,

I'll step back up to the plate.

So when would it be possible
to schedule a meeting with

Deputy Chief Constable Dryden?
'His diary's full for the week.'

Yeah... I appreciate he's got
a hectic round of media appoint...

'I can go back to him.

'Did you say you were
Superintendent Hayman?'

No, no, Hastings, like the battle.

'Leave it with me, sir.'

Thank you kindly.

ENGINE IDLES

Cab for Jo Dwyer?
Hillside Lane Station, please.

Hi, Jo. Pleased to meet you.
I'm Lindsay Denton.

I know who you are
and I'm already late for a meeting.

I'm so sorry, I know you must be
rushed off your feet, but this,

it won't take a minute of your time.

You must get so many calls and
e-mails... I'm sorry.

I should've replied.
It's been a busy time.

It's about publicising
the disappearance

of a teenage girl, Carly Kirk.

I'll get back to you
as soon as I can.

You're avoiding me. No.

I'm a serving Missing Persons
detective

and I intend to discharge my duties
until someone tells me otherwise.

Of course.

Well, then help me find this girl.

OK.

Why are you lying to me?

CAR DOOR OPENS

INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO MESSAGE

We didn't really meet
properly before - Nicky Rogerson.

Sorry about my boss's questioning.
He's under a lot of pressure.

At least he spared me
the strip search.

What's going on?

A&B Carriage Repairs was a legit
business, moved on over a year ago.

Unit's been vacant ever since.

What became of the nurse's car?

Found dumped. It's being checked
over for forensics.

Found any? Nothing.
Nothing here either.

We're locking it down and
moving out.

Hargreaves calls you "Jolly".

"Jolly" Rogerson.

He's a laugh a minute.

By the looks, it's not been touched
since they moved out.

Apparently.

You checked CCTV
from the hospital car park?

Maybe.

Any chance of AC-12 getting a peek?

Nurse's car.

Joe's car.

No accident. Mm.

He never once turns round
so the camera can see him.

That's cos he knows it's there.

You get a trace on that car?

Same story as the ambush -
stolen vehicle, cloned plates.

He's the go-between - you get him,
you get the killers,

you get the police officer
they're working with.

You never saw
a face in the hospital?

No.

Only Georgia did.

Boss, we've had a call off Carly's
mate, Michelle.

She remembered
something about the boyfriend.

Said he was into cars,
might've been a mechanic. OK.

Er, just give me a minute.

We're all set to meet the press.

Come with me a minute.

Take a seat.

Er...

What's wrong?

Have they found a body? No. No.

But unfortunately there isn't going
to be a press conference.

Why not?

There's...insufficient
interest in the story.

I get it.

Carly's just some
nothing from a broken home.

I'm so sorry.

But no-one's giving up on Carly.
This is your job!

Tess... Look, this is your job!

You get them to be here, you get
them to ask people to find Carly.

Tess.

She's upset, DI Denton.
We know it's not your fault. No?

Whose is it, then?

What did you tell him? Working late?

Yeah, something like that.

He believes you?

Kate...?

Are they any nearer to finding out
what happened to Jayne?

I think so.

And?

There's a prime suspect.

Sounds like there's a doubt.

There won't be.

'This is an e-fit of a suspect
strongly linked to the ambush.

'He used the name Joe.'

'So there was a connection with
the incident at the hospital?'

'I, er... No, erm, I...'

' "No" there wasn't an individual

'connected to the 5th September
ambush receiving treatment

'or "no" this individual
wasn't involved in an incident?'

KNOCK ON DOOR

'As I say, I'm not at liberty
to confirm any connection.'

'Would Deputy Chief Constable Dryden

'be at liberty to confirm
a connection?'

'I'm constantly in touch
with the Deputy Chief Constable.'

'But not right now.'
LAUGHTER ON TV

KNOCK ON DOOR

'This is a complicated operation
involving 90 officers

'working around the clock...'

Peace offering.

Kate, that's really not necessary.

Listen, boss, I screwed up.
This is an important posting for me.

I was too eager to please.

Thanks.

You're gorgeous, aren't you?
Yes, you are.

Yes, you are.

She's a little princess, I bet.

Aren't they all?

I bet you get your own way,
don't you?

I bet you do.

CAT MEWS

Lived here long?

A year. No, it's probably closer
to 18 months.

Easy to lose track.

This place is very cosy.

I had somewhere...

I just...had to downsize.

I'm sorry, boss,
I'm probably interrupting something.

I'm not sparkling company.
I've got a lot on my plate.

POUNDING MUSIC NEXT DOOR

Thanks for the wine.
It was a nice thought.

Why don't I go and have a word?
No, um, please don't.

A couple of minutes,
she always turns it down.

OK.

And you were right, ma'am,
that people shouldn't talk.

Problem is, they do, and no-one's
getting to hear your side.

AC-12, they twist everything
and make everyone look guilty.

I wouldn't have taken this posting
if I thought you were.

There's an interesting exercise.

You take the worst thing
you've ever done,

and you state
it in the simplest terms -

no dressing it up,
no implicit mitigation.

I wouldn't want to play that game.

No, me neither, but AC-12 do.

What's the worst thing
you've ever done to anyone?

Have you done something, boss?

Yours first.

Erm...someone told a lie to help
a dead man's family,

and I didn't stand up for the truth.

No.

You've done worse than that.

We'll work well together

only when you can be
completely honest with me.

I'll let you get some rest.

DOOR CLOSES

POUNDING MUSIC PLAYS

OIL BUBBLES

MUSIC STOPS

BUBBLING QUIETENS AND STOPS

PHONE RINGS

Phone and financial record requests.
I just need your signature, sir.

Phone and financial record requests.

I've just got
the tick from the Chief Super.

I'm the Case Officer,
so returns for my eyes only, please.

Jo, come through. Thanks, Denise.

Two minutes, Ted.

What do they know,
or think they know?

They've got a source claiming
that a vehicle registered

to your wife was captured
by a safety camera

around 10pm on August 16th.

A fixed three-point penalty notice
was sent to your wife

and it's alleged she claimed,
falsely, that you were the driver.

How the hell did they get that?
I told you. They've got a source.

What, some bobby
with an axe to grind

fancies stabbing me
in the back for a few quid?

Don't these idiots realise
I'm trying to improve their lot?

But is it true?

Helen was home. I was driving.

I'll throw your denial
straight back at them.

Thank you.

But if they're confident of their
source, they'll run it anyway.

What can you do to...
limit the damage?

Me?

You.

The ambush is still
the bigger story.

Crack the case and the speed camera
won't even make page eight.

Why are they doing this to me?

You have to ask? Seriously?

PHONE RINGS

Ted. Very sorry.

Have you been offered tea, coffee?

Ah, plenty, plenty. Thank you, sir.

I can see you're busy, so I'll come
straight to the point, if I may.

I'd be grateful.

AC-12 would like to access all areas

relevant to
the 5th September ambush.

Those areas being?
Witness Protection.

Ted... With no reciprocity.

You know the sensitivity of WP.

It's prudent to compartmentalise
the investigation.

And how is that going, sir?

I'm only interested in
the best way to get results, Ted.

We've identified
a prime suspect, sir.

A police officer possibly
involved in setting up the ambush,

and a go-between with links to the
criminal parties who carried it out.

The missing link is in
Witness Protection, sir.

I'm nearly certain of it.
Who are these individuals?

I'd rather not say
at this particular time, sir.

"Rather not"? With respect, sir,
that's what no reciprocity means.

It's the appropriate way of
investigating blue-on-blue crime.

A way of keeping
the lid on internal leaks, sir.

Of course.

We're the best in the business, sir.

I think we can sort
this thing out pretty quickly.

I'll open up Witness Protection
to your team. Thank you, sir.

There's a DI in AC-9.

He's your man. You'll second him.

As you wish, sir.

Whatever it takes to nail
those bastards, right, Ted?

Absolutely. Thank you, sir.

Thought you could do with a lift.
Thanks.

Er, don't go.

Is there something I can do?

It's me, actually.

So far, I haven't done anything

towards your
professional development.

Well, you've had a lot
on your plate.

So...why Missing Persons?

Um... Well, it's challenging
detective work, plus,

when you do find them, it's
massively rewarding emotionally. Mm.

When you find them.

Yeah. It's not so
brilliant when you don't.

So, have you done
much of this before?

A year on a Misper Squad
at East Mids.

No! No, then you must
know Sally Fordham?

Um...

What? There isn't anybody
by that name on the squad.

Oh.

Sorry, I'm getting mixed up.

It's been a bit of a rough day.

Do you mind if we pick
this up another time?

Yeah. No worries. Great.

Kate.

Thanks for the tea.

My name is
Detective Inspector Denton,

from 4th Street Station.

I need to talk to
somebody who can give me

a list of all your
employees over the last year.

Seen DI Denton? No, sorry.

PHONE BLEEPS

PHONE RINGS

DS Arnott.

Denton's disappeared,
now she's asking me to meet her.

You suspicious?

I'm not sure.
It's an industrial unit.

A&B Carriage Repairs?

That's the empty repair garage
they used as a front.

Now I'm suspicious.

I'll call in back-up.

I know the location -
I can be there in ten minutes.

If she sees you, then...

We'll hold back till you
pocket-dial. Don't blow my cover.

I won't. But if anything
doesn't feel right, you call.

Received.

SHE EXHALES

Boss.
You took your time, didn't you?

Sorry, I...
Christ's sake. It's round the back.

Isn't this place part of the
Major Violent Crime investigation?

I started ringing garages to see
if any of their employees

fitted the description
of Carly's boyfriend

and started acting suspiciously

around about the time
of the disappearance.

This place came up as disused

but crosschecked
with the MVC investigation.

Aren't they protecting the scene?

Forensics have finished.
They've released it.

Ma'am, is this a good idea,

what with AC-12's
investigation into the ambush?

Ugh!

Ugh...

Do I look like I was born yesterday?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

No? Brand-new DC, doesn't care
that I'm under investigation.

Wants to be my new best friend?
I'm just trying to get along. Yeah?

What have I told you
about being honest with me?

I hate liars.

DS Arnott, AC-12?

Boss...

People have underestimated me
my whole life.

TRAIN HOOTS

Absolutely, It's fine. Nearly done.

I'll be there in ten. Promise.

Hi. 8:30 OK for
tomorrow's briefing?

Look, Jo, the Hargreaves interview,
the whole thing, this isn't working.

You're firing me? No.

You know that's more
hassle than it's worth.

You're bringing someone else in.
Why?

You have to ask? Seriously?

Can you talk?

What's there to say?

Everyone makes mistakes sometimes.

No way did Kate mess up.

We underestimated her.

I've let you down, sir.

Don't talk rubbish.

DI Denton doesn't know
the half we've got on her.

That call to the hospital,
now the stuff with the garage.

Steve, I want you to contact
Denton and her rep.

Tell her I want
her in here on a Reg 15.

Any prevarication, you arrest her.

I'm telling you.

She'll be wishing she never
messed with you

by the time we're through with her.

Sir.

Sure you're OK?

Wounded pride, that's all.

I'll give you a lift home.

Thanks, but it's best you don't.

How'd it go with Georgia's parents?

It went.

DOORBELL RINGS

Hey.

Why didn't you tell me
she was your partner?

You were feeling bad enough already.

One thing the other
police officer said...

They said, me being the only witness,

chances were, Joe planned
to kill me afterwards.

You and your partner saved my life.

Suppose.

Had you been together long,
you and her?

SHE PLAYS SOFT, MELODIC PIANO

POUNDING MUSIC NEXT DOOR

SHE PLAYS LOUDER OVER POUNDING MUSIC

SHE PLAYS LOUDER

DISCORDANT NOTES

HARSH, BUZZING DRONE

DRONING STOPS

AC-12 interview with DI Denton,
in the presence of DI Royal,

by Superintendent Hastings,
DS Arnott and DC Fleming.

DI Denton,
did you assault DC Fleming?

Sorry, sir, you'll have to help me.
Who's DC Fleming?

For the purposes of the tape,
I'm indicating DC Fleming.

I'm confused, sir. That's DC Foster.

The officer known to
you know as Foster -

did you assault her, yes or no?

No. You didn't strike her?

There was an altercation
that got a little bit physical.

For the tape, I note that DC Foster -
sorry, Fleming -

shows no significant injuries.

You're in the habit of
assaulting people, DI Denton? No.

Have you ever assaulted anyone? No.

Did you assault Lorna Barrett,
your next door neighbour? No.

She gave a statement alleging
you did. I'll read from it.

"Lindsay Denton struck me across
the side of the head with a bottle

"and then she beat my head
against the floor repeatedly."

Lorna Barrett's
an unreliable witness.

She's making a vexatious complaint.

I interviewed Lorna Barrett.

She provided a coherent
account of the assault,

had injuries consistent
with her version of events,

and accurately described
you as the assailant.

There's a witness
to my relationship with Ms Barrett.

She's in this room right now.

Shall I call you Foster or Fleming?

Fleming.

Ms Barrett played loud music
late at night. Can you confirm that?

Yes.

And did I respond in
a potentially aggressive fashion

to Ms Barrett's anti-social
behaviour?

No.

Ms Barrett's allegations represent
a history of anti-social conduct,

who you might have been
taken in by, DS Arnott,

though she doesn't appear
to be your type.

I think we should revisit
the events of 5th September.

DI Denton has already provided
a comprehensive statement

and interview in this regard.

Yes, as a witness.

These matters will
now be addressed under the terms

of the Regulation 15 notice
you've just been served, DS Arnott.

You've seen
this illustration before -

document five in your folders.

It shows the location of the
safe house, 12 St James' Close,

the route taken by the convoy,
the location of the ambush which

led to the deaths of DS Akers,
Sergeant Wallis and PC Butler.

It also shows the location
of 4th Street Station,

which DI Denton has claimed was
the intended destination that night.

DI Denton, this is now your
opportunity to amend

or clarify your previous statement.

SHE WHISPERS: I've got nothing
to add.

DI Denton has nothing to add.

There is one specific point
we'd like to explore in more depth

with you, and that is the route.

This is an excerpt from the
first interview with DI Denton.

For the tape, a transcript
will appear on screen.

ARNOTT: This back route, it would
lead to 4th Street Station,

but only if you'd continued
along Crown Avenue.

The vehicles turned
left into Long Lane...

DENTON: The, um... The decision
appeared to make sense at the time.

There were roadworks
on Crown Avenue,

with temporary traffic signals
controlling a single lane.

It was a potential hold-up
that would've left us vulnerable.

There were no roadworks
on Crown Avenue that night.

Works had been completed
the day before.

I wasn't aware.

HASTINGS: You didn't make a point
of getting up-to-date travel
information?

No.

BLEEP

DI Denton's service
vehicle is fitted with

a Type-60 Travel System.

I'm familiar with this system
and so is DI Denton.

I've been a passenger
in said vehicle

and observed DI Denton operate
this system faultlessly.

The TS-60 provides
instantaneous traffic

and roadworks information
relating to the chosen route.

The service vehicle driven
by DI Denton on the night

of the ambush was
also fitted with the TS-60.

This system was in operation on
the night of September 5th and would

have advised DI Denton there were
no longer roadworks on Crown Avenue.

You drove them straight into

that ambush, didn't you?

It was no accident, was it?

I genuinely believed
that there were roadworks.

In the stress of the situation,

I didn't even look
at the information on the sat nav.

I strenuously deny any involvement
in setting up the ambush.

Three of our own -
three of YOUR own -

in the morgue because of you,
DI Denton.

Make that four. Yes.

DC Georgia Trotman,
killed attempting to protect

the life of the witness
who was the target of that ambush.

DI Denton has absolutely
no connection

to the tragic death of DC Trotman.

You'll kindly keep your counsel
till we're said and done.

The witness survived the ambush
and was receiving treatment

when there was a second, successful,
attempt on his life.

DI Denton was observed
making a phone call

from a public telephone box

approximately 15 minutes
prior to the witness's death.

Why did you use a phone box?

I didn't want the call
appearing in my phone history.

Yeah we get that, DI Denton.
Why didn't you?

It was an impulse,
I knew it was inadvisable.

Said call was identified with the
number of the hospital switchboard -

it was put through to
the intensive care unit

where the witness was being treated.

The member of staff
who took the call has provided

a statement that the female caller
asked for Staff Nurse Tindall

by name, Staff Nurse Tindall
being the intensive care nurse

blackmailed into furnishing
access to the witness.

Who made that call, DI Denton?

Not me. I saw you make that call.

I'm not denying making A call.

The witness was the only person
who could verify that

I had nothing to do
with setting up the ambush.

I'd heard rumours that he
was about to regain consciousness

and I wanted to find out
if they were true.

How come you knew
the name of the nurse,

the very same nurse who was
involved in killing him? I didn't.

I hung up when they put me through.
I...

I realised it was a stupid
thing to do. I wasn't thinking.

You expect us to believe that?

If I had conspired in the murder...

Which you didn't.

..why on earth would I have made
a call at that exact time?

It would only incriminate me.

It does.

Funny that.

I'm sure you've seen this
e-fit before. Who is that man?

I've never seen him
before in my life.

He was at the hospital,
about to kill the witness

and DC Trotman, at exactly the
same time you made your phone call.

DS Arnott, what's your theory
on why I'd make that call?

It was a signal.

Or you got cold feet,
tried to call off the murder.

I'm as aware as you all are
that it isn't possible to trace

a call within
an internal telephone network.

All you can do is identify
the number dialled from the call box

as being that of the
hospital switchboard -

and I admit to that part.

After that, all you have
is the vague evidence from somebody

who can't be sure who called,
what they said, or why.

I deny that it was me
who asked to speak to the nurse.

That your final answer?

DC Fleming?

DI Denton text-messaged me
to attend a meeting

at the Canalside Industrial Estate,

purporting to be in connection
with a breakthrough

in a missing persons enquiry.

The specific location given
by DI Denton was a unit formerly

belonging to A&B Carriage Repairs.

This disused unit was a front
for individuals connected

with the 5th of September ambush.

What was your connection, DI Denton?

There's no connection to me.

I went there following
a lead on my investigation

into the disappearance
of a 15-year-old girl.

The fact that it'd gone out of
business and was already connected

to an ongoing investigation - these
facts only added to my suspicions.

Yes, but instead of
following your suspicions,

you assault DC Fleming.
I was emotional, sir. Why?

I imagined what it
must've been like for that girl

if she'd been abducted
to that place.

I was frustrated with the case, and
I was angry with DC Fleming's lies.

Lies, yes, you don't like
being lied to, do you, DI Denton?

The fact of the matter is,
neither do we.

DI Denton, I'm arresting you

for conspiracy to murder
a protected witness.

State the grounds.
You do not have to say anything.

Under Code G of the
Police and Criminal Evidence Act,

state the grounds.
Why are you arresting me?

As the arresting officer,
I submit...

One - you're the sole survivor
of an ambush

you had the means of setting up.

Two - you made a phone call,

and freely admit that
you made a phone call,

to the hospital, after which
two people were murdered.

Regarding the Police and
Criminal Evidence Act,

I note subsection
5C(1), C(2), E and F,

and I'm sure you're very
familiar with those terms.

Lindsay Denton, you do not have
to say anything, however,

you may harm your defence
if you fail to mention

when questioned something
you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say
may be used in evidence.

I would like to say something.

Keep the tape running.

Superintendent Hastings,

I have in my possession certain
financial records pertaining to you.

How the hell did you get these?

The document requests
were signed off by an officer

of Chief Superintendent rank.

Anything I say may be
used in evidence -

that works both ways, sir.

Sir, DI Denton has asked that
the tape be left running.

She's got a right to be heard.

Without going into details,
the records show that

Superintendent Hastings is in
considerable financial difficulties.

These have absolutely no relevance
to the case against you, DI Denton.

I'm reading from a transcript
of our first interview.

Superintendent Hastings -
"Our strongest supposition is that

"criminal interests
attempted to assassinate

"the witness
to prevent him testifying.

"Those interests would pay a pretty
penny for an inside man, or woman.

"Any officer in the kind of
financial mess you're in, DI Denton,

"is honour-bound to declare it,

"on account of vulnerability
to bribery."

Have you declared
your situation, sir?

Sir?

No.

"No."

DS Arnott, I'd like you
to view these photographs.

Do you recognise the location?

Yeah. This is the home,
under protective custody,

of Staff Nurse Claire Tindall.

You interviewed her in connection
with events at the hospital.

There are more photos.
How did you get these?

For the tape, the images
show DS Arnott returning

to Staff Nurse Tindall's home.

And he's later photographed
in an upstairs bedroom with her.

What was the purpose
of your return visit?

(Um...)

I'm sure you took notes of the
conversation. May we hear them?

No notes, then?

I'm sure you're aware -

or perhaps you're not, but I hope
that Superintendent Hastings is -

that inappropriate
relations with a witness

is a breach of the England & Wales
Police Conduct Regulations 2008.

I know the Regs.

Were you coaching
Staff Nurse Tindall to corroborate

the allegations against me
regarding the call to the hospital?

I don't have to. No?

I'd say you're in desperate
need of someone being able

to identify me as the caller.

Was Staff Nurse Tindall
able to do that for you?

For the tape,
DS Arnott's not forthcoming.

No. No, she wasn't able?

She wasn't able.

Was she able to state
any relationship with me?

No.

We've established that you know
the witness better than most.

Is she likely to lie?

No. If I was connected,
she'd say, wouldn't she?

Yes.

DS Arnott, you know a suspect's
three incriminating criteria.

Motive, opportunity, means.

Motive - I had none.

Why on earth would
I want to kill fellow officers?

Opportunity - I had none.

I only found out about
the witness in a phone call

one hour before the ambush.

Means - I had none.

I've never worked Serious Crime.

I don't have the criminal connections
to be able to conspire in an ambush.

DC Fleming.

Is this your mobile phone?

QUIETLY: Yes.
Please speak up for the tape.

Yes.

I came into possession
of this mobile phone

during our altercation
at the Canalside Industrial Estate,

is that correct?

Yeah. You stole it from me.

Your call history makes
for very interesting reading.

Significant people
at significant times.

Stealing is against the law.

My bad.

Let's save the rest of this
conversation for another time.

Does that suit you, Kate?
Interview terminated.

Show's over.

Steve, you hold her here.

Kate, you organise the custody.

The best I can do for
you now, Lindsay,

is find you a good solicitor.

AC-12 are bringing in an officer.

She works at 4th Street Station, so
ideally somewhere she's not known.

ELEVATOR PINGS

We'll fax over the paperwork
for charging. Thanks.

They've handed over
the Witness Protection files.

Let's get cracking.
I want this place locked down.

Access by named personnel only.
Keep an eye on her. Shut the door.

Not one piece of paper shall leave
this building

without my approval in triplicate.
Thank you.

Good man.

Mother of God.

The protected witness.
The wee gobshite this was all about.

Christ.

We need to start over.

Call your wives, your husbands,
your boyfriends, your girlfriends.

No-one is leaving the premises
till we have sifted through

every single piece of information.

What was in
the Witness Protection files?

I saw the reaction.
Was it the witness?

Oh, my God. Was it someone you knew?

I can't discuss this.

How can you let this happen to me,

when you know that there's
so much more to it?

ELEVATOR PINGS
Let's go.

DS Arnott, DI Denton.

You OK to book her in for me?

Lindsay Denton,
I'm satisfied your arrest is lawful.

I'm authorising your detention
at this police station

so that we can secure and preserve
evidence of the investigation,

and to obtain evidence from you...

AUDIO FADES

I'm innocent. You know I am.