Line of Duty (2012–…): Season 3, Episode 3 - Snake Pit - full transcript

So many years, I wondered
what I'd do if I ever saw him again.

And then, I did.

In a photo, in a briefing room.

And I was being sent to meet him with a gun.

This programme contains scenes which
some viewers may find upsetting.

When this is all done, Steve,
I'll suffer for my actions.

I'm under no illusions of a happy ending.

Shot fired!

What's he saying? He whispered
something to you. What did he say?

I'm not sure what he meant.

My job is to find any and all evidence.



- And what was found in the case?
- A large number of banknotes.

- How did Detective Sergeant Arnott react?
- He didn't bat an eye.

I don't think we should close the
investigation into Danny Waldron's background.

I'd like to keep digging.

There's evidence of prolonged torture.

Cause of death isn't clear.

Cutting his head off can't have helped.

This photograph shows Danny
Waldron as a teenager.

This man's a young Ronan Murphy,

the suspect shot by Danny
Waldron during Operation Damson.

What? They knew each other?

And this person bears a strong semblance
to Linus Murphy's severed head.

Danny knew him too.

No prior information of the
operation to move Tommy Hunter.



I had no prior... knowledge.

No prior knowledge, at all.

Kate knows about me and Jackie and Danny.

I've got to come clean to AC-12.

The longer I leave it, the worse it looks.

It is with deep regret that I inform you all

of the death of PC Rod Kennedy.

Rod's body was found
hanged at an industrial unit.

We need to talk.

You are now declaring

that PC Rod Kennedy
killed Sergeant Daniel Waldron?

Yes, sir.

Rod killed Danny.

Look, I'm sorry about this.

It's just that I've got no
one else to talk to right now.

It's fine.

Look, mate, I don't think I
can keep going into the station.

All the stuff that's
going on behind our backs.

All the stuff that's going on to our faces.

Yeah, well, Rod was
a good bloke, weren't he?

You know, people can't
get their heads round it.

Yeah.

I can see why.

Look, Jackie, don't do this to yourself.

My hands were on that gun
and I felt Rod force the trigger.

He killed Danny.

You know, we was right to stick together,

you know, when he was
here, but now he's gone.

We've got to move on.

Ah, come here.

- Superintendent Hastings.
- "Hi, sorry to bother you, sir. "

I just followed Jackie Brickford
to a meeting with Hari Bains.

"He seems pretty bloody shifty to me. "

Dot.

Just so you know, I've
authorised Kate to adopt

- direct surveillance on Hari Bains.
- Nice one, Gaffer.

- Yes, and I want Steve in on it too.
- Absolutely.

Steve, get yourself get
yourself over to South Ferry

when Hari Bains comes on shift.

- Be visible.
- Sir.

Fuck.

- Come in.
- Inspector McAndrew, DS Arnott, AC-12.

What do you want?

In an interview gave at AC-12
you informed us that Hari Bains

had a good working relationship
with Danny Waldron.

Yeah, so?

Hari never made any complaints about Danny?

If anything, the opposite.

How so, Ma'am?

I was due to rotate Hari from Danny's squad,

but Hari said that he respected
Danny's professionalism

- and wanted to ride on more jobs with him.
- Really?

When did he say this?

Couple of days before the Abbots Lane op.

You mean a couple of days before
the op that got Danny killed?

I was all set to disband Danny's team

after the shooting of Ronan Murphy

and there is no way you're
going to pin some blame on me

just because you're struggling
to find a scapegoat.

Thank you, Ma'am. You've been very helpful.

'AC-12.' - DC Fleming. Put me through
to telecommunications, please.

- 'Telecoms. '
- DC Fleming.

I need an identification on the last
number dialled from a payphone

on the corner of Calman Road
and Turner Road. - 'Stand by. '

'The number you have called is not
recognised. Please check the number. '

'The number you have called is... '

Kate reports Bains attempted
to make a call to this number.

It relates to an unregistered
pay-as-you-go mobile.

Now, the call couldn't be connected

because either the phone or the
SIM Card was out of service.

I've got Maneet liaising with the
mobile network provider to see

what information we can get
about the number. - Great.

Tell Kate I want her on
Hari Bains round the clock.

Yeah, will do, Gaffer.

- Hello.
- 'What the bloody hell are you playing at?

'Making a call from a public box?

'That's why we sent you
the unregistered mobiles. '

The text came through to my
own phone, so I thought...

'Yeah, well, we had to get a
message to you urgently

'and you weren't answering.
You're being watched by AC-12.'

- I didn't see anyone.
- 'What did the text say?'

"Sit tight. Act normal. "

So how's this acting normal? Dickhead.

- All right?
- All right?

Look, for my two penn'orth, I
think we're flogging a dead horse

with Bains and Brickford.

Rod Kennedy killed Danny Waldron,

couldn't handle the
guilt, he topped himself.

Maybe it wasn't suicide.

We ought to request a second
postmortem on Rod Kennedy's body.

The first one was only
looking for cause of death.

We should get a Home Office pathologist

looking for evidence of crime.

Sure.

- Leave that with me.
- Cheers.

Do you like chilli?

The food.

Not the country.

I've got a pot... on the simmer.

You've probably eaten.

No, I haven't, actually.

Well?

Yeah.

- Not too fiery?
- I'll cope.

If you go to the trouble of making a pot,

you might as well make it
last a few days, you know?

One night, you can have it with
rice. One night, baked potato...

It's rock and roll, me.

Well, I'm not complaining.

By the time I knock off, the only
thing that's open is a dodgy kebab.

That's undercover, isn't it? Stupid hours.

Well, Mark works in IT.

He did a lot from home, which
was great for childcare.

Just not so great for us.

- You still see the kid, though?
- Yeah.

- Sorry, I shouldn't poke my nose in.
- No, it's fine.

It was the right decision. You know,
give him security and stability.

Just not such a great
decision for me, to be honest.

See, me and my missus, we
never got around to having kids.

- Was she a copper too?
- Forensics. I don't see much of her now.

- No?
- No, I was on the piss most nights.

Couldn't pass a bookie's.

Final straw was - we'd put down
half on a fortnight in Majorca.

Oh, don't tell me.

Yeah, five-to-one. Dead cert.

I couldn't go home to face the music, so...

I took out a loan,

put a grand down on the last race
of the day, try and win it all back...

Barrel of laughs, me, yeah.

- Can I have your bowl?
- Cheers.

Hey, there's seconds here if you fancy?

Any more and I won't get off this sofa.

- Yeah?
- I've got something for you, Sarge.

- "On that photo found at Danny's. "
- Yeah, sure.

It's from a boys' home called Sands View.

Danny Waldron's mum died when he
was 11, and he moved up north to

live with his dad and stepmum, but that didn't
work out and he got taken into care.

Danny was a resident at Sands View
from the age of 13 until he was 17.

I keep going through the file.

There's no link between Danny Waldron and Ronan
Murphy while Danny was a police officer.

The only link must be this boys' home.

Unfortunately, I can't get hold
of any records for that period.

One council department told me
they were lost in a fire,

another told me they went missing
during an office move.

You think they've been lost on purpose?

Who knows? The lads were
chucked out at 17 and pretty much

left to fend for themselves,
with no follow-up.

However, I've crosschecked
with individuals known

to the criminal justice system
and I've got a name for you.

Same age as Danny,

so chances are they
were there at the same time.

Good work.

Hey, Joe. Joe!

- Joseph Nash?
- Yeah?

Can I talk to you somewhere quieter, please?

Yeah.

I'd like to show you a
photograph, if that's all right.

It's a photocopy of an
original image believed to be

approximately 15 to 20 years old.

- Do you recognise the image?
- Yeah.

- Do you recall the name of this location?
- Yes.

Mr Nash, you're not in any trouble.

How did you find out my name?

I'm not going to lie. You committed a
number of minor offences.

Look, I was just a kid, back then.

- I've put my life back together now.
- The convictions are spent.

It was only that your record crosschecked
with an enquiry I'm involved with.

An enquiry into Sands View?

Connected to Sands View.

Do you recognise this individual?

Yes, Danny. -
Danny Waldron. - Yeah.

Do you recognise this individual?

Yes.

What do you remember about that person?

He took us for football
on a Tuesday afternoon.

- He was one of the staff?
- No, he just took us for footie.

What else do you recall about him?

You're being a big help, Joe.

Is it OK if I ask you about one more person?

This man, here.

Him.

Who is he?

Mr Murphy. He was the caretaker.

The other man.

The football coach. Was his name
Murphy too? - Might have been.

They was a pair.

A pair?

The older one, the
caretaker, he had the keys.

For the dormitories.

Changing rooms, the basement.

But him, the younger one...

.. he was in on it too.

With the others.

What others?

Just... Not in the photo.

Visitors.

We got told they were very important people

and we had to do exactly... what they said.

Did you ever get the
names of any of these people?

No. No-one ever got any names.

And even if we did, it was just...

Mr Smith.

What happened with these visitors?

Well, sometimes they'd...

.. they'd come to the home

and we'd be told it was
like a private interview.

"Mr Smith can be a big help to you
when you move on," sort of thing.

You know?

And then you go to a room with Mr Smith.

Or a few of you would.

With a few of them.

The abuse always took place within Sands
View? - No, not always. There was, erm...

sometimes there'd be a car or a minibus

and they'd take us to a hotel,
or a guesthouse, or some big...

.. some big private home.

You know?

But the parties...

The parties, they were the worst.

Parties?

There'd be a few of them,
these, these VIPs...

And we'd be farmed out.

Do you recall any details in terms of names,

addresses, or the people who drove
you to and from these parties?

This was a long time ago, all right, mate?

And I wish I could remember that information

and forget about the rest, but...

.. it's the opposite.

I know this is hard, Joe.

Is there anything you can tell me

about these individuals that
might help identify them?

Yeah, there's one of them... stands out.

He's a...

He's a big...

big fat whale of a fella.

He always wore a suit.

And when he took the suit jacket
off, he always had these, these,

these sweat patches and... he stank of it.

And when I got told he'd
asked for me again, I'd...

I'd throw up, you know?

I'd be sick.

Is Danny the one?

The one?

Yeah.

He's got people listening to us, at last.

Yeah.

Yeah, he is.

Arnott. - Any report yet on
the second PM? - What second PM?

Dot said he was organising a second
postmortem on Rod Kennedy.

First I've heard of it.

Leave it with me.

OK, I'll head back to South Ferry.

Right, I'll tell her.

Francis, that was your rep.

AC-12 want you in for
interview straight away.

- She doesn't know anything.
- She never believed us, not for a minute.

Jackie, she weren't in the
room when Danny was shot.

But he whispered something
to her as he was dying. - Yeah.

And if he managed to tell her the truth,

do you think she would've
kept quiet this whole time?

No.

Trust me, she don't know anything.

Yeah?

All right, mate.

I've continued to search
records relating to Sands View.

Our witness, Joseph Nash,
claims a number of his abusers

were VIPs, all of whom
used the same alias, Mr Smith.

Hence Nash wasn't able to give us any names.

But he did claim one of these
abusers was extremely obese.

Sports day at Sands View.

- Who is he?
- Dale Roach.

He was leader of the city
council during the period

Danny Waldron and Joe Nash were
residents at Sands View.

Is this the man, Joe?

Yeah, that's him.

Thank you.

Now, it would help if you
would come to my department

and look through some images
of other individuals...

Joe, I came from a loving family.

Had a nice childhood

and I can't begin to imagine what
yours must have been like.

20 years...

- .. it's took you to come here.
- I want to help.

20 years...

I've had that monster in my head.

The sounds he made, the smell of him.

And the things that he
did to us at Sands View...

No copper ever gave a toss.

Are you saying offences
committed at Sands View

were reported to police
and no action was taken?

We told teachers, we told
social workers, and yeah...

.. we told coppers.

And then, we learned not to.

Danny Waldron's dead, Joe.

He was killed because he was
going after the people

who did this to you.

Danny's mission is now my mission.

And I promise you, I
will get these bastards.

Daddy! Daddy!

Hey! Hello, you!

- Is that for me? - Mm-hm.
- Well, thank you very much.

- And I will always, always love you, OK?
- Mm-hm.

Come here.

How long has he been here?

I'd have to check. Two
or three years at least.

Any family?

No family, no visitors.

Mr Roach.

Mr Roach?!

Can he hear me?

He doesn't understand much. He can't talk.

- What's wrong with him?
- Massive stroke.

Sorry, do you need me to stay?

- No. Thank you.
- Call if you need me.

Mr Roach, do you recognise the
name "Sands View Boys' Home"?

Mr Roach?

I'm Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott.

I'm investigating claims
relating to Sands View.

Do you understand me?!

I know what you did to those boys.

Danny Waldron recognised
Ronan Murphy as an occasional

sports volunteer at Sands View Boys' Home.

Somehow, from Ronan, he was
able to track down Linus Murphy.

Linus was the caretaker at Sands
View and used his position

to include Ronan, his
nephew, in his activities.

Now, a witness has given us
another name - Dale Roach.

Councillor Dale Roach.

Unfortunately, Roach isn't
fit to stand trial.

I think Danny Waldron purposefully
created a trail of evidence

that led us to connect him
to Linus Murphy's murder.

And now, we're on the
trail of the other abusers.

There is only one thing we
are interested in here, son,

and one thing only.

- And that's bent coppers.
- The boys made complaints.

Some allegedly to police officers.

Thank you, Steve.

Sir.

- Hi.
- Kate?

Come in.

Something wrong?

You didn't come back to the station.

By the time I'd finished
with AC-12, my shift was over.

So, what's going on?

They just wanted to go over the
details of the day Danny was killed,

times, places.

You know what they're like,
fishing for inconsistencies.

- Anything they can pounce on.
- And did they?

- Did they what?
- Pounce.

- We shouldn't talk about this.
- What did you tell them, Kate?

We can't have this conversation.
You should leave. - I need to know!

You keep asking me to leave you alone.

Congratulations, you're on your own.

- What do they know, Kate?
- You should go.

What do they know?

They're onto the pair of you.

What about us?

They know Hari stopped McAndrew
from disbanding Danny's squad.

What?!

- I never knew anything about that!
- And they know about the phone calls.

What phone calls? - Yeah, right!
"What phone calls?"! Bye, Jackie.

What phone calls, Kate?!

They've got Hari making
calls from a phone box

to an unregistered pay-as-you-go number.

They know it must be a
phone you're using covertly.

You two are in collusion, and
developing your strategy

- using untraceable telephone calls.
- It's not me he's been calling.

Stay here, I'll get it.

So, what's up, then?

Who've you been calling?

- What?
- AC-12 know you've been making dodgy calls.

They think I'm in on it!

All this time, we trusted you.
It was just the three of us.

Now, Rod's dead and
that still isn't the end of it!

Jackie, what are you...?

Who have you been making those calls to?

What aren't you telling me?!

I haven't been making any calls,
all right? It's just me and you,

and as long as we stick together, then...

Jackie, I've been telling you the truth.

Yeah, I'm sorry, I know it's late.

I need to go in and see AC-12...

.. and I'm going to need your solicitor.

Stand away from the door.

- Ms Denton, you remain under oath.
- Thank you, milady.

Ms Denton...

In your examination-in-chief,
by your own counsel,

you made a number of references
to an undercover operation

conducted by a Detective Sergeant
Arnott of Anti-Corruption Unit 12.

Yes, I did.

Did any of these operations involve
Detective Sergeant Arnott

- being present at your home?
- Some did.

You were alone with Detective
Sergeant Arnott? - Sometimes.

And on all these occasions,

there were no other police
officers in the vicinity?

There was a constable
stationed outside the house.

- Where outside?
- On the doorstep.

- And where did sexual relations take place?
- In the bedroom.

- And how was the bedroom accessed?
- Via the stairs.

And how far do the
stairs lie from the front door?

I don't know, three or four
metres from the front door.

From the plans of your home
obtained by the prosecution,

the distance is...

2.7 metres.

- If you say so.
- I don't "say so",

it's a fact.

And if I'm inaccurate, I'll be corrected.

There are written statements
by all the officers

stationed outside the door in
early October, and not one recalls

hearing you and Detective
Sergeant Arnott go upstairs together.

Well, that doesn't surprise me.

It doesn't surprise you
that trained police officers

on guard duty, in a high state of vigilance,

don't hear the two of
you go upstairs for sex

when he or she is less
than three metres away?

- We were discreet.
- Hmm.

You've told the jury that this intimacy

with Detective Sergeant Arnott
won your trust and, therefore,

you permitted him
unsupervised access to your home.

There were times when I was
napping or in the bath or the shower

and he was free to roam the premises.
I trusted him completely.

And you've alleged that
on one of these occasions,

Detective Sergeant Arnott
planted a sum of money

in your late mother's overnight case.

Did you witness Detective Sergeant Arnott

- bringing the ?50,000 into your home?
- No.

Did you ever witness Detective
Sergeant Arnott having access

- to tens of thousands of pounds in cash?
- He'd hardly do it openly.

Corrupt officers have access
to criminal contacts.

Please answer the question
you've been asked.

Did you ever witness
Detective Sergeant Arnott

with such an enormous sum...

of cash?

I don't know how Steve
Arnott got hold of the money

- and then got it into my house.
- Ms Denton, you've answered.

And I'm still answering. If I'm
in accurate, I'll be corrected.

The nerve of that one.

Steve Arnott had my complete trust

and the trust of the officers on guard duty.

He could easily have picked
his moment to plant the money

and I firmly believe that that
is the best explanation

for how it came to be there.

Because I had never seen that money before.

Were you aware that you
were under investigation

- by Anti-Corruption Unit 12?
- Yes, I was.

And were you cooperating with
that investigation? - Yes, I was.

You were being completely honest,
to the best of your knowledge,

- in assisting them with their enquiries?
- Yes, I was.

And had you always been completely
honest with Anti-Corruption Unit 12?

Please answer, Ms Denton.

It was a complex case and there
were many details that were elusive

and, at times, required further thought

and examination before I
could give a definitive answer.

Did you lie in relation to matters
surrounding the conspiracy

to murder Tommy Hunter?

Ms Denton.

As I said, it was a complex case,

and many details were
difficult to define or recollect.

Did you lie about having prior
knowledge of Hunter? - No.

You lied about having prior
knowledge of Hunter, didn't you? - No.

You told the investigators
lie after lie to confound them,

and to pervert the course
of justice, didn't you?

- It wasn't like that.
- It was like that.

You wove a web of deceit to
confound the investigators

and to protect yourself,

and you have the effrontery to
attempt to deceive this jury. - No!

Did you fabricate the
improper relations between you

- and Detective Sergeant Arnott?
- No.

Did you fabricate the planting
of evidence against you? - No.

Lindsay Denton, aren't you
an artful, devious person,

who has betrayed the trust placed
in her as a police officer... - No.

.. and haven't you repeatedly
and shamelessly connived

to obstruct those who would bring
you to justice? - NO, I HAVEN'T!

Watching that circus
really turned my stomach.

Listen, I owe you an
apology for the other night.

Your... dinner invitation.

You're a married man.

This is it.

But here we are, two
colleagues having a drink,

and the sky hasn't fallen in yet.

Yeah.

Yeah...

This is a voluntary interview
by authorised firearms officer

Victor Charlie 53 in the presence

of her Police Federation
representative and solicitor,

by Superintendent Hastings and DS Arnott.

I want to cooperate.

I want to go on record that
I have never, at any time,

engaged with any other officer
in covert telecommunications

to knowingly mislead lawful enquiries.

Glad to hear it.

I also want to clarify...

.. some details...

of previous statements made regarding

the death of Sergeant Daniel Waldron.

Very good.

Carry on.

I never saw the exact moment the
struggle started.

The struggle for the gun
that killed Daniel Waldron.

Neither did Rod.

We had to rely on what Hari...

On what 54 told us.

He said that Danny had entered
the room with his firearm drawn

and that he'd turned the gun on 54.

So, you're saying Danny tried to kill 54?

I'm saying that's only what 54 told us.

He said that Danny turned the gun on him.

54 made a grab for the firearm to
stop Danny from shooting him.

There was a struggle for the gun, Rod
and I joined in that struggle.

The gun went off and killed Danny.

Hold on a second, Constable,

this is going way beyond
clarifying a statement.

I mean, you are changing your
story all over again, here.

This is the truth, sir.

Well, you need to take a deep breath...

.. and we need to caution you.

You do not have to say anything,
but it 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. Do you understand?

I understand.

So, now you're saying that
Danny wasn't trying to kill himself.

He was trying to kill VC 54,
or so 54 claims? - Yes, sir.

- That seemed plausible.
- Why?

Danny was bullying us into covering
for him after he shot a suspect.

He moved the suspect's firearm,

and then, he discharged the
weapon narrowly missing 54.

What, you conspired with
Daniel Waldron to provide false

statements regarding the shooting?

Yes, sir.

We were all really scared of Danny.

There was a part of him that
was capable of doing anything.

- So, you killed him?
- No!

It seemed like an accident.

54 convinced me and Rod

that if we said that we'd killed
Danny in self-defence,

that the least we'd be looking
at would be manslaughter.

He told us to claim that we
were trying to save Danny...

.. and that way, nobody
could blame us for his death.

Yes, but instead of telling the
truth, the three of you went off

and concocted a whole new version of events.

And then, you decided to blame Rod
Kennedy for Danny's death.

I knew Rod was jealous of Danny.

It seemed plausible that he
could have been the one.

- You don't believe that any more?
- No, sir.

54 initiated the struggle with that gun.

And it's only his word for it
that it was self-defence.

I just don't believe him any more.

I can't cover for 54 any longer.

He convinced me...

to blame Rod.

But I'm not sure that Rod
could have killed Danny.

He wasn't that sort of man.

I betrayed him.

Constable, you have my sincere condolences

for the deaths of your colleagues.

However, we have a job to do,

and that job requires us
to investigate thoroughly

and impartially the murder
of one of our own.

And whilst we appreciate
your cooperation here today,

you have knowingly misled

this enquiry for weeks...

.. on matters of the utmost gravity.

Firstly, in respect of the
shooting dead of a suspect.

Secondly, in respect of the loss of life

of an officer in the line of duty,

the withholding of crucial information,

the blatant disregard from your
lawful duty as a police officer

to comply with a criminal
investigation, and therefore,

I am submitting to the Police Board,

that you be served with a red notice

which is the termination of
your contract as a police officer.

And moreover, I will report
to the Crown Prosecutor

regarding perverting the course
of justice and assisting an offender.

Now, you won't be charged
at this time, however,

pending my discussion with t
he Crown Prosecutor,

you may be charged with these offences.

But I thought if I cooperated,
that you'd go easier on me?

A suspension?

A yellow notice?

A fellow officer has been killed.

There is no more serious
offence that we investigate.

Now, you may think I am harsh, Constable...

.. but, I know that this is justice.

All rise.

Foreman of the jury, please stand.

Have you reached a verdict
upon which you are all agreed?

No, we have not.

In these circumstances,

I am willing to accept a majority verdict

upon which ten or more of you agree.

Yes, milady.

All rise.

Pick.

A or B?

A.

The report from the second PM on PC Kennedy.

Yeah.

Boss, sorry, I thought
this shouldn't wait. - Yeah, come on.

This something I should know about, Gaffer?

Yeah, why don't you bring the whole
bloody office with you? - Sorry, sir.

The pathologist revised the findings
on Rod Kennedy's postmortem.

She's admitted that they
screwed up on the first one?

Well, the findings are subtle.

But there's a superficial head injury.

Bruising was hidden under
scalp hair at the back of the head

and minor defensive wounds on the hands.

Again, very subtle. Unfortunately,

no organic material recovered
from under the fingernails.

- None of this is very strong.
- No, but I went back over the forensics,

and there were foreign
fibres in Kennedy's clothing.

Again, not strong. - Similar fibres
were found in Kennedy's nose

- and mouth at the second PM.
- Right.

Best guess, someone smothered him,

and then hanged him
while he was unconscious.

Well, if Bains killed Danny,

I'll lay you evens he
killed Kennedy, as well.

I need to show you this.

Traffic camera vid-caps from
the night of Rod Kennedy's death.

This camera is located less than half a mile

from the industrial estate.

This registration
matches a vehicle registered to...

Harinderpal Bains.

It's definitely gone over the threshold

for our friend, PC Hari
Bains. Bring him in, Steve.

- Good call, Gaffer.
- Sir.

What happened with the postmortem?
Weren't you supposed to organise it?

Yeah, listen, I sent the e-mail,
but I only just saw this morning,

it bounced back from the
pathologist's office. - Right.

Steve, you're a life-saver.

Maneet, get me a update on
Hari Bain's whereabouts. Urgent.

Telecoms.

I'll get hold of Kate
and see if she's on his tail.

We need an urgent triangulation
on a suspect's mobile phone.

Telephone number, 07591152689.

- Yeah.
- He's at or near home.

Right, could I have concealed firearms.
Organise armed backup.

Telecoms triangulation places Hari
Bains at his home address.

We understand that his wife and
one child reside at this same address.

What? - PC Francis is in Bains's
squad. She shouldn't be here.

Correct.

Thank you.

Francis?

Sir.

DI Cottan.

I've been bumped off the op.
Too close to Bains.

I need to be in on this, Dot.
Can you make a call? - 'No. '

This is too dangerous. I want you out of it.

- Oh, for Christ's sake, Dot!
- Sorry, Kate.

Set aside that this is one of our own.

Hari Bains is potentially armed

and is considered to be extremely dangerous.

Let's get this done.

Hello.

Kate, you were right about the PM.
Rod Kennedy, he was murdered.

Hello? - 'You're being fitted up
for murdering Rod Kennedy. '

No, he was fine when I left him.

'Do you hear how guilty you sound already?'

- I don't know what to do.
- 'Well, I do this for a living. '

If you want a way out, you'll listen to me.

- Where's your DI? - On his way.
- Then I'm the ranking officer.

We need Bains alive for information on
the murder of Danny Waldron.

Armed police! Come out with
your hands above your head!

Coming out!

Where's Hari? - I don't know. He
went into the garage. - Can you open it?

The keys are on the side. - Get her
out of here. - Hari, it's McAndrew!

We're opening the garage door.

It's jammed.

Wait!

Clear!

Open it.

Don't touch the phone.

- Arnott. DOT:
- 'I've got eyes on Hari Bains.

'He's just entered the industrial unit

'where Rod Kennedy's body was found. '

Look, he's probably armed.
Don't move until I bring backup.

'I'm not daft. I'm going
to stay well out of it. '

Thanks, they're on their way.
Come here, come here.

Secure that phone. I've got
obs on Bains. Follow me!

Kate, I got obs on Bains.

I'm en route to the industrial unit
where Rod Kennedy was found.

Cheers, Steve, I'm on my way.

Seriously?

Of all the places to run, mate.

Where are you going, now?

- What are you doing here?
- I'm just minding my own business.

Re-examining an old crime scene.

You expecting someone else?

- Who?
- Don't know what you're on about, mate.

Well, have it your own way.

I was just trying to give you a chance
before the circus arrives!

A chance of what?

The way I see it, it's your
word against Jackie Brickford's.

Now, if you're seen to be
cooperating with the enquiry, then...

it doesn't take a genius to
figure out who they'll believe, eh?

Listen, boy, I don't trust
you as far as I can throw you.

This is where your mate Rod died.

We've just had the postmortem report in.

He was murdered.

You see, that's what I'm doing here.

You...?

Well, that's not very clever, is it?

Returning to the scene of the crime.

- I had nothing to do with that.
- I believe you, mate.

I do.

And frankly, between the two of us,

the forensics aren't that strong.

But will Hastings?

Hm? Will the CPS?

See, this is that chance
I was talking about.

Now, starting with Danny
Waldron, before he died,

did he ever confide anything to you
about those two pervs he killed?

- No, he never said owt.
- You think carefully.

Ronan Murphy and Linus
Murphy were the blokes he killed.

Did he ever mention any other names?
Politicians? Coppers? - No. - Think.

Tommy Hunter and Lindsay Denton.

What would Danny have to say about them?

All right. So, who are you here to meet?

I don't know.

I never met him.

I don't know anything about him.

Nothing.

No, nothing.

Have it your own way, mate.

Look, you don't understand.

What don't I understand?!

- Man, I'm just small fry.
- Steady.

It's just my phone.

Look, it's unregistered.
They can't trace it.

I'll call them for you now, yeah?

Yeah.

'The number you have called is not
recognised. Please check the number.

'The number you have called... '

There is no bloke.

It's all you!

You killed Danny Waldron.

You persuaded your mates to lie about it,

and then, when Rod Kennedy wanted
to come clean, you killed him?

No, none of that's true.

I never killed Rod.

Go!

Armed police!

AC-12, don't shoot!

Stay down, hands behind your head!

- Cuff him! You OK, Dot?
- Yeah.

Harinderpal Bains, I'm arresting you
for the murder of Roderick Kennedy.

You do not have to say anything,
but it 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. Key.

What the hell are you doing here, Francis?

DC Fleming, Ma'am. AC-12.

What happened?

Just take a look.

When I got here, Bains jumped me.

You know, he was going to string me up
the same way he did Rod Kennedy.

I shouldn't have gone
in without backup, sir.

I just didn't want him
to get away, you know?

Well, nobody's going
to question your judgment.

You did a grand job, son.

Now, take yourself off to the hospital

and get yourself a
checkup. Go on, off you go.

- Cheers, Gaffer.
- Yeah.

Inspector, we're going to take
this man into our custody,

but I'd like you to give us

- one of your crews to ride shotgun.
- Yes, sir.

You're lucky AC-12 got to you first.

My team, we're following! The rest
of you, back to the station.

You heard the guv.

Have you anything to say?

Take him away. Steve...

- You OK, Dot?
- Yeah, I'll live.

Minor facial injury...

Jury's coming back. You're
free to come in, if you want.

I'll wait here.

Will the defendant please stand?

Will the foreman of the jury please stand?

A search of Hari Bains' home
uncovered a cache of mobile phones.

All of the unregistered,
pay-as-you-go variety.

Finding these phones allowed us
to examine their call history.

Hari Bains received a call
the night before going to

Inspector McAndrew and volunteering
to stay on Danny's squad.

And who was the call from?

Well, unfortunately, it was also an
unregistered pay-as-you-go phone,

and said phone is no longer in history.

Same MO as the recent text Bains
received, telling him to sit tight.

Three days later, there's another
call from the same number.

That was the night before
Bains murdered Danny Waldron.

- You think they're connected?
- Well, if they are, sir,

it means somebody's
been pulling the strings.

- Someone who ordered Danny's murder.
- Well done, Dot!

Welcome back, Dot! - Thanks,
Gaffer. - Great work, sir. - Cheers.

On the charge of conspiracy to murder,

have you reached a verdict upon
which at least ten of you agree?

- We have.
- What is your verdict?

Not guilty.

On the charge of perverting the
course of justice,

have you reached a verdict upon
which at least ten of you agree?

- We have.
- What is your verdict?

Guilty.

Members of the jury,

thank you for your time and
efforts in this complex case.

You are now dismissed.

I'm putting you in for a commendation.

- Sir, I don't deserve that.
- Will you listen to this fella?

Single-handedly brings in an AFO,

who killed two coppers in cold blood,

and for all he knew, he could
have been armed to the teeth.

- I'll give you, "Don't deserve it".
- Thanks, sir.

'Lindsay Denton,

'for the offence of
perverting the course of justice,'

I impose a sentence of
38 months' imprisonment.

Since you have already served the
custodial term of that sentence,

your immediate release
on licence will follow.

You are now free to go.

All rise.

I can't believe it.

They've let her out on licence.

- Lindsay! - Lindsay!
- There she is!

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like
to make a brief statement

on behalf of my client.

My client would like to thank the
men and women of the jury,

who were faced with a complex case...

585 days,

and on every single one

I thought about what I would do whe
n this moment finally came.

I forgive you.

.. Unanswered about the
tragic, shocking events

of the 5th September 2013.

Who's the real guilty party, Lindsay?

I'd like to thank the jury.

Do you believe you were set up? Do
you think you were framed, Lindsay?

I'd just like to get
on with the rest of my life.

'Lindsay, what is your...?

'Who set you up?'

I'd like to thank the
jury for their decision.

'Who set you up?'

'Earlier today, the for
mer detective inspector

'was acquitted of the charges
of conspiracy to murder. '

'Lindsay! Lindsay!'

'I'd just like to get on with my life. '

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