Line of Duty (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 4 - Episode #4.4 - full transcript

Sorry to trouble you at home, ma'am,
but we've picked up a bystander

999 on an active abduction of a
young female in the Moss Heath area.

We've being looking for him for months.

We're going to get this bastard, yeah!

A 24-year-old man has been charged.

Huntley's definitely hiding
something about how the case

against Farmer was handled.
What, I don't know.

There's the man you should
be looking for up there.

Not Michael Farmer.

- You all right?
- I need to go back to work.

What have you got against Michael Farmer,



except him being retarded
enough for you to frame?!

He was one of our own. I'm going to get
on with finding the bastard that did this.

I'm the senior ranking
officer here, darling.

I'm only putting you back where
you belong. What are friends for?

Hmm?

Hana Reznikova was the last
person known to have had contact

with the victim.

Hana Reznikova, I am arresting
you in connection with the murder

of Timothy Ifield.

Fingertips were amputated postmortem.

So, we're surmising that Tim tried
to grab a handful of his assailant.

To get some skin cells
under his fingernails.

A swab of worktop blood spatter.

Item reference KRG-13.



I'm just after some background
info on an item of evidence

from Tim Ifield's flat. KRG-13.

- She went to the forensic office.
- What is she up to?

You witnessed a cab outside
the flats around 11pm

on the night of the 17th?

I think it was a cab.

Can you describe the driver?

Image enhancement got a reg number
on the vehicle seen near Tim's flat.

It belongs to a Nicholas Huntley.

Nick Huntley could be dangerous. Call in.

- I didn't know what else to do.
- Just tell me what happened.

- DS Arnold came to see me...
- Arnott.

Arnott, came to see me, and, well...

he ended up falling down the stairs.

Oh, my God.

Jesus Christ!

- He's still alive?
- I don't know.

At least you had the presence
of mind to go out and use

- a pay phone to call me.
- Yes.

I thought maybe I should, because
he mentioned telephone calls,

DS Arnott, between us
that he was investigating.

What calls?

On the night you told me you
were working and you left

your phone at home.

He called me, Roz, and so I called
Jimmy Lakewell straight away.

And he said not to make any
further comment to him.

About what?

Come on, Nick!

He wanted to know your whereabouts
on the night that you said

that you were working.

- Why? - I don't know, I
can't remember. He was...

He was pressuring me and he was
coming up and then I thought,

- maybe, he'd gone to the old floor.
I don't know. - Pressuring you how?

Well, he was saying
stuff. He was pushing me.

- "He was saying stuff."
- Don't start, Roz!

You're the one who's started and
I'm left with the mess to clear up!

Is there a way to get into
your building avoiding CCTV?

Yes. That's the one I've just used.

Good. Get up to whatever
floor you're meant to be on.

Phone security, tell them to
go and look for DS Arnott.

You're worried he's got lost
somewhere in the building.

What if somebody sees us?

This is not an abstruse
point of corporate law, Nick.

This is real crime and
I do this for a living.

Go on.

Go!

I'm his gaffer. How is he?

Too early to say for
certain. He's in a bad way.

Yes. So what happened?

Security guard found him
at the bottom of the stairs.

Didn't see anyone else around.
Injuries are consistent with a fall.

Mother of God.

That's him, sir, that's her husband.

Right. This is no accident,
until proven otherwise!

OK. I want this place locked
down as a crime scene!

Full forensic deployment!

- Nicholas Huntley?
- Yes.

You're a material witness to
the events surrounding the

serious injury of a serving police
officer going about his lawful duty.

- I don't know anything.
- Save it, fella. Look, you know,

you can do this voluntarily
or we can do it the hard way.

Right. I want him detained for forensics.

And, James, you're in charge.
Right, you lot. I'm with you.

We'll need your clothes, Mr Huntley.

Come with me.

En route with P1, GCS 9. ETA five minutes.

Thank you.

Jimmy, thanks for the
change of clothes, mate.

There's no way am I letting you
go round looking like you're

already convicted.

Detective Sergeant Arnott

phoned me to arrange a
follow-up interview.

He informed me that he was
outside my firm's building,

and that he was on his way to up
to my office and then he hung up.

And when he didn't arrive, it was
at that moment that I realised

that he must have gone to our old floor.

As soon as I realised
DS Arnott's mistake...

My officer made no
mistake. He was on to you.

You were the only person
who knew where he was.

We weren't born yesterday, fella!

We all appreciate that you're
concerned for your officer's

condition, but, come on, let's
dial down the Ian Paisley!

You fancy yourself as a
bit of a comedian, do you?

I have a man in the hospital.
That's no laughing matter.

Nick and I are old colleagues,
so I've got more than

a professional interest in
my client's fair treatment,

so no-one would be happier than
me if your whole department

stopped looking like they want to
blame Nick and started realising

that your officer's fall resulted
from an unfortunate accident.

My officer was highly trained.

He's a former
counter-terrorism team leader.

He did not slip and fall down three
flights of stairs by "accident".

He was pushed.

And you were the only person who
knew he was there, Mr Huntley.

Coincidence. A complete coincidence.

The security guard, he's got
no idea how DS Arnott's attacker

could have accessed the
building without him knowing.

Unless he was in there already.

You can't be suggesting that
Nick was responsible for your

officer's fall.

He was two flights up in an
office full of colleagues.

The office manager told us
Mr Huntley left the office for

approximately 15 minutes around
the time DS Arnott sustained his

- injuries.
- I went to the toilet.

Yeah. I thought you were
waiting for DS Arnott?

He didn't appear. I got butterflies.

Do you have any evidence to the contrary?

We're looking at the whole picture,
the whole picture. DC Desford.

Uh, yeah... erm...

Traffic camera video capture...

March 17th.

Good. You recognise
this vehicle, Mr Huntley?

Help him, DC Desford.

For the tape, the
interviewee is being shown

a vehicle registration number.

That's my car.

So we have this vehicle crossing
this junction and then coming

back a few hours later.

Now, the reason we're interested
in this particular junction is

because it serves an address just a
few hundred yards away where, on the

night in question, a member of the
police forensic staff was murdered.

Timothy Ifield.

I... I've got nothing
to do with any murder.

We also have a witness
saying a vehicle matching this

description and a driver matching
your description was seen

outside the address where
the murder took place.

Are you seriously suggesting
that Nick is a suspect?

No. One step at a time.

I'd just like to know if Mr
Huntley saw anything on the night

in question that might
help us with our inquiries?

No, I didn't. No. Sorry.

You see, normally in a situation
like this someone's mobile phone

would give us their location
every second of the night.

However, you conveniently
left yours at home.

The man forgot his phone. It's
simple as that, nothing sinister.

Right. Well, perhaps Mr Huntley
can tell us where he was, exactly,

on that night?

Nick isn't obliged to
give you that information.

Very well.

Let's move on to your wife,
Detective Chief Inspector Huntley.

Now, on the night in question, the 17th,

when you were out for that drive,
she's claimed she was at home, sick.

DC Desford.

Yeah. Um...

A call to your wife's mobile
was made at around 8pm.

So, why the call, when
she said she was home?

Our kids made that call.

They didn't realise that she
was asleep in the spare room.

In the spare room?

Yes. So, she wouldn't give
me her illness or disturb me,

if she had a sleepless night.

DC Desford.

Yeah... Um...

Image 47.

This is a frame of CCTV captured
on the evening of January 25th

in the Moss Heath area.

You wouldn't happen to be
able to help us identify this

particular individual?

Mr Huntley?

Take your time, Nick.

The 25th.

Yes.

Yes. I was at a work function
in Northampton that evening.

So, I can't help you.

And I bet there are loads of
witnesses to corroborate that?

- Yes. - Great. Thanks, I hope
that's covered. Anything else?

Do you have any of your
officer's DNA on my client?

Any of his clothes fibres?

I can ask the same regarding the
murder of this Timothy Ifield.

Inquiries are ongoing.

They've got no witnesses. No CCTV.

No forensics.

My client's given full cooperation.

Either you arrest him under
Code G or he's free to go.

This inquiry isn't finished,
not by a long chalk.

Don't you kid yourselves,
fellas. DC Desford.

When my officer wakes up,
he'll have a tale to tell.

Then we'll see what's what.

You want to sharpen up
your act there, James.

Sir.

Kate, what are you doing
here? You could be seen.

I had to come, sir. How is he?

He's got fractures of his
right leg, pelvis, vertebrae,

fractured skull, some busted ribs.

I mean, they've operated, but
the nurse says it's too early

to say anything, so...

You can never find a bloody
doctor when you want one.

You ought to look at this.
CCTV from Steve's fall.

I thought we'd drawn a blank?

I got this from neighbouring
premises overlooking an alleyway.

Good God.

Timing fits with Steve's fall, sir.

- This was just a few minutes after.
- Well, there you have it.

Balaclava Man, he can't be Michael
Farmer, he can't be Tim Ifield.

It's looking like he
could be Nick Huntley.

No traces of Steve's blood or
DNA were found on Nick Huntley.

No clothes fibres, either.

Nor any fibres that might relate
to the Balaclava Man outfit.

Yeah, but this is no coincidence.
Huntley's definitely involved.

He's the only person who
knew where Steve was.

- What? Do you think he
tipped somebody off? - No.

Huntley only made one phone
call after Steve's initial

voicemail, which was to his
solicitor, seeking legal advice.

Right, so it's all down to Steve
identifying Huntley as his

- assailant.
- Sir.

What about the Tim Ifield murder?

Any more connections
with Nick Huntley there?

Maneet's studied all the
traffic cameras in the vicinity

of Tim Ifield's flat.

There were no other sightings
of Nick Huntley's vehicle

- for the night of Tim's murder.
- Come on, son.

Steve Arnott's up in intensive
care and you've gone into

full steam reverse!

If they had anything, they'd
have held you. Trust me.

- It's fine.
- Hey, hey!

They showed me a CCTV picture of
some scary bloke in a balaclava.

It's to do with this death, this murder.

Why were they asking you questions
about Timothy Ifield's murder?

What haven't you told me?

Jesus Christ, Roz, you've got a nerve.

You're the one that's doing
all the lying, not me.

I'm going to ask you again. Why were

they asking you questions
about Timothy Ifield's murder?

Because I was there...

.. that night.

They've got my car on a traffic camera

a few hundred yards away from his flat.

You still don't get it, do you?
The late nights. The excuses.

The brush-off in bed.

I knew that you had to be with someone.

You followed me?

I didn't intend to.

But you left your phone at home
when you said that you were going

to work. So I picked it up
and I tried to catch you.

I saw you take a different turn
to some dodgy mini-cab firm.

Jesus Christ, Nick.

So, I followed that cab until you got out.

I realise now it was to avoid the
traffic camera that captured my car.

And I saw you walk down a side
street and I got to the end

just in time to see you
go into those flats.

And every minute I wanted
to bang on that door

and catch the pair of you at it.

But I didn't. I gave up and
I came here, I came home.

To our house. To our kids.

To the life that we've built.

For God's sake, Nick. I had
this under control. Instead...

my husband was prowling the
area that night and now they're

wondering if you set up one of
their officers to be killed.

That's conspiracy to murder.

OK, so, what did you tell AC-12?

Give me some credit,

Roz, I didn't say that my
wife was with another man, OK?

I covered for you. I said
that you were at home.

Unwell, like you'd told them.

Good.

What happened in those flats
that night? Was it him?

- Him?
- Was it him? Him? Him?

The one that was... that was killed?

No. No more lies, Roz. I want the truth.

I was with someone that night.

- And? - And what? - And what happened?

We had feelings for each other.
And we spent the night together.

A crime took place nearby.
We had nothing to do with it,

we weren't even witnesses,

but neither of us can admit to work
that we were in the area that night.

So, he's a policeman?

Married?

Who?

No-one you know. And it's over.

Yeah, come in. Come in.

Sorry to bother you, sir. I've been
looking at finding a way to place

- a suspect inside of Tim's flat.
- Good.

There was an item of
evidence, sir, KRG-13,

the isolated blood spatter
from Tim Ifield's flat.

Yes, there was some question about
the label being overwritten,

but Steve and Kate didn't
think it was significant.

Meaning no disrespect, sir,
but that was before we knew

Nick Huntley was in the
neighbourhood that night.

That raises a distinct possibility
DCI Huntley could've been

deliberately misleading the
inquiry away from her husband.

Look, I was thinking of sequestering
the original sample to be

re-examined by an independent lab.

Great. That's more like it, good.

Sir, hospital just called.
Steve's regained consciousness.

Thank you, Maneet. Meet
me at the lift, James.

Maneet, there's a couple of
things the gaffer wants me

- to look into.
- Yeah, no probs.

And could you please find a way of
telling him my name's not James?

Easier to turn an oil tanker.

Your son showed signs of
coming round of his own accord.

We lightened the sedation,

he was appropriate, so we removed
the tube from Steven's throat.

It's a good sign.

Mr and Mrs Arnott?
Superintendent Hastings.

Look, I'm very sorry, this must
be a very difficult time for you.

But I've got to crack on and talk
to your son, but we'll speak later,

all right?

How are you, son? How are you feeling?

Awful.

That's the spirit.

- All right.
- All right.

They looking after you,
anybody needing shaking up?

I'm in good hands, sir.

Good. Now, if you don't mind,
we'll just get straight to it?

I'll do my best.

Good man.

Do you remember much at all
about what happened to you?

Talking on the phone

to Nick Huntley, going up in the lift...

.. someone jumped me, hit me over
the head. After that, it's all hazy.

Right. OK.

Well, we have a CCTV image here
that we'd like you to look at.

Now, do you think that
could be your attacker?

A lot of it's blank, sir.

I'm not sure if he's the
one attacked me or...

.. or I'm getting mixed up with
the images of Balaclava Man.

I thought there was a baseball
bat, but he doesn't have one.

Maybe I'm remembering an old case.

Is there any chance that
this could be Nick Huntley?

I don't know.

Well, full marks for honesty, son.

- Ma'am.
- Something up?

I just heard something
from a mate in Forensics.

AC-12 are asking to examine
evidence from Tim's flat.

What evidence?

KRG-13, the blood spatter
that Kate was interested in.

I'm sorry, I wasn't sure
if I should say anything...

Night, Jodie.

OK.

I realise this wasn't
purely a social invitation.

I'm aware of the pitfalls of
making an official complaint.

But you ought to know
what AC-12 are up to.

They're trying to discredit my inquiry.

I cannot imagine a more damaging
climb-down for this force.

There is a solution.

There is?

Closing the case against Michael Farmer,

securing a conviction for his awful crimes

and keeping Timothy Ifield's
offences an internal matter.

He's dead, there won't be a
trial, only a coroner's inquest.

Why give AC-12 reign
to destroy public trust?

All I need is your backing, sir.

AC-12 have a habit of
using underhand tactics.

It's never a fair fight.

There are one or two things I could
tell you that would even things up.

Thank you very much, sir.

We're off duty. There's no need for "sir".

This is a nice place.
Are you a regular, sir?

Are you a regular?

It's a convenient pit
stop. I live out of town.

When it's a late finish,
the rooms aren't too shabby.

I'm booked in for tonight.

Am I keeping you from something?

No. No. The kids help
themselves to a ready meal

on a school night, when I'm on duty.

And Nick's often late,
too. My husband, Nick.

Yes. Lucky Nick.

- Would you like another drink?
- No, I shouldn't.

We're just two old friends having a drink.

Tonight's just too difficult. It's
boring domestic reasons. But we...

We could pick this up another evening.

I'll look at my diary.

Let me give you a different phone
number. Just to be discreet.

This piece of evidence that AC-12
want to pull from forensics...

KRG-13.

.. which FI's initials are those?

Kevin R Gill.

Ta.

I know it's a bit parky out here.

No, thanks. It's easier to
talk outside the office.

Listen, AC-12 have been poking
their noses in about one

of your forensic samples.

The label was overwritten.

It looks like you wrote KRG-30
and then corrected it to KRG-13.

Look, Kevin, I'm the last
person to point the finger.

But AC-12, they're a different story.

Look, I'm not saying I'm 100% sure,

but I don't remember
overwriting any label.

Well, percentages help.
What would you say? 75...

- 50...?
- 80. 90.

Then, how was it overwritten?

- Look, I've got no
angle here, Kev. - Kevin.

I'm the SIO, Kevin, and I want
to catch the bastard who killed

Timothy Ifield.

If there's a question mark hanging over

a crucial piece of forensic
evidence, I need to know.

Yeah, right. I've got
to work with you lot.

No way am I going to turn round
and say that somebody's been

tampering with evidence. Cos
that'll make me a whistle-blower.

- And we all know what
happens to them. - Kevin...

This is my fag break.

You should have come to see me sooner.

Yeah, sorry I... Work.

We're going to take a swab.

- Is that necessary?
- It won't delay anything.

I'll give you a painkiller,
start you on some antibiotics.

You should see a specialist.

You're running a fever.

I think I should sign
you off on sick leave,

until the specialist sees you.

There's no way I can take
time off work, I'm sorry.

I just can't.

Where are the kids?

The high street youth club,
with a tenner between them.

Nando's.

On a school night?

You don't want to talk to me, Roz?

Of course I do.

I've had a crap day, I've
got another bloody fever.

I just want to take a couple
of paracetamol and zonk out.

What really happened that night, Roz?

The night of the murder?

Because the more I think about it,

the more holes there are in your story.

Would you really risk
so much to hide a fling?

I know I hurt you, Nick. And I am sorry.

You don't seem sorry, Roz.

What do I seem?

Like you're still hiding something.

I've stopped believing a word you say.

Look at what I do, Nick, not
what I say. What I actually do.

Everything is for us, for this family.

No, it's all for yourself.

And you had better start
treating me better.

I know you were in those flats
where the murder happened.

What are you trying to say?

I'm saying I've had it with
being taken for a fool.

Were you not listening? Look at what I do.

You're linked to the near-death
of an anti-corruption detective.

And you were hanging around
outside a crime scene.

You are the fool.

I'm the one protecting you.

It's OK.

It's OK.

Come in.

Sir, the lab's analysed the
original sample reference KRG-13.

They've found an anomaly.

Great. This gets better
and better. Come in.

- Sorry.
- That's OK.

I'm afraid it's bad news, Roz.

AC-12 have issued you
with a second Reg 15.

On what grounds?

If they're issuing a second
one, it means they're citing

a substantively different
offence from last time.

OK.

I'll be honest, Roz.
They're coming after you.

It's not just taking you
off the case this time.

It could be suspension,
dismissal from the service,

maybe even criminal charges.

Sorry.

Thanks, Maneet.

Thanks, Maneet.

Anti-corruption Unit 12 interview
by Superintendent Hastings and

DC Desford of Detective Chief
Inspector Roseanne Huntley, in the

presence of her Police Federation
Representative DCI Mark Moffatt.

Please identify yourselves for the DIR.

- Hastings. - Huntley.
- Moffatt. - Desford.

DCI Huntley, you do not have to
say anything, but it may harm your

defence if you do not mention,
when questioned, something

you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may
be used in evidence.

Questions will be put to you by
Superintendent Hastings, as it

is your right to be questioned by
an officer at least one rank senior.

I will furnish factual information
only, starting with Image 47, from a

CCTV camera captured on the night
of January 25th in the vicinity

of the last confirmed
sighting of Leonie Collersdale

before she disappeared.

Now, this man is wearing a
black jacket of the type worn

by Hana Reznikova's abductor.

What steps have you taken to find him?

We believe this is Michael Farmer.

Image 136, from a CCTV camera
overlooking the car park

of a DIY Superstore, captured
on the night of March 17th.

And we believe this is Timothy Ifield.

- Well, clearly there are
some similarities. - Clearly.

However, Timothy Ifield
was aware of Image 47.

He could have deliberately styled
himself, in order to simulate

the suspect seen on January 25th.

Right. Well, let's see what
you have to say about this...

DC Desford.

From a CCTV camera captured on
the 6th of April, in an alley

adjacent to your husband's
office building.

Now, Timothy Ifield, bless
him, is six foot under,

so it can't be him styling
himself to simulate Balaclava Man.

And Michael Farmer has been
in custody for nearly a month.

Why haven't you shared this
evidence? This is my investigation!

Clearly, DCI Huntley, I
would have reservations,

regarding the connection to your husband.

DCI Huntley's spouse was
released without charge by AC-12.

You're presuming guilt before innocence.

Document Seven, DC Desford.

Document Seven in your folders,

a photocopy made by this unit
on April 7th of a form MG-6

submitted electronically by you on
April 5th to the Senior Prosecutor

in the Complex Case Unit in respect
of evidence against Hana Reznikova.

Do you recognise the form, DCI Huntley?

Yes.

Timothy Ifield's killer left
not a single strand of DNA

or a single fingerprint
at the crime scene.

Now, you are saying that Hana
Reznikova had the knowledge

and the skills to do that?

She is a cleaner, sir.

Timothy Ifield's killer
amputated the second,

third and fourth digits of the
victim's right hand postmortem.

And what? You think she's up to that too?

Yes, I do, sir,

to remove her DNA lodged under
Timothy Ifield's fingernails.

Right. Well, tell me this, were
there any corresponding wounds found

anywhere on Hana Reznikova body?

The wounds could have been
superficial enough to have

healed by the time we charged her,

or she might have mistakenly assumed
her DNA had contaminated the body.

Kindly answer the question, DCI Huntley.

Were there any corresponding wounds
found on Hana Reznikova's body,

- yes or no? - No. - No.

You have not got the evidence
to pass the threshold test

for charging and yet you seriously
believe that that wee girl,

Hana Reznikova, murdered Timothy Ifield?

Yes, I do, sir.

What -- and not this man?

Like I said, this needs
to be investigated.

Yes, our point entirely.

- DC Desford.
- Document Nine.

Forensic evidence log from the examination

of Timothy's Ifield's
flat on the 23rd of March.

Do you recognise said log?

Yes, sir.

Item Reference KRG-13
is recorded in said log.

We would draw your attention to
the labelling of said item KRG-13.

James.

I'm sorry.

On screen, image 12.

Image 12 is a photograph taken
by this department of the label

on the evidence bag.

And what can you tell us about
this label, DCI Huntley?

It's been overwritten.

Indeed, it has. Indeed, it has.

We interviewed the forensic
investigator corresponding

to the designation K-R-G, Kevin R Gill.

Mr Gill was unable to
account for the overwriting.

That doesn't mean there's
anything suspicious here.

Yeah, but we also sequestered
the original sample.

Image 22 on screen.

Image 22 is a crime scene photograph
captured on the 23rd March of the

blood spatter detected
in Timothy Ifield's flat.

Turn to document 15 in your folders.

I quote from the report made by the
independent forensic scientist.

"Swab sample shows
staining with human blood.

"Analysis of the blood sample
detected DNA matching the

"control sample for Timothy Ifield.

"The probability that this
sample contains Timothy Ifield's

"blood is greater than 99.9%."

So far, so expected, wouldn't
you say, DCI Huntley?

Yes, sir.

Yes, but our independent
analysis does not end there.

We've been informed of an anomaly.

I quote,

"Present within the blood sample
are a number of clothing fibres.

"All fibres are of the same type,

"suggesting they originate
from the same source.

"Comparison with the
reference database reveals

"a match with the white high-density
polythene of over-suits worn

"by forensic investigators.

"The probability of this
match is greater than 99.9%."

What do you make of that, DCI Huntley?

It's possible the FI taking
the sample inadvertently made

contact with the swab or blood
with his own white over-suit.

I mean really, do you seriously
believe that an experienced

FI is going to be that clumsy?

I mean... who are you kidding?

Besides those suits are specifically
designed not to shed fibres.

But, of course, you would know
this, wouldn't you, DCI Huntley?

Being an experienced and, I'm told,
highly skilled senior detective.

Superintendent Hastings,
your tone is oppressive.

She's an SIO. 20 years
on the force, fella.

If she can't take it, God help us all.

DCI Huntley?

For the DIR, the interviewee
is not answering.

That swab had to be taken from
the blood-stained over-suit that

Timothy Ifield was wearing
at the time of his death.

And as said over-suit was not
found at the scene of the crime,

it leads me to believe that the
person who took the swab was

very closely connected
to the killer himself.

Or... herself.

That sample, KRG-13, was tampered with.

DCI Huntley?

Possibly.

"Possibly." Look.

We all know under modern policing
methods it's extremely difficult,

it's nigh on impossible to plant
evidence once a crime scene

has been opened. However, it is
conceivably possible to replace

evidence once it's in storage if one
has access to said storage facility.

Unfortunately, there's no
CCTV covering the evidence room

where the samples were
stored, as it's a staff area.

Security cameras only cover
areas where officers come into

contact with members of the public,
for the protection of all parties.

Police officers have a right to
go about their personal business

- in private. - I beg to
differ. We're public servants.

Everything we do, everything,
should stand up to public scrutiny.

So, let's see what we have.

We have the possibility of planting
evidence in the case against

Michael Farmer and we have
interference in forensic

evidence in the murder of Timothy Ifield.

It's a complex case,
sir. In fact, two cases.

It sure is.

Did you investigate who had
access to Michael Farmer's home

prior to his arrest?

Of course we have, sir.

Document 33, a copy of my
Decision Log recorded on the night

of March 9th, regarding operations
at Michael Farmer's home.

"21.25 FARS OIC clears property for entry.

"DCI Huntley clears FARS Investigator

"and FC to enter property."

The FC in this case being Timothy Ifield.

And Timothy Ifield's DNA was detected on

Leonie Collersdale's body.

Hence we are pursuing complicity
between Timothy Ifield

and Michael Farmer.

Do you have any evidence connecting
Michael Farmer to Timothy Ifield?

- Not yet, sir.
- No.

No, so this complicity between
them is just wild speculation

on your part, DCI Huntley.

Now, from what we know of Timothy Ifield

he was probably trying
to do the exact opposite.

He was probably trying to prove
Michael Farmer's innocence.

You see, Timothy Ifield stumbled
upon a conspiracy to protect a

person or persons unknown, possibly
the person in the CCTV footage

on the 25th of January, for which
he was murdered for his silence.

Now have you or your inquiry,

made any effort whatsoever
to explore this possibility?

We...

No, we haven't, sir.

No, DCI Huntley. YOU haven't. You alone.

DCI Huntley's been suffering
from illness recently.

Perhaps we could take a
break for a few minutes.

No.

I really wish that it all ended there,

but sadly, Timothy Ifield was
murdered, and in respect of a prime

suspect, we're looking very close
to home. Very close to home, indeed.

DC Desford.

Image 36.

Image 36 is a frame taken from
traffic camera video recorded

at 11pm on the night of March 17th.

Image 36 captures a vehicle
registered to your husband,

Nicholas Huntley, in the vicinity
of Timothy Ifield's flat.

The night of March the 17th has
been identified as the most likely

time for that murder to take place.

DCI Huntley, in my view there
is a clear conflict of interest

regarding your position and the
possible involvement of your husband

in these offences. Also now,

it is extremely difficult to exclude
you as a suspect in tampering

with evidence that might implicate
your husband in said murder.

Therefore I will be recommending
to the Executive Officer, in the

strongest possible terms, that
you be suspended from duty,

effective immediately. Now,
you are not under arrest.

However, our inquiries are ongoing
and you may subsequently be arrested

in connection with these offences.

Do you understand what I'm saying to you?

- I do. - And have you
anything further to add?

I do.

Well, look... your Federation Rep
said you might want a break now.

You said it yourself, Superintendent.

I'm an SIO, 20 years in, the
tape's running, let's proceed.

How many detectives of the rank
of inspector or above have you

investigated in the last five years?

I really don't see how that's relevant.

- Do you have an answer?
- Not to hand. No.

You've investigated
three, myself included.

Two of the three were female, that's 67%,

when the proportion of
females in those ranks is 10%.

Who's giving you this information?

Am I wrong?

Well, that's a very small sample
to be quoting percentages out of.

We've charged a Deputy Chief Constable and

a retired Chief Superintendent, both male.

We're only interested in one thing
here and one thing only, and

that's bent coppers, irrespective
of race, creed, colour, or gender.

- You're blind to gender?
- Absolutely.

On the 23rd of March, in a
conversation at the scene

of Timothy Ifield's murder, did
you address me as "darling"?

Once again, I really don't
see how this is relevant.

Yes or no, Superintendent,

did you address me using a
non-gender-neutral term?

Yes.

How many female officers
within AC-12 have been promoted

to the rank of inspector or
above in the last five years?

Look, the internal workings of this
unit have absolutely no relevance

to the matter in front of us now and
frankly it's none of your business.

Your use of sexist language
makes me raise the matter,

and, in respect of the
promotion of female officers,

your unit lags behind
the national average.

Yes, well, it's very specialist
work we do here and I have to

think very carefully about who
I promote to senior positions.

But where are you getting
this information from?

Well, that's confidential.

Yes, well, in that case I think
we should just terminate this

interview. DC Desford.

Are you a member of a
Masonic organisation?

I wouldn't do that if
I were you, DC Desford.

That makes you an active
participant in denying me

my rights under police
regulations to defend myself.

Are you or are you not a Mason?

I'm not at liberty to discuss the matter.

And whoever is feeding you
this prejudicial information...

Masons are the mafia of the mediocre.

A network of officers linked to corruption

and an organisation that
traditionally excludes women.

For the DIR, Superintendent
Hastings has risen from his seat.

You have a record of excluding
women from positions of authority

and what better way than to conduct

witch hunts against
senior female officers?

You're just trying to wriggle
off the hook. This won't wash.

DCI Huntley has raised valid
concerns, regarding the treatment

of female Police Federation
members by your department.

She's laid a foundation to
explain why, in our view,

the investigation against
her is malicious.

Please sit down, Superintendent,
or it would seem you're denying

my colleague her lawful rights
as a serving police officer.

Thank you.

For the DIR, Superintendent
Hastings has retaken his seat.

The matter before us, Superintendent,

is whether DCI Huntley's
carried out her duties

and responsibilities
under police regulations.

The matter is whether she has been
complicit in a criminal offence.

These are photocopies of a
statement given to my team

by Forensic Investigator Kevin R Gill

after the statement he made to AC-12.

You'll see that Mr Gill
accepts responsibility for

overwriting the label item reference
KRG-13, the isolated blood

spatter found at the scene
of Timothy Ifield's murder.

- Now, wait a minute...
- Hold on, hold on.

Now FIs depend on good
relations with police officers.

Come on, he'd change his story
if he thought it would help.

That's a very interesting
remark, DC Desford.

You're claiming the FI says
whatever the investigating police

- officer wants to hear?
- No, no, no, no... That's not...

So, that would mean the FI told
AC-12 what you wanted to hear?

And in order to make the case against me,

you wanted to hear that he
didn't overwrite the label.

That's not what I meant,
OK? That's not what I meant.

I note your agitated tone, DC
Desford. Why are you agitated?

Because you're putting words in my mouth.

Say that again, DC Desford.

For the DIR, Superintendent
Hastings has given

a non-verbal gesture ordering
DC Desford not to answer.

Stable door, horse bolted.

You, DC Desford, volunteered
that you believe Kevin Gill

made the statement AC-12 wanted
to hear, but you've accused me

of fabricating that same
observation, when we all

recognise the DIR will support
my version of the conversation.

The problem with AC-12 is you
can never admit when you're in

the wrong.

And I wonder what lengths
AC-12 would go to

to prove they're right,
even when they're wrong?

This is a video capture
of a lawful recording

of a police interview at
Polk Avenue Police Station,

showing Hana Reznikova
being interviewed by

'DS Flynn and DC Taylor.

'The interview formed the
starting point to our inquiry

'into Hana Reznikova.

'At all stages of the investigation,
DS Flynn was an active participant.

'In fact, she was instrumental in
the charging of Hana Reznikova.'

The validity of which you challenged
earlier in this interview.

This is a print of a digital
photograph captured by

DC Jodie Taylor on the 4th of April.

'Who is the officer in the photograph?'

For the DIR, Superintendent
Hastings and DC Desford

look extremely uneasy.

According to DC Taylor, this detective,

'DS Kate Flynn, made an inquiry
at Polk Avenue Forensic Office,'

regarding item reference KRG-13.

This is a print of a digital
photograph captured by

DC Taylor on the 7th of
April, showing DS Flynn

'having an off the
record conversation with

'Forensic Investigator Kevin Gill.

'Is DS Flynn an undercover AC-12 officer?

'In respect of undercover operations,

'I can neither confirm nor
deny, as well you know.

'What we do know,'

Superintendent is if an undercover
AC-12 officer is coaching witnesses

against DCI Huntley, it would
substantially undermine your case.

My officers do not coach witnesses!

So, she is your officer?

We have Kevin Gill telling AC-12
one thing and my team another

and here we have an undercover
AC-12 officer talking to Gill.

Let's go back to Gill's statement to me.

He took a swab sample from the blood
spatter in Timothy Ifield's flat.

He sealed the sample in an evidence bag.

He labelled the bag overwriting
a slip of the pen, KRG-13.

And despite all your theories,

you have zero evidence KRG-13
was tampered with thereafter.

If it was tampered with,
who could have done it?

Here we have DS Flynn raising
a query about KRG-13 at the

forensic office days before anyone else.

And then, as if by magic,
AC-12 request the sample,

to carry out your own analysis.

As soon as AC-12 seized that sample,
the chain of evidence was broken.

It raises the question who had
access to it after you seized it.

- AC-12 do not tamper
with evidence! - No?

A jury acquitted a female DI
called Lindsay Denton of conspiracy

to murder at retrial, because
they were sure that one of your

officers had engaged in an
inappropriately intimate

relationship, in order to
plant evidence in her home.

My officers do not plant evidence!

You see the pattern here? Sexism,

undercover operations,
and questionable evidence.

All right. This circus is over.

Superintendent Hastings,
did you authorise DS Flynn

to engineer charges
against Hana Reznikova?

I did not.

'Did you authorise DS Flynn to
tamper with evidence in regard'

to the investigation into the
murder of Timothy Ifield from

the 23rd of March to today's date?

I did not.

Did you induce Forensic
Investigator Kevin Gill to alter his

testimony, in regard to the handling
of evidence item reference KRG-13?

I did not.

Superintendent Hastings,

at this time, I'm unable to
exclude you, DC Desford, DS Arnott

and DS Flynn from a conspiracy to
pervert the course of justice in

the actions you've brought against
me, which I believe are unfounded,

vexatious and intended to
obstruct my lawful inquiries

into the murders of Baswinder Kaur,

Leonie Collersdale and Timothy Ifield.

This is a signed authority from

Assistant Chief Constable Hilton,
recusing AC-12 from your inquiry

into me, my team and the above offences.

DCI Huntley and DCI Moffatt
are leaving the room.

Switch that bloody thing off, James.

Sorry, sir, I have to
say. It's Jamie, not James.

Frankly, son, right now,
I couldn't give a shit.

I never planted evidence. I never
coached any witness and you know it.

Hilton might have fallen for
your crap, but no-one else will.

How old are you, Kate?

31.

I'll tell you about my road to 31.

I'd been a DI two years already.

Then, I made life choices in
the best interests of others.

Not in my best interests,
at all, as it turned out.

And from what I know, you
won't make that mistake.

You'd give up anything to get to the top.

But despite all your ambition,

you find yourself on the
wrong side of the line.

What do you know?

That you've got a son you barely
see. Hardly holier than thou.

You should have seen his face.

He had no idea where I was
getting the ammunition.

Happy to help. AC-12
aren't fit for purpose.

You could go so far as to say corrupt.

It's high time someone shut them down.

I let their case play out.

I thought it was worth
hearing everything they had,

just in case there were any surprises.

And were there?

None I couldn't handle.

My name didn't come up, at all?

No, they've stopped accusing me of
succumbing to executive pressure.

This is the most agreeable solution.

Tim Ifield's peccadilloes
out of the public eye.

Michael Farmer's crimes punished.

You've done a great job, Roz.

Thank you, sir, for backing me.

What are friends for?

Let's go up. Bring that with you.

I'm sorry.

I love my husband and I love my children.

I won't betray their trust.

It's a moral question.

I'm sorry.

Well done.

Good news.

No-one thinks you're a murderer any more.