Silent Witness (1996–…): Season 14, Episode 5 - First Casualty: Part 1 - full transcript

Amber Two Zero Alpha,
contact wait, out.

Come on!

Contact!

Enemy! Middle distance!

Danny, get up! Danny!

Ferris! Ferris!

Move it, come on!

Foxtrot, one, zero,
nine, three, five.

Ferris.

Not breathing, circulation
normal but dropping away.

Come on, what are you waiting for?



Blakefield, let the doctors
do their job, come on.

- His girlfriend's having a baby.
- Out everyone! Sergeant Mac?

What happened? Croft?

- He got hit, that's what happened.
- You've got to save him.

There is nothing I can do.

Lieutenant Lockford.

Cat?

I've brought you this.

What's that for? Paying me off?
Are you OK?

I just want to know the truth.

- Cat, I can't.
- You can!

No, stop it! Please stop it!

Look, I want to tell you
the truth, but I can't.

Silent Witness
Season 14 - Episode 05



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First Casualty
Part 1

Dr Cunningham. Yes?

DI Harte. Michael Thomas case.

Yes. I remember.

You do know he did it again?
Exactly the same.

- I know, I read about it.
- How does that make you feel?

Because as far as I'm concerned,

we had him until you changed
your mind on time of death.

- OK, I did not change my mind.
- It swung the whole case.

- As I explained at the time...
- "Time of death is notoriously difficult."

- Yes, and there is a window...
- Michael Thomas murdered that woman

and when he was wrongly acquitted

he raped and murdered another woman
in exactly the same way.

Do you think that has
not occurred to me?

I'm deeply sorry about it
but hadn't nothing else...

Are you going to tell that to
the woman's parents or shall I?

Michael Thomas should
never have been acquitted.

I'm late, I have to go.

There's going to
be a police review.

You know that?

Thanks.

Third one this year.

There's a bridge upstream.

Apparently some poet jumped off it
100 years ago. Seems to attract them.

The Samaritans put a phone on it.

The last one was a prostitute,
drug taker.

Took an overdose

and went for a swim.

What do you think?

Any idea how long
she's been in there?

Hard to be precise, but
she looks fairly recent.

No bloating, no skin slippage...

no wrinkling on the hands.

It's not a way I'd want to go.
Drowning.

What do you make of this?

Michael Thomas.

I heard. Yes, I had the delight of
bumping into DI Harte this morning.

- There's going to be a police review.
- Police review.

Yes, I was told all about it.

She's blaming me for changing
my mind about time of death.

Harte claims you...

- altered your position in court.
- I didn't altered my position in court.

I was asked by the defence
brief whether time of death

could be extended an
hour or two either way.

And you said yes.

Given the circumstances
in which she was found,

the atmosphere
conditions, her clothes,

of course I said yes,
what would you have said?

Exactly the same. I'm sure.
I'm not doubting you, Harry.

Anyway,

the defence found a new alibi.

There was reasonable doubt so...

Thomas was acquitted.

And everybody thought he
probably was guilty, but...

that's the British justice system
for better or for worse.

And now the police are looking for a
scapegoat. That's all this is about.

Well, we'd better
make sure it's not you.

The last thing we need is you
being referred to The Home Office.

What does "hmm" mean?

The lungs aren't
heavy or waterlogged

and there was no
foam in the airways.

Drowning doesn't always
leave obvious signs, but

we'll check for tiny
organisms from the river water

- that could have been inhaled.
- Meaning?

Normally when someone falls
into water they try and breathe,

whether they want to or not,
their lungs pull in water.

Sometimes we can find these
river organisms in the liver or

bone marrow, but I
think it's unlikely here.

So you are thinking
she was already dead and

then dumped in the river?

It's possible.

Dr Alexander.

What do you make of that?

Let's get the head open.

Intracranial bleeding.

- Caused how?
- It's subdural.

She may have been thrown or
fell against something hard.

Before she went in the river?

I would think so. It's possible that the cold
of the water stopped her heart as she went in.

It's known as dry drowning.

That would explain why we found
so little water in the lungs.

We'll search along
the river path and see

if we can find any
traces of an attack.

There are no other injuries
to suggest a struggle.

What about the barcode?

Home-made, I would say.

By her or someone else?

I don't know, but given the scarring
I'd say it was done in the last year.

Any evidence of alcohol or drugs?

- I've taken samples.
- They have gone to toxicology.

Any recent sexual activity?

No obvious indication
of semen present

but we'll do further tests.

We have something
of an overtime issue.

We're talking about a
potential murder enquiry.

I'll see what I can do but

my DI is going to
some need persuading

to break the bank on this one.

But I thought you dealt with these
types of cases on an equal footing.

- Of course we do, but some cases are...
- We know she's given birth.

Given the woman's age, I'd say the
child has to be under five years old.

I'll see if we've had any
calls from childminders or

baby-sitters waiting
for Mum to come home.

She could also have
taken the child with her.

Another sweep of the river?

You said the bridge was a
known hotspot for suicides.

It won't be the first
time a young woman has

decided to end it all
for herself and her child.

Afghan Training Village
Hillsdown Barracks, UK

To clarify, amber two zero alpha
proceed when ready. Confirm. Out.

Amber two zero alpha. Roger.

OK, as per the brief, we're going to move
to compound orange, secure the location.

- Blakefield, Ryland, Axel, with me.
- Sir.

- Sergeant Mac?
- Boss?

- Move out.
- Prepare to move.

- Blakefield?
- Yes, sir?

Let's move.

I'm going to have a quick look
under there, is that all right?

Stand back. I'm not interested
in your carpet, all right?

Let's start wrapping
it up at Carpet World.

Thank you for co-operating.

All clear, boss.

- Moving round.
- Coming through.

Nice and slow.

Come on. That's it.
That's it, come through.

Ryland. Axel.

- Blakefield.
- Moving through.

Down! Down!

Switched on?

Boss.

Give me back my orange!

- In position, ready.
- Moving out.

Alpha two zero alpha contact. Out.

- Ready, Ferris?
- Always ready, boss.

Get up, Danny! Ferris!

Coming through, boss.
Coming through!

Danny!

- Danny!
- Stop shooting me, boss!

- It's blue on blue!
- Danny, get up!

- Get up!
- Stop shooting me!

- Danny!
- Blue on blue!

- What are you doing, boss?
- Danny!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Blakefield, what the
hell are you doing?

- He was shooting at me, Sarge.
- It's all right, Sergeant.

With all due respect,
boss, it is not all right.

Right, listen up. That was
an absolute pile of bollocks.

We are back here
tonight at 1800 hours.

It's our last night off,
Sarge. And now it's not.

Come on, Sarge, he
was shooting at me.

Blakefield. Go!

You heard the sergeant.

Go shower and change. Back at 1800.

On the double!

- You all right?
- Yeah.

You want to report it?

- No.
- If there's an issue with Blakefield,

- I need to know about it.
- There is not an issue, OK?

I'll speak to Major Rutherford.

I think you should, sir.

For the good of the platoon.

- Do you want to help me with this case?
- Not particularly, no.

Young woman found in the
river, probably didn't drown.

Subdural haemorrhage,
no signs of a struggle.

- Not particularly, no.
- I was thinking

perhaps you could help me
calculate time of death.

Oh, good, it's there. Just checking
I hadn't actually laughed my head off.

You're not really worried, are you?

- No, I don't think so.
- How did it go last night?

- It was OK.
- What happened last night?

Harry went on a blind date.

There's a joke there somewhere.

It wasn't exactly a blind date.

It was a friend of
a friend of a friend.

- Did you tell her?
- No.

- Not exactly.
- Tell her what?

Harry always gets nervous about
telling them he's a pathologist.

It's a mood killer. The champagne
is bubbling, the lights are low,

and suddenly I hear myself burbling

about posthumous
rectal temperatures.

Speak of the devil.

Hello, Charlotte.

Yeah,

that might be possible.

Lieutenant Lockford.

- Stephen.
- Sir.

Why was stop, stop, stop called?

Stupid, really.

After all that training, one of my

lads decided to run
out in front of me.

- It just got a bit heated.
- And who was that?

- Blakefield.
- Blakefield?

Isn't he lined up to be an NCO?

I know.

But no-one got hurt
or lost control.

To make sure we are 100% ready

we are going to repeat the exercise
again later on this evening.

I'm sure it'll all be fine.

Better go and tell the
missus I'll be late for tea.

How is Claire? We've not
seen her in the mess recently.

She's fine, sir, thanks for asking.

- And you, Stephen, are you all right?
- I'm good, sir, yeah.

I just can't wait to
get back out there.

We've been given a tough job.

Thank you, sir.

- What was that all about?
Didn't you see him shooting at me?

- What did you say to him?
- Nothing...

he was shouting at me,
thought I was Danny!

- Bollocks.
- He did, all right?

Yeah, right, you are just pissed
off cos Lockford's shagging Cats.

He ain't shagging her.

Cats is still recovering
after Danny's death.

Nah, Crofty said he was
always going to see her.

Yeah, I heard that. Lockford was
giving her a right good shafting.

Up there now.

You got a problem, soldier? Problem?

- No, Sergeant.
- You?

You got a problem, soldier?

- No problem, Sarge.
- Anyone?

No, Sarge.

If you ever touch an officer again,

an officer like
Lieutenant Lockford,

you'll be joining Crofty out on

civvy street selling
the Big Issue, right?

- Right?
- Yes, Sergeant.

I know it's hard.

It's the British Army, man,
that's how it's supposed to be.

I tell you, it's not going to
be as hard as it is out there.

That's where the fight is,
not in here.

But I will say this. I am not
going to lose any more of you.

Is that understood?

Sarge.

You're going to make me
choke up in a minute, Sarge.

You aren't half a cheeky bastard.

A proper cheeky bastard.

A second date, is it?

I thought you said there were no
sign of an attack on this girl.

Stop changing the subject.

I thought you might be interested
in this bruise on her arm.

What?

It's on both arms.

Please! Stop it, please!

They weren't there earlier.

She's been in water
at least 12 hours.

Some marks and bruising
take time to appear.

I know.

I want to tell you
the truth, but I can't.

Amber two zero alpha. Contact out!

Catherine!

Hi, it's Cats. I
can't get to the phone,

please leave a message.

'Catherine, it's Martin.

I was a bit worried
about you last night.

Look, I'm outside your place now.

I'm going to grab a
coffee and come back later.

- Yes, Andy.
- Over to me.

Andy, Andy, pass!

Come on!

Married Quarters,
Hillsdown Barracks, UK

Claire?

I'm sorry, Stephen.
I did something bad.

I accessed your
mobile phone account.

You really should think
about changing your password.

- Anybody could get in.
- What have you done?

Who's Cats?

- I saw the number and the times you rang...
- You rang her?

She didn't answer.

Just her voicemail.

She sounds very young, Stephen.

Look, I really don't mind
what's been happening.

I really don't mind
what's been happening.

I've been married to
you for seven years.

- Loved you for longer.
- What do you think you're doing, spying on me?

I thought we were
saving for a house.

- Why are you doing this?
- You took £2,000 out of the bank yesterday.

That's my money. Money I earn.

Money I risk my life for.

I think I have a right
to spend it how I wish!

I thought we agreed.
No more shouting.

Just be nice.

I'll be gone soon enough.

- Four more days and counting.
- Yeah, I know you'll soon be gone, Stephen.

I'm just not sure I'm going to
be here when you get back.

Stephen.

Please talk to me. I'm sorry.

Stephen,

please just open the door
and talk to me, please.

Mark?

Look who it is.

You seen Blakefield?

Nah, you were kicked out, Croft.

- Mark?
- You shouldn't be on the base.

- What's going on?
- I've just got to talk to him, that's all.

- How'd you get in?
- You got that money you owe me?

- I told you next payday.
- Post-dated cheque will be all right.

Croft. Leave him alone.

- Y'all right?
- Yeah.

- Listen. Have you spoken to Cats?
- No.

What's happened?

Can I have a beer, please? Thanks.

Thanks.

Harry?

- Charlotte, how are you doing?
- I'm good. Thank you.

What are you having?
What was it, a white...

- Dry.
- Dry white wine.

So how are you? You found it?

Yeah, well, considering I'm
the one that suggested it.

Did you? Yes, you did!
Sorry, I'm a bit...grrr.

I've had a very, very bad
day at work, as you can see.

Really, why? What happened, did...

someone die on you?

No, no, not exactly.

Why is that funny? You said
you were a doctor, right?

I am, no, you are right but
specifically I'm a pathologist.

That's why I laughed. I'm
a forensic pathologist, so

- all the time, I'm cutting up corpses.
- Oh, like dead people?

Exactly.

Thanks.

I'm sorry for my reaction, that was
really childish, I'm very squeamish.

No, it's completely understandable.

It's why I often don't
mention it at first.

A bit weird.

It's not like I didn't
know you were a doctor,

and I did Google you
after we had dinner.

Did you? I didn't feel a thing.

I found a Dr Harry Cunningham

giving a lecture and then
I kind of lost interest.

- Right.
- I'm sorry.

So is that what you've
been doing today,

- cutting up dead bodies?
- Yep, twice today.

Then how can you have
a bad day, though?

I mean it's not like if the
knife slips there's a problem.

No. No, you're right. It was...

- You don't want to know.
- No, look I feel bad.

I do, I'd like to know.

A while ago I did a
case, high profile case,

which involved the
murder of a young woman,

and I had to give quite
crucial evidence in court,

and I was forced to admit
that the period of time in

which the woman died could
have been quite large.

And the guy got off

because the police couldn't pin
him down for the whole of that time

so the police are now
very angry with me and

they want to put me in front
of a kind of tribunal thing.

Is it always that
inexact, your work?

Yeah, it can be, yeah. Yes.

My two colleagues, for example,
are both brilliant but...

we all disagree all the time.
It's just how it is.

So it was the police's fault?

No.

I think maybe they could
have got a bit more evidence

together in the first place but,

no, I suppose they
did what they could.

The terrible thing is that...

- he did it again.
- Killed someone?

That's just awful.

This isn't...

the Michael Thomas case, is it?

I really can't tell
you, I'd have to

kill you, then kill
myself. You, I'd miss.

Sorry...

Sorry, I have to...

- Leo.
- Harry, hi.

There's been a call,
a body at Hillston Barracks.

Isn't Nikki on call tonight?

'She was, but she can't do it.

- I can do it, but I've got this...
- I'll do it.

- Are you sure?
- It's fine.

- Text me the directions.
- That's great.

OK, thanks.

I'm really sorry.

- You have to work?
- I do.

I've got to do my thing.

- Can we do this again?
- I'd really like that.

- I'll call you...I will.
- OK.

- Sorry, bye.
- No, no, really, go.

Dr Cunningham,
forensic pathologist.

Just pull round behind
that truck, please.

Good evening.
Are you Mrs Claire Lockford?

No... No, no, no!

Dr Harry Cunningham.
I'm the pathologist.

DI Harte.

Major Rutherford,
Dr Harry Cunningham.

- I'll show you what we've got.
- OK.

Lieutenant Stephen Lockford.
31 years of age.

Found inside the Land Rover
after 6:00pm by three of his men.

Close contact gunshot wound...

Exit wound, top of the head...

Shot through the roof of the mouth.

- There you go.
- Thank you.

This is my fault.

Stephen, he was...very ill,
I shouldn't have shouted at him.

- How was he ill?
- Couldn't you see?

Or did he just save all
that up for when he got home?

Stephen was a brilliant officer.

Jason was always saying how
much the men looked up to him.

Yeah, he was a great officer.

He was a great officer.

Till that first
tour of Helmand, then

when he came home
it were just like...

- I want to go there.
- No...

The base is in lockdown, Claire.

We'll just have to wait.

Come on, just sit down.

Why was the body taken
out of the vehicle?

They were meant to be
doing a training exercise.

Lieutenant Lockford didn't show.

The men sent ahead, found
him and acted on instinct.

You think he would have been dead?

The moment the gun was fired.

Maybe the soldiers
didn't know that.

Maybe they looked inside and

instinctively opened the
door to try to help him.

That's correct.

- The gun was found there?
- Yes.

- So as the body was pulled out...
- The gun fell to the ground.

- That's the story.
- What make is it?

- Makarov.
- What's that, Russian?

According to the major.
Smuggled out of Afghanistan.

The Afghan army and police
force use them apparently.

A souvenir?

The regiment were out
there 12 months ago.

They're about to go back again.

No bullet?

Still searching.

Major, when can I speak with
the men who found the body?

They're all confined to
barracks, standing by.

Is there any indication how long
the base will be in lockdown?

Let me speak with the men and
find out what they saw, and then,

- all being well, you can lift it.
- Thank you.

Can I just say, Lieutenant Lockford
was one of our finest officers.

I spoke to him this afternoon.

He seemed in good spirits.

Well, until I know
otherwise, Major,

I'm going to treat this
as a suspicious death.

It looks like a suicide and it may
well be a suicide, but for the moment...

You have a job to do,
I understand. Of course.

And you need to do
your job, Doctor.

Yep. All working together.

When can you finish the postmortem?

I'll start tomorrow.

I only mention it because
if this is a murder...

all my potential
suspects are flying off

for Queen and country
at the end of the week.

Major,

was Lieutenant Lockford married?

Yes.

Her name's Claire.

I accused him of having an affair.

Stephen?

I shouted at him.

The last thing he was thinking
was that I didn't love him.

- No.
- Yeah.

I accused him of lying
and cheating and...

You loved him,

Claire, and he loved you.

Who is that?! I don't
want to see anybody.

Just tell them to go away.

Joanne, is Claire in...?

- It's Major Rutherford.
- Oh... Hello.

Hello, Claire. I've brought
with me Detective Inspector Harte.

- Yeah, I want to speak to him.
- It's a her, actually...

- And the pathologist.
- Mrs Lockford. Deepest condolences.

Thank you.
Thank you for coming to see me.

Come on in.

Thank you, Major.

When he came back
from Helmand, he said

he didn't like the
way I did his washing.

The way it smelled,
the way it was ironed...

So he wanted me to
buy a cement mixer...

because out in Helmand that's
what he'd used, a cement mixer.

Put in the water, soap...

let it spin for 20
minutes, hang it out to dry.

It'd worked perfectly well out there
so that's what he wanted me to get.

When did he get back
from Afghanistan?

18 months ago.

You said that
when he left this evening,

he was...

- in something of an emotional state.
- Yeah.

- Was that unusual?
- Well, not...

Not in the last six months. He er...

must have somehow held it all
together when he got to the base.

Is there a possibility that he was
suffering from post-traumatic stress?

I mean, for example had he been

showing signs of
short-term memory loss or...

hypervigilance...

I mean erm...

irrational fears?

Had he been drinking more?

Yeah, he...

I tried to tell myself that it
was the drink that was doing it.

Well, you know better
than me that Afghanistan

is a traumatic place to be.

And PTSD, if that's what it was,

can build up over a period of time,

but very often there...

was a single original
trigger event.

Do you know of anything like that?

- He lost a man.
- Danny Ferris.

They ran into an ambush.

They were two days
away from coming home.

He was haunted by it.

It wasn't just because he...
he was wounded himself, he...

... he'd erm...

... wake up every night in...

... cold sweats,

shouting out and saying his name.

I wanted to help him, I...

..I didn't tell anybody.

You weren't to blame, Claire.

- Sorry...
- OK.

Can I...

can I ask you erm...

...where did he shoot himself?

Was it in the head?

Yeah. He erm...

..he'd often say that he
wanted to turn his brain off.

Turn his brain off, get rid
of the pictures and the noises.

Did he keep a gun in the house?

Yeah...

Before he moved into
his own room, he...

... he used to keep
it under the pillow.

You know a lot about PTSD.

Well, I'm a doctor, and I read
The Lancet and that kind of stuff.

And?

You want to know more? Sorry,
I thought you were being polite.

Well, it's estimated that three to
four per cent of the armed forces

- suffer from PTSD, or have suffered from it.
- Doesn't sound very much.

Less than America,
but it's still thousands of people.

- Lockford wasn't even diagnosed.
- No.

So, it's looking like a suicide.

Subject to the
postmortem, as always.

Do me a favour...

let someone else do time of death.

Kids in bed? Darren is,
but Gemma's on the computer.

So?

So...

yeah, they asked us
a lot of questions.

They wanted to know...

where we were, where
he was, stuff like that.

How do you feel?

How do I feel...?

We lost a good man.

How much did you know?

About his condition?

I knew some. Not all.

And have you ever felt like that?

No.

- You promise me?
- Yes.

I really don't want you to go.

We're going to be fine.

Yeah? Zip that...

We're going to be fine. OK?

Have you still got
that cross I bought you?

It's just that... Claire said that
Stephen had lost all his faith.

Soon as I get on the plane...

on it goes. Promise.

Yeah?

I don't want to mess
about with God, man.

Come here.

I love you, Jason... So much.

- Dr Cunningham!
- Yeah?

The police are denying
that they're to blame.

- What are you talking about?
- The Michael Thomas case...?

- If they're not to blame, who is?
- No comment.

- Are you to blame, Dr Cunningham?
- No comment...

Dr. Cunningham?

I know what the headline says but if
you read the whole article, then...

He shouldn't have been
speaking to the reporter

in the first place, I agree.

Yeah, I will speak to him
as soon as he arrives.

OK, thank you.

Do you really think
he said all this?

No, it's just typical
tabloid rubbish.

Some reporter trying to cash
in on the Michael Thomas case.

You've read it, then.

You HAVE been misquoted, yes?

Of course I have.

What were you doing having
a drink with a reporter?

I didn't know she WAS a reporter.

- Ah, the blind date!
- Yes.

I cannot believe she has done this.

You've spoken to...
Charlotte Jenkins?

I've left a few thoughts
on her voice mail, yeah.

So, the fact that we
disagree all the time...

I just said it was part of the job
that we have different opinions.

- I disagree.
- What?

I think we do disagree.

Anyway, I'm very sorry,
I should have been much more careful.

Yes. You should have been.

I don't mind you and me

sharing an honest
opinion between ourselves,

- but to go to the press...
- I didn't go to the press.

"Pathologist Blames
Cops In Thomas Case"?!

- You blamed me.
- No, I don't blame you, and I didn't say it.

He didn't know who the woman was.

Well, that didn't stop him
blabbing his big mouth off.

I spoke in abstractions about pathologists,
the police and a judicial service

which I'm sure you will agree

we all find very frustrating
from time to time.

She was the one who made the
connection with Michael Thomas.

Did she specifically
ask you about the case?

Yes, I told her I couldn't talk
about it and left soon afterwards.

If you're looking for press
help before the police review...

You seriously think that
this is going to help me?

We found the bullet.

From the gun at the scene? Good.

- When are you starting the PM?
- Half an hour.

- I'm going to Hillston Barracks.
- Are you not going to watch the PM?

I think I can trust you
to get it right this time.

- All ready when you are.
- Unbelievable, isn't it?

What, a journalist meets
someone who has the inside track

on a great story and then sells it?

- That's unbelievable. How could she?
- Are we ready?

Yes, we're ready.

Dr Alexander.

We think... hope...

this might be the woman's jacket
found upstream from her body.

Looks like blood.

Well, the bruising on her arms

suggested that someone
was pretty rough with her.

This blood could belong to that
person.

If I send this away it could
take weeks to come back.

- Do you think you might have some time?
- I'll see what I can do.

I'll show you where else we
think we've found some blood.

Did you find any ID in the jacket?

A set of keys, a bus ticket
and £2,000 in cash.

- £2,000?
- If she was a prostitute...

... what was she doing for £2,000?

Did you find any alcohol or
drugs in her system?

No alcohol, but there was
evidence that she'd taken
a type of alpha-blocker.

£2,000... It's possible
someone was trying to rob her,

and she fell or jumped in
the river trying to escape.

Hang on, but we know she
died from an internal wound

in her head, that was caused
before she hit the water.

Here you go...

So... What do you think,

she was attacked here

and killed -

her jacket came off
in the struggle...

She ended up in the water, floated
downstream to where we found her?

Well, if this is the
attacker's blood, then

it certainly wasn't very
well thought through...

There's evidence everywhere.

Any news on the possibility
of a child?

Not yet. If this
is her jacket, then

the bus ticket has told
us where she got on.

We're doing a door
to door in that area.

What does she want
to see us again for?

DI Harte needs to clarify what
happened when you found the body.

I told her what happened.

The police need to put it
together. It's a formality.

I heard they were treating it
as suspicious.

Normal procedure, but they
now know it was suicide.

Do they know why?

Well, according to his wife,

the boss was suffering from
post-traumatic stress disorder.

They think it started
after Danny got killed.

That's why he was shouting
Danny's name at me.

Well, whatever happened
over the last couple of days,

that was one of
the breaking points.

- I didn't know what was going on...
- It's not you fault...

You weren't to know.
It wasn't your fault, OK?

What if the coppers ask
about the PTSD, Sarge?

Then you tell 'em the truth.

I had no idea he was.

Then tell 'em that.

No-one knew what the boss
was really going through.

Obviously his wife did,
because that's where he took it.

Didn't you see it, Sarge?

Look. We all were affected by Danny's
death. The boss was no different.

You know, we all got to talk about
it and deal with it in our own way.

I assumed the boss
was doing the same.

Post-traumatic stress,
it's like a sniper, man.

It'll creep up on you. And just
when you think you're safe...

Come on. Let's go.

Just tell me again what
happened when you found the body.

I thought we'd done all that?

We were due to repeat the
assault exercise at 1800 hours.

Come on! Get down.

We assembled outside
the armoury at 1745.

We waited for the boss,
but he didn't show up.

What were you doing
before you assembled?

We had downtime,
so I went for a run.

Alone?

Yeah.

OK. So you assembled outside
the armoury. Then what?

Myself, Axel and
Ryland were sent ahead

to sort out comms,
and talk to the DS.

Who sent you ahead?

Sergeant McDermott.

And when you got to
the Afghan village...

that's when you saw the Land Rover?

Yeah, about five minutes later.

Guys, wait here for the Sarge...

I thought I saw blood
on the windscreen.

Boss!

Get over here! Move it!

Boss...? Boss!

- Get the Sarge!
- What's happened?

What does it bloody
well look like?!

- Mark, he's dead...
- Mark, he's dead!

Mark, listen, mate...

- Mark, what are you doing? He's dead!
- Get off me!

Go get the Sarge!

I can save him...

Come on, boss!

Stand back...

Stand back!

Reid, get the LC!

Lieutenant Lockford
was a fine officer.

He looked out for
us and that, and...

... he wasn't too poncey
or up his own arse.

I must admit, the last
couple of months, the boss...

wasn't himself.

In what way?

Well...we had conversations.

About?

Well, he used to
get these headaches.

I thought he just
had a hangover, but...

Did you ever suspect that he
might be suffering from PTSD?

No.

I did suggest he talk to someone,

get help...

Did he? Get help?

Truth is, I don't know what officer
would say he was having problems.

I don't think I would
have done in his position.

Helmand was pretty full on, yeah.

But we hadn't lost
anyone up until that point.

I don't know how it happened, but

one minute we were approaching
a suspect poppy field...

Croft was on point.

The boss had given us the
brief, we knew what to do.

He had Private Ferris
as his signaller.

I was tucked in behind Croft.

I reckon we must have
walked into something,

cos the insurgents saw us
and it all just kicked off.

Contact!

We all got in the dirt...

Amber Two Zero Alpha! Contact made.

At 1330 en route
to target location.

Contact made at 1330 en
route to target location!

It was Lockford who
decided to have a go at 'em.

Croft, Blakefield! To me.

Sergeant Mac,

I will take two
section right flanking.

Lay down fire support on my shout.

- Sir!
- Ryland, Cooper on the right,

you two, me and
Ferris. Ready, Ferris?

- Always ready, boss!
- Ready, Ferris?

Always ready, boss.

Now!

Go! Go!

You go first, we'll provide cover.

And then we were ambushed.

They were up on the ridge
and to the left of us...

And then Danny got shot.

I didn't see it happen.

Man down! Man down!

- I heard Blakefield shout...
- Ryland, to me!

You knew we had to
get them out of there.

We were caught in the open.

Contact!

Danny! Get up, Danny!

Ferris! Ferris...!

Me and the lieutenant
dragged him out.

Boss! You and me get
Danny. Let's move!

Contact!

Pull back! Pull back...

We did what we could for him on the ground,
but we had to get him back to the FOB.

ON RADIO: Amber Zero Two Alpha.
Casualty coming in, priority four.

Gunshot wounds to the legs,
arm and severe neck wound.

Vital stats, non-responsive...

We got him to the hospital tent.

One zero nine three,
Private Ferris...

Airway blocked, breathing
and circulation...

- Come on, what are you waiting for?
- Blakefield,

let the doctor do his job!
Come on, get round there.

- You've been hit, sir.
- Shrapnel, I'm fine. Sort Ferris.

What happened?

Croft...?

He got hit, that's what happened.

- Sergeant Mac.
- Yes, sir!

Get his Osprey off.
We've got to save him!

Get that body armour off! Everyone.
Move it!

Get a line in... Get a line in!

Let the doctor do his job.
Come on, Croft!

You're doing well,
Ferris. Keep in there.

We're going to get you home.

I'm sorry. There's
nothing I can do.

We've got to get him home!

He got shot, sir.

It's a war, it's what happens.

We were all...

We were all really gutted.

Did you find anything interesting?

Oh, a bunch of stuff. Bags, wallets,
keys, a load of mobile phones.

When the police come down here

the prostitutes and dealers tend to
throw their pay as you go's over the side.

We'll check if anything's relevant.

Stern...

- Hello?
- Hello?

Is this Cats?

Can you hold on for a minute?

Who are you? And how
do you know my husband?

My husband has been found dead,

and I would like to know what
you've been doing with him.

What have you been doing with him?!

You know when you get that feeling
when something feels all wrong?

Yeah... I do.

- You'd better call Harte.
- What, now?

Yep. We're going to make her day.

Is that what you
want me to tell her?

No, just tell her it now
does look like a murder.

Dennis Croft was on the base
the day the Lieutenant was shot.

- Look who signed him in.
- Mark Blakefield...

He lost the plot, I'd no
choice but to take him out.

Lockford told her he was responsible
for what happened to Daniel.

As they pulled the gun out,
they fired a second shot.

- You pulled him out the Land Rover?
- Yeah.

You pulled him out, covering
yourself in his blood

- destroying evidence...
- I tried to save him!

A double suicide? A double murder?

Blackmail, and then a
murder, then a suicide...

Why did Mr and Mrs
Ferris want an enquiry?

They were told there was some
sort of cover-up going on.

You really are quite
something, aren't you?

Hang on a second...