Silent Witness (1996–…): Season 14, Episode 6 - First Casualty: Part 2 - full transcript

- I've brought you this.
- What's that for?

- A payoff?
- Are you OK?

- I just want to know the truth.
- Cat, I can't!

- You can!
- I can't!

Did you find any ID in the jacket?

A bus ticket and £2,000 in cash.

What do you think you're doing?
That's my money.

Money I risked my life for!

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

- Hello?
- Is this Cats?

- Dr. Cunningham.
- Yes?



DI Harte. Michael Thomas case.

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

- I was told all about it.
- What were you

doing having a drink
with a reporter?

I didn't know she was a reporter.

The blind date!

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

Lt Stephen Lockford.

Found inside the Land
Rover by three of his men.

It looks like a suicide
and it may well be a suicide.

Well, according his wife,

the boss was suffering from
post-traumatic stress disorder.

They think it started after our
last tour when Danny got killed.

- Ready, Ferris?
- Always ready, boss.



Now. Go!

Get up, Danny!

You'd better call Harte.

Tell her it now does
look like a murder.

Silent Witness
Season 14 - Episode 06

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd
Sync: Marocas62

First Casualty
Part 1

What am I looking at?

But we found a bullet at the scene.

- Yeah.
- Lockford was shot by a third party?

I thinks that's a
distinct possibility.

- Do we know what type of bullet?
- We have yet to head scan,

I'll take it out, but I need
to know its exact position,

so I can determine which
bullet was fired first.

It's important because it's likely
that that bullet didn't kill him.

If you had can certain the bullet through
the roof of the mouth was fired first,

it's mean someone other than
Lockford pulled the trigger.

Is there any possibility that
Lockford could have shot himself twice?

- A reflex.
- There are examples of

people trying to kill themselves
dying of multiple gunshot wounds, yes.

Gunshot wounds to the head?

I'll see what I can find out.

Harry, is that Lt Lockford's body?

One of the phones rang,

it was a waterproof model,
so it was still working.

I answered it and a woman's
voice said, "Is that Cats?

"What have you done to my husband?"

So?

We think the woman who
called was Claire Lockford.

It's a landline
account in her name.

But the caller ID on the mobile
came up as Stephen Lockford.

Now, that phone was
used last night at 19.32.

Within 100 metres of
where this girl was found.

She and Lockford were dead
within a few hours of each other.

Time of death is
notoriously difficult.

Sorry, not helpful.

OK.

Let's assume that this
girl is Cats or whatever,

and that this mobile is hers.

Doctor, have you anything
forensically to link her to Lockford?

Not yet.

One odd thing, though...

She did have bruising
on both her arms.

As if she'd been held
very forcefully...

but there was no blood there.

But on her jacket we found

there was blood in exactly
corresponding positions on the sleeves.

So it might have been her
blood from somewhere else, or...

- An attacker's.
- Exactly.

Lockford has cuts on both hands.

- Test it.
- There was also two grand in her jacket.

Two grand?

Then she did meet
Lockford yesterday.

We checked his bank account

and yesterday Lockford
withdrew £2,000 in cash.

Stern.

What have I got here?

A double suicide,

a double murder...?

Murder and then a suicide?

Murder the other way
round, then a suicide?

Blackmail and then
murder and then a suicide?

- Holy God!
- Thanks.

The name and address for
that phone, Catherine Felton,

19 years of age. Cromwell Estate.

Lockford's called her nine
times over the last two weeks.

- Can you come with me, please?
- Why do you need me?

I won't I hope, but you thought
she may have left a child.

Oh, God, no.

Leo, any news on the CT scan?

We're looking for flat number eight.

Excuse me, sir.

- Get him.
- Don't move! Stand still! Police!

- Wait here!
- What about the child?

Don't go in there.

Hello?

I'm with the police. I'm a doctor.

Hello?

- Dr. Alexander?
- I'm up here.

I thought I asked you
not to come in here.

Lt Lockford.

Catherine Felton.

Don't know who the
guy she's with is?

We better get these to DI Harte.

No obvious signs of a
child ever having been here.

Which is a relief.

You should see my place.

Toys everywhere.

Who was the man running away?

Don't know yet.
We're still after him.

I've put in a call for back up.

- Any joy?
- Sorry, sir, we lost him.

Let's get this place dusted,
chances are he's on the books.

Hi, Catherine, it's Martin again.

I called round again, but you
must have gone away or something.

Look, we're just
concerned, that's all.

Give us a call when you get this.

You know we always
like to hear from you.

OK. Bye for now.

Look at this.

"Killed in action".

- The guy in the photo.
- Danny Ferris. Look at the date.

1st of January, 2010.

The barcode on her body.

You yourself said Lockford was
likely to be suffering from PTSD.

Yes.

He was about to go back
to Afghanistan,

the place which probably caused
the condition in the first place.

Given it's where he
lost one of his men.

For which
he felt entirely responsible.

What time did he
say we could use it?

Here we go. The International
Journal Of Legal Medicine:

"A study found that of
138 gunshot suicides,

"five involved a second gunshot

"where the bullet first
fired missed the brain."

Lockford did not
shoot himself twice.

You knew her name was Cats?

I,

I called up the number, I got
her answer machine service.

Who is she?

Her name is Catherine Felton.

You're kidding.

- You know her?
-

She was the girlfriend
of that soldier

who was killed out
in Helmand last year.

- Danny Ferris?
- Yeah.

Why didn't he tell me, I...

Why didn't he tell me he was
calling her up twice a week...?

He was... They were
meeting up each other.

What were they doing?
What were they doing?

Catherine Felton was found
dead in the river yesterday.

What?

When yesterday?

We are not sure of
time of death yet.

Someone killed her?

It's an ongoing investigation.

Stephen went out the night before
that. When he came home, he'd...

cut his hand. He...

... let me wash it for him. He
said that he'd fallen over.

Where'd he been?

He said...

He said that...

He said he'd been to the river

to get the noises out of his head.

Do you think he killed
himself because...

Don't, don't...

Mrs. Lockford.

We are no longer convinced that
your husband's death was suicide.

The bullets create
fracture lines in the skull.

Outwards from the
force of the impact.

There is a law called Puppe's law

which states that
secondary fracture lines end

when they meet
pre-existing fracture lines.

So from examining the
fractures, it's possible

to establish the order
in which they occurred?

Yeah. In this case,

the bullet that went through the
roof of the mouth was fired first.

- Killing him instantly.
- Yes.

Someone put the gun
into Lockford's mouth,

fired and then, as they pulled the
gun out, they fired a second shot.

Probably an accident, or the
body may have given a jolt.

Something like that.

We have two days before they leave.

One and a half days, actually.

Half a day is going to be spent
at the Michael Thomas review.

Has to be done, doctor,

- an unholy and unlikely coalition.
- Very modern.

I'll see you at the base
in the morning.

OK, thanks.

The voice on the answer machine

was Martin Ferris.
Father of Danny Ferris.

- The dead soldier?
- Yeah.

I've asked him to come down and

ID the body of Catherine
if that's OK with you.

Of course.

- Leo.
- Yes?

- What do you know about Prazosin?
- Prazosin is used for high blood pressure.

I've also just found out
it's used by US troops

to treat nightmares and other symptoms
of post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Really?

So Harry has got you working
on the Lt Lockford case, has he?

That's what's strange, this
was found in the woman's body,

Catherine Felton, and she showed no
signs of high blood pressure in the PM.

Why would she be
taking drugs for PTSD?

I've no idea.

Do we know if Lt Lockford
was taking the same one?

I'll ask Harry.

It can't be easy to get hold of.

You can get them on the internet,
apparently, from America.

Nikki, there's a DS Stern here,
along with a Mr. Ferris.

- I'll be two minutes.
- Yeah.

When we got there, we saw
someone running out of the flat.

What did he look like?

Five eight, not much to
him, short cropped hair.

Sounds like Croft.

Dennis Croft, he was
in Danny's regiment.

He was with him when he died.

Is he in this photo?

That's him.

Why wasn't he at the barracks?

- They're about to deploy.
- He was kicked out.

A few months after they
got back from Helmand.

They caught him stealing
and they found drugs on him.

And where does he
end up camping out?

With Catherine.

We tried to persuade her
to get rid of him, but...

He was always hanging round,
taking her money,

saying things about
the way Danny died.

Do you have any idea where
Dennis Croft might be?

No.

She was easy prey for a guy
like that, you know.

Vulnerable.

This is Dr. Alexander.

Mr. Ferris, thanks for coming to
formally identify Catherine for us.

Have you not tried
to contact her mother?

She was in Scotland,
I think, but...

they fell out a long time ago.

We've tried, but you're the
closest we've come to next of kin.

Right.

- You're OK to do this?
- Whatever you want.

I just want to help.

- OK?
- Yeah.

Yes.

That's Catherine.

I'm sorry to ask this, Mr. Ferris,

but are you sure this
is Catherine Felton?

Yes.

Yes.

Thank you.

I'll let them know.

Daniel had been in the army
just over a year.

He met her when he moved down here.

She was a real handful.

They both were. Always in trouble.

You know, I blame myself
for Danny joining up,

I only told him the good bits.

- You were in the forces?
- Yes.

14 years,

two tours of Northern
Ireland, Falklands...

- Sorry, sorry, I'm boring you.
- No, not at all.

We thought there might
have been a child.

- Is that right?
- Yeah. So did we.

Catherine was a few months pregnant
when Danny left for Afghanistan.

You know, he was shot just a couple
of days before he was due back.

Poor Catherine.

Poor kid.

She went into
premature labour and...

... lost the baby.

I'm sorry, that must have been...

an incredibly difficult
time for you all.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Has everyone done
their wills? Yeah?

I need them by the end of today.

- Mark?
- Not yet, sarge.

- It's not bad luck, you know.
- Yeah.

It will be if you die and
the government take it all.

- Joe? Have you done yours?
- He's got nothing to leave.

- Just my body.
- Mate, no-one wants that!

I see you looking at me.

Six months in Helmand
and we'll all want a piece of you.

- OC coming.
- Stand up.

Thanks, lads, carry on.

How are they doing?

Very well, sir. As you would expect.

I gather you were coming
to see me, sergeant.

The police no longer think the
lieutenant's death is suicide.

They think somebody shot him.

Who told you this?

They came to see
Mrs. Lockford yesterday.

And how did she react to that?

It's hard. It's hard to
know what's better or worse,

your husband committing
suicide or having been murdered.

I'll go and see her
when I have a moment.

I know the wives
are rallying around.

Sir.

Is there something else, sergeant?

Apparently Catherine Felton's body

was found in the river
a couple of days ago.

She was the girlfriend
of Danny Ferris.

Have you told the men?

I will do, sir.

Thank you, sergeant.

- Morning.
- Morning.

I understand this is now
a murder investigation.

News travels fast.

The men are being informed now.

It's shocking news,
hard to take in.

Dr. Cunningham is here for a
second look at the Land Rover.

- Of course.
- I still

need a list of all those who
came onto the base on the day.

- I'll chase it up straight away.
- And Major...

Lt Lockford had a series of
bruises to his front and back.

Are you saing he tried
to fight his assailant?

Too early to say exactly, but

I will go back to the scene to see if
there's anything that could have caused it.

It's also possible that the bruises
occurred some time earlier in the day.

I don't know if you
know of a event...

There was a minor incident,
during a training exercise.

Lt Lockford had a dispute
with one of his men,

handbags, really, from
where I was standing.

Talk to Sgt McDermott, he'd
have a better handle on it.

The name of this soldier?

Blakefield.

Private Blakefield.

DS Stern called.

He has a positive ID
on Catherine Felton

and also an ex-soldier
called Dennis Croft

was seen running away
from Catherine's flat.

- Soldier of this regiment?
- Served with him in Afghanistan.

Dishonourably discharged for drug
dealing. It could be relevant.

Also, an ex-soldier could still
have access to a gun and to the base.

Yeah.

Right. If there
was a fight in the Land Rover,

he could have got
punched in the shoulder?

Or he could have been
attacked through the open window.

This bruise looks quite
severe for a punch,

more like the butt of a gun.

And what about the
bruising on the back?

So nothing in here that
could have caused it?

Ante mortem?

Obviously, this bruising would
have had to have occurred before...

He was killed. I know that.

OK.

Could it have happened at
the riverside? With Catherine?

We know he grabbed her.

It's possible, I suppose. Again,
it's quite severe bruising.

I do think that the training ground
incident described by Major Rutherford...

Is the most obvious way that
the Lieutenant got the bruises.

Yes.

Nobody is sweating. Come on, do
you want to do this all day or what?

I think I need another word
with Sergeant McDermott.

- We appreciate your coming in.
- No problem.

Mr. Ferris, do you know if
Catherine took any medication

or drugs of any kind?

I think she got
through most things...

supplied by Croft, of course.

She was looking for something
to make her feel better,

but I don't think
anything ever did.

I don't think she was ever
seriously addicted to any drugs.

Look, can I ask you something?

How did she die?

I mean, was she killed, or...

That's what we're
trying to find out.

You think it was Croft?

Well, that's why we
need to talk to him.

Do you know anything about a possible
relationship with Lieutenant Lockford?

Relationship? What do you mean?

We heard they knew each other.

I read that he killed himself.

Look, I know he made
contact with Catherine,

but only doing what any
good officer would do.

Making sure the
families are coping.

But I don't think Catherine
found him particularly easy.

He obviously had
problems of his own.

Did she ever say what
those problems were?

What drives a man
to suicide, you mean?

I know,

I've been there a few times myself
since Daniel lost his life.

And the wife, well,

you know, we...

Can I just sit down
for a second, please?

Yeah, of course.

Can I get you a cup
of tea or anything?

No, no, I'm fine.

Dennis Croft told Catherine

that something happened to my son

and the Army were
trying to cover it up.

Now Catherine is dead.

So is Lieutenant Lockford.

Now something happened.

And we need to know what happened.

Would you help us?

Good morning, Sergeant.

Good morning.

I'm aware that this is a
difficult time for you and the men,

with deployment imminent.

I take it you've heard about
Catherine Felton's death?

Yeah, I've just told the men.

She was a girlfriend of one of
the soldiers, isn't that right?

Daniel Ferris. Yeah.

The man who was killed in Helmand?

- That's right.
- His loss...

must have been very
hard on the men.

Of course.

But you move on

and make sure it
never happens again.

That's my responsibility.

To make sure this time
everyone comes back alive.

What can you tell me
about Dennis Croft?

What's this got to do with him?

Was the Lieutenant
involved in Croft's dismissal?

Crofty was a waste of space.

The boss and myself, we
both were keen to see him go.

Major Rutherford said
that a couple of days ago,

during the tranning,
there was a fight between

Lieutenant Lockford and Private
Blakefield. Is that right?

Wasn't so much a fight.

OK, was it serious
enough to do that?

Did he use the butt of a gun?

I didn't expect you so soon.

Thanks so much for coming.

Look, my wife is, erm...

All this business with Catherine...

- Shall I come back another time?
- No.

Please.

Sandra?

Sandra, this is Dr. Alexander.

The Home Office pathologist
I told you about.

I'll, er...
I'll make us all some tea.

I'm so sorry about Catherine.

She told me she would
never kill herself.

If it helps,

I don't believe it was suicide.

Are you just saying that
just to make me feel better?

No.

You think she was
killed by someone?

The police are investigating
that possibility.

She's so sweet...

First Danny,

then the baby, now Catherine.

It's not right.

There's something not right.

Your husband was saying you weren't
happy with your son's post mortem?

It's not just me,

it was Catherine too.

She spoke to Lockford
at the inquest.

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

As an officer, he
might well have...

It was more than that.
It was more than that.

I think something happened out there

and they don't want
us to know about it.

And you think that the post
mortem helped to cover that up?

Maybe.

That's why Catherine is dead,
maybe she found out something.

So you think Catherine
was killed by the Army?

Perhaps Lockford told her
something. I don't know!

The police are investigating.

Would you like me to read
your son's post mortem report?

Perhaps I could help explain why the
pathologist came to his conclusions.

- Sandra?
- Yeah, if you want to.

- Sergeant Mac...
- Sir.

- Do you know anything about this?
- Sir?

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

And look who signed him in!

- Mark Blakefield.
- What the bloody hell is going on?

This man should
not have been on the base, Sergeant!

- I'll speak to Blakefield, sir.
- That's not good enough, Sergeant!

This is now a matter for the police.

Axel and Ryland were over here
and there.

I was behind there, taking cover,

the boss was crouched down
over here, engaging enemy.

So I gave the command to the boss,
"Coming through"

to move to this piece of cover

and the boss started
shooting at me.

- What?
- He was shooting at me.

Coming through, boss. Coming through!

Danny!

- Danny!
- Stop shooting me, boss!

- Blue on blue!
- Danny, get up!

The Major didn't mention this.

He probably didn't see it.

Is that why you hit him
with the butt of your gun?

He was firing blanks,
but no-one likes to be shot at.

When you hit him, did he fall?

- Yeah.
- Where?

Over here.

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Quite a heavy fall.

What?

He got me confused
with Private Ferris.

- What do you mean?
- He was firing his rifle

and shouting Danny's name.

He lost the plot. I had no
choice but to take him out.

Did you blame the Lieutenant
for Danny's death?

No.

We all did what we could to save him.

Thank you, Private.

Private Blakefield,

did anyone else hear the
lieutenant call you Ferris?

No.

Thank you.

Hello, Major.

Private Blakefield!

Wait!

The man who wrote this
report, Professor Davies,

is one of the best
pathologists in the country.

I knew she'd say the same thing.

- Sandra, please.
- He has a formidable reputation,

not just for his ability,

but also for his outspoken
criticism of the MOD

and the government's
handling of the war.

If there was even a hint

of anything untoward about your son's death,
I think he would not only have seen it,

but I think he would've made
sure that the world know about it.

So the way they said Daniel died...

Is almost certainly the
way that Daniel died.

"Almost" certainly?

I can't be absolutely sure unless
I did a post mortem myself, but

- that would require...
- We never buried him.

He's in a private mortuary
in Hertfordshire.

- Will they do another post mortem for us?
- Sandra...

I'm not sure that you really...

- We'll pay whatever it takes.
- It's not about the money.

Sandra, the results
of a second post mortem

will probably be exactly
the same as the first.

I know that.

Look, none of this is
going to bring Danny back.

I know it won't,

but I need to know.

I need to know.

We need to bury him.

Honour him...

and grieve for him.

Now if we do this,

would you promise me...

Yes.

Yes.

Will you?

I'll ask Professor Dalton,
head of my department.

Thank you.

Thank you.

He's on his way. Stand by.

All right Crofty, stay put.

Stop!

Stop!

- Stay down! Stay down!
- Get off me!

Catherine Felton was murdered.

We know she called you
and you sent her a text.

"See you in ten, babes".

I sent the text

before she called me,

then when I actually spoke
to her, she was drunk.

I make it a rule never to
be with her when she's drunk.

What did she say?

She had the money.

I told her to bring
it straight home.

So Lockford had left her by then?

I don't know.

- I guess so.
- What was your relationship with Catherine?

I never had a relationship.

After Danny got killed, I
looked out for her, that's all.

You didn't know
she was seeing Lockford?

That he was giving her
money? Swapping drugs?

He was giving her money.

Blood money.

He was responsible for Danny's
death. The whole cover-up.

Who do you think killed Catherine?

You don't have an opinion, Mr. Croft?

Yeah.

OK, it was Lockford.

Why do you think that?

He was gone in the head.

Is that why you went to the
base the day Lockford was shot?

To get even for Cat's murder?

Lockford got you kicked out
of the Army, isn't that right?

I went to the base to
get some money owed me,

and see my mate Blakefield.

I couldn't give a
damn about Lockford...

or Catherine.

It's funny, when you're gone,

I miss ironing all your things.

Have the police been
round again today?

Yeah, yeah. It's
unsettling the lads.

It's not good.

I'm going to miss you.

Your friend Croft blames the
Lieutenant, for Danny's death.

He's full of shit. He's a liar.

And yet you signed this liar
onto the base. Why?

Cos I had to. He
said it was urgent.

Cats had gone missing
with some money.

The girl you were meant
to be looking after.

No-one knew she was
dead at that stage.

Croft thought I knew
where she was, but...

I didn't know anything about it.

Croft also blames the lieutenant
for Catherine's death.

You knew that Catherine had been
murdered and you were angry,
weren't you?

- I didn't know anything.
- Is that why you went looking for Lockford?

I didn't go looking for him. I was
sent on ahead. I just found him.

- Did you know he had a gun?
- No!

- You found him in the Land Rover?
- Yeah.

Yeah. You pulled him out,
covering yourself in his blood.

- Destroying evidence.
- I tried to save him.

- He was already dead.
- I didn't kill him.

I swear on my mother's
life, I didn't kill him!

Everything changed after Danny died.

I didn't know him well enough, but

we were good friends.

I didn't know his mum,
dad or Cats at all, but

I tried to look out for
her, that's what you do.

I know he would've
done the same for me.

He would've.

I feel like I didn't protect her...

or the boss.

I didn't know there was
something wrong with him.

I let them both down.

Harry.

What the hell are you doing here?

- I wanted to explain.
- You want to explain? What do you want explain?

- OK, so you're angry about the article...
- Yes, I am angry!

The whole thing got
changed by my sub-editor.

Irrelevant, you failed to
mention you are a journalist.

- You did send in the article, yes?
- Yes...

Then I have nothing
more to say to you.

It's not as simple as that!

The sub-editor changed it.

Did you or did you not write an article about
me talking about Michael Thomas. Yes, or no?

Yes. Only about
the frustrations that you felt.

How everybody was just
trying to do their job.

It sounds moving, but that's not the
version that made it into the newspaper.

Yes, I know, and I am so sorry.

Look, I am as upset
about this as you are!

You are not
the only person who got tricked!

Do you seriously expect
me to believe that?

OK, fine.

But the story is out now

and there's going to be a lot
of people writing about you,

so do you want a chance to put
your side of the story forward?

Because I can do
that for you, Harry.

Oh, dear.

You really are quite
something, aren't you?

Well, it's not going to
make it any worse, is it?

OK.

Yeah, I would.

- Great.
- Where shall we go?

I will take you for lunch, yeah?

No. I'm lying. Don't ever,
ever contact me again.

They can't be seeing us
both at the same time.

I'm early.

I spoke with Blakefield and Croft.

And...?

Blakefield had motive,

but he covered his tracks by pulling
Lockford out of the Land Rover,

and very conveniently covering
himself in bullet residue and DNA.

But if Blakefield
did kill Lockford,

his window of opportunity
was very small.

What about Croft, then?

We have no forensic evidence to
link him to the scene of crime.

- But he was on the base?
- Along with several hundred others.

Croft kept saying that Lockford was to
blame for Ferris's death in Afghanistan.

But Lockford did get Croft kicked out
of the army for drug dealing, so...

Could still be true.

It'd be a first for Croft.

And he completely denies
giving Catherine Prazosin.

You know that there was
Prazosin in Lockford's system.

He could have been taking it
for his PTSD. He could have
been supplying Catherine.

- Dr. Cunningham?
- Yeah.

They're ready for you now.

You give your statement,
I'll give mine.

Wouldn't have it any
other way, Dr. Cunningham.

Four bullet wounds. One to the neck.

One to the left arm.

And two to the left leg.

Both the bullets were
found inside the left leg.

Steel-plated 7.62 millimetre...

probably from an insurgent AK-47.

No bullet was found
inside the left arm.

And no bullet was
found inside the neck.

Entrance wound and...exit wound.

The bullet travelled from the
entry wound at the rear of the neck

transecting the spinal cord

and exiting anteriorly,
passing through the trachea.

Yep.

That looks more or less right.

Cause of death?

Multiple gunshot wounds.

Spot on, Professor Davies.

Why did Mr. and Mrs.
Ferris want an enquiry?

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

The way that he died?

More as to who shot him, I think.

Who do they think were to blame?

The bullets found
inside of the body

were clearly identified as
belonging to Afghan insurgents.

The wounds to the leg
weren't fatal, though.

The bullets passed through
the body. You can't stop

a battle to retrieve evidence.

What are you going to tell them?

That we didn't find
anything contradictory.

I'll let them know.

Hang on a second.

It says here that Private Ferris
was taken to a field hospital

two miles away and was treated
by Dr. Oliver Matthews,
but look at this.

He received
external cardiac massage,

IV and central lines in situ,

one milligram of adrenaline
given at intervals...

without response.

Have you seen the wound
to this man's neck?

His spinal cord was
all but snapped in two.

Private Ferris would have
been dead where he dropped.

Man down!

Ryland, Axel! Contact return fire.

Welcome back, Mark.

- Sarge.
- Listen,

you are going
to put this behind you.

You're going to go
and get your stuff,

and then you're good to go, yeah?

- Yes, Sarge.
- Go on.

- Blakefield and Croft haven't been charged?
- Insufficient evidence.

But Croft sent Catherine a text
saying he was going to meet her.

Isn't that hard evidence?

He did, but he claims
that when he spoke to her,

she was drunk so he
decided against it.

She wasn't drunk.

The night she died,
I'm talking about.

No, she hadn't had anything to
drink, it's in the tox report.

Drugs?

A trace of Prazosin, but nothing
that would make her sound drunk.

Mr. Ferris said that he called
her and he said the same thing.

- She wasn't drunk.
- No, she wasn't drunk.

Mr. Ferris spoke to her on the
phone and she sounded woozy.

She hadn't drunk anything and
the call happened before she

met Lockford, so it was
nothing to do with him.

So if something happened to her, it
happened before she got to the river.

Yes.

So where had she been that day?

There was a bus ticket.
She caught a bus.

Hi. I'm

- Hi.
- looking for Dr. Matthews.

He's over there.

I wanted to put
my medical skills to the test.

So you volunteered for the TA?

A lot of my colleagues
like to go out there,

the adrenaline, the challenge,
the matter of life and death.

They can get that on any
Saturday night in A&E,

as far as I can see.

So what can you tell
me about Private Ferris?

He was one of my first experiences.

I was off the plane
and in at the deep end.

Foxtrot one zero...

I took a look at
the notes you made,

and I was surprised at how much
medical assistance you gave him.

Wasn't he already dead?

Yes. He was.

So why...?

I felt, wrongly,
that I had no choice.

Emotions were running high.

What are you waiting for?!

Blakefield, let the doctor
do his job. Get round there!

You've got to save him!

You felt threatened in some way?

No, no, no,

I may I have felt that, but

they weren't threatening me per se.

They just wanted me
to save their friend.

They didn't know that he was dead?

No. I don't think so.

I do know that the lieutenant was
very eager that I save his man.

Did you tell him Ferris was dead?

I tried to, but he
insisted I do something.

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

What happened?

Croft?

He got hit, that's what happened.

- Isn't that right, sir?
- I didn't see it!

I can't remember what I did exactly.

Presumably you took his helmet off,
his body armour.

That's right.

Get his Osprey off!
You've got to save him!

Get that body armour off.

Rip it off, everyone!

There was a bullet,
it got caught in his uniform.

How come?

The bullet that went
through the back of his neck

had hit the body armour as
it came through the front.

So when it came off, the
bullet fell to the floor.

It wasn't mentioned in the report.

What happened to it? The bullet.

Someone picked it up.

The sergeant, I think it was.

We've got to get him home.

He got shot, sir.

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

The men were just trying to do
what they could for their friend,

so the bullet, I assumed it would be
reported in by the commanding officer.

Have I done something wrong?

Zak, the body armour and the
uniform that Private Ferris

was wearing when he was shot,
can you make sure it's sent over?

Thanks. And find Harry, will you?

This is her on the top deck.

The footage doesn't cover the stairwell, but
we pick her up stepping onto the lower deck.

- She's fallen down the stairs.
- She's hit her head, look.

6.57. When did she call Mr. Ferris?

7.09.

12 minutes.
She might well have sounded odd.

Talk and die.

Sorry to interrupt. Dr. Cunningham?

OK.

So are we saying

Lockford had nothing to
do with Catherine's death?

Well, she hit her head on the bus.

She called Mr. Ferris.
She met Lockford.

We know he grabbed her by the arms.

Please! Stop it, please!

But he can't have
thrown her into the river

because we know that
she called Croft after

she met Lockford.

Just take the money, please.

Why didn't she say anything
about hitting her head?

- It's a classic talk and die.
- What does that mean?

It's where someone hits their
head and there's cranial bleeding,

but they behave fairly
normally for a couple of hours.

They have no idea of the amount
of damage that's been caused.

So...

she met Lockford, called Croft.

You said she sounded drunk.

By that time it
would have been fatal.

- They collapse.
- She just fell in the river.

All caused by a fall on the bus.

He will be here any second.

That's the helmet,
uniform, everything.

A third bullet was found.

The one that went through
the back of Ferris' neck.

And?

According to Matthews, it
got caught in his body armour.

Yes.

Look, you can see the impact.

So what?

I think it may have been
a British Army bullet.

- Why?
- It was picked up off the floor of the field hospital.

It didn't come back with the body. It
wasn't even mentioned at the inquest.

Who picked up the bullet?

- Is everyone signed off, yeah?
- Yes.

Day sacks up, come on,
start moving this outside.

You three, what are you doing?
Come on, day sacks off the ground.

Come on, everybody! We need
to start moving this on.

Axel, Ryland, come on, move it!

Safe trip.

Sergeant McDermott?

Dr. Cunningham, yeah?

What can I do for you, sir?

One of my colleagues
has been to see Dr. Matthews.

Who's Dr. Matthews?

He's the medic who
treated Private Ferris

in Afghanistan the
day he was killed.

He saw you pick up
the bullet which killed him.

A British bullet.

Fired, I would guess,
by Lieutenant Lockford.

Can you possibly prove any of this?

I can't prove anything at all.

And I presume the bullet
is somewhere in the
middle of the desert?

I'm not blaming you,
Sergeant, it was an accident.

You wanted to protect him, I'm sure I
would've done exactly the same thing.

But obviously what
you couldn't predict

was that it would trigger
Lieutenant Lockford's PTSD.

We both thought he
would get through it.

But he didn't.

In fact it got worse until finally,

during training, just a few days

before he was due to
lead you back in Helmand,

he started hallucinating,

lost control and was
hit by one of his men.

- What's going on?
- Get off!

- You were there, weren't you?
- I was.

And that evening, he died.

He did.

In Vietnam,

I believe, if an officer
was thought unfit to command,

someone would just throw a
fragmentation grenade into his tent,

get rid of the bad officer, avoid
detection. It happened hundreds of times.

Lockford was a good officer.

Was.

I suppose the big question is,
what happened in that Land Rover?

You didn't speak with him.

I am your senior officer,

you will address me as "sir".

You talk to Major Rutherford.
That was the deal, sir!

- I am going to be fine.
- Why have you brought that?

Can't you see?

Can't you see what's
happened to you?!

I should have reported
this months ago.

I'll be better when we're
out there. It'll be easier.

There'll be things to
do. Things to get on with.

Give me that gun.

Get out of my way.

I'm not letting you go
anywhere with that gun!

You will do as I have ordered!
And you have another flashback?

That was an accident.

You tell that to the
next Danny Ferris...

Wouldn't this be better?

Yeah, it would.

What happened in that Land Rover

is the best officer I
ever served under died.

And as I'm sure you've found,

there isn't a shred of evidence
that can implicate me in his death.

- Sergeant Mac?
- Coming, sir.

Six weeks later

This is nice.

You and me, coffee, croissants.

The lab.

What was the name of that
journalist?

Charlotte Jenkins?

Is it important to
you to spoil my day?

She's written an article
about blind dates.

What? Stop it.

Hold on.

What?

"The latest British casualty in
Afghanistan was named last night...

"... as Sergeant Jason McDermott of
the Royal Hertfordshire Regiment."

Let me see.

- Dr. Cunningham, the RTA...
- He'll be there in a minute.

"His commanding officer
said he was a hero

"who died in the very best
traditions of the service.

"Protecting the men
under his command."

Coming, Zak.

Three Company!

- The girls are trafficked?
- They are sold a dream,

now they just want to get out.

This is an independent postmortem.
I shall be 48 hours max.

I think you like
her, this Ava, Eva.

- Anna.
- Harry, go straight to the police

explain everything.
You've got a murder suspect,

a murder weapon.
You've got no motive.

DNA sample from Dr. Cunningham.

They're clearing up, aren't they?

- Anyone who knows.
- Harry!