Silent Witness (1996–…): Season 9, Episode 2 - Ghosts: Part 2 - full transcript

Come on, let's get a move on!

I want this place clear in an hour.

That's almost the last of it.

Another hour and we can clear out.
Good.

I'll just check
we're clear in the back office.

No, don't go in there.

Bonnie!

I told you to stay out.
What's going on? What happened?
Nothing to do with you.

Who is he? It doesn't matter.
What's going on? How bad is this?

Hey! Who the hell are you?

Oi!



What's going on? Someone were here.
Get out of here. Go!

Listen up, I want you to stop
what you're doing.

Everything that's loaded we take,
everything else we leave behind, OK?

Now go! We only need another
half an hour. That includes you,
Bonnie. Now go!

Everyone, disappear! Come on! Do it!

This is Delta 047 requesting backup.

They found Kevin Armstrong's
fingerprints on the clothing
of one of the victims.

There's no doubt, sir.

Is that the Oslo? Can I speak to him?
It's Dr Cunningham, sir.
He'd like to speak to you.

Hello? Hello, Harry.
Good to talk to you again. Elliot?

Your assistance on the case
is very much appreciated.

That answers one question.

It seems a man who killed two police
in London is connected with the
deaths of Teresa and Cassie Dalton.

Why don't you pack up for the night?
It's late. Come on, Elliot,
what's happening?



I appreciate you're tying
to look out for Professor Dalton,
but I can't tell you any more.

If I was to put you in the picture,
I could be jeopardizing the safety
of those in the investigation.

So there is nothing I can do?
Are you in touch with Leo?

Tying to be.

It can't be easy...
you there and him being up here.

It's a shame you're so busy.

Speaking of which...
I'd better get on.

Thanks again for your help. Bye-bye.

Elliot.

Thanks.

Thank you.

That was a bit of a one-way
conversation. He wouldn't tell me
anything.

Leo thought there was something
going on. I thought he just wasn't
dealing with things very well.

I wish he'd ring back.

They dumped the car Professor
Dalton followed here from the pub.

It's registered to a Carl Dawson.

We've interviewed him
before, haven't we?

Suspicion of handling stolen goods?
All right, I'll bring him in.

What about Professor Dalton? Take
him in, see what he's got to say.

For the record, Mr Dawson has
waived his right to a solicitor.

Where were you last night, Carl?

I dunno.

Did you go to a bar
called the Six Degrees?

I don't know it.
I'm not much of a drinker.

So where were you? When?

Around ten o'clock last night?

Er...I'd have to look in my diary.
I had a lot of meetings.

Can we see your diary?

I might have forgotten to write
it down. You can't remember?

I was just around.

Where?

Here and there.

A warehouse in Rotherham?

Nah, I didn't go to Rotherham.

That's funny.

Because a car registered in your
name was recovered last night from
an industrial estate in Rotherham.

My car was stolen yesterday.

I meant to report it,
but I know how busy you guys are,
and I'd hate to waste your time.

What was that place?

A sort of clearing house. They set up
a bogus address and use it to receive
their illegally obtained goods.

The consignments are then split up
and sent on to be sold for cash.

Why did they kill Armstrong?

Professor Dalton, we need to
discuss your actions of last night.

Why did you go to the Six Degrees
Bar? Well, do I need a reason?

Had you arranged to meet someone
there? I hadn't arranged anything.

I just went for a drink.

How did you end up at the warehouse?

You're not being very co-operative.

You're a forensic pathologist,
you work for the Home Office,
for God's sake!

You could be jeopardizing your
career, the investigation,
everything! Am I under caution?

No. Not yet. Then if there's
nothing else, I'd like to leave.

Before you do, there is something
I'd like you to see...please.

Do you know Kevin Armstrong?

No. Colin Markham?

No. Stephanie Jones? No.

Colin Williams? No.
Claire Turner? No.

Douglas Walsh? No. Amelia Byant?
No. Are you gonna charge me?

Is that the man you met
in the pub last night?

Would you be prepared to submit
to a medical examination? No.

Would you be prepared to volunteer
DNA for elimination purposes?
You're joking.

Are you refusing?

Charge me...or let me go.

You'll have to let him go.

It could've been the driver of the
car that killed your daughter and
wife? Let me know if you find out.

Don't you care?

Do you know how I found
the Six Degrees Bar?

A 14-year-old girl told me.

I saw him in the
warehouse last night.

I don't know who he was,
but I am sure Dawson killed him.
He didn't even deny it.

Something must've gone wrong -
now Dawson wants to wind
everything down.

We've another target lined up!
His name is Alan Fielding.
Gilmore has the necessary ID.

I didn't say we don't do Fielding.

You just said Dawson's gonna...
No, I mean we do Fielding. Just us.

What, you wanna rip Dawson on?

Look, one last hit...just for us,
and then we get new names and we
are out of this game for good.

'You have no new messages#

That was Jim Stevens over at
Charing Cross. He's gonna cover for
us for a few days. Cover for us?

We're going to Sheffield.
What if Leo doesn't want to see us?
We won't give him the choice.

Dawson's ''no comment'' all the way.
Have him released.
How's the professor?

Angry, erratic,
he's completely non-cooperative
and very unimpressed with us.

He can get in line.
Do you think we should speak to
his colleagues? Maybe they can help.

Harry Cunningham's just called.
They're on their way up here.

We should get Nikki Alexander
to do the PM on Armstrong.

I think her take on this
could be useful.

Let's hope they get through to him.

He's a Scottish company director.
He stopped in Sheffield last week,
Amber swiped his card.

''Alan Fielding, 1 1 2 Stanley Road,
Glasgow, G7 2EY.

''Date of birth - 1 3#06#77.
Mother's maiden name - Tyler.''

We've got his signature, Gilmore's
done the paperwork - we're good
to go. Let's get on the phones.

We're not doing it that way.

This is just us.

Strictly cash. Look, it's simple.

Fielding's got 1 50 grand
in three accounts in three banks.

Yeah, we do 15 branches fast as we
can, taking it in turns to withdraw
ten grand each. I don't know.

As long as we're done before the bank
recs by the end of the day,
we'll be gone before they notice.

1 50 grand split four ways,
then we get out of here for good.

What about you, Gilmore? You in?

''There is sufficient
in the world for man's need
but not for man's greed.''

Gandhi!

Right.
You two, start learning your lines.

Hello, back again?

Two grand? Fine.

What?

I'm Harry Cunningham. You were gonna
sort out some documents for me.

Yeah, I said I'd call you.

I have to be out of here by tonight.

I need a passport, driving license,
credit cards.

Just back on for a while,
there's things I need to sort out.

But you will get them?
Yeah. Just give me a bit of time.

Cos I need this to happen.
PHONE RINGS

Yeah?

Just the usual.

We're working on a series
of major thefts by deception.

There's a consistent MO in the way
the money's handled. The same team?

The common factor is one man.

We believe...this is our target.

Well, who is he? We don't know.
These are the best pictures we have.

,
He's IC1 , we think about 5'9''
medium build.

Other than that...
he could be anyone.

How can one man pull on
all this fraud?

He has a number of cells working
for him. Each cell probably
contains about half a dozen people.

They source the victim,
download his details,

order goods on his credit,
then fence them on
before the victim knows he's hit.

It's complex, slick, and our
target here has perfected the art.

Surely with that many people
there must be some weak links.

Only one person from each cell
is in contact with our friend here.

Any foot soldiers we arrest genuinely
don't know who the top dog is.

My name's Alan Fielding, 1 1 2
Stanley Road, Glasgow, G7 6EY.

My mother's maiden name is Tyler,
I was born in Carlisle.

I have four GCSEs and a diploma
in engineering from Newcastle.

All right?

Clockwork.

Eight down, seven to go.

We've placed two undercover coppers
into one of his cells in London.

They were killed...
by Kevin Armstrong.

We think it was our
target's lieutenant down there.

Armstrong was known to us,
he had previous.

He also had a bit of a temper
and, as it turns out, he wasn't
our target's...best choice.

It looks like he panicked and came
straight back up here to Sheffield.

Which leads us to the crash.
We think our target was
with Armstrong in the car.

If we'd caught Armstrong,
he'd have led us to the driver.
How DID you find him?

That's where your professor comes
in.

We don't know how, but he ended up
at a bar called the Six Degrees
in the centre of Sheffield.

That's where he made contact
with a Carl Dawson.

Dawson's known to us.

He's smart, a college drop-out.

We've interviewed him before.

Professor Dalton followed him to
the warehouse unit, and that's where
we discovered Armstrong's body.

You think Dawson
might be your target?

We have...the driver's DNA
and prints from the car.

If they match Dawson's,
we've got him.

It sounds like you're close.
There's a downside.

The death of the cops, the car crash
and the discovery of Armstrong's
body, they'll know the heat is on.

How come Leo has managed
to make contact with this...gang

when the full resources
of your operation have failed?

When people are desperate,
they'll go to any lengths
to get what they want.

I think that describes
our professor rather well.

At the moment he doesn't trust us
but he's got an in with Dawson.

I want you two to talk to him
and see if he'll work with us
rather than against us.

Hello, can I help you? Yes,
I'm Alan Fielding, I called earlier.

I'd like to make a withdrawal.

Leo!

What are you doing here?

We came to see how you are.

Well, here I am.

What is all this?

I'm tying to find out
who killed my family.

This is not the way to go about it.

This is police work.
If that's all you've got
to say, you might as well go.

They should be out by now.
They'll be all right.

Can we help you?

You want to help me? Yes.
What - like you helped me before?

If I handled that...wrong,
then I am truly sorry.

We're worried about you. You want me
to stop what I'm doing, don't you?

We don't want you to get hurt.
Well, it's a bit late for that.

Armstrong killed two
undercover policewomen in London.

We should get out of here.
We're almost there.

Go and wait in the car,
you're making me nervous.

He's been picked up. What? Get out
of here. We can't just leave him.

Forget it! He'll get six months,
he'll be out in three. Drive!

But we can't... Just drive! Shit!

We saw the incident room. We saw
the scale of Elliot's operation.

Why'd he give you all this
information? He wanted us to talk
to you. Get me out of the way.

No, he wants to work with you.

I think he wants to bring
you into the investigation.

How? There's more chance of catching
him if you work with the police.
You mean if they work with me.

At least see Elliot.
If this man were to get away...

He won't. No, he won't. We want to
see him caught as much as you, Leo.
Oh! I want more than that.

I want someone to admit to my face
what they've done. I want someone to
tell me that they killed my family.

Listen, it'll be OK.
Let me out, I'll make my own way.

Please, Bonnie!

Are you sure, Rachel?
Too right, this is all screwed up.

I've got my share,
I'll take my chances.

I'll see you guys.

What are we gonna do? What if Moss
cracks and gives them our names?

It won't matter.

Why not? Cos we're getting new ones.

Alan Fielding? That's right.

Really?

That's Fielding's signature faxed
from Fielding's branch to the branch
you tried to withdraw the cash from.

And this is your
version of the signature.

Fake driving license in
the name of Alan Fielding.

Fake credit card in the
name of Alan Fielding.

Fake passport
in the name of Alan Fielding.

So who the hell are you?

How can people regard the lives
of others as so inconsequential?

To ruin just like that.

I don't know.

People used to have more respect for
each other, for everything. Now...

It's my old school.

I met Teresa in the sixth form,
and we've been together ever since.

I should never have gone to London.

I should never have been away.

I was working all the time Cassie
was growing up! I was never there!

I wanted to see her go
to university, to see her have
babies, and I wanted t-to...

You thought you were doing the
right thing. Ah, but it was wrong.

I was wrong.

Sorry, shop closed.

Come on, it's the least you can do.

I got into this because
it was low risk, but suddenly
it's all getting out of hand.

It's been nice, but au revoir.
Gilmore, please...

Look, we can pay you.

Ten now, ten when you deliver.

It's just the two of us, driving
licenses, passports - the full set.

Come back tomorrow.
You can pick 'em up then.

Thank you.

All right. Who do you wanna be?

So what are you gonna do
if you catch up with this man?

WHEN I catch up with him. OK - when.

What are you going to do?

Kill him?

ignore the law?
The law can't help me.

So you are just going to deal
out your own form of justice?

These people killed my family.
They think they're above the
law, then why shouldn't I be?

It's how I feel.

Of course you want revenge.
Anybody would.

But if everybody just took
revenge for...everything unjust...

I don't care any more.

Go and see Elliot.

The track enters the abdomen
and passes upwards
to enter the left ventricle.

The wound is consistent
with a single-edge bladed weapon.

Dr Alexander, would you please
continue with DS Jacobs? Of course.

The wound is consistent
with a single-edge bladed
weapon such as a knife.

The deepest penetration suggest
a blade length of 1 5 centimetres.

Cause of death,
1A stab wound to the heart.

Those are the DNA and fingerprints
of the man who was driving the car.

I think they'll match Dawson's, but
he's refusing to give us his DNA.

I can't compel him unless I can
charge him. He was in the warehouse
with Armstrong's body.

The court'll see it
as your word against his.

My word counts for something.
I'm a Home Office pathologist.

One who was conducting
an entirely inappropriate
personal investigation.

I know what I saw. Do you?

Can you honestly swear it was him
in the room with Armstrong's body?

Well...

it sounded like him.
But it was dark, you'd had a drink,

you'd have been under enormous
stress after what happened to your
wife and daughter two days before.

A decent barrister could make you
an unreliable witness.
What do you need?

A confession's really handy,
but seeing the chances
of that are pretty slim,

rock-solid proof.

He was meant to be supplying me
with fake documents. That was
my excuse for contacting him.

Get him to do that, then we might
have something.
Enough to charge him?

Have my Officers witness the
exchange, we can arrest him.

Even if he screams entrapment,
we should still get his DNA.

These are brilliant.
Ten grand, we said.

Yes, all right.

Cause of death - stab wound to
the heart. Anything I can use?
No transfer from killer to victim.

The killer's clothes
would display blood spatter.

Yeah, but his clothing and the
knife'll be in the River Don by now.

We're running out of time, Leo.

Did you really think
I'd let you rip me on?!

Where's the money?!

If you can't prove he murdered
Armstrong, and we do it your way,
what does he get?

We'd have death by dangerous
driving, leaving an accident. He'd
get out in no time, do it again.

I want the same as you, Leo, I want
to see Dawson thrown into a dungeon
and left until he rots.

That's not gonna happen!
What can I say? You're right.

He won't go down for long enough,
but that's how the system works.

That's just the way it is. It wasn't
your wife! It wasn't your daughter!

But they were my colleagues,
my police Officers!

It was me that
sanctioned the operation.

How do you think that makes me feel?

But it's not about revenge.

These people are dangerous.

It's about preventing them
ruining more lives.

It's about, Leo,
stopping them killing again.

Ow! Do you think this
is some sort of game?

Did you think you
could just walk away?

Agh!

SHE SOBS
I know you did Fielding.

Now, where's my money?

No, no...

No...

Please!

Don't!

I won't ask you again!

Bonnie?

Gilmore!

Bonnie!

Hey.

What are you drinking? Who are you?

What do you want?
I'm offering to buy you a drink.

No, you're all right.
I'm waiting for a man called Dawson.

Carl Dawson.

Yeah, I don't know him.

Sir, he's made contact.

With Dawson? No, someone else.
I'll keep you posted. OK.

What's happening?

There's no sign of Dawson.

So now what?

We wait.

I don't know him! I saw him with
your girlfriend the other night.

What's her name? Bonnie?
What do you know about Bonnie?

Who are you? I need to find Dawson.
Is Bonnie with him now?

I don't know where the hell she is!

Look, I've got to go. Hey... What do
you want?! Is she with him now?

I don't know, I swear!

I was meant to meet her,
she's disappeared. Show me where,
then. Get on me!

Sir, we might have a problem.
Just stick with him.

Don't move in, not yet.

This is where you were
meant to meet her, yeah? Yeah.

Recognize this?

Yeah, it's Bonnie's.

Hey, man, this isn't
such a good idea, l...

Blood.

Blunt impact.

More blood on the floor.

See the droplets?

They've been smeared

as if somebody or something's
been dragged along the ground.

There's more over here.

Oh, my God!

She's... Don't touch!

I wanna catch this man,
so don't touch!

Nathan Archer, sir,
he's willing to co-operate.

It's his girlfriend in there.

Listen, Nathan, I just want a name.
Who's in charge?

His name's Carl Dawson.

Bring him in.

Are you OK?

We've already put out
a call for Dawson.

This time he's not gonna walk away.
He better not. We'll get him.

It didn't go according to plan,
but you got the right result.

It's not finished yet.
It is for you. I want to see him.

We can't let you get involved
any further, it would...
I want to speak to him. Sorry, no.

I won't jeopardize the case.

Go home.

DS Jacobs, let's get this
place tightened up for SOCO.

I want the whole area sealing,
right up to the factory boundary.

Can you open your mouth, please?

Look, I really don't need a lawyer.

We did it.

That's it. We did it.

I'm saying nothing.

Nobody was meant to get hurt.

If we'd have known...

How did you get involved?

Bored.

Neither of us wanted a nine to five.

Are you gonna charge me?

Owen Gilmore.
You've got a good degree in computer
technology from the university.

You know what they pay
to sit at a desk and tell idiots
how to turn their monitor on?

Look, it is so easy. All you need
is nerve, good telephone manner.

You get rich...and then get out.

Get caught.

Yeah, that...doesn't seem
that important right now.

You can't prove it.

An_ay, it'll be a fine
and some community service.

Not if we get you as
an accessory to murder.

I want a la_er.

You really ought to have a solicitor.

Bad news. Dawson's DNA doesn't
match the DNA found in the car
that killed Teresa and Cassie.

They're certain?
Absolutely, someone else was driving.

'l want someone to admit
to my face what they have done.

'l want someone to tell me
that they killed my family#

Do you know a Kevin Armstrong?

Derek,
do you know a Kevin Armstrong?

Jack Fletcher?

Jonathan Bradley? Er...Peter Wilson?

Yeah, I know Pete.
He's not been in, though.

He might know.

'Prescription lenses...
do we know who these belong to?

'They must've been the driver's,
none of the injured people
could identify the photos.

'I think the driver stepped
over her. Do you remember
what he was wearing?'

Erm...

..dark trousers,

and...I saw his shoes -
they were brown and suede, I think.

What happened to your nose?

What?

Your nose.

What happened to it?

Accident.

A car accident?

You what?

And you've...

had some sunglasses made up?

You probably need them for driving.

And some nice...new shoes.

Shall I tell you
what I think happened?

I know about this sort of thing.

Airbags in RTAs expand fully
in one 20th of a second.

The impact to the face of someone
wearing glasses leaves a contusion
across the bridge of the nose.

It was sunny - you wore the tinted
pair. What are you talking about?

Armstrong wasn't strapped in,
he got a broken nose, but you
were wearing a safety belt,

because you're a very careful man.
Look, mate... And then your hand.

As the body's thrown, the thumb can
catch against the steering wheel.

You might even have torn a ligament.
You've had a few too many!
And then your chest. Get on!

We'll find contusions
from the safety belt.
Probably still a bit sore, isn't it?

Who the hell are you?!
Leo Dalton. It means nothing to me.

It was my wife and daughter
who died in that cafe.

It still means nothing to me.
It was you! Tell me I'm right!

Would you take your hands on me?

Say it!

Based on a scratched nose
and a new pair of shoes?

Come on,
you haven't got any evidence.

No court can convict
without evidence.

I don't need evidence...
and I don't need a court.

His name's Derek Webster.

Born in Reading in '59.

No criminal record, there's
no history of employment either.

What can you get him for?
Death by dangerous driving.
How long will he get?

Four years, maybe. Four years?!

It's better than nothing,
and he's in the system now.

He won't be able
to operate freely again.

I know it's not perfect,

the way the whole thing works.

Thanks for all you've done. Thanks.

I've decided to have
Teresa and Cassie's bodies
brought down to London.

I don't want them 200 miles away.

Do you want to get something to eat?

No, I think I'll get some fresh air.

He was scared, you know.

When I had that brick in my hand,
he was really scared,

which isn't something
I feel...good about.

But you know what?
I wish I'd gone through with it.

I wish I'd killed him.

From the records office -

Derek Webster, middle name Robert.

Born Reading, 12th February 1959.

Died...4th November 1 966.

He was seven.

So who the hell is he?

He's the man who put
all this together.

What else do we need to know?

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