Traces (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Episode #2.1 - full transcript
I think we all mean
something different by it.
- Does it mean,
to be free of sin?
Does it mean, a
state of rightness
given to us by the Holy Spirit?
Azra Mckinven receives
this commendation today
for her work in
intelligence analysis.
Through digital profiling, she
identified nine individuals
who she managed to
link to armed robberies
throughout the force area.
This resulted in nine
arrests and nine convictions.
Congratulations.
When you're instincts are right,
you are doing the right
thing, saying the right thing,
we try very hard to get
this sensation of rightness.
Professor Sarah Gordon.
- But maybe-
Sorry.
Welcome, come in, grab a chair.
Professor Sarah Gordon
collaborated with us
on a research project
into street drugs.
Sarah's work as a forensic
chemist resulted in the
shutting down of a
clandestine drugs laboratory,
here in Dundee.
The supply of lethal
drugs was stopped
and lives were saved as
a result of Sarah's work.
Thank you, Sarah.
Thank you, sorry,
I just have to say
it wasn't me on my
own, I work with a team
and my lab assistant, Emma
Hedges, played a key role.
- Thank you.
But maybe, we just have
to open ourselves to it.
Maybe, grace is out there
available to everyone.
[Misunderstood - Nina Simone]
Hiya.
Emma.
Have you seen Prof. Gordon?
Not to talk to him, no.
How are you feeling,
about the trial?
It won't seem real
'til we start.
Aye.
I just wanna get it done.
Get him locked up and
draw a line under it.
Uh-huh, have you
had any training?
No.
You should talk to Kathy,
she's impressive in court.
Most people really
feel the pressure.
Is it really that bad?
I've appeared as a witness
for the Crown many a times,
I still don't sleep
the night before.
Hey.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
How've you been?
Fine,
you?
Fine.
Gimme my drink.
Azra, this is Sarah
and Kathy and Emma.
Hello, hi, hi.
Congratulations.
Oh, and you.
That sounded so impressive,
your intelligence analysis.
I don't think people
realise how important
digital profiling is, well
interpreting all different kinds
of data, really.
And it's one thing to
spot something if you know
what your looking for,
but usually you don't.
Were you looking
at telephony data?
Yes, and how did you
identify the drugs labs?
Sorry, bad timing.
She does.
Nah-uh, she doesn't.
She does, she fancies
the pants off you!
Based on what?!
- Neil, she was as red
as a radish.
Ahhh, she's a shy person.
You're such a man.
What does that mean?
It means you're blind.
I mean, women can read these
things from a mile off,
but men, they've got no clue.
Thank you.
That's okay, I don't blame her,
- Professor Gordon knows
a good thing when she
sees it, she knows,
Get off!
- fun when she sees it!
Azra!
Oh.
Shhh.
What?
Neil, I need you in sharp.
There's been an explosion
in the Newport area.
They've ruled out gas, so
it's looking like a bomb.
I want you as my deputy.
You all right?
Yeah.
Did you get a mention?
I did.
Was it fun?
Yeah, it was like a school
prize giving except-
Everyone was old and drunk.
Oh, don't make me
laugh, I need a wee.
I wish you'd seen
DCI McKinven's wife,
she's like, wow!
And then there was this funny...
Are you okay?
There's a confirmed date
for the trial, Wednesday.
God.
They're not calling
me as a witness.
How come?
One sec, I need a wee.
It's good.
It'll get us back
into the real world,
because this is just
cloud cuckoo land.
What is?
This.
You could come with me,
have some training
with Prof. Torrance.
I'm not scared of
being in court.
Okay.
But we are in this together.
We are.
I've been meaning to tell you,
my periods late.
Okay.
Doesn't it freak you out?
No.
No, it doesn't.
Not at all.
You?
No, it doesn't freak me out.
What kind of bomb,
do you reckon?
Probably deflagrating
rather than detonating.
Why?
It looks like a wave of
energy pushed up and out.
Good.
"She takes days to
respond to emails."
"It took her weeks to
mark one page of notes."
"She's a harsh marker."
"She's hard to get hold of and
when you do get hold of her,
she can be a bitch."
There's more in the
same vein, did you know?
No, because why would I
go looking on Facebook
to see what student communities
are saying about me?
Well, I've been looking
in all sorts of places
because I'm new,
and I need to learn.
SIFA's clearly an exceptionally
successful department,
that's why this
anomaly stood out.
One of the reasons students
wanna study at SIFA
is Sarah and I do casework,
that's a real draw.
If I have to go to a crime
scene for a day or two,
I will drop the ball,
but then I pick it up.
I don't think I'm ever a
bitch, I just speak my mind.
And I have great
rapport with students,
but I have to say every
new cohort seems more needy
than the last.
Students first, that's
my credo, and growth.
Right.
So make any adjustments needed.
Okay.
One other thing.
The animal welfare
society is worried about
the treatment of the pigs.
The pigs are dead.
The students are worried.
Okay, well, me and Erika
could maybe do a presentation
and dispel any myths
about what we're doing?
Erika?
My PhD student.
A presentation sounds great.
Okay, let's have a follow-up
chat in a few weeks,
see how you're doing.
There could still
be toxic residue,
so don't take any chances.
I thought he'd be more damaged.
The pressure wave from
the blast can kill you,
it can disrupt internal organs.
He entered the room
and a bomb went off.
Who was he?
His name was Joe Tinto.
I said, "Joe, you're
not going to that talk?
I thought you wanted to go."
He'd lost track of the time.
He was fixing his bike,
all bits on the drive.
He said, "I can't go now,
I've not even had a shower,
I'll be late."
I said, "No one
will mind if ya are,
go."
The bomb wasn't on Joe Tinto,
it was already in the room.
Why might somebody target you?
Because they think black priest
should stay in black countries.
Because of my views.
I set up the East African
Catholic Brotherhood.
I'm a campaigner for the
relaxation of celibacy for priests,
it's a divisive issue.
Have you received any
threatening messages in the past?
There's a lot of
hate in the world.
Let's see if you paid attention
at the strategy meeting.
We move nothing today,
we sketch it out,
flag any debris of interest.
Measure the debris field,
find the epicentre, which is
where there's the most damage.
If you hate someone
for something they did,
and you've got a gun in
your hand and your raging,
I can get that.
But to plan it and time
it and set it to happen,
it's ice cold.
Aye.
Copper piping.
Father Nkusi thinks it was
personal, a hate crime?
Mm, mm.
You don't?
You should be led by
your recommended folk
when they turn up, we're
just prepping for them.
We won't quote you.
If I was one of these online
abusers that Father Nkusi
showed you, and I
wanted to kill him,
I'd make a device to
target him specifically,
a parcel bomb that goes
off when he opens it,
a car bomb that goes off
when he starts his car,
I wouldn't use a
pipe bomb like this.
A pipe bomb targets
a group of people.
That's what terrorists
use them for.
But if I was targeting a group,
I'd wanna harm as many
of them as possible,
as badly as possible.
I'd put shrapnel in my bomb,
nails and ball-bearings,
so far I haven't seen any here.
So, what are you thinking?
This is really odd.
What is in this?
Beetroot.
Janine, can you discourage
people from putting
vegetables in cakes?
No, the acceptance
of donated cakes
has to be unconditional, surely.
How was the do?
Fine.
We met DCI McKinven's wife,
she's an unexpected hottie.
In what way?
Please don't make me spell
out the defining features
of a hottie.
It was the unexpected
bit I meant.
Because he is Mr. Average.
Right.
Do I have a gap in my
day for Emma Hedges?
How long do you need?
Half an hour, she's
out with Sarah, right?
Uh-huh.
The talk on Twitter is
it was a racist attack,
the priest giving the
talk was from Rwanda.
Okay, well try to
remember that social media
is just a bunch of people
getting off on whipping things up
and going unchecked.
Will my dad be in
court throughout?
Yes.
Have you visited him?
No.
No contact at all?
None.
Good.
Do you know how he is?
Why do you ask?
I just-
[] Joseph] Are you
worried about him?
Fuck no!
Sorry.
Are you worried
about seeing him?
No, I'm just trying to be ready.
You know I've had
months to stew on it.
I don't wanna kill him anymore.
It was kinda like I built a
wall and everything I used to
feel about hims gone
behind the wall.
Nobody wants to be a
prosecution witness
against their dad.
Will they call him as a witness?
Your father has the
right to remain silent,
but if they think it'll serve
them, they'll wheel him out.
If they think he'll
damage their case,
they'll keep him back.
What would you do?
I'd keep them back.
Keep control.
And they can't
mention the Nicole
No, the thinking was no jury
could get their heads around
two trials in one, so
the Fiscal pushed to get
the murder trial
out the way first.
Cool.
We have a strong case, Daniel,
is anything else on your mind?
Just thinking on in the future.
You know, with him
I'm just worried that
this is gonna get personal
because of our relationship.
Oh, it is.
Your father's on trial for
murdering Emma's mother.
It's going to get very
personal, because it is.
A pipe bomb like this
will have had a round cap
fitted to both ends, see
if you can spot the caps.
Over here.
Hi, this is Emma, leave
a message after the beep.
Just ringing to hear your voice,
I'll see you later, all right?
Bye my darlin'.
What are you doing?
- I'm just- - I've
told you before pal,
if you're not visiting,
you can't hang about here.
A Crown case is like a wall,
you know this one?
No.
The defence pulls
a brick away here
and a brick away
there in the hope that
eventually the wall collapses.
We're the bricks.
So what do we do?
Whatever makes you feel calm.
I know the first thing
they're gonna go for is
my methodology and
then the science.
And if all that fails,
they'll go for me personally.
So, I take off my shoes.
Seriously?
You're in the witness
stand, no one can see,
it grounds me.
I focus on the jury because
that's who I need to reach.
I don't look at the accused, I
don't wanna engage with them.
Is there something
particular that worries you?
I hate Phil MacAfee so much,
I'm scared that when
I see him in the dock
I'm gonna start crying
or shouting or something
and people will think I'm
mad and won't listen to me.
I don't want to avoid
looking at him because
I don't want him to have
that power over me, but I...
You don't wanna lose control?
I don't wanna lose control.
You won't.
Just decide you won't.
You stay as calm as you
can and really listen.
Take your time.
Stick to your facts.
Don't take the bait.
Okay.
It's all up here.
It's about mental strength,
which you have in spades,
you'll be fine.
Thanks for covering today.
Sure.
Could you make sure that
pathologist scans the body for
embedded fragments?
Okay.
Neil, I've got question
mark about the timer.
It's possible it went
off later than planned.
How come?
I'll ring you tonight.
No!
Oh?
Ahhh, I'm sorry,
that came out...
I just mean in general,
please don't ring me at home.
I don't, I ring your mobile.
When I'm at home, please
don't ring me at night
when I'm at home, if possible.
Why?
Let's just say I'm under
pressure to improve
my work-life balance.
Right.
I'm sorry to ask.
Come on, let's find
somewhere quiet.
I can just email my notes over,
if you prefer, then
we're done and dusted.
No, this is important.
Professor Gordon!
Afternoon, Neil.
I told the folk at the
National Crime Agency,
you are tiding us over 'til
we got their recommendation.
And they said, "What
you talking about?
Sarah Gordon is
the recommendation,
she's got every
accreditation under the sun."
Why didn't you say?
Well, I can't recommend
myself, can I?
Please forgive me
for not knowing
we had all this expertise
on our doorstep.
We'll be needing you on board
for the duration of the case.
Good, if you wanna see
the high security lab,
you can just drop by any time.
I take it you have
security clearance?
I'm the Procurator Fiscal,
I have so much clearance
I have to keep it
in a special room.
Bye.
I think it's personal, you'd
expect a political group
to come forward.
Not if they made an arse of it.
They killed one
guy, the wrong guy.
Well, on the news
it said it could be
an anti-Catholic thing.
Well, why didn't they
just blow up a church then
with a lot of people in it?
We're looking at an angle,
different angle, but,
it's too early to say.
And how is, how's
Professor Cutie Pie?
Fine.
How long does she have the
thrill of working with you?
I dunno, a few days I imagine.
- Well, don't wear the
blue shirt that
makes your eyes pop,
she'll be beside herself.
- Evening.
- Here you go.
Thanks, enjoy your meal.
Thanks.
This calm, restful place,
breathing steadily all the while
and feel yourself move deeper
still into controlled calm-
What you listening to?
Music.
What have you done today?
Nothing much.
Do you want to see
what I did today?
It's an early test,
it's only really faint,
but it says even
faint is positive.
You are?
I am.
Emma, what you thinking?
Well, it's really early,
so who knows? But,
it's what we've
always talked about,
just possibly a hell
of a lot sooner.
How do you feel about it?
I'm delighted with it.
Jesus Christ!
Now, lets get this
trial out the way,
find a place to live and
have ourselves a baby.
Sarah thinks the bomb timer
went off later than planned.
The class before the
Bible study is Pilates,
runs between half past
five and half past six.
We spoke to the teacher, she's
making a list of the people
who routinely attend the class.
She always takes the
class from the raised end
of the hall.
Anybody looking through
the window would be able to
ascertain that, they'd
know where to plant a bomb.
What's the security like?
Once the hall opens
for the first session,
it stays open 'til the
last session is locked up,
folk are free to walk
in and out, and they do.
There's no CCTV.
The anti-terrorist unit is
watching and waiting to see
if this is one for them.
Chase Sarah Gordon.
We can make a fun presentation.
You want me to come
up with some ideas?
Yeah, that'd be great.
No problem.
Erika, you've spent a lot
of time with first years,
do you... ahhh.
I've been told some of
them are, dissatisfied.
With you?
Yes, I do hear that sometimes.
Right.
My God! Students drive me crazy.
When I do the demonstration,
they never read the atlas,
they don't listen, they
complain about everything.
They want their mommies,
they want their asses wiped.
They should be
proud to have you.
Do you want me to
tell you who it is?
These are the component parts,
timer, initiator,
detonator, main charge.
The chemical residue
from inside the pipe
is being analysed and
we'll know tomorrow
what the explosive material was.
These are the parts of the
nine volt battery used.
Emma managed to find
all six cylinders.
Now, the timer.
I must admit, I
can't picture it.
Oh, don't worry,
I've made a bomb.
The alarm is set to go
off at a certain time
and it's rigged so that
when that time is reached
it completes an
electrical circuit.
Two wires to this battery,
that electrical shock
sets off the bomb.
The hands blown off, now
that could be showing
five to six or-
25 past 12.
Yeah, if they were
still moveable,
they'd be no use as a guide to
the timing, but they're not.
They're fused by heat at
the moment of the explosion,
there's smoke shadowing
and tiny bits of plastic
from the hands.
It was set for five to six.
It went off at five to seven.
Exactly.
The clocks went forward.
The bomber didn't
change the time.
What a mistake to make.
It's amateur.
So if we're saying that the
target was the Pilates class,
makes me think it's personal.
This is the epicentre.
It seems the bomb was in a
box, inside a sports bag,
stored in the cubby holes.
That's our next task.
We'll check those
for fingerprints.
Whoever set the device
could have put it there
anytime after five to
six in the morning.
The hall opens at
12 on a Sunday,
so they had a six hour window.
This is an impressive setup.
I'm happy for you to
undertake analytical work
here as needed.
Thank you.
And everyone was thinking,
"This is about this
priest from Rwanda,
someone's got it in for him
and they've set this bomb
to go off in the
middle of his talk."
And now it's looking like
it may be nothing to do
with that whatsoever.
Well, this is what happens.
Eh?
Well, it happens all the time,
I mean, you see on every
documentary on Netflix,
people banged up for years
for things they didn't do
because the experts
thought they knew
and didn't look
at anything else.
Yeah, but we did look
at something else.
Prof. Gordon worked
out from the evidence
that it wasn't what
people thought they knew.
Miscarriages of justice
happen all the time.
Yeah and men kill women and
get away with it all the time.
Look, you know what I think,
the fact is it was 19 years
ago, none of us were there,
none of us know what happened,
that's why we're having a trial.
Why do you keep defending him?
Because you want him to
be a murderer and I don't.
I don't want him to be one,
I just think he is one.
We need to be kind.
Tomorrow's a big day.
DCI McKinven says he still
doesn't sleep the night before.
What's the point of
telling you that?
I think it came
from a good place,
people are trying to prepare us.
It's the lawyers who
need to be prepared
and they are.
People shouldn't put
pressure on you to prepare
for something you
can't prepare for.
No one on earth knows what's
gonna happen in that court.
Anyone want tea?
No thanks, I said
I'd ring Julie.
Okay sweetheart.
Do you remember when we
took the caravan to Skye?
I do.
I keep thinking about
times when we were-
The happy family?
Me too.
I was thinking this morning
about the day you were born,
you know, you came
on fast, really fast.
Aye.
Your father was fantastic, kind.
I don't know how we got here.
I know he was a
philanderer, but... murder?
I don't want to be the guy
who gets his father put away.
Look, all you do is
you go into that court
and you tell the truth about
your wee piece of the puzzle,
that's all, because that's
all you have one wee piece,
that's it.
You don't put him away or
not, the judge or jury do.
Emma might be pregnant.
I hope to God she's not.
Jesus!
Jesus yourself, think!
What would you say to that
child when they want to know
about their granny
or their granddad?
You must not have a
baby with that girl,
you shouldn't even
be with that girl.
No good can come of it ever.
What time do they
want you in court?
After lunch.
Do you think Emma will be okay?
Who knows? I hope so.
Me too.
What's the Dean even doing
sniffing around on Facebook,
looking for student comments?
That's not her job.
Maybe she's marking
her territory,
maybe she feels insecure.
Just let her settle in.
Ambushing me in my office!
Why is she on my case?
I think she may be on
mine, she's fixated on
this new undergraduate course.
Has she asked you about it?
No.
Oh good, maybe she's moved on.
Anyway, I know who they are.
Who who are?
The group of first years
who find me unsatisfactory,
Erika told me.
Erika, your PhD?
It's fine, she's
great, I trust her.
I'm sure she is, but
this is your relationship
with your first years and you
need to be in charge of it,
just you.
You're right.
Can I ask your advice about
something a bit weird?
I think all that stuff
with Emma made us close
and well, we probably
developed a bit of a crush
on each other and things
were said and then
I didn't see him again
until the commendation.
And then he was there with
his drop dead gorgeous wife,
and it's so ridiculous,
I just behaved like
a jabbering arse.
Is that why you were
red in the face?
Yeah.
I thought it was from wine,
from the sulfites in wine.
No, it was for me being
embarrassed and jealous
and flustered and stupid.
And now he's asked me
not to ring him at night.
Should I say something to him?
Hold on.
What words were said?
You asked us all back to yours
and he said something like,
he wasn't gonna do that
'cause he might say
something foolish, and
I said something like,
"Oh, I would love that."
Is that it?
Yeah.
And you didn't see
each other again
until the commendation?
No.
Talk on the phone?
No.
So what do you wanna say to him?
His wife probably thinks
I'm infatuated with him
or something, but I'm not.
Just come clean.
Are you insane?! There's
nothing to come clean about.
What was his reason for asking
you to not call at night?
Work-life balance.
Good reason, I believe it.
So what do I do?
Nothing, Sarah, get a
grip, you do nothing.
You know why?
Because nothing happened.
God, you are so-
Stupid?
Catholic.
The chemical residue from
inside the pipes been analysed,
the explosive material
used was gunpowder.
Where would they get gunpowder?
Fireworks.
There's a tiny package
of gunpowder in each one,
you'd need to unwrap them,
empty them, amass the contents,
pack it inside the pipe.
How skilled you'd need to be?
Anyone could do it,
there's manuals online
if you know where to
look, there's 'cookbooks'.
Our guy didn't even have the
skill to set the time right.
Who says it's a guy?
Hm, he or she, had a
lot to think about.
With bombs it usually is
a he, but we can't say.
If you were gonna make a
bomb, this is one you'd make.
What tools would you need?
Basic tools, but useful for us.
Here are the tool marks at
the end of ne of the wires,
marks from pliers.
And this is a piece of wire
embedded in the victim.
It showed up when the
pathologist CT scanned his body.
Same tool marks, see, there's
a scratch across the ridge
made by the pincers
of the pliers.
You're looking for
that specific tool.
And then,
hashtag one,
could have been on
the wood before,
could be nothing to
do with anything.
It could be the bomber,
telling us this is a campaign.
So one of the women that
goes to the Pilates class,
she just got out of
this relationship with a
physically abusive guy.
He threatened to kill
her if she left him,
but we're getting him in.
If it's him, maybe we're
looking at a one off.
Right.
You don't think it's a one off?
I hope it is.
And with multiple devices,
they're often set to off
at the same time to scatter
the emergency response,
so that didn't happen, so...
Keep me in the loop.
I'll get my finished
report to you next week.
Sarah,
I think I might have
hurt your feelings.
No, you haven't.
Okay, just I thought our
conversation the other day,
maybe turned a wee bit awkward.
God.
We can handle a bit
of awkward, can't we?
I hope so.
Good.
So,
are we good?
We're good.
I'd hate for us not to be good.
Me too.
I'll see ya.
Bye.
Mr. MacAfee?
I love you.
I love you too.
When you go in, the witness
box is on your left-hand side.
Thanks.
Daniel MacAfee, do
wish to take the oath
or do you wish to have affirm?
Affirm.
Raise your right hand
and repeat after me.
I solemnly, sincerely and
truly declare and affirm.
I solemnly, sincerely and
truly declare and affirm.
That I shall tell the
truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
I shall tell the
truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
When you made this discovery
that your father had done
digging work two days after
the Tall Ships Festival,
why did you tell DI
McKinven about it?
I thought it might possibly
have something to do
with Marie Monroe's murder.
Did you think that your Father
had killed Marie Monroe?
I believed it was possible.
You believed your father
was capable of murder?
I thought it was a possibility,
at that point, yes.
Can we rewind a bit?
Can you give a brief
account of what happened
on the night of
September the 20th?
I came home from work and
saw Emma, my girlfriend,
hanging off my balcony,
which is three floors up.
My dad was stood on the balcony,
the guy in the flat below
helped Emma to safety,
and Emma reported my
dad to the police.
What for?
Threatening her to
the point where she
climbed over the balcony.
My dad said it was
a misunderstanding.
Did you believe him?
Yeah, because I trusted
him, at that time.
Why?
Because I loved him.
Has your father ever
been threatening to you?
Objection, M'Lord.
The relationship between
this witness and my client
is not on trial,
this is irrelevant.
Objection repelled.
I want to hear more
about the relationship
and I'm sure ladies and gentlemen
of the jury want to too.
As you were.
Has your father ever
been threatening to you?
Yes.
Before or after the
balcony incident?
After.
I asked him some
questions he didn't like.
I asked him about
cheating a client,
which I could prove he'd
done and I asked them about
being unfaithful to my
mother when she had cancer,
which my mom had
just told me about.
How did he threaten you?
You're the fucking little
prince of getting away with it.
You're a spoilt wee
bastard with no talent.
You can get to fuck!
Character assassination,
basically.
And he told me that if
I took him on, he'd win,
warning me off.
Had he ever verbally
attacked you before?
Never.
I've never seen
that side to him.
Did it make you
reconsider Emma's account
of the balcony incident?
Yes.
Can you describe the
side of your father
you hadn't seen before?
Someone who'll do
whatever it takes
to get what he wants or to get
out of what he doesn't want.
Why hadn't you seen it before?
Because I'd never
stood up to him before.
I thought he was perfect.
Do you want to take a break?
Okay.
You know, it's one thing
to say these things
in the comfort of the Procurator
Fiscals Office, it's a,
it's quite another to
say them in front of the
15 members of the jury.
Having doubts about your story?
You making it up?
No.
You feeling remorse?
No.
What's upsetting you?
I don't know.
We've heard how you
went from being son who,
who loved his father to a
son who thought his father
was capable of murder.
And this change of
heart was brought about
by a series of events,
which caused you to
revise your opinion
of your father.
Yes.
Yes, in fact, what brought
about this drastic u-turn,
and in a such a
short space of time,
was that you started a
relationship with Emma Hedges
and she turned your
world upside down.
Now, isn't that right?
Shit!
something different by it.
- Does it mean,
to be free of sin?
Does it mean, a
state of rightness
given to us by the Holy Spirit?
Azra Mckinven receives
this commendation today
for her work in
intelligence analysis.
Through digital profiling, she
identified nine individuals
who she managed to
link to armed robberies
throughout the force area.
This resulted in nine
arrests and nine convictions.
Congratulations.
When you're instincts are right,
you are doing the right
thing, saying the right thing,
we try very hard to get
this sensation of rightness.
Professor Sarah Gordon.
- But maybe-
Sorry.
Welcome, come in, grab a chair.
Professor Sarah Gordon
collaborated with us
on a research project
into street drugs.
Sarah's work as a forensic
chemist resulted in the
shutting down of a
clandestine drugs laboratory,
here in Dundee.
The supply of lethal
drugs was stopped
and lives were saved as
a result of Sarah's work.
Thank you, Sarah.
Thank you, sorry,
I just have to say
it wasn't me on my
own, I work with a team
and my lab assistant, Emma
Hedges, played a key role.
- Thank you.
But maybe, we just have
to open ourselves to it.
Maybe, grace is out there
available to everyone.
[Misunderstood - Nina Simone]
Hiya.
Emma.
Have you seen Prof. Gordon?
Not to talk to him, no.
How are you feeling,
about the trial?
It won't seem real
'til we start.
Aye.
I just wanna get it done.
Get him locked up and
draw a line under it.
Uh-huh, have you
had any training?
No.
You should talk to Kathy,
she's impressive in court.
Most people really
feel the pressure.
Is it really that bad?
I've appeared as a witness
for the Crown many a times,
I still don't sleep
the night before.
Hey.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
How've you been?
Fine,
you?
Fine.
Gimme my drink.
Azra, this is Sarah
and Kathy and Emma.
Hello, hi, hi.
Congratulations.
Oh, and you.
That sounded so impressive,
your intelligence analysis.
I don't think people
realise how important
digital profiling is, well
interpreting all different kinds
of data, really.
And it's one thing to
spot something if you know
what your looking for,
but usually you don't.
Were you looking
at telephony data?
Yes, and how did you
identify the drugs labs?
Sorry, bad timing.
She does.
Nah-uh, she doesn't.
She does, she fancies
the pants off you!
Based on what?!
- Neil, she was as red
as a radish.
Ahhh, she's a shy person.
You're such a man.
What does that mean?
It means you're blind.
I mean, women can read these
things from a mile off,
but men, they've got no clue.
Thank you.
That's okay, I don't blame her,
- Professor Gordon knows
a good thing when she
sees it, she knows,
Get off!
- fun when she sees it!
Azra!
Oh.
Shhh.
What?
Neil, I need you in sharp.
There's been an explosion
in the Newport area.
They've ruled out gas, so
it's looking like a bomb.
I want you as my deputy.
You all right?
Yeah.
Did you get a mention?
I did.
Was it fun?
Yeah, it was like a school
prize giving except-
Everyone was old and drunk.
Oh, don't make me
laugh, I need a wee.
I wish you'd seen
DCI McKinven's wife,
she's like, wow!
And then there was this funny...
Are you okay?
There's a confirmed date
for the trial, Wednesday.
God.
They're not calling
me as a witness.
How come?
One sec, I need a wee.
It's good.
It'll get us back
into the real world,
because this is just
cloud cuckoo land.
What is?
This.
You could come with me,
have some training
with Prof. Torrance.
I'm not scared of
being in court.
Okay.
But we are in this together.
We are.
I've been meaning to tell you,
my periods late.
Okay.
Doesn't it freak you out?
No.
No, it doesn't.
Not at all.
You?
No, it doesn't freak me out.
What kind of bomb,
do you reckon?
Probably deflagrating
rather than detonating.
Why?
It looks like a wave of
energy pushed up and out.
Good.
"She takes days to
respond to emails."
"It took her weeks to
mark one page of notes."
"She's a harsh marker."
"She's hard to get hold of and
when you do get hold of her,
she can be a bitch."
There's more in the
same vein, did you know?
No, because why would I
go looking on Facebook
to see what student communities
are saying about me?
Well, I've been looking
in all sorts of places
because I'm new,
and I need to learn.
SIFA's clearly an exceptionally
successful department,
that's why this
anomaly stood out.
One of the reasons students
wanna study at SIFA
is Sarah and I do casework,
that's a real draw.
If I have to go to a crime
scene for a day or two,
I will drop the ball,
but then I pick it up.
I don't think I'm ever a
bitch, I just speak my mind.
And I have great
rapport with students,
but I have to say every
new cohort seems more needy
than the last.
Students first, that's
my credo, and growth.
Right.
So make any adjustments needed.
Okay.
One other thing.
The animal welfare
society is worried about
the treatment of the pigs.
The pigs are dead.
The students are worried.
Okay, well, me and Erika
could maybe do a presentation
and dispel any myths
about what we're doing?
Erika?
My PhD student.
A presentation sounds great.
Okay, let's have a follow-up
chat in a few weeks,
see how you're doing.
There could still
be toxic residue,
so don't take any chances.
I thought he'd be more damaged.
The pressure wave from
the blast can kill you,
it can disrupt internal organs.
He entered the room
and a bomb went off.
Who was he?
His name was Joe Tinto.
I said, "Joe, you're
not going to that talk?
I thought you wanted to go."
He'd lost track of the time.
He was fixing his bike,
all bits on the drive.
He said, "I can't go now,
I've not even had a shower,
I'll be late."
I said, "No one
will mind if ya are,
go."
The bomb wasn't on Joe Tinto,
it was already in the room.
Why might somebody target you?
Because they think black priest
should stay in black countries.
Because of my views.
I set up the East African
Catholic Brotherhood.
I'm a campaigner for the
relaxation of celibacy for priests,
it's a divisive issue.
Have you received any
threatening messages in the past?
There's a lot of
hate in the world.
Let's see if you paid attention
at the strategy meeting.
We move nothing today,
we sketch it out,
flag any debris of interest.
Measure the debris field,
find the epicentre, which is
where there's the most damage.
If you hate someone
for something they did,
and you've got a gun in
your hand and your raging,
I can get that.
But to plan it and time
it and set it to happen,
it's ice cold.
Aye.
Copper piping.
Father Nkusi thinks it was
personal, a hate crime?
Mm, mm.
You don't?
You should be led by
your recommended folk
when they turn up, we're
just prepping for them.
We won't quote you.
If I was one of these online
abusers that Father Nkusi
showed you, and I
wanted to kill him,
I'd make a device to
target him specifically,
a parcel bomb that goes
off when he opens it,
a car bomb that goes off
when he starts his car,
I wouldn't use a
pipe bomb like this.
A pipe bomb targets
a group of people.
That's what terrorists
use them for.
But if I was targeting a group,
I'd wanna harm as many
of them as possible,
as badly as possible.
I'd put shrapnel in my bomb,
nails and ball-bearings,
so far I haven't seen any here.
So, what are you thinking?
This is really odd.
What is in this?
Beetroot.
Janine, can you discourage
people from putting
vegetables in cakes?
No, the acceptance
of donated cakes
has to be unconditional, surely.
How was the do?
Fine.
We met DCI McKinven's wife,
she's an unexpected hottie.
In what way?
Please don't make me spell
out the defining features
of a hottie.
It was the unexpected
bit I meant.
Because he is Mr. Average.
Right.
Do I have a gap in my
day for Emma Hedges?
How long do you need?
Half an hour, she's
out with Sarah, right?
Uh-huh.
The talk on Twitter is
it was a racist attack,
the priest giving the
talk was from Rwanda.
Okay, well try to
remember that social media
is just a bunch of people
getting off on whipping things up
and going unchecked.
Will my dad be in
court throughout?
Yes.
Have you visited him?
No.
No contact at all?
None.
Good.
Do you know how he is?
Why do you ask?
I just-
[] Joseph] Are you
worried about him?
Fuck no!
Sorry.
Are you worried
about seeing him?
No, I'm just trying to be ready.
You know I've had
months to stew on it.
I don't wanna kill him anymore.
It was kinda like I built a
wall and everything I used to
feel about hims gone
behind the wall.
Nobody wants to be a
prosecution witness
against their dad.
Will they call him as a witness?
Your father has the
right to remain silent,
but if they think it'll serve
them, they'll wheel him out.
If they think he'll
damage their case,
they'll keep him back.
What would you do?
I'd keep them back.
Keep control.
And they can't
mention the Nicole
No, the thinking was no jury
could get their heads around
two trials in one, so
the Fiscal pushed to get
the murder trial
out the way first.
Cool.
We have a strong case, Daniel,
is anything else on your mind?
Just thinking on in the future.
You know, with him
I'm just worried that
this is gonna get personal
because of our relationship.
Oh, it is.
Your father's on trial for
murdering Emma's mother.
It's going to get very
personal, because it is.
A pipe bomb like this
will have had a round cap
fitted to both ends, see
if you can spot the caps.
Over here.
Hi, this is Emma, leave
a message after the beep.
Just ringing to hear your voice,
I'll see you later, all right?
Bye my darlin'.
What are you doing?
- I'm just- - I've
told you before pal,
if you're not visiting,
you can't hang about here.
A Crown case is like a wall,
you know this one?
No.
The defence pulls
a brick away here
and a brick away
there in the hope that
eventually the wall collapses.
We're the bricks.
So what do we do?
Whatever makes you feel calm.
I know the first thing
they're gonna go for is
my methodology and
then the science.
And if all that fails,
they'll go for me personally.
So, I take off my shoes.
Seriously?
You're in the witness
stand, no one can see,
it grounds me.
I focus on the jury because
that's who I need to reach.
I don't look at the accused, I
don't wanna engage with them.
Is there something
particular that worries you?
I hate Phil MacAfee so much,
I'm scared that when
I see him in the dock
I'm gonna start crying
or shouting or something
and people will think I'm
mad and won't listen to me.
I don't want to avoid
looking at him because
I don't want him to have
that power over me, but I...
You don't wanna lose control?
I don't wanna lose control.
You won't.
Just decide you won't.
You stay as calm as you
can and really listen.
Take your time.
Stick to your facts.
Don't take the bait.
Okay.
It's all up here.
It's about mental strength,
which you have in spades,
you'll be fine.
Thanks for covering today.
Sure.
Could you make sure that
pathologist scans the body for
embedded fragments?
Okay.
Neil, I've got question
mark about the timer.
It's possible it went
off later than planned.
How come?
I'll ring you tonight.
No!
Oh?
Ahhh, I'm sorry,
that came out...
I just mean in general,
please don't ring me at home.
I don't, I ring your mobile.
When I'm at home, please
don't ring me at night
when I'm at home, if possible.
Why?
Let's just say I'm under
pressure to improve
my work-life balance.
Right.
I'm sorry to ask.
Come on, let's find
somewhere quiet.
I can just email my notes over,
if you prefer, then
we're done and dusted.
No, this is important.
Professor Gordon!
Afternoon, Neil.
I told the folk at the
National Crime Agency,
you are tiding us over 'til
we got their recommendation.
And they said, "What
you talking about?
Sarah Gordon is
the recommendation,
she's got every
accreditation under the sun."
Why didn't you say?
Well, I can't recommend
myself, can I?
Please forgive me
for not knowing
we had all this expertise
on our doorstep.
We'll be needing you on board
for the duration of the case.
Good, if you wanna see
the high security lab,
you can just drop by any time.
I take it you have
security clearance?
I'm the Procurator Fiscal,
I have so much clearance
I have to keep it
in a special room.
Bye.
I think it's personal, you'd
expect a political group
to come forward.
Not if they made an arse of it.
They killed one
guy, the wrong guy.
Well, on the news
it said it could be
an anti-Catholic thing.
Well, why didn't they
just blow up a church then
with a lot of people in it?
We're looking at an angle,
different angle, but,
it's too early to say.
And how is, how's
Professor Cutie Pie?
Fine.
How long does she have the
thrill of working with you?
I dunno, a few days I imagine.
- Well, don't wear the
blue shirt that
makes your eyes pop,
she'll be beside herself.
- Evening.
- Here you go.
Thanks, enjoy your meal.
Thanks.
This calm, restful place,
breathing steadily all the while
and feel yourself move deeper
still into controlled calm-
What you listening to?
Music.
What have you done today?
Nothing much.
Do you want to see
what I did today?
It's an early test,
it's only really faint,
but it says even
faint is positive.
You are?
I am.
Emma, what you thinking?
Well, it's really early,
so who knows? But,
it's what we've
always talked about,
just possibly a hell
of a lot sooner.
How do you feel about it?
I'm delighted with it.
Jesus Christ!
Now, lets get this
trial out the way,
find a place to live and
have ourselves a baby.
Sarah thinks the bomb timer
went off later than planned.
The class before the
Bible study is Pilates,
runs between half past
five and half past six.
We spoke to the teacher, she's
making a list of the people
who routinely attend the class.
She always takes the
class from the raised end
of the hall.
Anybody looking through
the window would be able to
ascertain that, they'd
know where to plant a bomb.
What's the security like?
Once the hall opens
for the first session,
it stays open 'til the
last session is locked up,
folk are free to walk
in and out, and they do.
There's no CCTV.
The anti-terrorist unit is
watching and waiting to see
if this is one for them.
Chase Sarah Gordon.
We can make a fun presentation.
You want me to come
up with some ideas?
Yeah, that'd be great.
No problem.
Erika, you've spent a lot
of time with first years,
do you... ahhh.
I've been told some of
them are, dissatisfied.
With you?
Yes, I do hear that sometimes.
Right.
My God! Students drive me crazy.
When I do the demonstration,
they never read the atlas,
they don't listen, they
complain about everything.
They want their mommies,
they want their asses wiped.
They should be
proud to have you.
Do you want me to
tell you who it is?
These are the component parts,
timer, initiator,
detonator, main charge.
The chemical residue
from inside the pipe
is being analysed and
we'll know tomorrow
what the explosive material was.
These are the parts of the
nine volt battery used.
Emma managed to find
all six cylinders.
Now, the timer.
I must admit, I
can't picture it.
Oh, don't worry,
I've made a bomb.
The alarm is set to go
off at a certain time
and it's rigged so that
when that time is reached
it completes an
electrical circuit.
Two wires to this battery,
that electrical shock
sets off the bomb.
The hands blown off, now
that could be showing
five to six or-
25 past 12.
Yeah, if they were
still moveable,
they'd be no use as a guide to
the timing, but they're not.
They're fused by heat at
the moment of the explosion,
there's smoke shadowing
and tiny bits of plastic
from the hands.
It was set for five to six.
It went off at five to seven.
Exactly.
The clocks went forward.
The bomber didn't
change the time.
What a mistake to make.
It's amateur.
So if we're saying that the
target was the Pilates class,
makes me think it's personal.
This is the epicentre.
It seems the bomb was in a
box, inside a sports bag,
stored in the cubby holes.
That's our next task.
We'll check those
for fingerprints.
Whoever set the device
could have put it there
anytime after five to
six in the morning.
The hall opens at
12 on a Sunday,
so they had a six hour window.
This is an impressive setup.
I'm happy for you to
undertake analytical work
here as needed.
Thank you.
And everyone was thinking,
"This is about this
priest from Rwanda,
someone's got it in for him
and they've set this bomb
to go off in the
middle of his talk."
And now it's looking like
it may be nothing to do
with that whatsoever.
Well, this is what happens.
Eh?
Well, it happens all the time,
I mean, you see on every
documentary on Netflix,
people banged up for years
for things they didn't do
because the experts
thought they knew
and didn't look
at anything else.
Yeah, but we did look
at something else.
Prof. Gordon worked
out from the evidence
that it wasn't what
people thought they knew.
Miscarriages of justice
happen all the time.
Yeah and men kill women and
get away with it all the time.
Look, you know what I think,
the fact is it was 19 years
ago, none of us were there,
none of us know what happened,
that's why we're having a trial.
Why do you keep defending him?
Because you want him to
be a murderer and I don't.
I don't want him to be one,
I just think he is one.
We need to be kind.
Tomorrow's a big day.
DCI McKinven says he still
doesn't sleep the night before.
What's the point of
telling you that?
I think it came
from a good place,
people are trying to prepare us.
It's the lawyers who
need to be prepared
and they are.
People shouldn't put
pressure on you to prepare
for something you
can't prepare for.
No one on earth knows what's
gonna happen in that court.
Anyone want tea?
No thanks, I said
I'd ring Julie.
Okay sweetheart.
Do you remember when we
took the caravan to Skye?
I do.
I keep thinking about
times when we were-
The happy family?
Me too.
I was thinking this morning
about the day you were born,
you know, you came
on fast, really fast.
Aye.
Your father was fantastic, kind.
I don't know how we got here.
I know he was a
philanderer, but... murder?
I don't want to be the guy
who gets his father put away.
Look, all you do is
you go into that court
and you tell the truth about
your wee piece of the puzzle,
that's all, because that's
all you have one wee piece,
that's it.
You don't put him away or
not, the judge or jury do.
Emma might be pregnant.
I hope to God she's not.
Jesus!
Jesus yourself, think!
What would you say to that
child when they want to know
about their granny
or their granddad?
You must not have a
baby with that girl,
you shouldn't even
be with that girl.
No good can come of it ever.
What time do they
want you in court?
After lunch.
Do you think Emma will be okay?
Who knows? I hope so.
Me too.
What's the Dean even doing
sniffing around on Facebook,
looking for student comments?
That's not her job.
Maybe she's marking
her territory,
maybe she feels insecure.
Just let her settle in.
Ambushing me in my office!
Why is she on my case?
I think she may be on
mine, she's fixated on
this new undergraduate course.
Has she asked you about it?
No.
Oh good, maybe she's moved on.
Anyway, I know who they are.
Who who are?
The group of first years
who find me unsatisfactory,
Erika told me.
Erika, your PhD?
It's fine, she's
great, I trust her.
I'm sure she is, but
this is your relationship
with your first years and you
need to be in charge of it,
just you.
You're right.
Can I ask your advice about
something a bit weird?
I think all that stuff
with Emma made us close
and well, we probably
developed a bit of a crush
on each other and things
were said and then
I didn't see him again
until the commendation.
And then he was there with
his drop dead gorgeous wife,
and it's so ridiculous,
I just behaved like
a jabbering arse.
Is that why you were
red in the face?
Yeah.
I thought it was from wine,
from the sulfites in wine.
No, it was for me being
embarrassed and jealous
and flustered and stupid.
And now he's asked me
not to ring him at night.
Should I say something to him?
Hold on.
What words were said?
You asked us all back to yours
and he said something like,
he wasn't gonna do that
'cause he might say
something foolish, and
I said something like,
"Oh, I would love that."
Is that it?
Yeah.
And you didn't see
each other again
until the commendation?
No.
Talk on the phone?
No.
So what do you wanna say to him?
His wife probably thinks
I'm infatuated with him
or something, but I'm not.
Just come clean.
Are you insane?! There's
nothing to come clean about.
What was his reason for asking
you to not call at night?
Work-life balance.
Good reason, I believe it.
So what do I do?
Nothing, Sarah, get a
grip, you do nothing.
You know why?
Because nothing happened.
God, you are so-
Stupid?
Catholic.
The chemical residue from
inside the pipes been analysed,
the explosive material
used was gunpowder.
Where would they get gunpowder?
Fireworks.
There's a tiny package
of gunpowder in each one,
you'd need to unwrap them,
empty them, amass the contents,
pack it inside the pipe.
How skilled you'd need to be?
Anyone could do it,
there's manuals online
if you know where to
look, there's 'cookbooks'.
Our guy didn't even have the
skill to set the time right.
Who says it's a guy?
Hm, he or she, had a
lot to think about.
With bombs it usually is
a he, but we can't say.
If you were gonna make a
bomb, this is one you'd make.
What tools would you need?
Basic tools, but useful for us.
Here are the tool marks at
the end of ne of the wires,
marks from pliers.
And this is a piece of wire
embedded in the victim.
It showed up when the
pathologist CT scanned his body.
Same tool marks, see, there's
a scratch across the ridge
made by the pincers
of the pliers.
You're looking for
that specific tool.
And then,
hashtag one,
could have been on
the wood before,
could be nothing to
do with anything.
It could be the bomber,
telling us this is a campaign.
So one of the women that
goes to the Pilates class,
she just got out of
this relationship with a
physically abusive guy.
He threatened to kill
her if she left him,
but we're getting him in.
If it's him, maybe we're
looking at a one off.
Right.
You don't think it's a one off?
I hope it is.
And with multiple devices,
they're often set to off
at the same time to scatter
the emergency response,
so that didn't happen, so...
Keep me in the loop.
I'll get my finished
report to you next week.
Sarah,
I think I might have
hurt your feelings.
No, you haven't.
Okay, just I thought our
conversation the other day,
maybe turned a wee bit awkward.
God.
We can handle a bit
of awkward, can't we?
I hope so.
Good.
So,
are we good?
We're good.
I'd hate for us not to be good.
Me too.
I'll see ya.
Bye.
Mr. MacAfee?
I love you.
I love you too.
When you go in, the witness
box is on your left-hand side.
Thanks.
Daniel MacAfee, do
wish to take the oath
or do you wish to have affirm?
Affirm.
Raise your right hand
and repeat after me.
I solemnly, sincerely and
truly declare and affirm.
I solemnly, sincerely and
truly declare and affirm.
That I shall tell the
truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
I shall tell the
truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
When you made this discovery
that your father had done
digging work two days after
the Tall Ships Festival,
why did you tell DI
McKinven about it?
I thought it might possibly
have something to do
with Marie Monroe's murder.
Did you think that your Father
had killed Marie Monroe?
I believed it was possible.
You believed your father
was capable of murder?
I thought it was a possibility,
at that point, yes.
Can we rewind a bit?
Can you give a brief
account of what happened
on the night of
September the 20th?
I came home from work and
saw Emma, my girlfriend,
hanging off my balcony,
which is three floors up.
My dad was stood on the balcony,
the guy in the flat below
helped Emma to safety,
and Emma reported my
dad to the police.
What for?
Threatening her to
the point where she
climbed over the balcony.
My dad said it was
a misunderstanding.
Did you believe him?
Yeah, because I trusted
him, at that time.
Why?
Because I loved him.
Has your father ever
been threatening to you?
Objection, M'Lord.
The relationship between
this witness and my client
is not on trial,
this is irrelevant.
Objection repelled.
I want to hear more
about the relationship
and I'm sure ladies and gentlemen
of the jury want to too.
As you were.
Has your father ever
been threatening to you?
Yes.
Before or after the
balcony incident?
After.
I asked him some
questions he didn't like.
I asked him about
cheating a client,
which I could prove he'd
done and I asked them about
being unfaithful to my
mother when she had cancer,
which my mom had
just told me about.
How did he threaten you?
You're the fucking little
prince of getting away with it.
You're a spoilt wee
bastard with no talent.
You can get to fuck!
Character assassination,
basically.
And he told me that if
I took him on, he'd win,
warning me off.
Had he ever verbally
attacked you before?
Never.
I've never seen
that side to him.
Did it make you
reconsider Emma's account
of the balcony incident?
Yes.
Can you describe the
side of your father
you hadn't seen before?
Someone who'll do
whatever it takes
to get what he wants or to get
out of what he doesn't want.
Why hadn't you seen it before?
Because I'd never
stood up to him before.
I thought he was perfect.
Do you want to take a break?
Okay.
You know, it's one thing
to say these things
in the comfort of the Procurator
Fiscals Office, it's a,
it's quite another to
say them in front of the
15 members of the jury.
Having doubts about your story?
You making it up?
No.
You feeling remorse?
No.
What's upsetting you?
I don't know.
We've heard how you
went from being son who,
who loved his father to a
son who thought his father
was capable of murder.
And this change of
heart was brought about
by a series of events,
which caused you to
revise your opinion
of your father.
Yes.
Yes, in fact, what brought
about this drastic u-turn,
and in a such a
short space of time,
was that you started a
relationship with Emma Hedges
and she turned your
world upside down.
Now, isn't that right?
Shit!