Witness No. 3 (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript

Thanks again for coming forward.

Those appeals for information,

a lot of people just
keep their heads down.

Honestly, it's...
it's not a problem.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Ah. Here we go. So
this is your statement.

It goes through everything you said
on the information line yesterday,

and then everything you
said to me just now.

Are you sure you can't
even give me a little clue?

At the moment we're just trying

to establish whether this
information is relevant.



OK, but so you know,

that when my son
asks, it's either

going to be 'bank heist'
or 'mafia drive-by'.

If you just take a quick
look over the statement,

to make sure
everything's accurate.

You've taken my name
and address off.

Yes, that's right. Why?

Erm, well at the
moment we're just happy

to keep your statement
on record and, then,

if things proceed we'll
put your name on it later.

Yeah, but... Why?

It's nothing to worry about.

It's very common, that's all.

Witness Number 3.



Glamorous.

See you in a few weeks.

Say hi to Dave
for me, yeah? Bye.

That one's my
favourite, definitely.

These are mine. Chuck
it in your mouth, then.

One, two, three, go.

That's so bad. That was so bad.

Aww. That was close.

I told you. Originals
are the best, innit?

None of that Nerd nonsense.

Will you miss it round here?

I don't know.

You've lived here all your life.

Yeh, but...

Well, I don't know. What?

Nothing? I just...

I don't know if I
like it here anymore.

Mine. You ain't
having any more.

One, two, three, four...

On the last one you did, you
need to be more round like this.

More round. One,
two, three, four...

Excuse me. Erm, sorry
to bother you, but...

Can I borrow your phone?

I've been locked out of my
flat, I need to call my brother.

Right, where do you live?

Literally just over there.

In Gladstone?

Yeah. Gladstone.

You see, somebodies
stole my keys,

so I need to call my brother.

I can pay you back.

Mum.

Yeah... Yeah.

Sure, erm, one second.

There you go.

What do you want for dinner
tonight? Erm, chicken nuggets.

Chicken nuggets, again? Yeah. You
can't have chicken nuggets again,

you had 'em last night. What?
You had them last night, no.

PHONE RINGS

No answer.

No? Do you wanna
try someone else?

Nah. You're all right.

Right. Good luck, yeah.

Yeah. Cheers.

Come on.

No to chicken nuggets.

Shepherd's pie.

Here you are, take these.

Wash your hands, please, and
homework before Xbox, yeah?

And make sure your inhaler's
in your bag for tomorrow.

RUNNING FOOTSTEPS

ENGINE REVVING

FADES INTO DISTANCE

Well, I haven't signed
anything yet, have I?

You couldn't wait
to get down there.

You only had to ask to stay
over, y'know. Oh, yeah?

Well, then, I can think twice
about letting you move in.

Oh, God, they've put a sign
up asking for information,

I mean, everyone
would do that, right?

Look, it's not a bad thing,
you're a good citizen.

I'm just saying, most people,
they keep their heads down,

keep their feedback
to themselves.

But you, you like to be in it,
don't you? Where the action is.

BANGING ON DOOR

Jodie...

BANGING Jodie?!

GASPS

We are finished.

No. Mirrors, sinks, bottles,
and then we are finished.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

You must be psyched to get
Kyle out of this place.

Yeah. I don't know. Maybe.

What, you think stick
around, work hard,

see if you can get him
into a really good gang?

PHONE RINGS

Jodie's, how can I help?

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

No-one there.

We encourage you to watch the
whole thing through once first.

Then after a second
or third viewing,

if you recognise
the man you saw,

you just tell me the number.

Make sense?

Sure.

It's like the worst
dating app ever.

Just let me know
when you're ready.

Ready.

So, did I get the right guy?

I can confirm that you
identified the same man,

we currently have in custody.

It's very helpful.

Right. Oh, well, that's good.

Now, if you don't
mind, I'd actually like

to clarify one or two things
that you said in your statement.

Yeah. So, you said that one of
the men was wearing a grey hoodie.

Erm, yeah. And you
could see that clearly?

Oh, well, I can remember
thinking it could do with

a quick wash, if I'm honest.

Oh, OK? Erm, might
have had a picture on

the back, now that
I'm thinking about it.

Oh, OK? Eyes, maybe.

A pair of eyes or something.

You're sure about that?
Erm, well, I think so, yeah.

KNOCK AT DOOR

OK. Thanks.

Now, your statement says
that the two men were quiet,

nothing was ever said?

Oh, well, I was inside so I
didn't hear. No shouting or...

No... No, definitely
no shouting.

The atmosphere didn't
seem tense at all?

Well, it was quick.
You know a few seconds.

And neither man was
holding anything,

as far as you could see?

Huh.

I don't think so.

You're sure about that?

Erm, well, what kind of thing?

Something like that?

Erm...

..no.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Oh, Ivan, yeah.

Now, as I explained
before, Mrs Packer,

now that you have successfully
identified our suspect,

you've become what we call
a 'Significant Witness',

which means we intend
to use your statement

to help build a case. PC
Barkas works locally here,

he's gonna be your
Witness Contact Officer.

So, any questions, concerns
or anything at all,

you go through him. Is that OK?

Erm, yeah, yeah, OK.

Erm, do you need me to
sign my statement yet?

No, not yet.

Erm, if and when we
charge a suspect,

we'll cross that bridge. OK?

OK, yeah.

I'll let PC Barkas show you out.

Yeah, thanks.

OK. Yeah.

You've cut your hair.

Sorry? And the nose ring?

It looks much better without it.

You don't know who I am, do you?

Nope. No that's fair enough.

Erm, I'm Ivan Barkas.

You went out with
my brother, Dan.

Shit, yeah.

Yeah, erm, Dan's little brother.

Yeah, I like to say younger
brother, but, yeah, yeah.

OK, erm...

Erm, Detective Whelan, she... she
mentioned other witnesses. Is...?

Two. Also placing the
suspect in the area.

OK.

Erm, I'll show you out.

Yeah.

He's gonna love it.

Can I ask you something?

Did you ever consider
moving in with us?

To the estate?

I have lived there
my whole life.

I mean, we never
even talked about it.

You don't need to feel guilty
that you've done well, Jodie.

I don't feel guilty.

Are you sure? Oh, shut
up. I don't feel guilty.

So you're happy, then?

Here we go.

I'm just saying.

What, Mum? What are
you just saying?

You think Paul's the one who's
made this decision for me?

Oh, this is one of
them with no sugar in.

I've told you before, if it says
'light', it won't get eaten.

I look after Kyle. I
look after the salon.

I look after you.

I've spent the last ten years
looking after everyone else,

so, yeah, yeah, having someone
who can take care of themselves

and, you're not gonna
believe this, but you know,

look after me every now and
again, is pretty bloody sweet.

Well, that's all I'm saying,
he can take care of himself.

How have you picked that
out of what I just said?

Did he offer to move here?

Oh, God. You don't know
what you're talking about.

Of course.

Look, I'm sorry, Mum, but what
do you expect me to do, eh?

Stay here my whole life
campaigning for new paint

for the community centre?

Well, would that be a bad thing?

I get it, OK, mum,
I get it, I do.

40 years ago they were gonna
knock down the playground in Atlee

and build a new car
park and you and Dad,

you and Dad went round
everyone, knocking on doors...

Yeah. Don't laugh.

..marched hand in hand
down to the council office

and got them to build
it somewhere else.

Yeah, well, that playground is
where you met half your friends.

Yeah, you got some leaflets printed
and it saved the bloody day,

didn't it? Mm.

So, what are you gonna
do, then, cut your losses?

Leave everybody to
fend for themselves?

How did that work out last time?

CARTOONS PLAY ON TV

PHONE BUZZES

PHONE BUZZES

PHONE BUZZES

This is the first one?

Yeah. Then about half an hour
later, all these came through.

And you don't
recognise the number?

No.

SCREAMING

LAUGHS MANICALLY

SCREAMS

OK.

You've forwarded them to me,

you've told me about the
boy who borrowed your phone.

I'll show the team.

And in the meantime...?

Try not to worry.

They will look into this.

Can you confirm this was the
hoodie worn by the man you saw?

Thank you for that, Jodie.

So, now that you've confirmed...

Was he killed?

I mean, he... he
is dead right?

And now, with your statement, we
can charge the man who did it.

What, the man I saw?

That's right.

Well, who is he?

He... he is part of the gang
on the estate, though, right?

There's still a lot that
we need to establish.

But what I can tell you, is
that now you've done this,

you've ID'd the hoodie,

we can move forward with
charging the suspect.

OK. And what that
means is you will now

need to sign your witness
statement in your own name.

That's a legal requirement
if we're going to submit

the statement as a
piece of evidence.

Now, I'm obliged to
make it clear to you

that once you've
signed this statement,

you will be compellable
to stand by it in court.

An eyewitness testimony
like yours, Jodie,

that's what's could
make or break this case.

Maybe we can give
Jodie a day or two?

To get her head
round everything?

Yeah.

Hello?

Speaking.

Yeah, he's my son.
What's... What's happened?

HEAVY BREATHING

SNIGGERING

You need to make sure your inhalers
in your bag when you go boxing.

It was in my bag.

Really? It was.

Then why is there
an ambulance here?

Look, I'm not saying
you can't join in.

I'm just saying you need
to be sensible, all right?

I know it's hard, I do,

but you just need to accept
there are some things...

..there are some things
that you can't do.

Yeah?

You scared me, all right?

So, do you know that park
out the back of school?

Yeah. Hmm.

Yeah, well, back in the day
there was this old caretaker.

And this caretaker killed
a girl at the school.

Chopped her up with
his saw or whatever

and buried her in that
park. All right, Kyle.

Well, a few days ago, me, Callum
and Mo were at the back of the park

and Callum was messing about
by the old caretaker's shed.

As a dare he tries the
door and it's unlocked.

So he sneaks in,
closes the door,

and he's in there for ages,

and when he comes out, he's
got this little piece of paper,

with a sketch map of
the park drawn on it,

with an X drawn in a corner.

So, soon as school's over,
we go to where the X is

and it's in this dark little
bit with trees and bushes

and everything, so we
climb over this bush,

and we see this half
buried sports bag,

in some plants and stuff,

so we pull it out

and its proper old, the
zips like falling apart.

We open it up and then we see...

HORN BLARES FROM PHONE

You idiot.

Callum did it to me.

I saw it coming.

Idiot.

So, how are you feeling?

Fine. For the thousandth time.

Ugh.

I got a ghost story.

Great. Yeah. Go on.

Yeah, you'll have to
come in real close,

cos I don't Wobble
Gobble to hear.

Have I told you the story
about Wobble Gobble?

Right, now, late at night,

if you go outside and you say the
words Wobble Gobble three times,

she'll hear you.

She's gonna get yer.

And then if you, if you say it
five times, well, she might go.

Do you wanna see?!

PHONE BUZZES

Erm, just leave it.

Go on keep talking about
Wobble Gobble whatever.

Finish your story.

So I met Wobble Gobble.

BUZZING

Kids, erm, go upstairs
for one second, yeah?

Now.

I don't understand, can't they trace
it or look into the account or...

I know... find the number who
sent the texts? It's frustrating.

It's not about being frustrated.

I mean...

..is this not serious?

Jodie, of course it is.
They're not ignoring this.

They are across this, OK?

They followed me, Ivan.

I know.

The things is, in
cases like this,

where there's maybe potential
for witness intimidation,

we have to apply for funds
to take special measures.

OK.

Right. Well, when they do that,
one of the things they look

for is potential other
sources of aggravation.

It's not... I don't even know
what you're talking about.

Your late husband,
Benjamin Redmond.

Now, I know he was
just an addict.

But what the system shows, is
that he is associated with a gang

and that he was arrested three
times on drug related charges.

This has nothing
to do with Benji.

OK?

OK. No... No, there are no
other sources of aggravation,

this here is the
source of aggravation.

Look. I know this is shit.

But from today, I'm going to
be keeping watch over you,

Kyle and your flat.

It's gonna be part of my beat.

And if I see anyone, or anything
that doesn't look right,

I'll be on it.

I didn't ask for this.

No, I know. I know.

I just looked out a window.

Do you live near here, then?

Excuse me?

You local? Erm, yeah.

I've just moved here.

Right.

You lived here long?

Yeah.

This is your place, isn't it?

What's with all the questions?

What?

Why do you wanna know?

Jodie. Why the fuck do you keep
asking me all these questions?

Excuse me? Jodie.

Sorry.

Are you scared?

Yeah.

My brother, he used to
sell a bit of weed, right,

just a bit of pocket money.

And last year, when
this lot came in,

they jumped him
outside of Nan's house.

Bunch of kids,

half his size, but there's
bare of them and they are wild,

like, vicious.

They dragged him down the road
and stabbed him in the shoulder,

and in the leg and in the neck.

Sliced his face so bad he
couldn't talk for a month.

Dee. You've done
loads for this estate.

Like taking people like
me, giving us a chance.

But this is bigger
than a few jobs.

If you can get 'em, Jodie,
then you need to get 'em.

Come here.

Did you find your inhaler?

No. It's definitely not in my
bag. Maybe I left it at school.

So have you got
much homework to do?

Erm, a few pieces.

OK. Do you have to
hand it in tomorrow?

POLICE WALKIE BEEPS

Hey. Sorry, I said I'd
be keeping an eye out.

Listen, have you
got two minutes?

Er, yeah. Kyle, go in love.

There's something
I need to tell you.

I don't understand, when?

Today. This morning.

Kyle. Will you turn that down or
turn it off, or something, love?

What happened? Look, I was just
told that the other two witnesses

are out, can't
use them any more.

Plus...

Plus what?

There was a newsagents.

The CCTV hard drive was blank.

There's nothing on it.

Listen, Jodie, if anyone asks,

I advised you to fully
co-operate, didn't I?

OK. Yeah.

This organisation, it ain't just
local, and it ain't just kids.

This is serious.

And the guy they're gonna
charge, he's somebody, OK?

We're talking high up.

Without other witnesses,
without the CCTV,

you are the difference between
him going down or walking free.

I guess I'm just saying,

no-one would think
any less of you.

At least, I won't, anyway.

You've not changed, you know.

Seriously. Just how I remember.

Yeah. Just the Ms Dynamite
tracksuit gone, eh?

Dan was heartbroken
when you dumped him.

Ah, we were barely going out.

He cried in his room for weeks.

Maybe I was a bit harsh.

I mean, we were young.

What would you do?

If you were me,
what would you do?

I can't answer that.

BANGING ON DOOR

You OK?

Yeah.

Listen, I'm not going
to sign the statement.

All this stuff is going to go away
now, OK? All the police stuff.

So you don't need to
be stressed about it.

I don't know if you
were stressed by it...

I wasn't.

It's OK. I knew you'd pull out.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You've got to accept there are
some things you can't do. Right?

Right.

PHONE BUZZES

SHOUTING

Oh... Oh.

I hope you've got insurance.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

GROANS

SOBS

SCREAMS

Kyle?! Kyle?!

WHISTLE

DIALLING

PHONE RINGS

I won't let you scare me off.

I'm signing the statement.

WHISTLES

Believe you me, it
was one of them.

Who are you and why are
you saying this to me?

I'm looking for Tyler Osho.

He ain't gonna change his mind.

I am gonna do what
everyone else would do,

I am gonna close the door,
I am gonna lock the windows,

and hope the whole
thing goes away.

We're already inside.

They're trying to unsettle you.

This is our chance to
finally get rid of 'em.

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