The Silence s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
You saw a murder.
Don't you think you should have said something?! You're getting her to do police work?! You've undermined the investigation.
She's my niece.
She's a key witness in a Class A murder investigation! Where is she? We'll find her.
What am I supposed to do? Sit around and wait until I hear she's dead? You leave my family alone! Your ego may well have screwed this investigation.
I'm prepared to take the rap for what I've done.
SILENCE Can I have a lift to the next town? Hop in.
Thank you.
She's 18.
She's blonde, er, some time maybe this afternoon.
No, she wouldn't have had, er, any identification on her.
She's deaf.
OK, OK, thanks.
Yeah, no, I've tried Paulton Hospital.
Yeah, OK, thanks.
I was wondering if you could help me, I'm trying to find my daughter, Amelia Edwards.
How did Amelia see the tapes? ErmI brought them home to look at them.
And she .
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she was watching over my shoulder.
And I could tell that she was able to lip read what they were saying.
And I knew that she knew Rocky, because she knew him from the gym.
HE SIGHS I'm sorry.
I haven't slept for about a week.
My brain is just not coming together.
I I sent the surveillance tapes to Robyn Sebold, a sign reader, who declared them unreadable.
I later discovered that Peter MacKinnon and Robyn Sebold were in a relationship together, and my investigation led me to believe that Peter MacKinnon's Drug Squad at Bristol Police were corrupt.
But you didn't mention this to your boss? Not straightaway, no.
Why not? Because I wanted to be sure of my facts before I said anything.
Where are the surveillance tapes now? I left them with my boss, Frank Evans.
So what happens now? We'll set up an office at Bristol Police first thing in the morning to start investigating your allegations.
SILENCE Thank you.
You witnessed a murder.
When? Ten days ago.
And it wasn't here in Somerset? Would you be able to identify the person or people involved? I can identify one of them.
Can you give me his? Her? His.
Can you give me his name? How do you expect me to validate anything you're saying? I won't give you any names until I know I'm safe.
She's scared about something.
I think she's a runaway.
DOOR SLAMS SHU You didn't find Amelia? What's going to happen to Tom? Erget him out on bail later today.
And the charge? He's going to jail.
I went to Professional Standards.
What, just now? They'll start investigating the corruption right away.
But what about Frank? The only way that I can think of saving Amelia is to get them on the corruption as soon as possible.
Are you going to be arrested for not declaring Amelia? I don't know.
HE KNOCKS AGAIN I've just been at your door.
Listen, I don't want to talk to you.
No, wait, Rocky, look - I'm not wearing a wire.
I can help you if you help me.
You have to trust me.
Mac and Lee know who the witness is.
Who? Amelia, my niece.
She's the witness that saw Jane murdered.
You're a pawn, Rocky.
I don't know what you're talking about! Wait, Rocky! Rocky! .
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that's what we do, that's what we get paid for.
Yes, Professional Standards have been called in, so you co-operate, you answer the questions you're asked, but the investigation has got to be our focus.
All right, thanks very much.
They're going to take people in one by one and start asking questions.
Can I have a word? No matter what happens, don't tell anybody anything about Amelia or anything else that I've involved you in, otherwise you'll get done for corruption.
Do you understand me? Yes or no? Why didn't you wait and speak to me first? You've just killed your career.
I'm not going to let Peter MacKinnon get away with murder.
You've got jack-shit on Mac for the murder of Jane Shilliday.
You know that Amelia's identification of Lee will never stand up in court.
I've got evidence of his squad's corruption.
No, you have got a couple of surveillance tapes with Rocky.
You're not going to get Mac on that! I will GET Peter MacKinnon! You will be crucified when they find out it was you.
Everybody's got something to hide.
So I can't protect you on this.
Not any more.
What did you say? I'll give her one more shot and try to get through to her.
Please can I have a sign interpreter? I'm tired.
And I'm not understanding everything you say.
Do you use hearing aids? I have a cochlear implant.
A what? I had an operation to help me hear.
Never heard of it.
Well, look it up on the internet.
How come you're not wearing one now? I was running away from the person who was going to murder me! Look, you won't tell me your name.
You won't give me any details about the murder that you SAY you've witnessed.
Wait! Whoa It's all right, it's all right.
It's OK.
Now, justjust sit down, please.
You got anything to say? What? I just spent the night in jail.
You all right? You're such a shit.
Well, what do you want me to say? Forget about it.
I'm sorry?! For God's sake, Tom! You don't understand what is going on, son.
That's it? This isn't just about you! Were you in the cell all night?! All right, OK.
Tom, I'm sorry.
You're going to have to trust me.
Can you promise me I'm not going to jail? I'll do everything I can.
TOM SCOFFS Tom, no, don't, don't walk away.
Leave me alone! You've really lost it.
You know that? I don't want any of this shit! There's been an allegation of corruption in the Bristol Police Force.
This is about Jim Edwards, isn't it? We know he came to see you last night.
Obviously, we would prefer to keep his name out of the investigation if possible.
Sure, you'll need to protect him.
To be honest, I feel like this is my fault.
What do you mean? Well, I mean that I should never have let him take on both investigations.
A couple of men from his squad have come to me in private, and these people have .
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they've got concerns about him.
What kind of concerns? About his judgement, that it's become clouded and about his obsession with the Drug Squad.
Now, Jim gave me a tape that he'd made with his niece, Amelia.
It's all about her witnessing the murder of Jane Shilliday.
And Jim .
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he tried to imply that it was Pete MacKinnon and Lee Griggson.
Did you agree to pursue this line of investigation? No.
It's difficult to believe that Pete MacKinnon's team are anything like corrupt when you know the work that they've been doing, let alone that they would have the motivation to kill a fellow police officer.
Do you still have the tape? Yes.
Er, yes, I'll give it to you.
Do you also have in your possession CCTV surveillance tapes of Rocky Smith and his informant? All evidentiary CCTV footage should be in the evidence room.
There's obviously a problem here.
Have you heard about his son? Tom? Are you all right? Oh, my God! Look, we will sort this out, Tom.
Yeah, whatever.
No, not whatever.
No, and it's not going to be happy ever after, either! DOOR SLAMS Looking good.
Thanks, man.
Give us a minute, will you? Sure.
All right, Rocky.
Listen, I haven't said anything.
All right? Yeah, man.
How you feeling about the match? Yeah, good.
We want you to know that we're here to support you.
Whatever you need, you let us know.
Anything.
Listen, mindfulness and focus is the key to success in the ring.
Your heart and will are under control.
You have to be sure your mind is there, too.
My mind is there.
Good.
Now, you keep that mindfulness and focus pointed in the right direction.
You could be king of the world.
You can spend the next couple of days here while we take your statement.
Unfortunately, we can't get a sign interpreter until tomorrow, so we'll start first thing.
You're safe here.
I'll have an officer outside the door the whole time.
Is there someone you need to contact? What happens to me when I give you their names? Hopefu Hopefully, we'll nab the perpetrators.
Hopefully? We're not allowed to give witnesses false security, so no, I can't guarantee that we will.
That doesn't make me want to tell you anything.
Look, if we believe that your life is in danger we can put you in a witness protection scheme.
We'll change your name, your identity.
I can't do that to my parents.
I just rang St Catherine's.
Why would she go back to that awful place? You were the only one who didn't like it.
What do you think our lives would have been like if you had accepted it? Accepted what? What are you talking about? I'm talking about what having Amelia has done to you.
To us.
Chris, you just You sat in your chair, reading your paper, reading a book, shutting everything out.
The silence never bothered me.
Is that how you wanted me to accept it? As part of Gary Roach's murder investigation, Terry Johns asked me to translate the surveillance tapes.
Can you recall what you saw on the tapes? As far as I remember, the footage in question showed no significant or substantial information.
Do you think you could have underestimated the footage? I hope I am meticulous when it comes to interpreting information.
I won't "imagine" anything I cannot see.
I'm sure you are aware there are continuing questions about the reliability of turning video footage into convincing evidence? What happened to those surveillance tapes once you finished translating them? I returned the tapes to that same Murder Squad.
There's a rumour going around that you keep anti-anxiety medication in your drawer.
What are you talking about? When you got Tom out of the custody suite, Frank came in and told everyone to tell the truth about you, about the way you've been behaving.
Not to be scared.
Everyone out there thinks you've lost it, Jim.
And that's what they're telling Professional Standards.
Jesus Christ.
Er, who's been in my office? Ah, come on, answer me.
Hey? Who did it?! Answer me! Who's been in my office?! Jim Mac! Where is he? Where's he hiding? You called Professional Standards.
You'd blow the whistle on your own home turf? I know what you're doing.
That your idea? Is that how you think you can win? By making me look crazy? You think that's how you can stop this investigation? I'm not playing a game.
Well, it won't work, because I don't care what kind of dirty tricks you think you can play, I'll never stop.
I'll never give up until you go down for what you've done.
Careful what you wish for! We need to keep tabs on him.
Do not say anything in that room or anywhere else in that building! Use your brain! If Professional Standards are investigating corruption then the whole place is probably wired! Do you understand? Do - you - understand?! If they keep investigating, they will find a crack.
We have to shut this thing down.
Now.
We've checked the informant log books.
There's a lot of drugs and money coming in and out of this squad.
We're constantly exposed to opportunity - the informants, the drugs, the money.
Plus, we're always arresting criminals, who are then released on technicalities.
So I can see the temptation.
I understand how and why it happens.
That is why I talk to my team about it time and time again.
And you're not tempted? Sure.
Sure, I'm tempted.
I'd be a saint if I wasn't.
But I always saw my position in Drug Squad as an opportunity to achieve.
And I am doing the best I can.
And I can't deny it makes me feel good when we get a good result.
What was it like? What do you think? Were you in an actual cell? Did some fat, hairy geezer try and pummel you? No, this isn't some sort of joke! How pissed are you? You know, I sat in the corner of that cell all night, just thinking about all the shit things that had ever happened to me.
Like when I made Nazifa Basa lift up her dress and her brother beat the shit out of me.
JOEL SNIGGERS Dad was supposed to come and collect me after the incident.
I sat in the room with the teacher and waited for him, and he never showed up.
Look, he'll get the charges dropped.
How? You know Amelia's totally disappeared? Yeah, I've heard.
Has she tried to contact you? Does Ely have a gun? Do you even get what's happening? Can you talk us through the CCTV footage again? Why? Frank Evans has denied having it in his possession.
We've interviewed Robyn Sebold who has told us she did her best to interpret the information, and alleged there was nothing significant on the tapes.
We've checked the evidence room.
You were the last person to have signed out the CCTV tapes.
Frank Evans has the tapes.
He's denied this.
The only tape Evans gave us is one of your niece giving evidence of a murder you say she witnessed.
Yeah, the Jane Shilliday murder.
As you did not bring her in for questioning immediately, this could be misconstrued as a strategy to convince us the Drug Squad are corrupt.
A strategy? Your daughter Sophie - is it true she's in a relationship with a known drug dealer? Can you answer the question? She is in an on-off relationship with a DJ called Ely, someone I've never liked.
Did you know he was a known drug dealer? No! And your son Tom was arrested for joint conspiracy to supply controlled drugs.
Yes.
As I told you before, he was fitted up.
Peter MacKinnon was the arresting officer.
Accusing Peter MacKinnon's team for corruption could appear as payback.
Look, Peter MacKinnon went to my wife's place of work, Lee Griggson arrived at my brother's house to intimidate my niece.
She can identify and place him at Jane Shilliday's murder! During this time, Peter MacKinnon framed my son with drugs! LookI didn't follow proper police procedure.
I'm guilty of that.
I didn't bring my niece forward as a witness after I discovered that, and I have put my career on the line to try and right that wrong, but it's Peter MacKinnon's squad that are corrupt.
It's his team that are guilty of committing a murder! OK, Jim.
I can see you're upset.
Upset?! I didn't bring you people in here so you could bloody well accuse me! I brought you in here to help me! DOOR SLAMS DOOR OPENS Where's Tom? He's downstairs.
No, erm, look, I think he's asleep.
How is he? Well, he's very upset.
So how did it go with Professional Standards? Yeah, Frank's denied having the surveillance tapes.
What? Why would he do that? I don't know.
I've been trying to figure that out myself.
But your team, your team will back you up, right? Oh, God.
This is terrible.
I can't do it on my own, Maggie.
Please tell me this is going to be OK.
I, I can't.
HE SOBS You're shaking.
I'm sorry.
What's happened? Is it Amelia? No.
No, there's no news.
What, do you think that that they have her? I think she's been clever enough to find somewhere she feels safe.
Right.
You know, on the way out to Chris and Anne's the other day, Amelia asked me why I was so tough on you.
Erm, it's, it's not something You know, we always joke about your first word being "why".
It gets pretty relentless when you've got a kid that challenges you all the time.
And if I've been tough on you because you question the way I do things, I'm sorry.
I don't care that you were tough on me.
I care that you were never around.
OK.
I need to hear that.
Go to your bed.
SILENCE What are you doing here!? I locked that door.
We've been knocking, but you didn't You gave me a phone! Text me.
Sorry.
Erm, the signer's arrived, and we'd like to set the room up to take your statement, so, when you're ready.
Sorry.
DOOR CLOSES Can you just pass me the jam? It's apricot! What kind of bread is this? Is there no strawberry jam? Do I have to go to school today? No.
Yes! Mum, have we got any strawberry jam? Can I use the honey after you? Can I go to the gym? No.
What? But we're setting up for the English Champs, tonight.
I don't want you to leave the house.
Are you going to go to work? Yep.
I don't think that's a good idea.
Everything I care about is in this house.
And I'm going to do everything I can to protect it.
MURMUR OF VOICES MURMUR SUBSIDES You're a bunch of bloody sheep, the lot of you.
Baaaaaaa! SILENCE This is Robyn, our sign interpreter.
SIGNING TRANSLATED: Right, almost ready.
Are you going to the English championships tonight? Watch Rocky Smith get his arse kicked by Lewis.
He's got no chance! Rocky is a stand out for the English Champs.
Rubbish.
Rocky works with my boyfriend.
Jim, I think you should know, Rocky's gone AWOL.
No-one knows where he is.
He didn't show up for his interview.
Is that the Drug Squad holding him back? No, the Drug Squad say it's nothing to do with it.
He's just hyped up about tonight.
So, then, it's Rocky.
He's scared he's going to break in his interview with Professional Standards.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS Jim, I want to go back in to Professional Standards.
Tell them the truth.
Chris.
She what? Where is she? No, erm, I can get there quicker than you can, anyway.
I'll bring her back to Bristol.
No, you start driving over to my house and - and send me Amelia's number.
Amelia's made contact.
I've got to go and get her.
Jim I can't tell you what to do.
I don't want you to lose your career as well.
I don't see why we can't pick her up ourselves.
Jim's closer and it'll be quicker for him.
I don't trust this situation.
He'll bring her straight to Bristol.
I don't see why we have to listen to him.
Will you stop? We've found her.
She's OK.
I want to know as soon as Rocky turns up.
You hear anything, you let me know.
He's on the move.
We're all waiting for you upstairs.
I lied to you.
There was no murder.
I made the whole thing up.
You lied? Why?! I ran away from home.
Is there something happening at home that you don't want to go back to? I can't help you unless you talk to me! I'm sorry.
You've wasted a lot of time and money.
I'll get one of my officers to drop you home.
No! Find out where she lives and take her home.
Let her know she may be charged with wasting police resources.
Yes, sir.
Tom.
Where are you going? Out.
Look, Ely was on one of the tapes that Dad made Amelia watch.
Ely? Yep.
He's a drug dealer.
He's not that big a drug dealer.
Yeah, well he must know something about those cops.
Good police work.
I have to do something.
I can't just sit around all day.
I'm coming with you.
Just let me get my coat.
Let's go.
Could you not hear me calling you? Where are the others? I dunno.
Oh, come on.
Tell me where they are.
I didn't even know they'd left the house! Jim's on his way to get Amelia.
Oh, where did he find her? She's in Somerset.
Why she in Somerset? I don't know.
Now, come on, clear up this mess.
Chris and Anne are on their way over.
You do know it's the English Champs tonight? Yeah.
Forget it.
Argggh! I can't tell you what a relief it is to see you.
I know why you didn't take me to the police station.
I'm sorry I ran away, but I didn't know what else to do.
OK, OK.
It's all right.
They followed me.
Right, come on.
I'll take the stairs.
Here! Shit.
Here, go upstairs.
Lee, check down there.
SHE GASPS I need you to go to the police and tell them to take you back to Bristol.
I need to protect you from them.
I don't want to leave you.
You need to be safe.
I need you to do what I'm asking.
It'll be easier for me to deal with them on my own.
What happens when I get to Bristol? I will meet you there.
I'm scared.
Rocky is close to opening up about the corruption.
And when that happens, those men they'll be put away.
Do you know how impressed I am by you? What you've learned? The impact you've had on my family, on Tom? What you've taught me? WHISPERS: I want you to go downstairs and wait there for five minutes.
Then come back up and if you can't see me, then go.
What a surprise.
I don't know what you're talking about.
My whole family is being destroyed.
My dad's been set up.
I'm on a drugs charge.
I'm going to jail.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS Who's that, new boyfriend? It's Mum.
Have you got a new boyfriend? Can you please just tell us if you know something?! All right.
I knew Rocky from boxing days when we were teenagers.
Yeah, and? Yeah, and .
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he set me up with Gary Roach when I needed a bit of shopping.
He was safe, the police looked after him.
Right, you heard of Mac? Yeah.
Mac's the one who pulls the strings.
But not many people know about that.
He's the one who fitted me up.
Yeah, well, they're bent, buddy.
That's what happens.
Would you say that in court? MOBILE PHONE RINGS AGAIN Tommy word ain't going to be worth shit if they can prove I've been dealing.
It's Mum again.
We've got to go.
Babe, I really miss you.
I can't do this now.
Please.
Get lost.
I don't want to hear any excuses, Sophie.
I want to see you walk through that front door within the next ten minutes! Tea? Hi, are you OK? No, no, I'm not OK, I'm absolutely furious with my children.
Er, take me out of that statement.
Tom and Sophie decided to sneak out without telling me.
TEXT MESSAGE ALER Oh, sorry.
It's Amelia.
It says, "Have you heard from Jim?" What? "I'm with police.
" Isn't he with her? "They're bringing me to M and J's.
"J was followed, said, 'See you back there.
' " 'DI Jim Edwards.
'Leave me a message, and I'll get back to you as quick as I can.
' It's me, erm, just call me back.
Where is he now? 'Hello?' Hi, Terry, erm, it's, it's Maggie.
Erm, have you, have you heard from Jim? 'He went to collect Amelia.
Is everything all right?' No, it's OK.
'Sure?' Yeah, it's OK.
'OK.
Bye.
' "No word from Jim.
" Excuse me, I have to get to Rocky.
He's at the Boxing Club.
It's down Lafferty Street.
I've been given orders to take you home.
I know I'm supposed to be going home, but I need to go there, now.
OK.
Thank you.
No pushing.
There's a queue here, get to the back.
Back! Get in the queue like the rest of us.
Open the door! Open the door! Where are they?! What have they done? Whoa.
Calm down.
How did you get in here? They've got Jim.
Who? Mac and Lee, they've got my uncle.
No, no, no, no, I can't deal with this right now.
When are you going to wake up? They killed your girlfriend! No, no.
No, they didn't.
I saw them.
They drove into her and then they reversed.
Will you stop Listen, I'm sorry, OK? I can't help you.
Why did you become a policeman? Piss off.
When are you going to stand up to them? What is it going to take? I don't know where they are! Get her out of here, and now! All right, come on, out you go.
What's happened? Where's Amelia? She should be here by now.
When was the last time you spoke to him? Have you spoken to Terry? Yeah, but he hasn't heard anything.
Where were you guys? Why do I feel so scared? TEXT MESSAGE ALER She's, she's at the boxing club? Where's the boxing Lafferty Street.
Is Jim with her? No.
She wants us to collect her.
Do you want me to stay here? No, no, no.
Go, go.
Listen, I'll let you know if we hear anything.
OK! MOBILE PHONE RINGS PHONE STOPS RINGING It's all my fault.
Jim's gone, and it's all my fault.
Darling, it's not your fault.
Tonight, we are going to witness the most anticipated match of the year.
Who will be king of the ring? We have ten rounds of boxing to find that out.
Are you ready? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 'Can you give me the approximate time that you cut your wrists?' 'Jim?' I'm here.
'The ambulance isn't far, Jim.
We need you to stay on the phone 'and give us your exact location.
' Did you call the police? 'The police are on the way.
' I didn't cut them.
Looks like I've suicided, but I haven't.
They drugged me.
'Who drugged you?' Peter MacKinnon and Lee Griggson.
'Peter MacKinnon and Lee Griggson drugged you.
'Stay with us, Jim.
' I want to call my wife.
'We've called your wife, Jim.
' Don't let my kids believe it.
Oh, my God! He's my husband, Jim, Jim Edwards.
Jim? Love, he's unconscious right now, so he can't talk.
Oh, Jim.
He has got some injuries, but we've got it under control.
Has he been under any pressure lately, stress, depressed? What has that got to do with this? He is going to be OK, but he has cut his wrists.
He slit his wrists? No! No, someone did this to him.
It wasn't suicide.
Listen to me, he's going to be OK.
Would you like to come to the hospital with us? Yeah.
Come on.
You go, you go with thepolice.
Do you have my implant? IMPLANT BUZZES MUFFLED ECHOING What's happening? I think they're shouting somebody's name.
MUFFLED CHANTING: Rocky! Rocky! Rocky! Put this on.
Let's go, sweetheart.
I'll do what I can.
Ladies and gentlemen, silence, please.
Rocky Smith will not be competing in the English Championships tonight.
BOOING
Don't you think you should have said something?! You're getting her to do police work?! You've undermined the investigation.
She's my niece.
She's a key witness in a Class A murder investigation! Where is she? We'll find her.
What am I supposed to do? Sit around and wait until I hear she's dead? You leave my family alone! Your ego may well have screwed this investigation.
I'm prepared to take the rap for what I've done.
SILENCE Can I have a lift to the next town? Hop in.
Thank you.
She's 18.
She's blonde, er, some time maybe this afternoon.
No, she wouldn't have had, er, any identification on her.
She's deaf.
OK, OK, thanks.
Yeah, no, I've tried Paulton Hospital.
Yeah, OK, thanks.
I was wondering if you could help me, I'm trying to find my daughter, Amelia Edwards.
How did Amelia see the tapes? ErmI brought them home to look at them.
And she .
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she was watching over my shoulder.
And I could tell that she was able to lip read what they were saying.
And I knew that she knew Rocky, because she knew him from the gym.
HE SIGHS I'm sorry.
I haven't slept for about a week.
My brain is just not coming together.
I I sent the surveillance tapes to Robyn Sebold, a sign reader, who declared them unreadable.
I later discovered that Peter MacKinnon and Robyn Sebold were in a relationship together, and my investigation led me to believe that Peter MacKinnon's Drug Squad at Bristol Police were corrupt.
But you didn't mention this to your boss? Not straightaway, no.
Why not? Because I wanted to be sure of my facts before I said anything.
Where are the surveillance tapes now? I left them with my boss, Frank Evans.
So what happens now? We'll set up an office at Bristol Police first thing in the morning to start investigating your allegations.
SILENCE Thank you.
You witnessed a murder.
When? Ten days ago.
And it wasn't here in Somerset? Would you be able to identify the person or people involved? I can identify one of them.
Can you give me his? Her? His.
Can you give me his name? How do you expect me to validate anything you're saying? I won't give you any names until I know I'm safe.
She's scared about something.
I think she's a runaway.
DOOR SLAMS SHU You didn't find Amelia? What's going to happen to Tom? Erget him out on bail later today.
And the charge? He's going to jail.
I went to Professional Standards.
What, just now? They'll start investigating the corruption right away.
But what about Frank? The only way that I can think of saving Amelia is to get them on the corruption as soon as possible.
Are you going to be arrested for not declaring Amelia? I don't know.
HE KNOCKS AGAIN I've just been at your door.
Listen, I don't want to talk to you.
No, wait, Rocky, look - I'm not wearing a wire.
I can help you if you help me.
You have to trust me.
Mac and Lee know who the witness is.
Who? Amelia, my niece.
She's the witness that saw Jane murdered.
You're a pawn, Rocky.
I don't know what you're talking about! Wait, Rocky! Rocky! .
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that's what we do, that's what we get paid for.
Yes, Professional Standards have been called in, so you co-operate, you answer the questions you're asked, but the investigation has got to be our focus.
All right, thanks very much.
They're going to take people in one by one and start asking questions.
Can I have a word? No matter what happens, don't tell anybody anything about Amelia or anything else that I've involved you in, otherwise you'll get done for corruption.
Do you understand me? Yes or no? Why didn't you wait and speak to me first? You've just killed your career.
I'm not going to let Peter MacKinnon get away with murder.
You've got jack-shit on Mac for the murder of Jane Shilliday.
You know that Amelia's identification of Lee will never stand up in court.
I've got evidence of his squad's corruption.
No, you have got a couple of surveillance tapes with Rocky.
You're not going to get Mac on that! I will GET Peter MacKinnon! You will be crucified when they find out it was you.
Everybody's got something to hide.
So I can't protect you on this.
Not any more.
What did you say? I'll give her one more shot and try to get through to her.
Please can I have a sign interpreter? I'm tired.
And I'm not understanding everything you say.
Do you use hearing aids? I have a cochlear implant.
A what? I had an operation to help me hear.
Never heard of it.
Well, look it up on the internet.
How come you're not wearing one now? I was running away from the person who was going to murder me! Look, you won't tell me your name.
You won't give me any details about the murder that you SAY you've witnessed.
Wait! Whoa It's all right, it's all right.
It's OK.
Now, justjust sit down, please.
You got anything to say? What? I just spent the night in jail.
You all right? You're such a shit.
Well, what do you want me to say? Forget about it.
I'm sorry?! For God's sake, Tom! You don't understand what is going on, son.
That's it? This isn't just about you! Were you in the cell all night?! All right, OK.
Tom, I'm sorry.
You're going to have to trust me.
Can you promise me I'm not going to jail? I'll do everything I can.
TOM SCOFFS Tom, no, don't, don't walk away.
Leave me alone! You've really lost it.
You know that? I don't want any of this shit! There's been an allegation of corruption in the Bristol Police Force.
This is about Jim Edwards, isn't it? We know he came to see you last night.
Obviously, we would prefer to keep his name out of the investigation if possible.
Sure, you'll need to protect him.
To be honest, I feel like this is my fault.
What do you mean? Well, I mean that I should never have let him take on both investigations.
A couple of men from his squad have come to me in private, and these people have .
.
they've got concerns about him.
What kind of concerns? About his judgement, that it's become clouded and about his obsession with the Drug Squad.
Now, Jim gave me a tape that he'd made with his niece, Amelia.
It's all about her witnessing the murder of Jane Shilliday.
And Jim .
.
he tried to imply that it was Pete MacKinnon and Lee Griggson.
Did you agree to pursue this line of investigation? No.
It's difficult to believe that Pete MacKinnon's team are anything like corrupt when you know the work that they've been doing, let alone that they would have the motivation to kill a fellow police officer.
Do you still have the tape? Yes.
Er, yes, I'll give it to you.
Do you also have in your possession CCTV surveillance tapes of Rocky Smith and his informant? All evidentiary CCTV footage should be in the evidence room.
There's obviously a problem here.
Have you heard about his son? Tom? Are you all right? Oh, my God! Look, we will sort this out, Tom.
Yeah, whatever.
No, not whatever.
No, and it's not going to be happy ever after, either! DOOR SLAMS Looking good.
Thanks, man.
Give us a minute, will you? Sure.
All right, Rocky.
Listen, I haven't said anything.
All right? Yeah, man.
How you feeling about the match? Yeah, good.
We want you to know that we're here to support you.
Whatever you need, you let us know.
Anything.
Listen, mindfulness and focus is the key to success in the ring.
Your heart and will are under control.
You have to be sure your mind is there, too.
My mind is there.
Good.
Now, you keep that mindfulness and focus pointed in the right direction.
You could be king of the world.
You can spend the next couple of days here while we take your statement.
Unfortunately, we can't get a sign interpreter until tomorrow, so we'll start first thing.
You're safe here.
I'll have an officer outside the door the whole time.
Is there someone you need to contact? What happens to me when I give you their names? Hopefu Hopefully, we'll nab the perpetrators.
Hopefully? We're not allowed to give witnesses false security, so no, I can't guarantee that we will.
That doesn't make me want to tell you anything.
Look, if we believe that your life is in danger we can put you in a witness protection scheme.
We'll change your name, your identity.
I can't do that to my parents.
I just rang St Catherine's.
Why would she go back to that awful place? You were the only one who didn't like it.
What do you think our lives would have been like if you had accepted it? Accepted what? What are you talking about? I'm talking about what having Amelia has done to you.
To us.
Chris, you just You sat in your chair, reading your paper, reading a book, shutting everything out.
The silence never bothered me.
Is that how you wanted me to accept it? As part of Gary Roach's murder investigation, Terry Johns asked me to translate the surveillance tapes.
Can you recall what you saw on the tapes? As far as I remember, the footage in question showed no significant or substantial information.
Do you think you could have underestimated the footage? I hope I am meticulous when it comes to interpreting information.
I won't "imagine" anything I cannot see.
I'm sure you are aware there are continuing questions about the reliability of turning video footage into convincing evidence? What happened to those surveillance tapes once you finished translating them? I returned the tapes to that same Murder Squad.
There's a rumour going around that you keep anti-anxiety medication in your drawer.
What are you talking about? When you got Tom out of the custody suite, Frank came in and told everyone to tell the truth about you, about the way you've been behaving.
Not to be scared.
Everyone out there thinks you've lost it, Jim.
And that's what they're telling Professional Standards.
Jesus Christ.
Er, who's been in my office? Ah, come on, answer me.
Hey? Who did it?! Answer me! Who's been in my office?! Jim Mac! Where is he? Where's he hiding? You called Professional Standards.
You'd blow the whistle on your own home turf? I know what you're doing.
That your idea? Is that how you think you can win? By making me look crazy? You think that's how you can stop this investigation? I'm not playing a game.
Well, it won't work, because I don't care what kind of dirty tricks you think you can play, I'll never stop.
I'll never give up until you go down for what you've done.
Careful what you wish for! We need to keep tabs on him.
Do not say anything in that room or anywhere else in that building! Use your brain! If Professional Standards are investigating corruption then the whole place is probably wired! Do you understand? Do - you - understand?! If they keep investigating, they will find a crack.
We have to shut this thing down.
Now.
We've checked the informant log books.
There's a lot of drugs and money coming in and out of this squad.
We're constantly exposed to opportunity - the informants, the drugs, the money.
Plus, we're always arresting criminals, who are then released on technicalities.
So I can see the temptation.
I understand how and why it happens.
That is why I talk to my team about it time and time again.
And you're not tempted? Sure.
Sure, I'm tempted.
I'd be a saint if I wasn't.
But I always saw my position in Drug Squad as an opportunity to achieve.
And I am doing the best I can.
And I can't deny it makes me feel good when we get a good result.
What was it like? What do you think? Were you in an actual cell? Did some fat, hairy geezer try and pummel you? No, this isn't some sort of joke! How pissed are you? You know, I sat in the corner of that cell all night, just thinking about all the shit things that had ever happened to me.
Like when I made Nazifa Basa lift up her dress and her brother beat the shit out of me.
JOEL SNIGGERS Dad was supposed to come and collect me after the incident.
I sat in the room with the teacher and waited for him, and he never showed up.
Look, he'll get the charges dropped.
How? You know Amelia's totally disappeared? Yeah, I've heard.
Has she tried to contact you? Does Ely have a gun? Do you even get what's happening? Can you talk us through the CCTV footage again? Why? Frank Evans has denied having it in his possession.
We've interviewed Robyn Sebold who has told us she did her best to interpret the information, and alleged there was nothing significant on the tapes.
We've checked the evidence room.
You were the last person to have signed out the CCTV tapes.
Frank Evans has the tapes.
He's denied this.
The only tape Evans gave us is one of your niece giving evidence of a murder you say she witnessed.
Yeah, the Jane Shilliday murder.
As you did not bring her in for questioning immediately, this could be misconstrued as a strategy to convince us the Drug Squad are corrupt.
A strategy? Your daughter Sophie - is it true she's in a relationship with a known drug dealer? Can you answer the question? She is in an on-off relationship with a DJ called Ely, someone I've never liked.
Did you know he was a known drug dealer? No! And your son Tom was arrested for joint conspiracy to supply controlled drugs.
Yes.
As I told you before, he was fitted up.
Peter MacKinnon was the arresting officer.
Accusing Peter MacKinnon's team for corruption could appear as payback.
Look, Peter MacKinnon went to my wife's place of work, Lee Griggson arrived at my brother's house to intimidate my niece.
She can identify and place him at Jane Shilliday's murder! During this time, Peter MacKinnon framed my son with drugs! LookI didn't follow proper police procedure.
I'm guilty of that.
I didn't bring my niece forward as a witness after I discovered that, and I have put my career on the line to try and right that wrong, but it's Peter MacKinnon's squad that are corrupt.
It's his team that are guilty of committing a murder! OK, Jim.
I can see you're upset.
Upset?! I didn't bring you people in here so you could bloody well accuse me! I brought you in here to help me! DOOR SLAMS DOOR OPENS Where's Tom? He's downstairs.
No, erm, look, I think he's asleep.
How is he? Well, he's very upset.
So how did it go with Professional Standards? Yeah, Frank's denied having the surveillance tapes.
What? Why would he do that? I don't know.
I've been trying to figure that out myself.
But your team, your team will back you up, right? Oh, God.
This is terrible.
I can't do it on my own, Maggie.
Please tell me this is going to be OK.
I, I can't.
HE SOBS You're shaking.
I'm sorry.
What's happened? Is it Amelia? No.
No, there's no news.
What, do you think that that they have her? I think she's been clever enough to find somewhere she feels safe.
Right.
You know, on the way out to Chris and Anne's the other day, Amelia asked me why I was so tough on you.
Erm, it's, it's not something You know, we always joke about your first word being "why".
It gets pretty relentless when you've got a kid that challenges you all the time.
And if I've been tough on you because you question the way I do things, I'm sorry.
I don't care that you were tough on me.
I care that you were never around.
OK.
I need to hear that.
Go to your bed.
SILENCE What are you doing here!? I locked that door.
We've been knocking, but you didn't You gave me a phone! Text me.
Sorry.
Erm, the signer's arrived, and we'd like to set the room up to take your statement, so, when you're ready.
Sorry.
DOOR CLOSES Can you just pass me the jam? It's apricot! What kind of bread is this? Is there no strawberry jam? Do I have to go to school today? No.
Yes! Mum, have we got any strawberry jam? Can I use the honey after you? Can I go to the gym? No.
What? But we're setting up for the English Champs, tonight.
I don't want you to leave the house.
Are you going to go to work? Yep.
I don't think that's a good idea.
Everything I care about is in this house.
And I'm going to do everything I can to protect it.
MURMUR OF VOICES MURMUR SUBSIDES You're a bunch of bloody sheep, the lot of you.
Baaaaaaa! SILENCE This is Robyn, our sign interpreter.
SIGNING TRANSLATED: Right, almost ready.
Are you going to the English championships tonight? Watch Rocky Smith get his arse kicked by Lewis.
He's got no chance! Rocky is a stand out for the English Champs.
Rubbish.
Rocky works with my boyfriend.
Jim, I think you should know, Rocky's gone AWOL.
No-one knows where he is.
He didn't show up for his interview.
Is that the Drug Squad holding him back? No, the Drug Squad say it's nothing to do with it.
He's just hyped up about tonight.
So, then, it's Rocky.
He's scared he's going to break in his interview with Professional Standards.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS Jim, I want to go back in to Professional Standards.
Tell them the truth.
Chris.
She what? Where is she? No, erm, I can get there quicker than you can, anyway.
I'll bring her back to Bristol.
No, you start driving over to my house and - and send me Amelia's number.
Amelia's made contact.
I've got to go and get her.
Jim I can't tell you what to do.
I don't want you to lose your career as well.
I don't see why we can't pick her up ourselves.
Jim's closer and it'll be quicker for him.
I don't trust this situation.
He'll bring her straight to Bristol.
I don't see why we have to listen to him.
Will you stop? We've found her.
She's OK.
I want to know as soon as Rocky turns up.
You hear anything, you let me know.
He's on the move.
We're all waiting for you upstairs.
I lied to you.
There was no murder.
I made the whole thing up.
You lied? Why?! I ran away from home.
Is there something happening at home that you don't want to go back to? I can't help you unless you talk to me! I'm sorry.
You've wasted a lot of time and money.
I'll get one of my officers to drop you home.
No! Find out where she lives and take her home.
Let her know she may be charged with wasting police resources.
Yes, sir.
Tom.
Where are you going? Out.
Look, Ely was on one of the tapes that Dad made Amelia watch.
Ely? Yep.
He's a drug dealer.
He's not that big a drug dealer.
Yeah, well he must know something about those cops.
Good police work.
I have to do something.
I can't just sit around all day.
I'm coming with you.
Just let me get my coat.
Let's go.
Could you not hear me calling you? Where are the others? I dunno.
Oh, come on.
Tell me where they are.
I didn't even know they'd left the house! Jim's on his way to get Amelia.
Oh, where did he find her? She's in Somerset.
Why she in Somerset? I don't know.
Now, come on, clear up this mess.
Chris and Anne are on their way over.
You do know it's the English Champs tonight? Yeah.
Forget it.
Argggh! I can't tell you what a relief it is to see you.
I know why you didn't take me to the police station.
I'm sorry I ran away, but I didn't know what else to do.
OK, OK.
It's all right.
They followed me.
Right, come on.
I'll take the stairs.
Here! Shit.
Here, go upstairs.
Lee, check down there.
SHE GASPS I need you to go to the police and tell them to take you back to Bristol.
I need to protect you from them.
I don't want to leave you.
You need to be safe.
I need you to do what I'm asking.
It'll be easier for me to deal with them on my own.
What happens when I get to Bristol? I will meet you there.
I'm scared.
Rocky is close to opening up about the corruption.
And when that happens, those men they'll be put away.
Do you know how impressed I am by you? What you've learned? The impact you've had on my family, on Tom? What you've taught me? WHISPERS: I want you to go downstairs and wait there for five minutes.
Then come back up and if you can't see me, then go.
What a surprise.
I don't know what you're talking about.
My whole family is being destroyed.
My dad's been set up.
I'm on a drugs charge.
I'm going to jail.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS Who's that, new boyfriend? It's Mum.
Have you got a new boyfriend? Can you please just tell us if you know something?! All right.
I knew Rocky from boxing days when we were teenagers.
Yeah, and? Yeah, and .
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he set me up with Gary Roach when I needed a bit of shopping.
He was safe, the police looked after him.
Right, you heard of Mac? Yeah.
Mac's the one who pulls the strings.
But not many people know about that.
He's the one who fitted me up.
Yeah, well, they're bent, buddy.
That's what happens.
Would you say that in court? MOBILE PHONE RINGS AGAIN Tommy word ain't going to be worth shit if they can prove I've been dealing.
It's Mum again.
We've got to go.
Babe, I really miss you.
I can't do this now.
Please.
Get lost.
I don't want to hear any excuses, Sophie.
I want to see you walk through that front door within the next ten minutes! Tea? Hi, are you OK? No, no, I'm not OK, I'm absolutely furious with my children.
Er, take me out of that statement.
Tom and Sophie decided to sneak out without telling me.
TEXT MESSAGE ALER Oh, sorry.
It's Amelia.
It says, "Have you heard from Jim?" What? "I'm with police.
" Isn't he with her? "They're bringing me to M and J's.
"J was followed, said, 'See you back there.
' " 'DI Jim Edwards.
'Leave me a message, and I'll get back to you as quick as I can.
' It's me, erm, just call me back.
Where is he now? 'Hello?' Hi, Terry, erm, it's, it's Maggie.
Erm, have you, have you heard from Jim? 'He went to collect Amelia.
Is everything all right?' No, it's OK.
'Sure?' Yeah, it's OK.
'OK.
Bye.
' "No word from Jim.
" Excuse me, I have to get to Rocky.
He's at the Boxing Club.
It's down Lafferty Street.
I've been given orders to take you home.
I know I'm supposed to be going home, but I need to go there, now.
OK.
Thank you.
No pushing.
There's a queue here, get to the back.
Back! Get in the queue like the rest of us.
Open the door! Open the door! Where are they?! What have they done? Whoa.
Calm down.
How did you get in here? They've got Jim.
Who? Mac and Lee, they've got my uncle.
No, no, no, no, I can't deal with this right now.
When are you going to wake up? They killed your girlfriend! No, no.
No, they didn't.
I saw them.
They drove into her and then they reversed.
Will you stop Listen, I'm sorry, OK? I can't help you.
Why did you become a policeman? Piss off.
When are you going to stand up to them? What is it going to take? I don't know where they are! Get her out of here, and now! All right, come on, out you go.
What's happened? Where's Amelia? She should be here by now.
When was the last time you spoke to him? Have you spoken to Terry? Yeah, but he hasn't heard anything.
Where were you guys? Why do I feel so scared? TEXT MESSAGE ALER She's, she's at the boxing club? Where's the boxing Lafferty Street.
Is Jim with her? No.
She wants us to collect her.
Do you want me to stay here? No, no, no.
Go, go.
Listen, I'll let you know if we hear anything.
OK! MOBILE PHONE RINGS PHONE STOPS RINGING It's all my fault.
Jim's gone, and it's all my fault.
Darling, it's not your fault.
Tonight, we are going to witness the most anticipated match of the year.
Who will be king of the ring? We have ten rounds of boxing to find that out.
Are you ready? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 'Can you give me the approximate time that you cut your wrists?' 'Jim?' I'm here.
'The ambulance isn't far, Jim.
We need you to stay on the phone 'and give us your exact location.
' Did you call the police? 'The police are on the way.
' I didn't cut them.
Looks like I've suicided, but I haven't.
They drugged me.
'Who drugged you?' Peter MacKinnon and Lee Griggson.
'Peter MacKinnon and Lee Griggson drugged you.
'Stay with us, Jim.
' I want to call my wife.
'We've called your wife, Jim.
' Don't let my kids believe it.
Oh, my God! He's my husband, Jim, Jim Edwards.
Jim? Love, he's unconscious right now, so he can't talk.
Oh, Jim.
He has got some injuries, but we've got it under control.
Has he been under any pressure lately, stress, depressed? What has that got to do with this? He is going to be OK, but he has cut his wrists.
He slit his wrists? No! No, someone did this to him.
It wasn't suicide.
Listen to me, he's going to be OK.
Would you like to come to the hospital with us? Yeah.
Come on.
You go, you go with thepolice.
Do you have my implant? IMPLANT BUZZES MUFFLED ECHOING What's happening? I think they're shouting somebody's name.
MUFFLED CHANTING: Rocky! Rocky! Rocky! Put this on.
Let's go, sweetheart.
I'll do what I can.
Ladies and gentlemen, silence, please.
Rocky Smith will not be competing in the English Championships tonight.
BOOING