Between the Lines (1992) s01e09 Episode Script

Get the ball! Go on! - Is that him? - Yeah.
- Two more cappuccinos.
- Sì, signore.
we're in business.
- Is this the one? - Yeah, that's it.
Right.
OK.
Guv, he's got it and heading your way.
Suspect in view.
Go.
Police, Mr Panter.
Can we do this quietly? - Sergeant Markham? - Yeah.
- Superintendent Clark, CIB.
- Hello, Chris.
- what's going on? - we have reason to believe that you just accepted a corrupt payment of £1,000 from David Panter.
- what? - we saw it all, Sergeant.
You've got it wrong.
He was giving me copies of false MOT certificates.
He's a registered informant.
See? There's no money in there.
what's this? Lost luggage chit, guv.
I don't know anything about that.
- Deny all knowledge? - Yes! - Look, I swear.
- All right.
This way, sir.
- Sorry, I lost him.
- Never mind, Don.
He'll keep.
Bending at the smack of firm government, are we? wants to clean up the Met.
Thinks we need more self-discipline.
we're bordering on masochistic now.
we prosecuted more officers last year than ever.
No comfort to a Home Secretary for the party of law and order.
- He can't have it both ways.
- He can try.
Could we have the cricket? It's short, wide outside the off- stump.
He sways out of the way.
Dickie Bird's called it a no-ball.
calling at Bedford, wellingborough Thanks.
Leicester, Derby, Chesterfield and Sheffield.
This bag corresponds to the receipt found in your possession, all right? That receipt was planted on me.
Christopher Markham, I'm arresting you on suspicion of receiving payment from David Panter.
You don't have to say anything but anything you do say may be used in evidence.
The Home Secretary faces questions in the House tomorrow with regard to the case of Michael Carswell.
The court decided his confession was unreliable.
This is the confession which was allegedly made in the back of a car.
That is correct.
To Detective Sergeant Hargreaves, the arresting officer.
Unless I'm missing something, it seems obvious to me and other interested observers that since Carswell would hardly have admitted a crime he did not commit, then Sergeant Hargreaves must have concocted this so-called confession.
well, that is the the question we're investigating.
However, the question the Home Secretary faces and which I must put to you, Commander, is why the delay? I hope to submit our report and recommendation shortly.
we've uncovered a new witness, who we believe has vital evidence.
A wPC Dean, who was driving the vehicle in which Carswell was being transported at the time.
Good.
So the Home Secretary can safely reassure the House that there has been no procrastination - on the part of the police.
- Absolutely not.
The case is being vigorously and thoroughly investigated? Every investigation conducted by the Commander's department is thorough, vigorous and without fear or favour, Chief Secretary.
Splendid.
The Home Secretary will be glad to hear it.
I, er I heard Clark broke up with his missus.
Got his shoes under your bed sharp enough, didn't he? He's not fishing, is he? - About Carswell? - Yeah.
No.
- Listen, don't worry about it.
- It's easy to say.
- Jenny - No.
Oh, come here.
It's gonna be all right.
we'll be in the clear.
You sure? we just have to look after each other, that's all.
I'm scared, Eddie.
I know.
You'll be fine.
You're beautiful.
Am I? - You could do yourself a favour.
- Oh, yeah? Talk to me about Oakwood.
You're not the first one who's been at it down there.
No comment.
The original allegation came from George Tolley, sir.
He's in prison, on remand.
He told us Markham was blackmailing him.
- This chap Panter, who ran off? - Just a go-between.
He didn't know about the observation.
Don't like the smell of it.
If you'd nicked Markham with that money, fine.
But left luggage ticket.
Yes, you do appear to have jumped the gun there.
Our information was that a payment would be made, sir.
when we saw an envelope going across we assumed it was cash.
- Hm.
- This doesn't come out of the blue.
Markham is the fifth CID officer out of Oakwood to have gone to bed.
we've got cases of receiving, improper association, two allegations of evidence being planted.
Both withdrawn.
we have reason to believe that pressure was brought to bear, sir.
Anything else? Oakwood overtime claims are the highest in the Met.
- So are their clear-up rates.
- There's clear-ups and there's fit-ups.
George Tolley claims he was gonna be framed for several additional charges unless he paid Markham that cash.
How wide do you want to throw the net, Tony? Oakwood's been under a cloud long enough.
It's overdue a turnover.
Draw a lot of flak going in team-handed.
If we're gonna do it, sir, we'd better move before they get wind we've collared Markham and pulled clear.
All right, set it up.
That's all.
Oh, Tony - Everything all right with you? - Yes, sir.
Good.
- Keep me up to date on this one.
- Yes, sir.
If it's right, you have my 100% backing.
Sir.
You had dealings with Markham before, Harry? Yeah.
Yeah, I knew him on the Met pistol team.
Ages ago.
Nice enough lad then.
A bit cocky.
Liked the booze, liked the birds.
- Average cop, really.
- what do you reckon? - Not looking too clever for him.
- He's still screaming fit-up.
well, that's his best shot.
Even when it all falls down on him, he's gonna deny it.
They all do.
Guv'nor's here.
Open up.
- who's that? - Rubber 'eels.
- Rubber eels? - You've heard of the Flying Squad? well, that lot's the firing squad.
Keep your head down.
Jack, CIB's climbing all over us.
- Can I help you? - CIB.
Not again! - Inspector Naylor, CIB.
- Oh, yeah? - My guv'nor's upstairs.
- what's all this about? Your DS Markham is suspected of corruptly receiving, sir.
- Chris Markham? Never.
- Yeah.
I'd like to clear the office.
- Now? - If you wouldn't mind.
All right, lads.
Knock it off.
Downstairs.
wait in the canteen.
Mind if I answer that? Tell them you'll call them back.
- Yeah, I'll call you back.
- Leave that, please.
It's property.
I haven't booked it in yet.
Leave it.
Nothing is to be removed.
I need this docket for court this morning, all right? Make a note of it, sarge.
- You'd think we were criminals.
- Button it.
This is an outrage! I have had a gutful of CIB harassing my officers.
I'll have to ask you to remain in the building, sir.
That also goes for the civvies on the top floor.
- The secretaries? - I have to do it this way, sir.
You do what you will, Superintendent.
But I will not give my approval.
I'll make a note of that, then, sir, shall I? what is this, Inspector? A lucky dip? Regulation Seven notices will be issued forthwith, sir.
Oh, and I'll need the duty states, the message books and the vehicle logs.
Oh, and the informants' file, please.
- That's in my office.
- we'll find it.
would you like to wait in the canteen, please, sir? - Me? - Do as he asks, please, Ian.
- I don't believe this.
- Please.
well, I'll leave you to it, shall I, Superintendent? would you like me to wait in the canteen as well? You can if you like, sir, but it won't be necessary.
Guess who's shot to the top of his shit-list.
Let's start lifting some stones.
Thanks.
I've just had Campbell from the Police Federation up in the air over this.
He's on about complaining to the Home Secretary.
He'll find himself in quite a queue there.
I hope Clark comes out of Oakwood with more than armloads of paper.
Sorry, sir.
You said you wanted an update on the Carswell inquiry.
Oh, yes.
Yes.
Erm, get your bits and pieces together and I'll see you at 4:30.
Right, sir.
Things breaking on Carswell? Graves has done a good job since he took over from Clark.
- we're not putting it to bed? - On the contrary, John.
I want someone to liven it up.
I'll put my lads up against any detectives on the Met.
Good boys.
Half of them are already under investigation.
You hang around with dogs, you get fleas.
- You'd make Jesus Christ look bent.
- Sergeant Markham - Excuse me, are you in charge? - Yes.
- Is it all right if I go now? - As soon as possible.
- My sister's waiting.
She'll worry.
- Make a phone call.
- I'm meeting her at the bus station.
- Look, love, I'm sorry - I'm just a secretary.
- As soon as I can, huh? I wouldn't think you're gonna win your wings on this one.
well, we'll see how things shape up, sir, shall we? Bastard.
No, I can't tell you.
Don't answer that, Jerry.
Er, no.
You better call him back tomorrow, all right? Look, love, I thought I asked you to divert all calls.
Yeah, we're trying to do a job up here, an' all.
- Right.
where were we? - DC Taylor, Markham's partner.
His mileage figures for the week of the robbery are all over the place.
Oh, shit.
A right dog's breakfast.
He probably just added them up wrong.
Yeah.
Maybe we should send him home to count some paper clips.
Improve his mathematics.
- You got anything, Lisa? - No.
Aah.
Let's seal the tomb, eh? Go and get some refreshments.
Yeah? who's buying, then? - Jenny? You there? - Hi.
- You been asleep? - Just had a bath.
- Have you eaten? - No.
Good.
Had company? - Have you been interviewing all day? - Hey? You haven't stopped asking questions since you got in.
Sorry.
Chloe came round for a chat.
- OK? - Mm-hm.
I'll get dressed and we'll go and eat.
I can wait.
- You off back to Oakwood? - No, sir.
A case at walker Road.
- PC Brown.
- Oh.
what's his latest bid? He couldn't have assaulted the prisoner as he wasn't carrying a truncheon.
- Priceless.
- So we'll do him for not carrying full kit.
Nice one.
I'll see you, Maureen.
- Morning, David.
- Sir.
Did you and Brian sort something out? - what's that, sir? - The Carswell inquiry.
It's progressing.
Drop in my office later and chat through what you've got.
Thank you, sir.
I'll see if I can find some time to do that.
I left my overcoat in there, guv.
Probably taken it to the cleaners with everything else.
- You know I'm suspended? - You're not alone.
- we're all home digging the garden.
- what, cos of me? Cos they think there's something going on here.
Look, guv, I swear to you, I didn't cop anything.
- Course you didn't.
- I was set up.
By George Tolley.
I don't wanna hear it, Chris.
The less I know, the less I gotta say.
Sure.
- Those missing files turned up? - No, gone with the wind, guv.
But from the duty states we got, looks like they do a fair bit of pubbing and clubbing.
Yeah? Most of the overtime is for meeting contacts in licensed premises.
It's thirsty work, nicking villains.
And the DCI, Stubbs, is a bit slack with the informants' file.
- One or two meets not authorised.
- Anything on Markham? Yeah.
Yeah, he put through a cheque on the national computer system for a fella called, er Prentiss.
Made no note of their name anywhere else.
- Panter? - well, he's still on the loose.
Got a few possibilities.
The sooner he gets his collar felt, the better.
- well, that's it so far.
- That'll do for starters.
- Keep digging.
- Yeah.
Er, where were we? I've just sorted out your PC Brown.
Repulsive little creep, he is.
Not a nice man.
I think I've finally got him by the shorts.
Good.
- Do you want a lift? - Ooh, cheers.
- How is it with you and Tony? - Fine.
David Panter phoned me.
Told me he had some bent MOTs to offer up.
I cleared the meet with my guv'nor.
You didn't arrange the meeting, to receive your payment? - No.
- Oh, come on, Chris.
we know that Panter was a go-between for George Tolley, - who you were blackmailing.
- I put Tolley inside.
He's got all this up to settle the score.
what is it with you lot? Some slag gives you a load of fanny about me blackmailing him and you swallow it? Can we turn to your bank accounts? A number of cash payments have been made over the last three years, amounting to nearly £8,000.
- Can you explain them? - You're not obliged to answer.
No comment again? You ran a PNC check recently on an Anthony Prentiss.
Correct? - Yeah.
- For what purpose? A friend of mine.
Prentiss got his sister pregnant and then did a runner.
- I was trying to find him.
- To give him the happy news? This payment you received from Panter wasn't the first, was it? I never had a penny off him.
- But you have met Panter regularly? - Yes! He's one of my registered informants.
I told you, he planted that luggage receipt.
They're stitching me up! Perhaps we could give Sergeant Markham a break.
I think perhaps he deserves one.
Hm? Interview suspended 11:47.
- You coming up? - No.
Look, Tony dossed down at my place the other night.
It's all right.
He told me.
He's been having a rough time of it lately.
Yeah.
I know.
Because he's under pressure he's been making some bad decisions.
You think I'm one of them.
If he was thinking straight, he wouldn't come near you.
- Since when were you his keeper? - I'm not getting into an argument.
You're looking for help from Tony.
- what makes you think that? - I know you.
You don't know anything about me and Tony.
Thanks for the lift.
Can I help you? Take your shoes off, then.
Harder! Back! David Panter? Inspector Naylor.
No gymnastics, please, David.
we bleed easy.
Oh, it doesn't bother me.
I'm 30 years in the job.
Some of my lads have been gutted over this.
- Two of them have rung me up in tears.
- Nobody enjoys it.
That's what I said to the fella from the Police Review.
He's written an article on the subject.
I trust you didn't discuss this case with him, Chief Inspector.
we spoke in generalities.
A number of administrative discrepancies have been found.
Oh, leave off! Do you think if I went through your paperwork I wouldn't find any discrepancies? Can we talk about Sergeant Markham? - Fire away.
- what's your opinion? well, lad's a bit hasty now and again.
He does the job.
- Bends the rules, does he? - No more than the necessary.
He had some financial worries.
I told him to put in for a loan but he wouldn't have it.
Probably thought it would damage his prospects.
- Is he ambitious? - Oh, yeah.
Personally, I don't like his style.
Probably more your sort of copper.
Bit Cecil Gee.
I'll need to do a formal interview with you later.
- I'm not going anywhere.
- All right.
I know you've got your job to do, Superintendent.
But the important thing, when you're cutting out the rot, is not to damage the good wood.
I do wish you lot would learn to tread more carefully.
How does conspiracy to corrupt a police officer sound? I was just a go-between.
George Tolley's in nick, gets word out to me to slip Markham the money, so I did it.
That's all I'm saying.
Just the one payment? No, there was one before you lot turned up.
was it made the same way, the left luggage office? - Yeah.
About three weeks ago.
- why didn't you give him cash? why all this farting about with receipts? Markham's idea.
If he got nicked, he could always scream fit-up.
He's a shrewd boy.
That's all I'm saying or they'll do me legs.
- who will? - I said that's it.
Clear it with the supervising member of the Police Complaints Authority.
- Still on for dinner, Sunday? - Yes.
Oh, good.
Tony.
- You going up or down, Tony? - Up.
Me, too.
This is for the bag you collected on Friday.
And this receipt is for the bag collected three weeks back.
- Same name, everything.
- Good.
Thanks.
Excuse me.
Those surveillance cameras, are they on all the time? £2.
00, please.
Round the clock, yes.
If anybody collected a bag three weeks ago - they would have been recorded? - Oh, yes.
But we reuse the tapes on a weekly turnaround.
- Sorry.
- That's a pity.
Can I borrow this? Sure.
But you'll have to sign for it.
whole trains can go missing but if I'm one slip of paper short there's a full-scale inquiry.
This week's Police Review.
I'd read it sitting down if I were you.
Saddam Hussein's getting a better press than we are.
- This is piss poor, Tony.
- what is? You need more than bumped-up overtime claims to justify Oakwood.
- It's grist to the mill.
- Hardly wholesale corruption.
Markham's looking a good prospect.
Got a crack open into him, have you? - He's denying it, but - If he wriggles out from under, it's all gonna come on top of you.
The bloke who started this, Tolley, where's he on remand? - Scrubs.
- Give him a visit.
Put the fear of God into him.
Make sure his story is solid.
- where is everybody? - Punch-up at west End Central.
Oh.
well, that bitches the job up nicely, doesn't it? - Drink? - No.
And I would appreciate it, Maureen, if you would steer clear.
- what? - Jenny.
I don't need you geeing her up.
- I gave her a lift.
- Just stay away, all right? I've known Jenny a long time.
I was trying to help.
when I want your help, I'll ask for it.
what's he pumped up about? Jenny Dean.
He's walking through a minefield, shacking up with her.
She'll bring him down.
She might just be what's keeping him afloat.
- That's a lot better, Dave.
- That's wonderful.
Take it out yourself.
I'll be back in a few minutes.
All right? - How did you find me here? - Your wife said you were here.
- Have you been at my house? - Harry, I'm sorry.
- I don't know who else I can talk - Look, I can't discuss your trouble.
Please! It's about the money in my account.
It comes from my father-in-law.
Oh, yeah.
Me and Carol well, we took on a big mortgage.
Then she had the twins.
Her father agreed to help us out.
- So give it in evidence.
- I don't want to drag him in.
It's some sort of tax fiddle he's worked.
I told you, I can't discuss this with you.
You don't know what this is doing to me! My wife's falling apart, my whole career's on the line! If it's getting on top of you, go to welfare.
The job'll sort you out.
The job's stabbing me in the back! No.
I'm sorry.
No.
Markham arrested me, right? Said he found a sawn-off shotgun in the boot of me car.
But he'd planted it there.
So you hadn't been waving it around a supermarket? That's a mug's game.
So what exactly is your earner? That's between me and the Inland Revenue.
Markham framed me, then he come in here, right where you're sitting, and said if I didn't pay him off, he'd stitch me into two other jobs.
- That's God's honest truth.
- Oh, let's leave God out of it.
Markham had one lot off me, then he got greedy, wanted a second bite of the cherry.
- That's when I came to you lot.
- Timed it nicely.
- Up the steps next week, aren't you? - The timing's Markham's.
He was gonna keep putting the squeeze on me.
You'd better not be playing us about, Mr Tolley.
I swear.
Surprise.
- Hope you're a telly addict.
- what's all this? - featuring a load of old bags.
- Mm? The manager down the left luggage office rang.
On the week when that first payment was made, there was a bomb alert at the main-line stations.
- The surveillance tapes were kept.
- we needed a break.
If Markham picked that bag up, got him taped.
- Does the guv'nor know? - Yeah.
He's well pleased.
- Said it was a job for you.
- Yeah.
He was in a hell of a state last night.
Yeah, I'd be crying in my beer in his position.
It'll be a pleasure to wipe that righteous indignation off Markham's face.
Don't let him get under your skin, Harry.
His sob story about his wife, his kids, his grandmother swallowed sixpence.
Oh, sure.
It's just I don't take any pleasure in it, you know what I mean? Quite matey with him on the shooting team, were you? No, guv.
You've entered your meeting with him in the occurrence book? - It was hardly a meeting.
- Record it.
Be careful with your associations with suspect officers, Harry.
Sure.
we could all take advice on that score, couldn't we, guv? Er, Jerry, you're not gonna believe this.
- Result? - But not the face I was looking for.
That's Panter.
He's putting a bag in.
So what? To make the blackmail story stick, they had to prove that Markham had already had a first payment.
So Panter puts the bag in and he takes it out himself.
- Devious bastards.
- Mm-hm.
Markham's been telling the truth.
- That's my biscuit.
- Mm.
we're gonna pull Panter in again.
well, he's an even more slippery customer than we thought.
Yeah, see you downstairs.
- I knew it would go belly-up on us! - It's been deep laid, sir.
By comedians like Tolley and Panter! - I think there's more behind it.
- Put your mind to digging us out.
The CPS may pull Markham out of Tolley's trial.
Tolley could walk.
Not if we put enough stones in his shoes.
Conspiracy I want the whole thing scraped back to bare bone.
Tolley made an official complaint, sir.
we had to go with it.
If you hadn't been so keen to turn Oakwood over, wiser counsel might have prevailed.
"Cos you're flicking sand up me arsehole.
" Get that down your neck.
Oh.
Cheers.
Clark's looking well bunkered, eh? Yeah.
Yeah, could end up flat on his arse on this one.
I was having a word with one of Graves's mob.
Heard a whisper you might be interested in.
what's that? Thinking of serving a 163 on a certain lady.
- Oh, yeah? - Jennifer Dean.
when? Not sure.
But if Clark's between the sheets when they come calling it'll do him even more damage.
- Yeah.
I'll say.
- You might wanna drop it in his ear.
Mm.
Mm.
They examine their navels all day, coming up with nothing but fluff.
- I'm the one doing the grafting.
- It's not your fault.
Tell Deakin that.
I feel like sticking my papers in.
- Oh, calm down.
- Huxtable's a two-faced shyster.
So you're not flavour of the month any more.
There's people with bigger problems.
- I'm pissed off with it.
- Can we change the record? Christ, I have to listen to your bloody grief for hours on end! - I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
I'll walk this off.
See you later.
So this was got up to pull out the rug from under Sergeant Markham? - I dunno.
- Oh.
So you just stumbled into something that's gonna put you in prison for a very long time and you don't know how.
Is that the idea? Yeah, if you like.
- You and Tolley planned this.
- I was doing George a favour.
You're shaking, David.
who's on your back? Tolley? Somebody else? Can I get some help? well, it depends what's on offer.
why should I cop for all of this? I'm listening.
Markham's clean.
He nicked George Tolley good and proper with that gun in his car.
So this was revenge, this frame-up? Tolley thought he hadn't been looked after properly.
By who? Chief Inspector Stubbs out of Oakwood.
Oh, you're gonna have to do a lot better than that.
It's the truth.
Stubbs has been on a retainer from Tolley's team for years.
It's all been sorted down there till Markham arrived and got busy.
- Is this more bollocks? - No.
Stubbs dreamt it up.
He put it together to pull Tolley clear.
He runs Oakwood like that.
Scratch his back, he'll scratch yours.
If you don't, you're dead in the water.
So how did you get involved? Stubbs made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
Harry, apropos of our conversation about Miss Dean last night, a little bird tells me Graves'll be visiting her tomorrow, early doors.
- Ah, thanks.
- Have you told Clark this is in the wind? Er, no, not yet.
No.
- Your guv'nor.
Up to you.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
- Oakwood CID is a shambles.
- Not when I left it.
I'm seriously bothered about the duty statements you say are missing.
Oh, yeah? You don't think some of your mob might have mislaid 'em, do you? we've had suggestions that George Tolley is paying you a retainer to look after him.
A retainer? George? I agreed to see you here for an informal chat, not to listen to wild allegations.
I've had a statement from David Panter that He's a slag.
You got nothing there.
- You sure you won't? - No.
Thanks.
I think what we've got here, Superintendent, is a clash of philosophies.
The way I see it, in any good CID you need a firm within the firm.
That's how you get your results, is it? we get the job done.
If a few more coppers were left to their own devices there'd be a lot more bad lads behind bars.
Devices like your arrangement with George Tolley.
George is a very interesting man, full of information.
A good grass is worth a thousand computers.
He doesn't give his secrets away for nothing.
well, nothing is got for nothing.
It's a nasty old world.
You don't catch villains in church.
So when Markham arrested Tolley, Tolley came to you for the protection he was paying you for? You got a very vivid imagination, Superintendent.
Did he threaten to blow the whistle on you? Is that why you're prepared to send Markham to the dogs? Have you come here to charge me with something? If not, this is harassment.
- Seen the guv'nor? - He's around and about.
when he comes in will you tell him I've got something for him? Urgent.
- Is it Oakwood? - Personal.
Stubbs may sail a bit close to the wind.
I learnt in the same school.
The lily-white boys are sat in Scotland Yard, he's on the streets.
I'm convinced he set up this whole scam.
You'd better be sure.
He's a bloody good thief-taker.
He's almost one of the fraternity.
we can't just go by him.
That's something for Huxtable to chew on.
- Guv? - Load of grief this is turning into.
Yeah, well, brace yourself for more.
what? They're gonna haul in Jenny Dean on the Carswell inquiry.
- No, she's clear of all that.
- Graves is serving her a 163.
Tomorrow morning.
Early.
At her flat.
- Hi.
- Hi.
what's this? Erm, I have to go up north for a few days on a job.
Taking everything with you? It could be a drawn-out affair.
- Now? - Suddenly came up.
- Are you moving out, Tony? - Course not.
No.
- well, what's happened? - Nothing.
It's the job.
- You're lying.
- Don't be so bloody paranoid! - what's going on? - I've gotta go.
I will ring you.
Tony, please! Tony! we should have the Carswell inquiry wrapped up in a couple of months.
No embarrassing names in the frame, I trust? No.
Small beer.
- Nobody above detective sergeant.
- Good.
I wanted a word about this Oakwood swoop.
Yes.
we, er, we're on something of a sticky wicket with that one.
Somewhat cavalier to suspend the entire CID down there, isn't it? Superintendent Clark rather misjudged the situation.
- Shot.
- Good shot.
Rooting out a rotten apple is one thing.
Shaking the tree in public is giving the Home Office apoplexy.
I'm afraid matters threaten to become even murkier.
Perhaps a period of calm reflection would help clarify things.
we have taken some stick in the papers.
I wouldn't want it to be thought that we'd lost it on Oakwood.
well, I'll rely on your unerring ability to clutch victory from the jaws of defeat, Brian.
Hm? Yes.
Yes, thank you, sir.
- Thanks for pulling me out.
- Cheers.
Has Jenny Dean got something on you? - It's not your problem.
- No.
This Carswell case is a time bomb, you know.
when it goes off, there's gonna be bodies littered all over.
That's why Graves has got a smile like the cat that got the cream.
I know.
He's gonna rise like a meteor on the strength of this.
- And where are you going, guv? - Oh, funny.
Superintendent Graves, CIB.
- May we come in? - Yeah.
where do you think you're going? This is Form 163, informing you that you're being investigated in connection with an alleged conspiracy - to pervert the course of justice.
- what? Oh, just sign it, love.
we can do the melodramatics later.
You live on your own? Expecting another body, were you? If Stubbs did set Markham up I want to see him hammered.
The only strength we have is Panter's allegation.
- Tolley won't help us bury him? - I'd be surprised.
They closed this up between them.
Rather than rush in now and risk blowing it, I'd like to save Stubbs for when he's not looking.
Yes, we've got enough egg on our faces over Oakwood as it is.
I think we're talking damage limitation on Oakwood.
Right.
well, putting Stubbs aside, what does that leave us with? we could do Markham for discipline on the unauthorised computer check.
Seems a bit harsh under the circumstances.
A couple of others have been fiddling their exes, files gone walkabout.
Right.
Go through it with a fine-tooth comb.
- Let's put on a show.
- Should be able to cobble enough to cover our backsides.
we can afford to be more upbeat than that.
Oakwood should stand as an example to all of the rigour with which CIB is determined to root out irregularities, however minor.
It's going to be a catalogue of petty fiddles at best.
There's no such thing as a petty fiddle if you're a police officer, John.
Don't tell me to calm down! You knew they were gonna do me.
That's why you got out.
That's crap I wanna see you, Tony.
I don't care.
You're not walking away from this and leaving me in it.
If you don't, I'll make sure you regret it.
- Form on Oakwood.
- Right.
I want every disciplinary offence, no matter how piddling.
- what about Stubbs? - I'm dealing with that.
- we're not dropping him out? - His turn will come around.
After what he did to Markham he is rank guilty.
Conspiracy to pervert we can't be sure.
If he is, I'm gonna have him.
For the moment, he's on the back burner.
I'm that close.
I'm sure I can nail him.
Your prospects are going to take a nosedive if Oakwood gets even more iffy.
- So I'm gonna carry the can? - I'm jiggered if I am.
I told you what I thought about steaming in there.
So tuck your bloody tail in.
Let's salvage what little glory we can.
Yeah.
It's not official yet.
Paperwork takes time.
But I thought you should know how things are shaping up.
what am I supposed to do? Burst out in fairy lights? - Yeah.
I know how you feel.
- Do you? You've totally discredited me in front of my family and my friends.
I've been to hell and back, thanks to you lot pointing the finger.
we get complaints, we got to investigate.
They're talking about dropping me from the Tolley trial.
I'm an unreliable witness thanks to you.
No, whatever happens on the robbery charge, we'll get Tolley.
You know what really pisses me off? You didn't believe me.
None of you.
You didn't bloody believe me.
You're up there to be shot at, Chris.
we all are.
I'm a bloody good copper.
I love the job.
I'm just beginning to think it's not worth the grief.
Yeah.
I just thought you'd like to know.
- why didn't you say? - what good would it have done? - I would have known.
- If I'd been here when he arrived I'd have been in it up to my neck.
No way could I have helped you then.
what does the 163 allege? They're saying Michael Carswell was verballed.
- Did you tell them anything? - No.
I don't think I can go through this on my own, Tony.
It's OK.
You keep hold of yourself, it will be OK.
I'm frightened.
Don't leave me, Tony, please.
I need you.