Waking the Dead (2000) s07e11 Episode Script

But I couldn't identify them.
You're probably aware that at the time there were no pre-existing DNA databanks in the region.
Alsoon the mother's clothing, Ifound three differentmale blood samples.
So I kept the file, because I was unable to move the case forward, andwhen I started working here, I loaded it onto our national database, and I flagged it up as one of our cold cases.
And you got a hit.
Yeah, exactly.
Here in central London.
Also, Lukethe mortuary have been on to me about someone going to claim the body.
I'm dealing with it.
OK.
Why these two? I don't know.
What are you doing up? I couldn't sleep.
I wasn't.
Yeah, right! You want some cocoa? Mmm, that would be nice.
This man who is keeping you out late.
Do I get to meet him? Maybe.
The local police gathered a DNA sample from the blood on the car.
So that's our guy? Yeah.
So had contact with this female victim.
His blood was on her clothing and her shawl.
Right.
She's a Muslim, right? Because of that shawl thing? Yes andno.
Her shawl was typical of the local Muslim, but her son wasn't circumcised.
When he would've been.
Oh, definitely.
Local Muslim boys are circumcised at the age of eight, as soon as they can recite the Koran.
Hardly an incentive to learn, is it? It's an important rite of passage from boyhood into manhood.
Anyway, the important thing is that the boy, if indeed he was a young Muslim, would have been circumcised.
Exactly.
So what makes the shawl on this woman out of place? Well, it's traditional, whereas the rest of her clothing is modern, Western, expensive.
Not peasant clothing.
So is she possibly not from the area? Possibly.
Thousands of refugees fled there when it was declared a safe zone.
It turned out to be anything but.
The Dutch didn't quite get it together, andmassacre.
So our victims were from that safe zone? Maybe.
But the Dutchbat camp was mainly men and boys.
It's more likely that they came from Vinocari or Potocari, overflow areas.
Where they thought they were safe but they weren't.
Exactly, they weren't safe.
The Serbs loaded women and children onto the buses.
Why the hell would they want to get on the buses? Well, read that.
"I observed as a Serb soldier took a young girl aged around seven "into the open, where she was in full view.
"He then cut her throat in front of us.
We were under orders NOT to intervene.
" They did this to prove to the refugees that the UN were powerless to help them.
And hence they got on the buses.
So, do you think our mother and son were killed at the same time? I don't know, but I can tell you that they were killed by two different guns and that she was holding him in her arms when she was shot, the bullet passing through her body and into his.
So shot from behind? Right.
If they weren't Muslim, why were they pretending to be, if they were being killed by the Serbs? I don't know.
Can't you tell the ethnic origin from the DNA? Yeah, but that's the point - Serbs, Croats and Bosnians all share the same ethnic type, they're all Slavic.
The war was about ethnic cleansing - it doesn't make any sense, does it? It makes a mockery of it.
So what was the motive if the case doesn't fit ethnic cleansing? How do we know it wasn't ethnic cleansing? What do you mean? They thought she was Muslim and shot her.
You're sentimentalising and personalising this incident.
What we've got is two people, dead in a grave, connected to this man, so we're looking at a potential war criminal.
We are.
So check the hospitals and get this CCTV file to my office.
Grace, would you come with me, please? Would you mind? No.
Is this all we've got? It's much more than we normally have.
Well? No.
I don't get it.
No No, no.
Who do you think it is? OK, OK, OK, right Do you remember when we went to see those homeless kids? Police officer.
At the containers? Yeah.
OK.
And one of them asked me Who are you looking for, eh? If I was looking for my son I'm not looking for anyone.
You can always spot a dad looking for his kid.
Oh, well, I remember her.
Right, well Oh, well, but I don't think that's her, is it? Well, I think it is, yeah.
Is it? What is it? I dunno.
Oh, my God.
What's wrong? This man you are seeing.
Papa My love life is not your concern.
Are you spying on me? He is a Serb, yes? Yeah, what of it? You're a Serb, I'm a Serb.
Noyou're not a Serb.
I mean you are not a Serb like him.
I'm sick of you apologising for who we are.
I grew up here, but I'm not English.
I'm proud to be a Serb.
Anna, this man, who is he? I know who he is.
And I'm 20 years of age - I'll see who I like, when I like, how I like, as I see fit.
This discussion is over.
And you can tell your little old spy with his mop-and-bucket routine that his cover is blown.
He told me because he cares about you - you're like a daughter to him.
Really? And why am I like a daughter to him? We've been over all this many times.
I've asked you and you fob me off.
He found you in the woods.
It's like a biblical fable, I'm not Moses! Anna, please.
No, I'm sick of it.
You weren't there - they were! I've spoken to Petropecic.
You have to get out of there now.
'OK.
' Hello? Jasni? Jasni? TV: Bosnian Serb TV announced the NATO attack in Srebrenica had happened and read out a statement.
Hello? 'Jasni.
' OK, listen, I'm collecting Mum, we're leaving now, OK? And Hello? Ah! Hello? TV: The Bosnian Prime Minister said the fall of Srebrenica sentenced the civilians to death, and he condemned the UN's failure to defend its own safe area.
Mum, we should go.
Grandma, come on.
Come on, Mama.
Bye-bye to Horsey.
No, we go ahead as planned.
Without the sample?! We can get more, right? Of course.
Right.
OK, but about the stolen sample? If she can get more, then we set up another meeting and do the deal.
But we cannot leave that sample out there.
Why? What will happen if they decide to try it out? Huh? He's right - it could kill them.
What can they tell the police? The police will care.
When they find out that the kids are dead because of our bad Do you want me to draw a picture here? We need to find them.
One of the kids who begs outside says he knows where to find them.
Good! Good, Rado.
You! Boys! No, no, no.
Don't be afraid.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
Who are you? Who am I? A friend.
My little friend Come.
Come, it is safe.
No-one will hurt you.
You want to eat? Yes? Food.
You, what is your name? Pera.
Ah Good name.
Strong name.
I'm Radovan.
Very pleased to meet you.
Come.
Come on! Tell me, who's making the best cakes? Nana! Nana! Nana.
You hear, Mum? OK, let's see.
Who has the biggest ears? Not me.
Not me.
Not me.
Mama.
Stop the car! We don't know who they are.
Mama, stop! Don't shoot! Where are you going? You're Serb? Yes.
We are going to the border.
I'm Doctor Jasni Vaspovic.
We live in Belgrade.
Papers? What about the old lady? This is my mother.
She lives here.
Out.
You don't understand.
We Out! Stop, I'll do it! Please.
Looks deserted.
No, they're here.
There they go.
Oi! Come on! Come here! Let me go! Calm down! Calm down! Get off me! You're under arrest.
You're under arrest! But why? I haven't done owt! OK, let's go.
Bring her in! Come on! What am I arrested for? Stealing this bag.
What have you done with the stuff inside? Piss off.
"Piss off"? That's nice.
Huh? Hi, Grace.
Hi.
Hi.
Hi, Stella.
I've just been going through the ballistics report, and it would appear that mother and son were shot with handguns, not with AK47s as we presumed.
Yes -the AK47 was the standard weapon used by all three factions.
Three? Ah, I thought there were just Serbs and Bosnians.
No.
We have detailed accounts of a group of jihadi fighters who came from Chechnya prior to the Serbs invading.
Prior? Yeah.
Jihadi fighters crossing the border into Serbia, attacking the Serb villages, that gave the green light to the Serb Army to invade Bosnia.
Right, OK.
So these accounts Are they from survivors? Yeah.
They mention Abdullah Akhmadev, who seems to have been their leader.
He was mentioned a lot out there.
He became a legend in the area.
Hero to some, villain to others? Exactly.
Hello.
Cold Case Lab.
'It's the city mortuary again.
'I'm phoning about that body you want us to hold.
' Well, hasn't someone been in touch with you yet? 'No, not yet.
' Oh, OK.
Thank you, I'll get on to it.
Thanks.
Everything OK? Yeah.
Er, could you send those to my computer? OK.
Thank you.
And I'll be in my office if anyone needs me.
Thanks.
Thanks, Grace.
Why have you put that kid in there? She won't give up her real name.
But I ran her prints.
She'll turn up in the system somewhere.
Well, that's no reason to put her in there, is it? No, well This is all you've got, right? That's why I'm doing the prints.
Look, why don't I do this? You won't do any worse than him.
It's pathetic! Hello, there.
Where's the other one? The other one, who? The one who lost his kid.
Who do you mean? You think I don't remember you.
Last time you were down at the yard? Yes, I remember.
That's how I know.
Know what? That last time you and him were down at the yard, he saw him and took off.
Who saw who? His boy.
Luke.
You know Luke? Yeah.
That's how I know.
His name's Boyd, right? Yes.
I want to speak to him.
You can't.
He's very busy.
You can talk to me.
And I want to know how you got hold of that handbag.
He's watching now, isn't he? I'll only speak to Boyd.
Yes? Just send her in, will you? OK.
You can go in.
This way.
Come on in.
Thanks, Grace.
Close the door, would you, please? Yeah, so you want to talk to me, yeah? Pull up a chair.
What do you want to say to me that you couldn't say to her? That's what interests ME.
Yeah? WHAT is it? I nicked it.
And you couldn't say that to her? That's it? You nicked it? Yeah, the bag, I nicked it.
Anything else? Stella! Sir? Put her in the cell.
She confessed.
This way.
Want to know anything else? Do you want to tell me anything else? Can do.
Can do.
Will do? Might do.
Might do.
Can do.
Will do.
Might do.
Very good.
Two minutes.
Go on then.
Your big chance.
Talk.
There was this square tart walking on the street with her head in the clouds.
I took her bag off her.
Got chased by a couple of 'fugees.
How do you know they were 'fugees? Cos they're all 'fugees down there.
That's why it's a good place to do stuff cos you can't go to t'cops.
What about this square tart? Dunno, she's just dead normal.
"She's just dead normal"? What does that mean? Normal, like you're normal.
Like I am? I'm dead normal.
Yeah.
You are.
I'm not often called that.
Explain "normal" to me.
You work nine till five.
Watch the news for your views, livin' in heaven 24/7.
Livin' in heaven 24/7? And what makes you so sure that she wasn't a 'fugee? 'Fugue chick'd have your head off 'before giving up her handbag.
She just folded.
OK.
Er, what about these two guys? Are these the? Hang on a second.
Er, yes.
'Boyd, can you come into the lab, please?' Yeah.
Go on.
Are these the two men? These are the guys that chased me.
Do you think that she was with them? No.
Just a couple of wannabe heroes came out of nowhere.
You're sure? Nothing else you want to say? No.
Stella! In the holding cell? Do you want any tea? Yeah.
Biscuits? Got any cake? Maybe.
You want to listen to her.
She's got some fascinating stories about life on the streets.
OK.
I think she's a bit of a straight tart, this one.
He's a bit mental him, isn't he? Oh, I know.
I found traces of opium in the stitching in the lining of this bag.
Must have fallen out of a container.
And it's interesting because it's raw opium.
It's pure.
Why is that interesting? Well, because you don't usually find it in that state in the West.
It's grade-one opium, it's the first stage of heroin, it's a resin.
So we normally get it in powder form? Yeah.
Yeah? It takes Don't do that! .
.
Several stages of synthesising before it becomes that powder form.
The stuff straight from the poppy? From the seed pods? Yeah.
Well, maybe she brought it back as a memento, you know, from her happy times in Kabul? Yes, maybe she did, but if she did, I hope it wasn't to take it.
In that form, it'll kill you.
So it wasn't for recreational use? Well, what would it be for then? I don't know.
Some kind of sample, for some reason.
I don't see any woman walking across the Afghan border with raw opium, do you? No.
I don't think so.
But whatever was in here, if we had a possible war criminal that risked everything to retrieve the bag Mmm.
If this was full of raw opium Yeah.
How much would it be worth? I mean, it would be valuable? Ten kilos of pure opium will only render you one kilo of pure heroin.
But one kilo of pure heroin can be cut into ten, as street trade.
So, thousands, tens of thousands.
You've got just a little raw opium, and suddenly you're attempting to bring down a UK drug baron.
Yeah, well, that's no bad thing.
You haven't been in touch about Luke? No.
Are you worried? No.
They'll charge me, give me a court date, and bail me.
So what? You'll roll around in the system as a nobody, giving false names? It's not going to go to court, is it? Cos that posh tart ain't going to report it, is she? Enough cake.
What was in the bag? Dunno.
They weren't chasing you for a pretty handbag.
What was in it? If they get hold of you, you're a dead bitch, all right? What was in it? Don't know.
I think it was smack.
You think it was smack? It was in this really weird container.
It had, like, a yellow warning symbol on it.
So where is it now? I've hid it.
Where? In the container.
Does anyone else know you've got it? Yeah, Steo's watching it.
Got you! What do you want? That's him.
The bag? Look, I don't have it.
She ran off with it somewhere.
Your girlfriend? Where is she? I don't know.
Where is she? Where is she? Your girlfriend? Louder.
I don't know.
We'll see.
Hey! Some more here for you! Where are you taking us? Out of here.
This is a war zone.
I know someone you can contact.
Petropecic.
He is a reservist.
I know that he must be around somewhere.
You mean Commander Petropecic? Yes, Jovan Petropecic.
Tell him I'm Jasni Vaspovic.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
We call him and, if he knows you like you say, then you have no worries.
Now, get on the truck.
No, wait.
No! No men.
Women and children only.
But he's only 12 years old! He goes to the men's camp.
Then I won't go! I won't go! Then you will die! No! Mama, please, get on the truck.
Please.
Get on.
Please don't hurt my boy! Oh, he'll be fine.
Don't worry.
Go! Move the truck! One line! Face forest! One line! Turn around! Face forest! Come on.
Come on.
Come on! COME ON! COME ON! I dunno.
I swear, I dunno.
Last chance.
Please.
Poor little bastard.
Spin again.
To make sure.
No! Veronica! Get away from him! It is empty! What the hell is wrong with you? Car! Why don't you want to know about Luke? Because I know where my son is, all right? Which one is it? That one.
Get into the car.
What's wrong? Just get back into the car.
It's OK.
It's OK.
What happened? What happened to you? Is there anybody here? Get in the car! Get in the car! That crazy cat! That's it.
We are done.
Why? Are you stupid?! The police have the girl and the girl has the stuff! How long before they come looking for YOU? Then deal before the police figure it out.
OK.
Stop the car.
Next time you pull a gun on me, you better use it.
Do you understand me? Yes.
It won't happen again.
Good.
Dump it here.
Let's go.
Go! Come! Quick, quick, quick! This way! This way! Go! Go! You know they want to kill all Muslims.
Yes? I have to find my son.
You will be safe with me, please! Please! I have to find my child! Bio-hazardous material.
Except it wasn't.
It was cleared.
And it makes sure that nobody opens this up to check what's inside.
Except the kid who did.
Yeah.
Well, what was inside it was heroin, 95% pure.
So the raw opium was the source for this, synthesised? The profile of the opiate suggests so.
And where would this be done? Normally anywhere within the Golden Crescent - Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan.
The coalition forces knocked all that out.
But the Taliban still control the harvest.
So the government pushed this industry into other countries.
With such a large profit margin, they could undercut whatever's left of the established trade.
Somebody with a serious drug habit, or this is a courier with samples to show this perfect synthesisation.
Synthesis.
Process.
Yeah? We've found the car.
Hired.
The licence used is a fake, but the picture is real.
Where's the car? It's being towed in.
Can I have a look? I got good blood from under her fingernails.
Sir? Steo is in Grace's office.
Thanks.
OK? Yeah.
OK.
Thanks.
Are we done? Yeah.
Yeah.
Makes me want to kill them, Eve.
What's that? Nothing.
Is she looking after you? Yeah.
Good.
Tell him what you told me.
Er Well, she She stopped them.
The woman you stole the bag from? So she got a gun out and she's pointing it at these two guys? They were really shocked.
One of them shouted, "Veronica.
" Veronica? Yeah.
They heard your car and they ran out.
jewellery.
Yeah.
Come on.
He was wearing like a gold chain with a spider on it.
With a what? A gold chain with a spider.
Yeah.
Which one of them? Come here.
Which one of these guys? Just look at the guys.
That one there.
The bald one.
It is a very big building.
And inside I have a lot of my friends.
Look, everyone.
Look what I have found.
My lost sh-e-e-e-eep! Rado.
Have a look.
Tell me what you think.
You, the clever one.
What's your name? Pera.
Pera.
Pera who? Pera Vaspovic.
Call the commander.
Tell him we found the boy.
You three, come with me.
You stay here.
Where are you taking them? You want to come and find out? No.
Ssh.
Keep it down.
I have a message for Commander Petropecic.
Tell him we've found the boy.
No.
We're still looking for the mother.
Yeah.
Out.
You want to find his mother? Yeah.
Have you seen her? Maybe.
Same colouring, weight and shape.
I found his DNA under her fingernails which puts him at the Vinocari murder - he's our second blood sample on our shawl.
Right, so both these men are involved in the present crime and Vinocari.
I'm convinced this is the man in the CCTV footage.
Right? I went through the footage, and the car accident guy didn't check in.
but I did find Veronica.
She could be working.
Is this coming out or going in? Can you please? This man is a Scorpion.
How have you linked him to the Scorpions? Stevo said that he was wearing this pendant thing round his neck.
That doesn't make him a Scorpion.
He could buy that at Portobello.
Who are they.
A Serb militia Reservists in the Soviet Army, usually, kind of.
Many fought in the Afghanistan war against the mujahedeen.
Now you know what we're up against.
Indeed.
Leaving Steo alive was a mistake.
He gave us so much information.
Yeah, they should have killed him.
Because she stopped them.
Could she be a Scorpion? They don't have women in the Scorpion regiment! Well, why not? Every other military organisation has women.
Whoever the hell she is, they listen to her.
Well, you're not going to argue with a gun in your face, are you? So whatever they were up to before the girl stole the handbag, chances are they still want it to happen.
This looks like the bag that's in my lab.
OK, let's go to the hospital? You don't know which one.
I'm hoping you will do your job and tell me.
Grace.
I'll come straight to the point.
I'm between a rock and a hard place with regards to Boyd, and I don't want the responsibility.
What responsibility? Luke's death.
Oh, my God.
Luke's dead? Yeah, Luke's dead, I I assumed I'm sorry, I Oh, my God.
How? Drugs.
Does Boyd know? Yeah.
I had to tell him.
The mortuary's been on to me several times.
He won't claim him.
It's as if he won't accept it.
I don't know what to do.
No.
Would you like me to deal with it? Oh, yes, please.
OK.
Thank you.
Thank you.
There's the camera.
Hi there, Detective Superintendent Boyd.
All right? I'm going through.
Hi, DC Goodman.
OK, I'm going to go straight up.
You ask around.
All right.
Excuse me.
Yes? DI Jordan.
Do you know this woman? No.
What's she done? If you see her, could you give us a call, please? Sure.
Thank you.
OK.
Hi, excuse me.
Have you seen this woman at all? The lab.
The police are looking for you.
One of them is on the way to the lab.
Spence! Block all the exits! What for? She's leaving the frigging building! What do you think? Stand there where he can see you.
Max! Police! You're under arrest.
Anna! You must go! She's synthesising the raw opium in the hospital? I found traces of opium and heroin in her lab.
My God, she was taking a hell of a risk.
Hello? 'Hi.
' Hi.
Who is this? It's me.
Sit down! Hey.
Come on, man.
What if they charge him with something? Charge him with what? Something from the past.
I want you to help us find a woman you may know as Anna Vaspovic.
Don't move.
You are a liar.
Do you know these men? Why do you ask me? Your daughter is involved with these men.
Boyd.
'If you want the girl alive, you'll swap her.
' I'll phone you.
This is a joke.
It's not a joke.
It is.
And you are the joke, Princess.
Why do you give them coffee? Why not? They're Serbs! We must forgive.
Rado! Rado, you idiot! Cut your throat, Rado! Police! Drop the gun! Drop the gun! If they don't get what they want, would they kill Anna? Definitely.