Silent Witness (1996) s10e02 Episode Script
Cargo (2)
Professor Danbury may want to run some tests on you.
Just so long as I don't have to be locked away in quarantine.
The decontamination was just a precaution.
I'm sure you'll be OK.
We don't know who else might have been exposed.
If anyone goes to hospital with symptoms, they'll be onto it.
What are the symptoms of a VHF, anyway? Well, it varies, but generally speaking it's a bit like flu - fatigue, fever, dizziness.
Until it really kicks in And then? Bleeding under the skin, in internal organs .
.
and just about every orifice you can imagine.
Like the body at the PM? Exactly.
Eventually the patient may go into multi-organ failure and then they die from that or from shock.
Lovely(!) Yeah, not exactly a common cold, is it? Professor Danbury, Nikki Alexander.
Hi.
Hi.
Any symptoms? No, I feel fine.
You carried out the PM? Yep.
Gloves and scrubs, although I wasn't masked.
Did any fluid come into contact with your skin? Not that I noticed.
I checked the PM recording, it all looked fine.
Did you get the PM shots we sent over? They're reviewing them now, but I'm inclined to agree with your diagnosis.
It's a VHF.
We have to find out everything we can about it so that if it does break out, we can deal with it.
We also have to track down any possible carriers.
Dead or alive.
According to the PM, the bodies on that boat were all symptom-free - no internal haemorrhage, no rash No physical signs doesn't mean to say they're clear.
We need to get blood work done.
I've ordered blood and tissue samples to be sent over.
Who else handled the bodies? River police, my technicians.
They all need to be given Ribavarin.
Take this.
I don't think you can have been affected but that will make certain.
What does it do? Ribavarin, it's a reasonably effective prophylaxis for Lassa.
It should offer some protection, as long as it's taken soon after exposure.
So that means I'll be OK? Take that and yes, I'm confident you're in the clear.
SIRENS BLARE All right, Radley? I'm done, guv.
This thing's highly infectious.
You all right about that? Yeah.
Good.
Masks and goggles on at all times.
Keep contact to a minimum.
You're both double-gloved? Yep.
They're different colours so if you get a nick in the top layer, you can see it.
No-one touch the body apart from me.
All right, let's get in and out as fast as we can.
Oh, my God.
Beautiful sight, isn't it? And to think he must have known his killer.
No sign of forced entry.
This is where a blow might have been struck, spatter looks right.
Full rigor's set in, been dead about Same MO as our tattooed bloke in the sewer.
May be Snakeheads again.
I'd say two blows were struck.
Both from the right Both from behind.
The first one over by the sofa, then he staggered over here, almost definitely would have been fatal within a minute.
The second blow that severed the neck was struck here.
There's a laptop here.
Bag it.
He's been doing his washing.
Or destroying evidence? Not all of it.
That's not the same tread as the footprints on the bank.
Those were boots, these are trainers.
Looks like silt, though, consistent with the river bank.
So maybe Pearson didn't just supply the boat.
Maybe he was on it.
Organs look normal.
No sign of any free fluid.
If he is infected he's not as far gone as Nikki's body.
These bruises on the knuckles, how old are they? Couple of days.
Consistent with a fight like the Albanian.
So it could be Pearson and Sasha Preka who had a fight on the boat? Possibly, but our best bet are these wounds on the neck Similar wounds to the dismembered bodies.
Still not convinced it's the Snakeheads? Not yet.
PHONE RINGS 'Radley?' Gov, we've got a sighting on Chazika.
He's heading your way.
'Where is he?' In Brixton High Street.
'What?' Shall we stay on him? 'No, you've got to bring him in.
'He could be infectious.
' He's on the move.
'Get him now.
' Let's go.
He's off.
All units, move in.
'Have you got him?' No.
He's coming out the market.
Yeah.
He's coming your way.
Don't move.
Melusi Chazika, I'm arresting you on suspicion of entering the country illegally.
Listen, I think you've got the wrong person.
My name is John Dexter.
Dexter from Bow.
Don't move.
Stay where you are.
Stand still.
Nina Solnikov, our mystery girl.
Her name's just come up trumps with the Dutch authorities.
Two nights ago a known Russian prostitute, Maria Borzhov, died of an unidentified viral infection in a Rotterdam hospital.
She and several others were being trafficked across Europe, working their passage.
They'd been promised London as their final destination.
Before she died she spoke to doctors and told them that she and Nina had sex with sailors on board a Liberian cargo vessel in dock.
So, there's our source.
How long had the ship been at sea beforehand? Months.
What do you reckon, rats? It's a common reservoir.
There must have been contact with infected mastomys excreta.
The ship's on its way back to Liberia.
Authorities will isolate the crew on arrival.
Maritime have been informed in case they're already dead or dying.
The Dutch authorities are confident they've contained things at their end.
Yep, that's her.
So if Nina didn't pass on the virus to any other survivors on your boat, we could be home and dry.
If.
Have you managed to detect antibodies in the patients' serum? No.
And we've tried using standard antibodies pre-prepared, and ruled out Ebola, Lassa, all the usual suspects.
Marburg, Crimean Congo We've no idea what we're dealing with.
Pearson's done us a favour.
His laptop includes a passenger list for their little boat trip.
Right, let's see what we've got.
Right, Mei Fong, Li Fong, Sasha Preka, Manolo Chota - we know about them.
They're all dead.
The bodies have been recovered.
Not infected? There are no signs on the bodies.
Nina Solnikov.
Presumably our infected girl.
Right? She's dead.
Ying Fong.
Aged six.
Missing.
Melusi Chazika, he's on the list.
Alive and in custody.
You've got him? What's he saying? He's claiming to be a John Dexter.
He's not saying anything.
There are three other names on this list.
Presumably those are the three footprints from the river bank? Yep.
Good.
Right.
The mobile we found at Pearson's is the pay-as-you-go number given to us by Luca Preka, Sasha's brother.
Pearson made a call on it yesterday afternoon to Dr Preka.
So, you still think he's connected? Luca's a very clever man.
He's got the capital to set up an operation like this and he's got something to hide.
Yeah, I still think he could be the organiser and his brother Sasha's on the boat collecting fares.
Radley, you bring the doctor in.
I'm going to talk to our Mr Dexter.
Where are you going? I'm going to see if I can catch up with Ashar.
I want to see Chazika.
He must know something.
About Ying? Yeah.
What have we got? We've analysed the microscopy and although it's similar to Lassa we've found a new mutation, a new variant haemorrhagic fever.
Virally, it's fascinating.
Anything to help us in the field? Ribavarin appears to be effective in halting the disease in its early stages.
The danger is that the incubation period could be as short as two days.
Anything after that and Ribavarin may not be effective.
There's no cure, is there? Not for VHFs.
We have to contain it or we could have an epidemic on our hands.
We don't know for certain that it ever got off the boat.
Hi.
Nikki, what are you doing here? Has he had his medical? He won't agree to take one.
Maybe I can talk him into co-operating.
Why is? Why are you letting this become personal for you? I just want to help.
All right? He's not saying anything.
He still claims to be this John Dexter from Bow.
He won't take the Ribavarin Leo sent over.
He won't even speak to his appointed solicitor.
And because he might be infected, nobody's in a hurry to go in there and talk him round.
How about letting me speak to him? That's not going to happen.
I've been exposed.
I can ask him how many others were on the boat and what happened to them.
I'm sorry, I can't allow that.
Nikki! Tim! What are you doing here? I'm here to represent John Dexter.
Look at you.
You look great.
He must be a very lucky man.
Who? You must be Detective Superintendent Ashar.
Where is he? In here.
You are Mr Dexter's appointed brief? I'll take over from here.
I'd like my client released, immediately.
I'm sure you would, but he's under arrest on suspicion of entering the country illegally.
I understand you have no evidence to connect Mr Dexter to your crashed boat.
Only he's not Mr Dexter, is he? Why else does a fat-cat lawyer like yourself show up to represent an unemployed man from Bow? I want to see my client.
Tim There's a chance he might be infected with a very serious virus.
So I've been told.
But since he was never on that boat, it's not very likely, is it? I'll give you a minute to get organised, shall I? So who is he? He is one of the top human rights lawyers in Africa.
Well, that's it.
Now he's here, Johnny Boy might as well be a mute.
Well, Tim might talk to me.
I've known him a long time.
Worth a try, I suppose.
Just like old times, eh? Come on, we worked well together.
So you're doing well for yourself.
Things are getting better back home.
I've got some clout.
We're working across the continent now too.
There's the office here, of course, and one in New York.
You should come back to Jo'burg you know.
Stella and the twins would love to see you.
I don't know why you left.
Really? There is so much more to do.
There's quite a lot for me to do here too.
This country's old, its time is over.
You don't really think of this as home, surely? Well, I'd better see my client.
Tim, if you go in there you have to be careful.
Nikki, I told the Detective Superintendent my client was not on the boat.
The virus is highly infectious.
At least wear a mask.
And ask him to submit to a medical, and to take that tablet.
I took one and apparently I'll be OK.
I did the PM on the infected girl.
For his own sake, please.
Don't you just wish we could hear what they're saying? In the interests of co-operation, my client has agreed to submit to a medical examination.
Would you please remove your jacket and T-shirt, Mr Dexter.
Manolo! That's normal.
Have you had any nausea, diarrhoea, flu-like symptoms? Looks like you're clear for now.
Mr Dexter, what happened on that boat? No questions Please.
There may be other survivors.
A child.
Anything you can tell us.
Doctor, please.
We've got so much on you.
We've got Pearson's phone, and it shows he called you three hours before we found him.
We've got your fingerprints all over the flat.
On the front door, on a table, on a glass.
So I'm trying to imagine what happened.
You had a nice little drink? And then what? You lost your temper and you balled him out for messing up your operation, the death of your brother, and then what? Got out of hand? Or maybe you just killed him to keep him quiet? I didn't kill anyone.
Well, right now that's the way it looks.
Pearson returned my callfinally, from the mobile I did give you the number of.
Why didn't you tell us? After you'd been so understanding? Like the day I found out about my brother's death? You don't believe him? Why should I? That's twice he's held back information.
We're going over his flat and through his bank accounts.
You don't believe he could have committed a murder like this? Why? Because he's a doctor? Any case, I thought dismemberment was a Snakehead trademark? Maybe they don't have exclusive rights.
Oh, I don't know.
Right.
Do you think I killed him? It's not for me to judge.
Can you open your mouth, please.
But you suspect.
Listen.
You are an intelligent man.
You must see that your refusal to co-operate doesn't help.
You could have told me that Pearson called you yesterday.
I've been living in this country for saving British lives.
But you think I am some uncivilised peasant driven by a bloodlust for revenge.
Like I say, it's not for me to judge.
I went to see Pearson because I wanted to ask him how did my brother die.
I just want to find out the truth.
Yeah.
So do I.
.
.
Got it covered.
Take me back to the rats.
Another fun day? Ashar's taken over the Preka interviews.
He thinks he's got his man.
And? I just don't buy this Albanian thing.
Mmm.
You hungry? Yeah, I'm starving.
That one.
Cut through the bone.
I bet you that or something very similar is the weapon.
That killed our bodies in the sewer, or our skipper? Both.
Oh, Not exactly the Albanian part of town.
I wonder how many of these they sell.
Hardly any.
PHONE RINGS Hello.
Radley here.
Tell the boss Dr Cunningham's got a likely ID on the murder weapon.
In Chinatown.
OK, great.
Where? This is the address of where one of the sewer victim's worked.
Same name as the owner.
Let's see.
Table for two? We need to speak to the owner, Mr Han.
I'm DCI Helen Radley, this is Dr Harry Cunningham.
Are you Mr Jimmy Han? Mr Han we've got two bodies whose DNA matches a Deshi and Kuan Han, the same surname as yours.
These men were murdered.
He's sorry, he doesn't know anyone with that name.
He doesn't sound sorry.
Mr Han.
You have the same name as our victims.
Please, Mr Han cannot help you.
Were they your children? Grandchildren? Were they both Snakeheads? Or just Deshi? Deshi was no Snakehead.
Deshi and Kuan, my grandsons.
Kuan should never have been here.
Why not? I have been here for 30 years.
I've worked hard, built this place.
But I had enough money to bring one grandchild from China.
And you chose Deshi? I paid the Snakeheads to bring Deshi over two years ago.
It was the only way.
Then when he arrived, he began mixing with them, but he wasn't one of them.
But he wore their tattoo.
He was just stupid.
What about Kuan? I told Deshi we didn't have the money.
But he did the deal.
He told the Snakeheads to bring Kuan over, said they would pay the fee when he was here.
But he didn't have the money.
There was an accident.
The Snakeheads lost passengers, lost money.
The night Kuan arrived, Deshi left here, said he was going to confront them, face them down.
And they killed both of them.
He came all this way.
I didn't even see him before Mr Han, who was it that Deshi did his deal with? I don't know.
THEY SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE As discussed with your lawyer, I'm going to show you some photographs.
I'd like you to look at them carefully and tell me if you know any of them.
OK? Do you recognise this man? My client reserves his right to silence.
Do you recognise him now? Do you recognise any of these people? My client reserves his right to silence.
KNOCK ON DOOR Yeah.
Interview terminated at 14.
13.
Let's take a break.
Nikkilook, I'm sorry about all this.
It's It's difficult.
Look, you know and I know that that man in there is not John Dexter or whatever name he's come up with.
It's Melusi Chazika.
You know I can't He might know what happened to a six-year-old girl who could still be alive.
Let me talk to him.
You know that's not the way it works! Excuse me.
I'm his lawyer, Nikki, and the only ethically correct course is to advise him not to say anything.
It'll just be me, not a lawyer or the police.
I won't tell them.
Don't be naive, Nikki.
If the man in there were Melusi Chazika, do you know what that would mean? Tim, I only want to find this little girl.
Who is probably dead.
But who might not be.
Just let me talk to him.
Please, Tim.
What if it was your wife or one of the twins who was missing? Ashar said it was OK.
My name is Nikki Alexander.
I'm trying to find out about a boat accident that happened recently.
Specifically, about a six-year-old girl who was on that boat.
Can you tell me anything about it? I'm not saying that you were on that boat.
Maybe you've heard something about what happened from someone else? This is all completely off the record.
Ask Tim.
Nobody's listening apart from me.
HE CHUCKLES Nobody's listening? No.
This isn't Cote d'Ivoire, it's Britain.
Great Britain.
Where the Government monitors the pin numbers you use to do your shopping and looks down on you from satellites with cameras that can read a newspaper over your shoulders.
Mr Chazika Mr Dexter.
All right, Mr Dexter.
I'm sorry.
I know you have to be careful.
I know what happens in Africa.
I've seen the scars on your back.
With the greatest of respect, you know nothing about Africa, or me, or what may or may not have happened to me.
I am half South African.
Hasn't Tim told you? I worked there.
Oh, you worked there.
Wellyou should be au fait with the predicament of African people and naturally you expect me to trust you, just like that.
Nikki May I call you Nikki? Of course.
Have you ever witnessed a mother and child being disembowelled for living in the wrong village? Have you had any friends executed for being spies? Do you know of any girls trafficked from Nigeria to Cote d'Ivoire as sex slaves little more than children? You see, in those circumstances, it is not easy to trust.
In Jo'burg Nikki worked with me in some situations You're right.
I don't know anything about those things.
But I do know about another little girl, just as innocent as the ones you're talking about.
She was being smuggled too - across the world, in crates, in the back of vans, huddled under wet tarpaulin, cold, scared, not knowing why this was happening, just like those Nigerian girls.
But unlike them, she might just be saved.
If someone would tell me what happened on that boat.
You know what, Mr Dexter, I don't care who you are.
You could be Pol Pot or Nelson Mandela and I wouldn't tell anyone.
I care about this girl.
She is six years old.
Chinese, dark hair But I don't have to describe her to you, do I? You know what she looks like better than I do.
You've met her.
You've smiled at her.
You're picturing her now, aren't you? I can see it in your eyes.
You could help save her.
Nikki! I thought you said nobody was listening? I had no idea he was there.
Tell me quickly! Excuse me.
What is going on? Please.
My name is John Dexter.
Have you any idea what you have just done? I know can tell he knows something about Ying! I don't give a toss.
The other day you gave me a hard time about being tough with illegals and now you are ignoring their basic rights in custody! His brief gave me permission! I bloody didn't! If this ever comes to court, his defence will have a frigging field day.
An unauthorised interview by a pathologist! I'm sorry, Ashar, but he knows something.
It's in his eyes! He remembers her alive.
PHONE RINGS He knows she could still be alive.
What? Oh, that's just great(!) She did know something.
I should have pulled her in.
Who? An? Who else? We need to find her.
Tell Radley I'm on scene.
Right-oh.
Make sure you destroy all the clothing.
Keep the body sealed in the bag till you get to the mortuary, OK? Double-gloved at all times.
OK.
I've got your name, I've got your details.
Can we move the queue over here, please? Guv, I've got the personnel records.
We're doing a head count on the staff.
Let me see.
What happened? He was found collapsed in his office.
He'd been complaining of fever and coughing.
Coughing? Leo, what have we got? What are we saying? Someone else on the boat must have been infected? Who gave it to Orhan, who passed it on to God knows who else! Guess what? One no-show.
An? Her name's An Hoi.
Have you got an address? Mr Orhan didn't keep the most scrupulous records.
Someone will know.
Obviously, whoever gave it to Orhan must had it before, so the illness will be that much more advanced.
So we'd better stop wasting time.
You all know An.
An Hoi.
Now, does anybody know where she lives? It's very important we find her.
Does anyone know her address? An.
An Hoi.
Does anyone have an address for her? Does anybody have her address? Fantastic.
Radley give me a pen.
KNOCK ON DOOR SIRENS BLARE Which flat? She just knew the name of the block.
Try them all.
All right, let's move quickly! Oi! Oi! Nothing! Try that one.
Police.
We're looking for a Chinese girl.
She lives round the block.
Ashar, round the front! Come here! Open up! Police! Police - open up! No-one there.
Try the next one.
Police - open up! Open up! Police - open up! In here! An Hoi? Police.
My name is DSI Ashar.
She's got a rash.
Has anyone visited you recently? Get the paramedics! Whose this? Friend, relative, boyfriend? Is he here in this country? Chung, my brother.
Where is he? An, it is very important we find him.
Do you know if he's ill? I don't know.
If your brother is sick and you don't help us to find him, he's going to die.
Nikki I don't care how you came to this country, but if we don't find him, more and more people are likely to die.
You have to tell us where he is! The Snakeheads have him.
We need a name.
Chung's friend, Zhu.
He told me Snakeheads want money or they they will kill him.
This Zhu, do you have an address for him? We really need to get her to hospital now.
Address, please! Excuse me, one, two, three.
An, did Chung ever mention a little girl called Ying? No.
Are you sure? Nikki, leave her now! One, two, three Don't look at me like that.
I'm not looking at you.
All right.
Don't not look at me like that.
She's so ill she probably didn't notice anyone shouting in her face.
Oh, stop it! I don't know why it happened.
Now you hate me.
Never that.
Do you think Ying's dead? It's likely.
You know that.
I know.
I know.
I suppose I feel that life has ganged up on this little girl and And she needs someone in her corner? Yeah.
I've done the PM on our Mr Orhan.
The liver was haemorrhagic, consistent with the signs in the body of Nina Solnikov.
So Nina gave it to Chung, who gave it to An and Orhan? Looks that way.
An was lucky that we got to her fast.
And Chung's on borrowed time.
He's being held by the Snakeheads.
Somewhere in Chinatown.
We have got to find Zhu Yonghi.
If we don't come up with some ideas, there is nothing more we can do.
Excuse me.
Remember me? I'd like to see Mr Han, please.
SHE SPEAKS CHINESE What do you want? It's just routine.
I just want to know where to send the remains.
The what? The remains of your grandchildren.
You're the only next of kin we can trace.
How dare you! I know most Chinese funerals are held with open caskets, but I wouldn't recommend it, as I don't think Deshi's head is going to be found and that wouldn't look too good.
How dare you speak to me like this! Have you no respect? Yes, I do, Mr Han! I don't think you do.
What? Your grandchildren have been chopped into bits and chucked in a drain and you don't want to help us find out who did it, and you know who did it.
Please, don't ask me this! I know about this code of silence.
But when you are protecting the murderers of your grandsons .
.
I don't see the honour in it.
All I need is a name.
I told you before - I have a family.
There is a young man out there somewhere, locked up.
His name is Chung Hoi.
He's going to be butchered alive by these same people and somewhere there's going to be another grieving grandfather wishing that somebody could have done something to stop it, and YOU can stop it.
Thank you.
Armed Police! Stay where you are! Don't move! Stay where you are! Drop it now! Drop the weapon.
MUFFLED SHOUTING Drop the weapon! Through there, through there.
He's infected.
It's OK.
It's OK, it's OK now.
You have to concentrate.
Do you remember a little girl? HE SPEAKS CHINESE What did he say? Yes, he saw her.
Ashar! He's in and out of consciousness.
But he says he remembers a little girl.
He saw her go under the water.
He didn't see her come back up.
Radley.
If you don't charge Mr Dexter with a crime, I want him released.
Do you know, it's my birthday today.
Happy birthday.
I'm deciding whether or not to charge your client with entering the country illegally.
Well, that would be regrettable.
If I let him go Yes? I know who to call.
You'll need her number.
All right.
Your client is free to go.
Take him home, Mr Kallis.
And make sure you say goodbye to Nikki before you leave.
Nikki, it's Tim.
Everyone that came into contact with the infection is being monitored.
We'll stay on the alert, but I'm fairly confident the outbreak's been contained.
Everyone except Ying Fong.
Well, assuming she's dead, her body will decay in water and the virus will die with it.
I'm sure Nikki'll be delighted to hear that.
Cheers.
Cheers.
I'm being released.
Well, the suspect has emerged.
And my patients will be glad to hear it.
You should have told me Pearson called you.
Yeah, and you should have let me.
Somebody here was right about Snakeheads.
Well, yes.
Why don't you lead the interview? I know nothing about it.
I didn't kill anyone.
I know.
You see, I know a bit about Snakeheads.
I know that you're just the debt collector, just a message boy.
No, it's your boss who would actually have killed them.
That would be his privilege.
Sure, you were in the room, but you didn't kill them.
Don't know what you're talking about.
We've got you for kidnapping and extortion.
If you give us your boss, we'll see what we can do about accessory to murder.
You think it's that easy? Why not? Why were Deshi and Kuan killed? They tried to rip us off.
They were stupid.
They knew the penalty.
We all do.
So they were murdered for not paying their fare? We trusted them and they betrayed that.
That is how things are done.
We show each other respect and loyalty.
Otherwise So what about Chung? He was willing to pay, wasn't he? Things change.
We lost money.
We had to call in debts.
That is business.
Congratulations on your release, Mr Dexter.
Listen to what he has to say.
We found one of your brother's fellow passengers.
Chung Hoi.
He's told us what happened.
I thought you'd like to know.
Please.
Let's get back to the boat crash.
So, you went over in advance? I went over a day before to check that everything was ready.
You posed as one of the passengers.
Look, I was on the boat.
We both were, Manolo and I.
We flew up to Orly with false passports and it was in Paris that we met a man who told us that the Snakeheads could get us across the Channel.
We were to meet a boat skippered by a man named Pearson.
Your brother and Chung met the others at a meeting place in France.
There were ten of them waiting on the beach for Pearson.
But only nine of them were cargo.
Although they didn't know it, the tenth, Zhu Yonghi, was a Snakehead strong arm.
He'd been sent to keep an eye on things.
No need for them to know who I am.
And what happened then? Nothing went smoothly.
When I arrived, I was very angry because I found one of the cargo was a child.
Not good business to bring children.
You can't be sure they'll be quiet when you need them to.
But the run still went ahead.
Pearson hadn't made the trip before.
He was expecting a routine run, and things appeared to go smoothly at first, until one of the women became violently ill.
I think her name was Nina.
Anyway, she suddenly went crazy but no-one understood Russian.
But when we tried to help, she started lashing out.
There was so much confusion.
One of the other women, I think the mother of the child, went overboard.
SHE SCREAMS They never stopped for her.
Well, Sasha did what he could.
He tried to get Pearson to go back, but .
.
somebody attacked him with a knife.
Zhu Yonghi, probably.
He nearly killed us all.
If I'd have been quicker, no-one else needed to die.
He didn't know how to fight.
Sasha did his best.
But in the confusion, Pearson lost control of the boat.
It went over I heard people calling out, screaming in the dark.
I started to swim, then I heard Manolo.
AhManolo.
I heard Manolo shouting.
He was splashing around and holding onto the little girl.
Manolo couldn't swim well.
So I would have to take her.
He handed her over to me and then he was gone.
The current was so strong.
It was all I could do to keep her head above water.
I thought we were going to die, but that little girl, she she held on to me.
It was like she knew, you know, thatI was going to save her.
How long were you in the water? I don't know.
It seemed like a long time.
But we held on, you know, somehow.
In the end I was dragged over to the shore.
I just threw the girl up onto the bank.
I tried to climb up after her but the current pulled me back in.
We made it to shore.
Chung went to find his sister.
Kuan and I came to Soho.
You know the rest.
Sasha, it seems, ended up in the main current and was carried away.
He wouldn't have stood a chance.
Thank you.
I'm so sorry.
I know.
Thank you.
Can you remember anything about where you pushed her out of the river? There were lights, bright lights.
You have to understand, it was all a blur.
There's a refinery.
It's here.
We think that's where he put her ashore.
Thank you.
Nikki.
You understand why we did what we did? This is the refinery that he mentioned.
Way outside of our original search radius.
But we weren't to know that there was a strong swimmer keeping her on the surface.
You know, I never thought that Chazika would talk.
Now I come to think of it, I never gave Tim my mobile number.
You don't happen to know anything about that? I don't know what you're talking about.
Ashar! Ashar! Ying.
Ying! There we are.
Ying? Oh, come on, darling!
Just so long as I don't have to be locked away in quarantine.
The decontamination was just a precaution.
I'm sure you'll be OK.
We don't know who else might have been exposed.
If anyone goes to hospital with symptoms, they'll be onto it.
What are the symptoms of a VHF, anyway? Well, it varies, but generally speaking it's a bit like flu - fatigue, fever, dizziness.
Until it really kicks in And then? Bleeding under the skin, in internal organs .
.
and just about every orifice you can imagine.
Like the body at the PM? Exactly.
Eventually the patient may go into multi-organ failure and then they die from that or from shock.
Lovely(!) Yeah, not exactly a common cold, is it? Professor Danbury, Nikki Alexander.
Hi.
Hi.
Any symptoms? No, I feel fine.
You carried out the PM? Yep.
Gloves and scrubs, although I wasn't masked.
Did any fluid come into contact with your skin? Not that I noticed.
I checked the PM recording, it all looked fine.
Did you get the PM shots we sent over? They're reviewing them now, but I'm inclined to agree with your diagnosis.
It's a VHF.
We have to find out everything we can about it so that if it does break out, we can deal with it.
We also have to track down any possible carriers.
Dead or alive.
According to the PM, the bodies on that boat were all symptom-free - no internal haemorrhage, no rash No physical signs doesn't mean to say they're clear.
We need to get blood work done.
I've ordered blood and tissue samples to be sent over.
Who else handled the bodies? River police, my technicians.
They all need to be given Ribavarin.
Take this.
I don't think you can have been affected but that will make certain.
What does it do? Ribavarin, it's a reasonably effective prophylaxis for Lassa.
It should offer some protection, as long as it's taken soon after exposure.
So that means I'll be OK? Take that and yes, I'm confident you're in the clear.
SIRENS BLARE All right, Radley? I'm done, guv.
This thing's highly infectious.
You all right about that? Yeah.
Good.
Masks and goggles on at all times.
Keep contact to a minimum.
You're both double-gloved? Yep.
They're different colours so if you get a nick in the top layer, you can see it.
No-one touch the body apart from me.
All right, let's get in and out as fast as we can.
Oh, my God.
Beautiful sight, isn't it? And to think he must have known his killer.
No sign of forced entry.
This is where a blow might have been struck, spatter looks right.
Full rigor's set in, been dead about Same MO as our tattooed bloke in the sewer.
May be Snakeheads again.
I'd say two blows were struck.
Both from the right Both from behind.
The first one over by the sofa, then he staggered over here, almost definitely would have been fatal within a minute.
The second blow that severed the neck was struck here.
There's a laptop here.
Bag it.
He's been doing his washing.
Or destroying evidence? Not all of it.
That's not the same tread as the footprints on the bank.
Those were boots, these are trainers.
Looks like silt, though, consistent with the river bank.
So maybe Pearson didn't just supply the boat.
Maybe he was on it.
Organs look normal.
No sign of any free fluid.
If he is infected he's not as far gone as Nikki's body.
These bruises on the knuckles, how old are they? Couple of days.
Consistent with a fight like the Albanian.
So it could be Pearson and Sasha Preka who had a fight on the boat? Possibly, but our best bet are these wounds on the neck Similar wounds to the dismembered bodies.
Still not convinced it's the Snakeheads? Not yet.
PHONE RINGS 'Radley?' Gov, we've got a sighting on Chazika.
He's heading your way.
'Where is he?' In Brixton High Street.
'What?' Shall we stay on him? 'No, you've got to bring him in.
'He could be infectious.
' He's on the move.
'Get him now.
' Let's go.
He's off.
All units, move in.
'Have you got him?' No.
He's coming out the market.
Yeah.
He's coming your way.
Don't move.
Melusi Chazika, I'm arresting you on suspicion of entering the country illegally.
Listen, I think you've got the wrong person.
My name is John Dexter.
Dexter from Bow.
Don't move.
Stay where you are.
Stand still.
Nina Solnikov, our mystery girl.
Her name's just come up trumps with the Dutch authorities.
Two nights ago a known Russian prostitute, Maria Borzhov, died of an unidentified viral infection in a Rotterdam hospital.
She and several others were being trafficked across Europe, working their passage.
They'd been promised London as their final destination.
Before she died she spoke to doctors and told them that she and Nina had sex with sailors on board a Liberian cargo vessel in dock.
So, there's our source.
How long had the ship been at sea beforehand? Months.
What do you reckon, rats? It's a common reservoir.
There must have been contact with infected mastomys excreta.
The ship's on its way back to Liberia.
Authorities will isolate the crew on arrival.
Maritime have been informed in case they're already dead or dying.
The Dutch authorities are confident they've contained things at their end.
Yep, that's her.
So if Nina didn't pass on the virus to any other survivors on your boat, we could be home and dry.
If.
Have you managed to detect antibodies in the patients' serum? No.
And we've tried using standard antibodies pre-prepared, and ruled out Ebola, Lassa, all the usual suspects.
Marburg, Crimean Congo We've no idea what we're dealing with.
Pearson's done us a favour.
His laptop includes a passenger list for their little boat trip.
Right, let's see what we've got.
Right, Mei Fong, Li Fong, Sasha Preka, Manolo Chota - we know about them.
They're all dead.
The bodies have been recovered.
Not infected? There are no signs on the bodies.
Nina Solnikov.
Presumably our infected girl.
Right? She's dead.
Ying Fong.
Aged six.
Missing.
Melusi Chazika, he's on the list.
Alive and in custody.
You've got him? What's he saying? He's claiming to be a John Dexter.
He's not saying anything.
There are three other names on this list.
Presumably those are the three footprints from the river bank? Yep.
Good.
Right.
The mobile we found at Pearson's is the pay-as-you-go number given to us by Luca Preka, Sasha's brother.
Pearson made a call on it yesterday afternoon to Dr Preka.
So, you still think he's connected? Luca's a very clever man.
He's got the capital to set up an operation like this and he's got something to hide.
Yeah, I still think he could be the organiser and his brother Sasha's on the boat collecting fares.
Radley, you bring the doctor in.
I'm going to talk to our Mr Dexter.
Where are you going? I'm going to see if I can catch up with Ashar.
I want to see Chazika.
He must know something.
About Ying? Yeah.
What have we got? We've analysed the microscopy and although it's similar to Lassa we've found a new mutation, a new variant haemorrhagic fever.
Virally, it's fascinating.
Anything to help us in the field? Ribavarin appears to be effective in halting the disease in its early stages.
The danger is that the incubation period could be as short as two days.
Anything after that and Ribavarin may not be effective.
There's no cure, is there? Not for VHFs.
We have to contain it or we could have an epidemic on our hands.
We don't know for certain that it ever got off the boat.
Hi.
Nikki, what are you doing here? Has he had his medical? He won't agree to take one.
Maybe I can talk him into co-operating.
Why is? Why are you letting this become personal for you? I just want to help.
All right? He's not saying anything.
He still claims to be this John Dexter from Bow.
He won't take the Ribavarin Leo sent over.
He won't even speak to his appointed solicitor.
And because he might be infected, nobody's in a hurry to go in there and talk him round.
How about letting me speak to him? That's not going to happen.
I've been exposed.
I can ask him how many others were on the boat and what happened to them.
I'm sorry, I can't allow that.
Nikki! Tim! What are you doing here? I'm here to represent John Dexter.
Look at you.
You look great.
He must be a very lucky man.
Who? You must be Detective Superintendent Ashar.
Where is he? In here.
You are Mr Dexter's appointed brief? I'll take over from here.
I'd like my client released, immediately.
I'm sure you would, but he's under arrest on suspicion of entering the country illegally.
I understand you have no evidence to connect Mr Dexter to your crashed boat.
Only he's not Mr Dexter, is he? Why else does a fat-cat lawyer like yourself show up to represent an unemployed man from Bow? I want to see my client.
Tim There's a chance he might be infected with a very serious virus.
So I've been told.
But since he was never on that boat, it's not very likely, is it? I'll give you a minute to get organised, shall I? So who is he? He is one of the top human rights lawyers in Africa.
Well, that's it.
Now he's here, Johnny Boy might as well be a mute.
Well, Tim might talk to me.
I've known him a long time.
Worth a try, I suppose.
Just like old times, eh? Come on, we worked well together.
So you're doing well for yourself.
Things are getting better back home.
I've got some clout.
We're working across the continent now too.
There's the office here, of course, and one in New York.
You should come back to Jo'burg you know.
Stella and the twins would love to see you.
I don't know why you left.
Really? There is so much more to do.
There's quite a lot for me to do here too.
This country's old, its time is over.
You don't really think of this as home, surely? Well, I'd better see my client.
Tim, if you go in there you have to be careful.
Nikki, I told the Detective Superintendent my client was not on the boat.
The virus is highly infectious.
At least wear a mask.
And ask him to submit to a medical, and to take that tablet.
I took one and apparently I'll be OK.
I did the PM on the infected girl.
For his own sake, please.
Don't you just wish we could hear what they're saying? In the interests of co-operation, my client has agreed to submit to a medical examination.
Would you please remove your jacket and T-shirt, Mr Dexter.
Manolo! That's normal.
Have you had any nausea, diarrhoea, flu-like symptoms? Looks like you're clear for now.
Mr Dexter, what happened on that boat? No questions Please.
There may be other survivors.
A child.
Anything you can tell us.
Doctor, please.
We've got so much on you.
We've got Pearson's phone, and it shows he called you three hours before we found him.
We've got your fingerprints all over the flat.
On the front door, on a table, on a glass.
So I'm trying to imagine what happened.
You had a nice little drink? And then what? You lost your temper and you balled him out for messing up your operation, the death of your brother, and then what? Got out of hand? Or maybe you just killed him to keep him quiet? I didn't kill anyone.
Well, right now that's the way it looks.
Pearson returned my callfinally, from the mobile I did give you the number of.
Why didn't you tell us? After you'd been so understanding? Like the day I found out about my brother's death? You don't believe him? Why should I? That's twice he's held back information.
We're going over his flat and through his bank accounts.
You don't believe he could have committed a murder like this? Why? Because he's a doctor? Any case, I thought dismemberment was a Snakehead trademark? Maybe they don't have exclusive rights.
Oh, I don't know.
Right.
Do you think I killed him? It's not for me to judge.
Can you open your mouth, please.
But you suspect.
Listen.
You are an intelligent man.
You must see that your refusal to co-operate doesn't help.
You could have told me that Pearson called you yesterday.
I've been living in this country for saving British lives.
But you think I am some uncivilised peasant driven by a bloodlust for revenge.
Like I say, it's not for me to judge.
I went to see Pearson because I wanted to ask him how did my brother die.
I just want to find out the truth.
Yeah.
So do I.
.
.
Got it covered.
Take me back to the rats.
Another fun day? Ashar's taken over the Preka interviews.
He thinks he's got his man.
And? I just don't buy this Albanian thing.
Mmm.
You hungry? Yeah, I'm starving.
That one.
Cut through the bone.
I bet you that or something very similar is the weapon.
That killed our bodies in the sewer, or our skipper? Both.
Oh, Not exactly the Albanian part of town.
I wonder how many of these they sell.
Hardly any.
PHONE RINGS Hello.
Radley here.
Tell the boss Dr Cunningham's got a likely ID on the murder weapon.
In Chinatown.
OK, great.
Where? This is the address of where one of the sewer victim's worked.
Same name as the owner.
Let's see.
Table for two? We need to speak to the owner, Mr Han.
I'm DCI Helen Radley, this is Dr Harry Cunningham.
Are you Mr Jimmy Han? Mr Han we've got two bodies whose DNA matches a Deshi and Kuan Han, the same surname as yours.
These men were murdered.
He's sorry, he doesn't know anyone with that name.
He doesn't sound sorry.
Mr Han.
You have the same name as our victims.
Please, Mr Han cannot help you.
Were they your children? Grandchildren? Were they both Snakeheads? Or just Deshi? Deshi was no Snakehead.
Deshi and Kuan, my grandsons.
Kuan should never have been here.
Why not? I have been here for 30 years.
I've worked hard, built this place.
But I had enough money to bring one grandchild from China.
And you chose Deshi? I paid the Snakeheads to bring Deshi over two years ago.
It was the only way.
Then when he arrived, he began mixing with them, but he wasn't one of them.
But he wore their tattoo.
He was just stupid.
What about Kuan? I told Deshi we didn't have the money.
But he did the deal.
He told the Snakeheads to bring Kuan over, said they would pay the fee when he was here.
But he didn't have the money.
There was an accident.
The Snakeheads lost passengers, lost money.
The night Kuan arrived, Deshi left here, said he was going to confront them, face them down.
And they killed both of them.
He came all this way.
I didn't even see him before Mr Han, who was it that Deshi did his deal with? I don't know.
THEY SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE As discussed with your lawyer, I'm going to show you some photographs.
I'd like you to look at them carefully and tell me if you know any of them.
OK? Do you recognise this man? My client reserves his right to silence.
Do you recognise him now? Do you recognise any of these people? My client reserves his right to silence.
KNOCK ON DOOR Yeah.
Interview terminated at 14.
13.
Let's take a break.
Nikkilook, I'm sorry about all this.
It's It's difficult.
Look, you know and I know that that man in there is not John Dexter or whatever name he's come up with.
It's Melusi Chazika.
You know I can't He might know what happened to a six-year-old girl who could still be alive.
Let me talk to him.
You know that's not the way it works! Excuse me.
I'm his lawyer, Nikki, and the only ethically correct course is to advise him not to say anything.
It'll just be me, not a lawyer or the police.
I won't tell them.
Don't be naive, Nikki.
If the man in there were Melusi Chazika, do you know what that would mean? Tim, I only want to find this little girl.
Who is probably dead.
But who might not be.
Just let me talk to him.
Please, Tim.
What if it was your wife or one of the twins who was missing? Ashar said it was OK.
My name is Nikki Alexander.
I'm trying to find out about a boat accident that happened recently.
Specifically, about a six-year-old girl who was on that boat.
Can you tell me anything about it? I'm not saying that you were on that boat.
Maybe you've heard something about what happened from someone else? This is all completely off the record.
Ask Tim.
Nobody's listening apart from me.
HE CHUCKLES Nobody's listening? No.
This isn't Cote d'Ivoire, it's Britain.
Great Britain.
Where the Government monitors the pin numbers you use to do your shopping and looks down on you from satellites with cameras that can read a newspaper over your shoulders.
Mr Chazika Mr Dexter.
All right, Mr Dexter.
I'm sorry.
I know you have to be careful.
I know what happens in Africa.
I've seen the scars on your back.
With the greatest of respect, you know nothing about Africa, or me, or what may or may not have happened to me.
I am half South African.
Hasn't Tim told you? I worked there.
Oh, you worked there.
Wellyou should be au fait with the predicament of African people and naturally you expect me to trust you, just like that.
Nikki May I call you Nikki? Of course.
Have you ever witnessed a mother and child being disembowelled for living in the wrong village? Have you had any friends executed for being spies? Do you know of any girls trafficked from Nigeria to Cote d'Ivoire as sex slaves little more than children? You see, in those circumstances, it is not easy to trust.
In Jo'burg Nikki worked with me in some situations You're right.
I don't know anything about those things.
But I do know about another little girl, just as innocent as the ones you're talking about.
She was being smuggled too - across the world, in crates, in the back of vans, huddled under wet tarpaulin, cold, scared, not knowing why this was happening, just like those Nigerian girls.
But unlike them, she might just be saved.
If someone would tell me what happened on that boat.
You know what, Mr Dexter, I don't care who you are.
You could be Pol Pot or Nelson Mandela and I wouldn't tell anyone.
I care about this girl.
She is six years old.
Chinese, dark hair But I don't have to describe her to you, do I? You know what she looks like better than I do.
You've met her.
You've smiled at her.
You're picturing her now, aren't you? I can see it in your eyes.
You could help save her.
Nikki! I thought you said nobody was listening? I had no idea he was there.
Tell me quickly! Excuse me.
What is going on? Please.
My name is John Dexter.
Have you any idea what you have just done? I know can tell he knows something about Ying! I don't give a toss.
The other day you gave me a hard time about being tough with illegals and now you are ignoring their basic rights in custody! His brief gave me permission! I bloody didn't! If this ever comes to court, his defence will have a frigging field day.
An unauthorised interview by a pathologist! I'm sorry, Ashar, but he knows something.
It's in his eyes! He remembers her alive.
PHONE RINGS He knows she could still be alive.
What? Oh, that's just great(!) She did know something.
I should have pulled her in.
Who? An? Who else? We need to find her.
Tell Radley I'm on scene.
Right-oh.
Make sure you destroy all the clothing.
Keep the body sealed in the bag till you get to the mortuary, OK? Double-gloved at all times.
OK.
I've got your name, I've got your details.
Can we move the queue over here, please? Guv, I've got the personnel records.
We're doing a head count on the staff.
Let me see.
What happened? He was found collapsed in his office.
He'd been complaining of fever and coughing.
Coughing? Leo, what have we got? What are we saying? Someone else on the boat must have been infected? Who gave it to Orhan, who passed it on to God knows who else! Guess what? One no-show.
An? Her name's An Hoi.
Have you got an address? Mr Orhan didn't keep the most scrupulous records.
Someone will know.
Obviously, whoever gave it to Orhan must had it before, so the illness will be that much more advanced.
So we'd better stop wasting time.
You all know An.
An Hoi.
Now, does anybody know where she lives? It's very important we find her.
Does anyone know her address? An.
An Hoi.
Does anyone have an address for her? Does anybody have her address? Fantastic.
Radley give me a pen.
KNOCK ON DOOR SIRENS BLARE Which flat? She just knew the name of the block.
Try them all.
All right, let's move quickly! Oi! Oi! Nothing! Try that one.
Police.
We're looking for a Chinese girl.
She lives round the block.
Ashar, round the front! Come here! Open up! Police! Police - open up! No-one there.
Try the next one.
Police - open up! Open up! Police - open up! In here! An Hoi? Police.
My name is DSI Ashar.
She's got a rash.
Has anyone visited you recently? Get the paramedics! Whose this? Friend, relative, boyfriend? Is he here in this country? Chung, my brother.
Where is he? An, it is very important we find him.
Do you know if he's ill? I don't know.
If your brother is sick and you don't help us to find him, he's going to die.
Nikki I don't care how you came to this country, but if we don't find him, more and more people are likely to die.
You have to tell us where he is! The Snakeheads have him.
We need a name.
Chung's friend, Zhu.
He told me Snakeheads want money or they they will kill him.
This Zhu, do you have an address for him? We really need to get her to hospital now.
Address, please! Excuse me, one, two, three.
An, did Chung ever mention a little girl called Ying? No.
Are you sure? Nikki, leave her now! One, two, three Don't look at me like that.
I'm not looking at you.
All right.
Don't not look at me like that.
She's so ill she probably didn't notice anyone shouting in her face.
Oh, stop it! I don't know why it happened.
Now you hate me.
Never that.
Do you think Ying's dead? It's likely.
You know that.
I know.
I know.
I suppose I feel that life has ganged up on this little girl and And she needs someone in her corner? Yeah.
I've done the PM on our Mr Orhan.
The liver was haemorrhagic, consistent with the signs in the body of Nina Solnikov.
So Nina gave it to Chung, who gave it to An and Orhan? Looks that way.
An was lucky that we got to her fast.
And Chung's on borrowed time.
He's being held by the Snakeheads.
Somewhere in Chinatown.
We have got to find Zhu Yonghi.
If we don't come up with some ideas, there is nothing more we can do.
Excuse me.
Remember me? I'd like to see Mr Han, please.
SHE SPEAKS CHINESE What do you want? It's just routine.
I just want to know where to send the remains.
The what? The remains of your grandchildren.
You're the only next of kin we can trace.
How dare you! I know most Chinese funerals are held with open caskets, but I wouldn't recommend it, as I don't think Deshi's head is going to be found and that wouldn't look too good.
How dare you speak to me like this! Have you no respect? Yes, I do, Mr Han! I don't think you do.
What? Your grandchildren have been chopped into bits and chucked in a drain and you don't want to help us find out who did it, and you know who did it.
Please, don't ask me this! I know about this code of silence.
But when you are protecting the murderers of your grandsons .
.
I don't see the honour in it.
All I need is a name.
I told you before - I have a family.
There is a young man out there somewhere, locked up.
His name is Chung Hoi.
He's going to be butchered alive by these same people and somewhere there's going to be another grieving grandfather wishing that somebody could have done something to stop it, and YOU can stop it.
Thank you.
Armed Police! Stay where you are! Don't move! Stay where you are! Drop it now! Drop the weapon.
MUFFLED SHOUTING Drop the weapon! Through there, through there.
He's infected.
It's OK.
It's OK, it's OK now.
You have to concentrate.
Do you remember a little girl? HE SPEAKS CHINESE What did he say? Yes, he saw her.
Ashar! He's in and out of consciousness.
But he says he remembers a little girl.
He saw her go under the water.
He didn't see her come back up.
Radley.
If you don't charge Mr Dexter with a crime, I want him released.
Do you know, it's my birthday today.
Happy birthday.
I'm deciding whether or not to charge your client with entering the country illegally.
Well, that would be regrettable.
If I let him go Yes? I know who to call.
You'll need her number.
All right.
Your client is free to go.
Take him home, Mr Kallis.
And make sure you say goodbye to Nikki before you leave.
Nikki, it's Tim.
Everyone that came into contact with the infection is being monitored.
We'll stay on the alert, but I'm fairly confident the outbreak's been contained.
Everyone except Ying Fong.
Well, assuming she's dead, her body will decay in water and the virus will die with it.
I'm sure Nikki'll be delighted to hear that.
Cheers.
Cheers.
I'm being released.
Well, the suspect has emerged.
And my patients will be glad to hear it.
You should have told me Pearson called you.
Yeah, and you should have let me.
Somebody here was right about Snakeheads.
Well, yes.
Why don't you lead the interview? I know nothing about it.
I didn't kill anyone.
I know.
You see, I know a bit about Snakeheads.
I know that you're just the debt collector, just a message boy.
No, it's your boss who would actually have killed them.
That would be his privilege.
Sure, you were in the room, but you didn't kill them.
Don't know what you're talking about.
We've got you for kidnapping and extortion.
If you give us your boss, we'll see what we can do about accessory to murder.
You think it's that easy? Why not? Why were Deshi and Kuan killed? They tried to rip us off.
They were stupid.
They knew the penalty.
We all do.
So they were murdered for not paying their fare? We trusted them and they betrayed that.
That is how things are done.
We show each other respect and loyalty.
Otherwise So what about Chung? He was willing to pay, wasn't he? Things change.
We lost money.
We had to call in debts.
That is business.
Congratulations on your release, Mr Dexter.
Listen to what he has to say.
We found one of your brother's fellow passengers.
Chung Hoi.
He's told us what happened.
I thought you'd like to know.
Please.
Let's get back to the boat crash.
So, you went over in advance? I went over a day before to check that everything was ready.
You posed as one of the passengers.
Look, I was on the boat.
We both were, Manolo and I.
We flew up to Orly with false passports and it was in Paris that we met a man who told us that the Snakeheads could get us across the Channel.
We were to meet a boat skippered by a man named Pearson.
Your brother and Chung met the others at a meeting place in France.
There were ten of them waiting on the beach for Pearson.
But only nine of them were cargo.
Although they didn't know it, the tenth, Zhu Yonghi, was a Snakehead strong arm.
He'd been sent to keep an eye on things.
No need for them to know who I am.
And what happened then? Nothing went smoothly.
When I arrived, I was very angry because I found one of the cargo was a child.
Not good business to bring children.
You can't be sure they'll be quiet when you need them to.
But the run still went ahead.
Pearson hadn't made the trip before.
He was expecting a routine run, and things appeared to go smoothly at first, until one of the women became violently ill.
I think her name was Nina.
Anyway, she suddenly went crazy but no-one understood Russian.
But when we tried to help, she started lashing out.
There was so much confusion.
One of the other women, I think the mother of the child, went overboard.
SHE SCREAMS They never stopped for her.
Well, Sasha did what he could.
He tried to get Pearson to go back, but .
.
somebody attacked him with a knife.
Zhu Yonghi, probably.
He nearly killed us all.
If I'd have been quicker, no-one else needed to die.
He didn't know how to fight.
Sasha did his best.
But in the confusion, Pearson lost control of the boat.
It went over I heard people calling out, screaming in the dark.
I started to swim, then I heard Manolo.
AhManolo.
I heard Manolo shouting.
He was splashing around and holding onto the little girl.
Manolo couldn't swim well.
So I would have to take her.
He handed her over to me and then he was gone.
The current was so strong.
It was all I could do to keep her head above water.
I thought we were going to die, but that little girl, she she held on to me.
It was like she knew, you know, thatI was going to save her.
How long were you in the water? I don't know.
It seemed like a long time.
But we held on, you know, somehow.
In the end I was dragged over to the shore.
I just threw the girl up onto the bank.
I tried to climb up after her but the current pulled me back in.
We made it to shore.
Chung went to find his sister.
Kuan and I came to Soho.
You know the rest.
Sasha, it seems, ended up in the main current and was carried away.
He wouldn't have stood a chance.
Thank you.
I'm so sorry.
I know.
Thank you.
Can you remember anything about where you pushed her out of the river? There were lights, bright lights.
You have to understand, it was all a blur.
There's a refinery.
It's here.
We think that's where he put her ashore.
Thank you.
Nikki.
You understand why we did what we did? This is the refinery that he mentioned.
Way outside of our original search radius.
But we weren't to know that there was a strong swimmer keeping her on the surface.
You know, I never thought that Chazika would talk.
Now I come to think of it, I never gave Tim my mobile number.
You don't happen to know anything about that? I don't know what you're talking about.
Ashar! Ashar! Ying.
Ying! There we are.
Ying? Oh, come on, darling!