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Legacy.

That's what I've been thinking of lately.

How brutal legacy can be.

How cruelly dismissive.

How it takes one's life in full...

...with all its glory and failure...

...all its love and hate...

...the thrill and mundanity.

The years... enjoyed and endured.

Everything that goes into making a life.

Legacy takes all that and reduces and reduces and reduces...

...and spits out its spiteful conclusion.

Which, in my case, is Brink's-Mat.

That is the epitaph, the obituary...

...of the years I have spent on this earth.

Not one second of my life counts...

...but for the seconds I spent within the orbit of Brink's-Mat.

You will not grant me my freedom today.

I will serve my full sentence.

There'll be no clemency, no mercy.

(dramatic music playing)

And that is because it does not matter who I was before.

It does not matter who I am in here.

It matters only that I am tainted by Brink's-Mat.

That is why in here they cheer me...

...or ask me questions...

...or come to me with their tawdry plots

or say to me, "Well-done, Cooper. You showed 'em."

And I think that is why they're in here...

...because they believe there's victory in infamy.

I wish I thought so, too.

I wish I didn't sit in that cell

thinking of everything I had and how I lost it...

...sending my mind to ever-darker places.

That is why you cannot grant me my freedom

because there is no freedom to grant.

And in that I find a solitary solace,

that it is not just me.

There are many men and women, some in places like this,

many not,

some criminal, some not,

an unlikely alliance

brought together by a cold morning at Heathrow

and three tonnes of gold.

We are a union of ruined souls,

all with our lives cruelly distilled

or trapped, or tainted...

...all nothing but one thing.

We are Brink's-Mat.

That is our past. That is our future.

That... is our legacy.

(keys jingle, lock clanking)

You must be sick of seeing me.

Crossed that bridge a while back.

(door slams, locks)

Plead guilty to the financial charges,

tell me where your money is,

and you won't see me again.

Or what?

Or we'll charge you with the robbery.

(scoffs) What robbery?

You were poor.

Along came the gold, and then you were rich.

It won't be hard to join the dots.

The thing is, mate, (exhales)

I don't think you've got any dots to join.

I've looked after you.

Got you home.

Now look after yourself.

Cop to the money. We'll forget the robbery.

You know, being in here,

it's given me time to think,

make a few calls, and learn more about you.

Whatever got you through the night.

- Some people say you're bent. - Some people are misinformed.

Copper being called bent,

it's like a villain being called a grass.

Doesn't matter if it's true or not.

Being called it leaves you vulnerable.

When you're kipping in your cell tonight,

and I'm kipping in my house,

have a think about... who's vulnerable.

You're right. You've done okay by me.

I may even work my way to missing you...

...when you're gone.

Where would I be going?

All I know is we're not so different.

You'll do everything you can to send me down,

and I'll do everything I can to stop ya.

(suspenseful music playing)

What's that thing that they say about generals?

That they're always fighting the last war.

I wasn't a general, and this is the same war.

Yeah.

Suppose it is.

Don't do it.

I have to.

Plead guilty. Have a life beyond this.

(sighs) I've gotta fight, Mr Boyce.

The fight is all I've got left.

No lawyer in London will look at your case

then stand at the Old Bailey and argue your innocence.

It's correct.

I gave 'em 300 grand,

and they couldn't come up with a defence.

So?

I'll be defending myself.

You can't read. You can't write.

It is a highly complex fraud trial, and you shall defend yourself?

Can't say I'm not ambitious.

Where's Noye?

You know what people get wrong about me and Noye?

They think we were thick as thieves.

Bonnie and fucking Clyde.

Yeah. I met Kenny Noye along the way,

but I never really knew the man.

And I don't think anyone really did,

no matter how hard they looked.

And I'll tell you one thing about Kenny Noye.

There's always someone looking for him.

(suspenseful music playing)

(waiter speaks in Spanish)

Hola, Señor Green.

- Hello, mate. - What can I get you?

What have you got?

We have the fish stew.

Thought you might.

Every day is the same.

Yeah, you're right there.

(office telephones ringing)

- When are they running it? - Sunday, front page.

The News of the World have got it, sir,

that we're looking for Noye.

Then call a press conference.

Sorry, sir?

What do we know?

Well, Noye's in Spain.

And he knows we're after him.

Yet we know nothing because we have seen nothing.

We have heard things.

And I don't care if it's a punt or an informant,

a Met regional crime squad or God knows who else.

All we've done is hear things,

then have local police steam in and come up empty.

We need someone to see Noye, then we need to see Noye,

then our witness needs to see Noye.

And we'd rather do that without the press,

but if they know, then we embrace it.

And if Noye is on one front page, he should be on them all.

Yes?

- So call a press conference. - All right.

You do telly, I'll do print.

We will go to trial in England against Palmer,

and we are assisting the Americans

to place RICO charges against Miller in Florida,

where they can apply far higher penalties than we can.

One half of the Brink's-Mat gold, and you are prosecuting two men?

With the first half of the gold,

we were successful in securing multiple convictions

but unsuccessful in recovering the robbery's proceeds.

This time, Palmer and Miller give us access

to more money than the Brink's-Mat gold was ever worth.

Those two convictions could lead to the greatest financial recovery

in the history of British policing.

It would take a criminal fortune out of circulation

and stop all the damage that money like that can do.

Now, that is as significant a victory

as could be achieved at this point in the investigation.

But if they're not convicted, then you don't recover a penny.

And the last few years of this investigation

and indeed your career were wasted.

I am aware of the stakes, sir.

And you won't be here to guide it, Boyce.

You are out of time.

I know the date of my retirement is imminent.

However, I would ask that you consider special dispensation.

You know we can't do that, Boyce.

Thirty years' service, then you're out.

But you're not quite finished yet.

You'll charge Miller with the robbery before you go.

No, that was a bluff at our end.

We don't have enough evidence to prove he was on the robbery.

The nation knows you caught a Brink's-Mat robber, Boyce.

It was on the television.

Therefore, he will be charged with the Brink's-Mat robbery.

With respect, sir, this is a time to focus.

I am attempting to close one

of the most complicated cases in the Met's history.

Brink's-Mat will not close while four robbers walk free

and Kenneth Noye is on the run.

You are seeking a simplicity that Brink's-Mat does not offer,

and Kenneth Noye is one problem that does not belong to me.

(suspenseful music playing)

(patron) I tell you it's been a godsend

finding that, mate.

Absolute godsend.

- See the match yesterday? - Yeah.

(indistinct chatter)

(suspenseful music playing)

Don't you fucking dare!

(rain pattering)

(sighs)

(telephone ringing)

Hello?

Go to a payphone and call me back on this number.

It's raining.

Just get a fucking pen, Brian.

(suspenseful music playing)

(rain pattering heavily)

(telephone ringing)

I've been seen.

(Reader) Where?

Gibraltar.

What are you doing down there?

Getting something to eat that hasn't come out of the bloody sea.

You didn't tell me about the papers.

How could I? If you gave me a number, it would help.

It's time to speak to our friends...

...see what they can do on the charges.

What about the sighting?

It's not a problem, as long as it's not the only one.

And one day last week, Noye was playing golf in Cyprus,

eating lunch in Portugal, and getting a nose job in Brazil.

Then he flew in on a private plane to Biggin Hill

and went for a Chinese in West Kingstown.

Over a hundred sightings in 13 countries

called in over the last 24 hours.

We are being swamped, which means one of them is true,

which means he's still got some friends left.

So, let's go through his file again and find his friends.

And where do we start?

It's Kenneth Noye. Start with the gold.

They know about the historical accusations against Lundy,

and there are a couple of new allegations

in there for good measure.

May I ask your thoughts, gentlemen, on this latest humiliation

for the once great Metropolitan Police?

My thoughts are Miller's smarter than I thought he was.

I expected a brick through my window, not this.

- You think this is Miller's work? - I don't know, ma'am.

I'd check my enemies list, but I'd have to take a week off.

That's your response?

My response is, once again,

I've never been involved in corrupt practises.

I've also never been afraid to nick anyone who needed nicking,

including those that do the same handshakes

as some of the people in this building.

What are you suggesting, Lundy?

That I'm the best thief taker at Scotland Yard.

I'm also the most investigated copper at Scotland Yard,

and I don't think that's a coincidence...

sir.

Boyce, what are your findings on Lundy's record?

My conclusion is that Lundy sails close to the wind

and gets too close to informants,

but I've never personally seen any evidence of wrongdoing.

He's also integral to the Miller case.

If we were to go through with this charade at the Old Bailey,

trying to prosecute Miller for the Brink's-Mat robbery,

then having Lundy on board gives us a minute possibility of success.

In that case, Lundy is suspended pending investigation

from the moment the Old Bailey proceedings conclude.

Best take my bus fare with me, then.

Sir, if you need me to step aside, I'll under...

(Boyce) How close are the Americans

to bringing charges against Miller?

Well, they'll be in place by the time

the verdict comes in on the robbery trial.

He can go from our custody to theirs.

You are assuming there will be a verdict.

What happens if the charges are thrown out?

Well, then he walks.

And if the Americans aren't ready, then we never see him again.

Then all I need you to do is to stop that from happening.

Thank you, sir.

(suspenseful music playing)

(Nixon) Reader does all that gold with Noye,

and he ends up with a car yard in South London.

(Dailly) That's better than how some of them ended up.

Yeah, that's true.

It's him.

(suspenseful music playing)

(engine revs)

Shit!

Your Honour, Mr Charles Miller has been charged

with armed robbery for his involvement in the theft

of three tonnes of gold bullion from the Brink's-Mat warehouse

in Heathrow in 1983.

As you will have read from our filing,

we have a plethora of evidence.

Before the robbery,

Mr Miller held little financial reserves

and lived in a humble South London home.

In the months after the robbery, he relocated to Spain,

and his life was transformed into one of great wealth.

- (Miller snickers) - We can prove links

between Mr Miller and convicted Brink's-Mat criminals

and that he set up businesses in the Isle of Man,

which we believe were used to launder money.

Thank you, Your Honour.

(judge) That's it?

For now.

Well, in that case, I find that

there is insufficient evidence to proceed,

and Mr Miller is discharged with immediate effect.

(sighs)

(court murmuring)

Thank you, Your Honour.

(Lundy) Guv?

(suspenseful music playing)

Come on! I've been here before! It doesn't take this long.

(keys jingling, lock clicks)

Ah, hello, lads!

Call us a taxi, will ya?

I've got a pint in Rotherhithe with my name on it.

Charles Miller?

Oh, here we go.

You're to be extradited

with immediate effect to the state of Florida

to answer charges that you had helped to steal

or launder proceeds of the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery.

Safe journey, Miller.

Fine. I'll beat them like I beat you.

And you two, you should be fucking embarrassed.

The world and his wife knows I was on the Brink's-Mat job,

and I'll never serve a day for it.

There were six men there that day.

You've got McAvoy and Robinson.

That leaves four. Where are they, then?

I know exactly where they are.

They're not here, though, are they?

This isn't about the robbery, Miller.

It hasn't been about the robbery for a long time.

It is about money... dirty, dangerous money...

and it is about us taking that money from people like you.

So, I hope that you enjoyed it

as you drove back to South London with three tonnes of gold.

I hope that is a memory that has value for you

because it is all that you will have left.

All that gold, all that money,

and all you will have is a memory that will fade

until one day, it's gone, too.

And you'll sit with that pint in Rotherhithe

and wonder if any of this ever happened at all.

(suspenseful music playing)

(door slams)

Fuck!

Well-done, Lundy.

Nice way to finish.

Don't do it.

You know, sir, back when the first complaint

was made against me, I started running.

I needed to get the anger out,

so I ran a few miles to clear my head,

and I kept it up.

So, when they call me in to rake me over the coals,

I run.

These days I run marathons.

That's how much they've come for me.

That's how much I've run.

And, you know, I can't run forever, so I quit, sir.

I've thrown in the towel.

Thank you for having me.

You are the last of a kind, Lundy.

Some will say that's a good thing.

Not me.

Well, then, maybe we're not so different, sir.

- Who were they? - Kent Police.

They didn't even make it out of Kent.

You should have seen me, Kenny. I was like bloody James Bond.

Yeah, well whoever gets me, it's not gonna be Kent Police.

Oh, no one's gonna get you.

According to the papers, you're all over the shop.

Right, what about the other thing?

It's not gonna happen.

We won't know that until I've had the conversation.

Oh, that's what I'm trying to say.

The conversation is not happening.

How'd you figure that, then?

Your friends at the Yard were asked

to have a conversation about manslaughter,

and well, they all said no.

Why?

Well, because the Kent coppers are all as straight as a die.

And because you are Kenny Noye.

It's a system between us and them.

It's been around for a very long time.

All them meetings I've been to,

all that money that I've given them,

all them handshakes, and where is it, Brian?

Where's the fucking system?

What I don't understand is you were out.

You were out and then what you went and done...

You get nicked, you make a call, you have a conversation.

That's how it works. That's how it's always worked.

And yeah, you do some bird but not all of it.

- You don't do fucking all of it. - If you can't handle the bird,

then you shouldn't have done what you did.

It's not the bird I can't handle, Brian. It's this.

I can't fucking live like this forever!

Well, you and me both.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means you need to find a way out of this.

(Noye sighs deeply)

No, I know what it means.

Being on your toes this long, I know what happens.

Every day I lose a friend, and I gain an enemy.

There's a few ways out of this, Brian,

and none of them are good.

Right, well, Lundy's moved on.

Oh, shame.

Great detective.

Coordinate with the Americans.

When the time comes, take Baxter over there

and make sure he testifies against Miller.

Okay, sir.

Where are we on Palmer?

Well, it's gonna be one

of the biggest fraud cases in British history,

so it's about as fun as it sounds.

We're working with Roy Ram and Tony Curtis at Flying Squad

and speaking to Bob McCann,

the solicitor for the Brink's-Mat insurers,

build the case from the ground up.

(Nicki) Case like this, sir, is gonna take time.

It will.

And I'm afraid that is time I don't have.

(Tony) We were, erm, (clears throat)

wondering how close you were, sir, to your 30?

Oh, if you won't tell them, I will.

It's today. It's now.

Thirty years of service to the day.

Well, I'm guessing you don't want a party, sir.

I couldn't think of anything worse.

(they chuckle softly)

We're not ready for you to go, sir.

Careers like mine, cases like this, don't end neatly.

You achieve what you can,

and you seek the best ending available.

And with Brink's-Mat, we have an ending...

...you have an ending within your grasp.

Palmer, Miller, and the money... that is success.

That is victory.

But it won't be easy.

And I am sorry that I won't be here to help.

And it is hard.

It is hard to leave with the job half done.

It's hard to leave

when I think of all that we've gone through.

It is hard to leave when I think of...

...John Fordham.

But this is what we do.

We give the work the years we can,

then we leave and the work continues.

So I ask that you see my departure as the irrelevance it is.

I ask you to see it through, and I ask you to get back to work.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you. And good luck.

(door closes)

(telephone ringing)

Task force.

Yeah, go on.

I'm going to tell you a story.

It is the story of a long-running racket.

Innocent tourists were tricked into handing over

large sums of money they could ill-afford.

17,000 victims paid over £30 million to companies

that all led to one man...

...John Palmer.

In the treacherous waters of the Canary Islands,

this man was the biggest shark.

He was Aladdin's wicked uncle,

travelling the streets calling "new lamps for old,"

only to leave his victims shivering in the dark.

British time-share customers...

If this is his plan, we are in trouble.

Fraud cases are complicated.

They need to be explained carefully.

A jury trial is about the jury,

and the jury are bored out of their minds.

Now the fraud itself, I shall call the buy-sell.

So, picture, if you will, two distinct entities,

an existing time-share...

This isn't about me.

This isn't about sharks,

and it certainly isn't about bloody Aladdin.

(jury chuckling)

Oh, this is about money.

Your money and how they're spending it.

They reckon that this could be

the most expensive trial in British history.

And for what? For some bloke from Solihull

whose company flogged a few time-shares.

But I'm not just some bloke from Solihull, am I?

This started with that Mat's-Brink business,

and that's how it's ending.

Ever since I got found innocent of that stuff,

right here in the Old Bailey,

the coppers, they've had a vendetta against me.

Well... (sighs)

If I have to beat them again, that's what I'll do.

I'm just, I'm sorry that you lot were dragged into it.

But I'll do my best to put on a bit of a show.

- (jury chuckling) - All right? Okay.

- Well, they're not bored now. - No.

(telephone ringing)

Hello?

Where?

(suspenseful music playing)

(rain pattering)

Cadiz.

- Where's that? - Southwest Spain.

Very quiet, very hidden.

I bought these tickets with my own money.

Don't tell your families where you're going.

Where's this come from, sir?

It would appear that Noye is living in the Cadiz area.

And this is an address where we might find him.

I'm sorry I can't come with you, but seeing as the press saw fit

to print my photo next to Noye's it's probably not a good idea.

Do we have backup, sir?

No.

And we know maybe more than anyone who we're dealing with.

Noye isn't some old-school villain who's done a bit of nicking.

He's a vicious, murderous cancer on society

who's killed two human beings.

To voluntarily go into that without backup,

well, if you don't want to go, I'll understand

and send in the Spanish.

But an innocent young man was murdered

and left to die in the gutter on the streets of Kent,

and I feel very strongly

that it is Kent Police who should deal with that.

So do we, sir.

Then go and get him.

Good morning, everyone.

Mr Baxter.

This is a suit brought under the Racketeer Influenced

and Corrupt Organisations Act, also known as the RICO Act,

which accuses the named parties of helping to steal

or launder proceeds from a robbery

at the Brink's-Mat warehouse in Heathrow, England.

You are here to answer the claim

that you were part of that criminal conspiracy.

Do you admit or deny liability in this case?

To my eternal shame and with a heavy heart,

I admit liability.

My decision on the criminal damages against you

will be determined alongside any co-conspirators,

but I can advise that it will be in the region

of $8 to $10 million.

(softly) You'll be lucky.

I gather we will also be hearing witness testimony from you.

(suspenseful music playing)

That's very much the plan.

(judge) I look forward to it.

Likewise.

Mr Miller,

this is a suit brought under the Racketeer Influenced

and Corrupt Organisations Act,

also known as the RICO Act, which...

Maybe he'll cop to the lot?

- Maybe. - Then we can all go home.

Not on the same plane.

That would be horrendous.

You are here to answer the claim

that you were part of that criminal conspiracy.

Do you admit or deny liability in this case?

With all respect, Your Honour,

I would like to wholeheartedly deny liability in this case.

(judge) Okay, Mr Miller, please take a seat.

- We will continue... - Looks like we're staying.

(judge) ...after a short recess.

I would ask that the court resumes in 30 minutes' time.

So, you are the money expert, are you?

I'm a senior investigation officer

for her Majesty's Customs and Excise.

Yeah, we all heard your testimony.

Anyone who managed to stay awake, anyway.

- (jury chuckling) - Now, what I heard was

that some people got ripped off,

but not by me, and that I'm rich, and that annoys you.

What I have just testified to at some length

is widespread fraud.

(John) That's a matter of opinion.

So, what I think we're seeing here is a conspiracy

between you, the coppers,

and the gold's insurers to take me down.

If it's a conspiracy, why did you pay

the Brink's-Mat insurers £3 million?

To get them off my back, and let's be honest.

For me, £3 million doesn't touch the sides.

Really? I believe you're in somewhat

- reduced circumstances. - (chuckles) Oh, yeah?

Do a lot of blokes in reduced circumstances

have a private plane?

They could have sued me for £50 million, not £3.

It's an interesting tactic in a fraud trial

to boast about significant hidden wealth.

Yeah, but that's just it.

I'm not hiding anything.

I'm a very rich man.

You might have read about that in the Sunday Times.

The idea that I'm going about nicking five grand here

and 10 grand there off some poor bloke on his holiday...

...it just doesn't add up.

17,000 people on their holidays.

Did I ever personally sell anyone a time-share?

- That's not the point. - Did I ever personally

receive the money for a time-share?

- There was a network of... - So I never sold a time-share

and I never took the money.

Er...

Your witness, mate.

I've already examined her.

Mr Palmer, please allow me to direct the court.

Yeah, absolutely. You're the boss.

We've got a lead, sir.

There was an English bloke going by the name of Green

renting a place in the village,

eating in the restaurant, keeping himself to himself.

What you mean was?

He hasn't been seen for a while, but it makes sense if it's him.

This place is in the arse end of nowhere.

(sighs) Then keep your heads down and your eyes open.

There's one other thing, sir.

Apparently we're not the first people to come asking questions.

Yeah, well, that would make sense, too.

Eight to $10 million?

Where the hell do they think I'll get that from?

It's good. We wanted it high.

Your damages will be a marker for what she applies to Miller.

I understand the concept

of escalating criminal conspiracy, Detective.

- I read law at Cambridge. - Oh, really?

You've barely mentioned it.

- Sleep well? - Like a baby.

(suspenseful music playing)

(Miller clears throat)

(telephone ringing)

- Biddiss. - (Nixon) We just heard, sir,

about the story.

I don't believe it.

They're saying he was taken out on a contract

by some of the Brink's-Mat lot, and that makes sense, sir.

It needed to make sense for them to plant it in the paper.

I don't believe it, so we keep going.

Okay, sir.

We keep going.

It's a bit fucking much, Brian.

Yeah, well, that's the thing.

That wasn't one of ours.

Everyone's getting looked at, pulled in.

If it ain't the coppers, it's the press.

People are sick of it.

And maybe that story...

I dunno, Kenny... maybe it's a message.

These people that are sick of it, Brian,

does that include you?

I didn't say that.

You don't need this, do you?

No. You've done well out of the gold.

And you're free as a bird.

- No. - Yeah.

No, I ain't.

My solicitor's got a letter off the Brink's-Mat insurer.

They're looking for dough off everyone connected to the gold,

or they file civil cases and take us all to the cleaners.

Apparently, they hit Palmer for 3 million quid.

Good.

And apparently they want 3 million off you.

(laughs softly)

Never ends, does it?

- It never fucking ends. - (axe thudding)

You know, Brian, I used to love going to the woods.

Poach rabbits.

And I'd go back to my big house, my family, my life.

Now I don't go back to nothing.

Now I'm just a bloke in the woods.

And no matter how much I try to work it out...

...I don't know how I got here.

(scoffs)

I mean, from what I had and where I was...

...how the fuck did I end up here?

You put yourself here, Kenny, with what's inside you.

Here's my message, Brian, to anybody who needs to hear it.

I ain't giving myself up.

And I'm gonna get out of here one way or another

because it is doing my fucking head in.

- (axe thuds) - (bird's wings flutter)

Who's winning?

I don't know. The fact that I don't know is worrying.

Do you need me to help finesse your strategy?

Well, I'm gonna give my testimony, then I'm gonna try and wind him up.

Let the jury see another side of him.

That's my entire strategy.

Right. Well, high stakes, then.

It's the Old Bailey, mate. They only do high stakes.

Mr Miller, have you reviewed the case against you?

I've done what I can with it.

With all respect, it's a little long-winded.

I agree. It's comprehensive,

which makes your denial of liability

all the more surprising.

Here's what happened.

Now, I met a gentleman who's relaxing over there,

who told me about another gentleman

who could oversee the investment of some money

I have been lucky enough to make through a business venture.

Now, it is possible I will have to sit down with the tax man

when this is over, and I accept that.

But not only did my money not come from that robbery,

I have been cleared of any involvement

in that robbery back in London.

Mr Miller, this hearing is not about the robbery.

It is about the proceeds of that robbery.

And we have witnesses who testify

that you were the originator of those proceeds.

Oh, yeah?

Where are they, then?

We will hear testimony shortly.

And there is submitted testimony from a co-conspirator

who's in federal witness protection.

I don't blame him.

Telling lies that could ruin a man's life,

that's a dangerous game.

Can't be many people daft enough to do that in public.

- I can't do it. - You can and you will.

You heard what he said! If that was a veiled threat,

then it wasn't much of a bloody veil!

You've been cooperating for a long time.

If something was gonna happen to you,

it would've happened by now.

So you're gonna go in there and say you acted

in conspiracy with Miller.

If you don't, then between me and the Americans,

the rest of your life's gonna be a lot, lot harder.

(panting)

Okay.

(church bell ringing)

Nixon, Nixon. Nixon!

That's him, innit?

- How sure are you? - It's him, sir.

He ate alone at a restaurant,

then we tailed him to some woods outside the village.

I'm sending out the witness.

I don't need to tell you what that means

and the danger involved.

No, sir. You don't.

You resent me, don't you,

for the embarrassment that I caused you over the gold?

Well, we believe that criminals should be punished

for the crimes they commit.

But that's sort of our job, though, isn't it?

How's that going, by the way, with the gold?

Have you, uh, have you found it yet? (sniffs)

We found the money,

which is worth a lot more than the gold,

and we're taking it back, starting with you.

What I have, I earned through honest graft.

As I testified,

we believe that what you have was earned

through criminal fraud on a grand scale.

Tell me, Detective.

All that dough that the insurers are clawing out of people,

- where is it going? - No idea.

Maybe we should have a little look in your bank account?

As long as you pay off my overdraft while you're there.

What's your intention here, Mr Palmer?

I just think that the jury should know

that I'm a legitimate businessman

who's being unfairly targeted by a corrupt witch hunt.

You're not a businessman.

You're a serious organised criminal.

(suspenseful music playing)

Name me one serious crime I've committed.

Well, you are on the telly offering

- to launder 60 million quid... - That was a stitch-up.

Oh, yeah. It could happen to anyone.

Accidentally heading up the Ritz to tell

some bloke from Burma you'll clean his dough.

- You listen to me! - No, you listen to me.

(judge) Mr Palmer.

- I'm the one on trial. - I'm aware of that.

Once this is over,

I am gonna sue you for everything you've got.

(judge) Mr Palmer...

Did you not hear that bit about my overdraft?

- You're corrupt. - (court gasping)

- You're all corrupt. - (judge) No, no.

No, you can't say that, Mr Palmer.

(suspenseful music playing)

Good afternoon, Mr Baxter.

Good day to you, madam.

This is not your first time in a courtroom.

No.

You have several convictions in the United Kingdom

for financial crimes

and for taking class-A drugs in a fast-food establishment.

It was a restroom,

and I have accepted any mistakes I have made

with genuine humility.

And now you have the opportunity to do so again.

Do you see any of your co-conspirators in the room today?

Mr Baxter?

I believe it was Robert Browning who said,

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,

or what's a heaven for?"

- Oh, for fuck's sake. - I stand before you today,

not as a criminal conspirator, but as a ruined romantic.

Now, if you are accusing me of attempting

to wring a little glitter from the rags of life,

then I hold my hands high in surrender.

You stand before us

accused of money laundering, Mr Baxter.

Now please answer the question.

I am answering the question by proposing one of my own.

When one's head is full of fizz and sparkle,

then does one truly take notice

of those who join one on the journey?

Are these companions even companions at all?

- It's an interesting concept. - Mr Baxter,

for the final time, do you see any

of your co-conspirators in this courtroom today?

(suspenseful music playing)

No, Your Honour.

I'm afraid I do not.

I understand your disappointment.

I don't think you do.

I think you're gonna be surprised by the extent of my disappointment.

Campbell's evidence is comprehensive.

Miller will be convicted without me.

You'd better hope so.

There have been killings.

Have there not? From Brink's-Mat?

Some of which have been reported and some of which have not.

The problem you and your colleagues have

is that the threat you hold is less than the threat they hold.

Hola, Señor Green.

Just bring what you got.

Very good.

He's here, sir.

How is she?

Bloody brave is what she is.

- (suspenseful music playing) - What's the plan?

Spanish police cause a diversion,

three of us go in quick and come out quicker.

If he sees her, then I don't know what happens next.

- He won't. - Good.

(mobile beeps)

- Any questions? - No.

Yeah? Okay, ready? Let's go.

Well, Mr Palmer, it's been quite a ride.

You don't know the half of it.

Oh, I think we know enough, and the police and your victims

have detailed your criminal activity.

Financial experts have testified to your fraud,

and now we reach you.

- Saved the best till last. - (jury chuckling)

The final piece of the jigsaw in a case such as this

is character, and quite simply, Mr Palmer,

you are of criminal character.

(scoffs) Rubbish.

Why did you come home to the UK?

I missed England.

You weren't under threat from criminal associates?

I don't have any criminal associates.

You're said to spend more than

a million pounds a year on bodyguards.

I like the company. (chuckles)

We've heard testimony

of you personally threatening people.

I've not threatened anyone.

I'm no angel.

But I'm no gangster.

Then why do so many people think that you are?

No idea. But what I do know is this.

I built a bloody empire.

And even your witnesses admit that.

And I think that's what this is all about.

John Palmer building an empire,

and you lot not being able to live with that.

(court murmuring)

Empires fall, Mr Palmer.

Yeah. Well, we'll see about that.

(couple arguing in Spanish)

(suspenseful music playing)

(couple continues arguing)

Positive ID.

(Biddiss) Get her home and keep eyes on Noye.

I need to see the CPS and get a warrant.

(couple continues arguing)

Señor Green? You are finished?

(couple continue arguing)

Come here.

Who were they?

- Who? - Those people.

- What people? - The people.

The people who fucking walked right past me.

There was...

There was, there was, there was a woman.

I think there was a woman.

I don't understand. What woman?

Okay, shut up, shut up, shut up. Just let me think.

(suspenseful music playing)

(telephone ringing)

(sighs) Hello?

(Nicki) Do we have him?

- (lamp switch clicks) - (sighs)

- What time is it? - Early. You?

(Tony) It's late.

Early. Bit of both.

Do we have him?

(Tony) I don't know.

Boyce left us in charge, and we don't know if we have him?

(Tony) They're court cases, Nick.

You don't know anything until the verdict.

And he left us in charge because he trusted us.

So, we should trust that he got that right.

I never thought it'd be on us.

(Tony) Yeah, well,

you were the one who wanted to go over the river.

- Glad you came with me? - (scoffs) Yeah.

And now I'm going back to sleep.

Good luck, mate.

Good luck, mate.

- (Noye) I'm going. - (Reader) Going where?

I don't know. I don't know.

I'm fucking losing it here.

I'll skip the border in the Pyrenees

and then head to Amsterdam.

I know people there from the gold.

You keep your head down, Brian.

I can't watch you forever.

No, they've given up on me.

What? What do you mean?

They left a few days back.

I must have bored 'em.

Well, if they're not watching you, then who are they watching?

I don't know, Kenny. It's the Old Bill.

They'll always be watching someone.

(intense music playing)

(door clicks open)

(door closes)

The magistrate's here. He knows you're waiting.

- Well, I'm glad to hear it. - (mobile ringing)

- Yeah? - Noye's packing up, sir.

I think he's getting ready to go. Can we stop him?

(Biddiss) Not yet, you can't. Give me five minutes.

I don't think we've got that long, sir.

I need a warrant signed.

And you shall wait, Mr Biddiss.

I have a hearing to attend.

I just stopped a train

to get the CPS to sign off on the arrest.

I've got the foreign office preparing an extradition,

a military plane on standby, and the Home Office, Interpol,

and the Spanish police waiting for this warrant.

Kenneth Noye?

Don't file it until Monday.

(suspenseful music playing)

(mobile keypad beeping)

- (suspenseful music playing) - (line ringing)

- Sir? - Go.

Go.

(suspenseful music playing)

(birds chirping)

I have now reached a judgement in the case of Mr Charles Miller.

Please stand, Mr Miller.

(sighs)

(judge) Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honour.

(branch snaps)

(suspenseful music playing)

(Nixon) He's running! Go, go, go!

I find the defendant...

- ...guilty. - No.

Guilty.

(suspenseful music playing)

Taking into account the amount stolen from Brink's-Mat

and the appreciation of those assets

through criminal endeavours,

I award damages against you of $151 million

to be seized from any assets

and all bank accounts held or controlled by Mr Miller.

(chuckles)

Mr Palmer, this was clearly a fraud on a substantial scale

and therefore merits a substantial judgement.

I hereby sentence you to eight years of imprisonment

and place a confiscation order against you

of £33,243,812...

...and 46 pence.

(gasps weakly)

(suspenseful music playing)

(Noye panting)

(Noye groans)

(officers shout in Spanish)

(handcuffs click)

Who are you, then?

Kent Police. You're going home, Noye.

(suspenseful music playing)

(telephone ringing)

- Hello. - We got him, sir.

Thank you.

You lost, sir?

I was in the area

and thought I'd test your security, which is appalling.

And I wanted to offer congratulations and appreciation.

Well, you told us to keep working, sir.

I've been keeping a tally from the newspapers.

Between the Palmer trial, the Fort Lauderdale proceedings,

the confiscation orders against Campbell,

and the insurer's settlements,

the financial penalties linked to the Brink's-Mat robbery

are approaching £200 million.

- Sounds about right. - Which means the legacy

of the biggest robbery in British history

is the biggest financial result in the history of British policing.

And do you know what they said to us upstairs, sir?

For the £200 million?

Clear out the office and don't take the piss with expenses.

(Boyce chuckles)

We didn't get 'em all, sir.

No, and that is hard

because you don't remember the ones you caught.

You remember the ones you didn't.

You know who they are and what they did,

but you can't touch them.

You can't name them.

And one day you run out of time, and you've gotta let them go.

This was one of the toughest cases this country's ever seen.

And one day, this country will know the job we did.

So, thank you and good luck.

Is it over, sir?

It's Brink's-Mat.

It's never over.

("The Masterplan" by Oasis playing)

(sighs)

# Take the time to make some sense.

# Of what you want to say.

# And cast your words away upon the waves.

# Sail them home with acquiesce.

# On a ship of hope today.

# And as they land upon the shore.

# Tell them not to fear no more.

# Say it loud and sing it proud today.

# And then dance if you wanna dance.

# Please, brother, take a chance.

# You know they're gonna go.

# Which way they wanna go.

# All we know. #