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What do I do? I can't hear. I don't know.

Oh, wait a minute. The speaker's switched on.

Still nothing.

Nothing coming through.

Hi, Mike.

This is Eric.

Lynn's boyfriend, Eric.

And I'm going to make your life a living hell.

There's a stone manoeuvre.

Tell me about it.

But surely, if the body is under tons of wood, wouldn't someone have been doing

it?

Well, not if they buried it before the delivery last week.

I don't know, maybe she's right.

Maybe she's been right all along, you know.

Maybe they killed her and hid the body together.

Bye.

Thank you, thank you.

You don't know nothing.

I come clean because I don't want no more trouble for my brother.

We found Jane Mellor's body at your brother's thorn mill. Are you protecting

him?

No.

You've got this thing about her that's making me angry.

Really angry.

I said I'd bury her in the woods.

And then I said I'd dump her in a pond.

Why?

Because I didn't want you to find her.

I want to give you bugs a run around.

Have a bit of fun.

If you went nose around a mill, you'd never have found her for years.

In fact, if I didn't give myself up, you'd never have got me for years

Am I right?

It doesn't add up. Why didn't he want us to find the body?

I mean, he says he raped her. The autopsy report can neither confirm nor

that. She did have severe bruising around the neck, so she actually died

the blow to the side of the skull. Cheers.

But that was from a weapon described as a rounded wooden object about three

inches across. A forensic have sacking filers. A blanket from Brickman's bath.

Plus his confession. Yeah, he did it, Pat.

We've got no evidence to suggest Alan Brickman was involved.

We know your brother abducted Jane Miller.

We know he held her captive.

Why do you think he killed her? Why are you asking me this? I don't know why he

did it.

He had a lot of mental problems since he was a kid.

That's why I thought it was a mess.

It's a waste.

A waste?

Bob was a kid.

He was every bit as talented as Donny.

You know, winning competitions, child prodigy.

Then when he was about...

11 or 12 or 13 or something, he was up for an important scholarship and offered

a recording contract with enough money up front for Dad to buy the sawmill.

They reckoned he was going to be the next John Williams or something.

And then Dad started dragging him off to all these pubs and clubs and showing

him off like he was some sort of circus freak.

Then all went wrong.

When he got the recording studio, he couldn't play a note.

Didn't even go up for the scholarship.

Became violent and angry and him and Dad were punching hell out of each other.

It's like something had snapped in his head.

Oi! Oi!

Sit down!

Didn't pick up the guitar again until Donnie started showing some interest.

Why did you encourage Donny after all that Bob had been through?

I arranged for everything. I arranged for the lessons like I arranged for

everything else.

Did your father have to pay back all the money that the record company had given

him?

He tried to get the money back, but Dad told him to piss off.

So who exactly owns the mill?

Bob.

It's Bob's business, not mine.

I work for him.

Just help me with something here. You encourage Donny, Bob encourages Donny,

why do you get so angry with Crispin Yates and Jane Mellor?

It's obvious, isn't it?

They're putting pressure on Donny the way Dad did with Bob.

They were trying to help. Why do you get violent?

There's something she said.

What did she say?

She said Donny would be better off away from us.

When I told her to get out, she said she was going to report us to the social

services.

Did Bob hear this?

No, he wasn't in the room.

He might have been in the house. He was always in and out.

He lives for his boy.

Because if social services had become involved... The way Bob is, they would

have taken Darnie away from us.

Uh, Mickey?

It's me, Jimmy.

Are you Mike's brother?

Yeah, that's right. Listen, I'm just passing through London. I just thought

drop by and say hello.

Is he in?

Well, I've heard London's a rough place, but this is like Portnock.

How you doing? Jimmy, you must be Patty. Yeah, hi. Listen, I'm afraid that

Mike's not here. He's actually at Lynn's. At Lynn's?

Listen, I've got my wires crossed. I thought they were divorced.

Well, they are. It's just a family matter.

Oh, what a divorce you've made.

I mean, I don't mean to be cheeky, but don't ask me anything.

This is nice. This is lovely.

But then, Mick, they always did land in a streak.

I had lunch with my ma today. I'm exhausted.

Did she not call you and tell you I'd be dropping by?

No, no.

But come on in.

Sit down. Would you like a beer?

Oh, I'd love one. Thanks very much.

Don't suppose you get any bacon?

I'm starving. I'd love a butty.

Nice decor.

Very smart.

Are you in the police as well?

Yeah.

Actually, I was just about to cook myself some dinner.

I've got a couple of steaks.

Fantastic. Sounds of business.

And I, I've got something in my bag.

It's going to go down. Let's see.

Californian.

Not that great, but for Diffendale, if we can cork it now, let it breathe, it

should be fantastic.

Yeah, great.

Where's your corkscrew?

It's in here.

No, no.

Did Mike tell you that I used to run a bar in Christchurch, New Zealand?

Called it the British Pub.

Oh, really?

Kim, I don't know. Cook.

Well... It's no problem.

Where's your bed?

Um, it's in the fridge. Is that your face is over there?

Yeah, you help yourself.

And, uh, meat?

Um, here's meat. Stop till. Okay. You leave it to me.

Got quite a reputation.

So I've heard.

Not just as a cook, eh?

Oh, come on, Amy. You've had your five minutes. Don't work on it, Rich.

Hey, come on, big boy.

I'll come up and see you before I go.

So what's Jimmy doing in London?

Oh, on his way to Florida, start a new job.

Oh, so he told Ma.

Well, you know Jimmy.

Remember the last time he told us he was here to job in the Glasgow docks as a

president of this tobacco import company?

He was nicking fags and selling them at pubs.

Well, here's to your new job.

To you, Mike.

No, to Commander Walker.

I was expecting to fly out late tonight because I'm on my way to Florida.

I've run into a bit of a hitch. Well, actually, it's more than a bit of a

I can't actually contact the guy I'm supposed to be working for. But, I mean,

it's all right. I mean, there's no problem. I've got my ticket and that.

just going to be delayed.

Delayed for how long?

I don't know.

One night, maybe two.

There's no problem. I can check into a cheap B &B.

Unless, you know... Unless we happen to have a better room.

Yeah, well, I've really got to watch the cat at the moment, you know. Do you?

I bet you know we do, and... Yeah, all right. Stay over if you want to.

Just part of the relief.

I think I'm just going to make a quick call to Mike.

Fine.

Excellent. You do that.

Mike was always my ma's blue -eyed boy.

He could be absolutely not wrong.

But me, everything I did was wrong.

Do you know, when my da walked out, that was my fault. Anything bad that ever

happened was always my fault.

So why'd he leave?

My da?

Yeah.

He ran off with some waitress.

But that Mike, really, always with a bit of skirt in the background.

Oh, great, thanks.

No, no, I meant when we were kids.

It's funny, you know, but it seems that if anything you really care about is

taken away from you as a kid, it just seems bigger somehow, you know, blown

Yeah, I met this little boy recently, he's about this big.

Unbelievable on the guitar, really, really talented, but completely messed

And his dad's going away, but not...

With a piece of skirt.

For murder.

Are you and Mike going to have a kid?

No.

I had a miscarriage last year.

So, are you married?

Not me.

No, I'm between wives at the moment.

Neither of which are mine.

Are you and Mike going to get married?

Yes.

Well, all I can say...

He's a very lucky man.

Thank you.

Cheers. Cheers.

No, listen, I'll wash up, yeah?

Pay for my bed?

No, you do the cooking. I'll do it tomorrow. I'm going to turn in now.

Do you mind if I have a shower?

No, help yourself.

Good night.

Night. Shall I lock up?

Yeah, that'd be great, thanks.

Night.

OK, night.

Night.

Yeah, look, Pat, hold on a minute, will you?

OK, I'll see you later, sweetheart. Have a good day. Bye, Rachel.

See you later. Hello?

What?

Put it... Look, Pat, will you just calm down? Listen, sweetheart, just leave it

to me, will you?

I said, will you calm down? I will deal with it.

We need to talk.

Why? What is it?

They're spewing out all over the station.

Some pervert's got hold of our fax numbers.

Look, can't someone else deal with this?

No. They're about you.

They've got your name all over them.

Right.

Oh, God.

You didn't hear or see anything?

I told you nothing.

Yeah, I bet you didn't. I thought you were going to Florida.

Well, I am.

I am. I just ran into a bit of a hitch.

Yeah, when did you not run into anyone?

I'm going to go get some clothes and we... Hey, those are my slippers. All

right, all right.

Listen, Mike, I don't suppose I could stack up here for a couple of more

just to the end of the week? Then I'm going, I promise.

What, to Florida?

Yeah. What happened in New Zealand, Jimmy?

Well, nothing happened in New Zealand. That's the point. I was like, what?

Hey, if it was so boring, why did you stay there that long? Do you think I'm

dumb or something?

What have you done this time, Jimmy?

Well, I'll tell you what I've done.

I've got a really good job offer, actually, in Florida. That's what I've

Why have you always got to insinuate that everything I'm involved in has

been? Because where you're concerned, it normally is.

Hey, and don't think I'm not going to check up on you. Nothing happened in New

Zealand? Bullshit. Two days, Jimmy, then you're out of here.

Well, you're not going to get it after that, are you?

Nah, I'd be punting. That's what I'd think.

God, he's a nutcase.

He beats my wife, terrorises my kids and all this.

But you're in the police. Why can't you just pick him up?

Because we don't know who he is.

Yes, please.

Escort me to the police.

Quickly, please.

Oh, come on, come on. Yes, by name, this is Lynn Walker.

Don't... Ah!

There's someone breaking into my house!

Oh, please, come quickly!

46 Harcourt Green. No, Green.

Not Avenue.

Green! Harcourt Green!

It's okay.

It's okay.

Calm down.

Here we are. They've got a fingerprint match on their knife. Listen to this.

Such, you've nailed the bastard. Eric Fowler. Two prison terms for aggravated

assault. Psych report says he has severe personality disorder and suffered from

violent schizophrenia.

Mike. Hi, Pat. This is not your case.

Yeah, last known address, Ramsfield Mental Institution, Brighton, discharge

Howe Mental Institution, discharge ditto.

Sussex Neurological Hospital, discharge.

Mike. I don't know where the hell he is now.

Social services have no check on him. But listen, I've got an address for his

ma. Come on.

Lenny, the kids are okay. I'm going to put them into a hotel for their safety.

Do you need him today?

Yes, I bloody well do. Look, back off, Mike. There's an officer in charge of

this whole foul occasion.

Yeah, but you and I both know local police will not dig shit. I ain't going

waste any more time. I want that bastard off the streets.

You think that I don't? Oh, come on, Mike. Look, if you go out like some

vigilante, you're going to make a lot of trouble for yourself.

Hey, I don't need your advice on this one, guys. I'm taking care of it. These

are my kids and my wife.

Ex -wife.

Mike, you are a police officer. I am a police officer. You are going to get

yourself... Back off, Pat!

I mean it.

What's he done now?

I really need to contact your son, Mrs Fowler. He's not right in the edge, you

know. Never was.

Where he's gone and done now has nothing to do with me.

When did you last see him?

Oh, I don't know. He comes and goes.

I never know where he is. What do you want him for?

He's been making threats, Mrs Fowler.

He's getting married. That's what he told me. He's got a new girlfriend.

And you've got no right to do that.

You're expecting him?

No, and I don't know where he is.

He hasn't been here for a long time.

But he's been here recently.

This is his, isn't it? In fact, he's living here, Mrs Fowler.

No. And if you lot would just leave him alone, he'd be a sight better off.

I wouldn't dare protect him, Mrs Fowler.

Because I really need to trace him. It's very important.

We can also use colour to play visual tricks.

Reds and oranges, for example, always appear to be much closer than they are.

It was in his guitar case.

In his guitar case, you bastard.

The baseball bat.

You want nothing to worry about, you know?

I won't find out nothing from me.

You just get rid of the bat.

I already did. I burnt it.

I love you, Alan.

You just make sure you take care of my boy, yeah? Make sure nothing happens to

my boy.

Hmm?

There's something else.

It's not permanent, it's nothing like that, but I think I should get Sharon

back. No way.

It's Donny's sake.

If anyone comes snooping around, we'll look like happy family.

I also need you to count and sign some cheques.

And we've still got to get a lawyer to give me power of attorney over the

business and custody of Donny till you get out.

I'm thinking about it.

Yeah, well, after what I've done for you, you'd better think about it and

about it fast.

That was the deal, right?

Hiya. Have a good day?

I've had better.

Do you find the phantom paint sprayer?

No, but at least we know where he is.

Oh, um, how's Glenn and the kids?

They're fine.

I think I'm saying I'll look.

Too much of Mike's family these days.

Speaking of which, how long are you intending to stay?

Come on, Pat.

Don't take it out on me. It's not my fault.

Two days, maybe three, till my ticket comes through.

Oh, I thought you had your ticket. I thought there was some problem with the

offer. Oh, no, the job's actually sorted.

It's the ticket.

Where's Mike?

He's still at the hotel, staying with his wife and his ex -wife and kids.

Oh. So it's just you and me, then?

Listen, how do you fancy going out for a meal? An Indian, Chinese, my treat?

No, I won't, actually. I'm a bit tired.

You sure? You don't want to cook.

Come on, get yourself together. Let's go out.

No, really, I'm exhausted.

Thanks.

Come on. Hang on, hang on. I'm not taking no for an answer.

Booked a local curry house, yeah? Half an hour.

Come on.

Oh,

so I'm in the other stream now, am I?

What, are we going to share?

Well, I don't mind with a kid who could have had one each.

No, I'm not staying, sweetheart.

When you're going to be staying here, don't worry.

I'll kill the bastard if he ever tries to see you and my kids again.

I mean it, Len. I'll kill him.

Don't say that.

Are you all right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, dear.

I'll be all right in a minute.

When you said hot, bloody hell.

Sure it wasn't all that lager you drank? Yeah, yeah, quite sure. God, take a

look when that put me under the table.

Oh, really?

Now, Mike paid for you to go out to New Zealand, didn't he?

Did he tell you that?

Yeah, said you were in some sort of trouble.

Well, let me tell you something about my brother, my big brother.

I don't want to badmouth him, but he's a compulsive liar.

Oh, it has been.

You know what the truth is?

They wanted rid of me.

Couldn't actually stand the competition.

All right, what sort of competition is that, then?

Well, you name it. It is Mike, isn't it?

Well, it couldn't have bothered him that much. I mean, he hardly ever mentioned

you.

I'm not Mike's problem.

He's his own worst enemy.

Anyway, I don't know why you're defending him.

What, with him playing around?

What's that supposed to mean? Oh, come on.

He's obviously shacked up with the ex -wife, hasn't he?

No, I don't like what you're inferring. Excuse me, I'm going to go to bed.

Why don't I come with you, eh?

Now, come on, Pat, you've been flirting with me all night.

What's stopping you?

I didn't take you off when you walked into the bathroom. Maybe I should have

done. But you, you make one move on me and I will... What are you going to do?

There's nobody here.

Nobody.

Loverboy Mike's off with his nice, cuddly wife.

Come on.

You get out of here. You get out of this flat tonight. You hear me?

I was only joking.

Come on, we both had a bit too much to drink.

I'm not joking. I want you out of this flat now, all right?

I've got nowhere to go.

Now!

Oh, shit.

Hello? Hi, Mike, it's me.

Pat?

What's up?

I've had enough, Mike.

I've been very, very patient over all this Lynn business, but I'm not going to

put up with it anymore.

What's the matter?

Oh, no.

Pat? Oh, no, no, no, no.

Pat, what's going on?

Hang on. Hang on a minute.

Jimmy! Pat!

Jimmy!

Your bloody brother!

What's he done now? What's happened?

Well, making a pass at me I can just about cope with, but...

Looks like he's stolen my bloody jewellery.

What?

I will wring that little bastard's neck. No, I want you to come home, Mike.

I am thick to death of looking after your bloody family. I need to be looked

after for a bit, OK?

OK, understood. Listen, sweetheart, I'm already on my way. I'll probably be with

you in a few minutes, OK?

You wanker!

Taxi!

Never expected to see you.

Cut the crap, Jimmy. We both know what this is about.

Thanks, pal. Just hang on a couple of minutes, will you? Listen, I don't know

what you're talking about. Really? Give me that bag. Hey!

What are you doing?

Pass it away. Where is it?

Get out of my bag!

Jimmy, I want it.

No, don't.

Don't. That's mine.

Leave it.

Jesus.

What in the hell are you doing with a gun? Look, I... I can explain.

Look, it's not mine. I'm looking after it for my mate. Yeah?

Is it true? You know what, Jimmy?

I don't want to know.

I'm really tired and I need to talk to Pat.

You need that gun?

Listen, Mike.

I need to hand that gun over and I'm going to get my legs broken, I'm telling

you, man.

Look at this part.

I wouldn't touch her stuff.

I wouldn't do that.

I swear, I'm a mad life.

I wouldn't do that.

I mean, come on, for Christ's sake, my brother.

Yeah, you're my brother, and if you want, I'd have you arrested like I

have done years ago. Go to Florida, wherever the hell you were going, Jimmy.

I ain't looking after you anymore.

You're attacked on number one.

Always number one.

And listen, no matter what she tells you, I never lost her.

She wanted me.

I can't make it.

I need that gun.

How are you doing?

Get out of here!

I'm gonna get you!

Don't come near me, Father.

Father, I'm warning you!

Drop the bottle, you bastard!

Don't come any closer!

He's dead, Mike.

He's dead.

Mike!

You're in a certain amount of shit here.

I'd say.

Right up to your eyebrows.

They've got the victim's mother to formally ID him and she's given a

statement about your being at their flat and threatening to kill him.

She's bloody lying.

It sounds pretty believable, though. I never threatened to kill him. When am I

going to find someone around here who believes me? We all believe you, but you

can see how they might try to steer it. No accidental firing and no self

-defence because the defendant's armed himself with an illegal gun and shot the

man dead.

You've got to think clearly. I don't need to think clearly. It was an

Nothing went off. Why am I supposed to live a damn thing?

Exactly, Mike. You wouldn't expect an imitation firearm to go off, now, would

you? What? Who says anything? We'll see where this takes us, shall we?

Now, the last thing you'd expect is your own brother to be carrying a loaded

gun, correct?

Oh, that shite's capable of carrying anything. Listen to me, Mike. The last

thing you'd expect is your own brother staying in your own flat to be carrying

loaded gun. Am I right, or am I right?

Okay, okay, you're right.

So when he tells you it's a toy gun, you believe him, correct?

When did he tell me that? I don't remember. Yeah, quite. You've had one

a shock. Just give yourself the chance to reconstruct it all so that it all

makes sense.

A man who thinks he's carrying an invitation firearm is unlikely to have

necessary intent for murder, do you see?

Now, if your own brother tells you it's a toy gun, you're going to believe him,

aren't you?

Of course you are.

And no doubt that's why you didn't arrest him.

So what do you do? The sensible thing, you just take it off him, no fuss, and

put it in your pocket.

You know what?

I'd have done exactly the same thing myself.

Even if you had enough people, you know the form, just take your time, tell the

truth, you'll be all right.

I'll be in there with you.

at least meet me at the station.

She's going to cost you, Ellen Brickman.

Does Donny know I'm coming?

Not yet.

Why haven't you told him? I've come all this way to play mummy.

And be me.

Donny! Look who's here.

It's your mum.

I've got you a skateboard, Donny.

Do you like it?

Oh, that went well.

Put that on.

It's your dad, isn't it?

For a minute I thought he was in here.

Gave me a bit of a turn.

Of course he couldn't be, could he?

Do you like sausages?

I've got sausages for tea.

Do you want them with chips?

How about they been?

Back on Major A.

Remember, the C -sharp is on the fourth fret.

Don't stress those little fingers of yours, eh?

Teaching you to play, is he?

Come on.

Never played for me.

He got a record contract when he was your age, you know.

Do you think you'll ever be as good as he was?

Better.

Look, do us a favour, Brian.

Leave us alone for a couple of minutes, will you?

You

shouldn't

be here.

Yeah, I just came to get some things.

Oh, my, really? You've been charged. I'm the main witness. You shouldn't be

here. Yeah, well, I had to leave in a bit of a hurry, if you remember.

Fancy a drink?

Yeah, sure.

Things OK with the badge?

Yeah.

Glad you got bail.

So am I.

Did Jimmy get to the station for you?

Yeah, he gave a statement.

Did he say where he got the gun from?

No, he climbed up when he asked him that.

But he confirmed defence and said he was staying till the trial.

Bloody well, I hope so. Where are you going to stay?

B &B, Paddington.

They offered to let him stay, by the way. Oh, that would have been very cosy,

wouldn't it?

Don't start, Pat, please. They could have gone to the trial together.

I'm hoping her statement's going to be enough and she won't have to go to

I don't want her being put through that.

What do you mean you don't like her being put through that?

I mean, it's that stupidity that got us into this mess.

She's going to have another breakdown if she's under any more pressure. I just

won't do it to her. No, no, no, of course you won't do it to her. And don't

me the sheath of... the bother of my kids routine because it's beginning to

me puke. Stop it, Pat.

I mean it. I really do not want to talk about it then, okay?

Okay, right.

That means I can't, does it?

I mean, where am I supposed to be in all this, mate? We're supposed to be

getting married, aren't we?

I have got to give evidence, haven't I?

You don't seem to be at all worried about what this might be doing to me.

Are you just worried about your bloody career? No, of course I'm not, but

saying it hasn't affected yours.

You know as well as I...

Do you think I don't bloody know it?

Do you think I don't know it?

It's all right. It's all right. You're fine. Really.

You look fat.

I wanted to see you.

I wanted you to come through that door. You know why?

I just needed you to put your arms around me.

I'll make everything okay.

Just tell me that you'll be there for me.

I am here for you.

And I'll be there for you at the court as well.

Yeah.

And I'll be at Sanchez.

All right.

I've been busy.

Took some wrapping in the right places.

But anyway, I've got chicken tikka masala, biryani, pilau

rice, a couple of poppadoms.

You okay?

This is what I found out.

That brother of yours is in some deep shit, Mike.

If he hadn't have scarpered out of New Zealand, he would have been arrested for

dealing in heroin.

He's in serious trouble with the right bunch of hard men from Sydney.

I'd say he had the gun for his own protection, right?

Jesus.

You want to keep an eye on him, mate?

Not sad. She's my brother.

Yeah, well, he's getting pissed off about that cheap B &B we've got him

in. Plus, I'd say showing his face in court is the last thing the punk wants.

He's not going to walk away.

He knows I need him.

Would the defendant please stand?

Robert Anthony Brickman, you are charged with murder and that on the 19th of

March you did murder Jane Susan Mellor.

How do you plead?

Guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

Guilty. Detective Inspector North.

I... We just wanted to thank you for finding the person who did this to Jane.

Well, it would have helped if you two had been a bit more forthcoming about

where you were the day she was killed. We were together.

We'd already lost Jane. We didn't want to lose anything else. Look, I really

don't want to know. Nobody else needs to know about it today.

If you don't care, the case is closed. What you do in your private life is

absolutely none of my business.

You have no right to talk to us like that.

It may be none of your business, but from the first moment you came to my

I tried to explain. I was honest with you. No, not entirely, you weren't.

I allowed my daughter to be traumatised all over again when you requested taking

her back to where her mother was kidnapped.

I even agreed against my better judgement.

Against my instincts as a father.

When you asked for Tara to identify Jane's killer... You'll let me finish!

Not once did you have any compassion.

But at least I've learned one thing. My personal life is my own, and I will

never be frightened by what other people think.

Sharon Fienley, Donny's mum.

Yeah? We did try to contact you, but we were told there was no forwarding

address. Is that so?

Well, if you need me in the future, I'll be with Alan. And Donny, of course.

Because, you know, we felt how Donny needed his mum after this terrible

business. Yeah, I'm sure he does.

Unbelievable.

One minute he's telling us she's a cheap gold -digging tart, and the next minute

he's asking her to move in.

Well, so what?

I mean, so what? You know, Alan Brickman gets his cheap bit of skirt. She gets

what she wants.

James Miller and Crispin get to play happy families in the closet.

Every relationship is dysfunctional, Pat. You above all people should know

Hi.

You scared me.

Sorry, I, uh, came to get these.

I didn't think I would bump into you.

Uh, Satch tells me congratulations are in order.

That Brickman pleaded guilty?

Yeah, yeah, he did.

Hey, first murder investigation done in the district.

Well done.

I'm just going to get my shoes, yeah.

Hi.

Look, don't bite my head off, but we do have a joint bank account, right? So I

think I do have a right to know.

To know what?

Well, you've taken out £1 ,000 from our account. What was it for?

That's my business.

No, it's not.

We're paying off two mortgages, Mike. We won't have enough money left in our

account to cover both.

Was it for Lynne?

No, it was for Jimmy.

Jimmy? You've paid him £1 ,000 from our account. Mike, what are you playing at?

He's my brother, Pat.

He's your defence witness.

What were they going to say when they found out you'd been paying him money?

Yeah, I'd been paying his hotel, OK?

Why didn't you just tell him to sell off the jewellery he stole from me?

That wasn't Jimmy. That bastard fellow had a key to this place. Jimmy swears he

never saw your stuff.

Look, if you're really worried, why don't I call the bank tomorrow and just

cancel the joint account?

That'd keep me happy.

Let's face it.

There's no more joint anything anymore, is there?

You said it.

What renders this case of murder particularly unusual is that at the time

shooting, Michael Walker was, and indeed still is, a senior police officer with

the rank of detective chief superintendent.

And by all accounts, a highly regarded, very experienced police officer at that.

Against that background, however, you'll hear that he isn't and never has been

an authorised shot.

That's the police officer with the specialist training required to be

with a firearm whilst on duty.

No gun had been issued to Detective Chief Superintendent Walker in the

his duties.

And the firearm in question, a Luger pistol,

was in any event not of the type which the Metropolitan Police Force issues to

officers.

So, quite apart from the circumstances in which this gun came to be fired,

you'll be concerned, no doubt, how this gun came

to be in the possession of Michael Walker at all.

Hold on.

Bloody traffic. Has it started?

Yeah, they've just gone in.

Oh, shit. I was hoping to catch him before he went in. How is he? Is he OK?

Not really.

He needs a bit of TLC right now, Pat.

Yeah, I do know. You know, I'd go in there now if I wasn't giving evidence.

Hi, Lynn.

Sorry about that. It's such.

Look, Mike's in court today and I just wondered if you were going to show him.

At about 11 .30 that night...

Eric Fowler went to the defendant's flat in Barnes, shouting, trying to gain

entry, disturbing Detective Inspector North and the two children who were

staying there.

You'll hear from her details of his bizarre behaviour. It must indeed have

terrifying, particularly in the dead of night.

She alerted the local police, timed at 11 .36pm.

and contacted Michael Walker by telephone shortly thereafter.

You'll hear the evidence of a computer analyst that at 12 .14 on the

following day, that's Wednesday the 26th of March, Michael and Lynne Walker used

Lynne's home computer to enter the chat room, sensualsingle .co

.uk, where Lynne first met Fowler.

Michael Walker pretended to be Lynn, and eventually they made contact with Eric

Fowler, whose response was, Hi, Mike, I'm

Eric, Lynn's boyfriend, Eric, and I'm going to make your life

a living hell.

As she telephoned the police, the attack was resumed, this time at the rear of

the house.

And the man whom Lynn Walker has confirmed in her statement she knew as

Knowles broke in through a side window.

And on photograph five and photograph six.

He attacked Lynn Walker in her kitchen.

And then...

chased after her holding a kitchen knife as she escaped via the front door.

Fingerprint examination of that knife revealed two clear prints and computer

identification produced an exact match to one Eric Fowler, aged 42.

I tell you that following this attack on Lynn Walker with a knife, an officer

was assigned to investigate the case, Detective Sergeant Babington.

Any unilateral actions taken by Michael Walker outside of Detective Sergeant

Babington's inquiry would be unofficial and contrary to good and proper police

practice, however understandable they might be.

Nevertheless, that Thursday evening, about five o 'clock, you'll hear that

Michael Walker visited the address of Mrs. Fowler, Fowler's mother, in East

London, looking for her son.

And Mrs. Fowler will tell you...

that Michael Walker made a threat to kill her son when he found him and then

left.

If that's what he said, was it a case of an

unfortunate choice of words in the light of

such traumatic events?

Or, as the Crown suggests, did he mean it?

I think you being caught might mean it's all off report right now. No, I can't.

It wasn't my idea not to give evidence.

It was Mike.

What?

I'd be under oath, you see.

I might say things I shouldn't.

Like what?

Like... I'll kill the bastard if he ever tries to see you and my kids again.

I mean it, Len. I'll kill him.

He said it over and over.

Oh, come on, he just said it in anger. We all say that. He didn't mean it. He

wasn't angry, Thatch.

That's what frightened me.

He was so calm.

When did he say this?

That night.

The night he... Eric died.

The defendant said, in interview, that when he went into his house...

the gun was in his pocket.

And he found himself, he said, quite unexpectedly confronted by an extremely

aggressive and violent Fowler.

Fowler!

Drop the bottle.

He says that he instinctively produced the gun from his pocket in order to hold

Fowler at bay.

Don't come near me, Father.

I'm warning you!

You can't hurt me.

Keep back!

Keep back! The burden is upon us, the prosecution, to prove every element in

the case against this defendant, and in particular two vital elements.

Firstly, that the shooting of Fowler was not an accident, but a deliberate act.

And secondly...

that it was not an act committed in lawful self -defense.

You may think that the defendant's account of how he came to be in

that gun, on that very evening, at that very

location, from his brother, in an episode wholly unconnected

with Fowler, strains your credulity.

Beyond breaking point.

You may be.

We shall see.

As I was leaving home that morning, I saw this obscene

personal graffiti painted across the door and into the hallway.

And I reported it at once to the local police who came round and took

photographs.

And then Mike cleaned it off that same day, but I found it very upsetting. I

think we both did.

Did he appear to know who was responsible?

Yeah, it was obviously Eric Fowler, his ex -wife's new boyfriend, who'd already

threatened Mike.

What was Michael Walker's reaction to the threat?

Was he angry?

Annoyed, I'd say, rather than angry.

Annoyed and concerned.

Concerned?

Yeah.

He was severely unstable and with access to two very young kids.

Did the defendant ever mention Mrs Fowler to you?

Detective Inspector?

Listen to this. Such you've nailed the bastard. Eric Fowler. Yes, he did, yes.

He said he was going to visit her.

He was going to visit her?

Was it an active police officer?

Back off, Pat!

I mean it.

He wanted to locate Eric Fowler so that the local police could arrest him, but

there was no way that Mike himself wanted to be involved in the making of

arrest.

Did you hear any warning shouted by the defendant before you heard the shot?

I was barricaded behind the bedroom door and it was very hard to hear, but,

yeah, I did hear him shout to Fowler to put down the bottle.

Drop the bottle!

Put down the bottle. Sit there.

I think he swore at him, called him a bastard.

Put down the bottle, you bastard.

Yeah, something like that.

You must understand, I was very, very frightened, and it was very hard to hear

anything, but, yeah, then I heard the shot.

Thank you.

So, between put down the bottle, you bastard,

And the shot, what sort of time gap would you say there was? That was very

quick, I would say a matter of seconds. And then I managed to open the bedroom

door and there was Mike standing looking very shaken. And my first thought was

that he'd been shot.

You thought he'd been shot?

Yeah, I mean, Mike doesn't carry a firearm.

Could Detective Inspector North be given the photograph album?

Photograph number 10 in the main album, Lord.

So we see the top of the stairs, the landing, and your blood -stained bedroom

door at the back of the hall.

Can you tell us where Michael Walker was standing?

He was standing right at the bottom of the stairs, just slightly to my right.

And the gun, where exactly was that?

Now, the gun was lying on the floor between Mike and the deceased.

Mm -hmm.

Did you do anything with the gun?

No, my first thought was to go and check if Eric Fowler was alive. I went over,

tried to find a pulse, but he was already dead.

And the bottle, where did you see that?

The bottle was lying in the same position as on photograph 11.

So what happened then?

Then Mike asked me to call the local station, which I did, and to get an

ambulance, which I also did.

Do you know James Walker, Michael Walker's brother?

Yes, I met him a couple of days earlier when he turned up on our doorstep from

New Zealand.

When did you see him last?

It was that same evening, about eight o 'clock, just a few minutes before the

attack started.

Did he say where he was going?

He was on his way to the airport. I think he was off to Florida.

Did you ever see him with a gun at any time?

No.

Thank you.

I would just like to say that Michael Walker is a tough... experienced,

extremely brave police officer.

And his method of dealing with the foulest of this world would never, never

to take the law into his own hands, neither as a police officer nor as a

Thank you, Detective Inspector North.

Thank you. I just wanted to say that.

Hey, guess what?

Top brass upstairs have decided it would be inappropriate to make me commander

right now.

Yeah, I should have expected it.

What does Pat say?

She doesn't know.

Yeah, well, she was there for you today, though, Mike.

You mean she was there for you?

Yeah.

Got one over on that Rylands right at the end there.

I went to see Lynn today.

I still think you should have had her in court, Mike.

She's been through enough.

No other reason?

Like what?

Like you didn't threaten to kill that bastard, did you?

Yes, sir.

Such a threat to kill you two or three times is still around.

Yeah.

We've got another big day tomorrow, yeah?

Yeah.

From the very extensive damage caused by the passage of the bullet through the

chest, I would estimate the death occurred within a very short period of

possibly within a minute.

What can you tell us about the trajectory of the bullet?

If you'll allow me to demonstrate.

With my Lord's permission.

Ah. the oft -murdered Heidi.

I considered the entry wound here and the position where the bullet

came to rest here and the track of the bullet between those two locations.

The bullet finished just to the right of the midline of the body and in a

position slightly higher within the body than the entry wound.

Now, that suggests that the shot was fired with the gun pointing about 30

degrees above the horizontal and perhaps 20 degrees off -centre to the left as

the shot is fired.

The two parties were close together and they were facing each other.

Dr.

Foster, I want to put a scenario to you.

Now, suppose the following position.

As described by Detective Chief Superintendent Walker in his interview,

provided with his statement to the police, were you not?

Yes.

Good.

Now, the defendant held a gun in front of him.

I am the defendant.

Pointing at Eric Fowler, that is the esteemed Mr. Tully, standing less than a

meter away, thus.

Now, Eric Fowler throws himself forward toward and against the defendant and

against the gun, knocking it slightly sideways and to the left and causing the

gun to go off.

Now, would this be consistent with what you have told us about the proximity of

the shot, the direction and elevation of the shot?

Thank you, Mr. Talley. You may sit down.

And about the known positions of Detective Chief Superintendent Walker

deceased Fowler?

Yes, it would be consistent.

Thank you, Doctor.

Major Giddings.

Just to confirm, you've stated that this gun fitted with a safety catch, so that

whoever used the gun would have had to make two distinct actions.

Firstly, to pivot the catch from safety, and secondly, to press the trigger to

the required minimum pressure. Is that correct?

That is correct.

Thank you, Major Giddings.

You said it would require medium trigger pressure to activate the firing

mechanism.

Might a single jerk on the trigger, such as could occur accidentally, if someone

launched themselves at the person holding the gun and knocked against him,

sufficient?

As long as 4 .8 pounds of pressure was achieved on the trigger, the firing

mechanism would detonate.

So with a single jerking action such as could occur accidentally, the gun might

fire?

Yes, that is correct.

Yes.

Thank you, Major Giddings.

Jimmy, the taxi's on its way. Now, I said you have to be there by ten.

No, ten.

All right, I'll see you there.

Yeah, look, I'll give you money for the cab. Just be there, all right?

Right, you say it. We've got to be there in 20 minutes.

Yeah, I know.

Are you wearing brown shoes?

No one's going to be looking at my feet, Satch.

Hey, how did Jimmy sound?

Fine, yeah, yeah. He sounded in good shape.

Yeah, I hope to God he is. We're dependent on him.

Right, are you ready? Come on.

Are you sure these brown shoes don't go?

Yeah, well, like you said, no one's going to be looking at your feet.

I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the

whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

I ordered a taxi to collect a Mr. James Walker from... No, no, no, no, I'm

calling to see if a pick -up was made, yeah?

Chavez, Chavez Hotel, Paddington.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Here, have they called the next witness yet?

No, because he's on his way, yeah?

I know it was an officer.

I should have checked whether or not the gun was real. I know if I'd found it

was, I should have made it safe and arrested my brother. I know all these

things. But you admit that you didn't do any of them.

No, I didn't.

But I also know another thing.

If I didn't have the gun that evening, both myself and Detective Inspector

would be dead.

Thank you, Detective Chief Superintendent Walker.

Mr. Walker, shall we see if I have this right?

You came upon this gun from your long -lost brother, literally a matter of

minutes before seeing a man who posed a grave threat to your family and home.

You then produced this gun, thinking it was a harmed replica, and were surprised

when it went off.

Have I understood your evidence correctly?

Yes, that's exactly what happened.

Clearly, follow up.

Thought it was a harmless replica as well, judging by the way he... He took

notice of it and just threw himself at me. So you didn't throw yourself at him.

He threw himself at you, causing the gun to go off.

Precisely. The gun was jolted out of my hand.

I mean, I wasn't holding the gun particularly tightly.

To be honest, I was half thinking of hitting him with it.

If I had to, it was quite heavy.

You didn't think to check that it was an imitation and not the real gun?

It was dark.

I was extremely worried about my kids with this idiot running round. I

to find the gun on my brother's hole, though he laughed it off as a toy. I

something silly like, well, it's a toy you're not going to play with anymore.

And that was that. I put it in my pocket and I went upstairs.

Would you have a look at this oil cloth, please?

You've seen guns wrapped in oil cloth like this before, haven't you? Yes, I

have. But have you ever, in your 25 years as a police officer, ever seen an

imitation weapon wrapped in oilcloth like that?

People who carry contraband don't like the fingerprints or traceable fibres

found on any weapons, and that goes for imitation guns.

But an oilcloth?

Imitation guns have no moving parts. Why should they need to be wrapped in

oilcloth? I didn't see it as an oilcloth.

I saw it as a piece of material wrapping a gun.

There's nothing wrong with your sense of smell, is there? No.

That reeks of gum oil.

Do have a smell, will you?

I didn't notice that at the time.

Ah. So, what you're saying is that neither the smell nor the fact that it

wrapped in an oil cloth alerted you to the fact that this was...

A real gun.

I need that gun!

Listen, Mike, but you don't understand.

I need that gun. Because undoubtedly your brother was carrying a real gun.

If what you're saying is correct,

then the truth.

I don't like the tone of your questions.

You're suggesting that I cobbled together this evidence lying like a

criminal. What kind of person do you think I am?

That, Mr. Walker, is for the jury to decide.

Really?

Well, let me tell you what kind of person I am, Mr. Rylands.

I am a police officer. I uphold the law.

I do not break it or take it into my own hands.

As for Eric Fowler, I feel sorry for the man. He clearly had mental problems.

I take no pleasure whatsoever in his death.

None at all.

I just wanted him arrested and brought to justice.

Jimmy, where the bloody hell have you been? The taxi picked you up at ten. Do

you know what time it is? I just came here, I'm here, I'm here.

Upstairs, come on.

You are not going to school with him for my... No what?

I know your game, Jimmy.

I know who you were dealing with in New Zealand and who's chasing you.

Sorry arse all the way from Sydney.

You know nothing, absolutely nothing.

And if the boot was on the other foot, do you really think that Mike would have

stayed holed up in that stinking hotel for as long as I have? I don't think so.

Come on, he paid for it and you didn't have anywhere else to go. Do you really

think we fell for all that bullshit about some job in Florida?

See, I know about the gun, Jimmy.

I know, and you'd better come clean about it. I what?

We're going to do that, eh?

Don't make threats you cannae keep.

Mr James Walker, please.

Be with you in a minute, love.

And listen, I'm going to be there for him.

You can rely on that.

You're a good mate to him and I appreciate that. I appreciate that.

Hiya, Pat.

Long time no see, eh?

Great. You got him here.

Yeah, what's up?

Mike's still giving evidence.

Where are you going?

Back to the station.

What? Why? I thought we'd wrapped up, Brickman.

No, we haven't wrapped up Brickman. It's not yet been sentenced, but it's not

that anyway.

I'll have to see Chief Superintendent Bradley.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

I'd give it one, would you?

Mr Walker, please.

Come on, love.

On touch.

I'd get front row seats if I were you.

It's going to be good.

It's going to be great.

Hey, how you doing, boy?

Say hello to your dad. Hey, Donny boy!

How you doing? Fine.

You been practicing your chords?

Yeah. Been keeping them fingers nimble, boy? Yeah. Got that dexterity right?

Yes. You're a good boy.

You used to do that trick, flicking a coin through your fingers like a

I tried to show him once. I went much good.

Here.

Go there.

You just push.

Over, over.

Push up, push up, push over. Gotcha.

Which hand?

Son.

No.

Here.

You get yourself a Mars bar or a Coke or something like that, yeah? Al, you want

something? No.

Go on.

Hey, Donny boy.

So I told you how long you were going to get, yeah?

Yeah.

I see a different hand shrinker every day.

Saying they're insane is looking at 12 to 15 years.

If it don't matter, it's over.

You got nothing to worry about, boy.

Told you it was going to be all right, didn't I?

Yeah, me ain't got no more trouble from that social services neither.

She can kick that slag out.

You're shagging her again, aren't you?

No.

I used to have no trouble kicking her out then.

Have you got in touch with your lawyers yet?

Yeah.

I get all the papers to you.

Give you legal guardianship on Donny.

Power of attorney on the business.

But not forever.

What?

That's the plan, boy.

You're going to look after Donny, stay in the house, run the business, and you

get all the profits up until when he's 18, and then I'm giving it all to him.

And the whole thing over to him.

You've no right to do that.

I'm the one that's built that business up my whole life.

You don't want me to suddenly remember who helped me bury him, do you? I'm the

one you come running to after you snatched him from the woods, mate!

It's all right.

It's all right.

I'm the one that got rid of the baseball bat you killed him with, right?

I'm the one that took it out of the guitar case and burnt it, right?

Me.

I never put it in the guitar case.

Think about it, Alan.

Police were swarming all over that place like flies.

I don't understand.

Donnie hid it.

And he took it to school so they couldn't find it. Oh, God, Bob, you've

own son involved in protecting you now.

No, Alan.

You were the younger brother of Michael Walker, and you were staying with him

and his fiancée in his flat in Barnes from March the 26th this year?

Yeah, that's right.

I dropped in on him on my way to Florida from New Zealand.

Ah, have you seen him in years, sir?

I thought I'd look him up.

And how long did you stay there?

Maybe a day.

Well, that's about as long as we two can put up with each other. Do you know

what I mean?

Would you have a look at this, please?

Have you seen that gun before?

No.

Don't believe I have.

I'm sorry?

I said I don't believe I've seen the gun before.

Have a look at it again, will you?

Now, take your time and tell me, have you seen that gun before?

No, I haven't.

I need not remind you you were on oath, Mr Walker.

Members of the jury, I think we'll have a short adjournment.

Would you go to your room, please?

Mr. Walker, could you wait outside, please?

As I say to all witnesses, please don't discuss the case.

Now, Mr. Stevens.

I imagine you may wish to apply to me for leave to cross -examine your

Do you want me to rise to allow you to take some instructions?

I'd be grateful for a few minutes, my lord. We seem to have been taken a

by surprise.

Let the usher know when you're ready.

All rise.

At the risk of stating the obvious, the little shit has gone bent on us.

Here, let me talk to him. Can I just talk to him? You know that's not

Mr. Walker.

Our only option is to apply to treat him as a hostile witness. That allows me to

cross -examine him on the statement he made to the police. I just need two

minutes with him. No, you can't.

I need to know why your own brother is doing this. I mean, he must understand

how cruelly the evidence is, surely?

Of course the bastard understands.

I've been protecting him all of his life.

You know, these things can end up working for our advantage.

We may yet come up smelling of roses.

I take it you've got his signed statement confirming that what he told

police is true?

Certainly have.

Well, thank God for that, at least.

What's the Section 9 statement?

Signed and witnessed.

So, is this some cowardice on his part, not wanting to face the consequences of

possessing that gun, or is it something more sinister?

I mean, it looks on the face of it as if he's seen the opportunity to do you

down and grabbed it with both hands.

Do we really not know why he had the gun in the first place?

No, just like I told you, he said he was delivering it to someone.

Nothing more than that, eh?

Well,

we'll just have to try to destroy the little beggar.

Courage, dear boy, into battle.

Tell me, are you fond of your brother?

What kind of question is that?

Will, are you?

Yes, of course I am.

So fond that you're prepared to lie for him?

I don't follow.

Well, just have a look at this witness statement you made to the police. You

made a similar one to your brother's solicitors, didn't you?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's right.

So are these statements true or are they a pack of lies?

Actually, um...

They're a pack of lies.

So why make them?

Because that's what he asked me to say.

He said it would be all right. I mean, he was really desperate. He kept on

saying that his whole life, his whole career depended on me.

So I agreed.

But to be quite honest, I really didn't think much about it at the time.

You agreed to tell lies, is that what you're saying?

To make a false witness statement?

And so what has suddenly changed today?

Well, telling lies to the police, that's easy enough. I really don't get on too

well with them.

Well, you can't always trust them, can you?

But coming here, to court, in the witness box, telling a shed full of lies

oath, well, that's a wee bit different, isn't it? I just couldn't go through

with it.

You know, I did warn them, but... Oh, you warned?

You warned him of what?

That you were going to have an attack of conscience when you got near the

witness box? Is that what you warned him?

I did warn him.

You're just making this up as you go along, aren't you?

Making it up?

There's not anyone who'd call me here. They had to threaten me with a summons

get me in.

Oh, they had to threaten you with a summons to bring you to court to help

own brother.

They had to force you here.

I suggest the reason you didn't want to come to court was because you were

worried about possessing that gun, loaded with hollow point bullets, were

not? That's rubbish.

There wasn't any gun.

Or perhaps you were worried not so much about possessing it, but about not

possessing it, about losing it, hmm?

I need that gun!

Was someone after you because of that gun? Is that why you wanted to get

Are you deaf or something?

I keep on telling you, there was no gun.

I don't have to listen to this bollocks! Mr. Walker, I'd advise you to temper

your comments whilst you're in the witness box.

Thank you, my lord.

You said you didn't like the police. Did you mean the police in this country or

New Zealand or both?

Look, I just don't get on with the police.

Full stop. Okay?

And that would include your brother, I take it. He's a police officer and a

good one at that. Does that bother you?

Well, why should it?

Well, you're not jealous, are you? You're not bitter and jealous of his

and your own failure in life.

Jealous? Listen, mate, he's the one in the dark, you know, not me.

Jealous. You told the police the truth for once in your life, or as much of the

truth as you dared.

And now you're reverting to form, lashing out at your own brother to

you see as old scores.

That's rubbish.

Can I have the gun again, please?

You were carrying this gun in your holdall, loaded with hollow -point

were you not?

Rubbish. You had it with you in circumstances only you know about, isn't

right? Look, it's rubbish! Your brother found it and took it from you outside

his flat, just as he told the police and just as you told the police. That's

rubbish too, I expect.

Yeah, it is actually.

It's absolute political rubbish!

You are, I suggest, an utterly despicable liar.

Look, I understand that this will put a lot of pressure on you. It is a

difficult case and, um... Well...

given your present circumstances.

But I need to work hard at the moment, sir, really.

The busier, the better.

Good.

I'm glad you made it.

Thank you, sir.

So much of the defendant's argument rested, did it not, on

the errant brother lasting the course.

Loyalty took him so far, but asked to come into court.

And stick by this wholly fantastical story.

He simply couldn't do it.

Nope. He had not seen the gun before.

There is, in a murder trial, place neither for sympathy

nor prejudice.

There is place only for cool, dispassionate weighing of evidence

Your task is not to judge this experienced, high -flying officer

on what he did during his career to date.

Impressive as that no doubt has been.

But on what he did during the night of Thursday, March the

27th.

It may be tempting to conclude that the person responsible for these attacks

received what he deserved, maybe.

But each of you knows that taking the law into one's own hands can never be

justified in a civilized society.

On the evidence you have heard, there is really only one verdict which you can

reach.

And that is guilty.

The Crown have presented you with a single snapshot of the scene which

the police the night this shooting took place.

They have described Detective Chief Superintendent Walker standing over his

dying victim.

Traditional smoking gun lying on the carpet.

Body slumped, covered with blood.

Fatal wound to the chest.

The Crown have built their entire case around this snapshot.

pointing to it and saying Michael Walker had the motive.

He had the killer weapon.

A clear case of murder.

But that snapshot, that two -dimensional picture, tells you nothing of what went

on two minutes earlier.

It tells you nothing of what was going on five minutes before out in the street

with Detective Chief Superintendent Walker's brother. It tells you nothing

what really happened that evening.

Above all, it tells you nothing of the people involved.

On the one hand, you have a dangerously unstable man who had attacked

Lynn Walker on more than one occasion, the last time with a kitchen knife, and

who had transferred his murderous rage to Pat North when covered in his own

blood, he had threatened her with a broken bottle.

On the other hand, you have Detective Chief Superintendent Walker.

a man with 25 years' service to the Metropolitan Police Force, 25 years

dedicated to upholding the law.

Now, instead of being distracted by this sensational snapshot, ask yourself,

would this man, the measured, dedicated man you have seen in the

witness box and heard told about from so many impressive witnesses, suddenly

give in to raw hatred and base revenge?

Emotions no one has ever known him to possess.

Would this man, on the threshold of appointment to the very top echelon of

Metropolitan Police Force, about to be married, even be tempted

to do what the Crown has suggested?

Kill a man in cold blood.

Michael Walker.

The man in your charge on this indictment.

is a police officer whose every instinct that night was to bring

this man to justice, to subdue him, arrest him, and

bring him before the court and see him sentenced according to the law.

And it is on behalf of this man that I invite you to return your verdict of not

guilty.

Would the foreman please stand?

Madam Foreman, please answer this question, yes or no.

Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict on which you are all agreed?

Yes. Do you find the defendant, Michael Walker, guilty or not guilty of murder?

Not guilty.

You find him not guilty?

And that is the verdict of your... It is.

Thank you.

What?

Jimmy!

Jimmy!

You're my brother!

Why? You're my goddamn brother, just tell me why.

You've always been such a smug little bastard.

Think about the bad you've done in your life. Do you remember?

You always got away with it, didn't you?

But not me.

And in there, in court again.

You're a lucky bastard, Mike.

You're a loser, Jimmy.

You're nothing but a loser.

Thank you, Mike.

It's over, Jimmy.

It's over.

Mike!

Thought I'd missed you.

Hi.

I'm all packed up.

I just wanted to say, take care of yourself.

If you ever need me, you know I'll do anything for you.

for what you did in court.

Bye, sweetheart.

Hello, Pat North.

Oh, yes, hello, sir. Yes, I was just about to get back to you.

I've earmarked the team, sir.

Drop the bottle.

Drop the bottle.

Drop the bottle. Drop the bottle.

Drop the bottle down, you bastard.

You've got to help me.

You stone father.

You'll never get near my wife and kids again.

I promise you. I promise you.

No, no,

no, no.

No.

It's finished.

Here, your first.

No!

Hello,

Inspector. Hello, Inspector.

I'm sorry, sorry, sir. What?

Yes,

of course, sir. I'd like... DC Lisa West, DC Doug Collins. I think most of

team that were on the Brickman case.

Yeah.

Yeah, that'd be great.

No, not Dave Satchell. Who else is available?

Oh, good.

Now, the victim was found near Tower Bridge, yeah?

Strangled.

Yeah.

Great. See you tomorrow. Bye.