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All right.

What gig?

You can't get any spare socks in the cab. Don't be a dick, why would I have

spare socks?

Nick, do you get any spare socks?

No.

Hey mate, we look as good as anyone in there.

You would say that on this side of the road. I'll leave you if you don't want

them on. What dress code?

White socks.

You what?

White socks.

Oh, nice one, you mophead.

I'll never manage to fix out some days more than others.

Watch out, his wife's over there.

Are you married?

Oh, I'm jumping from the toilet.

What are you doing up for?

What are you doing up for? What are you doing up for? What are you doing up for?

Are you having that one? Look at his face.

Jesus,

eh? Unbelievable.

It's a joke.

Yeah, so are you.

Hey, what's up?

Who's that?

Who's that?

Um,

are you two sisters?

Yes, that money's sale.

Topless? On Thursday? Since when? Since the Patriots opened.

Landlord's desperate, isn't he? Ten minutes after closing, wheels leave

doing karaoke topless.

Hey, cracking voices.

Now,

swear to God, we're team.

See?

Team.

Team.

I mean, how close is this?

No, I'm done, see?

Now, is it me?

Or am I being judged by the Nolan sisters?

Oh, God.

Cos there's no job being locked up when you're not asking for it.

Pisses me off. It's OK, just... Makes you ask what people want, who people

they are.

What do you do?

Who do you think you are?

Supervisor.

Don't you agree?

Sounds work.

Oh, we should have finished at seven, but we're really busy.

Cat got your tongue? Hey, come on, leave her alone, please.

What did you say? All right, mate, give it a rest, eh?

Say something else.

You should shut your mouth while you still can. Come on, hey, lad, you're

scaring people. Just leave them alone.

We just want to go home, that's all. No trouble. That's all.

Referee looks a bit pasty.

What do you reckon? Hey, the kids.

There we go.

This lady's first.

No, let them get in. This lady's first. Barney, just give them the taxi. We

don't have it with you. No.

It's yours.

Jesus.

What are you waiting for?

Thank you.

I was into his man. He wasn't nice. He can't be nice. You have to know.

Alright girls, where are you taking us?

Pizza!

Suit yourselves.

I can't hear.

What?

I'm going to an X -ray race, mate.

Actually, mate, can you take us to Pritchard Street in Trenchfield?

I'd rather go straight home.

Sir.

Sir.

What have you brought us here for?

I'm not giving you an address. Please check your own taxes.

All right.

Yeah. That's good.

Hi, have you got a taxi for me?

Erm, now.

Yeah, name's Barney.

Er, outside the triangle.

Yeah, erm, I work here, security.

Listen, could you, erm, could you speed it up? It's just that I've just heard my

wife gone into labour.

OK, cheers.

What were you not drinking last night?

Bunch of birds beat you up.

Sounds like a treat. Sorry I missed it.

Shit.

He's not dead.

They found a knife in a way -spinning market street.

All right, who did it?

Well, one of us must have.

Well, I couldn't get near it.

Well, don't come that way. It was all in there.

See, I think you're barking at the wrong tree there, Nick.

I think it just happened.

What, nine free times and it just happened? So who was it? One of his own

Well, that's what I'm saying. Why not? Feasible. Speed it all went down. That

little guy was off his face. He could barely see straight.

That big boy with the leather.

You're not telling me he wasn't the type to be tooled up. And when the heavy

stuff kicked off, you were straight in there.

Straight in, reaching into his pocket.

He was talking to me.

After them.

Nick, there's somebody in the office to see you.

Who?

A visitor.

Who? Your girlfriend.

Your mum's not very well.

I was trying to be discreet.

Who went through Market Street?

You asking me for?

Well, you grabbed a taxi on Blackfriars.

So?

So, how did you get to Blackfriars without going down Market Street?

Nick, you're getting on me tit. It wasn't me.

Corporation Street.

Down the back of Arena, back up to Blackfriars. All right.

I'm all right. Where were you?

Look, all I'm saying is, if they found it on Market Street, it has to be one of

us.

His mate stayed with him. He went back to the guy on the floor. I saw him.

So?

Who said split up?

What? Who said split up first?

Barney.

I've seen him kick off before.

What's he matter?

Well, he's the only one that I know who'd carry a knife.

Barney! It's okay.

On the bus. Get in, I'm doing so.

Perry polo shirt with black trousers and black shoes.

The fourth man was shorter, stocky with receding hair, wearing black trousers

with white socks... Calm down, that's not from Manchester.

A Swiss army knife, confirmed to be the weapon used in the assault, was

recovered from a waste bin in... Let the bench on the door, that club could pick

you up. Police are anxious to trace the witnesses from the St Anne Square taxi

rank. The man in charge of the investigation, Detective Inspector

Fielding, had this to say.

This father of two is fighting for his life because there's a growing culture

for young men to carry weapons, especially knives, in the city. And it's

we have to stamp out.

Police have issued a free phone number to the incident room. It's 08081570.

If you did it, I want to know.

Me?

Cheers, Kev.

Everybody else knows where everybody else went. You bugger off on your own.

We all buggered off on our own. That was the whole point. Were you the only one

that went towards Market Street?

No, I didn't. Barney, this is serious shit.

Look, no -one's going to grass you up, but the more we know, the more we know

what to say.

Again, cheers, Kev.

Come here, you piss -off leech!

Don't do that thing!

Why do you always think people have got answers to you?

You're just a gobshite and you started all this. They don't go jumping down

other people's necks.

Nobody knows where you went or where anybody went.

Did you see Kev get a taxi?

No, I went... Did Nick see Kev get a taxi?

No, because he was... It's a bollocks.

Great gig, though, Kev. Get everybody accused and everybody else.

Has he blamed you?

No.

What are you doing?

Well, I'm trying to get this started and the bloody thing's not doing anything.

What are you doing?

I don't know. It's just my stuff.

Nick, you can't run a whole cycle for that much. There's a stack of stuff

upstairs. Just tell me what to press.

What have I done?

Have you put powder in?

No.

I'm making a coffee. Do you want one?

OK.

Can I have intensive care, please? Do you know which intensive care?

No. I'm making inquiries about Michael Bradbury. He was brought in last night

with knife wounds.

I'll just check.

Oi! Watch the turds!

Watch the turds!

Hello?

Oh, hiya. I'm just making inquiries about Michael Bradbury.

He came in last night.

No, I'm just a mate. Is he okay?

I'm sorry, I can only give information to relatives.

If you leave your number, I can get his next of kin to ring you.

No, you're right.

Come on, bedtime.

See if Mum's back yet.

Stay up!

We'll see.

Is it Kev or Nick?

Kev. Sorry.

Get you lot mixed up.

Barney's the same. Is he in?

Yeah.

Watch it!

Yeah, what's this? To straighten your arm? Try that again. Hiya!

Who's that? It's your mum, isn't it?

Come on, do it properly.

Barney. That's it.

Come on, kids.

I didn't say you had, I just said if you had. Oh, I know, Kev, but it's always

you. The rest of us are going, what if none of us did it? Kev's going off

it's you or you or you.

I haven't accused anybody.

Kev, the spokesman, will you knock?

Not for me.

I'll get it. Maybe it was one of his own mob. I don't care.

All right, well, let's go to the police.

Yes, sir.

I'm wondering if you know what happened.

Not enough, otherwise it wouldn't be appealing.

Tony, can you come here?

He's picked the milk, isn't he?

Barnaby Watson?

Yeah? Do you have a Vodafone number?

07850 955897?

I've lost it.

When did you lose it?

Yesterday. The day before. I can't remember why. 6 .49 this evening. Did

ring the MRI?

No. Can we come in, please?

No. What's this about?

What's going on?

Yeah,

sure.

to watch it.

Don't push me. Get your hands off me. Barney!

Take the kids inside.

You've done nothing wrong.

It's all right. Just get the kids inside.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You made the call, Barney.

No, I didn't.

So whose voice is this, Barney?

Hello? Oh, hiya. I'm just making inquiries about Michael Bradbury.

He came in last night.

Are you a relative?

No, I'm just a mate. Is he okay?

I'm sorry, can only...

Need to hear it again?

So where are your mates?

Three mates?

Or is it just you?

Started to write it all by yourself?

You won't object to an ID parade, then?

Did they see you?

No, I just liked it. Oh, what if they saw you? They didn't.

I don't even know if that's what he got arrested for. Don't be thick. What else?

Call me thick, I'll take your knackers off. What else would he have been

arrested for?

All I heard was cots wanging on about a mobile phone. He could have nicked one

for all I know.

Poor coppers for a mobile phone.

We're not in.

Oh, that's out front. That's all mine.

Open it. I know there's somebody in there.

Great mate you are.

Do you want a beer, then? No.

Barney didn't do it.

There was loads of stuff going on that night.

I'm telling you, Barney didn't do it.

Do you know why they think it was him?

He phoned the hospital to see how the bloke was.

Who else has done that?

Have you?

You!

Barney's got an assault on file.

16 -year -old on the picket line at Clowbridge. He didn't do that either,

got three months for it, so they love him down there.

None of us should be down there, Lynne. Well, go and tell them then what you're

waiting for!

The kids are going out their minds because they saw him being dragged off.

Lynne. Get off me!

We was all involved in that fight. They could arrest us for that alone, but...

We didn't do anything wrong, I swear to you, Lynne. Bloody hell!

You're all standing here letting Barney carry it!

Oh, great mate!

There we go.

Wait for the bowling trip. I need your money before the end of today or you're

not coming.

I don't think they mean it, but they're not coming.

Keep a little more angle on that gate.

You see that you recognise, OK?

As soon as you see him, point him out to me, all right?

What the hell's happened to the loading?

Aid!

Get it finished! No! Now! No! Kev!

Aid! Give us five minutes, I'll speak to you. We haven't got five minutes!

He's grasped us up.

He's grasped us up.

Please try to sign with a camera.

A bloody camera!

They know we work here and he's grafted us up! No, it's Lin probably.

We've got a witness in the car that can pick us out. Just pick us out!

Jesus! I'm just gonna walk out now.

You can't! Have you? They'll have us anyway!

What about just nipping out the back just to give us some thinking? That's

I'm bloody saying. They've got another car out back.

What happened in the morning?

Kev's right. It's just going to get worse. No!

Nick!

I'll leave it to us.

You want to

leave? No,

no.

Nick. It's me.

Nick, you're mad. I might not get home, so you're going to have to stop me one

more. What are you talking about here?

Wait until it gets dark. You might have been arrested.

I'm not going. No, no, I haven't done anything wrong. Nick, I'm not going.

You're going to have to ring a solicitor. Nick! Nick!

Nick,

will you listen to me, please?

Will you listen to me, please? Nick!

They'll get me. They'll get me. They'll get me.

Or an L3 legal.

Whatever.

Okay.

You what?

Now Which one just hold it

I'm not

going.

I'm not going.

I'm not going!

You're on your own aid, you fat bastard.

It's him.

It's definitely him.

Nick, what's going on, Nick?

Nick?

I did it.

Okay, where's the other one?

There were four of you.

We'll keep coming back till we find him.

There were three.

The other bloke wasn't with us.

He was just in the taxi queue.

So you're not denying you were in the fight?

I didn't see the other bloke. He was just standing in the queue with the rest

them. He called out. He knew one of you.

No, he tried calming everyone down, but he didn't know us. It was like, hang on,

lads, or calm down, something like that.

You're only saying that because you knew we were in the fight.

You'd been on a pub crawl. You were looking for trouble.

Not one of us was pissed.

We don't have enough money left for taxes. We were going home.

You ain't reckoned sweating for the club.

We talked about a club. We always do. We were going on... Look, me mum's not

well.

Do don't.

OK, Diane.

Your girlfriend can't walk to bed cos it's too heavy.

Not my problem.

How well do you get on with your mates?

I want to ring my kids, Kevin Leach and Nick Anderson.

Neither of them seem so sure of you.

You've got the knife.

Oh, yeah.

And you've got my jacket.

So you've got blood samples that won't match.

You've got fingerprints that won't match the knife.

So what are you supposed to be holding me for?

Are you shagging him or what? You're meant to be saying all this.

I wasn't making accusations.

Yeah, you were.

I'm just saying, Nick's got more sense than to carry a knife, let alone use

And Kev hasn't.

Who are you?

I'm his wife.

Hi.

I thought I was going to keep you in all night.

Has anyone else come through?

I don't know. What have they charged you with?

Afraid. Has Barney come through?

No. Kevin?

Get us back to work. There needs to be a panel.

I'm taking you home. You can't go home.

Why do you love to?

It's my business. You're a grateful little shite.

Sorry, love.

Hello, I'm Mary Kerrigan.

Detective Inspector Fielding said to find him here. I'm a witness.

I'm a bit later than I said I'd be. I've just finished work.

It's not in. He's never out.

No! I will kick it in!

Squeezing me back, looking at bruises and fingernail marks.

I couldn't breathe. What would you do? What would you do?

Barney's stuck in there because... That's what I'm saying, Kev. That's what

trying to say. They've got the wrong man. Yeah? It's the wrong man. Yeah?

can't charge him. What can they do? They've got a knife. His prints won't

Barney's safe.

Safe? They can't physically connect him with... How can they? With the knife.

Yes. Your knife. Yes. What the fuck was you doing with the knife, eh? I don't

know. What was you doing with the knife? No, it's mine. I don't know.

Barney's in the rotten in your piss now. Oh, yeah.

Two days. Yeah, two days. Don't make it sound like midnight run. There's no

danger. Look,

where's the harm if it's a certainty?

Oh, man, you're creasing me. Are you listening to yourself, eh? You what? me

accusing. No, you did that yourself, Kev.

Barney's right, you shoot off at the mess and you've always got to be right

you kick that fight off and this night is totally at your doorstep because you

jumped in without asking the rest of us what we thought.

Aid. We could have just walked away from that. Aid. We could have just walked

away. Listen, you're coming with me? No, Kev. Listen. No. It was self -defense

that we can get witnesses to. All right?

No, listen. Now, come on. On your feet, out the door. Listen to this. What about

this? Come on.

If we stay here... No, you're coming with me. We don't have to stay here. No,

no. Just listen to me. Listen to me, please.

You're coming with me. Just stay here with me. Get up. What are you doing? How

long have you known me? Get up.

How long have you known me? Get up.

I'll smack you and swear to God. Hey, come on. Come on.

I swear.

Come on, hey.

No. Let go of me. Stop it.

Bastard. Get up, hey.

Get up. Nick. No. Nick.

Barney.

Barney, where are you?

Kev? No, no, it's Nick.

Is Kev all right?

Yeah, he's here. Where are you?

Out. In charge of the fray for now.

That woman turned up as a witness.

Nick, please.

Nick, Nick.

What woman? You won't say anything.

What woman?

Say that again.

If you mind, mate, you won't say... Say again.

From the taxi rank, the woman at the front.

Not much you could tell him.

That's no one was pissed, not on our side.

What's going on?

Don't tell him!

Please don't tell him!

Who's that?

It's Aidan.

Tell him.

All right, Barney.

Where is he?

Barney, I don't think he meant to shaft you.

How do you know?

I'm just saying he's... If you'd have seen him half an hour ago, you wouldn't

want to kick him.

Assuming I do.

Kev's version.

Again. I'm not saying what he did was right. I'm asking you to.

Hey. Barney.

Come and talk to me.

I'm sorry, Barney.

Yeah.

Come and talk to me.

Just watch me first.

Hey. You coming?

You a Stan Lee fan?

What?

Stan Lee.

Marvel Comics.

Yeah.

I don't know.

R. Peters, though.

Mr. Dragus ran all the anoraks up for years looking for limited editions.

He won't spend 80 quid on one comic.

Which one?

I can't remember.

I should do. Because half the money was mine. He nicked it from... Fantastic

Four.

Right.

How are you feeling?

We're looking for Grub Aid. There's nowhere open now.

I knew it was you.

Once I thought it through.

I, uh... He's gonna laugh.

March.

End of March.

Technically April 1st.

I got mugged.

I owed Joel Bailey a tenner, and he kept asking me for it.

I couldn't go into work the next day without it.

And I forgot to go up Cash Machine.

It was nearly midnight, so I went to Tesco. There's a machine there.

And as I was walking away, they came out of nowhere.

Bloody midnight, and they came out of nowhere, and they were just... One of

had a knife.

I'm saying, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

So I gave them the money.

But they wanted the card as well. And I said, it won't work, that's my daily

limit. But they made me try it. It didn't work. I told them that.

So then the big lad just oofs me in the balls and walks away. They all just

walked away.

Could have found them. Yeah, sure.

If it's Tesco's, there's only one estate round there. They were kids, and I mean

kids.

And they had a knife and he scared me to death. And you'd have pissed yourselves

laughing at me.

And now I can't walk anywhere and I've got to get a car and it's costing me a

fortune. And I hate cars.

And I'm not going to prison because of them.

What's your best advice on that one, Kev?

Can anybody tell me why we went out Tuesday night?

No one here calls that fight.

Well, forget the fight.

And why were we all out together?

It was your idea.

I don't know what I drink out.

It's cheaper from the offy.

They don't want to spend hours in pubs when you can't really hear what's being

said. Talking to birds, I'm never going to screw because I'm happy at home. I

don't think so.

That's your age showing.

No, yours.

Are you having a go at me now?

How come we only ever go out weekdays?

Never weekends.

We can never get pissed because we've got work the next day, so what's the

point? Well, if you've got one, make it.

He gets mugged and he can't tell anybody about it.

How twisted's that?

How's that, mate?

We've never seen mates. We work together, that's all.

I don't know why I expect anything else. I just... I thought the odd night on

the pitch would do no harm.

In with it, lads.

What were you going to do if they charged me with it?

I don't know.

Keep your mouth shut whilst you help him blame other people.

They couldn't have charged you.

Why not?

Wrong bloke.

I was the wrong bloke last time.

I still ended up inside.

Now, I was crapping myself down there today.

You left me down there crapping myself!

Barney, you're the only one without a drink. Just have a drink.

We need to agree what we're all going to say.

Wally! He's had it. They'll find him.

We don't have to lie.

Just say exactly what happened.

Look, at least the witnesses have got so far saying the right stuff.

If they have to come and find you, you won't have a leg to stand on.

Oh, you don't.

Come here!

Get up there! No! Get in here!

Barry! Come here! Barry! Get in here!

Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry! Barry!

Barry! Barry!

Just keep walking.

I want to go to bed.

You're not going to bed.

You should stick him in an ambulance.

And let him talk himself straight into the neck.

Fuck him.

How do we know he's cleared himself out?

What, are you joking? It's all over me.

Half of them are antibiotics.

They are Mogadons.

So we'll sleep for a week and wake up with no class.

Look, if you had the first lot at 11, they can't have been digested.

I want to go to sleep. No, you're not going to sleep. Just keep him walking.

I'll just keep him walking, Nick. I'm going to throw up. I'm going to throw

What are you doing?

It's our fault, mate. It's his birthday. He's just had a few too many doubles.

Okay,

just take him home.

You take him? Why is it so?

You take him home, all right?

All right, mate. Go on.

I'm not throwing up, mate. This is about five of you.

No milk.

Watch it, it's boiling.

Have to hit up.

Who's running the country?

Margaret Thatcher.

Hey, she probably is.

Oh, let's get to work.

Ringing sick?

I can't hold ringing sick.

Oh, I've had too much time off with my mum, I can't.

You're ringing sick.

I'll go in late.

You can leave early. Say it's your mum.

You take over with Kev. Keep an eye on him.

All right.

Yeah, OK.

And you best see your doctor.

Get yourself a sick note.

You're going to need a week at least, cos they'll be keeping their eye out for

you.

Should grow some head.

Dye your beard. Coming to work looking like Salmon Rusty.

That'll get him off the scent.

See you later, lads. See you later.

Thanks for coming back.

I just wanted to go over your witness statement.

No problem.

So can we start with his appearance?

Um, as far as I can remember, about 5 '8", dumpy,

very short hair.

Did he talk to any of the three lads standing near him to you?

Talked to all of them. You know, come on, you're scaring people.

Something like that. So he wasn't really with them? Don't think so.

No.

You were further back.

Well... Well, like a family man, to be honest.

Virus? Virus? If it was a virus, you'd have lost weight.