All language subtitles for The Brief s01e03 Children

Dad! Correct.

I did not want this.

I'm fine.

How are you?

Please, don't argue.

It's my fault.

I told him.

Zach, can you go with Bruce?

Good to meet you.

Come on.

He's only here for a month. He's got a
lot of things organised and we're going

to my sister's and then Italy if we can
fit it in.

I've no objection to you taking him out
for the day.

A week?

Where have you taken an interest in all
of this?

What he wants, I think.

Mr Farmer might be available if you
don't need his silk.

A Mercedes service... A document for
discussion.

To everyone in chamber.

No, um, there's a distribution.

Well, it's not a distribution. Is that a
problem?

Yeah.

Private and confidential.

The next chamber's meeting.

Right. Are you still there?

Yeah, I'm still here.

I haven't seen your place.

Are there still bailiffs camping
outside?

I don't even know who you're living
with.

Anyone?

I mean, who's going to look after him
when you've got to wrap up to court?

I'll take a holiday.

I wouldn't mind one too.

You've never taken a day off, let alone
a week.

I am living with someone.

Can I meet him?

Feeling relaxed.

She has got a gammy leg and she's
running the wrong distance. It's a myth.

who dump on the track don't do any
better.

£200 to win on number one, please.

£5 on number six, please.

Thank you.

Get on three, dog.

This is Donald Bell, Crown Prosecution
Service.

Nice to meet you, Mr Bolt.

I'm treating you to this.

How much did you lose on that?

You've got it easy, you defence
barristers.

Juries are so thick these days. I never
thought juries were thick.

You try prosecuting.

Keeping a line of attack going while
you're outside playing silly beggars.

Tough stuff.

It's not for you. You like an open goal.

I owe you a lot, Donald, but you're
making me uncomfortable.

I need your special talent.

What do you like with children?

I'll be back to you later, Jacqueline.

Hello.

What's this?

Lessons?

I thought lessons were what children
have.

I knew that one.

I'm a psychologist.

Hello,

Jacqueline.

You can't turn it down. It'll be the
making of you. I never saw my vocation

prosecuting 12 -year -old girls for
murder.

Have you done a deal with the revenue
yet, sir?

No. So what?

You know who's defending her?

Old enemy of yours.

Morning.

Mr Farmer's looking for a junior.

On a child murder.

Nice grim one.

What, Jacqueline Livermore?

It's a difficult defence.

He's prosecuting.

May I remind you, sir, that Donald Bell
kept you in business when you first

started? Yes, thanks for reminding me.

Of course, if you believe the girl is
innocent, you can't possibly take it.

No.

Looks like a strong case.

£4 ,000 a year on chocolate biscuits?

Really prosecuting in Jacqueline
Livermore?

Er, yes.

Yes, I think so. Why don't they want a
silk?

Mystery to me.

I just think it would have been more
tactful if you said you weren't

What's in that?

Words. Don't worry about it.

What should I worry about?

What's she up to?

It will never happen.

I think you ought to tell Ray Scanlon
about this proposed reorganisation.

What's to tell? It's only a debating
paper.

Is it?

Isn't it something you'd like to see
happen?

Oh, they're all very conservative here.
Probably won't get off the ground.

All the same, it is his life.

No.

I know you've been here a long time, but
I'm not sure it's exactly the practice

manager's business how Chambers politics
are handled.

Well, I suppose you'll find out soon or
later.

I've walked into the wrong flat.

Wow.

You really fancy being a stepmother for
a week, don't you? If I'm going to be

your live -in partner, it's got to be
convincing.

Women know.

Oh, I found out where you hide your
bills.

I can pay them all now.

Why, what you got?

Prosecuting in the Carrie Ann Davis
murder.

Defends a child, doesn't she?

Not according to the law.

You're 12 years old?

She's the same age as Zach?

What about, what do you call it, Dolly
and Capax?

Who's she, a country and western singer?

The O is long.

Henry.

Are you doing this for your career?

Mummy?

There's two sides to every case. That's
justice.

Yeah, you can still choose which side.

Come on, this isn't you.

I can't get out of it.

It's for someone who gave me a lot of
work when I needed it. And Livermore may

be very dangerous.

The dead girl's also a child.

So we'd better agree to differ, because
I'm doing it.

I'm just waiting for Mr Farmer, and
we'll have a short call.

Thank you, sir. That can be quite soon.

Mr Farmer, DCK Timmering. I'm your case
officer, sir.

Carrie -Anne was a lovely little girl.

Never been in any trouble.

Nicest parents you could hope to meet.

She was an only child, too.

They're devastated.

Someday, this judge likes the kids to
see where they're going to give evidence

and the court and all the gadgets.

Our witnesses?

Yeah, Ryan Eltham, his sister Mary, and
their friend, Lena Betts.

Okay, this is the courtroom.

And you'll appear on those screens
there.

That's creepy.

You'll be in a room upstairs.

There it is on screen.

All right.

Learn from that.

You'll be on screen all the time you're
giving evidence, even when you're not

speaking or being asked a question,
okay?

Come on.

Excuse me.

Are you a police officer?

Prosecuting counsel.

I'm their mum, Rhianna Mary's.

Look, they're good kids.

Don't let her counsel get at them.

They tell the truth, they'll be fine.

Right, Jimmy, this is where you sit when
you give evidence, OK?

John there will look after you, so if
there's anything you want, ask him.

I'll give you a tip.

Keep still.

If you fidget, you're less likely to be
believed.

You'll only see three people on the
telly. It'll be me, the defence counsel

the judge and we won't be wearing wigs.

Sometimes there's two of us.

Split screen.

So be brave, tell the truth and don't be
intimidating.

Sorry, no physical contact with the
children. You put your hand on her

And you pick your nose.

Everything all right, Henry?

The drawing Jacqueline did of Carrie
-Anne's body looks just like the scene

Crime Picture.

Almost suggests she wanted to get
caught.

It's certainly our trump card, but I
wish we had a smidgen of her DNA

That's Marcel Crane and Deirdre Riley.

They're early.

I think we've got to cock up, sir.

You party lover!

This

is

ridiculous. We were told to come at 2
.30.

We came at the time we were told. You're
early.

Surprise, surprise, Henry. Don't blame
me for this, Marcel.

No bloody case has been like this.

Note what you've seen.

Don't worry, sir.

You'll make mint meat of Deirdre Riley.

She's an even worse liar than Livermore.

Some sort of gypsy connection, isn't
there? Yeah, Jacqueline's mum. She ran

from the family and married a biker.

He's inside for a double killing.

Marcel hasn't shown his hand yet. What's
your guess?

Oh, wasn't there, didn't do it.

You'll no doubt try to claim our kids
are lying through their teeth.

Curious to know why you wanted me on
this one, Don.

Open goal, Henry.

Come in.

No! Daddy!

No!

Why is mine?

You did a drawing at school of Carrie
-Anne lying there dead.

What were you trying to say?

That was on the tape.

Wasn't it?

Why can't I go into the witness box?

Your barrister thinks you might be
caught out not telling the truth.

They're lying.

Anyway, what do you know?

You're a shrink.

Let's talk about lies, shall we?

I told you.

I don't tell lies.

Never?

I can help you, Jacqueline.

Yeah?

Get the key.

Get us out of this place.

Well?

Go on.

I can tell them things that you want
them to know.

Important things.

Vicar, corduroy, nabbed in soho for
flashing his todger.

What you might call an open and shut
case.

I read about that. He's a happy clappy.

Yeah, he might be a happy clappy, but
he's not a happy chappy.

Don't give it to Henry. It needs tact.

Seem to be three witnesses who say they
saw you behaving indecently.

Well, we can safely say that they were
all lying, can't we?

It's an option.

But the jury have to believe us. Why
wouldn't they believe me?

It's an ordeal, if you've never been on
trial before.

I could say that I mixed up my
prescription drugs, if you like.

And you get Viagra on prescription?

No, but my GP's a good friend.

How would that play?

Not great.

Anyway, having a semi -erect penis
inside your trousers is one thing.

in a public street with it on full view
is something else altogether.

Sorry, I have to be devil's advocate.

If you see what I mean.

On balance, I'd prefer to say that I
didn't do it at all.

To be vaguely clear, you didn't approach
a young man standing in a doorway into

Dan's court, unzip your flyers and show
him your partially erect penis.

Confidentially, yes. So get me off the
hook, men of the bus, please.

I've a lot of things going on.

You may know I'm a prominent anti -gay
campaigner in the church.

Not sure that's a defence to this
charge.

I'm against gays in the church.

What I do in my private life is my own
business.

So, how do you want to approach this?

I've made a few notes.

Wow.

You've given me a number of
alternatives.

I think I'm going to arrange for you to
meet a colleague of mine.

I'm not paying for two of you.

You've just admitted to me that you did
expose yourself, so if you want to plead

not guilty, I can't represent you.

Since when have lawyers taken the moral
high ground?

When the church began confusing morals
with ethics.

Excuse me?

This ain't just about chocolate
biscuits.

The old way chambers is run.

Everything.

She'll put me on a salary instead of
commission.

I tell you, sir, if I don't get my
commission, I'm out of here and I'll

my junior clerks with me. Three
generations we've been here.

There's chambers that kill for my
contacts and my expertise.

£4 ,000 a year, how much is that a week?

£4 ,000 a year, that's the...

Get Ray to lighten that. Cleo won't get
it through.

So what's this, Marcel, trying to hold
up the trial?

My main child witness is saying she's
had death threats.

She's just about your only witness,
isn't she?

Ha, ha, ha. You saw Riley yourself.
She's terrified.

It was fairly unedified all round.

I want to get my witnesses into court so
the judge can see the difference

between witnesses who've been coached
and ones who haven't. My witness has

coached. Who by?

Me.

Oh, you've a lot to learn about this,
Henry.

You always put the defendant out. I
wouldn't mind asking her a few

Much too vulnerable.

Could we not have heard about this
before, Mr Crane?

Who is she saying is intimidating her?

The family of one of the prosecution
witnesses, the Elthams. As a nice little

spoiler, my lady, this takes the
biscuit.

These are very violent and disadvantaged
children.

I'm surprised counsel is so innocent.

Mr Farmer, innocent?

There is an expression amongst my
colleagues which my learned friend has

his name to.

I do object. It's called being craned,
as in turning a trial into a circus to

make up for a weak case.

Do I hear the sweet sound of poacher
turning gamekeeper?

We all like to hear that.

Is there any corroboration from the
police that this intimidation has

happened? This is one of the most...
prejudiced police operations I have ever

come across. They decided from day one
that my client was guilty.

None of my witnesses have any faith in
the police.

I'm sorry, if there is no evidence of
intimidation or statement, then we must

begin. I can provide them almost
immediately.

Justice waits for no man, Mr. Crane.

Wicked. Old father tense.

He can't walk, can he?

So, where is your new girlfriend? Not
new, I'm afraid.

Oh, Henry's been his usual communicative
self.

I thought you were still with your
husband, Polly.

Here I am.

Well, that's the devil you know, I
suppose.

Mum, look, it's really wide here.

Pleased to meet you, Polly. Hi.

What will you have?

Oh, anything.

We've got some juices. Do you want to
come too?

Yes, please.

Zach, mobile phone bills.

I sent him. Apple, orange or black.

OK?

That's fine.

You told me she went back to her
husband.

Yeah, she's always doing it.

Zach mustn't have any wheat or dairy, by
the way.

That is, if I decide he can stay.

He'll be fine.

He's got asthma.

There you go.

He didn't have it two years ago.

I don't want him destabilized.

A week following Shane Warne around the
Coliseum will give him eczema as well.

Okay. This isn't going to work.

Zach, what happened to the money your
father gave you for the phone bills?

Did I forget?

Don't worry, I'll settle these, then
we'll do it by direct debit, eh?

Would you like to come and see the room
we've got for Zach?

It's a bit

cold

out there for a swim, eh?

How's it going?

It'll be all right when I can get her to
relax for ten minutes.

Sorry.

Hope you spend it on something good.

Carrie Ann Davis's body was found on
some

wasteland after an extensive search.

She was nine years old.

Carrie Ann died from a single blow to
the head from a brick.

When the possibility of sexual assault
was ruled out, the police turned their

attention to her friends.

At least three young witnesses say they
saw Carrie Ann with the accused near the

wasteland on the afternoon of the day
the body was found.

The police interviewed a number of
children.

but Jacqueline Livermore was the only
one who changed her story about her

movements.

A few days later, a distinctive orange
bag, which had belonged to Carrie Ann,

was found hidden a few feet from the
caravan where Jacqueline's aunt lived.

The defendant now changed her story
again, saying others had taken the bag

hidden it to frame her.

But most damning of all, one of
Jacqueline's teachers brought to police

attention.

A picture that Jacqueline had drawn at
school.

It showed a little girl with fair hair,
like the deceased, lying sprawled on the

ground with a red stain on the right
-hand side of her head, in exactly the

position as Carrie -Anne's when she was
found.

Jacqueline now changed her story for the
final time.

She told police she'd seen the body, but
had become frightened she might be

accused of the killing.

Let it go again.

I'd like to discuss an urgent matter. Ex
parte in chambers.

He doesn't give up, does he?

What's Crane up to?

We know him, sir.

So do we.

This is Carrie -Anne's mum and dad, Jeff
and Ellie.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I don't understand what's going on.

Why have we stopped?

It's just a short recess.

Do you know, Annie, she's been a rock to
us.

And Kate, too.

We've done all we've done with her,
Kate.

That cow's got a cheat showing her faith
here.

She's worse than a murdering kid.

I have seen this social worker
statement, Mr Craig.

The police have also interviewed the
children accused of intimidating Deirdre

Riley. And I'm afraid they've come to
the conclusion that there isn't enough

evidence.

With respect.

They would, wouldn't they?

Send in the clowns with respect.

I shall resume with the jury in the
morning.

Thank you, gentlemen.

There's paper.

I like it, don't you?

Makes sense.

Good night.

I don't know how she does it. I know I
don't like it.

Well, I could get a lot more money
somewhere else.

I'll get to know Cleo better.

Flirt a bit.

You're a man of the world.

Sex.

Ray!

I'm starting work on that malicious
wounding. You know, the Jamaican

businessman? There should be some papers
coming over from Gobbert and Lamb. I've

forgotten his name. Do you know who I
mean?

Hello?

Smith with a Y.

Should we sell them? Why,

that's it.

Oh, anybody know what bling means?

As in flashy, as in lots of gold.

Well, of course you'd know.

I'll need to get a new dictionary.

Go on.

I'm in conference with the accountant.

Henry, get it into people's heads that
it's... not just about biscuits.

Why did you tell her we'd split up?

It's only a fortunate settlement.

My halo's still looking a bit rusty.

The jury's out on that one.

I'm sorry what I said about the money.

So where is hubby, exactly?

Mongolia.

On an MP's fax. finding freebie.

So he really is in remission.

When are you moving in forever?

Get a message?

No.

No?

Well, I've written a list of do's and
don'ts.

We haven't got away on our own for ages,
so I'd say yes to the hotel or lose the

chance.

You haven't changed your mind?

No. Well,

we've got to do things in the car.

Okay.

You're doing a murder trial, aren't you?

I heard your name on the news.

Don't tell your mum.

Can I come and watch?

No. What am I going to do?

Don't worry.

We'll have a great time.

This murder trial, it's kids, isn't it?
I heard it on the radio.

Did she do it?

Are you going to get her off?

Probably.

I'm prosecuting.

Listen to me.

She hasn't packed it.

Try it again. Deep breath.

We'd better get him to hospital.

No, let a bit out.

Now hold it.

There's a way of breathing out of panic
attacks. It works for asthma too.

Try and breathe normally now.

Anything else we should know?

Selina Betts' witness statement.

Selina, if you could just tell us what
happened in your own words, OK?

Carrie -Anne had a little orange bag.

It looked like a rucksack.

It was nice.

I said somebody was going to take it off
her.

I saw Jacqueline with it in the morning.

I went when I found Carrie.

Switch on, please.

Mr Crane?

You saw Jacqueline in some sort of bag?

What was she doing with it?

She just had it.

Can you tell the court what you saw?

She was just walking along with an
orange bag.

If that doesn't sound very real, paint a
picture for me.

Not literally.

Was she playing with it?

Did she have it over her shoulders?

Was she swinging it about?

She just had it in her hand.

Was it full? Was it empty?

I don't know.

You didn't see Jacqueline Livermore with
that bag at all, did you?

Yes, I did.

Did Ryan Anselm tell you to say that, or
his sister?

No. You do what they tell you, don't
you? Remember, you're talking to a

Mr Crane.

Oh, you get hurt, don't you?

No. You're lying, aren't you, Selina?
No. I can't talk to her like that.

Right, so who's threatening your kids,
Annie?

Deirdre Riley told my Mary if Jacqueline
gets off, she's going to slit her

throat.

Well, aren't you going to report it?

My kids are scared now.

Deirdre Riley was saying your kids were
threatening her.

Are you saying you don't believe my
kids?

But they're your witnesses.

You're too soft for this.

This seems a bit too attack to me.

What statement, sir?

I'll take them, but the judge will say
the same.

I'm starting to worry about the Elton
family, Kate.

Reverend Cawdrey decided you weren't
good enough for him, though I know the

truth. Then he wants a QC.

Who did he get?

Ray told him it was Steen's fee, so he
changed his mind again and opted for Mr

Bracewell. Then Mr Bracewell fell out
with him.

I think he's a bit... And don't tease
Ray.

It's a very sensitive time for him.

What's he doing?

He's fine.

I don't want him sitting in a corner
somewhere playing video games.

We're just coming out of the National
Gallery.

He's really enjoyed it.

Henry, you're not in the National
Gallery. What are you doing? Meet your

Zach? Where are you? In chambers playing
video games.

Oh, Henry.

You're looking very delightful today,
Miss.

Thank you, Ray.

Not a flicker. I wasn't flirting.

That was a statement of fact.

Yeah, well...

I'm not like you, look.

I can't get away with it. She likes a
bit of rough.

It's the rough with the schmooze, Ray.

Right, let's go.

Have a look through all that case
material. See if we can get any more of

orange bag.

Come on.

So you went to the shop to buy
cigarettes. What happened then?

We were playing at the back of our
flats.

Three of us.

This little girl, Carrie -Anne, came up
to us.

But I didn't know her that well.

She said, Jack, leave them all there,
sir.

She didn't say why she'd done it. She
just showed us the marks.

And then what happened?

Carrie -Anne played with us for a while.

And then we had to go back for tea. But
she wanted to come with us.

She said she was frightened.

Then Jacqueline comes up.

The last thing I thought was Jacqueline
and Carrie -Anne going to the wasteland

beyond the sports center.

Well, I didn't see what happened after
that.

Why would Carrie -Anne want to come with
you, Ryan?

I don't know.

Why choose you if she's frightened?

You have to answer the question.

She just wanted to.

But you're known as a bully, aren't you?

I've never bullied no one.

You've been suspended from school for
hitting another child.

Well, he hit me first.

According to your teacher, you nearly
knocked him out.

Well, it was just a fight.

You're lying about seeing Jacqueline and
Carrie -Anne, aren't you?

Mr Crane.

No. I saw them.

We'll break for lunch, no?

Resume at 2 .05. Thank you.

Are you still calling me the moor's
aunt?

Why do you ask?

She says Jacqueline was at her caravan
at the time of death, doesn't she?

Well, of course we're calling her. Apart
from Deirdre Riley, she's our only

alibi. In that case, I won't object if
you just entered Deirdre Riley's

as a statement.

I'm kosher, Marcel. I mean it.

Why did she kill her?

Jacqueline probably nicked her bag.
Carrie Anne...

Unless she really did find the body and
ran away.

Believable.

If you were the jury.

What did you think of Jacqueline? Did
you like her?

Oh, she was all right.

She was all right?

Didn't you call her slag?

Bitch?

Dirty gypsy? Cut the video.

Where is this going, Mr. Crane?

I'm trying to establish that Jacqueline
Livermore and her friend were

relentlessly bullied, milady. We have a
statement from Deidre Riley that Elton

called her a retard, too.

I suppose you can be allowed to
continue, but I doubt the relevance of

Switch it on again, please.

You bullied Jacqueline Livermore far
more than she bullied you or anyone

No, I didn't.

You're a liar. You have lied to the
police throughout, and that's why the

defendant is in court today.

Mr. Crane, the witness is not on trial.

I put it to you that you are incapable
of telling the truth.

No, I always tell the truth, sir.

Mr Farmer?

Ryan, you know why we asked you to come
to court today?

Yeah.

Tell us why.

Because I saw Jacqueline go off with
Carrie -Anne.

You stand by what you saw and what you
told the police.

Why do you think Carrie -Anne asked you
to take her home?

Because I could look after her.

Ever call Jacqueline names?

No, never.

She just thought everyone was a
gangster.

Thank you, Ryan.

Our kids seem to be holding up well,
sir.

I'll see you in a minute.

Find anything about the bag?

You know, something.

It's not quite what I expected.

In D .C. Emory's notebooks.

Interviews a woman on the estate.

Woman says she saw a girl with an orange
rucksack on the afternoon of the

murder. Emory writes, not J .L. or C .A.

Not Jacqueline Livermore or Carrie Ann.

Woman says she saw a girl with long,
straight, light brown hair.

Then, statement, question mark.

Not followed up or disclosed? No.

That sounds like Mary Elton.

Given that she's one of our witnesses,
we'd better keep still, hadn't we? We

can't.

It's crucial to the defence if someone
other than Jacqueline had that bag.

Polly Rang.

What's Cranes Jr.

called? Athif Masood. I was at college
with him.

She says you've got to join her at this
chemist.

What are you talking about?

I can't make head nor tail of it.

If I was running the defence, I could
blow us out of the water with this.

We have to disclose.

It does seem a bit serious.

I'm in court, Mo.

Well, anyway, I wrote down what she
said.

Well, I've got

something that might put a smile on your
face.

I've got something for you.

I'm calling an expert witness.

Sorry about the short notice.

You're calling a shrink.

This doesn't give us any time. That's
unfair. We'll object.

Don't waste your breath. The judge won't
shut out defence evidence.

And he'll ever accuse Marcella of being
fair.

Look after that, Paul.

What's happened?

Well, I haven't called the police yet.

Listen, I don't know what he's done, but
he's never been in any trouble before.

He's put a lot of expensive stuff in his
bag.

I don't know if I can just let him go
like that.

What were you thinking of?

I don't know, I just... You've got
everything back.

I'm really sorry.

I've never done this before.

Most little hounds go for sunglasses or
batteries.

Go on.

And I don't want to see you in here
again.

Thanks. Let's leave the why for a
minute. What did you take?

Come on, Zach.

Meek up.

I had my dinner, and I went to put up
the front of the flats.

Jacqueline Livermore was there.

She had a new bag.

What sort of bag?

Like a backpack.

And what colour was it? Orange.

Mr Halliwell?

Afternoon, sir.

You interviewed a woman called Janet
Rogerson?

Yes, an old lady. So you know her?

No. She saw a girl who wasn't Livermore
or Carrie -Anne with an orange rucksack

on the same day. A description of this
girl fits Mary Elton. Why didn't you get

her to the station to give her
statement?

I didn't think it was significant.

Jacqueline said Mary and Ryan's for the
bag. It corroborates her statement. Her

statement's all lies.

Are you saying I didn't have any
surprise? I would never do that.

Come take a position on what's important
and what's not. It doesn't matter now,

but it has to be disclosed.

There's no way we want to give them that
notebook.

I already have.

I don't believe I'm hearing this. It
doesn't matter.

If it's vital to the defence, they have
to have it. They'll use it. If they have

any sense, they'll want to find this
woman right now. And when they ask

permission to call her, I'll have to say
yes.

I promised Carrie and Mum we'd find out
who did it.

Jacqueline Livermore killed that little
girl. We know she did.

Kate.

You kind of reminded me why we have a
criminal justice system.

If she gets off, you'll have more deaths
on your conscience, Mr Farmer.

When you asked Jacqueline who the bag
belonged to, what did she say?

She said it was hers.

Did you believe her, Mary?

No.

Why don't you believe her? She ain't got
no money.

Has she ever taken things from you?

Yes. What things?

Pencil case.

Trainers. But they didn't fit her, so
she threw them back at us.

Kept with Hollywood on it.

Sweets.

She's always taken sweets from us.

And why don't you stop her?

She's bigger than me.

Didn't you report the theft?

You're joking.

Why not?

They don't do nothing.

Thank you.

Mr Crane?

No questions.

Why the hell didn't he ask for an
adjournment or go after Mary Elton?

Apart from the fact he can't cross
-examine kids to save his life, I

clue.

What's the exit poll say?

Cleo's got a working majority, I'd say.

People vote with their wallets.

And she's got the accountants on site.

Sorry.

Thank you, Mr Shannon.

When I became your head of chambers, I
made a pledge to modernise.

With our fees falling in so many areas,
the last thing we want are old,

inefficient practices.

Glad you could join us, Henry.

In a conventional chambers like ours,
the senior clerk runs a business within

business. No fixed hours of work, no
obligation to obey orders. In short, we

have limited control over both him and
the junior clerks he employs.

Which, for a control freak, must be
very... Now, I feel confident, as your

head of chambers, you'll back me. But we
must debate this properly and

democratically. And then do what I say.

So...

I propose to change the basis on which
we operate.

Namely, to no longer pay the senior
clerk a percentage of our fees, but to

him a salary instead.

And also, pay the junior clerks on a
scale.

Now this, together with a few more
routine issues, makes up the package on

we need to agree.

Henry?

I'm sorry, I can't really go for this as
it stands. It goes against the grain.

Oh, come on, Henry. Chamber, the spirit,
the collective.

I must just add that neither I nor
indeed many of us here want to see Reyes

Gamlin leave.

And I'm sure with a little arm -twisting
he can be persuaded to accept a new

deal and a substantial salary.

I just want to know why we can't have
chocolate biscuits.

without tea, without someone looking
over our shoulder to see who's taking

rather than one.

I'm sure we can come to an agreement
about that small part.

This catering and domestic budget's all
part of the master plan, isn't it? Stand

or fall together?

Yes, but we're only talking about
biscuits.

Judging by the applause I got on the
biscuit issue, I'd say there's a fair

of latent opposition in the air, Cleo.

It's all being rather rushed through.

I don't have a great head for figures. I
need the implications explained.

How much will it affect us if the senior
clerk loses his incentive?

For example, you may not like football
agents, but they do rather well for

clients. For those of us who are not
silks...

and therefore don't automatically get
top whack, and I believe that

a majority of us, a motivated senior car
is vital. So I propose

we just take a bit more time to consider
this. Seconded.

Those in favour?

And against?

Both encouraged.

Well...

I'm extremely disappointed, obviously.

And, um, well, I hope I can persuade you
all to reconsider before too long.

However, I defer to Chambers.

Jacqueline Livermore has been
unnervingly calm throughout, and the low

atmosphere of the trial is in stark
contrast to the grave crime she is

of committing.

When he says you're going to give him
some evidence, that means you'll lose

case.

But you can't do that.

You look like a brat.

Why are you nicking things from shops?

Angry with me?

You can be.

Both of you.

But why try to bankrupt a chemist?

And why...

Oh, forget it.

I'm looking at kids all kill over a
designer bag because they've got

She didn't do it.

She's crazy, anyone can see that.

The way she is in court.

You've been in court?

Sorry, stuck in the public gallery.

But we got thrown out in the end.

She said I was 14.

After what you've been giving me?

I wanted him to be proud of you.

If a 12 -year -old can go down for
murder, they're old enough to watch a

So what's this make -up all about?

We were in the shop next door and he
slipped out.

I only took my eyes off him for two
minutes.

He wants to give me a present and his
mum hasn't given him any spending money.

Oh, well, that's all right.

Hi, and welcome to the...

You know, it's still a place where the
unwary tourist needs to be very, very

careful.

Shall I wake him up?

No, let him sleep.

Don't look so relieved. It's still
theft.

Well, if I don't know what theft is,
nobody does.

Good old Henry.

Mr Farmer knows what he's talking about.

What do you think?

Are your

clients just coming?

What's the solicitor's name? Blonde?

Bond? Shand.

Shand.

There.

Ah, Ben Halliwell. Don't think we're
going to get a divorce?

No. Vickers exposing themselves, will
it, Orland?

The question seems to be, was he half
stiff or half limp?

Ah, you're the solicitor, and you're
the, uh... not wearing your dog collar.

Anyway, look, I've read the statement.
All we had to do is to go for the

witnesses. Pimps, couriers, the business
room from Leicester. What was he doing

there, for example? Probably drunk.

Good, good.

Well, I'm at the dawn of a career. I can
take advice.

Zach?

What?

He's not here.

He wasn't in bed.

He must have gone out before we woke up.

Witness statement from defence witness
Deidre Riley, milady.

I was with Jacqueline all afternoon.

Ryan Elton was there. He called us
names.

Mary Elton said we were scum. She said
they was bosses and we had to do what

said.

And then what happened?

He kicked me, but he never kicked
Jacqueline, because Jacqueline's bigger

him, and she'd kick him back.

And did you see Carrie -Anne?

No, we never saw Carrie -Anne. We never
nicked nothing of hers, because she's

not in the Elton's posse.

And what did you do after that?

We had tea at Jacqueline's aunt's. And
what time was that?

About 4 .30.

We had baked beans.

And then Jacqueline was still there when
I left at 6.

You look stressed out, Henry.

I can't believe that girl couldn't have
come here under protection and faced

cross -examination.

I've got the fate of an innocent 12
-year -old in my hands and an opponent

his tongue so far up the judge's
backside they wouldn't believe it in a

film. I should be your new best friend.

Didn't my junior give yours some
interesting stuff yesterday?

Oh, yes, that.

You didn't fall over.

Didn't it suggest to you Livermore might
be telling the truth?

She's incapable of telling the truth.

That's why she's got into this mess.

And why we're not calling her out.

That is seriously out of order, Marcel.

I'm not putting her out for you to make
mincemeat of.

She doesn't know the truth from a bottle
of beer, either. And you put an expert

witness on me at two seconds' notice,
and I've just landed the ball in your

in a six -yard mark?

On your defence?

You'd like to try, wouldn't you?

I know you, Henry, and anything you're
likely to disclose.

He said, enter Deidre Riley's statement
as long as you call the art. Well, you

can go and boo -hoo to the judge if you
like.

No, that's your game.

What were your first impressions of the
defendant?

I believe she has a personality disorder
which makes it impossible for her to

live in the real world.

She is always free because she exists in
another world.

What kind of a world?

A happier world.

One that she's created in her own mind.

Why has she created it?

To escape unhappiness.

She's been on the at -risk register more
or less all her life because of

frequent beatings by her father.

And the persistent lying, could you tell
me about this inability to tell the

truth? It's very easy to see how someone
like Jacqueline can get into trouble.

She has a lie ready for the most
innocent contradictions.

What would be the consequences of that?

She might appear to the police to be the
archetypal guilty person because she

would walk into every trap they set for
her.

So, her guilty behaviour, her changing
of the story, her drawing of the

picture, what do they mean?

They're all symptoms of a personality
disorder.

If she saw the body, she would certainly
behave as if she was the killer.

Can you explain her behaviour?

She appears detached, and her evasions
can seem very calculating.

Even now I can see her smiling, but that
doesn't mean that she's happy.

Certainly doesn't mean that she's
callous.

Her aggression tends to be reactive.

Her apparent unconcern isn't
callousness, it's otherworldliness.

She has escaped into a private world,
and in the face of these accusations and

the full force of the law, she has
retreated further.

She's a child.

A vulnerable child.

I think he must have jumped.

Can you get an adjournment?

I just heard about your kid.

Sorry. Look, I have no objection to an
adjournment.

You say Jacqueline's personality stems
from her unhappiness. Can you explain

she's unhappy?

Well, there are a number of things that
she's talked to me about.

Her mother has been rejected by her own
family because she didn't marry another

gypsy. She and her mother have also been
subjected to violence on the estate and

arson attacks because they are
considered gypsies.

Her mother has promised her many times
that she would leave the estate and her

father, but she never has.

And then, of course, her father was sent
to prison.

And is this significant to her state of
mind?

Yes, I think she's been badly let down
and has escaped into her own world. All

her answers reflect this. And, in your
opinion, this partly exonerates her?

Yes.

So with this grim and violent
upbringing, she might have resentments

very deep.

I meant her lying. I'm only talking
about exonerating her from that. Lots of

children lie, and some steal.

But children who've been beaten at
home...

Often become violent, don't they?

It isn't causal.

What do you mean it isn't causal? Can
you answer in words the jury understand?

I mean it doesn't follow that if someone
gets beaten and repressed, they'll beat

someone else.

I'm saying people who are violent are
very often being physically abused.

that right?

I meant if she hit anyone, it was
reactive.

Reactive? What does that mean?

In response to somebody else's
aggression.

I don't believe she has instigated
violence.

I was asked for my expert opinion,
that's what I'm giving.

Did you give your expert opinion in the
case of a young man called Justin

Robbins who was acquitted of sexual
assault?

Yes. And did it subsequently come to
light that you'd failed to tell the

that Robbins had confessed to you that
he had previously raped two girls?

Yes, it was a mistake and I bitterly
regret it. Because Robbins went on to

another girl, didn't he?

There were unusual circumstances, which
I don't want to go into.

Don't let's go into them. I wouldn't
make the same mistake again.

Did you ask Livermore if she'd killed
Carrie -Anne?

No. That isn't my job at all.

But you seem very certain of her
innocence.

I'd say you were passionately on her
side, isn't that right?

She was very clear that she hadn't done
this.

She told you that, did she?

Yes, I didn't solicit it. She told me.

With respect, she would say that,
wouldn't she?

No. In this case, you... I mean one can
still tell.

One can still believe.

Isn't that right?

I don't mean that.

It's all. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs Graydon.

He's not going to die, is he?

He sleepwalks.

I should have told you.

It's okay.

It's just a concussion and a broken
ankle.

Thanks.

Don't

you

feel up to it? We'll go home, okay?

I don't want to go home.

Livermore stole Carrie -Anne's bag.

And when Carrie -Anne threatened to go
to the police, she killed her with a

single blow from a brick.

And from then on told nothing but lies,
real, calculated lies, to get herself

off the hook.

That completes the case for the
prosecution.

Closing speech in a lost cause, if
there's any justice.

I don't mind if he wants to stay another
week.

Another week?

While you've been looking after him,
he's been caught shoplifting.

Got into the public gallery for a murder
trial and nearly broke his neck.

Yeah.

That's been a bit of a handful.

Well, I suppose we've still got the
weekend.

The defence does not dispute that
Jacqueline Livermore painted this

Or that she had seen Carrie -Anne's
body.

Or that she had changed her story to the
police.

He's in the hospital.

He's out of quarantine. Her lying is
literally pathological.

and upon the count of murder do you find
the defendant guilty or not guilty

guilty and is that the verdict

of you all it is

Congratulations,

Henry. You were perfect, as I thought
you would be.

Calm and reasonable while a crane blew a
gasket.

You're not funny.

You did.

Good for us.

Rate of conviction in child offences is
very low, you know. I'm not exactly

crying. I thought that psychologist was
a load of balls.

She made a lot of sense to me.

The jury trusted you.

Advocacy won it.

Oh, Livermore will be wrapped in cotton
wool till she's 18, given a decent

education, and then let loose with a new
name. And spend the rest of her life

running away from the tabloids.

Oh, by the way, I've got something else
on the horizon.

You interested?

No, thanks, Donald.

Paid my due.

Nice performance in the wounding, miss.

Thank you, Ray.

Smith with a Y was rather charming in
the end.

Did it, of course.

You're right.

Modernise. I'm all for it.

A gym. Gym in the basement, maybe. Maybe
a juice bar.

I'll keep myself very fit.

Circuits, weights, Nordic.

I wouldn't mind doing a spot of personal
training.

Not you, personally.

You're in great shape.

Some I could mention here.

Yes.

Well, I'll give it very serious thought.

Oh.

Ray Scanlon has dyed his hair. He's
wearing an earring. He's coming on to

Gone completely mad.

You think it's a good idea, don't you?

You don't?

It's just to form a sense of humour.

Mmm.

Oh.

Nearly forgot.

Thanks, Henry.

For that one.

Very good for the heart, red wine.

Sent a couple of crates to your home.

Henry, two things you should not do.

Bet and prosecute.

Because you've got to enjoy putting
people away.

Don't let your dad see you.

Go on, get down, yeah?

That's a boy.

Now you, listen to me. The one who
knows.

Cut out a thieving.

Otherwise you'll lead a miserable life
and you'll go straight to hell.

Whatever he says, don't believe a word
of it.