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I love how much passion and
conviction you put into everything you do,

when you've got a wig on.

I am the only reason that you're
allowed to carry on existing.

You have lots in common,
you and Elizabeth -

brave, strong, surrounded by
men, saying no to all of them.

- How long?
- Every case is different.

- Keep an eye.
- I won't be here,

because I'm dying.

Your clients come first.

But where are they,
Martha? Here with you now?

There is one thing I'll
be asking for in return.

I can't be only a lawyer, Clive.

- But, Martha...
- Will you just leave me alone?

- Billy Lamb?
- What do you want?

- I'm a solicitor.
- Well, that's a relief.

It's family. I... I
really need your help.

I need Martha Costello.

Well, why didn't you say
so? Come in, come in.

I came in today with
verve in my loins.

My question is, can I make it to the
end of the day feeling the same way?

Your grooming trial, miss...

- Yes, John?
- ..turned into a conspiracy.

- Just like that?
- Well, no-one could get hold of you.

And the CPS have just
delivered a batch of phone logs.

- A batch?
- A... bit more than that.

- Right.
- And your judge is Alan Cowdrey.

The words I'm waiting to
hear are, "But don't worry,

"I've got you a junior
and they're already on it."

Sorry, miss.

Get Jake to shift that lot.

Jake left. Remember?

Worth remembering,
Harriet, I'm the talent, darling.

You're backstage.

Miss, this is Dani Kakwani.

Martha Costello.

The, er... Arizona bombing.

What about it?

Hassan Makhdoom was
blown up in the attack.

His brother Sajit survived
and is about to stand trial.

So...

The US want to extradite someone
else from Wolverhampton Tech.

My nephew Rashid, they're
saying he was involved,

that he did some sort of
hacking to plan for their attack.

- Some sort of hacking?
- This is the US Government.

They're not big on
sharing their thoughts

with a solicitor whose
dad was born in Lahore.

- I'm not an extradition lawyer.
- Nor am I,

but Rashid's
running out of options

and the judge doesn't
want the case reopened.

I need someone who's
going to fight for him.

Even if I wanted to help,

you need someone who
understands the arguments.

- Clive, you've done extradition.
- Once. Never again.

- Why?
- Because you lose.

Can I see?

You could argue
improper purpose.

Looks like the US have drawn up
charges without knowing if he's involved,

to get him into the interrogation
programme, to find out if he is.

It's what they do.

- Lying so they can torture people.
- I didn't say that.

Yes, you did.

Oh, good. You two
have found each other.

His parents are good people.

He plays cricket in the
street, for goodness' sake.

There's no way
he's mixed up in this.

I never even knew the brothers.

They were at my
college, that's all.

And I'm a follower
of the Prophet.

Violence is haram. I could have
never done what they're saying.

Rashid, if the US is trying to
get you there to interrogate,

we can still argue
improper purpose.

That's what they do
in Guantanamo, isn't it?

They don't tell you why you're there.
They... They don't show you anything.

But this is England.

My father came
here when he was 18

because he wanted to live
in the home of democracy.

And now he has to hear
his son... called a terrorist.

And his son can't even tell
him what the evidence is.

Why?

That sounds like a
good place to start.

Asking why and not
taking no for an answer.

If they decide to make me their
scapegoat, I will not get on that plane.

I don't care what I
have to do to myself.

I'll do it.

Prosecution as
the promised land?

You have to give
the people hope.

Yeah, but some of the people
here have never done prosecution.

CW is moving in on the junior
end and the squeezed middle

cos she sees how
unhappy they are.

She thinks a bit of
agitprop will get their votes.

Her message is one of despair.

What? And I'm hope?

Well, if CW is despair and
I'm hope, what's Martha?

I don't think she knows.

Hello, Billy.

In with the new.

Out with the old.

- What hearing?
- We sent a pupil.

Amy Lang. It was a five-minute
application to move the trial date forward.

- To Monday. Did Ms. Lang fight it?
- She had your dates.

And there's no clash in my
diary, so in your clerking brain

the fact that I've got about
100 hours of preparation to do...

Miss, I'll understand if you don't
want to carry on with the campaign.

I want you to get
everyone in chambers

who is as fed up as I am
with this nightmare of a life

and send them to see me.

I am their candidate.

I am sick and tired of being exhausted
because there's no legal aid for juniors,

which means I stay up all night
every night working on complex trials

only to be told I'm a
fat cat by a government

full of the fattest cats
in the history of fatness!

And get me Amy.

Since she's happy for this trial to
start so soon, she can bloody well help.

Hello, miss.

I need you to call Damian
Garner at the Maudsley.

I want a full psychiatric
assessment on Rashid Hirani.

- Done.
- How was your con, by the way?

Forget abuse of process.

I'm going to fight and win
on mental-health grounds.

What mental-health grounds?

- He wants to kill himself.
- Martha...

- Shoe Lane.
- I'm sorry, but it's the right argument.

He's a vulnerable child and what
they're doing to him is abusive.

He's being destroyed
by an unjust process.

If they get him to the States, they'll
get him to say whatever they want him to.

Hold the line,
would you, please?

Miss, I've got an Elizabeth
Forester from the US Embassy.

Says she'd like to speak to you and
that she could save you a lot of effort.

- Martha.
- Er... Amy, sorry,

just got to take
this call. Thank you.

Hello, Martha Costello.

Amy?

What is it?

Amy, can you come
with me, please?

It's nothing.

We don't need regulating. If we're
not good enough, we don't get the work.

Miss?

Amy, you're not
busy, are you? Good.

The grooming trial you so kindly
agreed to bring forward for me.

The evidence the police
just sent me is in there.

Read it, schedule the hell out of it,
and tell me everything I need to know.

We have three days.

So, can I count on
your vote, David?

I understand that
you saw Rashid today.

Who told you that?

I thought you should know that the
US takes its duty of care to prisoners,

especially vulnerable
prisoners, very seriously...

Who told you that I
saw Rashid today?

..which is why I'd like you to
consider these assurances.

First of all, we can now guarantee that
Rashid will not go to Guantanamo Bay.

There was never any
mention of Guantanamo.

We can also guarantee,
if you co-operate,

that as a UK citizen, he will
not face the death penalty.

But if he goes into
your prison system

he will be living under
23-hour lockdown,

he won't see his family,

he won't have proper
access to legal advice,

and, as present history suggests, you'll
be employing interrogation techniques,

which, to be frank, are a
little bit bloody medieval.

Martha, due to the importance of this
case, we will make more compromises.

Why are you sounding
like a press officer?

We can just speak English.

Rashid will be housed under
regular US prison conditions.

He will have 24-hour
access to medical supervision.

We'll provide him with
his own psychologist

and he will be free to choose his own
attorney in accordance with Arizona law.

He's not well enough,
even with your assurances.

Hm.

Isn't it odd how suicide is
a terrible sin for Muslims,

except when they're blowing
themselves up or about to face extradition?

- So, are... are you leaving?
- Excuse me?

Because I haven't finished yet.

If we don't win on the
mental-health argument,

we will go back to
improper purpose.

There's not enough
detail on the charges

to prove that you're not just
getting Rashid over for interrogation.

OK, if that's the case,

then the US Government is happy
to add a little flesh to the indictment.

We know where the hacking happened,
Martha, we know when it was done,

and the minute
Rashid hits US soil,

he will go on trial for conspiracy
to murder innocent Americans.

Good day.

Sami Allahu liman Hamidah.

Allahu Akbar.

Allahu Akbar.

Allahu Akbar.

Allahu Akbar.

Rashid, I know you've
lost faith in this process,

but we have an opportunity
now, a small one.

The US has added information to your
charges because they want us to give up.

Our one hope is that somewhere in what
they've added there's a mistake or a lie.

I need you to answer some
questions for me... truthfully.

Were you at the college at
the time the attack was planned,

the two-day window
they've got down here?

Yeah.

Were you in the hall of residence
they say, with the brothers,

when the attack was
planned, at the time?

Rashid, answer.

Yeah, I was.

And what about the room?

See, now, they say they can pinpoint
that hacking to a specific computer

in a specific room.

- What is it?
- No. No, I was never in that room.

- And you're certain of that?
- Yeah.

The room they say
I did that hacking in,

I... I never stepped foot in
it during the time they say.

- Abuse of process.
- What?

When you wake up in the morning,
the first three seconds of consciousness,

do you think about
the case you're doing?

Yes.

Is it abuse of process,

if I can prove the US got details
wrong on their charge summary?

Depends what and where.

Well, the US had put Rashid

in a specific room at a
specific time doing this research.

Now, he says he wasn't there.

Martha, if they're being that
specific, then they must have proof.

I bet you dream about them too.

All right, Mar?

You probably don't share
cigarettes any more, do you?

- I don't smoke roll-ups any more.
- No, not here, not with this crowd.

It's amazing in here, but it makes
you feel like you're not allowed in.

20 years ago, you'd have
said that was anti-democratic.

Why are you here, Sean?

- I was passing.
- Oh, right, you were passing?

I was passing, and I thought,

"What happened to the girl
that broke my teenage heart?"

Um... listen, I'll, er...
I'll see you in chambers.

Yeah.

- Not your husband, is he?
- And what would you say if he was?

I'd ask you why you
married a big dolphin.

I hope he's not the jealous type

cos I would love to go for a
coffee with you, Martha Costello.

First you tell me why you're here...
and then I'll think about coffee.

Maybe another time, then.

Who was that? Mr. Mysterious.

Sean McBride.

Right. Thanks.
Who's Sean McBride?

He's...

He's what I used to be.

Well, anyway, um... if you
want to argue abuse of process,

it's not enough to say that
the information was false.

You have to prove that
the US knew it was false.

And how the hell are
you going to do that...

Mar?

Ah! Put extradition on the
chambers website, would you, Harriet?

Another string to
the Shoe Lane bow.

- Well done.
- Whoa!

- Was that a compliment?
- I always give credit where it's due.

Maybe it's the female mind - open,
capable of thinking beyond dull prejudice.

What, and Clive Reader's a better
candidate than Martha Costello

for head of chambers?

I think so.

- Do you fancy him, Harriet?
- What's that got to do with anything?

- I'm just asking.
- Just sexist.

Imagine if I asked
you the same question.

- What? Do I fancy Clive Reader?
- Do you fancy Martha Costello?

How I feel about Miss Costello
surpasseth all understanding.

Talking of medieval, you
know what amazes me?

How much energy you're
expending on someone who would

ban you from working
and getting an education,

and who would expect you to walk behind
him all the way back to the 13th century.

Have you been
practising that speech?

Are women even allowed
to drive in Saudi Arabia?

You see, there's a disconnect.

Rashid is 19 years
old. He's an individual.

He feels like a victim.
But the real victims?

Frances Brady, Adam Gilmartin,
Joey Maldini, Angel Valera.

Four University of
West Arizona students,

enjoying their graduation day, with
the whole of their lives ahead of them,

when they were blown to pieces.

Brady was pregnant.

That's not the point.

If that's not, what is?

Oh, didn't you know?
I've got dual qualification.

With this much lazy
anti-American feeling around,

we think it's better that an
American stands up for America.

- That's the point.
- Sorry?

There's a principle that
transcends national interest

and religion and...
well, everything else.

Habeas corpus, Elizabeth,
the right to be tried,

the right to know what you're accused
of so that you can defend yourself.

All rise.

Miss Costello...

..from what I can see from
your skeleton argument,

you want to reopen this appeal by arguing
that there's been an abuse of process

and forcing the United States

to show you all the evidence
they have against Rashid Hirani?

- Your Lordship will have seen...
- I'm a direct man, Miss Costello,

and I've been told
you're the same.

I do not want this appeal
reopened without good reason.

Now, what is the
answer to my question?

My client has always
maintained he was set up

and now there's a
discrepancy that confirms that.

Why has it taken six months
for him to remember this?

The United States have only
just added the specific location.

The, er... room in
the hall of residence.

This is our first
chance to respond to it.

This detail is crucial

because it's the only thing
that links him to the conspiracy.

Ms. Forester?

My lord, whatever
Mr. Hirani claims,

we are confident that he was in that
room at the time the hacking was activated.

We can put him there.

We're happy to let the
court see further evidence,

if it can help bring
this process to an end.

You have two days.

All rise.

What's our listing?

Er... court nine,
first on at ten.

- Time now?
- Ten to.

So, fill me in. The phone logs?

Er... there's lots.

Yes, Amy. Bottom line,
is it for us or against us?

From what I've seen, um...

the stuff I've been able to examine
has been mainly from the men to the girl.

OK.

- Er...
- I've asked you to prepare a schedule.

I'm guessing you haven't done that, so all
I want is a simple, clear answer instead.

Does this work for us or not?

The material mainly consists of calls and
texts that suggest bullying and coercion.

So, yeah.

Yes, I... I'd say it
definitely helps us

in trying to prove that
there was a conspiracy.

There.

Wasn't so hard.

Hello, Caroline.

So exciting to be against you.
One just doesn't know what's coming.

Which Albanian paedophile
are you representing?

Touch of racism there.

Under pressure, are we?

I don't need to remind you that this
is the property of the US Government,

so if you leak it or share it with
any party not involved in this case,

you're in violation of US
law and at risk of prosecution.

I don't know. Maybe
a drink would do it.

What?

Stop you making speeches
and get you talking instead.

I know it's hard for you to
accept what Rashid was part of,

but our investigators were pushed
to the limit finding this material.

It was hidden deep
on his hard drive.

Once you've had a chance to
look at that, I hope you can accept it,

however painful that may be.

Oh, hello.

- Clive Reader.
- I know.

Thank you, Elizabeth. I
think we've got everything.

Jesus, that woman!

What's this?

Evidence, apparently, that Rashid
Hirani is linked to the bombing.

I mean, half of it's redacted.

That's to protect the security
services who gathered it. Look.

The MI5 seal,

telling you that the bulk of the
evidence that the US is relying on

has actually been gathered
by British intelligence.

That's why they're so confident.

So, none of this
links to the bombing.

What are you talking about?

Jihadi websites.

Searches on Yemeni
training camps.

This does not put him in room
132, hacking into security details.

Martha, if they've got this,
imagine what else they've got.

Well, maybe this is everything.

Rashid is radicalised.
Why can't you see that?

I am only interested in whether he's
linked directly to doing that research.

Well, is this clear
enough for you?

You said you didn't even
know the Makhdoom brothers.

I mean, what did you think?
They wouldn't find these?

Answer her, Rashid!

These photos aren't right.

This is a picture
of you in a corridor

with the two people who
set off the bomb in Arizona,

and that's not all.

They've got you outside the room

where they say the university's
security details were hacked,

and, this is the killer blow,

they've got a witness

who says they can place you in the
room where the hacking was done.

Rashid.

- We believed you.
- I promise.

I was never in that room.

Is that you or isn't it?

I only met them briefly.

I didn't admit it, because
I know how it would look,

but I... I only met
them once, on that day.

And what happened?

Sorry, but if... if
you've lied about this,

how am I supposed to
believe you're still innocent?

Because there was
someone else there as well.

He was the one who said that
we should meet the brothers.

He was the one that
pushed me into it...

..who said...

if we were true Muslims, we'd
listen to what they had to say.

Rashid, who are
you talking about?

I'm talking about
someone who was there.

I'm talking about a friend.

He should have
been in that photo.

He was at that meeting, and...

and whoever gave this
to you has taken him out.

What was his name, Rashid?

I promised.

This is how you open, Amy.

Get it right and, by the time you sit
down, the trial can be effectively over.

Yes, Ms. Warwick?

Ladies and
gentlemen of the jury,

this was a case of systematic
and brutal exploitation.

Three men identified, isolated, groomed
and terrorised a vulnerable teenager.

They separated
her from her family

and used her for their own
revolting sexual purposes.

She is 17.

They are all over 40.

The defence will seek to
portray her actions as consenting,

but all you need to know

is that in one three-week
period this victim

was bombarded by over 2,000
texts, e-mails and calls from these men,

a relentless barrage
of disgusting demands

that this young victim was
hopelessly ill-equipped to resist.

These alone demonstrate
the defendants conspired to...

This is the first time that I've
ever had to do this, my Lord,

and it gives me no pleasure,

but I feel compelled to
interrupt my learned friend

and ask that the
jury leave the court.

Jury, five minutes, please.

Never in my whole career have
I had an opening interrupted.

You are blatantly
misleading the jury.

In at least 40% of the material that
my learned friend is talking about...

..it was from the complainant to
the men, not the other way round.

I'm so sorry. I was sure
I'd gone through this box.

These texts are from the girl.

I thought I'd said I wasn't sure.
Look, I'm sorry, I'm just a bit stressed.

We're all stressed,
ducky. It's the Criminal Bar.

I'm sorry.

And don't worry.

It's not fatal.

- It's for Martha. It's from the Maudsley.
- Thanks.

- There's a message from the doctor.
- Sure.

- So, what's happened?
- He didn't deny he met the brothers.

But he says there was
someone else there,

somebody he doesn't want to get
into trouble, who knew them better,

and someone who was in
this image before it was altered.

Did you believe him?

I don't know.

Ooh! Whose are these?

They came for you, miss.
Actually, they were hand-delivered.

Grateful client, maybe?

Possibly.

- Amy?
- Can I have a word?

What's he look like,
then, Flower Man?

Tall, dark, handsome.

Northern.

- How's the trial?
- Erm... not great.

- Why?
- This isn't about the trial.

I've been trying to talk to you
about this, but I didn't know how.

What is it?

Billy.

What about him?

He took me to the pub

and when we were there he
promised that he'd get me tenancy.

Well...

And he said it while his
hand was on my knee,

and the same thing
happened a second time.

When?

At Alan Cowdrey's party.

Are you sure?

Yeah, and I swear I didn't
do anything to encourage him.

I didn't do anything
to lead him on.

The reason I didn't tell you was
because I came here to learn from you,

not to be a part
of some scandal,

and because if I don't get tenancy here,
I don't know how I'm going to survive.

Right.

I want you to go home, get a good
night's sleep and let me take care of it.

OK?

Martha.

What did you get?

I went to the
college to find out

who was resident in room
132 and that's what I got.

Redacted. Did you try and...

They're not at liberty to
share that information.

They said a man from the
MOD had been in to see them.

MOD is what MI5 are when
they're pretending to be normal.

So Rashid is protecting someone.

Yeah, but so are MI5 and, from what
I can see, they're the same person.

Miss Costello,

this is not a trial. The
evidence is not at issue.

My lord, but the process by
which the evidence was acquired is.

It appears to us that there
is another individual involved,

someone who is right
at the heart of this case

and whose... whose role and
motive, as of yet, we don't understand.

My lord, this is all speculation

and it's making the UK
extradition process look ridiculous.

The presence of this individual and
his relationship to the security services

opens up questions that
this court has to address.

My client says he's innocent,

so why did the United States pass
us MI5 material that had been falsified?

What do you mean, falsified?

We believe there was a fourth
person at this meeting, my Lord,

and his presence
has been obscured.

And you say that fourth
person has been airbrushed out?

My Lord...

Miss Costello, whatever the role
of this individual, if he or she exists,

the court cannot grant you permission
to see everything you want to see.

- But, my Lord...
- A great deal

of the material you've requested
is classified intelligence material.

Well, until this court
examines that material,

then none of can say whether my
client deserves to stand trial or not.

You asked to see me?

She's...

very tenacious, Martha Costello.

She's, er... committed.

Well, as a result
of her efforts,

the Rashid Hirani extradition
is now spiralling out of control.

She wants to see all classified
evidence against her client.

The Americans are going berserk. They
thought they had their man on the plane.

There is clearly an issue.

The exact role of an informant, on
which far too much seems to rest.

You know the usual solution in situations
that involve this much sensitive material?

You appoint
someone to look at it,

who then makes sure that
everyone's being fair to the defendant

without actually telling
him what any of it says.

I need someone
independent, Clive,

but also someone who understands the
true complexity of the, er... situation.

We have a treaty with the US, a
treaty we... we can't afford to damage.

Our security services are
in a... delicate situation.

You know I'm in chambers
with Martha Costello?

Tiny world, the Criminal Bar.

We'd never get anything done if you
couldn't do cases with people you know.

And I'm sure you're
entirely independent-minded.

Well done. We've just heard.

Er... yeah, just between you and
me, I'd love to know how it happened.

- She knew who I was.
- Who?

Elizabeth Forester.

She must have seen your
name on chambers' website.

The whole thing about special counsel
is it's meant to be independent, Harriet.

Couldn't agree more.

Ah, special counsel,
sir. Great honour.

- Who gave you the news?
- Lord Justice Reynolds.

Just you and him,
was it? Cosy little chat?

Stood the Church clock at ten to
three? And was there honey still for tea?

- I'm my own man, Billy.
- Course you are, sir.

Of course he is.

They came to me. I didn't approach
them, if that's what you're thinking.

Yeah, well, you
could have said no.

How often does something
like this come along?

Oh, come on, Clive. You're
being incredibly naive.

You don't think they picked you
because you're the right man for the job?

They picked you because
they want to wind me up.

They? Who are they?
You're being delusional.

I saw how you reacted to the
material the US served. And what?

All of a sudden, you're the only
person who can look at secret material

and tell me whether someone else
has unfairly incriminated my client?

Yes.

- How does Elizabeth know you?
- She doesn't.

And don't you think she
might be a bit more concerned

about how well you know me?

I knew I had to
reply immediately.

Why?

Because of what
they would do if I didn't.

What was that, Ashley?

They would threaten me,

and when they saw me again
they would make me do things.

What sort of things?

They would force me to have sex.

So,

these...

texts and e-mails from
you to the defendants...

I sent them because I had to.

Are you saying that you feel you
had no choice other than to send them?

No.

None. I had no choice. I had
to do whatever they wanted.

Thank you, Ashley.

"I sucked your
cock, you fat bastard.

"You owe me the drugs."

- Did you write that, Ashley?
- I don't remember.

It's here in black and white,

one of 25 texts you sent
over a two-hour period

on June 29th.

"Give me the drugs."

"Where are the drugs?"
"You owe me those drugs."

- They used the drugs to control me!
- The truth is, Ashley,

that you were a
prostitute. Isn't that right?

No.

You were a prostitute and
you willingly gave those men

- sex for drugs.
- No!

And if the frequency of
these calls proves anything,

it proves that you
were determined

to extract whatever
payment you could from them.

That's not true!

Shall I read the last text
that you sent that day?

"Give me the
drugs, you bastards,

"or I'll call the cops and tell them
what a bunch of paedos you are."

That's why we're here, isn't it?

Because these men didn't
pay their prostitute on time.

Lunch?

The court has appointed
someone called special counsel.

That means all the material that's
been used to establish a case against you

is going to be examined

so there's no point in
protecting anyone any more.

Do you understand?

Now, whoever it is that you
don't want to get into trouble,

whoever it is you thought
you were being loyal to,

well, odds are that's
who's betrayed you

and that's who MI5
are working with.

So you need to
tell me everything.

Rashid.

It was after...

a big drone attack

on the Pakistani border.

The deaths used to get
reported in the mosque...

..and this time a
whole family died.

Four kids under ten.

There was a lot of anger,

people saying someone
had to do something.

Even the imam was furious.

Finally, as we were leaving, Salim said
he knew some people we could talk to.

What did he say?

He said he knew these
two brothers in our hall...

..and they were
planning something.

The Makhdoom brothers?

Salim had met them before.

We talked, we prayed.

They told us they had a plan.

They didn't say what.

They said they knew I
was good with computers

and could use the help getting security
details of the University of West Arizona.

I agreed.

But, straight
after, I got scared.

I didn't want to be part of it.

I told Salim I didn't want to do
it. I... I didn't want to be involved.

So you were never in his
room doing that research?

No.

But Salim went back in.

He must have done it, not me.

- Then what happened?
- I don't know.

After I told him I didn't want to do it,
I... I saw him with them one more time

And then he told me
he'd pulled out too.

Did he say why?

A few months later,
the attacks happened.

I mean, we couldn't
believe it. We were terrified.

But we promised we'd never say
anything to incriminate the other.

And you thought
he'd stuck to that?

I thought our friendship
was part of my faith.

You know what we
used to think in my family?

We used to think our problem
with the next generation

would be that they'd
be too westernised,

that we'd struggle to get
them interested in our traditions.

Dani, you've got
contacts in the police.

How about we go and have our
own little conversation with Salim?

Thank you for seeing us.

What can I do for you?

I'm professionally embarrassed.

What do you mean? How?

In the short adjournment,
I went to the robing room.

On the desk next to my bag,
there was a sheet of paper.

I wasn't thinking,
and I started to read it.

Well, what was it?

The first defendant's
proof of evidence.

I'm afraid I have completely inadvertently
given myself a huge advantage,

essentially meaning that these
defendants wouldn't get a fair trial,

were I to continue prosecuting.

It is with great reluctance,
I am obliged to withdraw,

as the bishop
said to the actress.

Mr. Lever?

I'm not sure my learned friend is
so embarrassed she can't continue.

What you mean is that it's
going really well for you right now

and the last thing
you want to do is stop.

She's got a junior. Did she
read the defendant's proof?

The whole point
of having a junior

is that they can take
over in a situation like this.

No, she didn't read it.

But...

..I did tell her what I'd read.

Then I have no choice
but to discharge the jury

and order a new trial
as soon as possible.

It is with huge regret that I'm afraid
I just don't see any other way out.

Salim. What are you reading?

Politics?

After the attack, I
didn't sleep for days.

Rashid had gone home,
but I was still at college.

It only took 'em 48
hours to pick me up

and then it was straight
to Paddington Green,

14 days' detention,

and every day being
told they've got evidence

that could have me facing
150 years in a US jail.

I know what I'd do. I'd say
anything to get out of there.

- I didn't say anything.
- But you did.

You told them

that Rashid had hacked into the
university security plans for the brothers.

How could I have done it? He was the
one who knew how to do that, not me.

Did you see him? I mean,
did you actually see him,

in your room, at your
machine, doing that research?

You think Rashid is innocent,
because he's awkward and shy,

but you don't know him.

You didn't hear him talk every
night when we read the Koran.

He was the one who said infidels
would get what they deserved.

- Did you see him or not, Salim?
- I pulled out, OK?

Once I heard the details,

I didn't want anything to do with
what the brothers were planning.

Neither did Rashid, so why
incriminate him? Why do a deal with MI5?

You don't understand. I... I
don't like what I've done to him,

but... but I had no choice.

No, you did,

and you still have.

You can come to court.

Come to court and admit that
you never saw him do that hacking.

It's too late for that.

I went to see Salim Dasti.

- What?
- This whole case

rests on the word of one
terrified boy against another,

and no proof of which
is telling the truth.

Martha, enough.

Look, come on, Clive.
Nobody's listening.

Why don't you talk to me
properly? What have you seen?

All I'll say is, is that
somebody helped the brothers.

They didn't plan
the attack alone.

Salim was at the same
meeting as Rashid,

so why not charge both boys?

Why work with one
and punish the other?

What if I told you that there
was something in the files

that has convinced me
that Rashid was involved?

I wouldn't believe you.

You don't think I'd
be honest with you?

I'm going to call Salim to give
evidence, make him tell the truth.

Want a drink, miss?

Excuse me.

Billy, Amy came to see me.

- About what?
- You promising her tenancy.

So?

With your hand on her knee.

Hang on!

- She's very upset, Billy.
- Well, she's got it wrong.

- How?
- It's not what it looks like.

- Then what the hell is it?
- I couldn't have done anything like that.

I... Miss, since I've had
the implants, I can't even...

- This is how it is for me now.
- Oh, Billy.

No, I don't want
your pity, miss,

but I want you to know that I didn't do
anything ugly or untoward with Miss Lang.

That is a misunderstanding.

Well, you need to apologise
and tell her what's going on.

Miss!

You promised me that if this was
affecting Shoe Lane, you would tell me.

If Amy makes an
official complaint...

It's the only way, Billy.

Miss.

I've told Amy you've
got something to say.

Something you want to explain.

I can't.

Just... Just give him till
the end of the day, please.

- Salim?
- He hasn't shown.

My client now admits he was at a
meeting with the Makhdoom brothers.

However, it was at
someone else's behest

and that was the full
limit of his involvement.

My Lord, I'm afraid
that is not a position

which is supported by
the redacted material.

My Lord, sorry, is there any chance of
the court actually seeing this evidence?

If you don't have proof

that your client has been implicated
through an abuse of process,

then I'm afraid this
application is at an end.

We're going to
adjourn for ten minutes,

during which I want you
to consider your position.

All rise.

You're doing their job for them,
and I don't understand why.

I'm telling the court
what I've seen. That's all.

Well, let's find out the truth.

My name is Salim Dasti.

I was at college with
Rashid and... I was his friend.

Have you ever been at a meeting
with the Makhdoom brothers?

Yes.

- Who else was there?
- Rashid.

And can you tell the court
what happened at that meeting?

Rashid and I talked
with the brothers,

and, um... they explained

that they were serious about using
their student exchange to do something...

...something that would show
the Americans how we felt

about the way innocent
Muslims were being killed.

And then what happened?

They said that, if we were
serious, we had to prove it.

Rashid and I had to help them
get security details for their attack.

But Rashid didn't go
through with it, did he?

You went ahead, but
Rashid backed out.

No.

It was the other way around.

I backed out.

I told him I didn't want
to go through with it,

and then I went
back into my room.

Then why did you tell this court

that Rashid did the research
from the same room?

Because he did. The evidence
they showed me proved he did.

Your claim doesn't
make any sense.

You've said that you went
back to your room alone,

and then you insisted that this
is where Rashid did his research.

I mean, how can you
expect us to believe you?

Because when I told him I wanted
to back out, he told me he wouldn't.

He said he didn't care
if I didn't have the guts.

He would show the
brothers he wasn't scared.

- He's lying!
- You know what you said.

Calm down. I'm
warning both of you.

You're lying, Salim,
and MI5 know that,

and that's why they've done everything
they can to hide your involvement.

No, that's... that's not true.

I don't know how he did that hacking
from my computer, but he did it,

and the reason MI5 protected
me is nothing to do with that.

Then what is it? I mean,
why cover up your presence?

Why remove you
from the photographs?

Salim, you are obliged to
give this court an answer.

Because I didn't just
back out. I called them.

After that meeting with
the brothers, I panicked.

I found a number and
I... I called a helpline...

..and I told the person I spoke
to that something might happen.

And what did they do?

Nothing.

They took my details and they said
they'd call back, but they never called me.

That's why we're all here,

because our intelligence services
were too busy to make a call,

and then, because they knew how
it looked, they offered me a deal.

They hauled me in
after the bomb went off,

and they told me that they had
enough to send me to prison.

They said that if I could give
them enough about Rashid's role,

then... then I could
avoid it, because...

..because then, at least, the US would
have a proper conspirator to put on trial.

Can I point out that this
admission doesn't change the fact

that Rashid Hirani
was at that meeting?

He agreed to do research
on the proposed attack

and there is no other person
who could have done it.

We will retire to
consider our decision.

Mr. Reader, we may
call on you for assistance.

All rise.

So that's what this
has been about?

Sending my nephew to America so
no-one would know MI5 screwed up?

I can't comment,

except to say that from what I've
seen Rashid deserves to stand trial.

If we lose this,

I'll make sure journalists on both sides
of the Atlantic know about Salim's call,

and then we'll know what
the public cares about,

a kid who made the mistake of going to
one meeting or MI5 letting a bomb go off.

I hope you're not
going to let him do that.

What else can he do?

Martha, it's human error. Trust
me. How many calls do MI5 get right?

How many great decisions have they
made that we've never even heard about?

Rashid Hirani is my client

and Rashid's been made to
suffer to cover MI5's cock-up.

Billy, did we ever get that
psych report for Rashid?

Miss!

- Billy.
- It was in your in-tray.

- Thank you.
- Uh.

Oh...

Clive.

Clive.

- This is your solution?
- It's a solution.

And it's better than MI5 looking
stupid over an innocent kid.

I just came to see how you were.

Why?

Well, it's unusual for prosecuting
counsel to be embarrassed.

Well, I was.

Right.

So, how's chambers?

Dysfunctional, riven with
political internal infighting.

Nothing changes, then.

Maybe what you need is a break.

I've never felt less
like taking a break.

I'm going to stand in this election
to replace you, and I intend to win it,

and when I do, things
are going to change.

Matt Busby made it hard for
everyone who followed him.

What?

We probably don't need an
elder statesman coming back,

giving sage-like advice, Alan.

Well, then, all I can
do is wish you luck.

We have arrived at our decision.

Our judgment has
been strongly affected

by the report into the psychiatric
condition of the applicant, Rashid Hirani.

We are particularly
influenced by the fact

that, although it was commissioned
by Mr. Hirani's legal team,

it is also endorsed by
the security services.

We rule that Rashid Hirani

is not fit to endure conditions
he would find in US custody

and must remain here.

Since there are no charges
against you here, Mr. Hirani,

it is my duty to inform you
that you are now a free man.

All rise.

- Martha, well done.
- Thank you.

Thank you.

This would be the heart,
wouldn't it, if you had to say?

Hm?

This place would be the
heart of our legal system,

and there's nobody here,
just you and me and the truth.

There was no evidence
to link him to that hacking.

The evidence was still being
uncovered. That's not the same thing.

Clive, they couldn't put him in that
room where the research was done.

It is as simple as that.

Is it?

What's this?

It's a string of code
from a Trojan virus,

found by forensic officers
examining Salim's hard drive.

His computer was
infected with software,

which allowed somebody
to control it remotely

and then destroy all
traces of their work.

Now, there's nothing to link it to Rashid,
yet, which is why I couldn't use it.

But I can't think of anyone else
who could have put it there, can you?

There's more than one way for him
to have been in that room, Martha.

Yeah, it's a great talent,

the ability to convince people
that you're a helpless victim,

when you're pulling
the strings all the way.

I'd like to make an
official complaint...

..against Billy.

I won't blame you, miss...

..if you feel you can't
stand by me on this one.

I'll understand.

Help me, please, miss.

Go and tell your
self-pitying paedo,

he will never recover from what
I do to him in cross-examination.

- Please come with me, sir.
- Head of chambers, it's a three-way tie.

- When are we deciding on Amy?
- Next week.

It's my application
to join chambers.

Imagine how embarrassed
you'd be. You'd need a big drink.

- Are you OK?
- I need you, Martha.

We have this rule:
Never represent a friend.

- You're jealous.
- Mm.

Help!