All language subtitles for Law.and.Order.UK.S02E01_Legendas01.ENG

In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate
yet equally important groups.

The police,
who investigate crime,

and the Crown Prosecutors,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

No, not tomorrow, I'm on nights.

Friday night?

- Yeah but I'm worth waiting for!
- Any unit...

Lima Oscar.
Deal with a disturbance on Creake Street.

Oscar Lima from seven-one-nine,

show me assigned
to the disturbance at Creake Street, over.

- Here you go Maya.
- Oh, you're a lifesaver.

Long night.

He's on tonight,
the one I was talking about.

My favorite voice, Nick Bentley.

- Lima Oscar
- Oh, it's him again.

from seven-one-nine.
I have two suspects concerned drug dealing

at Creake Street, both appear
to be in the possession of firearms,

I need a Trojan unit
and urgent assistance. Over.

All units from Lima Oscar,
that's officer, requires urgent assistance. Creake Street.

Can I have a Trojan unit, please?

Lima Oscar
from seven-one-three, show me assisting.

Received. First unit on scene.
A situation report, please.

Seven-one-nine, SITREP please.

- Nick?
- I'm hit.

So is one suspect.

Other suspect now towards Cornwall Road.
I need an ambulance.

All units from Lima Oscar,
a suspect with a firearm

towards Cornwall Road.
First unit

on scene a SITREP, please.

Where's my back-up?

- Where's Ray?
- Seven-one-three from Lima Oscar,

where are you?

Seven-one-three?

Where's the backup?

Seven-one-nine,
are you receiving? Over.

Seven-one-nine,
are you receiving? Over.

Nick? Seven-one-nine...

Tell us you're okay.

Nick?

This is PC Nick Bentley, 24 years of age,

been on the beat for two years.
Took a bullet to the stomach

and one to the thigh.
It hit the femoral artery.

Bled to death,
took around about four minutes.

Caught in the crossfire.

- Nightmare.
- Yeah.

Well, uniform just told me
his partner was sorting out a parking argument

at Waterloo Station,
and when he got the shout,

he misheard the address.

Well, this time of night
round here, we're gonna be struggling for witnesses.

Got anything, Joy?

Nine separate bullet shells
scattered round the scene.

- From two different weapons.
- So our man had no chance.

It looks like
he's just started shaving, this kid.

According to his ID,
he's 21 years old,

carrying a .38 weapon.

Six of the shells came from him.
The other three from a .22.

Bentley's partner over there.

What about the other drug dealer
fellow? Got any DNA traces on him?

Fingerprints on a bag of crack.
Going to the lab now.

Bentley's partner's waiting
over there. Let's go and see how he's doing.

What do you say to your husband
on nights like this, Joy?

Never that it's one of us
got that shot.

I was at the back
of the station.

Taxi rank had been blocked in
by a limo on a hen night.

Nick went on ahead...

while I sorted the to-do
out there.

I should've been with him.

Well, don't beat yourself up.
It could've happened to anyone.

Yeah, but I misheard the shout.

I thought they said,
"Leake Street." Not "Creake Street."

Was your radio working properly?

Half a dozen people
having a ding-dong right in my ear didn't help.

We're gonna need
a proper debrief and a statement from you, Ray,

- down at the station when you're ready.
- Yeah, of course.

Twenty-four. Same age as me.

That's no age to die.

There's never a good age.
What you got?

Bag from the crime scene
containing crack had two major sets of prints.

First was from the corpse,
Ade Young, 21.

Other prints belong to a Theo Carson.
Here's his PNC record.

But blinding, Teddy.

That is just the ticket
after the old all-nighter.

A burglary, GBH,
dealing heroin, ecstasy and ketamine.

A full house.
And he got off on all charges.

- Lucky boy.
- Not any more.

That's gotta be
the worst thing in the world.

- What, losing a partner?
- Yeah.

Oh...

- Sorry. I know you...
- That's alright.

Big Bob Logan,
lovely northerner, from Whitby.

He used to like gravy
on his chips.

And every chippie on our beat
knew that was his favorite

so they did it for him special.

Got stabbed in a pub breaking up a fight.
Nothing I could do.

Ron.

Target sighted.

Call it in.

Armed police, get on the floor!

- Get down, get down on the floor now.
- Get down.

- Get on the floor!
- Get down, get down!

Right.

- Theo Carson?
- What is this?

Like you don't know, son.

I'm arresting you on suspicion
of the murder of PC Nick Bentley.

I didn't kill him!

You, tell them
so they understand!

Fingerprints on a plastic bag
doesn't even prove he was dealing.

He could've bought a sandwich,
thrown the bag away,

somebody else could've filled it
with drugs.

See, she's good!

Thank you very much
but if you let me do the talking.

Where were you
at the time of the murder, Theo?

Not there.

Show me the murder weapon,
prove Mr. Carson used it.

Or you're gonna have
to let him go.

- Exactly!
- We know you fired shots, Theo.

We've taken gunpowder residue
from your hands

- and your clothes--
- But you don't have a gun to match it.

What... did you do
with the gun, Theo?

Did you take it home?
Or throw it away?

Whatever you did with it,
I promise you this Theo,

our lads in uniform
will find it.

I don't know if you two are hard
of hearing, but they haven't, have they?

So, unless you have the weapon,
you're going to have to let my client go.

Carson's brief's
absolutely right.

If we don't have a weapon,
we haven't got enough to charge him.

We have got CCTV of him running
away from the crime scene, few minutes

- after Bentley was shot.
- So he was out for a run. No connection.

Really sorry to interrupt.

METCALL logged a call
from a witness who saw the shooting.

Phone number
and billings address, if you want it.

Well done, Ange.

It wasn't me.
I didn't phone no-one.

- This is your mobile number.
- Maybe.

- Would you have your mobile phone on you now?
- Maybe.

- How old are you, Jaya?
- Younger than you, that's for sure.

So was the poor bloke
who got gunned-down last night

on the Southbank
just for doing his job.

Now, can I have a look
at your mobile phone, please?

Thank you.

Nine-nine-nine, 3:47 a.m.
Snap. What did you see?

Yeah. I didn't see nothing.

My Dad says "Don't get involved,
don't see nothing.

You only gonna bring trouble
on yourself."

With all due respect, Jaya
your dad's an idiot.

If we all keep to ourselves,
what happens to the community?

Not my problem, is it?

It is now.

Am I gonna have to speak
in court?

Just focus on identifying
the right person for now.

It was number two.

I saw him shoot the other guy
and leg it.

- Good girl.
- So you got a witness.

I am telling you,
I didn't shoot the pig.

The copper.

So why don't you tell us
what happened.

We were finishing
our deal, Ade was all hyper, like.

But he'd been jittery all along.

Then, the copper comes round the corner, no warning.
Sees us and shouted.

Ade just went off.

Ade shot the cop
in the leg first,

then he shoots him again
in the stomach.

Then Ade started
shooting at me,

claiming it was a set-up.

I'm shouting, telling him
I hadn't done anything.

- Then I started shooting too.
- And you shot Ade Young.

It was self-defence, man!
I had to stop him!

Well, you did that alright.

- I thought that copper'd be alright.
- But he wasn't.

That's not my fault though.
That's down to you boys.

And how do you work that out?

When I went round the corner,
I see a copper,

in a doorway,
just standing there.

Almost like he's hiding.

See what I don't get is,
that bloke was injured.

That copper. He wasn't dead.

So why was this other copper
just standing there?

He could've been there, helped him. He let him die.
Not me.

Guv!

The bullet that killed Bentley
matches Ade Young's gun.

So, Theo Carson didn't shoot
Nick Bentley.

But he did kill Ade Young.

Weapon was found
on a building site off York Road.

Carson's DNA's all over it.

It connects up with the gunshot
residue we took from his clothes.

Thanks, Teddy.

So no-one gets charged
with Nick Bentley's death?

Not unless you want
to arrest Ade Young's corpse.

What about,
Theo Carson's evidence?

The copper round the corner,
not going to help.

Shut the door.

Do we believe Carson?

Well, why would he lie?

Same reason why dogs piss on lamp posts.
It's their nature.

Nah, he knew his number was up.

And it was the way he said it,

wasn't like he was trying
to stitch anyone up, it was the fact,

that he couldn't understand it.

Why are we even discussing this?
Come on, Ron,

there's no way one plod
leave another to die.

Well, we've got a witness
who says different.

And it is our duty
to follow it up.

Even if it is just to rule
it out.

And you're gonna tell
that to the uniform boys, are you?

I don't want you to say a word
to anyone.

This stays between us three
for now.

Expand the CCTV collection
to get us a wider view of the area.

See if there's any footage taken
from any buildings near the crime scene.

You are kidding.
You wanna pursue this?

A police officer has died.

We follow up every piece
of evidence we've got.

CCTV? Don't have any, sorry.

You must own half the buildings
round here.

And I can see at least half
a dozen cameras within 150 yards.

And you're telling me you had
no closed circuit footage of that night?

I didn't put new DVDs
in the recorders.

Well, that's very unfortunate.

Have you got the DVDs
of the night before the incident?

I think so.

- And what about the night after?
- I think so.

Well, excuse me sir,

but... any other nights
you forgot to put the DVD in?

I don't think so.

I'm sorry about the policeman
getting shot.

But like you say,
it's unfortunate.

I can't help you.

No, he's been nobbled.
Someone's got to him first.

Ron, seriously,
can we knock this on the head now, please?

- You're seeing patterns that ain't there.
- Yeah.

- There's probably a simple explanation.
- Matt, open your eyes, son.

Someone's taking us
for a couple of monkeys, mate.

I mean, who knows
the procedure? Eh?

Who knows where to look first?
It's other Old Bill.

Yeah, I'm sorry,
I just don't buy it.

This ain't the bleeding '70s!
We're not knee-deep in corrupt coppers.

And the kinda person
who joins the force is not the kind of person

- who leaves a colleague to die.
- Ninety-nine times out of 100, I agree.

But let's just say this is
the one out of the hundred that ain't so pure.

Just explain to me,
why you're so keen

to take the word
of a drug dealer over the word of a fellow officer?

Well, that's fine then,
every copper's a saint.

- That's not what I'm saying Ron.
- Right. Then we owe it to Nick Bentley

- to rule out Theo Carson's claim.
- How do we do that?

Quiz uniform.

Eleven years as Sergeant,
never lost one, 'til now.

Well, I don't see

as there was anything else,
you could've done.

We're all in shock down here.
Bentley was a good lad, you know, popular.

Goalie in the five-a-side team.

Probably would've been
CID material for you boys, in a few months.

The-- the lad who killed
Nick Bentley didn't survive the shoot-out,

but we have charged Theo Carson
with his murder.

Right. Now, if there's anything
you need,

to make the case against Carson,
just yell.

We can make everything move
a lot faster down here.

Well, a lot faster
than Ray Griffin, hopefully.

Sorry?

Well, I was just saying,
Griffin was late to the scene.

Not much cop
as Bentley's back-up ay?

Back on the booze, Ron?

No. Just saying. Unfortunate.

Hmm. And he's torn up
about a bit.

But there was an IRV
and a Trojan Unit

that also didn't get
there in time.

True. But they were
a lot further away, to be fair.

Is there something you want
to say, DS Brooks?

Well, you must be disappointed
in your men.

Ray Griffin's a good copper.

He didn't get there in time.
Sometimes, it goes like that.

But not in 11 years
under your command, eh?

I've been round to tell
Nick Bentley's mum her worst nightmare's come true.

We're all hurting down here.

But if you start impugning
my officers, you'll be taking your gonads back

to CID in a paper bag.

Do we understand each other?

Happy now?

Or is there someone
you've omitted to piss off?

This is how we do it, poke 'em
and see if they bite.

No! Not when it's one of ours,

and not when he is grieving
for one of his boys!

So what, everyone here gets
a free pass, do they?

No, they get
what everyone else gets.

Some basic courtesy
and a little respect.

Let me explain something to you,
son just so as we understand each other.

We set an example
to the rest of society.

So if anyone here falls below
that standard, the gloves are off.

So if people get a bit prickly,
or their feelings get hurt, that is tough,

I can live with that. Got it?

Dear, Chandler asked me
to pass you this. Quietly

Nick Bentley's personnel files.

- Very good, Ange, you're a star.
- I do my best.

Nick Bentley: perfect record
until about three months ago.

Then there a couple
of written warnings, absences, turning up late.

And then he stopped playing
for the five-a-side team.

- Right.
- Now, talking to the girls downstairs,

there's something in the file
that's not there.

- And what is that?
- He was gay.

He'd never told anyone,
kept it hidden.

Until one of the other PCs saw
him outside a club in Soho, snogging another bloke.

And don't tell me,
that was about three months ago.

So he was gay, so what?

Loads of coppers are gay.

And there are loads of people
who ain't happy about it.

Look, I can believe Nick Bentley
took some stick.

And maybe it knocked him a bit.
But everyone gets stick,

if you're too tall,
you're too short, you're too fat, you're too thin.

They called me Mick
for the first six months,

'cause my family are Irish.
It's just banter.

Late back-up isn't banter, Matt.

What, so now his back-up
was late because he was gay?

I'm saying it's a possibility.

Just humor me, right?

I mean, why don't we check
all the facts in Griffin's statement,

let him talk us through it?

And if it all looks kosher,
I will let it go.

I promise.

I was on the corner
of Leake Street when I realised the mistake...

so I turned round and ran
the other way.

Fastest I've ever run,

could barely breathe
by the time I got there.

Nick was on the ground,

big pool of blood coming out
of his thigh.

The dealer had been shot
in the head.

I tried CPR, but Nick
was already dead by then.

The IRV and the Trojan turned up
a few moments after that.

Well, thanks, Ray. You know how it is, mate.
Everything by the book.

We have to double check
all the notes in your evidence book.

Just, having a look at this map
though, for a second,

you might be able
to clear something up for us.

Of course.

Crime scene
was in Creake Street, yeah?

Now, you said,
you was originally at Waterloo Station,

and then you mistakenly went
to Leake Street,

- which is there.
- Yeah.

Well, me and Matty,
just out of interest, we actually did that route.

Well, when I say "we,"
I mean Matty did all the running!

I just stood there
with a stop-watch.

- I don't get you, Ron.
- Well, I'm pretty sure that you'd agree

that... Matty
is probably a little bit fitter than you?

- A lot fitter I reckon, yeah.
- Yeah, absolutely a lot fitter.

But from the time...
you got the shout,

to the time
you actually radioed in to tell them you was at the scene

was four minutes.

If you say so.

Well, Matty had one a hell
of a job managing to run from Waterloo,

down to Leake Street then up
to Creake Street at the crime scene,

in that time.

Four minutes...

I mean, it took him
almost eight minutes, and that was at full pelt.

If you weren't so sure,
I'd even go so far as to say it couldn't be done.

Well, I probably never made it
all the way up to Leake Street.

Just felt like it, you know.

- Sorry, Ron.
- Yep.

You said you were on the corner
of Leake Street.

Yeah.

I might've got a bit confused
there.

Yeah.

Well, you know what Ray?

They're serving a disciplinary
on you.

Why is this suddenly
a disciplinary matter?

Like I said,
it's only procedure.

It's just that your memory

and your signed statement
aren't matching, are they?

And we need to ask you
a few more questions,

just to make absolutely sure.

Now... is there anything else
that's confusing you?

No, Sarge.

My statement is my best memory.

- Did you like PC Bentley, Ray?
- Sorry?

You and Nick Bentley.
Did you get on?

I didn't really know him
that well.

The other night
was only the second time

we'd been out
on the beat together.

He was a lot younger than me.

- We mixed in different groups.
- Did you know he was gay?

No, I didn't know that.

Really, was he?

Got an opinion about gay men
in the police force, Ray?

Not especially.

Sorry, how does this relate
to Bentley's death, huh?

He was shot by a dealer
'cause he was a copper.

Not 'cause he was a gay.

No, you're right, Ray, absolutely. Thanks.
That'll be all for now.

The more you look

at Ray Griffin's account
of events, the more it falls apart.

The evidence backs up
Theo Carson's statement.

I still don't get
the motivation, though?

There's no history
of any animosity between him and Bentley, or him

and any other gay officer.

Alright. So maybe you're right.
Maybe there is something dodgy.

Well, listen, I'm praying it's not, Matt.
You gotta believe me.

What've you got?

Ray Griffin is branch chairman
of something called

the "League of Faith
for Christian Officers."

It's a hard-line religious group
within the station,

and apparently, a lot
of the older uniform movers and shakers are members.

- So what?
- So they bar membership

to all gay officers,
saying that it's--

Whatever, it doesn't fit
with Bible teachings.

Anyway, I dug around...

and Nick Bentley's
a former member.

Ange said he'd never admitted
to being gay.

What's the best way
of putting people at their ease?

Especially your immediate
superiors.

Be like them.

And until three months ago...
Bentley was.

When he was spotted off duty
with another bloke.

And that would really piss off
Ray Griffin.

Yeah, but still, piss him
off enough to leave a man to die?

Uh.

Our Guvnor's has squared it
with the DPS and the IPCC.

They're happy that this is
a public interest case worth prosecuting.

Ray Griffin had a duty of care,
which he failed to provide.

You want to charge
a serving police officer

with manslaughter
gross negligence?

If we can't police ourselves,

why should we expect the public
to trust us?

Ah! You've gotta see
the hornet's nest, this'll stir up.

Isn't it best to keep it
as an internal disciplinary issue?

James, why do you do your job?

To make a difference,
make a... contribution.

And you do brilliantly,
if you don't mind me saying!

However, let's assume someone
in the CPS, was wrongly prosecuting people,

victimizing people,
basically undermining all that wonderful work

you do in the eyes
of the public.

- Ronnie--
- No, no, no come on,

what would you want to happen
to them?

I'd want to see them exposed
and punished.

Precisely. Ray Griffin
tars us all.

How are we supposed to get
new blood into the police service,

if an officer like Griffin
gets away with this.

Late back-up isn't manslaughter.

Have you got
any medical evidence?

We spoke to the paramedics
and the pathologist.

If Griffin had gone to help
Bentley even a couple of minutes earlier,

he might've survived.

Ray Griffin left
a fellow officer dying because the lad was gay.

- We'll look at it.
- Thank you.

No, no, Guv, yeah.
No, Ronnie's in there right now.

He's talking through possible
charges with James at the moment, yeah.

No, I haven't forgotten.
Yep, will do. Bye.

It's like having two mums.

How are you, anyway?

Some days are good.

Last week, I thought
the whole world knew, everyone was looking at me.

Well, if you need anything,

you know, if-- if you
just wanna talk or not talk,

or just-- just company,
you know.

Nothing funny, I'm not cracking
on to you.

Why not? I'm not broken, Matt.

Look um...

I think about what happened
to you, a lot.

I-- I wasn't sure if I should
mention it, um...

- I'm not-- I'm a bit crap at this.
- Just be the same.

Same as always.

"The issues to be left
to the jury

are whether a duty of care
was owed to the deceased;

whether there had been a breach
of that duty;

whether the breach
had caused death."

Archbold.

Ray Griffin did not cause
Nick Bentley's death.

Ade Young fired the bullets.

Defence will pile up ballistics,
forensic and eyewitness evidence

from Young's fellow drug dealer.

It is a non-starter.

- I disagree.
- Oh, do you, now?

The bullet caused
Bentley's injury. The omission to act caused death.

If Griffin had intervened,
Bentley could still be alive.

Can I just remind you,
that we owe our whole existence

to a good relationship
with the police.

If we go after this,
I will have to explain to the DPP

exactly why we are committing
institutional suicide.

So we never prosecute police
because we need their goodwill?

No, correction.
We never prosecute anyone

unless we have a rock solid case
and manslaughter,

gross negligence is one hell
of a leap.

Gay police have been out
of the closet for years.

- You heard of the GPA?
- George,

we're talking about one man,
not the entire police service.

Except, when the media
gets a hold of it, he will be held up

as representative
of the entire police service.

That's the whole point!
By prosecuting we'll show that he's not.

Ray Griffin had knowledge
and experience.

His refusal to assist cost
Bentley his life.

I'm not gonna let
one bigoted police officer

destroy the reputation
of the entire police service.

Public office is an honor,
and a responsibility.

And abuse of that position
has to be punished.

You build me
that rock solid case,

but it'll need to be
properly robust.

If a police officer
was left to die,

because he was gay...

then we'll get the bastard
who abandoned him.

So, are you a member
of The League of Faith for Christian Officers?

No. I'm not a member
of the darts team, or the line dancing either.

Do you think it's reasonable
for them to refuse admission to gays?

It's a club. Clubs have membership rules.
I can't stop them.

Do I think some
of the officers here aren't wild about gays?

Yes, I do.

Just as some of them
are not wild about people with non-white skin.

Just 'cause people talk crap
in their private lives,

does not make them bad police
officers.

Do you think Ray Griffin
left Nick Bentley to die?

Go talk to people who live
round here, ask them about Ray.

They love him.

And they feel safe
when he's around.

You didn't answer my question.

He says he misheard his radio.

I believe him.

Would you mind if I spoke
to the officers who knew Griffin and Bentley best?

Ray looked after me
ever since I joined.

He knows everyone...
every corner of this manor.

- What did he tell you about that night?
- Nothing.

He didn't talk
about it with you?

- He mentioned it in passing.
- In passing?

What? Why you trying
to trip me up?

I knew you'd do this.

Barney, I'm not trying to upset you.
I just wanna get to the truth.

No, you don't!
You just wanna-- Just wanna stitch him up.

Why you going after him?

Nobody understands.
It could've been any of us.

Now, we're all gutted
for Bentley, but we can't bring him back.

That dealer killed Bentley.
Not Ray. End of.

He was a laugh, Nick.
He was a great bloke to be on the beat with,

he could always see
the funny side of things.

From the rota it seems you
and Nick were paired together pretty often.

Yep. Put the gays together.
Whatever. You learn to expect it.

Is that why you transferred
across the river here?

Listen, I've still got a career
to build.

If it looks like I'm snitching,
trouble will just follow me.

Abbie, we're investigating
whether Nick was left to die because he was gay.

Is there anything you think
might be relevant?

There was a leaflet.

Pushed under the doors of mine
and Nick's locker.

"God gave them over
to degrading passions. The man abandoned the natural use

of the woman and burned
in their desire towards one another,

men with men committing
indecent acts and receiving

in their own persons
the due penalty for their error.

Romans, 1:26-27."

Ray Griffin's DNA
was all over that leaflet.

That proves state of mind.

And what connects state of mind
to the crime?

Ray Griffin failed to act

as a reasonable person should,
in the circumstances.

He breached his duty of care.

And did that breach
cause Bentley's death?

- No. The bullet did.
- Yes, but he could have prevented it.

There was deliberate
recklessness.

We have to prove
criminal omission,

and we haven't got enough!
Now, you tried, but it ends here.

Now, no manslaughter charge
against Ray Griffin.

- George, please!
- I said no.

Alright, then misconduct
in public office.

Same sentencing power
as manslaughter.

Ray Griffin
deliberately misconducted himself by leaving Bentley

- to die.
- James is right.

Griffin lied in his police
interview about how far he ran,

about whether he knew Nick Bentley was gay.
He's undermining the uniform.

I'm not letting this go.

Maybe, maybe you might make
it home with misconduct,

if you had that missing CCTV.

It's too much of a coincidence
that it went missing.

Who's Griffin close to?

Was there anyone he might
confide in?

Barney Goodison.
Griffin was his mentor since he joined.

I just want to keep my head down.
I don't wanna upset anyone.

Why would you
be upsetting anyone, Barney?

I wasn't there that night.
I don't know what happened.

- Then what you scared about?
- I'm not.

What, you think you won't have
a future in the police force

if you upset Ray Griffin?

You're putting words in my mouth.
He said you'd do that.

Then tell me your version.

You don't understand.
He's a good bloke, Ray.

He looks after a lot of people.

He's been good to me.

Did he tell you what happened
the night of Nick Bentley's death?

You have a duty as an officer
to tell me.

Barney, if we don't find out
what happened,

we can't stop
it happening again...

and you'll be responsible.

He asked me to get something
for him.

What was it?

Ray sent me round
to the property owners

to get hold of the footage
before anyone else did.

He told me to destroy it.

He said things
might get misinterpreted.

This looks pretty clear to me.

I didn't know what do,
he's-- he's been so good to me, Ray.

I was just gonna bin it,
but then... I took a look.

There are six different cameras
from all around the scene.

And according to the transcripts
of the calls,

this is after Nick Bentley
had been shot and was begging for help.

He stood there.
He just stood there and waited.

- How long does he stand there for?
- Five minutes. I've counted.

When he could've been giving
his colleague first aid...

I told him I watched
them. He went mad.

He told me to hand them over,
but I said no.

Ray said he wanted to explain.

He said... he left it up to God.

He didn't get a sign from God,
so he didn't go to help.

He said he thought
it was God's will.

Ray.

Is this how it happens?

Raymond Griffin,

I'm arresting you on suspicion
of misconduct in public office.

No cuffs. Head up.

I go with honor.

My lady, the charge
of misconduct in public office

is the last refuge
of the desperate.

I mean, this might be a matter
for internal police discipline,

but not criminal proceedings.

- Mr. Steel?
- As a public officer Mr. Griffin

deliberately and without
reasonable justification

neglected his duty,
resulting in PC Bentley's death.

Then why not prosecute a charge
of manslaughter gross negligence?

Because the Crown knows
that such a charge would never succeed.

My Lady, Mr. Griffin's actions
that night, damage the service and the character

of every police officer
in this city.

The Crown argues
that public officials

must be held
to the highest standards.

My client may have made an error
of professional judgment,

for which he
has been systematically victimized by the Crown.

Mr. Griffin left the real victim

of this crime bleeding to death
on a London street.

The Crown will call evidence
of Mr. Griffin's homophobic beliefs,

which led to that action
and contributed to willful misconduct.

Thank you, Mr. Steel.

Mr. Ridley, your application
to dismiss is uh, refused.

How is she?

- You asked her?
- Good God, no!

- Have you?
- Not really.

It's been hard to find the time.

Goodness' sake,
you're her friend.

Find the right time,

ask her how she is.
And then let me know.

So, the key issue
is whether the wounds were treatable,

whether emergency assistance
could have prevented or delayed death.

Uh, listen,

you should be, uh,
more involved in this one.

We'll split the witnesses.

You call the pathologist
and Sergeant Drake.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Uh, keep them both focused
on Griffin's duties

and the extent
of his misconduct.

What?

You've done all the research,
all the prep.

You know it better than I do.

- And that's the only reason.
- You're ready.

You're doing this
to make things better.

It's a sympathy thing.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You're ready to step up.

Thank you.
I won't let you down.

Sergeant Drake, how long
have you known Ray Griffin?

Ray Griffin
and I have worked together for nine years,

during which time I've found him
to be an exemplary officer,

highly valued by the community
he serves.

Could you recite the first line
of the police oath,

which you and Ray Griffin took
when you joined the service, please?

- I'm sorry?
- The oath taken by every police officer.

Could you recite the first line?

"I do solemnly and sincerely
declare and affirm that I will well and truly

serve our Sovereign Lady
the Queen in the office of Constable,

without favor or affection,

- malice or ill will."
- Thank you.

Could you read the text
on the front of this leaflet.

"If a man lies with a male
as those, who lie with a woman,

both of them have committed
an abomination and they shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 20:13."

Ray Griffin produced
that leaflet

and placed it under the locker
of gay PCs Abbie Mellini and Nick Bentley.

Sergeant Drake, would you agree
that such an act

contradicts the police oath

by in fact demonstrating
ill will and malice towards gay officers?

We are a country
that believes in free speech.

Would you expect an officer
under your command to come to the aid

- of a dying man?
- Well, every circumstance is different.

- There may well be a risk of--
- Do you regard it as a police officer's

public duty to assist
a dying man?

- Yes.
- So if an officer failed in this duty,

he wouldn't just be in breach
of his oath, he would be guilty of misconduct?

The bullet severed
the femoral artery, causing massive loss of blood.

How long did it take
Nick Bentley to bleed to death?

According to the evidence
I read, a little over four minutes.

So if help had arrived
within four minutes,

would PC Bentley's chances
of survival have increased?

- Absolutely.
- Thank you. No further questions.

"PC Bentley's chances
of survival would have increased," you say.

- But not certain?
- It's impossible to be certain.

Well you're certain of the cause
of PC Bentley's death?

Well, yes. As I said,
the bullet severed his femoral artery.

Bullet from a gunshot
by Ade Young.

In your expert medical opinion,

did PC Griffin cause
any injury to PC Bentley?

- No.
- Well, if PC Griffin

had got to the scene
more quickly,

given medical support,
would PC Bentley have survived?

- It's possible.
- But not certain?

She did well in there.

She'll be giving you a run
for your money soon enough.

- She does that, anyway.
- We've got a problem.

I just got the word
from Ridley's junior.

They're challenging
the admissibility of the CCTV footage.

It's Limbo Ridley, at it again.

That's a key part of your case.

If he gets that ruled out,
then you're in big trouble.

My Lady, this footage
is such poor quality.

It's blurred and grainy.

It really ought to be excluded
under Section 78 of PACE.

My Lady, this is the first time
the defence have raised the issue.

Section 78 is clear,

where there is little
or no probative value to the evidence,

but the potential
for serious prejudicial effect,

the evidence
ought not to be admitted.

It's simply not safe to leave
this footage to a jury, My Lady.

The quality's not good enough
to be certain it's my client.

The jury should be left
to decide that for themselves.

No, I'm not with you, Mr. Steel.

The quality of the pictures
leave too much to be desired.

The prejudicial effect
of the evidence far outweighs

any probative value
it might have.

The CCTV and any reference
to it will be excluded.

What do we do now?

I told you, I've got
nothing worth saying in court.

Barney, the judge won't let
the CCTV in.

We need you as a witness.
You've seen it.

Ray Griffin talked to you
about it.

- You have to tell the jury.
- I dunno what you're talking about.

I've never seen no CCTV of Ray.

- What?
- Ray is a good man.

A great officer.

He was just late that night.

Barney, please.
We need you to tell the truth.

Without you, Ray Griffin
might not be held accountable for Nick Bentley's death.

I've got nothing to say,

I need to get on with my job.

Someone must've got to Barney.

I'd imagine Ray Griffin
has friends everywhere, not just in the police.

They must've put Barney
under pressure.

Then you've got to do the same
to Ray Griffin in the witness box.

Take him apart, James.
It's your only hope of winning.

I joined the force in 1989.

I have been proudly serving
the community for 20 years.

My whole career has been
about serving the public.

What's your opinion
of gay police officers, PC Griffin?

If they get on with the job,
don't bother me, I don't mind.

I just follow what it says
in the Bible.

What church do you attend?

I've never found one that worked
for me. But my faith is very important.

You're not really a religious
man at all, are you?

- I beg your pardon.
- You don't belong to a church.

You lift phrases from the Bible,
out of context,

devoid of comprehension
to justify your own prejudices.

This is bigotry
masquerading as faith, isn't it?

You're an insult
to all those people

- who actually have genuine faith--
- My Lady, I fail to see

how the private matter
of PC Griffin's faith is relevant.

PC Griffin's beliefs are central
to his motive for misconducting himself.

Move on please, Mr. Steel.

Where were you
when PC Bentley lay bleeding to death?

I was making my way down
from Leake Street.

I misheard my radio.
I got there as fast as I could.

You're quite certain about that?

Hundred percent.

How many times in your career
have you misheard your radio?

I couldn't say offhand.

It's rare, but it happens.

I ran to Creake Street
as soon as I realised my mistake.

So, why don't the times
of your supposed run add up, PC Griffin?

Because I didn't make it
all the way there.

It didn't happen at all
as you describe, did it?

You didn't mishear your radio.

You heard Nick Bentley
being shot, you went straight to Creake Street

and you refused
to give him medical assistance

- which could have saved his life.
- Not true.

In failing to help him,
you misconducted yourself,

undermining every value
you claimed to have ever worked for.

I tried my best that night.

You didn't just let
Nick Bentley die...

you betrayed every ounce
of trust

the public has ever placed
in its police officers, didn't you?

I'm not the one
who fired the gun, sir!

Do you know the parable
of the Good Samaritan, PC Griffin?

Of course I do.

What sort of Samaritan are you?

I did that boy no harm.

Nick Bentley was 24.

He was respected
and loved by all who knew him.

He had a bright future
ahead of him.

A future cut short
by Ray Griffin's failure to assist him...

because Nick Bentley was gay.

In failing to help Nick Bentley,
the defendant

deliberately misconducted
himself...

and breached the trust
we all place in our public officers.

There is no Good Samaritan law.

Put simply, we are not obliged
to help one another.

Whatever the events
of that night,

PC Griffin did not commit
misconduct.

That's a serious charge
with grave consequences.

Would it be right to convict
a-- a well-respected police officer

because a drug dealer
killed his colleague?

No. I urge you not to convict.

In relation to the count
of misconduct in public office,

do you find the defendant guilty
or not guilty?

Not guilty.

Maybe we were wrong
to go after him.

No.
We had a duty to Nick Bentley.

Well, at least we've drawn
a line in the sand.

So it never happens again.

You really think we've come
that far?

It'll happen again.

And next time... we'll get them.