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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.