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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, I can't come up. I'm really late.

Anyway, it's over. We agreed.

I just wanted to hear your voice.

Are you spying on me? Huh?

Are you checking me out?

Yeah, I miss you--

Hello?

Kelly?

- You need to call an ambulance! - What?

- Call an ambulance. - Kelly!

- Kelly? - Call an ambulance.

Please!

Someone help!

Call an ambulance,

someone please, my friend's dying!

Oh, my God.

Someone call an ambulance!

Joe! Joe!

Multiple skull fractures, intracranial hemorrhages,

two broken legs, two shattered kneecaps.

The homeless are an easy target.

Who are you, son?

What's your story?

Several blows to the head and legs,

a lot of blood loss.

It was a pretty vicious attack.

- And you're sure? - I'm certain.

- You knew him by name? - That's right, I do.

Okay. Thank you. Ronnie!

Yeah, victim's name is Roland Kirk.

And SOCO found a weapon in the bushes just here.

An iron bar, covered in hair, blood.

Nice. Right.

And so he sleeps rough here, does he?

Not all the time.

If you come this way gentlemen, I'll show you.

Uh, you see this van here? That's his home from home.

- His home from home? - That's right.

What's wrong with him?

He suffers from manic depression.

Has huge mood swings, he's bipolar.

When he's not here,

he's on the Royal Hope psychiatric wing.

- So, who found Kirk? - A local boy, uh,

his parents live here in Stuart Square.

All right there?

Hello, son. Who are you?

This is Nate Morgan.

He and Kirk hang out together.

Nate, seriously, why are you dossing in here

when you've got a perfectly nice house over the road?

Oh, I don't know. It's not that shabby, is it?

Well, it's a lot better than his place.

Why don't you come with us, Nate, eh?

Take you down the station. Have a nice cup of tea.

Roland's my friend.

I-- I do things for him. I-- I-- I run errands.

Like, uh...

Roland Kirk's repeat prescription.

Yeah, I-- I get him his, uh, lithium.

It's for his depression.

Why?

Well, he doesn't really like to leave

the square, you know?

- Is-- is he all right? - He's in a coma.

Two broken legs and a fractured skull.

We-- we just had a row, man. I was, uh...

I was-- I was bringing him a kebab,

to say...

sorry to him, you know, when I-- when I found him.

Why are you sleeping in his van

when your mum and dad live across the square?

Uh...

They don't really care about me.

So, what do you think?

CCTV puts Nate leaving the kebab shop on High Street

at 3:03 a.m.

There was a wrapped kebab found by Kirk's body.

What about the cameras on the square?

They're all re-focused on to the residents' houses

away from the gardens.

So, what, this was organized

- by someone? - No.

Roland Kirk did it himself, with his little helper, Nate.

Well, Kirk's definitely

got some previous, that's for sure.

Mostly harassment, bit of criminal damage.

Maybe he started on the wrong person,

they followed him home?

Well, except that Nate says Kirk never leaves the square.

Apart from when he goes to hospital

for his manic depression,

which happens on a regular basis.

Maybe he's made enemies there then.

Talk to the psychiatrist.

Roland Kirk.

We diagnosed him as bipolar, prescribed medication

and sent him out with a clear rehabilitation plan.

Six months later, he was back.

The revolving door of mental health.

We sort him out.

Restore the chemical imbalance in his brain and release him.

He heads out,

flushes his lithium down the loo.

His mind starts racing.

He loses control, breaks the law,

gets sent back to us.

Never-ending pattern.

There's no real place for him, anywhere.

No sympathy either.

He's an emotional refugee, at odds with the world.

Tell me, did he ever make any enemies

amongst the other patients in all the times

- that he's been in here? - No.

He's quiet in here. His illness is under control.

Does anyone ever visit him?

But his sister always visits.

My God. Is he going to be all right?

Well, he is still unconscious.

But he will wake up?

Well, who did this?

People think, you know, he's some kind of tramp,

but he's not, he's just ill.

And-- and all these experts he sees, no one can help him.

Well, how long's he suffered from manic depression?

Uh, since he was 18.

Um, he used to visit all the time.

And-- and then one night,

he took my five-year-old up onto the roof

to look at the stars and...

Well, we, you know,

we couldn't have him in the house after that.

I can't say I blame you.

Yeah. He's not a psychopath.

He's just my daft big brother who used to take me go-karting,

and I still love him.

When was the last time you spoke to him, Sharon?

Um...

About a year ago.

He seemed okay. He was fine.

He said that some family on the square

were looking after him.

Okay. Do you know who they were?

No, I don't know the name.

Well, they've-- they've obviously

turned their backs on him.

Like I did.

I'm sorry. I should be with him. I'm sorry.

Okay.

Let's talk to the residents of the square.

Start with the lady that found him.

I'd been having cocktails in a bar

up in Soho with my mates.

The taxi dropped me off at the corner after three.

I was walking past the park when Nate crashed into me.

You know, he freaks me out.

He's always staring at me when I do yoga.

She does do it by the window.

It's the only part of the flat with any light.

It's like living in a cave.

A pretty expensive cave.

And going down in value by the minute.

How long have you lived here?

Two months. I got a small inheritance.

We're trying for a baby. The park swung it for us really.

Yeah the estate agent didn't mention

the resident madman.

Well, you can't have been too happy about that.

We moved here to get away from this kind of thing.

Kelly, did you see anyone other than Nate?

Uh, Patrick. Patrick Orsi, from the caff.

He came out just before Joe.

I just heard Nate screaming.

But you didn't hear anything before that?

No. I was asleep. I have to be up early.

I'm a mature medical student and part-time courier.

I waited up until two, when Kelly was meant to be home.

Then I went to bed.

Joe was out within minutes of Kelly finding Kirk.

But his bedroom's right at the back,

so how would he have heard anything?

I reckon he was waiting up for her

'cause he doesn't like her being out so late.

You could see that in his face.

Then why lie about being asleep?

'Cause he doesn't wanna look as jealous

as he actually is.

There's eight people living in that house

and no one hears Kirk cry out.

I dunno, I thought these squares were all friendly and communal,

not places where everybody just turns their back.

Well, there's always someone keeping an eye.

Nice view from up here, Mrs. Bowen.

I bet nothing gets past you, does it?

Maybe not. But then...

But then what?

Did you know Roland Kirk?

They're good people round here.

Well, did you see or hear anything

at the time of the attack?

I'm a bit deaf, dear.

That time last night, I was upstairs watching telly.

Okay. And you were out

as soon as you heard Nate shouting.

Well, yeah. I was worried about him.

Nate doesn't normally do that sort of thing.

So, you heard Kirk cry out and chose not to do anything?

He yells all the time.

Yeah, but that's all well and good, Mr. Orsi,

but he could have died.

Look, I'm not gonna pretend I'm sorry.

I was doing okay until that psycho Kirk

turned up a few years back.

He wanted to eat in,

but I thought he stank so I said no.

Ever since, he's outside whispering to people

about rats and cockroaches.

I see them walk away.

Look, that madman is ruining my business.

I tell you lot, but you do nothing.

When you catch whoever did it, shake their hand for me.

There are no prints on the iron bar,

Kirk's still in a coma

and you tell me you can't get any witnesses.

Which is a clue in itself.

I mean, the residents of the square hated Kirk

and want him out of there.

Maybe they looked out, saw it was Kirk

and chose to turn a blind eye.

Yeah, well, it's our job to stop people policing themselves.

So keep digging.

But, Governor, we still have a few residents

to talk to. I mean, Nate's mum and dad,

the Morgan's.

They were out when we first called.

They can't be too happy

about their son hanging out with Kirk.

When Kirk turned up, he seemed okay at first

and we helped him.

He'd do a bit of gardening. I'd made him some food.

I mean, he taught Nate the guitar.

That was our biggest mistake,

letting him have any contact with Nate.

- Why do you say that? - Because Nate is, uh...

How shall I put this, he's impressionable.

When he was 15, he tried to cut his wrists--

Why is that relevant?

They-- they don't need to know that.

Harry, we haven't got anything to hide. I mean...

Oh, I'm sorry, that must have been a tough time for you.

But Nate was back on track until Kirk showed up.

Yeah, most of the residents seem to think

that Kirk's a bit of a menace.

Yeah, but Harry...

thinks it's disgusting that he'd have to pay taxes

when there's scum like Roland walking around.

That house has been on the market for a year.

Anytime we get prospective buyers around,

Kirk is always there,

welcoming them to the neighborhood.

So, they don't hang around too long?

We even-- We had a-- a residents association

- meeting about it, - Yeah.

to talk about it to try to get some evidence.

- Here, have a look at this. - Oh, here we go.

Why are you doing this?

What-- Look, don't put the camera in my fu--

Go home!

What-- what is the point?

You're all eating rats! Rats! You're all eating rats!

How many times do I have to tell you?

Piss off!

This is boring now.

That's your father, Nate.

What does your mum think of him?

Go away. I've had enough of this.

Could you please stop following me?

So, whenever I see him, he's wearing my jackets,

with my brandy, my cigars,

with my son.

Anyway, uh, we weren't here

because I had taken Irene to A and E,

and, uh, when we got back, the ambulance

had already gone with Kirk in it.

Sorry, how did you get the cast?

Earlier in the evening, I went over to Kirk's van

to see if I could get one of our paintings back.

It wasn't a painting, it was an icon actually.

But the point is,

that Nate had seen fit to donate this to Kirk.

'Cause you know, we haven't got enough stuff.

Okay. So, Kirk pushed me over and I broke my wrist.

- He didn't mean to. - Yeah, while our son

stood by, out of his brains on whatever,

drug Kirk had given him.

Kirk didn't give me anything. Why do you feel the need

to blame everything that's wrong in your life on him?

Because he's ruining our life, that's why!

One second. Sorry, uh, Brooks? Hello? Okay.

Well, that's fine. Thank you.

Well, Roland Kirk has just come out of his coma.

Then he can tell us who did this.

They-- they came from behind me.

Did you say "they"?

There-- there was more than one, sir?

I don't know. I told you.

They were behind me.

I was protecting myself.

So, you didn't see anything of your attackers?

Mr. Kirk?

I saw a dragon.

A dragon?

I saw a red dragon.

It was on top of me.

So, we're looking for a dragon.

Um, not just any dragon. This one was red.

Well, he could be remembering the paramedic

giving him the old CPR mouth-to-mouth.

Well, that's a bit of a leap, innit?

What about Harry Morgan?

Kirk hurts his wife.

His son's hanging round with him.

Does his story check out?

His car's seen on the CCTV on the High Street

at 3:25, after the attack.

What if it is just a gang who beat him up and moved on?

Well, listen if the residents had seen a gang,

they would certainly be talking.

And there's too many people on that square keeping schtum.

Didn't the Morgan's say they had residents' meetings?

Get hold of the minutes.

Nate, what's your dad doing?

I dunno, Merry Christmas, isn't it?

Merry Christmas, man.

Are you disappointed with your father?

When Roland Kirk ain't about or he's AWOL,

they've got nothing to complain about

other than the litter.

Yeah, but when he's back,

he racks up an impressive 117 complaints

and the meeting runs on for two hours.

They're obsessed I'm telling you.

I mean...

What actual harm is he doing?

Other than being a, you know, bit of a pain in the arse.

Uh, he assaulted Irene Morgan.

Well, maybe he was defending his territory.

- You are joking? - No.

There's two sides to every story,

Matt, ain't there? I mean, Nate,

gives Roland Kirk the stuff fair and square,

Irene Morgan comes over all threatening,

there's a bit of a scuffle,

- and he don't mean to hurt her. - Ron, he's a parasite.

I mean, seriously, would you want to live there?

They are trapped.

Their house prices are going down,

they can't sell the place

and it's all because of Roland Kirk.

And they did apply for an ASBO, but it was turned down.

Because he was friendly with the Morgans

and, apparently, had slept there in the past.

No, I'm sorry, mate. I would want shot of him.

Well, look at these last complaints here, right,

from Dora Bowen.

Now she reckons she can't get any sleep

because Roland Kirk keeps her awake at night.

Isn't she supposed to be deaf?

I told you I didn't hear anything.

On account of being deaf.

It has its compensations.

But you did complain to the residents' association

saying that Roland Kirk was keeping you awake at night.

And he was only singing in the park.

- How did you know about that? - We're detectives, Dora.

I can't tell you what I saw.

And why not?

I'm all alone.

I don't get out much now.

They look after me round here.

Well, I can understand that.

But in the same vein,

a man almost died out there, didn't he?

And he doesn't deserve that.

I tell you what. You tell us,

and we won't let on where we got the information from.

There was this horrible cry.

And then this grunting.

I got up. I came to the window.

But it was all quiet by then.

After a while, I saw two men leaving the square.

One of them was too far away for me to see who it was.

But the other one was Joe Butler.

He was in his dressing gown.

Joe's at work at the moment.

Uh, you can get him on this number.

Thanks. Can I hold on to this?

Yeah, sure.

We'll show ourselves out.

Hold on.

Um, I know you talked to Patrick.

Patrick Orsi. Yeah.

Yeah, he didn't have anything to do with it.

Uh, the only reason he came out so quickly that night

is because he was on the phone, to me.

And why would he be calling you at three o'clock in the morning?

I called him.

I teach dance classes at the cafe.

So, does Joe know about you and Patrick?

No. Please don't tell him. It's over now.

Are you telling us this

because Kirk happened to come out of his coma?

He saw me and Patrick together once.

And then, when I was with Joe,

he'd follow us around

and talk about how I loved to "eat Italian."

He thought it was funny.

- And so you ended it. - Yeah.

Kirk reckons he saw a dragon, didn't he?

So, it could've been that kimono.

Well, maybe Kirk told Joe about the affair.

Joe didn't want confront Kelly in case he lost her.

And he was scared that Kirk might make it public

because it would embarrass him, so he shut him up.

Well, yeah, Kirk's the eyes of the square, isn't he?

So, he knows all the secrets.

But he never actually named Joe.

No, but Dora Bowen did.

Look, she's got it wrong. She's an old lady.

I-- I didn't go to the park until after Kirk was found.

Did Roland Kirk ever trouble you personally?

- Only by hassling Kelly. - What was that about?

You've seen her. She's gorgeous. He's a man, isn't he?

Does that make you feel threatened, Joe?

As a man, I mean. You're out all hours,

she doesn't work.

Apart from the dance classes at Orsi's.

Look, she's out of my league. I know that.

She flirts, always has.

Now and then, she takes it a bit too far,

but she always comes home to me.

And did Kirk ever say that Kelly

was maybe going a little too far?

No, I've never even spoken to the man.

Joe Butler is lying.

We know he spoke to Roland Kirk because Kelly told us, right?

Dora Bowen puts Butler at the scene of the crime

and said he was wearing a dressing gown.

Joe does have a red kimono dressing gown

with oriental patterns on the back.

Well, Kirk said the dragon was breathing.

Joe's a medical student. Maybe he was giving him CPR.

If you're doing CPR on someone who's bleeding like a stuck pig

you're gonna get blood all over you, aren't you?

- Yeah. - We need that kimono

for forensics.

You can't search his house without a good reason.

Well, then why don't we,

arrest Butler on suspicion of GBH?

That way we can search the house

and get all the evidence we need.

He ain't exactly hiding it, is he?

I mean, the poor bloke's just thrown the kimono

straight in the wash.

He's not a practiced criminal.

- No. - That's true.

He might cave earlier than you think.

Get him in cuffs.

Dora Bowen told us that she saw you leaving the park

just after the attack.

She's wrong. I was-- I was in bed, asleep.

What have you got against Roland Kirk?

And Kelly also told us

that Roland Kirk used to wind you up

about her and Patrick Orsi.

But you told us you'd never spoken

to Roland Kirk.

I mean, it can't be easy Joe,

him goading you about your wife and another man.

Please. I'm sorry I lied to you. I was scared.

Why? What are you scared about, Joe?

This. You know, being here.

I didn't-- I didn't hurt Kirk. You've got to believe me.

Well, Dora Bowen said that she saw someone else with you.

- Who was that? - No one.

'Cause I didn't come out till after Kelly found Kirk's body.

What were you wearing then?

- Why? - Just answer the question,

please, Joe.

Joggers and a sweatshirt.

Right.

Forensics found blood matching Kirk's on Butler's kimono,

which puts Butler at the scene.

But Joe's still saying he was asleep.

But then again, he's scared about something.

How's Kirk now?

Well, he's stable. He's on lithium and painkillers,

and still confused about what happened that night, so...

Well, let's do a video ID parade,

see if we can't jog his memory.

I couldn't really see, I...

- I had blood in me eyes. - Okay.

That's fine. Just-- just take your time

and just keep looking at the screen, if you can.

I don't know.

There you go. What about him?

- Dragons. - And he's our star witness?

- This ain't funny. - No, not at all, sir.

- Does he think I'm funny? - Just take your time.

Calm down.

We know there's dragons on the dressing gown.

We're just trying to ascertain

who was wearing the dressing gown.

So, just keep looking at the screen. Okay?

- Yeah. - Sure?

Yeah, he was on top of me. He was, uh...

shouting at me, knew my name.

Yeah, he tried to kill me.

My client has been charged with GBH

on the word of a man who claims he was attacked by a dragon.

Roland Kirk has identified you, Mr. Butler.

He claims you tried to kill him.

He said the same about the nurse

who tried to change his IV drip this morning.

- This is a joke. - Not for Roland Kirk.

- He might never walk again. - What?

He was beaten over and over with an iron bar, Mr. Butler,

on his head, on his legs.

You were seen coming out of the park

in the square at the time of the beating.

- Well, I didn't hurt him. - Then who did?

You're intimidating my client, James.

Somebody took the law into their own hands,

beat Roland Kirk and left him to die.

I'm not gonna let that stand

But it wasn't me!

I saved his life. I'm a good person.

Something terrible happened. I got dragged into it.

I gave him mouth-to-mouth.

What exactly happened?

This is your last chance to tell us the truth, Mr. Butler.

I was waiting up for Kelly.

I heard noises from the park. I went outside.

Orsi was by the park gate.

He said he'd found Kirk in a state.

I saw he was out cold, so I gave him CPR.

Why didn't you call an ambulance?

Orsi said he'd see to it. He told me to go home,

wash my dressing gown and say I wasn't there.

He's got a temper, Patrick Orsi.

He's punched Kirk before.

Talk to him.

You want to know why I punched him?

He pushed my son into the road. My son's eight.

Ever since, my ex won't let him come over.

He knew about you and Kelly.

Were you scared Joe might find out?

No. I wanted to tell him, but Kelly wasn't having it.

Look, I've got a hundred motives, okay?

But I didn't do it.

I've got previous for ABH. I won't go down for him.

I just came out and I found him.

You told Joe that you'd call an ambulance.

There's no record of any call.

That's 'cause I didn't want it traced back to me.

Or Joe. I knew he was a squealer.

So you went inside,

watched telly while Kirk lay bleeding to death

in the park?

If I hadn't come out, I wouldn't have found him.

Look, he's a tramp.

And a crazy. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

- So you think he deserved it. - You don't know him.

He's a bully. He's cruel.

He loves to watch people break.

Patrick Orsi admits he didn't call an ambulance.

But he also says he didn't beat Kirk.

And Joe Butler said that all he did

was to try and save his life.

So who do we believe?

Well, there's only one person who knows the truth,

Roland Kirk.

Now, I'm a Crown Prosecutor.

I want to find out who did this to you.

I wouldn't bother.

The system don't work for people like me.

You know that.

It's for ordinary people...

with orderly lives.

People with...

order...

in their lives, see?

Don't put any trust in me, mate.

Is that what the Morgans did?

Trusted you?

They thought I was taking their boy away from them.

He used to come to me.

He used to sell my lithium...

to buy cocaine.

I don't take it.

I drink whiskey.

I drink lots of whiskey.

I've, uh, a lot of chaos in my head some days.

I can try and make the system work for you this time...

but you have to trust me.

Yeah, I was trying to sleep, in the park.

I could hear Orsi...

talking to someone nearby, and...

That's when it started.

They hit me,

and I didn't think they were going to stop.

I thought I was going to die.

I didn't mean to...

push...

Irene Morgan.

But her arm was in a sling when she come back

from the hospital.

You saw Irene Morgan come back...

before you were attacked?

Alesha.

CCTV footage that backed up Harry Morgan's story.

I had the image enlarged. Take a look.

That's Harry Morgan's car,

seen in the High Street at 3:25 a.m.,

going in the direction of the square,

but look at the passenger seat.

There's no one's there.

We thought this evidence cleared him.

It doesn't.

He's seen on CCTV

leaving the hospital at 2:30 a.m.

Which gives him enough time to go home,

- drop off his wife... - And have his revenge.

Then he must have driven off again to...

clear his head, dump his clothes, I don't know.

Is there footage of him from earlier?

No. We haven't got enough to charge him.

No one's even mentioned his name.

But we now know he lied.

Talk to him. Check out his story

Kirk's lying.

Mr. Morgan you told the police

that you came back as Kirk was being taken away

by the ambulance.

But you were seen out in your car

alone at that time,

so, you see you must have come back

earlier with your wife.

Look, why am I having to defend myself?

And why do you people always take their side?

- Whose side? - The inadequates! The...

The people who can't function in society.

What about my rights? And I'm not a bigot!

I'm an architect!

I read The Guardian for crying out loud.

Look, I understand how desperate you must feel.

No. You don't.

My son hates me...

because Kirk got inside his head and turned him against me.

And...

he has made my life a living nightmare.

Now, if that's all you need,

I really need to get back to work, okay?

Thank you.

I checked the phones at the hospital

and cross-matched them with the corridor CCTV.

Got the bit between your teeth, have you?

Harry Morgan called Patrick Orsi at 1:34 a.m. from the hospital.

Morgan's upset.

He wants revenge.

He phones up Orsi to keep an eye on Kirk.

And when Morgan gets back,

the two of them decide to take Kirk on.

Kirk said he heard Orsi talking to someone

before the beating started.

Which makes this a premeditated, cold-blooded vigilante attack.

Let's put pressure on Orsi.

Harry didn't get back until after Kirk was found.

We know you were in the park after Kirk was attacked.

I'm not lying.

If you and Harry went into the park together,

you're looking at joint enterprise GBH.

It's a long stretch in custody.

Harry Morgan must be a very good friend,

if you're willing to do time for him.

Harry came back.

He took Irene into his house and came out again.

He ran to the building site 'round the corner,

picked up an iron bar and he went into the park.

Harry Morgan,

I'm arresting you on suspicion of GBH.

You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense

if you do not mention when questioned something...

- This is bloody ridiculous! - ...rely on in court.

This way please.

And anything that you do say may be given in evidence.

And you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

I was only doing your job for you!

You bastard.

Can you believe this?

Harry Morgan's entered a not guilty plea,

saying he acted in self-defense.

Oh, terrific.

I suppose we shouldn't expect honor from a vigilante.

He claims he went into the park to confront Kirk.

Kirk lashed out. And Harry conveniently

found an iron bar on the ground and fought him off.

But Patrick Orsi told you that Morgan

got the bar in the building site nearby.

Exactly. The attack was vicious and premeditated.

But I know where the jury's sympathies will lie.

With a man whose wife was attacked

and not with our violent victim.

Doesn't matter what Kirk did,

Harry Morgan's actions can't go unpunished.

I'll make the jury see that.

Could be tougher than you think.

We're all potential vigilantes deep down.

If I'd been through,

what Harry Morgan had been through,

I'd be tempted to have a go myself.

And beat a man unconscious?

We're all liberals

until the front garden is invaded, James.

The jury will be imagining what they would do

in the same situation.

But, we can't afford for Harry Morgan

to become a cause célèbre, James.

The last thing we want

is a middle-class vigilante hero.

So you go into that court, and expose him

for the thug that he is.

Did Mr. Morgan phone you from the hospital?

Yes.

He asked where Kirk was. I told him he was in the park.

And when did you next see Mr. Morgan?

When he brought Irene home. He got her indoors

and then came out again. Then I went down.

What happened then?

He wanted to talk to Kirk,

said he was tired of walking away.

Then...

- I'm sorry, Harry. - Answer the question, please.

Then he went to the building site,

picked up an iron bar and went into the park.

Did you follow Mr. Morgan into the park?

I waited by the gate.

I didn't see anything. Then Harry left.

He was covered in blood.

He got into his car and he drove off.

That's when I went in.

Thank you. No further questions.

You're very good friends with Mr. Morgan.

Would you say he's a decent man?

Yeah.

He's helped me through tough times.

I couldn't ask for a better friend.

No, this isn't right.

What isn't right, Mr. Orsi?

A decent hardworking family man in the dock.

Kirk's ruining our lives. Harry's the victim here.

Can I remind you that you are still under oath?

Could you tell us what happened that night?

I did go in after him.

I yelled at him to walk away, and he did.

He dropped the bar.

He was walking away when Kirk attacked him.

He only picked it up again

when Kirk shoved him to the ground.

I lied. I'm sorry. I didn't know what to say.

Well, it's better late than never

where the truth's concerned.

Thank you.

Any re-examination, Mr. Steel?

- Yes, my Lord. - I thought as much.

If this new version is true, Mr. Orsi...

why didn't you intervene

when Harry Morgan picked the bar up again?

Harry was only defending himself.

I see, so you walked away as the fight was starting?

Even though your close friend was in danger?

Yeah.

The jury must know he's lying.

They might prefer the new version.

Clean-cut man defends himself against crazy tramp.

Harry Morgan keeps telling everyone he's an honorable man,

but won't take a shred of responsibility

for his actions.

Harry Morgan's a good guy. He was defending himself.

Him and his family

are the people the CPS should be serving, James.

Not prosecuting.

He beat a man in cold blood, then he left him to die.

These are the people we're meant to put away.

Roland Kirk is a violent sociopath

who terrorized a neighborhood.

You've put the wrong man in the dock.

And everyone in that court can see it.

Except you.

I saw the Morgan's when they came back from the hospital.

I was hiding in the park.

I was going to sleep there that night.

I shut my eyes.

Little while later,

I heard Orsi shouting at someone.

- Uh, that's when it started. - The attack?

I tried to protect myself...

uh, by crawling away.

He started hitting my legs...

and I remember thinking I was going to die.

Can you identify your attacker?

No.

What is your relationship

with the defendant?

He hates me.

His son prefers to hang out with me.

His wife sometimes brings me food behind his back.

Has the defendant ever threatened you?

He threatens me all the time.

Thank you. No further questions.

You have several previous convictions,

don't you, Mr. Kirk?

You know I do.

Well, the jury doesn't, Mr. Kirk,

so, perhaps you might care to answer.

Yes.

Harassment...

public disorder...

criminal damage.

Why did you break Irene Morgan's arm?

Pardon?

Why did you break Irene Morgan's arm?

She wanted to take the painting back

that Nate gave me.

I'm sorry I did that.

I don't know my own strength.

And is it fair to say that sometimes

you also don't always know your own mind?

No. I know it.

I just don't like it.

And you like to torment people, don't you?

As we know from your previous criminal convictions?

Don't choose to be this way.

I took the iron bar from a building site

and I went to the park.

Kirk was lying on the ground, had his back to me.

And, uh, I-- I couldn't go through with it.

I dropped the bar.

But Kirk heard it fall to the ground, uh,

got up, pushed me over.

What did you do then?

I panicked.

I reached for the bar, hit out, caught him on the head. He fell.

I shouldn't have done it, but I had to defend myself.

Thank you, Mr. Morgan.

Why did you take the iron bar into the park?

I had an idea that I was going to teach Kirk a lesson.

But I saw sense. I dropped the bar.

Then picked it up again

and beat him to within an inch of his life?

I was scared. He kept coming at me.

But when did he stop coming at you, Mr. Morgan?

- He didn't-- - When you'd broken

his kneecaps and his legs?

Or was it after you'd bashed him twice

on the head, fracturing his skull--

- No, I was just defending-- - All the time,

he was covering his face. He didn't even see you, did he?

That's not a man who fought back, is it?

You're lying, aren't you?

No, I'm not.

You didn't drop the bar, did you?

You were out for revenge.

Your family was falling apart, you wanted to take that anger...

- I wanted to defend them... - ...and that frustration--

...yes, 'cause no one else was gonna help me.

Oh, so you'd thought about attacking Mr. Kirk

prior to that night?

Yes. Plenty of times!

You've heard how often he provoked us.

I-- I-- I would pray

that he would have an accident or...

a-- anything.

But I-- I never acted on those thoughts.

I am not the bad guy here!

Yet in picking up that iron bar, you decided to take the law

- into your own hands. - What was I meant to do?

We couldn't get away from him. I was desperate.

I'm not gonna deny that.

He was taking my son away from me,

we couldn't sell--

You had problems with your son before you even met--

And we were sorting that out as a family before he showed up.

You blame Mr. Kirk for everything,

don't you, Mr. Morgan?

Is that how you can convince yourself

- you've done nothing wrong? - I told you!

I regained my self-control

before I did anything stupid. I dropped the bar.

And then I used it in self-defense.

What would you have done?

Whose freedom has priority here?

You might think Roland Kirk is your worst nightmare.

You might understand Harry Morgan's frustration.

But he broke the law.

He beat Roland Kirk in the most brutal way,

then he walked away, leaving Roland Kirk for dead.

That wasn't self-defense.

That was vigilantism.

In viciously attacking a sleeping man,

Harry Morgan became a bigger menace

to society than Roland Kirk could ever be.

Imagine your own communities, besieged by vagrants

who terrorized you day and night.

And imagine the authorities failing to help.

Harry Morgan was at the end of his tether that night.

He may have taken a bar into the park

with the intention of violence,

but he knew he was better than that.

And he tried to walk away.

Roland Kirk attacked him. He defended himself.

Harry Morgan is the victim here today.

He acted to defend his property,

his family and his way of life.

Members of the jury,

have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed?

Yes.

On count one causing grievous bodily harm

with intent,

do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?

Not guilty.

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

That includes juries.

Come on. I don't think Harry Morgan's evil.

He got pushed too far. He made a mistake.

And he's gone unpunished.

So,

the system finally came through, for me.

Do you expect me to congratulate you?

Let's hope that Kirk stays away this time

because if he comes back...

I'll do it again.