All language subtitles for Law.and.Order.UK.S03E07_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.

Yes! Come on!

- Billy.
- I can hardly hear it.

I've gotta be up at six.

If I turn it down any more,
I might as well turn it off.

There's an idea.

Okay.

Stop it!
What are you doing? Stop it!

- Billy.
- Let me go, let me go.

No, please. Please, no.

Shit.

Billy, what is it?

So, you say
you weren't on your own.

No, my girlfriend was there too.
She was with me the whole time.

Right. And you only
heard a woman's voice, yeah?

My Xbox was pretty loud.
I only turned it down after she screamed.

Right, well thanks for your help
one of our uniform will get some more details...

Mrs. Golofsky owns the building.

Mrs. Golofsky, hello.
I'm Detective Sergeant Brooks.

- Did you hear anything?
- Sorry?

Just trying to find out
if you heard anything at all?

Oh, no, nothing at all.

What about the girl who fell,
did she have a husband or boyfriend?

Oh, no,
I never saw her with anyone.

As a matter of fact,
I used to think maybe she was the other way inclined.

The victim's gone into surgery
so we can't speak to her for a while.

Alright, and do you have
a spare key for Stephanie's flat?

Oh, yes. In the key cupboard.

Right, well, we'll gonna need
to have a look around

and do you need a key
to get into the building?

- Yes, but you can use the buzzer.
- Right.

My nephew put in
a new lock in April.

He's very technical this Alan.

Well, if you fetch that key
for us that would be great

and Anne will look after you.
Okay? Thank you.

Right, we've got three old dears
that were fast asleep.

And the bloke
who found Stephanie said he was out of the flat

as soon as he heard her fall
but didn't see or hear anyone else.

So the thing is, who did it?

And how did they get out?

You won't make a mess,
will you?

She likes to keep
everything looking nice.

- Was this her?
- Oh, yes.

She can look really lovely
when she makes an effort.

Do you know
what she does for a living?

She's a nurse.
On the children's ward.

- At Alderman's Hospital.
- Oh, okay.

Well, thanks for your help,
Mrs. Golofsky, we really appreciate it.

but if you leave it to us now,

and we'll drop the key in
when we're done. Is that okay?

- Oh, right.
- Thank you.

- Ronnie.
- Yeah.

Look at this.

A whole file of emails
all addressed to Stephanie,

starting in the beginning
of last year,

and signed by Giovanni.

I get the impression
he was typing one-handed.

They've tried tracking him,
blocking him, you name it.

Emails just keep coming.

I take it,
she changed her email address.

Half a dozen times,
made no difference.

She's kept hard copies
of everything.

I guess she didn't want
this stuff clogging up her inbox.

"I want to see you
in that little pink cami-set tonight."

"I'll know you're thinking of me
when you stretch out on your new IKEA mattress.

Then I want you to strip off..."

Ugh. I want to wash my hands.

We found these little
pink pajamas things under her pillow

and she bought a mattress
from IKEA when she moved into her new flat.

Yeah he knows what kind
of toothpaste she uses,

- Thanks John.
- soap, furniture polish, everything.

And he's thought
of new uses for most of them.

Any word from the hospital?

They're keeping her under
sedation until the swelling on her brain goes down

I don't suppose there's
any direct threats in here like

"I'm coming over to push you
down the stairs"?

No.

I want to know
who this pervert is.

- Did she report these to anyone?
- Yeah to a DS Fraser at Northcross CSU

If someone reports a stalker we
don't just tell them not to worry.

But we have to prioritize
according to threat level.

And this guy's clever.
He uses multiple email addresses

and routes them
through anonymous remailers.

Pretty much impossible to track.

So, when did he start
with the threatening phone calls?

About six months ago.

Stephanie was already
freaked out by the emails.

They put her on the day shift
at work so she wouldn't have to be out at night,

But she was convinced
he was getting into her flat when she wasn't there.

That's why she moved.
That's when he told her

to stop trying to avoid him
or he'd kill her.

He said he'd go down
to the hospital and take out as many people as he could.

- When was this?
- Two weeks ago.

That's when we upgraded
her threat level.

- Why still no leads?
- Only one.

A few days ago
Stephanie got a call from Ashbridge Prison.

They said a prisoner
had asked to have her mobile

added to his list
of allowed numbers.

But Stephanie
had never heard of him.

and she'd only had that mobile
a couple of few weeks.

I made a mistake.

It's easily done.
I put a three instead of a five.

Thing is, Mr. Morgan,
you gave Stephanie's name as well as her mobile number.

There's a lot of Stephanie's
in the world.

But only one of them got pushed
down the stairs last night

Yeah.
Well, I've got one hell of an alibi.

So you didn't do it yourself.
It doesn't mean you weren't involved

and it's not going to
look too pretty in front of the old parole board, is it?

Look, you're pissing up
the wrong tree.

A bloke called Lowry asked me
to request a number.

Said he was running low
on phone credits

and there was some bird
he wanted to hook up with.

- That's very community-spirited of you.
- He made it worth my while.

And where is this Lowry now?

Got out last week.

Are we done?

Excuse me. I'm DS Matt Devlin.
Do you know the guy who lives here?

- A Russell Lowry.
- Yeah, I know him.

Do you know where
we could find him?

He usually starts off
at the Lord Palmerston.

Keeps going till he finds a girl
who's either drunk or dumb enough.

Not a fan?

Seemed all right at first.
Offered me a cheap deal on his laptop.

Invited me in to take a look,

and the next thing I know
he's got his hand up my skirt.

And they say romance is dead.

I believe that when you feel
a connection with a woman,

you owe it to yourself
to follow it up.

Okay, Mr. Lowry...

What about Stephanie Blake?

We met in a bar and we clicked.

- When was this?
- It was about a month ago.

It was a place in town, in Soho.

She gave me her number

and I was interested
in exploring the possibility.

So why then didn't you
just call her?

Well, I had a little
local difficulty.

- Remanded for assault in Ashbridge Prison.
- Yeah.

It was
an unfortunate misunderstanding.

Well the judge agreed
it didn't merit a custodial sentence...

Why mess around getting
Shane Morgan to request her number?

Well Shane was low on smokes
but didn't need his phone credits

and I had cigarettes
and a lot of calls to make so,

worked out well
for the both of us, really.

- Not strictly within the rules though.
- No.

But it was a victimless crime.

- Do you have a job, Russell?
- I'm between careers right now.

I was up north for a while.

I've only recently
relocated to London.

Did you contact Stephanie Blake
when you got out?

I'm afraid it was a case
of out of sight, out of mind.

Another possibility arose. What can I say?
I like to spread the love.

Life's short, you know.

See? It's in the email.

"I like to spread the love
and that's not all I like to spread."

Is this all you've got?
No forensics nothing to link him to the scene?

They found nothing
on the stairs. No fingerprints, no trace evidence

The only DNA on the chain
was from the victim.

Yeah, but, we know Lowry tried
to contact Stephanie

from prison whilst hiding
his identity and he recently sold his laptop on eBay.

We just need a reason
to hold on to him while we track down the buyer.

Lowry's neighbor,
the one he groped,

do you think she might
wanna report sexual assault?

Well, she seemed pretty keen
to see the back of him.

Talk to her. If nothing else,
it might buy you some time.

DI Chandler.

Oh, thank you.

Stephanie Blake
has regained consciousness

Do you recognize this man?

No.

You think he's Giovanni?

He says he met you in a bar
in Soho a couple of months ago.

I don't go to bars.

So this isn't the man
that attacked you?

I don't know.

I never saw his face.
He grabbed me from behind

and I tried to turn
around but he was too strong.

Oh, darling.

It's okay, Mum.

Why don't you take us
through what happened Stephanie?

I went out to take my rubbish
down to the basement...

and he grabbed hold of me
at the top of the stairs.

Well, I didn't notice
any rubbish on the landing.

No, sorry.
It was after I'd taken the rubbish down.

I was coming back up
to the flat.

- Did he say anything?
- He said he was Giovanni.

I started to scream

and he tried to choke me
with the necklace I was wearing

- and then he threw me down the stairs.
- Dear God.

Has anyone stood out
at all whose behavior seemed genuinely suspicious?

The only name I ever came up
with was Lucas Dutton.

And who's he?

We were living
in the same block of flats when the emails started.

Why him?

I'd go to the local supermarket
and he'd be there too or I'd go to the bank

on the corner
and he'd be queuing for the cash point right behind me.

First the emails,
then the phone calls, now he tries to kill me.

Please.

You have to help me.

You have to make him stop.

Lucas Dutton's still
living in the same flats.

He's got no record
and he's working as a hotel porter.

I reckon Lowry's still our
main contender though.

I think we've hit
a brick wall there.

Mr. Lowry forgot to mention
that his time up north

was spent in Woodberry Prison
just outside Rotherham.

- What was he in for?
- Computer fraud.

He'd been hacking into people's
bank accounts, helping himself.

So he'd know how to send emails
that can't be traced.

Well you'd imagine.
But he didn't get out till last July.

Which means
he was still banged up at the time the emails started.

Maybe he got hold of one of them
Wi-Fi phones.

See? I do read the papers.

What, and he spent half a day
typing a four-page email on a phone?

I know prison security's lax
but I think they'd have noticed that one.

I wouldn't be so sure.

- Matt, you want a bite?
- No, you're all right.

So what happened
with Lowry's neighbor then?

Oh.

She had him charged
with sexual assault.

- He's back in Ashbridge Prison.
- Good, so at least we know where he is.

Well it's down to what you
get out of Mr. Dutton then, ain't it?

Are you arresting me?

No, we're talking to you.

Well then I don't have to answer
your questions.

Can you tell us if you know
Stephanie Blake?

No comment.

Mr. Dutton, look,
all we want to do is chat, maybe if we could come in--

- That'd be a breach of my human rights.
- Sorry?

Article eight European
Convention of Human Rights: The right to privacy.

- He knows his stuff.
- He certainly does.

- We'll have to come back with a warrant.
- You do that.

- Did you notice the camera?
- Mm. Maybe he's shooting some home movies.

- Yeah but whose home?
- Mm.

I don't think
we need a warrant, do you?

Alright.

Seriously,
when was the last time you got a successful prosecution

for online obscenity?

If someone's in a public place,
there's nothing to stop you taking their picture

You've been filming
a woman in her own flat.

Right? The same flat
that Stephanie Blake used to live in.

That my friend is Voyeurism

As outlined in Section 67
of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Section 67 applies
only if someone has an expectation of privacy.

If they deliberately leave
their curtains open and walk around naked--

- Come off it.
- This could be interpreted as consent

if there's consent,
it's not voyeurism.

- That's the law.
- You reckon?

Okay.

Lucas, where were you at 1 a.m.
Tuesday morning?

They can't ask me that.

If this question relates
to a separate investigation,

I shall require full disclosure.

Someone threw Stephanie Blake
down a flight of stairs.

We know you liked
following her around.

I'll bet you filmed her,
just like you filmed the other one.

And now we've got your computer,
so we're gonna find the emails eventually.

Look, I don't know
what they're talking about.

Sorry, gents, we're here to talk
about dirty movies.

you wanna talk about assault,
we'll have to start over.

And you'll have to
show me evidence linking my client to the victim.

Hold that thought.

Weaselly-looking fellow,
isn't he?

- Yeah, he is.
- You think he's the one who did it?

Well, we don't know yet.

Oh, that poor girl.
At least they're letting her home.

Her mother came
to collect some clothes for her.

I had to ask her to empty
the bin in the kitchen.

There was a terrible smell
coming from the flat.

We had rats once,
some years ago.

Oh.
I don't want to live through that again.

No. Indeed.

Well, thank you very much,
Mrs. Golofsky. You've been a great help, thank you.

Thank you.

- I thought Stephanie took the rubbish out.
- That's what she said.

Right, thanks.

DS Fraser
last spoke to Stephanie the day before the attack.

She told her that
the prison lead looked like a dead end

and she didn't have
the resources to trace the emails any further.

Not only that, she also said
that the situation would only change

if they felt that Stephanie
was in immediate physical danger.

And the very next day
she gets pushed down the stairs.

Forensics checked the locks.
No-one forced it,

none of the tenants buzzed
anyone else in.

And then there's the thing
with the bin. I mean, it's...

It just doesn't add up, Matty.

That's not the only bin in the flat.

I emptied the others.
I was gonna do the kitchen one later.

But it just seems a bit odd

that you would leave
the kitchen bin, considering it was so full.

Especially given
how clean your flat is.

I mean, it looked to me like
you could eat off the floor.

What is this?

Someone throws me
down the stairs,

and all you care about is what
happened to my rubbish.

No, no, we just want
to be sure of the facts, that's all Stephanie.

You see, in a case like this,
assault, for instance,

it's very, very unusual

for there to be no
forensic evidence at all.

I don't know.
Maybe he was wearing gloves.

Or maybe he wiped things
after he touched them.

Maybe.

It sounds like
you don't believe me.

Look, it's just that we know
that DS Fraser told you

she didn't have the resources
to trace the emails

and that things
would only change

if you were seen
to be more at risk.

So?

So I'm sure that you must
have had patients in the past

that have genuinely
needed help...

but...

have decided to exaggerate
their symptoms...

so as they're taken
more seriously.

You think that's what I'm doing.

You think that I'm exaggerating.

Well, no, I-- I think that you feel scared and isolated

and like no-one's doing anything
to stop this man.

Because they're not.

For two years the police
have done nothing.

This man's tormented me
with emails and phone calls

and now he wants to kill me
and still you won't help me.

But...

did he push you down the stairs?

Was there actually an attacker?

The truth is he's gonna kill me.

I'm dead unless you help me
and you don't even believe I need help.

You must see that
we can't actually investigate a crime that hasn't happened.

He's gonna kill me.

I get that she
was desperate but that so wasn't the way to go.

You know we should charge her.

Yeah I know.
But she's got enough problems.

We've got enough on Dutton
to charge him with voyeurism.

With any luck
they'll end up linking him back to the original emails anyway.

Not a total waste of time then.

- What happened to the other one?
- Oh, Lowry, yeah.

He got out.

Solicitor managed to get
the sexual assault charges dismissed.

So he's back spreading the love.

I guess so.
I can introduce you, if you like.

Yeah, I think I'll pass.

Well, actually, Matt,
I need to get a copy of your report.

- What, you wanna check my homework?
- It's for the hospital lawyers.

Apparently they've spent
a lot of money on extra security because of Miss Blake.

If she's lying
then they'll probably fire her.

Have you got her
contact details?

- I could email them.
- Leave it with me.

Mm, something smells like feet.

I'm broadening
your culinary horizons.

Welcome to the world...

of Korean cuisine.
Look at that.

- It's a claw.
- That's an exotic delicacy.

I think you need to see this.

Matt.

Oh, my God.

Stephanie Blake.

Beaten and stabbed.
Broken neck.

- On the phone?
- The last thing she did was call 999.

It's Giovanni.
It's the man in picture, he's

Oh, no, he's coming in.

What does she mean,
'the man in the picture'?

We showed her Lowry's mug shot.

She couldn't mean Dutton?

No, she knows Dutton,
she'd have used his name.

Anyway,
he was in custody at the time.

Is this all we have?

It's him, James.

Russell Lowry.

We sent her home,
two days later he killed her.

Okay.

- Find me enough to charge him.
- That will be a pleasure.

Okay, so, let me get
this straight, you're trying to connect me to a murder?

No, we're going to connect
you to a murder.

Oh, really?
Well, good luck with that.

As you can see,
I'm a big fan of classical music.

Especially Mozart.

A lot of copies of Don Giovanni.

Well, you know how it is.

Still trying to find
that perfect one.

They found 25 different
recordings of Mozart's Don Giovanni.

The unrepentant rake.
Yes, certainly appropriate.

Did they manage to track down
his missing laptop?

Yeah, but the guy who bought it,

reconditions them to sell on so,
apparently, it's no use.

Still no luck
tracing the emails?

They've got someone
working on it.

Look am I the only one
who's noticed

the bloody great elephant
in the room here?

This guy Lowry was in Woodberry
when these emails started.

As far as I'm aware not even
Cat C prisons allow inmates online computers.

Why do you think
we haven't charged him?

- So who are the investigating officers?
- Brooks and Devlin.

And how certain are they
that Lowry is our man?

Well, they let him go
and a young woman got killed.

They're certain.

Well, you're out
on a limb here, James.

I'm not sure that I would take
that risk in your place.

Call it gut instinct, George.

So what are you
and your gut planning to do?

Send them to Rotherham to see
if they can work out how he did it.

Our philosophy
is to give them practical skills and a sense of pride

so they're able to play
a part in society.

Nice theory.

It's a lot more than that.

We have a fully functioning
car repair shop,

courses in joinery
and metalwork,

as well as further education
and adult learning.

Not to forget
the very particular jewel in our crown.

A professional online marketing
company and training facility.

- And Lowry would have had access to this?
- Good God no.

The guy was in for computer fraud.
We're not completely insane.

No, any prisoner who applies
to come in here,

goes through an exhaustive
vetting procedure.

The competition's pretty fierce,
I can tell you.

Then, once they're in,
all Internet access is closely monitored.

No, Lowry was in
one of the workshops.

There's no way
he ever set foot in here.

The IT expert confirmed
that the early emails

originated from
the prison's IP address

but she can't narrow it down
to the marketing company

unless they agree
to hand over their records.

So how was Lowry able to waltz
in and out of this media place,

let alone spend hours online,
without anyone noticing?

Lowry's cellmate, Keith Wilson,
started on the training project

a couple of months
after Lowry got there.

We think he must have been
helping him.

Yeah, I know,
it's all still supposition.

We're going
through Lowry's history,

but currently all we have
that definitely links him to Stephanie Blake

is the 999 call

Animal rescue.

I beg your pardon?

In the two months
before he was arrested for fraud

Lowry worked in a charity
call center, raising money

for an animal
rescue organization

During that time Stephanie Blake

set up a monthly direct debit
to the same organization.

Guess who signed her up
as a donor?

So, they talked on the phone.

Stephanie used to be friendly, outgoing.
Lowry liked what he heard.

Not just that. It means,
he had her bank details, address, mobile number.

The guy's a hacker.

And once he had those,
he could find out anything about her.

Right down to what she bought
with the points on her supermarket club-card

Don't you just love technology?

Like I told the police,
I've never heard of this Stephanie Blake.

Why would I be emailing her?

We don't think you were.

In fact...

we're pretty sure it was your
cellmate Russell Lowry.

But we think you helped him.

You got him into
the media center and you gave him your pass code.

No. No way.

If I did something like that
I'd be thrown off the program.

That job's my ticket
out of here.

I wouldn't risk it for Lowry.
I didn't even like that bloke.

Then what was it, Mr. Wilson,
bribery or blackmail?

Trouble is, if you say
you're the only one who ever used that computer.

then that means you
must have sent the emails for him.

So, you'll be charged
with harassment and aiding and abetting murder.

What?

You can't be serious?

Are you still convinced Lowry
never touched your PC?

It was only meant
to be the once.

And according to Wilson,
Lowry helped him put together the presentation

that got him
into the training programme.

- So Wilson owed him a favor.
- Yeah.

Apparently Lowry told him he was
into online dating.

That is one hell of a euphemism.

So, didn't anyone notice
that he wasn't meant to be in there?

Oh, it gets better.

The guy running the project

had some kind of a problem
with his firewall.

Wilson suggested Lowry
might be able to fix it.

Next thing you know, Lowry
becomes unofficial IT support.

the governor's
turning a blind eye

'cause it's cheaper
than bringing in a professional.

So Lowry comes and goes
as he pleases.

And he's got access
to the entire prison computer system.

They're lucky
all he did was send a few emails.

As far as they know.

- Who's defending this?
- Evelyn Wyndham.

Oh, God.
Queen of the early dismissal.

The victim,
in her state of panic,

is describing a man
breaking in to her flat.

During the call she identifies
the intruder as Giovanni.

And you want to introduce
this as identification

of the defendant Mr. Lowry.

Yes, Miss Blake had previously
been shown Mr. Lowry's photograph

because the police believed
he was the Giovanni who was stalking her.

But she couldn't identify
my client from the photograph

in fact, she said
she'd never seen him before.

The point is the police
never told her the name of the man in the photograph.

As far as she was concerned
he was Giovanni.

Spurious speculation.

No, informed reasoning.
She only knew Lowry as Giovanni

so when she used that name
to identify her murderer

it's as if she was saying
Russell Lowry is climbing in through my window.

Was she shown photos
of any other suspects?

Only Russell Lowry.

So, she briefly looked
at a photograph then, in a state of high emotion,

she saw a man who may
or may not have resembled that photograph.

Therefore, I maintain
that the prejudicial effect,

outweighs the probative value
of the evidence.

Far from it.
The key phrase here is "high emotion".

This is a classic example
of res gestae.

Faced with imminent death,

there is no reason, whatsoever,
to suspect the victim was lying.

Except that she'd lied before.

A week before she died,
Ms. Blake threw herself down the stairs

- and told the police that Giovanni did it.
- There is no conclusive evidence

that she fabricated the attack.

Except in that report
the police concluded that no crime had been committed

which, I think,
clearly demonstrates that Miss Blake

cannot be considered
a reliable witness.

Alright.

My ruling is that
the tape is admissible.

But defense should apply
to adduce evidence of the victim's bad character.

Let's give the jury
the full picture.

- So the tape's still in.
- It is but if Lowry's

defense destroys
Stephanie's credibility

- it's as good as worthless.
- What about the other evidence

the original contact through
the call center, the email harassment?

Well, the emails
aren't really the problem.

And we can prove
that he's the Giovanni stalking her online

but what we can't demonstrate
a pattern of escalation leading to murder.

If the first attack
had actually happened things would be different but,

as it stands...

He walks.

No, we'll get a conviction
for cyber stalking.

But not for murder.

Really unlikely, guys.

They think she was lying
on the tape?

Well it's-- it's more
that the defense can say that the ID's unreliable.

It's difficult when there's
no witness to cross-examine.

You mean because she's dead?

So because he killed her
they can say what they like?

They can tell people
that my daughter was a liar?

And that means her murderer
will go free?

Well, he won't walk away
from the stalking charge.

He destroyed her life.

He made her afraid
to step outside her own front door.

Then she came to you
for help, and he killed her.

She never harmed anyone
in her life.

My daughter was not a liar!

He knew that we were onto him.
That's what started the escalation.

He wasn't controlling
the game anymore.

If we hadn't brought him in
she'd probably still be alive.

You didn't have enough evidence
to hold him.

Because we were investigating
the wrong crime.

- If she hadn't faked her own attack--
- Well, are we sure that she did?

You can't change the facts, Ronnie.
However much you may want to.

It's clear from that report
that you were both in no doubt that she had lied.

- That was then, this is now Gov.
- Oh, no, don't even think about it.

But, it wouldn't hurt
if we went back over the evidence.

And then what?

Decide you made a mistake?
Allow a guilty conscience to affect your memory?

You go down that route Ronnie,
and you not only destroy your own credibility,

you undermine
the whole of this department.

But, if the alternative
is to just let Lowry walk--

I don't want to hear it.

Don't forget Matt,
it was your name on that report.

You were the one who stated,
in no uncertain terms that Stephanie Blake

faked the attack.
You try and go back on that now

and I promise you
that's the end of your career.

I don't hear very well
and I always worry that it might be one of the girls

- needing to get inside quickly.
- Of course, yes.

So you just-- you buzz
them in just in case.

Yes.

- Do you mind if I take a seat?
- Oh, no. Sit down, please do.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

So...

what about the night
that Stephanie Blake fell down the stairs?

- Maybe someone rang the--
- Oh, I was asleep.

- It was very late.
- Yeah, of course, I understand.

But what about earlier on
in the evening, before you went to bed.

- Maybe someone rang--
- Oh, would you have a biscuit?

Oh, that's great.
Thank you very much.

That's very kind, yeah.
As I was saying, maybe,

maybe someone rang the bell,

you couldn't quite hear,
you thought it was one of the other girls?

No, I don't think so.

Oh. But there might
have been someone.

Mm.

Oh, yeah.
There might have been.

Well, that's good.

Thank you.

Very nice, yeah.

Okay, just let me
be quite clear about this.

You decided to review
your own investigation.

That's right.

And, based on new evidence,

you now believe Stephanie Blake
was telling the truth about the attack.

Yes, I do.

Ronnie...

the defense have seen the report
for the original investigation.

They know you concluded that
no crime have been committed.

I realize that.

Well, then you must also realize
that doing this will undermine everything

that you and your colleagues
have done over the past two months.

Our interpretation
of the evidence was flawed

and, in light
of subsequent events, I think--

Yeah, yeah that's just my point

You've got to see
the implications here.

If police officers
can start rewriting history with the benefit of hindsight--

- In order to get a conviction.
- Then what is to stop

every investigating officer
with a shaky case

from going back pre-trial
and just amending their reports?

Well, I can only look
at the case in front of me

and in this particular case...

I believe we made a mistake.

The defense won't just
take your word for it.

Oh, they won't have to.

Look, I know how badly you
want to put this guy away.

- It's not about that.
- Come off it, Ronnie.

James, it's not about that.

We interpreted the evidence
based on what we thought we knew.

We jumped to conclusions,
and we let her down.

Are you absolutely convinced
you've got the evidence to back this up?

Yes, I am.

Okay, I'll apply to amend
the indictment.

We'll charge Lowry
with attempted murder.

- Thank you.
- No, don't thank me yet.

Why is he doing this?

Because he believes
it's the right thing to do?

But does he believe that
Stephanie Blake was attacked?

- That is not a question we need to ask.
- You reckon

If Ronnie's
new evidence contradicts his earlier conclusion

then we can re-establish
Stephanie's credibility.

So, we just accept
that he changed his mind?

If he shows us the evidence...

then the rest is his business.

Stephanie Blake's landlady remembers letting

someone into the building
at around 7:30.

She wasn't able to hear
what the person said on the intercom

because of her poor hearing
so she just assumed it was one of the tenants.

However, having spoken
to all of the tenants

I now conclude that
the unknown person must've been Stephanie Blake's attacker.

And why didn't
the landlady mention this in her original statement?

Well, she hadn't realized
the connection between that event

and the attack
so she didn't realize its importance.

The original police report
also cited

the lack of forensic evidence
at the scene.

Surely that must
still be an issue.

Well, there was
no forensic evidence at the murder scene either.

Nonetheless,
Stephanie Blake was still dead.

The attacker was cleverer
than we thought.

Thank you.

Miss Wyndham.

Well, my goodness.
This is quite a turnaround.

As I said,
new evidence came to light.

Yes, yes, which caused you
to revise your conclusions.

And it's just good luck
that revising those conclusions

has seriously strengthened
the prosecution's case against my client.

I'm sorry, was that a question?

Did you reopen
the case before or after,

we'd applied to adduce evidence
for Miss Blake's bad character?

After.
But I fully intended going back

over the investigation
ever since the murder.

Of course you had.

And I'm sure my learned friends
for the Crown

were extremely encouraging.

Choose your words with care,
Miss Wyndham.

I intend to, my lord.

Far be it from me
to accuse the opposing counsel of suborning perjury.

DS Brooks, it wasn't just
lack of evidence

that made you think
that Miss Blake had faked the attack though, was it?

Sorry, I'm not sure
what you mean.

As I understand it,
didn't her behavior acknowledge

the fact that she'd made
the whole thing up?

- No.
- Well, the CRIS report said it did.

When asked directly,
if there had been an attacker

Miss Blake burst into tears
and failed to answer the questions.

Well, this was a young girl
that was terrified

and there we were accusing her
rather than helping her.

When you say 'we',

do you mean your partner,
DS Devlin?

Yes.

And he agrees
with your revised conclusion?

As far as I know.

Well, does he agree or doesn't he?
Yes or no?

Well, of course he does.

She didn't stalk
and kill herself, did she?

What the hell were you thinking?

She asked my opinion
and I gave it to her.

No, you gave his opinion.

So, not only were you an inch
away from perjury

now you wanna drag
your partner down with you too.

You could've warned me Ron.

I just thought it was best
to leave you out of it.

- Until you decide to drop him right in it.
- Look Guv,

given new evidence, I just--

New evidence?
Some old dear suddenly remembers that she answered a buzzer.

You've got to admit,
it's pretty tenuous.

Tenuous?
That's the understatement of the year.

I told you categorically
to leave this alone.

- I know.
- If it were up to me

you'd be suspended by now.

But I've been advised
that it would further compromise the department,

if we were seen to be
covering up a possible case of negligence.

So consider yourself
on gardening leave until the end of the trial.

Thank you.

Ron.

Why didn't you tell me,
what you were doing?

There's no point the pair of us
being on gardening leave, is there?

Cause you live in a flat.

So what, it's okay for you
to throw your career away?

To fall on your sword
for the greater good, but not for me?

Matt, you're being
over-dramatic son. All I did was go back over the evidence.

- That's all.
- That's not evidence, mate.

This is finding stuff
that was never there.

What did you say
to the old girl anyway?

That this was all her fault
and this was her one chance--

You know me better than that.

- Do I? No,
- Yes, you do.

We could have gone back
together, we could've found something on Lowry

but, you know,
this is ridiculous.

- This makes us both look ridiculous.
- Matt, I'll tell you

what's ridiculous,

a young girl standing
on her landing having a chat with a man,

who isn't even there,
tries to garrote herself with her own necklace,

screams her heart out, throws herself down the stairs!
That's ridiculous!

We both decided
that Stephanie Blake faked that attack.

You know that and I know that.

And now, thanks to you and your
one-man crusade,

Lowry is going to walk.

- Well, I don't think so.
- Well, I do.

And I've been called
as a witness,

for the defense.

And no matter how much
I want to see Lowry go down,

I will not lie under oath, Ron.

Well, I wouldn't expect you to.

DS Devlin is standing
by the original report.

Apparently.

- I thought he agreed with DS Brooks.
- So did we.

Right.

So what now?

John Abbott,
one of the hospital lawyers, requested to see a copy

of the police report
after the first incident.

They were gonna fire Blake
if she'd made it all up.

DS Devlin told me
to leave it with him.

And?

They didn't fire her.

We're sure those were his exact words?

Abbott takes notes
of everything.

He basically gave me
a transcript of the conversation.

Okay.

Good.

James, are you sure about this?

I refer the court
to Exhibit 8, a printout of the original CRIS report.

Can you tell me
what term you used

to describe the conclusion
of the investigation?

No crime.

Would it be correct to say
that if no crime was committed

then Stephanie Blake
must have faked the attack?

That's one interpretation.

I say
it's the only interpretation so I ask you again.

When you filled out the report,

was it your opinion
that she faked the attack?

Yes or no?

Yes.

And you still stand
by that report?

Yes, I do.

No further questions, my lord.

DS Devlin,

after the
original investigation,

were you satisfied
with the conclusions in your report?

As far as I could be.

So you saw no need
to re-examine the evidence?

- Not at the time, no.
- Whereas your partner, DS Brooks,

became concerned
that mistakes may have been made

during the course
of the investigation

Mistakes that may have led you
to reach an incorrect conclusion is that right?

DS Brooks wanted to go back over
the original evidence just to,

make sure
we hadn't missed anything.

But you yourself, you weren't
involved in this process?

No.

- You didn't reinterview the witnesses?
- No.

You didn't compare the original
crime-scene report

with that of Stephanie Blake's
murder and cross-reference for similarities?

I was working on other cases.

So you'd already moved on
because you felt entirely

confident that you'd reached
the right result.

The case was officially closed.

And yet,

your partner, DS Brooks,

an officer of considerably
longer service and more experience than yourself,

felt so concerned

that he took it upon himself
to single-handedly

reopen the investigation.

- Is that correct?
- Yeah.

Yet you were still
entirely confident.

DS Devlin,

did your original investigation
conclude that Stephanie Blake was being stalked

by someone
using the name Giovanni?

Yes.

And did you eventually conclude
that Russell Lowry

- and Giovanni were the same person?
- Yes, we did.

Did you also conclude
that Miss Blake

was in lethal
and immediate danger from her stalker?

Er, no, no, we-- we--

So at what point
did you reach that conclusion?

When you saw Miss Blake
lying dead of multiple stab wounds and a broken neck?

By that point I assume that even
you entirely confident as you were,

must have realized
you'd made a mistake.

During the initial investigation

we found no evidence
that an attack had actually taken place.

As far as we could tell,
at that point, no crime had been committed.

So, having concluded that
no crime had been committed,

you decided that
Stephanie Blake faced no serious threat from Russell Lowry.

That's right.

And yet...

you told her employers that
she faced a serious threat from Giovanni,

otherwise known
as Russell Lowry, did you not?

Well, yeah.
Yeah, I did.

So did you lie?

I felt sorry for her.

I didn't think
she should lose her job.

I'm sorry, DS Devlin,
was that a yes, you lied?

- Yes.
- And are you lying now?

No.

If you lied to Stephanie's
employers to protect her job

perhaps you're lying now
to disguise your own incompetence.

Incompetence
that you're too arrogant to admit

even in the face of new
and compelling evidence.

- Mr. Steel.
- I'm simply curious about this witness's

expedient attitude
towards the truth, my lord.

I have no further questions.

You didn't have to go that far.

- I went as far as I needed to.
- Matt Devlin is a good police officer.

Not today.

Today he was collateral damage.

Would the defendant
please stand?

Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed?

Yes.

On the count
of attempted murder, do you find the defendant,

Russell Lowry,
guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

And on the count of murder,

do you find the defendant,
Russell Lowry, guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

He was pretty rough on you
in there, wasn't he?

You think.

Makes you glad
he's on our side though, eh?

You put me
in an impossible position, Ronnie.

And then you stood by
while Steel called me a bad copper.

Worse than that,
a stupid copper.

I never set out
to make you look stupid, Matt, you know that.

What, that was just
an added bonus, was it?

Well,

every cloud, eh?

Too soon?