All language subtitles for Law.and.Order.UK.S04E06_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.

Sean! It's your Dad.

He's twelve years old.

Can you hear me son?

Missing nearly
30 hours now.

Have you got a location
for his mobile yet?

Sean, stay where you are!
Don't be scared!

Okay guys, I need
this whole slipway ruled out, yeah?

Sean, it's your Dad!

Check behind that scaffolding.
Right up to the road.

His mobile's still switched off.

Well the trace says
he's around here somewhere.

Sean!

- Lima oscar five, lima oscar five.
- Sean!

Latest from T.I.U. says
the mobile signal is moving.

- Repeat the signal is moving.
- He's on the move.

Oscar nine nine, oscar nine nine.
The subject is on the move.

Ronnie mate,
there's nothing up here, there's no sign of anything.

Okay Ron, we're headed back down
to the river.

- Sean!
- I've got your Dad here, Sean.

Sean!

Lima oscar five,
lima oscar five. I've got an update for you.

Mobile signal is heading south
towards the Thames.

Well he's not even down by the river.
Lads, lads! He...

get out of the water.
Come on he's not there, up here.

- Matt, he's got to be heading your way.
- Yeah, yeah I got it.

Matt, he must be right on top
of you mate, can you see him?

Ronnie, there's nothing here
we've checked it twice now.

Nothing by the riverbank,
no sign at all.

Oh my God!

Ronnie! Ronnie

Mate! I've got him!
Get down, get down here now.

Ronnie, I've got him!
I've got him.

Sean!

Single blow to the head
from a heavy, blunt object.

Probably the cause of death but

we won't know for certain
until the post mortem's done.

So he was killed and then
dumped into the drainage system.

- Yeah.
- Can I have a word?

How am I gonna tell his Mum,
Ron?

I don't know, I really don't.

Ronnie?

I found that on him.

I didn't think I'd ever
see that again.

I should think
it's a bit of a nightmare, I mean he's fourteen-years-old,

black, same note
in his pocket.

Deja vu, James.
Sounds like Andrew Dillon's back.

The racist killer?

One clean blow fractured
that boy's skull

and two of Dillon's victims
had the same M.O.

Sean Monroe had a gold crucifix
according to his Dad,

and it wasn't found on his body.

And we all know that Dillon,
he liked to take souvenirs.

The original murders
were over six years ago.

Why would someone do this now?

Dillon was badly beaten
up in jail a week ago.

Someone could have found out,
taken revenge.

Did anyone in particular
support Dillon during the trial?

No. His family,
stopped coming to court.

Although he did have a few
die-hard supporters in the National Front.

They set up
that online fan site.

They called Dillon,
a White Power hero.

We got shut down
a few months back for inciting racial hatred.

What happened
to freedom of speech?

Where were you yesterday, Kyle,
between three thirty and eleven?

- I was chairing a meeting.
- White Power?

Is a discussion about
immigration, to be exact.

And how long
did this meeting last?

Four till seven thirty.
Then we went for a curry.

- How many attended?
- There was ten of us.

I'll do you a list.
Give us a pen John.

Did you see this boy
when you came out of the pub?

I saw plenty of 'em.

This boy's name is Sean.

This boy was killed
yesterday in this area.

His body was dumped in a storm drain.
Try again.

He's a copper's kid, Kyle,

and that copper happens
to be a friend of ours.

That's why you care.

So what was the nature
of the meeting?

Stirring up the mob
to follow in Dillon's footsteps

and lynch a 14-year-old boy?

What does that say?
Actions, not words?

We didn't attack any boy.

But we support what Dillon did.

Well that's more than he did.

I mean Dillon denied the murders
didn't he?

Let's go, Matt.

Andrew Dillon didn't start it.

He got mugged by two of them
and he made a stand.

We're overrun round here
and that man's got balls.

Ohh, I doubt that very much now.

They'd have
probably been ripped off

after he got beaten up
in the nick last week.

How did that happen?

They're supposed
to keep him away from the foreigners.

But not from the Dads.

Post mortem's done.

F.M.E. puts time of death
between five and seven.

Well that rules
out Hitler Youth. Anything else?

Sean ate not
long before he died.

Partially digested doughnut,
sweets, crisps.

Umm hmm.
So where's his local tuck shop?

He'd come from
his street dance group.

He wanted
to show me his latest moves.

He cracked me up.

That's street dance, is it?

Brucie here's more
familiar with ballroom.

He was gonna
go on Britain's Got Talent.

Did he talk
to anyone else in the shop, Carla, after he walked away?

I seem to remember him talking
to the security guard.

Just by the door there.

And is the security guard
on duty today?

The company rotates me.

I work a few
local shopping centers.

- And yesterday?
- I did see this boy.

I asked him
to leave the newsagents.

He was looking at pornography.

Old dears come in searching
for the People's Friend

don't want to see that smut.

Wouldn't want them choking
on their Werthers.

So I sent him on his way.

I walked him out
of the shopping center.

Wasn't to know he'd come
to any harm.

You don't happen to know which
way he went after you sent him on his way, do you?

- Yeah he went right, towards Beckton.
- Oi Marcus!

- Excuse me.
- Okay, thank you.

So what do you reckon?

He just seems a normal lad,
ate sweets, thought about girls.

Who knew you best at that age?
Your dad or your mates? Come on.

We was a dance duo,
called In Synch.

Sean thought of the name cause
we did everythin' together.

Ollie, have you any idea
why Sean would head off from Canning Town to Beckton?

No.
None of our friends live there.

- Unless he went to see Darren.
- Who's Darren? A boy from school?

That's Darren.

He lives in Beckton.
He runs a talent agency.

He was trying to get Sean
to sign up with him.

Sean was better than me, but he said no.
They want the act to split up.

Maybe he changed his mind
and didn't want to hurt my feelings.

Sean was soft like that.

Yeah, Sean came to see me.
I was interested in signing him.

He wanted
to talk about it in private.

- What time was this?
- About half five.

- Did he stay long?
- No. I was off out for a meal.

So he walked with me to the DLR
then, said he was off home.

Darren Powell used to have
a really good job

as a dance teacher at the
East London School of Performing Arts.

Now he runs a talent agency
that nobody's heard of from his own front room.

So why did he leave the school?

Head teacher wouldn't say
and he left without a reference.

Apparently the guy
goes around playgrounds,

targeting disadvantaged kids.

- Sean Monroe wasn't sexually abused.
- Not the day he was killed.

Excuse me Ma'am.
Darren Powell's oyster card was used in Beckton Park station

at twenty past seven.

Darren told us,
he jumped on a train

and left Sean at the station
at quarter to six.

You were the last person
to see Sean alive, Darren.

There's 95 minutes of your time
that's unaccounted for

and that's around the time
that Sean was killed.

I didn't kill him.

Well his body
was dumped in a tunnel,

twenty minutes
from Beckton Park station.

I wanted to shake Sean off
so I said I was going out.

He offered
to walk with me to the station.

I went into the station,
waited for him to leave, and then I had a pint.

Why were you trying
to shake him off?

I thought you wanted
to sign him.

Why did you leave
your teaching job at the ELPA?

Without a reference.

We'll get the story soon enough.
And you're holding out on us.

So I'll ask you again.
Why did you leave your teaching job?

Because I got too involved,

- with a pupil.
- Oh.

Was it a young boy?

He was being abused by his step dad.
I just gave him a place to stay.

- His step dad said I'd lured him there.
- And what did the boy say?

He was too scared
to say any different.

Were you involved with Sean?

- Were you worried that he would tell someone--
- No.

- Listen. The boy was lying.
- The school didn't think so.

That's why I couldn't invite Sean into my house.
I didn't dare.

I'd already had the school board
practically call me a pedophile

and here you are doing the same.

It's because of people like you
that I sent Sean away.

To his death.

Ronnie...

They found him here.
He's not long dead.

Scuff marks on the floor
indicate a struggle.

- And how old?
- Thirteen according to his ID card.

Those marks round his neck?

Strangled.

The ligature marks suggest
that the killer used, the boy's school tie.

It was loose round his neck.

We also found
this in his pocket.

Detective Chandler!

Dev Desai was found
strangled on waste ground

near Mudchute Park in Millwall
between five and six, yesterday afternoon.

He was wearing a St Anthony's
school uniform

and we're appealing
to any member of the public

who may have seen anything
to please come forward.

Now I can take a few questions.

Yes, gentleman at the back.

Is it true identical notes were
found on both, the murder victims' pockets?

Well as both investigations
are currently ongoing,

there are certain details
about the crime scene

which we're not
at liberty disclose.

But we may be looking
at a serial killer?

- Not necessarily. Yes.
- Inspector Chandler?

In which case,
are the murders related to those of Andrew Dillon?

It's far too early to tell.

- DI Chandler!
- Detective Inspector Chandler!

Are you refusing to tell
or don't you know?

Do you believe these murders
to be racially motivated?

Well as I said,
we're not ruling out anything

- at this stage of the investigation.
- Well Andrew Dillon's

killings were racially motivated

and he killed three boys
before he was caught.

Yes, but we don't know
if there is any link with Andrew Dillon.

But you were asked
what the police are doing.

Or are you relying
on the British public to protect our children?

Oh, I can assure you
we are carrying out the most thorough forensic investigations

and all my officers
out there on the ground are doing their very best

to find out who did this.

Look,
we didn't see Dev, alright?

Besides he goes to a posh school
for little pussies now

'cause we're a bad influence.

Dev's Mum told us
that he missed you both.

Said that you
were his best mates

and we know that Dev skived off
his school yesterday

and that you two guys,
you skived off your school as well.

Ohh, don't tell my Dad.

Well we don't care about that,
Dean.

But we do care that your friend
was strangled to death, you know that?

If you care so much
why ain't you solving it?

That's what we're doing sunshine
by talking to you lads.

Now do you want
to help us find out who did this to Dev--

Look I told you,
we didn't see Dev!

Well then, we'll have to look
on CCTV cameras for him,

- won't we?
- Yeah.

We've got them
everywhere now lads, you know that don't you?

It might take us a little while
to find out who did this to him but---

Look we were
on Bridge Street in Millwall, near Green Lanes shops.

- What did I tell you?
- They don't care about that small stuff!

- What were you doing there?
- Jacking. Picking stuff up.

- From shops?
- No. From the ground.

Very funny!
What do you reckon Ron, shall we nick 'em now?

Was Dev picking up too?

Yeah. Only he got caught.

- And what time was this?
- About five.

- And what shop?
- Look I don't know. We'd split up.

Me and Justin
were at the far end,

I just come out of
some computer shop, innit?

I saw some police
manhandling Dev,

dashed him to the ground,
so we legged it.

Local plod reckon
none of their officers

have reported any incidents
in Green Lanes.

So who grabbed Dev Desai
if it wasn't a PCSO?

What about a security guard?

Nah these kids are savvy
about that now Matty.

They'd know
the difference surely?

Not from a hundred yards away,
running scared with stolen goods in your pockets.

Although Sean Monroe was moved
on by a security guard.

Marcus Wright.
The man who rotates around the shopping centers.

I don't know him.

Well,
Marcus we have a coincidence that's been bothering us.

Two days ago you had a run-in
with Sean Monroe and he ended up dead.

Yesterday this boy had a run-in
with the security guard

- and also ended up dead.
- Well that is a coincidence!

There's a lot of security guards
out there. With good reason.

But only one of them
was with Sean Monroe. You.

Very busy area Marcus.
Plenty of witnesses would have seen

a young thief wrestled
to the ground.

Him. I forgot.

Yes, he was stealing.

I went after him
but he got away.

He got away, your witnesses
will tell you that too.

Well you see now we're back
with that coincidence.

You were with both these boys
just hours before they died.

Coincidence is God's way
of remaining anonymous.

Both boys sinned!

I see you read the Bible,
Marcus.

You put that back.
That's my mother's.

Marcus, God killed them, did he?

I don't buy that
as an explanation.

A man, bludgeoned Sean Monroe.

A man, strangled Dev Desai.

- "I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble."
- You put that back!

"I will destroy them so that
the memory of them will disappear."

You don't hear me?
Put that back!

- Was that Sean Monroe's crucifix?
- No, sir.

Would you put your hand
on your Bible and tell me that?

We found this crucifix
in your Bible.

We also found this,
a St Anthony medal,

which we later found was missing
from Dev Desai's bag.

Yes, sir.

You do have the right
to a solicitor.

I don't need no legal person
telling me what to say.

I listen to the main man.

Did you kill Sean Monroe,
and Dev Desai?

They were sinners
and God sought revenge.

Through you?

Plenty of sinners in London.
Why pick on these two?

I didn't pick them. God did.

This one...

was looking at pornography.

Well, lots of people do that.

Yeah but not with a crucifix
around their neck.

I let him go.

But later...

God put him back in my path.

That one...

ripped off an image
of St Anthony, in prayer,

while two other sinners
looked on.

Is that why you grabbed him?

He went into a shop,
stole some perfume.

He ran out but I caught him,

- but he kicked me and got away.
- So you followed him?

When St Anthony died,

children cried in the streets.

That one was laughing.

When St Anthony died,

all the bells of the churches
rang of their own accord.

Angels came down from heaven
and made it happen.

Did God come down
and make you kill these boys?

They had to be destroyed.

- Did you write those notes?
- God did, through me.

And did you get the idea
from Andrew Dillon?

No, sir.

Then why write the notes?

If you were doing God's work,

why hide behind Dillon?

Dillon didn't kill any
of those boys.

I killed them.

All of them.

This is a sick attempt
to take credit for another killer's crimes.

I said the same thing.

But, he knows places,
times of death.

He kept the souvenirs
that were never found.

A football shirt's
just been identified

by the parents
of the second victim.

Maybe he knew Dillon,
helped him hide the evidence?

We spent over a year working on this.
We got the right man.

Marcus Wright claims
that there was a fourth boy

killed after Dillon went down.

The boy was white.

Marcus Wright said that
he caught the lad stealing from a church,

strangled him then buried him.

The police have dug up
the skeleton of a Caucasian boy

where Marcus said
he would be buried.

They found a note
in the pocket of his anorak.

No, no all the other boys
were dumped in public places.

Why would he suddenly
start burying his victims?

His Mum was ill. She needed him.
He didn't wanna be found.

But then he confessed to her
and she begged him to stop.

His Mum died a few weeks ago.

If Marcus Wright is guilty,
it can't be your fault.

James...

it's him.

We've put away the wrong man.

God, what a mess!

How the hell did this happen?

We didn't act unfairly.
We presented the evidence.

Dillon was a known racist
who terrorized kids

in the same area as the murders.

He sold knock-off trainers
to the first boy.

His handwriting matched
the notes found on the bodies.

He was seen fighting
with the last victim

and even had his DNA
under his fingernails.

Yeah well,
they're expediting his appeal against wrongful conviction.

Don't ask me to feel sorry for Dillon.
He lived and breathed pure hate.

Yeah well,
that may well be the case

but locking Dillon up led
to three more boys being killed.

"Malfeasance in public office."

Ahh.

- You can't target individuals.
- Well you did.

You willfully abused your powers

to build your case against
my client, Andrew Dillon.

We did everything by the book,
the jury found him guilty.

Selective prosecution,
Mr. Steel.

Mrs. Janice Hunter,
made a statement to the police six years ago

saying that she saw
the third victim

an hour after
he was seen fighting with my client.

The boy was in Channing arcade
arguing with an older man

- whose description fits Marcus Wright.
- Yeah, he was a black man.

The witness has since died.

I've never seen this before.

Oh, come on, Mr. Steel.
We both know you buried it.

It's the basis of
our claim against you.

We intend to investigate
every last detail of your case--

So do we.

And sue you for
three hundred thousand pounds.

And that will never be enough.

You know,
I spent five years in a cell about the size of this table

and every time I stepped out,
I took my own life in my hands.

And you sent me there,
as a marked man.

The evidence,
all pointed towards you.

Yeah,
after you tampered with it.

And then there
was your criminal record.

How many boys of ethnic minority
had you beaten up exact--

Well,
that's hardly relevant here.

We're talking
about three dead boys.

- What we need to--
- Look, look it's your prejudice, not mine.

You decided the killer had
to be white

and because of
your inverted racism I got put inside.

And as soon as I was arrested
I got beaten--

Now you know
how those boys felt!

Yeah now I get panic attacks
and my face is in the paper.

All because you persecuted me.

You owe me.
You stole five years of my life.

No one gave me
a statement saying

that Dillon's victim
was seen later with another man.

I'd have remembered,
it would have jeopardized, our entire case.

They're saying
that was your motivation.

If I had seen it,
I'd have handed it over, however grudgingly.

- Well who worked with you on this?
- There were a whole team of us.

- Eight or nine, during the busiest months.
- Who was your lead assistant?

Claudia Martin.
Great prosecutor.

Then let's talk to her,
see if she remembers anything.

When I heard about Marcus Wright
I thought James's would get in touch.

He would have come down himself
but he's trying to track down

everyone else in the team.

He must be frantic.

So how did Dillon's brief
find this statement?

He wouldn't say.
But James has no recollection of it.

Hmm. Neither do I.

I mean, you'd remember something
like that coming in.

Certainly would have helped
Dillon's defense.

There were a few statements
we fought to keep out of court.

But not that one.

We can't find any record of it,
but then,

there are boxes of case files
to go through.

Tell me about it.
That's a year of my life I'll never get back.

And to think this is the outcome.
Those poor boys.

- So how long you worked with James?
- A few years.

Intense, isn't it?
I couldn't keep up the pace.

Sold out to private practice,
you know which is fine.

Apart from the clients.

Well if you remember anything.

- Did you speak to the rest of the team?
- The ones I could track down.

Three of them have quit the CPS
saying they were overworked and underpaid.

- Never.
- The ones I did speak to

all swear blind
they never saw the statement.

Reception receives packages
from the police most days.

All the deliveries are signed
for and logged, when they come in.

Can you go back
and check all the log books?

Course.
And the receptionists?

You know what if
it didn't come in?

The police wanted
to put Dillon away as much as we did.

We're tracking down
the receptionist who worked here at the time.

If they remember DS Brooks
bringing it in then--

I don't need anyone else's word for it.
I trust Ronnie.

But a missing witness statement?
That could amount to a criminal offence

and it's my duty
to investigate that.

- I've got no choice George.
- Fine, go ahead.

But I know and
trust my people too and we've got nothing to hide.

That statement was the last
thing any of us needed.

- Well I know, yeah.
- Can you remember what you did with it?

Well I would have put it on disc
you know, made a hard copy

and brought it to your offices
with any other evidence that we had.

- When?
- Well, I don't know.

It would have been addressed
to you though James.

Can you remember
who you gave it to?

- I, look a receptionist I guess.
- Which one?

I don't know.
Young, female, wearing a suit.

That could be any of them.

Well it was six years ago James,
I'm sorry mate.

Look I need you
to check the database,

see what date you entered
the statement.

I will, but have you
checked your office log to see who signed for it?

Alesha's going through
the records right now, but I'm up against it here.

By the time she finds them
I could be disbarred.

- I'm sorry.
- What and you, you think it's our fault?

- No, that's not what I'm saying.
- What's going on?

Well the CPS,
have lost some evidence and they're blaming us.

No, I am not blaming anyone!

I need
to find out what happened.

Look could you
have made a mistake back then? During that time?

Sorry James,
what exactly do you mean "back then, during that time"?

We all make mistakes,
outside pressures get to us--

Why not just say
what you're thinking, James?

Could a member your team
have buried the evidence?

- And what you brought to me--
- Can't believe you actually said it.

You've got balls,
I'll give you that much.

Leave it, Matt. It's okay.
James, I handed it into the office.

I'm sorry, I can't remember
to who, or when.

- Look I really need to find--
- James!

I need to find the statement!

That does not mean
that you can come here and accuse my officers.

- No I am not accusing anyone!
- If you've mislaid the evidence

that we brought to your door
that's your cock up, not ours.

So, get your own house in order.

James,
DI Chandler has just phoned.

Details of
Janice Hunter's statement

were entered on
to the police database.

Yeah, that still doesn't
guarantee it came here.

Dillon's defense team

received a copy of
the witness schedule, three days later.

Janice Hunter's name
and statement weren't on it.

That schedule came from the CPS
so somebody in these offices,

must have deleted it.

So somebody in these offices
must have signed for it.

- James I'm--
- Now we know exactly when it was here

we can find out
who was on reception.

They might remember
who they gave it to.

James it's too late!

James Steel,

I'm arresting you on suspicion
of perverting the course of justice.

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

if you do not mention
when questioned something

which you later rely
on in court.

Anything you do say
may be given in evidence.

To the charge of perverting
the course of justice, how do you plead?

Not guilty.

Mr. Cain?

Hmm hmm hmm.

My Lord, Crown objects
to bail on the grounds

that the defendant
will interfere with witnesses

having already
aggressively approached

the police investigation team

at their place of work
and asked for their help--

I wasn't interfering
with a witness--

I'd thank Mr. Steel not
to interrupt

and to remember that he is
present in this courtroom, first and foremost

as a defendant.

Bail will be granted
with appropriate conditions.

My Lord, one more thing.

I would like
to conduct my defense from Counsel's row.

Crown objects on the basis
that this may be confusing to the jury.

How can it be fair
and just for me

to conduct my defense,
from the dock?

I can't possibly be afforded
a fair trial in these circumstances.

I'll allow it.
Ahem hmm.

I think we can trust the jury
to understand that Mr. Steel, is on trial.

You brought me in
to do an impartial job

and to do that
I will need access to everything.

- Sorry. Am I interrupting?
- We haven't been properly introduced.

Samuel Cain.

Alesha Phillips.

Miss Phillips, given that
I'm going to be calling you as a witness,

I'm afraid it's not appropriate
for you to be working in here.

- In the interests of a fair trial...
- This is my office.

Not anymore.

So please take what you need
and then,

if you could set up
in the paralegals office.

We've cleared a space for you,
it's just a temporary measure Alesha.

- Right, well, I'll leave you to it.
- Don't disappear, I need to,

I need to go through
a few details with you for my opening.

Miss Phillips,
can you give us a moment?

Thank you.

H-hey, how you doing?

I need you to do something for me.
Get me these files from the CPS.

They should be
in the old personnel system so,

you might need
to do some digging

but specifically these dates
in August six years ago.

James,
I'm not allowed near our office.

- I'm not sure that I can.
- Please this is really important.

I have to find out
who was in the office when that evidence came in.

- James I--
- It's my only hope.

I wouldn't ask you otherwise.

Yep?

You've been the defendant's lead
assistant counsel for, for how long?

Over two years.

And in your close experience,
would you say

that the defendant has the final
say on every decision?

Yes, he's the lead prosecutor.

But he likes me
to challenge him.

Do you have
to challenge him often, Miss Phillips?

Yes.

- I mean he--
- Did you have to challenge him

during the Don Marsh case?

- I don't remember.
- Well let me remind you.

The defendant told Donald Marsh,
a known criminal,

that he had a witness
who was willing

to place him
at the scene of a crime,

when, in fact,
he had no such assurance.

- Do you recall the case?
- Yes.

Did you approve
of those methods?

- Not at first, but I trust--
- Yes or no?

- Miss Phillips?
- No.

Miss Phillips,

has the defendant ever asked you
to do anything dishonest?

Anything

that might make
you feel compromised, in the eyes of the law?

No.

Miss Martin you
worked very closely

with the defendant
on the Andrew Dillon case?

Yes. Eighteen-hour days
were usual.

- Did you ever see him do anything illegal?
- No, but--

Please go on, Miss Martin.

He'd interview
several expert witnesses

before he found the one
who said what he needed.

So did the defendant
unfairly coerce these witnesses?

He told the handwriting expert
on the Dillon case

that his evidence could prevent
more children being killed.

This is hearsay
from a prejudiced witness, my Lord.

Far from it, my Lord.
Miss Martin was a devoted employee.

You'll have your chance
to cross examine, Mr. Steel.

Miss Martin,
why did you leave the CPS?

I was uncomfortable with
the defendant's way of working.

He was absolutely determined
to convict Andrew Dillon.

Did you delete Janice Hunter's,
witness statement?

No. I knew nothing about it.

Thank you, Miss Martin.
No further questions, my Lord.

Is it true you were having
an affair with the defendant during that time?

When did this happen?

Could you answer the question
please?

My Lord! Is the witness'
sexual history really relevant?

Absolutely, my Lord.

If we are to believe
this witness' testimony,

I must be allowed
to question her motive

for wanting
to sully the reputation of a former colleague.

I'll allow it.

Could you answer the question
please, yes or no?

- Yes, I was.
- How long did the affair last?

- Almost a year.
- Who ended the relationship?

- You did.
- How did you feel when it ended?

Had you not told the defendant
that you loved him?

You planned a future together?

You bastard.

Sorry was that a yes or a no,
Miss Martin?

Yes. I told you I loved you.

And when the affair ended
didn't you feel betrayed?

So betrayed in fact,
that you claimed

you could no longer carry on
working at the CPS?

Betrayal is an interesting
choice of word

coming from a man
who was cheating on his wife.

You're using this trial
as a platform for revenge.

You're lying about your reasons
for leaving the CPS.

You used me.

You know,
I'd have done anything for you.

Anything?

Which is exactly why
the jury should see your evidence for what it is.

The emotional backlash
of a woman scorned.

Did you get it?

Thank you.

This is everything?
All the receptionists?

What?

You really will do anything
to win, won't you?

I had to discredit her evidence
against me.

So she was just
collateral damage?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Do you know what
your success rate is as a prosecutor?

No, I've no idea.
I don't keep a record of it.

Well, I can tell you.
Ninety-three percent.

Which is, very high.
Are you proud of those results?

I'd be happier
if it was a hundred.

Is that what drives you,
Mr. Steel?

Winning?

No. It's about,
doing my job properly.

If I believe the accused
to be guilty,

I have to do everything
I can to prove that to the jury.

Everything you can?

Tell me, after Dr. Alec Merrick
was acquitted of rape

in Crown and Merrick 2009,
is it true,

you then had him,
publicly arrested on a fictional rape charge?

Dr. Alec Merrick
abused his position and attacked fourteen women.

I used the system
to get him back into court.

I would say you found
a highly questionable loophole.

No, I gave his victims a voice
by exploiting a flaw, in the system.

- A flaw in the system?
- Yes.

Mr. Steel, well,
are you so assured of your own abilities

that you believe you're somehow
above the legal system in this country?

I'm sorry I didn't realize,
I was on trial here

for the successful prosecution
of a serial rapist.

You are not.

But in order to try
and give your victims their voice,

as you put it, you take the law
into your own hands, Mr. Steel.

And for that, you are on trial.

I do my best
to work within a system that I cherish and respect.

These courtrooms are...

they're cathedrals to anyone
that believes in a fair--

- Who?
- and just society.

Who in these cathedrals,
Mr. Steel,

allowed you to play God?

Who are you
to say who is guilty or innocent regardless of the law?

- It isn't about playing God, Mr. Cain.
- Are you sure?

Absolutely yes.

There is no value whatsoever
in putting away the wrong man

for my pride or your statistics
because they mean nothing.

To stand where you're
standing now, is an honor Mr. Cain,

and that honor
carries a responsibility,

the responsibility, if necessary
to take away someone's liberty.

Which is why the abuse of that
responsibility is such a serious crime.

What happens, Mr. Steel,
when you see a piece of evidence

which shatters
your clear-cut image of right and wrong?

I go back and I rebuild my case.

Because that's what we do,
you and I, we build walls.

Pieces of evidence are like

blocks of stone and
each block is dragged

into place so that
when we stand in court

we have a wall
that can't be breached.

If defense have something
that can take away one of those blocks,

the walls come tumbling
down and I lose.

We all lose because
I haven't done my job properly.

Which is precisely
why we're here.

- Who was the lead prosecutor on this case?
- I was.

So who should ultimately
take responsibility

for you not doing your job?

For this terrible miscarriage
of justice?

If I'd seen that statement,

I would never have buried it
knowing that the real killer

could still be out there
and might kill again.

But with the evidence
incomplete Mr. Steel, that is exactly what happened.

Your walls came tumbling down.

No further questions, my Lord.

My lord, I'd like
to call one further witness.

- It's very late in the day, Mr. Steel.
- I apologize for that, my Lord.

I'd like to call Sally Anne Hope

to the witness box.

"I swear by Almighty God
that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth,

the whole truth and
nothing but the truth."

What do you do for a living,
Miss Hope?

I'm a paralegal secretary.

Have you always done legal work?

Yes. Ever since I started
out as a temp.

And you did temp work at the CPS
Ludgate Hill?

- Yes.
- When did you work there, precisely?

Six years ago.
For two weeks in August.

Your memory seems very clear on this.
Can you tell the court why?

It was during the build-up
to the Andrew Dillon trial.

It was all over the news.

I remember the police
coming round to the house

telling us to be careful not
to let anyone under sixteen out on their own.

And how did that
affect you personally?

My brother was ten at the time.

I had to get him to school
before I could come to work.

It was my first job
and I was worried about being late.

Do you remember, ahem,

a CID officer coming
to reception on the eleventh of August?

Yes. He gave me a package,
said it contained evidence

about the Dillon case.

What did you do
with that package?

First chance I got, I handed it
to one of the prosecution team.

Do you remember
who you gave it to, Miss Hope?

Yes.

Is that person here
in the court room today?

Yes.

Could you point them out
to the jury please?

It was that lady there.

In relation to the count
of perverting the course of justice,

do you find the defendant,
James Steel, guilty or not guilty?

Not guilty.

You can't blame yourself James.

You can only do what
we believe was right.

I should've known.

Despite my recent acquittal,

there was a miscarriage
of justice

for which I hold
myself responsible.

That wrongful conviction led
to the deaths of three children

which is unforgivable.

Therefore, my position
has become untenable and...

I'm resigning from the CPS
with immediate effect.

Mister Steal?

It's weird,
coming to work and you're not there.

You'll get used to it.

Bet you'll have forgotten
I was even there in a few weeks.

Don't be silly.

It'll be a few days once
I've cleared out your desk out.

Alesha...

It's George.

- I have to.
- Yeah sure.

George.

I'm on my way back now.

I spoke to the woman
at Long Life Direct,

can either pick up
hard copies or...

No, it's fine.

Or that I can email them.