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Mrs Vasilich, we have a warrant for your arrest,

and we have a search warrant.

This is where Blakely's car was found.

They probably carried
the body down this way.

Andy, I really was impressed.

On the balance of probabilities,
I'd say you could be right.

All the defence has to do

is create reasonable doubt and we're shot.

You won't be needing these, I guess.

We need a body, Jack.
That's what we need.

You really want to go
behind the DPP's back?

Bypass them altogether
and run your own trial?

Yes. Would you be interested
in running it for us?

Tony, I'm going to sign this
ex-officio indictment

in 24 hours unless
the DPP agree to prosecute

Dianne Vasilich and her son for murder.

- We have to go for it.
- Tony, we're not ready.

We have to win it and the person
most likely to win is...

Your evidence will ensure a conviction.

Owen's a little different from
Janet, but he's a fine advocate.

You're in good hands,
I promise.

Two weeks ago you paid off your
mortgage with $100,000 in cash.

Want to tell me where that came from?

Who do you really want to upset?

If it's us, I'll have you
declared a hostile witness

and question all your finances.

If it's them, we'll look into
immediate relocation

for you and your son.

As we approached the court building,

I saw Zebina standing there, waiting.

Owen, he saw Geoff Hadley
so he stepped away

and, well, I went
over to Zebina by myself.

We started chatting...

We started to move away,
towards the court...

And that's when
I heard the motorbike.

Take your time.

Zebina looked up too.

Then I saw the man on the back
of the bike pull out a gun.

There was a bang and I felt
something hit me,

knock me down.

But it wasn't a bullet.

It was Zebina.

She was on me,

on top of me.

Heavy...
Not moving.

Erin.

You all right?

You didn't have to stay.

I wasn't gonna walk away and leave you here.

- I'm fine.
- Really?

Well, I'm not fine and I was standing 50 metres away

from the whole thing.

How'd you go in there?
Was that okay?

Mm-hmm.

Hey, listen, did you get a good look at the riders?

Owen, please.
Not now.

Thank God you're here.

Okay, so I brought you two different outfits.

I hope they're okay.

Yeah, they'll be fine, thank you.

Hey, Terry?

Bloody hell, this was the girl

you were calling me about, wasn't it?

- Yeah.
- What a fuckin' mess.

Is it on camera?
Can you ID them?

All we've got at the moment is a victim,

pronounced dead at the scene.

Cause of death, severe trauma to the head

from a high-powered firearm.
We are currently...

Come on, Terry, don't press release me.

Those murdering shitheads

left a little kid without a mother.

- And you without a witness.
- Is it on camera?

I just want to know if we'll be able to get 'em.

Well, because of all the security at the court complex,

this is probably the most filmed drive-by in history.

We've got the gun,
bike, make, model, rego.

Have a look.

Unfortunately, they're wearing
full-face helmets

so we can't ID them.

- You all right?
- Yep.

Yep. Check this out.

- The shooter's hand.
- Is that a tattoo?

Mm-hmm.

It's hard to tell from the photo,

but your young solicitor friend

has got a sharp set of eyes and drew this.

- Did you run it?
- Yep. Got a match.

One Edward Collard.

A few minor convictions,
assault, auto theft.

Interestingly, he's a
nom in the same bikie gang

as your defendant.

- Nice one.
- Assassinations now?

I might as well move to Mexico.

The food's better, the booze is cheaper

and the women are Mexican,

which is no small selling point, let me tell you.

Yeah, I can see the attraction.

Oh, I've just had the
Attorney-General

on the phone for the best part of an hour.

Not happy?

The word "berserk" comes to mind.

But my chances of calming her would be significantly improved

if there was still a prospect
of running the Simpson case.

Well, it's been
adjourned till next Friday,

which is just a formality.

Without our key witness,
it's a certain nolle.

Perhaps I committed sins in a previous life

for which I am now atoning.

Tony, the shooting.

They're gonna make an arrest very soon.

A guy in the same bikie gang as Simpson.

Are you lobbying for the brief already?

No. I'm saying I feel responsible.

I think of that woman's son.
I look at Erin, outside.

- Have you seen her?
- Not yet, poor kid.

Yeah, she's a fuckin' mess.

And everybody else around here's
pretty shaken up too.

- I know.
- What you need is someone

who's gonna take these pricks on,

who's gonna walk over there

despite everything that's just happened,

walk straight into court
and tear 'em to pieces.

Now, maybe there's a dozen other
crowns who'd do that.

I'm just saying
I'm fine with it.

I hear you've applied for silk.

It's no secret.

And winning a sensational case

with a high media profile
wouldn't hurt that cause...

- Maybe. I hadn't thought that.
- Ah.

Yes, I'd love a chance
to finish what I started.

But I also think
this could work for both of us.

I had to give my clothes to forensics,

so Lina brought in some clean gear for me,

and I don't think the skirt
works with the shirt.

No, it doesn't.
What was she thinking?

You know, if you feel
you want to talk to someone,

a professional, we can arrange that.

I spent my whole afternoon talking.

I don't want to think about it anymore.

Oh, you can get that.

It's just Ash,
I'll call her back.

When I was giving my statement,
I was on autopilot.

I just answered the questions,
did what I was told.

I didn't even think
about what I was saying.

Doing what we do, it's easy to
forget how hard it is

for witnesses having to relive it all.

As long as you feel you did your best.

The last person who did her best
was gunned down in front of me.

Janet, call me, please.

What happened?

- Is he okay?
- It's okay. He's fine.

- Where is he?
- The swing clipped his head.

There's no sign of concussion,
but it left a nasty gash.

It's deep, so they've put him
under a light general...

General anaesthetic!

The plastic surgeon said it's the only way

to keep a toddler
still enough for stitches.

I'm...

I'm so sorry
I missed your calls.

- I was talking to Erin and I...
- How is she?

- Not good.
- It's been all over the telly.

They didn't identify her, did they?

I wouldn't really know.

I've had other things to think about.

- I'm sorry.
- Don't be. It's my fault.

I was reading an email on my phone...

You can't watch them every second.

I knew I wasn't paying proper attention.

I've been off with the fairies all day.

St. Bart's called, sounding me
out about a position.

- Head of the senior school.
- What?

Why didn't you tell me this?

I knew I wasn't going to take it

so I didn't see any point in
mentioning it.

But they wrote again this morning

saying they really wanted me
and could I reconsider,

and that was the email.

I must have read that
bloody thing about 10 times,

this pathetic little lifeline
to the real world.

I was reading it again when
Liam ran in front of the swing.

It's not your fault.

- I'm sorry.
- Shh.

Got him. Edward Collard,
he of the spider tattoo, and...

- Toby Franzen.
- Toby Franzen.

We've been after that
piece of shit for years.

- Sergeant at Arms now?
- Yeah.

And the very one who
sponsored our mate Collard

as a nominee in the bike club.

Well, unless Franzen's
gone soft in his old age,

I don't imagine you got much out of him.

Hasn't said a word,
but luckily for us, Collard has.

You seen that tattoo anywhere before?

Oh, I seen it every day, eh.

- Where would that be?
- Well, it's not on me bum.

One of our witnesses saw that tattoo

on the back of the shooter's hand.

Ah, which witness is that?

And we've recovered the gun you dumped

about four blocks away from the court.

- Not me.
- Got your prints on it, Edward.

I'd like you to take a look at this photo

from the CCTV TV footage from outside the court.

We've got your bike,

we can identify you with the shooter,

we've got the murder weapon
with your prints on it.

Son, I don't know if you know
how much trouble you're in.

I mean, this is one of the worst
killings in the state's history.

The way I see it, you're going
to be doing life without parole

at Goulburn Supermax with Ivan
Milat 'til the day you die.

Unless, of course,
you start to help us out.

- Who's that?
- Could be... Could be Toby.

Toby Franzen, is it?
The rider?

Yeah, well... Yeah, I mean, it looks like him, doesn't it?

Is that you, is it?

I mean, you did, didn't you?

You know, pulled the trigger.

I was just, you know, you know...

It wasn't my idea.
Toby just said that...

- Yeah.
- ...we had to stop her.

So I was gonna get me tatts branded off,

if I didn't, you know, do what...

Nice work, mate.

Nothing beats a good confession.

Andy, yes,
I agree.

We have a compelling theory

that explains Dianne's movements.

- It explains everything.
- It's a good hypothesis.

But we still have three main problems.

We have no forensic evidence

directly linking Dianne Vasilich
to Blakely's death,

we've got a weak motive and no body.

How do you think she killed him?
A gun?

Unlikely, we checked
all her friends and family,

and there's no-one with
criminal connections

and certainly no-one
that has access to firearms.

She could've used a pen,
according to Jack Rizzoli.

It's a hard sell for the jury, though.

They'd probably go for a knife,
an iron bar over the head.

- What about her son, Brian?
- What about him?

Well, we discussed
whether you might reinterview.

Put the new evidence to him.

Uh, the paint fragments
she found in Blakely's car.

- Use it to rattle his cage.
- Rattle his cage?

You've been watching too many
movies, Richard.

We're presuming
Brian that was

dragged into this against his will, right?

Went along with it to protect his mother.

That makes him a potential weak link.

We've already been putting
pressure on him.

Unfortunately, Brian's
stuck to his story 100%.

Fine, but I have to sell
a case concept to the jury

and right now, I don't have enough.

I walked you through every detail.

Except how she killed him.

A middle-aged woman with no
history of violence

against a big, tough copper,

and no forensic evidence
to work with, nothing!

What am I meant to say?

Ah, good news.

Barry Seers has changed
his plea to guilty.

Barry Seers?

Defendant in the Port Macquarie
cocaine importation.

His case was listed before Blakely's,

but with Seers pleading,

you've just become
the next cab off the rank.

So, uh, put your seatbelts on.

I didn't even want this.
Now you're cutting my prep time?

Hey, you're shooting the messenger.

Well, you certainly seem pleased about it.

Well, I gave it a positive spin.

Part of my job description,
rallying the troops.

- You don't look rallied.
- We can't win this, Tony.

- Yes, you can.
- And what do you base that on?

On the fact I have confidence in you.

No, strike that,
I have faith.

A deep, abiding faith in you.

You're so full of shit.

Look, this business has been
all over the news,

generating a huge amount of sympathy

for Blakely and his kids.

Getting it on sooner,
you can use that sympathy.

Work the jury.

And if this groundswell of public support

doesn't get me over the line?

Losing is not an option, Janet.

I have a brief for you.

Tracey, I'm snowed under
with stuff right now...

We're all snowed under.

Wait, this isn't the...

The Zebina Petrakis murder, yes.

Owen'll run it, but I just
thought he might need some help

managing his key witness.

And I also thought Erin
might appreciate it too.

That's... That's very compassionate.

Well, it just seemed
appropriate, I suppose.

I know it isn't a sex crime,

but I take it you'll find
some room in your schedule?

Well...
Yeah, of course.

- Hey. How you going?
- Okay.

How are you feeling today?

Yeah, all right.

Tracey just told me you're doing Petrakis.

Well, y-y-yeah, we thought it
would be helpful...

I know, it is, it helps.

Just wanted to say,

whenever you've got any
questions, just ask.

Well, don't think you've got to wait

- for a good time or anything.
- Mm.

But don't stop what you're doing, either.

When it suits, really.

What are you doing, anyway?

How old does she look to you?

Oh, God.

Young...
I don't know.

Neither do I.

So, are you leaving soon, or...?

Well, I've only got 34,000 more
images to examine, so...

Sure, okay.

Just thought it might be nice to
have some company heading home.

Well, you know what?

It's date night, so I ought to head home.

Date night...
I assume that's a euphemism.

Correct.

So, this is procreation, not recreation.

Mm-hmm.

Not that I feel like it, after all that.

I can imagine.

Hi.

Hello.

From your message,
I figured it must be important,

so I thought I might include Jack.

So, what's the emergency?

I know how much you've put into
the Blakely investigation

and we've been working
closely together on it.

So I wanted to talk things
through with you

before I went to Tony.

No happy news then?

As you know, there are weaknesses

in the case against Vasilich...

As you know, we need a win.

Sure, but there are wins and wins.

What you really need is a clean
result, as quickly as possible.

That's right, isn't it?

In fact, isn't that better for all of us?

Go on.

My suggestion is
we offer Dianne a reduction.

To what?

Manslaughter, but she has to plead guilty.

Look, without a body, we don't really know

what happened to
Steven Blakely.

So, perhaps it was an accident?

In fact, that makes more sense.

They argued, Blakely turned his back,

Dianne pushed him, he tripped...

Or she might have walked in and shot him.

Might have, exactly.

Which is hardly "beyond
reasonable doubt," is it?

But if the charge is manslaughter,

the evidence is overwhelming

and pleading will probably
be attractive to her.

Because we'd be letting her off the hook?

We'd be getting a conviction
and sending her to jail.

Well, then she'd be out in what,
three, four years?

Or we stay with murder
and she gets acquitted,

which is looking increasingly likely.

You have been against
prosecuting this from the start,

haven't you?

Do you have something against Blakely,

or is it just cops in general?

Whoa, whoa, easy, easy.

Why don't you take a deep breath, yeah?

Yeah, all right,
I'll take mine outside.

See you tomorrow, Jack.

If you want to make sure we get
the right outcome,

this is the way.

And how about Blakely's children?

How are they going to feel about this?

Better than if
Dianne walks.

I'll talk to Andy.

You do what you have to do.

Putting the antiseptic cream
on his sore head was awful,

but otherwise it's actually been
a pretty good day.

Poor little thing slept so soundly.

Exhausted, I s'pose.

I feel guilty that I'm enjoying it.

It's hard not to love a sleeping baby.

You know, I was thinking,

it might be worth getting you some help.

What do you mean?

I don't know, maybe a nanny.

I thought we agreed that

I was going to take the kids this year.

No, you'd still have the kids.

It'd just take some of the pressure off.

Should I be offended?

Like, "Ash isn't coping, she needs help..."

It's not about coping or not coping.

I'm just suggesting we try it out.

Well, you never got a nanny.

I can't see why
I should.

Can you please check the pockets

before you put things in the wash!

- Heard that.
- What?

Guess I'm a crappy housekeeper
as well as a crappy mum.

No, none of us are perfect.

I do things that annoy you too...

It's fine...
And you're right.

Maybe I do need some help around here.

I'll put the dinner on.

Did forensics find anything in the coat?

They hadn't looked inside the
pockets and they found blood.

- Dry-cleaning hadn't got it.
- Blakely's blood?

They're rushing the DNA through now,

but I would bet my right arm on it.

- How'd you think of that?
- It was all Ash, not me.

Let me know as soon
as you get the DNA back.

If it's positive,
forget the manslaughter deal.

Janet, about last night...

Heat of the moment, don't worry about it.

As you know, we can show that you were

outside Steve Blakely's
house wearing this jacket.

Forensics has now found blood

in the right-hand pocket of that jacket,

and DNA tests prove
that it's Mr Blakely's.

In light of these facts,
Mrs Vasilich,

I ask whether you'd like
to make a statement

regarding
Steven Blakely's death?

I went to his house,

when I heard that he was going to jail.

I thought, this is my last chance

to confront him about my daughter.

And was Mr Blakely at home
when you arrived?

I knocked on the door.

I could see that the lights were on,

but no-one answered.

So what'd you do?

I was angry, and, um...

I started shouting
at him through the door.

I called him a coward.

Was there an answer?

No...

And it made me angrier.

The fact that he was ignoring me.

So I went round the back.

I knocked on the back door.

When I hit it, it swung open.

And then?

I went inside.

It was quiet, and I saw him...

On the floor.

Steven Blakely?

- Was he breathing?
- I don't know.

I bent down to have a look,
I put my hand in blood.

There was a pool of it...
On the floor.

- And then?
- Then I walked out.

You walked out, even though Steven Blakely

appeared to be seriously injured?

I was scared.

I rang my son.

I asked him for help.

Mrs Vasilich,
did you in any way contribute

to the injuries Mr Blakely suffered?

No, I did not, I swear.

I even called an ambulance
later, after we left.

Hang on, you...
You called an ambulance?

Triple zero.

I know, I should have called them sooner,

but somehow I just knew you were
gonna blame me for this.

No, I don't know,
I don't...

But you need to go there now.
He's injured, bleeding.

Is there anyone with him?

No, look...

He's at 58 Spencer Street.

Just go there, please.

- Hello?
- It's her voice all right.

The call came from a public phone

at the hospital where her son works.

Why didn't we hear about this sooner?

Ambos said they went to the address,

knocked on the door, had a look
around, no answer, so they left,

presumed it was a prank call.

Okay, how do we deal with this?

Well, it could go to intention.

The defence will say
that a call to triple zero

indicates she lacked intention to kill.

The question is what her intention was

at the time she harmed Blakely.

She may have suffered remorse
later, that's not relevant.

But we're saying that they'd already

taken the body away in Blakely's car,

so why send an ambulance
to an empty house?

Well, people in extreme
situations do strange things.

Okay, but you're going to need

to make sense of it for the jury.

Well, if we can, fine, it's not fatal.

We can prove she was there.

Her story about what happens
is implausible,

and we've got the blood...
Should be enough.

Just give me a couple of minutes.

I'll meet you inside.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I hope Andy or Jack have been
keeping you up to speed

with how we're going.

Yeah, they have, thanks.

I can understand your anger.

In your father's matter,

I was arguing strongly
for a jail sentence.

Yeah, you were.

Eight to 10 years, right?

I just want to assure you
I'll be arguing just as hard

to see his killers convicted
in this trial.

- You better.
- I will.

I'm there for him, and for you.

Jack reckons you can't lose.

Well, it's a jury trial,
so anything's possible.

But something's got to go our
way, doesn't it?

I hope so, Drew.
It's a strong case.

More than that, we just can't say.

We've all heard the expression,
"anything is possible,"

and of course in one sense,
you know, that's true.

My...
My four-year-old niece

says that there are invisible
fairies in her garden,

and I can't really prove that she's wrong.

Well, not a hundred percent.

But in real life,

we don't trouble ourselves
with mere possibilities.

We know that some things are so unlikely,

we can safely dismiss them.

Well, the law takes exactly
the same attitude.

In the course of this trial,
the defence will offer you

an account of what
happened to Steven Blakely.

It's a story in which
Dianne Vasilich

just happened to go to
Mr Blakely's house

on the night he died,

just happened to find the door open,

just happened to find Mr Blakely
on the floor, unconscious,

just happened to
put her hand in his blood,

and then just happened to flee the scene.

The defence will point out
that all of this is possible,

and of course it is.

It's possible, but it's not
the kind of possibility

we normally waste our time with.

And neither does the law.

By comparison, the Crown will
offer you a credible,

persuasive account of what happened,

the only account that makes
sense of all the facts

without requiring you
to believe in fairy tales.

Nothing further,
Your Honour.

Miss Warden.

The Crown has claimed
that their version of events

is the only one that makes sense
of all the facts.

Yet there are many facts
that do not fit their account.

Facts that they will ignore or downplay.

But still, they are facts.

That they are yet to produce a body.

That Dianne Vasilich
made a triple zero call

the night Steven Blakely disappeared,

sending an ambulance to his home.

Would a killer really do that?
And why?

That Dianne Vasilich
overcame and murdered a man

of Steven Blakely's size and power,

that's probably troubled you already,

struck you as unlikely, and so it should.

But the most troubling part
of the Crown's case

is that
Dianne Vasilich is a woman

with absolutely no history
of criminality or violence,

whose only argument
with her supposed victim

was that he may not have investigated

her daughter's murder
with sufficient energy.

That is a reason to be frustrated,

perhaps to make a complaint,

maybe even to write to a
newspaper, but to kill?

Is that really plausible?

Yet this is what
the Crown case relies upon.

The only credible account
of the night's events.

Thank you, Your Honour.

Well, so far, everything we expected.

So, you're on the way to the Committal?

Yep.
How do I look?

- Fabulous.
- Credible?

- Very.
- Fabulously credible.

I'm sure you'll be terrific.

So how's Owen?
Not too pushy?

- No, fine.
- On top of his brief?

He's talked you through your evidence?

- Yeah.
- You'll be fine.

We're about to walk over, are you...

Ready? Yes.
All set, let's go.

Hey, listen, your identity is
still unknown to the offenders,

so there's no need to be intimidated.

- I'm not.
- Good.

But they do know that
I'm prosecuting,

so it might be easier for
you if we're not all together.

- Oh, sure.
- Okay.

Wanker.

How's it going, ladies?

You want a moment?

I... I can't.

- Yes, you can.
- No.

No, come on, we can do it together.

Erin, Erin, Erin, Erin!
Erin, it's gonna be okay.

- It's gonna be all right.
- No, you go.

Are you kidding?
I'll get you home.

- No, you have to.
- Erin...

I'll get a cab, don't worry... Go.

Your Honour, as you know,
one of the Crown's key witnesses

has sadly taken ill very suddenly.

However, we believe
that Mr Collard's confession

along with his detailed
statement against Mr Franzen

are more than enough

to establish a prima facie case
against both men

in respect of the crime
with which they are charged.

In that case, the witness is
yours, Mr Hadley.

Mr Collard, in the course of
giving your statement

you were shown a photograph

of two men alleged to be the
murderers of Ms Petrakis.

You were then asked to identify

whether one of those men is Mr Franzen.

You answered, "Yeah, well, yeah,
looks like him, doesn't it?"

Yeah.

That statement, "looks like
him," what'd you base that on?

The man's face is covered in the photo.

His leather is plain black.

Well, mate, they had us.

You know, I mean, we were fucked anyway,

so we might as well get on with it...

Drop me in it, ya mouthy little
prick, I'll fuckin' kill ya!

Restrain this man!

You're a gutless piece of shit, Collard.

You're a piece of shit,
Collard!

I'll kill ya!
You're fuckin' dead, you...

Remove the prisoner from the courtroom

and return him to his cell.

Clear the court.
I'm adjourning this matter.

Yes, anyone.

Any potential nanny
must have a police check

before we interview.

I think it's going to be
a late one tonight.

Sorry, darl.
Thanks, bye.

I just got a revised list of
defence witnesses

- for the Vasilich matter.
- And?

They're calling Dianne, tomorrow.

Pull out her statement

and the police background file on her.

I need all we've got.

I know it was wrong, and stupid,
leaving him there, injured.

So why did you do it?

After my daughter was murdered,

my experience with the police wasn't good.

They talked down to me.
Arrogant.

Soon I didn't trust them anymore.

The prosecution allege that this
was your motive

for killing
Steven Blakely,

the resentment that you felt towards him

and towards the police in general,

after the death of your daughter.

Did you feel such resentment?

I don't hate the police.

I didn't hate
Steven Blakely.

I just wanted justice for my daughter.

That's all I've ever wanted,
all these years.

- Same as any mother.
- So Mr Blakely's death,

if he is dead, how do you feel about that?

- Terrible.
- Why?

Because I want to find
my daughter's killer.

How would hurting
Steven Blakely help me?

Thank you, Mrs Vasilich.
No more questions.

Madam Crown.

Mrs Vasilich, your daughter was,
by all accounts,

exceptionally beautiful
and vivacious, yes?

Yes.

The world was her oyster, you might say.

For a while.

So why did she turn to prostitution?

I don't know.

Did it coincide with a bitter separation

between you and your husband?

Objection, Your Honour.
Is this relevant?

Your Honour, my learned colleague

cannot call the accused to the box

and then object to me asking questions

relating to motive and character.

She made it an issue.

Overruled, but keep it relevant, please.

Is it true your daughter
felt utterly betrayed

when her father left?

It hurt us all.

But her closest bond
was with her father, wasn't it?

- And he had just abandoned her.
- And me.

You didn't even know what happened

to Oriana after that, did you?

There was a complete
estrangement for two years

and then suddenly she was dead.

I put it to you that you
had to find who killed her

because otherwise,
you could only blame yourself.

I just wanted justice for...

No, you desperately needed
someone to get you off the hook.

- I just wanted...
- That's why it became obsessive,

wasn't it, because it wasn't
just a frustration

with a lack of justice,
it was a mother's guilt.

I just wanted justice, all right?

When she was hurting most,
you weren't there for her.

- That's a lie.
- Is it?

I wasn't obsessive
and I didn't hate anyone.

I just wanted justice for Oriana!

No more questions,
Your Honour.

Lina, you got those two bikies
past the committal?

Yep, heading for trial and
hopefully inside

for a very, very long time.

Good. How's Erin?

She's not answering.

I sent her a text and she came
back that she's fine,

got a migraine, back in the office ASAP.

Well, maybe she's just got a migraine.

Janet, I...

If that's her story, it's my story too.

Okay. What?

I wanted to warn you that Maya Blakely is...

Right behind me, thank you.

I was explaining to
Maya about how unusual

that sort of day in court is...

Yeah, could I just have a minute, please?

Okay, bye.

- I spent a long time hating you.
- I know.

But I really loved you in there just then.

I wish you could have
gone on for another hour or two.

Sadly, I think I might have
gone on too long.

When the judge sums it up for the jury,

she'll probably tell them
to ignore anything

that isn't supported by evidence.

Weren't you watching the jury?

They could see that you got it right.

I could too,
I know, I know you did.

That was the plan.

Just to leave them with a
feeling they can't quite ignore,

even if they're told to.

Are you telling me
it's seriously still in doubt?

It's always in doubt, Maya,
until the jury comes back.

Well, we'll just...
We'll just see then, hey?

- I appreciate your honesty.
- Thank you.

That's all right.

Janet, have you got five?

About what? Erin?

No, something a bit unusual, actually.

One of my accused wants to confess,

but he won't talk to me.

He insists on telling you.

- One of the bikies?
- Yes. Toby Franzen.

Why does he want to talk to me?

Well, he won't say, and usually
we'd just tell him to fuck off.

But if he's going to confess
to the murder charge,

then I'm not gonna argue with him.

Maybe he thinks you're a softer target

- when it comes to making a deal.
- Bullshit.

Look, if it is bullshit, just walk away.

So, how's your thing going?

That bitch you've got
for the Blakely murder.

I'm sorry, did you want to see me

about the Petrakis murder
or the Blakely murder?

Blakely?
Dianne Vasilich.

I got a real good story about her.

Do you know
Mrs Vasilich?

Fuck yeah.

Met her in our chapter pub
up in Parramatta,

about 10 years ago now.

She comes in all worked up,
looking for some muscle.

- Looking to hire some muscle?
- Yeah.

Bartender thought she was fuckin' nuts,

but still, he pointed me out

and told her to go see
the mad bastard in the corner.

She comes over, she's all
stressed, red-faced and shit.

Said she needed some help.

Said she'd been trying to get
this bloke to tell her for ages

who had knocked off her daughter.

Anyway, she was sick of his shit.

I said, "Fair enough.
Who is he?"

And she says, "It's Steve Blakely."

Turns out her daughter was Oriana.

Bit of a famous case in the day, yeah?

- Did you know Oriana?
- Yeah... Yeah, we all did.

Yeah, we liked her too.

She was a real good chick,
Oriana.

What'd you say to Mrs Vasilich?

Said he probably wouldn't talk,
not unless we really belted him.

She said belt him, she didn't care.

And I said we might have to...

Said we might have
to finish the job after that,

and for that, she'd be
looking at 20 grand,

but I'd need 10 of it up front.

She didn't even blink.

- So she paid you the cash?
- Yeah.

Went off, came back an hour
later, handed it over.

- And?
- And what?

- What'd you do?
- Nothin'.

I wasn't gonna go near Steve Blakely.

A top cop like him?

What do you think I am, fuckin' crazy?

- So you just took the money?
- Yeah.

What was she gonna do, go to the cops?

Easiest 10 grand
I ever made.

It's a pretty good story, yeah?

And you'll give this evidence in court?

You get me immunity from prosecution

for this drive-by thing, yeah.

I'll go to your court,

I'll take an oath and I'll tell
'em everything I know.

He's bullshitting.

Dianne withdrew 10 grand
from her savings account

on the afternoon Franzen says
he met with her.

And the bartender's confirmed it.

Look, I understand
where you're coming from

but I'm not gonna agree...

Tony, I need to convince my jury
that a grief-stricken mother

has a violent and
obsessive streak and now I can.

These men executed a key witness
in a murder trial.

That has profound
public policy implications.

As does killing a senior police officer.

Sure, but let's take
a wider perspective here.

How are we gonna look if someone
as notorious as Franzen

can just walk out of this a free man?

What are the headlines going to say?

"Petrakis Shooter Convicted," hopefully.

- Oh, you reckon?
- Mm.

When I play Collard's confession in court,

everyone's gonna know
it was Franzen's idea.

He's the cold-blooded mastermind.

We're going to be accused of convicting

the guy who lit the Reichstag fire

and letting Hitler walk away.

Hang on a second.

Collard isn't that much of a patsy.

He did shoot Zebina Petrakis
and he will go to jail.

And if the woman who killed
Steve Blakely does too,

that's a double win.

I mean, if we're taking
a wider perspective here...

- Hang on.
- ...isn't that the best outcome?

Can you even call Franzen as a witness?

Haven't you already presented your case?

We can make a special
application to reopen.

- There are precedents.
- If the judge says no?

Look, Owen,
I thought you wanted to see

Steve Blakely's killer convicted.

Well, excuse me, but I thought
you already had enough to do it.

This from a supposed friend of the family.

Enough... Okay.

Stop there, both of you.
Don't get personal.

Let me think on it.

And while I am, you two, play nice!

Is this running away?

No, it's a ciggie break without a ciggie.

- God, I wish I still smoked.
- Can we just...

Let's just chat, without the shouting

and the name calling, okay?

He's the new boy, Janet,
he feels isolated.

He's an arrogant, patronising show pony.

What was that about name calling?

And look, before you say
any more, I should tell you,

I'm inclined to agree with him on this.

- What?
- You've closed the case.

Chances of getting leave to reopen it

will probably depend
on whether Justice Cousins

has had a good night's sleep or not.

You have told me again and
again I must win this case.

Don't say that and then stop me
from leading this evidence.

It's critical.

Being the Director of the DPP

is a royal pain
in the arse, you know that?

And you love every minute of it.

Ha!

Hello, mate.
Thanks for coming.

It's an honour.

To be pressured by a police
officer of your standing.

- You're a sharp bastard, aye.
- Oh, it doesn't take Einstein.

Open rooftop,
away from prying eyes and ears.

So, what am I gonna tell ya?

Well, I imagine it's along the lines of,

"Steven Blakely was a cop,
I was a cop.

"And we've always got to
look after the boys in the job."

Bang on.

Well, partly.

I would say that and if I did
say that I'd mean it.

But then I'd be telling you

something you already know, wouldn't I?

Oh, yeah, what is it
I don't know?

The thing you don't know is that
by agreeing to this immunity,

it could be a smart move
for you as well as Janet.

Okay...
I'm still listening.

What's your big goal for the year, Owen?

I'm not talking about individual trials.

- I mean, in a career sense.
- Senior Counsel.

Thought it might have been that.

What is it with that?
Some sort of prestige, wanky...

Fuck no, it's the money.

SCs get paid twice as much
as a normal barrister.

You know that every time a
barrister applies

for the Senior Counsel position,
well, the silk committee,

they appoint a colleague
to keep an eye on him,

and then report back
as to his suitability.

They've got Janet King looking at me?

Bullshit.

Like I said, you're a sharp one.

That's got your attention, hasn't it?

Ah, come in.

Hi.

So...

I assume you've decided.

Yes. We're giving Franzen
his immunity in exchange

for the evidence you require
in the Blakely matter.

- Appreciated.
- Pleasure.

Got out on the right side of
the bed today, did we?

No, actually something you said
just really stuck with me.

You called me a
"supposed friend of the family".

Couldn't stop thinking
about Drew and Maya after that.

Everything they've been through,
with Sally and then Steve.

And you know I, ah, called Jack
and he's been talking to them,

and they really feel that you

partly want to win this for them.

Which must give them a sense
that somebody still cares.

And I couldn't help feeling that sometimes

we have to put that sort of stuff first.

Anyway, just make sure you win it, yeah?

Um...

Good luck with Collard.

Thank you.

- Thanks, Tony.
- Aah...

- Did you...?
- Ah, nothing to do with me.

Still, it's a result, right?

Your Honour, there's an
extremely urgent matter

which has just come to light
for the prosecution case.

Isn't your case closed,
Madam Crown?

Which is why I'm
seeking Your Honour's leave

to reopen it.

Without any notice at all!

Your Honour, of course
I would have led it earlier

if it had come to hand earlier.

But how can we hope to answer it properly?

The accused has a right to know

the case she's being asked to answer,

not simply have it dumped in our lap.

And doesn't the prosecution
have the right to lead,

and the jury, the right to hear,
the full story?

Your Honour, at this late hour...

At this late hour in the process,

I'm reluctant to throw away
the entire trial.

If there is a pertinent issue

which will allow this matter
to be decided now in this court,

then it should be heard,

so I will allow you to reopen
your case, Madam Crown.

Thank you, Your Honour.

Bring the jury back in.

Let's see how this goes over.

I, Tobias Henry Franzen...

I, Tobias Henry
Franzen...

Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth

and nothing but the truth.

Swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

- So help me God.
- So help me God.

Mr Franzen,
I'd like to ask you about

April the 1st, 2004,
in the Lionsgate Hotel.

Did you meet
Dianne Vasilich there that day?

Yeah. Sure did.

Mum, sit down.
Mum!

Someone call an ambulance!

Clear the court.
Call a medical officer.

Give her some room. Mum!
She's fainted.

Well, if our list of witnesses is settled,

I think we might adjourn, gentlemen,

in the hope of starting the
trial proper in the morning.

Your Honour, if I may?

The defence would like to ask
for one last ruling.

Yes?

We submit that Mr Collard's
supposed confession

be ruled inadmissible.

- What?
- On close inspection,

Your Honour will see that it was
made under duress

and in the presence
of clear police intimidation.

Your Honour, no objection has been raised

to the record of interview
prior to this time.

Sadly, Mr Collard was so intimidated

he only felt safe bringing it
to my attention yesterday.

You can't rule out a confession.

Is this intimidation evident
on the tape, Mr Hadley?

It is, Your Honour, and...

Your Honour, this record of interview

is entirely unremarkable...

- Mr Crown, please.
- We will play a key passage.

Thank you, Mr Hadley.

Your Honour will note,

Detective Sergeant Renner
looms over Mr Collard

just prior to his making
the relevant statements,

assuming a threatening posture.

You seen that tattoo anywhere before?

You can clearly see how nervous and scared

my client is in this situation.

He's just been caught.
Wouldn't you be nervous?

And if we continue.

I'd like you to take a look at this photo

from the CCTV footage
from outside the court.

So we've got your bike, identified you,

we've got your gun with your prints on it.

Son, do you have any idea
how much trouble you're in?

At this point,
Mr Collard says

he knew how the New South Wales
police operate,

and he knew they were going to frame him

no matter what he said,

and he feared for his safety,
indeed his life, if he didn't...

Your Honour, please, some common sense.

It's a perfectly normal interview.

Detective Sergeant Renner
is a very imposing man, I see.

Your Honour, Detective Renner
is merely standing up

to show the accused some photographs.

At law, intimidation
can be subtle or implied.

As long as it acts to oppress
the mind of the accused,

coercing him into making a confession.

A man's posture...

Detective Renner's posture is that

of a man leaning over a table.

Detective Renner has here
acted very subtly,

but the threat in his posture
would have been as clear

to my client as it is to any
reasonable viewer of the tape.

Your Honour, this submission
should be dismissed immediately.

The accused confesses to his
crime on tape.

It is the cornerstone of the Crown's case.

If the Crown and the police have
been professional and thorough

in building evidence for their case,

they shouldn't need a confession.

Wankers!
It's been struck out.

Collard's confession, inadmissible.

- On what grounds?
- Police intimidation.

The learned judge thought Terry
Renner was rather imposing

and poor little Collard
got a little bit scared.

Well, there must have been
something in it.

Sure...
He stood up, leant over,

put a photo in front of him.
This is bullshit.

Everything about this system
is in their favour.

Yeah, well, that's hardly breaking news.

More to the point, where are we?

Can we move on?
What about the bike?

Wasn't it his?

It got stolen a month ago, apparently.

Didn't report it
because it wasn't insured.

And the weapon with the fingerprints.

Lost it days ago.
Ask anyone at the clubhouse.

He's been looking all over the place.

Okay, I'm sensing it's
going to be a little tough.

Luckily, we've still got
the eyewitness ID.

The tattoo on Collard's hand.

That is, of course, assuming
Erin's right to testify.

Thank you.

So it's up to me, then?

Only if you want to.

Look, you know all the things we
say when we want to make sure

we get a witness in the box,

but you also know we don't blame
them for backing out.

Especially when it's genuinely dangerous.

Just for God's sake, don't do it for me,

or for Tony or anyone here.

We understand.

We know what happened and frankly,

we're pretty amazed you're even here.

So if you want to do it for you
then do it, if you don't, don't.

It's that simple.

Ms O'Shaughnessy, in your statement,

you said the motorcycle was moving quickly

when the shot was fired.

Yes.

It was moving quickly.

And it came no closer to
Miss Petrakis than five metres?

About that.

So keeping in mind the extremely
difficult conditions

that I've just described,

how likely is it that you might
have been in error?

10% chance, 20, 30?

Objection.

The chance is zero.

Really?

People miss details all the time.

I understand that.

But I know the tattoo was a spider

because I can still see
the moment he fired,

as clearly as when it happened.

It's still in my head.

I wish I could get rid of it, but I can't.

I doubt I ever will.

So the chance that I have it
wrong is exactly zero.

So based on this indelible memory,

you were able to accurately identify

the spider tattoo on the shooter
of Miss Petrakis

as the same tattoo worn by Mr Collard?

That's right.

Mm.

How many tattoos did the police show you?

Just one.

I drew what I saw and they
brought back a photo and I said,

"Yes, that's it."

So to put it another way,
Miss O'Shaughnessy,

you never identified Mr Collard
as the shooter at all.

You merely identified a tattoo.

Well, the tattoo on his hand.

But was it on his hand?

How many others
might have the same tattoo?

There could he hundreds.

Why, even in this courtroom?

How many in this courtroom
may have the same tattoo?

Check out me tatt, eh?

Sit down in the gallery!

- Stick that up ya, love!
- Sit down!

You'll be objected from the court.

Your Honour, those are
obviously fresh tattoos done

to deceive the court.

Silence, Mr Crown, and be seated.

Withdrawn.

Members of the jury, may I remind you all,

there is no other piece of
evidence that unequivocally

places the accused
anywhere near the crime.

And yet the police insist the
man in the CCTV footage

is Mr Collard.

Why? Because of one tattoo,
which could be anybody's.

Did they look harder?

Did they ask the tough questions? Never.

Please, Your Honour, come on!

Please what, Mr Crown?

Withdrawn.

The fact is,

Mr Collard has maintained his innocence

from the very beginning,

and they have simply gone for him...

...because it's easy.

Guess you've heard.

Why do we even bother?

Because we care?

- Janet?
- Yeah...

The Blakely jury are back.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Have you reached a verdict?

Yes, Your Honour.

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

Dianne Vasilich?

Guilty.

On the count of acting as accessory

after the fact of murder,

how do you find the defendant,
Brian Patrick Vincent?

Guilty.

The matter is stood over for sentence,

date to be fixed.

All rise.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

What was all of that
about maybe losing the case?

Yeah, we got lucky.
If Franzen hadn't...

No, I already told you.

Deep, abiding faith.

This is not only a victory

for the family of Steven Blakely,

this is a victory for justice,

for the justice system,

proving that we can
and will tackle the hard cases.

Steven Blakely was
a brilliant investigator

and it is sad, but fitting,

that his legacy, a team of the
very finest investigators,

were able to use the skills he taught them

to solve the tragic mystery
of his own final hours.

Chief Superintendent
Rizzoli,

how do you respond to claims

police went with the first
person they could

in the Petrakis shooting?

To be quite honest, I find
that outrageous and offensive.

But with such lack of evidence?

No, we had plenty of evidence.

The judge, in her wisdom,
simply decided not to allow it.

And frankly, some people might
think I'm talking out of turn.

I don't care.

Things have gone too far in this State.

Time and again perpetrators walk free

because good police work
isn't allowed to be used.

Take the Blakely case, for example.

A different judge uses
a little bit of common sense

and lo and behold, the truth comes out.

There's a lesson in that for all of us.

- Andy.
- Sorry to call you so late.

What's happened?

I'm down near Gerringong.
Do you know where that is?

- South?
- Way, way south.

In fact, the round trip's about
four hours, probably,

which is not good news.

Why?

Because a bushwalker just found
Steven Blakely's body out here.

So Dianne and Brian

didn't throw him off North Head.

In fact, given the time
it takes to get here,

they weren't even the ones who buried him.

Janet King's gung-ho approach in this trial

has caused a serious miscarriage of justice.

- So who buried him?
- I have no idea.

You find this third man or
Dianne and her son will walk.

Blakely didn't know that.

They argued for about five minutes.

Four hours later,
Blakely is dead.

Don't fuck up what you've got

by getting involved in things
that don't concern you.

Don't interfere.

Tim Clarke, my child porn man.

You seriously need to think

about getting this Clarke guy
off the street.

He's a bad man.

Get away from her.
Get the fuck away from her!

I know what you do with young girls.

I was going to tell you...

Oh, you are so fucking perfect.

So tied up with your work,
you don't even see

what's going on around you anymore.

The Vasilich family had nothing
to do with that murder.

Blakely's murder is
just a small part of it.

Small part of what?