1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,040 In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:05,440 the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:10,400 the police, who investigate crime, and the Crown prosecutors prosecute the offenders. 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,440 These are their stories. 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,240 Still no sign of target. Hold your positions. 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,480 The exchange is due to happen any minute. 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:25,400 All exits are covered. 8 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:29,440 Yeah, that's understood. Let's do another walk by. 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,280 Target has entered the park. 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,160 So, what's happening? 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:41,760 There he is. 12 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,320 Target is here. Repeat, target is here. 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,360 All units, stand by. 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,680 Tell them to take it easy. Just hold on. Standing by. 15 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,320 Have you got it? You got your side? Yeah. 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,360 Show us. 17 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,160 Give it. Show us the product. 18 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,680 What do you think this is? I think we've got a weapon here, Ron. Shit. 19 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,080 What, a gun? Give us the money. I don't want to take it from you. 20 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,640 Target appears to be armed. Repeat, target appears to be armed. 21 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,000 Go ahead. I don't mean to rob you. 22 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,160 Oh, no, no... This is not good. 23 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,680 Oh, shit! Target red! Target red! All units, go! Let's go! Go! Go! 24 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,000 Oi! 25 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,240 Dave Simmons, I'm arresting you on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug. 26 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,920 You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence 27 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:17,320 if you do not mention when questioned something you later rely on in court. 28 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,880 Anything you do say may be given as evidence. Did he have it? Did he have the heroin? 29 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:27,640 I think it was in the rucksack. It's in the river now. Call the divers. Maybe they'll find something. 30 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,320 Dave, when I said find something, I didn't mean... 31 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:48,840 I bet you win lots of prizes on the claw game at the fairground. You're meant to be looking for a rucksack. 32 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,400 Ron! 33 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,840 Looks like someone was trying to bury more than just a car. 34 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,640 Simmons squealed as soon as we found a rucksack full of heroin. 35 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,400 He admitted to possession, supply, threatening an officer, everything. 36 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,360 Good. Absolutely, which must mean we can say goodbye to the drug squad. 37 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,400 Aww... Wouldn't that just make your day, Ron? Yes, it would, Wes. 38 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,640 Look, sitting around in cars for hours on end every day is a waste of our talents. 39 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,960 Yeah, not to mention what it's doing to his back. 40 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,080 Well, I've had a word with Callaghan. Drugs work is done. Your secondment is over. Result. 41 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,240 Yeah, but you've got the loose end of the body in the boot. 42 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:14,120 A suspected murder, which makes it ours, so wrap it up as quickly as you can, will you fellas? 43 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:22,520 From the skeleton size and joint wear, I'd say...male between late teens and 30. 44 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,520 Do we have any idea of the ethnic background? 45 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,160 It's impossible to say for sure, but bone density suggests he's probably not Caucasian. 46 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,920 So, we are looking for a missing person, 47 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,000 bloke, average height, 20-something, probably non-white. 48 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,240 He broke his collarbone at least ten years before he died. 49 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,680 Do you think the head wound was the cause of death? 50 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,720 It's difficult to say. 51 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,800 Could he have hit something in the boot of the car? 52 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,160 I'd be surprised. He would have been pretty wedged in there. 53 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,080 I think whatever caused the skull fracture happened before he was dumped. 54 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,800 Hmm... Right, Eleanor, how long do you think he'd been down there? 55 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,560 Body has near-complete decomposition... 56 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,440 Anything between 25 and 30 years. 57 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:09,720 The last registered keeper of the Dolomite was a Rebecca Connor in '84. 58 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,640 After that, no more records. We're trying to track her down now. 59 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,160 And we're also looking for missing persons around that time, '82-'88. 60 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,000 It's going to take a while. I didn't say, "Take a while." I said, "As quickly as you can. 61 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,160 Give the grunt work to somebody else and help me out here. Clear this off your desk. 62 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,880 The Dolomite was mine? I loved that car. 63 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,440 Worked two jobs so I could afford to run the thing. 64 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,000 And what did you do with it? I sold it to a mate. 65 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,040 There's no paperwork at the DVLA. 66 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,160 Mmm. It was for a ton in cash, sweetie. 67 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,000 I needed the money and Nikki offered to take the car off my hands. 68 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,200 Does Nikki have a surname? Carroll. Nikki Carroll. 69 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,160 What about an address for Nikki? Do you know where she lives? 70 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,200 Er... Well... 71 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,920 Well, the East End, West End, was it? 72 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,760 We weren't in London, sweetheart. We were in Manchester. 73 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,160 That's where I had the car. 74 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,880 There are no missing person reports matching our timelines on any of the Northwest Police records. 75 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,920 None at all. How can that be? 76 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,640 Well, up until 1988, everything in Manchester was either hard copy or paper, 77 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,360 so if you wanted a file, you literally had to go and get it yourself. 78 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,800 Yeah, hello, love. I'm looking for an address, please. 79 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:28,120 So they didn't update anything to computers? They started but they ran out of money. 80 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,000 Yeah, Nikki Carroll. It's Nikki Carroll. Yeah. 81 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,640 No, I'm literally just waiting for an address. 82 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,360 Oh, brilliant. OK. 83 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,360 That is great. Thanks ever so much. Cheers. 84 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:45,760 Right, OK. Nikki Carroll is on the Crimint database, but not in Manchester. 85 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,800 Known charges are breach of the peace, 86 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,920 common assault with conditional discharge, all in London, all outside police stations. 87 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,040 So, it seems she was a bit of an old-fashioned activist. 88 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,000 I don't care who you've come to see. No-one talks to anyone without a lawyer. 89 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,520 I've just got these kids to trust me and start opening up 90 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,120 and I'm not going to have that destroyed by you lot throwing your weight around. 91 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,640 Are we clear? Yes, that's clear. 92 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,960 However, we're not here to see them. Are you Nikki Carroll? 93 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,800 Why do you want to know? Did you own a brown Triumph Dolomite back in the '80s? 94 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,120 Bought for cash from Rebecca Connor? 95 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:35,760 You found it? We're trying to track it down to the last owner, and at the moment, the trail goes cold with you. 96 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,480 Oh... Oh, my God. 97 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,000 After all this time. 98 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,720 Have you found him? 99 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,200 OK, who is it you think we've found? 100 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,320 You've found my brother, haven't you? 101 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,400 He had a broken collarbone. 102 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,440 He went over the handlebars of his Raleigh Chopper, like every other boy that age. 103 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,360 I lent him the car. 104 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,760 What was your brother's name? 105 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,560 Taylor. Taylor Kane. 106 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,960 He kept Dad's surname. Idolised him. 107 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,920 Any idea why he came to London? Something to do with his job. 108 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,360 Right. What did he work as? 109 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,080 Taylor Kane was a police officer. 110 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,360 You're Maggie Kane's daughter, aren't you? 111 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,800 Yeah, well, I remember your mum doing all the campaigning to find your brother. 112 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,400 Mid-'80s? It was summer. 113 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,680 '85. 114 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:02,600 We still don't know exactly when. 115 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,880 He didn't tell us much about what he was up to. 116 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,800 We started out wandering the streets with an old photograph, trying to find him. 117 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,160 Slowly, we got people to support us, 118 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,920 but the death of hope ate away at her like cancer 119 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,120 and she died heartbroken a couple of years ago. 120 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,160 Is the campaign still going on? 121 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,760 We set up a trust, got charitable status, 122 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:34,880 but after years of nothing, the support just drifted away. 123 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,640 Everyone just gave up on him, 124 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,640 except me and my mum. 125 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,480 Well, Nikki, we believe your brother was murdered 126 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:46,680 and that means we won't give up on him. 127 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,360 Not until we find out who did it. 128 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:54,560 The Kane Trust. Yeah, that started and ended with just the two of them, mother and daughter, 129 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:57,160 but at its peak, they were getting press coverage, 130 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,480 they were lobbying parliament, they were fighting for the rights of ethnic minority officers. 131 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,160 They were a force for good, although the establishment didn't think so of course. 132 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,760 1985 though, Wes. Things were different back then. 133 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,200 One reason the Kane family was so angry though was the police lying. 134 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,960 "There's nothing more we can do." 135 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,000 Now Nikki's the last one left. Eh? 136 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,840 No kids, no other siblings, Mum died two years ago. 137 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:21,720 Yeah, I met her once. Formidable woman. 138 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,200 You could see the strain in her eyes already though. 139 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,640 We owe them a conviction. 140 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,840 That's not going to right the wrongs of that time though, is it? No, but it'll be a start. 141 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:38,520 What do you want us to do? Go back to the beginning, start again? Yeah, and this time, let's do it properly. 142 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,880 So, he completed his training in Manchester, '82. 143 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:49,760 Yeah, and it looks like he was seconded to London in '84, but it doesn't say why. 144 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,720 He had a handler in London. Eh? 145 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:55,920 Yeah. Ronnie, I think this guy was UC. 146 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:02,120 Well, not many black undercovers in those days. In fact, not many black officers, full stop, so... 147 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,280 That would explain a lot, him being UC. 148 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:09,000 I mean, being out of contact with his family, everyone else, even his chief oppo. Yeah, yeah. 149 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,440 Well, being under the radar was part of the job, 150 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,800 so no wonder Maggie Kane couldn't get any support from the force. 151 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,240 Hold on a minute. There's an end of service form here, signed and dated July '87. 152 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,840 Really? Well, how have they done that without a body, then? 153 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:30,000 I dunno, but it's signed off the chief op, London, Alexander Greene. 154 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,720 Alex Greene, yeah. And for the Northwest Police, Maurice Bennett. 155 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,880 I know Maurice Bennett. He took me through my detective exam. 156 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:41,040 Great copper. Great teacher. In fact, his reward was getting Manchester. 157 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,880 Mo Bennett? What was the name of the handler? Er... 158 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,400 Peter Langham. 159 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,360 I lost touch with Taylor, simple as that. You didn't follow it up? 160 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,200 This was before mobile phones, son. He was UC. I couldn't just knock on his door. 161 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:01,280 I did explain all this at the time, even to his family. 162 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,400 When was the last time you saw Taylor? 163 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,240 It was the night after it all kicked off in Brixton. 164 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,280 The riots? 165 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:12,240 And where was the meeting, Pete? A coppers' pub down in Lambeth, The Singing Sparrow. 166 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,280 Do you know it? Yeah. 167 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,040 I didn't want to meet him inside, careless talk and all that. 168 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,080 We met down the road. 169 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,120 And what did he say? 170 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,160 That he was scared. 171 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,200 And who could blame him? 172 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,960 We thought we'd lost control of the streets that night. 173 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,320 Anyone who can corroborate that meeting? 174 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,200 No. You'll just have take my word for it. 175 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,240 Who was you drinking with, Pete? 176 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,280 God, it was a long time ago. 177 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:44,240 Yeah, but if I went back through the archive, maybe found your blue diary, that might jog your memory. 178 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,280 What do you think? 179 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,120 If it was anyone, it would have been Darren Grady. 180 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,120 We trained together. 181 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,080 What was that about Langham's diary? I saw the blood drain from his face. 182 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:01,440 Oh, yeah, the old A4 blue diary. Before your time. We all had to have them, write everything down. 183 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,680 If we left a detail out, it could ruin us. 184 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:07,840 Just the mention of them diaries can still put the fear of God into coppers of a certain age. 185 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,800 We jumped out of that van straight into a war zone. 186 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,160 My partner that night had a petrol bomb chucked at him. 187 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,200 He burned right in front of me. 188 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,720 I don't remember his name ever hitting the headlines. 189 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,960 Well, there were a lot of victims involved in all that mess, that's for sure, 190 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:30,800 but we're concentrating on the disappearance of a young police officer. 191 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,440 Give us five minutes, would you? OK. 192 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,280 You recognise him, DS Grady? No. 193 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,640 You didn't see him that night with your mate, Peter Langham? 194 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,080 How would I know? It was over 20 years ago. 195 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,760 And it was dark. 196 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,520 So, what, we all look alike in the darkness, do we? 197 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,280 All I remember is I got very drunk and I drove home. 198 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,120 You drove drunk? Yeah. 199 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:05,880 Well, I was young, and stupid. 200 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,080 You'll know all about that. 201 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,120 I remember the young bit. 202 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,960 Thank you, Darren. We've heard enough. 203 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,760 Oh, a friendly word of advice, fellas... 204 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,280 A lot of serving officers from that time are still in the force, 205 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,320 and a lot of them are in very powerful positions. 206 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,040 We don't care. 207 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,760 We're doing everything we can to find out who killed your brother. 208 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,920 Forgive me if I don't gush with thanks. 209 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,960 I understand we haven't exactly covered ourselves in glory. 210 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,720 I'm starting the campaign again. 211 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,360 I've been in touch with a few of the old members, 212 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,880 people who've also lost relatives in the system with no explanation. 213 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,440 I don't know how helpful that would be, Nikki. 214 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,760 We need to keep a low profile until we have enough evidence. 215 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:04,640 Why? Because it would be embarrassing if, after all this time, my mum was right? Nikki, please. 216 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:09,200 I was a copper on the streets at the same time as your brother. I know how much this means to you. 217 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,240 You have no idea. 218 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:17,840 We'll be on Facebook, Twitter, in the papers... 219 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,560 Anywhere you can find us, we'll be hammering at your door until we get answers. 220 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,320 You have to believe me, this is now our priority case. 221 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:29,240 Yeah, because I'm threatening to go to the press. No, because it's the right thing to do. 222 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,280 I wish I could believe you. 223 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,160 You didn't have to come down from Manchester for this. We could have done it over the phone. 224 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,200 No problem, Ronnie. 225 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,640 Yeah. Any excuse to say hello. 226 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,360 Good to see you. He used to be one of my best students, you know? 227 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,200 Mr Bennett, if you don't mind, 228 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,720 why didn't anyone investigate Taylor Kane's disappearance? 229 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,040 Well, there was nothing to investigate. 230 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:08,240 No body, and after an extensive search of known haunts, it didn't look like we'd find one. 231 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,880 And that didn't worry you, I mean that he'd completely disappeared? 232 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,360 In Manchester, we all thought he'd stayed in London 233 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:18,800 and they thought he'd gone native. 234 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,320 Oh, it happens sometimes, especially with younger officers. 235 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,320 And different departments hardly ever spoke to each other in those days. 236 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,360 We weren't exactly joined up. 237 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:34,520 I know. The family campaigned for action for years afterwards, didn't they? Aye. 238 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,560 His poor mother. 239 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:41,640 She begged me to go on looking, but we quite genuinely didn't know where to start. 240 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,760 Maurice, you signed Taylor Kane's end of service record, yeah? 241 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:56,400 We were drowning in paperwork, but it had already been countersigned by the chief of operations in London. 242 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,440 Yeah, Alex Greene. 243 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,480 That's right, yeah. 244 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,400 I mean, I assumed that all the necessary checks had already been done. 245 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,040 Have you spoken to Alex? No. 246 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,480 Private security consultant now. 247 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:13,160 I hear he's doing rather well. 248 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,640 We desperately needed young black officers. 249 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,080 There were places that most of our usual fellows couldn't go. 250 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,760 Or wouldn't. Certain clubs, certain estates. 251 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,800 You remember? Of course, yeah. 252 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,920 We didn't have too many candidates to choose from in those days. 253 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,280 It's better now with the whole, you know, PC positive-discrimination thing. 254 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,000 What was Taylor Kane doing for us? 255 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,840 Sorry, Ron. No worries. Hello? 256 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,400 He was attempting to infiltrate a Jamaican network in Brixton. 257 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,800 We were terrified of more civil unrest at the time. 258 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,440 We wanted to find out who the ringleaders were. 259 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,040 And who decided to declare him dead? 260 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,080 I don't remember who exactly. 261 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,840 In some committee or other. 262 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,760 We were still paying pension contributions at full salary. 263 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,800 You can't do that indefinitely, waste of resources. 264 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,880 Did the Kane family receive a death in service payout? 265 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,720 We had no proof he died in service. 266 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,000 Is it any wonder they hated us, then? 267 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,680 Isn't it a little late for all this? 268 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:28,080 I'm glad he's been found at last, but...is this really helping anybody? 269 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:33,120 Well, I'd have thought his sister for a start. She deserves answers, doesn't she? 270 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:36,520 That was Eleanor, back at the lab. Right. Thanks, Joe. 271 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,640 Thank you for the tea, Mr Greene. 272 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:48,480 I started off by trying various objects that could kill with a single blow, 273 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,400 a piece of scaffold, crowbar, that sort of thing... 274 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,440 Nothing matched. 275 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,840 And then, one of my magicians in the lab found this. 276 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,080 A tiny sliver of wood buried in the bone. 277 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,000 It's been protected from the water damage. It's teak. 278 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,760 That's nice work, so what do they make out of teak? 279 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,920 Furniture? That's where we started. 280 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,360 So, what did you find? That we were looking at the wrong things. 281 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,000 My first truncheon was made of teak. 282 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,080 They all were back then. 283 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,480 Well, look, it wouldn't have been his own. 284 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,080 He wouldn't have been armed. He wouldn't even have carried a warrant card. 285 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,040 So, what else? A colleague with a grudge? Did he sleep around? 286 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:33,080 No. He wouldn't have mixed with any other officers if he was undercover. 287 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,400 If it wasn't a fellow officer, where did the teak come from? 288 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,040 We all know the elephant in the room here. 289 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,720 He was a black kid in Brixton in the '80s. 290 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:47,400 There were enough white coppers in those days who hit hard with a stick first and asked questions later. 291 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,440 That is a massive accusation. 292 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:55,040 All right, look, maybe... What about... Well, it happened. ..internal white on black crime? 293 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,480 Then Internal Affairs should be dealing with this. No, not yet. 294 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:03,960 Not yet. I want to make sure of my facts before we go any further, so for now, it's just us. 295 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,000 Is that understood? Yeah, yeah. 296 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,680 The Ronster! Long time no see, old son. 297 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,720 What are you having? On the house. All right, Tel? I'm all right, thanks. I'm on duty. 298 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,960 Not that that ever stopped you. I thought you'd retired. 299 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,440 I tried. Or rather the brewery tried for me. 300 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,640 Chucked me out of the Sparrow a long time ago, but I found this place. 301 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,880 There you go. Thank you. What does your mate want? 302 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:33,160 You're all right, mate. Cheers. Actually, we need to ask you some questions about the Sparrow. 303 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,200 Do you recognise either of them? Were they regulars? 304 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,680 That is Darren Grady. That is Peter Langham. 305 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,720 Yeah, I remember him. 306 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,240 Night of the riots, September 29th. Ring any bells? 307 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,800 There was a big fight. Grady, he was in the thick of it. 308 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,040 You're sure? Oh, yeah. I had to confiscate his car keys. 309 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,880 Did he get the keys back? The following day, yeah. 310 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,720 I don't know whose car he blagged to get home. I saw him as he went flying past me. 311 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,880 What was it? I don't know. 312 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,000 It was brown. Triumph Dolomite? 313 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,400 Yeah. Yeah! 314 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,520 How'd you know that? 315 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:16,560 I have a list here of all the London officers who put in a requisition 316 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,360 for lost or damaged equipment from September to December, 1985. 317 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,640 Is this your name Mr Grady, 318 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,680 ordering a truncheon 319 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:32,440 on the 30th of September, the day after drinking at the Sparrow 320 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,560 the last time anyone saw Taylor Kane? 321 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,600 So what? 322 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:41,240 A lot of people damaged equipment that night. That's a fair point. 323 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,280 So I can go, yeah? 324 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,320 Wasted enough of each other's time? 325 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:53,600 However, you also stated that you drove home from the pub that night. 326 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,360 So, whose car were you driving, Darren? 327 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:05,320 It was my mate's. And he just gave you the keys, just like that, yeah? 328 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,760 Wes Leyton's your DI, isn't he? 329 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:17,360 See, that explains why you're all getting your knickers in a twist about some black kid from the '80s. 330 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:19,520 Trying to be Martin Luther King, is he? 331 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,080 Change the world? Good luck with that. 332 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:33,840 For the tape, Detective Inspector Leyton has just entered the room. 333 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,920 And he's about to issue a grovelling apology to Detective Sergeant Grady. 334 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,680 No, Darren. I'm about to arrest you for the murder of Taylor Kane. 335 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,760 DS Hawkins, read him his rights. 336 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:55,240 Darren Grady, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Taylor Kane. 337 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,560 You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence 338 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,720 if you do not mention when questioned something you later rely on in court. 339 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:10,560 The evidence we have is mostly circumstantial. We've got nothing to put the weapon in Grady's hand. 340 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,000 It sounds a bit of a stretch to get to charge. 341 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,560 Do you have anything else? Well, only ongoing lines of enquiry. 342 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,880 Sorry, Henry, I think you should look at the human interest side of this case. 343 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,480 Now, we have a young black police officer who was killed, 344 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,520 and goes missing for over 20 years 345 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,720 and the investigation into his death goes nowhere. 346 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,240 Yeah, but we can't be seen to favour a case just because it involves a police officer. 347 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:39,560 No more should we. I agree with you, Kate, but this was a high-profile case at the time, 348 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,120 which makes it even more shocking that nothing was done. 349 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,920 I can't authorise proceedings because you feel aggrieved. I don't feel aggrieved. 350 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:50,600 The commissioner asked me to keep an eye on this. It has the potential to be embarrassing for many people. 351 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,840 This is not the case to use to launch a crusade. 352 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,880 A crusade? This is one of our own. 353 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:59,640 I think you'll find, gentlemen, we're too late. Nikki Carroll is already on that bandwagon. 354 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,360 She's decided to restart her mother's campaign via social media, 355 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:06,960 and register Taylor Kane Trust as a going concern. 356 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:12,400 Of course she has. Yes, of course she has, Henry, because she feels we let her down last time. 357 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,640 Now, I think this woman should know that she can trust us now. 358 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,360 "We let her down"? I think you need to be a little more impartial than that. 359 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:23,800 OK, leave this with us while you carry on with your enquiries. 360 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,600 What are they exactly? 361 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,480 Well, you see in this paperwork that this line in particular is highlighted. 362 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:35,160 What about it? Well, WS, for instance, stands for witness statement. 363 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:40,520 In the ongoing investigation of a missing police officer there is a missing witness statement. 364 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,560 I think that needs looking into. 365 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,800 OK, but you call me if there's any progress. Are we clear? 366 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,280 We must learn new techniques and modern skills. 367 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,520 We must advance ourselves, 368 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,840 or we'll be left behind like so much dust on the road. 369 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,160 Thank you. 370 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,080 I'm sure there's nothing in there you haven't heard before. 371 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,520 Just the bit about being left behind, Alex. 372 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,120 What can I do for you? 373 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:22,160 Jacob Thorne, CPS. 374 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:27,880 The original investigation into the disappearance of Taylor Kane. Yes? 375 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,840 Is the paperwork complete? What do you mean? 376 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:35,800 Well, if we were to go back through the original files, would we be able to follow the paper trail? 377 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,160 You know, the old-fashioned police work. 378 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,280 I've got no reason to believe that anything should have gone astray. 379 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,400 Well, we seem to think that there is a witness statement missing, you see? 380 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,880 We have WS, witness statement, TK, Taylor Kane. 381 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:54,480 I'm assuming that the numbers are, I don't know, date or order number. 382 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:58,120 Basic police filing procedure. 383 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,160 Old-fashioned, but it worked. 384 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,720 We need to put the victim of this crime in a certain place at a certain time, 385 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,680 and a missing witness statement may be just what we need. 386 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,480 Or not. It might show he wasn't there at all, 387 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,400 destroy your theory altogether. 388 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,760 There were hundreds of bits of paper. It could have been anything. 389 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:28,080 Anyone else think our private consultant's developed a bit of a selective memory? Yeah. 390 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,360 How sure are you about this? 100%. 391 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:35,440 The reference is on the general registry docket summary, but it's not in the file. 392 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:41,560 Someone has removed it. Let's charge Darren Grady with the murder of Taylor Kane, see who looks scared. 393 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,640 Did you hear what I said about not making this a crusade? Loud and clear. 394 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,080 And calling me before doing anything? We have enough. 395 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,600 To charge Grady, a serving police officer with murder? 396 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,920 We have forensic evidence, we have a witness... Who thinks he saw something 25 years ago. 397 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:02,040 When Ronnie has provided us with the smoking truncheon, we'll have everything we need to get us home. 398 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,200 And you're sure that will happen? 100%. 399 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:12,240 My trust in you hangs by a very fine thread, Jake. 400 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,000 This case is already gathering a public profile. 401 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,720 I'd like to put the court on notice that we wish to make an application to dismiss. 402 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,840 As I see it, you have no case. The basic premise of the prosecution is a joke. 403 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,600 No offence. Thanks. None taken. 404 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,000 Skeleton arguments to me by next week. 405 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,240 Response seven days thereafter. Of course. 406 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,360 Are we ready? As much as we can be. 407 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,760 Mr Thorne? Yes? I'm Nikki Carroll, Taylor's sister. 408 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:49,240 Yes, of course. There's nothing really to see today, just a lot of huffing and puffing from both sides. 409 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,320 The defence can argue that we don't have enough evidence. 410 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,360 Don't try and fob me off. 411 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,200 I know a bit about the legal process. 412 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,240 Do you have enough evidence? 413 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,280 We will do by the time we go to trial. 414 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,600 But not yet? Miss Carroll, Jacob Thorne is the very best. 415 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,440 I promise you... Don't you dare give me a promise. 416 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,200 Don't you dare. 417 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:17,080 My mother died because she believed this day would never come. 418 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,960 Now you offer the possibility... Miss Carroll, you have to trust us. 419 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,000 How can I? 420 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,960 You've no idea what it was like 20 years ago. 421 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,160 Let us fight your case for you now. 422 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:34,560 We have every hope that we can put Grady away for the death of your brother. 423 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,120 Don't offer me hope now if you can't see this through. 424 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,880 We can't let her down. No. 425 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,600 We need that missing witness statement. 426 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,600 Putting the prosecution case at its highest, 427 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:01,640 is there enough evidence for a jury, properly directed, to convict? 428 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,520 This is a statement taken by Detective Brooks. 429 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,040 It is an eyewitness account of the pub landlord, Terry Wilson, 430 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,000 who ran The Singing Sparrow at the time of the murder. 431 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,520 Alleged murder. An eyewitness account from nearly 30 years ago, that's now your case? 432 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,080 My learned friend's argument is more desperate than I thought. 433 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:27,040 And we have reason to believe that the original investigation 434 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,560 into the disappearance of Taylor Kane is not entirely complete. 435 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,600 What do you mean, not complete? 436 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,200 Well, the current police investigation suggests 437 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:42,760 that a witness statement from the original 1985 enquiry is no longer present. 438 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:49,400 Mr Thorne, are you suggesting police involvement in this missing document? 439 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,440 Possibly. I would suggest that we do not dismiss this case 440 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,800 until we've had a chance to reveal the full and true picture. 441 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,920 My Lord, please, what has this to do with my client? 442 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,360 I believe there is enough evidence for examination by a jury. 443 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:12,120 A positive identification of the defendant driving Mr Kane's vehicle 444 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,720 and the replacement baton. 445 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:20,880 The proper forum for my learned friends' argument is at trial. 446 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:29,680 Congratulations. That was one of the most outrageous displays of manipulative argument I've seen. 447 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,400 Police corruption from years ago is a hot topic. 448 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,120 And unrelated to the defence of my client. I'll be making that clear in my opening. 449 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:39,280 The justice thinks otherwise. Because you played him. 450 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,800 Serve me a Section Eight. What?! 451 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,240 Once we're through the defence arguments, serve me a Section Eight 452 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,480 demanding the missing witness statement. 453 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:53,080 Why? He wants me to demand a document that we both know you don't have. 454 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,840 Yeah, I know what a Section Eight application is. 455 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,800 I'm just asking what he thinks he's playing at. Good question. 456 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:03,000 To find it, I need search warrants, lots of them, signed by a judge. 457 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,160 I can't do that without some momentum. 458 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,120 A demand from the defence council would give me that. 459 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,160 And why should I do that for you? 460 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,320 Because if it leads to nothing, my prosecution falls apart and your client walks. 461 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,800 Or it puts him at the scene of the crime and I'm shooting myself in the foot. 462 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,880 I don't need this to win, but you do, so I ask again. 463 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,920 Aren't you just a little bit curious? 464 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,840 And is that supposed to be a winning argument? 465 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,880 It is though, isn't it? 466 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,200 This could reveal a police cover-up or an almighty cockup. 467 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,240 I know how you work, Philip. 468 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,040 Not the least bit interested in finding out what that might be, who was responsible? 469 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:43,000 Don't try and play me like you played Prentice, Jake. I'm not that easy. 470 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,440 So let's play nice for once. 471 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,400 I need this, Philip. 472 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,840 I'll issue the Section Eight demanding that you hand over the witness statements, 473 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,280 then we'll go to trial and I'll wipe the floor with you 474 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,720 because I'll still have enough to destroy your case. 475 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,920 What's the view like? 476 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,040 From that tightrope you're walking. 477 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,000 Yeah? 478 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,840 Sir, Commissioner Callaghan for you. 479 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,920 It's a bit late for a house call, isn't it, sir? 480 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,640 Darren Grady... Yes? 481 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:45,800 Has the search for your missing witness statement revealed anything? We're still looking. 482 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,160 I've spoken to Henry Sharpe. 483 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:52,240 We worry the evidence may not be enough for a conviction. 484 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,280 With all due respect, sir, I'd like to get this finished. 485 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,400 We worked a long time, Wes, 486 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:06,240 officers like you and me, especially, 487 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:10,840 to remove the stain of institutional racism from our lives. 488 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,320 This could take us back ten years. 489 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,080 We can't brush this aside this time. 490 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:24,400 You know the Kane Trust? They were fighting for exactly the same things we were. 491 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,440 I know all about the trust, Wes. 492 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,760 We were large benefactors in the early years. 493 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,200 That family deserve a conviction. But at what cost? 494 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,960 It feels very much like you've chosen a side here, Wes. 495 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,560 You need to be careful. 496 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,680 You could come out of this very badly. 497 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:46,200 If you win, our PR teams will bury this. 498 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,880 A misdemeanour from the past we'd all rather forget, 499 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,560 different times, changing attitudes... 500 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,280 If you lose, it will bring disrepute upon us all. 501 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:01,800 Someone will have to be held responsible for that. 502 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,040 I'm willing to take that risk. 503 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,240 It's your call. 504 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:13,640 I shouldn't be getting worried calls from Commissioner Callaghan, Wes. 505 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,000 I have my own boss to contend with. But there's no news yet, so... 506 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,040 That's what's worrying him. 507 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:23,160 This case depends on new evidence being found, and we're running out of time. 508 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:28,920 The Section Eight application will allow me to press Prentice for the search warrants we need. Oh, God. 509 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,800 I don't know if my brother's killer will be brought to justice. 510 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,040 We have waited long enough for this day, 511 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,800 but the police have ignored our calls before, 512 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,840 so who knows, maybe they will again. 513 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,200 Nikki, please, don't do this. 514 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,120 It could bias the jury and the judge will dismiss the case. Is that what you want? 515 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,640 Don't let their deaths mean nothing. I won't. 516 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,080 Look, we'll be making a statement shortly. 517 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,400 Was Maggie Kane right all along? Did the police bury this case in the '80s? 518 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:04,640 If there was any police conspiracy from that time, rest assured we will get to the bottom of it. 519 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,800 Who said anything about a conspiracy? 520 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,360 Is there a conspiracy? How far does this go? Any statement you can make? 521 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,760 What the hell was that? I was trying to calm them down. Well, it didn't work. 522 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,040 It's nothing they didn't suspect. Or that you don't want them to pursue. 523 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,080 Oh, right, Henry, what exactly are you accusing me of? 524 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,880 However worthy the Kane Trust is, you are not a paid-up member. 525 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:29,160 You are an officer of the law. Get some distance on this before you bring us all down. 526 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:40,280 I issue these warrants in accordance with Section Eight of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984 527 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:44,200 to search the homes and workplaces of Maurice Bennett, 528 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,960 Darren Grady, Alexander Greene, Peter Langham... 529 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,760 Hey, Maurice, can I get you a lift anywhere? 530 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,680 No thanks, Ron. A taxi will take me where I want to go. 531 00:35:55,680 --> 00:36:02,400 About those warrants... We're going to have to search through your place. You know that, don't you? 532 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,280 Everything was filed, Ron. Everything. 533 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,680 St Thomas's, please. 534 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,400 You bastards! I'm one of you, for God's sake! 535 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,960 Not any more. 536 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,400 We have checked domestic addresses, business addresses 537 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,160 club lockers, favourite hotels. 538 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,640 Every stone has been turned over. 539 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,400 We've forensicated everything and we still cannot find this missing statement. 540 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:48,520 Maybe it's not going to be as easy as finding it in someone's knicker drawer, but it exists. 541 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,360 Don't we? Well, it used to, but... 542 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:55,760 Someone who worked the case back then, who worked with Grady, must know what was on it. 543 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:59,520 But if it is a cover-up, all they've got to do is stick to their story. 544 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:03,480 Let's be honest, they've had plenty of time to rehearse. Or to feel guilty. 545 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,520 What do you mean? 546 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,200 Well, 25 years is a long time to keep a secret that size, 547 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,680 and something that big, sooner or later, will eat away at you, won't it? 548 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,720 So, who's the weak link? 549 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:17,480 You know, don't you? Well, I have my suspicions, yeah. 550 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,840 Well, would you care to share them before we start the trial? 551 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,280 I need to make a phone call, pull in a favour. 552 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,080 Ronnie, don't make me go in there tomorrow with nothing. 553 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,120 I have to do this my own way. 554 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,000 There's a lot of old, respected men who have put in years of service, men I know. 555 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,880 You can't be sentimental here. No. I understand that, but some of these people are friends, 556 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,000 and, well, they'll be destroyed if we're right. 557 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,960 If? If? A few days ago, it was 100%. 558 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,720 Jake, it still is, but you lot know better than I do 559 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:50,680 there's a whole world of difference between knowing it and proving it. 560 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,040 Royal visit from the commissioner? 561 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,440 Oh, great. As if I wasn't feeling enough pressure! 562 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,840 Mr Wilson, why did you leave The Singing Sparrow? 563 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,000 The brewery wanted a younger man. 564 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,840 Oh? I have a dismissal notice here, 565 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:29,160 which refers to "unacceptable intoxicated behaviour whilst behind the bar." 566 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,440 Weren't you fired for being a drunk? No, I was not. 567 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,080 Then what could they possibly be referring to? 568 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,120 Regulars were generous. Ah. 569 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,600 And had the regulars been generous on the night in question? 570 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:50,160 I don't remember. Because it was so long ago or because you were inebriated? 571 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,520 I'll take that as a "don't know". 572 00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,560 No further questions, My Lord. 573 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,520 You taught me everything about being in the force, 574 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:12,560 not just about procedure and stuff, but about, you know, what it meant to carry a warrant card. 575 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:18,480 I remember you used to say people looked to us for leadership, for guidance. 576 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,520 I said that, did I? Yes, you did. 577 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,280 And that the people we serve look to us to make all the right choices. 578 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:29,040 You know what, Maurice, that was the greatest lesson I ever learnt. 579 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,080 I promise. 580 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,120 You were my best teacher, my favourite teacher. A hero. 581 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:36,920 I'm not sure I'm that man any more, Ron. 582 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,720 Look... 583 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:47,800 The CPS are going to ask you a question tomorrow. 584 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,280 If you want to wait till then, that's fine by me, I understand. 585 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:57,000 but I'm going to give you the chance to answer it to me first, right here, right now, as a friend. 586 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,840 Has anyone ever paid you to keep quiet about Taylor Kane? 587 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:06,600 Oh, that's a hell of a question. I'm sorry, but it's one I have to ask, 588 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:10,080 because I've had to call a couple of favours in, Maurice, 589 00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:14,280 and one of them was from someone who works in Admin at St Thomas's Hospital. 590 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:17,800 Yeah, client payments, you know, that sort of thing. 591 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,880 That is confidential! I know how much you've been paying 592 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,640 for private healthcare in the oncology department at St Thomas's. 593 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:29,120 I know. 594 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,880 Is it for your cancer? 595 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:33,920 I don't have bloody cancer! 596 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:39,320 Well, then, who's it for? Rose. She's got lung cancer. 597 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,480 Oh, Maurice, I'm sorry. I... 598 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,040 After everything, the least I could do was try and ease her pain, 599 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,840 and that bastard knew it. 600 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,880 What bastard? 601 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,480 Alex Greene. 602 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:59,080 He knew I'd never compromise myself for personal gain, but I'd do anything for my wife, 603 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,120 including taking his money. 604 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,840 Alex said it would all go away and I believed him. 605 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,480 Why didn't you tell us this before? I've been trying to all along! 606 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,120 Half truth here and there, hoping you'd fill in the gaps. 607 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,520 I never wanted to keep this secret, Ron. 608 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:19,640 It was out of my hands. Oh, don't give me all that, Maurice, please! 609 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,200 Oh... Why didn't you tell us this in the start? 610 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:30,560 You could have told Maggie Kane and her family this years ago, Maurice, saved them all the pain. 611 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,600 I know. 612 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:35,800 It was easier to take the money and keep quiet. 613 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,400 I swear to you, Ron, 614 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,440 it's all on file, the whole case. 615 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,440 There's a full duplicate of all the paperwork. 616 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,840 Paper files till 1988, Maurice. 617 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,360 Manchester, everything hand-written, eh? 618 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,400 The old-fashioned way. Of course. 619 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,960 Alex never knew about the copy in Manchester. 620 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,320 I'd forgotten it myself until all of this. 621 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,520 We thought it would be safe, hidden there forever, 622 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,280 for as long as Taylor Kane stayed buried in that river. 623 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:12,960 You know what, Maurice? I really hoped I was wrong. 624 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,000 I really did. 625 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,160 I cannot believe that even you have a price, Maurice. 626 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,840 God help the rest of us. 627 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,840 What is it you've found? 628 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,560 Everything we need. 629 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,480 The missing witness statement from Peter Langham. 630 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,520 Phew! 631 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,560 Where did you get this? 632 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,200 When Maurice Bennett ran Manchester in the '80s, 633 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:51,120 his team kept hand-written copies of all files on officers seconded to other departments 634 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,440 and other cities, which they dutifully did. 635 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,600 No-one questioned it, no-one asked about it and London didn't even know it was happening. 636 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,160 Peter Langham has agreed to testify against Grady. 637 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,920 On the night of the 29th of September, 1985, 638 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,600 I briefed Taylor Kane behind The Singing Sparrow. 639 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,640 No-one could see us. 640 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,160 He'd been involved in the riot the night before, 641 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,880 and, to prove his loyalty to the gang that he'd infiltrated, 642 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,800 he'd thrown bricks at the police, officers he knew. 643 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,120 He wanted out, and I said that we would do what we could. 644 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,040 And then I went back to the pub. 645 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,240 On my way, I passed Darren Grady outside the back door. 646 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,960 There had been a fight earlier 647 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,000 and he said he was getting some air. 648 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,520 About ten minutes later, I went back outside to check up on him, 649 00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:55,760 but he'd moved down the alley and was shouting at someone lying on the floor. 650 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,120 I walked towards him and called out. 651 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,400 When he heard me, he lifted the body off the floor 652 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,440 and dragged it round the corner. 653 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,520 Did you recognise the person on the floor? 654 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,400 It was Taylor Kane. 655 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:33,240 Did you speak of this incident with Grady at all? The following day. 656 00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:35,280 What did he say? Not to mention it. 657 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:41,320 Did you tell him you'd already made a statement with your chief of operations, Alex Greene? Yeah. 658 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,360 Then I got a call. 659 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,600 From? Alex Greene. 660 00:44:47,720 --> 00:44:50,480 Saying what? That I was never to mention it again. 661 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,520 And did you? Just once. 662 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:56,560 Who to? Chief of operations, Manchester, Maurice Bennett. 663 00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:00,280 And what did he say? He told me to do as I was told, 664 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:03,960 and that no-one would ever find out. 665 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,920 Subtitles by Deluxe