1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the Criminal Justice System, the people are represented 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,520 by two separate, yet equally important, groups. 3 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:07,480 The Police, who investigate crime 4 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,320 and the Crown Prosecutors, who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,360 These are their stories. 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,120 Stab wound. It's fresh. She's lost a lot of blood already, though. 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,040 We got here a couple of minutes ago. It's OK, I'll take over. 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,720 Right, got it? 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,120 Are you OK? 10 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,400 Who called it in? A PCSO called Lenny. 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,480 He's giving his statement to a uniform now. 12 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:40,840 Tell him I wanna see him once he's done. All right. 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,240 SOCOs are on their way. What do we know about her? 14 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,600 Sally Carlow, 24 years old. 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,960 She was carrying some sweets from the stalls here. 16 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,440 Purse has got 40 quid in it. 17 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,800 And for that, she gets stabbed in broad daylight. 18 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,800 What's happening? We're going to put her in the ambulance now. 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,080 And how's she doing? Well, she was already gone 20 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,440 but I'm going to pronounce it at the hospital. 21 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,400 We didn't see her get knifed, we just saw this guy running away. 22 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,360 What can you tell me about him? It was at a distance, he was running. 23 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,400 Yep. I mean anything specific...would be helpful. 24 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,240 He had a black leather jacket. OK. 25 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,280 Are you blind? It was blue. 26 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,640 I ain't blind. I'm going out with you, aren't I? 27 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,120 Was it black or blue? I'd say it was blue. 28 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,480 It had like a red football shirt underneath. 29 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,400 OK. Did you see what team? 30 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,320 Arsenal. Liverpool. 31 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,720 He rode away on a red Piaggio scooter. 32 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,400 Beautiful. Right, and this beautiful scooter, 33 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,080 did you notice the registration? No. 34 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,080 But I can tell you it was a Typhoon 50cc. Rosso. 35 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,800 What, you noticed all that but you didn't see the reg? 36 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,680 Anything else? A white helmet. 37 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,640 He had the green and red stripes, like our flag. 38 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,840 It was totally sexy. 39 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,240 A single penetration. It was a three inch blade. 40 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,920 The bruising suggests it went right up to the hilt 41 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:51,760 but there are no clear identification markings. 42 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,840 So bag snatch, gone wrong. 43 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,280 Could all be a mistake. 44 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,000 No. Putting your pants on back to front is a mistake, Joe. 45 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,840 Is that the only wound? Yes, it went straight through the femoral artery. 46 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,080 There's nothing anybody could have done. 47 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,080 There's so little tearing. 48 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:13,280 Angle of entry suggests the attacker may have been 5'4", 5'5". 49 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,400 So our killer could have been a woman? 50 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,280 Or even a kid. 51 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:22,520 Here's what I don't get. 52 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,280 How can that many witnesses see so many different things? 53 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,680 Well, cos it all happens so fast, doesn't it? 54 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,680 Don't forget, it takes a while to sink in. 55 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,440 Then your suspect goes missing 56 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,000 and we're left talking to the Italian tourist board. 57 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,760 Anyway, you need 18, 19, 20, then you're round the clock. 58 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,880 CCTV is on its way in. I'll track the red scooter across London. 59 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,320 At least as far as I can. Thank you, Kayla. 60 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,280 Don't forget full reg is the priority. 61 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,000 Come on. 62 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,840 Not bad. 63 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,760 Oh, hang on. Ooh. 64 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,720 It's the new Gov. Turn that up, please. 65 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,280 'The courage shown by the families affected by knife crime 66 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,680 should be an inspiration to us all.' 67 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,800 When did she start? Monday. 68 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,600 We only cleared out the last of Wes' personal effects yesterday. 69 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,480 'Is knife crime your priority, Detective Inspector Flynn? 70 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,400 Yes. Absolutely. 71 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,360 So do you have any comment on today s Southwark stabbing? 72 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,240 It's all over Twitter. 73 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,560 Stabbing less than an hour ago. 74 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,720 No arrests. I don't know the details...' 75 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,080 Ouch. There you go. 76 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,200 Bitten by her own sound bite. 77 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,040 She' s being a plonk and she knows it. 78 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,040 Plonk? You mean plonker. 79 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,120 No, DS Hawkins, he means plonk. 80 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,360 Person of Little Or No Knowledge. It's what his generation 81 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,600 called us Doris' before they realised 82 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,720 that we had brains as well as tits. 83 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,000 Well, I was just saying - Yeah, I know exactly what you were saying. 84 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,240 And fighting knife crime, that's not just a sound bite, not for me. 85 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,600 Joe, could you nip downstairs 86 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,680 and get the rest of the eyewitness reports? 87 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,960 Oh, and when you've finished your game of darts, 88 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,320 there' s the murder of a young woman to solve. 89 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,080 I like her. 90 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:09,240 I am not having her accuse me of being a dinosaur. 91 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,320 I don't know if it's me you need to be telling, Ron. 92 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,600 I'm not gonna get another chance to make a first impression, am I? 93 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,720 Hey, Kayla, what you got? 94 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,400 Yeah. All right, thanks. 95 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,680 Owner of the scooter. Chadwicke estate. 96 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,480 Lovely. 97 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,040 Yeah... I own a red Piaggio. 98 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,760 Or at least I did till about eight o'clock this morning. 99 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,440 Right. What happened then? I saw it had been nicked. 100 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,000 Every night I chain it to the railings over there. 101 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,560 Did you report it? Why would I? 102 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,680 I used to report graffiti and vandalism to you people all the time 103 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,800 and I got nothing back. Why are you so interested in my scooter now? 104 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,000 Because it was used during a fatal stabbing this morning. 105 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,360 How tall are you, Mr King? 106 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,360 What has that got to do with anything? 107 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,760 What, because I'm short, I'm more suspicious? 108 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,600 Well, tell you what, in this particular investigation, yeah. 109 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,040 Whoever you're looking for, it isn't me. 110 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:03,880 Somebody stole my scooter 111 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,360 and then dumped it when they were done with it. 112 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,960 So you know where it is? Yeah. 113 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:13,880 And where is it, Mr King? 114 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,800 It' s on the other side of the estate. 115 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,600 No, not going to get anything off this now, Ron. 116 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,400 Not even the VIN details. 117 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,840 No. In fact, Mr King, how do you know for sure that it' s your scooter? 118 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:28,440 Cos it was my crash helmet that was lying next to it. 119 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,880 He works the morning shift at a local cafe. 120 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,720 They've confirmed he was there. And how's your evidence? 121 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,600 Well, it's mainly intact. 122 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,640 I've asked Lilly to come and do us a favour 123 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,200 and she said yes, she'll take some prints from that. 124 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,440 OK. Any news, you let me know. 125 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,880 Just think of me as a third man in the team. 126 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:54,440 Is that a problem? 127 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,040 No. Not at all. Good. 128 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,200 I like to keep my hands dirty. 129 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,480 (KNOCK AT THE DOOR) We've tracked down Sally's next of kin. 130 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:07,000 Her dad Albert is downstairs. And she has a son, Jack. 131 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,880 I need answers. 132 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,840 We both do. 133 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,360 Yeah, of course, Mr Carlow, we'll do our best to provide them. 134 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,360 How long had your daughter been in London? 135 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,160 Nearly two years. She came down here to teach art to kids. 136 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,640 This is probably just a random event but I have to ask you 137 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,480 if you know of anyone who would want to hurt Sally or bear a grudge? 138 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:36,000 No. Jack's her world, she didn't have much time for anyone 139 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,760 other than him and her kids at school. 140 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:43,120 Still, if we could get a list of all of her friends in the area, 141 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,240 might be helpful. 142 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,080 Someone must have seen something. 143 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,680 We've got lots of eyewitness statements. 144 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,520 We're working on it. 145 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,480 I need to know you'll get him. 146 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,480 Whoever did this. We will. 147 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,920 How do I tell him we've lost his mother? 148 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,320 Hello, Jack. Hello. 149 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,960 My name's Ronnie. 150 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,840 Pleased to meet you. 151 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:26,680 And... I'm a policeman...but I don't wear a uniform. 152 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:31,320 Anyway, I've been around a long time, you know, 153 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,760 a long, long time, a bit like a dinosaur. 154 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,800 Do I look old? Yeah. 155 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,280 And, erm...there are loads of things I don't understand in this world, 156 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:48,400 you know, and one of those things is that sometimes 157 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,680 bad things happen to good people. 158 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,600 I can't explain it. 159 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:02,760 But today, something very sad has happened. 160 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,360 So the owner's prints are all over it as you'd expect. 161 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,600 I was worried the fire damage would leave us with nothing else but... 162 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,520 on the very edge of the rim, there is one partial thumb print. 163 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,400 Oh. Any matches? 164 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,560 It's difficult to be certain with the partial 165 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:32,520 but I'll email you over what I have. Thanks for coming in, Lil. 166 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,440 No problem, Ron. For you, anything. 167 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,160 It's a struggle with a partial print here, Ron. 168 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:47,440 Here we go. Bobbi Washington, 15 years of age. 169 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,680 Minor offences, including a bit of shoplifting and theft. 170 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:53,160 Latest was for carrying a knife. Yeah, got it. 171 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,040 He's registered to an address on Chadwicke estate. 172 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,360 That will explain why he dumped the scooter close to where he found it. 173 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,640 It's a big area, though. A lot of ways in and out. 174 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,400 We could lose him easy. We should probably call for backup. 175 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,920 On a Sunday, West Ham and Arsenal both at home? You're having a laugh. 176 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,160 No, no. I promised that little boy last night 177 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,120 that I would whoever killed his mum, and I'm not hanging around 178 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,040 now we know where this boy lives. All right, let's do it, then. 179 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,200 I'll tell the gov. Whoa, whoa. Wait till we've got something, Joe. 180 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,960 She said any news, let her know. I know, but I don't want her 181 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,240 breathing down our necks every step of the way. 182 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,720 No, you and I, let's check this out. All right. 183 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,240 Oi! Do you wanna stop banging? 184 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,120 What?! 185 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,000 Bobbi Washington live here? 186 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,880 Might do. Well, we need to ask him a few questions. 187 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,480 What do you lot need to ask little Bobbi about? 188 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,520 Who is it, babe? Jakes, innit. 189 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,280 Wanna speak to your boy. 190 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,680 We ain't seen him all morning so leave us alone. 191 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:54,440 You hearing me? Yeah, I'm hearing you, 192 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,960 but we're still gonna need to ask him a few questions. 193 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,200 You ain't going nowhere without a warrant. 194 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,360 Joe! 195 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,360 Joe! Out the way. 196 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,960 Go, go, go. Go on, Joe. 197 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,360 I didn't see which way he went. 198 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,600 Don't you dare say I told you so. 199 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,960 How the hell did a 15-year-old kid get past you in the first place? 200 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,000 He just did. I mean, we're not happy about it but it is what it is. 201 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,120 Sorry. And I told you to call me the minute you had something. 202 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:44,880 You know, with all due respect, gov, 203 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,320 we don't really need you looking over our shoulder. 204 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,400 Now, if you will excuse me, I've got a family I need to interview. 205 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,280 Police. 206 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,120 Did he talk to DI Leyton like that? 207 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,360 To be fair, he just wants the kid caught. 208 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,200 So do I. 209 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,800 Bobbi does his own thing. We have no control over him any more. 210 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,120 Right, and that's Bobbi in the photo, yeah? 211 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,320 Yep. And who's the girl? 212 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,360 Well, you know what, we can wait all day for an answer, no problem. 213 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,880 Joe, bung the kettle on, we're clearly staying. 214 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,760 Zana. His big mouth sister. 215 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,080 What? As soon as we answer their dumb questions, 216 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,920 the sooner they can piss off. 217 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,760 That's my girl. 218 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,280 What do you care? You don't see her no more. 219 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,360 And where is she? 220 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:43,960 Where is she? 221 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,320 She lives in Tooting with her boyfriend. 222 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,200 I wish I had seen him. 223 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,480 Knock some sense into his thick skull. 224 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,800 Why do you say that? Bobbi was a good kid before Warren come along. 225 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,200 He still could be. Hmm. 226 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,320 Well, if we can speak to him, Zana, we might be able to help with that. 227 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,880 And Warren, he's your mum's boyfriend, yeah? 228 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,760 Yeah. 229 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,400 Yeah, we've met. He's a real charmer. He gets Bobbi to steal for him 230 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,960 so he and mum can stay at home and get wasted. 231 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,600 You know, Zana, this is a little more serious than just petty theft. 232 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,400 We want to speak to Bobbi about a stabbing. 233 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,880 A woman was killed during a mugging. 234 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,440 Yeah, and what did Bobbi do? He is the only person we're looking for. 235 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,960 So you see why we need to find him. 236 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,960 Where have you been? 237 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:37,960 Jamal, I needed the car for work. 238 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,760 I went to Liverpool Street. Why did you go there? 239 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,200 Yeah, Jamal. Why did you go there? 240 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,080 I was doing your brother a favour. 241 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,560 He's got family in Roydon 242 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:58,440 and the next train leaves in about ten minutes so look lively. 243 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,520 Split them up, Joe. Two up, two down. You two, straight across. 244 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,120 Right. That's a needle in a haystack there, isn't it? 245 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,040 No chance. Right there. 246 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,240 Where? Middle seat on the bench. 247 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,000 Oh, yeah, yeah. 248 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,840 Right, got him. 249 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,840 OK, guys, he is opposite platform nine and ten. 250 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,840 So that's platform nine and ten. 251 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,800 OK, Joe's onto it. 252 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,640 Suspect's on the move...on foot, headed towards the main exit. 253 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,480 Police! Out the way. 254 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,240 Escalator, at the top. 255 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,560 Not this time, Bobbi, son. Come with me. 256 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,960 Nobody frisks me, you you know what I'm saying? 257 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:52,680 Do me a favour, Bobbi, play the game. 258 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,880 Yeah, you just want to cop a quick feel, innit? 259 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,760 Especially you, grandad. Oh, really? 260 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,720 We just want to see if you're carrying anything, Bobbi. Yeah? 261 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,640 No feds are gonna violate my personal space without my say so. 262 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,400 I hear tough-guy gangster but I'm seeing silly little boy. 263 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,200 Shut up, old man! Is that all? That's your best shot, is it? 264 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,200 Why you giving me so much grief? Who died? 265 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:14,080 Hey. Don't say or do anything stupid, Bobbi. 266 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,440 We are going to search you and then we are going to arrest you. 267 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,320 It's not going to end any other way. 268 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,200 Screw you. Turn around. 269 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,240 We are looking for a murder weapon so forgive us for not taking any risks. 270 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,000 Just let us search you, son. 271 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,200 Is this what you want to see? 272 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,120 I told you, I ain't carrying. 273 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,560 I don't know no Sally. Of course you don't know Sally. 274 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,840 You chose her at random to steal her purse 275 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,760 and when she fought back, you panicked and you stabbed her. 276 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,840 I don't panic. 277 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,160 And I didn't stab no-one. Well, you know what, son? 278 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,480 Sally...is dead. 279 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,760 She leaves behind a six-year-old son 280 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,720 who's got to deal with that loss for the rest of his life. 281 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:05,520 Now, please, don't give us any more pain, just admit what you've done. 282 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,000 My client doesn't have to admit to anything. 283 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,960 Bobbi...come on, son. What do you say? 284 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,760 You know how old people smell of biscuits? 285 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,200 Well, that's you. 286 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,560 You smell old. 287 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:33,120 Bobbi...we have a print on the crash helmet. 288 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,400 It's not going to be long before we have you on CCTV, as well. 289 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,120 Well, you don't have the footage yet. And about that print... 290 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,960 Contaminated? How? 291 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,720 Talk to your forensic team. 292 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,800 Something about smoke damage and clarity of image. 293 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,920 This is not a shoplifter who needs a slap on the wrist, Namita. 294 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,920 He's under arrest for murder. An illegal arrest, by the way. 295 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,680 You are kidding? 296 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,080 He ran away from us twice, when we cornered him. 297 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,760 Now you're going to try and get him off on a technicality? 298 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,160 The Police and Criminal Evidence Act is not a technicality, detective. 299 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,720 What does she mean? What happened? Nothing happened. 300 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,600 This is just a tactic. Pure and simple. 301 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,640 PACE is there to stop you taking advantage of vulnerable people 302 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,800 Vulnerable? This is a boy who stabbed someone in broad daylight. 303 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,960 Who will do anything you ask. It was a public place and he dropped 304 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,920 his trousers because you bullied him. We were making an arrest. 305 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,120 This would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous. He wears his trousers 306 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:31,040 half way down his backside for a kick off. I've heard enough. 307 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,200 The search was illegal. You've no evidence 308 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,000 with which to hold my client. 309 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,520 You can't be considering letting him go, surely? 310 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,280 If the print isn't holding up, we haven't got enough. 311 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,280 Thank you. 312 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,640 Right, keep him here. The reason doesn't matter, we need more time. 313 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,720 The reason doesn't matter? What century are you working in? 314 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,920 This is happening, Ronnie, deal with it. 315 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,200 Bobbi asked for a lift and that's what I gave him. 316 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,600 And you didn't ask why? You've seen his step dad. 317 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,600 If Bobbi wants to stay somewhere else, I can understand that. 318 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,560 Whilst he was in the car, he didn't say anything at all 319 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,400 or ask you to do anything for him? Take him anywhere? No. 320 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,280 Nothing in here, Ron. 321 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,360 Look, if that's everything, I have work. 322 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:39,360 Oh, you've got work? That's interesting 323 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:42,240 because I've seen forms claiming council tax benefits. 324 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,760 I mean, if the authorities find out you've got a job 325 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,240 and they're spending money on you for no good reason, 326 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,840 it's our duty to report that stuff. We don't earn enough 327 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,280 to cover food and rent as it is. You could be evicted. 328 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:55,280 You can't do that. Why not? Go and cosy up at Zana's mum's house. 329 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,520 She can't go back there. The reason Zana got her own place 330 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,600 is cos of Warren. She can't go back there, OK? 331 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,320 You know what, Jamal, you're going to have to help us out. 332 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,360 How much do you love Zana? Cos she's gonna want you 333 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:08,840 to do the right thing for her brother, isn't she? 334 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,600 Look, all I know is that we stopped at a cash point on the way. 335 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,200 Bobbi jumped out and ran behind the bins to take a leak. 336 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,120 That's all I know, I swear. 337 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,000 All right, guys. We got it. We're good, we're good. 338 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,920 Thank you. Ooh. Jamal. 339 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,520 That is one hell of a leak. 340 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,880 OK, I want everyone searched. I don't want anyone getting hurt. 341 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,680 This is harassment, man! Do you know what Bobbi, son? 342 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,640 We haven't even started yet. 343 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,040 Anyone caught with a blade gets arrested 344 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,560 and sent back to the station for processing. 345 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,440 I ain't done nothing wrong. 346 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,200 No-one wants you here. This isn't going away, son. 347 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,840 The white bitch deserved it. What did you just say?! 348 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,760 We good, Ron? 349 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,640 Do you know what? I couldn't be better. 350 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,840 Our main man here's just confessed. You what? 351 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,000 Do you want to tell Detective Hawkins what you just said to me? 352 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,920 No, didn't think so. Wrap it up, boys, we're done here. 353 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:26,080 The confession is uncorroborated and my client says it never happened. 354 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,840 Really? Is that right, Bobbi? Are you calling me a liar? 355 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,680 Don't answer that. 356 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,080 You turned up mob-handed in stab vests, four of you in uniform, 357 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,680 to intimidate a bunch of teenagers playing football? 358 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,840 One of whom is a murder suspect 359 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,280 and two others were caught carrying knives. 360 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,360 And exactly what evidence is it that's led you to pursue my client 361 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:47,080 as a murder suspect? The fact that he told me he did it 362 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,280 in the first place, that's a pretty good start, wouldn't you say? 363 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,040 He's lying. 364 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,480 So what did you say to DS Brooks, then, Bobbi? 365 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,320 Cos I saw you say something. 366 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,800 I told him he was too old to catch me if I ran. 367 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,080 I never admitted to no murder. 368 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,360 Did you hear this confession? No. 369 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:24,440 Bobbi said, 'The white bitch deserved it.' 370 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,280 And what did you say to him? 371 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,320 Well, to be fair, Ronnie didn't have time to say anything. 372 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,160 He just came out with it. 373 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,840 See, to a jury that's going to seem a bit convenient. 374 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,360 Suddenly he admits to a stabbing out the blue. 375 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:39,920 No offence, Kate, we're not dealing with a criminal mastermind here. 376 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,920 Bobbi's just a gobby teenager, that's it. 377 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,840 It doesn't matter. If a jury doesn't believe you, we have no prosecution. 378 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:47,840 But why wouldn't they believe me? 379 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,200 Ronnie, we trust you, obviously, 380 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,160 but in a your-word-versus-theirs argument, 381 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,600 not everyone believes the police officer. 382 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,760 Not anymore. 383 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,600 It would really help if you had some forensic evidence. 384 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,960 It's clean. No prints. What, none at all? 385 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,160 And none of the victim's DNA on the blade or on the handle. 386 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,120 So if this is the murder weapon, I can't prove it forensically. 387 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:19,000 So we've got nothing? Again. 388 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,160 Wait, what are these? 389 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,520 Here. I assumed they were wear and tear. 390 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,840 I'm sure I've seen markings like these on a knife 391 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,000 used in a gang stabbing a couple of years ago. 392 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,080 That might be worth digging a bit deeper. 393 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,800 Is Bobbi Washington in a gang? Not according to CRIMINT. 394 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,240 OK, well, I'll get the scratches checked out 395 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,000 but at as things stand at the moment, I can't give evidence 396 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 that this is the knife that killed Sally. 397 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,480 I swear this used to be a little bit easier. 398 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,600 We'll have to release him. 399 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,480 I also need to give an update to Borough Commander Stone. 400 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,480 Good luck with that. What makes you think I'm going on my own? 401 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,280 How do we not have this man in custody yet? 402 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,000 No, let me change that question, 403 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,080 because you already have had him in custody...twice. 404 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,960 Each time, the evidence fell apart at the last minute. 405 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,240 Fell apart? 406 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,560 Is that what you'd like to say to the press? 407 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,400 Cos they want to know why our streets are no longer safe. 408 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,560 They want to know how a 15-year-old scrote is running rings 409 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,880 around the finest officers that London can put out on the street. 410 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,080 Because, sir, this 15-year-old scrote 411 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,480 has one of the best duty solicitors on his side. 412 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,800 We know it's him, sir. We just need more evidence. 413 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,640 Oh, really? 414 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,600 And how do you know? 415 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,800 He confessed, sir. You have a confession? 416 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,080 Only Detective Brooks heard it. 417 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,120 And his word isn't good enough? 418 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,360 With respect, sir, that's not the point. 419 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,960 It won't work for the prosecution on its own. 420 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,000 What happened to the knife? 421 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 It's clean of the suspect's DNA. 422 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,320 And the eye witness reports? 423 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,960 They're still coming in but you know as well as I do, 424 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:03,040 when a suspect is wearing a motorcycle helmet and gloves, 425 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,320 we can't even secure an ethnic identification. 426 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,480 So how is this kid your prime suspect? 427 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,520 Because this is not our first time... 428 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,440 ..sir. 429 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,320 The circumstantial was enough to pursue Bobbi Washington 430 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,200 and it still is. 431 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,160 Excuse us. 432 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,600 OK...you're doing all you can, I can see that. 433 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,200 But this is your first week and we're already a laughing stock. 434 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,880 We're meant to be clearing the streets of knife crime. 435 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,840 I know...and we will. 436 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,440 Your team giving you enough support? Yes, absolutely. 437 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:54,040 Because if you need get rid of some deadwood, you'll have my approval. 438 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,200 No, we're fine, thank you, sir. 439 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,240 I know you, Lis. 440 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,800 I love your loyalty but seriously, Divisional Intelligence 441 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,760 have an opening if you need to give someone a promotion. 442 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,320 Get them out of harm's way. 443 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,320 Like you did with me? 444 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,680 Thank you for that. 445 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,800 Let's be very clear. I defended you for the team 446 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,480 because I don't want anyone thinking I am running a unit 447 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,440 that can't put a case together. 448 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,880 Well, we don't want anyone thinking that, do we? 449 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,720 I don't know what your problem is here, Brooks. 450 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,760 With respect, gov, we can put a case together. 451 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,800 We just need more time. Good. 452 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,840 Because I am not doing that again. 453 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,200 You were onto something with the scratches on the knife handle, Joe. 454 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:54,240 It seems all members of certain gangs would use the same markings, 455 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,240 like a badge of honour. 456 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,880 They stopped when they realised we were using it to identify them. 457 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,720 Muppets. 458 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,880 How does that help us, though, Lilly? 459 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,040 So, the rough edge of scratched plastic 460 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,000 is almost impossible to wash clean. 461 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,800 It picks up trace materials which become ingrained. 462 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,800 Like skin, grime, dirt. 463 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,320 Can you link that to Bobbi? The DNA I found is older 464 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,440 than the crime you're trying to solve, Ron. 465 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,360 Much older. 466 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:25,440 So who's DNA is it, then? 467 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,640 Bobbi's mum. Shonda. 468 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,080 How can we arrest his mum if the forensic evidence 469 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,120 doesn't relate to the crime? 470 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:41,720 Well, but...she don't know that, though, does she? 471 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,840 So bring her in anyway? 472 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,160 Yeah. And put her maternal instincts to the test. 473 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,400 Oh, man. Ain't you lot bored yet? 474 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,920 Bobbi! Jakes are here. 475 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,040 It's not Bobbi we've come to see. 476 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,760 Shonda Washington, I am arresting you 477 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,320 on suspicion of the murder of Sally Carlow. What? 478 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,080 You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence 479 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,080 if you do not mention when questioned... I didn't do anything. 480 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,000 ..something you later rely on in court. 481 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,120 Anything you do say may be given in evidence. 482 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,160 I didn't stab no-one! Get your hands off her. 483 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,200 It's a stretch, to say the very least. 484 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,280 And you don't want it getting out that Ronnie and Joe made an arrest 485 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,440 with insufficient evidence. But what if Shonda admits 486 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,360 that she gave the knife to Bobbi 487 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,200 and that he had it that morning? Isn't that enough? 488 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,680 By the sounds of it, she's all over the place. 489 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,840 The Jury's going to have a hard time believing anything she says. 490 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,720 Let alone a connection between a suspect and a murder weapon. 491 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,840 And how are they going to convince a mum to grass on her own son? 492 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,800 All she has to do is stay quiet. 493 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,240 Well, we're just going to have to trust Ronnie. 494 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,320 Ron, the solicitor's here. They're ready for us. 495 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,200 Let them wait. 496 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,080 What? 497 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,320 You know what, Joe. Time is our friend here. 498 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,160 I reckon another ten minutes should do it. 499 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,440 She wants a drink. I know I do. 500 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:23,760 So, how does a 15-year-old boy get hold of a gang-marked knife? 501 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,080 Lot of gangs in London. 502 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:31,560 But this particular knife has got your DNA all over it. 503 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,320 So how did it end up behind a supermarket 504 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,440 on the way to Liverpool Street station? 505 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,760 Bobbi nick it off you? 506 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,200 Maybe it was a Christmas present? 507 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,280 Show him how much you care? 508 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,200 Expensive habit, isn't it? 509 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,920 Even the cheap stuff costs an awful lot 510 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,080 when you put away as much as we do. 511 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,880 But when you start on the hard stuff, like a really good gin. 512 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,120 Or...the vodka... 513 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,320 ..I mean, how can you afford that on the social? 514 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,880 Got to be some extra money coming in from somewhere, Shonda. 515 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:39,520 Cos I know you would do anything for your next drink. 516 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,080 'Ey? 517 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,480 Wouldn't you? 518 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:51,000 Like, having loved ones steal for you. 519 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,240 And Bobbi, he's your little soldier. 520 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:59,520 He still loves his mum, bless him, and he'd do anything you ask. 521 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,800 But this time... 522 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,880 well...he's gone too far, hasn't he? 523 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:17,160 So...you tell us where Bobbi got this knife from... 524 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,800 ..and you can walk out that door. 525 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,840 Go anywhere you want. 526 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,840 Look, look. It's the feds I was telling you about. 527 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,640 They can't leave me alone. 528 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,640 See that old one. He loves me. 529 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,880 Funny guy Hmm. 530 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,360 Bobbi Washington, I am arresting you 531 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,440 on suspicion of the murder of Sally Carlow. 532 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,680 You can't do that. You do not have to say anything 533 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,760 but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned... 534 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,800 I haven't done nothing. ..something you later rely on in court. 535 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,040 You can't do that to me. Anything you do say may be given as evidence. 536 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,960 Get off me. 537 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,240 So the alcoholic mother will give evidence against her own son? 538 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,160 We need to see how she holds it together 539 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:18,960 in the witness box, but yes. 540 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,840 Will the jury believe her? 541 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,560 Well, it's the one absolute link 542 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,920 between Bobbi, the murder weapon and the victim. 543 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,320 And if that doesn't play, what are we left with? 544 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,120 The confession. 545 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,960 Which no-one but DS Brooks heard and which Bobbi denies. 546 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,280 Am I the only one taking Ronnie at his word on this? 547 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,120 You're the only prosecutor these days 548 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,080 taking any police officer at their word. He will be under oath. 549 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,120 It's still a tough ask to get the case home. 550 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,200 And if the jury doubt Ronnie, the whole trial collapses. 551 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,360 How did Bobbi's father die? 552 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,800 His biological father. 553 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,960 He was stabbed. 554 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,040 By whom? 555 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,600 He was a member of the Tottenham crew. 556 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,960 We both were. 557 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,240 They killed him cos he disabused the rules. 558 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000 And what rules were they? 559 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:25,480 It was expected for girlfriends to be shared around. 560 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,040 Shared for what? 561 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,840 Sex. 562 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:45,960 The rules were that they could have us whenever they wanted us. 563 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,040 Karl said no and they killed him for it. 564 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,720 The official report says that after Karl was stabbed, 565 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,520 his girlfriend picked up his knife and used it to defend herself. 566 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,280 That would be you? 567 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,440 Now, this was his gang-marked knife, 568 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,560 identified by two parallel scratches on the handle? 569 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,920 And what happened to that knife? 570 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,800 I was so scared that night. 571 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,920 More scared than I'd ever been in my life. 572 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,080 I didn't want my son to go through that. 573 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,360 Not ever. 574 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,720 So on his 13th birthday, 575 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:47,640 I gave Bobbi his dad's knife to protect himself 576 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,440 so that he could never feel as scared as I was. 577 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,480 This is the alleged murder weapon, which contains, 578 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,320 within the aforementioned scratches on the plastic handle, 579 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,840 DNA linking it to my client. 580 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,880 Is that correct? 581 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,680 Well... 582 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,360 no. 583 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,400 Oh, that's right. Forgive me. 584 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,880 The DNA found on the handle of that knife 585 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,200 doesn't belong to the defendant at all, does it? 586 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,840 Little less of the theatrics, Mr Greer. 587 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,840 My lord. 588 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:33,080 Ms Townsend, can you say with absolute certainty 589 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,560 that this is the murder weapon that was used against Sally Carlow? 590 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:41,840 Not with absolute certainty, no. 591 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,640 Well, it's not the answer we wanted to hear but it's not a surprise. 592 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,520 To be honest, if he hadn't gone there, 593 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,360 I'd have been disappointed. Well, it'd be nice for him 594 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,240 to slip up, wouldn't it? Just this once. 595 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:01,160 Greer doesn't make those kind of mistakes. Neither do I, Jake. 596 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,720 Bobbi confessed, I'm telling you. I believe you. 597 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,560 But the jury in there have all read about Hillsborough, 598 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,000 Leveson, plebgate. Those officers have undermined your credibility. 599 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,400 I'd like to string them up, I really would. Every last one of them. 600 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,760 What? You wouldn't? 601 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,240 Any of your mates brought the legal system crashing down around you? 602 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,240 Yes. Yes, I would. 603 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,720 How many years experience have you had in the force? 604 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:31,800 37. 605 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,520 And do you think you've developed a skill 606 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,280 of assessing or recognising patterns of criminal behaviour? 607 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,000 Yes, I suppose. 608 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,040 So, an officer with this skill 609 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,960 would see a suspect on the street and make an assessment... 610 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,040 in the moment? 611 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,880 Yes, taking everything into account. 612 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,320 Whether he's in a hoodie or a wig and gown, for example? 613 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,680 Well, it's not just about what they wear. 614 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,440 And I've known one or two crooks to wear a wig and gown. 615 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:08,480 Indeed. You must also take into account context, the local area. 616 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,280 The colour of their skin? 617 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,640 I fail to see what this has to do with the defence of Bobbi Washington. 618 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,360 It is indicative of character, My Lord. 619 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,200 What's your question? 620 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,040 Were you in active service in the summer of 1985 621 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,200 during the London race riots? 622 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,120 Yes. I was in uniform. 623 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,600 Did you read the Macpherson report? 624 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,720 No, not all of it. 625 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,960 But you are aware of the section which relates to the force in London 626 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,520 during that time suffering from institutional racism? 627 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,560 And again, my Lord! 628 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,280 I am just asking the jury to do with Detective Brooks 629 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,600 what he does when assessing a suspect. 630 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,440 Put his whole character in context. 631 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,560 I still don't hear a question. 632 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:57,160 When you saw my client, did you not make the assumption 633 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,520 he was a criminal because of how he looked? 634 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,000 Erm...no. We arrested Bobbi Washington 635 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,880 because we thought we had the necessary evidence. 636 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,960 Which you did not. 637 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:12,160 Which leads me to the question, why did you repeatedly arrest my client? 638 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,720 Was it not because he fitted a certain profile? 639 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:18,240 A certain racial profile? 640 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,640 No. His ethnic background had nothing to do with it. 641 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,520 So you don't suffer from institutional racism? No. 642 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,080 Not that you would admit it, even if you did. 643 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,280 You'll have to take my word for that. 644 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,240 Like the confession? 645 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,000 Forgive me. 646 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,440 Perhaps you just fit a certain profile. 647 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,720 The jury will disregard that last remark. 648 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,320 With one uncorroborated confession and no forensic evidence 649 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,560 against my client, I have submitted there is no case to answer. 650 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,760 Nothing has changed since the trial began. 651 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,560 The prosecution is anchored in this confession. 652 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,600 I have to say, having read the arguments, 653 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,800 I'm finding it hard to justify carrying on. 654 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:08,560 DS Brooks is a sworn police officer with nearly 40 years standing. 655 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,200 Who has a partner who will not testify on his behalf. 656 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,040 Because he didn't hear him! OK, OK. 657 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,960 Stop the mudslinging. 658 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,040 All the evidence is circumstantial. 659 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,640 There's not enough here to proceed... 660 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,280 ..which is why I'm granting a halftime dismissal. 661 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,920 That's it? 662 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:36,880 He just walks away? 663 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,800 Albert, I'm so sorry. 664 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,280 I just can't believe... 665 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,160 the little shit that killed my daughter 666 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,160 is allowed to walk free but you... 667 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,640 ..did your very best. 668 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,040 Don't take it personally, Ron. 669 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:02,080 How can I not? I promised his grandson, didn't I? 670 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,040 Now even he thinks I'm a liar. 671 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,720 But to just dismiss it like that is outrageous. 672 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:11,760 When we get back to the office, I'll see if we can lodge an appeal. 673 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,400 Won't make any difference. Any new judge will be swayed 674 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:17,480 by Lockwood's decision. We were pushing our luck with the evidence. 675 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,600 Ronnie doesn't deserve to be branded a racist, 676 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,000 even if it was only implied. I'll tell you what else 677 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,040 he shouldn't be branded as. The scapegoat. 678 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,920 Is Detective Brooks a racist? Absolutely not. 679 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,880 We had a suspect and we pursued them vigorously. 680 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:33,480 The case has collapsed. Surely someone must be held responsible? 681 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,240 This is a bad day for justice 682 00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,040 and we need to take a good, hard look 683 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,400 at how our officers deal with these types of cases. Thank you. 684 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,480 Ronnie. Ah, gov. These are the latest statements. 685 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,480 Came in this afternoon. There's bound to be something in here. 686 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,240 I need you to see something. 687 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:03,320 Gov, all due respect, I need to be getting on with this. 688 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,240 Don't make me pull rank. 689 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,800 Borough Commander Stone wants you to take a look at this. 690 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:22,640 Yeah, no problem. 691 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:28,560 It's based in Hackney so less of a commute for you. 692 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:31,760 Better hours. 693 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,840 You could be home every night by six. 694 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,840 Divisional Intelligence? 695 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,440 This will take me off the street. 696 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,760 So... 697 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,560 ..I'm the sacrifice? 698 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,600 After nearly 40 years? 699 00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:10,280 I think I deserve better than that, don't you? 700 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,920 Stone wants you to think about it overnight. 701 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,320 I need to give him an answer by ten o'clock tomorrow morning. 702 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:51,160 All right, I've read this statement three times already 703 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,480 and I still can't remember anything in it. 704 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,080 Time to call it a night, mate. We can't call it a night. 705 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,120 Ron! I'm not seeing anything new here. 706 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:00,360 Well, you know what? We've missed something. 707 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,120 We've got to keep looking. I don't know, have a cup of tea, 708 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,040 just give your brain a rest. All right. 709 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:06,800 Yeah. What number are you on? 710 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,600 Six. Six? 711 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,360 Yes. 712 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,640 Oh, straight in, look at that. 713 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,960 In it goes. Yes, get in, Ron. 714 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,560 Fantastic. 715 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:33,240 Ron, are you all right? 716 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,280 Yeah. Come on, Joe. Follow me. Quick. 717 00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:54,400 Your voice when you rang, I thought lives were at stake. 718 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,280 They are, Kayla, love. They are. 719 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,920 There you go. 720 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,760 Bloody hell. 721 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,080 Well done, love, thank you very much. 722 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,560 When we arrested Bobbi Washington at Liverpool Street station, 723 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,960 he was wearing that. Plain red football shirt, generic logo. 724 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:20,960 However, this eyewitness clearly states, 'On the day of the stabbing 725 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:22,760 he was wearing a red football shirt 726 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:24,840 with a gold number seven on the front.' 727 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,360 There's another shirt. 728 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,920 Now, I think that is blood. 729 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,360 Washed out, but still there. 730 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,320 Bag it up. 731 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,760 Bobbi came round here Saturday morning, didn't he, Jamal? 732 00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,520 And you washed that knife for him. 733 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,560 What were you thinking? I was trying to protect him. 734 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:50,560 I did it for you. 735 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,240 You know why most criminals get caught? 736 00:43:57,240 --> 00:43:59,360 Cos they're even more stupid than we are. 737 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,360 Seriously, why keep a bloodstained shirt? 738 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,520 My dad bought it for me. 739 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,960 My real dad. 740 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,600 It's the only thing I've got left of him. 741 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:41,040 Bobbi...what did you say to Detective Brooks? 742 00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:45,480 I told him the white bitch deserved it. 743 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,960 subtitles by Deluxe 744 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:43,960 .