1 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,360 I was...always on your side. 2 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,390 I know. 3 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,000 I'm sorry. 4 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,750 This area has been condemned and ordered to be cleared. 5 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,390 Get lost! Back off! Back away! 6 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,790 You're a disgrace! 7 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,390 Leave your houses. Clear the area now! 8 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,190 These houses are being demolished. 9 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,120 Leave the area for your own safety. 10 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,320 Back off! 11 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,240 Hadaway with ya, you stupid knackers! 12 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,280 Stupid pig! 13 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,040 Come here! 14 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,240 Robbie, what are you doing? 15 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,070 Protecting my street. Why aye, so am I. 16 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,310 I'm going to tell your mum. Get lost, ya knacker! 17 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,320 Wait! Robbie! Come back here! 18 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,590 I'm not having this! Get back! 19 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:04,080 Robbie! Robbie! 20 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,040 Robbie, come back! 21 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,400 Go! Go! 22 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,200 Help... Help! 23 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,800 Help! Neil, I need help. 24 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,080 Hang on, Ash. Hang on. 25 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,800 Don't! Argh! 26 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,510 'We have the right to protest!' 27 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:52,910 We have the right to assemble! 28 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,470 You're trying to take away our right to democracy! 29 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,960 Archie. Bernard. 30 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:06,710 Name? T Dan has you lot all paid for, doesn't he? 31 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,350 Tearing down our homes with a promise he's never going to keep. 32 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,310 We see what's happening to others - being moved on with nowhere to go. 33 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,870 We're not blind. Address? 34 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:17,350 Now there's a problem... 35 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,360 as some of us don't have an address any more! 36 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,120 Please! Please! Please! 37 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,950 Calm down! Hey, Sarge! Help! Help! You're hurting me! 38 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,990 Please! No! 39 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,990 Mum, Mum, Mum! 40 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,670 Please! You have to help me! 41 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,550 Mum! Mum! 42 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,720 Mum! Please! 43 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,870 Mum! Mum, please help me! 44 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,920 Help me, please. Mum! Mum! Mum! 45 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,040 Mum! 46 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,240 He's in the day room. 47 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,110 The day room. How is he? 48 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:29,840 I'm not a doctor. 49 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,830 Thank you very much. He's only gone and done it. 50 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,350 Or has he? Game, set and match. 51 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,070 Look at his face. 52 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,830 I just can't stop winning, me. 53 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,480 I must have a lucky streak. I can't believe it. 54 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:54,510 Two shilling to buy a seat. 55 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:55,920 Five card draw. 56 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,350 Has everyone met? This is Mr Gently. 57 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,190 All right? Mr Gently, this is Roy - car crash. 58 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,110 Jimmy here's from Hexham - fell off a roof. 59 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,750 I was chasing a suspect. 60 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,710 We heard he was chasing you, didn't we? 61 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,630 St Stephen, here - burned himself trying to be a hero. 62 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,440 And Robert Mitchum walked into a knife. Argh, just there! 63 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,550 And, John Bacchus, syphilis. 64 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,520 Which I caught off your mother. 65 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,830 He has...twice. 66 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,110 And you, Mr Gently? 67 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,840 He's just visiting. Here we go. 68 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,910 'Enjoy that?' 69 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,030 Cracking bunch of lads, them, you know. 70 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,590 Pretty friendly and they don't judge. 71 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,310 And they're shite at poker. 72 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,080 Handy. 73 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,000 Keeps me in tabs, you know. 74 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,990 What's this? You got it. 75 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,670 Yeah, I got it. 76 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,550 You couldn't tell me to my face? 77 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,510 Resignation has to be in writing, doesn't it? 78 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,990 Yeah, it does. Well, it's in writing. Can we go back? 79 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,310 No, fresh air's good for you. 80 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:16,800 Helps you think. 81 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,510 What are you doing, John, eh? 82 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,030 Well, at the end of the week, I'm... 83 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,030 I'm leaving here and then I've got some decisions to make. 84 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,030 You've been here too long. Got some decisions to make about my future. 85 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,710 Why couldn't you speak to me about it? 86 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,510 Well, what's the point? 87 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:44,590 I don't think I can be a policeman any more. 88 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,550 Don't think you can or don't want to be? 89 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,550 What difference does it make? I'm done. 90 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,670 I'm done. I'm done. I'm not... 91 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,510 What else will you do? 92 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:56,110 There's lots of things. There's lots of things. Lots and lots. 93 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,550 Lots? Great, lovely. 94 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,270 There's only one thing that you want to do. 95 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,360 There's only one thing that you've ever wanted to do. 96 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,270 It helped me - getting back to work after, you know... 97 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,830 Yeah, well, that's...that's great, isn't it? That's you. 98 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,430 That's who you are. Well, it might help you too, John. No! 99 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,350 No, it won't! No! I'm...I'm not coming back. 100 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:30,590 All right? I'm not you, George. Do you understand that? 101 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,160 I'm not you. 102 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,510 One month. 103 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:39,270 You're obliged to give one month's notice. 104 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,320 I'll expect you to work it out. 105 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:56,280 You ready for your medicine? 106 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:09,670 Morning, you all right? 107 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,480 Morning. Morning. 108 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:19,040 Morning. 109 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:27,960 Morning. 110 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,400 Morning. All right, pet? 111 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,520 Sergeant? 112 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,200 Sergeant?! 113 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,520 I think he's dead. 114 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,560 Morning, Sir. Morning. 115 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,150 Morning, Sir. Morning. 116 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,190 Assistant Chief Constable Hale would like to speak to you right away. 117 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,990 Why? Do you think he's going to tell me? 118 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,960 Taylor, could you tidy this lot up for me? 119 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,030 Tidy desk, tidy mind. 120 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,190 Hello. Can I speak to Assistant Chief Constable Hale, please? 121 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:48,720 Is he coming back, Sir? 122 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,000 Sergeant Bacchus! Nice to see you. 123 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:55,880 How are you feeling? 124 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,790 Yeah, I'm all right. We missed you. 125 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,630 Not having you here was like having your arm cut off. 126 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:07,240 Maybes not that extreme, but you get the idea, like. 127 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,870 Yeah. Detective Chief Inspector Gently returning your call. 128 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:24,240 How can I help you, Sir? 129 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,110 What are we doing? 130 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,390 Where are we going? 131 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,790 Newcastle. 132 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,400 Death in custody. 133 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,710 Do you know his name? 134 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,440 Apparently we don't know. 135 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,760 Maybe it's better for everyone if we leave it that way. 136 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,830 We need to get the body out of here. 137 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,680 Can't afford to stay out of business much longer. 138 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,150 Why was he arrested? 139 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:25,150 Apparently he was arrested under the Ways And Means Act. 140 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,720 Ah, I see. 141 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:32,870 And why were you looking for a way or means of charging him later? 142 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:38,270 A section of the hill was scheduled for clearance yesterday. 143 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,630 It's been delayed twice because of squatters and protestors. 144 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,110 The council wasn't having any more delays. 145 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,670 We were asked to secure the area, so the bulldozers could do their work. 146 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,680 Was he a squatter? Protestor? 147 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,240 The station sergeant should be able to answer your questions. 148 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,310 Sergeant Archie Dawson. 149 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,710 Sergeant. I'm here to help any way I can. 150 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,510 Thank you. Who found the body? 151 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,790 Rachel? Could you come over, pet? 152 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,430 WPC Coles doing her rotation with me this month. 153 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,070 Hello. Just finished her probation. 154 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,710 Congratulations. Thank you. 155 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,870 I was doing my morning checks, when I...I saw he was... 156 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,350 Dead. 157 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,830 ..dead. I informed Sergeant Dawson immediately. 158 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,110 Have you got the pink charge sheet? Uh-huh. 159 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,350 No name on it, of course, because, erm...I don't know. 160 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,990 Didn't have it... No ID on him. 161 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,670 Wouldn't tell us who he was. On drugs, I figure. 162 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,360 Mum! Mum! 163 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,750 Mum! Please! 164 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,510 'Didn't want to hurt him. 165 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,990 'Put him in a cell to calm down. 166 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,350 'That didn't happen. 167 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,830 'No. What happened was a great tragedy.' 168 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:14,120 Mum! 169 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:16,830 If there's anything more we can do, 170 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,670 any other questions you might have, 171 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:20,830 I'll fill in my report and get it over to you. 172 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,360 Personal effects? 173 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,670 Pet, could you bring them for us? 174 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,280 Sorry, excuse me. 175 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,070 Mug shot? Fingerprints? 176 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,590 Never got a chance to take a photo or prints. Pathologist'll do it. 177 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,510 Much easier to handle now, I reckon. 178 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:38,830 Did he scream all night? 179 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,230 No, no, no, no. They never do, drug addicts. 180 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,870 Well, shouldn't say "never". Rarely. 181 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,390 Here we are, Sir. Oh, thank you. 182 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,280 So he calmed down? Uh-huh. 183 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,990 Well...if he calmed down, 184 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,120 how come you didn't book him? Why no mug shot? 185 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,990 He wasn't on top of my list, to be brutally honest. 186 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:02,520 Mmm. 187 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,630 Organised, it was. That's what I think. 188 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,120 Set out to hurt somebody. 189 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,470 Not had any trouble with the other clearances. 190 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,360 Outsider. Didn't belong here, did he? 191 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,270 People from around here... knew each other. 192 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,160 They don't like outsiders meddling. 193 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,400 You all right? Aye. 194 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,470 I think it was agitators like him from elsewhere 195 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,310 just looking for trouble. 196 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:37,830 You think he was an agitator? 197 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,790 How would I ken to that? 198 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,230 But no-one knows who he is, and anyone of us 199 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,150 could tell you the name of every family 200 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,120 living in every house on Rye Hill. 201 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:51,590 Can we move the body then? 202 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,040 Yeah, we're done here. 203 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,960 I'll walk you out, shall I? 204 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,950 First, Dawson says he's a drug addict, 205 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,670 and then he says he's an agitator. Can you be both? 206 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,990 If you organise your time well. 207 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,670 They've already decided it's not worth bothering about. 208 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,390 They can't even be bothered to find out who the victim is. 209 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,390 Is he a victim? 210 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,830 Well, he went into the cell alive and he came out dead. 211 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,470 That makes him a victim to me. 212 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,950 Sounds like he brought it on himself to me. 213 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,830 But, you know, we'll find a way to make it the fault of the police, 214 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,960 though, won't we? We'll find a way to find out what happened. 215 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,190 What kind of a job is this? One that's got to be done, John. 216 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,870 Whatever we do, it's not going to be good enough, though. Oh, here we go. 217 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,510 They're going to hate us. 218 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,870 The public, they hate us, they resent us. 219 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,870 Well, that must make it easier for you. Easier to do what? 220 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,830 To justify your decision to resign. 221 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,390 No, no, no, I'm...I'm not struggling with my decision. 222 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,910 It's all pointless, isn't it? 223 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,070 Much easier if you don't care. 224 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:56,440 I don't care. I don't. 225 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,950 I spent six months lying in a hospital bed. 226 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,950 What, just you? No. 227 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:07,590 Six months lying in a hospital bed, teaching myself not to care. 228 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,590 And I can say it. I can say it out loud, I... 229 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,480 I do not care! 230 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,590 I'm going to find out who this victim is, 231 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,480 and give him his name back. 232 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,670 It's significantly overdue. 233 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,230 Here it is. 234 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:40,950 Nine shillings, thrupence. 235 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,070 You don't happen to have an address, do you? 236 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:46,590 Has it got a name on it? 237 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,950 "Simon Thomas". 238 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,270 If you do speak with him, 239 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,390 can you ask him to return the other books, please? 240 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:56,070 He has 11 unreturned books. It's irresponsible. 241 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:57,560 The youth of today. 242 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,230 Who's going to pay the fine? 243 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:01,560 He will. 244 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,800 You sure we've got the right place? 245 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,080 Can I help you? 246 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,240 You've come about Simon. 247 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,430 I decided last year that... 248 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,240 I'd not intervene next time he found himself in trouble. 249 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,320 I don't think I'm doing him any favours. 250 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,720 Drugs are a terrible thing. 251 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,430 But he's bright and one can only hope that eventually 252 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,760 he'll figure out how to live his life. 253 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,360 Mrs Thomas... 254 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,840 ..your son...is dead. 255 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:36,080 He slipped away from me. 256 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,190 You hold on to them for so long, 257 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,190 and then you've just got to let them go, 258 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,640 and you hope that they make good choices. 259 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:54,120 You hope that they chase dreams, but with Simon... 260 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,560 ..I let him go and he fell... 261 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,960 ..fell down. 262 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:11,920 Down...into nothingness... into meaninglessness. 263 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,990 He slipped through my hands, and there was nothing I could do. 264 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,680 I tried everything. I did. 265 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:29,750 He was paranoid, disorganised, 266 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,920 manic energy and then dark moods. 267 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,950 Where was he when you found him? 268 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,670 Please tell me he wasn't alone in some alleyway. 269 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,430 Thrown out like rubbish. Please tell me he wasn't abandoned. 270 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,920 He died in Rye Hill Police Station. 271 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,390 He was in your custody? 272 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,040 In police custody. 273 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,270 Aren't police meant to keep us safe? 274 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,840 Isn't that what they do? 275 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,630 He was abandoned. 276 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,990 His family abandoned him and that's the reality his mother can't face. 277 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,070 Your family's meant to keep you safe, not the police. 278 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:23,950 Look, Guv, we've got a name. I think that's the best we can do. 279 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,070 She has a right to expect us to protect him. 280 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,110 No, no, if they can't take care of their own, 281 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,150 why should they expect the police to do better? 282 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,710 I don't think it's possible to tell someone their son has died, 283 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,160 and not care. 284 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,270 I'm not going to abandon him, John. Are you? 285 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:51,880 I'm not changing my mind. 286 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,870 I extracted fragments of stone from an area of his scalp, 287 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,350 and residue of what I believe to be red brick 288 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,430 where the skin's broken, here on his shoulder. 289 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:15,840 May I? 290 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,960 Looks as though he was trying to protect his head with his arms. 291 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,630 During the riot? Reasonable to presume. 292 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,960 Some of these other marks are historic. He lived rough? 293 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,070 Cause of death? 294 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:35,270 Well, we won't have anything definitive 295 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,310 until I've completed the full postmortem. John! 296 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,670 But we've had the bloods back. 297 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,750 Analysis of the vitreous fluid shows 298 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,750 that there were high levels of adrenaline. 299 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,390 Understandable if he was under stress. 300 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,630 But he tests negative for the presence of THC. 301 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,190 In fact, he tests negative for all narcotics, not even cough medicine. 302 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,670 Nothing. The station sergeant said he thought he was on drugs. 303 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,470 Are you sure there's no mistake? 304 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:06,960 No. No mistake. He was not intoxicated - no drugs or alcohol. 305 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,070 It used to be a lovely place. 306 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,110 It was a real community. 307 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,110 I don't know why they're fussed. They were getting shiny, new homes. 308 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,270 We were called in for safety, really. 309 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,390 I mean, nobody expected any trouble. 310 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:02,670 But... Well, as the morning wore on, we had to bring more shifts in. 311 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,870 Their reports say people were occupying a building 312 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,150 just a bit further along. 313 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,600 Where was that? I'll show you. 314 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,510 Not much of a community left, is there? 315 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,110 It wasn't a community, Sir. It was a slum. 316 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,230 They're intending on putting blocks of flats up just over there. 317 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,910 It was the vision that T Dan Smith had when he ran the council. 318 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,990 It's amazing, really. 319 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,270 Me mam used to say that he made her proud to come from round here. 320 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,510 He made us modern. 321 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,390 20 floors soaring into the sky. 322 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:34,990 Imagine the views. 323 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,110 All right, pet? Hiya, are you all right? I'm fine. 324 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,430 There are some people who can't imagine 325 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,150 they'll ever see those views. 326 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,640 We're starting to lose our faith in things, aren't we? Yeah. 327 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,400 You can see it all around. 328 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,080 And, erm, this is where the trouble was. 329 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,400 We never had any trouble before. Never. 330 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,590 We grew up respecting the police. 331 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,470 Because we knew that they'd taken an oath to serve us and protect us. 332 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,270 That's why I wanted to join. 333 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,950 I wanted to be that sort of person. 334 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,790 Someone that you could trust. Someone that people looked up to. 335 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,870 These are our homes, man! It's a community. 336 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,990 What are you doing that for? You haven't the right to take that down. 337 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,070 We're taking them down, because they're inciting trouble. 338 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:29,990 It's you who are inciting trouble, not a sheet with some words on it. 339 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,070 Come on, leave it. Kill the pigs! 340 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:33,480 Leave it! 341 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:36,720 Why do they call us pigs? 342 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,150 They're coming down. The lot of them. 343 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,990 You won't be doing that, lad. Shut up. 344 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,840 I'm warning you, and I won't be warning you twice. 345 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,670 What was that about, Chris? What were you thinking? 346 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,830 He doesn't listen. You don't listen, do you? 347 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,520 And you don't learn, lad. 348 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:04,310 Oi! Keep away from there. It's not safe! 349 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:06,390 Piss off! 350 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,320 Move on. Move. Away with yous. 351 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,190 Rachel? 352 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,190 This is DCI Gently and DS Bacchus. 353 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,720 PC Baird. Chris? Neil? 354 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:24,430 Detectives. Sergeant said we might be seeing you. 355 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,630 This is PC Stockdale, PC Sidwell. These are the detectives. 356 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,030 We're trying to find witnesses, 357 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,110 anyone that might've seen what happened to Ash. 358 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,150 PC Ashton. Yeah. Any progress? 359 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,430 Nowt. No-one's talking. 360 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,430 Well, it's not surprising, is it, when you're baisting them like that? 361 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,870 We asked them politely. 362 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,110 Ah, right. Before or after you hit them? 363 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,030 Bastards are trying to kill us. They need to know we're not afraid. 364 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,790 Is that how you do it? Aye, it is. 365 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,030 Is there anything we can help you with, Sir? 366 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,550 We're investigating Simon Thomas. 367 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,510 You took him into custody. 368 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,710 You know, the long haired fella? 369 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,150 Oh, aye. We think he's the one that did Ash in, 370 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,550 put him in hospital. 371 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,040 Just need a witness. 372 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,870 We're looking into his death. 373 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,350 What? We're wasting time and brass on that? 374 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,670 Why? It's not going to make any difference to anybody. 375 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,480 Maybe it's why it should make a difference to us. 376 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,270 Don't judge them. 377 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,710 Remember what it was like when you were in uniform with your shift? 378 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,080 Well, you're like brothers, aren't you? 379 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,430 People here tried to kill Ash. 380 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,150 People he grew up with, he went to school with, 381 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,120 he knew all the families. 382 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,430 They'd kill me, and they'd kill you, because of what we do, 383 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,510 not cos of who we are. Bairdo? Come on. 384 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,310 You arrest Simon Thomas? Aye. I did. 385 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,350 Where was he when you arrested him? 386 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,040 Erm, he was hiding...over here, near where I found Ash. 387 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,270 Look, if I hadn't arrested him, he'd have stayed hiding there. 388 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,270 The bulldozer's would have come in and knocked it down and killed him. 389 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,110 Ah, right, you saved him, did you? Saved his life? 390 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:11,480 I did my job. 391 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,790 You cannot be talking about things like that 392 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,240 in front of inspectors. 393 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:42,270 Clear off! Oi, clear off! 394 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:43,520 No! 395 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,670 Robbie? 396 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,590 Robbie, where are you? 397 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,150 Have you seen my wee lad? 398 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,590 What's he look like? 399 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,270 Well, he looks like the one that just threw a rock at you, 400 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,350 and called you a name. You from the council? 401 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,470 Police. Oh, makes a change(!) 402 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,710 Here to pick up your bombs from the builders? 403 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,350 Nah, those are dropped off at the office. 404 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,630 Well, they wouldn't want to get their shoes dirty. 405 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,150 It's a nice area. They say it's on the way up. 406 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,950 Be too good for us lot soon, won't it? 407 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,110 They'll need a better class of person to live here, 408 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,590 so they'll fit in. 409 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,030 Do you know this man? Yeah. 410 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,600 Aye. It's Crazy Man. 411 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,430 It's what the kids call him. Why are you so interested in him? 412 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,590 We're investigating his death. He's dead, is he? Yeah. 413 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,430 Was he an agitator? You know, a squatter? Protestor? 414 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,390 We had plenty of protestors who would turn up here during the day 415 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,230 and go back to their warm homes at night. 416 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,150 We had students squatting here. 417 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,430 Aye, the council pushed everyone out, 418 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,310 then just left the buildings. Whose idea was that? 419 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,710 And there was them lot with the drugs. We sorted them. 420 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,030 We used to know every soul here, the people that lived here 421 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,430 and worked here, they were good, kind people. 422 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,150 We didn't need the council to tell us what to do, where to live, 423 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,150 and then they just tear it all down and say they'll give us a new place. 424 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,150 Right. Some are going to lose out. That's for sure. 425 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,710 And then they let the squatters move in, like Crazy Man. 426 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,630 Aye. Folks didn't like him. Why? Why didn't they like him? 427 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,190 Thought he might be a kiddie fiddler. 428 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,590 No, he never did nothing, Ronny. 429 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,790 Used to take care of things like that ourselves. 430 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,350 These streets, they ran straight down to the Tyne. 431 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:18,470 They're changing them. 432 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,270 Look what they've done - they've ripped the heart out of us. 433 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,630 Come on, they're slums. Not fit to live in. Slums? 434 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,510 What are you? 29, 30? You weren't in the war. 435 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,230 When you go away, thinking it's to die, 436 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,190 changes how you feel about where you're from. 437 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,790 You don't know what it's like to suffer, maybe we shouldn't... 438 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,350 Calm down now. 439 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,870 You boys work for the council and their cronies now - 440 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,430 not for us, not for the people. 441 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,950 Used to be, the police protected everyone. 442 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,080 You're meant to work for us! You're not for us any more, are you? 443 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,360 Help! 444 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,360 Help! 445 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,000 Come back! John! 446 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,320 Hello? I can't get down. 447 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,000 Come on. Give me your hand. 448 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,750 You all right, pet? I'm fine. You all right? 449 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,440 You all right, John? Don't... John, what is it? 450 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,910 Don't you feel anything? Don't you feel anything? 451 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:12,400 Aaw, John. Don't you suffer? We were both shot man! We both bled. 452 00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:16,950 You don't feel anything, I do. Maybes you don't feel anything. 453 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,790 That's...that's...that's what's wrong with you. You don't feel anything! 454 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,480 Nothing affects you! 455 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:25,760 You cops? 456 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,150 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, we don't mean you any harm. 457 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,630 I didn't see nothing. Or hear it. 458 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,790 Robbie? John? 459 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,560 Don't. Just don't. 460 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,400 Robbie Seddon! 461 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,790 He's all right, love. What were you doing in there? 462 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,430 I was looking for something. 463 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,320 Yeah? What were you looking for? Yeah, all right, all right. 464 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,950 Do you like playing in the old houses, Robbie? 465 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,240 Why aye, I like going there, aye. 466 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,670 Where'd you get the book from? I didn't steal it. 467 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,630 Now why would I think you stole it? 468 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,310 Crazy Man give it me. Has poems in by Roger McGough. 469 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,400 Scouser, but he writes good poems. 470 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,470 Crazy Man, he used to sit in there reading books, poems - 471 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:26,710 talking to himself, I thought he was a genius or a hippie or something. 472 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,070 Do you like poetry, Robbie? Aye. 473 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,350 What's your favourite? You got a favourite? 474 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,910 Lots of them, but he liked Roger McGough. 475 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,000 All right. Roger McGough. 476 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,390 "Let me die a young man's death..." 477 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,670 "Not a clean and in-between The sheets holy water death 478 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:52,560 "Not a famous-last-words Peaceful out of breath death." 479 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,400 Crazy Man taught me it. 480 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,470 He had lots of books. He had lots of them. 481 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,190 And the other books are gone. Now he's gone, too. 482 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:05,920 And I don't think he's coming back. 483 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,640 Come on, son. 484 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,750 'We know he had some trauma to the organ.' 485 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,270 Let me show you. 486 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,150 Here a large haematoma just above the liver. 487 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:24,550 Now when I examined the liver during the postmortem, 488 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,070 it had suffered serious injury. 489 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,760 I am confident in declaring liver failure as the cause of death. 490 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,830 How long would he take to die? 491 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,760 Can't be sure. Not long if he didn't get medical attention. 492 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,590 What caused it? 493 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:51,790 Well, it's obviously a blunt-force trauma - fists, brick, stone. 494 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,870 I mean, the skin isn't broken 495 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,150 so it's difficult to say with any certainty. 496 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:57,440 A truncheon? 497 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,400 Someone beat him to death. 498 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,790 In a cell? Impossible. Somebody would have heard. 499 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,680 Somebody would have heard, yeah. 500 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,230 Duty officer would have reported it, Sir. 501 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,960 Unless he was part of it. 502 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,350 Here we go. No, no, no. 503 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,910 Sidwell thought Simon Thomas assaulted Ashton. 504 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:33,470 And they beat him to death in his cell and nobody said a word. 505 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,310 They covered it up. 506 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:36,840 All of them? 507 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,190 Was Mr Thomas checked hourly in his cell? 508 00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:52,270 Why aye, of course. And he was agitated? 509 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:53,990 Aye. And you thought he was on drugs? 510 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,150 Why are we wasting so much time and effort on this? 511 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:57,430 I don't understand it. 512 00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,550 It's not going to make any difference to anyone. 513 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,000 What time did you call the police surgeon? 514 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,070 I didn't call him. 515 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,670 Well, if you thought he was on drugs, 516 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,830 shouldn't you have called the police surgeon? 517 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:12,830 I just wanted to get him into a cell to calm down. 518 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,070 Aren't you meant to make sure they're safe? Isn't that your responsibility? 519 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,550 Son, when someone's arrested... Did you call me son? Did you call me son? 520 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,320 Don't you patronise me! That is your duty! 521 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,080 Don't you talk to me about duty. 522 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,560 You're one of us, aren't you, lad? 523 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:37,950 No. 524 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,520 He's one of us. 525 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,310 I like you when you're a bastard. 526 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,470 You're quite good at it. 527 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,040 I had a good teacher. 528 00:38:58,160 --> 00:38:59,350 Gentlemen. 529 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,950 We'd like to see the pocket books of arresting officer Baird 530 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,070 and the rest of his shift, please. 531 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,710 And I'd be grateful if you could make them available for interview. 532 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,590 Your investigation is about the suspect's death, 533 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:15,160 not his arrest, isn't it, Detective Chief Inspector? Yes. 534 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,960 Thank you. 535 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,560 Yeah? 536 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,560 Sit down, Constable. 537 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,830 The day of the clearance. 538 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,040 Seems like a very tough day. 539 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,560 Yes, Sir. 540 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,550 How long had there been tension? 541 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,520 Ages. It weren't new. 542 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:43,720 Most people went gladly, but there were some that weren't having it. 543 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:46,710 We knew about the squatters. 544 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,870 We'd been sent down to clear them out before. 545 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:51,400 We didn't expect this. 546 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,030 We didn't have the gear for it. 547 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:04,950 Were you angry? 548 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,910 Of course, we were angry. I'm still angry. 549 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,720 Look what they did to Ash. 550 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:12,760 Help! Neil, I need help! 551 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:16,190 That could have been any one of us. 552 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,000 That could have been me. 553 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:22,950 Of all the people, for it to happen to him. 554 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,670 Mike actually cared for them. 555 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:30,400 He wasn't just doing his job - he actually cared. You liked Mike? 556 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,510 He's a top man. I'm proud to serve with him. 557 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,560 You thought that Simon Thomas had assaulted him? 558 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,070 So you wanted to pay him back for what he'd done. 559 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:44,710 Is that what you think? 560 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,990 You think I would give up my entire career 561 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,240 to give a drug addict a good kicking? 562 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,550 You don't know anything about me. 563 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,280 You don't know anything about any of us. 564 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,150 Well, the truth is if people just did what they were told, 565 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,390 there wouldn't be any trouble. 566 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:11,510 Simon Thomas should have left the building when he was told. 567 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,830 I mean, you're investigating us, but the way he was... 568 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,590 What he did. What did he do? 569 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,030 Well, you've got all of Newcastle moving this way, all together, 570 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:26,310 all in the same direction, and him...going that way. 571 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,390 He resisted, that's what he did. 572 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,950 Aye, but you'd told him before, hadn't you? 573 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,830 You told him before to leave the building. Told everybody. 574 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,750 They can't knock it down with people still inside, can they? 575 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:37,990 It's an expensive business - 576 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,350 keeping all them men and that equipment waiting. 577 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,080 So you'd seen him before? No. 578 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,240 Well, I mean, we'd caught glimpses of him... 579 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:49,830 ..heard he was in there. 580 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,680 We had complaints from local people who were frightened of him. 581 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,870 We looked for him, but we never found him. 582 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,350 According to your notebook, 583 00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:02,430 you visited that street 17 times in the last six weeks. 584 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,030 That's just your shift. 585 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:06,440 Did we? 586 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:13,030 Your call outs always seemed to happen at the end of your shift. 587 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,830 It was Ash's idea. What was Ash's idea? 588 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:17,710 To go down the street and look for Simon? 589 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,470 Look, I know what you're trying to do, 590 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,750 but I don't know why you're trying to do it. 591 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,470 We had nothing to do with him dying. 592 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,150 You saw what he was like - 593 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,230 he spent his life trying to kill himself. 594 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,550 Now, don't try and put this on us. Not on us. 595 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,480 We were just trying to do our job. 596 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,430 Did you meet with any resistance? 597 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,920 They were angry, but why at us? 598 00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:49,190 Do they think that we have power? We don't have any power. 599 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:50,830 We just do what we're told to do. 600 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,550 They're the same as us! Do they not see that? 601 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,270 Were you frightened? 602 00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:56,640 Yeah. 603 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,630 Mike wasn't frightened. 604 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:14,550 He should have been, but he was more...amazed. 605 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,110 None of us were worried about being injured. 606 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,670 Who do you think assaulted Constable Ashton? 607 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:23,240 Simon Thomas. Why'd he do it? 608 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,350 I can't explain it. It makes no sense. 609 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,150 Why do you think that? 610 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,310 Well, mainly, because he was acting crazy. 611 00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,790 Look, we were asked to move people on, because it wasn't safe. 612 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,280 Maybe Mr Thomas didn't want to be moved. 613 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,000 Well.. How did you do it? 614 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:48,230 You know, move people on? 615 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,670 We spoke to them. 616 00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:52,430 "Spoke to them"? 617 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,270 Did you threaten them? Hit them? 618 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:55,710 We did what we had to do. 619 00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,310 You didn't mind a little bit of violence? 620 00:44:58,360 --> 00:44:59,590 This is Newcastle. 621 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:00,910 All of you? 622 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:02,950 Yeah, we give back what we were given. 623 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,030 No-one shied away from the rough stuff 624 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,270 but if we had to...to defend ourselves. 625 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:10,150 Do you always "defend yourself" at the end of your shift? 626 00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:11,750 Sorry? 627 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,030 Bit of sport at the end of your shift? 628 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:17,230 You go up the hill and knock a few heads together. 629 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,590 17 times in the last six weeks? Was that Ash's idea? 630 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,230 We were meant to keep the area safe. Yeah... 631 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:26,470 But Ash loves to mix it with the vagrants and the squatters, 632 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:27,910 only a bit of fun. 633 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,150 And the rest of you got a taste for it. 634 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:33,350 You didn't mind a bit of rough stuff at the end of your shift 635 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,590 and you didn't mind a bit of rough stuff 636 00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:39,720 when you got Simon Thomas alone in his cell, did you? 637 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:42,430 I don't know what you're on about. 638 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,270 You got him alone and you set about him to pay him 639 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:47,670 back for what he did to your friend. 640 00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:50,790 And when was it I was doing this "pay back"? 641 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,880 The night Simon Thomas died. 642 00:45:55,720 --> 00:45:57,960 I was at the hospital... 643 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:01,670 ..praying that Ash made it through the night. 644 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:06,030 And yous two, if you had anything about you, 645 00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:10,350 you'd know that already because you'd have done the same thing. 646 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:13,190 But you wouldn't know much about what it's like 647 00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:15,430 to see your colleague, your friend, 648 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:18,480 in a hospital bed hooked up to machines keeping him alive. 649 00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,550 You seem to care more about that drug addict squatter 650 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:27,550 than you do about one of your own. 651 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,830 Does Ash need to die before you going to care about him? 652 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:31,160 Is that what needs to happen? 653 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:34,950 You beat him to death in his cell! 654 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,550 You were all part of it. Go to hell! I don't need to hear this. 655 00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:41,080 Arrest me and prove it, or let me go back to work! 656 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:48,350 They work all hours, they put themselves in danger 657 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,550 and their... 658 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:52,190 ..their friend, their "brother" is in hospital 659 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:54,040 and we treat them like this? 660 00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:57,990 Without favour or affection. 661 00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,310 That's who we are. That's what we do. 662 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:01,750 There is no other way to be. 663 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:04,200 I can't be the things that you want me to be! 664 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,320 I never could! 665 00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:14,390 Take them. 666 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:26,880 John?! 667 00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:30,830 Taylor? 668 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:32,360 Sir? 669 00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:36,990 I didn't want you. 670 00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:38,630 Not many people do, sir. 671 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:40,790 But those that do, are satisfied. 672 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:42,950 PC Ashton's note book? 673 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,230 If there was history between him and Simon Thomas 674 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:47,750 it would be in his note book. 675 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:49,550 I thought I had them all. Where is it? 676 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,110 Surely, if the constable was taken straight to the hospital 677 00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:55,720 his notebook would be in with his personal effects there, Sir? 678 00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:00,400 I'm wasted here. 679 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,320 John! 680 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:31,480 Sally, wait for me. 681 00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:43,990 Can I help you? Yes, please. 682 00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:46,550 We're here to recover Constable Ashton's notebook 683 00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,600 from his personal belongings. 684 00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:57,200 Is this what you're after? Looks like it. 685 00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:02,550 Yes, thank you. 686 00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,150 It affected me as well, you know, John. 687 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,350 You're not the only one. It still affects me. Right. 688 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:46,590 But I won't let it change me. Will you? 689 00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:48,750 How much more luck do I have? 690 00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:50,400 Oh... Huh? 691 00:49:57,680 --> 00:49:59,670 You saved my life, John... 692 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:02,670 I never told you I was grateful. 693 00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,760 Well, I am grateful. 694 00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,550 But if you let it change who you are, 695 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,680 they might just as well have killed you in the Cathedral. 696 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:20,720 You're more like me than you ever wanted to be, son. 697 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:31,110 Stockdale says they visited the slums 17 times in six weeks 698 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,350 and that it was Ash's idea. 699 00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:35,310 Ash doesn't even mention it. 700 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,440 There's nothing. 701 00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:44,310 There were other people in the police station that night. 702 00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:47,110 Sergeant Dawson said that the cells were all full up. 703 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:48,640 Witnesses. 704 00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:52,440 But you don't think they did it? 705 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:57,000 And the witnesses will prove that? 706 00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:03,790 Frank Connor, breach of the peace. He has a Jericho address. 707 00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:05,390 Jericho? 708 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:07,200 What's he doing all the way down here? 709 00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:10,670 Agitating? 710 00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:13,670 Erm, Terry Hanson, breach of the peace. 711 00:51:13,720 --> 00:51:16,910 He has a Rye Hill address. What cell number? 712 00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:18,750 Erm, seven. 713 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:20,880 What are you doing constable? 714 00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,150 We're trying to categorise suspects. 715 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:27,710 Those that were in the cells. 716 00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:29,710 Those that were cautioned. 717 00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:33,480 We're trying to isolate who was in the custody suite, all right? 718 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:36,470 Scientific. 719 00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,190 Carry on, then. 720 00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:39,720 It seems important. 721 00:51:41,240 --> 00:51:44,430 I'll take the duty roster for that night, Sergeant? 722 00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:45,800 Of course. 723 00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:54,430 Right. 724 00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:57,600 Who was in the cell next to Simon Thomas? 725 00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,190 Mum! 726 00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:09,000 What is it Charlie? 727 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,990 Hello. 728 00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:14,680 Have you come back for the rest of the books? 729 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:21,070 I found them. I found them all. 730 00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:24,110 Hiya. Hiya. What happened to you, son? 731 00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:27,270 I fell down. I told him not to play in the rubble. It's dangerous. 732 00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:30,390 You can give them back to Crazy Man for us. 733 00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:34,400 Crazy Man's real name was Simon Thomas. 734 00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,430 He's dead, Robbie. Dead? 735 00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,040 Yeah. We're trying to find out how he died. 736 00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:44,790 Mr Hanratty? Aye? 737 00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:47,030 I wonder if you could help us in our enquiries... 738 00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,270 I don't respect ye, so I cannae help ye. 739 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:51,870 Thank you... 740 00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:54,390 ..very much. 741 00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:55,920 Right, next one. 742 00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:32,270 All right, mate, see you later. 743 00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:33,920 Good luck. Ta-ra. 744 00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:37,150 Bairdo? 745 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:38,960 Can I have a word? 746 00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,470 Not when you start weighing in, beating people 747 00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:49,710 because they disagree with the government. 748 00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,070 Why, man, you're not fit to be trusted. 749 00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:54,230 Eh, eh, eh, listen... 750 00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:57,150 A man died, all right. We're trying to solve it. 751 00:53:57,200 --> 00:54:00,590 In the cells? Yeah. Did you hear anything? 752 00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:02,150 Aye. 753 00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,470 I heard him crying. 754 00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:07,030 Worst thing I've ever heard in my life, 755 00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:09,000 hearing a grown man cry like that. 756 00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:13,310 No-one came to see what was wrong. 757 00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:15,830 They just left him. 758 00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:19,510 No-one came to help him. Well we're trying to help him now. 759 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:21,510 You're too late. 760 00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:24,070 What's there to solve? 761 00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:26,440 He's dead. 762 00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:31,830 No-one beat him. 763 00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:33,440 No-one helped him. 764 00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:48,350 This is where we are. 765 00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:50,560 This is what we've become. 766 00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:54,440 We're the enemy. 767 00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:57,990 How did this happen? 768 00:54:58,040 --> 00:54:59,400 Mmm? 769 00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:02,680 Maybe you're right to quit. 770 00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:08,510 Right, what do we know, Guv? 771 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,430 We don't know where he was beaten and we don't know why. 772 00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,070 We know that he wasn't beaten in the cell. 773 00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:17,840 Right, listen, Guv. 774 00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:21,390 And the people we've spoken to, right, 775 00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:23,790 we know they don't trust us, we know that. 776 00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:26,710 But, they'd be quick to shout, wouldn't they? 777 00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:28,440 Then where was he beaten? 778 00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:34,240 Why didn't the custody sergeant realise that he was in jeopardy? 779 00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:44,480 We'll start again tomorrow, all right? Yeah. 780 00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,080 Hiya. 781 00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:10,320 Are you all right? Mm-hm. 782 00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:16,550 What is it? 783 00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:23,270 Sergeant has asked us to have a word with you... 784 00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:24,880 About what? 785 00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:34,310 You put Simon Thomas in a cell and that's the last time you saw him? 786 00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:36,350 Aye, that's correct. 787 00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:40,110 I am right in thinking that you all knew who Simon Thomas was? 788 00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:42,670 Aye, by sight, not by name. 789 00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:45,070 You had history with him? Aye, I guess... 790 00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:47,350 So did Michael Ashton? Aye. 791 00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:51,080 He doesn't mention it in his pocket book. Does he not? 792 00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:59,190 Constable Stockdale seems to remember going down there 17 times. 793 00:56:59,240 --> 00:57:01,190 Ashton doesn't mention it at all. 794 00:57:01,240 --> 00:57:03,430 Was he bent? 795 00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:05,310 You what? 796 00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:07,640 Why all the visits? 797 00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:10,790 You don't remember? 798 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:12,160 You don't know? 799 00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:17,470 Stockdale says it was Ash's idea. 800 00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:20,270 Did you shake people down? Collect money? 801 00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,400 Sell drugs? 802 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:28,360 Ash's idea was to give people food. 803 00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:32,880 Aye, always at the end of our shift. 804 00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:36,160 A blanket when it was cold. 805 00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:40,190 He seemed to think being a police officer 806 00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:41,550 was some kind of social work. 807 00:57:41,600 --> 00:57:43,070 I didn't agree with him. 808 00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,470 I think it encouraged them to be deadbeats 809 00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:47,320 and it was against the rules. 810 00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:56,670 Michael Ashton gave food to Simon Thomas? 811 00:57:56,720 --> 00:58:00,280 That's why it's so hard to get your head round it, isn't it? 812 00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:04,520 Ash was good to him. 813 00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:29,630 Where was Simon Thomas when you arrested him? 814 00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,310 He was, er... 815 00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,240 ..sitting beneath a run of stairs. 816 00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:39,110 He was quiet, like. 817 00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:42,110 Seemed a bit dazed, to be honest. 818 00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:43,790 Right, was he in one of the houses? 819 00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:45,270 Aye. 820 00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:47,590 Why did you go in the house? 821 00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:50,240 To try and disperse the protestors. 822 00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,080 There was a wee lad... 823 00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:00,630 ..that I know from the street. 824 00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:03,440 A wee imp. 825 00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:06,030 And he falls 826 00:59:06,080 --> 00:59:09,920 and cuts his face and skins his knees and... 827 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:14,470 I help him up, try to warn him off being there. 828 00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:17,040 I'm going to tell your mum. Get lost ya knacker! Hey! 829 00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:23,870 I was worried about him, 830 00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:26,600 didn't want him to get hurt, so I went after him. 831 00:59:39,560 --> 00:59:42,150 Because that's the thing, anyone who was in those buildings 832 00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:46,120 when they were knocking 'em down, they wouldn't survive, would they? 833 00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:49,280 And as I go in... 834 00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:53,350 ..I see someone who's trying to get away and I think it's Robbie, 835 00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:54,790 but it might not be. 836 00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:57,560 So I turned round to leave... 837 00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:01,080 ..and I saw him. 838 01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:07,720 I called for help. 839 01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:14,950 Robbie, the wee... Yeah. 840 01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:17,120 He'd led me to him. 841 01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:23,480 I didn't see Mike go in. Nobody had. 842 01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:27,320 I wouldn't have known otherwise. 843 01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:31,760 He called me a knacker and saved his life. 844 01:00:35,840 --> 01:00:37,880 That's the world. 845 01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:52,680 Section House. 846 01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:01,400 I'll let her know. 847 01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:50,070 Can I help you? 848 01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:52,640 I'm looking for WPC Coles. She's not here. 849 01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:58,710 I'm just going to nip up and have a look, shall I? 850 01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:00,800 I can't allow you. 851 01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:06,800 Rules. Aye. Where would we be without them? 852 01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:11,200 Are you obstructing me in the execution of my duty? 853 01:02:12,720 --> 01:02:16,400 She's not here. Where is she? She resigned. 854 01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:26,150 I think she had the reputation of the police in mind. 855 01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:28,430 Thank you. 856 01:02:28,480 --> 01:02:30,520 Well, we'd like to speak to her. 857 01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:35,270 I don't believe the Assistant Chief Constable and I, 858 01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:39,150 when we asked you to tackle this, envisaged this sort of... 859 01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:41,790 Diligence? Persecution. 860 01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:44,670 We were looking for it to be simple and speedy. 861 01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:46,710 It was a tragic death 862 01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:50,150 but it's not as though Simon Thomas will be a loss to humanity. 863 01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:54,600 Sergeant. Sir. 864 01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:00,350 As it turns out you seem to have uncovered 865 01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:02,390 an unacceptable level of neglect 866 01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:05,270 on our part which we will duly acknowledge 867 01:03:05,320 --> 01:03:07,550 and take steps to remedy. 868 01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:09,590 And I want to thank you for the work you've done 869 01:03:09,640 --> 01:03:12,150 in bringing the failure of Woman Police Constable Coles 870 01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:14,190 to our attention. WPC Coles? 871 01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:17,720 She failed to check the cells hourly as instructed. 872 01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:22,950 We felt that we might let her resign, with immediate effect, 873 01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:24,990 and see the end of it. 874 01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:29,280 She was a good girl. It was a careless mistake. 875 01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:35,710 What you've done is highlight 876 01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:38,320 some of the ways we can improve our training. 877 01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:43,480 Well, I think we're done here. Got your scalp. 878 01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,390 She's not careless. He said that she's careless 879 01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:51,990 and she didn't check on Simon Thomas because she's careless. 880 01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:53,870 She's compulsively organised. 881 01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:56,910 She's on the duty roster. But that doesn't make sense. 882 01:03:56,960 --> 01:04:00,430 She knew that we were investigating what happened that evening. 883 01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:02,560 She never said that she was on duty. 884 01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:07,040 What you looking at? Oi, oi. Come here. 885 01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:13,470 Was she lying? Apparently. 886 01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:16,960 Could you tell? Could you tell that she was lying? 887 01:04:18,360 --> 01:04:20,710 The women I know don't lie. 888 01:04:20,760 --> 01:04:24,150 The women I know lie all the time. And I couldn't tell. 889 01:04:24,200 --> 01:04:27,440 She's not careless. She's not lying. 890 01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:30,920 I'm going to get an address. 891 01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:50,830 WPC Coles? Not any more. 892 01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:53,390 Could we just have a word? I don't have anything to say to you. 893 01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:55,430 Listen, if you just give me a minute... 894 01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:57,870 Rachel Coles, I'm arresting you in connection 895 01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:00,560 with the death of Simon Thomas. Get in. 896 01:05:08,520 --> 01:05:11,320 Could you book my suspect please, Sergeant? 897 01:05:12,800 --> 01:05:16,190 Suspicion of being involved in the death of Simon Thomas. 898 01:05:16,240 --> 01:05:18,550 Sir? Just do it, Sergeant, please. 899 01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,000 I'd like to interview as soon as possible. 900 01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:34,710 Did you try to comfort Simon Thomas after he was put in the cells? 901 01:05:34,760 --> 01:05:36,750 No. Sergeant thought he was dangerous. 902 01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:38,990 We put him in an isolation cell and just left him to... 903 01:05:39,040 --> 01:05:41,350 Were there any indications that he was unwell? 904 01:05:41,400 --> 01:05:44,350 Besides the fact he was kicking and screaming, acting like a mad thing? 905 01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:46,320 When did he stop screaming? 906 01:05:52,520 --> 01:05:55,550 I don't know. You must have a general idea. Ten o'clock at night? 907 01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:59,070 Two in the morning? You did check on him hourly, didn't you? 908 01:05:59,120 --> 01:06:01,070 Sergeant Dawson said that's what you did. 909 01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:03,200 You checked on him hourly. Did you? 910 01:06:13,680 --> 01:06:15,710 Oh, I see. The coward's way out. 911 01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:17,750 Hiding behind silence. 912 01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:20,080 I thought you were better than that. 913 01:06:25,640 --> 01:06:28,110 Did you check him? No. 914 01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:30,880 Why not? I wasn't there. 915 01:06:36,680 --> 01:06:38,720 Are you a liar? 916 01:06:41,680 --> 01:06:46,070 I have here a duty roster that indicates 917 01:06:46,120 --> 01:06:48,910 that you were on duty in the custody suite 918 01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:51,110 on the night that Simon Thomas died. 919 01:06:51,160 --> 01:06:53,950 Well, it's not true. It's here in black and white. 920 01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:55,920 Well, it's still not true. 921 01:06:57,040 --> 01:07:00,590 Why does the duty roster say that you were? 922 01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:02,590 I don't know. 923 01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:04,600 Is this another lie? 924 01:07:08,680 --> 01:07:11,630 I've not lied and I'd prefer not to say. 925 01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:13,630 You haven't got a choice, Constable. 926 01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:15,510 I have a choice. 927 01:07:15,560 --> 01:07:17,550 A Hobson's choice. 928 01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:19,590 I wasn't on duty. 929 01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:22,560 And I won't hurt anybody else the way that they hurt me. 930 01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:25,990 I wanted to be a police officer so badly... 931 01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:29,190 You don't deserve to be a police officer. 932 01:07:29,240 --> 01:07:32,200 Aye. That's what they said to us. 933 01:07:33,480 --> 01:07:36,190 I had to resign or else they would say it was my fault 934 01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:39,160 that nobody checked on that poor, terrified man. 935 01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:42,440 Resign or be blamed. 936 01:07:43,600 --> 01:07:45,960 That, Sir, is when you don't have a choice. 937 01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:51,430 They wanted me to prove that I deserved to be a police officer 938 01:07:51,480 --> 01:07:55,030 and like you, these lying men have taken my dreams away from me. 939 01:07:55,080 --> 01:07:58,470 A man died in custody. He has no more dreams. 940 01:07:58,520 --> 01:08:01,950 And if I had been on duty I would have done my best to prevent it. 941 01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:03,990 I wasn't. 942 01:08:04,040 --> 01:08:06,110 And all you have is my word. 943 01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:09,150 It's not enough. 944 01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:11,080 It should be. 945 01:08:12,080 --> 01:08:15,280 I swore an oath. It won't be. 946 01:08:17,280 --> 01:08:19,960 Ask yourself what it means to swear it, Sir. 947 01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:24,480 Because it obviously means more to me than it does to you. 948 01:08:26,880 --> 01:08:30,480 I gave my word, "To serve without favour or affection." 949 01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:38,320 Then ask them. 950 01:08:40,320 --> 01:08:42,360 Ask them what the truth is... 951 01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:49,720 ..cos I don't have any proof and all you have is my word. 952 01:08:56,440 --> 01:08:59,080 You're always bloody right, aren't you? 953 01:09:00,880 --> 01:09:03,270 Who was Hobson? What? 954 01:09:03,320 --> 01:09:06,350 Hobson. She said "Hobson's choice". Who's Hobson? 955 01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:09,950 Ran a stable in Cambridge. You rode the horse you were given. 956 01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:12,630 This just came through from Personnel. 957 01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:15,270 Termination, separation, pension... I'll take that. 958 01:09:15,320 --> 01:09:19,950 Make sure you go through it all and then return it as soon as you can. 959 01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:22,840 This just came over from Dr Anderton, Sir. 960 01:09:24,320 --> 01:09:28,590 Why did they set her up with dereliction of duty and neglect? 961 01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:32,120 Because they know that's what they're guilty of. Mmmm. Yeah. 962 01:09:55,480 --> 01:09:58,430 According to Dawson, Simon Thomas was, 963 01:09:58,480 --> 01:10:01,480 "Disoriented, hallucinating and violent." 964 01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:05,870 Anderton says that the liver failure could be gradual 965 01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:09,510 after the trauma, coming on after, say, even six to 12 hours, yeah? 966 01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:13,280 Toxins in the blood slowly make their way to the brain. 967 01:10:16,040 --> 01:10:18,910 So what if he became disoriented and agitated 968 01:10:18,960 --> 01:10:21,070 as the damage to his liver took effect? 969 01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:23,160 The injury needn't have happened in the cell. 970 01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:34,310 Can I help you? I'd like to speak to PC Baird, please. 971 01:10:34,360 --> 01:10:37,000 I haven't seen him. Go and have a look for him. 972 01:10:40,840 --> 01:10:42,880 He's not on duty. 973 01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:46,080 I'll check his room. 974 01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:49,120 Bairdo? 975 01:10:54,480 --> 01:10:56,790 There's a gap. 976 01:10:56,840 --> 01:11:00,640 Sometimes sheets fall down or get lost. 977 01:11:08,120 --> 01:11:10,110 What do you want? 978 01:11:10,160 --> 01:11:12,510 You saw your friend lying on the ground, 979 01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:15,320 bleeding from a head wound, and you were angry. 980 01:11:19,200 --> 01:11:22,400 You and your mates run amok, laying into whoever you could. 981 01:11:27,160 --> 01:11:30,110 So you went back in and you found Simon Thomas hiding. 982 01:11:30,160 --> 01:11:32,310 Then you dragged him out and you beat him. 983 01:11:32,360 --> 01:11:34,350 And all your mates piled in, didn't they? 984 01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:36,710 Trying to pay him back for Ashton. Didn't they? 985 01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:38,910 You didn't hit him in a cell. 986 01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:42,670 You hit him at the scene, where nobody would know. I didn't hit him. 987 01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:45,110 And you didn't hit him in the head or the face, 988 01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:47,150 because the marks would have shown. 989 01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:49,830 Oh, no. You hit him in the back. I didn't hit him. 990 01:11:49,880 --> 01:11:51,870 Oh, come on, son. Tell the truth. 991 01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:54,270 At least have enough self-respect to tell the truth! 992 01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:58,590 I am telling the truth! I didn't hit him! 993 01:11:58,640 --> 01:12:01,510 Chris and Neil, they didn't hit him. None of us hit him! 994 01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:04,310 None of us hit him! Who else was there? 995 01:12:04,360 --> 01:12:06,830 I don't know! 996 01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:09,350 We're in the middle of an interview! 997 01:12:09,400 --> 01:12:11,360 We are in an interview. 998 01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:14,240 Constable Ashton has died. 999 01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:18,440 I'm sorry, David. 1000 01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:22,960 Sorry. 1001 01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:29,320 Detective Chief Inspector Gently, can I speak with you? 1002 01:12:46,520 --> 01:12:50,030 Let's draw a line under this. We need to finish our interview. 1003 01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:52,870 You don't have enough to pursue this matter any further, do you? 1004 01:12:52,920 --> 01:12:54,910 You have no idea what we have. 1005 01:12:54,960 --> 01:12:57,750 I've spoken to the ACC. He agrees with me. 1006 01:12:57,800 --> 01:12:59,990 We think your investigation should be 1007 01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:03,590 superseded by an investigation into the death of Constable Ashton. 1008 01:13:03,640 --> 01:13:06,910 We don't want to muddy things. I'm sure you'll agree. 1009 01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:09,000 What's this? 1010 01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:14,430 A conclusion. There's no evidence that Simon Thomas had anything to do 1011 01:13:14,480 --> 01:13:17,270 with Constable Ashton... Let me stop you there. There is evidence. 1012 01:13:17,320 --> 01:13:19,510 We have a signed statement from a member of the public 1013 01:13:19,560 --> 01:13:22,310 who saw Simon Thomas assault Constable Ashton. 1014 01:13:22,360 --> 01:13:24,110 Who? 1015 01:13:24,160 --> 01:13:26,640 Irene Seddon. A local woman. 1016 01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:32,710 You've done enough. 1017 01:13:32,760 --> 01:13:34,760 Go home! 1018 01:13:48,360 --> 01:13:51,720 They didn't really want a robust investigation, did they? 1019 01:13:53,240 --> 01:13:55,750 If they did they wouldn't have sent two detectives 1020 01:13:55,800 --> 01:13:58,560 recovering from serious injuries, would they? 1021 01:14:21,160 --> 01:14:23,360 We haven't really done enough, have we? 1022 01:14:38,480 --> 01:14:42,600 Mrs Seddon? We need to ask you some questions. 1023 01:14:46,240 --> 01:14:49,040 He'll hurt my children. 1024 01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:30,990 Robbie! 1025 01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:33,080 Over there. 1026 01:15:35,320 --> 01:15:37,360 Robbie! 1027 01:15:46,840 --> 01:15:48,880 Robbie! 1028 01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:09,040 Robbie! 1029 01:16:11,080 --> 01:16:13,120 Robbie! 1030 01:16:32,320 --> 01:16:34,360 Robbie? 1031 01:16:54,480 --> 01:16:56,790 What did the little shite tell you? 1032 01:16:56,840 --> 01:17:00,280 What'd he talk to you about? Poetry! 1033 01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:11,230 We couldn't speak to you at our house. 1034 01:17:11,280 --> 01:17:13,160 If he finds out he'll hurt Mam. 1035 01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:17,160 Charlie and me saw it. 1036 01:17:25,080 --> 01:17:27,590 They say they're making this a better place. 1037 01:17:27,640 --> 01:17:31,670 They're talking about buildings, not people. 1038 01:17:31,720 --> 01:17:35,830 And then you come along with your badges and your laws 1039 01:17:35,880 --> 01:17:38,390 and you wonder why we hate you. 1040 01:17:38,440 --> 01:17:41,030 And Ashton brings the kiddie fiddler food and blankets, 1041 01:17:41,080 --> 01:17:43,990 makes him comfortable, that's what Ashton did. 1042 01:17:44,040 --> 01:17:46,710 What did Simon Thomas do to you? 1043 01:17:46,760 --> 01:17:49,510 He let that squatter live here but not us. 1044 01:17:49,560 --> 01:17:51,510 Us lot they move on. 1045 01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:55,280 Pervert was dangerous. We wanted him away! 1046 01:17:56,920 --> 01:17:58,960 PUT IT DOWN! 1047 01:18:41,720 --> 01:18:43,440 Hold on, John. 1048 01:18:44,560 --> 01:18:46,400 Come on. 1049 01:19:05,080 --> 01:19:06,960 Are you all right? 1050 01:19:09,440 --> 01:19:11,480 Yeah. Yeah, I'm good. 1051 01:19:13,360 --> 01:19:15,400 You are. 1052 01:19:23,160 --> 01:19:25,640 The riot gave Hanratty a chance to get even. 1053 01:19:27,400 --> 01:19:33,160 He wanted to kill Ashton. He wanted him alone and vulnerable. 1054 01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:44,710 The boys didn't know what he intended. 1055 01:19:44,760 --> 01:19:47,160 They had to do their part or he'd beat them. 1056 01:20:05,200 --> 01:20:08,560 Charlie got to Ashton first. Did as he was told. 1057 01:20:13,160 --> 01:20:16,000 They lured him into the building, away from anyone else. 1058 01:20:39,360 --> 01:20:41,400 Robbie! 1059 01:20:42,440 --> 01:20:44,480 Robbie! 1060 01:20:50,680 --> 01:20:53,520 Simon tried to shield Ashton with his body. 1061 01:21:14,320 --> 01:21:16,830 Can you prove Hanratty struck Simon Thomas? 1062 01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:19,870 We have witnesses and physical evidence. 1063 01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:22,680 And both the boys have made statements. 1064 01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:27,630 Simon Thomas' liver had ruptured. 1065 01:21:27,680 --> 01:21:30,790 He was dying but he didn't know it. 1066 01:21:30,840 --> 01:21:33,280 Crazy Man, Crazy Man! Get up! 1067 01:22:02,440 --> 01:22:04,480 No! No! 1068 01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:07,560 Mum! Mum! 1069 01:22:23,880 --> 01:22:26,550 The failure to check on Simon Thomas 1070 01:22:26,600 --> 01:22:31,000 when he was in the cells contributed to his death. 1071 01:22:36,440 --> 01:22:39,920 So our conclusion really doesn't change. 1072 01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:00,880 Do your duty. 1073 01:23:01,880 --> 01:23:04,070 Archie Dawson, I'm arresting you on suspicion 1074 01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:07,360 of being involved in the death of Simon Thomas. 1075 01:23:08,520 --> 01:23:11,670 You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence... 1076 01:23:11,720 --> 01:23:14,160 ..if you do not mention... 1077 01:23:18,440 --> 01:23:20,670 MUM! 1078 01:23:20,720 --> 01:23:23,040 MUM! 1079 01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:33,320 Thank you. 1080 01:23:35,040 --> 01:23:38,640 Mike was my mate and you found out who was responsible so... 1081 01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:45,480 That's the original. 1082 01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:50,920 When did I become a villain? 1083 01:23:52,920 --> 01:23:56,150 Rachel wasn't on duty. Dawson had a drink with us. 1084 01:23:56,200 --> 01:23:59,920 He had more than one and he fell asleep. 1085 01:24:02,120 --> 01:24:05,040 And he asked us to protect him so we did. We lied. 1086 01:24:06,200 --> 01:24:10,240 Nobody went in to check on him. And we all lied about it except her. 1087 01:24:14,360 --> 01:24:17,840 She's the only one who deserves to wear the uniform. 1088 01:24:38,480 --> 01:24:40,720 Guv, I'll take that letter back. 1089 01:25:44,320 --> 01:25:46,360 Lost? 1090 01:25:50,120 --> 01:25:52,160 Do you remember that oath you took? 1091 01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:28,390 Crazy Man. 1092 01:26:28,440 --> 01:26:32,720 I gave him his name, you know. Did you? Aye. He liked it. 1093 01:26:34,280 --> 01:26:36,320 It weren't because he was a nutter. 1094 01:26:37,880 --> 01:26:42,150 Something would happen or he'd read a poem 1095 01:26:42,200 --> 01:26:46,590 or somebody would say something, he'd think about it... Yeah. 1096 01:26:46,640 --> 01:26:49,750 ..shake his head and say, "That's crazy, man." 1097 01:26:49,800 --> 01:26:52,640 Always said it. About everything. 1098 01:26:54,240 --> 01:26:56,280 "That's crazy, man." 1099 01:26:59,880 --> 01:27:01,920 Come on. 1100 01:27:39,920 --> 01:27:42,750 Let me die a young man's death 1101 01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:48,110 Not a clean and in between The sheets holy water death 1102 01:27:48,160 --> 01:27:53,600 Not a famous-last-words Peaceful out of breath death 1103 01:27:55,600 --> 01:27:58,630 Let me die a young man's death 1104 01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:01,870 Not a free from sin tiptoe in 1105 01:28:01,920 --> 01:28:04,390 Candle wax and waning death 1106 01:28:04,440 --> 01:28:07,280 Not a curtains drawn by angels borne 1107 01:28:08,360 --> 01:28:11,720 "What a nice way to go" death.