1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,360 In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,680 by two separate, yet equally important groups. 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,520 The police, who investigate crime, 4 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,680 and the Crown Prosecutors, who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:12,520 These are their stories. 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,480 ALARM 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,920 Follow the line. Follow the nurses. 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,560 The nurses will take you to the assembly hall. 9 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:37,920 Every morning, my wife makes me promise not to open any suspect packages. 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,920 "Don't be a hero," she says. 11 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,320 To the assembly point in the car park. 12 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,160 Quickly and calmly, everyone to the assembly point in the car park. 13 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,160 Quickly and calmly, please. As quick as you can. 14 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:00,800 What's happening? 15 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,320 You can't go in for the moment. A security alert. 16 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,880 Some smokers reported a dodgy-looking holdall by the side entrance. 17 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,520 We can't find the owner. One of those nights. 18 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,360 Please make your way... 19 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,000 I can do it. 20 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,840 You move back. 21 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,640 What kind of a gentleman would I be, then, eh? 22 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,920 Bob? 23 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,360 Oh, no. 24 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,400 What is it? God. 25 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,120 SIREN 26 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,240 Just pop behind the tape. Thank you. 27 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:52,560 Ronnie! 28 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,280 One of our uniform boys will take your details. 29 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,040 All right. Thanks. Bye. 30 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,360 The bag was dumped some time after midnight. 31 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,120 None of the smokers remember clocking it before then. 32 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,280 What about an ID of the person who left it? 33 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,520 A Chinese guy dumped it around one. An Asian bird at half twelve. 34 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,080 A fat Black woman. A thin White guy. Take your pick. 35 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,960 God bless the great British Public. 36 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,800 Did Security see anything? Not until it was reported. 37 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,880 They were dealing with a barney between a bloke and his wife. 38 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,240 The woman who found it was still shaking. 39 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,280 She thought it was a bomb. 40 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,920 Well, for someone, it was. 41 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:15,960 Recently bathed. 42 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,920 Clean clothes. No sign of exposure to the cold. 43 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:20,960 No suspicious markings on the skin. 44 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,000 This was a well-cared-for child. 45 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,680 Yeah. Dumped in the early hours. Perfect parenting. 46 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,760 Well, the child was dead long before he was put in the bag. 47 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,360 Whoever left him here was disposing of a corpse. 48 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,200 Well, hang on a minute. 49 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,080 How does a well-cared-for baby become a corpse? 50 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,960 He was poisoned. Or, should I say, gassed. 51 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,040 Toxic levels of carbon monoxide in the bloodstream. The poor kid. 52 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,680 No reports of any missing babies. 53 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,480 Forensics got nine separate sets of prints from the bag. No matches so far. 54 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,080 A CCTV report says a figure deposited the bag at 27 minutes past midnight. 55 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,120 Thick coat. Hood up. Can't tell whether it's a bird or a bloke. 56 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:02,880 Can we track the route? 57 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,560 Well, we lost the suspect at Euston Road junction. 58 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,240 We're cross-referencing with bus and tube cameras. 59 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,440 No matches. Looks like they stayed on foot. 60 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:15,000 How far would you carry a dead kid, in a bag, in the centre of London, in the middle of the night? 61 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,040 You'd want rid, quick as, wouldn't you? 62 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,840 Assume the kid is from that area. 63 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:22,720 Take a two-mile radius, with the hospital at its centre. 64 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,600 Matt, get a photo and do the rounds of all the nurseries and day-care centres. 65 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,880 The old needle-haystack interface. 66 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,520 Look on the bright side, son. You might end up with a yummy mummy. 67 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,560 He's already working for one. 68 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,200 That sounds wonderful. Indian head massages government funded. 69 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,160 How come we don't get this? Once a week for three hours. 70 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,000 We're the only respite most of these women ever get. 71 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,680 The first Mrs Brooks will gladly let you know how mums do much longer hours than coppers. 72 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,200 You got kids? He can't even look after a goldfish. 73 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,880 I fed it just like you said. 74 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,200 The fish was ailing before I went near it. Tell that to my daughter. 75 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,440 A nine-month-old African-Caribbean boy. 76 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,760 Wearing a winter coat like this. Ring any bells? 77 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,400 Do you know how many babies there are around here? 78 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,400 African-Caribbean origin. Wearing a coat like this in the picture. 79 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,240 Luka, get down! 80 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,520 Sorry. Doesn't ring a bell. 81 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,640 Tilly! Will you stay within the gate? 82 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,880 Are you sure? Look, I'm sorry, I've got to keep an eye on 'em. 83 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,560 Last week, a little boy got out onto the main road, hit by a motorbike. 84 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:29,600 Lovely. 85 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,360 This is getting us nowhere. 86 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:33,880 Right. What have we got? The holdall. The baby. 87 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,640 Yep, and the clothes. 88 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,680 We could try sourcing the coat. 89 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,760 No, no. That's brilliant. Thank you. 90 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,600 Grey. Not green. They're grey. 91 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,200 I'll be in with the guv. Let me know. No worries. 92 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,600 Can you look it up for me? As soon as you can. 93 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,240 Yeah, yeah. I'll hold. 94 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,840 A single British wholesaler. The coats are shipped in from Bangalore. 95 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:53,880 Last year's must-have item. Great. 96 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,360 Except the coat was brand-new. Never been worn. 97 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,600 The wholesaler had a dozen boxes remaining. 98 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,200 Sold 'em to a distributor up Tottenham last month. 99 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,640 Here you go. Your man at White Hart Lane reckons he sold a box each 100 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,160 of those coats to 12 shops across Greater London. 101 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,520 Four within a stone's throw of the hospital. 102 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,360 That's what I call progress. 103 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,400 Can't divulge a customer's details? Who does he think he is? A priest? 104 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,200 We've still got three shops to go. 105 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,840 Used to be a community round here. People looked out for one another. 106 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:26,880 Now nobody sees, nobody talks. 107 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,240 Your blood sugar is dipping. I'll get you a sandwich. Matt. 108 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,560 A baby dies and no-one so much as blinks? 109 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,200 I'm not having it. 110 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,280 No. Don't remember. 111 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:46,360 Maybe, madam, if you were to look at the photograph for more than two seconds, it would jog your memory. 112 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,120 You have sold some of these coats. 113 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,760 Maybe you'll remember. A baby no older than ten months old. 114 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,920 African-Caribbean. Possibly a young mum. 115 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,680 When you want something, you're round here, no problem. 116 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,200 Where were you the three times I were burgled, eh? 117 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,840 I know the baby. 118 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,240 Remember? His mother came in. Bought the cot and the coat. Paid in cash. 119 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,640 I think we'll just talk to Kostas. If that's OK? 120 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,680 Be my guest. Thank you. 121 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,360 Yeah, I delivered it. She had a flat on the ground floor, off Kings Cross Road. 122 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,400 Hallem Street, I think it was. 123 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:27,960 Are you the caretaker here, sir? Oui. 124 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,400 Dionne Farrah. Number six. Numero six. 125 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,440 Have you seen her lately? 126 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,640 Avez-vous... 127 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,480 What's "seen"? 128 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,440 Vous n'avez pas vu la mere hier ou aujourd'hui? 129 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,280 Vous avez un clef pour l'appartement? 130 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:44,920 Oui. Suivez-moi. 131 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:46,280 Merci. 132 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,560 He's gonna let us in. You speak French. 133 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,400 You think I'm some sort of Neanderthal? 134 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,200 You might have said something before I made a tit of myself. 135 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,800 Where's the fun in that? 136 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:05,360 Hello. 137 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,400 Someone left in a hurry. 138 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,480 I don't blame 'em. 139 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,520 Ronnie. 140 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,320 Lovely. 141 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,280 Fingerprints match one of the sets from the holdall. 142 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,200 And here's the murder weapon. The heating system. 143 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,480 Pumping out carbon monoxide. A death trap. Literally. 144 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,520 Signs of tampering. Quite recent. 145 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,880 Plus, a carbon-monoxide alarm set up, ready to go. No batteries. 146 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:59,080 Easily removed, if you don't want your neighbours to know what you're up to. 147 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,720 Thanks, Pete. Sure. 148 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,760 So, what, you reckon a parent gassing their own child? 149 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,400 I've seen worse. 150 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,320 Well, yeah, but - A baby crying. 151 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,800 A single mum. Two hours' kip a night for six months. Easily done, mate. 152 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,440 I dunno. 153 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,720 Whatever happened to motherly love? 154 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,360 I'd have thrown myself in front of a speeding lorry for my kids. 155 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,440 Other days, I'd have happily shook 'em until they rattled. 156 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:28,880 Thank you. 157 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,640 Eight flats in total. Four currently unoccupied. 158 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,680 Right. Qui habite a numero trois? 159 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:35,720 Monsieur Turner. 160 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,760 Turner? Il arrive la. 161 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,240 Mr Turner. All right, lads? What's occurring? 162 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,280 DS Brooks. This is DS Devlin. 163 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,480 We're looking for a neighbour of yours. A Dionne Farrah. 164 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,520 Why? What's she done? 165 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,560 When was the last time you saw her? 166 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:55,040 Ah, well, I live on the floor above, so our paths don't really cross. 167 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,640 I hear the baby screaming through the floorboards all night, though. 168 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,680 He's got a right pair of lungs on him. 169 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:02,320 Did she have a husband? 170 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,360 I don't think so. Not that I saw. 171 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,400 No, I think it's just her and the baby. 172 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,080 I think she might be a lezzer. 173 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,200 A lot of them about, these days, isn't there? 174 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,080 Not that I mind, as long as they let us have a little watch. Eh? 175 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,200 How long have you lived here, Mr Turner? 176 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,240 Erm... A couple of months. 177 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,520 And is the building always this empty? 178 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,920 Yeah, it is, yeah. A lot of them took the buy-out from the landlady. 179 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,280 Five grand to get out. It's pretty persuasive. 180 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,040 Don't you qualify? 181 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,880 No. No, I'm on the sick, you see, from the Post Office. Er... RSI. 182 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,360 But the woman at the letting agency, Mrs Walters, she took pity on me. 183 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,400 She let me have a room, short-term only. A generous landlady. 184 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,360 Three years ago, I couldn't give a flat away. 185 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,000 These days, I could have 'em wrestling naked in t'mud to decide who gets them. 186 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,880 Can't be that many people fighting over that block, surely? 187 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,200 Regent's Quarter. The new St Pancras. A proper up-and-comer. 188 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,400 So you got yourself a bargain. Oh, yeah. 189 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:57,880 I wish. 190 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,120 I only heard about it at the last minute, I got the bid accepted, 191 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,320 not realising the buyer had to honour existing contracts and rents. 192 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,440 Some of those tenants are on fixed contracts for five years. 193 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,680 Always read the tiny print, gentlemen. 194 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,680 But the building's half empty. 195 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,160 Yeah, well, if we want to renovate, and we do, 196 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,560 we have to buy them out of their contracts, 197 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:20,400 which is where we are now. 198 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,880 OK. Here we are. Dionne Farrah. 199 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,480 Resident since 2006. References taken from the previous owner. 200 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,800 One from an employer. Another from a teacher based in Archway. 201 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,120 There you go. 202 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:42,480 So what happens to the people who take all the buy-outs and can't afford to live in the area any more? 203 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,680 They move to areas where they can afford it. 204 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:47,920 Oh, right, and when that gets gentrified, where do they go, then? 205 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,680 So we don't improve these areas? 206 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:52,760 Kings Cross has always been a dump. Finally, it's improving. 207 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,600 That is communities all over the city being displaced. 208 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,160 Areas change. Cities shift. Nothing new. Been happening for decades. 209 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,440 In 20 years' time, when the only gaff you can afford to live in is a caravan, think of me. 210 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,760 Really? Well, that is great. OK. I'll ring you back. 211 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,800 Please, if you could. Bye-bye. 212 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:14,160 OK. Listen up. Dionne Farrah made one call from a mobile phone yesterday morning. 213 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,680 Five hours after the baby's body was found. To a Leona Collins. 214 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:19,720 Leona Collins? Yeah. Wait. 215 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,760 Wait, wait, wait. Leona Collins. 216 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:25,840 Yes. 217 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,040 Leona Collins was Dionne's referee for the flat. Admit it. I am good. 218 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,720 Well, I am better, because Leona Collins' maiden name was... 219 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,800 Not Farrah? Farrah. 220 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,920 Dionne has a sister. Let's go. I'll call you back. 221 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,240 I spoke to her a couple of days ago. 222 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,760 What about? 223 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,080 The usual stuff. Sister stuff. 224 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,520 And since then? Look, I ain't seen her. 225 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,640 Leona, does Dionne have children? 226 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,680 A little boy. 227 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,320 Sean. 228 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:05,840 Sean? 229 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,040 And how old is Sean? Nine months. 230 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,560 Lovely. 231 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,800 Do you enjoy being an auntie, Leona? 232 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,000 Yeah, I bet. 233 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,360 What are you gonna get him for his birthday? 234 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:31,440 You seem the sort of person family means a lot to. 235 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:36,400 The kind of girl that'd like to protect her own. 236 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,440 Is this your nephew? 237 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,920 Where's your sister? 238 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,160 It's all right, Lee. I don't want to hide any more. 239 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,960 It's my fault. 240 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,040 It's all my fault. 241 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:13,240 So why did you take the batteries from the CO alarm, Dionne? 242 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:14,960 I didn't. 243 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,000 I didn't even know I had one. 244 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,320 OK. 245 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,400 Just talk us through what happened. 246 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,440 I had to get to work. 247 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,160 I clean offices on Pentonville Road. 248 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,880 I was already late three times in the last month, because of Sean. 249 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:31,520 On my last warning. 250 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,080 I can't afford to lose the job. 251 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,240 What about Sean's father? 252 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,560 He was killed in a car accident four months before he was born. 253 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,360 He never saw Sean. 254 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:47,120 Do you normally leave Sean on his own while you go to work? 255 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,640 No! 256 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,200 I phoned Serena. She's the baby-sitter. 257 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,600 She said she was like three minutes away. I thought he'd be OK. 258 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,640 She said she was on her way. 259 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,560 So you left Sean in the flat. 260 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,640 I got home about midnight. 261 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,720 The flat was all dark and no Serena. 262 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:13,320 I went over to Sean's cot. I leaned in, trying to hear him breathe, but I couldn't. 263 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,280 So I reached out, all gently, to touch him, but he wouldn't move. 264 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,400 So I picked him up 265 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,040 and he was all... 266 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:28,080 I tried to give him mouth-to-mouth, but I don't know how to give mouth-to-mouth properly. 267 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,480 I never learnt, I should have learnt, but he wouldn't move 268 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,120 and he's such a light sleeper and I knew then, I knew he was... 269 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,080 I took him to the hospital. 270 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,280 And you left him at the entrance. I didn't know what I was doing. 271 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,840 I just thought it was the best place for him. 272 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,880 I couldn't face anyone. 273 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:56,920 All the questions. 274 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,280 I knew they'd be thinking the same thing. 275 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,080 It's all my fault. 276 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,880 She had no intent to kill or cause harm. 277 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,200 Oh, come on, if you prosecute her, who does it serve? 278 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,480 We'll have to see what the CPS say. If we play it by the book, 279 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,520 she's looking at manslaughter by gross negligence. 280 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,160 She was worried about her job. She's got no partner, no support. 281 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,280 What would you have done? Waited for the baby-sitter. 282 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:30,760 Dionne said that when she spoke to you, you told her you were three minutes away. 283 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:32,360 I was on the bus. 284 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,400 There was this van in the middle of the road. 285 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,440 Everyone was yelling at the driver. 286 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,040 It should have only taken three or four minutes, but... 287 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,280 it turned out being about 20. 288 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,920 So, why weren't you looking after Sean 289 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,960 when Dionne got back from work? 290 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,000 I never got in. I've only got the key to Dionne's flat. 291 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,000 They changed the locks on the main door a few weeks back. I never got a copy. 292 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,920 The caretaker wouldn't let me in. 293 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,840 Caretaker! Have you seen the state of that place? 294 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,160 I told him I'd come to baby-sit Sean. 295 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,800 He said he couldn't let me in. He said he'd never seen me before. 296 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,680 I was outside the flat for like half an hour, buzzing other people, 297 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,720 waiting for someone to come out. 298 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:17,120 And then the caretaker came out again and said if I didn't go, then he'd call the police. 299 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,040 Erm, une jeune fille, seize ans, 300 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,600 says you wouldn't let her into the building. 301 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,640 Non, je ne l'ai jamais vue. 302 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,800 He says he never saw her, never answered the door to her. 303 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,640 Well, someone's lying. 304 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,200 Did you... 305 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,040 Did you take the batteries out of that? 306 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,160 Je ne l'ai jamais touche. 307 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,200 Reckons he never touched it. 308 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,240 A lot of "jamais" round here, mate. 309 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,040 So who's guilty here? 310 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,880 A young mum for leaving her baby, a baby-sitter for not doing her job 311 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,240 or that caretaker for not letting her in? 312 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,960 If Dionne didn't remove those CO alarm batteries, it puts her in a different light. 313 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,320 Yeah. I mean, the building's half empty. 314 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:02,960 Look at it. 315 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,000 The place is an absolute dump. 316 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,840 The gas systems aren't being checked, at all. 317 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,880 And the landlady's got her heart set on redevelopment. 318 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,160 So what does my devious mind conclude from that little lot? 319 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,160 The landlady wants that building cleared of tenants. 320 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,520 Yeah. 321 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,920 The heating engineers who've got the contract for the building, 322 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,440 they haven't had a maintenance request in 15 months. 323 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,400 They tried to do an annual check, but they couldn't get access. 324 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,560 Take a trip down to the tenants' ombudsman on The Strand. 325 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,760 Find out if Maureen Walters has got a record of driving out tenants. 326 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,800 Hang on. What about Dionne? She's the one who left the kid alone. 327 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,560 I want to make sure we've explored every avenue before I see a mother accused of the death of her child. 328 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,880 Maureen Walters? 329 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,400 The Wicked Witch Of The West, when she had properties in Notting Hill. 330 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,680 We need a new filing cabinet just for her. No water. Broken doors. 331 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,640 Floods. Textbook methods of how to empty a place. 332 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,680 Can you not get mozzarella on the files? 333 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,000 So what are you doing to stop her? 334 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:10,280 Unless a private landlord is a member of the guild, we don't have jurisdiction. 335 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,960 So, you just sit here and watch the complaints pile up? 336 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,720 What else can we do? We're an ombudsman, not like you boys. 337 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,360 This gaff on Hallem Street. Do you think she's trying to empty it? 338 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,160 You're asking me to forego my impartiality. 339 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,000 Oh, perish the thought. 340 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,800 Put it this way, I couldn't exclude the possibility that's what's happening. 341 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,960 I don't suppose you've got any records of former tenants who tried to lodge complaints? 342 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,520 Oh, yes. 343 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,520 Did my head right in, that place. 344 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,280 I come home and the lock on my door's been broken. 345 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,800 The caretaker is neither use nor ornament. 346 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,400 I shove a chair against the door. Can't get a locksmith till morning. 347 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,840 The middle of the bloody night, smash, the door is off its hinges. 348 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,880 That mad git Turner is in my lounge. 349 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,240 The RSI postie with a lesbian fetish. 350 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,280 He's throwing my CDs on the floor, switching t'telly on full volume. 351 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,360 Acting like he's drunk. 352 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,200 When you say acting - 353 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,760 Oh, I know what a pissed bloke smells like. 354 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,760 He didn't smell of booze, at all. More like... Lynx and mouthwash. 355 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,800 Turner's a thug. 356 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,760 He got what he wanted. I moved out. 357 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,800 Well done him. 358 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,840 I want this thing wrapped up. Oh, guv. 359 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,240 Yes? What have you got? I did a full FIU on the landlady's company. 360 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,640 Guess what? Mike Turner is on the payroll. So we checked him out. 361 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,800 He's got two previous convictions. One for ABH. One for GBH. 362 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,840 Both on tenants who claim he was harassing them to get them out of their homes. 363 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,840 From property records, ex-tenants, 364 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,680 we reckon this must be the sixth building he's cleared for the company. 365 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,240 Fine. This makes him a thug, but not a killer. 366 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,920 Dionne Farrah also mentioned that she hadn't messed around with the heating system in her flat, 367 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,400 yet the Scene Of Crime Officer said it had definitely been tampered with. 368 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,800 The maintenance company say a bloke matching Turner's description 369 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,440 barred them access to the flats, 370 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,400 saying that he was looking after the heating systems. 371 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,440 So he sabotages the heating to get the mum out. Ends up killing the baby. 372 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Guv, if Mike Turner is responsible for the death of this child, 373 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,600 we really should be out there, bringing him in. 374 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:14,000 Let me talk to James Steel from the CPS, see if we've got enough for him. 375 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:22,440 It's clear Mike Turner was harassing tenants, 376 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,680 but you've got to show me proof he's responsible for Sean's death. 377 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,800 At the moment, we can only prove... 378 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,040 I don't know. Harassment of occupier? 379 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,680 Or maybe agent of the landlord withholding services from occupier. 380 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,960 And what is that? That's like, two years, max. Just a fine. 381 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,160 I mean, a baby has been gassed to death. 382 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,880 I appreciate that and we all want to convict whoever is responsible, 383 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,640 but, trust me, at the moment, 384 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,080 I just don't have enough to convince a jury of Turner's guilt. 385 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:53,560 And if we prosecute him without enough evidence, we won't get justice for Sean or his mother. 386 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,120 So what do you need? 387 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:58,880 Evidence directly linking Mike Turner's actions to Sean's death. 388 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,800 You get me that, I'll put him in the dock. 389 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,040 This caretaker, Daniel Matoukou, 390 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,000 it must have been his job to service the gas system that killed Sean. 391 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,040 What's he got to say for himself? 392 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,080 Well, not a lot, because he barely speaks any English. 393 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,480 What is it, Matt? 394 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,480 I can hear your brain whirring from here. 395 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:23,560 Well, the, erm, caretaker. 396 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:28,400 Serena said that he threatened to call the police, told her he'd never seen her before. 397 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:29,720 So? 398 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,760 Well, do you think Serena speaks that much French? 399 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,080 Thank you, Serena. That's very helpful. 400 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:44,080 Result. She says the man who wouldn't let her in was White, Northern and big-boned. 401 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,920 So, not the caretaker, at all. It was Mike Turner. 402 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:51,480 He barred her access. Just like he barred the maintenance people from checking the heaters. 403 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,720 Enough of a link? 404 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,440 Now we can build a case. 405 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,400 I said, stop it! Leave me alone, you bloody great ape! 406 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,560 This wood is rotten, Mrs Murphy. It needs to be replaced. 407 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,960 Only after you started hacking away at it! 408 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,560 Got the cuffs? 409 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,600 I've just had that painted! 410 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,320 Matt, cuffs. Get off me! 411 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,880 Michael Turner, I'm arresting you on the manslaughter of Sean Farrah. 412 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,920 You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence, 413 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:21,080 if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court. 414 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,760 Dionne, we've arrested Mike Turner. 415 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:30,560 We believe the owners of the building are trying to harass the tenants by damaging the heating systems. 416 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,640 You mean, they did it on purpose? 417 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,280 They killed my boy. 418 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,360 I'm so sorry, Dionne. 419 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,840 Throwing old ladies and young mothers onto the street to make a few quid? 420 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,080 This Mike Turner is below amoeba. 421 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,200 Unlawful act manslaughter? That's what I'm going for. 422 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,520 I don't see it. Where's the unlawful act? 423 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:02,800 The law requires that landlords service gas systems and have them safety-checked annually. 424 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:07,440 The tests on the system found the CO levels were more than 800 parts per million. 425 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,000 The Health And Safety Executive's safety level is 50. 426 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,320 Statistics. Blind me with science. I couldn't give a rat's backside. 427 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,960 You have to convince me of intent, 428 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,800 that Turner essentially knew that what he was doing was unlawful. 429 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,920 A big loophole for him to dance through. 430 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,360 Turner intended to make the conditions unliveable, so that the tenants would leave. 431 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:28,400 He's done this half a dozen times before. 432 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,560 If I get his previous convictions admitted, the context is clear. 433 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,920 You'll need a judge and jury in generous moods. 434 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,200 We've got good evidence. Enough of it? 435 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,680 We need direct evidence that Turner tampered with the gas system. 436 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,720 Without it, I'm not convinced. 437 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,080 What if we turn the caretaker, Daniel Matoukou, to give evidence against Turner? 438 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:51,800 Mr Matoukou knew the gas system was unreliable, he knew the CO alarms weren't functioning properly, 439 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,640 but he didn't try to get them repaired or serviced. 440 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,960 Oh, come on. He's just the caretaker. 441 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,840 Someone will take responsibility for this baby's death. 442 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,560 Either he tells us about Mike Turner or we charge him with manslaughter. 443 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,520 Scale his charge down to withholding services from a tenant. A summary offence only. 444 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,720 Then he'll talk. 445 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,640 Who tampered with the gas system? 446 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,600 Mike Turner. 447 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,720 Unlawful act manslaughter? 448 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,920 What's the matter with you? Huge credibility problems here. 449 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,000 Any jury with half a brain cell between them 450 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,560 will see that Matoukou is simply trying to shift blame onto Mr Turner. 451 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,120 He is the caretaker. The building and services are his responsibility. 452 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:41,960 Nothing to do with us whatsoever. 453 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,000 Mr Turner is an habitual offender. 454 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,680 One previous conviction for GBH, one for ABH, both against tenants. 455 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,240 I reckon a jury will be fascinated by his previous convictions. 456 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,400 You've been sniffing the Tipp-Ex. No judge will allow that. 457 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,080 Take up golf, James. A better use of your energies. 458 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,720 Come along, Mr Turner. 459 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,280 See you in court. 460 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,920 You can't allow this, my lady. It's totally prejudicial. 461 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,560 The cases are identical. 462 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,360 Mr Turner assaulted tenants who were trying to repair essential services. 463 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:17,080 Assaults on people. Not tampering with gas systems. 464 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,840 Entirely different, my lady. 465 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,440 Yes, thank you, Mr Ridley. 466 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,200 Let me get this clear. 467 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,600 Making the buildings unliveable is intent to cause injury. 468 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,000 That's what's common to all these incidents? 469 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,040 Yes. Thank you, my lady. 470 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,680 You're not going to allow this? 471 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,360 Do you know? I think I am. 472 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,600 It's a novel theory and I rather like it. 473 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:47,440 Mr Turner's previous convictions may be admitted as evidence. 474 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,800 I tried to push past, 475 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,840 but he wasn't having any of it. 476 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,880 He just slammed the door in my face. 477 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,920 I tried to get in. 478 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,160 I really did. I adored Sean. 479 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,200 If I'd known what was gonna happen, I... 480 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,640 The man who blocked your access to the building, 481 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,680 is he in this court? 482 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,680 That's him. 483 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:18,360 He said he'd never seen me before, but I've been there loads of times. 484 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:22,080 For the record, the witness was pointing at the defendant. 485 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,800 No further questions. 486 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,200 Miss Jackson... May I call you Serena? 487 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:36,200 Serena, you told the police that Mr Turner was the caretaker. 488 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,040 That's right. 489 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,880 But he's not. 490 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,800 If you'd been there so often, why didn't you know that? 491 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,640 He was around a lot. 492 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,280 I just assumed. 493 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,800 So you didn't really know who he was. 494 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,600 Is it possible, therefore, that he didn't know who you were? 495 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:02,400 J'ai dit a Monsieur Turner que je voulais reparer le reseau de gas de Mademoiselle Farrah. 496 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,360 I told Mr Turner I was trying to fix Miss Farrah's gas system. 497 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,600 And what did Mr Turner do? Qu'a fait Monsieur Turner? 498 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,520 Il m'a dit de laisser tomber. He told me to leave it. 499 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,720 Il m'a ordonne de m'ecarter du systeme de gas. 500 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,760 He pulled me away. Et puis il a donne un coup de marteau dessus. 501 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,160 And then he gave it a thump with a hammer. 502 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,400 As the level of carbon monoxide in the room increased, 503 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,640 the child would have suffered from cerebral oedema. 504 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,720 Can you explain what that is, please, Mr Stanton? 505 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,840 Cerebral oedema causes brain cells to crush into each other, 506 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,680 through swelling, 507 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,800 essentially killing the cells as they're compacted. 508 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,240 Could the carbon-monoxide leak have been caused by a source 509 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,680 other than the gas heating system? 510 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,320 I don't believe so. 511 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,720 And, in your expert opinion, would Mr Turner's attack on the gas system 512 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,480 have increased the chances of such a fatal leak? 513 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,280 In my opinion, yes. 514 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,320 Thank you. No further questions. 515 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,400 I don't know if I can do this. 516 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,760 All those people looking at me. 517 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,920 This is your chance to tell everyone the truth, Dionne. 518 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,000 I dreamt of Sean last night. 519 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,880 He was asleep in the cot next to me, 520 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,600 like none of this had happened. 521 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,600 When I woke up... 522 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,200 ..it was like I was losing him all over again. 523 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,920 I thought Sean would only be on his own for five minutes at most. 524 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:40,600 I thought... 525 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,640 I thought he'd be fine. 526 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,680 How long was Sean alone? 527 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,320 Seven hours. 528 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:47,960 When you left, 529 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,280 did you notice anything unusual about the air in the room? 530 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:52,800 No. 531 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,960 And when you returned? 532 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,840 It was like... 533 00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,480 thick. 534 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,720 I opened the window, before I... 535 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,000 ..saw Sean. 536 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,600 Thank you. 537 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,440 No further questions. 538 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:17,240 This must be very distressing, Miss Farrah. I'll be brief. 539 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,280 Can you just explain to the court 540 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,320 why you didn't phone home 541 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,120 to check with Miss Jackson that everything was all right? 542 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,160 We're not allowed phones at work. 543 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:32,640 Two months back, one of the cleaners got sacked for making calls during work time. 544 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,960 You don't have breaks? I went to my locker to get my phone. 545 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,680 It had run out of battery. I must have left it on. 546 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:45,120 So I went outside to use the phone box across the street, but it wasn't working. 547 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,760 By the time I'd done that, my ten minutes was up. 548 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,800 None of your co-workers had phones? The break was over - 549 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,400 You clean an office block, how many telephones - 550 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,080 I'd be fired if I used any of them. 551 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,440 So your job is more important to you than the welfare of your child? 552 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,000 My lady. Mr Ridley. 553 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,600 A little compassion goes a long way. 554 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:07,640 Miss Farrah, isn't it true you could have made a phone call, if you'd really wanted to? 555 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,680 I don't know. 556 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,200 Maybe. 557 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:13,880 Yes. 558 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,400 So, who is actually responsible for the death of little Sean? 559 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,280 This is why the rest of Ridley's chambers call him "Limbo". 560 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,120 There's nothing he won't stoop to. 561 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:28,360 He may be making your case for you. The jury will have sympathy for the mother after that. 562 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,120 Are you ready for this? There's been a note from the jury. 563 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,120 One of the jurors speaks fluent French. 564 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,520 He's questioning Daniel Matoukou's testimony. 565 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,280 A mistranslation. I don't know how serious. 566 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,200 Tell me Ridley's not applying to discharge the jury? 567 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,160 Looks like he'll succeed. Mike Turner would go free on a technicality. 568 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,160 I just told them what I heard. 569 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,280 I lived in France for 20 years. 570 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,600 He said, "ordered", not "pulled". 571 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,640 And I have a note from other jurors 572 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,160 stating that you corrected three other words 573 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,880 that you considered mistranslations. 574 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,440 I just told them what Mr Matoukou really said. 575 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,560 I wasn't trying to be difficult. So more than one word. 576 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,600 My lady, how can we now be certain 577 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,960 that the rest of the translated evidence 578 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,600 has been correctly understood by the jury? 579 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,640 Yes, thank you, Mr Ridley. 580 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,480 I agree. 581 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,080 It's a mess. 582 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,600 It's more than a mess. The trial is aborted. 583 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,480 I don't care how many trials it takes. 584 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,040 Dionne Farrah and her baby will get justice. 585 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,400 Your client can't wriggle out of this indefinitely. 586 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,080 You don't need golf. You need therapy. 587 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,840 Brutal, unforgiving therapy. 588 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,880 How do you sleep at night, Robert? 589 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,560 In a gorgeous hand-made bed, imported from Osaka. 590 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,680 But then, of course, I don't have to make do on a CPS salary. 591 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,720 We've got to retry Mike Turner. 592 00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:01,440 You're letting your heart rule your head. A retrial means going back to square one. 593 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,400 You'd have to get Turner's criminal record admitted again. 594 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,840 I managed it last time. Yeah. You got lucky. 595 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,840 No guarantee that a new judge will be quite so obliging. 596 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,880 And without Turner's previous, your case looks perilously thin. 597 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,720 So he walks free? 598 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,520 I don't like it any more than you do. 599 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,080 We have to make do with what we have at our disposal. 600 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,920 I might be able to help you there. 601 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,720 Looking through Turner's file, 602 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,360 on his last assault charge, he was offered to deal down to a year in prison, 603 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,960 if he gave up Maureen Walters - he didn't bite. 604 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,000 He went to prison rather than give evidence against his boss? 605 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,520 That's some loyalty. Because she's not his boss. 606 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,480 Mike Turner is a silent partner in the whole company. 607 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,160 All of those buildings, they own them together. 608 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,360 Their property portfolio must be worth nearly £5 million. 609 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,600 While a child dies in squalor in one of their flats. 610 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,640 So Maureen Walters must have known exactly what Mike Turner was doing. 611 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,280 They must have hatched the plan together to get the tenants out. 612 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,120 She's culpable. Mm. 613 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,160 We go after Maureen Walters. 614 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:03,200 As head of the company, the buck stops with her. We put her in the dock. 615 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,880 Hold on. If they're partners, then they will deny everything in unison. 616 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,320 We have to be more pragmatic. But surely - 617 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:13,520 No trial, but we get Turner and Walters to plead guilty to a lesser charge. 618 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,520 George, a baby was killed. 619 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,880 Dionne Farrah's life has been destroyed. 620 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,040 This way, we convict those responsible. 621 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,560 The most they'd get would be a couple of months. 622 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,080 They could even walk out of court with fines. 623 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,680 For a child's death? That's a disgrace. 624 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,120 George is right. 625 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,840 A trial is no guarantee of success. 626 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,600 I'd rather see them convicted of something, than walk free. 627 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,920 Let's bring Turner and Walters in, see if they'll take it. 628 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,240 'You're asking me to plead guilty?' 629 00:34:46,240 --> 00:34:50,080 "Withdrawing services with intent to cause occupier to leave." 630 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,320 Scraping the barrel a bit, James. 631 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,600 If you don't accept my proposal, I will take Mr Turner back to trial 632 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,760 and I'll dig up every charge possible to level at Mrs Walters. 633 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,760 That baby's death had nothing to do with me. 634 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,360 I'm just trying to earn a living, keep my head above water. 635 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,600 But that's not possible, these days, is it? 636 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,160 Nobody takes responsibility for their own lives. 637 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,440 Sorry? Would it kill that girl to check the CO alarm herself? Eh? 638 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,640 Batteries. That's all it would have taken. 639 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,160 But, no, she'd rather complain than do something. 640 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,000 The law states it's your responsibility to ensure your - 641 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,840 Don't get me started about the law. 642 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,040 Do you know the amount of red tape I have to deal with every day? 643 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,560 It's a wonder there's any small businesses left. 644 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:32,920 Every day, there's some new legislation making it impossible to earn an honest living. 645 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,440 Wow. A fascinating interpretation of "honest". 646 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,200 I did nothing to hurt that baby. 647 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:38,720 We're leaving. 648 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:40,760 You don't even care, do you? 649 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,720 What? I beg your pardon? I'll have you for slander. 650 00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:45,880 Come on, Mike. Is there something funny? 651 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,560 I've done prison. A few months inside, it's easy. 652 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:52,400 It won't get that far. Matoukou's memory won't be so clear next time. 653 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,720 Daniel Matoukou's evidence is on the record. 654 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,920 Are you admitting threatening a witness? No. She didn't say a word. 655 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,920 None of this ever happened. We were never here. 656 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:02,840 She's threatening to sue you? 657 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:04,480 For slander? 658 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,720 After she blamed Dionne Farrah for the death of her baby. 659 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:09,480 She's a one-off, that woman. 660 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,800 She knows you haven't got enough on her. 661 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,680 That digging you wanted. Tell me you found treasure. 662 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,840 Mike Turner previously served 15 months in prison for the assault charges. 663 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,600 During that time, Environmental Health Officers received and upheld 664 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:26,600 49 complaints from tenants against Maureen Walters. 665 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,240 So? 666 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:31,680 The moment Mike Turner is released, the complaints drop. 667 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,520 Turner gets out and starts bullying tenants again. 668 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,560 There's something else. 669 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,320 Nine months ago, the Environmental Health Inspector changed. 670 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,520 The new inspector is pretty generous. 671 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,480 Of the 27 complaints that were made against Maureen Walters since then, 672 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,240 every single one has been resolved in her favour. 673 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,320 That's an impressive success rate. 674 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,640 I love the smell of bribery in the evening. 675 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,680 See what you can prove. 676 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,920 Oh, and Alesha... 677 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,640 Brilliant work. Thank you. 678 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,160 I've got five minutes. 679 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,320 Nine months ago, you were covering Maureen Walters' buildings. 680 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,440 What changed? A new manager came in. 681 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,960 Reorganised the way we divided up casework. 682 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,920 So who took over complaints against Maureen Walters? 683 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,960 Charlie Dias. Does he take bribes? 684 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,600 I didn't hear that. 685 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,040 Did Maureen Walters ever offer you a bribe? 686 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,080 She hinted at it. I'm not saying that I wasn't tempted. 687 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,120 You know how much they pay us? 688 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,440 The wife was going on about a new fridge. 689 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,960 One nod to Maureen Walters and everyone would have been happy. 690 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,600 Has Charlie Dias bought a new fridge recently? 691 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,160 Your five minutes are up. 692 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,480 Charlie Dias. Works at Environmental Health. 693 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,680 Withdraws 200 quid a week from his current account, going back years. 694 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,200 The past nine months? Nothing. Not a penny. 695 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,240 Doesn't prove he took bribes. 696 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:14,200 His wife paid for her weekly shop by debit card for the last three years. 697 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,040 The past nine months? Cash only. 698 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,480 So they've got extra cash. Still no link to Maureen Walters. 699 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,320 Doesn't prove anything. 700 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,400 What if someone offers Dias a bribe? 701 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,160 He takes the bribe. 702 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,200 We get enough evidence like that, 703 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:35,160 a jury will see that Maureen Walters was responsible for Sean's death. 704 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,200 Set it up. 705 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,920 Look, I'm just asking. Why me? 706 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:47,760 We, er, took a vote. 707 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,400 We decided you were the one who looked most like a dodgy landlord. 708 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,440 You're supposed to be my mate. 709 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,480 Maybe take your tie off. 710 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,200 Perfect. 711 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,320 Antony Simpson? Yeah. 712 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,480 Charles Dias. Environmental Health. 713 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,320 Right. We've got, er, 714 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:25,800 three complaints, two about the central heating, one about the damp. 715 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,280 Yeah, I think those are... a misunderstanding. 716 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,400 I'm having the place totally renovated. 717 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,120 Well, I'm gonna have to take a look, but I must warn you - 718 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:34,960 Do we have to do this now? 719 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,600 What else would we do? 720 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,360 Careful. Wait till he asks. 721 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,400 He knows what he's doing. 722 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,840 We're not just pretty faces, you know. 723 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,840 I don't want to add to your paperwork. How can we make this go away? 724 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,680 You tell me, Mr Simpson. 725 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,040 Well, if I knew what you were looking for - 726 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,120 What are you looking for? 727 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,640 I don't want to insult you, Mr Dias. 728 00:39:58,640 --> 00:39:59,960 £500. 729 00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:02,960 Here we go. 'What about...£250?' 730 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:07,240 Is this the way in? What about £300? £300, then. 731 00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:09,000 Cash? Now? 732 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,440 Cash. Absolutely. Yeah. Good. 733 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,920 That's one hundred. Very much obliged. 734 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:18,560 Two hundred... 735 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,080 Charles Dias, you are under arrest for corruption. 736 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,240 Oh, no. No, no. You can't do this. 737 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:27,080 Can I have my tie back now? 738 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,400 Entrapment. You stitched him up. 739 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,240 He solicited the bribe. 740 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:38,880 Mr Dias is going to resign. Without a pension. 741 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:43,320 Then he's going to give us the names of every landlord who ever bribed him. 742 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,360 Or he'll find himself in the dock. 743 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,360 Who do you want first? 744 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:54,920 In my experience, Mr Turner, people change their plea for two reasons. 745 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,960 Conscience or self-preservation. 746 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,440 Now, as conscience seems beyond you, 747 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,760 I'm giving you one last chance to save yourself. 748 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:08,200 We've charged Maureen Walters with 16 counts of bribing a public official. 749 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,800 Mrs Walters claims it was your idea. 750 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,240 What... 751 00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:14,760 has she been saying, the lying cow? 752 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,800 Mr Turner, silence is your friend. 753 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:22,240 We're going to charge you both with manslaughter by gross negligence, over Sean Farrah's death. 754 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:27,120 Prison may be easy for you, Mr Turner, but 15 years? 755 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:30,800 That's a whole slab of your life. 756 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,800 I've been through one trial. Why keep coming back at me? 757 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:37,320 For all the years Dionne Farrah will never spend with her son. 758 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:42,280 What did you have in mind, James? 759 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,600 Maureen Walters has already begun to turn on you. 760 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,920 Here's where your self-preservation can kick in. 761 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,560 Give evidence against her, in exchange for a lesser charge 762 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,760 or be back in the dock alongside her. 763 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,720 The old divide and conquer, eh? 764 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:21,560 A baby died. 765 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,960 A baby named Sean Farrah. He was nine months old. 766 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,280 Maureen Walters didn't strangle Sean. 767 00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,520 She didn't stab him or run him over. 768 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,280 Maureen Walters never even met Sean Farrah. 769 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:43,440 She did, however, fail to maintain gas-central-heating systems, 770 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,960 in a deliberate attempt to force her tenants to leave. 771 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,920 She bribed Environmental Health Officers to look the other way 772 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,240 and, in doing so, she breached her duty of care to Sean. 773 00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,280 A breach amounting to gross negligence. 774 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,600 Why did she commit this breach? 775 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,120 Because she wanted more money. 776 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,000 She wilfully and repeatedly 777 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:16,840 placed the value of her property above the value of a human life. 778 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,480 No parent should outlive their child 779 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:26,840 and convicting Maureen Walters won't bring Sean Farrah back to his mother, 780 00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,760 but it will send a forceful warning to others. 781 00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:37,320 We all have a duty of care towards one another. 782 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:42,040 And no breach shall go unpunished. 783 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:10,240 In relation to the count of manslaughter by gross negligence, 784 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:14,480 do you find the defendant, Maureen Walters, guilty or not guilty? 785 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,520 Guilty. 786 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,440 Well done, James. A good result. 787 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,080 Go home. 788 00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,120 Have a drink. It's over. 789 00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,200 For us, maybe. 790 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,840 Subtitles by ITV SignPost