1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,040 'In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,600 'by two separate, yet equally important, groups - 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,480 'the police, who investigate crime, 4 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,440 'and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,960 'These are their stories.' 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:14,640 Hey, Jess. Hi. 7 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,400 How's it going? Good. 8 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,280 Try the soup. 9 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,080 It's to die for. 10 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:22,800 He means last time he made it, six people died. 11 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,560 Isn't that right, Reverend? 12 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,440 We've a bed at the shelter if you want it. 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,800 You OK, mate? 14 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,400 Cheryl! Call an ambulance! 15 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,160 Now! 16 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:56,880 SIRENS 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,760 We're out here most nights, so most kids who... sleep rough 18 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:02,440 are familiar faces. 19 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,240 But you'd never seen this kid before? No. 20 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,360 OK, well, we'll need to talk to all the kids that were here earlier. 21 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,440 Reverend Crawford? 22 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,680 Yeah, er... sorry. 23 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,720 We do breakfast at the shelter for the rough sleepers. 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,280 The kids usually enjoy that, too. 25 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,840 That poor boy. 26 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,800 He was dead by the time you found him, sir. 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,680 There's nothing you could have done. 28 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,200 One of our uniformed guys will look after you. 29 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,720 Multiple bruises and contusions. 30 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,600 Back of his head was popped like a grape. 31 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,440 No wallet, no ID, no mobile. 32 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,040 So not a known local. What do you reckon? Lad walked off the train 33 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,280 and got his first and last welcome to London. He was what - 12, 13? 34 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,000 Someone should tell these kids 35 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,160 the streets aren't lined with well wishers. 36 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,920 If the street's the alternative, 37 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,040 makes you wonder what they're running from. 38 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,160 Well, he didn't come out of Euston Station. Must be a local after all. 39 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,080 Well, that narrows it down to 659 square miles. Thank you. 40 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,440 So how does a young kid like that get beaten to death 41 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,840 and no-one notice? Let's start with the witnesses, 42 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,560 get down the Reverend's shelter. 43 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,520 Someone from down there might have recognised the kid. Yeah. 44 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,280 Mind you, state you're in now, 45 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,440 they'll hose you down, give you a meal. You're no prince charming! 46 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,280 First Superdrug we pass, you're stopping for Listerine. 47 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,640 Do you always smell so minty? 48 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,120 Cheryl, do you recognise him, love? 49 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,720 I was too busy working last night, trying to keep warm. 50 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,680 Go on, have a think. I bet nothing gets past you. 51 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,560 Do women ever fall for that? 52 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,840 I don't know him from Adam. 53 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,800 Cheryl, your tattoo - is that a local gang? 54 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:42,320 Yeah. I got out a few months ago when the Rev got me this job here. 55 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,560 Since when did you become an expert on gangs? 56 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,800 I'm old bill, not prehistoric bill. 57 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,600 So where do you lot hang out? 58 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,200 I'm telling you, man, I got an airtight alibi. 59 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,240 We haven't told you when you need your alibi for yet. 60 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,400 That's your world out there. This is ours in here. We don't mix! 61 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,560 Yeah? Three pointer says you're wrong. 62 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,120 OK. 63 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,560 HE LAUGHS 64 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,400 Shame, man. You got a photo? 65 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,320 He was found dead last night at the back of Euston, head kicked in. 66 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,920 Don't need no photo, then. You know who did it? 67 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,800 He weren't done by a gang, man. 68 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,680 That whole area round there - that's the neutral zone. 69 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,920 No-one gets touched in the neutral zone. 70 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,840 Law of the land, man. Youths gotta use the train, too, don't they? 71 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:34,640 So bloody tribal. One street against the next, 72 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,360 kids getting beaten for walking through outlawed areas. 73 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,560 Rivalry between kids ain't nothing new, Matt. 74 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,280 Can't tell me you and your mates never organised a punch up 75 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:46,000 between your school and the next. We never carried knives or guns. 76 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,320 Then kids haven't changed, society has. 77 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,520 I hate these cases, Matt. 78 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,680 All that potential gone. 79 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,680 I'd say your male anon was 13. 80 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:03,520 Cracked ribs, punctured lung, a ruptured spleen. 81 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,680 He haemorrhaged from almost every major organ. 82 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,520 How long do you reckon he could have walked around like that? 83 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,880 Slow rate of seepage. An hour, two tops. 84 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,480 Any sign of sexual abuse? No evidence of any sexual activity. 85 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:21,480 No fluids, no tearing of tissue. Just normal blunt force wounds. 86 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,800 Probably from steel toe-capped boots or DMs. 87 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,560 Any tattoos, gang markings? No. 88 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,840 Somebody on the street must know this kid. 89 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:32,120 There's no way he was living on the street. 90 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,880 This boy was well looked after, well fed. 91 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,760 His last meal was polenta and roasted vegetables. 92 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,760 They don't serve polenta and roasted veg in soup kitchens. 93 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,480 Where are the parents in all this? 94 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,720 If my kid had missing for the best part of a day, 95 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,560 I'd be going spare! You and me both. 96 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,480 We've sent his photo to all the other constabularies, 97 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,480 just in case his parents do a walk-in. There's been nothing. 98 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,360 How's the response to the media appeal? 99 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,440 Lots of call, lots of sympathy, but so far no leads. 100 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,640 And you've checked with Missing Persons? Yep. 101 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,200 No-one matching his description, no match with fingerprints or DNA. 102 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,720 Without his name, we've got nothing. Nowhere to start. 103 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,640 We just got a hit from the media appeal - 104 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,320 a Mrs Lee, a teacher over in Kilburn. 105 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,720 Couldn't believe it when I saw his face on the news. 106 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,720 Danny Jackson - one of my after school regulars. 107 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,520 Hurry up, Chloe. 108 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,720 So I take it he wasn't exactly teacher's pet? 109 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,080 Actually, he was a decent kid, just shy. 110 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,640 He had dyslexia and was on our mainstream scheme. 111 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,800 Do you have an address for Danny? I've got an old one, six months ago. 112 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,400 His mother moved. New boyfriend, according to Danny. 113 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,120 Did he ever talk about his home life? 114 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,040 You mean did he show up with bruises? 115 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,760 Kids are good at keeping that sort of stuff from you. Yeah. 116 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,240 Baggy clothes'll hide a lot. 117 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,520 Yeah. 118 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,160 The boyfriend's a bookie. Wimbledon dog track. 119 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,160 CHEERING AND SHOUTING 120 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,480 You're too late. Danny's mum moved out three months ago. 121 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,200 Well, do you have an address? 122 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,240 From day one, Mandy and that kid of hers were nothing but trouble. 123 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,080 Everything OK, babe? Nothing to worry about, sweetheart. 124 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,320 I see you bounced right back. 125 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,560 Mandy left me. She ripped me off. 126 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,560 As for Danny? Bloody hell, when he weren't drawing, 127 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,600 he was bouncing off the walls. 128 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,440 I reckon the reason Mandy got stoned half the time was cos of him. 129 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,160 What about you, Stevie? 130 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,880 You ever need to make Danny see sense? 131 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,000 I've never hit a kid. 132 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,800 Stevie. 133 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,920 Just give us Mandy's address before she decides to move on again. 134 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,680 She's in rehab. 135 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,360 You see her... tell her I want my plasma back. 136 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,280 That's her. 137 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,560 She's been clean for nearly three months now. 138 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,000 Hello, Mandy. 139 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,720 Social Services said I wasn't fit to be left alone with him. 140 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,520 So... 141 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,560 I wanted him back, so I went into rehab. 142 00:08:57,680 --> 00:08:59,520 He cried when they took him away. 143 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:03,680 I told him, "Danny, you're going to a nice house. 144 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:05,720 "You'll be fed and looked after and... 145 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:08,960 "..safe." 146 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,960 After everything I'd put him through. 147 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,880 After... everything... 148 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,560 He didn't wanna go. 149 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,040 I want him back. 150 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,440 Please bring him back. I want him back! 151 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,600 We'll get whoever did this. 152 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:40,600 A few months ago, 153 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,400 the PE teacher at Danny's new school noticed some bruises. 154 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,720 Did Danny say how he got them? Too scared. 155 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,880 Child abuse team couldn't prove anything. 156 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,880 I'd have had a fiver on Boyfriend Of The Year, Stevie Agnew, myself. 157 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,960 We took Danny into care. Two days later, Mandy turns up. 158 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,240 Said she'd agree to do rehab, anything to get him back. 159 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,320 This is what I always worried the inside of my head looked like. 160 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,920 One person's mess is another person's filing system. Thank you. 161 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,440 Was Danny placed with foster parents? Phoebe Baxter. 162 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,160 She's the best we've got. 163 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,360 So why didn't she report Danny missing on Friday night? 164 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,520 If I'd have told Social Services that Danny was missing, 165 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,920 they'd have taken him away from me. He was settling in so well. 166 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,160 So well you didn't know where he was? 167 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,360 It's not prison. I don't tag 'em. 168 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,320 I've been doing this long enough to understand the pattern. 169 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,080 They run away once - parents' house... 170 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,720 hoping that mum and dad have patched up their differences. 171 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,280 And after a day or two, they come back again. 172 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,600 That's what I thought Danny was up to. 173 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,400 I failed him. 174 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,120 So, just run us through what happened on Friday evening, please. 175 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,760 After school we all sat down and ate dinner together, like always, 176 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:54,040 and then Danny went off to the cinema with Jono and Andy. 177 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,160 After the film, we stopped for some chips on the Camden High Street. 178 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,280 So, tell us what happened then, Jono. 179 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,760 Andy and I went in, got our order. 180 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,040 When we came out, Danny was just, like, gone. 181 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,520 Anything behind me? Yeah, your youth! 182 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,480 What about you, Andy? Danny say anything to you before he left? 183 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,960 How was Danny that night, Andy? 184 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,200 He's a right chatterbox, your mate, isn't he (?) 185 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,040 He won't talk to the old bill. Last time he did, he got nicked! 186 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,200 We looked around for him. We thought he might come back here. 187 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,360 So you think Danny was homesick, Andy? 188 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,160 No way! That minger his mum was shaggin' - 189 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,280 he used to hit Danny for going in the back room 190 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,000 while he was watching ponies. Danny told you Stevie hit him? 191 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,080 He showed us the bruises. 192 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,600 I was in all night watching telly with Debbie. Danny never came round. 193 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,560 I know people like you, Stevie. 194 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:49,560 People who lie about hitting kids. 195 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:53,000 People who get a kick out of seeing the bruises the next day. 196 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,680 I never hit him. I took him in, fed him. 197 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,800 I put a roof over his head. Why would I hit him? 198 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,400 Right now, SOCO are going through 199 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,960 all the CCTV footage in your borough. 200 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,360 Uniform are searching your area. 201 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,960 Forensics are going through your flat. Let me get this straight. 202 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,560 You're saying I killed Danny cos his mum nicked my telly? 203 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:16,080 I never hit him, never. 204 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,560 Stevie. 205 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,680 Uniform... 206 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,080 ..found this. 207 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,440 It's Danny's mobile phone. 208 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,840 Found it just across from your flat. 209 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,320 I didn't kill that boy! 210 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,680 Look, guv, the other kids at Phoebe Baxter's - 211 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:46,680 they confirmed that Stevie hit Danny! 212 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:49,840 He's got motive, he's got previous. Hang on, hang on. 213 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,280 The kids said they only saw the bruises, not the beatings. 214 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,240 Nobody - Nobody has proved that Agnew was battering Danny. 215 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,680 And even if he was, it doesn't mean he's a murderer. 216 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:02,240 Look at his body language. He's sitting on his hands! 217 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,040 It's classic! He's hiding something! 218 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,360 What are you gonna charge him with - bad posture? 219 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,840 One of you's right, but tick-tock, boys. 220 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,880 Your custody clock is running down. 221 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,160 Ronnie, mate, I know it's him. 222 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,960 Matt, everything we've got is circumstantial, right? 223 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,760 We have a phone that was found in a communal area - Come on. 224 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,760 Listen. We have no witness. 225 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,360 And Agnew is gonna deny he's done anything wrong 226 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,400 until he is blue in the face. 227 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,960 I've been that kid, you know? 228 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,720 Why don't we go and talk to Debbie and check Stevie's alibi? 229 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,000 Stevie usually takes me out on a Friday night 230 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,560 but I had a stinking cold, so we stayed in. 231 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:49,560 I sat on the sofa with a duvet, dosed up on cold medicine. 232 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:52,960 And where was Stevie? In the back, watching telly. 233 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,720 Dog races on Sky. Did he pop out at all? 234 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,200 He was in all night. I'm tellin' ya, Stevie wouldn't harm a fly. 235 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,400 What's that on your arm? 236 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,520 Not what it looks like. 237 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,160 Well, it looks like somebody's hit you. 238 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,160 He's got a temper. Who hasn't? 239 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,360 I can be really annoying. I know I can. 240 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,520 So, Stevie was in all night, you were in all night and that's it? 241 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,880 Anything else? 242 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:30,200 About ten o'clock, I heard someone put the key in the lock. 243 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:35,080 I knew Stevie was in, so I went over and opened the door... 244 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,000 and I heard some people running away. 245 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,080 Well, do you know who it was? 246 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,720 I dunno. 247 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,320 I just caught a glimpse. A glimpse? 248 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,200 It might not even have been Danny! 249 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:54,920 CCTV puts Stevie at the flat at 19:30 on the evening Danny died. 250 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,760 He leaves at 8:00 in the morning. He was at the flat all night. 251 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,680 Well, he might have nipped out the back. 252 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,600 Back alley's covered by a camera. He's in the clear. 253 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,600 All right. We're back where we started. 254 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,640 Oh, ye of little faith. 255 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,400 That's Danny. 256 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,920 And that other kid's the chatterbox from Phoebe Baxter's place. 257 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,880 Andy Sefton. 258 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,400 So that boy with the hood on could be the other lad. 259 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,440 Jono Blake? Yeah. 260 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,160 And that's exactly the same time 261 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,240 they said they were at the cinema in Camden. 262 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,520 From this, they must have been among the last people to see Danny alive. 263 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,280 Bring 'em in, first thing. 264 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,520 SIGHS It weren't me. 265 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,320 You're on CCTV, Jono... 266 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,720 standing next to Danny just before he died. 267 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,800 How do you know it's me? If it wasn't you, 268 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,800 it was your body double. You were wearing a hoody. 269 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,880 So you can't see my face. 270 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,680 Now, look, Jono, let's keep this simple. 271 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,640 What happened after you ran away from Stevie's flat? 272 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,800 I told ya. The three of us went to the pictures, 273 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,840 then we went to the chippy. And what film did you see? 274 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:06,960 I can't remember. I fell asleep. 275 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,440 It was boring, just like this place. 276 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:14,000 Jono, mate, we checked the cinema's CCTV. 277 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,040 You weren't there. 278 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,800 You've gotta stop lying. 279 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,160 Jono... 280 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,160 you miss Danny? What? 281 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,280 You shared a room with him. So what do you think 282 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,840 when you look and see an empty bed? Miss him? Course I do. 283 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,840 We were mates. How does that make you feel? 284 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,000 Wish he was still here. 285 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,760 I bet you do. 286 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,200 I bet you used to look out for each other an' all, eh? Course we did. 287 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,280 That's why I reckon that's gotta make you pretty angry 288 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,160 at the person who did this. 289 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,440 Jono... 290 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,640 tell us what happened. 291 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,640 You think you're so clever, don't you? 292 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,920 You tell me. 293 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:15,840 Grub's up. 294 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,560 Andy here's been giving me the silent treatment. 295 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,680 Oh. It's probably cos he's hungry. 296 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,520 Don't look at 'em like that. They're not poison. 297 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,920 I mean, they were made in our canteen but nobody's died yet. 298 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,960 We don't want you to say anything you're not comfortable with, Andy. 299 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,240 God knows I've drummed it into my own boys - 300 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,240 about the same age as you, actually. 301 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,680 I've said, "If ever you get in trouble with the police, 302 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,080 "don't sit there and make things up." 303 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,800 That's the mistake everybody makes. 304 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,200 They forget police have got forensics, 305 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,600 DNA, CCTV. 306 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,600 They'll know if you're lying. 307 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,240 So, best thing is... 308 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,680 ..tell the truth. 309 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:11,880 Everything'll sort itself out. 310 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,680 And there's another big reason why you should tell us the truth, Andy. 311 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,120 For Danny. 312 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,360 He's not here to tell us what happened. 313 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,840 As Danny's mate, don't you think you owe him that? 314 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,640 What about Jono? 315 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,480 He's my mate, too. 316 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,920 What if he knows I told you? 317 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,200 We'll look after you. 318 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,720 You don't have to keep quiet any longer, Andy. 319 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,600 Danny wanted some money so he and his mum could get a flat together. 320 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,480 He said Stevie had a load of music gear we could flog. 321 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,120 When we heard someone in the flat, we ran. 322 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,760 One minute, we're legging it and the next, 323 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,800 Jono just loses it. 324 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,560 Pushes Danny over, blames him for people being in the flat. 325 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,760 He started smashing his face in... 326 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,480 stamping on it. 327 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,040 It was like he was trying to bust him open. 328 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,800 Never seen nothin' like it before in my life. 329 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,360 Jono went mental. 330 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,600 So, our prime suspect is a 13-year-old kid 331 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,320 whose voice ain't even broken yet. 332 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,840 I dunno. I need a minute to get my head around this. Unbelievable. 333 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,880 Well, do you believe Andy's story? 334 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,120 Little kid like Jono does that to his mate? 335 00:19:57,120 --> 00:19:59,640 The facts all fit and it's definitely possible. 336 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,040 I tell you what, if he did do it, the case could go nuclear. 337 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,720 The press'll be all over him like a rash. 338 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,000 PHONE RINGING 339 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,440 CPS. Hello, Alesha. 340 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,160 Are we done now? Can I go? 341 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:23,400 Jonathan Blake, we're charging you with the murder of Daniel Jackson. 342 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,360 I'm gonna need summaries 343 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,320 of all murder or manslaughter cases from the last 30 years, 344 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,880 where the killer was under 16 - Aw. 345 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,000 Still? Bless. 346 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,680 Play nicely, Bea. Jono Blake is innocent. 347 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,840 He's just a scared little kid who's been stitched up by his mate... 348 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,160 and you. He's on CCTV with Danny 349 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,280 minutes before the murder. His DNA's all over Danny's body 350 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,800 and his DMs were covered in blood and human matter. 351 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,560 Yeah, well, obviously he was there 352 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:58,120 but Andy Sefton is bigger, older and stronger. That's your defence - 353 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,040 Andy did it? LAUGHS 354 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,600 Bea, that's rubbish. 355 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,880 The facts don't fit. It'll take me two minutes to discredit it. 356 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,320 Yeah? Well, when the jury look at big old Andy 357 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,400 next to scared, little Jono... 358 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,160 ..we'll see who they believe. 359 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,200 Seriously, that's your case? 360 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,840 I know her. She's up to something. That defence is way too simple. 361 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,360 Just because you two used to do the headboard shuffle 362 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:27,120 doesn't mean you have any insight into how she runs defences nowadays. 363 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:29,240 What, you and her? It was a long time ago. 364 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,640 Thanks for that, George. Stop worrying about her 365 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,480 and ensure your case is unassailable. 366 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,520 Youth crime is our most sensitive issue, 367 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,240 so no cock-ups, no surprises. Triple check every fact. 368 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:43,760 Go back to the families - biological parents, foster parents. 369 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,120 Comprehensive character profile of Jono Blake. 370 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:47,880 That way, Bea can't spring any traps. 371 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,080 OK. 372 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,200 BEEP Oh, wrong. 373 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:53,880 Come on, son. 374 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,880 Ooh, pain au chocolat! 375 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,400 How did you know my weakness for the French? 376 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,640 Jono Blake's Social Services file says he was suspended from school. 377 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:04,760 Do you know why? 378 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,560 The teacher said there was an altercation. 379 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,400 Did Jono start this altercation? Half the kids said he did, 380 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,760 half said he didn't. This is a bribe, isn't it? 381 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,440 Can you get statements from all the kids? All of 'em?! 382 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,280 You are taking the Michael! We need every angle covered. 383 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,320 Oi. 384 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,560 How come he gets to have breakfast with you? 385 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,400 Leave it to me, sweetheart. I'm your man. 386 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,080 Leave what? What's he doing for you? 387 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,240 You come in late, you miss things. 388 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,880 Hey, do you want a coffee? 389 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,280 I already told the police 390 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,240 Jono ain't been my problem for a long time now. 391 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,760 Tell me about his dad. 392 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,960 Serving life in Ashbridge with his brother. 393 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,520 Last time he came out, he swore blind he was going straight. 394 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,240 More fool me, eh? 395 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,000 Was Jono ever violent at home? He's a boy. 396 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,880 They're all little thugs, as far as I can see. 397 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,360 Take a look round here. They're all the same. 398 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:02,920 Why was he taken away from you? I've been through this. 399 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,280 I want to hear it from you, so I've got all the facts. 400 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,240 I left him alone - once. Overnight? 401 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,720 I went for a drink with a guy after work. 402 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,760 One thing led to another. Next thing I know, it was morning. 403 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,760 Jono was fine, nothing had happened, 404 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,960 but Social Services love sticking their noses in, don't they? 405 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,240 Sounds like you and Jono have had a rough time. 406 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,280 What would you know about a rough time? 407 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,400 I grew up around the corner from here. 408 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,520 Whatever. 409 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:34,680 Jono's mum left him alone more than once. 410 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,040 He's petrified of being left on his own. 411 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,640 That's why he's always joking and mucking about. 412 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,960 He thinks if you like him, you might stay around. 413 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,280 And how did Jono get on with Danny? Best mates, practically inseparable. 414 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,680 Two teenage boys sharing a room? They must have fought a bit. 415 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,480 Spent a day and a half sizing each other up. 416 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,160 After that, I don't remember a cross word between them. 417 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,920 They were closer than brothers. 418 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,080 So you never saw Jono being violent towards Danny, or anyone else? 419 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,320 It's not that simple. If he'd had once decent role model, 420 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,720 things might have been different. He had you. 421 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:10,160 And he was changing. Kids are work in progress. 422 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,120 I know bad kids. Jono's not one of them. 423 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:15,600 He murdered Danny, Mrs Baxter. 424 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,120 We have a duty to prosecute Danny's killer. 425 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:20,120 Whose duty is it to speak for Jono? 426 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:24,000 They'll demonise him, lock him away. Out of sight, out of mind. 427 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,120 If we give up on our kids, it's a matter of time 428 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:28,080 before they give up on themselves. 429 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,080 Phoebe Baxter and Jono's mum could be talking about two different boys. 430 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,920 Their opinions are that polarised. Doesn't matter. We deal in evidence, 431 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,120 the facts of this matter. 432 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:43,880 I feel a conscience pricking. 433 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,040 Jono's foster mum, the person who knows him best, 434 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,800 says he shouldn't be abandoned. 435 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,440 She feels that Jono's a victim, too. 436 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,320 Really? 437 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,600 Cos I've just watched the mobile phone footage 438 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,960 of Jono's playground attack on a classmate. 439 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,080 Jono wasn't the victim that day. 440 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,840 He's 13. He goes into the prison system, he's lost for life. 441 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,880 Then he shouldn't have committed murder. 442 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,360 Staunch your bleeding heart, Alesha. The victim is in the mortuary. 443 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,680 We're Crown Prosecution, not Crown empathy. 444 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,040 A line has to be drawn on youth crime and we're drawing it. 445 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,200 Is that what you think? 446 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,000 I think Danny's mother needs us to provide justice for her son. 447 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,200 CLERK: All persons who have anything to do 448 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,640 with my Lords, the Queen's Justices of the Central Criminal Court, 449 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,280 draw near... At least Judge Anderson agreed to hear the trial in private 450 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,160 and keep the public and the press out. 451 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,040 CLERK: God save the Queen. 452 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,240 MAN: Case of Crown and Jonathan Blake. 453 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,080 Imagine being in that dock when you were 13. 454 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,720 I tried to stop him but he just lost it. 455 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,760 It was like he was someone else. 456 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,720 Jono kept kicking Danny over and over. 457 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,960 I legged it cos... 458 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,760 Cos I was scared. 459 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,960 Out of the three of you, Andy, who's the tallest? 460 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,080 I am. And what weight are you? 461 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,880 About ten or 11 stone. 462 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,560 So would you say that you could beat Danny and Jono in a fight? 463 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,560 I suppose. 464 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,560 No further questions. 465 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,440 Is that it? 466 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,320 That's it. 467 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,240 JONO: My mum was out when Social Services took me away. 468 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,960 And when they took you, how did that make you feel? 469 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,080 Sad, angry. 470 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,600 Then I went to Miss B's. She looked after me, things were all right. 471 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,560 No further questions. 472 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,960 Do you start a lot of fights, Jono? 473 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,280 No. 474 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,120 Do you remember Martin Taggart? 475 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,160 Do you remember Martin Taggart, Jono? 476 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,040 Yeah, I went to school with him. You fought with Martin. 477 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,080 He started it. But you were fully aware 478 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,320 that you were causing him injury. So? He shouldn't have started it! 479 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,360 Isn't it true that no charges were pressed 480 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:46,000 because your father intimidated Martin's parents? 481 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,320 What's that gotta do with me? That fight was nothing. Nothing? 482 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,120 That's how you'd describe it? 483 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,680 CHILDREN SHOUTING 484 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,600 This mobile phone footage was filmed by a child in the playground. 485 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,400 Do you still think that was nothing, Jono? 486 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,280 It was the easiest prosecution I've ever had to make. 487 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,800 She didn't raise a single objection. You should be delighted. 488 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,280 McArdle's asked for the jury to be discharged. 489 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,200 She's changed the basis of her plea. 490 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,760 She's put in an application? For a re-trial. 491 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,440 The new defence she's running is that Jono's not guilty 492 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,640 by reason of mental defect. What?! 493 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,960 She'll never make it home on an insanity defence. 494 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,680 She's not saying he's insane. 495 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,840 She's running 'non-insane automatism' - 496 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,080 an involuntary act committed while not conscious of actions taken. 497 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,120 Most of Jono's blood relatives are in prison. Her defence 498 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,320 is that Jono is genetically predisposed to violent behaviour. 499 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,320 Oh, she can't run that! It's outrageous. 500 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,200 We'd have every criminal in the country making the same case. 501 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,040 What's she playing at?! "Don't blame me, blame my genes." 502 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,160 LAUGHS It's bold, I'll give her that. 503 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:23,160 But let's not panic. No sane judge would let that get beyond a hearing. 504 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,760 So who did we draw? Judge DiMarco. 505 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,880 SIGHS God, let's panic. 506 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,960 For over 100 years now, scientists have seen a relationship 507 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,680 between genetics and human behaviour. 508 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,600 My Lord, relevance to Crown and Blake? 509 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,000 Researchers in Scandinavia have identified a defective gene 510 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,440 that produces an excess of MAOA - 511 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,120 monoamine oxidase. JUDGE: Mono what, Miss McArdle? 512 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,480 Break it down for the luddite in front of you. 513 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,040 You do yourself a terrible disservice, my Lord. Oh, please. 514 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:58,040 Monoamine oxidase is an enzyme that destroys serotonin, 515 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:02,760 which, as you know, regulates anger and aggression. 516 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,440 The defective gene responsible for producing this enzyme 517 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,320 is commonly referred to as the 'Warrior' gene. 518 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:14,040 OK, and this has what to do with non-insane automatism? 519 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,080 Jono has this defective gene. He couldn't control himself 520 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,120 any more than my learned friend here could wish himself younger. 521 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:22,840 You've had him tested? 522 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,520 Conclusions from the Scandinavian panel of experts 523 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,880 where they confirm Jono has the warrior gene. 524 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,360 My Lord, if this becomes precedent, 525 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,240 we might as well just open the gates of every prison in the land. 526 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:34,960 With respect, that's not the issue. 527 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,880 We're establishing the validity of putting this before jury. 528 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,560 Precedent! 529 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,360 You name me one court that has accepted this defence. 530 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,120 Jerry Robertson is on death row in Arizona. 531 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,360 He was given up for adoption as an infant. 532 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,760 He has not seen and has not had any contact with his biological father 533 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,520 since that date. His biological father is also on death row. 534 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,080 Oh, please! Cases pending Supreme Court ruling. 535 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:01,040 My Lord, science evolves. So, too, must the law. 536 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:05,560 My Lord, I will fill the court with experts who will refute this. 537 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,520 Call your experts, Mr Steel. 538 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,760 We'll see who the jury believes. 539 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,080 You know, for a second in there, I thought your head was gonna explode. 540 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,400 Bloody nerve! You wasted all that public money, 541 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,720 made a mockery of the system. You're just miffed 542 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,040 I got the better of you. Don't take it personally, 543 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,760 I do this to everyone. What is this? 544 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,000 Are you grabbing a chance to make headlines? No. 545 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,160 I'm trying to give my client the best defence. 546 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,680 I needed time to get the legal precedent, test results 547 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,360 and then assess the scientific data. So, yes, I used the system - 548 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,080 something you do every day. 549 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,440 And what if you'd run out of time? Jono could have been sent down. 550 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,240 Do you really think I would have let that happen? 551 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,320 What are you so scared of, James? 552 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,320 Why would you want to suppress evidence? 553 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,200 Evidence knows no morality. We present it and a jury decides. 554 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,440 It's unproven! The sample group is too small. 555 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,640 It could just push the legal system off a cliff! 556 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,440 Well, make that argument in court. 557 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:06,800 The law has survived DNA samples, CCTV, fingerprints. 558 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,640 I think it will survive this. 559 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,440 And what about Jono Blake? 560 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,560 When this becomes public, the media will tear him to shreds. 561 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,400 I'm doing this for him. He'll be fine. 562 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,720 This is the English legal system on the verge of a nervous breakdown. 563 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,560 George, what if McArdle is right? 564 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,360 What if this Warrior gene theory has substance? 565 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,760 There was a time when no court accepted provocation 566 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,360 as defence to murder. Maybe this is one of those moments 567 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,240 when the law plays catch up with science. 568 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,880 You make sure she's not right. I want you demolishing her 569 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,520 like a bulldozer. This Warrior gene becomes precedent, 570 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,760 then tens of thousands of cases will have to be retried. 571 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,360 No criminal will be held responsible or accountable for anything. 572 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,160 Notice of appeal. Applications in the event McArdle wins. 573 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,560 We'll be drowning in paperwork by the end of the day. 574 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,600 You should be happy. You got what you wanted - Jono has an excuse. 575 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,280 Everyone's a victim now. 576 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,280 I'll be at my desk. 577 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,720 TEXT MESSAGE TONE 578 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,440 See, that's seven - No, eight. Eight messages from - 579 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,920 No, that'll be number nine - messages from the DPP. 580 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,200 He'll be expecting me to tell him the legal floodgates will not open, 581 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,120 this will never become precedent because I have my best on it 582 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,080 and he will demolish the Defence. 583 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,120 So I expect you to go in there and to do just that, James. 584 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,080 Tell me why you attacked Danny, Jono. 585 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:32,680 I dunno. 586 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,600 He was driving me mental. 587 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,400 Your eyes lit up when I said that. 588 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,080 Go on, write it down - mental. Do you know how to spell it? 589 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:44,800 Jono, do you think your attack on Daniel Jackson was right or wrong? 590 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,920 What sort of a stupid question is that? 591 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,760 Of course it was wrong. 592 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,880 I killed him. 593 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:01,720 He's aware of his actions and the consequences that follow from them. 594 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,640 So he's not insane of schizophrenic? 595 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:06,320 Definitely not. 596 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,000 Tell me, honestly... 597 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,960 do you think there's any validity to this Warrior gene syndrome? 598 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,920 Can someone be born bad? 599 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,960 Genes are just one element of a larger picture. 600 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,640 And all they give us is a predisposition. 601 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,680 We still make our own behavioural choices. 602 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,080 Yes or no - is he responsible for what he did? 603 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,600 From everything I've seen... 604 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,280 ..yes. Thank you. 605 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,040 Though I'm not sure 606 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,240 how Jono will cope with the ordeal of a second trial, 607 00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:41,920 especially with all this public interest now. 608 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,840 SHOUTING 609 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,000 SIREN 610 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:27,760 A few years ago, researchers in Scandinavia found a mutated gene 611 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,160 linked to a violent family of rapists and arsonists 612 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,760 living in the Netherlands. And could this Warrior gene 613 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,360 compromise a person's sense of right and wrong? 614 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,840 From the evidence I've seen, I don't believe so. 615 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,160 Thank you, Doctor. No further questions. 616 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,920 Doctor... doesn't recent research 617 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,800 suggest that obesity and sporting ability 618 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,920 are passed genetically from parents to their children? 619 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:00,000 It does, yes. So, by logical extension, 620 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,040 we might pass our criminal behaviour to our children? 621 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,800 The data from the Warrior gene tests are not random enough 622 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,840 to form scientific conclusions. 623 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:11,880 Their sample bases are too small. 624 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,480 They didn't test enough people? Exactly. 625 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,960 So you're saying that there's a... 626 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,640 problem with the collection of the data but not the theory? 627 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,560 Are you proud? 628 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,720 Are you proud of what you're doing, of what you're saying in there? 629 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:44,520 Of all these lies and arguments and legal bullshit?! 630 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:48,760 My Danny never hurt anybody! 631 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,880 That monster in there is not the victim! 632 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,880 Go on. You're disgusting. 633 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,040 Get off! 634 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,680 I'm fine. 635 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,680 Thank you. 636 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,800 From the day he was born, we knew he was different. 637 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,240 There was something odd about him. 638 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:34,480 We just didn't know what it was. Not till now. 639 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,840 Well, you know your son better than anyone, Tracy. 640 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,320 Do you agree with the Warrior gene theory? 641 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,360 You saw what he did to that kid. It makes sense. 642 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,400 Thank you. 643 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,520 Did you discipline your son, Mrs Blake? 644 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,880 Jack hit him all the time. It didn't make any different, though - 645 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,200 he never did what he was told. 646 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,520 How about love - showing him some affection? 647 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,840 Did you ever try that? Course I did. 648 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,000 I used to think it was my fault. 649 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:22,160 What do you mean? I wasn't a good enough mum! 650 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,080 That I didn't deserve a kid! 651 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,680 But that was before all this gene stuff. 652 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,960 Now I know there was nothing I could have done. 653 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,680 It wouldn't have made any difference. 654 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,440 Papers are right. 655 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,960 He's a monster. 656 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,640 Is that what you really think about your own son? 657 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,560 You heard what they're saying about him - his genes are rotten. 658 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,600 He's wrong. 659 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,560 How many months' pregnant are you? Seven. 660 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,520 So, based on your belief in genes, we should take that baby 661 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,000 from your arms the second it's born and lock it up? No! 662 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,200 Surely genetics dictates your next child will be a monster, too? 663 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,000 It'll be different this time. 664 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,560 I won't make the same mistakes I made with him. 665 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,920 No further questions. 666 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,120 Snap. 667 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,440 Are we still talking? 668 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:53,560 Oh, come on. 669 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:55,440 I'm running a valid defence for Jono. 670 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,200 You'd have done exactly the same back in your defence days. 671 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,680 I gave up defence cos I couldn't sleep at night. 672 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:04,480 Yeah, I remember. 673 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,000 Do you sleep better now? 674 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,040 Mostly. 675 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,440 Can't believe you still come here. 676 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,920 Creature of habit. 677 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,760 How's Ethan? He's er... 678 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,320 with his mum in Scotland. 679 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,520 It's for the best. 680 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,520 Mostly. 681 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,040 Jono wants to meet with you. 682 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,720 I tried my best, I advised him against it. 683 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:46,600 9:00 tomorrow, my office. 684 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:50,560 Thank you... for not making that difficult for me. 685 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,800 This isn't a holiday home, you know. You'll be going in for years. 686 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,720 My genes are messed up. 687 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:02,440 I am trying to keep you out of prison. 688 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,160 Why? 689 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,600 You can't fix my genes, sat in court. 690 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,360 I heard everything my mum had to say. I'm a monster. 691 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,120 Jono, no, you're not. I am. 692 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,840 I was born like that. 693 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,160 I'm a mistake. That's not what this is all about. 694 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,680 I killed Danny. 695 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,000 He was my mate. 696 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,800 Jono. 697 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,640 Why did you ask to meet us? 698 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:33,760 I wanna go to prison. 699 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,600 It's where I belong. 700 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,400 We help destroy him. Now he believes he's worthless. 701 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,720 Is Danny dead? 702 00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:49,440 Yes. 703 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,840 Did Jono kill him? 704 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,720 Yes. 705 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:56,440 Has justice been served? 706 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,280 Yes. 707 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:02,000 The law's a blunt instrument but it's all we have. 708 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,880 So, yes, 709 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,120 accept the plea. 710 00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:10,440 Jono, do you understand the charge to which you're pleading guilty? 711 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,440 Yeah. 712 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,480 Murder. 713 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,480 Can you tell us in your own words 714 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:19,720 what happened on the night of Danny's death? 715 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:21,520 I got in a fight with him. 716 00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,480 When he went to the ground, I kicked him over and over. 717 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:30,800 I killed him. 718 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,760 Why did you kill him, Jono? He made me mad. 719 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:39,280 And you understand what it means, changing your plea to guilty? 720 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,320 Please. 721 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,240 It was a defence. 722 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:09,280 I never thought for one second he'd actually believe it. 723 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,120 SIGHS 724 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,240 Come for the last laugh? 725 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,800 Dr Elizabeth Rowels. 726 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,000 She's prepared to work with you. 727 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:41,480 She can help you. 728 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,800 I'm a murderer. I was always gonna be like this. 729 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,440 No. 730 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,840 None of us are... 731 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,840 defined by our genes. 732 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:54,600 I am. I'm evil. 733 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:03,320 That's erm... 734 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,040 That's too easy, because... 735 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,760 ..it means that nobody else has to take responsibility. 736 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,040 You're too young to be a lost cause. 737 00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:25,080 We can still help you, if you let us. 738 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:34,800 Please. 739 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:21,960 Subtitles by TVT