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<i>In the criminal justice system,
the people are represented</i>

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<i>by two separate
yet equally important groups -</i>

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<i>the police who investigate crime</i>

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<i>and the Crown Prosecutors
who prosecute the offenders.</i>

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<i>These are their stories.</i>

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<i>Big smile for Mummy, Tom.</i>

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<i>I never can get a shot
where they're both smiling.</i>

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<i>Must be nice though - twins always
have someone to play with.</i>

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<i>Only child?
Yeah.</i>

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<i>Got ours buy one get one free.</i>

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<i>Ryan!</i>

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<i>Ryan? Ryan!</i>

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<i>Are you OK?
No.</i>

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<i>My little boy's gone. He was just
there and someone's taken him.</i>

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<i>Oh, my God! Ryan! Ryan!</i>

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<i>Ryan!</i>

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<i>Ryan! Ryan!</i>

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<i>Ryan Stark. Two last week.</i>

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<i>He was on the merry-go-round
in the yellow car.</i>

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<i>His mum turned away
for no more than 30 seconds,</i>

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<i>looked back and he was gone.
Where's the ride operator?</i>

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<i>He's having a pub lunch. He left
his 15-year-old son in charge.</i>

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<i>Although he wasn't being in charge?</i>

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<i>He got distracted. He doesn't
remember the kid or the mum.</i>

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<i>Kayla? This is DS Ronnie Brooks.
Kayla Stark.</i>

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<i>Have you found Ryan yet?</i> <i>We've got
a team working very hard on it.</i>

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<i>The more you</i> <i>can tell us,
the quicker we can find him.</i>

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<i>Could Ryan have got down
from the ride by himself?</i>

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<i>I dunno, he's been on it loads of
times. No, he wouldn't just get off.</i>

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<i>Was anyone else with you?</i>

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<i>I was supposed to meet my ex, Jimmy,
but he never showed.</i>

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<i>Is Jimmy Ryan's Dad?
Yeah.</i>

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<i>And is that Ryan's toy?</i>

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<i>Yeah, he takes it everywhere.
Can't sleep without it.</i>

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<i>We could use that. The Police dogs
can pick up Ryan's scent from that.</i>

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<i>If you don't mind?</i>

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<i>Thanks.</i>

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<i>Try not to worry, we'll do our
very best to help you through it.</i>

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<i>Karen?</i> <i>Yep.</i> <i>Kayla, Karen will take
you home, and get a few things</i>

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<i>and we'll meet you
down at the station.</i>

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<i>Right.</i>

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<i>Snatching a kid from a ride
right in front of his own mum.</i>

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<i>This bastard's got balls.</i>

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<i>Yeah, and I know what I'd like to do
with them.</i>

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<i>How can a kid get snatched
in front of 20 witnesses
and no one see anything?</i>

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<i>You know what it's like
when you put your kid on a ride -</i>

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<i>they're having
the time of their life,</i>

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<i>you're just watching your own kid,
not anybody else's.</i>

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<i>I bet half the mums and dads
caught it on their phones.</i>

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<i>Get Ange
to go through all the photos</i>

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<i>and video footage
we can get our hands on.</i>

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<i>That'll be a problem. She's trawling
through all the CCTV footage.</i>

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<i>The dad was supposed to make contact
today.</i>

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<i>You know, this is probably
just a custody thing.</i>

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<i>The dad apparently had access
once a month,</i>

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<i>and he was meant to meet them
at the merry-go-round</i>

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<i>20 minutes before Ryan was snatched.
He</i> <i>never showed up.</i>

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<i>Maybe he did and she never saw him.</i>

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<i>Yeah, well, if the Dad did take
the kid, hopefully he's safe.</i>

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<i>Yeah, right, because dads never harm
their own kids, do they?</i>

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<i>All I'm saying, Matt,
is if this is a custody thing</i>

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<i>then he's gonna look after the kid,
take care of him.</i>

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<i>He couldn't have left the country -
the missing child alert
was actioned within the hour.</i>

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<i>Kayla's waiting in there.</i>

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<i>Karen's collected the kid's
toothbrush for DNA, just in case,</i>

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<i>but let's rule out Dad</i> <i>before
we consider any other options.</i>

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<i>You've gotta find him before
it gets dark. He hates the dark.</i>

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<i>Kayla, Ryan's dad, um...</i>

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<i>Jimmy.
Yeah, Jimmy.</i>

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<i>Has he ever missed a visit before?
No.</i>

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<i>He's always on at me
for extra</i> <i>visits.</i>

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<i>Do you think he might've taken Ryan?
He wouldn't.</i>

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<i>Well, maybe...maybe he felt he wasn't
getting enough time with Ryan.</i>

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<i>I dunno.</i>

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<i>And do you have a boyfriend now?
No.</i>

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<i>So it's just you and Ryan
in the flat,</i>

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<i>and his dad comes and visits
once a month?</i> <i>Yeah.</i>

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<i>Look, Jimmy hasn't took Ryan.
He wouldn't.</i>

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<i>Have you got a mobile?
Course.</i>

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<i>Did you take any pictures today
of</i> <i>Ryan on the ride?</i>

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<i>No. My card's full.</i>

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<i>But you have photographs of Ryan
on there, yeah?</i>

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<i>Er, yeah. Um, I took...</i>

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I took this one
last week. On his birthday.</i>

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<i>Ryan's father is Jimmy Burton, 25,
carpet fitter.</i>

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<i>Uniform's been round his flat -
no one home.</i>

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<i>And his mobile goes straight to
answerphone,</i>

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<i>so does his home number.
So we're onto him.</i>

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<i>We've got a search out for his car</i>

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<i>and we've added his details
to Ryan's alert.</i>

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<i>If he did take his kid
and do a runner,</i>

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<i>someone must know
what he was planning to do.</i>

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<i>Maybe his best mate?
Or the Grandma.</i>

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<i>My Jimmy loves that boy enough</i>

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<i>for 10 dads.</i>

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<i>And only gets to see him
once a month?</i> <i>Yeah.</i>

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<i>Being away from your kids
can break a dad's heart.</i>

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<i>Break the gran's heart an' all.
But grandparents don't have rights.</i>

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<i>Why did Jimmy and Kayla split up?</i>

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<i>They was just kids themselves
when they had Ryan.</i>

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<i>They never stood a chance.</i>

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<i>So was the break up amicable?</i>

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<i>Well, the only thing
they argued</i> <i>about was Ryan.</i>

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<i>Jimmy wanted to see more of him.</i>

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<i>But Kayla didn't want that?</i>

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<i>She was all right about visits
till six months ago,</i>

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<i>and she cut Jimmy's</i> <i>access down
to once a month.</i>

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<i>And that upset Jimmy?</i>

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<i>He told me he'd had it
with her messing him about.</i>

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<i>He wanted it</i> <i>sorted.
Enough to take Ryan?</i>

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<i>No, no. He was doing it by the book.
He got himself a solicitor.</i>

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<i>To get more access?
To get custody.</i>

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<i>Oh, no. No, I know it looks bad
but I swear to God,</i>

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<i>Jimmy wouldn't do anything
to mess up his chances</i>

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<i>of getting Ryan for good.</i>

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<i>I reckon glamour gran's straight up.</i>

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<i>So do I, but maybe Jimmy
hasn't told her everything.</i>

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<i>If he takes that kid without Kayla's
permission, even for one day,</i>

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<i>the</i> <i>family court thing's
gonna go against him.</i>

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<i>Well, you don't know how it feels not
to be able to see your kids, Matt.</i>

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<i>No ta.</i>

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<i>Sarah still not returned your calls,
then?</i> <i>No.</i>

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<i>She's probably busy, eh?</i>

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<i>I've been through all the footage
covering the merry-go-round.</i>

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<i>This is</i> <i>Kayla and Ryan arriving.</i>

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<i>This is Kayla watching Ryan
on the ride.</i>

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<i>What about the ride itself, Ange?
Can you see Ryan on it?</i>

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<i>If we could, we'd know who took him.</i>

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<i>None of the cameras are clear enough
to see who's on it.</i>

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<i>And no sign of Jimmy Burton?</i>

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<i>I'm sorry.</i>

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<i>Ryan's on the "at risk" register.</i>

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<i>Five months ago, one of the Nursery
staff called social services</i>

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<i>after spotting some bruising
on his legs.</i>

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<i>Kayla claims that he got it
falling off the slide in the park.</i>

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<i>Last visit was a week ago.</i>

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<i>Ryan's case worker,
Bernice Bradley's on holiday,</i>

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<i>so you'll have to wait
for her last report</i>

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<i>but the rest are in there.</i>

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<i>Why aren't the reports filed
immediately after a visit?</i>

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<i>Bernie's got 15 cases on the go.
Can be a week or two</i>

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<i>before a caseworker gets time
to write a report.</i>

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<i>How long's Ryan been on
the register?</i> <i>Five months.</i>

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<i>He had some bruising
but we think it was accidental.</i>

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<i>Then why's he still on the register?
His mum's on her own,</i>

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<i>she's vulnerable.
In what way?</i>

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<i>She's young, inexperienced,
no family support.</i>

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<i>She needed some help.
What kind of help?</i>

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<i>We got her some parenting classes.
She's doing really well.</i>

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<i>So no major concerns
over Ryan's welfare?</i>

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<i>With a bit more support from us
she could be a really good mum.</i>

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<i>Why didn't Kayla tell us about
social</i> <i>services herself?</i>

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<i>Gov, her focus is on
getting her kid back.</i>

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<i>That's gonna be the last thing
on her mind.</i>

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<i>Any news on Jimmy?
No sign of him.</i>

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<i>You've spoken to his boss?
And his work colleagues.</i>

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<i>Everyone thinks he's
a thoroughly decent blokes.</i> <i>Gov,</i>

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<i>if he has got Ryan, maybe we can make
him see sense to bring the boy in.</i>

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<i>An appeal.
Yeah.</i>

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<i>That way
we can get to Jimmy directly.</i>

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<i>We don't want to scare him off too
much, he's already gone to ground.</i>

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<i>Don't worry. I'll get a psychologist
to phrase the appeal</i>

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<i>in such a way
that if Jimmy has got Ryan,</i>

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<i>he'll feel compelled
to bring him</i> <i>in.</i>

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<i>If you've got my Ryan,
you need to bring him back.</i>

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<i>We need him home with his family.</i>

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<i>He needs his mum.</i>

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<i>Please bring my baby back.</i>

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<i>Ladies and gents, we're not taking
any questions at this point.</i>

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<i>Thank you.
If you think you've seen Ryan,</i>

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<i>please give us a call at the police
incident room.</i>

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<i>And if you've got Ryan,</i>

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<i>Ryan's mum...and Dad
love him very, very much,</i>

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<i>so just pick up the phone.
That's all you have to do.</i>

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<i>We need Ryan back.</i>

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<i>Thank you very much.

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<i>No questions today, thank you.</i>

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<i>You'll have plenty of chances
when we know a a bit more.</i>

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<i>Was I all right?
Yeah, you were great.</i>

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<i>Most people find it really tough.</i>

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<i>But did I look OK?</i>

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<i>Yeah.</i>

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<i>Are we sure
he's not just some nutter?</i>

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<i>Well, Reception checked his ID,
they reckon he's legit.</i>

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<i>Let's find out then, shall we?</i>

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<i>Have you found him yet?
Jimmy Burton?</i> <i>Yeah.</i>

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<i>Take a seat.</i>

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<i>I came
the minute I heard the</i> <i>appeal.</i>

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<i>Please tell me he's safe.</i>

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<i>Please tell me you've found my son.</i>

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<i>This is crazy.
Why do you think I'd take him?</i>

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<i>Kayla said she was meant to</i> <i>meet you
yesterday morning to collect Ryan.</i>

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<i>Today. Today I was meant to meet
him.</i> <i>She always gets it muddled up.</i>

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<i>Where were you yesterday, Jimmy? Your
boss told us you took the day off.</i>

195
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<i>I was driving up to Birmingham,
to</i> <i>meet this bloke. Dan Tyler.</i>

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<i>Dan runs</i> <i>this fathers' rights group.
He was gonna help me with my case.</i>

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<i>To get custody of Ryan?</i>

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<i>It was all right at first.</i>

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<i>Kayla let me take him
every time she wanted a night out.</i>

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<i>Every time there was a new bloke,
she wanted Ryan out the way.</i>

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<i>And what changed that?</i>

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<i>About six months ago
she stopped</i> <i>returning my calls.</i>

203
00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,160
<i>I went round her flat but she
wouldn't answer the door.</i>

204
00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,480
<i>After that, if I wanted to see</i> <i>Ryan
I had to meet her somewhere public.</i>

205
00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,160
<i>Like the merry-go-round?</i>

206
00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,920
<i>Cos we weren't married and she</i> <i>never
put me on the birth certificate,</i>

207
00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,760
<i>I got no rights to my own kid.
Can you believe that?</i>

208
00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,320
<i>Dad's alibi checks out,
he's in the clear.</i>

209
00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:40,760
<i>I've been on to the dog unit.</i>

210
00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,680
<i>The only scent that they picked up
must have been Kayla Stark's</i>

211
00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:46,800
<i>cos they followed it to the point
where she gets into one of our cars.</i>

212
00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,600
<i>Why didn't they pick up
Ryan's</i> <i>scent?</i>

213
00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,800
<i>Kayla claims she washed</i> <i>the toy
the night before Ryan went missing.</i>

214
00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,960
<i>If he'd held it all morning,</i> <i>the
dogs would have picked up his scent.</i>

215
00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,880
<i>When my Sarah was a kid,
she had this toy rabbit.</i>

216
00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,640
<i>Went everywhere with her,
ate with her, slept with her</i>

217
00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,240
<i>she watched the telly with it. Even
if she went on a bus, or in the car,</i>

218
00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:09,000
<i>or on a ride, who was sat in the seat
next to her all the time? Every time?</i>

219
00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000
<i>That rabbit.</i>

220
00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:18,840
<i>So why wasn't this dinosaur
toy thing on the ride with Ryan?</i>

221
00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:23,280
<i>It fell off and I picked it up.
Why didn't you give him back to him?</i>

222
00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,760
<i>No, I couldn't.
The ride was going round.</i>

223
00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:28,280
<i>And Ryan didn't mind?</i>

224
00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,360
<i>No.</i>

225
00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,240
<i>You said he was very attached
to the toy.</i>

226
00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,320
<i>A lot of kids
would have screamed the place down</i>

227
00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,520
<i>had that happened to them.
He was enjoying the ride.</i>

228
00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:46,840
<i>Thing is, Kayla...no one remembers
Ryan being on the ride,</i>

229
00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,880
<i>or you putting him on it,
or you paying for it.</i>

230
00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,080
<i>We've looked at all the CCTV footage
for the area</i>

231
00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,280
<i>and we can see you, Kayla,
pushing the buggy,</i>

232
00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,240
<i>but we don't see Ryan in the buggy.</i>

233
00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,760
<i>I don't understand.
Of course he's in it.</i>

234
00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,960
<i>Have you erm,
have you found his dad</i> <i>yet?</i>

235
00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,040
<i>Cos I've been thinking, and I reckon
you might be right -</i>

236
00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,520
<i>I reckon that Jimmy
could've taken him.</i>

237
00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,880
<i>Jimmy's here at the station, Kayla.
He doesn't have Ryan.</i>

238
00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,800
<i>He might be lying.</i>

239
00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,320
<i>I mean he could've took him
up to his mum's. She hates me.</i>

240
00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,760
<i>She'd do anything to get back at me.</i>

241
00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,360
<i>The only scent that the dogs found
on the scene was yours.</i>

242
00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:29,040
<i>It's like Ryan was never there.
That's because I washed Dino, innit?</i>

243
00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,080
<i>But when the liaison officer took you
back to your flat to get your things,</i>

244
00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,360
<i>she took a couple of pillowcases
from Ryan's bed</i>

245
00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,480
<i>and the dogs didn't pick his scent up
on the ride or anywhere else.</i>

246
00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,760
<i>Well, I washed them too.</i>

247
00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,320
<i>Before you took Ryan out?
The night before.</i>

248
00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,880
<i>So where did Ryan sleep?

249
00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:50,280
<i>We should be out there!
Looking for</i> <i>him!</i>

250
00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,000
<i>Could you take me, Ronnie?</i>

251
00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,160
<i>Maybe if we go somewhere
where I went before,</i>

252
00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:59,160
<i>maybe I can remember</i> <i>something,
or find something that might help!</i>

253
00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,040
<i>We got all the data off her phone,
and downloaded all the photos.</i>

254
00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,720
<i>There's 60 of them.</i>

255
00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,200
<i>Well, she said it was full.
No, the data card holds 500.</i>

256
00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,040
<i>Why would she lie about that?</i>

257
00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,000
<i>Any photographs of Ryan on there?</i>

258
00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,000
<i>Only the one she showed you.
The</i> <i>other 59 are of this bloke.</i>

259
00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,440
<i>Well, who's that? She said she didn't
have a boyfriend at the minute.</i>

260
00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,080
<i>Could be an ex.</i>

261
00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,280
<i>Yeah, but, I mean that is at Ryan's
birthday party last week.</i>

262
00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:29,920
<i>Surely she'd have mentioned him?</i>

263
00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,280
<i>We checked the internet access
on the phone.</i>

264
00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,280
<i>She visited</i> <i>this website
five times last week.</i>

265
00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,080
<i>It's a discussion thread
for illegal adoption.</i>

266
00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,560
<i>Oh, you're joking.</i>

267
00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,880
<i>She messaged a couple
of forum</i> <i>members too.</i>

268
00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,240
<i>Said she's got a two-year-old boy
who she can't look after anymore.</i>

269
00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,440
<i>So maybe Ryan was coming between her
and lover boy.</i> <i>Yeah.</i>

270
00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:49,920
<i>If she didn't want him anymore,</i>

271
00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,960
<i>why didn't she just give him back
to</i> <i>his dad? He wanted custody.</i>

272
00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,320
<i>Spite maybe.</i>

273
00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,400
<i>I mean, Jimmy's had trouble
in the last six months</i>

274
00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,280
<i>getting to see Ryan, hasn't he? So...</i>

275
00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,800
<i>So she gives him away
to a complete</i> <i>stranger?</i>

276
00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,440
<i>I'm sorry, doesn't make any</i> <i>sense.</i>

277
00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,560
<i>You've never had the pleasure of
walking down the aisle, have you?</i>

278
00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,680
<i>So many people
can't have</i> <i>kids of their own.</i>

279
00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,800
<i>But loads of kids
get adopted legally.</i>

280
00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,400
<i>It takes years that, doesn't it?</i>

281
00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,200
<i>And not every kid, by the way,
is a two-year-old cute blonde boy.</i>

282
00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,680
<i>So some desperate couple
skips the</i> <i>red tape</i>

283
00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,560
<i>and she gets her freedom back.</i>

284
00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,720
<i>If she wanted to give him away maybe
she made up the abduction story</i>

285
00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,600
<i>just to cover her tracks.
We've got to get her talking.</i>

286
00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,280
<i>She wanted me to go out there
and help her find Ryan, so...</i>

287
00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,400
<i>I'd be happier
if you talked to her here.</i>

288
00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,560
<i>No, cos If Ron goes out
and retraces her steps,</i>

289
00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,480
<i>we get to see the whole journey
in detail.</i>

290
00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:40,320
<i>And if there was a handover,
maybe</i> <i>somebody saw something.</i>

291
00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,560
<i>Well, all right. But I want you on a
wire. We've got to cover our arses.</i>

292
00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,000
<i>You and Jimmy don't get on, then?</i>

293
00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,760
<i>He doesn't like me having boyfriends
in case Ryan likes them too much.</i>

294
00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,520
<i>Maybe he's scared of losing Ryan
for good.</i>

295
00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,840
<i>I mean, you get married,
Ryan gets a new dad.</i>

296
00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,880
<i>I'm not getting married
until I'm at</i> <i>least 25.</i>

297
00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,400
<i>'How comes you don't have a
boyfriend? Pretty girl like you,</i>

298
00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,640
<i>they must be queuing up
round the block.'</i>

299
00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,840
<i>'Yeah, cos they really wanna be
lumbered with someone else's kid.'</i>

300
00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,000
<i>'Do you regret having Ryan so young?'</i>

301
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,120
<i>Used to be all I ever wanted.</i>

302
00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:24,200
<i>Be like them girls pushing prams
round the estate, all proud.</i>

303
00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,000
<i>I remember at school
they did this</i> <i>talk</i>

304
00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,520
<i>about how hard it was to be a mum</i>

305
00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,840
<i>and we were all just like,
whatever.</i>

306
00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,880
<i>They even had one of them dolls,
you know,</i>

307
00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,000
<i>that cries when it needs changing?
Yeah.</i>

308
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,200
<i>Supposed to put you off having kids.</i>

309
00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,760
<i>But it didn't put you off?</i>

310
00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,440
<i>When it was my turn to take it home,</i>

311
00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,080
<i>it was proper screaming at two
o'clock in the morning -</i>

312
00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,920
<i>I just took the</i> <i>batteries out.</i>

313
00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,360
<i>'Well, you can't do that
with a real baby.'</i>

314
00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,800
<i>'Wish I'd had a dad like you.'</i>

315
00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,800
<i>'I'm not sure my daughters
would agree!'</i>

316
00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,400
<i>'They would if they had my dad.'</i>

317
00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,520
<i>My eldest daughter Sarah, she's er...</i>

318
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,240
<i>..she's sort of about your age.</i>

319
00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,840
<i>She's expecting a baby.</i>

320
00:17:13,120 --> 00:17:15,040
<i>You're gonna be a granddad.</i>

321
00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,760
<i>Well, if she'll let me.</i>

322
00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,320
<i>She's not returning my calls.</i>

323
00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,080
<i>Why not?</i>

324
00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,320
<i>Because the dad she remembers</i>

325
00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,280
<i>chose a bottle of whisky
over her and her sister.</i>

326
00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,400
<i>So, where next?</i>

327
00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:45,040
<i>You don't drink now, then?
Not for 2,198 days.</i>

328
00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,440
<i>Your daughter not proud?</i>

329
00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,840
<i>It doesn't change the past, does it?</i>

330
00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,200
<i>And I'm not proud of that, so...</i>

331
00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,440
<i>Bet all she wants
is a big hug from her dad.</i>

332
00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:13,960
<i>Talk to me, Kayla. Trust me.</i>

333
00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,360
<i>(TEARFULLY)</i> <i>I've kind of told you
a white lie, Ronnie.</i>

334
00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:23,080
<i>I have got a boyfriend.</i>

335
00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,520
We...</i>

336
00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,520
<i>..we had a row before I come out.</i>

337
00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,640
<i>What about?
Jimmy.</i>

338
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,240
<i>And he doesn't like Jimmy
seeing Ryan?</i>

339
00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,920
<i>He doesn't like me seeing Jimmy.</i>

340
00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,160
<i>He got me to stop the visits.
Oh.</i>

341
00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:58,280
<i>And sometimes I'd let Jimmy see Ryan
in secret,</i>

342
00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:03,000
<i>but...if he found out,
he'd go mental.</i>

343
00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,320
<i>Does your boyfriend have a name?</i>

344
00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,440
<i>'Rob.'</i>

345
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,360
<i>'Does Rob have a temper?'</i>

346
00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:15,920
<i>He doesn't like it when Ryan cries.</i>

347
00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,840
<i>But kids cry. You can't stop 'em.</i>

348
00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,600
<i>Did he ever try and stop Ryan
from crying?</i>

349
00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,520
<i>He couldn't think straight
with all</i> <i>that noise.</i>

350
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,160
<i>That's what he said.</i>

351
00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,880
<i>'I left the house about 10:30,</i>

352
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,360
<i>come up the shops to buy fish
fingers and chips for Ryan's tea.'</i>

353
00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:47,680
<i>When I met Rob I thought that he
liked kids. He's got enough of 'em.</i>

354
00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,720
<i>How many kids has he got?
Four.</i>

355
00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,240
<i>He don't see 'em or nothing.</i>

356
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,160
<i>Must cost him a fortune
in child support.</i>

357
00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,440
<i>No, it's all right, he's on benefit
so he don't pay or anything.</i>

358
00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,920
<i>And where does Rob live?
We're just down there.</i>

359
00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,200
<i>Hang on a minute,
so you live in Morden Rise with Rob?</i>

360
00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,280
<i>But I thought you lived
in Tollington View.</i>

361
00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,960
<i>I did. But Rob wanted us
to move into his place.</i>

362
00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,960
<i>But your name's still on
your old flat.</i>

363
00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,000
<i>My mate lives there with her kid.</i>

364
00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,840
<i>So the pillowcases and toothbrush,
they weren't even Ryan's?</i>

365
00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,760
<i>'I'm sorry. I lied.'</i>

366
00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,240
<i>Morden Rise.
All units to Morden Rise.</i>

367
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,520
<i>Sorry, babe.
I had to tell them what</i> <i>you done.</i>

368
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,600
<i>Stupid cow!</i>

369
00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,040
<i>Search the bedrooms. Cuff him.</i>

370
00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:50,960
<i>Robert Whitely, I'm arresting you</i>

371
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,080
<i>on suspicion of kidnapping
Ryan Stark.</i>

372
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,120
<i>No, nothing.</i>

373
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,720
<i>What have you done with Ryan, Kayla?
Where is he?</i>

374
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,600
<i>He's in heaven, Ronnie.</i>

375
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,440
<i>My baby boy is in heaven
with the angels.</i>

376
00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:53,880
<i>My client has prepared a statement
which he would like to read out.</i>

377
00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:01,480
<i>I left my flat at 13 Morden Rise
at five.</i>

378
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,680
<i>My mate, Colin Woods,
picked me up in his car</i>

379
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,880
<i>and we drove to Milton Keynes
where he lives.</i>

380
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:13,200
<i>We had a few drinks at his place
and then went clubbing.</i>

381
00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,160
<i>We were drinking all night,
and didn't get to London</i>

382
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,120
<i>until the next day.</i>

383
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,240
<i>Did you go into Ryan's room
before</i> <i>you went out?</i> <i>No comment.</i>

384
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,160
<i>You say you were drinking heavily.</i>

385
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,120
<i>Do you remember coming home?
No comment.</i>

386
00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:31,400
<i>Do you have any memory of what you
did when you got home?</i> <i>No comment.</i>

387
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,320
<i>Did you go into Ryan's bedroom
when you got home?</i> <i>No comment.</i>

388
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,520
<i>Did you kill Ryan Stark?
I never went near her bloody kid!</i>

389
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,120
<i>Shut up, Rob.</i>

390
00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:41,920
<i>My client has no further comments
to make.</i>

391
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,760
<i>So, what are we talking here?
Sustained abuse or a single attack?</i>

392
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,480
<i>Well, there's evidence of
ongoing neglect and injuries</i>

393
00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:50,920
<i>dating back six months.</i>

394
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,560
<i>And he never came to the attention
of Social Services?</i>

395
00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,480
<i>This is the updated file. Ryan was
subject to a Child Protection plan</i>

396
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,240
<i>for the last five months
of his life.</i>

397
00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,200
<i>Doesn't look like they did
a very</i> <i>good job!</i>

398
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,280
<i>They were on the back foot.
Social Services weren't aware that</i>

399
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,400
<i>Kayla and Ryan were living with
Whitely until after Ryan died.</i>

400
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,200
<i>They were running a benefit scam,
claiming on two flats.</i>

401
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,720
<i>All Social Services visits happened
at Kayla's flat.</i>

402
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,400
<i>So they had no idea Rob Whitely was
on the scene?</i> <i>Exactly.</i>

403
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,160
<i>What was the cause of death?
Suffocation.</i>

404
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,880
<i>We can't be sure how.
He had three cracked ribs</i>

405
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,000
<i>and there was bruising on his back.</i>

406
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,560
<i>And we think during the attack</i>

407
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,840
<i>Whitely pressed his full weight down
onto Ryan.</i>

408
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,040
<i>The pathologist then reckoned that
had that happened on a sofa or a bed,</i>

409
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,080
<i>Ryan could easily have suffocated.
Were both of them abusing him?</i>

410
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,800
<i>Kayla knew what Whitely was up to,
that's for sure,</i>

411
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,600
<i>but it was definitely Whitely
that was hurting the boy.</i>

412
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,920
<i>He had a sovereign ring
when we</i> <i>arrested him.</i>

413
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,200
<i>We matched marks from Ryan's body
to that ring.</i>

414
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,960
<i>Initially, Kayla claimed Whitely
was abusing Ryan.</i>

415
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,720
<i>She changed her story?
Not exactly.</i>

416
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,880
<i>When we arrested them
and they got briefed up,</i>

417
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,720
<i>their only words were "no comment."</i>

418
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,040
<i>But Whitely did come up with some
sort of</i> <i>an alibi, didn't he?</i> <i>Yeah.</i>

419
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,320
<i>Does it check out?</i>

420
00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,320
<i>We've got evidence of him being
in a nightclub part of the night,</i>

421
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,880
<i>but he easily had time enough
to get back and kill Ryan.</i>

422
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,720
<i>So is this child cruelty resulting
in death or is it murder?</i>

423
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,240
<i>No, no, it is murder.
No doubt about it.</i>

424
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,760
<i>Kayla and Rob Whitely
haven't made</i> <i>any attempt</i>

425
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,160
<i>to explain how or why</i> <i>Ryan died.</i>

426
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,280
<i>That's to be expected.</i>

427
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:27,640
<i>Their legal advisors have made sure
they don't</i> <i>incriminate themselves.</i>

428
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,720
<i>I can't promise
we can secure a</i> <i>murder conviction,</i>

429
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:35,040
<i>but I will do my</i> <i>best to make sure
they both go to prison.</i>

430
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,360
<i>I've got journalists...</i>

431
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,400
<i>..banging my door down,
day and night...</i>

432
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,520
<i>..wanting my story.</i>

433
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,880
<i>All of a sudden everyone wants
to</i> <i>hear what I got to say.</i>

434
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,240
<i>For the past six months...</i>

435
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,760
<i>..I've been begging someone
to listen...</i>

436
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,800
<i>..and all I heard was
I got no right to see my own son.</i>

437
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,360
<i>I'm his dad.
I should've kept him safe.</i>

438
00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:19,640
<i>You know murder is notoriously hard
to prove in child cruelty cases.</i>

439
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,120
<i>The abuse speaks for itself.</i>

440
00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:25,680
<i>A jury who sees the photographs
will want to bring back hanging.
A life sentence is a soft option.</i>

441
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,440
<i>You think the Home Secretary
wants a big expensive trial?</i>

442
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,200
<i>What's the alternative?</i>

443
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,520
<i>I'm not dropping the murder charge</i>

444
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,120
<i>to save the Ministry of Justice
a few quid, Henry.</i>

445
00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:39,320
<i>Just make sure
those two don't get</i> <i>bail.</i>

446
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,320
<i>Kayla was removed from her family
at</i> <i>the age of five</i>

447
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,000
<i>following chronic sexual abuse
and physical violence</i>

448
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,920
<i>at the hands of
her alcoholic</i> <i>father.</i>

449
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,720
<i>Spare me the sob story.</i>

450
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,200
<i>I have a report here from a clinical
psychologist</i>

451
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,240
<i>specialising in women
who collude with a partner's abuse.</i>

452
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,200
<i>It states that my client had
"Developed a narcissistic attitude</i>

453
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,360
<i>towards her son, viewing him
as an extension of herself".</i>

454
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,840
<i>So what are you saying?
It wasn't her</i> <i>fault her son died?</i>

455
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:14,280
<i>I'm saying her norms are radically
different to yours or mine.</i>

456
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,400
<i>She's only worthy of cruelty,
so that's how she</i> <i>treats her child.</i>

457
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,640
<i>And I can cite you women
like Shy</i> <i>Keenan</i>

458
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,680
<i>who endured the most horrific abuse</i>

459
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,600
<i>but came out the other side a hero
not an abuser.</i>

460
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,800
<i>It's</i> <i>a choice.</i>

461
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,920
<i>Not if it affects
her fitness to</i> <i>plead.</i>

462
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,800
<i>History of abuse has no bearing
on</i> <i>fitness to plead.</i>

463
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,960
<i>She's as sane as any one of us,
and</i> <i>you know it.</i>

464
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,840
<i>Sane maybe, but she also has
severe</i> <i>learning difficulties</i>

465
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,680
<i>and the IQ of a 10-year-old child.</i>

466
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,440
<i>Well, 10 is the age of criminal
responsibility so we're good to go.</i>

467
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,560
<i>You really don't remember me,
do you?</i>

468
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,080
<i>I'm sorry, should I?</i>

469
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,640
<i>Phone number on the bedside table
would've been nice.</i>

470
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,240
<i>Defence are going to argue
if Kayla</i> <i>Stark</i>

471
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,280
<i>hadn't been a victim of abuse,
none of this would've happened.</i>

472
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,840
<i>An abusive childhood
might be</i> <i>convenient mitigation</i>

473
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,280
<i>but it isn't an</i> <i>excuse for murder.
She deserves to go to prison.</i>

474
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,160
<i>Any juror</i> <i>will see
they deserve jail time,</i>

475
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,000
<i>but what</i> <i>they did needs explaining.</i>

476
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,200
<i>These are the wrong defendants
to get all touchy feely over.</i>

477
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,520
<i>They end up in</i> <i>psych units, the Home
Secretary'll hang us all out to dry.</i>

478
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,880
<i>I think we need to cover ourselves
and order our own psych evaluations.</i>

479
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,720
<i>Because her brief found
a psychiatrist who claims
Kayla Stark has a low IQ?</i>

480
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,440
<i>Because we need to be one step ahead
of defence.</i>

481
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,640
<i>And don't you wanna know why
they killed Ryan?</i>

482
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,400
<i>If we don't ask why, who will?</i>

483
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,640
<i>Substitute psychology for morality
and our jobs become obsolete.</i>

484
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,920
<i>Deny</i> <i>they had a choice,
you deny responsibility.</i>

485
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,320
<i>So you really don't care why?
Not in this case, no.</i>

486
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,600
<i>All I care about is convicting one
of them for the murder of a child.</i>

487
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,760
<i>If we push for a murder trial
we</i> <i>could lose.</i>

488
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,880
<i>There isn't enough evidence to prove
which one of them killed Ryan.</i>

489
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,480
<i>She's right. If we can't prove
which one killed the boy,</i>

490
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,520
<i>there's sufficient reasonable doubt
to see them both walk.</i>

491
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,720
<i>We could consider a manslaughter
charge,</i>

492
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,880
<i>try and get them to plead guilty.</i>

493
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,320
<i>We may not get them to plead at all.</i>

494
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,080
<i>Whitely and Stark's briefs
have joined forces.</i>

495
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,120
<i>They've applied for
a fitness to plead hearing.</i>

496
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:23,440
<i>Sorry Mr Browning, I have no doubt
Robert Whitely is fit to plead.</i>

497
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,200
<i>I have some concerns, however,
regarding Kayla Stark's IQ</i>

498
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,960
<i>and her learning difficulties.</i>

499
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,560
<i>Has she the mental ability
to follow the</i> <i>proceedings?</i>

500
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,000
<i>We try 10-year-old children
for murder</i>

501
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,720
<i>without regard</i> <i>to their ability
to follow proceedings.</i>

502
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,960
<i>I'm not interested in debating
the</i> <i>age of criminal responsibility,</i>

503
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,440
<i>only in Kayla</i> <i>Stark's ability to
understand what</i> <i>she's pleading to.</i>

504
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,680
<i>The psychiatric evaluations suggest
that she doesn't, m'Lord.</i>

505
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,960
<i>So on the say so of two
psychiatrists who've seen her
for five minutes,</i>

506
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,320
<i>we go from murder to nothing
in less than an hour!</i>

507
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,560
<i>If she's not fit to plead,
she's not fit to plead.</i>

508
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,720
<i>It's not rocket science.
Which is fortunate as none of us
are rocket scientists.</i>

509
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,240
<i>There is also my defendant's family
history to take into consideration.</i>

510
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,640
<i>Which you can introduce in trial but
bears no relevance to this hearing.</i>

511
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,720
<i>Indeed, Mr Thorne.</i>

512
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:14,480
<i>According to reports, she is not
suffering from mental illness.</i>

513
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,480
<i>So, the only issue is her IQ
and her learning difficulties.</i>

514
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,800
<i>She was capable of concocting
a story</i>

515
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,480
<i>that her child had been abducted.</i>

516
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,320
<i>Low IQ or not, she is quite capable
of standing trial.</i>

517
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,920
<i>I'm sorry, Miss Dyer,
I'm with the</i> <i>Crown on this.</i>

518
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,520
<i>Anyone capable of weaving
such an elaborate web of lies</i>

519
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,600
<i>is capable of entering a plea.</i>

520
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,280
<i>The charges stand.
Trial will commence on Monday.</i>

521
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:51,040
<i>What do you reckon? 10 minutes
before one of them caves?</i>

522
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,120
<i>15 if they've got any self respect.</i>

523
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,240
<i>Yvette or Gregor?
Yvette, definitely.</i>

524
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,400
<i>I reckon Gregor secretly wants
the glory of a high profile trial.</i>

525
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,440
<i>Yvette actually cares</i> <i>about
her clients.</i> <i>Jake!</i>

526
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,480
<i>And she fancies you.</i>

527
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,880
<i>We'll plead guilty to causing
or</i> <i>allowing the death of a child.</i>

528
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,560
<i>Great news. It'll help us</i> <i>secure
the murder conviction.</i>

529
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:12,040
<i>If you drop the murder charge.</i>

530
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,080
<i>Even if she pleads
to the lower</i> <i>charge,</i>

531
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,600
<i>she could still end up in prison
for life.</i> <i>So we all rest easy.</i>

532
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,320
<i>Except for Ryan's dad.
Oh, come on, Jake.</i>

533
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,960
<i>Accept the plea</i> <i>and we'll give you
Whitely gift wrapped.</i>

534
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,440
<i>Kayla will turn QE?</i>

535
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,400
<i>She'll give you every last detail
you need to crucify Whitely</i>

536
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,400
<i>and put him away for murder.</i>

537
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,040
<i>Ronnie.</i>

538
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,680
<i>I've heard you've accepted a plea
from Kayla Stark.</i>

539
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,880
<i>She pleaded guilty to causing
or</i> <i>allowing the death of a child.</i>

540
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,400
<i>She</i> <i>was sentenced this morning,
five year tariff.</i>

541
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,840
<i>We charged her with murder
on joint enterprise.</i>

542
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,360
<i>We've got no evidence to prove
which one killed Ryan.</i>

543
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:53,880
<i>We put them both in that dock,</i>

544
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,600
<i>their briefs'll cry</i> <i>reasonable doubt
and they can walk.</i>

545
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,960
<i>I know why you did it, but
it's just a matter of time</i>

546
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,280
<i>before Whitely's brief comes knocking
at your door for the same deal.</i>

547
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,960
<i>If you accept Whitely's plea,
they could both be out in five years.</i>

548
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:09,440
<i>Please, please tell me you think more
of that little boy's life than that.</i>

549
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,600
<i>You've been a copper long enough
to</i> <i>know how the law works, Ronnie.</i>

550
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,080
<i>Long enough to hope</i>

551
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,680
<i>that if I charge someone with murder,
they will be tried for murder.</i>

552
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,200
<i>Ronnie,</i>

553
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,160
<i>you have my word,</i>

554
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,960
<i>with Kayla's evidence,
I can try Whitely</i> <i>with murder</i>

555
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,360
<i>and send him to prison for life.</i>

556
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:36,840
<i>Did my client, Robert Whitely,</i>

557
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,280
<i>ever confess to killing Ryan Stark?</i>

558
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,120
<i>No.</i>

559
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:45,000
<i>So all you have is his ex-girlfriend
Kayla Stark's claim that he did?</i>

560
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,960
<i>Well, she was very clear about
who killed her son.</i>

561
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,640
<i>These claims Kayla made</i>

562
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,320
<i>were offered</i> <i>up during a little walk
you took together?</i>

563
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,880
<i>Yes they were, but we went out
together to retrace her steps.</i>

564
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,680
<i>Ah. I thought you took her out</i>

565
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,160
<i>to ask her personal, probing
questions about her love life.</i>

566
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,600
<i>I was trying to find out if Ryan
was at risk from someone else.</i>

567
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,280
<i>And did you tell her she was pretty?</i>

568
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,000
<i>My learned friend is deviating
into fantasy land, m'Lord.</i>

569
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,120
<i>His insinuation DS Brooks, an
officer with an impeccable record,</i>

570
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,920
<i>had some ulterior motive
is beyond ridiculous.</i>

571
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,560
<i>Withdrawn, m'Lord.</i>

572
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,720
<i>Let me ask you one more time,
DS Brooks,</i>

573
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,240
<i>so we are completely clear,</i>

574
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,440
<i>during the course of
the police interviews,</i>

575
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,640
<i>did Robert Whitely at any time</i>

576
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,720
<i>say he was responsible
for Ryan's death?</i>

577
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,800
<i>No.
No further questions, m'Lord.</i>

578
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,800
<i>Re-examination, m'Lord.</i>

579
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,160
<i>Am I right in assuming</i>

580
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,960
<i>that other than a brief statement
setting out his alibi,</i>

581
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,480
<i>the defendant said nothing more than
"no comment"</i>

582
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:53,240
<i>while he was in police custody?
Apart from one abusive remark, yes.</i>

583
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,680
<i>And am I also right in assuming</i>

584
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,360
<i>when you went out with Kayla Stark
on this search for Ryan,</i>

585
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,560
<i>you were under</i> <i>the assumption that
Ryan had been illegally adopted?</i>

586
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,080
<i>Evidence suggested that Kayla had
given Ryan away.</i>

587
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,800
<i>So we thought by retracing her steps,
we could find some new witnesses.</i>

588
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,760
<i>So the only reason you took
this</i> <i>unorthodox approach</i>

589
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,680
<i>was because you believed there was
a slim chance of finding Ryan alive,</i>

590
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,480
<i>and you might</i> <i>rescue him?</i>

591
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,240
<i>Well, we had hoped that
that was the case, yes.</i>

592
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,760
<i>Thank you, Detective Sergeant,
you've been most helpful.</i>

593
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,800
<i>Did Whitely attack Ryan
the night he died?</i>

594
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,280
<i>I was in bed...and Ryan was crying.</i>

595
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,520
<i>Rob went into Ryan's room.</i>

596
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,560
<i>I heard him shouting.</i>

597
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,840
<i>I heard Ryan - he was crying
and then he stopped.</i>

598
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,160
<i>When I went to get Ryan up
in the morning,</i>

599
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,840
<i>I knew he was dead.</i>

600
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,720
<i>I was scared. Jimmy was</i> <i>supposed to
see him the next day. I panicked.</i>

601
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,160
<i>And pretended Ryan
had been abducted?</i>

602
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,240
<i>Yeah.</i>

603
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,280
<i>So there is no doubt in your mind</i>

604
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:06,160
<i>that your son was alive when Robert
Whitely entered his room that night</i>

605
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,320
<i>and dead when he left it?</i>

606
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,280
<i>No doubt at all.</i>

607
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:17,680
<i>You pleaded guilty to
"causing or</i> <i>allowing" Ryan's death.</i>

608
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,680
<i>Did anyone else allow Ryan's death?</i>

609
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,920
<i>Did anyone else know about
Ryan's</i> <i>injuries?</i>

610
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,240
<i>His social worker, Bernie Bradley,
she knew.</i>

611
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,920
<i>Is my learned friend simply
hurling</i> <i>mud left, right and centre</i>

612
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,520
<i>and seeing where it lands,</i>

613
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,880
<i>or does this bear any</i> <i>relevance to
the question of his client's guilt?</i>

614
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,880
<i>Make your point, Mr Browning.</i>

615
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,320
<i>There were 23 separate visits
or meetings with social workers</i>

616
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:47,360
<i>who came into your home and</i> <i>asked
you questions about Ryan's injuries?</i>

617
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:52,440
<i>Yeah.</i> <i>So how is it possible that
Ryan</i> <i>continued to suffer abuse?</i>

618
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:57,560
<i>I covered it up.
To protect your boyfriend?</i>

619
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,800
<i>No to protect Ryan.</i>

620
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,800
<i>I grew up in care.
I know what them places are like.</i>

621
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,240
<i>I was afraid they'd
take him</i> <i>away from me.</i>

622
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:09,760
<i>And these social workers,
they believed your lies?</i>

623
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,960
<i>I dunno. They wanted to get out of
my house as quick as they could.</i>

624
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,520
<i>That</i> <i>Bernie Bradley woman
said my flat smelled.</i>

625
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,240
<i>She didn't want to conduct
further</i> <i>visits to a child</i>

626
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:23,240
<i>with inexplicable</i> <i>repeated serious
injuries because your flat smelled?!</i>

627
00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:27,200
<i>That's right.</i> <i>And did she come on
a visit the week before Ryan died?</i>

628
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,320
<i>And how long
did Bernie Bradley stay?</i> <i>She didn't.</i>

629
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,280
<i>She was on the doorstep
a minute or so.</i>

630
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,520
<i>Did she see Ryan?
He was asleep.</i>

631
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,960
<i>So a week before Ryan's death,</i>

632
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:41,160
<i>this senior social worker,
responsible for Ryan's welfare,</i>

633
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,440
<i>conducted this final visit</i>

634
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,360
<i>and then walked away
without even seeing him?!</i>

635
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,800
<i>Yeah.</i>

636
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,120
<i>No further questions my Lord.</i>

637
00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:03,080
<i>Gregor did a good job of making
Ryan's social worker sound culpable.</i>

638
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,080
<i>Yeah, maybe she had a role
in Ryan's</i> <i>death</i>

639
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,880
<i>but you can't lay the blame
on a bureaucratic system.</i>

640
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,120
<i>Even if they failed
to protect a</i> <i>child?</i>

641
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,640
<i>Social Services have already sacked
Bernice Bradley</i>

642
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,720
<i>to save their own skins.</i> <i>Gregor's
turning this into a witch hunt.</i>

643
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:18,960
<i>If he causes enough confusion,
the jury won't know who to blame.</i>

644
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,680
<i>Aren't you the one responsible for
Ryan Stark's death?</i>

645
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,880
<i>I mean, you're the social worker
who saw him 23 times</i>

646
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,400
<i>and between your visits
he was battered senseless.</i>

647
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,400
<i>Kayla Stark hid what was going on.
She lied about where she was living.</i>

648
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,800
<i>Wasn't it your job
to dig a little deeper?</i>

649
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,240
<i>A week before he died,
I sent Ryan's</i> <i>case for review</i>

650
00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,160
<i>so care proceedings could be
considered.</i> <i>It's not in the file.</i>

651
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,800
<i>There was an administrative error
in</i> <i>the department.</i>

652
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,560
<i>My written request
was misfiled by a temp.</i>

653
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:51,280
<i>Are you telling this court
the life of an abused child
was in the hands of a temp?</i>

654
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,560
<i>Our department was already short
staffed before our funding was cut.</i>

655
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,360
<i>You were there, were you not?
You didn't notice Ryan's case</i>

656
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:58,720
<i>hadn't come up for review?</i>

657
00:36:58,720 --> 00:37:00,960
<i>I thought about that little boy
all</i> <i>the time.</i>

658
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,200
<i>And yet you didn't help him.
I went there the night he</i> <i>died!</i>

659
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,400
<i>There's no record of any visit
that night.</i> <i>It was out of hours.</i>

660
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,160
<i>I turned up at the address
on the file and she wasn't there.</i>

661
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,800
<i>Her old neighbour told me
where she was now living,</i>

662
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,240
<i>I went round there and I told her
I was issuing care proceedings.</i>

663
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,080
<i>Are you 100 per cent certain</i>

664
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,080
<i>this impromptu doorstep visit
took</i> <i>place</i>

665
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,200
<i>the night Ryan died
and not the</i> <i>week before?</i>

666
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,120
<i>100 hundred percent.
It was my birthday</i>

667
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,280
<i>and I spent it writing a</i> <i>report
stating she was living at Whitely's.</i>

668
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,640
<i>I posted it through the office door
at 5am</i>

669
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,840
<i>before I got my flight to Spain.
And it never went into the file?</i>

670
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,800
<i>It was added to the request
to issue</i> <i>care proceedings.</i>

671
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,440
<i>Which got misfiled.</i>

672
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,520
<i>By the time it was found,
I'd been</i> <i>summarily dismissed.</i>

673
00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:45,360
<i>I did everything in my power
to protect that little boy.</i>

674
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,120
<i>You have to believe me.</i>

675
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:51,960
<i>Thanks a lot, Bernie.</i>

676
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,400
<i>Kayla lied about the last visit.</i>

677
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,000
<i>She said in court that Bernie came
round the week before Ryan died.</i>

678
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,040
<i>Which she did. The last official
visit at Kayla's old flat</i>

679
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,760
<i>was the week before Ryan's death.</i>

680
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,120
<i>But the doorstep visit
was at</i> <i>Whitely's flat</i>

681
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,400
<i>and happened the night Ryan died.</i>

682
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,880
<i>You'd remember if your social worker
came round the night your kid died.</i>

683
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,960
<i>So, what else
has she been lying</i> <i>about?</i>

684
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,760
<i>Ronnie? It's Jacob Thorne.</i>

685
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:25,280
<i>What</i> <i>exactly did you say to Kayla
Stark to get her to open up to you?</i>

686
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,680
<i>The night Bernie Bradley came round</i>

687
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,360
<i>and you spoke to her
on your doorstep, was Rob there?</i>

688
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,120
<i>He was out clubbing. We'd had a row.</i>

689
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,000
<i>He didn't come back
till the next day.</i>

690
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,680
<i>So the visit took place at Rob
Whitely's flat?</i>

691
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,520
<i>Not your old flat,</i> <i>like all
the other Social Services visits?</i>

692
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:47,560
<i>Yeah. Well, she'd found out
I was</i> <i>living there, hadn't she?</i>

693
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,760
<i>Some</i> <i>busybody mouthing off.</i>

694
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,360
<i>What time did he go out
and what time did he return?</i>

695
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,920
<i>He went out about eight.
Got back the next morning about 10,</i>

696
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:57,360
<i>just before I</i> <i>went out.</i>

697
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,360
<i>Where did you go?</i>

698
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,760
<i>Where did you go?
I don't remember.</i>

699
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,040
<i>You went to the corner shop,
didn't</i> <i>you? You bought fish fingers.</i>

700
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,600
<i>You</i> <i>went to the park, then you went
to the merry-go-round in Bermondsey.</i>

701
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,200
<i>No, I didn't. Not that day.
Then you raised the alarm</i>

702
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:13,520
<i>that your son was missing,</i>

703
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,480
<i>claiming that he'd been snatched
from the merry-go-round.</i>

704
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,320
<i>Isn't that the case?
You've got it wrong.</i>

705
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,440
<i>Bernice Bradley has told this court
she went round to Whitely's flat</i>

706
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:31,480
<i>and</i> <i>told you she was issuing care
proceedings on the night Ryan died.</i>

707
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,600
<i>She remembers quite distinctly
because it was her birthday.</i>

708
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,960
<i>You told the court that Rob was out
the night Bernie made her visit</i>

709
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:42,560
<i>which tallies</i> <i>with his alibi that
he was clubbing in Milton Keynes.</i>

710
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:47,440
<i>According to the pathology report,
Ryan died between 10pm and 6am.</i>

711
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:51,000
<i>If Robert Whitely wasn't at home
during these hours,</i>

712
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,680
<i>how did Ryan die?</i>

713
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,280
<i>He went in his room
before he went</i> <i>out. I wasn't lying.</i>

714
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,280
<i>No, you weren't lying, Kayla,</i>

715
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,080
<i>but you weren't telling us
the whole truth</i> <i>either, were you?</i>

716
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:05,840
<i>You told this court you went into
Ryan's room at 8 the next morning</i>

717
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:10,360
<i>to get him up, but you went in
before</i> <i>that, didn't you?</i>

718
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,760
<i>He was in so much pain.</i>

719
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,240
<i>You suffered extensive abuse</i>

720
00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:30,720
<i>at the</i> <i>hands of your own father,
didn't you, Kayla?</i>

721
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:37,880
<i>It must have been heartbreaking,
seeing Ryan suffer like you did?</i>

722
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,200
<i>I had to make it stop.
Of course you did.</i>

723
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:46,960
<i>That's what mums do, isn't it?</i>

724
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:50,720
<i>Try and take away their child's
suffering. What did you do?</i>

725
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,400
<i>Talk to me, Kayla.</i>

726
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,880
<i>Trust me.</i>

727
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:07,920
<i>They were gonna take him into care.</i>

728
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,320
<i>I...</i>

729
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,360
<i>I got a pillow...</i>

730
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,880
<i>..and I put it on his face...</i>

731
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,040
<i>..till he stopped moving.</i>

732
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:41,840
<i>I...I</i> <i>just wanted him to be safe.</i>

733
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:50,720
<i>I'm sorry.</i>

734
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:55,440
<i>Jimmy, Jimmy... I'm so sorry.</i>

735
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,280
<i>Kayla's pleading guilty
to the murder charge.</i>

736
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,480
<i>She knows she'll go to prison?</i>

737
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:19,840
<i>She incriminated herself in open
court. She's hardly got options.</i>

738
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,720
<i>Henry will be thrilled you've</i> <i>saved
the MOJ the cost of another trial.</i>

739
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,240
<i>And they can sentence her
along with</i> <i>Whitely,</i>

740
00:42:27,240 --> 00:42:29,200
<i>so, two for the price of</i> <i>one.</i>

741
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,840
<i>And you don't have to spar with me
across the court room</i>

742
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,800
<i>for the next few weeks. Result.</i>

743
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:37,920
<i>Blue tulip...</i>

744
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:40,480
<i>left shoulder blade.</i>

745
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,400
<i>Some things I don't forget.</i>

746
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,800
<i>Kayla Stark,
you have pleaded guilty to murder.</i>

747
00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:09,520
<i>I have no other option than to
sentence you to life in prison</i>

748
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,920
<i>for the minimum term of 20 years.</i>

749
00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:19,000
<i>Robert Whitely, you have been found
guilty of causing or allowing</i>

750
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,600
<i>the death of a child.</i>

751
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:24,080
<i>It is my belief you played a major
role in the death of that child</i>

752
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:27,640
<i>and</i> <i>had he not been moved into your
home, he would still be alive now.</i>

753
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,400
<i>I therefore sentence you</i>

754
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,680
<i>to a term of imprisonment
for public protection</i>

755
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:36,040
<i>with a minimum term of eight years.
Take them down.</i>

756
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,440
<i>Jake!</i>

757
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,000
<i>Thank you.</i>

758
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,320
<i>We did the right thing.</i>

759
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,080
<i>Yeah, we did.</i>

760
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,160
<i>Do you fancy a pint?</i>

761
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,040
<i>I can't tonight. Er...</i>

762
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,240
<i>Actually, I've got plans.
I'm seeing my daughter.</i>

763
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,240
<i>Another time. Yeah?</i>

764
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,000
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