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Just a minute, lads.

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She can't be more than 18.
Where's the man who found her?

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Over there.

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- Gerry?
- Yeah.

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I'm Superintendent Craddock.

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You saw the man dump the
body. An Arab, you said?

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Car registration 321 D 520.

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- You write that down?
- I remember numbers.

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Did they find you any breakfast, Gerry?

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- No.
- We'll sort you some out at the station.

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Three.

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- Are you sure, Gerry?
- Yeah.

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Number three, please stand up.

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I've got diplomatic immunity.
You call my embassy now!

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Would you stand, sir?

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The Gulf State's making all kinds of
moves behind the scenes to free the driver.

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He doesn't have immunity for murder.

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But they are pressing the Home
Office and the Foreign Office.

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Your Chief Constable's coming
under a lot of pressure.

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- So am I.
- Well, it's gonna get worse, Malcolm.

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I've been asked to review this case

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to make sure the evidence
against Moncheri is sound.

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It is.

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All rise.

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I've read the pre-sentence report.

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Do you have anything further to say in
mitigation before I pass sentence, Mrs Mills?

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Indeed, my lord.

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The police and the prosecuting authorities
seem to have sought attention for themselves

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in bringing this international
footballer to court.

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It's hardly necessary to say that
he is of hitherto good character,

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with no previous convictions.

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That isn't quite the case, Mrs Mills.

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He's displayed the sort of aggression on
the pitch that wouldn't be tolerated outside.

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Indeed, for one so young,
he's had quite a few red cards.

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The game is so different
from that of life, my lord.

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Hmm. I wonder.

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Had he been a concert pianist or a pop
star, a talent of a less physical nature,

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I'm sure we might all be taking
an entirely different view.

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- Can I say something, sir?
- Yes, I'd be most interested, Mr Armitage.

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Well, I just want to say that I
never meant to hurt that bloke.

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I mean, it weren't me who started it.
I was just having a drink with my mates

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I never had an easy start. I mean, I've
had to fight for everything I've got.

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Please, don't send me to
jail, sir. Please. Please.

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I note your remorse, Mr Armitage,
and I'm pleased to hear it.

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You are a public figure to whom
many youngsters look as a role model.

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That is evidenced by the media
attention that this case has attracted.

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Even at 18, you've got your own manager and
a publicist to keep you in the public eye.

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Huge responsibility
attends such a position.

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When young people see
highly paid footballers

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extending their loutish behaviour
beyond the football pitch,

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it sends altogether the wrong signal.

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Or perhaps, as you argued, Mrs Mills,

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here is a footballer who is too
young to cope with all the attention,

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and that to give him a custodial sentence
would be to give him a double punishment.

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But these are the consequences of your
actions when the stakes are so high.

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Let us not forget that you
seriously injured another young man,

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causing him to lose the sight of an eye.

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If young people see that
you can't get away with it,

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then they will realise
that neither can they.

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I think it appropriate that you
go to a Young Offenders Institute

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for a period of one year,
Mr Armitage. Take him down.

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That's an outrage!
- Yes, isn't it just.

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All rise.

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Mrs Mills asked if she could have a word.

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- With prosecuting counsel present?
- I suspect not, Judge.

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Um...

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If it's brief, I could see her
before my meeting with Sir Ian.

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I can't believe you did that. He
has done so much for his country.

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- He's a thug, Jo, a talented thug.
- He is no different from a lot of kids today.

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He's a lad from a deprived background who
made it and you have just taken it all away.

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A deprived background is no excuse.

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But this was a particularly
cruel example to make.

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You're completely out of order,
Jo, approaching me like this.

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- Oh! Am I?
- Mmm.

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Well, when should I approach you? In
bed? You're talking to me like this.

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If this is gonna be what it's like,
John, we are a million miles apart.

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I didn't hear this argument, Jo. Morning,
Michael. If you excuse me, I have to be elsewhere.

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Are we having dinner tonight?

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No, John, not tonight. I'm not even
sure if I ever want to see you again.

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- You mustn't take this personally.
- Right now it feels very personal.

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I told that young man he
would not get a custodial.

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Then you misjudged the
situation or the judge.

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I must congratulate you on keeping your nerve
in the Armitage case. Many mightn't have.

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News travels fast.

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Laurence James tells me you're seeking
another term at your present court.

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Michael Nivan thought there might be
some objection from this department.

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I know we haven't always seen eye to eye,
but I wouldn't allow that to influence me.

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Why is it I'm suspicious
of your cordiality?

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Allowing personal feelings into
the workplace is counterproductive.

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You're a fact of life, John. Our
working together is a fact of life.

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Is there something that's
likely to throw us together?

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We could easily avoid one another.

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There is a vacancy on the Appellate Bench.

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- Have you taken up my cause, Ian?
- The Lord Chancellor asked me to sound you out.

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He wants an altogether younger bench.
Frankly, I think you're too outspoken, John,

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but it's a sign of the times.

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I wouldn't block your path.

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Well, I'd be interested.

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Delighted.

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Does that mean you punch
the same weight as Grandpa?

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Why do I feel so suspicious, Chaz?

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There are more reliable
candidates than me.

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Perhaps you underestimate
how much they really need you

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now the government's falling apart.

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- Is that what's happening?
- That's what Henry says.

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He lectures in tort.
They need radical voices.

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If only life were so constructed.

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- A few words on the judge's decision.
- Stand aside.

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Just a few words on the judge's decision.

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Well, quite unbelievable scenes here
at Highthorpe Crown Court this morning

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after the controversial decision
to impose a custodial sentence

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on young football star Addem Armitage,
who was led from the dock in tears...

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Hello, it's Jo. Leave a message
and I'll call you back. Thanks.

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Jo, it's me.

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Um...

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I'll try you again.

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...his first night of a
year's sentence behind bars.

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In sentencing, the judge said, "If young
people see that you can't get away with it... "

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It's blanket coverage all over.

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Laurence, where are we with the trial
involving the murdered tart in the skip?

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- It's gone to the list at Sussex, Sir Ian.
- Hmm.

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Would you care to join me for lunch?

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As the murder trial is
so politically sensitive,

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there might be some advantage in steering
it in Mr Justice Deed's direction.

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Isn't that a reason for
not giving it to Deed, sir?

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The Gulf State continues to make
representations via their embassy.

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Threats over trade better
describes what they're doing.

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The Cabinet is split. That's why
the Lord Chancellor prefers Deed.

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Have we missed something,
sir? Deed is not reliable.

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Precisely.

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With rumours linking the ruling
Prince's brother-in-law to the murder,

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we must avoid being seen to
trade justice for exports.

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The accused is a low-ranking
officer attached to the embassy.

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He's either guilty or not guilty.
Why would anyone care beyond that?

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Unless the rumours are true, and he's
protecting the Prince's brother-in-law.

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The Home Office wants no hint of a fix.

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The Secretary of State for
Trade thinks we must salvage

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the �10 billion plane deal at any cost.

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We still think Deed's a risk, sir.

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We mustn't let our personal feelings keep
us from seeing the greater good, must we?

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- Michael.
- Oh, John!

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John, there are rumours
about you and Mrs Mills.

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With her appearing before you,
well, you know how this looks.

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I don't think you need to
worry about that, Michael.

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Oh.

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The Tracey Spink murder trial,
that seems to be coming your way.

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Really? I'm surprised.

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- Yes, frankly, so am I. It was on my list.
- Well, I can easily find something else.

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No, no, no. I've now had a rather complicated
case in the Family Division brought forward.

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- Why isn't the murder going to the Bailey?
- I think the LCD wants a low profile.

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Yes, we've heard rumours
about who did the killing.

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But we're not trying the
Prince's brother-in-law.

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No. Quite.

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Do we know who's for the prosecution and who
for the defence in the Tracey Spink murder?

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I didn't enquire, Judge,
it wasn't coming here.

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Yes, the Presider was under the
same impression. I wonder why.

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I'll check with the list office.

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Mrs Channing rang to see
if you were free for lunch.

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You are.

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- Yeah?
- George.

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Does lunch mean that you're prepared
to come down from your ivory tower?

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There aren't any decent
restaurants within 20 miles.

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Well, how about takeaway
at my digs this evening?

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- I'm after some legal advice, John.
- All right, fine. You pay for the takeaway.

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Brian Cantwell defending?

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I did a judges' course with
him. What a reactionary.

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- So he didn't get to be Judge, then?
- Nah, he's a racist.

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There's a wonderful moment

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when the interviewing panel ask you if
there's anything you want to tell them.

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They expect you to remain
silent even if there is.

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Brian Cantwell looked them straight
in the eye and said, "Confidentially,"

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like it was already understood by them,

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"well, yes, actually, I don't
like black people. " He said that.

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- I'm surprised he's doing this case.
- Why is he doing it, then?

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- He's probably earning 200,OOO from it.
- Oh.

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Have you heard rumours about
who really did this killing?

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Sheik Ali Mazrui. Not his bodyguard.

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The jury will have heard those rumours,
too. They'll want to try the Sheik.

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- When is the pre-trial
review? - Day after tomorrow.

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I'd better get reading.

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I have a major, major conflict of interest,
John, over my client and the government.

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If they're both your clients,
you have to dump one of them.

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The government isn't my client.

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But I don't want them wriggling
out of their obligations

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and leaving Amco Insurance PLC
stuck for vast compensation costs.

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- You think you're going to lose, do you?
- God forbid it ever comes to court.

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What's your father say?

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Obviously nothing you wanted to hear.

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Well, he thinks we can
rely on the government.

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What makes you think you can't?

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Oh, I see, lover-boy!

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- The government's as guilty as Amco.
- There's no question of guilt.

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My client didn't know the
dangers of asbestos back then.

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Well, that's fine, George, until
somebody on the claimant's team

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comes up with a report that says they did.

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- There's nothing to substantiate they knew.
- That's not the same as not knowing.

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Advise them to settle.

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They'd go out of business. The
ripple effect would be unthinkable.

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A lot of people lost their lives, George.

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Now, you're... You're
talking to the wrong judge.

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With the Secretary of State in
your bed, it should be easy for you.

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Why don't you cut a deal,
George? It's what you're good at.

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That's my dilemma. I'm
getting married again.

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Charlie said she didn't think
that you and Haughton were serious.

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She says that about you and Jo Mills.

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What exactly do you want from
me? An unequivocal position

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so you can square the circle for
your boyfriend and for your client?

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Unlucky, George.

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You're jealous, now I've
found someone other than you.

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Yes, I can just imagine the pillow talk.
You and lover-boy cut a deal for your client,

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and the people whose lungs are torn
to shreds with asbestos can go to hell.

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You're insufferable. Why
I still bother with you!

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Oh, bad luck.

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My lord, from the defence's inquiries
into the main prosecution witness,

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we feel obliged to object to Gerry Hewitt.

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This is a very unstable witness.

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Were he to be admitted, and
were a conviction to follow,

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a grave injustice might result.

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Mr Hewitt is an itinerant

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who has been in and out of mental
institutions all his adult life.

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Perhaps they cured whatever
problem he had, Mr Cantwell.

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Then let us put that aside, as one
can deal with it in cross-examination.

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Our main objection is that this
witness has, for the past four months,

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been residing at a police station.

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Doubtless being coached in his
testimony as well as he is being fed.

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Do you have evidence of this, Mr Cantwell?

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00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,511
Of his being well-fed, my lord?

229
00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,559
I believe he has put on a stone
in weight on his current regime.

230
00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,438
Perhaps that might go to explain why
we see so many overweight policemen.

231
00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:51,196
My lord, the police believe
that without protective custody,

232
00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:56,035
Mr Hewitt would disappear, and not
merely because he is an itinerant.

233
00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,557
He is an important
witness, and without him,

234
00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:05,031
the family of the murdered girl would
have little chance of seeing justice

235
00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:07,270
for their daughter's murder.

236
00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,799
Whilst living with the police
he is free in all respects,

237
00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,955
and having made a statement, of course,

238
00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,237
it is forbidden for any police
officer involved in the case

239
00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:22,029
to discuss the case with him
or to try to influence him.

240
00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:25,317
Does he have any particular condition

241
00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,312
that would make him subject to
influence from the police, Mr Thorp?

242
00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:34,509
No, my lord. He has a schizoid condition
which has been under control for some time now.

243
00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,149
Hmm.

244
00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,471
Well, it seems to me that one of
the purposes of a trial by jury

245
00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,473
is to examine exactly the sort of issues
that have been raised by Mr Cantwell.

246
00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:49,873
I will listen carefully for any hint of
undue police influence in his testimony.

247
00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:54,556
So if the arguments are done, I'd
like to get on with selecting a jury.

248
00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:59,270
Kathleen McCracknel. Peter Symmonds.

249
00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,112
- Michael Maynard.
- I'm Michael Maynard.

250
00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,668
Ah, I misheard. Sorry.

251
00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,513
Perhaps you'd swear our jury, Mr Harrison.

252
00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,876
We might hear some of your
opening address, Mr Thorp.

253
00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,476
Ali Abdul Moncheri,

254
00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,155
the names you are about to hear
are the jurors who will try you.

255
00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,356
If you wish to object to any of them,

256
00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:26,389
then you must do so as they come to be
sworn in, and your objection will be heard.

257
00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,031
He phoned a couple more
times, it was only then

258
00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:34,795
that he was put through, so I
just wanted to call him back.

259
00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,994
- You all right, Beswick?
- Yes. I think so.

260
00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,559
- You sure?
- Yeah.

261
00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,155
- Oh!
- Beswick! Are you all right?

262
00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,996
Can you breathe all right?

263
00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,678
I regret to have to inform the court
that Mr Thorp was taken ill yesterday.

264
00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,318
I heard it was beef curry.

265
00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,834
Will you be opening, Mr Burroughs?

266
00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,118
With respect, my lord, could we postpone
until I find out when Mr Thorp is to return?

267
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,351
My lord, while sympathising
with my learned friend,

268
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,228
I hope his indisposition won't
push us into protracted delay.

269
00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,229
My client's been in custody four months
on a charge he strenuously denies.

270
00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:22,632
Yes, I know how Mr Moncheri must
be suffering on remand, Mr Cantwell.

271
00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,679
Let us hope that Mr Thorp makes
a full and speedy recovery.

272
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,198
Right, we will adjourn while
you consult with the CPS

273
00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,558
to see if they want a postponement
or to appoint a replacement leader.

274
00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,589
But in fairness to the defence,
we should avoid a protracted delay.

275
00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:40,954
I'm obliged, my lord.

276
00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:53,198
- Oh, you're early. I'll have a quick shower.
- John, Beswick Thorp has died.

277
00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:55,195
What?

278
00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,068
- What happened?
- His heart stopped.

279
00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,749
I thought it was food
poisoning. Is it suspicious?

280
00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:10,157
I'm a policeman, John.

281
00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,437
We're looking to see whether his death was
connected with the case he was prosecuting.

282
00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,956
His wife says he'd had strange
phone calls but dismissed them.

283
00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,429
He was Treasury Counsel.

284
00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,671
Prosecuted murderers and
major crims all the time.

285
00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,638
We advised Sussex police
to provide maximum security.

286
00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,312
No.

287
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,631
Armed policemen would put altogether
the wrong emphasis on this case.

288
00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,712
Your defendant has powerful friends, John.

289
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,031
Anything less than blanket security
might endanger the next prosecutor.

290
00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:41,955
- Well, who is he? I'll have a word with him.
- CPS has informed us it's Jo Mills.

291
00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:48,950
Give her armed protection outside, but I
don't want to see any guns in the courtroom.

292
00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:57,954
- Are you ready with the prosecution, Jo?
- It feels a bit like drowning, but yes.

293
00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,473
And you have been told
of the security risks?

294
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,472
Under the circumstances,
you're not obliged to go ahead.

295
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,676
In which case, someone
else would be at risk.

296
00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,639
Unless, of course, you intend
to conduct the prosecution.

297
00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,753
Heavy security would send
the jury the wrong signal.

298
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:20,834
There won't be any, Brian. Just Jo's
protection policeman and court people.

299
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,556
Very good lunch.

300
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,232
- Why don't you return my calls?
- I've been busy.

301
00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:36,871
That's very last century. I
was calling to say be careful.

302
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,396
The police are suspicious
about Beswick Thorp's death.

303
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,472
It seems that some of your jury

304
00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,950
have been approached by one of
the panel who wasn't selected.

305
00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,919
- With any sinister result?
- Who knows? At least they reported it.

306
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,558
It's an important murder trial.

307
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,915
People up for jury service
would want to be in on it.

308
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,676
This person was trying to find out the names
and addresses of other members of the jury.

309
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,672
Has he been charged? I'll
deal with him at the end.

310
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,752
- It's a she. A very attractive she.
- Hmm.

311
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,356
Good job she didn't approach you, then.

312
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,833
Why are you involved?
It's not a London case.

313
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,992
Oh, because of the
defendant's diplomatic status.

314
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,356
I'm liaising between Sussex
and the Special Branch.

315
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,357
One of them had �5,OOO put into his
account from a bank in the Caymans.

316
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,910
I assume we didn't get him?

317
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,680
They've lost a juror, Judge.

318
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,149
- What, another one?
- This one was taken ill.

319
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,468
How?

320
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,154
- Do we know what's wrong with Mrs Fergusson?
- Some kind of food poisoning, my lord.

321
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,149
Based on current form, I don't
want to continue with only 11.

322
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:55,314
Let's reselect the jury from the existing 11,
plus a couple of extras, and re-swear them.

323
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,995
Michael Mason, take the
book in your upraised hand,

324
00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,914
right or left is immaterial,
and read the oath on the card.

325
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,231
"I swear by Almighty God that I
will faithfully try the defendant

326
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,437
"and give a true verdict
according to the evidence. "

327
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,638
Thank you, Mr Mason. Now we
have a full jury once more,

328
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,076
I should instruct you not to eat or
drink for the whole of this trial.

329
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,517
You think I'm joking.

330
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:27,311
We will show that the man in
the dock killed Tracey Spink,

331
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,233
a young woman who ran away from home at 15

332
00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:35,075
and eventually fetched up in
Brighton working for an escort agency.

333
00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:40,672
It was here that the defendant
first encountered the dead girl.

334
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,318
On the night in question,

335
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,313
he picked her up in a nightclub
and took her to a hotel,

336
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,632
where he, with another
unknown, tied her up.

337
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:56,270
Then, with a gag in her mouth
and a ligature about her throat,

338
00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:59,158
had sex with her several times.

339
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,354
It was during this act, and as
a part of the sexual experience,

340
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,194
that Tracey Spink slowly choked to death.

341
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:14,032
A condom was used so as to leave
no trace of himself inside her.

342
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:20,195
However, what the defendant did
leave behind after dumping her body

343
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:26,317
was one single hair that has been
DNA matched to hair from his forearm.

344
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,790
Additionally, we will show
that the body of Tracey Spink

345
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:35,398
was transported in the defendant's
diplomatic car, in the boot,

346
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,597
where traces of her skin were found.

347
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:45,396
- Promise me to behave yourself.
- Oh, dear. Is my tie straight?

348
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,672
Charlie, darling, be an angel

349
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,833
and make sure Grandpa doesn't
leave cigarette ends on the veranda.

350
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,279
This is a meeting I'm
not sure I can handle.

351
00:24:57,360 --> 00:25:00,158
Georgia, darling, you handle
everything so perfectly.

352
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,913
The PM's taken quite a shine to her.

353
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,356
- Neil Haughton.
- The former Mr George Channing.

354
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,352
Is that what I have to
look forward to, darling?

355
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,716
I'm just going to make
sure everybody's got drinks.

356
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,115
- She does it all so elegantly.
- Yes, and so often.

357
00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:23,669
What do ex and future husbands
talk about? Car routes?

358
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:29,237
- Is that Cabinet small talk?
- Mostly. About 5% isn't.

359
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:35,196
- Charlie tells me you have a high-profile
case on. - Is that all she told you?

360
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,952
What do you do about the rumours that the
real murderer was the Prince's brother-in-law?

361
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,397
The only thing I can do. Have
the gossips' tongues cut out.

362
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:46,594
Can you?

363
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,394
It might help us secure
that �10 billion plane order.

364
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,357
I thought it had gone to the French.

365
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,431
You don't want to believe
everything you read in the papers.

366
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,795
It'd be a different
sort of trial if I did.

367
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:03,273
- I'm not convinced there should even be a trial.
- Then you're not the prosecuting authority.

368
00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:06,636
No. I help keep the
country afloat with exports.

369
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,111
- Well, I suppose somebody's got to.
- I know what's good for Britain, John.

370
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,590
We could still pull this
plane order out of the fire.

371
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,549
Not while this trial is underway.

372
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,428
You and George should be very
happy, you seem ideally suited.

373
00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:27,478
- What's that meant to mean?
- You share her scant regard for due process.

374
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,870
- My concern is for the greater good.
- Ah.

375
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:36,635
There's a rock upon which fairness and
justice have become arid to the point of death.

376
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,669
What about justice and fairness for the
people whose jobs this order would secure?

377
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,237
Pride and self-righteousness
never put bread on the table.

378
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,108
- How are you two getting on?
- We're finding common ground.

379
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:54,038
- Were you telling Neil all about my bad habits?
- I wouldn't believe him, darling.

380
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,990
I have to go. I've got a lot
of reading to catch up on.

381
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,357
Mr Hewitt, I'm sure my
learned friend for the defence

382
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,000
will question you as to how
you came to be in the alley

383
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:24,108
when you saw the defendant dump Tracey
Spink's young body into the skip.

384
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,431
Would you now tell the
court why you were there?

385
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,878
I was sleeping there, you know.

386
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:36,110
I sometimes sleep there. That's a good
spot, set back out of the draught, like.

387
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,751
- Could you see the skip?
- I could see it, yeah.

388
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:44,277
I was across the other side
of the alley, and down a bit.

389
00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:46,874
How often do you stay in this alleyway?

390
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,873
Once, twice a week. I
was robbed, miss, yeah?

391
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,513
And that's a good spot, like.

392
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,909
Is there any doubt in your
mind as to who you saw,

393
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:05,394
on the morning of January 29th of
this year, dump the body in the skip?

394
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,435
No. I saw him. It was that man.

395
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,918
- You're completely sure of that?
- Yeah, I saw him.

396
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:20,518
- Did you see the car he was driving?
- Yeah. 321 D 520.

397
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,593
- And you're sure of that?
- Yeah. I remembered and told the police.

398
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,434
- Thank you, Mr Hewitt. Perhaps you'd stay there.
- All right.

399
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:36,591
Mr Hewitt, are you sure the man you picked out
was the same one you saw in that dark alley?

400
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:41,390
- Yeah, that was him.
- It was dark in that alleyway, was it not?

401
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:43,918
- Yeah.
- Very dark?

402
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,834
Yeah, but it was him.
I saw the car number.

403
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,750
That's how the police found him, ain't it?

404
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,628
You don't have very good cognitive
powers, do you, Mr Hewitt?

405
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,548
- I don't know.
- Oh, I think you do.

406
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:03,069
When you were subjected to psychological tests
and shown pictures of people in different contexts

407
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,118
you scored only 20 or 30%, did you not?

408
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,711
- I don't know.
- My lord...

409
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,110
- Are you offering these findings, Mr Cantwell?
- I will be, my lord.

410
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,919
They show how little reliance
can be placed upon this witness.

411
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,470
- You don't have a very good memory, do you?
- Well, I...

412
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,039
I think it's all right, yeah.

413
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,669
Do you remember what you had for breakfast
at the police station this morning?

414
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:31,153
I had grapefruit, porridge, poached
eggs on toast. Tea, four cups of tea.

415
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:36,758
The police are treating you very well,
Mr Hewitt. You're living with the police.

416
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:42,549
- Yeah, I... I don't want to let them down.
- Why is that, Mr Hewitt?

417
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,553
- It's a very important case this, ain't it?
- Who told you it was?

418
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,513
The police did.

419
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,673
- Would you lie to help the police?
- No.

420
00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:00,877
Are you sure? Wouldn't
you distort the truth?

421
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,119
Pretend to see something
you hadn't when memory fails?

422
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,715
No. I wouldn't do that.

423
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,473
Your memory does fail, Mr Hewitt. Yes?

424
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,357
- No, no.
- Do you remember your mother, Mr Hewitt?

425
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,239
Mmm.

426
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,117
Do you remember her?

427
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,193
Or when you last saw her, Mr Hewitt?

428
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:40,839
Mr Hewitt?

429
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,797
Are you able to answer
the question, Mr Hewitt?

430
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,470
The witness is clearly
having some difficulty.

431
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:58,236
I think this might be a convenient moment
to give him time to recover himself.

432
00:30:58,320 --> 00:30:59,594
All rise.

433
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,432
You will get on tomorrow, Miss Peters.
- Just as long as he gets what's coming.

434
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,718
Your evidence is very
important. Thank you.

435
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,793
Yeah, well, I liked Tracey. I
mean, it could have been any of us.

436
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,910
- Yeah.
- Did you just call me?

437
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:32,592
- You called me.
- Oh. I made a mistake. I'm sorry.

438
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,070
- Jo, are you all right?
- I'm just working too late.

439
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,751
Someone phoned and then
put the phone down on me.

440
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,749
Is your policeman around?

441
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,389
- I'm at chambers.
- Is he there? You must tell him.

442
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:51,158
- No, it was probably a wrong number.
- Jo, you must stop work and go home.

443
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,277
Should I? Good night, John.

444
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,153
Row. Sorry if I woke you.

445
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,597
Morning, John.

446
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,832
- Sussex police have put a monitor on Jo's phones.
- I hope she knows.

447
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,955
- Beswick Thorp was murdered, John.
- Oh, no.

448
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,154
How? Do we know who did it?

449
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:26,514
Mr Hewitt, I trust you've now sufficiently
recovered to remember your mother?

450
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:32,275
Is it not true that four years ago
you approached three separate women

451
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:36,478
in Eastbourne, in Woolworths,
insisting that each was your mother?

452
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,477
Was that not a repeat
of your mental breakdown?

453
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,349
You did have a mental breakdown
at that time, Mr Hewitt,

454
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:51,399
for which you were treated
at Hastings Mental Hospital.

455
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,675
Part of that treatment was
electroconvulsive therapy.

456
00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:02,438
You had ECT on no less than 27 occasions.

457
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:06,990
Did that actually improve
your memory or make it worse?

458
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:12,231
Didn't you tell the doctor that
your memory was "shot to pieces"?

459
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,679
Not only could you not remember your
mother, you didn't know who you were.

460
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,638
I don't think they should
have given me that treatment.

461
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:23,793
It badly affected your memory, did it not?

462
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:28,874
- But did it affect his cognitive powers?
- I would suggest it did, my lord.

463
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,999
I would direct Your Lordship to the
result of hospital tests on Mr Hewitt

464
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,152
for his cognitive powers and
memory, following treatment.

465
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,800
21 C in bundle K.

466
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,919
- They show how low he scored.
- My lord...

467
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,911
Yes, yes, I've read it.

468
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,197
How did you obtain these
confidential records?

469
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:51,519
My lord?

470
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,275
Would the jury go out, please?

471
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,993
- Well, Mr Cantwell?
- They were obtained by our investigators.

472
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,195
How was that, Mr Cantwell?

473
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,589
My lord, you know very well
from your days as a barrister,

474
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:18,071
most investigators are retired
policemen with a network of contacts.

475
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,470
And you know full well that
if you had wanted such tests,

476
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,632
you would need to seek the
cooperation of the prosecution.

477
00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:27,314
They would have given that cooperation.

478
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:32,554
My lord, these records
are a matter of fact.

479
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:36,428
Mr Cantwell, the moment
we begin to admit evidence

480
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,557
that has been obtained
in violation of the law,

481
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:44,475
the whole moral legitimacy upon which the
legal system is founded begins to crack.

482
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,030
The end does not justify
the means in this process.

483
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,991
If it did, we might just as well
torture everybody suspected of a crime.

484
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:57,071
Under Section 78 of the Police
and Criminal Evidence Act 1984,

485
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,515
and you know the section,

486
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,034
the court may exclude
evidence if it appears that,

487
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:07,638
having regard to all the circumstances,
including those under which it was obtained,

488
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:11,508
its admission would have an adverse
effect. I'm going to exclude it.

489
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,076
Mr Craddock, I didn't know he was going
to sweep up my past. I didn't know.

490
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,594
No, of course you didn't,
Gerry. You did your best.

491
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:24,879
- I can't stay at the police station no more, can I?
- Social Services will sort you out.

492
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,031
Here you go.

493
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,473
What is it?

494
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:31,439
What is it?

495
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:36,230
Let go. Let go of it!

496
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,634
Moncheri.

497
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,790
- Where did you get this?
- He dropped it in the alley.

498
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,076
You know the rules on late
evidence as well as I do.

499
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,118
- We can't introduce it.
- You could talk to the judge.

500
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:54,908
Brian!

501
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,629
On the face of it, the wallet
is pretty damning evidence.

502
00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:00,792
If you believe Hewitt
found it in the alleyway.

503
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,793
I'm not inclined to.

504
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,678
More likely he stole it and
identified Moncheri from this photo.

505
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,751
You could test that before the jury.

506
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,799
I could let Jo recall her
witness and testify to the wallet.

507
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,030
I'm not inclined to do that.

508
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,315
We can't introduce this evidence
unless the defence agrees.

509
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,672
Sorry.

510
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,354
You can cross-examine my
client on it in due course.

511
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,112
Oh, I will, Brian.

512
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:35,469
Jo.

513
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,517
With your leave, my lord, I
was to have called Maev Peters,

514
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:48,991
a work colleague of Tracey Spink.
Regrettably, she hasn't appeared.

515
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,398
Mrs Mills, is this carelessness?

516
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:58,600
On the list of witnesses for the prosecution
there was a policeman from diplomatic protection.

517
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:03,310
He was to have given evidence before Miss
Peters. Like her, he's failed to show up.

518
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:04,799
Where are they?

519
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,917
The policeman is in Australia
on government business.

520
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,912
Well, I want a very good
reason why he's in Australia,

521
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:15,073
or I'll hold him and his superiors
in contempt. They know better.

522
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,555
What about Miss Peters? Is she ill?

523
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:22,030
I'm instructed that she
has also left the country.

524
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:25,954
Oh. Is this on behalf of the government?

525
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,838
I believe it was to take
a job in the Middle East.

526
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,515
Well, then she is another one
likely to see the inside of a cell,

527
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,717
unless something suggests she
was induced not to give evidence.

528
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:41,636
- My lord, this is a most unwise speculation.
- I fail to see how, Mr Cantwell, with the jury out.

529
00:37:41,720 --> 00:37:44,109
These things have a way
of filtering back to them.

530
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,431
Yes, yes, yes. Is your next witness here?

531
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,034
He is, my lord, the Assistant
Manager at Browns Hotel, Brighton.

532
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,112
Good. Let's have the jury in and proceed.

533
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,674
Mr Cooper, were you on duty as
assistant manager at your hotel

534
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,355
between the 26th and the
31 st of January this year?

535
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:02,953
Yes, I was.

536
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:08,592
Can you look in your bundle marked
K, and find the item marked 3K?

537
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,790
Is that a computer printout
of your guest register?

538
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,319
Yes, it is.

539
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:21,269
For the days the 27th, the 28th
and 29th for the penthouse suite,

540
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,909
- can you tell us who was staying there?
- No one.

541
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:36,435
Was not Sheik Mazrui of the
Gulf State staying at your hotel?

542
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:40,035
No. He had checked out
with his staff on the 27th.

543
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:45,119
My lord, may I have permission
to treat this witness as hostile?

544
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,472
- Any objection, Mr Cantwell?
- No.

545
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:49,879
Very well.

546
00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:58,109
- Is that your statement, Mr Cooper?
- Yes. I know I said he was there.

547
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,670
He had, in fact, reserved the
suite in case he came back.

548
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,069
But I made a mistake.

549
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,719
- You made a mistake?
- Yes.

550
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,674
You waited until now to correct it?

551
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,036
Yes, the computer had a
glitch, not the first time.

552
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,749
- How often does this happen, Mr Cooper?
- Quite often, sir.

553
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,717
Mr Cooper, I put it to you that you are
a liar who is perjuring himself for gain.

554
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:28,998
- No, I'm not.
- The jury will make up its own mind about that.

555
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,677
Superintendent Craddock,

556
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:37,629
did you at any time have cause to
visit anyone at Browns Hotel, Brighton,

557
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:39,756
during the month of January?

558
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,594
Think carefully, because I
don't want you to make a mistake.

559
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:48,629
Yes, I went to see Sheik Ali Mazrui,
having identified a Gulf State embassy car

560
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:52,679
that was at the disposal of his
driver for his visit to Britain.

561
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,116
- And do you know what day that was?
- Yes, on 30th of January.

562
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:57,918
And can you tell us who was present?

563
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,709
The defendant, the Sheik, his
personal assistant, my sergeant

564
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:07,193
and Mr Cooper, the hotel assistant
manager, who conducted us to the penthouse.

565
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:09,879
Mr Cantwell.

566
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,194
Superintendent Craddock,
you've a good memory for dates?

567
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,317
I'd say I do. It's something you develop.

568
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,992
Are you the former
Detective Inspector Craddock,

569
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:29,872
who, in 1992, arrested an Egyptian
diplomat for breaking his wife's arm?

570
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:33,918
You must answer.

571
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:37,989
Yes, I am.

572
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:43,200
The man was discharged from
court. Can you tell the jury why?

573
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,273
There was a mix-up over
when he was in the country.

574
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:47,873
Another mix-up?

575
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,199
You said it was May the 15th.

576
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,394
In fact, Mr Yasser was out
of the country, was he not?

577
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:58,879
He lied.

578
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:03,473
- You didn't make a mistake?
- He lied and so did the embassy people.

579
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,558
- Sir Ian Rochester, Judge.
- Thanks, Coop.

580
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,597
- Would you like some tea?
- How pleasant.

581
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,989
I've never taken tea in chambers.

582
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:23,036
The prosecution seems under heavy
weather with its main witness collapsing

583
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,759
and its witnesses disappearing.

584
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,750
A lot of pressure is
being put on this case.

585
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:34,231
Mightn't it be politically expedient
to direct the jury to acquit?

586
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:39,589
- Would that get the plane order back?
- It might help.

587
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:40,908
Hmm.

588
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,719
This plane order seems
to dominate everything.

589
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,758
I wouldn't presume to
suggest what you do, John.

590
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:53,198
I came to tell you that the consensus of
the Appellate Bench favours your appointment.

591
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,477
My position regarding
this trial hasn't changed.

592
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,914
That's what makes you so
interesting to the Lord Chancellor.

593
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,913
But neither he nor any
other government minister

594
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,390
can ignore the fact that over the next four
years there could be guaranteed employment

595
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,870
for over 5,OOO aerospace industry workers.

596
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:16,511
Mostly in places of high unemployment,
Coventry, Bristol, South Wales.

597
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,397
I wonder how many of those people would
set aside that length of employment

598
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,994
for what might prove
to be an empty gesture.

599
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:28,279
- Lf you trust people, they might surprise you.
- The government did. It had an election.

600
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,597
Now it, not the people,
has to manage the economy.

601
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,919
I have a clear sense of
conviction about my actions.

602
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:40,472
Conviction is the prerogative of those who don't
have to bother with everyday economic reality.

603
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:46,032
- I see it as the basis of a fair and decent society.
- One has to live with economic reality.

604
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,996
- We're all the poorer for it, Ian.
- That's my point.

605
00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:57,795
We can't try Sheik Ali Mazrui vicariously,
which is what everyone seems to be attempting.

606
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:02,158
What we're attempting is justice
for the murdered girl and her family.

607
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,390
Without justice we have
no country, no society,

608
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,268
no position of authority.

609
00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:16,470
Keep this up and they won't appoint you.

610
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,632
- I can't play their games, Chaz.
- Well, you could at least pretend to.

611
00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:24,475
The risk there is to lose sight of where
pretence ends and distorted principles begin.

612
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:28,678
No, no. The real risk is that you drift
to the right without even noticing.

613
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,877
- Is that what you think's happening?
- It's what Neil says.

614
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:34,758
He thinks you don't care about
all the people needing jobs.

615
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,559
I'll trade principles with
lover-boy any day of the week.

616
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:49,632
Mr Rose, might I have a
word, please, in private?

617
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:53,514
- We're about to go into court. Can it keep?
- It's important.

618
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:56,549
One of the jurors was bribed...

619
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,749
Mr Symmonds, it's come to my
attention that you were approached

620
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:03,355
by a member of the public in an
attempt to influence your decision.

621
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:07,831
- Why didn't you tell the court?
- I didn't want to be taken off the jury.

622
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,431
- Well, that's what's bound to happen now.
- I didn't take his money.

623
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,511
I said I wouldn't do it.

624
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,313
It's your keeping quiet that concerns me.

625
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:21,593
- You've put this entire trial in jeopardy.
- I'm very sorry, sir.

626
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:25,434
Let's try and remedy the situation by
apprehending the person who approached you.

627
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:29,399
Go with the jury bailiff. For now you'll
be kept apart from the other jurors.

628
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:33,473
It must be a record number of
attempts to interfere with a trial.

629
00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:36,800
- I'm determined to continue.
- Can we?

630
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:39,517
In the circumstances.

631
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,830
Unless I hear a convincing
argument to the contrary,

632
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:43,717
I'm gonna carry on with 11 jurors.

633
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:45,711
They will doubtless assume,
in the juror's absence,

634
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,552
it was my client's doing.

635
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,871
No. Why? He was separated
from the others first thing.

636
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,748
- It's still a grave risk.
- What are your thoughts, Jo?

637
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:56,990
There is a risk that any
conviction will be rendered unsound,

638
00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:01,153
but I don't see how we avoid the same
thing happening if we go for a retrial.

639
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,959
I could put the jury under 24-hour guard.

640
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:08,158
Or abandon the case altogether
and direct the jury to acquit.

641
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:13,030
No. The defendant must answer it if there
is to be any justice for Tracey Spink.

642
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,556
Are you arguing that as
a barrister or as a woman?

643
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,234
I won't dignify that with a response.

644
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,389
My lord, might we have a word?

645
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,677
- I have another appointment, Mr James.
- We'll be brief, my lord.

646
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:36,912
It is thought, in the circumstances,
it might be unsound to proceed.

647
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:41,074
You might either instruct the jury to
acquit or go for a retrial, my lord.

648
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,958
Who thought? You? Sir
Ian? The Lord Chancellor?

649
00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:48,318
It is essential, my lord, in these circumstances,
that we are seen to do things correctly.

650
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,631
It's essential to do things correctly
in all circumstances, Mr James.

651
00:45:51,720 --> 00:45:53,233
The procedure is correct.

652
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,835
- A conviction here would be unsound, my lord.
- You're assuming that there will be one.

653
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:58,911
Your Lordship seems
determined to ensure there is.

654
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,629
No, Your Lordship is determined
to ensure a just outcome.

655
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:08,555
I know that a lot depends economically
upon the outcome of this trial.

656
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:13,270
A concerted effort has been made to
derail us. It's not going to happen.

657
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,832
5 Wells Yard.
- Jo Mills, please.

658
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:25,753
- May I ask who's calling, sir?
- It's John Deed here.

659
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:27,796
Oh, hello, sir. Just a moment, sir.

660
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:36,232
- Oh, didn't Kevin give you my message?
- Yeah, you're in conference.

661
00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:44,399
I came to apologise for
my insensitive remark.

662
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:49,194
It's a long way to
come. It was unimportant.

663
00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:53,952
- It didn't seem unimportant this afternoon.
- That was this afternoon.

664
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:55,758
I have a lot of work.

665
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,515
Yeah. I'm having a meeting
with your head of chambers.

666
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,592
- Can we have dinner afterwards?
- No. We can't.

667
00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:10,075
Jo, can't we go back to the way we
were before I sent Armitage down?

668
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:19,239
These are...

669
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,438
- Thanks.
- I'll see you in court tomorrow.

670
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:34,994
With the complex checks and counterchecks that
take place in police laboratories, Dr Jannatie,

671
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:38,311
do mistakes of cross-contamination
never take place?

672
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:42,029
I can't say never. There's a
human element. Humans are fallible.

673
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:46,193
So it is conceivable that the hair
purported to have come from the defendant,

674
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:48,555
and found on the dead girl,

675
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:53,230
could have strayed from the
batch you took for testing?

676
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:55,872
It's just conceivable.

677
00:47:55,960 --> 00:48:00,272
Then it is conceivable that the
skin found in the boot of the car

678
00:48:01,720 --> 00:48:02,869
wasn't there at all.

679
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:06,953
I'll accept that forensic might make
one mistake. But two, Mr Cantwell?

680
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:09,315
We are exploring possibilities, my lord.

681
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:13,234
- How old was the skin, Dr Jannatie?
- I don't know, precisely.

682
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,072
It was not more than two weeks old.

683
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:20,393
So, she could have been in the boot
of the car for any time up to two weeks

684
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:24,393
prior to when the prosecution
say the body was dumped.

685
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:26,995
Yes.

686
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,949
This skin, being dead, will
have dropped off something,

687
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,508
possibly the sheet in
which she was wrapped?

688
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:33,669
Yes.

689
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:39,153
Equally possible, then, that it
was from a coat or a hairbrush

690
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:43,349
placed in the boot at an earlier stage?

691
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:46,156
- It's possible.
- Thank you.

692
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,869
Do you wish to re-examine, Mrs Mills?

693
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:53,750
If it was skin from the victim's coat
or hairbrush, would you be able to tell?

694
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,035
There would be hair
follicle parts mixed with it.

695
00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:58,634
- Were there any such particles?
- No.

696
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:03,432
Did any cross-contamination of samples
take place in the lab or elsewhere?

697
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,590
No, I'm certain it didn't.

698
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,638
- Thank you, Doctor. You
can step down, Doctor.

699
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:10,517
In the absence of Mr Reeves,

700
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:14,957
the policeman from the Diplomatic Squad
who is still in Australia, and Miss Peters,

701
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,315
Dr Jannatie was our last witness, my lord.

702
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,597
- That concludes the case for the Crown.
- Mr Cantwell?

703
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:25,549
With your leave, my lord, I would like
to call the first witness for the defence,

704
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:27,995
Mr Hussain Husaini.

705
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:35,077
Mr Husaini is in charge of the
motor pool at the Gulf State Embassy

706
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:40,473
where the car identified in the alleyway
on the night of the 29th was garaged.

707
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,711
- Are you not calling the defendant?
- No, my lord.

708
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:45,995
Your client fully
understands that the jury

709
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:49,436
may draw an inference as
to guilt from his silence?

710
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:51,990
I have made him fully aware of this.

711
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:56,117
But this means the wallet
can't count as evidence.

712
00:49:56,200 --> 00:50:01,320
No, I'm afraid not. Looks like Mrs
Mills' whole case is about to go down.

713
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:05,509
Mr Husaini,

714
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:11,550
can you tell us where the Mercedes
S-Class, registration 321 D 520,

715
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:15,709
was on the night of
January 28th this year?

716
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,712
Yeah, it was in the garage at
the back of the embassy in London.

717
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,916
It was being serviced. We
dropped the back axle out.

718
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,197
- You're certain it was this car?
- Oh, yes. It was on my work log.

719
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:27,158
It was booked in on 27th. The work
was completed three days later.

720
00:50:27,240 --> 00:50:30,038
Thank you. We'd like to
exhibit this log, my lord.

721
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:34,432
Mr Moncheri was alleged to have driven
the car on the night of the 28th.

722
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,637
Did you tell the police about
the log after they arrested him?

723
00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:42,396
Yeah. I told the Superintendent bloke,
but he didn't seem that interested.

724
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:48,028
He told the Superintendent, but
he didn't seem that interested.

725
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:50,313
Thank you.

726
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:54,239
Mrs Mills?

727
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:03,997
When precisely did you
tell the police, Mr Husaini?

728
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:07,755
Was it before or after he was arrested,
or before or after he was charged?

729
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:12,868
On the 31 st of January,
before they charged him.

730
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:18,196
Yes, can you look at these exhibits
5B and 6B, the detectives' logs?

731
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:24,591
Each states that they went to the
embassy, in response to a call,

732
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:28,150
to be told about the car
on the 2nd of February.

733
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:32,590
- That's the day after the defendant was charged.
- Yeah, they made a mistake.

734
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:37,834
- Oh, I see. They made a mistake, you didn't?
- It's here. On the garage log.

735
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:39,395
Yes.

736
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:44,476
It's there somewhat differently
on the logs of the policemen,

737
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,677
and has been ever since
our evidence was served.

738
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:51,954
I think we'll let the jury
decide when your log was written.

739
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:56,113
Perhaps Mrs Mills will also have
made her closing speech by then.

740
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,672
- Jo. Maev Peters has turned up.
- When?

741
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:06,553
She walked into the police station this
afternoon. She wants to give evidence.

742
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,791
If the judge will let
her. I'll warn his clerk.

743
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,878
I accept that Miss Peters
was an important witness.

744
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:16,509
- The fact is, you've closed your case.
- She was prevented from giving evidence...

745
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:20,479
- I don't accept that, Mrs Mills.
- I'm not sure that I do, either.

746
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,518
She was warned off and fled.
There was no job in the Gulf.

747
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:25,318
Two Arabs approached
her and threatened her.

748
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:30,155
- Is there evidence of this intimidation?
- The police are investigating her story.

749
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:34,438
I can't accept that these persons are
in any way connected with the defendant.

750
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:36,238
I hardly think it was the zionist League!

751
00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:40,359
You insist on assuming a degree of influence
my client couldn't possibly possess.

752
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:42,749
It's the effect of all that oil.

753
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:47,468
Do you object to this witness
being brought in at this point?

754
00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:52,398
- No.
- No?

755
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,116
I thought I was going to
hear a vigorous argument.

756
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:59,112
We all want the same
thing, a just outcome.

757
00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:05,830
The prosecution can interpose this one
witness, then we'll continue with the defence.

758
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,718
I want no hint of the alleged threats.

759
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:11,756
You had sufficient time to look
into the witness' background

760
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:14,115
or do you need an adjournment?

761
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:20,272
- Twenty-four hours would be useful, my lord.
- All right. Until tomorrow morning, then.

762
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:24,592
I'm surprised at Defence Counsel
allowing this witness to come back.

763
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:27,353
He may know something we don't, Judge.

764
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:30,830
One of the ushers overheard the
junior and their instructing solicitor

765
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:32,638
talking in the tea bar.

766
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:35,188
They have some sharp
move planned with her.

767
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,111
She might have been turned.

768
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:40,510
So many routes of interference
have been tried, it's a real risk.

769
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,750
I can't help you, John.

770
00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:47,550
Are you satisfied the circumstances of the
witness' sudden reappearance are genuine?

771
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,074
If you think not, go for a retrial.

772
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:54,073
- Everyone seems keen for me to go there.
- Just be careful, John.

773
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:57,550
There's a lot of pressure on
everyone to stop this trial.

774
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:03,911
My PPS thought there's a risk this woman
might name names in the witness box.

775
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,560
It's a calculated risk, Neil.

776
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,200
Is no one going to get
control of this trial?

777
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:12,113
That in itself is fraught with danger.

778
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:15,877
I didn't get where I am today
by being afraid of danger, Ian.

779
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:22,311
But the names that could
come out scare even me.

780
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,958
Miss Peters, can you tell us
where you were around 12:OO pm

781
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:31,713
on the night of the 28th of January?

782
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,429
- I was just leaving Browns Hotel in Brighton.
- How did you know it was that time?

783
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:37,750
Because the man I was with had
missed the last train to London

784
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:42,231
- and was looking for a cab.
- Did you encounter anyone else at that time?

785
00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:47,754
Just as we were looking for a cab, a car
pulled in. A black Merc with a diplomatic plate.

786
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:50,593
- Did you know this car?
- It was familiar.

787
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:54,157
I'm sometimes employed to
entertain visiting diplomats.

788
00:54:54,240 --> 00:54:58,472
- Who organises this, Miss Peters?
- There's an agency in Brighton.

789
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,115
Oh.

790
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:03,511
Did you know anyone in the car?

791
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:06,637
Well, the defendant got out and
opened the back door for Tracey.

792
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:10,759
- Tracey Spink? Did you know her?
- Yes. We'd been on jobs.

793
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:16,231
Did anyone get out of the car
apart from Tracey and the defendant?

794
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:19,153
No. The passenger in the back didn't move.

795
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:22,630
Did you recognise this man?

796
00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:25,029
No.

797
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:30,633
- Are you sure you didn't recognise this man?
- Yes.

798
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:41,917
Did you not tell the police that
you escorted this man out on a date?

799
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:46,036
Well, I thought I had, but I was mistaken.

800
00:55:49,240 --> 00:55:51,993
Let us be quite certain about this.

801
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:57,234
- Did you recognise the man in the back?
- No.

802
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:01,913
I mean, I thought his face was
familiar, but I'm always doing that.

803
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:04,639
Seeing people and
thinking that I know them.

804
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:07,314
Not even when you've slept with them?

805
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:10,150
No. I didn't know him.

806
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,878
Miss Peters, is anyone
threatening you in this matter?

807
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:16,952
- My lord, I must protest!
- Yes, Mr Cantwell,

808
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:21,318
I'm allowing my desire for the truth
to outrun the rules of procedure.

809
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:26,954
Do you wish to treat this
witness as hostile, Mrs Mills?

810
00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:29,908
My lord.

811
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:33,797
- Mr Cantwell?
- How can I properly resist, my lord?

812
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,069
Go on.

813
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:39,277
Miss Peters, you are a
prostitute, are you not?

814
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:41,871
- I'm a model.
- An escort model

815
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:44,428
who sells her services to men by the hour.

816
00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:47,592
When were you first hired
out to Sheik Ali Mazrui?

817
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,433
- My lord, I must object.
- On what basis, Mr Cantwell?

818
00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:55,150
- The Sheik isn't on trial.
- Yes, I know. His driver is.

819
00:56:58,320 --> 00:56:59,673
Be careful.

820
00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:03,710
Miss Peters, how can you be sure

821
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:06,712
that the man in the back of
the Mercedes with Tracey Spink

822
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:11,715
was not Sheik Ali Mazrui, brother-in-law
to the Crown Prince of the Gulf State?

823
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:12,835
I just am.

824
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:14,831
- Did you get a clear look at him?
- Yes, I think so.

825
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:19,675
You are certain that it was his driver
who opened the back door for her?

826
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:21,549
Yes.

827
00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:25,713
- Did he leave the passenger in the back?
- Yes, he closed the door.

828
00:57:28,920 --> 00:57:32,435
- What happened next?
- They went into the hotel together.

829
00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:34,956
And that's the last I saw of Tracey.

830
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:38,953
Until you saw her photo in the
newspaper following her murder?

831
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:40,473
Yes.

832
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:45,953
Is Browns Hotel somewhere that is frequented
by escort models and their clients?

833
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:48,913
They don't ask too many questions.

834
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:53,391
Nor, judging by the absence of
witnesses, do they see or hear very much.

835
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:57,919
Miss Peters,

836
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:04,438
I would like you to think very carefully
about when you first saw the defendant.

837
00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:11,116
Outside Browns at midnight
on the 28th of January.

838
00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:14,272
And when, subsequently, did you see him?

839
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:19,275
I saw his picture in the paper with his
boss, Sheik Mazrui, after he was arrested.

840
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:22,759
You clearly made a mistake
in respect of Sheik Mazrui.

841
00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:26,150
You didn't, in fact, see him, did you?

842
00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:28,992
- No.
- No.

843
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:34,879
Miss Peters, you made another
mistake in respect of Mr Moncheri.

844
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,751
Is that so?

845
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:43,553
- No, it was him who got out of the car.
- Do you like to read Hello! Magazine, Miss Peters?

846
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:45,797
Yes, sometimes.

847
00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:49,919
- You like to notice celebrities?
- It's nice when you see them on the street.

848
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:53,913
See, Sheik Ali is a celebrity.
Hello! Did a story on him last year

849
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,355
when he came to negotiate
a plane deal with Britain.

850
00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:58,396
Did you see this issue?

851
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:01,795
- Yes.
- Yes.

852
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:06,668
- Do you remember seeing the Sheik in it?
- I may have done.

853
00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:11,035
Yes, his driver is in the photo
with him. Did you see that?

854
00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:17,438
- Possibly.
- They all look alike, don't they, celebrities?

855
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:20,432
You saw a diplomatic car drop your friend.

856
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:22,992
You identified the driver

857
00:59:23,080 --> 00:59:26,436
after a picture of him and the
Sheik appeared in the press,

858
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:28,875
after having seen them in Hello!

859
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:34,676
And you assumed it was him that
you saw on the night of the 28th.

860
00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:37,112
- Is that not so?
- No.

861
00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:41,715
- It was a dark night. Agreed?
- Well, yes.

862
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:46,034
- There was no moon. You accept that?
- I don't remember. It was dark.

863
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:48,395
The street lights were
very shadowy, weren't they?

864
00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:49,515
Yes.

865
00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:54,037
In fact, the streetlight nearest
the front of Browns Hotel was broken.

866
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:57,556
- I don't remember.
- Don't you? Well, I can assure you it was.

867
00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:00,757
I have here the council's
report on the light.

868
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:05,630
Isn't it entirely possible that you
didn't recognise the man with Miss Spink

869
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:09,233
any more than you did the man in the car?

870
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,154
- I think it was him.
- You're not sure?

871
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:19,076
Miss Peters, if I told you
there is irrefutable evidence

872
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:24,719
that the defendant, along with the Sheik,
was elsewhere on the night in question,

873
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:26,995
how sure would you be then?

874
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:29,032
Well, the police told me it was him.

875
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:31,634
- Oh, my lord...
- Miss Peters!

876
01:00:31,720 --> 01:00:34,917
Miss Peters, you must stop this right now!

877
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:38,835
You cannot speak about anything
unless you've witnessed it.

878
01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:42,230
- I did. I was there when the police said it.
- Miss Peters!

879
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:46,598
Miss Peters, I cannot believe that
you do not know what you're saying.

880
01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:51,435
My lord, can I address the court on an
urgent matter in the absence of the jury?

881
01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:54,318
Yes, I think I can guess what's coming.

882
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:02,716
The defence has been utterly compromised
by the prosecution's late witness.

883
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:06,554
- Took you by surprise, Mr Cantwell, did she?
- She did.

884
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:10,918
- The case must be abandoned.
- No, I'm not inclined to do so.

885
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:16,834
My lord, a judge...

886
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:21,958
has no discretionary powers
to admit inadmissible evidence.

887
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:26,158
If I might guide you to
Sparke versus the Crown, 1964.

888
01:01:28,080 --> 01:01:30,514
The basic principle is best
summed up by Mr Justice Roskill

889
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:34,030
in The Crown against List, 1966.

890
01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:38,910
"A trial judge has an overriding
duty to secure a fair trial.

891
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:44,313
"If this cannot be achieved,
a new trial must be ordered. "

892
01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:46,149
Yes.

893
01:01:46,840 --> 01:01:52,392
Conversely, a judge can allow things to
continue if a gaffe does not make it impossible

894
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:56,996
for the crucial facts of the case to
be thereafter considered by the jury.

895
01:01:57,680 --> 01:02:02,754
Try The Queen against
Weaver, 1968, Queens Bench.

896
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:09,913
Trials have been allowed to continue where
the perceived effect upon the jury is minimal.

897
01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:17,709
- Might we continue this in chambers?
- Does your client consent to your seeing me?

898
01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:22,914
All rise.

899
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:27,915
A retrial is the only way my
client can get a fair hearing.

900
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:30,471
It's certainly something
I have to consider.

901
01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:33,791
There's no other possible
course for a just outcome.

902
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:35,233
If I did order a retrial,

903
01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:40,440
what would be the chances of the prosecution
getting their main witness back up to speed?

904
01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:42,476
- Pretty negligible.
- Hmm.

905
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:48,999
Well, Brian, if I do as you ask, I
would feel compelled to ask the police

906
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:53,119
- to investigate what I only suspect.
- Investigate what?

907
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:56,636
Why, bizarrely, Miss Peters
came out with all she did.

908
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:05,472
This is an unsupportable assertion.
There is no shred of evidence.

909
01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:12,397
Your junior and instructing
solicitor were overheard

910
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:15,677
discussing this
trial-wrecking strategy, Brian.

911
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:22,634
So I think the only common sense course
would be for me to instruct the jury

912
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:25,598
to totally disregard the
witness' last two comments

913
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:28,399
and proceed with the trial, don't you?

914
01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:31,919
Hmm? Good.

915
01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:35,358
Oh, Mrs Brooks.

916
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:38,631
It's here if we need it.

917
01:03:42,280 --> 01:03:43,952
You're free to go.

918
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:53,829
- Is the prosecution's case now finally closed?
- It is, my lord.

919
01:03:54,680 --> 01:03:57,069
Mr Cantwell, will you resume the defence?

920
01:03:57,160 --> 01:03:59,958
With your leave, my lord, I
have only one more witness.

921
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:03,191
That is the Gulf State's
Charg� d'affaires in Marseilles.

922
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:07,671
Because I didn't expect to get done
with the last witness so quickly,

923
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:10,593
he wasn't asked to be here till tomorrow.

924
01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:15,034
- Well, I look forward to the morning.
- All rise.

925
01:04:16,200 --> 01:04:18,509
You've done it before.
- Well, because she's my wife.

926
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:21,433
- What am I supposed to do?
- You could just tell her. You've told her before.

927
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:24,193
- Look, it's not gonna...
- Why does it always have to be what you want?

928
01:04:24,280 --> 01:04:27,875
- I have a lecture to give.
- That's always your excuse.

929
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:32,476
Dad! Hi. This is a surprise.

930
01:04:33,720 --> 01:04:36,951
- This is Henry Kuhle, he's my tutor.
- Hello, Henry.

931
01:04:37,040 --> 01:04:40,919
Hello, and goodbye. I'll
catch you later, Charlie.

932
01:04:46,040 --> 01:04:48,474
Oops. Sorry.

933
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:53,872
He probably thinks I got you
here to beat him up, anyway.

934
01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:57,430
- Do you think I could? -
You're Spider-Man, aren't you?

935
01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:02,990
- Do you want to have dinner?
- Oh, Dad, you should have called.

936
01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:06,277
- I'm having dinner with Mum and Neil.
- Oh.

937
01:05:06,360 --> 01:05:08,874
Is she really gonna marry him?

938
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:14,080
- He's made a pile of money in advertising.
- Oh, well, that makes him perfect for her.

939
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:17,515
Do you still love her, Dad?

940
01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:21,991
- I mean, do you have any feelings for her?
- Yeah, sure, mostly negative.

941
01:05:23,480 --> 01:05:26,995
I love her for you, Chaz.
I'll always love her for that.

942
01:05:28,720 --> 01:05:33,157
The problem is, you can't just have the
things that you love about your partner.

943
01:05:33,240 --> 01:05:35,674
Other baggage comes along with it.

944
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:39,469
Listen, can I give you a lift?
Something I want to ask you.

945
01:05:40,120 --> 01:05:44,079
- Dad, Neil's sending his driver for me.
- Oh, okay.

946
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:46,115
Okay.

947
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:14,470
Oh. Gosh, John. Is there something wrong?

948
01:06:15,720 --> 01:06:19,076
- No, I wanted to see you.
- I saw you in court.

949
01:06:22,080 --> 01:06:23,672
I miss you, Jo.

950
01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:26,993
When you're not my friend, I miss you.

951
01:06:29,240 --> 01:06:31,754
I have to radically rethink my life.

952
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:37,193
- It looks pretty good to me.
- Oh, that is such a male viewpoint.

953
01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:45,632
You take things too personally.

954
01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:49,315
Oh! And who taught me to
get close and personal?

955
01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:56,398
I feel like a child that can't break from its
parent. I'll never get out from under your influence.

956
01:06:56,480 --> 01:06:58,789
It's like I'm always somehow your pupil.

957
01:06:58,880 --> 01:07:00,916
Well, I can't resolve that for you.

958
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:05,312
You chose a profession where every
move is circumscribed by the system.

959
01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:08,833
Can look pretty grim sometimes.

960
01:07:08,920 --> 01:07:14,278
It looked pretty grim to me when I was a
junior schlepping out to Southend or Chelmsford

961
01:07:14,360 --> 01:07:18,831
to defend some kid already caught
up in the criminal injustice system.

962
01:07:18,920 --> 01:07:21,150
I remember one day giving
all the money I had on me

963
01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:23,117
to some kid and telling him to run for it.

964
01:07:23,200 --> 01:07:27,398
I thought he'd got more chance out
there than caught up in the system.

965
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:30,995
That was a real low point. I
felt like quitting that day.

966
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:32,593
Why didn't you?

967
01:07:34,160 --> 01:07:36,276
Well, you tell yourself
you're gonna make a difference.

968
01:07:36,360 --> 01:07:39,511
Instead I end up sending people
like Addem Armitage to prison,

969
01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:43,673
hoping to keep other people from
going there, or so I told myself.

970
01:07:44,480 --> 01:07:47,438
We don't need critics,
Jo, we need examples.

971
01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:54,275
There are so few examples of
selflessness or spiritual behaviour.

972
01:07:58,080 --> 01:08:00,116
It gets to us all finally.

973
01:08:01,080 --> 01:08:03,878
It's not just the system, John.

974
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:09,996
- Can you hear it all right, Mark?
- Not down here.

975
01:08:12,120 --> 01:08:14,156
- Hello, Judge.
- How you doing, Mark?

976
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:16,071
I'm all right, thanks.

977
01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:21,710
- I'd better go, my policeman's waiting.
- So is mine.

978
01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:25,314
- Do you want some coffee?
- Mmm.

979
01:08:31,720 --> 01:08:35,599
Charlie stood me up for
George and her new friend.

980
01:08:35,680 --> 01:08:39,593
They'll have a lot to talk about,
Charlie and the Secretary of State.

981
01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:43,355
Nothing he'll want to hear, though. Why
does he allow the export of live animals?

982
01:08:43,440 --> 01:08:47,831
The import of animals for vivisection?
Do business with Korea and China?

983
01:08:50,280 --> 01:08:53,750
She could change the face
of exploitation over dinner.

984
01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:56,953
Marry me, Jo.

985
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:05,793
Could I bear to forego the pleasure
of being able to appear before you?

986
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:08,075
Well, you might have to.

987
01:09:08,160 --> 01:09:10,754
The Lord Chancellor sounded
me out for the Appeal Court.

988
01:09:10,840 --> 01:09:13,593
- Wow. Are there strings?
- Always strings.

989
01:09:15,360 --> 01:09:20,388
- This case is becoming an issue.
- Will you get the appointment before it's finished?

990
01:09:25,320 --> 01:09:27,117
You'd better take it.

991
01:09:30,120 --> 01:09:31,348
Deed.

992
01:09:31,440 --> 01:09:34,989
Judge, I've just had a call from
a friend in the logger's office.

993
01:09:35,360 --> 01:09:40,639
Mary Brookes, the stenographer, has reported
your taking the record of the conversation.

994
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:43,318
Well, thanks, Coop.

995
01:09:47,480 --> 01:09:48,754
Problems?

996
01:09:52,320 --> 01:09:54,038
Irrefutable...

997
01:09:55,680 --> 01:09:57,318
Miss Peters, you must stop...

998
01:10:02,920 --> 01:10:05,992
Well, the police told me it was him.

999
01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:08,992
Mr Justice Deed should not have
allowed the trial to continue

1000
01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:12,277
- after such a prejudicial remark.
- But he did.

1001
01:10:13,280 --> 01:10:16,272
It seems that he is a law
unto himself, Laurence.

1002
01:10:16,360 --> 01:10:20,990
What this provides, Minister, is a line for
the Appeal Court to set aside any convictions.

1003
01:10:21,080 --> 01:10:23,230
That won't help our
case with the Gulf State.

1004
01:10:23,320 --> 01:10:27,472
You assured my PPS the trial would
collapse once Maev Peters had been on.

1005
01:10:27,560 --> 01:10:30,154
Instead, Deed threatens to expose us!

1006
01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:33,513
This is like the worst
of the bad old days.

1007
01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:37,149
Then it was the unions
holding the country to ransom.

1008
01:10:37,240 --> 01:10:40,437
- How do you stop this man?
- He's a High Court judge, Minister.

1009
01:10:40,520 --> 01:10:44,593
For crying out loud, we're the
Executive. We appoint these people.

1010
01:10:44,680 --> 01:10:48,832
Why do you recommend such unreliable
people to such unassailable positions?

1011
01:10:48,920 --> 01:10:54,472
- It's called separation of powers.
- Of course. We understand that.

1012
01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:56,869
We need to subvert Deed
for the greater good, Ian.

1013
01:10:56,960 --> 01:11:00,635
- That's in train...
- Darling, we must go.

1014
01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:04,556
- I'm being driven mad by your ex.
- Tell me about it.

1015
01:11:05,480 --> 01:11:07,357
In the car, or we'll lose our reservation.

1016
01:11:07,440 --> 01:11:10,750
Nonsense, they'll keep the
restaurant open for me all night.

1017
01:11:10,840 --> 01:11:13,035
- You can't go like that, Charlie.
- Why? What's wrong with it?

1018
01:11:13,120 --> 01:11:16,396
- She's fine.
- Well, it's the restaurant, darling.

1019
01:11:17,240 --> 01:11:20,198
Find her one of your
exquisite dresses. Hmm?

1020
01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:27,514
Thank you.

1021
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:31,879
As Charg� d'affaires, is one of your
duties to entertain and facilitate

1022
01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:33,871
Gulf State businessmen in France?

1023
01:11:33,960 --> 01:11:36,633
Naturally. This is one of my functions.

1024
01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:43,750
On the evening of January the 28th of this year,
were you entertaining anyone from your country?

1025
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:47,310
Yes. Sheik Ali Mazrui.
He was in Marseilles.

1026
01:11:49,440 --> 01:11:51,670
How can you be sure it was this time?

1027
01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:56,151
We have a large social
calendar. We cannot make errors.

1028
01:11:56,920 --> 01:12:01,516
The French Minister of Commerce was at
dinner and also the head of French Aerospace.

1029
01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:04,160
Was the defendant at dinner with you?

1030
01:12:04,560 --> 01:12:07,552
A driver? But of course not.

1031
01:12:07,960 --> 01:12:13,717
- Did you see him in Marseilles at that time?
- Yes. He drove the Sheik to dinner.

1032
01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:21,238
Mr Cantwell, this appears to be an
alibi. Why was notice of alibi not served?

1033
01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:26,357
I must apologise, my lord.
There was a valid reason.

1034
01:12:26,440 --> 01:12:29,273
Yes, well, I hope there
was a valid reason.

1035
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:32,272
- We'll grant leave on this occasion.
- My lord!

1036
01:12:32,360 --> 01:12:36,114
I know, Mrs Mills, no doubt you
will clarify the position for us

1037
01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:38,430
during your cross-examination.

1038
01:12:42,840 --> 01:12:48,119
Mr Shahatra, why was the defendant's
alibi not disclosed earlier?

1039
01:12:48,200 --> 01:12:50,031
I cannot reveal that.

1040
01:12:51,560 --> 01:12:56,839
Do you hold the secrecy of a possible
plane deal over a man's liberty?

1041
01:12:56,920 --> 01:12:59,070
Of course not. We would not.

1042
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:02,677
Isn't the real reason that
this alibi was launched so late

1043
01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:05,911
- because it was thought up late?
- I cannot answer that.

1044
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:08,833
Well, then I'll ask you a
question that you can answer.

1045
01:13:08,920 --> 01:13:12,959
- At what point were you asked to give evidence?
- Two months ago.

1046
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:17,149
That's two months after
the defendant was charged.

1047
01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:24,356
Now if, as you claim, you entertained Sheik
Ali Mazrui in Marseilles on the 28th of January

1048
01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:27,432
and you remember seeing
the defendant there, too,

1049
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:30,478
then he couldn't have
murdered Tracey Spink.

1050
01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:35,111
- Exactly so.
- Unless you fabricated this whole story.

1051
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:37,828
I did not.

1052
01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:42,232
I think we'll let the jury decide when
they wonder why no member of your staff

1053
01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:48,429
initially came forward to provide a cast-iron
alibi and spare all this court time and money.

1054
01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:55,436
- I trust a British jury.
- I'm sure you do. Thank you.

1055
01:13:56,520 --> 01:14:01,071
- Do you wish to re-examine,
Mr Cantwell? - No, my lord.

1056
01:14:01,160 --> 01:14:02,479
Mr James.

1057
01:14:04,400 --> 01:14:07,836
Before you depart, might we
have a moment in chambers?

1058
01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:10,352
You're free to go, Mr Shahatra.

1059
01:14:10,440 --> 01:14:14,353
Mrs Channing phoned to inquire if you were
going to be at the lodgings this evening.

1060
01:14:14,440 --> 01:14:18,797
So she can decorate my
carpet again? Ah, Mr James.

1061
01:14:19,800 --> 01:14:23,554
I understand you've been taking the
daily recording of court proceedings.

1062
01:14:23,640 --> 01:14:27,519
- The department thought it prudent, my lord.
- Did it? To what end?

1063
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:31,912
- That is for the Lord Chancellor, my lord.
- Do you think he even knows?

1064
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:37,709
Senior lawyers in the department are
concerned whether some evidence being admitted

1065
01:14:37,800 --> 01:14:39,950
might leave the verdict
wide open to appeal.

1066
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:42,998
The jury might find him not guilty.

1067
01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:47,995
What surprises me is that the Secretary
of State hasn't offered an alibi himself.

1068
01:14:48,080 --> 01:14:50,116
Will that be all, my lord?

1069
01:14:57,720 --> 01:14:59,551
Mrs Channing, my lord.

1070
01:15:00,160 --> 01:15:04,438
- Are you trying to sabotage my marriage plans?
- Thank you, Mr Johnson.

1071
01:15:04,840 --> 01:15:08,753
- Will you be dining in, my lord?
- Yes, I think so, Mr Johnson.

1072
01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:13,480
- Pre-wedding nerves,
George? - Hardly.

1073
01:15:14,320 --> 01:15:17,835
Neil is very cross with you over
the way you're handling this case.

1074
01:15:17,920 --> 01:15:20,912
How would he like me to handle it?
Did he give you written instructions?

1075
01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:23,070
Don't be churlish.

1076
01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:28,598
Well, my actions hardly reflect on you, George.
You had the good sense to leave me, after all.

1077
01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:32,434
Is there any way you could be
more flexible about this case?

1078
01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:35,633
Flexibility that wraps itself
about lover-boy's convenience

1079
01:15:35,720 --> 01:15:39,998
is hardly compatible with justice
for the murdered girl or her family.

1080
01:15:41,240 --> 01:15:44,118
Is this entirely about
your feelings of jealousy?

1081
01:15:44,200 --> 01:15:49,228
- No, it's entirely about justice.
- There's no such thing other than in the abstract.

1082
01:15:50,280 --> 01:15:52,510
It is hard to find these days.

1083
01:15:53,360 --> 01:15:55,078
But when you do get to it,

1084
01:15:55,160 --> 01:15:58,789
when you get goosebumps or
tingling along the spine,

1085
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:02,919
then you know you've touched
something decent and worthwhile.

1086
01:16:03,800 --> 01:16:07,190
If you haven't felt it, George,
why do you go on practising law?

1087
01:16:07,280 --> 01:16:10,590
- For money. Why else, John?
- George.

1088
01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:16,839
The desire for justice is one of the very finest
of human aspirations at its most effective.

1089
01:16:16,920 --> 01:16:19,434
The law is the bulwark of society.

1090
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:22,478
All those workers who had their
lungs shredded by asbestos,

1091
01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:26,997
all they need is one lawyer sufficiently
touched by their predicament.

1092
01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:32,470
I should have recorded this for poor Neil.

1093
01:16:33,720 --> 01:16:38,999
He imagined he could wreck the case by
having that missing witness reappear.

1094
01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:40,999
What?

1095
01:16:41,080 --> 01:16:45,596
Well, you are still my
daughter's father, John.

1096
01:16:47,360 --> 01:16:51,876
I think he knew that dead
prostitute, too, but not personally.

1097
01:16:52,880 --> 01:16:55,348
His department has to
entertain these businessmen.

1098
01:16:55,440 --> 01:16:59,353
All they ever want to do, it
seems, is dive into the fleshpots.

1099
01:16:59,720 --> 01:17:04,589
- Don't you dare tell him I told you.
- George, you're a wonder.

1100
01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:12,198
If there is any doubt, any reasonable
doubt, that it was Ali Abdul Moncheri

1101
01:17:12,280 --> 01:17:16,796
who killed Tracey Spink in Brighton
on the night of January the 28th,

1102
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:19,678
then you must find him not guilty.

1103
01:17:20,760 --> 01:17:25,311
Now, if you conclude that the
defendant did kill Miss Spink,

1104
01:17:25,400 --> 01:17:30,997
but that he didn't mean to, or
to cause her serious bodily harm,

1105
01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:35,637
then the lesser alternative
of manslaughter is open to you.

1106
01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:39,190
- Does anyone know what the form is?
- We're here to pick a foreman, so the usher said.

1107
01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:42,477
What about a forewoman? Why always a man?

1108
01:17:42,560 --> 01:17:45,632
Well, why don't we just
let the men decide, dear?

1109
01:17:45,720 --> 01:17:51,477
Kathleen, you can't be serious!
- Oh, I find it all hard to follow.

1110
01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:55,516
Why don't you be forewoman,
Marlene? You were taking most notes.

1111
01:17:55,600 --> 01:17:57,192
Yeah. I agree with that.
- Definitely.

1112
01:17:57,280 --> 01:18:02,877
Okay. Okay, well, then let's take a little vote
to see where we all stand on guilty and not guilty.

1113
01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:07,397
Ah, um... There's a third
alternative. Undecided?

1114
01:18:07,480 --> 01:18:11,075
- Yes.
- Yes, all right. All those for guilty?

1115
01:18:11,160 --> 01:18:13,116
- Yeah. Guilty.

1116
01:18:13,200 --> 01:18:15,634
Two... Seven.

1117
01:18:16,320 --> 01:18:18,072
And not guilty?

1118
01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:19,912
- Yeah, yeah.
- One.

1119
01:18:20,960 --> 01:18:22,279
Two.

1120
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:25,312
That just leaves undecided.

1121
01:18:25,400 --> 01:18:27,834
- Undecided, I'm afraid.
- Undecided.

1122
01:18:28,840 --> 01:18:32,196
The thing that worries me is
this embassy official from France.

1123
01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:35,909
Why would he lie about the
Sheik and his driver being there?

1124
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:37,319
He didn't seem the type.

1125
01:18:37,400 --> 01:18:41,951
Well, Gerry Hewitt saw that driver
dumping the girl's body with his own eyes.

1126
01:18:42,040 --> 01:18:45,510
That's presumably how Mr Shahatra saw
the defendant in Marseilles, Kathleen.

1127
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:49,991
Doesn't poor Mr Hewitt see all sorts
of people when they don't exist?

1128
01:18:50,080 --> 01:18:55,552
What about the dead girl's skin particles
in the boot of the diplomatic car?

1129
01:18:56,320 --> 01:19:00,836
And Moncheri's hair found on her? I
mean, that's important evidence. Yeah?

1130
01:19:01,240 --> 01:19:03,993
The dead girl may have been in the boot.

1131
01:19:04,480 --> 01:19:07,836
Does it mean that he killed
her, or that he put her there?

1132
01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:10,388
That's right. We're trying
him, not anyone else.

1133
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:12,789
The guy in the dock did
have his hair on her.

1134
01:19:12,880 --> 01:19:19,399
James, you know what sort of work she did. Who's
to say he hadn't been with her days earlier?

1135
01:19:19,480 --> 01:19:24,315
- Hair's a devil to get off your clothes. It could have been a mix
-up in the lab.

1136
01:19:24,400 --> 01:19:27,278
- Well, not according to that forensic woman.
- She would say that.

1137
01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:29,635
And why didn't Moncheri
say anything in the court?

1138
01:19:29,720 --> 01:19:34,714
Maybe he was scared. I know I would be if
I came up before a court in the Gulf State.

1139
01:19:34,800 --> 01:19:35,789
Why's that?

1140
01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:39,190
Because you wouldn't get a
fair trial. They'd stone you.

1141
01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:43,831
Let's take another vote. All
those for guilty? Okay. Five.

1142
01:19:45,080 --> 01:19:47,719
This is my youngest grandchild.

1143
01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:53,670
- Oh, she's lovely.
- The poor dear has got a cleft palate.

1144
01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:58,595
She's been waiting over a year to
get it done. She doesn't complain.

1145
01:20:00,720 --> 01:20:03,757
I'll say a prayer for
her to get it fixed soon.

1146
01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:07,994
Kathleen! Hi.

1147
01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:12,749
In church last night, I had an
answer about your granddaughter.

1148
01:20:12,840 --> 01:20:15,479
My cousin, he's a nasal-maxillo surgeon.

1149
01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:19,314
- He could see her in Harley Street.
- Oh, we couldn't afford to go private.

1150
01:20:19,400 --> 01:20:22,631
No, no, no. Well, Ralph, he makes enough
money from those who can afford to pay.

1151
01:20:22,720 --> 01:20:25,314
No, he does some operations for free.

1152
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:27,797
And not guilty?

1153
01:20:29,360 --> 01:20:30,793
One, two, three, four, five, six...

1154
01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:33,678
This is stupid. How can
you change like that?

1155
01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:37,639
James, everyone has a perfect
right to change his or her mind.

1156
01:20:37,720 --> 01:20:40,678
- You mustn't try to badger people.
- They should do what's right.

1157
01:20:40,760 --> 01:20:44,833
- What, according to you?
- You all thought he was guilty.

1158
01:20:46,800 --> 01:20:50,475
- You've all been got at.
- Persuaded through argument.

1159
01:20:50,560 --> 01:20:53,154
I don't believe this.
He offered me a job...

1160
01:20:54,440 --> 01:20:56,954
I'm sorry, I'll take it back. I'm sorry.

1161
01:20:57,040 --> 01:21:00,794
Look, I've seen what he's been
doing during the coffee breaks.

1162
01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:04,395
- How many others has he offered something to?
- Hold on a minute, I'm just being friendly.

1163
01:21:04,480 --> 01:21:08,359
We're all in this together.
Anyway, I was one of the undecideds.

1164
01:21:08,440 --> 01:21:11,591
Yes. He only changed his
mind on the fourth vote.

1165
01:21:11,680 --> 01:21:13,830
- Thank you!
- I'm not stupid.

1166
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:18,075
- He's got at everyone here.
- You're acting up because you didn't win.

1167
01:21:18,160 --> 01:21:23,188
Look, it's just your opinion, James. Whatever
we decide, it's the majority decision.

1168
01:21:23,640 --> 01:21:28,475
Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict
upon which at least 10 of you have agreed?

1169
01:21:28,560 --> 01:21:29,993
Yes, we have.

1170
01:21:30,840 --> 01:21:36,676
On the count of murder, do you find
the defendant Ali Abdul Moncheri

1171
01:21:36,760 --> 01:21:38,671
guilty or not guilty?

1172
01:21:38,760 --> 01:21:40,159
Not guilty.

1173
01:21:42,360 --> 01:21:45,750
On the alternative to that of
murder, namely manslaughter,

1174
01:21:45,840 --> 01:21:49,037
do you find the defendant
guilty or not guilty?

1175
01:21:49,120 --> 01:21:50,473
Not guilty.

1176
01:21:54,200 --> 01:21:57,033
- We weren't all agreed. It wasn't unanimous.
- I don't want to know.

1177
01:21:57,120 --> 01:21:59,998
- I voted guilty.
- Please sit down.

1178
01:22:00,080 --> 01:22:01,752
May my client now be discharged, my lord?

1179
01:22:01,840 --> 01:22:03,956
The jury were got at!

1180
01:22:04,040 --> 01:22:09,672
- Yes, you were! He got at every one of us!
- Dock Officer! I haven't ordered his release yet.

1181
01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:14,038
The court has no legal right to hold
him after the jury has acquitted him,

1182
01:22:14,120 --> 01:22:15,678
as Your Lordship knows!

1183
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:21,118
Members of the jury, I want you to go with
the jury bailiff and wait in your room.

1184
01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:25,955
Mr Frey, you will be taken to a
room by yourself for the moment.

1185
01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:30,238
- My lord, I must insist...
- He remains in custody for now.

1186
01:22:30,840 --> 01:22:33,593
Then I shall seek a writ of habeas corpus.

1187
01:22:33,680 --> 01:22:37,912
Well, then you'd better get going. You
need to get to the High Court by 4:30.

1188
01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:41,390
- Traffic's appalling this time of day.
- All rise.

1189
01:22:44,840 --> 01:22:47,115
Not guilty. Not guilty!

1190
01:22:48,440 --> 01:22:52,877
- Has he gone completely mad?
- Oh, I do hope so, Brian. Mrs Cooper?

1191
01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:55,959
Sir Ian Rochester, Judge.

1192
01:22:56,880 --> 01:23:01,237
- John, I'm shocked by what you've just done.
- I'm rather surprised myself.

1193
01:23:01,320 --> 01:23:05,074
Any inquiry into the possible misconduct
by the jury can have no bearing now.

1194
01:23:05,160 --> 01:23:06,957
The defendant was found not guilty.

1195
01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:12,068
- But it does bear investigation, Ian.
- My lord, you now hold this man illegally.

1196
01:23:12,160 --> 01:23:13,513
No, I've simply yet to release him.

1197
01:23:13,600 --> 01:23:16,637
- This is an affront to justice.
- I'm glad to see you've become its champion.

1198
01:23:16,720 --> 01:23:19,757
- It's my only concern in this matter.
- Ah.

1199
01:23:20,480 --> 01:23:23,836
I thought the �10 billion plane
order might have been a factor,

1200
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:27,117
or the Department of Trade
pimping for the Arabs.

1201
01:23:27,880 --> 01:23:33,477
John, you must release him or risk bringing
ridicule to our criminal justice system.

1202
01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:35,596
You overstate the case, surely.

1203
01:23:35,680 --> 01:23:39,593
One is trying to deliver a just
outcome by the most expedient means.

1204
01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:44,231
You can't believe there won't
be consequences? Mr James.

1205
01:23:44,320 --> 01:23:47,869
My lord, what you have done is
a clear and substantial abuse

1206
01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:53,876
of the 1998 Human Rights Act and of
Moncheri's right to be treated as not guilty.

1207
01:23:53,960 --> 01:23:56,838
Also an inviolable rule under English law.

1208
01:23:56,920 --> 01:23:59,559
Unlike some English law, the
European act is in statute,

1209
01:23:59,640 --> 01:24:02,757
and not subject to change
at the judge's whim.

1210
01:24:04,080 --> 01:24:08,471
- You think my actions whimsical, do you?
- They are fast becoming farcical, my lord.

1211
01:24:08,560 --> 01:24:12,917
- What signal does this send to the Arabs?
- The clear signal that our system is not corrupt,

1212
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:16,470
that it cannot be perverted by lost
witnesses slipping in at the last moment

1213
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:20,314
to make prejudicial, trial-wrecking
statements with the full knowledge

1214
01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:23,631
of senior civil servants
and ministers of state.

1215
01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:25,950
Now, was there anything else?

1216
01:24:26,640 --> 01:24:27,868
Yes.

1217
01:24:29,720 --> 01:24:32,792
Unless you release this man right now,

1218
01:24:32,880 --> 01:24:36,350
your elevation to the
Appellate Bench will not happen.

1219
01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:42,594
Get out!

1220
01:24:51,200 --> 01:24:55,239
- Perhaps someone will assassinate him, Sir Ian.
- One can only pray.

1221
01:24:55,320 --> 01:24:57,914
- I'd better warn Neil.
- Sir.

1222
01:24:58,000 --> 01:24:59,399
Mrs Cooper.

1223
01:25:07,680 --> 01:25:10,433
Get Superintendent Craddock for me
right away, would you, please, Coop?

1224
01:25:10,520 --> 01:25:14,229
I want him to interview Maev
Peters. Tell him it's very urgent.

1225
01:25:14,320 --> 01:25:17,756
If our deal with the Gulf State is
totally lost, I'll murder him, George.

1226
01:25:17,840 --> 01:25:20,035
You lost, darling. Accept it.

1227
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:24,235
George, I can't remember the
last time I lost anything.

1228
01:25:25,480 --> 01:25:28,950
I'm gonna pull this baker's boy
off his self-erected pedestal.

1229
01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:31,554
A lot want to do that. Get in line.

1230
01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:34,671
Watch this space, darling.

1231
01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:41,438
Ali, find Tony Jones. Have him
meet me at my office at 6:15.

1232
01:25:44,200 --> 01:25:46,350
Hi. It's George.

1233
01:25:46,440 --> 01:25:50,592
Look, can we make it another evening?
Something's come up with Neil.

1234
01:26:07,680 --> 01:26:10,513
You have something you want to say to me?

1235
01:26:11,400 --> 01:26:14,233
Yeah, well, I have been on jobs with them.

1236
01:26:16,360 --> 01:26:19,033
They like to play sex games.

1237
01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:28,959
Moncheri put a noose around my neck,
like the one that killed Tracey.

1238
01:26:31,360 --> 01:26:33,635
Well, that's a start.

1239
01:26:41,800 --> 01:26:44,109
I'd barricade the doors if I were you.

1240
01:26:44,200 --> 01:26:48,113
- You think the Arabs will come after me?
- I think they're the least of your problems.

1241
01:26:48,200 --> 01:26:52,273
I could have Neil Haughton and Ian
Rochester summoned for criminal contempt.

1242
01:26:52,360 --> 01:26:54,669
It was them that nobbled the jury.

1243
01:26:54,760 --> 01:26:56,113
- No!
- Yeah.

1244
01:26:56,920 --> 01:27:00,071
Moncheri was rearrested
the moment he was released.

1245
01:27:00,160 --> 01:27:03,550
All they could get him for
was disposing of the body,

1246
01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:07,036
but he'll get eight years
for that. And it gets better.

1247
01:27:07,120 --> 01:27:10,635
One of the jurors was a member
of the Security Services.

1248
01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:16,356
His connections to the government
become clearer by the moment.

1249
01:27:16,440 --> 01:27:21,468
- You better not go to sleep tonight.
- Sleep wasn't what I had in mind, actually, Jo.

1250
01:27:25,680 --> 01:27:30,800
- Mrs Channing is here, my lord.
- Oh, isn't this cosy!

1251
01:27:31,480 --> 01:27:34,358
Why, Jo, I do believe you're blushing.

1252
01:27:34,440 --> 01:27:38,956
Yeah, well, George, in spite of life,
some of us have retained that facility.

1253
01:27:39,040 --> 01:27:42,555
To what do we owe this
unannounced interruption, George?

1254
01:27:43,080 --> 01:27:47,119
The housekeeper's only just got
the curry sauce out of the carpet.

1255
01:27:49,160 --> 01:27:51,276
I obviously made a mistake.

1256
01:27:55,680 --> 01:28:00,037
I did want to say how much I
enjoyed the other evening here.

1257
01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:03,354
It was always your best role.

1258
01:28:03,440 --> 01:28:07,228
- This is clearly unfinished business.
- Don't fall for it, Jo.

1259
01:28:07,880 --> 01:28:09,199
Forget it.

1260
01:28:16,520 --> 01:28:19,318
Shall I serve your takeaway now, my lord?

1261
01:28:24,440 --> 01:28:25,475
Yes.

1262
01:28:26,305 --> 01:29:26,534
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