1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,680 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:05,360 the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups. 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,440 The police, who investigate crime, 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,640 and the crown prosecutors, who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,680 These are their stories. 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,480 Sean! It's your dad! 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,600 He's 12 years old. He's been missing nearly 30 hours now. 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:28,480 Got a location for his mobile yet? Sean! Stay where you are! Don't be scared! 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,880 OK, guys. I need this whole slipway ruled out. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,880 Sean! It's your dad! 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,400 Check behind that scaffolding. Right up to the road. 12 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,560 His mobile's still switched off. 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,560 Well, the trace says he's here somewhere. 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,560 Sean! 'Lima Oscar Five. Lima Oscar Five.' 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,720 'Latest from TIU says the mobile signal is moving.' 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,880 'Repeat. The signal is moving.' 17 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,920 He's on the move! Oscar 9-9. Oscar 9-9. 18 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,960 'He's on the move.' 19 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,960 There's nothing. No sign of anything. 20 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,360 OK, Ron. We're headed back down to the river. 21 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,680 Sean! We've got your dad here, Sean! Sean! 22 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,200 'Lima Oscar Five. Lima Oscar Five.' 23 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,280 'I've got an update for you. Mobile signal is heading south.' 24 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,840 'Towards the Thames.' 25 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,760 'That doesn't make any sense.' 26 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,000 He's not even down by the river. Lads! 27 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,080 Lads, get out of the water. Come on. He's not there. Up here! 28 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,680 Matt, he's gotta be heading your way. Yeah, yeah. I got it. 29 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,520 He must be right on top of you, mate. 30 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,400 Ronnie, there's nothing here. We've checked it twice now. 31 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,760 'Nothing by the river bank. No sign at all.' 32 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,160 Oh, my God! Ronnie! 33 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,720 Ronnie! I've got him! 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,440 Get down here now! 35 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:47,200 Ronnie, I've got him! 36 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,160 Oh, no. 37 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,360 A single blow to the head from a heavy, blunt object. 38 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,960 Probably cause of death, but we won't know for certain until the post mortem's done. 39 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,520 So he was killed and then dumped into the drainage system. 40 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,800 Yeah. Pete. Can I have a word? 41 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:35,080 How am I gonna tell his mum? 42 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:40,120 I don't know. I really don't. 43 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:41,680 Ronnie. 44 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,840 Found that on him. 45 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,800 I didn't think I'd ever see that again. 46 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,360 It's a nightmare. 14-year-old, black, 47 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,400 same note in his pocket. 48 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,960 Deja vu, James. Sounds like Andrew Dillon's back. 49 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,640 The racist killer. One clean blow fractured that boy's skull. 50 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,000 Two of Dillon's victims had the same MO. 51 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Sean Monroe had a gold crucifix, according to his dad. 52 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,680 It wasn't found on his body. And we know that Dillon liked to take souvenirs. 53 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,040 The original murders were over six years ago. 54 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,920 Why would anyone do this now? Dillon was just attacked in jail. 55 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,960 Someone may have found out, taken revenge. 56 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,040 Did anyone in particular support Dillon during the trial? 57 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,320 No. His family... 58 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,360 stopped coming to court. 59 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:18,000 Although, he did have a few die-hard supporters in the National Front. 60 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,040 They set up that online fan site. 61 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,880 They called Dillon a white power hero. 62 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,320 We got shut down a few months back for inciting racial hatred. 63 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,880 What happened to freedom of speech? 64 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,200 Where were you yesterday, Kyle, between 3:30 and 11:00? 65 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,520 I was chairing a meeting. White power? 66 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,080 It was a discussion about immigration, to be exact. 67 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,440 And how long did this meeting last? 68 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,720 4:00 till 7:30. Then we went for a curry. 69 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,880 How many attended? There was 10 of us. 70 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,360 I'll do you a list. Give us a pen, John. 71 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,600 Did you see this boy when you came out of the pub? 72 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,920 Saw plenty of 'em. 73 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:04,880 This boy's name is Sean. 74 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:09,840 He was killed in this area yesterday, his body dumped in a storm drain. Try again! 75 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:12,160 He's a copper's kid, Kyle. 76 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,000 That copper happens to be a friend. That's why you care. 77 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,400 So what was the nature of the meeting? 78 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,720 Stirring up the mob to follow 79 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,440 in Dillon's footsteps and lynch a 14-year-old boy? 80 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,480 What does that say? 'Actions, not words'? 81 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,360 We didn't attack any boy. 82 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:33,480 But we support what Dillon did. 83 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,000 Well, that's more than he did. 84 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,160 I mean, Dillon denied the murders, didn't he? 85 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,120 Let's go, Matt. Andrew Dillon didn't start it! 86 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,960 He got mugged by two of 'em and he made a stand. 87 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,280 We're overrun round here. And that man's got balls. 88 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:52,320 Oh, I doubt that very much now. 89 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,360 They were probably ripped off after he got beat up last week. 90 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,080 How did that happen? They're supposed to keep him away from the foreigners. 91 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,120 But not from the dads. 92 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:11,240 Post mortem's done. FME puts the time of death between 5:00 and 7:00. 93 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,640 Well, that rules out Hitler Youth. Anything else? 94 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,680 Sean ate not long before he died. 95 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,000 Partially digested doughnuts, sweets, crisps. 96 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,920 So where's his local tuck shop? 97 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,760 He'd come from his street dance group. 98 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,920 He wanted to show me his latest moves. 99 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,960 He cracked me up. 100 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:30,960 That's street dance, is it? 101 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,480 Brucie here is more familiar with ballroom 102 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,760 He was gonna go on Britain's Got Talent. 103 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,360 Did he talk to anyone else in the shop, Carla, after he walked away? 104 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,720 I seem to remember him talking to the security guard. 105 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,760 Just by the door there. 106 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,240 And is the security guard on duty today? 107 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,280 The company rotates me. 108 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:54,760 I work a few local shopping centres. And yesterday? 109 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,320 I did see this boy. I asked him to leave the newsagents. 110 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,760 He was looking at pornography. 111 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,720 Old dears come in searching for The People's Friend 112 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:07,560 don't want to see that smut. Wouldn't want them choking on their Werther's 113 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,600 So I sent him on his way. 114 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,640 I walked him out the shopping centre. 115 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,440 I wasn't to know he'd come to any harm. 116 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,840 You don't happen to know which way he went, do you? 117 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,880 Yeah, he went right, towards Beckton. 118 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,600 Oi, Marcus! Excuse me. 119 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,640 OK. Thank you. 120 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,800 So what do you reckon? He just seems a normal lad. 121 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,840 Ate sweets, thought about girls. 122 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,320 Who knew you best at that age? Your dad or your mates? Come on. 123 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,720 We was a dance duo called N-synch. 124 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,400 Sean thought of the name cos... we did everything together. 125 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,280 Olly, have you any idea why Sean would head off from Canning Town to Beckton? 126 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,880 No. None of our friends live there. 127 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,880 Unless he went to see Darren. Darren? Boy from school? 128 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,240 That's Darren. He lives in Beckton. 129 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,560 He runs a talent agency. 130 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,360 He was trying to get Sean to sign up with him. 131 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,200 Sean was better than me, but... he said no. 132 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,560 He didn't want the act to split up. 133 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,960 Maybe he changed his mind and... 134 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,000 didn't wanna hurt my feelings. 135 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,440 Sean was soft like that. 136 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,480 Yeah, Sean came to see me. 137 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,520 I was interested in signing him. 138 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,600 He wanted to talk about it in private. 139 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,120 What time was this? Er, about half five? 140 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,800 Did he stay long? No. I was off out for a meal. 141 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,640 So he walked with me to the DLR, then... 142 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,680 said he was off home. 143 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:47,960 Darren Powell used to have a really good job 144 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,960 as a dance teacher at the East London School of Performing Arts. 145 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,720 Now he runs a talent agency that nobody's heard of from his own front room. 146 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,040 So why did he leave the school? Head teacher wouldn't say. And he left without a reference. 147 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,880 Apparently, the guy goes around playgrounds targeting disadvantaged kids. 148 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,080 You sure Monroe wasn't sexually abused? 149 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,160 Not the day he was killed. Excuse me, ma'am. 150 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,160 Powell's Oystercard was used in Beckton Park Station at 7:20. 151 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,160 Darren told us he jumped on a train, left Sean at the station at quarter to six. 152 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,960 You were the last person to see Sean alive. 153 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,920 Darren. There's 95 minutes of your time that's unaccounted for. 154 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,280 Around the time Sean was killed. I didn't kill him! 155 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,800 Well, his body was dumped in a tunnel 156 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,320 20 minutes from Beckton Park Station. 157 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:39,400 I wanted to shake Sean off, so I said I was going out. 158 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,560 He offered to walk with me to the station. 159 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:45,520 I went into the station, waited for him to leave, 160 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:47,280 and then I had a pint. 161 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,440 Why were you trying to shake him off? I thought you wanted to sign him. 162 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:56,040 Why did you leave your teaching job at the ELPA? 163 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,760 Without a reference. 164 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,360 We'll get the story soon enough. 165 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,400 And you're holding out on us. 166 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,600 So I'll ask you again. Why did you leave your teaching job? 167 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,840 Because I got too involved. 168 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,840 With a pupil. 169 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,600 Oh. Was it...a young boy? 170 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,160 He was being abused by his stepdad. 171 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,200 I just gave him a place to stay. 172 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,120 His stepdad said I'd lured him there. 173 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,000 What did the boy say? He was too scared to say any different! 174 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,280 Were you involved with Sean? Were you worried he'd tell someone? No! The boy was lying! 175 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,960 The school didn't think so. That's why I couldn't invite Sean into my house! I didn't dare. 176 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:44,480 I'd already had the school board practically call me a paedophile. And here you are doing the same. 177 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,920 It's because of people like you that I sent Sean away. 178 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,240 To his death. 179 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,320 Ronnie. 180 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,760 They found him here. 181 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,280 He's not long dead. Scuff marks indicate a struggle. 182 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,840 How old? 13, according to his ID card. 183 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:19,640 Those marks around his neck... Strangled. The marks suggest the killer used the boy's school tie. 184 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,680 It was loose round his neck. 185 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:23,720 We also found this in his pocket. 186 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,960 Inspector Chandler? Dev Desai was found 187 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,640 strangled on waste ground near Mudchute Park in Millwall 188 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,480 between 5:00 and 6:00 yesterday afternoon. 189 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:47,000 He was wearing a St Anthony's School uniform and we're appealing 190 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,680 to any member of the public who may have seen anything to please come forward. 191 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:54,600 Now, I can take a few questions. 192 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,720 Gentleman at the back. Is it true that identical notes were found 193 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,960 in both the murder victims' pockets? 194 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:02,840 Well, as both investigations are currently ongoing, 195 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,160 there are certain details about the crime scenes 196 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,240 which we're not at liberty to disclose. 197 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,600 But we may be looking at a serial killer. Not necessarily. 198 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,840 In which case, are the murders related to those of Andrew Dillon? 199 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,120 It's far too early to tell. 200 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,320 Are you refusing to tell, or don't you know? 201 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,320 Do you believe these murders to be racially motivated? 202 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,440 Well, as I said, we're not ruling out anything at this stage of the investigation. 203 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,120 But Dillon's killings were racially motivated, and he killed three boys. 204 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,640 But we don't know if there is any link with Dillon. 205 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,680 Have you asked what the police are doing? 206 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:37,760 Or are you relying on the British public to protect our children? 207 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:42,080 Oh, I can assure you we are carrying out the most thorough forensic investigations. 208 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:46,720 And all my officers out there on the ground are doing their very best to find out who did this. 209 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,640 Look. We didn't see Dev. All right? 210 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:53,360 Besides, he goes to a posh school for little pussies now, cos we're a bad influence. 211 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,560 Dev's mum told us that he missed you both. 212 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:57,880 Said that you were his best mates. 213 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,360 And we know that Dev skived off his school yesterday. 214 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,360 And that you two guys, you skived off your school, as well. 215 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,240 What? Don't tell my dad! 216 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,280 Well, we don't care about that, Dean. 217 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,960 But we do care that your friend was strangled to death. 218 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,400 If you care so much, why aren't you solving it? 219 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,800 That's what we're doing. By talking to you lads. 220 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,920 Now, do you want help us, or not? Look, I told you. We didn't see Dev! 221 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,240 Then we'll have to look on CCTV cameras for him, won't we? Yeah. 222 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,760 We've got 'em everywhere now, lads. You know that? 223 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,400 It might take us a little while to find out who did this to him - Look. 224 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,760 We were on Millwall. Near Green Lane shops. 225 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,200 What did I tell you?! They don't care about the school stuff! 226 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,680 What were you doing? Jacking, picking stuff up. 227 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:40,640 From shops? No! From the ground 228 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,680 Very funny. 229 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:44,720 What do you reckon? Shall we nick 'em now? 230 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,000 Was Dev picking up too? 231 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,920 Yeah. Only, he got caught. 232 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,280 And what time was this? About 5:00. 233 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,560 And what shop? Look, I don't know! We'd split up. 234 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,640 Me and Justin were at the far end. 235 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,680 I'd just come out of some computer shop. 236 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:02,120 I saw some police manhandling Dev. Dashed him to the ground, so... 237 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,160 We legged it. 238 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,040 Local plod reckon none of their officers reported any incidents in Green Lane. 239 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,200 So who grabbed Dev Desai if it wasn't a PCSO? 240 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,400 What about a security guard? Nah. 241 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,600 These kids are savvy about that. They'd know the difference, surely. 242 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,880 Not from 100 yards away, running scared with stolen goods. 243 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,680 Although, Sean Monroe was moved on by a security guard. 244 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,400 Marcus Wright. The man who rotates around shopping centres. 245 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,440 I don't know him. 246 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,000 Well, Marcus, we have... 247 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,680 a coincidence that's been bothering us. 248 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,920 Two days ago, you had a run-in with Sean Monroe. 249 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,000 And he ended up dead. 250 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,320 This boy had a run-in with a security guard. 251 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,280 And also ended up dead. Well, that is a coincidence. 252 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,760 There's a lot of security guards out there. 253 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,120 With good reason. 254 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,480 But only one of them was with Sean Monroe. You. 255 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,760 Very busy area, Marcus. Plenty of witnesses 256 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,080 to see a young thief wrestled to the ground. 257 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,720 Him. I forgot. 258 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,960 Yes. He was stealing. I went after him. 259 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,000 But he got away. 260 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,640 He got away. Your witnesses will tell you that too. 261 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,680 Well, you see, now we're back with that coincidence. 262 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,880 You were with both these boys just hours before they died. 263 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,400 Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. 264 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,440 Both boys sinned. 265 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,440 I see you read the Bible, Marcus. You put that back. 266 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,200 That's my mother's. 267 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,200 Marcus. 268 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,160 God killed them, did he? 269 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,600 I don't buy that as an explanation. 270 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,840 A man bludgeoned Sean Monroe. 271 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,040 A man strangled Dev Desai. 272 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,400 'I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble.' 273 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,680 Put that back! 'I will destroy them, so the memory of them will vanish.' 274 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,960 You hear me? Put that back! 275 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,480 Was that Sean Monroe's crucifix? 276 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,920 No, sir. Would you put your hand on your Bible and tell me that? 277 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,920 We found this crucifix in your Bible. 278 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,240 We also found this. 279 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,280 A St Anthony medal, which we later 280 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,800 found was missing from Dev Desai's bag. 281 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,240 Yes, sir. 282 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,520 You do have the right to a solicitor. 283 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,720 I don't need no legal person telling me what to say. 284 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,040 I listen to the main man. 285 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,640 Did you kill Sean Monroe? 286 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,280 And Dev Desai? They were sinners. 287 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,400 And God sought revenge. Through you? 288 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,600 Plenty of sinners in London. Why pick on these two? 289 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,640 I didn't pick them. 290 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,080 God did. 291 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,440 This one... 292 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,440 ..was looking at pornography. 293 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,280 Well, lots of people do that. 294 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,960 Yeah, but not with a crucifix around their neck. 295 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:23,400 I let him go. 296 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,440 But later... 297 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,440 ..God put him back in my path. 298 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,680 That one... 299 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,120 ..ripped off an image of St Anthony... 300 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:39,160 in prayer... 301 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,280 ..while two other sinners looked on. 302 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,200 Is that why you grabbed him? 303 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,000 He went into a shop, stole some perfume, 304 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,320 he ran out, but I caught him. 305 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,360 But he kicked me and got away. 306 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:55,440 So you followed him. 307 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,360 When St Anthony died... 308 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,360 ..children cried in the streets. 309 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,360 That one was laughing. 310 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:10,520 When St Anthony died... 311 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,640 ..all the bells of the churches rang of their own accord. 312 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,360 Angels came down from heaven and made it happen. 313 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,480 Did God... 314 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,960 come down and make you kill these boys? 315 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,240 They had to be destroyed. 316 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,200 Did you write those notes? 317 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,920 God did. Through me. 318 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,920 And did you get the idea from Andrew Dillon? 319 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:44,840 No, sir. Then why write the notes? 320 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,600 If you were doing God's work... 321 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,080 ..why hide behind Dillon? 322 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,160 Dillon didn't kill any of those boys. 323 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,280 I killed them. 324 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,640 All of them! 325 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,440 This is a sick... 326 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,280 attempt to take credit for another killer's crimes. 327 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,320 I said the same thing. 328 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,360 But... 329 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:17,720 he knows places... and times of death. 330 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,880 He kept the souvenirs that were never found. 331 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,800 The football shirt's just been identified by the parents of the second victim. 332 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,840 Maybe he knew Dillon, 333 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,880 helped him hide the evidence. 334 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,640 We spent over a year working on this. We got the right man. 335 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,040 Marcus Wright claims that there was a fourth boy killed 336 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,080 after Dillon went down. 337 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,760 The boy was white. 338 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,320 Marcus Wright said that he caught the lad stealing from a church. 339 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,320 Strangled him, 340 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,360 then buried him. 341 00:19:55,360 --> 00:20:00,440 The police have dug up the skeleton of a Caucasian boy where Marcus said he would be buried. 342 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,000 They found a note in the pocket of his anorak. 343 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,000 No, no, no. All the other boys were dumped in public places. 344 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,760 Why would he suddenly start burying his victims? 345 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,800 His mum was ill. 346 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,120 She needed him. He didn't wanna be found. 347 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,520 But then he confessed to her. 348 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,560 And she begged him to stop. 349 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,720 His mum died a few weeks ago. 350 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,520 If Marcus Wright is guilty... 351 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,560 it can't be your fault. 352 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,840 James. 353 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,480 It's him. We've put away the wrong man. 354 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,040 God, what a mess! 355 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,680 How the hell did it happen? We didn't act unfairly. We presented the evidence. 356 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,560 Dillon was a known racist who terrorised kids in the same area as the murders. 357 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,680 He sold knock-off trainers to the first boy. 358 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,120 His handwriting matched notes found on the bodies. 359 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:02,160 He was seen fighting with the last victim 360 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,200 and even had his DNA under his fingernails. 361 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,400 Well, they're expediting his appeal against wrongful conviction. 362 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,600 Don't ask me to feel sorry for him. He lived and breathed pure hate. 363 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,880 That may well be the case, but locking Dillon up 364 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,320 led to three more boys being killed. 365 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,760 'Malfeasance in public office.' 366 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,320 You can't target individuals. 367 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,360 Well, you did. 368 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:34,960 You wilfully abused your powers... 369 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,480 to build your case against my client. 370 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,960 Andrew Dillon. 371 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,560 We did everything by the book. 372 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,720 The jury found him guilty. 373 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,440 Selective prosecution, Mr Steel. 374 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:56,360 Mrs Janice Hunter made a statement to the police six years ago. 375 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:58,680 Saying that she saw the third victim 376 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,200 an hour after he was seen fighting with my client. 377 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,240 The boy was in Channing Arcade, 378 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,880 arguing with an older man whose description fits Marcus Wright. 379 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,920 Yeah. He was a black man. 380 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:15,200 The witness has since died. 381 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,240 I've never seen this before. 382 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,440 Oh, come on, Mr Steel. 383 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,280 We both know you buried it. 384 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,000 It's the basis of our claim against you. We intend to 385 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,800 investigate every last detail of your case - So do we. 386 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,720 ..and sue you...for £300,000. 387 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,760 And that will never be enough. 388 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,600 I spent five years in a cell about the size of this table. 389 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,280 And every time I stepped out, I took my life in my hands. 390 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,840 And you sent me there as a marked man. 391 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,280 The evidence... all pointed towards you. 392 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,920 Yeah. After you'd tampered with it. 393 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,240 And then there was your criminal record. 394 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,640 How many boys of ethnic minority had you beaten up? 395 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,480 Well, that's...hardly relevant here. 396 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,560 We're talking about three... 397 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,520 dead boys. What we need to do - 398 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,360 Look, it's your prejudice. Not mine. 399 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:12,160 You decided the killer had to be white. 400 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,920 And because of your inverted racism, I got put inside. 401 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:20,200 And as soon as I was arrested, I got beaten up. Well, now you know how those boys felt! 402 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,120 Yeah, now I get panic attacks. 403 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:25,160 And my face is in the paper. 404 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,560 All because you persecuted me! 405 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,960 You owe me. 406 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,520 You stole five years of my life. 407 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,760 No-one gave me a statement saying Dillon's victim was seen later with another man. 408 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,080 I'd remember. It would've jeopardised our case. 409 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,360 They're saying that was your motivation. 410 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,840 If I'd seen it, I'd've handed it over, however grudgingly. 411 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,520 Well, who worked with you on this? There were...a whole team of us. 412 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,480 Eight or nine when we were busiest. Who was your lead assistant? 413 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,080 Claudia Martin. Great prosecutor. 414 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,440 Then, let's talk to her. 415 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,480 See if she remembers anything. 416 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,760 When I heard about Marcus Wright, I thought James'd get in touch. 417 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,960 He would've come himself, but he's trying to track down the rest of the team. 418 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,200 Must be frantic. 419 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,320 How did Dillon's brief find this statement? 420 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,280 He wouldn't say. But James has no recollection of it. 421 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,320 Mm. Neither do I. 422 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,520 You'd remember something like that coming in. 423 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,960 It certainly would've helped Dillon's defence. 424 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:39,080 There were a few statements we fought to keep out of court, but not that one. 425 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,240 We can't find any record of it. 426 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,840 But then, there are boxes of case files to go through. 427 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,080 Tell me about it. That's a year of my life I'll never get back. 428 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,120 And to think this is the outcome. 429 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,160 Those poor boys. 430 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,960 How long have you worked with James? A few years. 431 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,480 Intense, isn't it? 432 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,520 I couldn't keep up the pace, sold out to private practice. 433 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,840 Which is fine. Apart from the clients. 434 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,240 Well, if you remember anything... 435 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,120 Did you speak to the rest of the team? 436 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,160 The ones I could track down. 437 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,880 Three quit the CPS saying they were overworked and underpaid. Never 438 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,200 And the ones I did speak to all swear blind they never saw the statement. 439 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,960 Reception receives packages from the police most days. 440 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,760 All deliveries are signed for and logged when they come in. 441 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,800 Can you go back and check all the logbooks? 442 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,960 Course. And the receptionists? 443 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,000 You know, what if it didn't come in? 444 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,440 The police wanted to put Dillon away as much as we did. 445 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,520 We're tracking down the receptionists who were here at the time. 446 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,800 If they remember DS Brooks bringing it in - 447 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,880 I don't need anyone else's word for it. I trust Ronnie. 448 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,280 But a missing witness statement could amount to a criminal offence. 449 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,520 And it's my duty to investigate that. 450 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,840 I've got no choice, George. Fine. Go ahead. 451 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,720 But I know and trust my people too, and we have got nothing to hide. 452 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,640 That statement was the last thing we needed. I know. 453 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,200 Remember what you did with it? I'd've put it on a disk, 454 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,360 made a hard copy and brought it to you with any other evidence we had. 455 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:10,320 When? I don't know. It would've been addressed to you, though. 456 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,080 Remember who you gave it to? A receptionist, I guess. 457 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,080 Which one? Oh, I don't know. Young, female, wearing a suit. 458 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,080 Could be any of them. Well, it was six years ago. Sorry, mate. 459 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,080 I need you to check to see what date you entered the statement. 460 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,520 I will. But have you checked your office log to see who signed for it? 461 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,440 Alesha's on it. But I'm up against it. By the time she finds it, 462 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,520 I could be disbarred. I'm sorry! 463 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,640 What, you think it's our fault? No. That's not what I'm saying. 464 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,640 What's going on? Well, the CPS have lost some evidence and they're blaming us. 465 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,840 No, I am not blaming anyone. 466 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,120 I need to...find out what happened. 467 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,080 Look. Could you have made... 468 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,400 a mistake back then, during that time? 469 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,040 Sorry, James. What exactly do you mean, 470 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,400 'back then, during that time'? 471 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,760 We all make mistakes. 472 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,880 Outside pressures get to us. Just say what you're thinking, James. 473 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,920 Could a member of your team have buried the evidence and what you brought to me - 474 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,280 I can't believe you said it. You've got balls. 475 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,320 Leave it, Matt. It's OK. James. 476 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:12,080 I handed it in to the office. I'm sorry. I can't remember to who or when. 477 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:13,880 Look. I really need to find - James! 478 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,240 I need to find the statement! That does allow you to accuse my officers. 479 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,400 I'm not accusing anyone. If you've lost evidence we gave you, it's your cockup, not ours. 480 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,280 So get your own house in order! 481 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:37,480 James, DI Chandler has just phoned. 482 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,920 Details of Janice Hunter's statement were entered onto the police database. 483 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,760 That still doesn't mean it came here. Dillon's defence team 484 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,480 received a copy of the witness schedule three days later. 485 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,560 Janice Hunter's name and statement weren't on it. 486 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,120 That schedule came from the CPS. 487 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:02,320 So somebody in these offices... 488 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,360 must've deleted it. 489 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:06,880 So somebody here must've signed for it. 490 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,840 Now we know it was here, we can find out who was on Reception. 491 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,200 They might remember who they gave it to. James, it's too late. 492 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,200 James Steel. 493 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,880 I'm arresting you on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. 494 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,040 You do not have to say anything, but if may harm your defence 495 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:33,560 if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. 496 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,000 Anything you do say may be given in evidence. 497 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,920 To the charge of perverting the course of justice, 498 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,960 how do you plead? 499 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,720 Not guilty. Mr Cain? 500 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,960 My Lord. 501 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:04,240 Crown objects to bail on the grounds that the defendant will interfere with witnesses, 502 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:10,280 having already aggressively approached the police investigation team at their place of work 503 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,640 and asked for their help. I wasn't interfering. 504 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,880 I'd ask Mr Steel not to interrupt, and remember 505 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,840 that he is present in this courtroom first and foremost 506 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,560 as a defendant. 507 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,200 Bail...will be granted... 508 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,320 with appropriate conditions. My Lord, one more thing. 509 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,480 I would like to conduct my defence from Counsel's Row. 510 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,400 Crown objects on the basis that this may be confusing to the jury. 511 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,480 How can it be fair and just for me to conduct my defence from the dock? 512 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:39,600 I can't possibly be afforded a fair trial in these circumstances. 513 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,360 I'll allow it. I think we can trust the jury 514 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,400 to understand that Mr Steel is on trial. 515 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,400 You brought me in to do an impartial job. 516 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,920 And to do that, I will need access to everything. 517 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,840 Sorry. Am I interrupting? 518 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,160 We haven't been introduced. Samuel Cain. 519 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,080 Alesha Phillips. 520 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,160 Miss Phillips, given that I'm going to be calling you as a witness, 521 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,480 I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to be working in here. 522 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,520 In the interests of a fair trial. 523 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,120 This is my office. Not any more. 524 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:16,400 So please, take what you need and then set up in the paralegals' office. 525 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,760 We've cleared a space for you. 526 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,680 It's just a temporary measure, Alesha. 527 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,360 Well, I'll...leave you to it. No, don't disappear. 528 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,760 I need to go through a few details with you...for my opening. 529 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,040 Er, Miss Phillips. Can you give us a moment? 530 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,560 Thank you. 531 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,920 Hey. How are you doing? 532 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,280 I need you to do something for me. 533 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,400 Get me these files from the CPS. 534 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:59,480 They should be in the personnel system, so you might need to dig, but specifically, 535 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,920 these days in August six years ago. I'm not allowed 536 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,160 near our office. I'm not sure that I can. 537 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:08,360 Please. I have to find out who was in the office when that evidence came in. 538 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,000 James - It's my only hope. I wouldn't ask you otherwise. 539 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,520 Yeah. 540 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,120 You've been the defendant's lead assistant counsel for how long? 541 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,840 Over two years. 542 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,360 And in your close experience, would you say that the defendant has 543 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,360 the final say on every decision? 544 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,680 Yes. He's the lead prosecutor. 545 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,200 But he likes me to challenge him. 546 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,360 Do you have to challenge him often? 547 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,840 Yes. 548 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,400 I mean, he - Did you have to challenge him during the Don Marsh case? 549 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,320 I don't remember. 550 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:32,240 Well, let me remind you. The defendant told Donald Marsh, 551 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,480 a known criminal, 552 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,920 that he had a witness who was willing to place him 553 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,960 at the scene of a crime. 554 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,960 When in fact... he had no such assurance. 555 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,000 Do you recall the case? 556 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,920 Yes. 557 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,920 Did you approve...of those methods? 558 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,600 Not at first. But I trus- Yes or no... 559 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,520 Miss Phillips? No. 560 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,560 Miss Phillips. 561 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:04,200 Has the defendant ever asked you to do anything dishonest? 562 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,800 Anything that might make you feel compromised 563 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:09,960 in the eyes of the law? 564 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,560 No. 565 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,920 Miss Martin, you worked very closely with the defendant 566 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,440 on the Andrew Dillon case. Yes. 567 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,600 18-hour days were usual. 568 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,120 Did you ever see him do anything illegal? No. 569 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,240 But... 570 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,200 Please. Go on, Miss Martin. 571 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,320 He'd interview several expert witnesses 572 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,600 before he found the one who said what he needed. 573 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:46,720 So, did the defendant... unfairly coerce these witnesses? 574 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,360 He told the handwriting expert on the Dillon case that his evidence 575 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,560 could prevent more children being killed. 576 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,080 This is hearsay from a prejudiced witness, My Lord. 577 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,760 Far from it, My Lord. Miss Martin was a devoted employee. 578 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,920 You'll have your chance to cross examine, Mr Steel. 579 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,040 Miss Martin. Why did you leave the CPS? 580 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,280 I was...uncomfortable with the defendant's way of working. 581 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,720 He was absolutely determined to convict Andrew Dillon. 582 00:34:16,720 --> 00:34:19,720 Did you delete Janice Hunter's 583 00:34:19,720 --> 00:34:21,760 witness statement? No. 584 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,720 I knew nothing about it. 585 00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,480 Thank you, Miss Martin. No further questions, My Lord. 586 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:43,240 Is it true you were having an affair with the defendant during that time? 587 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,920 When did this happen? 588 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,120 Will you answer the question, please? My Lord. 589 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,520 Is the er...witness's sexual history really relevant? 590 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,680 Absolutely, My Lord. If we're to believe this witness's testimony, 591 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,720 I must be allowed to question her motive for wanting to sully the reputation 592 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,160 of a former colleague. I'll allow it. 593 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,960 Could you answer the question, please? Yes or no? 594 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,280 Yes, I was. How long did the affair last? 595 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,400 Almost a year. Who ended the relationship? 596 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,320 You did. How did you feel when it ended? 597 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,760 Had you not told the defendant... that you loved him? 598 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,840 You planned a future together? 599 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,240 Sorry. Was that a yes or a no? Yes! I told you 600 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,840 I loved you. And when the affair ended, didn't you feel betrayed? 601 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,560 So betrayed that you claimed you could no longer carry on working at the CPS. 602 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,400 Betrayal is an interesting choice of word from a man who was cheating on his wife. 603 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,120 You're using this trial as a platform for revenge. 604 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,360 You're lying about why you left the CPS. 605 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,680 You used me. 606 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,400 You know... I'd have done anything for you. 607 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,880 Anything. 608 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:15,680 Which is exactly why the jury should see your evidence for what it is. 609 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,240 The emotional backlash of a woman scorned. 610 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,960 Did you get it? 611 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,200 Thank you. 612 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,280 This is everything? All the receptionists? 613 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:48,040 What? You really will do anything to win, won't you? 614 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,800 I had to discredit her evidence against me. 615 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,720 So she was just collateral damage. 616 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:57,080 Yeah. 617 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,440 Thank you. 618 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,080 Do you know what your success rate is as a prosecutor? 619 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,560 No. I've no idea. I don't keep a record of it. 620 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,600 Well, I can tell you. 621 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,640 It's 93%. 622 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,560 Which is...very high. 623 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,600 Are you proud of those results? 624 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:29,760 I'd be happier if it was 100. 625 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,600 Is that what drives you... Mr Steel? 626 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,640 Winning? 627 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,360 No. It's about... 628 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,400 doing my job properly. 629 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,760 If I believe er... the accused to be guilty, 630 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,240 I have to do everything I can to 631 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:47,440 prove that to the jury. Everything you can? 632 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,920 Tell me. After Dr Alec Merrick 633 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:55,360 was acquitted of rape in Crown and Merrick 2009, is it true 634 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,240 that you then had him publicly arrested 635 00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:00,280 on a fictional rape charge? 636 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,320 Dr Alec Merrick... 637 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,960 abused his position and attacked 14 women. 638 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,600 I used the system to get him back into court. 639 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,720 I would say you found a highly questionable loophole. 640 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,720 No. I gave his victims a voice 641 00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:19,280 by exploiting a flaw in the system. A flaw in the system? Yes. 642 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,840 Mr Steel. 643 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,400 Are you so assured of your own abilities that you believe you're somehow... 644 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,400 above the legal system in this country? 645 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,920 I'm sorry. I didn't realise I was on trial here 646 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,800 for the successful prosecution of a serial rapist. You're not. 647 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,160 But in order to try and give your victims their voice, as you put it, 648 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,360 you take the law into your own hands, Mr Steel. 649 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,800 And for that...you are on trial. 650 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,320 I do my best to work within a system 651 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,560 that I cherish and respect. 652 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,640 These courtrooms are... 653 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,680 They're cathedrals to anyone who believes in - 654 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,080 But who, in these...cathedrals... 655 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:03,400 Mr Steel...allowed you to play God? 656 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,880 And who are you to say who is guilty or innocent, 657 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,960 regardless of the law? It isn't about playing God, Mr Cain. 658 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,760 Are you sure? Absolutely, yes! 659 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,760 There is no value whatever in putting away the wrong man for my pride or your statistics. 660 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,880 Because they mean nothing. 661 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:25,120 To stand where you're standing now is an honour, Mr Cain. Yes. 662 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,760 And that honour carries a responsibility. 663 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,680 The responsibility, if necessary, to take away someone's liberty. 664 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,920 Which is why the abuse of that responsibility 665 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,800 is such a serious crime. What happens, Mr Steel, 666 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,840 when you see a piece of evidence 667 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:43,440 which shatters your clearcut image of right and wrong? 668 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,000 I go back and I rebuild my case. 669 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,960 Because that's what we do, you and I. We build walls. 670 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,160 Pieces of...evidence are like... 671 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,480 blocks of stone, and each block is dragged into place. 672 00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:01,360 So that when we stand in court, we have a wall that can't be breached. 673 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:05,320 If Defence have something that can take away one of those blocks, 674 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,400 the walls tumble down and I lose. 675 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,480 We all lose, because I haven't done my job properly. 676 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,520 Which is precisely why we're here. 677 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,160 Who was the lead prosecutor on this case? 678 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:21,160 I was. So, who should ultimately take responsibility... 679 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,760 for you not doing your job? 680 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,280 For this terrible...miscarriage 681 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,320 of justice. 682 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:31,720 If I'd seen that statement... 683 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,720 ..I would never have buried it, 684 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:38,560 knowing that the real killer could still be out there and might kill again. 685 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:42,240 With the evidence incomplete, Mr Steel, that is exactly what happened. 686 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,520 Your walls...came tumbling down. 687 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:57,760 No further questions, My Lord. 688 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:08,440 Er... My Lord, I'd like to call one further witness. 689 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,960 It's very late in the day, Mr Steel. 690 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,000 I apologise for that, My Lord. 691 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,880 I'd like to call Sally-Anne Hope 692 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,400 to the witness box. 693 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,000 No idea. 694 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,320 I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give 695 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:38,320 shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 696 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,960 What do you do for a living, Miss Hope? 697 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,880 I'm a paralegal secretary. 698 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,000 Have you always done legal work? Yes. Ever since I started temping. 699 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,600 And you did temp work at the CPS, Ludgate Hill. 700 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,680 Yes. When did you work there? Precisely. 701 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,960 Six years ago, for two weeks in August. 702 00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:01,040 Your memory seems very clear on this. Can you tell the court why? 703 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:05,200 It was during the buildup to the Andrew Dillon trial. It was all over the news. 704 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,160 I remember the police coming to the house, telling us 705 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,480 not to let anyone under 16 out on their own. 706 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,160 And how did that affect you personally? 707 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,400 My brother was 10 at the time. 708 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,640 I had to get him to school before I could come to work. 709 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,120 It was my first job and I was worried about being late. 710 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,200 Do you remember... 711 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:27,200 a CID officer coming to Reception on the 11th of August? 712 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,440 Yes. He gave me a package. 713 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,080 Said it contained evidence about the Dillon case. 714 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,800 What did you do with it? First chance I got, I handed it to one of the prosecution team. 715 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,680 Do you remember who you gave it to, Miss Hope? 716 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,720 Yes. 717 00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:45,920 Is that person... here in the courtroom today? 718 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,160 Yes. 719 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,360 Could you point them out to the jury, please? 720 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,840 It was that lady there. 721 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,840 In relation to the count of perverting the course of justice, 722 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:20,520 do you find the defendant, James Steel, guilty or not guilty? 723 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,720 Not guilty. 724 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,400 You can't blame yourself, James. 725 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,080 We can only do what we believe is right. 726 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:57,720 I should've known. 727 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,440 Despite my recent acquittal, 728 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:09,000 there was a miscarriage of justice. 729 00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,320 For which I hold myself responsible. 730 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:17,200 That wrongful conviction led to the deaths of three children. 731 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,240 Which is unforgivable. 732 00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:22,400 Therefore, my position has become untenable. 733 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:26,720 And... I'm resigning from the CPS with immediate effect. 734 00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,920 It's weird...coming to work and you're not there. 735 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,320 You'll get used to it. 736 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,080 Bet you'll have forgotten I was even there in a few weeks. 737 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,120 Don't be silly. 738 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:53,680 It'll be a few days, once I've cleared your desk out! 739 00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:02,880 Alesha... 740 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,200 It's George. 741 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,000 I have to... Yeah, yeah. Sure. 742 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,640 George. 743 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,360 I'm on my way back now. 744 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,080 I spoke to the woman at Longlife Direct. 745 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,200 Can he...pick up the hard copies? 746 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,640 No, it's all right. 747 00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:40,280 Or I can e-mail them. 748 00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,320 Mm-hm. 749 00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:58,800 itfc subtitles