1 00:00:01,653 --> 00:00:03,524 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,525 --> 00:00:05,569 the people are represented by two separate 3 00:00:05,570 --> 00:00:07,310 yet equally important groups. 4 00:00:07,311 --> 00:00:09,357 The police, who investigate crime, 5 00:00:09,618 --> 00:00:12,316 and the Crown Prosecutors, who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:12,925 --> 00:00:14,405 These are their stories. 7 00:00:24,111 --> 00:00:26,547 Follow the line. Follow the nurses. 8 00:00:26,548 --> 00:00:28,941 The nurses will take you to the assembly hall. 9 00:00:36,166 --> 00:00:38,254 Every morning, my wife makes me promise 10 00:00:38,255 --> 00:00:40,344 not to open any suspect packages. 11 00:00:42,346 --> 00:00:43,956 "Don't be a hero," she says. 12 00:00:53,444 --> 00:00:55,229 To the assembly point in the car park. 13 00:00:55,620 --> 00:00:58,274 Quickly and calmly, everyone to the assembly point 14 00:00:58,275 --> 00:00:59,667 in the car park. 15 00:00:59,668 --> 00:01:02,758 Quickly and calmly, please. As quick as you can. 16 00:01:03,802 --> 00:01:05,107 What's happening? 17 00:01:05,108 --> 00:01:07,154 I can't go in for the moment. Security alert. 18 00:01:07,458 --> 00:01:09,111 Some smokers reported a dodgy-looking 19 00:01:09,112 --> 00:01:10,721 holdall by the side entrance. 20 00:01:10,722 --> 00:01:12,854 - We can't find the owner. - One of those nights. 21 00:01:12,855 --> 00:01:16,076 - Please make your way. - Quickly and calmly... 22 00:01:16,598 --> 00:01:19,079 I can do it. You move back. 23 00:01:21,733 --> 00:01:23,996 What kind of a gentleman would I be then? 24 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:42,014 Bob? 25 00:01:43,494 --> 00:01:44,756 Oh, no. 26 00:01:45,496 --> 00:01:46,889 - What is it? - God. 27 00:01:54,636 --> 00:01:56,290 - Just pop behind the tape. - Thank you. 28 00:01:58,205 --> 00:02:00,031 - Ronnie! - One of our uniform boys 29 00:02:00,032 --> 00:02:02,687 - will take your details. - All right. Thanks. Bye. 30 00:02:03,384 --> 00:02:05,472 The bag was dumped sometime after midnight. 31 00:02:05,473 --> 00:02:08,258 None of the smokers remember clocking it before then. 32 00:02:08,693 --> 00:02:10,739 What about an ID of the person who left it? 33 00:02:11,174 --> 00:02:12,479 A Chinese guy dumped it around one. 34 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:13,915 An Asian bird at half twelve. 35 00:02:13,916 --> 00:02:15,221 She was a fat black woman. 36 00:02:15,222 --> 00:02:16,700 There was a thin white guy. Take your pick. 37 00:02:16,701 --> 00:02:18,529 God bless the great British Public. 38 00:02:18,790 --> 00:02:21,140 - Security see anything? - Not until it was reported. 39 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:23,578 They were dealing with a barney between a bloke and his wife. 40 00:02:25,754 --> 00:02:27,364 The woman who found it was still shaking. 41 00:02:28,539 --> 00:02:29,758 She thought it was a bomb. 42 00:02:31,194 --> 00:02:33,457 Well, for someone, it was. 43 00:03:23,638 --> 00:03:26,206 Recently bathed. Clean clothes. 44 00:03:26,728 --> 00:03:28,816 No sign of exposure to the cold. 45 00:03:28,817 --> 00:03:30,775 No suspicious markings on the skin. 46 00:03:31,298 --> 00:03:32,907 This was a well-cared-for child. 47 00:03:32,908 --> 00:03:34,735 Yeah. Dumped in the early hours. 48 00:03:34,736 --> 00:03:35,953 Perfect parenting. 49 00:03:35,954 --> 00:03:37,041 Well, the child was dead 50 00:03:37,042 --> 00:03:38,392 long before he was put in the bag. 51 00:03:39,001 --> 00:03:41,264 Whoever left him here was disposing of a corpse. 52 00:03:41,525 --> 00:03:42,744 Well, hang on a minute. 53 00:03:43,527 --> 00:03:46,616 How does a well-cared-for baby become a corpse? 54 00:03:46,617 --> 00:03:49,316 He was poisoned. Or, should I say, gassed. 55 00:03:55,757 --> 00:03:56,931 There are toxic levels 56 00:03:56,932 --> 00:03:58,411 of carbon monoxide in the bloodstream. 57 00:03:58,412 --> 00:03:59,629 God, the poor kid. 58 00:03:59,630 --> 00:04:01,197 No reports of any missing babies. 59 00:04:01,415 --> 00:04:04,199 Forensics got nine separate sets of prints from the bag. 60 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,549 - No matches so far. - We've got a CCTV report 61 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:09,944 says a figure deposited the bag at 27 minutes past midnight. 62 00:04:09,945 --> 00:04:13,339 Thick coat. Hood up. Can't tell whether it's a bird or a bloke. 63 00:04:13,340 --> 00:04:14,731 Can we track the route? 64 00:04:14,732 --> 00:04:17,691 Well, we lost the suspect at Euston Road junction. 65 00:04:17,692 --> 00:04:19,867 We're cross-referencing with bus and tube cameras, 66 00:04:19,868 --> 00:04:23,000 but again, no matches so far. Looks like they stayed on foot. 67 00:04:23,001 --> 00:04:25,655 How far would you carry a dead kid, in a bag, 68 00:04:25,656 --> 00:04:27,483 centre of London, in the middle of the night? 69 00:04:27,484 --> 00:04:29,269 You'd want rid, quick as, wouldn't you? 70 00:04:30,661 --> 00:04:32,401 Assume the kid is from that area. 71 00:04:32,402 --> 00:04:35,186 Take a two-mile radius, with the hospital at its centre. 72 00:04:35,187 --> 00:04:37,058 Matt, get a photo and do the rounds 73 00:04:37,059 --> 00:04:39,061 of all the nurseries and day-care centers. 74 00:04:39,670 --> 00:04:41,803 The old needle-haystack interface. 75 00:04:42,064 --> 00:04:43,412 Look on the bright side, son. 76 00:04:43,413 --> 00:04:44,936 You might end up with a yummy mummy. 77 00:04:45,372 --> 00:04:46,895 He's already working for one. 78 00:04:52,901 --> 00:04:54,336 That sounds wonderful. 79 00:04:54,337 --> 00:04:56,730 Indian head massages government funded. 80 00:04:56,731 --> 00:04:59,473 - How come we don't get this? - Once a week for three hours. 81 00:04:59,777 --> 00:05:02,518 We're the only respite most of these women ever get. 82 00:05:02,519 --> 00:05:03,693 The first Mrs. Brooks 83 00:05:03,694 --> 00:05:05,347 will gladly let you know how mums do 84 00:05:05,348 --> 00:05:07,698 much longer hours than coppers. Here, darling, you dropped that. 85 00:05:08,220 --> 00:05:09,308 You got kids? 86 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,570 He can't even look after a goldfish. 87 00:05:10,571 --> 00:05:12,223 I fed it just like you said. 88 00:05:12,224 --> 00:05:14,225 The fish was ailing before I went anywhere near it. 89 00:05:14,226 --> 00:05:15,792 Tell that to my daughter. 90 00:05:15,793 --> 00:05:17,752 A nine-month-old African-Caribbean boy. 91 00:05:18,143 --> 00:05:19,406 Wearing a winter coat like this. 92 00:05:20,102 --> 00:05:21,016 Ring any bells? 93 00:05:22,452 --> 00:05:23,758 Do you know how many babies there are around here? 94 00:05:24,976 --> 00:05:26,673 African-Caribbean origin. 95 00:05:26,674 --> 00:05:29,198 Wearing a winter coat like this in the picture. 96 00:05:29,459 --> 00:05:31,069 Luka, get down! 97 00:05:32,419 --> 00:05:33,855 Sorry. Doesn't ring a bell. 98 00:05:34,290 --> 00:05:36,770 Tilly! Will you stay within the gate? 99 00:05:36,771 --> 00:05:38,075 Are you sure? 100 00:05:38,076 --> 00:05:39,903 Look, I'm sorry, I've got to keep an eye on 'em. 101 00:05:39,904 --> 00:05:42,036 Last week, a little boy got out onto the main road, 102 00:05:42,037 --> 00:05:43,168 hit by a motorbike. 103 00:05:44,082 --> 00:05:46,258 - Lovely. - This is getting us nowhere. 104 00:05:46,955 --> 00:05:48,695 Right. What have we got? The holdall. 105 00:05:48,696 --> 00:05:50,654 - The baby. - Yep, and the clothes. 106 00:05:51,176 --> 00:05:52,787 You know, we could try sourcing the coat. 107 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:54,918 No, no. That's brilliant. 108 00:05:54,919 --> 00:05:56,572 - Grey. Not green. - Thank you. 109 00:05:56,573 --> 00:05:57,487 They're grey. 110 00:05:58,575 --> 00:05:59,445 I'll be in with the guv. Let me know. 111 00:05:59,446 --> 00:06:00,533 No worries. 112 00:06:00,534 --> 00:06:01,751 Can you look it up for me? 113 00:06:01,752 --> 00:06:02,970 Yes, please. Soon as you can. 114 00:06:02,971 --> 00:06:04,364 Yeah, yeah. I'll hold. 115 00:06:04,842 --> 00:06:06,408 A single British wholesaler. 116 00:06:06,409 --> 00:06:08,192 The coats are shipped in from Bangalore. 117 00:06:08,193 --> 00:06:10,151 - Last year's must-have item. - Great. 118 00:06:10,152 --> 00:06:11,544 Except the coat on the baby 119 00:06:11,545 --> 00:06:13,067 was brand-new. Never been worn. 120 00:06:13,068 --> 00:06:15,112 But the wholesaler had a dozen boxes remaining. 121 00:06:15,113 --> 00:06:17,637 Sold 'em off to a distributor up Tottenham last month. 122 00:06:17,638 --> 00:06:19,160 Here you go. 123 00:06:19,161 --> 00:06:21,381 Your man at White Hart Lane reckons he sold a box each 124 00:06:21,816 --> 00:06:24,731 of those coats to 12 shops across Greater London. 125 00:06:24,732 --> 00:06:26,602 Four within a stone's throw of the hospital. 126 00:06:26,603 --> 00:06:28,344 That's what I call progress. 127 00:06:33,567 --> 00:06:35,698 Can't divulge a customer's details? 128 00:06:35,699 --> 00:06:37,221 Who does he think he is? A priest? 129 00:06:37,222 --> 00:06:38,919 Ronnie mate, we've still got three shops to go. 130 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,268 Matt, there used to be a community 131 00:06:40,269 --> 00:06:41,312 round here, mate. 132 00:06:41,313 --> 00:06:42,531 People looked out for one another. 133 00:06:42,532 --> 00:06:44,359 Now nobody sees, nobody talks. 134 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,579 Your blood sugar is dipping. I'll get you a sandwich. 135 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:47,537 Matt... 136 00:06:48,756 --> 00:06:50,584 A baby dies and no one so much as blinks? 137 00:06:51,454 --> 00:06:52,455 I'm not having it. 138 00:06:53,761 --> 00:06:55,545 No. Don't remember. 139 00:06:59,723 --> 00:07:02,290 Maybe, maybe madam, if you were to look at the photograph 140 00:07:02,291 --> 00:07:04,945 for more than two seconds, it would jog your memory. 141 00:07:04,946 --> 00:07:07,121 I mean, I gather you have sold some of these coats. 142 00:07:07,122 --> 00:07:08,297 Maybe you'll remember. 143 00:07:08,558 --> 00:07:11,517 A baby no older than ten months old. 144 00:07:11,518 --> 00:07:13,083 African-Caribbean. Possibly a young mum. 145 00:07:13,084 --> 00:07:14,607 When you want something for yourselves, 146 00:07:14,608 --> 00:07:16,130 you're round here, no problem. 147 00:07:16,131 --> 00:07:18,263 Where were you the three times I were burgled? 148 00:07:18,699 --> 00:07:19,743 I know the baby. 149 00:07:21,353 --> 00:07:23,398 Remember? His mother came in, bought the cot and the coat. 150 00:07:23,399 --> 00:07:25,009 And she paid in cash. 151 00:07:28,578 --> 00:07:31,146 I think we'll just talk to Kostas, if that's okay? 152 00:07:31,668 --> 00:07:33,322 - Be my guest. - Thank you. 153 00:07:35,585 --> 00:07:37,151 Yeah, I delivered it to her. 154 00:07:37,152 --> 00:07:38,674 She had a flat on the ground floor, 155 00:07:38,675 --> 00:07:39,589 off Kings Cross Road. 156 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:41,373 Hallem Street, I think it was. 157 00:07:44,812 --> 00:07:46,553 Are you the caretaker here. sir? 158 00:07:47,423 --> 00:07:48,728 Oui. 159 00:07:48,729 --> 00:07:50,948 Dionne Farrah. Number six, numero six. 160 00:07:51,296 --> 00:07:52,646 Have you seen her lately? 161 00:07:56,954 --> 00:07:58,042 What's seen? 162 00:08:07,748 --> 00:08:09,662 - He's gonna let us in. - You speak French? 163 00:08:09,663 --> 00:08:11,620 What do you think I am, some sort of Neanderthal? 164 00:08:11,621 --> 00:08:12,969 Well, you might've said something before 165 00:08:12,970 --> 00:08:14,102 I made tit of myself! 166 00:08:14,972 --> 00:08:16,234 Where's the fun in that? 167 00:08:26,070 --> 00:08:27,071 Hello? 168 00:08:27,594 --> 00:08:28,943 Someone left in a hurry. 169 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:32,555 Don't blame them. 170 00:08:46,264 --> 00:08:47,135 Ronnie. 171 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:02,454 Lovely. 172 00:09:03,934 --> 00:09:05,675 Fingerprints match one of the sets from the holdall. 173 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,372 And here's the murder weapon, heating system. 174 00:09:08,373 --> 00:09:09,853 Pumping out carbon monoxide. 175 00:09:10,419 --> 00:09:11,986 Death trap, literally. 176 00:09:12,508 --> 00:09:14,858 Signs of tampering, quite recent, plus 177 00:09:15,467 --> 00:09:17,774 carbon monoxide alarm set up ready to go. 178 00:09:18,514 --> 00:09:19,688 No batteries. 179 00:09:19,689 --> 00:09:21,255 And easily removed, if you don't want 180 00:09:21,256 --> 00:09:22,649 your neighbors to know what you're up to. 181 00:09:23,084 --> 00:09:24,651 - Thanks, Pete. - Sure. 182 00:09:27,349 --> 00:09:30,657 So, what, you reckon a parent gassing their own child? 183 00:09:31,005 --> 00:09:31,875 I've seen worse. 184 00:09:33,268 --> 00:09:35,444 - Well, yeah, but-- - A baby crying. A single mum. 185 00:09:36,097 --> 00:09:37,620 Two hours' kip a night for six months. 186 00:09:37,925 --> 00:09:38,882 Easily done, mate. 187 00:09:40,188 --> 00:09:42,146 I dunno. Whatever happened to motherly love? 188 00:09:43,626 --> 00:09:44,800 Listen, I'd have thrown myself 189 00:09:44,801 --> 00:09:46,672 in front of a speeding lorry for my kids. 190 00:09:46,673 --> 00:09:48,282 Other days, I'd have happily shook 'em 191 00:09:48,283 --> 00:09:49,153 until they rattled. 192 00:09:53,418 --> 00:09:54,810 - Thank you. - Eight flats in total. 193 00:09:54,811 --> 00:09:56,552 Four currently unoccupied. 194 00:09:57,074 --> 00:09:58,335 Right. 195 00:10:00,469 --> 00:10:01,513 Turner. 196 00:10:01,992 --> 00:10:03,690 Turner? 197 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,083 Mr. Turner. 198 00:10:07,084 --> 00:10:08,345 All right, lads? What's occurring? 199 00:10:08,346 --> 00:10:10,305 DS Brooks. This is DS Devlin. 200 00:10:10,784 --> 00:10:13,395 We're looking for a neighbor of yours. A Dionne Farrah. 201 00:10:14,526 --> 00:10:15,615 Why? What's she done? 202 00:10:16,572 --> 00:10:18,095 When was the last time you saw her? 203 00:10:19,706 --> 00:10:22,491 Well, I live on the floor above, so our paths don't really cross. 204 00:10:23,187 --> 00:10:24,535 I hear the baby screaming through 205 00:10:24,536 --> 00:10:25,841 the floorboards all night, though. 206 00:10:25,842 --> 00:10:27,409 He's got a right pair of lungs on him. 207 00:10:27,888 --> 00:10:29,150 Did she have a husband? 208 00:10:29,585 --> 00:10:31,326 I don't think so. Not that I saw. 209 00:10:32,196 --> 00:10:33,807 No, I think it's just her and the baby. 210 00:10:34,242 --> 00:10:35,808 I think she might be a lezzer. 211 00:10:35,809 --> 00:10:37,592 A lot of them about these days, isn't there? 212 00:10:37,593 --> 00:10:38,854 Not that I mind, 213 00:10:38,855 --> 00:10:40,204 as long as they let us have a little watch? 214 00:10:41,597 --> 00:10:43,207 How long have you lived here, Mr. Turner? 215 00:10:44,208 --> 00:10:46,210 Um, a couple of months. 216 00:10:47,342 --> 00:10:49,517 And is the building always this empty? 217 00:10:49,518 --> 00:10:51,998 Yeah, it is at the moment, yeah. A lot of them took the buy-out 218 00:10:51,999 --> 00:10:53,826 from the landlady offering them five grand 219 00:10:53,827 --> 00:10:55,176 to get out. It's pretty persuasive. 220 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:57,220 Don't you qualify? 221 00:10:57,221 --> 00:10:58,526 No. No, I'm on the sick, you see, 222 00:10:58,527 --> 00:11:01,051 from the Post Office. RSI. 223 00:11:02,052 --> 00:11:03,531 But the woman at the letting agency, 224 00:11:03,532 --> 00:11:05,054 Mrs. Walters, she took pity on me. 225 00:11:05,055 --> 00:11:06,666 She let me have a room, short-term only. 226 00:11:06,970 --> 00:11:08,058 A generous landlady. 227 00:11:10,408 --> 00:11:11,495 Three years ago, 228 00:11:11,496 --> 00:11:12,932 I couldn't have given a flat away. 229 00:11:12,933 --> 00:11:15,021 These days, I could have 'em wrestling naked in mud 230 00:11:15,022 --> 00:11:16,675 to decide who gets the properties. 231 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:18,285 Still, there can't be that many people 232 00:11:18,286 --> 00:11:19,808 fighting over that block surely? 233 00:11:19,809 --> 00:11:21,288 Regent's Quarter, new St Pancras. 234 00:11:21,289 --> 00:11:23,247 That area's one of the proper up-and-comers. 235 00:11:23,726 --> 00:11:27,251 - So you got yourself a bargain. - Oh, yeah. I wish. 236 00:11:27,774 --> 00:11:29,644 Yeah, I only heard about it at the last minute, 237 00:11:29,645 --> 00:11:32,038 I got the bid accepted, not realizing the buyer 238 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:34,868 had to honor existing contracts and rents. 239 00:11:35,303 --> 00:11:37,173 Some of those tenants are on fixed contracts 240 00:11:37,174 --> 00:11:38,349 for five years. 241 00:11:38,915 --> 00:11:40,917 Always read the tiny print, gentlemen. 242 00:11:41,918 --> 00:11:43,440 But the building's half empty. 243 00:11:43,441 --> 00:11:46,139 Yeah, well, if we want to renovate, 244 00:11:46,140 --> 00:11:49,359 and we do, we have to buy them out of their contracts, 245 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:50,579 which is where we are now. 246 00:11:51,972 --> 00:11:54,626 Okay. Here we are. Dionne Farrah. 247 00:11:55,323 --> 00:11:57,367 Resident since 2006. 248 00:11:57,368 --> 00:11:59,326 References taken from the previous owner. 249 00:11:59,327 --> 00:12:02,069 One from an employer. Another from a teacher based in Archway. 250 00:12:02,678 --> 00:12:03,679 There you go. 251 00:12:09,641 --> 00:12:11,860 So what happens to the people who take all the buy-outs 252 00:12:11,861 --> 00:12:13,689 and can't afford to live in the area anymore? 253 00:12:13,950 --> 00:12:16,343 They move to areas where they can afford it. 254 00:12:16,344 --> 00:12:18,171 Oh, right. And what about when that gets 255 00:12:18,172 --> 00:12:19,607 gentrified, where do they go, then? 256 00:12:19,608 --> 00:12:21,522 So what? We don't improve these areas? 257 00:12:21,523 --> 00:12:24,394 Kings Cross has always been a dump. Finally, it's improving. 258 00:12:24,395 --> 00:12:26,875 That is communities all over the city being displaced by it. 259 00:12:26,876 --> 00:12:29,225 Yeah, but Ron, areas change. Cities shift. 260 00:12:29,226 --> 00:12:31,445 There's nothing new. Been happening for decades. 261 00:12:31,446 --> 00:12:33,142 Okay, in 20 years' time, the only gaff 262 00:12:33,143 --> 00:12:35,363 you can afford to live in, is a caravan, think of me. 263 00:12:37,191 --> 00:12:38,931 Really? Well, that is great. 264 00:12:38,932 --> 00:12:40,323 Okay. I'll ring you back. 265 00:12:40,324 --> 00:12:41,847 - Please... - thank you very much. 266 00:12:41,848 --> 00:12:44,850 Bye-bye. Okay. Listen up. Dionne Farrah made one call 267 00:12:44,851 --> 00:12:46,547 from a mobile phone yesterday morning. 268 00:12:46,548 --> 00:12:48,854 Five hours after the baby's body was found. 269 00:12:48,855 --> 00:12:50,725 To a Leona Collins. Now, Leona Collins-- 270 00:12:50,726 --> 00:12:52,249 - Leona Collins? Wait. - Yeah. 271 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,599 Wait, wait, wait. Leona Collins. 272 00:12:58,516 --> 00:12:59,517 Yes. 273 00:12:59,866 --> 00:13:02,041 Leona Collins was Dionne's referee 274 00:13:02,042 --> 00:13:04,434 for the flat. Come on, admit it. I am good. 275 00:13:04,435 --> 00:13:05,653 Well, I am better, 276 00:13:05,654 --> 00:13:07,830 because Leona Collins' maiden name was... 277 00:13:08,918 --> 00:13:10,440 - Not Farrah? - Farrah. 278 00:13:10,441 --> 00:13:12,051 - Dionne has a sister. - Let's go. 279 00:13:12,052 --> 00:13:13,488 I'm gonna have to call you back. 280 00:13:16,099 --> 00:13:17,666 Spoke to her a couple of days ago. 281 00:13:17,927 --> 00:13:18,841 What about? 282 00:13:19,711 --> 00:13:21,975 Usual stuff. Sister stuff. 283 00:13:25,108 --> 00:13:27,067 - And since then? - Look, I ain't seen her! 284 00:13:32,115 --> 00:13:33,987 Leona, does Dionne have children? 285 00:13:35,771 --> 00:13:36,816 A little boy. 286 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:38,730 Sean. 287 00:13:39,557 --> 00:13:40,558 Sean? 288 00:13:41,646 --> 00:13:42,909 And how old is Sean? 289 00:13:43,648 --> 00:13:44,780 Nine months. 290 00:13:45,955 --> 00:13:46,913 Lovely. 291 00:13:49,045 --> 00:13:50,873 Do you enjoy being an auntie, Leona? 292 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:53,658 Yeah, I bet. 293 00:13:55,617 --> 00:13:57,010 What you gonna get him for his birthday? 294 00:14:04,887 --> 00:14:06,496 You seem the sort of person 295 00:14:06,497 --> 00:14:07,672 family means a lot to. 296 00:14:10,284 --> 00:14:12,199 Kind of girl that'd like to protect her own. 297 00:14:16,812 --> 00:14:17,987 Is this your nephew? 298 00:14:26,909 --> 00:14:27,997 Where's your sister? 299 00:14:31,479 --> 00:14:32,741 It's all right, Lee. 300 00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:34,394 Dionne! 301 00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:35,483 I don't wanna hide any more. 302 00:14:36,919 --> 00:14:40,662 It's my fault. It's all my fault. 303 00:14:49,584 --> 00:14:51,106 So why did you take the batteries 304 00:14:51,107 --> 00:14:52,542 from the CO alarm, Dionne? 305 00:14:52,543 --> 00:14:53,588 I didn't. 306 00:14:54,763 --> 00:14:56,807 I didn't even know I had one. 307 00:14:56,808 --> 00:14:57,897 Okay. 308 00:14:59,246 --> 00:15:00,943 Just talk us through what happened. 309 00:15:01,248 --> 00:15:02,814 I had to get to work. 310 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,034 I clean offices on Pentonville Road. 311 00:15:06,035 --> 00:15:08,863 I was already late three times in the last month 312 00:15:08,864 --> 00:15:10,299 'cause of Sean. 313 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:13,520 On my last warning. I can't afford to lose the job. 314 00:15:13,521 --> 00:15:15,130 What about Sean's father? 315 00:15:15,131 --> 00:15:16,827 He was killed in a car accident 316 00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:19,092 about four months before he was born. 317 00:15:20,310 --> 00:15:21,703 He never saw Sean. 318 00:15:25,185 --> 00:15:27,838 Do you normally leave Sean on his own while you go to work? 319 00:15:27,839 --> 00:15:28,971 No! 320 00:15:29,798 --> 00:15:32,670 - I phoned Serena. - She's the babysitter. 321 00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:35,281 She said she was like three minutes away. 322 00:15:35,282 --> 00:15:36,631 I thought he'd be okay. 323 00:15:37,675 --> 00:15:39,242 She said she was on her way. 324 00:15:41,201 --> 00:15:42,593 So you left Sean in the flat. 325 00:15:44,378 --> 00:15:46,380 I got home about midnight. 326 00:15:47,729 --> 00:15:49,731 Flat was all dark and no Serena. 327 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,212 I went over to Sean's cot. I leaned in, 328 00:15:53,213 --> 00:15:55,258 trying to hear him breathe, but I couldn't... 329 00:15:57,217 --> 00:15:59,305 So I reached out, all gently to touch him 330 00:15:59,306 --> 00:16:00,437 but he wouldn't move. 331 00:16:02,265 --> 00:16:03,527 So I picked him up... 332 00:16:04,267 --> 00:16:05,355 and he was all... 333 00:16:07,183 --> 00:16:08,792 I tried to give him mouth-to-mouth 334 00:16:08,793 --> 00:16:10,708 but I dunno how to give mouth-to-mouth properly... 335 00:16:12,101 --> 00:16:13,059 I never learned, 336 00:16:14,277 --> 00:16:15,756 I should've learned, but he wouldn't move 337 00:16:15,757 --> 00:16:18,280 and he's such a light sleeper and I knew then, 338 00:16:18,281 --> 00:16:19,369 I knew he was... 339 00:16:25,897 --> 00:16:27,464 I took him to the hospital. 340 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,076 And you left him at the entrance. 341 00:16:31,077 --> 00:16:33,079 I didn't know what I was doing. 342 00:16:34,471 --> 00:16:36,690 I just thought it was the best place for him. 343 00:16:36,691 --> 00:16:38,127 I couldn't face anyone, 344 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:40,086 all the questions... 345 00:16:41,087 --> 00:16:42,871 I knew they'd be thinking the same thing. 346 00:16:45,439 --> 00:16:47,136 It's all my fault. 347 00:16:49,704 --> 00:16:52,359 She had no intent to kill or cause harm. 348 00:16:52,924 --> 00:16:54,142 Oh, come on, 349 00:16:54,143 --> 00:16:56,015 if you prosecute her, who does it serve? 350 00:16:56,928 --> 00:16:58,973 Well, we'll have to see what the CPS say. 351 00:16:58,974 --> 00:17:00,931 Because if we play it by the book, 352 00:17:00,932 --> 00:17:03,238 she's looking at manslaughter by gross negligence. 353 00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:05,110 She was worried about her job. 354 00:17:05,111 --> 00:17:07,155 She's got no partner, no support. 355 00:17:07,156 --> 00:17:08,288 What would you have done? 356 00:17:09,202 --> 00:17:10,725 Waited for the babysitter. 357 00:17:11,421 --> 00:17:14,119 Dionne said, that when she spoke to you, 358 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:16,643 you told her you were three minutes away. 359 00:17:16,644 --> 00:17:17,732 I was on the bus... 360 00:17:19,125 --> 00:17:21,387 there was this van in the middle of the road, 361 00:17:21,388 --> 00:17:23,172 everyone was yelling at the driver. 362 00:17:23,999 --> 00:17:27,350 It should've only taken three or four minutes, but... 363 00:17:27,785 --> 00:17:30,049 it turned out being 'bout twenty. 364 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,486 So why weren't you looking after Sean 365 00:17:33,226 --> 00:17:35,096 when Dionne got back from work? 366 00:17:35,097 --> 00:17:36,229 I never got in. 367 00:17:36,664 --> 00:17:38,578 I've only got the key to Dionne's flat. 368 00:17:38,579 --> 00:17:40,145 They changed the locks on the main door 369 00:17:40,146 --> 00:17:41,973 a few weeks back and I never got a copy. 370 00:17:42,844 --> 00:17:44,758 The caretaker wouldn't let me in. 371 00:17:44,759 --> 00:17:47,630 Caretaker! Have you seen the state of that place? 372 00:17:47,631 --> 00:17:49,763 I told him I'd come to babysit Sean, 373 00:17:49,764 --> 00:17:50,808 but he wasn't having it. 374 00:17:52,419 --> 00:17:53,855 Said he couldn't let me in. Said he'd never seen me before. 375 00:17:54,290 --> 00:17:56,813 I was outside the flat for like half an hour, 376 00:17:56,814 --> 00:17:58,163 buzzing other people, 377 00:17:58,164 --> 00:18:00,034 waiting for someone to come out. 378 00:18:00,035 --> 00:18:02,558 And then, the caretaker came out again, 379 00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:04,387 said if I didn't go, then he'd call the police. 380 00:18:10,132 --> 00:18:11,612 Says you wouldn't let her into the building? 381 00:18:15,181 --> 00:18:17,487 He says he never saw her, never answered the door to her. 382 00:18:17,835 --> 00:18:19,185 Well, someone's lying. 383 00:18:19,837 --> 00:18:20,969 Did you, um... 384 00:18:22,971 --> 00:18:24,581 Did you take the batteries out of that? 385 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,109 Reckons he never touched it. 386 00:18:30,761 --> 00:18:32,415 Lot of jamais round here, mate. 387 00:18:35,418 --> 00:18:36,941 So who's guilty here? 388 00:18:37,377 --> 00:18:39,073 Young mum for leaving her baby, 389 00:18:39,074 --> 00:18:40,727 babysitter for not doing her job, 390 00:18:40,728 --> 00:18:42,816 or that caretaker for not letting her in? 391 00:18:42,817 --> 00:18:45,689 Well, if Dionne didn't remove those CO alarm batteries, 392 00:18:46,037 --> 00:18:47,473 it puts her in a different light. 393 00:18:47,474 --> 00:18:48,344 Yeah. 394 00:18:49,389 --> 00:18:50,912 I mean, the building's half empty. 395 00:18:51,608 --> 00:18:54,133 Look at it, the place is an absolute dump, 396 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:57,701 the gas systems aren't being checked at all 397 00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:01,705 and the landlady's got her heart set on redevelopment. 398 00:19:02,053 --> 00:19:04,926 So what does my devious mind conclude from that little lot? 399 00:19:06,232 --> 00:19:08,364 Landlady wants that building cleared of tenants. 400 00:19:12,542 --> 00:19:14,195 We checked with the heating engineers 401 00:19:14,196 --> 00:19:15,762 you go a contract for the building. 402 00:19:15,763 --> 00:19:17,895 They haven't had a maintenance request in fifteen months. 403 00:19:18,244 --> 00:19:19,592 They tried to do an annual check, 404 00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:21,071 but they couldn't get access. 405 00:19:21,072 --> 00:19:22,899 Take a trip down to the tenants' ombudsman 406 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:25,860 on The Strand. Find out if Maureen Walters has got a 407 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:28,167 record of driving out tenants. 408 00:19:28,863 --> 00:19:30,169 Hang on. What about Dionne? 409 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,039 She's the one who left the kid alone. 410 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,041 I want to make sure we've explored every avenue 411 00:19:34,042 --> 00:19:36,610 before I see a mother accused of the death of her child. 412 00:19:41,223 --> 00:19:42,745 Maureen Walters? 413 00:19:42,746 --> 00:19:44,747 We used to call her the Wicked Witch of the West, 414 00:19:44,748 --> 00:19:46,489 when she had properties in Notting Hill. 415 00:19:47,011 --> 00:19:49,057 We need a new filing cabinet just for her. 416 00:19:49,318 --> 00:19:51,625 No water, broken doors, floods... 417 00:19:52,060 --> 00:19:54,105 textbook methods of how to empty a place. 418 00:19:54,758 --> 00:19:56,543 Can you not get mozzarella on the files? 419 00:19:56,847 --> 00:19:58,413 So what are you doing to stop her? 420 00:19:58,414 --> 00:20:00,198 Unless a private landlord is a member 421 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:02,026 of the guild, we don't have jurisdiction. 422 00:20:02,592 --> 00:20:04,245 So what, you just sit here 423 00:20:04,246 --> 00:20:05,464 and watch the complaints pile up? 424 00:20:05,465 --> 00:20:07,118 What else can we do? We're an ombudsman, 425 00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:08,510 not like you boys. 426 00:20:08,511 --> 00:20:09,947 This gaff on Hallum Street, 427 00:20:10,513 --> 00:20:11,949 do you think she's trying to empty it? 428 00:20:13,168 --> 00:20:15,692 You're asking me to forego my impartiality. 429 00:20:16,389 --> 00:20:17,738 Oh, perish the thought. 430 00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:20,435 Put it this way, I couldn't exclude 431 00:20:20,436 --> 00:20:22,307 the possibility that's what's happening. 432 00:20:22,308 --> 00:20:23,917 I don't suppose you've got any records 433 00:20:23,918 --> 00:20:26,050 of the former tenants who tried to lodge complaints? 434 00:20:26,964 --> 00:20:28,139 Oh, yes. 435 00:20:29,140 --> 00:20:31,229 Did my head right in, that place. 436 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:34,101 I come home and the lock on my door's been broken. 437 00:20:34,102 --> 00:20:36,408 The caretaker is neither use nor ornament. 438 00:20:36,409 --> 00:20:38,061 I shove a chair against the door 439 00:20:38,062 --> 00:20:40,020 'cause I can't get a locksmith out till morning. 440 00:20:40,021 --> 00:20:42,152 The middle of the bloody night, smash, 441 00:20:42,153 --> 00:20:43,458 the door is off its hinges. 442 00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:46,157 That mad git Turner is in my lounge. 443 00:20:46,897 --> 00:20:49,160 The RSI postie with a lesbian fetish. 444 00:20:49,378 --> 00:20:51,511 He's throwing my CDs on the floor, 445 00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:55,210 switching telly on full volume, acting like he's drunk. 446 00:20:56,733 --> 00:20:58,343 - When you say acting-- - Oh, I know 447 00:20:58,344 --> 00:21:00,215 what a pissed bloke smells like. 448 00:21:00,694 --> 00:21:03,130 He didn't smell of booze, at all. More like... 449 00:21:03,131 --> 00:21:04,350 Lynx and mouthwash. 450 00:21:04,915 --> 00:21:06,177 Turner's a thug. 451 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,137 He got what he wanted. I moved out. 452 00:21:10,051 --> 00:21:11,095 Well done him. 453 00:21:12,401 --> 00:21:13,880 - I want this thing wrapped up. - Oh, Guv. 454 00:21:13,881 --> 00:21:15,142 Yes? What have you got? 455 00:21:15,143 --> 00:21:17,579 I did a full FIU on the landlady's company. 456 00:21:17,580 --> 00:21:20,713 And guess what? Mike Turner is on the payroll. 457 00:21:20,714 --> 00:21:21,801 So we checked him out. 458 00:21:21,802 --> 00:21:23,106 He's got two previous convictions. 459 00:21:23,107 --> 00:21:24,978 One for ABH. One for GBH. 460 00:21:24,979 --> 00:21:26,632 Both on tenants 461 00:21:26,633 --> 00:21:28,895 who claim he was harassing them to get them out of their homes. 462 00:21:28,896 --> 00:21:31,245 From property records, talking to ex-tenants, we reckon 463 00:21:31,246 --> 00:21:33,814 this must be the sixth building he's cleared for the company. 464 00:21:34,467 --> 00:21:35,684 Fine. 465 00:21:35,685 --> 00:21:37,686 This makes him a thug, but not a killer. 466 00:21:37,687 --> 00:21:39,732 Dionne Farrah also mentioned to us 467 00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:41,081 that she hadn't messed around 468 00:21:41,082 --> 00:21:42,691 with the heating system in her flat, 469 00:21:42,692 --> 00:21:44,084 yet the Scene Of Crime Officer said 470 00:21:44,085 --> 00:21:45,781 it had definitely been tampered with. 471 00:21:45,782 --> 00:21:47,217 Then I spoke to the maintenance company, 472 00:21:47,218 --> 00:21:49,219 a bloke matching Mike Turner's description 473 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:50,743 barred them access to the flats, 474 00:21:50,744 --> 00:21:53,312 saying that he was looking after the heating systems. 475 00:21:53,921 --> 00:21:56,750 So he sabotages the heating to get the mum out. 476 00:21:57,098 --> 00:21:58,317 Ends up killing the baby. 477 00:21:59,187 --> 00:22:00,796 Guv, 478 00:22:00,797 --> 00:22:02,930 if Mike Turner is responsible for the death of this child, 479 00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:05,324 we really should be out there, bringing him in. 480 00:22:07,717 --> 00:22:10,023 Let me talk to James Steel from the CPS, 481 00:22:10,024 --> 00:22:11,373 see if we've got enough for him. 482 00:22:17,684 --> 00:22:19,511 It's clear Mike Turner was harassing 483 00:22:19,512 --> 00:22:21,600 tenants to get them out, but you've got to show me proof 484 00:22:21,601 --> 00:22:23,341 he's responsible for Sean's death. 485 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:24,952 'Cause at the moment, we can only prove... 486 00:22:25,648 --> 00:22:27,954 I don't know. Harassment of occupier? 487 00:22:27,955 --> 00:22:29,695 Or maybe agent of the landlord 488 00:22:29,696 --> 00:22:31,305 withholding services from occupier. 489 00:22:31,306 --> 00:22:34,177 And what is that? That's like, two years, max. 490 00:22:34,178 --> 00:22:35,440 Just a fine. 491 00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:37,442 I mean, a baby has been gassed to death. 492 00:22:37,443 --> 00:22:38,791 I appreciate that, and we all want 493 00:22:38,792 --> 00:22:40,096 the same thing here, Ronnie, 494 00:22:40,097 --> 00:22:41,446 to convict whoever is responsible, 495 00:22:41,447 --> 00:22:42,970 but, trust me, at the moment, I just... 496 00:22:43,623 --> 00:22:46,713 don't have enough to convince a jury of Turner's guilt. 497 00:22:47,191 --> 00:22:49,584 And if we prosecute him without enough evidence, 498 00:22:49,585 --> 00:22:52,587 we won't get justice for Sean or his mother. 499 00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:54,024 So what do you need? 500 00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:56,678 Evidence directly linking Mike Turner's 501 00:22:56,679 --> 00:22:58,115 actions to Sean's death. 502 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,380 You get me that, I'll put him in the dock. 503 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:04,557 This caretaker, Daniel Matoukou, 504 00:23:05,732 --> 00:23:07,950 it must have been his job to service the gas system 505 00:23:07,951 --> 00:23:08,822 that killed Sean. 506 00:23:09,866 --> 00:23:10,650 What's he got to say for himself? 507 00:23:11,128 --> 00:23:12,215 Well, not a lot, 508 00:23:12,216 --> 00:23:13,740 because he barely speaks any English. 509 00:23:15,785 --> 00:23:16,743 What is it, Matt? 510 00:23:18,353 --> 00:23:20,921 I can hear your brain whirring from here. 511 00:23:22,357 --> 00:23:23,880 Well, the caretaker. 512 00:23:24,925 --> 00:23:26,316 Serena, the babysitter said 513 00:23:26,317 --> 00:23:27,927 that he threatened to call the police, 514 00:23:27,928 --> 00:23:29,407 told her he'd never seen her before. 515 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:30,321 So? 516 00:23:31,714 --> 00:23:33,412 Well, do you think Serena speaks that much French? 517 00:23:36,893 --> 00:23:39,243 Thank you, Serena. That's very helpful. 518 00:23:40,636 --> 00:23:41,507 Result. 519 00:23:42,638 --> 00:23:43,986 She says the man who wouldn't let her in 520 00:23:43,987 --> 00:23:45,423 was white, Northern and big-boned. 521 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:46,990 So, not the caretaker, at all. 522 00:23:47,382 --> 00:23:48,252 It was Mike Turner. 523 00:23:49,558 --> 00:23:50,471 - He barred her access. - Yeah, just like 524 00:23:50,472 --> 00:23:51,559 he barred the maintenance people 525 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:52,692 from getting in to check the heaters. 526 00:23:53,693 --> 00:23:54,824 Enough of a link? 527 00:23:55,912 --> 00:23:57,173 Now we can build a case. 528 00:23:57,174 --> 00:23:58,610 I said, stop it! 529 00:23:58,611 --> 00:24:01,221 Would you leave me alone, you bloody great ape! 530 00:24:01,222 --> 00:24:02,527 This wood is rotten, Mrs. Murphy. 531 00:24:02,528 --> 00:24:04,006 It needs to be replaced. 532 00:24:04,007 --> 00:24:05,704 Only after you started hacking away at it! 533 00:24:05,705 --> 00:24:07,184 - Got the cuffs? - Stop it! 534 00:24:07,794 --> 00:24:09,360 I've just had that painted... 535 00:24:11,537 --> 00:24:12,798 - Matt, cuffs. - Get off me! 536 00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:14,321 Michael Turner, I'm arresting you 537 00:24:14,322 --> 00:24:16,193 on the manslaughter of Sean Farrah. 538 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,847 You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense, 539 00:24:18,848 --> 00:24:20,501 if you do not mention, when questioned, 540 00:24:20,502 --> 00:24:22,330 something which you later rely on in court. 541 00:24:25,725 --> 00:24:27,988 Dionne, we've arrested Mike Turner. 542 00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:30,119 We believe the owners of the building 543 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,428 are trying to harass the tenants by damaging the heating systems. 544 00:24:35,212 --> 00:24:36,910 You mean, they did it on purpose? 545 00:24:41,131 --> 00:24:42,481 They killed my boy. 546 00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:45,614 I'm so sorry, Dionne. 547 00:24:50,576 --> 00:24:52,272 Throwing old ladies and young mothers 548 00:24:52,273 --> 00:24:53,970 out onto the street to make a few quid? 549 00:24:54,231 --> 00:24:56,320 This Mike Turner is below amoeba. 550 00:24:56,756 --> 00:24:58,540 Unlawful act manslaughter? 551 00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:00,759 - That's what I'm going for. - I don't see it. 552 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,152 Where's the unlawful act? 553 00:25:03,066 --> 00:25:05,938 The law requires that landlords service gas systems 554 00:25:05,939 --> 00:25:07,549 and have them safety-checked annually. 555 00:25:07,810 --> 00:25:10,159 The tests on the system found the CO levels 556 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,119 were more than 800 parts per million. 557 00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:13,815 The Health And Safety Executive's 558 00:25:13,816 --> 00:25:16,078 - safety level is 50-- - Statistics. Lovely, yeah. 559 00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:17,124 Blind me with science. 560 00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:19,082 I couldn't give a rat's backside. 561 00:25:19,909 --> 00:25:22,171 You have to convince me of intent, 562 00:25:22,172 --> 00:25:23,825 that Turner essentially knew 563 00:25:23,826 --> 00:25:25,480 that what he was doing was unlawful. 564 00:25:25,698 --> 00:25:27,873 A big loophole for him to dance through. 565 00:25:27,874 --> 00:25:30,615 Turner intended to make the conditions unlivable, 566 00:25:30,616 --> 00:25:32,052 so that the tenants would leave. 567 00:25:32,574 --> 00:25:34,488 He's done this half a dozen times before. 568 00:25:34,489 --> 00:25:35,794 If I get both his previous 569 00:25:35,795 --> 00:25:37,491 convictions admitted, the context is clear. 570 00:25:37,492 --> 00:25:40,059 You'll need a judge and jury in very generous moods. 571 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:42,323 - We've got good evidence. - Yeah, but do have enough of it? 572 00:25:42,889 --> 00:25:44,629 We need direct evidence that Turner 573 00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:46,239 tampered with the gas system. 574 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,981 Without it, I'm not convinced. 575 00:25:48,590 --> 00:25:51,549 What if we turn the caretaker, Daniel Matoukou, 576 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:53,116 to give evidence against Turner? 577 00:25:54,204 --> 00:25:56,684 Mr. Matoukou knew the gas system was unreliable, 578 00:25:56,685 --> 00:25:58,991 he knew the CO alarms weren't functioning properly, 579 00:25:58,992 --> 00:26:00,383 but he didn't try to get them repaired 580 00:26:00,384 --> 00:26:01,471 or serviced. 581 00:26:01,472 --> 00:26:03,691 Oh, come on. He's just the caretaker. 582 00:26:03,692 --> 00:26:06,956 Someone will take responsibility for this baby's death. 583 00:26:08,392 --> 00:26:10,263 Now either he tells us about Mike Turner 584 00:26:10,264 --> 00:26:11,657 or we charge him with manslaughter. 585 00:26:14,877 --> 00:26:17,270 Scale his charge down to withholding services 586 00:26:17,271 --> 00:26:19,099 from a tenant. A summary offense only. 587 00:26:20,143 --> 00:26:21,449 Then he'll talk. 588 00:26:23,756 --> 00:26:25,105 Who tampered with the gas system? 589 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:28,587 Mike Turner. 590 00:26:32,765 --> 00:26:34,984 Unlawful act manslaughter? 591 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,334 What's the matter with you, James? 592 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:39,685 I've got huge credibility problems here. 593 00:26:40,207 --> 00:26:42,164 Any jury with half a brain cell between them 594 00:26:42,165 --> 00:26:44,253 will see that Matoukou is simply trying to shift blame 595 00:26:44,254 --> 00:26:45,255 onto Mr. Turner. 596 00:26:46,126 --> 00:26:47,517 Matoukou is the caretaker. 597 00:26:47,518 --> 00:26:49,432 The building and services are his responsibility. 598 00:26:49,433 --> 00:26:51,086 Nothing to do with us whatsoever. 599 00:26:51,087 --> 00:26:52,915 Mr. Turner is an habitual offender. 600 00:26:53,307 --> 00:26:55,134 One previous conviction for GBH, 601 00:26:55,135 --> 00:26:56,789 one for ABH, both against tenants. 602 00:26:57,877 --> 00:26:59,660 I reckon a jury will be fascinated 603 00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:00,966 by his previous convictions. 604 00:27:00,967 --> 00:27:02,620 You've been sniffing the Tipp-Ex. 605 00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:03,796 No judge will allow that. 606 00:27:05,406 --> 00:27:06,711 Better take up golf, James. A better use of your energies. 607 00:27:06,712 --> 00:27:08,235 Come along, Mr. Turner. 608 00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:09,715 See you in court. 609 00:27:16,112 --> 00:27:17,678 You can't allow this, My Lady. 610 00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:19,288 It's totally prejudicial. 611 00:27:19,289 --> 00:27:22,074 The cases are identical. Mr. Turner assaulted tenants 612 00:27:22,075 --> 00:27:23,379 who were trying to repair 613 00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:24,772 essential services to their flats. 614 00:27:24,773 --> 00:27:28,167 Assaults on people. Not tampering with gas systems. 615 00:27:28,168 --> 00:27:29,734 Entirely different, My Lady. 616 00:27:29,735 --> 00:27:31,475 Yes, thank you, Mr. Ridley. 617 00:27:33,086 --> 00:27:34,652 Let me get this clear. 618 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:38,525 Making the buildings unlivable is intent to cause injury. 619 00:27:38,526 --> 00:27:40,701 That's what's common to all these incidents? 620 00:27:40,702 --> 00:27:42,704 Yes. Thank you, My Lady. 621 00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:47,578 You're not going to allow this? 622 00:27:48,405 --> 00:27:50,190 Do you know? I think I am. 623 00:27:51,147 --> 00:27:53,715 It's a novel theory and I rather like it. 624 00:27:54,716 --> 00:27:57,109 Mr. Turner's previous convictions 625 00:27:57,110 --> 00:27:58,720 may be admitted as evidence. 626 00:28:02,985 --> 00:28:04,813 I tried to push past, but... 627 00:28:05,596 --> 00:28:07,206 he wasn't having any of it. 628 00:28:07,207 --> 00:28:08,861 He just slammed the door in my face. 629 00:28:09,818 --> 00:28:11,124 I tried to get in. 630 00:28:11,777 --> 00:28:13,996 I really did. I adored Sean. 631 00:28:14,910 --> 00:28:17,173 If I'd known what was gonna happen I... 632 00:28:18,261 --> 00:28:19,566 The man who blocked 633 00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:21,090 your access to the building, 634 00:28:22,178 --> 00:28:23,310 is he in this court? 635 00:28:27,140 --> 00:28:28,184 That's him. 636 00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:29,924 He said he'd never seen me before 637 00:28:29,925 --> 00:28:31,405 but I'd been there loads of times. 638 00:28:32,275 --> 00:28:33,536 For the record, the witness 639 00:28:33,537 --> 00:28:35,061 was pointing at the defendant. 640 00:28:36,192 --> 00:28:37,454 No further questions. 641 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,721 Miss Jackson, may I call you Serena? 642 00:28:45,636 --> 00:28:48,117 Serena, you told the police 643 00:28:48,422 --> 00:28:50,511 that Mr. Turner was the caretaker. 644 00:28:51,207 --> 00:28:53,644 - That's right. - But he's not. 645 00:28:54,558 --> 00:28:55,995 If you'd been there so often, 646 00:28:56,996 --> 00:28:58,561 why didn't you know that? 647 00:28:58,562 --> 00:29:01,391 He was around a lot, I just assumed... 648 00:29:02,566 --> 00:29:04,481 So you didn't really know who he was. 649 00:29:05,656 --> 00:29:06,744 Is it possible therefore 650 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:08,442 that he didn't know who you were? 651 00:29:16,929 --> 00:29:20,670 I told Mr. Turner I was trying to fix Miss Farrah's gas system. 652 00:29:20,671 --> 00:29:22,282 And what did Mr. Turner do? 653 00:29:25,807 --> 00:29:27,025 He told me to leave it. 654 00:29:29,332 --> 00:29:30,593 He pulled me away. 655 00:29:32,466 --> 00:29:34,424 And then he gave it a thump with a hammer. 656 00:29:38,994 --> 00:29:41,953 As the level of carbon monoxide in the room increased, 657 00:29:41,954 --> 00:29:44,521 the child would have suffered from cerebral edema. 658 00:29:45,174 --> 00:29:47,873 Can you explain what that is, please, Mr. Stanton? 659 00:29:49,570 --> 00:29:52,006 Cerebral edema causes brain cells 660 00:29:52,007 --> 00:29:54,793 to crush into each other through swelling, 661 00:29:55,271 --> 00:29:58,447 essentially killing the cells as they're compacted. 662 00:29:58,448 --> 00:30:01,363 Could the carbon monoxide leak have been caused 663 00:30:01,364 --> 00:30:03,758 by a source other than the gas heating system? 664 00:30:05,238 --> 00:30:06,586 I don't believe so. 665 00:30:06,587 --> 00:30:08,936 And, in your expert opinion, would Mr. Turner's 666 00:30:08,937 --> 00:30:12,244 attack on the gas system have increased the chances 667 00:30:12,245 --> 00:30:13,246 of such a fatal leak? 668 00:30:13,681 --> 00:30:15,335 In my opinion, yes. 669 00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:17,772 Thank you. No further questions. 670 00:30:19,426 --> 00:30:21,036 I don't know if I can do this. 671 00:30:21,994 --> 00:30:23,778 All those people looking at me. 672 00:30:24,692 --> 00:30:25,866 This is your chance 673 00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:27,477 to tell everyone the truth, Dionne. 674 00:30:29,436 --> 00:30:31,351 I dreamt of Sean last night. 675 00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:35,441 He was asleep in the cot next to me. 676 00:30:35,442 --> 00:30:37,966 Like none of this had happened. 677 00:30:40,403 --> 00:30:41,752 When I woke up, 678 00:30:43,145 --> 00:30:46,061 it was like I was losing him all over again. 679 00:30:53,503 --> 00:30:55,722 I thought Sean would only be on his own 680 00:30:55,723 --> 00:30:56,811 for five minutes at most. 681 00:30:58,378 --> 00:30:59,509 I thought he... 682 00:31:00,380 --> 00:31:01,772 I thought he'd be fine. 683 00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:03,774 How long was Sean alone? 684 00:31:04,645 --> 00:31:05,906 Seven hours. 685 00:31:05,907 --> 00:31:08,083 When you left, did you notice 686 00:31:08,344 --> 00:31:11,129 anything unusual about the air in the room? 687 00:31:11,130 --> 00:31:12,044 No. 688 00:31:13,436 --> 00:31:14,655 And when you returned? 689 00:31:16,048 --> 00:31:17,179 It was like... 690 00:31:18,006 --> 00:31:19,181 thick... 691 00:31:20,139 --> 00:31:22,010 I opened the window, before I... 692 00:31:23,577 --> 00:31:24,621 saw Sean. 693 00:31:26,493 --> 00:31:28,756 Thank you. No further questions. 694 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:35,763 This must be very distressing Miss Farrah, 695 00:31:35,981 --> 00:31:37,025 I'll be brief. 696 00:31:38,679 --> 00:31:40,637 Can you just explain to the court 697 00:31:41,421 --> 00:31:44,466 why you didn't phone home to check with Miss Jackson 698 00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:46,034 that everything was all right? 699 00:31:46,861 --> 00:31:48,645 We're not allowed phones at work. 700 00:31:49,777 --> 00:31:52,083 Two months back, one of the cleaners got sacked 701 00:31:52,084 --> 00:31:53,955 for making calls during work time. 702 00:31:55,652 --> 00:31:56,914 You don't have breaks? 703 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,917 I went to my locker to get my phone. 704 00:31:59,656 --> 00:32:02,311 It'd run out of battery, I must've left it on. 705 00:32:03,356 --> 00:32:05,879 So I went outside to use the phone box across the street 706 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,273 but it wasn't working. 707 00:32:07,838 --> 00:32:09,839 Time I'd done that, my ten minutes was up. 708 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,494 None of your co-workers had phones? 709 00:32:11,755 --> 00:32:12,930 Break was over, I couldn't-- 710 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:14,192 You clean an office block, 711 00:32:14,193 --> 00:32:15,628 how many telephones are there in that block? 712 00:32:15,629 --> 00:32:17,499 I'd be fired if I used any of them. 713 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:19,937 So your job is more important to you than the welfare 714 00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:21,677 - of your child? - Oh, come on! My Lady! 715 00:32:21,678 --> 00:32:25,073 Mr. Ridley, a little compassion goes a long way. 716 00:32:25,682 --> 00:32:27,248 Miss Farrah, isn't it true 717 00:32:27,249 --> 00:32:30,209 you could have made a phone call if you'd really wanted to? 718 00:32:30,818 --> 00:32:31,993 I don't know. 719 00:32:33,516 --> 00:32:34,474 Maybe. 720 00:32:35,997 --> 00:32:37,650 Yes. 721 00:32:37,651 --> 00:32:40,349 So, who is actually responsible for the death of little Sean? 722 00:32:42,699 --> 00:32:44,483 This is why the rest of Ridley's chambers 723 00:32:44,484 --> 00:32:45,441 call him "Limbo". 724 00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:47,661 'Cause there's nothing he won't stoop to. 725 00:32:47,922 --> 00:32:49,705 He may be making your case for you. 726 00:32:49,706 --> 00:32:52,056 The jury'll have sympathy for the mother after that. 727 00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:53,231 You ready for this? 728 00:32:53,232 --> 00:32:54,928 There's been a note from the jury. 729 00:32:54,929 --> 00:32:56,975 Apparently one of the jurors speaks fluent French. 730 00:32:57,279 --> 00:32:59,542 And he's questioning something in Daniel Matoukou's testimony, 731 00:33:00,065 --> 00:33:02,154 a mistranslation. I don't know how serious. 732 00:33:02,676 --> 00:33:05,069 Tell me Ridley's not applying to discharge the jury? 733 00:33:05,070 --> 00:33:07,245 I talked to the usher. Looks like he'll succeed. 734 00:33:07,246 --> 00:33:09,988 In which case, Mike Turner would go free on a technicality. 735 00:33:11,032 --> 00:33:14,862 I just told them what I heard. I lived in France for 20 years. 736 00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:16,994 He said ordered, not pulled. 737 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,214 And I have a note from other jurors... 738 00:33:19,823 --> 00:33:22,825 stating that you corrected three other words 739 00:33:22,826 --> 00:33:25,089 that you considered mistranslations. 740 00:33:25,090 --> 00:33:27,700 I just told them what Mr. Matoukou really said. 741 00:33:27,701 --> 00:33:29,049 I wasn't trying to be difficult. 742 00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:30,443 So more than one word! 743 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,097 My Lady, how can we now be certain 744 00:33:33,098 --> 00:33:35,012 that the rest of the translated evidence 745 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:37,363 has been correctly understood by the jury? 746 00:33:38,755 --> 00:33:40,453 Yes, thank you, Mr. Ridley. 747 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,237 I agree. 748 00:33:43,804 --> 00:33:44,935 It's a mess. 749 00:33:47,634 --> 00:33:50,419 It's more than a mess. Trial is aborted. 750 00:33:59,776 --> 00:34:01,909 I don't care how many trials it takes. 751 00:34:02,475 --> 00:34:04,737 Dionne Farrah and her baby will get justice. 752 00:34:04,738 --> 00:34:07,087 Your client can't wriggle out of this indefinitely. 753 00:34:07,088 --> 00:34:09,134 You don't need golf, you need therapy. 754 00:34:09,482 --> 00:34:12,005 Brutal, unforgiving therapy. 755 00:34:12,006 --> 00:34:13,616 How do you sleep at night, Robert? 756 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:17,055 In a gorgeous handmade bed imported from Osaka. 757 00:34:17,490 --> 00:34:20,754 But then of course, I don't have to make do on a CPS salary. 758 00:34:22,277 --> 00:34:24,191 We've got to re-try Mike Turner. 759 00:34:24,192 --> 00:34:26,802 James, you're letting your heart rule your head. 760 00:34:26,803 --> 00:34:29,370 Re-trial means going back to square one. 761 00:34:29,371 --> 00:34:32,721 You'd have to get Turner's criminal record admitted again. 762 00:34:32,722 --> 00:34:34,767 - I managed it last time. - Yeah, you got lucky. 763 00:34:34,768 --> 00:34:35,985 There's no guarantee 764 00:34:35,986 --> 00:34:37,901 that a new judge will be quite so obliging. 765 00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:42,515 And without Turner's previous, your case looks perilously thin. 766 00:34:42,819 --> 00:34:44,168 So he walks free? 767 00:34:44,169 --> 00:34:46,170 No, no, I don't like it any more than you do, 768 00:34:46,171 --> 00:34:47,519 but we have to do make do 769 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,042 with what we have at our disposal. 770 00:34:49,043 --> 00:34:50,436 Might be able to help you there. 771 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:52,915 Looking back through Turner's file 772 00:34:52,916 --> 00:34:55,353 on his last assault charge, he was offered to deal down 773 00:34:55,354 --> 00:34:57,660 to a year in prison if he gave up Maureen Walters. 774 00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,097 He didn't bite. 775 00:34:59,488 --> 00:35:00,793 So he went to prison 776 00:35:00,794 --> 00:35:02,403 rather than give evidence against his boss? 777 00:35:02,404 --> 00:35:03,622 That's some loyalty. 778 00:35:03,623 --> 00:35:05,103 Because she's not his boss. 779 00:35:05,799 --> 00:35:08,583 Mike Turner is a silent partner in the whole company. 780 00:35:08,584 --> 00:35:11,108 All of those buildings, they own them together. 781 00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:12,892 Their property portfolio must be worth 782 00:35:12,893 --> 00:35:14,372 nearly five million pounds. 783 00:35:14,373 --> 00:35:17,506 While a child dies in squalor in one of their flats. 784 00:35:18,072 --> 00:35:20,465 So Maureen Walters must've known exactly 785 00:35:20,466 --> 00:35:21,815 what Mike Turner was doing. 786 00:35:23,164 --> 00:35:24,860 They must've hatched the plan together 787 00:35:24,861 --> 00:35:26,559 to get the tenants out. She's culpable. 788 00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:29,823 We go after Maureen Walters. 789 00:35:30,389 --> 00:35:32,259 As head of the company, the buck stops with her. 790 00:35:32,260 --> 00:35:33,695 We put her in the dock. 791 00:35:33,696 --> 00:35:35,524 Now, now just hold on a second. If they're partners, 792 00:35:35,785 --> 00:35:37,960 then they will deny everything in unison. 793 00:35:37,961 --> 00:35:39,223 We have to be more pragmatic. 794 00:35:39,224 --> 00:35:41,007 - But surely it's worth-- - No trial. 795 00:35:41,008 --> 00:35:43,227 But we get Turner and Walters to plead guilty 796 00:35:43,228 --> 00:35:44,446 to a lesser charge. 797 00:35:46,492 --> 00:35:48,755 George, a baby was killed. 798 00:35:49,103 --> 00:35:51,017 Dionne Farrah's life has been destroyed. 799 00:35:51,018 --> 00:35:53,541 And this way, we convict those responsible. 800 00:35:53,542 --> 00:35:54,890 The most they could get 801 00:35:54,891 --> 00:35:56,371 would be a couple of months in prison. 802 00:35:56,632 --> 00:35:58,503 They could even walk out of court with fines, 803 00:35:58,504 --> 00:35:59,418 for a child's death. 804 00:36:00,332 --> 00:36:01,550 That's a disgrace. 805 00:36:03,596 --> 00:36:04,727 George is right. 806 00:36:05,946 --> 00:36:08,166 A trial is no guarantee of success. 807 00:36:09,210 --> 00:36:10,863 I'd rather see them convicted of something, 808 00:36:10,864 --> 00:36:11,907 than walk free of everything. 809 00:36:11,908 --> 00:36:13,432 Let's bring Turner and Walters in. 810 00:36:13,997 --> 00:36:15,173 See if they'll take it. 811 00:36:16,565 --> 00:36:18,393 You're asking me to plead guilty? 812 00:36:18,959 --> 00:36:22,310 Withdrawing services with intent to cause occupier to leave. 813 00:36:23,050 --> 00:36:24,877 Scraping the barrel a bit, James. 814 00:36:24,878 --> 00:36:26,574 If you don't accept my proposal, 815 00:36:26,575 --> 00:36:28,533 I will take Mr. Turner back to trial 816 00:36:28,534 --> 00:36:29,838 and I'll dig up every charge 817 00:36:29,839 --> 00:36:31,318 possible to level at Mrs. Walters. 818 00:36:31,319 --> 00:36:34,975 That baby's death had nothing to do with me. 819 00:36:35,802 --> 00:36:37,542 I-- I'm just trying to earn a living, 820 00:36:37,543 --> 00:36:38,848 keeping me head above water. 821 00:36:39,284 --> 00:36:41,023 But that's not possible these days, is it? 822 00:36:41,024 --> 00:36:42,373 'Cause nobody takes responsibility 823 00:36:42,374 --> 00:36:43,591 for their own lives any more. 824 00:36:43,592 --> 00:36:45,202 - I'm sorry? - Would it kill that girl 825 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:46,726 to check the CO alarm herself? 826 00:36:47,292 --> 00:36:49,076 A couple of AA batteries, that's all it would've taken. 827 00:36:49,294 --> 00:36:51,512 But no, she'd rather complain than do something about it. 828 00:36:51,513 --> 00:36:53,297 The law states it's your responsibility 829 00:36:53,298 --> 00:36:54,733 to ensure your tenants safety-- 830 00:36:54,734 --> 00:36:56,430 Don't get me started about the law-- 831 00:36:56,431 --> 00:36:57,910 - Mrs. Walters-- - Do you know 832 00:36:57,911 --> 00:37:00,086 the amount of red tape I have to deal with? Every day. 833 00:37:00,087 --> 00:37:03,002 It's a wonder there's any small businesses left in this country, 834 00:37:03,003 --> 00:37:04,960 every day there's some new legislation 835 00:37:04,961 --> 00:37:07,049 making it impossible to earn an honest living. 836 00:37:07,050 --> 00:37:09,443 Wow, that's a fascinating interpretation 837 00:37:09,444 --> 00:37:11,097 - of the word "honest". - I did nothing 838 00:37:11,098 --> 00:37:13,100 - to hurt that baby. - We're leaving. 839 00:37:13,796 --> 00:37:15,189 You don't even care, do you? 840 00:37:15,537 --> 00:37:17,234 What? I beg your pardon? 841 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:19,411 I'll have you for slander! Come on, Mike. 842 00:37:19,672 --> 00:37:21,281 Is there something funny, Mr. Turner? 843 00:37:21,282 --> 00:37:23,457 I've done prison. Few months inside? It's easy. 844 00:37:23,458 --> 00:37:25,067 Don't worry Mike, it won't get that far. 845 00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:26,939 Matoukou's memory won't be so clear next time! 846 00:37:26,940 --> 00:37:29,289 - Mrs. Walters, just a minute. - What? What did you just say? 847 00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:31,030 Daniel Matoukou's evidence is on the record. 848 00:37:31,031 --> 00:37:32,161 Are you admitting threatening a witness? 849 00:37:32,162 --> 00:37:33,467 No, she isn't! She didn't say a word, 850 00:37:33,468 --> 00:37:34,642 none of this ever happened. 851 00:37:34,643 --> 00:37:36,166 Look, we were never here. 852 00:37:36,776 --> 00:37:38,604 She's threatening to sue you? 853 00:37:39,213 --> 00:37:40,258 For slander? 854 00:37:41,824 --> 00:37:43,738 After she blamed Dionne Farrah for the death of her baby. 855 00:37:43,739 --> 00:37:45,305 She's a one-off, that woman. 856 00:37:45,306 --> 00:37:47,264 That is because she knows you haven't got enough on her. 857 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,918 So, that digging you wanted. 858 00:37:49,223 --> 00:37:50,789 Tell me you found treasure. 859 00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:53,139 Mike Turner previously served 15 months 860 00:37:53,140 --> 00:37:54,707 in prison for the assault charges. 861 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,665 During that time, Environmental Health Officers 862 00:37:57,666 --> 00:37:58,841 received and upheld 863 00:37:59,233 --> 00:38:00,973 forty nine complaints 864 00:38:00,974 --> 00:38:03,193 from tenants against Maureen Walters. 865 00:38:03,890 --> 00:38:04,760 So? 866 00:38:05,805 --> 00:38:07,371 The moment Mike Turner's released, 867 00:38:07,372 --> 00:38:08,286 complaints drop. 868 00:38:09,591 --> 00:38:12,202 Turner gets out, starts bullying tenants again. 869 00:38:12,986 --> 00:38:14,204 There's something else. 870 00:38:15,118 --> 00:38:16,423 Nine months ago, 871 00:38:16,424 --> 00:38:17,860 the Environmental Health Inspector changed. 872 00:38:18,687 --> 00:38:20,385 New inspector's pretty generous. 873 00:38:20,863 --> 00:38:22,386 Of the twenty seven complaints 874 00:38:22,387 --> 00:38:23,996 that were made against Maureen Walters 875 00:38:23,997 --> 00:38:27,392 since then, every single one has been resolved in her favor. 876 00:38:29,219 --> 00:38:31,004 That's an impressive success rate. 877 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,921 I love the smell of bribery in the evening. 878 00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:38,141 See what you can prove. 879 00:38:39,839 --> 00:38:40,927 Oh, and Alesha... 880 00:38:42,842 --> 00:38:44,800 Brilliant work. Thank you. 881 00:38:54,462 --> 00:38:55,768 I've got five minutes. 882 00:38:56,246 --> 00:38:57,595 Until nine months ago, 883 00:38:57,596 --> 00:38:59,423 you were covering Maureen Walters' buildings. 884 00:38:59,424 --> 00:39:00,425 What changed? 885 00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:02,121 A new manager came in, 886 00:39:02,122 --> 00:39:03,950 reorganized the way we divided up casework. 887 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:06,821 So who took over complaints against Maureen Walters? 888 00:39:06,822 --> 00:39:09,347 - Charlie Dias. - Does he take bribes? 889 00:39:09,738 --> 00:39:10,999 I didn't hear that. 890 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,828 Did Maureen Walters ever offer you a bribe? 891 00:39:15,744 --> 00:39:18,617 She hinted at it. I'm not saying that I wasn't tempted. 892 00:39:19,269 --> 00:39:20,706 And you know how much they pay us? 893 00:39:21,184 --> 00:39:23,883 I mean, the wife was going on about a new fridge, 894 00:39:24,274 --> 00:39:26,842 one nod to Maureen Walters, everyone would've been happy. 895 00:39:27,539 --> 00:39:29,802 Has Charlie Dias bought a new fridge recently? 896 00:39:32,021 --> 00:39:33,240 Your five minutes are up. 897 00:39:38,724 --> 00:39:42,248 Charlie Dias, works at Environmental Health, 898 00:39:42,249 --> 00:39:44,032 withdraws two hundred quid a week 899 00:39:44,033 --> 00:39:45,818 from his current account, going back years. 900 00:39:46,253 --> 00:39:49,082 Past nine months, nothing. Not a penny. 901 00:39:50,039 --> 00:39:51,519 Doesn't prove he took bribes. 902 00:39:52,041 --> 00:39:53,912 His wife paid for her weekly shop 903 00:39:53,913 --> 00:39:55,567 by debit card for the last three years. 904 00:39:55,915 --> 00:39:57,569 The past nine months, cash only. 905 00:39:58,744 --> 00:40:00,048 So they've got extra cash. 906 00:40:00,049 --> 00:40:01,485 There's still no link to Maureen Walters. 907 00:40:01,486 --> 00:40:02,487 Doesn't prove anything. 908 00:40:04,576 --> 00:40:07,230 What if someone offers Dias a bribe? 909 00:40:09,145 --> 00:40:10,625 He takes the bribe. 910 00:40:11,626 --> 00:40:13,498 We get enough evidence like that 911 00:40:13,759 --> 00:40:15,455 a jury'll see that Maureen Walters 912 00:40:15,456 --> 00:40:17,153 was responsible for Sean's death. 913 00:40:22,681 --> 00:40:23,725 Set it up. 914 00:40:26,206 --> 00:40:28,077 Look I'm just asking, why me? 915 00:40:29,339 --> 00:40:31,515 We took a vote, decided you were the one 916 00:40:31,516 --> 00:40:33,387 who looked most like a dodgy landlord. 917 00:40:34,388 --> 00:40:35,911 You're supposed to be my mate. 918 00:40:36,608 --> 00:40:38,348 Maybe take your tie off? 919 00:40:44,137 --> 00:40:44,964 Perfect 920 00:41:00,632 --> 00:41:02,371 - Antony Simpson? - Yeah. 921 00:41:02,372 --> 00:41:04,549 Charles Dias, Environmental Health. 922 00:41:05,027 --> 00:41:07,638 Right we've got, uh, three complaints, 923 00:41:07,639 --> 00:41:08,596 two about the central heating. 924 00:41:08,988 --> 00:41:10,554 And one about the damp. 925 00:41:10,555 --> 00:41:12,947 Yeah, I think those are-- That's a misunderstanding now. 926 00:41:12,948 --> 00:41:14,862 'cause I'm having the place totally renovated. 927 00:41:14,863 --> 00:41:16,603 Yeah well, I'm gonna have to take a look. 928 00:41:16,604 --> 00:41:17,822 But I must warn you Mister Simp-- 929 00:41:17,823 --> 00:41:19,346 Do we have to do this now? 930 00:41:21,870 --> 00:41:23,263 What else would we do? 931 00:41:23,872 --> 00:41:26,788 Careful. Wait till he asks. 932 00:41:27,136 --> 00:41:28,355 He knows what he's doing. 933 00:41:29,225 --> 00:41:30,792 We're not just pretty faces, you know. 934 00:41:31,097 --> 00:41:33,011 Oh, I don't wanna add to your paperwork. 935 00:41:33,012 --> 00:41:34,361 How can we make this go away? 936 00:41:35,318 --> 00:41:36,972 You tell me, Mr. Simpson. 937 00:41:37,843 --> 00:41:39,539 Well, if I knew what you were looking for-- 938 00:41:39,540 --> 00:41:40,846 What are you looking for? 939 00:41:42,282 --> 00:41:44,588 Well, I don't want to insult you, Mr. Dias, so... 940 00:41:44,589 --> 00:41:46,504 - Five hundred. - Here we go. 941 00:41:47,679 --> 00:41:49,768 What about two fifty? 942 00:41:50,769 --> 00:41:52,945 - This is the way in, is it? - What about 300. 300 then. 943 00:41:54,163 --> 00:41:56,165 - Cash. Now. - Cash, absolutely, yeah. 944 00:41:57,340 --> 00:41:58,516 Good. 945 00:42:00,692 --> 00:42:02,127 That's one hundred. 946 00:42:02,128 --> 00:42:04,173 Very much obliged. Two hundred. 947 00:42:07,220 --> 00:42:08,612 Charles Dias, 948 00:42:08,613 --> 00:42:10,091 you are under arrest for corruption. 949 00:42:10,092 --> 00:42:12,006 Oh no, no, oh no, no. You can't do this. 950 00:42:12,007 --> 00:42:13,574 Can I have my tie back now? 951 00:42:19,319 --> 00:42:22,016 Entrapment! You stitched him up. 952 00:42:22,017 --> 00:42:23,540 He solicited the bribe. 953 00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:26,413 Mr. Dias is going to resign. Without pension. 954 00:42:26,718 --> 00:42:28,196 And then he's going to give us the names 955 00:42:28,197 --> 00:42:30,069 of every landlord whoever bribed him. 956 00:42:30,809 --> 00:42:32,550 Or he'll find himself in the dock. 957 00:42:35,291 --> 00:42:36,554 Who'd you want first? 958 00:42:38,991 --> 00:42:40,905 In my experience, Mr. Turner, 959 00:42:40,906 --> 00:42:42,602 people change their plea for two reasons. 960 00:42:42,603 --> 00:42:44,823 Conscience or self preservation. 961 00:42:46,041 --> 00:42:48,957 Now as conscience seems beyond you, 962 00:42:50,089 --> 00:42:52,047 I'm giving you one last chance to save yourself. 963 00:42:52,613 --> 00:42:53,918 We've charged Maureen Walters 964 00:42:53,919 --> 00:42:56,269 with 16 counts of bribing a public official. 965 00:42:56,661 --> 00:42:59,576 Mrs. Walters claims it was your idea. 966 00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:00,447 What? 967 00:43:02,492 --> 00:43:04,015 She been saying... the lying cow-- 968 00:43:04,016 --> 00:43:05,886 Mr. Turner. Silence is your friend. 969 00:43:05,887 --> 00:43:08,367 We're going to charge you both with manslaughter 970 00:43:08,368 --> 00:43:10,805 by gross negligence, over Sean Farrah's death. 971 00:43:12,633 --> 00:43:14,374 Prison may be easy for you, Mr. Turner... 972 00:43:15,462 --> 00:43:16,768 but 15 years? 973 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,031 That's a whole slab of your life. 974 00:43:20,032 --> 00:43:21,728 Look, I've been through one trial already. 975 00:43:21,729 --> 00:43:23,556 What do you keep coming back at me for? 976 00:43:23,557 --> 00:43:26,647 For all the years Dionne Farrah will never spend with her son. 977 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:32,347 What did you have in mind, James? 978 00:43:32,348 --> 00:43:33,697 Maureen Walters 979 00:43:33,698 --> 00:43:35,874 has already begun to turn on you. 980 00:43:37,615 --> 00:43:39,224 Here's where your self-preservation 981 00:43:39,225 --> 00:43:40,095 can kick in. 982 00:43:41,662 --> 00:43:44,534 Give evidence against her, in exchange for a lesser charge. 983 00:43:45,797 --> 00:43:47,494 Or be back in the dock alongside her. 984 00:43:49,322 --> 00:43:51,193 The old divide and conquer? 985 00:44:11,736 --> 00:44:13,259 A baby died. 986 00:44:15,217 --> 00:44:17,742 A baby named Sean Farrah. He was nine months old. 987 00:44:20,570 --> 00:44:23,747 Maureen Walters didn't strangle Sean. 988 00:44:23,748 --> 00:44:25,879 She didn't stab him, or run him over. 989 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,666 Maureen Walters never even met Sean Farrah. 990 00:44:30,755 --> 00:44:33,105 She did, however fail 991 00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:36,324 to maintain gas central heating systems, 992 00:44:36,325 --> 00:44:39,720 in a deliberate attempt to force her tenants to leave. 993 00:44:41,287 --> 00:44:44,115 She bribed Environmental Health Officers to look the other way 994 00:44:44,116 --> 00:44:48,511 in a deliberate attempt to force her tenants to leave. 995 00:44:50,165 --> 00:44:52,385 A breach amounting to gross negligence. 996 00:44:56,171 --> 00:44:57,956 Why did she commit this breach? 997 00:45:00,262 --> 00:45:02,003 Because she wanted more money. 998 00:45:03,439 --> 00:45:06,573 She willfully and repeatedly placed 999 00:45:07,052 --> 00:45:10,969 the value of her property above the value of a human life. 1000 00:45:14,799 --> 00:45:16,887 No parent should outlive their child 1001 00:45:16,888 --> 00:45:18,497 and convicting Maureen Walters 1002 00:45:18,498 --> 00:45:20,543 won't bring Sean Farrah back to his mother. 1003 00:45:21,109 --> 00:45:24,547 But it will send a forceful warning to others. 1004 00:45:27,550 --> 00:45:32,294 We all have a duty of care towards one another. 1005 00:45:34,122 --> 00:45:36,516 And no breach shall go unpunished. 1006 00:46:02,847 --> 00:46:05,022 In relation to the count of manslaughter 1007 00:46:05,023 --> 00:46:06,371 by gross negligence, 1008 00:46:06,372 --> 00:46:09,069 do you find the defendant, Maureen Walters, 1009 00:46:09,070 --> 00:46:12,073 - guilty or not guilty? - Guilty. 1010 00:46:30,265 --> 00:46:32,702 Well done, James. A good result. 1011 00:46:33,660 --> 00:46:36,619 Go home. Have a drink. It's over. 1012 00:46:41,929 --> 00:46:43,235 For us, maybe.