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HASTINGS: D.I. Denton,
I'm arresting you

for conspiracy
to murder a protected witness.

-[ Screaming ]
-You've been talking to AC-12!

-What is it?
-Tracking device.

We were investigating Denton

and the whole time
it didn't matter

what route
she took that night --

The ambushers
were tracking Akers!

DENTON: The records show
that Superintendent Hastings

is in considerable
financial difficulties.

I'd like you to carry on.

Very grateful, sir.
Thank you, sir.

If I was to put myself forward
for promotion,

this particular officer
more or less tipped me the wink.

We had a deal.

Immunity from prosecution,
you two-faced bastard.

COTTAN:
Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.

Tommy's "two-faced bastard."

AKERS: The Caddy?

He's been one of us
since he was a wee laddie.

He's been doing a job
on the inside for years.

Mind if I look into that,
sir?

FLEMING: Carly Kirk?
No I.D. yet.

Her face and finger pulps
were burnt off.

The detective came to the house
and took the stuff you said.

That's him.

ARNOTT: Nurse?
Where's --

Aaaaaah!

FLEMING: Georgia was killed
by one of ours.

Aah!

Don't be alarmed, ma'am.

[ Screaming ]

Help!

[ Tires screech ]

Out.

You've been in custody.
You've been interviewed.

What've you told them?

-Nothing.
-Christ's sake.

-What have you told them?
-Nothing.

[ Gasps ]

[ Muffled screaming ]

[ Coughing ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Coughing ]

[ Gasping ]

We know you've been
cooperating with AC-12.

The prison officers
burning your hands --

That didn't get
the message over?

Okay, I'm gonna ask you again.
What've you told them?

Nothing.

Aah!

Now it gets serious.

What've you told them?

-D-Dryden.
-Speak up!

Mike Dryden
set the whole thing up.

We're listening.

[ Gasping ]

That's all I said.
That's all I said to AC-12.

Jesus Christ, Manny,
let's just do her.

I've done one female copper.
Don't think I won't do another.

DENTON:
It's the truth!

They've charged you,
remanded you.

What've they got on you?

Dryden set me up!

Aah!

Last chance.

It is the truth!
[ Sobs ]

You didn't recognize him?

Whatever.

He's been a liability
ever since the e-fit came out.

Now get in the car!

-Get in the car!
-Aah!

You're a liability, too, unless
you start telling the truth!

Think about it, yeah?

Get in!

[ Siren wails ]

Right,
that's the prison officers away.

They look fine.
What about Denton?

We don't know
whether she was kidnapped.

Or they were springing her
from custody.

MAN: All patrols, all patrols,
repeat,

Lindsay Denton
has escaped from custody.

Denton is known to employ
misrepresentation and deceit.

Well, I couldn't have
put it better myself.

HASTINGS: Right.
Get out there and find her.

-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.

"Yes, sir."
"Yes, sir."

God help us all
if we've lost her.

[ Running footsteps ]

[ Cellphone dials ]

[ Line rings ]

WOMAN:
Hello, Police.

This is D.S. Manish Prasad,
Polk Avenue vice.

We've just sighted
D.I. Denton.

D.C. Cole was in pursuit,
but I've lost him.

-What is your location?
-I'm going after them!

D.S. Prasad?

[ Engine revs ]

-[ Thud ]
-Aah!

Aaaah!

[ Groaning ]

[ Engine revs ]

Aah!

[ Engine revs ]

[ Groaning ]

I need an ambulance.

Yeah, sure.
You pass me the phone.

-It's in my pocket.
-I'm not gonna reach for it.

You want an ambulance,
you pass it.

[ Groaning ]

Right.

We'll get to the ambulance
in a minute.

First, when I turn this on,
you're gonna record a statement.

Dryden, the ambush, and me.

You got it?

If I talk, I'm a dead man.

And maybe you are anyway.

So talk.

Please call an ambulance.

Why'd they use you
for the job?

They had stuff
on me and Cole.

He's Cole?

Jez.
J-Jeremy Cole.

What kind of stuff?

We're vice.
Use your imagination.

-And Dryden?
-Him too.

So there's the story.

That's why Dryden
set up the ambush.

[ Beeps, tone chimes ]

The suspect has asked me
to record what he believes

is his dying declaration

following his receiving
life-threatening injuries

in a road traffic collision

and finding himself in the
hopeless expectation of death.

State your name.

You really think you're
gonna get out of this?

Not gonna happen.

You killed Wallis and Butler.

Your mate
killed Georgia Trotman!

All police!
All innocent!

[ Groaning ]

-[ Engine revving ]
-Aah!

Aah!

Please!

-[ Groaning ]
-[ Door opens, closes ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

-[ Tone chimes ]
-Now talk.

D.S. Manish Prasad.

In the hope-- hopeless
expectation of death,

I record
my dying declaration.

[ Radio beeps ]

MAN:
Sighting of Lindsay Denton.

Identifying cell
of caller's phone.

-[ Cellphone rings ]
-Stand by for location.

D.S. Arnott.

DENTON:
This is Lindsay Denton.

I've detained the two gunmen
who carried out the ambush.

They're in a bad way so I've
recorded a dying declaration.

Where are you?

Check your in-box
for the audio file.

[ Chimes ]

-It's here.
-ARNOTT: Got it.

The old Highpoint Building.
I'm keeping this phone on.

They can triangulate
to this position.

Lindsay? Lindsay?

Highpoint's over in Moss Heath.
You need to make a U--

[ Siren wails ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Gasping weakly ]

[ Sirens wailing ]

-Two bodies. Ready to approach.
-Thank you.

Right,
I want this scene secure.

Right now, somebody evidence
and secure this phone!

Paramedics!

On my authority, you're free
to enter the crime scene.

Thank you.

-Is he dead?
-Yeah.

Right. On my authority,
check that body. Thank you.

Denton's on foot, sir.
She can't have got far.

-Yes. Kate, put out obs.
-Sir.

Boss, I got an idea.
Okay if I check it out?

Yes, off you go, Steve.

This one's still alive.

I want to stay with him, sir,
keep hold of firearm units,

make sure he gets
to hospital safely.

Agreed. Agreed, Kate.
Good idea, good idea.

Dot, you're with her,
all right?

Sir.

[ Siren wails ]

Right! Come on! We've got to get
this cordon sorted out!

[ Police radio chatter ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Cellphone rings ]

Kate.

FLEMING:
Steve, Prasad's still alive.

Received.

KASIA:
She's in her mother's room.

ARNOTT:
Keep out for now.

Just arrived.

Nobody approach her.
Stay on the line.

-You the nurse I was talking to?
-Yes.

Where is she?
Last door on the left.

You hear any commotion,
you call 999 straightaway.

Okay.

Lindsay?

It's Steve Arnott.

I'd like to come in
if that's okay.

Lindsay, I'm coming in now.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

I should have been with her.

We can arrange for you to see
her, if that's what you want.

They've already
stripped her room.

Her things
were very personal.

-They mustn't lose them.
-No, of course.

They've got to be returned
to you.

How did you know I was here?

She was your mum.

I'll come now.

Take as long as you need.

I'll just be outside.

Thank you.

[ Sobbing ]

[ Sobbing continues ]

[ Monitors beeping ]

COTTAN:
Well, let's hope he lives.

Oh, it's not whether he lives.
It's whether he'll talk.

-Do you think he will?
-He's got to.

Chances are
this asshole's the Caddy.

Come on.

Look, I know what
the crime scene must look like.

What happened?

I was just defending myself.
I only meant to immobilize him.

You succeeded.

Don't make light of it.
It was horrible.

What happened to Cole?

Prasad murdered him.

Tell me something.
Copper to copper.

Cole.

Was he definitely the one
that killed Georgia?

Yeah.

He confessed.

You listened to the whole
declaration Prasad made?

No, not yet.

Dryden ordered the ambush,
Steve.

With Cole and Prasad dead,

how do you propose to build
a case against Dryden?

We'll manage.

The fact that he's deputy chief
constable is not an issue, no?

He's been accused of lying
about a driving offense,

and it's all just melted away.

It's nothing to do
with him being the DCC?

Where's it all coming from,
Steve?

Hastings, right?

Every rank above DCI is more
politician than policeman.

Hastings isn't daft enough
to take Dryden on.

-You really don't know the man.
-No.

-I think I know you, though.
-Do you?

Dryden ordered the killings
of four police officers,

and one of them was Georgia.

Dot, Kate.
Come with me.

The rest of you,
back to your work.

No one present
at the Highpoint crime scene

should enter this room,

to prevent forensic
cross-contamination.

Is she under arrest
and cautioned?

-For what?
-Escape from lawful custody.

I was kidnapped.

Yes, well, we'll let a court
determine that, shall we?

They weren't springing her, sir.
They were gonna kill her.

Kate, will you do that anyway?

-Yes, sir.
-Mm-hmm.

We'll also need your clothes
for forensics.

Nothing personal,
you understand?

It's procedure.

We'll have a doctor
look at you,

and in the meantime
we'll take care of you.

Kate, you get a female officer
to recover her clothes, yeah?

-FLEMING: Sir.
-No, no. Not you.

We want your clothes as well.

There's an audio file, sir.
You'll hear she's innocent.

HASTINGS:
Yes, and I will listen to it.

When you're done here,

you place her
in protective custody

in a random police station
under a false I.D.

Kate.

Lindsay Denton,
you're to be charged

with escape
from lawful custody.

Do you require any legal
representation at this time?

Okay.

PRASAD:
D.S. Manish Prasad.

In the hope-- hopeless
expectation of death,

I record
my dying declaration.

I carried out the ambush
with D.C. Jeremy Cole.

Under orders from
Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.

[ Breathing heavily ]

Mother of God.

[ Knock on door ]

Sorry, gaffer, I didn't think
this could wait any longer

now we've got
the dying declaration.

FLEMING: You've seen
these images from CCTV.

COTTAN: The lip-reader's
analyzed the tape.

Nothing incriminating.
Just banter.

But Dryden and Prasad
appear to be on friendly terms.

FLEMING: Looking at
their personnel records,

Dryden was department head
at vice

when Prasad joined as a DC.

COTTAN: They knew
each other well, sir.

From the CCTV, you'd go so far
as to call them mates.

FLEMING: That's 15-year-old
misper Carly Kirk,

also at the function.

We've contacted
the catering company,

and they've got no record
to say

that she was an employee
of theirs that night.

She was known to Prasad,

and we believe this is the
last time she was seen alive.

Yeah, g-good work.
Very good work. Well done.

-Sir.
-Sir.

Yeah.

[ Sighs ]

He said to go straight in.

Gone to ground, Ted?

My office has been asking
all day for you to report.

Ah, you'll have to
forgive me, sir.

I was just making sure
of my facts.

Well, let's have them.

We've got the gunmen, sir --

one recorded
confessing to the ambush

and naming his accomplice.

Well, that's fantastic work,
Ted.

I want to hear
that recording.

All in good time, sir.

Uh, this is
a joint operation.

I will not disclose any leads

to Detective Chief
Superintendent Hargreaves, sir,

and that is final.

Give us a minute, Les.

Les.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

Do I have to
drag it out of you, Ted?

The two gunmen
are or were serving detectives

assigned to vice, sir.

Well, uh, that is a matter
of great sensitivity.

It's the right thing to do,
to keep a lid on it.

Who -- Who were they?

I'd rather not say, sir.
I'm still gathering information.

There's those two plus Akers.

And Denton, of course.

Of course,
there may be others, sir,

involved in the conspiracy --
others yet to be identified.

Well, very good.
Very good.

[ Clears throat ]

Being indiscreet for a moment,

you could be looking
at a promotion here, Ted.

Assuming you want it.

[ Chuckles ]
It's a team effort, sir.

Oh, none of that
false modesty.

Denise said
to come straight in.

Absolutely.

It's a shame you can't appear
in front of camera,

but stick around
for the press conference.

Press conference, sir?

What did I say
about false modesty?

This is the breakthrough
we've been desperate for.

If you'll excuse us, Ted.

Sir.

Sorry to keep you.

Dr. Kaur will see you now.

And then the burns specialist

will come and have a look
at your hands.

-I'll wait here.
-Thanks.

Dr. Kaur wants
her notes downloaded.

She was seen
earlier this year.

-All right?
-All right.

You want one, sir?

Or have you packed up
now you've gone squeaky clean?

I have packed up,
as it happens.

That's another thing you can act
superior about, then, sir.

We're off duty, mate.
It's still "Dot."

How can I help you, sir?

Look, it's all about information
in this game.

I was hoping
you could help me out

with some information about
a certain executive officer.

You're asking the wrong bloke.

Aforementioned executive officer

had his name splashed all over
the papers for his wife's SP30.

A paper you used to throw the
odd titbit every now and then,

if I remember right.

No comment.

Look, it's no skin off my nose

if you're making
a bit of extra holiday pay.

Perk of the job.

What counts
is what happened with Dryden.

What really happened
that night?

You're in A.C. five minutes,

you think it's all right
to grass on your own.

Dryden?
One of our own?

What, he's having posh lunches
with the PCC

and shagging on expenses.

We don't
owe him anything, mate.

Well, if it's a choice
between sticking it to an exec

or sticking it to A.C.,
I'll have to think about it.

This is all off record.

Come on.

Help me stick it
to that smug bastard.

What I heard was, it was
going 'round wife to wife.

She was in a state
about the SP30,

terrified about
the embarrassment.

Then all of a sudden

it wasn't her who was driving,
it was him.

So, what was he up to?

You got it from vice.
You never heard it from me.

Scout's honor.

He likes 'em young.

You got a name you can throw me
from vice?

There is a lad. Mouthy.
Jez Cole.

Jez Cole.

Jeremy Cole?

Yeah, I've -- I've heard
they call him the Caddy.

I'll have to
take your word for that.

Will you, though?

What?

Look, if you think you've
got it bad, you should try A.C.

The bean counters are
all over you for everything.

But I need to
get this box ticked.

All you have to do is say

you've heard this nickname
used for Cole.

It'll make it easier to keep
your name out the Dryden saga.

I don't think
the DCC would be best pleased

to find out who splashed
his name all over the papers.

But it won't come to that.

For old times' sake.

Apparently Cole
likes to wear golf jumpers,

but he's never
played the game.

Hence, the Caddy.

Nige?

Nice one.

[ Engine turns over ]

[ Vehicle departs ]

ARNOTT: How is he?

FLEMING: Stable.

When he talks,
we'll know the truth.

He's already talked.

Under extreme duress.

Have you told Lindsay
he's alive?

No.

Good.

You should get off home.

I'm gonna stay.

I want to be here
when he comes round.

All right.

-Night.
-Night.

[ Sighs ]

Steve.

Give us a minute, will you?

Cheers.

I don't suppose
you've got any idea

what it's like to be locked up
24 hours a day, have you?

I'm sorry.

Hold me on
the original conspiracy charge

but please let me make
a second bail application.

Please, Steve.
I can't be locked up anymore.

[ Sighs ]

[ Door opens ]

[ Indistinct conversation ]

Your honor,
the defendant wishes to make

a second bail application.

I'll hear it.

The defendant has proved
she's not a flight risk

by willingly surrendering
herself into police custody.

She's also fully cooperating
with Anti-Corruption Unit 12

in their further inquiries

into the murders
of three police officers

on the 5th of September.

JUDGE: Ms. Latimer?

Your honor, the prosecution
no longer opposes bail

subject to the defendant
surrendering her passport

and residing
at her home address,

this being monitored
by an electronic tag.

This is on the basis,
your honor, that the defendant

continues to cooperate fully
with Anti-Corruption Unit 12.

JUDGE:
From what I've heard,

bail is granted
subject to these conditions.

Someone could've
put the heating on.

I need a shower
and a change of clothes.

The, uh, base unit...

Yeah, will alert you
if I run off into the night.

A uniformed officer
will remain outside.

-Is that overkill?
-For your protection.

Right, yeah.
Thanks.

Great.

I don't suppose
you got any ketchup.

Must've left it with the
pickled onions and mushy peas.

-Are you being sarcastic?
-A bit.

I've just had my fill recently
of people speaking to me

in a mean-spirited way,
that's all.

Sorry.

What happened to the cat?

Taken to a home
when I got put on remand.

Will you be able to
get it back?

Her.
She's been adopted.

-Sorry, I didn't mean to...
-It's all right.

Probably thought
it was just a cat.

Mike was the same.
He was allergic.

He said we could never move in
together if I kept a cat.

-My previous cat.
-What, you got rid of it?

Well, I -- I thought
he would move in.

You must hate him for it.

Like you said,
it was just a cat.

I didn't say that.

Well, I'm -- I'm home.

I'm semi-free.

And you got wine.

Thought after
all you'd been through

it'd take the edge off.

Yeah.
You thought right.

-Do you want one?
-Better not.

Well, if you don't drink it,
I will.

Can't jail me for that,
can they?

Cheers.

Prasad's not dead.

He's in a bad way right now,

but there's every chance
he'll talk.

Good.

I really better leave you
to settle in.

Thanks.

We have on record
your dying declaration,

made when you were under the
hopeless expectation of death,

testifying to the fact that
you carried out the ambush

in concert
with D.C. Jeremy Cole,

and under the orders

of Deputy Chief Constable
Michael Dryden.

Now, is all this true?

Whether it's true or false
is irrelevant.

It was obtained under duress,
so it's inadmissible in court.

Well, we've got a pile of
evidence that is admissible.

Kidnap, attempted murder,

murder, conspiracy,

perverting the course
of justice,

sexual activity with a child.

You are going down
for a long time, fella.

And I'm looking at three muppets
who know I'm their best witness.

Jesus.

Let's talk about
this 15-year-old girl.

Carly Kirk.

We have witnesses telling us
that you were her boyfriend.

You mopped up
the DNA control samples

from her foster parents' home

so her body
couldn't be identified.

That your idea, Manish?
Or was it Dryden's?

Did Dryden kill her?

I request
immunity from prosecution

and enrollment in
a witness protection program.

Look, we have you on tape
at a City Hall function

with Dryden and Carly Kirk.

Immunity.

What were the three of you
doing there together?

Immunity.

Steve.
There's summat you need to see.

This was found in the boot
of Prasad's private car,

under the spare wheel.

So the night we're interested in
is the 16th of August,

the night
of the driving offense.

Carly Kirk.

He must have left
the reception with her.

Keep going.

Got the bastard.

Open those last files.

We've got Prasad's
dying declaration

that it was Dryden
that set up the ambush,

and now we've got motive.

FLEMING: These photos
were also found.

This appears to be
Carly Kirk's body

before it was buried
under the concrete floor

at the industrial unit.

HASTINGS: Good work.

Good work, yeah.

There's just one thing
I don't understand here.

I mean,
if Prasad had these photographs,

to my mind that makes him
part of the effort

to blackmail Dryden.

So, what are you saying?

That he just changes sides,

does Dryden's bidding,
and sets up the ambush?

Well, until we get the CPS
to agree to terms

on Prasad's immunity,
we're stuck.

And we're stuck on Dryden
without Prasad's testimony.

It's too many ifs and buts.

That's why we need to fill in
the gaps with Dryden, sir.

We're past
the evidence threshold, sir.

ARNOTT: We can't do much more
without arresting him.

We would've done,
if he weren't the DCC, eh?

Yeah.

Do it.

-Sir.
-Sir.

Sir.

What's going on?

Would you come with us,
please, sir?

Where?

We've made an arrangement
with East Midlands.

Superintendent Hastings felt

that was the most sensitive way
to proceed.

Work, love.
Give us a minute.

Please.

I'm not gonna make this easy
for you.

Michael Dryden, you're to
accompany us for questioning.

We're not arresting you
at this time,

but if you do not comply,

then we will be forced
to arrest you.

Get home, the pair of you.
Past your bedtime.

ARNOTT: We're not
going anywhere, sir,

unless you're coming with us.

Michael Dryden,
I am arresting you.

You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defense

if you fail to mention
when questioned

something you later rely on
in court.

Anything you do say
may be used in evidence.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Door opens ]

-Hiya.
-Hi.

-Do you want a drink?
-No.

No.
Sit down, love.

Is everything okay?

Um...

About the cruise.

I got ahead of myself.

You got my hopes up.

Why, if you couldn't
follow through?

It has to do with work.

I had to do the right thing.

Oh.

Okay.

Well, as long as you
got to do the right thing,

that's okay, then.

DRYDEN:
Thanks to sterling work

by one of this force's
most highly specialized units,

the two gunmen responsible
for the 5th of September ambush

are now in our hands.

But this is a momentous day
for this police force,

for the rule of law,
and, most importantly,

for the grieving families
of our four fallen comrades.

[ Metal clanging ]

[ Pounding on door ]

Thank you.

The format of this interview

is the same
with any other suspect.

You no longer have the right
to be questioned by an officer

at least one rank superior.

[ Buzzing tone sounds ]

[ Tone stops ]

Interview of
Michael Edward Dryden

in the presence
of his solicitor

by D.S. Arnott, D.C. Fleming.

May I begin, sir?

I've already been in custody
for eight hours.

Think you'd better
get a move on.

Clock's ticking.

In respect of
the night of 5th September,

the night of the ambush,

you received a phone call
from D.I. Denton.

We've covered this.

Well, one question
requires further examination.

Prior to the call,

what was your relationship,
if any, with D.I. Denton?

Two things.
One, there was no relationship.

Two, this lies outside the
parameters of the investigation.

Well, we're at liberty
to investigate

any connection to the ambush,

its conspirators,
and its alleged conspirators.

[ Whispering ]
You should answer.

May I continue, sir?

Apparently you may.

-Did you know her?
-Yes.

We worked together
in crime analysis.

A six-month posting
about five years ago.

FLEMING: D.I. Denton was on duty
that night,

covering for
Inspector Joseph Barlow.

Inspector Barlow
was invited by you

to attend
a Crime Executive seminar.

By my office, not by me.

The Crime Executive
meets once a month.

We regularly invite officers of
all ranks and specializations.

ARNOTT:
If Barlow hadn't been there,

he would've been
the duty inspector

the night of the ambush,
not Denton.

The names come up on a list.
Barlow wasn't cherry-picked.

It's a coincidence.

But you accept, as a result
of your invitation --

It's a coincidence.
An unfortunate one.

Move on.

On the call from D.I. Denton,
you addressed her as "Linda."

Did I?

According to Denton,
that's what you called her.

I don't get where you're going
with this.

FLEMING:
One theory would be

that you were trying to
conceal to your wife

that you were receiving a call
from D.I. Denton.

And it'd be wrong.

According to Denton's statement,
when you worked together,

your relationship went beyond
the purely professional.

First half-baked theories.
Now innuendo.

You must want to face a suit
for wrongful arrest.

FLEMING: You deny an affair
with Lindsay Denton?

I do.

FLEMING: You deny
spending nights together

at her residence,
Queen's Arms Hotel,

among other places?

I strenuously deny
an affair with Lindsay Denton.

An affair isn't necessarily
the same as sexual relations.

Have you had sexual relations
with Lindsay Denton?

I need a definition
of sexual relations.

If I may, sir.

"For the purpose of
this investigation,

a person engages
in sexual relations

when the person knowingly
engages in, receives, or causes

contact with the genitalia,
anus, groin, breast,

inner thigh, or buttocks
of any person

with an intent to arouse
or gratify sexual desire.

Contact means
intentional touching,

either directly
or through clothing."

I shagged her
a couple of times.

She was a bunny boiler,
and I moved on.

Obviously she wanted there
to be more to it.

[ Sighs ]

Ma'am, if you'd kindly refer
to Document 3 in your folder,

you'll see signed authority

to access your client's
telecommunication records.

I see Superintendent Hastings'
signature.

FLEMING:
Sir, if you'd kindly refer

to Document 4 in your folder,
you'll see said records

relating to the 16th of August
of this year.

I see them.

You'll see a call was made
at 9:33 p.m.

from your mobile phone,

lasting approximately
20 seconds.

Do you recognize the number
receiving the call?

No.

FLEMING: This mobile phone
is registered to Lindsay Denton.

-I made that call.
-What was said in that call?

It was a long time ago.

According to Denton's statement,
you sounded distressed.

-Why were you distressed?
-I'm sick of her bullshit!

I called Lindsay
because she'd been following me.

Just when I think she's got
the message, there she is again.

Could be a week,
could be a month,

but she turns up
and it starts all over again.

You're alleging
she's a stalker, sir?

That's exactly
what I'm alleging.

She knows
she can get away with it

because there is no way
I'm gonna let her

have her say about "us."

My wife
having to listen to that.

In what way did she allegedly
stalk you that night?

I'm not saying she was there
that particular night.

I'm just saying she had a habit
of turning up and hassling me.

-ARNOTT: You sure about that?
-Yes.

Witnesses?

Let me tell you
about Lindsay Denton.

She's too smart
to let there be witnesses.

She gets your phone records,
D.C. Fleming.

Superintendent Hastings,
she gets his financial records.

D.S. Arnott, she followed you,
took compromising photos.

Did you see her?
Were there any witnesses?

You want to watch her.

She's manipulative
and conniving.

Can't trust a word she says.

Can we be clear?

You accept
the phone record is accurate?

As I've said.

I'd be grateful, sir,

if you'd refer to Document 8
in your folder.

FLEMING:
Document 8 is a transcript

of part of a previous interview
your client gave us

under Regulation 15 notice.

A complaint was made
regarding an SP30.

A vehicle registered
to Mrs. Helen Dryden

was flashed by a speed camera,

and a week later
traffic received notice

that you were driving.

ARNOTT:
From the transcript --

"'D.C.C. Dryden' --

I was driving.
Helen was home.

I drove back towards town
to buy some beer and wine

from the off-license.

I changed my mind
and went home."

Said offense took place

on the evening
of the 16th of August.

Your mobile phone record

places you miles away
from the speed camera,

making a call
to D.I. Lindsay Denton.

ARNOTT:
You weren't driving that car.

It says so...

...here.

Virtually my whole marriage
I've worked long hours.

It's taken a toll.

[ Sighs ]

That night,
Helen was at an A.A. meeting.

She was worried
it would get out

if the speeding charge
was taken further.

She made out I was driving
and posted the form.

By the time she told me,
it was too late.

I hoped
no one would ever find out,

but some asshole
leaked it all over the papers.

[ Sighs ]

She was ashamed she was
attending those meetings.

I'm the one
that should be ashamed.

We have information

that your wife had confided
her driving offense to friends.

She had a clean license,
no chance of being banned.

We don't think that was a good
enough reason for her to lie.

The only reason would be
to provide you with an alibi.

Or for you to seize
the opportunity to create one.

I didn't fill in that form.

If I happen to know
it was my wife that did so,

I have no intention
of testifying against her.

The lawyers'll have
a field day.

The real villain in all this

is whatever toe-rag
leaked that story

to bring me down because
the politicians and the PCC

don't like me telling the truth
about service cutbacks.

Why are you talking about
service cutbacks, sir?

I'm trying to get you
to open your eyes, son.

They're open.

If you weren't driving
your wife's car,

what were you doing
that night?

I've answered your questions.
We're done here.

We're not.

-Where were you that night?
-No comment.

Document 10.

Here's a map showing
the mobile phone cell

from which your call
originated that evening.

-Please specify your location.
-DRYDEN: No comment.

ARNOTT: You were out
in the Edge Park area.

-Why?
-No comment.

FLEMING: D.S. Manish Prasad
and D.C. Jeremy Cole

carried out the ambush
on September 5th.

ARNOTT:
Were you meeting with them?

What is this?
Are you insane?

Look in your folder.
Document 11.

Evidence log
from D.C.S. Hargreaves' team,

re the vehicle used
by D.S. Jayne Akers

during the ambush.

Item 14 -- mobile magnetic radio
tracking device.

There was a lump
on Akers' vehicle

that allowed the gunmen
to track her.

This evidence
was withheld from AC-12.

You knew about this,
but you let us make a case

against Lindsay Denton
regardless.

FLEMING: Why did you withhold
the evidence?

The investigations
were separate at the time.

It felt like
the right way to go.

I didn't keep track of every
little piece of evidence myself.

You were happy
for your alleged stalker

to be charged and remanded.

You were happy for her
to take the blame

for something she didn't do.

You set her up!

She's the one out for revenge!
She's the one out to get me!

She's using you all,
and you've fallen for it!

Where were you that night?

Don't go down this road, son.
It doesn't end well.

You got the balls
to charge me?

Tick-tock.

ARNOTT:
As you know, sir,

you can be held in custody
for a maximum of 36 hours,

after which you'll either
be charged or released.

We thank you
for your cooperation

and we intend to continue.

Document 13.

Document 13.

This is a transcript

from a statement
you gave to the press

on August 9th.

In it, you expressed
disapproval for, in your words,

"repugnant offenders"

who should have their immunity
from prosecution taken away.

ARNOTT: One such offender
being John Thomas Hunter,

aka Tommy Hunter,
the protected witness.

We have Hunter on tape, stating
his intention to blackmail you.

For the tape, I'm presenting
the suspect with photographs

entered in evidence --
evidence number H86734-D.

Do you recognize
the male in this photograph?

It's me.

Speak up for the tape.

-It's me.
-FLEMING: And the girl?

Don't know.

FLEMING: For the tape,
I'm presenting the suspect

with photographs
entered in evidence --

evidence number H86734-A to -C,
-E to -K.

ARNOTT:
That's you and the female?

Plainly.

What's happening
in these photographs?

-Who's the girl?
-I don't know.

You appear to know her
well enough in these photos.

Appear to.

FLEMING:
This is Carly Kirk.

She was seen working
as part of the catering team

at the reception at City Hall
on the 16th of August.

Carly Kirk is 15 years old.

I...

No, um...

She looked older.

How old? 18?

Carly Kirk was
a vulnerable young girl

groomed by D.S. Manish Prasad.

You worked with Prasad
in vice.

Here you are together.

FLEMING: Did Prasad provide you
with young women for sex?

Absolutely not.

Maybe not.

But he knew what you liked.

Did an offense take place
between you and Carly Kirk,

namely sexual activity
with a child

under the Sexual Offences Act
2003?

It's not what it looks like.
She never got started. I...

I -- I came to my senses.

Well, why did you let it
get that far?

Why do you think?

Well, I'm not an old perv,
so you'll have to tell me.

I was tempted.
For a moment.

And then I chucked her
out of the car.

We believe
these photos were used

by John Thomas Hunter
to blackmail you.

ARNOTT: John Thomas Hunter was
the target of the ambush.

Did you set up the ambush?

No, I never even knew
about Hunter.

I never knew
about this blackmail.

You turned the tables on Hunter,
had him silenced.

That is not something
I would do.

I'm not a criminal.

Well, according to
these photographs, you are.

What does the girl say
is happening in these photos?

What?

For the tape,
I'm presenting the suspect

with photographs H86734-L to -P.

The point is
who she was last seen with

before she disappeared.

Now, wait...

She was murdered.

-Do you know who murdered her?
-No.

Did you murder her?

-No.
-ARNOTT: She was strangled.

-Do you know who strangled her?
-No.

-Did you strangle her?
-No.

Her teeth were ripped out.

Her face and finger pulps
were burnt off

using a high-temperature
blowtorch.

Do you know
who did that to her?

-No.
-Did you do that to her?

No!

ARNOTT:
While you've been in custody,

there's been a search
of your residence and vehicle

under Section 18(1)

of the Police
and Criminal Evidence Act.

Our people were trying to find
clothes that you were wearing

in these photographs.

Why didn't they find any?

I d-don't know.

Because you purposefully
disposed of them

to remove any trace of this
girl's DNA and clothes fibers.

I -- I-I must've, um...

I must've had a clear-out a-and
given them to the charity shop.

ARNOTT:
Same with your vehicle.

A check 'round
local businesses reveals

you had the car valeted
the very next day.

FLEMING: Steam-cleaned.

I didn't -- I didn't want
my wife finding anything,

smelling the girl's
cheap perfume.

So you admit taking measures

to conceal evidence
you were with her.

Because I got
how incriminating it would be.

ARNOTT: Funny, that.

You were the last person
to see Carly Kirk

before she disappeared.

The last person to see a girl

who's later found buried
under the industrial unit.

There's no evidence I did it.

Look at these photos!

You had Tommy killed
to silence him,

and you needed to
kill Carly, too.

You've got nothing connecting me
to the body. Nothing.

Your career is over, sir.

Possibly your marriage, too.
Why keep up the lies?

I'm not a criminal.
I'm an honest man.

You instigated a conspiracy

that led to the deaths
of four police officers.

The only conspiracy
is against me!

Hastings!

I know you're out there.
You're behind this.

Did they bribe you?

Get you out a mess
you made for yourself?

Hell, that's all
gonna come out.

You're finished.

You're finished!

Empty threat, sir.

ARNOTT:
Michael Edward Dryden,

I hereby inform you

that the senior
investigating officer,

Superintendent Hastings,

will be submitting your case
file to the Crown prosecutor

for the purpose
of seeking authority

to charge you
with the following offenses --

murder, conspiracy to murder,

perverting the course
of justice,

sexual activity with a child.

I'm innocent.

Someone is setting me up.

ARNOTT:
Interview terminated.

D.I. Denton's medical records.

Thank you.

Heads up, you lot.

MAN: ...were killed
in the ambush on Long Lane

on the night
of the 5th of September.

The detective is believed

to have worked
in witness protection

and cannot be named
due to reporting restrictions.

Police have conducted
a lengthy hunt for gunmen

described as wearing
motorcycle clothing.

Two suspects have been captured
by an operation

that has been dubbed
the most comprehensive...

...has thrown up another twist

with the unexpected arrest
of a new suspect earlier today.

No official statement
has yet been released.

However, unconfirmed sources
allege that the suspect

is Deputy Chief Constable
Mike Dryden.