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I love it, you know, how much
passion and conviction you

put into everything you do...
When you've got a wig on.

I am the only reason that
you're allowed to
carry on existing.

You have lots in common,
you and Elizabeth.

Brave, strong, surrounded by
men, saying no to all of them.

-How long?
-DOCTOR:
Every case is different.

-Keep an eye.
-I won't be here,

because I'm dying.

Your clients come first.
But where are they, Martha?
Here with you now?

There is one thing
I'll be asking for in return.

I can't be only a lawyer,
Clive.

-But, Martha...
-Will you just leave
me alone?

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[SNIFFS]

-Billy Lamb?
-What do you want?

-I'm a solicitor.
-Well, that's a relief.

It's family. I...
I really need your help.

I need Martha Costello.

Well, why didn't you say so?
Come in, come in.

[PANTING]

[SIGHS]

I came in today with
verve in my loins.

My question is, can I
make it to the end of the day
feeling the same way?

Your grooming trial, miss...

-Yes, John.
-Turned into a conspiracy.

-Just like that?
-Well, no one could
get hold of you.

And the CPS have just
delivered a batch of
phone logs.

-A batch?
-A...Bit more than that.

-Right.
-And your judge is
Alan Cowdrey.

The words I'm waiting to
hear are, "But don't worry,

"I've got you a junior
and they're already on it."

Sorry, miss.

Get Jake to shift that lot.

Jake left. Remember?

Worth remembering, Harriet,
I'm the talent, darling.

[SOFTLY] You're backstage.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Miss, this is Dani Kakwani.

Martha Costello.

The, er, Arizona bombing.

What about it?

Hassan Makhdoom
was blown up in the attack.

His brother Sajit survived
and is about to stand trial.

So...

The US want to extradite
someone else from
Wolverhampton Tech.

My nephew, Rashid, they're
saying he was involved,

that he did some sort of
hacking to plan
for their attack.

-Some sort of hacking?
-This is the US government.

They're not big on sharing
their thoughts

with a solicitor whose
dad was born in Lahore.

-I'm not an
extradition lawyer.
-Nor am I,

but Rashid's
running out of options

and the judge doesn't want
the case reopened.

I need someone who's
gonna fight for him.

Even if I wanted to help,
you need someone who
understands the arguments.

-Clive,
you've done extradition.
-Once. Never again.

-Why?
-Because you lose.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Can I see?

You could argue
improper purpose.

Looks like the US have
drawn up charges without
knowing if he's involved

to get him into the
interrogation programme,

to find out if he is.
It's what they do.

-Lying so they can
torture people.
-I didn't say that.

Yes, you did.

Oh, good.
You two have found each other.

His parents are good people.

He plays cricket
in the street,
for goodness' sake.

There's no way he's
mixed up in this.

[KEYS JANGLE]

[GATE BUZZES AND BEEPS]

I never even knew
the brothers.

They were at my college,
that's all.

And I'm a follower of
the Prophet.

Violence is haram.
I could have never done what
they're saying.

Rashid, if the US is trying to
get you there to interrogate,

we can still argue
improper purpose.

That's what they do
in Guantanamo, isn't it?

They don't tell you why
you're there. They...
They don't show you anything.

But this is England.

My father came here
when he was 18

because he wanted to live
in the home of democracy.

And now he has to hear
his son...Called a terrorist.

And his son can't even tell
him what the evidence is.

Why?

That sounds like a
good place to start.

Asking why and not taking
no for an answer.

If they decide to make me
their scapegoat, I will not
get on that plane.

I don't care what I
have to do to myself.

I'll do it.

Prosecution as the
promised land?

You have to give
the people hope.

Yeah, but some of the people
here have never done
prosecution.

CW is moving in on the junior
end and the squeezed middle

'cause she sees how
unhappy they are.

She thinks a bit of agitprop
will get their votes.

Her message is one
of despair.

What? And I'm hope?

Well, if CW is despair and I'm
hope, what's Martha?

I don't think she knows.

Hello, Billy.

In with the new.

Out with the old.

-What hearing?
-JOHN: We sent a pupil.

Amy Lang. It was a
five-minute application to
move the trial date forward.

-To Monday.
Did Miss Lang fight it?
-She had your dates.

And there's no
clash in my diary,
so in your clerking brain

the fact that I've got
about a hundred hours of
preparation to do...

Miss, I'll understand if you
don't want to carry on with
the campaign.

I want you to get
everyone in chambers

who is as fed up as I am
with this nightmare of a life

and send them to see me.

I am their candidate.

I am sick and tired of being
exhausted because there's no
legal aid for juniors,

which means I stay
up all night, every night
working on complex trials

only to be told I'm a fat cat
by a government

full of the fattest cats
in the history of fatness!

And get me Amy.

Since she's happy for this
trial to start so soon,
she can bloody well help.

Hello, miss.

I need you to call
Damian Garner at the Maudsley.

I want a full psychiatric
assessment on Rashid Hirani.

-Done.
-How was your con, by the way?

Forget abuse of process.
I'm gonna fight and win
on mental health grounds.

What mental health grounds?

-He wants to kill himself.
-Martha...

-Shoe Lane.
-I'm sorry, but it's
the right argument.

He's a vulnerable child
and what they're
doing to him is abusive.

He's being destroyed by
an unjust process.

If they get him to the States,
they'll get him to say

-whatever they want him to.
-Hold the line, would you,
please?

[CLEARS THROAT]
Miss, I've got an Elizabeth
Forester from the US Embassy.

Says she'd like to speak to
you and that she could
save you a lot of effort.

-Martha?
-Er, Amy, sorry,

just got to take this call.
Thank you.

Hello, Martha Costello.

Amy?

-What is it?
-Amy, can you
come with me, please?

It's nothing.

We don't need regulating.
If we're not good enough,
we don't get the work.

JOHN: Miss?

Amy, you're not busy,
are you? Good.

The grooming trial you so
kindly agreed to
bring forward for me,

the evidence the police just
sent me is in there.

Read it, schedule the
hell out of it, and tell me
everything I need to know.

We have three days.

So, can I count on your vote,
David?

[CAROLINE CHUCKLES]

I understand that
you saw Rashid today.

Who told you that?

I thought you should know
that the US takes its duty of
care to prisoners,

especially vulnerable
prisoners, very seriously.

Who told you that I saw
Rashid today?

Which is why I'd like you
to consider these assurances.

First of all, we can now
guarantee that Rashid will not
go to Guantanamo Bay.

There was never any mention
of Guantanamo.

We can also guarantee,
if you cooperate,

that as a UK citizen, he will
not face the death penalty.

But if he goes into your
prison system he will be
living under 23-hour lockdown,

he won't see his family,

he won't have proper access
to legal advice,

and, as present history
suggests, you'll be employing
interrogation techniques,

which, to be frank, are
a little bit bloody medieval.

Martha, due to the importance
of this case, we will make
more compromises.

Why are you sounding
like a press officer?

We can just speak English.

Rashid will be housed
under regular US
prison conditions.

He will have 24-hour access
to medical supervision.

We'll provide him
with his own psychologist

and he will be free to choose
his own attorney in
accordance with Arizona law.

He's not well enough,
even with your assurances.

[ELIZABETH SCOFFS]

Isn't it odd how suicide
is a terrible sin for Muslims,

except when they're
blowing themselves up or
about to face extradition?

-MARTHA: So, are you leaving?
-Excuse me?

Because I haven't
finished yet.

If we don't win on the
mental health argument,

we will go back
to improper purpose.

There's not enough detail on
the charges

to prove that you're
not just getting Rashid
over for interrogation.

Okay, if that's the case,

then the US government
is happy to add a little flesh
to the indictment.

We know where the hacking
happened, Martha,
we know when it was done,

and the minute Rashid hits
US soil,

he will go on trial for
conspiracy to murder
innocent Americans.

Good day.

[PRAYING IN ARABIC]

Rashid, I know you've lost
faith in this process,

but we have an opportunity
now, a small one.

The US has added
information to your charges

because they want
us to give up.

Our one hope is that somewhere
in what they've added,
there's a mistake or a lie.

I need you to answer some
questions for me...

...Truthfully.

Were you at the college at the
time the attack was planned?

The two-day window they've
got down here.

Yeah.

Were you in the hall of
residence they say,
with the brothers,

when the attack was planned,
at the time?

Rashid, answer.

Yeah, I was.

And what about the room?

See, now, they say they can
pinpoint that hacking to
a specific computer

in a specific room.

-What is it?
-No. No, I was never
in that room.

-And you're certain of that?
-Yeah.

The room they say I
did that hacking in,

I, I never stepped foot in it
during the time they say.

-Abuse of process.
-What?

When you wake up in the
morning, the first three
seconds of consciousness,

do you think about the case
you're doing?

Yes.

Is it abuse of process

if I can prove the US got
details wrong on their
charge summary?

Depends what and where.

Well, the US had put Rashid

in a specific room at a
specific time doing
this research.

Now, he says he wasn't there.

Martha, if they're being
that specific, then they
must have proof.

I bet you dream
about them, too.

All right, Mar?

You probably don't share
cigarettes any more, do ya?

I don't smoke roll-ups
any more.

No, not here,
not with this crowd.

It's amazing in here,
but it makes you feel
like you're not allowed in.

Twenty years ago, you'd have
said that was anti-democratic.

Why are you here, Sean?

-I was passing.
-Oh, right, you were passing?

I was passing, and I thought,

"What happened to the girl
that broke my teenage heart?"

Um... Listen, I'll, er...
I'll see you in chambers.

Yeah.

-Not your husband, is he?
-And what would you say
if he was?

I'd ask you why you
married a big dolphin.

I hope he's not the
jealous type

'cause I would love
to go for a coffee with you,
Martha Costello.

First you tell me why
you're here.

And then I'll think
about coffee.

Maybe another time, then.

Who was that? Mr Mysterious.

Sean McBride.

Right. Thanks.
Who's Sean McBride?

He's...

He's what I used to be.

Well, anyway, um...
If you want to argue
abuse of process,

it's not enough to say
that the information
was false.

You have to prove that
the US knew it was false.

And how the hell are you
gonna do that...

Mar?

Ah! Put extradition on the
chambers website,
would you, Harriet?

Another string to the
Shoe Lane bow.

-Well done.
-Whoa!

-Was that a compliment?
-I always give credit
where it's due.

Maybe it's the female mind.
Open, capable of thinking
beyond dull prejudice.

What, and Clive Reader's a
better candidate than
Martha Costello

for Head of Chambers?

I think so.

-Do you fancy him, Harriet?
-What's that got to do
with anything?

-I'm just asking.
-Just sexist.

Imagine if I asked you the
same question.

-What?
Do I fancy Clive Reader?
-Do you fancy Martha Costello?

How I feel about Miss Costello
surpasseth all understanding.

Talking of medieval,
you know what amazes me?

How much energy you're
expending

on someone who would ban
you from working and getting
an education,

and who would expect you to
walk behind him all the way
back to the 13th century.

Have you been practising
that speech?

Are women even allowed
to drive in Saudi Arabia?

You see, there's a disconnect.

Rashid is 19 years old.
He's an individual.
He feels like a victim,

but the real victims?

Frances Brady, Adam Gilmartin,
Joey Maldini, Angel Valera.

Four University of
West Arizona students

enjoying their graduation day
with the whole of
their lives ahead of them,

when they were
blown to pieces.

Brady was pregnant.

That's not the point.

If that's not, what is?

Oh, didn't you know?
I've got dual qualification.

With this much lazy
anti-American feeling around,

we think it's better that
an American stands
up for America.

-That's the point.
-Sorry?

There's a principle that
transcends national interest

and religion and...
Well, everything else.

Habeas corpus, Elizabeth,
the right to be tried,

the right to know what
you're accused of so that
you can defend yourself.

USHER: All rise.

JUDGE: Miss Costello...

[CLEARS THROAT]
From what I can see from your
skeleton argument,

you want to reopen this
appeal by arguing that there's
been an abuse of process

and forcing the United States

to show you all the evidence
they have against
Rashid Hirani?

Your Lordship
will have seen...

I'm a direct man,
Miss Costello,

and I've been told
you're the same.

I do not want this appeal
reopened without good reason.

Now, what is the answer to
my question?

My client has always
maintained he was set up

and now there's a discrepancy
that confirms that.

Why has it taken six months
for him to remember this?

The United States
have only just added
the specific location.

The, er, room in the
hall of residence.

This is our first chance to
respond to it.

This detail is crucial

because it's the only
thing that links him
to the conspiracy.

Ms Forester?

My Lord,
whatever Mr Hirani claims,

we are confident that he was
in that room at the time
the hacking was activated.

We can put him there.

We're happy to let the court
see further evidence

if it can help
bring this process to an end.

You have two days.

USHER: All rise.

CAROLINE: What's our listing?

Er, Court 9,
first on at 10:00.

-Time now?
-9:50.

So, fill me in.
The phone logs?

Er... There's lots.

Yes, Amy. Bottom line,
is it for us or against us?

From what I've seen, um...

The stuff I've been able to
examine has been mainly
from the men to the girl.

Okay.

-Er...
-I've asked you to
prepare a schedule.

I'm guessing you haven't
done that, so all I want is a
simple, clear answer instead.

Does this work for us or not?

The material mainly consists
of calls and texts that
suggest bullying and coercion.

So, yeah.

Yes, I...
I'd say it definitely helps us

in trying to prove
that there was a conspiracy.

There.

Wasn't so hard.

Hello, Caroline.

So exciting to be against you.
One just doesn't know
what's coming.

[SMACKS LIPS]
Which Albanian paedophile
are you representing?

Touch of racism there.

Under pressure, are we?

I don't need to remind you
that this is the property
of the US government,

so if you leak it or share
it with any party not
involved in this case,

you're in violation of US law
and at risk of prosecution.

I don't know.
Maybe a drink would do it.

What?

Stop you making speeches
and get you talking instead.

I know it's hard for you
to accept what Rashid
was part of,

but our investigators
were pushed to the limit
finding this material.

It was hidden deep
on his hard drive.

Once you've had a chance
to look at that,
I hope you can accept it,

however painful that may be.

Oh, hello.

-Clive Reader.
-I know.

Thank you, Elizabeth.
I think we've got everything.

[WHISPERS] Jesus, that woman!

What's this?

Evidence, apparently,
that Rashid Hirani is linked
to the bombing.

I mean, half of it's redacted.

That's to protect the security
services who gathered it.

Look. The MI5 seal,

telling you that the bulk of
the evidence that the
US is relying on

has actually been gathered
by British intelligence.

That's why they're
so confident.

So, none of this links
to the bombing.

What are you talking about?

Jihadi websites.

Searches on
Yemeni training camps.

This does not put
him in Room 132,
hacking into security details.

Martha, if they've got this,
imagine what else they've got.

Well, maybe this is
everything.

Rashid is radicalised.
Why can't you see that?

I am only interested in
whether he's linked directly
to doing that research.

Well, is this
clear enough for you?

You said you didn't even know
the Makhdoom brothers.

I mean, what did you think?
They wouldn't find these?

Answer her, Rashid!

These photos aren't right.

This is a picture
of you in a corridor

with the two people who
set off the bomb in Arizona,

and that's not all.

They've got you outside the
room where they say

the university's security
details were hacked,

and this is the killer blow,

they've got a witness

who says they can place
you in the room

where the hacking was done.

Rashid.

-We believed you.
-I promise.

I was never in that room.

Is that you or isn't it?

I only met them briefly.

I didn't admit it, because I
know how it would look,

but I... I only met them once,
on that day.

And what happened?

Sorry, but if...
If you've lied about this,

how am I supposed to believe
you're still innocent?

Because there was
someone else there as well.

He was the one who said that
we should meet the brothers.

He was the one that
pushed me into it.

Who said...

If we were true Muslims,

we'd listen to what
they had to say.

Rashid, who are
you talking about?

I'm talking about someone
who was there.

I'm talking about a friend.

He should have been
in that photo.

He was at that meeting,
and whoever gave this
to you has taken him out.

MARTHA: What was his name,
Rashid?

I promised.

[WHISPERS]
This is how you open, Amy.

Get it right and by the time
you sit down, the trial can be
effectively over.

Yes, Ms Warwick?

[CLEARS THROAT]

Ladies and gentlemen of
the jury,

this was a case of systematic
and brutal exploitation.

Three men identified,
isolated, groomed

and terrorised a
vulnerable teenager.

They separated her
from her family

and used her for their own
revolting sexual purposes.

She is 17.

They are all over 40.

The defence will seek
to portray her actions
as consenting,

but all you need to know

is that in one
three-week period

this victim was
bombarded by over 2,000

texts, emails
and calls from these men,

a relentless barrage of
disgusting demands

that this young victim was
hopelessly ill-equipped
to resist.

These alone demonstrate
the defendants conspired to...

This is the first time that
I've ever had to do this,
My Lord,

and it gives me no pleasure,

but I feel compelled
to interrupt my learned friend

and ask that the jury
leave the court.

Jury, five minutes, please.

[LOW MURMURING]

[WHISPERS] Never in my
whole career have
I had an opening interrupted.

You are blatantly
misleading the jury.

In at least 40% of the
material that my learned
friend is talking about...

It was from the complainant
to the men,
not the other way round.

I'm so sorry. I was sure I'd
gone through this box.

These texts are from the girl.

I thought I'd said
I wasn't sure.

Look, I'm sorry,
I'm just a bit stressed.

We're all stressed, ducky.
It's the Criminal Bar.

[SIGHS]

I'm sorry.

And don't worry.

It's not fatal.

-It's for Martha.
It's from the Maudsley.
-Thanks.

-There's a message from
the doctor.
-Sure.

-So, what's happened?
-He didn't deny
he met the brothers.

But he says there was
someone else there,

somebody he doesn't want
to get into trouble,
who knew them better,

and someone who was in this
image before it was altered.

Did you believe him?

I don't know.

Ooh! Whose are these?

They came for you, miss.
Actually, they were
hand-delivered.

Grateful client, maybe?

Possibly.

-Amy?
-Can I have a word?

What's he look like, then,
flower man?

Tall, dark, handsome.

Northern.

-How's the trial?
-Erm... Not great.

-Why?
-This isn't about the trial.

I've been trying
to talk to you about this,
but I didn't know how.

What is it?

Billy.

What about him?

He took me to the pub,

and when we were there
he promised that he'd
get me tenancy.

Well...

And he said it while his hand
was on my knee,

and the same thing
happened a second time.

When?

At Alan Cowdrey's party.

Are you sure?

Yeah, and I swear I didn't do
anything to encourage him.

I didn't do anything
to lead him on.

[SNIFFLES]

The reason I didn't tell you
was because I came here
to learn from you,

not to be a part
of some scandal,

and because if I don't get
tenancy here, I don't know
how I'm gonna survive.

Right.

I want you to go home,
get a good night's sleep
and let me take care of it.

Okay?

DANI: Martha.

What did you get?

I went to the college
to find out

who was resident in Room 132
and that's what I got.

Redacted. Did you try and...

They're not at liberty
to share that information.

They said a man from
the MOD had been
in to see them.

MOD is what MI5 are
when they're pretending
to be normal.

So Rashid is
protecting someone.

Yeah, but so are MI5 and,
from what I can see,
they're the same person.

Miss Costello,

this is not a trial.
The evidence is not at issue.

My Lord, but the process
by which the evidence
was acquired is.

It appears to us that there is
another individual involved,

someone who is right
at the heart of this case

and whose role and motive,
as of yet,

we don't understand.

My Lord, this is all
speculation

and it's making
the UK extradition process
look ridiculous.

The presence of this
individual and his

relationship to the
security services

opens up questions that
this court has to address.

My client says he's innocent,

so why did the United States

pass us MI5 material
that had been falsified?

What do you mean, "falsified"?

We believe there was
a fourth person at
this meeting, My Lord,

and his presence has
been obscured.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

And you say that
fourth person has
been airbrushed out?

ELIZABETH: My Lord...

Miss Costello,

whatever the role
of this individual,
if he or she exists,

the court cannot grant
you permission to see
everything you want to see.

-But, My Lord...
-A great deal

of the material you've
requested is classified
intelligence material.

Well, until this court
examines that material,

then none of us can say
whether my client deserves
to stand trial or not.

[KNOCKS AT DOOR]

You asked to see me?

She's...

...Very tenacious,
Martha Costello.

[SCOFFS]

She's, er... Committed.

Well, as a result
of her efforts,

the Rashid Hirani
extradition is now
spiralling out of control.

She wants to see all
classified evidence
against her client.

The Americans are going
berserk. They thought they
had their man on the plane.

There is clearly an issue,

the exact role of
an informant, on which
far too much seems to rest.

You know the usual solution
in situations that involve
this much sensitive material?

You appoint someone
to look at it,

who then makes sure that
everyone's being

fair to the defendant

without actually telling him
what any of it says.

I need someone independent,
Clive,

but also someone who
understands the true

complexity of the,
uh, situation.

We have a treaty with the US,
a treaty

we can't afford to damage.

Our security services
are in a

delicate situation.

You know I'm in chambers
with Martha Costello?

Tiny world, the Criminal Bar.

We'd never get anything done
if you couldn't do cases
with people you know.

And I'm sure you're entirely
independent-minded.

Well done. We've just heard.

Er... Yeah, just between
you and me, I'd love
to know how it happened.

-She knew who I was.
-Who?

Elizabeth Forester.

She must have seen your
name on chambers' website.

The whole thing about
special counsel is it's meant
to be independent, Harriet.

Couldn't agree more.

Ah, special counsel, sir.
Great honour.

-Who gave you the news?
-Lord Justice Reynolds.

Just you and him, was it?
Cosy little chat?

Stood the Church clock
at ten to three? And was
there honey still for tea?

-I'm my own man, Billy.
-Course you are, sir.

Of course he is.

They came to me. I didn't
approach them, if that's
what you're thinking.

Yeah, well, you could
have said no.

How often does
something like this
come along?

[LAUGHS]
Oh, come on, Clive.
You're being incredibly naive.

You don't think they picked
you because you're
the right man for the job.

They picked you
because they want
to wind me up.

"They?" Who are "they"?
You're being delusional.

I saw how you reacted
to the material the US served.
And what?

All of a sudden,
you're the only person who
can look at secret material

and tell me whether
someone else has unfairly
incriminated my client?

Yes.

-How does Elizabeth know you?
-She doesn't.

And don't you
think she might be a bit
more concerned

about how well you know me?

I knew I had to reply
immediately.

CAROLINE: Why?

Because of what they
would do if I didn't.

What was that, Ashley?

They would threaten me,

and when they saw me again
they would make me do things.

What sort of things?

They would force me
to have sex.

So,

these...

Texts and emails
from you to the defendants...

I sent them because I had to.

Are you saying that you feel
you had no choice other
than to send them?

No.

None. I had no choice.
I had to do whatever
they wanted.

Thank you, Ashley.

"I sucked your cock,
you fat bastard.

"You owe me the drugs."

-Did you write that, Ashley?
-I don't remember.

It's here in black and white,

one of 25 texts you sent
over a two-hour period

on June the 29th.

"Give me the drugs.

"Where are the drugs?

"You owe me those drugs."

-They used the drugs
to control me!
-The truth is, Ashley,

-that you were a prostitute.
Isn't that right?
-No.

You were a prostitute and you
willingly gave those men

-sex for drugs.
-No!

And if the frequency of these
calls proves anything,

it proves that you
were determined

to extract whatever payment
you could from them.

That's not true!

Shall I read the last text
that you sent that day?

"Give me the drugs,
you bastards,

"or I'll call the cops and
tell them what a bunch of
paedos you are."

[SPECTATORS MUTTERING]

That's why we're here,
isn't it?

Because these men didn't
pay their prostitute on time.

Lunch?

[DOOR SHUTS]

The court has appointed
someone called
special counsel.

That means all the material
that's been used to establish
a case against you

is going to be examined,

so there's no point
in protecting anyone any more.

Do you understand?

Now, whoever it is
that you don't want
to get into trouble,

whoever it is you thought
you were being loyal to,

well, odds are that's who's
betrayed you

and that's who MI5
are working with.

So you need to tell
me everything.

Rashid.

It was after...

A big drone attack

on the Pakistani border.

The deaths used to get
reported in the mosque.

And this time
a whole family died.

Four kids under 10.

There was a lot of anger,
people saying someone
had to do something.

Even the imam was furious.

Finally, as we were leaving,
Salim said he knew some
people we could talk to.

What did he say?

He said he knew these two
brothers in our hall.

And they were planning
something.

The Makhdoom brothers?

Salim had met them before.

We talked, we prayed.

They told us they had a plan.

They didn't say what.

They said they knew
I was good with computers

and could use the help
getting security details

of the University of
West Arizona.

[SIGHS]

I agreed.

But, straight after,
I got scared.

I didn't want to be
part of it.

I told Salim I didn't want
to do it. I didn't want
to be involved.

So you were never in his
room doing that research?

No.

But Salim went back in.

He must have done it, not me.

-Then what happened?
-I don't know.

After I told him I didn't want
to do it, I saw him with
them one more time.

And then he told me
he'd pulled out, too.

Did he say why?

A few months later,
the attacks happened.

I mean,
we couldn't believe it.
We were terrified.

But we promised we'd
never say anything
to incriminate the other.

And you thought he'd
stuck to that?

I thought our friendship
was part of our faith.

DANI: You know what we
used to think in my family?

We used to think our problem
with the next generation

would be that they'd be
too westernised,

that we'd struggle to get them
interested in our traditions.

Dani, you've got contacts
in the police.

How about we go and have
our own little conversation
with Salim?

Thank you for seeing us.

What can I do for you?

I'm professionally
embarrassed.

What do you mean? How?

In the short adjournment,
I went to the robing room.

On the desk next to my bag,
there was a sheet of paper.

I wasn't thinking,
and I started to read it.

Well, what was it?

The first defendant's proof
of evidence.

I'm afraid I have completely
inadvertently given myself
a huge advantage,

essentially meaning that
these defendants wouldn't
get a fair trial,

were I to continue
prosecuting.

[SIGHS]
It is with great reluctance,
I am obliged to withdraw...

As the bishop said
to the actress.

Mr Lever?

I'm not sure my learned friend
is so embarrassed
she can't continue.

What you mean is that
it's going really well
for you right now

and the last thing you
want to do is stop.

-She's got a junior.
-Did she read the
defendant's proof?

The whole point of having
a junior

is that they can take over
in a situation like this.

No, she didn't read it.

But...

I did tell her what I'd read.

Then I have no choice
but to discharge the jury

and order a new trial
as soon as possible.

It is with huge regret
that I'm afraid I just don't
see any other way out.

Salim. What are you reading?

Politics?

After the attack,
I didn't sleep for days.

Rashid had gone home,
but I was still at college.

It only took 'em 48 hours
to pick me up

and then it was straight
to Paddington Green,

14 days' detention,

and every day being told
they've got evidence

that could have me facing
150 years in a US jail.

I know what I'd do. I'd say
anything to get out of there.

-I didn't say anything.
-MARTHA: But you did.

You told them that
Rashid had hacked into
the University security plans

-for the brothers.
-How could I have done it?

He was the one who knew
how to do that, not me.

Did you see him?
I mean, did you
actually see him

in your room, at your machine,
doing that research?

You think Rashid is innocent
because he's awkward and shy,

but you don't know him.

You didn't hear him
talk every night when
we read the Koran.

He was the one who said,
"Infidels would get what they
deserved."

-Did you see him or not,
Salim?
-I pulled out, okay?

Once I heard the details,

I didn't want anything
to do with what the brothers
were planning.

Neither did Rashid,
so why incriminate him?

Why do a deal with MI5?

You don't understand. I...

I don't like what I've
done to him,

but I had no choice.

No, you did,

and you still have.

You can come to court.

Come to court and admit

that you never saw him
do that hacking.

It's too late for that.

I went to see Salim Dasti.

-What?
-This whole case

rests on the word of one
terrified boy against another,

and no proof of which
is telling the truth.

Martha, enough.

Look, come on, Clive.
Nobody's listening.

Why don't you
talk to me properly?

What have you seen?

All I'll say is, is that
somebody helped the brothers.

They didn't plan
the attack alone.

Salim was at the same
meeting as Rashid,

so why not charge both boys?

Why work with one
and punish the other?

What if I told you that there
was something in the files

that has convinced me
that Rashid was involved?

I wouldn't believe you.

You don't think I'd be
honest with you?

I'm going to call Salim
to give evidence,

make him tell the truth.

[PUB CHATTER]

Want a drink, miss?

[CLEARS THROAT]

Billy, Amy came to see me.

-About what?
-You promising her tenancy.

So?

With your hand on her knee.

[SCOFFS]
Hang on!

-She's very upset, Billy.
-Well, she's got it wrong.

-How?
-It's not what it looks like.

-Then what the hell is it?
-I couldn't have done anything
like that.

I... Miss, since I've had
the implants, I can't even...

-This is how it is for me now.
-Oh, Billy.

No, I don't want your pity,
miss,

but I want you to know
that I didn't do anything ugly
or untoward with Miss Lang.

That is a misunderstanding.

Well, you need to apologise
and tell her what's going on.

Miss...

You promised me

that if this was affecting
Shoe Lane, you would tell me.

If Amy makes
an official complaint...

-It's the only way, Billy.
-[SCOFFS]

[KNOCKS AT DOOR]

Miss.

Miss.

I've told Amy you've got
something to say.

Something you want
to explain.

[SIGHS]

I can't.

Just... Just give him
till the end of the day,
please.

-Salim?
-He hasn't shown.

My client now admits
he was at a meeting with
the Makhdoom brothers.

However, it was at someone
else's behest

and that was the full limit
of his involvement.

My Lord, I'm afraid that
is not a position

which is supported
by the redacted material.

My Lord, sorry, is there any
chance of the court actually
seeing this evidence?

If you don't have proof

that your client has
been implicated through
an abuse of process,

then I'm afraid
this application is at an end.

We're going to adjourn
for 10 minutes,

during which I want you
to consider your position.

USHER: All rise.

[SIGHS]

You're doing
their job for them,
and I don't understand why.

I'm telling the court
what I've seen. That's all.

Well, let's find
out the truth.

My name is Salim Dasti.

I was at college with Rashid
and...I was his friend.

Have you ever been
at a meeting with
the Makhdoom brothers?

Yes.

MARTHA: Who else was there?

Rashid.

And can you tell the court
what happened at that meeting?

Rashid and I talked
with the brothers,

and, um,
they explained that

they were serious about
using their student exchange
to do something.

Something that would show
the Americans how we felt

about the way innocent Muslims
were being killed.

And then what happened?

They said that if we were
serious, we had to prove it.

Rashid and I had to help
them get security details
for their attack.

But Rashid didn't go through
with it, did he?

You went ahead,
but Rashid backed out.

No.

It was the other way around.

I backed out.

I told him I didn't
want to go through with it,

and then I went back
into my room.

Then why did you
tell this court

that Rashid did the research
from the same room?

Because he did. The evidence
they showed me proved he did.

Your claim doesn't
make any sense.

You've said that you went
back to your room alone,

and then you insisted
that this is where Rashid
did his research.

I mean, how can you
expect us to believe you?

Because when I told him I
wanted to back out,
he told me he wouldn't.

He said he didn't care
if I didn't have the guts.

He would show the brothers
he wasn't scared.

-He's lying!
-You know what you said!

Calm down.
I'm warning both of you.

You're lying, Salim,
and MI5 know that,

and that's why they've done
everything they can to hide
your involvement.

No, that's, that's not true.

I don't know how he did that
hacking from my computer,
but he did it,

and the reason MI5 protected
me is nothing to do with that.

Then what is it? I mean,
why cover up your presence?

Why remove you from
the photographs?

Salim, you are obliged
to give this court an answer.

Because I didn't just
back out. I called them.

After that meeting with the
brothers, I panicked.

I found a number and I...
I called a helpline.

And I told the
person I spoke to that
something might happen.

And what did they do?

Nothing.

They took my details and they
said they'll call back,
but they never called me.

That's why we're all here,

because our
intelligence services
were too busy to make a call,

and then because they
knew how it looked,
they offered me a deal.

They hauled me in after
the bomb went off,

and they told me that they had
enough to send me to prison.

They said that if I could
give them enough about
Rashid's role,

then I could avoid it,
because...

Because then, at least, the
US would have a proper
conspirator to put on trial.

Can I point out that
this admission
doesn't change the fact

that Rashid Hirani was
at that meeting.

He agreed to do research
on the proposed attack

and there is no other person
who could have done it.

We will retire to consider
our decision.

Mr Reader, we may call
on you for assistance.

USHER: All rise.

So that's what this has
been about?

Sending my nephew to
America so no one would
know MI5 screwed up?

I can't comment,

except to say that from
what I've seen, Rashid
deserves to stand trial.

If we lose this,

I'll make sure journalists on
both sides of the Atlantic
know about Salim's call,

and then we'll know
what the public cares about,

a kid who made the mistake
of going to one meeting or
MI5 letting a bomb go off.

[QUIETLY] I hope you're not
gonna let him do that.

What else can he do?

Martha, it's human error.
Trust me. How many
calls do MI5 get right?

How many great decisions
have they made that we've
never even heard about?

Rashid Hirani is my client

and Rashid's been made to
suffer to cover MI5's cock-up.

Billy, did we ever get
that psych report for Rashid?

[PANTING]

Miss!

-Billy.
-It was in your in-tray.

-Thank you.
-Uh.

Oh...

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Clive.

Clive.

-This is your solution?
-It's "a" solution.

And it's better than MI5
looking stupid over
an innocent kid.

I just came to see
how you were.

Why?

Well, it's unusual
for prosecuting counsel
to be embarrassed.

Well, I was.

Right.

So, how's chambers?

Dysfunctional, riven with
political internal infighting.

Nothing changes, then.

Maybe what you need
is a break.

I've never felt less like
taking a break.

I'm going to stand in this
election to replace you,
and I intend to win it,

and when I do, things are
going to change.

Matt Busby made it hard
for everyone who followed him.

What?

We probably don't need
an elder statesman
coming back

giving sage-like advice, Alan.

Well, then, all I can do is
wish you luck.

[LOW CHATTER]

We have arrived
at our decision.

Our judgement has been
strongly affected

by the report into the
psychiatric condition of the
applicant, Rashid Hirani.

We are particularly
influenced by the fact

that, although it was
commissioned
by Mr Hirani's legal team,

it is also endorsed
by the security services.

We rule that Rashid Hirani

is not fit to endure
conditions he would
find in US custody

and must remain here.

Since there are no charges
against you here, Mr Hirani,

it is my duty to inform you
that you are now a free man.

USHER: All rise.

DANI: Martha, well done.

-Thank you.
-DANI: Thank you.

This would be the heart,
wouldn't it,
if you had to say?

MARTHA: Hmm?

This place would be
the heart of our legal system,

and there's nobody here,
just you and me and the truth.

There was no evidence
to link him to that hacking.

The evidence
was still being uncovered.
That's not the same thing.

Clive, they couldn't put
him in that room where
the research was done.

It is as simple as that.

Is it?

What's this?

It's a string of code
from a Trojan virus,

found by forensic officers
examining Salim's hard drive.

His computer was infected
with software

which allowed somebody
to control it remotely

and then destroy all traces
of their work.

Now, there's nothing to
link it to Rashid, yet, which
is why I couldn't use it.

But I can't think of anyone
else who could have put it
there, can you?

There's more than one way
for him to have been
in that room, Martha.

Yeah, it's a great talent,

the ability to convince people
that you're a helpless victim

when you're pulling
the strings all the way.

I'd like to make
an official complaint.

Against Billy.

I won't blame you, miss,

if you feel you can't stand
by me on this one.

I'll understand.

Help me, please, miss.

Go and tell your self-pitying
paedo,

he will never recover
from what I do to him
in cross-examination.

-Please come with me, sir.
-Head of Chambers,
it's a three-way tie.

-When are we deciding on Amy?
-Next week.

It's my application to join
chambers.

Imagine how
embarrassed you'd be.
You'd need a big drink.

-Are you okay?
-I need you, Martha.

We have this rule,
never represent a friend.

-You're jealous.
-Mmm.

[SHOUTING]

-[ALARM BLARES]
-Help!