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Thanks again for coming forward.

Those appeals for information-- A lot of people just...

keep their heads down.

"Witness Number Three." Glamorous.

Was he killed? I mean, he, he is dead right?

Detective Whelan she erm... she mentioned other witnesses...

The other two witnesses are out.

Can't use them anymore.

Sorry to bother you but...

Can I borrow your phone?

An eyewitness testimony like yours, Jodie,

that's what could make or break this case.

And in the meantime?

I won't let you scare me off.

I'm signing the statement.

You'll need to acknowledge that the items

we're providing are reasonable security,

and not an inducement to give testimony.

The contractors will always carry ID

and you'll be notified in advance if they're coming.

We've provided you with a list of potential weak spots.

We've got window alert alarms

stuck to the inside of the windows.

We've got class B shatter-proof film on all internal windows,

so the glass can't be forced inwards.

And the front door has been fitted with a fire retardant

letterbox with an intumescent liner.

It's to protect the possibility of petrol being poured in

through from the exterior of the property.

Right...

Thanks.

And is there anything else there that we need to...

go through or anything that we've left off?

No. I mean it's a lot. But er...

no, it's good.

Now remember, we've set up a parallel case

to investigate the witness intimidation.

We're gonna follow up on these mobile numbers,

see if they lead us anywhere.

Are you still receiving messages?

Yeah.

In fact, he's, erm--

He's started sending pictures of himself.

He always er...

he puts a filter on them or something,

so I can't see his face properly.

Okay, well, send them over please.

And my advice'd be don't open any new messages that come in.

You're doing a brave thing, Jodie.

And it will pay off.

We have the suspect charged and remanded in custody.

Your house and workplace are secure.

Trust me.

-Jodie?

-Jodie.

Have you changed the locks?

Well at least they seem to be taking it seriously.

Yeah, you can say that again.

Living under lock and key,

letting them know where I am at all times

It's like being a teenager all over again.

Well, I'm proud of you.

Nah.

Yes I am.

I mean.

It's good to stick together. That's what I've always said.

Yeah.

I'll get it.

No. No. you'll go upstairs and not listen in, okay.

-Wha-- -Go.

Upstairs.

-Hurry up. -I'm going.

Look. At least it was only the salon.

Maybe...

you know, I'm not saying this was a good thing,

of course I'm not, maybe this was...

sort of what you needed in a way,

to see how serious it was.

-I signed the statement. -What?

I signed the witness statement yesterday morning.

After this happened?

You signed the statement anyway? After this happened?

We need to stand up for each other.

If I do, others will too.

Jesus.

-I don't believe this.

I got tired of people telling me what to do.

I just--

I don't know where this has come from, that's all. It's--

It's like I'm talking to a stranger.

I didn't call you yesterday cause I knew

you would try and change my mind.

I knew you wouldn't get it--

What's to "get?"

A week ago you couldn't wait to leave this place,

now you're risking your life for it?

Yeah. Yeah. I should probably crack on, okay.

What do you want from me, Jodie?

I want you to support me.

Can you do that?

Can I ask you something?

At the moment,

my statement is the key part of this case,

that's right, in't it?

The team is still looking for more evidence.

Hopefully, by the time of the trial,

they'll have what they need.

Yeah but... But now, as far as the defendant is concerned,

if I'm gone, he walks?

That's the reason for all this, right?

At the moment.

But what about the other witnesses?

Maybe if we told them that I was seeing it through.

That's not going to happen now.

Yeah, but maybe if they knew I've signed my statement.

Well, like I said, that's a dead end Jodie. I'm sorry.

So this is a list of everything that

we've installed in your flat,

including the CCTV, that we're putting in tomorrow.

We just need you to sign it here to confirm--

Sorry,

just to confirm that's all this--

Sorry, mate, could you just stop for a minute...

You okay?

Erm... yeah.

Look the thing is, these gangs, they're not stupid.

They know that it's over now. You're going to court and

they can't stop you doing that.

Look nine times out of ten, these things stop

the moment the witness signs the form.

And the tenth?

What happens the tenth time?

I think he's trolling us, this guy.

Just give me a second.

Sorry.

-All signed? -No. No. I'll do it now.

Okay.

Who is it?

Er. I'm looking for Tyler Osho.

I said who is it?

My name's Jodie Packer. I live a few streets away.

I'm another witness.

How many times does he have to say it?

He ain't gonna change his mind.

It's over.

It's not.

I think we can stop these guys.

What are you deaf?

I said leave us alone.

They filmed the whole thing.

Sent me a video of the whole thing.

See, you don't fight these people--

-Tyler-- -You run.

The thing is, they want us

to think we're alone in this.

If you sign the statement, that makes it twice as hard for them.

Better still, if we could get the second witness, I mean,

-I don't know who it is but-- -Pat?

He died last week.

No. Don't worry. It weren't nothing to do with this.

Right.

Right well, even if it was

-just the two of us-- -Listen, it ain't happening.

I ain't risking my life, my,

my family's safety,

-for this. -This...

"This" could be the whole area.

-Your friends, your neighbours. -So?

It's a shithole!

You know what the police offered me after all this?

A new lock

and a few alarms.

The kids on the video they-- They had knives,

and they had hammers.

Tyler, if we stick together I promise you,

if we work as a team...

You're not hearing me?

There is no team.

There is no together.

How long have you lived here?

-Nearly ten years. -All right.

Right, so you know.

When you first came here, things were different!

This gang, they came in and things got--

Nasty. You can feel that, right?

This is our chance to fix it.

This is our chance to finally get rid of 'em.

These guys are gonna kill you.

I'm sorry to be so cold, but look.

And you're telling me that, you're seriously doing it

for some dodgy area? For this?

I thought you hated looking at old photos?

Why're you looking at them?

Oh, I don't know

-Do you remember that day? -Yeah.

Look at your face there.

Listen, why don't you go up and start your homework.

And I'll bring you up a snack, yeah.

You okay?

You see how close I am?

You see how close I am to you now?

Excuse me?

That's how easy it is.

-What? -We're already inside.

In your house.

I said, "We're already inside and we have the police..."

Who are you? And why are you saying this to me?

We have the police.

Find out for yourself.

Look into the second witness if you don't believe me.

Who asked you to say this?

Lloyd George.

We have the police.

Fifty Two Lloyd George.

Fifty Two Lloyd George.

I don't know who you are,

but you don't have to,

you don't have to say...

-I can't. I can't -Where are you going?

All right, love. Nearly done.

Er... was this scheduled?

It should've been.

Now...

Panic alarm.

You hear anything you don't like, you press the button.

You see something you don't like, you press the button.

Anywhere in the house,

now that sends a signal down to this.

And this sends a distress call to the police.

Now, if the lights flashing red, you've got a problem.

You want it solid green and then you're in business.

All right?

Now, keep that close by your bed,

wherever you can reach it quickly.

Do you do many of these?

Yeah. Yeah. Plenty.

And do they keep people safe?

Well...

all this stuff we've done for you.

Only way anyone gets in here

is if someone lets 'em in.

You'll be all right, love.

Yeah cheers.

And this woman just sat beside you.

She's probably a customer of theirs. An addict.

They take away her supply, or

offer her freebies, cancel her debt.

In exchange, she runs them an errand.

An "errand"?

Look, what I meant was

that it's not uncommon for trade-offs like that to be made.

She could be the parent of a kid who's in trouble,

we see that a lot,

then they start doing jobs to keep their son or daughter safe.

Jesus.

So, you're basically saying: keep my eyes peeled because,

they could have pretty much anyone in their pocket?

What is it?

She said they "had" the police.

They're trying to unsettle you.

That's all.

It just shows it's working though,

that's the thing!

With social media you can do that now, can't you.

Spread the truth.

You a journalist?

-Oh no-- -I've contacted a few.

Locals, nationals,

they're gonna call me back.

They're all interested.

I sent them the article already.

It's all written up and everything,

They don't even need to do anything.

The police aren't interested of course.

Why would they be?

Hurts them, don't it?

What does?

Investigating their own.

I lived with my brother my whole life.

Twenty six years he's been diabetic like this.

Two injections a day for twenty six years,

you know how many that is?

Over eighteen and a half thousand--

I done the maths.

It's all in the article.

Eighteen and a half thousand and never a mistake.

All of a sudden he's a witness in this case and... bang.

Injects himself twice.

Hypoglycaemic coma, dies in the ambulance.

And here's the thing.

Cos they'll tell you it was-- It was-- It was stress or whatever,

"a change in routine".

Well, if it was stress,

how come we ain't missing a vial from the fridge?

Hey?

He's injected himself twice,

but we ain't missing a vial.

Someone's brought one in.

And I can tell you for a fact,

that there's nobody been in here apart from

him,

me,

and the police.

Do you remember which police officers were here?

Nah.

That's the problem,

probably eight or nine coming and going that day.

But it was one of them,

believe you me, it was one of them.

I see you. I see you.

Okay. Masks on, are you ready?

It's fucking now...

Put your masks on. It's now. It's tonight.

Yeah? Yeah?

Arg!

Let's do it, let's do it!

Here we are, this'll be a good 'un.

Do you want that?

Oi, not far now, boys. Not far now.

Shhhh.

Do you recognise this?

Shit! Oh God!

-Good morning. -Oh! Jesus! Jesus Christ!

Ah!

Get off me!

Oh! What are you doing?!

Enough.

Enough okay, I am out!

Thankfully, she's going to be alright--

Did you not hear me? I said I'm out.

It's not as simple as that.

Oh yes it is.

It is.

I'll be a hostile witness. I'll burn the whole thing.

I'll say I lied

to you, when I spoke to you. Say, I was,

I was drunk or high, I don't know,

-but I will say something... -Jodie--

And it will be worse

than if I didn't even go to court.

Jodie.

I will.

-Just try and stay calm-- -Listen, I will!

Recanting your evidence

as you describe is an option.

But I know what my superior officer's gonna say.

She'll make you come to court anyway.

She'll bank on the fact that you're a good person

and won't go through with it.

She'll also count on the fact that in cases like these

the original statement will carry

enough weight with the jury.

Well I'll say I can't remember.

But then she knows, if the judge thinks you're lying,

they'll hold you in contempt of court.

I'll say something won't I.

That's a charge that-- That carries

a two year prison sentence, Jodie.

Look, we are your team. Do you understand?

You can't change sides.

Look as far as you're safety is concerned,

I-- I think we have two choices.

First, we look at relocation--

-just until the trial-- -Relocation?

Relocation? This is my home.

This is the whole fucking point!

Or...

we strengthen the hand that we're already playing.

We select a room in your flat, most likely upstairs,

and we turn it into what's called...

a strong room.

In the unlikely, and I mean unlikely, event

of them breaching the measures

that we've already installed,

the strong room acts as a sort of

last line of defence.

It'll have a reinforced steel door,

supplies and a separate phone line.

Give it some thought.

You okay, Jo?

Erm... yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine.

Jo... Jo...

Jesus. Thank God she's gonna be okay.

Huh.

How did you know we were here?

What?

Who told you we were here?

One of the policemen at the house.

Should they not have?

Listen, enough

messing about. I don't care what

stupid argument we're having. You and Kyle

come to mine. Get out of the estate.

Oh. Oh. Oh, the estate's the problem, is it?

Jesus, I'm trying to help.

Why don't you want me in my own home?

You're not serious.

Why... is everyone... trying to control what I am doing?

Jodie, I'm offering you a way out

Come with me. We can...

I can take you somewhere, somewhere safe.

No. No. No. Enough people

protecting me. Okay?

Enough... people.

Jo.

-Are you okay? -Mm-hm.

Yeah?

Hm.

Yeah. Come here.

Hm.

Are you okay?

Yeah. Yeah I'm fine. Come here...

I got a headache.

Yeah. Yeah. I can imagine.

Listen, I've had a chance to think a bit and I think, yeah--

Yeah, we should

go with the relocation. Let's do it. And then, then I can

come back after the trial.

I'm afraid that option's off the table now.

What?

When I told you that we'd set up a team

to investigate the witness intimidation,

their main focus has been to try to trace

the phone numbers that were used to contact you

and send you photos and videos.

Now... we know this is a technical error,

but unfortunately,

one of the contacts in the message history hit a flag.

I don't understand.

Well, this is the SMS history of the phone

that has been messaging you.

And in the last week, on three separate occasions,

the phone was used to send the same messages

to "all of its contacts".

Included in those contacts was this number,

it's a pay-as-you-go phone registered to...

Yeah

I know whose number that is.

It belongs to your ex-husband.

Well erm, Benji died eight years ago.

They have his number because they probably

sold to him and never deleted it.

We know.

My mum was attacked.

This has nothing... to do with Benji.

We know.

But what our systems see,

unfortunately,

is just the number of a former associate.

A "former associate"?

Jodie, she didn't mean it like that.

Look, it's a connection they have to rule out,

so as they can be sure this is all just connected

to the witness intimidation.

Once that happens, they'll release the funding

and we can get relocation back on the table.

And in the meantime?

You tell me what happens in the meantime?

Jodie...

I can hear your hands shaking.

Sorry.

I'm good.

Honestly, don't worry about me, I'm good, okay, Mum?

I'm fine.

The nurse said I could stay the night

because it's a private room or something.

We can stay as long as we like.

Okay.

Okay. But erm...

get a cab from Dan, alright, love?

Just tell him I'll pay when you arrive, yeah.

Okay.

We've deleted your late husband's

number from the registry,

and we've made sure that the phone company

discontinues the connection.

The minute we have this sorted with the CPS,

we can move forward with relocation

if that's what we all still want.

It is all gonna be fine.

We're on your side Jodie.

I just think with the messages,

the shop, and my mum, you know I have been losing it a bit.

Some of the things that have been said.

It's okay.

They've got into your head

That's completely understandable.

It's going to be alright.

But nothing... is going... to happen... to you, Jody

You're gonna take this guy to trial,

and get rid of the gang for good.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, then.

I've checked everything down here, it's all good.

I'll let PC Barkas sign off upstairs.

Now, are you okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

Take care.

So let me get this straight.

You've...

basically been thinking that the police,

me, her, all of us,

we're the ones that are lying?

But you wouldn't be human if this wasn't getting to you.

You're doing amazing.

I should check the serial numbers upstairs.

For the warranties.

Right.

-Got it.

I could see him from the door.

Sorry, that...

-That was a bit dramatic. -Yeah.

Erm...

the windows?

Eh?

Upstairs? You were

checking the registration numbers or something.

Erm... yeah. Yeah. All good.

Good.

Yeah.

Listen, erm...

No, I should...

Yeah. I'm-- I'm glad you-- You stayed.

I really appreciate it.

It's my job.

Yeah.

Ah...

-I really shouldn't. -No.

No. No, sorry.

You ready to become a man?

Dump it, yeah.

Don't be bringing the knife back here...