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In the criminal justice system
the people are represented
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by two separate yet equally
important groups -
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the police who investigate crime
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and the crown prosecutors
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Those were his exact words.
I thought,
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what I am doing with someone who
objectifies people down to numbers?
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Besides which I'm an 81⁄2 - ask
anyone. Maybe an eight when I had
the braid
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but I won't make that mistake again.
And he thinks he's a nine? I know.
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With those chicken legs. From now on
I'm just going to concentrate on me.
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Take some time to think about what I
really want.
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Good for you. OK, ciao, bella. See
you later, babes.
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All right, hungry people! Come and
get it!
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Three dead and one serious head
injury.
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Joanne Ellis, one of their
customers. She's in a bad way.
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Right, OK.
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What's this, age before beauty?
Something like that.
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Joy? I take it you're here for the
tour.
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Kelly Scott, one of the sales
assistants.
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Only started yesterday.
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And this one's a customer.
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Driving licence IDs her as Linda
Bowers.
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Works in a cake shop nearby.
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That's the owner, Steven Marx,
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been trading just under a year.
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Who found them then? The other sales
assistant - Paul Dean.
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Came back after his lunch break. And
got the fright of his life. Mm.
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So, what is this - some sort of
glorified charity shop?
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Vintage designer, apparently. Not
your average tat.
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Blimey, I'll say. Look at that.
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200 quid? I should flog some of my
old threads.
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You're looking for a masked man. May
answer to the name of Zorro.
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A sword? You've got some really deep
stab wounds,
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not to mention a lot of wild
slashing and gashing.
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Shame the cameras are dummies. Must
have been quite a show.
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So, we're looking for a homicidal
maniac wielding a sword in a public
place.
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What a nightmare.
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I was gone to meet a friend.
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I was only gone 30 minutes.
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40 minutes max.
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Has your...has your boss been having
any problems with anyone lately?
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Steven? No, don't think so.
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We had this couple in this morning
but... What couple?
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Italian. I thought they were
tourists.
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The bloke got me unchaining the
leather jackets.
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Steven caught the girl putting stuff
in her bag.
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Started shouting in Italian. Then
what happened?
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Steven said he'd call the cops and
they legged it.
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OK. Have you got a description for
us?
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Er...yeah...um...
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She was a sort of young Nancy
Dell'Olio.
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He was a turned-down Mika.
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I don't get it. Why would someone do
this?
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I don't know, son. I really don't.
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The DI's called a press conference
asking for anyone in the area to
come forward.
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That's handy. Just a few thousand
tourists and shoppers
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How come we've got no witnesses?
Precisely.
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Whoever it was must have been
covered in blood.
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And they were carrying a bloody
great sword.
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Matt, this city is full of people
walking around with blinkers on.
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Covent Garden is full of people
standing around in gold paint or
fire-eating.
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He might not have stood out that
much. And he's still out there.
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Which is the scary part. Devlin.
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Ang, you're a star.
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Gianni Patrone and Lia Rossi.
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Picked up outside Selfridges with
six grand's worth of designer
clothing.
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And we're sure these are the same
two?
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Your witness ID'd them. Apparently
Ms Rossi's dress is one she stole
earlier.
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But I'm not getting homicidal
maniac, that's for sure. Me neither.
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But there's just a chance they saw
something.
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Though up to now they've not been
very co-operative.
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Let's get in there, give them some
encouragement. Whatever it takes.
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Commissioner Callaghan wants hourly
updates
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and once the media frenzy starts our
job'll get even harder
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so anything you can get out of these
two. Anything at all.
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We'll talk to 'em. Do we need an
interpreter?
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I doubt it, they're from Enfield.
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I'm telling you, I didn't see
anything and I didn't hear anything.
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But you admit you were in the shop.
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And you threatened Steven Marx.
Threatened him? Shut up.
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And less than two hours later he was
dead.
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Maybe you went back there, you
thought he'd identify you from the
CCTV tapes.
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Tapes? What tapes?
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Are you new? The cameras aren't even
real.
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Three people. Three people, Gianni,
left lying in their own blood.
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One girl's head was nearly severed
from her body. I know, OK?
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I told you, we had nothing to do
with that.
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If we'd been there half an hour
later that could have been us.
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You any idea what that feels like?
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Must be terrifying. So I'm asking
you again, where did you go after
you left the shop?
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I told you, I don't remember
exactly.
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You ended up in Oxford Street. Did
you go straight there?
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I'm not sure. I don't care if you
turned over half the shops in Covent
Garden,
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I just want to know where you went.
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Lia, what about Gianni?
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Was he with you all the time?
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Gianni's the last person you should
be harassing. Who would you suggest?
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The crackhead in the alley for a
start.
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What crackhead in the alley?
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A total nutter.
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Kept banging his head against the
wall.
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So, what do we think?
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About the convenient crackhead?
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It's about the only bit of the story
they agree on.
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Get on to all the drop-ins and
shelters with a description.
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If these two can't pick him out of
WADS then get them to do an E-FIT.
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And keep them apart, yeah? Strictly
no conferring.
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Not exactly twins but they could be
related.
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They could also be half the homeless
guys in London. Can Forensics narrow
it down?
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Apparently not, guv, the prints were
just a mass of smudges.
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But they have come up with a profile
of the weapon.
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A single-edged blade, probably
military.
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Comparisons were run. The closest
comparison they do have
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is a US-Army-issued bayonet circa
1950.
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Just a sec.
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Chandler.
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Oh, great. Thank you.
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Joanne Ellis has regained
consciousness.
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Just give her some time. OK.
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The blade ripped her scalp and dug a
trench in her skull.
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Joanne, um...when the woman screamed
where were you?
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T-t-trying on a d-d-dress.
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Th-th...there-there was a woman on
the floor.
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A man hit me.
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The man, did you see his face?
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Joanne. Sorry, sweetheart,
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I'm going to...going to show you a
picture, OK?
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If it looks like the man just let us
know, OK?
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Yes.
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All right? Anything? No, more of the
same.
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What's the word from uniform?
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Still going door to door. Nothing
definite to report.
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Round here the homeless really are
invisible. What do you reckon?
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Keep on going, meet up in organic
beauty?
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If we must.
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Are you going to buy that?
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I wouldn't know whether to wear it
or eat it.
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Um, can I help?
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Yes, actually, you can.
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We're looking for some information
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regarding the fatal incident in
Brewers Alley.
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The papers said it was completely
random, that he could strike again.
Is that true?
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Well, we're advising everyone to be
cautious, yeah.
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I'm sorry, do you...would you happen
to recognise this man?
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You might have seen him wandering
around the area yesterday.
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No, not yesterday but the day
before.
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He was standing right outside the
door. Just kept looking in.
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I thought he might be watching one
of my customers. Anyone in
particular?
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Um, a pretty girl. Blonde. She comes
in quite a lot.
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Actually, she signed up for my
mailing list.
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I teach yoga a couple of nights a
week.
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Yeah. Linda Bowers.
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Was she one of them? I'm afraid so,
yeah.
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Oh, poor girl.
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So, it wasn't random.
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Doesn't look like it. No, our
mystery man was after Linda Bowers.
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Yeah, that's the guy.
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The girl called us around 10ish.
Said some weirdo had followed her
home.
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What, from Neal Street to Southwark?
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Yeah.
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By the time we got there he was
gone.
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But we did a drive-by a couple of
hours later
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and he's standing across the street,
walking in circles.
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Any ID? Afraid not.
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No wallet. No driving licence. He
didn't want to give us his name.
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You didn't bring him in? We couldn't
charge him with anything.
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So we decided to relocate him.
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Sorry? You know.
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Like what they do with bears. Drove
him back across the river and dumped
him.
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Thought at least that way he
couldn't do any harm.
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Bears?
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Are you saying he was picked up for
harassing one of the victims
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and we still have no idea who he is?
It's like he doesn't exist.
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No name, no fixed abode, nothing.
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Callaghan's pressuring me to release
the E-FIT to the media.
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Well, you know what, that might not
be such a bad idea.
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How many homeless guys are there in
woolly hats out there?
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We'd be buried alive under reported
sightings,
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not to mention the chances of the
wrong bloke getting lynched.
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Hello, Ronnie. Are we keeping you
from your afternoon tea?
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No, not at all. Sorry, guv.
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I was thinking about the bayonet.
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He didn't have it on him when they
took him across the river
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so he must have got hold of it last
week.
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It's not the kind of thing you find
in a skip.
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No reports of any bayonets being
stolen in the Greater London area.
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What if we went to the dealers,
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see if any have been carrying any
unofficial 20th century items?
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Yeah. Turns out Matty's got a secret
stash of antique muskets.
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Hm. Do you know, I can see that.
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Yeah, that sounds right. Compatible
with an M1 rifle, yeah?
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This was last week?
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OK, thanks. You've been very
helpful.
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Bloke comes up to Covent Garden
first Monday of the month,
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says he had a mint-condition M1
bayonet
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nicked from his stall by some
homeless wanker.
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Our homeless wanker? Right down to
his woolly hat.
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Tried to buy it with some vouchers.
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That didn't work so he smashed the
case and took it.
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Vouchers. Yeah, he reckons it was
for some night shelter.
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He had a stack of them. Thought it
was a chequebook.
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That very much resembles John.
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Would John happen to have a last
name?
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We only know him as John though some
of the regulars call him Zero.
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As in Bravo Two Zero.
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From Zorro to Zero.
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Do you mean he's ex-military? No,
no.
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John's more a one-man army.
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But he likes to wear the clothes,
the boots, all that sort of thing.
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I'm sorry, what is this about?
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Well, unfortunately, John is a
suspect in a murder investigation.
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John? That can't be right.
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Well, has he been in recently?
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No, not for a few days. The last
time was Thursday, I think, for
breakfast.
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Do you know where he goes when he's
not here? No, I'm sorry, I d-
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But are you certain this is the
person you want?
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It's starting to look that way.
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I'm very surprised by this.
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He doesn't use drugs and he's never
violent.
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Sometimes he's a little confused,
perhaps,
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but he struck me as an educated sort
of man.
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Not dangerous in any way.
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Excuse me.
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Thank you, Father.
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So, sometimes he's a bit confused.
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When he's not banging his head
against the wall. If he ain't a
crackhead, he's a nutjob.
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Yeah, I know him. Usually wears army
fatigues. Name's John Smith.
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You're kidding? It's the name he
gave us.
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Interesting guy. He recognised my
tattoo.
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Kushta. Means truth in Aramaic.
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John always said it was the language
of the common people.
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So he was a regular, yeah?
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He was. According to this he hasn't
picked up his prescription in...
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nearly three months. That's not
good. What's he on?
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Risperidone and carbamazepine. It's
for schizophrenia.
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They tried weekly injections but
he'd miss the appointments. What
happens if he doesn't take them?
237
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Delusions, psychosis. Possibly
full-blown mania.
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Schizophrenics aren't necessarily
violent though, are they?
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There's always the exception that
proves the rule.
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Is John in trouble? Afraid so.
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Do you have any idea where we might
find him?
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Most of these guys register using
the clinic address.
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So how do they pick up a
prescription without an ID?
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They have a badge with a temporary
NHS number.
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Although John had his nicked a while
back so he just uses his Westminster
library card.
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He has a library card? Yeah, a lot
of them do.
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Some of them even read the books.
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He's been in Ancient History since
we opened. Same as always.
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We thought evacuating the building
would arouse his suspicions.
250
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Quite right. You've had no problems
with him in the past? No. He just
comes to read.
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Right, lads, get people out as
quickly and quietly as you can.
252
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Whereabouts is he, please? He's in
the far corner. Great, thank you.
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All right?
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Matt, he's coming your way.
255
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Just take it easy, John.
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Get away! Police, stop.
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John, listen. Drop the bayonet.
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I can't hear you. I'm not listening.
I can't hear you. No, no, put that
down.
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Put that down. Someone will get
hurt. I can't hear you.
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No, no, no, no.
261
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John Smith, I'm arresting you on
suspicion of the murder of Steven
Marx,
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Kelly Scott and Linda Bowers and the
attempted murder of Joanne Ellis.
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Well done, son.
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Are you limping? No.
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But I am a captain in Jabin's army.
266
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I fought at Kishon River. Calm down,
John.
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OK? OK? Calm down.
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It's quite a system.
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They drive wireless HD to work and
they're still hungry.
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Worse thing is after a while it
almost starts making sense.
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Are we sure about his name? We're
running his prints through the
system. OK.
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So, let's set up a video ID and get
in the eyewitness.
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No.
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That's him.
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Smith's solicitor wants him back on
his drugs.
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Fine, but we charge him with murder
first.
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So he's agreed to have a solicitor?
As far as we can tell.
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We've got a match on the prints. So,
why have we previously had the
pleasure?
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John Patrick Smith. One arrest for
stalking a woman 16 months ago.
280
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The original charge was threats to
kill but the CPS reviewed it
281
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and amended it to Section 2, simple
harassment.
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Eh? He got a 12-month supervision
order and paid 200 quid in costs.
283
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Might as well give him a Mars Bar
and a pat on the head.
284
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What are the chances of nailing him
this time?
285
00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,800
Well, do I resign now or do I wait
till this hits the papers?
286
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The file says the original charge
was way over the top.
287
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And the police had no evidence to
support harassment, let alone threat
to kill.
288
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And, at the time, Smith had a job.
Doing what, for heaven's sake?
289
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Marking legal exams for
undergraduate exam boards. God help
us all.
290
00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:41,200
His defence never referred to his
mental state and the prosecution
missed it.
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My God.
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The Home Secretary's
hyperventilating.
293
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If the press find out that we had
this guy and then we let him go -
294
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Smith's solicitor's withdrawing from
the case.
295
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And so the madness begins.
296
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He informed me that he no longer
requires my services.
297
00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,040
Who's representing him? John Patrick
Smith.
298
00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,960
MA from Oxford, Master of Laws from
Cambridge.
299
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Not to mention his PhD. And he did
mention it. Several times.
300
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,640
You're not serious? Oh, yes.
301
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The lunatic has officially taken
over the asylum.
302
00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:16,280
And he knows his rights. As long as
he's fit to stand trial he's fit to
represent himself.
303
00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,600
He's not fit for anything.
304
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If he represents himself, this will
be a farce.
305
00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:25,560
It's listed for mention so you can
bring it up with the judge. Don't
worry, I will.
306
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Mr Steel it is usually the defence
307
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who raise the issue of mental
competence.
308
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I know, but given the unusual
circumstances... Very well.
309
00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,400
Mr Smith, it says here
310
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that you have a history of
schizoaffective disorder.
311
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That's correct, my Lord.
312
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Since the age of 23.
313
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I'm prone to manic depression,
314
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paranoid delusions and
hallucinations...
315
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unless I'm taking my medication.
316
00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:01,960
And are you currently taking your
medication?
317
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,960
Yes, my Lord, ever since my arrest.
318
00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,720
And I understand you wish to
represent yourself.
319
00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:14,200
Yes, my Lord. I have a first class
law degree from Oxford,
320
00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,240
as I believe do you, my Lord.
321
00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,400
Also an LLM from Cambridge and a PhD
in jurisprudence.
322
00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,720
Without proper counsel Mr Smith will
be at a disadvantage.
323
00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,280
He could also suffer another
psychotic break
324
00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,920
in which case the trial would
collapse, we'd be back where we
started.
325
00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,960
But, as Mr Steel is aware,
326
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that's an irrelevance.
327
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Unless prosecution can establish
incompetence at this precise moment
328
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,480
then the trial must go ahead.
329
00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,240
In which case,
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subject to medical confirmation
331
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of the defendant's fitness to stand
trial, we shall proceed.
332
00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,640
There's one more thing, my Lord.
333
00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,320
As Mr Steel pointed out, I will be
at a disadvantage.
334
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,360
Perhaps to level the playing field,
335
00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:03,000
I might conduct my defence from
counsel's row.
336
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,720
Mr Steel?
337
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,920
I don't think it's at all
appropriate, my Lord.
338
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,680
The defendant is already in custody.
339
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,840
I will allow it.
340
00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,720
As you say, Mr Steel, these are
unusual circumstances.
341
00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,280
A 200-page application to dismiss.
342
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,800
I don't know if we should prosecute
him or offer him a job.
343
00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,400
I don't understand. Why's he not
going for the insanity plea?
344
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,720
He thinks he can prove we've got the
wrong man. That won't work.
345
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,240
Well, he's challenging every piece
of prosecution evidence.
346
00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,840
Prentice won't rush to dismiss
against a homicidal schizophrenic.
347
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:45,080
He won't give you an inch either.
And he won't be swayed by public
opinion, however vitriolic.
348
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,520
I'd be happier if we could find
something resembling a motive.
349
00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,640
According to Joanne Ellis' statement
350
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,400
he didn't give any sign he even knew
who Linda was. Talk to her again.
351
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,960
And didn't Smith give a sister as
his residential address? Yeah.
352
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,000
I want to meet her.
353
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,600
Remember, it's not just Smith in the
dock over this one.
354
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,640
Radio? TV.
355
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,960
Go easy on the make-up, George.
356
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,640
There was lots of screaming.
357
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,560
There might have been words.
358
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,920
Do you have any idea of what those
words could have been?
359
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,800
Something like, 'Live forever'.
360
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,040
Maybe 'life forever'. What does it
matter what he said?
361
00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,880
The man's a lunatic. If you'd heard
him in court last week, you might
not be so sure.
362
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,880
It said in the paper he's got a law
degree.
363
00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,920
Yes, he has.
364
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,160
That why he got let off the first
time? Cos he was one of your own?
365
00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,280
Absolutely not. It was nothing like
that.
366
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:56,640
The trouble was the prosecution
didn't know enough about him. They
knew he was stalking a woman.
367
00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,360
Didn't that give them
a clue there was
something wrong with him?
368
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,040
Mr Ellis, I can't imagine what
you're going through,
369
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,560
you and Joanne.
370
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,440
I want you to know how sorry I am.
371
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,600
And that makes it all right, as long
as you're sorry?
372
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,440
You lot had him and you let him go.
373
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,040
And now my little girl - Dad.
374
00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,760
Yeah, well, we've got ourselves a
lawyer too,
375
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,200
us and the other families.
376
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,240
And he's advised us to take a civil
action against the police and the
CPS.
377
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,160
You let us down, Miss Phillips,
378
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,200
and someone's going to pay.
379
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,480
When I talked to my brother last
month...
380
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,320
he didn't mention Linda Bowers.
381
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,840
He called because he'd overheard
someone plotting to kill our
parents.
382
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,800
Our parents died three years ago.
383
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,320
The woman he injured heard him shout
the words 'life forever'.
384
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,440
He probably said 'the wife of
Heber'.
385
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,720
It's from the Old Testament.
386
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,680
She lured Sisera into her tent with
food then stabbed him through the
temple.
387
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,600
Does this have a particular
relevance for your brother?
388
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,040
Uh.
389
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,240
Johnny went through a religious
phase as a teenager.
390
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,400
When he developed schizophrenia
391
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,720
he accused his girlfriend of putting
needles in his brain.
392
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,920
He called her the wife of Heber.
393
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,240
Was he violent towards his
girlfriend?
394
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,800
He tried to strangle her in his room
at Oxford.
395
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,840
The next day he was admitted to
hospital for six months.
396
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,240
So there's your motive.
397
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,760
I only wanted to find out about his
behaviour.
398
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,800
Oh, really?
399
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,640
Because last time Johnny was
arrested, I kept trying to tell
someone
400
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,680
that he needed to be in hospital.
401
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,720
That he needed supervision and
support to help him stay on his
medication.
402
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,840
But surely, given that history,
there must have been some way to get
him help.
403
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,880
And what would you suggest?
404
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:06,920
Have him locked up?
405
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,680
Have him forcibly injected with
antipsychotics?
406
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,320
Unfortunately, the mentally ill have
rights too, Mr Steel.
407
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,240
I'm sorry. It's just...
408
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,800
For 15 years I've known something
like this was coming.
409
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,960
And there was nothing I could do to
stop it.
410
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:28,480
It's not about money. I won't say a
trial like this isn't expensive, of
course it is,
411
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,040
but, at the end of the day, you're
faced with a choice
412
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,320
between a public expenditure that is
way out of control...
413
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,440
God, 'at the end of the day'.
414
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,360
I sound like the Scotland football
manager. Suit looked good though.
415
00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:43,400
What reaction from on high?
416
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,680
I have been summoned for a strategy
discussion.
417
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,320
The good news is Smith's application
to dismiss has been denied.
418
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,880
He's pleading not guilty by reason
of insanity.
419
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,160
He couldn't have done that from the
start?
420
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,200
OK, let's get this over with then.
421
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,400
Accept the plea, establish the
facts,
422
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,560
then Prentice can issue a hospital
order
423
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,600
and put Smith back where he belongs.
424
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:10,000
With no criminal conviction, he can
only be held while there's a mental
health justification.
425
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,080
So if he takes his medication he
could be out within weeks.
426
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,960
Smith knows that. Why else risk an
insanity plea? Because he's insane.
427
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,800
OK, OK.
428
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,280
And you really think he belongs in
prison? There has to be a trial.
429
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,200
You won't get a murder verdict if he
goes down this route.
430
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,280
I'll talk to him. If I get him to
plead manslaughter diminished
responsibility
431
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,760
he'll get a sentence in a secure
unit or hospital
432
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,040
and there'll be no early release
just cos he took his pills.
433
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,080
And if he won't change his plea?
434
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,360
Look, why am I even asking?
435
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,960
Fine. Talk to him.
436
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,160
I'd be interested to know what you
thought of my application, Mr Steel.
437
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,520
Of course, it's a long shot - Mr
Smith, I'm only here to discuss your
plea.
438
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,560
Of course.
439
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,320
You know, the...
440
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,800
one thing I regret about pleading
insanity
441
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,840
is that there won't be a full trial.
442
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,160
I'd have enjoyed the chance to
really...
443
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,680
flex my legal muscles.
444
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,280
Three people are dead.
445
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,320
And a young girl has been left with
horrific injuries.
446
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,680
That doesn't bother you?
447
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,920
Well, obviously, I'm sorry for what
happened
448
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,840
but, you have to understand, that
wasn't me,
449
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,880
I'm not that creature.
450
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,360
I...I...
451
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,480
won't take the blame for something
that he did.
452
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,080
You honestly believe you should walk
free?
453
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,800
I don't think I should be punished
for something I didn't do
454
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,520
and I can hardly be rehabilitated
455
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,560
when I have no memory of committing
a crime.
456
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,800
Assuming, of course, that you
subscribe to the view
457
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,520
that prison is an opportunity for
rehabilitation.
458
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,760
I'm here because we're prepared to
amend the indictment.
459
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:08,080
We'll accept a plea of guilty to
manslaughter due to diminished
responsibility.
460
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,880
Is that a joke? You'd be looking at
5-10 years in a secure unit or
hospital
461
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,720
as opposed to the 25 you'd get in
prison for murder.
462
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,480
They'll never send me to prison.
463
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,960
I've got a dozen expert witnesses,
464
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,160
all of whom will confirm that I'm
insane.
465
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,640
I wouldn't necessarily assume a jury
will find you not guilty.
466
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,520
You killed three people. They won't
care why you did it,
467
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,360
they'll want to lock you up so you
can't do it again.
468
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,280
I feel that's an acceptable risk
when weighed against my freedom.
469
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,560
Freedom to do what exactly, John?
470
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,200
Look at how you've been living. If
you plead guilty
471
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,560
to manslaughter diminished
responsibility
472
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,000
you'll go somewhere where you can
get help.
473
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,200
Do you know the kind of people
474
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,520
who end up in mental institutions,
Mr Steel?
475
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,560
I am NOT one of them.
476
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,880
I don't belong there. You have an
illness, John.
477
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,960
Yes, but when I'm medicated I'm just
like you.
478
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,600
I think you find that frightening.
479
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,640
Perhaps you know how it feels,
480
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,360
that urge to just let go
481
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,400
and to hell with the consequences.
482
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,400
There are always consequences. Are
there?
483
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,560
I would have made a brilliant
lawyer, Mr Steel.
484
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,600
I really would.
485
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,440
And I will get to prove it.
486
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,400
He's treating the whole thing like a
game.
487
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,160
We can't counter his plea by
claiming he was sane.
488
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,560
The witnesses say he was climbing
the wall.
489
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,920
Now he's calmly debating the merits
of the penal system.
490
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,920
He's different when he's medicated.
That's hardly news.
491
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,880
It's practically the basis of his
defence. Exactly.
492
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,480
As long as he takes his pills his
mind works just fine.
493
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,000
So when he decided to stop taking
them he knew what he was doing.
494
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,160
But he didn't go out and get high.
That's his natural state.
495
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:15,080
I'm naturally bad-tempered. It
doesn't mean I can punch you when
you annoy me. Like now.
496
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,200
I'd like to see you try. We're
talking about prosecuting for an
omission.
497
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:24,120
We wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
I'm saying he knew what would happen
and did it anyway.
498
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,840
Have you ever been on antipsychotic
drugs, Dr Armitage?
499
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,280
No, I haven't.
500
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:37,800
Well, I am using every ounce of
energy that I have right now
501
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,840
just trying to talk to you.
502
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,080
It's like I'm pawing through a thick
blanket.
503
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:48,360
I feel stiff and half a step behind
everybody.
504
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,720
I feel so tired just trying to...
505
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:53,960
..hold on to reality.
506
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,600
I don't know. I think letting go is
almost a relief.
507
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,800
He knows what he's like without
medication. He wilfully chose to
stop taking it.
508
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:08,600
I know where you're going with this.
He created the circumstances that
led to the murders.
509
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,640
Letting go isn't just a relief. He
actively enjoys it.
510
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,640
You can't punish someone for having
a medical condition.
511
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:18,320
Smith says as long as he's on his
medication he's as sane as the next
man.
512
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:23,080
Makes you worry about the next man.
The legal system can't deal with the
mentally ill.
513
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,240
You only work with absolutes. He
slaughtered three people.
514
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,440
While in the grip of a terrifying
and overwhelming delusion.
515
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,080
You say he's shown no remorse. How
can he?
516
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,960
Convincing himself that crazy John
is a totally separate entity
517
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,520
is the only way that he can cope.
He's playing the system, Roddy.
518
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,080
He's an expert on legal insanity
519
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,440
using his condition to get away with
murder. If he pleads guilty
520
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,440
his coping mechanism will crumble.
Then where does he go?
521
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,080
The way I see it, the longer he's
locked up the safer for everyone.
522
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,600
It's as if your expert witness may
as well be working for the defence.
523
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:02,040
I can work around it. The Home
Secretary feels very strongly that
we should take the plea.
524
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:06,520
He thinks it would be a PR disaster
if Smith is found not guilty
525
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,560
after a long, high-profile trial.
526
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,200
And what did you say? I told him
that it was entirely inappropriate
527
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,720
for him to try to influence a
prosecution of a high court case.
528
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,000
Go George. Well, I am indeed the
man.
529
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,280
But we are not operating in a vacuum
here, James.
530
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,080
Mental health charities are banging
down the door
531
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,600
saying that the system fails to
indentify vulnerable defendants
532
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,960
and this lot want to start a
campaign
533
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,560
for a national register for the
mentally ill.
534
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,640
If Smith does win in court then the
fallout could be horrendous.
535
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,280
In all directions. He's not going
to.
536
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,320
He can play the victim all he likes.
537
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,600
Even if a jury thinks that he was
insane when he drew the bayonet,
538
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:51,240
what about when he stole it or when
he decided to throw away his pills?
539
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,480
He didn't just make one choice,
George.
540
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,200
A whole series of decisions led to
those deaths.
541
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,360
And if Joanne Ellis has to live with
the consequences...
542
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,240
then so should Smith.
543
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:12,720
I saw the manager and another woman
on the floor bleeding.
544
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,320
Then I heard a shout...
545
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,320
..and this man ran towards me.
546
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,840
Something hit my head.
547
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,160
I don't remember anything else.
548
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,400
Miss Ellis, can you describe the
long-term effects
549
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,440
of the head injury you sustained?
550
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,240
I've lost the sight in my right eye.
551
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:48,120
I have limited muscle control on my
left-hand side...
552
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,240
..particularly my left arm.
553
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,880
I get very bad headaches
554
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:59,040
and I have problems with
concentration and memory loss.
555
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,840
What did you do for a living before
the incident?
556
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,560
I was a dancer with the Royal
Ballet.
557
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:12,560
And will you be able to continue in
that career at some point?
558
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,840
No.
559
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,240
Thank you. No further questions.
560
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,600
Miss Ellis, um...
561
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,120
I'm very sorry that you were
injured.
562
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,040
When you first saw me I didn't look
like this, did I? No.
563
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,880
Do you remember what I used to look
like?
564
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,520
You were dirty, with longer hair.
565
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:45,960
You were disgusting. I looked like
somebody who should have been in a
mental hospital. Yes.
566
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,080
Like somebody who is clearly insane.
My Lord - Yes.
567
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:53,320
In fact, you're pursuing a civil
action, aren't you, against the CPS
568
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:58,160
for allowing someone so unmistakably
insane to walk free?
569
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,600
Yes, I am. So, if you blame anyone,
570
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,920
it's really the justice system that
failed to protect you.
571
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,640
My Lord, please. He's right. You let
him do this.
572
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,440
You could have stopped him but you
let him go.
573
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,480
And look what he did to me.
574
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,840
That will do, Mr Smith.
575
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,120
Miss Ellis,
576
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:28,760
you may step down.
577
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,880
Antipsychotic drugs have powerful
side effects.
578
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,440
It's the most common reason patients
stop taking them.
579
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,400
So, in the case of the defendant,
580
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,080
he didn't stop because he thought he
was cured.
581
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,120
I don't believe so.
582
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,160
So he was aware of the consequences.
583
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,720
He knows he's susceptible to
paranoid delusions
584
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:59,600
and that these previously led him to
try and strangle a girlfriend.
585
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,040
And do they explain why he was
following Linda Bowers
586
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,200
and why he ultimately killed her.
Yes.
587
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:11,240
He believed she was plotting to kill
him and that Miss Ellis and the
others were her accomplices.
588
00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:13,280
So, just to be entirely clear,
589
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,560
at the moment when the defendant
stopped taking his medication
590
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:22,400
he knew that would cause the return
of the delusions that had previously
led to violence.
591
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,440
Yes, he did.
592
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,240
Thank you, Dr Armitage.
593
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,720
Dr Armitage, um...
594
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:38,760
..you described the side effects of
my medication as powerful.
595
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,000
That's correct.
596
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,040
So, in your opinion,
597
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,520
whilst experiencing these powerful
side effects,
598
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:52,400
would I have been able to accurately
predict the likelihood
599
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,040
of any future psychotic behaviour?
600
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,240
No. Thank you.
601
00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:01,680
And will he be able to predict it in
the future? No.
602
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,560
Mr Steel, you are not at liberty
603
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,800
to fire questions at the witness
whenever the mood takes you.
604
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,320
That poor girl was your best bet
605
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,760
and Smith got her to say that he
wasn't to blame.
606
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:27,320
But did you see how Smith reacted
when Roddy talked about next time?
607
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,240
So he realises he's trapped in a
cycle of behaviour.
608
00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:32,960
What good does that do us? For Smith
to admit his guilt
609
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,240
he must confront what he's done and
accept he might do it again.
610
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:40,040
We need someone who's been through
that cycle with him time after time.
611
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,360
Patricia won't help you put her
brother away.
612
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,600
She knows him better than he knows
himself. She's on his side.
613
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,840
Doesn't mean she's on his witness
list.
614
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,000
With a manslaughter charge he could
still go to prison.
615
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:59,360
If he did, he'd be in a secure unit
under medical supervision.
616
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,520
But unless he changes his plea,
617
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,240
he could be found guilty of murder.
That won't happen.
618
00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:09,280
They can see that he's sick.
619
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,440
If he's found not guilty and he's
back on his medication,
620
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,720
they won't legally be able to hold
him.
621
00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:17,760
I don't believe this.
622
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,400
I've spent half my life dreading
what he might do
623
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:26,160
and this happened and now you're
telling me it makes no difference,
nothing's changed.
624
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,000
I'm sorry. I can't do this any more.
I'm sorry, I just can't.
625
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,440
Then break the pattern.
626
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,960
Make the jury understand how badly
John needs long-term care.
627
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,400
You're asking me to betray my
brother?
628
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:39,840
No.
629
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,880
I'm asking you to save him.
630
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,320
Miss Smith, is this the first time
631
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,080
your brother has stopped taking his
medication?
632
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:55,800
No.
633
00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:00,040
Over the past 15 years it's happened
more than a dozen times.
634
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,960
How did you deal with this?
635
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,920
Well, I begged him to keep taking
his pills.
636
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:10,160
I warned him that he might...harm
himself...
637
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:14,160
..or other people if he stopped.
638
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:19,320
But he just said other people would
have to stay out of his way.
639
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,640
Did he ever offer an explanation for
his behaviour?
640
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,600
Yes.
641
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,840
I found out he'd rented a flat in
Ladbroke Grove...
642
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,240
on the 14th floor.
643
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,240
What did you do?
644
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,840
I went there.
645
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,040
He was sitting on the living room
floor.
646
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,920
He said he'd tried so hard to stay
on his medicine
647
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,440
so that he'd get a job as a...
648
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,520
..lawyer or even a teacher...
649
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,240
..but that no-one wanted him because
he was sick.
650
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,080
He said there was no point in taking
his medicine.
651
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,040
He said he'd rented the flat
652
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,360
so that he'd be able to jump off the
balcony.
653
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,880
He...he needs somebody...
654
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,440
to make him take his medication.
655
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,600
He's trying to convince you that
he's in control but he can't help
himself.
656
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,000
Somebody has to help him.
657
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,040
Please, God.
658
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:27,120
I understand you studied the Bible,
Mr Smith, the Old Testament in
particular.
659
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,200
Is that right? Yes. When I was
younger, yeah.
660
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,440
And this was before you became ill.
661
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,920
Is that correct, Mr Smith? Yes.
662
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:40,160
And these details and these images,
663
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,400
they stayed with you when you became
ill.
664
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,440
In fact, they became the basis of
your delusions.
665
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,480
That's right, yeah.
666
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,200
So, does it work the other way?
667
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:54,440
I don't understand. Well, when
you're on your medication, as you
are now,
668
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:58,040
do you ever have any thoughts or
memories
669
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,280
from the times you've been
delusional?
670
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,000
Not really, no.
671
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:08,400
'Not really, no.' So, what, you
remember some things?
672
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,400
Occasionally. People's faces,
perhaps?
673
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:14,120
Sometimes.
674
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,160
What about their voices?
675
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,200
Do you hear voices, John, things
they might have said?
676
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,040
Er...
677
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:25,360
I suppose so. Do you remember your
sister coming to see you at Ladbroke
Grove?
678
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,920
Where? The flat when you were
planning to kill yourself.
679
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,120
Uh...er... I wasn't...
680
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,640
Um... I was... I was... I was taking my
medication then.
681
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,280
So you weren't delusional at that
time? No, no.
682
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,600
Do you remember seeing Joanne Ellis'
face? N...n... Do you remember her
voice?
683
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,200
She would have been screaming as you
came towards her with a bayonet.
684
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:49,800
What about when you pushed her to
the ground or sliced the bayonet
into her skull? No.
685
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,840
Maybe you thought she was a witness,
that she'd run away.
686
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,560
Maybe you thought she'd call the
police. It wasn't that. What was it?
687
00:41:56,560 --> 00:42:00,680
I thought that um... What? What did
you think? Explain it to me.
688
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,120
I can't it. Explain it to me, John.
689
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:06,760
I thought that sh...
690
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,880
I thought that they wanted to kill
me.
691
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:19,200
I thought that you all wanted me
dead so I...
692
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:23,400
had to... I had to stop you. I
didn't care how.
693
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,000
No further questions.
694
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:45,000
John Smith, you have pleaded guilty
to the charge of manslaughter.
695
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:47,960
Yes.
696
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:52,880
Before sentencing, do you wish to
say anything in mitigation?
697
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:00,520
Yes, um...
698
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,040
I have suffered from schizoaffective
disorder since the age of 23.
699
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:08,000
I'm prone to manic depression,
paranoid delusions, hallucinations.
700
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:14,600
The paper's full of needles. They
gave it to me to hurt me. It cuts
and I bleed.
701
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:18,760
Mr Smith. I heard what Deborah said
unto Barak. The Lord will discomfit
me.
702
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,040
You're looking at me.
703
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,080
I made them do that, Patty.
704
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,640
You look like a pony. Please don't
do that otherwise I'll leave.
705
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,960
Mr Smith, sit down. Mr Luthra,
please. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
706
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,720
This isn't my armour. They took my
armour.
707
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:40,040
I absolutely can't wear this armour!
708
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:45,040
Mr Smith, we shall take care of your
armour once we are finished.
709
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,280
Now, please sit down.
710
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,320
I'm sitting down.
711
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:57,320
I'm sitting down, I'm sitting down,
I'm sitting down.
712
00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:59,280
I'm sitting down. Sitting down.
713
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:01,320
I'm sitting down. I'm sitting down.
714
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:14,520
Drink?
715
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,080
Er, sorry, I'll be working late.
716
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,840
They've put John Smith on suicide
watch.
717
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,760
Mm. He sent me a copy of his closing
speech.
718
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,920
Is it any good? It's well
structured, persuasive.
719
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,360
Pretty much what I'd have said if
I'd been defending him.
720
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,080
So, he really could have been a
brilliant lawyer then.
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