Original subtitles

Here he comes.

That's Palmer, all right.

No doubt about it.

There's the watch. Are you sure it's the victim's?

Yes. The jeweller brought it when he saw our appeal on the news.

The rest is just the haggling.

Who interviewed the boys who found the victim? Tony Speed.

Did he tell them that we think a bottle was inserted in her mouth?

DS Speed wouldn't reveal that. No-one outside the police'd know.

Then how do those boys know about it?

I saw them re-enact it outside that cafe.

He pretended to choke on a sauce bottle. Who? The smaller lad. Ben Quayle?

You know those sweets, teeth made of sugar? He put one of those in his mouth, like the victim's teeth.

He re-enacted the whole thing, everything.

They discovered the body, they saw the scene. They've thought about nothing else for a week!

They'll have pieced it together! Not the bottle.

Interview them again. Because they were play-acting? You didn't see it.

I've seen THIS. Palmer's committed a previous assault with the same MO.

His alibi's fallen apart and he had the watch.

You weren't there! This is a long way from forensic pathology!

It's one of those cases, Sam, that's so emotive.

I didn't come for counselling! It's what I saw. What you THINK you saw.

Oh, I imagined it(?) You may have misinterpreted it... Rubbish!

Sam, thank you for your information and we'll look into it.

You mean you'll screen it out.

We will fit it into the overall picture.

He in there? Yep. Why do I talk to scum like him for a living?

Do you want me for this? Because I said I'd talk to the two lads. No. Thanks.

Oh, and, Speedy... the super wants a word.

Sir?

Yeah. Tony...

The lads who discovered the victim... Yeah?

Any chance they're responsible?

Any chance they're responsible? No.

There's no evidence. Another kid confirmed they were with him at the time of death. Is that solid? What?

Kids don't always tell the truth, but they're not BAD kids, not evil.

..Where's all this coming from, anyway, sir?

Dr Ryan saw them fooling around. They seemed to re-enact the murder.

Oh, well... Oh, well, WHAT?

Perhaps she made a mistake.

You're Ben, aren't you? Cor, I'm famous! So, are you in the job?

I work with the police, yeah. I'm joining the police, in a few years.

There's too many robbings and crimes. I want to help stop them.

Before you can join the police, Ben, you need to deal with anything wrong you might have done,

sort things out. Oh, don't worry. When you join, it's not just a job,

it's like a brotherhood. It's like...you're on an upper.

Anyway, me and you, we're mates now, aren't we?

How did you get the watch? I found it.

Where? In the toilets at the back of a pub.

Palmer, you're a terrible liar. I'm not lying!

You gave Lyndon O'Connor as an alibi. He was with me. He denies it.

HE'S lying! Why?

Some of these lads wouldn't know the truth if it punched them!

So...which pub was it?

The Crow. By the washbasin.

When did you find it? Yesterday.

- Same day we picked you up? - Yes.

You didn't tell us then. I didn't know whose it was then!

It's Percy Pervert!

I'm not listening. I'm going. Go on. No-one wants you, anyway.

Even your mum don't want you. She does. She wants me.

So where IS she? And your dad's a flasher. He's not!

He is, and so are you. I'm off.

We've written to your auntie, telling her. What?

YOU know. No, I don't! Ben...!

What did you call me?! I mean, Easy. What have you been telling her?

That you're a pervert. Leave it.

I might not send it. I MIGHT JUST WRITE IT ON THE WALL ON YOUR HOUSE!

You can't do that! I might write it everywhere! People have to know!

SHUT UP!! I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!!

Percy Pervert! Percy Pervert!

YOU'RE A NUTTER, YOU ARE!

You what? I said you're a nutter!

What do you do with a bell-end like this?! Get off!

Whatever you do, wherever you go,

you'll NEVER get us off your back!

Pack it in!

What about the letter?! Are you OK?

Come on.

HE SOBS

Dr Ryan! ..Tony.

He called me a nutter, Sonny! Pervy's dead! He's not a perv. It's something we made up. Sonny...

My name's NOT Sonny, it's Kelvin! Sonny and Easy - Punishment Squad - WE made it up!

I don't want to hear that again! Anything I do now, it's for real! You get me?! Kelvin... Kelv...

Kelvin!

So you went straight from the pub to the jewellers? Yes.

How did you get there? C11 bus.

- Which stop? - Hollis Road. - See anyone you knew?

No. Wait long for the bus? 5 minutes.

When did you get on it? ..I don't know.

Put - a - time - to - it.

I dunno, about... Yes?

Look, just cos I got the watch, doesn't mean I took a pop at her.

Whoever took the watch from her - that's who you want.

I'm sick of this! If you're gonna charge me, I want a lawyer! If not, I wanna go home!

HE KNOCKS

Yes.

Can I have a word, sir? Yes, sure.

Not at work today? When I go in Saturdays, I get a day off in lieu.

Seems like a nice office. Yeah. I thought we could have lunch.

Oh, there's some left! And perhaps a glass of wine. At lunchtime?

It's not unheard of. I've got to decorate. ..Have you seen Trevor?

Yeah. When's he coming to do my shelves? I didn't ask him.

He's been very unavailable. Well, the greasepaint... The actresses.

He hasn't said anything to me about actresses. No?

..Is a drink completely out of the question?

That bad, eh? I don't have any in. I only drink on special occasions.

Like the coming of the night(!) Yes.

Anyway, it's the company you came for, not the alcohol, and certainly not the food!

CHILDREN SNIGGER

CHILDREN CHANT: Lyndon's got no trousers! Lyndon is a pervert!

Lyndon's got no trousers! Lyndon is a pervert!

Lyndon's got no trousers! Lyndon is a pervert!

Lyndon's got no trousers! Lyndon is a pervert!

Good timing.

I won't.

That's a serious face, Peter. It's a serious business.

I feel like I used to when I had tell someone about the death of a relative.

It can't be that bad. No?

DS Speed tells me you've been talking to our witnesses.

I have.

Why?

They need help. They're getting it. I told you what I saw and you didn't take it seriously.

I did. Your statement is on file.

File 13, don't they call it?

Sam, we have to prioritise. We can't pull those boys in because someone saw them...

It wasn't just someone! I saw them.

This case could be screwed up because you've decided to become an amateur detective!

I don't tell you how people have died! You're not an expert! You're no expert on murder inquiries! No...

You're interfering! Only because I saw them in action and YOU didn't!

They're dangerous!

Today they were bullying a boy! There are lots of bullies. It doesn't make them murderers.

The rules governing talking to juveniles are a minefield, and you BLUNDER in, contaminating evidence!

If they ever DID get to trial, our case would be crushed thanks to you.

But you're NOT making a case against them!

Look...

..if I ignore what you've done, it would look like it's because you and me are...

What will you do? Make a complaint to the Chief Constable. Are you serious? Yes.

I could lose my job.

I've already sent the coroner a fax. What?

You crossed that line, Sam. I thought I could trust you.

Sorry.

DOOR SLAMS Shit!

Answer the phone, Trevor, please!

Morning. Morning.

No cracks about musicals or blowing of imaginary trombones. Who, me(?)

She's gone home. She was playing away, as it were. Lives in London.

And...I saw your sister last night.

And?

Wyn and I are friends, that's all.

Like us. Well, I hope we really are friends, Trevor, because I'll need all the support you can give. Why?

I think I might be suspended.

Dad, I've stopped seeing Kelvin. I've heard that before. I know.

You're right. He's a liar. He said his brother kept peace on the streets

and we had to take over while he was in prison... Did you lie to me?

No...

Dad! I'm doing what you wanted! No, Dad...!

These boys were the ones that found the victim? Yes.

Wasn't the murder more than 12 hours before that? They returned to the body. People do. OK.

But these boys aren't even suspects, right? They should be!

Well, I would keep quiet about that.

If you're lucky, you'll just get a warning not to get too involved.

Next one's prepped, boss.

Which would also be my advice. Don't throw your career away over one case, Sam. It's not worth it.

Suspected suicide by hanging.

You're an evil bastard, you are.

Me?!

You made me do all that stuff! I only done it cos you made me!

Have you got change for 50p?

Where's your friend? What friend?

I thought you two were inseparable.

Right, which one's best? ..This one?

That's crap. Try that one.

Did Lyndon like this one?

Aren't you going to show me how to play it?

Kelvin...

you know I work with the police. Yeah, but you're not one.

If you want to talk about Lyndon's death... He died.

Or Millicent Lockwood's... I don't HAVE to talk to you!

We've checked the outlets for the piping cord she was tied up with. And? Nothing. It's off the boil.

Squeeze Palmer. We'll have to re-arrest him. OK, but the clock is ticking.

Hello, Ben. Are your parents home?

They're out. Er, what do you want? I want to help you.

People don't mean it when they say that. I mean it. They mean they want to find out my secrets.

I think I know your secrets.

I've stopped doing bad things. I've given that up.

Kelvin used to lead me into that.

Like nicking stuff from shops - it was stupid.

Childish. I thought you meant more serious things.

Like what? Pushing people around? Like bullying, yes.

Oh, no. Lyndon was in on it. He didn't seem to be.

He was. It was a game, that's all.

You know, if a person experiences or does something very bad,

they won't be the same again until they tell someone about it. I know.

I've learnt my lesson. I'm going to work hard, join the police.

That's for the future. I've started.

It's Kelvin I feel sorry for - he's not got the brains. He had a gun...

Kelvin had a gun? Yes. He said he'd kill me if I didn't do what he said.

He scared me into doing wrong. Then I found out - it wasn't a real gun, it was a replica!

What a prat!

I hate him now...

cos he tricked me.

DOOR OPENS

I've come to ask your son some questions. Journalist, are you?

He's in trouble... Get out. He needs to talk to someone.

Are you going or do I throw you out?

Yeah, you'd better go. My dad's on a short fuse.

Yeah, and don't come back!

I don't want trouble. I like a peaceful life.

Mr Palmer, if you have information, it's in your interest to tell us.

And I want to get out of here. The information.

Some people you don't mind grassing up, but there's others you NEVER grass up...

never. Barry Stokes is one of them.

Barry Stokes gave me the watch.

We've wasted a lot of time on your stories. It's the truth!

It had better be. It is. Where is Stokes?

Park Hall Prison, doing 18 months. He trades stuff in prison. He gives me stuff,

I sell it, give the money to his missus. Someone gave him the watch for some snout.

Tell the police.

I can't. Can't you talk privately to Ross?

I'll need a lot more hard evidence before I can do that.

The boy knows I saw the cord. He'll have got rid of it by now.

If I tell Peter and it isn't there, I'll look even worse in his eyes.

I KNOW Ben Quayle is involved in the killing of Millicent Lockwood.

IF it's the same cord.

I want to go back to the body, Trevor. I want to make absolutely sure we've missed nothing.

"Dr Samantha Ryan is to cease all investigations into suspicious deaths

"pending the results of a police enquiry into her conduct."

You can't go back to the body.

I can't...

but YOU can.

It's not my approach to make the evidence fit the theory.

There'll be no question of that.

There was a great deal of blood here, from injuries in the mouth.

Trevor, I saw that boy accurately recreate it.

It was chilling.

OK.

Let's go over the bruising.

The butt of a handgun - what do you think?

Blunt instrument, Sam.

Can't say more than that.

FOOTBALL ON TV

Kelvin! Are you in that shower again?!

It looks like some jewellery that's been removed violently. A bracelet?

It was a watch. Could have been a bracelet. Look at the patterns.

They were made by an expandable watchstrap.

You can't necessarily say...

They recovered her watch, OK?! OK!

It's a watch.

What about these abrasions?

They're clearer than they were.

She's been scratched by something.

There are some I didn't see before.

Look.

They're letters.

"E...Z..."

It's a name.

Ee-Zee. It's the nickname one of the boys calls himself!

And these lines? You can't include some

and discount the others. Maybe they were made to obliterate the letters.

CLICK!

Yep, OK. And... Have you seen who's here?

OK, I'll handle it. OK.

Can we talk sensibly? Yes.

About the case? Sam! What if I told you I know more about those boys? Oh, no!

I've got vital information about your case.

Just act like a rational person. I'm not rational?! Admit you're wrong. I'm not!

I'm sorry. Look... When I report to the Chief Constable I don't want to have to incriminate you further.

So you're being a bastard to me for my own good? Yes... That's all I need to know.

Well, I wasn't expecting you. You look nice. Thank you(!)

Have you seen Sam? You've come to discuss my sister?

No. I've come to take you out. And we might discuss your sister.

I'm already going out. Oh. It's an office thing.

DOORBELL Maybe some other time?

Hi! MAN: Hello.

I'm surprised Kelvin's talked to you. He won't talk to me. ..Stop it!

I wish they could grow up and talk to me.

Pack it in! You know my nerves are shot!

Where is Kelvin?

He's run off. Run off? He's done it before.

Have you told the police? He'll be back. Aren't you worried?

He's 15! I was off at 15, totally out of control.

Some traumatic things have happened to him recently. He's discovered a murder. Lyndon's dead...

Don't you worry about Kelvin. He's like his mum - tough as an old boot.

Do you know where he might be? Steve'll know.

Steve? Kelvin's brother, Steven Abbott.

They've got different dads. He tells Steven everything.

Sorry, Trevor. Problems with our suspect. Claims he got the victim's watch from a prisoner,

but the prisoner isn't having it. So what have you got for me?

More photographs of Millicent Lockwood's injuries. Someone may have scratched some letters on her.

"E-Z." Dr Ryan didn't say. No. Decomposition can show up light abrasions that weren't seen earlier.

Someone's scratched letters on her stomach? One of the boys' nickname is Easy. Did Dr Ryan tell you? Yes.

What do you think? They could also be random abrasions.

Viewed from that angle, it could be "N...W..." Possibly.

You can't come up with something more definite? No. OK.

Police? No. Social worker? No.

Then who are you? And how did you get a visiting order?

Kelvin - he found a body.

I am the pathologist working on the case.

And the deputy governor is a friend of mine. So what's Kelvin to you?

I talked to him - a little, and I like him.

I know he's run away from home, and I know that a friend of his, Lyndon O'Connor, just killed himself.

Always was a loser.

Suicide can be contagious. Your brother discovered the victim of a horrific murder.

No child can hold that in. It's like a bomb in the brain.

Soon it will explode and it could destroy him... unless someone helps him first.

Now where is he, Steve?

There's some garages on the estate. One of 'em's mine. Number 17. He's got a key.

Thank you.

What did Rachel say about the photos? The marks only read "E-Z" to someone who wants to see "Ee-Zee".

Is that what you said? She knows it. They're sure Palmer's the killer.

You've done your bit. Don't get more involved.

Have they charged him? Not yet. They're taking their time, aren't they? It all turns on the watch.

Palmer's insisting he got it from someone doing time in Park Hall.

Trevor, Kelvin's brother is in Park Hall. Sam!

If the watch came from that prison, Kelvin took it there. No! Yes!

The police aren't connecting Steven and Kelvin because they've got different surnames. Phone Selway!

Where are you going? To find Kelvin Price!

Kelvin!

Kelvin!

Kelvin!

I need to talk to you!

Kelvin!

Oi, that's MY bike!

Stop! We need...

Kelvin!

I just want to talk to you!

Please, Kelvin!

WHIMPERING

Kelvin?

Are you all right?

I know what you and Ben did, Kelvin.

I wish I could go back in time.

I wanna wake up and do that day again, but different.

All right.

All right. When I see it in my head, it was like someone else did it...

but it was me.

I'm a bad person.

It's me who should be dead.

HE SOBS I'm sorry.

It's all right.

Ssh, now.

Come on.

It's all right.

Ssshh...

What is going on? This is Kelvin Price.

I can see that. Why is he here? He's ready to confess to the murder of Millicent Lockwood.

Is that right, Kelvin?

Can you look after him a minute, please?

What ARE you doing? He's in danger of harming himself. I'll harm YOU!

I had to... This case is buggered! We might not even get it to court!

If he'd killed himself, there'd be no court case to answer!

Kelvin, come on. Let's send someone to find your mum.

Ben.

Hello, Ben. Hi.

You were involved in the death of Millicent Lockwood. No!

I'll slaughter you... Mr Quayle...

I gave him everything and now this!

- Mr Quayle, outside. - You've shamed me!

You've shamed your mother! AND YOU'VE SHAMED YOURSELF!

Ben, do you know what happens now? No.

It wasn't him. It wasn't you, was it, Ben?

No.

We'll take you to the police station.

Can't we sort it out, man-to-man? I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder.

He's USELESS!! I've done my best with him. Smoke?

He doesn't work at school, just won't do it. I wash my hands of him.

HE SHOULD ROT IN HELL FOR THE TROUBLE HE'S GIVEN ME!!

Is this happening to Kelvin Price?

Should it be?

Yeah.

He gets inside your head. He's got this...this power over people.

If you're not in a crew, you're nothing.

Me and Ben was the hard core. You have the hard core and the code.

What's that? They're like rules.

Like after a job, you wash your clothes.

But the big thing is loyalty. You back each other up,

cos if you don't, where will you be, then?

And if anyone crosses you, you can front 'em up. You can hit 'em back.

OK. So how do we get from that to Mrs Lockwood? That's the stupidity.

A few days before, Ben had played with her dog. Before she died? Yes.

The dog got this stick and Ben held the other end, and he swung the dog around... By the stick?

And the old lady told him he was a halfwit. And he didn't like that?

No.

Where did this lot come from?!

Hide your face. Go on, get down.

Just go straight through.

Get away from the car!

ANGRY SHOUTING

We were really pumped up. After the fight with the lad in the garages?

Stewart, yeah. After we'd beaten him, we felt invincible.

So when we meet the old lady, it was like, "No-one should call us halfwits and get away with it!"

So we jumped her. Ben's got this key round his neck,

and he uses the string to tie her up.

She didn't struggle?

No...

cos I held her...

from the front, like that.

So you helped him?

Yeah.

Neither was capable of it individually, but together they could do anything.

"..We'll tie her up and teach her a lesson."

But then, Ben...

he picked up this broken bottle...

He's mad, that bloke. What did he do?

He stuck it in her mouth.

She was saying stupid things. Like?

"What would your father think if he knew what you was doing?"

And he says to me, "Shall we do her, Sonny?"

"Shall we do her, Sonny? Shall we do her?"

So what did you say?

I said, "Yeah."

It was like I pressed a switch cos he really went off

and he hit her...

..and I hit her.

Are you sure? You both hit her?

I wish I hadn't.

Why did you go back to the body the next day?

I wanted to make sure I hadn't dreamed it all.

But I hadn't.

Her head was smashed, there was blood everywhere.

I was hoping she wouldn't be there, but she was...

OK.

Thank you, Kelvin.

Look, Sam...

What?

Nothing I can say can...

No.

It can't.

BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS

Following the murder of Millicent Lockwood,

two juveniles have been arrested and have been charged with her murder. You will understand...

ANGRY SHOUTS FROM CROWD

SIREN WAILS

I could come in with you, show solidarity.

No, thanks. Then you'll know where I'll be. What will you have? Whisky.

OK. A double. Right. Twice.

I'll line 'em up.

I'll, er...wait here for you. There's no need.

I'd like to. Please.

It's a free country...

I hear.

♪ Testator Silens

♪ Costestes e Spiritum

♪ Silentium

♪ Angeli Silens... ♪

Subtitles by BBC - 1997