All language subtitles for New.Tricks.S07E09.Gloves.Off.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-squalor_Track03

Sandra.

You've been waiting long?

30 seconds is too
long in this place.

Who sent you this?

Mate on the flying squad.

Nick kellogg who
shot the security guard

is here on remand
awaiting trial.

Things are looking up.

I doubt it. I'm detective
superintendent Pullman,

this is Jack halford, ucos.

You must be thrilled.

Do you know what this is?

Pass.

It's a ballistics report on
the gun you were carrying.

Bad news is it's the same gun

that was used to kill a guy
called Eddie Mayfair in 1999.

Never heard of him.

Eddie was a boxer, 21.

I same him fight once,
he was very good.

Till somebody shot him.

Hang on, you trying
to dump this on me?

We know you were
doing time in '99,

so we're not looking at you.

All we want to know is
where you got the gun.

Don't be silly.

Silly was getting
caught with it.

Whoever it was
gave it you didn't care

that you were carrying a
murder weapon, did he?

Help us and you can only
help yourself at your trial.

A name.

Look I'm sorry, you
must have mistaken me

for something that
looks like grass.

So your happy to
give up the chance

of a favourable word
in the judges ear?

Last time of asking.

I'll tell you what, why
don't you take that report

and you roll it
up nice and tight,

and then you shove it where
a monkey shoves he's nuts.

♪ It's all right, it's okay ♪

♪ doesn't really matter
if you're old and grey ♪

♪ it's all right, I
say, it's okay ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doing fine ♪

♪ doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine ♪

♪ it's all right, I
say, its okay ♪

♪ we're getting to
the end of the day ♪

[Classical singing music]

[Jack] Quick hands.

[Gerry] Oof. Mind you,
this Joseph's not as bad

as I thought he was going to be.

Oh, watch this.

Bang! Oof.

And good night nurse.

Oh, he really was
quality, wasn't he?

Top drawer.

Quality what? There's
a doctor in the ring

cause the other
fella's not moving.

Milton Joseph
ended up in hospital.

Injuries were so bad
he never fought again.

That's appalling.

Ah well it's boxing.

I mean, nobody would
wants it to happen-

it's brutal.

Brutal? It's barbaric.

You don't know what
you're talking about.

I know boxing is nothing
more than legitimised thuggery.

The nearest you ever got
to a ring was your play pen.

Oh and I suppose you did?

Yes I did as it happens,
and I'm proud of it.

Oh aye, I'll bet. That would
explain the brain damage.

Oi!

Oh, shut up!

Jack, please, lay out
all the gory details for us.

November 1999, Eddie Mayfair

was found shot dead at 8:00
am by two cleaners in the gym

above the sun in
splendour pub in stepney.

That was exactly a
week after that fight.

No one heard the shot
and no one saw anyone

go in and out of the building.

The last person to see
him alive was his best mate,

Danny Branston, who saw him
leave for the gym about 06:30

in the morning.

Branston? He was a pro
fighter too, weren't he?

He used to spar for
Eddie. He went on to fight

for the British welterweight
title against, erm...

Steve grint.

In Manchester.

Yeah, it was
stopped in the third-

fourth. Stopped in the fourth.

Danny Branston had
cuts over both eyes,

his cornermen couldn't
stem the left one.

So, are you a fight fan, sir?

It has been known.

Started at school, I
boxed for my house.

Did you?

Yeah, and at university I
remember Eddie Mayfair

very well. Tough. Big puncher.
13 straight wins undefeated,

eight kos.

Danny Branston and
the rest of Eddie's family

and friends were all
convinced that Milton Joseph

or someone close to
him shot Eddie in revenge

for what had happened
the week before.

But how could he have
done if he was in hospital?

Because he came out the
day before Eddie was killed.

The murder squad got next
to nothing out of Milton and co,

so with no information,
no forensics,

case went nowhere.

Until last week, when the
murder weapon reappeared.

Now, interestingly,
both Danny Branston

and Milton Joseph have
since gained criminal records.

So why don't you
start with them?

What a good idea, sir.

Who'd have thought
it? Stwickers a pugilist?

[Laughs]

Hello? Hello? Anyone home-

yeah!

All right, er...

Can't give you more
than 200 for that, mate.

Come again?

Scrap prices are low.

You, what?

Danny Branston?

Might be, who wants to know?

I'm Jack Hartford.
This is Gerry standing,

unsolved crime and
open case squad.

We'd like to talk to
you about Eddie Mayfair

Eddie? What's happened,

somebody finally
put their hands up?

Not exactly.

We're re-examining the case.

And we'd like to know
what you remember.

You saw him the morning he died.

I was staying at his
mum and dad's, yeah.

We'd only just got
finished celebrating him

getting the title shot.

Eddie was up early as
usual and went off to start

getting himself back into shape.

And you?

No. Early mornings were
Eddie's thing, not mine.

I was going to join him
later. Then I got the call.

I saw you fight Steve
grint. That was unlucky,

that was a nasty cut.

Yeah, that's how it goes, innit?

I was all right, I
could throw a few,

nothing like Eddie though,
that boy was mustard, real deal.

We was like that, me and ed.
We had such a laugh together.

After he died, it was never
the same. Everything changed.

Like you getting
a criminal record.

I fell in with the wrong crowd.

Wrong crowd?

Look, it was a one-off,
all right? A stupid mistake.

What about uniform
being called to your flat

about a domestic? Was
that a one-off as well?

It must've been
cause I ain't been back.

So you're not involved in
the fight game anymore.

No, not really. I work the
corners for the odd bout

every now and then. Cutsman.

Oh, yeah?

It's nothing like
fighting, though, is it?

So you boys going
to go talk to Milton?

Milton Joseph?

Yeah, he's the one
that did it, ain't he?

Really?

Course he did.

Look, Eddie put paid
to him good and proper.

It was the end of
Milton's dream, weren't it?

No more payday, no more glory.

Just a battered-up old nobody.

So that's what you think?

Not just me. Ask around.

I said everything I've got to
say about him after he died.

I had nothing to do
with killing that man.

You came out of hospital the day

before Eddie Mayfair was shot.

Yeah... on sticks.

I was in no fit state
and I was with friends.

Yeah. We're going to talk to
them too. Plus your manager.

Talk to Mitch Graham?

I want to be around
for that conversation.

He's in a hole in the ground.

He's dead?

Well if he's not he's doing
a damn good impression.

What, you didn't know he died?

Wow, you must be
headed for promotion.

How'd it happen?

Car crash on the m4.
Car he was in overturned.

Mitch was a good man.

A lot of people thought
you wanted to kill

Eddie Mayfair because
of how the fight ended.

You, badly hurt, humiliated.

A lot of people want
to bring back hanging.

Don't mean they're
not talking shit.

Look, I went through
this 11 years ago.

You found out nothing to put
me there when the guy died.

And no-one saw a black
guy go in and out of that hole

in stepney, so why don't
you just leave me alone?

11 years ago you were
clean. Four years ago,

you beat a guy
senseless at a red light.

He spat in my face.

You put him in hospital.

I got a suspended sentence.
The judge said I was

"severely provoked".

Oh, is that what happens
when you get severely provoked?

So Milton, who do
you think killed Eddie?

Pass.

Don't you want to
know? If only to finally

clear the cloud
that's over your head?

There's no cloud over me,
because I know what I know.

He's dead. Who killed him?

Now, do you want
something to eat or drink?

Then don't waste my time.

Cor, it must be, what, 30
years since I've been here.

35.

Yeah! Look, she didn't
actually say wait outside.

We could go in and just-

too late.

God, it's a
monstrosity, isn't it?

Ah, it's great, innit?

Wonderful.

Excuse me. Detective
superintendent Pullman.

I called earlier about
taking a look upstairs.

That way.

Thank you.

Oh no, did you hear that?
We've only lost another wicket!

I know.

No, no, no, let him
come on to you!

Suck him in, then counter.

You go toe to toe with
hunter and he'll know you

flat on your arse!

Doug Palmer?

Yes, madam?

Detective superintendent
Pullman. We're here about

Eddie Mayfair. We're
investigating his murder.

All right, all right,
that's enough.

Don, go take a shower.
Eric, do some bloody work.

[Eric] All right.

Excuse my French. Eddie, yeah.

Downstairs said
you were coming in.

You trained him?

I had that singular
honour, yeah.

I saw him a couple of times.

I was there when
he beat Mark jago.

Were you? Yeah that was a
bit of a ding-dong, weren't it?

Class will out.

You're a man of taste, sir.

You obviously knew Eddie
very well. What was he like?

Pound for pound, the
best fighter I ever trained.

And in the ring, probably
the best puncher I ever saw.

I loved him. One of the
biggest regrets of my life

was being with Harry at
the Dorchester that morning,

instead of here.

Harry?

Harry gallo. Eddie's
manager, and my good friend.

If I'd have been here, maybe...

You might have
been dead and all.

Yeah, well. He was a
sweet boy, Eddie. Sweet boy.

And he was ready for it.

"It"?

Everything that was coming
to him. The show, the big time.

He was made for it, no question.

Why was your meeting
with mr gallo so early?

Eddie. We were
discussing his title shot.

It was tricky because of
what happened to Milton.

Talking up Eddie's chances
so soon after in public

would have come
across as pretty crass,

so we had to be
secretive about it.

Secretive? At the
Dorchester hotel?

Harry kept a suite
there. He's a showman.

Likes to do things with
style, even when it's on the qt.

Erm, who do you
think shot Eddie?

I've no idea. Doesn't make
sense. Everybody loved him.

I doubt Milton did.

No! Milton's a good
lad. I don't buy it.

All that manure about
him and his people.

Even after Eddie finished
his career so brutally?

Eddie knocked opponents out.

That's why people went to see
him. He was a crowd pleaser.

The hackney hammer.
They loved him. We all did.

Is that the way to
the changing room?

Er, yeah. Er, if the boy's
still in there, Chuck him out.

Yeah, sad.

Yeah, the alcohol?
Couldn't you smell it?

Oh! Sorry.

See anything you like?

It's a vast improvement
from looking

at you lot all day long.

That kind of physique
is very overrated.

Well, Brian, you would say that.

[Jack] It's near-enough
unchanged.

Not even a lick of paint.

Eddie was shot in the
chest at point-blank range,

which suggests that,
if someone got so near,

he either knew his killer or-

or they surprised him.

One door.

Yeah, and how did he
get into the building?

I mean, so early.

He was a special case
so the pub gave him a key.

Killer could have
followed him in.

Yeah, well, the ease
with which he came

in and out suggests
he knew the place.

Knew enough not
to leave any prints.

You know what I don't understand

is how nobody in the
street saw anyone leave.

Well, early morning,
area like this,

probably pretty
deserted that time of day.

An area like this is
called the east end.

People have a habit
of not seeing anything,

especially when
asked by the police.

Whole place stinks of sweat.

Some women find that attractive.

[Sandra] And you wonder
why you never made it past

sergeant, Gerry.

[Esther] Oh, he's
nice. That taller one.

"Nice"? What are
you talking about?

They're trying
to kill each other.

Well, that's boxing, isn't it?

What kind of
justification is that?

Not everybody finds
physical confrontation

as upsetting as you do.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, I mean, it can be
quite elegant, can't it?

Muhammad Ali-

oh, not you and all!

Anyway, it doesn't stop
him being handsome.

Handsome is as handsome
does. And he's trying to do him.

Besides, he's dead. Murdered.

Oh, that's a shame.

[Sighs]

[Esther] Ooh!

Yes, that's right. Not
so pretty now, is he?

Shall we eat?

Yeah, that's great.
Okay, thanks a lot, bye.

Oh, well, Milton's "people"

are turning out
to be a bit scarce.

How do you mean?

Well, his manager/trainer
did die in a car crash. 2006.

And out of all the other guys
who were questioned back

in '99-Steven garrido,
also dead, drive-by shooting

in balhma, 2008. Kelwyn
baptiste was deported

to Jamaica in 2003.

Strickland's talking to
the people over there

and waiting for them
to get back to him.

But this Ashley mccollin, he
just seems to have disappeared.

Is he wanted for anything?

No, I don't think so.

All sounds a bit
unfortunate. And coincidental.

Yeah, well, shit happens.
Better try and see

if there's anything more to it.

What are you still
watching that for?

[Suspicious music]

Superintendent Pullman?

Yes, and this is Brian Lane.

Hi, I'm Harry's pa. Er,
can I ask you what it is

you want to see him about?

We're re-examining the
murder of one of mr gallo's

former clients,
an Eddie Mayfair.

Are you okay?

Eddie was my son.

Oh my god, I'm so sorry-

no, it's okay. It's just a
bit of a shock, that's all.

We've been trying
to contact you, i-

please, don't apologise.

Sorry, we didn't know
you worked for mr gallo.

I... I came here after
Eddie's father died.

He never got over what happened.

Harry was really
good to me. Sorry.

No, no. Not at all.

Come on, I'll take
you to meet Harry.

11 years on?
Aren't you a bit late?

The case remains
open. We want to close it

by finding his killer.

Good. If only for Ronnie's sake.

I'm not just saying it
because she's here but...

Eddie was quite something.
I don't know if genius

is the right word but I
do know he was unique.

As a boxer?

I'm one of the top promoters
this side of the Atlantic,

I managed the boy
and I guided him.

And if I tell you Eddie
Mayfair was simply sensational,

you'd better believe it.

Ronnie, she brought
him up in the right way,

but he still had this hunger.
He was desperate to win.

And when you have
that combination,

you've got a champion
on your hands.

Who do you think
could have killed him?

Well, a lot of people
say it was Milton,

because of what
Eddie did to him.

Truth is, I can't
think of anyone else

who would wish Eddie ill.

And you have to say that
Milton was badly damaged.

What about some of the other
boxers that Eddie bashed up?

Boxing doesn't ordinarily
make you desirous

of that kind of revenge.
It's a hard trade,

but it's a bit more
noble than that.

Doug Palmer isn't so sure
that Milton was responsible.

Yeah, well... Doug's a
romantic. Sentimental, even.

He doesn't just think boxing's
noble, he thinks it's pure.

Yeah, and he's
still working for you.

Despite the drinking.

Doug's a first class
trainer. And he's a friend.

We go back a long way.

Did you ever fall
out with Eddie?

I have to say I find
that rather insulting.

Especially in front
of the boy's mother.

That's a no, then, is it?

Eddie would have gone
on to make a lot of money,

I presume. So his death must

also damaged you financially.

If you want to
look at it that way.

Do you think the killer could
have been targeting you,

albeit in a rather extreme way?

Well, you don't get where
I am without upsetting

some people along the way.

But it's hard to believe

they'd try to get
me by killing Eddie.

Well, if they did, it
obviously didn't work.

You've done very
well since then.

I know my trade. And
I'm good at what I do.

But I'd give it all up to still
have Eddie in my stable,

still alive.

You've had other
boxers, good ones.

Never another like him.

What about Danny Branston?

Not in Eddie's league.

Danny was a good man,
though. He was, he was decent.

If he weren't, Eddie's Eve
wouldn't have married him.

Eddie's Eve?

Eve aspinall. Her and
Eddie were engaged.

It broke her heart,
what happened, so...

Danny helped her put
it back together again.

Bit like Harry did for me.

We live together.

Best move I ever made.

Reckons he's one
of the top promoters

"this side of the Atlantic".

Lots of photos of sports
stars all over the place.

It was only boxing
when he started.

He's branched out
into all sorts now.

Mind you, he made his reputation

by finding new
young boxing talent.

Yeah, also has a reputation

for not being able
to hold onto them.

Gallo got a couple started,
but they've tended to move on.

Really?

Yeah, there was an
article about him in

the ring magazine last year.

Still nothing from the
Jamaican authorities.

I'll try and chivvy them up.

Thank you.

So, Danny and Eve aspinall.
Eddie's former girlfriend

is now married to his best mate.

Yeah, maybe they just
wanted to comfort each other.

Still, it's neat and
tidy, unlike Milton's lot.

I wouldn't call it neat.
I'd call it incestuous.

The whole boxing world.

Oh, don't start all that again!

Well, look at that
crowd at the fight!

They were baying for blood!

Might just as well have been
dog-fighting or bear-baiting.

Listen, you idiot, boxing
channels aggression.

It's the best way of stopping
young blokes becoming thugs.

Oh, right, so Eddie Mayfair
being shot in the chest

and his best mate being
done for receiving stolen goods,

and Milton's close circle,
killed in a drive-by shooting,

deported, disappeared-that's
a boxing success story, is it?

Guys, can we get back
to the point, please?

No the point is that
boxing is purely nihilistic.

It teaches you nothing
except might is right.

I tell you what it taught me.

It taught me that you are
a grade-a, 22-carat prat!

Enough!

Who can't accept that
a physical challenge

between two grown men-

oh, here we go.

Going head to head,
toe to toe, is a simple

but honest test of bravery.

Really?

Yeah, and you know what
I think? I think it scares you.

Yeah, it's a sign of cowardice.

What did you say?

I said, enough!

You heard.

Call me a coward?

And the rest!

Piss off!

[Groans]

Oh, that really hurt.

Brilliant.

Brian go and get
yourself cleaned up.

Jack, get him out of here.

You didn't hit him hard.

Well, you saw it, he
came at me. It was instinct!

Well, say something.

I thought your footwork
was a bit rusty. This is it.

[Gerry] Oh, yeah. Very tasteful.

[Jack] Well, not bad for a
34-year-old scrap dealer.

[Car doors slam]

Eve Branston? I'm Jack
halford, this is Gerry standing.

Are you here about Eddie?

That's right.

Come in.

Thank you.

I am so glad you're doing this.

Just for people to know,
you know? His mum, friends.

It's just about doing
what's right, isn't it?

Well, maybe with your
help, we'll get a result.

Do you remember the fight
between Eddie and Milton?

I remember around it. I
never used to watch Eddie

in the ring. I found it
too painful. Coffee?

Thank you.

Yeah, that'd be nice.

After the fight, did Eddie
seem upset at all? Worried?

No. He used to-please.
Get anxious before a bout,

but afterwards he was always
excited, he was overjoyed,

really. Especially this
one. The chance to fight

for the title and everything.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Is it right you were
away the day Eddie died?

Paris. Eddie had paid for
me and my mum to go away

For the weekend. He
was going to join us.

It was going to be a special...

I'm sorry.

No, no, no. Just,
take your time.

I'm okay.

Eventually you started going
out with Danny Branston.

Danny and I always used to
cry when we saw each other.

I'd just lost the... love of
my life, the man I loved,

and, er, Danny his best
friend. Brought us together,

I suppose.

The police were called
to your flat not long after

you were married. You
called them, about Danny.

No marriage is perfect.

It wasn't easy for either
of us in the beginning,

Danny and me. Well, we
didn't have any money for a start.

Danny wasn't a big
star like Eddie, you know.

He was always getting
letters from the bank.

Doesn't look like he's
getting 'em any more.

No, Danny is a good
provider. We're doing very well.

Did Eddie mention
anyone with a grudge,

someone who might
have wanted to hurt him?

Yeah, loads in the
ring. But not outside.

After the fight, did he
talk about Milton at all?

No.

Was he sorry that Milton
had ended up in hospital?

No, no I don't think he was.

You must have been very
young when you first met Eddie.

Just 16. I met him when
he first came to hackney.

I thought he came from hackney?

No. He moved there in
1995 so he was, well, just 17.

Where did he move from?

South of the river.
Stockwell, I think.

Apparently he was a right
terror when he was young,

always getting
into fights and stuff.

In stockwell?

Yeah. His mum thought he
needed a bit of a firm hand

before it got out hand.
Channelled it all into his boxing.

It's hard to believe, but,

you look like you've
been in a fight.

Just listen, yeah?

Oh, so you lost.

Ashley mccollin.
Where can we find him?

Don't ask me. I ain't
seen him in a long time.

He's one of your
best friends-was.

Along with kelwyn
baptiste, Steven garrido.

I ain't seen him. I
ain't seen any of them.

What, you lose touch with
your friends just like that?

Yeah. I lost touch.

People go their separate ways,

but you do still tend
to hear about them.

I mean, you'd
hear if they'd been

in a car crash,
or shot, deported.

You're friends have some
bad luck, don't they, Milton?

What are you talking about?

Ashley. Not dead as well,
is he? 'Cause then we'd

have to start wondering

whether this really
was just bad luck.

You know I think
you're trying to scare me.

And I ain't scared of you.

And I think there's
something you're not saying.

Which is?

Okay. Well if you do
hear about your friends

you will let me know, won't you?

[Heels on floor]

[Door slams]

[Footsteps]

Ucos?

Yes, you spoke to some
of our colleagues yesterday.

What is it? Have
you found something?

More something we haven't found.

I hear that Eddie
wasn't born in hackney.

That you moved there
when he was about 17.

That's right, yeah.

From stockwell? I hear
he got into a bit of trouble.

Well, not really. Just
a bit of teenage stuff.

Nothing serious. Eddie was
in a gang and me and his father

weren't happy about it.

What sort of gang?

Well, just, boys. We
were right to move,

most of the kids he hung
out with are inside now.

Who else was in the gang,
can you remember any names?

Dermot Thomas. Gary
Harris. Nick kellogg.

[Brian] What are you doing?

I'm watching the boxing match

I can see that. I just can't
quite believe it, that's all.

Oh, don't be so sanctimonious.

I don't see that indulging
the baser aspects

of human nature by
willingly exposing your-

look, have you seen this?

[Brian] Yeah, the trainer's
footage, of course I have.

No, here, this. Look, just
before the end of the fight.

There, see?

[Brian] What?

What's he saying?

Saying?

The black boy.

"Get off me, you
maniac," I imagine.

No, I don't think so. He
almost looks... Surprised.

Hmm, he's about to be. You see?

He's not saying anything now.

[Door slams]

I prefer the other one.

That's 'cause you don't
know her. Sit down.

The gun.

I'm sorry, you've
lost me already.

Well did you buy it outright

or did you rent it
from an armourer?

[Laughs]

What's so funny?

You. You're very old
fashioned, do you know that?

Yes, yes, I know. I
know, I'm ancient.

But, you know, being so old
helps me to recognise certain

aspects of human
behaviour, such as lying.

Now you're a liar,
Nick. Archetypal.

For instance, you lied when
you said you didn't know

Eddie Mayfair. Are
you tired? Well, let's see

if we can keep you awake.

We're going to solve
Eddie's murder. I know it.

I can feel it in my water.

That's another of the
benefits of experience.

And when we bring
his killer to trial,

I'm going to make it known
how much you helped me.

What you talking about?

I'm talking about when
I give evidence in court.

I'm going to let your name slip.

Now, the judge will rule
my remarks as hearsay

and order them to be
struck from the record,

the jury told to disregard
them so that no-one

will have heard your name.

Except, of course,
the officials in court,

and the public gallery.

You can't do that.

Why not? I've done it
before. Works a treat.

[Ominous music]

You bastard! You bastard!

[Cries in pain]

Ah, governor, the dvla
have come back negative

on Milton's old mate
Ashley mccollin.

He lost his licence in 2004.
He hit a nine-year-old girl

while speeding. She
ended up in a wheelchair

and he got a three-year ban.

The point is, he hasn't
renewed his licence since.

Yeah, right. Like
he's given up driving.

I don't think so.

Maybe he's got
himself a chauffeur.

Maybe he's got
himself a bicycle.

Haven't you two kissed
and made-up yet?

He won't let me,
says I'm not his type.

He called me a coward!

Well what did you say about
boxing? What did you call it?

Nihilistic. Oh, look it up.

For heaven's sake, will you
two just get on or get out?

Gerry, apologise.

I apologise. I'm
very very sorry.

Brian.

What, me?

[Sandra] Yes, you!

Sorry.

I just spoke to the
Jamaican justice department

in Kingston. Kelwyn baptiste
was shot and killed during

a prison break in February 2008.

What was he inside for?

Murder.

Where's Jack?

Yes, the gun was hired.
But you don't get a name.

Do you understand?
I never saw that piece

until a fortnight ago, so.

Okay. So what about Eddie?

Yeah, we was in sweet nine.

Come again?

Sweet nine. We
used to call ourselves

after where we lived.
Sw9, sweet nine.

Very imaginative.

We used to hang with
guys from nearby, gangs.

It got heavy. Ended up
with us having a set-to

with a crew from camberwell.

Milton Joseph was on
their team. Eddie cut him.

Cut? You mean stabbed?

Yeah. They ran.
Actually, so did we.

So Eddie and Milton
they knew each other?

They hated each other.
And if you think we were bad,

these men were maniacs.
Garrido, Ashley mccollin,

kelwyn baptiste. These
are serious people.

Do you know what I'm saying?
No one's going to give them up.

If you want to know
who fizzed Eddie,

that's who you should
be looking at. Okay?

But you didn't hear it from me.

[Mobile phone rings]

Oh. Er, look, Sandra,
I'm sorry, but i-

[Sandra] Oh I bet you are.

Look I honestly
thought he wouldn't talk

if you were there. As it
happens, he might well have done.

[Sandra] Meaning what?

He opened up. He
said he rented the gun

from an armourer, but
wouldn't give a name.

He also said that he and
Eddie used to be in a gang

in stockwell. And get this,

their gang used to come up

against another bunch
from camberwell starring-

Milton Joseph.

Mccollin, garrido, baptiste.

Ah, now, kelwyn
baptiste is dead.

He was shot busting out of
a Jamaican prison in 2008.

And back in the nineties,
Eddie stabbed Milton.

[Sandra] Stabbed him?

Well, maybe Milton
forgot to mention it.

And kellogg just told
you all this, did he?

Well, perhaps it was
playing on his conscience.

Jack, what did you
do to get him to talk?

Say that again,
I didn't catch it!

I said, what did you do to-

no, no, you're breaking
up, I'm in a tunnel.

[Light background chatter]

Time to talk, Milton.

That's it, man, this
is harassment, man!

You think this is harassment?

You wait till the lawyers
get on your case.

You hear that, everyone? This
woman's threatening me now.

[Sandra] Milton,
let's not do it here,

where you can only
embarrass yourself.

Girl, I ain't the one
who looks stupid.

Girl? Wow, flattered.
Okay, if that's what you want.

You see, I've been going
through the original notes

on Eddie Mayfair's murder

and I can't find any mention
in all the interviews you did

that you and he knew
each other as teenagers.

That's 'cause we didn't.

So you don't remember
him stabbing you?

King's college hospital,
December the 19th, 1995,

11:18pm. A Milton Emanuel
Joseph was admitted

to a&e with two knife
wounds to the left buttock.

Not life threatening,
but very humiliating.

Come on, Milton, you lied
to the original investigation.

Do you really want to chance
your arm a second time?

You might want to close
early. He won't be back today.

I knew Mayfair, when
I was a kid, 15, 16.

And there was a lot of times
we had beef with each other.

But then after he stabbed
me, I ain't see him no more.

I heard he went
north of the river,

but I never seen him
again until the fight.

Not till the weigh-in.

You must have felt very
angry about being stabbed.

You could say that.
But I never killed him.

Is that because you got
someone else to do it?

No. I was going to get
my revenge in the ring.

[Knock on door]

Well, I can see that
that would be plan a,

except he beat you up.

You don't understand.

What don't I understand?

Listen to me. I never said
nothing back then because...

What?

Because Eddie was
supposed to throw the fight.

Wasn't he Milton? Yeah.
The great Eddie Mayfair.

He was supposed to take a dive.

Except he didn't.

[Brian] No, exactly.

[Cheering on TV]

You ever watch this?

No I suppose you wouldn't.

Right, here we go, look.

Now I'll just rewind that.

Now, this time, here, listen.

Listen to what?
All I can hear is-

yeah, hang on. A bit more
magic of sound separation

and then we have-

what are you doing? What
are you playing at, man?

You're supposed to
go down! Go down!

"You're supposed to go down"?

Which I presume means
take a dive, correct?

But if you thought he was
supposed to throw the fight,

and he didn't, then
doesn't that give you

all the more reason
to want to kill him?

No, no way. Look, I got... Beat,

but I still thought I
might have a career.

That's why I never
said nothing back in '99.

How do you know that he was
supposed to throw the fight?

Who told you?

Kelwyn baptiste. He
told me not to worry,

he knew for sure the fight
was-the fight was mine,

and that I was going
to get a title shot.

Well, that's great,
apart from the small fact

that kelwyn is dead,
so who else knew?

No one that I know of.

Oh, come on! You know
you're going to win the title

and you don't get any of
your mates to bet on the result?

I was told to keep my
mouth shut. Seriously closed.

That's the truth, I swear.

So what happened then?

They told you but
they didn't tell Eddie?

I don't know! Look, he
was supposed to go down,

that's all I was told.
Instead he goes ape!

And it's me on
the floor. It's me.

And I'm gone.

Why do you think I
end up with no money?

Working in a lousy
cafe for a living? Huh?

Where's madam?

Oh, she's gone with Brian
to see Dougie the dypso.

No, no, don't take your
coat off, you're not stopping.

Where are we going?

Dulwich. The national
records office been back to me.

In 2004, Ashley mccollin
changed his name by deed poll

to Ainsley o'Connor.

Did he?

Yeah, his mummy's
maiden name. Sweet, eh?

Yeah, it's nice out there,
I'll put the roof down.

We're not going in yours.

[Thwacking on punchbags]

Afternoon, how's it going?

Well, we spoke to Milton
Joseph a short time ago.

Oh, yeah? How's he doing?

He told us something that
had you been straight with us

we would have heard from you.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

The fight with Eddie.
Maybe it wasn't so clear-cut

as it seemed?

What you talking about?

Milton said the fight was
supposed to have been fixed.

Fixed?

Yeah, Eddie was
supposed to have thrown it.

No! It's a lie, he's lying.
Eddie would never!

Doug, we're not trying to-

no! I'm not having
you come in here

casting mud on the reputation
of one of the finest kids

that ever put on
gloves. Get out!

[Ominous music]

Nice car.

Nice place.

Thank you.

Ainsley o'Connor?

You'll be from the met.

Yes, I'm Jack halford,
this is Gerry standing.

Unsolved crimes
and open case squad.

We're re-investigating the
murder of Eddie Mayfair.

Uh-huh.

You used to be Ashley mccollin.

Used to be.

[Gerry] You
weren't easy to find.

I would hope so. I left
Ashley behind a long time ago.

Because?

Because... he was not an
advantageous person to be.

Ainsley o'Connor is...
Somewhat more refined.

I'd like to talk
to the other you.

The one that knew Eddie Mayfair.

Eddie who?

You were in rival gangs
when you were kids.

Something you didn't
tell the original inquiry

when Eddie was murdered.

Sit down.

Thank you.

Cheers.

I don't know about now,

I don't tend to have much to
do with ordinary policemen,

unless we're playing golf
together, but back then

I found they had a habit of
putting two and two together

and making six.

You were there when
Eddie stabbed Milton.

Yeah, I was. And Milton
was not happy about it.

But you want to
know if four years

later Milton killed
Eddie Mayfair?

Or got someone else to do it.

No. And if you had proof,

me or Milton would
be under arrest.

Give us time.

Time? You've had 11 years.

[Sighs]

We never killed him.

Kelwyn baptiste has
killed someone since.

Yeah, and kelwyn's dead.

So what stops everyone
from saying it was him

who pulled the trigger? Or
Steven garrido or Mitch Graham?

Any one of them might
have done it, but not me.

Why would I have
taken such a stupid risk?

Because it cost you money.

Say what?

Because Eddie was
supposed to take a dive

and that information would
have been worth a small fortune

to a betting man.

Dive? Eddie Mayfair?

Correct. And you lot
must have lost a fortune

between yourselves.

Yeah, they did. But not me.

What do you mean?

I mean I didn't lose
any money on that fight,

because I backed Eddie.

What, you bet on Eddie
Mayfair against your own friend?

'Course I did.
Yeah, I heard Eddie

was supposed to go
down, but I ain't that stupid.

I'm not with you.

Whoever it was decided that
fight was going to be thrown,

it wasn't Eddie.

Why not?

Because he hated Milton! A
guy like Eddie might roll over

and take a count one
day, but in a title elimination

against a guy he stabbed
in the arse? Get real.

I knew Milton, remember,
better than anyone.

He didn't have a prayer.
Look at him! He's a loser!

So how did you know that Eddie

was supposedly going to
take a dive? Who told you?

Heard it from a
friend of mine. Bookie.

Called?

So how did he know?

A guy from Eddie Mayfair's camp

comes into my friend's
shop. This guy don't realise,

but my friend recognises
him. The guy put two grand

on Milton to win.

So?

My friend knows of at
least three other biggish bets

all put down by this
same guy, all with different

bookmakers. All that money
on their own man to lose?

Doesn't take much
figuring out after that.

This guy from the Mayfair
camp, does he have a name?

He's a sparring partner.
Made a name for himself

a few years later, but he
didn't have what it takes either.

[Clicks fingers]

Danny Branston. Another loser.

So what do you reckon? Bullshit?

Unfortunately, I
don't think it was.

Listen, he might have
changed his name,

but I give you even money
he's as bent as a nine Bob note.

You phoning the governor?

Dvla.

[Laughs]

Doug Palmer got knocked
down in the mile end road.

Been on a bender all
afternoon, apparently.

He's in the London hospital.

How do you feel?

I feel like I need a drink.

Oh, I don't think so.

You were paralytic
when the bus hit you.

Why did you go
on a bender, Doug?

I mean, straight
after seeing us?

Doesn't feel like a
coincidence, does it?

It never was when
I got hammered.

I was going to
say, am I in trouble?

But it all seems a bit
meaningless by comparison.

Trouble?

For not being totally
straight with you.

Saying I was with
Harry when Eddie died.

What, you weren't?

No. Well, I mean, yes,
I was. But, not just him.

Go on.

[Sighs]

I was supposed to
meet Harry in his room

at the Dorchester.
When I got there...

I found the two of them.

Them?

Harry and Ronnie, together.

Eddie's mum?

Did you know they
were sleeping together?

No.

[Sandra] Did Eddie know?

I don't know.

According to the dvla,

Ainsley o'Connor passed
his driving test in 2004,

four months before Ashley
mccollin was banned.

[Gerry] Very naughty.

But what's more
to the point is that a

mr Ainsley o'Connor was
behind the wheel of the car

in which Mitch Graham died.

So, driving while banned
with a licence obtained

through deception, and killing
someone, into the bargain-

very very naughty!

You still think he was telling
the truth about the fight?

Yeah, Milton confirmed
it. That's how they fell out.

Because Milton discovered

that ainsley/ashley
bet against him.

Despite what novels
and films might say,

boxers throwing fights
are incredibly rare,

especially in this country.

How would anyone know?

Because it's very
difficult to pull off.

Bookies are alerted to
unusual betting patterns

very quickly.

But if it was true and
the fight was fixed-

the only people with
the power to fix fights

are the fighters,
managers and promoters.

Harry gallo.

Yeah, but why?

The bet, the money.

Yeah but why would
someone like Harry gallo

risk everything when he's
got a potential gold mine

in Eddie Mayfair anyway?

Yeah, and we also know that
he and Ronnie have an alibi.

Danny Branston doesn't!

Well, then, you
better make a move.

Oh, Jack. Don't use your
mobile when you're driving.

[Jack] Hello, Eve.

Hi.

Danny there?

No, I'm afraid he's not
here at the moment.

[Gerry] Eve!

Please. I told
you, he's not here.

Not been gone
long though, has he?

What was it about?

Nothing.

[Jack] That's a lot of nothing.

It's never about anything.

Yeah, and don't tell us,

it only happens
from time to time.

And in a nice, big
detached house like this,

I doubt if anyone else can hear.

You don't have to put
up with it, you know.

Yeah.

[Jack] There are
places you can go.

Right.

Eddie ever hit you?
No I didn't think so.

What did you want
to see Danny about?

Where is he? The yard?

Don't tell him. That
you've seen me. Please.

Don't worry.

[Door clicks shut]

You lied. You lied about
your alibi at the time

of Eddie's death. You both did.

We know, because
Doug Palmer just told us.

He told us about finding
you both at the Dorchester.

Look, Harry and i-

no, Ronnie, Ronnie,
it's okay, it's okay.

Yeah, we, er, did
lie. But that was only

because Ronnie's
husband never knew.

I bet he didn't.

We didn't mean for it to happen.

We didn't want to hurt anyone.

Did Eddie know?

No.

[Sandra] You sure about that?

Yeah, course.

Maybe that's why Eddie
didn't take that dive,

because he found out
about you and his mum.

A dive?

Where did you get that crap?

When's he supposed
to have taken this dive?

He had a straight 13-win career.

The fight with Milton Joseph.

Oh, that fight where he
put Milton in intensive care?

I'm sorry, am I missing
something here?

When Doug Palmer
found out about your affair,

how long did you think
you could keep it secret?

Did you intend to tell Eddie?

I think we're through
here, don't you?

[Electric whirring]

Danny!

So, find anything out?

I found that the longer
I work on this case,

the more difficult it is to
know who's telling the truth.

We've been told that Eddie
was supposed to throw

that fight with Milton.

Now who told you that?

The same person who told
us that you put a big bet on it.

Well whoever that
was, they're lying.

You see what I mean?

Now you slept at Eddie's
place the night before he died.

Now, you got up an
hour or so after Eddie

had gone to the gym. And
you saw Ronnie, Eddie's mum.

Yeah, I think so.

You think so?

It was years ago, weren't it?

I mean, what did
I say at the time.

You said you saw
Ronnie up and about.

Well that's it then.

But how could you of?
She was at the Dorchester.

I'm not with you.

Ronnie Mayfair was at the
Dorchester hotel that morning.

You see how hard my job
is? Now I'm sorry to bang on

about this, but either Ronnie
was there or she wasn't.

Look, I thought I saw
her when I woke up, but,

I don't know, maybe
I was mistaken.

Ah, that's not good
enough, Danny.

You see, out of all the
people we've spoken to,

you're the only one
nobody saw that morning.

What? Hold on, hold on,
you're saying that I killed him?

Well, did you?

Me? His best mate?
Why would I kill him?

Because you thought
Eddie was going to lose

that fight against Milton
and you laid down eight grand

in the hope of winning
a great deal more.

Only it didn't quite
work out that way, did it?

Are you out of your mind?
He was my best mate!

We sparred together,
day in, day out.

Every fight he had,
I was there, ringside,

cheering him on!

And when he won it was
like... It was just the best feeling.

We were like brothers.

Is that a fact?

How'd it go with
Harry and Ronnie?

Well, they admitted the affair,

in fact she was
quite cut up about it,

but they both denied
any knowledge of Eddie

throwing the fight.

What's this?

Oh, footage of
Eddie's other fights.

We could only find three.

Oh, what a shame.

Watch. Here's a fight
from earlier in the year.

What am I supposed
to be watching?

Harry, Doug, Danny. They're
all in the ring at the end.

Same as the other fights
we watched. Now watch this.

Eddie puts Milton down.
Now watch gallo and Branston.

[Brian] They're leaving.

And that's where they
were sitting, side by side.

[Brian] Where have they gone?

You mean why aren't they
celebrating the greatest win

in Eddie's career?

You see what interests
me, is why this supposedly

fixed fight ended up
with the wrong result.

We know it's the wrong
result, because a guy like you,

who didn't have very
much money at the time,

isn't going to lay out eight
grand unless it's a cert.

I never had a bet in my
life. Let alone eight grand.

Not one bet, a series of bets

spread round different bookies.

But don't worry, we
know that most of the cash

can't have been yours.

The only person you knew
with that kind of money

was Harry gallo.

Harry gallo?

Harry thought that Eddie
would do as he was told.

So did you. And that's why
you put everything you had

on him throwing that fight.

You reckon?

"Every fight he had,
I was there, ringside,

cheering him on!"

That's what you said.

Well, where were
you that night, Danny?

When Eddie was up
there, beating his chest?

Why weren't you and
Harry straight into the ring,

carrying your best
mate shoulder high?

Because you had nothing
to celebrate, did you?

You were busy making
other arrangements.

Eddie's dead, and
the next thing we know,

you've got his girl
and a shot at the title.

People I've spoken to
never rated you, Danny.

They said you had an
easy path to the title fight.

Too easy. That's Eddie,
screaming at two empty seats:

Yours and Harry's.
And he's screaming

because he knows
he's had you over.

He's won, and there was
nothing you could do about it.

And that's why you killed him.

[Ominous music]

You got nothing.

Oh I think we have. I think
we've got more than enough.

[Chairs scrape on floor]

[Ominous music]

Do you want anything?
Glass of water?

He did it, didn't he?

Yes. But I'm sorry, he's
right, we haven't go enough.

Eve, if we can prove it,

he'll go down for
a long, long time.

Long enough for you
never to have to worry

about him ever
again, I promise you.

He has a lock-up.
It's in tufnell park.

[Officer] Got it.

[Metal clanging]

[Ominous music]

[Plastic sheet crinkles]

Jack, it turns out
that mr Branston

is a member of a very large
and very unusual gun club.

You took your
time. Can I go now?

[Door slams shut]

Sit down.

[Chairs scrape]

I wanted to tell you
something off the record.

The reason this case
got kick-started again is

because the weapon
that killed Eddie suddenly

turned up three weeks ago.

Very stupidly, someone
allowed themselves to get nicked

carrying that gun,
having rented it

from an underworld armourer.

Now it would be almost
impossible for us to track that gun

back over the years

and link it to anyone
who might have handled it-

look, mate, my missus
is going to wonder

where I've got to.

But in this case,
it's not necessary.

Because the person who
was found with that gun

has told us where he got it.

In fact, Nick kellogg has
been very helpful all round.

No, you're full of shit.

Oh, now don't worry. He'll
go down for armed robbery.

But he reckons
that by helping us,

he'll be out a lot
earlier than you.

Especially now
we've got your lock-up.

No, no, no, no, no!
This is not happening!

[Chair smacks off wall]

You tell that mouthy little mug

he'll be picking up his
teeth with broken fingers.

Oi, what's happening!

What did I say?

You tell him, halford,

let's see how chatty
he is with a broken jaw!

[Footsteps]

[Ronnie] You can't
keep coming here

without any prior warning.

Yeah, well, I think
this'll be the last time.

Are you trying to prove
something? Waltzing in,

disrupting my day-

Harold Ryan gallo,
I am arresting you

on suspicion of
involvement in the murder of

Edward Terrence Mayfair.

Are you out of your mind?

[Ronnie] Is this a joke?

Danny Branston killed Eddie.

Don't be ridiculous,
that's rubbish.

Didn't Harry tell you?

Nah, she's just trying
to scare you, ignore it.

It's garbage.

Why did you give
Danny an alibi Ronnie?

When the police questioned you

you said you were
at home with him.

You weren't you
were at the Dorchester.

Yeah, but that was-

no, don't say
anything, no, no, don't.

Did Harry ask you to say that?

Did he also say that Danny
would give you an alibi

to safeguard your affair?

Harry told Eddie
to throw the fight,

'cause he'd bet
on Eddie to lose.

But Eddie wouldn't do it.

He just pretended
to go along with it,

and when he won,
Harry lost a small fortune.

That's bollocks! Why
would I kill Eddie, huh?

He was a future champion!
He was my champion!

Was, but not after that fight.

If Eddie had taken a
dive you would have had

something over him
for the rest of his life.

But Eddie was
smart and straight,

and when he found out
you were bent, he was off

and there was nothing
you could do about it

because if you tried,

he'd tell the whole world
how you wanted him

to throw that fight, so
you got Danny to kill him.

You are talking
out of your arse!

Yeah? Well let's see
what a jury thinks. Cuff him.

[Crying]

I'm really sorry.

The specialist crime
directorate reckon on two

maybe three serious
underworld armourers operating

in the south east
in the last five years.

Danny Branston is a real catch.

I can't believe he killed
his best friend, though.

Oh, I can. I think deep
down he was jealous.

Constantly in Eddie's shadow.

A mate who has all the
talent in the world, a big future,

gorgeous girlfriend.
And to cap it all,

he ends up making
Branston lose his shirt.

Do you think Eddie actually
knew about his mum and Harry?

What a waste.

Anyway, well done. Good work.

Thank you. See, aren't you glad

you got interested
in boxing now?

Boxing? Yes, very interesting.

Right, if anybody
needs me, I'm in the pub.

Good idea, Gerry,
I'll buy you a pint.

Thank you.

Jack? Can I have a word?

You told Danny Branston
that we had an informant.

I told him Nick
kellogg gave him up.

That Nick told us Danny
had given him the gun.

That was a lie.

Well, I prefer the
word diversion.

You put kellogg's
life on the line.

More than likely, he'll have
a contract out on him now.

So what?

Yes. If it means that
Eve Branston is now

completely out of the picture,

that she's not under suspicion,

that she won't even have
to appear in the witness box.

You have absolutely
no right to take that risk!

And what right did you
have making promises

to Eve Branston that you
couldn't possibly keep?

You told that
girl she'd be safe!

Safe? From a guy who slaps
her about every other week?

From an underworld armourer
as connected as he is?

She gave us the information
we needed because I said-

no, she gave us that information

in spite of what you said!

She told us because
she knew that piece of shit

had killed the love of her life.

I have given her the best
protection she could hope for.

And if you think i'm
going to lose any sleep

over someone like Nick kellogg,

then you really
don't know me at all.

[Ominous music]

♪ It's all right, it's okay ♪

♪ doesn't really matter
if you're old and grey ♪

♪ it's all right, I
say, it's okay ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doing fine ♪

♪ doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine ♪

♪ it's all right, I
say, it's okay ♪

♪ we're getting to
the end of the day ♪

[Electric guitar and tambourine]