All language subtitles for Silk s01e04.eng

I'm pregnant.

Half your age? I know.

It won't end well.
He's got form, Niamh. Trust me.

Billy.

We're not sure how he fits in.
What did you say, Miss?

You want him out, Kate, it's a
bit bigger than a clerking issue.

Never underestimate what I know,
John. I want you to have a future.

I can't go back inside. I know.

This programme contains some strong
language.

Did you win?
What did you get?

Do you want a lift or not?

The rest of your aged debt.
All of it? Yes.

Thank you.

Pleasure.

Can I just drop off a brief
and pick up some papers?

No. Ten minutes?

No. Five?

Ah, all right.

What was that? What?

With the porter?

It's just charm.
Is that what it's called?

The thing is with charm
is that it works.

But then there's the big question -
what's underneath it?

Are you all right?

Noah. Kate.

What's this? Return.

From? Me. Oh, it's Old Bailey.
That all right?

I've got a robbery trial starting
at Southwark on the same day.

Have you checked with
Billy about this yet? Billy was born in Southend.

You can think of it
as quite near Norfolk.

I don't understand. Not many
black people in East Anglia...

and almost no Jews at all.

No. Billy? No way.

So ask yourself why else
don't you get the work?

You're 17 years call, Noah...

I've checked with John,
he's fine about the Bailey return.

Old Street on Monday?
I can offer you Noah Zeigler. What?

He's doing Miss Brockman's return.
Can I call you back?

Suddenly you don't
go through me any more?

That was some crappy solicitor
offering some crappy work,

but it could have been
anyone on the phone. Do I want to look like an idiot?

Boys. Hello, sir.

What? You never call me "sir".
What is this, some kind of victim thing? Why would you say that?

You're sounding a
little bit paranoid.

You mean, I'm sounding a little
bit Jewish. You are Jewish.

I'm just going to ask you this, OK?
What do you think of the Jews?

Second favourite race of all time.
PHONE RINGS

Excuse me. Hello?

Have you got any more
details of the victim?

Bloody hell. OK, thanks.

Billy? Mark Draper. What about him?

He's just been arrested.

It's not for cottaging this time,
Miss. It's for murder.

What do we know?

Not much yet. Why not?

Just arrested, Miss.

Ok, well, I'll do the first
appearance in the morning.

It doesn't look good, you knocking
about a magistrates' court when you're applying for silk.

Yeah, well, looking good
really doesn't matter.

Your con's here, Miss. What con?

Have I got a con?
Misconduct hearing, listed 2pm tomorrow, Urquhart House.

A police officer?

I spend my life cross-examining
lying police officers...

how is this a good idea?
Asked for you, apparently.

What sort of misconduct?
It's a race thing, Miss.

A racist police officer?
Is that what you're giving me?

Great! Just grea...

Would you like to
come through to my room?

Send somebody proper
for Mark Draper.

Scalextric.

Best game we had when we was kids.

But what always happened was
when you accelerated,

one of the cars went berserk
and flew off the first corner.

That is Martha right now,
she is that car.

Why?

What do you think, Jake?

What do you think can happen to
make a Doris fly off the corners?

She's pregnant?

You do not know this, all right?
It is more than your life is worth.

So she does the racist copper
cos there's no chance of winning, so she can sit down for four days.

We've got to look after her,
Jake, these next few months,

we've got to keep her quiet, but she
cannot know that we're doing that.

Did you say it?

Yes.

Directed at a colleague? Yes.

It was in the middle of a
public order situation on a Saturday afternoon?

I was in a van with other officers.

And PC Johnson.

And you called PC Johnson...

"a lazy nigger"?

Why would you say a thing like that?

He was slow getting out of the van.

So we're pleading guilty?

I don't want to.

I don't feel guilty.

So what's the defence?

I've worked very, very hard
to get where I've got,

and I don't want to lose it all.

A racist who works hard
is still a racist.

What's the defence?

Ready?

Yeah. Let me call you back.

I promised her half an hour.
Half an hour of what?

I think the junior end
could do with some TLC. Do you?

Is that your idea, John? Yeah.

Since when do you have ideas?

All right, get on with your work.

He got all my aged debt in,
he's here all day every day and he doesn't lie to you.

What Billy does is invisible.

He works solicitors,

he does things we don't see,
probably don't want to see.

He drinks and spends money.

And we all think because he's
out there drinking and spending

money it must mean that he's
working on our behalf. He's not.

He's drinking and spending money.
I don't know, Kate.

We're the grown ups - we employ
him, not the other way round.

Come for a drink.
You know where we are.

It was a joke.

What kind of a joke? Police
canteen in the 1970s kind of joke?

It wasn't intended to be abusive.

First trial I ever did -
Marylebone Magistrates' Court, 2pm, Friday 15th May, 1995.

Dangerous driving - smacked
into a lamp-post, just missing a pram with a baby in it.

The defence was,
"I wasn't driving, it was my wife.

"And then she walked away, leaving
the scene and me in the car in the front seat, with my seat belt on."

It was my first day
in court and I got six months. Why are you telling me this?

Because it's the worst defence I've
ever run in my life. Until now.

Can you give me a moment?

Where's Billy? I don't know.

You're asking me to do a
remand in the youth court?

It's Miss Costello's rent boy.
Yeah, but silk interviews are just around the corner,

what if someone sees me?

Exactly.

Quite nice for the client to
meet you now in case Miss Costello isn't available to do the trial.

High profile murder, at the
Old Bailey, around the time

decisions about silk
are being made.

Why wouldn't she be available?

Well, you know, things happen,
don't they, sir?

You know how it goes.

What kind of high profile?

Sorry. Left these in here.
You don't smoke, do you?

Um, Mark Draper? You're doing Mark
tomorrow? What are they saying?

Not clear. I haven't got much.
He's vulnerable, Clive.

He's had a wretched life.

This is a two-minute remand -
the social work can wait till it gets back to you.

Mark Draper is the reason
I do this job.

He's had a terrible life
and it keeps getting worse and now it's blown up,

and it's him on trial when it should
be all the people who've abused him

and let him down and made his
life so hopeless. He's a child,

and children need looking after,
and I will not apologise for it.

So you're not going to
thank me for covering for you... in the youth court for £2.50?

I'm getting out of this
police thing. He needs me.

OK, some advice.

Having a barrister at
these tribunals basically works against you.

Senior police officers
acting as judge and jury...

they're brought up
to distrust defence counsel,

so anything I do, they'll hate me
for, and that rubs off on you.

What are you saying?

Represent yourself. Plead guilty,

tell them how sorry you are -
throw yourself on their mercy.

It's your best chance.

The Met needs women. The police
station where I work needs women.

You know what it's like.

I want you to fight for me. Please.

You know the score with
this kind of thing - racism on this level and you're out.

No questions, end of career.

I saw you in court two years ago.

Did you? And I thought, if I was
ever in trouble, that's who I'd want.

You haven't given me a defence
to run, so there's no point me being there. Is there?

It was my way of sending racism up.

What do you mean?

To sound racist and...
mean the opposite.

What I said... It's saying,
"This is so racist, it isn't".

It's undermining racism.

OK.

We could try running that.

I have to be honest with you...

you've only the
smallest hope of winning.

Can we get PC Johnson to
corroborate what you're saying?

I don't know what he'd say.

Her police station.
Find out about its background, history, and anything ugly.

And anything there is on
the complainant officer.

Shouldn't the solicitors do that?

They get too much police work,
and rocking the boat isn't in their interests. What's the matter, Nick?

Don't like police stations?

Great, what will you have?
Um, red wine, please. Hello, a glass of red.

RINGING TONE

'Hello?' Billy?

'What's going on, Jake?'
He's with them. 'OK.'

PS Sorbie?

He doesn't work at this
police station. Are you sure?

Who are you?
Martha Costello's pupil.

She's doing the Rachna Ali hearing.
Well, you go and tell Miss Costello

that sending her boy
to speak to witnesses for the other side is not on.

There's no property in a witness.

Don't get all law school with me.

Or? Or I'll have you nicked
for wasting police time.

Hey!

Sorbie. What about him?

He's the only one in that van
who would have done that.

You wouldn't get anyone
here grassing her up.

You mean you'd protect a racist?

It's not as simple as that.

Why's Clive Reader doing
the Mark Draper murder case

if he's Martha Costello's client?
Well, officially,

Miss Costello's not free.

Unofficially, Billy said that...

What did Billy say?

Jake? What did Billy say? Jake?

Er, nothing, Miss.

What did he say?

He said that...

you, er, needed a rest.

Don't you ever, ever say that again.

Hello, pupil mistress.

The complainant officer
doesn't work at that station. Where are you off to?

I'm going to Newham Youth Court.

I thought you were doing
the policewoman. Two o'clock. I'm doing them both.

Are you angry about something?
I'm pregnant.

Where's Martha?

Doing another case for more money.
I brought you these.

I don't smoke.
Then they're currency inside.

But what about bail?

The thing about me, Mark, is that
I'm always straight with people.

I'm afraid there's no point
in applying. You won't get it.

She got me bail. That was cottaging.

This is an extremely
high profile murder.

You a batty boy?

What's your name? What's it to you?

I'm much, much too good to be
anywhere near a court like this.

So it's your lucky day because
I'm going to give you some advice.

Charge sheet. If I hear,
Benjamin Samways, that my client

is having a bad time inside
because of his sexual orientation,

I shall personally make sure the
whole world knows you're a nonce.

What? I'm not a nonce.

Oh. I thought you were.
Let's just check, shall we?

HE KNOCKS

What are you doing?
One question, this one here... No!

No? Please.

Sorry. We're all sorted in here now.

Thank you.

I'm here now. Hello, Martha.
For Mark Draper.

Well? Well, what? He's my client,
I know his history.

Mr Reader?

I know Mark.

Bit embarrassing,
scrapping over a remand.

Are you going to make
a bail application?

Yes. You know the victim's a judge?

We believe that Mark Draper
should not be granted bail.

This is a vicious murder, his honour
Judge Guthrie was an enormously well respected member of the judiciary.

The Crown object to
bail on every ground.

The strongest objection is that
the seriousness of the offence

means there's a real
likelihood he'll abscond.

The "seriousness of the offence"
argument is basically lazy.

It's a catch all-fall back
objection to bail.

"It's serious, he'll run away",
and it relies on the bench being too timid to look beyond it.

The defendant was on bail
for his trial,

all the way through,
and I know this because I was representing him.

He came to court every day,
always on time.

And really quite soon
afterwards he was arrested again.

At his trial he was
found not guilty.

So, I think what my friend
is actually saying,

is that he was arrested quite soon
after something that he didn't do.

Were there conditions attached?

Yes. What were they?

Residence.

And a curfew.
Did he keep to the curfew?

No.

Um... the dog case. Yes, Sir?

How much will I get?

Half day summary trial?

£60?

Involving cross examination
of expert witnesses?

One very expert witness.

65.

Can I borrow some money?

Sure. How much?

Fourteen... grand?

That bad, huh?

Do you want to go and
get a coffee? I'll pay.

I've got stuff to do for Martha.
So I'll help.

Rachna Ali.

Look into the police station she
works out of. The history of it.

OK.

Bad luck. Colin Guthrie.

I mean, can you believe it?

This is... a very big deal.
Did you appear in front of him?

Once or twice.
Total bastard of course.

He was always quite nice to me.
Old Harrovian. I've got to go.

Oh, don't worry, I'll pop
downstairs and do the aftercare.

You were right about bail.

Sometimes it's premature to make
a bail app at a first appearance when you don't know enough.

And there's a risk of disclosing what
you're thinking to the other side.

Did she do that?

I think you got away with it.

Oh, um...

it's up to you who
represents you at trial.

Don't be pushed around by
the solicitor or anyone else.

It's crucial that you get
the barrister that you want.

HE KNOCKS

The surprising thing
about murder trials is that they're over very quickly.

If it goes against you,
your life is over.

There you go, Keith.

Thank you.

So go on then.

Well, delivery of three
nothing returns, you don't send your baby clerk to do it,

you ask for me personally.
Senior clerk to senior clerk, and cutting out the bullshit.

What's going on?

One of my boys has
gone restless on me.

Why you telling me?

What are you doing?

Something for Martha. Why?

What does that mean?

Martha will support
Nick at the tenancy meeting.

So? So it's a waste of time
doing any work for her.

If you want to impress anyone,
you're better off impressing Kate.

It's not about impressing anyone,
it's about interesting work.

You're right.

You can afford to relax
anyway with your pedigree.

So you're for
the accused officer, Miss...

Costello,
and you're for us, Mr Antwi.

I'm sorry. Can I just...

is that the right term?

"For us"?

How does that sound?

This is a closed hearing,
there's no-one else here,

so we allow ourselves
a degree of informality.

You can sit down to address us.

I'm just a bit concerned how
my client might feel when you call prosecuting counsel "one of us".

That's not exactly what I said.

And it's presenting counsel,
not prosecuting counsel.

Justice has to be seen to be done,
as well as done, doesn't it?

I think you can assume
we know that.

Why don't you sit down? We find that
sitting down lowers the temperature.

Fine. Good. I'm sorry,
could you excuse me for a moment?

SHE COUGHS

She's pregnant...

That's why she's...

Over excited?

Yeah.

Miss Costello, would you
like a glass of water?

Why would I want a glass of water?

I'd just got out of
the van when she said it.

And how did it make you feel?

I can't tell you how
shocked I was to hear it.

I mean, that word, of all words,
and from a police officer.

You don't know the defendant.

No, not really.

You'd never met before
the day of this incident?

No. And you don't know
the police officer who the words were directed at, PC Johnson?

No. That's because you don't
work at the same police station.

I was on a secondment. So when
you made the complaint you had no idea about their relationship?

You were judging her solely
on what you heard her say?

I think the words speak
for themselves, don't you?

Why did you say that?

Why not?

Because I will not be defined
by the fact that I'm pregnant.

It's the way you're behaving.
What do you mean?

It's not in the best interests of
our client for you to fall out with

the people trying her in the first
five minutes of the hearing.

Which is exactly what
you were doing in there.

There's fearlessness
and standing up to people, and then there's pigheadedness.

Sorry, but...

What?

Not many pupils would have the
balls to say something like that.

Martha. Hi.

The police station.

I found something.

You've worked with the accused
officer for a long time? Since she started.

And how long have you been at
the police station she worked at?

20 years. So you were there in 2001
when John Magoga died in police custody in one of your cells?

There was an inquiry
and no prosecutions.

Relevance, Miss Costello?
John Magoga was black. Yes. I can't see how that helps your case.

We've got nothing to hide, sir.
See, that's my point.

What do you mean? Since John Magoga,
race became the biggest single issue at your police station?

Fair enough.

Anything that could be considered
racist was clamped down on.

Yes. However trifling.

There's nothing
remotely trifling about what Rachna Ali said. Exactly.

And yet none of the other officers
from her own station reported it.

So what you're saying is
that what PS Ali said could not therefore be racist?

What I'm saying is,
it's complicated.

Very well, point taken,
Miss Costello. Can we move on?

PC Johnson, the victim of
the racial abuse, is not present and his statement can be read.

Sorry, sorry,

I haven't agreed to this.

You don't dispute that
your client said what she is alleged to have said?

No. Then what possible difference
does it make whether the victim is here in person or is read?

My memory from the last hearing
is that your client didn't want PC Johnson to attend.

Can I have a moment, please?

You didn't tell me you weren't
planning to have him called.

As a lawyer,

I have to be allowed to look and
see that justice is being done.

You have to let me do this.

I've been instructed to
get PC Johnson to attend.

You want us to adjourn
overnight to get him here?

In the interests of justice, yes.

So long as it's not in the interests
of a defence fishing expedition.

Is that a question? Because
it's really not what I do...

talk about justice and
mean something else.

Very well.

You want me to go easy on him...

because he's a black police officer.

About a year ago there was a
big fight on one of the estates.

He was beaten up badly and
it might have been worse if another unit hadn't arrived so quickly.

It was a white/black gang fight.

The black gang members couldn't
believe that a black officer

was arresting them
and not the white gang.

He took it very hard.
I can see that he would. It's difficult enough

as it is on the streets
being a non-white police officer..

What? Without having the
pressure of giving evidence at your misconduct hearing?

Sorry, is that what you're saying?

You were in the youth court today.

How do you know that?
We've been watching you. Why?

We can offer you heavier,
classier work all round, Mr Reader, in a heavier, classier set.

You're headhunting me? I'd want to
block out your year in advance...

three months fraud, a murder,
a five-week summer holiday, some sex, more fraud...

That sounds like a silk's practice.
Six of the last 12 judges you've

appeared in front of are
former members of chambers.

We got three out of three last time
round. Your silk application is...

unlikely to fail.

This is...

out of the blue. Has to be.

When we find somebody we want,
we move very quickly.

I need to know. I've done this
before and, in this situation,

a barrister's whole career
is on the line during the time it takes to make his choice.

If the set he's thinking of
leaving find out, he's out the door,

and if that happens,
the new set don't want him either because of the bad smell.

Three words above all others
at the criminal bar...

loyalty, loyalty, loyalty.

When you go into loyalty limbo,
you're risking everything.

So decide quick. I've got a pupil.

She'd be compromised
if she doesn't move with you,

which wouldn't be fair on someone
so important to your happiness.

You can bring Miss Cranitch
with you... we like her too.

How do you know about Niamh?
Just doing my job properly.

How long have I got? You probably
need a pee, don't you?

What? Go for a pee, wash your hands,
take a look in the mirror,

come back, give me your answer.

One of the things we like
so much about you, Mr Reader,

is your ability
to think on your feet.

Niamh? Clive.

Listen very carefully.
I've got you a tenancy. Yeah, yeah. 'No, no. Listen.'

With me, another set. Oh, God.
'I need an answer now.'

I can't now, I'll have to think
about it. I mean, for God's sake.

No, no, it has to be now, or the
whole thing could just collapse.

Er, meet me in five minutes.

Where? 'Er, Fountain Court.' OK.

I need a bit longer.

One hour.

I'm not moving.

Clive's just offered me
a tenancy somewhere else.

What do you mean? He's leaving.

What do you mean, "he's leaving"?
He's jumping ship.

And he wants you to go with him?
Yeah.

God.

What are you going to do?

It would leave it wide open
for you here, wouldn't it?

Yeah, yeah, I guess so.

In a way, you don't' have a choice.
Why not?

You'd be tainted if you stayed.

It's awful, but...

when somebody jumps ship,
chambers never forgets.

You'd be like a memory of me.

I love Shoe Lane, and believe me,

I wouldn't even be
thinking about doing this to go anywhere else but this set.

You father would be very happy.

This is the oldest, best,
criminal set in London, no argument.

Billy?

My dad was a clerk.

Lovely old chancery
set in Lincoln's Inn.

He got me into clerking
when I left school.

Friend of a friend.

Right. I didn't know it at
the time, but my old man was ill.

Bowel cancer.

I came into chambers the afternoon
he died and just got on with it.

It's what he would have wanted.

And for an hour, I felt more
alone than I've ever felt,

and then it was five o'clock and
you lot all came in from court...

and I watched you
come in and I knew...

that this is my family.

Is there something
you want to tell me, Sir?

You broke my heart.

It was...
You were going to say yes to him.

Am I finished? In chambers?

Tomorrow night. We'll talk.

I'll come and find you
and we'll talk.

Did you tell anyone?

Jesus Christ, Niamh, who?

Nick?

Drink, Clive?

Uh, this isn't a good moment. I...

I've already been for a drink.

I think you should come for another.

So, how long have you known?

Couple of weeks.
Fuck me, Martha. I did.

Oh, God...

Oh, God, no...

I mean, that's...

When are you,
when are you going to...?

What? You know?

What? What do they call it now?

Termination.

Is money... Do you want me to...

The private hospital
that did my knee was excellent.

I'm keeping the baby. I just
thought you should know.

It's your right as the father.

I don't want anything from you.

You're keeping it?

I mean, I just... I just assumed
with work and how much it means...

Well, your work is your life,
so I just, I just presumed...

It's gone. Sorry?

Your charm.

HE DIALS

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

Marth?

So... Nottingham?

Well, it only happened
the once, Clive, so it would have to be, wouldn't it?

We were brilliant, weren't we?
The sex or the trial?

Well, as far as one night stands go,
it feels like a good start for him...

or her...

in coming off the back of that
kind of, triumph, really.

Sorry, that was really
rambling and stupid.

What I'm trying to say is
you can count on me, Martha.

Whatever you want by way of support
for this baby, you'll get from me.

Does Billy know? Yes.

Not who the father is.

I'm sure Billy thinks
you're better than me. In court.

Maybe he's right.

I'm good at this job, Martha,
I haven't come across anyone in

court who's better, but
you've got that extra thing.

I can act it, I can
get a jury to believe it,

but the real thing...

you can't match Martha Costello
for passion.

Does he take sugar? What?

The real Clive Reader.

Ah, yes, one, please.

What's your police misconduct about?

I'm a fast track woman
who says something unspeakable to a colleague in public.

On the balance of probabilities,
post McPherson, I'd say you might be in trouble.

Who's the panel?

Oh, it's a
Superintendent Haig and...

somebody Carruthers.
Alan Carruthers? Do you know him?

For about three months he read me
by bedtime story. What do you mean?

A tape, I'll get it for you,
you'll love it.

I never got to use it because
they offered no evidence against my client, this Nigerian guy.

It was the most frustrating
not guilty I've ever had.

When can you get it for me?

I'll have to chase up the solicitor.
Tomorrow night?

The thing about misconduct hearings
is, they make it all informal

so they can control everything
and get the result they want. Fewer rules, more discretion,

nobody gets off... I noticed.

Do I have to say it?

I'm afraid so.

She called me "a lazy nigger".

Did she do, or say anything else?

She laughed.

She laughed?

Yes.

Do you want to be here today?

No. Why not?

I don't like seeing
a fellow officer in the dock.

Even one that called
you what she called you?

Have you known
the accused a long time?

Five years.

Is it right that the accused
was incredibly supportive

when you were beaten up
last year by a gang of youths?

Yes.

Beyond what you'd expect
from a colleague?

Yes.

And the laughter,
that's not in your statement.

Maybe he didn't want to make
things worse for the accused.

What kind of laugh was it?

Was it callous? Mean?

No.

Did you report what she said?
No. Why not?

Is it because you
weren't offended by it?

How could he fail to be offended?
Who reported it? Someone else.

So not any of the others
from your police station? No.

So are they all tolerant of racism?

Would they let that kind of
remark go? No, no, of course not.

Of course not. Because this
police station is anti-racist.

This police station
wants to stamp out racism.

But this police station
didn't report this.

Why?

I want you to give evidence,
because you're going to lose the job you love if you don't.

There's something you're
not saying, isn't there?

I don't want to take
him down with me. Who?

Johnson?

If you do it, I can save you.

Trust me.

Why did you say what you said
on that day in the police van?

It was the same estate. As when?

He was beaten up, a year ago,
by a gang of youths. Badly?

Three weeks in hospital.

So when he found himself
back there - same estate, same sort of situation...

he didn't look happy about
getting out of the van.

So what did you do?

I made the biggest
mistake of my life.

I tried to help him
by saying what I said...

to make a joke,
to give him confidence.

Why didn't you say anything
of this when the complaint was first made against you?

You're never going to get these
people to understand it.

I've said enough. Have you?

I think there's
something you haven't said.

It was reciprocated. Go on.

PC Johnson used to call me a name.

What name?
I'm not going to say. Why not?

It was in the same spirit -
no offence meant, or taken.

But they're not going
to see that, are they?

What would be the point in him losing
his job too? You're protecting him?

If the accused won't say
what was said, it's unlikely we'll believe it's true.

I want you to do this.

I think you care very deeply
about the police force and what it could become.

It's now or never, Rachna.

Prince Harry.

He called somebody "my
little Paki friend"...

PC Johnson picked it up
and he used to say it to me.

A two-way joke between us.

I'm sorry. Why are you sorry?

Because I don't want him to
lose his career. Why not?

Because he's not a racist.

Are you? No.

Incriminating another officer won't
help your client, Miss Costello.

Here you are, Miss. You are
at the Crown. Thank you.

Sir, you are at Hammersmith Mags.

Tape? Yeah. Sir?

Billy will be with you in a sec.

What's all that about?

It's just Billy stuff, you know.

Two things. First, the medal.

How do you know about that?

You won't get this, Billy,
being a clerk and not a lawyer,

but it seems to me you're conspiring
to pervert the course of justice.

You wouldn't go with that. Empty
threat? And what's the second thing?

New life.

You what?

I'm going to be a father.

Who's the...

It's...

changed me, to be honest.

I want to give Martha

stability,

money, shared responsibility...

I respect that woman...

so much.

And the last thing she needs at
this pivotal moment in her life

is the father of her child
being kicked out of chambers.

So what do you want?

I want to stay.

And I don't want anyone
to know I tried to leave.

And what are you going to give me?
I'll drop the move against you.

And Martha's baby will have

a caring, responsible father.

I need more from you, sir.

Well, I can't give you any more.

I think you can.

I want you on the inside of
this coup working for me, feeding me everything I need to know.

I want you to be my mole.

How's the knee sir?
Er, it's fine... Does this hurt?

If you ever try this again,
I will finish you.

I will not let chambers break up.

Do you understand me, sir?

Good boy... "sir".

HE SOBS

What's the matter?

Oh, stupid, sorry.

What?

This baby, it's...

a huge thing, isn't it?

If you're not in court tomorrow,

will you do something for me?

Absolutely.

Bright and early, Miss Costello.

I need to talk to you.

Is that appropriate? Appropriate?
Now there's a word.

Excuse me.

MUFFLED CHATTER ON TAPE

What is this?

RAUCOUS LAUGHTER ON TAPE

VOICE ON TAPE:
'If they're Nigerian, nick 'em.

'Steady. Just nick
the bastards and 99 times out of 100 something will stick.

'The most dishonest people on earth.

'Germany win at football,
Italians run away

'and every last black in Lagos
is a scam merchant.'

Remember?

This is no good to you.

This isn't evidence.

You can't even tell
who it is on the tape.

Which is why I'm not going to try.

So what are you going to do?
Rules of natural justice.

I wanted you to hear first what the
Daily Mirror is about to receive.

You wouldn't dare. Why don't
you ask him how far I'm prepared to go to get a just result?

Sex?

I've got a speech to make.

Not a complete "no", then.

It's 17 years since
Stephen Lawrence was murdered,

and 12 since the MacPherson
report labelled this organisation institutionally racist.

I think we've reached a critical
point in the history of the Met.

Why?

Because Rachna Ali and PC Johnson
were trying to laugh at racism.

Lampooning racism isn't racism,

it's the strongest possible
weapon against it.

And their colleagues at the
police station understood that.

But when an outside officer
heard what he heard and complained about it,

they got frightened - I mean, of
course they did, and they reverted

to knee jerk correctness, regardless
of meaning, regardless of motive,

in line with policy, in line with
what people at the top are saying.

People like you. Nobody will
criticise you if you keep using

a big sledgehammer to crack down
on racism and, in fact, you'll probably get applauded for it.

But it won't be fair on this woman.

It won't be just or morally right.

If you're brave enough to
find Rachna Ali not guilty, you will be doing a huge service

to the police force
she has been so proud to represent.

You will be saying

we are no longer defined
by our racist history.

You will be saying, we are
no longer afraid of our past.

Verdict in the morning. Thank you.

Please don't tell Noah I said this.

He's under huge pressure
at home because four out of the five kids are ill.

He wants to return the case at
the Bailey but doesn't feel he can without letting chambers down.

He really should though. I mean, for
the sake of his marriage, actually.

I'll deal with it.

Mr Zeigler, sir.

Have you given any thought
to what we were talking about?

I believe in tipping points.

I think if Martha came over to us
and people saw that she was moving

against Billy, she's got
so much integrity...

Billy, I need to talk to you now.

It would say everything
we need to say. The rest of chambers would follow...

You've taken me off the Bailey
case, this is unforgivable!

Back to being opponents.

Don't take this the wrong way...

but if I was Chambers,
I'd take you ahead of me.

What would be the wrong way to
take a comment like that, Nick?

You fit in. Which you might not
think is completely a compliment.

I mean, the Bar is made for you.

Daddy the judge and all that.

You've got a... What?

Oh, just a chip.

What?

You know, because of my father,
because of my background,

everybody thinks I'm going to make
it. Which is bloody hard, actually.

If you were chambers,
who would you take?

Me.

We find the accused officer guilty.

But we have decided not to dismiss
the accused or to ask her to resign.

She will be cautioned.

We are confident she can look
forward to a long and successful career. Good morning.

So you wouldn't have any objection
if I started talking to Martha?

OK. She's going after Martha.

I want to know.

PHONE RINGS

Martha!

We won. Yeah. We won it.

Fantastic. That's great news.

Oh, by the way,
Kate's looking for you.

You need a good prosecution under
your belt before this interview.

It's been a long time since
we were against each other.

Big kudos for us
acting for both sides.

His face was just a mass of blood.
Did you intend to kill him?

It's just not me, prosecution.

You actually hacked into his
computer? Thousands unaccounted for.

You want me in your gang
when you kick Billy out the door.

If I was prosecuting this case,
I'd cut a deal.

And if I were defending,
Tony Paddick would walk.

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