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In the criminal justice system

the people are represented by two
separate, yet equally important

the police, who investigate crime,
and the Crown prosecutors prosecute
the offenders.

These are their stories.

Still no sign of target. Hold your
positions.

The exchange is due to happen any
minute.

All exits are covered.

Yeah, that's understood. Let's do
another walk by.

Target has entered the park.

So, what's happening?

There he is.

Target is here. Repeat, target is
here.

All units, stand by.

Tell them to take it easy. Just hold
on. Standing by.

Have you got it?
You got your side? Yeah.

Show us.

Give it.
Show us the product.

What do you think this is? I think
we've got a weapon here, Ron. Shit.

What, a gun? Give us the money. I
don't want to take it from you.

Target appears to be armed. Repeat,
target appears to be armed.

Go ahead. I don't mean to rob you.

Oh, no, no... This is not good.

Oh, shit! Target red! Target red! All
units, go! Let's go! Go! Go!

Oi!

Dave Simmons, I'm arresting you on
suspicion of possession with intent
to supply a Class A drug.

You do not have to say anything, but
it may harm your defence

if you do not mention when questioned
something you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given as
evidence. Did he have it? Did he have
the heroin?

I think it was in the rucksack. It's
in the river now. Call the divers.
Maybe they'll find something.

Dave, when I said find something, I
didn't mean...

I bet you win lots of prizes on the
claw game at the fairground. You're
meant to be looking for a rucksack.

Ron!

Looks like someone was trying to bury
more than just a car.

Simmons squealed as soon as we found
a rucksack full of heroin.

He admitted to possession, supply,
threatening an officer, everything.

Good. Absolutely, which must mean we
can say goodbye to the drug squad.

Aww... Wouldn't that just make your
day, Ron? Yes, it would, Wes.

Look, sitting around in cars for
hours on end every day is a waste of
our talents.

Yeah, not to mention what it's doing
to his back.

Well, I've had a word with Callaghan.
Drugs work is done. Your secondment
is over. Result.

Yeah, but you've got the loose end of
the body in the boot.

A suspected murder, which makes it
ours, so wrap it up as quickly as you
can, will you fellas?

From the skeleton size and joint
wear, I'd say...male between late
teens and 30.

Do we have any idea of the ethnic
background?

It's impossible to say for sure, but
bone density suggests he's probably
not Caucasian.

So, we are looking for a missing
person,

bloke, average height, 20-something,
probably non-white.

He broke his collarbone at least ten
years before he died.

Do you think the head wound was the
cause of death?

It's difficult to say.

Could he have hit something in the
boot of the car?

I'd be surprised. He would have been
pretty wedged in there.

I think whatever caused the skull
fracture happened before he was
dumped.

Hmm... Right, Eleanor, how long do
you think he'd been down there?

Body has near-complete
decomposition...

Anything between 25 and 30 years.

The last registered keeper of the
Dolomite was a Rebecca Connor in '84.

After that, no more records.
We're trying to track her down now.

And we're also looking for missing
persons around that time, '82-'88.

It's going to take a while. I didn't
say, "Take a while." I said, "As
quickly as you can.

Give the grunt work to somebody else
and help me out here. Clear this off
your desk.

The Dolomite was mine? I loved that
car.

Worked two jobs so I could afford to
run the thing.

And what did you do with it?
I sold it to a mate.

There's no paperwork at the DVLA.

Mmm. It was for a ton in cash,
sweetie.

I needed the money and Nikki offered
to take the car off my hands.

Does Nikki have a surname?
Carroll. Nikki Carroll.

What about an address for Nikki? Do
you know where she lives?

Er... Well...

Well, the East End, West End, was it?

We weren't in London, sweetheart. We
were in Manchester.

That's where I had the car.

There are no missing person reports
matching our timelines on any of the
Northwest Police records.

None at all. How can that be?

Well, up until 1988, everything in
Manchester was either hard copy or
paper,

so if you wanted a file, you
literally had to go and get it
yourself.

Yeah, hello, love. I'm looking for
an address, please.

So they didn't update anything to
computers? They started but they ran
out of money.

Yeah, Nikki Carroll. It's Nikki
Carroll. Yeah.

No, I'm literally just waiting for
an address.

Oh, brilliant. OK.

That is great. Thanks ever so much.
Cheers.

Right, OK. Nikki Carroll is on the
Crimint database, but not in
Manchester.

Known charges are breach of the
peace,

common assault with conditional
discharge, all in London, all
outside police stations.

So, it seems she was a bit of an
old-fashioned activist.

I don't care who you've come to see.
No-one talks to anyone without a
lawyer.

I've just got these kids to trust me
and start opening up

and I'm not going to have that
destroyed by you lot throwing your
weight around.

Are we clear?
Yes, that's clear.

However, we're not here to see them.
Are you Nikki Carroll?

Why do you want to know? Did you own
a brown Triumph Dolomite back in the
'80s?

Bought for cash from Rebecca Connor?

You found it? We're trying to track
it down to the last owner, and at the
moment, the trail goes cold with you.

Oh... Oh, my God.

After all this time.

Have you found him?

OK, who is it you think we've found?

You've found my brother, haven't
you?

He had a broken collarbone.

He went over the handlebars of his
Raleigh Chopper, like every other boy
that age.

I lent him the car.

What was your brother's name?

Taylor. Taylor Kane.

He kept Dad's surname. Idolised him.

Any idea why he came to London?
Something to do with his job.

Right. What did he work as?

Taylor Kane was a police officer.

You're Maggie Kane's daughter, aren't
you?

Yeah, well, I remember your mum doing
all the campaigning to find your
brother.

Mid-'80s?
It was summer.

'85.

We still don't know exactly when.

He didn't tell us much about what he
was up to.

We started out wandering the streets
with an old photograph, trying to
find him.

Slowly, we got people to support us,

but the death of hope ate away at
her like cancer

and she died heartbroken a couple of
years ago.

Is the campaign still going on?

We set up a trust, got charitable
status,

but after years of nothing, the
support just drifted away.

Everyone just gave up on him,

except me and my mum.

Well, Nikki, we believe your brother
was murdered

and that means we won't give up on
him.

Not until we find out who did it.

The Kane Trust. Yeah, that started
and ended with just the two of them,
mother and daughter,

but at its peak, they were getting
press coverage,

they were lobbying parliament, they
were fighting for the rights of
ethnic minority officers.

They were a force for good, although
the establishment didn't think so of
course.

1985 though, Wes. Things were
different back then.

One reason the Kane family was so
angry though was the police lying.

"There's
nothing more we can do."

Now Nikki's the last one left.
Eh?

No kids, no other siblings, Mum died
two years ago.

Yeah, I met her once. Formidable
woman.

You could see the strain in her eyes
already though.

We owe them a conviction.

That's not going to right the wrongs
of that time though, is it? No, but
it'll be a start.

What do you want us to do? Go back to
the beginning, start again? Yeah, and
this time, let's do it properly.

So, he completed his training in
Manchester, '82.

Yeah, and it looks like he was
seconded to London in '84, but it
doesn't say why.

He had a handler in London.
Eh?

Yeah. Ronnie, I think this guy was
UC.

Well, not many black undercovers in
those days. In fact, not many black
officers, full stop, so...

That would explain a lot, him being
UC.

I mean, being out of contact with his
family, everyone else, even his chief
oppo. Yeah, yeah.

Well, being under the radar was part
of the job,

so no wonder Maggie Kane couldn't
get any support from the force.

Hold on a minute. There's an end of
service form here, signed and dated
July '87.

Really? Well, how have they done
that without a body, then?

I dunno, but it's signed off the
chief op, London, Alexander Greene.

Alex Greene, yeah. And for the
Northwest Police, Maurice Bennett.

I know Maurice Bennett. He took me
through my detective exam.

Great copper. Great teacher. In
fact, his reward was getting
Manchester.

Mo Bennett? What was the name of the
handler? Er...

Peter Langham.

I lost touch with Taylor, simple as
that. You didn't follow it up?

This was before mobile phones, son.
He was UC. I couldn't just knock on
his door.

I did explain all this at the time,
even to his family.

When was the last time you saw
Taylor?

It was the night after it all kicked
off in Brixton.

The riots?

And where was the meeting, Pete? A
coppers' pub down in Lambeth, The
Singing Sparrow.

Do you know it?
Yeah.

I didn't want to meet him inside,
careless talk and all that.

We met down the road.

And what did he say?

That he was scared.

And who could blame him?

We thought we'd lost control of the
streets that night.

Anyone who can corroborate that
meeting?

No. You'll just have take my word for
it.

Who was you drinking with, Pete?

God, it was a long time ago.

Yeah, but if I went back through the
archive, maybe found your blue
diary, that might jog your memory.

What do you think?

If it was anyone, it would have been
Darren Grady.

We trained together.

What was that about Langham's diary?
I saw the blood drain from his face.

Oh, yeah, the old A4 blue diary.
Before your time. We all had to have
them, write everything down.

If we left a detail out, it could
ruin us.

Just the mention of them diaries can
still put the fear of God into
coppers of a certain age.

We jumped out of that van straight
into a war zone.

My partner that night had a petrol
bomb chucked at him.

He burned right in front of me.

I don't remember his name ever
hitting the headlines.

Well, there were a lot of victims
involved in all that mess, that's for
sure,

but we're concentrating on the
disappearance of a young police
officer.

Give us five minutes, would you?
OK.

You recognise him, DS Grady? No.

You didn't see him that night with
your mate, Peter Langham?

How would I know? It was over 20
years ago.

And it was dark.

So, what, we all look alike in the
darkness, do we?

All I remember is I got very drunk
and I drove home.

You drove drunk? Yeah.

Well, I was young, and stupid.

You'll know all about that.

I remember the young bit.

Thank you, Darren. We've heard
enough.

Oh, a friendly word of advice,
fellas...

A lot of serving officers from that
time are still in the force,

and a lot of them are in very
powerful positions.

We don't care.

We're doing everything we can to
find out who killed your brother.

Forgive me if I don't gush with
thanks.

I understand we haven't exactly
covered ourselves in glory.

I'm starting the campaign again.

I've been in touch with a few of the
old members,

people who've also lost relatives in
the system with no explanation.

I don't know how helpful that would
be, Nikki.

We need to keep a low profile until
we have enough evidence.

Why? Because it would be embarrassing
if, after all this time, my mum was
right? Nikki, please.

I was a copper on the streets at the
same time as your brother. I know
how much this means to you.

You have no idea.

We'll be on Facebook, Twitter, in the
papers...

Anywhere you can find us, we'll be
hammering at your door until we get
answers.

You have to believe me, this is now
our priority case.

Yeah, because I'm threatening to go
to the press. No, because it's the
right thing to do.

I wish I could believe you.

You didn't have to come down from
Manchester for this. We could have
done it over the phone.

No problem, Ronnie.

Yeah.
Any excuse to say hello.

Good to see you. He used to be one
of my best students, you know?

Mr Bennett, if you don't mind,

why didn't anyone investigate Taylor
Kane's disappearance?

Well, there was nothing to
investigate.

No body, and after an extensive
search of known haunts, it didn't
look like we'd find one.

And that didn't worry you, I mean
that he'd completely disappeared?

In Manchester, we all thought he'd
stayed in London

and they thought he'd gone native.

Oh, it happens sometimes, especially
with younger officers.

And different departments hardly ever
spoke to each other in those days.

We weren't exactly joined up.

I know. The family campaigned for
action for years afterwards, didn't
they? Aye.

His poor mother.

She begged me to go on looking, but
we quite genuinely didn't know where
to start.

Maurice, you signed Taylor Kane's
end of service record, yeah?

We were drowning in paperwork, but it
had already been countersigned by the
chief of operations in London.

Yeah, Alex Greene.

That's right, yeah.

I mean, I assumed that all the
necessary checks had already been
done.

Have you spoken to Alex? No.

Private security consultant now.

I hear he's doing rather well.

We desperately needed young black
officers.

There were places that most of our
usual fellows couldn't go.

Or wouldn't. Certain clubs, certain
estates.

You remember?
Of course, yeah.

We didn't have too many candidates
to choose from in those days.

It's better now with the whole, you
know, PC positive-discrimination
thing.

What was Taylor Kane doing for us?

Sorry, Ron.
No worries. Hello?

He was attempting to infiltrate a
Jamaican network in Brixton.

We were terrified of more civil
unrest at the time.

We wanted to find out who the
ringleaders were.

And who decided to declare him dead?

I don't remember who exactly.

In some committee or other.

We were still paying pension
contributions at full salary.

You can't do that indefinitely,
waste of resources.

Did the Kane family receive a death
in service payout?

We had no proof he died in service.

Is it any wonder they hated us, then?

Isn't it a little late for all this?

I'm glad he's been found at last,
but...is this really helping
anybody?

Well, I'd have thought his sister for
a start. She deserves answers,
doesn't she?

That was Eleanor, back at the lab.
Right. Thanks, Joe.

Thank you for the tea, Mr Greene.

I started off by trying various
objects that could kill with a
single blow,

a piece of scaffold, crowbar, that
sort of thing...

Nothing matched.

And then, one of my magicians in the
lab found this.

A tiny sliver of wood buried in the
bone.

It's been protected from the water
damage. It's teak.

That's nice work, so what do they
make out of teak?

Furniture?
That's where we started.

So, what did you find? That we were
looking at the wrong things.

My first truncheon was made of teak.

They all were back then.

Well, look, it wouldn't have been
his own.

He wouldn't have been armed. He
wouldn't even have carried a warrant
card.

So, what else? A colleague with a
grudge? Did he sleep around?

No. He wouldn't have mixed with any
other officers if he was undercover.

If it wasn't a fellow officer, where
did the teak come from?

We all know the elephant in the room
here.

He was a black kid in Brixton in the
'80s.

There were enough white coppers in
those days who hit hard with a stick
first and asked questions later.

That is a massive accusation.

All right, look, maybe... What
about... Well, it happened.
..internal white on black crime?

Then Internal Affairs should be
dealing with this. No, not yet.

Not yet. I want to make sure of my
facts before we go any further, so
for now, it's just us.

Is that understood?
Yeah, yeah.

The Ronster! Long time no see, old
son.

What are you having? On the house.
All right, Tel? I'm all right,
thanks. I'm on duty.

Not that that ever stopped you.
I thought you'd retired.

I tried. Or rather the brewery tried
for me.

Chucked me out of the Sparrow a long
time ago, but I found this place.

There you go. Thank you. What does
your mate want?

You're all right, mate. Cheers.
Actually, we need to ask you some
questions about the Sparrow.

Do you recognise either of them?
Were they regulars?

That is Darren Grady. That is Peter
Langham.

Yeah, I remember him.

Night of the riots, September 29th.
Ring any bells?

There was a big fight. Grady, he was
in the thick of it.

You're sure? Oh, yeah. I had to
confiscate his car keys.

Did he get the keys back?
The following day, yeah.

I don't know whose car he blagged to
get home. I saw him as he went
flying past me.

What was it?
I don't know.

It was brown.
Triumph Dolomite?

Yeah. Yeah!

How'd you know that?

I have a list here of all the London
officers who put in a requisition

for lost or damaged equipment from
September to December, 1985.

Is this your name Mr Grady,

ordering a truncheon

on the 30th of September, the day
after drinking at the Sparrow

the last time anyone saw Taylor
Kane?

So what?

A lot of people damaged equipment
that night. That's a fair point.

So I can go, yeah?

Wasted enough of each other's time?

However, you also stated that you
drove home from the pub that night.

So, whose car were you driving,
Darren?

It was my mate's. And he just gave
you the keys, just like that, yeah?

Wes Leyton's your DI, isn't he?

See, that explains why you're all
getting your knickers in a twist
about some black kid from the '80s.

Trying to be Martin Luther King, is
he?

Change the world? Good luck with
that.

For the tape, Detective Inspector
Leyton has just entered the room.

And he's about to issue a grovelling
apology to Detective Sergeant Grady.

No, Darren. I'm about to arrest you
for the murder of Taylor Kane.

DS Hawkins, read him his rights.

Darren Grady, I'm arresting you on
suspicion of the murder of Taylor
Kane.

You do not have to say anything, but
it may harm your defence

if you do not mention when questioned
something you later rely on in court.

The evidence we have is mostly
circumstantial. We've got nothing to
put the weapon in Grady's hand.

It sounds a bit of a stretch to get
to charge.

Do you have anything else? Well,
only ongoing lines of enquiry.

Sorry, Henry, I think you should
look at the human interest side of
this case.

Now, we have a young black police
officer who was killed,

and goes missing for over 20 years

and the investigation into his death
goes nowhere.

Yeah, but we can't be seen to favour
a case just because it involves a
police officer.

No more should we. I agree with you,
Kate, but this was a high-profile
case at the time,

which makes it even more shocking
that nothing was done.

I can't authorise proceedings because
you feel aggrieved. I don't feel
aggrieved.

The commissioner asked me to keep an
eye on this. It has the potential to
be embarrassing for many people.

This is not the case to use to launch
a crusade.

A crusade? This is one of our own.

I think you'll find, gentlemen, we're
too late. Nikki Carroll is already on
that bandwagon.

She's decided to restart her mother's
campaign via social media,

and register Taylor Kane Trust as a
going concern.

Of course she has. Yes, of course
she has, Henry, because she feels we
let her down last time.

Now, I think this woman should know
that she can trust us now.

"We let her down"? I think you need
to be a little more impartial than
that.

OK, leave this with us while you
carry on with your enquiries.

What are they exactly?

Well, you see in this paperwork that
this line in particular is
highlighted.

What about it? Well, WS, for
instance, stands for witness
statement.

In the ongoing investigation of a
missing police officer there is a
missing witness statement.

I think that needs looking into.

OK, but you call me if there's any
progress. Are we clear?

We must learn new techniques and
modern skills.

We must advance ourselves,

or we'll be left behind like so much
dust on the road.

Thank you.

I'm sure there's nothing in there you
haven't heard before.

Just the bit about being left
behind, Alex.

What can I do for you?

Jacob Thorne, CPS.

The original investigation into the
disappearance of Taylor Kane. Yes?

Is the paperwork complete?
What do you mean?

Well, if we were to go back through
the original files, would we be able
to follow the paper trail?

You know, the old-fashioned police
work.

I've got no reason to believe that
anything should have gone astray.

Well, we seem to think that there is
a witness statement missing, you see?

We have WS, witness statement, TK,
Taylor Kane.

I'm assuming that the numbers are, I
don't know, date or order number.

Basic police filing procedure.

Old-fashioned, but it worked.

We need to put the victim of this
crime in a certain place at a
certain time,

and a missing witness statement may
be just what we need.

Or not. It might show he wasn't there
at all,

destroy your theory altogether.

There were hundreds of bits of paper.
It could have been anything.

Anyone else think our private
consultant's developed a bit of a
selective memory? Yeah.

How sure are you about this?
100%.

The reference is on the general
registry docket summary, but it's
not in the file.

Someone has removed it. Let's charge
Darren Grady with the murder of
Taylor Kane, see who looks scared.

Did you hear what I said about not
making this a crusade? Loud and
clear.

And calling me before doing
anything? We have enough.

To charge Grady, a serving police
officer with murder?

We have forensic evidence, we have a
witness... Who thinks he saw
something 25 years ago.

When Ronnie has provided us with the
smoking truncheon, we'll have
everything we need to get us home.

And you're sure that will happen?
100%.

My trust in you hangs by a very fine
thread, Jake.

This case is already gathering a
public profile.

I'd like to put the court on notice
that we wish to make an application
to dismiss.

As I see it, you have no case. The
basic premise of the prosecution is a
joke.

No offence.
Thanks. None taken.

Skeleton arguments to me by next
week.

Response seven days thereafter.
Of course.

Are we ready?
As much as we can be.

Mr Thorne? Yes?
I'm Nikki Carroll, Taylor's sister.

Yes, of course. There's nothing
really to see today, just a lot of
huffing and puffing from both sides.

The defence can argue that we don't
have enough evidence.

Don't try and fob me off.

I know a bit about the legal process.

Do you have enough evidence?

We will do by the time we go to
trial.

But not yet? Miss Carroll, Jacob
Thorne is the very best.

I promise you...
Don't you dare give me a promise.

Don't you dare.

My mother died because she believed
this day would never come.

Now you offer the possibility...
Miss Carroll, you have to trust us.

How can I?

You've no idea what it was like 20
years ago.

Let us fight your case for you now.

We have every hope that we can put
Grady away for the death of your
brother.

Don't offer me hope now if you can't
see this through.

We can't let her down.
No.

We need that missing witness
statement.

Putting the prosecution case at its
highest,

is there enough evidence for a jury,
properly directed, to convict?

This is a statement taken by
Detective Brooks.

It is an eyewitness account of the
pub landlord, Terry Wilson,

who ran The Singing Sparrow at the
time of the murder.

Alleged murder. An eyewitness account
from nearly 30 years ago, that's now
your case?

My learned friend's argument is more
desperate than I thought.

And we have reason to believe that
the original investigation

into the disappearance of Taylor
Kane is not entirely complete.

What do you mean, not complete?

Well, the current police
investigation suggests

that a witness statement from the
original 1985 enquiry is no longer
present.

Mr Thorne, are you suggesting police
involvement in this missing document?

Possibly. I would suggest that we do
not dismiss this case

until we've had a chance to reveal
the full and true picture.

My Lord, please, what has this to do
with my client?

I believe there is enough evidence
for examination by a jury.

A positive identification of the
defendant driving Mr Kane's vehicle

and the replacement baton.

The proper forum for my learned
friends' argument is at trial.

Congratulations. That was one of the
most outrageous displays of
manipulative argument I've seen.

Police corruption from years ago is
a hot topic.

And unrelated to the defence of my
client. I'll be making that clear in
my opening.

The justice thinks otherwise.
Because you played him.

Serve me a Section Eight.
What?!

Once we're through the defence
arguments, serve me a Section Eight

demanding the missing witness
statement.

Why? He wants me to demand a document
that we both know you don't have.

Yeah, I know what a Section Eight
application is.

I'm just asking what he thinks he's
playing at. Good question.

To find it, I need search warrants,
lots of them, signed by a judge.

I can't do that without some
momentum.

A demand from the defence council
would give me that.

And why should I do that for you?

Because if it leads to nothing, my
prosecution falls apart and your
client walks.

Or it puts him at the scene of the
crime and I'm shooting myself in the
foot.

I don't need this to win, but you
do, so I ask again.

Aren't you just a little bit curious?

And is that supposed to be
a winning argument?

It is though, isn't it?

This could reveal a police cover-up
or an almighty cockup.

I know how you work, Philip.

Not the least bit interested in
finding out what that might be, who
was responsible?

Don't try and play me like you
played Prentice, Jake. I'm not that
easy.

So let's play nice for once.

I need this, Philip.

I'll issue the Section Eight
demanding that you hand over the
witness statements,

then we'll go to trial and I'll wipe
the floor with you

because I'll still have enough to
destroy your case.

What's the view like?

From that tightrope you're walking.

Yeah?

Sir, Commissioner Callaghan for you.

It's a bit late for a house call,
isn't it, sir?

Darren Grady...
Yes?

Has the search for your missing
witness statement revealed anything?
We're still looking.

I've spoken to Henry Sharpe.

We worry the evidence may not be
enough for a conviction.

With all due respect, sir, I'd like
to get this finished.

We worked a long time, Wes,

officers like you and me, especially,

to remove the stain of institutional
racism from our lives.

This could take us back ten years.

We can't brush this aside this time.

You know the Kane Trust? They were
fighting for exactly the same things
we were.

I know all about the trust, Wes.

We were large benefactors in the
early years.

That family deserve a conviction.
But at what cost?

It feels very much like you've chosen
a side here, Wes.

You need to be careful.

You could come out of this very
badly.

If you win, our PR teams will bury
this.

A misdemeanour from the past we'd all
rather forget,

different times, changing
attitudes...

If you lose, it will bring disrepute
upon us all.

Someone will have to be held
responsible for that.

I'm willing to take that risk.

It's your call.

I shouldn't be getting worried calls
from Commissioner Callaghan, Wes.

I have my own boss to contend with.
But there's no news yet, so...

That's what's worrying him.

This case depends on new evidence
being found, and we're running out
of time.

The Section Eight application will
allow me to press Prentice for the
search warrants we need. Oh, God.

I don't know if my brother's killer
will be brought to justice.

We have waited long enough for this
day,

but the police have ignored our calls
before,

so who knows, maybe they will again.

Nikki, please, don't do this.

It could bias the jury and the judge
will dismiss the case. Is that what
you want?

Don't let their deaths mean nothing.
I won't.

Look, we'll be making a statement
shortly.

Was Maggie Kane right all along? Did
the police bury this case in the
'80s?

If there was any police conspiracy
from that time, rest assured we will
get to the bottom of it.

Who said anything about a conspiracy?

Is there a conspiracy? How far does
this go? Any statement you can make?

What the hell was that? I was trying
to calm them down. Well, it didn't
work.

It's nothing they didn't suspect. Or
that you don't want them to pursue.

Oh, right, Henry, what exactly are
you accusing me of?

However worthy the Kane Trust is,
you are not a paid-up member.

You are an officer of the law. Get
some distance on this before you
bring us all down.

I issue these warrants in accordance
with Section Eight of the Police and
Criminal Evidence Act, 1984

to search the homes and workplaces of
Maurice Bennett,

Darren Grady, Alexander Greene, Peter
Langham...

Hey, Maurice, can I get you a lift
anywhere?

No thanks, Ron. A taxi will take me
where I want to go.

About those warrants... We're going
to have to search through your
place. You know that, don't you?

Everything was filed, Ron.
Everything.

St Thomas's, please.

You bastards! I'm one of you, for
God's sake!

Not any more.

We have checked domestic addresses,
business addresses

club lockers, favourite hotels.

Every stone has been turned over.

We've forensicated everything and we
still cannot find this missing
statement.

Maybe it's not going to be as easy
as finding it in someone's knicker
drawer, but it exists.

Don't we?
Well, it used to, but...

Someone who worked the case back
then, who worked with Grady, must
know what was on it.

But if it is a cover-up, all they've
got to do is stick to their story.

Let's be honest, they've had plenty
of time to rehearse. Or to feel
guilty.

What do you mean?

Well, 25 years is a long time to keep
a secret that size,

and something that big, sooner or
later, will eat away at you, won't
it?

So, who's the weak link?

You know, don't you?
Well, I have my suspicions, yeah.

Well, would you care to share them
before we start the trial?

I need to make a phone call, pull in
a favour.

Ronnie, don't make me go in there
tomorrow with nothing.

I have to do this my own way.

There's a lot of old, respected men
who have put in years of service,
men I know.

You can't be sentimental here. No. I
understand that, but some of these
people are friends,

and, well, they'll be destroyed if
we're right.

If? If? A few days ago, it was 100%.

Jake, it still is, but you lot know
better than I do

there's a whole world of difference
between knowing it and proving it.

Royal visit from the commissioner?

Oh, great. As if I wasn't feeling
enough pressure!

Mr Wilson, why did you leave The
Singing Sparrow?

The brewery wanted a younger man.

Oh? I have a dismissal notice here,

which refers to "unacceptable
intoxicated behaviour whilst behind
the bar."

Weren't you fired for being a drunk?
No, I was not.

Then what could they possibly be
referring to?

Regulars were generous.
Ah.

And had the regulars been generous on
the night in question?

I don't remember. Because it was so
long ago or because you were
inebriated?

I'll take that as a "don't know".

No further questions, My Lord.

You taught me everything about being
in the force,

not just about procedure and stuff,
but about, you know, what it meant
to carry a warrant card.

I remember you used to say people
looked to us for leadership, for
guidance.

I said that, did I?
Yes, you did.

And that the people we serve look to
us to make all the right choices.

You know what, Maurice, that was the
greatest lesson I ever learnt.

I promise.

You were my best teacher, my
favourite teacher. A hero.

I'm not sure I'm that man any more,
Ron.

Look...

The CPS are going to ask you a
question tomorrow.

If you want to wait till then,
that's fine by me, I understand.

but I'm going to give you the chance
to answer it to me first, right
here, right now, as a friend.

Has anyone ever paid you to keep
quiet about Taylor Kane?

Oh, that's a hell of a question. I'm
sorry, but it's one I have to ask,

because I've had to call a couple of
favours in, Maurice,

and one of them was from someone who
works in Admin at St Thomas's
Hospital.

Yeah, client payments, you know,
that sort of thing.

That is confidential!
I know how much you've been paying

for private healthcare in the
oncology department at St Thomas's.

I know.

Is it for your cancer?

I don't have bloody cancer!

Well, then, who's it for?
Rose. She's got lung cancer.

Oh, Maurice, I'm sorry. I...

After everything, the least I could
do was try and ease her pain,

and that bastard knew it.

What bastard?

Alex Greene.

He knew I'd never compromise myself
for personal gain, but I'd do
anything for my wife,

including taking his money.

Alex said it would all go away and I
believed him.

Why didn't you tell us this before?
I've been trying to all along!

Half truth here and there, hoping
you'd fill in the gaps.

I never wanted to keep this secret,
Ron.

It was out of my hands. Oh, don't
give me all that, Maurice, please!

Oh... Why didn't you tell us this in
the start?

You could have told Maggie Kane and
her family this years ago, Maurice,
saved them all the pain.

I know.

It was easier to take the money and
keep quiet.

I swear to you, Ron,

it's all on file, the whole case.

There's a full duplicate of all the
paperwork.

Paper files till 1988, Maurice.

Manchester, everything hand-written,
eh?

The old-fashioned way. Of course.

Alex never knew about the copy in
Manchester.

I'd forgotten it myself until all of
this.

We thought it would be safe, hidden
there forever,

for as long as Taylor Kane stayed
buried in that river.

You know what, Maurice? I really
hoped I was wrong.

I really did.

I cannot believe that even you have
a price, Maurice.

God help the rest of us.

What is it you've found?

Everything we need.

The missing witness statement from
Peter Langham.

Phew!

Where did you get this?

When Maurice Bennett ran Manchester
in the '80s,

his team kept hand-written copies of
all files on officers seconded to
other departments

and other cities, which they
dutifully did.

No-one questioned it, no-one asked
about it and London didn't even know
it was happening.

Peter Langham has agreed to testify
against Grady.

On the night of the 29th of
September, 1985,

I briefed Taylor Kane behind The
Singing Sparrow.

No-one could see us.

He'd been involved in the riot the
night before,

and, to prove his loyalty to the
gang that he'd infiltrated,

he'd thrown bricks at the police,
officers he knew.

He wanted out, and I said that we
would do what we could.

And then I went back to the pub.

On my way, I passed Darren Grady
outside the back door.

There had been a fight earlier

and he said he was getting some air.

About ten minutes later, I went back
outside to check up on him,

but he'd moved down the alley and
was shouting at someone lying on the
floor.

I walked towards him and called out.

When he heard me, he lifted the body
off the floor

and dragged it round the corner.

Did you recognise the person on the
floor?

It was Taylor Kane.

Did you speak of this incident with
Grady at all? The following day.

What did he say?
Not to mention it.

Did you tell him you'd already made a
statement with your chief of
operations, Alex Greene? Yeah.

Then I got a call.

From?
Alex Greene.

Saying what? That I was never to
mention it again.

And did you?
Just once.

Who to? Chief of operations,
Manchester, Maurice Bennett.

And what did he say?
He told me to do as I was told,

and that no-one would ever find out.

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