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My mum was Tommy's sister.

My dad was... bent,
a police officer.

By the time of our inquiry in 2015,
Thurwell had taken early retirement,

believed to be living in Spain.

Two dead, Sir.
Marcus Thurwell, Senora Thurwell.

You want to talk about
rats? Ask your boss.

Superintendent Hastings?

He told me was there
was a rat in our crew.

And that rat turned out
to be an undercover copper...

John Corbett.

I think I've found the
real reason the gaffer gave

50 grand to Steph Corbett.

Superintendent Hastings
has been informed of his

impending retirement.

We have identified a number
of high-ranking figures

in a clandestine network
of corrupt police officers.

This Force has detected no evidence
of institutionalised corruption.

We are so close to breaking
open Operation Lighthouse

and OCG involvement
in Gail Vella's murder!

The case Gail Vella was
researching at the time of her death

was the murder of
Lawrence Christopher.

That was, what, 20 years ago?

I've been looking into all the
officers that were involved

in the Lawrence Christopher
murder inquiry.

Detective Constable Ian Buckells.

Inspector Philip Osborne.

Sorry, wrong way.

Not only does this
force face enemies without,

there are enemies within.

I will personally see to
it those enemies within

are made to suffer the consequences.

And later that same day
you visited Lee Banks,

an OCG member on remand
in Blackthorn Prison.

Yeah, to harvest
information on the OCG.

When DS Arnott quite rightly
did not deploy lethal force

against John Corbett, did you
take matters into your own hands

and disclose to
Lee Banks that John Corbett

was an undercover police
officer? No, I did not.

Disclosing this
information with the expectation

that it would be
passed on to the OCG? No!

The stuff he's hiding...

I never thought I'd look
at the gaffer like this.

He knows his time's nearly up.

He's been slated for retirement.

Shit.

I've been waiting for the
right time to tell you,

maybe we should let
sleeping dogs lie.

Come off it, Steve.

How many times have we criticised
coppers that've took retirement

to dodge disciplinary action?

You got anything
more from Steph Corbett?

No. I think about asking her.

I mean, she's got a right to
know what happened to her husband.

Maybe she already does.

She might be blackmailing
the gaffer. Steph? No.

You seem pretty sure.

What?

We've become...
Oh, for Christ sake, Steve.

No. It's not like that,
mate, it's different.

She's a person of interest.

Chris.

Yeah. We'll be right there.

GPR detected a strong
subsurface diffractor,

and I gave a go-ahead for a dig

which revealed a strong
box of the type detected

at the abandoned print shop.

Nice one, Chris. Thanks, Ma'am.

Let's get EOD to
rule out booby traps,

then proceed to forensic recovery.

Sir.

Let's find out what's in there.

All right if I call you Steve?

Fine.

It's taken a while to
organise this consultation.

Are you able to tell me
why that might be, Steve?

Just work, sorry.

In the medical declaration
form that you submitted

at the time of your urine sampling,

you listed a number of
over-the-counter painkillers.

For what condition?

Hurt my knee at five-a-side.

My shoulder was squash.

SMTU detected levels of
metabolites in your urine

consistent with the ingestion of
very high doses of analgesics.

In April, 2017, you suffered a
serious assault whilst on duty.

I'm fully recovered.

Recently you've been involved
in an operation in which

a number of suspects
have been killed.

One having been shot dead by you,
and one of your colleagues,

PS Ruby Jones, lost her life.

Yeah.

That's not the first
time you've witnessed

a colleague's violent death.

DCI Tony Gates was killed
in a road traffic collision.

DC Georgia Trotman, your partner,
was thrown from a window...

Where are you going with this?

Steve, I'm satisfied that
none of the substances

you've been taking are illegal.

This is purely about your welfare.

I'm here to help, not judge.

You might benefit
from some time off work.

No.

No way. I'm in the
middle of a massive case.

Do your duties routinely
involve firearms

or high-speed pursuit driving?

Sometimes.

Normally in this situation,
we suggest that the officer

voluntarily surrenders
their blue ticket.

Otherwise I'm obliged to report
you to the Head of Firearms

who will then remove
your firearms license.

OK.

Thank you.

So I'd like you to have
some medical investigations

and then review
you with the results.

Can we agree on that?

Fine.

I'm also obliged to inform
your commanding officer.

Yeah.

Steve.

I want you to hear it
from me first, Sir.

I'm under medical review.

The drugs testing found
high doses of painkillers.

Yeah, well,

I'm just glad you're
getting some help with it, son.

If there's anything I
can do just let me know.

Thank you very much, Sir.

Yeah.

Take your time, take your time.

You're doing well, Jo.

So Tommy hid from you
he was your real father?

Yes.

Who did you believe was your father?

This person, did he control you
the same way Tommy Hunter did?

This person, did he control you
the same way Tommy Hunter did?

PHONE: You have one new message.

Steve, it's Steph.

God, I hate these message thingies.

It's just I ain't heard
from you in a while.

I hope you're all right. Copper's
wife, me, I can't help but worry.

That's it really, bye.

Thanks, guys. Sarge. Sarge.

So, the excavation
detected a strong box.

The contents of the box
are itemised as follows.

A KL-2.

A non-standard pistol

believed to have been workshopped
from a decommissioned firearm.

NABIS have matched the pistol
to the tailored cartridge

and bullet recovered from the
scene of Gail Vella's murder.

Almost certainly this is the
weapon that fired the fatal shot.

Fingerprints, DNA?

No, it was clean.

Almost certainly the
gunman was wearing gloves.

KL-4, KL-5, gloves
and a black bomber jacket.

Both items bear blood
spatter and gunshot residue.

The blood is Gail Vella's.
DNA inside the gloves?

Yes, ma'am.

Sweat deposits inside the gloves
match DNA belonging to Carl Banks.

Got the bastard. Yes, Sir.

We can match Banks to the gloves and
the gloves to Gail Vella's murder.

He's the shooter.

Any of it relate to Terry Boyle?

No, Sir, nothing.

Great. Next.

GN-1.

I'm sorry to be the
bearer of distressing news.

This knife is stained with
the blood of an AC-12 officer,

PC Maneet Bindra.

Fingerprints on the handle...

match Ryan Pilkington.

GN-2.

This knife is stained with
the blood of DS John Corbett.

Fingerprints on the
handle match Ryan Pilkington.

GN-3.

This knife is stained with
the blood of Jackie Laverty.

Fingerprints on the handle
match a deceased police officer,

DCI Tony Gates.

Gates told me the OCG
slit Jackie's throat,

and while he was incapacitated,
they put his hand on the knife.

They blackmailed him with the
threat of releasing Jackie's body

and the murder weapon.

That's why all these
items were retained.

They're leverage, going back years,

right up to it being a
threat to Ryan Pilkington.

Anything else?

Any items relating to one or more
of the following, Marcus Thurwell,

Ian Buckells?

No, nothing.

Philip Osborne?

The Chief Constable?

What?

Great work, you two, great work.

Cast-iron proof that
Carl Banks murdered Gail Vella.

I've got a call later
with the Crown Prosecutor.

I'm sure we can persuade them

to withdraw proceedings
against Terry Boyle.

Great. Well, that's the least
we can do for the wee fella.

Any updates from Spain?

They formally identified
the bodies found at the villa.

They are Marcus Thurwell
and his wife.

Both had been strangled, and
from the extent of decomposition,

they'd been dead a few weeks.

A search of the property detected
equipment used for routeing

digital communications
with an IP address

matching the ones
detected on devices

belonging to
Jo Davidson and Lisa McQueen.

From the evidence gathered
by Spanish authorities,

Cybercrime are still trying to
trace all end-user IP addresses,

but initial work suggests
they're located in the UK.

So the communication
originated here? Exactly.

So, Spain is a decoy.

Thurwell's a stooge!

Jesus.

Have you seen
Superintendent Hastings?

Yes, he's just
through there. Sir. Huh?

Sorry to barge in.
What have you got?

I knew you'd want to
see this straight away.

We've been monitoring
messages being routed via Spain.

This is a screen
shot of a text exchange

we intercepted a few minutes ago.

We're working on
identifying the IP addresses.

JD, Jo Davidson.

BP, Brentiss Prison.

I thought you put Davidson
on elevated monitoring?

Yeah, but we can't take the
chance that that's gonna work out.

Look at the spelling
of "definitely".

This is the Fourth Man.

Chloe, all these new
files have come in,

Operation Lighthouse,
Lawrence Christopher,

I want you to carry out
a search on this spelling

against anybody that we
haven't previously investigated.

But good work.
Steve, Kate, with me. Sir.

Stand away from the door.

Production Order.

Post-charge interview.

Hillside Lane.

What's going on?

Alpha Charlie one zero, en route to
Brentiss, standing by for a sit rep.

Alpha Charlie five two, copy.

Zero State five to Brentiss prison.

Stand by for active message.

One zero, receiving.

Five two, the Governor
at Brentiss has approved

a Production Order for Davidson.

She's State nine to Hillside Lane.

Three seven, first I've heard of it.

Who's the Requesting Officer?

DS Lomax.

And the Supporting Officer?

That's you, Ma'am, DI Fleming.

One zero, we are
diverting to the Hill.

Four five, received.

Driver, put your foot
flat to the floor.

One zero, five two, acquire
information on Prison Transport

and capture location as a
matter of extreme urgency.

We need Air Ops and
Armed Support! Over.

Five two, received.

What's this interview about?
Who's the Requesting Officer?

How should I know?
Our job's just to get you there.

Are there any new
developments in the inquiry?

Stop with the earache.

NPAS, seven five,
acquiring active obs

on Prison Transport Vehicle,
white VW Crafter.

VRN Bravo Papa six zero
Papa Tango Quebec.

Suspect vehicle is traveling
south, Alpha three four.

Speed three zero, one mile to
Edge Park Circus underpass.

Tango Oscar four two,
receiving NPAS seven five,

Edge Park Circus, ETA
less than one minute.

NPAS, seven five, suspect
vehicle entering Underpass.

Tango Oscar four two. All ARV's
move in, intercept, intercept.

Keys! Give us the keys!

Armed police! Drop it.

Taser, Taser!

Drop it!

Get out of the vehicle! Hands!
Show me your hands!

Down, down!

Hands above your head!
Hands above your head!

Four five, scene secure.

Unarmed, clear to approach.

Paramedic required.

Four five, received.
Paramedic unit will move forwards,

ETA 30 seconds, standing by for...

Arrest her. Stick her in the
back with her wee mate. Sir.

Great work, you two,
great work. Sir.

The prison officers and driver
have been taken into custody.

We've recently gained access
to illicit communications

between OCG members.

Fortunately, we were able to
intercept your Prison Transport

and replace two of
the prison officers

before the OCG got
their hands on you.

The Production Order was a forgery.

Now, we're looking into
how that was done,

enabling corrupt prison
officers to stage a handover

they could claim
afterwards was an ambush.

They're all under arrest.

You're safe now, Jo.

Thank you.

I mean you're really safe...

to apply for Witness Protection.

All my notes, all my records
will show that you acted

under control and
coercion of others.

You can live the life
you should've lived,

be free to be the
person that you really are...

if you tell us who the top man is.

We know from the
illicit communications

you were taken out of
Brentiss to be killed.

We strongly believe the
order came from the same person

who's been communicating with you
throughout Operation Lighthouse.

This person you're protecting
doesn't care for you.

You mean nothing to him.

This man you believed to be
your father, is he the one?

Tommy told me after my mum died...

I had no reason to doubt him.

He made me obey this police officer.

He made me fear him.

Yeah.

It was all a cruel
lie to manipulate you,

to control you.

You're not what you were born into.

You're not bent.

Be free of him, Jo. Give him up.

Give us his name.

Prison officers are
isolating the suspect.

AFOs will secure the suspect.

Advise when unarmed officers
are clear to proceed. TOGETHER: Sir.

When cleared to proceed, FIs
will deploy to the suspect's cell.

Sir? Nothing.
Not so much as a Post-it.

Shit. Has he said anything yet?
Not yet, Sir. Let's go.

Resuming interview,
Superintendent Hastings has joined.

You remain under caution.

So where have you hidden it all?

The computer, the burner phones.

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

I get mixed up.

You packed Thurwell off to Spain,
didn't you, to be your go-between?

Images 76 and 77.

Spain, what would I
have to do with Spain?

Thurwell could point the finger,
so you had him killed,

like Dot Cottan and
ACC Hilton, right?

All these names, they, uh,
my heads spinning now.

And Gail Vella.
Did you order her murder too?

I haven't the faintest idea
who you're talking about!

Joanne Davidson.
What's your relationship to her?

Joanne who? Davidson!

We know about her
relationship to Tommy Hunter

and to a police officer
purported to be her father.

Are you that officer?

Did you have a relationship
with Joanne Davidson's mother,

Samantha Davidson?

For the DIR, I'm showing
the interviewee Image 17,

a copy of a photograph
captured during a lawful search

of Apartment G, 9 Croxford Street
on the 24th of November, 2020.

Who can you see in Image 17?

Sorry.

The woman is Samantha Davidson,

also known as Samantha Hunter.

Tommy Hunter's sister.

And the girl in the photo?
I've not the foggiest!

It's Joanne Davidson.

Right, OK, let me ask you this.

Did you and Tommy Hunter convince
her that you were her father?

You, you, you,
you're going back years.

I don't remember any of this!

I'm not as sharp as I used to be.
Christ sake.

Superintendent Hastings
has left the room.

Yes, we're going back years.

He's bloody right
we've been going back years!

This thing has been
driving me mad for years.

Cybercrime aren't finished
tracing IP addresses, Sir.

There's still a possibility
they'll detect evidence

pointing at Fairbank. Look, he's
been in that prison since 2015!

Our search should've
showed up something!

Mother of God!

Jesus. It's Chloe.

So answer it, answer it!

DI Arnott.

She's found something in
the Lawrence Christopher records.

Well, let's go.

Cybercrime have been examining all
the devices seized from Davidson,

Buckells, Lisa McQueen
and the OCG men

who attempted to abduct Davidson.

As suggested by
Superintendent Hastings,

they carried out a search for
idiosyncrasies in grammar,

punctuation and spelling.

You'll recall this is the last
communication we intercepted.

And this is the last exchange
between Jo Davidson

and the user she believed
was Patrick Fairbank.

Cybercrime told me they picked up on
the misspelling of "definitely"

going back to exchanges
with Lisa McQueen in 2019.

We've been able to extend the search
into files

that we didn't have back then.

This is a handwritten report

from the Lawrence Christopher
inquiry in 2003.

And this is
from Operation Lighthouse in 2019.

Christ, shit.

This is the officer's signature
on both reports,

2003 and 2019.

Come off it. No way.

This can't be right.

Are you sure, Chloe?

Cybercrime are attempting to trace IP
addresses that correspond to this suspect.

Then we'll know for sure.

Right, well,

they better crack on.

Outstanding work, Chloe,
outstanding work.

Sir.

All this time we've been
chasing shadows.

If this is right, he's been under
our noses from the very beginning.

I mean, for God's sake,
what does this make us look like?

Yes, but you heard Chloe.
We didn't have this before.

It's one thing getting your man,
it's another

thing getting the
evidence to nail him,

I mean, that's the battle
and battle we shall.

Let's see what Carmichael's got to
say for herself now.

Sir, wait.

You two look like you've lost
a shilling and found a penny.

Sir, we need to be cautious
about disclosing this finding.

AC-12's being disbanded,

DCS Carmichael put in charge of
downgrading anti-corruption.

Yes, but after what we've achieved
here, I don't know,

I've got a sneaking suspicion AC-12's
going to be around for a while yet.

And, believe me, Kate,
if you want it,

there is a job here for you.

Thank you, Sir,
but the point Steve's making is

this finding is going to throw our
inquiry into the spotlight.

Anything that might discredit
AC-12 will be held against us.

What are you talking about?

Sir, in the course of our inquiry
into Operation Lighthouse

certain findings came to light
which relate to you.

DI Arnott's been in contact with
Steph Corbett,

John Corbett's widow.

Yes, well, look,

I know about that.

She told me.

To be honest, I didn't know what to
make of it, so I just let it lie.

She also told me
about your, er...

painkiller misuse, Steve.

And I saw to it that you got help

rather than disciplinary action.

It's called loyalty.

Sir...

during a non-lawful search
an item was found

which relates to the missing
sum of £50,000.

You're not under caution
so anything you say

to us at this time can't
be used in evidence.

That's loyalty right there.

Take a seat.

The money...

I swear to God,

I was tricked.

I was handed an envelope,
I was told it was one thing,

I threw it to one side,

thought nothing more about it.

It turned out to be a big
bundle of cash.

I tried to return it,
I was blocked at every turn.

Before I could hand it in
as evidence

it was found.

That was only half of it.

You must've hidden the other
50,000.

Yes, well,

of course I realised it could
be a bribe that might turn nasty,

so I split it in half,
put one half safe,

in case the OCG came looking,
you know.

It was my insurance against them.

But, unfortunately for me,

before I could use it as leverage
against them,

or hand it in as
evidence, the other half was found.

Instead you gave it to
Steph Corbett.

Officially that money didn't exist.

I mean, yes, yes, I could've
handed it in

but instead I gave it to a young
woman with two wee girls...

who'd have been left destitute
because her husband was killed

in the line of duty.

Are we done?

No, Sir.

As part of AC-12's inquiry
into Operation Lighthouse,

DI Arnott interviewed Lee Banks...

who disclosed the source of
information

regarding John Corbett being
an undercover police officer.

I swear to God,

I did not disclose John Corbett as
a UCO.

I told Lee Banks that there was an
informant in the OCG,

no more than that.

I thought that Corbett, when he
heard about it,

he would go to ground, he'd hand
himself in

at the nearest police station.

It was by way of bringing him in,
I swear to God.

You must've understood there was
a risk of Corbett coming to harm.

Well, that is the worst part of it,
yes, yes.

John Corbett had been involved in
the deaths of four police officers,

our Maneet being one of them.

He had beaten
and tortured my own wife,

so I thought he had it coming to him
in spades.

But what I didn't know...

was that he was the son of a woman

I cared...

deeply about...

many years ago.

If there is one thing
I could take back...

it would be that.

What a terrible thing I did.

What a terrible thing I did.

Giving that money to that young
woman was...

you know, by way of atonement...

what little there was of it.

Does Steph know the real reason?

No.

And if she did,
what would she make of it?

Who's going to judge what I did?

Her?

The law?

My colleagues?

God?

Sit down, fella.

AC-12 interview by
Superintendent Hastings,

DI Fleming, DI Arnott.

Ian Buckells,
you do not have to say anything,

but it may harm your defense
if you do not mention

when questioned something you
later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be
used in evidence.

Image 124 on screen.

Image 124 shows item reference
GGM-13

recovered from your cell at
Blackthorn Prison.

Interception of communications
routed via Spain

detected an internet protocol
address matching GGM-13.

Analysis of GGM-13's hard drive

detected the communication

shown in image 126.

Analysis of GGM-13's hard drive also
detected the communication

shown in image 129.

Note the misspelling of
"definitely".

Document 105 in your folders.

Document 105 is
a summary of analysis carried out

by a forensic linguist.

All digital communications
on the hard drive of GGM-13

were examined using methodologies
based on examples of your spelling

and syntax.

Now, the report concludes there is
a 95% probability

the messages detected on GGM-13
were written by you.

Document 112 in your folders.

Document 112 is
a summary of forensic examination

of GGM-13 to detect
fingerprints and DNA deposits.

Fingerprints and DNA detected
on GGM-13

are a match to your fingerprints
and DNA

with a probability greater
than 99.9%.

Ian Buckells,

did you order the abduction

of Detective Superintendent
Joanne Davidson...

and the attempted murder
of Detective Inspector Kate Fleming?

No comment.

Did you order the murder
of Gail Vella and/or James Lakewell?

No comment.

Further examination
of communications routed via Spain

harvested a number of internet
protocol addresses

previously unknown to this inquiry.

One such address relates to
a property in Edge Park,

17 Maychurch Road

on screen image 135.

Recognise this property?

No comment.

Document 194 in your folders.

Document 194 is a photocopy
of the deeds to 17 Maychurch Road

assigning ownership to a company,
Holte End Holdings,

registered in the Cayman Islands.

Document 197 in your folders.

Holte End Holdings owns a time-share
property in Gran Canaria

as well as 17 Maychurch Road

with an estimated total value of
£3 million.

What's your relationship to
Holte End Holdings?

No comment.

I've worked with you three
times now.

Undercover in 2012 with
Tony Gates's team.

Undercover in 2017 with
Roz Huntley's team,

and this year at Hillside Lane.

Always the same crap suits,

dud cars.

I mean, you never put your hand
in your pocket when it's your round.

You certainly did a grand job at
hiding all this, I'll give you that.

But you are leading a double life.

No comment.

Image 138 on screen.

Image 138 shows Item Reference HS-6.

HS-6 is a laptop computer

detected under the floorboards
of 17 Maychurch Road.

Analysis of HS-6's hard drive

detected the communication

shown in Image 141.

Document 118 in your folders.

Document 118 is
a summary of forensic examination

of HS-6 to detect
fingerprints and DNA deposits.

Fingerprints
and DNA detected on HS-6

are a match to your fingerprints
and DNA

with a probability greater
than 99.9%.

Ian Buckells, did you order
organised criminal activities

such as the raid on Eastfield Depot

on February the 15th 2019?

No comment.

These messages originated
from a device operated by you.

There's no point denying it.
We've shown you the evidence.

We know from an undercover
officer embedded in that OCG,

DS John Corbett,

from a former member of that same
OCG, Lisa McQueen,

that they sought
approval for the Eastfield robbery.

Yeah, and they got it.

From you, fella.

No comment.

We know from testimony given to us
by Joanne Davidson

that after Tommy Hunter's death,

disparate OCGs retained clandestine
relationships

with corrupt police officers.

We also know from intercepted text
communications

that these relationships were
orchestrated by one officer in particular,

once wrongly codenamed "H",

now referred to as the Fourth Man.

Ian Buckells, are you the
Fourth Man?

No comment.

The secret life.

The big house, the fast cars,

the bits on the side,
Deborah Devereux.

Is that what turned your head?

No comment.

You know, over the years we have
investigated all manner of motives,

but the most mundane, basest motive
of them all,

plain simple greed.

You were a DC on a bent team,

Thurwell's, and as you made your way
up through the ranks

there wasn't anything
that you wouldn't turn

your hand to as long
as the price was right.

That's the top and bottom of it,
isn't it, fella?

No comment.

You rose through the ranks,
all right,

leaving a trail
of blunders behind you.

How some people can fail upwards -
beggars belief.

And all the time
we were here thinking

we were chasing some criminal
mastermind.

But no, just like your old boss
Thurwell

who botched the Lawrence Christopher
murder inquiry,

your corruption was
mistaken for incompetence!

No comment.

Your cover was so convincing that
even your DCI, Jo Davidson,

didn't realise that the blundering
fool she was framing

was actually the person who was
pulling her strings all along.

Yeah, right. I'm a blundering fool.

I'm only the one who's made
total mugs out of you lot.

Ian Buckells,
do you have anything to say?

Yeah, you see, the thing is,
DCS Carmichael

is meant to be taking over,
ain't she?

But she ain't in here.

So that makes me wonder whether
she doesn't want to be associated

with detecting
institutionalised corruption.

Because officially,

institutionalised corruption
don't exist, does it?

Officially, "H" or "the Fourth Man"
or whatever you want to call him,

he don't exist neither.

So that makes me realise that
everyone would be much happier

if this all just went away.

So I'll take immunity and witness
protection, thank you very much.

Jesus Christ.

So, give us something.

Who's the top man? You?

Tommy Hunter was the top man.

After he went,
they all split into different OCGs.

I just pass on the orders.

It used to be Fairbank and Thurwell,
then it was Hilton and Cottan,

and now they've gone, it's just...

You.

The last man standing.

So, you did order
the Eastfield robbery.

Well, a haul that size was
bigger than one gang.

The goods needed storing,
fencing, you name it.

Other OCGs wanted in on it.

And you just put
the pieces together?

Yeah, if you like.

And you also put the pieces
together for Lakewell's murder.

Thurwell's. Gail Vella's.

How many times do
I have to explain to you?

That's the OCGs, that's their doing.

I just pass things on.

Have you no remorse for all
the suffering you've caused?

Have you no conscience?

I didn't plan it or nothing, did I?

They just kept asking me
to sort bigger and bigger stuff.

Jesus Christ, you're sitting
the other side of this table

asking us for witness protection.

It's me you're going to need
protection from!

Would you like a glass a water?

Image 145.

Now, the murders of Thurwell,
Hilton, Cottan and Lakewell.

I get why the OCGs would be
the ones to order those.

Like Tommy Hunter, their loyalty was
in question and they knew too much.

Gail Vella was different.

We know the last thing she uncovered
before Lee Banks passed

the word on her to his brother Carl.

It was the corruption inside
the Lawrence Christopher inquiry.

Tommy Hunter was dead,
his son Darren's a nobody.

The OCG had no good reason to order
such a high-profile assassination.

But two police officers involved in
that original corruption

are now high-ranking.

You and Chief Constable Osborne.

And both of you had
a hell of a lot to lose.

Ian Buckells, did you and/or
Chief Constable Osborne

collude in a conspiracy
to murder Gail Vella?

Take your time, Ian.

It's a simple enough question.

But naturally, you're aware
failing to cooperate with

this inquiry would make you
ineligible for witness protection.

And you're also aware that
confessing to conspiracy to murder

would make you ineligible
for immunity from prosecution.

No-one makes mugs of AC-12.

Interview terminated.

Nice one, mate. Nice one, mate.

Well, this is weird, ain't it?
Wrapping everything up.

Do you think Buckells will talk?
I hope so.

The gaffer wants him protected
round the clock, in case

the OCG come after him.

What we going to do
about the gaffer?

I believe him. Yeah, me too.

But if Carmichael takes over,
that's him out anyway. Yeah.

Probably me too.

And me, if I decide to come back.

Will you? Someone's got to keep
you lot in line.

You don't realise what you've got
until it's gone.

Likewise.

So, do you want to talk about stuff?

You don't have to,
just when you're ready.

I've been seeing the MO.

About the painkillers?

Yeah.

I had no idea, mate.

I should've told you.

But if people knew, I might have
been taken off active duty.

Still might.

I'm sorry.

You just going to stick to the
one drink?

Why do you ask?

It's still early enough to
drive up to Liverpool.

I'm not sure it's a good
idea to keep seeing Steph.

But you want to?

Yeah.

But what chance has it got?

You want to be careful, mate.
You're going to end up on your own.

I'm not on my own.

I've got you, mate.

We recognise police officers
experience stress

and pain in their work.

They can take many forms.

Particularly when an officer's
witnessed lethal violence or

taken part in it.

Now, that's when the support of
friends, family, colleagues

can make all the difference.

Me and my partner are separated.

I've got a son - Josh.

He keeps me going.

And colleagues?

Yeah, I'm lucky.

I'm working with one of the best.

To be honest, I don't know
what I'd do without him.

Darren Hunter's involvement
in Lawrence Christopher's murder

was deliberately suppressed at the
time, due to Hunter

being Tommy's son. I've asked MIT
to open a cold case inquiry,

try and get a conviction this time.

Hm. Well, good luck with that.

Ma'am, I'd like us to consider
opening a parallel inquiry.

Thurwell gave the orders, no doubt
at the behest of Tommy Hunter,

but it can't only have been Thurwell
who realised the investigation

was being sabotaged.
Some of Thurwell's subordinates

are still serving police officers.
Historic corruption cases

aren't a priority.

Come in. Thank you.

Steve, Kate. Sir. Sir.

Ted. Ma'am.

I thought I should inform you
that I have lodged an appeal

against my enforced retirement.

The Chief Constable's about to
make a statement. Do you mind?

No, go ahead.

Tribute to the tireless
dedication of my officers,

who have gained justice
for Gail Vella.

I give you my personal
assurance that any failings

in the original inquiry
will be thoroughly investigated.

Lessons will be learnt.

Throughout my career, whenever
I've encountered wrongdoing,

I've acted.

But let me be clear.

These are the misdeeds
of a few rotten apples,

and to invoke institutionalised
police corruption

is an outrageous lie

and an insult to my officers.

The public don't want police
officers to be held to account

for every little thing
they're meant to have done.

They want us to get on with the job.

And that's what we will do.
Thank you.

AC-12, my team, my officers,
have just closed the biggest

anti-corruption operation
that this force has ever seen.

Just caught the last
ring-leader in a clandestine

network of corrupt police officers.

And the Chief Constable hasn't
a blind word to say about it!

Look, proceedings against
Ian Buckells are now with

the Crown Prosecutor.
It would be premature to draw

conclusions about how much
was institutionalised

and how much was Ian Buckells
working alone.

If I may, Ma'am.

Ian Buckells was an incompetent
officer who was repeatedly

promoted through the ranks.

The more influence that he gained
over police operations,

the more valuable
he became to the OCGs,

till eventually, this
incompetent officer became

the linchpin in
sinister enterprises.

However, none of this, none of this
could have happened without

the wilful blindness
of those in power.

And those in power should be
held to account.

It devastates me that we've stopped
standing up for accountability

and we've stopped caring
about truth and integrity.

Because it is these institutional
failures that enable

the likes of Ian Buckells
to be corrupt.

Ma'am.

Thanks, Chloe. Ma'am.

I'll let you out, Sir.

Ma'am.

I'd like to make a statement
about my involvement in the leak

of information that led to the
unlawful killing...

of a serving police officer,
Detective Sergeant John Corbett.

In an interview conducted by me

on a convicted OCG member,
Lee Banks, in Blackthorn Prison

on the 12th of March 2019...

I disclosed that there was
an informant in the OCG.

I believe that this information
was passed on,

and whether or not it was deduced
that Corbett was a UCO,

he was murdered...

because of the consequence
of my actions.

What do you expect me
to do with that information?

Well...

that's entirely up to you, Ma'am.

But whatever you do...

you do it because you care
about truth and accountability.