All language subtitles for Line of Duty - S06E06 (EN)

Operation Lighthouse.

Re. The unsolved murder
of Gail Vella,

on September 10th, 2019.

The Gail Vella murder
weapon was never recovered.

- Moving.
- However,

the cartridge and bullet
were tailored ammunition.

The White Rock unit
is equipped

with the exact machinery
required for this process.

By the time
of our inquiry in 2015,

Thurwell had taken
early retirement.

Believed to be living
in Spain.

I wonder if Gail
discovered the link

between Thurwell and
the Lawrence Christopher case.

I've been looking into other
members of Thurwell's team.

Detective Constable
Ian Buckells.

Inspector Philip Osborne.

I don't know where you're
getting your figures from...

But the figures came from your
own office, Chief Constable.

The Chief's thrown
me under a bus.

I've been fighting his plan
to scale back AC-12.

It's down to you now, Ted,

in whatever time
you've got left.

*LINE OF DUTY*
Season 06 Episode 06

You want to talk about rats,
ask your boss.

Superintendent Hastings?

Lee told me there was a rat
in our crew.

That rat turned out to be
an undercover copper,

John Corbett.

It's easy as that, Jo.

It's best if you request
a transfer.

Is this personal?

I am Detective
Chief Superintendent

Patricia Carmichael.

Carmichael's taking command.

It's on the Chief
Constable's orders

and we've just learned he
could have been a beneficiary

of Gail Vella's murder.

One more chance, Ryan.

- One more chance.
- Drop it.

No!

Seven-six.
Hold on. Clear to approach.

Charlie seven-two
to Control.

Vehicle at the scene.

Body on the floor
next to the vehicle.

Oh, shit.

Kate's car's missing.
Request urgent ops.

Alpha Charlie five
to Control, active message.

Request urgent...

Where is Kate?

Seven, six.
All clear, sir.

All arms. Clear to approach.
Search this area.

Check that body
for signs of life.

Repeat, service vehicle,
DI Fleming.

Preserve the scene.
Let them work.

Alfa Charlie five to control.

Active message,
state six of Menton Road.

One police. Major trauma.

Request urgent
paramedic attendance

and full forensic deployment.

Ryan Pilkington, two gunshot
wounds to the chest.

- No pulse. He's well gone.
- Right.

If you hadn't withdrawn
our bloody surveillance.

Given her OCG links,

I think we have to assume that
Davidson, or her associates

are the likely shooter.

DI Fleming was authorised

to carry a concealed firearm
for her own protection.

Five to switching.

DI Fleming's vehicle.

Alpha Charlie five to control
on three.

Control service vehicle

registered to DI Fleming
located Crowlyn Road.

Units report. Vehicle service
mobile radio's abandoned.

Subject is not present
at the scene.

Five two received.

You know her best.
Where would she go?

Sorry, ma'am.
I have no idea.

Issue an order
for the arrest

of Jo Davidson
and Kate Fleming.

Consider them armed
and dangerous.

Charlie seven-six...

This is the back entrance

to Steve's.

No one's around
this time of the night.

- You sure you can trust him?
- Steve? Totally.

Why wasn't there surveillance
on Ryan and me?

It got suspended.

On purpose?

No. On the orders of
the Chief and DCS Carmichael.

That's nothing to do with me.

Look, I haven't got the
foggiest idea what's going on.

All I know is
somebody's behind all of this.

Kate, you've got to
believe me.

I had nothing to do with it.

No?

You lured me back
to be murdered.

- Kate?
- Didn't ya?

Now look where we are.
Ryan's dead,

and I'm in the frame for it.

I'm sorry, Kate. That's
the last thing I'd want.

You've got to believe me!

- Let me prove it to you.
- How?

Give me your gun.

You believe me now?

Great. Nice one, Steve.

I always worried
you were pretending.

- Pretending?
- You know what I mean.

To lure me into trusting you.

We gotta get a move on.

Steve's been made a bloody DI.

About time
he got a grown-up car.

Yes, I can use a kick.

Uh, sorry, sir. Nothing yet.

DCS Carmichael has ordered me

to update the Operation
Lighthouse evidence.

Sorry.

You still won't answer.
Were you lying to me, Kate?

This
is about you, Jo. Not me.

You said you wanted
me on your team

because I'm ex
anti-corruption.

- Were you lying about that?
- No.

I thought it might
help me resist

what they were forcing
me to do.

You never stopped
manipulating the inquiry

into the Gail Vella murder.

They control me!

Ever since
I joined the force,

the more I did their bidding,
the more they had over me.

- I'm not bent.
- Well then, prove it.

You'll get witness protection
if you tell us everything...

Witness protection?
Even to...

No matter who it is,
however powerful,

when they turn,
they get killed.

What chance do I stand?

Just tell me everything
you know, Jo.

Starting with your family.

You nearly said his name.
Tommy Hunter.

AC-12 found DNA
in Farida's house

showing you're related.

So you already know
everything?

Hardly. I need the truth.

My mum was Tommy's sister.

My dad was...
been a police officer.

Right. Well the only way
you're getting out of this

is to prove you're not bent.

It's Gail Vella's house.

You want proof I'm not bent,
you're about to get it.

End of the road, turn left.

DCS Carmichael

Carmichael's on the move.
Not sure what's happening.

Well, let's not wait
for the crumbs, son.

Pull up here.

This place used to be
a front for the OCG.

And right across
the street is?

Terry Boyle's flat.

Shit!

Time to estimate,
six, control. Active message.

Visual with suspect vehicle.

T.A. Market Street.
Travelling at speed.

Oh, shit!

Brace!

Go!

Control, suspect vehicle
failed to comply.

Initiating pursuit.

Six, five. Maintain obs and...

Shit!

Police!

Get out of the vehicle
with your arms raised

and your hands open,
with palms facing towards me.

Police! Get back.

Armed police. Stay indoors.
Get back!

How did they manage
to intercept us?

Something's not right.

Get out the vehicle
with your arms raised

and your hands open,
with palms towards me.

Final warning.

This isn't your fault.

I'll say I forced you
to drive me.

Get out of the vehicle
with your arms raised,

your hands open,
with palms towards me.

Kate, we don't
have a choice.

Control, two occupants
still in vehicle.

Controls eight,
four, received.

We have a visual link
from helicopter.

Maintain sitrep.

...persons exiting
the vehicle now.

Control to eight
four, received.

We're police officers.
DI Fleming.

DSU Davidson.

Hands above your head.
Open them, palms towards me.

I'm a police officer,
going about my lawful duty.

Lower your weapons.

Hands above your head.
Open them.

DCS Carmichael,
you are ordered to surrender.

Jesus Christ!
Steve's in on it.

I'm taking out a pistol.

I'll put it on the grounds.

DI Fleming,
surrender your firearm.

Jo, we're being framed.

This is your final warning.
Lay down your firearm.

Slowly.
Hands where we can see them.

Alpha Charlie
eight four control...

We surrender.

- Kate!
- No.

Hand on weapon.

Ma'am, if I may?

This is Superintendent,
Hastings.

I can assure you
you'll be treated fairly,

with the full protection
of the law.

Steve told me some bad stuff
about the gaffer.

This is my fault, sir.

DI Steve Arnott.
I'm unarmed.

You bastard, Steve.

Stay there, Kate.

Take the gun out slowly,
lay it on the ground.

You gave me up.
You told them.

Kate, I give you my word,
I didn't.

That's bullshit.

How would they know
what car I'm driving?

Kate, listen to me.

I don't know
how they knew.

If it came from me,
I'd be straight with you.

That's how it is between us,

and I'm telling you,
I didn't give you up.

Neither did the gaffer.

DI Arnott,
now with two occupants...

Come on, mate.

I don't know what the hell
is going on either.

Why the Chief's ordered
Carmichael to take over.

But I promise you,
I'll get you to safety.

Both of you.

She's cooperating.

Lay it on the ground.

She's put the gun down.

Come with me.
I'll walk you in.

Get behind me.

You too, ma'am.

Both suspects
now walking towards us

with arms raised...

Check out the old
OCG print shop.

Also, Ryan Pilkington
confessed

to the murder of Maneet Bindra
and John Corbett.

Don't you worry, kid.
I'll see you're well looked after

or, by Christ,
they'll have me to answer to.

Arrest them both.

Put them in forensic suits,
transfer them to dry cells.

Lock the ridge
of the transport vehicle.

You should have shared Kate's
whereabouts with me.

I didn't want to put you in

a difficult position
with Carmichael.

Kate told me Ryan Pilkington
confessed to Maneet's murder.

Pilkington!

He also confessed
to the murder of John Corbett.

Ma'am.

Ma'am, the interviews
with Davidson and Kate...

DI Arnott and I will be
involved, of course.

We know the inquiry
like the back of our hands.

Hmm. DI Arnott,

I've just learned
the vehicle was yours,

and keys to your home were
found on DI Fleming's person.

We've got keys to each other's
homes and vehicles

in the event
of extreme circumstances.

Oh, okay. Yes. I see.

What would constitute
extreme circumstances?

An unexplained disruption
of the chain of command.

Superintendent Hastings
has been informed

of his impending
retirement.

Ma'am, I must protest. That
information was confidential.

And so, to ensure
a smooth transition,

I've assumed command.
So, from now on, DI Arnott,

you'll be taking
orders from me,

or face
disciplinary action.

Is there anything else
you're not sharing with me?

I'm waiting.

Kate said we should check
out the old OCG print shop,

from where John Corbett
worked.

Very good.

I'll report back after
Davidson's respite

to assist me
in interviewing her.

Dismissed. Thank you.

Ma'am.

I'll lead the interview

and you can assist within
parameters set by me.

Do you think
you can manage that?

Very good.

I'll see you
in the morning.

How did you know of Davidson
and Kate's whereabouts?

Oh, we put trackers
in all AC-12 vehicles.

What?

Hmm.
Chief Constable's orders.

Thank goodness we did.

My officers were going
about their lawful duty.

Putting trackers
on their vehicles

was a flagrant
breach of trust.

No, you're right, Ted.

The Chief and I
don't trust you.

AC-12 interview
of acting detective

Superintendent Joanne Davidson,

in the presence
of a solicitor,

police federation
representative

by Chief Superintendent
Carmichael,

Superintendent Hastings,
Detective Inspector Arnott.

You remain under caution.

Following your arrest,

a search of your
registered address,

apartment G-9,
Croxford Street

was carried out
under section 18-1,

of the Police and Criminal
Evidence Act, 1984.

Image 17 on screen.

Image 17,
it's a crime scene photograph

captured during
the search of apartment

G-9, Croxford Street.

Who is seen in image 17?

No comment.

Document 22
in your folders and on screen.

Document 22 is a scan of
Samantha Davidson's passport.

Person seen an image 17,

is Samantha Davidson,
correct?

No comment.

Document six in your folders
and on screen.

Document six is acting
DSU Davidson's

police personnel record.

Next of kin is given
as Samantha Davidson.

What is your relationship
to Samantha Davidson?

No comment.

Oh, God, give me strength.
It's gonna be a long day.

We carried out checks
on Samantha Davidson.

Passport shown in Document 22
is the last one on record.

An interim death certificate
was issued

for Samantha Davidson
on the 5th of January, 1996,

by the Glasgow City coroner.

Subsequent inquest
into Samantha Davidson's death

recorded a finding of suicide.

You all right, Jo?

The purpose of our questioning
is not to trigger

painful memories,
but rather to address...

an important aspect
of our inquiry.

Document 33 in your folders.

Document 33 is
a forensic laboratory report

submitted on the 19th
of November, 2020,

relating to DNA deposits
detected during a search

of 29 Stalton Drive
conducted up to and including

the 16th of November, 2020.

Comparison of said DNA deposits

found 100% match with DNA
held on the national database

belonging to Joanne Davidson.

Further comparison
with criminal databases

found a strong partial match
to John Thomas Hunter.

Are you related by
blood to John Thomas Hunter?

- No comment.
- Okay.

Just gave you an opportunity
to declare whether or not

you are familiar with
what we're about to disclose.

If not, you may find

the following information
distressing. DI Arnott.

Document 33A.

Further analysis of the DNA
found at 29 Stalton Drive

detected run of homozygosity.

This is an indicator
of a close blood relationship

between the subject's
mother and father.

With a percentage match
to Tommy Hunter,

it has been concluded
that Hunter was your uncle

and also your father.

No.

No. He...

He was my uncle. That's...

But that's not true.

So what is the truth?

You can see
my colleague's distress.

Perhaps we could
have a short break.

It's a simple
enough question for Acting

Detective Superintendent
Davidson to answer.

No comment.

Okay. I think
we should pause this interview

and return you to custody
until such time,

if any, you're willing
to cooperate...

Ma'am, wait.

Please.

Jo, if you're bent,

fine if you wanna
run the clock down.

We'll charge you,
and with the evidence

we've got, you'll go away
for a long time.

But if you're not bent,

this is your chance
to prove it.

These things we've learned
about your family history,

no one can be blamed
for what they're born into.

Or the path
that it puts them on.

Now's the time
to give your side.

No comment.

You were still only a teenager
when you lost your mum.

It must have been
very upsetting.

No comment.

If you think you're going to
wear us down,

Acting Detective
Superintendent Davidson,

you have got
another thing coming.

DI Arnott.

The search of apartment
G-9 Croxford Street

detected an article
seized in evidence

appearing onscreen
in Image 11.

Image 11 shows
item reference PW-5,

a laptop computer.

Whose device is this?

No comment.

Forensic examination
of PW-5 detected fingerprints

and DNA deposits
relating to one person only.

Said fingerprints and DNA

are a match
for Joanne Davidson.

For what purpose
did you employ this device?

No comment.

Document 56 in your folders.

AC-12's Cybercrime Department

carried out an examination
of PW-5's hard drive.

Their findings are fully
summarised in Document 56.

There are numerous
text conversations

between the user of PW-5
and an unknown user.

Who are the participants
in these text conversations?

No comment.

Our Cybercrime Department
detected an IP address

for the PW-5 user
matching 9 Croxford Street.

The IP address for the unknown
user is located in Spain.

No comment.

What was the nature
of these text conversations?

No comment.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph
and the wee donkey,

can we just move
this thing along

before it drives us all
round the bloody bend?

DI Arnott.

Please refer to the screen,

which shows
a text conversation

which took place on
the 22nd of November, 21:42,

between the user of PW-5
and an unknown user.

Can you tell us what is meant
by the instruction...

"Get rid of her"?

No comment.

You agreed to lure
DI Fleming to her death.

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

No comment.

Look,
you could say no comment

till you're blue in the face,
but we know what's what.

DI Fleming made a call
to DI Arnott

just minutes before
an illicit rendezvous

took place between you
and PC Ryan Pilkington.

No comment.

You lured her
to that rendezvous,

and there is the evidence
up there

on the screen
in black and white.

Conspiracy to murder
which, as you know,

Acting Detective
Superintendent Davidson,

brings with it
a life sentence.

And that's before we get
to the rest of the evidence,

which I would describe
as a mountain,

a mountain of evidence.

We haven't even
scratched the surface.

I was asking about your mum.

Yes.

She took her own life.

Yes.

This must be
very painful for you,

but do you think
you can speak about that?

She was born into it,
same as me.

Hated what our family
stood for.

Her brother told me...

what a piece of work he was.

Oh, yeah,
you don't need to tell us

what he was capable of,
believe you me.

He controlled mum's life.

Did he control yours?

Not at first.

My mum was still a girl.

Fifteen.

Raped, she told me.

Though I never knew
the details.

Forced to go through
with the pregnancy.

Tommy sent her away,

back to Glasgow
under her mum's maiden name.

I had no idea
about any of this

until Tommy came looking.

But that was later. Yes?

I'd just turned 16.

He'd heard
I was doing well in school.

Never been in trouble.
Plus, no one knew me here.

He wanted me for the police.

He said, to do his bidding,

to be under his control.

My mum
couldn't bear the thought

of me being with Uncle Tommy.

She knew
she couldn't protect me.

That's why
she took her own life.

Yes.

It's all right. 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?

We can all see
my colleague finds

this line of questioning
extremely distressing.

In regard
to coercion and control,

my colleague should be treated
as a vulnerable person.

We'll move on. Tommy Hunter's

no longer
a person of interest.

I mean, he became an informant
and was killed

by his own organisation
in 2014.

It wasn't simply that
he was an informant, ma'am.

What do you mean?

Tommy had
cultivated relationships

with corrupt police officers.

But they started
to turn against him.

He felt betrayed,

so he threatened
to expose the mole.

So it was police officers
who got Hunter killed?

They were heavily involved.

As you know,
your former officer,

DI Matthew Cottan,
he orchestrated the plan.

Cottan was a disgrace
to the uniform.

He betrayed the trust
of every single one of us

that he worked with.

So someone took Tommy's place

at the top
of the organisation,

and he gave Cottan
the order to kill Tommy?

Tommy held it altogether.

It broke up
into disparate elements.

Smaller OCGs.

The only thing
that united them was

how much they stood to lose

if Tommy carried out
his threat.

'Cause they relied
on corrupt officers

to carry out many of their
criminal enterprises?

Yes.

And they wanted to be able
to continue exploiting them.

Yes, well, the OCGs, they may
not be working to one man,

but the bent coppers,
that's a different story.

They're a network,
aren't they?

This force has detected
no evidence

of institutionalised
corruption.

We have identified a number
of high-ranking figures

in a clandestine network
of corrupt police officers.

Hypothetical network.

One such high-ranking figure,

once erroneously codenamed H,

we now refer to
as the fourth man,

is he running the show?

No comment.

We're here to examine
DCI Davidson's offending.

- No one else's.
- Alleged offending.

Are you taking
your orders from him?

Who is the fourth man?

- I don't know.
- I don't believe you.

Let's move on. Turning
to Operation Lighthouse,

the inquiry
into the murder of Gail Vella,

opened on the 10th
of September, 2019.

You became senior
investigating officer when?

The following month,
6th of October.

Your predecessor was removed

allegedly due to the inquiry's
slow progress.

How did you
come to be appointed?

I'm an experienced
murder investigator.

Image 24 on screen.

What is shown on Image 24?

No comment.

Image 24 shows
item reference FD-8

seized in evidence
during a search of apartment

G-9 Croxford Street.

Document 39 in your folders.

Document 39 is a photocopy
of the content of FD-8.

You will see that FD-8
contain documents

relating to Operation Lighthouse.

Now these documents
were not present

at Hillside Lane
Police Station

on the 4th of November
of this year,

when AC-12 seized all files

relating to Operation Lighthouse.

Why were these documents
in your apartment?

No comment.

These documents
revealed for the first time

that Detective Superintendent
Ian Buckells noted

that your predecessor and SIO
was pursuing a line of inquiry

that Gail Vella's murder
was a contract killing

carried out
by organised criminals.

However, Detective
Superintendent Buckells

then wrote a memorandum
suggesting that

the SIO was failing
to make any progress

and that a new SIO
be appointed.

Buckells mentions you by name.
Did you ever work together?

Not to my knowledge.

Hmm. So what motivated
Ian Buckells nominating you

to be the senior
investigating officer

on the Gail Vella murder?

You'd have to ask
Ian Buckells.

Yes, well, we did,

and he denies all knowledge
of the documents.

The same way
he still claims no knowledge

of the missing
Operation Lighthouse files

subsequently found hidden
in his service vehicle.

Did you,
or someone close to you,

engineer your appointment

with Buckells
as the convenient stooge?

No comment.

You see, the last thing that
organised crime would want

is Operation Lighthouse
coming knocking on their door.

So they had to put in
a new SIO

to suppress
that line of inquiry

in favour of a random
act of violence

perpetrated by a disturbed
individual acting alone.

A frame that neatly fits
Terry Boyle.

I refused
to charge Terry Boyle.

Well, why not?

There was just about
enough evidence.

Why did you not seek authority
to charge Boyle?

Was it because you
couldn't go through with it?

Is it because you just
couldn't live with the idea

of sending an innocent man
to trial?

Yes.

Good. At last,
we're getting somewhere.

Okay, let's examine
the other recent prime suspect

identified by Operation Lighthouse.

Image 29 on screen.

Image 29 shows
Terry Boyle on the right.

On the left,
Image 29 shows Carl Banks.

Carl Banks
was a nonviolent offender

with lifelong links
to organised crime.

On the night
of the 26th of October,

the Murder Investigation Team
received a tip-off

that an individual who was
almost certainly Carl Banks

had confessed
to the murder of Gail Vella.

As a result
of delays and leaks,

Carl Banks was abducted
and murdered

and Terry Boyle
installed in his place.

PS Farida Jatri was charged
with leaking the information

based on evidence
seized from 29 Stalton Drive.

The address where she claims
the two of you lived.

Did you plant evidence
against Farida Jatri?

No comment.

You've already told us

that you were coerced
into a life of crime,

that you were forced
to mislead and deceive.

Here, now, you have a choice.

A choice to tell the truth.

I planted the burner phones.

Farida's innocent.

Good.

Good.

Who leaked the information
regarding the operation

to arrest Carl Banks?

I did.

And the armed robbery

staged to coincide
with the operation...

You knew about that?

It was a decoy I used
to delay Banks' arrest.

And the mistakes
in surveillance

attributed Detective
Superintendent Buckells.

I manipulated him into those.
It wasn't hard.

And the files
that were planted

in his service vehicle?

I planted those.

What about the witness
who came forward

to incriminate Terry Boyle?

Deborah Devereux.

All I know is we found out

she was a former girlfriend
of DSU Buckells.

And the full statement
from Deborah Devereux,

Buckells set that up?

I don't know if he set that up
himself or someone else did.

Why would he do that?

He was worried the failure
to solve the murder

was making him look bad.

He was desperate for me
to charge someone.

Let's be clear.
You have no evidence

that Buckells was responsible

for Deborah Devereux's
full statement?

Correct, ma'am.

And his desire
to charge Terry Boyle

was born
out of a legitimate fear

for the advancement
of his career?

It appeared so, ma'am.

DI Arnott, can you bookmark
the DI's answer as

a significant testimony

in determining
whether the charges

against Detective
Superintendent Buckells

should be discontinued?

Okay, moving on.
What can you tell us

about the evidence
against Terry Boyle?

The images of Gail Vella
found in his flat

would seem
to have been planted.

To the best of your knowledge,
was Terry Boyle involved

in the murder of Gail Vella?

No, he was not.

To the best of your knowledge,
was Carl Banks involved

in the murder of Gail Vella?

No comment.

Here we go again.

We know Gail Vella attempted
to make contact

with Carl Banks' brother,
Lee Banks,

an inmate
in Blackthorn Prison.

We believe
Lee Banks informed Carl

Gail Vella
was investigating stories

that the OCG
were determined to suppress.

In regards Gail Vella's
investigative journalism,

let's now examine
your movements

prior to your arrest
last night. DI Arnott.

On screen, Image 41.

Image 41 is a map
showing telemetry

from a tracking device
attached to vehicle

Victor, Oscar, 6-9,
Golf, Kilo, Yankee

in the early hours
of the 24th of November, 2020.

Victor, Oscar, 6-9,
Golf, Kilo, Yankee

is the vehicle in which
you were a passenger

at the time of your arrest.

Telemetry location two is the
scene of Gail Vella's murder.

Telemetry location three
relates the derelict premises

of the Kingsgate
Printing Services.

Who's directing
the movements of the vehicle?

No comment.

A forensic search
of Kingsgate Printing Services

has been carried out.

Image 45 on screen.

Image 45,
it's a crime scene photograph

captured at
Kingsgate Printing services,

showing the inside
of the abandoned premises.

Image 46.

Image 46
is an item of evidence

detected by the search team.

Item reference TG-8.

TG-8 is a metal strongbox.

Contents of TG-8
shown in Image 47.

What is shown in Image 47?

No comment.

Image 47 shows item references
TG-11 and TG-12.

A laptop computer

and desktop computer,
respectively.

Forensic examination
of these devices

detected fingerprints
matching Gail Vella.

We believe
these devices were stolen

from Gail Vella's home
around the time of her murder.

Now the Operation Lighthouse
files that you withheld

relate in part to evidence
of the theft of these devices.

This is crucial evidence
you hid.

I was leading
Kate Fleming there

to uncover
the evidence to prove...

Prove what?

That I'm not bent.

Yes, but you hid this evidence
for months.

Not months. No.

That's not what happened.

I only began to suspect
the evidence might be there

after Terry Boyle's arrest.

The print shop had been
long abandoned by the OCG.

Police searches
concluded there 18 months ago,

and it was
right across the street.

But you never ordered
a search of the print shop.

Cyber Crime examined

the hard drives
of both devices.

Passwords were input
to access the stored files.

How were these passwords
being obtained?

No comment.

Well, taking for granted

the involvement
of organised crime,

I'd suggest an employee
in the IT Department

of Gail Vella's news service
was exploited

using bribery, blackmail
or intimidation.

No comment.

Numerous files were detected

relating to Gail Vella's
investigations

into the links
between organised crime

and corrupt police officers.

We have found audio files

of interviews
of Jimmy Lakewell.

We have found research files

confirming that Gail Vella
was investigating

the suppression
of police inquiries

into historic
child sexual exploitation.

And we have found research

confirming that Gail Vella
was digging deep

into police failure

in the murder
of Lawrence Christopher.

Did you know
Gail Vella was looking

into the Lawrence Christopher
murder?

No.

According to notes
found on Gail Vella's devices,

she visited Lee Banks
on 26th of August, 2019,

in Blackthorn Prison.

Now as you know, Lee Banks
is Carl Banks' brother.

It appears
from Gail Vella's notes

that Lee Banks declined
to furnish any information

regarding the murder
of Lawrence Christopher.

We believe
Lee informed Carl Banks

and this was in large part
the motivation for her murder.

Do you really
expect us to believe

that you didn't know this?

I didn't.

I'll give you "I didn't".

One of the suspects

in the Lawrence Christopher
murder is your cousin,

Darren Hunter.

I, erm...

I mean, maybe if
Darren had been arrested,

he would have squealed.

He would have given up
Tommy Hunter.

He would have given up you.

I... I didn't know.

The initial inquiry into
Lawrence Christopher's murder

was led by
DCI Marcus Thurwell.

Do you know that name?

No comment.

On screen, image 75.

Who is shown an image 75?

No comment.

On screen, image 77.

The last known image
of the same individual.

Who is that?

No comment.

Image 77
shows Marcus Thurwell.

What's your relationship
to Marcus Thurwell?

No comment.

Files detected
on Gail Vella's computer

proved that
she was investigating,

not just Thurwell's role,

but the role of other officers
in the inquiry.

Notably Detective Constable
Ian Buckells,

and Inspector Philip Osborne.

The interviewee
has repeatedly claimed

she doesn't know
about any of this.

It's a dead end.

So let's focus on events

surrounding the killing
of PC Ryan Pilkington.

Ma'am,
this is significant evidence

crucial to the wider inquiry

into institutionalised
corruption.

Yes, and I would prefer
to confine ourselves

to the set parameters

of the anti-corruption inquiry
in front of us.

DI Arnott,

if you wouldn't mind,

let's jiffy things along,
shall we?

Ma'am.

On screen,

images 62 to 65, inclusive.

Crime scene photographs
of PC Ryan Pilkington's body.

How did Ryan Pilkington
meet his death?

No comment.

Document 60 in your folders.

Document 60
is the forensic pathologist's

post-mortem report
on Ryan Pilkington.

Cause of death was two
gunshot wounds to the chest.

At post-mortem, two Parabellum
9/19mm rounds

were recovered
from the thoracic cavity.

Ryan Pilkington was fatally
wounded by a firearm.

Describe what happened.

No comment.

DI Arnott.

DI Arnott.

Document 78 in your folders.

Document 78 is a report
issued by neighbours

on the 24th of November, 2020.

Please refer to page two,
paragraph six.

Both Parabellum rounds

recovered from the deceased
show markings

consistent with being fired
from a Glock 17 pistol,

serial number 2-7-7-5-3-1.

2-7-7-5-3-1 is the firearm
lawfully issued

on the 20th of November, 2020

to Detective Inspector
Kate Fleming.

Fingerprints matching
DI Fleming

were also detected
on 2-7-7-5-3-1.

Did DI Fleming shoot dead
Ryan Pilkington?

No.

No?

Who, then?

I did.

Hmm.

That doesn't square
with the forensic evidence,

I'm afraid.

Naturally, Kate's prints
were on the firearm.

She'd handled it repeatedly.

But you'll also have found
my prints on the firearm.

That's correct. We did.

Because she was forced
to hand it over to me.

Ryan had her at gunpoint.

I turned Kate's firearm
on Ryan.

At the time of your arrest,
Fleming had her firearm.

You had Pilkington's.

I returned Kate's firearm.

I picked up Ryan's.

Forensic analysis of clothing
worn by DI Fleming

detected a dense distribution
of gunshot residue

on the right-hand sleeve,

a finding commonly associated

with the discharging
of a firearm.

Kate was in the process
of handing me the firearm.

When I turned the firearm
on Ryan

and discharged
the fatal shots.

Kate's sleeve absorbed
the gunshot powder.

Joanne Davidson.

To be clear,

you are confessing

to the murder
of Ryan Pilkington,

No, ma'am.

Pilkington was about to fire
on DI Fleming.

At the time of the incident,

I was a serving
police officer.

Under common law section three
of the Criminal Law Act 1967,

and Section 117

of the Police and Criminal
Evidence Act 1984,

I am permitted
to employ lethal force

to prevent
an imminent threat to life.

My colleague
was acting lawfully.

I think you'll find
that's for a court to decide.

You weren't in league
with Pilkington?

Ryan Pilkington was imposed
on MIT against my will.

I was fully aware
of his OCG connections.

He was there to intimidate me

into misleading
Operation Lighthouse.

So, who was giving
Pilkington his orders?

Was it Marcus Thurwell?

No comment.

We have presented
clear evidence

that you were getting
your instructions from Spain.

We also know
from our inquiries

that Thurwell was in Spain.

Is this the person
running the show? Yes?

No comment.

Marcus Thurwell was SIO

in the Lawrence Christopher
murder inquiry.

Now, we believe

that he deliberately
misled that inquiry

to protect Darren Hunter,
Tommy Hunter's son,

on the expressed orders
of Tommy Hunter.

No comment.

Lawrence Christopher,

he was an architect.
He was a model citizen,

he had his head smashed in
with a piece of lead piping

by a bunch of racist thugs,

one of whom was your cousin.

Superintendent, your
questioning is oppressive.

I'll give you oppressive.

Look, that lad had
his whole life ahead of him,

just like Gail Vella.

They both died
horrible deaths.

I dread to imagine
what they suffered.

Yes. Well, then
give them justice.

Tell us
who's giving the orders.

I can't.

I'm sorry.

Is it Thurwell?
Is it someone else?

- It is Osborne?
- I think we'll leave it there.

Is it the Chief Constable?

Thank you,
Superintendent Hastings.

Joanne Davidson, do you have
anything further to say?

No.

Joanne Davidson,
I've been in consultation

with the senior prosecutor
at the Complex Case Unit.

Nothing you have disclosed
during this interview

has impacted
on those discussions,

and, therefore,
I am authorised to charge you

with the following offences.

Perverting the course
of justice

and malfeasance
in a public office.

I will consult further
regarding conspiracy

to murder DI Kate Fleming

and any charges
relating to the death

of PC Ryan Pilkington.

You will be remanded
in custody.

Interview terminated at 11:43.

You take care
of the custody, son,

just leave this one to me.

I'm sorry.

Yeah. Me too.

You and I both know
that Jo Davidson's

the best chance we ever had
of blowing wide open

the network
of corrupt police officers

in league
with organised crime.

I must have been in
another interview,

because every other answer
I heard was, "No comment."

You let her
off the hook, ma'am.

And as for shutting down
all my questions

- about the fourth man...
- Superintendent.

You are bitter about AC-12
being merged. Who wouldn't be?

It's got nothing
to do with that.

Inquiries into Jo Davidson
will continue.

She has more to reveal.
We will get there in time.

I don't have time.

Sir?

Sometimes you
don't lose, son,

you just run out of time.

As you were.

The Crown Prosecutor
is gullible enough

to consider proceedings
against Jo Davidson alone

in the death
of Ryan Pilkington.

Thank you very much, ma'am.

Two shots to the chest,

double tap. Mm.

Like a firearms-
trained officer.

Davidson's not
firearms trained, is she?

You are, though,
aren't you, Kate?

That's correct, ma'am.

So you'll provide a first
account for my, er, team

and then you're free to go.

I'm not gullible, Kate.

But I am pragmatic.

All right?

All right.

Thought we'd got rid of you.

No such luck.

You sure you're OK?

I know
nobody's coming after you

over Ryan Pilkington's
shooting.

If you ever need
to talk about it...

Thanks, mate.
I appreciate it, but I'm fine.

So what did you
get out of Jo?

A lot less than we needed.

Did she say anything
about her family history?

She told me
her dad was a police officer.

No. Never even gave us
that much.

She's scared, Steve.

After what happened
to Tommy, Lakewell,

never mind John Corbett.

That's why we've got her
on the VPU apprentice,

security cameras
monitoring access to her cell.

So, what now?

Well, we're into the forensics
at the OCG workshop.

And as I'm
the senior detective

left on Operation Lighthouse,

I could be
the point of contact

between MIT and AC-12.

Works for me, mate.

Let's get this job done.

- I'll drive.
- I'll drive.

It'll be in the Red Lion
by 8:00. Nice work.

All right, Chris.

- Ma'am.
- You remember DI Arnott.

Sir.

Don't act like a tit, sarge.
We're all in it together.

What have you found?

There's strong evidence
of workshop in the firearms.

Neighbours have given
a preliminary report

of matches between
the machinery here

and the markings
on the firearms

used in the Jimmy Lakewell
ambush.

Forensics have harvested
prints and DNA,

just waiting on the lab
for any matches.

FC thinks
they've covered the ground.

I'm gonna call off

the forensic deployment
tonight.

Now, you look
at the weight of those.

No way were two OCG men

on their own
gonna move 'em.

What was in their van?

Tarpaulins and rope.

Couple of pickaxes,
bolt cutters,

a couple of wrenches,

socket set, Stanley knives.

Power tools, including
power saws and power drills.

Right.
Let's call out the GPR.

Find out
what's under that floor.

- Really?
- Yeah, really,

Sorry, mate. My DI's
requested GPR for wirework.

Chloe.

Sir, we think
we've found Thurwell.

We'll be right there.

They've located
Marcus Thurwell.

Let's go.

Ah, Kate. Steve.

Spanish authorities
are helping us

in our efforts
to apprehend Thurwell.

The Guardia Civil
have received intel

on this particular address.

Name of God
and his holy mother...

Two dead, sir.
Male plus female.

Thank you, Captain.

We'll leave
the rest to you.

It's just... It's another
kick in the teeth.

Only so much
a man can take!

Wait there, please.

Sorry. Wrong way.

God, this place is a maze.

For too long now,

police officers
have had to serve

faceless,
unaccountable bureaucrats.

We've even had to suffer
political opportunists

trying to win votes
by vilifying police officers

with false allegations
of corruption.

We defend this constabulary

from those
who would obstruct us

in serving the public.

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.

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