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All right, Barry? Still
working on it, mate?
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Mum, I got it.
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350 quid a week.
I start tomorrow.
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Tony, are you sure you
shouldn't try to go to college?
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No, it's a waste of time.
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I mean, Matt and Luce need things for
school. We need a new washing machine.
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Yeah, I'd sooner you'd
get a proper education, love.
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Yeah, well, I can
apply next year.
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I haven't even got a
flask for your break.
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I'll have to try and
borrow one from next door.
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I can buy one, Mum.
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Well, you'd better get a week's work under
your belt before you do all this spending.
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Not that we don't
appreciate it, love.
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All I get from you people is
excuses and more excuses!
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The weather,
holdups with the plant,
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can't get the materials,
can't get the labour.
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You make me die!
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I am not interested in your
pathetic excuses, sunshine.
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Or yours either, or the
architect's or anyone else's.
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I do not pay you
good money for delays.
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You want some? I'll give you
delays when it comes to your wages.
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You any idea how
much they're costing me
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while you're driving
around in your fat
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Mercedes sticking your
fat kids through school?
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Well, what are you? A statue?
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- I was told to report for work.
- Then get working!
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I'll go broke waiting
for you people.
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Nothing has moved round here
for weeks apart from your bowels.
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All right? Tony, is it? Right,
you need to find Misha.
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He's around somewhere.
By the digger there, yeah.
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Okay, he's a Bosnian lad,
but he'll tell you what to do.
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Tell that architect I
wanna talk to him!
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Get the big piece metal.
Look all around. Big piece.
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Look, this to the dumper. Yeah?
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- Small, this, this, not. This crap.
- Okay.
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- Be quick or you lose job.
- Right.
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And I lose job.
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- Okay? Be quick.
- Yep. Cheers.
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Matthew, give it!
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Stop it, will you? Calm down.
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- Can I talk to your mum?
- Mum.
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- Mrs Cootes?
- Yeah.
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Can I come in, love?
It's about your son Tony.
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What? What?
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- What?
- I am so sorry.
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Is he around, Mrs
Cooper? I'd like a word.
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He's very busy,
Mrs Mills. I'll see.
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- Mrs Mills would like a word, Judge.
- Yeah, sure.
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- That looks excruciatingly uncomfortable.
- It is.
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- Drink?
- No, thanks.
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I've got a problem with
a case I'm prosecuting.
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Oh, don't tell me more
innocent villains stitched up.
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- Where did you learn this bias, Jo?
- I wonder.
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We're running manslaughter against
the foreman and manager of a building site
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where a 19-year-old
was crushed to death.
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- Who are you in front of?
- A purple. Judge Joan Randall-Morgan.
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Oh, she's not pretty but
she's pretty no-nonsense.
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- Are they pleading guilty?
- I'm not sure they should be there,
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in spite of the inquest
verdict of unlawful killing.
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The CPS came close to running corporate
manslaughter with Mike Briggs in the frame.
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Yeah.
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Charges were laid and his lawyers prepared
a defence and then days before committal,
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the charges were withdrawn
and Briggs squirms away,
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leaving the two
employees in the frame.
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Presumably with no
corporate responsibility.
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What's the CPS saying?
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Well, they're now saying there's
no line of culpability to Briggs.
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I think they were leaned on.
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Hmm...
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I know he's
well-connected but even so.
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Putting lowly hirelings in the
dock is not gonna make companies
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take their health and
safety obligations seriously.
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The CBI would
argue they already do.
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It's never the company
directors that get hurt.
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What's your problem
with Joan Randall-Morgan?
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I don't know.
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She's not likely to go
to the wire on this. Her
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husband works for the
Institute of Directors.
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Then ask for another judge.
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We've got very clear
guidelines on what
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sort of connections
require us to step down.
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Oh, no, you're not thinking
of asking me to take it?
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You might be concerned enough
to see the right people in the dock.
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No, not unless
the CPS is up for it.
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They'd have to reinstate the
corporate manslaughter charge.
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Jo, if the evidence
isn't there...
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That wasn't my opinion.
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Because of Briggs's connections,
everybody's view was canvassed.
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The HSE, the Home Office, the
LCD, the Cabinet Office. Oh, yeah.
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When is it set down for?
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But the two defendants
are employees.
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Well, the prosecutor
thinks the wrong two are up.
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I'd like to see if I can reinstate
the corporate manslaughter charge,
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put the managing
director in the frame.
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It's very tantalising, John.
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But I don't see the government letting
you get that sort of scalp on your belt.
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I thought we were supposed to
be independent of the Executive.
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So did I.
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I'll tell the resider.
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Can I help, my lord?
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I'm looking for the Queen
and Zajas and Forsyth.
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The papers have gone to
Judge Randall-Morgan, my lord.
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There's been a change.
It seems I'm hearing it.
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Is there a copy of the papers?
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Yes. Thank you.
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LCD, Laurence James.
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This is Norman Children,
the List Manager at Highfield.
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I was told to call this number
about Mr Justice Deed.
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Is he misbehaving
again, Mr Children?
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Might be something for Sir Ian.
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He's just snatched a case
another judge was set to hear.
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Do we know why?
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Would you like to continue
the opening, Mrs Mills?
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My lord.
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According to the
Health and Safety
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Inspectors' report,
marked 1C in your bundle,
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everything that could possibly be
wrong on this building site was wrong.
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An absence of adequate training,
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lack of safety
overrides on machinery.
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Some of the plant on site was found
to have 17 potentially lethal defects.
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Wrong equipment
was used for lifting,
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inexperienced personnel
were allowed to drive machinery,
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a lack of supervision.
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It was such a practice that led
to the fatal injury to Tony Cootes.
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And the reason this was
done was to cut costs.
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Everything about the company that
owns the site was geared to maximum profit
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regardless of Health and Safety.
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We calculated that the owner of the
site has saved ยฃ6,000 in three months
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by ignoring Health and Safety.
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Some of you may have sons or
grandsons of a similar age to Tony Cootes
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and be shocked that so little
value could be put on this young life.
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With Your Lordship's leave,
may I call my first witness,
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the Health and Safety
Inspector, Gwyn Headley?
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Before you do, Mrs
Mills, can you tell us what
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the lines of responsibility
are on this site?
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Is it owned and run by Briggs?
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It's owned by Briggs, my lord,
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but it's run by the contractor,
Jack McNaulty PLC.
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Do directors of either company
oversee the running of this site?
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Well, it's mostly done by the site
manager and the clerk of the works.
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However, Mr Briggs is a
hands-on managing director
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and frequently visits
the site to hurry things up.
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Are you calling
him as a witness?
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We have served him with papers,
my lord. He hasn't responded.
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Well, make sure that he does.
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I don't want Mr Briggs to
shirk his responsibilities.
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It's plain what he's
up to, Mr James.
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He's out to nail Mike Briggs.
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We're sure the department
would like someone
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big brought to book for
corporate manslaughter.
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Speaking as a lawyer and
a politician, Mr Children,
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we see a discrepancy
within the government.
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They want to be nice
and cuddly to the plebs
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but don't want to obstruct the wealth
creators by pushing up industry's costs
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and slowing growth.
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Mr Justice Deed might come
unstuck if he picks on Briggs.
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Keep me posted. I'll have a word
up the road about developments.
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Inappropriate equipment
was being used.
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The excavator on site should
not have been used for demolition.
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Had the company
been warned about this?
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Yeah, we'd written
to them several times.
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We even threatened
to close the site.
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If they had failed to rectify these
wrong practices, Mr Headley,
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why wasn't the site closed down?
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Pressure of work, my lord.
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We often can't follow
up as we should.
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I see, then, perhaps there was fault on
both sides. Yours the sin of omission?
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Do you know why the
contractors didn't respond?
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They were behind schedule and
under a lot of pressure from Mr Briggs.
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Once when I was on site, he
personally threatened to sack people.
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I believe he'd been there
the morning Tony Cootes died.
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Thank you.
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This is everything I could find
relating to HSE's responsibilities.
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Thanks, Coop.
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I'm not gonna let the company
escape its responsibility
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because the HSE
is overstretched.
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There's a woman front
right on the public benches.
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Her face is haunting me.
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That's Mrs Cootes,
the dead boy's mother.
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She shouldn't be in
before giving evidence.
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For compassionate reasons, defence
waived any objection to her being in.
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Find out if there's anything
she wants, will you, Coop?
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Some sort of justice
would be a start.
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Mrs Cootes, some of the events I'm
going to take you through might be painful.
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If you want me to
stop, please say.
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Can you tell the court
why your 19-year-old
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son was going off to
work on a building site
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rather than, say, university?
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He couldn't afford
to go to university.
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I'd been made redundant.
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The building society that I
worked for had been taken over.
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His father left us years ago
and didn't pay any maintenance.
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Tony wanted to be
the man of the house.
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He was.
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Cost him his life.
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He had no life.
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I'm sorry. Did I
answer the question?
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Mrs Cootes, you've
nothing to be sorry for.
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Emotions often overwhelm
us in these circumstances.
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Just take your time.
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How did Tony get
the job on the site?
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From the Jobcentre.
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Experience wasn't necessary
as long as you were fit.
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Tony was very fit.
He did lots of sport.
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Had he done this
kind of work before?
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He had worked on local farms
and he wasn't scared of hard work.
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He'd had no injuries
on these farms?
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No. He was good with machines.
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Did he say whether he
expected any onsite training?
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My lord, might I
examine the witness?
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Yes, of course.
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Was Tony getting any training?
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No. I asked other employees.
There was no training at all.
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Did you find out why that was?
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The company seemed to think it
was a waste of time for casual labour.
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I must object to this
line. It really is hearsay.
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Yes, I tend to agree, Mr
Peters, but I am going to allow it.
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Other witnesses can speak
to evidence of the system.
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I will remain alert to make sure it
doesn't stray beyond what is permissible.
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You can go on, Mrs Cootes.
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There have been 37 accidents on
sites run by McNaulty, the contractor.
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Three of them fatal.
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A man lost his fingers trapped
under steel work on the same site.
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Was this worker more
experienced than your son?
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He was a general labourer who
had been working for one week.
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He had no insurance card or P45.
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And did the Health and Safety
Executive make any response to that case?
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They claim there was no breach.
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Do you know if there was?
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- My lord.
- Yes, all right, Mr Peters.
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I'm letting my desire to get at the
facts outrun the present law on hearsay.
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I never compiled chapter and verse
on any other incidences but can I...
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What I did discover was a
relationship of mutual dependence
235
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between the inspector
and those he inspects.
236
00:14:14,454 --> 00:14:15,820
The system doesn't work.
237
00:14:17,156 --> 00:14:19,091
And the courts
do almost nothing.
238
00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:23,792
And the families of working
people are left to cope alone.
239
00:14:28,501 --> 00:14:30,732
If we find that that
is so, Mrs Cootes,
240
00:14:30,803 --> 00:14:33,739
I will do my best to
remedy that situation.
241
00:14:36,943 --> 00:14:40,004
Mrs Cootes is right about
the Health and Safety, Judge.
242
00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:44,483
My husband's always going on about how the
inspectors are in the employers' pockets.
243
00:14:44,851 --> 00:14:46,444
Human nature, I'm afraid.
244
00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:50,655
Mr Justice Nivan asked if
you could meet for lunch.
245
00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:54,050
- Did he say if it was social?
- I took it it wasn't, Judge.
246
00:14:55,194 --> 00:14:58,187
Charlie phoned. She
wants to come for lunch.
247
00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:01,797
Twice in one week? She
must be short of money.
248
00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:03,994
Say yes to Michael Nivan.
249
00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:10,674
- I'm having the shepherd's pie.
- Bad for your heart, Michael.
250
00:15:10,777 --> 00:15:13,872
It's not real mince,
Sir John. It's soya.
251
00:15:14,113 --> 00:15:16,082
In that case, I'll
have it as well.
252
00:15:19,752 --> 00:15:22,449
I've had a call from
Sir Ian Rochester.
253
00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:25,357
I'll bet that did
neither of us any good.
254
00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:27,653
He wants to know if you're
going after Mike Briggs.
255
00:15:27,727 --> 00:15:28,956
What did you tell him?
256
00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:32,329
That I thought that you
were trying two employees.
257
00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:37,937
Is this personal
between you and this Ian?
258
00:15:38,871 --> 00:15:39,998
Should it be?
259
00:15:40,239 --> 00:15:44,870
One can't help but hear the rumours
about you and Lady Rochester.
260
00:15:46,712 --> 00:15:48,408
I think she's given
me the elbow.
261
00:16:03,396 --> 00:16:04,887
Francesca's phone.
262
00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:08,230
Hello? Who is this?
263
00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:15,166
There is no case to answer here.
264
00:16:15,675 --> 00:16:19,237
The Crown, and specifically the
HSE, has failed to make a case.
265
00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:21,574
Failed in a lot of
ways, Mr Peters.
266
00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:25,217
They've made a case
here. It's a matter for the jury.
267
00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:27,915
Can we have them back?
268
00:16:29,355 --> 00:16:31,639
I take it you will be
calling your client?
269
00:16:31,663 --> 00:16:32,663
Yes, my lord.
270
00:16:35,862 --> 00:16:37,990
It not my fault the boy die.
271
00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:41,556
I lose my job I don't get
contract back on time.
272
00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:44,871
My wife and children
in Bosnia suffer.
273
00:16:45,538 --> 00:16:48,906
I tell the boy, "Keep away
from the building." I tell.
274
00:16:49,308 --> 00:16:52,904
They tell me, "Misha, hurry
up." Hurry up all the time.
275
00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:54,674
Thank you, Mr Zajas.
276
00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:04,780
Did someone tell you not to
waste time on Health and Safety?
277
00:17:05,458 --> 00:17:06,949
I no remember.
278
00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:10,592
Well, as foreman of the site,
wasn't it your responsibility?
279
00:17:11,130 --> 00:17:15,192
No. Big man tell. He
tell, "Quick, hurry."
280
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:19,233
You mean the site
manager, Craig Forsyth?
281
00:17:20,006 --> 00:17:21,634
Not he. He not tell.
282
00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:23,465
Well, is this big man in court?
283
00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:26,504
He not in court.
He own everybody.
284
00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:28,938
Is this big man Mr Briggs?
285
00:17:32,118 --> 00:17:33,780
Mr Zajas,
286
00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:39,587
was Mr Briggs, the employer of the
main contractor, on site giving orders?
287
00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:40,921
Many time.
288
00:17:42,028 --> 00:17:44,020
Did he tell you
to ignore safety?
289
00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:48,958
Yes. He said, "Don't
waste time. Job behind."
290
00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:00,441
- He your new boyfriend?
- It's a she.
291
00:18:01,547 --> 00:18:03,243
What's wrong
with her. Is she ill?
292
00:18:03,349 --> 00:18:05,250
- She's scared.
- Yeah, I can see that.
293
00:18:06,452 --> 00:18:07,579
Where did you get her?
294
00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:09,784
I'll just get rid of this.
295
00:18:16,529 --> 00:18:19,590
- She's scared out of her wits.
- She's been really badly treated.
296
00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:21,759
I'm not surprised, peeing
on people's carpets.
297
00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:24,702
She needs to be in the country
with people who treat her right.
298
00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:28,870
You didn't tell me
where you got her.
299
00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:33,837
A friend. I'm trying
to re-home her.
300
00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:36,143
You know I can't
keep her at college.
301
00:18:36,248 --> 00:18:40,913
No. No, I don't need a dog, Charlie.
Especially one that's not housetrained.
302
00:18:40,987 --> 00:18:44,014
But your servants could look after
her. Just until I find her a new home.
303
00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:48,151
No. The way they treat us at the
digs, she'd be better off at Battersea.
304
00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:50,753
- Absolutely not, Charlie.
- You're scaring her.
305
00:18:50,830 --> 00:18:53,994
I don't care. You're not putting
her here. Find somebody else.
306
00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:57,503
Fine. I will. Fine.
307
00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:07,944
Can I get you anything, Judge?
308
00:19:08,047 --> 00:19:12,382
Yeah, you can find a cleaner to clean this
carpet. The place smells like a urinal.
309
00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:14,077
She couldn't help it, Judge.
310
00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:16,748
Don't give me an
argument! Just do as I ask!
311
00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:33,065
You just get out!
312
00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:35,839
Thanks a lot.
313
00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:49,115
You're not going to achieve
what it is you're after, Jo.
314
00:19:52,158 --> 00:19:57,358
Would the Crown accept a guilty plea to
something less with those two in the dock?
315
00:19:57,596 --> 00:19:59,224
What is it you're suggesting?
316
00:19:59,331 --> 00:20:01,664
Got anybody
sympathetic at the CPS?
317
00:20:01,801 --> 00:20:04,561
Perhaps someone
who's sick of being told by
318
00:20:04,585 --> 00:20:07,433
their line manager to
compromise on justice?
319
00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:09,232
Just about everyone there.
320
00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:11,742
This person would
need to do the paperwork
321
00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:16,878
to reinstate the corporate manslaughter
charge with the managing director attached.
322
00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:21,386
If the evidence is
there, persuade the CPS.
323
00:20:21,487 --> 00:20:23,922
It's the only way you're going
to get justice for Mrs Cootes.
324
00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:27,016
And if you just go for
the company alone,
325
00:20:27,126 --> 00:20:30,119
the law, as it stands, makes it
impossible to secure a conviction.
326
00:20:30,196 --> 00:20:32,097
The directors will
just blame each other.
327
00:20:32,198 --> 00:20:36,067
If the site manager can
show a direct line of culpability
328
00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:37,693
straight back to Briggs,
329
00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:42,639
then that might send a signal to
companies to look after their employees.
330
00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,404
Would you like to have dinner?
331
00:20:52,551 --> 00:20:55,487
You have one new message.
332
00:20:55,621 --> 00:20:57,852
Charlie, don't do this to me.
333
00:20:58,357 --> 00:20:59,586
I'm sorry.
334
00:20:59,658 --> 00:21:03,322
I'm sure we'll find some
sucker to look after her.
335
00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:10,263
Charlie, where are you?
336
00:21:10,369 --> 00:21:13,134
Just been put off the bus.
The dog was sick on the floor.
337
00:21:13,472 --> 00:21:15,703
Will she vomit in the
car if I come and get you?
338
00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:18,676
It wasn't her fault. She's
never been on a bus before.
339
00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:21,842
Where are you?
340
00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:42,800
Chas, this doesn't
mean I'm having the dog.
341
00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:46,428
You still haven't told
me where you got her.
342
00:21:49,542 --> 00:21:52,910
Okay, she was rescued.
From a research lab.
343
00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:57,614
- We agreed you wouldn't do anything risky.
- I didn't do it.
344
00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:58,979
That's a start.
345
00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:04,313
It was probably part of
some vital medical research.
346
00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:05,653
There's no such thing.
347
00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:07,522
There's perfectly
viable alternatives.
348
00:22:07,593 --> 00:22:09,494
Look, all I'm doing
is re-homing a dog.
349
00:22:09,595 --> 00:22:12,292
She's been living on concrete.
She doesn't even know what grass is.
350
00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:13,422
Thank God for that.
351
00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:16,298
I wouldn't want to get mixed
up with a dope-smoking beagle.
352
00:22:18,304 --> 00:22:21,103
You do realise you're in
receipt of stolen property?
353
00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:25,102
If I take her back, they'll
kill her. That's what they do.
354
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,373
Maybe we can buy her.
355
00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:32,041
What are you gonna do? Announce
that we've got one of their dogs?
356
00:22:32,918 --> 00:22:34,045
Forget it. I'll try Mum.
357
00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:36,748
Oh, Charlie, she'll shop
you faster than a supergrass.
358
00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:37,846
She likes dogs.
359
00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:40,449
Oh, yeah, great, fine. Maybe
she'll talk some sense into you.
360
00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:47,532
Hello, George Channing.
361
00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:49,629
Oh, hello, Charlie. How are you?
362
00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:51,394
Keeping out of trouble, I hope?
363
00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:53,062
Yes. It's dead boring, Mum.
364
00:22:53,138 --> 00:22:55,130
That's what it's mostly
like being grown-up.
365
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:56,840
I'm trying to avoid it.
366
00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,144
Look, I've got a favour to ask.
367
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,275
A what?
368
00:23:06,352 --> 00:23:07,352
Thanks a lot.
369
00:23:10,022 --> 00:23:11,149
Did you get a result?
370
00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:13,849
Well?
371
00:23:14,994 --> 00:23:16,690
She would take her
if it was the weekend.
372
00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:22,631
Can't we just leave it here?
373
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:27,036
Why don't you?
374
00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:48,283
You'd better pray nobody comes knocking
on my door asking me where I got you.
375
00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:56,226
Come here. Come on.
376
00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:06,507
Don't even think about peeing.
This is carpet, not concrete.
377
00:24:10,616 --> 00:24:11,948
Why don't you help yourself?
378
00:24:16,889 --> 00:24:19,984
- She's been quick to settle down, Judge.
- She's not staying.
379
00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:23,626
Meanwhile,
380
00:24:24,396 --> 00:24:27,298
do you think you could
perhaps find her some food?
381
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,429
Maybe a name tag?
382
00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:30,963
What's she called?
383
00:24:31,170 --> 00:24:34,072
I don't know. Never had a
name. She's got a number.
384
00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,672
Well, I don't know.
385
00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:38,402
Call her Rosie.
386
00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:55,487
Fancy a sandwich?
387
00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:03,329
You're a right little
eating machine.
388
00:25:04,536 --> 00:25:06,664
Let's see if we can
sneak you into the digs.
389
00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:11,202
The lodging's book of etiquette
does refer to dogs, my lord.
390
00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:14,779
I'm afraid the senior high court
judge's dog takes precedence.
391
00:25:14,947 --> 00:25:17,746
Michael Nivan doesn't
even have a dog.
392
00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:21,343
My daughter dumped her on
me. She hasn't found a sitter yet.
393
00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:23,186
Is she housetrained, my lord?
394
00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:25,053
I hope so. She's 21.
395
00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:30,788
See if you could find us some
supper, would you please? Come on.
396
00:25:36,902 --> 00:25:41,067
Mr Forsyth, how often did Mr Briggs visit
you on site to give you direct orders?
397
00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:43,606
Not often. But when
he did, he really did.
398
00:25:43,809 --> 00:25:45,641
You had overall
charge of the site?
399
00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:47,238
Yes.
400
00:25:47,946 --> 00:25:49,107
But he...
401
00:25:50,015 --> 00:25:51,881
he really let you know
that he was the boss.
402
00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:56,752
On the morning Tony Cootes was killed,
what sort of a mood was Mr Briggs in?
403
00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:58,115
He was furious.
404
00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:02,726
Ranting on at everyone for
wasting time and costing him money.
405
00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:04,328
He said...
406
00:26:04,863 --> 00:26:09,062
"I didn't get to be one of the
richest men in England by being idle."
407
00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:12,962
Is that why you neglected to
train people coming onto the site?
408
00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:15,401
Well, we had a
training programme.
409
00:26:17,209 --> 00:26:18,507
Safety checks.
410
00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:21,737
It was Mr Briggs...
411
00:26:23,348 --> 00:26:24,873
said it wasted too much time.
412
00:26:25,284 --> 00:26:26,547
You were in charge of the site.
413
00:26:26,852 --> 00:26:29,378
You were responsible
for such implementation.
414
00:26:30,389 --> 00:26:31,389
Yes...
415
00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:35,986
Why didn't you carry out checks
and training after Mr Briggs had left?
416
00:26:38,697 --> 00:26:39,697
Well, I, um...
417
00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:43,158
I didn't want the job
to fall behind, my lord.
418
00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:48,999
Are you saying Mr Briggs
ordered you to neglect safety?
419
00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:51,309
Well...
420
00:26:52,144 --> 00:26:54,545
He said that, you know,
if things didn't pick up
421
00:26:55,481 --> 00:26:56,574
we'd all be on the dole.
422
00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:58,426
Why didn't you point
out that such practices
423
00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:00,783
were in contravention
of Health and Safety?
424
00:27:00,853 --> 00:27:01,853
Well...
425
00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:04,650
you didn't point
that out to Mr Briggs.
426
00:27:04,723 --> 00:27:08,751
Loss of job might have been
preferable to a loss of life, Mr Forsyth.
427
00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:12,454
Thank you, Mr Forsyth.
428
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,302
I'd like to see
counsel in chambers.
429
00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:21,771
This is a procedural matter,
it should take a little time,
430
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,402
so I suggest you slope
off and get a cup of coffee.
431
00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:27,036
15 minutes, Mr Harrison.
432
00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:28,838
All rise!
433
00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:31,777
Coop, see if you can organise
some tea for us, would you, please?
434
00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:34,251
Unless anybody prefers a
Coke or something, yeah?
435
00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:35,786
Ah, no thanks.
436
00:27:36,889 --> 00:27:38,118
Is she all right?
437
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:40,154
Oh! Do you want a dog?
438
00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:42,288
I'm trying to re-home her.
439
00:27:42,961 --> 00:27:44,691
I'd love her.
Wouldn't I, precious?
440
00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:47,056
But unlike you, I can't
take her into court.
441
00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:53,003
It's clear that Mike Briggs played
a significant part in this lad's death.
442
00:27:53,739 --> 00:27:55,207
I'm going to suggest
443
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,966
changing the charges and the
plea for those two in the dock.
444
00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:00,609
What was Mike Briggs
charged with originally?
445
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:02,648
He was charged in his own
name with manslaughter,
446
00:28:02,748 --> 00:28:06,116
and his company, Mandle PLC, was
charged with corporate manslaughter.
447
00:28:06,585 --> 00:28:09,248
Yes. If those charges
were to be reinstated
448
00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:11,783
I think it would more
accurately reflect the
449
00:28:11,807 --> 00:28:14,123
injustice done to the
boy and his family.
450
00:28:14,826 --> 00:28:17,455
Would the CPS
reinstate those charges?
451
00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:20,690
Well, I have spoken to them at
length. They would be up for it.
452
00:28:20,999 --> 00:28:22,092
In that case,
453
00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:26,434
would your clients be prepared to
plead to the lesser Section 33 in the case?
454
00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:30,506
Would there be an indication
of sentence were they to do so?
455
00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:32,488
Well, if you were to take
this dog off my hands,
456
00:28:32,512 --> 00:28:34,206
Mike, I'm sure I could
prove very lenient.
457
00:28:36,014 --> 00:28:37,915
I thought this had all
gone away, George.
458
00:28:38,116 --> 00:28:41,644
- So did I.
- Have they got any idea of who I am?
459
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:42,881
What I own?
460
00:28:43,188 --> 00:28:44,918
I give people work.
461
00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:47,458
I pay good wages.
462
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,451
They're calling me a murderer.
463
00:28:50,062 --> 00:28:53,965
I understand your anger, Mike.
We'll argue it was an abuse of process.
464
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:56,728
I have heard...
465
00:28:57,769 --> 00:28:59,601
that I'm getting a
knighthood this year.
466
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:02,165
Well, this will
put an end to that.
467
00:29:03,008 --> 00:29:04,608
Did you get your
letter from the Palace?
468
00:29:05,777 --> 00:29:06,777
No.
469
00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:09,648
Someone in government
told me I'm in the next wave.
470
00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:13,712
I can hardly see Her Majesty conferring
a gong on me for services to industry
471
00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:15,378
with this hanging over my head.
472
00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:16,716
It's outrageous.
473
00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:19,151
Mike, as I told you
before when this came up,
474
00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:21,698
I'm not your best choice of
barrister for something like this.
475
00:29:21,827 --> 00:29:23,724
That's what I've been
telling him, George.
476
00:29:23,748 --> 00:29:25,320
Why don't you
just shut it, Clive!
477
00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:29,362
I know what I want. I pay
for the best, I get the best.
478
00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:32,096
These are common
law criminal charges.
479
00:29:32,204 --> 00:29:35,174
That's not my speciality, Mike.
I could recommend someone.
480
00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:37,767
I am not a criminal, George.
481
00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:40,402
I do not need a criminal lawyer.
482
00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:45,508
What I do need is someone who can put
herself about a bit and make this go away.
483
00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:49,445
Failing that, I need
someone in court I can trust.
484
00:29:49,755 --> 00:29:52,054
And that, George, is you.
485
00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:54,558
Well, I'm flattered, Mike.
486
00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:56,288
If we can't make this go away
487
00:29:56,895 --> 00:29:59,865
the worst case scenario is
your company getting a fine.
488
00:29:59,965 --> 00:30:02,525
- First, we'll see about getting a delay.
- Delay!
489
00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:04,296
I don't want it delayed.
490
00:30:04,903 --> 00:30:06,838
I want it out of the way.
491
00:30:08,073 --> 00:30:09,803
I'm sure your gong is safe.
492
00:30:12,577 --> 00:30:16,480
My regional boss is not very happy about
Briggs being put back on the indictment.
493
00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:19,517
- Has he looked at the evidence?
- Oh, it doesn't make any difference, Jo.
494
00:30:20,018 --> 00:30:22,044
He's getting pressure
from Court Services.
495
00:30:22,454 --> 00:30:24,082
CPS isn't gonna
back out, is it, Helen?
496
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:25,715
You persuaded me it was right.
497
00:30:25,857 --> 00:30:27,120
The judge thinks it's right.
498
00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:29,907
We cannot let Mike
Briggs bully his way out of
499
00:30:29,931 --> 00:30:32,790
this just because he is
rich and well-connected.
500
00:30:33,365 --> 00:30:35,300
I'm just warning, it
might mean trouble.
501
00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:38,328
People at the CPS are
giving me a hard time.
502
00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:40,401
You knew it wasn't
gonna be easy.
503
00:30:42,541 --> 00:30:43,541
Case is sound.
504
00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,203
This is politics.
505
00:30:49,915 --> 00:30:51,747
What is it you
want me to do, Jo?
506
00:30:53,719 --> 00:30:56,314
Look at my argument.
Strengthen my hand with the CPS.
507
00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:58,856
No. It could put me out
of the game completely.
508
00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:00,857
I shouldn't even be
talking to you like this.
509
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,524
Oh! Oh, I thought lunch was
about getting me into bed.
510
00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:05,961
Well, it's about time.
511
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,601
You've been the romantic love
of my life since you were my pupil.
512
00:31:15,774 --> 00:31:17,675
Hasn't Lady Rochester
taken that place?
513
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:24,543
These things don't last, Jo.
514
00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:30,513
You think me foolish
for pursuing her?
515
00:31:30,922 --> 00:31:33,391
She's an attractive
woman. She's also married.
516
00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:35,283
Not happily.
517
00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:37,428
Doesn't need you to
decide things for them.
518
00:31:44,002 --> 00:31:46,108
Get the boy's mother
to leak something to the
519
00:31:46,132 --> 00:31:48,167
press about Briggs's
political connections.
520
00:31:49,508 --> 00:31:51,841
That'll persuade
the CPS to stay in.
521
00:31:58,150 --> 00:31:59,277
Oh, John.
522
00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:03,453
Pop her round the green,
would you please, Stephen?
523
00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:08,993
You may have to run for cover
on this corporate manslaughter.
524
00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:11,892
I've had a call from the LCD,
they wanna know what's going on.
525
00:32:11,997 --> 00:32:14,023
What are they gonna
do? Stop my expenses?
526
00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:19,031
They think Briggs is
not an appropriate target.
527
00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:22,869
Fine, Michael. I'm all for abandoning
principle for political favour.
528
00:32:22,974 --> 00:32:27,469
Yes, well, it does sound pretty
sordid when you strip out the niceties.
529
00:32:27,712 --> 00:32:30,272
Ian Rochester suggested a
meeting to help clear things up.
530
00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:32,646
Things are crystal
clear, Michael.
531
00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:48,373
The government plans
to bring forward new
532
00:32:48,397 --> 00:32:51,160
legislation in the area of
corporate manslaughter.
533
00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:54,195
The legislative advantage
of going for Briggs
534
00:32:54,219 --> 00:32:56,504
isn't certain, against
what might be lost.
535
00:32:57,175 --> 00:32:59,144
- Any more?
- No, thank you.
536
00:32:59,244 --> 00:33:01,440
Mrs Mills thought
the case was sound.
537
00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:05,983
There is neither vicarious nor
direct liability on the part of Mr Briggs.
538
00:33:06,518 --> 00:33:09,317
It's doubtful if the evidence
would be sufficient to convict.
539
00:33:09,521 --> 00:33:10,887
Have you examined the evidence?
540
00:33:11,189 --> 00:33:13,090
I've examined all the CPS has.
541
00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:14,951
Are you an expert in the field?
542
00:33:15,126 --> 00:33:17,186
We try to keep
abreast, Sir John.
543
00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:19,058
Yes, so do we, Mr James.
544
00:33:19,531 --> 00:33:22,262
What we don't want to do
here, as a result of failing,
545
00:33:22,534 --> 00:33:25,595
is make the CPS more
nervous about going after others.
546
00:33:26,304 --> 00:33:27,465
In your opinion,
547
00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:30,266
is there a direct line of
responsibility between Briggs,
548
00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:33,868
the ethos that he created within
his company and the boy's death?
549
00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:35,240
- Absolutely.
- There.
550
00:33:35,313 --> 00:33:38,374
The CPS sought my opinion
on this and got it in writing.
551
00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:40,277
If you fail,
552
00:33:40,585 --> 00:33:43,783
or get overturned on appeal,
the damage will be immense.
553
00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:46,521
For whom? Political cronies?
554
00:33:47,192 --> 00:33:49,475
If the evidence is as
strong as Mrs Mills says
555
00:33:49,499 --> 00:33:51,857
it is, we might get the
right person into jail.
556
00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:55,467
If we believed that were
possible, we'd support you 200%.
557
00:33:55,600 --> 00:34:00,664
Don't patronise me. Your boss leaned on you
to protect Briggs's political donations.
558
00:34:01,806 --> 00:34:03,502
Is there evidence
of that, Sir John?
559
00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:06,071
If there was, it would
be the stuff of headlines.
560
00:34:06,211 --> 00:34:08,305
With the utmost
respect, Sir John,
561
00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:12,575
this mustn't be seen to be in
any way personal against Briggs.
562
00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:14,949
I don't distinguish
wrongdoing under the law.
563
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:19,188
If a young striking miner can be
held responsible for his lawless actions,
564
00:34:19,324 --> 00:34:21,884
why not a frustrated
tycoon for his?
565
00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:23,222
The point is...
566
00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:26,422
how direct is that
responsibility?
567
00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:29,232
Isn't the place to test
that in court, Sir Ian?
568
00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:30,568
No.
569
00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:33,203
The DPP should
decline to proceed.
570
00:34:33,605 --> 00:34:34,605
If he does,
571
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,731
I will fight you in public.
572
00:34:39,144 --> 00:34:42,114
I can't let you do this, John.
The fallout would be too great.
573
00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:43,671
How are you gonna stop me?
574
00:35:01,232 --> 00:35:04,498
It would be useful to know
the dog is stolen, Stephen.
575
00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:06,768
What makes you
think it might be?
576
00:35:07,038 --> 00:35:08,062
I'm a policeman.
577
00:35:09,207 --> 00:35:11,676
Her appearance coincided
with the theft from the lab.
578
00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:13,043
No name.
579
00:35:14,145 --> 00:35:15,636
Not housebroken.
580
00:35:17,515 --> 00:35:21,885
A scar on her ear where an identification
tattoo was almost certainly removed.
581
00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:27,115
Then I think we have to find some way to
stop the judge being embarrassed by this.
582
00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:28,518
Hm?
583
00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:42,016
Judge... - Oi, you!
584
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,484
Please don't let him
have died in vain.
585
00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:46,774
No, no. Stephen, Stephen.
It's all right, Stephen. Relax.
586
00:35:48,279 --> 00:35:50,111
- Mrs Cootes.
- Yeah.
587
00:35:52,450 --> 00:35:53,611
My Tony loved dogs.
588
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,490
You feel that prosecuting the
managing director will help?
589
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,559
Not if he gets a small fine.
590
00:36:02,861 --> 00:36:05,023
It's like a parking
ticket to a rich motorist.
591
00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:08,350
There's never been any will on the
part of government to punish them.
592
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:12,499
I can't promise to get
those responsible into jail.
593
00:36:12,637 --> 00:36:14,833
What I'm up against is
the inadequacy of the law
594
00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:18,240
and the reluctance on the part of
the government to make it more robust.
595
00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:20,421
Well, isn't that all the more
reason for a judge to act?
596
00:36:20,445 --> 00:36:22,437
Yes, but there has
to be strong evidence.
597
00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:24,745
Otherwise, they'll be
stopped, or overturned.
598
00:36:25,050 --> 00:36:28,214
The precedents that have stopped
other judges in previous attempts
599
00:36:28,319 --> 00:36:29,810
would also block me.
600
00:36:29,954 --> 00:36:31,217
What sort of evidence?
601
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:34,660
Smoking gun in the
hands of Mike Briggs.
602
00:36:40,865 --> 00:36:42,197
Is this the smoking gun?
603
00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:47,267
- Where did you get this?
- It was sent to me through the post.
604
00:36:49,441 --> 00:36:51,034
Has the prosecution seen it?
605
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:54,877
The case has been put back.
606
00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:59,213
- Briggs failed to surrender to custody.
- I heard a rumour.
607
00:36:59,317 --> 00:37:00,876
The CPS will be relieved.
608
00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:02,998
They're desperate for
you to finish your term here,
609
00:37:03,022 --> 00:37:04,889
so they can put him in
front of another judge.
610
00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:06,117
They'll be unlucky.
611
00:37:06,458 --> 00:37:09,656
I've reserved the case to myself,
no matter how long I have to wait.
612
00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:11,762
Briggs doesn't accept
he can be prosecuted.
613
00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:13,431
Well, have I got news for him.
614
00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:16,633
Possibly he forgot
the memo he sent
615
00:37:16,701 --> 00:37:20,001
ordering his staff to ignore
Health and Safety directives.
616
00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:23,500
- Are you serious?
- Mrs Cootes doorstepped me.
617
00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:27,908
It is a smoking gun
618
00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:30,572
if you can introduce it.
619
00:37:34,619 --> 00:37:36,520
If we can get him
back into court.
620
00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:38,454
I believe he's gone abroad.
621
00:37:38,556 --> 00:37:41,317
Fine, I'll issue a bench warrant
for his arrest the moment he returns.
622
00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:03,981
Joe, how are you?
623
00:38:04,816 --> 00:38:07,149
My God, it's hotter
here than it was in Spain.
624
00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:09,713
Michael Briggs, I have
a warrant for your arrest.
625
00:38:11,823 --> 00:38:13,519
What is this? A wind-up?
626
00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:16,137
- It's no joke, sir. You are under arrest.
- Where's the hidden camera?
627
00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:18,072
- If you'd like to come with us, sir.
- Are you serious?
628
00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:19,462
Very serious. Thank you, sir.
629
00:38:20,698 --> 00:38:22,496
James, get this sorted.
630
00:38:23,868 --> 00:38:24,868
Did you hear me?
631
00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:28,803
My client was arrested
as his plane landed.
632
00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:31,741
- Was he given bail?
- Not without a great deal of fuss.
633
00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:33,868
He had to surrender
his passport.
634
00:38:33,945 --> 00:38:35,573
The charge is a serious one.
635
00:38:35,747 --> 00:38:37,682
He has a habit of
disappearing abroad.
636
00:38:38,116 --> 00:38:40,415
- You can't do this, John.
- I've done it.
637
00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:44,349
You're defence
council. Not my ex-wife.
638
00:38:44,556 --> 00:38:46,388
You've got a complaint,
raise it in court.
639
00:38:46,457 --> 00:38:49,154
You really do have a grudge
against successful businessmen.
640
00:38:49,561 --> 00:38:52,292
I suspect it's to do with your
own impoverished background.
641
00:38:52,564 --> 00:38:54,760
Doubtless you can
cite that in any appeal.
642
00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:57,064
You think my client's
going to lose, do you?
643
00:38:57,135 --> 00:38:59,297
I can cite that as
judicial prejudice.
644
00:38:59,404 --> 00:39:02,203
George, I have
seen the evidence.
645
00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:04,993
I'd get Briggs under
starter's orders if I were you.
646
00:39:05,017 --> 00:39:06,017
Oh!
647
00:39:13,885 --> 00:39:17,617
The Stop Mr Justice Deed
campaign is doomed before it begins.
648
00:39:17,989 --> 00:39:19,738
The fact is you cannot
stop a high court
649
00:39:19,762 --> 00:39:21,756
judge when he's
behaving perfectly correctly.
650
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,259
Not unless you wish to
bring the law into disrepute.
651
00:39:24,395 --> 00:39:27,695
- That's what he's doing, Daddy.
- Oh, no. He's using the law
652
00:39:28,099 --> 00:39:31,831
for the purpose it was constructed,
to bring justice to the common man.
653
00:39:31,903 --> 00:39:35,237
Are you telling me my client has
to suffer the indignity of this trial?
654
00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:36,638
I'm afraid he does.
655
00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:40,305
And to add to his indignity, it
will be under Deed's jurisdiction.
656
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,177
Unless you can show good cause.
657
00:39:43,548 --> 00:39:44,982
His blatant bias?
658
00:39:47,685 --> 00:39:50,154
Deed is bound to
overstep the mark.
659
00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:52,523
He'll almost certainly
be overturned on appeal.
660
00:39:52,590 --> 00:39:55,185
But for now, your
client has to face trial.
661
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:56,687
Who's been instructed?
662
00:39:57,195 --> 00:39:59,596
He's foolishly insisting
that I represent him.
663
00:40:00,064 --> 00:40:01,225
Good.
664
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:04,831
You're not a criminal QC, George,
but you're an excellent advocate.
665
00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:06,795
You should get out
there more often.
666
00:40:07,605 --> 00:40:09,437
See what you're missing.
667
00:40:13,945 --> 00:40:15,880
All rise!
668
00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:30,593
Miss Channing, I realise
one of the defendants,
669
00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:33,927
Mr Briggs's company,
Mandle PLC, is a difficult
670
00:40:33,951 --> 00:40:36,261
abstraction to bring
into a courtroom,
671
00:40:36,334 --> 00:40:39,702
but is the other defendant,
Mr Briggs, not in court?
672
00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:44,299
Yes, he is. He's here, my lord.
673
00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:48,610
Yes. I see him there. I
don't see him in the dock.
674
00:40:50,548 --> 00:40:52,483
I'm sure it seems
unfair to you, Mr Briggs,
675
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:57,011
that we have to ask you to suffer the
inevitable prejudice of being in the dock,
676
00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:59,215
but this is not a civil action.
677
00:40:59,991 --> 00:41:03,951
No doubt your legal team is
unfamiliar with criminal procedure.
678
00:41:04,662 --> 00:41:06,756
You must surrender
to the Dock Officer.
679
00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:09,600
Do I have to do this?
680
00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:11,798
You'd better do
as you're told, Mike.
681
00:41:11,869 --> 00:41:13,929
Some of them are
such pedantic twits.
682
00:41:14,105 --> 00:41:16,040
Would you speak up
please, Miss Channing?
683
00:41:16,441 --> 00:41:19,070
I said if you insist, my lord.
684
00:41:19,277 --> 00:41:20,472
Oh, I do.
685
00:41:21,179 --> 00:41:23,944
I can be pedantic to
the point of twittery.
686
00:41:49,273 --> 00:41:52,243
My lord, before we
move to empanel a jury,
687
00:41:52,310 --> 00:41:55,712
I'd like to submit there is no case to
answer on the manslaughter charge.
688
00:41:56,414 --> 00:42:00,579
The CPS seems confused over the
precise nature of the manslaughter test.
689
00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:05,016
They appear to have applied an
objective test to his safety policies,
690
00:42:05,123 --> 00:42:07,786
whereas the proper
test was subjective.
691
00:42:08,559 --> 00:42:12,929
A prima facie case exists at this
stage on any test, objective or subjective.
692
00:42:13,031 --> 00:42:16,001
As I understand it, Mr
Briggs had no safety policy.
693
00:42:16,401 --> 00:42:18,734
Mr Briggs wasn't
responsible for safety policy,
694
00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:20,896
not at the site or anywhere
else in his company.
695
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,975
If my learned friend would let
the prosecution open its case
696
00:42:24,175 --> 00:42:26,406
before making her submission
of no case to answer,
697
00:42:26,511 --> 00:42:29,606
she would hear evidence
of Mr Briggs's culpability.
698
00:42:30,415 --> 00:42:33,852
Yes, I think that would be, by far, the
most sensible thing, Miss Channing.
699
00:42:33,951 --> 00:42:36,750
I look forward to your submission
later. Let's have the jury panel.
700
00:42:51,969 --> 00:42:53,096
They're very young.
701
00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:00,878
Come on, Rosie. Come on.
702
00:43:03,214 --> 00:43:05,149
The facts of this case
are straightforward.
703
00:43:05,650 --> 00:43:06,982
On the 10th of March,
704
00:43:07,051 --> 00:43:09,481
Tony Cootes, a
19-year-old, arrived to work at
705
00:43:09,505 --> 00:43:11,853
a building site controlled
by the defendant.
706
00:43:11,956 --> 00:43:15,154
I object to the inaccuracy of
the prosecution's opening remark.
707
00:43:15,226 --> 00:43:17,286
The site was not
controlled by my client.
708
00:43:18,196 --> 00:43:20,529
Well, we'll hear that
in evidence, I'm sure.
709
00:43:23,201 --> 00:43:26,729
The building site was owned and controlled
by the defendant through his patronage...
710
00:43:26,838 --> 00:43:31,367
My lord, I object to the constant use
of "defendant" by prosecuting counsel.
711
00:43:31,476 --> 00:43:35,811
She is trying to impugn his reputation
by association with the legion of criminals
712
00:43:35,913 --> 00:43:37,176
who have stood there.
713
00:43:39,417 --> 00:43:43,218
You see, this is a point which concerned
me greatly when I was a barrister.
714
00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:47,054
When I started, the defendant
was called "prisoner at the bar".
715
00:43:48,493 --> 00:43:52,089
I'm sure the prosecution will
use the prisoner's name instead.
716
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,866
Mr Briggs owned the site.
717
00:43:58,302 --> 00:44:00,931
Mr Briggs employed
the main contractors.
718
00:44:01,038 --> 00:44:06,602
Mr Briggs, through his company, Mandle
PLC, has a controlling stake in McNaulty's,
719
00:44:06,744 --> 00:44:07,939
the contractors.
720
00:44:08,579 --> 00:44:11,708
Mr Briggs was on
site, bellowing orders,
721
00:44:11,782 --> 00:44:15,981
the morning Tony Cootes arrived to
start work without any prior training.
722
00:44:16,821 --> 00:44:20,451
The absence of training, the same
as the neglect of safety provisions,
723
00:44:20,625 --> 00:44:23,754
was as a direct result
of Mr Briggs's orders.
724
00:44:31,569 --> 00:44:32,935
Nice dog.
725
00:44:41,512 --> 00:44:43,208
Who was he? Did he have any ID?
726
00:44:43,314 --> 00:44:47,513
I didn't think to ask. I'm sure it was a
policeman, the way he asked questions.
727
00:44:48,419 --> 00:44:50,251
And he wanted to know
how long I'd had her?
728
00:44:51,055 --> 00:44:53,081
He was most
particular about that.
729
00:44:59,430 --> 00:45:01,456
Are you any nearer
to finding her a home?
730
00:45:01,532 --> 00:45:03,452
The police have been
asking questions about her.
731
00:45:03,501 --> 00:45:06,630
They wouldn't dare move against
someone as powerful as you.
732
00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:09,173
I have to obey the
law like everybody else.
733
00:45:09,273 --> 00:45:12,175
- How is it the law doesn't protect Rosie?
- It's meant to.
734
00:45:12,476 --> 00:45:14,672
Just like it's meant to
protect Tony Cootes.
735
00:45:14,745 --> 00:45:18,978
Laws are in place to protect both of them,
it's just there's nobody to enforce them.
736
00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:22,884
- What are you gonna do?
- Arm myself with the law.
737
00:45:23,588 --> 00:45:26,786
Make myself as powerful as
you and Mrs Cootes think I am.
738
00:45:28,259 --> 00:45:30,235
You'll be told by
defence counsel
739
00:45:30,259 --> 00:45:32,458
how many thousands
of jobs are now at stake.
740
00:45:33,264 --> 00:45:37,964
But the question you'll be asked to decide
is how many jobs are worth a human life?
741
00:45:39,904 --> 00:45:42,100
What the prosecution
will clearly show you
742
00:45:42,173 --> 00:45:46,201
is the direct line of responsibility
Mr Briggs took for safety
743
00:45:46,310 --> 00:45:50,111
when he instructed his
contractors not to waste time.
744
00:45:58,089 --> 00:46:01,218
Miss Channing, Laurence James.
745
00:46:01,692 --> 00:46:04,787
Yes, I've read some of your
articles in The Times legal section.
746
00:46:04,929 --> 00:46:06,659
Its reach is wide.
747
00:46:07,565 --> 00:46:12,731
If I can be of any assistance, I have
people at the LCD working on this case.
748
00:46:13,170 --> 00:46:15,765
We're looking for a way
to take it out of court.
749
00:46:16,107 --> 00:46:20,977
- Are you intending to share this?
- I think that would be highly improper.
750
00:46:21,979 --> 00:46:23,893
Of course it would, Mr James.
751
00:46:23,917 --> 00:46:26,917
I'm sure we'll run into
each other again soon.
752
00:46:28,419 --> 00:46:30,445
Was Sir John always a dog lover?
753
00:46:30,554 --> 00:46:33,456
- Not in my time.
- George! George!
754
00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:37,523
They've taken Mike down to the
cells. He hasn't had his bail renewed.
755
00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:40,427
You forgot to ask for it to be
continued at the first adjournment.
756
00:46:40,498 --> 00:46:45,835
Of course, our dear judge
didn't remind us. How annoying.
757
00:46:46,070 --> 00:46:47,163
Coop.
758
00:46:47,538 --> 00:46:50,194
Why hasn't my client
been released on bail?
759
00:46:50,218 --> 00:46:53,136
I received no application
for bail to continue.
760
00:46:54,345 --> 00:46:58,715
- Are you trying to make a fool of me?
- I'm simply obeying the rules.
761
00:46:59,050 --> 00:47:00,985
I want him out on bail!
762
00:47:01,686 --> 00:47:04,444
Well, I won't object,
George, but application
763
00:47:04,468 --> 00:47:06,818
for bail has to be
before me in court.
764
00:47:07,058 --> 00:47:12,190
- Court has adjourned.
- You can be so maddeningly small-minded.
765
00:47:14,065 --> 00:47:15,796
Do you want me to beg?
766
00:47:15,820 --> 00:47:19,402
Let's hope they haven't
carted him off to jail.
767
00:47:21,138 --> 00:47:23,095
Would you like a
glass, Laurence?
768
00:47:23,119 --> 00:47:25,667
I won't, thank you,
sir. We're in training.
769
00:47:25,743 --> 00:47:30,772
Pity. I hate drinking by myself.
It almost makes one look seedy.
770
00:47:31,115 --> 00:47:32,549
Not even a dry sherry?
771
00:47:32,616 --> 00:47:34,847
- Well, perhaps just a...
- Perhaps not.
772
00:47:35,619 --> 00:47:36,848
What have you got?
773
00:47:36,954 --> 00:47:39,328
One of our researchers
came up with something
774
00:47:39,352 --> 00:47:41,324
that might knock
Briggs out of court.
775
00:47:41,425 --> 00:47:45,453
Is crediting a colleague generosity or a
hedge bet, in case it doesn't work out?
776
00:47:46,263 --> 00:47:47,822
It looks solid, Sir Ian.
777
00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:52,892
In strictest confidence, Laurence, I
had a note from the Cabinet Office.
778
00:47:52,970 --> 00:47:57,305
It would be appreciated if Briggs
could be booted out of touch.
779
00:47:58,776 --> 00:47:59,776
Show me.
780
00:48:00,444 --> 00:48:03,380
Denning in Bridge
v Neways Mining.
781
00:48:03,781 --> 00:48:06,979
There were insufficient pit
props and the shaft collapsed.
782
00:48:07,051 --> 00:48:10,249
The MD had told the managers
to put less in to save money.
783
00:48:10,821 --> 00:48:13,120
Denning overturned the
manslaughter conviction
784
00:48:13,224 --> 00:48:16,217
on the ground that those
responsible for doing a safe job
785
00:48:16,293 --> 00:48:19,559
should have behaved responsibly
and ignored the foolish employer.
786
00:48:19,663 --> 00:48:22,963
Mike Briggs could be regarded
as such a foolish employer.
787
00:48:23,334 --> 00:48:27,533
He won't enjoy being called a
fool, but I'm sure he'll live with it.
788
00:48:32,777 --> 00:48:33,836
John?
789
00:48:34,178 --> 00:48:36,613
Oh! Hello, you.
790
00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:41,212
Now, the housekeeper was complaining about
you stealing a whole packet of sausages.
791
00:48:41,485 --> 00:48:43,647
She doesn't have very
good taste, Michael.
792
00:48:44,522 --> 00:48:46,115
No, nor your dog.
793
00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:55,726
Um, I'm being lobbied, on behalf of
your ex, to get you to dump Briggs.
794
00:48:58,335 --> 00:49:00,964
I should be outraged.
I'm not surprised.
795
00:49:01,939 --> 00:49:04,636
If it wasn't such an important
case I'd declare a retrial
796
00:49:04,742 --> 00:49:06,335
and absent myself from it.
797
00:49:09,447 --> 00:49:11,416
She's done her homework, John.
798
00:49:12,416 --> 00:49:16,251
Denning in the
Neways mining accident.
799
00:49:17,788 --> 00:49:22,123
Well, I'd best do my homework
as well. Thank you, Michael.
800
00:49:36,774 --> 00:49:41,371
As managing director of a large
corporation employing over 4,000 people,
801
00:49:41,445 --> 00:49:44,074
it wasn't and isn't my
client's responsibility
802
00:49:44,181 --> 00:49:48,084
to attend to the maintenance of
safety throughout his business empire.
803
00:49:48,185 --> 00:49:50,654
Indeed, it would be an
unreasonable burden upon him.
804
00:49:50,721 --> 00:49:53,418
Therefore, it is unfair
to hold him responsible.
805
00:49:54,024 --> 00:49:56,445
May I point you to Lord
Denning's judgement in
806
00:49:56,469 --> 00:49:58,860
the Bridge and Neways
Mining Disaster appeal?
807
00:49:59,930 --> 00:50:03,298
The conviction against the
managing director was set aside
808
00:50:03,367 --> 00:50:06,701
because it was deemed
unreasonable for him to concern himself
809
00:50:06,770 --> 00:50:09,638
with the day-to-day
running of Health and Safety.
810
00:50:09,740 --> 00:50:14,110
One man can't reasonably do this in a
company employing beyond a certain number
811
00:50:14,178 --> 00:50:18,013
where contact can't be made
on an individual, first-name basis.
812
00:50:18,849 --> 00:50:22,013
Therefore, my client was
wrongly indicted with this offence.
813
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:23,579
Yes, thank you.
814
00:50:26,724 --> 00:50:28,920
Yes, the authority is good.
815
00:50:29,426 --> 00:50:31,657
It might have carried your
argument, Miss Channing,
816
00:50:31,729 --> 00:50:35,222
were it not for the fact
of the directing mind.
817
00:50:37,301 --> 00:50:42,330
I think that Lord Justice Brockway
in the Red Burger chain electrocution
818
00:50:42,406 --> 00:50:44,034
is a better authority here.
819
00:50:46,610 --> 00:50:48,738
Let me see if I
remember this correctly.
820
00:50:49,213 --> 00:50:52,149
When an employee
was electrocuted,
821
00:50:52,650 --> 00:50:55,324
the owner of the burger
chain was indicted for
822
00:50:55,348 --> 00:50:57,987
manslaughter, having
been the directing mind.
823
00:50:58,322 --> 00:51:01,818
He told the manager of
the branch not to waste
824
00:51:01,842 --> 00:51:05,286
time and money checking
all of the equipment.
825
00:51:06,096 --> 00:51:09,123
Lord Justice Brockway
spelt out the rule very clearly,
826
00:51:09,199 --> 00:51:12,178
when a company director
is on site, and becomes
827
00:51:12,202 --> 00:51:15,332
personally involved in
Health and Safety matters,
828
00:51:15,406 --> 00:51:18,638
and especially when it also
involves cost-cutting measures,
829
00:51:18,742 --> 00:51:22,838
then he or she is bound to
be held legally responsible.
830
00:51:23,781 --> 00:51:27,479
So I think your argument,
founded upon Bridge and Neways,
831
00:51:27,585 --> 00:51:31,078
falls when counterposed here
with Lord Justice Brockway.
832
00:51:33,791 --> 00:51:35,259
Let's have the jury back.
833
00:51:35,326 --> 00:51:38,728
My lord, I think Lord Denning
is the higher authority on this.
834
00:51:39,496 --> 00:51:43,365
Rank doesn't count in the Court of
Appeal, all their judgements are equal.
835
00:51:43,734 --> 00:51:45,999
I remind you that I
have ruled on this.
836
00:51:46,170 --> 00:51:48,696
I would like an adjournment
to refer this elsewhere.
837
00:51:48,772 --> 00:51:51,211
Well, I would've thought
that even you would
838
00:51:51,235 --> 00:51:53,642
know that in a criminal
trial on indictment
839
00:51:53,744 --> 00:51:58,409
the right to appeal any aspect only
arises at the conclusion of the case.
840
00:51:58,482 --> 00:52:01,611
This is pure prejudice. You're
not being fair to my client.
841
00:52:01,685 --> 00:52:04,026
If you seek to disrupt
these proceedings with
842
00:52:04,050 --> 00:52:06,521
spurious argument, I
will hold you in contempt.
843
00:52:06,690 --> 00:52:08,852
I hold you in contempt
for what you're doing.
844
00:52:09,259 --> 00:52:11,819
Miss Channing, if you
continue, I'll have you removed.
845
00:52:11,895 --> 00:52:13,473
You're being childish
and contemptible...
846
00:52:13,497 --> 00:52:16,399
Will the Dock Officer remove
Miss Channing to the cells, please?
847
00:52:24,041 --> 00:52:26,033
Right, let's have the jury back.
848
00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:28,078
I won't be kept
here like a criminal.
849
00:52:40,658 --> 00:52:42,126
What, what do I do?
850
00:52:43,060 --> 00:52:45,154
Thank you. Hello?
851
00:52:45,529 --> 00:52:47,794
Daddy? It's
George. I'm in a cell.
852
00:52:48,165 --> 00:52:50,566
- What?
- Deed put me here. It's an outrage.
853
00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:53,797
You must have done
something pretty serious, George,
854
00:52:53,904 --> 00:52:56,499
for a judge to
put a QC in a cell.
855
00:52:56,573 --> 00:53:00,010
Well, it's nothing to do with
now, Daddy. It's our... past.
856
00:53:00,144 --> 00:53:04,275
You'd have an awful job trying to
prove that. I expect he'll turn you loose.
857
00:53:04,682 --> 00:53:07,516
- Eventually.
- It's now I want out!
858
00:53:08,118 --> 00:53:10,485
He's making me look
ridiculous in front of my client.
859
00:53:10,587 --> 00:53:13,682
Well, there's only one way.
You must purge your contempt,
860
00:53:13,824 --> 00:53:16,419
by apologising unreservedly.
861
00:53:16,493 --> 00:53:19,622
Like hell I will. Can
you do nothing?
862
00:53:19,697 --> 00:53:22,531
Only the judge who put
you there can release you.
863
00:53:22,599 --> 00:53:25,501
- You must apologise.
- I'll die first.
864
00:53:25,903 --> 00:53:27,428
- What?
- I have to take that, madam.
865
00:53:27,538 --> 00:53:29,029
- Hello?
- Oh.
866
00:53:31,408 --> 00:53:33,377
Damn thing. Turn
it off, would you?
867
00:53:37,414 --> 00:53:38,414
Hi.
868
00:53:38,682 --> 00:53:41,914
I might have known you would
exact every kind of meanness.
869
00:53:42,119 --> 00:53:44,520
I came in the
adjournment to get you out.
870
00:53:45,422 --> 00:53:47,550
Not before time.
871
00:53:51,762 --> 00:53:55,096
- Well?
- First you have to purge your contempt.
872
00:53:55,599 --> 00:53:59,502
You must be joking. Not
before hell freezes over.
873
00:54:00,504 --> 00:54:01,528
Okay.
874
00:54:02,172 --> 00:54:05,973
Isn't it true to say, Mr Forsyth, that
the whole thrust of your evidence
875
00:54:06,043 --> 00:54:07,877
is characterised by
the fact that you were
876
00:54:07,901 --> 00:54:09,980
trying to wriggle free
from all responsibility?
877
00:54:10,047 --> 00:54:15,076
No. I'm indicating
where responsibility lay.
878
00:54:16,053 --> 00:54:18,068
Well, didn't you
plead guilty in your
879
00:54:18,092 --> 00:54:20,218
own trial in return for a
non-custodial sentence,
880
00:54:20,290 --> 00:54:22,259
provided you gave
evidence against Mr Briggs?
881
00:54:22,326 --> 00:54:24,659
No, I pleaded guilty
882
00:54:25,496 --> 00:54:27,988
- to the extent of my responsibility.
- Release her.
883
00:54:28,098 --> 00:54:31,796
Do you seriously expect the jury to
believe that an experienced site manager
884
00:54:31,902 --> 00:54:35,031
doesn't have overall
responsibility for safety?
885
00:54:35,139 --> 00:54:39,304
Look, Mr Briggs told us to ignore
anything that delayed progress.
886
00:54:39,376 --> 00:54:43,211
Now, he would have fired
me if I had ignored him.
887
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:47,775
As the judge so eloquently put it,
your job was more important than a life?
888
00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:52,315
No. Of course not.
889
00:54:52,723 --> 00:54:55,124
Then why heed an order
that ignored Health and Safety
890
00:54:55,225 --> 00:54:57,558
when in so doing you
were breaking the law?
891
00:54:57,961 --> 00:54:58,961
Be...
892
00:55:00,264 --> 00:55:04,759
- I was told to do so.
- And doubtless told you could wriggle free
893
00:55:04,868 --> 00:55:07,963
if you drew someone more
senior in. No further questions.
894
00:55:10,007 --> 00:55:12,602
- Do you want to come back, Mrs Mills?
- My lord.
895
00:55:14,278 --> 00:55:17,340
Was it normal practice
for people in authority
896
00:55:17,364 --> 00:55:20,047
to make site visits
and give you orders?
897
00:55:21,118 --> 00:55:25,180
Yes, the architect would tell you what to
do, the client would tell you what to do.
898
00:55:25,255 --> 00:55:27,019
You did what they told you to.
899
00:55:27,257 --> 00:55:31,319
Well, yes. I mean, that's how the
relationship works with people above you.
900
00:55:31,862 --> 00:55:36,994
Are you saying it wasn't unusual for the
MD of the company employing the contractor
901
00:55:37,334 --> 00:55:41,430
- to give you instructions?
- No, it wasn't unusual.
902
00:55:41,839 --> 00:55:45,435
Thank you, Mr Forsyth. Does
Your Lordship have any questions?
903
00:55:46,243 --> 00:55:48,542
No. Thank you.
904
00:55:50,013 --> 00:55:54,007
- So you've come back, Miss Channing?
- Yes, my lord, I...
905
00:56:00,891 --> 00:56:03,258
Prosecution would
like to call Mrs Cootes.
906
00:56:07,497 --> 00:56:10,524
Mrs Cootes, can you tell the court
Tony's feelings on getting a job?
907
00:56:10,601 --> 00:56:15,562
My lord, I must object. His feelings
can have no bearing on the material fact.
908
00:56:15,639 --> 00:56:20,009
My lord, I'm endeavouring to show the
atmosphere in which he approached his job.
909
00:56:20,277 --> 00:56:22,439
Don't see how this
helps us, Mrs Mills.
910
00:56:25,649 --> 00:56:29,780
Mrs Cootes, since the tragic death of
your son approximately 11 months ago,
911
00:56:29,853 --> 00:56:32,789
can you tell us how you've
been occupying your time?
912
00:56:32,856 --> 00:56:35,849
I must question
the relevance of this.
913
00:56:35,926 --> 00:56:39,795
Throughout, my client has
steadfastly maintained his innocence.
914
00:56:39,897 --> 00:56:42,958
His being subject to this trial
is costing him a great deal.
915
00:56:43,667 --> 00:56:46,899
I hardly think it fair that the
prosecution takes a charabanc
916
00:56:46,970 --> 00:56:49,599
around what the deceased's
mother has been doing.
917
00:56:49,706 --> 00:56:51,767
This is germane. Mrs
Cootes has made herself
918
00:56:51,791 --> 00:56:53,734
an expert on the ways
the company worked.
919
00:56:53,977 --> 00:56:55,946
Don't stray too
far from the point.
920
00:56:58,282 --> 00:57:00,649
Is she allowed to keep
interrupting like this?
921
00:57:01,251 --> 00:57:02,651
Do you mean defence counsel?
922
00:57:03,887 --> 00:57:06,880
Yes, if she feels
she has a valid point.
923
00:57:06,957 --> 00:57:11,258
You are also at liberty to ask any
questions you want, at any time.
924
00:57:14,364 --> 00:57:17,994
- Mrs Cootes?
- I've been studying the enforcement,
925
00:57:18,101 --> 00:57:19,967
or the consequences
of lack of enforcement,
926
00:57:20,037 --> 00:57:22,905
of Health and Safety regulations
on the health and safety of...
927
00:57:22,973 --> 00:57:25,093
- This is not relevant.
- I'll decide what's relevant.
928
00:57:27,210 --> 00:57:28,210
Mrs Mills.
929
00:57:33,583 --> 00:57:36,712
- Michael, how nice.
- How are you?
930
00:57:36,820 --> 00:57:39,949
This is Mike Briggs. I hope
you don't mind, we've a con later.
931
00:57:40,057 --> 00:57:41,355
Sir Michael.
932
00:57:42,025 --> 00:57:46,360
You really ought to try to dodge John,
you know. Might avoid a total disaster.
933
00:57:56,773 --> 00:58:01,177
Well, isn't this cosy? Aren't you going
to introduce me to your aunty, John?
934
00:58:01,244 --> 00:58:05,011
- You go too far, George.
- Oh, I'm so sorry! It's Jo.
935
00:58:05,082 --> 00:58:07,122
I didn't recognise you.
Haven't got my contacts in.
936
00:58:07,184 --> 00:58:11,053
Oh, is that why your eyes are so red? Or
have you been weeping with your client?
937
00:58:11,121 --> 00:58:15,149
I see you're still helping the Third World
poor, buying your clothes from Oxfam.
938
00:58:15,258 --> 00:58:18,319
I may wear dead people's
clothes but I didn't actually kill them.
939
00:58:18,428 --> 00:58:21,189
- What's that meant to mean?
- Work it out. Your client will help you.
940
00:58:21,264 --> 00:58:23,927
Excuse me? What
have I ever done to you?
941
00:58:24,468 --> 00:58:26,569
It doesn't take rocket
science to work out
942
00:58:26,593 --> 00:58:28,769
why so many rulings
are in your favour, Jo.
943
00:58:28,839 --> 00:58:30,616
Your arguments were
never sexy enough for him.
944
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:33,132
That's enough. Come on, let's go.
- Bitch.
945
00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:39,081
Yeah, you're
right, it's rubbish.
946
00:58:39,249 --> 00:58:42,686
- Oh, how gallant you are.
- One of us has to leave, Mr Briggs.
947
00:58:43,387 --> 00:58:45,856
I don't see why.
We're both grown-up.
948
00:58:45,922 --> 00:58:48,517
I didn't kill that boy. I don't
know anything about him.
949
00:58:48,625 --> 00:58:52,084
Look, we really cannot
have this conversation.
950
00:58:52,529 --> 00:58:55,556
Your barrister made an error of
judgement in bringing you here.
951
00:58:55,665 --> 00:58:58,396
I told her to. I
wanna talk to you.
952
00:58:58,502 --> 00:59:00,596
I don't think
that's a good idea.
953
00:59:00,704 --> 00:59:03,139
Let's leave, Mike, before
he bangs us both up.
954
00:59:03,206 --> 00:59:08,144
I deal with people directly, call them
up, tell them what I want personally.
955
00:59:08,211 --> 00:59:10,612
Possibly, that's
why you're in court.
956
00:59:11,281 --> 00:59:13,443
Excuse me, I have
to walk my dog.
957
00:59:16,053 --> 00:59:18,716
- What's wrong with him?
- I'm sure George will explain,
958
00:59:18,822 --> 00:59:20,688
in words of one syllable.
959
00:59:20,757 --> 00:59:24,216
- I daresay you know which are his rooms.
- Oh, yes.
960
00:59:26,797 --> 00:59:29,164
You lot always this
charming to each other?
961
00:59:29,266 --> 00:59:31,963
I did warn you about
instructing me for this, Mike.
962
00:59:32,069 --> 00:59:35,904
Oh, don't worry about it, Georgia.
I've got no plans on going to jail.
963
00:59:35,972 --> 00:59:39,431
Even if I have to go in the judge's
chambers and straighten this.
964
00:59:41,745 --> 00:59:44,237
Do we have anything
further for Mrs Channing?
965
00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:46,815
A new submission
of no case to answer?
966
00:59:47,050 --> 00:59:51,249
We've dropped a few hints to Ms
Channing, off the record, of course.
967
00:59:51,321 --> 00:59:53,654
Whether His Lordship
will allow the submission...
968
00:59:53,723 --> 00:59:56,557
Will it increase the chances
of his being overturned?
969
00:59:56,660 --> 00:59:59,596
We're confident it
won't get to appeal.
970
00:59:59,896 --> 01:00:04,163
- Then can you rid me of this accursed man?
- Quite possibly.
971
01:00:04,267 --> 01:00:07,760
It seems he may knowingly
have received stolen property.
972
01:00:07,838 --> 01:00:11,400
I find that hard to believe.
He's so sanctimonious.
973
01:00:11,508 --> 01:00:13,875
Nothing of any
worth, sir. A dog.
974
01:00:13,977 --> 01:00:17,038
It came out of a research
laboratory that was broken into.
975
01:00:17,581 --> 01:00:20,312
Yes. Yes.
976
01:00:20,851 --> 01:00:25,255
I can imagine sentimentality
being one of Deed's vices.
977
01:00:28,725 --> 01:00:30,015
How certain are we?
978
01:00:30,039 --> 01:00:33,356
There's a defaced identity
tattoo in the dog's ear.
979
01:00:33,463 --> 01:00:36,456
We need to have it examined
with an ultraviolet lamp.
980
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:39,835
I'm getting to like
the sound of this.
981
01:00:43,173 --> 01:00:45,165
Can I object to this jury?
982
01:00:45,242 --> 01:00:47,453
- Michael, there's nothing I can do...
- Look, they're not even listening
983
01:00:47,477 --> 01:00:49,241
and two of them
keep staring at me.
984
01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:54,110
My lord, in order to close the
prosecution's case I have one more witness.
985
01:00:54,217 --> 01:00:55,776
He doesn't seem to have arrived.
986
01:00:55,852 --> 01:00:58,448
We're all intrigued by
this witness, Mrs Mills.
987
01:00:58,472 --> 01:01:00,813
How do you propose
to secure the evidence?
988
01:01:01,291 --> 01:01:03,157
If I might have a
short adjournment?
989
01:01:03,260 --> 01:01:05,422
- 10 minutes?
- I'm obliged.
990
01:01:05,495 --> 01:01:07,293
10 minutes, Mr Harrison.
991
01:01:07,364 --> 01:01:10,596
It is no good this man
leaking Mike Briggs's memo
992
01:01:10,700 --> 01:01:12,794
if he won't now come
forward to give evidence.
993
01:01:13,103 --> 01:01:16,403
- He's scared.
- Well, what if I were to summon him?
994
01:01:16,506 --> 01:01:18,737
Well, he'd just deny it
was ever sent to him.
995
01:01:18,808 --> 01:01:20,868
Well, he must want it out
in the open, Mrs Cootes.
996
01:01:20,977 --> 01:01:24,846
This is ridiculous. Why can't we just
tell them anyway? It's a fact. It exists.
997
01:01:25,649 --> 01:01:27,481
If I could, I would.
998
01:01:29,085 --> 01:01:32,817
The only other possible way of
introducing it is to question Mike Briggs
999
01:01:32,889 --> 01:01:35,324
as to its existence
in the witness box.
1000
01:01:35,659 --> 01:01:38,288
Fine. Just as long as
the jury knows about it.
1001
01:01:38,662 --> 01:01:42,326
The only problem there is if the
defence doesn't call him to give evidence.
1002
01:01:43,967 --> 01:01:44,967
Gotta go.
1003
01:01:45,635 --> 01:01:47,856
That concludes the
case for the prosecution.
1004
01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:49,003
Thank you, Mrs Mills.
1005
01:01:49,573 --> 01:01:52,099
Are you ready to proceed with
the defence, Miss Channing,
1006
01:01:52,175 --> 01:01:54,167
or do you have another
submission for me?
1007
01:01:54,244 --> 01:01:56,042
I do have another submission.
1008
01:01:56,746 --> 01:02:02,083
Then we'd best have the jury out. I'm sure
you're familiar with this routine by now.
1009
01:02:04,688 --> 01:02:09,820
May I take you to The Queen and Marcus
Begley over malfunctioning farm equipment,
1010
01:02:09,893 --> 01:02:12,286
reported in the
second volume of the
1011
01:02:12,310 --> 01:02:15,264
Criminal Appeal Reports
for 1967 at page 59?
1012
01:02:22,405 --> 01:02:25,000
The case bears marked
similarities to this one
1013
01:02:25,108 --> 01:02:28,875
in that through pressure of time
the farm owner, Marcus Begley,
1014
01:02:28,979 --> 01:02:32,006
told his employee to
forego safety checks.
1015
01:02:32,382 --> 01:02:35,045
A loose flywheel guard
on a combine shook free
1016
01:02:35,118 --> 01:02:37,781
and one of his labourers
was pulled in and crushed.
1017
01:02:37,854 --> 01:02:42,224
Lord Pendlebury held
that not Mr Begley,
1018
01:02:42,292 --> 01:02:47,788
but the employee who had been designated
the task of Health and Safety regulations
1019
01:02:48,131 --> 01:02:49,131
was responsible.
1020
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:52,805
Secondly, why this
case must fall is because
1021
01:02:52,829 --> 01:02:55,202
even if Mr Briggs had
given a direct order,
1022
01:02:55,305 --> 01:02:59,640
I take you back to Lord Denning,
who states in his ruling that there is
1023
01:02:59,743 --> 01:03:02,672
"no line of culpability
to anyone higher where
1024
01:03:02,696 --> 01:03:05,842
there is a designated
Health and Safety officer."
1025
01:03:07,183 --> 01:03:09,675
That was not my client.
1026
01:03:09,919 --> 01:03:14,050
Mr Briggs wouldn't even be in court if
the CPS had been correctly advised.
1027
01:03:14,858 --> 01:03:20,729
The prosecution has built a case out
of spite and enmity on shifting sand.
1028
01:03:21,531 --> 01:03:23,762
I submit there is
no case to answer.
1029
01:03:24,134 --> 01:03:26,654
Thank you, Miss
Channing. I admit to not
1030
01:03:26,678 --> 01:03:29,539
being familiar with
Lord Pendlebury's ruling.
1031
01:03:29,606 --> 01:03:32,576
I'm sure it's going to give
me much pleasurable reading.
1032
01:03:34,044 --> 01:03:37,446
I'll hear from the prosecution,
if necessary, in the morning.
1033
01:03:37,847 --> 01:03:40,715
Until the morning. - All rise!
1034
01:03:40,817 --> 01:03:44,379
I don't know where the defence is
coming from, but she's getting the goods.
1035
01:03:44,454 --> 01:03:46,252
Are you gonna
have to let him off?
1036
01:03:46,923 --> 01:03:49,017
You think he's culpable, Coop?
1037
01:03:49,092 --> 01:03:52,961
If he was telling people to
forget the rules. He was the boss.
1038
01:03:53,496 --> 01:03:56,398
It's hard to be brave when
you're terrified of losing your job.
1039
01:03:56,499 --> 01:03:59,526
Yes, I think that's what Mrs Mills is
up against with her no-show witness.
1040
01:03:59,602 --> 01:04:01,766
If someone doesn't punish
these companies, how
1041
01:04:01,790 --> 01:04:03,835
many more people will
get killed or maimed?
1042
01:04:06,176 --> 01:04:09,874
Sir Joseph Channing telephoned. He'd
like to see you in chambers this evening.
1043
01:04:09,979 --> 01:04:12,312
- What does he want?
- He didn't say, Judge.
1044
01:04:12,415 --> 01:04:15,874
Perhaps he wants to slap my
wrist for putting his daughter in a cell.
1045
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:20,015
Could you get me some coffee,
please, Coop, maybe a sandwich?
1046
01:04:26,663 --> 01:04:29,758
You've reached Francesca
Rochester. Please leave a message.
1047
01:04:30,567 --> 01:04:31,899
But you don't respond.
1048
01:04:39,676 --> 01:04:41,008
Good move, Rosie.
1049
01:04:41,644 --> 01:04:43,908
Do you want me to take
Rosie for a walk, Judge?
1050
01:04:43,932 --> 01:04:45,706
I hope my daughter
appreciates this.
1051
01:04:45,815 --> 01:04:47,408
Oh, it's all right,
sir. I enjoy it.
1052
01:04:48,084 --> 01:04:51,077
Don't let her hear you say
that or she'll dump her on you.
1053
01:04:56,459 --> 01:04:57,654
Thanks, Stephen.
1054
01:05:00,930 --> 01:05:05,231
- She's only just been out, Stephen.
- This sort of dog needs to be out a lot.
1055
01:05:05,335 --> 01:05:07,361
Well, don't let
her off the lead.
1056
01:05:21,518 --> 01:05:23,111
Stay there.
1057
01:05:24,454 --> 01:05:26,218
Let's have a look.
1058
01:05:33,897 --> 01:05:36,696
You're a long way from home,
Joe. This must be important.
1059
01:05:36,766 --> 01:05:39,998
I spent many a term as
a High Court judge here.
1060
01:05:40,103 --> 01:05:42,937
Well, nothing much has changed.
Even the decor's the same.
1061
01:05:43,406 --> 01:05:46,011
Yes, but we had more
servants in those days.
1062
01:05:46,035 --> 01:05:48,435
I daresay they gave
better service, too.
1063
01:05:56,519 --> 01:05:59,361
I have a difficult
ruling to give first thing.
1064
01:05:59,385 --> 01:06:01,355
Yes, I know. That's why I came.
1065
01:06:01,624 --> 01:06:05,186
Ah. Do you want a
coffee? Oh, only one cup.
1066
01:06:05,762 --> 01:06:08,061
- How about a drink? Scotch, isn't it?
- Hm.
1067
01:06:08,865 --> 01:06:14,133
You know, I sometimes regret
not specialising in company law.
1068
01:06:14,537 --> 01:06:17,302
The City has such
an influence on us.
1069
01:06:17,373 --> 01:06:21,606
People who produce things
are not sufficiently valued.
1070
01:06:22,011 --> 01:06:24,537
People like Mike Briggs.
1071
01:06:25,181 --> 01:06:28,709
- I really can't discuss Briggs, Joe.
- Oh, no, no, no, of course you can't.
1072
01:06:28,818 --> 01:06:32,084
We need more like
him. Wealth creators.
1073
01:06:32,755 --> 01:06:34,690
Should do more
to encourage them.
1074
01:06:35,692 --> 01:06:40,528
He is held in some high regard
in certain sections of Whitehall.
1075
01:06:41,164 --> 01:06:44,066
Well, he's very good
at what he does.
1076
01:06:44,367 --> 01:06:47,098
A lot of people of influence
1077
01:06:47,737 --> 01:06:52,072
think that he should be allowed to
go on doing what he does so well.
1078
01:06:52,775 --> 01:06:54,607
- I have no problem with that.
- Good.
1079
01:06:54,677 --> 01:06:57,237
Provided the jury
find him not guilty.
1080
01:06:59,115 --> 01:07:01,641
That is what we have to ensure.
1081
01:07:03,419 --> 01:07:06,446
And how would you suggest
that "we" go about that?
1082
01:07:06,856 --> 01:07:09,883
A good many people of like minds
1083
01:07:10,627 --> 01:07:15,656
would count you a friend indeed, if the new
authority which has been presented to you
1084
01:07:16,299 --> 01:07:19,133
were to... do the trick.
1085
01:07:21,404 --> 01:07:24,203
You're not descended from
Thomas Cromwell, are you?
1086
01:07:25,875 --> 01:07:27,935
No one's out to destroy you.
1087
01:07:28,578 --> 01:07:33,778
On the contrary, one day you'll want to sit
in the Appeal Court, become a Law Lord.
1088
01:07:36,219 --> 01:07:39,212
Be more specific, how
soon are we talking here?
1089
01:07:39,455 --> 01:07:43,950
Are you playing games with me? These
people would not be pleased if you are.
1090
01:07:45,495 --> 01:07:49,990
The case may fall. I don't
think you can deliver, Joe.
1091
01:07:51,167 --> 01:07:55,036
These are men who know
that everything can be arranged.
1092
01:07:55,972 --> 01:07:59,465
I would like to be able to tell
them that the case is going to fail.
1093
01:08:01,678 --> 01:08:03,647
I have a lot of
work to get through.
1094
01:08:05,715 --> 01:08:07,616
You're a foolish man, John.
1095
01:08:08,985 --> 01:08:13,355
These people can speed
or impede your progress.
1096
01:08:13,690 --> 01:08:18,185
Oh. Tell me who they are. I'll
issue a warrant for their arrest.
1097
01:08:18,695 --> 01:08:20,493
What would you use for evidence?
1098
01:08:20,797 --> 01:08:22,959
Smile for the camera
on your way out, Joe.
1099
01:08:27,403 --> 01:08:30,737
You must dislike
Deed even more than I.
1100
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:34,072
He took and cheapened
something I cared about very much.
1101
01:08:34,177 --> 01:08:36,237
Yes, I had heard rumours.
1102
01:08:36,412 --> 01:08:39,974
There's a certain
incontinence about him.
1103
01:08:40,083 --> 01:08:43,053
Whatever else he is,
Ian, he is not biddable.
1104
01:08:43,119 --> 01:08:45,554
What a pity. We'll have
to fall back on plan B.
1105
01:08:47,523 --> 01:08:51,654
I don't like your client's tactics, George,
I'm considering a formal complaint.
1106
01:08:51,861 --> 01:08:54,264
This was none of my
doing, you know that.
1107
01:08:54,288 --> 01:08:57,129
That's why we are here
and not in your chambers.
1108
01:08:58,167 --> 01:09:00,568
You'll still find against
my new authority?
1109
01:09:02,905 --> 01:09:05,204
No, you wouldn't do that.
1110
01:09:06,409 --> 01:09:10,210
You've far too much pride in your
own ability ever to let this prejudice you.
1111
01:09:14,283 --> 01:09:16,843
Go on. Do you want her?
1112
01:09:21,124 --> 01:09:25,289
- As a token of my apology.
- Charlie's already tried me.
1113
01:09:29,565 --> 01:09:32,296
Are you still sleeping
with Francesca Rochester?
1114
01:09:34,337 --> 01:09:38,775
- Did somebody put an ad in The Times?
- It's a small world, full of gossips.
1115
01:09:41,177 --> 01:09:43,146
Word is you're heading
for a fall with her.
1116
01:09:46,182 --> 01:09:49,675
Just watch your back. Daddy
wouldn't have acted alone.
1117
01:09:51,688 --> 01:09:54,852
- Hey!
- Helps keep the park attendant in work.
1118
01:09:57,660 --> 01:09:58,684
Miss Channing.
1119
01:09:59,896 --> 01:10:05,893
Your arguments as to why the defendant
should not be in the dock are persuasive.
1120
01:10:06,436 --> 01:10:07,636
Your authority is challenging.
1121
01:10:07,704 --> 01:10:12,074
I can see why you think Lord
Pendlebury gives clear guidance
1122
01:10:12,175 --> 01:10:13,541
but you're missing the point.
1123
01:10:14,210 --> 01:10:19,444
Lord Pendlebury makes it abundantly
clear that a Health and Safety officer
1124
01:10:19,816 --> 01:10:21,717
has to be trained and certified,
1125
01:10:22,385 --> 01:10:28,017
not just a person who is nominated or
assumes responsibility for expediency.
1126
01:10:29,258 --> 01:10:31,853
Part of the prosecution's
case against Mr Briggs
1127
01:10:31,928 --> 01:10:35,126
is that he failed to take Health
and Safety matters seriously,
1128
01:10:35,565 --> 01:10:40,697
that he did not nominate staff to the
purpose, nor provide adequate training.
1129
01:10:41,304 --> 01:10:46,607
In the case you cited, there was
no obvious single directing mind.
1130
01:10:47,844 --> 01:10:51,110
You see, the owner of the company
had simply assumed responsibility.
1131
01:10:51,981 --> 01:10:55,281
Now, this is a criminal case
in which the prosecution says
1132
01:10:55,451 --> 01:11:00,719
your client's unlawful acts led
to a death, hence, manslaughter.
1133
01:11:01,958 --> 01:11:04,928
Lord Donaldson is
the guiding authority
1134
01:11:04,994 --> 01:11:09,523
in the Gaghan Pleasure Boat Disaster, where
the master left safety checks uncompleted
1135
01:11:09,599 --> 01:11:11,192
in order to catch the tide.
1136
01:11:11,801 --> 01:11:15,238
Culpability there was
driven by financial gain.
1137
01:11:16,839 --> 01:11:18,535
Now, whether financial gain
1138
01:11:18,608 --> 01:11:23,171
drove Briggs to have his operations run
in a less safe but more economic manner,
1139
01:11:23,246 --> 01:11:25,806
daresay that the jury
will want to consider.
1140
01:11:28,384 --> 01:11:29,818
Let's have the jury back in.
1141
01:11:29,886 --> 01:11:32,287
Might we re-examine
Lord Pendlebury?
1142
01:11:32,355 --> 01:11:35,621
No, this is something you can do in
the Appeal Court should the need arise,
1143
01:11:35,691 --> 01:11:36,691
but not before.
1144
01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:39,194
Let's have the jury.
1145
01:11:42,698 --> 01:11:46,726
Mrs Cooper, could I have
a word with the Judge?
1146
01:11:46,803 --> 01:11:50,001
- He's sitting, Stephen.
- It's urgent.
1147
01:11:50,973 --> 01:11:53,135
There may be a
problem with Rosie.
1148
01:11:56,679 --> 01:12:00,707
Laurence James at the LCD has
guessed where she came from.
1149
01:12:01,684 --> 01:12:03,846
- Where's that then, Stephen?
- I'm not stupid.
1150
01:12:04,453 --> 01:12:06,615
Nor is he. He could
have the Judge arrested.
1151
01:12:06,689 --> 01:12:09,056
I don't think you can
arrest a High Court judge.
1152
01:12:09,158 --> 01:12:12,686
He'll be embarrassed
if the police show up.
1153
01:12:14,163 --> 01:12:16,530
Perhaps you'd best
take her to Charlie.
1154
01:12:25,575 --> 01:12:28,545
What's she doing
here? Did Dad send you?
1155
01:12:28,744 --> 01:12:30,770
You've got to find
somewhere safe for her.
1156
01:12:31,814 --> 01:12:32,862
Oh, yes, why's that?
1157
01:12:32,886 --> 01:12:35,080
The police are about
to swoop on the Judge.
1158
01:12:35,184 --> 01:12:36,243
What?
1159
01:12:36,319 --> 01:12:38,845
Look, ring your dad or Mrs
Cooper if you don't believe me.
1160
01:12:48,297 --> 01:12:50,425
Hello, dear, is there a problem?
1161
01:12:51,567 --> 01:12:54,002
There's absolutely nowhere
else. Dad's about to be raided.
1162
01:12:54,103 --> 01:12:56,402
Well, I'm not sure you
should've brought her here.
1163
01:12:56,505 --> 01:12:58,974
It's just a precaution, Alison.
I'll come back for her later.
1164
01:13:00,142 --> 01:13:03,909
- Are you ALF, too, dear?
- He's just a friend.
1165
01:13:10,219 --> 01:13:12,051
Miss Channing, is
the defence ready?
1166
01:13:12,889 --> 01:13:16,724
I have argued the defence's position
already, that position hasn't changed.
1167
01:13:17,894 --> 01:13:21,456
- Are you calling your client?
- No.
1168
01:13:22,932 --> 01:13:26,562
And have you explained to him the
inference that the jury might arrive at
1169
01:13:26,636 --> 01:13:27,968
from his not giving evidence?
1170
01:13:28,104 --> 01:13:30,335
He's fully aware
of what this means.
1171
01:13:31,173 --> 01:13:34,166
- Are you calling any witnesses?
- No.
1172
01:13:36,279 --> 01:13:39,716
Well, if your client's happy
with that strategy for his defence.
1173
01:13:40,483 --> 01:13:43,180
Mrs Mills, are you
ready to address the jury?
1174
01:13:44,353 --> 01:13:45,514
Quite ready, my lord.
1175
01:13:49,091 --> 01:13:52,721
Mike Briggs, who's standing before
you charged with manslaughter,
1176
01:13:53,496 --> 01:13:55,192
is a man of many parts.
1177
01:13:55,998 --> 01:14:00,436
Depending on which section of the
media you read, he's a working class hero,
1178
01:14:00,937 --> 01:14:04,931
a product of Thatcherism, a
bold, free-wheeling entrepreneur.
1179
01:14:06,876 --> 01:14:11,007
Names the media fight shy of calling him
are "asset stripper" and "pension robber".
1180
01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:15,108
For obvious reasons, Mr
Briggs wields the power of the writ
1181
01:14:15,418 --> 01:14:17,944
and to be sued in the High
Court is a costly business.
1182
01:14:19,055 --> 01:14:21,752
Let's look at Mr Briggs
the asset stripper.
1183
01:14:21,857 --> 01:14:25,658
He takes an apparently ailing
company, puts it into receivership,
1184
01:14:25,728 --> 01:14:29,927
and then, despite promises to the
contrary, makes the workers redundant,
1185
01:14:30,132 --> 01:14:33,330
a situation from which
they have no legal redress.
1186
01:14:33,536 --> 01:14:37,803
He then sells the separate
parts for vast profits.
1187
01:14:38,341 --> 01:14:40,242
Mr Briggs the pension robber.
1188
01:14:41,043 --> 01:14:45,481
Under past entrepreneurial
legislation he finds ways, quite legally,
1189
01:14:45,581 --> 01:14:48,278
to whittle away the pension
and redundancy payments
1190
01:14:48,384 --> 01:14:50,944
of those who have
made the company rich.
1191
01:14:51,554 --> 01:14:55,685
Now, you might ask yourselves why
I'm dwelling on these murky activities.
1192
01:14:55,758 --> 01:14:58,694
After all, Mr Briggs
is not on trial for theft.
1193
01:14:59,295 --> 01:15:00,388
However, we would argue
1194
01:15:00,963 --> 01:15:05,025
that this lack of morality and
responsibility that Mr Briggs has shown
1195
01:15:05,301 --> 01:15:07,702
informs the ethos
of his company,
1196
01:15:08,504 --> 01:15:10,666
profit at any cost.
1197
01:15:11,607 --> 01:15:14,668
Even the life of a young
man who went off to work
1198
01:15:14,810 --> 01:15:17,507
with a borrowed vacuum
flask and a pack of sandwiches
1199
01:15:17,613 --> 01:15:22,711
in the optimistic belief that he could
contribute to maintaining his single mother
1200
01:15:22,818 --> 01:15:24,778
and younger siblings
in their financial struggle.
1201
01:15:24,854 --> 01:15:28,347
Mike Briggs was not born
with a silver spoon in his mouth
1202
01:15:28,858 --> 01:15:30,486
but in abject poverty.
1203
01:15:31,527 --> 01:15:34,588
He left school at 16 and
went to work in an iron foundry
1204
01:15:34,864 --> 01:15:38,096
and within 20 years
owned the firm.
1205
01:15:39,035 --> 01:15:41,506
How odd that we
identify someone this
1206
01:15:41,530 --> 01:15:44,565
successful as the
second victim in this case.
1207
01:15:44,940 --> 01:15:46,875
But victim he is.
1208
01:15:47,576 --> 01:15:53,243
He is a victim of the culture of envy and
negativity that has pervaded our society.
1209
01:15:53,983 --> 01:15:57,750
In fact, what Mike Briggs really
stands accused of is being successful.
1210
01:15:58,421 --> 01:16:00,746
His hard work and
initiative has provided
1211
01:16:00,770 --> 01:16:03,291
over 4,000 people with
full-time employment,
1212
01:16:03,392 --> 01:16:05,486
pensions and
holiday entitlement.
1213
01:16:06,295 --> 01:16:09,163
As common as it is to
want to blame someone,
1214
01:16:09,598 --> 01:16:14,400
in this case blame
cannot legally be attributed.
1215
01:16:15,504 --> 01:16:19,202
Mike Briggs didn't
kill Tony Cootes
1216
01:16:19,542 --> 01:16:23,775
or cause him to be killed by
callous disregard for safety.
1217
01:16:25,381 --> 01:16:26,474
All he's guilty of
1218
01:16:27,083 --> 01:16:31,282
is supplying the lucrative contract
to the company that employed Tony
1219
01:16:32,121 --> 01:16:35,819
and for making sure
they kept to the bargain.
1220
01:16:37,193 --> 01:16:40,789
- Do we know where the dog is now?
- I've not heard a word, Judge.
1221
01:16:44,366 --> 01:16:45,732
Charlie, where are you?
1222
01:16:45,801 --> 01:16:48,794
- I've only just got out of a tutorial.
- And where's Rosie?
1223
01:16:49,438 --> 01:16:51,870
The policeman friend
said you had a problem.
1224
01:16:51,894 --> 01:16:52,894
Did he?
1225
01:16:53,242 --> 01:16:55,973
Well, we don't.
Is Rosie all right?
1226
01:16:56,178 --> 01:16:59,706
- A friend's finding her another home.
- What friend? Is he reliable?
1227
01:16:59,915 --> 01:17:03,545
She. Rosie will be fine, Dad. Look,
I've got to go. I'll speak to you later.
1228
01:17:03,686 --> 01:17:04,915
Fine.
1229
01:17:11,060 --> 01:17:13,689
Now, if on considering the
evidence you come to the conclusion
1230
01:17:13,863 --> 01:17:18,028
that Mr Briggs was just a cog
in his vast group of companies,
1231
01:17:18,434 --> 01:17:20,173
it is difficult to
suggest that he can be
1232
01:17:20,197 --> 01:17:22,303
responsible for all the
workings of that company,
1233
01:17:22,371 --> 01:17:25,398
or for the avoidance of
Health and Safety regulations.
1234
01:17:25,474 --> 01:17:28,569
Then you must
find him not guilty.
1235
01:17:29,778 --> 01:17:34,375
If, on the other hand, you find
Mr Briggs was a directing mind,
1236
01:17:34,650 --> 01:17:36,872
that he did create an
atmosphere within his
1237
01:17:36,896 --> 01:17:39,247
companies and those
contracted to Mandle PLC,
1238
01:17:39,889 --> 01:17:46,056
it might be reasonable for you to conclude
that you have identified a directing mind
1239
01:17:46,128 --> 01:17:48,063
in the death of Tony Cootes.
1240
01:17:48,130 --> 01:17:50,929
And therefore, a proper
verdict would be guilty.
1241
01:17:51,834 --> 01:17:55,053
Deliberate carefully.
Please put out of your
1242
01:17:55,077 --> 01:17:58,468
minds any worries about
wider safety concerns.
1243
01:18:00,142 --> 01:18:04,307
You are to judge the case
for and against this man.
1244
01:18:04,813 --> 01:18:05,837
That is all.
1245
01:18:11,086 --> 01:18:13,055
Guilty, definitely.
1246
01:18:13,122 --> 01:18:15,557
Shouldn't we have a
discussion like he said?
1247
01:18:15,658 --> 01:18:18,253
Why? He's just a slimy fat cat.
1248
01:18:18,494 --> 01:18:20,986
My granddad had his pension
ripped off by the likes of that,
1249
01:18:21,096 --> 01:18:23,827
but I still don't think
it's right not to discuss it.
1250
01:18:23,933 --> 01:18:25,765
Was it him who ripped
off your granddad?
1251
01:18:25,834 --> 01:18:29,362
I don't know. Well, they're
all the same, employers.
1252
01:18:29,438 --> 01:18:31,669
- You make them rich, they screw you.
- Yeah.
1253
01:18:31,774 --> 01:18:34,767
Let's have a vote. Judge said
he wanted an unanimous verdict.
1254
01:18:35,377 --> 01:18:38,313
- Guilty, right?
- Yes.
1255
01:18:38,781 --> 01:18:41,046
Can we recommend
that he gets life?
1256
01:18:41,116 --> 01:18:43,449
That's a bit strong. He
didn't mean to kill him.
1257
01:18:43,686 --> 01:18:45,552
Well, he didn't
care, though, did he?
1258
01:18:46,455 --> 01:18:49,391
It's clear from this
unanimous verdict
1259
01:18:49,491 --> 01:18:53,189
that yours was a mind that
directed others on threat of sanctions
1260
01:18:53,862 --> 01:18:58,163
in the wilful and wanton disregard
of Health and Safety regulations
1261
01:18:58,934 --> 01:19:01,631
and that it resulted in
the death of Tony Cootes.
1262
01:19:02,838 --> 01:19:07,401
You are hitherto of good character and
have contributed a great deal to society
1263
01:19:07,476 --> 01:19:09,468
through the employment
that you create.
1264
01:19:09,578 --> 01:19:12,337
This I will take into
account when I pass
1265
01:19:12,361 --> 01:19:15,484
sentence. I would like
pre-sentencing reports.
1266
01:19:16,852 --> 01:19:18,650
What's a convenient
date for sentencing?
1267
01:19:18,721 --> 01:19:23,318
- Three weeks hence, my lord, the 29th.
- 29th it is.
1268
01:19:23,392 --> 01:19:26,556
George, what's the fine?
Why can't I pay it now?
1269
01:19:26,662 --> 01:19:29,006
Might I ask for the bail
terms to be continued?
1270
01:19:29,030 --> 01:19:30,030
I don't want bail.
1271
01:19:30,099 --> 01:19:31,692
I don't think so, Miss Channing.
1272
01:19:31,767 --> 01:19:34,896
I'll be looking at a prison
sentence and I will also bear in mind
1273
01:19:34,970 --> 01:19:39,772
that Mr Briggs has both the wherewithal
and the inclination to go abroad.
1274
01:19:39,875 --> 01:19:42,606
- I've got a lot of business abroad.
- Yes, I'm sure you have.
1275
01:19:42,878 --> 01:19:46,246
- Well, I can't go to prison.
- You must consider what Mr Briggs is...
1276
01:19:46,315 --> 01:19:50,548
Your client was convicted
by unanimous verdict...
1277
01:19:50,653 --> 01:19:54,420
What, by that lot? Good God, look at
them. George, you got to do something.
1278
01:19:54,490 --> 01:19:56,067
- I must insist...
- This is a get-up!
1279
01:19:56,091 --> 01:19:57,650
Is it, Mr Briggs?
1280
01:19:58,060 --> 01:20:00,154
You're remanded in
custody until the 29th.
1281
01:20:03,032 --> 01:20:04,500
All rise.
1282
01:20:07,236 --> 01:20:09,432
- You can't get away with this.
- Gonna try.
1283
01:20:09,605 --> 01:20:11,233
It's spite, envy.
1284
01:20:11,607 --> 01:20:13,007
The working-class mentality
1285
01:20:13,075 --> 01:20:14,819
- trying to pay back the haves.
- Oh, change the record.
1286
01:20:14,843 --> 01:20:16,835
You're stupid for
going along with it.
1287
01:20:17,413 --> 01:20:19,391
- They, the great and the good...
- The great and the good?
1288
01:20:19,415 --> 01:20:22,647
In their smart houses and their close-knit
community would have welcomed you.
1289
01:20:22,718 --> 01:20:24,050
You could have
had so much, John.
1290
01:20:24,119 --> 01:20:28,420
George, I'd sooner go back to
my dad's council house in Coventry
1291
01:20:28,490 --> 01:20:30,391
than give up one principle.
1292
01:20:30,693 --> 01:20:34,960
Incidentally, my sister now owns that
house. She and Dad are very happy there.
1293
01:20:35,064 --> 01:20:37,932
The poor are never happy.
That's a myth fostered by the rich...
1294
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:40,011
- I don't believe this.
- To make the poor less troublesome.
1295
01:20:40,035 --> 01:20:44,234
What you've done is meaningless. Mike
will be out of custody within 24 hours.
1296
01:20:44,340 --> 01:20:45,460
Yeah, you're probably right.
1297
01:20:45,541 --> 01:20:49,205
But even 24 hours in jail with no
friends and no phone and no freedom
1298
01:20:49,311 --> 01:20:52,873
might just have him see the
consequences of his actions.
1299
01:20:54,883 --> 01:20:57,717
How novel. Rats usually
leave a sinking ship.
1300
01:20:57,820 --> 01:20:59,755
Oh, I think it might
float a while longer.
1301
01:21:09,331 --> 01:21:12,563
- They'll come after you, you know.
- For Briggs? I doubt it.
1302
01:21:12,768 --> 01:21:14,580
For saying no to
them once too often.
1303
01:21:14,604 --> 01:21:16,864
Well, I'll go back to
being a barrister, then.
1304
01:21:18,741 --> 01:21:21,267
Are you ever going to
have dinner with me?
1305
01:21:22,111 --> 01:21:23,170
How about tonight?
1306
01:21:25,180 --> 01:21:27,274
Sir Ian Rochester
would like a word, Judge.
1307
01:21:27,649 --> 01:21:31,916
It's getting like Oxford Circus
in here. You know my number.
1308
01:21:46,835 --> 01:21:51,136
You can't seriously be thinking of
giving this man a custodial sentence?
1309
01:21:51,206 --> 01:21:53,804
Under the Offences
Against the Person Act
1310
01:21:53,828 --> 01:21:56,770
1861, Section 5, the
maximum sentence is life.
1311
01:21:56,845 --> 01:22:00,077
This is not the director of
a tinpot company, Sir John.
1312
01:22:02,651 --> 01:22:06,349
Sentences for manslaughter cover the
widest band of sentence for any offence.
1313
01:22:06,955 --> 01:22:10,915
I will consider all circumstances
before I pass sentence.
1314
01:22:11,593 --> 01:22:12,856
Under the Human Rights Act,
1315
01:22:12,928 --> 01:22:15,260
the infliction of punishment
without sentence
1316
01:22:15,284 --> 01:22:17,798
is, I'm sure you'll agree,
Sir John, an outrage.
1317
01:22:17,900 --> 01:22:22,463
We inflict such outrages on the
poor and inarticulate all the time.
1318
01:22:22,571 --> 01:22:26,770
People at the very top want
you to free this man, Sir John.
1319
01:22:26,842 --> 01:22:28,208
Oh, really?
1320
01:22:28,477 --> 01:22:31,003
Then tell them I'm not one
of your under-secretaries.
1321
01:22:31,079 --> 01:22:34,641
I take no instruction either from
you or from anyone in political office.
1322
01:22:34,716 --> 01:22:38,278
I appealed to your decency.
You rejected that appeal.
1323
01:22:39,221 --> 01:22:41,757
You might wish to
reconsider this friendly request,
1324
01:22:41,781 --> 01:22:43,989
Sir John, before you're
utterly discredited.
1325
01:22:44,993 --> 01:22:46,859
And who's gonna do that? You?
1326
01:22:47,996 --> 01:22:52,434
You had in your possession, until recently,
a dog that was stolen from a laboratory.
1327
01:22:53,101 --> 01:22:56,731
It was removed from here by your
policeman with the help of your daughter
1328
01:22:57,406 --> 01:23:01,901
and taken to one Alison Knight, a
member of the Animal Liberation Front.
1329
01:23:02,711 --> 01:23:05,203
You might not be
subject to arrest, Sir John,
1330
01:23:05,514 --> 01:23:08,712
but your daughter and
Mrs Knight certainly are.
1331
01:23:10,352 --> 01:23:14,517
Excuse me, Judge, your daughter's on line
one and needs to speak to you urgently.
1332
01:23:16,959 --> 01:23:18,928
Doubtless you have
a lot to say to her.
1333
01:23:33,475 --> 01:23:34,875
Chas.
1334
01:23:35,244 --> 01:23:39,045
They have Rosie. They raided my friend
Alison's house and they just took her.
1335
01:23:40,816 --> 01:23:42,284
How did they know where to look?
1336
01:23:42,351 --> 01:23:46,652
Oh, I don't know, your policeman must
have told them. You've got to do something.
1337
01:23:47,089 --> 01:23:50,150
I can't right now,
Chas. I'm a bit boxed in.
1338
01:23:50,359 --> 01:23:53,488
- Go to the police, get her back!
- I can't.
1339
01:23:54,062 --> 01:23:55,360
Charlie, I'm sorry.
1340
01:23:56,598 --> 01:23:59,329
- Then I will. I have to.
- No, Charlie.
1341
01:23:59,401 --> 01:24:02,530
They'll send her back to be
killed. I'll tell them she's mine.
1342
01:24:02,671 --> 01:24:04,191
Charlie, you mustn't,
they'll arrest...
1343
01:24:09,411 --> 01:24:10,606
Judge...
1344
01:24:13,115 --> 01:24:14,879
If you did what
I think you did...
1345
01:24:19,288 --> 01:24:21,484
Will Deed go after the dog?
1346
01:24:22,758 --> 01:24:27,162
He'll try to help his daughter.
When he does, the trap will close.
1347
01:24:27,930 --> 01:24:30,297
Provided the police
keep their nerve.
1348
01:24:38,440 --> 01:24:41,035
I'm Mr Justice Deed, I
believe you have my dog.
1349
01:24:41,143 --> 01:24:43,078
Your daughter
said it's her dog, sir.
1350
01:24:44,613 --> 01:24:45,706
Where is she?
1351
01:24:59,127 --> 01:25:02,757
Dad, they seem to think I
stole Rosie from a laboratory.
1352
01:25:03,332 --> 01:25:04,578
Is that what you told them?
1353
01:25:04,602 --> 01:25:06,791
No, of course not. Of
course I didn't steal her.
1354
01:25:07,135 --> 01:25:09,565
Well, I always taught
you to tell the truth, darling.
1355
01:25:09,589 --> 01:25:11,766
I like to think that the
truth always prevails.
1356
01:25:13,942 --> 01:25:16,878
- Do you have my dog?
- We do have a dog, sir.
1357
01:25:17,279 --> 01:25:19,714
One we believe was
taken from a laboratory.
1358
01:25:21,650 --> 01:25:22,913
Where is this dog?
1359
01:25:25,621 --> 01:25:26,680
This way, sir.
1360
01:25:33,662 --> 01:25:34,925
Rosie.
1361
01:25:36,598 --> 01:25:37,964
How are you, girl?
1362
01:25:38,567 --> 01:25:41,969
She was with a suspected
animal rights activist, Sir John.
1363
01:25:43,138 --> 01:25:45,471
Is that your only
evidence, Sergeant?
1364
01:25:46,208 --> 01:25:50,304
You'd hardly expect me to ask a
vivisectionist to be my dog sitter?
1365
01:25:52,247 --> 01:25:53,271
Well?
1366
01:26:14,870 --> 01:26:16,215
I hope this is social.
1367
01:26:16,239 --> 01:26:18,807
If you think you've
won, well, you haven't.
1368
01:26:20,842 --> 01:26:22,208
It's just like old times.
1369
01:26:24,179 --> 01:26:29,015
- Always have to have the last word.
- You always insisted on the last word.
1370
01:26:29,951 --> 01:26:32,106
Now you can insist by
virtue of your position.
1371
01:26:32,130 --> 01:26:33,945
I never took advantage
of my position.
1372
01:26:34,056 --> 01:26:37,083
- You jailed me for contempt.
- You showed the court disrespect.
1373
01:26:37,159 --> 01:26:39,287
- You were being bone-headed.
- I was being fair.
1374
01:26:39,361 --> 01:26:40,852
God, I hate you!
1375
01:26:47,602 --> 01:26:49,161
You're looking very attractive.
1376
01:26:55,477 --> 01:26:57,639
I don't think so, John.
1377
01:26:59,981 --> 01:27:01,916
You're still insufferable.
1378
01:27:10,659 --> 01:27:12,252
It wouldn't work, John.
1379
01:27:38,920 --> 01:27:40,912
I'm not one of
your empty vessels.
1380
01:28:04,045 --> 01:28:07,209
Now we've both been
put out to grass, Rosie.
1380
01:28:08,305 --> 01:29:08,617
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