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Sandra.

You've been waiting long?

30 seconds is too long in this place.

Who sent you this?

Mate on the flying squad.

Nick kellogg who shot the security guard

is here on remand awaiting trial.

Things are looking up.

I doubt it. I'm detective superintendent Pullman,

this is Jack halford, ucos.

You must be thrilled.

Do you know what this is?

Pass.

It's a ballistics report on the gun you were carrying.

Bad news is it's the same gun

that was used to kill a guy called Eddie Mayfair in 1999.

Never heard of him.

Eddie was a boxer, 21.

I same him fight once, he was very good.

Till somebody shot him.

Hang on, you trying to dump this on me?

We know you were doing time in '99,

so we're not looking at you.

All we want to know is where you got the gun.

Don't be silly.

Silly was getting caught with it.

Whoever it was gave it you didn't care

that you were carrying a murder weapon, did he?

Help us and you can only help yourself at your trial.

A name.

Look I'm sorry, you must have mistaken me

for something that looks like grass.

So your happy to give up the chance

of a favourable word in the judges ear?

Last time of asking.

I'll tell you what, why don't you take that report

and you roll it up nice and tight,

and then you shove it where a monkey shoves he's nuts.

♪ It's all right, it's okay ♪

♪ doesn't really matter if you're old and grey ♪

♪ it's all right, I say, it's okay ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doing fine ♪

♪ doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine ♪

♪ it's all right, I say, its okay ♪

♪ we're getting to the end of the day ♪

[Classical singing music]

[Jack] Quick hands.

[Gerry] Oof. Mind you, this Joseph's not as bad

as I thought he was going to be.

Oh, watch this.

Bang! Oof.

And good night nurse.

Oh, he really was quality, wasn't he?

Top drawer.

Quality what? There's a doctor in the ring

cause the other fella's not moving.

Milton Joseph ended up in hospital.

Injuries were so bad he never fought again.

That's appalling.

Ah well it's boxing.

I mean, nobody would wants it to happen-

it's brutal.

Brutal? It's barbaric.

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

I know boxing is nothing more than legitimised thuggery.

The nearest you ever got to a ring was your play pen.

Oh and I suppose you did?

Yes I did as it happens, and I'm proud of it.

Oh aye, I'll bet. That would explain the brain damage.

Oi!

Oh, shut up!

Jack, please, lay out all the gory details for us.

November 1999, Eddie Mayfair

was found shot dead at 8:00 am by two cleaners in the gym

above the sun in splendour pub in stepney.

That was exactly a week after that fight.

No one heard the shot and no one saw anyone

go in and out of the building.

The last person to see him alive was his best mate,

Danny Branston, who saw him leave for the gym about 06:30

in the morning.

Branston? He was a pro fighter too, weren't he?

He used to spar for Eddie. He went on to fight

for the British welterweight title against, erm...

Steve grint.

In Manchester.

Yeah, it was stopped in the third-

fourth. Stopped in the fourth.

Danny Branston had cuts over both eyes,

his cornermen couldn't stem the left one.

So, are you a fight fan, sir?

It has been known.

Started at school, I boxed for my house.

Did you?

Yeah, and at university I remember Eddie Mayfair

very well. Tough. Big puncher. 13 straight wins undefeated,

eight kos.

Danny Branston and the rest of Eddie's family

and friends were all convinced that Milton Joseph

or someone close to him shot Eddie in revenge

for what had happened the week before.

But how could he have done if he was in hospital?

Because he came out the day before Eddie was killed.

The murder squad got next to nothing out of Milton and co,

so with no information, no forensics,

case went nowhere.

Until last week, when the murder weapon reappeared.

Now, interestingly, both Danny Branston

and Milton Joseph have since gained criminal records.

So why don't you start with them?

What a good idea, sir.

Who'd have thought it? Stwickers a pugilist?

[Laughs]

Hello? Hello? Anyone home-

yeah!

All right, er...

Can't give you more than 200 for that, mate.

Come again?

Scrap prices are low.

You, what?

Danny Branston?

Might be, who wants to know?

I'm Jack Hartford. This is Gerry standing,

unsolved crime and open case squad.

We'd like to talk to you about Eddie Mayfair

Eddie? What's happened,

somebody finally put their hands up?

Not exactly.

We're re-examining the case.

And we'd like to know what you remember.

You saw him the morning he died.

I was staying at his mum and dad's, yeah.

We'd only just got finished celebrating him

getting the title shot.

Eddie was up early as usual and went off to start

getting himself back into shape.

And you?

No. Early mornings were Eddie's thing, not mine.

I was going to join him later. Then I got the call.

I saw you fight Steve grint. That was unlucky,

that was a nasty cut.

Yeah, that's how it goes, innit?

I was all right, I could throw a few,

nothing like Eddie though, that boy was mustard, real deal.

We was like that, me and ed. We had such a laugh together.

After he died, it was never the same. Everything changed.

Like you getting a criminal record.

I fell in with the wrong crowd.

Wrong crowd?

Look, it was a one-off, all right? A stupid mistake.

What about uniform being called to your flat

about a domestic? Was that a one-off as well?

It must've been cause I ain't been back.

So you're not involved in the fight game anymore.

No, not really. I work the corners for the odd bout

every now and then. Cutsman.

Oh, yeah?

It's nothing like fighting, though, is it?

So you boys going to go talk to Milton?

Milton Joseph?

Yeah, he's the one that did it, ain't he?

Really?

Course he did.

Look, Eddie put paid to him good and proper.

It was the end of Milton's dream, weren't it?

No more payday, no more glory.

Just a battered-up old nobody.

So that's what you think?

Not just me. Ask around.

I said everything I've got to say about him after he died.

I had nothing to do with killing that man.

You came out of hospital the day

before Eddie Mayfair was shot.

Yeah... on sticks.

I was in no fit state and I was with friends.

Yeah. We're going to talk to them too. Plus your manager.

Talk to Mitch Graham?

I want to be around for that conversation.

He's in a hole in the ground.

He's dead?

Well if he's not he's doing a damn good impression.

What, you didn't know he died?

Wow, you must be headed for promotion.

How'd it happen?

Car crash on the m4. Car he was in overturned.

Mitch was a good man.

A lot of people thought you wanted to kill

Eddie Mayfair because of how the fight ended.

You, badly hurt, humiliated.

A lot of people want to bring back hanging.

Don't mean they're not talking shit.

Look, I went through this 11 years ago.

You found out nothing to put me there when the guy died.

And no-one saw a black guy go in and out of that hole

in stepney, so why don't you just leave me alone?

11 years ago you were clean. Four years ago,

you beat a guy senseless at a red light.

He spat in my face.

You put him in hospital.

I got a suspended sentence. The judge said I was

"severely provoked".

Oh, is that what happens when you get severely provoked?

So Milton, who do you think killed Eddie?

Pass.

Don't you want to know? If only to finally

clear the cloud that's over your head?

There's no cloud over me, because I know what I know.

He's dead. Who killed him?

Now, do you want something to eat or drink?

Then don't waste my time.

Cor, it must be, what, 30 years since I've been here.

35.

Yeah! Look, she didn't actually say wait outside.

We could go in and just-

too late.

God, it's a monstrosity, isn't it?

Ah, it's great, innit?

Wonderful.

Excuse me. Detective superintendent Pullman.

I called earlier about taking a look upstairs.

That way.

Thank you.

Oh no, did you hear that? We've only lost another wicket!

I know.

No, no, no, let him come on to you!

Suck him in, then counter.

You go toe to toe with hunter and he'll know you

flat on your arse!

Doug Palmer?

Yes, madam?

Detective superintendent Pullman. We're here about

Eddie Mayfair. We're investigating his murder.

All right, all right, that's enough.

Don, go take a shower. Eric, do some bloody work.

[Eric] All right.

Excuse my French. Eddie, yeah.

Downstairs said you were coming in.

You trained him?

I had that singular honour, yeah.

I saw him a couple of times.

I was there when he beat Mark jago.

Were you? Yeah that was a bit of a ding-dong, weren't it?

Class will out.

You're a man of taste, sir.

You obviously knew Eddie very well. What was he like?

Pound for pound, the best fighter I ever trained.

And in the ring, probably the best puncher I ever saw.

I loved him. One of the biggest regrets of my life

was being with Harry at the Dorchester that morning,

instead of here.

Harry?

Harry gallo. Eddie's manager, and my good friend.

If I'd have been here, maybe...

You might have been dead and all.

Yeah, well. He was a sweet boy, Eddie. Sweet boy.

And he was ready for it.

"It"?

Everything that was coming to him. The show, the big time.

He was made for it, no question.

Why was your meeting with mr gallo so early?

Eddie. We were discussing his title shot.

It was tricky because of what happened to Milton.

Talking up Eddie's chances so soon after in public

would have come across as pretty crass,

so we had to be secretive about it.

Secretive? At the Dorchester hotel?

Harry kept a suite there. He's a showman.

Likes to do things with style, even when it's on the qt.

Erm, who do you think shot Eddie?

I've no idea. Doesn't make sense. Everybody loved him.

I doubt Milton did.

No! Milton's a good lad. I don't buy it.

All that manure about him and his people.

Even after Eddie finished his career so brutally?

Eddie knocked opponents out.

That's why people went to see him. He was a crowd pleaser.

The hackney hammer. They loved him. We all did.

Is that the way to the changing room?

Er, yeah. Er, if the boy's still in there, Chuck him out.

Yeah, sad.

Yeah, the alcohol? Couldn't you smell it?

Oh! Sorry.

See anything you like?

It's a vast improvement from looking

at you lot all day long.

That kind of physique is very overrated.

Well, Brian, you would say that.

[Jack] It's near-enough unchanged.

Not even a lick of paint.

Eddie was shot in the chest at point-blank range,

which suggests that, if someone got so near,

he either knew his killer or-

or they surprised him.

One door.

Yeah, and how did he get into the building?

I mean, so early.

He was a special case so the pub gave him a key.

Killer could have followed him in.

Yeah, well, the ease with which he came

in and out suggests he knew the place.

Knew enough not to leave any prints.

You know what I don't understand

is how nobody in the street saw anyone leave.

Well, early morning, area like this,

probably pretty deserted that time of day.

An area like this is called the east end.

People have a habit of not seeing anything,

especially when asked by the police.

Whole place stinks of sweat.

Some women find that attractive.

[Sandra] And you wonder why you never made it past

sergeant, Gerry.

[Esther] Oh, he's nice. That taller one.

"Nice"? What are you talking about?

They're trying to kill each other.

Well, that's boxing, isn't it?

What kind of justification is that?

Not everybody finds physical confrontation

as upsetting as you do.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, I mean, it can be quite elegant, can't it?

Muhammad Ali-

oh, not you and all!

Anyway, it doesn't stop him being handsome.

Handsome is as handsome does. And he's trying to do him.

Besides, he's dead. Murdered.

Oh, that's a shame.

[Sighs]

[Esther] Ooh!

Yes, that's right. Not so pretty now, is he?

Shall we eat?

Yeah, that's great. Okay, thanks a lot, bye.

Oh, well, Milton's "people"

are turning out to be a bit scarce.

How do you mean?

Well, his manager/trainer did die in a car crash. 2006.

And out of all the other guys who were questioned back

in '99-Steven garrido, also dead, drive-by shooting

in balhma, 2008. Kelwyn baptiste was deported

to Jamaica in 2003.

Strickland's talking to the people over there

and waiting for them to get back to him.

But this Ashley mccollin, he just seems to have disappeared.

Is he wanted for anything?

No, I don't think so.

All sounds a bit unfortunate. And coincidental.

Yeah, well, shit happens. Better try and see

if there's anything more to it.

What are you still watching that for?

[Suspicious music]

Superintendent Pullman?

Yes, and this is Brian Lane.

Hi, I'm Harry's pa. Er, can I ask you what it is

you want to see him about?

We're re-examining the murder of one of mr gallo's

former clients, an Eddie Mayfair.

Are you okay?

Eddie was my son.

Oh my god, I'm so sorry-

no, it's okay. It's just a bit of a shock, that's all.

We've been trying to contact you, i-

please, don't apologise.

Sorry, we didn't know you worked for mr gallo.

I... I came here after Eddie's father died.

He never got over what happened.

Harry was really good to me. Sorry.

No, no. Not at all.

Come on, I'll take you to meet Harry.

11 years on? Aren't you a bit late?

The case remains open. We want to close it

by finding his killer.

Good. If only for Ronnie's sake.

I'm not just saying it because she's here but...

Eddie was quite something. I don't know if genius

is the right word but I do know he was unique.

As a boxer?

I'm one of the top promoters this side of the Atlantic,

I managed the boy and I guided him.

And if I tell you Eddie Mayfair was simply sensational,

you'd better believe it.

Ronnie, she brought him up in the right way,

but he still had this hunger. He was desperate to win.

And when you have that combination,

you've got a champion on your hands.

Who do you think could have killed him?

Well, a lot of people say it was Milton,

because of what Eddie did to him.

Truth is, I can't think of anyone else

who would wish Eddie ill.

And you have to say that Milton was badly damaged.

What about some of the other boxers that Eddie bashed up?

Boxing doesn't ordinarily make you desirous

of that kind of revenge. It's a hard trade,

but it's a bit more noble than that.

Doug Palmer isn't so sure that Milton was responsible.

Yeah, well... Doug's a romantic. Sentimental, even.

He doesn't just think boxing's noble, he thinks it's pure.

Yeah, and he's still working for you.

Despite the drinking.

Doug's a first class trainer. And he's a friend.

We go back a long way.

Did you ever fall out with Eddie?

I have to say I find that rather insulting.

Especially in front of the boy's mother.

That's a no, then, is it?

Eddie would have gone on to make a lot of money,

I presume. So his death must

also damaged you financially.

If you want to look at it that way.

Do you think the killer could have been targeting you,

albeit in a rather extreme way?

Well, you don't get where I am without upsetting

some people along the way.

But it's hard to believe

they'd try to get me by killing Eddie.

Well, if they did, it obviously didn't work.

You've done very well since then.

I know my trade. And I'm good at what I do.

But I'd give it all up to still have Eddie in my stable,

still alive.

You've had other boxers, good ones.

Never another like him.

What about Danny Branston?

Not in Eddie's league.

Danny was a good man, though. He was, he was decent.

If he weren't, Eddie's Eve wouldn't have married him.

Eddie's Eve?

Eve aspinall. Her and Eddie were engaged.

It broke her heart, what happened, so...

Danny helped her put it back together again.

Bit like Harry did for me.

We live together.

Best move I ever made.

Reckons he's one of the top promoters

"this side of the Atlantic".

Lots of photos of sports stars all over the place.

It was only boxing when he started.

He's branched out into all sorts now.

Mind you, he made his reputation

by finding new young boxing talent.

Yeah, also has a reputation

for not being able to hold onto them.

Gallo got a couple started, but they've tended to move on.

Really?

Yeah, there was an article about him in

the ring magazine last year.

Still nothing from the Jamaican authorities.

I'll try and chivvy them up.

Thank you.

So, Danny and Eve aspinall. Eddie's former girlfriend

is now married to his best mate.

Yeah, maybe they just wanted to comfort each other.

Still, it's neat and tidy, unlike Milton's lot.

I wouldn't call it neat. I'd call it incestuous.

The whole boxing world.

Oh, don't start all that again!

Well, look at that crowd at the fight!

They were baying for blood!

Might just as well have been dog-fighting or bear-baiting.

Listen, you idiot, boxing channels aggression.

It's the best way of stopping young blokes becoming thugs.

Oh, right, so Eddie Mayfair being shot in the chest

and his best mate being done for receiving stolen goods,

and Milton's close circle, killed in a drive-by shooting,

deported, disappeared-that's a boxing success story, is it?

Guys, can we get back to the point, please?

No the point is that boxing is purely nihilistic.

It teaches you nothing except might is right.

I tell you what it taught me.

It taught me that you are a grade-a, 22-carat prat!

Enough!

Who can't accept that a physical challenge

between two grown men-

oh, here we go.

Going head to head, toe to toe, is a simple

but honest test of bravery.

Really?

Yeah, and you know what I think? I think it scares you.

Yeah, it's a sign of cowardice.

What did you say?

I said, enough!

You heard.

Call me a coward?

And the rest!

Piss off!

[Groans]

Oh, that really hurt.

Brilliant.

Brian go and get yourself cleaned up.

Jack, get him out of here.

You didn't hit him hard.

Well, you saw it, he came at me. It was instinct!

Well, say something.

I thought your footwork was a bit rusty. This is it.

[Gerry] Oh, yeah. Very tasteful.

[Jack] Well, not bad for a 34-year-old scrap dealer.

[Car doors slam]

Eve Branston? I'm Jack halford, this is Gerry standing.

Are you here about Eddie?

That's right.

Come in.

Thank you.

I am so glad you're doing this.

Just for people to know, you know? His mum, friends.

It's just about doing what's right, isn't it?

Well, maybe with your help, we'll get a result.

Do you remember the fight between Eddie and Milton?

I remember around it. I never used to watch Eddie

in the ring. I found it too painful. Coffee?

Thank you.

Yeah, that'd be nice.

After the fight, did Eddie seem upset at all? Worried?

No. He used to-please. Get anxious before a bout,

but afterwards he was always excited, he was overjoyed,

really. Especially this one. The chance to fight

for the title and everything.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Is it right you were away the day Eddie died?

Paris. Eddie had paid for me and my mum to go away

For the weekend. He was going to join us.

It was going to be a special...

I'm sorry.

No, no, no. Just, take your time.

I'm okay.

Eventually you started going out with Danny Branston.

Danny and I always used to cry when we saw each other.

I'd just lost the... love of my life, the man I loved,

and, er, Danny his best friend. Brought us together,

I suppose.

The police were called to your flat not long after

you were married. You called them, about Danny.

No marriage is perfect.

It wasn't easy for either of us in the beginning,

Danny and me. Well, we didn't have any money for a start.

Danny wasn't a big star like Eddie, you know.

He was always getting letters from the bank.

Doesn't look like he's getting 'em any more.

No, Danny is a good provider. We're doing very well.

Did Eddie mention anyone with a grudge,

someone who might have wanted to hurt him?

Yeah, loads in the ring. But not outside.

After the fight, did he talk about Milton at all?

No.

Was he sorry that Milton had ended up in hospital?

No, no I don't think he was.

You must have been very young when you first met Eddie.

Just 16. I met him when he first came to hackney.

I thought he came from hackney?

No. He moved there in 1995 so he was, well, just 17.

Where did he move from?

South of the river. Stockwell, I think.

Apparently he was a right terror when he was young,

always getting into fights and stuff.

In stockwell?

Yeah. His mum thought he needed a bit of a firm hand

before it got out hand. Channelled it all into his boxing.

It's hard to believe, but,

you look like you've been in a fight.

Just listen, yeah?

Oh, so you lost.

Ashley mccollin. Where can we find him?

Don't ask me. I ain't seen him in a long time.

He's one of your best friends-was.

Along with kelwyn baptiste, Steven garrido.

I ain't seen him. I ain't seen any of them.

What, you lose touch with your friends just like that?

Yeah. I lost touch.

People go their separate ways,

but you do still tend to hear about them.

I mean, you'd hear if they'd been

in a car crash, or shot, deported.

You're friends have some bad luck, don't they, Milton?

What are you talking about?

Ashley. Not dead as well, is he? 'Cause then we'd

have to start wondering

whether this really was just bad luck.

You know I think you're trying to scare me.

And I ain't scared of you.

And I think there's something you're not saying.

Which is?

Okay. Well if you do hear about your friends

you will let me know, won't you?

[Heels on floor]

[Door slams]

[Footsteps]

Ucos?

Yes, you spoke to some of our colleagues yesterday.

What is it? Have you found something?

More something we haven't found.

I hear that Eddie wasn't born in hackney.

That you moved there when he was about 17.

That's right, yeah.

From stockwell? I hear he got into a bit of trouble.

Well, not really. Just a bit of teenage stuff.

Nothing serious. Eddie was in a gang and me and his father

weren't happy about it.

What sort of gang?

Well, just, boys. We were right to move,

most of the kids he hung out with are inside now.

Who else was in the gang, can you remember any names?

Dermot Thomas. Gary Harris. Nick kellogg.

[Brian] What are you doing?

I'm watching the boxing match

I can see that. I just can't quite believe it, that's all.

Oh, don't be so sanctimonious.

I don't see that indulging the baser aspects

of human nature by willingly exposing your-

look, have you seen this?

[Brian] Yeah, the trainer's footage, of course I have.

No, here, this. Look, just before the end of the fight.

There, see?

[Brian] What?

What's he saying?

Saying?

The black boy.

"Get off me, you maniac," I imagine.

No, I don't think so. He almost looks... Surprised.

Hmm, he's about to be. You see?

He's not saying anything now.

[Door slams]

I prefer the other one.

That's 'cause you don't know her. Sit down.

The gun.

I'm sorry, you've lost me already.

Well did you buy it outright

or did you rent it from an armourer?

[Laughs]

What's so funny?

You. You're very old fashioned, do you know that?

Yes, yes, I know. I know, I'm ancient.

But, you know, being so old helps me to recognise certain

aspects of human behaviour, such as lying.

Now you're a liar, Nick. Archetypal.

For instance, you lied when you said you didn't know

Eddie Mayfair. Are you tired? Well, let's see

if we can keep you awake.

We're going to solve Eddie's murder. I know it.

I can feel it in my water.

That's another of the benefits of experience.

And when we bring his killer to trial,

I'm going to make it known how much you helped me.

What you talking about?

I'm talking about when I give evidence in court.

I'm going to let your name slip.

Now, the judge will rule my remarks as hearsay

and order them to be struck from the record,

the jury told to disregard them so that no-one

will have heard your name.

Except, of course, the officials in court,

and the public gallery.

You can't do that.

Why not? I've done it before. Works a treat.

[Ominous music]

You bastard! You bastard!

[Cries in pain]

Ah, governor, the dvla have come back negative

on Milton's old mate Ashley mccollin.

He lost his licence in 2004. He hit a nine-year-old girl

while speeding. She ended up in a wheelchair

and he got a three-year ban.

The point is, he hasn't renewed his licence since.

Yeah, right. Like he's given up driving.

I don't think so.

Maybe he's got himself a chauffeur.

Maybe he's got himself a bicycle.

Haven't you two kissed and made-up yet?

He won't let me, says I'm not his type.

He called me a coward!

Well what did you say about boxing? What did you call it?

Nihilistic. Oh, look it up.

For heaven's sake, will you two just get on or get out?

Gerry, apologise.

I apologise. I'm very very sorry.

Brian.

What, me?

[Sandra] Yes, you!

Sorry.

I just spoke to the Jamaican justice department

in Kingston. Kelwyn baptiste was shot and killed during

a prison break in February 2008.

What was he inside for?

Murder.

Where's Jack?

Yes, the gun was hired. But you don't get a name.

Do you understand? I never saw that piece

until a fortnight ago, so.

Okay. So what about Eddie?

Yeah, we was in sweet nine.

Come again?

Sweet nine. We used to call ourselves

after where we lived. Sw9, sweet nine.

Very imaginative.

We used to hang with guys from nearby, gangs.

It got heavy. Ended up with us having a set-to

with a crew from camberwell.

Milton Joseph was on their team. Eddie cut him.

Cut? You mean stabbed?

Yeah. They ran. Actually, so did we.

So Eddie and Milton they knew each other?

They hated each other. And if you think we were bad,

these men were maniacs. Garrido, Ashley mccollin,

kelwyn baptiste. These are serious people.

Do you know what I'm saying? No one's going to give them up.

If you want to know who fizzed Eddie,

that's who you should be looking at. Okay?

But you didn't hear it from me.

[Mobile phone rings]

Oh. Er, look, Sandra, I'm sorry, but i-

[Sandra] Oh I bet you are.

Look I honestly thought he wouldn't talk

if you were there. As it happens, he might well have done.

[Sandra] Meaning what?

He opened up. He said he rented the gun

from an armourer, but wouldn't give a name.

He also said that he and Eddie used to be in a gang

in stockwell. And get this,

their gang used to come up

against another bunch from camberwell starring-

Milton Joseph.

Mccollin, garrido, baptiste.

Ah, now, kelwyn baptiste is dead.

He was shot busting out of a Jamaican prison in 2008.

And back in the nineties, Eddie stabbed Milton.

[Sandra] Stabbed him?

Well, maybe Milton forgot to mention it.

And kellogg just told you all this, did he?

Well, perhaps it was playing on his conscience.

Jack, what did you do to get him to talk?

Say that again, I didn't catch it!

I said, what did you do to-

no, no, you're breaking up, I'm in a tunnel.

[Light background chatter]

Time to talk, Milton.

That's it, man, this is harassment, man!

You think this is harassment?

You wait till the lawyers get on your case.

You hear that, everyone? This woman's threatening me now.

[Sandra] Milton, let's not do it here,

where you can only embarrass yourself.

Girl, I ain't the one who looks stupid.

Girl? Wow, flattered. Okay, if that's what you want.

You see, I've been going through the original notes

on Eddie Mayfair's murder

and I can't find any mention in all the interviews you did

that you and he knew each other as teenagers.

That's 'cause we didn't.

So you don't remember him stabbing you?

King's college hospital, December the 19th, 1995,

11:18pm. A Milton Emanuel Joseph was admitted

to a&e with two knife wounds to the left buttock.

Not life threatening, but very humiliating.

Come on, Milton, you lied to the original investigation.

Do you really want to chance your arm a second time?

You might want to close early. He won't be back today.

I knew Mayfair, when I was a kid, 15, 16.

And there was a lot of times we had beef with each other.

But then after he stabbed me, I ain't see him no more.

I heard he went north of the river,

but I never seen him again until the fight.

Not till the weigh-in.

You must have felt very angry about being stabbed.

You could say that. But I never killed him.

Is that because you got someone else to do it?

No. I was going to get my revenge in the ring.

[Knock on door]

Well, I can see that that would be plan a,

except he beat you up.

You don't understand.

What don't I understand?

Listen to me. I never said nothing back then because...

What?

Because Eddie was supposed to throw the fight.

Wasn't he Milton? Yeah. The great Eddie Mayfair.

He was supposed to take a dive.

Except he didn't.

[Brian] No, exactly.

[Cheering on TV]

You ever watch this?

No I suppose you wouldn't.

Right, here we go, look.

Now I'll just rewind that.

Now, this time, here, listen.

Listen to what? All I can hear is-

yeah, hang on. A bit more magic of sound separation

and then we have-

what are you doing? What are you playing at, man?

You're supposed to go down! Go down!

"You're supposed to go down"?

Which I presume means take a dive, correct?

But if you thought he was supposed to throw the fight,

and he didn't, then doesn't that give you

all the more reason to want to kill him?

No, no way. Look, I got... Beat,

but I still thought I might have a career.

That's why I never said nothing back in '99.

How do you know that he was supposed to throw the fight?

Who told you?

Kelwyn baptiste. He told me not to worry,

he knew for sure the fight was-the fight was mine,

and that I was going to get a title shot.

Well, that's great, apart from the small fact

that kelwyn is dead, so who else knew?

No one that I know of.

Oh, come on! You know you're going to win the title

and you don't get any of your mates to bet on the result?

I was told to keep my mouth shut. Seriously closed.

That's the truth, I swear.

So what happened then?

They told you but they didn't tell Eddie?

I don't know! Look, he was supposed to go down,

that's all I was told. Instead he goes ape!

And it's me on the floor. It's me.

And I'm gone.

Why do you think I end up with no money?

Working in a lousy cafe for a living? Huh?

Where's madam?

Oh, she's gone with Brian to see Dougie the dypso.

No, no, don't take your coat off, you're not stopping.

Where are we going?

Dulwich. The national records office been back to me.

In 2004, Ashley mccollin changed his name by deed poll

to Ainsley o'Connor.

Did he?

Yeah, his mummy's maiden name. Sweet, eh?

Yeah, it's nice out there, I'll put the roof down.

We're not going in yours.

[Thwacking on punchbags]

Afternoon, how's it going?

Well, we spoke to Milton Joseph a short time ago.

Oh, yeah? How's he doing?

He told us something that had you been straight with us

we would have heard from you.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

The fight with Eddie. Maybe it wasn't so clear-cut

as it seemed?

What you talking about?

Milton said the fight was supposed to have been fixed.

Fixed?

Yeah, Eddie was supposed to have thrown it.

No! It's a lie, he's lying. Eddie would never!

Doug, we're not trying to-

no! I'm not having you come in here

casting mud on the reputation of one of the finest kids

that ever put on gloves. Get out!

[Ominous music]

Nice car.

Nice place.

Thank you.

Ainsley o'Connor?

You'll be from the met.

Yes, I'm Jack halford, this is Gerry standing.

Unsolved crimes and open case squad.

We're re-investigating the murder of Eddie Mayfair.

Uh-huh.

You used to be Ashley mccollin.

Used to be.

[Gerry] You weren't easy to find.

I would hope so. I left Ashley behind a long time ago.

Because?

Because... he was not an advantageous person to be.

Ainsley o'Connor is... Somewhat more refined.

I'd like to talk to the other you.

The one that knew Eddie Mayfair.

Eddie who?

You were in rival gangs when you were kids.

Something you didn't tell the original inquiry

when Eddie was murdered.

Sit down.

Thank you.

Cheers.

I don't know about now,

I don't tend to have much to do with ordinary policemen,

unless we're playing golf together, but back then

I found they had a habit of putting two and two together

and making six.

You were there when Eddie stabbed Milton.

Yeah, I was. And Milton was not happy about it.

But you want to know if four years

later Milton killed Eddie Mayfair?

Or got someone else to do it.

No. And if you had proof,

me or Milton would be under arrest.

Give us time.

Time? You've had 11 years.

[Sighs]

We never killed him.

Kelwyn baptiste has killed someone since.

Yeah, and kelwyn's dead.

So what stops everyone from saying it was him

who pulled the trigger? Or Steven garrido or Mitch Graham?

Any one of them might have done it, but not me.

Why would I have taken such a stupid risk?

Because it cost you money.

Say what?

Because Eddie was supposed to take a dive

and that information would have been worth a small fortune

to a betting man.

Dive? Eddie Mayfair?

Correct. And you lot must have lost a fortune

between yourselves.

Yeah, they did. But not me.

What do you mean?

I mean I didn't lose any money on that fight,

because I backed Eddie.

What, you bet on Eddie Mayfair against your own friend?

'Course I did. Yeah, I heard Eddie

was supposed to go down, but I ain't that stupid.

I'm not with you.

Whoever it was decided that fight was going to be thrown,

it wasn't Eddie.

Why not?

Because he hated Milton! A guy like Eddie might roll over

and take a count one day, but in a title elimination

against a guy he stabbed in the arse? Get real.

I knew Milton, remember, better than anyone.

He didn't have a prayer. Look at him! He's a loser!

So how did you know that Eddie

was supposedly going to take a dive? Who told you?

Heard it from a friend of mine. Bookie.

Called?

So how did he know?

A guy from Eddie Mayfair's camp

comes into my friend's shop. This guy don't realise,

but my friend recognises him. The guy put two grand

on Milton to win.

So?

My friend knows of at least three other biggish bets

all put down by this same guy, all with different

bookmakers. All that money on their own man to lose?

Doesn't take much figuring out after that.

This guy from the Mayfair camp, does he have a name?

He's a sparring partner. Made a name for himself

a few years later, but he didn't have what it takes either.

[Clicks fingers]

Danny Branston. Another loser.

So what do you reckon? Bullshit?

Unfortunately, I don't think it was.

Listen, he might have changed his name,

but I give you even money he's as bent as a nine Bob note.

You phoning the governor?

Dvla.

[Laughs]

Doug Palmer got knocked down in the mile end road.

Been on a bender all afternoon, apparently.

He's in the London hospital.

How do you feel?

I feel like I need a drink.

Oh, I don't think so.

You were paralytic when the bus hit you.

Why did you go on a bender, Doug?

I mean, straight after seeing us?

Doesn't feel like a coincidence, does it?

It never was when I got hammered.

I was going to say, am I in trouble?

But it all seems a bit meaningless by comparison.

Trouble?

For not being totally straight with you.

Saying I was with Harry when Eddie died.

What, you weren't?

No. Well, I mean, yes, I was. But, not just him.

Go on.

[Sighs]

I was supposed to meet Harry in his room

at the Dorchester. When I got there...

I found the two of them.

Them?

Harry and Ronnie, together.

Eddie's mum?

Did you know they were sleeping together?

No.

[Sandra] Did Eddie know?

I don't know.

According to the dvla,

Ainsley o'Connor passed his driving test in 2004,

four months before Ashley mccollin was banned.

[Gerry] Very naughty.

But what's more to the point is that a

mr Ainsley o'Connor was behind the wheel of the car

in which Mitch Graham died.

So, driving while banned with a licence obtained

through deception, and killing someone, into the bargain-

very very naughty!

You still think he was telling the truth about the fight?

Yeah, Milton confirmed it. That's how they fell out.

Because Milton discovered

that ainsley/ashley bet against him.

Despite what novels and films might say,

boxers throwing fights are incredibly rare,

especially in this country.

How would anyone know?

Because it's very difficult to pull off.

Bookies are alerted to unusual betting patterns

very quickly.

But if it was true and the fight was fixed-

the only people with the power to fix fights

are the fighters, managers and promoters.

Harry gallo.

Yeah, but why?

The bet, the money.

Yeah but why would someone like Harry gallo

risk everything when he's got a potential gold mine

in Eddie Mayfair anyway?

Yeah, and we also know that he and Ronnie have an alibi.

Danny Branston doesn't!

Well, then, you better make a move.

Oh, Jack. Don't use your mobile when you're driving.

[Jack] Hello, Eve.

Hi.

Danny there?

No, I'm afraid he's not here at the moment.

[Gerry] Eve!

Please. I told you, he's not here.

Not been gone long though, has he?

What was it about?

Nothing.

[Jack] That's a lot of nothing.

It's never about anything.

Yeah, and don't tell us,

it only happens from time to time.

And in a nice, big detached house like this,

I doubt if anyone else can hear.

You don't have to put up with it, you know.

Yeah.

[Jack] There are places you can go.

Right.

Eddie ever hit you? No I didn't think so.

What did you want to see Danny about?

Where is he? The yard?

Don't tell him. That you've seen me. Please.

Don't worry.

[Door clicks shut]

You lied. You lied about your alibi at the time

of Eddie's death. You both did.

We know, because Doug Palmer just told us.

He told us about finding you both at the Dorchester.

Look, Harry and i-

no, Ronnie, Ronnie, it's okay, it's okay.

Yeah, we, er, did lie. But that was only

because Ronnie's husband never knew.

I bet he didn't.

We didn't mean for it to happen.

We didn't want to hurt anyone.

Did Eddie know?

No.

[Sandra] You sure about that?

Yeah, course.

Maybe that's why Eddie didn't take that dive,

because he found out about you and his mum.

A dive?

Where did you get that crap?

When's he supposed to have taken this dive?

He had a straight 13-win career.

The fight with Milton Joseph.

Oh, that fight where he put Milton in intensive care?

I'm sorry, am I missing something here?

When Doug Palmer found out about your affair,

how long did you think you could keep it secret?

Did you intend to tell Eddie?

I think we're through here, don't you?

[Electric whirring]

Danny!

So, find anything out?

I found that the longer I work on this case,

the more difficult it is to know who's telling the truth.

We've been told that Eddie was supposed to throw

that fight with Milton.

Now who told you that?

The same person who told us that you put a big bet on it.

Well whoever that was, they're lying.

You see what I mean?

Now you slept at Eddie's place the night before he died.

Now, you got up an hour or so after Eddie

had gone to the gym. And you saw Ronnie, Eddie's mum.

Yeah, I think so.

You think so?

It was years ago, weren't it?

I mean, what did I say at the time.

You said you saw Ronnie up and about.

Well that's it then.

But how could you of? She was at the Dorchester.

I'm not with you.

Ronnie Mayfair was at the Dorchester hotel that morning.

You see how hard my job is? Now I'm sorry to bang on

about this, but either Ronnie was there or she wasn't.

Look, I thought I saw her when I woke up, but,

I don't know, maybe I was mistaken.

Ah, that's not good enough, Danny.

You see, out of all the people we've spoken to,

you're the only one nobody saw that morning.

What? Hold on, hold on, you're saying that I killed him?

Well, did you?

Me? His best mate? Why would I kill him?

Because you thought Eddie was going to lose

that fight against Milton and you laid down eight grand

in the hope of winning a great deal more.

Only it didn't quite work out that way, did it?

Are you out of your mind? He was my best mate!

We sparred together, day in, day out.

Every fight he had, I was there, ringside,

cheering him on!

And when he won it was like... It was just the best feeling.

We were like brothers.

Is that a fact?

How'd it go with Harry and Ronnie?

Well, they admitted the affair,

in fact she was quite cut up about it,

but they both denied any knowledge of Eddie

throwing the fight.

What's this?

Oh, footage of Eddie's other fights.

We could only find three.

Oh, what a shame.

Watch. Here's a fight from earlier in the year.

What am I supposed to be watching?

Harry, Doug, Danny. They're all in the ring at the end.

Same as the other fights we watched. Now watch this.

Eddie puts Milton down. Now watch gallo and Branston.

[Brian] They're leaving.

And that's where they were sitting, side by side.

[Brian] Where have they gone?

You mean why aren't they celebrating the greatest win

in Eddie's career?

You see what interests me, is why this supposedly

fixed fight ended up with the wrong result.

We know it's the wrong result, because a guy like you,

who didn't have very much money at the time,

isn't going to lay out eight grand unless it's a cert.

I never had a bet in my life. Let alone eight grand.

Not one bet, a series of bets

spread round different bookies.

But don't worry, we know that most of the cash

can't have been yours.

The only person you knew with that kind of money

was Harry gallo.

Harry gallo?

Harry thought that Eddie would do as he was told.

So did you. And that's why you put everything you had

on him throwing that fight.

You reckon?

"Every fight he had, I was there, ringside,

cheering him on!"

That's what you said.

Well, where were you that night, Danny?

When Eddie was up there, beating his chest?

Why weren't you and Harry straight into the ring,

carrying your best mate shoulder high?

Because you had nothing to celebrate, did you?

You were busy making other arrangements.

Eddie's dead, and the next thing we know,

you've got his girl and a shot at the title.

People I've spoken to never rated you, Danny.

They said you had an easy path to the title fight.

Too easy. That's Eddie, screaming at two empty seats:

Yours and Harry's. And he's screaming

because he knows he's had you over.

He's won, and there was nothing you could do about it.

And that's why you killed him.

[Ominous music]

You got nothing.

Oh I think we have. I think we've got more than enough.

[Chairs scrape on floor]

[Ominous music]

Do you want anything? Glass of water?

He did it, didn't he?

Yes. But I'm sorry, he's right, we haven't go enough.

Eve, if we can prove it,

he'll go down for a long, long time.

Long enough for you never to have to worry

about him ever again, I promise you.

He has a lock-up. It's in tufnell park.

[Officer] Got it.

[Metal clanging]

[Ominous music]

[Plastic sheet crinkles]

Jack, it turns out that mr Branston

is a member of a very large and very unusual gun club.

You took your time. Can I go now?

[Door slams shut]

Sit down.

[Chairs scrape]

I wanted to tell you something off the record.

The reason this case got kick-started again is

because the weapon that killed Eddie suddenly

turned up three weeks ago.

Very stupidly, someone allowed themselves to get nicked

carrying that gun, having rented it

from an underworld armourer.

Now it would be almost impossible for us to track that gun

back over the years

and link it to anyone who might have handled it-

look, mate, my missus is going to wonder

where I've got to.

But in this case, it's not necessary.

Because the person who was found with that gun

has told us where he got it.

In fact, Nick kellogg has been very helpful all round.

No, you're full of shit.

Oh, now don't worry. He'll go down for armed robbery.

But he reckons that by helping us,

he'll be out a lot earlier than you.

Especially now we've got your lock-up.

No, no, no, no, no! This is not happening!

[Chair smacks off wall]

You tell that mouthy little mug

he'll be picking up his teeth with broken fingers.

Oi, what's happening!

What did I say?

You tell him, halford,

let's see how chatty he is with a broken jaw!

[Footsteps]

[Ronnie] You can't keep coming here

without any prior warning.

Yeah, well, I think this'll be the last time.

Are you trying to prove something? Waltzing in,

disrupting my day-

Harold Ryan gallo, I am arresting you

on suspicion of involvement in the murder of

Edward Terrence Mayfair.

Are you out of your mind?

[Ronnie] Is this a joke?

Danny Branston killed Eddie.

Don't be ridiculous, that's rubbish.

Didn't Harry tell you?

Nah, she's just trying to scare you, ignore it.

It's garbage.

Why did you give Danny an alibi Ronnie?

When the police questioned you

you said you were at home with him.

You weren't you were at the Dorchester.

Yeah, but that was-

no, don't say anything, no, no, don't.

Did Harry ask you to say that?

Did he also say that Danny would give you an alibi

to safeguard your affair?

Harry told Eddie to throw the fight,

'cause he'd bet on Eddie to lose.

But Eddie wouldn't do it.

He just pretended to go along with it,

and when he won, Harry lost a small fortune.

That's bollocks! Why would I kill Eddie, huh?

He was a future champion! He was my champion!

Was, but not after that fight.

If Eddie had taken a dive you would have had

something over him for the rest of his life.

But Eddie was smart and straight,

and when he found out you were bent, he was off

and there was nothing you could do about it

because if you tried,

he'd tell the whole world how you wanted him

to throw that fight, so you got Danny to kill him.

You are talking out of your arse!

Yeah? Well let's see what a jury thinks. Cuff him.

[Crying]

I'm really sorry.

The specialist crime directorate reckon on two

maybe three serious underworld armourers operating

in the south east in the last five years.

Danny Branston is a real catch.

I can't believe he killed his best friend, though.

Oh, I can. I think deep down he was jealous.

Constantly in Eddie's shadow.

A mate who has all the talent in the world, a big future,

gorgeous girlfriend. And to cap it all,

he ends up making Branston lose his shirt.

Do you think Eddie actually knew about his mum and Harry?

What a waste.

Anyway, well done. Good work.

Thank you. See, aren't you glad

you got interested in boxing now?

Boxing? Yes, very interesting.

Right, if anybody needs me, I'm in the pub.

Good idea, Gerry, I'll buy you a pint.

Thank you.

Jack? Can I have a word?

You told Danny Branston that we had an informant.

I told him Nick kellogg gave him up.

That Nick told us Danny had given him the gun.

That was a lie.

Well, I prefer the word diversion.

You put kellogg's life on the line.

More than likely, he'll have a contract out on him now.

So what?

Yes. If it means that Eve Branston is now

completely out of the picture,

that she's not under suspicion,

that she won't even have to appear in the witness box.

You have absolutely no right to take that risk!

And what right did you have making promises

to Eve Branston that you couldn't possibly keep?

You told that girl she'd be safe!

Safe? From a guy who slaps her about every other week?

From an underworld armourer as connected as he is?

She gave us the information we needed because I said-

no, she gave us that information

in spite of what you said!

She told us because she knew that piece of shit

had killed the love of her life.

I have given her the best protection she could hope for.

And if you think i'm going to lose any sleep

over someone like Nick kellogg,

then you really don't know me at all.

[Ominous music]

♪ It's all right, it's okay ♪

♪ doesn't really matter if you're old and grey ♪

♪ it's all right, I say, it's okay ♪

♪ listen to what I say ♪

♪ it's all right, doing fine ♪

♪ doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine ♪

♪ it's all right, I say, it's okay ♪

♪ we're getting to the end of the day ♪

[Electric guitar and tambourine]