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I'm pregnant.

Half your age? I know.

It won't end well. He's got form, Niamh. Trust me.

Billy.

We're not sure how he fits in. What did you say, Miss?

You want him out, Kate, it's a bit bigger than a clerking issue.

Never underestimate what I know, John. I want you to have a future.

I can't go back inside. I know.

This programme contains some strong language.

Did you win? What did you get?

Do you want a lift or not?

The rest of your aged debt. All of it? Yes.

Thank you.

Pleasure.

Can I just drop off a brief and pick up some papers?

No. Ten minutes?

No. Five?

Ah, all right.

What was that? What?

With the porter?

It's just charm. Is that what it's called?

The thing is with charm is that it works.

But then there's the big question - what's underneath it?

Are you all right?

Noah. Kate.

What's this? Return.

From? Me. Oh, it's Old Bailey. That all right?

I've got a robbery trial starting at Southwark on the same day.

Have you checked with Billy about this yet? Billy was born in Southend.

You can think of it as quite near Norfolk.

I don't understand. Not many black people in East Anglia...

and almost no Jews at all.

No. Billy? No way.

So ask yourself why else don't you get the work?

You're 17 years call, Noah...

I've checked with John, he's fine about the Bailey return.

Old Street on Monday? I can offer you Noah Zeigler. What?

He's doing Miss Brockman's return. Can I call you back?

Suddenly you don't go through me any more?

That was some crappy solicitor offering some crappy work,

but it could have been anyone on the phone. Do I want to look like an idiot?

Boys. Hello, sir.

What? You never call me "sir". What is this, some kind of victim thing? Why would you say that?

You're sounding a little bit paranoid.

You mean, I'm sounding a little bit Jewish. You are Jewish.

I'm just going to ask you this, OK? What do you think of the Jews?

Second favourite race of all time. PHONE RINGS

Excuse me. Hello?

Have you got any more details of the victim?

Bloody hell. OK, thanks.

Billy? Mark Draper. What about him?

He's just been arrested.

It's not for cottaging this time, Miss. It's for murder.

What do we know?

Not much yet. Why not?

Just arrested, Miss.

Ok, well, I'll do the first appearance in the morning.

It doesn't look good, you knocking about a magistrates' court when you're applying for silk.

Yeah, well, looking good really doesn't matter.

Your con's here, Miss. What con?

Have I got a con? Misconduct hearing, listed 2pm tomorrow, Urquhart House.

A police officer?

I spend my life cross-examining lying police officers...

how is this a good idea? Asked for you, apparently.

What sort of misconduct? It's a race thing, Miss.

A racist police officer? Is that what you're giving me?

Great! Just grea...

Would you like to come through to my room?

Send somebody proper for Mark Draper.

Scalextric.

Best game we had when we was kids.

But what always happened was when you accelerated,

one of the cars went berserk and flew off the first corner.

That is Martha right now, she is that car.

Why?

What do you think, Jake?

What do you think can happen to make a Doris fly off the corners?

She's pregnant?

You do not know this, all right? It is more than your life is worth.

So she does the racist copper cos there's no chance of winning, so she can sit down for four days.

We've got to look after her, Jake, these next few months,

we've got to keep her quiet, but she cannot know that we're doing that.

Did you say it?

Yes.

Directed at a colleague? Yes.

It was in the middle of a public order situation on a Saturday afternoon?

I was in a van with other officers.

And PC Johnson.

And you called PC Johnson...

"a lazy nigger"?

Why would you say a thing like that?

He was slow getting out of the van.

So we're pleading guilty?

I don't want to.

I don't feel guilty.

So what's the defence?

I've worked very, very hard to get where I've got,

and I don't want to lose it all.

A racist who works hard is still a racist.

What's the defence?

Ready?

Yeah. Let me call you back.

I promised her half an hour. Half an hour of what?

I think the junior end could do with some TLC. Do you?

Is that your idea, John? Yeah.

Since when do you have ideas?

All right, get on with your work.

He got all my aged debt in, he's here all day every day and he doesn't lie to you.

What Billy does is invisible.

He works solicitors,

he does things we don't see, probably don't want to see.

He drinks and spends money.

And we all think because he's out there drinking and spending

money it must mean that he's working on our behalf. He's not.

He's drinking and spending money. I don't know, Kate.

We're the grown ups - we employ him, not the other way round.

Come for a drink. You know where we are.

It was a joke.

What kind of a joke? Police canteen in the 1970s kind of joke?

It wasn't intended to be abusive.

First trial I ever did - Marylebone Magistrates' Court, 2pm, Friday 15th May, 1995.

Dangerous driving - smacked into a lamp-post, just missing a pram with a baby in it.

The defence was, "I wasn't driving, it was my wife.

"And then she walked away, leaving the scene and me in the car in the front seat, with my seat belt on."

It was my first day in court and I got six months. Why are you telling me this?

Because it's the worst defence I've ever run in my life. Until now.

Can you give me a moment?

Where's Billy? I don't know.

You're asking me to do a remand in the youth court?

It's Miss Costello's rent boy. Yeah, but silk interviews are just around the corner,

what if someone sees me?

Exactly.

Quite nice for the client to meet you now in case Miss Costello isn't available to do the trial.

High profile murder, at the Old Bailey, around the time

decisions about silk are being made.

Why wouldn't she be available?

Well, you know, things happen, don't they, sir?

You know how it goes.

What kind of high profile?

Sorry. Left these in here. You don't smoke, do you?

Um, Mark Draper? You're doing Mark tomorrow? What are they saying?

Not clear. I haven't got much. He's vulnerable, Clive.

He's had a wretched life.

This is a two-minute remand - the social work can wait till it gets back to you.

Mark Draper is the reason I do this job.

He's had a terrible life and it keeps getting worse and now it's blown up,

and it's him on trial when it should be all the people who've abused him

and let him down and made his life so hopeless. He's a child,

and children need looking after, and I will not apologise for it.

So you're not going to thank me for covering for you... in the youth court for £2.50?

I'm getting out of this police thing. He needs me.

OK, some advice.

Having a barrister at these tribunals basically works against you.

Senior police officers acting as judge and jury...

they're brought up to distrust defence counsel,

so anything I do, they'll hate me for, and that rubs off on you.

What are you saying?

Represent yourself. Plead guilty,

tell them how sorry you are - throw yourself on their mercy.

It's your best chance.

The Met needs women. The police station where I work needs women.

You know what it's like.

I want you to fight for me. Please.

You know the score with this kind of thing - racism on this level and you're out.

No questions, end of career.

I saw you in court two years ago.

Did you? And I thought, if I was ever in trouble, that's who I'd want.

You haven't given me a defence to run, so there's no point me being there. Is there?

It was my way of sending racism up.

What do you mean?

To sound racist and... mean the opposite.

What I said... It's saying, "This is so racist, it isn't".

It's undermining racism.

OK.

We could try running that.

I have to be honest with you...

you've only the smallest hope of winning.

Can we get PC Johnson to corroborate what you're saying?

I don't know what he'd say.

Her police station. Find out about its background, history, and anything ugly.

And anything there is on the complainant officer.

Shouldn't the solicitors do that?

They get too much police work, and rocking the boat isn't in their interests. What's the matter, Nick?

Don't like police stations?

Great, what will you have? Um, red wine, please. Hello, a glass of red.

RINGING TONE

'Hello?' Billy?

'What's going on, Jake?' He's with them. 'OK.'

PS Sorbie?

He doesn't work at this police station. Are you sure?

Who are you? Martha Costello's pupil.

She's doing the Rachna Ali hearing. Well, you go and tell Miss Costello

that sending her boy to speak to witnesses for the other side is not on.

There's no property in a witness.

Don't get all law school with me.

Or? Or I'll have you nicked for wasting police time.

Hey!

Sorbie. What about him?

He's the only one in that van who would have done that.

You wouldn't get anyone here grassing her up.

You mean you'd protect a racist?

It's not as simple as that.

Why's Clive Reader doing the Mark Draper murder case

if he's Martha Costello's client? Well, officially,

Miss Costello's not free.

Unofficially, Billy said that...

What did Billy say?

Jake? What did Billy say? Jake?

Er, nothing, Miss.

What did he say?

He said that...

you, er, needed a rest.

Don't you ever, ever say that again.

Hello, pupil mistress.

The complainant officer doesn't work at that station. Where are you off to?

I'm going to Newham Youth Court.

I thought you were doing the policewoman. Two o'clock. I'm doing them both.

Are you angry about something? I'm pregnant.

Where's Martha?

Doing another case for more money. I brought you these.

I don't smoke. Then they're currency inside.

But what about bail?

The thing about me, Mark, is that I'm always straight with people.

I'm afraid there's no point in applying. You won't get it.

She got me bail. That was cottaging.

This is an extremely high profile murder.

You a batty boy?

What's your name? What's it to you?

I'm much, much too good to be anywhere near a court like this.

So it's your lucky day because I'm going to give you some advice.

Charge sheet. If I hear, Benjamin Samways, that my client

is having a bad time inside because of his sexual orientation,

I shall personally make sure the whole world knows you're a nonce.

What? I'm not a nonce.

Oh. I thought you were. Let's just check, shall we?

HE KNOCKS

What are you doing? One question, this one here... No!

No? Please.

Sorry. We're all sorted in here now.

Thank you.

I'm here now. Hello, Martha. For Mark Draper.

Well? Well, what? He's my client, I know his history.

Mr Reader?

I know Mark.

Bit embarrassing, scrapping over a remand.

Are you going to make a bail application?

Yes. You know the victim's a judge?

We believe that Mark Draper should not be granted bail.

This is a vicious murder, his honour Judge Guthrie was an enormously well respected member of the judiciary.

The Crown object to bail on every ground.

The strongest objection is that the seriousness of the offence

means there's a real likelihood he'll abscond.

The "seriousness of the offence" argument is basically lazy.

It's a catch all-fall back objection to bail.

"It's serious, he'll run away", and it relies on the bench being too timid to look beyond it.

The defendant was on bail for his trial,

all the way through, and I know this because I was representing him.

He came to court every day, always on time.

And really quite soon afterwards he was arrested again.

At his trial he was found not guilty.

So, I think what my friend is actually saying,

is that he was arrested quite soon after something that he didn't do.

Were there conditions attached?

Yes. What were they?

Residence.

And a curfew. Did he keep to the curfew?

No.

Um... the dog case. Yes, Sir?

How much will I get?

Half day summary trial?

£60?

Involving cross examination of expert witnesses?

One very expert witness.

65.

Can I borrow some money?

Sure. How much?

Fourteen... grand?

That bad, huh?

Do you want to go and get a coffee? I'll pay.

I've got stuff to do for Martha. So I'll help.

Rachna Ali.

Look into the police station she works out of. The history of it.

OK.

Bad luck. Colin Guthrie.

I mean, can you believe it?

This is... a very big deal. Did you appear in front of him?

Once or twice. Total bastard of course.

He was always quite nice to me. Old Harrovian. I've got to go.

Oh, don't worry, I'll pop downstairs and do the aftercare.

You were right about bail.

Sometimes it's premature to make a bail app at a first appearance when you don't know enough.

And there's a risk of disclosing what you're thinking to the other side.

Did she do that?

I think you got away with it.

Oh, um...

it's up to you who represents you at trial.

Don't be pushed around by the solicitor or anyone else.

It's crucial that you get the barrister that you want.

HE KNOCKS

The surprising thing about murder trials is that they're over very quickly.

If it goes against you, your life is over.

There you go, Keith.

Thank you.

So go on then.

Well, delivery of three nothing returns, you don't send your baby clerk to do it,

you ask for me personally. Senior clerk to senior clerk, and cutting out the bullshit.

What's going on?

One of my boys has gone restless on me.

Why you telling me?

What are you doing?

Something for Martha. Why?

What does that mean?

Martha will support Nick at the tenancy meeting.

So? So it's a waste of time doing any work for her.

If you want to impress anyone, you're better off impressing Kate.

It's not about impressing anyone, it's about interesting work.

You're right.

You can afford to relax anyway with your pedigree.

So you're for the accused officer, Miss...

Costello, and you're for us, Mr Antwi.

I'm sorry. Can I just...

is that the right term?

"For us"?

How does that sound?

This is a closed hearing, there's no-one else here,

so we allow ourselves a degree of informality.

You can sit down to address us.

I'm just a bit concerned how my client might feel when you call prosecuting counsel "one of us".

That's not exactly what I said.

And it's presenting counsel, not prosecuting counsel.

Justice has to be seen to be done, as well as done, doesn't it?

I think you can assume we know that.

Why don't you sit down? We find that sitting down lowers the temperature.

Fine. Good. I'm sorry, could you excuse me for a moment?

SHE COUGHS

She's pregnant...

That's why she's...

Over excited?

Yeah.

Miss Costello, would you like a glass of water?

Why would I want a glass of water?

I'd just got out of the van when she said it.

And how did it make you feel?

I can't tell you how shocked I was to hear it.

I mean, that word, of all words, and from a police officer.

You don't know the defendant.

No, not really.

You'd never met before the day of this incident?

No. And you don't know the police officer who the words were directed at, PC Johnson?

No. That's because you don't work at the same police station.

I was on a secondment. So when you made the complaint you had no idea about their relationship?

You were judging her solely on what you heard her say?

I think the words speak for themselves, don't you?

Why did you say that?

Why not?

Because I will not be defined by the fact that I'm pregnant.

It's the way you're behaving. What do you mean?

It's not in the best interests of our client for you to fall out with

the people trying her in the first five minutes of the hearing.

Which is exactly what you were doing in there.

There's fearlessness and standing up to people, and then there's pigheadedness.

Sorry, but...

What?

Not many pupils would have the balls to say something like that.

Martha. Hi.

The police station.

I found something.

You've worked with the accused officer for a long time? Since she started.

And how long have you been at the police station she worked at?

20 years. So you were there in 2001 when John Magoga died in police custody in one of your cells?

There was an inquiry and no prosecutions.

Relevance, Miss Costello? John Magoga was black. Yes. I can't see how that helps your case.

We've got nothing to hide, sir. See, that's my point.

What do you mean? Since John Magoga, race became the biggest single issue at your police station?

Fair enough.

Anything that could be considered racist was clamped down on.

Yes. However trifling.

There's nothing remotely trifling about what Rachna Ali said. Exactly.

And yet none of the other officers from her own station reported it.

So what you're saying is that what PS Ali said could not therefore be racist?

What I'm saying is, it's complicated.

Very well, point taken, Miss Costello. Can we move on?

PC Johnson, the victim of the racial abuse, is not present and his statement can be read.

Sorry, sorry,

I haven't agreed to this.

You don't dispute that your client said what she is alleged to have said?

No. Then what possible difference does it make whether the victim is here in person or is read?

My memory from the last hearing is that your client didn't want PC Johnson to attend.

Can I have a moment, please?

You didn't tell me you weren't planning to have him called.

As a lawyer,

I have to be allowed to look and see that justice is being done.

You have to let me do this.

I've been instructed to get PC Johnson to attend.

You want us to adjourn overnight to get him here?

In the interests of justice, yes.

So long as it's not in the interests of a defence fishing expedition.

Is that a question? Because it's really not what I do...

talk about justice and mean something else.

Very well.

You want me to go easy on him...

because he's a black police officer.

About a year ago there was a big fight on one of the estates.

He was beaten up badly and it might have been worse if another unit hadn't arrived so quickly.

It was a white/black gang fight.

The black gang members couldn't believe that a black officer

was arresting them and not the white gang.

He took it very hard. I can see that he would. It's difficult enough

as it is on the streets being a non-white police officer..

What? Without having the pressure of giving evidence at your misconduct hearing?

Sorry, is that what you're saying?

You were in the youth court today.

How do you know that? We've been watching you. Why?

We can offer you heavier, classier work all round, Mr Reader, in a heavier, classier set.

You're headhunting me? I'd want to block out your year in advance...

three months fraud, a murder, a five-week summer holiday, some sex, more fraud...

That sounds like a silk's practice. Six of the last 12 judges you've

appeared in front of are former members of chambers.

We got three out of three last time round. Your silk application is...

unlikely to fail.

This is...

out of the blue. Has to be.

When we find somebody we want, we move very quickly.

I need to know. I've done this before and, in this situation,

a barrister's whole career is on the line during the time it takes to make his choice.

If the set he's thinking of leaving find out, he's out the door,

and if that happens, the new set don't want him either because of the bad smell.

Three words above all others at the criminal bar...

loyalty, loyalty, loyalty.

When you go into loyalty limbo, you're risking everything.

So decide quick. I've got a pupil.

She'd be compromised if she doesn't move with you,

which wouldn't be fair on someone so important to your happiness.

You can bring Miss Cranitch with you... we like her too.

How do you know about Niamh? Just doing my job properly.

How long have I got? You probably need a pee, don't you?

What? Go for a pee, wash your hands, take a look in the mirror,

come back, give me your answer.

One of the things we like so much about you, Mr Reader,

is your ability to think on your feet.

Niamh? Clive.

Listen very carefully. I've got you a tenancy. Yeah, yeah. 'No, no. Listen.'

With me, another set. Oh, God. 'I need an answer now.'

I can't now, I'll have to think about it. I mean, for God's sake.

No, no, it has to be now, or the whole thing could just collapse.

Er, meet me in five minutes.

Where? 'Er, Fountain Court.' OK.

I need a bit longer.

One hour.

I'm not moving.

Clive's just offered me a tenancy somewhere else.

What do you mean? He's leaving.

What do you mean, "he's leaving"? He's jumping ship.

And he wants you to go with him? Yeah.

God.

What are you going to do?

It would leave it wide open for you here, wouldn't it?

Yeah, yeah, I guess so.

In a way, you don't' have a choice. Why not?

You'd be tainted if you stayed.

It's awful, but...

when somebody jumps ship, chambers never forgets.

You'd be like a memory of me.

I love Shoe Lane, and believe me,

I wouldn't even be thinking about doing this to go anywhere else but this set.

You father would be very happy.

This is the oldest, best, criminal set in London, no argument.

Billy?

My dad was a clerk.

Lovely old chancery set in Lincoln's Inn.

He got me into clerking when I left school.

Friend of a friend.

Right. I didn't know it at the time, but my old man was ill.

Bowel cancer.

I came into chambers the afternoon he died and just got on with it.

It's what he would have wanted.

And for an hour, I felt more alone than I've ever felt,

and then it was five o'clock and you lot all came in from court...

and I watched you come in and I knew...

that this is my family.

Is there something you want to tell me, Sir?

You broke my heart.

It was... You were going to say yes to him.

Am I finished? In chambers?

Tomorrow night. We'll talk.

I'll come and find you and we'll talk.

Did you tell anyone?

Jesus Christ, Niamh, who?

Nick?

Drink, Clive?

Uh, this isn't a good moment. I...

I've already been for a drink.

I think you should come for another.

So, how long have you known?

Couple of weeks. Fuck me, Martha. I did.

Oh, God...

Oh, God, no...

I mean, that's...

When are you, when are you going to...?

What? You know?

What? What do they call it now?

Termination.

Is money... Do you want me to...

The private hospital that did my knee was excellent.

I'm keeping the baby. I just thought you should know.

It's your right as the father.

I don't want anything from you.

You're keeping it?

I mean, I just... I just assumed with work and how much it means...

Well, your work is your life, so I just, I just presumed...

It's gone. Sorry?

Your charm.

HE DIALS

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

Marth?

So... Nottingham?

Well, it only happened the once, Clive, so it would have to be, wouldn't it?

We were brilliant, weren't we? The sex or the trial?

Well, as far as one night stands go, it feels like a good start for him...

or her...

in coming off the back of that kind of, triumph, really.

Sorry, that was really rambling and stupid.

What I'm trying to say is you can count on me, Martha.

Whatever you want by way of support for this baby, you'll get from me.

Does Billy know? Yes.

Not who the father is.

I'm sure Billy thinks you're better than me. In court.

Maybe he's right.

I'm good at this job, Martha, I haven't come across anyone in

court who's better, but you've got that extra thing.

I can act it, I can get a jury to believe it,

but the real thing...

you can't match Martha Costello for passion.

Does he take sugar? What?

The real Clive Reader.

Ah, yes, one, please.

What's your police misconduct about?

I'm a fast track woman who says something unspeakable to a colleague in public.

On the balance of probabilities, post McPherson, I'd say you might be in trouble.

Who's the panel?

Oh, it's a Superintendent Haig and...

somebody Carruthers. Alan Carruthers? Do you know him?

For about three months he read me by bedtime story. What do you mean?

A tape, I'll get it for you, you'll love it.

I never got to use it because they offered no evidence against my client, this Nigerian guy.

It was the most frustrating not guilty I've ever had.

When can you get it for me?

I'll have to chase up the solicitor. Tomorrow night?

The thing about misconduct hearings is, they make it all informal

so they can control everything and get the result they want. Fewer rules, more discretion,

nobody gets off... I noticed.

Do I have to say it?

I'm afraid so.

She called me "a lazy nigger".

Did she do, or say anything else?

She laughed.

She laughed?

Yes.

Do you want to be here today?

No. Why not?

I don't like seeing a fellow officer in the dock.

Even one that called you what she called you?

Have you known the accused a long time?

Five years.

Is it right that the accused was incredibly supportive

when you were beaten up last year by a gang of youths?

Yes.

Beyond what you'd expect from a colleague?

Yes.

And the laughter, that's not in your statement.

Maybe he didn't want to make things worse for the accused.

What kind of laugh was it?

Was it callous? Mean?

No.

Did you report what she said? No. Why not?

Is it because you weren't offended by it?

How could he fail to be offended? Who reported it? Someone else.

So not any of the others from your police station? No.

So are they all tolerant of racism?

Would they let that kind of remark go? No, no, of course not.

Of course not. Because this police station is anti-racist.

This police station wants to stamp out racism.

But this police station didn't report this.

Why?

I want you to give evidence, because you're going to lose the job you love if you don't.

There's something you're not saying, isn't there?

I don't want to take him down with me. Who?

Johnson?

If you do it, I can save you.

Trust me.

Why did you say what you said on that day in the police van?

It was the same estate. As when?

He was beaten up, a year ago, by a gang of youths. Badly?

Three weeks in hospital.

So when he found himself back there - same estate, same sort of situation...

he didn't look happy about getting out of the van.

So what did you do?

I made the biggest mistake of my life.

I tried to help him by saying what I said...

to make a joke, to give him confidence.

Why didn't you say anything of this when the complaint was first made against you?

You're never going to get these people to understand it.

I've said enough. Have you?

I think there's something you haven't said.

It was reciprocated. Go on.

PC Johnson used to call me a name.

What name? I'm not going to say. Why not?

It was in the same spirit - no offence meant, or taken.

But they're not going to see that, are they?

What would be the point in him losing his job too? You're protecting him?

If the accused won't say what was said, it's unlikely we'll believe it's true.

I want you to do this.

I think you care very deeply about the police force and what it could become.

It's now or never, Rachna.

Prince Harry.

He called somebody "my little Paki friend"...

PC Johnson picked it up and he used to say it to me.

A two-way joke between us.

I'm sorry. Why are you sorry?

Because I don't want him to lose his career. Why not?

Because he's not a racist.

Are you? No.

Incriminating another officer won't help your client, Miss Costello.

Here you are, Miss. You are at the Crown. Thank you.

Sir, you are at Hammersmith Mags.

Tape? Yeah. Sir?

Billy will be with you in a sec.

What's all that about?

It's just Billy stuff, you know.

Two things. First, the medal.

How do you know about that?

You won't get this, Billy, being a clerk and not a lawyer,

but it seems to me you're conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

You wouldn't go with that. Empty threat? And what's the second thing?

New life.

You what?

I'm going to be a father.

Who's the...

It's...

changed me, to be honest.

I want to give Martha

stability,

money, shared responsibility...

I respect that woman...

so much.

And the last thing she needs at this pivotal moment in her life

is the father of her child being kicked out of chambers.

So what do you want?

I want to stay.

And I don't want anyone to know I tried to leave.

And what are you going to give me? I'll drop the move against you.

And Martha's baby will have

a caring, responsible father.

I need more from you, sir.

Well, I can't give you any more.

I think you can.

I want you on the inside of this coup working for me, feeding me everything I need to know.

I want you to be my mole.

How's the knee sir? Er, it's fine... Does this hurt?

If you ever try this again, I will finish you.

I will not let chambers break up.

Do you understand me, sir?

Good boy... "sir".

HE SOBS

What's the matter?

Oh, stupid, sorry.

What?

This baby, it's...

a huge thing, isn't it?

If you're not in court tomorrow,

will you do something for me?

Absolutely.

Bright and early, Miss Costello.

I need to talk to you.

Is that appropriate? Appropriate? Now there's a word.

Excuse me.

MUFFLED CHATTER ON TAPE

What is this?

RAUCOUS LAUGHTER ON TAPE

VOICE ON TAPE: 'If they're Nigerian, nick 'em.

'Steady. Just nick the bastards and 99 times out of 100 something will stick.

'The most dishonest people on earth.

'Germany win at football, Italians run away

'and every last black in Lagos is a scam merchant.'

Remember?

This is no good to you.

This isn't evidence.

You can't even tell who it is on the tape.

Which is why I'm not going to try.

So what are you going to do? Rules of natural justice.

I wanted you to hear first what the Daily Mirror is about to receive.

You wouldn't dare. Why don't you ask him how far I'm prepared to go to get a just result?

Sex?

I've got a speech to make.

Not a complete "no", then.

It's 17 years since Stephen Lawrence was murdered,

and 12 since the MacPherson report labelled this organisation institutionally racist.

I think we've reached a critical point in the history of the Met.

Why?

Because Rachna Ali and PC Johnson were trying to laugh at racism.

Lampooning racism isn't racism,

it's the strongest possible weapon against it.

And their colleagues at the police station understood that.

But when an outside officer heard what he heard and complained about it,

they got frightened - I mean, of course they did, and they reverted

to knee jerk correctness, regardless of meaning, regardless of motive,

in line with policy, in line with what people at the top are saying.

People like you. Nobody will criticise you if you keep using

a big sledgehammer to crack down on racism and, in fact, you'll probably get applauded for it.

But it won't be fair on this woman.

It won't be just or morally right.

If you're brave enough to find Rachna Ali not guilty, you will be doing a huge service

to the police force she has been so proud to represent.

You will be saying

we are no longer defined by our racist history.

You will be saying, we are no longer afraid of our past.

Verdict in the morning. Thank you.

Please don't tell Noah I said this.

He's under huge pressure at home because four out of the five kids are ill.

He wants to return the case at the Bailey but doesn't feel he can without letting chambers down.

He really should though. I mean, for the sake of his marriage, actually.

I'll deal with it.

Mr Zeigler, sir.

Have you given any thought to what we were talking about?

I believe in tipping points.

I think if Martha came over to us and people saw that she was moving

against Billy, she's got so much integrity...

Billy, I need to talk to you now.

It would say everything we need to say. The rest of chambers would follow...

You've taken me off the Bailey case, this is unforgivable!

Back to being opponents.

Don't take this the wrong way...

but if I was Chambers, I'd take you ahead of me.

What would be the wrong way to take a comment like that, Nick?

You fit in. Which you might not think is completely a compliment.

I mean, the Bar is made for you.

Daddy the judge and all that.

You've got a... What?

Oh, just a chip.

What?

You know, because of my father, because of my background,

everybody thinks I'm going to make it. Which is bloody hard, actually.

If you were chambers, who would you take?

Me.

We find the accused officer guilty.

But we have decided not to dismiss the accused or to ask her to resign.

She will be cautioned.

We are confident she can look forward to a long and successful career. Good morning.

So you wouldn't have any objection if I started talking to Martha?

OK. She's going after Martha.

I want to know.

PHONE RINGS

Martha!

We won. Yeah. We won it.

Fantastic. That's great news.

Oh, by the way, Kate's looking for you.

You need a good prosecution under your belt before this interview.

It's been a long time since we were against each other.

Big kudos for us acting for both sides.

His face was just a mass of blood. Did you intend to kill him?

It's just not me, prosecution.

You actually hacked into his computer? Thousands unaccounted for.

You want me in your gang when you kick Billy out the door.

If I was prosecuting this case, I'd cut a deal.

And if I were defending, Tony Paddick would walk.

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