22/04/2014 River City

Petey, you're just a kid, it's not your fault.

-I'm telling the truth.

-I know you are. And you know what?

There's at least one other person in that court

-that knows you're telling the truth, as well.

-Who?

Your dad.

Dominic William Roberts,

you have been found guilty of the crime of murder,

for which you must serve a term of life imprisonment.

I love you, Petey!

-England versus Scotland?

-Yeah.

-Planning a trip down to London together.

-Brilliant.

I feel responsible for him.

You helped convicted his mother's killer,

cos that's what you're paid to do.

You're not responsible for Petey Roberts.

-What happens to him now?

-You say cheerio and good luck.

MUSIC: "Cry From The Street" by David Gilmour

All right, Danny?

Samuel?

Come on, you've got court today, you cannae be late.

Samuel?

He's no' answering, Raymy.

Jesus!

Raymy, phone an ambulance!

-LOUD CHATTER

-Can you move out the way?

Quiet!

HOLLERING AND CHEERING

Shut up, man!

CHEERING CONTINUES

HE LAUGHS

Is it just me or is this a wee bit weird?

Yeah, it is a bit weird.

Weird good or weird bad?

Good, definitely good.

-You'll be late for work.

-Oh, work can wait.

Daydreaming already? We've no' even started yet?

Just feeling good, that's all.

-Hmm.

-New member of staff?

Aye. He's feeling a wee bit under the weather.

He better not be spreading it about in here.

Aw, thanks for the sympathy. And don't worry.

Lenny's coming to pick him up.

-Lenny?

-Aye.

-Lenny Murdoch?

-Aye, Lenny Murdoch.

What?

Nothing. Just a bit surprised, that's all.

Well, there's no point living in the past, is there?

No.

-We just all need to get on with our lives.

-You're right.

-So what are you saying about it?

-Nothing.

You're lying.

-I'm not.

-Aye, you are!

-I'm not.

-Aye, you are!

Will stayed at mine last night.

SHE GASPS

Oh. Nice of you to join us, Cooper(!)

Yeah, sorry, sir, the traffic was terrible this morning.

Yeah, well, if I wanted a traffic report, I'll turn on the radio.

I need you to go to St Mungo's

and interview the victim of a serious assault.

-Are you not coming?

-No, I'd rather stay here,

in case ACC Walters decides to show her hand.

OK, what am I dealing with?

Er, took place in a halfway house for young people on the South Side.

Won't uniform be dealing with that?

No, it won't. It's notorious, this place.

It's just one thing after another.

-Er, if Walters wants to see you, let me know.

-Mm-hm.

Well, at least you get to go out. I'm stuck here.

Why don't they just let you get on with your job?

If I have one, that is.

Look, you've got nothing to worry about, trust me.

That's easy for you to say.

DC COOPER: OK, thank you.

Excuse me?

I didn't get a chance to introduce myself earlier. I'm DC Cooper.

I'm Sandra Devlin, his social worker.

-Anything you can tell me?

-Um, well, I discovered him this morning,

lying in a pool of his own blood.

I called an ambulance. That's all I know.

Was he definitely attacked?

Well, he was lying face down with a large wound at the back of his head.

I mean, I'm no expert, but I can't see how else it could have happened.

Any idea who the perpetrator might be?

I wouldn't want to speculate on something so serious as that.

Well, this was a brutal attack, so I'll take anything you've got.

I know how brutal it was, I was in the ambulance with Samuel.

Look, I need to be getting back,

I've got other clients that I need to see back at the house.

I'll give you a lift. I'll need to speak to everyone there anyway.

Some of them won't talk to you. They don't trust the police.

I'll take my chances.

OK.

-Seen better days.

-Haven't we all?

What are they for - to keep the residents in or someone else out?

A bit of both. There are some really scary people out there.

So what exactly is this place?

Well, it's a halfway house for teenagers who've got problems.

-The last resort?

-Definitely.

-..two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight...

-All right?

That's the office.

Ash!

Take the ball outside, will you?

Ash, take the ball outside!

This is the games room.

CHATTER AND LAUGHTER

This can't pass inspections, can it?

They've been threatening to pull it down for years,

but we've got to find somewhere else to place them first.

Then, they'll pull it down, bury the misery along with the rubble.

HE SIGHS

The place has a high turnover. Damaged kids are a growth industry!

I can see that.

Samuel Jardine's room.

I thought he was dead.

I couldn't hear him breathing.

I never realised there was so much blood on the carpet.

It might still turn into a murder inquiry, according to the doctor.

SHE SIGHS

Is there anyone that might've had a motive to attack Samuel?

I've been his social worker for three years.

I could give you a long list of people who'd want to damage him.

So not exactly an angel, then? Thank you.

-Oh, you still have a spot of blood on your hand.

-Oh...

Thanks.

You know, he...he was due in court this morning on assault charges.

Assaulting a pensioner.

How long has he been here?

Um, a month.

What's the security like in the building?

Well, there's a front desk and the door gets closed at 12,

and then no-one's allowed in and out after that.

So, it's possible to say that the attack

could've been carried out by somebody already in here?

Yeah, it's possible.

Who is that boy out there?

You know, two and two doesn't always make four in here, DC Cooper.

So, who is he?

His name's Danny Gallacher. He's a troubled boy.

But he's his own worst enemy, rather than anyone else's.

-You his social worker, too?

-Yeah. He's got problems - Danny.

He's been nosing around since I got here.

Have you made up your mind already?

-I'm sorry.

-It's OK. You had a real shock this morning.

He's a good kid - Danny.

With all due respect, Sandra, I think, from your point of view,

-they're all good kids.

-Well, they are.

They've just been unlucky that every adults in their lives let them down.

Well, I'll need to speak to them all.

-They don't trust the police.

-I understand.

They don't trust anybody.

< BUZZ OF CONVERSATION

Peter, where have you been?

You're on the list to be seen, OK? Come on.

No, it's fine. Thanks for letting me know.

I'll be two minutes.

My 11:30's just cancelled.

-Don't change the subject.

-I'm not.

-How did it happen?

She just phoned and said she didn't want the appointment.

That's not what I'm not talking about that.

-I don't know how it happened.

-Why, were you not there?

-I'm not going into details.

-That's not what I asked.

So, how long has Lenny been baby-sitting Cal?

-Not long.

-How did that happen?

-What?

-Were you not there?

Sometimes, things just happen.

-You don't know why or how, but they just do.

-Exactly.

And you don't question it, you just keep going -

one foot in front of the other.

I think you've just answered your own question.

Do you know what you're doing, though?

Maybe the trick is to just let things happen, don't over-think it.

Be careful.

You, too.

She came into the office, totally looked straight through me,

then left without saying a word.

Walters didn't get to where she is today

by giving anything away or leaving anything to chance.

-What if it's something I said?

-Is that what she said to you?

She never anything! She just looked at me and left.

-What if she's found something new?

-She hasn't.

Maybe somebody's come forward and said something against me.

Like what? You didn't do anything wrong.

-SHE SIGHS

-A woman's dead because of me.

-Do you want to go for a drink?

-It's true... What?

Tonight, after work, do you want to have a drink?

-A drink?

-So we can chat.

So we can chat?

Or so you can repeat everything I say?

-Tonight?

-After work.

Yes.

LOUD CHATTER OUTSIDE

So, tell me again from the start.

I had my dinner at six - macaroni cheese and chips.

I didn't eat the chips. I went to the games room,

had a couple of games of pool. I was tired, I went to bed at ten.

-Any witnesses to that?

-Aye, the cockroaches in my room.

So, you can't account for your whereabouts at time of the attack?

I was in my room. Everybody was in their room.

They don't have witnesses, either.

What's your relationship to Samuel Jardine?

-He's not nice.

-In what way?

-He likes to hurt people.

-Did he hurt you?

-Yeah.

-How did that make you feel?

-Not good, that's why I hate him.

-Strong words.

-I hope he dies.

Did YOU attack Samuel Jardine?

-Did you attack Samuel Jardine?

-No, but I wish I had.

-So, you're glad he was attacked?

-He thought he was untouchable.

-Where were you last night?

-He didn't think about repercussions.

Are you responsible for the attack on Samuel Jardine?

-You trying to trick me?

-Did you try and kill Samuel Jardine?

-No!

-Ever been involved in violence?

-I'm not trying to hide anything.

I said I attacked my teacher once, cos he tried to have sex with me.

Were you violent towards Samuel Jardine?

Sammy Jardine was a bully! He liked to piss on people for a laugh!

What goes around, comes around. Look, are we done here?

- GIRL: Gonnae move? - BOY: No!

GIRL: Aye! Move!

-Well?

-He did it.

Look, I attended his mother's funeral with him a few months ago.

He's not been the same since.

He admitted to a history of violence. I knew it.

And he'd been treated at the hospital a couple of weeks ago

after Samuel Jardine attacked him.

I'll need to see the rest of them, alone.

Me too, I can't wait either. Bye. KNOCK ON DOOR

This is, er, Peter Roberts. Sorry we're late.

Have a seat, Peter.

Um, I'll be just outside, OK?

Petey? How long have you been here?

Petey, it's me, Will.

Well, talk to me.

How long's he been here?

Look, I'm sorry, I don't feel comfortable

talking about him like he's not in the room.

I know him. It's Petey Roberts, I know him.

Oh, well, um, he's been here three months.

He's been passed from pillar to post.

He's not had an easy time of it.

I'll get his file, if that is OK with you, Peter?

Petey, I want to help.

What's happened to you?

This is awful.

How is he be expected to get over seeing his father murder his mother?

Not that. What's happened since. I thought you were

-supposed to be protecting him?

-Well, I could say the same about you!

He's been attacked twice since he's been in here.

What sort of place is this?

The kind of place people like you people don't notice, DC Cooper,

until you get a personal interest.

-He's not a violent kid.

-How do you know?

I know Petey Roberts.

I'm sorry, Petey, I have to ask you this.

Can you account for your movements last night?

Did you know Samuel Jardine?

HE SPEAKS SOFTLY What was that?

I don't want to talk in here.

Why not?

Because they're all watching.

Where, then?

Anywhere, just not in here.

We're going to take a breath of fresh air.

-I don't know about that.

-That's not up to you.

Can we go or not?

Follow me.

Where have you been?

I've been busy. A lot's happened to me.

A lot's happened to me, too, you know.

My father's been very ill.

My father's in jail.

My mother's dead.

I meant to get in touch.

But you didn't. You never even phoned me

about the England-Scotland game, after you gave me the tickets.

I sent you a text. I told you to take someone else.

Who? Who could I go with? Who'd want to go with me?

Well, I don't know. Who did you go with?

-I didn't.

-You didn't go?

Well, look, if you're angry at me, we can deal with that later?

Right now, I need to find out what is happening at that place.

I'm worried about you.

-Don't.

-Well, I am.

I've been in a lot worse places than that, believe me.

Samuel Jardine?

You gave me my phone, so it's not like you lost my number.

-Tell me about him?

-So, you could have contacted me.

Samuel Jardine.

HE SIGHS

Always taking money, always hurting people.

Did he hurt you?

-I keep myself to myself.

-Who did he hurt?

Who did he hurt, Petey?

I saw Danny.

Is that what you want me to say?

I saw Danny leaving Jardine's room.

What did you see?

I think it was a pool cue.

There was...blood dripping off it.

OK, Petey, that's good, you've done well.

He's not a bad guy.

And you definitely saw him leaving Samuel Jardine's room

on the night of the attack?

Will Samuel wake up?

We don't know that yet.

-You've got to be kidding me.

-I wish I was.

Look, Peter Roberts is no angel, either.

I know Petey.

-How well do you know him?

-Well enough.

Look, think about what you're doing. I mean, what evidence do you have?

-I can't reveal my evidence to you.

-Because you don't have any!

You made up your mind the minute you walked into this building!

Look, I know what I'm doing OK?

You wanted to see me?

Danny, will you come to the station,

so that we can question you further about the Samuel Jardine attack?

-Am I being arrested?

-Not yet.

I didn't do anything!

Look, it's all right, Danny, I'll come with you.

-Follow me.

-But I didn't do anything!

You're not doing yourself any favours here, Danny.

You can't account for your movements at the time of the attack.

The victim has history with you

-and you said you hoped he wouldn't wake up?

-I didn't do it.

-Who did, then?

-I don't know.

Oh, come on, Danny! Jardine had you in hospital a couple of weeks ago.

He put a lot of people in hospital.

Did it feel good, to get your own back?

How would I know?

Do you have a temper, Danny?

I didn't do anything.

What do you think you're doing?

-He did it.

-He may have done, but you're a policeman. Use your head!

Look, he did it, he's got every reason in the world to do it.

Prove it!

All right, I will, just give me five minutes alone with him.

He'll tell the truth, then.

Have you lost your mind? What is going on with you?

HE SIGHS

-Petey Roberts.

-What about him?

-He's been put in that awful house.

-You interviewed him?

-Yeah, and read his file.

You would not believe what's happened to him since the trial.

That's none of our business. We got a conviction, end of story.

That's what you said at the time.

-You were wrong then and you're wrong now.

-Sorry?

Look, we used him to convict his father.

A boy that had been through all that trauma, we used him,

then we dumped him back into the system and that hurt him even more.

We are not his baby-sitters.

Then what are we? What are we?

Look, I told you at the time, don't let it become personal.

Too late, it is. What, are we just going to stand back and do nothing?

Right, what did Petey say?

That he saw Danny coming out of Samuel Jardine's room

on the night of the attack carrying a pool cue covered in blood.

-Where's the pool cue?

-Oh, just...

He did it!

I want him held overnight, see if that loosens his tongue.

Now is not the time to be bending the rules.

HE LAUGHS: Yeah, that's right.

-They're only allowed to be bent when you do it?

-I beg your pardon?

I think you heard.

I'm going to cut you some slack,

cos you're obviously upset about the boy.

Don't push your luck.

-We've a witness who places you at the scene.

-What witness?

-Saw you leaving Jardine's room with a weapon in your hand.

-What weapon?

-You tell me.

-I didn't do anything.

-Who did, then, Danny?

-FRUSTRATED SIGH

Daniel Gallacher, you are charged that, on the 21st of April 2014,

-you did strike Samuel Jardine on the head.

-Is that absolutely necessary?

-We'll be detaining you overnight.

-What?!

See if you feel more like talking tomorrow.

This is DC Cooper, terminating the interview at 1812.

What, are you actually keeping me in here?

I didn't do anything wrong.

It wasn't me!

-Er, no! Take your hands off me!

-It'll be all right, Danny!

Do something about it, then!

You better have looked at every scrap of evidence

and pray that it's right,

cos, from where I was sitting, I think he's telling the truth.

-Petey saw him.

-Well, check every bit of evidence,

then check it again, cos if that's an innocent boy in there,

it's you who'll be responsible. How are you going to feel, then, eh?

MUSIC: "Afterglow" by Wilkinson

INAUDIBLE SPEECH

-SONG BLASTS ON HEADPHONES

-The phone.

-DC COOPER: 'I can talk to people.'

-I don't care.

-'Explain your situation.'

-You're too late!

'Don't say that, Petey.'

Look, I've told you what's happened to me here.

-Do I need to draw you a picture?

-'No, you do not.'

Look...

I'll be fine.

'Maybe you could come and stay with me for a while.'

Petey?

'Petey, are you there?'

You've travelled all across America, right through Canada,

got on to a big ocean liner across the Atlantic! We're nearly there!

Oh, no, you're going to overtake me

just as we get to the finish line!

-Oh, he's won again!

-THEY LAUGH

Hey, listen, sorry I'm late. We got held up.

That's all right. We're having a great time here.

Look, let him take the cars with him? I've no use for them here.

Right, OK.

Right, I'll go and get your stuff, all right?

-One more game?

-Yey!

Listen, thanks.

I should be thanking you.

I was always too busy to play with my own boys.

Right, pal, this time, we're going to start at the South Pole, OK?

You ready? I'm going to use the big truck this time, OK?

I'm not good at this.

-What?

-This.

What is this?

I don't know.

-I'm just not good at it.

-You're doing fine.

I'm not good at most things, really, to be honest.

Don't be ridiculous, you're a DCI.

Oh, my job, yes, I'm OK at my job, but...

..everything else... I'm just...useless.

-I keep thinking about Mandy Kennedy.

-Don't.

-I can't help it.

-Don't.

We brought her in and questioned her.

We made it look like she was co-operating with us.

-It was my idea.

-Yeah, and I backed it from the start.

We had no way of anticipating what was going to happen, no way.

We didn't think further than our own case, and that's the truth of it.

I still feel like I'm to blame for her death.

You need to stop that.

I can't help it.

-Do you want to get out of here?

-Am I embarrassing you?

No!

Yeah, a bit, but only because we're in the job.

-I just don't want people to see.

-Yeah, don't worry.

Or to think I caused it.

I won't fall apart.

Look, let's get out of here, then you can fall apart all you like.

That didn't come out right.

-I'm so sorry.

-Don't worry.

I'm not annoyed, I'm just glad you're here.

Oh! That bad?

Er...not great.

I told somebody.

-Kelly-Marie?

-I can't hide anything from her.

She says it's like I'm having an affair.

Well, you are.

With my ain husband, that doesn't count.

-They're the best kind.

-What about you?

I kept catching myself first thing.

And then, the rest of the day caught up with you?

Something like that.

-See how this is really good and we're both dead happy?

-Yeah.

That only gets spoiled when we can't talk to each other.

I just don't want to bother you.

When you bottle things up, they still have to come out, remember?

Yeah, you're right.

-I saw Petey Roberts today.

-Who?

-The boy from the trial.

-Oh, yeah, I remember, how's he?

Not great.

Terrible, actually.

What's happened?

Look, you know what? I'm fine, honestly.

-I don't want to spoil this.

-You're not spoiling anything.

I should've helped him.

I didn't.

He's been put in a home.

-Damaged. A lot worse than before.

-Can you not get him moved?

He's already been moved from pillar to post.

I should have kept in touch.

Well, you're in touch now - that's the important thing.

-He's been let down again and again.

-There's only so much you can do.

I kept thinking about my dad today, how I nearly lost him.

Well, it must have been a million times worse for Petey.

You got a second chance, just be grateful for it.

I know.

And you can't be Petey's father either.

But who does he have?

Who cares if he lives or dies?

You do.

MUSIC: "Neon" by Sander van Doorn

PEOPLE CHATTER

Late for work two days on the trot.

-I'm a bad influence.

-Aw, long may it continue.

-I'll see you tonight.

-Mm-hm.

Hey. Where have you been?

The staff said that you weren't in your room last night.

Where's Danny?

He's been arrested, kept him in overnight.

If someone says I can go and live with them...

could I go?

Um, well, it depends who it was.

Someone who wants to look after me.

Look, you're 17, you can live anywhere you want, Peter.

I need to go down to the police station and see Danny.

How's he doing?

He's not good.

He'll be all right.

-You all right, Danny?

-Mmm.

Morning.

Interview with Daniel Gallagher commences at 10am.

In attendance are DC Cooper, DCI Donald and Sandra Devlin.

Did you get some breakfast?

I wasn't hungry.

Did you sleep all right?

You know that I didn't.

Anything to tell us?

This is your last chance, Danny.

-I didn't do it.

-You're going to need to do better than that.

Look, I saw him going into the room after Sammy.

I knew something was going to happen after...he...pissed on him.

Who are you talking about?

Peter Roberts.

Look, I don't blame him. I would've done the exact same thing.

You really expect us to believe that?

Look, I heard a struggle. I just hoped Peter was all right.

And then, he came out, covered in blood with the pool cue in his hand.

-Did he see you?

-Aye, but he ran off.

-Where to?

The garage. I watched him through the window.

He put the pool cue in a wheelie bin and then he went to the old garage.

All right and where's that?

Just round from the house. We drink there sometimes.

And where are the bins?

Outside the house. I watched him go.

Petey Roberts wouldn't hurt anyone.

Nah, I saw his face.

And I've never seen anyone look like that before.

I still don't believe it.

Petey Roberts, he wouldn't hurt a fly.

He'd attacked a female teacher when we first came across him.

I know, but I can't see him doing this.

That's because you've allowed yourself to get too close to him.

Use your training, follow the evidence.

-Sir?

-Get yourself down the house,

find this garage, search through the bins.

That's where you'll find some physical evidence.

-If they see me searching, and do a runner.

-Who?

Whoever did this.

Will you listen to yourself?

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

DC Cooper?

Oh...

Right, yeah, I'll be right down.

Well, we'll know for sure now.

Samuel Jardine has just regained consciousness.

So I'll get down to the hospital.

Good.

What are you waiting for?

INAUDIBLE

-Why won't you answer my questions, Petey?

-Why are you asking them?

-You know why.

-Do I?

Yes, you do.

Am I in trouble here?

-Stop acting, Petey. It's not working.

-Who asked you?

Tough guy now, are we?

HE LAUGHS

Oh! You two made me put my dad in jail.

Were you in Samuel Jardine's room on the night of the attack?

You saw me bury my own mother.

And then you made me put my dad in jail.

Did you at any time touch the pool cue that was in the room?

You think this is funny?

We spoke to Samuel this morning.

Was he asking for me?

-We know what happened, Petey.

-Why don't you tell me, then.

I found the pool cue...

covered in blood and fingerprints...

..a bloody T-shirt...

..and Samuel's statement

saying that he saw you before you struck him.

Forensics have confirmed your fingerprints in blood on the weapon

and Samuel's blood on your T-shirt.

You promised.

But you're just like all the rest of them, aren't you?

You made your own decisions, Petey.

Why are you so interested, Will?

You weren't interested last week, were you?

-Where were you, then?

-This is getting us nowhere.

Why did you do it, Petey?

Nobody hurts me.

Nobody touches me unless I want them to.

Do you want me to tell you what I think happened?

Drink has taken over your life.

You're usually on your own, but always desperate to join in,

just to try and stop that... loneliness.

Then the latest in a long line of terrible things happens to you.

You felt determined

and you decided you wouldn't take it any more.

You just wanted it to stop.

Make him feel the way you'd felt.

How many beatings have you taken in your life, Petey?

How many times have you wished you could kill someone?

You followed Samuel Jardine.

What you going to do with that, big man?

The latest in a long line of bullies that started with your father.

And all those months of pain came flooding through your body.

It was Samuel Jardine lying on the floor,

but it was your father you were hurting...

..and every other single person that's hurt you in your life.

So, you hit him, and you hit him again,

and you couldn't stop.

Danny saw you.

You looked at him and it was like looking in a mirror.

You saw the fear in his eyes and you...you realised what you'd done.

Interview suspended at 13.30 hours.

Give me five minutes with him.

No.

Please.

DOOR SHUTS

I'm sorry.

-I let you down.

-I don't care.

I know you do. You had to get steaming drunk before you did it.

That's because you couldn't do it sober, because it's not you.

How do you know who I am?

See when you said I was hitting everybody that hurt me.

Was I hitting you, too?

Petey, just listen to me.

You hated what your father was.

-Did I?

-Yes. Always protecting your mother.

You had to watch him beat her black and blue.

If it was now, I'd take a kitchen knife to him.

-No, you wouldn't.

-I would, believe me.

You are not your father.

-How would you know?

-I know more than you think.

I was a violent man. A very violent man.

You know how it feels, then. People stop hurting you.

They look the other way when you catch their eye.

-It feels good.

-For a bit, yeah.

I hated my dad, hated him,

and I promised myself I wouldn't be like him, but I was.

I battered the person I loved

because I couldn't understand or control that anger inside.

I'd become the man I hated, and so have you.

I used to lie in my bed at night and cry.

Stuffing the blanket into my mouth so that he wouldn't hear me.

Just listening to my mum begging for mercy.

And I'd just lie there, frozen.

You were just a kid, Petey.

I'd say a prayer

and wish that someone would come and save us...

me and my mum.

I prayed so hard.

None of that was your fault.

But see if I had been different...

if I had been the one to stand up to him...

-..she'd still be here.

-You don't know that.

But then everywhere I go...

there's violence and more violence.

Hurting me, humiliating me.

What am I supposed to do?

Keep praying?

I can get someone to come and talk to you.

I was crying the other night when it happened.

I just knew that I wasn't going to take it any more.

I got up and knew I just had to put a stop to it once and for all.

I still wish he was dead.

Why do you care about me?

Because it's like... it's like looking into a mirror

and seeing myself a long time ago.

That's why.

You were too late.

We'll be charging you with attempted murder.

You'll be going to jail for a long time, do you understand?

You prefer me when I'm a victim, don't you?

You don't like me standing up for myself.

When you get out, I'll be waiting.

This...

isn't the end,

and I won't let you down again.

Like I said.

I don't care.

Interview resumes at 13.34 hours. In attendance, as before.

Peter Roberts, you are charged that, on the 21st of April 2014,

you did strike Samuel Jardine

over the head several times with a pool cue.

You did attempt to murder him.

Do you understand?

OK.

Interview terminated - 13.35 hours.

You really cared about him.

I still do.

I wish it had turned out differently.

I should have done better.

We could all do better.

I could have helped him.

My mother's dead

and my father tried to kill himself a while back, and...

..when I thought he was going to die, I felt alone.

-I've never felt so alone.

-That's normal.

The point is, I'm a grown man.

Petey watched his father kill his mother. He saw it.

-What does that do to someone?

-Look, you've done all you can.

No, I didn't. I really didn't.

How many Peteys are there out there?

How many kids are suffocated by life before they even get started?

And you wish you could change it?

I will. When Petey gets out, I'll be waiting for him.

I'll make sure he gets another chance at life.

Listen, there are lots of kids out there needing help.

Thanks.

Phone me, any time, if you want to talk.

-How do you do it?

-What?

Care for them, work with them,

when you see so many fall through the cracks.

I do what I can. That's it.

I couldn't do it.

I'll see you about?

If this proposal is passed,

it could mean a road running right through here,

and that would include the compulsory purchase

and demolition of the health centre.

You want to speak to the man in charge?

Well, that's me. Alan Lindsay.

So, what's going on? This land has only just gone up for sale.

-I havenae bought it.

-Who has bought it?

That's no' for me to say, but I'm sure you can find out, Councillor.

You were found in a car, senseless with alcohol,

evidence of drinking in the passenger seat.

Listen to me. I was asleep in the back of the car.

Oh, well, that's OK. You still got your licence, then?

Cos I don't need a driver that cannae drive.

-Just wan dr...wan drink.

-Gabriel, just go. Look at you.

Who do you think you are?!