:00:45. > :01:42.All you've got to do is stand up in that court and tell them the truth.
:01:43. > :01:52.On the other side of town or something?
:01:53. > :01:56.We went through his diary, to see if he had any other meetings
:01:57. > :01:58.but he could have gone somewhere else, couldn't he?
:01:59. > :02:01.To check on a car or something. And if we can prove that,
:02:02. > :02:04.then the jury are going to start wondering, aren't they?
:02:05. > :02:06.How could Dad have done anything to Carl's brakes
:02:07. > :02:08.if he was somewhere else at the same time?
:02:09. > :02:10.No, he was in the Square, planning Uncle Jack's birthday.
:02:11. > :02:14.He didn't even remember it was Jack's birthday until later on,
:02:15. > :02:16.I was in the office when Kirsty came in and reminded him.
:02:17. > :02:20.Not to the law, he ain't. Yeah, well, he has to us.
:02:21. > :02:24.And he was lying, Abi, all right? I know he was lying.
:02:25. > :02:40.We'll leave about ten. No, no, you don't have to come.
:02:41. > :02:44.I don't want you going through all this by yourself.
:02:45. > :02:46.There might not be anything to go through.
:02:47. > :02:48.There's no fingerprints, no forensics.
:02:49. > :02:51.The judge might take one look at it all and just chuck it out.
:02:52. > :02:55.Not much chance of that. Or those bowls washing themselves.
:02:56. > :03:08.AJ and Tam are right, everything's pretty circumstantial.
:03:09. > :03:10.Yeah, but there's still Ian, isn't there?
:03:11. > :03:14.I mean, you're right, nothing stacks up, not really, but...
:03:15. > :03:24.Course I should. It's your birthday.
:03:25. > :03:26.There's a treat in there for you, an' all.
:03:27. > :03:32.You are going to the court, I take it?
:03:33. > :03:38.Anyway, what are you up to today? Day off, I hope?
:03:39. > :03:46.I hope you're intending to spoil her rotten an' all.
:03:47. > :03:52.Actually, I thought we'd start off with a slap-up lunch.
:03:53. > :03:57.And then maybe a shopping trip up west?
:03:58. > :04:02.Cocktails at some fancy wine bar? Hit the hottest show in town?
:04:03. > :04:07.And then the coolest nightclub we can find,
:04:08. > :04:29.Some members of the jury have started to arrive now.
:04:30. > :04:32.When they're all here they'll do the swearing in.
:04:33. > :04:35.And the witnesses'll be signing in at ten o'clock.
:04:36. > :04:44.Mr Beale up first. Then Mr White.
:04:45. > :04:49.Then I'll be calling you, just to say your piece.
:04:50. > :04:58."I didn't do it." That's more or less all you've got to say, yeah?
:04:59. > :05:06.I should say, Max, if there's anything you're not telling me...
:05:07. > :05:11.No. Like why is Mr Beale saying you did?
:05:12. > :05:15.If you know anything which might explain why he might be lying -
:05:16. > :05:19.now would be a jolly good time to say so.
:05:20. > :05:28.and saying what he saw - it carries a lot of weight with a jury, so...
:05:29. > :05:31.No, good, well, that's fine. So you are telling me the truth?
:05:32. > :05:34.Yeah. Yeah, I'm telling you the truth.
:05:35. > :05:37.And you've no idea why Mr Beale is saying you're not?
:05:38. > :05:53.Not important what I think of you, Ian. It's important what you do.
:05:54. > :05:55.And if I don't do this? Max goes free.
:05:56. > :06:00.You've seen what Carl's already done to him.
:06:01. > :06:04.the morning not being able to look in the mirror
:06:05. > :06:05.because her face is covered in scars?
:06:06. > :06:10.And, yeah, I'm terrified what Carl might do to me if I change my story.
:06:11. > :06:14.But I'm even more terrified of what he might do to my kids.
:06:15. > :06:17.You're a dad, all right? You're a grandfather.
:06:18. > :06:20.What would you do if you were in my situation?
:06:21. > :06:27.Liam, or Tiff, or Bianca or Max...
:06:28. > :06:39.Oh, what, today? Yeah.
:06:40. > :06:45.You are coming, aren't you? Yeah.
:06:46. > :06:50.I just want to say, thanks for your support.
:06:51. > :06:52.You think I'm playing games, don't you?
:06:53. > :06:54.Don't you think we've gone beyond playing games?
:06:55. > :06:59.Especially after what happened the other night.
:07:00. > :07:07.One o'clock, drinks first and then lunch.
:07:08. > :07:12.You're really pushing the boat out, ain't you?
:07:13. > :07:18.Keep that up and I'll start to think you really had forgotten.
:07:19. > :07:47.What are you doing here? How did you get in?
:07:48. > :07:56.One sugar. Cheers.
:07:57. > :08:00.I can't drive myself into court this morning.
:08:01. > :08:06.We can go through things, get everything crystal clear.
:08:07. > :08:11.Is he coming? No.
:08:12. > :08:13.No, I've already told Peter, Lucy and Denise
:08:14. > :08:18.It's hard enough having to do this
:08:19. > :08:21.without having my family as an audience.
:08:22. > :08:40.I can't do this. I just can't.
:08:41. > :08:44.You're not going to give evidence? No, I just can't go there with him.
:08:45. > :08:46.The only way I'm going to get through this,
:08:47. > :08:49.is if I see as little of him as possible.
:08:50. > :09:03.Tell them I'll meet them at the Tube station.
:09:04. > :09:07.Alfie, I just had a phone call from the coroners.
:09:08. > :09:09.They're going to release Michael's body for burial.
:09:10. > :09:13.I gave them all your contact information, all right,
:09:14. > :09:17.You'll have to make all the arrangements - I don't know,
:09:18. > :09:19.undertakers I suppose, that sort of thing.
:09:20. > :09:51.Are we waiting for Dot? No, Dot's with Jim.
:09:52. > :09:53.She can't get away at the moment. And Kirsty - is she, erm...
:09:54. > :09:57.She's going to make her own way there. Right, let's go.
:09:58. > :10:14.Do you want to sit in the front, Cora?
:10:15. > :10:17.Give your old man a shout, the taxi's here.
:10:18. > :10:23.Yeah, I know that's what you told him.
:10:24. > :10:26.This is going to end bad if he's not there, you know that?
:10:27. > :10:28.Yeah, and I told you, don't push him too hard.
:10:29. > :10:31.This another one of your little threats, Peter?
:10:32. > :10:33.Do you remember what happened last time?
:10:34. > :10:49.There's only so far you can push him.
:10:50. > :10:57.If I don't, that's probably a hanging offence too.
:10:58. > :10:59.Oh, Cora's just got 20 years worth of giving you ag
:11:00. > :11:04.Am I never going to be allowed to forget what I did?
:11:05. > :11:16.You know when somebody just tries a bit too hard
:11:17. > :11:22.or just makes a bit too much fuss, you start to wonder...
:11:23. > :11:25.is that what they want, or are they trying to convince themselves
:11:26. > :12:07.What's the problem? Why can't we go in?
:12:08. > :12:33.There's some sort of delay. They're not even letting the jury in.
:12:34. > :12:40.One of the prosecution witnesses hasn't shown up yet.
:12:41. > :12:45.Right, so what does that mean? I don't know.
:12:46. > :12:51.It's got them rattled, though. They're going to start with Mr White.
:12:52. > :13:03.Listen, Janine, whatever's happened between you and him...
:13:04. > :13:07.you just need to sort this properly, you can't leave it to that muppet.
:13:08. > :13:11.Was someone I knew. Who's not around.
:13:12. > :13:14.He's Scarlett's dad. And Tommy's dad.
:13:15. > :13:16.Not now he isn't. Course he is.
:13:17. > :13:22.Janine... He's history.
:13:23. > :13:25.No, you don't mean that. Maybe you're right.
:13:26. > :14:05.Members of the jury, on the 3rd of September 2013, Mr Carl White
:14:06. > :14:11.At the time it seemed to be a simple accident.
:14:12. > :14:15.A subsequent police investigation proved it to be very far
:14:16. > :14:23.The brakes on Mr White's car were deliberately tampered with
:14:24. > :14:28.who is currently before you in the dock.
:14:29. > :14:30.And we will be bringing forward an eyewitness
:14:31. > :14:51.However, I'd first like to call Mr White himself.
:14:52. > :15:00.I'm Peter Beale. His son. I live here.
:15:01. > :15:02.Could you tell me where your father is?
:15:03. > :15:04.Yeah, he's in court. He's giving evidence.
:15:05. > :15:07.That's where he's supposed to be, yeah. I don't get it.
:15:08. > :15:09.He left the house like a couple of hours ago.
:15:10. > :15:12.Well, he hasn't got there, that's why I'm here.
:15:13. > :15:27.So Mr Branning actually said those words?
:15:28. > :15:32.He told you, face to face, that he was going to kill you?
:15:33. > :15:36.And you took that seriously? Yeah, someone starts shouting at you
:15:37. > :15:39.and telling you you're a dead man, you take it seriously.
:15:40. > :15:45.So this wasn't some private altercation,
:15:46. > :15:47.other people actually witnessed it too?
:15:48. > :15:53.You could have heard him from south London.
:15:54. > :15:59.I just didn't think he'd go through with it.
:16:00. > :16:03.And you've tried his mobile? Just going straight to answerphone.
:16:04. > :16:05.So when he went off he never gave you any reason to think
:16:06. > :16:08.that he wasn't going to the court, as arranged?
:16:09. > :16:13.Well, if he gets in contact, can you tell him
:16:14. > :16:16.to get in touch with either us or the court?
:16:17. > :16:33.Yeah, of course. As soon as possible.
:16:34. > :16:47.I was at a football match, I won't say which one, Your Honour.
:16:48. > :16:54.The referee - some of his decisions - all against us -
:16:55. > :16:59.I shouted some very naughty things at him.
:17:00. > :17:04.He meant them. He said them. There's a difference.
:17:05. > :17:11.Oh, yes, that's right. The elusive Mr Beale.
:17:12. > :17:17.Who's not shown up to tell his tall tale.
:17:18. > :17:21.The police found them in his office, in his house.
:17:22. > :17:23.Mr Branning works in the motor trade,
:17:24. > :17:25.it'd be pretty astonishing don't you think,
:17:26. > :17:28.if they hadn't found tools in his house, in his office?
:17:29. > :17:31.This is not the first time he's threatened me.
:17:32. > :17:35.That's one way of putting it, yeah. And you don't like him?
:17:36. > :17:44.I rather think that's for the jury to decide, don't you?
:17:45. > :17:49.And based on this farrago of circumstantial hearsay,
:17:50. > :17:53.backed up by absolutely no first-hand eyewitness evidence,
:17:54. > :17:56.I'll be astonished if they don't see all this exactly as your very own
:17:57. > :18:02.chief witness has quite clearly seen it.
:18:03. > :18:18.It was all too much for him, wasn't it?
:18:19. > :18:23.Yeah, but if it was just that then...
:18:24. > :18:33.I found a holdall, under one of the chairs.
:18:34. > :18:41.If he'd done a runner, I'd get that...
:18:42. > :18:44.or if it had all got too much for him, I'd understand that too.
:18:45. > :18:48.But why would he pack a bag - as if he's going away for a few days -
:18:49. > :19:45.The police have been round to Mr Beale's house,
:19:46. > :19:49.And my team's been trying his mobile every few minutes too,
:19:50. > :19:57.Couple of statements from the interviewing
:19:58. > :19:59.and arresting officers, but that's it.
:20:00. > :20:09.And if Mr Beale really isn't going to put in an appearance...
:20:10. > :20:13.What you talking about? It's my mum's birthday.
:20:14. > :20:19.I thought Sam was supposed to be meeting us in here?
:20:20. > :20:24.You know what, the way he's been going on today,
:20:25. > :20:30.he's probably out getting you a tiara.
:20:31. > :20:33.Your Honour, before beginning the case for the defence -
:20:34. > :20:37.I wish to make a submission of no case to answer.
:20:38. > :20:40.The case which sets out the test of no case to answer,
:20:41. > :20:44.Mr White's allegations of threats made by Mr Branning
:20:45. > :20:49.And while Mr White made a big deal of these threats,
:20:50. > :20:51.he certainly wasn't sufficiently worried to tell
:20:52. > :21:00.The only apparent eyewitness to this alleged crime
:21:01. > :21:04.hasn't even seen fit to put in an appearance.
:21:05. > :21:07.Your Honour, the Galbraith case quite clearly states that
:21:08. > :21:09.a jury may not convict on hearsay evidence alone.
:21:10. > :21:12.And as the prosecution evidence is so weak...
:21:13. > :21:16...I would invite Your Honour to find no case to answer.
:21:17. > :21:20.Your Honour, my learned friend refers you to the Galbraith case.
:21:21. > :21:23.Now, I would suggest that sets no precedent whatsoever
:21:24. > :21:34.Hello? Big mistake.
:21:35. > :21:36.I obviously didn't get through to your fool of a dad, did I?
:21:37. > :21:39.I don't know what's happening. I don't know where he is.
:21:40. > :21:44.Well, you'd better find him. And quick.
:21:45. > :21:46.Well, he's got to let him go, hasn't he?
:21:47. > :21:49.I mean, it's like the barrister said, if Ian's backed out...
:21:50. > :21:54.Let's keep our fingers crossed, sweetheart.
:21:55. > :21:59.I don't even care what he has or hasn't done,
:22:00. > :22:10.I think the judge should throw it out.
:22:11. > :22:13.But if he thinks you're getting off because a witness has overslept,
:22:14. > :22:15.he may just decide to go with what little the prosecution's
:22:16. > :22:20.and forget the fact that Mr Beale should have set his alarm clock.
:22:21. > :22:24.Yeah, or he might decide cos Ian's not here he's had second thoughts,
:22:25. > :22:39.Members of the jury, I've consulted with the defence
:22:40. > :22:46.and the prosecution barristers and I've reached a decision.
:22:47. > :22:49.I've decided that there is no case to answer.
:22:50. > :22:57.And I now direct you to find the defendant not guilty.
:22:58. > :23:22.No, man. I mean, I don't get it, this was his idea.
:23:23. > :23:23.Oi, Fats. Yo.
:23:24. > :23:27.You ain't seen my dad in here? Not since I've been in, brother.
:23:28. > :23:31.Sam... And where've you been?
:23:32. > :23:39.Well, you blanked me on the shopping trip and the show
:23:40. > :23:41.and the nightclub. The what?
:23:42. > :23:44.So I thought I'd get you a little something else instead.
:23:45. > :24:12.How are you doing? I've missed you both.
:24:13. > :24:21.All right, Cora? Kirsty.
:24:22. > :24:27.Nah, why don't you lot go on, I'll see you back there. Dad?
:24:28. > :24:30.What's the matter? Nothing's the matter.
:24:31. > :24:32.I just want a bit of space, that's all, you know,
:24:33. > :24:36.it's all a bit overwhelming, that's all.
:24:37. > :24:39.Are you sure? Yeah.
:24:40. > :24:41.Go on, I won't be long. See you back there. All right.
:24:42. > :25:08.Some of Michael's stuff from the office.
:25:09. > :25:10.I thought you might want to sort through it,
:25:11. > :25:12.see if there's anything you want to keep.
:25:13. > :25:16.There's a picture of Michael and Tommy in there.
:25:17. > :25:22.You might want to keep something for sentimental value.
:25:23. > :25:33.You're not fooling anyone, you know that, Janine?
:25:34. > :25:39.It's big enough. Look, you've got Dexter in a suit.
:25:40. > :25:43.he can keep this up as long as he likes.
:25:44. > :27:41.Many years of birthday treats to look forward to, eh?
:27:42. > :27:45.Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your 90-second update.