0:00:08 > 0:00:10GUNSHOT
0:00:24 > 0:00:28I was...always on your side.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31I know.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33I'm sorry.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41INTENSE SHOUTING
0:00:41 > 0:00:45MEGAPHONE: This area has been condemned and ordered to be cleared.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Get lost!- Back off!- Back away!
0:00:48 > 0:00:49You're a disgrace!
0:00:49 > 0:00:54MEGAPHONE: Leave your houses. Clear the area now!
0:00:54 > 0:00:57These houses are being demolished.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Leave the area for your own safety.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12MUSIC DROWNS SOUND
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Back off!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Hadaway with ya, you stupid knackers!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Stupid pig!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Come here!
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Robbie, what are you doing?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Protecting my street. - Why aye, so am I.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- I'm going to tell your mum. - Get lost, ya knacker!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Wait! Robbie! Come back here!
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- I'm not having this!- Get back!
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Robbie! Robbie!
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Robbie, come back!
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Go! Go!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Help... Help!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Help! Neil, I need help.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Hang on, Ash. Hang on.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Don't! Argh!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51'We have the right to protest!'
0:04:51 > 0:04:52We have the right to assemble!
0:04:52 > 0:04:55You're trying to take away our right to democracy!
0:04:55 > 0:04:58THEY SHOUT IN AGREEMENT
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Archie. - Bernard.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Name?- T Dan has you lot all paid for, doesn't he?
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Tearing down our homes with a promise he's never going to keep.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13We see what's happening to others - being moved on with nowhere to go.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- We're not blind.- Address?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Now there's a problem...
0:05:17 > 0:05:19as some of us don't have an address any more!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Please! Please! Please!
0:05:25 > 0:05:30- Calm down!- Hey, Sarge! - Help! Help! You're hurting me!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Please! No!
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Mum, Mum, Mum!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Please! You have to help me!
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Mum! Mum!
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Mum! Please!
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Mum! Mum, please help me!
0:05:50 > 0:05:55Help me, please. Mum! Mum! Mum!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Mum!
0:06:23 > 0:06:24He's in the day room.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28The day room. How is he?
0:06:28 > 0:06:29I'm not a doctor.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Thank you very much. - He's only gone and done it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Or has he? Game, set and match.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Look at his face.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46I just can't stop winning, me.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I must have a lucky streak. I can't believe it.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Two shilling to buy a seat.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Five card draw.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Has everyone met? This is Mr Gently.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- All right?- Mr Gently, this is Roy - car crash.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Jimmy here's from Hexham - fell off a roof.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07I was chasing a suspect.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10We heard he was chasing you, didn't we?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13St Stephen, here - burned himself trying to be a hero.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- And Robert Mitchum walked into a knife.- Argh, just there!
0:07:19 > 0:07:22And, John Bacchus, syphilis.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Which I caught off your mother.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28He has...twice.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31And you, Mr Gently?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- He's just visiting. - Here we go.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45'Enjoy that?'
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Cracking bunch of lads, them, you know.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Pretty friendly and they don't judge.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52And they're shite at poker.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Handy.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Keeps me in tabs, you know.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- What's this? - You got it.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Yeah, I got it.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08You couldn't tell me to my face?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Resignation has to be in writing, doesn't it?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Yeah, it does.- Well, it's in writing. Can we go back?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15No, fresh air's good for you.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Helps you think.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28What are you doing, John, eh?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Well, at the end of the week, I'm...
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I'm leaving here and then I've got some decisions to make.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- You've been here too long.- Got some decisions to make about my future.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Why couldn't you speak to me about it?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Well, what's the point?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I don't think I can be a policeman any more.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Don't think you can or don't want to be?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48What difference does it make? I'm done.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I'm done. I'm done. I'm not...
0:08:50 > 0:08:52What else will you do?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56There's lots of things. There's lots of things. Lots and lots.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Lots? Great, lovely.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01There's only one thing that you want to do.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04There's only one thing that you've ever wanted to do.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17It helped me - getting back to work after, you know...
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Yeah, well, that's...that's great, isn't it? That's you.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- That's who you are.- Well, it might help you too, John.- No!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26No, it won't! No! I'm...I'm not coming back.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30All right? I'm not you, George. Do you understand that?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I'm not you.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35One month.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39You're obliged to give one month's notice.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41I'll expect you to work it out.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56You ready for your medicine?
0:10:52 > 0:10:56MACHINE BREATHES
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Morning, you all right?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- Morning.- Morning.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Morning.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Morning.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Morning.- All right, pet?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Sergeant?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Sergeant?!
0:12:11 > 0:12:13I think he's dead.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- Morning, Sir. - Morning.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- Morning, Sir. - Morning.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Assistant Chief Constable Hale would like to speak to you right away.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- Why?- Do you think he's going to tell me?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Taylor, could you tidy this lot up for me?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Tidy desk, tidy mind.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Hello. Can I speak to Assistant Chief Constable Hale, please?
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Is he coming back, Sir?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Sergeant Bacchus! Nice to see you.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55How are you feeling?
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- Yeah, I'm all right. - We missed you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Not having you here was like having your arm cut off.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Maybes not that extreme, but you get the idea, like.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Yeah. Detective Chief Inspector Gently returning your call.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24How can I help you, Sir?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33What are we doing?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Where are we going?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Newcastle.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Death in custody.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Do you know his name?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Apparently we don't know.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Maybe it's better for everyone if we leave it that way.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09We need to get the body out of here.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Can't afford to stay out of business much longer.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Why was he arrested?
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Apparently he was arrested under the Ways And Means Act.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Ah, I see.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32And why were you looking for a way or means of charging him later?
0:14:32 > 0:14:38A section of the hill was scheduled for clearance yesterday.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42It's been delayed twice because of squatters and protestors.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45The council wasn't having any more delays.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48We were asked to secure the area, so the bulldozers could do their work.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Was he a squatter? Protestor?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The station sergeant should be able to answer your questions.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Sergeant Archie Dawson.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Sergeant. - I'm here to help any way I can.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Thank you. Who found the body?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Rachel? Could you come over, pet?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26WPC Coles doing her rotation with me this month.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Hello. - Just finished her probation.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- Congratulations. - Thank you.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35I was doing my morning checks, when I...I saw he was...
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Dead.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41..dead. I informed Sergeant Dawson immediately.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- Have you got the pink charge sheet? - Uh-huh.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49No name on it, of course, because, erm...I don't know.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Didn't have it... No ID on him.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Wouldn't tell us who he was. On drugs, I figure.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Mum! Mum!
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Mum! Please!
0:16:04 > 0:16:06'Didn't want to hurt him.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09'Put him in a cell to calm down.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10'That didn't happen.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12'No. What happened was a great tragedy.'
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Mum!
0:16:15 > 0:16:16If there's anything more we can do,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18any other questions you might have,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I'll fill in my report and get it over to you.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Personal effects?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Pet, could you bring them for us?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Sorry, excuse me.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Mug shot? Fingerprints?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Never got a chance to take a photo or prints. Pathologist'll do it.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Much easier to handle now, I reckon.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Did he scream all night?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41No, no, no, no. They never do, drug addicts.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Well, shouldn't say "never". Rarely.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- Here we are, Sir. - Oh, thank you.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- So he calmed down?- Uh-huh.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Well...if he calmed down,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57how come you didn't book him? Why no mug shot?
0:16:58 > 0:17:01He wasn't on top of my list, to be brutally honest.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Mmm.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Organised, it was. That's what I think.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Set out to hurt somebody.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Not had any trouble with the other clearances.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Outsider. Didn't belong here, did he?
0:17:17 > 0:17:21People from around here... knew each other.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23They don't like outsiders meddling.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- You all right? - Aye.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I think it was agitators like him from elsewhere
0:17:34 > 0:17:36just looking for trouble.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37You think he was an agitator?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39How would I ken to that?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42But no-one knows who he is, and anyone of us
0:17:42 > 0:17:44could tell you the name of every family
0:17:44 > 0:17:46living in every house on Rye Hill.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Can we move the body then?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Yeah, we're done here.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56I'll walk you out, shall I?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03First, Dawson says he's a drug addict,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05and then he says he's an agitator. Can you be both?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08If you organise your time well.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10They've already decided it's not worth bothering about.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13They can't even be bothered to find out who the victim is.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Is he a victim?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Well, he went into the cell alive and he came out dead.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19That makes him a victim to me.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Sounds like he brought it on himself to me.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24But, you know, we'll find a way to make it the fault of the police,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- though, won't we?- We'll find a way to find out what happened.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- What kind of a job is this? - One that's got to be done, John.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Whatever we do, it's not going to be good enough, though.- Oh, here we go.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38They're going to hate us.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40The public, they hate us, they resent us.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- Well, that must make it easier for you.- Easier to do what?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45To justify your decision to resign.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48No, no, no, I'm...I'm not struggling with my decision.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- MOCKING VOICE: - It's all pointless, isn't it?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Much easier if you don't care.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I don't care. I don't.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I spent six months lying in a hospital bed.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- What, just you?- No.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Six months lying in a hospital bed, teaching myself not to care.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And I can say it. I can say it out loud, I...
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I do not care!
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I'm going to find out who this victim is,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22and give him his name back.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37It's significantly overdue.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Here it is.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Nine shillings, thrupence.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44You don't happen to have an address, do you?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Has it got a name on it?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49"Simon Thomas".
0:19:49 > 0:19:50If you do speak with him,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52can you ask him to return the other books, please?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56He has 11 unreturned books. It's irresponsible.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57The youth of today.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Who's going to pay the fine?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01He will.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17You sure we've got the right place?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Can I help you?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36You've come about Simon.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I decided last year that...
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I'd not intervene next time he found himself in trouble.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I don't think I'm doing him any favours.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Drugs are a terrible thing.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02But he's bright and one can only hope that eventually
0:21:02 > 0:21:04he'll figure out how to live his life.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Mrs Thomas...
0:21:23 > 0:21:25..your son...is dead.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36He slipped away from me.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41You hold on to them for so long,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44and then you've just got to let them go,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47and you hope that they make good choices.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54You hope that they chase dreams, but with Simon...
0:21:56 > 0:22:00..I let him go and he fell...
0:22:02 > 0:22:03..fell down.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11Down...into nothingness... into meaninglessness.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19He slipped through my hands, and there was nothing I could do.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I tried everything. I did.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29He was paranoid, disorganised,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33manic energy and then dark moods.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Where was he when you found him?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Please tell me he wasn't alone in some alleyway.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Thrown out like rubbish. Please tell me he wasn't abandoned.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51He died in Rye Hill Police Station.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58He was in your custody?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00In police custody.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Aren't police meant to keep us safe?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Isn't that what they do?
0:23:11 > 0:23:12He was abandoned.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17His family abandoned him and that's the reality his mother can't face.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Your family's meant to keep you safe, not the police.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Look, Guv, we've got a name. I think that's the best we can do.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26She has a right to expect us to protect him.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28No, no, if they can't take care of their own,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31why should they expect the police to do better?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34WAILING
0:23:41 > 0:23:44I don't think it's possible to tell someone their son has died,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46and not care.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50I'm not going to abandon him, John. Are you?
0:23:50 > 0:23:51I'm not changing my mind.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07I extracted fragments of stone from an area of his scalp,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11and residue of what I believe to be red brick
0:24:11 > 0:24:14where the skin's broken, here on his shoulder.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15May I?
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Looks as though he was trying to protect his head with his arms.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- During the riot? - Reasonable to presume.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Some of these other marks are historic. He lived rough?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Cause of death?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Well, we won't have anything definitive
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- until I've completed the full postmortem.- John!
0:24:38 > 0:24:40But we've had the bloods back.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Analysis of the vitreous fluid shows
0:24:42 > 0:24:45that there were high levels of adrenaline.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Understandable if he was under stress.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51But he tests negative for the presence of THC.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55In fact, he tests negative for all narcotics, not even cough medicine.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59- Nothing.- The station sergeant said he thought he was on drugs.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Are you sure there's no mistake?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06No. No mistake. He was not intoxicated - no drugs or alcohol.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48It used to be a lovely place.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50It was a real community.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I don't know why they're fussed. They were getting shiny, new homes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55We were called in for safety, really.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I mean, nobody expected any trouble.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02But... Well, as the morning wore on, we had to bring more shifts in.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Their reports say people were occupying a building
0:26:04 > 0:26:07just a bit further along.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- Where was that? - I'll show you.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Not much of a community left, is there?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16It wasn't a community, Sir. It was a slum.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19They're intending on putting blocks of flats up just over there.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22It was the vision that T Dan Smith had when he ran the council.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25It's amazing, really.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Me mam used to say that he made her proud to come from round here.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30He made us modern.
0:26:30 > 0:26:3320 floors soaring into the sky.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Imagine the views.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- All right, pet? - Hiya, are you all right?- I'm fine.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39There are some people who can't imagine
0:26:39 > 0:26:41they'll ever see those views.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- We're starting to lose our faith in things, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47You can see it all around.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52And, erm, this is where the trouble was.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02We never had any trouble before. Never.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05We grew up respecting the police.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Because we knew that they'd taken an oath to serve us and protect us.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11That's why I wanted to join.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I wanted to be that sort of person.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Someone that you could trust. Someone that people looked up to.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20These are our homes, man! It's a community.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- What are you doing that for?- You haven't the right to take that down.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27We're taking them down, because they're inciting trouble.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30It's you who are inciting trouble, not a sheet with some words on it.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Come on, leave it.- Kill the pigs!
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Leave it!
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Why do they call us pigs?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41They're coming down. The lot of them.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- You won't be doing that, lad. - Shut up.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I'm warning you, and I won't be warning you twice.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52What was that about, Chris? What were you thinking?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55He doesn't listen. You don't listen, do you?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57And you don't learn, lad.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Oi! Keep away from there. It's not safe!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Piss off!
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Move on. Move. Away with yous.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Rachel?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16This is DCI Gently and DS Bacchus.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18PC Baird. Chris? Neil?
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Detectives. Sergeant said we might be seeing you.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28This is PC Stockdale, PC Sidwell. These are the detectives.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30We're trying to find witnesses,
0:28:30 > 0:28:32anyone that might've seen what happened to Ash.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- PC Ashton.- Yeah. Any progress?
0:28:35 > 0:28:36- Nowt.- No-one's talking.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Well, it's not surprising, is it, when you're baisting them like that?
0:28:39 > 0:28:40We asked them politely.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Ah, right. Before or after you hit them?
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Bastards are trying to kill us. They need to know we're not afraid.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- Is that how you do it? - Aye, it is.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Is there anything we can help you with, Sir?
0:28:51 > 0:28:53We're investigating Simon Thomas.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55You took him into custody.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58You know, the long haired fella?
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Oh, aye. We think he's the one that did Ash in,
0:29:02 > 0:29:03put him in hospital.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Just need a witness.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08We're looking into his death.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12What? We're wasting time and brass on that?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Why? It's not going to make any difference to anybody.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Maybe it's why it should make a difference to us.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Don't judge them.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Remember what it was like when you were in uniform with your shift?
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Well, you're like brothers, aren't you?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39People here tried to kill Ash.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42People he grew up with, he went to school with,
0:29:42 > 0:29:44he knew all the families.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48They'd kill me, and they'd kill you, because of what we do,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- not cos of who we are. - Bairdo? Come on.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- You arrest Simon Thomas? - Aye. I did.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Where was he when you arrested him?
0:29:56 > 0:30:00Erm, he was hiding...over here, near where I found Ash.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Look, if I hadn't arrested him, he'd have stayed hiding there.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07The bulldozer's would have come in and knocked it down and killed him.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Ah, right, you saved him, did you? Saved his life?
0:30:10 > 0:30:11I did my job.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26You cannot be talking about things like that
0:30:26 > 0:30:28in front of inspectors.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42Clear off! Oi, clear off!
0:30:42 > 0:30:43No!
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Robbie?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Robbie, where are you?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Have you seen my wee lad?
0:30:54 > 0:30:55What's he look like?
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Well, he looks like the one that just threw a rock at you,
0:30:58 > 0:31:00and called you a name. You from the council?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- Police.- Oh, makes a change(!)
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Here to pick up your bombs from the builders?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Nah, those are dropped off at the office.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Well, they wouldn't want to get their shoes dirty.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12It's a nice area. They say it's on the way up.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Be too good for us lot soon, won't it?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16They'll need a better class of person to live here,
0:31:16 > 0:31:17so they'll fit in.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- Do you know this man?- Yeah.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Aye. It's Crazy Man.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26It's what the kids call him. Why are you so interested in him?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- We're investigating his death. - He's dead, is he?- Yeah.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Was he an agitator? You know, a squatter? Protestor?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36We had plenty of protestors who would turn up here during the day
0:31:36 > 0:31:38and go back to their warm homes at night.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40We had students squatting here.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Aye, the council pushed everyone out,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45then just left the buildings. Whose idea was that?
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- And there was them lot with the drugs.- We sorted them.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51We used to know every soul here, the people that lived here
0:31:51 > 0:31:54and worked here, they were good, kind people.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57We didn't need the council to tell us what to do, where to live,
0:31:57 > 0:32:00and then they just tear it all down and say they'll give us a new place.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Right. Some are going to lose out. That's for sure.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05And then they let the squatters move in, like Crazy Man.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- Aye. Folks didn't like him. - Why? Why didn't they like him?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Thought he might be a kiddie fiddler.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11No, he never did nothing, Ronny.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Used to take care of things like that ourselves.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17These streets, they ran straight down to the Tyne.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18They're changing them.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Look what they've done - they've ripped the heart out of us.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- Come on, they're slums. Not fit to live in.- Slums?
0:32:23 > 0:32:27What are you? 29, 30? You weren't in the war.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29When you go away, thinking it's to die,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31changes how you feel about where you're from.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33You don't know what it's like to suffer, maybe we shouldn't...
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Calm down now.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37You boys work for the council and their cronies now -
0:32:37 > 0:32:39not for us, not for the people.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Used to be, the police protected everyone.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46You're meant to work for us! You're not for us any more, are you?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Help!
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Help!
0:32:56 > 0:32:58- Come back!- John!
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- Hello?- I can't get down.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Come on. Give me your hand.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- You all right, pet?- I'm fine. - You all right?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- You all right, John? - Don't...- John, what is it?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Don't you feel anything? Don't you feel anything?
0:34:06 > 0:34:12- Aaw, John.- Don't you suffer? We were both shot man! We both bled.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17You don't feel anything, I do. Maybes you don't feel anything.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20That's...that's...that's what's wrong with you. You don't feel anything!
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Nothing affects you!
0:34:24 > 0:34:25You cops?
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Yeah, yeah. Yeah, we don't mean you any harm.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33I didn't see nothing. Or hear it.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- Robbie?- John?
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Don't. Just don't.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42Robbie Seddon!
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- He's all right, love. - What were you doing in there?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48I was looking for something.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- Yeah? What were you looking for? - Yeah, all right, all right.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Do you like playing in the old houses, Robbie?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Why aye, I like going there, aye.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- Where'd you get the book from? - I didn't steal it.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Now why would I think you stole it?
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Crazy Man give it me. Has poems in by Roger McGough.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Scouser, but he writes good poems.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Crazy Man, he used to sit in there reading books, poems -
0:35:22 > 0:35:26talking to himself, I thought he was a genius or a hippie or something.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- Do you like poetry, Robbie?- Aye.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31What's your favourite? You got a favourite?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Lots of them, but he liked Roger McGough.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36All right. Roger McGough.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43"Let me die a young man's death..."
0:35:43 > 0:35:47"Not a clean and in-between The sheets holy water death
0:35:47 > 0:35:52"Not a famous-last-words Peaceful out of breath death."
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Crazy Man taught me it.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01He had lots of books. He had lots of them.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04And the other books are gone. Now he's gone, too.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05And I don't think he's coming back.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Come on, son.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16'We know he had some trauma to the organ.'
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Let me show you.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Here a large haematoma just above the liver.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Now when I examined the liver during the postmortem,
0:36:24 > 0:36:27it had suffered serious injury.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30I am confident in declaring liver failure as the cause of death.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34How long would he take to die?
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Can't be sure. Not long if he didn't get medical attention.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46What caused it?
0:36:46 > 0:36:51Well, it's obviously a blunt-force trauma - fists, brick, stone.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I mean, the skin isn't broken
0:36:53 > 0:36:56so it's difficult to say with any certainty.
0:36:56 > 0:36:57A truncheon?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Someone beat him to death.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12In a cell? Impossible. Somebody would have heard.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Somebody would have heard, yeah.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Duty officer would have reported it, Sir.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Unless he was part of it.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Here we go.- No, no, no.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29Sidwell thought Simon Thomas assaulted Ashton.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33And they beat him to death in his cell and nobody said a word.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35They covered it up.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36All of them?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Was Mr Thomas checked hourly in his cell?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Why aye, of course. - And he was agitated?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- Aye.- And you thought he was on drugs?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Why are we wasting so much time and effort on this?
0:37:56 > 0:37:57I don't understand it.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59It's not going to make any difference to anyone.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02What time did you call the police surgeon?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06I didn't call him.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Well, if you thought he was on drugs,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10shouldn't you have called the police surgeon?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12I just wanted to get him into a cell to calm down.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16Aren't you meant to make sure they're safe? Isn't that your responsibility?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Son, when someone's arrested...- Did you call me son? Did you call me son?
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Don't you patronise me! That is your duty!
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Don't you talk to me about duty.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33You're one of us, aren't you, lad?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38No.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39He's one of us.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51I like you when you're a bastard.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53You're quite good at it.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55I had a good teacher.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Gentlemen.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02We'd like to see the pocket books of arresting officer Baird
0:39:02 > 0:39:04and the rest of his shift, please.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07And I'd be grateful if you could make them available for interview.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Your investigation is about the suspect's death,
0:39:10 > 0:39:15- not his arrest, isn't it, Detective Chief Inspector?- Yes.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Thank you.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Yeah?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Sit down, Constable.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23The day of the clearance.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Seems like a very tough day.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Yes, Sir.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36How long had there been tension?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Ages. It weren't new.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43Most people went gladly, but there were some that weren't having it.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46We knew about the squatters.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49We'd been sent down to clear them out before.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51We didn't expect this.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03We didn't have the gear for it.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Were you angry?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Of course, we were angry. I'm still angry.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Look what they did to Ash.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Help! Neil, I need help!
0:41:14 > 0:41:16That could have been any one of us.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18That could have been me.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Of all the people, for it to happen to him.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Mike actually cared for them.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30- He wasn't just doing his job - he actually cared.- You liked Mike?
0:41:31 > 0:41:34He's a top man. I'm proud to serve with him.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37You thought that Simon Thomas had assaulted him?
0:41:39 > 0:41:43So you wanted to pay him back for what he'd done.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44Is that what you think?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47You think I would give up my entire career
0:41:47 > 0:41:49to give a drug addict a good kicking?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53You don't know anything about me.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56You don't know anything about any of us.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Well, the truth is if people just did what they were told,
0:42:05 > 0:42:07there wouldn't be any trouble.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Simon Thomas should have left the building when he was told.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15I mean, you're investigating us, but the way he was...
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- What he did. - What did he do?
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Well, you've got all of Newcastle moving this way, all together,
0:42:22 > 0:42:26all in the same direction, and him...going that way.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28He resisted, that's what he did.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Aye, but you'd told him before, hadn't you?
0:42:31 > 0:42:33- You told him before to leave the building.- Told everybody.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36They can't knock it down with people still inside, can they?
0:42:36 > 0:42:38It's an expensive business -
0:42:38 > 0:42:40keeping all them men and that equipment waiting.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- So you'd seen him before?- No.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Well, I mean, we'd caught glimpses of him...
0:42:47 > 0:42:49..heard he was in there.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52We had complaints from local people who were frightened of him.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55We looked for him, but we never found him.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57According to your notebook,
0:42:57 > 0:43:02you visited that street 17 times in the last six weeks.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05That's just your shift.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Did we?
0:43:08 > 0:43:13Your call outs always seemed to happen at the end of your shift.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15- It was Ash's idea. - What was Ash's idea?
0:43:15 > 0:43:17To go down the street and look for Simon?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Look, I know what you're trying to do,
0:43:19 > 0:43:21but I don't know why you're trying to do it.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24We had nothing to do with him dying.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26You saw what he was like -
0:43:26 > 0:43:28he spent his life trying to kill himself.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Now, don't try and put this on us. Not on us.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33We were just trying to do our job.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Did you meet with any resistance?
0:43:41 > 0:43:44They were angry, but why at us?
0:43:46 > 0:43:49Do they think that we have power? We don't have any power.
0:43:49 > 0:43:50We just do what we're told to do.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53They're the same as us! Do they not see that?
0:43:53 > 0:43:55Were you frightened?
0:43:55 > 0:43:56Yeah.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Mike wasn't frightened.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14He should have been, but he was more...amazed.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17None of us were worried about being injured.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20Who do you think assaulted Constable Ashton?
0:44:20 > 0:44:23- Simon Thomas. - Why'd he do it?
0:44:25 > 0:44:27I can't explain it. It makes no sense.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29Why do you think that?
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Well, mainly, because he was acting crazy.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35Look, we were asked to move people on, because it wasn't safe.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38Maybe Mr Thomas didn't want to be moved.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42- Well..- How did you do it?
0:44:44 > 0:44:48You know, move people on?
0:44:48 > 0:44:50We spoke to them.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52"Spoke to them"?
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Did you threaten them? Hit them?
0:44:54 > 0:44:55We did what we had to do.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58You didn't mind a little bit of violence?
0:44:58 > 0:44:59This is Newcastle.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00All of you?
0:45:00 > 0:45:03Yeah, we give back what we were given.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05No-one shied away from the rough stuff
0:45:05 > 0:45:07but if we had to...to defend ourselves.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Do you always "defend yourself" at the end of your shift?
0:45:10 > 0:45:11Sorry?
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Bit of sport at the end of your shift?
0:45:14 > 0:45:17You go up the hill and knock a few heads together.
0:45:17 > 0:45:2017 times in the last six weeks? Was that Ash's idea?
0:45:20 > 0:45:23- We were meant to keep the area safe. - Yeah...
0:45:23 > 0:45:26But Ash loves to mix it with the vagrants and the squatters,
0:45:26 > 0:45:27only a bit of fun.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30And the rest of you got a taste for it.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33You didn't mind a bit of rough stuff at the end of your shift
0:45:33 > 0:45:35and you didn't mind a bit of rough stuff
0:45:35 > 0:45:39when you got Simon Thomas alone in his cell, did you?
0:45:41 > 0:45:42I don't know what you're on about.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45You got him alone and you set about him to pay him
0:45:45 > 0:45:47back for what he did to your friend.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50And when was it I was doing this "pay back"?
0:45:50 > 0:45:52The night Simon Thomas died.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57I was at the hospital...
0:45:59 > 0:46:01..praying that Ash made it through the night.
0:46:01 > 0:46:06And yous two, if you had anything about you,
0:46:06 > 0:46:10you'd know that already because you'd have done the same thing.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13But you wouldn't know much about what it's like
0:46:13 > 0:46:15to see your colleague, your friend,
0:46:15 > 0:46:18in a hospital bed hooked up to machines keeping him alive.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25You seem to care more about that drug addict squatter
0:46:25 > 0:46:27than you do about one of your own.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Does Ash need to die before you going to care about him?
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Is that what needs to happen?
0:46:32 > 0:46:35You beat him to death in his cell!
0:46:35 > 0:46:37- You were all part of it.- Go to hell! I don't need to hear this.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41Arrest me and prove it, or let me go back to work!
0:46:45 > 0:46:48They work all hours, they put themselves in danger
0:46:48 > 0:46:49and their...
0:46:49 > 0:46:52..their friend, their "brother" is in hospital
0:46:52 > 0:46:54and we treat them like this?
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Without favour or affection.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00That's who we are. That's what we do.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01There is no other way to be.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04I can't be the things that you want me to be!
0:47:05 > 0:47:07I never could!
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Take them.
0:47:14 > 0:47:15DOOR SLAMS
0:47:25 > 0:47:26John?!
0:47:29 > 0:47:30Taylor?
0:47:30 > 0:47:32Sir?
0:47:35 > 0:47:37I didn't want you.
0:47:37 > 0:47:38Not many people do, sir.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40But those that do, are satisfied.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43PC Ashton's note book?
0:47:43 > 0:47:46If there was history between him and Simon Thomas
0:47:46 > 0:47:47it would be in his note book.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I thought I had them all. Where is it?
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Surely, if the constable was taken straight to the hospital
0:47:52 > 0:47:55his notebook would be in with his personal effects there, Sir?
0:47:58 > 0:48:00I'm wasted here.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08John!
0:48:18 > 0:48:19HORN TOOTS
0:48:29 > 0:48:31- NURSE:- Sally, wait for me.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44- Can I help you?- Yes, please.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46We're here to recover Constable Ashton's notebook
0:48:46 > 0:48:48from his personal belongings.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- Is this what you're after? - Looks like it.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Yes, thank you.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04MACHINE BLEEPS
0:49:37 > 0:49:40It affected me as well, you know, John.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43- You're not the only one. It still affects me.- Right.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46But I won't let it change me. Will you?
0:49:46 > 0:49:48How much more luck do I have?
0:49:48 > 0:49:50- Oh...- Huh?
0:49:57 > 0:49:59You saved my life, John...
0:49:59 > 0:50:02I never told you I was grateful.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04HE SIGHS
0:50:05 > 0:50:07Well, I am grateful.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11But if you let it change who you are,
0:50:11 > 0:50:14they might just as well have killed you in the Cathedral.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20You're more like me than you ever wanted to be, son.
0:50:26 > 0:50:31Stockdale says they visited the slums 17 times in six weeks
0:50:31 > 0:50:33and that it was Ash's idea.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Ash doesn't even mention it.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37There's nothing.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44There were other people in the police station that night.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Sergeant Dawson said that the cells were all full up.
0:50:47 > 0:50:48Witnesses.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52But you don't think they did it?
0:50:55 > 0:50:57And the witnesses will prove that?
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Frank Connor, breach of the peace. He has a Jericho address.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Jericho?
0:51:05 > 0:51:07What's he doing all the way down here?
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Agitating?
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Erm, Terry Hanson, breach of the peace.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16- He has a Rye Hill address. - What cell number?
0:51:16 > 0:51:18Erm, seven.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20What are you doing constable?
0:51:24 > 0:51:26We're trying to categorise suspects.
0:51:26 > 0:51:27Those that were in the cells.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Those that were cautioned.
0:51:29 > 0:51:33We're trying to isolate who was in the custody suite, all right?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Scientific.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38Carry on, then.
0:51:38 > 0:51:39It seems important.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44I'll take the duty roster for that night, Sergeant?
0:51:44 > 0:51:45Of course.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Right.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Who was in the cell next to Simon Thomas?
0:52:05 > 0:52:07Mum!
0:52:07 > 0:52:09What is it Charlie?
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Hello.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14Have you come back for the rest of the books?
0:52:18 > 0:52:21I found them. I found them all.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24- Hiya. - Hiya. What happened to you, son?
0:52:24 > 0:52:27- I fell down.- I told him not to play in the rubble. It's dangerous.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30You can give them back to Crazy Man for us.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34Crazy Man's real name was Simon Thomas.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- He's dead, Robbie.- Dead?
0:52:38 > 0:52:41Yeah. We're trying to find out how he died.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44- Mr Hanratty?- Aye?
0:52:44 > 0:52:47I wonder if you could help us in our enquiries...
0:52:47 > 0:52:50I don't respect ye, so I cannae help ye.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51Thank you...
0:52:51 > 0:52:53DOOR SLAMS
0:52:53 > 0:52:54..very much.
0:52:54 > 0:52:55Right, next one.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18TYPEWRITER CLICKS
0:53:30 > 0:53:32All right, mate, see you later.
0:53:32 > 0:53:33Good luck. Ta-ra.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Bairdo?
0:53:37 > 0:53:38Can I have a word?
0:53:44 > 0:53:47Not when you start weighing in, beating people
0:53:47 > 0:53:49because they disagree with the government.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52Why, man, you're not fit to be trusted.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54Eh, eh, eh, listen...
0:53:54 > 0:53:57A man died, all right. We're trying to solve it.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00- In the cells? - Yeah. Did you hear anything?
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Aye.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04I heard him crying.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07Worst thing I've ever heard in my life,
0:54:07 > 0:54:09hearing a grown man cry like that.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13No-one came to see what was wrong.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15They just left him.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19- No-one came to help him. - Well we're trying to help him now.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21You're too late.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24What's there to solve?
0:54:24 > 0:54:26He's dead.
0:54:30 > 0:54:31No-one beat him.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33No-one helped him.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48This is where we are.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50This is what we've become.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54We're the enemy.
0:54:55 > 0:54:58How did this happen?
0:54:58 > 0:54:59Mmm?
0:55:01 > 0:55:02Maybe you're right to quit.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08Right, what do we know, Guv?
0:55:08 > 0:55:11HE COUGHS
0:55:11 > 0:55:13We don't know where he was beaten and we don't know why.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16We know that he wasn't beaten in the cell.
0:55:16 > 0:55:17Right, listen, Guv.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21And the people we've spoken to, right,
0:55:21 > 0:55:23we know they don't trust us, we know that.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26But, they'd be quick to shout, wouldn't they?
0:55:26 > 0:55:28Then where was he beaten?
0:55:29 > 0:55:34Why didn't the custody sergeant realise that he was in jeopardy?
0:55:41 > 0:55:44- We'll start again tomorrow, all right?- Yeah.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06Hiya.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10- Are you all right?- Mm-hm.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16What is it?
0:56:16 > 0:56:23Sergeant has asked us to have a word with you...
0:56:23 > 0:56:24About what?
0:56:28 > 0:56:34You put Simon Thomas in a cell and that's the last time you saw him?
0:56:34 > 0:56:36Aye, that's correct.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40I am right in thinking that you all knew who Simon Thomas was?
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Aye, by sight, not by name.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45- You had history with him? - Aye, I guess...
0:56:45 > 0:56:47- So did Michael Ashton?- Aye.
0:56:47 > 0:56:51- He doesn't mention it in his pocket book.- Does he not?
0:56:53 > 0:56:59Constable Stockdale seems to remember going down there 17 times.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Ashton doesn't mention it at all.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Was he bent?
0:57:03 > 0:57:05You what?
0:57:05 > 0:57:07Why all the visits?
0:57:09 > 0:57:10You don't remember?
0:57:10 > 0:57:12You don't know?
0:57:13 > 0:57:17Stockdale says it was Ash's idea.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20Did you shake people down? Collect money?
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Sell drugs?
0:57:24 > 0:57:28Ash's idea was to give people food.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32Aye, always at the end of our shift.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36A blanket when it was cold.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40He seemed to think being a police officer
0:57:40 > 0:57:41was some kind of social work.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43I didn't agree with him.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45I think it encouraged them to be deadbeats
0:57:45 > 0:57:47and it was against the rules.
0:57:51 > 0:57:56Michael Ashton gave food to Simon Thomas?
0:57:56 > 0:58:00That's why it's so hard to get your head round it, isn't it?
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Ash was good to him.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22CLEARS THROAT
0:58:26 > 0:58:29Where was Simon Thomas when you arrested him?
0:58:29 > 0:58:32He was, er...
0:58:32 > 0:58:35..sitting beneath a run of stairs.
0:58:36 > 0:58:39He was quiet, like.
0:58:39 > 0:58:42Seemed a bit dazed, to be honest.
0:58:42 > 0:58:43Right, was he in one of the houses?
0:58:43 > 0:58:45Aye.
0:58:45 > 0:58:47Why did you go in the house?
0:58:47 > 0:58:50To try and disperse the protestors.
0:58:52 > 0:58:56There was a wee lad...
0:58:58 > 0:59:00..that I know from the street.
0:59:00 > 0:59:03A wee imp.
0:59:05 > 0:59:06And he falls
0:59:06 > 0:59:09and cuts his face and skins his knees and...
0:59:11 > 0:59:14I help him up, try to warn him off being there.
0:59:14 > 0:59:17- I'm going to tell your mum. - Get lost ya knacker!- Hey!
0:59:21 > 0:59:23I was worried about him,
0:59:23 > 0:59:26didn't want him to get hurt, so I went after him.
0:59:39 > 0:59:42Because that's the thing, anyone who was in those buildings
0:59:42 > 0:59:46when they were knocking 'em down, they wouldn't survive, would they?
0:59:47 > 0:59:49And as I go in...
0:59:50 > 0:59:53..I see someone who's trying to get away and I think it's Robbie,
0:59:53 > 0:59:54but it might not be.
0:59:54 > 0:59:57So I turned round to leave...
0:59:59 > 1:00:01..and I saw him.
1:00:05 > 1:00:07I called for help.
1:00:11 > 1:00:15- Robbie, the wee... - Yeah.
1:00:15 > 1:00:17He'd led me to him.
1:00:20 > 1:00:23I didn't see Mike go in. Nobody had.
1:00:25 > 1:00:27I wouldn't have known otherwise.
1:00:28 > 1:00:31He called me a knacker and saved his life.
1:00:35 > 1:00:37That's the world.
1:00:46 > 1:00:48PHONE RINGS
1:00:50 > 1:00:52Section House.
1:00:59 > 1:01:01I'll let her know.
1:01:47 > 1:01:50Can I help you?
1:01:50 > 1:01:52- I'm looking for WPC Coles. - She's not here.
1:01:56 > 1:01:58I'm just going to nip up and have a look, shall I?
1:01:58 > 1:02:00I can't allow you.
1:02:02 > 1:02:06- Rules.- Aye. Where would we be without them?
1:02:08 > 1:02:11Are you obstructing me in the execution of my duty?
1:02:12 > 1:02:16- She's not here.- Where is she? - She resigned.
1:02:23 > 1:02:26I think she had the reputation of the police in mind.
1:02:26 > 1:02:28Thank you.
1:02:28 > 1:02:30Well, we'd like to speak to her.
1:02:31 > 1:02:35I don't believe the Assistant Chief Constable and I,
1:02:35 > 1:02:39when we asked you to tackle this, envisaged this sort of...
1:02:39 > 1:02:41- Diligence?- Persecution.
1:02:41 > 1:02:44We were looking for it to be simple and speedy.
1:02:44 > 1:02:46It was a tragic death
1:02:46 > 1:02:50but it's not as though Simon Thomas will be a loss to humanity.
1:02:50 > 1:02:52KNOCK ON DOOR
1:02:52 > 1:02:54- Sergeant.- Sir.
1:02:58 > 1:03:00As it turns out you seem to have uncovered
1:03:00 > 1:03:02an unacceptable level of neglect
1:03:02 > 1:03:05on our part which we will duly acknowledge
1:03:05 > 1:03:07and take steps to remedy.
1:03:07 > 1:03:09And I want to thank you for the work you've done
1:03:09 > 1:03:12in bringing the failure of Woman Police Constable Coles
1:03:12 > 1:03:14- to our attention. - WPC Coles?
1:03:14 > 1:03:17She failed to check the cells hourly as instructed.
1:03:18 > 1:03:23We felt that we might let her resign, with immediate effect,
1:03:23 > 1:03:25and see the end of it.
1:03:25 > 1:03:29She was a good girl. It was a careless mistake.
1:03:33 > 1:03:35What you've done is highlight
1:03:35 > 1:03:38some of the ways we can improve our training.
1:03:39 > 1:03:43Well, I think we're done here. Got your scalp.
1:03:46 > 1:03:49She's not careless. He said that she's careless
1:03:49 > 1:03:52and she didn't check on Simon Thomas because she's careless.
1:03:52 > 1:03:53She's compulsively organised.
1:03:53 > 1:03:56- She's on the duty roster. - But that doesn't make sense.
1:03:56 > 1:04:00She knew that we were investigating what happened that evening.
1:04:00 > 1:04:02She never said that she was on duty.
1:04:04 > 1:04:07- What you looking at? - Oi, oi. Come here.
1:04:10 > 1:04:13- Was she lying?- Apparently.
1:04:13 > 1:04:16Could you tell? Could you tell that she was lying?
1:04:18 > 1:04:20The women I know don't lie.
1:04:20 > 1:04:24The women I know lie all the time. And I couldn't tell.
1:04:24 > 1:04:27She's not careless. She's not lying.
1:04:29 > 1:04:30I'm going to get an address.
1:04:48 > 1:04:50- WPC Coles?- Not any more.
1:04:50 > 1:04:53- Could we just have a word? - I don't have anything to say to you.
1:04:53 > 1:04:55Listen, if you just give me a minute...
1:04:55 > 1:04:57Rachel Coles, I'm arresting you in connection
1:04:57 > 1:05:00with the death of Simon Thomas. Get in.
1:05:08 > 1:05:11Could you book my suspect please, Sergeant?
1:05:12 > 1:05:16Suspicion of being involved in the death of Simon Thomas.
1:05:16 > 1:05:18- Sir? - Just do it, Sergeant, please.
1:05:18 > 1:05:21I'd like to interview as soon as possible.
1:05:29 > 1:05:34Did you try to comfort Simon Thomas after he was put in the cells?
1:05:34 > 1:05:36No. Sergeant thought he was dangerous.
1:05:36 > 1:05:39We put him in an isolation cell and just left him to...
1:05:39 > 1:05:41Were there any indications that he was unwell?
1:05:41 > 1:05:44Besides the fact he was kicking and screaming, acting like a mad thing?
1:05:44 > 1:05:46When did he stop screaming?
1:05:52 > 1:05:55- I don't know.- You must have a general idea. Ten o'clock at night?
1:05:55 > 1:05:59- Two in the morning?- You did check on him hourly, didn't you?
1:05:59 > 1:06:01Sergeant Dawson said that's what you did.
1:06:01 > 1:06:03You checked on him hourly. Did you?
1:06:13 > 1:06:15Oh, I see. The coward's way out.
1:06:15 > 1:06:17Hiding behind silence.
1:06:17 > 1:06:20I thought you were better than that.
1:06:25 > 1:06:28- Did you check him?- No.
1:06:28 > 1:06:30- Why not?- I wasn't there.
1:06:36 > 1:06:38Are you a liar?
1:06:41 > 1:06:46I have here a duty roster that indicates
1:06:46 > 1:06:48that you were on duty in the custody suite
1:06:48 > 1:06:51on the night that Simon Thomas died.
1:06:51 > 1:06:54- Well, it's not true. - It's here in black and white.
1:06:54 > 1:06:55Well, it's still not true.
1:06:57 > 1:07:00Why does the duty roster say that you were?
1:07:00 > 1:07:02I don't know.
1:07:02 > 1:07:04Is this another lie?
1:07:08 > 1:07:11I've not lied and I'd prefer not to say.
1:07:11 > 1:07:13You haven't got a choice, Constable.
1:07:13 > 1:07:15I have a choice.
1:07:15 > 1:07:17A Hobson's choice.
1:07:17 > 1:07:19I wasn't on duty.
1:07:19 > 1:07:22And I won't hurt anybody else the way that they hurt me.
1:07:23 > 1:07:26I wanted to be a police officer so badly...
1:07:26 > 1:07:29You don't deserve to be a police officer.
1:07:29 > 1:07:32Aye. That's what they said to us.
1:07:33 > 1:07:36I had to resign or else they would say it was my fault
1:07:36 > 1:07:39that nobody checked on that poor, terrified man.
1:07:40 > 1:07:42Resign or be blamed.
1:07:43 > 1:07:45That, Sir, is when you don't have a choice.
1:07:48 > 1:07:51They wanted me to prove that I deserved to be a police officer
1:07:51 > 1:07:55and like you, these lying men have taken my dreams away from me.
1:07:55 > 1:07:58A man died in custody. He has no more dreams.
1:07:58 > 1:08:02And if I had been on duty I would have done my best to prevent it.
1:08:02 > 1:08:04I wasn't.
1:08:04 > 1:08:06And all you have is my word.
1:08:06 > 1:08:09It's not enough.
1:08:09 > 1:08:11It should be.
1:08:12 > 1:08:15- I swore an oath.- It won't be.
1:08:17 > 1:08:19Ask yourself what it means to swear it, Sir.
1:08:21 > 1:08:24Because it obviously means more to me than it does to you.
1:08:26 > 1:08:30I gave my word, "To serve without favour or affection."
1:08:36 > 1:08:38Then ask them.
1:08:40 > 1:08:42Ask them what the truth is...
1:08:44 > 1:08:49..cos I don't have any proof and all you have is my word.
1:08:56 > 1:08:59You're always bloody right, aren't you?
1:09:00 > 1:09:03- Who was Hobson?- What?
1:09:03 > 1:09:06Hobson. She said "Hobson's choice". Who's Hobson?
1:09:06 > 1:09:10Ran a stable in Cambridge. You rode the horse you were given.
1:09:10 > 1:09:12This just came through from Personnel.
1:09:12 > 1:09:15- Termination, separation, pension... - I'll take that.
1:09:15 > 1:09:20Make sure you go through it all and then return it as soon as you can.
1:09:20 > 1:09:22This just came over from Dr Anderton, Sir.
1:09:24 > 1:09:28Why did they set her up with dereliction of duty and neglect?
1:09:28 > 1:09:32- Because they know that's what they're guilty of.- Mmmm. Yeah.
1:09:55 > 1:09:58According to Dawson, Simon Thomas was,
1:09:58 > 1:10:01"Disoriented, hallucinating and violent."
1:10:02 > 1:10:05Anderton says that the liver failure could be gradual
1:10:05 > 1:10:09after the trauma, coming on after, say, even six to 12 hours, yeah?
1:10:09 > 1:10:13Toxins in the blood slowly make their way to the brain.
1:10:16 > 1:10:18So what if he became disoriented and agitated
1:10:18 > 1:10:21as the damage to his liver took effect?
1:10:21 > 1:10:23The injury needn't have happened in the cell.
1:10:31 > 1:10:34- Can I help you?- I'd like to speak to PC Baird, please.
1:10:34 > 1:10:37- I haven't seen him. - Go and have a look for him.
1:10:40 > 1:10:42He's not on duty.
1:10:44 > 1:10:46I'll check his room.
1:10:47 > 1:10:49Bairdo?
1:10:54 > 1:10:56There's a gap.
1:10:56 > 1:11:00Sometimes sheets fall down or get lost.
1:11:08 > 1:11:10What do you want?
1:11:10 > 1:11:12You saw your friend lying on the ground,
1:11:12 > 1:11:15bleeding from a head wound, and you were angry.
1:11:19 > 1:11:22You and your mates run amok, laying into whoever you could.
1:11:27 > 1:11:30So you went back in and you found Simon Thomas hiding.
1:11:30 > 1:11:32Then you dragged him out and you beat him.
1:11:32 > 1:11:34And all your mates piled in, didn't they?
1:11:34 > 1:11:36Trying to pay him back for Ashton. Didn't they?
1:11:36 > 1:11:38You didn't hit him in a cell.
1:11:38 > 1:11:42- You hit him at the scene, where nobody would know.- I didn't hit him.
1:11:42 > 1:11:45And you didn't hit him in the head or the face,
1:11:45 > 1:11:47because the marks would have shown.
1:11:47 > 1:11:49- Oh, no. You hit him in the back. - I didn't hit him.
1:11:49 > 1:11:51Oh, come on, son. Tell the truth.
1:11:51 > 1:11:54At least have enough self-respect to tell the truth!
1:11:54 > 1:11:58I am telling the truth! I didn't hit him!
1:11:58 > 1:12:01Chris and Neil, they didn't hit him. None of us hit him!
1:12:01 > 1:12:04- None of us hit him! - Who else was there?
1:12:04 > 1:12:06- KNOCK ON DOOR - I don't know!
1:12:06 > 1:12:09We're in the middle of an interview!
1:12:09 > 1:12:11We are in an interview.
1:12:12 > 1:12:14Constable Ashton has died.
1:12:16 > 1:12:18I'm sorry, David.
1:12:20 > 1:12:22Sorry.
1:12:24 > 1:12:29Detective Chief Inspector Gently, can I speak with you?
1:12:46 > 1:12:50- Let's draw a line under this. - We need to finish our interview.
1:12:50 > 1:12:52You don't have enough to pursue this matter any further, do you?
1:12:52 > 1:12:54You have no idea what we have.
1:12:54 > 1:12:57I've spoken to the ACC. He agrees with me.
1:12:57 > 1:13:00We think your investigation should be
1:13:00 > 1:13:03superseded by an investigation into the death of Constable Ashton.
1:13:03 > 1:13:06We don't want to muddy things. I'm sure you'll agree.
1:13:06 > 1:13:09What's this?
1:13:10 > 1:13:14- A conclusion.- There's no evidence that Simon Thomas had anything to do
1:13:14 > 1:13:17- with Constable Ashton...- Let me stop you there. There is evidence.
1:13:17 > 1:13:19We have a signed statement from a member of the public
1:13:19 > 1:13:22who saw Simon Thomas assault Constable Ashton.
1:13:22 > 1:13:24Who?
1:13:24 > 1:13:26Irene Seddon. A local woman.
1:13:30 > 1:13:32You've done enough.
1:13:32 > 1:13:34Go home!
1:13:48 > 1:13:51They didn't really want a robust investigation, did they?
1:13:53 > 1:13:55If they did they wouldn't have sent two detectives
1:13:55 > 1:13:58recovering from serious injuries, would they?
1:14:21 > 1:14:23We haven't really done enough, have we?
1:14:38 > 1:14:42Mrs Seddon? We need to ask you some questions.
1:14:46 > 1:14:49He'll hurt my children.
1:14:50 > 1:14:53STONE CLATTERS
1:15:28 > 1:15:31Robbie!
1:15:31 > 1:15:33Over there.
1:15:35 > 1:15:37Robbie!
1:15:46 > 1:15:48Robbie!
1:16:07 > 1:16:09Robbie!
1:16:11 > 1:16:13Robbie!
1:16:32 > 1:16:34Robbie?
1:16:52 > 1:16:54HE GROANS
1:16:54 > 1:16:56What did the little shite tell you?
1:16:56 > 1:17:00- What'd he talk to you about? - Poetry!
1:17:09 > 1:17:11We couldn't speak to you at our house.
1:17:11 > 1:17:13If he finds out he'll hurt Mam.
1:17:15 > 1:17:17Charlie and me saw it.
1:17:25 > 1:17:27They say they're making this a better place.
1:17:27 > 1:17:31They're talking about buildings, not people.
1:17:31 > 1:17:35And then you come along with your badges and your laws
1:17:35 > 1:17:38and you wonder why we hate you.
1:17:38 > 1:17:41And Ashton brings the kiddie fiddler food and blankets,
1:17:41 > 1:17:44makes him comfortable, that's what Ashton did.
1:17:44 > 1:17:46What did Simon Thomas do to you?
1:17:46 > 1:17:49He let that squatter live here but not us.
1:17:49 > 1:17:51Us lot they move on.
1:17:51 > 1:17:55Pervert was dangerous. We wanted him away!
1:17:56 > 1:17:58PUT IT DOWN!
1:18:10 > 1:18:12MUFFLED CRIES
1:18:36 > 1:18:40HE GROANS WITH EFFORT
1:18:41 > 1:18:43Hold on, John.
1:18:44 > 1:18:46Come on.
1:18:49 > 1:18:51THEY GROAN
1:18:54 > 1:18:56THEY BREATHE HEAVILY
1:19:05 > 1:19:06Are you all right?
1:19:09 > 1:19:11Yeah. Yeah, I'm good.
1:19:13 > 1:19:15You are.
1:19:23 > 1:19:25The riot gave Hanratty a chance to get even.
1:19:27 > 1:19:33He wanted to kill Ashton. He wanted him alone and vulnerable.
1:19:41 > 1:19:44The boys didn't know what he intended.
1:19:44 > 1:19:47They had to do their part or he'd beat them.
1:20:05 > 1:20:08Charlie got to Ashton first. Did as he was told.
1:20:13 > 1:20:16They lured him into the building, away from anyone else.
1:20:39 > 1:20:41Robbie!
1:20:42 > 1:20:44Robbie!
1:20:50 > 1:20:53Simon tried to shield Ashton with his body.
1:21:14 > 1:21:16Can you prove Hanratty struck Simon Thomas?
1:21:16 > 1:21:19We have witnesses and physical evidence.
1:21:19 > 1:21:22And both the boys have made statements.
1:21:25 > 1:21:27Simon Thomas' liver had ruptured.
1:21:27 > 1:21:30He was dying but he didn't know it.
1:21:30 > 1:21:33Crazy Man, Crazy Man! Get up!
1:22:02 > 1:22:04No! No!
1:22:05 > 1:22:07Mum! Mum!
1:22:23 > 1:22:26The failure to check on Simon Thomas
1:22:26 > 1:22:31when he was in the cells contributed to his death.
1:22:36 > 1:22:39So our conclusion really doesn't change.
1:22:58 > 1:23:00Do your duty.
1:23:01 > 1:23:04Archie Dawson, I'm arresting you on suspicion
1:23:04 > 1:23:07of being involved in the death of Simon Thomas.
1:23:08 > 1:23:11You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence...
1:23:11 > 1:23:14- SOUND FADES - ..if you do not mention...
1:23:18 > 1:23:20MUM!
1:23:20 > 1:23:23MUM!
1:23:31 > 1:23:33Thank you.
1:23:35 > 1:23:38Mike was my mate and you found out who was responsible so...
1:23:43 > 1:23:45That's the original.
1:23:48 > 1:23:50When did I become a villain?
1:23:52 > 1:23:56Rachel wasn't on duty. Dawson had a drink with us.
1:23:56 > 1:23:59He had more than one and he fell asleep.
1:24:02 > 1:24:05And he asked us to protect him so we did. We lied.
1:24:06 > 1:24:10Nobody went in to check on him. And we all lied about it except her.
1:24:14 > 1:24:17She's the only one who deserves to wear the uniform.
1:24:38 > 1:24:40Guv, I'll take that letter back.
1:25:44 > 1:25:46Lost?
1:25:50 > 1:25:52Do you remember that oath you took?
1:25:59 > 1:26:01BELL TOLLS
1:26:26 > 1:26:28Crazy Man.
1:26:28 > 1:26:32- I gave him his name, you know. - Did you?- Aye. He liked it.
1:26:34 > 1:26:36It weren't because he was a nutter.
1:26:37 > 1:26:42Something would happen or he'd read a poem
1:26:42 > 1:26:46- or somebody would say something, he'd think about it...- Yeah.
1:26:46 > 1:26:49..shake his head and say, "That's crazy, man."
1:26:49 > 1:26:52Always said it. About everything.
1:26:54 > 1:26:56"That's crazy, man."
1:26:59 > 1:27:01Come on.
1:27:39 > 1:27:42Let me die a young man's death
1:27:42 > 1:27:48Not a clean and in between The sheets holy water death
1:27:48 > 1:27:53Not a famous-last-words Peaceful out of breath death
1:27:55 > 1:27:58Let me die a young man's death
1:27:58 > 1:28:01Not a free from sin tiptoe in
1:28:01 > 1:28:04Candle wax and waning death
1:28:04 > 1:28:07Not a curtains drawn by angels borne
1:28:08 > 1:28:11"What a nice way to go" death.