0:00:02 > 0:00:08This programme contains some violent scenes
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Urgent call for the Duty Inspector.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15DI Denton.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18DS Jayne Akers, calling with request for urgent assistance,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20immediate and credible threat to life.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24We need Gold to sign off.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Chief Super's gone home.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Well then, call him at home.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32'This is Chief Superintendent Mallick...
0:00:32 > 0:00:35'please leave your name and number and I will get back to you.'
0:00:35 > 0:00:37ANSWER MACHINE TONE
0:00:37 > 0:00:39He's not picking up his mobile either.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41We really ought to give him another five minutes.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Ma'am...
0:00:44 > 0:00:45HE SIGHS
0:00:45 > 0:00:46There she goes...
0:00:50 > 0:00:52RINGING TONE
0:00:52 > 0:00:54'Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.'
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Sir, this is DI Lindsay Denton.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Yes, Linda, how can I help you?
0:00:57 > 0:00:59'Sir, I need Gold approval for an op.'
0:01:03 > 0:01:04We allowed to know where we're going?
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Suspect in a missing persons enquiry, need to get him in for questioning.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- No, my car!- What?- Just...come on!
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Come on!
0:01:12 > 0:01:14SIREN WAILS
0:01:38 > 0:01:41DS Akers. Thanks for stepping in, ma'am.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46I need a safe and available destination ASAP.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Straight into town?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49I'd take the back roads.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57You lead. Have your men in my car, engine running, ready to go.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Yeah, I'm going to take the rest of your team...
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- It's just me.- What?
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Ma'am...
0:02:03 > 0:02:04..please.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07OK.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Keep the radio in the car on channel 1.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Personal radios back-to-back on 2.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Who's in the house? - I don't know.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Just move. Please.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Wallis to Denton, it's straight on here, ma'am.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Yeah. I know the way to my own station.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10TYRES SQUEAL
0:03:14 > 0:03:15No!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:03:23 > 0:03:25RAPID GUNFIRE
0:03:25 > 0:03:27SHE SCREAMS
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Charlie Mike two-five, status zero, status zero, Long Lane and Crown Avenue!
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Charlie Mike two-five, confirm message.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Status zero, status zero!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54SHE SHRIEKS
0:04:24 > 0:04:25SIRENS WAIL
0:04:34 > 0:04:36OFFICE HUBBUB
0:04:45 > 0:04:46ALARM RINGS
0:04:48 > 0:04:50MACHINES BEEP
0:04:58 > 0:04:59How are you, Lindsay?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Anything I can get you?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05No, thanks.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Up to answering a couple of questions?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17I'm just trying to get my head around what happened out there, sir.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22But no-one seems to know what you were up to...
0:05:22 > 0:05:23I'm not sure I do, either.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Wallis and Butler are dead.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29The other two...
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Get the next shot ready.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32..they're still trying to save.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Who are they?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40I'm not clear yet on whether that's something I should be divulging, sir.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42SHE SNIFFS
0:05:44 > 0:05:46It'd help to know!
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I got your messages.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Instead of dropping me in it,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55if you'd given me a minute to get back to you.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I gave you more than a minute.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59I gave you 20.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05DOCTOR COUNTS
0:06:09 > 0:06:12MACHINE TONE CHANGES
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Two more breaths, please.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33No... I'm calling it, asystolic.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Pulse-less for 20 minutes.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Everyone OK with that?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42OK, CPR discontinued at 23.12.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIR
0:06:51 > 0:06:53SIREN BLARES
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Everybody!
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Evidence recovery's ongoing, so, guys,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09please respect the limits of the cordon at all times.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Our forensic scene investigators have work lights.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Talk to me if you need any lighting changes
0:07:17 > 0:07:19This way, sir.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48There's been an attack on the police.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Three of our colleagues have lost their lives in the line of duty.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Our first thoughts are with their families.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59But now the hunt begins for the people who committed
0:07:59 > 0:08:00this brutal crime.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31This way.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32'Doors closing.'
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Sir.- As you were.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00MONITORS BEEP
0:09:00 > 0:09:03The transit convoy was ambushed.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06The two 4th Street officers were shot dead.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09The vehicle was set alight, and the witness
0:09:09 > 0:09:11and the handler suffered critical burns and gunshot wounds.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14The handler was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19We've been assigned to investigate the possibility that
0:09:19 > 0:09:22a police officer or officers tipped somebody off.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Who is he?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Classified. He was under Witness Protection.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29New identity, relocation, the WORKS.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31And how is he, sir, the witness?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Critical but stable.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Can I ask you a question?
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Depends on the question.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43"Critical but stable" - what does that mean exactly?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Well, he's been lucky. His chances are good.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46He doesn't look very lucky.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49I'll set up an alert.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53As soon as he comes round, we'll be banging on his door.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Thank you.- Sir.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59He said it was a convoy. Who was in the other vehicles?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Just one vehicle, driven by our only other survivor, DI Lindsay Denton.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05When can we talk to her?
0:10:05 > 0:10:06I'm chasing. But she's in counselling.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Are we allowed to know the names of the deceased officers?
0:10:09 > 0:10:14From 4th Street Station - Sergeant Alex Wallis, PC Vincent Butler,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18and...the third victim's name is being withheld from the public
0:10:18 > 0:10:21because she was from Witness Protection - DS Jayne Akers.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Sorry, sir, I'll be down in five.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Sure.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49You got a minute, sir?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52See you back at the office.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55This one's not for me, sir.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00This is going to be a very high-profile case.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01I need my best team.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I'm flattered, sir, but I knew Jayne Akers.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05We went through Ryton together.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Half the job went through training together, and we're not investigating Akers.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Not yet.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12There's three of our own in the morgue!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Am I meant to be angry, is that it, sir?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Well, you ought to be.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18And if I find out a police officer's responsible,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20even in the slightest, I'll be livid!
0:11:20 > 0:11:21I'm not. That's the problem.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Problem?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26I'd rather not investigate the death of a former colleague. I like keeping a distance.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29What about Steve?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Well, I'll have to find him a new partner
0:11:31 > 0:11:32and I expect he won't like it.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Away you go.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Sorry to keep you.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55No problem, sir.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59DC Georgina Trotman, meet DS Steven Arnott.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Steve, meet your new partner.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Actually, sir, it's Georgia.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Georgia. Sorry.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Pleased to meet you.- Likewise.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10I've just been given the operational parameters.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Witness Protection is off limits.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14For Christ's sake.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Yeah. Major Violent Crime are going after the gunmen.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22So, AC-12's brief is to investigate the suspicion that
0:12:22 > 0:12:25information leakage by a police officer
0:12:25 > 0:12:28is part of the set-up of the ambush.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Sir...- Steve. I get it. I get it.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33This is how Dryden wants it. We get the 4th Street officers.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Only one's still alive.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37So, you go after Denton.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Very good, sir.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Thank you, you two.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Is she up to it?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Get you, the Big I Am.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55HE CHUCKLES
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Yes, I think so.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59This investigation, sir...
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Aye, aye. That's the spirit.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Welcome to AC-12.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24BACKGROUND CHATTER
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Morning, ma'am.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09How you faring, ma'am?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10OK. Thanks.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Anythin' I can do, don't hesitate. - Cheers, sarge.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Welcome back, Lindsay.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Sir.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26You've been through a lot. Just take it steady.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Thanks.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE
0:15:15 > 0:15:16KNOCK ON DOOR
0:15:16 > 0:15:18SHE SNIFFLES
0:15:19 > 0:15:20This one's taken.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23POUNDING ON DOOR
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I said, "This one's taken."
0:15:27 > 0:15:28SHE SCREAMS
0:15:31 > 0:15:32TOILET FLUSHES
0:15:32 > 0:15:34SHE SCREAMS
0:15:38 > 0:15:40No firearms! No backup!
0:15:41 > 0:15:44It should be you we're burying, you stupid bitch!
0:15:44 > 0:15:45SHE SCREAMS
0:15:45 > 0:15:46TOILET FLUSHES
0:15:52 > 0:15:54SHE SOBS
0:16:20 > 0:16:22DI Royal. DI Denton.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01CONTINUOUS TONE
0:17:11 > 0:17:12TONE STOPS
0:17:12 > 0:17:17AC-12 interview - DI Lindsay Denton and Federation rep DI Samuel Royal,
0:17:17 > 0:17:22in the presence of Superintendent Hastings, DS Arnott, DC Trotman.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26DI Denton, thank you very much for coming in today.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Let's be clear, you're being interviewed today as a witness,
0:17:29 > 0:17:34not as a suspect in any matters of crime, discipline or misconduct.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Whatever I can do to help, sir.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Thank you.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39So, how did you come to be involved in the operation
0:17:39 > 0:17:43that took place on the night of September 5th?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Just bad luck. I was on the ghost rota.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48The Duty Sergeant took a call and passed it on to me.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51And what was said in that call?
0:17:52 > 0:17:57The caller identified herself as DS Akers. DS Jayne Akers.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Akers or the individual identifying herself as Akers advised me
0:18:01 > 0:18:05that there was an immediate and credible threat to the life of a protected witness.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Did she expand on the nature of that threat?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11No, she did not.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Did she give any indication as to where the information came from?
0:18:14 > 0:18:15No, she did not.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Go on.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21DS Akers requested assistance.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23You were the duty station?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25DI Denton is entitled to be questioned by an officer
0:18:25 > 0:18:28at least one rank superior.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30There's no suspicion of DI Denton.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- She is being interviewed purely as a witness.- Yeah...- Sam, it's all fine.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38We were the duty station as, at that time, Akers and the witness were
0:18:38 > 0:18:41located within the precinct of 4th Street and the 4th Street Estate.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43And did you share that information with
0:18:43 > 0:18:45the officers at 4th Street Station?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47No, I did not, sir.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48You did not?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Why not?
0:18:50 > 0:18:53DS Akers impressed on me the secure nature of our communication,
0:18:53 > 0:18:55and that I should only involve others
0:18:55 > 0:18:57when strictly operationally necessary.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I... I invented a cover story involving
0:19:00 > 0:19:02the arrest of a missing person suspect.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04You shared the information with no-one?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I discussed the matter with Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I sought his approval to render assistance.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16Didn't DS Akers advise you to inform as few people as possible?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20A critical incident response of that type requires Gold approval, sir.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Quite right.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24You always adhere to regulations?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26That's what they're there for.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I can see you and I are going to get on like a house on fire, DI Denton!
0:19:29 > 0:19:33So, Deputy Chief Constable Dryden,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36what induced you to call him in particular?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39An incident occurred a few months ago in which the Duty CS
0:19:39 > 0:19:43failed to answer. DCC Dryden made it clear that he could be
0:19:43 > 0:19:45contacted in such circumstances.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I... I think it was his way of finding out which brass were
0:19:47 > 0:19:49pulling their weight and which weren't.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51HE CHUCKLES
0:19:51 > 0:19:54And why did you assign Wallis and Butler?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56They were two officers I knew by reputation.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59They could handle themselves.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Two unarmed officers.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06No firearms?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08No backup?
0:20:09 > 0:20:13If there was anything I could do to reverse that decision, sir...
0:20:15 > 0:20:19DI Denton's statement records she was acting on
0:20:19 > 0:20:20DS Akers' instructions.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Nobody's blaming you, I mean if those were Akers' instructions.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I just thought you might think they were...
0:20:27 > 0:20:28a bit irregular?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37You took the view it was Akers' area of specialisation?
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Exactly.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47The ambush, ma'am, must've been frightening.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51It was.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54You ever experienced anything like that before?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56No. Thankfully.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58That's true, isn't it, DI Denton?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00You've held down a lot of desk jobs?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01You're a bit of a...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04backroom detective?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I believe I've done important work, sir.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Absolutely.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Absolutely.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12You did well in a very testing situation, ma'am.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Thank you.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17You've never faced an anti-corruption hearing, have you, ma'am?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18No.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22In 2002, DC Denton alleged a colleague was falsifying
0:21:22 > 0:21:24witness statements.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27The complaint was upheld - the officer was disciplined.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30In 2007, DS Denton alleged a colleague was making
0:21:30 > 0:21:32fraudulent expenses' claims.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34The complaint was upheld - the officer was disciplined.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38DI Denton has demonstrated the utmost probity throughout
0:21:38 > 0:21:39her service career.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45It takes courage to make a moral stand against your fellow officers,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47except sometimes they don't see it that way.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48No.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I direct you to document seven in your folder.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Document seven, for the tape, is a map showing
0:21:55 > 0:22:00the location of the safe house, the ambush and 4th Street Station.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03For the tape, I'm indicating the route taken that night.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Two unmarked police vehicles departed the safe house.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09And the most direct route to 4th Street Station is via A roads.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Instead, the vehicles travelled along Crown Avenue and then turned left
0:22:12 > 0:22:16into Long Lane, almost immediately after which the ambush took place.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Agreed and accepted?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Agreed and accepted.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25A decision was taken not to go the fastest way, via A roads.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27That's correct.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30DI Denton was following DS Akers' instructions.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Akers' chose the route?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Yeah.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38This back route, it would lead to 4th Street Station,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40but only if you'd continued along Crown Avenue.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42The vehicles turned left into Long Lane.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Yeah.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49You didn't question that decision?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52No, sir.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54You had a radio, didn't you?
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Yeah.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58So, why didn't you question the decision?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Can we take a step back, please,
0:23:01 > 0:23:05and remind ourselves that DI Denton is being interviewed as a witness?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Absolutely, absolutely.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13The decision appeared to make sense at the time.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16There were roadworks on Crown Avenue,
0:23:16 > 0:23:22erm, with temporary traffic signals controlling a single lane.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25It was a potential hold-up that would've left us vulnerable.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28There were no roadworks on Crown Avenue that night.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Works had been completed the day before.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I wasn't aware.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36You didn't make a point of getting up-to-date travel information?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- No. - You said Akers chose the route,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42but you seem very familiar with the arguments.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44You were the ranking officer.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48You and Akers discussed the route between you.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50That's more likely, isn't it?
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Not more likely?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I think we should stop there.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Are you withdrawing your cooperation, DI Denton?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09DI Denton?
0:24:09 > 0:24:11No, of course I cooperate.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Your vehicle was the only one that wasn't shot at.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17They didn't need to. They'd knocked my car off the road.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I, erm...
0:24:20 > 0:24:24..I took cover inside until they fled the scene.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26You were in fear of your life.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Understandably.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29According to the pathologist's report,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Wallis and Butler died almost instantly from gunshot wounds.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35But Akers and her witness were alive.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36The witness...
0:24:38 > 0:24:39..managed to put out the flames,
0:24:39 > 0:24:40but...
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Akers, she couldn't...
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I, er...
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I threw my coat over her.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Well done, ma'am.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Did you help get them out of the car?
0:24:56 > 0:24:57No.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59No?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04They came out themselves, sir. They, er...
0:25:07 > 0:25:09..they, er, they were already burning.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- I'm sorry. - That must've been a horrible sight.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19It was.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26We all appreciate that you've been...
0:25:26 > 0:25:29through the most terrible situation,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31but we have a job to do.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34What we're trying to get at here, DI Denton,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37is how those gunmen knew where you were that night.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40I wish I could help you, sir.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44You do understand what we're investigating here, don't you, DI Denton?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46The possibility of information leakage.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Yeah, I understand.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50And information leakage can only happen in two ways -
0:25:50 > 0:25:52deliberately...
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Officer corruption - they're in with the criminals.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55..or accidentally...
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Officer incompetence - they fail to communicate securely.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00This interview has to stop.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02If DI Denton is under suspicion,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05you need to issue her with a Regulation 15 Notice.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06This is still information gathering.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09We are a long way from a Reg 15.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Under AC-12's blanket authority to vet any officer connected to
0:26:12 > 0:26:15an ongoing investigation, we carried out financial checks on DI Denton.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I've requested that you stop.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Our strongest suspicion is that criminal interests tried to
0:26:23 > 0:26:26assassinate the witness to stop him from testifying.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Now, those criminal interests would pay a pretty penny
0:26:30 > 0:26:33for an inside man, or woman.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36And any officer in the financial difficulties that you are in,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39DI Denton, is duty-bound to declare it
0:26:39 > 0:26:43on the grounds that she would be vulnerable to bribery.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44You're in debt up to your eyeballs.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Stop the tape. We're finished here.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58My mother had to go into a nursing home.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04And the council wouldn't pay, so we sold her house but it wasn't enough.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09So, we sold mine, but there was negative equity, so...
0:27:11 > 0:27:14..my mum is being looked after, but I'm stuck with
0:27:14 > 0:27:17mortgage payments on a horrible little place that I hate and...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- ..you people...- Lindsay, don't.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22..you people, you sit there and you try
0:27:22 > 0:27:25and twist some case out of my misfortunes.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31All I did was do my job. That's all I've ever done.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34SHE SNIFFLES
0:27:34 > 0:27:36I shouldn't have even been on duty that night.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I'd do anything not to have been there, not to have picked up
0:27:39 > 0:27:42that call, because for all I know it's going to take away
0:27:42 > 0:27:44the one good thing in my life - and that is being a police officer.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52That how it works here?
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Sometimes.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57You should've told me you were going to treat her like a suspect.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59We weren't. She did that herself.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00She was defenceless in there.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02That's her rep's job, not ours.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04What's ours, then?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Catching criminals.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09The criminals we catch happen to be police officers.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11That's all there is to it.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13You think she's a criminal?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Well?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19No.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21So, what gives you the right to treat her like one?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I've been through it. That gives me the right.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25And having been through it, it doesn't bother you?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30If this is not for you, all you need to do is say.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35It's for me.
0:28:54 > 0:28:55CAMERAS CLICK
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Sergeant Alex Wallis and Constable Vince Butler
0:28:58 > 0:29:02both leave behind them families devastated by their loss.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Who were the other casualties?
0:29:04 > 0:29:08A police detective was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11A second police detective suffered minor injuries.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14We're withholding both their names for operational reasons.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16CLAMOUR FROM REPORTERS
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Can you confirm reports that there was another casualty? A civilian?
0:29:19 > 0:29:21No.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23"There's been an attack on the police."
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Those were my words on the night of the ambush.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31For the families that lost their loved ones, the hurt goes on.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37For those of us charged with finding their killers,
0:29:37 > 0:29:41we must set that pain aside and proceed with clear minds.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45And it's clear to me there's another attack on the police...
0:29:46 > 0:29:50..an insidious and, ultimately, more devastating one.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Our numbers have been cut back.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Public safety has been jeopardised.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01There's no clearer indicator than the fact that on that night
0:30:01 > 0:30:04we weren't even able to protect ourselves.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08DANCE MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH WALL
0:30:09 > 0:30:11DOGS BARK IN DISTANCE
0:30:12 > 0:30:14DANCE MUSIC POUNDS
0:30:21 > 0:30:25ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS
0:30:47 > 0:30:49God asks us to forgive.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55But first we must gain justice
0:30:55 > 0:30:57for our fallen comrades.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02"Dearly beloved,
0:31:02 > 0:31:03"avenge not yourselves...
0:31:06 > 0:31:09"..but rather give place unto wrath.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12"For it is written,
0:31:12 > 0:31:13" 'Vengeance is mine.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16" 'I will repay,'
0:31:16 > 0:31:17"saith the Lord."
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Detective Sergeant Jayne Akers leaves a loving husband,
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Richard Akers,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29and many colleagues devastated by her loss.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31The families of Sergeant Alex Wallis
0:31:31 > 0:31:34and Constable Vincent Butler will miss them terribly...
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Sir.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40You called me that night.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- Yes, sir.- How are you bearing up?
0:31:46 > 0:31:47OK, thanks, sir.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Very sorry for your loss.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Very sorry for your loss. - Thanks.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Very sorry for your loss.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08- Sorry.- Sorry.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Hi, it's me. Look, I've got to work late tonight, I'm sorry.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Yeah, would you mind getting his stuff ready for school?
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Thanks, babe. Yeah, all right, then, I'll speak to you in a bit, bye.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38DOOR CLOSES
0:33:48 > 0:33:49DOOR OPENS
0:33:55 > 0:33:56HE SNIFFS
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- I'm sorry.- What for?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- For tonight.- It doesn't matter much, in the scheme of things.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21HE SNIFFS
0:34:21 > 0:34:23You two always used to end up side by side.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Do you think she ever knew?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42When it mattered, she trusted us both with her life.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49The night of the ambush, she called me, to call you.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53To say what?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55For you to call her back about the case she was working on.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Why didn't she call me direct? Was she worried her phone was tapped?
0:35:01 > 0:35:04If you'd answered, you could've asked her yourself.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31'AC-12 interview, DI Lindsay Denton
0:35:31 > 0:35:33'and Federation rep DI Samuel Royal...'
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Sorry, Tom, can I call you back?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Five minutes, mate, cheers.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52I'm moving you up.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55Where?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57The 28s.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Why?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Quality Control are responding to complaints that
0:36:01 > 0:36:04non-high-priority missing persons are being down-processed.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06We've got to be seen to take action.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10This is because I didn't cover for you.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I've got a room full of detectives scoring fours and fives.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21After the balls-up of the ambush...
0:36:23 > 0:36:26..you're a two, at best.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I'm taking this to HR.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Take it to Butler's missus, Wallis' kids.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35Who's on this unit?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40You.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42And?
0:36:42 > 0:36:43I'll find some DC or other,
0:36:43 > 0:36:45if there's one who'll work with you.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54'Nobody's blaming you, I mean, if those were Akers' instructions...
0:36:54 > 0:36:56'Akers chose the route?'
0:36:57 > 0:36:59'Yeah.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03'Vehicles turned left into Long Lane?
0:37:03 > 0:37:04'Yeah.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09'You didn't question that decision?
0:37:11 > 0:37:12'No, sir.'
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Computer on the blink?
0:37:25 > 0:37:27I'm an old-fashioned girl.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33I listened to the tape.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- I thought you didn't want to get involved.- Denton picked the route.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- We don't know that.- And tried to pin it on Jayne Akers.- She was nervous.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Easiest ploy in the world - blame the dead person.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- May I, sir?- Sure.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32MAN: She said, "Just because I reported him missing doesn't mean
0:38:32 > 0:38:34"I wanted him back."
0:38:34 > 0:38:36LAUGHTER
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- All right, who's for the pub?- I am.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Good, it's your round.- OK.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Thank you for making time to see me today.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27As I told you on the telephone, I'm heading up a newly formed unit
0:39:27 > 0:39:30that's taken over the search for Carly.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- Anything we can do to help. - Before she went missing,
0:39:32 > 0:39:36did you notice anything unusual about Carly's behaviour?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38She'd always been...difficult.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41A lot of them are that we take in.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44And how did her difficult nature manifest itself?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47You try and make them stay in school, not go out late.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50If they go out, maybe it's the pictures or...
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Carly drifted back into her old ways,
0:39:52 > 0:39:55or what they said were her old ways -
0:39:55 > 0:39:58out late, drinking, smoking... boys, too.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02We found a used condom in her room.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04We did our best not to push her away...
0:40:25 > 0:40:27- Yeah?- Just wanted to ask you a couple of questions, ma'am.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Which should take place following legal notice
0:40:29 > 0:40:31and in the presence of my Police Federation Rep.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34We can do all that if you prefer, ma'am, but you're being interviewed
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- as a witness, not a suspect. - Yeah, I've heard that one before.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40We had a job to do. I'm sorry.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43But thanks to your cooperation, our investigation's moving on.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Look, this isn't a trap, ma'am.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49You're the last living person to have had contact with DS Akers.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51We need to form a view of her mental state that night.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54All right.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09How was she behaving?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11She was...
0:41:12 > 0:41:14She was on edge.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18Nervous. I'd say very nervous.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Did she give any reason why she wasn't in contact with her own team?
0:41:21 > 0:41:22No, she didn't.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Did she refer to any process?
0:41:24 > 0:41:25KNOCK ON DOOR
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Sorry, gaffer, you said you wanted these straightaway.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29That's all right, thank you.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- That's my new DC, Kate Foster.- Hi.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38You were saying?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Did DS Akers refer to any process of clearing her actions
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- with her superiors?- No, she didn't.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47Did she discuss any role played by other members of her team?
0:41:47 > 0:41:48No, she didn't.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52As far as you could tell, who was DS Akers working with?
0:41:52 > 0:41:56As far as I could tell...DS Akers appeared to be working alone.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00That's been very helpful. Thank you, ma'am.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17I asked Kate to check out the operational options.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Neither of us suspected she'd get embedded so quickly.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23There was an unfilled post for Denton's DC.
0:42:23 > 0:42:28- Yeah, well, a heads-up would have been nice.- Do you want a row?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31What the hell were you doing there, anyway, interviewing Denton again?
0:42:31 > 0:42:34We're not allowed to investigate Akers, so I asked Denton about her.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Full marks for ingenuity, son.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Supposing Akers was the inside woman.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Sorry, Steve.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47- All right?- Hi.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50(Thanks for coming.)
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Steve, meet the trouble and strife.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Have you been here before, Steve?
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- I haven't, no. It looks a nice place. - Yeah. We've heard some good things,
0:43:00 > 0:43:02haven't we, love? Oh, and speaking of good things.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05I'm not late, am I? Sorry, sorry.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- I'm Roisin.- Georgia.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- Drink, Steve?- I'm still on this beer, thanks.- Georgia?
0:43:12 > 0:43:13If anyone fancies wine...
0:43:13 > 0:43:15- Yep. Wine list, please. - Oh. You're on beer.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Do you want one?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Sorry, a beer here, please.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24So, Steve's been in AC for a year now
0:43:24 > 0:43:27and every day has felt like a lifetime.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29That'd make me about your age, sir.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32- He also likes the banter, the cheeky wee b...- Ted.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35"Boy" - I was going to say, "Cheeky, wee boy."
0:43:35 > 0:43:38You're new to Ted's unit?
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Transferred from Armed Robbery.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42You'll be at home here, then...
0:43:42 > 0:43:43with these prices.
0:43:45 > 0:43:46Thanks.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10DANCE MUSIC POUNDS THROUGH WALLS
0:44:13 > 0:44:16MUSIC CONTINUES POUNDING
0:44:25 > 0:44:27PIANO KEYS RATTLE
0:44:34 > 0:44:36- That was very generous, thanks, sir. - Thanks, sir.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39- Pleasure.- Lovely meeting you both.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41See you tomorrow, then.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43- Night.- Night-night. - Night-night.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44- Night, boss.- Night.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51Do you need a lift?
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Bus stop's just here.
0:44:53 > 0:44:54Well, I'm that way.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58You OK to drive?
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Do you fancy a nightcap?
0:45:07 > 0:45:09DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:45:12 > 0:45:16- What are you having?- I'll get these. I insist.- All right. Beer.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Whatever they've got.
0:45:18 > 0:45:23Pint of, er, Peroni, half of Pilsner...
0:45:23 > 0:45:24and a double vodka.
0:45:41 > 0:45:42Thank you for that.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53You always wanted to try the place.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09I got you out in false pretences? Is that it?
0:46:11 > 0:46:14I didn't detect any pressing reason for keeping up appearances.
0:46:17 > 0:46:18I'm their boss.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24And picking up the bill - that really took the prize!
0:46:26 > 0:46:27For my benefit, was it?
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Bottles now?
0:46:43 > 0:46:46- Work in the morning. - Oh, that little thing.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54When I first arrived,
0:46:54 > 0:46:57what did you say to Hastings, when you were alone in the office?
0:46:57 > 0:46:59Just talking operational parameters.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03You're such a crap liar.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05Look, I just wanted to know more about you.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09All right.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13Here are three facts about me but one of them is false.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15You've bitten off more than you can chew, Trotman.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- I do this for a living. - Well, let's see, shall we?
0:47:18 > 0:47:20I'm a gifted horsewoman.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25I won a poetry competition when I was 11.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27I'm a secret pool hustler.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35You don't know one end of a pool cue from the other.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06Is it so hard to comprehend,
0:48:06 > 0:48:09a man wanting to spend the evening with his wife?
0:48:15 > 0:48:17This hurts me, too.
0:48:28 > 0:48:29THUNDER RUMBLES
0:48:46 > 0:48:50- This is a really stupid idea. - Yeah, best not.- Best not.
0:48:53 > 0:48:54Which was the false one by the way?
0:48:57 > 0:48:59A girl never tells.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06DANCE MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH WALLS
0:49:16 > 0:49:17SHE SIGHS
0:49:38 > 0:49:42DANCE MUSIC BLARES
0:49:54 > 0:49:56What do you want?
0:50:02 > 0:50:03SHE SCREAMS
0:50:03 > 0:50:07I...will...not...take...it... any... more.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31BOTTLE SMASHES
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Yeah, thanks for that. Stay in touch.
0:51:02 > 0:51:03Cheers.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13News from the hospital. The docs are going to try the witness
0:51:13 > 0:51:15off the ventilator later on today. He's on the mend.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17When do we get to interview him?
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Oh, rest assured, our foot is in the door.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22If anyone's got answers to the questions, he has.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25Good craic last night, you two. Huh?
0:51:38 > 0:51:39This is so reductive.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46I'm concerned there's a news vacuum, and what'll be used to fill it.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49The Chief Constable's as concerned as I am about any leak
0:51:49 > 0:51:52that a police officer might've been an accomplice.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56We're looking at using anti-terror legislation to keep a lid on it.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59You can't invite them to dinner and not serve pudding.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02- I need a breakthrough. - I didn't say that.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05We need to keep the bastards onside, that's all.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13REPORTERS ALL SHOUT
0:52:15 > 0:52:18Are you any nearer finding those responsible?
0:52:18 > 0:52:20We're pursuing several, productive lines of inquiry.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23I'm very pleased with the progress of the investigation.
0:52:23 > 0:52:24Yeah. But do you have any suspects?
0:52:28 > 0:52:29A breakthrough is imminent.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31REPORTERS ALL SHOUT
0:52:34 > 0:52:36- TV:- 'Deputy Chief Constable Michael Dryden
0:52:36 > 0:52:39'has taken personal charge of the investigation...
0:52:39 > 0:52:41'A breakthrough is imminent.'
0:52:41 > 0:52:42Knob.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45LAUGHTER
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Anything I can do, boss?
0:52:47 > 0:52:49Just need to run an errand. Be back in half an hour.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51- Drive you?- No need.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06- PHONE DIALS - 'Telecommunications.'
0:54:06 > 0:54:10DC Fleming, requesting urgent identification on the last number
0:54:10 > 0:54:12dialled from a payphone on the corner of
0:54:12 > 0:54:15- Ridgeway Street and Sandhurst Lane. - 'Received.'
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Thanks. Get back to me as soon as you can.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43PHONE RINGS
0:54:43 > 0:54:47- DC Fleming.- 'DC Fleming, we have the call ID you requested.'
0:54:47 > 0:54:49Go ahead.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51'It's the main switchboard number of the General Hospital.'
0:54:53 > 0:54:54Thanks.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56PHONE DISCONNECTS
0:55:03 > 0:55:06PHONE BUZZES
0:55:06 > 0:55:07Kate?
0:55:07 > 0:55:10Denton just made a call to the hospital from a payphone.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Get over there, Steve. Check on the witness.
0:55:14 > 0:55:15Georgia.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36- DS Arnott.- 'Steve, I've been on to the hospital.'
0:55:36 > 0:55:38There's no answer from the Guard Unit. I've got someone else
0:55:38 > 0:55:41trying again. If you just get up there as fast as you can, OK?
0:55:45 > 0:55:48SIREN BLARES
0:56:10 > 0:56:12'Sixth floor.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15'Doors closing.'
0:56:15 > 0:56:16Where's the guards?
0:56:25 > 0:56:26You good to go?
0:56:30 > 0:56:32- Yeah.- You sure?
0:56:38 > 0:56:39Yeah.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES BEEP
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Nurse? Where's the...?
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Help! Help!
0:57:39 > 0:57:41SHE SCREAMS
0:57:41 > 0:57:43ALARMS BLARE
0:57:46 > 0:57:49LIFE SUPPORT MACHINE FLATLINES