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This programme contains some violent scenes

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Urgent call for the Duty Inspector.

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DI Denton.

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DS Jayne Akers, calling with request for urgent assistance,

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immediate and credible threat to life.

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We need Gold to sign off.

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Chief Super's gone home.

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Well then, call him at home.

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'This is Chief Superintendent Mallick...

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'please leave your name and number and I will get back to you.'

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ANSWER MACHINE TONE

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He's not picking up his mobile either.

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We really ought to give him another five minutes.

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Ma'am...

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HE SIGHS

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There she goes...

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RINGING TONE

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'Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.'

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Sir, this is DI Lindsay Denton.

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Yes, Linda, how can I help you?

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'Sir, I need Gold approval for an op.'

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We allowed to know where we're going?

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Suspect in a missing persons enquiry, need to get him in for questioning.

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-No, my car!

-What?

-Just...come on!

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Come on!

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SIREN WAILS

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DS Akers. Thanks for stepping in, ma'am.

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I need a safe and available destination ASAP.

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Straight into town?

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I'd take the back roads.

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You lead. Have your men in my car, engine running, ready to go.

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Yeah, I'm going to take the rest of your team...

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-It's just me.

-What?

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Ma'am...

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..please.

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OK.

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Keep the radio in the car on channel 1.

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Personal radios back-to-back on 2.

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-Who's in the house?

-I don't know.

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Just move. Please.

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Wallis to Denton, it's straight on here, ma'am.

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Yeah. I know the way to my own station.

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TYRES SQUEAL

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No!

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SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

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RAPID GUNFIRE

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SHE SCREAMS

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Charlie Mike two-five, status zero, status zero, Long Lane and Crown Avenue!

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Charlie Mike two-five, confirm message.

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Status zero, status zero!

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SHE SHRIEKS

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SIRENS WAIL

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OFFICE HUBBUB

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ALARM RINGS

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MACHINES BEEP

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How are you, Lindsay?

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Anything I can get you?

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No, thanks.

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Up to answering a couple of questions?

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I'm just trying to get my head around what happened out there, sir.

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But no-one seems to know what you were up to...

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I'm not sure I do, either.

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Wallis and Butler are dead.

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The other two...

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Get the next shot ready.

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..they're still trying to save.

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Who are they?

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I'm not clear yet on whether that's something I should be divulging, sir.

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SHE SNIFFS

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It'd help to know!

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I got your messages.

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Instead of dropping me in it,

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if you'd given me a minute to get back to you.

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I gave you more than a minute.

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I gave you 20.

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DOCTOR COUNTS

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MACHINE TONE CHANGES

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Two more breaths, please.

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No... I'm calling it, asystolic.

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Pulse-less for 20 minutes.

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Everyone OK with that?

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OK, CPR discontinued at 23.12.

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HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIR

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SIREN BLARES

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Everybody!

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Evidence recovery's ongoing, so, guys,

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please respect the limits of the cordon at all times.

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Our forensic scene investigators have work lights.

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Talk to me if you need any lighting changes

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This way, sir.

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Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.

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There's been an attack on the police.

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Three of our colleagues have lost their lives in the line of duty.

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Our first thoughts are with their families.

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But now the hunt begins for the people who committed

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this brutal crime.

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This way.

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'Doors closing.'

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-Sir.

-As you were.

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MONITORS BEEP

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The transit convoy was ambushed.

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The two 4th Street officers were shot dead.

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The vehicle was set alight, and the witness

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and the handler suffered critical burns and gunshot wounds.

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The handler was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

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We've been assigned to investigate the possibility that

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a police officer or officers tipped somebody off.

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Who is he?

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Classified. He was under Witness Protection.

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New identity, relocation, the WORKS.

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And how is he, sir, the witness?

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Critical but stable.

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Can I ask you a question?

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Depends on the question.

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"Critical but stable" - what does that mean exactly?

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Well, he's been lucky. His chances are good.

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He doesn't look very lucky.

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I'll set up an alert.

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As soon as he comes round, we'll be banging on his door.

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-Thank you.

-Sir.

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He said it was a convoy. Who was in the other vehicles?

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Just one vehicle, driven by our only other survivor, DI Lindsay Denton.

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When can we talk to her?

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I'm chasing. But she's in counselling.

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Are we allowed to know the names of the deceased officers?

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From 4th Street Station - Sergeant Alex Wallis, PC Vincent Butler,

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and...the third victim's name is being withheld from the public

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because she was from Witness Protection - DS Jayne Akers.

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Sorry, sir, I'll be down in five.

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Sure.

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You got a minute, sir?

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See you back at the office.

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This one's not for me, sir.

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This is going to be a very high-profile case.

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I need my best team.

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I'm flattered, sir, but I knew Jayne Akers.

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We went through Ryton together.

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Half the job went through training together, and we're not investigating Akers.

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Not yet.

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There's three of our own in the morgue!

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Am I meant to be angry, is that it, sir?

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Well, you ought to be.

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And if I find out a police officer's responsible,

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even in the slightest, I'll be livid!

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I'm not. That's the problem.

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Problem?

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I'd rather not investigate the death of a former colleague. I like keeping a distance.

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What about Steve?

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Well, I'll have to find him a new partner

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and I expect he won't like it.

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Away you go.

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Sorry to keep you.

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No problem, sir.

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DC Georgina Trotman, meet DS Steven Arnott.

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Steve, meet your new partner.

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Actually, sir, it's Georgia.

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Georgia. Sorry.

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-Pleased to meet you.

-Likewise.

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I've just been given the operational parameters.

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Witness Protection is off limits.

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For Christ's sake.

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Yeah. Major Violent Crime are going after the gunmen.

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So, AC-12's brief is to investigate the suspicion that

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information leakage by a police officer

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is part of the set-up of the ambush.

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-Sir...

-Steve. I get it. I get it.

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This is how Dryden wants it. We get the 4th Street officers.

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Only one's still alive.

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So, you go after Denton.

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Very good, sir.

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Thank you, you two.

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Is she up to it?

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Get you, the Big I Am.

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HE CHUCKLES

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Yes, I think so.

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This investigation, sir...

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Aye, aye. That's the spirit.

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Welcome to AC-12.

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BACKGROUND CHATTER

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Morning, ma'am.

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How you faring, ma'am?

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OK. Thanks.

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-Anythin' I can do, don't hesitate.

-Cheers, sarge.

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Welcome back, Lindsay.

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Sir.

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You've been through a lot. Just take it steady.

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Thanks.

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SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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SHE SNIFFLES

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This one's taken.

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POUNDING ON DOOR

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I said, "This one's taken."

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SHE SCREAMS

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TOILET FLUSHES

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SHE SCREAMS

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No firearms! No backup!

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It should be you we're burying, you stupid bitch!

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SHE SCREAMS

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TOILET FLUSHES

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SHE SOBS

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DI Royal. DI Denton.

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CONTINUOUS TONE

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TONE STOPS

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AC-12 interview - DI Lindsay Denton and Federation rep DI Samuel Royal,

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in the presence of Superintendent Hastings, DS Arnott, DC Trotman.

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DI Denton, thank you very much for coming in today.

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Let's be clear, you're being interviewed today as a witness,

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not as a suspect in any matters of crime, discipline or misconduct.

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Whatever I can do to help, sir.

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Thank you.

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So, how did you come to be involved in the operation

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that took place on the night of September 5th?

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Just bad luck. I was on the ghost rota.

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The Duty Sergeant took a call and passed it on to me.

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And what was said in that call?

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The caller identified herself as DS Akers. DS Jayne Akers.

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Akers or the individual identifying herself as Akers advised me

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that there was an immediate and credible threat to the life of a protected witness.

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Did she expand on the nature of that threat?

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No, she did not.

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Did she give any indication as to where the information came from?

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No, she did not.

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Go on.

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DS Akers requested assistance.

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You were the duty station?

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DI Denton is entitled to be questioned by an officer

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at least one rank superior.

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There's no suspicion of DI Denton.

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-She is being interviewed purely as a witness.

-Yeah...

-Sam, it's all fine.

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We were the duty station as, at that time, Akers and the witness were

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located within the precinct of 4th Street and the 4th Street Estate.

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And did you share that information with

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the officers at 4th Street Station?

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No, I did not, sir.

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You did not?

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Why not?

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DS Akers impressed on me the secure nature of our communication,

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and that I should only involve others

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when strictly operationally necessary.

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I... I invented a cover story involving

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the arrest of a missing person suspect.

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You shared the information with no-one?

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I discussed the matter with Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.

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I sought his approval to render assistance.

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Didn't DS Akers advise you to inform as few people as possible?

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A critical incident response of that type requires Gold approval, sir.

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Quite right.

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You always adhere to regulations?

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That's what they're there for.

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I can see you and I are going to get on like a house on fire, DI Denton!

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So, Deputy Chief Constable Dryden,

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what induced you to call him in particular?

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An incident occurred a few months ago in which the Duty CS

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failed to answer. DCC Dryden made it clear that he could be

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contacted in such circumstances.

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I... I think it was his way of finding out which brass were

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pulling their weight and which weren't.

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HE CHUCKLES

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And why did you assign Wallis and Butler?

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They were two officers I knew by reputation.

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They could handle themselves.

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Two unarmed officers.

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No firearms?

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No backup?

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If there was anything I could do to reverse that decision, sir...

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DI Denton's statement records she was acting on

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DS Akers' instructions.

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Nobody's blaming you, I mean if those were Akers' instructions.

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I just thought you might think they were...

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a bit irregular?

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You took the view it was Akers' area of specialisation?

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Exactly.

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The ambush, ma'am, must've been frightening.

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It was.

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You ever experienced anything like that before?

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No. Thankfully.

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That's true, isn't it, DI Denton?

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You've held down a lot of desk jobs?

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You're a bit of a...

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backroom detective?

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I believe I've done important work, sir.

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Absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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You did well in a very testing situation, ma'am.

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Thank you.

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You've never faced an anti-corruption hearing, have you, ma'am?

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No.

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In 2002, DC Denton alleged a colleague was falsifying

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witness statements.

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The complaint was upheld - the officer was disciplined.

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In 2007, DS Denton alleged a colleague was making

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fraudulent expenses' claims.

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The complaint was upheld - the officer was disciplined.

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DI Denton has demonstrated the utmost probity throughout

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her service career.

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It takes courage to make a moral stand against your fellow officers,

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except sometimes they don't see it that way.

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No.

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I direct you to document seven in your folder.

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Document seven, for the tape, is a map showing

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the location of the safe house, the ambush and 4th Street Station.

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For the tape, I'm indicating the route taken that night.

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Two unmarked police vehicles departed the safe house.

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And the most direct route to 4th Street Station is via A roads.

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Instead, the vehicles travelled along Crown Avenue and then turned left

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into Long Lane, almost immediately after which the ambush took place.

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Agreed and accepted?

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Agreed and accepted.

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A decision was taken not to go the fastest way, via A roads.

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That's correct.

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DI Denton was following DS Akers' instructions.

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Akers' chose the route?

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Yeah.

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This back route, it would lead to 4th Street Station,

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but only if you'd continued along Crown Avenue.

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The vehicles turned left into Long Lane.

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Yeah.

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You didn't question that decision?

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No, sir.

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You had a radio, didn't you?

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Yeah.

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So, why didn't you question the decision?

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Can we take a step back, please,

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and remind ourselves that DI Denton is being interviewed as a witness?

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Absolutely, absolutely.

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The decision appeared to make sense at the time.

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There were roadworks on Crown Avenue,

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erm, with temporary traffic signals controlling a single lane.

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It was a potential hold-up that would've left us vulnerable.

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There were no roadworks on Crown Avenue that night.

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Works had been completed the day before.

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I wasn't aware.

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You didn't make a point of getting up-to-date travel information?

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-No.

-You said Akers chose the route,

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but you seem very familiar with the arguments.

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You were the ranking officer.

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You and Akers discussed the route between you.

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That's more likely, isn't it?

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Not more likely?

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I think we should stop there.

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Are you withdrawing your cooperation, DI Denton?

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DI Denton?

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No, of course I cooperate.

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Your vehicle was the only one that wasn't shot at.

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They didn't need to. They'd knocked my car off the road.

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I, erm...

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..I took cover inside until they fled the scene.

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You were in fear of your life.

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Understandably.

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According to the pathologist's report,

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Wallis and Butler died almost instantly from gunshot wounds.

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But Akers and her witness were alive.

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The witness...

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..managed to put out the flames,

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but...

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Akers, she couldn't...

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I, er...

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I threw my coat over her.

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Well done, ma'am.

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Did you help get them out of the car?

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No.

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No?

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They came out themselves, sir. They, er...

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..they, er, they were already burning.

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-I'm sorry.

-That must've been a horrible sight.

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It was.

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We all appreciate that you've been...

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through the most terrible situation,

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but we have a job to do.

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What we're trying to get at here, DI Denton,

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is how those gunmen knew where you were that night.

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I wish I could help you, sir.

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You do understand what we're investigating here, don't you, DI Denton?

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The possibility of information leakage.

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Yeah, I understand.

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And information leakage can only happen in two ways -

0:25:480:25:50

deliberately...

0:25:500:25:52

Officer corruption - they're in with the criminals.

0:25:520:25:54

..or accidentally...

0:25:540:25:55

Officer incompetence - they fail to communicate securely.

0:25:550:25:58

This interview has to stop.

0:25:580:26:00

If DI Denton is under suspicion,

0:26:000:26:02

you need to issue her with a Regulation 15 Notice.

0:26:020:26:05

This is still information gathering.

0:26:050:26:06

We are a long way from a Reg 15.

0:26:060:26:09

Under AC-12's blanket authority to vet any officer connected to

0:26:090:26:12

an ongoing investigation, we carried out financial checks on DI Denton.

0:26:120:26:15

I've requested that you stop.

0:26:150:26:18

Our strongest suspicion is that criminal interests tried to

0:26:200:26:23

assassinate the witness to stop him from testifying.

0:26:230:26:26

Now, those criminal interests would pay a pretty penny

0:26:260:26:30

for an inside man, or woman.

0:26:300:26:33

And any officer in the financial difficulties that you are in,

0:26:330:26:36

DI Denton, is duty-bound to declare it

0:26:360:26:39

on the grounds that she would be vulnerable to bribery.

0:26:390:26:43

You're in debt up to your eyeballs.

0:26:430:26:44

Stop the tape. We're finished here.

0:26:440:26:46

My mother had to go into a nursing home.

0:26:550:26:58

And the council wouldn't pay, so we sold her house but it wasn't enough.

0:27:000:27:04

So, we sold mine, but there was negative equity, so...

0:27:040:27:09

..my mum is being looked after, but I'm stuck with

0:27:110:27:14

mortgage payments on a horrible little place that I hate and...

0:27:140:27:17

-..you people...

-Lindsay, don't.

0:27:180:27:20

..you people, you sit there and you try

0:27:200:27:22

and twist some case out of my misfortunes.

0:27:220:27:25

All I did was do my job. That's all I've ever done.

0:27:260:27:31

SHE SNIFFLES

0:27:320:27:34

I shouldn't have even been on duty that night.

0:27:340:27:36

I'd do anything not to have been there, not to have picked up

0:27:360:27:39

that call, because for all I know it's going to take away

0:27:390:27:42

the one good thing in my life - and that is being a police officer.

0:27:420:27:44

That how it works here?

0:27:500:27:52

Sometimes.

0:27:520:27:54

You should've told me you were going to treat her like a suspect.

0:27:540:27:57

We weren't. She did that herself.

0:27:570:27:59

She was defenceless in there.

0:27:590:28:00

That's her rep's job, not ours.

0:28:000:28:02

What's ours, then?

0:28:020:28:04

Catching criminals.

0:28:050:28:07

The criminals we catch happen to be police officers.

0:28:070:28:09

That's all there is to it.

0:28:090:28:11

You think she's a criminal?

0:28:110:28:13

Well?

0:28:150:28:17

No.

0:28:170:28:19

So, what gives you the right to treat her like one?

0:28:190:28:21

I've been through it. That gives me the right.

0:28:210:28:23

And having been through it, it doesn't bother you?

0:28:230:28:25

If this is not for you, all you need to do is say.

0:28:280:28:30

It's for me.

0:28:340:28:35

CAMERAS CLICK

0:28:540:28:55

Sergeant Alex Wallis and Constable Vince Butler

0:28:550:28:58

both leave behind them families devastated by their loss.

0:28:580:29:02

Who were the other casualties?

0:29:020:29:04

A police detective was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

0:29:040:29:08

A second police detective suffered minor injuries.

0:29:080:29:11

We're withholding both their names for operational reasons.

0:29:110:29:14

CLAMOUR FROM REPORTERS

0:29:140:29:16

Can you confirm reports that there was another casualty? A civilian?

0:29:160:29:19

No.

0:29:190:29:21

"There's been an attack on the police."

0:29:210:29:23

Those were my words on the night of the ambush.

0:29:230:29:25

For the families that lost their loved ones, the hurt goes on.

0:29:280:29:31

For those of us charged with finding their killers,

0:29:320:29:37

we must set that pain aside and proceed with clear minds.

0:29:370:29:41

And it's clear to me there's another attack on the police...

0:29:410:29:45

..an insidious and, ultimately, more devastating one.

0:29:460:29:50

Our numbers have been cut back.

0:29:510:29:53

Public safety has been jeopardised.

0:29:530:29:56

There's no clearer indicator than the fact that on that night

0:29:570:30:01

we weren't even able to protect ourselves.

0:30:010:30:04

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH WALL

0:30:050:30:08

DOGS BARK IN DISTANCE

0:30:090:30:11

DANCE MUSIC POUNDS

0:30:120:30:14

ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS

0:30:210:30:25

God asks us to forgive.

0:30:470:30:49

But first we must gain justice

0:30:520:30:55

for our fallen comrades.

0:30:550:30:57

"Dearly beloved,

0:30:590:31:02

"avenge not yourselves...

0:31:020:31:03

"..but rather give place unto wrath.

0:31:060:31:09

"For it is written,

0:31:090:31:12

" 'Vengeance is mine.

0:31:120:31:13

" 'I will repay,'

0:31:130:31:16

"saith the Lord."

0:31:160:31:17

Detective Sergeant Jayne Akers leaves a loving husband,

0:31:200:31:24

Richard Akers,

0:31:240:31:26

and many colleagues devastated by her loss.

0:31:260:31:29

The families of Sergeant Alex Wallis

0:31:290:31:31

and Constable Vincent Butler will miss them terribly...

0:31:310:31:34

Sir.

0:31:360:31:38

You called me that night.

0:31:380:31:40

-Yes, sir.

-How are you bearing up?

0:31:400:31:43

OK, thanks, sir.

0:31:460:31:47

Very sorry for your loss.

0:31:530:31:55

-Very sorry for your loss.

-Thanks.

0:31:550:31:57

Very sorry for your loss.

0:32:020:32:04

-Sorry.

-Sorry.

0:32:060:32:08

Hi, it's me. Look, I've got to work late tonight, I'm sorry.

0:32:140:32:18

Yeah, would you mind getting his stuff ready for school?

0:32:180:32:22

Thanks, babe. Yeah, all right, then, I'll speak to you in a bit, bye.

0:32:220:32:25

DOOR CLOSES

0:33:370:33:38

DOOR OPENS

0:33:480:33:49

HE SNIFFS

0:33:550:33:56

-I'm sorry.

-What for?

0:34:070:34:09

-For tonight.

-It doesn't matter much, in the scheme of things.

0:34:120:34:15

HE SNIFFS

0:34:180:34:21

You two always used to end up side by side.

0:34:210:34:23

Do you think she ever knew?

0:34:340:34:36

When it mattered, she trusted us both with her life.

0:34:390:34:42

The night of the ambush, she called me, to call you.

0:34:470:34:49

To say what?

0:34:510:34:53

For you to call her back about the case she was working on.

0:34:530:34:55

Why didn't she call me direct? Was she worried her phone was tapped?

0:34:570:35:01

If you'd answered, you could've asked her yourself.

0:35:010:35:04

'AC-12 interview, DI Lindsay Denton

0:35:280:35:31

'and Federation rep DI Samuel Royal...'

0:35:310:35:33

Sorry, Tom, can I call you back?

0:35:350:35:38

Five minutes, mate, cheers.

0:35:380:35:40

I'm moving you up.

0:35:510:35:52

Where?

0:35:540:35:55

The 28s.

0:35:550:35:57

Why?

0:35:570:35:59

Quality Control are responding to complaints that

0:35:590:36:01

non-high-priority missing persons are being down-processed.

0:36:010:36:04

We've got to be seen to take action.

0:36:040:36:06

This is because I didn't cover for you.

0:36:080:36:10

I've got a room full of detectives scoring fours and fives.

0:36:130:36:16

After the balls-up of the ambush...

0:36:190:36:21

..you're a two, at best.

0:36:230:36:26

I'm taking this to HR.

0:36:260:36:28

Take it to Butler's missus, Wallis' kids.

0:36:280:36:32

Who's on this unit?

0:36:340:36:35

You.

0:36:380:36:40

And?

0:36:400:36:42

I'll find some DC or other,

0:36:420:36:43

if there's one who'll work with you.

0:36:430:36:45

'Nobody's blaming you, I mean, if those were Akers' instructions...

0:36:500:36:54

'Akers chose the route?'

0:36:540:36:56

'Yeah.

0:36:570:36:59

'Vehicles turned left into Long Lane?

0:37:000:37:03

'Yeah.

0:37:030:37:04

'You didn't question that decision?

0:37:060:37:09

'No, sir.'

0:37:110:37:12

Computer on the blink?

0:37:230:37:25

I'm an old-fashioned girl.

0:37:250:37:27

I listened to the tape.

0:37:300:37:33

-I thought you didn't want to get involved.

-Denton picked the route.

0:37:330:37:36

-We don't know that.

-And tried to pin it on Jayne Akers.

-She was nervous.

0:37:360:37:39

Easiest ploy in the world - blame the dead person.

0:37:390:37:42

-May I, sir?

-Sure.

0:37:530:37:55

MAN: She said, "Just because I reported him missing doesn't mean

0:38:290:38:32

"I wanted him back."

0:38:320:38:34

LAUGHTER

0:38:340:38:36

-All right, who's for the pub?

-I am.

0:38:360:38:38

-Good, it's your round.

-OK.

0:38:380:38:40

Thank you for making time to see me today.

0:39:210:39:24

As I told you on the telephone, I'm heading up a newly formed unit

0:39:240:39:27

that's taken over the search for Carly.

0:39:270:39:30

-Anything we can do to help.

-Before she went missing,

0:39:300:39:32

did you notice anything unusual about Carly's behaviour?

0:39:320:39:36

She'd always been...difficult.

0:39:360:39:38

A lot of them are that we take in.

0:39:380:39:41

And how did her difficult nature manifest itself?

0:39:410:39:44

You try and make them stay in school, not go out late.

0:39:440:39:47

If they go out, maybe it's the pictures or...

0:39:470:39:50

Carly drifted back into her old ways,

0:39:500:39:52

or what they said were her old ways -

0:39:520:39:55

out late, drinking, smoking... boys, too.

0:39:550:39:58

We found a used condom in her room.

0:39:580:40:02

We did our best not to push her away...

0:40:020:40:04

-Yeah?

-Just wanted to ask you a couple of questions, ma'am.

0:40:250:40:27

Which should take place following legal notice

0:40:270:40:29

and in the presence of my Police Federation Rep.

0:40:290:40:31

We can do all that if you prefer, ma'am, but you're being interviewed

0:40:310:40:34

-as a witness, not a suspect.

-Yeah, I've heard that one before.

0:40:340:40:38

We had a job to do. I'm sorry.

0:40:380:40:40

But thanks to your cooperation, our investigation's moving on.

0:40:400:40:43

Look, this isn't a trap, ma'am.

0:40:430:40:45

You're the last living person to have had contact with DS Akers.

0:40:450:40:49

We need to form a view of her mental state that night.

0:40:490:40:51

All right.

0:40:530:40:54

How was she behaving?

0:41:070:41:09

She was...

0:41:090:41:11

She was on edge.

0:41:120:41:14

Nervous. I'd say very nervous.

0:41:140:41:18

Did she give any reason why she wasn't in contact with her own team?

0:41:180:41:21

No, she didn't.

0:41:210:41:22

Did she refer to any process?

0:41:220:41:24

KNOCK ON DOOR

0:41:240:41:25

Sorry, gaffer, you said you wanted these straightaway.

0:41:250:41:28

That's all right, thank you.

0:41:280:41:29

-That's my new DC, Kate Foster.

-Hi.

0:41:290:41:32

You were saying?

0:41:370:41:38

Did DS Akers refer to any process of clearing her actions

0:41:380:41:41

-with her superiors?

-No, she didn't.

0:41:410:41:43

Did she discuss any role played by other members of her team?

0:41:430:41:47

No, she didn't.

0:41:470:41:48

As far as you could tell, who was DS Akers working with?

0:41:480:41:52

As far as I could tell...DS Akers appeared to be working alone.

0:41:520:41:56

That's been very helpful. Thank you, ma'am.

0:41:570:42:00

I asked Kate to check out the operational options.

0:42:140:42:17

Neither of us suspected she'd get embedded so quickly.

0:42:170:42:21

There was an unfilled post for Denton's DC.

0:42:210:42:23

-Yeah, well, a heads-up would have been nice.

-Do you want a row?

0:42:230:42:28

What the hell were you doing there, anyway, interviewing Denton again?

0:42:280:42:31

We're not allowed to investigate Akers, so I asked Denton about her.

0:42:310:42:34

Full marks for ingenuity, son.

0:42:360:42:38

Supposing Akers was the inside woman.

0:42:390:42:42

Sorry, Steve.

0:42:420:42:44

-All right?

-Hi.

0:42:460:42:47

(Thanks for coming.)

0:42:480:42:50

Steve, meet the trouble and strife.

0:42:500:42:52

Have you been here before, Steve?

0:42:550:42:57

-I haven't, no. It looks a nice place.

-Yeah. We've heard some good things,

0:42:570:43:00

haven't we, love? Oh, and speaking of good things.

0:43:000:43:02

I'm not late, am I? Sorry, sorry.

0:43:020:43:05

-I'm Roisin.

-Georgia.

0:43:050:43:07

-Drink, Steve?

-I'm still on this beer, thanks.

-Georgia?

0:43:070:43:10

If anyone fancies wine...

0:43:120:43:13

-Yep. Wine list, please.

-Oh. You're on beer.

0:43:130:43:15

Do you want one?

0:43:150:43:17

Sorry, a beer here, please.

0:43:170:43:19

So, Steve's been in AC for a year now

0:43:210:43:24

and every day has felt like a lifetime.

0:43:240:43:27

That'd make me about your age, sir.

0:43:270:43:29

-He also likes the banter, the cheeky wee b...

-Ted.

0:43:290:43:32

"Boy" - I was going to say, "Cheeky, wee boy."

0:43:320:43:35

You're new to Ted's unit?

0:43:350:43:38

Transferred from Armed Robbery.

0:43:380:43:40

You'll be at home here, then...

0:43:400:43:42

with these prices.

0:43:420:43:43

Thanks.

0:43:450:43:46

DANCE MUSIC POUNDS THROUGH WALLS

0:44:070:44:10

MUSIC CONTINUES POUNDING

0:44:130:44:16

PIANO KEYS RATTLE

0:44:250:44:27

-That was very generous, thanks, sir.

-Thanks, sir.

0:44:340:44:36

-Pleasure.

-Lovely meeting you both.

0:44:360:44:39

See you tomorrow, then.

0:44:390:44:41

-Night.

-Night-night.

-Night-night.

0:44:410:44:43

-Night, boss.

-Night.

0:44:430:44:44

Do you need a lift?

0:44:490:44:51

Bus stop's just here.

0:44:510:44:53

Well, I'm that way.

0:44:530:44:54

You OK to drive?

0:44:560:44:58

Do you fancy a nightcap?

0:45:050:45:07

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

0:45:070:45:09

-What are you having?

-I'll get these. I insist.

-All right. Beer.

0:45:120:45:16

Whatever they've got.

0:45:160:45:18

Pint of, er, Peroni, half of Pilsner...

0:45:180:45:23

and a double vodka.

0:45:230:45:24

Thank you for that.

0:45:410:45:42

You always wanted to try the place.

0:45:510:45:53

I got you out in false pretences? Is that it?

0:46:060:46:09

I didn't detect any pressing reason for keeping up appearances.

0:46:110:46:14

I'm their boss.

0:46:170:46:18

And picking up the bill - that really took the prize!

0:46:210:46:24

For my benefit, was it?

0:46:260:46:27

Bottles now?

0:46:410:46:43

-Work in the morning.

-Oh, that little thing.

0:46:430:46:46

When I first arrived,

0:46:520:46:54

what did you say to Hastings, when you were alone in the office?

0:46:540:46:57

Just talking operational parameters.

0:46:570:46:59

You're such a crap liar.

0:47:000:47:03

Look, I just wanted to know more about you.

0:47:030:47:05

All right.

0:47:070:47:09

Here are three facts about me but one of them is false.

0:47:090:47:13

You've bitten off more than you can chew, Trotman.

0:47:130:47:15

-I do this for a living.

-Well, let's see, shall we?

0:47:150:47:18

I'm a gifted horsewoman.

0:47:180:47:20

I won a poetry competition when I was 11.

0:47:210:47:25

I'm a secret pool hustler.

0:47:250:47:27

You don't know one end of a pool cue from the other.

0:47:320:47:35

Is it so hard to comprehend,

0:48:040:48:06

a man wanting to spend the evening with his wife?

0:48:060:48:09

This hurts me, too.

0:48:150:48:17

THUNDER RUMBLES

0:48:280:48:29

-This is a really stupid idea.

-Yeah, best not.

-Best not.

0:48:460:48:50

Which was the false one by the way?

0:48:530:48:54

A girl never tells.

0:48:570:48:59

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS THROUGH WALLS

0:49:030:49:06

SHE SIGHS

0:49:160:49:17

DANCE MUSIC BLARES

0:49:380:49:42

What do you want?

0:49:540:49:56

SHE SCREAMS

0:50:020:50:03

I...will...not...take...it... any... more.

0:50:030:50:07

BOTTLE SMASHES

0:50:290:50:31

Yeah, thanks for that. Stay in touch.

0:51:000:51:02

Cheers.

0:51:020:51:03

News from the hospital. The docs are going to try the witness

0:51:100:51:13

off the ventilator later on today. He's on the mend.

0:51:130:51:15

When do we get to interview him?

0:51:150:51:17

Oh, rest assured, our foot is in the door.

0:51:170:51:19

If anyone's got answers to the questions, he has.

0:51:190:51:22

Good craic last night, you two. Huh?

0:51:220:51:25

This is so reductive.

0:51:380:51:39

I'm concerned there's a news vacuum, and what'll be used to fill it.

0:51:420:51:46

The Chief Constable's as concerned as I am about any leak

0:51:460:51:49

that a police officer might've been an accomplice.

0:51:490:51:52

We're looking at using anti-terror legislation to keep a lid on it.

0:51:520:51:56

You can't invite them to dinner and not serve pudding.

0:51:560:51:59

-I need a breakthrough.

-I didn't say that.

0:51:590:52:02

We need to keep the bastards onside, that's all.

0:52:020:52:05

REPORTERS ALL SHOUT

0:52:110:52:13

Are you any nearer finding those responsible?

0:52:150:52:18

We're pursuing several, productive lines of inquiry.

0:52:180:52:20

I'm very pleased with the progress of the investigation.

0:52:200:52:23

Yeah. But do you have any suspects?

0:52:230:52:24

A breakthrough is imminent.

0:52:280:52:29

REPORTERS ALL SHOUT

0:52:290:52:31

-TV:

-'Deputy Chief Constable Michael Dryden

0:52:340:52:36

'has taken personal charge of the investigation...

0:52:360:52:39

'A breakthrough is imminent.'

0:52:390:52:41

Knob.

0:52:410:52:42

LAUGHTER

0:52:420:52:45

Anything I can do, boss?

0:52:450:52:47

Just need to run an errand. Be back in half an hour.

0:52:470:52:49

-Drive you?

-No need.

0:52:490:52:51

-PHONE DIALS

-'Telecommunications.'

0:54:040:54:06

DC Fleming, requesting urgent identification on the last number

0:54:060:54:10

dialled from a payphone on the corner of

0:54:100:54:12

-Ridgeway Street and Sandhurst Lane.

-'Received.'

0:54:120:54:15

Thanks. Get back to me as soon as you can.

0:54:150:54:17

PHONE RINGS

0:54:410:54:43

-DC Fleming.

-'DC Fleming, we have the call ID you requested.'

0:54:430:54:47

Go ahead.

0:54:470:54:49

'It's the main switchboard number of the General Hospital.'

0:54:490:54:51

Thanks.

0:54:530:54:54

PHONE DISCONNECTS

0:54:540:54:56

PHONE BUZZES

0:55:030:55:06

Kate?

0:55:060:55:07

Denton just made a call to the hospital from a payphone.

0:55:070:55:10

Get over there, Steve. Check on the witness.

0:55:100:55:12

Georgia.

0:55:140:55:15

-DS Arnott.

-'Steve, I've been on to the hospital.'

0:55:320:55:36

There's no answer from the Guard Unit. I've got someone else

0:55:360:55:38

trying again. If you just get up there as fast as you can, OK?

0:55:380:55:41

SIREN BLARES

0:55:450:55:48

'Sixth floor.

0:56:100:56:12

'Doors closing.'

0:56:130:56:15

Where's the guards?

0:56:150:56:16

You good to go?

0:56:250:56:26

-Yeah.

-You sure?

0:56:300:56:32

Yeah.

0:56:380:56:39

LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES BEEP

0:56:460:56:48

Nurse? Where's the...?

0:57:070:57:09

Help! Help!

0:57:120:57:14

SHE SCREAMS

0:57:390:57:41

ALARMS BLARE

0:57:410:57:43

LIFE SUPPORT MACHINE FLATLINES

0:57:460:57:49

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