- 4/30/2025
Law & Order UK Season 3 Episode 7 Anonymous
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00:00The prosecutors who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:10Yes!
00:12Come on!
00:15Billy.
00:17I can hardly hear it.
00:19I've got to be up at six.
00:21If I turn it down anymore, I might as well turn it off.
00:24There's an idea.
00:28Okay.
00:31Come on!
00:32You're welcome!
00:34Stop it!
00:35Come here, please!
00:36Come here!
00:37Billy!
00:38Let me go!
00:39Let me go!
00:40Let me go!
00:41Let me go!
00:42Let me go!
00:43Let me go!
00:52Shit.
00:53Billy.
00:55What is it?
00:57You say you weren't on your own?
01:01No.
01:02My girlfriend was there, too.
01:03She was with me the whole time.
01:04Right.
01:05And you only heard a woman's voice, yeah?
01:08My exports were pretty loud.
01:09I only turn it down after she screamed.
01:11All right.
01:12All right.
01:13Well, thanks for your help.
01:14One of our uniform will get some more.
01:15Mrs. Golovsky owns the building.
01:18Ah, Mrs. Golovsky.
01:19Hello.
01:20I'm Detective Sergeant Brooks.
01:22Um, did you hear anything?
01:24Sorry.
01:25Uh, just trying to find out, have you heard anything at all?
01:30Oh, no.
01:31Nothing at all.
01:32And what about the girl who fell?
01:34Did she have a husband or boyfriend?
01:37Oh, no.
01:38I, I never saw her with anyone.
01:41As a matter of fact, I used to think maybe she was the other way inclined.
01:46The victim's just gone into surgery, so we're not meant to speak to her for a while.
01:50All right.
01:51Uh, do you have a spare key for Stephanie's flat?
01:54Oh, yes.
01:55In the key cupboard.
01:56Right.
01:57Well, we're gonna need to have a look around.
01:59And, and do you need a key to get into the building?
02:02Yes.
02:03Um, but you can use the buzzer.
02:06Right.
02:07Um, my nephew put in a new lock in April.
02:11He's very technical, Miss Allen.
02:14Right, okay.
02:15Well, if you could just fetch that key for us, that would be great, and Anne will look after you.
02:18Okay, thank you.
02:21Right.
02:22We've got three old deers that were fast asleep.
02:25And the bloke who found Stephanie said he was out in the flat as soon as he heard her fall, but didn't see or hear anyone else.
02:34So the thing is, who did it?
02:38How did they get out?
02:39How did they get out?
02:40How did they get out?
02:42How did you get out?
02:45How did they get out of the footing?
02:46How did they get out?
02:47How did they get out?
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03:56Thanks for your help, Mr. Giloski. We really appreciate it.
03:58But if you leave it to us now, we'll drop the key in when we're done.
04:02Is that OK?
04:03Oh, all right.
04:05Ronnie?
04:06Yeah?
04:07Look at this.
04:08Old file of emails, all addressed to Stephanie, starting in the beginning of last year and signed by Giovanni.
04:17I get the impression he was typing one-handed.
04:22They've tried tracking him, blocking him, you name it.
04:27Emails just keep coming.
04:30I take it she changed her email address.
04:32Half a dozen times made no difference.
04:34She's kept hard copies of everything.
04:38I guess she didn't want this stuff clogging up her inbox.
04:41I want to see you in that little pink cami set tonight.
04:45I know you're thinking of me when you stretch out on your new Ikea mattress.
04:52And I want you to...
04:54I want to wash my hands.
04:58Oh, we found these little pink pyjama things under her pillow, and she had bought a mattress from Ikea when she moved into a new flat.
05:06Yeah, you know, it's what kind of toothpaste she uses.
05:08Thanks, John.
05:08So, furniture polish, everything.
05:10And it's thought of new uses for most of them.
05:13Any word from the hospital?
05:15They're keeping it under sedation until the swelling on her brain goes down.
05:18I don't suppose there's any direct threats in here, like I'm coming over to push you down the stairs.
05:24No.
05:24I want to know who this pervert is.
05:28Did she report these to anyone?
05:30Yeah, to a DS Fraser at North Cross CSU.
05:36Someone reports a stalker.
05:38We don't just tell them not to worry.
05:40But we have to prioritise according to threat level.
05:43And this guy's clever.
05:45He uses multiple email addresses and routes them through anonymous re-mailers.
05:50They're pretty much impossible to track.
05:51Um, so when did he start with the threatening phone calls?
05:57About six months ago.
05:59Stephanie was already freaked out by the emails.
06:01They put her on the day shift at work so she wouldn't have to be out at night.
06:05But she was convinced he was getting into her flat when she wasn't there.
06:09That's why she moved.
06:11That's when he told her to stop trying to avoid him or he'd kill her.
06:16He said he'd go down to the hospital and take out as many people as he could.
06:20When was this?
06:22Two weeks ago.
06:23That's when we upgraded her threat level.
06:26Well, there's still no leads.
06:27Only one.
06:29A few days ago, Stephanie got a call from Ashbridge Prison.
06:33They said a prisoner had asked to have her mobile added to his list of allowed numbers.
06:40But Stephanie had never heard of him.
06:42And she'd only had that mobile a couple of weeks.
06:44I made a mistake.
06:52It's easily done.
06:53I put a three instead of a five.
06:55Thing is, Mr. Morgan, you gave Stephanie's name as well as her mobile number.
06:59There's a lot of Stephanie's in the world.
07:00But only one of them got pushed down the stairs last night.
07:03Yeah.
07:05Well, I've got one hell of an alibi.
07:07So you didn't do it yourself.
07:09It doesn't mean you weren't involved.
07:10And it's not going to look too pretty in front of the old parole board, is it?
07:14Look, you're pissing up the wrong tree.
07:17A bloke called Lowry asked me to request a number.
07:21Said he was running an old phone credits and there was some bird he wanted to hook up with.
07:25That's very communitally spirited of you.
07:27He made it worth my while.
07:29Where is this Lowry now?
07:32Got out last week.
07:35We done.
07:35Excuse me.
07:45I'm DS Matt Devlin.
07:46Do you know the guy who lives here?
07:48Russell Lowry.
07:49Yeah, I know him.
07:51Do you know where we could find him?
07:52He usually starts off with a little old Palmerston.
07:54Keeps going until he finds a girl who's either drunk or dumb enough.
07:58Not a fan.
08:00Seemed all right at first.
08:01Offered me a cheap deal on his laptop.
08:03He invited me in to take a look.
08:04Next thing I know he's got his hand up my skirt.
08:09And they say romance is dead.
08:14I believe that when you feel a connection with a woman, you owe it to yourself to follow it up.
08:21Okay, Mr Lowry.
08:22What about Stephanie Blake?
08:26We met in a bar.
08:28And we clicked.
08:29When was this?
08:30It was about a month ago.
08:31It was a place in town in Soho.
08:34She gave me her number and I was interested in exploring the possibility.
08:40So why then didn't you just call her?
08:42Well, I had a little local difficulty.
08:50Remanded for assault in Ashbridge Prison.
08:54Yeah.
08:55It was an unfortunate misunderstanding.
08:59Well, the judge agreed it didn't merit a custodial sentence.
09:02Why mess around getting Shane Morgan to request her number?
09:05Well, Shane was low on smokes but didn't need his phone credits.
09:08And I had cigarettes and a lot of calls to make.
09:11So it worked out well for the both of us, really.
09:14Not strictly within the rules, though.
09:16No.
09:18But it was a victimless crime.
09:25Do you have a job, Russell?
09:27Um, between careers right now.
09:30I was up north for a while.
09:34I've only recently relocated to London.
09:36Did you contact Stephanie Blake when you got out?
09:41I'm afraid it was a case of out of sight, out of mind.
09:44Another possibility arose.
09:47What can I say?
09:48I like to spread the love.
09:52Life's short, you know.
09:53See?
09:54It's in the email.
09:56I like to spread the love and that's not all I like to spread.
10:02Is this all you've got?
10:04No forensics, nothing to link him to the scene?
10:06They found nothing on the stairs, no fingerprints, no trace evidence and the only DNA on the chain was from the victim.
10:13Yeah, but we know Lowry tried to contact Stephanie from prison whilst hiding his identity and he recently sold his laptop on eBay.
10:21We just need a reason to hold on to him while we track down the buyer.
10:26Lowry's neighbour, the one that he groped.
10:28Do you think she might want to report sexual assault?
10:31Well, she seemed pretty keen to see the back of him.
10:33Doctor, if nothing else, it might buy you some time.
10:37Dear child, look.
10:40Oh, thank you.
10:42Stephanie Blake has regained consciousness.
10:45Do you recognise this man?
10:48No.
10:54You think he's Giovanni?
10:56He says he met you in a bar in Soho a couple of months ago.
11:00I don't go to bars.
11:02So this isn't the man that attacked you?
11:05I don't know.
11:06I never saw his face.
11:09He grabbed me from behind and I tried to turn around, but he was too strong.
11:15Oh, darling.
11:17It's okay.
11:20Why don't you take us through what happened, Stephanie?
11:24I went out to take my rubbish down to the basement and he grabbed hold of me at the top of the stairs.
11:32Well, I didn't notice any rubbish on the landing.
11:37No, sorry.
11:38It was after I'd taken the rubbish down.
11:41I was coming back up to the flat.
11:44Did he say anything?
11:46He said he was Giovanni.
11:48I started to scream and he tried to choke me with the necklace I was wearing and then he threw me downstairs.
11:59Dear God.
12:01Has anyone stood out at all whose behaviour seemed genuinely suspicious?
12:07The only name I ever came up with was Lucas Dutton.
12:14And who's he?
12:16We were living in the same block of flats when the email started.
12:20Why him?
12:21I'd go to the local supermarket and he'd be there too.
12:26Or I'd go to the bank on the corner and he'd be queuing for the cash point right behind me.
12:34First the emails, then the phone calls.
12:36Now he tries to kill me.
12:39Please.
12:41You have to help me.
12:43You have to make him stop.
12:59Lucas Dutton's still living in the same flats.
13:02He's got my record and he's working as a hotel porter.
13:06I reckon Lowry's still our main contender.
13:08I think we've hit a brick wall there.
13:10Mr. Lowry forgot to mention that his time up north was spent in Woodbury Prison, just outside Rotherham.
13:17And what was he in for?
13:18Computer fraud.
13:20Right.
13:20Been hacking into people's bank accounts, helping himself.
13:23Well, then he'd know how to send emails that can't be traced.
13:26Well, you'd imagine.
13:27But he didn't get out till last July, which means he was still banged up the time the email started.
13:32Maybe he got hold of one of them Wi-Fi phones.
13:36See, I do read the papers.
13:38What, and you spend, what, half a day typing four-page email on a phone?
13:43I know prison security's lax, but I think they'd have noticed that one.
13:47No, I wouldn't be so sure.
13:50Matt, you want a bite?
13:51No, you're right.
13:52So what happened with Lowry's neighbour then?
13:56Oh.
13:56She had him charged with sexual assault.
14:00He's banged up again in Ashbridge Prison.
14:02Oh, good.
14:03So at least we know where he is.
14:05Well, it's down to what you get out of Mr. Dutton then, isn't it?
14:08Are you arresting me?
14:13No, we're talking to you.
14:15Well, then I don't have to answer your questions.
14:16Can you at least tell us if you know Stephanie Blake?
14:19No comment.
14:20Mr. Dutton, look, all we want to do is chat.
14:23Maybe if we could come here...
14:24That'd be a breach of my human rights.
14:26Sorry?
14:27Articulate European Convention of Human Rights, the right to privacy.
14:31He knows his stuff.
14:32He certainly does.
14:33We'll have to come back with a warrant.
14:35You do that.
14:38He's noticed the camera.
14:39Hmm.
14:40But maybe he's shooting some home movies.
14:42Yeah, but who's home?
14:43Hmm.
14:46I don't think we need a warrant, do you?
14:49What?
14:51Seriously?
14:52When was the last time you got a successful prosecution for online obscenities?
14:56If someone's in a public place, there's nothing to stop you taking their picture.
15:00You've been filming a woman in her own flat, right?
15:04The same flat that Stephanie Blake used to live in.
15:06That, my friend, is voyeurism.
15:08As outlined in Section 67 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
15:12Section 67 applies only if someone has an expectation of privacy.
15:17If they deliberately leave their curtains open and walk around naked...
15:20Come off it!
15:21This can be interpreted as consent.
15:23If there's consent, it's not voyeurism.
15:26That's the law.
15:27You reckon?
15:29Okay.
15:30Lucas, where were you at 1am Tuesday morning?
15:33They can't ask me that.
15:35If this question relates to a separate investigation, I shall require full disclosure.
15:40Someone threw Stephanie Blake down a flight of stairs.
15:45We know you liked following her around.
15:48I'll bet you filmed her just like you filmed the other one.
15:50And now, we've got your computer, so we're going to find the emails eventually.
15:55I don't know what they're talking about.
15:57Sorry, gents.
15:58We're here to talk about dirty movies.
16:00You want to talk about assault?
16:02We'll have to start over.
16:03And you'll have to show me evidence linking my client to the victim.
16:06Hold that foot.
16:08Hold that foot.
16:13Weasley-looking fellow, isn't he?
16:17Yeah, he is.
16:18You think he's the one who did it?
16:21Well, we don't know yet.
16:23Oh, that poor girl.
16:25At least they're letting her home.
16:28Her mother came to collect some clothes for her.
16:34I had to ask her to empty the bin in the kitchen.
16:40There was a terrible smell coming from the flat.
16:43We had rats once, some years ago.
16:49Oh.
16:50I don't want to live through that again.
16:53No, indeed.
16:55Well, thank you very much, Mrs. Golovsky.
16:57You've been a great help.
17:02I thought Stephanie took the rubbish out.
17:04That's what she said.
17:05Right, thanks.
17:13DS Fraser last spoke to Stephanie the day before the attack.
17:18She told her that the prison lead looked like a dead end
17:21and she didn't have the resources to trace the emails any farther.
17:25Not only that, she also said that the situation would only change
17:29if they felt that Stephanie was in immediate physical danger.
17:33And the very next day, she gets pushed down the stairs.
17:37Forensics check the locks.
17:38No one forced it.
17:39None of the tenants buzzed anyone else in.
17:42And then there's the thing with the bin.
17:45It just doesn't add up, Matty.
17:51That's not the only bin in the flat.
17:54I emptied the others.
17:56I was going to do the kitchen one later.
17:57But it just seems a bit odd
18:02that you would leave the kitchen bin
18:04considering it was so full.
18:06Especially given how clean your flat is.
18:11I mean, it looked to me like you could eat off the floor.
18:14What is this?
18:16Someone throws me down the stairs
18:19and all you care about is what happened to my rubbish.
18:21No, no.
18:24We just want to be sure of the facts.
18:26That's all, Stephanie.
18:27You see, in a case like this assault, for instance,
18:29it's very, very unusual
18:31for there to be no forensic evidence at all.
18:35I don't know.
18:35Maybe he was wearing gloves.
18:38Or maybe he wiped things after he touched them.
18:42Maybe.
18:42Maybe.
18:42It sounds like you don't believe me.
18:51Look, it's just that we know that DS Fraser told you
18:55she didn't have the resources to trace the emails.
18:58And that things would only change
19:00if you were seen to be more at risk.
19:04So?
19:05So I'm sure that you must have had patients
19:07in the past that have genuinely needed help.
19:10but have decided to exaggerate their symptoms
19:17so as they're taken more seriously.
19:21You think that's what I'm doing?
19:24You think I'm exaggerating?
19:27No, I think that you feel scared and isolated
19:31and like no-one's doing anything to stop this man.
19:35Because they're not.
19:36For two years, the police have done nothing.
19:42This man's tormented me with emails and phone calls
19:45and now he wants to kill me
19:47and still you won't help me.
19:51But
19:52did he push you down the stairs?
19:58Was there actually an attacker?
20:09The truth is he's going to kill me.
20:12I'm dead unless you help me
20:16and you don't even believe I need help.
20:20You must see
20:26that we can't actually investigate a crime
20:29that hasn't happened.
20:30He's going to kill me.
20:50I get that she was desperate
21:02but that so wasn't the way to go.
21:04You know we should charge her.
21:06Yeah, I know
21:06but she's got enough problems.
21:08We've got enough on Dutton
21:10to charge him with wires
21:11and with any luck
21:12they'll end up linking him back
21:13to the original emails anyway.
21:15Not a total waste of time then.
21:18What happened to the other one?
21:20Oh, Lowry, yeah.
21:21He got out.
21:23Solicitor managed to get
21:24the sexual assault charges dismissed.
21:26So he's back spreading the love.
21:29I guess so.
21:30I can introduce you if you like.
21:31Yeah, I think I'll pass.
21:33Oh, actually, Matt
21:34I'll need to get a copy of your report.
21:37What, you want to check my homework?
21:39It's for the hospital lawyers.
21:41Apparently they spent a lot of money
21:42on inter-security because of Miss Blake.
21:45If she's lying
21:46then they'd probably fire her.
21:50Have you got her contact details?
21:52I can email them.
21:54Leave it with me.
22:01Mmm, something smells like feet.
22:03I'm broadening
22:04your culinary horizons.
22:07Welcome to the world
22:09of Korean
22:11cuisine.
22:14Look at that.
22:14It's a claw.
22:19That's an exotic delicacy.
22:22I think we need to see this.
22:29Matt.
22:30Stephanie Blake.
22:49Beaten and stabbed.
22:51Break her neck.
22:52On the phone.
23:00Last thing she did
23:01was call 999.
23:02999.
23:02a audible contrario Look at me.
23:18Poor boy.
23:19Bl Zuckerberg–
23:20he was actuallyunal
23:20in 2013.
23:21Haah!
23:21She only contacted me
23:21and asked me to do
23:22with the light in my eyes.
23:24And asked me do
23:25to support my message,
23:25if she dropped.
23:26without your power.
23:26There you go.
23:27And asked me to tell me
23:27what is that
23:29I'd believe I'd Pay agua pot
23:29for me.
23:30Or to help me.
23:30or I don't know I no longer
23:31wait about it.
23:31What does she mean, the man in the picture?
23:35We showed her Lowry's mugshot.
23:37She couldn't mean Dutton.
23:39No, she knows Dutton. She'd have used his name in any way he was in custody at the time.
23:45Is this all we are?
23:48It's him, James.
23:50Russell Lowry.
23:52We sent her home.
23:54Two days later, he killed her.
23:57Okay.
23:59Find me enough to charge him.
24:01That will be a pleasure.
24:03Okay, so let me get this straight. You are trying to connect me to a murder.
24:08No.
24:09We're going to connect you to a murder.
24:11Oh, really?
24:12Well, good luck with that.
24:17As you can see, I'm a big fan of classical music.
24:21Especially Mozart.
24:25Not the copies of Don Giovanni.
24:29Well, you know how it is.
24:30Still trying to find that perfect one.
24:40They found 25 different recordings of Mozart's Don Giovanni.
24:45The unrepentant rake.
24:47Yeah, certainly appropriate.
24:50They managed to track down his missing laptop.
24:52Yeah, but the guy who bought it reconditions them to sell on, so apparently it's no use.
24:58It's still more like tracing the emails.
25:00They've got someone working on it.
25:02Look, am I the only one who's noticed a bloody great elephant in the room here?
25:06Well, this guy Lowry was in Woodbury when these emails started.
25:11As far as I'm aware, not even cat sea prisons allow inmates online computers.
25:17Why do you think we haven't charged him?
25:20So who are the investigating officers?
25:22Brooks and Devlin.
25:24And how certain are they that Lowry is our man?
25:27Well, they let him go, and a young woman got killed.
25:32That's it.
25:33Well, you're out on a limb here, James.
25:36I'm not sure that I would take that risk in your place.
25:40Call it gut instinct, George.
25:42So what are you and your gut planning to do?
25:47Send them to Rotherham, see if they can work out how he did it.
25:53Our philosophy is to give them practical skills and a sense of pride,
25:57so they're able to play a part in society.
25:59Nice theory.
26:01It's a lot more than that.
26:03We have a fully functioning car repair shop and courses in joinery and metal work,
26:07as well as further education and adult learning.
26:12Not to forget the very particular jewel in our crown.
26:20A professional online marketing company and training facility.
26:26A Lowry would have had access to this?
26:28Good God, no.
26:30The guy who was in for computer fraud, we're not completely insane.
26:33No, any prisoner who applies to come in here goes for an exhaustive vetting procedure.
26:38The competition is pretty fierce, I can tell you.
26:40Then, once they're in, all internet access is closely monitored.
26:45Now, Lowry was in one of the workshops.
26:47There's no way he ever set foot in here.
26:50The IT expert confirmed that the early emails originated from the prison's IP address,
26:56but she can't narrow it down to the marketing company unless they agree to hand over their records.
27:01So, how was Lowry able to waltz in and out of this media place,
27:07let alone spend hours online without anyone noticing?
27:12Lowry's cellmate, Keith Wilson, started on the training project a couple of months after Lowry got there.
27:17We think he must have been helping him.
27:22Yeah, yeah, I know, it's all still supposition.
27:25We're going through Lowry's history, but currently all we have that definitely links him to Stephanie Blake is the 999 call.
27:34Animal Rescue.
27:35I beg your pardon?
27:39In the two months before he was arrested for fraud, Lowry worked in a charity call center raising money for an animal rescue organization.
27:48During that time, Stephanie Blake set up a monthly direct debit to the same organization.
27:55Guess who signed her up as a donor?
27:57So, they talked on the phone.
28:01Stephanie used to be friendly, outgoing.
28:04Lowry liked what he heard.
28:06Not just that, it means he had her bank details, address, mobile number.
28:10The guy's a hacker.
28:12Once he had those, you could find out anything about her.
28:17Right down to what she bought with the points on her supermarket club card.
28:22Don't you just love technology?
28:24Like I told the police, I've never heard of this Stephanie Blake.
28:33Why would I be emailing her?
28:35We don't think you are.
28:40In fact, we're pretty sure it was your cellmate, Russell Lowry.
28:46But we think you helped him.
28:48You got him into the media center and you gave him your passcode.
28:52No, no, wait.
28:53If I did something like that, I'd be thrown off the program.
28:57That job's my ticket out of here.
29:00I won't risk it for Lowry.
29:01I didn't even like that blow.
29:03And what was it, Mr. Wilson?
29:05Bribery or blackmail?
29:09Trouble is, if you say you're the only one who ever used that computer,
29:14then that means you must have sent emails for him.
29:17So you'll be charged with harassment and aiding and abetting murder.
29:22What?
29:24You can't be serious.
29:27You still convince Lowry never touched your PC?
29:29It was only meant to be the once.
29:39According to Wilson, Lowry helped him put together the presentation that got him into the training program.
29:45So Wilson owed him a favor?
29:47Yeah.
29:47Apparently, Lowry told him he was into online dating.
29:51That is one hell of a euphemism.
29:54So didn't anyone notice that he wasn't meant to be in there?
29:57Oh, it gets better.
29:59The guy running the project had some kind of problem with his firewall.
30:02Wilson suggested Lowry might be able to fix it.
30:05Next thing you know, Lowry becomes unofficial IT support.
30:09And the governor's turning a blind eye because it's cheaper than bringing in a professional.
30:13So Lowry comes and goes as he pleases.
30:17And he's got access to the entire prison computer system.
30:21Well, they're lucky.
30:22All he did was send a few emails.
30:24As far as they know.
30:25Who's defending this?
30:27Even in Wyndham.
30:28Oh, God.
30:30Queen of the early dismissal.
30:31The victim, in a state of panic, is describing a man breaking into her flat.
30:36During the call, she identifies the intruder as Giovanni.
30:41And you want to introduce this as identification of the defendant, Mr. Lowry?
30:47Yes.
30:48Miss Blake had previously been shown Mr. Lowry's photograph because the police believed he was the Giovanni who was stalking.
30:56But you couldn't identify my client from the photograph.
30:58In fact, she said she'd never seen him before.
31:00The point is, the police never told her the name of the man in the photograph.
31:04As far as she was concerned, he was Giovanni.
31:07Spurious speculation?
31:09No.
31:10Informed reasoning.
31:11She only knew Lowry as Giovanni.
31:13So when she used that name to identify her murderer, it's as if she was saying,
31:17Russell Lowry is climbing in through my window.
31:21Was she showing photos of any other suspects?
31:24Only Russell Lowry.
31:25So she briefly looked at a photograph.
31:28Then, in a state of high emotion, she saw a man who may or may not have resembled that photograph.
31:32Therefore, I maintain that prejudicial effect outweighs the probative value of the evidence.
31:38Far from it.
31:40The key phrase here is high emotion.
31:42This is a classic example of res gesti.
31:45Faced with imminent death, there is no reason whatsoever to suspect that the victim was lying.
31:50Except that she'd lied before.
31:53A week before she died, Miss Blake threw herself down the stairs and told the police that Giovanni did it.
31:58There is no conclusive evidence that she fabricated the attack.
32:03Except in their report, the police concluded that no crime had been committed.
32:07Which I think clearly demonstrates that Miss Blake cannot be considered a reliable witness.
32:13All right.
32:13My ruling is that the tape is admissible.
32:19But defence should apply to a deuce evidence of the victim's bad character.
32:25Let's give the jury the full picture.
32:29So, the tape's still in.
32:32It is, but if Lowry's defence destroys Stephanie's credibility, it's as good as worthless.
32:37Well, what about the other evidence?
32:38The original contact through the call centre?
32:40The email harassment?
32:41Well, the emails aren't really the problem.
32:44And we can prove he's the Giovanni who was stalking online,
32:47but what we can't demonstrate is a pattern of escalation leading to murder.
32:52If the first attack could actually happen, things would be different, but as it stands...
32:57He walks?
32:58No, we'll get a conviction for cyber-stalking.
33:01But not for murder?
33:03It's really unlikely, guys.
33:05I think she was lying on the tape.
33:15Well, it's...
33:16It's more that the defence can say that the ID is unreliable.
33:20Well, it's difficult when there's no witness to cross-examine.
33:28You mean because she's dead?
33:33So because he killed her, they can say what they're like?
33:39They can tell people that my daughter was a liar?
33:41And that means her murderer will go free?
33:46Well, he won't walk away from the stalking, Judge.
33:51He destroyed her life.
33:56He made her afraid to step outside her own front door.
34:00Then she came to you for help, and he killed her.
34:09She never harmed anyone in her life.
34:15My daughter was not a liar!
34:24He knew we were onto him.
34:26That's what started the escalation.
34:28He wasn't controlling the game anymore.
34:32If we hadn't have brought him in, she'd probably still be a liar.
34:35You didn't have enough evidence to hold him.
34:37Because we were investigating the wrong crime.
34:40If she hadn't faked her own attack...
34:42Well, are we sure that she did?
34:44You can't change the facts, Ronnie, however much you may want to.
34:47It's clear from that report that you were both in no doubt that she had lied.
34:51Well, that was then. This is now, Guff.
34:52Oh, no. Don't even think about it.
34:54But it wouldn't hurt if we went back over the evidence.
34:57And then what?
34:58Decide you've made a mistake.
35:01Allow a guilty conscience to affect your memory.
35:03You go down that route, Ronnie.
35:05And you not only destroy your own credibility, you undermine the whole of this department.
35:10But if the alternative is just to let Lowry walk...
35:12I don't want to hear it.
35:16Don't forget, Matt, it was your name on that report.
35:18You were the one who stated in no uncertain terms that Stephanie Blake faked the attack.
35:24You try and go back on that now.
35:25And I promise you, that's the end of your career.
35:28I don't hear very well, and I always worry that it might be one of the girls needing to get inside quickly.
35:50Of course, yes.
35:51So you just... you buzz them in just in case?
35:55Yes.
35:56Do you mind if I take a seat?
35:57Oh, no. Sit down, please.
35:59Thank you very much. Thank you.
36:01Uh-huh.
36:01So, what about the night that Stephanie Blake fell down the stairs?
36:09Maybe someone rang...
36:10Oh, I was asleep. It was very late.
36:14Yeah, of course, I understand.
36:15But what about earlier on in the evening, before you went to bed?
36:20Maybe someone rang...
36:22Oh, would you have a biscuit?
36:25Oh, that's great. Thank you very much.
36:27That's very kind, yeah.
36:29As I was saying, maybe... maybe someone rang the bell you couldn't quite hear?
36:35You thought it was one of the other girls?
36:38No, I don't think so.
36:40No.
36:41But there might have been someone.
36:45Hmm.
36:47Oh, yeah, there might have been.
36:51Well, that's good.
36:52There's that. Thank you.
36:56You're alive?
36:57Mm.
36:57Yeah?
36:58Okay, just, uh, let me be quite clear about this.
37:04You decided to review your own investigation.
37:08That's right.
37:10And based on new evidence, you now believe Stephanie Blake was telling the truth about the attack?
37:19Yes, I do.
37:20Ronny, the defense have seen the report for the original investigation.
37:29They know you concluded that no crime had been committed.
37:32I realise that.
37:33Well, then you must also realise that doing this will undermine everything that you and your colleagues have done over the past two months.
37:42Our interpretation of the evidence was flawed and in light of subsequent events, I think...
37:50Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's just my point.
37:53You've got to see the implications here. If police officers can start rewriting history with the benefit of hindsight...
37:59...in order to get a conviction, then what is to stop every investigating officer with a shaky case from going back pre-trial and just demanding their reports?
38:09Well, I can only look at the case in front of me, and in this particular case, I believe we made a mistake.
38:18The defense won't just take your word for it.
38:20No, they won't have to.
38:21Look, I know how badly you want to put this guy away.
38:23It's not about that.
38:24Oh, come off it, Ronnie.
38:25James, it's not about that.
38:29We interpreted the evidence based on what we thought we knew.
38:36We jumped to conclusions, and we let her down.
38:41Are you absolutely convinced you've got the evidence to back this up?
38:46Yes, I am.
38:50Okay, I'll apply to amend the indictment.
38:54We'll charge Lowry with attempted murder.
39:00No, don't thank me yet.
39:13Why is he doing this?
39:15Because he believes it's the right thing to do.
39:18But does he believe that Stephanie Blake was attacked?
39:20That is not a question we need to ask.
39:24You reckon?
39:27If Ronnie's new evidence contradicts his earlier conclusion, then we can reestablish Stephanie's credibility.
39:34So we just accept that he's changed his mind?
39:36He shows us the evidence, and the rest is his business.
39:40Stephanie Blake's landlady remembers letting someone into the building at around 7.30.
39:49She wasn't able to hear what the person said on the intercom because of her poor hearing.
39:55So she just assumed it was one of the other tenants.
39:58However, having spoken to all of the tenants, I now conclude that the unknown person must have been Stephanie Blake's attacker.
40:06And why didn't the landlady mention this in her original statement?
40:11Well, she hadn't realized the connection between that event and the attack, so she didn't realize its importance.
40:21The original police report also cited the lack of forensic evidence at the scene.
40:28Surely that must still be an issue.
40:30Well, there was no forensic evidence at the murder scene, either.
40:36Nonetheless, a Stephanie Blake was still dead.
40:42The attacker was cleverer than we thought.
40:52Miss Windham.
40:56Well, my goodness, this is quite a turnaround.
41:00As I said, new evidence came to light.
41:04Yes, yes, which caused you to revise your conclusions.
41:08And it's just good luck.
41:10The revising those conclusions have seriously strengthened the prosecution's case against my client.
41:16I'm sorry, was that a question?
41:19Did you reopen the case before or after we'd applied to adduce evidence for Miss Blake's bad character?
41:25After, but I fully intended going back over the investigation ever since the murder.
41:31Of course you had.
41:32And I'm sure my learned friends for the Crown were extremely encouraging.
41:36Choose your words with care, Miss Windham.
41:39Oh, I intend to, my lord.
41:40Far be it from me to accuse the opposing counsel of suborning perjury.
41:44D.S. Brooks, it wasn't just lack of evidence that made you think that Miss Blake had faked the attack, though, was it?
41:57Well, sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.
41:59Well, as I understand it, didn't her behaviour acknowledge the fact that she'd made the whole thing up?
42:07No.
42:09Well, the Chris report said it did.
42:12When asked directly if there had been an attacker, Miss Blake burst into tears and failed to answer the questions.
42:20Well, this was a young girl that was terrified.
42:23And there we were accusing her rather than helping her.
42:26When you say we, do you mean your partner, D.S. Devlin?
42:34Yes.
42:36And he agrees with your revised conclusion?
42:43As far as I know.
42:46Does he agree or doesn't he, yes or no?
42:51Well, of course he does.
42:53She didn't stalk and kill herself, did she?
42:57What the hell were you thinking?
42:59She asked me my opinion and I gave it to her.
43:01No, you gave his opinion.
43:04So not only were you an inch away from perjury, now you want to drag your partner down with you too.
43:09You could have warned me, Ron.
43:11I just thought it was best to leave you out of it.
43:13Until you decided to drop him right in it.
43:15Look, I've given new evidence, I just...
43:17New evidence?
43:18Some old dear suddenly remembers she answered a buzzer?
43:21I've got to admit, it's pretty tenuous.
43:24Tenuous?
43:24That's the understatement of the year.
43:27I told you categorically to leave this alone.
43:32I know.
43:32If it were up to me, you'd be suspended by now.
43:34But I've been advised that it would further compromise the department if we were seen to be covering up a possible case of negligence.
43:43So consider yourself on gardening leave until the end of the trial.
43:57Ron.
44:01Why didn't you tell me what you were doing?
44:04There's no point in the pair of us being on gardening leave, is there?
44:07Because you live in a flat.
44:09So what?
44:10It's okay for you to throw your career away?
44:12To fall on your sword for the greater good, but not for me?
44:15Matt, you're being overdramatic, son.
44:17All I did was go back over the evidence, that's all.
44:20That's not evidence, mate.
44:22This is finding stuff that was never there.
44:24What did you say to the old girl anyway?
44:26That this was all her fault and this was her one chance to put it right?
44:29You don't be better than that.
44:29Do I?
44:30Yes, you do.
44:30No, we could have gone back together.
44:32We could have found something on Lowry.
44:34But, you know, this, this is ridiculous.
44:37It makes us both look ridiculous.
44:38Matt, I'll tell you what's ridiculous.
44:40A young girl standing on a landing, having an attack on a man who isn't even there,
44:45tries to grow up herself with her own necklace, screams her heart out,
44:48like she throws herself down the stairs, that's ridiculous.
44:51We both decided that Stephanie Blake faked that attack.
44:53You know that, and I know that.
44:56And now thanks to you and your one-man crusade, Lowry is going to walk.
45:01Well, I don't think so.
45:02Well, I do.
45:02And I've been called as a witness for the defence.
45:08And no matter how much I want to see Lowry go down,
45:11I will not lie under oath, Ron.
45:16Well, I wouldn't expect you to.
45:23DS Devlin is standing by the original report.
45:27Apparently.
45:28I thought he agreed with DS Brooks.
45:33So did we.
45:36Thanks.
45:37So what now?
45:42John Abbott, one of the hospital lawyers,
45:44requested to see a copy of the police report after the first incident.
45:50They were going to fire Blake if she'd made it all up.
45:54DS Devlin told me to leave it with him.
45:56They didn't fire her.
46:09We're sure those were his exact words.
46:12Abbott takes notes of everything.
46:13He basically gave me a transcript of the conversation.
46:19Okay.
46:21Good.
46:21James, are you sure about this?
46:27James, are you sure about this?
46:27I refer the court to exhibit eight,
46:56a printout of the original Chris report.
47:00Can you tell me what term you used to describe the conclusion of the investigation?
47:08No crime.
47:11Would it be correct to say that if no crime was committed,
47:15then Stephanie Blake must have faked the attack?
47:18That's one interpretation.
47:22I say it's the only interpretation.
47:25So I ask you again.
47:26When you filled out the report,
47:28was it your opinion that she faked the attack?
47:31Yes or no?
47:33Yes.
47:34And you still stand by that report?
47:38Yes, I do.
47:39No further questions, my lord.
47:53Dear Stavlin,
47:55after the original investigation,
47:59were you satisfied with the conclusions in your report?
48:02As far as I could be.
48:04So you saw no need to re-examine the evidence?
48:07Not at the time, no.
48:09Whereas your partner, DS Brooks,
48:11became concerned that mistakes may have been made
48:15during the course of the investigation,
48:17mistakes that may have led you to reach an incorrect conclusion.
48:20Is that right?
48:22DS Brooks wanted to go back over the original evidence
48:25just to make sure we hadn't missed anything.
48:27But you yourself,
48:29you weren't involved in this process?
48:31No.
48:32You didn't re-interview the witnesses?
48:34No.
48:35You didn't compare the original crime scene report
48:38with that of Stephanie Blake's murder
48:40and cross-reference for similarities?
48:42I was working on other cases.
48:44So you'd already moved on
48:46because you felt entirely confident
48:48that you'd reached the right result?
48:52No, the case was officially closed.
48:54And yet, your partner, DS Brooks,
49:01an officer of considerably longer service
49:05and more experience than yourself,
49:09felt so concerned
49:11that he took it upon himself
49:13to single-handedly reopen the investigation.
49:18Is that correct?
49:20Yeah.
49:21Yet you were still entirely confident.
49:31Dear Stevlin,
49:32did your original investigation conclude
49:36that Stephanie Blake was being stalked
49:38by someone using the name Giovanni?
49:41Yes.
49:43And did you eventually conclude
49:44that Russell Lowry and Giovanni
49:46were the same person?
49:48Yes, we did.
49:48And did you also conclude
49:50that Miss Blake was in lethal
49:52and immediate danger from her stalker?
49:56Uh, no, no.
49:58Well, so at what point
49:59did you reach that conclusion?
50:04When you saw Miss Blake lying dead
50:06of multiple stab wounds and a broken neck?
50:09By that point,
50:10I assume that even you,
50:11entirely confident as you were,
50:14must have realized you'd made a mistake.
50:15During the initial investigation,
50:20we found no evidence
50:22that an attack had actually taken place.
50:24As far as we could tell,
50:26at that point,
50:28no crime had been committed.
50:30So having concluded
50:31that no crime had been committed,
50:32you decided that Stephanie Blake
50:34faced no serious threat from Russell Lowry?
50:36That's right.
50:37And yet,
50:39you told her employers
50:43that she faced a serious threat
50:45from Giovanni,
50:46otherwise known as Russell Lowry.
50:49Did you not?
50:58Yeah.
50:59Yeah.
51:00So did you lie?
51:02I felt sorry for her.
51:08I didn't think she should lose her job.
51:11I'm sorry, dear Stervlin,
51:13was that a yes you lied?
51:15Yes.
51:15And are you lying now?
51:18No.
51:20If you lied to Stephanie's employers
51:23to protect her job,
51:24perhaps you're lying now
51:25to disguise your own incompetence.
51:27Incompetence
51:29that you're too arrogant
51:30to admit
51:31even in the face
51:32of new and compelling evidence.
51:34I'm simply curious
51:35about this witness's
51:36expedient attitude
51:37towards the truth,
51:39my lord.
51:44I have no further questions.
51:46You didn't have to go that far.
52:04I went as far as I needed to.
52:06Matt Devlin
52:07is a good police officer.
52:10Not today.
52:14Today he was collateral damage.
52:16Would the defendant
52:20please stand?
52:25Members of the jury,
52:27have you reached a verdict
52:28upon which you're all agreed?
52:30Yes.
52:33On the count of attempted murder,
52:35do you find the defendant
52:36Russell Lowry
52:37guilty or not guilty?
52:39Guilty.
52:42And on the count of murder,
52:44do you find the defendant
52:45Russell Lowry guilty
52:46or not guilty?
52:50Guilty.
52:50Guilty.
52:51Guilty.
52:52To be continued...
53:22He was pretty rough on you in there, wasn't he?
53:36You think?
53:41Makes you glad he's on our side, though, eh?
53:46You put me in an impossible position, Ronnie.
53:49And then you stood by while Steele called me a bad copper.
53:55Worse than that, a stupid copper.
54:00I never set out to make you look stupid, Matt, you know that?
54:05What, that was just an added bonus, was it?
54:07What?
54:11Every cloud, eh?
54:19Too soon?
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