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  • 5/5/2025
Law & Order UK Season 8 Episode 3 I Predict A Riot

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00:00To prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:09Still no sign of target. Hold your positions.
00:13Exchange is due to happen any minute.
00:18All exits are covered.
00:20Yep, that's understood.
00:23Let's do another walk-by.
00:26Target has entered the park.
00:30So, what's happening?
00:37There he is.
00:40Target is here. Repeat, target is here.
00:43All units, stand by.
00:44Take it easy, just hold on.
00:47Stand by.
00:54You got it?
00:56You got it on your side?
00:57Yeah.
00:58Shows.
01:00Give it.
01:05Shows the products.
01:11Do you think this is?
01:12I think we've got a weapon here, Ron.
01:16Shit.
01:17Is that a gun?
01:17Give us the money, and I will lick you down and take it from you.
01:21Target appears to be armed.
01:22Repeat, target appears to be armed.
01:25No, no, no, no, this is not good, Ron.
01:40Shit.
01:41Target red.
01:42Target red.
01:42All units, go.
01:43Let's go, go, go, go.
01:44Florida.
01:45I'm going.
01:45I'm going.
01:48I'm out.
01:50Hot.
01:53I'm going to be kidding.
02:04I'm sorry.
02:06I can't.
02:06I'm going to be kidding.
02:08I can't.
02:08I can't.
02:09Why are you having a gun there?
02:10I'm going to be doing this.
02:11I'm arresting you on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a class A drug.
02:28You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned
02:32something you lay or rely on in court.
02:34Anything you do say may be given as evidence.
02:37Did he have it?
02:39Did he have the heroin?
02:41No, if he was in the rucksack, it's in the river now.
02:43He'll call the divers.
02:45Maybe they'll find something.
03:01Dave, when I said find something, I didn't mean...
03:05I bet you're in lots of prizes at the claw game on the fairgrounds.
03:09Don't you, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack.
03:13Run!
03:20Looks like someone was trying to bury more than just a car.
03:23Don't you, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack, you're supposed to be looking for a rucksack.
04:28Oh, wouldn't that just make your day run?
04:31Yes, it would, Wes.
04:33Look, sitting around in cars for hours on end every day is a waste of our talents.
04:38Yeah, not to mention what it's doing to his back.
04:40Right, well, I've had a word with Callaghan.
04:42Drugs work is done.
04:43Your secondment is over.
04:45Result.
04:45Yeah, but you've got the loose end of the body and the boom, yeah.
04:49Suspected murder, which makes it ours.
04:51So wrap it up as quickly as you can, will you, fellas?
04:57From the skeleton size and joint wear, I'd say male between late teens and 30.
05:06Do we have any idea of the ethnic background?
05:08It's impossible to say for sure, but bone density suggests he's probably not Caucasian.
05:14So, we are looking for missing person, description bloke, average height, 20-something, probably non-white.
05:22He broke his collarbone at least 10 years before he died.
05:25Do you think the, uh, head wound was the cause of death?
05:30It's difficult to say.
05:32Could he have hit something in the boot of the car, or...?
05:36Yeah, I'd be surprised.
05:37He would have been pretty wedged in there.
05:40I think whatever caused the skull fracture happened before he was dumped.
05:45Hmm.
05:46Right, Eleanor, how long do you think he'd been down there?
05:49Body has near-complete decomposition.
05:52Anything between 25 and 30 years.
05:56The last registered keeper of the Dolomite was a Rebecca Connor in 84.
06:02After that, no more records.
06:04Uh, we're trying to track it down now.
06:06And we're also looking for missing persons round about that time, 82 to 88.
06:10It's gonna take a while.
06:11I swear I didn't say take a while.
06:13I said as quickly as you can.
06:15Give the grunt work to someone else and help me out here, please.
06:18Clear this off your desk.
06:22The Dolomite was mine.
06:24I loved that car.
06:26Worked two jobs that I could afford to run the thing.
06:30And what did you do with it?
06:31I sold it to a mate.
06:33There's no paperwork at the DVLA.
06:35Hmm, it's for a ton in cash, sweetie.
06:39I needed the money, and Nicky offered to take the car off my hands.
06:44Does Nicky have a surname?
06:46Carol.
06:47Nicky Carol.
06:48What about an address for Nicky?
06:50Do you know where she lives?
06:52Uh, well...
06:56What, East End, West End, was it?
06:58Or...?
06:59We weren't in London, sweetheart.
07:01We were in Manchester.
07:03That's where I had the car.
07:04There were no missing person reports matching our timelines on any of the North West police
07:13records.
07:14And none at all.
07:16How can that be?
07:17Well, up until 1988, everything in Manchester was either hard copy or paper.
07:23So, if you wanted a file, you literally had to go and get it yourself.
07:28Yeah, hello, love.
07:29I'm looking for an address, please.
07:30So, they didn't update anything to computers?
07:34Well, they started, but they ran out of money.
07:37Yeah, Nicky Carol.
07:38It's Nicky Carol, yeah.
07:40No, I'm literally just waiting for an address.
07:44Oh, brilliant.
07:46Okay.
07:48That is great.
07:49Thanks ever so much.
07:50Cheers.
07:52Right, okay.
07:54Nicky Carol is on the Crimin database, but not in Manchester.
07:58Known charges are breach of the peace, common assault with conditional discharge, all in
08:03London, all outside police stations.
08:05So, seems she was a bit of an old-fashioned activist.
08:10I don't care who you've come to see.
08:22No one talks to anyone without a lawyer.
08:24I've just got these kids to trust me and start opening up.
08:28And I'm not going to have that destroyed by you's lot coming in and throwing your weight
08:32around.
08:34Are we clear?
08:35Yes, that's clear.
08:36However, we're not here to see them.
08:38Are you, Nicky Carol?
08:41Why do you want to know?
08:42Did you own a Brown Triumph Dolomite back in the 80s?
08:46Bought for cash from Rebecca Connor.
08:51You found it?
08:52Well, we're trying to track it down to the last owner, and at the moment, the trail goes cold
08:56with you.
08:57Oh, my God.
09:05Oh, my God.
09:15After all this time...
09:17Have you found him?
09:26Wait, who is it you think we found?
09:36You found my brother, haven't you?
09:38I had a broken collarbone.
09:45He went over the handlebars of his rally chopper, like every other boy that age.
09:52I lent him the car.
09:55What was your brother's name?
09:58Taylor.
10:00Taylor Kane.
10:01He kept Dad's surname.
10:05I idolised him.
10:08Any idea why he came to London?
10:10Something to do with his job.
10:13Right, and what do you work as?
10:17Taylor Kane was a police officer.
10:20You're Maggie Kane's daughter, aren't you?
10:25Yeah, well, I remember your mum doing all the campaigning to find you.
10:31What do you mean, your brother?
10:33Mid-80s?
10:34It was summer.
10:3785.
10:40We still don't know exactly when.
10:44He didn't tell us much about what he was up to.
10:47We started out wandering the streets with an old photograph trying to find him.
10:56Slowly, we got people to support us.
10:58But the death of Hope ate away at her like cancer.
11:05And she died out broken a couple of years ago.
11:09Is the campaign still going on?
11:13We set up a trust.
11:15Got charitable status.
11:18But after years of nothing, this port just drifted away.
11:21Everyone just gave up on him.
11:28Except me and my mum.
11:29Well, Nikki.
11:31Yeah.
11:31We believe your brother was murdered.
11:34And that means we won't give up on him.
11:36Not until we find out who did it.
11:38The Cain Trust.
11:40Yeah, that started and ended with just the two of them.
11:44Mother and daughter.
11:45But at its peak, they were getting press coverage.
11:49They were lobbying Parliament.
11:50They were fighting for the rights of ethnic minority officers.
11:54They were a force for good.
11:55But not over the establishment didn't think so, of course.
11:581985, though.
12:00Worst things were different back then, mate.
12:01That's one of the reasons the Cain family was so angry, though, is the police lying.
12:05It was always the same.
12:06There's nothing more we can do.
12:08Now Nikki's the last one left.
12:10Eh?
12:11Yeah, no kids.
12:12No other siblings.
12:14Mum died two years ago.
12:16Yeah, I met her once.
12:18Formidable woman.
12:20You can see the strain in her eyes already, though.
12:25We owed him a conviction.
12:27That's not going to write all the wrongs of that time, though, Wes, is it?
12:30No, no.
12:31It'll be a start.
12:33What do you want us to do?
12:34Go back to the beginning?
12:35Start again?
12:35Yeah.
12:36And this time, let's do it properly.
12:41So, he completed his training in Manchester, 82.
12:46Yeah, and he looks like he was seconded to London in 84, but it doesn't say why.
12:52He had a hand-along.
12:54In London.
12:55Eh?
12:56Yeah, Ronnie, I think this guy was UC.
13:00Well, not many black undercovers in those days.
13:03There's, in fact, not many black officers full stop, sir.
13:06Oh, but it would explain a lot, him being UC.
13:08I mean, being out of contact with his family, everyone else.
13:12Even his chief oppo half the time.
13:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:15Well, being under the radar, I mean, that was part of the job.
13:19So, well, no wonder Maggie Cain couldn't get any support from the force.
13:22Hold on a minute.
13:23It's an end of service form here.
13:25Signed and dated July 87.
13:30Really?
13:33Well, how have they done that without a body, then?
13:35I don't know, but it's signed off the chief oppo London, Alexander Green.
13:40Alex Green, yeah.
13:42And for the North West Police, Maurice Bennett.
13:45Moe Bennett?
13:46I know Maurice Bennett.
13:47He took me through my detective exam.
13:49Great copper, great teacher.
13:51In fact, his reward was getting Manchester.
13:54Moe Bennett.
13:55What was the name of the handler?
13:57Er, Peter Lange.
13:59I lost touch with Taylor, to be honest.
14:06Simple as that.
14:07You didn't follow up?
14:09This was before my both phone, son.
14:11He was UC.
14:11I couldn't just go and knock on his door.
14:14I needed to explain all this at the time.
14:17Even to his family.
14:18And when was the last time you saw Taylor?
14:20Well, it was the night after it all kicked off in Brixton.
14:24The riots.
14:26And where was the meeting, Pete?
14:28Well, it was a copper's pub down in Lambeth.
14:30Singing Sparrow, do you know it?
14:32Yeah.
14:33Well, I didn't want to meet him inside there.
14:35Careless talk and all that.
14:37We met down the road.
14:39And what did he say?
14:42That he was scared.
14:44And he was going to blame him.
14:47We thought that we lost control of the streets that night.
14:51Anyone who can corroborate that meeting?
14:55No.
14:55I said I'd have to take my word for it.
14:58Who was you drinking with, Pete?
15:01Garth was a long time ago.
15:03Yeah, but if I went back through the archive,
15:06maybe found your little blue diary,
15:08that might jog your memory.
15:10What do you think?
15:10If it was anyone, it would have been Darren Grady.
15:18We'd train together.
15:21What was the thing about Langham's diary?
15:23I thought a blood drained from his face.
15:25Oh, yeah, the old A4 blue diary.
15:28Before your time, we all had to write everything down.
15:31If we left the detail out, it could ruin us.
15:33Just to mention them diaries can still put a fear of God in the coppers of a certain age.
15:40We jumped out of that van straight into a war zone.
15:43My partner that night had a petrol bomb chucked at him.
15:49He burned right in front of me.
15:51I don't remember his name ever hitting the headlines.
15:55Well, there were a lot of victims involved in all that mess, that's for sure.
16:00Robert, we're concentrating on the disappearance of a young police officer.
16:09Give us five minutes, Roger.
16:10Okay.
16:15You recognise him?
16:17T.S. Grady?
16:18No.
16:20You didn't see him that night with your mate Peter Langham?
16:25Well, out of what I know, it was over 20 years ago.
16:28And it was dark.
16:31So what, we all look alike in the darkness, do we?
16:38All I remember is I got very drunk and I drove home.
16:42You drove drunk?
16:44Yeah.
16:45Well, I was young.
16:47And stupid.
16:49You know all about that.
16:52I remember the young bit.
16:56Thank you, Darren.
16:57We've heard enough.
17:02Oh, friendly word of advice, fellas.
17:05A lot of serving officers from that time are still in the force.
17:09And a lot of them are in very powerful positions.
17:13We don't care.
17:17We're doing everything we can to find out who killed your brother.
17:20Forgive me if I don't gush with thanks.
17:27I understand we haven't exactly covered ourselves in glory.
17:31I'm starting the campaign again.
17:39I've been in touch with a few of the old members.
17:42People who've also lost relatives in the system somewhere with no explanation.
17:46I don't know how helpful that will be, Nicky.
17:49We need to keep a low profile until we have enough evidence.
17:52Why?
17:54Because it would be embarrassing if after all this time my mum was right.
17:57Nicky, please.
17:59I was a copper on the street at the same time as your brother.
18:02I know how much this means to you.
18:05You have no idea.
18:06We'll be on Facebook, Twitter, in the papers.
18:15Anywhere you can find us, we'll be hammering at your door till we get answers.
18:19You have to believe me.
18:20This is now our priority case.
18:22Yeah, because I'm threatening to go to the press.
18:25No, because it's the right thing to do.
18:28I wish I could believe you.
18:36You know what?
18:37You didn't have to come all the way down from Manchester for this.
18:40We could have done it over the phone.
18:42No problem, Ronnie.
18:44Yep.
18:45Any excuse to say hello?
18:49Good to see you.
18:50You used to be one of my best students, you know.
18:56Mr. Bennett, if you don't mind,
19:00why didn't anyone investigate Taylor Cain's disappearance?
19:04Well, there was nothing to investigate.
19:08Nobody.
19:10After an extensive search of known haunts,
19:14it didn't look like we'd find one.
19:16And that didn't worry you?
19:19I mean, they completely disappeared.
19:22See, in Manchester, we all thought he'd stayed in London.
19:26And they thought he'd gone native.
19:28Oh, it happened sometimes.
19:30Especially with younger officers.
19:32And different departments hardly ever spoke to each other in those days.
19:38We weren't exactly joined up.
19:41Hmm.
19:42I know.
19:42They family campaigned for action for years afterwards, didn't they?
19:46Aye.
19:47This poor mother,
19:49she begged me to go on Lou Kingman.
19:53We quite genuinely didn't know where to start.
19:56Morris, um...
19:59You signed Taylor Cain's end-of-service record, yeah?
20:05You were drowning in paperwork.
20:08But it had already been countersigned
20:11by the Chief of Operations in London.
20:14Yeah.
20:15Alex Green.
20:16That's right.
20:17Yeah.
20:17I mean, I assume that all the necessary checks
20:21have already been done.
20:24Have you spoken to Alex?
20:25No.
20:26Hmm.
20:27Private security consultant now.
20:31Here he's doing rather well.
20:33We desperately needed young, black officers.
20:40There were places that most of our usual fellows couldn't go.
20:45Or wouldn't.
20:47Certain clubs, certain estates.
20:50You'll remember.
20:51Of course, yeah.
20:52We didn't have too many candidates to choose from in those days.
20:57It's better now with the whole, you know,
20:59PC positive discrimination thing.
21:01Hmm.
21:04So, what exactly was Taylor Cain doing for us?
21:09Sorry, Ryan.
21:10No worries.
21:11Hello?
21:12He was attempting to infiltrate a Jamaican network in Brixton.
21:17We were terrified of more civil unrest at the time.
21:21We wanted to find out who the ringleaders were.
21:24And who decided to declare him dead?
21:27I don't remember who, exactly.
21:30In some committee or other.
21:34We were still paying pension contributions at full salary.
21:38Can't do that indefinitely.
21:40Waste of resources.
21:42Did the Cain family receive a death in service payout?
21:45We had no proof he died in service.
21:52Is that any wonder they hated us, then?
21:55Isn't it a little late for all of this?
21:58I'm glad he's been found at last.
22:00Look, is this really helping anybody?
22:05Well, I'd have thought his sister, for a start, she deserves some answers, doesn't she?
22:10It was Eleanor.
22:11Back in the lab.
22:12Right.
22:12Thanks, Joe.
22:13I'll give you tea, Mr. Green.
22:24I'd started off by trying various objects that could kill with a single blow.
22:29A piece of scaffold, crowbar, that sort of thing.
22:32Nothing matched.
22:33And then, one of my magicians in the lab found this.
22:40A tiny sliver of wood buried in the bone.
22:43It's been protected from the water damage.
22:47It's teak.
22:48It's nice works.
22:49What do they make out of teak?
22:51Furniture?
22:52That's where we started.
22:54So what did you find?
22:55That we were looking at the wrong things.
22:57My first truncheon was made of teak.
23:04They all were back then.
23:07Well, look, it couldn't have been his own.
23:10He certainly wouldn't have been armed.
23:12He wouldn't have even carried a warrant card.
23:14So what else?
23:15A colleague with a grudge?
23:16Did he sleep around?
23:18No.
23:18He wouldn't have even mixed between the other officers if he was undercover.
23:22If it wasn't a fellow officer, where did the team come from?
23:25We all know the elephant in the room here.
23:31He was a black kid in Brixton in the 80s.
23:34There were enough white coppers on the streets in those days.
23:36He hit hard with a stick first and asked questions later.
23:40That is a massive accusation.
23:42All right, look.
23:43Maybe, what about...
23:46Well, it happened internal, why don't black crime?
23:49Then internal affairs should be dealing with this as murder.
23:51No, no, no, not yet, not yet, not, not, not yet.
23:54I want to make sure of my facts before we go any further.
23:58So, for now, it's just us.
24:00Is that understood?
24:01Yeah, yeah.
24:01Yeah.
24:05The Ronster.
24:08Long time no see, old son.
24:10What are you having?
24:11On the house?
24:12All right, I'll tell.
24:12I'm all right, mate.
24:13Thanks.
24:14I'm on duty.
24:15Won't that ever stop you?
24:16I thought you'd retired.
24:18I tried.
24:20Or rather, the brewery tried for me.
24:22Chucked me out of the Sparrow a long time ago.
24:25I found this place.
24:27There you go.
24:28Shall we make one?
24:29No, you're all right, mate.
24:31Cheers.
24:31Actually, Terry, I need to ask you some questions about the Sparrow.
24:35You recognise either of them?
24:37Were they regulars?
24:38That is Darren Grady.
24:41That is Peter Langer.
24:43Yeah, I remember him.
24:46Night of the riots.
24:47September 29th.
24:49Ring any bells?
24:50There was a big fight.
24:53Grady, he was in the thick of it.
24:55You sure?
24:56Oh, yeah.
24:57I had to confiscate his car keys.
24:59Did he get the keys back?
25:00The following day, yeah.
25:02I don't know who's carly black to get home.
25:05I saw him as he went flying past me.
25:07What was it?
25:09I don't know.
25:12Brown.
25:14Triumph Dolomite.
25:17You know?
25:19Not yet.
25:20How do you know that?
25:22I have a list here of all the London officers who put in a requisition for lost or damaged equipment
25:29from September to December 1985.
25:35It's your name, Mr. Grady.
25:37Ordering a trumption for 30th of September.
25:43Day after drinking at the Sparrow.
25:47Last time he was sauteing the cane.
25:49So, what?
25:50A lot of people damaged equipment that night.
25:55That's a fair point.
25:57So I can go, yeah?
26:00Wasted enough of each other's time?
26:01However, you also stated that you drove home from the pub that night.
26:11So, whose car were you driving, Darren?
26:21It was my mates.
26:22And he just gave you the keys just like that, yeah?
26:30Wes Layton's your D.I., isn't he?
26:32See, that explains why you're all getting your niggers in a twist about some dead black kid from the 80s.
26:40We're trying to be Martin Luther King, is he?
26:43Change the world.
26:46Good luck with that.
26:47For the tape, Detective Inspector Layton has just entered the room.
27:02And he's about to issue a grovelling apology to Detective Sergeant Grady.
27:07No, Darren, I'm about to arrest you for the murder of Taylor Cain.
27:11D.S. Hawkins, read him his rights.
27:21Darren Grady, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Taylor Cain.
27:26Do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense if you do not mention my questions.
27:37The evidence we have is mostly circumstantial.
27:41We've got nothing to put the weapon in Grady's hand.
27:45Sounds a bit of a stretch to get to charge.
27:48Do you have anything else?
27:49Well, only ongoing lines of inquiry.
27:52Sorry.
27:53Henry, please, I think you should look at the human interest side of this case.
27:58Now, we have a young black police officer.
28:01He's killed and goes missing for over 20 years.
28:04And the investigation into his death goes nowhere.
28:09Yeah, OK, but we can't be seen to favor a case just because it involves a police officer.
28:14No more should we.
28:15I agree with you, Kate.
28:16But this was a high-profile case at the time,
28:19which makes it even more shocking that nothing was done.
28:22I can't authorize proceedings because you feel aggrieved.
28:26We feel aggrieved.
28:27The condition has already asked me to give an eye on this.
28:29It has the potential to be very embarrassing for a lot of people.
28:32This is not the case to use to launch a crusade.
28:36A crusade?
28:36No, this is one of our own.
28:38I think you'll find, gentlemen, I'm a little bit too late,
28:40Nicky Carroll is already on that bandwagon.
28:43She's decided to restart her mother's campaign via social media
28:48and register Taylor Cain Trust as a go and concern.
28:53Of course she has.
28:54Yes, of course she has, Henry, because she feels that we let her down last time.
28:59Now, I think this woman should know that she can trust us now.
29:04We let her down.
29:05I think you need to be a little more impartial than that.
29:08OK.
29:10Leave this with us while you carry on with your inquiries.
29:13What are they exactly?
29:15Well, you see in this paperwork that this line in particular is highlighted.
29:21What about it?
29:22Well, WS, for instance, stands for witness statement.
29:27And in the ongoing investigation of a missing police officer,
29:31there is a missing witness statement.
29:34I think that needs looking into.
29:35OK, but you call me if there's any progress.
29:41I'll be clear.
29:45We must learn new techniques and modern skills.
29:50We must advance ourselves,
29:53or we'll be left behind like so much dust on the road.
30:01APPLAUSE
30:03I'm sure there's nothing in there you haven't heard before.
30:14Just the bit about being left behind, Alex.
30:17What can I do for you?
30:21Jacob Thorne, CPS.
30:24The original investigation into the disappearance of Taylor Cain.
30:28Yes.
30:30Is the paperwork complete?
30:32What do you mean?
30:33Well, if we were to go back through the original files,
30:36would we be able to follow the paper, Charles?
30:39You know, the old-fashioned police work.
30:42I've got no reason to believe that anything should have gone astray.
30:47Well, we seem to think that there is a witness statement missing, you see.
30:53We have WS witness statement, TK.
30:56Taylor Cain.
30:56I'm assuming that the numbers are, I don't know, date or order number, basic police filing procedure.
31:06Old-fashioned, but it worked.
31:09We need to put the victim of this crime at a certain place at a certain time.
31:13And a missing witness statement may be just what we need.
31:17Or not.
31:19It might show he wasn't there at all.
31:23Destroy your theory altogether.
31:26Although hundreds of bits of paper, it could have been anything.
31:36Anyone else think our private consultants developed a bit of selective memory?
31:42Yeah.
31:43How sure are you about this?
31:45One hundred percent.
31:46I mean, the reference is on the general registry docket summary at the front,
31:50but it's not in the file.
31:51Someone has removed it.
31:53Let's charge Darren Grady with the murder of Taylor Cain.
31:56See who looks scared.
32:00Did you hear what I said about not making this a crusade?
32:04Loud and clear.
32:05And calling me before you did anything.
32:08We have enough.
32:09To charge Grady a serving police officer with murder.
32:12We have forensic evidence.
32:13We have a witness.
32:14He thinks he saw something 25 years ago.
32:17When Ronnie has provided us with the smoking truncheon,
32:20we'll have everything we need to get us home.
32:23And you're sure that will happen?
32:26One hundred percent.
32:31My trust in you hangs by a very fine thread, Jake.
32:35This case is already gathering a public profile.
32:42I'd like to put the court on notice that we wish to make an application to dismiss.
32:48As I see it, you have no case.
32:50The basic premise of the prosecution is a joke.
32:54No offense.
32:54Thanks, none taken.
32:57Skeleton arguments to me by next week.
33:01Response, seven days thereafter.
33:03Of course.
33:06We ready?
33:06As much as we can be.
33:09Mr. Thorpe?
33:10Yes?
33:11I'm Nicky Carroll, Taylor's sister.
33:14Yes, of course.
33:15There's nothing really to see today.
33:17Just a lot of huffing and puffing from both sides.
33:20The defense have an opportunity to argue that we don't have enough evidence.
33:24Don't try and fob me off.
33:25I know a bit about the legal process.
33:30Do you have enough evidence?
33:32We will do.
33:33By the time we go to trial.
33:35But not yet.
33:36Miss Carroll, Jacob Thorne is the very best.
33:40I promise you.
33:41Don't you dare give me a promise.
33:44Don't you dare.
33:48My mother died because she believed this day would never come.
33:53No, you offered the possibility.
33:58Miss Carroll, you have to trust us.
34:01How can I?
34:04You've no idea what it was like 20 years ago.
34:07Let us fight your case for you now.
34:10We have every hope we can put Grady away for the death of your brother.
34:16Don't offer me hope now if you can't see this through.
34:23We can't let her down.
34:25No.
34:26We need that missing witness statement.
34:36But putting the prosecution case at its highest,
34:41is there enough evidence for a jury properly directed to convict?
34:49This is a statement taken by Detective Brooks.
34:53It is an eyewitness account of the pub landlord, Terry Wilson,
34:57who ran the Singing Sparrow at the time of the murder.
35:01Alleged murder.
35:03An eyewitness account from nearly 30 years ago.
35:06That's now your case.
35:08My learned friend's argument is more desperate than I thought.
35:11And we have reason to believe that the original investigation into the disappearance of Taylor Cain
35:19is not entirely complete.
35:23What do you mean, not complete?
35:25Well, the current police investigation suggests that a witness statement from the original 1985 inquiry is no longer present.
35:37Mr. Thorne, are you suggesting police involvement in this missing document?
35:44Possibly.
35:45Possibly.
35:46I would suggest that we do not dismiss this case until we've had a chance to reveal the full and true picture.
35:54My lord, please, what has this to do with my client?
35:59I believe there is enough evidence for examination by a jury.
36:06A positive identification of the defendant driving Mr. Cain's vehicle and the replacement baton.
36:15Mr. Thorne, the proper forum for my learned friend's argument is at trial.
36:27Congratulations.
36:28That was one of the most outrageous displays of manipulative arguments I think I've ever seen.
36:34Police corruption from years ago is a hot topic.
36:36And completely unrelated to the defense of my client.
36:39I'll be making that clear in my opening.
36:41The justice thinks otherwise.
36:43Because you played him.
36:45Serve me a section 8.
36:48What?
36:49What?
36:50Once we're through the defense arguments, serve me a section 8 immediately demanding the missing witness statement.
36:56Uh, why?
36:57He wants me to demand a document that we both know you don't have.
37:02Yeah, I know what a section 8 application is.
37:04I'm just asking what he thinks he's playing at.
37:07Good question.
37:08To find it, I need search warrants.
37:11Lots of them.
37:12Signed by a judge.
37:13I can't do that without some momentum.
37:16A demand from the defense counsel insisting on it will give me that.
37:20And why should I do that for you?
37:22Because if it leads to nothing, my prosecution falls apart and your client walks.
37:27Or he puts them at the scene of the crime and I'm shooting myself in the foot.
37:31I don't need this to win.
37:33But you do.
37:34So, I ask again.
37:38Aren't you just a little bit curious?
37:40And is that supposed to be a winning argument?
37:43It is, though, isn't it?
37:45This could reveal a police cover-up or an almighty cock-up.
37:50I know how you work, Philip.
37:52You're not the least bit interested in finding out what that might be.
37:55Who was responsible?
37:56Don't try and play me like you played Prentice, Jake.
38:00I'm not that easy.
38:02So, let's play nice.
38:05For once.
38:08I need this, Philip.
38:09I'll issue the Section 8 demanding that you hand over the witness statements.
38:17Then we'll go to trial.
38:19Then I'll wipe the floor with you because I'll still have enough to destroy your case.
38:28What's the view like?
38:31From that tightrope you're walking.
38:37Here.
38:39Sir, Commissioner Callaghan for you.
38:55It's a bit late for a house call, isn't it, sir?
38:58Darren Crady.
39:10Yes?
39:11Has the search for your missing witness statement revealed anything?
39:16We're still looking.
39:18I've spoken to Henry Sharp.
39:21We worry.
39:22The evidence may not be enough for a conviction.
39:26With all due respect, sir, I'd like to get this finished.
39:29We worked a long time with officers like you and me especially to remove the stain of institutional racism from our lives.
39:48This could take us back ten years.
39:53We can't brush this aside this time.
39:58You know, the Kane Trust, they were fighting for exactly the same things we were.
40:04I know all about the trust, Wes.
40:07We were large benefactors in the early years.
40:11That family deserve a conviction.
40:13But at what cost?
40:14It feels very much like you've chosen a side here, Wes.
40:20You need to be careful.
40:22You could come out of this very badly.
40:25If you win, our PR teams will bury this.
40:31A misdemeanor from the past.
40:33We'd all rather forget different times changing attitudes.
40:38If you lose, it will bring disrepute upon us all.
40:44Someone will have to be held responsible for that.
40:51I'm willing to take that risk.
40:55It's your call.
40:59I shouldn't be getting worried calls from Commissioner Callaghan, Wes.
41:03I have my own boss to contend with.
41:05There's no news yet, so that's what's worrying him.
41:08This whole case depends on new evidence being found, and we're running out of time.
41:15The Section 8 application will allow me to press prentice for all the search warrants we need.
41:20Oh, God.
41:20I don't know if my brother's killer will be brought to justice.
41:25We have waited long enough for this day, but the police have ignored our cause before.
41:32So who knows?
41:34Maybe they will again.
41:35Nicklin, please, don't do this.
41:41If anything is published, it can bias the jury, and the judge will dismiss the case.
41:45Is that what you want?
41:46Don't let their deaths mean nothing.
41:50I won't.
41:52Look, we'll be making a statement shortly.
41:54Was Maggie Kane right all along?
41:56Did the police bury this case in the 80s?
41:59If there was any police conspiracy from that time, rest assured, we will get to the bottom of it.
42:05Who said anything about a conspiracy?
42:08Is that a conspiracy?
42:09How far is this book?
42:11Any statement in the space?
42:12What the hell was that?
42:13I'm trying to calm them down.
42:14Well, it didn't work.
42:16There's nothing that this didn't already suspect.
42:17You don't want them to pursue.
42:19All right, Henry.
42:20Henry, what exactly are you accusing me of?
42:24However worthy the Kane trust is, you are not a paid-up member.
42:28You are an officer of the law.
42:31Get some distance on this before you bring us all down.
42:40I issue these warrants in accordance with Section 8 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984,
42:47to search the homes and workplaces of Morris Bennett, Darren Grady, Alexander Green, Peter Langham.
42:58Hey, Morris!
43:01Can I get you a lift anywhere?
43:03No, thanks, Tom.
43:04Taxi will take me where I want to go.
43:06About those warrants...
43:09We're going to have to search where you place.
43:13You know that, don't you?
43:13Everything was filed, Ron.
43:20Everything.
43:23St. Thomas's, please.
43:32You bastards!
43:35I'm worrying you, for God's sake!
43:37Not anymore.
43:43We have checked domestic addresses, business addresses, club lockers, favourite hotels.
43:56Every stone has been turned over.
44:00We've forensicated everything and we just still cannot find this missing state.
44:05Maybe it's not going to be as easy as finding it in someone's knicker drawer, but we know it exists.
44:11Don't we?
44:12Well, it used to, but someone who worked the case back then, who worked with Grady, must know what was on it.
44:19But if it is a cover-up, all they've got to do is stick to their story.
44:23Let's be honest, they've had plenty of time to rehearse.
44:26Or plenty of time to feel guilty.
44:28What do you mean?
44:29Well, 25 years is a long time to keep a secret that size and something that big sooner or later will eat away at you, won't it?
44:38So, who's the weak link?
44:41You know, don't you?
44:42Well, I have my suspicions, yeah.
44:45Well, would you care to share them before we start the trial?
44:49I need to make a phone call, pull in a favour.
44:52Ronnie, don't make me go in there tomorrow with nothing.
44:55I have to do this my own way.
44:58There's a lot of old, respected men that have put in years of service, men I know.
45:02You can't be sentimental here.
45:04No, I understand that.
45:06But some of these people are friends.
45:09And, well, they'll be destroyed if we're right.
45:12If?
45:13If?
45:14A few days ago, it was 100%.
45:17Well, Jake, it still is.
45:19But you lot know better than I do.
45:22There's a whole world of difference between knowing it and proving it.
45:41Royal visit from the Commissioner?
45:43Oh, great.
45:48I guess I wasn't feeling enough pressure.
45:52Mr. Wilson, why did you leave the singing sparrow?
45:56Brewery wanted a younger man.
45:59Oh?
45:59Well, I have a dismissal notice here, which refers to unacceptable, intoxicated behaviour whilst behind the bar.
46:11Weren't you fired for being a drunk?
46:16No, I was not.
46:17Then what could they possibly be referring to?
46:20Regulars were generous.
46:21Ah.
46:22And had the regulars been generous on the night in question?
46:28I remember.
46:31Because it was so long ago, or because you were inebriated.
46:36I'll take that as a don't know.
46:45No further questions, my lord.
46:47You taught me everything about being in the force.
46:55Not just about procedure and stuff, but, you know, what it meant to carry a warrant card.
47:02I remember you used to say people look to us for leadership, for guidance.
47:10I said that, did I?
47:13Yes, you did.
47:14And that the people we serve looked to us to make all the right choices.
47:19You know what, Morris?
47:20That was the greatest lesson I ever learned.
47:24I promise.
47:25You were my best teacher, my favourite teacher, hero.
47:30I'm not sure I'm that man anymore.
47:35Look.
47:40The CPS are going to ask you a question tomorrow.
47:46If you want to wait till then to answer it, that's fine by me.
47:49I understand.
47:50And I'm going to give you the chance to answer it directly to me first, right here, right now, as a friend.
48:00Has anyone ever paid you to keep quiet about Taylor Cain?
48:04Oh, that's another question.
48:06Well, I'm sorry, but it's one I have to ask.
48:08You see, because I've had to call a couple of favours in, Morris.
48:13And one of them was from someone who works in the admin at St. Thomas' Hospital.
48:18Yeah.
48:20Client payments, you know, that sort of thing.
48:22Now, that is confidential.
48:24I know how much you've been paid for private health care in the oncology department at St. Thomas'.
48:31I know.
48:37Is it for your cancer?
48:39I don't have bloody cancer.
48:42And then who's it for?
48:44For Rose.
48:46She's got lung cancer.
48:49Oh, Morris, I'm sorry.
48:52After everything, the least I could do was try and ease her pain.
48:55Oh, and that bastard knew it.
49:00What bastard?
49:03Alex Green.
49:06He knew I'd never compromise myself for personal gain, but I'd do anything for my wife, including taking his money.
49:15Alex said it would all go away, and I believed him.
49:18Why didn't you tell us this before?
49:21I've been trying to all along.
49:24Half-truth here and there, hoping you'd fill in the gaps.
49:29I never wanted to keep this secret wrong.
49:32It was out of my hands.
49:33Oh, don't give me all that, Morris, please.
49:38Oh.
49:40Why didn't you tell us this in the start?
49:42You could have told Maggie Cain and her family this years ago, Morris.
49:48Save them all the pain.
49:50I know.
49:52It was easier to take the money and keep quiet.
49:57Oh.
49:58I swear to you, Ron.
50:00It's all on file, the whole case.
50:04There's a full duplicate of all the paperwork.
50:07Paper files till 1988, Morris.
50:13Manchester.
50:14Everything handwritten, eh?
50:16The old-fashioned way, of course.
50:19Alex never knew about the copy in Manchester.
50:22I'd forgotten it myself until all of this.
50:26We thought it'd be safe hidden there forever.
50:30For as long as Taylor Cain stayed buried in that river.
50:35You know what, Morris?
50:36I really hoped I was wrong.
50:41I really did.
50:45Cannot believe it.
50:46Even you have a price, Morris.
50:50God help the rest of us.
51:02What is it you found?
51:06Everything we need.
51:09The missing witness statement from Peter Langham.
51:15Where did you get this?
51:17When Morris Bennett ran Manchester in the 80s,
51:20his team kept handwritten copies of all files on officers seconded to other departments.
51:26And other cities.
51:29Which they dutifully did.
51:31No-one questioned it.
51:32No-one asked about it.
51:33And London didn't even know it was happening.
51:36Peter Langham has agreed to testify against Grady.
51:40On the night of the 29th of September, 1985,
51:46I briefed Taylor Cain behind the singing sparrer.
51:53No-one could see us.
51:56He'd been involved in the riot the night before.
51:58I had to prove his loyalty to the gang that he'd infiltrated.
52:05He'd thrown bricks at the police.
52:07Officers he knew.
52:09He wanted out.
52:10And I said that we would do what we could.
52:17And I went back to the pub.
52:18On my way, I passed Darren Grady outside the back door.
52:27There had been a fight earlier.
52:30And he said he was getting some air.
52:35About ten minutes later, I went back outside to check up on him.
52:38But he'd moved down the alley.
52:41And was shouting at someone lying on the floor.
52:46I walked towards him and called out.
52:48When he heard me,
52:56he lifted the body off the floor
52:58and dragged it around the corner.
53:03Did you recognize the person on the floor?
53:05It was Taylor Cain.
53:25Did you speak of this incident with Grady at all?
53:28The following day.
53:30What did he say?
53:31Not to mention it.
53:33Did you tell him you'd already made a statement
53:36with your chief of operations,
53:37Alex Green?
53:38Alex Green.
53:38Yeah.
53:39But then I got a call.
53:43From?
53:45Alex Green.
53:47Saying what?
53:48That I was never to mention it again.
53:51And did you?
53:52Just once.
53:53Who to?
53:54Chief of operations, Manchester.
53:57Morris Bennett.
53:57And what did he say?
53:59He told me to do as I was told.
54:04And that no one would ever find out.
54:07There's a brand new case for young Morse this Sunday at nine,
54:35shaking the highest of Oxford society in new endeavour.
54:40And on Monday at nine,
54:41it's the concluding part of our drama
54:43based on the crimes of Malcolm Webster, the widower.
54:47Next, the ITV News at 10.