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00:00:00To be continued...
00:00:30I took the 15 beers to get here
00:00:32I don't know how many more did I leave
00:00:35Take my change in tea
00:00:38Drank a 15 beer
00:00:40I drank 15 beer
00:00:46And that's a whole lot of brew in one night
00:00:49When you're trying to drown the memory
00:00:52Come on now!
00:00:57Final warning, out of bed now
00:00:59I don't know how many more did I leave
00:01:03I'll take my change in tea
00:01:05And drink my 15 beers
00:01:07You've got five minutes!
00:01:10My 15 beers
00:01:11Come in, yeah, six or seven
00:01:1315 beers
00:01:15Just keep bringing them to all
00:01:1715 beers
00:01:18That's what happened
00:01:19The evidence is pretty compelling
00:01:29And I think a settlement is the wisest course for all parties
00:01:32We've prepared terms which we think could be acceptable
00:01:35God
00:01:36First of all, I'd like to say how sorry I am that these women have had such a hard time
00:01:41Your standard opening line
00:01:43You're not even going to read
00:01:45Secondly
00:01:46We are prepared and we've seen what you've got
00:01:50And I don't think any of us on our side find your evidence compelling
00:01:53So as grateful as we are that you have prepared terms
00:01:57We will not be settling
00:01:59I'm sorry?
00:02:01We're happy to wait for court
00:02:03I have published studies
00:02:06We've all got studies
00:02:07We've all got friendly professors and doctors and such who will agree with us
00:02:11These mothers have already been through hell
00:02:13Let's not play games here
00:02:14A settlement now
00:02:16Will be a mistake
00:02:17And a costly one for Corby Borough Council
00:02:20What you've done is you've assembled a lot of people from a lot of walks of life who agree with you
00:02:26But that doesn't mean right is on your side
00:02:29I say the people of this town have right on their side
00:02:33Corby Council won't buy your lies
00:02:44Hi
00:03:00Have you got a minute?
00:03:03Yeah
00:03:03Are you all prepared?
00:03:06Is it like an exam?
00:03:08Do your revision
00:03:09Hope the questions come up the way you're expecting
00:03:10Look Tracey
00:03:12I've got something to tell you
00:03:19And erm
00:03:19Well you're the one that's good with words
00:03:24Go on love spit it out
00:03:26We can't
00:03:30We
00:03:34We haven't included you
00:03:37You're not a claimant in the trial
00:03:39What?
00:03:41To make this work
00:03:43It was explained to us that we have to be able to show consistency across the pregnancies
00:03:47And the most consistent disability was
00:03:51The limb difference
00:03:53What?
00:03:58We have to be able to prove with 95% certainty
00:04:00What the pollutants could have done to a fetus within the right time window
00:04:04The right time window
00:04:06And Shelby Ann doesn't
00:04:08Didn't
00:04:09I'm really sorry Tracey
00:04:15She had her ear
00:04:21It's not an operal lower limb difference
00:04:25And she died
00:04:29Why didn't you tell me sooner?
00:04:37I thought that we'd get settlement
00:04:38And er
00:04:39And that things could be worked out
00:04:40But
00:04:40The council are proving intransigent
00:04:43You know if we win
00:04:47You're part of that winning
00:04:49You know that
00:04:50No
00:04:50No I'm not
00:04:52You just told me I'm not
00:04:54She died
00:04:59And you won't give her justice
00:05:04Shame on you
00:05:09No
00:05:30The shirt
00:05:38Mum
00:05:39I don't know what women should wear
00:05:40You know what's smart
00:05:41Do I?
00:05:44Are you okay?
00:05:45What about these shoes?
00:05:46They are shoes
00:05:47Would you wear them?
00:05:48No
00:05:49I'm 12
00:05:50You're no use
00:05:51Right
00:05:53This top
00:05:53Them boots
00:05:55For court
00:05:56Trust me I'm right
00:05:57You're the babysitter
00:05:58Why would I trust the babysitter?
00:06:00Because he still goes to sleep with his thumb up his bum
00:06:01And you ain't got a clue
00:06:02When were you in court?
00:06:06Anyone for a cuppa?
00:06:08You're late
00:06:11You do know the judge won't wait
00:06:12I didn't choose my shoes
00:06:13I'd take the truth
00:06:15Yeah, Tracy won't make it today
00:06:16What, why?
00:06:18She didn't tell me
00:06:19I'm sure she's got a good reason
00:06:20Just get on the bus
00:06:21Okay
00:06:22Okay
00:06:35Okay
00:06:35Right, a few reminders.
00:06:58Now, it may be the first day of the trial,
00:07:00but for you, today is about press and press only.
00:07:04Two, go through your statements.
00:07:07Today, tomorrow, every day, until you're on the stand.
00:07:11Our case rests on your words.
00:07:15Three, we're going to win, so don't be nervous.
00:07:29Have you told her about Tracy?
00:07:32No. Not my finest hour.
00:07:41Shall we sing?
00:07:44The wheels on the bus go round and round.
00:07:47What?
00:07:48Everyone's being miserable.
00:07:50Doesn't mean you have to be embarrassing.
00:07:52Someone's got to be embarrassing.
00:07:54Look, I know you're nervous, but you don't have to be.
00:08:01The wheels on the bus go round and round all day long.
00:08:09Right. I'm not going anywhere unless you lot cheer up.
00:08:13We're going to win this thing.
00:08:14Are you okay?
00:08:15Yeah.
00:08:16Yeah, fine.
00:08:17Just...
00:08:19Just found out that the council haven't taken out insurance.
00:08:23On what?
00:08:25Insurance on the possibility of them losing.
00:08:28Who will fight?
00:08:29They decided it was too expensive.
00:08:30Well, they're stupid.
00:08:31Or they know something we don't.
00:08:32Daze.
00:08:33Got any songs for us?
00:08:34You're okay, Susan.
00:08:35Oh, Joy.
00:08:36I'm no singer.
00:08:37But I won't have glum.
00:08:38Just sit down.
00:08:39Fine.
00:09:01The mother's in the bus go, no, no, no.
00:09:04No, no, no. No, no, no.
00:09:07The mother's in the bus go, no, no, no.
00:09:11All day long.
00:09:29Holy shit.
00:09:31Just do what you do.
00:09:33And what is it that I do?
00:09:35You tell them what they did to you.
00:09:38What they did to your kids.
00:09:41You tell them the truth.
00:09:43OK.
00:09:45You OK?
00:09:57Could you tell us why you're here today?
00:09:59Hi.
00:10:00Hello. I'm Susan. This is my son Connor.
00:10:03My son was born with limb differences and he was born that way because of the negligent behaviour of Corby Borough Council.
00:10:10This case is the first to try to prove a link between atmospheric toxins and birth defects.
00:10:15Audacious, wouldn't you say?
00:10:16Well, firstly, my son is different, not defective.
00:10:18And secondly, we're the first, but we won't be the last.
00:10:21Because nobody cares about the working class in this country and somebody bloody needs to.
00:10:28These young people.
00:10:31Some have missing or undeveloped fingers or no fingers at all.
00:10:35And three have deformities of their feet.
00:10:37Why?
00:10:38Because whilst pregnant, their mothers threw no fault of their own.
00:10:55I know what they've been keeping from us.
00:10:57I know what they've been keeping from us.
00:10:59Breathed in atmospheric soup of toxic material.
00:11:01Go on.
00:11:02They have an alternative equation for the spread of dust.
00:11:04And why did this happen?
00:11:05Their equation says that the dust couldn't have spread far enough to reach our women.
00:11:09Because Corby Council did not sufficiently manage the risk.
00:11:12Our equation says different.
00:11:13Exactly.
00:11:14And if they can cast out on that.
00:11:16We will prove Corby Council had knowing negligence.
00:11:21We will prove these mothers were infected by that negligence.
00:11:26I need to find out what maths they're using and find fault with it.
00:11:29Your children were damaged by it.
00:11:31Otherwise we're sunk.
00:11:32We will prove just cause for our case.
00:11:35You okay?
00:11:40Look like you swallowed a wasp.
00:11:42Yeah.
00:11:43Yeah.
00:11:44Just an anxious day.
00:11:45Have a drink.
00:11:46Can I talk to you?
00:11:49Yeah.
00:11:50It's about why Tracy wasn't here today.
00:11:54Have I done something to upset her?
00:11:56No.
00:11:57No.
00:11:58Unfortunately, when it came to building a strong enough case, we had to reduce, because
00:12:10of medical advice, the number of mothers taking part.
00:12:13You haven't.
00:12:15I told Tracy how sorry I was, but that if we included Shelby Ann, it would seriously impact
00:12:22our chances of winning.
00:12:23None of us would be here without Tracy.
00:12:25I wouldn't be here without her.
00:12:27Susan, the law is a complicated beast.
00:12:30And sometimes in order to win...
00:12:32Why do you make it sound like a game?
00:12:34Well, no, but sometimes the tactics, sometimes tactics require...
00:12:39You should have told me this morning.
00:12:41You should have told me as soon as you knew.
00:12:46I thought she'd tell you.
00:12:47I didn't want to do it.
00:12:50Read it.
00:12:54Clown.
00:13:06It just doesn't make sense.
00:13:08My equations were right.
00:13:10I had the flow right.
00:13:12Their expert thinks you're wrong.
00:13:14Why do they need to write so many words?
00:13:16We need to prove that they've misunderstood the way these particles spread.
00:13:20The dust spread.
00:13:21Only of days, not weeks.
00:13:23No.
00:13:36Is she here?
00:13:38It's not a good time.
00:13:39I didn't know.
00:13:40I just found out.
00:13:41All the same, love.
00:13:42Another time.
00:13:53When did he move here?
00:14:04It's quite something, isn't it?
00:14:06He had a team working on it last summer.
00:14:09I didn't know.
00:14:11I didn't know he made this much.
00:14:14You know, we're getting a piece too, Megs.
00:14:17He says he's taking me with him.
00:14:20Put the shit heap round the side, would you, Derek?
00:14:22Make room for the Benleys.
00:14:25God, you look beautiful, Maggie.
00:14:29I can't stay.
00:14:33Yeah, you can.
00:14:34No, I can't.
00:14:35It'll be a fun party and you look so nice.
00:14:38No, you stay. I'll drive home.
00:14:40You're embarrassing me, Maggie.
00:14:45You know what?
00:14:48Des has asked me over and over again,
00:14:51can Derek give evidence?
00:14:53Can he tell people what happened at the site?
00:14:55And I've always said, no, he can't.
00:14:57It'll cost him his job.
00:14:58But looking at all of this,
00:15:02Jesus, Derek, this can't be right.
00:15:05You want me to speak at the trial?
00:15:07I don't know.
00:15:12I don't know.
00:15:13Look, no rush getting home.
00:15:17Someone will give you a lift.
00:15:18Everyone likes you.
00:15:18Oh, didn't think I'd find you here.
00:15:32Oh, don't let me stop him.
00:15:44Leader of Corby Council, standing on his own.
00:15:48Man who likes to talk as much as our Roy does.
00:15:50You know, I've decided I like cigars.
00:15:55Fancy a puff?
00:15:56I won't.
00:15:57All this string quartets.
00:15:59You're pushing it a bit on you, Pat.
00:16:01Thinking about your case?
00:16:12I have a lot more to worry about than a court case.
00:16:15Well, I'm a bit worried.
00:16:21What?
00:16:24Disclosure, exposure.
00:16:25It's a dangerous game, all that.
00:16:28What they might find out.
00:16:31New liabilities, etc.
00:16:34Corby Council's on the stand, not Rhodes and Miller.
00:16:37You should be grateful for that.
00:16:38For now.
00:16:41Till someone says something stupid
00:16:43and then my business is pulled apart.
00:16:45We're going to win, Pat.
00:16:48Their calculations are based on statistics without foundation.
00:16:52You're not listening to me, Roy.
00:16:54What if I don't care whether you're going to win?
00:16:57I care whether I lose.
00:17:02Take the settlement, Roy.
00:17:05Which, from what I gather, the other side are very keen on.
00:17:09And then we can all breathe a little easier.
00:17:11You're a horrible bastard.
00:17:13I'm a necessary bastard.
00:17:14You've cut corners when you shouldn't.
00:17:17Ruined decent men.
00:17:18Oh, come on now.
00:17:21Not that decent.
00:17:24I stand by the work I've done.
00:17:27Do you?
00:17:28Do you?
00:17:28People expect perfect nowadays.
00:17:34Nothing can be perfect.
00:17:36But good enough.
00:17:38Corby was built on good enough.
00:17:40Steelworks.
00:17:41Not perfect.
00:17:42Some people got hurt.
00:17:43But good enough.
00:17:44And I will fight these fuckers
00:17:46all the way down the street.
00:17:49Because Corby would sink under their watch
00:17:51and all they would do is talk,
00:17:52well, fuck them and fuck you!
00:17:55Trying to stop me, fight them.
00:17:56There's no doubt that all these substances,
00:18:10cadmium, chromium, nickel,
00:18:12PAHs and dioxins,
00:18:14can cause birth defects in animals
00:18:16of a similar or not dissimilar type
00:18:18to most of those reported by the claimants.
00:18:21Where is the literature to support the claim
00:18:23that a human fetus would be affected this way?
00:18:25It's not possible ethically
00:18:27for experiments to be carried out on human embryos.
00:18:30So this is your theory.
00:18:32I can state with 95% assurance
00:18:34that these women were affected by these toxins
00:18:37while the babies were in the womb.
00:18:39Dr. Anthony Emerson
00:18:40is the clinical director at St. Mary's Hospital,
00:18:43and he said there is no clearly established case
00:18:46for what you're trying to prove.
00:18:48I read his evidence,
00:18:49and I disagree with Dr. Emerson.
00:18:52You believe your theory,
00:18:54he believes his.
00:18:55Maybe you're both 95% sure.
00:18:57scientific data pertaining to the toxic waste
00:19:08in the atmosphere.
00:19:09What we saw today was the fact
00:19:10that their case is without foundation.
00:19:12Full of bad science,
00:19:14manipulating the women involved.
00:19:15They've already rejected a reasonable...
00:19:17Mr. Collins!
00:19:18Mr. Collins!
00:19:18I'm sorry.
00:19:19They have no case.
00:19:27It's not going well.
00:19:39Holy shit.
00:19:41They've got their experts,
00:19:42you've got yours tit for tat.
00:19:44I don't think that judge is convinced.
00:19:45We're just at the beginning of the case, Mr. Hagen.
00:19:47So I'm here asking whether I can help.
00:19:51Have you got any more files for us?
00:19:54No.
00:19:54Can you prove that the theory
00:19:57for particle dispersal they're using is wrong?
00:19:59I see.
00:19:59See, you're laughing at me now.
00:20:01But my offer sincerely meant...
00:20:03OK, those files you gave us.
00:20:05Where are they from?
00:20:06I told you, I can't tell you now.
00:20:07The papers are good,
00:20:08but we need testimony.
00:20:11Evidence of what was happening on those sites.
00:20:13You can't give it.
00:20:14You weren't there.
00:20:15But someone can.
00:20:17Give me them, and...
00:20:20Well, then this case will start going very well indeed.
00:20:24I'll come in peace.
00:20:36It's just a quick briefing before you give your evidence.
00:20:41Are we winning?
00:20:43I think so.
00:20:46And that barrister will be.
00:20:48Seems good.
00:20:49Yeah.
00:20:50Well, he's one of the best.
00:20:52He's been quite poorly, actually,
00:20:53but he wanted to do this
00:20:56on a reduced rate.
00:20:58Some people are just better, aren't they?
00:21:03But their guy's also good.
00:21:07He is.
00:21:08But I think we're...
00:21:09Using the right tactics.
00:21:10You want to come in?
00:21:15Cup of tea?
00:21:16I don't want to take up too much of your time.
00:21:18You frightened of me now?
00:21:20No.
00:21:23Mum, Daniel's eating all the best cereal again.
00:21:25Then eat the OK cereal and leave him the bad.
00:21:29There's been some confusion from some of the other mothers
00:21:32about the location of the Sunday markets.
00:21:34It's about where the dust could have affected you.
00:21:38And, um, I wondered...
00:21:42Tracey's do understand the same day as you.
00:21:47And I might...
00:21:48That's why you're frightened.
00:21:50I am not ashamed of what we did
00:21:52for the benefit of the case.
00:21:54It might seem duplicitous to you,
00:21:56but it was necessary.
00:21:57You've practised that.
00:21:58You always use long words when you've practised.
00:22:01And you always pretend you don't understand the long words
00:22:02when, in fact, you do.
00:22:03He's put something in the OK cereal and that tastes weird.
00:22:05Connor, go away!
00:22:06Tracey's evidence about what happened at Electrogen,
00:22:09because it was so near to the ponds...
00:22:11It might be vital.
00:22:15But she won't talk to you?
00:22:17No.
00:22:18She's not answering my calls either.
00:22:22I'll try her again.
00:22:30Thanks for coming out.
00:22:31Thanks for helping me miss bath time.
00:22:34Peter has mine too.
00:22:36Peter?
00:22:38Yeah, he's been helping out a bit.
00:22:41Is that OK, do you think?
00:22:45Well, we all choose our compromises.
00:22:49Yeah.
00:22:49When did you know?
00:22:58End of the first day.
00:23:00He didn't tell you till then?
00:23:02I think he was frightened he'd lose his press opportunity.
00:23:06Fucking hell.
00:23:06I think he was probably right.
00:23:08He know me, I'd have made a scene.
00:23:10And not done my bit with the press,
00:23:12and he needed me.
00:23:13So...
00:23:13So you're on his side then?
00:23:17No.
00:23:19I'm fucking heartbroken.
00:23:22You not being part of this case is so wrong.
00:23:26But I tried to make myself think what I would have said
00:23:29had it given me the choice,
00:23:31lose with Tracey or win without it,
00:23:32and I decided.
00:23:35I decided I'd choose the winning.
00:23:39Does that make me terrible?
00:23:45No.
00:23:48Just to make you honest.
00:23:51Like you've always been.
00:23:52Oh, don't forgive me just yet.
00:23:59I'm not...
00:24:02This is not without...
00:24:04I...
00:24:05I needed help.
00:24:09The things you have to see,
00:24:11the court needs to hear.
00:24:12What, Faze?
00:24:13About the dust.
00:24:14About how it worked.
00:24:16About where you were.
00:24:19I'm sorry,
00:24:20but you are still the heart of this case.
00:24:22I worked in Corby for nine years.
00:24:52The office backed onto the toxic pond site.
00:24:56The road was muddy and mucky,
00:24:59and the dust was everywhere.
00:25:01Tell us about the dust.
00:25:03Well, you couldn't open the window in the summer.
00:25:05We joked that it sometimes looked like a sandstorm outside.
00:25:08My car was always covered in this sand, grit stuff.
00:25:12What trucks would you see coming along the Brunel Road?
00:25:16Open trucks, carrying muck.
00:25:19They were never sheeted,
00:25:21so debris often fell from the back of them.
00:25:24And there were these huge petrol tanker trucks with hoses
00:25:29that leaked out a dark sludge as they travelled along.
00:25:32And when it was wet, it looked like a potter's wheel.
00:25:37When dry, a dust bowl.
00:25:40Could you tell the judge about Shelby Ann?
00:25:42Yeah, I can.
00:25:52She was born with a deformed ear.
00:25:54And her heart only had two chambers rather than four.
00:26:02Her kidneys weren't formed,
00:26:04so blood was running straight into her lungs
00:26:07instead of her heart.
00:26:09She fought as hard as she could, but she died.
00:26:18Thank you, Tracy.
00:26:25Anything from the defence?
00:26:27Just to remind the court that this case is not about dead children.
00:26:33No, it's not.
00:26:37It should be, but it's not.
00:26:39My girl isn't included in this trial, but other children are.
00:26:44And I'm here for them.
00:26:46And the damage my counsel did them,
00:26:47in case you needed reminding of that.
00:27:03Excuse me.
00:27:04Do you know if he's in?
00:27:06How's your money, does he?
00:27:07His dad was salt of the earth, you know.
00:27:10But him?
00:27:12Jesus.
00:27:13I just need a word, you know.
00:27:14Keeps himself to himself.
00:27:16Sometimes I think he's moved out.
00:27:18Then I see the bin left out.
00:27:20Full of bottles.
00:27:23Good luck, pal.
00:27:23Can you confirm your name?
00:27:37Susan McIntyre.
00:27:39Can you confirm the name of your son, Susan?
00:27:42Connor McIntyre.
00:27:44And Connor was born with a limb difference, is that right?
00:27:47And a dodgy immune system.
00:27:48When you were pregnant with Connor, you were living where in Corby?
00:27:53Dumbleclose.
00:27:56Whilst you were pregnant, did you see the lorries transporting the waste?
00:27:59Every day.
00:28:01No one thought anything of them, really.
00:28:03I used to go see my mum on the Exeter Estate, and walking there from Dumbleclose, the lorries
00:28:09would roar by.
00:28:10Tell me about the lorries.
00:28:12They were filthy.
00:28:14They always left sludge.
00:28:15The air was foul.
00:28:19How's Connor doing now?
00:28:21He's doing well.
00:28:23He's a good boy.
00:28:25But it's amazing what you need a hand for.
00:28:29Writing well.
00:28:31Using a computer.
00:28:33Playing in the park, too.
00:28:35But it's more than that.
00:28:37There hasn't been a year of his life where something hasn't happened.
00:28:40A operation.
00:28:42An infection.
00:28:43A something that meant he missed school.
00:28:46Missed making friends.
00:28:49Missed things that matter.
00:28:51My son has been in pain his entire life.
00:28:56And it wasn't his fault.
00:28:58And I don't like that.
00:29:02No further questions.
00:29:15Hello, Susan.
00:29:16Do you mind if I ask a few questions?
00:29:19If you want to.
00:29:21You have a history of depression.
00:29:22Is that right, Susan?
00:29:25Yeah.
00:29:27You were diagnosed in 1996?
00:29:30Yeah.
00:29:31Do you want medication for it?
00:29:33Yeah.
00:29:35I've taken, uh...
00:29:38Diazepam.
00:29:40Raboxetine.
00:29:41Prozac.
00:29:42And demazepam.
00:29:44Are you aware that those medications have side effects?
00:29:47I didn't take them while I was pregnant with Connor.
00:29:49What's your relationship with alcohol?
00:29:52My lord, this question feels unnecessarily intrusive.
00:29:56I'll allow it.
00:29:57I like alcohol.
00:30:02But if your question is, did I drink while I was pregnant with Connor?
00:30:07No, I didn't.
00:30:08And I didn't smoke either.
00:30:11You may think what you want to think about me, but I wanted my kids to be healthy.
00:30:15We all want our children to be healthy.
00:30:19We are now officially in the longest immediate procession since the Second World War.
00:30:34The idea that there was a chance to get us through this procession is now...
00:30:38How is it?
00:30:45I can't tell.
00:30:48The thing is, I can't...
00:30:52What if you lose, Maggie?
00:30:57What if I give evidence and you...
00:31:01We lose?
00:31:05Because I can't do anything else.
00:31:07And Pat...
00:31:08You know he'll stop me getting any other building job there is.
00:31:11He's vindictive like that.
00:31:14Don't get me wrong, I can't forgive myself for harming Samuel.
00:31:19For hurting my own boy.
00:31:23I'm sorry.
00:31:25Come here.
00:31:26Come here, I'll speak for the both of us.
00:31:28Come here, I love you.
00:31:29I love you.
00:31:30Okay.
00:31:33Okay, it's all right.
00:31:34Okay.
00:31:47How was it?
00:31:50Susan had it harder than me.
00:31:55What did they ask you?
00:31:59What are we doing tomorrow?
00:32:04I don't know.
00:32:05It's a school day and I've got work and...
00:32:08Talk me through it.
00:32:10What?
00:32:13What will we give the kids for breakfast?
00:32:16Er, toast.
00:32:19And?
00:32:20Trace.
00:32:21Trace.
00:32:21Trace, it's okay to be upset.
00:32:26And we'll chop up an apple.
00:32:29To give them with their toast.
00:32:32And then we'll do their teeth.
00:32:35After.
00:32:37And then you'll put them in the car.
00:32:38And drive them to school.
00:32:42Yeah.
00:32:43And we'll be late.
00:32:45Yes, we always are.
00:32:48And that Mrs. Henrik will give me a look.
00:32:50Like she always does.
00:32:51Pino homo.
00:33:03Anoku dai.
00:33:04Right, that's me.
00:33:32Daniel wanted another ten minutes on his phone, so I said he could have it.
00:33:38I'm a good mother, aren't I?
00:33:41What?
00:33:44I don't know why I'm asking you.
00:33:48You're bloody great.
00:33:54I never drank.
00:33:57I never smoked, not when I was pregnant.
00:34:00I didn't even take my happy pills.
00:34:02I didn't know you could.
00:34:05Beautiful kids from a beautiful woman.
00:34:09The lawyers come after you, didn't they?
00:34:12Yeah, they do that.
00:34:15They just...
00:34:16You're Susan fucking McIntyre.
00:34:22Yeah.
00:34:28You're a great mum.
00:34:31We're a great arse.
00:34:33We're a great couple of kids.
00:34:35We're getting all life on.
00:34:47You guys are alive?
00:34:48This is new. Where's this from?
00:35:18Ah, just battle scars. That's forgotten, love.
00:35:48You're dead!
00:36:10I saw him.
00:36:12Into my third night now. You don't leave your house much.
00:36:21You know the one thing they don't tell you about living in a car? The light.
00:36:27Some bloody light all the time.
00:36:33My father would be so ashamed.
00:36:42Oh, for pity's sake. Shame is only shameful if there's truth behind it. Pull yourself together.
00:36:48Pulled like you have, you lonely old bastard.
00:36:51Oh, sure I am. I'm old. I'm lonely. I'm a bastard.
00:36:55But I'm not afraid of what people say. Everyone's looked down on me for years. I take it as a compliment.
00:37:02These men, they're in the gutter. So they're down. Must be my up.
00:37:11The trial need you, Ted. That's why I'm here.
00:37:16I don't think my dad would like me betraying his mates.
00:37:19Well, you think these men are your dad's mates? Eh?
00:37:24Well, you've got to do a lot better than your dad would, that's for sure.
00:37:28You've got a choice. Abuse or make.
00:37:34They think they're still making with their working class credentials slid across their middle like a belt.
00:37:40But they'll become the abusers, Ted.
00:37:43They need facing down.
00:37:46No.
00:37:48It's not for me.
00:37:50This has cost me enough, Sam. I'm done.
00:38:04Hi.
00:38:10Hi, Tony.
00:38:11Yeah, I managed to find the section once the council's expert on which her analysis is based on the travelling of particle sizes.
00:38:16Now, I tried to reproduce it in the spreadsheet, but that didn't work.
00:38:19Tony, how much coffee you had?
00:38:21I haven't had much sleep, actually. Look, the equation doesn't balance. Her findings are flawed. I think there's a digit missing.
00:38:28That's great.
00:38:29Yeah, but I don't know quite how to prove it.
00:38:32Well, what do you need from us?
00:38:35The paper she uses is from a coal study. Now, the coal study seems to use a German paper that I can't quite get hold of.
00:38:42What's it called?
00:38:43It doesn't matter what it's called. I can't find it.
00:38:46They're great tips. The fish, gotta say, I don't trust. They're a long way from the coast here.
00:39:02It's nice.
00:39:03When I was in Norfolk, I had a fish down there. Perfect.
00:39:06When were you in Norfolk?
00:39:11We should go night fishing sometime. I used to love that with my dad.
00:39:15Through tins, crisps, that riverbank we're not supposed to be on, you know?
00:39:21I'm not the best fisherman.
00:39:26Have you, erm, thought about what you're gonna do when this is all over?
00:39:31What's over?
00:39:33School.
00:39:35Trial.
00:39:37Trial will be over before school?
00:39:38I've had an idea for a small garage. Repairs and all that sort of stuff.
00:39:50There's a growing market, nowadays, in classic cars.
00:39:55Not much of a mechanic either, eh?
00:39:57Nah, maybe you can manage it.
00:39:59And me and Daniel will be the ones getting greasy, and your mum too.
00:40:03There was a right dab on with her dirty moped back in the day.
00:40:06I don't understand what you mean.
00:40:08I just don't want you to waste it, you know? The money.
00:40:11Macintyre and Co.
00:40:13And classic cars, I tell ya.
00:40:16I haven't even got the money yet.
00:40:17I only will.
00:40:22Well, I've got more ideas if you're not keen on cars.
00:40:27Grab the last two.
00:40:30Too late!
00:40:32You div.
00:40:34You absolute div.
00:40:37What size truck did your husband drive?
00:40:40A 32,000 kilogram tipper truck.
00:40:43A dump truck is how most people call them.
00:40:45And how many loads would he transport a day?
00:40:48On a good day, something over 40.
00:40:51He was paid £6 extra for every load over 40,
00:40:54which over a week could amount to a good amount,
00:40:56because my husband was a very good driver.
00:40:59So the drivers were rewarded for speed?
00:41:02Oh, yes.
00:41:05Yes, it was all about how fast the muck could be moved.
00:41:08Covering the trucks would have taken too long, you see.
00:41:10You poured it in, you bombed across town, you poured it out.
00:41:14All the drivers were the same.
00:41:15My husband was, is not a reckless man.
00:41:20He's a good man, in fact.
00:41:22But this is what he was expected to do, you understand?
00:41:26He did as everyone else did.
00:41:28He did as everyone else did.
00:41:29He did as everyone else did.
00:41:49You're incredible.
00:42:05Is he staying?
00:42:07Sorry?
00:42:08It's just he's been here a while now.
00:42:10Staying over, I mean.
00:42:12You mean Peter?
00:42:14You don't want him to stay.
00:42:17He keeps talking about what I should do with my money if we win.
00:42:20What?
00:42:24Businesses, business that.
00:42:25But, I mean, I don't mind if he makes you happy, I guess.
00:42:29It'll be your money.
00:42:31I've never had a single interest.
00:42:34Yeah, the thing is, he's not you, Mum.
00:42:38I thought I'd make my famous pancakes.
00:42:41Fancy it, Con?
00:42:42The secret is, too much butter.
00:42:45I just like cereal.
00:42:47Okay.
00:42:48Susie?
00:42:51Noah.
00:42:53You know, I think you should go.
00:42:56Get breakfast out, somewhere.
00:42:59What's for this, son?
00:43:01She just wants you to go.
00:43:03Did anyone ask you to stick your beak in?
00:43:06Don't talk to him like that!
00:43:08He's my son.
00:43:10And he's a cheeky bastard.
00:43:12And...
00:43:14I just want to make pancakes here.
00:43:15But Mum's asked you to leave.
00:43:17Fucking hell!
00:43:19No, there's three of them.
00:43:20Yeah, my family.
00:43:22Come on, Peter.
00:43:23Peter?
00:43:25I mean, Dad.
00:43:26Funny-looking Dad.
00:43:29These kids.
00:43:30Both of them.
00:43:31The behaviour.
00:43:33Who dragged them up?
00:43:35You're not babysitting no more.
00:43:37You're not seeing him.
00:43:38You can't do that, can you?
00:43:39Try me.
00:43:40I'm good at law.
00:43:41And you?
00:43:42My son is not a piggy bank.
00:43:44I never thought that.
00:43:45I never said that.
00:43:46And you're not his dad.
00:43:47You haven't earned it.
00:43:48Now, fuck off!
00:43:56Get out of it.
00:44:01You want me to stay, and you know it.
00:44:06You know what?
00:44:09I really don't.
00:44:16Fuck off.
00:44:21He...
00:44:28Okay.
00:44:30German, German, German.
00:44:31Thanks.
00:44:42Hello.
00:44:43Uh, guten Tag.
00:44:45Yes.
00:44:46Do you speak English?
00:44:48No.
00:44:49Spreken Sie English?
00:44:50Uh...
00:44:51Uh...
00:44:56Ich suche einer wissenschaftliche Arbeit.
00:45:01Yes.
00:45:02Okay.
00:45:12The man who gave me the files.
00:45:13Where's his address?
00:45:15Is he willing to be a witness?
00:45:16No.
00:45:17You can force him, right?
00:45:18Can't force him.
00:45:20Subpoena?
00:45:22We can issue a summons for him,
00:45:23but a reluctant witness can be risky.
00:45:25They can end up helping their case a lot more than ours.
00:45:29I...
00:45:30I need him to back up those files, unless I can.
00:45:32Look, the thing is, he doesn't want to be on our side.
00:45:35But that doesn't mean he won't tell the truth.
00:45:40So it's just summons and hope?
00:45:43I'll believe in him.
00:45:45If that gets for anything.
00:45:47And you're not the only one that's taking risks for this trial,
00:45:49Mr. Collins.
00:46:08Yes?
00:46:09Yes.
00:46:10I've got it.
00:46:11I've got the paper.
00:46:13What does it say?
00:46:14The council's equation was taken from a government-sponsored report on the coal industry.
00:46:19It's a long report, but we managed to find the section on which Heisman's analysis is based.
00:46:24And what did you see in this report?
00:46:26Occasionally in our field of work, an equation is relied upon without questioning.
00:46:29In this case, Leslie Heisman, as an expert witness for the council, based her equation on a series of graphs looking at how far dust of different particle sizes can travel.
00:46:40Graphs from a German research paper.
00:46:42File 2, Exhibit 12.
00:46:45And unfortunately, she missed a digit in that equation, a vital digit, as our comparison document will show.
00:46:51That's File 2, Exhibit 31.
00:46:53I've seen it.
00:46:55My lord, before cross-examination, we will need time to analyse these figures.
00:46:59Of course. Please take the time.
00:47:01I'm right. They're wrong.
00:47:05Thank you, Professor Cox.
00:47:06Professor Cox.
00:47:09Is it enough?
00:47:11Well, it's a sizable blow when they concede it, which they will.
00:47:16Yes!
00:47:18Jesus, there's...
00:47:20But...
00:47:22If you're asking for my professional judgement, I'd say, no, it's not enough.
00:47:29Well, what else do we need?
00:47:30We need knowledge.
00:47:32You need to show that they knew the risks weren't being managed.
00:47:36It's not enough to pollute. One has to have culpability.
00:47:39Jesus, Des, you're making me jumpy too.
00:47:42He's tired.
00:47:44I can pull into Sam Hagen.
00:47:46He can only report on hearsay.
00:47:48And try and put Roy Thomas on the stand?
00:47:50No, no, it wouldn't be helpful.
00:47:56The man who leaked the council files is called Ted Jenkins.
00:47:58Sam Hagen says that we can trust him to tell the truth, but he won't come in unless compelled.
00:48:03You haven't even talked to him.
00:48:07He could either not turn up or turn up and back the council 100%.
00:48:11Or he could be the evidence that shows the council's culpability.
00:48:14Yeah, it's a risk.
00:48:16The question is...
00:48:18Is it one worth taking?
00:48:19Is it one worth taking?
00:48:24Oh, it's certainly not my decision.
00:48:26It's certainly not my decision.
00:48:42I call Edward Jenkins.
00:48:43I call Edward Jenkins.
00:48:44Edward Jenkins.
00:48:45Edward Jenkins.
00:48:46Edward Jenkins.
00:48:47Edward Jenkins.
00:48:48Edward Jenkins.
00:48:49Edward Jenkins.
00:48:50Edward Jenkins.
00:48:51Edward Jenkins.
00:48:52Edward Jenkins.
00:48:53Edward Jenkins.
00:48:54When
00:49:16and affirm that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth,
00:49:20the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
00:49:25I think you are by profession an engineer, is that correct, Mr Jenkins?
00:49:31Yes, I have a BSc from Northampton,
00:49:34and I was employed by Corby Council as a senior engineering technician.
00:49:38And you were working mainly on the reclaiming of the steelworks.
00:49:41What did that involve?
00:49:44Initially, soil reports, level survey, contamination analysis.
00:49:49Did you discover contamination?
00:49:51Steelmaking is a toxic process.
00:49:54There wasn't a square foot of the ground that wasn't contaminated by it.
00:49:57Our job was to make land fit for redevelopment.
00:50:01Right, and did you succeed in that?
00:50:10Honestly, I don't think anyone knows.
00:50:11The trouble is, there were so many backhanders floating about with the time
00:50:16that what was fit and what was not became extremely confused.
00:50:18My lord, we are not examining maladministration in this case.
00:50:21We are examining practice.
00:50:23Yes, but maladministration matters if it impacts practice, right?
00:50:29Well, this did.
00:50:30I'm not sure this supposition is helpful, my lord.
00:50:33I agree.
00:50:33Mr Jenkins, could you be more specific in what you're saying?
00:50:36Those files that the council gave you are full of lies, and I'll tell you why.
00:50:48I flagged health and safety concerns at numerous sites.
00:50:52And every single time that I tried, the report was taken from me.
00:50:55What would you have flagged?
00:50:57It was less than a half.
00:50:58They manipulated pH numbers in the soil reports.
00:51:01Geotextile membranes that were supposed to be securely fitted over the waste were very poorly made.
00:51:06Noxious leachate that was left untreated drained into nearby brooks and streams.
00:51:10These trucks were supposed to have covers fitted over the tops,
00:51:13and their wheels washed, as to not spread this toxic waste.
00:51:17But instead of being handled properly,
00:51:20it was travelled at speed,
00:51:22along public roads slopping over the sides of the vehicles.
00:51:24For the firm and the council involved.
00:51:28Having these sites clear for redevelopment as fast as humanly possible was all that mattered.
00:51:33They broke every rule.
00:51:36Or most of them.
00:51:38That toxic waste dried on the public roads,
00:51:41and that's how Corby made toxic dust.
00:51:44Did you raise your concerns with the council?
00:51:46Yeah, I raised them with every single level of the council.
00:51:48And what did they tell you?
00:51:49They told me that I didn't understand how Corby works.
00:52:01No further questions, my lord.
00:52:11Mr. Jenkins,
00:52:12you were fired by Corby Borough Council, am I right?
00:52:15Yeah, but I'd already been leaking documents to Sam Hagen for six months by then.
00:52:20Ask him.
00:52:22Why were you fired?
00:52:24They accused me of fiddling my car expenses.
00:52:28But the truth is, they just wanted me out.
00:52:30So you didn't fiddle your expenses?
00:52:36No, I did.
00:52:39It's because I was young.
00:52:41Everyone told me to, and I didn't know any better.
00:52:43What I did cost a few quid, yeah.
00:52:47But what they did cost far more.
00:52:50I'm not proud of much of my life.
00:52:52But one thing that I am proud of is every single thing that I gave to Sam Hagen.
00:52:56Every single thing that I said,
00:52:58and every single thing that I gave him is absolutely true.
00:53:00The epidemiological evidence showed that there was an unexplained cluster of birth defects
00:53:24to the children of mothers living in Corby during much of the relevant period.
00:53:28The toxicological evidence demonstrated that there were,
00:53:35from the reclamation sites being worked on by CBC,
00:53:39contaminants which could realistically cause the birth defects in question.
00:53:44The fetal medicine evidence showed that it was feasible for those contaminants
00:53:51to cause most of the birth defects in question.
00:53:55These facts, supported by the waste management evidence,
00:53:59proved that there had been continuing breaches of the duty of care
00:54:03owed to the claimants on the part of Corby Borough Council.
00:54:06Those defaults led to the distribution of contaminated materials,
00:54:12materials which damage the claimants and the children inside them.
00:54:16It is for these reasons that I find for the claimant.
00:54:20It is for the claimant.
00:54:31I lived in the
00:54:48You know the difference between brownfield and greenfield land?
00:54:55Yes.
00:54:55So much more expensive to build on brown than green land,
00:54:58because you've got to clean it up first.
00:54:59But so vital, because otherwise...
00:55:01You had enough time to make your case in court, Mr Thomas.
00:55:03Don't you see?
00:55:05All you've done is made sure towns like ours don't survive.
00:55:08Health and safety.
00:55:10Needless red tape.
00:55:10Not needless, but sometimes there are other needs.
00:55:13Yeah, profits over people.
00:55:14Oh, fuck off.
00:55:15People say that you're an honest man.
00:55:17Well, read that judgment carefully,
00:55:19because you will honestly see
00:55:20that a town that is made by burning up red tape and using it as fuel
00:55:25does so much damage...
00:55:26Yeah, what's your take?
00:55:28Now, what's your percentage?
00:55:29Because I can tell you how much I get for doing my job.
00:55:31Fuck all.
00:55:31You've accused me of being an ambulance chaser through all of this,
00:55:34and do you know what's funny?
00:55:35I didn't even get legal aid.
00:55:38All this has been at my risk.
00:55:41And the things that I did...
00:55:43The things that I had to do, you have no idea.
00:55:49And I did it.
00:55:51I did all this because it mattered.
00:55:55Because I believe that people need protecting.
00:55:57And my question to you, councillor,
00:56:01is when did you forget that?
00:56:04Absolutely.
00:56:11I can't leave.
00:56:15Absolutely.
00:56:16And I think it's true.
00:56:18I think it's true.
00:56:18I think it's true.
00:56:20And then it's...
00:56:20I think I've never got it.
00:56:21I think I've built-in it.
00:56:21I think it's true.
00:56:22So, I think I've built-in it.
00:56:23I think it's true.
00:56:24I think I'm going to hang out with my kids too.
00:56:26I think I've built a car.
00:56:27I think it's true.
00:56:28This time, baby, I'll be able to hear you.
00:56:37This time, baby, I'll be able to hear you.
00:56:43Partnership.
00:56:45You did well.
00:56:47We all did.
00:56:49We all did.
00:56:51Your dad would be proud of you.
00:56:55And I don't know your dad, to be honest, but he probably should be too.
00:57:02He's OK, your dad. He's not a wrong one.
00:57:04You never know women these days, do you?
00:57:05You're all right.
00:57:07Thanks.
00:57:09Yes.
00:57:17Too much for you in there?
00:57:20Not enough.
00:57:22I'm ready to smash champagne bottles over my head and go limbo dancing, but Des is more boring.
00:57:29No.
00:57:31It's nice.
00:57:33I just...
00:57:36I just need to find Tracy.
00:57:39You should phone her.
00:57:41I did. She didn't answer.
00:57:43She's not at home.
00:57:46I know where to find her.
00:57:52Why are you so kissable tonight?
00:57:54Mwah!
00:57:55It's cos you're rich.
00:57:56We are.
00:57:57You are.
00:57:58And you want it.
00:58:00Cos I wanted you to have it.
00:58:03It's yours, Connor.
00:58:05For you, for your life.
00:58:08I don't know what I'll do with it.
00:58:09Good.
00:58:10You shouldn't.
00:58:11Not yet.
00:58:12I bet you will.
00:58:18Maybe soap won't be a bad first investment.
00:58:21Did you last clean your ears?
00:58:22Who cleans their ears?
00:58:23You got things living in there.
00:58:25Maybe I want them to be.
00:58:27Go sneak a drink.
00:58:29I'll see you later.
00:58:33I love you.
00:58:35Yeah.
00:58:37Piss off.
00:58:53Go away, please.
00:58:55Seriously, go back to your party.
00:58:57Mess this.
00:59:01How did you know I'd be here?
00:59:03Where else would you be?
00:59:11We won.
00:59:15We showed them, bastards.
00:59:18We told them to sit up.
00:59:20And they had to sit up.
00:59:24Because of us.
00:59:26Because of you.
00:59:29None of this happens without you.
00:59:31Oh, you.
00:59:36Oh, yeah.
00:59:37I was vital.
00:59:38There's no denying that.
00:59:40But you were just as vital.
00:59:42Almost as vital.
00:59:44Slightly vital.
00:59:51Thirteen years of a fight.
00:59:56I can't even remember how it started.
01:00:01In a labour ward.
01:00:06Yeah.
01:00:11So what's next?
01:00:13Oh, fuck off.
01:00:14I'm done.
01:00:16Sure.
01:00:18I'm done.
01:00:22We're done.
01:00:23Yeah.
01:00:24My hopes are high.
01:00:25But my eyes.
01:00:26Can't believe what they see.
01:00:39Oh.
01:00:41Give me something to believe.
01:00:45Give me something to believe.
01:00:48Oh, I've got lucky in life.
01:00:49I've got plenty to eat.
01:00:50I saw this world as one big pool of opportunity.
01:00:51Oh, but there's too much mind corruption.
01:00:52Too little remedy.
01:00:53Oh, that's how it seems to me.
01:00:54Oh, that's how it seems to me.
01:00:55Yeah.
01:00:56We need a moral education.
01:01:00To set the young minds free.
01:01:02opportunity oh but there's too much mind corruption too little remedy oh that's how it seems to me
01:01:14yeah we need a moral education to set the young minds free
01:01:23so let us change what we can and accept what we can and then part some of the wisdom from the tried
01:01:36and tested man oh there's no harm in being wrong you know no but to me it's common ground
01:01:45so take that feather from your captain pass that feather around
01:02:01my hopes are high but my eyes
01:02:09can't believe what they see
01:02:17oh give me something to believe
01:02:23give me something to believe
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