The Bill S25E29 Forensic Evidence
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00:00Previously, on The Bill.
00:04There's one thing I love more than my job.
00:06Oh, thank you, Eddie.
00:08You want breakfast?
00:09Okay, mate, I need something stronger than that.
00:11Oh, I want a ponytail. Disappointment abounds.
00:14What are you looking for?
00:16Just look around!
00:30Now, ladies, enjoy it. It's the last.
00:39You're brave. Were you trying to wind him up?
00:41He said we could help us out.
00:42He did.
00:43Well, that's what he said.
00:44Come on, it smells nice.
00:45It's all right. You can relax. I'm here now, ready to save the day.
00:50When I weave my magic spell, there's no escaping the all-seeing eye of the great Oda Sanji.
00:56Is this Stuart's Blue Mountain?
00:58It is.
00:59So, what, you didn't earn me a cup?
01:00I didn't. It's all gone.
01:03Morning, everyone.
01:04Morning.
01:05Morning, Eddie.
01:06Everyone hear about our result?
01:07Result? What result? What have I missed?
01:08I didn't hear anything either, mate.
01:09Well, you didn't see the ad in the paper.
01:12Three main dealers from the Jasmine Island.
01:14That's right. Count them. Three. Off the streets.
01:17And I just want you to know that I was very clear in mentioning the very small part that you lot have played.
01:21Isn't that right, Mickey?
01:22Yeah, I seem to record the phrases under my guidance and minor contribution. Very generous, Stuart.
01:26Anyway, today's a new day, so listen up.
01:28The good news is that the D.I.s and the D.C.I. are away on all-day briefing at the yard, so I'm running things today.
01:32And that's good news?
01:33The bad news is it's only for today.
01:35Shame.
01:36Right, you lot carry on. I'm going to start my day off with a nice cup of Blue Mountain.
01:47I take it you've heard D.S. Turner thinks he's running C.I.D. today?
01:50That's the great thing about this job. There's always something to look forward to.
01:56Any unit, Sierra Oscar. Deal with man assaulted at Cosset House, 8 Lansdowne Park Estate.
02:01Sierra Oscar from Sierra Oscar One, show us dealing, over.
02:06Received, Sierra Oscar One.
02:14Oh, door's been forced.
02:18Hello, police?
02:19It's my dad. Someone's hurt him.
02:21Right, OK. Have you called an ambulance?
02:22Yeah.
02:23OK, what's your name, mate?
02:24Tommy. Tom McKenzie.
02:26Sierra Oscar from 275. We have an I.C.I. male with serious head injuries.
02:30Right, Tommy, do you see what happened?
02:31No.
02:32Can you confirm that an ambulance has been dispatched?
02:34Understood, 275.
02:35Right, what's your dad's name?
02:36Albie.
02:37Albie, mate, can you hear me?
02:39Is he breathing?
02:40I don't know.
02:41Yeah, he's breathing. Come on, let's get him in a more comfortable position, shall we?
02:44275, Sierra Oscar. The ambulance has been dispatched. ETA, eight minutes.
02:47Right, I'll give D.S. Turner a call.
02:49Right, OK. Where's your mum?
02:50She's at work.
02:51Well, we'd better let her know what's happened. After we've finished here, we'll give her a call, all right?
02:55OK.
02:56Everything will be fine, Tommy. The cavalry's on its way.
02:59Good.
03:04Right, what have we got?
03:06Victims, Albie McKenzie. Minus the paramedics, things are pretty much the same as when we turned up.
03:10Roger's knocking on doors, seeing if anyone heard anything.
03:12Right, what about this boy?
03:13Thirteen years old, pretty shaken up.
03:16One, two, three, lift.
03:18This is Tommy.
03:20Hello, Tommy. I'm D.S. Turner, Stuart.
03:22Will my dad be all right?
03:24Well, I hope so. These people are certainly doing everything they can, OK?
03:26Right, come on, mate, let's give him some space.
03:28No, I'm not leaving.
03:29Come on, Tommy, mate, you've been really brave so far. We want your dad to get better, don't we?
03:33Let's go outside, come on.
03:39Can I go with him? To the hospital?
03:42Sure.
03:43Tommy, come here a second, will you? Can you tell us what happened?
03:46No, I just saw a man.
03:47What was he doing?
03:48Any chance of any room? Thank you.
03:50Oh, better late than never. Thanks for coming.
03:52Quite rough perfection, Stuart. You should know that.
03:56So this man, what was he doing?
03:57Running away from the house.
03:59He didn't like it.
04:00Dad!
04:02I'm sure we can talk to Tommy down at the hospital, can't we, Sarge?
04:06Yeah.
04:07Come on, fella.
04:09Right, I'm going to give Roger a hand and then crack on with the CCTV.
04:12OK.
04:14So, what do you reckon?
04:16I've seen enough of these, Stuart.
04:18Pretty straightforward. Looks like some of the shiny goods have gone missing.
04:22Aggravated burglary, I'd say.
04:25I'd have thought even you could see that.
04:27So you won't be spinning out for too long, then?
04:29As if I would.
04:37How's he doing?
04:38Well, not good. I mean, stable for now.
04:40He's got deep cuts where his forehead has also sustained a severe blow to the back of the head.
04:44Yeah, that's done most of the damage.
04:46Still haven't regained consciousness, either.
04:47What sort of weapon was he struck with?
04:49It's too early to tell. I mean, it could have smacked his head from even down.
04:52You going to be OK?
04:53I was hoping so.
04:56Hey, Tommy.
04:58Your dad's lucky to have you.
05:00So, Tommy, what can you tell us about what happened?
05:02I went to get milk and I was on my way back.
05:04Then I saw this man run out.
05:06Right, what did he look like?
05:07I'm not sure. I've never seen him before.
05:10Was anything missing?
05:11Yeah, I didn't really look, but...
05:13PlayStation.
05:15DVD player.
05:17iPod, I think. I'm not sure.
05:19What about the man? Do you remember what he was wearing?
05:22Red jumper.
05:24Blue trousers.
05:25I think he was wearing a hat, a cap.
05:28Didn't see him for very long.
05:29Which way did he run?
05:31I don't know which way he went.
05:33OK. You don't remember anything else about him at all?
05:35No, sorry.
05:36OK. Listen, take this card.
05:38If you remember anything at all, give me a ring on that number.
05:41What about your mum? You spoke to your mum?
05:43Not yet. She's around the course, for work.
05:45Would you like one of us to contact her?
05:47No, I'll tell her tonight when she rings me.
05:49OK. Another family member you'd like us to get in touch with?
05:51No, it's fine.
05:52OK. Listen, I'm going to get a nurse to keep an eye on you anyway.
05:55Anything at all, you give me a shout on that number.
05:57Take care, Tommy.
06:01What's her name again?
06:02Oh, not again. Jean Davis.
06:04How's him, Jean Davis?
06:05All right.
06:06So what, she just came out and spoke to Roger?
06:08Well, yeah, he and Leon were doing a door-to-door.
06:10She just came out and said,
06:11''Excuse me, I think I might be able to help.''
06:14Polite spirited, wouldn't you say?
06:16Make your heart sing.
06:18Whatever.
06:23Tommy's such a nice lad.
06:25Very polite and such a big help.
06:28So I'd like to keep an eye out for him.
06:30Now, I know you said no,
06:33but I can tell you'll love it.
06:35Thanks very much.
06:36I know you meant no.
06:38I saw Tommy leave.
06:41It was a bit early for school.
06:43What time is this?
06:44It's just after eight, ten past, quarter past.
06:47I thought he might be coming back,
06:49so I kept popping to the window to see.
06:51And that's when I saw him, the man.
06:54Did you recognise him?
06:55No.
06:56Can you describe him?
06:58Can you describe him?
06:59Early forties, stocky, mostly bald,
07:03black jacket and a bright green jumper underneath.
07:06And what was he doing?
07:07Well, he was just...
07:08just currying away from the house like he was in a hurry.
07:11And did you see Tommy go back to the house?
07:13No.
07:14I'd have been in the shower by then.
07:17Try it.
07:18You'll like it.
07:19I made it myself.
07:20You can always come back for some more if you like.
07:23Oh, sugar.
07:28She can't help herself.
07:30No cake for you.
07:33OK, everyone, gather round.
07:34Right, the victim is a Mr Albie McKenzie.
07:36Now, he was assaulted, suffered severe head injuries.
07:39It's looking like an aggravated burglary.
07:40Now, his son Tommy saw a guy running from the scene
07:43wearing jeans and a red jumper.
07:44He's who we'll be focusing on.
07:45There's another witness as well,
07:47Jean Davies, who also saw him.
07:49Grace and Terry are on their way back from seeing her now.
07:51In the meantime...
07:52Oh, Sarge, just had a hit on a local pawnbroker's
07:54Ideal Exchange on Goldstone Road.
07:56What have you got?
07:57Er, the owner, Pete Silver,
07:58he's had an item as described by Tommy brought in this morning.
08:01An iPod inscribed to my Tommy love mum.
08:04Does he know who brought it in?
08:05Yeah, the guy's a regular.
08:06Dave Briggs, lives on Lansdowne Park.
08:08He's given me a description.
08:0940s, greasy hair, leathers.
08:11Could be a biker.
08:12Check him out on Kremen.
08:13So, what are we saying?
08:14This is the suspect now?
08:15Yeah, it looks that way, but there's only one problem.
08:17We don't exactly match Tommy's description.
08:18Oh, no, so Dave Briggs could have had an accomplice,
08:20the guy with the jeans and the red jumper.
08:22Yeah, well, there's another problem.
08:23Neither description messages were given to us by our witness.
08:26What?
08:27Gene Davis saw a man hurrying away from the house.
08:29Early 40s, stocky, short, dark hair,
08:32bald on top, black jacket, green jumper underneath.
08:35Hang on a second.
08:36All of a sudden we've gone from naught to three suspects in 60 seconds.
08:39Sarge?
08:57OK, so we seem to be swamped with suspects
08:59for what appears to be an aggravated burglary
09:01on the Lansdowne Park estate.
09:04Eddie, maybe you can help us shed some light on this one.
09:06I don't think there's any doubt the place was burgled.
09:09Are you sure?
09:10Am I sure? Yeah, of course I'm sure.
09:12I've done this before, you know.
09:13Nice, clean job.
09:15I'm willing to bet whoever did it was wearing gloves,
09:18no prints anywhere, no mess, no fuss.
09:21Suspects are up to you, though.
09:22Anything else?
09:23Well, apart from perfection,
09:24nice easy day with my feet up.
09:28Thank you.
09:29Can I get back to my crime scene now, finish off?
09:31Not that it's going to take very long.
09:37OK, so we know that Tommy left the house sometime before 9 o'clock.
09:41He actually left between 8.10 and 8.15.
09:43Gene Davis saw him go.
09:44Did you see him come back? No.
09:46All right, so we know that Tommy ran the ambulance at 8.52.
09:49We know that from the call logs.
09:51Sometime before that, maybe only a couple of minutes,
09:53he saw a guy running away from the house.
09:55He's not sure in which direction.
09:56So we need to find out what happened between the time
09:58that Tommy left the house at 8.10
10:00and the time that he rang the ambulance at 8.52.
10:02Now, we know that the father's got form from IBO
10:05for TDA, burglary, handling stolen goods, all a long time ago.
10:09What we want to know is about this guy Dave Briggs,
10:11the man who pawned the iPod.
10:13What do we know about him?
10:14Dave Briggs has form.
10:15He's also a known associate of Albie McKenzie.
10:17Shall we pay him a visit?
10:19Yeah, that'd be good.
10:20Eddie, can you get down to the pawnbrokers and interview them,
10:22then get yourself over to the Lansdowne Park Estate?
10:24We're looking for anything that might help us identify these stolen goods.
10:26So the manuals, the receipts, things like that.
10:28Yeah.
10:29Liaise with Eddie, give the place a good search, will you?
10:31Search.
10:33OK, thanks, Sarge.
10:35Eddie's still going through the house,
10:37but it looks like there's other stuff missing.
10:39Maybe a DVD player? Is that top box?
10:42I reckon we're about ten minutes from Tommy and Albie's place.
10:45Are you thinking he wanted to be near his mate?
10:47Makes sense, wouldn't it?
10:49Dave Briggs?
10:50Yeah.
11:03Hey, police officers, you mind if we have a word?
11:05Do you have a choice?
11:07Everyone's got a choice, my friend.
11:09So, you know Albie McKenzie, is that right?
11:12Yeah, you know I do. So what?
11:14So when did you last see him?
11:16Last week. Why?
11:17His house was burgled this morning.
11:18What, and you just happened to think of me?
11:20Well, you do have form.
11:21Drink driving, burglary, TDA, receiving stolen goods.
11:25I did my time.
11:26So you've changed minds, have you?
11:27That's right.
11:28What about Albie?
11:29Come on, you seen Albie?
11:30We're both too old and useless for that rubbish.
11:32They're right off the radar.
11:34So why would someone want to put him in hospital, then?
11:37What?
11:38Where were you between the hours of 8 and 8.45 this morning?
11:41Here.
11:42Really?
11:43So when did you get hold of this stuff, then?
11:46Tommy gave it to me.
11:47When?
11:48Yesterday. The day before.
11:50Two days ago?
11:51What about the stuff of the pawnbrokers?
11:53He gave me that too.
11:55Do you really expect us to believe that?
11:57You don't have to believe me.
11:58Tommy gave me this stuff. You can ask him.
12:00We will.
12:01Yeah, I know.
12:06Nice bike.
12:08Hello, Tommy.
12:09Listen, do you mind if we ask you a few more questions?
12:11OK.
12:13Let's have a seat over here.
12:16So, what can you tell us about Dave Briggs?
12:20He's a friend. A friend of my dad's.
12:22Right. And why didn't you tell us about him before?
12:24I don't think it was important.
12:26Come on, Tommy. You didn't think it was important to tell us about our stuff at the pawnbrokers?
12:29I didn't think it was important.
12:31You didn't think it was important to tell us about our stuff at the pawnbrokers?
12:33I didn't think it was important.
12:35You didn't think it was important to tell us about our stuff at the pawnbrokers?
12:38What's all that about, eh?
12:40We just give him stuff. Stuff we don't need.
12:42Like the iPod your mum gave you?
12:44Does she know that you gave it away?
12:47OK. So who was the man that you described to us this morning?
12:49It must have been the burglar.
12:51Or was it the guy in the red jumper with the baseball cap?
12:54Can you tell us anything more about him?
12:55No.
12:56Because it doesn't seem like there's anything missing from your house.
12:58Apart from the stuff that you gave to Dave Briggs.
13:02Look, I lied about the stuff being stolen.
13:05I don't know why he was there, so I'm made up a reason.
13:08I see.
13:10OK, listen to me when you need to contact your mother, OK?
13:14I told you, she's away.
13:15You got a mobile number for her?
13:18So you don't know where she is?
13:20What are the company name, you know where that is?
13:21I can't remember, OK?
13:31So according to Tommy, Dave Briggs was telling the truth.
13:33What's Tommy lying about?
13:34Is he just frightened? Doesn't he know what's going on?
13:37Maybe he's trying to protect somebody, like his dad.
13:39Well, that's what I'm thinking.
13:40We need to find his mother. I'm going to send Kezia back to the house.
13:42See if she can pick something up, like a number or something.
13:46Hello.
14:00Eddie, how's it going?
14:02Told you I'd bother him. As clean as a whistle.
14:10Have you phoned the mum?
14:11Yeah.
14:13Why don't you walk this way?
14:19So, Tommy says his mum's working.
14:22Well, can you spot the deliberate mistake?
14:30No clothes.
14:31No clothes, very good.
14:40No cosmetics.
14:41Cosmetics, two out of two.
14:43She doesn't live here?
14:44No, she doesn't.
14:45But there's something here that tells us where she is.
14:49You've found out what it is, haven't you?
14:53Well, it's warm.
14:55Better than even warmer.
14:57Let's see if they're not...
14:58Moving.
15:03Yeah?
15:05A photo.
15:06A photo.
15:10And a phone number with the letter B.
15:12What's the B mean?
15:15Belinda?
15:16Bill.
15:17Barbara?
15:18Boris.
15:36Lindsay?
15:37Yes?
15:38DS Turner, this is DC Webb.
15:40So, Albie was attacked at his house this morning.
15:42Initially we thought it was a robbery, but then we found out that nothing had been taken.
15:46Is he going to be OK?
15:47We're not sure yet.
15:48And Tommy?
15:49Bearing up, but he's frightened.
15:51Now, we know that Albie has a criminal record.
15:53I wondered if there was someone in his past who might bear a grudge against him.
15:56No. No way.
15:58How long ago did you split up?
15:59Four, maybe five months.
16:01It's funny, Tommy never told us. He said you were still there.
16:04You don't know, do you?
16:06Know what?
16:07About Albie.
16:09He's got motor neurone disease.
16:15You're wondering how I could leave them.
16:20Albie began to resent the fact that he was ill, and I had to take care of him.
16:25He began to push me away.
16:28Have you ever had to take care of someone?
16:30Proper care? Nursing? Long term?
16:35It's difficult to make a 12-year-old boy understand.
16:38What do they do for money?
16:41I left Tommy the bank card and the pin.
16:45All the benefits go into our account. Their account.
16:52Excuse me.
17:01Hello.
17:04This is Mike Vincent, my neighbour.
17:08These gentlemen are policemen. Albie's been attacked.
17:11Oh, my God. Is he OK?
17:13We're not sure yet.
17:15What do you do, Mike, you a baker?
17:17Oh, no. I work in a warehouse.
17:21Longman's Yard.
17:23Listen, I'm sorry, I just popped over with...
17:27Shall I go?
17:28No.
17:30Why don't you put the kettle on? Would you like a cup of tea?
17:33That'd be nice.
17:34Sure.
17:37He's been very good to me.
17:39Yeah, I'm sure.
17:40I'll see if he needs a hand.
17:46I see you know where everything is.
17:47What? Oh, yeah. Well, I've been here before.
17:50So what can you tell me about this attack this morning?
17:52Why should I know anything about that?
17:54It's just that we have a witness who says that she saw a man matching your description at the scene.
17:59Well, I pop round now and again, make sure they're OK.
18:02I'm sure Barbara appreciates that.
18:04Oh, is that what you're thinking?
18:06What am I thinking?
18:08Look, I haven't known her that long.
18:11She just started pulling her heart out to me.
18:13She's really cut up about the way things turned out, so I keep an eye out for her.
18:18That's all.
18:20Besides, Tommy's a nice kid. He deserves better.
18:23So, this morning?
18:24This morning I pop round. There was no answer, so I left.
18:27That's it?
18:28That's it.
18:29OK.
18:35OK, everyone, listen up. We've got some new information.
18:37We now know that Tommy is the full-time carer for his father
18:40and he's been accessing the benefit funds through his mother's card.
18:43We've also discovered that Tommy knows the man seen outside the house this morning, Mike Vincent.
18:48Nothing on crimin'. He's come up on stops a couple of times, but nothing serious.
18:51Right, what we do know is that Tommy's lied to us.
18:53You know, he said that he went out to get some milk when the attack was taking place.
18:57Let's find out if that's true at least.
18:58Kezia, can you get down to the local shops, see if any of them saw Tommy this morning?
19:02If they did, what time?
19:03Sarge?
19:04OK, thanks. Let's get back to it.
19:12Sarge, it's Kez.
19:14Tommy was here this morning.
19:16He came in about 8.12 to buy a bottle of milk.
19:18Are you sure it was him?
19:19Yeah.
19:20Are you sure it was him?
19:21Yeah, I'm sure.
19:22The owner knows him. He's in here all the time.
19:24Anyway, it's all on CCTV.
19:26All right, well done.
19:27There's more?
19:28Yeah, so what's the guess?
19:29No, Sarge.
19:31He came back at 8.24.
19:33Maybe this time he bought two packs of kitchen roll and two bottles of bleach.
19:38Vicky, where's Eddie?
19:39Eddie.
19:49Well, I'm glad you think you've got time for that.
19:51You know how it is at the top, Stuart.
19:53What's the problem?
19:55Well, the problem is that we, that is you, might have missed something down at the Mackenzie house.
19:59I doubt it.
20:00No, I'm afraid so.
20:01So we have to get back down there.
20:06Now.
20:10Right, what have you got, Eddie?
20:12Well, I've laid down a compound producing oxygen atoms while losing nitrogen and hydrogen atoms,
20:19producing another compound called 3-aminophylate.
20:23Now, the electrons in that compound are in what is known as an excited state.
20:29No, the only thing in an excited state, Eddie, is me.
20:32So what have you got in words of one syllable?
20:35It's bleach. It's bleach everywhere.
20:38I thought only blood turned blue in a luminal test.
20:40So does bleach. The whole place has been wiped down.
20:44That's why we've got these reactions everywhere.
20:46So why can't we smell it?
20:47It must be a chlorine-free bleach.
20:49A lot of them are now. You're never going to smell that.
20:52So there could be blood in any of these places.
20:54We don't even know if the assault took place here.
20:56No, we don't.
20:58So you can't tell what's blood and what's bleach?
21:00The bleach will eventually evaporate away in two, maybe three days.
21:05Well, we might get some blood traces after that,
21:07but even so, we're still going to have to send stuff off.
21:11It might take a week, maybe more.
21:12I don't have time for that.
21:14Haven't you checked this before?
21:16Mate, it looked like a classic burglary.
21:18No, it looks like you didn't give it the proper care and attention
21:21in your search for perfection.
21:23So what you're telling me right now,
21:25four hours after we were first here,
21:28is that we're no further forward than we were when we walked in.
21:32We just wasted a whole morning.
21:33Well done, Eddie. That's brilliant.
21:35Sarge.
21:40We're getting a flush, four rolls of paper towels
21:42and two bottles of bleach down the toilet.
21:45Oi!
21:46Eddie, it's a 200-quid jacket.
21:48You get so much as one marker an hour,
21:49I'm going to send you the bill, all right?
21:51They're all the same.
21:55Sarge, I've got to take a look at this.
22:01Whoa.
22:04What's that?
22:05It's a bit of a mess.
22:06It's a bit of a mess.
22:07It's a bit of a mess.
22:08It's a bit of a mess.
22:09It's a bit of a mess.
22:10It's a bit of a mess.
22:11It's a bit of a mess.
22:12Whoa.
22:17I didn't even think you'd need luminol for this, Eddie.
22:34Okay, we now suspect that Tommy McKenzie
22:36returned to his house just after 8.24am
22:38and cleaned the place of his father's blood using bleach.
22:41Now, as yet, we don't know why,
22:42but I think it's safe to assume
22:43that our initial assumptions about the crime scene were wrong.
22:46Albie McKenzie lost nearly three pints of blood,
22:48which we failed to spot.
22:50And as yet, we don't know if he's going to be okay.
22:54So, Kezia, I want you to run through FIU,
22:55find out how they're doing financially.
22:57Sarge.
22:58I want to dig into their past,
22:59find out everything we can about Albie and Tommy.
23:00Maybe there's someone from their past who wanted to hurt him.
23:03Speak to that neighbour of theirs.
23:04Mrs David.
23:05She's the one.
23:06She seems to know what's going on in that house.
23:07We'll go back and see her.
23:08Right, you and I need to go and speak to Tommy again.
23:11Right.
23:16I thought you'd be back.
23:18Why? Because there's something you didn't tell us before?
23:20No.
23:21Can you think of anyone that might want to hurt Albie?
23:23No, of course not.
23:27How are they doing now that Barbara's moved out?
23:30Oh, you know.
23:32You were covering for them.
23:33Well, I didn't want you digging around.
23:36I wanted the man who hurt Albie caught.
23:39I didn't want you looking too closely at their situation.
23:43I know they haven't told anyone officially that Barbara's left.
23:46Is that why you were keeping an eye out for them?
23:48A boy needs a mother.
23:50How are they coping?
23:51Not wonderfully.
23:53Albie's always short of money.
23:56Let me get by.
23:58You think they're short of money?
23:59Well, why else am I buying Tommy new trainers?
24:03If it wasn't for me, I don't know where they'd be.
24:10Tommy, we know about the bleach.
24:12And we know about the paper towels, OK?
24:15What's going on?
24:16Why did you lie to us about your mum, Tommy?
24:18I didn't want anyone to find out.
24:20About what? About the fact that you got her card?
24:22About the fact that she's committing benefit fraud?
24:25Is it what really happened this morning?
24:27I told you, I don't know.
24:28Well, I think you're lying.
24:30I'm not.
24:31Yeah, I think you lied to us about Dave Briggs,
24:33and you knew about Mike Vincent.
24:35I'm not.
24:36Yeah, you lied to us about Dave Briggs,
24:38and you knew about Mike Vincent.
24:41Do you know he was there?
24:43No, I told you, I don't know what happened.
24:45I think you do.
24:47Hey, come on, Tommy.
24:52I've got nothing to say.
24:53Are you sure?
24:57OK, Tommy McKenzie, I'm arresting you
24:59on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
25:01If you have to say anything that may harm your defence,
25:03if you do not mention my question,
25:04something which you later rely on in court,
25:06anything you do say may be given in evidence.
25:07Do you understand?
25:08Yeah.
25:09Listen, Tommy, you're going to need an appropriate adult.
25:11Do you want us to contact someone for you, your mother?
25:13No.
25:14What about anyone from social services?
25:16Can you call Mrs Davies?
25:20Come on.
25:27Eddie.
25:29I want you to watch this interview.
25:30You might hear something that helps make sense
25:31of what happened at our house.
25:32OK.
25:33I don't know why,
25:34but I'm still hoping you might be able to help us.
25:38So what happened at the flat this morning?
25:40I told you, I don't know anything about that.
25:42I think you're lying.
25:43I'm not.
25:45Tommy, when we saw you this morning,
25:47you were really worried about your father.
25:50You weren't lying then, was you?
25:54I think they do, Tommy.
25:56Just tell the truth. It's always best.
26:02He fell.
26:04He started falling over.
26:07He hurt himself badly last week,
26:09and today, when I came back from getting milk,
26:12he'd fallen.
26:14I found him on the floor.
26:16He'd banged his head on the counter.
26:18And you were worried about what happened to you
26:19if people found out about your situation?
26:21I know if people found out, they'd split us up.
26:23No, that's not necessarily true, Tommy.
26:24Not if they thought you were coping.
26:26Yeah, they would.
26:27I've been told.
26:28I've heard what social services are like.
26:30Well, maybe you've heard wrong.
26:31There are good people there, you know,
26:32people that can help.
26:33OK, let's get back to what happened.
26:35I just made it look like we'd been burgled.
26:37How'd you do that?
26:38I checked he was breathing.
26:40Then I ran back to the shop.
26:42And you bought the bleach?
26:43And the paper towels.
26:46Then I tried to move him.
26:48But he was heavy, and the blood was trailing,
26:50making even more of a mess.
26:52So I stopped and cleaned everything up.
26:55I didn't know what to do.
26:57I just wanted to make it look like
26:58someone had come in and hit him.
27:01Did you not use bleach to clean it up?
27:02I didn't. Not really.
27:05But when Miss D comes round to clean,
27:07she always says bleach makes anything.
27:09That's right, Tommy.
27:12Then I threw out the stuff
27:13and broke the latch on the front door.
27:16I could find the ambulance.
27:17OK, how's Dave Briggs fit into this?
27:19He sells stuff for me.
27:21Stuff we don't need.
27:22And he gives you the money?
27:25It's all right, Tommy.
27:27You've done well.
27:32You buy a story?
27:34I still think there's something he's holding back.
27:36Well, maybe Eddie should be able
27:37to find something to sing now.
27:38Yeah, I can't hold my breath.
27:40Casey, have the FIU cheque come back yet?
27:42Yeah, I've got it right here.
27:43It's Albie and Barbara in a receipt
27:45of a variety of benefits.
27:47Income support, carer's premium,
27:49severe disability premium.
27:50All told, comes to nearly 400 quid.
27:52And every week comes out in one big cash withdrawal.
27:54There's no way they're living on that sort of money.
27:56Tommy and Mrs Davies have already claimed it.
27:58Exactly, so where's it all going?
28:00Right, we need to get Barbara in here,
28:01find out if she knows what's happened to this money.
28:03I'll tell you.
28:05I've already told you.
28:07Tommy has the bank card.
28:09He gets all the money.
28:10You sure about that?
28:11Of course.
28:13I go online and check that he's withdrawn it.
28:15Well, then why is Mrs Davies having to feed him clothing?
28:18It's not true.
28:19I'm afraid it is.
28:24I didn't know that.
28:27He won't let me in.
28:31Tommy resents me for leaving.
28:35He could have come with me, but he wouldn't leave his dad.
28:38And he didn't see how I could.
28:41But Albie lost something when his condition worsened.
28:46Something inside.
28:48And the more you tried to help him,
28:49the more useless you made him feel.
28:51He started to hate you and then pushed you away, right?
28:54My mother.
28:56I cared for my mother before she died.
29:01What can you tell us, Barbara?
29:03Why are they skint?
29:05I had no idea.
29:06But Mike Vincent must have told you.
29:09When he went to check on Albie and Tommy.
29:11What?
29:12Yeah, he said that you liked to know how they were doing
29:14and you liked him to check up on them.
29:16No, I didn't.
29:18I never asked him to do that.
29:25Wow, that's kind of a bit cheap.
29:27I wouldn't have thought so.
29:29Is there a problem?
29:31No, no, no, not for us.
29:36So?
29:37So, I was just wondering why Barbara didn't know anything
29:39about your visits to see Albie and Tommy.
29:42I haven't told her.
29:44You haven't told her?
29:46No, I haven't told her.
29:48You haven't told her?
29:50No, I haven't told her.
29:53I haven't told her.
29:55Why not?
29:56Look, she feels bad about the kid, alright?
29:58And the old man.
30:00If anything happened to them, she'd never forgive herself.
30:04So I'll keep an eye out, just in case.
30:06And that's it?
30:08Yeah, that's it.
30:10Nothing else going on that you don't want her to know about?
30:12No.
30:14Fair enough.
30:16OK, sorry to have troubled you.
30:19What do you think?
30:21I think he stinks.
30:22I think somehow he's ripping off Tommy and Albie
30:24and he's living the high life.
30:25What do you want to do about Tommy, then?
30:27Well, I think if there's any connection to Mike Vincent,
30:29he's too scared to talk about it.
30:30I'm not going to hold a 13-year-old for wasting police time.
30:39Grace, can we bail Tommy into the custody of Mrs Davis?
30:42That's presuming he still doesn't want to be with his mother.
30:44Sarge?
30:45Kezia, how's that FIU check coming on Mike Vincent?
30:47Oh, he's been working as a part-time warehouse man at Longman's Yard.
30:51He's been there just over a month.
30:53Before that, he was on incapacity benefit.
30:55Incapacity benefit?
30:56Bad back for nearly 18 months,
30:58then he was re-examined and declared fit for work.
31:00So he had to take the job?
31:01Yeah, part-time after tax.
31:02It takes home just under £140 per week.
31:05Well, I mean, nearly as much as we get.
31:07Yeah, and before that, he was on the princely sum of £65.50 per week.
31:10So how's he affording all this gear on £140 a week?
31:13Cheers.
31:14Sarge, I've got some queues.
31:16Albie McKenzie's fit to be interviewed.
31:18OK, let's go.
31:27Hello, Albie.
31:28I'm DS Turner, this is DC Web.
31:30You'll have to answer a few questions.
31:32Tell us a bit about what happened to you this morning.
31:35A scumbag attacked me.
31:36You were attacked?
31:38Yeah, by Mike Vincent.
31:41Why would he want to do that?
31:43Because I was going to phone you guys, the police.
31:46You're sure you were attacked?
31:48Problems with my neurons, not my mind.
31:50It's just that Tommy told us that you fell.
31:55Tommy told us that he came back and found that you'd collapsed,
31:58said that you'd been falling down.
32:00He was worried that people might start finding out,
32:02so he tried to move you, make it look like a burglary.
32:05I have been falling down lately.
32:07I must have thought...
32:10It's too much for the boys, isn't it?
32:12Always hiding, covering up, trying to do it all.
32:15Why don't you tell us exactly what happened?
32:18I found out Mike Vincent's been bleeding us dry.
32:21The DVD in the set-top box went missing.
32:24Tommy said they were being fixed, but...
32:27I thought it was strange, both him and Greg.
32:29At the end of the day, they still weren't back,
32:31so this morning I asked Tommy about it.
32:33I knew he was lying,
32:35so I pushed him and he broke down and he told me.
32:38So Tommy was taking the stuff to Dave Briggs to sell?
32:41Yeah.
32:43Mike Vincent's been taking our benefits
32:45and Tommy's been selling stuff to Megan's maid.
32:48First his own stuff and then, after that ran out,
32:51then stuff from the house.
32:53Mike told Tommy that if he didn't pay up,
32:55then he'd tell social services that we weren't corporate
32:58and then they'd split us up.
33:00And you never knew?
33:01Kept it from me. I guess he was trying to protect me.
33:04He always tries to do everything himself,
33:06even when the nurses come to help us.
33:08So when Mike Vincent showed up this morning...
33:10I was livid.
33:11So I headed out with him.
33:13I told him we'd take our chances with social services
33:16and I was calling the police.
33:18I picked up the phone to call and heard him coming
33:21and he hit me with something and next thing I knew I was here.
33:25Did Tommy see any of this?
33:28Where is he? Is he OK?
33:30Yeah, he's fine. He's with Mrs Davies.
33:32He likes her.
33:33What about his mother?
33:35She left.
33:36How can you love someone that you have to do everything for?
33:39Yeah, Tommy does.
33:41OK, thank you.
33:45OK, let's get Eddie on the phone.
33:47We need to tie Mike Vincent, this is solved.
33:52Right, Eddie, what you got?
33:53It's hard to say.
33:54Oh, come on, mate.
33:55Can't do any worse than you already have.
33:57Look, you saw the towels, the bleach.
33:59Everything he said is consistent with what we saw, but...
34:02But?
34:03But he lied before.
34:04Hold on, he did clean the place, though, didn't he?
34:06The place was cleaned up, no question.
34:09What? And that's it?
34:11Is that the best you can do?
34:13Then what's the point of you?
34:15Easy, Stuart.
34:16Shut up! No, really, what's the point of you?
34:18Because now I've got nothing.
34:20And if I'd known that, like, six hours ago,
34:22I could have looked at this investigation in a different light.
34:25Stuart...
34:26But you were arrogant!
34:27Yeah, you'd seen it all a million times before.
34:30And you didn't give it the attention it deserved.
34:32Stuart, the place has been scoured with bleach.
34:35It's been scrubbed and swabbed.
34:37Any evidence of an assault would have disappeared.
34:39Now, I'm sorry...
34:40Oh, well, then that makes it all all right, then, doesn't it?
34:49Yeah, Sarge?
34:50Really, what would you have said?
34:51Well, for starters...
34:52Can't get conviction without his excuses.
34:54Sarge, the uniform at Mike Vincent's flat has been a burglary.
34:57Suspect still on the scene.
34:58Thank you.
34:59Fair enough.
35:03BEEP
35:10Tell him what you've done!
35:11Come on, Tommy, give me that!
35:13Give me that back!
35:15I know what he's been doing, all right.
35:17What do you mean, you know what I've been doing?
35:19Shut your face!
35:20Stay back!
35:21Get out!
35:22Get out!
35:23Get out!
35:24Easy, easy!
35:27He started on my mum.
35:28He told me he's seen her.
35:29I know, listen, just let us take care of it, OK?
35:32Hey, Tommy, look at me, look at me!
35:34You've got to trust us, OK?
35:36You've got to trust us now.
35:37All right?
35:38Come here.
35:39Come on, give me that.
35:40Hey.
35:41Yes, yes.
35:42All right, all right.
35:43You all right?
35:44You all right?
35:45Come on.
35:47Come on.
36:00Maybe we can get him on the finance.
36:02Show that he couldn't afford the stuff that he had.
36:04Must have got the money somewhere else.
36:05But that could take forever.
36:07If he bought everything with cash,
36:08it's going to be really hard to make a connection.
36:10What's going to happen to Tommy, Sarge?
36:12Well, right now it's Mike Vincent's word against Albie's.
36:14Listen, I know it was an assault.
36:15We all know it was an assault.
36:16What we need now are the forensics.
36:18Albie said he was hit by something, yeah?
36:19We need to find out what that was.
36:22You need only to find that weapon.
36:23That's what you need.
36:24Look, Sarge, Eddie made a mistake.
36:26He was arrogant, OK?
36:27That's not all there is to him.
36:28Arrogance gives some people a bit of an edge.
36:30Keeps them sharp.
36:31I ain't done you any harm.
36:45DOORBELL RINGS
36:51KNOCK AT DOOR
36:53You OK?
36:57I've blown it.
37:03My younger brother played rugby for the first team at school.
37:07Used to go and watch him play with my dad.
37:10I still remember the way my father looked
37:12whenever my brother scored a try and made a good tackle.
37:18Then I won first prize at a science fair.
37:22There was ten or twelve other schools competing, but I won.
37:27And I saw my dad's face when I picked up that prize, and...
37:31It was that look.
37:34The one I thought he only had for my brother,
37:36and I felt special.
37:39But finally, I'd found something that I was good at.
37:46But I've let him down, I've let you down.
37:49And you've got to carry the can, especially today.
37:51Today, yeah.
37:53Today, yeah, I would like a result.
37:55I'd like to do well.
37:57But you didn't let me down.
37:59You made a mistake, you got cocky.
38:02But maybe I'm guilty of wanting a result too badly.
38:04Too badly.
38:07Listen, Eddie.
38:09You're the best.
38:11And that's why I came down hard on you.
38:14Now, look.
38:16I'll be McKenzie with a tackle and a weapon.
38:20I need you to find it.
38:23I need to go to the hospital, take some photos.
38:27Then what are you still doing here?
38:35Oh, about time.
38:37What is it?
38:38Something, not everything, but something.
38:43These photos were taken at the hospital.
38:45It's the back of Albie's head where the trauma is.
38:48Now, these are the same photos taken under ultraviolet light.
38:53Now, where there's trauma, like an impact or something,
38:56melanin migrates to the area.
38:59Ultraviolet light is the light from the brain.
39:01Melanin migrates to the area.
39:04Ultraviolet light picks it out perfectly.
39:07Now, as you can see, everything here is more clearly defined.
39:11That's because the bruising's that little bit older.
39:13Eddie, what is it?
39:14Well, he was hit with something that's got stitching, like a cricket ball.
39:19Well, Albie's a keen cricketer.
39:21He's got all that cricketing memorabilia at his house.
39:24We're arriving to get the keys to the McKenzie's house. Let's go.
39:27Nice one, Eddie.
39:32Hiya, is it?
39:33Did you see it earlier?
39:34No, but I wasn't looking for it.
39:36Well, Mike Vinson must have taken it with him.
39:38Hello?
39:39Yeah, hello.
39:40Anybody there?
39:41Yeah, police.
39:42Oh, it's you.
39:45I was just about to make Tommy some tea when we noticed the door was open.
39:48Yeah, I was just looking for something.
39:50Dad's cricket ball.
39:51Yeah, that's where he keeps it.
39:52Yeah, it's always there.
39:53Was it there this morning?
39:55It's always there.
39:57Well, that's it. He must have taken it with him.
39:59It could be anywhere.
40:00Who's taken it? What?
40:01Mike Vinson. He was the one that hit Albie with a cricket ball.
40:04I saw him carrying something this morning.
40:07I thought it was an apple.
40:09Perhaps it was the cricket ball.
40:11He chucked it in one of the bins.
40:13Thank you.
40:22So, I've all been emptied.
40:24I should have worked this out earlier.
40:26That means we can't arrest Mike Vinson.
40:28Can't we?
40:29But we haven't got any evidence to link him to the assault.
40:31No, but thanks to you, we know what the evidence would be if it were here.
40:34Besides, he doesn't know that we didn't find that cricket ball, does he?
40:41No, you're sure you don't want a solicitor?
40:43Why would I want a solicitor?
40:44To help you with your confession.
40:46Very good.
40:48So, what have you got now that you didn't have earlier?
40:51How about the DNA from Albie's car?
40:53What have you got now that you didn't have earlier?
40:55How about the DNA from Albie's house?
40:57I've already told you, I'm a regular visitor.
41:00Why do you think that a family that takes in over 400 pounds a week
41:03would need to sell their DVD player just to eat?
41:07No idea.
41:08What I think is because you've been bleeding them dry.
41:12You'll have to do better than that.
41:14And when Albie found out and was going to go and tell the police,
41:16that's when you assaulted him.
41:18You making this up as you go along.
41:20And Albie's given us a full statement.
41:23Is that the best you can do?
41:26Is that going to hold up in court?
41:28His word against mine?
41:31Exactly.
41:32You've got nothing, so why are you wasting my time?
41:39We know about the cricket ball.
41:42Because a neighbour saw you take it from the house.
41:44Saw you dump it in the bins.
41:45We searched the bins.
41:46What do you think we found?
41:50Why don't you tell me?
41:51No, why don't you have a guess?
41:54I think you know what we found there.
42:00Seam marks.
42:01In the back of Albie's head.
42:03Made by a cricket ball.
42:10I'd like a solicitor.
42:12Smart move.
42:15Now, demanding money with menaces and ABH, that's one thing.
42:19But assaulting a man you know has got motor neurone disease.
42:24That's got to be attempted murder, isn't it?
42:28Now, I think that you could be looking at somewhere between five to seven years.
42:34But with a full confession, we could reduce that by...
42:38What do you reckon?
42:39Third.
42:41So you want to make that confession?
42:43Yes.
42:48Give me a break.
43:05Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for the great Olusunje,
43:07whose feeble efforts today contributed to another one of my great triumphs.
43:12Yes, thank you very much.
43:15And, for my next trick,
43:17marvel as I turn this ordinary-looking £20 note
43:22into cool beverages at the Seven Bells.
43:25Yes, please, Edward, come on.
43:27Thank you.
43:28Yes, on your way.
43:34Business, Joe, thanks for supporting me today.
43:36It means a lot.
43:37No problem.
43:38And it's not going to happen again.
43:40Look, listen, we all get cocky.
43:43Drinks, no?
43:44Yeah, listen, I'm going to see your dad next. I've got to do something first.
43:51And so he'll be going away for a very long time.
43:53He admitted everything.
43:55And they're not going to separate us?
43:56No, no, no.
43:57Social services really want to help you and your dad.
43:59And they've already impressed with the way you've been coping, too.
44:02Thanks.
44:03Thanks.
44:04You're welcome.
44:05See you.
44:07Miss Mackenzie.
44:09Yes, Turner.
44:11You been in there?
44:13No.
44:14How are you?
44:19You've arrested Mike.
44:20Hmm.
44:21He admitted taking the money from Tommy and also assaulting Albie.
44:25He threatened Tommy with putting social services on their case
44:28if he didn't give up the cash.
44:32Well, thank you for helping them.
44:34Thank you for helping them.
44:37You know, I let my mother push me away at the end.
44:42Suddenly it was easy.
44:44No more rows, no more pain.
44:46And that was it?
44:48No.
44:49No, I knew if I left it like that I could never live with it.
44:51So I swallowed it and I went back.
44:55And I was with her at the end.
44:58And I've always been grateful for that because I nearly missed it.
45:04Tommy.
45:05He's a great kid.
45:06Amazing, really.
45:09But he needs his mum.
45:13She needs him, too.
45:15Yeah.
45:16Yeah.
45:33Next time on The Bill.
45:34Valley numb!
45:36Yeah, cos Coach is your middle name, innit?
45:37I tried to fight back but her gun went off.
45:39This woman, your wife, was in the shop at the time of the robbery.
45:43I think you were, too.
45:44You can't just walk away from this, OK?
45:46If you're covering for someone, don't.
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