The Bill S25E30 Smash and Grab [Part 1]
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00:00Previously, on The Bill.
00:04That sort of thing doesn't happen to me.
00:06But you got a second chance, right?
00:08Yeah.
00:10No, I shouldn't have.
00:12Looks sad.
00:13Good work.
00:14Have you ever wanted to talk?
00:16No, I'm fine. Thanks.
00:30Are you really that hungry?
00:37Yeah, when do we ever get time for a quick breakfast normally?
00:40Now, doesn't look like a three-sausage kind of guy to me, agreed?
00:43Excuse me, excuse me. Sorry, guys.
00:49Do you mind if I jump in?
00:51I've got a briefing in five minutes. I just wanted to grab a cup of tea.
00:53Sure.
00:54Thanks a lot.
00:55Can I have this?
00:56I'll tell you what, can I have a sausage sandwich as well, please?
01:02Cheers.
01:03You weren't after that, were you?
01:05No, no, it's fine.
01:06Thanks.
01:07OK, thank you. Cheers.
01:09Don't say a word.
01:12Wakey, wakey.
01:14Fighting on a school night, Sal? I just don't know.
01:17Chances are it'll be a fine thing. I was in bed by ten o'clock last night.
01:20It's not the tiredness I'm fighting off at the moment, it's the boredom.
01:23Nothing too heavy, just something to get the energy in.
01:25Yeah, just enough to get us through to the rest.
01:27Exactly.
01:28What about a nice serial killer?
01:30That's a bit too messy, that, isn't it?
01:32I don't know, something like someone nicking a Crown Jewels.
01:35Nice, I like it. Royal kidnapping?
01:38No, it's all kid.
01:39Who?
01:40All of them.
01:41Even though I'm beyond to pay the ransom, I'm like a thick kid.
01:43All units, armed robbery in progress at Toying Around toy shop.
01:45Two suspects, one in position with a handgun, Trojan 345 assigned.
01:49Sierra, Oscar, over.
01:51Sierra, Oscar, 2-1, show us, dearly.
01:53Be careful what you wish for, eh?
01:55What have we got, Smithy?
01:57Mom, we've got an armed robbery in progress.
01:59Toying Around toy shop on Lenman Road.
02:01We've got two suspects, one believed to be armed.
02:03Now, there's no sign of them on CCTV, but as soon as they make their move, we should pick them up.
02:07Toy shop? What units are assigned?
02:09We've got Sierra 1, Sierra, Oscar, 2-1, and Trojan 345.
02:14Rules on his way down there and so am I.
02:16OK, I'll monitor things from this end.
02:18Let's just pray there aren't many kids there at this time of the morning.
02:20Mark.
02:21Sierra 1 on our way. Excuse me.
02:23Sierra, Oscar from Sierra 2-1 just arriving at the scene.
02:34Police! Stop!
02:35Danny, no!
02:39Right, go and check they're all right inside!
02:41TOA, suspects on an orange KTM motorcycle in its gold XO56.
02:45They're heading west along Ballant Street, we're following.
02:48Don't ever do that to me again.
02:50All units from Sierra Oscar 1, it looks like they're heading towards Harvard Street.
02:54It's the only way out of the industrial estate, over.
02:56Sierra Oscar from Sierra 1, show us Harvard Street, two minutes.
03:00Received. Trojan 345 from Sierra Oscar, TOA.
03:03We're two minutes away.
03:05Sierra Oscar from Sierra 1, we'll take the junction of Harvard Street and Ballant Street and try and block their exit.
03:12Excuse me?
03:13Are we all right?
03:15We're all right.
03:16Right, I'll let the Trojan unit know it's clear.
03:18Has anyone hurt?
03:20Right, we'll paramedics just turn it up now, OK?
03:22That's right, Sarge.
03:26Three minutes, Sarge.
03:31Right, I need a paramedic up here as soon as you can.
03:33I want all these people taken downstairs and checked over.
03:35Once you've done that, I want names, addresses and statements, all right? Thank you.
03:38Sarge, follow me, please.
03:40Right.
03:42You OK there, sir?
03:43Yes, just my shoulder.
03:46They rode into the store on a motorbike.
03:48I tried to fight back, but a gun went off.
03:51Could have killed me.
03:53I had no choice, I had to give them the money.
03:55Well, we'll get you patched up, Mr...?
03:57Till.
03:58Lawrence Till.
03:59I'm the manager here.
04:01I bet you didn't realise managing a tourist shop would be quite so risky, did you?
04:04Sarge, Trojan unit are following the suspects. No-one's been out.
04:07Apart from Lawrence, who's got a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
04:14SIREN BLARES
04:16Sierra One, the suspects are heading straight for you.
04:18They'll be with you any second.
04:20Sierra Oscar 2-1 are in pursuit and Trojan 3-4-5 are a few minutes behind you.
04:24Sierra Oscar from Sierra One.
04:26We're approaching the junction, just waiting for that.
04:29SIREN BLARES
04:32They've turned into Bagford Road.
04:34They're doubling back towards the industrial estate.
04:37SIREN BLARES
04:39Sierra Oscar 2-1 from Sierra Oscar 2-1-2.
04:41We'll go straight on. We can cut them off at Dalebank Road.
04:44Received.
04:45SIREN BLARES
04:52Caution, yeah?
04:53Yeah, cos Caution's your middle name, innit?
04:55SIREN BLARES
04:57I'm going to take the 60.
04:59Suspects increase speed to 60.
05:01SIREN BLARES
05:03SIREN BLARES
05:05SIREN BLARES
05:07SIREN BLARES
05:10They've headed down an alleyway leading off Dalebank Road.
05:13Sierra One, you need to block them off.
05:15That leads to an underground car park.
05:17SIREN BLARES
05:19Here it is.
05:21SIREN BLARES
05:30Sierra Oscar from Sierra One.
05:32Bike abandoned, underground car park, Dalebank Road. Over.
05:36SIREN BLARES
05:39SIREN BLARES
05:50At 08.55 this morning, two masked men drove a stolen motorbike
05:54into Toying Around Superstore on Lenman Road
05:57and they robbed a manager at gunpoint.
05:59It's not your armed robbers' obvious choice, is it? Was anyone hurt?
06:02The gun went off during a struggle. The manager was shot in the shoulder.
06:05Just a flesh wound. Thankfully, no children were hurt.
06:08Sergeant Smith and DC Fletcher are at the hospital.
06:10They're going to interview the manager as soon as he's able.
06:13We've got officers at the scene, but they are going to need help
06:15to collect witness statements from sales assistant shoppers,
06:17anyone that was in the area. So, Roger and Millie, could you do that, please?
06:20No. Forensics are examining the motorbike,
06:22which was dumped in an underground car park on Dalebank Road,
06:25where we believe the suspects had a getaway vehicle waiting.
06:27Eddie said he's going to call us as soon as he's got anything.
06:30Ben and Sally are down there talking to witnesses.
06:32OK, we'll also need to collect ANPR and CCTV footage from the area
06:36and trace the bike's route to and from the shop.
06:38Kezia, can you round up all the usual suspects? Yes, Gov.
06:41I want their alibis checked, and if they're not as tight as a duck's backside...
06:44And that's watertight. Thank you, Roger. I want them hauled in.
06:47Max, I'm making you SIO for this one, so keep me posted. Gov.
06:51And I'll leave you to it. Gov.
06:57I'd just completed the weekly stock tape when the two men rode into the shop.
07:01Did you get a look at either of them?
07:03They had their crash helmets on.
07:06Average height.
07:08Nothing to distinguish them, really.
07:10Only one of them spoke.
07:12Local accent.
07:13What did he say?
07:15He said,
07:16money.
07:17No messing.
07:19He had the gun to my head. I didn't like that one bit,
07:21so there was a bit of a scuffle and I fought him off.
07:24Proper hero.
07:26And a hole in the shoulder to prove it.
07:28I was scared he was going to kill me.
07:31Right, so what happened then?
07:33He dragged me into the office.
07:36He hit me with the butt of the gun before he held it to my head.
07:40The cash from last night's taking had been bagged up
07:43and I was waiting for the security guys to arrive so I could hand it over.
07:47How much did they get away with?
07:49Exact figures in my computer, but it was well over 70,000.
07:54Is it usual for you to have that much cash in the building?
07:57The shop's closing down. We've been having this massive stock clearance.
08:01This is going to set him back months.
08:03He's already taking tablets for his nerves.
08:07I mean, trust Lawrence to get shot in a toy shop.
08:10The only reason we moved to this godforsaken place
08:13is because the toy shop was less stressful.
08:15I can see that you've been through it, so we'll leave you to get some rest,
08:18but when you are feeling better, we're going to need a full written statement, OK?
08:21We could also do with a list of employees,
08:23people that have left recently, people that have been sacked.
08:26My secretary will print you one off at the shop.
08:29Thank you. We'll leave you to it. Take care.
08:34It's a bit of bad luck, isn't it? What do you mean, with a wife?
08:37I was going to say getting shot in a toy shop, but now you mention it.
08:43Eddie, what have we got?
08:45No prints. Not one?
08:47Yeah, as I said, nothing.
08:49Must have cleaned the bike before the raid and they obviously wore blood.
08:52How do you reckon they escaped, Eddie?
08:54Well, we know they came round the corner at high speed.
08:58That's the tyre marks here.
09:01Dumped the bike and then I reckon they made their way
09:04towards a car or small van here
09:08and took off at high speed.
09:10No CCTV cameras.
09:12And no description of either men. Any luck?
09:14No, nothing at all.
09:16If anyone did see anything, they ain't telling us.
09:18Brilliant. Keep looking. Go door to door on all the houses on the roof of the shop.
09:21Someone must have seen something.
09:24The shooting could have been accidental because it happened during a scuffle,
09:27but it meant that Lawrence certainly didn't argue about handing over the cash.
09:30They held a gun to his head until he gave them the money.
09:33What did they get away with?
09:3570 grand.
09:36What?
09:37Yeah. Now apparently there was that much money in the building due to a closing down sale.
09:40Not bad for a morning's work.
09:42Here we go, Gav. CCTV from the shop.
09:54Exactly like Lawrence said.
09:58Can you just rewind that a bit?
10:05What's this?
10:07I don't know. Diversion?
10:10Some sort of diversion, maybe.
10:12I'll get on to my office and see if anyone recognises her.
10:18Hi there. Sorry to have kept you waiting.
10:20Shall we go somewhere a bit quieter?
10:23Did you get to see the wedding?
10:25Yeah, I'm fine, honest.
10:26Lewis shook up, but it could have been worse, eh?
10:29Can I get you a tea or coffee?
10:31I was going to get it over with if you don't mind.
10:33I've got to get Lewis' lunch on.
10:34Honestly, this can't wait.
10:35I'm fine, thanks. I could just get on with it.
10:37Actually, I need to ask you a few questions, if that's OK.
10:41Security guard said there was an issue over a toy you were trying to return.
10:45I got it for Lewis for his birthday.
10:47He loved it, but it broke after two weeks.
10:49I wanted my money back.
10:51If it ain't fit for kids, they shouldn't be selling it.
10:53He could have choked on one of the pieces.
10:55So what was the problem?
10:57They reckon Lewis had broke it,
10:58so they wouldn't give me a new one or a refund.
11:01It ain't fair.
11:02We'll need your name and address to follow up our enquiries.
11:05There's been an armed robbery
11:06and you're busting a blood vessel over a broken toy.
11:1120 Allen Street.
11:12Thank you.
11:13Listen, we'll call you later. Thank you.
11:16Always nice to see a pretty face. Makes the day a bit brighter.
11:19Oh, thanks, Eddie. I didn't know you cared.
11:23This is the CCTV footage from outside the shop.
11:26From yesterday.
11:31A car registered to a Bill Palmer.
11:33He's got form for GBH and Afray.
11:35We don't know who the other guy is yet, but we're running an enquiry.
11:38He's got a gun.
11:39He's got a gun.
11:40He's got a gun.
11:41He's got a gun.
11:42He's got a gun.
11:43We don't know who the other guy is yet,
11:44but we're running his photo through facial recognition system.
11:47So if he's got form, he should show up.
11:49Do you reckon they're checking the place out?
11:51What's the possibility?
11:52I'll let you know as soon as we have any more intel on these two.
11:54Oh, and Eddie's on his way to the shop.
11:56He says he'll call if he finds anything significant.
11:58Thanks, Mum.
11:59I've got a list of the usual suspects
12:01and a couple of names keep cropping up.
12:03Jimmy Crocker and Franny Davidson, but I've managed to eliminate them both.
12:06One's out of the country, the other's at Her Majesty's pleasure,
12:09which leaves one man standing, Jeff Hopkins.
12:11The toy shop robbery matches his MO to a T.
12:19Thanks for seeing us, Mr Hopkins.
12:21My pleasure.
12:23I'd offer you some coffee, but I ain't got none.
12:26Where were you this morning between the hours of 8 and 10, Jeff?
12:29I was in bed with Jordan.
12:31Really? Can you prove that?
12:33Unfortunately not, but I've got the memories to keep me warm,
12:35if you know what I'm saying.
12:38There was an armed robbery this morning
12:40at a toying-around toy shop at Lemon Road.
12:42A toy shop? That's a new one.
12:44Motorbike rides into the store, just like you used to do.
12:47The guy riding pillion threatens a staff with a gun,
12:50just like you used to do.
12:51He then beats the manager with the butt of his gun
12:53before making off with a considerable amount of cash.
12:55Just like I used to do.
12:57Don't mean it was me.
12:59Can you prove that?
13:00More importantly, can you disprove it?
13:02Innocent until proven guilty last time I heard.
13:04You got an alibi?
13:05Yeah, I do.
13:06Oh, yeah.
13:07Why don't you stop wasting our time, eh, Jeff?
13:09What, and confess to something I ain't done?
13:11No time.
13:12This is serious. A man got shot today.
13:14It's got nothing to do with me.
13:15I was at the Jobcentre signing on. You can check.
13:17Who's this?
13:20That's my wife and son.
13:24Do you live here?
13:25Yeah, it's got that real womanly touch about the place, ain't it?
13:28We're on a break. We've got a few things to sort out.
13:31Well, you do too.
13:32You see, this woman, your wife, was in the shop at the time of the robbery.
13:36I think you were too.
13:38Prove it.
13:40I intend to.
13:42Roger, it's Max.
13:44I want you to bring Jade Hopkins down to the station.
13:49What now? I already told you everything I saw.
13:52Barely had a chance to give Lewis his feed.
13:54I'm not going to come down to the station.
13:56Why?
13:57We've reason to believe that your husband was involved in the robbery this morning.
14:00Estranged husband? And what's that got to do with me?
14:03Well, is it just coincidence that you were arguing with the store manager just before the raid took place?
14:07That's exactly what it was.
14:11What are you trying to say?
14:13What, you think I'd agree to have my son anywhere near a gun?
14:17Put my child's life at risk by taking part in armed robbery?
14:21We just need you to answer a few questions.
14:24OK, I took part in a robbery.
14:27Where's the cash, eh?
14:28Where's the cash, eh? Here? Here?
14:31He stole and sold everything I had that was worth anything.
14:34Tele, stereo, microwave. It's all gone.
14:37Even the gifts I got for the baby's christening to pay for his round at the pub.
14:41It's just a few questions, Jade.
14:43Because I'm faking it.
14:45What, faking packing and smoking because I can't afford it?
14:48Your husband's got form. He's served time for armed robbery.
14:50What, faking walking everywhere to pay for nappies and baby feed?
14:54Faking climbing into bed at night every night fully clothed because I can't afford to put the heating on?
15:01Am I under arrest?
15:03No. No, you're not.
15:05Then get out of my house.
15:16Sarge, this is a printout of Geoff Hopkins' financial history.
15:19Looks like he's broke and claimed benefits as he got out of Nick.
15:22Is Jade Hopkins downstairs?
15:23No, sir, but I'm afraid not. She refused to come in and we didn't have grounds to arrest her.
15:26Listen, I don't think she had a clue what was going on during that robbery.
15:29Why refuse to come and answer our questions, then? What did she say?
15:31Well, that she'd never put her son's life at risk, and I believe her.
15:34So she's a woman in desperate circumstances who wouldn't risk trying to break the law to escape them?
15:38I think you might need to rethink your angle a little, Emily.
15:40You know, follow your instincts on this one.
15:42Well, maybe Max is right, you know. You saw how desperate she was.
15:45Max. What?
15:46Geoff Hopkins' alibi checks out.
15:48He was signing on at the time of the robbery.
15:50OK. Doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't involved.
15:52He might not have carried out the robbery, but he could still have planned it.
15:55Yeah, it's possible. I'll leave it with you.
15:57Millie, two secs.
15:58Sarge?
15:59Yeah.
16:00I think Millie might have a point about Jade Hopkins, you know.
16:02If you're going to try and convince me using the women's intuition angle, you're onto a non-starter.
16:05Millie's a good copper.
16:07Well, she's read the rule books.
16:08I'll ask her opinion about something that sounds like it's straight out of the manual,
16:10but I'm not convinced there's much going on between the years beyond that.
16:13You couldn't be more wrong, Sarge.
16:16Sarge?
16:18We've got a form being made to build Palmer's house.
16:20She owned a guy with a flashcard we thought was wrecking in the shop.
16:22He wasn't in, but they found out where he worked.
16:24Sunbed Studios on Wennell Street, which is one street away from the toy shop.
16:28Signed by a Curtis Jensen.
16:30A local gangster made good?
16:34Right. He's got a form for dealing and demanding money with menaces.
16:39Nothing in the last seven years.
16:40You mean he hasn't been caught in the last seven years?
16:42Well, according to Crimson P&C, he's been linked to a number of armed robberies and drug deals,
16:46but nothing at the sharp end.
16:47Well, this is the money man, or maybe it's Curtis Jensen who's payrolled this robbery this morning
16:51and Palmer's his muscle.
16:54Ben and Sally are doing a door-to-door on the route from the car park to the toy shop.
16:57You two get on down there and give them a hand.
16:58Sarge?
16:59We'll go see Palmer, see what he's got to say for himself.
17:10Hello, Palmer.
17:13DS Carter, Sunhill. Where were you between the hours of eight and ten this morning?
17:17Here.
17:18Do you have an alibi?
17:19I've got the CCTV footage from there,
17:21and half a dozen clients have booked in for an early tanning session.
17:26Half past eight? A bit early for a sunbed, isn't it?
17:29Just getting a smile, a towel and taking their money.
17:32Very nice.
17:33I'm dealing with a toy shop called Tying Around on Lemon Road.
17:36Drug lobby.
17:37I just heard there was an armed robbery there this morning.
17:39You were pictured outside there yesterday, talking to a man.
17:41Is he you're talking to?
17:42I haven't got a clue. He's just asking me directions.
17:46Nice car.
17:47Expensive.
17:48I couldn't afford it.
17:50How do you get a job in a place like this?
17:52We're interviewing in a few weeks, if you're serious.
17:55But it'll take your number.
17:57Work here too, do you?
17:58I own the place.
18:00Curtis Jensen.
18:02Mr Jensen. Now, your name is a bell.
18:06Mr Palmer's my manager. I bought him the car.
18:09It's a bonus of bringing in such good profits for me.
18:12It's a bit extravagant, isn't it?
18:14He turned this place around.
18:15I didn't do much in the way of business till I put the bill in charge.
18:18You wouldn't believe the profits now.
18:20I bet I wouldn't.
18:21Submitted to the in-man revenue by my accountant and approved.
18:24I'll give you his details if you want to chat.
18:27That won't be necessary, Mr Jensen.
18:29Thanks for your time.
18:30Anything I could do to help?
18:31Here, our number.
18:34Throw in a couple of sunbed sessions, granted.
18:37Look at that paste, if you don't mind me saying.
18:40It's all work and no play, being a copper, isn't it?
18:50Max.
18:51Yeah?
18:52Rachel just brought me the facial recognition results from the CCTV of Bill Palmer
18:56and the man he was talking to outside the toy shop.
18:58Ronnie Lane, recently released from Telbish Prison,
19:01where he was serving time for a series of petty crimes,
19:04non-payment of fines, shoplifting, nothing major.
19:06Er, thanks to our girls' probation officer getting a dress.
19:09This might just wipe the smug look off of Palmer's face.
19:11Keep you posted.
19:12Will, can you get a check on his known associates?
19:17Oh, good afternoon. I'm DS Carter, calling from Sunhill.
19:20I'm trying to trace a client of yours.
19:23Ronnie Lane, recently released from Telbridge.
19:27Thanks for waiting for us, Mr Lane.
19:29Please.
19:31Not like I had much choice, is it?
19:34So, where were you between 8 and 10 this morning?
19:36Jogging.
19:37Where?
19:38At the canal bank.
19:39On your own?
19:40Yeah.
19:41Don't really go in for the whole training buddy thing.
19:43How do you know this guy?
19:45I don't. I was asking him for directions.
19:49Where?
19:50Well, I don't know.
19:51I'm not going to tell you.
19:54Where?
19:55The shop I was looking for. Bike shop.
19:57Called?
19:58Don't know. That's what I was asking him.
20:00You expect us to believe that?
20:02Apart from the years you've spent inside, you've lived your whole life around here.
20:05I don't care what you believe. That's why I asked him.
20:08An armed robbery took place in that shop you're stood outside today.
20:12Is that a coincidence?
20:13You've read my file.
20:15Armed robbery ain't my thing.
20:17Bit of lifting here and there.
20:19Bit of dealing. Fencing.
20:21But pointing a gun in someone's face?
20:23You've only been out of the nick three weeks.
20:26Didn't want to go back inside, did you?
20:28I've been rehabilitated.
20:30I'm on the straight and narrow.
20:32Why do I find that so hard to believe?
20:33Who gives a toss?
20:35I'll take it you're not arresting me.
20:37So I'll be on my way.
20:39Bye now officers. Take it easy.
20:44If you could let me know as soon as, I'd really appreciate it.
20:47Where we at?
20:48I've just been on to Lane's prison liaison officer.
20:50Asked him to check on the people who visited whilst he was inside.
20:53Said he's going to fax over what he's got.
20:55What's that going to give us?
20:56I'm thinking his job could have been planned while Lane was in Nick.
20:59All he'd need was a couple of visits from Curtis Jensen or Bill Palmer
21:03to iron out a few details.
21:05This could be our opportunity to finally make something stick to Jensen.
21:08Try to name up his...
21:10Alex Delage.
21:13Delage.
21:14Right, here we go.
21:16Possession for cannabis in 2006.
21:19Nothing else.
21:20Jade Hopkins.
21:22That's the girl that was in the shop when it was raided earlier.
21:24She's married to Jeff Hopkins.
21:26What's she doing visiting Ronnie Lane in prison?
21:29According to Krumman, a Jade Lane was present at an incident of a fray involving Jeff in 2005.
21:36Ha!
21:37I'm assuming the girlfriend became the wife.
21:39So Ronnie and Jade are related.
21:42Nothing like keeping it in a family, eh?
21:50This morning's robbery looks like a family job.
21:53The M.O. matches Jeff Hopkins' exactly,
21:55and although he has an alibi for the time of the robbery,
21:58he could well be the brains behind it.
22:00We've discovered Jade Hopkins is Ronnie Lane's sister,
22:03so we think that Jeff used Jade as a decoy and his brother-in-law as the muscle.
22:07Now, we still don't have any leads on the driver,
22:09and we're still looking for the getaway vehicle that was used after they dumped the bike.
22:13We also think there's a possibility that the car was stolen.
22:17We also think there's a strong possibility that Curtis Jensen could have bankrolled the job.
22:21The meeting between Lane and Jensen's right-hand man, Bill Palmer, yesterday,
22:25could well have been to iron out the final details.
22:27So we're doing searches at these three addresses, right?
22:30Yeah, we're going to hit all three simultaneously.
22:32Ronnie Lane's flat, that's going to be with the Trojan unit,
22:35just in case he's still in possession of the gun.
22:37Myself and Sally will be on that one.
22:39Jade Hopkins' place, Roger and Millie,
22:42and Jeff Hopkins' flat, Kezia and Ben.
22:44So we're looking for the gun, and we're looking for the cash.
22:47The money is wrapped in £1,000 bundles.
22:49It's tied and stamped with the shop's logo bearing the manager's initials, LT.
22:54We're also looking for any maps of the area the shop's located in,
22:57lists of opening times, lists of planning,
22:59anything that can pin these three to the shop.
23:01And, of course, any links to that getaway vehicle.
23:03And that's it. Best of British.
23:14Oh, please! Oh, please, no, please!
23:18Oh, please, spare your life!
23:24Police officers!
23:25Yeah, I gathered that.
23:26We've got a warrant to search the place.
23:28Guys, you want to check upstairs, please?
23:32It's all clear, lads.
23:33Lovely job, thanks, lads.
23:36Hello again, Ronnie.
23:37Sarge, look at this.
23:39Hello, money, no gun.
23:41Right, that's enough. Nicky and me keep looking.
23:44Ronnie Lane, have a listen to the details afterwards.
23:47You didn't have to say anything, but...
23:51Kezia, any luck?
23:52No.
23:54Nothing at all, Sarge.
23:57You want me to bring him in?
23:59No, there's no point. Thanks.
24:03Sarge?
24:06Look at these.
24:08They're like the average family snaps to me.
24:14Lily, why don't you do the wardrobe?
24:15Rog, check the chest of drawers for me.
24:17If you tell me what you're looking for, I might be able to help.
24:20Look, Miss Hopkins, just let us do our job,
24:22and we'll be out of your hair a lot quicker, all right?
24:26Yeah, nothing here.
24:27Yeah, nor here.
24:28Well, what exactly were you expecting to find?
24:31You come in here tearing the place apart.
24:33Do you have any idea how that feels?
24:36Men going through your belongings, your clothes, your underwear.
24:39Liz, I'm really sorry. I know it's awful, but we have to do our job.
24:42You are keen to be on the dole and do your job.
24:45You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Ashamed.
24:49If there's any other way...
24:52We could do the search in this before we go, please.
24:57My baby's hair?
25:01Here.
25:03Let me save you the bother.
25:13I swear I didn't know.
25:16I'd never have anything like that near Lewis.
25:18I would never have anything like that in the house. I swear.
25:21I know. I believe you.
25:22A gun. In my son's car.
25:28So what happens now?
25:30Um, well, you've been booked in, so you'll be taken to the cells.
25:33But Lewis, I can't have him in there.
25:36No, um...
25:38For the time being, he'll be here.
25:41For the time being, he'll be looked after by social services.
25:44No.
25:45He'll be spent...
25:46Please, no!
25:47Lewis!
25:48Lewis!
25:49Please!
25:50Lewis!
25:51Lewis!
25:52Lewis!
25:55Social workers here, mate.
25:58Millie.
26:05I had an instinct about her from the start.
26:07All that struggling mother bull.
26:09She's a phony.
26:10Really?
26:15Max.
26:16Rachel.
26:17The uniform back from the raid?
26:18Yeah, they've just got back. They're booking the evidence in now.
26:20They found the gun.
26:21The baby's copped.
26:22Oh, that's nice.
26:23Yeah.
26:24Oh, and we also had a call from a resident on Rivermill Lane.
26:27They went to put the rubbish out and were met by a man in a balaclava.
26:30So what's out there in our accomplice dumping the evidence?
26:32Looks like it to me.
26:33I'm going to send Ben and Sonny down there now to take a look.
26:35Yeah.
26:36Yeah.
26:37OK, thanks.
26:40What did she say, Ben?
26:41She said she was going to put something in that bin there
26:43when she came face to face with the other balaclava.
26:45Trickery dumpster.
26:53Right, the raid has given us the gun found at Jay Hopkins' house
26:56and we're testing it to see if it's the one used in the robbery this morning.
26:58What else?
26:59Got this map.
27:00That shows a hand-drawn route to and from the shop
27:03along with written notes in one of Lane's handwriting.
27:06Uniform we've just picked up out of the jackets, possibly used by the robbers.
27:10How are we getting on with the getaway vehicle?
27:12We're yet to identify it, Gav.
27:13We've also got the phone, the mobile phone, that was found in Lane's place.
27:16That's been looked at.
27:17Calls made and received have been checked out.
27:19And we've also got these.
27:23Who were these found?
27:24Ronnie Lane's place.
27:26Well, they're hardly the type of photo a proud uncle would have of a nephew.
27:29They look like surveillance photographs.
27:33Yeah, I'll ask Lane about them when he's interviewed.
27:36We'll also put them to Jay Hopkins, see what she's got to say about them.
27:39Sir, I think that would be a waste of time.
27:42I don't believe Jay Hopkins had anything to do with that robbery.
27:45Based on what?
27:46The relationship she has with her son.
27:48Armed robbers love their kids too, Millie.
27:50She had no idea that gun was in her son's cot.
27:52Well, she's hardly going to admit it, is she?
27:55She's playing you.
27:57This was found in the pocket of a leather jacket that Ben and Sally have just found.
28:01It's a betting slip.
28:02Well, thanks a lot, Eddie.
28:03It's got a time and address on it.
28:05Millie, Roger, do you want to go and check this out for us?
28:07It'll be CCTV footage at the bookmakers.
28:10Mum?
28:11Serge, check the numbers on Lane's mobile, and there's one that shows up quite a bit.
28:15Check with the network, it's registered to a Bill Palmer.
28:18He called 12 times in the past two days.
28:20Despite the fact he said he didn't know who he was.
28:22Can we get a word to Serge Palmer's town in Selangor?
28:25Yeah, I'll get him.
28:26Thank you.
28:28Mum, it's Roger.
28:29We've got the CCTV stills from the bookies, but they're not good.
28:32It's an IC1 male, but he's got a hoodie on which covers his eyes,
28:36and a scarf round his mouth.
28:37And he paid in cash, so we can't run a trace on his bank account.
28:42OK, sure.
28:44Bye.
28:45Do you reckon they had the scarf round his face on purpose so he couldn't be seen?
28:48Well, if he's smart, yes.
28:49He's been involved in an armed robbery, and he wants to lie low.
28:53He'll know that bookies always have CCTV
28:55because of the amount of cash that changes hands.
28:57Right, so if you're smart enough to cover up your face in the first place,
29:00you're equally smart enough to get rid of the scarf once you've walked away, right?
29:03Otherwise you might as well have a sign over your head saying I'm not to no good.
29:06That's a very good point, PC Brown, but I don't see any other cameras.
29:08What about the cub firm?
29:10They normally have CCTV, don't they?
29:12You're not just a pretty face.
29:14Yeah, tell that to DS Castle.
29:17I offered you those free sessions.
29:19I never thought you'd actually take me up on it.
29:21We've got a warrant to search the premises.
29:23Sunbeds and towels, that's all you're going to find in there, I'm afraid.
29:26Is the Palmer going?
29:27He's banking the takings. He won't be long.
29:29I'm surprised to see you behind a counter, Mr Jensen, and none of your mates.
29:31I'm out to look after my interests.
29:33Sarge, there's loads of these being burned out the back.
29:36They're the ones we know should save.
29:38You've seen these before?
29:40No, never.
29:42Which bank is Palmer going to?
29:44He didn't say.
29:45Which bank?
29:47Don't let him out of your sight. Secure the evidence. We're off.
29:53Curtis said Palmer was banking the takings.
29:55There's got to be the cash in the robbery.
29:57We need to get to it before he pays it in.
29:59Once he's in the banking system, it'll be a whole lot harder to trace.
30:01Sarge?
30:06Mr Palmer?
30:07Do you want to come over here, mate?
30:09Come on.
30:10Right, just stand there, please.
30:11Let's see what's in the bag.
30:16Mum, we got lucky.
30:18We checked the CCTV at the taxi rank across from the bookies
30:21and we've got a clear picture of the suspect's face.
30:23We've also got him getting into a white Vauxhall van
30:26reportedly stolen.
30:28Index Lima, Victor 5-4, Victor X-ray Alpha.
30:32We've requested an ANPR check
30:34and we've also put an all-unit call out.
30:36Great, thanks.
30:38Luck had nothing to do with it. Nice work, Millie.
30:40Listen, I've got to say it.
30:42Max, don't let him wind you up.
30:44I won't.
30:45Liar.
30:47Roger and Millie have linked the betting slip
30:49to what could be our missing getaway vehicle.
30:51It's been reported stolen?
30:52Yes, it's a white Vauxhall van.
30:54The index has just come up on the ANPR cameras.
30:57There it is.
30:58Stolen vehicle.
30:59We suspect was used in the armed robbery
31:01at Toying Around Toy Shop this morning.
31:03It's heading south towards Tedder Street.
31:05Sarah, Oscar 2-1, you're in the area.
31:07Can you attend?
31:08We're heading west towards the flyover.
31:10Wait, we got him.
31:12Wait, we got him.
31:13He's heading towards the underpass.
31:15He's going to run out of road. He's just been in there.
31:17Have we got any units on the south side?
31:19Sierra 1, we can be there in two minutes.
31:21His only way out is the subway.
31:23We can block him off, but we need Sierra 1 to block him off.
31:25At the south side of the subway, we'll be right behind him.
31:27Received.
31:29He's out.
31:34Suspect is 921 male, grey hoodie, black jacket.
31:42Stop! Stay where you are!
31:46We've been expecting you.
32:01OK, so we've got them all in.
32:04Good.
32:05So what's the interview strategy?
32:07We're working on a basis.
32:08This is a family job bankrolled by Curtis Jensen.
32:11David Hopkins was the decoy at the shop,
32:13and the gun found at her place was the one used in the robbery.
32:15Have we got anything else on Jeff Hopkins?
32:17Apart from the MO, nothing.
32:19If he is involved, he's made sure we can't touch him.
32:21What we do have is the CCTV footage of Ronnie Layton
32:24talking to Bill Palmer outside the toy shop the day before the robbery.
32:27Phone calls made from Lanes Mobile to Palmer,
32:29and we've caught Palmer in possession of 20 grand
32:31that can be traced directly back to the robbery.
32:33So Palmer was just a go-between
32:34and the whole thing was set up by Curtis Jensen?
32:36Yeah, it seems so.
32:37Don't think we're going to have a tough time proving it.
32:39No matter what we do, nothing seems to stick to this guy.
32:41And the guy we caught with the stolen van is Alex DeLarge.
32:44So he drove the motorbike?
32:46The levers we found have Ronnie Layton and Alex DeLarge's DNA all over them.
32:49Sarge, the solicitor's arrived.
32:52OK, right then, we'll leave you to it. Best of luck.
32:56Where were you at 8.55 this morning?
32:58I can't remember.
33:00Short-term memory loss.
33:02Overdid it on the old wacky-backy when I was a kid.
33:05A little bit of experimenting turned into a lifetime of regret.
33:08Just say no.
33:09I'll jog your memory for you, shall I?
33:11You were in Toyin' Around Toy Shop on a stolen motorbike
33:13while Ronnie Layton was pointing a gun at the manager demanding cash.
33:17Not ring any bells.
33:18Then how do you think we found your DNA all over a jacket we know was used during the robbery?
33:22I'm showing the suspect exhibit BG1.
33:27I might have borrowed it some time. From a mate.
33:30Which mate?
33:33That dope really has done some damage.
33:35OK.
33:39Hmm.
33:40Not got much in the way of form, have you?
33:42Not exactly big league, are you, Alex?
33:44Or you weren't, I should say, because now, of course,
33:47you're really rubbing shoulders with the big boys.
33:49Attempted murder, armed robbery, threatening a police officer with a firearm,
33:53illegal possession of a firearm. What are we looking at?
33:55Oh, a lot longer than you've done so far, Alex.
33:57Attempted murder, that's the biggie. You're looking at life.
34:00And for what? The Qdos?
34:02Bragging down a pub when I bet you can't even afford to buy a round.
34:05Has Ronnie paid you yet, Alex? Has he?
34:07A man's in hospital recovering from a gunshot wound he received during a robbery
34:11you took part in and didn't get paid for and won't get paid for.
34:14And do you want to know why you won't get paid?
34:16Because we've got the money.
34:18Yeah, at least 20 grand of it.
34:20And we've got Ronnie Lane next door singing like a bird.
34:23He's not keen on going back to prison so soon.
34:25That's why his name in name's in there.
34:27He knows the guy that's looking at the longest stretch
34:29is the one that pulled the trigger.
34:33I said no to begin with.
34:35I said no to begin with.
34:37I mean, I thought it was a bad idea.
34:39What was? The job.
34:41I said if we get caught, we're going to go down for a long time.
34:44But he said it was foolproof. We'd be in and out in seconds.
34:46Who said? Ronnie was up to his neck in it.
34:49He said I'd be doing him a massive favour.
34:51He's been my mate since I was a kid. He was desperate.
34:54Why was he desperate? What was happening?
34:56Alex, you're in no position to muck about...
34:58Listen, if you want to know, you ask Ronnie.
35:01He said the gun was a replica.
35:03If I'd have known, I'd...
35:05I didn't want anyone to get hurt.
35:07That's the last thing I wanted to happen.
35:09Who was it fired the gun?
35:11Who shot the manager?
35:17Ronnie.
35:21But Lewis is OK, yeah?
35:23Yeah, I spoke to the social worker myself.
35:25He's been taken good care of. He's OK.
35:27Thank you.
35:28Do you know why you're here?
35:30Cos you think I had something to do with that robbery.
35:32And you maintain you didn't?
35:34No. No way.
35:36So it was a pure coincidence that you were in the shop at the time of the raid, then?
35:39Yeah, that's exactly what it was. I swear.
35:42I haven't told you why I was there.
35:44It was also a coincidence that the gun used to shoot a man in that robbery
35:47was found in your son's cot.
35:49I have no idea how it got there. I swear.
35:52Did anyone come to visit you at the house this morning?
35:55Jade, this is serious.
35:57You can't just walk away from this, OK?
35:59If you're covering for someone, don't.
36:01You could end up going to jail, end up losing Lewis.
36:05Are you covering for Geoff?
36:08You said he was going straight.
36:10Look, I said he had no chance with me if he carried on with all that stuff.
36:13Is it Ronnie?
36:16If you're being threatened, we can help. Just... please.
36:20Jade, at the minute you're being linked to armed robbery and attempted murder.
36:24You could be looking at life for this.
36:26Lewis brought up by someone else, never knowing you.
36:28Is this down to your brother?
36:31Jade, is this down to Ronnie?
36:42Anything?
36:43Will's just finishing up, but she's not giving us a thing.
36:46I really don't think she's anything to do with this, Sarge.
36:49And you're basing this opinion on...?
36:51Oh, she wasn't aware that anyone had been in the house to plant the gun.
36:53And I've got to say, the last place she'd hide it would be her son's cot.
36:56So you said.
36:57Believe it or not, Sarge, there are people around who love their kids enough
36:59not to put them at risk. I really believe Jade is one of those people.
37:02The gun found at the house matches the bullet fired at the shop,
37:05and the only prints on it belong to Ronnie Lane.
37:08Right, well, shortly that rules Jade out, yeah?
37:10When Will's finished with Jade, the pair of you interview Palmer.
37:12We'll talk to Lane. Press him on Jensen.
37:15He's got to be behind her, I just know it.
37:17So you were about to bank 20 grand on when we arrested you, right?
37:20That's right.
37:21Takings from the Italian shop, was it? Business booming?
37:24Not all of it is from the shop. I was owed some cash,
37:26and the guy I lent it to paid me off earlier that day.
37:29Which guy?
37:30Ronnie Lane.
37:34Doesn't it seem odd to you that cash was in wraps from the toy shop
37:37that was robbed earlier?
37:38Initialed by the manager, of course.
37:40No, to be honest, Ronnie pulled them all off and binned them
37:43while he was cutting them out.
37:44How'd they catch fire in the yard?
37:46Ah.
37:50That's down to me.
37:51I, er, sneaked off for a quick fag.
37:54Mustn't have put it out properly, tossed it in the bin and whoosh.
37:59Yes, but Mr Palmer, you must have noticed the wraps and made a connection.
38:02You were handling stolen goods, why didn't you contact us?
38:05Look, if I'd clocked that they were from the job on the shop,
38:07I'd have been on the blow straight away, obviously, sorry.
38:11What account were you paying the money into?
38:13The takings were going into the shop's account,
38:15and what I was owed was going into mine.
38:18I put my hands up.
38:19I made a mistake, I should have been more vigilant.
38:22And I wasn't.
38:25I accept full responsibility.
38:30A few things to put to you, Ronnie.
38:34You and Bill Palmer outside the toy shop the day before it was raided.
38:38Phone calls between you before the robbery.
38:41Fingerprints on the gun found in your nephew's cot,
38:45identified as belonging to you.
38:50Micah's jacket with your DNA all over it.
38:52We've got a statement from your boyhood pal Alex DeLarge
38:54admitting his involvement in your plan.
38:57Your alibi this morning didn't pan out.
39:00The cash you gave to Bill Palmer was taken during the robbery.
39:04You going to talk to us?
39:08I overheard the toy shop manager in the pub
39:10shattering his mouth off about how much he'd taken
39:12that previous week in the closing down sale.
39:15Got talking to him.
39:16Bought him a few drinks.
39:18Without realising, he told me all I needed to know.
39:22How come he got shot?
39:23That wasn't supposed to happen.
39:25It was an accident.
39:27He struggled. It went off.
39:32Why did you start from the beginning?
39:35My wife borrowed.
39:37She had a habit my wallet couldn't cope with.
39:40She was getting deeper and deeper into debt.
39:46We split up when I was inside and I thought that was that.
39:48What do you mean?
39:50She died of an overdose.
39:53When I got out, I had a visit from the guy she borrowed off.
39:57He offered his condolences
39:59and then told me I'd inherited Linda's debt.
40:02All 20 grand of it.
40:03How does that work?
40:04You tell me.
40:06He said she borrowed the cash when we were married
40:08so the debt was mine.
40:10I tried arguing
40:11but decided to stop when I woke up in a hospital bed.
40:14And who was the guy she borrowed off?
40:18No.
40:20No.
40:23No.
40:25We found these when we raided your flat.
40:29I've been wondering what the hell they were but
40:31now I think I know.
40:34These are surveillance photographs.
40:36These, I can tell you that Curtis Jensen
40:40knows where your sister lives.
40:43Which park she takes your nephew to.
40:45Where his nursery is.
40:48I think you did the job to keep Jade and Lewis safe.
40:51Jensen's putting pressure on you that if you don't do the job
40:54he'll get to your sister and nephew.
40:57Tell us, testify and we can get him.
41:00And they get me in prison
41:01and I won't be around to protect Jade.
41:06I planned the whole thing.
41:08I hit the gun at Jade's because I thought that would be the last place anyone would look.
41:14I never meant to get her into any trouble
41:17and I wanted her to have protection
41:19in case things went wrong.
41:22It was all down to me.
41:24All of it.
41:26There was no one else involved.
41:31A pint?
41:32Oh, and a glass of wine, please.
41:34Just a minute.
41:36DS Carter.
41:37Yes.
41:38Look, if Curtis Jensen's behind all this
41:40I just wondered if Jade had been offered any protection.
41:43There's no proof that Jensen threatened Jade or anybody else
41:45because Ronnie Lane won't make a statement to that effect.
41:47Besides, I get the impression that Jade Hopkins is going to be in trouble.
41:51She'll take care of herself.
41:52Right, husband's a croon, brother's a croon, so she must be.
41:54Is that what you're saying?
41:55No.
41:56Tell you what I'm saying.
41:57I'm saying
41:58that experience of dealing with this type is telling me
42:00she's not as innocent as you think she is.
42:02She's guilty.
42:03I just can't prove it.
42:06Look, Millie, he won't change his mind.
42:08You know what, Roger?
42:09I'm going to take a rain check on that drink, OK?
42:15Got a minute?
42:16Yeah, grab a seat.
42:17Ronnie Lane is claiming full responsibility for the armed robbery.
42:21He's insisting that Jade had nothing to do with it.
42:23Did he give us anything on Curtis Jensen?
42:25I'm afraid not.
42:26He's saying he did it alone to pay off her debt.
42:28It's clearly terrifying.
42:30Max still believes that Jade was in on it.
42:33Which Millie disagrees with entirely.
42:35Which Millie has not been afraid to voice.
42:39What about the surveillance pictures?
42:41Can we be sure Jade isn't in any danger?
42:44Well, Ronnie's refusing to tell us anything, so right now
42:47there's not a lot else we can do.
42:48Look, um...
42:51I know that Max isn't great at taking on board other people's opinions,
42:54but Millie really has pushed it with him today.
42:57Well, I do encourage the team to speak their minds, but...
43:01maybe there's something else going on.
43:03I'll have a chat with her tomorrow.
43:05Right, well, I'll tell Max to ease up a little.
43:08Sometimes this place seems more like a playground than a police station.
43:12Huh. Ain't that the truth.
43:16I love you.
43:17Thank you.
43:19Hey.
43:20I hope you two are going to be OK.
43:22We will be now.
43:24We've got all we need.
43:25Hey, Louis.
43:27Jade, can I have a quick word?
43:36Come on.
43:38I don't know if you know, but, um...
43:40your brother received some pictures of you.
43:43Photographs that could be considerably threatening.
43:45Of me?
43:46What do you mean? You took them?
43:48No, of you and Louis.
43:50We believe they were taken by a man called Curtis Jensen.
43:54I won't say, because you're scared of the repercussions,
43:56but we believe that Curtis was trying to scare Ronnie into paying off the money he owed him.
44:01Is that why Ronnie did it?
44:02Did the robbery? Because someone was threatening to hurt us?
44:05That's what we think.
44:07Look, Jade, I'm not trying to frighten you, OK?
44:09I just wanted you to know so you can keep your wits about you.
44:13Stay vigilant, yeah?
44:15I promise we'll do everything we can to get to the bottom of this.
44:18Poor Ronnie.
44:20Why didn't you tell me?
44:23Look, you know what? I've got my car. I might give you a lift home.
44:26Are you sure?
44:27Yeah. Come on.
44:33Hey.
44:34I'll put the kettle on for you.
44:35Thanks. No, no. Thanks for the lift.
44:37Yeah, no. Least I could do.
44:40Do you want a hand clearing up?
44:41Nah. I've got something to do later on.
44:43Not much on telly tonight.
44:46All right, if anything spooks you, anything at all, just give me a call, OK?
44:49Please.
44:50All right, I'll leave you to it.
44:54Move!
44:55Shut up!
44:56Get off me!
44:57Shut up!
44:58Get off me!
44:59Shut up!
45:00Shut up!
45:01Shut up!
45:02Shut up!
45:04Next time on The Bill...
45:06Shut her up!
45:07Shut her up, or I will!
45:09Calm down!
45:10Stop moving!
45:12Come here!
45:13Unplug! Unplug! Unplug!
45:15Unplug! Unplug!
45:16Unplug!
45:18Smellies.
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