The Bill S25E43 Conviction - Riot City
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00:00Previously, on The Ville.
00:05Remove all officers and vehicles from the scene.
00:07Upside down, upside down.
00:09What do you want to say? I have to call it in now.
00:12Sergeant Smith put stolen jewellery in my car.
00:15Beat me unconscious and I'd like to bring charges against him.
00:30Jason Devlin has made an allegation of assault.
00:43Is it credible?
00:44It's against Smithy.
00:46Does he know?
00:48No. It's a double allegation.
00:50He's also accused him of planting evidence.
00:52I can hold off the DPS until we have to charge Devlin.
00:55That gives you ten hours to see where we stand.
01:04Passed it straight back to me. Didn't draw breath.
01:07Where does that leave us?
01:08I investigate the allegation.
01:11Jason Devlin was born to make enemies, Guv.
01:13He basically provoked a riot to disrupt the investigation
01:16and any one of his tenants is a better fit for giving him a kicking than Smithy.
01:20When you find out which one, I'll buy you a drink.
01:22So what's your gut feeling?
01:24Well, a smear like this is just a reflex for the deadlings.
01:28But I've been given the poison chalice, so I'm obliged to take it seriously.
01:31We know Smithy's got a temper and he's invested in this one, there's no denying it.
01:35But he was under way more pressure undercover with the gun runners
01:38and he played it by the book, right down the line.
01:41He did shoot a man.
01:43After doing everything he could to avoid it, yeah.
01:45Why? To protect people, and that's the point.
01:47When he's between a rock and a hard place, Smithy doesn't lose it.
01:51Well, I didn't say it made sense.
01:54A bit of exercise clears the mind.
01:56Look, you haven't got to worry about me, all right? I'm good.
01:59Oi! Where you lot off to, mob-handed?
02:02Public order training.
02:11You should be on sick leave.
02:13Yeah, well, don't tell him Tony doesn't agree with me.
02:15Have they charged Devlin with the trafficking yet?
02:18No.
02:19And, er, not for the assault either.
02:22They haven't interviewed him yet.
02:25Right, well, have fun.
02:35PC Gill, have you got a minute?
02:37Not really, Gov, it's training day.
02:38It'll only take two seconds.
02:40It's about the deaths in the trafficking case.
02:43OK.
02:45Now, you and Sergeant Smith,
02:47you stopped the van that Sherdell was driving and then he ran away.
02:50Yeah, and I pursued him, Gov.
02:51Now, in your statement, you said he was carrying a black bag.
02:54Mm-hm.
02:55Can you remember if he still had the bag when he stole the taxi?
02:59No, I can't remember, Gov. Why?
03:01Well, the jewellery that was taken from the illegal immigrants in the van
03:04was found in Jason Devlin's car.
03:06And we need to know how it got to him.
03:08When Sherdell nabbed the taxi, I didn't get a proper view. Sorry, Gov.
03:11When he was running away, do you think he could have stashed it somewhere
03:13and then recovered it later?
03:14Well, Sergeant Smith had me retrace my steps
03:16and he searched the taxi for that very reason.
03:18Nothing.
03:19Sergeant Smith attended the stolen taxi?
03:21Yes, Gov.
03:22But there's nothing now.
03:23Socko had a proper look later.
03:26Will.
03:27Don't you miss all this?
03:29I haven't petrol bombs thrown at me, I don't think so, Gav.
03:32You all a bit edgy upstairs?
03:34Got a big case on?
03:35No, not as far as I know.
03:37Where the hell have you been?
03:39Sorry, BCI wanted to talk to us about this trafficking thing.
03:42What about it?
03:43They wanted to know how the jewellery got from the van to Devlin.
03:46And what did you say?
03:47We looked, but we couldn't find anything.
03:49Right, I'll stick it in the back.
03:54Right, well, according to her statement,
03:56the first thing that Stevie did when she regained consciousness
03:58was to raise suspicions about Devlin's car.
04:01What, she named her attacker?
04:03That was the second thing. It was very specific.
04:05What's your point?
04:06What did she know?
04:07See, Ben told me that Smithy tended the stolen taxi.
04:10You know, the one that Scheudle escaped in when he fled the van.
04:12So?
04:13So Smithy was conscious that the bag was missing and he went to look for it.
04:16Now, if he found the bag, then he could have planted it.
04:20Well, he found it and hid the fact from Stone and Ben, who were with him.
04:24That's possible.
04:26Yeah, well, come on, Gav, you know where I stand on this one
04:29and the idea that Stevie is involved as well.
04:32No.
04:33Yeah, well, I've been tasked to make sure.
04:35Question Stevie.
04:37Walk with me. We can get a coffee.
04:39Tell me how you're feeling.
04:41Yeah, I'm feeling fine.
04:42Well, you had a concussion. You should never underestimate a head injury.
04:45Our hospital says I'm fine.
04:47Right. I would have come to see you, but, you know, it's...
04:50Still, I'm sure you've had plenty of people,
04:53a popular member of the team like yourself.
04:56Did you?
04:57Did I what?
04:58Have visitors.
05:00Will came for the statement.
05:02Smithy broke his head in.
05:03You and Smithy got pretty close during the gun-running case, didn't you?
05:07How do you mean?
05:08Well, with you playing his girlfriend and everything.
05:10What do you want?
05:11That coffee.
05:12That was just a roll, Gav. Nothing but a roll.
05:15When I interviewed Devlin, I need to know why
05:18you thought there was evidence in the boot.
05:20Well, because I saw it.
05:21When we got back to his car,
05:23these kids were trying to break open his boot.
05:25He chased them off and then he went and checked it straight away
05:28and that's when I saw the bag.
05:29Cheers.
05:30How did you know what was in the bag?
05:32Well, I didn't.
05:34It's just that he checked the boot so quickly I got curious
05:37and when I got curious, he attacked me.
05:40And when that happened, was there anybody else in the vicinity?
05:43Just the kids, but they were running away.
05:46No coppers?
05:47No.
05:48Sure?
05:50With respect, Gav, this is beginning to sound like an interview
05:53rather than a preparation for one.
05:55There's been a planting allegation.
05:58Well, not about me.
06:00No, otherwise I couldn't discuss it with you.
06:03Smithy.
06:05So, I've been frank with you, you've been frank with me.
06:08Are you emotionally involved here?
06:11I gave you a frank answer before.
06:13It's a no.
06:16Undercover relationships can sometimes spill into real life.
06:19It happens.
06:20Yeah, I understand what you're asking, Gav.
06:22And no, it didn't.
06:24How many times did we get allegations of planting?
06:28Assault?
06:29Devil has thrown that in the pot, too.
06:31Yeah, well, that doesn't surprise me.
06:34Because Sergeant Smith just isn't made that way.
06:37When he shot that arms dealer, he really felt it was hard for him,
06:41but in the thick of it, I think he made the right call.
06:45OK.
06:50What you said about undercover relationships spilling over into real life,
06:54you're right.
06:55And it's because that never happened that I trust Sergeant Smith completely.
07:01All right, listen up, everyone.
07:03We're doing this today because a public order incident unraveled on us.
07:07We were caught flat-footed and unaware
07:09and two of our officers were badly assaulted.
07:11We have to be prepared and our responses have to be sharper.
07:15That's what we're training for.
07:17Now, what I want you to be thinking about today
07:19is how your actions help the officer next to you.
07:22Because that's the difference between a group of individuals and a team.
07:25The difference between us and them.
07:29Assaulting Stevie with self-defence, the rest is down to Smithy.
07:32That's how he's going to play it.
07:33The bookkeeper's evidence is another matter.
07:35He can't say we planted that. Just remember he's cocky.
07:38We give him a chance and he might give us something we can pick apart later.
07:41Let him run his mouth off.
07:42Go.
07:45Do you recognise this woman?
07:47I can't say I do.
07:49It's DC Stevie Moss. She's the officer.
07:51She's the officer that escorted you off to Westgate Estate for your own protection.
07:56Is that her?
08:00She ought to sue the photographer.
08:02She's quite cute in the flesh.
08:04She alleges you assaulted her.
08:06All I did was try and leave.
08:08I was afraid for my life.
08:10According to DC Moss, she asked to look in the boot of your car and you attacked her.
08:15When I saw my car, it was being trashed by kids.
08:17They were the ones trying to get into the boot.
08:19So I chased them off.
08:20What I thought happened was DC Moss went after them.
08:23I went to check on the damage.
08:24Someone grabbed me from behind.
08:26I didn't know who.
08:27In the circumstances, I was spooked.
08:30I defended myself.
08:31How did you do that?
08:32Smacked him.
08:33Like that.
08:36It was a reflex. I didn't even look.
08:39When I did look, I realised what I'd done.
08:42Must have caught her in the temple.
08:44You know, with her being so short.
08:47Her meaning who?
08:48Meaning who? DC Moss.
08:51When I realised, I'd come back.
08:53She was spark out on the ground.
08:55I'd bent over to see if she was alright and I hear these crunching footsteps.
09:00Look up just in time to see a ruddy great fist with your sergeant on the end of it aiming to knock my head off.
09:19Mr Devlin.
09:21Do you recognise any of these items?
09:23No.
09:26Could you look at them please, sir?
09:30No.
09:35No.
09:38We have a witness.
09:39Mr Khaled Hasik.
09:42And he claims to have regularly filled out this account book for you.
09:46Not for me, no.
09:47He says yes.
09:49Says word against mine.
09:51You see these?
09:53Coded references for shipments of people.
09:56Or maybe they are.
10:00Or maybe they are dogs down at the track in Wimbledon.
10:07On the day that Babur Shadil ran off, leaving his lorry with two dead people in it, he collected this ledger from Mr Hasik.
10:16So take it up with him.
10:17Did you see Mr Shadil on that day?
10:19No.
10:20He phoned you?
10:23He was my rent collector.
10:26We had a, um, a subletting problem.
10:33Having just killed two people by dangerous driving, you're telling me that Mr Shadil called you to discuss subletting?
10:40Well maybe there is priorities. How am I supposed to know?
10:43Because these were found in your boot.
10:46Not put there by me.
10:48And how do you account for their presence in your vehicle?
10:52The same way that I account for the presence of these bruises. Huh?
10:59Your sergeant put them there.
11:14I see you've put in a request for this.
11:16Uh, yeah. There was, um, an incident where a couple of my officers were injured.
11:21Thought it would be good for us.
11:22For morale?
11:24The team didn't function as a unit.
11:26And you?
11:27And me what?
11:28Well, did the command structure function?
11:31There's always room for improvement.
11:34You're going to push down here and hold the entrance...
11:36Listen up. The first exercise is a sweep.
11:39You're going to push down here and hold the entrance...
11:41Listen up. The first exercise is a sweep.
11:43You'll be facing missiles and petrol bombs.
11:46The training is about getting the job done without injury, and we do that through discipline and awareness.
11:51We're not looking for robots, so think.
11:54But think in teams.
11:56The inspector will brief you on the operational details.
11:59Right. This area has looters.
12:02We sweep any troublemakers forwards, leaving a sterile area behind.
12:05We're going to push past these buildings, remembering to clear the walkways,
12:08all the way to this corner, where we'll meet up with the green team.
12:12On the right for Sergeant Smith, on the left for Sergeant Stone.
12:15Callum, Smithy.
12:18Smithy, we're going to sweep forward here.
12:20Callum, you're going to bring your team around here and hold this corner until we push past.
12:25On the corners, Smithy's team's dominant, so wait for him to move first.
12:28Uh-huh.
12:29Thank you.
12:30You're going to show who on your dominant side?
12:32You'll make me angry if I won't.
12:34You ready?
12:35Missiles and petrol bombs can't wait.
12:38Run me through what he said.
12:40Well, according to Jason, Stevie grabbed him from behind and he hit her.
12:44Without looking, he thought one of the two kids he'd chased from his car had come back.
12:48So which way did he chase him?
12:50Well, I reckon it must have been that way.
12:53And Smithy and Stone arrived a few moments later from that direction.
12:58According to Smithy, he was chasing four rioters when he found Jason and Stevie on the ground.
13:04According to Jason?
13:05According to Jason, Smithy attacked him from behind.
13:07He threw him up against the van and he hit him while he was on the ground until he was unconscious.
13:12There must be witnesses.
13:13All those rioters, that's who we need.
13:16Taking a junction to the right!
13:18Go!
13:28Go!
13:29Come on!
13:50To the right!
13:54Go to the right!
13:57To the end of the walkway!
13:59Go!
14:00Go!
14:12We can push up, sir!
14:13No, hold here!
14:14We hold now until the other two streets pass.
14:17Find a junction to the left!
14:18Go!
14:19Go!
14:28Get down!
14:51I've got a target printed on me, I said!
14:53We've got to steer him tightly, Sergeant.
14:55The Governor's told us to stay put.
14:57Unless she says otherwise, we stay here.
14:59Smithy's dominant.
15:03Where the hell is he?
15:04There.
15:05Walkways clear, Sarge!
15:06Clear, Sarge!
15:07Did you check up there?
15:09I can see from here, Sarge.
15:10No, check up there!
15:16Clear, Sarge!
15:17Go on.
15:18Forward!
15:19Forward!
15:26Bambi, do you see Smithy?
15:29No, Sarge!
15:41Stop this for a lark!
15:43We're taking that junction!
15:45Aren't we supposed to wait, Sarge?
15:46Never has been!
15:47This is now!
15:48Take the junction straight across!
15:50Go!
15:56Move! Move! Move!
15:58Move! Move!
15:59Move!
16:04Retreat!
16:05Go!
16:09Right!
16:10Let's calm it down a bit!
16:15Junction!
16:16Junction!
16:17Justice, please!
16:18Police!
16:19Junction right, clear!
16:21Hold him!
16:23What happened here, Nick?
16:24It went off a bit early. We're waiting here.
16:26What happened?
16:27We were sitting ducks, ma'am, so we took the junction.
16:29But you were meant to hold the corner.
16:31Yeah, if we hadn't moved, we would have lost it.
16:35Right, and you're the dominant team now.
16:41Take the junction to the left!
16:44You there!
16:45Take the junction to the left!
16:47Go!
16:48Go away!
16:49Right!
16:53Go away!
17:03You can never prove the officer is innocent.
17:05All you can do is prove the absence of evidence.
17:07That's true.
17:08So Stevie convinced you that her relationship with Smithy was purely professional?
17:13Right, I'm going to send her across to Gravesend with Smithy Stirling.
17:16If it comes back cleaned or altered in any way, we'll know.
17:19If it comes back altered, she's in on it.
17:22You made a copy of the statement, right?
17:24Yeah.
17:25Thought so. Who are you testing here, Gove?
17:27Both of them.
17:29Stevie.
17:38This allegation against Smithy, you're worried about it, aren't you?
17:41Yeah. Yeah, I am. I know the bloke.
17:44Nobody he isn't capable of.
17:46Do you think he'd confide in you?
17:49Confide or confess?
17:51I don't know either.
17:54Yeah, yeah, I think he would.
17:56Also, if he was hiding something, I think I'd notice it.
17:59OK, I want you to go to Gravesend and I want you to quiz him face to face as a witness.
18:03But I don't want him to know what's behind it. Do you understand?
18:06Absolutely.
18:08Get him to double-check every detail.
18:11OK?
18:17You might want to make a note of the time and date you located this.
18:20Thought you trusted her.
18:22An integrity test is raising the bar.
18:25You off out?
18:26Yeah, I've been tasked to go to Gravesend, check the statements of the uniformed sergeants.
18:30No worries, I'll see you later.
18:34OK, I'll have the printer.
18:36Where's Stevie gone?
18:37To Gravesend.
18:39Why?
18:40To speak to Smithy and Stone.
18:44Look, I got stuck in because the situation demanded it.
18:47Your instructions were hold the corner, not make the inspector look bad.
18:50I didn't make the inspector look bad.
18:52Discipline and awareness.
18:54Don't quote the book on me.
18:55But you know as well as I do you never hold a static position on the street.
18:58Those orders were cockeyed from the start.
19:01And if the inspector's not there, then the sergeant's the ranking officer.
19:05You in the market for some constructive criticism?
19:07Yeah.
19:08Sit with me.
19:09I should sit with the troops.
19:10Two minutes.
19:18You've got a sergeant problem.
19:20One in particular.
19:22He thinks he's in charge.
19:23That's your job.
19:24I know who you mean.
19:25I don't think you're right.
19:26He knows his place in the training command.
19:28No, he doesn't.
19:29He just disobeyed you and you didn't pull him up on it.
19:31I simply switched the dominant team.
19:33He switched it.
19:35We achieved the objective.
19:37No.
19:38That corner was unmanned.
19:40We do it the way we do it so no one gets behind us.
19:43He broke rank, you let it pass.
19:45Why?
19:47Was it training command issues that got your man injured on the street?
19:50Because if it was, you must deal with it.
19:52It's nothing to do with training command.
19:54Well, what then?
19:57I've got to go.
20:11So he's completely bound to rights on the drunk driving charge.
20:14And the judge says to him,
20:16given that you're only 300 metres from your home, why don't you walk?
20:20And the guy turns to him with a straight face and says,
20:23if I could have walked, I wouldn't have needed the car.
20:27How do you know that?
20:31I just need five minutes with Smithy.
20:38What are you doing here?
20:42You all right?
20:43D.I.'s interviewed Devlin.
20:45The custody clock's ticking.
20:46I just came to cross the eyes, drop the tears, you know what I mean?
20:50So what's Devlin cooked up now?
20:52I don't know.
20:53I just came to check witness statements, what you saw.
20:57How's it going?
20:58No, I don't call you a copy of this, a copy of that.
21:00I didn't throw petrol bombs at you.
21:02You sound like one.
21:03Yeah, so what details have you got to check then?
21:05OK, I just need to know,
21:08when you found Devlin, did you see anyone running away?
21:11When I found you?
21:13I ignored Devlin.
21:15OK, did you see anyone running away?
21:18There might have been some you's,
21:19but I can't give a description because I was focused on you.
21:22Sergeant Stone says that when he arrived on the scene,
21:25you were tending to Devlin.
21:27I was, yeah.
21:28Why?
21:31Because he wasn't breathing properly.
21:35What did you do?
21:37I checked that his airway was clear,
21:38and then I tilted his head back so he could breathe more easily.
21:40It's all in my statement.
21:44What's really going on here, Stevie?
21:47OK, I came to offer you help if you need it.
21:53I don't think so, but I don't know, maybe you know more than I do.
21:56I'm just offering, Sergeant Stone.
22:09You're just offering?
22:11You're just offering.
22:13And you're doing it with a blank witness statement.
22:17Jason Devlin's made a complaint about you, Smithy.
22:21He says that you assaulted him and plotted evidence.
22:23What?
22:24You assaulted Smithy and plotted evidence.
22:31Is this your idea or the D.I.'s?
22:33They know I'm here, but they don't know what I'm saying.
22:36Complaint being kept under wraps.
22:40I'm not supposed to let on.
22:44So what are you saying?
22:46I'm saying that it gets personal.
22:48I should know.
22:50And if you tell me, then I can help you.
22:54How? What with?
22:56A clean sheet?
23:00I need to know first.
23:01I need to know first.
23:09I didn't do anything that isn't in my statement.
23:16Okay.
23:20I'm going to get a cup of tea and if there's anything in there that can harm you, then you can...
23:26Are you on the level?
23:32Ready?
23:34Don't do it.
23:35Don't do what? You don't know what this is.
23:36The D.C.R. spoke to Ben this morning. They're all over it.
23:39It's a test.
24:02I'm happy with what's there, thanks.
24:06This conversation never happened.
24:10It's our secret.
24:15I'll see you later, Stevie.
24:16See you.
24:19Hello.
24:21You knew she was coming, didn't you?
24:24So how the hell did you know that?
24:26I got an idea.
24:27So how the hell did you know that?
24:29I got nothing on her, so just keep it together.
24:32Oh, and that? That wasn't a test.
24:34No?
24:35No.
24:36Smithing, you've got a pat hand, so you stick.
24:39There's no percentage changing anything.
24:41Stevie wouldn't do that to me.
24:43What could you possibly change to improve anything?
24:46I could stop lying.
24:48Yeah, Jason gets off and your career's over.
24:54There's been an allegation now.
24:55There's been an allegation now.
24:58What?
25:01Devlin's alleging assault and planning of evidence.
25:07Right.
25:11Well, he's been nicked. What else is he going to say?
25:14It doesn't change anything.
25:16Garth, we're going through the CCTV images from the estate.
25:20There's one here of a guy running with the kids that Stevie described as smashing up Devlin's car.
25:24Now, they're running from this direction, which is where the car park is.
25:27More importantly, the timeline's right.
25:29So this guy could have seen everything?
25:32Quite possibly, yeah.
25:37We think he's a tannoy.
25:39He's a tannoy?
25:41Yeah.
25:43We think he's a tenant from one of your flats. He was involved in a riot. Do you know him?
25:48What's he done?
25:50It's irrelevant.
25:52You're looking to blame this fella on what happened to me? Get your sergeant off the hook?
25:56If he's a witness to anything at all, we'd like to know what.
26:09Will you arrest this man?
26:10Might do.
26:12If you arrest him, the interview's taped.
26:18If we arrest him, it may well be on public order offences.
26:22Well, in that case...
26:25Ayub Ishin.
26:28Where does he live?
26:30It's one of the flats on Westgate.
26:33Before you ask, no, he's not an illegal.
26:36Before you ask, no, he's not an illegal.
26:48Ayub Ishin, arrested on public order offences on the Westgate. Relates to the eviction riot, sarge.
26:54Right, empty your pockets. You also had this on him. 200 quid.
27:00Do you know why you've been arrested?
27:02For breaking windows.
27:03That's right. On Newley Street.
27:06Before you on CCTV with a number of other rioters.
27:13Is that you?
27:16Yes.
27:18Can you identify these two youths?
27:26When I was breaking the windows, I was very upset. Very angry.
27:32I know it is wrong to do this, but I feel I must...
27:35Mr Devlin was evicting people, we know.
27:38No. This picture? I am running away from what I see.
27:45And what was that?
27:48I see policemen beating Mr Devlin.
27:53If the Devlins have brought him, why claim the assault and not the planting? It's getting messy.
27:58The planting is what matters. It's the jewellery found in Devlin's car that links him to the trafficking. That's the main event, not assault.
28:04Yeah, but if you saw what happened, everything that Smithy says is automatically discredited.
28:08And his denials about planting the jewellery, it's undermined.
28:11Let's do a Shands envelope of readies. Now, somewhere in this treble, Devlin's seniors had his mitts on it.
28:17There's a partial print in the window there. That's not evidential standard, but I reckon the DNA will clinch it.
28:22Thanks, Eddie.
28:24Why is Matthew Devlin paying Esher?
28:27Well, let's ask him and find out.
28:29The local authority pays their rent, but we also have an additional deposit system to cover fixtures and fittings, things like that.
28:37It focuses the tenants' minds if they're to put their hands in their pockets.
28:42Make some more careful.
28:44Well, that explains them giving you money, not the other way around.
28:47The £200 I gave Mr Eshern is a return of his deposit.
28:51Why? Is he moving out?
28:53No.
28:55So why give him his money back?
28:57Because I trust him.
28:59When did you decide that?
29:01Today.
29:03So you spoke to him today?
29:05Oh, yes.
29:07Was that when you discovered that he might be a witness?
29:10You know what that looks like, don't you, Mr Devlin?
29:12I don't care what it looks like. He's telling the truth.
29:15And so am I when I say it's his money.
29:20And I'm simply giving it back.
29:25The council pays for my rent. Mr Devlin has a deposit for fixtures and fittings.
29:32What's that got to do with the £200 you had from him?
29:35The £200 is a return of my deposit.
29:37Well, Devlin's bought him. It's obvious.
29:39If that's the case, we test Eshern in court.
29:41It won't be pretty, but a good barrister will tear him apart.
29:44Plus, it lets Smithy off the hook.
29:46Yeah, probably.
29:48Well, their statements are practically identical.
29:50So is Smithy and Stones.
29:52You know, there's one thing we haven't done.
29:54What's that?
29:56Lock his search.
29:58What?
30:00Lock his search.
30:02What?
30:04Lock his search.
30:05Lock his search.
30:09What are we looking for here?
30:11I don't know. Anything that shouldn't be there.
30:13Well, I'll look at Stones, because he was there.
30:17Sorry, it's his off-limits. Thank you.
30:20Just give us five minutes, all right?
30:22Go get yourself a cup of tea.
30:36Stone, Smithy, you lead the snatch squad.
30:39I want you together on this.
30:41The target is the yellow vest.
30:43I'll pick four officers to go with you.
30:45You choose then.
30:47All right, snatch squad.
30:49We're going for the yellow vest.
30:51Snatch squad, we're going for the yellow vest.
30:54Have you got anything?
30:56No.
30:58Ready?
31:00Ready!
31:02Forward!
31:03Forward!
31:10Stevie.
31:12What did he say?
31:14Well, he stands by that. There's nothing to add.
31:16And eyeball to eyeball, did that add anything?
31:19He's telling you the truth.
31:21No mention of any potential suspects or witnesses?
31:23Well, he says he doesn't remember any.
31:25He focuses on me and Devlin and getting us treatment,
31:27so can we stop giving this airtime now, please?
31:30So you want us to charge Devlin?
31:31Well, that is what this is all about, isn't it?
31:34Well, I'm happy with the CPS, Al.
31:36Thanks, Stevie.
31:48She did well.
31:52Nothing's changed.
31:54We should back him now, Gove.
31:56You guess why I'm backing him when I ask him myself?
31:58And not before.
32:00Go!
32:18Withdraw! Withdraw!
32:20Leave! Get him! Withdraw!
32:25Withdraw now! Withdraw!
32:29Withdraw!
32:40You all right, Sergeant?
32:44Yeah.
32:46Never better.
32:48What the hell's wrong with you?
32:50Do you think I'm blind?
32:52You broke ranks putting you and the other officers at risk.
32:54Now get back over there and start behaving like a team leader.
33:00Yes, ma'am!
33:06Ma'am.
33:09OK, everyone. Ten-minute break.
33:19Sorry.
33:21Not necessary. You asserted yourself.
33:25You asked before what happened out on the street.
33:27Well, I don't think that really matters now.
33:33You all right, Sergeant?
33:35Yeah.
33:45You enjoyed that, did you?
33:49You got something to say, just say it.
33:56I'm sorry.
34:26I'm sorry.
34:56You trying to punish me because I know what you did, are you?
35:12I'm not going to be in your pocket.
35:26I'm not going to be in your pocket.
35:57I am not your brother!
36:24You're not angering me.
36:26This is what you did.
36:28What you did.
36:32You know what, Smithy?
36:34You want to put your hands in the air for it?
36:36Fine. Fine, you go ahead.
36:41The whole case collapses.
36:49It collapses.
36:53There's two innocent people in the back of a van, dead.
36:57All the people they've exploited.
37:01Arrow, Jeller.
37:03They get nothing.
37:06No comeback.
37:14Your conscience or their justice.
37:20You don't get both.
37:26Come on.
37:56They're charging him?
37:58Assault, receiving stolen goods, immigration offences.
38:01But there's no charges or arrest for his father.
38:03What about Smithy?
38:05Well, there's evidence to support allegations of an assault in the form of a witness.
38:09But we think the devil is at play in him.
38:11And finding the evidence?
38:13They've got nothing to support that.
38:15And what's your gut feeling?
38:17Well, they're on their way back from Gravesend now, so I'll let you know, sir.
38:27Will, cheers for the heads up earlier.
38:29No worries. You all right, Sarge?
38:31Yeah, just teachers checking up on our homework, you know.
38:33Good day?
38:35Bit of a funny one, to be honest.
38:37At one point, the guv and the DI locked everyone out of their locker rooms.
38:40Well, you know they're having an affair, don't you?
38:42It's management, mate. It's a mystery.
38:44If it wasn't, we'd all be doing it.
38:49They're going to call you upstairs.
38:51Yeah, well, if it happens, it happens, huh?
38:53Yeah.
38:54Just sign it. Be ready.
38:56Whatever they throw at you, it's the key story.
38:58Good day, Al?
39:00Yes, sir. Very effective.
39:02Well, you've finished here. I'd like to see you in my office.
39:04Sergeant Smith?
39:06DCI Meadows wants to see you.
39:08Sir.
39:13How did Smithy and Stone get on today?
39:16They were fine.
39:18They both know their own minds and aren't afraid of showing it,
39:21but we wouldn't want our sergeants to know.
39:23Jason Devlin made allegations of assault and planting evidence against Smithy this morning.
39:28Smithy?
39:30Yeah, I know.
39:32Jack's looking into it.
39:34We're hoping it's not going to blow the case against Devlin out of the water.
39:37This trafficking case is of particular importance to me.
39:41Sir?
39:43I wanted you to be the first to know.
39:45I'm leaving.
39:48To go where, sir?
39:49A special unit.
39:51Tackling human trafficking.
39:53And I'd like you to come with me.
39:55You're methodical, you've got a cool head, good analytical skills.
39:59I could use all of that.
40:02And why is that so funny?
40:04No, it's not.
40:06It's ironic.
40:11I just feel I have unfinished work here, sir.
40:14Such as? Seems to me you've got your house in order.
40:16Asserting my authority? Proving I wasn't promoted too fast?
40:21Well, why not give me a year?
40:23Then you can come back here and prove yourself.
40:26We'd be catching the bad guys. It's what we signed up for, isn't it?
40:33I will think about it, sir.
40:36That's good enough.
40:42Yeah?
40:44Yeah?
40:46You want to see me, Gav?
40:48Yeah. You shut the door.
40:51You've been given a 163.
40:53Devlin lodged a complaint when he was arrested.
40:56So why am I only hearing about it now, Gav?
40:59The superintendent asked me to look into it alongside the Devlin investigation.
41:03In case we're vulnerable?
41:05The CPS take the view that the whole thing should be tested in court.
41:09Even though they have a witness.
41:11A witness to what?
41:13To the assault.
41:15Naming me?
41:17Yeah.
41:19So is that why Stevie came down to Gravesend, then, Gav?
41:22No. But I can bet my house on what Devlin's tactics are going to be.
41:26In court, the whole defence is going to be about attacking you.
41:30So it's my word against his?
41:32Yeah.
41:34We do have some ammo against our witness.
41:36And a good barrister will be able to strip him down.
41:38But it's still a gamble.
41:40So you're going to have to be up for it.
41:41Yeah. Well, I am.
41:44The DPS will be informed.
41:46But they won't want to talk until after the trial.
41:49Right.
41:51You have our full support.
41:54Thanks, Gav.
41:59What's the outcome?
42:03I believe him.
42:05Was court discussed?
42:07Smithy knows what he's in for.
42:08Well, even if Devlin Sr. slipped through the net,
42:11if you win the case against his son, you still look good.
42:14Well, we win and we all do.
42:16Except I'm leaving.
42:18I'm going to head a special unit targeting traffickers.
42:22Which means the job here will be open.
42:24It's as good as yours, if you want it, with my support and Burroughs.
42:29Well, that's very nice of you, sir.
42:32But why me?
42:34Well, you'd be good at it.
42:36And you know the ground.
42:39Yeah, well, I'm not a politician, am I?
42:42You know, I'm always running my mouth off without engaging the brain.
42:46Even Burroughs knows that.
42:48Well, maybe a little plain speaking is what we need.
42:51These are interesting times, Jack.
42:53We've got terrorism, knife crime on the table already.
42:56Spending cuts, rising unemployment ahead.
42:59It's quite a challenge.
43:03So when are you going?
43:05As soon as the Devlin case is resolved.
43:06As soon as the Devlin case is resolved?
43:08So this verdict is important to all of us?
43:11I'm counting on you, Jack.
43:13I'm sure you can deliver.
43:26That must have gone well, then?
43:29There's a witness.
43:31Yeah? Yeah.
43:33But he's unreliable.
43:34But he's unreliable.
43:36So his evidence is going to be tested in court.
43:38But that's all fine, because I've got their full support.
43:41All I've got to do is stand there in the witness box and have the kitchen sink thrown at me.
43:45That's all right, then.
43:47How is it? What, because I've got their full support?
43:49You know what they did while we were gone?
43:51They came in here and they went through our lockers.
43:54That's the reality of it.
43:56It's just you and me.
44:00Yeah.
44:04Yeah.
44:13Next time on The Bill.
44:15We gain these people's trust by playing it straight, not by lying to them.
44:18I'm sick of lying.
44:20You've got to stand firm, strip the emotion away and nail it for us.
44:23You attacked Jason Devlin, didn't you?
44:34You attacked Jason Devlin, didn't you?
45:04I'm sick of lying.