The Bill S25E65 On The Streets
The Bill S25E65 On The Streets
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00:00Merry Christmas, yeah?
00:07You awake?
00:12I'm now. He was going to kick me, wasn't he?
00:27Yeah, get used to it.
00:28Cheers for looking out for us.
00:30I wasn't. I'm looking for Reggie. No one's seen him since he got nicked.
00:35Is that unusual?
00:36He never leaves me for long.
00:39So my wife will do coffee and a doughnut if you're early.
00:42Thank you.
00:43I'll meet you there.
00:57Back to you, Smicky.
00:58Listen, can you do me a favour?
00:59Meet me in about 20 minutes.
01:01Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:02I'll make some paracetamol as well.
01:29It's so cold.
01:32What's that smell?
01:35That'd be stale cider.
01:36Rough night.
01:37Rough night? Jeez.
01:39So many people have been out on the streets for years, you know.
01:42I don't think I'd survive for 24 hours without the help of a girl who's barely out of her teens.
01:48Reggie Sharp haven't been since since you brought him in.
01:50Did he get spooked?
01:52He was interviewed as a possible witness to a murder.
01:54That's enough to make anyone nervous.
01:55But you're right, he was scared about something.
01:57Someone.
01:58What about the name I gave you?
01:59Did you look into that?
02:00I went over Jake Evans' case file.
02:01No mention of Greg or Gregory.
02:03Well, keep looking then, eh?
02:05Jake started to talk about Greg to people.
02:07Now Jake's dead.
02:08People are scared.
02:09How long are you going to stay out here?
02:10As long as it takes.
02:11Just need to get that link to Jake's murder, don't I?
02:13Well, you'd better get a move on.
02:14It's got to be minus two tonight.
02:17Right, I've got to go.
02:18Need anything?
02:19Mm-mm.
02:21A fiver?
02:23Cheers.
02:25That'll do.
02:27See you.
02:31Jake Evans.
02:32Fished out of the Thames yesterday morning
02:34with puncture wounds to the neck and throat.
02:36And wearing a coat belonging to this man,
02:39Reggie Sharp, a 38-year-old homeless man.
02:42Reggie later tried to flog Jake's camera.
02:45We're not looking at him as a suspect anymore, though, are we?
02:47No, we spoke to Sharp last night.
02:49He claims he was on a bender,
02:50went to sleep with his coat as a blanket,
02:52woke up, it was gone.
02:53Sharp's been on the streets for years,
02:55long-term alcoholic, got a bad case of the DTs.
02:58And he didn't say or hear anything?
03:00So he says he was scared.
03:02Mickey saw another homeless man, Lenny,
03:04being attacked by some young kid,
03:06apparently for talking to Jake Evans.
03:08Didn't get a name, but uniform have a description.
03:11Mickey does think this kid was working on someone else's behalf.
03:13Got a name, Greg or Gregory.
03:15Jake Evans has a fiancée, doesn't he?
03:17Susie Hughes.
03:18She recently moved out of his flat.
03:20Things haven't been working out.
03:21Well, it might be worth having another word.
03:23See if her name rings a bell.
03:25Right, everyone, that's it.
03:34Oi.
03:35Brought in time for a coffee, didn't I?
03:38Any news on Reggie?
03:39Mm-mm.
03:41The guy said it was murdered, is that Jake?
03:44He used to work out here,
03:45run his soup kitchen, that sort of thing.
03:47No?
03:48Sort of.
03:49You like to help people?
03:51Do you help you?
03:52What makes you think I need anyone's help?
03:54Don't we all sometimes?
03:56Don't matter how I survived without your help last night.
03:59What I need is a drink.
04:01Coming?
04:03Yeah.
04:05You'll have to excuse the mess.
04:07I've moved back in to try and get things in order for the funeral.
04:11Jake's parents are letting me stay until I find something else.
04:13We understand how difficult this was before you.
04:16It's fine.
04:17It helps to talk about him.
04:21Susie, you mentioned that Jake hadn't been happy recently.
04:24Now, I know the two of you had had a falling out.
04:26But do you think there was anything else worrying him?
04:28Anything outside of your relationship?
04:32I've been thinking about that a lot over the last 24 hours.
04:36Trying to work out if it was all me.
04:41It's funny, isn't it?
04:43How you get used to things.
04:45And take on the habits of the person that you live with.
04:51I never used these.
04:54And Jake was forever nagging me about it, and here I am.
05:02He stopped nagging me about stuff like that months ago.
05:06Perhaps that's when he changed.
05:09Please, just...
05:13Does the name Greg or Gregory mean anything to you?
05:17No. Should it?
05:20Maybe it was work related.
05:23Jake never spoke about the office.
05:26I think being a solicitor wasn't all he'd hoped it would be.
05:30Is that why he did the voluntary work?
05:32I think so. Middle class girl and all that.
05:35Did he ever mention a homeless man named Lenny?
05:41No. Sorry.
05:46In the end we didn't talk that much at all, I guess.
05:54It's Jake's work diary.
05:56I found it this morning when I was clearing up.
06:00Greg Sim, property developer based in East London.
06:03According to Jake's work diary, he had a meeting with Sim four days ago.
06:06Any idea what about?
06:08No, but it does seem a bit odd.
06:10Greg Sim has form for fraud and deception,
06:13and his business practices have a rather unsavoury reputation.
06:17I'm sure he's got a lot of work to do.
06:20I'm sure he's got a lot of work to do.
06:23I'm sure he's got a lot of work to do.
06:26I'm sure he's got a lot of work to do.
06:28Unsavoury reputation.
06:30I did a quick search on Sim's portfolio, turned up something quite interesting.
06:33Six weeks ago he bought an old community centre
06:36right between Clover Avenue and the Stumbles,
06:39which is right here, where Jake's car was found.
06:42Now he wants to develop the site, but he's had a few problems with squatters,
06:45and I'm thinking maybe Lenny was one of them problems.
06:47Jake's ex thought he was becoming disillusioned with corporate law,
06:50that's why he was helping out at the soup kitchen.
06:52Maybe Lenny was talking to Jake about legal advice.
06:55Right, have a word with this Mr Sim, see what he has to say for himself.
06:58But softly, softly, just sound him out.
07:10Jake Evans. Doesn't ring a bell.
07:13You sure about that, Mr Sim?
07:15You had a meeting with him four days ago.
07:17Jake, of course.
07:19Sorry, I thought you were talking about a customer.
07:21He's not in any trouble, is he?
07:23He's dead, Mr Sim.
07:25Murdered.
07:26His body was dumped in the river between Clover Avenue and the Stumbles.
07:30You have property in that area, don't you?
07:33Yes, it's a disused community centre.
07:35And you recently applied for planning permission to have the site redeveloped, is that right?
07:38Yes, it's what I do.
07:40Sorry, am I being treated as the suspect?
07:42Not at all.
07:43We just wanted to know what your meeting with Jake was about.
07:46He just wanted to bend my ear about a plan he'd dreamt up.
07:49And what was that?
07:50Well, I've got a lot of repossessions on my books at the moment.
07:52Small houses, flats. He wanted me to release some of them for temporary accommodation.
07:56And you said no?
07:58I'm a businessman, not a charity.
08:00And that was it? Meeting ended amicably?
08:03Yeah, completely.
08:04And you haven't seen him since?
08:06No, sorry. So, is that us done then?
08:10Yep.
08:13Oh, one last thing, Mr Sim. Do you have any dealings with the homeless community?
08:17Does the name Lenny mean anything to you?
08:19I buy and sell property, Detective Banks.
08:21How many homeless people do you know can afford a mortgage?
08:338.5% proof. Good stuff, eh? Keeps the cold out.
08:37It keeps everything out, doesn't it?
08:39That's generally the point.
08:41There's too much crap to deal with out here.
08:43Why'd you stick it out?
08:45What else am I going to do?
08:47Get a job? Rent a flat?
08:49Wouldn't work out.
08:52What about family?
08:53I don't know where they are and they don't know where I am.
08:55And that's the way I like it.
08:56Right, easy, easy.
08:59What about you?
09:00What are you avoiding? Wife? Kids?
09:05I know I should go and see my old man at Christmas Spend It With Him, but...
09:08something about this time of year just makes me want to go underground.
09:13Yeah, well, let's agree.
09:14We don't have a choice at the moment, otherwise we'd both be somewhere else.
09:20Fair enough.
09:23Wait, are you all right?
09:28Yeah.
09:29Come on, let's go and find Reggie.
09:37Reggie will usually sleep till the rush hour is over
09:39and then get down to St Michael's for breakfast and a beer.
09:42If the weather's nice, we'll all meet at the race ground.
09:46To ditch a lifetime of timetable and structure, I need to create another one.
09:49The only way to stay alive.
09:51Sad but true.
09:53Reggie had to teach me that.
09:55I was right in the mess when I first started sleeping rough.
10:01Is that...?
10:09OK, you tell me after three, what to do.
10:13Hey!
10:15Lenny?
10:17He's not breathing.
10:20He's dead.
10:24What you got here?
10:26Oh, Jacob, it was worth us.
10:28I thought I'd start to go through them, see what I could find.
10:30Is this it, just two boxes?
10:31Not quite.
10:33Feel free to muck in, Sarge.
10:35Any luck?
10:37Lenny Wiseman went to Cambernal Hostel last night after he'd had a good kick in.
10:41Left after a couple of hours, hasn't been seen since.
10:44Well, where is he?
10:45Hard to say, Sarge.
10:46That's the problem with the homeless, they're transient.
10:49DC Banks.
10:50999.
10:51Mickey?
10:53Don't worry about names, I ain't got time to explain.
10:55But I need police and an ambulance down to Ruston Way, the bridge.
10:59Yeah, an old boy, he's died, his name's...
11:01What's his surname?
11:03Wiseman.
11:04His name's Lenny, Lenny Wiseman.
11:05Whoa, whoa, Mickey, slow down.
11:06Are you OK?
11:07It doesn't matter.
11:08Listen, I don't know the full facts because I weren't there, but I know he's fallen down some stairs.
11:12I've got to go.
11:14I don't know the facts.
11:15He doesn't think it was just a fall.
11:17What now?
11:18Let's keep our heads down and our mouths shut.
11:22What have we got, Eddie?
11:23Broken heads.
11:25See that pool of blood?
11:28That was congealed already.
11:31Poor bloke must have been lying there for a couple of hours.
11:35I mean, how many people do you reckon came down here before someone actually bothered to notice that this man was dead?
11:40Not sleeping, dead.
11:43And is this where he fell from?
11:44Possibly.
11:46Something odd about the blood spatter, or lack of it.
11:50I'll know better when my boys have finished their sweep.
11:52OK, thanks.
11:55How do we go with the CCTV?
11:58There's no coverage either down here or along the walkway.
12:00It's not much to look at.
12:02Lonely place to come to.
12:03Lonely place to die.
12:04No luck with the witnesses, I suppose.
12:06One report of a male and female running away from me about 20 minutes ago.
12:09IC1 male, 30, slim build, light hair, about 5'7", and IC3 female, about 5'4".
12:15Both reported as rough sleepers.
12:17Want us to chase it up?
12:18It's all right.
12:19They already know where they are.
12:20Thanks.
12:22So why did Mickey leave in such a hurry?
12:25The girl must be Nicola McKenzie.
12:27The girl must be Nicola McKenzie.
12:29She probably didn't want to hang around.
12:31Mickey said they're scared of their own shadows at the minute.
12:36Maybe it was justified.
12:41Oi, Nicola, calm down.
12:44Oi!
12:46Richie!
12:47Are you OK?
12:49Well, I would not be.
12:51What's the matter?
12:52It's Lenny.
12:54What?
12:56Sit down.
12:59He's dead.
13:04I found him at the bottom of the stairs by the railway line.
13:06He said it was...
13:09What if it was Ryan Nelson?
13:10First Jake, and then Lenny.
13:12And you've had your problems with Greg before.
13:13Nick!
13:14It's enough, all right?
13:15Who is Ryan?
13:16Who's Greg?
13:17It's none of your business, yeah?
13:18Forget about it.
13:19I stuck my neck out to stop Lenny getting a kick in, you know that?
13:21And now he's dead.
13:22And the geezer that Lenny was talking to, he's dead.
13:25Now, I think I've got a right to know where I might be next in line.
13:28Now, Ryan's a bloater.
13:29Attack Lenny, yeah?
13:30Yeah.
13:31Greg?
13:33Ryan's the monkey.
13:34Greg's the organ grinder.
13:38Greg Shinn.
13:39He was a property developer, something.
13:42He's the reason people like Lenny end up on the street.
13:46How?
13:47Lenny lost his house to him.
13:50That's what Lenny was talking to Jake about, yeah?
13:52Yeah.
13:53And now they're both dead!
13:55He's starting to get the hint, or what?
13:57You shut your mouth and you keep your head down.
14:00Right, safer for everyone, all right?
14:03All right?
14:07Is there anything to suggest that this wasn't an accident?
14:09Just the coincidence that Lenny was attacked last night.
14:12What do we know about him?
14:13Okay, Lenny Wiseman, age 65.
14:15His wife, Marsha, died two years ago.
14:17Now, he was only homeless for four months because prior to that,
14:20he owned a three-bedroom semi in South London.
14:22Having retired five years ago with a small but livable pension.
14:25He lost everything in a matter of years, huh?
14:28Grace, anything from your checks?
14:29I'm not sure yet. I'm still waiting for a phone call from FIU.
14:33Sarge, Mickey wants to meet.
14:35Oh, finally.
14:36Right, you'd better have something for us or I'm pulling this little UC escapade.
14:40I'll give him the message.
14:42It sounds like extortion.
14:44Word is that Lenny was talking to Jake about it.
14:46He was trying to get legal advice.
14:48Bit of a jump to murder, though.
14:49Yeah.
14:50Sim said he started going to Lenny at the church, remember? I was there.
14:53Young lad's name's Ryan Nelson.
14:56I'm pretty much certain he's going to have form as well.
14:59He's the link between Lenny, Jake and Sim.
15:03Got it?
15:04Yep.
15:05Oh, do me a favour as well.
15:06Can you run a check on a mispa, Nicola McKenzie?
15:09I'm sure she's a runaway.
15:10She's not involved, though?
15:11No, no, no. I just want to know what her story is, that's all.
15:14She looked out for me. I want to see if I can help her out.
15:18What?
15:19The Sarge is all over this.
15:22If he thinks you're on some sort of crusade, he's going to...
15:24Crusade?
15:25Fancy one person's been murdered, possibly two.
15:27People out here are terrified.
15:29Well, if Max thinks I'm just going to sit around while this Ryan Nelson's going to move on, I...
15:32Whoa, whoa, chill.
15:34Mickey, you all right?
15:38Yeah, I'm just tired, that's all.
15:42Look, Reggie saw something the night that Jake was killed, I'm sure of it.
15:44And I can get it out of him, OK?
15:46Just need you lot to find Ryan Nelson.
15:49Ryan Nelson.
15:51Previous for assault, theft, ABH.
15:56Mickey got the name from Nicola McKenzie and Reggie Sharp.
15:59Good.
16:00Where's Mickey now?
16:01He's still out there, Sarge.
16:03We don't want to break his cover, just he's starting to get somewhere.
16:06So how is Mickey?
16:07He's OK, sir. He's in a strange place at the minute.
16:10In some ways, being out there might be just what he needs.
16:13As long as he doesn't end up at the bottom of a stairway.
16:15I think he's more worried about protecting Nicola and Reggie.
16:18OK, I think I've got to the bottom of how Lenny lost his money.
16:22Dodgy equity release schemes.
16:25What am I looking at?
16:26The research and notes from legal proceedings that Jake Evans was putting together.
16:31So what was the case about?
16:33The trading methods of Sim Properties Limited.
16:36In particular, their chairman, Greg Sim.
16:38That's what Jake Evans was seeing Sim about four days ago.
16:41Well, he told us it was a meeting about a project for low-cost housing.
16:44Greg Sim lied.
16:46For the past three years, he's been buying houses off people who own them outright,
16:50then letting them back.
16:52But then he ups the rent to way beyond what these people can afford.
16:55Is it illegal?
16:56Technically, no.
16:57Well, it's certainly immoral.
16:58These houses were bought at knock-down prices.
17:01And the former owners were charged exorbitant monthly rents.
17:04And none of them were legal protection?
17:06If Sim's practices were brought to the attention of the Office of Fair Trading...
17:10It'd be a scandal.
17:11Potentially ruin his business.
17:13Okay, get uniformed and find Ryan Nelson.
17:16Banksy, you and Joe bring in Sim on the conspiracy to commit ABH.
17:19The sooner we clear this mess up, the sooner we can get Mickey off the streets.
17:22Sir.
17:23It's not a scam.
17:25And I'm not targeting pensioners.
17:27I'm offering a service to anyone who wants it.
17:29Like Lenny Wiseman.
17:31Once homeowner, then homeless after you'd finished with it.
17:34I'm not his financial advisor.
17:36I can't control what he does with his money.
17:38Certainly not now.
17:40What do you mean?
17:41Lenny's dad, Mr Sim.
17:43Found at the bottom of a stairway, with a cracked skull.
17:46Um, what's this got to do with me?
17:48Oh, hang on a minute, we've only just got started.
17:50Have you ever met a Jake Evans?
17:52Yes, I've told you already.
17:54I met him four days ago.
17:55You also told us you discussed a housing project.
17:57Only that wasn't quite the truth, was it, Greg?
18:01So where were you on Tuesday nights, say between 10pm and midnight?
18:06At my office.
18:07I often work late on weeknights.
18:09Can anyone corroborate this?
18:10Yes, my niece's boyfriend, Ryan.
18:13Ryan Nelson?
18:14That's correct.
18:15You use your niece's boyfriend to beat up elderly homeless people.
18:19I have no idea what you're talking about.
18:22Of course, Ryan's always been a troubled lad, so I can't speak for him.
18:27Oh, cut it out, Greg.
18:28You knew that Jake was speaking to Lenny and preparing legal proceedings against you.
18:32Yes, Jake told me about it in great detail.
18:35And it would be fair to say that if Jake Evans had succeeded, you could potentially lose clients.
18:39That's exactly what Jake intended.
18:41He told me as much.
18:42And how did you feel about that?
18:44How do you think?
18:45I was livid.
18:47But that doesn't make me a murderer.
18:50Look, I know you people disapprove of what I do.
18:55But even if you're right, and what I do is morally repugnant, it's not illegal.
19:10Ryan Nelson, open up!
19:15Thank you.
19:16Right, neighbor reckons he left about 15 minutes ago, heading south towards Penn Market.
19:21Apparently, he had company. Not the good kind.
19:24OK, we might want to tell DS Carter that Ryan could be out looking for trouble.
19:28Get some backup sent over.
19:40Get out of here!
19:50Reggie, we should get out of here.
19:53Nicks! Nicks!
20:10Nicks!
20:33Police!
20:40Police!
20:54Mickey!
21:04We're on our way to arrest Ryan Nelson.
21:07Ryan Nelson, we ran straight into a brawl.
21:09As far as I can make out, Nelson and his thug were targeting Reggie Sharp and Nicola McKenzie.
21:13And Mickey?
21:14Got caught up in it. Left this at the scene.
21:17But no Mickey. And no Nicola McKenzie?
21:20Maybe Mickey was helping her out at the front line.
21:22More like the other way around, sir.
21:24Cornered her a couple of witnesses. Mickey got a good kicking.
21:27So he's still out there and we can't communicate with him.
21:29Right, well let's concentrate on something we can control.
21:32Where's Reggie Sharp?
21:33With DF and me. He's shaken up, but he should be ready to have a chat soon enough.
21:36OK, let's have a briefing in 15. Let's hope Mickey gets in touch soon.
21:43Wait, wait, wait.
21:50Easy, easy.
21:51What?
21:52You ain't no nurse, are you?
21:54Come on, I'm sure that face has taken a beating before.
21:57Yeah, normally when I get myself into trouble.
21:59What did you take that geezer on for, eh?
22:00I just lost it.
22:01Lost it? I thought you was going to kill the fella.
22:03Better that than getting trampled on.
22:05What are you talking, eh? You or Reggie?
22:07I learnt that long before I met Reggie.
22:09Come on, let's go.
22:10Where?
22:11Somewhere Reggie will find us.
22:21Am I under arrest?
22:23No, no, no. Like I said, we just want to know what happened.
22:25Then I want to go, all right? I need to find Nick.
22:28Well, Nick's the one who started it, by all accounts.
22:29No, she never. They started all this.
22:32It just happens all the time. Why are you so interested now?
22:35Because this time the guy you were fighting with is being investigated for two murders.
22:39No, I don't know nothing about no murder.
22:42Look, Ryan and his boy come at us.
22:44That's all I'm saying.
22:46Lenny Wiseman. You seen him this morning?
22:50Am I supposed to order this, Blake?
22:52You should. You threatened to set him on fire yesterday afternoon.
22:55Sorry, I don't recall that happening.
22:57Unless you've got some CCTV evidence to refresh my memory.
23:00Nope.
23:01Shame.
23:02We don't need it.
23:04Ryan, the police officer, was present when you assaulted Lenny Wiseman.
23:08Do you work for a man called Greg Sims, is that correct?
23:10For his company, yeah.
23:12Doing what?
23:13Advising.
23:14Oh, right.
23:15So that's what they call beating up homeless pensioners these days, advising.
23:19OK, look.
23:21I went for the old boy, but he started it.
23:24He comes over to me, asking for change.
23:26I tell him where to go.
23:28He flips out.
23:29Went for me.
23:30It was self-defence.
23:32At least that's my story anyway.
23:35I guess it's my word against the drunk's.
23:37Not really.
23:38Lenny's dead.
23:44You can't think I had anything to do with it?
23:46You mind telling us what you were doing between nine and ten o'clock this morning?
23:50I was with mates.
23:51Where?
23:52Look, I never touched him.
23:54Not today, at least.
23:55But you saw him.
23:56As did anyone who was on Keswick Street at 9am this morning.
24:00The useless alco was off his face outside the off-licence.
24:04He could barely stand up.
24:06Yet I saw him.
24:08Maybe he had a word.
24:09A bit of a laugh.
24:11I never touched him.
24:13OK, this is from the off-licence on Keswick Street this morning.
24:18This is Ryan Nelson here.
24:20And there's our Lenny.
24:21Looking half-cut already, look at him.
24:27Well, there's no contact.
24:30Ooh.
24:32Keswick Street is two blocks from the stairs where his body was found.
24:36Is he injured?
24:38That must have hurt.
24:40Come on, son, up you get.
24:45Well, that's the cut, isn't it?
24:47So Eddie could be right.
24:49The head injury didn't happen at the stairs.
24:51He walked there, laid down and died.
24:56It's a drunken fool that's killed him.
24:58It doesn't necessarily change anything.
25:01Would the Jake Evans murder be the same motive as an opportunity to apply it?
25:04Yeah.
25:05What?
25:06You don't think Ryan's capable of murder?
25:08No.
25:10Banksy.
25:12Sarge, I've got something you'll want to see.
25:15This is from Penn Market just before we arrived.
25:18This is Nicola McKenzie.
25:20I've got to hand it to Ryan, he's told the truth twice in one interview.
25:23Must be a personal best.
25:25She certainly knows how to handle herself.
25:27Hang on a minute.
25:29I recognise that girl from somewhere.
25:34These are the pictures taken from Jake's camera.
25:37There she is.
25:39And this is Jake.
25:41And that must be St Michael's Church where Jake volunteered to work in the soup kitchen.
25:45They look pretty friendly.
25:47So? He's got his hand on a shoulder sword.
25:49She told Mickey she barely knew Jake.
25:51That tells me she knew him pretty well.
25:53So what do we know about this girl?
25:55Not much, just that she's close with Reggie and that Mickey wanted us to chase up her family.
26:00And?
26:01She was reported missing by her mother, Sheila, 27th October 2007.
26:09We need to get more.
26:12What are you thinking?
26:14If there is something going on between Jake and Nicola, it might be worth asking Reggie.
26:19He was just another do-gooder.
26:21Right? We get them all the time.
26:23Yeah, they do six months, they get bored and we never see them again.
26:27We were just wondering why she'd pretend to hardly know Jake.
26:29Pretend to who?
26:33Mickey.
26:34He's a copper, isn't he? I knew he was wrong.
26:38Why do you want to know about Jake and Nic anyway?
26:42No, whoa. No, no, no.
26:45You've got it well wrong. If you think Nicola had anything to do with...
26:49She wouldn't hurt a fly.
26:51We're not looking to stitch anyone up, Reggie. We just want to understand.
26:55Did anything happen between Nicola and Jake?
26:57I don't know, alright?
26:59She liked him.
27:01Why would she want to hurt him?
27:03You want to ask what he wanted off of her? He was obsessed with her.
27:08He tracked down her mum, alright?
27:11He was trying to make her go home and she didn't want that, alright?
27:15Why don't you just leave us alone?
27:18Well, it looks like Jake and Nicola were a lot more involved than we thought.
27:21I'm going to call St Michael's and the hospital, see if anyone can shed any light.
27:25Details on Nicola Mackenzie.
27:27She was reported missing by her mother in October 2007,
27:30but she actually went missing from the family home in July 2007.
27:34It took her mother three months to report it?
27:36Why's that?
27:37I don't know, but she's got four. Possession, theft, the usual.
27:40Thing is, there's an assault arrest on her sheet that was NFA.
27:43So maybe Sheila wasn't in a hurry to have her daughter found.
27:46Go see the mother. Find out why her daughter's on the streets.
28:07So, how did you find her?
28:09Well, one of our officers came across Nicola whilst she was following up a lead.
28:14So we ran a check and realised that she was registered as missing.
28:18She's not in any trouble, is she?
28:19No, no, not at all.
28:20Well, where is she? Can you take me to her?
28:22No, I'm afraid we can't do that.
28:24But she's my daughter.
28:25We can let her know you've been informed. The rest is up to her.
28:28Who's this in the photo with you?
28:30Oh, stepfather. Ex-stepfather.
28:35We've been wondering why Nicola left home.
28:39Why she chose to live on the streets.
28:44Sheila, there were several domestic violence calls out to this address
28:48in the six months leading up to Nicola running away.
28:52Was it you he used his fists on?
28:56Nicola would be the one to call the police.
29:00But I was more afraid of losing Bill than anything else.
29:03He never touched her?
29:06Only the once.
29:09One night, Bill...
29:14slapped me.
29:17Anyway, Nicola, she just lost it and then he hit her.
29:23And the next day she was gone.
29:26That wasn't quite it, though, was it, Mrs Mackenzie?
29:29Something else happened that day. An incident.
29:32Police were called but no further action was taken.
29:38After Bill hit her, Nicola waited for him to calm down.
29:43Then she went to the kitchen and she came back with a paring knife
29:46and she stabbed him. Right here.
29:50I managed to talk him out of pressing charges
29:52and he managed to talk me into kicking my daughter out of my own home.
29:58But three months later I woke up
30:01and I tried to find her.
30:04But it was too late.
30:30Snug.
30:31You don't like it. You know where the door is.
30:33No, I didn't mean it like that. Yeah, you did.
30:36Right, sorry, I did.
30:39How did you meet him, Reggie?
30:44I'd been on the streets a couple of days.
30:47I had to leave home.
30:49Didn't know what I was doing.
30:54This guy stopped and said he'd give me ten quid.
30:57Just had to do a little something for him.
31:00I thought I'd be smart, yeah?
31:02Rip him off by getting the money up front and leg it.
31:05What happened?
31:07He caught me.
31:09He gave me a right kicking.
31:11Is that all?
31:12No.
31:15Anyway, Reggie found me there a couple of hours later.
31:19He brought me here.
31:21Told me everything's going to be alright.
31:24And you know what?
31:26He was right.
31:28Eventually.
31:31From then on, it's like we were soulmates.
31:34Has he got any family?
31:38Him and his wife had been on the streets from young.
31:41She had a smack problem. I think they both did.
31:44All I know is that she died.
31:46OD?
31:48I prefer Miri, he said.
31:53Me and Reggie look out for each other.
31:55Is Nicola a viable suspect?
31:57Seems so.
31:59Does Mickey have any idea who he's dealing with?
32:02I'd say no.
32:04Let's look again at the timeline then.
32:06Jake has a row with Susie,
32:09and then Paul,
32:11and then drives around a bit.
32:13Camberden Hall Hostel says he was around there looking for Nicola.
32:16This was half an hour before his approximate time of death.
32:18She wasn't there.
32:19So how and why does he end up at this part of the ring?
32:22Well, unless she engineered it that way.
32:24Was she really that cold-blooded?
32:26DC Banks.
32:27Banksy.
32:28Mickey, where are you? Are you alright?
32:30Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
32:31Hold on.
32:33Mickey, is Nicola McKenzie with you?
32:35Yeah, she's nearby.
32:37Why?
32:38She's now a suspect in the Jake Evans murder investigation.
32:40That's ridiculous.
32:41Mickey, we don't have time to explain.
32:43Just give us your exact position and we'll get to you as soon as possible.
32:45You're making a big mistake, okay? There's absolutely no way.
32:47There's no discussion, DC. That is an order.
32:49Just back off.
32:50Okay? I'll find a way of bringing her in, alright?
33:01Well?
33:02What do you say?
33:03Reggie, you alright?
33:04Yeah, yeah.
33:06Should we go wait for him?
33:08Yeah.
33:14I don't know why they would have kept Reggie for so long.
33:16He didn't do anything wrong.
33:17You sure he'll come back?
33:18He didn't do anything wrong.
33:19You sure he'll come back here?
33:20He usually does, if we ever have to break routine.
33:23I can't believe you'd want to come back here.
33:24What do you mean?
33:26It was about 50 metres from where Jake was murdered.
33:29Why do you keep doing that?
33:30Doing what?
33:31Bringing up Jake.
33:32It's like you're picking at a scab.
33:35I'm sorry. I didn't think you'd mind.
33:38Not like you were close.
33:41We were, okay?
33:43I know him well.
33:44How well?
33:45What does it matter? He's dead now.
33:48What's happened?
33:49This is pointless, isn't it?
33:51Let's go and get Reggie from the knick.
33:52You're kidding, right?
33:53No, you said so yourself. They can't hold him forever.
33:55I ain't going near no coppers.
33:57Right, but you're happy to let him take the hit for a fight at Euston?
33:59I thought you were supposed to be soulmates, eh?
34:01Don't tell me how to treat Reggie.
34:03Fine, leave him then.
34:04Okay, let him do with Greg, Ryan and the old Bill.
34:07Where's the trace on that play phone?
34:08I want to get Mickey back alive so I can kill him myself.
34:11What did he say?
34:12That we're being ridiculous.
34:14He says that he wants to be left alone and bring her in himself.
34:16He's probably developed a rapport with her.
34:18I'm sure he won't ignore our warnings.
34:20Do you want to take the risk and just back off?
34:21Thank you.
34:22He was calling from a pay phone on Clover Avenue.
34:24Right, let's go.
34:34You all right?
34:36Not really, no.
34:38Let's just find Reggie and get out of here, yeah?
34:43I'm looking for the person in charge of Reggie's shop.
34:45He's in custody?
34:46Yeah.
34:49Hey, uh...
34:52Drinker, whatever happens, I promise you it's going to be okay.
34:54All right?
34:55What?
34:56I'm a police officer.
34:57What are you talking about?
34:58This next bit is all going to be a procedure and I'm going to straighten everything out.
35:00Straighten what out? What's just a procedure?
35:02Nicola McKenzie, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder.
35:04You do not have to...
35:05Wait there!
35:07But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned...
35:09I trusted you.
35:10...something which eludes you.
35:11Right, I'll see you later.
35:12Come on.
35:13Get off me!
35:14Get off me!
35:15Get off me!
35:16Get off me!
35:17Get off me!
35:45Get off me!
35:51It's not so much the direct insubordination, or the lack of respect,
35:56or the failure to address the concerns of your colleagues and senior officers.
36:01All of that I've been guilty of many times before.
36:04It was the fact that your colleagues were all terrified for your safety.
36:08For good reason.
36:10Because of good police work they carried out and you didn't seem to give a damn.
36:15I know.
36:18And I didn't even look at it that way, OK?
36:20And I'm sorry.
36:23But I know this girl.
36:24I know what makes her tick.
36:26And I don't think that she did this, OK?
36:32How do you know she's not playing you?
36:34I don't, Governor.
36:36I just know that this is not her.
36:38She's not capable.
36:39Read the case note. She's done it before.
36:41Her stepfather was a bully.
36:43Her stepfather was a bully.
36:45OK, Ryan Nelson, a bully.
36:47That's what gets a reaction out of this girl.
36:50Whoever Jake Evans was, he wasn't a bully.
36:55So how do you want to play her, Max?
36:57Has there ever been a better opportunity to play good cop by a cop?
37:02What?
37:03You want me back on in the interview?
37:05Why not?
37:06After all, the only person she hates in the world more than me right now is you.
37:11When did you first meet Jake Evans?
37:14About six months ago.
37:16At the St. Michael's Church soup kitchen.
37:18And what was your relationship?
37:20He served me soup.
37:22But it became more than that, didn't it?
37:24Eventually, yeah.
37:26He moved on to Maines.
37:29Is there something funny about Jake Evans' murder that I'm missing?
37:33I don't think she's trying to be funny.
37:35I think she's trying to book it out.
37:37Don't you dare try and get me.
37:38You haven't earned the right.
37:39I don't think you quite understand the dynamic.
37:41Nicky believes you're innocent.
37:43He's on your side.
37:44I, on the other hand, believe you're guilty.
37:47Looking at your past, I see a long trail of violent, impulsive behaviour when exposed to threatening situations with men.
37:54You attacked Ryan Nelson.
37:56You stabbed your mean old stepdaddy with a paring knife.
37:59Why not slice open Jake Evans' throat with a broken cider bottle or whatever came to hand?
38:04I didn't do that.
38:05Which bit? Because I know you stabbed stepdad.
38:07And we've got CCTV of your kamikaze attack on Ryan.
38:10I didn't kill Jake.
38:13We were friends.
38:15I'm glad we're past the humour stage.
38:16Maybe we can now get down to the truth.
38:24Listen, I trust you, Nicola.
38:25I just, I don't understand why you feel so responsible for Jake's death.
38:28What makes you think I feel that?
38:30It's like you can't even acknowledge his name since he's died.
38:33It's like you're holding on to something.
38:34I just, I don't know what it is.
38:36Was it that he had a fiancée or was that what you feel guilty about?
38:39No. Why would I?
38:42I wasn't shagging him.
38:44He was just trying to help me.
38:46Help me sort my life out.
38:47Then why do you feel so responsible, eh?
38:53I was supposed to meet Jake that night.
38:56He said he had something to tell me.
38:59At the hostel?
39:01But that never happened?
39:02No.
39:03I was annoyed with him.
39:05So I stood him up.
39:07Where were you?
39:09Drinking at the Arches.
39:11Alone?
39:12No.
39:14With Lenny and a few of the others.
39:16When Jake realised that he couldn't find you in the hostel,
39:18where do you think he went looking for you?
39:22Down by the river.
39:24Jake would have expected me to be there when he couldn't find me at the hostel.
39:29That's why he's dead.
39:32Why were you annoyed with him?
39:35He'd been asking me about my mum.
39:37How I'd feel about seeing her again.
39:39I told him I didn't want her, simple as that.
39:42Not that it mattered anyway.
39:44She moved.
39:45Even if I did want to see her again, Jake wouldn't know where to find her.
39:48But Jake did know where she was.
39:50And so must have you.
39:54Why would you lie about something like that?
39:55I'm not lying.
39:56Nicola, Reggie Sharp told us that Jake Evans had tracked your mother down.
40:02Who told him, if not you?
40:06I don't know.
40:13You're right.
40:15I was annoyed with him because he promised to give me some money and he hadn't.
40:18How much?
40:19500 quid.
40:23No, you're lying, Nicola.
40:24You're lying.
40:26Interview suspended.
40:271643.
40:31What is it?
40:32We're interviewing the wrong person here, aren't we?
40:35I mean, Nicola didn't have a clue that Jake had traced her mother's new address.
40:38You saw the confusion in her face.
40:40That's why Jake went to meet her, to tell her about it.
40:43But he didn't get a chance.
40:46But he did manage to tell one person.
40:49But is Nicola okay?
40:50No.
40:51No, she's worried about you.
40:53She's worried about what's going to happen to you.
40:56Me?
41:00We know, Reggie.
41:02You knew that Jake Evans had traced Nicola's mother.
41:06The thing is, Nicola didn't know, did she?
41:09Jake never got a chance to tell her.
41:12That's why he went down to the river to see her.
41:15But instead he found you.
41:18Nicola was your soul mate, wasn't she?
41:23Ever since you lost your wife.
41:27She looked after me.
41:30We looked after each other.
41:31We looked after each other.
41:33Jake wanted to take her off the streets.
41:43When you've lost everything,
41:48but you get something back,
41:51it feels brilliant.
41:56You didn't want him to take that away, did you?
42:01You saw him down at the river.
42:04And what happened, Reggie?
42:09I've been drinking.
42:13And we had a row.
42:15Grabbed a bottle.
42:17I woke up, he was dead.
42:20Put my coat on him,
42:21stones in his pockets.
42:24Pushed it in the river.
42:28I'm sorry.
42:32No.
42:38It is reterminated.
42:411653.
42:48What are you going to do now?
42:50I don't know. Carry on.
42:55What about you, Mickey?
42:59All that stuff you told me.
43:01It wasn't just part of the act, was it?
43:07You need to find something that makes you happy.
43:10Hey, I think I'll give you a bit of the same advice.
43:14Listen, you've got home to go to out here.
43:18I think you need to ask yourself
43:19whether you still belong on the streets or not.
43:25Take care, Nicola.
43:31Bye.
44:02Come on in, boys.
44:05Something wrong?
44:06Yeah.
44:11Take his head, take his head.
44:12I've got it, I've got it.
44:13The baby.
44:14Sarge!
44:17You think I'm wasting everyone's time, is that it?
44:20I think you need to take a good hard look in the mirror.
44:22Something went on between you two today.
44:24You don't know what you're talking about, DC Webb.
44:26I'm starting to see what you're like, Sergeant.
44:28Your conscience completely clear?
44:29Completely.
44:30Maybe that's the problem.