Nineties Eastenders (9th January 1998)

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Nineties Eastenders (9th January 1998)
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00:00Congratulations, you're on time, I thought you were going to be late.
00:29I thought you were going to the theatric. I didn't mean for you to dance, love, did we get hammered or what?
00:33Listen, Pat.
00:34No, no, no, no, it's all right, it's only a game, don't worry about it, leave that to the men.
00:38It's not about the dance. You know Cindy's court case was adjourned yesterday, well, Ian's nerves are a bit shot.
00:43I told him I'd go with him.
00:44Fine.
00:45I'd have to go till ten.
00:46No, it's fine.
00:47I feel really bad about dumping you in it again.
00:49Kathy, you'd do the same for me, love. Who's looking after the twins?
00:51Peggy and Tiffany.
00:52How about Cindy gets what she deserves? Not that she ain't got it coming.
00:55Oh, don't judge me for snatching the kids either.
00:58I don't deserve you.
00:59No, I don't deserve you.
01:01Meantime, business as usual.
01:03Gran, are you decent?
01:06Got a cup of tea for you here, love.
01:08Gran!
01:10Thanks, Peggy.
01:13I'll take that if you like.
01:14And I'll tell you what, if there's another one in the park, I won't say no.
01:24This is the worst place you could be. You're right under the arch and in the shadow.
01:27You'd be missing out on half the train.
01:28It wasn't my decision.
01:29Well, he's your dad. You should be using that.
01:31This is a way of punishing me.
01:32Your daddy wanted to do well.
01:34Well, I've packed in school.
01:36So you'll be doing this full-time then?
01:38What do you have to do to get a regular picture out?
01:40Leave till you're 150.
01:41But you're a regular.
01:42I'm not. I'm a casual, just like you.
01:44Now, come, I've never seen you queue up.
01:46Let's just say your dad's a very kind man.
01:50Cup of tea, please.
01:51Right, coming up.
01:53I called round the house last night.
01:54Yeah, I thought you said something about a community play.
01:58Did he suspect anything?
01:59What's there to suspect after the way you snuck out the other morning?
02:04I just want to clear the air, that's all.
02:05It's going to have to wait.
02:06Mum, are you ready?
02:07Right, just coming, love.
02:08Right.
02:08Er, Pat, could you get Alex here a cup of tea, please?
02:11Yeah, of course.
02:12I hope it goes well, love.
02:13Thanks.
02:14Right, er, I'll see you later.
02:15Yeah.
02:18Yeah, Vicar.
02:20Good news.
02:22What is it, video shop manager?
02:23Eh?
02:24I'm just trying to point out that I've got a name.
02:26Sorry, Alex.
02:28Ambushed Tony Hills this morning.
02:30Turns out he once helped build the sets for his school play.
02:33Sorry?
02:34So how much more qualified do you want?
02:36I've told him he's in charge, so that's everyone now.
02:38You and me, joint producers.
02:40Producers?
02:41Julie, writer-stroke director.
02:42Bianca, costumes.
02:44Tony, sets.
02:45All systems go.
02:46Aren't we forgetting something?
02:47Like what?
02:48Like a cast, for instance.
02:49No problem.
02:50There's me for a start.
02:51And...
02:54I'll see what I can do.
02:55Hello.
02:56Hello.
02:57So that's the wicked mother, is it?
02:59That's her.
03:00Clearly trying to make the effort, but she still looks like a tar.
03:03OK, what have you got to remember?
03:04To look sorry.
03:05Good girl.
03:06Good girl.
03:07And if you can manage it,
03:08a few tears wouldn't go amiss at the appropriate moment,
03:10particularly when the children are mentioned.
03:12I'll do my best.
03:18Look away, Mum.
03:19It's not worth it.
03:20Oh, hang on.
03:21There's Mr Walker.
03:26What are you doing here?
03:27I'm just shadowing policy reporter.
03:29Do you mind if I have a quick word?
03:33What do you think you're doing?
03:34I didn't choose it.
03:35We go where we're sent.
03:36Don't you think Ian's going for enough at the moment?
03:38We'd better have been splashed all over the papers.
03:40If it wasn't us, it'd be somebody else.
03:42Your family!
03:43We're just here to report the facts, that's all.
03:45I think you're so lucky your dad's not around,
03:47cos there's certainly a thing or two to say about it.
03:49Suddenly, the pensioner's tea-dancing raffle seems very appealing.
03:53Mum, this is Mr Walker, my solicitor.
03:56Oh, pleased to meet you.
03:57Hello.
03:58Any news?
03:59Well, from what I can gather,
04:00we're in a similar position as we were yesterday.
04:02So the adjournment was a complete waste of time?
04:04Except the CPS are determined to press ahead.
04:06Oh, excellent.
04:07So it's good news, then?
04:08Very good news.
04:10The Crown against Cindy Beale into court, please.
04:14Here we go again.
04:15Here we go again.
04:22Come to collect me money?
04:24All ready and waiting.
04:26How was the babysitting?
04:28Oh, it was fine, thanks.
04:29I wonder what the missus would have thought about it
04:31if she'd known what you'd been up to only that morning.
04:33I think there's things me and you need to talk about.
04:35Isn't it best if we just forget all about it, Phil?
04:38All that adrenaline and whatnot, people do funny things.
04:41I'm not talking about that.
04:43You said you wanted to keep it just a business.
04:45That's exactly what I'm doing.
04:46Fair enough.
04:48There's no disrespect to you or anything.
04:50I mean, you're a tough lady,
04:52but if I was running a pub or something
04:54and somebody came round demanding money with menaces,
04:56I wouldn't be expecting them to wear a skirt and high heels.
04:58Well, don't wear them, then.
05:00It's you they're supposed to be frightened of.
05:02Look, next time there's going to be no Judy and Cyril.
05:05Someone might decide to kick up a bit.
05:07Believe it or not, I quite like my face the way it is.
05:09You think we need another tough guy?
05:11Well, don't you?
05:13There's a couple of blokes on the staff,
05:15but they tell the old man everything. Wouldn't be worth it.
05:17So we need someone we can trust.
05:19I think I know what's coming.
05:21Your brother, right?
05:22Well, maybe five years ago,
05:24but he's too much of a softie these days.
05:26He wouldn't touch it.
05:28Really?
05:29Besides, this is my party, not his.
05:31So who, then?
05:33Well, his Irish keys have been hanging around the last couple of weeks.
05:35Not Conor Flaherty.
05:37You know him?
05:39He did a bit of plumbing for me.
05:41Well, he fancies himself a bit, but if I was going to have a ruck,
05:43he's a geezer I'd want in with me.
05:45I didn't realise he was a mate of yours.
05:47Well, he's not, but he could be.
05:49You into it?
05:51I'll speak to him, if you like.
05:53No, I'll take care of it.
05:57All rise.
06:07Cindy Beale?
06:09Are you Cindy Beale of 18 Rosewood Avenue, London, NW3?
06:13Yes.
06:15Cindy Beale, you are charged on this indictment
06:17with one count of parental child abduction,
06:20namely that you being a person
06:22connected with the undermentioned children
06:24did on 17 October 1996
06:26take two children,
06:28Peter and Peter Beale, from Albert Square
06:30out of the United Kingdom
06:32without the appropriate consent,
06:34contrary to the provisions under Section 1
06:36of the Child Abduction Act 1984.
06:39Before the arraignment is completed,
06:42are there any developments?
06:45Who's there?
06:46Prosecuting counsel. He's on our side.
06:48Your Honour, I've been in communication with the DPP
06:50and it's their decision to proceed.
06:53Very well.
06:55So what happens now?
06:57The plea's not guilty and it gets referred for trial at a later date.
07:00Cindy Beale, to this count, do you plead guilty or not guilty?
07:08Guilty.
07:10You what?
07:11Silence.
07:12Ian, sit down.
07:13I don't get it.
07:14Neither do I.
07:15But that's good, isn't it?
07:16It's not good at all. What happens now?
07:18The case proceeds. I don't think even Dayton knew about this.
07:21Mr Dayton?
07:23Your Honour, the plea has come as something of a surprise to the prosecution.
07:27If I could request a short adjournment.
07:30Mr Dayton, you've had several weeks in which to prepare your case.
07:33If you're not ready now, you never will be.
07:36Proceed.
07:37Yes, Your Honour.
07:39The facts of the case are these.
07:42The defendant, Cindy Beale,
07:44who is married to Ian Beale,
07:47took two of her children,
07:49Stephen and Peter,
07:51on the Eurostar train out of London.
07:54This was done without the prior knowledge or consent of the father
07:58and came against the following background.
08:02You have to.
08:03What?
08:04Can't you sit somewhere else?
08:07Is it because of him you gave me the lousiest speech on the market?
08:10I'm getting enough aggravation as it is. I don't need this.
08:13I bet you wish I weren't your son sometimes, don't you?
08:15Certainly today I do, yeah.
08:17Now, if I were someone else's son, then it might be different.
08:19You what?
08:20By the way, say if I was Carol Jackson's son, for instance,
08:23then it might be a whole different story.
08:26What's Carol Jackson got to do with anything?
08:29Well, can't we still tea, young lad?
08:31See you later, mate.
08:34Whilst in Italy, Mrs Beale went to great lengths to cover her traces.
08:40For almost a year, all inquiries proved fruitless,
08:44during which time Mr Beale remained entirely ignorant of his two sons' welfare.
08:49Finally, a communication was received which furnished Mr Beale with sufficient clues
08:54to discover his wife's whereabouts,
08:57which enabled Mr Beale, after a careful search,
09:00to find the defendant and recover the children and bring them back to England.
09:06As Your Honour will see, the Crown accepts that Mrs Beale has no previous convictions.
09:12Mr Hawthorne.
09:14Your Honour, the facts of the case, as outlined by my learned friend,
09:20might lead one to regard my client as a heartless creature,
09:24devoid of human sympathies,
09:26combining the carnal appetites of a Messalina
09:30with the moral sensibilities of a Lucretia Borgia.
09:33Si, Honourable.
09:35The truth is that Mrs Beale's marriage had, right from the start,
09:40been one of convenience.
09:43It may now seem curiously anachronistic, even old-fashioned,
09:47but she was anxious that her first child should not be born out of wedlock.
09:52That was her sole motive in marrying him.
09:55You take no notice. He's only doing his job.
09:57Now, that may well have been a mistake,
10:00but she's had to live with the consequences of it for the last eight years.
10:05Mr Beale might be thought to be the innocent victim in all this,
10:09but it's not the case.
10:11At his hands, Mrs Beale suffered six years of abuse and manipulation.
10:17I want her to say something in a minute.
10:19Which is not to say that Mr Beale was ever physically violent towards her.
10:24But there are other kinds of violence.
10:27The fact is that Mrs Beale experienced her marriage
10:30as one of mental and spiritual torture.
10:34Living with a man whose determination to subject her
10:37to his overpowering will turned her life into a living hell.
10:42His desire for control, his mood swings,
10:46his emotional outbursts and temper tantrums
10:49left her feeling anguished and trapped.
10:53Have a pint, please, Peggy.
10:56Can I get a pint, Mum?
10:58What?
10:59You saw me.
11:01I was just wondering if we could have a little chat.
11:03My client has no previous criminal convictions
11:06and I would urge Your Honour to bear in mind
11:08that there is shortly to be a hearing in the civil courts
11:11to determine the custody of the children.
11:13A prison sentence now would surely severely prejudice the outcome of that hearing
11:18and would moreover further punish the innocent victims of this sorry story
11:24upon whose welfare this court should be placing its highest priority.
11:29I mean, of course, the children.
11:32Surely they have already suffered enough.
11:37This court is concerned with justice, not revenge.
11:42A sentence that is tempered with mercy
11:45will be the most satisfactory outcome all round
11:49so that the wounds of this sorry, tragic business
11:53can at last be allowed to heal.
11:57Cindy Beale, do you have anything to say?
12:04Only that I love my children and I'm very sorry.
12:09That's all.
12:13Well, I'll need to consider this case very carefully.
12:16We'll adjourn till this afternoon
12:18and I'll deliver the sentence of the court at 2pm.
12:26In the meantime, Mrs Beale, the law demands that I withdraw your bail.
12:31You'll be held in custody downstairs in the cells until this afternoon.
12:36All rise.
12:45What's going on?
12:47Not here.
12:50Well, we're talking about security.
12:52Pubs, clubs, shops, restaurants.
12:55What's funny?
12:56We're talking about a protection racket, right?
12:58We're talking about offering security.
13:00Yeah, well, in Ireland they call it speed of speed.
13:02Do you know what I'm saying?
13:03They get cash at the general thrift, you know.
13:06Well, it strikes me that you're the sort of fella that can handle himself all right.
13:10I don't like violence.
13:12I don't think Ian Beale does either.
13:15I don't do this kind of thing for peanuts.
13:17Well, who said anything about peanuts?
13:19Are you interested?
13:20Once I know exactly what kind of nuts we are talking about.
13:23Well, you'll have to talk to my partner about that.
13:25Who is?
13:26She runs a market seller down the road.
13:28Annie Palmer?
13:29Yeah, she said she knew you.
13:31Are you into it?
13:32No, I'm not.
13:33Well, you're not?
13:34No, I'm not.
13:35Well, you're not?
13:36No, I'm not.
13:37Well, you're not?
13:38No, I'm not.
13:39Well, you're not?
13:40No, I'm not.
13:41Well, you're not?
13:42No, I'm not.
13:43I could be.
13:44Can you sign it on at the moment?
13:46Very soon, isn't it?
13:47Well, from Monday, you're going to be working part-time at the Archies.
13:50That way, we keep the tax man off your back,
13:52and the DSS won't be wondering where the sharp suits and the fancy moats come from all of a sudden.
13:57I'm getting to like the sound of this.
14:00Well, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
14:03Oh, that's nice.
14:04What is?
14:05Phil and that Connor.
14:06He's such a nice lad.
14:07I've got to see Phil finding his feet again and making some new friends.
14:11Sorry, I'm late.
14:12Oh, that's all right, love.
14:13The kids are upstairs playing,
14:14and I've been putting my head round the door every five minutes.
14:16Get what you was after.
14:17Yeah, thanks.
14:19So, ready to massage your arse, then?
14:22Smells nice.
14:24Well, if you're going to be doing this course,
14:26you're going to need someone to practice on, aren't you?
14:28Yeah.
14:29Well, you can do it this afternoon, if you like.
14:31Might give you a head start.
14:34She's going to get off.
14:35I've just got this feeling.
14:36So she's got a smooth-talking lawyer.
14:38Judges know all about that.
14:39They take that into account.
14:40What I'd be looking at now is the facts.
14:42And you know so much about the law, don't you?
14:44Don't start taking it out on me. I'm just trying to help.
14:49Well?
14:50Well, he wasn't able to talk much.
14:51He's got a meeting about another case.
14:52So what do you think?
14:54On the balance of probabilities, she should still go down.
14:57The balance of probabilities?
14:58Yesterday, it was odds-on.
14:59The guilty plea does change things somewhat.
15:02I saw the look that Nick gave her when she was being taken down.
15:04You can't read too much into that.
15:06Look, let me be frank with you.
15:08It's not unknown for a judge in a case like this
15:10to give an indication of a possible sentence.
15:12You mean her barrister's been tipped the wink?
15:14I mean, I thought that was illegal.
15:16It's not illegal, no.
15:17It's not often done.
15:18Sometimes it's recorded formally,
15:20but it does give off a nasty whiff.
15:22Are you telling me this whole thing's a stitch-up?
15:24Ian, please, calm down.
15:26I'm merely speculating.
15:28But it's as well that you should be warned in advance.
15:33Ian.
15:34What?
15:35I know this is probably a bad time to mention it,
15:37but what time did you tell Peggy you'd pick the children up?
15:3912 o'clock.
15:41Oh, no.
15:42I'm going to have to go back now.
15:43She's got a pub to run.
15:44So I'm going to be all on my own, am I?
15:49No sign of Ian?
15:50No, I thought it'd all be over by now.
15:52What must Kathy be going through?
15:54Look, can you go and check on the kids this time?
15:56My legs aren't up to it.
15:57Right, sure.
15:58Right.
15:59There you go.
16:00Right, that's three, four, and another one next.
16:02Very kind.
16:03Hello again.
16:04Irene, we met at Christmas.
16:06Oh, sorry, yeah, of course.
16:07If you ask me to buy you alcohol, we can forget it.
16:09It'll cause me enough trouble as it is.
16:11I think it's about time you started being nice to me.
16:13What's that supposed to mean?
16:14Bianca Jackson.
16:15Who specifically have you been talking to?
16:17Dan, you think it's a secret.
16:18Everybody knows.
16:19Ask anyone.
16:20I'm not even going to discuss this.
16:21So you're not perfect.
16:22Every now and then, you bend the rules a bit.
16:24People understand.
16:25But she's not even related, and her mum don't even live here no more.
16:28Look, it was nothing to do with her mother, right?
16:30The girl needed a break, and I'm a nice guy.
16:33And this is what you get?
16:34I'm on your side, mate.
16:35Just, I wouldn't want the council to hear about it.
16:38Are you blackmailing me?
16:39Well, like they say in the movies, blackmail is a very nasty word.
16:44Who's to know?
16:45You're going to cost me my job.
16:47So that means I won't be under a bridge tomorrow,
16:49and there'll be no more queuing, yeah?
16:53Good man.
17:06Sorry if I'm late.
17:07Are the kids all right?
17:08Tiffany's upstairs with them now.
17:10Where's he in?
17:11He can't make it.
17:12Zina's gone and pleaded guilty.
17:13She's been sentenced this afternoon.
17:14What?
17:15I'll tell you all about it upstairs.
17:19Hello, son.
17:21Come and join me and Irene.
17:22I'll buy you a drink.
17:23We were just discussing the trials of being a parent.
17:26Another time, Ben.
17:27See you later.
17:30It's not marriage ours, is it?
17:32Only to the church.
17:33Oh, snap.
17:34Who are we talking about now?
17:35My daughter.
17:36They don't realise, do they?
17:38Realise what?
17:39When they were little, we were too tired to enjoy it.
17:43I've always told myself, one day, there'll be other chances.
17:47One day, I'll have grandchildren.
17:49And here we are.
17:51Oh, give them a chance.
17:52I mean, how old are they, for God's sake?
17:54Yeah, one thinks she's the Virgin Mary.
17:56I thought she'd been engaged.
17:58That was a very poor account, my mother knows.
18:00And my son.
18:02What about him?
18:04As you said earlier, it's the cross I have to bear.
18:07I don't get you.
18:09Once upon a time, these days, firmly in the clotic,
18:12it was a private matter.
18:13Nowadays, they seem to want to flaunt it.
18:15You mean he's gay?
18:18He seems to think so.
18:20Everybody knew before me.
18:22I was the last one to be told, and I'm his mother.
18:25I think you know your children.
18:27The truth is, you don't need me about them at all.
18:34Cindy Beale, you've pleaded guilty to the offence of child abduction.
18:39Parliament has decided that this offence
18:41carries a prison sentence of up to seven years.
18:45Certainly, no judge can take this offence lightly.
18:50However, the special circumstances of this case
18:53demand that I take a more lenient view.
18:55I've studied very carefully the evidence of the Crown,
18:59which shows beyond any doubt that you abducted these children,
19:02making your plea right and inevitable.
19:06Nevertheless, I find nothing to suggest
19:09that you were ever anything but a good and devoted mother.
19:12To send you to prison would be to deprive these children
19:15of the love and care that they are owed.
19:17Excuse me, a good and devoted mother?
19:19You will sit down at once.
19:20She dumps the kids with anyone but a laughing while
19:22she goes round the corner and has it off with her boyfriends.
19:24Why doesn't somebody ask me? I'm her husband.
19:26I'm the one who's suffered in all this.
19:28She's only devoted to herself. She's never given a damn about me.
19:31Mr Beale, I'm sensitive to your situation,
19:33but you must sit down and remain silent,
19:35or I'll find you in contempt of court.
19:40Cindy Beale, you are conditionally discharged
19:43for a period of two years.
19:45What?
19:46Mr Beale, sit down. I've told you once. I'll not tell you again.
19:53A conditional discharge means that if at any time
19:56during the next two years you were to re-offend,
19:59you would be brought before this court again,
20:01and I think I can say with some confidence that the likelihood...
20:03Officer Trapps, the adjustment...
20:04Mr Beale, will you please...
20:05She stole my kids.
20:06She put me and my little girl for a year
20:08and they'll not know where the boys were.
20:10I mean, have you got kids?
20:11Mr Beale, this is a court of law, not a football stadium.
20:15Who put you up to it, eh?
20:17Somebody's been lining your pockets.
20:18You are in contempt of court, Mr Beale.
20:20Who put her up to it?
20:21Can you tell me where's the path to justice?
20:23I mean, how much is it these days?
20:25Don't they pay you enough already?
20:26Mr Beale, you will be taken down to the cells
20:29for a period of mature reflection on your behaviour.
20:34When your temper has cooled a little,
20:36you will be brought before me
20:37and I will give you the opportunity to apologise to this court.
20:41If you fail to do so, the consequences will be serious.
20:46Take him down.
20:51I just loved you.
20:57Is it about my mother?
20:59Well, I'm looking after the kids.
21:01I see.
21:03What did you want, anyway?
21:04Well, we didn't get to have a conversation this morning.
21:08Come in.
21:12I understand you wanted to have a word.
21:14Oh, yeah. Come in.
21:19Where's Phil?
21:20Attending to a call of nature.
21:23Sit down.
21:26Sit down.
21:31Well?
21:32The situation's been explained.
21:34Good.
21:37Well, well.
21:39Well, well what?
21:41Well, well, nothing.
21:43I think if I'm going to be your boss,
21:44you've got to stop looking at me like that.
21:46Like what?
21:47Just don't. All right?
21:50Anything you say, boss.
21:53I thought I told you away.
21:55I didn't realise it was an order.
21:57The door was open. Forget it.
21:59Connor tells me you've brought him up to date.
22:01And he's into it.
22:02If we can get the money sorted out.
22:04I thought it would be an idea to fix him up with a job,
22:07so he's going to the arches on Monday to meet Ricky.
22:09Good.
22:10I said, if we can get the money sorted out.
22:13Now, there's a man with all the right instincts.
22:17Well, what are we waiting for?
22:19Let's talk turkey.
22:21I saw you going to the pub, actually, when I thought you'd disappeared.
22:24I was probably upstairs collecting the children.
22:26Oh, right.
22:28So?
22:30I don't know how to put this.
22:32Look, we're both embarrassed.
22:34That wasn't it.
22:35You're a vicar, for goodness sake.
22:38Sometimes I hate that, Don Connor.
22:40Listen to me. I'm saying I understand.
22:43You're a vicar and vicars don't have affairs with married women.
22:46You'd be surprised.
22:47Well, they're not supposed to.
22:49No.
22:50I just wanted to say I feel bad about leaving what I did the other morning.
22:53It was a cowardly thing to do and I'm not proud of myself.
22:56I was probably for the best.
22:58I wouldn't want you to think I'm making a habit out of this sort of thing.
23:01I never thought you did.
23:03I've been going a bit crazy the last couple of days, to tell the truth.
23:06I even thought we were jacking it all in at one point.
23:08Jacking what in?
23:09The church. Everything.
23:11It's all right. I'm not going to.
23:13I'm good at being sensible.
23:15Well, most of the time these days.
23:19So?
23:23This sounds pathetic,
23:25but I want us to be friends.
23:27Sure.
23:29I wouldn't want you to think that...
23:31Think what?
23:32That I regret it, because I don't.
23:35But?
23:37But.
23:39Well, I don't regret it either.
23:42Growing up's all about realising you're not going to get everything you want in this life.
23:46Yeah.
23:47And we're both grown-ups, aren't we?
23:49Well, it's a pity.
23:55Hello?
23:58What sort of bad news?
24:01Oh, no, where is he now?
24:05Yes, yeah, I'm still here.
24:08Well, the trouble is, I've got the kids to look after.
24:12Er, no, no, it's all right. I'll be along.
24:15I'll just sort something out, OK?
24:17Yeah, yeah, thanks.
24:21What happened?
24:23Ian's solicitor.
24:25Cindy's been let off with conditional discharge.
24:27Ian's gone berserk. Now he's down in the cells on contempt of court.
24:30I'm sorry.
24:32What can I do?
24:34An offer to give you an hug?
24:36Not that I don't need one.
24:38But like you said, growing up's all about realising you're not going to get what you want.
24:42Listen, I'm going to have to find someone to look after the kids.
24:44But be very happy to do what I can.
24:46Don't be daft. I'll get Phil or Pat or someone.
24:50Look, I think you'd better go.
24:52Take care.
24:54And you.
24:56I'll see myself out.
25:00Grant?
25:02The boy on the central heating's making that funny noise again.
25:05Can you come and have a look?
25:07Grant?
25:10Oh, sorry, I didn't realise.
25:14Oh, sweetheart.
25:16Happy now?
25:17Yeah, very happy.
25:19Don't worry about the boy, Rick, I'm waiting.
25:21Well, I'll leave you to it then, shall I?
25:29What's happened?
25:31Nothing yet.
25:45All rise.
25:58I hope that your period in the cells have given you some time for reflection, Mr Beale.
26:03Do you have anything you wish to say to me?
26:06How can you call this justice?
26:08Mr Beale, I'm not anxious to make an issue of this.
26:12Please think before you speak.
26:15I'm sure you're not anxious to make an issue out of this.
26:18Because what I said was the truth.
26:20And I'm supposed to apologise for telling the truth, am I?
26:23Well, I'm not going to apologise.
26:25In fact, I'm going to demand a full inquiry into what's gone on in this courtroom today.
26:29Because there's a stink about this place.
26:31And it's a stink of corruption.
26:33And that stink, I regret to say, Your Honour, starts with you.
26:36Ian Beale, you're in contempt of court and you have said nothing to make me ignore this.
26:41Since you've made allegations of an extremely offensive nature against me personally,
26:46which I might add are totally unfounded,
26:49it would be quite wrong, obviously, for me to deal with this case.
26:52For justice to be done and your case to be considered objectively,
26:56your contempt will have to be dealt with by a judge against whom you've made no allegations.
27:00And I therefore disqualify myself from dealing with this case.
27:04You will remain in custody overnight
27:07and be brought back before this court again in the morning
27:10when an impartial judge will decide what to do with you. Take him down.
27:13You what? You can't do that. I've got three kids to look after.
27:16If anyone should be going down, it's her.
27:18Ian!
27:40IAN BEALE, YOU'RE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND YOU'VE MADE ALLEGATIONS OF AN EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE NATURE AGAINST ME PERSONALLY,
27:45WHICH I MIGHT ADD TO MY CASE.
27:47SINCE YOU'VE MADE ALLEGATIONS OF AN EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE NATURE AGAINST ME PERSONALLY,
27:50YOU'VE BEEN BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THIS COURT AGAIN IN THE MORNING WHEN AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH YOU.
27:55IAN BEALE, YOU'RE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND YOU'VE MADE ALLEGATIONS OF AN EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE NATURE AGAINST ME PERSONALLY,
27:59WHICH I MIGHT ADD TO MY CASE.