Law & Order UK Season 4 Episode 5 Help
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00:00Executors who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:13One chip.
00:17You're funny, mate.
00:19You said you wanted one chip. That's one chip, right?
00:24You know what you need, son. A sense of humor transplant.
00:28Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, mate.
00:36Still no sign of him, love?
00:37You've got a taxi, he's always late.
00:42The bloke in his 20s turns up, shaved head, full of himself,
00:47telling me he's to buy another present, his name's coming off this one.
00:52Well, see, looking good.
00:53All right, fiance likes me, keep me eyes to be safe.
01:00Well, the ring ain't on your finger, yeah?
01:02Look, well, you still can, eh?
01:05So what can I do for you?
01:07No, fine, thanks.
01:09Yeah, of course I tried to phone him,
01:18but there's no point in him having a phone if he never uses it, is there?
01:23Yeah, no, it's fine, I'll get a tube.
01:27Oh, wait, I'll call you back.
01:30Robby?
01:36Rob?
01:43Rob?
01:45Rob?
01:48Rob?
01:52I need an ambulance.
01:55Here, now.
01:56No, no, no.
02:00Carl's registered to a Robert Nicholls.
02:06Who found him, Joy?
02:08His sister.
02:09Apparently, he's an ex-footballer.
02:13Used to be a bit of a local celeb round here.
02:16Absolutely, yeah.
02:17Saw him play at West Ham once.
02:19He was good, it's a shame.
02:20His watch and wallet are missing, but I know why I would have nicked.
02:254.2 litre V8.
02:30414 horsepower.
02:31You been at the unleaded again, Joy?
02:33I like fast cars.
02:36Still jacked up.
02:37The attacker could have been interrupted before he could nick it.
02:40So he's killed changing his tyre?
02:43Sometime after nine.
02:44Got his head stoked in with a wheel brace.
02:46Any prints, will it?
02:48No, nothing but smudges.
02:49I'll send it to the lab for DNA testing.
02:53First strike, broke his arm while he tried to defend himself.
02:57Second strike, split his skull.
02:59He wouldn't have had time to put up a fight.
03:01Well, not much of a fight when one of you is armed with a wheel brace.
04:06This evening, he was running late, so I said I'd meet him to save him coming across town.
04:13And when you got to the car, you didn't see anybody near it?
04:18No. I just saw the car and...
04:25Yeah. You know, I saw Robbie play. He was good.
04:30Yeah. He had so much going for him.
04:37And then he tore a ligament in his knee really badly. He never really recovered.
04:43And his watch was worth a fortune.
04:51Wasn't that enough? Why did they have to?
04:54If I'd got a taxi, none of this would have happened.
05:01Where were you supposed to meet your brother, Jennifer?
05:05Yeah, this bloke came in just as she was going, used a load of napkins, cleaned his hands and left.
05:16And I suppose you've still got the napkins, have you?
05:18Well, I emptied the bin when I got in.
05:21Bag should be still out front.
05:24Napkins will be on the top there.
05:29You enjoying those?
05:31Well, best breakfast I've had all day.
05:33Huh?
05:33No, you're right.
05:34Peel them and chop them meself.
05:36Every day, 5am, rain or shine.
05:39Well, you can tell they're lovely.
05:40So, this bloke, did he mention his name at all, where he was going?
05:44Oh, he didn't say nothing like that.
05:47But he did say something.
05:48I was just making a conversation.
05:50Look, I made a crack about how pretty the girl was, and he started mentioning about his fiancée.
05:59There's motor oil all over these napkins.
06:03Anything else you notice about this guy?
06:05The way he was dressed, or did he have anything on him at all?
06:09He did have a carrier bag with him, from a shop called, uh, Barry Flowers.
06:18Here you go.
06:20Yeah, that looks like him.
06:22He was in here the other day, lunchtime, I think.
06:25And did he mention his name at all?
06:27Mr.
06:29Flowers.
06:30I never called his name.
06:34Mr. Flowers?
06:36Yes.
06:37Barry Flowers.
06:39There's been a florist in the Flowers family for three generations now.
06:43Well, did he say what he wanted, Mr. Flowers?
06:48He was looking for a bridal display for Saturday.
06:53Saturday?
06:54For a wedding?
06:55Isn't that a bit late to be ordering wedding flowers?
06:57That's what I thought.
06:58His supplier's just gone bust.
07:01He was looking for a last-minute replacement.
07:04He took a couple of display brochures for his fiancée.
07:07There's no camera footage of the street where Robbie Nichols was killed.
07:11What about forensics?
07:12Well, they say they can possibly match DNA from the murder weapon to the napkins, so all we've got to do now is find out a mystery man.
07:20You see how a victim made the press?
07:22Only centre pages of the matter, I don't know, Gov.
07:25The lad could have played for England.
07:27He's off the back pages for good, no?
07:29The florist was spoke to who said our suspect was getting married on Saturday.
07:34So we've checked all the churches, Protestant, Catholic, Greek Orthodox.
07:38Not to mention the civil halls and the hotels.
07:42This Saturday, there are scheduled to be 54 weddings.
07:46And now a funeral.
07:48Dust off your morning suit, Ronnie.
07:50Not likely.
07:51My last wife cut the arms off it.
07:59Oh, it's Mike Jones.
08:00He's not in trouble, is he?
08:02Is he one of your parishioners, Father?
08:04I hope so.
08:05He's getting married here tomorrow.
08:07Oh, that's nice.
08:09Yeah, we were all really chuffed when he and Fiona got together.
08:13Mike's had a rough couple of years.
08:17Define rough.
08:17Well, there's divorce.
08:20Mary's taking the kids up north.
08:22Mike's a really good guy, but he's taken a few knocks.
08:26He doesn't give up, though.
08:28Do you know where we could find him?
08:30Sidney was just going for a meal with family.
08:33Right.
08:34Now that makes me an honest woman of you, you have to go over and stay with us here.
08:38Mike Jones, DS Matt Devlin, DS Ronnie Brooks, could we have a word, please?
08:47I know the rights are over the top, Jim, but you're calling the cops.
08:50But, Mike, what's going on?
08:52Nothing to worry about.
08:54Right?
08:55Well, we'd like to ask Mr. Jones a few questions regarding an incident the other evening.
09:02Now?
09:04It's okay, Fiona.
09:05It won't be long.
09:09We'll see you back in the flat.
09:11Look after her.
09:12It seems our Mr. Jones has previous.
09:23Used to own a black cab.
09:25Lost his license for three years.
09:28Drunk driving.
09:30And when he was 17, he was done for assault.
09:33And what about history of violence since then?
09:36Nothing he's been done for.
09:39Well, if he hasn't done anything, why is he wearing a hole in the carpet?
09:42Fiona and I were out with friends that night.
09:50We got back home about one in the morning.
09:52And what about before that?
09:54Look, you do know I'm getting married tomorrow afternoon.
09:58Well, the sooner we can get it cleared up, Mike, the sooner you can be out of here.
10:03I'm a kitchen porter at the Warren Hotel.
10:06I sat at 6 a.m., did a double shift, and finished at 9 in the evening.
10:11Are you sure about that?
10:13Yeah.
10:14No, I didn't.
10:15On the bottom.
10:17Okay, so you left work at 9, then what happened?
10:21I was on my way home, and there was this lad, flash car, flash suit.
10:26You mean Robbie Nichols?
10:28Well, if you say so.
10:31And he had a flat tire, and he looked as if he didn't know one end of a spanner from the
10:36other, so I offered to help.
10:38But you didn't think to let the police know that you was with Robbie Nichols just before
10:43he was killed?
10:44I didn't see anything.
10:46Besides that, I'm working all the hours I can.
10:49Well, it is they'll pay for themselves.
10:51You know that Robbie Nichols' watch and wallet went missing when he was killed?
10:57You think I killed someone?
11:00For the watch?
11:01The watch was worth 30 grand.
11:03Buys a lot of wedding cake.
11:05I stopped to help change your wheel.
11:09Did you ever hear of the Good Samaritan?
11:10Yeah, but the Good Samaritan was never done for assault, though, was he?
11:17Oh, no, no, no, no.
11:19Look, that was 30 years ago.
11:23That blow came at me.
11:24It was self-defense.
11:26Oh.
11:26I did not kill Robbie Nichols.
11:31We went through a dozen kitchen porters before Mike started.
11:35Our chef's a real pain.
11:37Best cook in London.
11:38It's not even the best cook in the kitchen.
11:41Mike said he was working here till nine.
11:43Is that right?
11:44He would have worked the graveyard if Divider led him.
11:47He left at nine.
11:48You sure about that?
11:49Yeah, you can check his time card.
11:51All staff have to clock in and out.
11:54Clean, huh?
11:55And those records are never tampered with?
11:57No, they're all digital.
12:01Mike left at nine.
12:03On the button.
12:05On the button?
12:05The exact phrase that Mike used.
12:07You see, Mr. Paxman, we hear a lot of things in this job, and rehearsed alibis is one of them.
12:13This is a murder investigation.
12:14Giving a false alibi is a serious offense.
12:17Murder?
12:18No, no way.
12:19This is Mike we're talking about.
12:21He's not capable of that.
12:23This is Mike we're talking about.
12:25He had a criminal record, didn't he?
12:27Yeah, for drink driving.
12:29So you won't mind if we ever look at your security DVDs?
12:32I mean, if you're telling the truth, you've got nothing to worry about, have you, sir?
12:38Mike left at six.
12:41Asked me to swipe his card out at nine.
12:43You don't just lose three hours down the back of a sofa, Ron.
12:47This bloke is desperate.
12:49He's working every hour that God gave.
12:51If so, he goes out, he looks for someone to rob.
12:54Well, I agree that his reason's to rob someone, but not batter him to death, Matt.
13:00He did.
13:02All right, thank you.
13:03That was the case for her for Mike's wedding.
13:07Six months ago, he couldn't pay the deposit.
13:09Yesterday, he settles the full amount, five and a half grand, cash.
13:13Michael Jones, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Robert Nichols.
13:42You do not have to say anything, but it may hold me a defense if you do not mention when questioned something, which you later rely on in court.
13:54I just stopped to help someone who was in trouble.
13:58Yeah, you stopped and helped yourself to Robert Nichols' watch.
14:02What did you do with it?
14:04Did you sell it to a specialized trader?
14:06Did you flog it to a mate?
14:09Six months ago, I took a second job.
14:11I was a controller in a taxi firm.
14:14I wasn't a cabinet.
14:16I was trying to get my driving license back.
14:21That's when I got the cash.
14:23So why did you feel the need to lie to us about where you were between 6 and 9 p.m.?
14:28Because the owner of the cab company, he's a mate and doesn't always hire drivers who are kosher.
14:39I'm sorry, do you find this funny?
14:47Well, look at me.
14:50Top hat, Tails.
14:52I'm in a police station on my wedding day.
14:56You either laugh or cry.
14:57The DNA, Mike, on the murder weapon and on the napkins is a match.
15:04And it's yours.
15:05Well, of course it is.
15:07I helped change a wheel.
15:09Yeah, or beat him to death.
15:10Well, this isn't right.
15:12Sit down, please, Mike.
15:13But I'm supposed to be getting married in half an hour.
15:17Sit down, Mike.
15:23The only DNA on the murder weapon is Robbie Nichols and yours.
15:29So, Mr. Jones.
15:31There was another bloke there.
15:37He turned up as I was taking the spare wheel out of the car.
15:41He seemed to know Robbie Nichols.
15:44Maybe he was wearing gloves.
15:46So, this other bloke who happened to know Robbie Nichols and happened to be wearing gloves, what did he look like?
15:53I don't remember.
15:55Right, then I'll put a description out for Mr. Invisible, then, shall I?
15:59Look, it's the truth.
16:00He was there.
16:01He took over from me.
16:03They were changing the wheel when I left.
16:07Fiona's family flown in from Spain and our mateys paid for the hotel rooms.
16:13This wasn't supposed to happen.
16:15You know what, Mike?
16:16I believe you.
16:18I really do.
16:20That it wasn't supposed to happen.
16:23That it wasn't planned.
16:25Maybe you just stumbled across Robbie Nichols.
16:30Maybe you saw his watch.
16:32Don't, don't.
16:32You don't understand.
16:33You know what?
16:34Cut the crap, Mike, and tell us the truth.
16:36Maybe I should have kept going.
16:37Maybe I shouldn't have stopped to help.
16:40This bloke, I know what he's capable of.
16:43If he comes after me or Fiona.
16:45Except there is no other bloke, is there, Mike?
16:47There's only you.
16:49You don't know what you're asking.
16:50Mike!
16:51Don't mush.
16:52That's why I never came forward.
17:05Don Marsh.
17:07He was there.
17:11How does Mike know Don Marsh?
17:15Well, he's lived in the East End most of his life.
17:18And everyone there must know Marsh's reputation, surely.
17:21Gov, Mike's DNA is all over the murder weapon.
17:24And Mike was in the right place at the right time.
17:27Well, he could have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
17:29Not many criminals we do know that keep down two jobs.
17:32And if Marsh was there...
17:34I'm going to explain why Mike didn't come forward.
17:36Yeah.
17:37The last two blokes who grasped on Marsh were shot in the back of the head and dumped somewhere near the M11.
17:42Why would Marsh murder Robbie Nichols?
17:47Well, if Nichols was into Marsh for any of Marsh's activities like loan sharking, drugs, Tom's blackmail, then it's take your pick time if Mike's story is true, isn't it?
17:58Stop making inquiries to find out if there's a connection between Marsh and Robbie Nichols.
18:03Right, I'll get the FIU to send over Marsh and Nichols' files.
18:09Gov, what do we do about Mike Jones?
18:11What he's lied before, he might still be lying.
18:14No, he stays in the system.
18:16Right.
18:16Listen, boys, let's not take any risks if we are dealing with the Marsh brothers.
18:23We know they've paid off some coppers before now and they boast they've got a judge on their books.
18:29I think you two should work in a secure office upstairs, just for the time being.
18:38And watch your bags.
18:39According to his bank statements, right, Robbie Nichols' largest cash withdrawal stopped around about a year ago.
18:50And they're all from 76 Low Street.
18:53Dino's Pie and Mesh is on Low Street.
18:55There's a casino on Low Street.
18:57The Palms.
19:00And footballers love casinos.
19:03Yeah.
19:0576.
19:0576.
19:0676 Low Street.
19:11In the Queens Fidley Holdings.
19:14And guess who the major shareholder in Queens Fidley Holdings is?
19:21Mr. Donald Marsh.
19:27Robbie's a good tipper, no matter how big he loses.
19:30And he loses a lot?
19:31Yeah.
19:32He's on the losing streak at the moment.
19:33Well, it's just ended.
19:34Robbie was murdered last week.
19:36God, that's terrible.
19:39Yeah.
19:39Was Robbie a regular?
19:41Yeah.
19:41He's a regular at my table.
19:43Five, six nights a week.
19:45So did he ever have any money troubles when he was in here?
19:48No.
19:49Mr. Marsh always looked after him.
19:53Robert Nichols was absolutely skid.
19:56He may not be a Premier League player anymore, but he's certainly spending like one.
20:00Credit cards are maxed out, and he's well beyond on his mortgage.
20:04He's a proper gambler.
20:05Big old line of credit.
20:06Sir Nichols owes cash to Marsh's casinos.
20:09Marsh is the last one to see him alive.
20:12If you search Marsh's office, there's a JP downstairs, I'll get her to sign the warrant.
20:21No briefings, no mobiles.
20:23Just load any uniform you trust onto a carrier.
20:27I don't want Marsh getting any heads up.
20:29Spent my early teens in that ring.
20:38Don't tell me they had pie-eating contests in the weekend.
20:42Junior featherweight champion, four years on the bounce.
20:45You were a featherweight?
20:47I still am a featherweight.
20:49Just that my clothes got small.
20:54What is this?
20:56Slow day at the station, Ron.
20:59Get everyone out, lads, eh?
21:02You need a warrant to search, yeah?
21:04What, you mean like this?
21:07Looks like your contacts aren't as good as you thought.
21:13I'm calling my brief.
21:29Everything all right, son?
21:34I said everything all right?
21:36Yeah, Poppa?
21:39Yeah?
21:41Take it easy.
21:43Just, Ron, just one sec, Matt.
21:46Stay where you are, Matt.
21:47Who's up?
21:48Don't look at him, son.
21:49Look at me.
21:50What?
21:50Don't look at him.
21:51Just look at me.
21:52Keep your eyes on me, Matt.
21:54Give us a sec, eh?
21:57Wait.
22:00Keep looking at me.
22:01Matt, I can't even want him.
22:03Go on.
22:07Get everyone out.
22:08I've just lost him now.
22:10What's your name?
22:13What's your name, son?
22:15Charlie.
22:17My name's Ronnie.
22:20You don't want to do this, Charlie, do you?
22:22Really?
22:25And I certainly don't want to be here.
22:28So why don't we take it easy, eh?
22:31Why don't you put the gun down?
22:34Clear the area.
22:36Now.
22:37I'll take this to march down the station.
22:40You've got to be joking.
22:42CL-19.
22:43What's this for, then?
22:44We're going to get a firearm on the premises.
22:45Suspect has a hostage.
22:47It was on your premises.
22:51That's it.
22:55Come on.
22:59It doesn't have to be like this, Charlie, does it?
23:06Come on.
23:12That's it.
23:13Oi, Harry.
23:14Call our bricks.
23:14I'll tell you where I am.
23:17Hey, Lars.
23:18Come on.
23:19Call off the cavalry, Matt.
23:20Say yes.
23:22You'll be okay.
23:27CO-19.
23:28Scratch that, Lars.
23:29You don't get rid of me that easy, sunshine.
23:44It's Robbie Nichols' watch.
23:45You don't get rid of me that easy, sunshine.
23:46All right.
23:52You don't get rid of me that easy, sunshine.
23:54We recovered three sets of prints from Nichols' watch, his own, yours, and your boss's.
24:07So, where did you get the watch, Charlie?
24:08I don't remember.
24:09I don't remember.
24:13Oh, a 30-gram watch and you can't remember where you got it?
24:16The best thing to do, son, is just tell us the truth.
24:19I don't know what Mr. Marsh is like.
24:21If I talk...
24:22I'll tell you, it's not him you've got to worry about.
24:24It's me.
24:25You knew that watch was in your bag.
24:27You knew what would happen when we found it.
24:29You pulled a gun on a police officer.
24:32You threatened his life because of that.
24:35No, the gun's not mine.
24:36I was looking after it.
24:37Possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence is five years minimum.
24:43Minimum, Charlie.
24:44I wouldn't have pulled the trigger.
24:46Oh, you think he knew that?
24:49Do you?
24:49If you were my boy, I'd tell you.
24:56What you did today was stupid.
24:59Getting yourself involved with Marsh was stupid.
25:03I'll tell you something about mistakes.
25:04You don't have to keep making them.
25:07You can tell us where you got Nichols' watch.
25:13How did you get it?
25:15I'm asking you, Charlie, how did you get Nichols' watch?
25:18Where did you get Nichols' watch?
25:26Mr. Marsh gave it to me.
25:31It was a finder's fee.
25:33For what?
25:34I knew he was looking for Nichols.
25:36Nichols owed him money.
25:37I passed his car on the street.
25:41I phoned Mr. Marsh.
25:46So, you told Marsh how to find Nichols.
25:52This bloke at the gym said Nichols was into Marsh for something like a quarter of a million quid.
25:58No coming.
26:02Charlie Blake spotted Nichols and called you on his mobile.
26:07Is that when you went down and beat Robert Nichols to death?
26:10No coming.
26:18For the take, DS Brooks has just entered the room.
26:21Must have made you feel young again, like old times.
26:25Getting your hands dirty.
26:28Grab that iron bar and beat your defenceless bloke to death.
26:32No coming.
26:34Is there an echo in here?
26:36I used to box in that gym as a nepper.
26:39I used to really enjoy it.
26:41Family run place.
26:42It was nice.
26:44But it was, of course, until you lot moved in.
26:47When are you going to give up, Ron?
26:49Well, that's never going to happen.
26:50You put the booze before your daughters.
26:53You put the job before them.
26:54Isn't it time you started thinking about your girls, Ron?
27:02That's Detective Sergeant Brooks to you.
27:06See, Don Marsh was his usual talk to himself.
27:10Oh, this is Charlie Blake.
27:11Marsh killed Robby Nichols.
27:13Yeah, didn't you say that about Mike Jones?
27:15But all the forensics did point to...
27:17Matt, he's winding you up.
27:18It's so easy.
27:19Anyway, the CCTV has Marsh hurrying away from the gym
27:26a few minutes after taking the call from Charlie.
27:30Apparently, Marsh wanted to do Nichols personally.
27:35How much does he own Marsh?
27:37Well, Charlie Blake reckons it's about a quarter of a million pounds.
27:41God, no wonder Marsh took it personally.
27:44Look, charge Marsh with murder.
27:46We'll start prepping the case.
27:48Don Marsh.
27:51Good work.
27:54But what about Mike Jones?
27:56He's still being detained at a majesty's pleasure.
27:59Yeah, I'll issue a notice of discontinuance.
28:02Let's get him released and back into the loving arms of his fiancée.
28:06If she'll still have him.
28:10We expedited your release three hours after...
28:13I spent four days in prison.
28:14I missed my wedding.
28:16I was forgotten about.
28:17I was in a cell with a nut or a junkie.
28:20I just...
28:21Just leave me alone.
28:24You screwed up, Alicia.
28:27Carl...
28:27You owe Mike Jones a lot more than an apology.
28:30He was humiliated in front of his in-laws.
28:33His future wife.
28:34They spent two years scrimping and saving and in one afternoon, your luck flushed eight grand down the bog.
28:40Rest assured, we'll be seeking financial compensation.
28:46James.
28:50I don't know.
28:51I'll give you one simple job.
28:55Mike's just angry.
28:57He'll get over it.
28:57With good cause.
28:59Wrongly arrested, wrongly accused.
29:01Then you shouldn't have lied to the police when they interviewed him.
29:05He's free now.
29:06The system worked.
29:08Besides, we've got more pressing one.
29:11But the crown to lose one piece of evidence is a misfortune.
29:18To lose two sounds like carelessness.
29:20I think we'd all like to know how vital evidence disappeared from the secure police property store.
29:27The IPCC have suspended a uniformed officer.
29:31She removed the watch and the fingerprint evidence on Marsha's behalf.
29:36Ridiculous and verging on libelous.
29:38My client's in custody.
29:40He has had no contact with friends or family since his incarceration.
29:44Except through his brief.
29:46Never saw you as Marsha's messenger boy, Jason.
29:50I thought you were better than that.
29:52You're trying to arouse me, James.
29:55Clever.
29:56Sir, ignoring it.
29:59My client should not be punished for the police and CPS incompetencies.
30:04The crown's case is built around a stolen watch and the prints on it.
30:08And I'm not a messenger boy, James.
30:11That's insulting of you.
30:13It's nothing you should do when I think about your client.
30:15My client's been denied bail based on this evidence.
30:19As there's no evidence.
30:21My skeleton for the dismissal.
30:23We're developing other evidence.
30:25I intend to pull Marsha away for as long as possible.
30:29Speak to the list office.
30:31Get the application listed and I'll rule on it.
30:34Marvellous.
30:35With all due respect, isn't it a bit early to start hearing applications for dismissal?
30:41Is your client applying for bail?
30:44Don Marsh has killed four...
30:46No, five people that we know of.
30:50None of which has ever been proven in court, has it, Mr. Steele?
30:53I'll hear bail application if your notice is served on time.
30:58I have another trial in...
31:00I have another trial in...
31:01Hmm.
31:02Ten minutes.
31:03Gentlemen.
31:06Marsha's pissing all over the legal system, Jason.
31:10Speculation.
31:11Best left to the tabloids, yes?
31:14You know he's behind the missing evidence.
31:15How can you defend him?
31:17You tried to put him away when you were in my position.
31:19You're the only person that's ever beaten me, James.
31:26Can't let that stand.
31:28Reputation.
31:29Foundation of civilization.
31:33It's not a competition, Jason.
31:36Look at me.
31:38What I am.
31:41And what I'm not.
31:45Everything's a competition.
31:47How do you think I got here?
31:49This will end badly for you.
32:02Good luck representing Marsh.
32:05It's going to take more than hand gel to wash his dirt away.
32:08Put your hand on the Bible and read love on the card.
32:29I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth.
32:36The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
32:39Marsh has got the Charlie.
32:41Charlie Blake's in witness protection.
32:43There's no way the wash has got him.
32:45He got the evidence and they're not police stuff, didn't he?
32:48Charlie Blake has just said that his original police statement was a lie and that is a disaster.
32:54That's what I like about you, George, your optimism.
32:57Does this look like the face of an optimist?
33:00What national football team do I support?
33:03Point taken.
33:04What do you know about the judge?
33:07Birchville?
33:08Not much.
33:10Just called to the bench last year.
33:12This is his highest profile case to date.
33:16Why?
33:17Charlie said that he was calling Marsh to us for an extra shift at the gym and Judge Birchville seemed, I don't know, he just seemed a bit quick to accept his change of story.
33:30What did you expect him to do?
33:31His job.
33:33If he threatened Charlie with perverting the course of justice, we could have got him to tell the truth.
33:39Charlie changed his story because prison doesn't worry him.
33:43Being found in the M-11 with a bullet in the back of the skull does, which coincidentally is what I suspect the DPP has in mind for us if Marsh walks free again.
33:56Good afternoon, Carla.
34:00The jury has a right to know about Mr. Marsh's previous conviction.
34:05I have already ruled his convictions are not to be adduced, Mr. Steele.
34:10The defendant was convicted of grievous bodily harm.
34:14He hospitalized a member of his gang.
34:17Robbie Nichols was beaten to death.
34:19How is his propensity for violence in one case not relevant to another?
34:24I have made my decision.
34:25Your application is refused.
34:27Now move on, Mr. Steele, or you'll be held in contempt.
34:31Actually, you'll hold me in contempt.
34:33Mr. Steele, I am this close to losing my patience with you.
34:40If I strangle them, I could be on a more ten year.
34:49This is our one and only chance to put Marsh away, James.
34:54Anyone can do it at you.
34:56Ow.
34:57I feel like I'm fighting Marsh with both hands tied behind my back.
35:00What do you suggest?
35:01Glasgow kiss?
35:03Only as a last resort.
35:04I've done some digging on Birchfall.
35:09He asked to be assigned to this trial, George.
35:12That doesn't mean that he's in Marsh's pocket.
35:15For all we know, he's in the most of the day and he just wants to get out of the house.
35:19He's blocking me every chance he gets.
35:22I managed to get a single application past him.
35:24Yeah, I know, I know, but it doesn't mean he's bent.
35:29So what now?
35:31There was another witness.
35:33Mike Jones.
35:35He saw Marsh with Nichols minutes before the murder.
35:37The problem is, he's not answering our calls.
35:40Oh, then, given the whole unlawful detention thing.
35:44Please tell me you had him ID Marsh before he was released from prison.
35:50We had incriminating physical evidence and Charlie's confession at that stage.
35:55So that's a no, then?
35:57Mike had been held for four days and three nights.
35:59He'd missed his wedding.
36:00I wanted to get him home as quickly as possible.
36:02You should have been thinking about getting the case home.
36:05Excuse me for thinking about his feelings.
36:08I'll make sure it never happens again.
36:10I'll track Mike down and do some groveling.
36:19You are joking.
36:22If you formally identify the man you saw that night,
36:25we can proceed with the trials for the murder of Bobby Nichols.
36:30You locked me up for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
36:33You're doing a good deed.
36:37I'm telling you to kill the lad.
36:40I know you want me to stop your case falling apart.
36:44I know.
36:45I'm sorry about what happened, Mike.
36:48I have a pocket full of sorry's, Miss Phillips.
36:52You tell them what you work for.
36:54Hell, I'll freeze over before I do anything to help.
36:58You all right?
36:59You don't have to do anything to help us.
37:03You didn't have to do anything to help Bobby Nichols that night.
37:06He had a flat tire, but you did.
37:09And who helps me?
37:11Who helps me tell Fiona that her family were wrong about me?
37:15You act as if none of that other stuff ever happened.
37:18You lied to the police.
37:20I know what Marsh is capable of.
37:31I should be on honeymoon.
37:35In Portugal.
37:39You're a good man, Mike.
37:43Who did the right thing and got screwed for it.
37:47Most people would have walked past Bobby Nichols that night.
37:57But you didn't.
38:01I'm appealing to that decent person who did the right thing and stopped to help a stranger.
38:07You have an opportunity to help Bobby Nichols again.
38:13Only this time, doing the right thing puts his killer behind bars.
38:25Max.
38:25There's no need for introductions, right?
38:35Right, Mike.
38:36Sorry about, sir.
38:39Well, we were just doing our job.
38:42Can I get you a cup of tea?
38:44You've done enough, mate.
38:45We do appreciate you doing this, Mr. Jones.
38:48They're ready for you now to do a formal ID.
38:52Let's get this over with.
38:53Okay, John, thank you very much.
38:58Mike, I'm going to run this through twice for you.
39:01If you see the person you think you saw on the night of Bobby Nichols' murder, just let us know.
39:05That's it.
39:07You're certain that's the man you saw?
39:09Yeah, I'm certain.
39:10I've got to take this.
39:12Fiona?
39:15What?
39:15Look, stay calm.
39:18I'm on my way.
39:20Mike, what's up?
39:21Fiona's been attacked.
39:22I was just walking down the street.
39:27There was this man.
39:28He said you'd had an accident and they'd take me to see you.
39:33Would you recognize him if you saw him again?
39:37It was all so fast.
39:39I was worried about Mike and there was another man in the backseat of the car.
39:46I started screaming.
39:49He slapped me.
39:52He said, he said if you talk to the trial, he said he'd kill you.
39:58I think you should go now.
40:03You need to talk to the police, Fiona.
40:05I don't even want her talking to you.
40:07You have to give them a full description so they can deal with this.
40:12Mike, please.
40:13They knew I was at the police station.
40:17They knew she was alone.
40:19We can help you.
40:20You can stop by leaving.
40:23Now, hiding in your flat isn't the answer.
40:26You heard what happened in broad daylight.
40:30Anything could have happened in the back of the car.
40:32The only way to end this is to face mask down.
40:35The only way to end this is for me to keep my mouth shut.
40:39I've told the police that and now I'm telling you.
40:43That's what Marsh wants and that's what he's going to get.
40:51Please.
40:55Fiona, please think about it.
40:59I'm a material witness.
41:01That means I can get a witness, Summers.
41:03If you don't attend court and give your evidence, I'll make an application.
41:08I'll have you rearrested and I'll force you into the box.
41:12You do that.
41:17So, Jones gives a statement saying he's in fear of his life.
41:21We make a hearsay application.
41:23We have his statement right out in court.
41:25It happens all the time.
41:27If we had any other judge, that might work.
41:30We've got to force him to give evidence against Marsh.
41:33Well, so Marsh intimidates him out of the box, we intimidate him in.
41:38We're supposed to be the good guys.
41:40Yeah, but the bad guys don't play by the rules.
41:44Do we have any idea who it is that is intimidating our only witness?
41:49It's not Don Marsh.
41:51He's still on remand and calls from the prisoner monitored.
41:54What about his brother?
41:55They run the business together, don't they?
41:58The police have just started watching him.
41:59So far, he hasn't made an attempt to contact Mike.
42:03You won't have to contact him again.
42:06He's succeeded.
42:07Unless you have a plan to flush out who's leading on Mike, then we don't have a case.
42:13I can't believe we're going to have to let Marsh walk on this.
42:16Set up a meeting with Jason and Don Marsh.
42:19Manslaughter.
42:25That's your offer.
42:27No.
42:28No way.
42:29We're prepared to accept your client only intended to rob and that he didn't have the intention to kill.
42:36You don't have anything on me.
42:38You wouldn't be your thing.
42:39Don.
42:39Don.
42:39Now I know, you know, I know, you don't have anything.
42:47So what are you up to, James?
42:49What are we doing here?
42:51We got a witness who puts your client on the street at the time of Robbie Nicholson.
42:57A witness who remembers a fact after his, what, sixth, seventh hour in custody?
43:03A witness who can't wait to give evidence.
43:05He wants to stand up in court and tell his story.
43:11No matter what anyone says to him or his fiancée.
43:18I'm prepared to take my chances in court.
43:22He's your witness.
43:26When you come to your senses, James, give me a shot.
43:32Think about what I've said.
43:35You should have told me what you were doing.
43:37Yeah, but you would have only tried to talk me out of it.
43:39You told him Mike's still prepared to give evidence.
43:42We need to find out who's intimidating Mike.
43:44If that means I have to poke a rattlesnake to get a reaction, then that's what I have to do.
43:50James, you are playing Russian roulette with his life.
43:53I know.
43:55But I don't have any other choice.
43:59Trev, is Harry Marsh showing any sign of life in there?
44:02Negative.
44:03He's still in his office.
44:04Out going call, Ron.
44:06How's that?
44:09He's ordering Chinese.
44:11He's a lucky one.
44:12I wish I had a Chinese.
44:14That is horrible.
44:21You know what the fuck...
44:23What are you doing?
44:24That's my dinner.
44:25Enough is enough.
44:27What do you mean, enough is enough?
44:28This could be said it's my dinner.
44:30Have you knocked them crime scene bags from work?
44:32These bags are the only thing strong enough to deal with what you eat.
44:35Matty, you are unbelievable, son.
44:38Target's on the move, control.
44:40Target's on the move.
44:41Righto, Trev, thank you.
44:43Target's sighted.
44:45Hang on, everyone.
44:46What's going on?
44:47He's on his mobile phone now.
44:48Hang on.
44:49What's he doing with that?
44:50What?
44:51He's taking his mobile phone to bits.
44:53He?
44:54Yeah.
44:55He's thrown something down the train.
44:57Okay, can you pick him up, please?
45:0110.54pm last night, Mike received a phone call where he was threatened.
45:06I'm quoting,
45:07I guess you didn't take me seriously before.
45:09If you go to court, you and your girlfriend are dead.
45:13And you were watching Marsha's brother at this time?
45:15Yeah, he dumped a SIM card down the drain and then threw a mobile in the bin.
45:19Yeah, we contacted the phone company.
45:21They confirmed that Mike's house was definitely called from that card and phone.
45:26Where's Harry Marsha now?
45:27In a cell at Bow Street.
45:29Charge him with intimidation of murder and let's set up a meeting with Mike.
45:34Thank God.
45:35Put on a stone just watching Ronnie eat.
45:38Three nights and was beginning to think Harry wasn't our man.
45:42He just needed a bit of motivation.
45:49One of his brother gets home.
45:54Harry Marsha isn't going anywhere.
45:56He's been charged with witness intimidation.
45:59We're pushing for the maximum.
46:00Five years.
46:01My concern is Don Marsha.
46:04We're not going to get a conviction unless you give evidence against him.
46:07No.
46:08It's too dangerous.
46:10We arrested the person threatening you for him.
46:13They threatened to kill me and Mike.
46:16The Marsha brothers are behind bars.
46:19We'll provide you with close protection.
46:22It's easy for you to say.
46:24But what about after the trial?
46:26What about Marsha's other friends?
46:28Are you going to watch them all?
46:30I know it's risky.
46:32But Marsha will always be a threat until you stand up to him.
46:36You can't protect us.
46:40Please, just leave us alone.
46:42Let us get on with our lives.
46:44It's not our problem.
46:47Can we count on you, Mike?
46:49Don't do this.
46:51Fiona, he threatened you.
46:54Mike, don't.
46:55If you do this...
46:57I saw him.
46:58He'd kill that lad.
47:02If that's your choice.
47:06Fiona!
47:07Fiona!
47:14Rob was lying beside the car.
47:23I thought he'd collapsed.
47:24And then I saw the blood on his face.
47:34Miss Nichols.
47:35You gave evidence that a man, Mike Jones, entered the restaurant just before you left.
47:43Is that correct?
47:45Yes.
47:46What was on his hands?
47:50I think it was grease.
47:51Grease from your brother's car?
47:53Uh, my lord, how exactly is the witness qualified to answer that question?
47:59Mr. Peters, move on.
48:01Miss Nichols.
48:02Did Mr. Jones seem anxious?
48:04He looked like he was in a hurry.
48:07Like he was fleeing from a crime scene.
48:10Uh, withdrawn.
48:12No further questions.
48:15You may step down, Miss Nichols.
48:19Is he here?
48:20His name's on it.
48:22I thought he had close protection.
48:23What happened?
48:24Mr. Steele, is there something you would care to share with the court?
48:30Call your next witness, please.
48:32Uh, my lord, the crown's witness has been temporarily delayed.
48:39Could I ask for an hour's adjournment?
48:41Very well, it's near twelve o'clock.
48:43We'll adjourn till after lunch.
48:44And Mr. Steele, two p.m.
48:47Prompt.
48:47Should you be talking to me without my brief?
48:53Where's Mike Jones?
48:55Mike Jones, Mike Jones, Mike...
48:58Oh, that Mike Jones.
49:00Well, contrary to what you might have heard, I can't walk through walls.
49:06I'd get used to that.
49:09Where is he?
49:10I have no idea where your witness is.
49:14But thanks for dropping by.
49:17You've made my day.
49:20That'll be dessert.
49:21He's been arrested.
49:27He's been held in custody in Camden.
49:29Apparently, he managed to give his bodyguards the slip.
49:31It's part of close protection, don't they understand?
49:33He was pulled over for driving with a faulty breaker light.
49:36He's been driving.
49:37He hasn't got a license or insurance.
49:39He was just driving illegally when he was arrested.
49:41He was working as a cabbie.
49:43I'm sorry, Mr. Steele.
49:49I heard...
49:49You don't have to explain yourself to him.
49:51You promised to give evidence.
49:54Fiona's left me.
49:57I thought she'd come around, but she said if I gave evidence, she'd leave me forever.
50:02She's just scared.
50:04It's understandable.
50:05I love her.
50:07We're done talking to you.
50:08You promised, Mike.
50:10I know, I know, I know.
50:11But what am I supposed to do?
50:13What am I doing here?
50:15They want me to give evidence against the owner of the cab company.
50:19You want me in the box against Martian.
50:21I'll be torn apart here.
50:23Look, all I tried to do was help change a wheel.
50:28I don't understand how all this happened.
50:31I've lost my job at the hotel.
50:33I've lost Fiona.
50:35I have nothing left to give, Mr. Steele.
50:39I promise to help you.
50:41Will you help me?
50:42I don't think you can take much more of your help.
50:44The law works because of people like you, Mike.
50:46People who put themselves in the line of fire because it's the right thing to do.
50:51You're a good man.
50:52Your defense will tear apart.
50:53You'll lose any chance of getting a license.
50:55I need you in the box.
50:56I need you in the box.
51:00Help me, please.
51:06Mr. Jones.
51:09Did you see my client attack, Mr. Nichols?
51:12Uh, no, I left.
51:15Did you see my client with a wheel brace in his hands?
51:19No, I, but I heard the mean.
51:22When you were being the good Samaritan and helping Mr. Nichols change his tire, where
51:27were you coming from?
51:30From work.
51:31By work, you mean the hotel?
51:34Sir, Mr. Jones, you were answering phones for a cab company that employs illegal drivers,
51:43weren't you?
51:44Uh, my lord, I failed to see the relevance of Mr. Jones' occupation.
51:48He's a witness, not on trial.
51:51Exactly, Mr. Steele.
51:52The definition of which requires him to give witness.
51:58Answer the question, Mr. Jones.
51:59I don't see what that's got to do with what I saw.
52:04This very morning, you were arrested for driving without insurance, without a license.
52:12Yes, I was.
52:13Your word as a witness is as valid as your driving license, Mr. Jones.
52:18You don't know the meaning of the word truth.
52:21I know what I saw.
52:22Really?
52:24In your first police interview, you said you didn't see anything.
52:29I-I explained why.
52:31I-I was-
52:33You were lying then.
52:35But you're not lying now.
52:38Course not.
52:39No further questions.
52:41Rebuttal.
52:42I know.
52:43Why did you lie to the police, Mike?
52:52As a cabbie, you're allowed to spot trouble, and this was one of those times.
52:58You were scared?
52:58Well, they were arguing when I left, and I-I-I just wanted to get away, get home.
53:04I-I-I didn't think.
53:12Look.
53:13I-I know I've made mistakes.
53:18I've let people down.
53:20My kids.
53:22My divorce.
53:24And God knows I haven't always done the right thing.
53:28Whatever you think of me, well, I-I can live with that.
53:31I-I can live with that, because the right thing now is to tell you what I saw.
53:43And I saw Marsh with Robbie Nichols just before he was murdered.
53:52I-I just wish...
53:59Go on, Mike.
54:03Every day, I think, if I'd stayed, if I hadn't been scared,
54:15none of this will have happened.
54:17So what do you think?
54:23Could go either way.
54:25Juries.
54:29Understand, James.
54:30Win, lose, I don't need your pity.
54:34Pity?
54:35I was being genuine, Jason.
54:38That's your problem, James.
54:40You care.
54:42Jesus, when was caring, it's earthy words.
54:44He'll be your doubtful, one day.
54:49Yeah, you might be right.
54:51You know what?
54:53I can't think of a better way to go.
54:57In relation to count one, on the indictment alleging murder,
55:02do you find the defendant, Donald Marsh, guilty or not guilty?
55:10Guilty.
55:14Get off of me.
55:19Hey, hey.
55:30Yeah, great.
55:31No problem.
55:33Take care.
55:37Mike's given his word that he'll stick to being a kitchen porter for the time being,
55:41and I've given my word that I'll speak to his defence.
55:45He'll get a community order.
55:49Oh, how lucky were we to have him as a witness.
55:54How did you convince Fiona to come to court?
55:58I thought you did that.
55:59It's frightening, isn't it?
56:04The entire British justice system depends on the decency of a Mike Jones.
56:10And reassuring.
56:12The entire game of the world.
56:25I don't know.
56:34The entire game of the world.