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00:00Previously on The Bill
00:04I'm a big guy, so I don't want to use this.
00:08Present officers found your husband hanged in his cell.
00:11He's dead.
00:30So he was unconscious when he found him.
00:38Now, for the count, it's a good job I arrived when I did.
00:41Makes me sick.
00:42Experienced officer like Tony getting his head kicked in.
00:45I know.
00:46Let's try and pull up a bit of a positive front, eh?
00:58Tony?
00:59Roger.
01:00Yeah, it's me, mate.
01:02Bad penny.
01:06Looks like he's disturbed a bunch of crackers down on a coal lane, I think.
01:10Have they been caught?
01:11Well, no, and last night Tony wasn't in any sort of condition to give a description.
01:14Reg?
01:15What's happened to Tony?
01:19There was three of them.
01:21No, uh, four.
01:24I didn't see them all at first.
01:25I could tell that they'd been smoking crack.
01:30So I went in, managed to grab a packet of rocks off the first guy.
01:35And then the others appeared.
01:39Description?
01:40First guy.
01:42I see one male.
01:44Mid to the late teens.
01:45He was wearing a grey sweater top with a red logo on the front.
01:52What about the others?
01:53There was another IC1.
01:56Then an IC4.
01:58About the same age.
01:59Maybe younger.
02:01And another IC1, but a really big guy.
02:06You know, stocky.
02:08Sorry.
02:10That's good, mate.
02:11You're doing okay.
02:15What are you doing here?
02:16I'm cracking on with the Armstrong case.
02:18Just tell me the morning.
02:19Well, Armstrong will know we're close.
02:21He's probably started clearing the decks already.
02:23I need to find a link between him and the drugs.
02:26We need to find the links.
02:28You know what I mean, Guff.
02:30I've also been checking other possible associates.
02:33Now that we've taken a load of people out of his operation,
02:36I think he may need to look further afield for support.
02:39Good.
02:39Well, as long as you keep the rest of the team up to speed.
02:42Yeah, of course.
02:43Because that's how we operate here, Zane.
02:45As a team.
02:52Dan and Roger are at the hospital now.
02:54They're taking a statement from Tony.
02:56Look, I...
02:57I know that emotions are running high.
03:01And I know that you're...
03:03We're all keen to see Tony's attackers caught,
03:06but I please would ask you to keep your feelings in check.
03:10Right.
03:11As you know, we're two officers down.
03:13Now, we're trying to arrange cover,
03:15but for the moment we're just going to have to cope.
03:17When's Yvonne coming back, Sarge?
03:18I don't know.
03:19She's suspended pending an inquiry into Lee Thomas' death.
03:22What?
03:23What?
03:23We all know that Yvonne was acting in self-defence.
03:27Ironic that she'll probably be given a harder time
03:29than those little scroats who kicked Tony's head in.
03:31Yeah.
03:32All right.
03:32Yeah, all right, all right.
03:34Look.
03:34What happened to Tony and Yvonne's situation
03:39are two completely separate issues.
03:41Yeah, but, Sarge,
03:43what, the only difference is that Yvonne managed to defend herself,
03:46and, well, unfortunately, Tony did not.
03:49You know full well that if someone dies
03:52as a direct result of an officer's actions,
03:55that officer will be the subject of an inquiry.
03:57Now, that's just standard procedure,
03:59and that's all that's happening to Yvonne, all right?
04:02Now, in the meantime,
04:03we've got much more important things to do,
04:05like get out there and find Tony's attackers.
04:11So, Yvonne's not here.
04:14Who else is missing?
04:14Honey, her husband has killed himself.
04:20She went to visit him in prison,
04:21and when she got home,
04:22there was a phone call from them
04:23saying that he'd hung himself in his cell.
04:26At least you say there's the trouble of a trial.
04:28Honey, he'll be devastated.
04:29Her husband was facing a life sentence for murder.
04:31They didn't exactly have a rosy future out of them, did they?
04:38So what happened next?
04:40They all jumped me.
04:41What, all of them?
04:42At once?
04:44Yeah.
04:45So did you have a go with your ass?
04:47I, er...
04:48I pulled my spray,
04:50but one of them knocked it away,
04:54and the next thing,
04:55I was on the ground.
04:57Well, I expect it was just a bit quick.
05:00Yeah.
05:02Yeah, that's it.
05:04It's too quick.
05:05A drugs factory near the Coal Lane estate.
05:11We want to try and link the premises to Armstrong.
05:13Leon Walsh is a sidekick of Armstrong's,
05:16and get this,
05:16we actually found him on the premises.
05:18He's in custody.
05:19Yeah.
05:20Is he talking?
05:21No, of course not.
05:22But we've got enough to charge him.
05:23The DI and Susie are dealing with it now.
05:26Armstrong's second lieutenant and bag man,
05:28Damon Kerr.
05:29If anyone's got the inside track
05:31on Armstrong's business affairs,
05:32it's him.
05:32Kerr was seen leaving the factory yesterday
05:34on the back of a motorbike.
05:35He's the best chance we have
05:36of getting to Armstrong.
05:37We're hoping that after the raid
05:38on the drugs factory,
05:39Kerr and Armstrong will be forced to liaise.
05:42We've got officers watching both their houses.
05:43Yeah, well,
05:43the world will get round about the raid
05:44and they won't stick around for very long,
05:46will they?
05:46We know that.
05:47That's why we have to move quickly.
05:49Kerr's bank have sent these through.
05:51It's all the paperwork
05:52relating to Kerr's finances.
05:54And these are the accounts
05:55that you're aware of?
05:57I've made a start,
05:58but we're going to need to go through them all
05:59with a fine-toothed comb.
06:01Great.
06:02Big bloody paper chase.
06:06Thing is, Soge,
06:07this could be the only way
06:09we get to Armstrong.
06:10He doesn't get his hands dirty.
06:11Trying to connect him
06:12to the drugs operation
06:13is going to be a nightmare.
06:15It could come down to one
06:16dodgy transaction
06:17on one bank statement.
06:20So he's got contacts in Spain, right?
06:21Yeah.
06:22Well, if he's got any sense,
06:23he's going to skip the country, innit?
06:24And throw away everything he's built up.
06:27If he is going to do a bunk,
06:28he's going to have to get someone
06:29to take care of business
06:30while he's away.
06:30Otherwise, he stands to lose a fortune.
06:32And if he stays here,
06:33he faces a very long stretch.
06:35And that's why time is of the essence.
06:37DC Nadir.
06:38What?
06:39Can I have a word?
06:40I'm busy.
06:41You can't wait.
06:42Well, have you told the DCI?
06:52I've told him what?
06:53You've had a death threat
06:54from Armstrong.
06:55You've got to tell him.
06:56I haven't got to do anything.
06:58Armstrong's people
06:59had keys to your car.
07:00They're serious.
07:00If they can get into your car,
07:01then he...
07:02Look, Powell,
07:05this isn't the Boy Scouts.
07:07It's not the SAS either.
07:09I've had death threats before.
07:11I'm an undercover officer
07:12who comes with the territory.
07:13But if the DCI finds out about this,
07:15he's going to take me off this case.
07:16If you've already screwed this up
07:17for me once,
07:18don't...
07:18Gov.
07:19Damon Kerr.
07:20Surveillance.
07:21I've just seen him turn up
07:21at his mother's house.
07:22I'll get my coat.
07:23You ever come across Armstrong
07:29when you were undercover?
07:30No.
07:31You don't get close to him.
07:34I nearly made it a course
07:35until PC Powell intervened.
07:37What about Damon Kerr?
07:39Yeah, I met him once.
07:41He was good.
07:42Loyal to Armstrong.
07:44He nabbed his mum.
07:45He bought her this place
07:45three months ago.
07:47How did you know that?
07:48Because he paid cash for it.
07:49I saw it in his bank records.
07:51When did you find that out?
07:53It's morning.
07:54That's why I told surveillance
07:55to keep an eye on this place.
07:56What, you chose to lay us
07:57with surveillance
07:57rather than pass the information
07:58on to me?
07:59What, if I pass every bit of information?
08:00This is crucial intelligence.
08:02You told me yesterday
08:02that this was my operation.
08:03I told you yesterday
08:04you could stick around joining
08:05and share any information
08:06you had with us.
08:07There's only one person
08:08in charge here
08:09and that's me.
08:11Gov.
08:20I thought you should know.
08:21I was supposed to cake last night.
08:23You what?
08:23Well, you're probably not interested.
08:25But it's a 12-week scan tomorrow.
08:27So I thought I'd fool you in.
08:28Seeing it's probably your baby.
08:30Boy, you're right.
08:31I'm not interested.
08:36So, any news on Kerr's whereabouts?
08:39Nope.
08:42Okay.
08:43Have you two had a floor now?
08:47Look, I know this might come
08:50as a bit of a shock to you
08:51but I come into this office
08:52to do a job.
08:53Now, I suggest you go downstairs
08:54and you do yours.
08:55That's Kerr.
09:09Do we bring him in?
09:12Well, he's on foot.
09:14Let's follow him.
09:15He might lead us to Armstrong.
09:15That's how he escaped from the drug factory.
09:27If he gets on that, we'll never find him.
09:28Right, get off that bike!
09:38Let us draw units.
09:43Suspect leaving Wellstead Street.
09:45Let's lose the badge.
09:45I'm a blue Honda motorbike.
09:47Damon Kerr,
09:48I'm arresting you on suspicion of involvement
09:49with the production and supply
09:51of controlled drugs.
09:52Class A.
09:53You don't have to say anything
09:54but it may harm your defence
09:55if you do not mention
09:56when questioned something
09:56which you later rely on in court.
09:58Anything you do say
09:59may be given in evidence.
10:00You get the message yesterday.
10:02What message was that?
10:03Obviously didn't hit home.
10:05Nice flat you've got.
10:06At least it looks nice from the outside.
10:08Not too impressive
10:09when you get through the front door.
10:11Yeah, whatever.
10:12Real bachelor pad.
10:14Having said that,
10:15I think it's nice when kids
10:16choose to live near their parents.
10:18Whoops!
10:1934A Priory Rise, isn't it?
10:21We don't take prisoners, mate.
10:30We need to be tough on Kerr
10:45in this interview
10:45and have all his answers prepared.
10:47I don't doubt that.
10:48But I don't want you in there.
10:50What?
10:51You're too close to him.
10:52I want to talk to him about Armstrong
10:53and not your time undercover.
10:55God, with respect, I...
10:56I want you to go with Phil
10:56to Kerr's office on the call lane estate
10:58and get back here
10:59and report to me, OK?
11:00OK.
11:05How's Tony?
11:06Oh, not too good, Sarge.
11:07His face is a complete mess.
11:09Very shaken up.
11:10I don't understand him.
11:11Tony has been on the beat
11:12for donkey's years.
11:14I mean, he's always been able
11:14to look after himself.
11:15Nothing remotely like this
11:16has ever happened to him before.
11:18He was confronted by four attackers
11:19and he was by himself.
11:20Oh, look, I'm not blaming him.
11:22I'm just...
11:22But you think he could have
11:23put up more of a fight?
11:25Look, to be honest,
11:26I think that's what's hurting him
11:27the most, that he didn't fight back.
11:29Yeah, but why didn't he?
11:29I can't speak for him.
11:31Roger telling you about Tony, Sarge?
11:33Yeah.
11:34He was in a ripeness.
11:36They had him on the ground
11:36and booted him in the face.
11:37And for what?
11:39A couple of rocks.
11:40Well, that puts your little adventure
11:41into perspective, doesn't it?
11:43What's this?
11:44Dan had a run-in the other day
11:45with some dangerous thugs.
11:47It was nothing, Sarge,
11:48compared to Tony.
11:493-1-5, Sierra Oscar.
11:52Yeah, 3-1-5 receiving.
11:54Go ahead, Dean.
11:56Please investigate a disturbance.
11:58I should go and see him.
11:59I think he'd appreciate that.
12:02You were arrested
12:04in possession of a bag
12:07containing a substantial amount of cash.
12:09£23,670, to be exact.
12:16So you're going to tell us
12:16where it came from?
12:17This week's takings.
12:19What?
12:19Dealing crack on the call
12:20to understand?
12:21From my client, Mr Armstrong's
12:22pool halls
12:23and amusement arcades.
12:25That'll be the pool halls
12:26in Hanforth Road
12:27and Dagmar Grove.
12:29And the arcades
12:30in Antrim Street
12:31and Greenfield Way.
12:32Is that right?
12:32That's right.
12:33Our accounts are all up to date
12:34for the last month.
12:35And you can check at my office.
12:37We will.
12:38So where were you going
12:39with these takings?
12:40To the bank, of course.
12:41What, 7.30 in the morning
12:42on a bike?
12:44You tried to drive a car
12:45through London at that time?
12:48It's a nightmare,
12:49congestion charge or not.
12:51So what were you doing with this?
12:53For the benefit of the tape,
12:54I'm showing Mr Kerr
12:55his passport.
12:59If you make large bank transactions,
13:01as I often do as an accountant,
13:02you are required
13:03to have proof of ID.
13:04All right, let's start
13:04playing games, shall we?
13:06Yesterday we raided a drugs lab
13:08and you were seen running away.
13:09I don't know
13:09what you're talking about.
13:10Where were you yesterday
13:11at 12.45?
13:12At 12.45?
13:13I'm in a meeting with a client,
13:15Mr Joshua Armstrong.
13:17Mr Armstrong?
13:19Yeah, we'd like to talk to him.
13:20Oh, and I'm sure
13:21he'd want to talk to you.
13:22Especially if you keep hold
13:23of his legitimate earnings.
13:27Well, that's it.
13:28This is clean.
13:31Records of Armstrong's
13:32legit operations,
13:32nothing more, nothing less.
13:34We'll take it for the computer
13:35buffs to see if they can
13:35find anything more.
13:36No, they're not going
13:37to find anything.
13:38Nothing to link Armstrong's
13:39money to the drugs.
13:40Look, it's not even
13:41password protected.
13:43Kerr's not an idiot.
13:44This whole office
13:45is just a front.
13:46It's been set up
13:46for us to find.
13:48So what are these, then?
13:49Family heirlooms?
13:51That's Spike Edwards, wouldn't it?
13:53Who's Spike Edwards?
13:54He's a retired boxer.
13:56Used to run the boys' club
13:56on the coal lane.
13:58Now he probably trained
13:58Armstrong as a junior.
13:59I've heard his name
14:00mentioned before.
14:01Well, back in the day
14:02he was a bit of a legend.
14:02No, I mean,
14:04I've heard his name
14:04mentioned recently.
14:07You were positively
14:08ID'd at this lab
14:09by one of our officers,
14:11DC Nadir.
14:12DC Nadir.
14:14Used to hang around
14:14a coal lane
14:15pretending to be
14:16someone else.
14:18I've got an office
14:18on the coal lane.
14:20He might well have
14:21seen me there.
14:22Mixed me up with
14:22this drugs lab character.
14:24I don't think so.
14:25Either that or
14:26it's malicious ID,
14:27in which case,
14:27of course,
14:28we'd have to make
14:29some sort of complaint.
14:30You know we charge
14:31Leon Walsh,
14:32don't you?
14:33He had some
14:33interesting things
14:34to say about you.
14:36All good, I hope.
14:37He's in a bit
14:38of a tight corner.
14:39Manufacturing cracker care.
14:40It's a long stretch.
14:42I don't think
14:43he's a patient man.
14:44And I don't think
14:45he's too keen on you.
14:47Well, obviously,
14:48that saddens me.
14:50But as my mother says,
14:51you can't please
14:52all the people
14:53all the time,
14:53can you?
14:54You'll start talking.
14:56You'll name names.
14:57Your name.
14:58And your boss's.
14:59The thing is,
15:00I've got work to do,
15:01so if you're going
15:01to charge me
15:02with us something,
15:02go ahead.
15:03If not,
15:04I'd really like
15:05to get out of here.
15:14All right.
15:16I've only got
15:16another few tapes to go.
15:18Still nothing.
15:19Maybe we'll have
15:19more luck with these.
15:20Just picked them up
15:21from the coal lane.
15:24Tony was beating
15:24up by a load of
15:25shankers
15:25off their face.
15:27Chances are
15:28they're still
15:28on the coal lane
15:29right now,
15:30scoring more gear.
15:32We should be out
15:33there talking to people.
15:34Not sifting through
15:35this lot.
15:35There's enough
15:36officers out there
15:36talking to people.
15:37Yeah, well,
15:37I wish I was
15:38one of them.
15:40No mention of
15:41Sheila in the
15:41briefing this morning.
15:44I mean,
15:45I know Honey and
15:45Yvonne are missing,
15:46but so is she.
15:51Do you know
15:51where she is?
15:53She's on a course.
15:55Community liaison
15:56skills.
15:57Any idea when she
15:58might be back?
15:59I'm sure you could
15:59find out.
16:00Sarge is bound to know.
16:01No, no.
16:02Not important.
16:03I could ask if you like.
16:04No, no.
16:08That's Tony's car.
16:11There they are.
16:13That's them.
16:13That's Dwayne Patterson.
16:17He's a non-user.
16:18Lives on a squat
16:18on the coal lane.
16:19Where's that description
16:20that Roger sent in?
16:22Yeah.
16:24I see one male.
16:26Grey sweatshirt,
16:27red logo on the front.
16:28Mid to late teens.
16:29That's him.
16:3115.30.
16:32Ties in with your
16:33salt as well.
16:34Nice one, mate.
16:35Let's go get
16:35the little toe rag.
16:40Make sure you
16:41call me that
16:41later, will you?
16:42Will do.
16:44What's that?
16:45Yeah.
16:48How are they
16:48doing with Armstrong's
16:49books?
16:50Well, the financial
16:51investigation team
16:52have ID'd two accounts
16:53so far, but of course
16:54they're both clean.
16:55He's hardly going to
16:55bank dodgy cash
16:56under his own name,
16:57is he?
16:57Well, and who knows
16:58how many aliases he's
16:59got and how many
17:00other accounts are
17:01brought.
17:01If we don't get
17:02some hard evidence
17:02on Armstrong, he's
17:03going to lose the
17:04country.
17:05What about Kerr?
17:06Kerr.
17:08He's not going to
17:09grass his own boss,
17:10is he?
17:10It's more than
17:11his life's worth.
17:12Anyway, we ID'd
17:13him at the lab,
17:14he says he's been
17:14charging for that,
17:15but we need
17:15something stronger
17:16before we're
17:16going to get to
17:17Armstrong.
17:19Yes, sir, can I
17:19help you?
17:20You've got a friend
17:20of mine in here.
17:21I'd like to see him.
17:22Okay, um, what's
17:24his name?
17:24Damon Kerr.
17:26And you are?
17:28Joshua Armstrong.
17:32Hey, police!
17:33There you are!
17:33Come here!
17:42Come here!
17:42Try and pass!
17:43I'm arresting you
17:44with suspicion of a
17:45soldier of the police
17:45officer.
17:46No!
17:46You do not have to say
17:47anything!
17:47I ain't done nothing!
17:48Lance!
17:52What's this
17:53passing?
17:53Well, come on, then!
18:04You want some, do ya?
18:06Hey!
18:06I ain't scared of you!
18:08Nah!
18:09Ask your mate
18:09from yesterday,
18:10spray!
18:13Listen to me!
18:14Keep your hands away
18:15from your face!
18:16Don't rub your eyes,
18:17I'll make them worse!
18:17Steady on!
18:31I'll take you.
18:33Come on, son,
18:34you're nuts.
18:39Mr Armstrong,
18:40how many of you
18:40have shy mad at us?
18:41What can I do for you?
18:43I've got a message
18:43that a colleague of mine
18:44is in custody.
18:45Damon Kerr.
18:46I'm just checking
18:47everything's okay.
18:48Well, if everything
18:49was okay,
18:49he wouldn't be in
18:50custody, would he?
18:52I know you people
18:52are right up against
18:53him.
18:54It's inevitable
18:55that mistakes will
18:55happen.
18:56There's no mistake.
18:57He's helping us
18:57with our inquiries.
18:59How long have you
19:00had him in for?
19:00I can't divulge
19:01that information.
19:03So I'm trying to
19:03run a business here.
19:05When one of your
19:05employees goes able,
19:06he throws everything
19:07out of kilter.
19:10I don't want him
19:11held any longer
19:11than is necessary.
19:15Did you see the
19:16deer?
19:17Nice to see you.
19:21Just having a
19:22chat with, um,
19:23I'm sorry?
19:25What's your name?
19:28What?
19:29Talking about
19:30Mr Kerr?
19:31Well, you know
19:32all about Mr Kerr,
19:33don't you?
19:35I was just
19:35inquiring about
19:36how long you
19:36held him in for.
19:37You've been told.
19:38We can't divulge
19:39that information.
19:40The clock is
19:41ticking, isn't it?
19:42when your time's
19:43up.
19:44Your time's
19:45up.
19:47But you'd know
19:48about that,
19:49wouldn't you?
19:50Do you see
19:50in a deer?
19:59I thought you said
20:00you'd never met
20:00before.
20:01I haven't.
20:02So what was he
20:03talking about?
20:05I don't know,
20:06I think he was just
20:06trying to front us out.
20:07He knows we don't
20:08have anything on him.
20:08No, there's something
20:09else.
20:09I want to know
20:10what's going on,
20:10now!
20:13Armstrong left a wreath
20:14in my car last night
20:15with a warning message.
20:16I didn't think it was
20:17worth reporting.
20:18So, the man who
20:18runs the crack trade
20:19on the coal lane
20:20wants you dead
20:21and you don't think
20:21it's worth reporting.
20:22He's trying to psych me
20:23out.
20:23He wants to scare me
20:24off this case.
20:24I'm not going to be
20:25bullied.
20:25Look, you're not
20:26running a private
20:26detective agency here.
20:28You risk the lies
20:29of every officer
20:29you went out with
20:30today.
20:31That's not bravery,
20:31that's stupidity.
20:34Right, from now on
20:35you can report to
20:35DS Hunter and
20:36liaise with the
20:37FIU.
20:38Financial
20:38investigations,
20:39but you're
20:39grounding me.
20:40Look, there's a
20:41price on your head.
20:42Do you seriously
20:42think I'm going to
20:43let you leave this
20:43nick?
20:44Yeah, but now you
20:44know we can work
20:45round it.
20:45I'm much more used
20:46to you on the
20:47streets.
20:47You'll go when I
20:48say or else you're
20:49off this case.
20:52Gov.
20:56I did find
20:57something at
20:58Kerr's office.
20:59What?
21:00A photograph of
21:01Armstrong and an
21:02ex-boxer called
21:03Spike Edwards.
21:04And?
21:04Well, I remember
21:06when I was undercover
21:07they used to talk
21:07about going to
21:08Spike's place.
21:09And where's that?
21:10I don't know.
21:11Yet.
21:13But if we can
21:13track down Spike
21:14Edwards.
21:14Well, that's easy.
21:15I know where he is.
21:16Where?
21:17Six feet under.
21:18He died a few
21:19years ago.
21:20But that doesn't
21:21mean to say that
21:21Armstrong's not
21:22used in his
21:22places.
21:24All right.
21:25Make some calls.
21:26Track it down.
21:27But you keep me
21:28informed.
21:28And you don't
21:29leave this nick
21:29unless I say so.
21:32Yes, sir.
21:38We should do
21:38something for
21:39honey.
21:40Flowers?
21:41My husband
21:41killed himself.
21:42Some other
21:42flowers are going
21:43to help.
21:44And what will
21:44exactly?
21:45Chocolates.
21:45We've got one
21:47of them.
21:48I do.
21:49The blokes have
21:49beat Tony Stamp up.
21:50They're bringing
21:50him in now.
21:51Yeah, yeah.
21:52It's a result.
21:52We've gotten
21:53arrested by the
21:53sound of things.
21:54He'll be charged.
21:55But I would
21:57urge anyone who
21:58comes into contact
21:59with the suspect
22:00that you treat him
22:00just like you would
22:01any other prisoner
22:02in custody.
22:03I don't want
22:04anybody jeopardising
22:05the prosecution.
22:06We want him
22:07and the others
22:08banged up
22:09watertight
22:10for Tony Stamp's
22:11sake.
22:12All right?
22:16My name goes...
22:17Ah!
22:18Take that!
22:18Shut your mouth!
22:20Gabriel.
22:21You mates in that
22:21clockwork
22:22got beaten up
22:22yesterday.
22:24And he was
22:25crying like a
22:25girl.
22:26Get in there!
22:26I'll take him!
22:36Ah!
22:36Sarge!
22:38This is
22:39Dwayne Patterson,
22:39NFA, 17 years old.
22:42We arrested him
22:42at 102 Jamaica House,
22:44Coal Lane Estates.
22:45On suspicion of
22:46assaulting a police
22:46officer in the
22:47execution of his
22:48duty and assault
22:49occasioning actual
22:50bodily harm.
22:51Right.
22:51We're going to need
22:52an appropriate adult.
22:53You might want to
22:53give him a check over
22:54for the effects of
22:55CS, too.
22:56The sweatshirt's
22:57contaminated.
23:00You have to use
23:01your spray?
23:02Well, if there's
23:02that, I'll end up
23:03next to Tony in
23:04St. Hugh's.
23:06I'm obliged to
23:07ask you this.
23:08Do you want to
23:08see a drugs referral
23:09officer?
23:11Whatever.
23:12Come on.
23:18Any news from
23:19the lab?
23:20They're still
23:20testing Curve's
23:21money for traces
23:22of drugs.
23:23They're taking
23:23their time, you
23:24know, they reckon
23:24there's some sort
23:24of backlog.
23:25Well, tell them
23:26to get a shift in.
23:27Armstrong's going to
23:28be stunning himself
23:28in Spain before
23:29we get a result.
23:30Well, thanks very
23:30much.
23:31Listen, I'm not
23:32getting anywhere
23:32here.
23:33I should be out
23:34there trying to
23:34find Spike
23:35Edwards' place,
23:35not stuck behind
23:36a desk.
23:37Well, this is
23:37where most of the
23:37crime gets solved,
23:38so you'd better
23:39get used to it.
23:40Well, didn't we
23:40find Curse's
23:41laptop yet?
23:41There's got to be
23:42something on that.
23:43Nothing's turned
23:43up yet.
23:44Armstrong's probably
23:44trashed it, but I
23:45know I can't.
24:03What's the news on
24:04Paterson?
24:04Waiting for swab
24:05results.
24:06Tests are positive,
24:07cocaine and
24:08amphetamine.
24:08I've told DS Nixon
24:09she's got to wait
24:10before she can
24:10interview him.
24:12Come on.
24:13You know as well
24:14as I do there's no
24:14point in interviewing
24:15him in that state.
24:17Hello, if someone
24:18wanted me.
24:19Uh, yeah, he wasn't
24:20sure whether he wanted
24:21a drugs referral worker
24:22or not, but I called
24:23you anyway.
24:23It's this way.
24:26Drugs referral.
24:28I know where I'd
24:28refer them.
24:29Makes me sick that
24:30we have to bend over
24:31backwards to treat
24:32little thugs like him
24:32as victims when we
24:33should be locking
24:34them up and throwing
24:34away the key.
24:40Phil, you need to
24:45talk.
24:47About what?
24:48I tried to kiss you,
24:50you tell me you get
24:50lost, end of story,
24:51I know where I stand.
24:52Look, I think I was
24:53probably a little bit
24:54harsh.
24:55I'm sorry.
24:57You were right,
24:58we're a really good
24:59team and we work
25:00really well together.
25:02I don't want to
25:03spoil that.
25:10Gov, you've got
25:18something for me?
25:19Armstrong's men used
25:19to talk about doing
25:20business at Spike
25:21Edwards' place, right?
25:22Well, I've been on to
25:23the council and his
25:24flat was reallocated
25:25after he died, but
25:26there's another address.
25:27It's a lock-up space
25:28or a vault or something
25:29like that and it appears
25:30he's still paying the
25:31rent.
25:31So Armstrong's using
25:32his identity?
25:33Well, the rent's
25:33getting paid via direct
25:34debit through a company
25:35called Square Canvas
25:36Holdings and Joshua
25:38Armstrong is one of the
25:39directors.
25:40That's enough to
25:40justify a search.
25:42Right, I'm calling
25:42SO19.
25:43I'll get them to stand
25:43by.
25:44Phil, can you follow up
25:45with the finance?
25:46I want this one to stick.
25:47Gov, we need to get
25:48down there and write
25:48away.
25:49No one's going anywhere
25:50until we've got
25:50everything in place.
25:51You've done really well
25:52here.
25:52Keep digging.
26:09PC pal.
26:10Excuse me.
26:14What?
26:14How do you fancy making up
26:17for some of your mistakes?
26:18What do you mean?
26:19We found a set of lock-ups
26:20Armstrong's been renting
26:22under the Taker Bridge.
26:23Right.
26:24Well, I need someone to go
26:25with me and check it out.
26:27Take some from CRD then.
26:29How?
26:30Look, you own me.
26:35I'm not going on some secret
26:36mission.
26:37It's all right.
26:38The DCI knows all about it.
26:44Well, come on then.
26:44So, how are you doing
27:02with the junkie?
27:04Well, once he'd finished
27:05mouthing off, I managed to get
27:06some sense out of him.
27:08I don't know you lot
27:08can find any sympathy
27:09with people like him.
27:10I suppose they open up
27:11to us a bit more.
27:12You get a sense of why
27:13they turn out the way
27:14they do.
27:15No one forces you
27:15but I'm a crackhead.
27:17If only it were that
27:17black and white.
27:21Hey, look.
27:22No, he's all right.
27:24Are you okay?
27:25If I hadn't had the chance
27:26to see you recently.
27:27I know it's been difficult.
27:28The game's been around a lot.
27:30So I wish you and me
27:31could get some time
27:31to ourselves.
27:33Come on later, yeah?
27:34Yeah.
27:46Tony?
27:59It's you.
28:01How you doing?
28:03Never better.
28:05Tony, I'm so sorry.
28:09But more to the point,
28:11how are you?
28:12I haven't seen you for weeks.
28:14Has Jim been in touch?
28:18No.
28:18No, to be honest,
28:19I doubt whether he will be.
28:22Sorry.
28:25Don't you worry about me.
28:27It's 28 or two,
28:28so I'm not beat.
28:30I think I'll be
28:31ahead on myself
28:31by now, wouldn't you?
28:40D.S. Nixon.
28:41Rochelle Barrett.
28:42I'm Dwayne Patterson's
28:42drug referral worker.
28:43Can we see him now?
28:44Yeah.
28:45He was so high
28:46when he first came in,
28:47you'd never have got
28:47any sense out of him.
28:48But at least he's
28:49calmed down a bit now.
28:50He's a real charmer.
28:52After you.
29:01Interview with Dwayne Patterson
29:02commences 1315.
29:04Present,
29:05D.S. Nixon
29:05and Mr. Patterson's
29:07appropriate adult,
29:08Rochelle Barrett.
29:09Are you OK, Dwayne?
29:10Do I look OK?
29:11Dwayne,
29:12Dwayne,
29:13a police officer
29:14was assaulted yesterday
29:15in a lock-up garage
29:16on the Coal Lane estate.
29:18We have CCTV footage
29:20of you leaving that area
29:21at 3.30
29:21with a number of other youths.
29:23Can you tell me
29:24what happened, please?
29:24I can't remember being there.
29:27Are you sure it was me?
29:28This is a very serious matter.
29:31You're in a lot of trouble.
29:33Now, we know about
29:34your drug problem
29:35and I know you've spoken
29:36with Rochelle,
29:37so we can help you.
29:40But you have to help us.
29:42It's come to think of it, yeah?
29:44I don't even remember
29:44being on the Coal Lane.
29:46You look straight
29:46into the CCTV camera.
29:48It's as good as a mug shot.
29:49Now, to save us a lot of trouble,
29:51can you just tell us
29:52what happened?
29:52We took our rocks.
29:54PC stamp.
29:55We paid for them.
29:57We needed them.
30:00The rocks he confiscated
30:02would have got you
30:04a slap on the wrist.
30:07So why did you see fit
30:08to kick him
30:09until he was unconscious?
30:10That weren't me.
30:11PC stamp said
30:12that four youths
30:13assaulted him.
30:15We have CCTV footage
30:16of you...
30:16Yeah, I roughed him up a bit, yeah?
30:18But I didn't do the kicking.
30:19Oh, who did?
30:20I ain't a grass.
30:22I know.
30:23You're not stupid either,
30:24are you?
30:25You know as well as I do
30:26it will help you
30:27if you help me.
30:30Marshal Hines.
30:32He was on one.
30:33He'd been smoking all morning.
30:35Doing crack.
30:37Where can we find
30:38this Marshal Hines?
30:42There's a place we go, yeah?
30:44Under the flyover.
30:45He's usually there
30:46unless he's scoring.
30:48He's a big guy
30:48and he's always packing a knife
30:50and he really hates pigs.
30:53So I'd tread a bit careful
30:54if I was you.
30:59Thank you, Dwayne.
31:04His name's Patterson?
31:05Yeah, Dwayne Patterson.
31:07Some lowlife off the coal lane.
31:08Lance recognised him.
31:10Hopefully,
31:11he'll give us the others.
31:12You're pretty quick,
31:13bring them in.
31:14Oh,
31:15troops were champing
31:16at the bit.
31:18I feel a complete idiot.
31:19You mustn't blame yourself.
31:21You were outnumbered.
31:22They were off their heads.
31:23I could see the situation
31:25escalating.
31:26I knew it was getting
31:27out of control.
31:28Tony,
31:28you didn't do anything wrong.
31:31Yes, I did.
31:32I hesitated.
31:34Yeah,
31:35like none of us
31:35have ever done that.
31:37The one thing
31:37I've never doubted
31:38is my instinct.
31:41I think that's what
31:42makes me a good copper.
31:45Yesterday,
31:47I was in the middle
31:48of a bunch of crackheads.
31:52I was half thinking about...
31:53What happened to Yvonne?
31:55I should have used my ASP.
31:57But I didn't.
32:00It's so ironic, isn't it?
32:01I've never really used it
32:02in my life.
32:03One time I needed to.
32:06I hesitated.
32:08I can remember
32:09thinking to myself,
32:12what if I catch one of them
32:14round the head?
32:15What if I swing it too hard?
32:17And if I do,
32:19what if they hang me out
32:20to dry for it?
32:21You could have died.
32:22So could Yvonne.
32:23This job's my life.
32:28If I get chucked out now,
32:29what else would I do?
32:43Armstrong's regretting
32:44this place for years.
32:46Not exactly the ideal office space,
32:48but give the stashing stuff away.
32:50Are you sure the DCI
32:51wanted me to go with it?
32:52I told you.
32:52You've been stuck in the coal lane
32:53for months.
32:54I guess you thought you deserved
32:55to see the fruits of your lane.
32:56Have you got any idea
32:57about the layout of this place?
32:59It's a complete rabbit hole in here.
33:00We'll never be able
33:01to search it properly
33:01by ourselves.
33:03We need backup.
33:06Look,
33:07it's fine.
33:08We only need to get
33:08a quick once over.
33:10If we don't find a connection
33:11between Armstrong's
33:12and the drugs operation
33:13and everything we've been through
33:14for the last few months
33:15would have been for nothing.
33:16So why is it only us here?
33:21Nick?
33:23No sign of Marshall Hodes yet?
33:25No, Sarge.
33:26Sarge, over here!
33:27What?
33:28Take it easy.
33:40Get an ambulance.
33:40No, please.
33:42No, please.
33:43Now!
33:44I thought there'd be
33:55an office area or something.
33:57Still, if Armstrong
33:57has been using this place
33:58there's got to be
33:59some evidence of it somewhere.
34:00Look,
34:01I need you to radio back to base
34:02and tell the DCI where we are
34:03and then we need backup.
34:05You told me the DCI
34:05knew all about this.
34:06I told you what you needed to hear.
34:08Now hurry up and do it.
34:09What the hell do you think you're playing?
34:10If Armstrong hasn't fled the country
34:12already then he's about to.
34:13The DCI was wasting time
34:15that we don't have.
34:16So get out there
34:17and make the call.
34:35I wanted to see you so much.
34:38We've been passing each other
34:39in the corridor
34:39every other day.
34:41You've probably seen
34:41any more than your husband.
34:42Don't joke about it.
34:44I just hate having to
34:45pretend about it all the time.
34:46I keep it a secret.
34:48I thought I had rambled
34:49us the other day.
34:50What, she knows?
34:51Nah, she knows nothing.
34:52Listen,
34:54when can I see you again?
34:55Properly?
34:56Same.
34:57I promise.
34:58I see you then.
35:00I see you.
35:02OK.
35:07Peace if you hear about this.
35:15I can see you.
35:16Excuse me.
35:20I can hear you.
35:21dass you hear about it.
35:26Can I help you, officer?
35:33Joshua Armstrong, I'm arresting connection...
35:35No.
35:36No, you're not. I'm leaving. Sorry.
35:41Not a good idea, sunshine.
35:43Under 21 every way to time I was, I'm bare knuckle before that.
35:48And like I said, you ain't gonna stop me.
35:56Sarge, I've got a load of messages for you downstairs.
36:00You've got to pull someone called Kate.
36:02Phil, where's an idea?
36:04I've just had the okay at Red Armstrong's premises.
36:06Oh, he went out earlier, took Lawrence with him.
36:08He's gone to the vaults.
36:18Sam, I hear you found one of the other lads who attacked Tony. Is this him?
36:22Yeah, he's in a pretty bad way, actually.
36:24He was barely conscious when we got to him. He odeamed.
36:28I think he's had a heart attack. 17 years old.
36:31Difficult to feel too much sympathy for him, though, after what he did to Tony.
36:37How is he?
36:38Well, physically you get better. Mentally.
36:41Suffering a beating like that's got to play on your mind for the rest of your life, isn't it?
36:46You know he chose not to defend himself. Well, that's how he sees it, anyway.
36:51You see, what's happened to Yvonne, it's sent shot waves through the entire relief.
36:55I'm not surprised. Officers on the beat need to know where they stand.
36:59So what did the super say to them?
37:02Nothing.
37:03Really?
37:04What? I'm sure he's just busy. I'm sure he's planning on talking to them.
37:10Well, I hope so, because my officers are waiting to hear what he's got to say about it.
37:14They need to know that he's behind them. It's the least he can do.
37:18Anyway, I hope the lad pulls through.
37:19Sometimes I wish the Joshua Armstrongs of this world could see what their business really does to people.
37:31How many others are with you?
37:34Just the one. I don't know where he is.
37:37Put back-ups on the way.
37:38No, I was just gonna call for it.
37:46Armstrong!
37:47He's gonna come.
37:49I'm unarmed.
37:54So let's just stay calm, okay?
37:57Oh, I'm perfectly calm, mate.
37:59Armed responses are just outside. There's no getting out of here.
38:02There's always a way out.
38:04It'd be easier for all of us if you play ball.
38:07He's willing to.
38:09I don't think you're that stupid.
38:11Or else we could end it here.
38:13That's your choice.
38:28Tony's an experienced officer, sir.
38:30If he felt that he couldn't defend himself properly, that he couldn't use the equipment he'd been provided with, then I think we're in real trouble here.
38:37I'm sorry, of course, that he's been injured.
38:39But you're right.
38:41Tony is an experienced officer.
38:42He knew exactly what he was doing.
38:44With respect, sir, I think you're missing the point.
38:46Tony doesn't trust his sense of judgement anymore.
38:49You see, in the light of what happened to PC Hemingway, everybody feels on very shaky ground.
38:54I mean, all of them, and I include myself, would have acted exactly the way she did in that situation.
39:01No one witnessed what went on between Lee Thomas and Yvonne, so I don't know how you can say that.
39:05Are you saying she deliberately beat a suspect today?
39:07But I don't want to jump to any conclusions before the inquiry into Yvonne's actions is complete.
39:10But, sir, the relief need reassurance now. They need to know that you're on their side.
39:16I'm not on anyone's side. The guidelines on the use of equipment are perfectly clear.
39:21Sir, it is one thing sitting with the rule book in the station, and it is quite another being out on the streets with a split second to respond.
39:28June, no one ever claimed that this job was easy.
39:30No, but, sir, I'm worried that you're losing sight of just how difficult it is.
39:35I mean, I have got one officer in hospital. I've got another officer on suspension.
39:40I know you've been through a terrible time, but we cannot just ignore our officers' very real concerns.
39:48How dare you bring my personal situation into this?
39:51Most people are quite capable of separating their personal and professional lives.
39:55Now, you might not be one of them, but I am.
39:58I don't know why you people get so worked up about the likes of me.
40:13If you just let us do our work, everything will check along nicely.
40:16You then have to deal with knock-on effects.
40:18We do. Yeah, but no one forced you into the job, did they?
40:20So you could take your moral higher ground and shove them. If it wasn't me...
40:23It'll be someone else. Change the record. Where are we going?
40:25Sounds like the cavalry's arrived. Change of plan.
40:31Come on.
40:32Come on.
40:45All units, stand by.
40:49This is bad, Armstrong. You've got half the Met out there. You're not going to walk away from this.
40:53If I'm going to take a few bullets, don't see why you should miss out on all the fun.
40:57And I hear you recycle for a bit of excitement.
40:59All units, go, go, go.
41:17All units, go, go, go.
41:18Go, go, go, go.
41:27No!
41:29No!
41:30We're going to get that! Come on!
41:31I'll go on your back!
41:32Yeah.
41:33On your knees!
41:34Oi.
41:35On your knees!
41:36Oi!
41:37Come on.
41:38Right, cuffs.
41:39On your feet!
41:40This one!
41:45We're okay.
41:47We're okay.
41:52Sarge, did you know about this?
41:54Know about what?
41:55The super wanting a blow-by-blow account of our deployment of CS spray.
42:00Are you being serious?
42:02Could we fully justify its use?
42:04Even though the nerve to suggest I did it on purpose.
42:07You what?
42:08Because Roger was the one who found Tony.
42:09I mean, did I let my personal feelings intrude?
42:12But I've just spoken to him!
42:14You'd have thought he'd have been more supportive, wouldn't you?
42:16After all I set moving on.
42:17He's going to get a full account in the IRB.
42:19Why haul us in now?
42:21Repercussions, that's what he said.
42:23I'll give him repercussions.
42:25Right.
42:26We're not putting up with this any longer.
42:27Look, we've got the results.
42:29You've charged him with the attempted murder of a police officer
42:31and his laptop links him to everything.
42:34This is what we've been after since the very beginning of Operation Mercury.
42:36We've nailed Joshua Armstrong.
42:38Have you got tunnel vision or what?
42:39What?
42:40Look, what are you doing?
42:41Hang on, forget about you.
42:43PC Powell was close to getting a bullet through his head.
42:45And if I hadn't have acted when I did, then Armstrong would have flown!
42:48Listen to me!
42:50He's a young copper.
42:52He's barely been in this job for two years.
42:54He nearly lost his life today because of you.
42:56Now, I don't care if you've got a tip-off that's going to bring down the Russian Mafia.
42:59If a copper's life's in danger, you leave it.
43:08I don't know.
43:09I can't met Edna Taylor, Usain.
43:12When you're bright, you've got more enthusiasm for the job than anybody I've met in years.
43:18I'm trying to play by your rules, Guff.
43:20Well, judging by today, you don't inspire much confidence in me.
43:23If you ever do anything like this again, I'll make sure it's the last thing you do.
43:26Do you understand?
43:29Are you offering me a job, Guff?
43:31Well, you better ask yourself if you can conform to what we need here.
43:34Think long and hard about it.
43:36Because, frankly, I'm not so sure that you can.
43:45Sounds like you've had quite a day.
43:47Wait up.
43:48Someone's left us in the wrong place.
43:50Letter for you.
43:51Cheers.
44:14How are you feeling?
44:15Still a bit shaky?
44:17Listen, you stay away from me.
44:19The sooner you're out of this place, the better.
44:20But I'm not going anywhere.
44:23But I thought what you thought wrong.
44:25Better watch your step, P.C., pal.
44:27I'm joining Sunhill CID.
44:36What's she's been admitting?
44:39All right, listen.
44:40I'm going to be over there as quickly as I can, OK?
44:43Thanks.
44:48Are you all right?
44:50It's Kate.
44:51She's been rushed into hospital.
44:53I think she's going to lose this baby.
45:02Sir.
45:05What's all this?
45:06In view of recent events, sir, we don't feel able to use this equipment.
45:09What do you mean, can't use it?
45:11Unless the relief has clear confirmation that it has your unconditional backing for the use of this equipment as we see fit to defend ourselves, then we don't feel able to take it out on the streets.
45:23But that's nonsense.
45:24You can't leave the station without it.
45:25That is what the rule book says, yes.
45:29Are you telling me that effectively you're on strike?
45:32Sir, you have until tomorrow morning's shift to show us that you trust us to use this equipment responsibly.
45:38If not, I don't see us we have much choice.
45:41So, I guess it's over to you, sir.
45:48Next time on The Bill.
45:53One more thing, Gary.
45:54You can be replaced very easily.
45:56Buck off, I'm on this side.
45:57I mean it, Gary.
45:59You're a user, Phil.
46:00I hope this kid's not yours.
46:01I really do.
46:27I have to.
46:28I'll see you next time.
46:29Bye-bye.
46:30Bye.
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