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First broadcast 14th October 1978.
After informant 'Nosey' Parker has tipped them off about the drug-dealing habits of boxer-turned-gangster John Coogan, CI5 interrogate Coogan's younger brother, Paul.
Gordon Jackson - George Cowley
Martin Shaw - Doyle
Lewis Collins - Bodie
Michael Billington - John Coogan
Lisa Harrow - Geraldine Mather
Allan Surtees - Minister
Cyril Luckham - Judge Hall
Robert James - David Merlin
Trevor Adams - Benny, CI5 Agent
Ken Campbell - Parker
Peter Marinker - Frank Williams
Jenny Lee Wright - Lorna
Christopher Ellison - Paul Coogan
Michael Mundell - Reporter
James Hayes - McKay
Jonty Miller - Carter
Charles Pemberton - Big Man
Walter Henry - Stannard
Robert Lankesheer - Vicar
Art Malik - Doctor
Dawn Rodrigues - Jill
After informant 'Nosey' Parker has tipped them off about the drug-dealing habits of boxer-turned-gangster John Coogan, CI5 interrogate Coogan's younger brother, Paul.
Gordon Jackson - George Cowley
Martin Shaw - Doyle
Lewis Collins - Bodie
Michael Billington - John Coogan
Lisa Harrow - Geraldine Mather
Allan Surtees - Minister
Cyril Luckham - Judge Hall
Robert James - David Merlin
Trevor Adams - Benny, CI5 Agent
Ken Campbell - Parker
Peter Marinker - Frank Williams
Jenny Lee Wright - Lorna
Christopher Ellison - Paul Coogan
Michael Mundell - Reporter
James Hayes - McKay
Jonty Miller - Carter
Charles Pemberton - Big Man
Walter Henry - Stannard
Robert Lankesheer - Vicar
Art Malik - Doctor
Dawn Rodrigues - Jill
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00:57That way?
01:15No, first class. Parker's got delusions of grandeur.
01:22We won't follow it.
01:23Come on, Parker.
01:25Who's he?
01:26Never you mind.
01:27What have you got?
01:29The goods. The real McCoy.
01:31The Coogans. Big John and Paul, if you want them.
01:35You want them?
01:36You got them.
01:37What?
01:38This evening.
01:41That's a big drop, maybe ten pounds of uncut heroin.
01:44Coogan's chancing that under his own roof.
01:47Oh, that's the nice part.
01:48The offer came suddenly. The original buyer got busted,
01:51leaving ten pounds of uncut floating, so Coogan's moved in.
01:54Has to be their house. There wasn't time to arrange anything else.
01:57I've wanted the Coogan brothers for a long time.
02:01Well, now you've got them.
02:03Well, the gang's all here.
02:04It's more like a CI-5 alter.
02:07I mean, a big drug drop like this, not a drug squad man in sight.
02:09This isn't just about drugs, Danny.
02:12No?
02:12Anyway, it's nothing to do with them. It was our tip-off.
02:15So I hope you've eaten plenty of spinach.
02:16Right, let's go.
02:46All right, hold it!
02:48All right, Captain.
03:18Oh, we haven't found anything yet, but we will.
03:38You will.
03:39Oh, we haven't found anything yet.
03:51Oh, we haven't found anything yet.
04:01Oh, we haven't found anything yet.
04:07Oh, we haven't found anything yet.
04:23Oh, we haven't found anything yet.
04:41Oh, we haven't found anything yet.
04:44Take the wire!
05:09Not one word!
05:32What will they do?
05:39You should see the mess they made inside.
06:03I sent for you, Mr Merlin, because, well, because John always said to send for you.
06:09There was trouble.
06:10You did the right thing, thank you.
06:12They've obviously gone.
06:13They left half an hour ago.
06:15They didn't find anything?
06:17Nothing.
06:18Nothing?
06:19Not a damn thing.
06:20Went over the place with a fine tooth coat.
06:22Twice.
06:23With two tooth coats.
06:24We even got infrared equipment and sniffer dogs.
06:27Parker gave us a bomb steers.
06:29He's been reliable before.
06:31Given you some hot tips.
06:32Yeah.
06:33I reckon somebody outbid the Coogan's, you know.
06:35Well, I mean, ten pounds of uncut going floating.
06:39Somebody got there first.
06:41We never found it because it was never there in the first place to find.
06:44Where does that leave us?
06:45Up the creek without a paddle.
06:46Not quite.
06:47We've still got the Coogan's.
06:49Let's have a quiet chat with them, shall we?
06:51Come on.
07:12Which one's gonna do the hitting?
07:16Not you.
07:17Not enough weight.
07:18and you
07:21you break your hand on me
07:25it's not glass this
07:29and this
07:33hard as rock
07:42my kid brother works out on it some mornings
07:4453 bouts when I was in a ring and no one ever put me out
07:50if this is the best you could do Mr Cowley
07:56it's not good enough
07:59you shouldn't believe every rumour you hear
08:01there's going to be no hitting
08:04someone might have heard that
08:24and it's your word against mine isn't it
08:28sit down Cullen
08:29sit down
08:32see to him
08:42you've been working him over haven't you
08:51yeah now it's my turn
08:52well you won't find me any easier than him
08:56Cullen can take it
08:58and so can I
08:59I don't think you're ready to play in the big league yet
09:02so just be a good boy
09:03when we're ready for you
09:05we'll call for you
09:07I'm ready now
09:09of course you are
09:19try me
09:23don't push your luck
09:33I say
09:36he did warn you
09:43living in the shadow of his big brother
09:47I know
09:47where's he up to
09:55he said to go and see the minister
09:56oh yeah
09:57oh yeah
09:58come in
10:02shut the door George
10:07you're up early minister
10:10and I dislike being up early
10:13but it was imperative
10:15imperative
10:16David Merlin
10:18Merlin
10:18that shyster
10:20he lives up to his namesake
10:22he's a legal wizard
10:23has friends at court
10:24and represents the Coogan brothers
10:26represents
10:27what does their dirty business you mean
10:29David Merlin is a highly respected lawyer
10:31not by me he isn't
10:32nor by me
10:34but he's raising an awful stink
10:37he's alleging damage to private property
10:41search without warrant
10:43without warrant
10:44you know the terms of my brief
10:45yes George
10:46and it is that brief
10:48that is endangered at this moment
10:50I know what you do
10:51and why
10:53but finally
10:54ultimately
10:55we must answer to the government
10:56of this country
10:57and they in turn
10:58to the voters
10:59can you hold the Coogan's
11:02do you have a case
11:03not at the moment
11:04no
11:04but given a few hours interrogation
11:05then you must release them
11:07immediately
11:07oh I'm sorry George
11:10John Coogan is a thug
11:12drugs
11:13extortion
11:13prostitution
11:14in the eyes of the British public
11:16John Coogan is a revered athlete
11:17and he's up for an OBE
11:20until you can prove otherwise
11:23George
11:24I'm not asking you
11:26I'm telling you
11:28if you can't hold the Coogan's
11:30then release them
11:31get them away from here
11:32and maybe I can hold the cork
11:34on a fizz bottle
11:35which is very close to bursting
11:37George
11:39yes sir
11:41yes minister
11:41right away
11:42I knew you couldn't hold me
11:48Miss Paul
11:52I'll go and get them now
11:54sir
11:55okay the cage is open
12:04you can fly away
12:04come on Sonny
12:07Coogan
12:09this guy's dead
12:18look I want them Merlin
12:23I want them all
12:24Cowley
12:25his organisation
12:26whoever killed Paulie
12:27it's gonna be very expensive
12:29John
12:30very
12:31look
12:33just get them out
12:34from behind their badge
12:35or whatever
12:35break them
12:36make them ordinary people again
12:38you take care of that
12:40and then one night
12:40down some dark street
12:41I'll take care of them
12:42my way
12:43is that a solid case
12:46haven't we
12:46not in the conventional sense
12:47they bust in here
12:49took me and Paulie
12:49without a warrant
12:50they're CI5
12:51special brief
12:52part of the government
12:54and you can't sue
12:55the government
12:56per se
12:56so what do we do
12:58there's another way
12:59just as good
13:01a court of inquiry
13:03afraid so George
13:05questions and answers
13:06in the open
13:06the strength of this organisation
13:09is its anonymity
13:10many people are saying
13:11it has too much strength
13:13here
13:14it's been agreed George
13:18at a higher level
13:19than even I can buck
13:20the court of inquiry
13:22convenes on Thursday
13:23who will you want
13:25as counsel
13:25to present your side
13:28of the affair
13:28counsel
13:29my god
13:30I funded this organisation
13:31I'll answer for it
13:32I thought you'd say that
13:34and I agree
13:35but you understand George
13:38you won't just be
13:39defending the rights
13:39and wrongs
13:40of the Coogan issue
13:41but the continued existence
13:42of the whole department
13:43I understand
13:44you'll be up against
13:45some very tough opposition
13:46David Merlin
13:48he'll mastermind it
13:50I'm sure of that
13:51but the actual inquiry
13:53he'll want someone
13:55beyond reproach
13:56someone utterly sincere
13:58utterly committed
14:00I think you'll be up
14:03against Geraldine Mather
14:04well
14:21it's revolting
14:25unbelievable
14:27must be exposed
14:30and stopped
14:31yes Mr Merlin
14:33I will prosecute this case
14:34a court of inquiry
14:35Miss Mather
14:36there will be no
14:37actual prosecution
14:38oh there will be
14:39the way I intend
14:40handling it
14:40are there any actual
14:42ground rules
14:43as to where the inquiry
14:44will be held
14:45a room in some
14:46convenient location
14:47that's what I thought
14:49so let's play
14:51our first ace
14:52she wants to hold
14:56the inquiry here
14:57in the room
14:57in which Paul Coogan
14:58died
14:59oh for pity's sake
15:00her argument is
15:01it will save time
15:02if the court of inquiry
15:03should wish to visit
15:04the scene of the crime
15:06I've already agreed
15:07to her demand George
15:09oh you have have you
15:10if we don't
15:11she'll only make
15:12further capital
15:12out of it
15:13and if we do
15:15she's already
15:15ten points ahead
15:16on sheer emotional appeal
15:17oh let her have the room
15:19she doesn't frighten me
15:20oh she should
15:21a good healthy respect
15:23at least
15:23she's out to break
15:25CI5 George
15:27and you with it
15:28Lord God
15:31holy and mighty
15:33holy and immortal
15:35holy and most
15:36merciful saviour
15:37deliver us from
15:39the bitter pains
15:40of eternal death
15:41you know the secrets
15:43of our hearts
15:44in your mercy
15:46hear our prayer
15:47forgive us our sins
15:49and at our last hour
15:51let us not fall away
15:52from you
15:53we have entrusted
15:55our brother
15:55Paul Martin Coogan
15:57to God's merciful keeping
15:59and we now commit
16:00his body to the ground
16:02earth to earth
16:03ashes to ashes
16:05dust to dust
16:06in sure and certain
16:08hope
16:09doesn't seem right
16:10keeping Paul's friends away
16:11who are Lord Jesus Christ
16:13who died
16:14was buried
16:15Prince Charlie
16:16and Osher and Harry
16:17ugly mugs
16:18staring out of some newspaper
16:19ever and ever
16:20we've got to do
16:21like we're in saints
16:22we've got to be respectable
16:24in his presence
16:25is the fullness of joy
16:26and in a way
16:27they didn't forget him
16:28amen
16:31check the cards
16:39and if anyone did forget him
16:41they'll hear from me
16:43they got any comments
16:52Mr Coogan
16:52I'm not going to let them
16:55cover this up
16:56they're covering my brother
16:58with earth
16:58and he's only 29 years old
17:00cut down
17:01are you suggesting
17:02it was deliberately done
17:03I know it was
17:05and I mean to prove it
17:07well have you any idea
17:08who might have done it
17:09Mr Coogan
17:09I mean
17:10did your brother
17:11have any enemies
17:12didn't ever do it
17:16did I
17:16just right
17:17I'm bothered Frankie
17:22yeah
17:23when they bust in
17:25right time
17:27right place
17:29so who tipped them off
17:31I want to know
17:35right
17:38are you all right
17:46yeah
17:47I thought you'd be up by now
17:49hey
17:49organic food in the belly
17:51working out
17:51what for
17:52what for
17:54I said working out
17:55what for
17:56so I can rupture
17:56somebody else's spleen
17:57that was an accident
18:00yeah that's right
18:01he ran
18:02right onto my fist
18:03now look Ray
18:05I was there
18:06right
18:06he came at you
18:08you turned and belted him
18:09I mean it could have happened anywhere
18:10pod brawl anywhere
18:12it could have happened to anyone
18:13well it didn't happen to anyone
18:14did it
18:15it happened to me
18:16you only hit him once
18:18I see
18:19oh well that's alright then
18:20you mean if I hit him twice
18:21I could have killed him twice
18:22you know what they made of me
18:24don't you
18:25do you know what they made of us
18:27eh
18:28well it frightens me to death
18:33Bodie
18:33yeah well I've only come to tell you
18:38that
18:38Cowley's got a job for us
18:39not me mate
18:40I'm suspended
18:41remember
18:41yeah me too
18:42material witness now
18:44you know
18:45I saw you beat that
18:46innocent young man to death
18:48don't make jokes
18:49Bodie
18:49I'm telling you
18:50I don't make jokes
18:51yeah well it's the only way
18:52I can get through isn't it
18:53now come on Ray
18:53the old man needs us
18:55look
18:55he's fighting for his life out there
18:57I've never seen him like this
18:58we owe him one
18:58listen to him
19:00we
19:00what happened to the look after
19:02the number one credo then
19:03yeah well don't do as I say
19:04do as I do
19:05yeah
19:06okay well I'll leave you to
19:07wallow in your own self-pity
19:08I'll handle it myself
19:09since when did you ever handle
19:11anything on your own
19:11yeah well since when did you
19:28so why us if we're both suspended
19:33because Parker's my pigeon
19:34our pigeon
19:36and he's dropped out of sight
19:39well wouldn't you
19:40with a coogan on the loose
19:41yeah well he's the man
19:42who started this rolling
19:43and Cowley wants to speak to him
19:45okay
19:52stop that
19:56you are Mr. Cowley
19:59yes
20:00Miss Mather
20:01I'm glad you stopped by
20:03I thought you might try to do something like this
20:05do what
20:06remove or destroy this evidence
20:09what
20:10I must insist that this room
20:11remains exactly as it is
20:13I was just trying to make it more habitable
20:15you do not regard it as habitable at this moment
20:18well
20:18yet quite habitable enough
20:20for you to conduct your interrogations in
20:22very well
20:24but you won't mind standing for a whole day then
20:26maybe you could sit on my knee
20:28oh
20:29oh I anticipate the inquiry will take several days
20:32Mr. Cowley
20:33of course there must be chairs
20:35but this kind of chair
20:36I want the board of inquiry to know
20:38the kind of comfort you offer
20:40your unfortunate prisoners
20:41I want them really
20:43to feel it
20:46let's go
20:48fool
20:56no
20:58Cowley is many things
20:59but a fool
20:59he is not
21:00right
21:05last one
21:06and then we go on
21:07right Dale
21:08Dale
21:08hey look at this
21:13I can see it
21:14right
21:14whoa
21:15and I don't
21:17yeah
21:17Parker
21:19Parker
21:20Parker
21:20Parker
21:21Parker
21:22Parker
21:23Henry Parker
21:26he's a little fella
21:27hug slim
21:28do you know
21:28I don't know anyone called Parker
21:29what makes you think
21:31I should know someone called Parker
21:32well he digs your sort of scenes
21:35do you know
21:35who are you anyway
21:37just a friend
21:38what's going on
21:40oh look out
21:40they say they're looking for someone called Parker
21:43yeah well there's only one thing you should be looking for when you call here
21:46all the time you're standing there you're keeping away the real trade so go eh
21:50disappear
21:52they're right
21:55they can't destroy us
22:07they can't destroy us
22:07they can
22:09they might
22:10what am I really up against tomorrow
22:12Geraldine Mather
22:14oh I know about her
22:16I'll take my chances with her
22:17meet her fact for fact
22:18she doesn't scare me
22:20well not much
22:23but what else
22:24inquiry board
22:25well there's
22:26Stanard
22:26now he's a fair man
22:28got a mind too
22:29he won't be swayed by pure emotion
22:31the inquiry will be presided over by Judge Hall
22:33no problem there
22:35he'll only be interested in the pure facts of the matter
22:38then there's Mackay
22:40oh yes
22:42Harold Mackay
22:43the man who's opposed CI5 since its inception
22:45he'll be seeking to make political capital out of this
22:49and he'll try to make it over your broken back
22:52cheers
22:54everything okay
23:09she could prosecute me anytime
23:11I'll see you in court
23:13right
23:13good morning
23:42I am Judge Hall
23:44and I shall be presiding
23:45my colleagues Mr. Stanard and Mr. Mackay
23:47before we begin
23:50may I point out to members of the press
23:52that they are here as a matter of courtesy
23:54and not as a matter of right
23:55it may well be
23:57that certain testimony
23:59will be subject to the official secrets act
24:01and that this court will instruct
24:03that such testimony may not be printed
24:05I deserve the right to question and protest
24:07any such instruction Mr. President
24:08Miss Mather
24:10may I point out to you
24:11that this is not the sort of court
24:13to which you are accustomed
24:14ultimately we have no judicial powers
24:17we can merely make findings and recommendations
24:20I'm aware Mr. President
24:21that this is not a court of law
24:23but I hope we shall find
24:25that it is a court of justice
24:27we shouldn't be sitting here
24:36we should be out
24:37after you know who
24:39we start again at five
24:42adjourn at five
24:43seven hours
24:46I'd like to begin my address
24:56with an apology
24:56these surroundings are far from comfortable
24:59but it was my suggestion
25:00that the inquiry be held here
25:02I wanted you all to sample
25:04the kind of hospitality
25:06offered by CI5
25:07to their unfortunate suspects
25:09to try and imagine
25:12what it would be like
25:13to be held
25:14incommunicado
25:16in a place like this
25:19what would run through your mind
25:21Miss Mather
25:22I think we have all taken your point
25:24now perhaps if you would remain
25:25in the body of the court
25:27CI5
25:31criminal intelligence
25:32a secret organization
25:34a dangerously omnipotent organization
25:37answerable it seems
25:38to no one but its own controller
25:39Mr. President
25:40I must object
25:42we are not here to inquire
25:44into CI5
25:45aren't we
25:46the object of the inquiry
25:47is to look into the death
25:48of Paul Martin Coogan
25:50very well I concede
25:52we will confine ourselves
25:54to the murder of Paul Coogan
25:55Mr. President
25:56yes yes yes I agree
25:57Miss Mather
25:59I know you to be
26:01a very skilful counsel
26:02but really these cheap tactics
26:04do you no credit
26:05you know
26:05especially when they appear
26:06to be aimed at the press
26:08when it is here
26:09that this case
26:10is being conducted
26:11the death of Paul Martin Coogan
26:17while held in the custody
26:18of CI5
26:20you've seen the official photographs
26:23and the autopsy report
26:25Coogan died as the result
26:27of one blow
26:28or several blows
26:29that ruptured his spleen
26:31the blow or blows
26:32delivered by a clenched fist
26:35Mr. Carl you admit
26:49that you launched
26:49what amounted to
26:50a full scale assault
26:51on Mr. Coogan's house
26:51I ordered a squad operation
26:53yes
26:53ten men
26:55eleven
26:55including myself
26:57most of them armed
26:58all of them were armed
26:59so my full scale attack
27:01sounds were accurate
27:02than your squad operation
27:03you rammed the car
27:04in the driveway
27:05you broke down
27:06the front door
27:06and then you and your men
27:07proceeded to rampage
27:08through his house
27:09we searched it
27:10searched it
27:11carpets ripped up
27:13furniture torn apart
27:15wallpaper stripped away
27:16we were looking
27:16for something small
27:17drugs
27:19something small
27:20ten pounds of heroin
27:22they could have split it up
27:23concealed it in a dozen places
27:24but they hadn't
27:25had they Mr. Cowley
27:26the fact is
27:27that you found
27:27absolutely nothing
27:29no
27:30would you speak up please
27:31Mr. Cowley
27:32no we found nothing
27:33furniture
27:35carpets
27:36all in all
27:37damage estimated
27:38at several thousand pounds
27:39for nothing
27:40and without a search warrant
27:43I don't need a warrant
27:44oh I see
27:44you don't need a warrant
27:45you are outside the laws
27:46of this country
27:47it's within my brief
27:48you have a license
27:49to pillage
27:50to assault
27:50and kill
27:51desperate men
27:51call for desperate measures
27:53desperate men
27:54Paul Martin Coogan
27:57two convictions for drunkenness
27:59one for dangerous driving
28:00John Peter Coogan
28:01one arrest
28:02for causing an affray
28:03no conviction
28:04these are your desperate men
28:07Mr. Cowley
28:08they are clever
28:08keep their noses clean
28:10get others to do their dirty work
28:12Paul Coogan
28:12wasn't very clever
28:13was he
28:13he ended up here
28:14dead in this room
28:15the result of a beating
28:16it was just one punch
28:18oh I see
28:18so you admit the assault
28:19you admit Paul Coogan
28:21was punched
28:21in self-defense
28:22oh Mr. Cowley
28:23we have all of us
28:24heard that excuse before
28:26no more questions
28:28at this time
28:29he attacked my men
28:31no more questions
28:31no you'll fling out
28:32accusations
28:33you will have an opportunity
28:35of putting your case later
28:36I would like to call
28:37your first witness
28:38John Coogan
28:41come in please
28:48yes they held me in a room
28:58just along the corridor
28:59were you handcuffed
29:00yes all the time
29:01and tied to
29:03my hand swelled up
29:04for quite a while afterwards
29:05how many men were in the room
29:06with you
29:07three
29:08three against one
29:09why
29:10did you resist in any way
29:12all I kept doing
29:13was asking for my lawyer
29:14which they denied you
29:16yes
29:16they denied you
29:17the legal and fundamental
29:18right of every citizen
29:19we've made no charge
29:20against him
29:20which in my view
29:21makes it even more despicable
29:22Mr. Coogan
29:25did they offer violence
29:27to you
29:28well they tried
29:29oh he's lying
29:30never at any point
29:30three of them
29:31a chair got broken
29:32in a scuffle
29:32but even with three of them
29:33they could know me
29:33because you are a powerful man
29:35Mr. Coogan
29:35but your brother Paul
29:36he lacked your physique
29:37Paul he was
29:39he was just a kid
29:40got a lead on Parker
29:57where?
29:58Battersea
29:58want me to bring him in?
30:00a stranger will scare him off
30:01if he goes underground again
30:02I'll never find him
30:03yeah that's right
30:03just keep an eye on him
30:04we'll pick him up later
30:05right
30:0542 Fennel Street
30:07Connigle
30:07you're next
30:15Frank Williams please
30:17keep your guard up
30:19and Boss Clever
30:21it was like a war had started
30:27I came running around
30:28the side of the house
30:29and saw them
30:30a number of armed men
30:31yes
30:32doing what?
30:33going mad I thought
30:35they smashed down
30:36the front door
30:36then what did you do?
30:39I ran forward
30:40then?
30:42one of them met me
30:43here
30:44why?
30:45I don't know
30:46just hit me that's all
30:48Mr. Williams
30:49isn't it a fact
30:49that you were armed yourself?
30:52weren't you carrying a shotgun?
30:54well
30:55yes sir
30:56Mr. Williams
30:57why were you carrying a shotgun?
31:00it was a fox about
31:01Mr. Coogan told me
31:03to try and get it
31:03do you have a legal permit
31:05to own a shotgun?
31:06yes
31:06and you were in the boundaries
31:08of Mr. Coogan's private property
31:09or what should have been considered
31:11Mr. Coogan's private property
31:12except that Mr. Cowley
31:13and the CI5
31:14do not it seems
31:15respect a man's
31:16personal privacy
31:17I think that answers
31:19the point you raised
31:20except for one thing
31:21Mr. Cowley
31:21Williams here
31:23was carrying a shotgun
31:24when he was struck down
31:25by one of your men
31:26yes
31:26struck down in self-defense
31:28no doubt
31:28of course
31:29another possibly desperate man
31:30yes
31:31why then wasn't he arrested
31:32why wasn't he brought in
31:33for questioning
31:33we were after the Coogan
31:35you were after them
31:36as a huntsman
31:37tracks down game
31:39after them
31:39with a sense of purpose
31:40perhaps
31:41after them
31:41with a sense of vengeance
31:42no no
31:43you don't understand
31:43oh but you certainly
31:44got one of them
31:45didn't you
31:45you got Paul Coogan
31:47Miss Mayther
31:47it is just the facts
31:49that we want
31:50no further questions
31:52Mr. Cowley
31:55do you wish to cross-examine
31:56no no question
31:58would you
31:58are you sure
31:59no point
32:00he'll lie
32:01through his teeth
32:01only clung
32:02the issue more
32:03well
32:03in that case
32:05I think this would be
32:06a convenient moment
32:06to adjourn for the day
32:08they're finished
32:17for the time being
32:18let's go
32:20you let him see you
32:31sorry
32:32oh
32:33where's he gone
32:33look as soon as I knew
32:35he'd rumble me
32:35I moved in
32:36there's a back door
32:37I'm sorry
32:39you're sorry
32:40what now
32:40ask him
32:41I'm terribly sorry
32:44just when they needed
32:48a break
32:48you were there
32:51eh
32:52today in the courtroom
32:53when John hit Williams
32:54do you remember
32:56when we first brought
32:57Coogan in
32:58how flashy he was
32:59had his stomach
33:00saying my brother
33:01works out on this
33:01sometimes
33:02said something like
33:03that didn't he
33:03yeah something like
33:04that
33:05so what
33:06I was there
33:08when you hit Paul Coogan
33:09I mean a good
33:10phone check economical
33:11but I wasn't going
33:11to split doors
33:12or spleens
33:13either
33:14come on
33:15Bodie
33:16the autopsy
33:16of a court
33:17yes
33:18said a punch
33:18but why yours
33:20John Coogan
33:21why not
33:23he's an ex-pro
33:25light heavyweight
33:26I've been seeing
33:27working out with Paul
33:28saying come on
33:29Paulie boy
33:29hit me as hard as you like
33:30then Paul
33:31trying to live up
33:32to big brother
33:32you know
33:33says right
33:33let me back
33:34John does
33:35yeah
33:36like Williams today
33:37no
33:39big John's a pro
33:41he's not going to
33:42start throwing punches
33:42at people
33:43losing
33:43yeah even if he pulls
33:45them
33:45he's still going to
33:46hurt a lot
33:46and they'll do a lot
33:46of damage
33:47no no
33:47thanks a lot
33:48mate but no
33:49why not
33:49what for a start
33:50Paul didn't show
33:50any signs of pain
33:51when we brought him
33:52in
33:52how would he though
33:53hey
33:53admit his brother
33:54has hurt him
33:55be a sign of
33:56weakness in this book
33:57better admit
33:59it's possible
34:00yeah
34:01it's possible
34:01how do we find out
34:03I don't know
34:05you know
34:07Coogan's got a bird
34:08a bird
34:09he's still going to be
34:10good at his house
34:10I don't think you should be here
34:20this is private property
34:21yeah we know
34:23yeah we're fans
34:24yeah boxing fans
34:26we were hoping for a glimpse of big John Coogan
34:29he hasn't boxed in years
34:30ah yeah but when he did eh
34:32great was he fantastic
34:33he's our hero
34:34and he still keeps fit
34:35doesn't he
34:35oh yes
34:36yeah
34:37works out every morning
34:38yeah that's what we heard
34:39with his er
34:40brother Paul
34:40Paul Paulie
34:42yeah
34:42yeah
34:43but they did work out together
34:46eh
34:46sometimes
34:47I mean exchange punches
34:49that kind of thing
34:49oh yes
34:50he hurt him once
34:52well John hurt Paul
34:53no no
34:53Paul hurt John
34:55it was just the other day
34:56in fact
34:57last time they ever sparred together
34:58Paul really hurt big John
35:01pride as much as anything
35:03mind you
35:04John hurt him back
35:06what
35:07yeah
35:08nice talking to him
35:10you fools
35:23you damn fools
35:24to go there to that house now
35:26look it was a hunch
35:28and I think it's paid off
35:29I do not put that meal
35:29a woman on make of it
35:30look the girls said
35:31they sparred together
35:32he could let Ray off the hook
35:33he needs off the hook
35:34don't you think Coogan is aware of that
35:36look it's subpoena the girl
35:37what girl
35:38she was on a flight to Spain
35:39one hour after you spoke to her
35:40anything she may have said to you
35:42is just
35:42just hearsay
35:43inadmissible
35:44sorry sir
35:45look we're just trying
35:46I know what you were trying to do
35:47and I'm grateful
35:48but the fact of the matter is
35:49it hasn't helped
35:49not one bit
35:51it's helped me
35:51there's a doubt
35:53now there's a chance
35:54I didn't kill Paul Coogan
35:55see you in court
35:57oh come on
36:01in view of this
36:03flagrant breach
36:03we ask that Mr. Cowley
36:05be directed to ensure
36:06that there are no further
36:07attempts to
36:08harass our witnesses
36:09is that true Cowley
36:11did you men go out
36:12to Coogan's house
36:13it's true
36:14well then
36:16it was a misunderstanding
36:18and I give a firm undertaking
36:19it will not happen again
36:20we accept that
36:23but the incident
36:24will be recorded
36:25thank you
36:26we're way ahead on points
36:29call Raymond Doyle
36:32Raymond Doyle
36:33good luck
36:35thank you
36:47quite an impressive record
36:49with the police
36:50you became a boxing champion
36:52a class A marksman
36:53with both rifle and handgun
36:55you were interested in kendo
36:56and karate
36:57and sufficiently interested in fact
36:58to have actually started
36:59a sports club
37:00dedicated to those skills
37:01yes mainly for the black kids
37:02obviously you are obsessed
37:03with physical violence
37:04no
37:05boxing
37:06karate
37:07shooting
37:07I do other things as well
37:08we know that
37:10we are here to inquire
37:12into one of those other things
37:13you do
37:13like brutalizing
37:15helpless prisoners
37:16oh I must protest
37:17and I must too
37:18miss Mayday
37:19mr. Doyle
37:22isn't it part of your
37:23CI5 training
37:24to learn to fight
37:25with your bare hands
37:26yeah let's
37:27aren't you taught
37:28to break a bone at a blow
37:29to disembowel at a stroke
37:31aren't you taught
37:31pressure points
37:32places to hit
37:33to disable
37:34maim and kill
37:35a normal self-defense course
37:37such as any commando
37:38any infantryman
37:39would be taught
37:39commandos and infantrymen
37:41are prepared for a state of war
37:42I was not aware
37:44that a state of war
37:45existed in Britain
37:45it was you who struck
37:51Paul Coogan
37:52wasn't it
37:52he came
37:53you struck him
37:54you punched him
37:54yeah well what else was I
37:55struck him so hard
37:56that you ruptured his spleen
37:57you killed Paul Coogan
37:58didn't you
37:58I don't know
38:03come on
38:04we've had evidence
38:05I hit him yes
38:06whether I
38:07actually killed him
38:10well he played sparring games
38:13with his brother
38:13maybe he hit him
38:14no more questions
38:15look you think I want to kill him
38:16life's important
38:18any life
38:18I believe that
38:19no more questions
38:20mr. Doyle
38:27john
38:30john
38:30what's the problem
38:39you might have killed him
38:40yourself
38:40what
38:42is it possible
38:44me
38:46kill Paulie
38:48my own brother
38:48you didn't spar with him
38:51sometimes we used to spar
38:55you never spar with him
38:57you never played games
38:59with him
38:59you never laid hands
39:02on him
39:02understood
39:04yes
39:07did you get up?
39:19lousy
39:19she made a monkey
39:21out of me
39:21well you did give her a head start
39:23it's a dragon
39:24she's a woman
39:26good looking too
39:27well it'll be your turn too
39:29don't worry
39:30I'm not monkey material
39:32besides I've never yet
39:34met a woman
39:34I couldn't handle
39:35I'll just fix her
39:37with my famous smile
39:38mr. Bodie please
39:39okay
39:40william
39:47andrew
39:47philip
39:48Bodie
39:48yeah
39:49all the princes
39:49are such a regal looking baby
39:51you left school at 14
39:52yeah there was nothing more they could teach me
39:54just answer the questions
39:55mr. Bodie
39:56yes sir
39:57sorry I'm just naturally jocular
39:58it's my Liverpool Irish background
39:59you joined the merchant navy
40:01yeah
40:02and then you jumped ship
40:03three years later at Dakar
40:04yes I had an altercation
40:06with the skipper
40:07and this girl
40:08his girl
40:09took a shine to me
40:10your machismo is of no interest to us
40:12mr. Bodie
40:13dust your violent background
40:15you've been a bouncer
40:17in an african club
40:18you've been gun running
40:20for both sides
40:20during the congo wars
40:21a mercenary soldier
40:23in angola
40:24Biafra
40:25some dubious activities
40:27in jordan
40:28and then you came back here
40:30to join the army
40:31where you became a sergeant
40:32with the paras
40:33then you were seconded
40:34to the SAS
40:35and now you were the CI5
40:36it appears
40:38that you hire out your body
40:40for any nefarious activity
40:42provided the price is right
40:43mr. president
40:44I'll rephrase that
40:46you hire out your experience
40:48is that right mr. Bodie
40:49yeah that'll do
40:49and your chief talent
40:51is dealing with death
40:52violence
40:54mayhem
40:55how many men have you killed
40:58mr. Bodie
40:58I can't remember
41:00you can't remember
41:01do you hear that
41:02this is a member of the CI5
41:04look when you throw a grenade
41:06in the bush
41:06I mean how do you know
41:07how many guys you kill
41:08in the jungle
41:09oh jungle
41:09yes mr. Bodie
41:11I think that is where you belong
41:13you were a member of the squad
41:18that attacked mr. Coogan's house
41:19yeah
41:20you were the man
41:21that struck down
41:22frank williams
41:22yes he had a gun
41:23yes you had a gun too
41:24and you were ready to fire it
41:26look the informer told us
41:27there was heroin
41:27people killed the heroin
41:28informer
41:28did you set up this whole
41:32disgusting affair
41:33on the word of a common informer
41:34it frequently brings results
41:37I want to hear
41:38I want to question this informer
41:40I want to see how he measures up
41:42against the respectable image
41:43of John Coogan
41:44what is his name
41:44mr. Cowley
41:45mr. president
41:46this is restricted information
41:47mr. president
41:48I insist
41:48of course if you want to
41:50be party to a cover-up
41:51one moment please
41:52now look
41:53to name him
41:56in open court
41:57it could put him
41:58at grave risk
41:59it would be irresponsible
42:00nevertheless
42:01mr. Cowley
42:02we insist upon it
42:04Cowley
42:06this court
42:07is ordering you
42:07to name the informer
42:10Parker
42:11Henry Parker
42:14oh god help him
42:17how'd you get on
42:25what happened to the smile
42:27then
42:28Parker
42:31Parker
42:36nosy Parker
42:38sorry sir
42:43blurted it out
42:43blurted what out
42:45about Parker
42:46oh great
42:47where are they coming
42:48stay close
42:51but stay clear too
42:52don't give that woman
42:53another opportunity
42:54John Coogan
43:18pursuing his inquiries
43:19yeah
43:20well with his contact
43:22he's got a better chance
43:23of finding Parker
43:24than we have
43:24all right
43:41everybody else
43:42come on
43:45move
43:45not you
43:51not you
43:51not you
43:52not you
43:54not you
43:59you grossed on me
44:01Parker
44:03on me
44:04not you
44:20I
44:21I
44:23I
44:24I
44:25I
44:27I
44:28Oh, no.
44:44Coogan's pursued his inquiries.
44:47I'll get an eminence.
44:51Where are they?
44:52Uh, I don't know, sir. I haven't heard a word.
44:55Location?
44:55Yeah, right.
44:56And let's hope they'll not be called to give evidence.
44:59The court is now in session.
45:01Yeah, I know.
45:03Can we see him now?
45:04Out of the question.
45:05Can he be moved?
45:06The man is severely injured.
45:07Doctor, can he be moved?
45:10Look, why don't you just simply take a statement?
45:12Well, come on.
45:13We have all heard a great deal of argument from Miss Mather.
45:17Emotional argument.
45:19But backed in the main by hard facts.
45:23Hard facts.
45:25Yes, they are hard.
45:27And they are facts.
45:28That's the tragedy of it.
45:31She's used me as a whipping boy because I founded CI5.
45:36But I didn't.
45:37You did.
45:38Society did.
45:39This society did.
45:41If there were no fires, you wouldn't need firemen.
45:43And in God's name, and I invoke him sincerely, I wish you would make my job, my organization, redundant.
45:48I wish you would make the streets clean again.
45:52I wish you would give every man, whatever his color or creed, the right to be, to feel safe again.
45:58But that's not to be.
46:00But that's not to be.
46:01Not yet.
46:02Not yet.
46:02And so, you need me.
46:05Like it or not, you need CI5.
46:09That's why I'm asking you, pleading with you, don't destroy us.
46:13Don't cut us down.
46:15Not until you've got something better to put in our place.
46:20Miss Mayler has seized upon the word jungle.
46:23Aye, in the popular vernacular, that's where it's at.
46:26A jungle.
46:27Where mad beasts crawling through it.
46:30And we are the hunters.
46:31That was your argument, too.
46:33Did I set out to hunt Coogan down?
46:34Well, the answer is yes.
46:35And it will always be yes, as long as there are beasts like Coogan left to hunt.
46:40You showed us photos.
46:42Carpets ripped up.
46:43Cars dented.
46:44But what about these?
46:47Faces.
46:48Grown old before they were ever young.
46:51Destroyed and racked by drug addiction.
46:54Girls scarcely out of their teens, selling their bodies, their experience to the highest bidder.
46:59Not for the same purpose as Bodie, Miss Mayther.
47:02Not for the same purpose at all.
47:05Respectable businessmen.
47:08Beaten up because they bucked the price of extortion and bully boys.
47:11These are the streets we have to walk.
47:13Not the bright streets, the mean ones.
47:16Devoid of hope and all humanity.
47:19We walk them.
47:20And we brush aside some of the dirt.
47:22Not much, just some of the dirt.
47:24So that there's less to offend when you come along.
47:29And now, you're trying to take away whatever teeth we've got left.
47:34Why?
47:35Why?
47:35Because someone got hurt.
47:37Because a man died.
47:42And I...
47:43I regret that.
47:45I...
47:45I didn't want that.
47:47A man died.
47:51And you want to close down the whole hospital.
47:54Because like it or not, that's what we are.
47:56The surgeons.
47:57A messy, sometimes bloody job.
47:59And oh yes, our knives are sharp.
48:01And we have to operate fast and quickly, even clumsily on occasion, to cut out the disease.
48:07The disease hurts, but so does a surgeon's knife.
48:09Which would you prefer?
48:16It's your choice.
48:18Very well, but I can't do any better.
48:28But I can't do any better than I do, of course.
48:34Mr. Cowley, it would be untrue, patently untrue, if I was to say to you I wasn't moved by your final plea.
48:42A passionate plea from the heart.
48:45And made even more poignant because I know that you really believe everything you said.
48:49Misguided as it is.
48:51You believe in your own twisted argument.
48:53You believe in your own right.
48:55And your own omnipotence.
48:56And that is the danger that is here.
48:57And it's a very real danger.
48:59A young, innocent man has already lost his life.
49:01Miss Muller!
49:03You wanted an informer.
49:05Henry Barker, your witness.
49:12That was pure Perry Mason, that last minute witness.
49:14Whatever, it worked harshly.
49:16We didn't get cooled in.
49:17Yeah, well, we will.
49:19Anyway, we survived.
49:21By the skin of our teeth.
49:23The inquiry didn't exactly exonerate us with an unproven verdict.
49:26But we did survive.
49:27To fight another day.
49:29Glad you be in, Matt.
49:30Yeah, great.
49:31Great.
49:32No, no, no, thanks.
49:33I'm tired.
49:35I think I'll have an early night.
49:39I'll leave him, Boris.
49:43I suppose he'll get over it soon.
49:45No, never.
49:47But he'll learn to come to terms with it.
49:54Come on, the beer's on me.
49:57You're wrong.
49:59And the Scots will be on you.
50:05I don't know.
50:06I don't know.
50:06I don't know.
50:07I don't know.
50:11But he'll be on you.
50:22I don't know.
50:27But I don't know.
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