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Fair City Season 37 Episode 31
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00:15I have a good feeling about today.
00:18Because I'm not taking the stand.
00:20You're not still beating yourself up over that.
00:22I was a disaster in there.
00:25And let me down down.
00:27No, you did not.
00:29He gave it to her all.
00:30He'd be proud.
00:32If Mondo gets off, it'll be my fault.
00:35No justice for Dad, because I screwed up.
00:38Now listen here.
00:39The jury are on our side.
00:41Slattery did well with the pathologist.
00:44And Holly and Alex.
00:45They screwed Mondo.
00:46He hasn't hoped we're walking free.
00:48We will get justice for your father.
00:50I promise you that.
00:52We should head in.
00:54Yeah.
00:59I'll, um, I'll be in a sec.
01:03Look at you, huh?
01:05Breezing in here.
01:07Out of care in the world.
01:08I know it's been hard on you.
01:10The trial.
01:13Having to relive your father's death over and over again.
01:17He didn't die.
01:18He was killed.
01:20For your sake.
01:22I'm glad it's coming to an end.
01:24You can drop the pretense.
01:26You don't give a damn about me.
01:28You tore me to pieces on that stand.
01:30I was doing my job.
01:31You were trying to help my dad's killer get off.
01:34I was defending my client.
01:38I was defending my client.
01:42Anto used to talk about you.
01:46A lot.
01:48He said you were made of strong stuff.
01:53You are.
01:59I'll let some takeaway clothes from you, please.
02:01Yeah, no problem.
02:02Cheers.
02:02Hi.
02:03Hiya.
02:04All good?
02:05Oh, I have a lot on my mind.
02:07Anything in particular?
02:08Wouldn't you love to know?
02:10Hello.
02:11Oh, hi.
02:12Hey, what is he still knocking about?
02:14Oh, business to attend to.
02:16Oh, and pleasure too, I hope.
02:18Not as much as I'd like.
02:20Do you fancy a drink later?
02:22Yeah, go on.
02:23Great.
02:24Here you go.
02:26Oh, sorry.
02:27I need to get this.
02:28Paul, would you order me a coffee?
02:31Fetch, Paul.
02:32Fetch.
02:32There's a good boy.
02:34That's the only woman I love taking orders from you.
02:36Just as well.
02:37Because she's fond of giving them.
02:39Hmm.
02:40I still don't know what she wants, though, you know?
02:43I may be kissed, but she hasn't made a move since.
02:47Have you?
02:48Well, I'll make it forward to take the lead.
02:50Okay.
02:51As much as I don't know what you see in her,
02:53I'm also fed up watching yous do dancing around each other.
02:57Just ask her out.
02:59Well, using your woman's intuition,
03:02what do you think she'd say?
03:03Um, grow a pair, and you'll find out.
03:08Mr O'Connell, did you consider Mr Collins a friend?
03:12Yes.
03:14A dear friend.
03:16I gave him a job.
03:18I loved working with him.
03:21Yeah, we were close.
03:24Did that change?
03:26Yes.
03:28Things became difficult when I heard about his involvement in the fire.
03:32Objection.
03:33Your Honour, the victim is not on trial here.
03:36I must remind you not to consider whether that allegation is true or false,
03:41but only to the extent that it explains the background to the events in question.
03:47You may proceed.
03:49Take us back to the day in question.
03:52October the 31st.
03:54Your first encounter with Mr Collins was in the afternoon, around 4pm?
03:59Yeah, he showed up at my place, asked me to drop the fire accusations.
04:06He said that his daughter, Hayley, was recently out of a coma and she needed him.
04:13And I thought that was rich, considering my daughter nearly lost her father in that fire.
04:19So I told him to get out.
04:22And he left.
04:23And you had a run-in with Hayley Collins later that afternoon in McCoy's pub around 5.30pm?
04:29Yeah, I was angry with her for covering up for her father.
04:33I asked her would she still be protecting him if one of us had died in that fire.
04:39And in that exchange, did you threaten Hayley Collins?
04:46Yes.
04:49I told her I'd contact Tuzla.
04:53I said Hayley and her father were a danger to her child.
04:57Did you believe Hayley Collins' baby to be in danger?
05:03Yes.
05:04No, you didn't.
05:05He was just trying to get it down.
05:06Order in court.
05:08Anto was not the man I thought I knew.
05:10He was volatile, unpredictable and dangerous.
05:14So when Anthony Collins came into the station bar later that evening, what was his mood?
05:20He was in a rage.
05:21He vowed to wipe me off the map.
05:24Those were his exact words.
05:25And then he lunged at me.
05:26So at that moment, were you frightened of Anthony Collins?
05:30Yes.
05:32I was terrified.
05:35Well, this was a man who had burned a building to the ground and now he's coming after me.
05:39I had no idea what he was capable of.
05:41The man was a loose cannon.
05:43So you must have been relieved when Carol Foley and Victor Mullen intervened?
05:47Yes.
05:47She asked him to leave.
05:49Did he leave?
05:50No.
05:51He was worked up into a frenzy by this stage and then he turned back to finish what he started
05:56and came for me one last time.
05:58Liar!
05:58You're a liar!
06:01Miss Collins, do not disrupt the court.
06:04The court will take a brief recess.
06:06We'll reconvene in 15 minutes.
06:09Please clear the courtroom.
06:13How's Brutus coffee?
06:14Not as hot as I'd like it.
06:16How are you?
06:17I just dropped a pizza though over there at the vino's.
06:21Half the usual order?
06:22Yeah.
06:23Pity business is slow.
06:24It's the same everywhere.
06:26One minute you're doubling it, next thing it's halved.
06:29Up and down.
06:31That's business for you.
06:33Saw Ray earlier on his way to court.
06:36How was he?
06:37Up the walls.
06:38I feel so terrible for him.
06:40Must be awful having your family name dragged through the mud like this.
06:44Ray couldn't care less what other people think.
06:46Well, I think if it was my son up in front of a judge for manslaughter, I'd disown him.
06:51Yeah, me too.
06:52There's no excuses.
06:53You two are perfect.
06:56Never done anything wrong, no?
06:59We were in a bit of trouble with the law yourself.
07:03What did you do?
07:06I'm not interested in a speeding ticket.
07:09Still driving like a maniac?
07:11You always wear a wild one.
07:17They're making me doubted to be a complete psychopath in there.
07:20It's what they do.
07:21You bend the truth to suit their side.
07:23I wasn't terrified of him.
07:25He was gunning for him.
07:29They know shame.
07:31Tell them barefaced lies under oath.
07:34That played well for you.
07:35I doubt it.
07:38She's in bits over losing her dad.
07:40The jury will lap that up.
07:41She's no self-control and she's hot-headed.
07:44The jury will wonder if her father was the same.
07:47It also doesn't bode well for her testimony, which was already on shaky ground.
07:51I thought it would make them feel sorry for her.
07:53Hayley came across as unreliable.
07:55That works in your favour.
07:57We're not pitted against each other.
07:59Yes, you are.
08:00It's an adversarial system with two opposing sides.
08:04What it boils down to is who will the jury believe?
08:07Us?
08:08Or them?
08:09You're doing brilliantly so far.
08:11So keep your head up.
08:18When is the last time you dated someone?
08:22I can't remember.
08:23That is so sad, Paul.
08:25You need a good woman in your life.
08:28And where would I find one of those now?
08:30Hey, listen, pizzas are flying now.
08:32We can't keep up.
08:33That's great news.
08:33Maybe we can meet tomorrow.
08:35Look at increasing supply.
08:37Erm, not tomorrow.
08:39Oh, right, yeah.
08:40You're in court.
08:42For a speeding ticket, isn't it?
08:45Yeah, yeah.
08:46I got a summons and I forgot to pay the thingy.
08:50The fixed charge fine.
08:52That's the one, yeah.
08:54Right.
08:54OK.
08:56How come you didn't pay the fine?
08:58I just forgot, you know, or it's in the post.
09:01I can't remember.
09:02You were never this disorganised before, Paul.
09:06Like I said, a good woman who'll take charge.
09:08That's what you need.
09:10Yeah.
09:11But I'll get back to work.
09:13OK.
09:13See you later.
09:14See you.
09:15Mr O'Connell, you told the court that you were terrified of Mr Collins.
09:21That's what I felt.
09:24Was Mr Collins equally terrified of you?
09:28I don't know.
09:29A loose cannon is how you described him.
09:33Yes.
09:35Yet we have heard testimonies from Alex Petrosian and Holly Shine that paint you in an equally
09:40unflattering light.
09:43Mr Petrosian testified that you stalked your own partner after she strayed from the relationship.
09:50Mr O'Connell, are you also volatile and dangerous?
09:55No.
09:57I don't believe I am.
10:00Witnesses have confirmed that you have an obsessive streak.
10:04Were you obsessed that Anthony Collins should face justice for his alleged crime?
10:10Obviously it played on my mind.
10:12I nearly died in that fire.
10:14The court has heard how you blamed Mr Collins, how you held him responsible.
10:19You wanted to confront him and you wanted to make him pay for what he did.
10:24When Mr Collins walked into the station bar on the 31st of October, were you expecting a confrontation?
10:35Yeah.
10:37Not a physical one.
10:39I never meant to hurt him.
10:40But you did hurt him.
10:42Fatally.
10:43And isn't it true that deep down, you wanted Mr Collins to pay for the wrongs he'd done to you?
10:51I wanted him to be held accountable.
10:53The moment before you struck that fatal blow, Mr Collins goaded you.
10:59He said, you've got nothing on me and we both know it.
11:04Infuriating words for you to hear, no doubt.
11:08So you struck him.
11:09Not in self-defence, but in anger, in retribution.
11:13No, I never meant to kill him.
11:15But you meant to hurt him.
11:16You meant to make him answer for his crime.
11:19You wanted him to pay for what he'd done to you.
11:21Yes, I wanted him to pay.
11:42I wanted him to pay.
11:44Your words, Mr O'Connell.
11:47Not with his life.
11:48You wanted him to pay, so you struck him a violent punch to the head.
11:53No.
11:53That is not self-defence, Mr O'Connell.
11:57That is retribution.
12:00No more questions.
12:01You must let the witness answer.
12:04Go ahead, Mr O'Connell.
12:10I didn't mean he should pay with his life.
12:14I never wanted to throw that punch.
12:16I'm not a violent person.
12:20I hate conflict.
12:24Yes, I wanted him to pay, but I meant the law should take its course, and I planned to do
12:30just that.
12:32Take everything I knew to the guards.
12:36But I never got a chance to do that, because the unthinkable happened.
12:44And I died.
12:47And that was never meant to happen.
12:51Never.
12:54That completes cross-examination of the defendant?
12:58Yes, Judge.
13:01We have all witnessed an emotional outburst from the victim's family earlier.
13:08While these emotions are understandable, they are not evidence.
13:14Please focus only on the facts presented in court.
13:19Yes, Judge.
13:21Very well.
13:23We'll break for lunch and resume after our closing arguments.
13:40How you doing?
13:42Hughie, that's all I have today.
13:44Right.
13:45Come here to me.
13:47What's going on with Paul and the droid?
13:52Nicola's not the worst.
13:54He's throwing way too hard.
13:55He's even lying to her about his sentence in here.
13:57Yeah, at the speed and fine.
13:59What's he playing at?
14:00He's trying to pursue her.
14:02Could be his last night.
14:03He's a free man.
14:04Can you blame him?
14:06They'll never cage him over a few boxes of wine.
14:08Well, I hope not.
14:09I'm on to a good thing with our little business arrangement.
14:13That pizza says my way, though.
14:15The opposite.
14:16I can't keep up with the man, neither can Paul.
14:20Oh, the snake.
14:22Cut my dough water in half.
14:25That doesn't make any sense.
14:26He can't churn them out fast enough.
14:28I bet he's using the cheap mass-produced stuff, too.
14:30Right.
14:31Well, he does have form for cutting corners.
14:34Oh, yeah.
14:35He's still wine and flogged it.
14:37He's definitely passing off the cheap, though, for the quality stuff.
14:44Members of the jury,
14:46you have heard the evidence.
14:48You have seen the facts laid bare.
14:52And now, you are asked to deliver justice.
14:56This case is not about whether the deceased Anthony Collins started a fire.
15:03That act is not on trial today.
15:07What is on trial is the course of action the defendant subsequently took.
15:14Having escaped a fire that could have claimed his life, he set about seeking the man he thought was responsible.
15:22He did not call the Gardaí.
15:24He did not seek legal advice.
15:27He took justice into his own hands.
15:30And in so doing, he crossed a line, a fatal line.
15:37He punched the victim.
15:40Not in self-defence.
15:42Not in the heat of a struggle.
15:44But in anger.
15:46In retaliation.
15:49That punch caused the victim to fall, strike his head and die.
15:56That is not an accident.
16:00That is criminal violence with deadly consequences.
16:06The defendant's actions were deliberate.
16:11He chose confrontation.
16:13He chose violence.
16:15And now a man is dead.
16:18You may feel sympathy.
16:22But sympathy does not absolve responsibility.
16:27This is manslaughter.
16:29Pure and simple.
16:34The defendant's actions cannot be justified as self-defence.
16:39They cannot be justified.
16:41This was a vengeful and violent act.
16:48And it was criminal.
16:50Members of the jury.
16:53Justice demands accountability.
16:57The law demands a verdict.
17:00And the facts of this case demand that you find the defendant guilty.
17:16Yeah.
17:16Perfect.
17:17I'll go and grab the drinks.
17:18I'll go and grab the drinks.
17:18I'll go.
17:18Yeah.
17:18I'll go and grab the drinks.
17:19Mr. Gentleman.
17:21You two are ridiculous.
17:24Sorry.
17:25Dancing around each other.
17:26You're a nut.
17:28You need to sit down.
17:29Have a conversation.
17:31Tell.
17:31Tell each other where you both stand.
17:33Well, in fairness, I'm waiting on him to initiate it.
17:36You're a nut.
17:37You're a nut.
17:37He's waiting on you to jump.
17:40Did he say that?
17:41Right.
17:41They're going to bring it out.
17:43OK, sit.
17:45Sit.
17:46I'm not going to be a spare all evening.
17:48He's crazy about you and wants to be with you.
17:50She feels the same.
17:51You're welcome.
17:52See yous.
18:00Well, you might have given us a clue.
18:02In fairness, how could I have made it more obvious?
18:06Maybe we should cut a night short too, huh?
18:09Go back to my hotel.
18:11Or to a roomy service.
18:13Hey.
18:16We've scaled up business by using a different dough.
18:19Yeah, someone.
18:20You had an agreement with Dean.
18:21I can use whatever ingredients I want.
18:24You're going for the cheaper option?
18:26Yeah.
18:27But yours are overpriced.
18:28That's not that great.
18:30I'll only accept pizzas made with his dough.
18:32By the way,
18:34it wasn't a speeding ticket he's up in court for.
18:38Robbed a load of wine.
18:39Sold it in Venus.
18:52We're going to go back to the Ballantyne and we can talk to you.
18:55Oh, Paul.
18:56When will you ever learn?
19:01The defendant survived a fire.
19:05A terrifying ordeal.
19:09He discovered the person responsible was his friend.
19:13Yet he did not confront Mr. Collins with a weapon or premeditated violence.
19:19He simply wanted Mr. Collins brought to justice.
19:25But before that could happen, Mr. Collins confronted the defendant.
19:31In a moment of panic.
19:33Of fear.
19:37Mr. O'Connell defended himself with a single punch.
19:44Let me remind the jury of the pathologist's testimony.
19:49This one single punch was not fatal.
19:55It was not the cause of Mr. Collins' death.
19:59It was the impact of the fall that was.
20:04The prosecution will have you believe this was vengeance.
20:10But the evidence does not support that.
20:13There was no plan.
20:15No intent to cause serious harm.
20:18No escalation.
20:19Just one punch.
20:22A tragic consequence followed.
20:26But consequence is not the same as criminal intent.
20:32This is not manslaughter.
20:36This is a tragedy.
20:40But it is not a crime.
20:44I urge you to look into your hearts.
20:49Weigh the facts.
20:53And return a verdict that reflects not just the law, but the truth.
21:03This man is not guilty.
21:14Members of the jury, you have now heard all the evidence presented.
21:20It is now your duty to deliberate and reach a verdict.
21:27The court is adjourned until the jury returns with its decision.
21:35Please escort the jury to the jury room.
21:39We are in recess.
21:52So what now?
21:54We wait.
21:55How long?
21:57It will be a quick decision for them.
21:59He wants to decide.
22:00They know he did it.
22:01Of course they do.
22:04You will be found guilty.
22:06I hope not.
22:09I don't believe he meant to kill your father.
22:13He didn't even punch him that hard.
22:16It was the fall that killed Antle.
22:18A terrible accident, but that's what it was.
22:22I'm glad he's not around to see you turn your back on him like this.
22:31I just can't ignore the motive.
22:34He had every reason to want Anthony Collins dead.
22:38You don't think he was self-defense?
22:40No.
22:41He was out for revenge.
22:44We heard witnesses say he was like a man possessed.
22:46Yes, because he wanted Anthony Collins to face justice.
22:50That doesn't mean he wanted him dead.
22:53But let's see what the others think.
22:56Everyone, can I have your attention please?
22:59Let's take a preliminary vote.
23:01No arguments, just a show of hands.
23:04We need to know where we stand.
23:06All those who believe the defendant is guilty, raise your hands.
23:13Not guilty?
23:19That's five and five until one decides.
23:22We're going to be here a while.
23:40People get wrongly convicted all the time.
23:42They're punished for things they didn't do and some get off when they shouldn't.
23:46Only hurry up, my heart is beating in my chest.
23:49We're almost there.
23:51Thanks for dropping me in it with Nicola last night.
23:54He sent that running right back into my arms.
23:56I couldn't give a rat's a bear, you lovely.
23:58You did when you were trying to sabotage it.
24:00Madam Ford Barson, has the jury reached a verdict?
24:04We have, Judge.
24:05Thank you very much.
24:07Thank you very much.
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