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00:28¡Suscríbete al canal!
00:30I was having to think of, and I...
00:32Do you think he'd have a little word with the judge?
00:34Had he?
00:34No, no, no. It's just so that he can instruct the jury
00:36to ignore everything that Simmel said.
00:39We called Simon Clark as a witness.
00:41We can't change our minds because we didn't like what he said.
00:43Yeah, we shouldn't have asked him. He was never bears my head.
00:45Hopefully your dad can push back on allegations of favouritism.
00:48Did you speak to him?
00:49Yeah, we met first thing.
00:51Now, his councillor Lucy's up first, so we'll have time to bed him.
00:55How did he take it when you told him he had to testify?
00:58I've been terrified.
00:59But he understands why.
01:00Yeah, of course he does. He knows it's going bad.
01:02Sweetheart, buddy.
01:03There's no point pretending, is there?
01:05Sounds dead suspicious when they lay it all out,
01:07having kept to midden and...
01:08Come on, maybe when the jury actually hear him speak,
01:12they'll understand how fragile he was.
01:14Yeah.
01:15Or he could bury us all.
01:19I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth,
01:23the whole truth...
01:24Honey said it happened to her that she was groomed too.
01:28Really?
01:29What was your opinion of Mr Halson after that first meeting?
01:33That he had been groomed by Ray Walters
01:35to normalise the extreme conditions he was surviving under.
01:39The way he described the relationship flagged all the classic signs.
01:44Psychological manipulation,
01:46isolation of the victim.
01:47It's a highly complex relationship between victim and abuser.
01:51Fear can get mixed up with dependence, loyalty, confusion.
01:58But he was absolutely aware of what Ray was capable of.
02:02So when Mr Walters turned on his loved ones on the day of his death,
02:06what do you think Mr Halson's reaction might have been?
02:09Objection.
02:10Calls for speculation.
02:12I'm asking Miss Hayes for her professional opinion.
02:14You may answer the question.
02:16I think the extreme violence that Bear had seen Ray inflict on his fellow workers,
02:22coupled with the power that Ray had over him,
02:25would have heightened his perception of any threat.
02:28So in your professional opinion,
02:30do you believe Mr Halson feared for his life?
02:33Yes.
02:34Absolutely.
02:37Can't argue with that.
02:38Thank you, Miss Hayes.
02:39No further questions.
02:41Dad.
02:43You're wrong.
03:04I swear by Almighty God
03:06that the evidence I shall give
03:08shall be the truth,
03:10the whole truth,
03:12and nothing but the truth.
03:15I came in the back door.
03:19Ray was standing over someone.
03:22The lad, Dylan,
03:24said he was killing him.
03:28Then I realised
03:30it was Paddy on the floor.
03:33What did you do?
03:35Ray told me to go,
03:37wait outside.
03:38I always did what he said.
03:41But I could see that
03:44Ray had the hammer
03:45and he was about to smash it down on Paddy.
03:47So I grabbed him.
03:50You grabbed Mr Walters?
03:51I had to.
03:52What did Mr Walters do?
03:54He shouted at me to get off.
03:56Said that
03:58Paddy and Dylan didn't care about me.
04:01That he were more like my son.
04:04But I, I, I, I knew that were,
04:08that were wrong.
04:10Did you have a plan
04:11in that moment?
04:13No, I just wanted him to stop talking.
04:15I,
04:18I couldn't think.
04:20Were you aware of Mr Dingle
04:22telling you to release him?
04:23No.
04:25Did you realise that Mr Walters
04:26was getting weaker?
04:27That he was struggling to breathe?
04:29No.
04:30Why not?
04:32Dunno.
04:34I didn't really know what were happening.
04:36Just all this
04:38noise.
04:41But I knew that I'd started it.
04:45Started what?
04:47That turned on Ray.
04:50The boss.
04:51I knew that if
04:53I let him go,
04:55that you were going to kill me.
04:58I, I didn't mean to kill him.
05:01No, I, I didn't.
05:03We tried to bring him back
05:04the kiss of life
05:05but it, it, it, it was too late.
05:07He, he,
05:09he were gone.
05:12Did you think about calling an ambulance?
05:15Did you hear Mr Penders
05:17and Mr Dingle discussing it?
05:18Yeah, he, he were already dead.
05:22I held his hand
05:25and I told him
05:26I was sorry.
05:27Because I,
05:28I never meant to kill him.
05:32He,
05:33were,
05:34the boss
05:34is my friend.
05:37He were good to me
05:38when he found me
05:39all them months ago.
05:40He,
05:40he gave me a job
05:42and
05:43I don't know
05:44what I would have done
05:44without him.
05:49Mr Helson.
05:53I didn't know about
05:54the grooming.
05:55I didn't know that,
05:57but
06:01thank you,
06:02Mr Helson.
06:03We'll leave that there.
06:04I'm sorry.
06:07I'm sorry.
06:12I'm sorry.
06:18Come on, Bear.
06:19Come on.
06:19Hold it together.
06:22Did you like
06:23working for Mr Walters?
06:26Never really thought.
06:28Didn't think I had a choice.
06:30He had a choice
06:31the day April Windsor
06:32asked you to leave,
06:33but you said no.
06:33Why was that?
06:35I were,
06:37I were groomed.
06:39Who told you that?
06:40Your son?
06:41The counsellor
06:42who was found
06:43for you?
06:45Aye.
06:51I think Mr Walters
06:52and Ms Daniels
06:53groomed plenty of victims,
06:55but you weren't
06:56one of them.
06:58Eh?
06:58That is ridiculous.
07:00You were paid
07:01by Ray Walters
07:02into a bank account
07:03in your name.
07:03According to Simon Clark,
07:05you were a vital
07:06and willing part
07:06of the organisation.
07:08No.
07:08Mr Walters trusted you.
07:09He was never a threat
07:10to your life.
07:11No.
07:11You saw an opportunity
07:12to kill Ray Walters
07:13and you took it,
07:14to step into his shoes,
07:16to become top dog
07:16now that Celia Daniels
07:18was also dead.
07:18No, I would never...
07:19As a former wrestler,
07:20you possessed the skill
07:21and knowledge.
07:22I didn't.
07:23They were an accident.
07:25Anything else is a lie.
07:26Mr Howelson,
07:27please restrain yourself.
07:29But he's lying.
07:36This is awful.
07:38He was never supposed
07:39to speak.
07:42You said to the police
07:44during your interview
07:45on the 16th of March...
07:47Hang in there, Bear.
07:49I killed Ray
07:50and I'd do it again.
07:53That we're wrong.
07:55I was trying to protect
07:57Paddy and Dylan.
07:59Because they helped you
07:59cover up a murder?
08:00No.
08:01No, you...
08:02You don't understand.
08:04I understand the law,
08:05Mr Howelson.
08:06No, I...
08:07I treated Ray
08:08like a son.
08:10But I had my own son,
08:12you see.
08:13And even though
08:14Ray said that Paddy
08:16didn't care where I were,
08:17that he'd never
08:18called or messaged,
08:21I should never
08:22have believed him.
08:24You're saying
08:24Mr Walters lied to you?
08:26No.
08:27That's what he did.
08:29He said whatever
08:30he needed to control you.
08:32Though with Anya
08:33it were immigration.
08:35Anya?
08:37Well,
08:38but she were braver
08:39than I were.
08:40She escaped
08:41until Ray found her.
08:44Beat her up.
08:47Even then,
08:47I thought it were
08:49outsiders I did it
08:50and not him.
08:51Anya Berisha,
08:53is this the young woman
08:54Simon Clark
08:55said you buried?
08:56He threw in a feed shed.
08:59She needed
09:00a proper funeral.
09:02I think we're
09:02straying from the subject.
09:04I should have helped her.
09:06Found a doctor in my sin.
09:08But I let her down.
09:10Mr Howelson?
09:11And then when I saw
09:11Ray standing over Paddy,
09:14I couldn't let it happen again.
09:17He weren't going to hurt
09:18another person I loved.
09:20I didn't mean to kill him.
09:22I mean,
09:22I've never taken anybody's life.
09:24It's awful,
09:24but it stays in your head,
09:27the guilt.
09:29But I did it for my son.
09:31And if I hadn't,
09:33he'd have finished me.
09:34Then he'd have gone on
09:35to Paddy and Dylan.
09:37And none of us
09:38would be here today.
09:42Thank you, Mr Howelson.
09:45That is the case
09:46for the prosecution.
09:53Oh, Bear.
09:55Can't do anything else, no.
09:59Are you OK?
10:01Ray was even more
10:02than a monster
10:03than I thought.
10:05Do you want to wait
10:06outside with Mandy?
10:08No, I'm going to stay.
10:10Members of the jury,
10:11it is now your responsibility
10:13to consider the evidence
10:15and reach a verdict.
10:17Please retire to the jury room
10:19to begin your deliberations.
10:21All rise.
10:27There you have.
10:28Amen.
10:28Amen.
10:31Amen.
10:33Amen.
10:40Amen.
10:43Amen.
10:45Amen.
10:46Amen.
10:50Amen.
11:00All rise.
11:09Members of the jury,
11:11you were asked to reach a majority decision
11:14on the verdicts of the three defendants before you.
11:18I will remind the court
11:19that you were required
11:21to treat each case separately
11:23despite them being connected.
11:25Have you reached verdicts
11:27on each of the defendants
11:28on which you are all agreed?
11:29We have.
11:31How do you find the defendant?
11:36Not guilty.
11:39How do you find the defendant?
11:41Not guilty.
11:45How do you find the defendant?
11:47Guilty.
11:52Gracias.
12:19Just feels weird, never thought we'd get different, still don't understand it.
12:24You did really well though, April, really well.
12:27Talking about rage, trying to kill me and that, reckon I've got you to thank.
12:33What am I going to do now, eh? Now I'm free.
12:37Take you out, of course. Oh, Paddy's here, I've got to go.
12:41You don't need to do that.
12:42It's only April and I'm meeting her later anyway.
12:45Bet she's over the moon, isn't she?
12:47Yeah.
12:50Dylan.
12:53You've done so well, you know. You've been so strong.
12:55Paddy.
12:57I'm sorry you got dragged into it.
12:59You don't have to keep saying that, alright?
13:01I got found not guilty, so I'm all good.
13:03And that's exactly how it should be.
13:06What Ray put you through, you deserve to just...
13:10go and live your life now.
13:13We should have all got off, Paddy.
13:19Chas?
13:21She knows.
13:22April's just spoken to Dylan.
13:24How's he feeling?
13:25Papi.
13:26But he said he feels kind of weird too.
13:29Yeah.
13:31I bet he does.
13:34Proper saying to shine off.
13:36Oh, why not?
13:36Well, they should have all been cleared.
13:38Then we could have at least let ourselves have a moment.
13:40It feels like we're all owed that.
13:42Yeah.
13:43You did so well, love.
13:45That's what Dylan said.
13:47It's over now, April.
13:49The threats.
13:50The control.
13:52Your future belongs to you again.
13:55But it isn't over, is it?
13:58Because there were two not-guilties and there should have been three.
14:04You stood up and you told the truth, exactly what happened.
14:08And that's all we could do.
14:11It was up to the jury to listen and to understand, but...
14:16You know...
14:18A man died.
14:20And even though he was evil and he was cruel,
14:23someone had to be held accountable for that.
14:26No, but it shouldn't have been you.
14:28I don't understand.
14:29I'm all right.
14:30You got guilty and me and Dylan walked free.
14:33I was the one that killed him.
14:35I was prepared for it to be me.
14:37All three of us, but equal.
14:40But when they singled you out...
14:42Dad.
14:43It's a suspended sentence.
14:45It's 12 months held over for two years.
14:48I can go and see Eve.
14:50I can take her to school.
14:51I can read her a story.
14:52I can do all those little things that I didn't think I'd be able to do.
14:57And you're back.
14:59And that's just the best. It's brilliant.
15:02I just wish I could take your place.
15:03No!
15:06This is why I was worried.
15:08This is why I told the police it were all on me.
15:10I know.
15:11I just didn't want you to suffer some.
15:13I mean your job, your family.
15:15You're so much at stake.
15:17Dad!
15:18I'm not suffering.
15:19Look!
15:20I'm here. I'm free.
15:22Don't spoil it by feeling guilty.
15:37Hey.
15:42That must have been tough.
15:44Yeah.
15:45Listening to Bear.
15:46You know, and April and Dylan.
15:48Hearing it all over again.
15:50It just makes me feel so stupidly oblivious.
15:54You couldn't have known.
15:55We didn't, with April.
16:01Sorry about Paddy.
16:03I know he's your best friend.
16:06It's a suspended sentence.
16:07Yeah, twelve months.
16:08He won't serve it. I mean, he's as good as free.
16:10Yeah, well, I hope he sees it like that.
16:17Thanks.
16:20How's Laurel doing?
16:22She's getting there.
16:25Is Paddy coming or what?
16:26Well, I think he must be with his dad and Dylan.
16:28They just said they needed a bit more time.
16:30How's he feeling?
16:31I mean, it's still a criminal conviction.
16:33And if I know Paddy, he's not gonna just shrug it off.
16:36It'll be a really big deal.
16:38Mm, certainly professionally.
16:40When is the vet panel hearing?
16:42Soon.
16:43I'm not exactly sure when.
16:45It's like being on trial again.
16:46Yeah.
16:47You could've done with a better outcome.
16:49A step at a time, eh?
16:51Well, I don't think that's what Paddy's worried about, to be honest.
16:54Of course.
16:56You know, it's his dad.
16:58All he wants is for him to be happy and well.
17:06This is where we buried Andy.
17:11She was only young.
17:13But she could see it so much clearer than I did.
17:19Modern slavery.
17:21That's what they call it.
17:22Yeah.
17:24I wish I'd realized.
17:25But you don't.
17:29All them farms.
17:32Workers in vans.
17:34Setting off before sunup.
17:36Getting back after dark.
17:40Barbershops.
17:42Nail bars.
17:45When you're all alone, see?
17:48Someone comes along and is kind.
17:51And they're gonna give you a chance.
17:54When you've given up on yourself.
17:57It does.
17:58You want to be saved.
18:01So this is it.
18:05This is you.
18:07Full bed and board as promised.
18:11But with that kindness comes confusion.
18:15Because you could help someone.
18:19But you'll be hurting them as well.
18:21Mm-hmm.
18:26A sip of water.
18:32Lay back.
18:33I said I'd look after you.
18:35And I owe you.
18:37You just lump together with.
18:40Other folk.
18:41The same as you.
18:43And you start to feel like family.
18:46Could be a worse life.
18:49That's what you think.
18:51Only.
18:53Not everyone lasts a distance.
18:57I sat down to protect you.
19:00I didn't do very well, Gadella.
19:04Anya.
19:07Her family didn't know she were in trouble.
19:09They had no idea.
19:10But not like me.
19:12I were lucky.
19:12Even though I...
19:14did seem ungrateful.
19:18I didn't realise...
19:20that not being locked up...
19:24didn't make me free.
19:28Right, we need to go.
19:30Come on.
19:30Let go of this.
19:31Put it down.
19:32Ray and Celia are using you.
19:34They've got you fooled...
19:35to think that you owe them.
19:36But you don't.
19:37I'm not a fool.
19:37I'm a grown man.
19:38This is what I want.
19:41Ray saved me.
19:42He's been good to me.
19:44You saved me.
19:47Not Ray.
19:49You never gave up on me.
19:51You're doing good, Dad.
19:52This will all be over soon.
19:54I'll get you well.
19:56Well?
19:57Yeah.
19:59Because I owe you that.
20:01You're my boy.
20:03Yeah.
20:06Yeah, I'm your boy.
20:08You said I just needed time.
20:10I did.
20:13I didn't have to answer to Ray.
20:16Trying to please him.
20:17Even though we were gone.
20:22I had to find myself again.
20:26We'll just wait for the boss man to come with your meds, sir.
20:29When he brought the meds it were too late, he let her die.
20:33How could he do that?
20:38It were evil.
20:41Evil.
20:45You're well on your way, Dad.
20:48Rain Celia will never exploit anyone else.
20:51Ever again.
20:54It's not just them though, is it?
20:59It can happen here, it can happen anywhere.
21:05All those thousands of people being told that they have no worth.
21:12Well, they have.
21:14Everyone has.
21:18They have the same right to a life.
21:24To freedom.
21:25To follow their dreams.
21:30It's what it means to be human.
21:41And if you've been affected by issues raised in this episode,
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21:50Well, stay with us here on ITV1.
21:52Coronation Street is on the way next.
21:58We'll see you next time.
21:59We'll see you next time.
22:01Bye.
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