Operation Lighthouse.
Re. the unsolved murder of Gail Vella,
on September 10th, 2019.
FLEMING: The Gail Vella murder weapon was never recovered.
-Moving. -FLEMING: However,
the cartridge and bullet were tailored ammunition.
The White Rock unit is equipped
with the exact machinery required for this process.
By the time of our inquiry in 2015,
Thurwell had taken early retirement.
Believed to be living in Spain.
I wonder if Gail discovered the link
between Thurwell and the Lawrence Christopher case.
I've been looking into other members of Thurwell's team.
Detective Constable Ian Buckells.
[clicking]
Inspector Philip Osborne.
I don't know where you're getting your figures from...
But the figures came from your own office, Chief Constable.
ROHAN: The Chief's thrown me under a bus.
I've been fighting his plan to scale back AC-12.
It's down to you now, Ted,
in whatever time you've got left.
You want to talk about rats, ask your boss.
Superintendent Hastings?
Lee told me there was a rat in our crew.
That rat turned out to be an undercover copper,
John Corbett.
-[gun clicking] -[gasps]
It's easy as that, Jo.
It's best if you request a transfer.
Is this personal?
I am Detective Chief Superintendent
Patricia Carmichael.
ARNOTT: Carmichael's taking command.
It's on the Chief Constable's orders
and we've just learned he could have been a beneficiary
of Gail Vella's murder.
[shouting] One more chance, Ryan.
-One more chance. -Drop it.
-No! -[gun firing]
[police siren blaring]
[indistinct radio chatter]
COP 1: Seven-six. Hold on. Clear to approach.
COP 2: Charlie seven-two to Control.
Vehicle at the scene.
Body on the floor next to the vehicle.
Oh, shit.
Kate's car's missing. Request urgent ops.
Alpha Charlie five to Control, active message.
Request urgent...
Where is Kate?
COP: Seven, six. All clear, sir.
All arms. Clear to approach. Search this area.
Check that body for signs of life.
Repeat, service vehicle, DI Fleming.
Preserve the scene. Let them work.
Alfa Charlie five to control.
Active message, state six of Menton Road.
One police. Major trauma.
Request urgent paramedic attendance
and full forensic deployment.
Ryan Pilkington, two gunshot wounds to the chest.
-No pulse. He's well gone. -Right.
If you hadn't withdrawn our bloody surveillance.
Given her OCG links,
I think we have to assume that Davidson, or her associates
are the likely shooter.
[background police chatter]
DI Fleming was authorised
to carry a concealed firearm for her own protection.
[cop chatters on radio]
Five to switching.
DI Fleming's vehicle.
Alpha Charlie five to control on three.
DISPATCHER: Control service vehicle
registered to DI Fleming located Crowlyn Road.
Units report. Vehicle service mobile radio's abandoned.
Subject is not present at the scene.
Five two received.
You know her best. Where would she go?
Sorry, ma'am. I have no idea.
Issue an order for the arrest
of Jo Davidson and Kate Fleming.
Consider them armed and dangerous.
[cop on radio] Charlie seven-six...
-[key card beeping] -This is the back entrance
to Steve's.
No one's around this time of the night.
[creaking]
-You sure you can trust him? -Steve? Totally.
Why wasn't there surveillance on Ryan and me?
It got suspended.
On purpose?
No. On the orders of the Chief and DCS Carmichael.
That's nothing to do with me.
Look, I haven't got the foggiest idea what's going on.
All I know is somebody's behind all of this.
Kate, you've got to believe me.
I had nothing to do with it.
FLEMING: No?
You lured me back to be murdered.
-Kate? -Didn't ya?
Now look where we are. Ryan's dead,
and I'm in the frame for it.
I'm sorry, Kate. That's the last thing I'd want.
You've got to believe me!
-Let me prove it to you. -How?
Give me your gun.
[tense music playing]
You believe me now?
Great. Nice one, Steve.
I always worried you were pretending.
-Pretending? -You know what I mean.
To lure me into trusting you.
We gotta get a move on.
[car lock chirps]
Steve's been made a bloody DI.
About time he got a grown-up car.
[police siren wailing]
[engine starting]
Yes, I can use a kick.
Uh, sorry, sir. Nothing yet.
DCS Carmichael has ordered me
to update the Operation Lighthouse evidence.
[whispering] Sorry.
[shredding machine whirring]
You still won't answer. Were you lying to me, Kate?
[sighs in exasperation] This is about you, Jo. Not me.
You said you wanted me on your team
because I'm ex anti-corruption.
-Were you lying about that? -No.
I thought it might help me resist
what they were forcing me to do.
You never stopped manipulating the inquiry
into the Gail Vella murder.
They control me!
Ever since I joined the force,
the more I did their bidding, the more they had over me.
-I'm not bent. -Well then, prove it.
You'll get witness protection if you tell us everything...
Witness protection? Even to...
No matter who it is, however powerful,
when they turn, they get killed.
What chance do I stand?
Just tell me everything you know, Jo.
Starting with your family.
You nearly said his name. Tommy Hunter.
AC-12 found DNA in Farida's house
showing you're related.
So you already know everything?
Hardly. I need the truth.
My mum was Tommy's sister.
My dad was... been a police officer.
Right. Well the only way you're getting out of this
is to prove you're not bent.
It's Gail Vella's house.
You want proof I'm not bent, you're about to get it.
End of the road, turn left.
[mobile phone ringing]
CARMICHAEL: DCS Carmichael
Carmichael's on the move. Not sure what's happening.
Well, let's not wait for the crumbs, son.
Pull up here.
[hand brake creaks]
This place used to be a front for the OCG.
And right across the street is?
Terry Boyle's flat.
-[police siren approaching] -FLEMING: Shit!
-[engine revving] -[tyres screeching]
[tyres squealing]
WOMAN COP: Time to estimate, six, control. Active message.
Visual with suspect vehicle.
T.A. Market Street. Travelling at speed.
[tyres screeching]
[sirens continue wailing]
Oh, shit!
Brace!
[tyres screeching]
Go!
Control, suspect vehicle failed to comply.
Initiating pursuit.
[tyres squealing]
Six, five. Maintain obs and...
[indistinct police chatter]
[police siren blaring]
Shit!
COP 1: Police!
[cops speak indistinctly]
COP 2: Get out of the vehicle with your arms raised
and your hands open, with palms facing towards me.
[helicopter whirring]
COP 1: Police! Get back.
Armed police. Stay indoors. Get back!
How did they manage to intercept us?
Something's not right.
COP 1: Get out the vehicle with your arms raised
and your hands open, with palms towards me.
Final warning.
This isn't your fault.
I'll say I forced you to drive me.
COP 1: Get out of the vehicle with your arms raised,
your hands open, with palms towards me.
Kate, we don't have a choice.
COP 2: Control, two occupants still in vehicle.
WOMAN COP: Controls eight, four, received.
We have a visual link from helicopter.
Maintain sitrep.
[helicopter whirring]
COP 2: ...persons exiting the vehicle now.
WOMAN COP: Control to eight four, received.
We're police officers. DI Fleming.
DSU Davidson.
COP 1: Hands above your head. Open them, palms towards me.
I'm a police officer, going about my lawful duty.
Lower your weapons.
COP 1: Hands above your head. Open them.
[indistinct police chatter]
[helicopter hovering]
DCS Carmichael, you are ordered to surrender.
Jesus Christ! Steve's in on it.
I'm taking out a pistol.
I'll put it on the grounds.
[police siren blaring]
[indistinct radio chatter]
CARMICHAEL: DI Fleming, surrender your firearm.
Jo, we're being framed.
This is your final warning. Lay down your firearm.
Slowly. Hands where we can see them.
[cop on radio] Alpha Charlie eight four control...
We surrender.
-[whispering] Kate! -No.
[cop on radio] Hand on weapon.
HASTINGS: Ma'am, if I may?
This is Superintendent, Hastings.
I can assure you you'll be treated fairly,
with the full protection of the law.
Steve told me some bad stuff about the gaffer.
This is my fault, sir.
DI Steve Arnott. I'm unarmed.
[indistinct radio chatter]
You bastard, Steve.
Stay there, Kate.
Take the gun out slowly, lay it on the ground.
You gave me up. You told them.
Kate, I give you my word, I didn't.
That's bullshit.
How would they know what car I'm driving?
Kate, listen to me.
I don't know how they knew.
If it came from me, I'd be straight with you.
That's how it is between us,
and I'm telling you, I didn't give you up.
Neither did the gaffer.
[cop on radio] DI Arnott, now with two occupants...
Come on, mate.
I don't know what the hell is going on either.
Why the Chief's ordered Carmichael to take over.
But I promise you, I'll get you to safety.
Both of you.
[loudly] She's cooperating.
Lay it on the ground.
She's put the gun down.
Come with me. I'll walk you in.
Get behind me.
You too, ma'am.
[cop on radio] Both suspects now walking towards us
with arms raised...
Check out the old OCG print shop.
Also, Ryan Pilkington confessed
to the murder of Maneet Bindra and John Corbett.
Don't you worry, kid. I'll see you're well looked after
or, by Christ, they'll have me to answer to.
Arrest them both.
Put them in forensic suits, transfer them to dry cells.
Lock the ridge of the transport vehicle.
[indistinct police chatter]
[door closing]
You should have shared Kate's whereabouts with me.
I didn't want to put you in
a difficult position with Carmichael.
Kate told me Ryan Pilkington confessed to Maneet's murder.
Pilkington!
He also confessed to the murder of John Corbett.
Ma'am.
Ma'am, the interviews with Davidson and Kate...
DI Arnott and I will be involved, of course.
We know the inquiry like the back of our hands.
CARMICHAEL: Hmm. DI Arnott,
I've just learned the vehicle was yours,
and keys to your home were found on DI Fleming's person.
We've got keys to each other's homes and vehicles
in the event of extreme circumstances.
Oh, okay. Yes. I see.
What would constitute extreme circumstances?
An unexplained disruption of the chain of command.
Superintendent Hastings has been informed
of his impending retirement.
Ma'am, I must protest. That information was confidential.
And so, to ensure a smooth transition,
I've assumed command. So, from now on, DI Arnott,
you'll be taking orders from me,
or face disciplinary action.
Is there anything else you're not sharing with me?
I'm waiting.
Kate said we should check out the old OCG print shop,
from where John Corbett worked.
Very good.
I'll report back after Davidson's respite
to assist me in interviewing her.
Dismissed. Thank you.
Ma'am.
I'll lead the interview
and you can assist within parameters set by me.
Do you think you can manage that?
Very good.
I'll see you in the morning.
How did you know of Davidson and Kate's whereabouts?
Oh, we put trackers in all AC-12 vehicles.
What?
Hmm. Chief Constable's orders.
Thank goodness we did.
My officers were going about their lawful duty.
Putting trackers on their vehicles
was a flagrant breach of trust.
No, you're right, Ted.
The Chief and I don't trust you.
[door opens]
[door closes]
AC-12 interview of acting detective
Superintendent Joanne Davidson,
in the presence of a solicitor,
police federation representative
by Chief Superintendent Carmichael,
Superintendent Hastings, Detective Inspector Arnott.
You remain under caution.
Following your arrest,
a search of your registered address,
apartment G-9, Croxford Street
was carried out under section 18-1,
of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984.
Image 17 on screen.
Image 17, it's a crime scene photograph
captured during the search of apartment
G-9, Croxford Street.
Who is seen in image 17?
No comment.
Document 22 in your folders and on screen.
Document 22 is a scan of Samantha Davidson's passport.
Person seen an image 17,
is Samantha Davidson, correct?
[clears throat] No comment.
Document six in your folders and on screen.
Document six is acting DSU Davidson's
police personnel record.
Next of kin is given as Samantha Davidson.
What is your relationship to Samantha Davidson?
No comment.
Oh, God, give me strength. It's gonna be a long day.
ARNOTT: We carried out checks on Samantha Davidson.
Passport shown in Document 22 is the last one on record.
An interim death certificate was issued
for Samantha Davidson on the 5th of January, 1996,
by the Glasgow City coroner.
Subsequent inquest into Samantha Davidson's death
recorded a finding of suicide.
You all right, Jo?
The purpose of our questioning is not to trigger
painful memories, but rather to address...
an important aspect of our inquiry.
Document 33 in your folders.
Document 33 is a forensic laboratory report
submitted on the 19th of November, 2020,
relating to DNA deposits detected during a search
of 29 Stalton Drive conducted up to and including
the 16th of November, 2020.
Comparison of said DNA deposits
found 100% match with DNA held on the national database
belonging to Joanne Davidson.
Further comparison with criminal databases
found a strong partial match to John Thomas Hunter.
CARMICHAEL: Are you related by blood to John Thomas Hunter?
-No comment. -Okay.
Just gave you an opportunity to declare whether or not
you are familiar with what we're about to disclose.
If not, you may find
the following information distressing. DI Arnott.
ARNOTT: Document 33A.
Further analysis of the DNA found at 29 Stalton Drive
detected run of homozygosity.
This is an indicator of a close blood relationship
between the subject's mother and father.
With a percentage match to Tommy Hunter,
it has been concluded that Hunter was your uncle
and also your father.
No.
No. He... [clears throat]
He was my uncle. That's...
But that's not true.
So what is the truth?
You can see my colleague's distress.
Perhaps we could have a short break.
CARMICHAEL: It's a simple enough question for Acting
Detective Superintendent Davidson to answer.
No comment.
Okay. I think we should pause this interview
and return you to custody until such time,
if any, you're willing to cooperate...
Ma'am, wait.
Please.
Jo, if you're bent,
fine if you wanna run the clock down.
We'll charge you, and with the evidence
we've got, you'll go away for a long time.
But if you're not bent,
this is your chance to prove it.
These things we've learned about your family history,
no one can be blamed for what they're born into.
Or the path that it puts them on.
Now's the time to give your side.
No comment.
You were still only a teenager when you lost your mum.
It must have been very upsetting.
No comment.
If you think you're going to wear us down,
Acting Detective Superintendent Davidson,
you have got another thing coming.
DI Arnott.
The search of apartment G-9 Croxford Street
detected an article seized in evidence
appearing onscreen in Image 11.
Image 11 shows item reference PW-5,
a laptop computer.
Whose device is this?
No comment.
ARNOTT: Forensic examination of PW-5 detected fingerprints
and DNA deposits relating to one person only.
Said fingerprints and DNA
are a match for Joanne Davidson.
For what purpose did you employ this device?
No comment.
Document 56 in your folders.
AC-12's Cybercrime Department
carried out an examination of PW-5's hard drive.
Their findings are fully summarised in Document 56.
There are numerous text conversations
between the user of PW-5 and an unknown user.
Who are the participants in these text conversations?
No comment.
Our Cybercrime Department detected an IP address
for the PW-5 user matching 9 Croxford Street.
The IP address for the unknown user is located in Spain.
No comment.
What was the nature of these text conversations?
No comment.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey,
can we just move this thing along
before it drives us all round the bloody bend?
DI Arnott.
Please refer to the screen,
which shows a text conversation
which took place on the 22nd of November, 21:42,
between the user of PW-5 and an unknown user.
Can you tell us what is meant by the instruction...
"Get rid of her"?
No comment.
You agreed to lure DI Fleming to her death.
That's about the top and bottom of it, isn't it?
No comment.
[sighs] Look, you could say no comment
till you're blue in the face, but we know what's what.
DI Fleming made a call to DI Arnott
just minutes before an illicit rendezvous
took place between you and PC Ryan Pilkington.
No comment.
You lured her to that rendezvous,
and there is the evidence up there
on the screen in black and white.
Conspiracy to murder which, as you know,
Acting Detective Superintendent Davidson,
brings with it a life sentence.
And that's before we get to the rest of the evidence,
which I would describe as a mountain,
a mountain of evidence.
We haven't even scratched the surface.
[sniffles]
I was asking about your mum.
Yes.
She took her own life.
Yes.
This must be very painful for you,
but do you think you can speak about that?
She was born into it, same as me.
Hated what our family stood for.
Her brother told me...
what a piece of work he was.
Oh, yeah, you don't need to tell us
what he was capable of, believe you me.
He controlled mum's life.
Did he control yours?
Not at first. [sniffles]
My mum was still a girl.
Fifteen.
Raped, she told me.
Though I never knew the details.
Forced to go through with the pregnancy.
Tommy sent her away,
back to Glasgow under her mum's maiden name.
I had no idea about any of this
until Tommy came looking.
But that was later. Yes?
I'd just turned 16.
He'd heard I was doing well in school.
Never been in trouble. Plus, no one knew me here.
He wanted me for the police.
He said, to do his bidding,
to be under his control.
[shudders]
My mum couldn't bear the thought
of me being with Uncle Tommy.
She knew she couldn't protect me.
That's why she took her own life.
[sniffles] Yes.
It's all right. Take your time. Take your time.
You're doing well, Jo.
So Tommy hid from you he was your real father?
Yes.
Who did you believe was your father?
This person,
did he control you the same way Tommy Hunter did?
MAN: We can all see my colleague finds
this line of questioning extremely distressing.
In regard to coercion and control,
my colleague should be treated as a vulnerable person.
We'll move on. Tommy Hunter's
no longer a person of interest.
I mean, he became an informant and was killed
by his own organisation in 2014.
It wasn't simply that he was an informant, ma'am.
What do you mean?
Tommy had cultivated relationships
with corrupt police officers.
But they started to turn against him.
He felt betrayed,
so he threatened to expose the mole.
So it was police officers who got Hunter killed?
They were heavily involved.
As you know, your former officer,
DI Matthew Cottan, he orchestrated the plan.
Cottan was a disgrace to the uniform.
He betrayed the trust of every single one of us
that he worked with.
ARNOTT: So someone took Tommy's place
at the top of the organisation,
and he gave Cottan the order to kill Tommy?
Tommy held it altogether.
It broke up into disparate elements.
Smaller OCGs.
The only thing that united them was
how much they stood to lose
if Tommy carried out his threat.
'Cause they relied on corrupt officers
to carry out many of their criminal enterprises?
Yes.
And they wanted to be able to continue exploiting them.
Yes, well, the OCGs, they may not be working to one man,
but the bent coppers, that's a different story.
They're a network, aren't they?
This force has detected no evidence
of institutionalised corruption.
We have identified a number of high-ranking figures
in a clandestine network of corrupt police officers.
Hypothetical network.
One such high-ranking figure,
once erroneously codenamed H,
we now refer to as the fourth man,
is he running the show?
No comment.
We're here to examine DCI Davidson's offending.
-No one else's. -Alleged offending.
HASTINGS: Are you taking your orders from him?
Who is the fourth man?
-I don't know. -I don't believe you.
Let's move on. Turning to Operation Lighthouse,
the inquiry into the murder of Gail Vella,
opened on the 10th of September, 2019.
You became senior investigating officer when?
The following month, 6th of October.
Your predecessor was removed
allegedly due to the inquiry's slow progress.
How did you come to be appointed?
I'm an experienced murder investigator.
ARNOTT: Image 24 on screen.
What is shown on Image 24?
No comment.
Image 24 shows item reference FD-8
seized in evidence during a search of apartment
G-9 Croxford Street.
Document 39 in your folders.
Document 39 is a photocopy of the content of FD-8.
You will see that FD-8 contain documents
relating to Operation Lighthouse.
Now these documents were not present
at Hillside Lane Police Station
on the 4th of November of this year,
when AC-12 seized all files
relating to Operation Lighthouse.
Why were these documents in your apartment?
No comment.
HASTINGS: These documents revealed for the first time
that Detective Superintendent Ian Buckells noted
that your predecessor and SIO was pursuing a line of inquiry
that Gail Vella's murder was a contract killing
carried out by organised criminals.
However, Detective Superintendent Buckells
then wrote a memorandum suggesting that
the SIO was failing to make any progress
and that a new SIO be appointed.
Buckells mentions you by name. Did you ever work together?
Not to my knowledge.
Hmm. So what motivated Ian Buckells nominating you
to be the senior investigating officer
on the Gail Vella murder?
You'd have to ask Ian Buckells.
HASTINGS: Yes, well, we did,
and he denies all knowledge of the documents.
ARNOTT: The same way he still claims no knowledge
of the missing Operation Lighthouse files
subsequently found hidden in his service vehicle.
Did you, or someone close to you,
engineer your appointment
with Buckells as the convenient stooge?
No comment.
You see, the last thing that organised crime would want
is Operation Lighthouse coming knocking on their door.
So they had to put in a new SIO
to suppress that line of inquiry
in favour of a random act of violence
perpetrated by a disturbed individual acting alone.
A frame that neatly fits Terry Boyle.
I refused to charge Terry Boyle.
ARNOTT: Well, why not?
There was just about enough evidence.
Why did you not seek authority to charge Boyle?
HASTINGS: Was it because you couldn't go through with it?
Is it because you just couldn't live with the idea
of sending an innocent man to trial?
Yes.
Good. At last, we're getting somewhere.
Okay, let's examine the other recent prime suspect
identified by Operation Lighthouse.
Image 29 on screen.
Image 29 shows Terry Boyle on the right.
On the left, Image 29 shows Carl Banks.
Carl Banks was a nonviolent offender
with lifelong links to organised crime.
On the night of the 26th of October,
the Murder Investigation Team received a tip-off
that an individual who was almost certainly Carl Banks
had confessed to the murder of Gail Vella.
As a result of delays and leaks,
Carl Banks was abducted and murdered
and Terry Boyle installed in his place.
PS Farida Jatri was charged with leaking the information
based on evidence seized from 29 Stalton Drive.
The address where she claims the two of you lived.
Did you plant evidence against Farida Jatri?
No comment.
You've already told us
that you were coerced into a life of crime,
that you were forced to mislead and deceive.
Here, now, you have a choice.
A choice to tell the truth.
I planted the burner phones.
Farida's innocent.
Good.
Who leaked the information regarding the operation
to arrest Carl Banks?
I did.
ARNOTT: And the armed robbery
staged to coincide with the operation...
You knew about that?
It was a decoy I used to delay Banks' arrest.
And the mistakes in surveillance
attributed Detective Superintendent Buckells.
I manipulated him into those. It wasn't hard.
And the files that were planted
in his service vehicle?
I planted those.
What about the witness who came forward
to incriminate Terry Boyle?
Deborah Devereux.
All I know is we found out
she was a former girlfriend of DSU Buckells.
ARNOTT: And the full statement from Deborah Devereux,
Buckells set that up?
I don't know if he set that up himself or someone else did.
Why would he do that?
He was worried the failure to solve the murder
was making him look bad.
He was desperate for me to charge someone.
Let's be clear. You have no evidence
that Buckells was responsible
for Deborah Devereux's full statement?
Correct, ma'am.
And his desire to charge Terry Boyle
was born out of a legitimate fear
for the advancement of his career?
It appeared so, ma'am.
DI Arnott, can you bookmark the DI's answer as
a significant testimony
in determining whether the charges
against Detective Superintendent Buckells
should be discontinued?
Okay, moving on. What can you tell us
about the evidence against Terry Boyle?
The images of Gail Vella found in his flat
would seem to have been planted.
To the best of your knowledge, was Terry Boyle involved
in the murder of Gail Vella?
No, he was not.
To the best of your knowledge, was Carl Banks involved
in the murder of Gail Vella?
No comment.
Here we go again.
We know Gail Vella attempted to make contact
with Carl Banks' brother, Lee Banks,
an inmate in Blackthorn Prison.
We believe Lee Banks informed Carl
Gail Vella was investigating stories
that the OCG were determined to suppress.
In regards Gail Vella's investigative journalism,
let's now examine your movements
prior to your arrest last night. DI Arnott.
On screen, Image 41.
Image 41 is a map showing telemetry
from a tracking device attached to vehicle
Victor, Oscar, 6-9, Golf, Kilo, Yankee
in the early hours of the 24th of November, 2020.
Victor, Oscar, 6-9, Golf, Kilo, Yankee
is the vehicle in which you were a passenger
at the time of your arrest.
Telemetry location two is the scene of Gail Vella's murder.
Telemetry location three relates the derelict premises
of the Kingsgate Printing Services.
Who's directing the movements of the vehicle?
No comment.
A forensic search of Kingsgate Printing Services
has been carried out.
Image 45 on screen.
Image 45, it's a crime scene photograph
captured at Kingsgate Printing services,
showing the inside of the abandoned premises.
Image 46.
Image 46 is an item of evidence
detected by the search team.
Item reference TG-8.
TG-8 is a metal strongbox.
Contents of TG-8 shown in Image 47.
What is shown in Image 47?
No comment.
Image 47 shows item references TG-11 and TG-12.
A laptop computer
and desktop computer, respectively.
Forensic examination of these devices
detected fingerprints matching Gail Vella.
HASTINGS: We believe these devices were stolen
from Gail Vella's home around the time of her murder.
Now the Operation Lighthouse files that you withheld
relate in part to evidence of the theft of these devices.
This is crucial evidence you hid.
I was leading Kate Fleming there
to uncover the evidence to prove...
Prove what?
That I'm not bent.
Yes, but you hid this evidence for months.
Not months. No.
That's not what happened.
I only began to suspect the evidence might be there
after Terry Boyle's arrest.
The print shop had been long abandoned by the OCG.
Police searches concluded there 18 months ago,
and it was right across the street.
But you never ordered a search of the print shop.
ARNOTT: Cyber Crime examined
the hard drives of both devices.
Passwords were input to access the stored files.
How were these passwords being obtained?
No comment.
Well, taking for granted
the involvement of organised crime,
I'd suggest an employee in the IT Department
of Gail Vella's news service was exploited
using bribery, blackmail or intimidation.
No comment.
Numerous files were detected
relating to Gail Vella's investigations
into the links between organised crime
and corrupt police officers.
We have found audio files
of interviews of Jimmy Lakewell.
We have found research files
confirming that Gail Vella was investigating
the suppression of police inquiries
into historic child sexual exploitation.
And we have found research
confirming that Gail Vella was digging deep
into police failure
in the murder of Lawrence Christopher.
Did you know Gail Vella was looking
into the Lawrence Christopher murder?
No.
ARNOTT: According to notes found on Gail Vella's devices,
she visited Lee Banks on 26th of August, 2019,
in Blackthorn Prison.
Now as you know, Lee Banks is Carl Banks' brother.
It appears from Gail Vella's notes
that Lee Banks declined to furnish any information
regarding the murder of Lawrence Christopher.
We believe Lee informed Carl Banks
and this was in large part the motivation for her murder.
HASTINGS: Do you really expect us to believe
that you didn't know this?
I didn't.
[chuckles] I'll give you "I didn't".
One of the suspects
in the Lawrence Christopher murder is your cousin,
Darren Hunter.
I, erm...
HASTINGS: I mean, maybe if Darren had been arrested,
he would have squealed.
He would have given up Tommy Hunter.
He would have given up you.
I... I didn't know.
The initial inquiry into Lawrence Christopher's murder
was led by DCI Marcus Thurwell.
Do you know that name?
No comment.
ARNOTT: On screen, image 75.
Who is shown an image 75?
No comment.
On screen, image 77.
The last known image of the same individual.
Who is that?
No comment.
Image 77 shows Marcus Thurwell.
What's your relationship to Marcus Thurwell?
No comment.
Files detected on Gail Vella's computer
proved that she was investigating,
not just Thurwell's role,
but the role of other officers in the inquiry.
Notably Detective Constable Ian Buckells,
and Inspector Philip Osborne.
The interviewee has repeatedly claimed
she doesn't know about any of this.
It's a dead end.
So let's focus on events
surrounding the killing of PC Ryan Pilkington.
Ma'am, this is significant evidence
crucial to the wider inquiry
into institutionalised corruption.
Yes, and I would prefer to confine ourselves
to the set parameters
of the anti-corruption inquiry in front of us.
DI Arnott,
if you wouldn't mind,
let's jiffy things along, shall we?
Ma'am.
On screen,
images 62 to 65, inclusive.
Crime scene photographs of PC Ryan Pilkington's body.
How did Ryan Pilkington meet his death?
No comment.
Document 60 in your folders.
Document 60 is the forensic pathologist's
post-mortem report on Ryan Pilkington.
Cause of death was two gunshot wounds to the chest.
At post-mortem, two Parabellum 9/19mm rounds
were recovered from the thoracic cavity.
Ryan Pilkington was fatally wounded by a firearm.
Describe what happened.
No comment.
DI Arnott.
Document 78 in your folders.
Document 78 is a report issued by neighbours
on the 24th of November, 2020.
Please refer to page two, paragraph six.
Both Parabellum rounds
recovered from the deceased show markings
consistent with being fired from a Glock 17 pistol,
serial number 2-7-7-5-3-1.
2-7-7-5-3-1 is the firearm lawfully issued
on the 20th of November, 2020
to Detective Inspector Kate Fleming.
Fingerprints matching DI Fleming
were also detected on 2-7-7-5-3-1.
Did DI Fleming shoot dead Ryan Pilkington?
No.
No?
Who, then?
I did.
Hmm.
That doesn't square with the forensic evidence,
I'm afraid.
Naturally, Kate's prints were on the firearm.
She'd handled it repeatedly.
But you'll also have found my prints on the firearm.
That's correct. We did.
Because she was forced to hand it over to me.
Ryan had her at gunpoint.
I turned Kate's firearm on Ryan.
At the time of your arrest, Fleming had her firearm.
You had Pilkington's.
I returned Kate's firearm.
I picked up Ryan's.
Forensic analysis of clothing worn by DI Fleming
detected a dense distribution of gunshot residue
on the right-hand sleeve,
a finding commonly associated
with the discharging of a firearm.
Kate was in the process of handing me the firearm.
when I turned the firearm on Ryan
and discharged the fatal shots.
Kate's sleeve absorbed the gunshot powder.
Joanne Davidson.
To be clear,
you are confessing
to the murder of Ryan Pilkington,
No, ma'am.
Pilkington was about to fire on DI Fleming.
At the time of the incident,
I was a serving police officer.
Under common law section three of the Criminal Law Act 1967,
and Section 117
of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984,
I am permitted to employ lethal force
to prevent an imminent threat to life.
My colleague was acting lawfully.
I think you'll find that's for a court to decide.
You weren't in league with Pilkington?
Ryan Pilkington was imposed on MIT against my will.
I was fully aware of his OCG connections.
He was there to intimidate me
into misleading Operation Lighthouse.
So, who was giving Pilkington his orders?
Was it Marcus Thurwell?
No comment.
We have presented clear evidence
that you were getting your instructions from Spain.
We also know from our inquiries
that Thurwell was in Spain.
Is this the person running the show? Yes?
No comment.
Marcus Thurwell was SIO
in the Lawrence Christopher murder inquiry.
Now, we believe
that he deliberately misled that inquiry
to protect Darren Hunter, Tommy Hunter's son,
on the expressed orders of Tommy Hunter.
No comment.
Lawrence Christopher,
he was an architect. he was a model citizen,
he had his head smashed in with a piece of lead piping
by a bunch of racist thugs,
one of whom was your cousin.
Superintendent, your questioning is oppressive.
I'll give you oppressive.
Look, that lad had his whole life ahead of him,
just like Gail Vella.
They both died horrible deaths.
I dread to imagine what they suffered.
Yes. Well, then give them justice.
Tell us who's giving the orders.
I can't.
I'm sorry.
Is it Thurwell? Is it someone else?
-It is Osborne? -I think we'll leave it there.
Is it the Chief Constable?
Thank you, Superintendent Hastings.
Joanne Davidson, do you have anything further to say?
[sniffles] No.
Joanne Davidson, I've been in consultation
with the senior prosecutor at the Complex Case Unit.
Nothing you have disclosed during this interview
has impacted on those discussions,
and, therefore, I am authorised to charge you
with the following offences.
Perverting the course of justice
and malfeasance in a public office.
I will consult further regarding conspiracy
to murder DI Kate Fleming
and any charges relating to the death
of PC Ryan Pilkington.
You will be remanded in custody.
Interview terminated at 11:43.
You take care of the custody, son,
just leave this one to me.
I'm sorry.
Yeah. Me too.
You and I both know that Jo Davidson's
the best chance we ever had of blowing wide open
the network of corrupt police officers
in league with organised crime.
I must have been in another interview,
because every other answer I heard was, "No comment."
You let her off the hook, ma'am.
And as for shutting down all my questions
-about the fourth man... -Superintendent.
You are bitter about AC-12 being merged. Who wouldn't be?
It's got nothing to do with that.
Inquiries into Jo Davidson will continue.
She has more to reveal. We will get there in time.
I don't have time.
[sighs]
[indistinct chatter]
[notification beeps]
Sir?
Sometimes you don't lose, son,
you just run out of time.
[slow instrumental music playing]
As you were.
The Crown Prosecutor is gullible enough
to consider proceedings against Jo Davidson alone
in the death of Ryan Pilkington.
Thank you very much, ma'am.
Two shots to the chest,
double tap. Mm.
Like a firearms- trained officer.
Davidson's not firearms trained, is she?
You are, though, aren't you, Kate?
That's correct, ma'am.
So you'll provide a first account for my, er, team
and then you're free to go.
I'm not gullible, Kate.
But I am pragmatic.
[door opens]
All right?
All right.
Thought we'd got rid of you.
[chuckles softly] No such luck.
You sure you're OK?
I know nobody's coming after you
over Ryan Pilkington's shooting.
If you ever need to talk about it...
Thanks, mate. I appreciate it, but I'm fine.
So what did you get out of Jo?
A lot less than we needed.
Did she say anything about her family history?
She told me her dad was a police officer.
No. Never even gave us that much.
She's scared, Steve.
After what happened to Tommy, Lakewell,
never mind John Corbett.
That's why we've got her on the VPU apprentice,
security cameras monitoring access to her cell.
So, what now?
Well, we're into the forensics at the OCG workshop.
And as I'm the senior detective
left on Operation Lighthouse,
I could be the point of contact
between MIT and AC-12.
Works for me, mate.
Let's get this job done.
-I'll drive. -I'll drive.
[scoffs]
It'll be in the Red Lion by 8:00. Nice work.
FLEMING: All right, Chris.
-Ma'am. -You remember DI Arnott.
Sir.
Don't act like a tit, sarge. We're all in it together.
What have you found?
There's strong evidence of workshop in the firearms.
Neighbours have given a preliminary report
of matches between the machinery here
and the markings on the firearms
used in the Jimmy Lakewell ambush.
Forensics have harvested prints and DNA,
just waiting on the lab for any matches.
FC thinks they've covered the ground.
I'm gonna call off
the forensic deployment tonight.
Now, you look at the weight of those.
No way were two OCG men
on their own gonna move 'em.
What was in their van?
Tarpaulins and rope.
Couple of pickaxes, bolt cutters,
a couple of wrenches,
socket set, Stanley knives.
Power tools, including power saws and power drills.
Right. Let's call out the GPR.
Find out what's under that floor.
-Really? -Yeah, really,
CHRIS: Sorry, mate. My DI's requested GPR for wirework.
[line ringing]
[cell phone ringing]
[speaks indistinctly]
[cell phone continues ringing]
Chloe.
Sir, we think we've found Thurwell.
We'll be right there.
They've located Marcus Thurwell.
FLEMING: Let's go.
[soldier speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[soldier speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
HASTINGS: Ah, Kate. Steve.
Spanish authorities are helping us
in our efforts to apprehend Thurwell.
The Guardia Civil have received intel
on this particular address.
[soldier speaking Spanish]
[breathing heavily]
[kicks door open on video]
[soldier speaking Spanish]
[continues speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[dramatic music playing]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
Name of God and his holy mother...
[flies buzzing on video]
[speaking Spanish]
Two dead, sir. Male plus female.
[speaking Spanish]
Thank you, Captain.
We'll leave the rest to you.
[speaking Spanish]
It's just... It's another kick in the teeth.
Only so much a man can take!
[sighs]
Wait there, please.
Sorry. Wrong way.
God, this place is a maze.
OSBORNE: [on TV] For too long now,
police officers have had to serve
faceless, unaccountable bureaucrats.
We've even had to suffer political opportunists
trying to win votes by vilifying police officers
with false allegations of corruption.
We defend this constabulary
from those who would obstruct us
in serving the public.
Not only does this force face enemies without,
there are enemies within.
I will personally see to it those enemies within
are made to suffer the consequences.
[closing theme music playing]