1 00:00:11,873 --> 00:00:13,289 My mum was Tommy's sister. 2 00:00:14,531 --> 00:00:17,741 My dad was... been... a police officer. 3 00:00:18,984 --> 00:00:21,297 By the time of our inquiry in 2015, 4 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,368 Thurwell had taken early retirement, 5 00:00:23,471 --> 00:00:25,197 believed to be living in Spain. 6 00:00:27,958 --> 00:00:29,029 Two dead, sir. 7 00:00:29,132 --> 00:00:31,755 CAPTAIN: Marcus Thurwell, Senora Thurwell. 8 00:00:37,451 --> 00:00:39,694 You want to talk about rats, ask your boss. 9 00:00:39,798 --> 00:00:41,041 Superintendent Hastings? 10 00:00:41,144 --> 00:00:43,284 He told me there was a rat in our crew. 11 00:00:43,388 --> 00:00:46,770 That rat turned out to be an undercover copper, 12 00:00:46,874 --> 00:00:48,255 John Corbett. 13 00:00:50,567 --> 00:00:52,776 I think I've found the real reason the Gaffer gave 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,226 50 grand to Steph Corbett. 15 00:00:58,403 --> 00:00:59,611 CARMICHAEL: Superintendent Hastings 16 00:00:59,714 --> 00:01:02,441 has been informed of his impending retirement. 17 00:01:05,375 --> 00:01:06,756 HASTINGS: We have identified 18 00:01:06,859 --> 00:01:08,171 a number of high-ranking figures 19 00:01:08,275 --> 00:01:10,553 in a clandestine network of corrupt police officers. 20 00:01:10,656 --> 00:01:12,141 This force has detected no evidence of 21 00:01:12,244 --> 00:01:13,728 institutionalised corruption. 22 00:01:16,248 --> 00:01:19,424 We are so close to breaking open Operation Lighthouse 23 00:01:19,527 --> 00:01:22,530 and OCG involvement in Gail Vella's murder! 24 00:01:25,154 --> 00:01:26,431 The case Gail Vella was researching 25 00:01:26,534 --> 00:01:27,846 at the time of her death was the murder 26 00:01:27,949 --> 00:01:29,054 of Lawrence Christopher. 27 00:01:29,158 --> 00:01:30,538 That was, what, 20 years ago? 28 00:01:31,884 --> 00:01:34,508 CHLOE: I've been looking into all the officers that were 29 00:01:34,611 --> 00:01:36,337 involved in the Lawrence Christopher murder inquiry. 30 00:01:37,131 --> 00:01:39,271 Detective Constable Ian Buckells, 31 00:01:40,790 --> 00:01:42,205 Inspector Philip Osborne. 32 00:01:47,935 --> 00:01:49,730 Sorry, wrong way. 33 00:01:54,424 --> 00:01:57,703 OSBORNE: Not only does this force face enemies without, 34 00:01:57,807 --> 00:02:00,120 there are enemies within. 35 00:02:00,223 --> 00:02:03,640 I will personally see to it those enemies within 36 00:02:03,744 --> 00:02:06,609 are made to suffer the consequences. 37 00:02:09,612 --> 00:02:10,854 CARMICHAEL: And later that same day 38 00:02:10,958 --> 00:02:12,270 you visited Lee Banks, an OCG member 39 00:02:12,373 --> 00:02:13,685 on remand in Blackthorn prison. 40 00:02:13,788 --> 00:02:16,205 HASTINGS: Yes. To harvest information on the OCG. 41 00:02:16,308 --> 00:02:17,585 CARMICHAEL: When DS Arnott quite rightly 42 00:02:17,689 --> 00:02:19,277 did not deploy lethal force against John Corbett, 43 00:02:19,380 --> 00:02:21,071 did you take matters into your own hands 44 00:02:21,175 --> 00:02:22,866 and disclose to Lee Banks 45 00:02:22,970 --> 00:02:25,179 that John Corbett was an undercover police officer... 46 00:02:25,283 --> 00:02:27,250 -No, I did not. -disclosing this information 47 00:02:27,354 --> 00:02:28,424 with the expectation 48 00:02:28,527 --> 00:02:29,804 that it would be passed on to the OCG? 49 00:02:29,908 --> 00:02:31,461 -No. -[Keyboard taps] 50 00:02:36,017 --> 00:02:37,985 FLEMING: The stuff he's hiding, 51 00:02:38,088 --> 00:02:40,436 I never thought I'd look at the Gaffer like this. 52 00:02:40,539 --> 00:02:42,472 He knows his time's nearly up. 53 00:02:42,576 --> 00:02:44,060 He's been slated for retirement. 54 00:02:45,303 --> 00:02:46,545 Shit. 55 00:02:46,649 --> 00:02:48,927 I've been waiting for the right time to tell you. 56 00:02:49,030 --> 00:02:50,618 Maybe we should let sleeping dogs lie. 57 00:02:52,137 --> 00:02:53,311 Come off it, Steve. 58 00:02:53,414 --> 00:02:55,071 How many times have we criticised coppers 59 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:57,556 that took retirement to dodge disciplinary action? 60 00:03:00,421 --> 00:03:02,630 You got anything more from Steph Corbett? 61 00:03:02,734 --> 00:03:04,253 No, I think about asking her. 62 00:03:04,356 --> 00:03:06,186 She's got a right to know what happened to her husband. 63 00:03:06,289 --> 00:03:08,188 Maybe she already does? 64 00:03:08,291 --> 00:03:10,017 She might be blackmailing the Gaffer. 65 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,743 Steph? No. 66 00:03:11,846 --> 00:03:13,193 You seem pretty sure. 67 00:03:16,334 --> 00:03:18,128 What? 68 00:03:18,232 --> 00:03:20,510 -We've become... -Oh, for Christ's sake, Steve! 69 00:03:20,614 --> 00:03:21,477 It's not like that, mate. 70 00:03:21,580 --> 00:03:22,892 -It's different. -[Mobile ringing] 71 00:03:22,995 --> 00:03:25,446 She's a Person of Interest. 72 00:03:25,895 --> 00:03:27,137 Chris. 73 00:03:28,829 --> 00:03:30,348 Yeah, we'll be right there. 74 00:03:35,456 --> 00:03:38,252 LOMAX: GPR detected a strong subsurface diffractor 75 00:03:38,356 --> 00:03:40,289 and I gave a go-ahead for a dig 76 00:03:40,392 --> 00:03:42,187 which revealed a strong box of the type 77 00:03:42,291 --> 00:03:44,672 detected at the abandoned printshop. 78 00:03:44,776 --> 00:03:47,261 -FLEMING: Nice one, Chris. -Thanks, Ma'am. 79 00:03:47,365 --> 00:03:49,332 ARNOTT: Let's get EOD to rule out booby traps, 80 00:03:49,436 --> 00:03:51,507 then proceed to forensic recovery. 81 00:03:51,610 --> 00:03:52,853 LOMAX: Sir. 82 00:03:52,956 --> 00:03:54,510 ARNOTT: Let's find out what's in there. 83 00:04:00,136 --> 00:04:03,622 [Medical officer sighs] 84 00:04:06,004 --> 00:04:07,592 [Medical officer] Alright if I call you Steve? 85 00:04:07,695 --> 00:04:08,731 Fine. 86 00:04:10,491 --> 00:04:13,149 It's taken a while to organise his consultation. 87 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,600 Are you able to tell me why that might be, Steve? 88 00:04:15,703 --> 00:04:17,843 Just work, sorry. 89 00:04:20,329 --> 00:04:24,194 In the medical declaration form that you submitted 90 00:04:24,298 --> 00:04:27,094 at the time of your urine sampling, you listed 91 00:04:27,197 --> 00:04:29,510 a number of over-the-counter painkillers. 92 00:04:29,614 --> 00:04:30,787 Uh, for what condition? 93 00:04:31,685 --> 00:04:33,134 Hurt my knee at five-a-side. 94 00:04:33,238 --> 00:04:35,067 My shoulder was squash. 95 00:04:35,171 --> 00:04:39,624 SMTU detected levels of metabolites in your urine, 96 00:04:39,727 --> 00:04:41,004 consistent with the ingestion 97 00:04:41,108 --> 00:04:43,283 of very high doses of analgesics. 98 00:04:49,081 --> 00:04:50,290 In April 2017, 99 00:04:50,393 --> 00:04:53,189 you suffered a serious assault whilst on duty. 100 00:04:54,052 --> 00:04:55,295 I'm fully recovered. 101 00:05:05,063 --> 00:05:07,376 Recently been involved in an operation 102 00:05:07,479 --> 00:05:10,137 in which a number of suspects have been killed. 103 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,278 One having been shot dead by you 104 00:05:13,382 --> 00:05:14,900 and one of your colleagues, 105 00:05:15,004 --> 00:05:17,247 PS Ruby Jones, lost her life. 106 00:05:19,698 --> 00:05:21,182 Yeah. 107 00:05:23,978 --> 00:05:25,808 That's not the first time you've witnessed 108 00:05:25,911 --> 00:05:27,810 a colleague's violent death. 109 00:05:27,913 --> 00:05:31,641 DCI Tony Gates was killed in a road traffic collision. 110 00:05:32,539 --> 00:05:34,334 DC Georgia Trotman, your partner 111 00:05:34,437 --> 00:05:35,438 was thrown from a window... 112 00:05:35,542 --> 00:05:38,338 -Where you going with this? -Steve... 113 00:05:38,441 --> 00:05:41,064 I'm satisfied that none of the substances 114 00:05:41,168 --> 00:05:42,997 you've been taking are illegal. 115 00:05:43,101 --> 00:05:45,241 This is purely about your welfare. 116 00:05:45,897 --> 00:05:47,726 I'm here to help, not judge. 117 00:05:49,038 --> 00:05:51,247 You might benefit from some time off work. 118 00:05:51,489 --> 00:05:52,904 No. 119 00:05:53,007 --> 00:05:55,078 No way. I'm in the middle of a massive case. 120 00:05:57,667 --> 00:06:00,049 Do your duties routinely involved firearms 121 00:06:00,152 --> 00:06:01,809 or high-speed pursuit driving? 122 00:06:03,846 --> 00:06:05,399 Sometimes. 123 00:06:05,503 --> 00:06:08,471 Normally, in this situation, we suggest that the officer 124 00:06:08,575 --> 00:06:11,543 voluntarily surrenders their blue ticket. 125 00:06:11,647 --> 00:06:15,375 Otherwise, I'm obliged to report you to Head of Firearms 126 00:06:15,478 --> 00:06:18,274 who will then remove your firearms license. 127 00:06:21,622 --> 00:06:24,625 -Okay. -Thank you. 128 00:06:26,075 --> 00:06:28,008 So I'd like you to have some medical investigations 129 00:06:28,111 --> 00:06:30,217 and then review you with the results. 130 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,701 Can we agree on that? 131 00:06:32,322 --> 00:06:34,048 Fine. 132 00:06:34,152 --> 00:06:37,638 I'm also obliged to inform your commanding officer. 133 00:06:40,883 --> 00:06:42,091 [Knocking at door] 134 00:06:42,194 --> 00:06:43,333 HASTINGS: Yeah. 135 00:06:47,372 --> 00:06:48,511 Steve? 136 00:06:52,170 --> 00:06:54,379 I want you to hear it from me first, sir. 137 00:06:55,069 --> 00:06:56,830 I'm under medical review. 138 00:06:56,933 --> 00:06:59,488 The drugs testing found high doses of painkillers. 139 00:07:02,076 --> 00:07:03,353 Yeah, well... 140 00:07:03,457 --> 00:07:05,528 I'm just glad you're getting some help with it, son. 141 00:07:07,668 --> 00:07:10,050 If there's anything I can do just let me know. 142 00:07:15,296 --> 00:07:16,643 Thank you very much, Sir. 143 00:07:18,610 --> 00:07:19,818 Yeah. 144 00:07:21,682 --> 00:07:23,408 [Door opens] 145 00:07:23,512 --> 00:07:25,445 [Door closes] 146 00:07:25,548 --> 00:07:27,343 HASTINGS: Take your time, take your time. 147 00:07:28,068 --> 00:07:30,070 RIX: You're doing well, Jo. 148 00:07:32,866 --> 00:07:35,420 ARNOTT: So, Tommy hid from you he was your real father? 149 00:07:37,905 --> 00:07:38,975 Yes. 150 00:07:39,079 --> 00:07:40,805 Who did you believe was your father? 151 00:07:43,842 --> 00:07:45,430 This person, 152 00:07:45,534 --> 00:07:47,708 did he control you the same way Tommy Hunter did? 153 00:07:47,812 --> 00:07:48,778 [Keyboard taps] 154 00:07:49,641 --> 00:07:52,195 [Audio rewinds] 155 00:07:52,299 --> 00:07:54,197 -[Keyboard taps] -This person, 156 00:07:54,301 --> 00:07:56,406 Did he control you the same way Tommy Hunter did? 157 00:07:56,510 --> 00:07:57,477 [Keyboard taps] 158 00:08:04,311 --> 00:08:06,589 VOICEMAIL: You have one new message. 159 00:08:06,693 --> 00:08:07,694 [Beeps] 160 00:08:07,797 --> 00:08:09,316 STEPH: Steve, it's Steph. 161 00:08:09,419 --> 00:08:11,594 God, I hate these message thingy's. 162 00:08:11,698 --> 00:08:14,321 It's just I ain't heard from you in a while. 163 00:08:14,424 --> 00:08:15,495 I hope you're alright. 164 00:08:15,598 --> 00:08:18,118 Coppers wife me, I can't help but worry. 165 00:08:19,050 --> 00:08:21,086 That's it really, bye. 166 00:08:52,462 --> 00:08:54,292 -LOMAX: Thanks, guys. -MAN: Sure, Sarge. 167 00:08:54,775 --> 00:08:56,087 [Door closes] 168 00:08:56,190 --> 00:08:59,124 So the excavation detected a strongbox. 169 00:08:59,228 --> 00:09:01,610 The contents of the box are itemised as follows. 170 00:09:02,472 --> 00:09:05,165 KL-2. A non-standard pistol, 171 00:09:05,268 --> 00:09:08,375 believed to be workshopped from a decommissioned firearm. 172 00:09:08,478 --> 00:09:09,825 NABIS have matched the pistol 173 00:09:09,928 --> 00:09:11,412 to the tailored cartridge and bullet 174 00:09:11,516 --> 00:09:13,760 recovered from the scene of Gail Vella's murder. 175 00:09:13,863 --> 00:09:14,933 Almost certainly, 176 00:09:15,037 --> 00:09:17,280 this is the weapon that fired the fatal shot. 177 00:09:17,384 --> 00:09:19,697 -Fingerprints? DNA? -No. It was clean. 178 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,078 Almost certainly the gunman was wearing gloves. 179 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,356 KL-4, KL-5, 180 00:09:24,460 --> 00:09:26,566 gloves and a black bomber jacket. 181 00:09:26,669 --> 00:09:30,052 Both items bear blood spatter and gunshot residue. 182 00:09:30,155 --> 00:09:31,294 The blood is Gail Vella's. 183 00:09:31,398 --> 00:09:33,814 -DNA inside the gloves? -Yes, Ma'am. 184 00:09:33,918 --> 00:09:35,160 Sweat deposits inside the gloves 185 00:09:35,264 --> 00:09:37,577 matched DNA belonging to Carl Banks. 186 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:39,751 -Got the bastard. -Yes sir. 187 00:09:39,855 --> 00:09:41,063 We can match Banks to the gloves 188 00:09:41,166 --> 00:09:42,823 and the gloves to Gail Vella's murder. 189 00:09:42,927 --> 00:09:44,376 He's the shooter. 190 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,033 Any of it related to Terry Boyle? 191 00:09:46,137 --> 00:09:47,345 No Sir, nothing. 192 00:09:47,897 --> 00:09:49,554 Great. Next. 193 00:09:51,349 --> 00:09:52,384 GN-1. 194 00:09:53,731 --> 00:09:56,734 I'm sorry to be the bearer of distressing news. 195 00:09:56,837 --> 00:09:59,495 This knife is stained with the blood of an AC-12 officer, 196 00:10:00,116 --> 00:10:02,291 PC Maneet Bindra. 197 00:10:03,533 --> 00:10:08,193 Fingerprints on the handle match Ryan Pilkington. 198 00:10:12,646 --> 00:10:13,785 GN-2. 199 00:10:13,889 --> 00:10:17,030 This knife is stained with the blood of DS John Corbett. 200 00:10:17,133 --> 00:10:19,653 Fingerprints on the handle match Ryan Pilkington. 201 00:10:21,551 --> 00:10:22,898 GN-3. 202 00:10:23,001 --> 00:10:25,625 This knife is stained with the blood of Jackie Laverty. 203 00:10:25,728 --> 00:10:26,902 Fingerprints on the handle 204 00:10:27,005 --> 00:10:28,593 match a deceased police officer, 205 00:10:28,697 --> 00:10:30,422 DCI Tony Gates. 206 00:10:30,526 --> 00:10:33,046 Gates told me the OCG slit Jackie's throat 207 00:10:33,149 --> 00:10:34,150 and while he was incapacitated 208 00:10:34,254 --> 00:10:35,738 they put his hand on the knife. 209 00:10:35,842 --> 00:10:37,429 They blackmailed him with the threat of releasing 210 00:10:37,533 --> 00:10:39,259 Jackie's body and the murder weapon. 211 00:10:39,362 --> 00:10:41,330 That's why all these items were retained. 212 00:10:41,433 --> 00:10:42,607 They're leverage, going back years, 213 00:10:42,711 --> 00:10:45,058 right up to it being a threat to Ryan Pilkington. 214 00:10:45,541 --> 00:10:46,715 Anything else? 215 00:10:46,818 --> 00:10:49,683 Any items related to one or more of the following? 216 00:10:49,787 --> 00:10:52,582 Marcus Thurwell, Ian Buckells. 217 00:10:52,686 --> 00:10:53,825 No, nothing. 218 00:10:55,482 --> 00:10:57,139 Philip Osborne. 219 00:10:57,933 --> 00:10:59,659 The Chief Constable? 220 00:11:01,074 --> 00:11:02,282 What? 221 00:11:05,112 --> 00:11:06,320 [Access door beeps] 222 00:11:14,743 --> 00:11:16,779 Great work, you two. Great work. 223 00:11:16,883 --> 00:11:18,091 Cast-iron proof 224 00:11:18,194 --> 00:11:20,507 that Carl Banks murdered Gail Vella. 225 00:11:20,610 --> 00:11:23,096 I've got a call later with the Crown Prosecutor. 226 00:11:23,199 --> 00:11:24,960 I'm sure we can persuade them to withdraw proceedings 227 00:11:25,063 --> 00:11:26,168 against Terry Boyle. 228 00:11:26,271 --> 00:11:27,687 [Sighs] Great. 229 00:11:27,790 --> 00:11:29,689 Well, that's the least we can do for the wee fella. 230 00:11:29,792 --> 00:11:31,725 Any updates from Spain? 231 00:11:31,829 --> 00:11:34,555 They formally identified the bodies found at the villa. 232 00:11:34,659 --> 00:11:36,592 They are Marcus Thurwell and his wife. 233 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:37,558 Both have been strangled. 234 00:11:37,662 --> 00:11:38,870 And from the extent of decomposition, 235 00:11:38,974 --> 00:11:40,907 they'd been dead a few weeks. 236 00:11:41,010 --> 00:11:43,047 A search of the property detected equipment 237 00:11:43,150 --> 00:11:45,497 used for routing digital communications 238 00:11:45,601 --> 00:11:46,429 with an IP address 239 00:11:46,533 --> 00:11:48,362 matching the ones detected on devices 240 00:11:48,466 --> 00:11:51,262 belonging to Jo Davidson and Lisa McQueen. 241 00:11:51,365 --> 00:11:53,920 From the evidence gathered by Spanish authorities, 242 00:11:54,023 --> 00:11:55,680 Cybercrime are still trying to trace 243 00:11:55,784 --> 00:11:57,475 all end-user IP addresses 244 00:11:57,578 --> 00:12:00,512 but initial work suggests they're located in the UK. 245 00:12:01,444 --> 00:12:03,032 Oh, so the communication originated here? 246 00:12:03,136 --> 00:12:04,275 HASTINGS: Exactly. 247 00:12:05,241 --> 00:12:07,071 So, Spain is a decoy. 248 00:12:07,692 --> 00:12:09,142 Thurwell's a stooge. 249 00:12:10,453 --> 00:12:11,972 HASTINGS: Jesus! 250 00:12:12,076 --> 00:12:13,871 AMANDA: Have you seen Superintendent Hastings? 251 00:12:13,974 --> 00:12:15,079 WOMAN: Yes, he's just through there. 252 00:12:15,182 --> 00:12:16,563 -Sir. -HASTINGS: Huh? 253 00:12:17,357 --> 00:12:18,807 [indistinct chattering] 254 00:12:24,019 --> 00:12:25,917 -Sorry to barge in. -What have we got? 255 00:12:26,021 --> 00:12:27,781 I knew you'd want to see this straight away. 256 00:12:27,885 --> 00:12:30,335 We've been monitoring messages being routed via Spain. 257 00:12:30,439 --> 00:12:32,199 This is a screenshot of a text exchange 258 00:12:32,303 --> 00:12:33,753 we intercepted a few minutes ago. 259 00:12:33,856 --> 00:12:36,100 We're working on identifying the IP addresses. 260 00:12:36,203 --> 00:12:38,309 JD. Jo Davidson. 261 00:12:39,310 --> 00:12:40,656 BP. Brentiss prison. 262 00:12:42,485 --> 00:12:44,833 I thought you put Davidson on elevated monitoring. 263 00:12:44,936 --> 00:12:46,006 Yeah, but we can't take the chance 264 00:12:46,110 --> 00:12:47,249 that that's gonna work out. 265 00:12:47,352 --> 00:12:49,251 Look at the spelling of "definitely." 266 00:12:49,354 --> 00:12:52,254 This is the Fourth Man. Chloe, 267 00:12:52,357 --> 00:12:54,049 all these new files have come in, 268 00:12:54,152 --> 00:12:55,844 Operation Lighthouse, Lawrence Christopher... 269 00:12:55,947 --> 00:12:57,155 I want you to carry out a search 270 00:12:57,259 --> 00:12:59,054 on this spelling against anybody 271 00:12:59,157 --> 00:13:01,159 that we haven't previously investigated. 272 00:13:01,263 --> 00:13:02,333 But good work. 273 00:13:02,436 --> 00:13:04,473 -Steve, Kate, with me. -ARNOTT: Sir. 274 00:13:14,552 --> 00:13:15,449 [Door clanks] 275 00:13:15,553 --> 00:13:17,175 GUARD: Stand away from the door. 276 00:13:21,076 --> 00:13:22,525 Production Order. 277 00:13:22,629 --> 00:13:25,459 Post-charge interview. Hillside Lane. 278 00:13:59,977 --> 00:14:01,323 What's going on? 279 00:14:21,757 --> 00:14:23,172 [Sirens wailing] 280 00:14:25,554 --> 00:14:28,212 Alpha Charlie One Zero, en route to Brentiss, 281 00:14:28,315 --> 00:14:30,386 standing by for sit rep. 282 00:14:30,490 --> 00:14:32,941 WOMAN ON RADIO: Alpha Charlie Five Two, copy. 283 00:14:33,044 --> 00:14:35,150 Zero State Five to Brentiss prison. 284 00:14:35,253 --> 00:14:37,083 Stand by for active message. 285 00:14:37,186 --> 00:14:38,878 HASTINGS ON RADIO: One Zero, receiving. 286 00:14:38,981 --> 00:14:40,120 Five Two, 287 00:14:40,224 --> 00:14:41,294 the Governor at Brentiss has approved 288 00:14:41,397 --> 00:14:42,882 a Production Order for Davidson. 289 00:14:42,985 --> 00:14:45,160 She's State Nine to Hillside Lane. 290 00:14:48,508 --> 00:14:50,165 Three seven, first I've heard of it. 291 00:14:50,268 --> 00:14:51,649 Who's the requesting officer? 292 00:14:54,928 --> 00:14:56,136 DS Lomax. 293 00:14:57,966 --> 00:14:59,243 And the supporting officer? 294 00:15:03,764 --> 00:15:05,835 That's you, Ma'am. DI Fleming. 295 00:15:07,423 --> 00:15:08,321 Shit! 296 00:15:08,424 --> 00:15:10,737 One Zero, we are diverting to the Hill. 297 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,497 Four five, received. 298 00:15:12,601 --> 00:15:14,292 Driver, put your foot flat on the floor. 299 00:15:16,536 --> 00:15:19,677 One Zero, Five Two, acquire information 300 00:15:19,780 --> 00:15:21,127 on Prison Transport 301 00:15:21,230 --> 00:15:22,335 and capture location 302 00:15:22,438 --> 00:15:24,026 as a matter of extreme urgency. 303 00:15:24,130 --> 00:15:27,719 We need Air Ops and Armed Support! Over. 304 00:15:27,823 --> 00:15:28,789 Five Two, received. 305 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:37,039 What is this interview about? 306 00:15:37,143 --> 00:15:38,730 Who's the requesting officer? 307 00:15:38,834 --> 00:15:40,353 How should I know? 308 00:15:40,456 --> 00:15:41,768 Our job is just to get you there. 309 00:15:43,425 --> 00:15:45,737 Are there any new developments in the inquiry? 310 00:15:45,841 --> 00:15:47,429 Stop with the earache. 311 00:15:52,572 --> 00:15:54,988 PILOT: N-PAS Seven Five, acquiring active obs 312 00:15:55,092 --> 00:15:57,957 on Prison Transport Vehicle white VW Crafte, 313 00:15:58,060 --> 00:16:01,339 VRN Bravo Papa Six Zero Papa Tango Quebec. 314 00:16:01,443 --> 00:16:04,239 Suspect vehicle is travelling south Alpha Three Four, 315 00:16:04,342 --> 00:16:08,622 speed Three Zero, one mile to Edge Park Circus underpass. 316 00:16:08,726 --> 00:16:10,072 ARMED OPS SUPPORT: Tango Oscar Four Two, 317 00:16:10,176 --> 00:16:11,694 receiving N-PAS Seven Five, 318 00:16:11,798 --> 00:16:15,388 State Five Edge Park Circus, ETA less than one minute. 319 00:16:15,491 --> 00:16:16,561 PILOT: N-PAS Seven Five, 320 00:16:16,665 --> 00:16:19,357 suspect vehicle entering Underpass. 321 00:16:19,461 --> 00:16:20,980 ARMED OPS SUPPORT: Tango Oscar Four Two. 322 00:16:21,083 --> 00:16:23,189 All ARVs move in, intercept, intercept. 323 00:16:50,630 --> 00:16:52,597 [Tyres screech] 324 00:16:57,671 --> 00:16:59,742 MAN: Keys! Give us the keys! 325 00:17:03,194 --> 00:17:05,231 [Dogs barking] 326 00:17:06,094 --> 00:17:08,096 Armed police! Drop it! 327 00:17:08,199 --> 00:17:09,752 -Taser! Taser! -[Robber grunts] 328 00:17:10,788 --> 00:17:12,065 Drop it! 329 00:17:12,169 --> 00:17:14,136 [Sirens wailing] 330 00:17:16,069 --> 00:17:17,208 FLEMING: Get out of the vehicle! 331 00:17:17,312 --> 00:17:18,830 ARNOTT: Hands! Show me your hands! 332 00:17:20,832 --> 00:17:23,421 [Helicopter chuffs] 333 00:17:23,939 --> 00:17:25,251 Down! Down! 334 00:17:26,942 --> 00:17:28,150 AFO: Hands above your head! 335 00:17:28,254 --> 00:17:30,083 Hands above your head! 336 00:17:30,187 --> 00:17:32,154 Four five, scene secure. 337 00:17:32,258 --> 00:17:34,087 Unarmed, clear to approach. 338 00:17:34,191 --> 00:17:35,537 Paramedic required. 339 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,021 WOMAN ON RADIO: Four Five, received. 340 00:17:37,125 --> 00:17:38,471 Paramedic unit will move forwards, 341 00:17:38,574 --> 00:17:40,818 ETA 30 seconds, standing by for... 342 00:17:40,921 --> 00:17:41,991 Arrest her. Stick her in the back 343 00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:43,752 -with her wee mate. -OFFICER: Sir. 344 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,243 Great work, you two. 345 00:17:52,830 --> 00:17:54,797 -Great work. -Sir. 346 00:17:57,421 --> 00:17:58,767 FLEMING: The prison officers and driver 347 00:17:58,870 --> 00:18:00,803 have been taken into custody. 348 00:18:00,907 --> 00:18:03,703 We've recently gained access to illicit communications 349 00:18:03,806 --> 00:18:05,601 between OCG members. 350 00:18:05,705 --> 00:18:06,844 Fortunately, we were able to 351 00:18:06,947 --> 00:18:08,397 intercept your Prison Transport 352 00:18:08,501 --> 00:18:10,330 and replace two of the prison officers 353 00:18:10,434 --> 00:18:12,574 before the OCG got their hands on you. 354 00:18:12,677 --> 00:18:14,093 ARNOTT: The production order was a forgery. 355 00:18:14,196 --> 00:18:15,922 Now we're looking into how that was done. 356 00:18:16,025 --> 00:18:18,200 Enabling corrupt prison officers to stage a handover 357 00:18:18,304 --> 00:18:20,099 they could claim afterwards was an ambush. 358 00:18:20,202 --> 00:18:21,445 They're all under arrest. 359 00:18:22,687 --> 00:18:24,241 FLEMING: You're safe now, Jo. 360 00:18:27,036 --> 00:18:28,555 Thank you. 361 00:18:28,659 --> 00:18:30,212 I mean, you're really safe 362 00:18:31,075 --> 00:18:33,215 to apply for witness protection. 363 00:18:33,319 --> 00:18:35,562 All my notes, all my records will show that 364 00:18:35,666 --> 00:18:38,393 you acted under control and coercion of others. 365 00:18:39,532 --> 00:18:41,396 You can live the life you should have lived. 366 00:18:41,499 --> 00:18:44,192 Be free to be the person that you really are 367 00:18:44,295 --> 00:18:46,332 if you tell us who the top man is. 368 00:18:53,304 --> 00:18:55,272 ARNOTT: We know from the illicit communications, 369 00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:58,309 you were taken out of Brentiss to be killed. 370 00:18:58,413 --> 00:19:00,449 We strongly believe the order came from the same person 371 00:19:00,553 --> 00:19:01,795 who's been communicating with you 372 00:19:01,899 --> 00:19:04,212 throughout Operation Lighthouse. 373 00:19:04,315 --> 00:19:06,455 This person you're protecting doesn't care for you. 374 00:19:07,215 --> 00:19:08,733 You mean nothing to him. 375 00:19:10,218 --> 00:19:12,392 FLEMING: This man you believe to be your father. 376 00:19:12,496 --> 00:19:13,566 Is he the one? 377 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:21,677 Tommy told me after my mom died. 378 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,648 I had no reason to doubt him. 379 00:19:29,029 --> 00:19:33,655 He made me obey this police officer. 380 00:19:35,795 --> 00:19:37,486 He made me fear him. 381 00:19:38,487 --> 00:19:39,661 FLEMING: Yeah. 382 00:19:39,764 --> 00:19:41,697 It was all a cruel lie 383 00:19:42,802 --> 00:19:45,322 to manipulate you, to control you. 384 00:19:45,425 --> 00:19:47,393 You know what you were born into. 385 00:19:47,910 --> 00:19:49,326 You're not bent. 386 00:19:50,637 --> 00:19:53,122 FLEMING: Be free of him, Jo. Give him up. 387 00:19:54,779 --> 00:19:56,195 Give us his name. 388 00:20:18,562 --> 00:20:20,943 HASTINGS: Prison officers are isolating the suspect. 389 00:20:21,047 --> 00:20:23,705 AFOs will secure the suspect. 390 00:20:23,808 --> 00:20:27,053 Advise when unarmed officers are clear to proceed. 391 00:20:27,156 --> 00:20:28,917 OFFICERS: Sir! 392 00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:30,401 HASTINGS: When clear to proceed, 393 00:20:30,505 --> 00:20:34,302 FIs will deploy to the suspect's cell. 394 00:21:02,916 --> 00:21:04,124 -ARNOTT: Sir. -HASTINGS: Nothing. 395 00:21:04,228 --> 00:21:06,265 -Not so much as a post-it. -Shit. 396 00:21:06,368 --> 00:21:07,714 HASTINGS: Has he said anything yet? 397 00:21:07,818 --> 00:21:09,544 -Not yet, Sir. -Let's go. 398 00:21:13,410 --> 00:21:14,721 [Door opens] 399 00:21:17,379 --> 00:21:18,449 [Door closes] 400 00:21:21,590 --> 00:21:22,867 [Device beeps] 401 00:21:22,971 --> 00:21:24,006 ARNOTT: Resuming interview. 402 00:21:24,110 --> 00:21:26,077 Superintendent Hastings has joined. 403 00:21:26,181 --> 00:21:27,562 You remain under caution. 404 00:21:30,392 --> 00:21:32,152 So, where have you hidden it all? 405 00:21:33,982 --> 00:21:36,364 The computer, the burner phones. 406 00:21:38,435 --> 00:21:41,403 I don't know what you're talking about. 407 00:21:42,646 --> 00:21:44,406 I get mixed up. 408 00:21:44,510 --> 00:21:46,512 You packed Thurwell off to Spain, didn't you, 409 00:21:46,615 --> 00:21:47,478 to be your go-between? 410 00:21:47,582 --> 00:21:49,963 -Images 76 and 77. -FAIRBANK: Spain? 411 00:21:50,067 --> 00:21:51,724 What would I have to do with Spain? 412 00:21:51,827 --> 00:21:53,208 Thurwell could point the finger. 413 00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:54,451 So you had him killed. 414 00:21:54,554 --> 00:21:57,592 Like Dot Cottan and ACC Hilton, right? 415 00:21:57,695 --> 00:22:00,388 All these names, my head's spinning now. 416 00:22:00,491 --> 00:22:03,770 And Gail Vella. Did you order her murder too? 417 00:22:03,874 --> 00:22:07,256 I haven't the faintest idea who you're talking about. 418 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:10,087 Joanne Davidson. What's your relationship to her? 419 00:22:11,053 --> 00:22:13,090 -Joanne who? -Davidson! 420 00:22:13,193 --> 00:22:15,299 We know about her relationship to Tommy Hunter 421 00:22:15,403 --> 00:22:17,819 and to a police officer purported to be her father. 422 00:22:17,922 --> 00:22:19,510 FLEMING: Are you the officer? 423 00:22:19,614 --> 00:22:22,202 Did you have a relationship with Joanne Davidson's mother, 424 00:22:22,306 --> 00:22:23,514 Samantha Davidson? 425 00:22:28,692 --> 00:22:32,281 For the DIR, I'm showing the interviewee image 17, 426 00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:33,421 a copy of a photograph 427 00:22:33,524 --> 00:22:35,112 captured during a lawful search 428 00:22:35,215 --> 00:22:37,390 of apartment G, 9 Croxford Street 429 00:22:37,494 --> 00:22:40,117 on the 24th of November 2020. 430 00:22:40,220 --> 00:22:42,430 Who can you see in image 17? 431 00:22:47,469 --> 00:22:48,988 [scoffs] Sorry. 432 00:22:49,091 --> 00:22:50,783 ARNOTT: The woman is Samantha Davidson, 433 00:22:50,886 --> 00:22:52,647 also known as Samantha Hunter. 434 00:22:53,199 --> 00:22:55,097 Tommy Hunter's sister. 435 00:22:55,201 --> 00:22:56,236 And the girl in the photo. 436 00:22:56,340 --> 00:22:57,824 I have not the foggiest. 437 00:22:57,928 --> 00:22:59,101 FLEMING: It's Joanne Davidson. 438 00:22:59,205 --> 00:23:00,758 Okay, let me ask you this, 439 00:23:00,862 --> 00:23:02,864 did you and Tommy Hunter convince her 440 00:23:02,967 --> 00:23:04,417 that you were her father? 441 00:23:16,429 --> 00:23:19,777 You, you, you. You're going back years. 442 00:23:19,881 --> 00:23:22,021 I don't remember any of this. 443 00:23:22,124 --> 00:23:23,919 I'm not as sharp as I used to be. 444 00:23:24,023 --> 00:23:25,162 Christ sake! 445 00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:32,825 [Door opens] 446 00:23:34,102 --> 00:23:35,759 Superintendent Hastings has left the room. 447 00:23:35,862 --> 00:23:37,036 [Door closes] 448 00:23:50,601 --> 00:23:51,671 Yes, we're going back years. 449 00:23:51,775 --> 00:23:53,673 He's bloody right. We've been going back years. 450 00:23:53,777 --> 00:23:55,710 This thing has been driving me mad for years. 451 00:23:55,813 --> 00:23:58,229 Cybercrime aren't finished tracing IP addresses, Sir. 452 00:23:58,333 --> 00:23:59,921 There's still a possibility they'll detect evidence 453 00:24:00,024 --> 00:24:01,060 pointing at Fairbank 454 00:24:01,163 --> 00:24:04,063 Look, he's been in that prison since 2015. 455 00:24:04,166 --> 00:24:06,479 Our search should've shown up something. 456 00:24:06,583 --> 00:24:09,793 -[Sighs] Mother of God! -[Mobile vibrating] 457 00:24:09,896 --> 00:24:11,242 It's Chloe. 458 00:24:11,346 --> 00:24:12,761 So answer it, answer it! 459 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:14,522 DI Arnott. 460 00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:18,249 She's found something 461 00:24:18,353 --> 00:24:19,803 in the Lawrence Christopher records. 462 00:24:19,906 --> 00:24:21,390 Well let's go. 463 00:24:28,708 --> 00:24:31,400 Cybercrime have been examining all the devices seized 464 00:24:31,504 --> 00:24:34,058 from Davidson, Buckells, Lisa McQueen 465 00:24:34,162 --> 00:24:37,303 and the OCG men who attempted to abduct Davidson. 466 00:24:37,406 --> 00:24:39,478 As suggested by Superintendent Hastings, 467 00:24:39,581 --> 00:24:41,790 they carried out a search for idiosyncrasies 468 00:24:41,894 --> 00:24:44,586 in grammar, punctuation and spelling. 469 00:24:44,690 --> 00:24:45,898 You'll recall this is 470 00:24:46,001 --> 00:24:48,659 the last communication we intercepted. 471 00:24:48,763 --> 00:24:51,213 And this is the last exchange 472 00:24:51,317 --> 00:24:53,319 between Jo Davidson and the user she believed 473 00:24:53,422 --> 00:24:54,734 was Patrick Fairbank. 474 00:24:55,908 --> 00:24:57,392 Cybercrime told me they picked up 475 00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:58,635 on the mis-spelling of "definitely" 476 00:24:58,738 --> 00:25:02,224 going back to exchanges with Lisa McQueen in 2019. 477 00:25:05,538 --> 00:25:07,575 We've been able to extend the search 478 00:25:07,678 --> 00:25:09,818 into files that we didn't have back then. 479 00:25:10,785 --> 00:25:12,303 This is a handwritten report 480 00:25:12,407 --> 00:25:15,099 from the Lawrence Christopher inquiry in 2003. 481 00:25:21,589 --> 00:25:24,833 And this is from Operation Lighthouse in 2019. 482 00:25:28,941 --> 00:25:30,529 -ARNOTT: Christ! -FLEMING: Shit! 483 00:25:31,737 --> 00:25:34,463 This is the officer's signature on both reports, 484 00:25:34,567 --> 00:25:36,569 2003 and 2019. 485 00:25:38,191 --> 00:25:40,124 Come off it. No way. 486 00:25:40,228 --> 00:25:41,505 This can't be right. 487 00:25:46,061 --> 00:25:47,580 Are you sure, Chloe? 488 00:25:47,684 --> 00:25:49,962 Cybercrime are attempting to trace IP addresses 489 00:25:50,065 --> 00:25:51,791 that correspond to this suspect. 490 00:25:51,895 --> 00:25:53,137 Then we'll know for sure. 491 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:57,486 Right. Well, they better crack on. 492 00:25:57,590 --> 00:26:00,041 Outstanding work, Chloe, outstanding work. 493 00:26:00,386 --> 00:26:01,560 Sir. 494 00:26:04,942 --> 00:26:06,323 [Door opens] 495 00:26:06,426 --> 00:26:08,601 All this time we've been chasing shadows. 496 00:26:08,705 --> 00:26:10,189 If this is right, he's been under our noses 497 00:26:10,292 --> 00:26:11,431 from the very beginning. 498 00:26:11,535 --> 00:26:13,330 For God sake, what does this make us look like? 499 00:26:13,433 --> 00:26:15,470 Yes, but you heard Chloe. We didn't have this before. 500 00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:17,368 It's one thing getting your man, it's another thing 501 00:26:17,472 --> 00:26:18,749 getting the evidence to nail him, 502 00:26:18,853 --> 00:26:21,165 I mean, that's the battle. And battle we shall. 503 00:26:21,269 --> 00:26:24,479 Let's see what Carmichael's got to say for herself now. 504 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:26,343 Sir, wait. 505 00:26:29,622 --> 00:26:32,591 You two look like you've lost a shilling and found a penny. 506 00:26:34,316 --> 00:26:36,802 Sir, we need to be cautious about disclosing this finding. 507 00:26:37,803 --> 00:26:39,598 AC-12's being disbanded, 508 00:26:39,701 --> 00:26:42,393 DCS Carmichael put in charge of downgrading Anticorruption. 509 00:26:42,497 --> 00:26:44,223 Yes. But after what we've achieved here, 510 00:26:44,326 --> 00:26:45,949 I have got a sneaking suspicion that 511 00:26:46,052 --> 00:26:48,537 AC-12's gonna be around for a while yet. 512 00:26:48,641 --> 00:26:50,609 And, believe me Kate, if you want it, 513 00:26:50,712 --> 00:26:51,851 there is a job here for you. 514 00:26:51,955 --> 00:26:53,128 Thank you, sir, 515 00:26:53,232 --> 00:26:54,543 but the point Steve's making is 516 00:26:54,647 --> 00:26:56,166 this finding is gonna throw our inquiry 517 00:26:56,269 --> 00:26:58,340 into the spotlight. 518 00:26:58,444 --> 00:27:01,654 Anything that might discredit AC-12 will be held against us. 519 00:27:02,586 --> 00:27:04,830 [chuckles] What are you talking about? 520 00:27:06,452 --> 00:27:08,005 Sir, in the course of our inquiry 521 00:27:08,109 --> 00:27:09,628 into Operation Lighthouse, 522 00:27:09,731 --> 00:27:13,183 certain findings came to light which relate to you. 523 00:27:13,286 --> 00:27:15,288 DI Arnott's been in contact with Steph Corbett, 524 00:27:15,392 --> 00:27:17,083 John Corbett's widow. 525 00:27:17,187 --> 00:27:19,189 [chuckles] Yes. 526 00:27:20,017 --> 00:27:21,985 Well, look. I know about that. 527 00:27:22,088 --> 00:27:23,331 She told me. 528 00:27:23,434 --> 00:27:25,022 To be honest, I didn't know what to make of it, 529 00:27:25,126 --> 00:27:26,714 so I just let it lie. 530 00:27:26,817 --> 00:27:31,132 She also told me about your painkiller misuse, Steve. 531 00:27:33,203 --> 00:27:35,861 And I saw to it that you got help 532 00:27:35,964 --> 00:27:37,621 rather than disciplinary action. 533 00:27:38,173 --> 00:27:39,485 It's called loyalty. 534 00:27:40,589 --> 00:27:43,938 Sir, during an unlawful search, 535 00:27:44,041 --> 00:27:45,491 an item was found which relates to 536 00:27:45,594 --> 00:27:47,320 the missing sum of fifty thousand pounds. 537 00:27:48,356 --> 00:27:50,254 You're not under caution so anything you say to us 538 00:27:50,358 --> 00:27:51,946 at this time can't be used in evidence. 539 00:27:52,049 --> 00:27:53,706 That's loyalty right there. 540 00:27:54,086 --> 00:27:55,397 [Sighs] 541 00:27:59,643 --> 00:28:00,782 Take a seat. 542 00:28:08,756 --> 00:28:09,791 HASTINGS: The money... [Chuckles] 543 00:28:12,138 --> 00:28:16,798 [Sighs] I swear to God, I was tricked. 544 00:28:16,902 --> 00:28:20,215 I was handed an envelope, I was told it was one thing, 545 00:28:20,319 --> 00:28:22,597 I threw it to one side. Thought nothing more about it. 546 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:25,600 It turned out to be a big bundle of cash. 547 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:28,292 I tried to return it, I was blocked at every turn, 548 00:28:28,396 --> 00:28:31,571 before I could hand it in as evidence, it was found. 549 00:28:32,193 --> 00:28:34,091 That was only half of it. 550 00:28:34,195 --> 00:28:36,818 You must've hidden the other fifty thousand. 551 00:28:36,922 --> 00:28:39,545 Yes. Well of course I realised 552 00:28:39,648 --> 00:28:41,616 it could be a bribe that might turn nasty. 553 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,791 So I split it in half, put one half safe. 554 00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:46,448 In case the OCG came looking. 555 00:28:46,552 --> 00:28:48,450 You know, it was my insurance against them. 556 00:28:48,554 --> 00:28:50,487 But unfortunately for me, before I could use it 557 00:28:50,590 --> 00:28:52,731 as leverage against them or hand it in as evidence 558 00:28:52,834 --> 00:28:54,042 the other half was found. 559 00:28:54,146 --> 00:28:56,217 Instead you gave it to Steph Corbett. 560 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,253 Officially that money didn't exist. 561 00:28:58,806 --> 00:29:00,014 I mean, yes. 562 00:29:00,117 --> 00:29:01,878 Yes, I could've handed it in. 563 00:29:01,981 --> 00:29:03,914 But instead I give it to a young woman 564 00:29:04,018 --> 00:29:05,398 with two wee girls 565 00:29:06,123 --> 00:29:07,366 who'd've been left destitute 566 00:29:07,469 --> 00:29:10,403 because her husband was killed in the line of duty. 567 00:29:12,820 --> 00:29:14,028 Are we done? 568 00:29:14,856 --> 00:29:16,099 No, sir. 569 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:20,931 As part of AC-12's inquiry into Operation Lighthouse 570 00:29:21,035 --> 00:29:23,278 DI Arnott interviewed Lee Banks, 571 00:29:24,314 --> 00:29:26,212 who disclosed the source of information 572 00:29:26,316 --> 00:29:29,146 regarding John Corbett being an undercover police officer. 573 00:29:33,012 --> 00:29:34,738 I swear to God. 574 00:29:35,877 --> 00:29:39,674 I did not disclose John Corbett as a UCO. 575 00:29:40,986 --> 00:29:42,263 I told Lee Banks 576 00:29:42,366 --> 00:29:44,575 that there was an informant in the OCG. 577 00:29:44,679 --> 00:29:46,094 No more than that. 578 00:29:46,198 --> 00:29:47,716 I thought that Corbett when he heard about it, 579 00:29:47,820 --> 00:29:49,477 he would go to ground, he'd hand himself in 580 00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:50,892 at the nearest police station. 581 00:29:50,996 --> 00:29:52,929 It was by way of bringing him in. 582 00:29:53,032 --> 00:29:54,827 I swear to God. 583 00:29:54,931 --> 00:29:56,208 You must have understood there was a risk 584 00:29:56,311 --> 00:29:57,554 of Corbett coming to harm. 585 00:29:59,107 --> 00:30:00,660 Well, that is the worst part of it. 586 00:30:00,764 --> 00:30:02,145 Yes. Yes. 587 00:30:04,112 --> 00:30:06,080 John Corbett had been involved 588 00:30:06,183 --> 00:30:08,323 in the death of four police officers, 589 00:30:08,427 --> 00:30:10,360 our Maneet being one of them. 590 00:30:10,463 --> 00:30:13,052 He had beaten and tortured my own wife. 591 00:30:13,156 --> 00:30:16,607 So I thought he had it coming to him in spades. 592 00:30:16,711 --> 00:30:17,677 [Voice breaking] 593 00:30:18,989 --> 00:30:20,473 But what I didn't know 594 00:30:22,303 --> 00:30:24,408 was that he was the son of a woman 595 00:30:24,512 --> 00:30:28,619 I cared deeply about... 596 00:30:29,586 --> 00:30:30,829 [Inhales] 597 00:30:30,932 --> 00:30:32,727 ...many years ago. [Sighs] 598 00:30:34,902 --> 00:30:37,076 If there is one thing I could take back 599 00:30:38,906 --> 00:30:40,286 it would be that. 600 00:30:41,943 --> 00:30:43,600 What a terrible thing I did. 601 00:30:46,361 --> 00:30:47,846 What a terrible thing I did. 602 00:30:51,435 --> 00:30:54,024 Giving that money to that young woman was, 603 00:30:55,232 --> 00:30:57,407 you know, by way of atonement, 604 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:00,548 what little there was of it. 605 00:31:04,069 --> 00:31:05,725 Does Steph know the real reason? 606 00:31:06,209 --> 00:31:07,244 No. 607 00:31:07,762 --> 00:31:09,453 [Scoffs] 608 00:31:09,557 --> 00:31:11,697 And if she did, what would she make of it? 609 00:31:16,081 --> 00:31:17,772 Who's gonna judge what I did? 610 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:23,226 Her? The law? 611 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,163 My colleagues? 612 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,202 God? 613 00:31:38,241 --> 00:31:40,381 [Indistinct radio chatter] 614 00:31:50,322 --> 00:31:52,082 [Intense music playing] 615 00:32:28,187 --> 00:32:29,809 [Indistinct radio chatter continues] 616 00:32:34,193 --> 00:32:35,712 [Phone ringing] 617 00:32:44,652 --> 00:32:45,791 [Lift bell dings] 618 00:32:54,213 --> 00:32:55,490 [Access door beeps] 619 00:33:22,069 --> 00:33:23,242 HASTINGS: Sit down. 620 00:33:31,078 --> 00:33:32,562 [Recorder statics] 621 00:33:39,258 --> 00:33:41,881 AC-12 Interview by Superintendent Hastings, 622 00:33:41,985 --> 00:33:43,642 DI Fleming, DI Arnott. 623 00:33:46,852 --> 00:33:47,991 Ian Buckells, 624 00:33:48,095 --> 00:33:49,234 you do not have to say anything, 625 00:33:49,337 --> 00:33:50,338 but it may harm your defence 626 00:33:50,442 --> 00:33:51,512 if you do not mention when questioned 627 00:33:51,615 --> 00:33:53,928 something you later rely on in court. 628 00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:56,068 Anything you do say may be used in evidence. 629 00:33:57,483 --> 00:34:00,107 Image 124 on screen. 630 00:34:00,210 --> 00:34:03,282 Image 124 shows Item Reference GGM-13 631 00:34:03,386 --> 00:34:06,285 recovered from your cell at Blackthorn prison. 632 00:34:06,389 --> 00:34:08,839 Interception of communications routed via Spain 633 00:34:08,943 --> 00:34:10,600 detected an Internet Protocol address 634 00:34:10,703 --> 00:34:12,567 matching GGM-13. 635 00:34:12,671 --> 00:34:15,191 Analysis of GGM-13's hard drive detected 636 00:34:15,294 --> 00:34:18,125 the communication shown in Image 126. 637 00:34:23,509 --> 00:34:25,718 Analysis of GGM-13's hard drive 638 00:34:25,822 --> 00:34:27,203 also detected the communication 639 00:34:27,306 --> 00:34:29,170 shown in Image 129. 640 00:34:30,171 --> 00:34:32,070 Note the misspelling of "definitely". 641 00:34:35,763 --> 00:34:37,489 Document 105 in your folders. 642 00:34:38,869 --> 00:34:41,355 Document 105 is a summary of analysis 643 00:34:41,458 --> 00:34:44,220 carried out by a forensic linguist. 644 00:34:44,323 --> 00:34:47,464 All digital communications on the hard drive of GGM-13 645 00:34:47,568 --> 00:34:49,259 where examined using methodologies 646 00:34:49,363 --> 00:34:52,297 based on examples of your spelling and syntax. 647 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,817 Now, the report concludes, there is a 95% probability 648 00:34:55,921 --> 00:34:59,373 the messages detected on GGM-13 were written by you. 649 00:35:02,997 --> 00:35:05,206 FLEMING: Document 112 in your folders. 650 00:35:05,310 --> 00:35:07,243 Document 112 is a summary 651 00:35:07,346 --> 00:35:09,935 of forensic examination of GGM-13 652 00:35:10,038 --> 00:35:13,214 to detect fingerprints and DNA deposits. 653 00:35:13,318 --> 00:35:16,528 Fingerprints and DNA detected on GGM-13 654 00:35:16,631 --> 00:35:19,186 are a match to your fingerprints and DNA 655 00:35:19,289 --> 00:35:22,775 with a probability greater than 99.9%. 656 00:35:22,879 --> 00:35:23,845 HASTINGS: Ian Buckells, 657 00:35:24,984 --> 00:35:27,263 did you order the abduction 658 00:35:27,366 --> 00:35:30,197 of Detective Superintendent Joanne Davidson 659 00:35:30,921 --> 00:35:32,233 and the attempted murder 660 00:35:32,337 --> 00:35:34,753 of Detective Inspector Kate Fleming? 661 00:35:40,828 --> 00:35:42,036 No comment. 662 00:35:43,313 --> 00:35:45,246 Did you order the murder of Gail Vella 663 00:35:45,350 --> 00:35:47,490 and/or James Lakewell? 664 00:35:51,390 --> 00:35:52,426 No comment. 665 00:35:53,427 --> 00:35:55,394 Further examination of communications 666 00:35:55,498 --> 00:35:57,293 routed via Spain harvested a number 667 00:35:57,396 --> 00:35:58,535 of Internet Protocol addresses 668 00:35:58,639 --> 00:36:01,435 previously unknown to this inquiry. 669 00:36:01,538 --> 00:36:04,127 One such address relates to a property in Edge Park, 670 00:36:04,231 --> 00:36:05,680 17 Maychurch Road. 671 00:36:05,784 --> 00:36:07,751 On screen Image 135. 672 00:36:09,305 --> 00:36:10,789 HASTINGS: Recognise this property? 673 00:36:11,617 --> 00:36:12,653 No comment. 674 00:36:15,242 --> 00:36:17,313 Document 194 in your folders. 675 00:36:17,416 --> 00:36:20,488 Document 194 is a photocopy of the deeds 676 00:36:20,592 --> 00:36:22,249 to 17 Maychurch Road. 677 00:36:22,352 --> 00:36:24,112 Assigning ownership to a company, 678 00:36:24,216 --> 00:36:27,426 Holte End Holdings, registered in the Cayman Islands. 679 00:36:29,117 --> 00:36:31,499 Document 197 in your folders. 680 00:36:31,603 --> 00:36:34,192 Holte End Holdings owns a timeshare property 681 00:36:34,295 --> 00:36:37,195 in Gran Canaria as well as 17 Maychurch Road 682 00:36:37,298 --> 00:36:40,681 with an estimated total value of three million pounds. 683 00:36:40,784 --> 00:36:41,820 HASTINGS: What's your relationship 684 00:36:41,923 --> 00:36:43,201 to Holte End Holdings? 685 00:36:44,512 --> 00:36:45,548 No comment. 686 00:36:47,343 --> 00:36:50,000 I've worked with you three times now. 687 00:36:50,104 --> 00:36:53,107 Undercover in 2012 with Tony Gates' team. 688 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:55,765 Undercover in 2017 with Roz Huntley's team. 689 00:36:55,868 --> 00:36:57,456 And this year at Hillside Lane. 690 00:36:58,112 --> 00:36:59,182 [Sighs] 691 00:36:59,286 --> 00:37:03,048 Always the same crap suits. Dad cars. 692 00:37:03,151 --> 00:37:04,567 I mean, you never put your hand in your pocket 693 00:37:04,670 --> 00:37:05,671 when it's your round. 694 00:37:06,810 --> 00:37:08,156 You certainly did a grand job at hiding all this, 695 00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:09,434 I'll give you that. 696 00:37:10,918 --> 00:37:13,058 But you are leading a double life. 697 00:37:14,128 --> 00:37:15,302 No comment. 698 00:37:18,201 --> 00:37:20,859 Image 138 on screen. 699 00:37:20,962 --> 00:37:24,242 Image 138 shows Item Reference HS-6. 700 00:37:24,345 --> 00:37:27,555 HS-6 is a laptop computer detected under the floorboards 701 00:37:27,659 --> 00:37:29,730 of 17 Maychurch Road. 702 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:33,043 Analysis of HS-6's hard drive detected the communication 703 00:37:33,147 --> 00:37:34,666 shown in Image 141. 704 00:37:38,877 --> 00:37:41,189 FLEMING: Document 118 in your folders. 705 00:37:42,018 --> 00:37:43,847 Document 118 is a summary 706 00:37:43,951 --> 00:37:46,333 of forensic examination of HS-6 707 00:37:46,436 --> 00:37:49,888 to detect fingerprints and DNA deposits. 708 00:37:49,991 --> 00:37:53,132 Fingerprints and DNA detected on HS-6 709 00:37:53,236 --> 00:37:55,549 are a match to your fingerprints and DNA 710 00:37:55,652 --> 00:37:59,277 with a probability greater than 99.9%. 711 00:37:59,380 --> 00:38:02,280 Ian Buckells, did you order organised criminal activities 712 00:38:02,383 --> 00:38:04,351 such as the raid on Eastfield Depot 713 00:38:04,454 --> 00:38:06,836 on February the 15th, 2019? 714 00:38:08,665 --> 00:38:09,804 No comment. 715 00:38:09,908 --> 00:38:14,050 These messages originated from a device operated by you. 716 00:38:14,153 --> 00:38:15,189 There's no point denying it. 717 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,673 We've shown you the evidence. 718 00:38:16,777 --> 00:38:19,814 We know from an undercover officer embedded in the OCG, 719 00:38:19,918 --> 00:38:21,229 DS John Corbett, 720 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:24,543 from a former member of the same OCG, Lisa McQueen, 721 00:38:24,647 --> 00:38:26,511 that they sought approval for the Eastfield robbery. 722 00:38:26,614 --> 00:38:30,584 Yeah, and they got it. From you, fella. 723 00:38:33,034 --> 00:38:34,553 No comment. 724 00:38:34,657 --> 00:38:38,730 We know from testimony given to us by Joanne Davidson 725 00:38:38,833 --> 00:38:40,352 that after Tommy Hunter's death 726 00:38:40,835 --> 00:38:42,837 desperate OCG's 727 00:38:42,941 --> 00:38:44,805 retained clandestine relationships 728 00:38:44,908 --> 00:38:46,358 with corrupt police officers. 729 00:38:46,462 --> 00:38:49,637 We also know from intercepted text communications 730 00:38:49,741 --> 00:38:51,915 that these relationships were orchestrated 731 00:38:52,019 --> 00:38:54,711 by one officer in particular, 732 00:38:54,815 --> 00:38:58,336 once wrongly codenamed "H.", 733 00:38:58,439 --> 00:39:00,614 now referred to as the Fourth Man. 734 00:39:00,717 --> 00:39:03,789 Ian Buckells, are you the Fourth Man? 735 00:39:05,860 --> 00:39:07,068 No comment. 736 00:39:07,897 --> 00:39:09,208 The secret life. 737 00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:12,764 The big house. The fast cars. The bits on the side. 738 00:39:12,867 --> 00:39:15,456 Deborah Devereux. Is that what turned your head? 739 00:39:15,939 --> 00:39:17,596 No comment. 740 00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:20,047 You know, over the years, we have investigated 741 00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:21,497 all manner of motives. 742 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,947 but the most mundane basest motive of them all, 743 00:39:24,051 --> 00:39:26,502 plain simple greed. 744 00:39:27,572 --> 00:39:29,090 You were a DC 745 00:39:29,712 --> 00:39:32,335 on a bent team, Thurwell's, 746 00:39:32,439 --> 00:39:35,373 and as you made your way up through the ranks, 747 00:39:35,476 --> 00:39:37,961 there wasn't anything that you wouldn't turn your hand to 748 00:39:38,065 --> 00:39:39,549 as long as the price was right. 749 00:39:39,653 --> 00:39:42,000 That's the top and bottom of it, isn't it, fella? 750 00:39:42,103 --> 00:39:43,242 No comment. 751 00:39:43,346 --> 00:39:45,900 Oh, yeah. You rose through the ranks, all right? 752 00:39:46,004 --> 00:39:47,764 Leaving a trail of blunders behind you. 753 00:39:47,868 --> 00:39:50,215 How some people can fail upwards. 754 00:39:50,318 --> 00:39:51,492 Beggars belief. 755 00:39:51,596 --> 00:39:54,633 And all the time we were here thinking we were chasing 756 00:39:54,737 --> 00:39:55,841 some criminal mastermind. 757 00:39:55,945 --> 00:39:59,258 But no, just like your old boss, Thurwell, 758 00:39:59,362 --> 00:40:02,365 who botched the Lawrence Christopher murder enquiry, 759 00:40:02,469 --> 00:40:06,196 your corruption was mistaken for incompetence. 760 00:40:08,026 --> 00:40:09,096 No comment. 761 00:40:09,199 --> 00:40:10,511 Your cover was so convincing 762 00:40:10,615 --> 00:40:12,444 that even your DCI, Jo Davidson, 763 00:40:12,548 --> 00:40:14,515 didn't realise that the blundering fool 764 00:40:14,619 --> 00:40:17,138 she was framing was actually the person 765 00:40:17,242 --> 00:40:19,417 who was pulling her strings all along. 766 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:30,531 Yeah, right. I'm a blundering fool. 767 00:40:30,635 --> 00:40:33,154 I'm only the one who's made total mugs out of you lot. 768 00:40:34,224 --> 00:40:35,467 [Hastings inhales] 769 00:40:37,849 --> 00:40:39,782 [Indistinct whispers] 770 00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:51,794 Ian Buckells, do you have anything to say? 771 00:40:55,763 --> 00:40:57,178 Yeah, you see, the thing is, 772 00:40:57,282 --> 00:41:00,250 DCS Carmichael is meant to be taking over, ain't she? 773 00:41:01,528 --> 00:41:02,529 But she ain't in here. 774 00:41:04,047 --> 00:41:05,290 So that makes me wonder 775 00:41:05,393 --> 00:41:06,705 whether she doesn't want to be associated 776 00:41:06,809 --> 00:41:09,363 with detecting institutionalised corruption. 777 00:41:10,571 --> 00:41:13,781 Because officially, institutionalised corruption 778 00:41:13,885 --> 00:41:15,093 don't exist, does it? 779 00:41:16,163 --> 00:41:19,477 Officially, "H" or "The Fourth Man", 780 00:41:19,580 --> 00:41:21,064 or whatever you want to call him, 781 00:41:21,651 --> 00:41:23,239 he don't exist neither. 782 00:41:27,036 --> 00:41:29,417 So that makes me realise that everyone 783 00:41:29,521 --> 00:41:32,110 would be much happier if this all just went away. 784 00:41:33,732 --> 00:41:35,803 So, I'll take immunity and witness protection. 785 00:41:35,907 --> 00:41:37,702 -Thank you very much. -Jesus Christ. 786 00:41:44,053 --> 00:41:45,503 So, give us something. 787 00:41:46,262 --> 00:41:47,505 Who's the top man? 788 00:41:48,402 --> 00:41:49,437 You? 789 00:41:56,790 --> 00:41:58,239 Tommy Hunter was the top man. 790 00:41:59,447 --> 00:42:02,105 After he went they all split into different OCG's. 791 00:42:02,209 --> 00:42:03,624 I just passed on the orders. 792 00:42:04,867 --> 00:42:06,351 It used to be Fairbank and Thurwell, 793 00:42:06,454 --> 00:42:07,939 then it was Hilton and Cottan, 794 00:42:08,042 --> 00:42:09,147 and now they've gone, 795 00:42:09,250 --> 00:42:10,528 -it's just... -You? 796 00:42:11,736 --> 00:42:13,531 The last man standing. 797 00:42:16,568 --> 00:42:19,502 So you did order the Eastfield robbery? 798 00:42:19,606 --> 00:42:21,573 Well, a haul that size was bigger than one gang. 799 00:42:22,712 --> 00:42:25,612 The goods needed storing, fencing, you name it. 800 00:42:26,682 --> 00:42:28,822 Other OCGs wanted in on it. 801 00:42:28,925 --> 00:42:30,686 And you just put the pieces together? 802 00:42:31,203 --> 00:42:33,412 Yeah, if you like. 803 00:42:33,516 --> 00:42:34,690 And you also put the pieces together 804 00:42:34,793 --> 00:42:35,829 for Lakewell's murder? 805 00:42:36,623 --> 00:42:39,177 Thurwell's? Gail Vella's? 806 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,351 How many times do I have to explain to you? 807 00:42:42,456 --> 00:42:45,045 That's the OCGs, that's their doing. 808 00:42:45,735 --> 00:42:47,634 I just passed things on. 809 00:42:47,737 --> 00:42:49,256 HASTINGS: Have you no remorse 810 00:42:50,395 --> 00:42:52,052 for all the suffering you've caused? 811 00:42:52,155 --> 00:42:53,881 Have you no conscience? 812 00:42:53,985 --> 00:42:55,573 I didn't plan it or nothing, did I? 813 00:42:56,988 --> 00:42:58,230 They just kept asking me 814 00:42:58,334 --> 00:42:59,922 to sort bigger and bigger stuff. 815 00:43:00,025 --> 00:43:02,476 Jesus Christ. You're sitting the other side of this table 816 00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:04,098 asking us for witness protection. 817 00:43:04,202 --> 00:43:07,343 It's me you're gonna need protection from. 818 00:43:08,724 --> 00:43:10,449 Would you like a glass of water? 819 00:43:21,702 --> 00:43:23,117 ARNOTT: Image 145. 820 00:43:25,361 --> 00:43:28,778 Now, the murders of Thurwell, Hilton, Cottan and Lakewell, 821 00:43:28,882 --> 00:43:31,470 I get why the OCG's were the ones to order those. 822 00:43:32,575 --> 00:43:34,612 Like Tommy Hunter, their loyalty was in question 823 00:43:34,715 --> 00:43:35,820 and they knew too much. 824 00:43:37,028 --> 00:43:38,857 Gail Vella was different. 825 00:43:38,961 --> 00:43:41,377 We know the last thing she uncovered before Lee Banks 826 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,413 passed the word on her to his brother Carl. 827 00:43:43,931 --> 00:43:45,001 It was the corruption 828 00:43:45,105 --> 00:43:46,934 inside the Lawrence Christopher inquiry. 829 00:43:47,038 --> 00:43:48,315 Tommy Hunter was dead. 830 00:43:48,418 --> 00:43:50,144 His son Darren's a nobody. 831 00:43:50,248 --> 00:43:51,559 The OCG had no good reason 832 00:43:51,663 --> 00:43:54,286 to order such a high-profile assassination. 833 00:43:54,390 --> 00:43:55,460 ARNOTT: But two police officers 834 00:43:55,563 --> 00:43:57,013 involved in that original corruption 835 00:43:57,117 --> 00:43:58,359 are now high ranking. 836 00:43:59,084 --> 00:44:01,811 You and Chief Constable Osborne. 837 00:44:02,950 --> 00:44:05,194 And both of you had a hell of a lot to lose. 838 00:44:06,782 --> 00:44:08,128 HASTINGS: Ian Buckells, 839 00:44:09,336 --> 00:44:12,650 did you and/or Chief Constable Osborne 840 00:44:12,753 --> 00:44:16,619 collude in a conspiracy to murder Gail Vella? 841 00:44:26,491 --> 00:44:28,355 Take your time, Ian. 842 00:44:28,458 --> 00:44:29,805 It's a simple enough question. 843 00:44:31,116 --> 00:44:32,255 But naturally you're aware 844 00:44:32,359 --> 00:44:33,981 failing to cooperate with this inquiry 845 00:44:34,085 --> 00:44:36,156 would make you ineligible for witness protection. 846 00:44:39,297 --> 00:44:41,195 FLEMING: And you're also aware that confessing 847 00:44:41,299 --> 00:44:43,335 to conspiracy to murder would make you ineligible 848 00:44:43,439 --> 00:44:45,510 for immunity from prosecution. 849 00:44:51,930 --> 00:44:56,141 No one makes mugs of AC-12. 850 00:45:07,705 --> 00:45:09,189 Interview terminated. 851 00:45:40,703 --> 00:45:42,498 -Nice one, mate. -Nice one, mate. 852 00:45:42,601 --> 00:45:43,602 [Glass clinks] 853 00:45:46,674 --> 00:45:47,779 [Grunts] 854 00:45:47,883 --> 00:45:50,471 Well this is weird, ain't it, wrapping everything up? 855 00:45:51,334 --> 00:45:52,784 Do you think Buckells will talk? 856 00:45:52,888 --> 00:45:53,958 I hope so. 857 00:45:54,061 --> 00:45:56,063 The Gaffer wants him protected round the clock 858 00:45:56,167 --> 00:45:57,582 in case the OCG come after him. 859 00:45:59,170 --> 00:46:00,758 What we gonna do about the Gaffer? 860 00:46:02,725 --> 00:46:04,037 I believe him. 861 00:46:04,140 --> 00:46:05,348 Yeah, me too. 862 00:46:05,452 --> 00:46:07,730 But if Carmichael takes over, that's him out anyway. 863 00:46:07,834 --> 00:46:10,181 Yeah, probably me too. 864 00:46:10,284 --> 00:46:12,114 And me, if I decide to come back. 865 00:46:13,736 --> 00:46:14,772 Will you? 866 00:46:14,875 --> 00:46:16,670 Someone's got to keep you lot in line. 867 00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:17,809 [Chuckles] 868 00:46:20,122 --> 00:46:22,124 You don't realise what you've got until it's gone. 869 00:46:23,608 --> 00:46:24,643 Likewise. 870 00:46:30,822 --> 00:46:34,584 So, do you want to talk about stuff? 871 00:46:37,691 --> 00:46:39,451 You don't have to, just when you're ready. 872 00:46:42,627 --> 00:46:43,766 I've been seeing the MO. 873 00:46:45,147 --> 00:46:46,458 About the painkillers. 874 00:46:47,494 --> 00:46:48,529 Yeah. 875 00:46:49,254 --> 00:46:50,704 I had no idea, mate. 876 00:46:51,291 --> 00:46:52,913 I should have told you. 877 00:46:53,017 --> 00:46:54,087 But, if people knew I might have been 878 00:46:54,190 --> 00:46:55,398 taken off active duty. 879 00:46:56,917 --> 00:46:58,125 Still might. 880 00:46:59,609 --> 00:47:00,645 I'm sorry. 881 00:47:03,544 --> 00:47:05,408 You just gonna stick to the one drink? 882 00:47:07,031 --> 00:47:08,239 Why d'you ask? 883 00:47:09,999 --> 00:47:12,070 Still early enough to drive up to Liverpool. 884 00:47:13,658 --> 00:47:16,109 I'm not sure it's a good idea to keep seeing Steph. 885 00:47:17,041 --> 00:47:18,870 But, you want to? 886 00:47:18,974 --> 00:47:21,804 Yeah. But what chance has it got? 887 00:47:23,633 --> 00:47:24,531 You wanna be careful, mate. 888 00:47:24,634 --> 00:47:26,015 You're gonna end up on your own. 889 00:47:26,705 --> 00:47:27,741 I'm not on my own. 890 00:47:28,984 --> 00:47:30,192 I've got you, mate. 891 00:47:32,366 --> 00:47:34,852 We recognise police officers experience 892 00:47:34,955 --> 00:47:36,715 stress and pain in their work. 893 00:47:38,131 --> 00:47:42,204 They can take many forms, particularly when an officer's 894 00:47:42,307 --> 00:47:45,448 witnessed lethal violence or taken part in it. 895 00:47:46,656 --> 00:47:48,520 Now that's when the support of friends, 896 00:47:48,624 --> 00:47:51,351 family, colleagues can make all the difference. 897 00:47:54,388 --> 00:47:57,012 Me and my partner are separated. 898 00:47:57,115 --> 00:48:00,360 I've got a son, Josh. He keeps me going. 899 00:48:00,981 --> 00:48:02,258 And colleagues? 900 00:48:04,053 --> 00:48:05,952 Yeah, I'm lucky. 901 00:48:06,055 --> 00:48:07,436 Working with one of the best. 902 00:48:09,817 --> 00:48:11,854 To be honest, I don't know what I'd do without him. 903 00:48:19,310 --> 00:48:20,414 FLEMING: Darren Hunter's involvement 904 00:48:20,518 --> 00:48:22,140 in Lawrence Christopher's murder 905 00:48:22,244 --> 00:48:23,797 was deliberately suppressed at the time 906 00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:25,937 due to Hunter being Tommy's son. 907 00:48:26,041 --> 00:48:28,181 I've asked MIT to open a cold-case inquiry. 908 00:48:28,284 --> 00:48:30,252 Try and get a conviction this time. 909 00:48:30,355 --> 00:48:32,633 Hmm. Oh, good luck with that. 910 00:48:32,737 --> 00:48:35,843 Ma'am, I'd like us to consider opening a parallel inquiry. 911 00:48:35,947 --> 00:48:36,948 Thurwell gave the orders, 912 00:48:37,052 --> 00:48:38,536 no doubt at the behest of Tommy Hunter, 913 00:48:38,639 --> 00:48:39,847 but it can't only have been Thurwell 914 00:48:39,951 --> 00:48:42,229 who realised the investigation was being sabotaged. 915 00:48:42,333 --> 00:48:43,506 Some of Thurwell's subordinates 916 00:48:43,610 --> 00:48:45,129 are still serving police officers. 917 00:48:45,232 --> 00:48:48,477 Historic corruption cases aren't a priority. 918 00:48:49,478 --> 00:48:50,720 [Lift doors open] 919 00:48:50,824 --> 00:48:51,998 [Clears throat] 920 00:48:55,794 --> 00:48:56,934 [Sighs] 921 00:48:57,037 --> 00:48:58,245 [Access door beeps] 922 00:49:01,455 --> 00:49:02,801 [Inaudible] 923 00:49:10,533 --> 00:49:11,810 Come in. Thank you. 924 00:49:13,088 --> 00:49:15,124 -Steve, Kate. -BOTH: Sir. 925 00:49:16,332 --> 00:49:18,024 -CARMICHAEL: Ted. -Ma'am. 926 00:49:19,853 --> 00:49:23,270 I thought I should inform you that I have lodged an appeal 927 00:49:23,374 --> 00:49:25,583 against my enforced retirement. 928 00:49:26,756 --> 00:49:28,586 The Chief Constable's about to make a statement. 929 00:49:28,689 --> 00:49:29,932 You mind? 930 00:49:30,036 --> 00:49:31,727 [Clicks tongue] No. Go ahead. 931 00:49:32,831 --> 00:49:34,972 OSBORNE: ...a tribute to the tireless dedication 932 00:49:35,075 --> 00:49:38,596 of my officers who have gained justice 933 00:49:39,079 --> 00:49:40,632 for Gail Vella. 934 00:49:41,668 --> 00:49:44,188 I give you my personal assurance that 935 00:49:44,291 --> 00:49:46,604 any failings in the original inquiry 936 00:49:46,707 --> 00:49:49,365 will be thoroughly investigated. 937 00:49:49,987 --> 00:49:51,816 Lessons will be learned. 938 00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:54,439 Throughout my career 939 00:49:54,543 --> 00:49:58,202 whenever I've encountered wrongdoing, I've acted. 940 00:49:59,203 --> 00:50:00,480 But, let me be clear. 941 00:50:01,757 --> 00:50:04,932 These are the misdeeds of a few rotten apples. 942 00:50:05,036 --> 00:50:07,176 And to invoke institutionalised 943 00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,352 police corruption is an outrageous lie, 944 00:50:11,077 --> 00:50:13,182 and an insult to my officers. 945 00:50:14,149 --> 00:50:16,254 The public don't want police officers 946 00:50:16,358 --> 00:50:18,222 to be held to account for every little thing 947 00:50:18,325 --> 00:50:20,224 they're meant to have done. 948 00:50:20,327 --> 00:50:22,536 They want us to get on with the job. 949 00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:24,918 And that's what we will do. Thank you. 950 00:50:25,022 --> 00:50:26,057 [Indistinct chattering by reporters] 951 00:50:26,161 --> 00:50:29,060 AC-12. My team. 952 00:50:29,164 --> 00:50:31,338 My officers have just closed 953 00:50:31,442 --> 00:50:33,168 the biggest anti-corruption operation 954 00:50:33,271 --> 00:50:34,997 that this force has ever seen. 955 00:50:35,101 --> 00:50:37,103 Just caught the last ring leader 956 00:50:37,206 --> 00:50:38,759 in a clandestine network 957 00:50:38,863 --> 00:50:41,797 of corrupt police officers and the Chief Constable 958 00:50:41,900 --> 00:50:43,592 hasn't a blind word to say about it. 959 00:50:43,695 --> 00:50:45,801 Look, proceedings against Ian Buckells 960 00:50:45,904 --> 00:50:47,285 are now with the Crown Prosecutor. 961 00:50:47,389 --> 00:50:49,425 It would be premature to draw conclusions 962 00:50:49,529 --> 00:50:51,565 about how much was institutionalised 963 00:50:51,669 --> 00:50:54,603 and how much was Ian Buckells working alone. 964 00:50:54,706 --> 00:50:56,432 Oh, if I may, Ma'am. 965 00:50:57,606 --> 00:51:00,609 Ian Buckells was an incompetent officer 966 00:51:00,712 --> 00:51:03,819 who was repeatedly promoted through the ranks. 967 00:51:03,922 --> 00:51:07,064 The more influence that he gained over police operations, 968 00:51:07,167 --> 00:51:09,549 the more valuable he became to the OCGs. 969 00:51:09,652 --> 00:51:13,070 Till eventually this incompetent officer 970 00:51:13,173 --> 00:51:16,280 became the linchpin in sinister enterprises. 971 00:51:16,383 --> 00:51:18,144 However, none of this, 972 00:51:18,247 --> 00:51:20,215 none of this could've happened 973 00:51:20,318 --> 00:51:22,665 without the wilful blindness of those in power. 974 00:51:22,769 --> 00:51:26,117 And those in power should be held to account. 975 00:51:26,221 --> 00:51:27,463 It devastates me that we've stopped 976 00:51:27,567 --> 00:51:29,327 standing up for accountability, 977 00:51:29,431 --> 00:51:33,090 and we've stopped caring about truth and integrity. 978 00:51:33,193 --> 00:51:36,679 Because it is these institutional failures 979 00:51:36,783 --> 00:51:40,235 that enable the likes of Ian Buckells to be corrupt. 980 00:51:43,272 --> 00:51:44,308 Ma'am. 981 00:51:49,796 --> 00:51:51,315 -Thanks, Chloe. -CHLOE: Ma'am. 982 00:51:52,281 --> 00:51:53,800 ARNOTT: I'll let you out, sir. 983 00:51:59,012 --> 00:52:00,358 [Access door beeps] 984 00:52:02,912 --> 00:52:04,121 [Access door beeps] 985 00:52:08,918 --> 00:52:10,230 [Lift dings] 986 00:52:18,928 --> 00:52:20,171 [Access door beeps] 987 00:52:21,172 --> 00:52:22,242 [Door opens] 988 00:52:22,346 --> 00:52:23,519 [Carmichael clears throat] 989 00:52:23,623 --> 00:52:24,624 Ma'am. 990 00:52:30,768 --> 00:52:33,150 I'd like to make a statement about my involvement 991 00:52:33,253 --> 00:52:34,944 in the leak of information 992 00:52:35,048 --> 00:52:36,705 that led to the unlawful killing 993 00:52:39,121 --> 00:52:40,743 of a serving police officer, 994 00:52:40,847 --> 00:52:42,400 Detective Sergeant John Corbett. 995 00:52:43,539 --> 00:52:45,541 In an interview conducted by me 996 00:52:46,749 --> 00:52:48,199 on a convicted OCG member, 997 00:52:48,303 --> 00:52:49,856 Lee Banks, in Blackthorn prison 998 00:52:49,959 --> 00:52:51,616 on the 12th of March, 2019... 999 00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:53,653 [Voice shaking] 1000 00:52:53,756 --> 00:52:57,346 ...I disclosed that there was an informant in the OCG. 1001 00:52:57,450 --> 00:53:00,107 I believe that this information was passed on. 1002 00:53:01,005 --> 00:53:02,593 And whether or not it was deduced 1003 00:53:02,696 --> 00:53:03,973 that Corbett was a UCO, 1004 00:53:04,077 --> 00:53:05,389 he was murdered 1005 00:53:07,114 --> 00:53:09,427 because of the consequences of my actions. 1006 00:53:14,121 --> 00:53:16,572 What do you expect me to do with that information? 1007 00:53:17,435 --> 00:53:18,471 [Mumbling] 1008 00:53:20,749 --> 00:53:22,440 That's entirely up to you, Ma'am. 1009 00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:25,719 But whatever you do, 1010 00:53:27,859 --> 00:53:30,483 you do it because you care about truth 1011 00:53:32,036 --> 00:53:33,555 and accountability. 1012 00:53:35,039 --> 00:53:38,456 You do it because you carry the fire. 1013 00:53:39,664 --> 00:53:41,528 [Instrumental music playing] 1014 00:55:55,421 --> 00:55:56,456 [Door closes] 1015 00:55:57,768 --> 00:55:59,114 [Indistinct conversation] 1016 00:56:30,317 --> 00:56:32,319 [Indistinct conversation] 1017 00:57:23,854 --> 00:57:26,477 [Closing theme music playing]