Legacy.
That's what I've been thinking of lately.
How brutal legacy can be.
How cruelly dismissive.
How it takes one's life in full...
..with all its glory and failure...
..all its love and hate...
..the thrill and mundanity...
..the years...
..enjoyed and endured...
..everything that goes into making a life.
Legacy takes all that and reduces and reduces and reduces...
..and spits out its spiteful conclusion.
Which, in my case, is Brink's-Mat.
That is the epitaph...
..the obituary...
..of the years...
..I have spent on this Earth.
Not one second of my life counts...
..but for the seconds I spent within the orbit of Brink's-Mat.
You will not grant me my freedom today.
I will serve my full sentence.
There'll be no clemency, no mercy.
And that is because it does not matter who I was before. It...
..does not matter who I am in here.
It matters only that I am tainted...
..by Brink's-Mat.
That is why, in here, they cheer me,
or ask me questions...
..or come to me with their tawdry plots,
or say to me, "Well done, Cooper, you showed 'em".
And I think that is why they're in here.
Because they believe there is victory in infamy.
I wish I thought so, too.
I wish I didn't sit in that cell...
..thinking of everything I had and how I lost it...
..sending my mind to ever darker places.
That is why you cannot grant me my freedom,
because there is no freedom to grant.
And in that, I find a solitary solace.
That it is not just me.
There are many men and women, some in places like this.
Many not.
Some criminal.
Some not.
An unlikely alliance, brought together by a cold morning
at Heathrow...
..and three tonnes of gold.
We are a union...
..of ruined souls.
All with our lives cruelly distilled.
All trapped.
All tainted.
All nothing but one thing.
We are Brink's-Mat.
That is our past.
That is our future.
That...
..is our legacy.
KEYS JANGLE
You must be sick of seeing me.
Crossed that bridge a while back.
Plead guilty to the financial charges,
tell me where your money is, and you won't see me again.
Or what?
Or we'll charge you with the robbery.
HE SCOFFS
What robbery?
You were poor.
Along came the gold,
and then you were rich.
It won't be hard to join the dots.
The thing is, mate,
I don't think you've got any dots to join.
I've looked after you.
I got you home.
Now look after yourself.
Cop to the money, and we'll forget the robbery.
You know, being in here...
..it's given me time to think...
..make a few calls,
and learn more about you.
Whatever got you through the night. Some people say you're bent.
Some people are misinformed.
A copper being called bent is like a villain being called a grass.
Doesn't matter if it's true or not.
Being called it leaves you vulnerable.
When you're kipping in your cell tonight...
..and I'm kipping in my house...
..have a think about who's vulnerable.
You're right.
You've done OK by me.
I might even work my way to missing you...
..when you're gone.
Where would I be going?
All I know is we're not so different.
You'll do everything you can to send me down.
And I'll do everything I can...
..to stop you.
What's that thing that they say about generals?
That they're always fighting the last war.
I wasn't a general, and this is the same war.
Yeah.
I suppose it is.
Don't do it.
I have to.
Plead guilty.
Have a life beyond this.
HE SIGHS
I've got to fight, Mr Boyce.
The fight is all I've got left.
No lawyer in London will look at your case,
then stand at the Old Bailey and argue your innocence.
That's correct.
I gave them 300 grand
and they couldn't come up with a defence.
So...
..I'll be defending myself.
You can't read. You can't write.
It is a highly complex fraud trial, and you shall defend yourself?
Can't say I'm not ambitious.
Where's Noye?
You know what people get wrong about me and Noye?
They think we were thick as thieves.
Bonnie and fucking Clyde.
Yeah, I met Kenny Noye, along the way,
but I never really knew the man.
And I don't think anyone really did, no matter how hard they looked.
And I'll tell you one thing about Kenny Noye.
There's always someone looking for him.
WAITER SPEAKS IN SPANISH
Hola, Senor Green.
Hello, mate. What can I get you?
What have you got?
We have the fish stew.
I thought you might.
Every day is the same.
Yeah. You're right there.
When are they running it?
Sunday. Front page.
The News Of The World have got it, Sir,
that we're looking for Noye.
Then call a press conference.
Sorry, Sir?
What do we know?
Well, Noye's in Spain.
And he knows we're after him.
Yeah. We know nothing, because we have seen nothing.
We have heard things.
I don't care if it's a punter, an informer,
the Met, Regional Crime Squad, or God-knows-who-else.
All we've done is hear things,
then have local police steam in and come up empty.
We need someone to see Noye. Then we need to see Noye.
Then our witness needs to see Noye.
We'd rather do that without the press,
but if they know, then we embrace it.
And if Noye's on one front page, he should be on them all.
Yes?
So call a press conference.
Right. You do telly. I'll do print.
We will go to trial in England against Palmer,
and we are assisting the Americans to place RICO charges against Miller
in Florida, where they can apply far higher penalties than we can.
One half of the Brink's-Mat gold and you're prosecuting two men?
With the first half of the gold, we were successful in securing multiple
convictions, but unsuccessful in recovering the robbery's proceeds.
This time, Palmer and Miller give us
access to more money than the Brink's-Mat gold was ever worth.
Those two convictions could lead to the greatest financial recovery
in the history of British policing,
and we take a criminal fortune out of circulation,
and stop all the damage that money like that can do.
Now, that is as significant a victory
as could be achieved at this point in the investigation.
But if they're not convicted, then you don't recover a penny,
and the last few years of this investigation,
and indeed your career, were wasted.
I am aware of the stakes, Sir.
And you won't be here to guide it, Boyce. You're out of time.
I know the date of my retirement is imminent.
However, I would ask that you consider special dispensation...
You know we can't do that, Boyce.
30 years' service, then you're out.
But you're not quite finished yet.
You'll charge Miller with the robbery before you go.
No, that was a bluff at our end.
We don't have enough evidence to prove he was on the robbery.
The nation knows you caught a Brink's-Mat robber, Boyce,
it was on the television.
Therefore, he will be charged with the Brink's-Mat robbery.
With respect, Sir, this is a time to focus.
I am attempting to close one of the most complicated
cases in the Met's history.
Brink's-Mat will not close while four robbers walk free
and Kenneth Noye is on the run.
You are seeking a simplicity that Brink's-Mat does not offer.
And Kenneth Noye is one problem that does not belong to me.
Don't you fucking dare.
HE SIGHS
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
Go to a payphone and call me back on this number.
It's raining.
Just get a fucking pen, Brian.
PHONE RINGS
I've been seen. Where?
Gibraltar.
What are you doing down there?
Getting something to eat that hasn't come out the bloody sea.
You didn't tell me about the papers.
How could I? If you gave me a number, it would help.
It's time to speak to our friends.
See what they can do on the charges.
What about the sighting?
It's not a problem. As long as it's not the only one.
In one day last week, Noye was playing golf in Cyprus,
eating lunch in Portugal, and getting a nose job in Brazil.
Then he flew in on a private plane to Biggin Hill
and went for a Chinese in West Kingsdown.
Over 100 sightings in 13 countries,
called in over the last 24 hours.
We're being swamped.
Which means one of them is true,
which means he's still got some friends left.
So, let's go through his file again and find his friends.
Well, where do we start?
It's Kenneth Noye.
Start with the gold.
They know about the historical accusations against Lundy,
and there are a couple of new allegations in there
for good measure.
May I ask your thoughts, gentlemen,
on this latest humiliation for the once-great Metropolitan Police?
My thoughts are Miller's smarter than I thought he was.
I expected a brick through my window, not this.
You think this is Miller's work? I don't know, Ma'am.
I'd check my enemies list, but I'd have to take a week off.
That's your response?
My response is, once again,
I have never been involved in corrupt practices.
I've also never been afraid to nick anyone who needed nicking, including
those that do the same handshakes as some of the people in this building.
What are you suggesting, Lundy?
That I'm the best thief taker at Scotland Yard, I'm also
the most investigated copper at Scotland Yard,
and I don't think that's a coincidence.
Sir.
Boyce, what are your findings on Lundy's record?
My conclusion is that Lundy sails close to the wind
and gets too close to informants,
but I've never personally seen any evidence of wrongdoing.
He's also integral to the Miller case.
If we are to go through this charade at the Old Bailey,
trying to prosecute Miller for the Brink's-Mat robbery, then
having Lundy on board gives us a minute possibility of success.
In that case, Lundy is suspended pending
investigation from the moment the Old Bailey proceedings conclude.
I'd best take my bus fare with me, then.
Sir, if you need me to step aside, I'll understand.
How close are the Americans to bringing charges against Miller?
Well, they'll be in place by the time the verdict
comes in on the robbery trial.
He can go from our custody to theirs.
You're assuming there will be a verdict.
What happens if the charges are thrown out?
Well, then he walks.
And if the Americans aren't ready, then we never see him again.
Then all I need you to do is to stop that from happening.
Thank you, Sir.
Reader does all that gold with Noye,
and he ends up with a car yard in South London.
That's better than how some of them ended up.
Yeah, that's true.
It's him.
Shit!
Your Honour, Mr Charles Miller has been charged with armed robbery
for his involvement in the theft of three tonnes of gold bullion
from the Brink's-Mat warehouse in Heathrow in 1983.
As you will have read from our filing,
we have a plethora of evidence.
Before the robbery, Mr Miller held little financial reserves,
and lived in a humble South London home.
In the months after the robbery, he relocated to Spain
and his life was transformed into one of great wealth.
We can prove links between Mr Miller
and convicted Brink's-Mat criminals, and that he set up businesses
in the Isle Of Man which we believe were used to launder money.
Thank you, Your Honour.
That's it?
For now.
Well, in that case, I find that there is insufficient evidence
to proceed, and Mr Miller is discharged with immediate effect.
Thank you, Your Honour.
Guv!
Come on! I've been here before, it don't take this long.
KEYS JANGLE
Ah, hello, lads!
Call us a taxi, will you?
I've got a pint in Rotherhithe with my name on it.
Charles Miller?
Oh, here we go.
You're to be extradited with immediate effect to
the state of Florida,
to answer charges that you did help to steal or launder
proceeds of the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery.
Safe journey, Miller.
Fine.
I'll beat them like I beat you.
And you two, you should be fucking embarrassed.
The world and his wife knows I was on the Brink's-Mat job
and I'll never serve a day for it.
There were six men there that day.
You got McAvoy and Robinson.
That leaves four.
Where are they, then? I know exactly where they are.
They're not here, though, are they?
This isn't about the robbery, Miller.
It hasn't been about the robbery for a long time.
It is about money.
Dirty, dangerous money.
And it is about us taking that money from people like you.
So I hope that you enjoyed it,
as you drove back to South London with three tonnes of gold.
I hope that is a memory that has value for you.
Because it is all that you will have left.
All that gold, all that money, and all you will have is
a memory that will fade, until one day it's gone, too.
And you'll sit with that pint in Rotherhithe
and wonder if any of this ever happened at all.
Fuck!
Well done, Lundy. Nice way to finish.
Don't do it. You know, Sir, back when the first complaint
was made against me, I started running.
I needed to get the anger out.
So I ran. A few miles, to clear my head.
And I kept it up.
So when they call me in to rake me over the coals, I run.
These days, I run marathons.
That's how much they've come for me.
That's how much I've run.
And, you know, I can't run forever,
so I've quit, Sir.
I've thrown in the towel.
Thank you for having me.
You're the last of a kind, Lundy.
Some will say that's a good thing.
Not me. Well, then maybe we're not so different, Sir.
Who were they?
Kent Police.
They didn't even make it out of Kent.
You should have seen me, Kenny.
I was like bloody James Bond.
Yeah, well, whoever gets me, it's not going to be Kent Police.
No, no-one's going to get you.
According to the papers, you're all over the shop.
Right. What about the other thing?
It's not going to happen.
We won't know that until I've had the conversation.
That's what I'm trying to say.
The conversation's not happening.
How do you figure that, then?
Your friends at the Yard were asked to have
a conversation about manslaughter,
and, well, they all said no.
Why?
Well, because the Kent coppers are all as straight as a die,
and because you're Kenny Noye.
There's a system between us and them...
..and it's been around for a very long time.
All them meetings I've been to, all that money that I've given them,
all them handshakes, and where is it, Brian?
Where's the fucking system?
What I don't understand is you were out.
You were out, and then what you went and done... You get nicked,
you make a call, you have a conversation.
That's how it works. That's how it's always worked.
And, yeah, you do some bird, but not all of it.
You don't do fucking all of it! If you can't handle the bird,
then you shouldn't have done what you did... It's not the bird
I can't handle, Brian, it's this!
I can't fucking live like this forever! Yeah, well,
you and me both.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means you need to find a way out of this.
KENNY EXHALES
No, I know what it means.
Being on your toes this long, I know what happens.
Every day, I lose a friend and I gain an enemy.
There's a few ways out of this, Brian,
and none of them are good.
Brightwell? Lundy's moved on.
Oh, shame.
Great detective.
Co-ordinate with the Americans.
When the time comes, take Baxter over there
and make sure he testifies against Miller.
OK, Sir.
Where are we on Palmer?
Well, it's going to be one of the biggest fraud cases in
British history, so it's about as fun as it sounds.
We're working with Roy Ramm and Tony Curtis at Flying Squad,
and speaking to Bob McCunn, the solicitor for the
Brink's-Mat insurers. Build the case from the ground up.
A case like this, Sir, it's going to take time. It will.
And I'm afraid that is time I don't have.
We were, erm...
HE CLEARS THROAT
..wondering how close you were, Sir,
to your 30.
Well, if you won't tell them, I will. It's today.
It's now.
30 years of service to the day.
Well, I'm guessing you don't want a party, Sir?
I couldn't think of anything worse.
We're not ready for you to go, Sir.
Careers like mine,
cases like this, don't end neatly.
You achieve what you can and you seek the best ending available.
And with Brink's-Mat, we have an ending...
You have an ending within your grasp.
Palmer, Miller, and the money.
That is success.
That is victory.
But it won't be easy.
And I am sorry that I won't be here to help.
And it is hard.
It is hard to leave with the job half-done.
It is hard to leave when I think of all that we've gone through.
It is hard to leave when I think of...
..John Fordham.
But this is what we do.
We give the work the years we can, then we leave
and the work continues.
So I ask that you see my departure
as the irrelevance it is.
I ask you to see it through.
And I ask you to get back to work.
Thank you, Sir.
Thank you.
And good luck.
PHONE RINGS
Taskforce.
Yeah, go on.
I'm going to tell you a story.
It is the story of a long-running racket.
Innocent tourists were tricked into handing over
large sums of money they could ill afford.
17,000 victims paid over £30 million to
companies that all led to one man -
John Palmer.
In the treacherous waters of the Canary Islands,
this man was the biggest shark.
He was Aladdin's wicked uncle, travelling the streets,
calling, "New lamps for old,"
only to leave his victims shivering in the dark.
British time-share customers fell victim... If this is his plan,
we're in trouble.
Fraud cases are complicated, they need to be explained carefully.
A jury trial is about the jury,
and the jury are bored out of their minds.
Now, the fraud itself I shall call the "buy-sell".
So picture, if you will, two distinct entities.
An existing time-share...
This isn't about me, this isn't about sharks,
and it certainly isn't about bloody Aladdin.
CHUCKLING
No, this is about money.
Your money, and how they're spending it.
They reckon that this could be the most expensive trial
in British history, and for what?
For some bloke from Solihull whose company flogged a few time-shares?
But I'm not just some bloke from Solihull, am I?
This started with that Mat's-Brink business,
and that's how it's ending.
Ever since I got found innocent o f that stuff, right here,
in the Old Bailey,
the coppers,
they've had a vendetta against me.
Well...
..if I have to beat them again, that's what I'll do.
I'm just... I'm sorry that you lot were dragged into it,
but I'll do my best to put on a bit of a show,
all right?
CHUCKLING
OK?
Well, they're not bored now. No.
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
Where?
Cadiz.
Where's that? It's south-west Spain.
Very quiet. Very hidden.
I bought these tickets with my own money.
Don't tell your families where you're going.
Where has this come from, Sir?
It would appear that Noye is living in the Cadiz area,
and this is an address where we might find him.
I'm sorry I can't come with you, but seeing as the press saw fit
to print my photo next to Noye's, it's probably not a good idea.
Do we have backup, Sir?
No.
And we know, maybe more than anyone, who we're dealing with.
Noye isn't some old-school villain who's done a bit of nicking.
He's a vicious, murderous cancer on society
who has killed two human beings.
To voluntarily go into that, without backup,
well, if you don't want to go,
I'll understand and send in the Spanish.
But an innocent young man was murdered
and left to die in the gutter on the streets of Kent,
and I feel very strongly that it
is Kent Police who should deal with that.
So do we, Sir.
Then go and get him.
Good morning, everyone.
Mr Baxter, this is a suit brought under
the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act,
also known as the RICO Act,
which accuses the named parties of helping to steal or launder proceeds
from a robbery at the Brink's-Mat warehouse in Heathrow, England.
You are here to answer the claim that you were part of that
criminal conspiracy.
Do you admit or deny liability in this case?
To my eternal shame, and with a heavy heart,
I admit liability.
My decision on the criminal damages against you will be
determined alongside any co-conspirators,
but I can advise that it will be in the region
of $8 million to $10 million.
You'd be lucky.
I gather we will also be hearing witness testimony from you.
That's very much the plan.
I look forward to it.
Likewise.
Mr Miller, this is a suit brought under
the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act,
also known as the RICO Act,
which accuses the named parties... Maybe he'll cop to the lot.
Maybe. Then we can all go home.
Not on the same plane.
That would be horrendous.
You are here to answer the claim that you were part of that
criminal conspiracy.
Do you admit or deny liability in this case?
With all respect, Your Honour, I would like to wholeheartedly
deny liability in this case.
OK, Mr Miller, please take a seat.
We will continue... Looks like we're staying.
I would ask that the court resumes in 30 minutes' time.
So you're the money expert, are you?
I'm a Senior Investigation Officer
for Her Majesty's Customs and Excise. Yeah.
We all heard your testimony.
Anyone who managed to stay awake anyway.
Now, what I heard was that some people got ripped off,
but not by me, and that I'm rich and that annoys you.
What I have just testified to, at some length, is widespread fraud.
That's a matter of opinion.
So what I think we're seeing here is a conspiracy
between you, the coppers, and the gold's insurers to take me down.
If it's a conspiracy, why did you pay
the Brink's-Mat insurers £3 million? To get them off my back.
And, let's be honest, for me, £3 million doesn't touch the sides.
Really? I believe you are in somewhat reduced circumstances.
Oh, yeah? Do a lot of blokes in reduced circumstances
have a private plane? They could have sued me
for 50 million, not 3. It's an interesting tactic in a fraud trial,
to boast about significant hidden wealth.
Yeah, but that's just it.
I'm not hiding anything.
I'm a very rich man - you might have read about that in the Sunday Times.
The idea that I'm going about nicking five grand here,
and ten grand there, off some poor bloke on his holiday,
it just doesn't add up.
17,000 people on their holidays.
Did I ever personally sell anyone a time-share? That's not the point.
Did I ever personally receive the money for a time-share?
There was a network of companies... So I never sold a time-share,
and I never took the money.
Er...
Your witness, mate.
I've already examined her.
Mr Palmer, please allow me to direct the court.
Yeah, absolutely. You're the boss.
We've got a lead, Sir.
There was an English bloke, going by the name of Green,
renting a place in the village,
eating in the restaurant, keeping himself to himself.
What do you mean "was"?
He hasn't been seen for a while.
But it makes sense, if it's him.
This place is in the arse end of nowhere.
Then keep your heads down and your eyes open.
There's one other thing, Sir.
Apparently we're not the first people to come asking questions.
Yeah, well, that would make sense, too.
Eight to ten million?!
Where the hell do they think I'll get that from? It's good.
We wanted it high.
Your damages will be a marker for what she applies to Miller.
I understand the concept of escalating
criminal conspiracy, Detective. I read law at Cambridge.
Oh, really? You've barely mentioned it!
Sleep well? Like a baby.
HE CLEARS THROAT
TELEPHONE RINGS
Biddiss. Just heard, Sir, about the story.
I don't believe it.
They're saying he was taken out on a contract by some
of the Brink's-Mat lot. And that makes sense, Sir.
It needed to make sense for them to plant it in the paper.
I don't believe it, so we keep going.
OK, Sir.
We keep going.
It's a bit fucking much, Brian.
Yeah, well, that's the thing.
That wasn't one of ours.
Everyone's getting looked at, pulled in.
If it ain't the coppers, it's the press.
People are sick of it.
And maybe that story...
I don't know, Kenny...
Maybe it's a message.
These people that are sick of it, Brian, does that include you?
I didn't say that.
You don't need this, do you?
No.
You've done well out of the gold.
Now you're free as a bird.
No. Yeah. No, I ain't.
My solicitors got a letter off the Brink's-Mat insurer.
They're looking for dough off everyone connected to the gold,
or they file civil cases and take us all to the cleaners.
Apparently they hit Palmer for three million quid.
Good. And apparently they want three million off you.
HE SCOFFS
Never ends, does it?
It never fucking ends.
You know, Brian, I used to love going to the woods.
I'd poach rabbits...
..then I'd go back to my big house,
my family, my life.
Now I don't go back to nothing.
Now I'm just a bloke in the woods.
And no matter how much I try to work it out...
..I don't know how I got here.
BRIAN SCOFFS
I mean, from what I had and where I was, how the fuck did I end up here?
You put yourself here, Kenny,
with what's inside you.
Here's my message, Brian, to anybody who needs to hear it.
I ain't giving myself up.
And I'm going to get out of here, one way or another,
because it is doing my fucking head in!
Who's winning?
I don't know. And the fact that I don't know is worrying.
Do you need me to help finesse your strategy?
Well, I'm going to give my testimony, then I'm going to try
and wind him up, let the jury see another side of him.
That's my entire strategy.
Right. Well, high stakes, then.
It's the Old Bailey, mate.
They only do high stakes.
Mr Miller, have you reviewed the case against you?
I've done what I can with it.
With all respect, it's a little long-winded.
I agree it's comprehensive,
which makes your denial of liability all the more surprising.
Here's what happened.
I met a gentleman, who's relaxing over there,
who told me about another gentleman who could oversee the investment of
some money I had been lucky enough to make through a business venture.
Now, it is possible I will have to sit down with the taxman
when this is over, and I accept that.
But not only did my money not come from that robbery,
I have been cleared of any involvement in that robbery
back in London.
Mr Miller, this hearing is not about the robbery.
It is about the proceeds of that robbery, and we have
witnesses who testify that you were the originator of those proceeds.
Oh, yeah?
Where are they, then? We will hear testimony shortly.
And there is submitted testimony from a co-conspirator
who's in federal witness protection.
I don't blame him.
Telling lies that could ruin a man's life,
that's a dangerous game.
Can't be many people daft enough to do that in public.
I can't do it. You can, and you will.
You heard what he said!
If that was a veiled threat, then it wasn't much of a bloody veil!
You've been co-operating for a long time.
If something was going to happen to you, it would have happened by now.
So you're going to go in there and say you acted in conspiracy
with Miller. If you don't, then between me and the Americans,
the rest of your life's going to be a lot, lot harder.
OK.
Nixon. Nix... Nixon!
That's him, innit?
How sure are you?
It's him, Sir. He ate alone at a restaurant, then we tailed him
to some woods outside the village.
I'm sending out the witness.
I don't need to tell you what that means, and the danger involved.
No, Sir.
You don't.
You resent me, don't you?
For the embarrassment that I caused you over the gold.
Well, we believe that criminals should be punished for the crimes
they commit, but that's sort of our job, though, isn't it?
How's that going, by the way, with the gold? Have you...?
Have you found it yet?
We found the money, which is worth a lot more than the gold.
And we're taking it back, starting with you.
What I have, I earned through honest graft.
As I testified, we believe that what you have was earned through
criminal fraud on a grand scale.
Tell me, Detective, all that dough that the insurers
are clawing out of people, where is it going? No idea.
Maybe we should have a little look in YOUR bank account.
As long as you pay off my overdraft while you're there.
What's your intention here, Mr Palmer?
I just think that the jury should know that I am
a legitimate businessman who's being unfairly targeted
by a corrupt witch-hunt.
You're not a businessman, you're a serious organised criminal.
Name me one serious crime I've committed.
Well, you were on the telly, offering to launder 60 million quid.
That was a stitch-up. Oh, yeah, could have happened to anyone -
accidentally heading up the Ritz to tell some bloke from Burma
you'll clean his dough. You listen to me! No, you listen to me.
Mr Palmer... I'm the one on trial!
I'm aware of that. Once this is over, I am going to sue you
for everything you've got.
Mr Palmer...
Did you not hear that bit about my overdraft?
You're corrupt! You're all corrupt! MURMURING
No, no, no, you can't say that, Mr Palmer!
Good afternoon, Mr Baxter.
Good day to you, madam.
This is not your first time in a courtroom.
No.
You have several convictions in the United Kingdom,
for financial crimes and for taking Class A drugs
in a fast-food establishment.
It was a restaurant,
and I have accepted any mistakes I have made with genuine humility.
And now you have the opportunity to do so again.
Do you see any of your co-conspirators in the room today?
Mr Baxter?
I believe it was Robert Browning who said,
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"
Oh, for fuck's sake...
I stand before you today,
not as a criminal conspirator...
..but as a ruined romantic.
Now, if you are accusing me of attempting to
wring a little glitter from the rags of life,
then I hold my hands high in surrender.
You stand before us accused of money-laundering, Mr Baxter.
Now, please, answer the question.
I am answering the question
by proposing one of my own.
When one's head is full of fizz and sparkle,
then does one truly take notice of those
who join one on the journey?
Are these companions even companions at all?
It's an interesting concept... Mr Baxter,
for the final time, do you see any of your co-conspirators
in this courtroom today?
No, Your Honour.
I'm afraid I do not.
I understand your disappointment.
I don't think you do.
I think you're going to be surprised by the extent of my disappointment.
Campbell's evidence is comprehensive.
Miller will be convicted without me. You'd better hope so!
There have been killings, have there not, from Brink's-Mat?
Some of which have been reported, and some of which have not.
The problem you and your colleagues have
is that the threat you hold is less than the threat THEY hold.
Hola, Senor Green.
Just bring me what you've got.
Very good.
He's here, Sir.
How is she?
She's bloody brave is what she is.
What's the plan?
The Spanish police cause a diversion, the three of us
go in quick and come out quicker.
If he sees her, then I don't know what happens next.
He won't. Good.
Any questions? No. Yeah? OK, brilliant. Let's go.
Well, Mr Palmer, it's been quite a ride.
You don't know the half of it.
Oh, I think we know enough.
The police and your victims have detailed your criminal activity,
financial experts have testified to your fraud,
and now we reach you.
Saved the best till last.
JURY CHUCKLES
The final piece of the jigsaw in a case such as this is character.
And, quite simply, Mr Palmer,
you are of criminal character.
Rubbish. Why did you come home to the UK?
Uh, I missed England.
You weren't under threat from criminal associates?
I don't have any criminal associates.
You are said to spend more than a million pounds a year
on bodyguards.
Yeah, I like the company.
CHUCKLING
We've heard testimony of you personally threatening people.
I've not threatened anyone.
Look, I'm no angel, but I'm no gangster.
Then why do so many people think that you are?
No idea.
But what I do know is this.
I built a bloody empire.
Even your witnesses admit that.
And I think that's what this is all about.
John Palmer building an empire,
and you lot not being able to live with that.
MURMURING
Empires fall, Mr Palmer.
Yeah, well, we'll see about that.
ARGUING IN SPANISH
Positive ID.
Get her home and keep eyes on Noye.
I need to see the CPS and get a warrant.
ARGUING IN SPANISH
Senor Green? You are finished?
Come here.
Who were they? Who?
Those people.
What people? The people. The people that fucking walked right past me.
There was...
There was... There was... There was a woman.
I think there was a woman.
I don't understand. What woman?
OK. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Just let me think.
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
Do we have him?
What time is it?
Early. You?
It's late.
Early. Bit of both.
Do we have him?
I don't know.
Boyce left us in charge and we don't know if we have him?
They're court cases, Nic.
You don't know anything until the verdict.
And he left us in charge because he trusted us.
So we should trust that he got that right.
SHE SCOFFS
I never thought it'd be on us.
Yeah, well, you were the one who wanted to go over the river.
Glad you came with me?
Yeah.
And now I'm going back to sleep.
Good luck, mate.
I'm going. Going where? I don't know, I don't know.
I'm fucking losing it here.
I'll skip the border in the Pyrenees
and then head to Amsterdam.
I know people there from the gold.
You keep your head down, Brian.
They can't watch you forever.
Oh, they've given up on me.
What? What do you mean?
They left a few days back.
I must have bored them.
Well, if they're not watching you, then who are they watching?
I don't know, Kenny. It's the Old Bill.
They'll always be watching someone.
DOOR SHUTS
The Magistrate's here. He knows you're waiting.
Well, I'm glad to hear it.
PHONE RINGS
Yeah?
Noye's packing up, Sir.
I think he's getting ready to go. Can we stop him?
Not yet you can't. Give me five minutes.
I don't think we've got that long, Sir.
I need a warrant signed.
Then you shall wait, Mr Biddiss.
I have a hearing to attend. I just stopped a train to get
the CPS to sign off on the arrest.
I've got the Foreign Office preparing an extradition,
a military plane on standby, and the Home Office, Interpol
and the Spanish police waiting for this warrant.
Kenneth Noye? Don't file it until Monday.
Sir? Go!
QUIETLY: Go!
I have now reached a judgment in the case of Mr Charles Miller.
Please stand, Mr Miller.
Has the jury reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honour.
TWIG SNAPS
He's running! Go, go, go!
I find the defendant...
..guilty.
No.
Guilty.
Taking into account the amount stolen from Brink's-Mat
and the appreciation of those assets through criminal endeavours,
I award damages against you
of $151 million,
to be seized from any assets and all bank accounts
held or controlled by Mr Miller.
Mr Palmer, this was clearly a fraud on a substantial scale,
and therefore merits a substantial judgment.
I hereby sentence you to eight years of imprisonment,
and place a confiscation order against you of
£33,243,812...
..and 46 pence.
Who are you, then?
Kent Police.
You're going home, Noye.
PHONE RINGS
Hello. We've got him, Sir.
Thank you.
Are you lost, Sir?
I was in the area, and thought I'd test your security.
Which is appalling.
And I wanted to offer congratulations,
and appreciation.
Well, you told us to keep working, Sir.
I've been keeping a tally from the newspapers.
Between the Palmer trial, the Fort Lauderdale proceedings,
the confiscation orders against Campbell, and the insurers'
settlements, the financial penalties linked to the Brink's-Mat robbery
are approaching £200 million.
Sounds about right.
Which means the legacy of the biggest robbery in British history
is the biggest financial result in the history of British policing.
And do you know what they said to us upstairs, Sir,
for the 200 million?
"Clear out the office, and don't take the piss with your expenses."
THEY CHUCKLE
We didn't get 'em all, Sir.
No. And that is hard,
because you don't remember the ones you caught.
You remember the ones you didn't.
You know who they are and what they did, but you can't touch them,
you can't name them.
And one day you run out of time and you've got to let them go.
This was one of the toughest cases this country's ever seen.
And one day this country will know the job we did.
So, thank you...
..and good luck.
Is it over, Sir?
It's Brink's-Mat.
It's never over.
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# And sail them home with acquiesce
# On a ship of hope today
# And as they land upon the shore
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