ASHLEIGH: It's Alison.
She says the robbery's happening at the Hawthorne Estate Hotel.
LIAM: 'Back straight, smile wide.'
Whatever you do, do not be yourself.
BRADEN: 'Just open the door.'
She's at the hotel. Tell her to leave.
She needs to stay out of this.
'Necklace has changed hands. Two bodyguards.'
Now. DEVICE BEEPS
ALARM RINGING
Alison!
Liam...
BEN: Braden. Stop! Argh!
You know where Liam is now?
Did you not arrest him at the hotel?
EXHALES
Any news on Ben yet, Nia?
I'll call again, Sir. Thanks.
Yeah.
MONITOR BEEPING, VENTILATOR HISSING
Braden can't be in Glasgow and Plymouth at the same time, can he?
So can we just try and work out which is the more credible sighting?
Thank you.
ASHLEIGH SIGHS
You should go home. Get some sleep.
No, I'm fine. I'm OK. I wanna... I really wanna be here.
How are you?
Spoke to the bodyguard's family. You know.
It's not your fault. You did everything that you could.
Any leads on the phones?
No, we've had, erm, hundreds of calls since the appeal,
but it's just wishful thinking.
And the Joshi team have been on the phone, asking for updates.
Again. You?
I spoke to Interpol, Europol. Nothing.
Should've listened to you about Alison, shouldn't I?
She was over-involved.
What's Antony saying? Anything yet?
No, Antony is saying no comment, all through the night.
It's really fun. Helen has coached him well.
Yeah. Sure she has.
She'd have paid him off to keep quiet, do his time.
Just got off the phone with Sara. She's at the hospital.
Ben's out of surgery.
He's not conscious yet, and we won't know anything for a few hours.
Oh, my God.
SOFTLY: OK.
OK, everyone.
Er...
DC Lawford put himself on the line for the job yesterday.
Put the safety of others ahead of himself.
Let's make sure that wasn't for nothing.
Let's put all our efforts into finding Braden and Liam.
We're not gonna let them walk away this time.
Oh, God, Alison's mum is still here. She's wants to see her.
Sure.
ALISON SOBS GENTLY
Hello.
This is Julie, my mum.
Hi, Julie. I'm James. Hi.
Ashleigh. Hi.
Ashleigh is gonna help find you somewhere safe to stay
while we find Braden.
Does that mean we're not going home? No. No.
Not yet. Not yet, OK?
But I can send someone to collect anything you need, if that helps?
Can I.... Can I have a quick word with Alison?
Got a favour to ask. Is there any news on Ben?
Yeah. Yes, yeah. Ben... Ben's out of surgery.
He's still unconscious, but he's stable.
OK, I can't give you your phone back,
but we were wondering...
if you might be able to send Liam a message.
OK, it's not like he's gonna reply, but if he checks his messages,
that might help us to locate where he is.
Is that OK?
And what should I say?
Just keep it simple.
Just ask him to let you know he's OK. Yeah.
OK.
That?
Great. Yeah, that's great.
Thanks, Alison. Thank you. Thank you.
The... The information I gave you,
is it enough to arrest Helen and Joseph?
We're bringing Helen and Joseph in for questioning.
One step at a time.
Oh, so you're interviewing them? Yeah.
Can I be with Mum? Yeah.
KNOCK ON DOOR
RAPID KNOCKING
Braden? Yeah.
Braden, what are you doing here? You're all over the news.
Look, Danny would want you to help me.
If the police come here, I'm telling 'em you threatened me.
HE SIGHS What a mess.
Yeah.
It was the kid. HE EXHALES
Liam Barlow. Liam?
Mm. What'd he do?
He convinced me we were gonna stitch up the police,
but it was me that got played.
EXHALES SHARPLY Your Danny recommended him.
Well, someone informed on Danny for that ransomware gig.
And you think it was Liam?
It opened up a vacancy, innit?
For some slippery little Mancunian fucker to step into.
You sure no-one followed you?
ASHLEIGH: So, Oliver's gonna stay with you.
There's stuff in the kitchen,
but if there's anything you need, just let him know.
Yeah.
OK.
No, thank you. No, I'm fine. Thank you.
Alison? I should get back.
I'll check the back doors. OK.
You should get some rest. You must be completely exhausted.
Have you spoken to Mark?
Because Helen and Joseph came to the pub,
so he might know something.
We are speaking to him, but just...
I know that it's hard, but you do need to let us do our jobs, OK?
Can.... Can I go and see Ben?
I don't think that's a good idea. He's only just got out of surgery.
It's just... I need to do something.
Please.
Sara?
How are you doing?
You brought her?
We're just here to drop off some flowers, that's all.
Sara, I'm... I'm sorry.
Do you honestly think that you can just...
show up with flowers and everything'll be OK?
You shouldn't be here. It's... It's already way too complicated.
I... I was trying to help. I was...
I was trying to stop the robbery.
You slept with one of the suspects!
Was that... Was that part of your plan?
OK.
We should go. Come on.
If you had just done what you were told...
..and waited outside, Ben would've...
He'd have waited for armed response.
He wouldn't be in there.
I know.
Any more activity, let us know.
Sir. Yeah?
Liam's phone was switched on. It pinged a tower in Budapest.
In Budapest?
You don't buy it?
HE SCOFFS
Why is someone as tech savvy as Liam
letting us track where he is?
KEYBOARD CLACKING
COMPUTER CHIRPS, BEEPS
Ready? Let's do it.
DEVICE BEEPS
Interview commences at 11:17am.
My client would like to make a statement.
Right, well, we've got some questions we wanna ask you, Helen.
I've advised my client not to answer any questions at this stage.
I want to start by saying that I'm shocked
by what happened at the hotel.
My heart goes out to the family of the bodyguard who died
and to the police officer who was injured.
Braden Moore is an associate of my estranged husband.
He got in contact with me, wanting to get involved
in some property deals that I'm planning.
I made it clear that I did not want to associate with him.
JOSEPH: 'I've known Helen Redman for years.'
We reconnected recently when she expressed an interest
in investing in one of my property developments.
And I introduced her to another business associate,
Chandra Bakshi.
Why are... Why are you protecting her, Joseph?
I was introduced to Braden Moore at the ice rink.
If I'd had any knowledge of what he was planning,
of course, I would've reported it to my employer and to the police.
If Braden somehow got the idea to take the necklace
when he met Miss Bakshi, it was wholly without my knowledge.
PAPER RUSTLES
That's all I've got to say.
Should we wrap up there?
Unless you have evidence to charge?
Not yet. But, er...
You spoken to Liam's girlfriend, Alison?
Why do you ask?
Lovely girl. Thought she might know something.
But then, of course, juries might not rate her as a witness...
on account of her being deaf.
So easy for her to misunderstand.
And you know what barristers can be like.
Ruthless.
DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
All our evidence for conspiracy
is on a hit for the vault, not the hotel.
They've covered every angle.
They've got all their stories lined up.
PHONE BUZZES Better to let them run for now.
Gives us time to build a stronger case, no?
Yes?
Is that confirmed?
OK. Thanks.
We just had a confirmed sighting of Braden.
He is still in Kent.
He's somewhere near Faversham, apparently.
He could be at Danny Heath's place. Danny Heath's.
Let's get an armed unit down there, and let's get you down there too.
Erm...
ALISON SIGHS
Yeah.
That's the records you asked for.
Fostering records from Manchester. Right.
Not many match the criteria you gave me.
I think this is him. Thanks, Nia.
INHALES SHARPLY
ASHLEIGH: 'He's not here.'
The team have been through the whole house.
But Molly does admit that Braden was here.
Any idea which way he was headed?
'No. She claims to have no idea.
'Says that he threatened to kill her.'
Said that she was too shaken up to call it in after he left.
'OK. Bring her in.'
I'll be back soon, OK?
Let's go.
We've had to release Helen and Joseph.
You can't charge them?
They're blaming it all on Liam and Braden,
saying they planned it alone.
Mm. But what about the evidence that I have given to you?
The information you gave us was very helpful,
but it wouldn't stand up in court.
Lawyers would just exploit how you came to be on the case...
..and, of course, your relationship with Liam.
Which would undermine all your evidence.
So everything that I did and all the risks that I took,
what, they're all for nothing?
What did Mark say?
I bet he knows something. Mark's not said anything.
Frankly, I think he's a bit scared.
Did Liam ever talk to you about his time in foster care?
In foster care? Yeah. What did he say?
There was just one family that he really liked.
Go on. But the man died a couple of years ago.
Right. That's what he said?
Yeah. Why do want...?
We've been trying to find out who that man is.
We know that Liam came from Manchester
and he came from foster care.
Yeah.
But we can find no trace of Liam Barlow before five years ago.
We did, however, find a Liam Gray.
Fostered by a family in Manchester.
He's the right age, matches Liam's description.
So he changed his name?
Alison, did Liam ever show you a picture of this man?
His name's Charlie Fletcher.
That's the man that Alfie killed. Uh-huh.
That is Liam's ring.
He said that he actually got that ring from his foster dad.
Charlie was Liam's foster father.
And none of this is a coincidence.
Are you saying that Liam took the necklace
for revenge for Charlie?
CAR BEEPS, UNLOCKS
DOOR CLOSES, SHE SIGHS
OLIVER: You hungry again? This was dropped off for you.
No, I didn't order that. You didn't order this?
Actually, yeah, I did. Sorry, I forgot.
I ordered that for Mum. I'll take it.
OK. Thank you.
INHALES SHARPLY
BREATHES SHAKILY
Alison. How did you find me?
I put a tracker on that cop's car, DS Francis.
You lied to me.
You told me that no-one was gonna get hurt.
That wasn't supposed to happen. Braden promised me.
And you believed Braden?
HE SIGHS I know.
Did you use my hearing aids to spy on me
and listen in to my conversations?
I'm sorry.
Do you not know how fucked up that is? How invasive?
My hearing aid is like a part of me. I thought you understood that.
Alison, you slept with me so that you could inform on me.
That's fucked up.
No, I slept with you because I liked you.
No. No, no, no, no. You betrayed me!
Did you engineer our first meeting? No!
The crash on your bike?
That was an accident. I didn't know you!
But you got to know me, and you didn't stop informing.
HE SIGHS
It made you feel important.
Yeah.
I was, because somebody was listening to me
for the first time ever!
I know Charlie was your foster dad.
Is that why you took the necklace?
Money's the only thing that Helen and Braden care about.
That was the only way to hurt them.
You really care about Charlie?
HE SNIFFS Yeah.
And I care about you. That's why I came back.
Come away with me. We can still do it.
I've got a buyer for the necklace in Panama.
He's gonna pay $5 million in cash.
No! What kind of life have you got here?
You're about to be kicked out of your house,
and I meant everything that I said about bringing your mum.
You could go to the police,
and you could testify against Helen and Joseph.
We've still got a chance to make things right.
No.
I'll go to prison for a very long time.
And I've got a plan.
A private plane will take us to Belgium,
and then we'll catch a plane to Brazil.
And no-one will find us there.
I like you. I really do.
But I don't...
I'm not really sure if I know who you are.
You know me.
When we were in my flat, at the hotel...
..that was real.
It could've been real.
But you completely fucked it up.
No. We both did stuff wrong.
And I am sorry. I am so sorry.
But we're on the same side.
We both wanted the same thing - to stop Helen and Braden.
No. If you wanted to stop them, you'd go to the police.
HE SIGHS
SOFTLY: I can't.
And by the time you call them, I'll be gone.
I can't go with you.
And if you're going, then...
..then maybe we should say goodbye.
So that's it?
We just walk away? No.
Good luck. No.
HE SIGHS
DOORBELL RINGS
Hi, Dawn.
James.
Can I come in?
Yeah.
I've got a little boy arriving tomorrow.
Five years old.
Mum's in rehab, Dad's never been around.
Liam Barlow. Sound familiar to you?
Er, no. I was...
It's just he was one of your foster kids.
I think he was with you in 2012.
Changed his name since then, I think. Nothing?
I've got a... a picture of him.
HE CHUCKLES That's him.
Have a look at that.
Honestly don't recognise him. No, nothing?
There were so many kids over the years.
And I was working back then, so Charlie did most of the foster care.
HE SIGHS
We're friends, aren't we, Dawn?
Yeah. Of course.
I mean, I could get a warrant to search the place, if you like.
Or you can just tell me what you know.
Clock's ticking.
Liam was Charlie's favourite.
The only one he stayed in touch with right up until he died.
But he's a good lad, James.
Is he? Oh, is he? He's a good kid, is he? Right, yeah.
Why don't you tell that to my colleague
who's just spent four hours in surgery,
having a bullet removed from his spleen?
Liam didn't pull the trigger.
Oh, did he not?
Oh, so that makes everything OK, does it?
You think the same about Braden not pulling the trigger on Charlie?
Does that make him blame-free as well? I mean...
Or is this some kind of rough-justice thing
against Braden and Helen?
I didn't know what he was planning.
I would've stopped him. Of course I would!
I don't know where he is.
Dawn...
DAWN EXHALES
JAMES SIGHS
ASHLEIGH: 'You got anything?' Liam's definitely been here.
I'll fill you in on the details later,
but Dawn's not giving him up. 'OK.'
We've just had a report of a carjacking just outside Ashford.
Description matches Braden.
We tracing that car?
'It pinged the ANPR just outside Canterbury. Nothing since then.'
I think he's probably staying off main roads.
TYRES SCREECH
Everything OK?
JULIE: Gone.
Gone. Gone.
MARK: 'You really shouldn't be here, Alison.'
I know, but have you spoken to the police?
Yeah. I don't think I was much help.
I have been working with them.
I came here because you're the only one who can help now.
The detectives think I don't have enough evidence,
and I need someone else to stand up to them.
They would protect you. No, I'm sorry, Alison.
You don't cross people like Braden.
I really am sorry, Alison.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH SLOWLY
BRADEN: Hello, Alison.
PHONE BUZZES
ALISON SOBBING 'Hey, hey, Manc.
'Look who I ran into.'
ALISON WHIMPERS, CRIES
BREATHES HEAVILY
Mrs Brooks.
Thank you.
KEYS JINGLE
DAWN GASPS Liam.
ALISON GRUNTS
BRADEN: Come here!
BRADEN GRUNTS
Now...
We're gonna see how much your boyfriend really cares about you.
The police will find you.
They will be looking for you right now.
Ah. HE CHUCKLES
I knew there was something about you.
You're always watching.
How long you been ratting?
Since the very start.
Well...
You don't feel so clever now, do you?
How could you be so stupid?
Alfie's gonna be out in a few years.
That's not justice.
I did this for Charlie...
for you.
I never meant for you to do this.
I wanted to take something from them,
the way they took Charlie from us.
Braden contacted me. He's got Alison.
I'm gonna get her back.
Helen's gonna meet me... take me to Alison.
I just got to give them the necklace.
Then what?
Then when... once Alison's safe, I'll get on the plane.
I'll manage somehow.
I just wanted to see you.
Say goodbye.
So you'll spend your life on the run?
I don't have a choice.
You could still do the right thing. Go to the police!
No.
No. Just promise me you won't call them.
Braden'll kill her.
He's got nothing to lose now. He'll do it.
How do you know he won't kill you?
Come here.
SHE SOBS GENTLY
OK, everyone, I want us to circulate
descriptions of Liam and Alison to bus stations, train stations.
Let's go ports, airports. Let's check private airfields, too.
They're likely to be more noticeable as a couple than they are alone.
OK? Let's get on it.
Where's Liam? Where could he be?
Liam. Can't say it's good to see you.
I'm alone, like you said.
Where's Alison?
Have you got the necklace?
I wanna see her first.
We'll go in my car.
Inside.
Braden?
Braden!
GUN CLICKS Whoa.
No sudden moves, OK?
He come on his own? He did.
And he's got the necklace.
Ah. Where's Alison?
I need to know that she's safe.
HE CHUCKLES See, I...
I always knew you were soft.
Here's your little police snitch.
Get up! ALISON WHIMPERS
Whoa, whoa.
Liam. Don't trust him.
Shut up!
He's not gonna let us go. ALISON CRIES
Danny Heath. Can we just get on with this?
I tracked Danny down.
Got him to let me in on the ransomware gig.
And I got him sent to prison for it.
All so I could meet Helen Redman and Braden Moore,
cos you killed Charlie.
That's what this is about?
You fucked up my gig for Charlie Fletcher?
He might be nothing to you... but he meant a lot to me.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Easy. I'm getting the necklace.
Let me see it.
I'm gonna need you to put that gun down first.
No chance, Manc.
Now get out.
ALISON YELPS On your knees.
But you've got the necklace.
Why not let him go? Not your concern.
On... your... knees.
No, no, no, no, no!
No, no, please, no... Do what he says.
Please, don't do this, please! Do what he says.
Just go. But you got what you wanted.
Get out! Alison, do what he says.
You got what you wanted. Please don't hurt him.
Get out! Alison!
Please, go!
What you sticking around for?
You'll be next! Get out!
LIAM: Please, go.
OFFICER, MUFFLED: Armed police! On your knees!
Stay where you are!
OFFICERS CLAMOURING
Putting it down!
CLAMOURING CONTINUES
Don't... Don't shoot!
I'm putting it down!
I got nothing! OFFICER: Stop resisting!
Stop resisting! Stay where you are!
BRADEN GRUNTING, PANTING
Braden Moore...
I'm arresting you for murder,
armed robbery and attempted murder.
You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention when questioned
anything which you may later rely on in court.
OFFICERS CHATTER
Got the suspect secured. Get him in the car.
You OK?
We got Helen's admission on tape, which is...
Thanks for getting in contact. You did the right thing.
He was a good man, was Charlie, wasn't he?
LIAM CLEARS THROAT, CHUCKLES
Is that why you did it? Was it all for him?
It was.
I'd believe you if you hadn't run off with a £5 million necklace.
Look, Alison was just wondering if she could have a word with him.
Yeah, she can have a minute. Yeah.
Thank you.
Are you OK?
Yeah.
You gave yourself up for me.
It was worth it.
Mm.
Just so you know, I was really tempted by your offer.
Next time, eh?
I'm so sorry.
Just...
I actually like working hard.
And all I ever wanted is for people to give me a chance,
the same chance as anyone else.
All right, it's time to go.
CAR DOOR OPENS I'm sorry.
ENGINE STARTS
SHE INHALES, SIGHS
SOFTLY: Hi.
It's nice to see you. Yeah, you too.
COURTROOM CHATTER
COURT OFFICIAL: All rise.
Case of Liam Barlow.
Are you Liam Barlow? Yes.
Liam Barlow, you are charged with conspiracy to rob
in that on or before 17th September of this year,
together with Helen Redman, Braden Moore, Antony Bates,
Chandra Bakshi and persons unknown,
you conspired to rob Amir Joshi and others.
How do you plead?
Guilty or not guilty?
Guilty.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Hello. James.
Sorry, the... the door was open.
Oh. Yeah.
Moving out? Yeah. We're moving into a new flat.
New start. Well, I hope...
I hope you don't mind me coming round.
I just wanted to give you some news. We've arrested Joseph Holhurst.
Not connected to the robbery, we couldn't do that.
But we had a good look through his accounts,
and we managed to charge him with money laundering.
So Hollis and Byrne have suspended him.
So it's not gonna make any difference
to us getting kicked out of here?
We also got news back from the review board.
I didn't wanna say too much until we knew the outcome,
but, you know, payments to informants are based on results.
And thanks to you, we made some pretty big arrests.
And it was your information that led to the recovery of the necklace.
So, erm...
PAPER RUSTLING
£50,000?
Is this for me?
It is.
Thank you.
Well, don't thank me. It was your hard work.
It's gonna really help.
Well, if you have anything left over...
..you might wanna think about this.
Erm...
With your skills...
..I'm sure you'll be in demand.
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