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Yes?

We oppose bail, Ma'am, due to the

serious nature of the charge.

Bail refused.

You are remanded in custody to

reappear here in two weeks' time.

Take him down.

There's been a mix up

with the paperwork...

Excuse me. Can you be more specific?

Excuse me, please!

Yes?

Are you OK, Mr O'Shea?

He's a haemophiliac!

Oh. Well, I'll make sure he's

looked after, don't worry.

Take him down, please.

4,600.

Yes.

Well, I don't have

any recent experience,

but isn't that's a lot for a funeral?

It's a bit more than average, yes.

Well, you've had an overdraft

with us for...quite some time

and your mortgage

is still in arrears,

so you've obviously struggled.

Unless your personal circumstances

have radically improved,

then I just don't think it's wise

to take on any more debt.

Sorry.

But they have improved.

Radically improved. How?

I have one less mouth to feed.

Sorry about that.

And I'm sorry to have bothered you.

And now the three of you

walking purposefully

from the car to the pizza place.

That is you there, Kieran, yeah?

No comment.

You say you went in for a pizza,

but that could be 20 minutes.

Why leave the engine running?

No comment.

And now you're out again, panicking.

You'd call that panicking,

wouldn't you, Colin?

There, you're shouting

at Kieran Gillespie.

Why are you shouting at him?

No comment.

Hiya. All right?

I'm just passing,

I thought I'd give you a lift.

Where?

ID parade.

Why are we stopping here?

His mother lives here. Whose?

Boy who got stabbed.

She's got something to say to you.

Hi, Margaret. Margaret Ward,

this is Hugo Davies. Hello. Hello.

He runs the pizza place. Oh!

I wanted to thank you, Hugo.

Thank you for phoning

the ambulance so promptly,

for giving my son

his best chance of survival.

It wasn't meant to be, but...

Thank you.

I'll phone you tonight.

'We think one of the three men

who entered your shop

'on the night of the murder

is in this line-up.'

Can you see

if you recognise anyone, please?

No.

Are you sure? Yeah.

Right, well...

One more.

Again, see if you can

recognise anyone, please.

No.

Do you want to see them again? No.

You were very quick, you see.

I've been a copper now for 33 years

and I've never seen anyone as quick.

It was if you didn't want to

recognise anyone.

Sorry.

You will be, son.

You didn't even recognise

Tony Wallace.

Who is Tony Wallace? You don't

know Tony Wallace? No.

We've checked the calls

made to and from your shop.

You phoned him 15 minutes

before the murder.

He phoned you immediately after it.

I'd like a lawyer, please.

Yeah.

There is very little

I can do for my son.

But I can give him a good sendoff,

a good funeral.

I'm getting 5,000 anyway.

I don't want it, but I'm getting it.

So give me it now

and then I can bury him with it.

We'll speed things through

as much as possible, Mrs Ward,

but...I can't promise

payment before the funeral.

Well, then, how do I bury my son?

And what are you charging

my client with?

Murder. What? Joint enterprise

murder. That's ridiculous!

Isn't it?

No.

Acid indigestion.

It's taking the enamel off my teeth.

God knows what it's doing

to my stomach. In the old days,

we worked hard to establish

who it was who used the knife.

He'd get done for murder and

the other scumbags would go free.

All that effort, I used to think,

just so scumbags could go free.

Well, now it's all changed.

We don't have to prove

who used the knife any more...

..cos you all get done for murder.

If you were there, egging him on,

backing him up,

helping in any way...

..a phone call,

a knowing look, even...

..you get done for murder.

It's called joint enterprise, Hugo,

and I love it.

Yes.

Is there anything we can help you

with, Detective Inspector? Yeah.

He can make a full statement,

name names

and agree to give evidence,

if necessary.

And in return?

He goes free.

'I was on my own.

'It dies off about eight, you see,

picks up again at about ten.'

'Hello?'

Hugo Davies here, Tony.

'You all right?'

You still after that gobshite

Albie Flanagan?

'Yes, mate, too right.'

Yeah, he's just phoned for

three specials.

'Yeah, spot on.

Be down in two.' OK, mate.

I go to the match.

I see linesmen.

They're unsure whether

a man's offside or not,

but they put the flag up.

Nine times out of ten,

they put the flag up.

Because they want

to be seen to matter.

And you're seen to matter if you

do something, not when you don't.

I think that's why I made the call.

'I wanted to be seen to matter.'

All right, Hugo? All right, Albie?

How's it going? Sound.

How long have you been here?

A few months. Is it any good?

Yeah, it's not bad.

Oh!

Not in here! Touch her again and

I'll kill you, right? Outside! Tony!

Get him out! You got me, yeah?

This is out of order, this, Tony!

This is completely out of order!

This'll bring the coppers round my

shop! That's not right, Tony!

I'll go on knocking the sh*t

out of you. Take him outside.

What are you looking at? Nothing.

You think I'm sh*t?

I'll kill you, right?

He's had enough now, mate. Tony, get

the f*** out of my shop Tony, now!

I said,

do you think I'm sh*t?!

No.

Get him outside! Chill out, mate.

It's all going to be on me...

If I had known you would do it here,

I'd have never have rung you, mate!

He's stabbed him.

The mad bastard's stabbed him!

Jesus, Kieran... I knew this would

happen. You mad bastard!

You stupid mad bastard!

F***ing...

..Someone's been stabbed.

I don't know what I'm doing, mate.

Please.

Superbo Pizza, it's on the corner.

Superbo Pizza.

The bastard's gone off without him.

Holt Road. H-O-L-T. Holt.

They all just got off and left me to

it, the pricks. Even Colin McCabe.

Even Colin McCabe?

Yeah, he's a nurse.

- Hello?

- 'It's me.'

How are you? 'Fine.'

'What is it?'

I can't get the money to bury him.

'Can I give you it?'

Yeah.

How much?

'4,600.

'And maybe 200 for the buffet.

'Four-eight.'

I'll bring round five grand tomorrow.

Four-eight.

Four-eight.

Thanks.

I'm sorry for treating you so badly.

I'm sorry for lying...

I just want the money, Tommy.

Right.

He's here, Mum.

Blessed art thou amongst women

and blessed is the fruit

of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners now

and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace.

The Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit

of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace.

The Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit

of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace.

The Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit

of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners...

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