Line of Duty Page #11

BOB:

25-35.

When entered, that reduces the number of matches by a lot.

KATE:

Ethnicity? White, Afro-Caribbean,

Asian -

BOB:

Asian.

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Kate enters that information, and the number of matches drops

to a number just below a hundred.

KATE:

Here we go.

Kate calls up the first mug shot, a police officer with a

name beginning with A.

TESSA:

No.

Kate calls up the next, and so on.

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451 INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. MOMENTS LATER.

Steve sets up the DVD player. Enter Cottan.

STEVE:

This is CCTV of the event at City

Hall attended by Dryden on the

night of 16th August.

COTTAN:

How many tapes?

STEVE:

I had them digitised onto a single

disk.

COTTAN:

Brilliant.

Steve loads the disk and the loading title appears on screen.

COTTAN:

Where’s the popcorn?

STEVE:

Bell-end.

Steve starts the show.

The first sequence is wide-angle footage showing a well-

appointed formal function room. Lots of high-status guests,

well dressed, enjoy champagne reception. Waiters and

waitresses circulate with drinks and canapes.

COTTAN:

How come I never get invited to

these do’s?

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Steve gives him a look that speaks volumes.

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452 INT. ASHCLIFFE NURSING HOME. ELIZABETH’S ROOM. THAT EVENING.

Regan pointedly looks at her watch and glances over at

Carroll. Carroll looks at her watch and nods.

REGAN:

Time.

LINDSAY:

I thought I could stay?

CARROLL:

D’you know how much a night shift

costs?

REGAN:

Would’ve loved the overtime.

LINDSAY:

But what if she ... ?

Lindsay means that her mum might die tonight.

CARROLL:

You have to leave. Answering only

“Yes” or “No”, do you understand?

LINDSAY:

(Beat. Upset.)

Yes.

Lindsay grips on to her mum’s hand, desperate not to let go.

Elizabeth looks between Lindsay and the prison officers and

understands the dynamic. She makes a distressed noise.

LINDSAY:

It’s okay, it’s just work. I’ve got

to go now, mum. I’ll try and see

you again soon.

Lindsay keeps the blanket over her hands as she kisses her

mum goodbye.

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453 EXT. ASHCLIFFE NURSING HOME. MOMENTS LATER.

A prison transport vehicle pulls up sharply. The driver

doesn’t get out. He hits a switch -- a beeping sound

indicates the rear doors are now unlocked.

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Regan and Carroll put Lindsay into the back and shut the

doors.

The driver hits the switch, the beeping sound stops, and the

locks turn electronically.

They get in the front cabin and the vehicle pulls away.

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454 INT. PRISON TRANSPORT VEHICLE. CONTINUOUS.

In the cell in the back, Lindsay reflects sadly.

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455 INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. MOMENTS LATER.

Steve and Cottan watch more CCTV. Eventually they spot

Dryden, hobnobbing with various grandees.

STEVE:

There’s Dryden.

They watch his movements -- nothing out of the ordinary.

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456 INT. PRISON TRANSPORT VEHICLE. MOMENTS LATER.

Anguished, Lindsay presses an intercom button.

REGAN (O.S.)

(Out of intercom.)

Do you require assistance?

LINDSAY:

We have to go back.

REGAN (O.S.)

(Out of intercom.)

That’s not possible.

LINDSAY:

I can’t let the last things I said

be lies. I’ve got to go back and

tell her the truth.

There are a couple of seconds of silence and then the

intercom link is broken.

Lindsay bangs on the side of the cell in frustration.

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Suddenly the vehicle shakes with an almighty crash. Lindsay

gets thrown about in her seat, only restrained by the

harness.

There’s another almighty crash. This time the vehicle rolls.

Falling onto its side, there’s the sound of tearing metal as

it skids. Terrified, Lindsay is suspended from her harness,

the vehicle’s floor now its ceiling.

The vehicle skids to a halt. Shaken, Lindsay takes a moment

to orientate herself.

There’s a beeping sound of the locks having tripped. The rear

door is partly crumpled.

A notice reads:
SEAT BELTS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES.

She releases the belt and she drops under gravity onto the

partition doors. It’s a painful fall that makes her gasp in

pain.

She scuttles on the door trying to figure out how to open it

safely.

The door gives way and she drops through. She picks herself

up and crawls out of the open back door.

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457 EXT. PRISON TRANSPORT VEHICLE. CONTINUOUS.

The vehicle lies on its right side on a winding lane in the

countryside en route to the prison.

Lindsay hurries round to the front cabin. Regan is

unconscious in the left hand (top most) seat with blood

trickling from her forehead. Her slumped body presses down on

Carroll in the middle seat and the driver (also unconscious)

at the bottom.

Lindsay reaches through the smashed window and finds a bunch

of keys on Regan’s belt.

CARROLL:

Don’t do that!

But, pinned between the two bodies, Carroll can’t stop her.

Lindsay unlocks her handcuffs.

LINDSAY:

What happened?

CARROLL:

Got cut up. That car.

Carroll gazes down the road.

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Lindsay sees a big, dark 4x4 vehicle, stationary 50-100 yards

ahead.

LINDSAY:

You got a phone you can reach?

CARROLL:

I think so.

LINDSAY:

Call for ambulance and police.

CARROLL:

Get back in the van -

Lindsay moves away without engaging in further discussion.

She heads down the road towards the stationary vehicle.

Suddenly its reversing lights flash on and there’s the high

whine of it reversing very quickly up the lane towards

Lindsay.

Lindsay turns and runs back towards the prison transport

vehicle.

LINDSAY:

Make the call!

CARROLL:

I can’t find my phone!

Lindsay takes a couple of seconds to weigh up her options.

The car is closing fast.

She runs in the direction away from the car.

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458 EXT. COUNTRY LANE. CONTINUOUS.

Lindsay looks back over her shoulder to see the car halt by

the prison vehicle and two men get out.

They wear motorcycle gear and helmets. Suddenly she’s

terrified.

Lindsay keeps running headlong away.

She looks back and sees the two men searching the back of the

prison van. They look towards her and see her. Lindsay gasps

and runs harder.

The men run back to their car and carry out a very fast three-

point turn in the lane.

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The only problem for them is that there isn’t enough room to

get past the prison vehicle. They try to push through the gap

but the prison vehicle gets jammed up against the side of the

road, angled outwards enough to block the lane.

A good distance away now, Lindsay sees a car approaching. She

tries to flag down the approaching car.

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