Line of Duty Page #9

KATE:

We can look into that.

Kate’s smile is fractured -- she feels a burden to make

amends.

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439 OMITTED

440 INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. LATER THAT DAY.

Steve and Kate work at their desks.

Enter Cottan.

COTTAN:

We’ve found summat on the flash-

drive.

They move sharply, following him to another desk, manned by

one of the staffers.

COTTAN:

(To staffer.)

Play it.

On the computer screen a video file plays. It’s mobile phone

video of TOMMY in the safe house.

ON SCREEN:
Tommy looks into the lens. He’s drunk.

TOMMY:

This bloody thing on or what?

ON SCREEN:
the phone gets passed to Akers, she points it at

Tommy, revealing him drinking a large Scotch.

TOMMY:

We had a deal. Immunity from

prosecution. That two-faced

bastard.

STEVE:

Who?

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Cottan puts a finger to his lips to shush Steve.

TOMMY:

That bastard think I’m not gonna

grass?

AKERS (O.S.)

Which bastard?

TOMMY:

They’re all at it. You show ‘em

this. Then they’ll see who they’re

dealing with.

AKERS (O.S.)

Police officers?

TOMMY:

Aye. That two-faced bastard, right

the way down to the Caddy.

AKERS (O.S.)

“The Caddy”?

TOMMY:

One of ours since he was a lad.

Been doing a job on the inside for

years now.

AKERS (O.S.)

What are you going to do?

TOMMY:

You’ll know soon enough. And it’s

all gonna come out -- unless I hear

that this immunity’s been sorted. I

had a deal.

The video file ends there.

COTTAN:

Recorded a week before the ambush.

Proves he was stressed about his

immunity.

STEVE:

Who’s the two-faced bastard?

COTTAN:

(To staffer.)

Play it.

(To all.)

The 9th of August statement

mentioned previously --

On the computer screen, there’s a piece of news coverage, of

Dryden giving a statement.

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DRYDEN:

(On screen.)

Manpower’s been cut. Senior

officers forced into retirement..

The challenges facing the Police

Service have never been greater.

Resources are incredibly stretched.

Yet certain police forces and the

courts collude in granting immunity

from prosecution to individuals I’d

describe as “repugnant offenders” --

men and women who cost the taxpayer

millions of pounds, year on year,

while any right-thinking person

would demand they face justice for

their crimes.

KATE:

Repugnant offender. Couldn’t have

put it better myself.

COTTAN:

Deputy Chief Constable Dryden --

Tommy’s “two-faced bastard”.

STEVE:

It was Dryden turning the screws on

Tommy.

HASTINGS:

The tape appears to suggest Tommy

intended to preserve his immunity

by threatening to out corrupt

officers.

KATE:

Most important of who was Dryden

himself.

Hastings becomes very uneasy at this suggestion. But the

finger is now very clearly pointing at Dryden. He changes the

subject.

HASTINGS:

And what about this other officer,

the Caddy?

A couple of pregnant beats while Cottan gauges how to handle

the situation.

COTTAN:

Mind if I look into it, sir?

HASTINGS:

Thanks, Dot.

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COTTAN:

Sir.

Exit Hastings to his office.

COTTAN:

(To 3rd Staffer.)

Anything turns up in the files

about this “Caddy”, shoot it over

to my computer, ta.

Cottan returns to his desk, darkly content.

Steve and Kate linger. They whisper.

KATE:

If Tommy did have something on

Dryden ...

STEVE:

That’s a hell of a motive for

Dryden to orchestrate the hit, and

keep it from coming out.

KATE:

Lindsay was set up.

They both look daunted.

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441 INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. THAT EVENING.

Kate works on her computer, searching Lindsay’s phone

records. Each number is linked to its registered user. She

looks down a list till she reaches a mobile number. It’s

registered to MICHAEL DRYDEN.

She absorbs this.

She attracts Steve’s attention.

KATE:

Steve ...

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442 INT. AC-12. HASTINGS’ OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

Steve taps on the door; he and Kate enter. She lays a

document on the desk in front of Hastings.

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KATE:

There are numerous calls in

Denton’s phone record, to and from

Deputy Chief Constable Dryden. The

last was on the evening of 16th

August, from Dryden’s mobile to

hers.

STEVE:

I’ve got a manager of the hotel

confirming that Denton and Dryden

were semi-regulars. Double room,

sometimes not even staying the full

night. Next step, we’d like you to

sign off on requests to access

Dryden’s phone and financial

records, please, sir.

Hastings studies the paperwork.

HASTINGS:

Plain as day, the man’s an

adulterer. Some people, you wonder

if they’ve got no shame.

Those words hit Kate hard. She contains herself.

Hastings glances at the clock.

HASTINGS:

One for the morning. Well done, you

two, well done.

STEVE:

You sure, sir? It’s looking like

Dryden’s involved in the ambush.

HASTINGS:

It looks like no such thing. Only

that he was having an affair with

Denton. One step at a time, son.

Hastings looks impassive. Beats.

STEVE+KATE

Sir.

Steve and Kate exit.

Alone now, Hastings gazes at the information request, very

uneasy and conflicted.

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443 INT. AC-12. TOILETS. CONTINUOUS.

Kate enters, finds herself alone, has a quick cry, and pulls

herself together.

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444 EXT. PRISON. TRANSPORT VEHICLE. NEXT DAY.

Lindsay is escorted in handcuffs to a private transport

vehicle by two prison officers, Offender Management Officer

REGAN (female, 50s) and Offender Management Officer CARROLL

(female, 30s).

REGAN:

Please mind your head.

Lindsay wears a coat over her prison clothing. She gets in

the back of the vehicle.

CARROLL:

Please mind the doors.

The doors are shut. Regan and Carroll stroll round to the

driver’s cabin.

The vehicle drives off.

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445 INT. ASHCLIFFE NURSING HOME. LATER THAT DAY.

Regan and Carroll flank Lindsay as she enters the reception

area.

LINDSAY:

(Indicating handcuffs.)

Can I have these off now?

REGAN:

Against regulations.

Lindsay struggles to pull her coat round her to cover her

prison clothing. She tries to tuck her hands under the coat

to hide the handcuffs.

NURSE KASIA NOWACKOWICZ (Polish, 30s) waits for Lindsay. It’s

embarrassing for them both.

KASIA:

We’re all very sorry about your

mum, Lindsay.

LINDSAY:

Thank you.

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Lindsay keeps her eyes down, desperately ashamed of her

situation.

KASIA:

I’ll take you to her straight away.

Kasia escorts them along a corridor. Lindsay tries not to

meet anyone’s eyes, and hunches into the coat.

LINDSAY:

Can you tell me what’s happened?

KASIA:

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