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typically reach 900 degrees

Celsius.

KATE:

You said you didn’t know much about

it.

LINDSAY:

I was taken aback by the heat of

the fire at the time. It’s

something I looked up afterwards.

KATE:

Picking up on the forensics,

though, let’s speculate on whether

the tracker might not have been on

Akers’ vehicle prior to being found

there.

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COTTAN:

You were a variable. Maybe you’d

get suspicious and ruin the plan.

So they put the tracker on your

car.

LINDSAY:

That’s not what happened.

KATE:

Or you were a scapegoat. Left alive

to carry the blame. And the tracker

would only add to that.

LINDSAY:

As I said, that’s not what

happened.

HASTINGS:

Yet, DI Denton, it’s what the

forensics are implying.

STEVE:

Sir, with respect, this

conversation can’t take place.

You’re asking DI Denton questions

relating to the charge of

Conspiracy to Murder, questions

which are specifically off-limits

under legal process.

HASTINGS:

No one’s accusing Lindsay of

anything here. She’s helping purely

as a witness, DS Arnott.

(To Lindsay.)

Yes?

LINDSAY:

Of course.

COTTAN:

Is it possible the tracker was

placed under your car without your

knowledge?

LINDSAY:

It’s possible.

KATE:

You seem sceptical, Inspector.

LINDSAY:

No. We have to be open-minded.

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HASTINGS:

Because, of course, if you were

sure it couldn’t have been there,

that would mean you’d checked --

and why would you do that?

Lindsay realises she’s close to digging herself a big hole.

LINDSAY:

Sorry. Do you mind? Can I have a

loo break?

HASTINGS:

Of course.

Lindsay heads out. Steve indicates for a female staffer to

follow her, then drops back. He waits till she’s out of

sight.

STEVE:

What the hell’s this?

KATE:

We’ve got on record the time Denton

radioed in the Status Zero. Various

figures are bandied about but the

best estimate is between four and

five minutes elapsed before the

blue lights arrived. If you were

her, what would you do in that

time?

STEVE:

She gave first aid.

KATE:

Hardly -- she threw a coat over

Akers.

COTTAN:

Thirty seconds, tops.

KATE:

What next?

STEVE:

She took cover.

HASTINGS:

Wisely.

COTTAN:

Another thirty seconds, tops.

KATE:

That gives her at least three more

minutes. What did she do with them?

(MORE)

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KATE (CONT'D)

My bet is, she found the tracker,

and moved it. Because it’s the one

thing that would prove she was part

of the ambush conspiracy before she

got the emergency call that night.

Whether conspirator or scapegoat,

she was known to the ambushers.

Steve looks uneasy. Hastings and Cottan absorb Kate’s point

sagely.

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642 INT. AC-12. LADIES’ TOILET. CONTINUOUS.

Lindsay shuts herself in and takes deep breaths, facing the

mirrors. Her mind is visibly working overtime.

The door of a locked cubicle opens. Out steps Carly Kirk in

regular clothes (not waitress’s uniform).

Lindsay is shocked to her core, unable to figure out what’s

happening.

Carly freshens up her lipsticks etc.

CARLY:

Like your necklace.

LINDSAY:

Sorry?

CARLY:

(Points.)

Your necklace. It’s really pretty.

Lindsay looks down but she isn’t wearing a necklace. Puzzled,

when she looks up, she’s alone in the bathroom. Carly was

never there.

Shaking, Lindsay gazes at her reflection(s), struggling to

get a grip on herself.

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646 INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Lindsay retakes her seat calmly. She gives Steve a reassuring

look. He returns it. Lindsay feels back in control.

LINDSAY:

These questions have to be asked

some time so I’m happy to deal with

them now. Obviously if at any point

anyone’s uncomfortable from a legal

viewpoint, we should stop straight

away.

HASTINGS:

That’s very much appreciated,

Lindsay.

LINDSAY:

I can’t explain the irregularities

in the forensics.

KATE:

But you must accept it’s possible

that someone placed a tracker on

your vehicle without your

knowledge?

LINDSAY:

I don’t, actually, DC Fleming.

Because that would mean I was known

to the conspirators prior to the

ambush, and I wasn’t.

KATE:

Then why would there be an order to

spare you?

LINDSAY:

An order?

STEVE:

Kate, you can’t ask this.

LINDSAY:

Has someone told you there was an

order to spare me?

HASTINGS:

DI Denton, it would certainly help

us if you were prepared to address

this issue. If you’d rather not ...

Tense, pregnant beats while Lindsay shifts uncomfortably.

LINDSAY:

I’ve always wondered if I was just

lucky.

(MORE)

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LINDSAY (CONT'D)

Now I realise they knew I had

nothing to do with it, and planned

to let me go.

KATE:

Then you were known to them. They

could also have used you to track

the convoy. Which means there was a

tracker and it had to have been

moved.

LINDSAY:

Could’ve been a tracker, could’ve

been moved.

HASTINGS:

There’s no “could’ve” about it, DI

Denton -- the forensics says so.

LINDSAY:

Yes, but, as a word to the wise,

sir, it’s legally unacceptable for

you to ask me if I moved it.

KATE:

Do you know who moved it?

LINDSAY:

Very good. No, I don’t.

KATE:

Was it moved before the blue lights

arrived?

LINDSAY:

Not to my knowledge. You’ll

probably find that the tracker

wasn’t entered in evidence until

many hours later, when the fire was

out and the vehicle secured from a

health and safety perspective. That

left ample time for another party

to move the tracker.

KATE:

It was a crime scene.

HASTINGS:

A crime scene’s crawling with

witnesses.

KATE:

Isn’t it more likely the tracker

was moved when there were no

witnesses?

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LINDSAY:

That’s not what happened. Akers’

car was on fire. No one could’ve

got near it till after the fire was

out.

KATE:

It would be possible to transfer

the tracker using some kind of

implement that extended a person’s

reach.

LINDSAY:

Was such an implement found at the

scene?

KATE:

(Beat.)

No.

Long, silent beats.

LINDSAY:

Anything else?

HASTINGS:

No. Thank you, DI Denton. Again.

Steve signals to a female staffer. She escorts Lindsay away.

KATE:

She moved the tracker. She could’ve

used a bit of one of the cars that

broke off in the collisions. She

was out in the countryside. She

could’ve used a branch, for f***’s

sake.

HASTINGS:

Nicking criminals is hard enough.

Nicking coppers -- God give us

strength.

Kate’s exasperated, at the end of her tether. She exits

sharply.

Steve exits too, goes after her.

STEVE:

Kate -

She keeps going, ignoring him -- exit.

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