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KATE:

Or you can continue as a witness

and AC-12 will note your

cooperation in your performance

review. We hear you're applying for

the Executive Officers course.

MALLICK:

(Beats.)

I was at my daughter’s school play

and responded within ten minutes.

You checked the phone records?

KATE:

They corroborate your statement,

sir.

MALLICK:

Lindsay didn’t give me enough time

before going over my head to

Dryden. I knew Wallis and Butler.

I’m godfather to Wallis’s kids. I’d

never have let them go out without

firearms and back-up. No f***ing

way.

That seems to convince Steve and Kate. They continue.

STEVE:

Sir, we’ve got a few questions to

ask in regard to our investigation

into DI Denton. She was interested

in the disappearance of Carly Kirk.

MALLICK:

It was one of the longer term

mispers placed on 28-day review and

placed within Denton’s brief.

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KATE:

Did she show interest in the case

before then, sir?

MALLICK:

No, she didn’t. As far as I know,

it was only when I put her on the28’s, after the ambush.

KATE:

Right.

(Blows sigh,

disappointed.)

STEVE:

Who dealt with the case originally?

MALLICK:

Response Officer was SergeantO’Neill.

Kate glances towards O’Neill. Steve follows her look. O’Neilllooks very, very nervous all of a sudden.

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654A EXT. CITY STREET. MOMENTS LATER. *

Steve and Kate cross a busy street towards his/her car. *

KATE:

Lindsay deliberately avoidedrunning the details of the witnesstransfer past Mallick.

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STEVE:

She knew he’d not let her go outwith firearms and back-up.

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KATE:

She was conspiring to make thosecoppers defenceless.

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They reach the car. *

STEVE:

I’ll drop you.

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KATE:

Where you going?

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STEVE:

Back to work.

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655 OMITTED

656 OMITTED

656A OMITTEDOMITTED

656AA INT. LINDSAY’S HOUSE. THAT NIGHT.

Steve sits with Lindsay on the sofa.

STEVE:

We went to 4th Street today.

LINDSAY:

Really?

STEVE:

We’re looking at the Duty Sergeant.

LINDSAY:

O’Neill?

STEVE:

I checked O’Neill’s record. You had

a run-in with him last year, got

him disciplined for misuse of his

work computer.

LINDSAY:

There was never any love lost

between us.

Lindsay leaves it at that. Steve has to probe.

STEVE:

He took the call from Akers the

night of the ambush. Could he have

been in on it, and let you carry

the can?

LINDSAY:

I don’t see how. Fancy a drink?

STEVE:

I’ll get it.

Steve goes into the kitchen, and reflects on what he’s just

learned.

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656AB INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. NEXT DAY.

O’Neill enters with his Police Federation rep, another

uniform sergeant. He looks nervous as hell as he stands to

attention in front of Hastings.

HASTINGS:

Sit down, O’Neill.

O’NEILL

Sir.

O’Neill and his rep sit. Steve starts the tape.

STEVE:

AC-12 interview of Sergeant O’Neill

by Superintendent Hastings, DS

Arnott, DC Fleming. Sergeant

O’Neill, it’s your right to be

interviewed by an officer at least

one rank superior. Superintendent

Hastings will ask the questions. DC

Fleming and I will present

information only.

HASTINGS:

What duties did you carry out in

connection with the disappearance

of Carly Kirk?

O’NEILL

I was the initial Response Officer.

As soon as we got the report about

her disappearance, I organised the

interview with her foster parents,

with her mates, organised the door-

to-door ... It was a dead end.

After that, she went on 28-day

review and I had nowt to do with

the case.

HASTINGS:

We’ve uncovered evidence that Carly

Kirk was involved in a blackmail

conspiracy with a man using the

name Alex Campbell.

O’Neill gets tense.

Hearing the first part of Steve’s dialogue, he turns to

Steve.

STEVE:

As part of our investigation, we

seized your work computer.

(MORE)

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656AB CONTINUED:

STEVE (CONT'D)

On the hard drive we found evidence

of a police database search carried

out on the 25th August of this year

in respect of the name Alex

Campbell.

HASTINGS:

Sergeant, why were you searching

for information on Alex Campbell?

O’NEILL

I wasn’t, sir.

HASTINGS:

You deny it?

O’NEILL

Yes, sir.

KATE:

Sergeant O’Neill has a history of

misconduct. A yellow notice for

using his work computer to visit

online gambling sites.

HASTINGS:

One yellow notice already. Two

strikes and you’re out, O’Neill. No

job, no pension.

STEVE:

On the night of the ambush,

Sergeant O’Neill was the Duty

Sergeant at 4th Street Station.

HASTINGS:

Two of your mates got killed that

night. Why were you searching for

information on Alex Campbell?

O’NEILL

No comment.

Kate slides photos across the table to O’Neill. They’re

Tommy’s driving licence and ID photos.

KATE:

For the tape, I’m showing the

interviewee Photo Document 1,

photographs of Alex Campbell.

HASTINGS:

You recognise him?

O’Neill can’t answer, getting very nervous now.

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KATE:

No lies. Alex Campbell is a person

of great interest to us.

STEVE:

Any person found to have been

attempting to trace Campbell prior

to the ambush is automatically a

suspect in our investigation.

KATE:

Your hard drive indicates you were

seeking information on him.

HASTINGS:

Conspiracy to Murder carries a life

sentence. This won’t be just a red

notice -- I’ll go after the

criminal prosecution.

STEVE:

Part of me’s thinking, maybe you

weren’t to know what would happen

to Alex Campbell. You couldn’t let

on for fear of being sucked into

the conspiracy investigation.

O’NEILL

That’s the truth.

HASTINGS:

You need to start talking --now.

O’Neill looks a rabbit in headlights.

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656C INT./EXT. LINDSAY’S HOUSE. LATER THAT DAY.

Lindsay opens the door. She’s surprised to be confronted by

Kate.

KATE:

How are you, ma’am?

LINDSAY:

Fine, thanks.

KATE:

Would you be prepared to accompany

me to a crime scene? It could help

us find Carly Kirk.

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656C CONTINUED:

LINDSAY:

Where?

KATE:

Edge Park Railway Station.

Lindsay reacts, a little concerned, then covers it.

LINDSAY:

(Beat.)

Absolutely.

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656D EXT. RAILWAY STATION. LATER THAT DAY.

Kate leads Lindsay onto a walkway or similar vantage point.

KATE:

When I worked with you, I saw at

first hand how much finding Carly

meant to you.

LINDSAY:

Just doing my job.

KATE:

You don’t have to put up a front,

ma’am. In Missing Persons sometimes

you feel a connection. We’re not

machines.

Lindsay is wrong-footed by this softer approach from Kate.

KATE:

We now know that Carly could still

be alive. Her visit here with

Dryden may be crucial to finding

her.

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