Line of Duty Page #6

On screen is the selfie of Rachel and wine glass

with the message: Hi, Danny. Same again soon?

Rachel x

STEVE:

You got ID on the contact?

MANEET:

The mobile service provider has

disclosed the registered user. I’m

just cross-checking with the DVLA

to see if the driving licence

photocard matches the selfie.

HASTINGS:

Well done. Well done.

MANEET:

The hard drive of Danny Waldron’s

work computer hasn’t revealed

anything suspicious as yet. The

same goes for the domestic lap-top

we seized, and I’m still trying to

trace this photo.

MANEET calls up the images on her computer. She

pulls up a photo of the football team.

STEVE:

Good work.

(subdued)

Let me know when you’ve got the

info on the storage facility.

Steve drifts away.

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21:30 EXT. RIVERSIDE. NEXT DAY.

Jackie jogs round the park. Eventually she

approaches a bench where Kate is sitting waiting

for her. Kate stands as Jackie nears.

KATE:

All right... Must be nice having

all this extra energy to work off.

JACKIE:

Is that supposed to be funny?

KATE:

Look. I’ve swerved desk duties, but

AC-12 are gonna keep after all of

you, me included. You can’t run

away from them.

JACKIE:

Really? Is that why they’ve had to

back off arresting us.

KATE:

That’s cause they haven’t got

enough evidence yet. That’ll change

when they know about Hari’s radio

call.

JACKIE:

Yeah. Well... The only way they’ll

know about that is if you tell

them.

KATE:

Or Hari does. He seems pretty

nervous to me.

Jackie puts up a stone wall.

JACKIE:

We went into the room. There was no

one there. We had to get a steer on

whether to look for firearms or to

call in for a search team.

KATE:

It didn’t sound like that to me.

Hari said “Better come up here”

like there was trouble. That put

Danny on edge. So he drew his

firearm.

JACKIE:

Okay, so?

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KATE |

So. Someone was entrapping Danny. |

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JACKIE |

(Tough, cold)|

You know something, Kate? You don’t |

know a thing. |

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Jackie runs on, leaving Kate puzzled and |

concerned.

EXT. STORAGE FACILITY. NEXT DAY.

Steve parks up outside the storage facility. He |

locks the car with the fob and heads inside. |

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INT. STORAGE FACILITY. NEXT DAY. |

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Steve shows his badge to a unit manager. |

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STEVE |

DS Arnott. We spoke on the phone.|

I’ve got this receipt here. |

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He hands the receipt to the unit manager. |

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INT. STORAGE FACILITY. MOMENTS LATER. |

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The unit manager matches the storage receipt to |

a storage unit. He unlocks the unit revealing a |

cooler box. |

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STEVE |

Step back, please. |

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The unit manager steps back as Steve pulls on |

gloves. |

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Steve releases the catches that hold the lid in |

place. There’s a tiny hiss of air being released |

and Steve reacts to the foul smell. |

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Gingerly, Steve lifts the lid. He opens the |

black plastic wrapping. |

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Inside is a human head. |

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24:27 INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. LATER THAT DAY.

At his desk, Steve and Dot study forensic images

on his computer of the cooler box and severed

head, with forensic labels in the appropriate

places.

DOT:

Must have made a right whiff.

STEVE:

Yeah.

Hastings joins them.

DOT:

Sir.

HASTINGS:

Yes.

DOT:

Looks like this is Linus Murphy’s

missing head... Although we’re just

waiting on full forensics.

HASTINGS:

And the post-mortem?

STEVE:

Report came through earlier.

Steve calls up the report on his computer.

STEVE (CONT’D)

Multiple serious cutting and

gouging wounds to the chest,

abdomen, genitals and anus. The

cause of death was internal

haemorrhaging due to a pelvic

fracture. No prints or fibres were

found on the implements or the body

or at the premises, therefore it's

still not possible to pin the

murder on Danny Waldron. However...

Steve calls up images of the contents of Danny’s

box of secrets, starting with the boys group

photo.

STEVE (CONT’D)

The photograph shows Danny Waldron

as a teenager.

Steve blows up a section of the photo, revealing

a young man accompanying the boys like he’s a

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coach, dressed in a tracksuit.

STEVE (CONT’D)

And facial recognition software

gives a 99.5 per cent likelihood

this man's a young Ronan Murphy.

The suspect shot by Danny Waldron

during Operation Damson.

HASTINGS:

What? They knew each other.

This is a massive bombshell for everyone. Tense

beats.

Steve blows up another section of the photo,

showing an older man.

STEVE:

And this person bears a strong

resemblance to Linus Murphy’s

severed head. Danny knew him too.

HASTINGS:

What the hell are they both doing

in a photograph with Waldron?

STEVE:

I’ll update when I’ve got more

facts, sir.

Steve brings up the next image, the empty

envelope.

STEVE (CONT’D)

Now. There’s nothing inside the

envelope, but I believe that’s

because Danny Waldron met his death

prematurely. I mean. All these

mementoes would seem to be clues to

his activities, and I reckon at

some point he intended to include

something more in the envelope.

DOT:

That makes sense.

Maneet approaches them.

HASTINGS:

Yes?

She shows them a hard copy of a scan of a

driving licence. It’s the girl Danny was talking

to at the bar.

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MANEET:

The ID checks out on Danny

Waldron’s last contact --Rachel

O’Connor.

STEVE:

Thanks, Maneet.

Steve studies the picture of Rachel.

HASTINGS:

Good work, Steve. Carry on.

DOT:

Yeah. Nice one.

Dot stands and exits. Out on Steve looking at

the scan of the driving licence.

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INT. RACHEL’S SCHOOL ENTRANCE HALL. LATER THAT

DAY.

Steve crosses to a tall man in the entrance

hall.

They shake hands and head into the building

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INT. RACHEL’S SCHOOL. LATER THAT DAY.

Steve interviews Rachel in an empty classroom.

STEVE:

May I ask, What is or was your

relationship with Sergeant Danny

Waldron?

RACHEL:

We met on a night out. He was with

a bunch of his police mates.

STEVE:

Analysis of Danny’s phone records

reveals a call from your mobile

phone to his lasting a couple of

seconds...

Steve shows her the page of call history --the

other calls are redacted with black rectangles.

RACHEL:

That was the night we met. I was

giving him my phone number.

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STEVE:

I’m sorry to pry, but it may help

our investigation to know the

extent of your relationship...

RACHEL:

We had a couple of drinks and he

walked me home. He didn’t come

inside.

STEVE:

Thank you. You sent him a text

message?

RACHEL:

A couple of days later. I hadn’t

heard from him.

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