Line of Duty Page #8

USHER (CONT’D)

Have you reached a verdict upon

which you are all agreed?

FOREMAN OF THE JURY

No. We have not.

JUDGE:

In these circumstances I am willing

to accept a majority verdict upon

which 10 or more of you agree.

FOREMAN OF THE JURY

Yes my Lady.

USHER:

All rise.

And the Jury are led away to deliberate once

more. And Lindsay moves towards the exit.

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

Maneet approaches Steve’s desk.

Offers two files.

MANEET:

Pick A or B.

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Music Ends

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40:41

10:
40:53

STEVE:

A.

MANEET:

The report from the second PM on PC

Kennedy.

At his desk, Dot reacts when he hears Maneet’s

line. He looks very worried.

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

Carrying both files, Steve taps on the door.

HASTINGS:

Yes.

Steve enters.

STEVE:

Boss, sorry, I thought this

shouldn’t wait.

HASTINGS:

Yes. Come on.

Dot saw Steve go and has followed on his heels.

DOT:

This something I should know about,

gaffer?

HASTINGS:

Yes. Why didn’t you bring the whole

bloody office, with you?

STEVE:

Look. I’m sorry, sir. The

pathologist’s revised the findings

on Rod Kennedy’s post mortem.

Dot makes a point of shutting the door.

HASTINGS:

What? You mean she’s admitted that

they screwed up on the first one?

Steve shows Hastings a hard copy of the report.

Dot takes a keen interest too.

STEVE:

The findings are subtle. There’s a

superficial head injury --the

bruising was hidden under scalp

hair at the back of the head --and

minor defensive wounds on the hands

--again very subtle. Unfortunately

no organic material recovered from

under the fingernails.

DOT:

None of this is very strong.

STEVE:

No, but I went back over the

forensics and there were foreign

fibres on Kennedy’s clothing.

DOT:

Again, not strong.

STEVE:

Similar fibres were found in

Kennedy’s nose and mouth at the

second PM.

HASTINGS:

Right.

STEVE:

Best guess, someone smothered him,

then hanged him while he was

unconscious.

HASTINGS:

Well, if Bains killed Danny. I’d

lay you evens he killed Kennedy as

well.

STEVE:

Maneet just showed me this.

Steve shows Hastings the second file containing

a traffic cam vid cap of a passing car.

STEVE:

Traffic camera vid-caps from the

night of Rod Kennedy’s death. This

camera’s located less than half a

mile from the industrial estate.

This registration matches a vehicle

registered to -(

Pause for effect)

Harinderpal Bains.

HASTINGS:

We’ve definitely gone over the

threshold for our friend PC Hari

Bains. Bring him in, Steve.

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42:11

DOT:

Good call, gaffer.

STEVE:

Sir.

Exit Steve and Dot sharply.

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INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. CONTINUOUS.

Steve and Dot come out of Hastings’ office. Dot

needs to think on his feet.

STEVE:

What happened with the post-mortem?

Weren’t you supposed to organise

it?

DOT:

Yes. Listen, mate, no. I sent the

email but I only just saw this

morning it’d bounced back from the

pathologist’s office.

STEVE:

All right.

DOT:

(winks)

Steve, life-saver.

Steve calls Maneet on the internal phone system.

STEVE:

Maneet, get me an update on Hari

Bains’s whereabouts. Urgent.

Maneet jumps to a phone, while calling up data

on her screen.

MANEET:

(Into phone.)

Telecoms.

(Waits on line.)

DOT:

I’ll get hold of Kate... See if

she’s on his tail...

Dot carries on walking out of the office.

Steve notices him going but returns his

attention to Maneet.

Music

10:
42:35

DUR:
4’37”.

Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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10:
42:50

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42:57

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43:02

MANEET |

(Into phone.)|

We need an urgent triangulation on |

a suspect’s mobile phone.

(Refers to computer.)

Telephone number 07591 152 689

INT. HARI’S HOUSE. GARAGE. SAME TIME.

Hari does some carpentry, trying to bury himself |

in the task. His phone lies nearby. |

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INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. CONTINUOUS. |

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Maneet gets the information from Telecoms. Calls |

Steve. Phone rings. Steve picks up the receiver. |

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STEVE |

Yes. |

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MANEET |

(To Steve.)|

He’s at or near home... |

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STEVE |

(Going to a phone)|

Right. He could have concealed |

firearms. Organise armed back-up... |

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INT. SOUTH FERRY STATION. BRIEFING ROOM. MOMENTS |

LATER. |

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Reynolds briefs a group of AFOs that includes |

Kate and McAndrew. |

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Behind Reynold’s is a map on screen and Google |

Earth type images of the street. Bain’s house is |

highlighted. |

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REYNOLDS |

Telecoms triangulation places Hari |

Bains at his home address. We |

understand that his wife and one |

child reside at this same address. |

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McAndrew raises her hand. |

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REYNOLDS (CONT’D) |

What? |

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43:26

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43:33

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43:36

MCANDREW |

PC Francis is in Bains’s squad. She |

shouldn’t be in here. |

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REYNOLDS |

(Beat)|

Correct. Thank you, Francis. |

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KATE |

Sir. |

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Exit Kate, reluctantly. |

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INT. SOUTH FERRY STATION. DOWNSTAIRS CORRIDOR 1. |

CONTINUOUS. |

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Kate heads out bitterly. She takes out her |

phone. |

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INT. DOT’S CAR. MOMENTS LATER. |

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Dot drives, his face set hard. His phone rings. |

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DOT |

(Via Bluetooth)|

DI Cottan. |

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INT./EXT. SOUTH FERRY STATION. GARAGE TIME. |

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Kate passes through the garage and then out to |

the exterior. |

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Intercut with Dot driving on his Bluetooth. |

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KATE |

(Into phone)|

I’ve been bumped off the op. Too |

close to Bains. I need to be in on |

this, Dot. Can you make a call? |

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DOT |

(Into Bluetooth)|

No. This is too dangerous. I want |

you out of it. |

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KATE |

(Into phone)|

For Christ sake, Dot --|

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43:55

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44:13

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44:16

DOT |

(Into Bluetooth)|

Sorry, Kate. |

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Kate looks very frustrated. |

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He hangs up. |

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INT. SOUTH FERRY STATION. ARMOURY. CONTINUOUS. |

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McAndrew and the other AFOs (8 in total) get |

issued their firearms --a flurry of forms being |

signed, ammunition load, guns holstered. |

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MCANDREW |

You set aside that this is one of |

our own. Hari Bains is potentially |

armed and is considered to be |

extremely dangerous. |

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INT./EXT. SOUTH FERRY STATION. GARAGE. MOMENTS |

LATER. |

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Two firearms teams of four AFOs scramble aboard |

two back-up vans --McAndrew with her team in |

the first, the other four AFOs in the second. |

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MCANDREW |

Let’s get this done. |

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The metal gates go up and the vans speed away on |

a blue light. |

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Kate watches them depart, helpless. |

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EXT. CITY STREET. CONTINUOUS. |

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The back-up vans speed in convoy through traffic |

on blue lights, now followed by a couple of |

squad cars. |

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INT./EXT. SOUTH FERRY STATION. GARAGE. MOMENTS |

LATER. |

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Kate answers her phone. |

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KATE |

Hello. |

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STEVE (O.S)|

(out of phone)|

Kate, you were right about the PM.|

Rod Kennedy... |

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