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GILL:

I’ll tell you why. Because you

personally recruited him from

Counter-Terrorism, and that means

you having to admit your

misjudgement. Sorry, Ted, I intend

to return to this conversation.

Exit Gill. Hastings appears somewhat exposed.

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INT. AC-12. LOBBY. CONTINUOUS.

Steve catches up with Kate.

STEVE:

Kate.

Kate turns and heads for the exit.

STEVE (CONT’D)

Kate, wait. Please.

As Kate reaches the exit she slows. She gives

him a hearing.

STEVE (CONT’D)

One time you told me Lindsay Denton

had dirt on you. Remember what I

said?

KATE:

Maybe there is some people who

always tell the truth. The rest of

us choose our moments.

STEVE:

And that’s what I had to do. To

ensure the evidence was put in

front of the jury that would

convict Lindsay Denton of a crime

we all know she committed.

KATE:

We don’t “know”. The only person

who really knows is Lindsay

herself. We gather the evidence.

And the people decide. And they’ve

decided she didn’t do it. Because

you couldn’t keep it in your pants.

STEVE:

That’s not what happened.

KATE:

What happened?

STEVE:

It was an undercover operation in

which I nurtured the trust of the

target.

KATE:

That is straight out of the manual,

and total bollocks. You shagged her

because you wanted to.

STEVE:

I didn’t shag her.

KATE:

You know what, Steve; this is all

just a bit too late. You should

have told me the truth. You should

have given me the chance to work

with you on this. That’s what Music

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partners do.

DUR:
1’21”.

Specially

Exit Kate, furious with him. Steve looks bitter.

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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EXT. APPROVED PREMISES. STREET. THAT NIGHT |

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C/U B&B sign above door. Lindsay makes her with |

her bags towards the shabby looking B&B. |

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From across the street we see Dot step out of |

the shadows and he watches Lindsay from behind a |

bus shelter. |

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As Lindsay walks up the path Dot makes a call on |

his mobile. |

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INT. APPROVED PREMISES. ENTRANCE. THAT NIGHT. |

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Lindsay enters the grubby lobby of a low-cost |

B&B, an Approved Premises, formerly referred to |

as a bail hostel. |

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Behind a desk, a scruffy middle-aged bloke is on |

an online gambling site on his laptop. Lindsay |

offers him a document headed “Offender |

Management Team --Residence Order”. The man |

gives the document a cursory glance, then |

confirms a bet on the web site, then reaches |

behind for a room key. |

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The whole time Lindsay looks anxious and |

ashamed. |

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He hands Lindsay the key and then continues on |

the gambling web site. |

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INT. APPROVED PREMISES. LANDING. CONTINUOUS. |

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Lindsay makes her way along a grubby landing of |

bedroom doors. |

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One door opens briefly as someone leaves and |

through the momentary crack in the door Lindsay |

glimpses a middle-aged addict struggling to find |

a vein on her arm using the tourniquet-in-teeth |

technique. |

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Lindsay presses on to the room that corresponds |

to her key. She unlocks the door and goes in and |

can’t shut the door behind her quickly enough. |

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EXT./INT. AC-12. LOBBY/VANTAGE POINT. LATER THAT |

DAY. |

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Outside the revolving doors, two AFOs bearing

G36 carbines take up holding positions. One of

these is AFO X (male, 30s) who exchanges a nod

of recognition with Steve and Kate as they go on

through the entrance.

Armed but guns not drawn, Steve and Kate escort

Hari through the lobby. Hari wears prison

clothing.

From a vantage point, Dot watches him arrive,

with deep unease.

STEVE (V.O)

For the tape image 313 is a

photograph...

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. MOMENTS LATER.

Hari sits alongside his Solicitor facing Steve

and Hastings.

The interview is already in progress.

STEVE:

... of Item Reference NTW-7. The

said item is a rope found hanging

from an overhead support.

An armed guard is standing at the exit of the

interview room.

HASTINGS:

Detective Inspector Cottan has

given a statement where you

attempted to overpower him...

The camera pans across to another room where we

find Kate an Dot watching the interview on a

monitor.

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INT. AC-12. MEETING. CONTINUOUS.

Dot and Kate watch the interview via a live CCTV

feed.

HASTINGS (CONT’D)

... with the intent of causing

death by hanging.

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Music Ends

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

HASTINGS (CONT’D)

The exact same means as PC Rod

Kennedy.

HARI:

I didn’t murder Rod and I

absolutely didn’t attempt to murder

DI Cottan. In fact DI Cottan set me

up.

HASTINGS:

(Sceptical)

He “set you up”?

Insert Kate reacts. Dot puts on an affronted

expression for Kate’s benefit.

HARI:

Yeah. Cottan smashed himself in the

face to make it look like I hit

him. But I didn’t. As far as the

rope goes, he must have planted it

there beforehand.

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INT. AC-12. MEETING ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

KATE:

He’ll say anything to save his own

skin.

DOT:

Yeah.

HASTINGS (V.O)

Why would an officer of mine do

such a thing?

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

HASTINGS (CONT’D)

Huh?

HARI:

To frame me for Rod’s murder.

HASTINGS:

Do you have anything to support

these claims against DI Cottan? I

mean anything at all?

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But Dot looks very worried.

Hari has nothing to offer, to his own

consternation. He shakes his head in anguish.

HASTINGS (CONT’D)

(Still outraged.)

For the tape, the interviewee is

offering no supporting evidence.

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INT. AC-12. MEETING ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Dot looks relieved.

HASTINGS (O.S)(CONT’D)

Moving on ... DS Arnott.

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INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Still outraged, Hastings is eager to move on.

STEVE:

For the tape, Image 291, item

reference MR-3, and Image 292, item

reference MR-4.

While everyone looks in their folders, Steve

brings up a couple of evidence photos of mobile

phones found at Hari’s house.

STEVE (CONT’D))

MR-3 and 4 are mobile phones. A

Section-18 search of your property

recovered a pair of unregistered

pay-as-you-go phones concealed in

the garage.

From the other room Dot watches intently,

getting a little edgy. They move to the next

document while Steve brings up a scan on screen

of Hari’s phone record, with significant calls

highlighted.

STEVE (CONT’D)

Document 16. Analysis of activity

on these phones reveals they made

and received calls within the

telecommunications cell that covers

your home address. Three nights

before the murder of Danny Waldron,

a call was received by one of these

phones.

Music

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DUR:
4’13”.

Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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HASTINGS |

Who called you? |

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Hari’s Solicitor whispers in his ear, “Say No |

Comment.” |

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HARI |

No comment. |

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STEVE |

Document 16 again. The night before |

Danny Waldron’s murder. Another |

call. |

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HASTINGS |

Who called you that night? |

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Hari looks at his solicitor then shakes his |

head. |

STEVE |

Calls of a suspicious nature were |

made shortly before you volunteered |

to continue serving on Danny|

Waldron’s squad and before you |

murdered them. Who made those calls |

and what did they ask you to do? |

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Hari agonises. |

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