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14:16 INT. AC-12. MEETING ROOM. CONTINUOUS. |

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Dot gets very twitchy. |

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HASTINGS (O.S)|

For the tape, the interviewee is |

not answering. |

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STEVE (O.S)|

This pattern of communication. |

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14:24 INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS. |

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STEVE |

Unregistered pay-as-you-go phones, |

used for a short period then |

discarded --is one we all |

recognise from organised crime. |

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HASTINGS |

Who’s got you in their pocket? |

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HARI |

Nobody. |

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HASTINGS |

Hari, we have you receiving phone |

calls linked to Danny’s murder, we |

have you lobbying to stay on |

Danny’s squad, we have your hands |

all over the firearm, we have you |

consistently lying about Danny’s |

activities, we have a witness who |

says it was you who did all this, |

and not PC Rod Kennedy, we have you |

at the murder scene and we have you |

in possession of the instruments of |

Kennedy’s death. Now. That’s about |

the height of it, and it’s a great |

big pile of evidence that is going|

to crush you flat. Now come on. |

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Hari cracks, realising how bad it all looks. |

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HASTINGS (CONT’D)|

You killed Danny Waldron. Yes or|

no? |

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HARI |

(Beats)|

Yes. Yes. |

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Hari hangs his head in shame and anguish. |

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HASTINGS |

Good. Now we’re getting somewhere. |

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Cottan looks relieved. |

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Hari appears on the brink of telling all. |

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STEVE |

We know you can’t have been acting |

alone. Help us to help you. Who |

gave the order to kill Danny |

Waldron? Who was it? |

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Hari looks overwhelmed, ready to talk. |

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15:44 INT. AC-12. MEETING ROOM. CONTINUOUS. |

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Now Dot looks seriously worried. |

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HASTINGS (O.S)|

Come on. Who was it? Who was it?

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15:51

KATE:

(Under breath.)

You’ve got the bastard. Come on

talk.

That doesn’t help Dot one bit.

HARI (O.S)

He never gave me a name.

INT. AC-12. INTERVIEW ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Hari is on the ropes.

STEVE:

Who didn’t?

HARI:

The bloke I always spoke to. He

sounded like he was a Londoner,

southeast, or summat (something).

It was all done over the phone,

weren’t it? I never met anyone

like.

Kate is eager for Hari to crack. Dot is bricking |

it. |

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STEVE |

You’ve got to know more. Times, |

places, other contacts. Look. |

Someone’s behind all this, pulling |

the strings, and I want to know who|

it is. |

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Hari wavers, on the verge of speaking. Steve |

calls up an image on a computer screen --Ronan |

Murphy. |

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STEVE (CONT’D)|

Ronan Murphy, the suspect killed by |

Danny Waldron. What do you know |

about him? |

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HARI |

Nothing. |

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STEVE |

They had history, Danny and him. |

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HARI |

(Stunned)|

That’s news to me. |

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STEVE |

Danny shot Murphy and was going |

after Murphy’s associates. They |

were the ones that wanted Danny |

dead. The job you did for them. |

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HARI |

I don’t know Murphy. I don’t know |

his associates. I don’t know why |

they wanted Danny dead. |

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STEVE |

Look. Who’s behind this? What was |

Danny onto that meant you had to |

kill him? |

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But Hari just clams up, dare not say more, and |

shakes his head firmly. Steve’s exasperated. |

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HASTINGS |

Have you nothing further to say? |

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Hari shakes his head. |

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Dot breathes a sigh of relief. |

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Steve is frustrated. |

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Dot looks mightily relieved --exit, with a wink |

to Kate. |

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HASTINGS (O.S.)(CONT’D)|

You have offered nothing new in |

this interview to mitigate you |

being charged with the following |

offences. I therefore have the |

authority, from the Crown |

Prosecutor to charge you with |

one... |

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DOT |

We got the bastard. |

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KATE |

Yeah. They should throw away the |

key. |

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HASTINGS |

...The murder of PC Roderick |

Kennedy Two... The murder of PS |

Daniel Waldron and three... the |

attempted murder of DI Matthew |

Cottan. Do you understand? |

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17:19

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17:56

INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

Hari led away by two uniformed armed officers.

Steve returns to his desk, throws his folder

materials down loudly causing heads to turn.

He’s pissed off and frustrated.

Steve enters his password and selects a file

named Ronan Murphy UNREDACTED FILE. On the front

is a prominent mugshot of Ronan.

He opens the file and views scanned pages from

the file. The first few pages report that Ronan

Murphy had a long history of violent crime and

had a number of known criminal associates.

Three principal associates are shown with

cleared names and mugshots. Steve lingers over

this section.

Steve opens the search box and types in the word

“UNSOLVED” and strikes return. Murphy as a

suspect in unsolved (highlighted) gangland

murders and shows 4 interview dates November,

December 2012 and January, February 2013 in

connection with unsolved gangland murders.

The interviews were carried out by the MURDER

SQUAD Outcome:
NO CHARGES AGAINST SUSPECT.

Steve’s POV C/U on MURDER SQUAD.

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INT. STEVE’S FLAT. LATER THAT NIGHT.

Steve and Sam eat a meal in the same flat at the

same table but they could be on opposite sides

of the world. They don’t talk. They don’t look

at each other. Eventually Steve can’t bear it

any longer.

STEVE:

I've been doing more work on the

Ronan Murphy file. There's a small

entry, blink and you'd miss it,

that he was interviewed by a Murder

Squad, in relation to unsolved

gangland murders. But there’s no

details of the offences he was

being linked to.

SAM:

(Flat)

I can’t help you.

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Music Ends

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18:00

10:
18:42

STEVE:

How many times are we gonna go over

this? Lindsay lied in court to con

the jury. Maybe you’re thinking, if

he’d shag a suspect, who else is he

going to shag.

SAM:

I can’t help you because I’ve never

heard about any Murder Squad

investigation into Ronan Murphy. If

I had, don’t you think I’d have

bloody told you by now!

Sam gets up without finishing her supper and

goes into another room to sulk. Steve looks low.

Sam grabs the remote and turns the TV on.

TV SOUND (BACKGROUND)

-still subject to delays due to

over-running engineering work.

Normal...

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EXT. SANDS VIEW. THAT NIGHT.

The site of the derelict old boys’ home building

now has scaffolding up and a big billboard

declaring a new development of luxury flats -SANDS

VIEW APARTMENTS.

Joe Nash, drunk and tearful, throws an empty

beer bottle at the sign.

JOE:

For fucks sake!

He stumbles towards the development.

JOE (CONT’D)

Making all your money are you, eh?

He picks up a brick and lobs that too. Smashes a

window.

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