Line of Duty Page #5

JOE (CONT’D)

You bunch of bleeding twats.

Crash. Window smashes. He lobs another brick.

JOE (CONT’D)

Shithouse. You bunch of bastards.

A police car approaches on a blue light. Joe

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Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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stares into the headlights of the approaching.

JOE (CONT’D)

Oh, here they are. Come on then.

Great.

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INT. SOUTH FERRY POLICE STATION. INTERVIEW ROOM.

LATER THAT NIGHT.

Still bitter, Joe faces Steve and Kate.

JOE:

They should rip it down, and smash

every brick of it.

KATE:

Joe, we’ve spoken to the officer

handling your case. No one’s going

to press charges.

JOE:

Those bastards, they’re going to

get away with what they done to

us...

STEVE:

You know I'm gutted Dale Roach is

unfit to face prosecution...

KATE:

But, listen, Joe... we're looking

into the complaints made by you, or

Danny or any of the other lads to

the Police about the abuse you were

made to suffer. By staff and

visitors.

JOE:

Any police that came, they just

talked to the staff, I mean, they

was the bastards who were

organising it in the first place.

And anyone that talked about it and

that, they just got it ten times

worse.

Joe hangs his head and weeps, haunted and

traumatised. Steve and Kate are sympathetic.

STEVE:

We’re doing everything we can but

we still need your help, Joe.

Steve shows Joe the old photo of Ronan with the

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boys and then his recent mugshot.

STEVE (CONT’D)

We’re particularly interested in

this man. You identified him as a

football coach. His name’s Ronan

Murphy. Did you or anyone you know

ever make a complaint about him?

JOE:

Yeah, there was one time. A social

worker. He did nothing. Nothing was

done.

KATE:

What social worker?

JOE:

Just some posh twat. Posh to us,

anyway.

KATE:

We need a name, Joe.

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INT. AC-12. HASTINGS’ OFFICE. A FEW DAYS LATER.

Steve and Kate brief Hastings and Dot. Kate

shows a photo of a hippy-ish looking young man.

KATE:

Oliver Stephens-Lloyd, a registered

social worker with responsibility

at Sands View. He was a council

employee around the time that Danny

Waldron and Joe Nash were

residents. Only record found so far

is of a disciplinary hearing

accusing Stephens-Lloyd of dealing

cannabis to the residents.

Stephens-Lloyd denied the charges

and insisted he was being

victimised because he’d tried to

raise concerns about abuse at Sands

View.

STEVE:

All other records have been lost -

variously reported destroyed in a

fire or lost in an office move. The

tribunal report’s existence is

probably an oversight by whoever’s

been destroying records.

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Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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KATE:

All we have so far is Stephens-

Lloyd alleging that a number of

individuals, many of whom were in

positions of authority, were part

of a network of abusers. He

referred to compiling a list of

names that he’d passed on to the

police, but it appears none of

Stephens-Lloyd’s allegations were

investigated.

HASTINGS:

And regarding this list and the

officer it was passed to...

STEVE:

No record.

HASTINGS:

“No record.”

STEVE:

We’ll keep looking.

HASTINGS:

Find this social worker.

KATE (O.S)

Sir.

STEVE (O.S)

Sir.

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

Steve, Kate and Dot come out of Hastings’

office.

DOT:

Terrific presentation, guys,

honestly, really terrific.

Exit Dot.

KATE:

Steve. Before Danny died, he tried

to say something. I thought he

said, “Listen ... “ and then

couldn’t get any more words out.

Now I reckon what he said was

“List.”

They both reflect for a beat or two.

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Specially

composed by

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STEVE |

Cheers, Kate. |

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Steve moves quickly to Maneet’s desk. |

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STEVE (CONT’D)|

Maneet, the evidence recovered from |

Danny Waldron’s flat. |

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MANEET |

Yeah? |

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STEVE |

The empty envelope. |

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While Maneet calls up the data on her computer |

(the forensic analysis of all the items |

examined), Steve continues. |

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STEVE (CONT’D)|

Ronan Murphy was shot dead in the |

heat of the moment. But Linus, |

Danny had time with him ... time to |

get information... |

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MANEET |

Let’s see... |

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Maneet searches the forensics report. Dot |

watches Steve’s every move like a hawk. |

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MANEET (CONT’D)|

They never tested the envelope. |

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STEVE |

(Shocked)|

What? Bloody Forensics. |

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MANEET |

They’re on a tight budget this |

financial year. |

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STEVE |

I don’t care about their budget. |

Get it tested now. |

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Maneet nods tensely. |

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STEVE (CONT’D)|

Thanks, Maneet. |

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Exit Steve. |

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Dot approaches Maneet. |

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DOT:

(Of her computer.)

So. What was all that about, then?

Dot gives her the insistent look of a senior,

and Maneet knows she must comply.

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EXT. HARBOUR. LATER THAT DAY.

From the wooden bridge, Steve and Kate stare

sombrely into the gloomy dark waters.

STEVE:

This is where Stephens-Lloyd body

was found.

Steve opens a folder and shows Kate a document.

STEVE (CONT’D)

This is the original report dated

21st of November 1998. Oliver

Stephens-Lloyd was last seen a few

weeks beforehand. His body was

found on the 14th by a fisherman.

Statement’s in the file.

Sam and a DC approach along the jetty

KATE:

What’s going on?

STEVE:

I’ve asked Murder Squad if they’ll

reopen the case.

KATE:

(Slightly put out)

Right.

SAM:

Hi-ya.

STEVE:

All right.

KATE:

You all right.

SAM:

We just re-interviewed the

fisherman who found the body; he

recalls that pretty much the first

thing he was told at the scene was

that it had to be a suicide.

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Steve and Kate are immediately perturbed.

SAM (CONT’D)

Also it appears no photos or videos

were taken of the scene.

STEVE:

Was there a missing persons report

or investigation at the time?

SAM:

There was.

Again Steve and Kate looked perturbed. Sam

passes them copies of the missing persons

report.

SAM (CONT’D)

The report’s cursory to say the

least. It doesn’t look as if anyone

was actively searching for

Stephens-Lloyd. The SIO at the time

was DI Marcus Thurwell. He’s no

longer serving, but we’re doing our

best to track him down.

Kate makes a note of Thurwell’s name. Meanwhile

Steve scans to the end. He sees the distribution

list at the end of senior officers copied in on

the report which includes the line:

CC:
Ch. Supt. P.R. Fairbank

Sam passes them a copy of the original postmortem

report.

SAM (CONT’D)

The pathologist’s autopsy report at

the time stated the body had

superficial wounds and a broken

arm, which he put down to the body

being struck by a boat. So my boss

has agreed to reopen the case.

We’re already seeking permission to

exhume the body. Thanks, we’ll be

taking this from here.

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