Line of Duty Page #9

questioned by an officer at least

one rank superior.

Kate chews her lip, visibly hates Morton’s guts.

DOT:

Why didn’t you report Cole at the

time?

MORTON:

I thought he was a lippy kid, he

was full of it, I didn’t believe

his boasts. Much later I learned

about his offences. If only I’d

acted I might have prevented them.

I’m extremely remorseful.

DOT:

In regards to your statement of

Cole being the Caddy, would you now

like to make any further

amendments?

MORTON:

I never heard Cole himself use that

nickname. I got it from another

source and I passed it on. I should

have made that clear in my original

statement. I’m extremely

remorseful.

DOT:

Who was the other source?

MORTON:

An old friend from my days on Armed

Robbery, Terry Capistrano.

Kate makes a note of the name.

DOT:

And do you have any further

information?

MORTON:

No, sir, only that I’m extremely

remorseful.

DOT:

Well. Thank you, DC Morton. No

further questions. Interview

terminated.

Dot reaches past Kate to stop the tape, which

she’s a little taken aback by (him stopping the

interview so early).

Morton exits with his solicitor. Steve is

watching this from his desk.

KATE:

(Of Morton.)

Wanker.

Kate sighs and takes the tape out of the

machine.

Steve watches Morton exit with his solicitor.

KATE (CONT’D)

Right. Well I’ll check out this

name he gave us.

DOT:

I wouldn’t bother if I were you.

(Off her look)

Terry Capistrano got Alzheimer’s.

He was retired, sick. The poor

bugger lost his marbles.

KATE:

Convenient.

DOT:

Come off it, Kate. Look Nige was

just trying to help.

KATE:

Can we be sure?

DOT:

Look. I know he’s a mate and

everything, but he’s a few months

off retirement. And between me and

you, his missus hasn’t been too

well lately.

KATE:

I really don’t give a sh*t.

She takes the tape and goes to exit.

DOT:

Look, his heart’s in the right

place.

(Gentler)

Let’s just leave this cock-up

behind us eh? Please.

KATE:

Yes. Well I suppose I can overlook

it...

DOT:

Thanks, I really appreciate it.

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43:19

KATE:

As now we know the Caddy’s active

again. But this time we get the

bastard.

Dot looks momentarily uneasy, but then gives in

with a nod.

DOT:

Yes.

CUT TO:

EXT. APPROVED PREMISES. LINDSAY’S ROOM. THAT

NIGHT.

Establisher. Lindsay’s.

ROBIN (V.O)

Lindsay?

There’s a knock on the door.

CUT TO:

INT. APPROVED PREMISES. LINDSAY’S ROOM. THAT

NIGHT.

Lindsay opens the door. Robin steps inside.

ROBIN:

Thank you. I’m sorry for disturbing

you.

She’s made a point of leaving the door open and

he makes a point of closing it gently.

LINDSAY:

What’s this about?

ROBIN:

I’m afraid I’ve heard that you’ve

been absent from work. I’m

concerned that you’re not coping.

And if you were to get into trouble

again, you’d return to prison.

LINDSAY:

I’m never going back to prison.

He makes sympathetic noises and goes and sits on

the end of the bed.

ROBIN:

But you can’t afford to lose that

job.

LINDSAY:

(Beats)

What did you expect for ten quid?

ROBIN:

I was trying to help you.

She stares at him. He stares at her. He’s

completely poker faced. Tense beats, building.

LINDSAY:

Twenty.

A couple of beats, then he nods. He takes a

twenty pound note out of his pocket, shows it to

her and then puts it in his jacket top pocket.

He undoes his belt and unzips his fly.

She goes down on her knees. He closes his eyes

and his upper body moves in keeping with her OOV

actions (loosening his trousers, pulling them

down, then his underpants). He starts to sigh in

anticipation of pleasure but then ---

he screams.

Again this action is OOV but Lindsay’s fist

grips his balls and she yanks hard in various

directions, each one causing him excruciating

pain. He throws a punch at her which she blocks

and she pulls even harder so he squeals like a

pig.

She pulls him towards the camera-phone, pointing

it out to him.

LINDSAY (CONT’D)

Don’t you try making up any lies

about this! Because it’s all on

video!

ROBIN:

You can’t do that! It’s illegal!

LINDSAY:

You’re saying that I can’t record

you without your prior knowledge as

a breach of Article 8 of the Human

Rights Act? I’ll take your Human

Rights Act and I’ll raise you

Section 4 of the Protection from

Harassment Act 1997 and your

offence under that act carries a

maximum prison sentence of five

years!

Music

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DUR:
1’06”.

Specially

composed by

Carly

Paradis.

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She drops to the floor, her face right over his.

LINDSAY (CONT’D)

I’ll see you in court.

Lindsay gives his balls one final agonising

wrench and then she throws him off and he

collapses onto the floor. She kicks him.

She throws open the door and he crawls out in

agony. One more kick and she slams the door and

locks it, goes to the phone and looks straight

in the lens:

CAMERA-PHONE POV OF LINDSAY:

Lindsay’s face shows icy-cold determination to

get back what she’s lost.

CUT TO:

INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. NEXT DAY.

Steve approaches Maneet’s desk. Her seat’s

empty. Dot observes from nearby.

STEVE:

(To nearby staffer)

Where’s Maneet?

DOT:

(Chipping in)

Off sick, I heard.

STEVE:

There’s some forensics I asked her

to chase up.

DOT:

You’ll just have to wait.

Steve looks frustrated. Dot quickly gives him

something else to think about.

DOT (CONT’D)

Kate’s got a post-mortem report for

you, if you’re interested.

Steve is interested. Reluctantly, he drops the

matter of the forensics, and heads over to

Kate’s desk. Dot is happy with the resolution.

STEVE:

Thanks.

Kate’s with a colleague.

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Music Ends

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46:10

KATE:

Yes. If you can just get a couple

of...

Steve interrupts.

STEVE:

You’ve got a new PM on Oliver

Stephens-Lloyd?

KATE:

(Cold, flat)

Yeah.

STEVE:

Were you going to get round to

telling me?

KATE:

(Cold, flat)

Yeah.

Steve keeps his cool, takes his medicine. Kate

passes him the document with just enough

slowness to keep signalling their relationship

isn’t in a good state at the moment.

KATE (CONT’D)

The new autopsy found significant

differences from the original. Both

arms were broken and there was a

severe skull fracture. The fracture

wasn’t consistent with a flat

surface like the hull of a boat. It

looked more like a hammer blow.

Steve absorbs this.

STEVE:

Right.

KATE:

Look at the original PM, the

distribution list at the end.

Steve looks at the distribution list which once

again includes:

CC:
Ch. Supt. P.R. Fairbank

STEVE:

(Shrugs)

Routine distribution to senior

officers at the time.

Kate points at the document.

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47:39

KATE:

Routine except for one name. Chief

Superintendent Fairbank had nothing

to do with this case. He ran Vice.

Also copied in on the Missing

Persons report.

Steve takes this in.

STEVE:

What do we know about Chief

Superintendent Fairbank?

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