Law and Order: UK (2009) s05e06 Episode Script
Deal
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups.
the police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
Jodie, what are you doing? You're gonna burn the flats down.
The bed's all wet.
Come on, Dad.
Let's change your pyjamas.
Mum? Lia? Lia? Lia! Lia! Lia! Please, carry on, Mr McElwaine.
Lia always went to bed first.
She's an early riser, I'm a night owl.
So your wife was asleep when you got into bed, yeah? Oh, G We ain't married.
Asked her six times.
And you're sure the front door was locked? Jodie always locks it when she comes back from work.
She works? Burger place on the High Road.
You're 13.
My dad ain't worked for a long time.
My mum's just lost her job.
Someone's gotta pay the rent.
Jodie, did you lock the door when you got in? I dunno.
My mate borrowed me this game.
I couldn't wait to play it.
Right, so someone could've got in while you were at work or maybe when you were playing the game? Dad's deaf in one ear.
If he sleeps on his right side, he can't hear nothing.
How long's your dad had a drinking problem, Jodie? He don't drink.
That much shaking isn't down to shock, surely? My dad ain't no wino.
He's got MS.
The only thing that helps is a smoke.
Of cannabis? Yeah.
I skin up enough to get him through the day before I go to school.
He can't do it himself cos of the shaking.
Sometimes he waits till Mum's gone to bed.
And then he has too much and The door was locked when you got in, wasn't it, Jodie? Dad was out of it.
I thought Mum was asleep.
I got rid of the weed cos I know what you lot would think.
When the social worker gets here, Jodie, we'll need you and your dad to come down to the station, OK? OK, Jodie.
This way.
Daddy's little helper, eh? Yeah, I had one just like her.
Law and Order UK Season 5, Episode 6 "Deal" I swear to God, I don't remember anything.
That happens a lot, yeah? Blackouts, memory loss? I'd remember killing the woman I love.
You said yourself you'd been smoking.
It's medicinal.
It's illegal.
Do you have any idea what MS does to you? Some days, I can't even feed myself.
It's the only thing that helps.
And what does your girlfriend make of your drug use? She's anti-drugs.
So was I, till I got this disease.
Did you argue about that? Sometimes.
Most of the time, I only smoked when she was at work.
But she just lost her job.
That must've been hard, you know, you under each others' feet all day long, you needing a spliff, and Lia having a go? It wasn't like that.
And you couldn't work at all, Johnny? I'm on invalidity benefit.
While your 13-year-old kid brings home the bacon? Jodie doesn't mind.
Yeah, I'm sure she loves skipping school to flip burgers.
I might not be able to look after my family like other dads, but I didn't kill Lia.
She was my rock.
The door was locked when Jodie got home.
He doesn't seem the type, but there is no other explanation.
And no gun.
We searched that flat from top to bottom.
Well, maybe Daddy's little helper moved it.
Matt, the man could hardly hold a cup of water, let alone shoot someone.
Well, someone shot her.
Listen, Jodie was the only one earning in that household.
But they could afford life assurance on Lia Brown.
Never missed a payment.
The policy's dated a month ago.
Because that's when Johnny upped it from 15 grand to 50.
I mean, that doesn't look good, upping Lia's life insurance a month before she gets shot.
A month ago, Lia had just lost her job.
If she wasn't the breadwinner any more and Johnny was dying, maybe he wanted to secure Jodie's future? Yeah, or maybe he had one spliff too many and hatched himself a plan to live out his last days in luxury.
Yeah, and then he shot her with his invisible gun? Oh, come on, boys! None of this is making any sense.
Let's call ballistics.
That bullet's gotta tell us something.
The bullet the pathologist pulled out of Lia Brown's heart is a 9mm.
And what type of gun fired it? Not a gun, a starter pistol.
Let me guess, Olympic BBM.
You've read the latest newsletter.
From cover to cover.
I wrote the article on converted firearms.
No! Really? And for those of us who missed the meeting? Sorry, yes.
Costs around 80 quid to buy on the Internet.
Very popular with London gangs at the moment.
So, home conversion, yeah? A basic B&Q tool kit would do it.
They come in fluorescent orange.
Great.
There's some gangster waving a day-glo gun around.
Most of the ones Trident retrieve are sanded down and resprayed black.
Then they go for a monkey.
And what's the range? That's the weird bit.
The bullet was fired from at least 100 metres.
Sorry, 100 metres? That's not possible.
What does it matter if he sleeps with the windows open or closed? You got the scumbag that shot her.
If it didn't matter, we wouldn't be asking.
Yeah, it was closed.
Well, the kid reckoned that the mum and dad had a running battle over it.
And the mum liked it open.
So that night she lost.
Well, SOCO found a whole load of unknown prints on that window.
The results should be through about now.
Look, I've had this cold three weeks.
The room was like a freezer.
So you closed the window? I'm getting married on Saturday.
My fiancee will have my guts if I look like bloody Rudolf in the photos.
I took the angle of trajectory, factored in velocity, drop rate Cut to the good stuff, love.
Don't mind him.
He missed lunch.
Oh.
Here.
On me.
Oh, ta.
He only eats the blue ones.
Makes me pick them out.
And the green ones.
Goes towards my five a day, right? Do you want to know where your shooter was? Yes.
Up there.
I found this shell casing.
Just right of the line of fire into the McElwaine's gaff.
Your shooter was standing right here when he fired the gun.
Went all the way across the estate.
Well, someone in the flats must've seen or heard something.
No, this floor and all the floors above it are derelict, so don't count on it.
And there's this blood.
How fresh? Spilt in the last 24.
Could be our shooter's? Yeah, or some no mark smackhead's.
It's mostly crack heads come up here, actually.
They buy from the trap house on the tenth floor and then they come up here to use.
I grew up here, didn't I? I take it the drug dealers disabled the old buzzer system then? Keeps your traffic flowing.
So anyone could get up here? Yeah, anyone could, but who'd want to? Just junkies and skets.
They pick up johns down by the underpass.
Look, you're putting off the punters.
I'm rattling, as it is.
We could go somewhere warm and cosy.
Like the station.
Look, all I saw on the landing last night was a couple of kids.
One of them asked me for business.
Right little cocky wanker, he was.
Can you describe them? We've got a lovely cell - bench, open toilet, the works.
You can even stay the night.
Mixed race.
The little one had, like, canerows.
And the bigger one What? You know him? He might be a witness, that's all.
He's Shannon's kid.
Shannon? I dunno her last name.
She lives in Nightingale.
She used to work around here with the rest of us, and she stopped working two months back.
Reckon she must've won the lottery, cos she still manages to score every night.
Whatever it is, I didn't see nothing, didn't hear nothing.
Actually, it's your boy Kaden we wanna talk to.
He's out.
With his mates.
So you'll have to come back later, yeah? Did you hear me invite you in? It's all right, love, we ain't vampires.
Does Kaden have a mobile? You answered the phone to your mum when you were 13, did you? When he was 13, the pips were still going before you put the money in.
Look, I've gotta be somewhere, yeah? I'm sure the crack houses don't shut for a few hours yet.
That Kaden, is it? What do you think? Where does he go when he's with his mates? No idea.
Well, I bet it ain't the Scouts, is it? He'll be hours yet, yeah? We're not in a rush.
What comes after S in the alphabet, Matty? T.
That'd be nice.
Got any biccies? Number nine.
He hangs out there sometimes.
Matty! Kaden Blake? Eh? Why did you run? Thought you were someone else, innit? Is someone after you, son? No.
What were you doing in a crack house? You and a friend were playing on the landing of the 12th floor of the same block, on Tuesday night, round about 11? Playing? Mmm.
Not me.
Someone saw you.
Kaden, we just want to know what you saw when you were up there.
He's told you, he weren't there.
Well, maybe you weren't supposed to be out, Kaden, yeah? You're not in any trouble.
I wasn't there.
So, where were you? Chicken shop, with my boy Chayse.
Chayse who? Chayse Wade.
Look, Kaden, if you're lying because you're scared Scared? Do I look scared to you? OK, mate, calm down.
Touch me again, you're merked, you get me? He's told you where he was, end of.
Come on, Kaden.
We haven't finished here, actually.
Yeah, we are.
Ain't got nothing to hold me with.
No, you are right.
You're free to Think they can treat me like some pussy? .
.
to go.
That's no witness, Ron.
That's our shooter.
And you let him go? Oh, guv, look, we've got nothing to hold him on.
But you think this kid shot Lia Brown? We have a witness puts Kaden Blake on that landing and that tower block the night Lia Brown was shot.
Maybe Kaden saw someone waving a gun about and got scared enough to keep his mouth shut.
This kid's not scared of anything.
Come on, boys, let's get real here.
This isn't some kitchen knife he's nicked out of a drawer.
We're talking a ã500 firearm.
Or 80, if he did the conversion himself.
Our witness also says she saw Kaden with another boy, and has given us a description.
Yeah, and Kaden said he was hanging out with his mate, Chayse Wade, at the chicken shop.
Find out how many pieces he's got in his bargain bucket.
Thank you.
Since when did people stop calling their kids Jane and John and start calling them Chayse and Bon'Quisha? Since this country got obsessed by celebrity.
Little Bon'Quisha's parents want her to be a pop star.
And with a name like Bon'Quisha, she is hot to trot, baby.
Right.
Well? Anything? Yeah, twelve pieces and chips.
On the house.
Fantastic.
You do know that's meant for a family of five, don't you? Well, if you wanted some, you only had to ask.
I like my arteries with blood flowing through them.
Fair enough.
So Little Bon'Quisha in there was working the night Lia Brown got shot and every night since.
And she reckons she ain't seen Kaden or Chayse all week.
Ta.
Is Chayse in trouble? We need to know where he was on Tuesday night.
He was supposed to be helping out here on the project.
Only, he skived off.
Well, Kaden Blake claims that he was with Chayse from around seven until midnight.
What's Kaden done now? We think he was involved in a shooting.
If Chayse was with him, I will swing for him.
What time did you get in on Tuesday? Ten-ish.
Chayse didn't get in till half twelve.
I grounded him for two weeks.
So he could've been with Kaden? Chayse had a cut on his head.
He wouldn't talk about it.
I had a go at him about fighting.
Chayse had been doing well at school.
He starts hanging round with Kaden, and suddenly we get letters home, he stays out at night.
Did he come up with an explanation why he was so late on Tuesday night? Look, I told you.
We were just chatting to some girls at the Chicken shop.
Well, not according to the owner.
She reckons she hadn't seen you or Kaden for over a week.
How'd you get the cut on the side of your head? Walked into a door.
You know about DNA, right? Yeah.
Seen it on Dexter.
Well, the sample we took from you when you first came in to the station was for DNA, and we're going to see whether it matches the blood we found on the landing in the tower block.
Any minute now, an officer is going to knock on that door and bring me the results of that test.
You wanna tell us the truth, Chayse, cos if you keep lying to us, we won't be able to help you.
Chayse, I didn't bring up a liar.
It's not a game, Chayse.
Lia Brown was shot dead in her bed.
It's your last chance, son.
We either hear it from you or we charge you and Kaden with murder on joint enterprise.
I'm not gonna let you throw your whole life away for Kaden Blake.
Do you hear me? Kaden had the gun.
He put it against my head.
And why would he do that? Cos Merk-E told him to.
Merky? Mark Ellis.
Everyone on the estate knows who he is and what he does.
I didn't wanna be in his gang no more.
You were in his gang? Does this gang have a name? TKC.
But I never hurt no-one.
All I did was move the food.
OK.
Go on.
He got us to collect packages and run them out to the shottas.
So, how many other kids were working for this Merky bloke? I dunno.
Maybe nine, ten of us.
So I'm there trying to keep you lot off drugs, and he's putting it right into your hands.
How long were you doing this? Couple of weeks.
But I knew it was wrong, Mum.
I told Kaden I was out, but Ellis told him to fix it.
And how was Kaden supposed to fix it? With the gun.
He shot once, but he missed.
He wasn't meant to kill that girl's mum.
It was me he was supposed to kill.
Then he pointed the gun right here.
He pulled the trigger.
Only, the gun got stuck.
I thought I was dead.
Merk-E, real name Mark Ellis.
He's been investigated over the last four years for converting and selling firearms and for two gang-related shootings.
But he's never actually been charged.
He's lucky.
Yeah, well, let's hope his luck is about to run out.
Thank you.
I'll have that.
He's sweet enough.
Mark Ellis, by the way, has been running his own little drugs empire for the TKC.
And he's using younger and younger kids to move the drugs around the estate because we can't charge them.
And they're easier to intimidate, less likely to talk.
Kids or not, Henry Sharpe takes a hard line on gun crime.
But this shooting's accidental.
It's not murder.
Lia Brown's death was accidental, but Kaden intended to kill his friend.
We've got Chayse's statement and the witness.
It's enough to arrest Kaden on suspicion of the manslaughter of Lia Brown and the attempted murder of Chayse Wade.
What about Mark Ellis? He didn't fire the gun.
He put it in his hand.
And Chayse told us that Ellis ordered Kaden to kill him.
Hearsay from a 12-year-old isn't enough, Matt.
Until you get me something on Ellis I can use, we charge Kaden.
This is harassment, man.
I've had Five-O outside my gaff all day.
We're looking for Kaden.
Is he with Mark Ellis? I'm just his mum.
What do I know? You see, now "pigs" and "rozzers" I can handle, but all this "feds" and "five-o" malarkey I blame what's-his-face, P Daddy.
It's P Diddy.
I knew that.
I dunno, when I was a kid, if your parents weren't perfect, there was always an auntie or your grandma to look out for you.
But she's all that kid's got and she doesn't give a toss about him.
Matt, she's an addict! Her choice.
Yes, and the choice to stop using is the hardest one of all.
So we need to pick up Kaden, right? And we need to find Mark Ellis.
We've got to see where he's set up his new shop.
And I'm guessing we're in the right neighbourhood.
So, sooner or later, Kaden's gonna clock in.
We catch Ellis in possession, and we get 'em both, yeah? You're sure Kaden's in there? Surveillance has him entering the flat around lunch time.
He hasn't left.
Once you're in, the priority is Kaden and then Mark Ellis, in that order.
CO19 are on standby.
First sign there's any guns in there, I want you lot out.
You ready, Gianni? Yeah.
Yeah, who is it? All right, mate? Merk-E reckons you can sort me out.
I'm looking for Roxanne.
Police! Right, secure this lot.
Mark Ellis, I'm arresting you on possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.
You do not have to say anything That's funny, because my hands look empty.
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Where's Kaden? I don't know no Kaden.
Listen to me.
Where's the boy? What have you done with him? Man, step in on my face again, see if I go get merk you, little bitch.
Matty, that's enough.
Gianni, take him down.
Don't try to take my money, now! Sorry, Ron.
All right, all right.
All clear on the ground floor! Keep looking, lads! Kaden? Kaden? I need a jemmy! In the kitchen now! Cheers.
Oh, my God.
It's OK.
It's OK, yeah? Shit.
My client had ã1000 exactly in his possession.
You know as well I do, he's got no legal requirement to explain how he came by it.
Convenient that he has the maximum allowed amount, as did three other members of his gang.
You really have no grounds to hold Mr Ellis.
There is the matter of how Kaden Blake was found.
Him a boy.
Him follow me around.
See, man, like I am big brother, you know.
God knows, a kid like that could do with a mentor.
A mentor who chains him up and locks him in a cupboard and then uses him to intimidate his employees.
Mr Ellis has no employees.
He is in fact unemployed and currently claiming jobseeker's allowance.
Well, I bet the benefit office would love to know about his little empire dealing crack, then.
You know wha'? I think you have I man confused with someone else, you know.
Right.
Well then, maybe you wouldn't mind explaining to me what you were doing in the dealing room of a known crack house? Know wha'? I man was after a bit of personal.
I hold my hands up, see? You were collecting your cash.
As my client hadn't made any purchase, proved by the fact no drugs were found on his person, you can't link him to any illegal activity occurring in that flat.
No.
Kaden can.
Kaden? Him no gonna say nuttin'.
Understand? Are you sure you don't want a solicitor, Kaden? He don't need one.
Kaden? Chayse has told us what happened that night on the tower block, Kaden.
He has also told us that you work for Mark Ellis, and that Ellis had given you orders to kill Chayse.
We have an eyewitness puts the pair of you on that landing five minutes before the shooting.
And we have Chayse's statement.
We have just about everything we need to charge you with the attempted murder of Chayse Wade and the manslaughter of Lia Brown.
But if you were under orders from Ellis, that changes everything.
What do you mean, it changes everything? Kaden could get a reduced sentence, if he gives evidence against Ellis.
Do you understand, Kaden? He ain't got nothing to say, innit? But Mum Just keep it shut, Kaden.
Look, that Chayse kid is lying.
Kaden don't work for Ellis.
They just They just found that gun in the park.
They was just messing about, playing.
You know what kids are like innit? Ain't that right, Kaden? Yeah.
It was a game.
No-one made me do nothing.
As long as Kaden claims he acted of his own free will, I doubt we'll convince a jury otherwise.
So we send Ellis home? He'll set up shop somewhere new within the hour.
We've got no choice.
There's nothing we can charge him with.
You've gotta make Kaden talk.
I've been round the houses with him.
He won't say a word against Ellis.
Let me try.
I was in there, Matt.
It's not gonna happen.
So, what do we do? Just give up? Job done.
Come on It's OK to get angry about child labour if it's on the other side of the world, but no-one gives a shit that it's happening right here and now, thanks to scum like Ellis.
We care, but if we can't prove Ellis is running the show They're kids.
They should be playing football, eating sweets, not waving guns around, selling crack.
M'Lord, the Crown request the defendant be remanded to secure local authority care.
We have no objection, M'Lord.
Then your wish is my command, Miss Phillips.
Kaden realises they have locks on the doors where he's going? They don't have Shannon Blake.
That sold it to me.
Me, too.
Looks like we're on the same page.
Don't count on it, sister.
Application to exclude my client's interview.
He was denied legal representation.
Kaden Blake and his mother waived his right to legal representation.
The defendant offered up his confession freely.
The defendant is 13 years old.
His mother was high on crack.
Neither of them were competent to waive legal representation.
The police get waivers from drunk drivers every day.
Miss Blake wasn't waiving her own rights, but her son's.
Miss Phillips should've disregarded the waiver and stopped the interview.
My lord, Mrs Blake appeared compos mentis.
What were we supposed to do? Whip out a drug test? The Crown has a solid case against your client, Ms Trew.
It appears you're just looking for a way to muddy the waters.
Application is refused.
The interview stays in.
However, I would feel happier knowing the boy has had a full psychiatric evaluation prior to standing trial.
One of the elders in the TKC got shot on the estate.
I was stood this close to him.
There was so much blood, man.
What did your mum say, when you told her what you saw? Nothin'.
Do you get on with your mum? How do you feel about her using drugs? Ain't her fault.
Whose fault is it? If I wasn't around, she'd be OK.
Did she tell you that? Just get off my case, yeah? 'Kaden lives in a world where young men have severely limited options and no basis for hope.
' 'They don't all turn out to be killers.
' Of course not.
Some are lucky enough to have parents or teachers who provide an alternative view of the world.
Kaden has Shannon Blake.
His relationship with his mother is emotionally abusive.
He told you that? He didn't have to.
She told her own child he's responsible for her drug habits.
That kid didn't stand a chance with a mum like that.
He killed an innocent woman, Jake.
Don't go all soft on me now.
I'm not.
I just see where he's coming from.
Your mum going on about the lack of grandchildren, is she? Bouncing me on her knee was enough trouble.
Persuade the kid to give evidence against the dealer.
In return, we drop the attempted murder charge.
We tried to convince him to talk.
He isn't interested.
Because Ellis had him too scared to open his mouth.
And his mum isn't helping.
Are you certain Kaden was acting on Ellis' orders when he pulled the trigger? If we convince Kaden we have a case against Ellis, maybe he'll be more willing to speak out.
We can't even prove Kaden was working for Ellis.
That bloke's got more lives than my cat.
Have you got a cat? Yeah.
Lucky Luciano.
17, never had a scratch on him.
What about Chayse Wade? Maybe he witnessed something we could use.
Kaden made me wait outside.
He'd go in, get the package, and then tell me where to deliver.
How did you get paid? Kaden gave me the money.
So, for all you know, you could've been working for Kaden? But I wasn't.
I was working for Ellis.
Chayse is a good kid.
Ellis still managed to get him into his gang.
If you don't stop him, what chance have these kids got? Chayse Did you ever see Ellis hurt Kaden? I saw the bruises.
One time, Kaden was collecting the packages from the shottas, and he took some cash.
Ellis went mental.
Locked him down for a week, beat him bad.
No wonder Kaden's covering for Ellis.
He must be terrified.
Not for himself.
He reckoned that if he didn't do exactly what Ellis wanted, his mum was dead.
Kaden's devoted to that woman.
Not that she deserves it.
A couple of months back, before I knew he was trouble, Chayse brought him home.
Kid hadn't eaten in days.
Are you saying his mum wasn't feeding him? With what? She spent all their benefit on crack.
I heard she owed a load of money to her dealer, too.
Mark Ellis? I wanted Kaden to stay with us.
But he said Ellis would get angry.
He don't want nobody messing with him.
What do you mean? One time, I found him on the stairwell.
He wasn't breathing.
I called the ambulance.
Ellis went mental.
What? He was angry with you? He said I should've called him instead.
And then he wanted to know what hospital Kaden was at.
He was in cardiac shock, OD'd on crack cocaine.
The boy was covered in cuts and bruises.
Did he say how he got them? It was a fight to get a name out of him.
Wouldn't tell us where he lived or who to call.
Right, well, you called social services? Of course.
As soon as we got him stable.
Then why did you release him? We didn't.
The uncle showed up, all concerned.
When I took the social worker up to talk to them, the bed was empty.
They left? Disappeared into thin air.
What did this uncle look like? Canerows.
Gold tooth with a letter M on it.
You can't just wander into A&E and grab a 13-year-old child from his bed.
Not without facing charges for kidnap.
The boy went with him of his own free will.
No-one forced him.
We're talking about a 13-year-old child.
Mr Ellis had no legal authority to take the boy anywhere, willing or not.
Wha' ya chat about? Of course I do.
I'm his legal guardian, see? Shannon Blake is Kaden's legal guardian.
Mr Ellis had Shannon Blake's permission.
You no believe me? Go and ask her.
Look, I asked Mark Ellis to keep an eye on Kaden.
It's no big deal.
Mark Ellis is a drug dealer.
He ain't all bad.
He's teaching him a trade.
It's more than school does.
Dealing drugs is not a trade.
It is to the kids round here.
It's the only way they're gonna get the sort of life they see on MTV, innit? Yeah, if they're given no education or self-worth.
You think it's easy living here? No.
But it doesn't mean you give up! You get up off your arse, you make sure your kids grow up knowing right from wrong, and spend their days in school, not hanging around drug dens.
Well, Kaden's dad ain't about, so someone's gotta look out for him.
That's your job, Shannon.
Look at me.
I can't even make a cup of tea till I've had a hit.
So who do you think he's better off with? Can't I go now? Do you know what I think? I think she sold her own son to pay off her drug debt.
Crackhead logic.
If junkies like Shannon Blake wanna kill themselves, let them.
Hand them drugs on prescription.
Then dealers like Ellis are out of a job.
The Daily Mail better hold its front page.
"CPS prosecutor wants crack on prescription!" Well, we're not winning this war.
Kids like Kaden running drugs, innocent people shot in their beds, and we can't even get Ellis banged up for kidnapping a child.
Before we lobby government to legalise drugs, let's try a different strategy.
I'm not sure we've got many options left.
Ellis is still on the street because he's good at what he does.
He never handles the drugs.
He makes sure the kids he uses are too terrified to speak out.
Kaden's never going to admit that he was working for Ellis.
Everyone has an Achilles heel, Jake, even little boy gangsters.
I bet this kid doesn't know what his mum did.
Maybe he should.
Are you joking me? It'll prove to the jury that Kaden had no choice, that he had to follow Ellis's orders.
I didn't give my kid to Ellis.
What sort of mother do you think I am? I know exactly what you are.
You can blame it on his father, the drugs, the school, your "hood", but it amounts to the same thing.
You've failed that boy on every level.
And you have one chance.
One chance to make things right.
You give evidence against Ellis, and Kaden could be home in two years.
And what do I get, eh? A bullet in the head? We'll get you into witness protection.
A new start somewhere else.
And when Kaden comes out, you can be a family again.
Kaden took that gun up there.
He pulled the trigger.
And he killed that woman.
So you send him where you want.
I don't give a toss.
OK, you win, Miss Phillips.
Manslaughter, Section 73 agreement? I'll get it drawn up.
True story! She swallowed it.
Why, them ain't too welcome round here, you get me? We ain't staying that long.
Mark Ellis, I'm arresting you on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.
You do not have to say anything Hear me now, this go court, I make that little boy a ghost, you hear me? But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something you rely on in court.
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Chayse wanted to leave the crew.
Ellis said no-one leaves the TKC alive.
He gave me a gun.
Told me to take Chayse some place quiet .
.
and lick him down.
You mean kill him? He said, "Put the gun here.
" "And shoot.
" And you followed his instructions? I tried, but I couldn't do it.
Chayse was my mate, innit? First time, I missed on purpose.
Second time, the gun jammed.
If it hadn't, would you have killed him? I didn't want to.
I was scared.
You could've gone to your mother or the police.
Like feds is gonna help me! You could've run away.
You people got no clue, innit? Make us understand.
Kaden, you need to tell the court why you didn't just run away.
My mum owed Ellis money for drugs.
She gave me to him to pay off her debt.
Told him .
.
he could do what he wanted with me.
What did she mean? Said I could work for him.
She knew he was a drug dealer? Yeah.
She knew.
It was OK at first.
I just had to run packages round the estate, keep the other kids in line.
At night I slept in one of the crack houses.
How long did you live like this? I dunno.
Weeks.
How long were you supposed to stay with the defendant? As long as your mum needed drugs? And if you went against Ellis? He said he'd put a bullet in my mum's head.
No more questions.
Members of the Jury, on the charge of conspiracy to murder, have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed? Yes.
Do you find the defendant, Mark Ellis, guilty or not guilty? Guilty.
Matt! She had a baby boy.
Nine pounds exactly.
No way! Yes.
CongratulationsGranddad.
Thanks.
So, what time's visiting? Erm, I'll go tomorrow.
Don't worry about that.
Let's get Kaden down to Kent first.
And miss your grandson's first day on the planet? I'll drop you off en route and pick you up on the way back.
You can show me the photos over a Chinese.
All right, I'll buy.
OK.
Right, call Sarah.
Tell her you're on your way.
I will.
Thanks, Matt.
Great news.
What you did in there took balls, yeah? Is my mum here? Did she come? I'm sorry.
Look, Kaden.
You got a chance to change your life in there, with or without your mum.
It's not like jail.
I bet you get your own Xbox.
Get down! Matt! Matt!
the police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
Jodie, what are you doing? You're gonna burn the flats down.
The bed's all wet.
Come on, Dad.
Let's change your pyjamas.
Mum? Lia? Lia? Lia! Lia! Lia! Please, carry on, Mr McElwaine.
Lia always went to bed first.
She's an early riser, I'm a night owl.
So your wife was asleep when you got into bed, yeah? Oh, G We ain't married.
Asked her six times.
And you're sure the front door was locked? Jodie always locks it when she comes back from work.
She works? Burger place on the High Road.
You're 13.
My dad ain't worked for a long time.
My mum's just lost her job.
Someone's gotta pay the rent.
Jodie, did you lock the door when you got in? I dunno.
My mate borrowed me this game.
I couldn't wait to play it.
Right, so someone could've got in while you were at work or maybe when you were playing the game? Dad's deaf in one ear.
If he sleeps on his right side, he can't hear nothing.
How long's your dad had a drinking problem, Jodie? He don't drink.
That much shaking isn't down to shock, surely? My dad ain't no wino.
He's got MS.
The only thing that helps is a smoke.
Of cannabis? Yeah.
I skin up enough to get him through the day before I go to school.
He can't do it himself cos of the shaking.
Sometimes he waits till Mum's gone to bed.
And then he has too much and The door was locked when you got in, wasn't it, Jodie? Dad was out of it.
I thought Mum was asleep.
I got rid of the weed cos I know what you lot would think.
When the social worker gets here, Jodie, we'll need you and your dad to come down to the station, OK? OK, Jodie.
This way.
Daddy's little helper, eh? Yeah, I had one just like her.
Law and Order UK Season 5, Episode 6 "Deal" I swear to God, I don't remember anything.
That happens a lot, yeah? Blackouts, memory loss? I'd remember killing the woman I love.
You said yourself you'd been smoking.
It's medicinal.
It's illegal.
Do you have any idea what MS does to you? Some days, I can't even feed myself.
It's the only thing that helps.
And what does your girlfriend make of your drug use? She's anti-drugs.
So was I, till I got this disease.
Did you argue about that? Sometimes.
Most of the time, I only smoked when she was at work.
But she just lost her job.
That must've been hard, you know, you under each others' feet all day long, you needing a spliff, and Lia having a go? It wasn't like that.
And you couldn't work at all, Johnny? I'm on invalidity benefit.
While your 13-year-old kid brings home the bacon? Jodie doesn't mind.
Yeah, I'm sure she loves skipping school to flip burgers.
I might not be able to look after my family like other dads, but I didn't kill Lia.
She was my rock.
The door was locked when Jodie got home.
He doesn't seem the type, but there is no other explanation.
And no gun.
We searched that flat from top to bottom.
Well, maybe Daddy's little helper moved it.
Matt, the man could hardly hold a cup of water, let alone shoot someone.
Well, someone shot her.
Listen, Jodie was the only one earning in that household.
But they could afford life assurance on Lia Brown.
Never missed a payment.
The policy's dated a month ago.
Because that's when Johnny upped it from 15 grand to 50.
I mean, that doesn't look good, upping Lia's life insurance a month before she gets shot.
A month ago, Lia had just lost her job.
If she wasn't the breadwinner any more and Johnny was dying, maybe he wanted to secure Jodie's future? Yeah, or maybe he had one spliff too many and hatched himself a plan to live out his last days in luxury.
Yeah, and then he shot her with his invisible gun? Oh, come on, boys! None of this is making any sense.
Let's call ballistics.
That bullet's gotta tell us something.
The bullet the pathologist pulled out of Lia Brown's heart is a 9mm.
And what type of gun fired it? Not a gun, a starter pistol.
Let me guess, Olympic BBM.
You've read the latest newsletter.
From cover to cover.
I wrote the article on converted firearms.
No! Really? And for those of us who missed the meeting? Sorry, yes.
Costs around 80 quid to buy on the Internet.
Very popular with London gangs at the moment.
So, home conversion, yeah? A basic B&Q tool kit would do it.
They come in fluorescent orange.
Great.
There's some gangster waving a day-glo gun around.
Most of the ones Trident retrieve are sanded down and resprayed black.
Then they go for a monkey.
And what's the range? That's the weird bit.
The bullet was fired from at least 100 metres.
Sorry, 100 metres? That's not possible.
What does it matter if he sleeps with the windows open or closed? You got the scumbag that shot her.
If it didn't matter, we wouldn't be asking.
Yeah, it was closed.
Well, the kid reckoned that the mum and dad had a running battle over it.
And the mum liked it open.
So that night she lost.
Well, SOCO found a whole load of unknown prints on that window.
The results should be through about now.
Look, I've had this cold three weeks.
The room was like a freezer.
So you closed the window? I'm getting married on Saturday.
My fiancee will have my guts if I look like bloody Rudolf in the photos.
I took the angle of trajectory, factored in velocity, drop rate Cut to the good stuff, love.
Don't mind him.
He missed lunch.
Oh.
Here.
On me.
Oh, ta.
He only eats the blue ones.
Makes me pick them out.
And the green ones.
Goes towards my five a day, right? Do you want to know where your shooter was? Yes.
Up there.
I found this shell casing.
Just right of the line of fire into the McElwaine's gaff.
Your shooter was standing right here when he fired the gun.
Went all the way across the estate.
Well, someone in the flats must've seen or heard something.
No, this floor and all the floors above it are derelict, so don't count on it.
And there's this blood.
How fresh? Spilt in the last 24.
Could be our shooter's? Yeah, or some no mark smackhead's.
It's mostly crack heads come up here, actually.
They buy from the trap house on the tenth floor and then they come up here to use.
I grew up here, didn't I? I take it the drug dealers disabled the old buzzer system then? Keeps your traffic flowing.
So anyone could get up here? Yeah, anyone could, but who'd want to? Just junkies and skets.
They pick up johns down by the underpass.
Look, you're putting off the punters.
I'm rattling, as it is.
We could go somewhere warm and cosy.
Like the station.
Look, all I saw on the landing last night was a couple of kids.
One of them asked me for business.
Right little cocky wanker, he was.
Can you describe them? We've got a lovely cell - bench, open toilet, the works.
You can even stay the night.
Mixed race.
The little one had, like, canerows.
And the bigger one What? You know him? He might be a witness, that's all.
He's Shannon's kid.
Shannon? I dunno her last name.
She lives in Nightingale.
She used to work around here with the rest of us, and she stopped working two months back.
Reckon she must've won the lottery, cos she still manages to score every night.
Whatever it is, I didn't see nothing, didn't hear nothing.
Actually, it's your boy Kaden we wanna talk to.
He's out.
With his mates.
So you'll have to come back later, yeah? Did you hear me invite you in? It's all right, love, we ain't vampires.
Does Kaden have a mobile? You answered the phone to your mum when you were 13, did you? When he was 13, the pips were still going before you put the money in.
Look, I've gotta be somewhere, yeah? I'm sure the crack houses don't shut for a few hours yet.
That Kaden, is it? What do you think? Where does he go when he's with his mates? No idea.
Well, I bet it ain't the Scouts, is it? He'll be hours yet, yeah? We're not in a rush.
What comes after S in the alphabet, Matty? T.
That'd be nice.
Got any biccies? Number nine.
He hangs out there sometimes.
Matty! Kaden Blake? Eh? Why did you run? Thought you were someone else, innit? Is someone after you, son? No.
What were you doing in a crack house? You and a friend were playing on the landing of the 12th floor of the same block, on Tuesday night, round about 11? Playing? Mmm.
Not me.
Someone saw you.
Kaden, we just want to know what you saw when you were up there.
He's told you, he weren't there.
Well, maybe you weren't supposed to be out, Kaden, yeah? You're not in any trouble.
I wasn't there.
So, where were you? Chicken shop, with my boy Chayse.
Chayse who? Chayse Wade.
Look, Kaden, if you're lying because you're scared Scared? Do I look scared to you? OK, mate, calm down.
Touch me again, you're merked, you get me? He's told you where he was, end of.
Come on, Kaden.
We haven't finished here, actually.
Yeah, we are.
Ain't got nothing to hold me with.
No, you are right.
You're free to Think they can treat me like some pussy? .
.
to go.
That's no witness, Ron.
That's our shooter.
And you let him go? Oh, guv, look, we've got nothing to hold him on.
But you think this kid shot Lia Brown? We have a witness puts Kaden Blake on that landing and that tower block the night Lia Brown was shot.
Maybe Kaden saw someone waving a gun about and got scared enough to keep his mouth shut.
This kid's not scared of anything.
Come on, boys, let's get real here.
This isn't some kitchen knife he's nicked out of a drawer.
We're talking a ã500 firearm.
Or 80, if he did the conversion himself.
Our witness also says she saw Kaden with another boy, and has given us a description.
Yeah, and Kaden said he was hanging out with his mate, Chayse Wade, at the chicken shop.
Find out how many pieces he's got in his bargain bucket.
Thank you.
Since when did people stop calling their kids Jane and John and start calling them Chayse and Bon'Quisha? Since this country got obsessed by celebrity.
Little Bon'Quisha's parents want her to be a pop star.
And with a name like Bon'Quisha, she is hot to trot, baby.
Right.
Well? Anything? Yeah, twelve pieces and chips.
On the house.
Fantastic.
You do know that's meant for a family of five, don't you? Well, if you wanted some, you only had to ask.
I like my arteries with blood flowing through them.
Fair enough.
So Little Bon'Quisha in there was working the night Lia Brown got shot and every night since.
And she reckons she ain't seen Kaden or Chayse all week.
Ta.
Is Chayse in trouble? We need to know where he was on Tuesday night.
He was supposed to be helping out here on the project.
Only, he skived off.
Well, Kaden Blake claims that he was with Chayse from around seven until midnight.
What's Kaden done now? We think he was involved in a shooting.
If Chayse was with him, I will swing for him.
What time did you get in on Tuesday? Ten-ish.
Chayse didn't get in till half twelve.
I grounded him for two weeks.
So he could've been with Kaden? Chayse had a cut on his head.
He wouldn't talk about it.
I had a go at him about fighting.
Chayse had been doing well at school.
He starts hanging round with Kaden, and suddenly we get letters home, he stays out at night.
Did he come up with an explanation why he was so late on Tuesday night? Look, I told you.
We were just chatting to some girls at the Chicken shop.
Well, not according to the owner.
She reckons she hadn't seen you or Kaden for over a week.
How'd you get the cut on the side of your head? Walked into a door.
You know about DNA, right? Yeah.
Seen it on Dexter.
Well, the sample we took from you when you first came in to the station was for DNA, and we're going to see whether it matches the blood we found on the landing in the tower block.
Any minute now, an officer is going to knock on that door and bring me the results of that test.
You wanna tell us the truth, Chayse, cos if you keep lying to us, we won't be able to help you.
Chayse, I didn't bring up a liar.
It's not a game, Chayse.
Lia Brown was shot dead in her bed.
It's your last chance, son.
We either hear it from you or we charge you and Kaden with murder on joint enterprise.
I'm not gonna let you throw your whole life away for Kaden Blake.
Do you hear me? Kaden had the gun.
He put it against my head.
And why would he do that? Cos Merk-E told him to.
Merky? Mark Ellis.
Everyone on the estate knows who he is and what he does.
I didn't wanna be in his gang no more.
You were in his gang? Does this gang have a name? TKC.
But I never hurt no-one.
All I did was move the food.
OK.
Go on.
He got us to collect packages and run them out to the shottas.
So, how many other kids were working for this Merky bloke? I dunno.
Maybe nine, ten of us.
So I'm there trying to keep you lot off drugs, and he's putting it right into your hands.
How long were you doing this? Couple of weeks.
But I knew it was wrong, Mum.
I told Kaden I was out, but Ellis told him to fix it.
And how was Kaden supposed to fix it? With the gun.
He shot once, but he missed.
He wasn't meant to kill that girl's mum.
It was me he was supposed to kill.
Then he pointed the gun right here.
He pulled the trigger.
Only, the gun got stuck.
I thought I was dead.
Merk-E, real name Mark Ellis.
He's been investigated over the last four years for converting and selling firearms and for two gang-related shootings.
But he's never actually been charged.
He's lucky.
Yeah, well, let's hope his luck is about to run out.
Thank you.
I'll have that.
He's sweet enough.
Mark Ellis, by the way, has been running his own little drugs empire for the TKC.
And he's using younger and younger kids to move the drugs around the estate because we can't charge them.
And they're easier to intimidate, less likely to talk.
Kids or not, Henry Sharpe takes a hard line on gun crime.
But this shooting's accidental.
It's not murder.
Lia Brown's death was accidental, but Kaden intended to kill his friend.
We've got Chayse's statement and the witness.
It's enough to arrest Kaden on suspicion of the manslaughter of Lia Brown and the attempted murder of Chayse Wade.
What about Mark Ellis? He didn't fire the gun.
He put it in his hand.
And Chayse told us that Ellis ordered Kaden to kill him.
Hearsay from a 12-year-old isn't enough, Matt.
Until you get me something on Ellis I can use, we charge Kaden.
This is harassment, man.
I've had Five-O outside my gaff all day.
We're looking for Kaden.
Is he with Mark Ellis? I'm just his mum.
What do I know? You see, now "pigs" and "rozzers" I can handle, but all this "feds" and "five-o" malarkey I blame what's-his-face, P Daddy.
It's P Diddy.
I knew that.
I dunno, when I was a kid, if your parents weren't perfect, there was always an auntie or your grandma to look out for you.
But she's all that kid's got and she doesn't give a toss about him.
Matt, she's an addict! Her choice.
Yes, and the choice to stop using is the hardest one of all.
So we need to pick up Kaden, right? And we need to find Mark Ellis.
We've got to see where he's set up his new shop.
And I'm guessing we're in the right neighbourhood.
So, sooner or later, Kaden's gonna clock in.
We catch Ellis in possession, and we get 'em both, yeah? You're sure Kaden's in there? Surveillance has him entering the flat around lunch time.
He hasn't left.
Once you're in, the priority is Kaden and then Mark Ellis, in that order.
CO19 are on standby.
First sign there's any guns in there, I want you lot out.
You ready, Gianni? Yeah.
Yeah, who is it? All right, mate? Merk-E reckons you can sort me out.
I'm looking for Roxanne.
Police! Right, secure this lot.
Mark Ellis, I'm arresting you on possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.
You do not have to say anything That's funny, because my hands look empty.
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Where's Kaden? I don't know no Kaden.
Listen to me.
Where's the boy? What have you done with him? Man, step in on my face again, see if I go get merk you, little bitch.
Matty, that's enough.
Gianni, take him down.
Don't try to take my money, now! Sorry, Ron.
All right, all right.
All clear on the ground floor! Keep looking, lads! Kaden? Kaden? I need a jemmy! In the kitchen now! Cheers.
Oh, my God.
It's OK.
It's OK, yeah? Shit.
My client had ã1000 exactly in his possession.
You know as well I do, he's got no legal requirement to explain how he came by it.
Convenient that he has the maximum allowed amount, as did three other members of his gang.
You really have no grounds to hold Mr Ellis.
There is the matter of how Kaden Blake was found.
Him a boy.
Him follow me around.
See, man, like I am big brother, you know.
God knows, a kid like that could do with a mentor.
A mentor who chains him up and locks him in a cupboard and then uses him to intimidate his employees.
Mr Ellis has no employees.
He is in fact unemployed and currently claiming jobseeker's allowance.
Well, I bet the benefit office would love to know about his little empire dealing crack, then.
You know wha'? I think you have I man confused with someone else, you know.
Right.
Well then, maybe you wouldn't mind explaining to me what you were doing in the dealing room of a known crack house? Know wha'? I man was after a bit of personal.
I hold my hands up, see? You were collecting your cash.
As my client hadn't made any purchase, proved by the fact no drugs were found on his person, you can't link him to any illegal activity occurring in that flat.
No.
Kaden can.
Kaden? Him no gonna say nuttin'.
Understand? Are you sure you don't want a solicitor, Kaden? He don't need one.
Kaden? Chayse has told us what happened that night on the tower block, Kaden.
He has also told us that you work for Mark Ellis, and that Ellis had given you orders to kill Chayse.
We have an eyewitness puts the pair of you on that landing five minutes before the shooting.
And we have Chayse's statement.
We have just about everything we need to charge you with the attempted murder of Chayse Wade and the manslaughter of Lia Brown.
But if you were under orders from Ellis, that changes everything.
What do you mean, it changes everything? Kaden could get a reduced sentence, if he gives evidence against Ellis.
Do you understand, Kaden? He ain't got nothing to say, innit? But Mum Just keep it shut, Kaden.
Look, that Chayse kid is lying.
Kaden don't work for Ellis.
They just They just found that gun in the park.
They was just messing about, playing.
You know what kids are like innit? Ain't that right, Kaden? Yeah.
It was a game.
No-one made me do nothing.
As long as Kaden claims he acted of his own free will, I doubt we'll convince a jury otherwise.
So we send Ellis home? He'll set up shop somewhere new within the hour.
We've got no choice.
There's nothing we can charge him with.
You've gotta make Kaden talk.
I've been round the houses with him.
He won't say a word against Ellis.
Let me try.
I was in there, Matt.
It's not gonna happen.
So, what do we do? Just give up? Job done.
Come on It's OK to get angry about child labour if it's on the other side of the world, but no-one gives a shit that it's happening right here and now, thanks to scum like Ellis.
We care, but if we can't prove Ellis is running the show They're kids.
They should be playing football, eating sweets, not waving guns around, selling crack.
M'Lord, the Crown request the defendant be remanded to secure local authority care.
We have no objection, M'Lord.
Then your wish is my command, Miss Phillips.
Kaden realises they have locks on the doors where he's going? They don't have Shannon Blake.
That sold it to me.
Me, too.
Looks like we're on the same page.
Don't count on it, sister.
Application to exclude my client's interview.
He was denied legal representation.
Kaden Blake and his mother waived his right to legal representation.
The defendant offered up his confession freely.
The defendant is 13 years old.
His mother was high on crack.
Neither of them were competent to waive legal representation.
The police get waivers from drunk drivers every day.
Miss Blake wasn't waiving her own rights, but her son's.
Miss Phillips should've disregarded the waiver and stopped the interview.
My lord, Mrs Blake appeared compos mentis.
What were we supposed to do? Whip out a drug test? The Crown has a solid case against your client, Ms Trew.
It appears you're just looking for a way to muddy the waters.
Application is refused.
The interview stays in.
However, I would feel happier knowing the boy has had a full psychiatric evaluation prior to standing trial.
One of the elders in the TKC got shot on the estate.
I was stood this close to him.
There was so much blood, man.
What did your mum say, when you told her what you saw? Nothin'.
Do you get on with your mum? How do you feel about her using drugs? Ain't her fault.
Whose fault is it? If I wasn't around, she'd be OK.
Did she tell you that? Just get off my case, yeah? 'Kaden lives in a world where young men have severely limited options and no basis for hope.
' 'They don't all turn out to be killers.
' Of course not.
Some are lucky enough to have parents or teachers who provide an alternative view of the world.
Kaden has Shannon Blake.
His relationship with his mother is emotionally abusive.
He told you that? He didn't have to.
She told her own child he's responsible for her drug habits.
That kid didn't stand a chance with a mum like that.
He killed an innocent woman, Jake.
Don't go all soft on me now.
I'm not.
I just see where he's coming from.
Your mum going on about the lack of grandchildren, is she? Bouncing me on her knee was enough trouble.
Persuade the kid to give evidence against the dealer.
In return, we drop the attempted murder charge.
We tried to convince him to talk.
He isn't interested.
Because Ellis had him too scared to open his mouth.
And his mum isn't helping.
Are you certain Kaden was acting on Ellis' orders when he pulled the trigger? If we convince Kaden we have a case against Ellis, maybe he'll be more willing to speak out.
We can't even prove Kaden was working for Ellis.
That bloke's got more lives than my cat.
Have you got a cat? Yeah.
Lucky Luciano.
17, never had a scratch on him.
What about Chayse Wade? Maybe he witnessed something we could use.
Kaden made me wait outside.
He'd go in, get the package, and then tell me where to deliver.
How did you get paid? Kaden gave me the money.
So, for all you know, you could've been working for Kaden? But I wasn't.
I was working for Ellis.
Chayse is a good kid.
Ellis still managed to get him into his gang.
If you don't stop him, what chance have these kids got? Chayse Did you ever see Ellis hurt Kaden? I saw the bruises.
One time, Kaden was collecting the packages from the shottas, and he took some cash.
Ellis went mental.
Locked him down for a week, beat him bad.
No wonder Kaden's covering for Ellis.
He must be terrified.
Not for himself.
He reckoned that if he didn't do exactly what Ellis wanted, his mum was dead.
Kaden's devoted to that woman.
Not that she deserves it.
A couple of months back, before I knew he was trouble, Chayse brought him home.
Kid hadn't eaten in days.
Are you saying his mum wasn't feeding him? With what? She spent all their benefit on crack.
I heard she owed a load of money to her dealer, too.
Mark Ellis? I wanted Kaden to stay with us.
But he said Ellis would get angry.
He don't want nobody messing with him.
What do you mean? One time, I found him on the stairwell.
He wasn't breathing.
I called the ambulance.
Ellis went mental.
What? He was angry with you? He said I should've called him instead.
And then he wanted to know what hospital Kaden was at.
He was in cardiac shock, OD'd on crack cocaine.
The boy was covered in cuts and bruises.
Did he say how he got them? It was a fight to get a name out of him.
Wouldn't tell us where he lived or who to call.
Right, well, you called social services? Of course.
As soon as we got him stable.
Then why did you release him? We didn't.
The uncle showed up, all concerned.
When I took the social worker up to talk to them, the bed was empty.
They left? Disappeared into thin air.
What did this uncle look like? Canerows.
Gold tooth with a letter M on it.
You can't just wander into A&E and grab a 13-year-old child from his bed.
Not without facing charges for kidnap.
The boy went with him of his own free will.
No-one forced him.
We're talking about a 13-year-old child.
Mr Ellis had no legal authority to take the boy anywhere, willing or not.
Wha' ya chat about? Of course I do.
I'm his legal guardian, see? Shannon Blake is Kaden's legal guardian.
Mr Ellis had Shannon Blake's permission.
You no believe me? Go and ask her.
Look, I asked Mark Ellis to keep an eye on Kaden.
It's no big deal.
Mark Ellis is a drug dealer.
He ain't all bad.
He's teaching him a trade.
It's more than school does.
Dealing drugs is not a trade.
It is to the kids round here.
It's the only way they're gonna get the sort of life they see on MTV, innit? Yeah, if they're given no education or self-worth.
You think it's easy living here? No.
But it doesn't mean you give up! You get up off your arse, you make sure your kids grow up knowing right from wrong, and spend their days in school, not hanging around drug dens.
Well, Kaden's dad ain't about, so someone's gotta look out for him.
That's your job, Shannon.
Look at me.
I can't even make a cup of tea till I've had a hit.
So who do you think he's better off with? Can't I go now? Do you know what I think? I think she sold her own son to pay off her drug debt.
Crackhead logic.
If junkies like Shannon Blake wanna kill themselves, let them.
Hand them drugs on prescription.
Then dealers like Ellis are out of a job.
The Daily Mail better hold its front page.
"CPS prosecutor wants crack on prescription!" Well, we're not winning this war.
Kids like Kaden running drugs, innocent people shot in their beds, and we can't even get Ellis banged up for kidnapping a child.
Before we lobby government to legalise drugs, let's try a different strategy.
I'm not sure we've got many options left.
Ellis is still on the street because he's good at what he does.
He never handles the drugs.
He makes sure the kids he uses are too terrified to speak out.
Kaden's never going to admit that he was working for Ellis.
Everyone has an Achilles heel, Jake, even little boy gangsters.
I bet this kid doesn't know what his mum did.
Maybe he should.
Are you joking me? It'll prove to the jury that Kaden had no choice, that he had to follow Ellis's orders.
I didn't give my kid to Ellis.
What sort of mother do you think I am? I know exactly what you are.
You can blame it on his father, the drugs, the school, your "hood", but it amounts to the same thing.
You've failed that boy on every level.
And you have one chance.
One chance to make things right.
You give evidence against Ellis, and Kaden could be home in two years.
And what do I get, eh? A bullet in the head? We'll get you into witness protection.
A new start somewhere else.
And when Kaden comes out, you can be a family again.
Kaden took that gun up there.
He pulled the trigger.
And he killed that woman.
So you send him where you want.
I don't give a toss.
OK, you win, Miss Phillips.
Manslaughter, Section 73 agreement? I'll get it drawn up.
True story! She swallowed it.
Why, them ain't too welcome round here, you get me? We ain't staying that long.
Mark Ellis, I'm arresting you on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.
You do not have to say anything Hear me now, this go court, I make that little boy a ghost, you hear me? But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something you rely on in court.
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Chayse wanted to leave the crew.
Ellis said no-one leaves the TKC alive.
He gave me a gun.
Told me to take Chayse some place quiet .
.
and lick him down.
You mean kill him? He said, "Put the gun here.
" "And shoot.
" And you followed his instructions? I tried, but I couldn't do it.
Chayse was my mate, innit? First time, I missed on purpose.
Second time, the gun jammed.
If it hadn't, would you have killed him? I didn't want to.
I was scared.
You could've gone to your mother or the police.
Like feds is gonna help me! You could've run away.
You people got no clue, innit? Make us understand.
Kaden, you need to tell the court why you didn't just run away.
My mum owed Ellis money for drugs.
She gave me to him to pay off her debt.
Told him .
.
he could do what he wanted with me.
What did she mean? Said I could work for him.
She knew he was a drug dealer? Yeah.
She knew.
It was OK at first.
I just had to run packages round the estate, keep the other kids in line.
At night I slept in one of the crack houses.
How long did you live like this? I dunno.
Weeks.
How long were you supposed to stay with the defendant? As long as your mum needed drugs? And if you went against Ellis? He said he'd put a bullet in my mum's head.
No more questions.
Members of the Jury, on the charge of conspiracy to murder, have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed? Yes.
Do you find the defendant, Mark Ellis, guilty or not guilty? Guilty.
Matt! She had a baby boy.
Nine pounds exactly.
No way! Yes.
CongratulationsGranddad.
Thanks.
So, what time's visiting? Erm, I'll go tomorrow.
Don't worry about that.
Let's get Kaden down to Kent first.
And miss your grandson's first day on the planet? I'll drop you off en route and pick you up on the way back.
You can show me the photos over a Chinese.
All right, I'll buy.
OK.
Right, call Sarah.
Tell her you're on your way.
I will.
Thanks, Matt.
Great news.
What you did in there took balls, yeah? Is my mum here? Did she come? I'm sorry.
Look, Kaden.
You got a chance to change your life in there, with or without your mum.
It's not like jail.
I bet you get your own Xbox.
Get down! Matt! Matt!