Criminal Record (2024) s02e01 Episode Script

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"Who wants one more American
air base in the persian Gulf?"
"Who wants occupation
by another name?"
"Western imperialism by another name."
"Who wants planes and helicopters
flying over our children?"
"Who wants to live -
under a foreign flag."
Okay.
What have I missed?
What's the interpreter saying?
So far pretty vanilla.
- The usual grievances…
- "we will never accept…".
Di lenker?
Bronze command, what do you see?
Yep, there's no problem on the ground.
"This is the true face of
state-sponsored terrorism."
"Let the occupiers pay
for the blood they shed."
Okay, are you getting that?
"Avenge this defilement
of a sovereign state."
Cliff? You're the lawyer.
Anything we can charge?
"Avenge" is not incitement
in and of itself, so…
Gold command, be advised.
Counterprotest gathering
on nails worth street.
Okay, we knew this was coming.
Unit c, hold them at the 80 yard cordon.
Everyone else, eyes on the square.
"An eye for an eye."
"A life for a life."
Right, does that clear the threshold?
Death threat? Unlawful? Yes? No?
The last time I checked, it wasn't
against the law to quote the quran
or indeed the Bible.
- Cliff, no one likes a smart-arse.
- Well, I do.
June, how we looking?
Yeah, it's still pretty calm.
There's no physical threat.
Okay, well, discretion
up to a point, yeah?
"Let our vengeance be
swift and without mercy…."
Unit Charlie to gold command,
we have 50 men at the outer cordon.
Okay, but is the area secure?
Secure for now, over.
"Let these animals pay for their insult…."
Well, that's not holy text surely.
Right, so enough to arrest?
It has to be a targeted threat against
a named individual or individuals.
Cliff.
Unit Charlie to gold
command, significant presence.
75 meters down from the
square, it's getting pretty hot.
That sounds close…
Where is that? Is that nails worth street?
"Get organized. Cut
the head off the snake."
Call to action?
"Any American diplomats
and apologists…."
- Yes.
- Targeted call to violence?
- Yes.
- Is that enough to escalate?
I would say, "yes."
Right, so we are clear to arrest?
Section 44. You have grounds for arrest.
Right, and is that your recommendation?
Yep, yeah. Confirmed yes.
Okay. And is it just the
leader or all of them?
Because some of them are
just… some of them are just kids.
Hold it together!
Let's go!
Fuck!
Urgent tactical support required. Repeat.
- All… urgent…
- recommend…
Yeah, I'm sorry, ma'am. I can't…
I can't hear you. Can you repeat?
Just the leader at present
so we can review the tapes…
- Okay. You're clear to arrest the leader.
- Mike, Sierra, Mike, Sierra.
Arrest authorized.
Breach, breach! They're
heading towards the square!
Urgent tactical support
needed. All units…
In! In, in, in!
Break it up! Break it up!
Get back!
Get out the way!
Help! Somebody, help!
Out the way. Okay.
Okay. Come here.
Paramedics!
You his friend, yeah?
- You see here? Your hand here.
- Back, back! Everyone back!
Press down hard. Look
at me. Press down hard.
Okay. All right.
My god. All right.
Where are the paramedics?
I've got you.
All right. Look at me.
You're fine. I've got you.
Mum.
Mum.
- I've got you. I've got you.
- Mum.
You're gonna see your mum.
When I think of you
my heart remembers
all the love we've ever had
all the love we've ever had
just me and you
when I think of you
just me and you just me
and you just me and you.
Thank you. Thank you, everybody.
Please all take your seats.
Before we begin, an urgent
question from margo Whitaker, mp.
Fifteen years old.
Just a regular lad from my constituency.
My backyard.
- Cheers, mate.
- No worries.
Hi, can I get a pen please?
He only came along because, I quote,
"there was room in the Van, and
he wanted to go on the London eye."
Now, I see from the news you
are appealing for witnesses?
Thanks.
May I suggest you start with the 34
officers stood around like lemmings
whilst a boy was stabbed
to death in front of you?
It's our understanding that
the nails worth street rally
was infiltrated at the 11th hour
by a small cell of up to
six extremist individuals.
Their faces covered,
unknown to the others, they
came with the sole intention
not one… not one of this cell
have you been able to identify.
Your job, last time I
looked, is to stop crime.
And yet no arrests, no
witnesses and no murder weapon.
Is it any wonder public confidence
in the police is rock bottom?
Who is she, and what's she doing here?
I'm…
I just wanted to say,
I'm so sorry for your loss.
He's saying,
"what do you want?"
I was with him. I was there.
Your son.
And I just… I wish I could've stopped it.
Please go.
Please, just someone make her go.
It's okay.
Sorry. I'm so sorry.
- Can I have some?
- Di lenker?
Yeah, it's still pretty calm.
There's no physical threat.
Urgent tactical support required. Repeat.
All units, urgent tactical support required.
Where is that? Is that nails worth street?
- Mum.
- Where are the paramedics?
Mum. Mum.
- I've got you. I've got you.
- Mum.
Thanks, Jerry.
- Tony.
- Who are you?
It's me.
Dan, the gaffer.
"The gaffer?" You sure? Fuckin' temerity.
For Christ's sake, Tony.
I'm not that far gone.
Yeah, you should see
old Jim through the wall.
He's on a drip and a respirator and…
They still reckon he's a flight risk.
You look like shit. Don't tell
me it's that daughter of yours.
What's her name? Lulu or Louisa
- Lisa.
- Yeah, what's the latest?
Is she still up north? Isle of…
- Was it isle of eigg?
- Findhorn.
Findhorn. Nice.
Plenty of clapped-out old hippies
up there to keep her warm at night.
Listen.
I just wanted to kick
the tires on something.
Here it comes. The ulterior motive.
Yeah. Crack on.
Something you said a while back.
What did I say?
This guy.
Cosmo Thompson.
I see.
You said he was nothing. Small time.
Yeah.
Well, I changed my mind.
Now, I gather you're keen
to help with the investigation.
Well, I was there. So, yeah,
of course I want to help.
Well, Mike and his team
downstairs are more than competent
- to handle things. Okay?
- I'm not saying they're not.
They don't need you marking
their homework for them.
But you've got a lot of friends here, June,
so no one's throwing you to
the wolves. Not while I'm here.
Let me tell you,
the person responsible
for the death of that lad
is the individual who stuck
a six-inch blade in his chest.
And whoever that is,
we will run 'em down.
And when we do, all this
name-calling and finger-jabbing,
it'll come to an end. Okay?
But until then, we've
just gotta put up with it.
- So leave Mike and his team to it, yeah?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Yes.
Good. That's pep talk over.
In the meantime,
no further contact with
the victim's family. I would
sorry. Can I ask why?
- Just erring on the side of…
- caution?
Right.
So give your statement
and move on, okay?
I want you kept well
away from the blast radius.
Okay.
Very good.
Here you go.
Okay, picture round.
- Is this all you've got?
- Afraid so.
Waiting on cctv analysis.
Plenty of witnesses, but nothing of value.
Can I take this one?
It's three days since violence erupted
at Suffolk square in central London,
causing the death of a teenage
boy as well as countless injuries.
Tonight, we ask what the
police could have done differently,
and whether it's time to start treating
homegrown extremists as terrorists.
Billy fielding arrived in court,
where he was sentenced
to 17 years for killing
his girlfriend, cerys Jones.
A statement was read outside on
behalf of cerys's mother, Ashley Jones.
While today's judgment
goes some way to bring justice
for the murder of my daughter, cerys,
there is nothing that
can ever bring her back
or make up for her loss from this world.
Cerys was 16 years old.
She had her whole life in front of her.
Every day I have to
remind myself she is gone.
Ashley?
Ashley Jones?
This is di June lenker. Can
you open the door please?
Okay.
All right.
Ashley.
Ashley?
Hello?
Ashley?
Ashley? Ashley?
Can you hear me?
Hello. Ashley?
Hi, yeah, I need an ambulance.
I've got an unresponsive female.
It's 20 west view court off dalston Lane.
Hang on.
No. Fine. Cancel.
You okay?
Okay.
Yeah, sorry about that.
Ashley, have you swallowed anything
else apart from the metapotrozine?
- No.
- No?
- Sorry. It's just…
- that's okay.
It calms me down. You know?
Yeah. All right. Let's…
Should we get you some help?
Yeah. I was gonna have a bath though.
Yeah.
Lovely pull, that.
- You know I don't like this flavor.
- Go on, cosmo.
- Is it hot?
- Stick it down his…
- Is it a bit hot? Is it a bit hot?
- Will you stop…
Give me some good
news for Christ's sake.
No such luck.
Three guesses what I'm looking at.
- Go on.
- Give us a clue.
It's mad.
That's not a clue.
All right, then. It's a…
it's a blast from the past.
That narrows it down a bit.
You are gonna love this.
You all right back there?
Dunno.
You sure you don't want
to sit up front with me?
No.
So, Leo DiCaprio?
You a big fan?
I love him.
Okay.
Kidding.
I'm kidding.
I mean, don't get me wrong. I used
to fancy him, but nowadays I dunno.
I think he's got a bit fat, to be honest.
Well. Try to let him down gently?
They can be a touchy
lot, these film stars.
Do you remember me?
'Course. That refuge.
Carmichael street.
Yeah, that's it.
Shame. That was… they
were nice. Nice people.
Yeah, they were.
So, what do you want?
Me?
I just thought I'd look in
on you after all these years.
That's sweet.
How long has it been?
Since cerys?
Six years.
Wow. Can't believe that.
I still talk to her.
Yeah?
Every day.
That's good.
And the boy that…
Do you… do you know where
they put him? Whitecross, was it?
Redheath.
Redheath.
And is he…
Is he still in there? Do you know?
- Stop the car.
- What?
- Stop the car. Stop the car. Stop
- okay. All right.
Okay?
- I'm sick. I ain't stupid.
- Yeah. I know. I know.
What is it you want to say to me?
Nothing. Nothing.
I was… I was just… I
was just checking in.
'Cause you know what they
called it, the judge and that?
"An act of cold-blooded, callous cruelty."
- I know.
- "Callous cruelty."
I know.
She was my daughter.
- She was my only child.
- I know.
And as far as I'm concerned,
he can fucking well die in there.
So, last chance, yeah.
What is it you want to say?
Nothing.
Nothing.
I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.
Okay?
It's okay.
Come on, then.
Let's get over there quick
before they close the kitchen.
Okay. You take your time. Yeah?
Hiya. Di lenker. I called.
- This is Ashley.
- Come on, Ashley.
This way. There you go. Just here.
June.
"I'm king of the world!"
Come and see me.
- Hello, redheath.
- Hi, this is di June lenker,
dalston Lane cid.
Hi. How can I help?
I want to put in a visiting
request for a Billy fielding.
It's prisoner number
Alpha-3-7-Charlie-November.
I'm going to give you a different number.
Hi, this is Brian teller.
Acting custodial manager.
I gather you're inquiring about
an inmate here at redheath?
Yeah. Billy fielding.
Right, and you wish
to submit a visit order?
Yeah. In fact it should be in
your colleague's inbox now.
I've literally just sent it over.
I'm afraid a visit won't
be possible at this point.
Why not?
Okay. Let me stop you right there.
This is graeme, the governor's assistant.
I'm afraid that inmate is no longer here.
Sorry?
He's been transferred to another prison.
Transferred?
That's correct.
Why… why isn't this on the system?
Where is he?
I'm afraid we're not at Liberty
to share that information.
- Why not?
- Basically, it's a safeguarding issue.
"Safeguarding"? Wow. Okay.
That's a…
That's a new one.
Look…
Could you just please
just tell me where he is?
Here's what we can do. Why
don't you give me your number?
And I'll call you as soon
as I have more information.
- Graeme.
- Dan, do you have a minute?
You… are you okay to
do this, with everything?
Yeah.
You sure? 'Cause we can
reschedule if you like, you know?
Yeah, I want to get my money's worth.
What's with the…
- Why are you all dressed up?
- What?
Am I meant to be dressed up?
What? Like date night?
Yeah, date night for screw ups.
Come on. It's your
favorite hour of the week.
Hi.
So…
How have we been getting on?
Who wants to start?
That was good, wasn't it?
Useful.
Safety valve or… or whatever.
Shut up.
What?
You fancy her.
Who? What? Maggie?
Maggie. Maggie.
- Fragrant Maggie.
- "Fragrant."
- I don't… I don't blame you, you know?
- I mean, what?
She's… she's like
Yoda with amazing hair.
Well, yeah.
I guess, if you're gonna put it like that…
- So predictable.
- …Then maybe I do.
I was thinking maybe we
could do something tonight.
Jacob's with his dad.
- Yeah. Like what?
- Cheap night in?
Ever the romantic.
Or, I don't know, we could…
Get a drink, go to a bar. People watch.
June?
June, you okay?
Yeah,
just give me a minute.
I'm sorry about your trouble.
My what?
First time as sio in the wild.
Leading the line against
a crowd of headbangers.
Not quite the first time, but…
It's tough. Tough going.
Sorry, I'm not meaning
to pick at your scabs.
- Sure.
- You're okay though?
Yeah.
How about you? You all right?
Yeah.
Same old, you know.
Eighth floor looking after you?
They're being pretty supportive, actually.
Good.
It's good to hear. Least they
can do under the circumstances.
What does that mean?
Zero planning.
Tactical balls up. Political pressure,
no doubt, but that's on them…
- Yeah.
- …Not you.
Well, thanks for that.
So…
This guy, Billy fielding.
Right.
It's work. It's not personal.
- I heard you retired.
- Nah, where would I go?
No, they moved me
to intelligence.
So I'm just asking for a friend.
What's your interest?
"My interest"?
Well, I suppose my
first question would be,
"since when were the prison
service such fucking terrible liars?"
Where is he? Fielding? Is he out?
What's on your mind?
- Suffolk square.
- Your thing?
- My thing.
- No prizes for best photographer.
Look, if you're just gonna sit
there and deny it… I was there.
So, I saw him.
You saw him?
- Yeah.
- And have you told Mike about this notion?
- "Notion"?
- Or anyone else on his team?
Did you, June, did you?
No. Not yet. Why?
What's going on here?
You'll find these are a better angle.
So, it is him?
It's him?
- But how… how… how is he even…
- he broke out.
Friday night.
Catering truck exits through the gates,
security's short-staffed so
nobody checked underneath.
Can you believe?
- He was hiding under the truck?
- God bless the prison service.
Why isn't this on the news?
Circle of trust?
Think about it.
Prison staff report he's gone
early hours of Saturday morning.
A few hours back and forth.
Panic. Blame game. The police
think they've got him. "No. We haven't."
They're finally putting a statement
together when your thing happened.
Suffolk square.
And, you know, the
view from the politburo is…
- Two stories?
- Same weekend.
A prison break and a stabbing?
Institutionally, it's…
- Unsurvivable.
- Tough. Yeah, maybe so.
Plus, of course, there's, "fingers crossed
we get him quick. No one's any the wiser."
What are we on now? Day four?
Five.
So, I've been wheeled
in for analytic support.
Always a desperate sign.
But if he's on the run, what is
he doing in the center of a riot?
Why are you telling me all this?
Well, we're in the same boat.
Same interest. This guy here.
He's a key witness for your murder.
And, as for me, I just want
him back where he belongs.
In prison?
Aye.
And that's it?
My point is, if this thing gets out,
Mike, investigation, public appeal,
Billy fielding goes to
ground, we'll never get him.
So…
You help me.
I mean it.
You help me run him down.
We do it our way.
And when we do, you talk to him.
Interview. Suffolk square.
What was he doing
there? Was he armed?
Who was he with? Names, faces.
You want me to work for you?
Change of scene.
You make it sound like a mini-break.
No.
It's better than a mini-break.
Are you fucking shitting me?
Hegarty?
- Look, maybe this is what I need?
- "What you need"? That twat? No, no.
- Self-help is not a good look on you.
- I knew you were gonna be like this.
Yeah.
'Cause I've got an
actual brain. More or less.
What's Leo got to say about all this?
Well, I…
Of course.
- You haven't told him. Nice.
- No. I will… I will tell him.
- Right.
- It's just… what?
No. Nothing. Just… just
looking out for my psycho friend.
Then stop yelling at her.
- What you doing?
- I'm… I'm driving. I'm making it last.
Right. Listen.
There's something I've gotta
say, so I'm just gonna say it.
I'm getting weirdly nervous now.
What happened at Suffolk square…
It made me so angry.
It was a fucking disgrace,
but it is not your disgrace.
Oi.
What?
Got a bit going on?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's just… yeah.
- I know
- no, you don't know.
He keeps calling me, and he
left me a really long message.
- Who… who keeps calling?
- The grandad.
The boy's grandad.
Rohaan, the…
Yeah.
And the worst thing is, I don't
understand what he's saying,
'cause it's all in punjabi, so…
You want me to listen? I can translate.
Can you?
Yes, please.
Hello? Hello.
Yeah. He's…
Yeah, he's… he's glad you came.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's…
He's… he's just feeling really sad.
Yeah.
You're gonna get me going now.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Anyway…
look, it's…
It's just a couple of days with hegarty.
And if I can just get the
bastard that killed rohaan…
All right.
Do what you gotta do.
Just don't forget, yeah?
Don't forget who you're dealing with.
No chance.
Get the fuck out of my house!
Police, police!
Where is he? Is he here?
How'd you get here so quick?
Kim.
- Boss.
- How's the mother?
She's, yeah, she's fine.
- Where's our boy?
- He went out the back. Traveling on foot.
Okay, jp with me. Let's go. Let's find him.
Do we put out a general alert?
God, no. We'll be here all night.
- Oi! Keith, Keith!
- Let's go. Let's find the little shit.
Finn, get over to park hill road.
- See if he's heading for the station.
- Copy that.
Got you.
Oi! Oi!
Subject identified! On foot, heading…
No, he's going south off the
high street down markham road.
He's heading for the canal.
You can catch him up
if you take king street.
Fucking hell.
Cut him off!
Pursuing subject east up
the canal towards homerton.
Fuck. Shit!
Oi!
Fucking stop!
Oi!
Stay there.
I went back.
Shut up.
He fell in. I… I got him
out. I… shut up, you hear?
D… Dan, I went back and I got him out.
Shut up!
Don't you ever say my
name again, you hear?