Rose and Maloney (2002) s02e01 Episode Script

1
[melodic downbeat music]
[melancholic orchestral music]
[alarm beeping]
[light melodic orchestral music]
- [Daniel] Dear Rose Linden.
My name is Daniel Berrington.
I'm 18 years old, I live near
Swindon.
I read about the Criminal
Justice Review Agency
in the newspaper, about
how you put things right,
when there's been an injustice.
My parents wouldn't
like me writing to you,
but I don't tell them anything
these days.
I have to ask you to help me,
because something happened
to me when I was younger,
something really bad and
it hasn't come out right.
They want me to put it all
behind me, but I can't.
[light haunting music]
Why can't they understand that?
I just can't.
[light melodic orchestral music]
It's been eight years since
I first met Mr. Towns.
You've probably heard
of me, most people have,
but I need to talk to you,
because it didn't happen
like they say it did.
[melodic orchestral music]
Mr. Towns was just this old
guy who lived down the street.
I liked him, then it all went
wrong.
I never wanted to be famous,
I just wanna be normal again.
[birds chirping]
[light suspenseful orchestral
music]
And I think you might be the
only person who can help me.
- Daniel was found
sitting beside his victim
holding a cutthroat razor.
He seems to us today
like an inhuman killer
of a defenceless old man
inflicting injuries that
escalated
to a level of savagery almost
impossible to understand.
He was 10 years old.
He got life.
We need to consider whether
the notoriety of the case
blinded everyone to the
possibility
that Daniel did not commit this
murder.
Best call him the devil
and pack him out of sight.
Daniel Berrington is in a
Social Services Secure Unit,
eight years into his
life sentence for murder.
He's written to us requesting
review.
[switch clicking]
- Excellent visual
presentation, Mr. Maloney.
- Thank you.
- But there's no new evidence
and no suggestion of police
misconduct at this stage.
- Well, that remains to be seen,
we haven't interviewed him yet.
- It does not remain to be seen,
it was an exemplary
investigation in every way.
- Oh, they're all exemplary.
Excuse me, I forgot your name
- Bruce Arneson, Home
Office Strategy Unit.
- Why is he here?
The government doesn't tell
us which cases we can take on.
- Well, it's an extremely
high profile case,
the boy's famous.
- So?
- The Home Office have
requested consultation.
We're happy to listen to
what they have to say.
- There's a policy aspect
to this, we just want you
to be aware of the
potential media interest.
- What you actually mean
is that Daniel Berrington
could have a case in the
European Court of Human Rights,
because he was tried as
an adult at the age of 10.
I'm sure that would be felt
to be rather inconvenient
for the Home Secretary.
- We're letting him out.
- [Maloney] Excuse me?
- He'll see a parole board in a
month,
long as he's sorry, they'll let
them go.
- He's not sorry.
He wrote to me, we're meeting
him today.
- Well, obviously we're
assuming you won't proceed
with the re-investigation
in the boy's interests.
- [Rose] Hang on.
- He will have a new identity
relocation,
it is the best possible
outcome for everyone.
- So why exactly have
you let us waste our time
for the last two weeks?
- Rose, sit down.
- Well, obviously the lad
has taken us by surprise.
We were keen to see if you had
anything,
which I'm glad to say you don't.
- Don't smile at me, you wanker.
[door opening]
[door closing]
- She has been working quite
hard.
- I think for now the
visit to Daniel Berrington
is not to take place.
Have I made that clear, Mr.
Maloney?
- Oh yes, absolutely,
that's, that's clear.
[door opening]
[background office bustling]
[door closing]
- Why would a teenage kid,
who's gonna be released on
licence with a new identity
claim he's innocent at the last
moment?
- Well, I don't think
we're gonna find that out.
[door opening]
- Thanks for coming.
[door closing]
- Wendy didn't know.
There's something going on.
- Yes, we've been told not
to proceed with the case,
so we move on.
- Our job is to search out
miscarriages of justice.
Right?
- Right.
- So do you know there isn't one
here?
- Well, no, but Wendy has
said that, what are you doing?
- Looking for that visitor
order.
- Rose, I'm still probationary,
I'd rather not get fired.
- Give.
- What?
- S, T, U.
[drawer opening]
V.
[drawer closing]
You can be too organised,
do you know that, Maloney?
- Yes, and you can have
too little innate sense
of danger or commonsense,
do you know that, Rose?
- Yep.
You wouldn't mind driving me,
would you?
I haven't got my licence back
yet.
- No way.
And giving me that stupid
smile isn't gonna work either.
- We only agreed to this visit,
because we try to take
Daniel's views into account.
We're horrified that he's going
back on his rehabilitation,
mystified.
- It's just a chat.
Normal assessment.
- [scoffs] Nothing normal
about this for Daniel,
he hasn't had a visitor for
three years.
- What about his parents,
don't they support him?
- No, [sighs] they weren't
able to maintain contact.
We were hoping maybe once he was
released.
Look, as far as we're concerned,
Daniel's accepted his
offence, he doesn't need this.
- Well, something must have
changed.
- He can't change what he did,
nobody can.
[football players shouting]
[light melodic music]
[knocking on door]
- [Daniel] It's open.
[door opening]
- [Mark] Your visitors, Danny.
- Hi.
You came.
- Hello, Daniel.
I'm Rose Linden and this is Mr.
Maloney.
- Daniel.
- Sorry, sorry, I'm not
really used to shaking hands.
I know everyone in here, don't
I, Mark?
- Should we, should we start?
- I'd love to have a look round
the centre, maybe you could-
- I need to be present for this.
- Come on, Mark.
- Okay, sure.
- This is very impressive.
All the furniture and
everything, fantastic.
- [Mark] Daniel's a talented
carpenter.
- You should have a look at
this.
Thanks.
[light suspenseful music]
[door closing]
- You know what it is?
- Yeah.
- They think it's my A
level materials project.
They like it when I make things.
- [Rose] What's is it really
for, Daniel?
- It helps me.
- Do what?
- Return to the scene of the
crime.
[door opening]
[background office bustling]
- Joyce, where's Rose?
- I think they had a visit
today.
It's all a bit mysterious.
- Right.
[door closing]
- See, the thing is, usually
when a client approaches us,
it's because someone's lied.
Perhaps the police haven't
handled the case correctly
or new evidence has emerged,
that your lawyer would present
to us.
So-
- So what?
- So why didn't you kill Mr.
Towns?
- Because I can't remember doing
it.
- That's not what it says
in your statements, Daniel.
- They told me what I did.
They all told me until I
remembered it their way.
Now I've got to go in front of a
board
and say I'm sorry for being a
murderer.
I'm not.
- You've got a chance
to leave, start again.
- I don't want a new name.
I don't wanna live where
they say, do what they say.
- [Rose] I understand you
don't see your family anymore.
- No.
No, they don't get on with me.
They changed their names,
so nobody would know
that I belong to them.
- You have a brother?
- Matthew.
He wrote to me once, said he
missed me.
[light haunting music]
- Do you miss him?
- [Daniel] I can't remember the
bathroom,
I can't remember it.
- Have you talked about this
to people who help you here?
- You can talk about anything
you like
as long as you see it their way.
- You were found sitting
beside Mr. Towns' body
holding a razor.
That's a big problem,
Daniel, not remembering.
- I know,
but something is not right.
I keep thinking that I
see him, I don't know,
I see, [exhaling deeply]
he's like white and it's almost
like
there's someone else in the
bathroom.
- [Rose] Who is it, Mr. Towns?
[light haunting music]
[owl hooting]
[football players shouting]
- He's not at all what I
expected.
- We concentrate on the
future, not the past.
Daniel's responded well,
he's doing three A levels.
He plays trumpet badly, he makes
models.
We've been going on day trips
to get him back into the outside
world.
You know, we can't keep him
beyond 18,
if he fails his parole.
- You mean he'll go to prison?
- Daniel can't believe
the person he is now
could commit that crime.
All that means is we succeeded
and you guys are gonna screw it
up.
[phone ringing]
Excuse me.
[phone beeping]
Hello, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, they're here now.
I'm sorry?
Thank you.
[phone beeping]
- "The first time I met Arthur
Towns
was when my brother
Matthew made Calum Roxton
put a dog turd in his
letterbox."
[laughing softly]
- Sorry.
[light haunting music]
- It's okay, you can look at it.
- [Daniel] Thank you.
[light melodic orchestral music]
[birds chirping]
- "Matthew wanted to play a joke
on him.
We played Eeny Meeny to
see who had to do it.
[letterbox rattling]
Calum always lost, when we did
that."
- Go on, Calum, you pansy.
- [Calum] Someone's coming!
- Well, push it!
[door opening]
- Come here,
you little bastards!
[Arthur thudding to ground]
Uh!
[light haunting music]
[Arthur coughing]
[Arthur groaning with effort]
- Are you alright?
- I hurt myself.
[Arthur groaning]
You make me a cup of tea.
You can make a cup of tea, can't
you?
- Yes, sir.
[light melodic orchestral music]
[door opening]
- You leave.
You don't have permission to be
here.
- Excuse me, I'm conducting an
interview.
- This is over now.
- Rose.
- It was nice to meet you,
Daniel.
- Yeah.
If you see Matt, tell him,
tell him I know he's there!
[door closing]
[light haunting music]
- We're supposed to be going
back to the office to be fired.
- Yeah, all in good time.
Traffic's terrible on the M4.
- Can I just mention for the
record,
that this is a really,
really bad idea, Rose?
- Mention away.
- They have protected
identities.
I'm pretty sure we're breaking
the law just by turning up.
- All Daniel has to do to
walk free is admit he's guilty
and he just can't manage it.
Doesn't that mean anything to
you?
- This case isn't happening,
Rose.
But guess what, we're just gonna
carry on anyway, aren't we?
- Yep.
- With no regard for the
consequences.
- Just doing our jobs.
- Losing them more like.
- Stop whining, Maloney,
time to meet the parents.
[car door closing]
- I don't know how we can help
you.
I know Daniel has become
uncooperative, that's all.
We're not involved in it
anymore.
- I understand, it must've
been very hard for you.
- We stayed away from the trial
and then later we changed
our name and moved here.
Well, I suppose you think that's
callous?
- I don't think anything, Dr.
Berrington.
I'm just responding in a very
initial way
to Daniel's concern.
- Tianny, our name is Tianny
now.
- All these trophies?
- Matthew's, he's good at
football, piano.
That's the school maths prize,
he's won it for three years.
- But none for Daniel.
- You're, you're getting into an
area.
I'm sorry, it's private.
I can't.
- We had to let him go for
the sake of our family.
I don't expect you to understand
that.
[door opening]
- So you don't have any idea
as to why Daniel thinks he's
innocent?
[door closing]
- Mum, Dad?
What's going on, you
left the door unlocked?
- [Kenneth] Ah, it's nothing,
Matthew,
go up and do your homework.
- Who thinks he's innocent?
- Not now, homework.
[footsteps ascending stairs]
He has some important exams to
study for,
I don't want that disrupted.
- Okay.
[door closing]
It's just that Daniel
I have to ask you this, where
was Matthew when Mr. Towns-
- He was at his friend's house
playing,
at Calum Roxton's house.
This has all been gone over so
many times.
- Yes, thank you for talking to
us.
Rose?
[door opening]
Thank you.
- Come on.
I'll get your tea.
- Weird or what?
- It's sad beyond words, Rose.
That's it, over, okay, we're in
the shit.
- Yeah, alright, Jesus.
Oh, office, James.
- Yes, my lady.
[car doors closing]
[mellow melodic music]
[light haunting music]
- It's a gross breach of
discipline.
Well, how am I supposed to
justify this?
Tell me, for God's sake!
- I don't know.
- You don't know, that's not
good enough.
[background office bustling
drowning out speakers]
- When-
- Oh, shut up!
- For God's sake.
[Joyce sighing]
What did she do?
- Oh, nevermind.
- Whatever it was, I hope to
Christ you didn't help her.
[door opening]
[door closing]
[footsteps approaching]
[door opening]
- I forgot to ask how
the physics paper went.
- I came top, Dad.
- Good.
Good, that's excellent,
Matthew, very good.
- Is it true, Danny's coming
out?
- He might be, I don't know.
[sighs]
- Well, will we see him?
- I don't want to speak
about him, Matthew.
I know you understand,
he did a terrible thing.
You know, we all tried
to make sense of it,
but it was too hard
for Mum.
- I still miss him.
- Daniel will have a new
life, he's gone from us.
Got to concentrate on you now.
[door closing]
[background mellow jazz music]
- Four pounds please.
- Thank you.
- What's she say?
- Final warning, you?
- Final, final, final warning.
Official reprimand, written
apology to the Home Office,
week suspension to lie low.
I liked him.
- I liked him too,
but I checked the statements
and Mrs. Jane Roxton confirmed
that Matthew Berrington was
playing with her son, Calum
on the day Mr. Towns was killed.
- So where are they now, the
Roxtons?
- Emigrated to Canada, no
address listed.
The case is closed and rejected,
Rose.
I've been told to delete
the Berrington file
from the server, you must
surrender
the hard copies tomorrow.
- To who?
- The Home Office.
- Bollocks.
- There's nothing in it, Rose.
We'll mess ourselves up,
we should leave it now.
- Oh, that's okay, Maloney,
as long as Daniel Berrington
killed Arthur Towns,
everything was okay.
If he didn't,
well, we stirred things up,
maybe something will happen.
Do you want one?
- No thanks, I'm going home.
- Yes, well, I'm not.
- Did you take your insulin?
- Yes, I'm not a child.
- Alright, alright.
[background mellow jazz music]
[door opening]
[door closing]
[syringe landing on bar]
[papers rustling]
[Rose sighing]
[video cassette clattering]
[Daniel sobbing]
[light haunting music]
[mellow melodic music]
[light switch clicking]
[light haunting music]
[mellow melodic music]
[light haunting music]
[mellow melodic music]
[light haunting music]
[Daniel gasping fearfully]
- I know you were in there,
Matthew.
[Daniel breathing heavily]
I know you were in there.
[light haunting music]
[Daniel breathing deeply]
[knocking on door]
[door opening]
- Hello, darling.
What are you doing here?
- I took the week off.
Thought I'd pop round.
[door closing]
- You got suspended again,
didn't you?
- Wasn't my fault.
- They can't all be idiots, Rose
and if they are, you
should get another job.
Maybe one that doesn't
make you look so miserable.
Well, as you're here,
you might as well come shopping
with me.
I need a dress for your
Dad's Lion Club dinner.
I think you should get one too.
- Me, why?
- I just want to buy you a
dress.
There's nothing wrong with that,
is there?
Your Dad wants you to come,
darling, he's making a speech.
- [Rose] He does not want me to
come.
- Alright, I want you to come.
And one or two of the chaps are
younger.
Well, 40-ish.
- I don't go out with men who
are 40-ish.
- Oh, you can't be too choosy,
Rose.
You know, you aren't exactly
[birds chirping]
- Do I disappoint you?
- Oh, you know you do,
darling, but I forgive you.
Don't smoke in the house, it's
so filthy, there's a girl.
[door opening]
- Oh, Maloney, there's
someone here for Rose.
- Thanks.
[background office bustling]
Hello.
- I'm looking for someone
called Rose Linden.
- Oh, she's on holiday, I'm
afraid.
- I need to speak to her, it's
urgent.
- Is that a Canadian accent?
It's Calum, isn't it?
What do you want me to tell
Rose?
[light haunting music]
- Matthew rang me.
He told me what you're doing,
how Danny's saying he didn't do
it.
- And?
- What did he tell her?
- I'm sorry, Calum, I don't
know.
- Tell her not to believe
him, Danny's a liar.
- A liar about what?
- You'll make it all start
again, I can't do it again.
- I don't understand, can't do
what?
- It was them, it's always them.
- What are you scared of, Calum?
I mean, if there's anything-
- Get off me!
[dramatic music]
[door opening]
- Hey!
Jesus, Maloney, who was that?
- I don't know.
- Are you alright, Mr. Maloney?
- Yes, yes, I'm fine, really.
Honestly, it's a
misunderstanding.
[women chatting quietly]
- Oh, bugger.
[phone beeping]
- [Maloney] Maloney's
phone, leave a message.
[phone beeping]
- Maloney, hi.
Just wondered how you
were getting on, you know?
Yeah.
Ah,
give us a ring if there's
anything,
developments that you
need help with, cheers.
[phone beeping]
[Rose sighing]
[phone ringing]
Maloney.
- [Bruce] No, Bruce,
this is Bruce Arneson.
- Right?
- Thanks for sending over
the, the Berrington stuff.
- I didn't send it, two of
your goons confiscated it
at eight o'clock this morning.
I do hope they know how to treat
evidence.
- Fine, fine.
The Home Secretary just
wants to flick through it,
before we, you know, cut him
loose.
Look, I wanted to say that I'm
sorry
we got off on the wrong foot,
I was rude and patronising.
- It's okay.
- Anyway, I got your number,
I hope you don't mind
and well, I was wondering if
you were free for a drink?
- I'm sorry?
- A drink.
I'm sorry, am I not doing this
very well?
- Oh, you're asking me out?
- Totally, is that okay?
- Totally.
- [Bruce] The Beater Bar near
your office,
tomorrow round about five?
- Okay.
- Fantastic.
[replacing handset]
[phone beeping]
[light melodic music]
- We stirred 'em up.
[knocking on door]
- Hello?
[door opening]
- You ready?
- Yeah.
- Got good seats, North stand.
- Cool.
- Are you okay?
- Fine, Mark.
- I hope we've talked this
through now.
You're not gonna screw this
up, Daniel, I won't let you.
- No, she's full of shit
anyway, she can't help me.
- It's better this way, Danny.
You get a day out to the footie
anyway.
- Yeah, you're right.
[background pub bustling]
- [Bruce] Hey, Rose, what
can I get you to drink?
- Just a mineral water, thanks,
still.
- I'm glad you came,
I hope you don't think
I was being too cheeky.
- Oh, I think you're a
cheeky bastard, Bruce,
but what the hell, ey?
- Yeah.
- I have diabetes, I get a
bit bad tempered at times,
I'm instructed to say I'm
sorry I called you a wanker.
- Well, I was being lofty,
call it inexperience.
- So why don't we get the
business out of the way, Bruce.
- Business, I thought this was
just gonna be pure pleasure?
- Well, it's not out of the
question, but let's face it,
we both know we've got an
agenda.
- Fire away.
- You want to charm me into
telling you if I found out
anything that would
embarrass the Home Office.
- Like what?
- Like one of the most
famous murderers in Britain
didn't get a fair trial,
like he was treated like a
psychopath,
when he should have been
treated like a child,
like he's innocent
and therefore a total disgrace
to the justice system.
- Why would that embarrass us?
- Probably because the
Home Secretary has got
some funky, little zero
tolerance policy up his sleeve,
some bang them up and throw
away the key type of speech,
that he wants to give
and doesn't want a humiliating
miscarriage of justice
making him look like a wanker.
- Shit, [laughs] well,
they said you were good.
And is our Daniel inconveniently
innocent?
- No, no, he's guilty alright.
- Phew!
- Do you know, I think
I'll have a red wine.
- No problem, bottle of
red, please, whatever.
So Rose, what is your agenda?
- I just wanna get laid.
- Yes, of course I remember
Daniel,
I taught him for three years.
I thought it was barbaric
the way they treated him,
no matter what he did.
- Right, and his brother,
Matthew?
- Year below, oh, they were
inseparable,
even though they were opposite
ends
of the academic spectrum, Daniel
was slow
and their father, Dr.
Berrington,
he was a very demanding man.
He was hard on Daniel, very
hard.
- Because?
- Well, it's a difficult thing
to say,
but Daniel was rather
neglected by his father
and Matthew was pushed
to achieve remorselessly.
I could never work out which
one was leading the other on,
but I think they both acted
out some kind of revenge
on that poor old man.
- Really?
And they got into trouble?
- Well, there was the
earlier thing with Mr. Towns.
Well, they were only cautioned
of course.
- I'm sorry, the earlier thing?
- Well, they were going into
his house, stealing things.
- Wow, look at this.
- What is it?
- Some sort of gun dagger.
Look at those medals!
[light suspenseful music]
We can take them.
[door opening]
- What are you doing, what are
you doing?
Give me that, you little tyke!
Now get out!
- I'm sorry, we didn't mean it.
- Get out!
[blow thudding]
Uh!
[Arthur groaning in pain]
- The police cautioned them
and Calum Roxton, of course,
he was always their dupe.
But I remember thinking it
strange
they never mentioned it at the
trial.
- Yes, it is strange.
- They seemed in such a
hurry to lock Daniel up.
They just wanted him taken away,
so they didn't have to think
about it.
I remember trying to
catch his eye in court
but he wouldn't look at me.
[children playing outside]
Well, I don't know if that
was of any help to you.
- Yes, it is, I won't take
up any more of your time.
Thank you.
- Are you a Kings
College man, Mr. Maloney?
- I'm sorry?
- Kings College, the scarf.
- Oh no.
No, it belongs to someone else,
thanks.
[door opening]
[football crowd roaring]
[whistle blowing]
[air horn blasting]
[crowd chattering]
- Bloody diabolical, they're
going down.
- At least we were at
the first stage though.
- Come on, let's get a
burger and catch the bus.
[ominous haunting music]
Daniel!
Daniel, where are you?
Daniel!
[birds chirping]
[lighter clicking]
- Waste of time.
[phone beeping]
[light haunting music]
[unlocking briefcase]
Shit.
[phone alerting]
[papers hitting floor]
Shit!
[paper rustling]
[phone ringing]
Maloney, ring me back.
No, I can't talk.
[locking briefcase]
My phone was off.
What?
Say that again.
[phone beeping]
Bruce.
- What time is it?
- Taxi time, is your mobile off?
- Yeah.
- Landline?
- I've just moved in.
- Maybe you should ring your
boss.
Daniel Berrington's absconded.
- [laughing] Yeah, right.
[car door closing]
[police radio broadcasting
quietly]
[car doors closing]
[light melodic music]
[doorbell ringing]
- Dr. Tianny?
- Yes.
- [Officer] We need to
have a word about your son.
[melodic suspenseful music]
- I have to ask you, did either
of you do or say anything
that would have persuaded him to
run away
four weeks before his parole
board?
- Oh, come on, Wendy, of course
not, I'm not that stupid.
- [sighs] So far the Agency
haven't been mentioned,
Christ knows what will
happen if we do get drawn in.
Now is there anything else I
need to know
about unauthorised,
unprofessional
activity on this case?
Anything at all, Rose?
- No, I don't think so.
- Because if there is,
I will fire you, Rose.
- I actually, um, I've
done a couple of things
on the unauthorised front.
I found Calum Roxton.
- Who?
- He was a close friend of
Daniel and Matthew Berrington's
and then I, I obtained a
copy of a police caution
issued to him and Matthew and
Daniel
one month before the murder
for stealing from Mr. Towns.
They used to go there
together, it, it seems.
I was gonna ask Calum about
it in case it was important.
- I have to go to the Home
Office.
You are both to be available all
day
for interview by the
police, is that clear?
And if you hold anything
back, I swear I'll
This is your fault.
[door opening]
[door closing]
- Well, I wanted to do
something by myself for change.
Why do you have to run
everything?
- You didn't have to blurt it
out to her, for Christ's sake.
- Well, she asked me and
she looked pretty fierce,
so I panicked, okay.
[door opening]
[door closing]
[background office bustling]
- So where did you get it?
- I interviewed their old
headmistress,
she told me about it.
- My, you have been a naughty
boy.
- I was trying to help.
Okay?
- Okay.
[Maloney clearing throat]
- Matthew Berrington, interview
three,
take continued 27th of August,
"Matthew, can you tell us
when you Daniel and Calum
started stealing things from Mr.
Towns?"
Matthew, "It was Daniel, he
was going to Mr. Towns' house.
He said he had so much stuff,
like nice stuff, you know.
So we wanted to see it too."
[light haunting music]
"Mr. Towns liked us.
We got milk from the shop for
his tea,
it was like payment for being
nice to him.
We didn't touch him after that,
just went and took his stuff a
few times.
He didn't try to stop us, it
was just a game, we're sorry."
- Why wasn't this mentioned?
- Well, maybe they just thought
it would confuse things.
They weren't there on
the day of the murder,
Matthew and Calum were playing
together at Calum's house.
- Right, and they're all acting
so innocent, aren't they?
[light suspenseful music]
- It was them, it's always them.
- Where are you going?
- Kings College to find Calum.
- Why you?
- Well, I'm not the suspended
one.
[mellow melodic music]
[unlocking door]
[door opening]
I think Calum's room's
on the second floor.
[mellow melodic music]
[knocking on door]
[door opening]
[light haunting music]
Oh, no.
[mellow melodic music]
[door opening]
[door closing]
[footsteps descending stairs]
[door opening]
[water running]
[light suspenseful music]
[melodic downbeat music]