Moses Jones (2009) s01e01 Episode Script
Episode 1
One, two, one, two, three Ha, ha, ha, ha! Here we go! This programme contains strong language.
This programme contains some violent scenes.
Do you know her? - No.
No, mate.
- I'm looking for my niece.
Here we go.
Come and have a look.
MAN: Only four for a pound.
Come and have a look.
Come and have a look at the lovely Excuse me, please, I need ask you something.
- I'm busy! What is it? - This is my niece.
Yes, what? She saved all her money to come to London, but she has disappeared.
No, I haven't seen her.
I think she likes to have her hair done here.
No, not here.
Off you go, please.
Please, leave this place, yeah? Thank you.
- I'm looking for my niece.
- You! Go away! - I'm looking for my niece.
- Go away! I'm looking for my niece.
Every day Every day Every day! Every day! Every day Every day What, what, what, what! Oww! Oh, they will not be able to resist us tonight.
See the world - the world's a bad, bad place full of bad, bad people.
Do you know what I'm saying? Like, I did what I did, you get me? I still sleep, I'm still eating out.
I'm normal.
You know? See the boy - he was a troublemaker, a well-known scum.
So me, I justI just nailed him to the deck.
- Bam, downtown.
You get me? - Yeah, I get ya.
I like your honesty.
Lots of boys kicked him but he had it coming, do you know what I'm saying? - Yeah, I like what I'm hearing.
- You ain't heard nothing, bruv.
- Cos I set him on fire! - I heard you set him on fire! I set him on fire, bitch.
I arsoned his arse.
I took him, I shook him, I decked him and I necked him, you know.
Sometimesthe only way to deal with these people is to kill them, you know? By the way, this is some good grub.
You must be kind of flush, dred.
Yeah, I'm feeling generous today.
Well, I'm not a speed freak, don't think that, bruv.
It's not the ice that makes me fight, you know.
I'm a professional.
You want someone hurt, you've come to the right place.
So have you.
- You're kidding me? - No, my name's Moses Jones.
- I'm a detective.
- Moses Jones? That's a fucked-up name, dred.
Now stop calling me "dred".
- I call everyone dred, dred.
- Well, I ain't Jamaican.
- Neither am I.
- Exactly.
- Fuck.
- Oi, stand there! Stay still.
Stand still, stay there, don't move.
Don't move.
Hey.
Can I have a £5 phone card, please? Sure.
Thanks.
Commonwealth Cabs.
Yes.
Mm-hm.
76 About 20 minutes.
MAN: .
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Wanted me to go all the way Willesden Green.
OK.
OK, bye.
Cab four, pick up.
Cab four, come back.
Younis, where are you? Younis? Wait your turn.
Wait your turn! - MAN OVER RADIO: Yes, Joe.
- At last.
Just a crazy man.
Platform two, Victoria.
- OK.
- Hey, Joe He stinks, man.
Is that you, Gerald? Come on, man, straighten up.
- Gerald, are you drinking? - I'm upset.
What's wrong? My Joy, she has gone.
I've lost her.
- Gerald, I haven't seen her.
- You know where she is.
I know you know.
Come on, man.
You're embarrassing me.
Pull yourself together, come on.
You're scaring me.
Get out.
Hello.
How are you? It's so good to hear your voice.
Of course I'm missing you.
I can't tell you how much I'm missing you.
So how are you? Are you well? Come on, come on, come on.
- It is very exciting! - Yes! - Come on, stay still.
- Knock him out.
Get inside.
- All right, boys? - Over there.
- How are you doing? - All right.
Oh, Jesus.
This The car is smashed.
MAN: It accidentally came into contact with somebody's foot.
MAN: We wanted to thank you for all your hard work.
Yes, thank you for lending us the car.
- It's important.
- What have you done? The English don't want us to have cars.
They make us take MO every year so that all jalopies cannot be driven without expensive repairs.
It's very embarrassing.
Matthias says he'll not forget your kindness.
And he asks you to respect his privacy now and not say anything to anyone about any of this, OK? My God, what have you done? Pleaseit's nice this way.
- What did they want? - Nothing.
Do you know who they are? Do you know who they work for? No I mean yes.
You're out of your depth.
Listen to me Don't let me hear you talking to them again, you understand? How's the band? - Are you listening to me? - Yes, I'm listening.
How is the band going? Have you hit it big-time yet? - We're getting there.
- Have you got a record deal yet? We don't need a record deal, we play live.
But if you make a big record, more people will come to the shows.
We've got a big walk up, eh.
What happened to this car? You have a few hits, you'll have women throwing their underpants.
They'll be going, "Solomon, Solomon, you're so sexy.
- "I love you"! - Hey! - "Have my underpants"! - Hey! You could be a big sex symbol in this country - if you weren't so old.
- Don't be so stupid.
- What happened to this car? - If you had your papers and were legal already, you could be rich and famous.
Joseph! What happened? A big red letter boxbashed into me while I was reversing, so Whatever you are mixed up in, unmix it, eh.
Do you understand me? Yes, Solomon.
Oh, you're so sexy! My underpants! You're so stupid.
You are so stupid.
I'm going.
I'm going to get you for that.
I've got his confession on tape, he was boasting about it.
He'll lead me to the others.
You got your mark, you've done your job.
Give it to the CPS.
Two men have been kicked, stabbed, burnt to death.
A man was burnt alive by children ripped to the tits on PCP.
I don't want to sound callous, Moses, but that's what children do.
Tell that to the families.
I can't stop now.
I need to do this.
Well, I need you to move on.
Well, I don't think I'm going to be able to.
I'll go mad.
This is important to me.
It's important to me that you listen.
- Is that cotton? - No, it's string.
Those are stitches.
It came apart in the water.
Whoever cut him up sewed him back together again.
Who sewed him back together, and why bother? Yes, all that care and attention.
He's had more TLC dead than alive.
I actually know something about this - it's increasingly common.
- Is it? - Yeah.
It's more common than you think.
- Really? - What normally happens is, they slice the body parts off the victim whilst they're still alive.
The louder they scream, the more potent the ritual.
They think it makes the spirits hear it better.
In this case, no body parts were taken.
No internal organs.
Our pathologist reckons this guy - sub-Saharan, East African.
- Which is what made me think of you.
- Why? - You've got family in Uganda.
- Yeah, but it was a long time ago, mate.
They left in the '70s and I was born here.
- You must have contacts in the community.
- Er, well, there's my mum.
Get in there, get into the community, find out what they know.
You want me to go around, asking local Africans about ritual killing? It's better coming from you.
They're your people.
My people? - And who am I, Bishop Tutu? - If only.
- I'm from Shepherd's Bush.
- Get in there, get involved.
It is, after all, your job.
I've already got a job.
All I'm saying is, use your cultural baggage, use your insight.
In this day and age, your identity is a valuable commodity.
Moses Jones, DI.
Ha, ha! Good name! - What's funny? - No, I like it.
- Sorry, mate.
DS Dan Twentyman.
- Twentyman, yeah? - What kind of name is that? - It's a good name, too.
- You got these? - Yeah.
All right, OK, everyone ready? Yeah? Let's go! DAN TWENTYMAN: Excuse me, have you seen this man? Homeless, pisshead.
I know the face.
- And the name? - Homeless, nameless.
Great, thank you for your time.
That's Gerald Okoya.
Always hanging around.
I see him all the time.
He used to work in the cab office round the corner, but he got the bullet.
- Got the bullet for binge-drinking.
- He wasn't binge-drinking.
White people binge-drink.
Gerald was respectable.
White people binge-drink because we can handle it.
See you later.
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So she was just lying there like a starfish.
I couldn't believe it - just lying there.
- Oh! Car seven, car seven, are you POB? Hello, mate.
- Hey - Have you ever seen this man before? Here you are, look, take another look.
He ever worked here? - No.
This is nobody I know.
- Oh, right.
I heard he did.
- I don't know him.
- You must have a lot of drivers, though, - coming and going, fast turnover? - I'd remember.
- What's your name? - Joe.
Just Joe? Joseph Ali.
After Muhammad.
- Oh, right.
Good name.
- Thank you.
Who's this with the gongs? This is a very important person from home.
He was a cabinet minister.
The Minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees.
- Yeah? What's he doing here? - He lives here in exile.
He's a very famous person.
Very nice man, very popular fellow back home.
- What are you so nervous about? - Me? I'm not nervous, boss.
- Why are you looking at me like that? - Like what? Like funny, you're looking at me funny.
- Funny? - Like you're worried about something.
Not me, my friend.
Have you got any ID? - What do you want ID for? - Because.
Is that all right? It's kind of like my job, OK? OK by me.
- Where are you from, my friend? - London.
Where are you from? My family own a bungalow in the north side of Kampala, by the British Embassy.
I have a university degree from Makerere.
- Compulsory to run car service.
- I'm impressed.
You know, you're Ugandan like me, I think.
Y'ssebo, see! I recognise the nose! We are fellow countrymen! - This is Frank Costello.
- What, the boxer? He's a fight commentator now on the telly.
Lives in a big house in the country.
Wow! You know him? Mm.
He sometimes uses us when he comes up to town.
He's a very popular customer.
A very nice man.
Oh, another nice man.
OK.
We'll get back to you.
OK.
Car four.
Are you POB, car four? Still waiting outside.
You got the number for him? In this job, you learn people either talk too much or too little.
He was doing both.
Too much back story.
Back story? What's back story? Back story is the story that happened back a bit I could murder a cup of tea, Moses.
He was showing us he had credentials, the pictures on the wall There you go.
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university degrees, there's nothing wrong with that.
He's just trying to distance himself from poor, desperate bastards like Gerald.
- Or he's just lying.
- Or he's just lying, yeah.
£7.
50.
He said something to you in a different language, what was that about? Y'ssebo - "yes, sir".
It's Swahili.
- Thanks.
- You speak Swahili? - Why would I speak Swahili? - Jambo, is that Swahili? - See, easy, innit? - Do another one, go on.
Are you gonna do this all the time? Do what? All this Famous Five, naive idiot savant stuff.
I've got other things to do, you see.
I'm busy.
I'm only trying to help.
- Bye, mate.
- Bye.
Now, look, what I want from you, right Are you listening? Yes, Mick.
I don't think you quite grab the gravity of this situation.
What I want from you, right, is not just 100% commitment, not 150% commitment and some overtime.
No! What I want from you, my friend, Because otherwise, right, how else are we going to inspire public confidence in our new public conveniences? I've nearly finished, Mick.
I'll do them all double-quick.
Yeah.
What I'm talking about here is your attitude over time.
Do you follow what I'm trying to say? I understand you perfectly, Mick.
Yeah.
Cos you're on a good wicket here - you got a job, you got a flat, NHS when you need it.
If I come to your country with nothing, would I have what you have? - No, you wouldn't.
- No, I would not.
A lot of people would give their right testicle for a job like yours.
The trouble with you lot is you all think you're businessmen, don't you? Got a few things going on on the side, a few irons in the fire Oi! What I need from you is your full commitment.
- Yes, Mick.
- Right, carry on.
Eh! Wah! - Big man! - Hey-hey! Hello, gentlemen, nice to see you.
Make yourselves at home.
Good to see you hard at work in this filthy city.
Eradicating germs for the British taxpayer.
Yes, it's good to know that after all the years of upheavals and struggles, we are still fit to wipe the piss of our colonial forefathers.
Poor Matthias, what a warm welcome they have given you! It's a perfectly respectable job, Peter.
I'm grateful for the opportunity.
Oi, oi, oi, what are you doing? What have I just been telling you? You don't stand about laughing, you great monkey, you ain't even finished yet! Oh, you should know that where we come from, "monkey" is considered somewhat abusive.
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! You will be pleased to know that I, too, I am skilled at eradicating germs, hmm? - Ugh! - Peter! - Agh! - Peter! All you need is a GOOD wash! Peter! Peter Peter! Now I'll have to find another dead-end job! - Ladies and gentlemen - Yeah, yeah! - .
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presenting to you - the one and only - Uh-huh, Solomon! I know who you are I'm ready for you I know who you are I'm ready Hi, Joey? I'm with Lita.
The Mutilators are playing, they're really cooking.
Hey, Jo-Jo! What cooks, good looks? Joseph? What's wrong? I can't hear you.
Joy, I just have to see you.
I just have to see you, Joy.
Aaah! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes, yeah, yes! JOY: Solomon, come here now.
Come with me, come with me.
Thank you, thank you! - Yes, yes, yes, yes! - Lita, Lita, I need to talk to Joy.
- You look like you have seen a ghost.
You look like a white man.
I don't know how to tell you this What is it? Joy My God! - Joseph, pull yourself together, man.
- JOY: What? Please.
The police came to see me about your uncle Gerald.
Oh, no, was he drinking? Was he drunk? What is this? - What have you done? - I haven't done anything.
A body has been found.
It was in a bad way.
This policeman, he showed me a photo from the autopsy.
I'm so sorry, Joy.
I knew this would happen one day.
They'd find him dead in a ditch, or rotting away in some hospital.
The thing is, earlier, in the market, I saw Gerald.
Peter and Paul, they were hanging around also.
- They wanted to borrow my car.
- And did you give it to them? OK, we don't know if Peter and Paul are involved, we're just jumping to conclusions.
Peter and Paul carry very bad baggage, they've done things back at home that would get them put away for life here.
Everybody has a past to forget, Peter and Paul are no different.
Joyyou need to go to the police, eh? You find this policeman.
- Take her with you.
- No.
No chance, no.
You are a student, they will listen to you, eh? Solomon, I can't.
They want my car for evidence.
I can't go myself because they will want to see my papers.
There's nothing we can do now.
So it begins all over again.
Only this time, we are in London.
Come in, my friends, come in! Sit down, sit down.
Big, handsome, hungry boys! Yes, I love to feed my starving brethren - the more the merrier.
You must eat, go ahead, knock yourselves out, there you go.
- Hello, Dolly.
- What do you want? You look very beautiful tonight.
Have you lost weight? How do you stay so thin when your food is so succulent? - I thought I told you to piss off! - I haven't eaten all day.
Rush, rush, rush.
Work, work, work.
Busy, busy, busy.
I haven't got time for this.
I was thinking perhaps you could rustle up a nice snack for me? I'm quite tense about it.
I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm too stressed to digest.
What do you expect me to do? - DINER: Thank you very much.
- Thank you so much.
- Delicious, thank you very much.
- Cheers.
Dolly, I need some comfort food.
Cook me a nice groundnut stew, or some matuke to calm me down.
Look at the menu, what do you see? Indian, Indian, Indian, it's all Indian! Why do you come here asking me to cook these silly things? Get a takeaway.
Dolly, something very bad has happened.
- Uh-huh, whatever(!) - You know Joy's uncle Gerald? He's been found in a travelling trunk floating in the river.
Travelling trunk? What was he doing in a travelling trunk? He wasn't doing anything, he was dead.
- Dead drunk, you mean? - No, no.
Dolly, dead-dead.
He was found dead, serious.
WAITER: Dolly, two naan bread, please.
You know, I think Peter and Paul have something to do with it, but Solomon thinks I have something to do with it.
- Well, do you? - No.
I just lent them my car.
Then you do have something to do with it, don't you? You're an accessory.
- Solomon is very angry with me.
- Why can't you ignore Peter and Paul? They say they work for Matthias Mutukula.
He's nobody here, why do people still care about him? - He still has a lot of influence.
- Yeah, well, not with me.
You're living in the past, forget those fucking refugees, before they drag you down to their level! They're pathetic! Stop being pathetic like them, and stop helping them! They can be pretty persuasive.
Go, I don't want you here, I'm trying to run a business.
Go, go! And where's the prawn? Come on! Excuse me, do you have a cigarette? I think that is them, there.
He was a drunk.
He was always having accidents.
He was in and out of mental hospitals for years.
People thought it was the drink and gave him a wide berth.
I think it was the reason he drank.
This wasn't an accident, this was a vicious, highly organised murder.
He would come and see me from time to time, but .
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I couldn't help him.
He wouldn't let me.
What did he want, if he didn't want your help? What did you talk about? He had many problems.
It's a private matter.
Well, you'll need to tell me a bit more.
You'll need to tell me everything you know.
OK? Is that OK? Joseph, he knows more than he is letting on.
- Solomon - You need to talk to him again.
DAN: What is it you think he's not telling us? He drove a cab.
There are men who use the cab regularly, you need to talk to.
Solomon! Have you got any names? Ask for Matthias.
Shut up, this has nothing to do with you! You stay out of it! Matthias who? Who's Matthias? Was there trouble with this man? It's just family business, personal.
You wouldn't understand.
Well, maybe I would, maybe I wouldn't.
Maybe Matthias could help me understand, what do you think? I'm sorry.
It is like she says, "family business".
DAN: No, it's not, it's police business.
Now, I mean, what happens if it happens again? Who's gonna be next? Eh? MOSES: What "family business"? Why wouldn't I understand? DAN: Maybe she thinks you're thick.
These are "my people" - that's why I'm here, because I understand! You can wait in here.
Dr Michaels will see you soon.
Thank you.
This fella's having a look.
What's his problem? He's only used to white authority figures.
I think I'm confusing him.
Stop waving at him, Dan! You're freaking him out.
Hello.
- Michael Michaels.
- Hello.
Take a seat.
Gerald was pretty unstable.
He never stayed at the same address for very long.
The last few times I saw him, he was intoxicated.
Very self-destructive.
It's really very sad.
Doctor, Doctor, listen to me.
Who's that man? Selwyn, not right now, OK? Hey, hey, hey! What does he want? Eh! Do I know you? I don't think so.
I'm just investigating He's just leaving.
There's nothing to see.
Is he a priest? Are you a priest? This is about Gerald, right? Please, Selwyn, just go away now, please? Know all about you.
Especially you.
I know what you want.
- You think I don't know? - MOSES: It's OK.
Calm down.
I know everything.
MOSES: Does this explain? - Oh, you're a cop! He's a cop! - It's OK.
We're not here for you.
- We're gonna have to go somewhere else.
- You won't keep me locked up, right! - Selwyn! - This is one nigger you won't keep! Selwyn This is one nigger you do not get to keep! It's not good to mention the police.
Most of them are completely paranoid as it is.
Was Gerald like that? Paranoid people don't like to be medicated.
- Hey, nigger! - All right, Selwyn.
- Hey! Nigger! - All right, now! I know what happened to your boy.
- Yeah? What happened? - Demons.
- Demons? - Demons got him.
- His demons? - Nah.
Real demons.
Sent by another demon.
- A sorcerer.
- DAN: A sorcerer? Voodoo.
Big, tall, mean-looking niggers! Shiny, funny teeth.
Fangs Vampires! DOCTOR: All right, Selwyn, you've had your fun.
They come in here during the night and they say they're gonna get me.
They're gonna get me and they're gonna do me like they did Gerald.
- And I believe them.
- Why would they do that? Because they know I know what they were doing to Gerald.
Yeah? What were they doing to him? - They ironed him! - They ironed him? What do you mean? Ironed him! With a .
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iron! That's how he wound up in here.
Gerald's.
- Mind the phones a second? - Oh, yes.
Yes.
Thanks, man.
Hello, Dolly? You got to help me.
You're the only one I can ask.
I have no friends, I have no family.
I just need this one favour.
JOSEPH ON PHONE: Just come and pick me up.
I need a place to stay.
You're the only one I can trust, Dolly.
Call me.
Call me.
Bye.
DOLLY: Why d'you need to drag me into it? JOSEPH: This is what friends are for.
Have you ever had a stomach ulcer? I think I have an ulcer.
DOLLY: I can smell burning.
Burning? No, no.
I don't smell any burning.
I can smell smoke on your clothes! Smoke? No, no, no.
I don't smell any smoke.
I've got a very bad feeling about this.
What have you done now? What have you set fire to? Where's your car? Oh, it was a very old car, very bad car.
I never liked it anyway.
What's going on? There were signs of a struggle inside.
A window was kicked out.
No respect whatsoever.
Can Solomon help you? He'll know what to do and they're afraid of him.
He thinks I should go to the police.
The police?! Very over-rated.
He says the police will protect me.
Protect you? They spend most of their time protecting themselves.
But I'm an accessory.
Even more reason to avoid the police, Joseph.
What is WRONG with you? When you come to this country, that is the deal.
Keep your head down, keep your nose clean, don't talk to anybody, don't smile at anybody.
Don't invade anybody's personal space and for God's sake, don't help anybody.
That way, we can all get some peace.
Take that.
- Hello, chaps.
How are you today? - Hi.
- Mind if we have a look around? - Look around? What are you, a cop? - Er, yeah.
- Oh, Jesus! Oh, my God! You really are cops! D'you know him? - Nope.
- Never seen him here? No.
- Who's in charge here? - No-one's in charge! We're not Charlie's Angels, dear! Evening, ladies.
I'm Detective Inspector Moses Jones.
And this is Dan Twentyman.
We're gonna be poking round and asking a few questions - if that's OK with everybody.
What about you? Do you recognise this man? Have you seen this man? I've never seen this man before in my life, officer.
What about you? You understand English? This isn't the Foreign Legion, love! Just talk to them like they're normal.
Twentyman, stop fannying around and get some ID.
Let's find out where these women are from.
OK? OK How you doing? - What are you doing here? - What are YOU doing here? I thought it was a raid.
So this is where youwork? - It's nice.
- Have you been following me? Oh, um I found this.
- It belonged to your uncle Gerald.
- God.
I want to know why he was coming to see you.
I'm not giving up.
He came to see you here.
At work.
Right? Made a nuisance of himself.
Am I right? - So what did he want? - He was an old man, a drunk.
Sugar? No, thanks.
I'msweet enough.
Do you know who butchered him yet? Do you have that name for me yet? Who is Matthias? I hope you're not going to be one of these people who won't talk to the police because you've got too much to hide.
It's boring.
Matthias is just someone we know from home.
Everybody knows him.
He appears and disappears, no-one can ever predict.
What did Gerald want from you? Was he a client? He was trying to stop me, you idiot! Trying to get me out of here! You have one sick mind, Moses Jones.
Was he very religious? He was a Ugandan Christian almost royalty.
He was thrown out once or twice, roughed up.
Who roughed him up? Did someone hurt Gerald before? He hurt himself.
He provoked people.
He would stand outside, quoting the Old Testament, scaring people away.
He wasn't well.
Can I have a look around? I'd rather you didn't.
It doesn't make it easier for the women working here.
- I can come back with a warrant.
- What is wrong with you? Don't you think I've been through enough? You're just making everything worse for everybody.
Fuck! I don't wanna raid them.
- Surveillance? - No, we'll need more evidence.
SO10 won't commit unless there's a damn good chance of success.
We need to keep asking questions.
I think we should raid 'em.
It'll show 'em who's boss.
Yeah, well, that's why I'm at the Yard and you're not.
And what the fuck does that mean? It means we don't fuck with them until we've got a damn good reason, Twentyman.
A good reason, not a shit, half-arsed, half-baked suspicion.
Man, you are blind! What if whoever killed Gerald kills again? Then he's a serial killer and it's got nothing to do with the knocking shop.
- I hope you're right.
- What, you hope he's a serial killer? I'll be honest with you, Moses.
DIs on secondment from the Yard you're just like fish, mate - you start to stink after about three days.
I stink after two.
OK, well, we're very proud of you and that was a great performance.
- Keep in touch.
- Hey! The big man! Hope you had a good night.
What a great fighter he is.
He's gonna be a top boy, you know that.
See you soon.
My feet kill me! Your feet? What on earth have you been doing with them? Climbing the stairs! Those Arabs have been in asking for you again.
- They must think I'm a whore.
You want a cup of tea? - No, give me drugs! Drugs, woman! - Hey, Joycie.
Are you winning? What are you doing here? I lost my job.
Again? Do you have an objection? Ilike the atmosphere.
- Well, I'm a little busy now.
- Hold it.
- Don't you want to tell me anything? - No, Matthias.
I've been very busy all night.
Busy, yes.
Stay.
Everybody is busy.
We can relax in here and have a little talk.
Your friend Joseph has been acting very funny lately.
Do you think he knows anything about your uncle Gerald? I don't know anything about that.
But he knew your uncle very well.
They are quite close, I think.
Do you know what happened to your uncle Gerald? No, Matthias.
It's a mystery.
I'm not so sure about these police hanging around.
You know what they'll say.
"Those crazy Africans.
"Those silly booboo piccaninnies always causing trouble.
" - What a nuisance.
- Yes, Matthias.
You must be very upset.
I understand perfectly.
I have many other uncles back home.
Yes, but this was your special uncle.
Your London uncle.
You have no other family here.
This is why I want you to talk to me.
Always, whatever happens, you come to me and I will be your uncle.
You will be my family.
You know, I have many daughters of my own.
Not back home.
Dotted around in various places.
I have 5 wives, 23 children two dozen grandchildren.
I'm a family man.
But you are my favourite choice.
I'm very proud of you.
So now, you see you do not need your uncle Gerald.
Hello! Hello! What are you doing?! What are you doing?! Stop! What are you doing?! What are you doing? What did I do? What did I do? What is this? Regina's got a visit from the police.
- It wasn't me! It wasn't me! - Hold him still.
You're in trouble, Joseph.
You know why?! Because I'm in trouble.
And when I'm in trouble, you're in trouble! You started a war you could not finish, taxi boy! It was nothing to do with me.
JOSEPH: Peter, Paul Blessed are the peacemakers.
For they are the children of God.
You have a responsibility to show support for your countrymen, Joseph.
Loyalty is very important during such difficult times.
You must be quiet about this matter now, OK? - OK? - OK.
It is not your business.
OK.
Come on, Solomon, pick up.
What are you staring at? Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
What?! No! No, I'm not listening! Why?! When?! Joseph Joseph! - You're OK.
- Get me down.
OK.
OK.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God! Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are the children of God! You look like you tried to kiss the front of a bus.
How many fingers am I holding? About 15.
What is the date of your birth? August.
I'm a Leo.
Who is the Prime Minister? Bob Marley! You are fine.
Come.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are the children of God! This is bad, Joseph.
Very bad indeed.
Solomon, you shouldn't get involved.
I'm already involved.
What are you going to do? Just be cool.
Pretend it never happened.
So you think I'm going to stand around and do nothing like everybody else? Huh? Turn my face, purse my lips, pretend that it's nothing to do with me? You think this is the way to make peace? It's the way to make my headache go away.
Joseph, the only way to make peace .
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is to make war first.
You understand me? Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall become the children of God! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall become the children of God! Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall become the children of God! Blessed are the meek! Blessed are the peacemakers! Blessed are the peacemakers! Children ofGod! - You told me to keep my mouth shut.
- If you know anything that'll put these people away where they belong, you know what you have to do.
MOSES: I know Matthias Mutukula has been here.
Why are you so afraid of this man? Only a man who has never been afraid would ask such a question.
Maybe he reads our minds.
Maybe he really is a phantom.
Come with me.
Let me show you something.
Do you know about this? What does it mean? Frank Costello! Have you heard of a place called Regina's Spa And Massages in Queensway? Never heard of it.
Listen, sweetheart, I can't have 'em hanging around here forever.
You follow what I'm trying to say? Yes, Frank.
I follow.
Who invites whores to a restaurant opening? Who do you think? Well, Matthias Mutukula's disappeared.
Nobody knows where.
- Hello, Dolly.
- Remember us?
This programme contains some violent scenes.
Do you know her? - No.
No, mate.
- I'm looking for my niece.
Here we go.
Come and have a look.
MAN: Only four for a pound.
Come and have a look.
Come and have a look at the lovely Excuse me, please, I need ask you something.
- I'm busy! What is it? - This is my niece.
Yes, what? She saved all her money to come to London, but she has disappeared.
No, I haven't seen her.
I think she likes to have her hair done here.
No, not here.
Off you go, please.
Please, leave this place, yeah? Thank you.
- I'm looking for my niece.
- You! Go away! - I'm looking for my niece.
- Go away! I'm looking for my niece.
Every day Every day Every day! Every day! Every day Every day What, what, what, what! Oww! Oh, they will not be able to resist us tonight.
See the world - the world's a bad, bad place full of bad, bad people.
Do you know what I'm saying? Like, I did what I did, you get me? I still sleep, I'm still eating out.
I'm normal.
You know? See the boy - he was a troublemaker, a well-known scum.
So me, I justI just nailed him to the deck.
- Bam, downtown.
You get me? - Yeah, I get ya.
I like your honesty.
Lots of boys kicked him but he had it coming, do you know what I'm saying? - Yeah, I like what I'm hearing.
- You ain't heard nothing, bruv.
- Cos I set him on fire! - I heard you set him on fire! I set him on fire, bitch.
I arsoned his arse.
I took him, I shook him, I decked him and I necked him, you know.
Sometimesthe only way to deal with these people is to kill them, you know? By the way, this is some good grub.
You must be kind of flush, dred.
Yeah, I'm feeling generous today.
Well, I'm not a speed freak, don't think that, bruv.
It's not the ice that makes me fight, you know.
I'm a professional.
You want someone hurt, you've come to the right place.
So have you.
- You're kidding me? - No, my name's Moses Jones.
- I'm a detective.
- Moses Jones? That's a fucked-up name, dred.
Now stop calling me "dred".
- I call everyone dred, dred.
- Well, I ain't Jamaican.
- Neither am I.
- Exactly.
- Fuck.
- Oi, stand there! Stay still.
Stand still, stay there, don't move.
Don't move.
Hey.
Can I have a £5 phone card, please? Sure.
Thanks.
Commonwealth Cabs.
Yes.
Mm-hm.
76 About 20 minutes.
MAN: .
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Wanted me to go all the way Willesden Green.
OK.
OK, bye.
Cab four, pick up.
Cab four, come back.
Younis, where are you? Younis? Wait your turn.
Wait your turn! - MAN OVER RADIO: Yes, Joe.
- At last.
Just a crazy man.
Platform two, Victoria.
- OK.
- Hey, Joe He stinks, man.
Is that you, Gerald? Come on, man, straighten up.
- Gerald, are you drinking? - I'm upset.
What's wrong? My Joy, she has gone.
I've lost her.
- Gerald, I haven't seen her.
- You know where she is.
I know you know.
Come on, man.
You're embarrassing me.
Pull yourself together, come on.
You're scaring me.
Get out.
Hello.
How are you? It's so good to hear your voice.
Of course I'm missing you.
I can't tell you how much I'm missing you.
So how are you? Are you well? Come on, come on, come on.
- It is very exciting! - Yes! - Come on, stay still.
- Knock him out.
Get inside.
- All right, boys? - Over there.
- How are you doing? - All right.
Oh, Jesus.
This The car is smashed.
MAN: It accidentally came into contact with somebody's foot.
MAN: We wanted to thank you for all your hard work.
Yes, thank you for lending us the car.
- It's important.
- What have you done? The English don't want us to have cars.
They make us take MO every year so that all jalopies cannot be driven without expensive repairs.
It's very embarrassing.
Matthias says he'll not forget your kindness.
And he asks you to respect his privacy now and not say anything to anyone about any of this, OK? My God, what have you done? Pleaseit's nice this way.
- What did they want? - Nothing.
Do you know who they are? Do you know who they work for? No I mean yes.
You're out of your depth.
Listen to me Don't let me hear you talking to them again, you understand? How's the band? - Are you listening to me? - Yes, I'm listening.
How is the band going? Have you hit it big-time yet? - We're getting there.
- Have you got a record deal yet? We don't need a record deal, we play live.
But if you make a big record, more people will come to the shows.
We've got a big walk up, eh.
What happened to this car? You have a few hits, you'll have women throwing their underpants.
They'll be going, "Solomon, Solomon, you're so sexy.
- "I love you"! - Hey! - "Have my underpants"! - Hey! You could be a big sex symbol in this country - if you weren't so old.
- Don't be so stupid.
- What happened to this car? - If you had your papers and were legal already, you could be rich and famous.
Joseph! What happened? A big red letter boxbashed into me while I was reversing, so Whatever you are mixed up in, unmix it, eh.
Do you understand me? Yes, Solomon.
Oh, you're so sexy! My underpants! You're so stupid.
You are so stupid.
I'm going.
I'm going to get you for that.
I've got his confession on tape, he was boasting about it.
He'll lead me to the others.
You got your mark, you've done your job.
Give it to the CPS.
Two men have been kicked, stabbed, burnt to death.
A man was burnt alive by children ripped to the tits on PCP.
I don't want to sound callous, Moses, but that's what children do.
Tell that to the families.
I can't stop now.
I need to do this.
Well, I need you to move on.
Well, I don't think I'm going to be able to.
I'll go mad.
This is important to me.
It's important to me that you listen.
- Is that cotton? - No, it's string.
Those are stitches.
It came apart in the water.
Whoever cut him up sewed him back together again.
Who sewed him back together, and why bother? Yes, all that care and attention.
He's had more TLC dead than alive.
I actually know something about this - it's increasingly common.
- Is it? - Yeah.
It's more common than you think.
- Really? - What normally happens is, they slice the body parts off the victim whilst they're still alive.
The louder they scream, the more potent the ritual.
They think it makes the spirits hear it better.
In this case, no body parts were taken.
No internal organs.
Our pathologist reckons this guy - sub-Saharan, East African.
- Which is what made me think of you.
- Why? - You've got family in Uganda.
- Yeah, but it was a long time ago, mate.
They left in the '70s and I was born here.
- You must have contacts in the community.
- Er, well, there's my mum.
Get in there, get into the community, find out what they know.
You want me to go around, asking local Africans about ritual killing? It's better coming from you.
They're your people.
My people? - And who am I, Bishop Tutu? - If only.
- I'm from Shepherd's Bush.
- Get in there, get involved.
It is, after all, your job.
I've already got a job.
All I'm saying is, use your cultural baggage, use your insight.
In this day and age, your identity is a valuable commodity.
Moses Jones, DI.
Ha, ha! Good name! - What's funny? - No, I like it.
- Sorry, mate.
DS Dan Twentyman.
- Twentyman, yeah? - What kind of name is that? - It's a good name, too.
- You got these? - Yeah.
All right, OK, everyone ready? Yeah? Let's go! DAN TWENTYMAN: Excuse me, have you seen this man? Homeless, pisshead.
I know the face.
- And the name? - Homeless, nameless.
Great, thank you for your time.
That's Gerald Okoya.
Always hanging around.
I see him all the time.
He used to work in the cab office round the corner, but he got the bullet.
- Got the bullet for binge-drinking.
- He wasn't binge-drinking.
White people binge-drink.
Gerald was respectable.
White people binge-drink because we can handle it.
See you later.
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So she was just lying there like a starfish.
I couldn't believe it - just lying there.
- Oh! Car seven, car seven, are you POB? Hello, mate.
- Hey - Have you ever seen this man before? Here you are, look, take another look.
He ever worked here? - No.
This is nobody I know.
- Oh, right.
I heard he did.
- I don't know him.
- You must have a lot of drivers, though, - coming and going, fast turnover? - I'd remember.
- What's your name? - Joe.
Just Joe? Joseph Ali.
After Muhammad.
- Oh, right.
Good name.
- Thank you.
Who's this with the gongs? This is a very important person from home.
He was a cabinet minister.
The Minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees.
- Yeah? What's he doing here? - He lives here in exile.
He's a very famous person.
Very nice man, very popular fellow back home.
- What are you so nervous about? - Me? I'm not nervous, boss.
- Why are you looking at me like that? - Like what? Like funny, you're looking at me funny.
- Funny? - Like you're worried about something.
Not me, my friend.
Have you got any ID? - What do you want ID for? - Because.
Is that all right? It's kind of like my job, OK? OK by me.
- Where are you from, my friend? - London.
Where are you from? My family own a bungalow in the north side of Kampala, by the British Embassy.
I have a university degree from Makerere.
- Compulsory to run car service.
- I'm impressed.
You know, you're Ugandan like me, I think.
Y'ssebo, see! I recognise the nose! We are fellow countrymen! - This is Frank Costello.
- What, the boxer? He's a fight commentator now on the telly.
Lives in a big house in the country.
Wow! You know him? Mm.
He sometimes uses us when he comes up to town.
He's a very popular customer.
A very nice man.
Oh, another nice man.
OK.
We'll get back to you.
OK.
Car four.
Are you POB, car four? Still waiting outside.
You got the number for him? In this job, you learn people either talk too much or too little.
He was doing both.
Too much back story.
Back story? What's back story? Back story is the story that happened back a bit I could murder a cup of tea, Moses.
He was showing us he had credentials, the pictures on the wall There you go.
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university degrees, there's nothing wrong with that.
He's just trying to distance himself from poor, desperate bastards like Gerald.
- Or he's just lying.
- Or he's just lying, yeah.
£7.
50.
He said something to you in a different language, what was that about? Y'ssebo - "yes, sir".
It's Swahili.
- Thanks.
- You speak Swahili? - Why would I speak Swahili? - Jambo, is that Swahili? - See, easy, innit? - Do another one, go on.
Are you gonna do this all the time? Do what? All this Famous Five, naive idiot savant stuff.
I've got other things to do, you see.
I'm busy.
I'm only trying to help.
- Bye, mate.
- Bye.
Now, look, what I want from you, right Are you listening? Yes, Mick.
I don't think you quite grab the gravity of this situation.
What I want from you, right, is not just 100% commitment, not 150% commitment and some overtime.
No! What I want from you, my friend, Because otherwise, right, how else are we going to inspire public confidence in our new public conveniences? I've nearly finished, Mick.
I'll do them all double-quick.
Yeah.
What I'm talking about here is your attitude over time.
Do you follow what I'm trying to say? I understand you perfectly, Mick.
Yeah.
Cos you're on a good wicket here - you got a job, you got a flat, NHS when you need it.
If I come to your country with nothing, would I have what you have? - No, you wouldn't.
- No, I would not.
A lot of people would give their right testicle for a job like yours.
The trouble with you lot is you all think you're businessmen, don't you? Got a few things going on on the side, a few irons in the fire Oi! What I need from you is your full commitment.
- Yes, Mick.
- Right, carry on.
Eh! Wah! - Big man! - Hey-hey! Hello, gentlemen, nice to see you.
Make yourselves at home.
Good to see you hard at work in this filthy city.
Eradicating germs for the British taxpayer.
Yes, it's good to know that after all the years of upheavals and struggles, we are still fit to wipe the piss of our colonial forefathers.
Poor Matthias, what a warm welcome they have given you! It's a perfectly respectable job, Peter.
I'm grateful for the opportunity.
Oi, oi, oi, what are you doing? What have I just been telling you? You don't stand about laughing, you great monkey, you ain't even finished yet! Oh, you should know that where we come from, "monkey" is considered somewhat abusive.
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! You will be pleased to know that I, too, I am skilled at eradicating germs, hmm? - Ugh! - Peter! - Agh! - Peter! All you need is a GOOD wash! Peter! Peter Peter! Now I'll have to find another dead-end job! - Ladies and gentlemen - Yeah, yeah! - .
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presenting to you - the one and only - Uh-huh, Solomon! I know who you are I'm ready for you I know who you are I'm ready Hi, Joey? I'm with Lita.
The Mutilators are playing, they're really cooking.
Hey, Jo-Jo! What cooks, good looks? Joseph? What's wrong? I can't hear you.
Joy, I just have to see you.
I just have to see you, Joy.
Aaah! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes, yeah, yes! JOY: Solomon, come here now.
Come with me, come with me.
Thank you, thank you! - Yes, yes, yes, yes! - Lita, Lita, I need to talk to Joy.
- You look like you have seen a ghost.
You look like a white man.
I don't know how to tell you this What is it? Joy My God! - Joseph, pull yourself together, man.
- JOY: What? Please.
The police came to see me about your uncle Gerald.
Oh, no, was he drinking? Was he drunk? What is this? - What have you done? - I haven't done anything.
A body has been found.
It was in a bad way.
This policeman, he showed me a photo from the autopsy.
I'm so sorry, Joy.
I knew this would happen one day.
They'd find him dead in a ditch, or rotting away in some hospital.
The thing is, earlier, in the market, I saw Gerald.
Peter and Paul, they were hanging around also.
- They wanted to borrow my car.
- And did you give it to them? OK, we don't know if Peter and Paul are involved, we're just jumping to conclusions.
Peter and Paul carry very bad baggage, they've done things back at home that would get them put away for life here.
Everybody has a past to forget, Peter and Paul are no different.
Joyyou need to go to the police, eh? You find this policeman.
- Take her with you.
- No.
No chance, no.
You are a student, they will listen to you, eh? Solomon, I can't.
They want my car for evidence.
I can't go myself because they will want to see my papers.
There's nothing we can do now.
So it begins all over again.
Only this time, we are in London.
Come in, my friends, come in! Sit down, sit down.
Big, handsome, hungry boys! Yes, I love to feed my starving brethren - the more the merrier.
You must eat, go ahead, knock yourselves out, there you go.
- Hello, Dolly.
- What do you want? You look very beautiful tonight.
Have you lost weight? How do you stay so thin when your food is so succulent? - I thought I told you to piss off! - I haven't eaten all day.
Rush, rush, rush.
Work, work, work.
Busy, busy, busy.
I haven't got time for this.
I was thinking perhaps you could rustle up a nice snack for me? I'm quite tense about it.
I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm too stressed to digest.
What do you expect me to do? - DINER: Thank you very much.
- Thank you so much.
- Delicious, thank you very much.
- Cheers.
Dolly, I need some comfort food.
Cook me a nice groundnut stew, or some matuke to calm me down.
Look at the menu, what do you see? Indian, Indian, Indian, it's all Indian! Why do you come here asking me to cook these silly things? Get a takeaway.
Dolly, something very bad has happened.
- Uh-huh, whatever(!) - You know Joy's uncle Gerald? He's been found in a travelling trunk floating in the river.
Travelling trunk? What was he doing in a travelling trunk? He wasn't doing anything, he was dead.
- Dead drunk, you mean? - No, no.
Dolly, dead-dead.
He was found dead, serious.
WAITER: Dolly, two naan bread, please.
You know, I think Peter and Paul have something to do with it, but Solomon thinks I have something to do with it.
- Well, do you? - No.
I just lent them my car.
Then you do have something to do with it, don't you? You're an accessory.
- Solomon is very angry with me.
- Why can't you ignore Peter and Paul? They say they work for Matthias Mutukula.
He's nobody here, why do people still care about him? - He still has a lot of influence.
- Yeah, well, not with me.
You're living in the past, forget those fucking refugees, before they drag you down to their level! They're pathetic! Stop being pathetic like them, and stop helping them! They can be pretty persuasive.
Go, I don't want you here, I'm trying to run a business.
Go, go! And where's the prawn? Come on! Excuse me, do you have a cigarette? I think that is them, there.
He was a drunk.
He was always having accidents.
He was in and out of mental hospitals for years.
People thought it was the drink and gave him a wide berth.
I think it was the reason he drank.
This wasn't an accident, this was a vicious, highly organised murder.
He would come and see me from time to time, but .
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I couldn't help him.
He wouldn't let me.
What did he want, if he didn't want your help? What did you talk about? He had many problems.
It's a private matter.
Well, you'll need to tell me a bit more.
You'll need to tell me everything you know.
OK? Is that OK? Joseph, he knows more than he is letting on.
- Solomon - You need to talk to him again.
DAN: What is it you think he's not telling us? He drove a cab.
There are men who use the cab regularly, you need to talk to.
Solomon! Have you got any names? Ask for Matthias.
Shut up, this has nothing to do with you! You stay out of it! Matthias who? Who's Matthias? Was there trouble with this man? It's just family business, personal.
You wouldn't understand.
Well, maybe I would, maybe I wouldn't.
Maybe Matthias could help me understand, what do you think? I'm sorry.
It is like she says, "family business".
DAN: No, it's not, it's police business.
Now, I mean, what happens if it happens again? Who's gonna be next? Eh? MOSES: What "family business"? Why wouldn't I understand? DAN: Maybe she thinks you're thick.
These are "my people" - that's why I'm here, because I understand! You can wait in here.
Dr Michaels will see you soon.
Thank you.
This fella's having a look.
What's his problem? He's only used to white authority figures.
I think I'm confusing him.
Stop waving at him, Dan! You're freaking him out.
Hello.
- Michael Michaels.
- Hello.
Take a seat.
Gerald was pretty unstable.
He never stayed at the same address for very long.
The last few times I saw him, he was intoxicated.
Very self-destructive.
It's really very sad.
Doctor, Doctor, listen to me.
Who's that man? Selwyn, not right now, OK? Hey, hey, hey! What does he want? Eh! Do I know you? I don't think so.
I'm just investigating He's just leaving.
There's nothing to see.
Is he a priest? Are you a priest? This is about Gerald, right? Please, Selwyn, just go away now, please? Know all about you.
Especially you.
I know what you want.
- You think I don't know? - MOSES: It's OK.
Calm down.
I know everything.
MOSES: Does this explain? - Oh, you're a cop! He's a cop! - It's OK.
We're not here for you.
- We're gonna have to go somewhere else.
- You won't keep me locked up, right! - Selwyn! - This is one nigger you won't keep! Selwyn This is one nigger you do not get to keep! It's not good to mention the police.
Most of them are completely paranoid as it is.
Was Gerald like that? Paranoid people don't like to be medicated.
- Hey, nigger! - All right, Selwyn.
- Hey! Nigger! - All right, now! I know what happened to your boy.
- Yeah? What happened? - Demons.
- Demons? - Demons got him.
- His demons? - Nah.
Real demons.
Sent by another demon.
- A sorcerer.
- DAN: A sorcerer? Voodoo.
Big, tall, mean-looking niggers! Shiny, funny teeth.
Fangs Vampires! DOCTOR: All right, Selwyn, you've had your fun.
They come in here during the night and they say they're gonna get me.
They're gonna get me and they're gonna do me like they did Gerald.
- And I believe them.
- Why would they do that? Because they know I know what they were doing to Gerald.
Yeah? What were they doing to him? - They ironed him! - They ironed him? What do you mean? Ironed him! With a .
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iron! That's how he wound up in here.
Gerald's.
- Mind the phones a second? - Oh, yes.
Yes.
Thanks, man.
Hello, Dolly? You got to help me.
You're the only one I can ask.
I have no friends, I have no family.
I just need this one favour.
JOSEPH ON PHONE: Just come and pick me up.
I need a place to stay.
You're the only one I can trust, Dolly.
Call me.
Call me.
Bye.
DOLLY: Why d'you need to drag me into it? JOSEPH: This is what friends are for.
Have you ever had a stomach ulcer? I think I have an ulcer.
DOLLY: I can smell burning.
Burning? No, no.
I don't smell any burning.
I can smell smoke on your clothes! Smoke? No, no, no.
I don't smell any smoke.
I've got a very bad feeling about this.
What have you done now? What have you set fire to? Where's your car? Oh, it was a very old car, very bad car.
I never liked it anyway.
What's going on? There were signs of a struggle inside.
A window was kicked out.
No respect whatsoever.
Can Solomon help you? He'll know what to do and they're afraid of him.
He thinks I should go to the police.
The police?! Very over-rated.
He says the police will protect me.
Protect you? They spend most of their time protecting themselves.
But I'm an accessory.
Even more reason to avoid the police, Joseph.
What is WRONG with you? When you come to this country, that is the deal.
Keep your head down, keep your nose clean, don't talk to anybody, don't smile at anybody.
Don't invade anybody's personal space and for God's sake, don't help anybody.
That way, we can all get some peace.
Take that.
- Hello, chaps.
How are you today? - Hi.
- Mind if we have a look around? - Look around? What are you, a cop? - Er, yeah.
- Oh, Jesus! Oh, my God! You really are cops! D'you know him? - Nope.
- Never seen him here? No.
- Who's in charge here? - No-one's in charge! We're not Charlie's Angels, dear! Evening, ladies.
I'm Detective Inspector Moses Jones.
And this is Dan Twentyman.
We're gonna be poking round and asking a few questions - if that's OK with everybody.
What about you? Do you recognise this man? Have you seen this man? I've never seen this man before in my life, officer.
What about you? You understand English? This isn't the Foreign Legion, love! Just talk to them like they're normal.
Twentyman, stop fannying around and get some ID.
Let's find out where these women are from.
OK? OK How you doing? - What are you doing here? - What are YOU doing here? I thought it was a raid.
So this is where youwork? - It's nice.
- Have you been following me? Oh, um I found this.
- It belonged to your uncle Gerald.
- God.
I want to know why he was coming to see you.
I'm not giving up.
He came to see you here.
At work.
Right? Made a nuisance of himself.
Am I right? - So what did he want? - He was an old man, a drunk.
Sugar? No, thanks.
I'msweet enough.
Do you know who butchered him yet? Do you have that name for me yet? Who is Matthias? I hope you're not going to be one of these people who won't talk to the police because you've got too much to hide.
It's boring.
Matthias is just someone we know from home.
Everybody knows him.
He appears and disappears, no-one can ever predict.
What did Gerald want from you? Was he a client? He was trying to stop me, you idiot! Trying to get me out of here! You have one sick mind, Moses Jones.
Was he very religious? He was a Ugandan Christian almost royalty.
He was thrown out once or twice, roughed up.
Who roughed him up? Did someone hurt Gerald before? He hurt himself.
He provoked people.
He would stand outside, quoting the Old Testament, scaring people away.
He wasn't well.
Can I have a look around? I'd rather you didn't.
It doesn't make it easier for the women working here.
- I can come back with a warrant.
- What is wrong with you? Don't you think I've been through enough? You're just making everything worse for everybody.
Fuck! I don't wanna raid them.
- Surveillance? - No, we'll need more evidence.
SO10 won't commit unless there's a damn good chance of success.
We need to keep asking questions.
I think we should raid 'em.
It'll show 'em who's boss.
Yeah, well, that's why I'm at the Yard and you're not.
And what the fuck does that mean? It means we don't fuck with them until we've got a damn good reason, Twentyman.
A good reason, not a shit, half-arsed, half-baked suspicion.
Man, you are blind! What if whoever killed Gerald kills again? Then he's a serial killer and it's got nothing to do with the knocking shop.
- I hope you're right.
- What, you hope he's a serial killer? I'll be honest with you, Moses.
DIs on secondment from the Yard you're just like fish, mate - you start to stink after about three days.
I stink after two.
OK, well, we're very proud of you and that was a great performance.
- Keep in touch.
- Hey! The big man! Hope you had a good night.
What a great fighter he is.
He's gonna be a top boy, you know that.
See you soon.
My feet kill me! Your feet? What on earth have you been doing with them? Climbing the stairs! Those Arabs have been in asking for you again.
- They must think I'm a whore.
You want a cup of tea? - No, give me drugs! Drugs, woman! - Hey, Joycie.
Are you winning? What are you doing here? I lost my job.
Again? Do you have an objection? Ilike the atmosphere.
- Well, I'm a little busy now.
- Hold it.
- Don't you want to tell me anything? - No, Matthias.
I've been very busy all night.
Busy, yes.
Stay.
Everybody is busy.
We can relax in here and have a little talk.
Your friend Joseph has been acting very funny lately.
Do you think he knows anything about your uncle Gerald? I don't know anything about that.
But he knew your uncle very well.
They are quite close, I think.
Do you know what happened to your uncle Gerald? No, Matthias.
It's a mystery.
I'm not so sure about these police hanging around.
You know what they'll say.
"Those crazy Africans.
"Those silly booboo piccaninnies always causing trouble.
" - What a nuisance.
- Yes, Matthias.
You must be very upset.
I understand perfectly.
I have many other uncles back home.
Yes, but this was your special uncle.
Your London uncle.
You have no other family here.
This is why I want you to talk to me.
Always, whatever happens, you come to me and I will be your uncle.
You will be my family.
You know, I have many daughters of my own.
Not back home.
Dotted around in various places.
I have 5 wives, 23 children two dozen grandchildren.
I'm a family man.
But you are my favourite choice.
I'm very proud of you.
So now, you see you do not need your uncle Gerald.
Hello! Hello! What are you doing?! What are you doing?! Stop! What are you doing?! What are you doing? What did I do? What did I do? What is this? Regina's got a visit from the police.
- It wasn't me! It wasn't me! - Hold him still.
You're in trouble, Joseph.
You know why?! Because I'm in trouble.
And when I'm in trouble, you're in trouble! You started a war you could not finish, taxi boy! It was nothing to do with me.
JOSEPH: Peter, Paul Blessed are the peacemakers.
For they are the children of God.
You have a responsibility to show support for your countrymen, Joseph.
Loyalty is very important during such difficult times.
You must be quiet about this matter now, OK? - OK? - OK.
It is not your business.
OK.
Come on, Solomon, pick up.
What are you staring at? Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
What?! No! No, I'm not listening! Why?! When?! Joseph Joseph! - You're OK.
- Get me down.
OK.
OK.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God! Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are the children of God! You look like you tried to kiss the front of a bus.
How many fingers am I holding? About 15.
What is the date of your birth? August.
I'm a Leo.
Who is the Prime Minister? Bob Marley! You are fine.
Come.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are the children of God! This is bad, Joseph.
Very bad indeed.
Solomon, you shouldn't get involved.
I'm already involved.
What are you going to do? Just be cool.
Pretend it never happened.
So you think I'm going to stand around and do nothing like everybody else? Huh? Turn my face, purse my lips, pretend that it's nothing to do with me? You think this is the way to make peace? It's the way to make my headache go away.
Joseph, the only way to make peace .
.
is to make war first.
You understand me? Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall become the children of God! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall become the children of God! Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth! Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall become the children of God! Blessed are the meek! Blessed are the peacemakers! Blessed are the peacemakers! Children ofGod! - You told me to keep my mouth shut.
- If you know anything that'll put these people away where they belong, you know what you have to do.
MOSES: I know Matthias Mutukula has been here.
Why are you so afraid of this man? Only a man who has never been afraid would ask such a question.
Maybe he reads our minds.
Maybe he really is a phantom.
Come with me.
Let me show you something.
Do you know about this? What does it mean? Frank Costello! Have you heard of a place called Regina's Spa And Massages in Queensway? Never heard of it.
Listen, sweetheart, I can't have 'em hanging around here forever.
You follow what I'm trying to say? Yes, Frank.
I follow.
Who invites whores to a restaurant opening? Who do you think? Well, Matthias Mutukula's disappeared.
Nobody knows where.
- Hello, Dolly.
- Remember us?