Silent Witness (1996) s10e09 Episode Script
Schism (1)
Alex? Alex? DOGS BARK THEY BARK AND GROWL DOG BARKS LOUDLY SHE GASPS PHONE RINGS Leo Dalton.
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No, I'm afraid I'm due at a medical hearing this morning.
BUZZING .
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It's a Fitness to Practice panel for the GMC.
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I think they might get a bit angry if I cancelled.
BUZZING .
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Yeah.
OK.
Will do.
BLEEPING Harvey.
I always feel funny before these things.
I thought you might be up as well.
Dr.
Cunningham, excellent to see you again.
Likewise.
How are you? Good.
You're not a professor or anything yet? No, not yet.
By the way, it's DCI Mumford now.
Oh, congratulations.
Thanks for telling me.
Shall we just get on with it? Yes.
What are you doing here? Why exactly has he got us both out of bed at this time? Because he IS Bob Mumford.
I'll leave you to renew your beautiful working rapport(!) You're here now, you might as well see the body.
Do you need a second opinion? Yeah, I do It may be a complex case and.
I may need back up.
All right.
Can I borrow your phone charger? Have the charger, have the stereo, widdle on the front seat if you like - please don't leave me alone with that man.
We found the security guard out cold round the back.
He doesn't remember anything except arriving for his shift.
And the girl who found the body has gone totally silent.
Apparently she's in shock.
Any idea who she is? No.
Have we heard from DCI Mumford yet? Dr.
Cunningham, I've had three calls already from someone called Simon Traynor, claiming to work for intelligence services.
I don't want to harass you, but once intelligence start up we usually have about 30 seconds to work out what happened.
You see the lack of lividity on the forearms and the fronts of the legs? It suggests the body hasn't been here long.
She was brought into the cage after death, very recently.
What about the mouth? There you are, sir.
Need to get her back to the mortuary to see what's going on in there.
We also found this.
This one looks like the victim.
Do you know who that one is? I have no idea.
But I'd like to find her before she turns up dead like her mate here.
The body still feels warm to the touch.
Hypostasis hasn't yet developed.
I'd say she's probably been dead for less than three hours.
Wouldn't you say? Yes.
It's worth noting that the body's been very deliberately posed someone went to a lot of trouble to make her look like this.
With the picture it seems like a message, the killer's trying to tell us something.
Or tell someone else something.
What about identifying her? Anything you can give us? There are signs of retinopathy to the eyeball.
That might suggest quite severe type one diabetes.
Sir, it's Simon Traynor on the line for you again? Sir, he says it's urgent and he needs to speak to you now.
What if we need something else? Early signs of malnutrition.
Often seen in the homeless and runaways.
It's possible He's still holding.
Bit of a jump? I'd cross-reference the diabetes register with missing persons, you might get something.
Sir, please? Thank you, Dr.
Alexander.
And thank you.
All right, give us the phone.
Hello there.
DCI Mumford? Simon Traynor.
I do hope I'm not disturbing you.
'No.
What can I do for you?' I was wondering what you had on your hands down there? Why is intelligence taking this much interest in a murder case? Well, I'm assuming you've already got the name Adrian Burney coming up on your list of ex-employees? You have, haven't you? Obviously.
'Have you tried typing that into your database? 'That's N E Y.
' Hello, Claire.
You all right? Burney is the chairman and life member of the animal rights loony squad.
That's freedom to animals by way of extreme and senseless violence against human beings.
'I see.
But what's this got to do with' I just thought if you told me what you got, I might be able to tell you whether he's involved or not.
'Well, Simon, I'd love to do that.
'But unfortunately, we're on a murder inquiry, so' until we're officially authorised, it would be irresponsible to just dish out information to anyone who just happened to phone.
I'd be very happy to brief you fully at a more appropriate time.
Right.
OK.
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Thank you, DCI.
Thank you for your time.
'Not at all.
' God, I loathe the police sometimes.
Have you got that address yet? Milk, no sugar.
Perfect.
Thank you.
Well, at least we're on the right side.
Whenever I have to testify against even if I know the chap's messed up there's just something about it that makes my skin crawl.
It's the first time I've had to be a character witness.
Well, you're lucky.
You're standing up for a pal.
Nice clear case.
There's some sort of rust-coloured residue under her fingernails.
Could be metallic? No, I think it's organic.
Having another look at the Amelia Brown letter? Yes.
Yes Lionel only sent the files over three days ago.
Well, she was a bloody fool to let that lawyer talk her into making that complaint.
It's the compensation culture, isn't it? Another great American import.
At least the hearing might clear up some of the argument around the new regulations.
New regulations? Consent is consent! You don't need new regulations to tell you that.
Did Lionel ask you to come and talk to me? You have to understand, Leo.
He's under the most incredible pressure.
Do you understand? This girl could be in very serious danger and I need you to tell me who she is.
DOG WHINES Listen, could we put the dog somewhere? Steve, come here.
Get a room and get her in there.
Well, go on then.
What do you make of this? Dr.
Alexander, can I borrow you for a second? Given how keen you were to get this body back to the mortuary, I'm surprised you're still here.
I'm just about to leave.
Doctor Alexander? Please.
I think we may have a way of finding out who these girls are.
You'd better go.
Will you send that sample for analysis? Yes.
It looks like some animal rights nutcase called Adrian Burney is behind this.
Is that what the guy from intelligence said? In effect.
And it's made me think our resident mute might be keeping quiet for good reason.
Why? She's got that trademark block when it comes to co-operating with the police.
So what do you need me to do? See if she's any happier talking to a nice friendly doctor.
We are trying to work out if another girl is in danger.
I'll see what I can do.
Hi, Claire.
I'm Dr.
Alexander.
I'm here to take a quick swab for elimination purposes.
It's so that we can identify any samples connected to you that we might find in the cages.
Can you open your mouth, please? It's important so that forensics have the clearest possible sense of what happened.
Did you know this girl? I know it's been a shock, but if you knew her or know anything about what happened you have to tell us.
What about this picture? The other girldo you know her? Well, she could be in serious danger.
You are aware of that? You know, you won't stop him.
Who? She's all yours.
There have been articles depicting him as a monster who steals people's brains.
If you're not in touch, how can he feel he has your full support? His lawyers insisted that, as a character witness, I didn't have to see all the material.
And when it came, it was obvious there was a huge difference between what he'd said and what was in the files.
I think you should go and talk to him.
I can't go and talk to him.
I'm due to see him at a GMC hearing in a few hours.
Let him go through with you again what happened.
I don't need to go through what happened.
Why not? I've already said that I'll speak in support of his character.
I'm not being asked to comment on Amelia Brown or her letter.
You'll be no good to him unless you want to be on that stand.
Now, you know I have the upmost respect for Lionel.
We worked together.
I'm his friend for goodness sake.
Go and see him.
It might do you both a lot of good.
DOOR SLAMS I'd better just go and see what's happening.
Everything OK? Yes, apart from being lumbered with the most obnoxious DCI in London.
Who, Mumford? Yes.
Yes, I've been meaning to tell you about that.
May I? Yes.
When did they approach you? A few weeks ago.
I'd better go and change.
Over here, sir.
What are you doing? Oi! Who's in charge of this job? In there, sir.
So they'd make you a professor? Yes.
It's a good university.
For America.
The research budget is unbelievable.
When do they want a reply? End of the month.
Why now? Now is when they made the offer.
It's got nothing to do with the fact that you might be feeling frustrated with the police side of things? No more than usual.
You know how it is.
Now and then something comes along which makes you think.
And you might not have known you were interested until it did.
What does Nikki think? I'm planning on telling her sometime later today.
I've cross-referenced every diabetic female under 25 registered with a London hospital and every missing person's report for the last two months.
And? No match.
NIKKI: Try going further back.
Got it! Aged 18 years and five months, she was reported missing in September 2005, by her parents Valerie and Michael Finch.
Do you recognize any of them? Her name is Lisa Finch.
Looks like she's been staying here in Burney's flat.
She's a known associate.
Both members of The War for Animal Equality - WAE.
This is his littlehard core.
They are anarchists very dangerous people indeed.
She has no criminal record, but she was cautioned following major disturbances outside the gates of Whittingdon, and later spent three months in hospital.
She threw herself under a truck, outside the gates of Whittingdon, convinced it was full of puppies for experimentation.
And that is Adrian Burney.
Any known associates for him? Claire Ashen.
Claire Ashen, Robbie Sharpe, Jane Cardy, Eva Merrick, Lisa Finch, He's recruiting kids But if his only goal is to bring down Whittingdon, why turn on members of his own group? It might be that some sort of civil war has broken out for control of the cell.
Just as likely to be at each others' throats as they are to be chucking bombs at puppy farms.
That's why they're called anarchists.
Or they've got involved in criminal activity in order to fund their campaign and wound up getting hurt we've seen that before.
Either way, you don't seem concerned that another girl might be missing.
Listen, it's your job to find whoever killed Lisa Finch and to work out whether they've got another potential victim.
Mine is to understand who they are working for, who else might be involved, and to make sure you don't get a third body before I do.
Where's the second? At Whittingdon.
Tell me if I needed one of your pathologists to take a look at the scene, could you arrange that for me? At this stage, they'll obviously be tied up at the mortuary, so Oh, well.
Then you'd better get in touch with me when they're free.
If you know anything that could help us work out what happened to this girl, don't you think you should pass it on? Oh, well, we're on an inquiry now, so until I'm officially authorised, I really think it would be highly irresponsible of me to go dishing out information to anyone who requested it.
Unless of course, you felt there was something you could share with us.
No? Cheerio.
Mumford.
'Her name's Lisa Finch.
' Yeah, I know.
Has anyone tried to contact the parents yet? 'Not yet.
' Then get on and do it now.
She has a name now.
Excellent.
What is it? Lisa Finch.
Mumford thinks that an animal rights activist called Adrian Burney is responsible.
Did you send that residue for analysis? Not yet.
I'm going to do it after this.
Oh, right, so where is it? Hold on.
Oh, my God.
Someone has tried to extract three of her molars.
By force? Yes.
Looks like it.
It's very messy.
Crowns have been fractured off and the roots have been left in situ.
Not much healing.
Must have happened shortly before death.
There are also what appear to be puncture marks in the back of the mouth.
Could be injections.
'So what was she injected with?' We'll have to wait for the tox report.
But again, it's been done very crudely.
There's a lot of mucosal damage.
Must have been incredibly painful.
She was tortured.
Lionel, I hope you don't mind? Leo! Come in.
Come in.
Thanks.
I'm so sorry I haven't called or been in touch.
I heard the solicitor didn't even get the file to you until three days ago.
It got there in the end.
As you can imagine, it's been absolute madness here.
I can see.
Oh, I must show you! What's that? Have a look.
Two season tickets to Wasps! Sylvia's been going on at me about getting out of the house at weekends.
I have to admit, once they suspended me I was a bit stumped as to how to fill my days.
You know? Then it hit me we used to go and watch Wasps.
We most certainly did.
Harvey came to see me.
He seems to be under the impression that you think I'm not fully behind you.
So what did Mumford want with you at the dogs' home? He wanted me to talk to Claire Ashen.
He felt she knew something.
Well, did she? Uh-huh.
But I couldn't get it out of her though.
What would you have done in that situation? Leo, how many years did we work together? Six, seven may be.
And I'm aware that back then, things were very different.
We allowed ourselves to assume rights.
I behaved in ways that might seem very paternalistic now.
But that was the past.
Yes.
So did you have full consent to keep samples from Rufus Brown? Of course I had consent.
Do you think I'd jeopardise everything over a couple of samples from one individual? It was more than a couple of samples.
OK, it was more than a couple, but I had consent from the family, from the mother.
And the proof of it is in the files that you were sent.
I checked with the solicitor before he sent them and he promised me that it would be there.
Might you have a copy? Of course! Thanks.
I'll go and get it.
You do realise the damage that cases like this are causing? All the work we did.
All the breakthroughs you and I battled for.
All of that would be impossible now.
And the only explanation we get is "the public good" - the public right to be protected from our mistakes.
Now we can't even pick up a research slide without the Spanish Inquisition! Lionel, I know you need to get back to work Leo.
Hello, Sylvia.
Sorry, dear.
We didn't wake you? No.
No.
It's good to see you.
What would you do if you know someone's holding out on you, but they won't admit it? Just wait.
They can't hold out for ever.
Oh, good, that's what I'll do then.
Nikki, you're being very strange.
So if I wait for say, a decade, you might write to me from America and tell me you've been working there for years and that's why you suddenly disappeared? How do you know that I might mightbe going to work in America? I saw the letter in your car.
A private letter.
Yeah.
Sorry.
But it just upsets me that the only way I discovered this is by accidentally reading a letter in your car.
Such a girl's remark.
Suddenly this is something I've done wrong? Have you told Leo? Yeah, as it happens.
You've told Leo? Earlier this morning, yeah.
You saw me first thing.
Why didn't you tell me? I wasn't sure how you'd react.
Did you think I'd crawl around the room wailing, "Please don't go?" How pathetic do you think I am? For Christ's sake, this is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to Exactly the kind of thing that makes you want to what? Makes me want to have a job where I can just sit in a room and work, and not have to deal with diplomacy and office politics and idiots like Mumford yacking in my ear.
Oh, I'm very sorry for being a yacking idiot, Harry.
That is unfair.
You know I did not mean you.
No, no, go to America and have a lovely time in a silent little room on some campus.
Let's hope that nobody annoys you or even talks to you.
PHONE RINGS Hello.
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Yeah.
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Right.
OK.
I will be down there as soon as I can.
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Bye.
Apparently there's another body.
The intelligence guy at the dogs home wants me to have a look.
Then you'd better go.
Hi.
It's Nikki Alexander.
I've got a sample for analysis.
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Great.
Thanks.
Where's Harry Cunningham? You just missed him.
He's gone to look at another body.
The bastard! Where? Don't know.
He must have given you an indication of where he was going? DCI? OK.
But if you hear anything, you have to tell me.
Mr and Mrs Finch.
Thank you for coming in.
So what has he told you about all this? Well, we haven't spoken that often, but when we have, he's just been very positive.
About work, about the case.
About you.
Of course he has.
How else is he going to cope with the fact that his wife is dying of the very condition he spent a lifetime trying to find a cure to? My father died of it as well.
It's one of the reasons Lionel entered the field.
And do you know what I think sometimes? You'll probably think I'm dreadful, but the closer Lionel seemed to get to this great breakthrough, the more impossible he was.
He always worked hard, but before they suspended him, I'd barely even seen him for months.
And I knew he was taking risks because his assistants were telling me.
That boy was probably the least of it.
And then the inquiry came.
And it all stopped.
And suddenly, I had him back.
I had my husband back.
I have so little time, Leo.
And I know it's awful for me to be even thinking what I'm thinking, but I have so little.
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Sorry, Leo.
Amelia Brown's letter of consent.
I had it packed away in the car.
Everything OK? I was just saying goodbye.
I thought I'd go and have a rest before we leave.
Good idea.
Good luck, Leo.
Here it is.
A letter from the mother of the boy herself! Pleading with me to help her to understand how her son died of Motor Neurone Disease at the age of 28.
If that doesn't make it clear, what does? What more can anyone possibly want? I have no idea.
We're doing everything we can to work out who did this.
You'd better bloody get to him.
Get to who? The high priest of that sick little cult.
The reason my daughter is lying there like some lump of flesh! Adrian bloody Burney! She met him at college.
He was always on about his animal rights and environmental stuff.
She thought he was some sort of folk hero or something, but I just knew he was a maniac.
We knew we'd lost Lisa a long time ago.
It didn't matter what we told her, she thought Burney knew everything.
But Justine Justine is a little girl.
Justine? She was just trying to do what her big sister did.
Justine's fine.
Mrs Finch Do you know where Justine is now? She said she was staying over at her friend's.
Butwe haven't heard from her for a couple of days.
Is this Justine? SHE WEEPS THEY LAUGH OUTSIDE PHONE RINGS Yep.
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OK, where? Leo, there you are.
It's good to see you.
Harvey.
Everything all right? You know their solicitors train them to look as helpless as possible.
Helps with the payout when they go for compensation.
This Fitness to Practise hearing is convened on 2nd March 2006.
Professor Clune, would you mind standing and confirming your full name and GMC number.
My name is Professor Lionel Clune.
My registration number is 475967Y.
I will now read out the charges against you.
The allegations are that being registered under the Medical Act 1983 A, on or about the 8th August 2003 you received the brain of Rufus Brown from the Coroner for the purpose of examinations relevant to the cause of death.
Why do you think she's linked to the body in the dogs home? Her name's Jackie Cooper.
She was personnel manager at Whittingdon.
And you think she was murdered? Do you think it's a suicide? See this? If you are trying to kill yourself, by the time the bag is on, the pills are working, so suffocation should be almost automatic as a result of passing out with both airways blocked.
In other words, you shouldn't need to strangle yourself? No.
And you probably shouldn't have to inject your own mouth with a hypodermic needle.
Sorry, what can you see there? None of her teeth have been removed but the puncture marks are consistent with Lisa.
You say she worked at Whittingdon? Yes.
Lisa was an Animal Activist.
Yeah.
Torture seems a bit extreme for a bunch of animal lovers? They're terrorists, Harry, just like any other.
OK, let's try and find out how a personnel manager gets herself into a mess like this.
I've got an appointment at Whittingdon.
You're a scientist you interested in a guided tour? When exactly did you find out what had happened to Rufus's remains? It was about six months ago.
I was informed that a standard audit of Professor Clune's laboratory had been carried out and apparently they'd found brain samples that he wasn't authorised to keep.
And how did you feel when you found out those samples belonged to your son? Everything was getting back to some kind of routine for us.
Things weren't great, but I'd remember a bit about what people mean by "normal life".
So when we heard that we might have buried our son without When we heard that we might have buried Rufus without his brain, it was like thinking you've woken up from a nightmare and trying to get out of bed and .
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nothing in your body will move.
I have no further questions.
Mrs Brown, do you recognise this? Yes, I do.
This is a letter that you wrote to Professor Clune on Yes, it is.
"Professor, the coroner told us that Rufus's case was now in your hands.
"Please, professor, don't forget about us.
"We need to understand how our son got this sickness so young.
"If we are to have any peace, we feel we must know the truth.
" How did you expect Professor Clune to respond to that? I did not write to Professor Clune to give him permission to use parts of my son's body for his own experiments.
He is working to establish a treatment for Motor Neurone Disease what did you think he'd do? I thought he would stay within regulations.
I thought he would treat us with some respect.
You've heard substantial damages can be won if these cases go to court? That's not the reason I'm here.
Can you deny that you've discussed the compensation that may be won if your complaint proved successful? We've suffered a lot of pain from what Professor Clune did.
If it's his fault, I don't see why he shouldn't pay.
He has already paid you, Mrs Brown, with his hard work and commitment in trying to find a cure for the illness that killed your son.
All I can tell you, is that I did not write that letter, so that Professor Clune could keep bits of Rufus.
When did you get here? About an hour ago.
He's just through here, OK? Is this how you found him? He was face down in the water dog walker who found him pulled him out before he called us.
Any ID on him? No.
By the look of him we think he's a crusty who went a little heavy on the snakebite and took a tumble on his way home.
There's always a fair amount of them round here.
We sometimes find them trying to camp out, return to nature that sort of thing.
Dog bites.
Can't tell how old they are yet.
Oh Eurgh.
Can you help me turn him over? PHONE RINGS Hello, Whittingdon.
Who does the security at Whittingdon? One of the major security firms gave up the contract about three years ago, saying they could no longer guarantee the safety of their employees.
SIRENS WAIL Oh, great(!) If you'd like to come through gentlemen, Mr Hewitt is ready to see you now.
What's that? More dog bites? No these marks are too regular.
Something's cut him, like glass or barbed wire.
There's a lot of farming land.
He could have been clambering over the fences.
Any idea of which way he came from? Well, there's a path up that way.
Right.
I'll be back in a minute.
Thank you, Sarah.
You'll have to excuse me we've all been a bit thrown by this terrible news about Jackie.
I'm sure one of these must be free.
Ah.
You realise that we've already spoken to local detectives about this? Yes, and we're very grateful you've agreed to see us again.
Don't worry, I'll stand.
We just wanted to find out a bit more about Jackie in relation to a wider inquiry that we're pursuing.
Harry, it's me.
Can you call me backit's urgent.
Jackie was a very private person.
Very quiet person.
But I don't think I'm blowing any big secret if I say it was obvious she'd been struggling recently.
Struggling with what? With her illness.
With depression.
Do you believe Jackie's depression may have caused her death? Well, I would have to leave that to the pathologists.
We have reason to believe that Jackie may have been murdered.
My God.
That's terrible.
Have you any idea why? Two young women have been found murdered in 24 hours.
One a member of your favourite animal rights group, the other worked for you.
PHONE RINGS This girl's dead.
This one's missing.
Her name's Justine.
She's Lisa's sister.
Do you know either of them? Do you know her? Well, she could be next.
The idea that Jackie may have been anything else, or involved in anything that you're investigating is bizarre.
PHONE RINGS Hello.
Hi, it's me.
We've got another body, and I think it's connected to the Lisa Finch case.
'Why?' The residue under Lisa Finch's fingernails, it's on this one.
And on his clothes, though he spent most of the night marinading in a stream.
Oh, Nikki, sorry.
I didn't send that sample off.
It's OK.
I've done it.
Where are you? 'I'm with Simon Traynor and Mumford who's ridden in like the cavalry.
'We're interviewing Jackie Cooper's boss.
' Who's Jackie Cooper? 'The body that Traynor wanted me to look at.
' Where? 'Whittingdon.
' That's where I am.
'What?' I'm standing right outside the fence at Whittingdon.
'Harry?' Harry, are you there? Hang on, I'm going to come and find you.
I know it's not in your interest to diminish the scale of any security threat, but it's a long time since anyone here took the WAE seriously.
Thank you, Mr Hewitt.
You're taking Whittingdon public? I'd have thought you'd have heard.
I believe it's the biggest flotation of its kind for quite a while.
May be you'd like to invest? Thanks.
Phone for you, Roger.
My vote is that our WAE friends hit them recently, maybe even broke in.
There have been no reports of disturbances here for two months.
And you'd know, would you? Yes, actually, it's my remit.
Well, something happened here, I can smell it.
That call was from Nikki Alexander.
She's got another victim, 100 yards outside this perimeter fence.
So what do you suggest we do now? I suggest we tread very carefully.
How many more bodies do you want? We need to beat seven bells of crap out of Claire Ashen until she tells us what they've been doing.
You need to find Adrian Burney.
I'll call you.
I'll try to get Claire to re-evaluate her vow of silence.
You coming? Yes.
I'm coming.
Where's the pathologist? I don't know.
She went off that way.
Thanks.
Morning.
Morning.
No.
No.
No! Help! Help! Help! You know, someone once told me they thought there were two kinds of conversationalists There's the honest type and then there are those .
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who just treat it all .
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as bit of a game.
Now, personally, I think I'm an honest type.
But I've got to admit, I'm starting to have a bit of a bad feeling about you, Justine.
Cos I think you're a bit of a game player.
And I really, really don't have time for game playing.
What about Justine, Claire, do you know where Justine is now? Eh? Is Adrian involved in what happened? Was he involved in what happened to Lisa? Claire, you do understand that you are under caution? Nikki! What do you think they would say if they could see you now? They would say don't help the scum.
Well, Claire, if it turns out that we do get to Justine and something has happened to her, then maybe you might find out what the scum think about you.
You're absolutely clueless, aren't you? You have no idea what's going on.
This is a war.
A war? A war between you and who? Between us and them.
Lisa knew that.
Justine knew that.
PHONE RINGS Harry? 'Nikki, where are you?' Harry? 'Hello?' CAR STOPS DOOR OPENS PHONE RINGS DCI Mumford.
'It's Harry.
' Have you spoken to Nikki? Was there anything else on this other body? 'I got cut off and when I tried to ring back the line was dead.
' Have you got something out of Claire Ashen? 'She seems to think there's some kind of war.
' Between who? 'Between them and Whittingdon.
'She's boasting she doesn't care how many people die.
' Oh, Christ.
Get that body to the mortuary! Come on! Move it, now! Open.
Come on.
That's it.
That's good.
It's all right.
Shh, shh.
Nearly there.
What were you doing at that fence? You work for Whittingdon, don't you? I don't work for Whittingdon.
Then what were you doing at that fence! Unless you tell me, I'll blow your brains right into that air conditioning.
I'm a Home Office pathologist.
I was investigating a suspicious death.
Oh, Jesus It's OK.
Calm down.
How many more of them are going to be after us now? I said calm down! Oh, God.
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No, I'm afraid I'm due at a medical hearing this morning.
BUZZING .
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It's a Fitness to Practice panel for the GMC.
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I think they might get a bit angry if I cancelled.
BUZZING .
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Yeah.
OK.
Will do.
BLEEPING Harvey.
I always feel funny before these things.
I thought you might be up as well.
Dr.
Cunningham, excellent to see you again.
Likewise.
How are you? Good.
You're not a professor or anything yet? No, not yet.
By the way, it's DCI Mumford now.
Oh, congratulations.
Thanks for telling me.
Shall we just get on with it? Yes.
What are you doing here? Why exactly has he got us both out of bed at this time? Because he IS Bob Mumford.
I'll leave you to renew your beautiful working rapport(!) You're here now, you might as well see the body.
Do you need a second opinion? Yeah, I do It may be a complex case and.
I may need back up.
All right.
Can I borrow your phone charger? Have the charger, have the stereo, widdle on the front seat if you like - please don't leave me alone with that man.
We found the security guard out cold round the back.
He doesn't remember anything except arriving for his shift.
And the girl who found the body has gone totally silent.
Apparently she's in shock.
Any idea who she is? No.
Have we heard from DCI Mumford yet? Dr.
Cunningham, I've had three calls already from someone called Simon Traynor, claiming to work for intelligence services.
I don't want to harass you, but once intelligence start up we usually have about 30 seconds to work out what happened.
You see the lack of lividity on the forearms and the fronts of the legs? It suggests the body hasn't been here long.
She was brought into the cage after death, very recently.
What about the mouth? There you are, sir.
Need to get her back to the mortuary to see what's going on in there.
We also found this.
This one looks like the victim.
Do you know who that one is? I have no idea.
But I'd like to find her before she turns up dead like her mate here.
The body still feels warm to the touch.
Hypostasis hasn't yet developed.
I'd say she's probably been dead for less than three hours.
Wouldn't you say? Yes.
It's worth noting that the body's been very deliberately posed someone went to a lot of trouble to make her look like this.
With the picture it seems like a message, the killer's trying to tell us something.
Or tell someone else something.
What about identifying her? Anything you can give us? There are signs of retinopathy to the eyeball.
That might suggest quite severe type one diabetes.
Sir, it's Simon Traynor on the line for you again? Sir, he says it's urgent and he needs to speak to you now.
What if we need something else? Early signs of malnutrition.
Often seen in the homeless and runaways.
It's possible He's still holding.
Bit of a jump? I'd cross-reference the diabetes register with missing persons, you might get something.
Sir, please? Thank you, Dr.
Alexander.
And thank you.
All right, give us the phone.
Hello there.
DCI Mumford? Simon Traynor.
I do hope I'm not disturbing you.
'No.
What can I do for you?' I was wondering what you had on your hands down there? Why is intelligence taking this much interest in a murder case? Well, I'm assuming you've already got the name Adrian Burney coming up on your list of ex-employees? You have, haven't you? Obviously.
'Have you tried typing that into your database? 'That's N E Y.
' Hello, Claire.
You all right? Burney is the chairman and life member of the animal rights loony squad.
That's freedom to animals by way of extreme and senseless violence against human beings.
'I see.
But what's this got to do with' I just thought if you told me what you got, I might be able to tell you whether he's involved or not.
'Well, Simon, I'd love to do that.
'But unfortunately, we're on a murder inquiry, so' until we're officially authorised, it would be irresponsible to just dish out information to anyone who just happened to phone.
I'd be very happy to brief you fully at a more appropriate time.
Right.
OK.
.
.
Thank you, DCI.
Thank you for your time.
'Not at all.
' God, I loathe the police sometimes.
Have you got that address yet? Milk, no sugar.
Perfect.
Thank you.
Well, at least we're on the right side.
Whenever I have to testify against even if I know the chap's messed up there's just something about it that makes my skin crawl.
It's the first time I've had to be a character witness.
Well, you're lucky.
You're standing up for a pal.
Nice clear case.
There's some sort of rust-coloured residue under her fingernails.
Could be metallic? No, I think it's organic.
Having another look at the Amelia Brown letter? Yes.
Yes Lionel only sent the files over three days ago.
Well, she was a bloody fool to let that lawyer talk her into making that complaint.
It's the compensation culture, isn't it? Another great American import.
At least the hearing might clear up some of the argument around the new regulations.
New regulations? Consent is consent! You don't need new regulations to tell you that.
Did Lionel ask you to come and talk to me? You have to understand, Leo.
He's under the most incredible pressure.
Do you understand? This girl could be in very serious danger and I need you to tell me who she is.
DOG WHINES Listen, could we put the dog somewhere? Steve, come here.
Get a room and get her in there.
Well, go on then.
What do you make of this? Dr.
Alexander, can I borrow you for a second? Given how keen you were to get this body back to the mortuary, I'm surprised you're still here.
I'm just about to leave.
Doctor Alexander? Please.
I think we may have a way of finding out who these girls are.
You'd better go.
Will you send that sample for analysis? Yes.
It looks like some animal rights nutcase called Adrian Burney is behind this.
Is that what the guy from intelligence said? In effect.
And it's made me think our resident mute might be keeping quiet for good reason.
Why? She's got that trademark block when it comes to co-operating with the police.
So what do you need me to do? See if she's any happier talking to a nice friendly doctor.
We are trying to work out if another girl is in danger.
I'll see what I can do.
Hi, Claire.
I'm Dr.
Alexander.
I'm here to take a quick swab for elimination purposes.
It's so that we can identify any samples connected to you that we might find in the cages.
Can you open your mouth, please? It's important so that forensics have the clearest possible sense of what happened.
Did you know this girl? I know it's been a shock, but if you knew her or know anything about what happened you have to tell us.
What about this picture? The other girldo you know her? Well, she could be in serious danger.
You are aware of that? You know, you won't stop him.
Who? She's all yours.
There have been articles depicting him as a monster who steals people's brains.
If you're not in touch, how can he feel he has your full support? His lawyers insisted that, as a character witness, I didn't have to see all the material.
And when it came, it was obvious there was a huge difference between what he'd said and what was in the files.
I think you should go and talk to him.
I can't go and talk to him.
I'm due to see him at a GMC hearing in a few hours.
Let him go through with you again what happened.
I don't need to go through what happened.
Why not? I've already said that I'll speak in support of his character.
I'm not being asked to comment on Amelia Brown or her letter.
You'll be no good to him unless you want to be on that stand.
Now, you know I have the upmost respect for Lionel.
We worked together.
I'm his friend for goodness sake.
Go and see him.
It might do you both a lot of good.
DOOR SLAMS I'd better just go and see what's happening.
Everything OK? Yes, apart from being lumbered with the most obnoxious DCI in London.
Who, Mumford? Yes.
Yes, I've been meaning to tell you about that.
May I? Yes.
When did they approach you? A few weeks ago.
I'd better go and change.
Over here, sir.
What are you doing? Oi! Who's in charge of this job? In there, sir.
So they'd make you a professor? Yes.
It's a good university.
For America.
The research budget is unbelievable.
When do they want a reply? End of the month.
Why now? Now is when they made the offer.
It's got nothing to do with the fact that you might be feeling frustrated with the police side of things? No more than usual.
You know how it is.
Now and then something comes along which makes you think.
And you might not have known you were interested until it did.
What does Nikki think? I'm planning on telling her sometime later today.
I've cross-referenced every diabetic female under 25 registered with a London hospital and every missing person's report for the last two months.
And? No match.
NIKKI: Try going further back.
Got it! Aged 18 years and five months, she was reported missing in September 2005, by her parents Valerie and Michael Finch.
Do you recognize any of them? Her name is Lisa Finch.
Looks like she's been staying here in Burney's flat.
She's a known associate.
Both members of The War for Animal Equality - WAE.
This is his littlehard core.
They are anarchists very dangerous people indeed.
She has no criminal record, but she was cautioned following major disturbances outside the gates of Whittingdon, and later spent three months in hospital.
She threw herself under a truck, outside the gates of Whittingdon, convinced it was full of puppies for experimentation.
And that is Adrian Burney.
Any known associates for him? Claire Ashen.
Claire Ashen, Robbie Sharpe, Jane Cardy, Eva Merrick, Lisa Finch, He's recruiting kids But if his only goal is to bring down Whittingdon, why turn on members of his own group? It might be that some sort of civil war has broken out for control of the cell.
Just as likely to be at each others' throats as they are to be chucking bombs at puppy farms.
That's why they're called anarchists.
Or they've got involved in criminal activity in order to fund their campaign and wound up getting hurt we've seen that before.
Either way, you don't seem concerned that another girl might be missing.
Listen, it's your job to find whoever killed Lisa Finch and to work out whether they've got another potential victim.
Mine is to understand who they are working for, who else might be involved, and to make sure you don't get a third body before I do.
Where's the second? At Whittingdon.
Tell me if I needed one of your pathologists to take a look at the scene, could you arrange that for me? At this stage, they'll obviously be tied up at the mortuary, so Oh, well.
Then you'd better get in touch with me when they're free.
If you know anything that could help us work out what happened to this girl, don't you think you should pass it on? Oh, well, we're on an inquiry now, so until I'm officially authorised, I really think it would be highly irresponsible of me to go dishing out information to anyone who requested it.
Unless of course, you felt there was something you could share with us.
No? Cheerio.
Mumford.
'Her name's Lisa Finch.
' Yeah, I know.
Has anyone tried to contact the parents yet? 'Not yet.
' Then get on and do it now.
She has a name now.
Excellent.
What is it? Lisa Finch.
Mumford thinks that an animal rights activist called Adrian Burney is responsible.
Did you send that residue for analysis? Not yet.
I'm going to do it after this.
Oh, right, so where is it? Hold on.
Oh, my God.
Someone has tried to extract three of her molars.
By force? Yes.
Looks like it.
It's very messy.
Crowns have been fractured off and the roots have been left in situ.
Not much healing.
Must have happened shortly before death.
There are also what appear to be puncture marks in the back of the mouth.
Could be injections.
'So what was she injected with?' We'll have to wait for the tox report.
But again, it's been done very crudely.
There's a lot of mucosal damage.
Must have been incredibly painful.
She was tortured.
Lionel, I hope you don't mind? Leo! Come in.
Come in.
Thanks.
I'm so sorry I haven't called or been in touch.
I heard the solicitor didn't even get the file to you until three days ago.
It got there in the end.
As you can imagine, it's been absolute madness here.
I can see.
Oh, I must show you! What's that? Have a look.
Two season tickets to Wasps! Sylvia's been going on at me about getting out of the house at weekends.
I have to admit, once they suspended me I was a bit stumped as to how to fill my days.
You know? Then it hit me we used to go and watch Wasps.
We most certainly did.
Harvey came to see me.
He seems to be under the impression that you think I'm not fully behind you.
So what did Mumford want with you at the dogs' home? He wanted me to talk to Claire Ashen.
He felt she knew something.
Well, did she? Uh-huh.
But I couldn't get it out of her though.
What would you have done in that situation? Leo, how many years did we work together? Six, seven may be.
And I'm aware that back then, things were very different.
We allowed ourselves to assume rights.
I behaved in ways that might seem very paternalistic now.
But that was the past.
Yes.
So did you have full consent to keep samples from Rufus Brown? Of course I had consent.
Do you think I'd jeopardise everything over a couple of samples from one individual? It was more than a couple of samples.
OK, it was more than a couple, but I had consent from the family, from the mother.
And the proof of it is in the files that you were sent.
I checked with the solicitor before he sent them and he promised me that it would be there.
Might you have a copy? Of course! Thanks.
I'll go and get it.
You do realise the damage that cases like this are causing? All the work we did.
All the breakthroughs you and I battled for.
All of that would be impossible now.
And the only explanation we get is "the public good" - the public right to be protected from our mistakes.
Now we can't even pick up a research slide without the Spanish Inquisition! Lionel, I know you need to get back to work Leo.
Hello, Sylvia.
Sorry, dear.
We didn't wake you? No.
No.
It's good to see you.
What would you do if you know someone's holding out on you, but they won't admit it? Just wait.
They can't hold out for ever.
Oh, good, that's what I'll do then.
Nikki, you're being very strange.
So if I wait for say, a decade, you might write to me from America and tell me you've been working there for years and that's why you suddenly disappeared? How do you know that I might mightbe going to work in America? I saw the letter in your car.
A private letter.
Yeah.
Sorry.
But it just upsets me that the only way I discovered this is by accidentally reading a letter in your car.
Such a girl's remark.
Suddenly this is something I've done wrong? Have you told Leo? Yeah, as it happens.
You've told Leo? Earlier this morning, yeah.
You saw me first thing.
Why didn't you tell me? I wasn't sure how you'd react.
Did you think I'd crawl around the room wailing, "Please don't go?" How pathetic do you think I am? For Christ's sake, this is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to Exactly the kind of thing that makes you want to what? Makes me want to have a job where I can just sit in a room and work, and not have to deal with diplomacy and office politics and idiots like Mumford yacking in my ear.
Oh, I'm very sorry for being a yacking idiot, Harry.
That is unfair.
You know I did not mean you.
No, no, go to America and have a lovely time in a silent little room on some campus.
Let's hope that nobody annoys you or even talks to you.
PHONE RINGS Hello.
.
.
Yeah.
.
.
Right.
OK.
I will be down there as soon as I can.
.
.
Bye.
Apparently there's another body.
The intelligence guy at the dogs home wants me to have a look.
Then you'd better go.
Hi.
It's Nikki Alexander.
I've got a sample for analysis.
.
.
Great.
Thanks.
Where's Harry Cunningham? You just missed him.
He's gone to look at another body.
The bastard! Where? Don't know.
He must have given you an indication of where he was going? DCI? OK.
But if you hear anything, you have to tell me.
Mr and Mrs Finch.
Thank you for coming in.
So what has he told you about all this? Well, we haven't spoken that often, but when we have, he's just been very positive.
About work, about the case.
About you.
Of course he has.
How else is he going to cope with the fact that his wife is dying of the very condition he spent a lifetime trying to find a cure to? My father died of it as well.
It's one of the reasons Lionel entered the field.
And do you know what I think sometimes? You'll probably think I'm dreadful, but the closer Lionel seemed to get to this great breakthrough, the more impossible he was.
He always worked hard, but before they suspended him, I'd barely even seen him for months.
And I knew he was taking risks because his assistants were telling me.
That boy was probably the least of it.
And then the inquiry came.
And it all stopped.
And suddenly, I had him back.
I had my husband back.
I have so little time, Leo.
And I know it's awful for me to be even thinking what I'm thinking, but I have so little.
.
Sorry, Leo.
Amelia Brown's letter of consent.
I had it packed away in the car.
Everything OK? I was just saying goodbye.
I thought I'd go and have a rest before we leave.
Good idea.
Good luck, Leo.
Here it is.
A letter from the mother of the boy herself! Pleading with me to help her to understand how her son died of Motor Neurone Disease at the age of 28.
If that doesn't make it clear, what does? What more can anyone possibly want? I have no idea.
We're doing everything we can to work out who did this.
You'd better bloody get to him.
Get to who? The high priest of that sick little cult.
The reason my daughter is lying there like some lump of flesh! Adrian bloody Burney! She met him at college.
He was always on about his animal rights and environmental stuff.
She thought he was some sort of folk hero or something, but I just knew he was a maniac.
We knew we'd lost Lisa a long time ago.
It didn't matter what we told her, she thought Burney knew everything.
But Justine Justine is a little girl.
Justine? She was just trying to do what her big sister did.
Justine's fine.
Mrs Finch Do you know where Justine is now? She said she was staying over at her friend's.
Butwe haven't heard from her for a couple of days.
Is this Justine? SHE WEEPS THEY LAUGH OUTSIDE PHONE RINGS Yep.
.
.
OK, where? Leo, there you are.
It's good to see you.
Harvey.
Everything all right? You know their solicitors train them to look as helpless as possible.
Helps with the payout when they go for compensation.
This Fitness to Practise hearing is convened on 2nd March 2006.
Professor Clune, would you mind standing and confirming your full name and GMC number.
My name is Professor Lionel Clune.
My registration number is 475967Y.
I will now read out the charges against you.
The allegations are that being registered under the Medical Act 1983 A, on or about the 8th August 2003 you received the brain of Rufus Brown from the Coroner for the purpose of examinations relevant to the cause of death.
Why do you think she's linked to the body in the dogs home? Her name's Jackie Cooper.
She was personnel manager at Whittingdon.
And you think she was murdered? Do you think it's a suicide? See this? If you are trying to kill yourself, by the time the bag is on, the pills are working, so suffocation should be almost automatic as a result of passing out with both airways blocked.
In other words, you shouldn't need to strangle yourself? No.
And you probably shouldn't have to inject your own mouth with a hypodermic needle.
Sorry, what can you see there? None of her teeth have been removed but the puncture marks are consistent with Lisa.
You say she worked at Whittingdon? Yes.
Lisa was an Animal Activist.
Yeah.
Torture seems a bit extreme for a bunch of animal lovers? They're terrorists, Harry, just like any other.
OK, let's try and find out how a personnel manager gets herself into a mess like this.
I've got an appointment at Whittingdon.
You're a scientist you interested in a guided tour? When exactly did you find out what had happened to Rufus's remains? It was about six months ago.
I was informed that a standard audit of Professor Clune's laboratory had been carried out and apparently they'd found brain samples that he wasn't authorised to keep.
And how did you feel when you found out those samples belonged to your son? Everything was getting back to some kind of routine for us.
Things weren't great, but I'd remember a bit about what people mean by "normal life".
So when we heard that we might have buried our son without When we heard that we might have buried Rufus without his brain, it was like thinking you've woken up from a nightmare and trying to get out of bed and .
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nothing in your body will move.
I have no further questions.
Mrs Brown, do you recognise this? Yes, I do.
This is a letter that you wrote to Professor Clune on Yes, it is.
"Professor, the coroner told us that Rufus's case was now in your hands.
"Please, professor, don't forget about us.
"We need to understand how our son got this sickness so young.
"If we are to have any peace, we feel we must know the truth.
" How did you expect Professor Clune to respond to that? I did not write to Professor Clune to give him permission to use parts of my son's body for his own experiments.
He is working to establish a treatment for Motor Neurone Disease what did you think he'd do? I thought he would stay within regulations.
I thought he would treat us with some respect.
You've heard substantial damages can be won if these cases go to court? That's not the reason I'm here.
Can you deny that you've discussed the compensation that may be won if your complaint proved successful? We've suffered a lot of pain from what Professor Clune did.
If it's his fault, I don't see why he shouldn't pay.
He has already paid you, Mrs Brown, with his hard work and commitment in trying to find a cure for the illness that killed your son.
All I can tell you, is that I did not write that letter, so that Professor Clune could keep bits of Rufus.
When did you get here? About an hour ago.
He's just through here, OK? Is this how you found him? He was face down in the water dog walker who found him pulled him out before he called us.
Any ID on him? No.
By the look of him we think he's a crusty who went a little heavy on the snakebite and took a tumble on his way home.
There's always a fair amount of them round here.
We sometimes find them trying to camp out, return to nature that sort of thing.
Dog bites.
Can't tell how old they are yet.
Oh Eurgh.
Can you help me turn him over? PHONE RINGS Hello, Whittingdon.
Who does the security at Whittingdon? One of the major security firms gave up the contract about three years ago, saying they could no longer guarantee the safety of their employees.
SIRENS WAIL Oh, great(!) If you'd like to come through gentlemen, Mr Hewitt is ready to see you now.
What's that? More dog bites? No these marks are too regular.
Something's cut him, like glass or barbed wire.
There's a lot of farming land.
He could have been clambering over the fences.
Any idea of which way he came from? Well, there's a path up that way.
Right.
I'll be back in a minute.
Thank you, Sarah.
You'll have to excuse me we've all been a bit thrown by this terrible news about Jackie.
I'm sure one of these must be free.
Ah.
You realise that we've already spoken to local detectives about this? Yes, and we're very grateful you've agreed to see us again.
Don't worry, I'll stand.
We just wanted to find out a bit more about Jackie in relation to a wider inquiry that we're pursuing.
Harry, it's me.
Can you call me backit's urgent.
Jackie was a very private person.
Very quiet person.
But I don't think I'm blowing any big secret if I say it was obvious she'd been struggling recently.
Struggling with what? With her illness.
With depression.
Do you believe Jackie's depression may have caused her death? Well, I would have to leave that to the pathologists.
We have reason to believe that Jackie may have been murdered.
My God.
That's terrible.
Have you any idea why? Two young women have been found murdered in 24 hours.
One a member of your favourite animal rights group, the other worked for you.
PHONE RINGS This girl's dead.
This one's missing.
Her name's Justine.
She's Lisa's sister.
Do you know either of them? Do you know her? Well, she could be next.
The idea that Jackie may have been anything else, or involved in anything that you're investigating is bizarre.
PHONE RINGS Hello.
Hi, it's me.
We've got another body, and I think it's connected to the Lisa Finch case.
'Why?' The residue under Lisa Finch's fingernails, it's on this one.
And on his clothes, though he spent most of the night marinading in a stream.
Oh, Nikki, sorry.
I didn't send that sample off.
It's OK.
I've done it.
Where are you? 'I'm with Simon Traynor and Mumford who's ridden in like the cavalry.
'We're interviewing Jackie Cooper's boss.
' Who's Jackie Cooper? 'The body that Traynor wanted me to look at.
' Where? 'Whittingdon.
' That's where I am.
'What?' I'm standing right outside the fence at Whittingdon.
'Harry?' Harry, are you there? Hang on, I'm going to come and find you.
I know it's not in your interest to diminish the scale of any security threat, but it's a long time since anyone here took the WAE seriously.
Thank you, Mr Hewitt.
You're taking Whittingdon public? I'd have thought you'd have heard.
I believe it's the biggest flotation of its kind for quite a while.
May be you'd like to invest? Thanks.
Phone for you, Roger.
My vote is that our WAE friends hit them recently, maybe even broke in.
There have been no reports of disturbances here for two months.
And you'd know, would you? Yes, actually, it's my remit.
Well, something happened here, I can smell it.
That call was from Nikki Alexander.
She's got another victim, 100 yards outside this perimeter fence.
So what do you suggest we do now? I suggest we tread very carefully.
How many more bodies do you want? We need to beat seven bells of crap out of Claire Ashen until she tells us what they've been doing.
You need to find Adrian Burney.
I'll call you.
I'll try to get Claire to re-evaluate her vow of silence.
You coming? Yes.
I'm coming.
Where's the pathologist? I don't know.
She went off that way.
Thanks.
Morning.
Morning.
No.
No.
No! Help! Help! Help! You know, someone once told me they thought there were two kinds of conversationalists There's the honest type and then there are those .
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who just treat it all .
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as bit of a game.
Now, personally, I think I'm an honest type.
But I've got to admit, I'm starting to have a bit of a bad feeling about you, Justine.
Cos I think you're a bit of a game player.
And I really, really don't have time for game playing.
What about Justine, Claire, do you know where Justine is now? Eh? Is Adrian involved in what happened? Was he involved in what happened to Lisa? Claire, you do understand that you are under caution? Nikki! What do you think they would say if they could see you now? They would say don't help the scum.
Well, Claire, if it turns out that we do get to Justine and something has happened to her, then maybe you might find out what the scum think about you.
You're absolutely clueless, aren't you? You have no idea what's going on.
This is a war.
A war? A war between you and who? Between us and them.
Lisa knew that.
Justine knew that.
PHONE RINGS Harry? 'Nikki, where are you?' Harry? 'Hello?' CAR STOPS DOOR OPENS PHONE RINGS DCI Mumford.
'It's Harry.
' Have you spoken to Nikki? Was there anything else on this other body? 'I got cut off and when I tried to ring back the line was dead.
' Have you got something out of Claire Ashen? 'She seems to think there's some kind of war.
' Between who? 'Between them and Whittingdon.
'She's boasting she doesn't care how many people die.
' Oh, Christ.
Get that body to the mortuary! Come on! Move it, now! Open.
Come on.
That's it.
That's good.
It's all right.
Shh, shh.
Nearly there.
What were you doing at that fence? You work for Whittingdon, don't you? I don't work for Whittingdon.
Then what were you doing at that fence! Unless you tell me, I'll blow your brains right into that air conditioning.
I'm a Home Office pathologist.
I was investigating a suspicious death.
Oh, Jesus It's OK.
Calm down.
How many more of them are going to be after us now? I said calm down! Oh, God.