Line of Duty

Sorry to trouble you at home, ma'am, but we've picked up a bystander

999 on an active abduction of a young female in the Moss Heath area.

We've being looking for him for months.

We're going to get this bastard, yeah!

A 24-year-old man has been charged.

Huntley's definitely hiding something about how the case

against Farmer was handled. What, I don't know.

There's the man you should be looking for up there.

Not Michael Farmer.

- You all right? - I need to go back to work.

What have you got against Michael Farmer,

except him being retarded enough for you to frame?!

He was one of our own. I'm going to get on with finding the bastard that did this.

I'm the senior ranking officer here, darling.

I'm only putting you back where you belong. What are friends for?

Hmm?

Hana Reznikova was the last person known to have had contact

with the victim.

Hana Reznikova, I am arresting you in connection with the murder

of Timothy Ifield.

Fingertips were amputated postmortem.

So, we're surmising that Tim tried to grab a handful of his assailant.

To get some skin cells under his fingernails.

A swab of worktop blood spatter.

Item reference KRG-13.

I'm just after some background info on an item of evidence

from Tim Ifield's flat. KRG-13.

- She went to the forensic office. - What is she up to?

You witnessed a cab outside the flats around 11pm

on the night of the 17th?

I think it was a cab.

Can you describe the driver?

Image enhancement got a reg number on the vehicle seen near Tim's flat.

It belongs to a Nicholas Huntley.

Nick Huntley could be dangerous. Call in.

- I didn't know what else to do. - Just tell me what happened.

- DS Arnold came to see me... - Arnott.

Arnott, came to see me, and, well...

he ended up falling down the stairs.

Oh, my God.

Jesus Christ!

- He's still alive? - I don't know.

At least you had the presence of mind to go out and use

- a pay phone to call me. - Yes.

I thought maybe I should, because he mentioned telephone calls,

DS Arnott, between us that he was investigating.

What calls?

On the night you told me you were working and you left

your phone at home.

He called me, Roz, and so I called Jimmy Lakewell straight away.

And he said not to make any further comment to him.

About what?

Come on, Nick!

He wanted to know your whereabouts on the night that you said

that you were working.

- Why? - I don't know, I can't remember. He was...

He was pressuring me and he was coming up and then I thought,

- maybe, he'd gone to the old floor. I don't know. - Pressuring you how?

Well, he was saying stuff. He was pushing me.

- "He was saying stuff." - Don't start, Roz!

You're the one who's started and I'm left with the mess to clear up!

Is there a way to get into your building avoiding CCTV?

Yes. That's the one I've just used.

Good. Get up to whatever floor you're meant to be on.

Phone security, tell them to go and look for DS Arnott.

You're worried he's got lost somewhere in the building.

What if somebody sees us?

This is not an abstruse point of corporate law, Nick.

This is real crime and I do this for a living.

Go on.

Go!

I'm his gaffer. How is he?

Too early to say for certain. He's in a bad way.

Yes. So what happened?

Security guard found him at the bottom of the stairs.

Didn't see anyone else around. Injuries are consistent with a fall.

Mother of God.

That's him, sir, that's her husband.

Right. This is no accident, until proven otherwise!

OK. I want this place locked down as a crime scene!

Full forensic deployment!

- Nicholas Huntley? - Yes.

You're a material witness to the events surrounding the

serious injury of a serving police officer going about his lawful duty.

- I don't know anything. - Save it, fella. Look, you know,

you can do this voluntarily or we can do it the hard way.

Right. I want him detained for forensics.

And, James, you're in charge. Right, you lot. I'm with you.

We'll need your clothes, Mr Huntley.

Come with me.

En route with P1, GCS 9. ETA five minutes.

Thank you.

Jimmy, thanks for the change of clothes, mate.

There's no way am I letting you go round looking like you're

already convicted.

Detective Sergeant Arnott

phoned me to arrange a follow-up interview.

He informed me that he was outside my firm's building,

and that he was on his way to up to my office and then he hung up.

And when he didn't arrive, it was at that moment that I realised

that he must have gone to our old floor.

As soon as I realised DS Arnott's mistake...

My officer made no mistake. He was on to you.

You were the only person who knew where he was.

We weren't born yesterday, fella!

We all appreciate that you're concerned for your officer's

condition, but, come on, let's dial down the Ian Paisley!

You fancy yourself as a bit of a comedian, do you?

I have a man in the hospital. That's no laughing matter.

Nick and I are old colleagues, so I've got more than

a professional interest in my client's fair treatment,

so no-one would be happier than me if your whole department

stopped looking like they want to blame Nick and started realising

that your officer's fall resulted from an unfortunate accident.

My officer was highly trained.

He's a former counter-terrorism team leader.

He did not slip and fall down three flights of stairs by "accident".

He was pushed.

And you were the only person who knew he was there, Mr Huntley.

Coincidence. A complete coincidence.

The security guard, he's got no idea how DS Arnott's attacker

could have accessed the building without him knowing.

Unless he was in there already.

You can't be suggesting that Nick was responsible for your

officer's fall.

He was two flights up in an office full of colleagues.

The office manager told us Mr Huntley left the office for

approximately 15 minutes around the time DS Arnott sustained his

- injuries. - I went to the toilet.

Yeah. I thought you were waiting for DS Arnott?

He didn't appear. I got butterflies.

Do you have any evidence to the contrary?

We're looking at the whole picture, the whole picture. DC Desford.

Uh, yeah... erm...

Traffic camera video capture...

March 17th.

Good. You recognise this vehicle, Mr Huntley?

Help him, DC Desford.

For the tape, the interviewee is being shown

a vehicle registration number.

That's my car.

So we have this vehicle crossing this junction and then coming

back a few hours later.

Now, the reason we're interested in this particular junction is

because it serves an address just a few hundred yards away where, on the

night in question, a member of the police forensic staff was murdered.

Timothy Ifield.

I... I've got nothing to do with any murder.

We also have a witness saying a vehicle matching this

description and a driver matching your description was seen

outside the address where the murder took place.

Are you seriously suggesting that Nick is a suspect?

No. One step at a time.

I'd just like to know if Mr Huntley saw anything on the night

in question that might help us with our inquiries?

No, I didn't. No. Sorry.

You see, normally in a situation like this someone's mobile phone

would give us their location every second of the night.

However, you conveniently left yours at home.

The man forgot his phone. It's simple as that, nothing sinister.

Right. Well, perhaps Mr Huntley can tell us where he was, exactly,

on that night?

Nick isn't obliged to give you that information.

Very well.

Let's move on to your wife, Detective Chief Inspector Huntley.

Now, on the night in question, the 17th,

when you were out for that drive, she's claimed she was at home, sick.

DC Desford.

Yeah. Um...

A call to your wife's mobile was made at around 8pm.

So, why the call, when she said she was home?

Our kids made that call.

They didn't realise that she was asleep in the spare room.

In the spare room?

Yes. So, she wouldn't give me her illness or disturb me,

if she had a sleepless night.

DC Desford.

Yeah... Um...

Image 47.

This is a frame of CCTV captured on the evening of January 25th

in the Moss Heath area.

You wouldn't happen to be able to help us identify this

particular individual?

Mr Huntley?

Take your time, Nick.

The 25th.

Yes.

Yes. I was at a work function in Northampton that evening.

So, I can't help you.

And I bet there are loads of witnesses to corroborate that?

- Yes. - Great. Thanks, I hope that's covered. Anything else?

Do you have any of your officer's DNA on my client?

Any of his clothes fibres?

I can ask the same regarding the murder of this Timothy Ifield.

Inquiries are ongoing.

They've got no witnesses. No CCTV.

No forensics.

My client's given full cooperation.

Either you arrest him under Code G or he's free to go.

This inquiry isn't finished, not by a long chalk.