Line of Duty

Before Danny died, he tried to say something.

Now I reckon what he said was, "List."

What was Danny on to that meant you had to kill him?

The final report states that these findings are consistent with

a blood stained note.

And this is just between us for now?

I'm innocent. The question is, are you?

You lied in court.

You lied to your partner and you lied to me!

I did not plant evidence.

We gather the evidence and the people decide. They've decided that she didn't do it because you

couldn't keep it in your pants. That's not what happened.

There's seconds here, if you fancy? Any more and I won't get off this sofa.

I had intended that meeting in a more social setting

would make this less confrontational between us...

I'm a married man.

Separated.

I'm sorry, Gill.

Oliver Stephens-Lloyd,

a registered social worker with responsibility at Sands View.

Chief Superintendent Fairbank had nothing to do with this case.

He ran Vice.

Stephens-Lloyd claimed he compiled a list of authority figures who

conducted systematic abuse of boys resident at Sands View.

See, I've never even heard of this Stands View place.

I hope I'm not too late.

I saw the handshake at the door.

It was masonic.

I'm putting you in for a commendation.

Ronan Murphy was interviewed about the conspiracy Lindsay Denton was convicted of?

None of this was in the file.

And who gave us that file?

Hastings.

The Caddy is male, under 35. A Detective.

A London or South East accent.

I'm sorry, gaffer, but the finger's pointing at one of our own.

Detective Inspector Matthew Cottan has distinguished not only himself

but the entire anti-corruption division.

Detective Inspector Matthew Cottan.

It is an honour to present DI Cottan with this award for Outstanding Bravery.

The commendation reads -

"In recognition of courageous conduct in apprehending a dangerous

"suspect with commendable disregard for your own personal safety."

Well done, Cottan. Thank you, sir.

Congratulations, Matthew. Ah, thanks, Gill.

You need a drink.

There you go.

Cheers. Cheers.

Have you thought about going in front of the DCI promotion board?

Right. Coffee? Yeah, lovely.

Don't be going to any trouble on my account.

You know, I'll have instant.

Special occasion, though.

Actually, it's good to be able to talk outside the office.

Is everything OK?

No. Not really.

Steve's been ordering more forensics on evidence seized

from Danny Waldron's flat.

Why?

He'll be making out I missed a lead,

but I know what he's up to. That's classic classroom tactics.

If you've farted, you hold your nose, you point at someone else.

What do you mean?

He's hiding summat.

What?

I shouldn't say until there's evidence.

I hope I'm wrong, I really do, but if I'm not...

..I need to know you've got my back?

God, yeah.

Look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have really said anything.

I know you two go back a-ways. No, you had to.

Glock 17.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil

for you are with me.

Your rod and staff, they comfort me.

We now commit Daniel's body to the ground.

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust...

..in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life.

PHONE BEEPS

Is there a problem, sir?

Why do you ask?

I know there was a briefing - inspectors and above - and no-one's letting me in on it.

Hence "inspectors and above".

So, what's that about then?

I went to Danny Waldron's funeral.

There's still a perceived threat to anyone associated with Danny.

And was anyone there?

No. No.

Well, that's good to know, eh?

And you shouldn't be bringing that round here.

This isn't the Bronx.

Feeling better?

Uh, yeah, thanks. Just a stomach bug.

Yeah. Well, now you're back, I was hoping to get

those additional forensics I requested.

What's the hold-up?

I don't want to get caught between you and DI Cottan.

What d'you mean?

He knew forensics hadn't bothered testing the envelope?

I'll be right back.

17.

Serial number and number and type of rounds.

Cheers.

G36 carbine, plus rounds.

You wanted me to see something?

Yeah.

I've been reviewing CCTV of Danny Waldron from the murder timeline of Linus Murphy.

Here's Danny arriving.

It matches the route from Linus Murphy's residence,

so we have to assume Danny's come directly from killing Linus.

Formal ID, it's Danny Waldron.

These images tally with the paperwork we got from the storage facility...

..and our assumption is that the rucksack contains

Linus Murphy's head wrapped in a watertight bin liner

and the carrier bag must be a cold-storage container he bought en route.

Now the rucksack's empty -

presumably after Danny's stored Linus's head.

He leaves and we pick him up on an exterior camera again.

Danny jogging away.

of travel from his arrival.

I just want to get the job done, Kate,

and we've always done a good one together.

The job, that I can do.

Where do you think he's going?

Unfortunately there's no other CCTV of Danny. But...

..here's the storage facility,

here's the direction we see him leaving.

Danny's flat is located here.

It appears he came directly from Linus Murphy's place,

so his only opportunity to conceal any information he obtained

from Linus was when he was in his flat.

What information?

Ink and blood was detected on the inside of an envelope found at Danny Waldron's flat.

Now, the blood matches to Linus Murphy.

To me, that means he must have written a message

and put it in the envelope straight from killing Murphy,

even before he washed the blood off.

It was definitely there in that envelope. For a time, at least.

Why are we only getting this information now?

Admin cockup. Forensics' fault.

OK.

All right? Where you off to?

Morrison's over the road, but don't tell no-one.

I'll keep quiet for a Kit-Kat.

Any surveillance has to be authorised by Superintendent-rank

or above and meet the RIPA criteria. It's not rocket science...

Matthew... Anyway, get back to me if there's a problem. Will do.

Hope you're not still hungover from all that taxpayers' champagne.

Have you got a minute? Yeah.

Look, I am the last person to go behind anyone's back,

but I've raised concerns about a colleague

with my commanding officer...

Well, if Ted's dealing with it, I shouldn't really get involved.

That's the problem. He's not.

Oh.

I can guess who the colleague might be.

What worries me is he's wandering around this place with a firearm.

Oh, my God.

Sorry.

Look, maybe I shouldn't have...

No, leave it with me.

Thanks, Gill.

Got a lead on Fairbank.

Digging into his personnel records, there was a complaint made

by someone called Wendy Rider.

The complaint wasn't pursued because Fairbank retired.

What was the complaint?

Well, as usual where Chief Superintendent Fairbank's concerned,

the records are sketchy, to say the least.

But it was about her son.

He was a resident at Sands View Boys' Home.

He's overseas with the Army now, but she still lives in the area.

Nice work.

Just doing my job, mate.

Do you remember when he went to Sands View and how long he was there?

He was 13. It was nearly a year till he come out.

It'd help our inquiry if you could tell us why you made a complaint

about a Chief Superintendent named Patrick Fairbank.

Well, Greg would never talk about what had happened.

We never talked much anyway after he got took away from me.

He blamed me for what had happened.

What had happened?

He said he'd been...

interfered with.

A big fat bloke, he said. So I went to the police.

They didn't want to know. They said Greg wasn't a reliable witness.

So I told them, if they didn't do nothing, I was going to write to the papers and my MP and that.

They just laughed in my face.

And that was that?

No.

A week after, one of them come round and said this Chief Superintendent had sorted it.

Who came round? A uniformed officer?

Yeah.

He said the Chief Superintendent had got the bloke to confess

and that it was all all right so that Greg wouldn't have to go through a trial and that.

To be clear, Mrs Rider -

you were advised that the offender was going to prison?

Yeah.

Yeah, but then there was this picture in the paper