Until the trial's done, I need to keep you hidden.
Raj and I should be the only ones
who know the witness's location.
Do you ever think about disappearing?
You should be heading home to your wife.
Firearms incident in progress.
Three shot. Two male, one female.
Brandice. How is he even here?
There'll be a good reason. There has to be.
They have a daughter, a 12-year-old,
who's under my protection.
- How's that gone so far? - Who did this to him?
I am gonna find out. I promise.
Guy like Crowther,
be a miracle if he's not managed to twist a few cops.
If there's any chance you've slipped up here.
You ever heard of an Amanda Kelman?
Cop who liked busting other cops.
Might be helpful for all of us to know
what DS Brandice had been up to over the past few days.
They still haven't found the third phone.
You need to explain 'cause I am drowning.
Don't trust anyone.
Hey, thanks for riding shotgun with me on this.
No problem.
Yeah, protected persons,
it's not like the Met.
Requires a bit more...
Tact?
Yeah, I might need your help on that front.
And I hear you're the best in the business, ma'am.
Yeah, you're right. You do need some help with that.
So why'd you leave the bright lights of London
to join us mortals?
My wife wanted to be closer to her parents
and it's time I put family first, you know?
Christ's sake, Jardine. It's, what, 30 metres from the house?
Why wasn't this found before?
It's registered to a hire company.
Ah, it's protected person security protocol.
All our cars are registered to cover companies.
Right. And your department chose not to share that with us.
Given the amount of material you requested, ma'am,
our people are doing their best.
I saw the crime scene report
and that you hadn't found his car yet.
So you took it upon yourself to chase that up at 11:00 p.m.?
Wheatley? Yes.
All right, thank you.
DS Brandice had emergency surgery
and they're keeping him under.
It's touch and go, apparently.
- I'm sorry. - Ma'am!
Thank you.
I wanna talk to you first thing in the morning
before we interview Amy McLennan.
- Will I need my fed rep? - It's totally your decision,
but as far as I'm concerned it's just a chat.
Okay, ma'am.
Do you need a constable
to accompany you to your car or...
No. I'm all right, ma'am.
- Thank you. - Okay.
We just found these in the car.
Any explanation so far?
No, I'm gonna speak to them first thing in the morning.
Don't...
trust...
anyone.
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Hello?
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Hi, mate. Come on in.
Boss, what's happening?
Our full cooperation with DCI Wheatley's enquiry.
- But what... - Don't worry. At this stage,
it's only material related to the Crowther trial.
That's one witness and we're relocating him anyway.
I've been looking at the door cam from the safe house.
It looks like Brandice knew McLennan.
Jimmy welcomed him in.
So what does that say to you?
Is it possible he was on an official task there?
If he was, it happened behind my back
in breach of every rule we operate under.
Yeah.
You're up.
Hey, are you okay?
DI Nyles, care to step through?
These were found hidden in DS Brandice's car.
Have you ever seen them?
Never.
Care to give us your impression?
They appear to be surveillance pictures
of the McLennan safe house
And of you.
They're timestamped,
which suggests that DS Brandice was following you
for a period of at least three weeks.
Doesn't your unit have protocols
to prevent that sort of thing?
We do.
I adhered to them.
And yet he still managed
to follow you without you realising.
He's one of us.
He knows our surveillance techniques so
if he did take these photos...
If he took them?
Well, that's not been proven yet.
I'm told he spoke to you last night at the hospital.
He did. He was obviously in a lot of pain
and was finding it hard to catch his breath, so...
How close are you to DS Brandice?
We work together.
What do you think of him?
He's a first-class police officer.
Do you spend much time together outside of work?
Went to the pub a couple of times with other colleagues.
We've analysed the data from Brandice's two mobile phones
and data from your device.
It seems he was at an address owned
by your father at least twice.
So can you explain to us
what he might have been doing there?
Positioning data's accurate to a few metres?
Yeah, more or less.
My father's recovering from a stroke,
so I've spent a lot of time there preparing it
for him to move back in.
So based on these, I assume Brandice followed me there.
Your unit's trying to ascertain
how the location of the McLennan safe house was leaked.
But given this information, wouldn't you agree
that the leak almost certainly originated
from one of your own officers, from DS Brandice, in fact?
- Not necessarily... - That he followed you
for an extended period in order to locate your safe house?
Well, maybe, but that doesn't make him the leak.
Right, you have an alternative theory then?
This attack was clearly ordered by Eddie Crowther.
So until you can establish a link
between Brandice and Crowther, it's all speculation,
unless you've had a breakthrough I don't know about.
Did DS Brandice ever talk
to you about why he transferred to your unit from Met MIT?
Family reasons.
I believe his wife wanted to be near her parents.
Yet he turned down a transfer to MIT up here
and specifically requested a role
in protected persons instead.
Does that strike you as strange?
It's a move I've made myself.
The hours are more regular.
It's easier for kids.
So you describe him as a dedicated family man?
Well, like I said, I didn't know him that well.
Maybe you should talk to people who did.
As you are aware, my brief extends
to investigating corruption
on behalf of serving police officers,
and that includes all aspects of DS Brandice's activities,
as well as everyone else in this unit.
I look forward to your findings.
Detective Inspector, to what do I owe the pleasure?
You're aware of the events at Hedwick Road?
Tragedy.
Before you two fell out,
you and Jimmy McLennan were pretty close.
Very.
You got any idea who might've wanted him dead then?
Aside from yourself, of course?
Detective Inspector, you have no evidence
linking Mr. Crowther to this appalling business.
And yet you are clearly implying...
It's all right, Jerry.
I'm happy to answer his questions.
Your trial started yesterday, Eddie.
McLennan was meant to be a key witness against you.
But now, conveniently, he's turned up dead.
But I don't have to spell it out, do I?
I would never have hurt Jimmy McLennan.
Man was like a brother to me.
Yet he alleged you masterminded
a massive heroin importation pipeline.
See, that doesn't sound very brotherly to me.
All I did was give him a job as my accountant.
Why he took against me, I don't know.
But you know we've been over this a dozen times
already.
So unless you've something new...
See, I know you gave the order, Eddie.
I've got a source who can confirm it.
Oh, you're a bad liar, Bewley.
I'll get you eventually, Eddie, we both know that.
Poor little Amy McLennan.
Is she safe?
She's none of your concern.
They'll give you life, you know?
Conspiracy to murder.
You know what, Jerry? I think we are done.
DI Bewley, see you back in court.
Bastard's guilty as sin.
Tried to get a rise outta me, sadistic little prick.
Right now, Wheatley's investigation is premised
on the idea that Crowther had Brandice in his pocket.
I'm not so sure.
But you'd like to know either way?
Let me look into it.
There might be something you can help me out with.
Soran Ahmadi, the only other witness in the Crowther trial,
is now too scared to testify.
He's refusing all contact.
I need you to get to him, Liz.
Get in his head. Gee him up.
Well, he might be protected by my unit,
but he's not one of my cases.
I can't even access his files, let alone gee him up.
Crowther's barrister's moving for a mistrial.
Without McLennan and Ahmadi,
the chances are Crowther'll walk off scot free.
And then God knows where we are.
Hey, I got you some stuff.
There wasn't much choice.
That's a lovely picture.
Mum had heaps on her phone.
Oh, love, I'm sorry.
No, no phones. I know.
I need you to get dressed now.
The police officers investigating
what happened to your mum and dad, they need to speak to you.
I already said I didn't see anything.
I know.
But they need to get it all recorded properly,
and there might be some things you've forgotten.
I'll be with you the whole time.
It's just a quick chat and then we can come straight back.
This one's not too bad, right?
I'll come back when you're ready.
Hi.
Hi, Amy.
I'm Irene. I'll be talking to you today,
and this is Alice who will be looking after you.
Just through here.
Yeah. Can I just have a word?
Yeah.
Amy said she won't talk without me present.
No, there's no need. DS Kim's an expert.
But she's very fragile.
It's important that Amy feels in control.
Unless you have a strong objection.
Go in, but don't speak, okay?
Okay.
So you were in your room
and you heard crashing and banging from downstairs.
And then what did you do?
Hid in the laundry basket
until Liz came.
So when you heard this crashing and banging,
you didn't go downstairs to see what was wrong?
Are you sure, Amy?
Amy, before you hid in the basket, did you see anything?
I heard banging.
Something like gunshots.
That's what scared me,
what made me wanna hide.
But you didn't actually see anything?
Please ask her about Brandice.
Just one last thing.
There was another man at your house who was also shot.
Do you think you might have seen him?
Is it okay if I show you a photo, Amy?
Is that all right?
Do you know this man?
No.
It might have been a while back
before you moved to the safe house.
Perhaps you saw him at Edward Crowther's house,
or somewhere else, maybe with your dad.
No.
Can I go now?
There we go, darling.
Okay.
Do you think she told us everything?
I think she's too scared to lie.
Okay.
Although sometimes fear makes people lie even more.
It is hard talking about things like that.
You did really well.
If you do remember anything else,
you can still tell me.
I'm hungry.
Well, that's a good sign.
I'll get you something as soon as we get...
As soon as we get back home.
Is something wrong?
Nothing, love. You just sit tight, all right?
Liz?
I'm in the car with Amy.
I'm state 0, IC 9.
So can you meet me at the Glasbrook Shopping Centre now?
I've got location sharing on.
Call back up.
Amy, love, listen to me.
In a minute, I'm gonna stop the car,
and when I do, I need you to get out quick.
We need to get back to the car.
Everything's gonna be okay, I promise.
See if you can get a high score for me. Good girl.
Raj?
What's going on?
It's okay.
It's okay. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
All good here.
No sign of IC 9.
Report back when the area's secure.
Okay, lovely.
Pop your seatbelt on. Good girl.
Yeah?
You drive in convoy, not too obvious.
I know, Liz.
It's okay.
Are you okay?
You look after her,
and I'll meet you there as soon as I can.
All right.
Where's the girl now?
Raj's taken her back to the secure accommodation.
- Is that wise? - The bike followed us
from where she was interviewed.
That's the location that was leaked.
Not the current safe house.
And the interview location was released to?
A short list of officers,
most of them major crime department.
Wheatley's lot, not just protected persons, ma'am.
Nyles, you know Amy McLennan best.
Someone wants her dead,
yet she says she didn't see anything.
Those two things don't make sense, do they?
No, they don't, ma'am.
You did well today.
From what I'm told, that girl owes you her life.
That's the job.
Still, we need to look at a change of personnel
for her protection.
My department is perfectly capable...
Your department, DCI Kapoor,
is under investigation.
Until that investigation is completed,
you stay in your box.
Ma'am, DS Kohli and I are the only people Amy's got left.
She's been through enough without being shipped off
to God knows where with a bunch of strangers.
Do you have AFOs? Surveillance teams?
Right now, discretion is her best protection.
I'll inform the ACC
that I'm satisfied the girl can remain under the protection
of DI Nyles for now.
But I don't want anyone else from your unit
having access to the child. Understood?
Yes, ma'am.
Seems as you have a fan.
We need to know what she's planning.
Maybe you talk to her, get a sense of where we stand.
If there is a restructure that you...
Arun, someone on that list
just served up a 12-year-old girl to Eddie Crowther.
I'm more interested in stopping
that than I am saving our jobs.
Congratulations on your purity, DI Nyles.
But as head of this unit, I don't have that luxury!
No, I'll call you back.
Ma'am, regarding DS Brandice,
I know the investigation is focused
on him being the probable leak,
but given he was in a coma
when this latest breach occurred...
He's either innocent or he has a co-conspirator.
Is there anyone in the unit
that had an excessively close relationship with DS Brandice?
DCI Kapoor for example?
DCI Kapoor runs a highly professional unit.
Your loyalty is laudable,
but don't let it blind you.
Right now, everyone is under suspicion.
Crowther plans his jobs well in advance.
Dutch hitmen fly in for a couple of hours
and then they're back on a flight
before we know anything's even gone down.
We chose the location for Amy's interview
an hour before it happened.
So unless Crowther's got somebody standing by...
Well, he has to have used local then, one of his own crew.
Well, if you can find him, link him back to Crowther,
we can have him on attempted murder.
I looked into the Brandice-Crowther connection
- like you asked me. - Did you find anything?
Nothing. Not a sniff.
But listen, Liz, you've gotta talk
to Wheatley about this now.
The McLennan murders, that's her case, not mine.
There was only us knew where Amy was being interviewed,
my lot and Wheatley's team.
So you also think somebody on Wheatley crew's bent?
I don't know.
Right now I'm not ruling anything out.
How do you know you can trust me?
Well, I need your help. So I haven't got much choice.
How do I know can trust you?
Well, you probably shouldn't
but I know how much you want Crowther sent down
and that's a passion we both share.
All right, I'll give you a few villains a shake,
see what drops out. What about you?
Well, like my dad said, if you start running outta leads,
maybe you missed something right at the start.
You should go in.
Yeah, I should.
No, no, no.
This has gotta stop.
Yeah, you're right.
She doesn't deserve this.
You want this to end, you just have to say.
I don't want this to end.
Hi Gemma, I'm DI Nyles.
We've met at the hospital.
The other one's already been, DCI Wheatley.
They said they think Paul's bent.
Do you believe that?
I don't know to believe.
Well, that's why I'm here
because I want to find the truth, too.
You were in the army together?
12 years.
Paul was special forces.
I left when I was pregnant with our eldest,
but Paul stayed on for a couple of years
until he got a shell fragment in his leg.
But I was glad, to be honest.
It forced him out of active service.
Then he joined the police, the Met,
and later transferred to witness protection.
Said it would be safer.
Oh.
I had the impression that was your idea
'cause you've got family nearby.
No, my family are in Yorkshire.
It was Paul that wanted to move, him that pushed for it.
He said it meant he'd be at home more,
get to see the girls grow up.
What was he even doing there?
I'm not really sure.
I'm trying to make sense of it.
With Paul's job, I was used to secrets.
At least I thought I was.
But he was always honest with me.
_
Not great here.
Just gonna order some pizza, try and cheer her up.
Your brother, he works in a phone shop, right?
Yeah.
Do you think he could unlock this?
Well, I mean, the techs can unlock it.
We can't risk flagging it.
Whose phone is it?
Brandice's.
But Wheatley's got his phones.
No, this is a dodgy one.
I found it in his car.
Then why the hell haven't you given it to Wheatley?
Because one of her lot may have leaked
- Amy's interview location. - May have.
Well, if not them, then who, Raj?
Because Brandice is in a coma.
So either we've got a second leak or, I don't know what,
but until I do, I'm not trusting anyone except you.
But we can't conceal evidence, Liz.
Look, if Brandice had an accomplice,
then their number will be on here.
_
How are you doing, love?
How long am I staying here?
As long as you need.
Okay?
But
if I'm gonna keep you safe,
I need you to be honest with me.
So if there's anything else you've not told me,
you could tell me now.
No one else needs to know.
I've already said everything, okay?
Can you just leave me alone now?
You better tell me what's going on here.
- It's all under control, Dad. - What?
You think I've lost my marbles and I don't notice anything?
When Raj came back, he was white as a sheet.
The girl hasn't said a word.
There was an incident today.
What? An attempt on the girl?
Why is she involved in all this?
It must be important.
I don't know, Dad, all right?
I just don't know.
Well, well, you'd better find out.
- Hey. - Hi.
I'm guessing there's more to this phone
than you're letting on.
Well, there's nothing to tell yet,
but as soon as I've got something,
you'll be the first to know.
This better be worth it, Liz.
_
Hello?
Oh, I'm a colleague of Paul Brandice.
Is he okay?
No, he's in hospital in intensive care.
Oh, my God. What happened?
He was shot, I'm afraid,
and your number has come up on the phone we found.
So could you tell me how you know him?
Well, I'm a friend.
We were in the army together. John Gibson.
Okay.
John, have you got time for a chat?
- John? - Ah.
I'm Detective Inspector Liz Nyles.
- Pleasure. - Thank you for meeting me.
Of course. Such awful news.
So do they know who did it?
We're just at the initial stages of the investigation.
Uh-huh.
And are you leading it?
I'm just collecting background.
Had you spoken to Paul recently?
He called me a few times, yes.
Was that unusual?
It'd been a while since I'd heard from him.
So I suppose I did wonder.
But you were close?
He saved my life more than once.
You still in that line of work?
Banking now.
Boring.
Did he tell you what he was doing?
Not really, no.
It all sounded pretty secret squirrel.
But we were both used to that, you know, from the army.
Tell me, have you spoken to his other friends?
There weren't many numbers
on one of the phones we recovered.
But yours came up several times.
Oh.
Well, that's strange.
I knew it wasn't his usual number,
but, you know, I just thought he'd got a new phone.
Well, why do you think he didn't call you
from his usual number?
The last time I spoke to Paul, he didn't seem himself.
He said he was having problems at home.
What kind of problems?
He said he'd developed feelings for someone else,
not his wife.
He sounded messy, desperate.
You know, to tell you the truth,
I feel a bit guilty even discussing this with you,
like a sort of breach of confidence.
That'll stay strictly confidential
within the investigation.
- I can promise you that. - Look, I do have to go.
I've got an important meeting back at work.
But look, you have my number, so please,
if there's anything more I can help with.
I'll be in touch.
Please. And do let me know if he pulls through.
Okay.
Listen, I've gotta go. I've gotta take this.
All right, bye.
Bewley.
Rick, I need you to do an identity check
on a John Gibson, ex-army. Probably SAS.
Listen, Liz, the judges called a mistrial.
They're releasing Crowther, effective immediately.
Under surveillance.
Only if we can get a RIPA authority.
But I'm scrabbling here, Liz.
I'm gonna have to call you back, okay?
Right, I'll text you the details.
Boss, Eddie Crowther's getting out.
The other witness in his trial's Soran Ahmadi.
He's relocated, safe.
I don't even know any more.
Well, who's managing his file?
Better we keep that on a need-to-know basis,
- don't you think? - I think this investigation's
been barking up the wrong tree
because no one can find any links
between Crowther and Brandice.
Kapoor.
Okay, let 'em in.
Wheatley and Kelman are in reception
with an arrest warrant.
Raj Kohli, I'm arresting you on suspicion
- of conspiracy to murder. - What?
Don't be ridiculous.
Don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention when questioned something
which you later rely on in court.
I haven't done anything.
You can't do this. Liz, tell them!
Hannah. Hannah, what the hell's going on?
He has a messaging app on his work computer.
It's encrypted, but it was left open, unlocked.
And we found a message there sent
to a burner account sharing the location
of the McLennan safe house.
The app in question is also on Kohli's phone.
It appears he sent the message from his handset,
but the programme was mirrored on his computer.
Are you saying he and Brandice are both working for Crowther?
Look, it's one explanation, Arun.
A word, please.
What the hell is happening, Liz?
I don't know.
My wife is in hysterics.
And Aisha, well, she's too young to understand,
but I just keep thinking, what if this sticks?
It feels like a setup.
- Who? - Well, whoever leaked
the interview location covering their tracks.
Well, did you find anything on the phone?
Nothing concrete.
I'm still chasing.
You know I didn't do this right?
Liz?
Yeah, of course.
I'm gonna get this sorted, Raj. Trust me.
Sir, I need to move my witness ASAP.
If there's a slightest chance that Raj has been compromised...
Is there?
Well, I don't know, but I can't risk it.
Well, you'll have to speak to Kelman.
Apparently she's vetting all my operational decisions now.
- What? - I told you, she needs scalps.
For your sake, I hope she's had her fill.
Arun, I've got a really bad feeling about this whole thing.
It's like we're being railroaded.
You might be right, but now it's outta my hands.
Why does she have to stay here?
It's a work thing.
Your mum just had to make a quick decision.
- Jasmine, what... - Why is there a girl in my room?
You're supposed to be at your dad's.
Right, well, I decided to come home.
I do live here, remember?
Mum!
Why aren't you listening to me?
Amy, love. I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to move you
to a new location.
You promised.
I know. And I'm sorry.
But please, love, get your stuff 'cause we need to go.
Has she been sleeping in my bed?
Jasmine, please.
Mum, you put someone in my room without even asking me.
It's an absolute joke.
Why aren't you listening?
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Come, Arlo.
He's here.
Max, thank you.
Hi.
I missed you so much.
I told you this would go away.
Well, come on, lad, you get in as well.
Your dad's home now.
Oh.
Sorry.
- I have to take this. - Okay.
I'm glad you called.
Yeah, I agree.
Now that I'm out, we need to resolve this.
Of course.
Whatever it takes.
Okay, in you go.
Do you want me to put that in the boot?
No? Okay.
Pop your seatbelt on.
Consider it done.
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