"Inside the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art." "Two suspects, late teens." "Dogs requested." "The rear of the building is bolted shut." "No exit." "There are two side fire exits, east and west." "We'll contain the lobby, move in through there." "Tenth floor." "Got one!" "One down, one to go." "One suspect in custody." "Got you." "What?" "That's the night detective." "Nicky Cole." "Tyneside." "Just doing my weekly check chasing up the Jane Doe we pulled out of the Tyne." "Any missing person reports?" "Let me know if anything comes up." "Cheers." "Working hard or hardly working?" "You're burning the midnight oil." "Well, a couple of questions came up on a drug case being heard tomorrow." "It was continued three weeks ago, but I didn't get the questions till tonight." "Typical, huh?" "New barrister, guess he's nervous." "Keen to impress." "A bit like you." "Gosh, that does sound like me." "Well, I'm sure you've made quite an impression on your colleagues." "Oh, yeah." "No question about it." "Ask any one of them." "Ask Carter." "I'm like having piles." "Unwanted, dealable with, but still a pain in the arse." "Ask the ambitious Yates." "I am the positive discrimination threat to his promotion." "He's absolutely thrilled I'm here." "However, Maguire is more straightforward." "He just hates me." "Otherwise, we're a really tight team." " You do the victim thing really well." " Thanks." "Whenever I think I'm losing my touch, I just remind myself," ""You're a detective sergeant." "You got a glittering career." ""You're still on nights."" "And just like that, the victim thing comes right back." "What a skill." "Yeah." "I must remember to put it in my CV." "Storm's really picked up." "I love it when it's like this." "Crime rate goes right down." "Girlfriend?" " Dead person." " Oh." "I'd like to get one, though." "A girlfriend, not a dead person." "But they're a lot of hard work and quite frankly, "No woman, no cry."" "Well, just think of all the hearts you'll be breaking." "I try not to." " So who is she?" " Don't know yet." "A Jane Doe or "Miss Adventure" as the coroner likes to call her." "Pulled her out of the Tyne a while back." "I've checked the computer, called the departments up and down the river, no one's reported her missing." "Not many leads." "You know, you should speak to Maguire." "He may have some ideas." "He worked in Marine for years." "I have." "You asked for additional tests from the pathologist on that Jane Doe?" " The one they pulled out of the river?" " Yeah." "Thanks." "Drowning victims." "Ha." "That's a challenge to get any kind of result." "Virtually impossible to determine whether it's an accident, a suicide or murder." "Yeah." "That's what the pathologist said." "Yeah." "I remember that." "You can't prove drowning except by exclusion." "There were no other wounds, cuts, bruising or haemorrhaging which could have caused her death before she went into the water." "So?" "So wet drowning is the presumptive cause of death." " Wet drowning?" " There was water in the lungs." "The water sample matched the sample from the Tyne, that's where you found her, so, no great lead there." "A drowning suicide?" "Nah, you don't see that very often." "Murder by drowning?" " Never heard of a single case." " Is that right?" "Well, check it out yourself if you don't believe me." "Look, 99 times out of 100, drowning is ruled accidental by the coroner." "I know you're ambitious, but when you're looking at hitting clear-up targets, I mean, a Jane Doe, no sign of violence and no motive?" "Well, it's just not much of a runner, is it?" "Tell me you're not trying to score points on Maguire." "I've got a toxicology report and bloods that tells me she's HIV positive as well as other STDs." "She had anti-viral drugs in her system so she was being treated." "Pathologists also found heroin, cocaine and alcohol in her bloodstream." "These are leads Maguire never checked." "So she's a drug addict or a prostitute." "So her life's not worth anything?" "She's never been arrested, no fingerprints on record." "Well, it just, you know, it sounds like a sordid life with a sordid end." " A sad inevitability." " Somebody out there must be worried about her." "Maybe not, Nicky." "You know, if somebody really cared about her, they'd have reported her missing by now." "Perhaps you ought to listen to Frank." "Don't let your pride get in the way." "It's not "pride" or "scoring points" or "clear-up rates"." "Maybe I can't prove what happened to her." "Maybe the best I can do is find out who she is, so I can put a name on the coroner's report." "Oh, you see, these are the words of an obsessed man." "Just let it go." "I don't know." "It's personal." "I can't help it." "She was someone once." "Had a mum and dad." "Played with friends." "Oh, it is..." "It's easy to get sentimental late at night." "How's it sentimental?" "It's not silly or unsophisticated to believe that people start out good." "You see, that... that is something we're not going to agree on." "I'll add it to the list." "I'm off." "I've got to be in early." "I've made the mistake before of caring a little too much." "Protect yourself." "Remember, it's just a file." "Yeah." " Sleep well." " Hmm." "All right, Miss Adventure." "Let's crack on together, shall we?" "Pursue some leads." "Share some jokes." "Watch the sun rise." "If nothing comes up tonight, there's always tomorrow." "I'm on my way." "No, you go on ahead and make breakfast." "I should be home before you leave for school." "No, this is not your CD, Errol." "Gabrielle is sitting next to me." "Here you are, Gabrielle, talk to Errol." ""Hello, Errol." "You cool?"" "See?" "Yeah, nice one, Errol." "I worry about you, too." "Listen, make sure you get Matty to eat all of his..." "Yeah, all right, calm yourself, I was just reminding..." "Errol, listen, I've got to go." "Can't you see the road's closed?" " DS Cole." " This way." "I worry about that boy." "Is Gabrielle coming to our house, then?" "I worry about you, too." "Now keep moving the eggs about in the pan." "A British hero." "Now, where was I?" "The sister who looked after the soldiers in the Criminal War?" "Crimean." "Crimean." "And her name wasn't Florence Nightingale." "Who was she?" "I don't know." "You're meant to be telling me." "She was born in Kingston, Jamaica." "I'm meant to do a talk about a British hero, and she's from Jamaica." "Yes, she was." "But she was also a British hero." "The West Indies were called the Fever Islands when she was born." "Because it was hot there?" "Because of all the illness and disease." "There was a cholera epidemic in Kingston and she saved many lives with herbal remedies." " Can I do a footballer?" " No." "Everyone else is doing a footballer." "Look, you are not everyone else." "I want you to use your brain, little man." "Now be a detective like Nicky, and find out for yourself, hmm?" "What do I get if I get it right?" "Your identity." "All right." "We got a jumper." "How long will the road be shut?" "It's been a long shift, okay, and I want to get home before I get crabby and irritable." "That's a piece-of-string question." "With any luck, he'll jump soon." "If we have to keep the road shut during rush hour, there'll be a hell of a mess." "You keep the road shut, he won't have to jump ." "There'll be a queue of people wanting to kill him." "What a crap way to start the day." "He went through all that effort to climb up there, just so he can jump?" "Well, he's not painting it, is he?" " Morning, sir." " I'm stuck behind a lorry in that queue of traffic and I'm late for a meeting." "What's going on, Dominic?" " A jumper, sir." " Huh?" "We gotta get this road open." "I've been ordered to keep it closed, sir." "Get on with it." "I don't think he's going to jump, sir." "He's worked too hard to get up there." "Oh, you're an expert in suicide as well, are you, Detective?" "No, sir." "I just don't see why you'd hang out a banner if you're gonna jump." "Yeah." "He looks like some kind of protester to me." "We'll never get the road open." "Yeah." "That's what he looks like." " Nutter." " Yes, sir." "What's he want?" "If it was saving animals or the environment or something, I could understand." "But I'm stuck in traffic because of this?" "He probably didn't know you had a meeting, sir." "See if you can get the nut one." "Right, you distract him." "Only two children in the shop at a time." "You hear?" "Only two." "Only two." "Out!" "Out now!" "Out!" "We're going." "What's your problem?" "Show me what you have in your pocket." "Piss off." "Stupid Paki bastard!" "You are stealing." "Show me what's in your pockets." "I was going to pay you." "How much?" "I'm calling the police." "Hello?" "I need the police." " He won't let me out!" " Thief in my shop." "Shoplifting." " I'm holding him for you." "Please hurry." " He won't let me out!" " Go get me dad!" " Let's go and get his dad." "Your Honour, I apologise." "This is an unusual situation." "The Crown's barrister, Mr Seacook, is caught in traffic." "It's a nightmare this morning." "He's called and asked me to request an adjournment until this afternoon." "The defence resists another adjournment, Your Honour." " This case has been adjourned twice." " I appreciate that." "These are serious charges for which we believe the Crown has a strong case." "Yes, unfortunately, we have no idea if the Crown has a strong case." "We've not heard it." "We certainly believe we have a strong defence." "Well, I'm delighted you're so confident, Mr Wren, and would look forward to hearing you argue this afternoon." "The defendant is entitled to a speedy exposition of the charges against him, Your Honour, a third adjournment cannot be considered speedy and should be seen as unacceptable." "Mr Wren, we're talking about a couple of hours here." "In the interests of justice..." "Miss Maxwell, for justice to be served, the Crown needs to be prepared to present their case." "Are you ready to present your case?" " Your Honour..." " A "yes" or "no" will do." " No." " Thank you." "Mr Wren, it appears there is no case to answer." "You're late." "Oh, that's bad luck." "Hmm, another drug dealer back on the street." "I think you should go celebrate." "Well, maybe I will." "Would you care to join me?" "Ah, I'd love to, but I'm afraid I'm a sore loser," "I might spoil the party." "Well, my wife thinks I'm in court this morning." "Wouldn't be a big party." "Just two." "I could get a room." "I've got to go to work." " Ah, doesn't have to be a long party." " It never is." "I'll try harder." "I'm home." "Sorry." "Was Matty okay?" "No problem." "What happened to you?" "Ah, there was a bloke on the bridge." "They shut the road, which caused a bit of a traffic jam, and I got caught in it." "Had to take a diversion." "What do you look like?" "I'm going to play golf with Georgina." " Golf?" " Yeah." " You don't like golf." " Well, I never tried it." "I thought I should." ""Golf is waiting to die."" "Well, I have had my little prejudices in the past." "I'm trying to have a more open mind." "So you're telling me this golf thing is about you being open-minded." "Yeah." "Are you ready, Tiger?" " Tiger?" " Woods." " You're not a tiger, you're a dog." " Who can still bark." "How many holes you gonna play?" "Look, if you're gonna be vulgar, I'm gonna wash your mouth out with soap." "It's a sporting question." "I know how much you love sport." "Yeah." "Errol, pet?" "Are you ready for us?" " Oh, good morning, Nicky." " Morning, Georgina." "Errol here tells me you two are going to play a round." "Well, we'll see how it goes." "Old dogs, new tricks..." "Oh, yeah." "I think that applies here." " I've put the clubs in the boot." " Okay, then." "Well, Nicky, sleep well." " Thanks." "Oh, Errol?" " Uh-huh?" "Don't forget your putter." "I'm gonna get the soap." "He's got my boy in there." " Are you Frank Galley?" "You called the police?" " Yes." "Twice." "He's got my lad and he won't let him out." "Okay, sir." "Just give us a moment, we'll find out what's going on." "I've told you what's going on." "He's got me lad locked in there." "Calm down, sir." "We'll sort it out." "Excuse me, please." "Excuse me." "Thank you." "Excuse me, thank you." "Police." "Wait here, please, sir ." "Speak to you in a moment." "Please put the bat down, sir." "It's taken you two hours." "I called the police two hours ago." " Your name?" " Patel." "The boy's shoplifting and I called the police." "Thomas Galley?" "You all right?" " Yeah." "This Paki bastard wouldn't let me out." " You watch your mouth." " He was stealing from my shop." " Okay, enough." "Calm down." "Sorry, Mr Patel." "There's an incident on the bridge." "Police have been stretched all morning." "We just came on duty and got a call that a boy was being held against his will." " Yes, but he was stealing." " Did he threaten you with the bat?" "I'm not scared of him." "No." "The people came." "They were pounding on the doors and they were shouting." "My wife and my daughter, they were terrified." "I got the bat to protect them." "And you say he was stealing from the shop?" "He takes the sweets with his friends." "I caught him." "I said I'll pay." "He wouldn't listen." "You followed him outside the shop, then brought him back in when you found he'd taken sweets?" "I never got out the shop." "I was on my way to pay, and he grabs me and starts accusing me..." "The items never left the shop?" "No." "But I caught him ." "His pockets were full." "My wife and my daughter, they saw it." "I was carrying them to the till." "Take Mr Patel to the back of the shop." "Take his details and a statement, get one from his wife and daughter." "Okay." "You want to come inside, sir?" " You all right, lad?" " Yeah, I guess." " Your son's been accused of shoplifting, sir." " That's a lie." "The bloke that runs this place hates all the lads round here." "He's always accusing them." "I was gonna pay." "He wouldn't listen." "He held my son hostage in here." "Locked the door." "God knows what he could have done to him while he was in here." "People can't do that." "I need to take some details and a statement." "Aye, well, it can't be right." "My lad was scared to death, and I want to know what you're going to do about it." "Mr Patel, we have reason to believe you've committed a crime of false imprisonment." " What?" " No." "He was stealing." "We're going to take you into custody, sir." " No!" " This is mad." "This is not fair." "My husband called the police." "It's just a mistake." "It'll be all right." "Could you come with me, please, sir?" "When they realise what happened, they will let me go." "It's just a mistake." "Don't worry, eh?" "Lock up the shop." "Go home." "Clarky, we'll need the bat." "Oh, shit." "I don't want this." " I'm too busy." " Well, so am I." "Yeah." "But you multitask better than I do." "This has got "waste of time" all over it and you're much better at that." "No, thank you." "Look, the Paki's in custody waiting to be interviewed." "I said you'd be down." "Well, he can wait." "No, no, no." "It's on your desk." "Uniforms are expecting you." "Next time you bend over, mate, you're mine." "No, sorry." "I'm just talking to a colleague." "Yeah, go on." "Keep going, you beauty." "Errol." "You might want to stand in a bit closer." "Errol." "Look which way your feet are pointed." "You won't hit it straight like that." "Oh, I'm just trying to help." " Anything else?" " Have you got the hump?" "I'm trying to hit the ball, and every time I try to hit the ball, you tell me how to hit the ball so I can't hit the ball." " You have got the hump." " I don't have the hump." " Is it 'cause I'm a woman?" " No." "Can't take criticism from a woman?" "That's very old-fashioned." " It's got nothing to do with that." " Course not." "Mind you, old-fashioned can be quite attractive in some men." "I'm concentrating on trying to hit the ball." " I'm distracting you." " Yes." "In a good way." "Can I just hit the ball?" "Don't let me stop you." "That would explain why an attractive man like yourself is single, not being able to take criticism from a woman." "I have no problems in taking criticism from a woman." "Oh, that's all right, then." "I'd take your hit, the club has rules against slow play." "I'm not gonna say anything." "Hey, handsome!" " How's it going?" " Okay." "Only have reading tonight." "Where was you this morning?" "I was worried." "It's supposed to be me that worries." "I thought something happened." "No, mate, sorry." "Nothing happened." "I was just late." "You look like you're still worrying." " Errol says I have no identity." " Oh, man." "Yeah, he used to say that to me, but now I've got loads." "Man, I am full up with identity." " How did you get it?" " Hanging round with Errol." "Did he make you answer all those questions, too?" "Oh, yeah." "And then, one day, without you realising it's happened, you're asking questions yourself." " Yeah?" " Yeah." "Like a detective?" "Like you?" "Just like me." "Who was the sister that looked after the soldiers in the Crimean War?" "Don't know." "You don't know?" "Course I know." "I'm just not telling you." "I have to do my talk tomorrow." "Come on." "No way!" "It's your job to find out." "See how hard it is to be a detective?" " Hey." " Hey." " How'd it go?" " Oh, I hate golf." "That good?" "What're you doing?" "Look, if she comes over here, I've hurt my back, okay?" "Okay." "Why?" "Matty?" "See what's on the telly." "Nah." "I wanna listen." "There's nothing to listen to, boy." "Watch the telly." " She's a bit forward, that one." " Oh, Errol." "You pulled." "No." "She'll go after anything in the trousers." "I must be the only man she hasn't been with." " Only 'cause you're new." " Well, I'll not be part of her collection, I won't." "There were dozens of women there and she was whispering and giggling and I heard the word "exotic."" " What does "exotic" mean?" " You're not meant to be listening." "Sorry." "I'll tell you later." "She was making plans for us." "Ladies' Club dinners." "I'm getting jealous." "She keeps calling me "pet." Well, I'm nobody's pet." " Errol, that's a local expression." " Well, not for me, it isn't." ""Good fences make good neighbours."" "An exotic pet." " Errol!" " My back, my back, my back." "Hi, Georgina." "How was it?" "Ah, he tried very hard." "Yeah, that's our Errol." "Always been a trier." "Errol, pet?" "Do you want to come over for supper?" "Some of the ladies from the club are stopping over." "Thanks, but no." "My back." "Oh!" "Poor Errol." "Yeah, this happens when you get old." "Start to fall apart, don't you, "pet"?" "Oh, well, I'll stop by later on." "See how you're getting on." "Bye for now." "See ya." "I ought to put you over my knee." "No, thanks." "Suggest it to Georgina." "She might find it "exotic"." "Is she your girlfriend?" "She's not my girlfriend." "Don't be cross with the boy." "He's just curious like the rest of us." "Look, I've got some calls to make at the office." "I can't get through to anyone at night." " I'll see you guys in the morning." " All right." "I'll be back to walk you, don't worry." " Soul intact." " Right back at you." "Yeah." "Okay, let me just put you onto the detective looking after it." "Hexham." "Responding to an enquiry Cole made about a missing person?" "Line two." "Right." "Have you got a description?" "Okay." "Family name?" "Lockwood." "Yep." " Ah, Patrick." " Sir?" "We've got an address for the ex-wife of that bloke on the bridge." " We need to pick her up." " I'm on my way to interview..." " We need to do it now." "He's not coming down." " Nicky?" " Here you go, mate." "All yours." " Uh-uh." "I'm not on yet." "I came in early to make some calls on another case." "Well, it's a team game, isn't it, Dominic?" ""I'm not on yet" doesn't make you much of a team player, does it?" "No, sir." "I'll try to be a better sport." "Cole." "Your man, Patel." "He's waiting to be interviewed." "So you had the bat." "Did you hit him with the bat?" "No." "I told the officer." "I was waiting for the police." "Two hours I waited." "People were outside, getting very angry." "Shouting "Paki bastard."" "Pounding on the door." "I was frightened." "Called you "Paki bastard"?" " Did the boy, who you say was shoplifting..." " He was stealing." "My wife and daughter saw him." "I saw him." " Did Thomas Galley call you that?" " Yes." "Every day he comes into the shop and calls me like this." "And his father." "He calls me like this." "They think it is funny." "Maybe inside, I do too, a little." "You think it's funny?" "I'm not a Pakistani." "I'm from Uganda." "We were sent away by Idi Amin many years ago." "I am here longer than this boy is alive." "Explain to me this, why I am here and not this boy?" "He is the thief!" "Well, he didn't actually take anything from your shop, sir." "So it's intention to steal, perhaps, but not a theft." "He tries to steal every day." "You called the police before?" "Many times." "Interview ends at 6:24pm." "We got there eight minutes after we received the call." " Call time was logged?" " Yeah." "But we were responding to the father's call." "Not to Patel's." " He says he called the police two hours before." " That's what he says." " And he held the boy for those two hours?" " Yeah." "The boy's father was outside trying to get in." "He held the boy against his will, locked him inside." "You think he was shoplifting?" "Absolutely." "But the goods never left the shop and the boy says it was his intention to pay." "How old is he?" "Twelve?" "His father was there ." "Very angry, very worried." "Fair enough." "Wanted the man charged." "There are a dozen witnesses who were outside the shop, saying the lad was locked inside, pounding on the door, desperate to get out." "Did you hear the boy call him "Paki bastard"?" "Yeah." "It's in the notes." "Clark warned him about his language." "What about the dad?" "Did you hear him say it as well?" "No." "Was he asked if he wanted a solicitor before the interview?" "Yeah." "Said he didn't need one." "He was sure it was all a mistake, and as soon as he could explain, it would be over." "Asked him again after six hours when he went for custody review." "What, you mean he's been here all day and no one's interviewed him?" "It's a serious charge." "I was waiting for a detective." "Everyone was busy." "Yeah, I'm sure they were." "He admitted he held him." "We had to arrest him." "If we hadn't done it then, we'd have just been down there the next day doing it after the lad's father complained." "Yeah, I suppose you had to." "We have enough to take him to the custody officer." ""Ugandan bastard" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it?" "Has the Code of Practice been complied with?" " Yes." " Yes." "Mr Patel, you have been charged with the offence..." " Sergeant?" " Yes, Detective?" "Before you go any further, I need to look into something and take some advice." "I have reviewed the file, Detective, and believe there is good reason to charge." "Code C11.6 requires that the investigating officer be in a position to make an informed decision as to whether or not to charge." "I'm not there yet." "What are you doing, Nicky?" "I don't want to be here all night." "Perhaps you should have considered that before you came to me." "Sorry." "Better late than never." "Can I go, then?" "Could you go with the officer, please, Mr Patel?" "A couple of things Patel said I want you to check and confirm." "Mrs Timson, your husband is up on the bridge." "Ex-husband, and, yes, I know." "I've seen the news." "Well, we were hoping you might come with us and perhaps speak to him." "Why?" "Well, he's up there, obviously, because there's an issue between you." "There's no issue." "The Family Court's ruled and he can't live with it." "If there's an issue, as you say, it's between him and the courts." "Mrs Timson, your husband might harm himself." "He hasn't the bottle to jump, if that's what you mean." "I'm sorry, I can't help." "That went well." "Working late?" "Just catching up on a couple of things I didn't get done this morning." " What's up?" " Can I run something by you?" " Get a view?" " Sure." "False imprisonment." "Patel, a shopkeeper, grabs a kid he thinks is shoplifting, locks him in the shop, then he says he called the police." " How long did he hold him for?" " Two hours." " He forcibly held him for two hours?" " I don't think force was involved." "A threat might be considered force, and if he was unable to leave then he was restrained and held against his will." "Yeah." "I know." " So charge him." " There's mitigation." "Well, perhaps the court ought to decide if there's mitigation." "Okay?" " Good hotel." " Yeah." "I've, uh, I've been to better." " Look, I really, I need to keep working here." " You'd recommend it?" "Yeah, I guess." " Are you wasting my time?" " Sorry." "So here's what's going through my head ." "It's a kind of interest-of-justice thing." "He holds him for two hours because he's waiting for the police to respond." " Well, if he actually called them." " Yeah." " The kid's a ratbag, right?" " Yeah." "But you can't prove the shoplifting." "Okay." "Two hours or ten minutes, a boy underage has been held against his will." "That's not good." "That's something we as a community don't find acceptable, and that's why we have a law to prevent it and punish those who do it." "Now unless I'm missing something, I don't think this is complicated." "Sorry." "Uh, Nicky?" "Patel was telling the truth." "He called the police two hours before we were despatched to deal with Galley's 999 call." "In the last 12 months, Patel has called the police 37 times." "Tommy Galley has been warned three times, but no charges were ever brought." " That's part of the mitigation." " What's the other part?" "I think he's being targeted because of his ethnic group." "I think he's racially harassed." "This situation has arisen because we have been unable to protect him." " You've got evidence of racial harassment?" " Yes." " Think it's complicated now?" " No." "Thank you, Sergeant Astel." "Nicky, it's two separate events." "Don't let your personal sympathy for the plight of Mr Patel get in the way of this." "From your point of view, it should be straightforward." "Calling him "Paki bastard."" "Personal sympathy has got nothing to do with this." "If you can't see that Mr Patel committed a crime, then it does." "And if you don't bring charges against both parties, then you're not doing your job." "And let the court decide what's just." "That's what it's there for." "Yes, sir." "No." "No." "Yeah, I understand the urgency, sir, but I don't think she's going to change her mind." "On what grounds, sir?" "Yes." "Yeah, of course, yeah." "Yeah, I understand the Chief Superintendent's anxiety, sir, but..." "Yes, sir, I'll use my initiative, sir." "I'm looking forward to seeing this." " Can I help you, Detective?" " No." "Mr Patel?" "I want you to consider filing racial harassment charges against Mr Galley." "I want you to get a solicitor." " I said, no." "Sorry." "I hope he falls." " Mrs Timson!" " Is there anything outstanding?" " All I'm asking is for you to help us" " with our enquiries." " Parking tickets, speeding fines, TV licence?" "How can I help?" "It has nothing to do with me." "Go away." "I'm getting a better idea of why he went up that bridge." "That's great." "That'll do it." "What?" "Mrs Timson, we have reason to believe you failed to pay your television licence." " Well, Jack was meant to pay it." " Could you come with us, please?" " You've got to be kidding." " No, Mrs Timson." "Sergeant Brookes doesn't kid." "Well, who's going to look after me children?" "I'm releasing you on bail on condition that you do not interfere with any prosecution witnesses." " Are you okay?" " Yes." " Well, what's going to happen now?" " I go to court." "The court will listen, I know they will." "We just carry on." "Go back to work as normal." "We have to have faith." "Listen, they're waiting for Mrs Timson at the bridge so I'll run her straight over, yeah?" "And what am I meant to do?" "Me name's Helen Lockwood." "It's about our daughter." "Thanks, pet." "One of the lads, John, come to tell us and that's when I come down." " Mr Patel refused to let you in?" " That's right." "To be honest, I was scared." "I didn't know what he might be doing to me son." "I called the police and I'm grateful to the officers for sorting it out." "Good." "Okay." "Whole thing's been a horrible experience." "My son's been traumatised, like." "Look at him, he's a nervous wreck." "You know, shops like this, they charge double for everything, rip you off, and then they sort of act surprised when kids nick stuff." " Sergeant, I think we're done here." " It's true." "I don't know what it is." " It's like in their culture or something." " Yeah." "That's about it." "They just take advantage." "Sergeant, I think that's everything." "Thanks for your time, Mr Galley." " Pleasure." "Thank you." " Just want to rip us off." " Like we'd done something against them." " I know what you mean." "They move into neighbourhoods where they don't belong." "But that's the whole point, isn't it?" "I mean, they're not going to cheat their own kind, are they?" "It's a Paki thing." "Then they wonder why everybody hates them." "The best way for people like us to deal with them is to try to close them down." "That'd show the Paki bastards." "Mr Galley, you are not under arrest and you're not obliged to continue this interview." "Hang on." "I thought you came here to interview me about that Paki bloke locking up my son." "We have reason to suspect that you and your son have committed a racially-aggravated public order offence." "Oh, no, no, no, no, no." "I'm not having this." "I'm not obliged to continue with this rubbish, then, I'm not." "It's only fair to warn you, Mr Galley, that we will pursue our enquiries relating to Mr Patel's accusations against both you and your son." "Accusations?" "Get out, you black..." "I'll walk you to the door, shall I?" "Save you struggling to find your way." " I was good, wasn't I?" " Yeah." "Very convincing." "It's quite frightening how convincing you were." "No, your mother's not in jail and no one's taking you away from her." "She's just helping us by answering a few questions." "Do you know how to make your sister stop crying?" "I'm just gonna see where your mum is." " Those yours?" " Funny." "Kids suit you." "So does a house in Spain." "I haven't got that, either." "Rick, could you look after them for a bit?" "I'm bursting." "Sorry." "No." "As much as I'd like to, I'm off duty." " Got a busy night ahead of me." " Thanks." "Want to catch a bite on your break, Nicky?" "Got nothing on." " Rick!" " Oh, Clarky, help her out, man." "Howay!" "That's not fair." "I'm off duty as well." "You're just taking advantage of us because I'm, you know, because..." " Because I'm a sergeant and you're not?" " Yeah." " And what's your point?" " Okay, I'll keep an eye on them for a minute." "Cheers." "Hi." "This whole thing is embarrassing, Jack." "Just come down." "Well, if you're that worried about the children, just come down so they can go to bed." "No." "You lost." "I won." "Well, you should have thought about that before you reached for your zipper." "That was one time five years ago, and I was lonely." "You never looked after the kids before." "Why on earth do you think you should look after them now?" "I don't believe you, Jack." "Isn't that a surprise?" "I don't think this is working." "Now I swear I could do this once." "This was very popular about 20 years ago." "Watch closely, okay?" "Our daughter used to stand in front of the mirror and sing Billie Jean trying to do that." " Well, I hope she was better at it than I am." " She was." "Oh, I'm jealous." "She knew all the words off by heart." "It's only because you liked that song." "She was always trying to impress you." "See?" "One more time." "Ah, look, look." "See that?" "Did you see?" " Impressive, isn't it?" " How'd you do that?" " It's just a matter of balance." " I mean with the kids?" "Ah, the kids are all right." "Kids are cool." "Are you cool?" " Yes." " See." "See, kids don't start bad." "They go bad." " You want to go to bed with us sometime?" " Yeah." "Sure." "In about 30 years." " When I'm desperate." " Yeah, all right." "It's not that long." " Any luck?" " No, we're going to have to wait him out." " Mum." " Hiya, Mum." " Are you okay?" " Mrs Timson, they're fine." "Come on, let's go home." "See you in 30 years." " You've got lovely children." " Thank you." " Your ex-husband's up on the bridge?" " Don't remind me." " He's one desperate man, isn't he?" " Desperate is a good description." "Well, you've got to be desperate to see your kids to do something like that." "I mean, that's insane, isn't it?" "It's crackers." " You hear that?" "Your daddy's crackers, eh?" " Excuse me!" "Kids, the car's outside." "Go and get in." " Please don't say that to them." " Why?" "Don't they know?" "No." "And it's not something they need to hear." "Excuse me." "What do they need to hear, then?" "That you hate their father so much he's gone up a bridge just so he can see his kids?" "These kids have a father who's crackers because he cares about them so much." "Now I don't care if he falls or if he gives himself up or if there's a happy ending." "But I bet they do." "Why don't you go home and tell the kids why their daddy's up a bridge?" "See if you can do it." "The police officer in Hexham said he'd spoken to Detective Maguire and that he'd call back, but he didn't." "And we couldn't wait, so we came." "Lockwood is our name." "Paddy." "I got a message from Hexham." "They said they left a message with you?" "Yeah." "They said you made an enquiry about a missing person." " Why didn't you tell me?" " You weren't here." "I passed it on to Maguire." "He's looking after it." "Yep." "No." "Detective Maguire's not here." "Yeah, I'll leave a message." "Well, tell them to come back tomorrow." "It's best to call first." "So what if they're in reception." "What's the name?" "Lockwood." "Right." "Okay." "Okay, bye." "Um, are you Mr and Mrs Lockwood?" "Still obsessing?" "Are they her parents?" "I don't know yet." "I'm about to find out." " If they are, what do I tell them?" " The truth." "How much of the truth?" "The world's full of bad things, Nicky." "You can't change that." "She's a file." "Good luck." "Julie's been gone three years." "In Newcastle." "She doesn't want us to know where she lives." "We've tried to get her to go for treatment." "But she's an adult." "Can't force her." "It's obvious she isn't right." "Mentally not right." "Sick." "She always calls me at Christmas, on my birthday." "She never forgets Ian's birthday." "But she didn't call this year." "And we began to get worried." "So we went to the police." "At the beginning they said it was difficult, so..." "She's an adult." "If she doesn't want to see us, that's her business." " It isn't really a missing person..." " If they don't want to see you." "Then someone called them from here." "Has Julie been arrested?" "Is this your daughter?" "Yeah." "Why is it a drawing?" "Oh, no." "No." "Please." "Is she dead?" "Yes." "I'm very sorry." " How did she die?" " She drowned." "It was..." "We feel certain it was an accident." "Misadventure." " I'm sure she was a lovely girl." " She was." "Newcastle City Centre remains at a standstill this evening as police try to..." "Time for bed, Jack." "Jack Timson from Fenham started his protest early this morning forcing Tyneside Police to close the bridge and surrounding roads to traffic" "Timson..." "Why is Daddy up a bridge?" "Your father's..." "He's..." "Control to November 7." "Ex-wife arrived at scene." "Please advise." "Yeah." "Just come down." "Been speaking to him for at least 20 minutes." "Hasn't abused him once." " She's probably tired." " Yeah, that must be it." " He's coming down." " He's coming down." "It's not because of you if that's what you're thinking." "Actually I was thinking it's 'cause of you." "This whole mess, it's his fault." "Mrs Timson, I don't need to know." "All right, lads, give them a bit of space." " Nice to see a happy ending." " I'm sad to see it over." "I really needed the overtime." "I guess we'd better charge him." "No, let them talk for a minute." "Probably the friendliest chat they've had in ages." " What?" "Do you think I'm thick?" " Is there any doubt?" "Not once." "Not once have you been reasonable about anything!" "What, 'cause if I don't say, "You're right," suddenly I'm unreasonable?" " All right, that's it." "I'm going back up, then." " Mr Timson!" "Mr Timson!" " Down you come." " You're under arrest." " Lads." " All right, boss." "Dominic?" " What time is it?" " Good to see you working hard." " Have a good sleep?" " Yes, thanks." "Good to know you care." "Did you forget to tell me about the call from Hexham?" "Well, it's my case." "I'll deal with it today." "Her name is Julie Isabel Lockwood." "I've spoken to her parents." "You were right, it was an accident." "Timson's down from the bridge?" "Yes, sir, he's in custody." "I've written it up." "It's on your desk." "We've charged Patel." "Here's the file, if you've got any queries." " We need to follow up on Frank Galley." " Who's Frank Galley?" "We interviewed him last night." " Racially aggravated public order offence?" " Hmm." "He called Patel a "Paki bastard." Incited a crowd." " Your basic race hate thing." " Wouldn't a caution be enough?" " I didn't think so." " Well, it's a bit thin, don't you think?" "I mean, from my point of view." "Point of view depends on where you stand, doesn't it?" "Thanks for this." " It's a real winner." " No worries." "See ya." ""Racially aggravated public order offence."" "I mean, what's he on?" "Rakesh?" "Ignore him." "Don't look at him." "We open like we always do." "We won't let him win by scaring us away." "Hey, you go home now." "Go home, go home." " You're going to have to pick me up later tonight." " Why?" " 'Cause I'm going to get detention." " Why?" " I'm not ready to do my talk, am I?" " Errol?" "He needs to discover it himself." "Why can't I do a footballer?" "Why do I have to do a Jamaican woman that nobody's ever heard of?" "Because that's who you are." " Tell me." " No!" "Nicky." "You know what a detective would do in a situation like this?" "If you don't tell me, I'll tell Georgina that you never had a bad back and you don't like being called an "exotic pet"." "She saved the lives of thousands of soldiers." "She went onto the battlefields under fire to try and ease the pain of the dying." "When the war ended, they left her in the Crimea to find her own way home." "No money, no supplies, no nothing." "Florence Nightingale was celebrated." "She?" "Abandoned." "She returned to London." "Bankrupt, broken, destitute." "Forgotten." "Which is why we need to remember her." "Then, like a miracle, a soldier found her living in rags on the street." "He picked her up, held her in his arms." "She had been his saviour, now he would save her." "The word spread she was alive." "There was a Guards Dinner." "Twenty thousand were there." "And when she arrived as the guest of honour, they roared her name so loud even God could hear it in heaven... and the tears rolled down her face because she knew these men, her friends, they'd remember her, even though we've forgotten." "Mary Seacole, a Jamaican woman." "A British hero." "And she's better than a footballer." "Maguire." "Yeah." "Right." "Yates, howay." " Where we going?" " Patel's shop." "Sergeant Astel is on the phone for you." " Patel?" " He's been badly assaulted." " Anyone in custody?" " No." " Any witnesses?" " No." " It was broad daylight and no one saw anything?" " No one who's come forward." " Is Patel all right?" " He's on his way to hospital." " What are you doing here?" " It's my case." " We interviewed someone last night..." " Yeah." "I know." "Police!" "Police!" " Don't move!" " I didn't do nothing!" "I didn't do nothing!" "Get down, then." "Stop struggling, Mr Galley." "Look for a weapon and his clothes." "Check every room." "You're not blaming what happened to that Paki bastard on me!" " Anything?" " No." "Get your hands off me!" "I didn't do nothing!" "I didn't do nothing!" "And I am going to make a complaint." "We don't have a witness, Cole." "You better not be blowing smoke up my arse on this racially aggravated bullshit." "Okay, look outside." "We need a weapon and some clothes." "Go on!" " I want to speak to my solicitor." " They haven't found anything yet." " I know he's done it." " We don't know anything." "I haven't done anything." "And I'm going to make you pay for this, don't you worry." "Go over his body with a UV lamp." "Aspirated blood?" "Mr Galley, you're under arrest." "You 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." "Heard from the hospital." "Patel's serious but stable." "We should have arrested Galley last night." "He would have been released with a caution." "No one would have held him on that." "It's not your fault." "Dominic?" "Can I see you in me office?" "I've spoken to my senior colleagues." "In light of the response time of the police and subsequent events today," "I believe that continuing with charges against Mr Patel would be inappropriate." "You don't want to subject the police to criticism because you didn't respond to Patel's original call?" "We thought it might protect you from criticism as well, for being a touch overzealous." "But I didn't want to say it because I thought you might see it as an excuse." "Well, I'd feel quite comfortable defending myself against that sort of accusation." "Claire, I cannot imagine a circumstance where you wouldn't feel comfortable defending yourself." "But that's not really the point." "Nicky, you're down as the Supervising Officer on the case." "Can you live with this?" " Yeah." " Okay." "Claire, that's our recommendation." "Nicky?" "Nicky?" "You all right?" "Just another file, right?" "They're all just files." "The good thing is the charges are going to get dropped." "There is no "good thing" that comes out of this."