"~ Where have we got with the IP address?" "~ Er..." "Should I drive you home?" "~ You have been selected to be our new sergeant. ~ I can't." "I'm gonna offer it to Rachel." "Don't tell her I offered it you first." "~ Will Pemberton, I'd like you to meet - ~ Rachel Bailey." "I might bump into you in a corridor, somewhere." "~ Then, for no particular reason, you went and told her. ~ I let it slip." "~ You're gonna talk to Janet?" "~ Dunno." "I might say something I regret." "If Gill had just said, 'Janet doesn't want the sergeant's job, but we would love you to do it,' I would've understood." "Will Pemberton, nice to meet you." "~ Shut it. ~ (LAUGHS)" "I'm interested to see how long it's gonna take Janet to apologise." "~ You're gonna punish her till she does?" "~ You don't know me very well." "No, you're a complete enigma." "Are you gonna tell Rachel that you told me?" "No." "She knows what she needed to." "It's done." "Let's get on with the job." "Well, you know I'll have to talk to her." "~ Why?" "~ It's Rachel." "Do you want a mint?" "~ No, thanks." "No, you won't, she seemed fine." "Do I need one?" "~ Were you out, last night?" "~ No." "I had some friends round." "You're the only one getting upset about all this." "Because you asked me to keep it a secret, then you tell her, so I look the two-face, which means me say sorry, which means I did something wrong - and I haven't." "She's gonna have this for all it's worth." "She won't take it personally." "Are you new (?" ")" "(INDISTINCT CHATTER)" "Right, after falling unconscious at his parents' home," "Andrew Redhead, 13 months old, was admitted to Oldham General Hospital yesterday at 2:30pm." "On examination, the medical staff were concerned that his injuries - multiple cranial fractures - didn't fit with the parents' explanation." "~ Which was?" "~ That he'd slipped on a wet floor." "Suspecting serious injury, non-accidental, they got Division involved." "Andrew never regained consciousness and death was recorded during surgery at 9:15, last night." "Now, there were no complications during surgery, so we're saying that his death was a direct result of his injuries." "Whether they were accidental or not..." "Nobody wants to be on the wrong side of a newspaper headline, so we're erring on the side of caution." "There's bound to be some grim-arsed journo looking for a payday on this so, outside this room, we keep our opinions to ourselves, unless any of you fancy keeping Kevin company in Strangeways." "~ Are the family known to us?" "~ No." "It's the first time they've come onto our radar." "I'll be going to the case conference following the PM." "Hopefully we'll get a better picture of his home life from their GP, etc." "~ Have Division secured the house as a crime scene?" "~ Yeah." "The parents are staying with the next-door neighbours." "I'm not sending CSIs in, unless something significant comes out of the post-mortem." "I want no more upheaval for the family than absolutely necessary." "Pete, speak to the hospital." "I want to know if there was something other than the child's injuries that made medical staff suspicious." "Janet, family liaison." "Inform the parents that we'd like them to come in for interview." "Do it face-to-face, might stop 'em panicking." "~ Under caution?" "~ Yeah, I know it's tough, but I think we have to." "I'm sure you'll handle it right." "I've chosen Janet as FLO as we need to deploy her differently from normal liaison officer." "Needs our top interviewer." "Give them the support they need but, importantly, we go in careful." "We need you as our eyes and ears." "Gain their confidence, get them contributing." "Might help us close the case down quickly and compassionately." "I want you to accompany Janet." "This case is gonna come in for scrutiny." "She'll need as much support as possible." "Why aren't we waiting for a paediatric pathologist?" "Apparently, none available." "Massacre at the annual dinner (?" ")" "We need to wait until one's free." "It's not my call." "New coroner." "And you didn't bother to argue?" "I remember when you'd have put up more of a fight." "~ Are you all right?" "~ Great." "Got a career-ruining case on my hands as I head to retirement." "I've got a toddler on a slab." "Nice." "He's in insurance." "Primarily, my role is to help and support you while we investigate the circumstances surrounding Andrew's death." "~ Andrew?" "~ We erm..." "We called him Drew." "Is that what you'd like us to call him?" "~ Drew's fine. ~ (SNIFFS) ~ Drew's fine." "They're only trying to help." "What we'd like is for you to come down to Oldham Road police station " "No chance." "No." "I can't." "I..." "We need to ask you a few questions." "I'm sure we can answer them here, can't we?" "I'm afraid not." "It's as much to do with your rights as anything else." "~ And if we refuse?" "~ Well, I don't think you wanna go down that road." "~ Are you threatening us?" "~ No." "No." "It's..." "It's just in everyone's best interest if we get this done as quickly as possible." "But IF we refuse...?" "Then we would regretfully...be forced to arrest you." "~ Oh!" "~ Arrest us?" "Well, go on, then." "Arrest us." "Do it." "Arrest me." "Arrest me." "Go on!" "Arrest me!" "~ Jenny, it's all right. ~ (WEEPS)" "It's all right." "It's OK." "(WEEPS)" "Erm..." "Oh, my God." "She erm, she tripped earlier." "Oh, God." "Would you like us to arrange transport to the station?" "No." "No, I'll.." "I'll drive." "Did you see how she jumped when he touched her?" "Squeezing her hand, when she tried to speak." "Only you could turn a bloke being caring into an admission of guilt." "~ Do you not think he was trying to look after her?" "~ No." "I thought he was just trying to keep her quiet, cos it suited him." "I clocked that." "It's a tricky call to make." "(RINGING) I don't know how I'd be, if it was one of mine." "Boss, just heading back." "~ How were they?" "~ Hard to tell." "Shell-shocked, angry." "~ They're following us in." "~ No, go back." "We've not finished the post-mortem but, based on what we've got, we're starting to agree with the hospital - serious injury, non-accidental." "I want you to initiate a full forensic recovery - the clothing they were wearing when they took Andrew to the hospital, their bedding, any bedding from Andrew's room." "I want the parents kept apart from now on." "~ If they refuse?" "~ Arrest them." "No, actually, forget that." "Just go back and arrest them." "Marcus and Jenny are downstairs with their solicitors." "As soon as they've finished, get first accounts." "Keep it short and sweet." "I've got the next hour in a case conference, with a bunch of terrified GPs, health visitors and social workers." "~ Are you all right?" "~ Yeah." "Bit tired." "These cases don't help." "As soon as the tears stop, the fingers start pointing." "I'm getting it in the neck from the Divisional Commander and ACC ranks." "~ What's happened to the toaster?" "~ Sets the new smoke alarm off." "~ Is this hot?" "~ Er, yeah, it's just boiled." "So we can't have any toast?" "He's good, isn't he?" "~ You are good. ~ Do you want a slice, as a reward?" "~ Yeah, go on." "I need something before I go into the interview room." "I hate doing these interviews." "All I ever see is a baby and a mother." "There's nowhere to hide from it." "You can handle it." "What time did you leave work?" "Oh, I.." "I'm not sure." "Two-ish?" "After lunch." "Look, if I can have my phone back," "I can check what time Jenny rang." "I'm afraid we need to keep hold of your phone, but we can check for you." "Who arrived at the hospital first?" "I think we arrived at the same time." "She called me to say that she was there, just as I was pulling in... ..and we both took him in." "I couldn't wake him." "I called Marcus, then I took him to the hospital." "What did you think was wrong?" "I just knew it was serious." "Is there a particular reason that you didn't call an ambulance?" "We live so close, I thought it was better just to get him there." "I can see that." "Can you tell me about the accident he had earlier that day?" "He falls over all the time." "So what was different about this particular fall?" "Nothing." "If there were any signs, anything that could've told me how serious it was," "I wouldn't have waited, I'd have got him to hospital straightaway." "I heard him crying." "Came straight in, found him lying on the mopped floor." "I picked him up, checked him out, like you do... like you'd do." "If he was falling over all the time, how can she be sure that that specific fall led to Andrew's death?" "~ She seemed so certain. ~ They both are. ~ He wasn't even there." "~ Shock?" "~ That makes you vague, not adamant." "Andrew's health visitor didn't remember him specifically but, on checking her notes, they had had one or two incidences:" "missed clinics, check-ups, refused entry..." "On the whole, they'd had no cause for concern." "Refused entry was no cause for concern?" "It could just mean that she wasn't at home when they called round." "~ Or hadn't tidied up. ~ Doesn't seem she was bothered finding out why." "Whatever happened to that child wasn't done by anyone in that case conference." "~ Yeah but, maybe they could've stopped it. ~ How?" "~ By doing their job." "Can you hear yourself?" "You sound like the pond life out there." "If you'd seen how devastated those at that case conference were " "~ Scared (!" ") ~ Take that self-righteous look off your face." "This isn't a who cares the most competition." "No-one in that room does that job because it's easy." "If they've made mistakes, don't worry." "Somebody will haul them up for it, they don't need you." "There isn't a single person in this room, including myself, who hasn't made a bad call, been overworked, overlooked something, so you can wind your neck in, cos I'm not having it." "Rachel, you carry on." "They said most of the time, the mother seemed co-operative." "Andrew was a happy, healthy child." "Sometimes, the mother seemed flaky." "They put the missed appointments down to that." "'Andrew's walking and speech development weren't as advanced as they expected.'" "We'll come on to the walking when we go over the post-mortem." "Neighbours?" "Say they were well liked, he worked hard, she was friendly." "Could be a bit rowdy at the weekends, music, mates, but no-one was suggesting anything sinister." "Let's draw up a list of regular visitors to the house." "Onto the post-mortem." "We fast-tracked blood, urine and tissue." "Confirmed two skull fractures, back of the head, blunt force trauma." "No paediatric pathologist available but Professor Jackson's thinking more thrown against a wall or the floor rather than a direct strike." "Moment of anger?" "Loss of control?" "I think it's worth mentioning here that I thought the husband was quite controlling." "For the record, I didn't think so." "~ So we're not looking for a murder weapon. ~ No." "What the hospital X-rays didn't pick up was three broken ribs." "According to Professor Jackson, they'd have only shown up on a radionuclide scan, which is tricky to use on a small child, not so good at detecting the skull fractures." "~ Do we know if injuries to the head and ribs happened at the same time?" "~ It's hard to be precise." "Very different types of fracture, different bone densities, but Professor Jackson's best guess is yeah, same time." "What sort of accident can cause skull fractures to the rear and broken ribs at the front?" "The post-mortem also revealed historical fractures." "~ Andrew's left clavicle and right tibia. ~ Problems walking. ~ Mm." "The hospital had no previous visits on record." "~ Different hospital?" "~ Different name?" "Could we cross-reference his injuries with local hospitals?" "With no specific dates?" "You can give it a go." "~ Maybe she treated him at home." "~ Broken bones?" "We're not expecting much from our scene." "Not a lot to be looking for." "Possible tissue transfer from the incident." "With a toddler, there's bound to be tissue transfer all over." "We're concentrating on the place the parents claim the accident happened." "If we don't find anything, that's not how he hurt himself." "Can you start drawing up an interview strategy based on the findings of the case conference and post-mortem?" "They live five to ten minutes away from the hospital." "He works 30 to 35 minutes away." "So they leave at the same time and get there at the same time." "What?" "She gets there two or three minutes earlier and waits for him to join her before taken their unconscious kid into the hospital." "~ I'm not buying it. ~ See if the ANPR sheds any light." "They said they're backed up, could be two to three days." "Waiting time on cell siting from their phones... ~ anything up to a month." "~ Brilliant (!" ")" "The hospital car park could have a camera at the entrance barrier." "I'll get onto it." "No, you should've heard her." "It's like, 'Janet's the best." "Make sure you support her, Rachel.'" "It's like the pair of 'em are on Operation Piss Me Off." "~ (TV ON) ~ I could've slapped 'em both." "I know something that'll cheer you up." "Brilliant (!" ") You're a miracle worker." "That Vice initiative you applied for..." "Yeah?" "No, I shouldn't be telling you." "I got it?" "(GIGGLES)" "That's brilliant." "But who'll replace me on the syndicate?" "~ They'll step somebody up to cover you for the three months you're away. ~ Janet?" "It's HR's call, but would she want to?" "~ I thought she wasn't interested in Sergeant. ~ Who knows?" "It will still be mine when I come back?" "That's exciting." "Rachel Bailey, Vice." "Great for the CV." "I did get this on my own?" "It had crossed my desk, but it wasn't my call?" "~ Swear. ~ It would be self-defeating, sending you away for three months." "It's not till the end of the year." "~ You just have to make the most of me now. ~ Mm." "So...when will Gill tell me?" "Well, I sent the E-mail last thing, so should be tomorrow." "Look surprised." "And, hey, cut this crap with Janet." "You're better than that." "Got the same shot of Jenny coming through the barrier 12 minutes earlier." "She waited 12 minutes before taking Andrew into hospital?" "~ What do you reckon that is?" "~ GPS." "Er, no, even better, dash cam." "They've both got 'em on their cars." "~ This is from his car. ~ He works in insurance." "It's supposed to lower your premium." "I recovered the footage." "This is Marlow Road, little side street," "~ right near the hospital. ~ Mm." "There goes his no-claims." "They catch themselves, these days." "~ Any idea who those two are?" "~ No." "Well, it's a nice starting point for an interview." "Locate the cab driver." "You seem in a better mood, today." "~ Not really. ~ Good, cos I wanted to talk to you about something." "~ Toilet?" "~ Just been, can it wait?" "I'll have a few brews, let you know when I'm ready." "I've got a vehicle reg for you to PNC." "Would you like to take a moment?" "We met 'em outside the hospital so we could say that... .. Jenny had been looking after him when he took ill." "Which isn't true?" "No." "Why did you want us to think that?" "~ We were worried that she'd get into trouble. ~ She?" "Childminder." "Adjoah Ekundayo." "What sort of trouble, Marcus?" "We didn't want people thinking that Drew had hurt himself when he was with Adjoah, in case they thought..." "We thought it would make life easier...not easier, simpler, if we just said that Jenny was looking after him when he became ill." "People think things, don't they?" "We didn't want them thinking that about Adjoah." "She's a great girl." "So are you telling me that..." "So they lied to us about how their son died, in case we had bad thoughts about the childminder?" "Mm." "If that's all there is to it, I'll bear my arse on Bury Market." "(SIGHS)" "It was Marcus' idea to lie." "He was certain that Adjoah hadn't - couldn't hurt Drew." "I don't know." "I don't know." "I just..." "Drew's other injuries that you said about, they only happened since we started using her." "~ I just thought it was weird. ~ But still you continued to use her." "~ Why was that?" "~ I just thought I was being paranoid." "Did you share your concerns with your husband?" "No." "No." "Now, you know, you begin to wonder, maybe..." "Maybe I wasn't paranoid." "You can't have it both ways." "'I was worried about her', but 'I still used her.' 50 minutes ago, she's swearing she didn't know about his other injuries." "Now she's saying they only happened since Adjoah came on the scene." "Either way, she's lying." "She wasn't looking after Andrew when he fell ill." "Adjoah Ekundayo was." "Draw up an arrest strategy for Adjoah." "If she's not at home, we'll need to force entry and treat it as a crime scene." "Notify the CSM to have a team on standby." "~ What about him?" "~ The boyfriend?" "~ Nick Wootton. ~ Neither Marcus or Jenny have much to say about him." "See if he'll come in for questioning." "If not, go for an arrest." "There's someone in." "~ Nick Wootton?" "~ What?" "~ I'm Detective Sergeant Rachel Bailey." "This is Detective Constable Lee Broadhurst." "~ Adjoah Ekundayo - ~ Oi!" "~ Nick!" "~ Adjoah, stay back!" "You, get down!" "Nick Wootton, I'm arresting you for assaulting a police officer." "We had the toxicology reports back." "They found traces of cocaine in Andrew's system." "Aren't there over-the-counters for colds that give a positive on cocaine?" "~ Yeah, but not the levels they found in Andrew. ~ Christ." "~ I hope it's accidental. ~ You're on a twisted bit of the planet when you're hoping a toddler took drugs accidentally." "Bin bags from the Ekundayo house need going through." "~ I've located the taxi driver and - ~ I'll get Chris to speak to him." "We sent a strand of Andrew's hair to be tested, so we'll know if the cocaine was administered more than once." "Do the same with Jenny, Marcus, Adjoah and Nick." "What are we saying about Nick Wootton?" "~ What do you reckon?" "~ Violent." "~ Risk-assessment showed previous for ABH. ~ Domestic?" "Night club scraps, but I think he's in the frame." "I think he's right up there." "He was off his face when we picked him up, so we know he's a drug user." "~ Nosebleeds. ~ What?" "~ When we went to see Jenny, she had a nosebleed." "Could've been brought on by cocaine use." "Could be a one-off coping mechanism." "It's not the grief drug of choice." "~ Have you heard anything from my Vice application?" "~ No." "I've got drug sniffer dogs doing the parents and Adjoah's house." "(TUTS) I'm sure my thumb's getting fatter." "(GRUNTS) The newspapers have got hold of something grim involving babies, foreign-sounding names, asking for a press release." "~ Hey, wait up. ~ Give 'em three or four sentences." "When you've done it, go through it, see if anything sounds halfway like a headline, pass it back to me." "~ (RINGING) ~ I need to take this." "DCI Murray." "I can manage." "~ I turned down the sergeant's job before you were offered it. ~ I know." "~ Gill told me. ~ I know, Gill told me." "I was trying to do the right thing for the right reasons." "Gill expressly asked me not to tell you." "Look at your face. 'Winning the lottery ruined my life.'" "Come on, Rach, you haven't lost a limb." "You got the job." "You haven't even asked me why I turned it down." "~ Shit, you're right, I haven't." "~ Never even crossed your mind." "Sorry, I just..." "Is everything all right?" "Well, then, so why?" "What's going on?" "Because at the same time that I got the job, my family started acting like yours." "Everyone needed me at home more than I needed a promotion." "You're doing a great job." "Do you think Jenny's nosebleed could've been drug-related?" "Ooh." "Yeah, there's a thought." "Which means I could've got Marcus wrong." "~ Maybe he was protecting her. ~ Yeah." "Possibly." "Jenny always sends us a taxi to come and collect Drew." "It saves her having to drive." "It's her money." "When did you first notice there was something wrong with Drew?" "As we got home, he started fitting in the taxi, so we took him into my house and called Jenny." "She was in a state." "She said we should wait for Marcus to call and he'd tell us what to do." "Did that seem strange to you?" "I thought it'd be all right." "OK." "So, from the moment that you first collected Drew to the moment that you handed him over to Marcus, were you, Nick or the taxi driver on your own with Drew?" "~ No. ~ Just take a moment and think." "Well, I can see you're looking for something here but, whatever it is, you're not gonna find it." "~ What about when you took Drew into your house?" "~ No." "Did the taxi driver come with you into your house?" "No, but only because we weren't sure what Jenny " "So they were alone with him when they took him into the house." "Yeah, but he'd started fitting before that point." "We can't be sure if his fitting in the taxi and his death are connected." "Mm." "~ Were either Nick or you on your own with Drew in your house?" "~ No." "Do you ever leave Nick alone with any of the kids you look after?" "You what?" "Come on!" "This is ridiculous." "Why are you asking me about Nick?" "Why is it all of a sudden about Nick and me?" "I'm answering nothing about Nick, and I'm not putting anything down about him." "If you wanna stitch him up, you're not having my help." "OK, I need you to calm down, Adjoah." "Can you tell me what it was about that last question that made you so angry?" "It's not on." "Don't think I don't know why I'm here and Mr and Mrs Rich Bitches are sat at home." "Don't think I don't know." "This is too easy for you lot." "Who wants to think that people with everything could do this sort of nasty shit?" "No need to challenge your world view, when there's a couple of black kids on the estate who'll do." "You went straight for arrest without asking a single question." "You looked at my profile and you said, 'Suspect,' but you're not dealing with some idiot." "I'm studying law." "I look after the kids to pay for my fees, so don't treat me like some idiot, cos I know how this works and if she ain't gonna speak up, I will." "OK, as you're studying law, you'll know that we've done everything by the book." "This has nothing to do with who you are or where you live, but you're right, you need to speak up for yourself." "That's exactly why you're here, so take your opportunity, say your piece, be heard, leave us with no room for any doubts about your innocence." "So, Adjoah... ..is there anything that you would like us to know?" "Some women can't cope." "Some people, they just can't do it, can they?" "Go on." "He was always at work, or away." "He never took a day off." "She was out of her depth." "I'm good with kids." "I was forever keeping Drew for longer than I was supposed to." "When you say that she couldn't cope, what do you mean?" "Well, she struggled, got down." "I don't know." "Sometimes, we'd come and collect Drew and she'd be wired." "A bit out of it." "When she was, we made sure we kept Drew till Marcus came home." "No significant tissue transfer in the Redheads' kitchen, but she did say the floor was wet." "Any tissue could've been disturbed before the floor dried." "Also chemicals in the floor cleaner could've affected our results." "I have a team doing the Ekundayo house." "~ Sniffer dogs?" "~ Yeah, they've been." "My favourite (!" ")" "Horrible, hairy bastards set my allergies off every time." "We found traces of cocaine in the Redheads' bathrooms, but the winner is three bags of white powder found in the lounge." "Not tested yet, but the dogs were dancing round it like my grandad at a wedding, so I'm pretty sure it's not Canderel." "Well, that's a bit of a giveaway." "Thanks." "What was the story with our taxi driver?" "Corroborates Adjoah and Nick's story." "Witnessed nothing that could have precipitated Andrew's illness." "~ Supported by the cab's CCTV. ~ What did we do before CCTV?" "~ (LAUGHS)" "Anything from the Ekundayo bins?" "Still going through 'em." "~ So far, all we've got is skinning-up detritus. ~ Soon as." "We found cocaine at the Redhead house." "We've got next to nothing on Adjoah and Nick, other than opportunity." "And Jenny's concerns." "The clock's running down on Marcus and Jenny." "If we rush a half-baked interview, they'll say they knew nothing, we're back to square one - four suspects and no way forward." "Seems to me that Adjoah's testimony that Jenny was often wired and out of it changes everything." "~ And the cocaine found in her house... ~ Yeah, yeah." "If we put that to Jenny, it might get her talking." "Jenny's too guarded, blocking." "~ What about Marcus?" "~ Well, I think he's different." "Honest - well, maybe not honest, but a shit liar." "He trusts me." "If I go in with the drug find, I might be able to get somewhere." "OK, let's set up a meeting with the CPS and Scary Mary for after, see what our charging options are." "You need to be quick." "Yeah." "It's a mate's." "~ John. ~ OK." "We'll need to speak to John, confirm that the cocaine is his, possibly start charges for possession." "So, can you give me John's surname and address?" "I'm not dragging anyone else into this." "He's got a wife, kids, a job..." "We'll deal with it sensitively." "I can't." "OK, we can come back to it." "Have you spoken to him recently?" "Yeah, I called him and asked him to get it out the house." "When was that?" "Tuesday, Wednesday...?" "Did you call him from home or work?" "~ My mobile. ~ Are you certain?" "~ Yeah, positive. ~ So, using your mobile phone history on those days, we'll find a phone call to a John, will we?" "Tell me if I'm wrong, but I think it might be yours." "Is the cocaine yours or Jenny's?" "What does it matter whose it is?" "Because, according to our toxicology reports, your son had traces of cocaine in his system when he died." "I'm sorry." "I understand how difficult that must be to hear." "~ Does Jenny know?" "~ I'm not at liberty to say." "OK." "OK." "Look, if she doesn't know, if she doesn't know, then please let me be there when you tell her." "Is that possible, please?" "~ And why's that so important to you?" "~ Because she needs me." "I understand, but I'm afraid we can't allow you to be there, but I promise you, we'll take care of her." "The cocaine was Jenny's." "She was struggling to keep it under control." "I didn't know how to help her." "That's why we used Adjoah so much." "Adjoah knew?" "We never talked about it." "She knew we were going through something." "She was always there to help out." "Nick scored Jenny some coke a few times." "~ Are you saying Nick's a drug dealer?" "~ No." "He got her some stuff a couple of times, just a couple." "Jenny was so paranoid, she..." "She didn't want anyone connecting her with...with Nick." "That's why she didn't want them taking Drew into the hospital." "Do you have any thoughts on how the cocaine might have got into Drew's system?" "You couldn't keep him out of stuff." "When Jenny was using, was she ever violent towards you or Drew?" "Is that what killed him, the coke?" "The cause of Drew's death was fractures to his skull, so I'm gonna ask you that question again." "When Jenny was using cocaine, was she ever violent towards you or Drew?" "No." "No." "(WEEPS) No." "(SOBS)" "The CPS solicitor said that Andrew's death could have been as a result of something accidental that happened days before he was taken into hospital." "Anyone" " Jenny, Marcus, Adjoah or Nick - could've been responsible." "Does the cocaine not get us anywhere?" "Was cocaine the cause of death?" "You could argue that the blunt-force trauma resulted from a head hitting the floor during the convulsion " "~ Brought on by cocaine. ~ A bit of a stretch." "And the fact that Nick's had access to cocaine has muddied the water." "The sniffer dogs didn't find any cocaine at Nick and Adjoah's and Nick wasn't on his own at any point with Andrew." "Doesn't matter, not to the CPS." "We've got two houses where drugs were regularly used and we've got no other evidence." "We just have to accept where we are." "Release all four on police bail." "We need a new strategy for the investigation." "~ Which is...?" "~ I'm sure strategic command and the review team" "~ will come up with some things we've missed. ~ They'll send someone in?" "Yeah and, with me on the way out, they won't be pulling any punches." "How did Pete get on with the hospitals?" "It's like you said, there are too many variables to narrow them down." "Contact Marcus' work place." "He's always at work, never misses a day but, as soon as he got that call, he dropped everything." "Let's look at any other day over the past year where he suddenly takes time off, leaves work, an emergency." "See if a child matching Andrew's description with his injuries was admitted to any emergency department on those days." "Sure you don't fancy coming down the welcome?" "Chris is." "What?" "No, I wanna get home, see the girls - girl, singular." "~ Don't blame you. ~ Do you see much of your Sammy?" "Only when I'm stalking him on Facebook." "~ Stalking's an offence, you know." "~ Doesn't apply." "~ Mother's prerogative, it precludes conviction." "See you. ~ See you." "I'm just checking you haven't joined a far-right terrorist organisation." "Give me a call." "Hi to your dad." "When they're ignoring you in the same room, it doesn't hurt as much." "I found it hard to adjust when you left home." "She hasn't left home, she's just gone to live in one she likes better." "She might as well have sprayed 'Unfit mother' on the door (!" ")" "You have to find a different focus, as they get older, otherwise they'll have you dangling off a hook." "You were a professional." "I don't think we've given the dating a good enough run-in." "Straighten your face." "You're in your prime and I've still got a few years left." "Will you give up on the fella front?" "I'll give up when I know you're happy." "It lasts a lifetime, this worry lark, so you'd better get comfy." "I've got enough shifty strangers at work." "I wondered if that job would eventually put you off men." "They're not all rapists and murderers, you know." "No, some of them are Morris dancers." "I haven't given up on wanting someone," "Don't expect me to stop." "I've paid a 12-month subscription." "Marcus, are you OK?" "Are you hurt?" "Why don't you come into the station?" "We can deal with it properly." "Come on, Marcus, let's get out of the rain." "If there's something you want to say, you need to say it in the police station." "Do you understand?" "She did it." "Who did?" "Marcus, if you want to make a statement, you need to come inside." "No." "~ If you do that, I'm going." "~ (WIND BLOWING DROWNS SPEECH)" "Tell me, then, Marcus, who are we talking about?" "She told me last night." "She didn't mean it, she didn't." "She was feeding him and he...spat." "She just threw him." "How could she throw him?" "Just..." "Shut up." "Shut up." "Shut up!" "I need to do what's right for us." "She-She..." "She's pregnant." "Marcus, we need to talk about this inside, under caution, with your solicitor." "Marcus!" "(TYRES SCREECH)" "If I come inside, you'll lock her up." "They'll take my baby away." "If I can get through this, I can protect him." "I won't get that chance if Jenny's found guilty..." "I don't know what to do." "Help me." "Why turn up and say it and then refuse to repeat it?" "Maybe he wants someone to drag it out of him, it doesn't feel like his choice, his conscience is clear." "~ He's a bloke - who knows?" "~ Whether he says it there or here," "~ he still said it, so why can't we charge him?" "~ Our word against his." "He didn't volunteer to come in, we've had to arrest him." "Defence could say he was coerced, he's mentally unstable, we made it all up." "Wouldn't be the first time." "~ Juries aren't that gullible. ~ It wouldn't be the first time one of our lot made things up." "Current climate, we still need more evidence." "We need a recorded statement from him." "She's never gonna say anything." "~ Have you spoken to the CPS?" "~ They said if we can get Marcus to testify under caution, it'll be enough to charge Jenny." "If you don't speak to us, then what are we meant to think, Jenny?" "I know that you're worried about what happens to your next child and I know that you think you're doing the right thing but I think you're making a mistake." "Just because they're not under the same roof doesn't mean you're not doing your best for them." "If you really care, if you want to put your new child's welfare first, you'll make a statement." "And, yes, the Social will get involved." "Maybe take that child into care, after it's born... ..but at least you'll know that child will be safe and protected, which is something at the moment you can't guarantee." "She said he wouldn't open his eyes." "She was off her face and thought that shit'd wake him up." "She was trying to wake him up." "She tried everything she could." "She tried resuscitating him." "She was so scared, panicking." "She broke his ribs trying." "She only gave him cocaine to try and wake him up." "She told me last night." "Jennifer Alice Redhead, you are charged that on Friday 27th June 2014, you did murder Andrew Marcus Redhead contrary to common law." "~ I didn't do it. ~ You're also charged that, on Friday 27th June 2014 " "~ I swear on my baby's life. ~ ..that you did unlawfully and maliciously administer to Andrew Marcus Redhead a noxious thing so as thereby to endanger his life." "(WEEPS)" "(SNIFFS)" "Everyone gets a name check, even the social worker." "Poor cow only met the family once." "~ Do we get a mention?" "~ 'The police.'" "Cheek." "Marcus will need somewhere safe to stay." "Find him a BB for the night." "We'll look into long-term arrangements once we've spoken to the CPS." "~ Anything else I need to know?" "~ They printed Adjoah and Nick's address." "~ No pictures. ~ Yet." "They'll be witnesses to the prosecution, so we've got a duty of care." "Assign Mitch as their witness protection adviser." "He can brief them on safety." "Mitch can speak to their social worker, as well." "Do him good to look her in the eyes." "~ Why me?" "~ Cos it's your job." "Well, how come you never give Cockney Rebel the crappy jobs?" "~ What can I say, Mitch?" "Some of us have just got it. ~ Oh, I get it." "Going for old blokes, these days?" "Chris?" "As if!" "~ He's more your speed. ~ Thanks." "Gill seemed to think that too." "No, you know..." "He's got that sort of, you know, that sexy, knackered look." "~ 'Sexy, knackered?" "' ~ Yeah." "Like lived-in, cowboy sexy." "Oh, just what I need - someone to milk and brand me (!" ")" "Eurgh!" "~ Thanks. ~ Right, OK. ~ Excuse me a second." "Gill, did you get my E-mail about DS Bailey?" "Oh, yeah." "Great news." "She'll do well." "Nice of you to take an interest." "~ Same again?" "~ Yes. ~ Not for me. ~ Thank you." "Have you heard from HR about my placement?" "Question or statement?" "Question." "My turn: are you shagging Will Pemberton?" "~ Who said that?" "~ You just did, when you didn't say no." "I thought you were smarter than that." "~ We're not doing - ~ Anything wrong?" "We've had to live through all your past relationships," "Rachel Bailey, the human Heat magazine." "Now, suddenly, you've gone all coy." "You must think you're doing something wrong, or else you wouldn't be trying to hide it." "Don't take me for a mug." "'Have I heard from HR about your placement?" "' I don't like that." "Doesn't affect my job." "You already know things you shouldn't before me." "Doesn't affect your job?" "Where's it gonna stop?" "I do something you don't like, you have a little pillow talk," "~ get me sorted?" "~ I wouldn't." "We don't." "He wasn't anything to do with the selection, he just signed the form." "How long's it been going on?" "I'm starting to question recent history." "Were Rachel and Will together when we met at that function?" "~ Were they laughing behind my back?" "~ No." "~ When you went up for Sergeant?" "~ No." "~ How do I know that?" "~ Oh!" "~ How does anyone know that?" "How will they?" "~ Rubbish." "Why should they matter to me?" "Come on, like it or not, you're not the same as them." "If you're not a straight, white bloke, there'll always be questions about why you got something they didn't." "And the first thing that springs to mind is you must be shagging someone, and you are." "~ I don't care, I know the truth." "~ Good for you." "Cos it shouldn't matter so, if you really don't care, then, great, brilliant." "You're a better man than I am." "The victims are Tam Robinson, the pub owner, and his wife Patricia Robinson." "I'm sick of blood." "~ How's Alfie?" "Still snogging. ~ Shut up!" "I think Elise may be having sex with Eleanor Goodhead's son Alfie." "The night she let on that you were first choice for sergeant, she'd been drinking at her desk." "I smelled booze on her the other morning." "~ Can't wait to be shot of me?" "~ I'm worried about what's gonna happen when you go." "~ I wish you wouldn't put pressure on me. ~ What pressure, Rachel?" "I would just like to see you occasionally, outside of our bedroom."