Before Danny died he tried to say something.
Now I reckon what he said was "list".
I've got a firearm in here. No-one enter.
Investigating former Chief Superintendent Patrick Fairbank
in respect of not adequately investigating complaints
of child sexual exploitation.
The things they did to us at Sands View.
Joe. It's OK.
Ma'am, I'm requesting authorisation
on an undercover operation.
It'd be against a fellow AC-12 officer.
DI Cottan set me up.
He must have planted the rope there beforehand.
Weren't you supposed to organise the postmortem?
He knew forensics hadn't tested the envelope.
I don't want to get caught between you and DI Cottan.
The Caddy is male, under 35.
A detective. A London or Southeast accent.
I'm sorry, gaffer,
but the finger's pointing at one of our own.
I have a number of concerns regarding DS Arnott's conduct.
He's been bearing a firearm around the office.
I've signed the firearm back in.
I'm innocent. The question is...
are you?
He was accused of an improper relationship with a suspect,
of planting evidence against said suspect.
I did not plant evidence!
The best course of action is for you to be suspended
from duty until these matters can be addressed.
- SIM card? - It's all in there.
The incriminating item I've got on you,
that's my only insurance.
I need to know you've got my back.
- Oh, God, yeah. - He's hiding summat.
That lead on Steve - it looks like it's gonna pan out.
He really did plant that money at Lindsay's.
There's no list here, Steve.
If there's not, Lindsay's gonna get what's coming.
I thought it was Steve's car - till I saw the registration.
I found Danny Waldron's list.
It didn't make sense for Danny
to make a hard copy of the original that could be lost.
He'd make an online copy.
The VIPs who were abusing boys at Sands View.
100 grand, and you forget about all of this, that list included.
- Why not just take the money? - Because I'm a police officer!
Do not send that message.
Let's see what they all think...
when I bring in the Caddy.
How long is this going to take?
Patrick Fairbank, some new information
has come to light that we'd like to put to you.
PC Bindra?
Document 27 is a transcript of a professional tribunal
which took place on 19th September, 1998,
in which Oliver Stephens-Lloyd recorded he'd submitted
a list of names of abusers at Sands View.
Not this list again.
I don't know anything about any list.
Where is this new...
information?
I think we're done.
Actually, no, if you could just keep your seat, please.
I think we're about to hear some new evidence. Thank you.
For the tape, DC Fleming has joined the interview.
Kate.
For the tape, I am showing the interviewee a video capture,
Item KMF-4.
Who is shown in Item KMF-4?
I refused to take part in any video identification.
You did, which meant we were forced to use
a video capture from your previous interview.
And we are legally entitled to use this image because
your client was notified he was going to be questioned
regarding an offence - misconduct in public office.
In accordance with paragraph 5, code D
of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act,
Item KMF-4,
alongside eight other video captures
of unrelated, similar persons,
was shown by an officer independent of this inquiry
to a witness who was a resident
at Sands View Boys' Home in the 1990s.
This witness identified KMF-4
as showing one of the men who sexually abused him.
These politicians and celebrities,
they couldn't have got away with this time and time again
without the collusion of police officers.
I mean, I kept asking myself, over and over again...
how could they turn a blind eye?
How could they allow these things
to happen to these children?
Of course, the answer's as plain as day.
They didn't turn a blind eye.
They were in on it!
I'm gonna take this.
This is a list of abusers...
..corroborating the names we've already heard from our witness.
Ronan Murphy.
Linus Murphy.
Dale Roach.
Tommy Hunter.
And Patrick Fairbank.
Patrick Fairbank, I am arresting you
for aggravated indecent assault
in that this offence occurred before 1st May, 2004...
..with a child or children...
under the age of 13...
..perverting the course of justice...
..and misconduct in public office.
Sir...
Well done.
Well done, yourself.
Custody arranged at Polk Avenue.
You think you've got me?
You haven't got a clue.
I hope you like the outdoors because you
are gonna be directing traffic
till the end of your sad little career.
Bitch!
This is Lindsay Denton.
Please leave a message after the tone.
Shit!
DS Arnott. I need to report the theft of my service vehicle.
Taxi!
Yeah. 5...
5 Kingsgate Apartments. Yeah.
DS Arnott. I need the key to Lindsay Denton's room.
Sir.
Mother of God.
This is Lindsay Denton. Please leave a message after the tone.
I know you nicked my pocketbook. I don't know where you are...
Armed police! Armed police!
I'm AC-12. I'm AC-12!
You, keep your hands above your head!
- I'm police. - Down on your knees!
- Just calm down. I'm police. - Stop talking and stay still!
My ID's in my jacket. I'm AC-12.
Stop talking and stay still!
Lose the phone.
- Get everyone out. - All right, everyone out!
You've got the wrong guy.
All clear, sir.
Dot?
Steven Arnott, I'm arresting you
on suspicion of murdering Lindsay Denton.
You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention when questioned
something you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may be used in evidence.
- What's going on? - You know.
Just keep your mouth shut till you get a lawyer.
Get him out.
DI Cottan, DS Arnott.
You all right to book him in for me?
You need to take his clothes for forensics
before he goes in his cell.
Steven Arnott, I'm satisfied that your arrest is lawful.
I'm authorising your detention in this police station,
so we can secure and preserve evidence in this investigation
and to obtain evidence from you by questioning.
I will also speak to an inspector
to authorise you being held incommunicado at this time,
delaying your right to have anyone told you're here
or to make any calls.
Do you understand?
DS Arnott, can you account for your whereabouts
between 0800 and 1200 hours on July 17th this year?
I was at home.
This would be your home address, Flat 5, Kingsgate Apartments?
Yes.
Who were you with?
Between those hours, I was alone.
And your girlfriend -
DS Samantha Railston - where was she?
Sam left early for work, around 0630.
I was alone in the flat, but I made phone calls.
They'll prove where I was.
Document 3 in your folders.
Document 3 is a photocopy of item reference ASJ-3,
telecommunications record for mobile telephone
07591 152 425
registered to Steven Arnott.
Three calls are shown.
Can you tell us what was happening with these calls?
I'd realised Lindsay had stolen my pocketbook.
I called her from my flat,
but it went straight to her voicemail.
I went to her approved premises to try and track her down,
but she wasn't there. So I tried calling her again.
And the call to the AC-12 switchboard?
To report the theft of my service vehicle.
Thank you.
When was the last time you saw Lindsay Denton alive?
The night before. My flat.
Lindsay had a theory that Danny Waldron
left a list of abusers in a graveyard.
We were searching online burial records for a name
that might have been a memorable association for Danny.
She left my flat and I went to the graveyard alone.
It must have been while she was in my flat
that she took my pocketbook.
At this time, myself and DI Cottan were carrying out
direct surveillance on Steve Arnott's flat,
authorised by Superintendent Hastings
under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
Noted.
We saw you and Lindsay split up.
After you left, she looked like the cat who'd got the cream.
She sent you off on a wild-goose chase,
while she cracked the case.
Cos actually Danny had hidden the list online.
She found the list?
She did indeed.
You've got to hand it to her, she got the job done.
And she made a total mug of you.
And these phone calls we've been talking about,
they're all around noon onwards.
None of them corroborate
you being in your flat before that time.
The proprietor of the internet café,
now, she reckons she saw Denton leave
around 11... 11:30.
She didn't see where Denton went or who she met
and we've no information on her whereabouts
till her body was discovered at 12:30.
But you were at home all this time?
Yes, sir.
So what were you doing all this time?
- DS Arnott? - I slept.
- You had a kip? Seriously? - I'd been up most of the night.
You didn't think of calling her straightaway?
No, sir.
She'd sent you out on a fool's errand, stolen your pocketbook.
I'd have been after her like a shot.
You, you're stuck to your sofa watching Homes Under The Hammer.
I got home late.
Sam - my girlfriend - and I, we had a row.
I had some wine and I fell asleep on the sofa.
I overslept.
Once I realised my pocketbook was gone, I took action.
Still, you were sorely pissed off with her, weren't you?
DS Arnott is simply stating the facts.
So you weren't pissed off with her?
In the early hours of the 17th, I followed Mr Arnott
to the graveyard of St Barnabas' Church,
in which he stated,
"If there's no list here,
then Lindsay's gonna get what's coming."
Can you tell us what you meant by those words?
I was angry.
Angry with Kate, angry with Lindsay.
I didn't mean anything.
But you do admit that you were angry with Lindsay?
Those words go way beyond angry.
I didn't kill Lindsay.
At her trial, Lindsay testified
that there was a sexual relationship between you.
The relevant section for the transcript is Document 46.
I don't need a transcript. She was lying.
Data retrieval from Lindsay's mobile
resulted in detection of the following file,
item reference MKJ-32.
For the tape, I will now play MKJ-32.
That OK?
Yeah.
You OK?
Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
Do you recognise the voices on this audio file?
Me and Lindsay.
And can you tell us where the recording was made?
In her bedroom.
And were you aware that this recording was being made?
No, sir, I wasn't.
As DS Arnott didn't give his permission,
the recording was illegal.
Still, it's not a nice thing to do to someone, that.
Just another thing she did
to put a few more winds on your clock, eh?
Time and time again, you denied any impropriety.
What you can't know is that we were both almost fully clothed.
And the file's been abridged. If it had continued,
you would have heard that we stopped through mutual consent.
Stopped what?
There was some kissing, some touching.
Lindsay became upset and I comforted her.
Sir, I give you my word,
Lindsay Denton and I did not have sex.
Your word?
Whatever your version is of that audio file,
it sounds like you pair went way beyond the professional,
and then she used it to discredit your case against her.
I don't know many blokes who wouldn't be angry about that.
And thanks to her accusations,
you were suspended, your career potentially in ruins.
Now, for the tape, on screen is Image 5.
Image 5 is a crime scene photograph
taken at 12:45 on July 17th
showing the body of Lindsay Denton.
- Image 8. - That's my car.
Image 8 is a crime scene photograph showing the vehicle
in which Lindsay Denton's body was found.
It's a dark grey Volvo S60.
You agree it's your car?
As I've said, sir, I reported my vehicle stolen.
Document 6 in your folders.
Document 6 is a photocopy of item reference IKL-1.
IKL-1 is the log for service vehicles.
On July 1st you signed out service vehicle
Foxtrot Juliet One Four Romeo Charlie Zulu,
and it was never signed back in.
You should have, the second you were suspended.
It's a perk of the job. Didn't want to give up the motor.
So it's a matter of fact that this vehicle
was in your possession at the time of the murder.
- Someone stole the vehicle. - You reported it stolen when?
In the call made to the AC-12 switchboard at 11:59.
But Lindsay was last seen alive
up to an hour earlier, at the internet café.
Plenty of time for you to get home and report your car stolen.
I reported the theft as soon as I realised.
The car must've been stolen earlier.
I see.
Document 7 is a copy of the pathologist's report
following a postmortem examination of Lindsay Denton.
Cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head.
Image 6.
Image 6 is a forensic photograph of item reference NJC-4.
Item NJC-4 is a bullet found lodged
in the passenger-side trim of service vehicle
Foxtrot Juliet One Four Romeo Charlie Zulu.
NJC-4 has been identified
as a 9 x 19 millimetre Parabellum round.
Image 13.
Image 13 shows item reference SCS-9.
SCS-9 is a service-issue firearm,
a Glock 17 pistol, serial number November Mike 8494748.
The Glock 17 was found a short distance from the vehicle
containing the body of Lindsay Denton.
Document 11 in your folders, also on screen.
Document 11 is the issue log from South Ferry Armoury.
You will see a highlighted entry on the morning of July 13th
relating to said Glock 17 serial number
November Mike 8494748.
Said firearm was never returned.
No. I returned my firearm
a few days before Lindsay was murdered.
- Not according to the records. - No, no.
I returned it. Ask them at the armoury. They'll confirm it.
It's here in black and white, son.
Do you always follow the regs when it comes to firearms?
DS Arnott was seen bearing a firearm within this building
that did not, in my view,
meet satisfactory operational requirement.
On July 13th, I gave DS Arnott a verbal warning
that he was in breach of Section 7 of the 1968 Firearms Act.
What forensics do you have linking me to the crime scene?
Your car. Your gun. Well, I'd say that's plenty.
Were my fingerprints on the gun?
No fingerprints were found on the firearm.
It appeared to have been wiped.
Right, so no prints.
Lindsay Denton was shot at close range.
The vehicle interior shows
a substantial blood-spatter pattern.
Did you find blood particles on me?
At the time of Steve Arnott's arrest,
his clothing was seized for forensic examination.
There were no traces of blood or gunshot residue detected.
Anyone with half a brain covered in blood and gunshot residue
would dispose of his clothing.
- So where's this clothing? - You tell us.
Why would I shoot Lindsay in my own car?
I'd know the forensics would be totally incriminating.
- Correct. They are. - So I wouldn't have done it!
Come on, you were at the end of your tether with Lindsay Denton.
She'd betrayed you, manipulated you
and discredited you. You weren't thinking straight.
So I used my service-issue firearm that I left at the scene
and my registered service vehicle?
- That's just stupid! - You panicked.
You left your bullet and casing and didn't dispose of the gun.
Then you cobbled together some story
about your motor being nicked.
The only thing you didn't make a hash of was the clothing.
That's not what happened.
Image 22 shows item reference EDC-3
found in said service vehicle.
Can you tell us what item EDC-3 is?
My pocketbook.
- The one stolen by Lindsay? - Yes, sir.
So you went after her to get it back,
things got out of hand
and, in your panic, you didn't even remember to take it.
I didn't take it because I wasn't there!
Yes, so you've said. Is there anyone - anyone -
that we can talk to who will bear witness to the fact
that you were at home during the time of Lindsay Denton's murder?
I had my issues with Lindsay Denton - I can't deny that.
- But I wouldn't kill her. - So you've said.
I didn't have that gun.
So if I didn't return it,
why didn't anyone try and recover it?
DS Arnott's asked a very important question.
Yes, I admit, there was a failure to do due diligence
on the part of the officers at South Ferry Armoury.
I've written to the Strategic Firearms Commander
making my feelings abundantly clear
and disciplinary action will follow.
No-one realised because I had returned the firearm!
Someone must have access to the booking-out forms
and replaced the real one -
the one showing I surrendered the gun - with a forgery.
This "someone" would have to have signed out the same gun
that was used in the murder, and where's the record of that?
Stolen, so no-one can track who's got the weapon.
Let me get this straight, DS Arnott.
What you're saying is that some impostor acquired the firearm
and then tampered with the paperwork to cover his tracks.
Yes, sir. Obviously, the same person
who stole my vehicle that morning.
So your defence is, "It wasn't me.
It was some random impostor."
No. Not random. To know it's extremely difficult
to steal a service-issue firearm
but not all that difficult to fake the paperwork,
that takes inside knowledge.
This was done by a police officer.
But it's a piece of cake to steal a service-issue vehicle
fitted with deadlocks and immobiliser?
I have to say this is all sounding a bit far-fetched, son.
There's a parallel in this case, sir.
Ever since we started investigating Danny Waldron -
first his shooting of Ronan Murphy, then Danny's murder -
there have been holes the evidence hasn't filled,
one of which is the murder of PC Rod Kennedy.
Sir, this is a massive tangent.
DS Arnott knows we have to charge or release.
- He's playing for time. - DI Cottan was too quick
to close the investigation into Kennedy's murder,
just as he was with his inquiry into the Caddy.
He's doing the same thing here.
He's cutting corners, not challenging evidence robustly,
and I'm suffering for his negligence.
Sir, DS Arnott's casting aspersions
for one reason and one reason only - to discredit this case.
To get AC-12 taken off the investigation against him.
It's what these coppers do when you've got 'em bang to rights -
exploit their knowledge of the system to tie us in knots.
I'd be really grateful
if we could just stick to the issue in hand here,
which is the murder of Lindsay Denton.
Thank you, sir. Now, with respect to service vehicle
Foxtrot Juliet One Four Romeo Charlie Zulu,
a forensic search was carried out at the scene.
Image 43.
Interior of service-vehicle boot.
Image 45.
Image 45 is item reference VCT-7.
Do you recognise VCT-7?
My gym bag.
Image 46.
Image 46 shows the contents of VCT-7.
Sports clothing and trainers.
- Image 47. - That was not in my bag!
What...? What is going on here?
DS Arnott, please.
Image 47 shows item reference VCT-9.
VCT-9 is an unregistered pay-as-you-go mobile phone.
- Your phone, DS Arnott? - No, sir.
- "No, sir"? - Someone put that there.
VCT-9 is a phone of the type
reportedly associated with covert criminal communications.
That is not my phone!
So what is it doing in your gym bag?
DS Arnott denies knowledge of the phone.
There's some irregularity with the search.
My department carries out its searches
to the letter of the law, fella. The letter!
Document 19 in your folders.
For the tape, this is a partial transcript
of Lindsay Denton's retrial.
At Lindsay Denton's first trial,
she was convicted of conspiracy to murder
and the prosecution hung on crucial evidence
found at her home address, namely 50 grand in cash
that was linked via financial forensics
to other bribes employed in the conspiracy.
I didn't plant that money.
Image 49.
Image 49 shows item reference VCT-11.
Now, VCT-11 is a £5 note.
Is that your £5 note?
I don't remember having any money in the bag.
Not your phone. Now it's not your money either?
I'm saying I don't recall if I was carrying money in the bag.
Fair enough.
That was in the inside pocket.
It's only a fiver. It's easy to forget.
Now, we ran forensics on that £5 note.
Document 20 in your folders.
DC Fleming.
For the tape, I'm referring to Document 20.
Document 20 is a photocopy of an original report
made by the Financial Forensics Unit.
Report Sierra Alpha/5657/15.
The summary reads:
"Pollen particles detected on banknote VCT-11
show a close match to pollen particles
detected on banknotes AJK-72."
AJK-72 is the item reference
for the £50,000 found at Lindsay Denton's home.
There is no way!
Look, that is not my money.
A second ago you couldn't even remember.
There is no way that I'd have money
from the same source as Lindsay's bribe!
She knew you planted that evidence.
She was your most vociferous accuser.
- Maybe she was onto this. - She wasn't onto any evidence.
She couldn't have known about this.
- So you hid it from her? - I didn't mean it like that.
That money would be hard to come by, but together with the phone,
this indicates a clear pattern of corrupt conduct.
I am not bent!
This is obviously a very difficult experience, Steve.
Would you like some time alone with your solicitor?
- No. - Very well.
But, you know, can we all just calm down here
and not let our emotions get the better of us?
Sir.
So moving on,
in respect of another murder, that of Sergeant Daniel Waldron,
have you any comment to make?
Waldron was murdered by Hari Bains.
Bains confessed and he intends to plead guilty.
Well, Bains owed gambling debts to the wrong people
and we believe they contracted him to kill Waldron.
Indeed.
Significantly, Bains received a call the night of 31st May
from a phone of the type found in your car,
the night before he shot and killed Danny Waldron.
According to Bains, in his statement made on June 30th,
the caller had a London/Southeast accent.
- So? - So, was that you?
That area has such a small population,
it could only have been me?
Kindly just answer the question, please, DS Arnott.
Bains and I met loads of times. He could identify my voice.
The call was clearly made by another person unknown.
Yes, and you're familiar with
the putative corrupt police officer
code-name... the Caddy?
I am.
DI Cottan.
Sir.
Assimilation of all credible witness testimony
based on direct contact with said individual
leads to the following profile.
The Caddy is male.
He is almost certainly from a working-class background
and grew up in an urban environment.
He is probably under 35.
He is almost certainly a detective.
He's trained in covert operations
such as counter-terrorism.
And all ear witnesses report the Caddy
as having a London or Southeast accent.
- This is insane! - God help me, I wish it was.
Sir, that's your evidence?
A profile?
We've more than just a profile.
Only the Caddy would've had access to the same source of
bribe money found at Lindsay Denton's house,
the same supply we found some of in your service-vehicle boot.
Would you like some more time, DS Arnott?
No.
DI Cottan originally volunteered to investigate the Caddy
and closed the case prematurely
based on flimsy evidence provided by an old colleague.
Yes. But we're not here to discuss DI Cottan.
He's just looking at some angle to discredit this investigation.
I intend to be heard, sir, on the record.
Very well. That's your right.
DI Cottan, you carried out the original inquiry into the Caddy?
- I did. - That wrongly identified
DC Jeremy Cole, based purely on the testimony
of your former colleague DC Nigel Morton?
Yes, but Morton has since revised his statement
and DI Cottan and DC Fleming
are reopening that particular inquiry.
You also failed to order a second postmortem
on the body of Rod Kennedy.
My email bounced back, as well you know.
Sir, he's clutching at straws.
In the original inquiry into the murder of Danny Waldron,
you led a search of Waldron's flat.
As part of that search you found an envelope addressed to me.
The forensics that you failed to carry out
on the inside of that envelope detected traces of ink and blood
suggesting it contained a note written by Danny Waldron
and presumably intended for me.
No note was ever found. Danny Waldron saved his list online.
We only discovered later cos you failed to pursue the lead!
I did not.
The note had been in that envelope!
That's not what was in the envelope.
Item reference MRC-1.
Item reference MRC-1
is the envelope recovered from Danny Waldron's flat.
And for the tape, Mr Arnott is quite correct -
it does bear his name.
Item reference MRC-2 is the contents of the envelope.
This item was entered into evidence separately
for reasons of internal security.
You will see in your folders
Document Appendix 1 refers to sequestered evidence.
Sequestration of evidence was authorised by Gill Biggeloe,
leading legal counsel to Anticorruption Unit 12.
This...
is what was in the envelope.
For the tape, I'm showing Mr Arnott the sequestered evidence,
a white golf tee.
Steve Arnott.
Golf tee.
I think Danny Waldron was trying to tell us something.
Have you got anything further to add, DS Arnott?
For the tape, the interviewee is shaking his head.
Steven Arnott, you will remain under arrest
for the murder of Lindsay Denton.
I will now seek guidance from the Crown Prosecutor
as to how to charge you for said offence.
You will be taken to a place of custody.
If you are not charged within 24 hours of the original arrest,
you will be released. However,
I will seek the authority for a 12-hour extension.
Is all this understood?
Yes, sir.
Interview discontinued.
God help me if I ever get a good night's sleep again.
DI Cottan, my office, five minutes.
Sir.
You OK?
That can't have been easy. Well done.
Sorry.
Just when exactly did you get the idea
of sequestering evidence from me?
Hm? In 35 years, this has been my worst day in the service.
And now this little incident just about caps the whole lot.
Was it your idea to go behind my back or was it yours?
To be fair to DI Cottan,
he sought me out for guidance.
It was my decision
to sequester the evidence from Danny Waldron's flat
because of its sensitive nature in regard to a fellow officer.
It seemed a bizarre and possibly meaningless find, sir.
- But I just had a feeling... - Feeling?
..that it might alert Steve. And if it had have done,
we wouldn't have had all this other evidence.
Oh, yeah, you're on very thin ice with me, DI Cottan.
Are there any other surprises in store?
- I hope not, sir. - I hope not too.
- Dismissed. - Sir.
At the time, neither DI Cottan nor I
knew if the golf tee was relevant.
Clearly, recent events have created
- a more significant context. - Clearly!
Yes, I can see you're angry, Ted.
But the fact that you personally recruited Steve Arnott
- did weigh on my decision. - You decided I'd be biased?
At the time, it felt like the right decision.
- Now, can we just calm down? - I am calm.
I'm totally bloody calm!
Look, I know this is abysmal timing,
but former Chief Superintendent Patrick Fairbank's legal team
are applying for the child sex abuse charges to be dropped.
What?
They're saying he repeatedly stated in interview that, quote,
"I'm not as sharp as I used to be."
Yeah, I know he said that.
They're saying an independent physician should have examined
his intellectual fitness for interview.
They're having his GP attest he's got senile dementia.
He isn't fit to stand trial.
Mother of God.
DS Arnott has to be charged or released today.
Don't delay your call to the Crown Prosecutor.
Fine.
Thank you.
Superintendent Hastings for the Senior Crown Prosecutor, please.
Hastings - that's right, like the battle.
- Sir. - Come in, come in.
Anything to avoid making this call.
Listen, sir, before you call the Crown Prosecutor,
there's some things we need to discuss.
This is a favour to her, not you.
Two minutes.
It's good to see you.
Is there anything I can do?
You can say you don't believe a word of it.
Of course I don't.
Sam...
My DCI has got me on desk duty.
She asked me outright if I was in on it with you.
I'm innocent.
Yeah, I know.
You came.
I'm glad.
I'm sorry about the flat being closed for forensics.
It's fine. I'm at a friend's place.
They've got to release me in a few hours,
so we can be back in soon.
Steve...
I'm sorry.
So which one were you looking at, originally?
That one.
You still haven't charged Steve Arnott.
We need more time.
I know it's difficult going after one of your own.
It's what we do for a living.
DC Fleming has caused me
to want to re-examine the evidence against Steve Arnott.
Come on, Ted, there's a mountain of evidence -
his gun, the car,
the money, the threat.
Motive, opportunity, means.
During the interview with Steven Arnott, I identified
a number of issues that merit further examination.
You want to believe that Steve's innocent - of course you do.
But you're jumping to rash and extremely damaging conclusions.
DC Fleming, please.
Ms Biggeloe, you do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defence if...
- Excuse me? - Gill, this is necessary.
You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention when questioned
something you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may be used in evidence.
It's been a long day and night. Let's get a grip, Ted.
Did you furnish Superintendent Hastings
with an intelligence file relating to Ronan Murphy,
the suspect shot dead by Sergeant Waldron on 13th May?
I did.
And from who did you obtain that file?
Whom.
It was supplied to me in confidence, and to reveal
the source would be a betrayal of that confidence.
Gill, you're under caution.
It would help us enormously if you could provide an answer.
Very well. Show her.
This is a signed authority from Superintendent Summers at AC-3
for me to conduct an undercover operation
- against AC-12 officers. - When did this happen?
I only found out this evening.
Under said authority, I obtained evidence that this file
originated from DS Nicola Rogerson at Major Violent Crime.
In a written statement, DS Rogerson claims
that the file was requested by an AC-12 officer.
Did an AC-12 officer furnish you with this file
on condition of anonymity?
Yes.
DS Rogerson's copy of the file did not contain the omissions
made to the one you received.
I was given that file in good faith
and I completely deny tampering with it.
No-one's suggesting you did. What we're exploring here
is that the alterations were made by said AC-12 officer.
Now, can you confirm the name we've heard from Rogerson?
Fine.
Detective Inspector Matthew Cottan.
He brought you the golf tee.
So we assumed that he would have brought you the file, good.
DC Fleming, would you kindly excuse us for a moment, please?
Thank you, Kate.
You're barking up the wrong tree.
Matthew Cottan has done a first-rate job
of rooting out a bad apple.
- Gill. - As for the file,
he knew we were being obstructed,
so he obtained it through unofficial channels.
Why didn't he just give it to me?
Because he was afraid
you'd give him a dressing-down for acting improperly.
Gill.
Even after the time we spent together,
you really don't know me, at all.
This is a video capture taken from a traffic camera situated
on the Kingsgate Expressway showing traffic at the time
indicated in the top right-hand corner, 09:46.
Steve's car?
At first glance, yes, but...
- Different reg. - Correct.
Here are more traffic-camera images. This same vehicle
captured travelling through the city centre,
on traffic cameras a few minutes apart.
Image enhancement has failed to show who's driving.
Now here's a street map.
It shows the locations of the vehicle
at times corresponding to the exact times
of the traffic-camera images.
I'm now going to add the location of the internet café
where Lindsay Denton was last seen alive that morning.
Someone was driving the vehicle
to Lindsay's location that morning.
Yeah.
Previous to the internet café, Lindsay Denton was last seen
at her approved premises the night before.
I'm going to add the location of the approved premises.
There's an hour's delay
in the timeline of the vehicle's movements, suggesting
it hung around the approved premises during this time.
So, Lindsay was followed to the internet café.
It looks like it, sir.
And, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the same time
that Steve says that he was home alone?
Yeah, that's correct, sir. Steve doesn't have an alibi.
So it could be him driving that vehicle.
One final thing.
I've identified this registration
as belonging to another make and model entirely.
They're fake plates.
Well done. Well done. You'd better get that wee one home.
And thanks very much for coming in.
Why would Steve be driving his own car with fake plates?
To hide his movements.
It doesn't make sense, sir.
She wouldn't have got in the car.
If Steve turned up with fake plates,
she would never get in.
Maybe she just didn't see it.
We all know Lindsay, sir. She never missed a thing.
Hm.
Sorry, Kate, you couldn't give us a hand with the lift?
Yeah. Sure.
Off the record, DI Cottan put pressure on me not to tell Steve
about the additional forensics
on the envelope found in Danny Waldron's flat.
Cheers, Maneet.
He's here, sir.
And?
Well, I can't say he's very happy.
DC Morton, would you mind coming with us?
DC Morton?
I'm not coming anywhere till I get some assurances.
Assurances of what?
Four things.
Im-mu-ni-ty.
Sir.
DI Cottan.
Questions about what, sir?
And when do you want to do this, sir?
No. No, I'm happy to assist.
All right.
Let's do this.
Morning.
A word to the wise.
Arnott or Cottan, if either turns out to be a bad apple,
he's acting alone.
They can't be connected to any wider conspiracy.
I see.
And Patrick Fairbank the same?
His legal team have a strong case.
His dementia precludes a trial.
He might have forgotten some important details.
Exactly.
Or worse still...
..he might remember them.
What are you saying?
I finally understand why you were appointed by the PCC.
I'm the loose cannon here.
If I see a bent copper, I'll go after him,
irrespective of rank or political expediency.
I'm not gonna apologise for having one eye on PR.
Anticorruption is a double-edged sword.
We need to find just enough bent coppers to avoid accusations of
a cover-up, but not so many that the public starts to wonder
if the police can be trusted.
So we let Patrick Fairbank just slip through the net
because of all the peers and the politicians
and the police officers he might implicate?
Meanwhile, we go back to chasing
disc jockeys and, what, game-show hosts?
- I'm just doing my job. - And I'm doing mine.
And it's called nicking bent coppers! And I don't care
whether it's one rotten apple or the whole bloody barrel!
There's a line - it's called right and wrong -
and I know which side...
..my duty lies.
So why don't you write a nice letter of resignation to the PCC
or I swear to God,
I will drag you down with the rest of them.
In last night's interview of DS Arnott,
you produced a piece of evidence, item reference MRC-2,
namely the golf tee in the envelope
found at Danny Waldron's flat.
I wonder if you could explain in a little bit more detail
how you came by this piece of evidence?
I'm not sure I understand what you're driving at, sir.
There were a half a dozen of you on that search.
How come no-one else saw it?
Did you swear them all to secrecy or what?
Oh, I see, sir. Er, no.
What happened was, we detected an illegal firearm.
I sent an officer to bring someone with firearms training,
urgently, so as to secure the firearm.
I had the legitimate concern
it wasn't safe or it was booby-trapped
and it was then I saw the golf tee in the envelope.
So...
..with no-one else watching you,
you seized this piece of evidence?
Yes, sir.
Did you order forensics on the golf tee?
I did, but there were no notable findings.
Did you order forensics on the inside of the envelope?
- Yes, sir. - When?
Well, this was something we omitted in the first instance,
but rectified as the inquiry progressed.
Did you put pressure on a junior rank
not to disclose the forensics to DS Arnott?
Yes.
- Why? - Steve Arnott was
concocting accusations I wasn't doing my job properly.
I didn't want to give him any ammunition.
So...
you actually missed a crucial piece of evidence.
Well...
Forensics detected ink and blood on the inside of that envelope.
That suggests there was a blood-stained note inside.
There wasn't, though.
No ink or blood on the golf tee?
So? What? Danny Waldron must have put it
in there after he'd removed the note?
Look, this note, some people have been making
a mountain out of a mole hill.
If it was such an issue,
why didn't I just pocket the envelope?
No-one would be any the wiser.
Which I didn't do, by the way.
Maybe the envelope had already been seen
by somebody else on the search team, but the contents hadn't.
I found a golf tee.
I remained in the vicinity of the firearm
until an officer arrived to make it safe.
Now, if that note went walkabout,
it's because Danny Waldron moved it before we got there.
In the end, missing the forensics
made no difference to the inquiry whatsoever.
That's one of the things we're here to determine
and I'll be the judge of that, thank you.
DC Fleming, moving on.
Item reference EGH-1.
EGH-1 is an intelligence file on Ronan Murphy,
the suspect shot dead by Danny Waldron.
It's where this whole inquiry started. It omitted information
that would have allowed us to connect
Ronan Murphy to known high-ranking criminal
Tommy Hunter and the cover-up of historic child sexual abuse.
DI Cottan, have you seen this file before?
Yes, sir.
And who provided you with access to this file?
You did, sir.
You see, my particular concern here, DI Cottan...
..is if you were familiar with this file
before I gave you access.
Do you have an answer, DI Cottan?
Yes, I was familiar with the file.
Yes.
And how were you familiar with it?
I acquired the file
from a former Major Violent Crime officer
involved in the investigation into the murder of Tommy Hunter.
DS Rogerson.
I then passed it over to Gill Biggeloe.
Yet not to me?
Not to DS Arnott? Not to DC Fleming?
I wanted to avoid Steven Arnott. I think we all know why.
That file had crucial pieces of information removed
and held this inquiry back for weeks.
Well, I'm sorry about that, sir,
but I took that file at face value, in good faith.
And when we found out, why didn't you say something?
You should have been shouting that from the rafters, man!
No, sir. No.
I didn't have evidence. I didn't want to alert them beforehand.
Alert who?
Don't you see, sir?
DS Rogerson is a former girlfriend of DS Arnott.
I'm sorry, sir. Weren't you aware
of the relationship between Rogerson and Arnott?
No. I wasn't.
You should have told him, DC Fleming,
spared the gaffer his blushes.
The only person known to have handled that file,
apart from DS Rogerson,
is you, not DS Arnott.
Well, the pair of them must have hatched a plot to alter it.
DS Rogerson denies altering the file.
Well, she would, wouldn't she?
Look, it sounds to me like this is
another one to throw at Steven Arnott.
I'm still exercised by the fact you didn't mention this sooner.
Well, I don't cast aspersions on fellow officers
unless I can back it up with hard evidence.
Unlike some I could mention.
DC Fleming?
On screen, you'll see evidence
gathered in the case against Harinderpal Bains,
Images 291 and 292, showing item references MR-3 and MR-4.
MR-3 and MR-4 are unregistered mobile phones
recovered from Hari Bains's home.
Sir, what is this?
One of our own is about to be charged with murder.
I think we're entitled to ask a few questions, don't you?
Yeah. No, no, of course. Whatever I can do to help.
These phones were provided to Bains
and he used them to communicate with the Caddy.
A similar one was recovered from the boot of DS Arnott's car.
These are matters of fact in the case against Steven Arnott.
I'm just making sure
we all understand the facts as they stand.
We'll return to the phones shortly.
Now, in last night's interview of DS Arnott,
you stated that you'd attempted to order
a second postmortem on the body of PC Rod Kennedy.
A search of email records found no email from you
to the pathologist's office requesting said postmortem.
DI Cottan?
Yeah?
Seriously?
Look, you know what the IT system is like in this building.
If it's not on the server that does not mean I didn't send it.
As a matter of fact, DI Cottan,
what I'm seeing here is a pattern.
A pattern of failure to discharge
your responsibilities as a senior detective.
I mean, you should have been chasing up that postmortem.
You're absolutely right, sir. And what's worse is
Kate had made a specific point of asking me an' all.
I was beside myself when I realised
and I apologise unreservedly for my error.
But you see, DI Cottan, it raises
the distinct possibility that you were somehow reluctant
to seek confirmation that Kennedy wasn't a suicide,
that he was, in fact, murdered.
Well, I was very pleased with that information, sir,
as it was instrumental in our arrest of Bains,
for which I won a commendation.
Let's just stay with Hari Bains for a second.
He levelled some very disturbing allegations against you,
DI Cottan, wouldn't you agree?
Which I strenuously deny and for which there's zero evidence.
Yeah.
Well, we carried out a search of your service vehicle.
What?
Now I'm doing very well to avoid blowing my top here.
- This is out of order. - And, as you well know,
completely illegal under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act
1984, as DI Cottan is neither
under arrest nor charged with an offence.
Said illegality would only apply
if it was DI Cottan's personal vehicle.
His service vehicle is owned by the police and, as such,
we're entitled to search it without any form of authority.
Still, in my view, we've reached the point where either you stop
or you caution my client.
DI Cottan, stay right there.
You do not have to say anything,
however, it may harm your defence,
if you fail to mention something under questioning
that you later go on to rely on in court.
And, of course, anything you do say may be used in evidence.
Thank you.
Now what the hell are you doing searching my car?
This is a signed authority from Superintendent Summers of AC-3
to investigate AC-12 officers,
based on concerns raised by DC Fleming.
Kate?
Just doing our job here. There's nothing personal.
Kate was obviously investigating Steven Arnott, not me.
The, er, signed authority from Superintendent Summers
is a bit like Grandma's nightgown.
It covers everything.
DC Fleming, the search of DI Cottan's service vehicle.
- If you please. - Sir.
Service vehicle November Juliet Zero Seven Zulu Foxtrot Whiskey
was examined forensically, with one notable finding.
Item GBS-8 is a number of synthetic fibres.
Comparison of fibres from GBS-8 and NTW-7
finds multiple chemical correlations
that imply a very strong likelihood
the materials derive from the same original source.
"The same original source."
NTW-7 is the item reference assigned to the rope
found at the industrial unit where Hari Bains was arrested.
The noose had been in your boot.
The noose that you claimed
Hari Bains was gonna hang you with.
What the forensics are suggesting
is that you planted it there in that industrial unit
to falsely incriminate Bains for Kennedy's murder.
Bains had handled the rope when he prepared the noose.
Bains and I had a scuffle. He attempted to overpower me.
Fibres transferred onto me.
Those fibres were then transferred into
my service vehicle the next morning when I clocked on.
They were in the boot, nowhere else.
The first thing I do before I get in the motor
is sling my coat and briefcase in the boot.
Now, if those fibres were gonna end up anywhere,
that is exactly where they'd be found.
Are you covering...
..for the real murderer of Rod Kennedy?
No, I'm not.
Were you involved in murdering Rod Kennedy?
No. I wasn't.
Returning to the mobile phones.
Happy to.
On screen, Image 104.
Image 104 shows item reference KMF-13,
an unregistered mobile phone,
and item reference KMF-14
is a subscriber-identification module.
Do you recognise these items?
No.
No? I'll give you "no".
These items were submitted to us in evidence by a witness
who alleges that they do, or did, belong to you.
Well, then, the witness is mistaken.
Analysis of said subscriber identification module KMF-14
revealed no activity since October 2014.
All communications up to and including that date
appeared to relate to other unregistered users.
Right, so you've got a phone that doesn't belong to me
and a load of mysterious calls.
Pardon me if I don't see the significance.
On screen, Image 909.
Image 909 is item reference SJP-32.
It was detected in the boot of a vehicle
found at the Edge Park Golf Club in July of 2012.
The vehicle is registered to Alex Campbell,
the alias being used at the time by one John Thomas Hunter.
Now, it was known Tommy Hunter used numerous such phones
to conduct his criminal activities.
But this particular phone is of interest to us,
because of a call made on the 8th July of 2012,
at around midnight.
It was from Hunter's phone to yours.
And that's the significance, fella, in black and white.
I've no connection with this phone or SIM card
you've been given and certainly no connection to Hunter.
So how come we're being told this phone belongs to you?
This witness you've got, I bet he said he found this phone
in my service vehicle a couple of years back.
Yeah, well, I can neither confirm nor deny.
Yeah, but I can confirm that he's sat on this
so-called evidence for a long time.
I reckon he also told you he conned me into taking
the wrong SIM card back while he kept the real McCoy.
Yeah, well, as I said, I can neither confirm nor deny.
Is there anything you've got linking me to these items?
Hm?
Something like forensic evidence?
I did leave my phone in my service vehicle
and I was very grateful when DC Morton -
and let's not be coy about names - returned it to me.
Now, I've no idea where this other SIM card has come from.
But DC Morton informed us that it was you who induced him
to mislead the original inquiry about the Caddy,
that it was you, DI Cottan,
who suggested attributing the nickname
to a deceased police officer.
Well, that's just not true, sir.
It was DC Morton who did the misleading.
He's the one that's been falsely claiming disability benefits.
He'll say anything to cling on to his pension, anything at all.
The man is a completely unreliable witness.
DI Cottan, where were you on the morning of July 17th?
You're asking me where I was
when Lindsay Denton was murdered?
100% that's what she's asking you.
You need to demonstrate some legal basis for that question
or I suggest you withdraw it immediately.
Kate, bring up the next item and the map.
Item references MB-1 to MB-5.
Traffic cameras captured images of this vehicle
on the morning of Lindsay's murder.
Identical make, model and colour as Steve Arnott's,
but with different registration.
It was driven on the route
matching Lindsay's location that morning.
The registration proved to be false.
We're curious about the logic here.
The logic?
Steve Arnott takes the trouble to disguise the vehicle, but
no fake plates were found where Lindsay's body was discovered.
Why would Steve remove the fake plates
and then leave Lindsay's body
lying in the front passenger seat for all the world to find?
My hypothesis would be Steven Arnott only meant
to abduct Lindsay Denton. Something went wrong.
He killed her. He panicked.
Would Lindsay really have got into Steve's car
if she'd seen it was displaying fake plates?
Everyone makes mistakes.
Indeed we do, DI Cottan.
Are there any witnesses that saw Steve's car being stolen,
as he claimed, hm?
Any witnesses that saw anyone else driving the vehicle?
I think these are questions for Steven Arnott, not me.
DC Fleming?
Steve Arnott insists he returned his firearm
four days before Lindsay's murder.
The booking-out officer at South Ferry Armoury
corroborates Steve's story.
The booking-out officer's covering his own arse.
Well, an impostor could have obtained the murder weapon
and then forged the paperwork to make it appear
that Steve Arnott's firearm had the same serial number
as the murder weapon and that he never returned it.
That's an interesting theory, but it couldn't have been me.
I'm not an AFO. How would I have obtained the murder weapon?
The Caddy commands a network of corrupt officers.
He does.
But Steve Arnott's the Caddy, not me.
You've thought that since before Lindsay's murder.
- Yeah. - In fact, you made a call to me
the night before Lindsay's murder.
You called me after you'd observed Lindsay Denton
return to her approved premises.
- Yeah. - At 15 minutes after midnight,
you called me from your mobile and you said,
"That lead on Steve - looks like it's gonna pan out.
He really did plant the money at Lindsay's.
Sorry. I thought you'd want to know
before it becomes common knowledge."
Did you make that call, DI Cottan?
Er... Yeah.
Yeah. So what was that lead that was gonna "pan out"?
Erm...
Well, it couldn't have been the money in Steve's gym bag.
That wasn't discovered until the forensics
carried out a search of the service vehicle the next day.
Arnott was... behaving suspiciously
and I wanted to give Kate a heads-up
as they've been partners for a long time.
Oh, that's very considerate of you,
but I will ask you for a second time, what was the lead?
Erm...
I'd glimpsed some banknotes in his gym bag.
I intended to investigate.
When did you see the banknotes?
Earlier that day.
But how could you have known that
forensics would connect them
to the money planted at Lindsay's?
Er...
DI Cottan, were you able to forewarn Kate
because you had a scheme in mind
where you were gonna plant that money
in Steve's service vehicle?
No. No. Absolutely not.
That's how the service vehicle was stolen.
You cloned the key and were plotting to use it
to plant evidence against Steve.
No.
No. Absolutely not.
DI Cottan...
I think we've earned the right to ask you the question.
Will you kindly tell us your whereabouts
between ten and eleven that morning?
Well, I really don't have to answer that question.
Don't you?
This is a voluntary interview.
And I'm only cooperating out of my lawful duty
as a police officer to assist in a criminal inquiry.
Indeed you are. Indeed you are.
We can call a halt to the proceedings right there
and leave this question hanging over you and your career.
Or you can stick your hand up and offer us an answer
and exclude yourself from our inquiry.
It's entirely your decision.
Take your time.
I was at my flat.
I'd had a late night on surveillance
and I needed to catch up on some kip.
So you were in during those hours?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Say that again.
You just said you were in your flat. We have that on tape.
Er...
It's a very simple matter, DI Cottan.
DI Cottan has answered. Haven't you, DI Cottan?
You've mentioned when questioned
something you later intend to rely on in court.
Yeah, look, I... Er...
Sorry. I may have got that wrong.
Er... I just need to...
think, erm...
I'd been up...
late and...
Take your time. Take your time.
Look, I... I...
I need to think about that one.
Absolutely. Absolutely.
Maybe I could just check my calendar?
Yeah, yeah.
You wouldn't have entered my flat, would you, Kate?
I mean, alone?
Tend to this wounded man here, quick!
- Sir. - Kate!
Someone start CPR!
I want this building locked down!
Open the door!
Don't move!
Give me your Glock.
There's a pick-up point. It's all arranged.
Two men, IC1, armed...
- Get back! - Move!
Stop! Stop! Armed police!
Keep driving. As fast as you can!
OK.
It looks like they're gonna go left. Go with them.
Keep up with them.
- Keep going. Keep going. - OK.
Right, drive on.
Shit.
Back. Back!
Two males. One armed. IC1.
Dark hair, six feet five inches tall.
Kate?
Suspects heading north off Kingsgate High Street.
North off Kingsgate High Street!
Kate, listen, maintain visual contact, but do not approach.
We have an Armed Response Unit on the way. Repeat.
- Do not approach - Sir.
Armed police!
Drop your weapon!
Drop yours!
Kate, sit rep.
One suspect down. Repeat. One suspect down.
Second suspect heading to Moss Heath flyover.
Moss Heath flyover!
Kate, so which one of them is still up and running?
Dot.
- What can I do to help, sir? - Good girl. Get onto the SFC.
I need to know where those armed response units are.
Strategic Firearms Commander.
Shit.
Drop your gun! Drop your phone!
Kate?
Drop 'em! Hands over your head!
They're not here for you, then?
Not yet. But they will be.
My advice?
- Run now, while you can. - I am too knackered to run.
Drop the gun!
You went into my flat that morning? You saw I wasn't there?
Maybe. Maybe not.
When did you know?
That'd be telling.
Well, now I see why we never slept together.
It wasn't that I didn't want to.
Please go, now, while it's safe.
I get it. Steve Arnott's the Caddy, so you can retire.
Yeah. Something like that. Yeah.
They picked you, groomed you, guided your career.
You know everything.
What are you gonna do now, just stop?
What do you think they're gonna do?
There's only one way you can put this behind you.
Kate, I know what I'm doing.
Patrick Fairbank.
They're saying he's gonna get off the child abuse charges.
You know names, dates, places.
You know all about monsters like him.
Confess.
Give us the names of all the people that have ruined
all these people's lives, all these monsters you've protected.
Do the right thing.
Confess.
Tell us everything.
Aah!
Go! Go!
PC Bindra, AC-12. I am awaiting the requested information.
Keep on, everybody. One of our own is out there in harm's way.
I need to know what's going on!
Our officer is at Moss Heath flyover.
We need a location on those armed units, sir.
- We need an ambulance. - Armed police! Get back!
Get back!
Dot, drop the gun. Put it down!
No!
Armed police! Drop your weapon!
- On the ground! Hands behind... - I'm AC-12!
- Everyone, back! - AC-12!
Everyone, get back now!
..trauma. Request urgent paramedic support.
Request urgent armed support.
Get away from him!
I'm taking his dying declaration.
Now, Sergeant, you will stand down.
Suspect down.
Come on, Dot. Say it.
Come on, Dot.
Fairbank...
Yeah.
You're free to go.
Kate?
Who else would it be?
Thanks, mate.
Come on, let's get you home.
Shot, sir.
- Congratulations, Kate. - Thank you.
Very well done.
Thanks.
Congratulations!
Steve.
Kate.