Above Suspicion

The facial surgery alone will take me six hours.

I want you to use this.

Fentanyl? Do you know how dangerous this is?

It's what I want.

Fentanyl can be used for the liposuction, but I'm lifting your entire face,

and I don't want to have a dead patient in my clinic.

I make the decisions.

It's nearly over. I'm gonna organise a taxi to take you to your hotel.

(Talking and laughter in background)

Good. Really, really good.

I'm really pleased with the work.

Bloody crimestoppers awards breakfast. Bollocks! Welcome to the world of a chief super.

Sorry for dragging you out here. Oh, you did the right thing.

You got her in? I needed a di, and they sent her. Is that ok?

Why wouldn't it be?

Travis. I guess this means we get to work together again.

Yeah... i suppose it does.

Shall we?

Take this to the lab and get ballistics on it.

Woman: This blood distribution - we need to get it measured.

Pete Jenkins. Dcs James Langton. Di Travis.

Pleasure. Classic dealer setup gone wrong.

Someone got upset. Moved out in a hurry. There's gear left behind.

Shot twice. One bullet recovered. The other looks still to be in him.

Well, he doesn't look like your typical customer. Any ID on him?

I know who he is. Who?

Sorry I'm late. Yeah, me too. Check out the neighbour who called this in.

Number 52 - mrs Webster. Made numerous complaints in the past.

Right. Well, get on with it, then.

Frank Brandon. How did he end up here?

When did you last work with him? A year ago.

He took early retirement, before he was pushed, if you know what I mean.

Bit dodgy, was he?

So, what do you think happened?

He was shot.

All right. I was only asking.

Mrs Webster?

I was in bed. Were you asleep?

Asleep? With that music?

If you can call it music.

Shouting, booming, banging.

It's just noise... All the time.

You said in your 999 call that you heard gunshots.

Well, I don't know that they were gunshots.

But I do know that they were very loud.

Just like fireworks night. Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three shots? Are you sure?

Oh, yes, I'm quite sure. It woke Jeremy.

Who's Jeremy? My son.

Can we see him?

No. He may have heard or seen something.

No. He doesn't know anything. Can we ask him ourselves?

No. He's sleeping.

He needs his rest. He gets very tired.

Ok. Thank you for your time, mrs Webster.

Is that the wife and kid?

Didn't have any kids. Not that I knew of.

He was engaged to a girl called Connie.

The girl in the photo? She looked quite posh.

That wasn't her. Who was she, then?

I don't know. Connie's er...

Not posh? No.

I hate doing these.

Woman: I knew this was coming.

I knew something was wrong as soon as I saw you.

So, these are frank's papers?

His files and stuff, I guess. Yeah.

They might help us find out who did this to frank.

We were supposed to be getting married.

But I'd not heard from him for weeks.

He was off doing long hours.

He said he'd landed some big job. Proper money.

Did he say what the job was? No.

He just said he'd be away for a few weeks, and then we'd be set up.

I mean, I didn't like it,

but we're saving up for a place of our own.

I can't believe this.

Connie, do you know who he was working for?

Danny, his name was.

'Italian.

But he didn't sound Italian. Petrozzo.

Danny petrozzo.'

frank reckoned he was gonna be coining it in.

Was frank living here with you?

No. He said, until we got married, it was best to stay here with mum.

I'll be in touch as soon as we get any news.

You mean he could be alive?

No, sweetheart. Frank's dead.

More presents for you, Joan. From frank Brandon.

You shouldn't have.

Right...

Gather round.

Hurry up!

For those who don't know me, I'm dcs James Langton.

Dci Lewis will be heading up this investigation.

It's his first. I expect you to give him your support.

Now, we're gonna be under the spotlight on this,

because the victim is one of us.

Former detective inspector frank Brandon.

Now, we worked a couple of cases together.

He was no choirboy, but he was a met officer...

..With over 25 years' experience.

I have to take this.

Right. We're waiting for forensics and pathology reports,

but we have, I believe, two shots.

One to the face and one to the chest.

Er... sir... So...

What led this extremely experienced officer

to die in a drug squat?

Find out who he was, what he was doing,

who his friends were, his enemies.

Joan, have you been going through those papers? Yes, sir.

Ok. So, we know that he worked as a driver for a guy called Danny petrozzo.

Paul, you check that name out. Already on it.

Sorry, sir... Travis?

Sir, the neighbour, mrs Webster, said that she clearly heard three shots.

Well, how reliable is she? Maybe she misheard.

Forensics only found two bullets. They have stripped that flat, without finding a third.

Right.

Well, I was hoping to speak to her son, who lives with her, but...

But...? There's something wrong with him. I saw a lot of mental-health...

Go back and speak with him, Travis.

Nobody else on that estate is talking to us. We need help.

Well, this might be something.

The last call on frank's mobile was to a Julia.

Now, in this diary, from the papers brought in...

Today, please, Joan.

The last entry was made three months ago - a pick-up in knightsbridge.

The client's number is the same one off his mobile.

And the name - Julia Larson.

Yes?

Julia Larson? Yes.

I'm dci Lewis. This is my colleague, ds barolli.

We're investigating the murder of a man we believe worked for you as a driver.

His name's frank Brandon.

Do you remember him?

He's my husband.

Danny, it's me - frank.

This was in his wallet. Can you confirm that it's you in the photograph?

Yes. Yes, that's me, with my son William.

Can we see your son? No. Well, he's at harrow.

I know this is difficult,

but, erm... Was your husband involved in drugs at all?

Why would you say that? He was found in a known crack house.

Do you know why he'd visit somewhere like that? No.

You met when he became your driver. Yes.

And that was this April - correct? Yes.

And you married when?

In may.

Were you aware that he was already engaged to a ms Connie short?

No.

No, I wasn't.

I was hoping to speak to your son.

Jeremy, is it?

Well, I need to check whether he's up to it.

I'm sorry. Is he ill?

No, he's not ill.

It's just that he doesn't react well to stress.

He gets... Upset.

It used to be good here.

Now, the needles, the filth, the junkies around all the time.

It's like living in a nightmare.

Of course, the council talk about rehousing,

but we'd lose our occupational therapist then. Do you see?

Can you give me a few minutes? Yes, of course.

Jeremy, I'm not coming in. I'm staying this side of the carpet, on the white line.

It's a police officer. She wants to talk to you.

Ok.

Hello.

My name's Anna. I'm a detective.

Shut the door.

Did you hear the gunshots last night, Jeremy?

Your mum said she heard three loud bangs, like fireworks.

Did you hear them?

Do you like to write, Jeremy?

What do you write about?

Visitors. Visitors?

Here or...? They do not have residents' parking permits.

It's against the law to park on the estate without a permit.

Those who park here without a permit do so illegally,

but I watch them and I write them down.

So, these are the details of every car parked on the estate?

Don't touch the notebook!

Parking here is for residents only.

They have to show the correct permit in the windscreen.

Right. I understand.

Do you have a list of cars for last night?

I could do something about those people who park illegally, Jeremy.

I haven't written them up yet. But you know them.

See, you could help me...

And I could help you.

Nm07 pml. Ford focus. Red.

Lr57 uya. Nissan navara. Black.

'F264 ngm. Leyland maestro. White.

X654 lxo. Vauxhall cavalier. Grey.

Bn04 rxz. Toyota corolla. Silver.'

y605 ehh. Peugeot 306. Green.

Yx52 fyo. Mazda...

He wouldn't let me take the notebooks, and shrieked when I touched them.

But I copied down what I could.