Line of Duty

My stop's right over there.

Don't miss this one.

Bye.

- Bye. - Ciao!

Wait!

Wait!

Let me go!

No!

No, no! Let me go!

Let me go!

Let me go!

I'll get that, shall I?

Have you even done your homework yet, Ollie?

- Hello. - Sorry to trouble you at home, ma'am,

but we've just picked up a bystander triple-9 on an active abduction

- of a young female in the Moss Heath area. - They've got all-patrol obs?

Yes, ma'am, they're definitely doing that.

Make sure obs goes out to surrounding forces.

I'll patch in en route. I'm coming in.

Sorry to have called you at home, ma'am.

No, this is what we needed.

We've being looking for him for months.

We're going to get this bastard, yeah?

- Come on, let's go! - Go, go, go!

Nick, where are you?

Sorry, last meeting overran.

I just got the call and you're not home!

- I'm literally ten minutes away. - OK, the kids are waiting for you.

And I put the bins out.

Ma'am.

DCI Huntley.

- Is it the vehicle? - Yes, ma'am, reported stolen this morning.

The bystander that witnessed the abduction described

a suspect of average height and build, wearing a dark balaclava.

It's him, he could be right here.

- Yes, ma'am. - OK, let's get a decision log up and running.

Cordons established, with time, SO DCI Huntley arrives, takes command

of initial scene management, with time.

- Sorry, boss. - Anyone see the driver, passenger?

Just done a sweep, boss. No witnesses as yet.

Missed him by minutes.

Christ! News travels.

Come on, come on, let's start house-to-house.

- Ma'am. - Get a pair of GPDs. - OK, guys, with me.

House-to-house and GPDs, note start time.

Delta X-ray 8912. Dog unit, please, Borogrove Estate.

Have you seen a young woman accompanied by

a man who might have been wearing a balaclava?

Detective Chief Inspector Huntley, sorry to disturb your evening.

We're conducting house-to-house enquiries relating

to a vehicle found abandoned on the estate that may have been

involved in the abduction of a young woman.

Boss! Boss! The dogs are on to something!

Pull the dogs back.

Neil, get Control.

Delta X-ray, stand by for an active message from Delta X-ray Zero Two.

'Delta X-ray received.

This is SIO on the Trapdoor search currently ongoing on the

Borogrove Estate.

- Get back! - Are you all right?

Round the back!

We can't lose him! He was right here!

Neil, get the dogs down there, he could have made a run for it!

Help!

Help!

Get the cutters!

Listen to me, we're going to get you free. What's your name?

It's Hana.

Come on!

Cutters, ma'am!

- The ambulance will be here in a minute. - Perfect.

Constable, will you record this on your body-cam?

Hana, can you give us a description of your attacker?

No, I never saw his face.

He wore a...

A balacla...?

Something covering his face?

Yes, like, dark, with two holes for the eyes.

What did his voice sound like? Accent, etc?

Um, he never spoke.

What happened to your ears?

He tore out my earrings.

All right. Thank you, Hana.

The paramedics are going to take very good care of you.

Boss, no sign of him in the back alley.

- Dogs are still out there. - Right.

Let's lock down all exit roads in a one-mile radius,

put out all patrol obs on our suspect

and find out whose house this is.

Yes, ma'am.

Tim Ifield, Forensic Coordinator.

Hey, Tim.

Listen, I'm not being funny, but that scene log has got

every Tom, Dick and Harry going.

Your officers, they're traipsing all over every blade of grass

before MY team's had a chance to secure evidence.

This is a live search for a suspect and THAT takes priority.

I'll send you in to do an initial survey the moment the

FARS OIC declare the building safe.

Fine, yeah, ready when you are.

And I'll need one of your FIs to process the witness.

Yeah, that's what we're here for.

Ma'am, electoral roll gives residents as Eileen Farmer,

born 1946, and Michael Farmer, born 1993.

Neighbours say they haven't seen Eileen for ages.

And Michael, the grandson, they describe him as a loner,

rarely seen out on the estate.

PNCd Michael Farmer. He's on the Sex Offenders Register.

Bingo.

Hold the line, please.

Michael Farmer just clocked on for the night shift.

Just too late for an alibi.

Right, well, we can take my car, ma'am.

No, no-one who's been at the crime scene can have any contact with

- Michael Farmer until he's been fully forensically processed. - Right.

No way some smart arse defence barrister's going to get to confuse

a jury about cross-contamination of forensic evidence.

Please do nothing to alert Mr Farmer.

Police officers will be arriving in the next few minutes.

Which one's Michael?

He's down there.

Michael Farmer, I'm arresting you on suspicion of abduction

and attempted murder.

- Stop! - Received Delta Charlie Two Zero. - Stop!

We have a male making off from us.

Hold it, mate, hold it!

Calm down, calm down.

'Delta Charlie Two-Zero.

Are you in position for an update on the suspect?

Delta Charlie Two-Zero, one under arrest identified as Michael Farmer.

Confirmed. One under arrest identified as Michael Farmer.

Forensic deployment en route. Suspect is cooperating.

Michael, why did you run from our arresting officers?

I was frightened.

Please can you help us with where you were

between 8pm and 10pm last night?

I went to visit my nan.

Which would be where, please, Michael?

At the nursing home.

How long did you stay

at the nursing home, please, Michael?

Half-past seven till half-past eight.

Visiting time.

And then where did you go, Michael?

Nowhere.

Can you help us with what you mean by "nowhere", please, Michael?

After visiting Nan, I go and eat me sandwiches and have me drink.

Where did you do that, Michael?

Sat on a wall.

Why didn't you stay with your nan instead?

You're not allowed...

.. after half-past eight.

If you had your phone with you, that could help prove your whereabouts.

Unfortunately, Mr Farmer's phone isn't a smartphone.

But surely, Mr Morganstaff, you realise that you can locate

any mobile SIM via triangulation of relative signal strength.

Yeah.

Would you like to take a break, Michael?

Ah, Roz, I'm glad I caught you.

Tim, they're about to go back in with the suspect.

About to. Now, these appear to have been the most significant find

- at the crime scene. - I'm up to speed on the forensics.

There's a very subtle point you've probably missed.

Trust me, I haven't.

Boss, the duty solicitor says Farmer's ready to carry on.

Great. Thanks, Neil.

Tim, e-mail me your concerns.

I know my place.

Tim, I will read them.

Absolutely.

What was all that about, boss?

As you were.

Is DCI Huntley, um...?

Expecting me? No.

As you were.

That'll be all.

So from half-past eight to a quarter to ten,

- you were just sitting on a wall? - Yes.

Where was the wall?

Sir.

I can't remember.

Did anybody see you while you were sitting on this wall?

I don't think so.

Anything?

Convicted sex offender.

We're just hearing now he has nothing in way of an alibi.

Good.

You were on this wall for over an hour,

but you can't remember where it was?

No.

Right, OK.

Think we'll be able to charge him within the 36 hours?

Was there anybody there with you?

There's a lot of evidence to go through.

You're right to be meticulous, but we need a breakthrough.

They've been killing us on Twitter.

There hasn't been a single moment I've regretted my choice of SIO.

Think very carefully, please, Michael.

Thank you, sir.

But I've stuck my neck out.