Code of Silence

It's Alison.

She says the robbery's happening at the Hawthorne Estate Hotel.

'Back straight, smile wide.'

Whatever you do, do not be yourself.

'Just open the door.'

She's at the hotel. Tell her to leave.

She needs to stay out of this.

'Necklace has changed hands. Two bodyguards.'

Now. DEVICE BEEPS

ALARM RINGING

Alison!

Liam...

Braden. Stop! Argh!

You know where Liam is now?

Did you not arrest him at the hotel?

EXHALES

Any news on Ben yet, Nia?

I'll call again, Sir. Thanks.

Yeah.

MONITOR BEEPING, VENTILATOR HISSING

Braden can't be in Glasgow and Plymouth at the same time, can he?

So can we just try and work out which is the more credible sighting?

Thank you.

ASHLEIGH SIGHS

You should go home. Get some sleep.

No, I'm fine. I'm OK. I wanna... I really wanna be here.

How are you?

Spoke to the bodyguard's family. You know.

It's not your fault. You did everything that you could.

Any leads on the phones?

No, we've had, erm, hundreds of calls since the appeal,

but it's just wishful thinking.

And the Joshi team have been on the phone, asking for updates.

Again. You?

I spoke to Interpol, Europol. Nothing.

Should've listened to you about Alison, shouldn't I?

She was over-involved.

What's Antony saying? Anything yet?

No, Antony is saying no comment, all through the night.

It's really fun. Helen has coached him well.

Yeah. Sure she has.

She'd have paid him off to keep quiet, do his time.

Just got off the phone with Sara. She's at the hospital.

Ben's out of surgery.

He's not conscious yet, and we won't know anything for a few hours.

Oh, my God.

OK.

OK, everyone.

Er...

DC Lawford put himself on the line for the job yesterday.

Put the safety of others ahead of himself.

Let's make sure that wasn't for nothing.

Let's put all our efforts into finding Braden and Liam.

We're not gonna let them walk away this time.

Oh, God, Alison's mum is still here. She's wants to see her.

Sure.

ALISON SOBS GENTLY

Hello.

This is Julie, my mum.

Hi, Julie. I'm James. Hi.

Ashleigh. Hi.

Ashleigh is gonna help find you somewhere safe to stay

while we find Braden.

Does that mean we're not going home? No. No.

Not yet. Not yet, OK?

But I can send someone to collect anything you need, if that helps?

Can I.... Can I have a quick word with Alison?

Got a favour to ask. Is there any news on Ben?

Yeah. Yes, yeah. Ben... Ben's out of surgery.

He's still unconscious, but he's stable.

OK, I can't give you your phone back,

but we were wondering...

if you might be able to send Liam a message.

OK, it's not like he's gonna reply, but if he checks his messages,

that might help us to locate where he is.

Is that OK?

And what should I say?

Just keep it simple.

Just ask him to let you know he's OK. Yeah.

OK.

That?

Great. Yeah, that's great.

Thanks, Alison. Thank you. Thank you.

The... The information I gave you,

is it enough to arrest Helen and Joseph?

We're bringing Helen and Joseph in for questioning.

One step at a time.

Oh, so you're interviewing them? Yeah.

Can I be with Mum? Yeah.

KNOCK ON DOOR

RAPID KNOCKING

Braden? Yeah.

Braden, what are you doing here? You're all over the news.

Look, Danny would want you to help me.

If the police come here, I'm telling 'em you threatened me.

HE SIGHS What a mess.

Yeah.

It was the kid. HE EXHALES

Liam Barlow. Liam?

Mm. What'd he do?

He convinced me we were gonna stitch up the police,

but it was me that got played.

EXHALES SHARPLY Your Danny recommended him.

Well, someone informed on Danny for that ransomware gig.

And you think it was Liam?

It opened up a vacancy, innit?

For some slippery little Mancunian fucker to step into.

You sure no-one followed you?

So, Oliver's gonna stay with you.

There's stuff in the kitchen,

but if there's anything you need, just let him know.

Yeah.

OK.

No, thank you. No, I'm fine. Thank you.

Alison? I should get back.

I'll check the back doors. OK.

You should get some rest. You must be completely exhausted.

Have you spoken to Mark?

Because Helen and Joseph came to the pub,

so he might know something.

We are speaking to him, but just...

I know that it's hard, but you do need to let us do our jobs, OK?

Can.... Can I go and see Ben?

I don't think that's a good idea. He's only just got out of surgery.

It's just... I need to do something.

Please.

Sara?

How are you doing?

You brought her?

We're just here to drop off some flowers, that's all.

Sara, I'm... I'm sorry.

Do you honestly think that you can just...

show up with flowers and everything'll be OK?

You shouldn't be here. It's... It's already way too complicated.

I... I was trying to help. I was...

I was trying to stop the robbery.

You slept with one of the suspects!

Was that... Was that part of your plan?

OK.

We should go. Come on.

If you had just done what you were told...

..and waited outside, Ben would've...

He'd have waited for armed response.

He wouldn't be in there.

I know.

Any more activity, let us know.

Sir. Yeah?

Liam's phone was switched on. It pinged a tower in Budapest.

In Budapest?

You don't buy it?

HE SCOFFS

Why is someone as tech savvy as Liam

letting us track where he is?

KEYBOARD CLACKING

COMPUTER CHIRPS, BEEPS

Ready? Let's do it.

DEVICE BEEPS

Interview commences at 11:17am.

My client would like to make a statement.

Right, well, we've got some questions we wanna ask you, Helen.

I've advised my client not to answer any questions at this stage.

I want to start by saying that I'm shocked

by what happened at the hotel.

My heart goes out to the family of the bodyguard who died

and to the police officer who was injured.

Braden Moore is an associate of my estranged husband.

He got in contact with me, wanting to get involved

in some property deals that I'm planning.

I made it clear that I did not want to associate with him.

'I've known Helen Redman for years.'

We reconnected recently when she expressed an interest

in investing in one of my property developments.

And I introduced her to another business associate,

Chandra Bakshi.

Why are... Why are you protecting her, Joseph?

I was introduced to Braden Moore at the ice rink.

If I'd had any knowledge of what he was planning,

of course, I would've reported it to my employer and to the police.

If Braden somehow got the idea to take the necklace

when he met Miss Bakshi, it was wholly without my knowledge.

PAPER RUSTLES

That's all I've got to say.

Should we wrap up there?

Unless you have evidence to charge?

Not yet. But, er...

You spoken to Liam's girlfriend, Alison?

Why do you ask?

Lovely girl. Thought she might know something.

But then, of course, juries might not rate her as a witness...

on account of her being deaf.

So easy for her to misunderstand.

And you know what barristers can be like.

Ruthless.

DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

All our evidence for conspiracy

is on a hit for the vault, not the hotel.

They've covered every angle.

They've got all their stories lined up.

PHONE BUZZES Better to let them run for now.

Gives us time to build a stronger case, no?